The new semester has started, and everyone in our class is super excited. New textbooks, new desks, new classmates—everything feels so fresh and different. But what we’re most curious and excited about are our new teachers. Among them, our language teacher, Ms. Lisa, is the most special. On the first day of school, as soonContinueContinue reading “My Teacher, Ms. Lisa”
Author Archives: Yego
My Letter to the World
This is my letter to the worldThat never wrote to me—The simple news that Nature toldWith tender Majesty. Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) Private Message, or Public Post? In ancient times—that is, from the birth of Jesus Christ up until about the year 2000—there was no internet and no smartphones. If you wanted to tell your cousinContinueContinue reading “My Letter to the World”
Thus It Passes
The Rhône River “O quam cito transit gloria mundi.” Thomas à Kempis Lugdunum The Rhône River originates in the Alps. If you travel from the divine city of Lug to Geneva, with the swaying train moving northeast while the Rhône River flows southwest, you’re traveling downstream to upstream, going from the present to the past,ContinueContinue reading “Thus It Passes”
Lisabetta
1. I Can Fly For a time, for perhaps eight or nine years straight, I was constantly shuttling between Shanghai Pudong and New York Kennedy airports. At least four round trips a year. If a flight got delayed because of a connection, a snowstorm, or because I got drunk in a bar and missed theContinueContinue reading “Lisabetta”
Sister Ah Shan
During my years as a teacher at East China Normal University, I often neglected my proper duties and barely managed to teach properly. I would skateboard until dusk before heading off to eat. Either the cafeteria was already closed, or the food wasn’t good. Whether the food was good or not, whether the cafeteria wasContinueContinue reading “Sister Ah Shan”
阿珊姐姐
我在上海天天向上师大的时候，每天不务正业，书也不好好教。每天滑滑板，滑到天黑才去吃饭。要么食堂关门了，要么饭不好吃。好吃不好吃，关门不关门，总去小卖部买东西，因为阿珊姐姐坐在柜台后收钱。
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丽萨贝塔
有段时间，有八、九年的样子吧，总是来回上海浦东-纽约肯尼迪。一年至少来回四次。要是换机误了点。或者遇上暴风雪。或者自己在酒吧喝醉了，误了飞机。或者因为病毒袭击，全球网络终断。或者不管什么别的原因吧，飞机停飞，没有航班可乘。给撂在个什么地方 — 要么纽沃克，要么法兰克福，要么多伦多，要么底特律，要么亚特兰大。在机场溜达。就是消磨时间吧，吃的也吃了，喝的也喝啦，卫生间也上了不知多少次。还是有很多时间消磨。网也上完了，都到了网络的边缘了，再上就要掉到宇宙边的黑窟窿里去了。有时候就去找一个椅子躺下来。身边一盆假花，头顶上一个贼靓的灯。来回过的都是人，没几个是人样的。就闭上眼睛。假装自己是躺在黑暗里。假装这世界里就是我自己一个人，就我自己在呼吸，就我自己的心在跳。世界就是我自己的思想，没有别的。
灯光一灭，丽萨的靓影就来了。高挑的身材，垂到腰际乌黑的秀发，谜一样的容颜。不是上班日清晨正从地铁口出来，容光焕发，就是傍晚坐在窗边，脸上一丝淡淡的愁容。每当这种时刻。我就感觉无能为力。我愿意看见丽萨高兴。愿意看见她幸福。愿意看见她傍晚在街边，路灯底下，看小朋友打羽毛球时，与世无争的闲恬神情……点击文章标题👆阅读全文 ->
Root of Evil
Where is Israel on this 1947 US map? Israel is no empire; it is a tiny but evil apartheid state built on stolen land. This is a fact, and that’s how it will go down in history. But this is not my topic in this essay. What I want to address is the evil natureContinueContinue reading “Root of Evil”
逝者，如斯乎！
罗纳河发源于阿尔卑斯山。你要是从露佳斯神之城去日内瓦，晃动的列车向东北行驶，缓缓的罗纳河向西南流淌，就是从下游去上游，就是先有果后有因，就是先有后来才有当初。因果倒置，时间逆反。就有一种异样奇怪的感觉。自古以来时间都被比作河流。你只要稍稍一想，就知道做这种比方的人，都是坐在船上顺流而下的人。他没有动脑子想想，世间还有逆流而上这么回事。他只是在想水是往下流，越流越晚，他就没有想到，人可以往上走，越走越早。开头有一个人说：“时间的长河。” 以后所有不动脑筋的人都跟着这样说，重复多了，就成了真理。连孔夫子都上了他的当。浴乎沂，子在川上曰：“逝者，如斯乎。” 孔子，其仁者乎！哲人？侬伐晓得……点击文章标题👆阅读全文 ->
Doggies and Toddlers: What Do They Have in Common?
So I was sitting in my car by the park the other day. A person was walking by with her dog. The animal, all of a sudden, gave a jerk and momentarily paused, its head raised and eyes fixed on some activity at the other corner of the lawn. I followed its gaze and sawContinueContinue reading “Doggies and Toddlers: What Do They Have in Common?”
Yego’s Chronicles 