The author fully understands that his English writing is not nearly as good as those native writers and far from perfection, and is intended to accept criticism, suggestions and corrections; but is not intended for showing off in anyways, nor intended to take any personal attack, foul languages, and name calling in the name of free speech. This is a due proactive acknowledgement Something Never Change There are so many things that can be changed. Among the easier ones are things like the weather, the clouds, and stock market that change at any giving moment. Other things change at a steadier pace like Sun rise and set, your age, slow you may call it but so strong forward and irreversible. You can’t really stop the change like that, but you definitely can cherish it in your memory. Some changes need conditions like most chemical reactions, while something change without even a reason or without you may notice it, like your mood, your feeling, and your love. There are also some changes or unchangeable things that are very personal and irrational, like so called Chinese stomach. For some like me, meat is meat, doesn’t matter whether it is stir fried, grilled, oven baked, or deep fried, just like and eat them all. For others like my wife, meat can be so different depends on how it is made, where it is made, and who made it. In the latter case, even the very same meat prepared the very same way can be different between the one made here and the one prepared in China. That’s what exactly Chinese stomach is all about, especially to the female half of us. When comes to food, nothing is as good as the one they had in China, or prepared by mom. Yet there are things that will never change, like sun and moon, like mountains and rivers (the Yangtze, the yellow), like most people’s hearts. People could get far away from home, rarely come back or not at all. People could give up the chance to live at home but never their hope to live at home. People could even change their names appeared on their passports for a better and safer life but not their hearts to the land of their birth. People could hate the government of their home country as much as they love that land. Having everything said and done at the end of the day, you'll find your heart could never be changed, like sun and moon, like Taishan and Yangtze. |
