Oct 3, 2010

10月03日

Dear parents,

Last week, we kicked off our first session of parent class. We believe that all parents were enjoying the class. It lasted 2.5 hours. After that, all parents joined Children class, we sung together our national anthem. How long we have not sung loudly in a group and together with our lovely children? What a happy time we had!

The most touching moment in our Children class is when all of us shared a story:
                一封父親給女兒的遺書 & 十年後女兒的回信


給可愛的女兒:
 
爸爸和妳玩了好多次躲迷藏,每次都一下子就被妳找出來。 不過這一次,爸爸決定要躲好久好久。
 
妳先不要找,等妳十四歲(還要吃完十次蛋糕)的時候,再問媽咪,爸爸躲在哪裡,好不好?
 
爸爸要躲這麼久,妳一定會想念爸爸,對不對? 不過,爸爸不能隨便跑出來,不然就輸了。
 
如果還是很想爸爸,爸爸就變魔法出現。 因為是魔法,不是真的出現,所以不犯規,爸爸不算輸。
 
爸爸的魔法是:趁妳睡覺的時候,跑到妳夢裡大玩遊戲;
 
在妳畫圖畫爸爸的時候,不管好不好看,妳覺得是爸爸,就是爸爸;
 
當妳拿爸爸的照片看時,爸爸也在偷偷的看妳……。
 
要記得,爸爸一直都陪著妳!妳已經是四歲的大姊姊了。 爸爸要拜託妳一件事,要妳照顧和孝順爺爺、奶奶和媽咪, 看妳是不是比爸爸以前做得好? 有多好,媽咪會告訴你的。
 
爸爸猜想,我們這一次玩躲迷藏要玩這麼久,爺爺、奶奶、媽咪有時候看不到爸爸,他們一定會偷哭。 偷哭就是犯規、就是失敗。
 
他們偷哭,妳就要逗他們笑,不然遊戲輸了以後,他們一定會哭得更厲害了。好不好,寶貝?
 
我們是同一國的,來比賽看妳厲害,還是爸爸? 準備好了嗎,比賽就要開始了!
 
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十年後女兒的回信:
 
最愛的爸爸:
 
爸爸,我找到你了!
 
爸爸你知道嗎?
 
這些年,我很厲害唷,媽咪說我做得比爸爸你還要好呢! 爺爺、奶奶和媽咪犯規時,我都很努力的逗他們笑。 而且爺爺奶奶需要幫助時,我都有乖乖聽你的話。
 
 
爸爸……我是不是贏了?
 
 
不要擔心,我很勇敢。 因為我知道爸爸永遠都在我身邊看著我, 陪我哭、陪我笑、看我鬧彆扭。
 
你真的好厲害,你的魔法讓我變的很堅強,讓我變的更茁壯。 我很幸福,因為有爺爺、奶奶、你和媽媽陪著我! 我不孤單,爸爸也不會孤單,因為有我陪著你。
 
所以爸爸,你不用替我操心,我已經是個十四歲的大姊姊了, 我已經懂事了。
 
爸爸你可以變作星星,在天上安心的看著我。
 
爸爸,我畫了幅畫,是我們全家唷! 你想我們的時候,就看著這幅畫, 你想我的時候,我就變魔法,讓你在我們的夢裡來遊玩。
 
 
爸爸,我真的好愛你。
 
可惜比賽結束了…。
 
爸爸,我贏了……我是不是可以哭了…?

We felt a father's love towards his young daughter before his death.

The theme of last Dizigui class is how to differentiate good friends and bad friends and how to react to the criticism and praise. (闻过怒,闻誉乐,损友来,益友却,闻誉恐,闻过欣,直谅士,渐相亲). We shared the story of “八风吹不动,一‘屁’过江东。” (see attached SuDongPo.docx).
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Sep 26, 2010

09月26日

Dear parents,

We finalize the place for our parent Dizigui class. We are free to have MCCCC meeting room and center will also provide us TV in same room. Thanks a lot Ms. You, Lili and the family of Mr. Luan and Ms. Yang for registering their Children into MCCCC dancing program so that we secure the place for all the parents.

We will follow the format of parent class from Toronto. At the beginning, all parents read Dizigui together and then watch one episode of《细讲弟子规》by Mr. 蔡礼旭. Each week, there is one parent who leads the class. She/He will review/prepare the specific episode at home in advance. In the class, after watching it together, she/he share her/his learning with all other parents and reflect what can be improved in the future. Ms. You, lili will be the first parent who lead the class in the coming Sunday.

Our children class will match the same content as adult class so that both of us are well synchronized.

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Last week review:

-- Confucius birthday. (We pay our respect to the 2561th birthday of this saint)

-- Class focused on the "comparing".   What/How should we compare? Material stuff or Moral.

-- Sun Laoshi taught the all basic stroke of Chinese Character.

-- Hao Laoshi taught a wonderful song (We suggest next time all parents sing the songs together with the children. We will have more fun together ... )

Information of our program:

唐人街中华文化宫
1088, rue Clark, suite 302
Montreal, Québec, H2Z 1K3

-- Time:
星期日,上午9:00-12:00

--课程安排:
江帆 老师讲弟子规(1.5小时),
郝天晏老师和孙朝晖老师讲中文/音乐(1.5小时)。

Please come on time so that you can easily find park lot in China town.

Thanks  for the generous support from all of you,

fan

Sep 13, 2010

09月13日

Dear parents,

Welcome you kids to new Dizigui class. Please chech this link (lesson plan) for more information of this class. We will have following themes:
-- New session of the class, warming up, review.
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讲解经文 :唯德学,唯才艺,不如人,当自砺,若衣服,若饮食,不如人,勿生戚
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中秋节

Reference of the power point slide:
-- Lots of idea and slide layout are from  Mr. Zhang Feng who is Toronto Dizigui teacher. Thanks again for your advices Zhang Laoshi!
-- True story and movie are from emails forwarded by Ms. Xu, Wanhua.
-- Moon slides are from one of my ex-Motorola colleague who sent this to my inbox several years ago.

I feel hesitated to release this to you because it's NOT well formatted and prepared. But, at same time I would like to share with you about what will happen in today's class.

Enjoy and see you soon,


江帆