2014-08-25

【Aiden in English】

        Today it begins with my last week of 9-week long summer camp. There was a huge change for me. No more games, no more sports, just learning and that kind of ... of ... junk. I know! There is learning in summer. No way. But that's what we're pretty much doing at Guang Hua Chinese School (GHCS) Summer Camp.

        As much as it sounds bad, it's ... worse. From today on, the Montgomery County Community College we used to go to was taken for its fall semester. So now, we were cramped in a tiny room with a projector and no electricity whatsoever in China Grace Christian Church. In fact, we're now best friends with little creepy crawlies and oh boy, there are a lot of them.

        Other than the learning and gross room, it wasn't too bad. We had Chinese Yo-Yo in the hallway, played Chinese Chess with folks, and practiced Chinese Kung Fu outside.

        Sometimes, you just have to live with what you got because you might not have any at all.

【紅霞譯文】

        自今天起，我前後九個星期的夏令營將進入最後一周，其間發生了天翻地覆的變化，沒有遊戲可玩，不再進行體育鍛煉，僅僅將學習排到議事日程上來，還有…的…垃圾，我懂得分寸！學習與暑假兩者本是互不相干的兩個概念，但賓州光華中文學校夏令營卻偏偏把它們融合在一起。

        比這更糟糕的還有，從即日起，我們以前借用的蒙哥馬利郡社區學院因其秋季開學而被占用，最後一周夏令營本部只好臨時挪至神州基督教會，小了吧嘰的房間缺電憋曲，還有學習任務。實際上，咱從此以後更要跟那些到處亂爬的蜘蛛打成一片，哦天呢，它們可謂氣勢浩大。

        除了學習中文和叫人心裡發毛的房間之外，其它一切倒蠻不錯的。我們可以在走廊里抖空竹，坐下來殺盤中國象棋，到外面學打中國功夫。

        有時候，人得學會知足，珍惜現有的東西，因為有總比沒有強。