—Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountain and flowing for 1,375 kilometres (854 mi), into the Strait of Georgia at the city of Vancouver.
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” —A.A. Milne
It was the 21st of February, 1978. I was standing on a platform in Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong. In the brightness of a cold morning, a suitcase at my feet, I was watching the Pan Am 747, the largest jumbo jet in the world, which would soon take me to New York then to Toronto. I was full of fear and uncertainty. It was all scarily accurate. It was, for instance, opting for the remote island life and a chance at the new world’s infinite opportunities instead of a gloomy future in a male dominated society because my choices in life were so limited. Looking back, this move shine through time like the northern light. It was a turning point, allowing me to have education and stand upright in my adopted country Canada. After many places, many moves, here I am, in Vancouver now.
We are in our 10th months of restrictions due to Covid-19 pandemic. There have been 765 deaths in B.C. and 14,331 deaths in Canada.
Here, in our little place in LuLu Island, beauty and horror co-exist. I cannot complain of much hardship where we are. We live in a beautiful townhome surrounded by parks, farmland and oh yeah... Fraser River. But I am thinking about the deaths, the healthcare workers, and worrying about my mother, my daughters... Like many people, I've been struggling with sleep!
Walking it out may be the answer. I did 5 km this morning. I'd like to call it the Fraser River Tour — I started at home, and walked to River Road, skirted nettlebed and back home through #3 Road. The rose bushes are fading now, but there is cow parsley everywhere. And snow geese are returning, flying gently in the sunshine. Yes, walk it out, I say.
But this morning, oh my goodness, there wasn't anything else to say. How can we possibly begin to appreciate all this beauty?
—Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountain and flowing for 1,375 kilometres (854 mi), into the Strait of Georgia at the city of Vancouver.
都是中年人了, 時間愈見寶貴, 十八歲時自以為是天才, 廿八歲才醒覺是庸才, 唯有加倍努力以勤補拙, 萬卷詩書事業, 十份一也做不到, 心底著實焦急起來, 莊子說: 以有涯生命追求無涯的知識, 殆之矣。
所以有人閒來逛公司喝下午茶串門子說是非, 心裡立刻嫌棄, 此人怎地不事生產, 有時間可以做義工, 又或留在家裡讀書寫字, 總好過花蝴蝶般穿插社交場所, 此等場所流言最多, 老之將至, 那裡還有時間精力跟人喋喋不休紏纏下去。
漫長的人生道路, 必然有得有失, 絶不怕挫折和失意, 唯有經過苦難才知道生命的真義, 在垂暮之年, 回首前塵, 我不曾白活, 都學過了, 做過了, 愛過了, 哭過了, 我將帶著微笑而離去...
—1991年5月1日發表在加京華報
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—1998年10月15日發表在加華僑報
