Christine (9) learned to read a more classical Chinese piece on 楊貴妃, a famed royal consort from the 8th century.
Reading
3-2016: Reading
Christine (9) learned to read a classical Chinese piece.
塞翁失馬
近塞上之人有善術者,馬無故亡而入胡。人皆吊之。其父曰:「此何遽不為福乎?」居數月,其馬將胡駿馬而歸。人皆賀之。其父曰:「此何遽不能為禍乎?」家富良馬,其子好騎,墮而折其髀。人皆吊之。其父曰:「此何遽不為福乎?」居一年,胡人大入塞,丁壯者引弦而戰,近塞之人,死者十九,此獨以跛之故,父子相保。故福之為禍,禍之為福,化不可極,深不可測也。
10-2016: Reading
Christine (10) started to learn reading the “36 stratagems”, 三十六計 aloud.
1-2017: Reading
Christine (10) learned to read aloud classic stories of the “36 stratagems”.
3-2017: Reading
I (13) re-read a few stories of Six Dreams (六個夢), by Chiung Yao (瓊瑤).
民國初年,北平。那一天,對婉君而言,真像是場大夢。一清早,家裡擠滿了姨姨姑姑,到處亂哄哄的。媽媽拿出一件繡滿了花的紅色緞子衣服,換掉了她平日穿慣的短襖長裙,七八個人圍著她,給她搽胭脂抹粉,戴上珠串珠花,遮上頭帔,然後媽媽抱了她一下,含著淚說:「小婉,離開了媽媽,別再鬧孩子脾氣了。到了那邊,就要像個大人一樣了,要聽話,要乖,要學著侍候公公婆婆,知道嗎?」婉君緊閉著嘴,呆呆的坐著,像個小洋娃娃。然後,她被硬塞進那個掛著簾子、垂著珠珞的花轎,在鞭炮和鼓樂齊鳴中,花轎被抬了起來。直到此刻,她才突然被一種恐怖和驚惶所征服,她緊緊的抓住轎桿,「哇」的一聲哭了起來,拚命叫媽媽。於是媽媽的臉在轎門口出現了,用非常柔和的聲音說:「小婉,好好的去吧,到那兒,大家都會喜歡你的。別哭了,當心把胭脂都哭掉了。」
Christine (10) practiced reading from a 4th-grade level Chinese Language Art textbook.
We started working on a few Tang era Chinese poems as well.

10-2017: Reading
Christine (11) read the Chinese edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

11-2017: Reading
I (14) re-read the coming of age novel “那些年,我們ㄧ起追的女孩” by 九把刀. It’s one of my favorite Chinese books.

12-2017: Reading
I (14) re-attempted reading the Chinese edition of My Sister’s Keeper and understood it much better this time around.

2-2018: Reading
Christine (11) read one of the short stories from “Six Dreams” (六個夢) by famed author 瓊瑤. It starts out like this:
第一個夢 追尋
民國初年,北平。那一天,對婉君而言,真像是場大夢。一清早,家裡擠滿了姨姨姑姑,到處亂哄哄的。媽媽拿出一件繡滿了花的紅色緞子衣服,換掉了她平日穿慣的短襖長裙,七八個人圍著她,給她搽胭脂抹粉,戴上珠串珠花,遮上頭帔,然後媽媽抱了她一下,含著淚說:「小婉,離開了媽媽,別再鬧孩子脾氣了。到了那邊,就要像個大人一樣了,要聽話,要乖,要學著侍候公公婆婆,知道嗎?」婉君緊閉著嘴,呆呆的坐著,像個小洋娃娃。然後,她被硬塞進那個掛著簾子、垂著珠珞的花轎,在鞭炮和鼓樂齊鳴中,花轎被抬了起來。直到此刻,她才突然被一種恐怖和驚惶所征服,她緊緊的抓住轎桿,「哇」的一聲哭了起來,拚命叫媽媽。於是媽媽的臉在轎門口出現了,用非常柔和的聲音說:「小婉,好好的去吧,到那兒,大家都會喜歡你的。別哭了,當心把胭脂都哭掉了。」
3-2018: Reading
I (14) read the Chinese edition of “Anna and the French Kiss“.

Christine (11) started reading the famous kungfu novel “Return of the Condor Hero 神雕俠侶“ by famed author 金庸.
