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I went to see the independent production film, Formosa Betrayed, yesterday.
The reflection I have after seeing the film fits to Niemoller’s statement.

美國波士頓猶太人大屠殺紀念碑碑文 (New England Holocaust Memorial)

德國新教牧師Martin Niemoller

(Chinese Translation)

起初他們追殺共產主義者，

我不是共產主義者，我不說話；

接著他們追殺猶太人，

我不是猶太人，我不說話；

後來他們追殺工會成員，

我不是工會成員，我繼續不說話；

此後他們追殺天主教徒，

我不是天主教徒，我還是不說話；

最後，他們奔向我來，

再也沒有人站起來為我說話了。

(English Version)

When the Nazis came for the communists,

I did not speak up

because I was not a communist.

When they came for the Jews

I did not speak up

because I was not a Jew;

When they came for the trade unionists

I did not speak up

because I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for Catholics

I did not speak up

because I was protestant;

When they came for me,

and by that time no one was left to speak up

(German)   德文原文

Als die Nazis die Kommunisten holten,

habe ich geschwiegen;

ich war ja kein Kommunist.

Als sie die Sozialdemokraten einsperrten,

habe ich geschwiegen;

ich war ja kein Sozialdemokrat.

Als sie die Gewerkschafter holten,

habe ich nicht protestiert;

ich war ja kein Gewerkschafter.

Als sie die Juden holten,

habe ich nicht protestiert;

ich war ja kein Jude.

Als sie mich holten,

gab es keinen mehr, der protestieren konnte

On December 25^th 2009, I spent my first Christmas in America at Katie’s place. There were six people gathering together to celebrate Christmas, including Katie, Shawn, Emily, Lin, Ray, Vivienne, and myself. Katie picked us up at Harvard Square and gave us a ride to her place. When I entered the house, I was really impressed with the decoration and the atmosphere of the house. It was cozy and warm, both heat and the atmosphere. There were photos and candles, and I love them very much. When we entered the dining room, I found the table was set with nice plates and napkins, and the photo frames with our names. Katie made all of this! I think Katie is really talented in making places nicer! Katie made us nice lunch. We had a good salad and spicy pasta and zucchinis. I love the food very much. After lunch, we sang Christmas songs and unwrapped the gifts under the big Christmas tree. These gifts were from everyone, and we exchanged gifts. It was really exciting to open the gifts in American way that I never had before. Everyone was really enjoying it! Oh, I forgot to mention Lily and Sergio. They are Katie and Shawn’s pets! They brought a lot of joy for our Christmas. I think they make a good balance. Lily is energetic, while Sergio is more laidback. Lily is more like a social person. She likes to hang out with everyone, and she made everyone laugh. After opening the gifts, we played games. We had to pull a silver candy-like present from both sides. After pulling, there was a big sound and the gifts inside popped out. The presents inside include a paper-made tiara, a small toy, and a small piece of paper with jokes or trivia on it. We told everyone the jokes or made everyone guess the trivia! I got the same piece of paper with Ray’s. Out trivia question was “which color can stipulate your appetite?” And………………………..the answer is “Orange.” Then we chatted with each other for the whole afternoon and had our artist’s day. We used the glitter powders to decorate the snowflakes! Everyone came up with something special. Ray created a 3-D artwork! All the snowflakes we decorated were sparkling under the light. That was the first time using glitter powders. Now I have hung my snowflake on the wall of my room. As for dinner, Emily, Lin and Vivienne prepared Vegetarian Chinese food for us! Lin made the soup, Emily made a dish of mushrooms and green vegetable, Vivienne made the special steamed rice, and Katie and I set the table! These dishes were really good. We also had some white wine for dinner. Thank you for bringing the wine, Emily! During the dinner, we had great conversations! Then it started to snow!!! Because of being afraid that there would be more snow, we decided to go home earlier. We hugged each other before saying goodbye… It was a totally wonderful Christmas just to celebrate with friends! I love GMCA, because it brings me friendships! And thank you, Ray and Vivienne. It was really nice of you to drive us home!

Just wondering how everyone was going to do on Thansgiving and what I should do while waiting for the T back home, I was invitied to celebrate this day in an American family. (Thank you, Mike) It was an experience that I will never forget.

Everyone arrived Mike’s place around 2 pm. We introduced ourselves, and chatted. (Felt nervous about what I should talk about all the time =P, but still fun and liked it) Then I learned that it took about four hours to cook the turkey and we should always keep an eye on the turkey all the time…a lot of hard work!!! While waiting for the turkey to be ready, we watched the football game. We discussed the rule of the football and why football is called football. Isn’t it weird to call football football since people do not use their feet to play the sport all the time? Then we talked about NBA. Well, I like the NBA experience I had previously. I think what NBA sells is more than sports, it sells experiences. There normally are cheerleading performances and basketball stunt shows between the breaks. People will not feel bored while during a break. However, some may think that NBA loses the focus on basketball profession if there are too many other things going on and that how come people need to be told to cheer for their team. I also learned how to taste wine! Thank you Stephanie. Or I would embarrase myself in front of people in a formal situation if I didn’t know how to taste wine…..(And the wine did taste differently after using the way Stephanie suggested)

Around 4 pm, the dinner was ready! The turkey was great! It was even better with the smashed potatoes.

After the meal and before starting the dessert, we played games =) It’s called Partini. We grouped ourselves into three and had competition. We draw a category card first to decide which category to compete. There are six categories: Hum Puch, What Not, Mime Twist, Clay Smoothing, and something you played with balls and cups…and the last one I couldn’t remember the name….In Hum Punch, you have to hum the designated song and your teammate guest what the song is. In What Not, you said the category first, and use negative statements to decribe the objects. For example, you describe carrot and pumpkin by saying it’s not apple pie, it’s not fruits, it’s not juicy etc in the orange category. In Mime Twist, you also mentioned the category first, and then you describe the object by behaviors or acting. In Clay smoothing, you use clay do describe the objects. The most fun one I think is the one you have to play with the balls and cups. I think this one is really creative because there are so many types of games you can play only with two balls and five cups! We got really excited when we played this one.

It really was a fantastic experience! I had wonderful meals and exciting games, and the most important of all is having a great time with friends.  There was no better way to celebrate Thanksgiving like this!

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