This week is the last week of our summer session. I felt quite weird seeing Nini’s empty seat on Monday — it seemed like something was lost. Now we are all trying to get used to the days without he. We started to joke around in class, we started to crindle each other, and we started to call each other by strange nicknames again. Nonetheless, we still wonder how is everything going in the States. We are thinking of Nini, and we wish she can be accustomed to the life there soon.
Nothing really special happened this week. I have been very busy every day, kept running around during break time, and had no time to finish studying for the quizzes next day. The odd thing is, I don’t really remember what I was busy with… Anyway, everything is over now, at least until the start of the next semester.
I thought that there would be a typhoon this weekend so I could take a break, but the weather now is so nice that it doesn’t seem like any typhoon is coming. To be quite honest, I’m a bit disappointed about not getting a chance to rest. In the past few days, my friends from THG practiced from 13:00 to, I am not quite sure, perhaps 16:00 every afternoon. Since I always had class during this period of time, I could only watch them from the sixth floor, feeling kind of lost…
Last night, I felt exhausted any couldn’t study at all.Instead, I watched a concert: 民歌30–永遠的未央歌. I started to listen to campus folk songs when I was in junoir high school, and I soon fell in love with those beautiful songs. Back then, some of my classmates teased me and often asked me, “How old are you?” (Well, I am actually the second youngest student in our class.) But I didn’t care. Campus folk songs not only sound beautiful, but the lyrics are also very inspiring. I still remember that when I was about to take the high school admission exams last year, how these songs relieved my tight nerves and how they encouraged me. During that time, I loved to sing campus folk songs in my leisure time. When singing these songs, I felt not only relaxed but also motivated. To me, these songs have wonderous magical power.
My bad mood that lasted for the whole week was miraculously assuaged after listen to that concert last night. Ah, if there is a forty reunion for this concert, I wish I can be present for the grand occasion!
In addition to folk songs, I am really fond of musicals, too. My favorite musical is “Les Misérables.” I was also teased by some of my classmates in junior high school because of my enthusiasm for Les Misérables. But that could not reduce my love for musicals. I think I am blessed with all this beautiful music that can cheer me up when I am depressed and encourage me when I am lost. After all, we should always find things that will make us happy, right? An optimistic heart and a joyful mind are all I have to fight against all difficulties, so I will always try to keep them however I can. Listening to folk songs and musicals is probably the most efficient way for me. The new semester is starting – let’s keep going!