A letter sent after sister Long's leaving for Florida

May 13th, 2008

Dear sister Long:

Now, you and Ming are on the plane to Atlanta. I phoned aunt this evening, to know that everything went smoothly, and wish you a good journey!

Time likes a shuttle, with which she is flying. Now you are leaving, I am much obliged to you and Ming for your sincere help, advice and encouragement for me. Now I start to miss you for the good times we spent in aunt's house, my parents' house and at the square of railway station. I will never forget the words "tart", the time you helped me to revise my resume and check my gre vocabulary. And also "soggy, perfunctory (characterized by routine and superficiality; lacking in interest and enthusiasm, you are right!), turbulence, torpid..." we discussed at the square and walked around the plaza for taking exercise.

Time likes a knife, with which she is carving her image. However, I feel you are hardly carved by time, rather, the same as ten years before, caring for others and take seriously and sincerely to others. Making sure everyone sits down with chair when dinner and correcting my pronunciation for "contents, must, prepare, idea, share", you take a piece of paper to write down them for me, making me feel touched. Moreover, when you worried about Ming's leaving alone with ponderous luggage for his hometown at the station, your eyes teemed with anxieties for a long time. Please forgive me for venturing to say that and my sensitivities, rather, it is just my true feeling without any reservation when writing here. You really set a good example for me, for being sincere to others and caring for others, yet, do not forget to care more about yourself, relax and entertain yourself, being happy all the time!

You repeatedly told me that grasping the time to learn more when you are young, and after marriage and having children, your state of mind will be distracted and energy can not be concentrated wholly. I will keep in mind with your encouragement and make great effort to learn. Also, I wish you all the best, enjoying family love and joy with children. We all bless you and the God.

At last, thanks very much for Ming that he directed me to revise my resume meticulously with the detail about using the more appropriate words and expressions. Yes, It is fortunate for me to have the face-to-face opportunity to talk with Ming and you about information and matters needs attention relating to application. By the way, last night, when I return home, the revised document of resume in my flash disk fail to open the latest version, maybe some mistakes happened when saving from Ming's laptop, I should have opened it to make sure the latest content. Moreover, the copy of my resume was bound to be on the desktop of Ming's laptop unless he deleted or moved it, if so, could you send to me a copy via email? If he does not have the copy, it does not matter, for I could remember most of the revised details last night after home, and I just want to check whether there is any points I am oblivious of.

Best wishes!
yours Yi