(Translation of the lyrics)
leaning on your back sitting on the carpeted floor
Love the song? Good, because it's one of the best love songs that I have ever known. The lyrics have no mention of the word love, yet one can easily sense a deep feeling of love in every verse. Thanks to the Thanksgiving dinner that we had tonight at the house of Mike and Vera's (MV's), the parents of Marie, I dug it out from the Internet to share it with you. This song makes me cry each and every time when I listen to it. When I listened to it again tonight, the U-tube link took me to another video in which Zhao Yonghua, the singer, disclosed the fact that she had a tough life growing up without having a father to hold her hands. I cried even harder and longer than usual.
When I was done with crying, I translated it.
Receiving an invitation to MV's house for dinner is not unusual since our daughters attend the same daycare and they have been best friends since 2. Mike is now a stay-at-home dad, although he likes to think of himself as a writer. Having written many screen plays in his early life, gone to law school, and then practiced law for many years, Mike decided that writing books in his bedroom while everyone else is sleeping is the most rewarding job of all. So I think of him as someone who enjoys every minute what life can offer - he obviously has gotten everything figured out. I believe he is a typical Daoist but he insists on calling himself a Jew. Anyway, check out his book and decide for yourself. Vera is my dictionary and library. On the top of knowing everything, she is also kind, sensitive, and always puts others' interests above her own - I think she cannot live her life without acting as a Psychologist/Counselor - that is her day job. Anyway, I am sure that they both totally disagree with me and my hasty judgements on them. So please keep quiet if you happen to know who they are in person.
At 5 pm, we arrived MV's house and immediately were drawn by the aroma of the food from the kitchen. Few guests were already there: Ray, a New Yorker and Mike's life long friend; Dan, MV's ex-landlord and a retired attorney; and his new lover Jill. The hosts and guests greeted us with a delicious Sangria as we were walking into the lovely home. Skipping getting introduced to the other guests, we started to chat as if we have been old friends! Our hosts have a high tolerance to my low EQ (emotional intelligence) so I did not have to worry about offending their friends. After having made it clear to everyone that MV's friends were just our friends, Dave and his wife "Sher" or "Ceiline Dion" arrived - I think she looks just like Sher but Fabrice believes she is the phenocopy of Ceiline. It's my blog, so let's call her Sher. The whole house now was completely filled with joys and laughters: Ray and Sher quickly discovered their common interests in playing with the kids so we only hear their giggling from them and the little ones. Dave was drawn to Fabrice because the latter was a great listener and Dave was a great adventurer, he was sharing his life stories from his "spy life". Dan and Jill were beside the group attending their own love for each other. The hosts were walking in between each of these groups carrying and serving them with various starters and drinks, busier than worker bees!
When the dinner was ready, some of us (I know who!!!) were almost full. Well, in my defense, who can resist a delicious cheese bowl, crackers, various vegetables, and yogurt dips? While approaching the dinner table, I found that food would have been enough for an army of 100 people: tender and juicy turkey, roast vegetables, sautéed green beans, mashed potatoes, green salads with sweet pecans, fresh cranberries and canned cranberry source...too much? Imaging this meal was followed by a dessert course of cheese cake from NYC, a homemade cake, 2 kinds of puddings, and pumpkin or vanilla ice cream...
Having stuffed ourselves with the delicious food, we moved our zests from the dinner table to the living room. The kids were still full of energy at that time. Marie, Zhuzhu and Niuniu comfortably situated themselves in between Sher's arms and breasts (Yum Yum!!!) listening to the Disney princess stories. Fabrice was still enjoying Dave's adventurous stories around the world, Dan and Jill still failed to take eyes off each other, and MV were entertaining the whole crowd enthusiastically with random topics.
The party did not seem to be wounded down even it was close to the midnight...
(sorry for a long introduction to this love song)
Being brought up in France and China, respectively, Fabrice and I have very little experience in cerebrating Thanksgiving with the locals. Tonight's experience certainly has expanded our horizon and the "authentic Americans" have shown us how joyful a Thanksgiving can be.
My heart was now filled with gratitudes. It takes me about 20 years living in the U.S. to get into the spirit of this special holiday. I was grateful to friends like Mike and Vera and their friends for sharing this special night with us; I was grateful to Fabrice, Zhuzhu, and Niuniu for coming to my life; most importantly, I was grateful to my ex-lover, the special one, for having transformed me from an awkward teenage girl into a confident woman. This is the very reason why I started this post with the love song above. It was she who introduced me this love song, about 20 years ago!
Years have passed and my intense love for her has settled into a sweet and tender memory. But the wonderful Thanksgiving party woke up this memory and urged me to find this love song, to cry a river, and then to finally write this post.
Life is complicated and imperfect. Now growing old with her, collecting every bits of happy smiles along the way, and saving it for later to chat slowly with her ... may never be possible anymore. But I do cherish our journey together.
Here I am collecting bits of smiles and joys along tonight's cerebration...
leaning on your back sitting on the carpeted floor
listening to the music and chatting about wishes
you wish me sweeter and tenderer
I wish you to place me in your heart
you said you wish to give me a romantic dream
to thanking me for leading you to find the heaven
even if that takes a life time to accomplish
once I mention it you will remember and never forget
(following are the repeats)
(following are the repeats)
the most romantic thing that I can think of
is to grow old with you
along the way collecting every bit of joys and smiles
saving it for later to chat slowly while sitting in a rocking chair
the most romantic thing that I can think of
is to grow old with you
until we will be too old to go anywhere
you will still treasure me as a gem in the palm of your hand
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When I was done with crying, I translated it.
Receiving an invitation to MV's house for dinner is not unusual since our daughters attend the same daycare and they have been best friends since 2. Mike is now a stay-at-home dad, although he likes to think of himself as a writer. Having written many screen plays in his early life, gone to law school, and then practiced law for many years, Mike decided that writing books in his bedroom while everyone else is sleeping is the most rewarding job of all. So I think of him as someone who enjoys every minute what life can offer - he obviously has gotten everything figured out. I believe he is a typical Daoist but he insists on calling himself a Jew. Anyway, check out his book and decide for yourself. Vera is my dictionary and library. On the top of knowing everything, she is also kind, sensitive, and always puts others' interests above her own - I think she cannot live her life without acting as a Psychologist/Counselor - that is her day job. Anyway, I am sure that they both totally disagree with me and my hasty judgements on them. So please keep quiet if you happen to know who they are in person.
At 5 pm, we arrived MV's house and immediately were drawn by the aroma of the food from the kitchen. Few guests were already there: Ray, a New Yorker and Mike's life long friend; Dan, MV's ex-landlord and a retired attorney; and his new lover Jill. The hosts and guests greeted us with a delicious Sangria as we were walking into the lovely home. Skipping getting introduced to the other guests, we started to chat as if we have been old friends! Our hosts have a high tolerance to my low EQ (emotional intelligence) so I did not have to worry about offending their friends. After having made it clear to everyone that MV's friends were just our friends, Dave and his wife "Sher" or "Ceiline Dion" arrived - I think she looks just like Sher but Fabrice believes she is the phenocopy of Ceiline. It's my blog, so let's call her Sher. The whole house now was completely filled with joys and laughters: Ray and Sher quickly discovered their common interests in playing with the kids so we only hear their giggling from them and the little ones. Dave was drawn to Fabrice because the latter was a great listener and Dave was a great adventurer, he was sharing his life stories from his "spy life". Dan and Jill were beside the group attending their own love for each other. The hosts were walking in between each of these groups carrying and serving them with various starters and drinks, busier than worker bees!
When the dinner was ready, some of us (I know who!!!) were almost full. Well, in my defense, who can resist a delicious cheese bowl, crackers, various vegetables, and yogurt dips? While approaching the dinner table, I found that food would have been enough for an army of 100 people: tender and juicy turkey, roast vegetables, sautéed green beans, mashed potatoes, green salads with sweet pecans, fresh cranberries and canned cranberry source...too much? Imaging this meal was followed by a dessert course of cheese cake from NYC, a homemade cake, 2 kinds of puddings, and pumpkin or vanilla ice cream...
Having stuffed ourselves with the delicious food, we moved our zests from the dinner table to the living room. The kids were still full of energy at that time. Marie, Zhuzhu and Niuniu comfortably situated themselves in between Sher's arms and breasts (Yum Yum!!!) listening to the Disney princess stories. Fabrice was still enjoying Dave's adventurous stories around the world, Dan and Jill still failed to take eyes off each other, and MV were entertaining the whole crowd enthusiastically with random topics.
The party did not seem to be wounded down even it was close to the midnight...
(sorry for a long introduction to this love song)
Being brought up in France and China, respectively, Fabrice and I have very little experience in cerebrating Thanksgiving with the locals. Tonight's experience certainly has expanded our horizon and the "authentic Americans" have shown us how joyful a Thanksgiving can be.
My heart was now filled with gratitudes. It takes me about 20 years living in the U.S. to get into the spirit of this special holiday. I was grateful to friends like Mike and Vera and their friends for sharing this special night with us; I was grateful to Fabrice, Zhuzhu, and Niuniu for coming to my life; most importantly, I was grateful to my ex-lover, the special one, for having transformed me from an awkward teenage girl into a confident woman. This is the very reason why I started this post with the love song above. It was she who introduced me this love song, about 20 years ago!
Years have passed and my intense love for her has settled into a sweet and tender memory. But the wonderful Thanksgiving party woke up this memory and urged me to find this love song, to cry a river, and then to finally write this post.
Life is complicated and imperfect. Now growing old with her, collecting every bits of happy smiles along the way, and saving it for later to chat slowly with her ... may never be possible anymore. But I do cherish our journey together.
Here I am collecting bits of smiles and joys along tonight's cerebration...
...to share with you, my friends inside the computer, while sitting on a rocking chair.
I Google searched the lyrics of the song (The most romantic thing) this morning and your blog post came up on top. Today is Thanksgiving 2017. What a coincidence!
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