Red Cliff
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Wei Zhao
trailer for Red Cliff, directed by John Woo (2008)
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First Encounter - Tony Leung the Actor
male bonding
he seeks and finds the comfort zone
to carry on our conversation
It was in Singapore that I first met Tony Leung, one of Hong Kong's best actors. The following is lifted from http: //orientalis.wordpress.com/
Tony Leung’s talent is undeniable - arguably the world’s best actor in the judgement of many. This Hong Kong native is lauded the world over for the soulful expressions conveyed by his eyes alone. Most Westerners are familiar of Mr. Leung through his collaborations with director Wong Kar-Wai’s many art house flicks. Most recently he’s appeared in Andrew Lau’s “Infernal Affairs” (remaded as Scorsese’s “The Departed”, though the original is much better) , Zhang Yimou’s “Hero”, Wong Kar-Wai’s “2046″ . To date, Mr. Leung has not ventured into any English speaking roles due to what he considers as a dirth of quality roles given to Asian actors in Hollywood. However, this might change as there are rumors of his English film debut in a lead as a detective.
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The Grandmaster
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ziyi Zhang, Jin Zhang, Hye-kyo Song, Cung Le, Chen Chang, Siu-Lung Leung
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The Chinese Nightingale
A Song in Chinese Tapestries
"How, how," he said. "Friend Chang," I said,
"San Francisco sleeps as the dead—
Ended license, lust and play:
Why do you iron the night away?
Your big clock speaks with a deadly sound,
With a tick and a wail till dawn comes round.
While the monster shadows glower and creep,
What can be better for man than sleep?"
"I will tell you a secret," Chang replied;
"My breast with vision is satisfied,
And I see green trees and fluttering wings,
And my deathless bird from Shanghai sings."
Then he lit five fire-crackers in a pan.
"Pop, pop," said the fire-crackers, "cra-cra-crack."
He lit a joss stick long and black.
Then the proud gray joss in the corner stirred;
On his wrist appeared a gray small bird,
And this was the song of the gray small bird:
"Where is the princess, loved forever,
Who made Chang first of the kings of men?"
And the joss in the corner stirred again;
And the carved dog, curled in his arms, awoke,
Barked forth a smoke-cloud that whirled and broke.
It piled in a maze round the ironing-place,
And there on the snowy table wide
Stood a Chinese lady of high degree,
With a scornful, witching, tea-rose face....
Yet she put away all form and pride,
And laid her glimmering veil aside
With a childlike smile for Chang and for me.
The walls fell back, night was aflower,
The table gleamed in a moonlit bower,
While Chang, with a countenance carved of stone,
Ironed and ironed, all alone.
And thus she sang to the busy man Chang:
"Have you forgotten....
Deep in the ages, long, long ago,
I was your sweetheart, there on the sand—
Storm-worn beach of the Chinese land?
We sold our grain in the peacock town
Built on the edge of the sea-sands brown—
Built on the edge of the sea-sands brown....
"When all the world was drinking blood
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We Go Together
John travolta/olivia newton-john & cast
We go together, like ra-ma la-ma la-ma ka dinga kading-a-dong
Remember forever, as shoo-wop shoo-waddy-waddy yippity boom-de-boom
Chang-chang changity-chang shoo-bop thats the way it should be wahoo yeah
Were one of a kind, like dip da-dip da-dip doo-wop da-doo-dee-doo
Our names are signed, a-boogedy boogedy boogedy boogedy shooby shoo-wop she-bop
Chang-chang changity-chang shoo-bop well always be like one wa-wa-wa-one
When we go out at night, and stars are shining bright, up in the skies above
Or at the highschool dance, where you can find romance
Baby, it might be lu-u-u-ove
Ra-ma la-ma la-ma ka dinga kading-a-dong
Shoo-wop shoo-waddy-waddy yippity boom-de-boom
Chang-chang changity-chang shoo-bop
Dip da-dip da-dip doo-wop da-doo-dee-doo
Boogedy boogedy boogedy boogedy shooby shoo-wop shoo-wop
Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na yipity-dip-de-boom
(repeat)
A-wop boma loo-mop, a-wop bam boom!
Were for each other, like a-wop boma loo-mop a-wop bam boom
Just like my brother, sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na yipity-dip-de-boom
Chang-chang changity-chang shoo-bop, well always be together, wahoo, yeah
Well always be together
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Ayelet Chen
AYELET CHEN BAGALUT TISMAKEN
V'BALAYLAH BATECH HEYKOH MALANI
AYELET CHEN BAGALUT TISMAKEN
V'BALAYLAH BATECH HEYKOH MALANI
LAKOS YEYNAH ANI TAMID MAZUMAN
W'ANIT'ORAV HAMAD YEYNAH BIYEYNI
LAKOS YEYNAH ANI TAMID MAZUMAN
W'ANIT'ORAV HAMAD YEYNAH BIYEYNI
SHATEV DUDIM LA'OMATI WASHUKRU
WAHO'IRU LASEKAL RA'YUNI
SHATEV DUDIM LA'OMATI WASHUKRU
WAHO'IRU LASEKAL RA'YUNI
BEHEKAL BAT MALAKHIM HAKAVUDAH
WASHULCHONAH MAZUMAN LAHAMUNI
BEHEKAL BAT MALAKHIM HAKAVUDAH
WASHULCHONAH MAZUMAN LAHAMUNI
ZAMUN HIPRID LAKHOL RE'IM WA'DUDIM
AVAL DUDI B'AHAVAH YIM SHAKENI
ZAMUN HIPRID LAKHOL RE'IM WA'DUDIM
AVAL DUDI B'AHAVAH YIM SHAKENI
YAKASHAR CHEN WACHASADA 'AL DZHAVARAT
BAMA'DZHAL CHEN WACHASAD YIZIKARENI
YAKASHAR CHEN WACHASADA 'AL DZHAVARAT
BAMA'DZHAL CHEN WACHASAD YIZIKARENI
TE'ORER AHAVAT RACHEL LABANIM
BASED MALKHUT ASIRIT'T 'ALENI
TE'ORER AHAVAT RACHEL LABANIM
BASED MALKHUT ASIRIT'T 'ALENI
ELOHIM CHAYISH LA'AMAKHO YASHU'AH
BA'AT ROTZEN TATZACHATZECH GARENI
ELOHIM CHAYISH LA'AMAKHO YASHU'AH
BA'AT ROTZEN TATZACHATZECH GARENI
SHALOMI LEV BAREV SHALEM TASEVEV
B'NEY EYSH TOM SAGOLAT AV HAMANI
SHALOMI LEV BAREV SHALEM TASEVEV
B'NEY EYSH TOM SAGOLAT AV HAMANI
AYELET CHEN!
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Se, jie
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Wei Tang, Joan Chen, Lee-Hom Wang, Chung Hua Tou
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Esa Loca
[Intro: R.O.B.B.]
Yo you remember Tony from Capicu?
And carribean chicks be like papi chu
All you haters out there can't stop me dude
I got niggas out there dem shotta you
Y'all not ready for R-R-O y'all not ready for Se-an-Paul
Y'all not ready for Tony Toca
Ladies, esa loca
[Tony Touch (Sean Paul)]
Ay yo good lookin, from D.R. to Brooklyn
Puerto Rico to Montego do it for the people
Toca aka Mr. Suavito
Do what I do like I'm doin it for me though
Rep for my bredren that's without question
Pull out the weapon in case they start flexin
T. Touch he bust so stop guessin
I weed up now wheel it up in a session
Rudebwoy selecta yeah I'm a get'cha
I'm nice under pressure write a quick lecture
Sean Paul nothin but love soon as I met ya
So let's do this and show 'em who the rudest
You must be kiddin me, gettin rid of me
Guns'll blast like them boys in Tivoli
Or Rema and Jungle where all the killers be
Even in Italy they still consider me
One of the dopest that's cause I lasted
The rest is all hopeless nothin but asses
I'm so focused yet I'm so blasted
(Dutty Yeah!)
And I'm out son big up all the masses
[Sean Paul]
Tell dem all for races seh nuh guy caan try race case
Gwaan stop di progress and a gwaan embrace this
A old rust off magnum mi a got hitch upon mi waist
Tell mi if you nuh love how di teflon taste
Well I don't need a lawyer cause there won't be a case
Forget what you see now your life is get replaced
I'm di dappa Dutty dung inna di biz
I'm about to show you what respect really is
Punk yah nuh nuttin, yo I know you really think your clever
But you caan stop di style dem never
Real push button, start it if yuh ready fi whatever
Yo tell mi if you heard of mi never dem call mi
[Cho: Sean Paul]
The Dutty Loca, the Tony Toca
Man a gallis, man a gangsta, man a born herbalist
Oonu listen out, Esa Loca
The Dutty Loca, the Tony Toca
Man a gallis, man a gangsta, man a internationalist
Oonu listen out, Esa Loca
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Komm Zurck Zu Mir
bin aufgewacht kann nicht schlafen
du gehst mir nicht mehr ausm sinn
und ich wei nicht, ich wei nicht
was ich machen soll ohne dich.
kann irgendwie nicht richtig denken
kann mich einfach nicht ablenken
denn ich wei nicht, ich wei nicht
was ich machen soll ohne dich.
aufgewacht aus meinen trumen
pltzlich warst du weg.
komm zurck zu mir
was soll denn der schei?
du kannst mich doch nicht einfach so verlassen
komm zurck zu mir
kann es immer noch nicht fassen
komm zurck zu mir
was soll denn der schei?
ich hab gedacht das mit uns das wr fr immer [fr immer]
bitte lass mich nicht allein
bin aufgewacht, kann nicht schlafen
hab die ganze nacht lang nur geheult
und ich frag mich [ich frag mich]
ist da gar nichts mehr zwischen uns?
hab tausendmal nach ner antwort gesucht
tagelang dich zu erreichen versucht
doch jetzt wei ich [jetzt wei ich]
das sich jeder was mal geben muss
bin aufgewacht aus meinen trumen
pltzlich warst du weg.
komm zurck zu mir
was soll denn der schei?
du kannst mich doch nicht einfach so verlassen
komm zurck zu mir
kann es immer noch nicht fassen
komm zurck zu mir
was soll denn der schei?
ich hab gedacht das mit uns das wr fr immer [fr immer]
bitte lass mich nicht allein [lass mich nicht allein]
[kann nicht schlafen]
[warum hast du mich verlassen?]
bin aufgewacht aus meinen trumen
pltzlich warst du weg
komm zurck zu mir
was soll denn der scheiss?
du kannst mich doch nicht einfach so verlassen
komm zurck zu mir
kann es immer noch nicht fassen
komm zurck zu mir
was soll denn der schei?
ich hab gedacht das mit uns das wr fr immer [fr immer]
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2046
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Li Gong, Faye Wong, Takuya Kimura, Ziyi Zhang
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Poem about Poetry - The Real Poets
poets are birds
birds are poets
and the latter
are the truest poets
singing - from dawn till night and night till dawn
crowning the world
with their exuberant,
health giving and never ending poetry slam
first to flag off
the daily slam
would be the cockerels
sending our heart reeling
with the precision of
their poetic clock
they crow until the sun
has no choice but
to rise to the occasion
and then a thousand
other of their kinds
a million colourful plumes
in pomp and pageantry
high on cool shaded
majestic green podiums
begin their rumbunctious slam
their songs as diverse as their shines
every bird chips in
to make their slam the most powerful kind
some squawk,
some squeak
some chip chirp chap
some cry, crow, caw
some whistle, peep, screech
bark, croak, grunt, grumb
some plain quack
the best poets
chirp simple
mersmerising songs
slicing through
the first light
with their varying
tone, scale, metre, rhyme
cheering up the day
with full throated optimism
that could cure
any depressed heart
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poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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Outro
W kennt en Klle die Superfrau
Met dm unwahrscheinliche Krperbau
W ht jedanz, jesunge un Theater jemat
Und keinem noh d'r Schnss jeschwat?
W ht sich janz einfach op en Insel verkroche
Un deit jetz e besje fr de Aape koche
W dichtet nur noch en d'r Hngematt
Un schlt die Fidjifleeje platt?
Aloha Tutti Titti Tippi Wai!
Met dm Hupling ht et nur noch Klsch jeschwat
Doch d ht nur "De Hanana - de Hnn" jesaat
Dat ht et vver nit op sich setze loe
Zor Strof mot d'r Hupling ihr Matratz opblose
Trudi, Aloha Tutti, Titti, Tippi, Wai!
Wenn et Trudi meddachs en de Sdsee jeit
D'r Hai sich op et Frhstck freut
Ovends steit et of jenoch am Strand
Un baut sich singe Dom us Fidjisand
Un ktt ad widder ens en Flaschposs
Vun irjend su 'nem Plaateboss
Dann scheck im doch einfach en schn Kasett'
Met Dingem Hupling im Duett
Trudi, Aloha Tutti, Titti, Tippi, Wai!
Mir stecke bes zom Hals he en dm Kumulus
Un die Sprch kummen einem an de Uhre 'rus
Denn en Klle wed et langsam hchste Zick
Dat m'r endlich widder richtich an et Lache ktt
Trudi, Aloha, Tutti, Titti, Tippi, Wai
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Don't Let Me Die in China, Lord!
I had a fright the other night,
I dreamt that I was ill,
The Angels fluttered round my bed,
They said: 'Now you be still! '
My heart beat like a pounding drum,
The pain was like a sword,
I had one thought, and only one:
'Don’t let me die in China, Lord! '
The vision would not let me be,
I saw the future clear,
The landlord breaking down the door
To find me lying there.
'The Lao Wai’s gone, not paid the rent! '
He’d say in pu tong hua,
'We’d better call the embassy
They’ll send around a car.'
The embassy refused the car,
They didn’t want to show,
'He must belong to someone else,
He isn’t ours, you know! '
The neighbours filed in through the door
To look the last on me,
And clear the flat of anything
Not quite nailed down, you see.
'He looks all right, now that he’s dead, '
One mother told her son,
'Perhaps we should have talked to him.'
'- a little late now, Mum!
They say he studied pu tong hua
But never got it sussed,
We’ll have to make the funeral
As if he’s one of us.'
So later on that day they brought
The baskets full of flowers,
The big round silvery disks that shone
While they drew straws for hours,
For who would wail and cry for me
As I had no-one near,
So two wai po’s in old black clothes
Said: 'Fifty kwai an hour! '
For fifty kwai they set their chant
And woke the neighborhood,
And no one said to keep it down,
The Chinese understood.
A funeral is a sacred thing
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Between that Man and the Bird
ubulahkanamalahkala..
chi chiu chiu chiu....
between that man
speaking at his speed
and that bird on the roof
chirping at its finest
it is more easy to
understand the latter
than the former
the former i dont have
the slightest of a clue
the latter, it is asking
God, 'Lord God,
Where are you?
Where are you? I am
in such a wanting state.'
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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Riu Chiu
Riu riu chiu, la guarda ribera;
Dios guardo el lobo de nuestra cordera,
Dios guardo el lobo de neustra cordera.
El lobo rabioso la quiso morder,
Mas dios poderoso la supo defender;
Quisola hazer que no pudiese pecar,
Ni aun original esta virgen no tuviera.
Riu, riu chiu...
Este ques nacido es el gran monarca,
Christo patriarca de carne vestido;
Hemos redemido con se hazer chiquito,
Aunquera infinito, finito se hiziera.
Riu, riu chiu...
Translated:
River, roaring river, guard our homes in safety,
God has kept the black wolf from our lamb, our lady.
God has kept the black wolf from our lamb, our lady.
Raging mad to bite her, there the wolf did steal,
But our God almighty defended her with zeal.
Pure he wished to keep her so she could never sin,
That first sin of man never touched the virgin sainted.
River, roaring river...
He whos now begotten is our mighty monarch,
Christ, our holy father, in human flesh embodied.
He has brough atonement by being born so humble,
Though he is immortal, as mortal was created.
River, roaring river...
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The House of the Scarlet Moon
I fell in love with a Chinese girl
Her name was Chen Xiao Fei,
We worked together in Middle School
In the Province of Anhui,
She'd join me in my apartment when
The working day was done,
But never would take me to home to meet
Her mother, Chen Shaojun.
Xiao Fei was going on thirty, which
Had meant, in Chinese terms,
That she was a spinster, on the shelf,
She had no marriage plans,
I asked her once if she'd marry me
But she laughed and said, 'No way!
My mother would jump from the balcony
If I married an old Yang Wei.'
I called in once to the family home
To win her mother round,
She glared at me as I paced the floor,
Her father sat and frowned,
She wouldn't sit at the table while
I stayed there, under her roof,
But screeched at her daughter, in Chinese,
Some slang that was quite uncouth.
She came one day to say, Xiao Fei,
The wedding date was set,
I asked her who was the lucky man -
But she'd not even met him yet!
Her mother had schemed and arranged it all
To thwart what plans we had,
She cried a bucket of silent tears
But would do as her mother said.
She stayed away for a month or two
To let things settle down,
Then married the man that her mother chose
From a village, out of town.
When a month had passed, I was feeling lost
'Til there came a knock at my door,
It was Chen Xiao Fei in some deep dismay
So I sat with her, down on the floor.
She clung on tight to my shoulder, sobbed,
And cried, wouldn't let me go,
The man she'd married was such a brute
As the marks and the bruises showed,
But worse than that, she looked at me
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Ode 300: Banging The Drum
From: Book of Ode
Period: Spring and Autumn
Dynasty: Eastern Zhou
Section: Songs of Wei State
(Collected by Confucius)
Translated by Laijon Liu (2007.08.16)
Banging the drum, dang, dang, dang,
Eager soldiers raise their arms.
They all fortify our citadel and canals,
But I follow my regiment to the south.
I serve my general Sun Zi Zhong,
To make peace for State of Chen and Song.
For our engagement that I cannot return,
So I am in worry and anxiety.
Where I shall look for shelters?
Where I will find my horse?
And how I should search?
Maybe the answer is hiding in the woods.
“Our vow is beyond death and life”,
I and you are together I always remembered.
I will hold your hand,
And together we grow old.
Too pitiful we are faraway apart,
The distance separates us to meet again!
Too miserable this takes forever,
And it does not let us fulfill our vow!
Note:
The poet may be an elite soldier of State of Wei.
He was picked and followed his general Sun Zi Zhong served near the border of State of Chen and Song (two states were in conflict) , and stayed there. He was anxiously waiting for the order to return to his home there his wife was. And during the operation, he lost his horse, which was a desperate situation (horses in ancient time carried soldier supply and weapons, are life companion for soldiers in advance or retreat) , he lost his horse, his supply, maybe his armor and weapons, and the road he was facing that we may lose his life so he may never go back. In all these mess, he started searching, and somehow at this hopeless moment he started to revisit his happiest moment, when he together vowed in marriage ceremony with his wife, and he was even afraid that he might never see his love again.
The end of our life, reminds us the true happy moment, experience, value... Confucius said: ' At the end of man's life, his words are graceful; At the death of a bird, his song is in grievous tone.
It is unfair to put anyone in such situation: 'To kill or to be killed'.
The poet's questions are common for everyone in desperate time, when we cannot run away and our future is in other people's decision. When nations or states look for honour, justice, righteousness, peace... their actions and methods often fall into violence. So commons' life, happiness and value are at stake, become sacrifice of their leaders' faith and belief. So the poet asked 'Where I shall look for shelters? Where I will find my horse(his life companion) ? How I should find? ' And 'Maybe the answer is hiding in the woods.' He might be seek a way out, that to hide in the forest, away from society?
And His last statement for his true value is his home, his love, his fulfillment of his vow is his true duty. Hero's duty is to pursue love.
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Verdammt Wir Leben Noch
Wers jetzt net wei
der wirds nie verstehn
das die Welt sich um uns anders dreht
und wers net glaubt, ja der wird sehn
wir zwei wern bereinanderstehn.
Ah ist der org
Eh
wir brauchen euer hab und gut
Eh
denn euch geht es zu gut
ihr furchtelt ber und unter uns
und denkt euch ach die Schdelgunst
Wers jetzt net wei
der wirds nie verstehn
das die Welt sich um uns anders dreht
und wers net glaubt, ja der wird sehn
wir zwei wern bereinanderstehn.
Wers jetzt net wei
der wirds nie verstehn
das die Welt sich um uns anders dreht
und wers net glaubt, ja der wird sehn
wir zwei wern bereinanderstehn.
Eh
solo
Eh Eh
Wers jetzt net wei
der wirds nie verstehn
das die Welt sich um uns anders dreht
und wers net glaubt, ja der wird sehn
wir zwei wern bereinanderstehn
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2008 Beijing Olympics Poem - Lin Dan versus Lee Chong Wei
lin dan, chong wei
look alike faces
shape like
shuttlecocks
eyes gleaming
like diamonds
the shine of white
velvety feathers
between their
masterful strides
the feverish desire
of two nations
to top the world
to and fro, to and fro
their hearts flew
smashing into one
lifting the other
onto its wing of gold
China's Lin Dan triumphed over Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei to grab the men's single gold for badminton yesterday at the Beijing Summer Olympics. Chong Wei got the first silver medal for Malaysia for the Olympics. Lin seemed to be a far superior player in the two matches that lasted less than 40 minutes beating Chong Wei by 21 - 12 and 21 - 8.. Lin seemed to be flying on wings after he was crowned gold. First he fell flat on the court, then rose to salute the audience afterwhich he threw his racket and shoes to them as presents.
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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Du Mu: Ode to E Fang Palace
Ode to E Fang Palace
By Du Mu
Translated by Laijon Liu 20100701
Six kings were dethroned, four seas were united.
The mountain of Shu was chopped off,
and then E Fang Palace was built.
It covered three hundred li, isolated the sky and the sun.
From Li Mountain of north they constructed
toward west till they reached capital Xian Yang.
Two broad rivers slowly flowing into the wall of palace.
Five step a chamber, ten pace a pavilion;
The corridors like snakes creeping and circling,
eaves and brim like bird bills highly raised;
every carved stone held its unique pose,
hooking each other’s heart or charging with their horns.
Convolving and encircling, like hives and whorls,
And highly the houses stood many thousands.
Long bridges flying above the waves and ripples;
Oh, the clouds did not gather, how come the dragons appeared?
The overbridges hanging in midair;
The sky was still dim, but why the rainbows shining?
Among the high and low structures,
One would be lost and couldn’t point out west or north.
Singing platforms, warm melodies,
Spring scenery, all in harmony;
Dancing halls, breeze of sleeves,
Winds and rains, sadness and misery.
On the same day, in this palace,
The weather were all different.
Concubines, mistress, bedmaids, and sex slaves,
Princes and sons, and grand children of kings,
They all farewell their country and house
And drove here to serve the Emperor Qin.
They chanted their morning songs,
Plucked their musical strings at night,
Hailed the emperor all the days
To fulfill their duty in this palace.
Bright stars were glimmering,
Those were their makeup mirrors;
Dark clouds swinging and floating,
They washing their hair at morn.
The river Wei flowing like oil,
Their face cream dumped into it;
The smoke rose into the sky,
Their incense burning hour.
Suddenly thunders stroke,
The emperor’s chariot past.
The echoing sound remained,
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Virginia's Story
Elizabeth Gates-Wooten is my Grand mom.
She was born in Canada with her father and brothers.
They owned a Barber Shoppe.
I don't remember exactly where in Canada.
I believe it was right over the border like Windsor or Toronto.
I never knew exactly where it was.
When she was old enough she got married.
First, she married a man by the name of Frank Gates.
He was from Madagascar.
He fathered my mom and her brother and sister.
The boy's name was Frank Gates, Jr.
Two girls name were Anna and Agnes.
Agnes was my mother.
Frank Gates went crazy after the war
He drank a lot and died
Then grandma Elizabeth married a man by the name of Mr. Wooten.
He had a German name, but I don't think he was German.
She took his last name after they got married.
Then they moved to West Virginia in the United States.
Their son, Frank Gates Jr. Became a delegate in the democratic party.
He use to get into a lot of trouble because he liked to fight.
He was a delegate from the 1940's to 1970's.
He died of gout in the 1970's.
Anna was a maid and cook.
She baked cakes and stuff for people as a side line.
She had a hump on her back (scoliosis) .
She had to walk with a cane.
She could cook good though.
She did this kind of work all of her life, just like her mom, Elizabeth
They were both good cooks
They had a lot of money because they had these skills
Especially when people had parties.
Because they would make all of this food and then they would have left-overs.
We got to eat a lot of stuff we normally wouldn't get because of that.
When they cooked, they didn't use no measuring stuff, they would just use there hand.
My moms name was Agnes Barrie Gates.
She married James Wright and moved to Cleveland.
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