by Alison | Mar 19, 2025 | Stories (English)
Inspiration Words: Bell and salary Paul stared at the computer screen before leaning back and rubbing his eyes. It was 8 p.m., and the office was still full. Most people were sending emails, contacting customers in the West, and trying to hammer out the details of...
by Alison | Mar 19, 2025 | Blog, Chinese Language and Culture, Just Life
For the past couple of weeks, I have been working on getting rid of things in my apartment that I don’t need. I have so much stuff, and I have a hard time getting rid of things that someone gave to me. But do I really need to keep something just because someone that I...
by Alison | Mar 12, 2025 | Stories (Chinese)
译者：厉雪灵感词：恩慈，纽带结束了跟妈妈的通话，我爬回床上。那事过后，我尽量多跟她打电话。躲在蚊帐里，感觉自己似乎和室友隔绝开来。正当中午，还是周六，有一两个人在床上睡觉并不稀罕。我的三个室友还在打网游，似乎没注意到我并未再上线。我戴上耳机，打开音乐，希望强力的音浪能湮没游戏的射击声，也麻痹我内心愈加强烈的痛苦。我人生最初的记忆都是关于姥姥的。她给我做饭，陪我玩耍，买东西时也带着我。我捣蛋的时候——我挺经常捣蛋的，她会骂我；我哭了，她告诉我过一会儿就没事了。上小学时，我每天早上都坐公交去上学，晚上搭公交回家。一天晚上，我没留意，上错了...
by Alison | Mar 12, 2025 | Stories (English)
Inspiration Words: Mercy and Bond I ended the call with my mom and climbed into my bed. I’d been trying to call her more frequently, after what happened. Inside the mosquito net, I felt like maybe I could hide from my roommates. It was the middle of the day, but since...
by Alison | Mar 12, 2025 | Blog, Chinese Language and Culture, Just Life
Last week, I translated a speech for a friend of mine and then interpreted the speech in a live situation. I am definitely not the best translator or interpreter that I know, and I felt like a bit of a fraud standing in front of everyone and trying to translate...
