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oklassoo

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December 13, 2006

It's sunny today..kkkkLaughing
Most of time in winter it's cloudy in this city..
I love rainy day,especially in spring.
ahh.one of the Chinese characters in my name means RAIN.

Standing on the balcony of the dorm, and drinking a glass of water. The lovely sunshine brings me warmth and happiness.Wink

12:24 PM Dec 08 2008

Unravel

Unravel
Czech Republic

Hello oklassoo! I´m from Czech rep. In my city it´s cloudy and foggy,too. Especially at december. When I was little girl, on Christmas was snow everywhere... Recently almost no. It is a pity, I love snowy countryside. Perhaps, You understand my poor english :)) Have a good sunny time!Smile

December 5, 2006

Though this was written by  an Australian, I know it can apply to all.

 

Pass it around...... this is one of the best Christmas  Poem's I've ever
read) I hope you all like it  too....

 

T'WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HE LIVED  ALL ALONE, IN A ONE BEDROOM
HOUSE, MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE.

I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY, WITH PRESENTS  TO GIVE, AND TO SEE JUST WHO,
IN THIS HOME, DID  LIVE.

I LOOKED ALL ABOUT, A STRANGE SIGHT I DID  SEE, NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS,
NOT EVEN A TREE.

NO STOCKING BY MANTLE, JUST BOOTS FILLED  WITH SAND, ON THE WALL HUNG
PICTURES, OF FAR DISTANT LANDS.

WITH MEDALS AND BADGES, AWARDS OF ALL  KINDS, A SOBER THOUGHT, CAME
THROUGH MY MIND.

FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT, IT WAS DARK  AND DREARY, I FOUND THE HOME OF
A SOLDIER, ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY.

THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING, SILENT, ALONE,  CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR, IN THIS
ONE BEDROOM HOME.

THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE, THE ROOM IN SUCH  DISORDER, NOT HOW I PICTURED, AN
AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER.

WAS THIS THE HERO, OF WHOM I'D JUST  READ?  CURLED UP ON A PONCHO, THE
FLOOR FOR A BED?

I REALIZED THE FAMILIES, THAT I SAW THIS  NIGHT, OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE
SOLDIERS, WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT.

SOON ROUND THE WORLD, THE CHILDREN WOULD  PLAY, AND GROWNUPS WOULD
CELEBRATE, A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY.

THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM, EACH MONTH OF THE  YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE
SOLDIERS, LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE.

I COULDN'T HELP WONDER, HOW MANY LAY ALONE,  ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE, IN A
LAND FAR FROM HOME.

THE VERY THOUGHT BROUGHT, A TEAR TO MY EYE,  I DROPPED TO MY KNEES, AND
STARTED TO CRY.

THE SOLDIER AWAKENED, AND I HEARD A ROUGH  VOICE, "SANTA, DON'T CRY, THIS
LIFE IS MY CHOICE;

I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM; I DON'T ASK FOR MORE,  MY LIFE IS MY GOD, MY COUNTRY,
MY CORPS."

THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER, AND DRIFTED TO  SLEEP, I COULDN'T CONTROL IT, I
CONTINUED TO WEEP.

I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS, SO SILENT AND  STILL, AND WE BOTH SHIVERED, FROM
THE COLD NIGHT'S  CHILL.

I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE, ON THAT COLD, DARK,  NIGHT, THIS GUARDIAN OF
HONOR, SO WILLING TO FIGHT.

THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER, WITH A VOICE  SOFT AND PURE, WHISPERED,
"CARRY ON SANTA, ITS CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE."

ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH, AND I KNEW HE WAS  RIGHT.

"MERRY  CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND, AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT."

 

 

This poem was written by an Australian Peacekeeping  soldier stationed
overseas.

The following is his request. I think it is reasonable.

PLEASE.

Would you do me the kind favour of sending this to as  many people as you
can?

Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to  our all of the

servicemen and women for our being able to celebrate these  festivities.

Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we  owe.

Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and  dead, who sacrificed
themselves for us.

 

Please, do your small part to plant this small  seed.

 

this is a poem my friend sent to me few weeks ago. i read it and be moved deeply...cuz my grandfather was once in the army, and him told me many story about his life. i'm quite respect him, though he passed away 3 years ago..T_T.........i try to translate it into chinese, but really a little hard for me:P. i think i can understand it but i don't know how to tell others what i feels. i think it's the result of my poor english....@_@

if u like this poem, u may leave a comment and share ur feeling with me..:)   BTW: it's the first time i write a blog in english, if i made some mistakes, pls do me a favor and tell me..thx..^_^

                                                                                          Oklassoo

11:18 PM Dec 06 2006

bigmama

bigmama
Spain

Hello dear gold fish, Smile

Thank you for sharing this beautiful text in your blog !!

I will treasure it and share it with more friends, do you agree ?

Nice to meet you !!