Colder Than December
Translated from Chinese by Claude. Read the original
It’s 6:22 a.m. Beijing time, December 9, 2013. My alarm woke me up early so I could get to school for the flag-raising ceremony, because today is December 9th, the anniversary of the 1935 student movement. Outside there’s smog and a strong wind, and I’m not sure I’ll even be able to catch a bus to school. My body has been pretty worn out lately, just like me last year as a freshman, not knowing anything but plowing away like a water buffalo, maybe for the sake of the future. I hope the effort isn’t wasted.
Effort
For nearly two years now I’ve been fighting for that one word. May hard work be rewarded.