二代认知 （1）：我们回来了!
李春燕 06/03 12673
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前段写过为什么二代不认同，提到每年带孩子回国住一两个月，孩子不是把自己当客人，而是在当地过日子，小时还去过幼儿园，上画画乒乓网球课，看话剧旅游吃饭不一而足。每次和同学家人聚会，都让孩子们举饮料杯中文祝酒，他们能具体说出每个人对他俩的帮助。下面字里行间是去年在飞机上的期待。朋友说急着看，因为要放假回国了，无暇翻译抱歉。
8/7/2013 Austin
Finally, after 48 hours of grueling hiking at 1860+ meter altitudes, and 24 hours in Shanghai, internal furnace, and 96 hours total of stress, fatigue, and mom's doubt of ever traveling again, the Jia family has boarded the plane that is fast approaching our long-awaited hometown.
The flight to Harbin was always a highly-anticipated ordeal. However, this year, those nervous sentiments have been exponentially magnified so that, even as a young adult, I feel like waiting two hours to land is similar to a little kid waiting on line to get his new toy.
Why? For as long as I can remember, we returned to China every summer; this was not the case only when I was too small to remember. Every year, the tantalizing attraction of China, with its many enjoyable facets, posed a magnetic attraction that overrode any other obligation of remaining in the States. Last year, however, the time-honored tradition was broken, for good reason.
But, however good the reason, I, and most likely my bro and mom and dad as well, felt a pang for the rest of my family as naturally as I would feel for food. I guess two years is a lot to go without my beloved family. Three years was not an option.
This is as far as written word can go to describe the activity in my brain and heart. They say a picture is worth 1000 words, and I guess, a single feeling is worth 1000 pictures. And I feel that, even then, 1 million words would do little justice.
However, what I do know are the things that cause my feelings. Every single family member and family friend back in Harbin always do everything in their power to make us feel at home, and I am eager to, once again, experience that safety. My stomach, oh boy... My stomach yearns to bathe in its satisfied gluttony, something that can only be achieved in China where 奋斗副食 provides anything a hungry man could want. (Yes, I am a man :) I want to smile, laugh with, and embrace all the people who call themselves family. Although I cannot describe the motley of feelings I experience, I do have reasons.
Harbin, my family, my food, my happiness, here I come!
朋友反馈节选
"培养孩子爱自己的家族，民族，种族[强]"
"写得真好 我真是希望自己的宝贝以后也能有这样的体验 受用一生"
"写得很生动！那么喜欢回国的美国孩子很少。一般都会因为国内没有朋友或天气太热不爱回去。"
http://youtu.be/DL8juWxwyro
