很冷清 很冷淡 很心酸的度過。
雖然這次的心難也是在國外過
不過出乎意料的是：今年的新年卻過得特別開心！
My high-school is an international boarding school. As Asian students wouldn't be able to go to their home countries to celebrate; so each year, students from over fifty countries come to Spellman auditorium to join our lunar new year celebration.
我讀的高中是國際學校。我們學校的學生來自于超過五十個不同的國家，由於大部份的亞洲學生沒有辦法回家過年（ 唉唉唉人家在放假我們在上課啊！），所以每一年的農曆新年，我們都會有農曆新年的活動在spellman舉行，
As always, students from China, Taiwan, South Korea, Vietnam prepared performances; though this year Indonesian and Malaysian couldn't participate, we also have Thailand join us to celebrate this great event.
有慶祝農曆新年的習俗的國家，像是台灣 越南 韓國 中國，這次都有準備活動;可惜的是馬來西亞汗印尼這次無法參加，不過這次也有泰國的表演加入！
Oh okay, and now let's talk about the performance.
好啦廢話不多說，我們來看看這次的節目吧！！！
The first show is a dance performance by Taiwanese students. As we're the first ones to go on stage, everyone decked out with black suits, white shirt/T-shirt and black top hats; dancing in mixture unison of Taiwanese and Mandarin songs. Though the show didn't really have anything to do with traditional stuff... we DID create an really exciting atmosphere for this celebration!!!
由於台灣今年是負責開場，所以今年的服裝特別以西裝外套加上白色襯衫/T-shirt搭配黑頂帽，配上台味破表的“一級棒” “姊姊”加上搖滾曲風的“東區東區”，將全場的氣氛炒到最高點！
China had the second performance with singing and dancing, but in a more traditional way. The dance was elegant, with Yuchen's voice, the dance was great.
( I didn't upload the picture because there weren't taken very well so I'll just leave it blank until I found better pictures on our school's Facebook page...)
第二個表演則是由中國人演出的傳統舞蹈，不過由於相機拍的效果沒有很好，照片我會另外想辦法補充...
And the next performance is a Cantonese song, performed by students from Hong Kong and other area in China that spoke Cantonese.
下一個表演則是粵語歌，是由來自香港及其他會說廣東話的同學表演。
Vietnamese have two performances. One is traditional dance and the other is a song about their capital city, Hanoi.
越南這次則是有兩個表演，傳統舞蹈＋男子合唱團（其中一位還是我室友XD，跟去年比起來...已經有進步了。精神可嘉～～～
The following is traditional fan dance and K-Pop dance by South Korea. They're my favorite of all performances during the show. Koreans showed both traditional and modern culture of their country during their performances, which is really impressive.
韓國這次的表演融合傳統的扇子舞和現代流行舞，整體而言比去年的Gangnam Style好了很多。雖然說他們練習的時候霸佔了場地一兩次，但是我不能否認我真的蠻喜歡他們這次的表演的。
And we also have Thailand's performance: dancing with both traditional/modern Thai music and.... REAL candles (I thought it was LED until I saw smoke coming out from the flame...)
除此之外我們還有泰國的表演，跟許多表演一樣也是結合當地傳統和現代的元素，而且他們跳的“蠟燭舞”還是用真的蠟燭...(在我看到火焰上的煙之前我還真以為是LED的）
And the last show was Chinese chorus. In the beginning Joyce and Yifan came on stage, then further other Chinese performers joined them and chorus "Shi Jian Zhu Yu", the main theme of the movie "Tiny Times".
最後的表演則是中國表演的合唱，首先由Joyce和“大姐”開場，然後由其他中國同學加入，一起合唱電影“小時代”的主題曲“時間煮雨”。
除此之外我們還有泰國的表演，跟許多表演一樣也是結合當地傳統和現代的元素，而且他們跳的“蠟燭舞”還是用真的蠟燭...(在我看到火焰上的煙之前我還真以為是LED的）
And the last show was Chinese chorus. In the beginning Joyce and Yifan came on stage, then further other Chinese performers joined them and chorus "Shi Jian Zhu Yu", the main theme of the movie "Tiny Times".
最後的表演則是中國表演的合唱，首先由Joyce和“大姐”開場，然後由其他中國同學加入，一起合唱電影“小時代”的主題曲“時間煮雨”。
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| Nice Face lol... |
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| ”你曾說過不分離 要一直一直在一起現在我想問問你 是否只是童言無忌？“ |
In the end, the performance with MCs and all performers on stage, wishing the audience have a wonderful and unforgettable lunar new year.
在表演的尾聲，所有主持人和演出人上台，祝福大家都有個美好 難忘的農曆新年。
After the performance, everyone was busy taking pictures of playing around. Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, and Koreans used their budget to order and have their new year dinner in Rita 2. And Taiwanese students ordered Coco's bubble tea for everyone in the campus. Spread out our Taiwanese spirit toward the campus.
表演完後，大家忙著拍照 玩耍，來自中國 越南 南韓 泰國的同學去了Rita二樓聚餐，而我們台灣人則是用剩下的預算訂了CoCo珍珠奶茶，請全校的同學享用; 將台灣的文化和熱情散播到海外。
After I got back to my room, I uploaded the photos to my laptop and posted them on Facebook. Then we went to a Chinese restaurant in White Plains to have our new year dinner.
回到房間後，我立刻將相機的照片上傳到電腦上，然後po到Facebook，大約一小時後，我們台灣人去了一家位於White Plains的中國餐廳吃年夜飯。
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| Honestly we have already occupied the whole restaurant at that day... 坦白說我們已經幾乎包下整間餐廳了XD |
And that's all about my Lunar new year in New York.
在一連串的打鬧和笑聲中，今年的農曆新年也悄悄地劃下句點。
Honestly, now I have a completely different feelings about spending Lunar New Year abroad. Though we can't get home and celebrate it with our families, we're not alone at all. We've got our friends here to celebrate this event together. Also, somehow I feel proud for what we did during the performances. We only have one dancing performance, but it was great enough to impress the audience. Though we sacrificed a lot of studying time to prepare for it; the moment when we're done with our performance and see our friends and teachers clap and encore, we felt proud and gratified. It was worth it for sure.
雖然今年的農曆新年跟去年一樣，無法在臺灣和家人一起度過，但是我卻不會感到寂寞。我們在這裡有許多朋友和我們一起慶祝這個節日。而且，這次我對於我們這次的表演感到非常的驕傲。我有朋友跟我說台灣人非常的團結，其實台灣人並沒有團結到哪裡去，只是說在這個能讓自己的國家被世界看見的機會，我們都會團結起來，告訴大家：“我們是台灣人！” 雖然這次只有一個跳舞表演，但是整體而言比去年進步很多，也足夠讓大家看到台灣人在舞台上發光 發亮。雖然我們犧牲了不少時間不斷的練習，但到最後大家在替我們掌聲的那一刻，一切的辛苦都值得了。
台灣是寶島，是個國家，只是常常一天到晚被打壓。不只是在國際上，連在我的學校，要讓台灣上台表演都是一件很難的事。我有位老師（我就不說是誰了大家都清楚明白）每年都要阻擾台灣上台，因為他認為台灣就是中國，所以要表演就得乖乖的跟中國一起。其實這個問題在理史上已經爭論了好一段時間了，而事實其實大家都很清楚，所以我們華人都不會特別去計較，只是說就是會有人想要挑撥離間罷了。我很感謝我的中文老師願意保證讓台灣上台，不然的話大概兩岸關係又要因為有人搞鬼而被搞砸了。
In the end, I would like to wish everyone a Happy Lunar New Year; no matter where you are from; I hope that you'll have a wonderful year in 2014.
最後，附上這次大家的表演的影片和表演後的合照。我想祝各位新年快樂，不論是你來自於哪裡，都希望你有個美好的新年，並期望今年會過得比去年更好。
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcGd6YZvV1U&feature=youtu.be
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| We're Taiwanese and we're the best!!! Happy Lunar New Year Everyone!!! |
