天也新，地也新…

By the requests of some of our friends, we post the lyrics here with a different title. In fact, it was really one of the songs for the 80′!

八十年代的新一辈

年轻的朋友们，今天来相会；
荡起小船儿，暖风轻轻吹。
花儿香，鸟儿鸣，
春光惹人醉，欢歌笑语绕着彩云飞。
啊，亲爱的朋友们，美妙的春光属于谁？
属于我，属于你，
属于我们八十年代的新一辈。
再过二十年，我们来相会。
伟大的祖国，该有多么美。
天也新，地也新，
春光更明媚, 城市乡村处处增光辉。
啊，亲爱的朋友们，创造这明天要靠谁？
要靠我，要靠你，
要靠我们八十年代的新一辈。
……
挺胸膛，笑扬眉，
光荣属于八十年代的新一辈。
光荣属于八十年代的新一辈。
光荣属于八十年代的新一辈。

松江新校区风景

Click to see: 松江新校区风景。And there are more in the gallery.

Reunion Illustrated, Day II Part I – The New Campus

On the second day of the reunion, we were taken to the extremely modern new campus. We were expecting something *traditional* for lunch, but unfortunately we did not have the ‘Meat-Ball’ (肉圆) and ‘Dooba’ (大扒).

Immediately after lunch, Mr. Gu Lufeng initiated and hosted by himself a programme during which everybody was supposed to tell his/her love stories in past, present and future tenses. We were all moved by the tounching stories, by the honesty, straightness of our schoolmates, and by the power of love!

Here are photos depicting the new campus tour. By now, we have not received any photos covering the ’story time’. We will post them here when we have them.

Here is the picture link!

Tingting’s Letter To All

This is a letter from Zhang Tingting to all through Tony Shi (Zenghu). We are thankful to Tingting for her generous permission to let us publish it here. We are glad that we have managed to collect some of the photos of our schoolmates metioned in Tingting’s letter. These photos were all taken at our recent reunion. Thanks to Juliet Zhao (Lijuan) and Ruby Zhao (Changhong) for the photos.

Dear Tony,

I am suffering from an IT breakdown for the moment. As a result, my China Links address is not working. And my Chinese software has all disappeared somehow. I am therefore hoping to reach all our friends through you, particularly those who might have emailed me after the fantastic Shanghai gathering and the dreadful London bombing.

Yes, we have survived the suicide bombings. Life goes on pretty much as normal now.

My toddler twins and I left Shanghai on 3rd July. We took about five days to overcome the jetlag. But I have been thinking about our reunion and all the old class/schoolmates who turned up. It is such a wonderful time that we have had. Even better than 20 years ago when we were studying together. Just think how many conversations I ever had with Li Guoming then? Or Chen Wei for that matter? I honestly can think of none. But we shared jokes and laughters on Friday 1st July like long lost friends. It is a great feeling.

I am also amazed how some of us don’t seem to have changed at all physically after 20 years. Mo Li looks no more than 25; Wang Dong still looks like a teenager pretending to be a grown-up! More importantly, almost all of us seem to have come through life’s ups and downs as positive, caring and strong characters. I will always remember Wu Xiaoyuan’s moving speech. And I hope you have enough time to enjoy your baby, Wang Fang. Each of you will in your own way be my inspiration for many years to come.

I regret that I was unable to attend the second day’s gathering due to a very important appointment. I do feel that two to three days give us the time to know each other better. For anyone who is thinking of attending the next reunion, I recommend it, strongly.

So much for now, If you are visiting this part of the world some day, give us a shout.

All the best,

Tingting

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