关于建立“钟太莫、钟语莫爱心基金”的建议

上外“八一”级全体同学并阿钟生前所有好友：

你们好！阿钟走后，我们陆续收到你们大家的电话/邮件，询问捐款事宜，现将我们的初步研讨方案提交如下：

一、 我们的初衷、目标与倡议
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Part-time Chinese-to-English Translators Wanted

Yijin Zhang to Ruby Zhao:

Ruby:

How are you? Hope all is well with your new job. Would you please forward the following message to Shangwai81. Thanks!

My sister works for the Shanghai Press and Publishing Development Company. They are currently searching for part-time translators to translate Chinese books to English. If you are interested, please feel free to contact Yicong Zhang at ……(email address omitted to prevent spams, you can contact Ruby for details).

Best regards,

Yijin Zhang

You Will Make the Difference

Please read this:

My fellow schoolmates,

I would like to share with you here a letter from Professor Li Huilin (李慧琳) regarding our 20-year reunion and the recent Teachers’ Day activity. I strongly feel that the letter is not only addressed to me but also addressed to all of us.

Professor Li Huilin was still recovering from her heart operation when she came to our reunion. She lives in the southwest area of Shanghai, which means she had to go across the city diagnostically to come to meet us in Shangwai. She wrote this letter while still trying to fight the cataract disease of her eyes. I believe there are many teachers who have true concerns and loves for their students like Professor Li. I was extremely surprised to see at our reunion that Professor Wang Zhongmin（汪忠民） remembers clearly all the names of the students whom he recruited from AnHui province 24 years ago!

When we started to prepare for our reunion, it took us no time to collect the names of all the fellow students. However, it took us quite a while to gather the names of our teachers and unfortunately the list we have today is not a complete list. Lots of our schoolmates think it is a shame. I feel the same way. We took too many things for granted while we were young; nevertheless, we still have the time to make it up. That is why the Beijing folks proposed this year’s Teachers’ Day activity.

In addition to that, I would like to make another proposal here: Say hello to our teachers regularly!

All you need to do is to squeeze out a little of your busy time, send a greeting, an email, pay a visit, pick up the phone etc. Whenever you greet your families and friends during holidays, please do the same for our teachers (especially for the retired ones). They probably don’t remember who you are, but you will make the difference in their hearts and make them feel the true rewarding of their life time career.

A file containing our teachers’ contact information will be prepared and sent out via email shortly. If you don’t see it in your mailbox in 2 weeks, please send inquiry to permalink81#hotmail.com or rubyczd#yahoo.com.

Best Regard to All

Zhao Changhong

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Below is the re-typed letter by Zhao Changhong and attached above is the scanned photocopy of the letter.

常红同学: 你好!

首先要 谢谢你寄来的教师节贺卡及7月份我们聚会时所照的相片，由于收到你信时我正在医院开”白内障”，所以直到今天才给你回信，很抱歉，望见谅。

这此能有机会能与你们这一届同学20年后再聚会，真是太高兴了！看到你们现在一个个那么有出息，真为有你们这样的学生而自豪，真要感谢你们这些为这次聚会而不懈努力的发起人。最近又收到了你们大家送给我们教师的交通卡，真使我们既感动又感激，这些小小的卡片凝聚着你们对我们老师的一片深情厚意，每当我们用此卡时，就会想到你们，再一次谢谢你们。

由于我现在只是右眼动了手术，视力已恢复到1.0，左眼仍是550度近视所以两只眼睛视力反差太大，看东西写字都很不习惯，等一个月后再将左眼也去手术，然后才会正常看东西，由于上述缘故，此信字迹潦草，也望见谅。但愿我们不久能再相会。

就写这些，祝

身体健康，万事如意！

李慧琳 9.24

但愿今夜月圆，人圆，梦圆…

Touching writing from Ruby Zhao (Changhong). I hope the photo I added could serve to depict the wording…

还记得英语系的那栋红砖楼吗？还记得日阿系的阶梯教室吗？还记得图书馆旁春天开满了鲜花的”小山”吗? 还记得生活区学生食堂二楼夜晚的灯光吗？还记得每学期开学时宿舍里馋人的土特产吗？还记得那些在熄了灯的晚上和你彻夜聊天的人吗？还记得开Party误了点，那些和你一起翻爬校门的人吗？还记得是谁在放假的时候送你上了回家的火车？还记得是谁在你生病的时候替你打水，买饭？还记得……我们来自五湖四海,天南地北,为了一个共同的目标:”求学” , 走进了上外。在这里我们分享过欢笑，渴望和憧憬。在这里我们分担过泪水，困惑和迷惘。 二十年后，我们在这里重逢。岁月的流逝并没有让我们彼此疏远，生活的阅历让我们重新有了更深的交流话题，往日的情谊让我们的心靠的更近…

希望在不远的将来，我们再见的时候，还能看到同样的笑容，感受同样的情怀。

今天，无论你在世界的哪个角落，祝大家中秋愉快！但愿今夜月圆，人圆，梦圆。

赵常红 2005年 中秋

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