【配乐录象:讨糖,讨糖!】(万圣节系列) (5618 bytes) Posted by: 立委 Date: November 01, 2007 01:31AM 鬼节,鬼节! 讨糖,讨糖!Let party begin! 这是西方最富特色的节日。来美国未曾跟孩子晚上掏糖的网友,无论你有无孩子,一定不要错过今晚的 trick-or-teat! 今年,甜甜坚决不穿公主服了,说那是 little girl 的打扮,再穿同学都会笑话的。于是,给她买了个黑黄相间的长袍,手持一把笤帚,传统的 Witch(女巫)扮相。甜甜约好她最好的朋友,一个穿着黑袍同样是女巫打扮的邻居女孩,两人一路兴高采烈,一边讨糖,一边麻雀一样叽叽喳喳谈些我完全不知所云的话题。陪着两个 witches 走了五六个街区,近三小时,虽然又渴又饿,累坏了,我还是任由她们尽兴才归。甜甜狼吞虎咽吃完晚餐,冲了淋浴,倒头便睡,怎么也唤不醒,怕她牙齿坏了,我小憩后半夜起来半睡半醒地给她刷了牙。 两年前万圣节夜录制配乐的家庭录象四个片断回放:所配的音乐 Bump In The Night,是美国家喻户晓的悬念恐怖卡通片 Scooby-Doo 的插曲,渲染风声鹤唳,夜路遇鬼,惊魂不定的恐慌,曲调紧张,不失俏皮,差不多成为鬼节的主题曲了。 05.11.20, 万圣节之夜讨糖(trick or treat). 前不久的万圣节之夜,甜甜跟往年一样,身着公主服(这次从迪斯尼专卖店买的是灰姑娘套装,前几年的万圣节也是从专卖店买的迪斯尼人物白雪公主和木兰),挨门挨户讨糖,叫trick or treat, 意思是你不给糖果等点心(treat),我就调皮,跟你捣乱(trick)。今年在好朋友Adam家汇合了10几个孩子,大家嬉闹一片,甜甜玩得很开心。有关家庭录象四个片断上网。甜甜跟Adam兄弟俩一起讨糖,然后在Adam家兴致勃勃地跟Adam互相交换战利品。Adam身着古罗马拳击手(gladiator)的服装,他的弟弟Peter身着綠色巨人史瑞克怪物(美国著名童话电影《Shrek》的主人公)的服装。所以甜甜讨糖时这样介绍道:This is Shrek on a diet (因为Peter比较瘦小,而怪物史瑞克很肥胖高大,所以甜甜戏称Peter是减肥中的史瑞克). I am Chinese Cinderella(我是中国灰姑娘). And this is a gladiator with curly hair(Adam卷发,所以说他是卷发拳击手). Background music: Bump In The Night Scooby-Doo Soundtrack Lyrics Artist: Allstars Lyrics Song: Bump In The Night Lyrics There's a chill in the air You hear a creak on the stairs You've got a knock on your door Is there anybody out? They're out to get you To capture you And make you Spellbound Howling and frowling You're shivering, quivering Spellbound You can not run, And you can not hide Yeah you gotta face it baby Things go bump in the night Where ever you run, And where ever you hide Yeah you gotta face it baby Things go bump, bump, bump in the night Tell me who's spooking who It's very Scooby Doo You hear a shriek in the house You know its freaking me out They're out to get you To capture you And make you Spellbound Howling and frowling You're shivering, quivering Spellbound You can not run, And you can not hide Yeah you gotta face it baby Things go bump in the night Where ever you run, And where ever you hide Yeah you gotta face it baby Things go bump, bump, bump in the night You can not run, And you can not hide Yeah you gotta face it baby Things go bump, bump, bump in the night You know where ever you run, And where ever you hide Yeah you gotta face it baby Things go bump, bump, bump in the night . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am a Chinese Cinderella I am sorry, but....Princess Cinderrela is here...Is this how you treat a princess? (O, Princess) Background music: Bump In The Night Scooby-Doo Soundtrack Lyrics Artist: Allstars Lyrics Song: Bump In The Night Lyrics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tanya Trading Treats with Adam Tanya trading her trick-or-treated candies with Adam. They always have tons of fun together. Background Music: Disney - Cinderella - A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes Classic Disney Soundtrack Lyrics Artist: Cinderella Lyrics Song: A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes Lyrics A dream is a wish your heart makes When you're fast asleep In dreams you lose your heartaches Whatever you wish for, you keep Have faith in your dreams and someday Your rainbow will come smiling thru No matter how your heart is grieving If you keep on believing the dream that you wish will come true ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grandma Lucy's home Every year in Buffalo, Tanya's halloween night trick-or-treating almost always ends at Grandma Lucy's house. When we told Grandma that we are leaving Buffalo, she was in tears, Everybody is leaving. I am going to miss Tanya a lot. Several days later, she gave Tanya a real diamond and gold jewlry, Tanya, this is an expensive and precious gift. I want you to keep it all your life. When you wear it, you will always remember your Granny. Tanya later told me, I felt like crying. We wish Grandma Lucy all the best. Bye bye Buffalo, bye bye Grandma. Grandma Lucy 安息! (331 bytes) Posted by: 立委 Date: November 01, 2008 01:15AM 2008年万圣节立委按: Grandma Lucy 一个多月前已经去世,噩耗传来,我们全家都很悲痛。Tanya 第一次遇到这样的事件,自己躲在房内哭泣。出来眼睛红红的,说:Grandma must be in heaven now, free from any pain. And there is no need for oxygen tank there. (Grandma 生前三年多来一直离不开氧气罐子,到哪里都要带着,很不方便。) 老人家安息! http://www.starlakeporch.net/bbs/read.php?45,22588
Halloween, the Holiday of Candy by Tanya (2214 bytes) Posted by: 立委 Date: February 04, 2008 11:37AM On October 31, as the sky darkens and nocturnal animals can be heard, my friends and I are prowling the neighborhood street in our fantastic costumes of all shapes and sizes in search for candy and decorations. What we will find, we do not know, but we all feel that this will be the Halloween we were all waiting for. Although there are many holidays in existence, Halloween is my favorite, especially because of the Trick-or-Treating, wearing costumes, and seeing friends. One of the most important events of Halloween is Trick-or-Treating. Theres nothing more fun than prowling the streets in search for candy. What other day actually gives free candy to the people?! My favorite part is finding out what I received. They could be Jolly Ranchers, Starburst, Air Heads, anything! My favorites are skittles and chocolate. During Trick-or-Treating, you can see all the decorations or the houses, and if you find them you find candy, or you can go to your friends house and ask for candy. But Trick-or-Treating is even better when there are more people. Its the time of year when all your friends can get together and race each other to the door. Another one of my favorite Halloween events is picking out costumes. According to history, way back then on Halloween, people dress up as different shapes, animals, sizes, and people to scare away evil spirits. But nowadays people do it to participate in Trick-or-Treating and costume contests. I love costume picking because you can be anything you want to be. Plus you can try to win costume contests or scare your friends. Lastly, another reason I like Halloween is because I can be with my friends. On normal days Im not allowed to go outside at night and I cant go out during the day because of my daily work load. So, this is the only day I can have a whole night to my friends, myself, and my candy. If I went myself Trick-or-Treating then it wouldnt be as entertaining. There would be no one to talk to, to race with, or to trade candy with. For these reasons, Halloween is my favorite holiday because of the Trick-or-Treating, costume picking, and being able to see my friends.