情人节的铃声（小小小说水水水楼）
- 主题发起人 The Devil Wears Prada
- 开始时间
往事如歌
新手上路
- 注册
- 2012-02-02
- 消息
- 707
- 荣誉分数
- 13
- 声望点数
- 18
It has been two years since we knew Rabbit. At the time my husband, Jun, joined this university, Rabbit was among the first that he got acquainted with. I do not remember how Jun told me they knew each other. But in retrospect, I suppose it must have been in the soccer field, since both Jun and Rabbit played soccer in a Chinese-community soccer club. Later, Jun told me with great surprise that Rabbit was actually also a student in the same department, where Jun just started his master's program and Rabbit had been in his second-year PhD program.
Rabbit then often visited our apartment. Jun is a simple and pleasant person. He got along with all his friends, and always invited his friends to our place on Friday nights or after their soccer games. And Rabbit, taking the role of both Jun's schoolmate and his soccer friend, came to our place more often than all Jun's other friends.
Before knowing Rabbit, I had thought that Jun was among the most intelligent in this world. In fact, Jun was a teacher in my college. We knew each other in a dance party on campus; at that time I was in the second year into my program and Jun had been teaching in an engineering department for quite some time. Looking up on him and feeling his tenderness and care for me, I went out with him shortly after we met. We got married in the fall after my graduation and then Jun ran around to help me finding my first job, the graphics designer position.
Rabbit then often visited our apartment. Jun is a simple and pleasant person. He got along with all his friends, and always invited his friends to our place on Friday nights or after their soccer games. And Rabbit, taking the role of both Jun's schoolmate and his soccer friend, came to our place more often than all Jun's other friends.
Before knowing Rabbit, I had thought that Jun was among the most intelligent in this world. In fact, Jun was a teacher in my college. We knew each other in a dance party on campus; at that time I was in the second year into my program and Jun had been teaching in an engineering department for quite some time. Looking up on him and feeling his tenderness and care for me, I went out with him shortly after we met. We got married in the fall after my graduation and then Jun ran around to help me finding my first job, the graphics designer position.
往事如歌
新手上路
- 注册
- 2012-02-02
- 消息
- 707
- 荣誉分数
- 13
- 声望点数
- 18
I encouraged Jun to immigrate to Canada when he first talked to me about the idea, which he learned from a high-school classmate. It had been in my mind that the other side of the world was a place full of opportunities, where any capable person could achieve his goals and realize his dreams. At that time Jun was having problems with his school politics and often complained over dinner about the things that disgusted him in his department. Then I thought, moving to Canada could be a wise decision. Of course, taking my own career into account, this might not seem as good. But, why do I have to have a career? I could be his dearly loved wife, he put food on the table, and I spend my day doing housework and on things I am fond of -- in my mind, this was the lifestyle of a housewife in the West: After having the house neatly cleaned, I would sit in the sun, read some books, listen to some music, and perhaps fill a piece of paper with my inspiration of the day .... it just seems wonderful and in fact fits me perfectly --- even today, as we speak.
往事如歌
新手上路
- 注册
- 2012-02-02
- 消息
- 707
- 荣誉分数
- 13
- 声望点数
- 18
It took three years for our application for Canadian immigration to get approved. Within a few months after coming to this land, we realized that this relocation decision turned out not as good as we had pictured. The main problem was for Jun to find a job. Although Jun had tried very hard sending out his resumes to all sorts of employers -- an engineering teacher, he was well justified to claim knowing quite a bit of everything --- the randomness in his moves often reminded me of a desperate hunter shooting everywhere in the hope of hitting a bird, but unfortunately without aiming.
Our bank account was quickly seeing its bottom, and Jun got more and more frustrated day after day. He became grumpier and more easily irritated, although I could see that he was trying his best not to look upset and not to have his frustration infecting our harmony. Feeling the guilt of deciding on this move, I was trying to help him in my capacity, which was merely limited to searching for job advertisements and preparing his resumes and the supporting documents.
Not even getting a notice of interview, we gradually came to realize that the last hope of finding a job went faded. Although both of us saw this, neither of us was willing to put it in words, as if with it spoken out, the ray of hope would vanish, leaving us engulfed in a complete darkness.
Our bank account was quickly seeing its bottom, and Jun got more and more frustrated day after day. He became grumpier and more easily irritated, although I could see that he was trying his best not to look upset and not to have his frustration infecting our harmony. Feeling the guilt of deciding on this move, I was trying to help him in my capacity, which was merely limited to searching for job advertisements and preparing his resumes and the supporting documents.
Not even getting a notice of interview, we gradually came to realize that the last hope of finding a job went faded. Although both of us saw this, neither of us was willing to put it in words, as if with it spoken out, the ray of hope would vanish, leaving us engulfed in a complete darkness.
