Today is Chinese New Year, the most important day in Chinese tradition and culture. We suppose are not doing much stuff, just relax and enjoy the time with the family. We say good things to each other

我们刚刚吃过了年夜饭，这餐团年饭可是我结婚以来自己煮的最丰盛的一餐。 以往我和身边人还有两个小孩随随便便，简简单单的吃一顿，今年因家里有客人到来，他们商量好准备叫外卖吃，不用在家煮的太辛苦。 我说这餐是年夜饭，对我们中国人来说很重要，今天我来煮好了。 我昨天去了华人超市买了一些过年的东西，像鲍鱼，海参，生蚝，一袋麻辣鱼头，腐竹，粉丝，猪手，和很多的不同蔬菜。 今天下午两点钟我就停止工作，开始准备年夜饭。

Now this Bird Watch Preserve is on my weekend must go list. I never imagine one place having that many birds just next to my door, and I do not notice until the end of last year. Going there is not just

我们住在现在的房子超过了六年，这个社区比上一次住的社区旧一些，周围的环境和设施也没有这么多，而且房子也没有这么新和大，外观更加没有以前的好看。 小孩从小在那间屋子长大，她们两个也很不想搬，而我还因自己卖了那间房子而落泪，那我们为什么还要卖掉而搬过来这个房子呢？

这个周末已是农历2021年的最后一个周未，一年不知不觉的就这样过去，回想一下这一年所经历的一切，我真觉得五味集陈，甜酸苦辣咸，样样有，希望来年过得好一点，家人身体健康，大女能进入她理想的大学，我在工作方面能如鱼得水，一切顺利。 到了2021年的中国新年，这里的病毒感染率还是高企，那时简直还没有轮到我打疫苗，全家人每天就是宅在家里工作上网课，十分少出门，甚至吃用的东西都在网上购买。

San Francisco is only two hours driving from my town, but I hardly go there. The reason is because of the traffic. But I still want to go there once for awhile. There are a lot of goodies there that we

以前一直对中国新年的来临没有太大感觉，我工作的单位又不放假，更加没有开工红包这些事情，反而父母因在华人的地方工作，他们在中国新年的那一天一般不太工作，回去公司打个圈领个开工红包就回家。妈妈总是叫我在中国新年那一天放自己一天假，她认为在中国新年那一天如果工作辛苦的话，那整年就会工作的很辛苦。 我才不管妈说什么呢，一样照样上班，但有时就会约上几名中国人同事穿上唐装一齐去华人开的大酒楼饮茶吃点心。

Get out, get active is so important in this pandemic period. As long as you wear a face mask, keep a distance with others in the open space, it should be safe. A lot of us are still teleworking at home,

妈妈是那种不论移居到世界那里，都会保留乡下风俗的人。 每到华人的新年，她就会在前几天大扫除，家里任何的角落她都打扫干净，家里看上去特别整洁干净。 她还会摆上一些中国过年的自制糕点，中国桔，我又会买一捧红色的剑兰回家摆放，看上去家里有了过中国新年的味道。我那时在洛杉矶县的单位工作，中国新年是没有假放的，但在那天还是会约上几位中国人同事去华人开的大酒楼饮茶吃点心。 新年去大酒楼饮茶吃点心应该是广东人的风俗习惯吧。

I took a day off today and went to the Birds Preserve area with my husband. I told him that there were thousands of birds in the Preserve at this time because they stayed there for drink and foods. He

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic started, we were so afraid eating outside or even ordering to go, so all the cooking were landed on my shoulder. I had to cook twice a day for my family. Working

自从上年年未开始，我每个周末带着小女开车去不同的地方走走，每每两个人不知不觉的走上几哩路。我在出门之前总会问身边人要不要和我们一起去，他说不我也就算了。 虽然是夫妻，但每一个的我们都是一个独立体。 我喜欢做的事情他不一定喜欢，我也就不免强他了。我和小女两个一起去可能更会好玩呢，因为我们两个的性格相似，两人都喜欢去看不同的风光。

Stayed in Waikiki, how could we missed the Waikiki sunset? The high rise apartment that I stayed was a block away from Waikiki Beach. After we checked out the apartment and had a dinner, we walked to Waikiki

Couple years before pandemic started, after the kids started summer off, we went to Maui having a vacation. I booked the tickets and the hotel four months ahead, so the hotel did not cost me arm and leg.

I went to visit the government Preserve wetland today. It is the migrated bird’s stop point. No matter they migrate to south or north every year, they stop in this huge Preserve wetlands to eat enough

这两年来的疫情对我们人类的影响很大。 美国有很多人直接离开职场，不上班，不找工作，所以工作机会比失业的人还要多。有一个原因也是因为现在这个政府不断的印钱派给很多的人，令到他们不工作但拿到的失业金比工作还要多，或者相差不太多的话，有的人也一样愿意先不找工作。 以前那种不努力工作就没有好生活的心态，很多人已看得不一样了。 我的一个朋友跟我说了他朋友的真实情况。

I have been teleworking almost two years. I am gaining weight as a lot of people working home. Especially, my office was next to the kitchen, so I grabbed food from the kitchen island when I stopped by.

There is a biggest park in the city. It is not too far from my house. The City always hostes the activity there, like annual pumpkin contest in October, fireworks in July, or music festival in veterans’

今天跟身边人说，我在HIVE写作平台挣了一点钱，可以用来买晚餐给大家吃哦。在父母过来我这个城市过圣诞节的时候，我第一次用从写作平台挣的crypto 转去Crypto.com 的debit card 买外卖给大家吃，但身边人就是不太相信那些钱是写作挣的，反正他也不太在意钱从那里来。 这次我就真的是叫他看着我转币去交易所，再卖币和转币去Crypto.com，而且他还看着我用Crypto.com 的debit

Having two teenagers in the family, I need to drop them to school every morning. I have been doing this the last fourteen years. I enjoy this moment to chat with them. These two mornings had very dense