dimanche 27 avril 2008
Ma première décapotable
Maman m`a offert ma toute première voiturette et rose de surcroît!
Youppi, petits amis, attention j`irai bientôt tous vous visiter...
En attendant, il faut que j`apprenne à bien guider ma voiturette sinon je devrai me dépanner toute seule!!!
Et avant...
Merci maman
Youppi, petits amis, attention j`irai bientôt tous vous visiter...
En attendant, il faut que j`apprenne à bien guider ma voiturette sinon je devrai me dépanner toute seule!!!
Et avant...
Merci maman
mercredi 23 avril 2008
Je me souviens
Le 23 avril 2007 fût sans conteste, la date qui changea ma vie....
En ce matin gris ou nous entrâmes dans une pièce bondée de nounous tenant deux petites filles chacune aux Affaires sociales chinoises, j`eu l`impression que je venais arracher la petite Xin Fa XIAO (nom de famille du Directeur de l`orphelinat) à tout ce qu`elle avait connue.
Même si la vie n`avait pas été rose à l`orphelinat de Xiajiang (pas assez de nourriture, manque de stimulation et de soins, propreté minimale), elle s`y sentait en sécurité; cet endroit représentait tout ce qu`elle connaissait.
Xin Fa y avait passé la 1ere année de sa vie, puisque sa mère l`avait abandonné dès sa naissance.
Ce transfert, de sa nounou à moi, fût encore une fois une déchirure profonde pour ma fille. Le deuxième en un an, en voilà trop pour un si petit bout de chou.
Voici une photo qui relate nos toutes premières secondes ensemble......
Sèche tes larmes ma fille, maman est enfin arrivée..... laisse moi te bercer et t`aimer... et plus jamais personne ne te laissera.
Il y a un an aujourd`hui...
Maman
dimanche 13 avril 2008
Grands-parents onusiens
Photo de famille qui passera dans les annales de l`histoire de la famille Bourgeois.
Voici donc Papitou et Mamylou en compagnie de leurs petites filles adorées, la plus grande Marilou, qui est arrivée au Québec en 2003, la 2e - votre scribe favorite, la petite Xin Fa et la 3è mais non la moindre, Zahra, ma petite cousine qui a été adoptée par parrain Jipé et tante Catou le 7 février dernier.
Gros bisous,
Xin Fa
1ere marche dans la neige
Zahra a prit sa toute première marche en compagnie de sa maman Catherine, maman et moi petite Xin Fa. Une chance que les rayons chauds du printemps d`avril rayonnaient sinon ma petite cousine aurait eu très froid.
Zahra revient nous vite, nous t`aimons si fort,
Cousine Xin Fa
vendredi 11 avril 2008
The price of rice is increasing in China
Food staples such as rice have risen lately due to several factors, such as flooding, cold weather and urbanisation are depleting food supply, there is also the
offer diminishing versus a demand always increasing. Here is how an urban chinese family deals with the soaring prices of rice...
THE WANG JUN FAMILY, BEIJING, CHINA
Wan Jung lives with his wife and his wife's mother
Wang Jun: I live with my wife and my wife's mother in Beijing. We own a small cleaning place. Food prices have risen in the past few years, especially last year.
We spend a lot on food. Renting the place where we live costs more than $100 and we can't really save much money for our daughter's tuition fees back at our hometown.
We've been tightening our belts to save more money.
Over the past year, the cost of food has risen so quickly that we had to stop eating meat every day to save money. The pork price just soared madly, and it's now three or four times more expensive than two years ago.
We only eat chopped-up pork two or three times a week, but with vegetables. Eating meat on its own seems too extravagant for us.
LOCAL FOOD PRICES
The Wang Jun family spends 16% of its income on food.
1 kilo of rice: $0.62 (31p)
1 litre cooking oil: $2.50 (£1.25)
1 kilo of pork: $4.22 (£2.10)
1 kilo of lettuce: $0.99 (49p)
Also, to save money, my wife wakes up around at around 6am and cycles for one hour to go to an early market that sells cheap vegetables.
Even though it is less than one yuan cheaper than a nearby market, we can save a lot by doing it every day.
We've been using less cooking oil as well, because the price of oil has trebled over the past few months. Just now, the supermarket was taking down old price tags as the price went up again. It's mad. So we've been eating more vegetables like tomatoes, potatoes, cabbages - locally grown food is just cheaper.
The price rises are frustrating for us, but because I used to be a farmer I also see the farmers' point of view.
If the government controls food prices too much, farmers can't earn any money and life can be very difficult.
offer diminishing versus a demand always increasing. Here is how an urban chinese family deals with the soaring prices of rice...
THE WANG JUN FAMILY, BEIJING, CHINA
Wan Jung lives with his wife and his wife's mother
Wang Jun: I live with my wife and my wife's mother in Beijing. We own a small cleaning place. Food prices have risen in the past few years, especially last year.
We spend a lot on food. Renting the place where we live costs more than $100 and we can't really save much money for our daughter's tuition fees back at our hometown.
We've been tightening our belts to save more money.
Over the past year, the cost of food has risen so quickly that we had to stop eating meat every day to save money. The pork price just soared madly, and it's now three or four times more expensive than two years ago.
We only eat chopped-up pork two or three times a week, but with vegetables. Eating meat on its own seems too extravagant for us.
LOCAL FOOD PRICES
The Wang Jun family spends 16% of its income on food.
1 kilo of rice: $0.62 (31p)
1 litre cooking oil: $2.50 (£1.25)
1 kilo of pork: $4.22 (£2.10)
1 kilo of lettuce: $0.99 (49p)
Also, to save money, my wife wakes up around at around 6am and cycles for one hour to go to an early market that sells cheap vegetables.
Even though it is less than one yuan cheaper than a nearby market, we can save a lot by doing it every day.
We've been using less cooking oil as well, because the price of oil has trebled over the past few months. Just now, the supermarket was taking down old price tags as the price went up again. It's mad. So we've been eating more vegetables like tomatoes, potatoes, cabbages - locally grown food is just cheaper.
The price rises are frustrating for us, but because I used to be a farmer I also see the farmers' point of view.
If the government controls food prices too much, farmers can't earn any money and life can be very difficult.
lundi 7 avril 2008
Nations unies à Drummondville
Mon bébé en chocolat
vendredi 4 avril 2008
Ménage du printemps
jeudi 3 avril 2008
Je suis désormais citoyenne canadienne
Après des mois d`attente, Charlotte Xin Fa est finalement reçue citoyenne canadienne. C`est donc avec beaucoup d`émotion que nous avons reçu son Certificat de citoyenneté canadienne. Je pourrai donc lui demander un passeport canadien!!!
En ce jour où Xin Fa obtient sa citoyenneté, Charlotte Xin Fa "bénéficiera dorénavant de tous les droits et privilèges".
Il revient à ma petite Xin Fa, tel que le certificat le mentionne "de défendre les principes de la démocratie, de la liberté humaine et de la compassion qui sont les fondations d`un Canada fort et uni".
Le document est signé par Mme Diane Finley, Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l`Immigration qui lui souhaite la bienvenue au sein de la grande famille canadienne. Voilà que ma fille abandonnée est reconnue par une Ministre canadienne!!! Pas mal me dis-je lorsque l`on pense ou elle a débuté.
Puisqu`une bonne étoile lui a sourit, je crois que Charlotte Xin Fa sera en effet en mesure d`appuyer les plus démunis. En tout cas, c`est ce que je souhaite de tout coeur.
Ta maman
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