<p class="ql-block" style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: rgb(237, 35, 8);">2020 - 反思，抗疫和喚醒的一年</b></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p> 2020 has been named as “The Year of Change”. It started with a great vision, then turned into a living nightmare, but ending with new hopes! <br>2020年被稱為“忽變之年”。它啟始于宏大的目標，然后變成了活著的噩夢，但卻結束于新的希望！<br> <p class="ql-block">Celebrating 2020 New Year onboard of The Sun Princess Cruise</p> In Chinese zodiacs, 2020 is a year of “Gengzi Year”. The Gengzi Year is regarded as an “unsafe” year among the older generations. In ancient times, it was discovered that whenever the year runs into the Gengzi year, natural and man-made disasters come hand in hand. And there is a cycle of every 60 years for such catastrophe phenomenon. Is it a coincidence or the law of the universe? In the galaxy, it drives history back and forth in astonishing similarities. Some studies say that the cause of the Gengzi disaster is related to the location of the stars on the earth. When the earth moves to the center of the sun and the Milky Way, the three points are in a line, and the coaxial position will produce a strong energy resonance field. The earth is disturbed by the induced magnetic field, which will naturally accelerate various unusual reactions of the creatures on the earth.<br>2020年是中國的庚子年，庚子年在老一輩人口中是不太平的年份. 古代就發(fā)現(xiàn)，每當年份運行到庚子這一年，天災人禍攜手降臨。 而且這樣的大災之年，每60年一輪回。究竟是巧合，還是宇宙法則？冥冥中驅使著歷史在驚人的相似里循環(huán)往復。有研究說，庚子之災成因與地球星辰的位置有關。 當?shù)厍蜻\行到與太陽、銀河系中心時，三點成一線，同軸位置會產(chǎn)生一種強大的能量共振場。地球受引發(fā)的磁場干擾，自然而然會加速地球上生物的各種不尋常反應。<br> Another spectacle in the Gengzi Year is the "Samsung Pearls" (or "3 planets in one line")-the moon, Jupiter, and Saturn are all connected together in one line! From the perspective of metaphysics, Jupiter and Saturn are both "catastrophes". The formation of a line between the two and the moon will aggravate the changes in the earth's gravitational field. In other words, the “3 planets gathering” has strengthened the imbalance in the natural world and caused natural disasters! Therefore, it was predicted that 2020 would be a disastrous year! This astronomical phenomenon was only visible in Victoria, Australia on the 1st August, it was a spectacular view, it seems that the 3 planets were also practising "social distance" rule! It was a rare sight!<br>庚子年的另一奇景就是“三星聯(lián)珠＂-月亮、木星、土星三星連成一線！聽說從玄學的角度來看，木星、土星都是”災星”！這兩者與月亮形成一條線會加重對地球引力場的變化。也就是說三星聚會加強了自然界的不平衡狀態(tài)，導致自然災害。歷來庚子年的三星聚會都是這樣的結果。多災多難的2020！ <br> 1/8/2020墨爾本 “三星聯(lián)珠＂的奇景刷屏。月亮、木星、土星三星連成一線！好像還保持著同樣的“社交距離”！奇景難遇，手機快速拍照留念！ 2020 definitely is an unforgettable year! This year, we have witnessed Mother Nature disaster (bush fire), we experienced the pandemic of infectious disease -COVID19, and we also seen the trade war between the US and China. 2020 is a year of “Stay home and Stay alive”! Now, we survived so far to the end of 2020, rediscovered ourselves, understand the people around us, appreciate family and friends, and realize that health is the most important thing! Reflecting my personal journey, there are so many memorable moments.<br>2020年絕對是難忘的一年！今年，我們親眼目睹了大自然的災難（維省森林大火），經(jīng)歷了傳染病-COVID19的大流行，我們還目睹了中美之間的貿(mào)易戰(zhàn)。 2020年是“為了活命，留在家里”的一年！現(xiàn)在，我們有幸未被疫病傳染，生存到了2020年底，回顧這一年， 我重新發(fā)現(xiàn)了自己，進一步地了解了我們周圍的人，感恩家人和朋友，并意識到健康是最重要的！反思我這一年的個人旅程，有很多難忘的時刻。<br> <h1><b>1. Covid-19 pandemic- 新冠疫病<br></b></h1> The coronavirus pandemic has changed the world and the way how we live, work and social. As of 30 December 2020, more than 81.9 million cases have been confirmed, with more than 1.78 million deaths attributed to COVID-19. As of today (30/12), Australia has reported 28,350 cases, and 909 deaths, with Victoria accounting for nearly 75% of cases and 90% of fatalities. We have been lived in lockdown for nearly the whole year! This is an unforgettable journey for all of us and some key dates are below.<br>Covid-19：冠狀病毒疫病改變了世界以及我們的生活，工作和社交方式。截至2020年12月30日，全世界已確認的病例超過8190萬例，其中有超過178萬例死于COVID-19。截至今天（30/12），澳大利亞已報告28,350例病例，其中909人死亡，其中維多利亞占病例的近75％，死亡人數(shù)的90％。我們整整一年都生活于"封鎖"狀態(tài)，這對我們所有人來說都是一次難忘的經(jīng)歷。下面列出了一些關鍵日期。<br><ul><li>16/03: In Victoria, a state of emergency was declared on 16th Mar due to the increasing cases of covid19 infections, request people staying at home and restrictions on non-essential activities.</li><li>20/03: Australian borders were closed, and Social distancing rules were imposed on 21st. </li><li>24/03-26/10: Melbourne lock-down, total 282 days with different stages of restrictions and social distancing rules on all non-essential activities. Between 2/8-13/09, a state of disaster was declared, and Melbourne was in Stage 4 restrictions (night-time curfew 8pm-5am and restricted outing distance of 5km). From 28/09, restrictions in Melbourne were loosened and curfew ended, schools are slowly re-opened, the “Roadmap for Reopening” aiming to back to normal at Christmas time!</li><li>26/10: metropolitan restrictions were eased, people can leave home freely and businesses allowed to reopen, however, all travels were restricted within 25km.</li><li>8/11: travel restriction was lifted. But still restricted on the number of people can go back to work and gathering, social distance etc. </li><li>27/11: Victoria recorded its 28th consecutive day of 0 new cases and 0 deaths, and had 0 active cases, epidemiologically eliminating the virus! This has lasted for 61 days!<br></li><li>30/12: Sadly, Victoria's 61 day streak ends after 3 new COVID19 cases were detected on this last day of the year! </li></ul> <b>2. Personal Challenge - 個人挑戰(zhàn)</b> The biggest change and challenges for me this year have been “working from home”! Since the beginning of the pandemic, all schools and universities have moved the teaching activities online. Therefore, internet speed, personal space at home were the main issues. Luckily, we have enough rooms at home to accommodate each of us to have a private area for working/studying online. Zoom and MTeams have become our main links to our colleagues or students or even friends.<br>今年對我來說最大的變化和挑戰(zhàn)是“在家工作”！自疫情開始以來，所有中小學校和大學都將教學活動轉移到了網(wǎng)上。因此，家里互聯(lián)網(wǎng)速度，個人空間變成了我們的主要問題。幸運的是，我們在家中有足夠的房間來容納我們每個人，使我們每一個人都有在線工作/學習的私人空間。 Zoom和MTeams已成為我們與同事，學生甚至朋友們的主要鏈接。<br> <p class="ql-block">Due to COVID, people are more interested in Immunology knowledge. I feel that the students are much more eager to listen my talks in classes on immune system and vaccines than previous years. I teach both 2nd and 3rd year uni students, many students told me that they actually can use the immnology knowledge learned from the classes and help them to protect them from infections in daily life, and provide advice for their family and friends! As a teacher and mentor, I feel happy and my mission has achieved when students can use their learning in practic. </p><p class="ql-block">由于covid，人們對免疫學知識更加感興趣。我覺得與往年相比，學生們更渴望在課堂上聽我關于免疫系統(tǒng)和疫苗的演講。我教兩年級和三年級的大學學生，許多學生告訴我，他們可以利用從課堂上學到的免疫學知識，幫助并保護自己免受covid感染，并為家人和朋友提供建議！作為一名老師和導師，我感到很高興，學生們能活學活用，我的使命就已經(jīng)完成了！</p> <p class="ql-block">I didn't have the adequate lighting system in my home-office, so my image against any virtual background during Zoom meetings often have transparent face! It was very annoying!</p><p class="ql-block">我的家庭辦公室沒有足夠的照明系統(tǒng)，因此在Zoom會議期間，我在任何虛擬背景下拍攝的圖像通常都有透明的臉! 很煩人.</p> <p class="ql-block">How to deal with the covid pandemic? Different countries have different approach depending on their situation and governance. The most debatable topic is on “isolation vs herd immunity”. I had many debates with friends and colleagues. At the earlier stage before moving to online teaching, Monash Uni had a rule on wearing facemasks that Students could but teachers were not allowed”. I had to argue with my management to allow teachers also have the options to wear masks if they wanted to. Look at now, we are mandatory to wear facemasks! It has been a deep learning curve for our government in managing covid pandemic. </p><p class="ql-block">如何對付全球性流行??？不同的國家/地區(qū)所采用的方法和方式有所不同。今年最重要的話題是”隔離vs群體免疫”. 在這個問題上，我曾多次與朋友和同事進行過討論及辯論。較早階段在進入網(wǎng)上教學之前，Monash Uni規(guī)定學生可以戴口罩來上課，但老師不可以。因為這事，我曾與學院的管理層進行辯論，要求老師也有戴口罩的權力如果他們想要帶的話。看看現(xiàn)在，戴口罩成為了硬性規(guī)定！我們的政府在管理疫情防控方面走了許多彎路！</p> Working from home "outfits"!<br> Keep up the exercises during the covid19 pandemic!<br> <b>3. Celebrations - 云端樂聚會</b> We celebrate a few big milestones, birthdays and festivals in an unusual style this year, virtual celebration on the “cloud”! <br>今年，我們還將以不尋常的方式慶祝一些重大的里程碑和生日，虛擬“云”party！端午佳節(jié)美食音樂會-云端樂聚會 (1/07); 慶中秋-云端音樂會 (27/09), 聯(lián)盟慶圣誕新年聯(lián)歡會 （13/12）<br> Group dance "Gardenia blooms" (舞蹈-梔子花開) during the lockdown. The video was constructed from videos of each individual dancer.<br> <p class="ql-block">Group dance "Edelweiss" (舞蹈-雪絨花) with friends (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/mfyqKLVgIus)<a href="https://youtu.be/mfyqKLVgIus" target="_blank" style="font-size: 18px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">網(wǎng)頁鏈接</a></p> <p class="ql-block">與10位歌友們一起表演小合唱《送我一朵玫瑰花》Sing a song with choir friends together over "the cloud"! (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/05GXprOEC20)<a href="https://youtu.be/05GXprOEC20" target="_blank" style="font-size: 18px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">網(wǎng)頁鏈接</a></p> <b>4. "Me Time" - 自我時間</b> This year, I suddenly have had a lot of "me time". With such opportunity, I explored my creativity nature and music and video editing skills. I made 3 personal photo albums (60-100 pages/each) to capture and record the journal of their life so far. I also organized 3 online concerts for our choir group, produced approximately 15 videos to be used for those concerts. <br>今年，我突然有了許多我的“自我時間”。 利用這難得的機會， 我探索了我的創(chuàng)作力以及音樂和視頻編輯技能, 制作了3本個人相冊集（每本60-100頁）來捕捉和記錄親人們的生活歷程。也為我們的合唱團組織了3場云端音樂會，制作了大約15部音樂視頻(見上)。<br> I captured this sunset moment on my street during one of evening walks. 在一次傍晚散步時，我在街道上捕捉了這個日落時刻。 People often say “turning crisis into opportunity”. During the Melbourne lockdown, with families spending more time at home and eating at home, I started to become interested in cooking, first time in life made dough from the yeast, steam Bun and Huajuan.<br>人們經(jīng)常說“將危機變成機遇”。在墨爾本”禁閉”期間，家人都呆在家里， 不得外出，都在家里吃飯，我開始對烹飪感興趣，我第一次學會了用酵母發(fā)面，蒸包子和花卷等等。<br> <p class="ql-block"><b>5. New Year Outlook - 新年展望</b></p> A new year is a powerful occasion: It’s a time when we reflect on our gratitude for the past and our hopes for the future. And it’s a chance to welcome a fresh start to reinvigorate our enthusiasm for chasing goals and dreams. The 2021 New Year’s eve bell is ringing, swing away your troubles and start new year afresh! Let’s celebrate the our accomplishments in 2020 and to making more cherished memories in 2021!<br>新年是一個吉祥時節(jié)，是我們反思過去的感激和對未來的希望的時候。我們利用這個機會，歡迎一個新的開始，重新激發(fā)我們追求目標和夢想的熱情。 2021年除夕之鐘正在響起，隨著大鐘的搖擺， 我們將擺脫麻煩，重新開始新的一年！慶祝2020年的成就，再創(chuàng)2021年的美好回憶！<br> Today, the last day of 2020, we challenged ourselves on the Kokoda Track Memorial Walk (1000 Steps)! At the entrance of the walking track, there are 4 stone pillars, and each has the word of <b>Courage, Endurance, Mateship, Sacrifice</b> engraved on it. The four stone pillars mark the beginning and end of one of the most challenging walks, and the spirits of the challengers should have. These four words will be my motto for 2021!<br>今天是2020年的最后一天，我決定去走Kokoda Track Memorial Walk (1000個臺階) 挑戰(zhàn)自己！在終始點，有四個石柱，每個柱子上都刻有<b>“勇氣”，”耐力”，“友誼”，“奉獻”</b>的字眼。四個石柱標志著挑戰(zhàn)者具有的精神。這四個字將是我2021年的座右銘！<br> <div>Here is a poem I wrote it during the lockdown period, I share it with you all and welcome 2021!</div><div>這里用我疫情期間寫的一首打油詩來迎接2021年的到來吧！</div><br><div align="left">大地回春, 鮮花blossoming<br>小樹枝頭, 鳥兒singing<br>感受自然, 風光charming<br>感悟人生, 短暫challenging<br>二零二零, 疫情spreading<br>網(wǎng)聊云聚, 友情enhancing<br>虛擬世界, 夢里cruising<br>二零二一，疫苗coming<br>耐心等待, 一切amazing<br></div> Sunrise on Sun Princess Cruise (04-01-2020) -??Sue-五味子??- 31st Dec 2020<br>