A Chinese Song about Mandela 光辉岁月-- 黄家驹 beyond So much news about Mandela today, it's really a sad day! He is a respectable and great man in the world. This Chinese song is created in 1991 for Mandela's outstanding career and unforgetable life experience. The lyrics is so touching that even though you don't know the story, you will be moved. Besides, Huang Jiaju is also a respectable person with special personality. Before getting famous in China, he and his band have struggled for about 10 years. When they were in poor situation, they even use their money to make the records, then sell them on the street. Many classical music of BEYOND are created in this period. It’s a pity that he died very young. Every great man has an unique experience, just like Mandela. As the lyrics says:“今天只有残留的躯壳，迎接光辉岁月，风雨中抱紧自由，一生经过彷徨的挣扎，自信可改变未来，问谁又能做到！” Even the only thing you have is your body today, you have to face to the bright future, holding freedom tightly in wend and rain. Every one will have a period of struggling experience, but confidence will change the future. How few people can do like this! 2013.12.16

Silkworms When i listened to the radio last night, it reminded me of keeping silkworms when i was in my primary school. It's really an interesting experience. In the spring, when the mulberry tree starts sprouting, it's the right time to keep silkworms. First, i will ask some eggs from my classmates. The eggs are on one paper, really small, it's even smaller than an ant's head. As spring is still cold in north, and temperature is not suitable for them to come out naturally, so we will got some cotton to wrap the whole paper, keeping it under our arms. When the classes break was coming, the first thing we will do is opening the paper quickly and see if there is any silkworms coming out. In the fact, the silkworms will die very easily. If you didn't check them , they will die in the cotton, so we will check now and then. The new-born silkworm is really small, like a hairline and very short, the color is black. After all the silkworms coming out, we will took them home, because with growing they take more space. At first, they will eat very little mulberry leaves, one leave and fed about 20 silkworms. With time passing by, they grow up very quickly, one week later, their body size will be three times as before. And they ate more and more, so the first thing after school is picking up mulberry leaves for them. At this time, the color changes too, from black to little gray, and their heads are already white. Then their body will be white all over, and their body sizes are like pinky fingers. With growing, we need to spend more time on keeping them, every silkworm can ate several leaves, so we need to find leaves everywhere. Finally, about one month later, silkworms stopped to eating anything. They starts producing silk to wrap themselves. Then the silkworm chrysalises will lie every coner of the boxes. One day, i don't know why, all the chrysalises have a holes, and eggs are on all over the sides of the boxes. I feel excited and find the silk moths everywhere, but i can't find them. Mom tell me that the moths must die outside, and their life ended. My emotion was so complicated, excited and sad. What a pity that i didn't see the beautiful moths and they die so quietly.