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Happiness was a year called 2008

幸福是什么？幸福就是2008年
　　元旦没进乌鲁木齐
　　二月没去柳州
　　三月没逛拉萨
　　四月没到山东
　　五月没在汶川
　　六月没在贵州瓮安
　　七月没在上海当警察
　　八月没在新疆当兵
　　九月没有到山西襄汾看溃坝
　　当然最幸福就是今年没进股市
　　否则宝马进去，自行车出来
　　西服进去，三点式出来
　　老板进去，打工仔出来
　　站着进去，躺着出来
　　牵着狗进去，被狗牵出来
　　总之，就是地球进去也是乒乓球出来
　　其实那些都没啥
　　更值得庆贺的，
　　也就是天大的幸福，
　　就是你已经长大了
　　不用天天喝三鹿了

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This was written by rob. Posted on Thursday, January 1, 2009, at 1:39 am. Filed under China. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

4 Comments

  1. Liuzhou Laowai wrote:

    Yes, it must be a mistake. Nothing unusual happened in Liuzhou last February. Although, I don’t think the characters are so similar. 郴州 v 柳州

    Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 1:14 pm | Permalink
  2. rob wrote:

    I agree, Liuzhou Laowai. I think I should have written something more like “…a character that bears a very slight resemblance to…”

    Monday, January 5, 2009 at 3:51 am | Permalink
  3. Elliot wrote:

    Excellent blog and great post. Just wanted to note that the translation omitted the September mudslide in Xiangfen, Shanxi Province.

    http://www.china.org.cn/government/local_governments/2008-09/12/content_16438962.htm

    Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 6:31 am | Permalink
  4. rob wrote:

    Thanks Elliot, that was slack of me. Addition made. See also ESWN’s translation of a reporter’s field notes from Xiangfen.

    Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 9:05 am | Permalink

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