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我是中国人！――记今日VFS开学典礼 VFS开学典礼
2007-02-20 09:57:04大中小 温哥华，又是一个雨天。早上先乘坐公共汽车，又步行到唐人街的廷塞尔顿剧院参加VFS的开学典礼，只用了不到半个小时。我的两个中国美女好友也前来为我助兴。到了三楼剧院前的大厅里，学校的教务人员已经各就各位，有专人引导办理登记手续，并领取一些资料。招生顾问约翰今天很精神，看见我很高兴，因为我毕竟是他招来的。他旁边的华人小姐递给我一张不干胶纸条，上面是我的名字和专业名称，让我贴在身上，便于和别人社交。大厅里还备有很多甜点心、咖啡、茶水、牛奶、矿泉水、可乐等等，供大家享用。大约9：00，所有新生聚集在剧场里，校领导开始演讲。一眼望去，学生大约有100人，还有些是学生的父母，几乎全是老外，各个年龄段，各色人种，什么颜色的头发都有，争奇斗艳。我想，倘若都是中国人，清一色的黑头发则会显得单调许多。东方人不多见，恐怕中国人就更少了！三位主要校领导依次就学校概况、教育师资、学生事务发言，时不时幽默一下，引起全场大笑。第一位校领导还让同学们就他的问题举手，结果发现60%都是国际学生，分别来自美国、欧洲、南美、东亚。校领导问还有没有没问到的，于是一个黑人举手，说他来自南非。一男生举手说他来自中东，还有一女生举手回答说她来自黎巴嫩。在场的有3/4人是初次来到温哥华，估计和他们相比我都成了老温了！第二位校领导通过一系列短片介绍学校的教学情况、师资队伍和优秀毕业生作品。学校教师中有些曾获得过奥斯卡奖或提名。那些美仑美奂、充满奇思妙想的学生作品，随便挑出一部都胜过国内电视台播出的片子。第三位校领导是位和蔼可亲的50多岁的女士，名叫丽兹，姓麦当劳――又遇到一个麦当劳，和我的家庭医生一个姓！她的职位相当于国内大学的学工处处长，负责学生的注册、住宿、保险、医疗等等，有关吃喝拉撒的琐事一概可以找她。会后，大家照学生证照片。排队的时候，几个金发碧眼的男女同学主动和我打招呼，很是友好！我身边一个很是阳光的高个金发小伙子主动介绍他名叫尼古拉斯，来自卡尔加里；另一个黑发女郎颇为矜持、腼腆，很文静地告诉我她来自丹麦，名叫蒂娜，自称会说丹麦语和瑞典语，于是我给她来了句瑞典语，让她大吃一惊。这时一个小个金发美女过来，我看见她胸前贴的标签上打印的是典型的俄罗斯名姓――叶卡捷琳娜・什么娃，于是问她是不是俄罗斯人，并用标准的俄语把她的名字读了出来。她大吃一惊，问我怎么会俄语。我说我曾经和俄罗斯有千丝万缕的关系，她顿时兴趣高涨，告诉我她出生在莫斯科，但很小和家人移民到温哥华，于是现在会说英俄两种语言。难怪我听她的英语没什么口音。照相完毕，我们一大群人步行到学校的咖啡厅，那里有免费的点心和冷热饮招待大家。国际学生咨询住宿、医疗保险等问题，我算是加拿大居民，因此无须国际学生的繁琐程序。学校老师鼓励大家利用这个机会交流。也奇怪，老外们就是善于社交，个个都自来熟，也乐于和陌生人问候并自报家门。放眼望去，东方的学生的确是最腼腆的。有一个日本小伙子，很年轻，单眼皮、细缝眼，几乎都很难睁开，一个人一直独自站在那里，没有人和他说话，怪可怜的。我和学校老师、校领导聊的较多。一个负责学生事务的胖美人和我侃侃而谈，她出生在荷兰，年幼时移民加拿大。正在兴头上，一个岁数较大的老外凑过来跟我说他一直想学一门亚洲的语言，先是要学日语，发现太难，又改学汉语，发现更难，问我在温哥华哪里可以学汉语。他又问我来自哪个国家。我让他猜。他仔细端详我半天，说：“泰国？”我摇摇头，暗自好笑。于是他又猜道：“菲律宾？”更是好笑。当我告诉他是中国，他惊喜万分，道：“哎呀，我就是要学中文嘛！”这老哥们原来来自瑞士，学的专业是三维特效，正在本纳比找合租房子的。这时，在人群中我看到一个熟悉的面孔。那是一个小个男老外，形象像个小毛贼，可以扮演时迁。我突然想起，昨儿我在我住的公寓楼的电梯里遇到了他，当时他按住电梯的开门按钮，等我上电梯。记得他好像住在6楼。我跑过去拍了拍他，对他说：“我们见过面！”其实他早就认出了我，只不过没好意思相认。原来他是来自哥伦比亚的，专业是电脑数字特效之类。他旁边的一个小伙子也是哥伦比亚的，长得就比他“善”一些。过了一会，“学工处处长”利兹大婶来到我面前。和她的聊天是最具深度的。她同样也从问我来自何方开始。当我回答“中国北京”的时候，和许许多多其他老外一样，她顿时瞳孔放大，仿佛充满了遐想，思绪登时飞到遥远神秘的东方，连连说：“太好了！现在全世界都在关注中国！而且你们明年就要举办奥运会！”然后她也很自豪地说：“我们温哥华也将举办奥运会，不过是冬运会”！她接着说：“你是我见过的穿着最有品味的学生！”她还表示应当鼓励所有的学生在一年后都要学会有品味地穿着。我当时听了真觉得给中国人争光。两位陪我到开学典礼现场的中国朋友也为我“爱国”之举而高兴。利兹大婶有三个儿子，分别是22岁、19岁、16岁，都干起了电影，老大给好莱坞片场做灯光，收入丰厚。她对影视制作也很精通，对中国的影视发展也有一定的了解。我想，大家都在盯着中国和中国人，无形中我感觉到了压力。回家的路上，格兰维尔大街又有好莱坞剧组在拍戏，两辆盛满道具和设备的集装箱大卡车停在路边。评论
包怀小伙子的文章写的好，每次都进来看看，夸的话就不多说了。也为你骄傲，为国人争光。
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天空没有翅膀的痕迹，而我已飞过～～ 赏 2007-02-20#3
1,940 $0.00 感谢BAOHUAI给蒙城的礼物，给中国人露脸。评论
祝贺包坏（到底中文是什么名？），学业进步，前程似锦
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更多将军的生活图片故事 评《中国移民选择蒙特尔利的十大理由》 做不成华尔街股神 就做唐人街股神[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]包怀小伙子的文章写的好，每次都进来看看，夸的话就不多说了。 也为你骄傲，为国人争光。点击展开...谢谢！加拿大蒙城最有文化最有品位，蒙城的移友也最浪漫最有风度！ 很奇怪，本网上看过一个主题，讲的是歧视中国人的问题（老外歧视华人，港台的歧视大陆的等等），可是我走到哪里从来都没感觉到歧视，相反，老外对中国很高看的，那颗不是虚的！在香港，处处遇到很客气的香港同胞，处处给与帮助，同时还真诚地道歉自己的过于讲不好――“对不起，我的国语很烂……”。
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这是我写给老外朋友们的―― It's another rainy day in Vancouver. As always, no jetlag for me. I got up early this morning to attend the Orientation of VFS--the world-class Vancouver Film School. The Orientation was held at Tinseltown Theater in Chinatown, on the 3rd floor. I was sitting in the small theater together with about 100 students from all over the world--at least 60% of them were from outside of Canada! The school leaders gave truly exciting speeches and presentations of student productions, and constantly focused on "marketing" and "network" to prepare us right from the start to be successful on the marketplace one day, soon. After the meeting we took student ID photos, and a whole bunch of men and women walked up to talk to me, including a small dark and curly-haired guy from Chicago, a tall, smiling, young blond guy from Calgary, Canada, a tall, dark-haired reticent girl from Denmark, a short, round-faced blond girl born in Moscow, growing up in Canada and speaking Russian and fluent English, as well as dark-skinned East Indian girls and South American guys. There were also students from the Middle East and South Africa, which really surprised all of us, but most of the students were whites. Only a few were from East Asia, who were apparently the shyest, never having enough courage to socialize in a pool of aspiring would-be filmmakers. After taking photos, we walked to the school's cafe, to mingle, to socialize...I seized the opportunity to talk to a number of people, each unique. An older guy from Switzerland approached me, saying he had always wanted to learn an Asian language. He first started Japanese, but found it too difficult, and then switched to Mandarin, only to find it even more diffucult. Wondering where I was from, he guessed that I was from Thailand or the Philipines. I almost laughed out loud, correcting him that I was from Beijing, China. Like most of the other students and teachers, he was just more than thrilled, asking me all about how to learn Mandarin well! I also had an intense and highly intellectual conversation with our Student Service Manager Liz, a chubby and yet charming woman in her 50s, with three sons all in the film industry for Hollywood. Again, she was excited to hear that I was from Beijing, China, and stated that nowadays all the world was looking at China. She said enviously, "You are going to host 2008 Summer Olympics, and we we are going to host 2010 Winter Olympics." We switched from one topic to another, very inspiring, thought-provoking and very delightful. Liz also said to me with great emphasis that I was the only stylish student she'd ever seen, and that she would encourage every student at VFS to be stylish like me in one year! Later, my Chinese pals who came to the Orientation with me all regarded me as a patriotic national hero! What impressed me was that most white students were quite sociable, and yet the few Asian students were so shy and passive. I saw this young Japanese guy, with timid narrow eyes, standing alone in a corner the whole time... Nobody noticed his existence. It's a strange feeling to be someone of the minority, to be the only Chinese person. But I'm also a resourceful multicultural and international character. God knows I'm not shy and I like to stand out from a crowd, sooner or later!
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祝好好学习，天天向上！
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请教VFS是哪个学校的简称啊，不好意思。
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baohuai 说:谢谢！加拿大蒙城最有文化最有品位，蒙城的移友也最浪漫最有风度....点击展开... 还是小心为妙, 别一出狗洞,就钻进狼窝.
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baohuai 说:谢谢！加拿大蒙城最有文化最有品位，蒙城的移友也最浪漫最有风度！ 很奇怪，本网上看过一个主题，讲的是歧视中国人的问题（老外歧视华人，港台的歧视大陆的等等），可是我走到哪里从来都没感觉到歧视，相反，老外对中国很高看的，那颗不是虚的！在香港，处处遇到很客气的香港同胞，处处给与帮助，同时还真诚地道歉自己的过于讲不好――“对不起，我的国语很烂……”。点击展开...没有见过经历过的，不代表就不存在，任何地方都有阴暗面和闪亮面，习惯就好。
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知足者常乐，不知足者更要乐。没有见过经历过的，不代表就不存在，任何地方都有阴暗面和闪亮面，习惯就好。点击展开... 好象还算懂道理似的.
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海晟名程 说:好象还算懂道理似的.点击展开...知道蒙特利尔某书包厂事件吗？掩耳盗铃不可取，实事求是才是真。
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知足者常乐，不知足者更要乐。 赏 2007-02-21#13
282 $0.00 哦.评论
szshenhua 说:知道蒙特利尔某书包厂事件吗？掩耳盗铃不可取，实事求是才是真。点击展开...包厂事件最后怎样了。 光顾整理行装没看到最后结果。能否介绍一下?
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luckystar168 说:请教VFS是哪个学校的简称啊，不好意思。点击展开...VFS是温哥华电影学校,www.vfs.com VFS is a post-secondary entertainment arts school. In just one intensive year at VFS you receive a comprehensive education balancing theoretical instruction and hands-on production. VFS is known as the studio that teaches.
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