...Li-Young Lee: The 2014 Caesar and Patricia Tabet Poetry Reading Li-Young Lee. What a man. After watching his lecture/ poem reading at the 2014 Caesar and Patricia Tabet Poetry Reading at the University of Dominican, I understood the beauty through poetry is something that is felt and should come naturally. His main focus about love and the beauty of love showed through his rhythmic pauses and passive tone. It was amazing to hear his point of view through everything. Especially his thoughts on the world around him and the meaning of words. “It was a human voice sacralized.” There is a deeper meaning to poem that anyone could ever understand. His love poems, not love towards a certain individual but became a work dedicated to God. Like how he said: “I don’t believe in God, I’ve experience God”, poetry is all about experiencing the emotions and not just believing in the words that you write. Each word has a very distinct purpose that contributes to the growth and depth of the poem. An audience member pointed out that there is a sense of quietude behind Li-Young’s poems and he agreed and explained that because language is too full, it’s best to be more quiet and let the present words ring and vibrate into the reader’s mind. I enjoyed that he said language reflects a sense of emptiness as it is like a void. Because all human speech is done by the outward of breathe, when we speak, it is ultimately using each dying breath to create words. A poem is a musical score for the human life...
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...In “The Gift” by Li-Young Lee, the speaker recalls a childhood memory of his father removing a splinter from his palm. The splinter provides the metaphorical gift of pain endurance that the speaker appreciates later in his life. The dangerous imagery surrounding the splinter emphasizes how a child fantasizes pain. The splinter is first introduced as being metal, which could refer to any blade among an assorted metal weapons instead of a flimsy splinters. The speaker’s father told a tale to distract the speaker from the pain during the process, and the father’s voice is simultaneously “a well/ of dark water” (7-8) and “a prayer” (8). The murky water presents the negative prospect of pain, with its indeterminate magnitude and ending, but the...
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...“The Weight of Sweetness” is a poem about respect, love, and memory between the son and his dad. The poem is an elegiac poem about an Asian American son’s relationship with his father and the time his father died, he has to go to the real life without his dad and memories still in his mind. This poem is a real story is about author life. Li-Young Lee was born on August 19, 1957, at Jakarta, Indonesia, he is 60 years old. His great-grandfather was Yuan Shikai, he is first Republican President in China. Lee's father was a physician when Lee family live in China, then his family moves to Indonesia, and he helps Indonesia to found Gamaliel University on this place. His father was exiled on one and a half year in an Indonesian prison camp as a...
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...The poem “Eating Together” by Li-Young-Lee is a short but very well written poem. In this, a family sits down to have lunch together and remembers their father who is unfortunately no longer there to join them. Li-Young-Lee, in the poem “Eating Together” develops the idea that the loss of a loved one can make daily events significant in different ways. Imagery plays a big role in this poem by helping the reader visualize what the scene is in the poem. For example, the poet doesn’t come out and just say that their father died recently. Instead he uses other words and clues to get that message across. “My mother who will taste the sweetest meat of the head, holding it between her fingers deftly, the way my father did weeks ago” (Line 5,6). This is an example of imagery...
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...The Gift (An Analysis of The Gift) We decided to read a few poems today that were written by great, influential poets. Out of which the one that spoke to me the most was “The Gift” by Li-Young Lee. he was born in Indonesia after his parents were exiled from China. In 1964 him and his family moved to the United States. I chose this poem because it showed a father’s compassion, a husband's compassion, and how through the generations one learns from the ones before him. First off, this poem shows a father’s love for his child. The speaker talks about how when he was a young child, his father removed a metal splinter from his hand. He said that in his childish mind he thought he was going to die. His father, in a calm, cool and collected voice...
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...concerned had to bear the consequences. First, Lee and Li’s reputation was seriously affected in Taiwan and abroad. The firm’s core principles of excellence in quality and client service were jeopardized since Liu used Sandisk’s shares to perpetuate the fraud. Prospective clients might find it difficult to trust the firm and would prefer taking their business elsewhere. Besides losing important clients, Lee and Li would have to make extra effort to restore its tarnished image. Second, apart from the fact that Lee and Li had no insurance to cover the embezzlement, partners in Taiwan shared unlimited liability. Therefore, lawyers like Paul Hsu, C.V Chen and Kwan-Tao Li were more vulnerable in this situation: they faced the possibility of loosing all of their possessions and professional livelihood. Third, Lee and Li could face bankruptcy and might be forced to close down. Consequently, lawyers and staff working at the firm would lose their jobs and would not be able to provide for their families until they found another job. After being informed about the embezzlement, Lee and Li should take corrective decisions and act quickly to ensure that the firm survives. Since news of the fraud hadn’t made the headlines yet, senior partners should first try to handle the situation internally. In this scenario, it is crucial that they are surrounded by highly-trusted people to help bring the firm back on track. Paul Hsu, Chen and Li should send a trusted person or a third party to...
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...Obviously, there were two parties that could be affected significantly by this embezzlement, Lee and Li and SANDISK Corporation. Besides, there were also some parties could be affected indirectly such as Lee and Li’s other clients, since this embezzlement will damage the reputation of Lee and Li, as a result they have reason to stop collaborating with Lee and Li and find another law firm. Moreover the shareholders of SANDISK Corporation and UMC could be another parties, because their share price might be drop once this embezzlement unveiled. Given the magnitude of the harm, only Lee and Li and SANDISK Corporation will be affected acutely in a long term. For Lee and Li, it is no doubt that this embezzlement will harm the firm’s reputation and make them start to lose clients more or less. Because people might see this embezzlement as a sign that there must be some problem in this law firm’s management and leadership. Consequently, the firm might go bankrupt even if they decide no paying SANDISK back. Similarly, this embezzlement will direct harm SANDISK assets and development in its Asian market, it will take SANDISK a lot of energy and time to recover. For other parties that will not be affected directly, their magnitude of the harm will be smaller and shorter compare to these two major parties. According to the three senior partners’ resume and the firm’s culture, it is reasonable to believe that their characters and experience will let them have ethical leadership behaviors...
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...Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was released in China in 2000, and directed by Ang Lee. I believe that lots of people are not unfamiliar to this person. Ang Lee was born on October 23, 1954 in Taipei, Taiwan. His titles are not only a film director, but also producer and screenwriter. Early year, he attended the National Taiwan College of Arts, where he graduated in 1975, and then relocated to the United States, where he studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and New York University. Ang Lee made his directorial debut in 1992 with Pushing Hands and earned Academy Award nominations for his next two films, The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994). His later films include Sense and Sensibility (1995), starring Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant, and for which Lee earned an Academy Award nomination for best picture; The Ice Storm (1997); Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), for which he received four Oscars, four BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award for best director; and Hulk (2003). He also went on to direct Se, Jie (2007) and Taking Woodstock (2009). In 2006, he became the first Asian to win an Academy Award for best director, for his film Brokeback Mountain, a small-budget, low-profile independent film based on Annie Proulx’s short story about gay ranch hands, starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. Seven years later, in 2013, Lee picked up his second Academy Award for directing Life of Pi, based on the acclaimed...
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...to know that a father's work is never done. To be a good father, you have to be present, be a good disciplinarian and role model, and be sympathetic to your children's needs without being a pushover. I will explain the similarities on how the two fathers of the stories were good role models. The bond between a parent and a child is one of the strongest things on this earth. The relationships between father and son in the poems "The Gift" by Li-Young Lee, and the story “Digging“ By Seamus Heaney. In all two genres father and son are the most prominent characters. All have the absence or near absence of mother figures. They also all show how important a father is to his son. Show the importance of father-son relationships through the fathers' involvement in their sons' lives, the fathers teaching their sons life skills, and the fathers' immense love for their sons. Love with admiration, care, demurred, unrestricted, warm, role model and respect. The similarities between the stories “Digging“ By Seamus Heaney, and “The Gift” by Li-young Lee is that the kids have role model fathers. “Digging” describes how a boy looks up to his father and the son observes and writes it down as he is proud of him. in the poem it says “When the spade sinks into gravelly ground. My father digging, I look down”(3-4). It states that the father is shoveling in to the dirt of the ground, he looks down. He looks down to his paper and pen where he writes everything down. How I know that he writes everything...
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...donation from the Buddhist Fo Guang Shan Foundation By Lee Li-fa and Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter, with staff writer [pic] 1 A boy reads in the Sunflower Library in Terong Village in Pingtung County’s Changjhih Township earlier this month. Photo: Li Li-fa, Taipei Times Taipei Times – A boy reads in the Sunflower Library in Terong Village in Pingtung County's Changjhih Township earlier this month. Photo: Li Li-fa, Taipei Times Named after a flower that symbolizes vitality and hope, the Sunflower Library in Terong Village (德榮) in Pingtung County's Changjhih Township (長治) is more than an ordinary library. Having survived the brunt of storms and frequent flooding, it has become an embodiment of the power of love and collective effort. The establishment of the library stemmed from a tragedy involving a young girl surnamed Huang (黃), who died in a car accident a decade ago while cycling to a downtown library to return some library books. At the time, the village did not have a library, which was why the young girl had to cycle a long distance to borrow books. Saddened by this misfortune, Lee Chen-wei (李鎮衛), who then served as a village coordinator, resolved to take action and push forward with the creation of a library in the remote community. The proposal was encouraged by Lee's wife, Tsai Hui-ling (蔡慧玲), who joined her husband's efforts to bring about changes to the region. A well-connected man, Lee received approval to locate the proposed library within...
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...Kuen | | Angelene Quah | Wong Sze Ying | Chin Chi Ern | Moi Wai Sin | | Chan Hor Kuan | Tan Khai Jeng | Cheng Kar Mun | Phoon Kar Mun | | Chew Ke Wei | Tan Xiao Tong | Lee Ann Nee | Choo Jo Ann | | Janice Yau | Tan Jia Wei | Yip Jing Ni | Charissa Foong | | Khoo Kaiwen | Tai Yee Ling | Lim Zhi Xin | Cheryl Ch’ng | | Kong Yi Ling | Tham Ching Suen | Chong Yee Jie | Chan Kai Min | | Teoh Ai Shin | Wong Wei Xin | Chang Mun Yee | Lee Khei Yan | | Wong Pui Yee | Felicia Tng | Charis Teoh | Tan Jo Yi | | Wong Wei Shen | Joyce Looi | Teh Jun Qi | Huin Chor Mun | | Form 4 参赛者 | 要找的人 | | 参赛者 | 要找的人 | Emily Wong | Debbie Phoo | | Kok Shan Tong | Loo Yi Jia | Lim Chia Hui | Yap Pui Wing | | Lau Hui Shen | Lee Ja Nice | Phoon Kar Mun | Chang Mun Yee | | Tan Khai Jeng | Chew Ke Wei | Tan Jo Yi | Lee Mei Kee | | Tai Yee Ling | Yap Hui Jia | Charissa Foong | Lee Xin Ying | | Felicia Tng | Lee Pei Xuan | Lim Pei Xuan | Lee Sook Ting | Form 5 参赛者 | 要找的人 | | 参赛者 | 要找的人 | Huin Chor Mun | Yee Kah Kei | | Loo Yi Jia | Chan Hor Kuan | Chin Xinlin | Lim Pei Xuan | | Tham Ching Suen | Angelene Quah | Joyce Looi | Teoh Ai Shin | | Yap Hui Jia | Janice Yau | Lee Khei Yan | Wong Pui Yee | | Lee Ja Nice | Wong Wei Shen | Lee Sook Ting | Emily...
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...216378 | Khairun Syafiqa Binti Mohd Noh | 50.5 | 3 | 216575 | Zaitun Binti Hassan | 49.5 | 4 | 218917 | Voon Cheng Sze | 48.5 | 5 | 219184 | Aliza Binti Mansur | 50.5 | 6 | 219341 | Chua Shu Ling | 49 | 7 | 219762 | Lee Suet Yeng | 48 | 8 | 219820 | Sing Pei Yee | 48 | 9 | 219831 | Tan Chia Li | 50.5 | 10 | 220121 | Teow Jinq Phei | 51 | 11 | 220123 | Mohamad Farha Bin Nasarudin | 48 | 12 | 220372 | Hasnah Binti Yusof | 52 | 13 | 220865 | Jumahirah Binti Amir | 51 | 14 | 220912 | Buvana A/p Basker | 49.5 | 15 | 221080 | Fatheha Binti Hassan | 49.5 | 16 | 221127 | Nur Amirah Binti A Wahab | 49 | 17 | 221189 | Chua Siew Chin | 47.5 | 18 | 221627 | Nurul Afiqah Binti Abdul Kadir | 50.5 | 19 | 221953 | Puteri Nor Amirah Binti Rasli | 51.5 | 20 | 222116 | Nurul Izzati Binti Mohd Nasori | 49 | 21 | 222127 | Nur Suriani Binti Ibrahim | 49.5 | 22 | 222131 | Intan Mastura Binti Mohd Khair | 48 | 23 | 222172 | Raja Nurameera Binti Raja Abdul Aziz | 49.5 | 24 | 222362 | Nor Amirah Binti Yaakub | 49 | 25 | 222461 | Nor Fazira Binti Jamaludin | 51 | 26 | 222481 | Nurulfarrahhanan Binti Hamdan | 49 | 27 | 222645 | Nurul Zulaikha Binti Mohamed | 50 | 28 | 225472 | Nur Rulzaitul Aida Binti Helmi | | 29 | 226217 | Lee Kang Tu | 51.5 | 30 | 226245 | Lee Choi Yin | 49.5 | 31 | 226296 | Ong Hooi San | 48 | 32 | 226321 | Chua Lynn Yen | 47 | 33 | 226495 | Chuah Shang Lai | 46.5 | 34 | 226521 | Teo Ziang Wei | 49 | 35 | 226566 | Phang Tau Ying | 47.5 | 36 | 226833 |...
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...Soalan 4 Pada pendapat anda , apakah kebaikan jika anda mempelajari Chou Li Fut? Berdasarkan carta pie di atas menunjukkan analisis soal-selidik yang dibuatkan oleh 30 orang dari pelbagai bidang, kaum dan umur tentang kebaikan jika mempelajari Choi Li Fut. Choy Li Fut ialah sejenis wushu merupakan satu seni bela diri atau sukan yang boleh kita mempelajarkan disiplin dan lebih bertenaga. Selanjutnya,Choy Li Fut juga boleh menjauhi kita daripada penyakit-penyakit kerana ia boleh menyihatkan badan kita. Bruce Lee (Lee Siao Lung), seorang artis seni bela diri yang terkenal di seluruh dunia pernah mengatakan bahawa wushu selain daripada menyihatkan badan ,ia juga boleh mengajar erti hidup yang sebenar dalam kehidupan kita..Choy li Fut yang diperkenalkan oleh Chan Hueng adalah untuk memupukkan ketabahan dan ketekunan diri sendiri and mengalakan semangat patrotik.Kes jenayah dan kes pergaduhan antara kaum semakin meningkat dari semasa ke semasa dalam masyarakat kini adalah disebabkan oleh kekurangan semangat patrotik. Selain daripada itu, Choi Li Fut juga membawa banyak kebaikan apabila kita mempelajari. Pilihan 1: Mencerdaskan minda and mencergaskan badan. Terdapat 28% orang responden tentang Choi Li Fut boleh mencergaska minda dan mencergaskan badan apabila mempelajarikan ia.Tan Sri Dato' Haji Muhyiddin Yassin, Timbalan Perdana Menteri Malaysia dan Menteri Pendidikan telah mengatakan sukan boleh mencerdaskan minda dan mencergaskan badan.Beliau menggalakkan pelajar-pelajar mengambil...
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...king decide to recruit soldiers. Unexpectedly, Mulan’s father, who was old and weak, was chosen. Know that her father was not equal to the mission, Mulan decided to dress gerself as a man to join the army instead of her fater. During the time in the army, she became acquainted wiht the captain, Li Shang, and she was deeply moved by his care for her. After they won th ewar, she told the truth frankly to him, and Li Shang asked the king to spare her life for disguising herself as a soldier. In time, they fell in love with each other, got married and lived happily hereafter. Scene I Narrator: Long time age, ther was a war in China….. 德首: Get out. The land doesn’t belong to you. 土酋: Your land?……Hey , he says this is his land. 土酋: We just get our land back. 德首: Go to hell, you barbarians. 土酋: Attack! 德首: Fire! Kill them all. 德首: Just wait and see. My son, Li Shang, will revenge himeself on you. 路人甲: Your majesty, we are losing. What can we do? 陛下: Even if the odds are against us, we must keep going on. Now, what we can do is recruit soldiers. 使者: Pat…….Ouch, what are you doing? Are you Pat? Pat: Yes. 使者: O.K. I am the messenger from our great general, Li Shang. This letter is confidential. Please read it carefully. Mulan: What’s up? Daddy, you look so pale, Pat: Nothing…. Mulan: Look! Pat: What…… Mulan: My father is dying. My brother is too young. What can I do? 路人甲乙丙丁: What can she do? Mulan: What can I do? Voice: You can...
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...One’s life story can be written out of two words. In this case it’s precision and persimmons. It’s crazy how two words with different meanings can mean the same thing or paint the same picture. This poem has two words that bring a flurry of memories back to the poet mind beginning with a persimmon. The persimmon shows a loving connection between two people. “Persimmons” is a free verse poem by Li-Young Lee, who tells a narrative that being in elementary school. He didn’t know the difference between precision and persimmon, but throughout the poem he illustrates both words. The poem shows precision in the other words he has trouble with words like fight and fright, also wren and yarn. The poet has a connection with these words too which makes it hard for him to remember the difference. Lines 32-33 make it clear how he relates the words so close to each other. “Fight was what I did when I was frightened, fright was what I flet when I was fighting (Lee, 557).” This poem dramatizes the conflict between good and bad memory. The poet is in class and gets slapped on his head because he doesn’t know the difference between persimmon and precision. The fact that he needs precision to pick a ripe persimmon makes it even harder for the international student. The poet also holds out on the class information about the persimmon that Mrs. Walker has brought to class. He knows that it was unripe, so he doesn’t join in the eating because he feels as that is payback for his mistake with the...
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