O My Houses

Today is 16th September, 2008, one year after I moved out of Gold Ammu garden into 90 WenHua Road, Jinshui District, 14-01 room, which was my fifth house, the biggest one till now.
The "migrating" genes are encoded in our family. It seems that we are always on mobile.
Getting used to change our resting places, we spent our carefree childhood at 23 WenHua Road, primary schools life in the so-called "No.7 Block", and, after my middle school life began, there was another drastic change in our lodgings.
In order not to live in the school dormitory, our whole family moved to the West Zone, Gas Company Residence Centre, 53, LongHai Road, right opposite my school, Zhengzhou Foreign language Middle School.
However, the peaceful life did not last for long. One and a half years later, our school moved to Hanghai Road since there was a need for reconstruction in our school buildings. Therefore, to "faithfully follow the footprints of our school", we moved onto Hanghai Road, a western and suburban area in our city.
Then finally came the time for us to settle down...


Here comes the "No.10 Block"!
16th September, 2007, we moved out of our rent house in Gold Ammu Garden and started a cool and steady life in the so-called "No.10 Block". Tears and blood were mingled in the construction of this legendary "No.10 Block", it was like a marathon battle which led the young me to first truly confront the complexity of mankind. Against all odds, the building was set up, erecting there, firmly and stoutly like a giant. I, fortunately, witnessed the growth of this building from sand and stone to brick and concrete.
I was gratitude to live in that 163-square-metre house. Even it was merely for 1.5 months.


An untidy corner in my living room

Rabbit on the television(It was real rabbit!)
That was a real period of "anarchy": no school, no tuition, no worries. Yet I could not bear that kind of life: no drive, no activity, no twists...only the big and grand house, and three figures I could not be more familiar with.

Tea table(heating tubes were behind)
It is now I begin to miss that "anarchy". However, I never want to regain that state of life.
O my houses, everytime I left any one of you, I used my pen and paper to commerate our accompany. Every one of you was so unique, so touching, and so unforgettable. You are living things to me, can talk, can listen, and can feel. That is why I want to remeber every one of you. You are all my treasures in life.
Now I share a small "pigeon hole" with three other 'pigeons' and we live a regular life. We will fly away one day, most likely one year and more later, into different directions. That is when we begin to shed tears on this land and meanwhile, welcome my 7th house.