The Bird is the Word: Sophisticated Schoolyard Shenanigans
Former Blogger Jeremy Cheng has taken up poetry. He shares here his poetic thoughts on “Me and You”–in both simplified Chinese and English.
By Jeremy Cheng
你是星辰，
我是大海。
你将你最亮的一颗星给我，
我把我无边无际的爱给你。
You are the bright stars,
And I am the ocean.
You give the most shining star to me,
And I give my boundless love to you.
~
月亮被嚼碎了变成了星星
你就藏在那满天的星光里
The moon was chewed and became stars,
And you hide within the sky full of starlight.
Editor: James Zheng
By Jeremy Cheng
你的光芒照耀着我
使我感受着温暖
如同清晨的阳光沐浴着我
看着你的一颦一笑
即便什么也不做
我也觉得温暖开心
You shine on me,
Make me feel warm.
You are the morning sun, baking me in its heat when I open the blinds to reveal your brightness.
Your smile penetrates the window with its beauty.
Even though you do nothing,
I feel glad and warm.
Editor: Leo Milmet
By Jeremy Cheng
阳光像一个精湛艺术家
他的光芒照耀在你的脸上
制作出一副世界独一无二金我一人可观的绝世美画
多么想要抱着你一起入睡，听着你呼吸。 安稳入睡。
起床后第一眼
你就在我的身边。
Sun is a professional artist.
His light shines on your face
creates a unique second-to-none painting,
and it is only for me.
How I want to sleep beside you,
listen to you breathe and sleep comfortably.
The first eye after getting up,
you next to me.
Editor: Holden Hartle
By Poet Blogger Jeremy Cheng
I used to hate so much.
Because she brought me a huge pain.
She left me and left me alone.
My best friend left and stayed with her.
I returned alone.
When hearing friends encourage, I noticed that many people love me.
I started finding new ways to extricate from the predicament:
Keep exploring, keep learning, keep exercising my new hobby.
Those actions can achieve the heart and the body comfort when letting the mind gain
extrication.
Editor: Makena Behnke
By Videographer Blogger and Influencer Jeremy Cheng
This is a subtle video. Focus on the leaf. Instead of a leaf falling, it’s rising. Below, Jeremy will explain how you can achieve this effect.
First, download two apps, PicsArt and Plotaverse.
Take any picture that you want to edit.
Open Picsart, press “+” button, and choose the picture that you want to edit.
Press “Tools” and “Dispersion.”
Cover the shape that you want to disperse.
After covering the shape that you want to disperse, click the “Arrow” button on the right top side.
On the bottom of the page, there are five choices: “Stretch,” “Size,” “Direction,” “Fade,” and “Blend.”
Use them to adjust your image to a perfect shape.
After finishing this step, press “Apply” and “Next” on the right top side.
Save your picture on your device.
Open Plotaverse; press “+” and “CREATE PHOTOGRAPH” button.
Click “+” button.
Choose the picture that you just edited on the PicsArt and press “Animate.”
You can enlarge your picture and set the arrows as many times as you need on your picture. The arrows will continue in the same direction.
Then, press “Anchor” to block the area where you want it to spread.
Finally, press the “Play” button so that you can see how the image spreads. Then, press the “Share” button on the top right side and save it to your devices.
Now you have a video as elegant as mine. Go forth and edit.
Editor: Holden Hartle
A submission by Poet-Blogger Jeremy Cheng
Jeremy submitted the following poem to “Rattle’s” Instagram-Poet Competition.
By Jeremy Cheng, Pokemon Master
Before Thanksgiving, Nintendo published two new games for the Nintendo Switch called Let’s Go Pikachu! and Let’s Go Eevee! Check out the picture below.
They are both very similar games with a few small differences. Let’s talk about those differences.
Players will get either Pikachu or Eevee, depending on the version that you play.
When choosing Pikachu, we can yell, “Pikachu, I choose you!”
The Pikachu and Eevee that you get at the beginning are not going to “evolve” like most Pokemon do. But, the Pikachu and Eevee that you catch in the wild can evolve.
When using Pikachu and Eevee to enter a battle, the characters are not going to throw a Poke ball to release the Pokemon like in previous versions. Pikachu and Eevee will stand on the player character’s shoulders and jump into the battlefield.
Usually, Pikachu stands on the character’s shoulder, while Eevee sits on character’s head.
The Pikachu and Eevee you get at the beginning are called Partner Pokemon. They can learn special skills that other Pokemon are not able to learn.
In the older versions of the Pokemon games, when players want to catch Pokemon, players have to fight with the Pokemon that they want to catch and throw the Poke ball. In these two versions of the game, players only need to throw the ball. Like in Pokemon Go, there is no battle needed.
The first difference of these games is the outfits. In these games, players can buy different outfits for their partner Pokemon. The clothes that you can buy depend on the version you play.
Secondly, there are some Pokemon that only appear in one version of the game which means that players of both versions have to make Pokemon trades if they want to collect all the Pokemon. It provides a chance for players to be able to interact with other players and gives the game a community.
Players who have played Pokemon Go on the phone can transfer their Pokemon from Pokemon Go to Let’s go Pikachu or Let’s go Eevee.
There is an accessory called the Poke Ball Plus. Players can use Poke Ball Plus to walk their Pokemon in real life. Crazy!
As for me, I prefer Let’s Go Pikachu. When I was young, I imagined that I could have a Pikachu just like Ash, the famous character of the TV show who has the first generation Pikachu. This game lets me realize my childhood dream.
Editor: Luke Langlois
By Jeremy Cheng, Poet Extraordinaire
I am a kite;
You are a kite holder.
You release the string and let me fly higher.
The wind blows;
I enjoy the breeze.
Suddenly, a strong wind comes from behind,
And you, afraid the string will break,
Pull the string back and make sure that I will not fly away.
Every time you support me,
I hope the string will not break
Because I love the feeling of you holding on.
Editor: Leo Milmet
Want to make videos like Jeremy’s? Watch, and read.
By Blogger-Videographer Jeremy Chang
First, you need to take two videos.
The first video involves standing in front of the mirror and acting like you are looking for an item; then, you stand up, look into the mirror, and pretend that you are frightened and pass out.
The second video starts when you come up from the floor. It shows yourself inside the mirror and staring at yourself. You do whatever you want that is different from the first video! (Make sure the video is long enough.)
Second, download the app (Videoleap) from the App store on your phone.
Open Videoleap and press the “+” button and add the first video. Then press the “mix” button on the left corner which will lead you to add the second video.
Lower the second video’s “Opacity,” and adjust the second video to the first video such as lining up the mirror.
Next, you need to press “Mask” on the fourth button and choose “Linear” to hide the second video’s person who stands outside the mirror.
Do this, and you’ll have a video as eye-catching as Jeremy’s–although . . . he’s left a few secrets out to preserve his artistic signature.
Editor: Makena Behnke
Fashion & Food Critic and Blog Poet Jeremy Cheng reacts to the novel I don’t have a crush on the world, only on you, by QiaoYi, published by Hunan Children Publishing Company.
QiaoYi is not a proper writer but a recorder of normal life. She had a brother named Guanchao, a dog named Dollar, and a lover named Mr. F. She had the best girlfriend named Hao WuYi.
This book follows Yi and her lover from school uniforms to wedding dresses. Although the writing technique used is not a traditional Chinese writing technique, she uses many Chinese characters and makes them into elegant words to narrate her story.
I like this book because of its graceful writing, which not only shows a desirable life but also shows the style of writing and intoxicating vignettes.
Why QiaoYi wanted to publish her story
Microblog, a Chinese Twitter, had posted the question, “How do you define your relationship with your boyfriend?” QiaoYi provided an answer which attracted many readers. People wanted to learn about her story.
Many readers went to her Microblog and found out she recorded fragments of her life with a Mr. F. Many people said that her life was so sweet and adorable but the articles were too short. In that period, she only wrote three pages of her life.
The day after the influencer re-posted, her post was mentioned by many other influencers. More and more people said, “Please don’t stop posting about your lovely life. It is so sweet.”
See, I wasn’t alone. I was so moved by the pursuit of pure, warm, loving and beautiful love. In this chaotic and complicated world, how precious it is to get a simple and deep feeling of I don’t have a crush on the world, only on you. This is the warmest and most adorable love story I’ve ever seen.
I don’t have a crush on the world, only on you is a loving memoir of a couple, which records the warm and budding love story between two lovers. In a light-hearted and humorous style, the author truly records all the problems a girl encounters in her youth, gradually becoming strong, and independent. From the naive times of students to the sweet and interesting things after marriage, it is ordinary but not plain. It draws the love and vitality from the drip of life, and makes the readers smile. It is understood that love can be really sweet and life can be really warm.
Warm! Adorable! Sweet! Almost every paragraph can make readers laugh, but there are also tears.
Some people wonder that why QiaoYi called his lover Mr. F. QiaoYi said F is instead of Fu Jun which is a more endearing way to say “husband.”
Elegant Sentences
*When Mr. F was young, he asked his father where he came from. His father was different from other fathers who said kids were picked up from the rubbish dump. His father said,
“You are the angel from heaven. The God thinks your mom is the most beautiful woman in this world; therefore, God sends you to protect her.”
“What about you?” Mr. F asked.
“When you grow up, you will leave her. So I will stay with your mom until we get old.” -Mr. F
*He said that he stands in front of the emergency room, and thinks really hard. If I had gone, he will change his name to mine and continue to live for me. -GuanChao.
*Life is too long, so we need to stay with an interesting person.–QiaoYi
*The most regrettable part of growing up is that we always meet the best person in the most naive years, but we don’t know it. –QiaoYi
*In front of me, you do not need to be strong. –QiaoYi
*Some people are full of anger and malice because they have never been treated with gentleness. I believe I can always be gentle because I met a good person when I was young. –QiaoYi
Editor: Holden Hartle