Yesterday we went through a day with rain mixed with cloud and sunshine at highest temperature at middle of 40F in the afternoon, People got a slice of feeling of early spring in March.
Today we started from a chilly morning with temperature at 20F, but in the afternoon, the weather will be as nice as yesterday with temperature at over 40F. There still will have a chance of passing shower. This kind of weather will go through Thursday.
On Friday, we will experience the warmest day of this winter to the date with the highest temperature at middle of 50F.
The current intense situation between Russia and Ukraine have strained the nerves of the top leaders of all powerful country in the world. These leaders have all stood up to express their opinions. Miliary officials and diplomatic officials are standing on the frontline to show their support to their top leaders. An US female diplomatic official said Putin’s military action is dangerous and overwhelming negative. An Ukrainian official said Ukraine will fight Russia’s invasion badly, Russian soldiers will die as Ukrainian soldiers will do.
Biden administration said Russians have to think about the consequence from the invasion. The consequence is mainly from different types of economic sanctions. He gave a clear example on Russian pipeline:“ We will bring it to an end”. There are around 30k Americans in Ukraine, US will help them evacuate to Poland.
Snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis won gloden medal for US. The present 36 years old Connecticut girl has been dominating the sport for almost two decades with five-times World Championship. She is a legendary in female snowboard athletes.
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人们在讨论谷爱凌为谁参赛的时候，我想的却是”这女孩真勇敢胆大。这种勇敢胆大应该来自美国人的天性以及他们对体育运动的痴狂。除了佩服这个女孩，我也佩服她的中国妈妈。要知道滑雪运动本身是高危的极限运动，她所从事的项目又是危险中的危险。有几个中国家长愿意让他们的孩子走这条路。我孩子喜欢滑雪，目前还只是中级水平，但每次他去滑我都提着个心，去前会叮嘱他先慢点滑，小心。有位身边的中国妈妈也是为是否应该让她的妈妈继续从事体操运动而纠结过，后来见女儿真的喜欢，也就想开让她继续走下去了。
因为她的混血背景，我又想到了人的IDENTITY问题。RACE 与ANCESTER, HERITAGE关联，可以说是单一的。 而 NATIONAL IDENTITY不是单一的，人可以有多种IDENTITIES。 而第一NATIONAL IDENTITY我感觉是取决于生长环境（WHERE YOU WERE RAISED AND GROW UP). 她说她是中国人也是美国人，一点没错。但我猜在她的内心，她美国人的IDENTITY会更占上风。当然这个第一NATIONAL IDENTITY可能会随时间的推移变或不变，因人而异。
昨天第二次去为游泳比赛当计时员。队里那个叫安德鲁的跳水选手，上次第一次见他表演时，就为他的高水平而吃惊，惊奇高中生中会有如此专业水准的队员。而时隔一个月，再见他的表现，简直让我吃惊到瞠目结舌。有一个表现更甚的队友，那孩子站起来，双手捂着嘴，木呆呆地立了良久后才坐下。过后我向他和他妈妈表示祝贺，说与上次比，他的水平又达到了另一个境界。走之前，两位教练一一对我表示感谢。我说：儿子在队里游得不是很好，但他喜欢这个群体。我很珍高兴她们对他的评语：FUNNY ,CUTE, PEERS LOVE HIM BEING AROUND, Yes he is a good swimmer。最重要的一条HE IS A GOOD PERSON.
