A Story Of Love

A story of love Prepared by: Min Tong [email protected]

LIBR 500 Foundation of Information Technology Instructor: Dr. S. Stephenson

Life & Love Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. ------Kahlil Gibran

My Birth 33 years ago, I came to the world out of the

love

of my mom

and dad.

My Parents My Mom and Dad always told me that besides love, another thing made the world go round was

Knowledge.

My School Years

East China Normal University, Shanghai, China China

Beijing Language & Culture University, Beijing,

My Love of Knowledge accompanied me through my academic years: B.A. English Language and Literature M.A. Linguistics

My working years My love of people and love of languages guided me to choose Teacher & Translator as my professions.

My New Life 

In 2002, I immigrated to Canada, together with my husband, out of our love of freedom.

Julia -- My Daughter The arrival of our daughter, Julia, the fruit of the

love of my husband and I, made us forget the adversity of an immigrant family’s life.

Why SLAIS? My love of books My love of teaching My love of serving others finally landed me at

Things love to do in my leisure time Listening to pop songs Enya, Chyi, Norah Jones …..

Reading Novels, Essays, Biographies…..

Playing tennis with my husband Playing puzzle with my daughter

Quotes on Love I love most 

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage. ---- Lao-Tzu

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If you judge people, you have no time to love them. ---- Mother Theresa

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Do all things with love. ----Og Mandino

End of story? No….

The story of love will go on and on as my life goes on ….

Acknowledgements • Photo of ECNU (Slide 5): Used by permission of the University of East China Normal University http://www.ecnu.edu.cn • Photo of BLCU (Slide 5): Used by permission of the Beijing Language and Culture University http://www.blcu.edu.cn