I’ll reserve this dress for next Shen Yun show. 這件禮服準備下次看神韻時穿。
I heard this Black Friday more than 164 million Americans are shopping. How can I resist the temptation? So I decided to join in the great shopping carnival as well, and these are what I got.
我聽說今年黑色星期五有1.64億美國人在大搶購，我終於也未能「免俗」，加入了這個感恩節的購物狂歡，不過還算節制，只買了兩件衣服而已。
Another reason is, I heard some good news this morning. Although I cannot share it now, I will definitely share it later when the time is right.
加入「狂歡」的另一個原因是，今早聽到了一個好消息。什麼好消息呢？現在還不能透露。時機成熟了再說吧。
So to celebrate this good news, I gave myself these little “rewards”.
所以這兩件衣服，也算是給自己的小小「獎賞」？
Then I remember that before I practiced Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa), every time I felt upset, I went out shopping. I thus ended up buying a lot of things that I never used and wasted a lot of money. (Do you know any other woman doing this too? Your wife perhaps?)
然後我想起我修煉法輪功之前的一個壞毛病，就是那時情緒一不好，一跟家人生氣，就跑出去狂買東西作爲發泄，而且一定要買很貴的才解氣。就這樣買了很多一輩子也用不上的東西。情緒還未見得能真正地改善。（你身邊也有這樣的女性嗎？）
Ever since I started practicing Falun Gong, this never happened again. Nobody can upset me anymore. I am always calm and happy. Even when I was subjected to the cruelest persecution, I still feltI was better off than before.
不過，修煉法輪功以後，再也沒有這種事啦。現在誰想讓我生氣，還真是不容易，也不再有需要用亂買東西來發泄或緩解情緒的時候啦。就覺得修煉前活得真苦真累！現在活得真明白真開心，哪怕是在承受迫害最痛苦的時候，仍然覺得比沒有修煉時強太多太多，心情簡直是不可同日而語。
So, shopping is now a means to celebrate good news and to reward myself, instead of a way to ease my bad mood and to release the pain in my heart, like in those “old bad days”. Isn’t it wonderful?
總之呢，現在購物，是爲了需要或獎勵自己，而不象以前那樣是爲了跟自己或家人過不去了。現在的日子，是不是很棒呢？
This one should be able to give me some warmth in this coldest Thanksgiving! 遇上有史以來最冷感恩節，這件羽絨服正當其時！