My Life in China

I was born in China.  When I was a baby, my birth mom left me in a hallway. Then, my foster mom found me. My foster family took me to the police station. The Police officers gave me to a foster family that was not the same one that found me.  My foster mom, who found me, learned that I was in a bad family that liked to drink and smoke and fight. So, my foster mom and her sister went to the family's house and grabbed me and took me away from there.

我出生在中国。当我还是一个婴儿，生我的妈妈把我放在走廊里。然后，我的寄养妈妈发现了我。我的寄养家庭带我去了派出所。警务人员给了我一个寄养家庭是我真的寄养家庭。我的养母，谁发现我的，知道我是在一个糟糕的家庭，喜欢喝酒，抽烟和打架。因此，我的寄养妈妈和她的妹妹家的房子去抓住我，带我离开那里。

 

This is the story that my foster uncle told me years later when I was older.  I did not know anything at the time as I was just a baby.  This Uncle was a great guy.  He taught me a lot of good things about how to be a moral person. He taught me to study hard, and many important life lessons.

这个故事，是当我年纪大些了的时候，我的领养舅舅告诉我的。我不知道什么的时候，因为，当时我还是个婴儿。这个舅舅是一个伟大的人。他教了我很多关于如何做一个有道德的人。他告诉我要努力学习，和许多重要的生活教训。

 

When I was 11 years old, my foster family did not have enough money to keep me and take care of me. My Mother told me that she was sending me to a boarding school. Then, they brought me to the orphanage in Shenyang.

当我11岁的时候，我的寄养家庭没有足够的钱，照顾我。我的母亲告诉我，她把我送到一所寄宿学校。然后，他们把我带到了孤儿院在沈阳。

A celebration for Moon festival. My mom loves this picture. My roommate is to my left.
 庆祝中秋节。我的妈妈喜欢这张照片。我的室友在我左边。

 

 

I lived in the orphanage for 3 years before I was adopted.

我在被收养以前，我在孤儿院里住了三年。
 

Can you find me?
你能找到我吗？

 

Living in an orphanage was a very differernt life than living with a foster family. There are so many kids.  Some of them good and some of them bad.  It was hard to be good in that place.  In my room, in the building with the older kids, I had one other boy room with me. He was a good boy. We were friends.  My orphanage was a pretty good one compared to some others.  We always had enough food to eat but I hear that many other places were not so lucky.  The nannies were nice to me.

生活在孤儿院里是一个非常不同的生活比生活在寄养家庭。有这么多的孩子。其中的一些良好的，其中有些不好。在我的房间里，我有一个男孩我的房间。他是一个好男孩。我们是朋友。我的孤儿院是一个相当不错的，相比其他一些。我们总是有足够的粮食吃，但是我听到了许多其他地方就没有这么幸运。阿姨对我很好。

My bedroom in orphanage
我在孤儿院的卧室

 

 

During this 3 years, I went to a local elementary and middle school.

 I saw a lot of bad things.  A lot of fighting. I see kids as young as 9 smoking and kids as young as 6 drinking alcohol. Kids were always fighting.  I plan to write more about school in China in a later post.  For now, just know that it was not a very happy place.

 在这3年中，我去了一个当地的小学和初中。
我看到了很多不好的事情。很多战斗。我看到孩子们在六岁饮酒九岁吸烟，孩子们一直在战斗。我计划写更多有关学校的事在以后的文章中。现在，只知道它是不是一个很快乐的地方。
 

In May of 2011, the Director of our orphanage told me that I had a new family that wanted to adopt me from America.  I was excited. I wanted a family, but at the same time, I was sad to leave my friends. Being adopted made my life change a lot.

在2011年5月，我们的孤儿院主任告诉我，我有一个新的家庭，美国人希望领养我。我很兴奋。我想有一个家庭，但在同一时间，我是伤心的离开了我的朋友。被领养了我的生活发生很大的变化。

More about that big life change in another post...

在另一篇文章更多关于我的生活的变化...

Thanks for reading,
Colin

感谢您的阅读，

科林