The following letter is digged from visitors' comments posted two years ago. It is so sweet that I'd like to share it with more people.
Hi Jan,
I have been thinking about my life in "Xiada" lately and I am happy to find this blog. I just heard that you have gone back to US due to health reason, I wish you the best and hopefully you will come back to China and Xiamen someday. Twelve years passed by since I left Xiamen. I must say I was not a good student when I was in school, like lot of other students, falling asleep all the time in the class. But strange enough, I feel that is one of most valuable 5-year in my life. If I could turn back time, I would do much better.Anyways, wish you the best luck!
Dong, 90 International Journalism
2009/03/17
Voice of Jan
编前：英健是我本科时的外教。我曾把她给我们讲过的有意思的话摘抄在一张小纸片上，现照录如下。如有任何语法问题，由录者负责。
Be careful about your dream, because one day it might come true.——英健三句不离“dream”，就像是“拜梦教”的教徒，而且还是一位身体力行的“梦斗士”。
Everything in life counts for something.——史蒂夫·乔布斯是英健喜爱的人物，她在课堂给我们讲过他的创业故事。史蒂夫在一篇演讲中说道，“要串起生命的点点滴滴”：Great minds think alike.
Don’t bark at the wrong tree.——这句西谚是英健教给我们的，也是我最喜欢的句子，因为非常形象可爱。
Life is like a jigsaw puzzle to be completed piece by piece. You have never seen the enough picture of it. That’s the fun that life offers, and that makes you open, flexible and curious.——这句话被我们引用在一篇关于英健的人物通讯里面作为题记。
Look at my hair; you know how I get it? ——英健对我们恨铁不成钢的时候，她就会扯着自己的白发气急败坏地说。
I have a new dream every day, and I don’t have a big dream in all my life.——忘了英健是在什么样的情况下说这句话的。我姑且揣测：应该是在我们在傻乎乎地问她“你的人生理想是什么”的时候吧。
The reality is made of dreams, so you have to keep dreaming. The reality is changeable, so is the dream. You have to have dream come into reality.——史蒂夫说“你必须找到你所爱的东西”，一样的。
Many people support me, so I should pass it on.——英健朴素的国际主义观。
The light bulb goes on!——英健形容灵光一闪的口头禅。
Memorize, understand, compare.——英健在一开始教给我们的方法论，五福提供的另一个版本是observe, analyze, compare，又深刻又朴素。
Silence is no good; it is zero. You should speak it out so that people know and do something for you.——我们在课堂上总是冰封似的沉默，英健为此爱跟我们急。
Wake up!——我们在课堂总是一副昏昏欲睡的样子，英健这个时候就会对我们当头棒喝。
Be careful about your dream, because one day it might come true.——英健三句不离“dream”，就像是“拜梦教”的教徒，而且还是一位身体力行的“梦斗士”。
Everything in life counts for something.——史蒂夫·乔布斯是英健喜爱的人物，她在课堂给我们讲过他的创业故事。史蒂夫在一篇演讲中说道，“要串起生命的点点滴滴”：Great minds think alike.
Don’t bark at the wrong tree.——这句西谚是英健教给我们的，也是我最喜欢的句子，因为非常形象可爱。
Life is like a jigsaw puzzle to be completed piece by piece. You have never seen the enough picture of it. That’s the fun that life offers, and that makes you open, flexible and curious.——这句话被我们引用在一篇关于英健的人物通讯里面作为题记。
Look at my hair; you know how I get it? ——英健对我们恨铁不成钢的时候，她就会扯着自己的白发气急败坏地说。
I have a new dream every day, and I don’t have a big dream in all my life.——忘了英健是在什么样的情况下说这句话的。我姑且揣测：应该是在我们在傻乎乎地问她“你的人生理想是什么”的时候吧。
The reality is made of dreams, so you have to keep dreaming. The reality is changeable, so is the dream. You have to have dream come into reality.——史蒂夫说“你必须找到你所爱的东西”，一样的。
Many people support me, so I should pass it on.——英健朴素的国际主义观。
The light bulb goes on!——英健形容灵光一闪的口头禅。
Memorize, understand, compare.——英健在一开始教给我们的方法论，五福提供的另一个版本是observe, analyze, compare，又深刻又朴素。
Silence is no good; it is zero. You should speak it out so that people know and do something for you.——我们在课堂上总是冰封似的沉默，英健为此爱跟我们急。
Wake up!——我们在课堂总是一副昏昏欲睡的样子，英健这个时候就会对我们当头棒喝。
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