A Pilgrim's Journey on the Silk Road

   您好! (nin hao! mandarin for good day) I've decided to name my blog, 'Pilgrim's Silk Route' because I wanted this blog to have a name that has a connection with China, and everything Chinese. Why? Because, in this blog of mine, I will post anything about  Chinese culture, tradition, and just about anything. From popular culture to the 'olden' days, as well as the Filipino-Chinese culture which we all know is also a part of the entirety of the Filipino culture. Why name it 'silk road'? For me, life is a journey, and this interest of mine is one of my life's 'side-trip'. This is not the center of my journey, its a part only but still, its also a part of my journey, nonetheless it is still an essential piece to my life's adventures. 

   To those of you who already know me, you know that I am a China/Chinese enthusiast. Also, I'd like to share with you what I like and what I know about the Filipino-Chinese and Chinese things. I will talk about anything under the sun, ranging from food, culture, language, music and their tradition. I'll be sharing with you a part of my heart. You will also know how and when my interest in Chinese culture and language started. You will also know the 'small steps' I've taken in order to fulfill my China dream.

   I hope you will enjoy reading the entries in this new blog of mine. 我们去吧! (wo men qu ba! 'Let's go' in mandarin)  Let's journey together to the silk road.  

(below is a love song by Fish Leong entitled 'Silu' which means 'Silk Road'. Translation included.) 

Silk Road (English Translation Lyrics)

If living a vagrant life is your natural instinct
Then you must be my most beautiful pursue
If love is your nomadism
Should you be satisfied after you had it?

* Who took me to start travel on the lonely Silk Road?
Following your footsteps
Who can take me leaving the lonely Silk Road?
Feeling your body temperature
I let my tears forming the lake on the top of the Tian Mountain (Mt. Tian)
To let you camp there and rest when you are tired
The sound of Qiang Flute, the Hu Xuan Dance (a type of dance)
I laugh for you, I cry for you (HO~ cry for you)
(Hey~) I love everything about you and I give up my everything (my everything)

# I start to understand after I loved you
I have walked with you a beautiful country
I never cry after I loved you
Who is whose happiness? I never care about this
Who is whose journey? I only want you to remember

Stars are pearls of the poor
Your smile is supporting my faithful beginning
The sand blown by the gale is my thin clothes
I travel across the mist of Asia

Repeat (＊),＃

The sun burst through the clouds, you’re that beam of light
You take the ordinary me to travel the road of wonders

I start to understand after I loved you
I have walked with you a beautiful country
I never cry after I loved you
Who is whose happiness? I never care about this

I start to understand after I loved you
I have walked with you a beautiful country
I never cry after I loved you (NO~ HO~)
Who is whose happiness? I never care about this (I~ don’t care)
Who is whose journey? I only want
I only want you to remember

(credits: beautifulsonglyrics.blogspot.com)