Happy New Year!

Slide 2: Quiz: How do you define a friend? 设么是朋友？ Japanese: 味方 Arabic: ‫نَصير‬ Korean: 우호적인 태도를 취하는 사람 Chinese (Traditional): 對人友好﹑大方的人 Latvian: draugs; labvēlis Czech: přítel Lithuanian: draugas Danish: venlig person; dyreven Norwegian: (-)venn Dutch: vriend Polish: przyjaciel Estonian: sõbramees Portuguese (Brazil): amigo Finnish: ystävä Romanian: iubitor French: ami, *-ie Russian: доброжелатель German: der, *die Slovak: priateľ, -ka Freund, *-in Slovenian: ljubitelj Greek: φίλος Spanish: amigo Hungarian: pártolója vminek Swedish: vän, gynnare Icelandic: vinur Turkish: dost Indonesian: penyayang Italian: amico

Slide 3: A FRIEND is someone you know well and regard with affection and trust - Wordnet.com

Slide 4: eek!

Slide 5: Well, 可是。。

Slide 6: my friends

Slide 7: share their love,

Slide 9: listen, 聆听

Slide 10: lend their weight,

Slide 11: care about my shape,

Slide 12: and my mental well-being*, *exams visit!

Slide 13: they are sporting,

Slide 14: always welcoming,

Slide 15: and powerful.

Slide 16: The things I like about them?

Slide 17: the fun!

Slide 18: OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE! OF COURSE!

Slide 19: who wants boring friends?!

Slide 20: I love them because

Slide 21: they are givers…

Slide 22: and that we stretch each other.

Slide 24: disagree...

Slide 25: be out of point,

Slide 26: … or even be a pain in the a** at times, 有时会踩伤彼此。。。

Slide 27: we stand by one another; 我们还是相濡以沫

Slide 28: and rally right behind!

Slide 29: my friends

Slide 30: God point me to

Slide 31: with exhortation,

Slide 32: song and dance,

Slide 33: and their happy faces

Slide 34: as good friends they…

Slide 35: kick me in the face when I need it

Slide 36: yup. even when it hurts

Slide 38: What more can I ask?

Slide 39: they surprise me with their spirit of excellence

Slide 40: “Unacceptable” - Yang

Slide 42: * *fellowship of the saints party

Slide 43: my friends don’t b**ch behind each others’ back 说话 不在你的背后 你的坏 。。。

Slide 44: they prefer pictures

Slide 45: Beautiful people, aren’t they?

Slide 46: Imagine my anguish…

Slide 47: without these dear ones.

Slide 50: After all,

Slide 51: no man’s an island

Slide 52: but with a few, we could be!

Slide 57: =)

Slide 59: we are the sum of the PEOPLE WE MEET and the books we read. Knowing you all has made me BIGGER, BETTER, STRONGER and WISER. I thank my God for EVERY REMEMBRANCE of you.

Slide 61: 知 音 it’s “bosom friends,” didn’t notice the error, did you?

Slide 62: M a y w e b lo s s o m a s

Slide 64: prosper “beloved, I pray that you may in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers” 3 John 2

Slide 65: 乐 新年快 ！

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