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Why is Alfredo Pearson?

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Alfredo Pearson is the name I gave myself. You might find it strange—most people change their first names, but why change my last name too? Let me tell you. If you've watched the Italian film Cinema Paradiso , you'll recall the famous line, "Life is different (not like in the movies), it's much harder," spoken by a character named Alfredo. In the film, Alfredo is an older man, a nobody, and the lifelong friend and mentor of the great film director Toto. Without Alfredo, Toto wouldn't have achieved his success in the film industry. When I moved to Italy in 2022, I realized that international friends often struggle to pronounce my Chinese name Heng, so I picked Alfredo as my new name. This choice pays homage to a film I love, which exactly is from Italy, and it also serves as a reminder to myself: rather than solely pursuing to be a successful person (somebody), I should strive to positively influence those (or the one) around me. If I can help others become bet...
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My first English blog——Connections between us

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Today is the first day of the May Day holiday, I did not plan to travel but sleep as much as I can, cook some Oriental food for myself that has been on my mind for a long time, and then read some books that have nothing to do with my research and choose a film that I like to watch in the evening. But you know, the wonderful point of life is that it often goes against the original plan. While I was still enjoying a nice dream, even though it was almost 11:00, my phone rang and it was my mom on a video call. She had gone to my grandparents', and we saw each other on the video and talked about the food we recently ate. In fact, since I grew up after 15 and left home, similar calls have been frequent and most of them were about food and stuff like that. Yes, food, is the connection between me and my family. At noon, a senior brother Z sent me a WeChat message, he is my senior during my master's degree, and we haven't contacted each other for some time. As far as I remember, the...
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