I borrowed calligraphy ink from one of my Japanese friends and, using a brush that Mom gave me last year, wrote out a New Year's couplet I found in "Trademarks of the Chinese." As I was afraid I might not have time to explain the couplet to my friends, I also wrote a translation in French.
我向日本友人借了墨汁，用去年向媽媽要來的一枝中楷毛筆，自己寫了取自光華《中國人的註冊商標》春聯篇中的對聯，同時為了怕沒時間向朋友解釋，特別在春聯旁寫了法文拼音及翻譯。