Mittwoch, 20. Februar 2008

pet fancy

Samstag, 15. Dezember 2007

The Last Post-Tilly And The Wall-Coughing Colours



This is one of my favourite songs sang by Tilly And The Wall. I usually listen to this song when I’m writing because the rhythm is so smooth and simple. Sometimes I just want to forget all the assignments I have and just want to have a couple of coffee and enjoy the music I love.

Freitag, 14. Dezember 2007

Cold Stone



Yesterday my sister asked me if I want to go to Taichung or not. She wanted to take me to an ice cream shop called “Cold Stone”. “Cold Stone” are only available in Taichung and Taipei. I always love ice cream. Therefore, I decided to go to Taichung and had a taste of ice cream. After attending Japanese class, I went to Taichung by train. My sister took me to “Cold Stone” which is in Tiger City located in Taichung City. We ordered “Founder’s favourite” and “Berry Berry Berry Good”. The ice creams that we ordered were very sweet and looked alluring. When I had a taste of it, I was eager to have another bite. “Founder’s favourite” contained sweet cream ice cream, pecans, brownies, fudge and caramel. “Berry Berry Berry Good” contained sweet cream ice cream, raspberries, strawberries and blueberries. Every ice cream had its’ unique names. In “Cold Stone”, they call every ice cream they serve a “Creation”-because each one is a work of art. You can always create your ice cream based on endless combinations-fruits, nuts, candy, cookies, brownies…and so on. Once you tried it, you’ll never forget it. My sister also took me to Feng Jia night market. All in all, it was an unforgettable night to me.

Donnerstag, 13. Dezember 2007

Requiem for a Dream



I once watched a movie-“Requiem For A Dream” which was one of my favourite movies. I was really shocked by this movie, because it had many scary but meaningful plots. This movie was about four people who quested for their satisfaction in life. It should be great to chase dreams. However, when it comes to drugs, everything changed. All of them thought that they could get what they want by using drugs or selling drugs. In the end, they lost more than what they got. Drug abuse is still a problem around the world. Once you’re hooked, it will be hard for you to quit. The best way to avoid drugs is not to touch it.

Mittwoch, 12. Dezember 2007

Life

Christmas is just around the corner. Phoebe told me that there is a big event in Tung Hai University since Tung Hai is a catholic school. Everyone will sing carols and celebrate together. I’ve never been to Hung Hai University before, and I’m really looking forward to that day coming. It is said that there will be a lot of people gathering together in Hung Hai University. I really want to take part in this kind of feast once in my life. However, I don’t know how to be there. I think I really have to come up with a solution about the transportation first.

Dienstag, 11. Dezember 2007

Life

My sister is really good at saving money. However, recently, I found out that my sister is also good at investment. Today she told me that she made a ten-thousand-NT dollars profit by investing a fund. I was so impressive by her sagacious view. I asked her who taught you how to invest. Her answer was that I learned it by myself. I knew that my sister always buys finance related magazine but I didn’t know that she does have the courage to make investment all by herself. Therefore, I decided to ask my sister to help me make investment. Although I didn’t have any deposit right now, I wanted to save part of my salary bit by bit. In the end, I’ll save enough money to travel in the very near future.

Samstag, 8. Dezember 2007

Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven

Today my brother introduced me a song-“Tears in heaven” which was sang by Eric Clapton. My brother told me that Eric Clapton wrote this song because he wanted to remember his son. Eric Clapton had his son in old age. However, his son died by accident when he was only 4 years old. At that time, Eric Clapton nearly cracked up. Therefore, in order to mourn for his son, he wrote this song. Actually, when I listened to this song, I felt that the rhythm is quite simple. Although the song didn’t have complex composition or guitar fingering, the lyrics is very touched and meaningful. I always appreciate all kinds of songs that show personal emotions. That’s why songs got its’ soul and meaning.

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Mittwoch, 5. Dezember 2007

Life

It has been a couple of weeks that I didn’t go to tennis club. The main reason was that I really hated the finite tennis courts. When I went to tennis club, I had to line up and waited for a long time in order to have only 5 forehands. It really upset me. Everyone had to share the tennis courts with others. It was really inconvenient. My suggestions was that if there were really a lot of people who enjoyed playing tennis, the principal of tennis club should also open up the hard tennis court if possible, not just the clay tennis court. Therefore, we could all enjoy the excitement that tennis brought to us.

Dienstag, 4. Dezember 2007

Life

I really enjoy listening to music when no one is around. I like lying down on my mother’s bed and staring at the ceiling, being alone in my room at very late night or even sitting in the closet. Those are the ways that I enjoy the music, no any sound, just my heart beats and the music. Sometimes, I will cry because the lyrics are so touched or the songs make me remind of something. When I listen to music, it always makes me clam down and reduce my pressure. It was said music can pure our mind, and I always believe it.

Freitag, 30. November 2007

Life

One of my favourite food in Dou-Liu is pineapple bun. I don’t’ know why it was called pineapple bun. However, I do know it tastes good. Last week, before I went home, I bought a pineapple bun and took it home. My family all enjoyed the pineapple bun especially my brother. The most delicious pineapple bun in Dou-Liu is in “Sweet Way” bakery. It is made from granulated sugar, eggs, flour and lard. That’s why it has a sweet smell and also tastes sweet.

Montag, 26. November 2007

Life

Today Phoebe and I went to see Chinese medicine doctor that Jessie introduced to us to see our physical problems. There are a lot of problems that we don’t know in our body. However, after the doctor took our pulse, he knew everything. The doctor used computers to prescribe us one week herbs powder. I really loved the taste of herbs powder although everyone said it was bitter. Each one of us only had to pay 90 NT dollars for this treatment because of health insurance card and student identity card. It really helps student a lot because we don’t have to pay full charge.

Dienstag, 20. November 2007

Music-Different branch of rock: Alternative rock

As time passes by, all types of music are changing. I am so addicted to alternative rock. Alternative rock is a different branch of rock. Music types come and go just like the trend of fashion. Therefore, music types are various by mixing different types of music together. Alternative rock is created by a group of people who are full of ideas and don’t want to follow the mainstream of music. They wrote the lyrics and composed the songs on their own. We also call the music as “Indie Music”.

Comparing to general rock, alternative rock has stronger beat. They both have vocalists, guitarists, bassists and percussionists. The alternative rock bands always write the lyrics that show public affairs. We can know their ideas through their lyrics and music videos. Most of them have experienced bad situations when they were young. Sometimes they will add their emotions into the lyrics. It really makes a good connection between writers and listeners.

Sometimes, their music has more than one element inside. We can listen to their music that combines with other type of music. When their lyrics show their personal emotions and introspections, we usually call the music as “emo”. Emo is another type of music. It is an abbreviation of “Emocore”. We sometimes call them as “post hardcore”, because emo evolved from hardcore which lyrics are full of political criticism. Emo is modern and full of complex composition and guitar fingering. It always has lots of fun listening to music and knows what their features are.

When I listen to alternative rock, sometimes I feel that I can feel thy way why wrote the songs. Although this type of music is sometimes unacceptable by people, they think it is too loud and noisy. But, undeniable, they are quite talented comparing to those who always gets famous for their “cover version” of songs. Music is an important part of my life. Sometimes, it is hard to distinguish the music types. However, the most important thing is that you have to appreciate your favourite types of music on your own ears.

Sonntag, 18. November 2007

Taiwan's Helicopter Parents

I used to read an article about “Taiwan's Helicopter Parents” in Common Wealth magazine. After reading this article, I do not feel quite surprised about parents who overly spy on their children. Going to cram schools is always a common phenomenon that happens everywhere in Taiwan. In Taiwan, parents tend to control and interfere in children's life. Parents always make the decisions for us, such as which cram schools should go or which subjects should take. The most horrible part is that we are losing our independent thinking and the ability to solve problems when various circumstances come to us. I once went to Kaohsiung, and I saw that there are various cram schools nearby Kaohsiung train station. In front of the cram schools, there are a lot of parents waiting for their children. Every parent wants their children to be on the top of the society and outstanding among a group of people. Thus, they devote themselves to preparing their children's future. This is not a good phenomenon. If parents overly spy on their children, it will bring immaterial pressure to their children. For me, I do not want my parents to accompany me when I go to cram schools, either. Moreover, children might become even more dependent on their parents. It is quite a miserable thing if everything is well-prepared for you, and you do not have to make your own decisions. We are losing our ability gradually. Therefore, we should reconsider what is good for us.

Freitag, 16. November 2007

Happiness Survey

I remembered that last semester a teacher showed us a “Happiness Survey”. I was quite surprised to see the result of the happiness survey. In my opinion, I always thought that living in the world that changes so quickly made people feel worried and unsatisfied. However, the result of the “Happiness Survey” turned out to be that 80% of Taiwanese feel happy. To take me as instance, I am satisfied with my current life now since I do not have to worry about a lot of things. What I have to do now is to concentrate on my study. The survey also showed that some of the respondents are worried about their future. For me, I am quite worried about my future since there are universities everywhere. The world has become more competitive than it used to be. Still, I believe that being optimistic is fairly important for us. When people are overly pessimistic, they will keep thinking the bad sides of our society. They will think there is no hope in the future. Therefore, I believe that we should all keep a positive attitude towards life.

Montag, 5. November 2007

Life

This summer, I joined a camp. The camp was totally free of charge. After getting off the train, I was stunned by the enthusiastic volunteers. They met us with big smiles and helped us to carry our luggage even if we told them we could carry by ourselves. Unfortunately, there was a big typhoon during that time. I remembered one night that we had to go to the dormitory from an auditorium. The wind was very strong and it was raining heavily. However, there are still a lot of volunteers directing us to the dormitory in a very bad situation. They also cooked dinner for us in tents. We all moved by those volunteers. They were selfness and devoted themselves to us. I believed that their kind hearts will be repaid.

Sonntag, 4. November 2007

Life

When I was a child, I had a special experience with eagles. My grandfather used to discover a wounded eagle and brought it home. I remembered that my grandfather kept it in a big cage. The eagle soon became well-trained by my grandfather. It could also stay at my grandfather’s arm and even on the bicycle. However, one day, my grandfather forgot to close the cage, and the eagle flew away. However, it was a special experience that I had before.

Freitag, 2. November 2007

Something backfired

As I mentioned before, I’ve already decided to run everyday with Phoebe. After running for more than a week, Phoebe said that we should go to the health centre to weigh our weight now. With huge expectations, we went to the health centre immediately. Finally, it was the moment. I stood at the body weight scale. However, my plan to lose some weight backfired and turned out to gain some weight. At that moment, I just wanted to scream. I’ve run almost more than one week and eaten less food than before. But, what I saw was that I gained some weight. I was totally stunned. I felt so frustrated and questioned myself whether I wanted to keep running or not. It made me feel so frustrated because I’ve made a lot of efforts to lose weight. I didn’t see any change in me, still, I had to keep on running everyday. I believed that if I keep on running, I will lose some weight sooner or later.

Mittwoch, 31. Oktober 2007

Frustration

Today I was so disappointed at myself because I didn’t do a good job in tennis club. The club leader asked a junior student to play tennis with me, but he was already a professional player. Compared to him, I was really awkward with tennis. That made me feel really frustrated. I really wanted to improve my tennis skills but there were no girls in tennis club expect me. Therefore, I didn’t have a “girl” competitor. I always played tennis with boys. Sometimes I questioned myself if I wanted to keep playing tennis or not because I didn’t even improve my tennis skills even though I went to tennis club every week. I believed that it was just my temporary frustration. I thought that I will keep playing tennis as always.

Montag, 29. Oktober 2007

How lucky she was!

My elder sister took part in an activity which was held by COSMED. The activity was about living healthily and staying fit. Everyone who took part in this activity can draw a winning if they can lose three kilograms in one month. My sister tried really hard. She exercised at home by wagging a hula hoop. She ate less food than she used to eat. She did lose three kilograms in one month. Therefore, she can draw a winning. Recently, she told me that she won 5000 NT dollars by drawing a winning. How lucky she was!

Mittwoch, 24. Oktober 2007

Lazy,dirty,slovenly

Oliver woke up this morning and found out that he was going to be late to school. He shouted at his mother and said “Go and prepare breakfast for me.” Oliver didn’t change his uniform because he didn’t even take a bath last night. Oliver couldn’t find his socks in the closet. Therefore, he searched everywhere in his room. “Ohh…There you are.” said Oliver and he found a dirty pair of socks under his bed. Oliver quickly put on his socks and went to school while chewing his breakfast and he looked miserable.

Dienstag, 23. Oktober 2007

Romantic Story




I read a piece of news about a romantic story on TV recently. The story is about a man and a woman who got married to each other. They were classmates in senior high school. When they started a relationship, the woman found an old picture on the man's desk and she was stunned. She pointed at the little boy in the picture. The boy who was standing next to her in an award ceremony is her boyfriend. They met each other when they were in a very young age, but they didn’t know each other at that time. Is it a coincidence? They became classmates, fell in love to each other and got married. It was just like a miracle. Their romantic story was soon drawn into comics.Maybe we can go back and check out old pictures, maybe we were already met our Mr./Mrs. Right.

Montag, 22. Oktober 2007

Run

Phoebe and I have made an important decision starting from today. We planned to run everyday. Since we stayed in Yunlin for the new semester, Phoebe, Fiona and I didn’t know what to eat everyday. Therefore, we ate a lot of sweets, chocolate wafer sticks and bread instead. That really made us gain a lot of weight. Phoebe and I went to the playground at night and we started to run. I couldn’t run for a very long distance, so I walked as well. I hoped exercising everyday can keep me fit.

Sonntag, 21. Oktober 2007

Home

Yesterday I went home with Phoebe by taking train. Unfortunately, I had to walk home by myself, because my mother went to a business trip and will come home really late. It took me about 15-20 minutes to walk home and it’s tiring. When I went home, I found that there was no one at home. At that time, I really wanted to scream because I didn’t have key. I waited for about 10 minutes. Still, no one came home. Finally, I decided to call my father to open the door for me. It was great to be at home. I always felt very tired whenever I came home. It was like all the pressure had been released. Therefore, I fell asleep on the chair. After sleeping for a while, I was awoken by telephone ring. It was my aunt. She wanted to visit me and my brother. My aunt, my cousins all came to visit. We ate a lot of different ice creams together. I felt sweet about the ice creams and the current feeling. It was always great to be at home!!

Samstag, 20. Oktober 2007

Joe Torre


Joe Torre who is Yankees’ previous manager has chosen to leave New York Yankees these days. I was disappointed about the news, because I thought that their principal owner George Steinbrenner might want him to stay longer due to his records in last twelve years. Although Yankees has been exited in first-round for three straight years, I think Joe Torre is a great manager. Personally, I think George Steinbrenner should not cut down on his salary. It could bring more troubles in the near future.

Donnerstag, 18. Oktober 2007

Horrible

One of my friends who studies in National Chin-Yi University of Technology told me that the place where she lives was stolen. It was kind of scary. Because the thief climbed up the balcony and sneaked into their room at night. My two friends lost about 2800 NT dollars. They told me that they didn’t even weak up when the thief came in. But, I thought that it was better not to wake up. I thought they might get hurt if they woke up. All in all, my friends were all safe and sound. I hoped the terrible thing would not happen again.

Mittwoch, 17. Oktober 2007

The story that I made up

My name is Oliver. This summer, some interesting things happened to me and my friend. My best friend, Richard who lives in America told me that he had been lost weight by doing yoga every week. I didn’t believe him at first because I knew that Richard gives up easily. One day, I received a letter from Richard. He invited me to America and spent whole summer vacation with him and his family.

In the airport, I was stunned by what I saw. Richard had been changed totally. He became so fit and looked brilliant. He told me that it was yoga that changed his lifestyle and diet. I was happy to see Richard had such a great result. On the third day in America, Richard took me to a baseball game which was Los Angeles Angels against New York Yankees. Although the game was held in Los Angeles, there are lots of Yankees’ fans. Everyone was uproarious and excited. In the end, Yankees won the game. On the way home, Richard said that he missed ice hockey games when we were in senior high school. We were both great ice hockey players at that time. Richard asked me if I had guts to compete with him again. Both of us were excited to play ice hockey again. We went to a private stadium and played ice hockey there. It was fun but tiring. We were both exhausted. We went home and took a bath before supper. Richard lives with her girlfriend, parents and grandparents all together. Richard’s grandfather, Torre is a kind and industrious man. During supper time, Torre asked me if I want to help him in the field tomorrow. He said that it will be a big harvest this year. I was happy and looked forward to helping Torre in the field because I didn’t have any chance to work in the field before.

On the next day, I woke up early and went to the field with Torre. It was a sunny day. Torre taught me how to water the field and drive pests out. He also told me that some fields in America had been popped with corn circles. It was an unforgotten day in my life.

On my last day in America, Richard drove me to the airport. I saw lots of kids and people playing in the park. They were happy and had big smiles on their face. However, I was misty-eyed. I was going to leave my friends and his family. Richard told me that he always welcome me to America and stay with his family. I felt warm and went to the boarding gate. All in all, I had a memorable summer vacation.

Donnerstag, 11. Oktober 2007

Guitar

I want to learn guitar for a very long time. There is an old guitar that used to belong to my father in our house. However, the guitar doesn’t have strings at all. I kept saying that I wanted to fix the guitar for whole summer. Still, the guitar didn’t get fixed in summer. But, my younger brother who just started his senior high school life joined guitar club this semester. He took the guitar to a guitar shop. Finally, the guitar got fixed. I was so glad that my brother could teach me guitar in the near future.

Dienstag, 9. Oktober 2007

Disappointment


I love to watch Major League Baseball (MLB) on TV. My favorite team is New York Yankees. However, what made me feel disappointed today was that Yankees lost Game 4 in their own stadium against Indians which means Game 4 loss will end Yankees’ season. As the official site of the New York Yankees said” Yankees’ season ends as October carries on.” What an ironic title! Yankees’ 13th consecutive postseason appearance came to a close with a first-round exit for the third straight year. That might make their manager Joe Torre lose his job in Yankees. No matter what decisions their principal owner George Steinbrenner will make, I will still believe that Yankees do have a great season this year. I’ll always support them as always.

Montag, 8. Oktober 2007

Sports

I sometimes play volleyball with Phoebe and her friends in Yuntech. Phoebe is such a great volleyball player. Every time I see her playing volleyball, she catches the ball with ease. I am so surprised that the ball seems to be move in a slow motion way in front of her. In contrast with Phoebe, I am the most stupid player in the world. Every time I try to catch the ball, I will miss it or hit it but not in the distance I want. Sometimes I will feel so disappointed, but Phoebe always comforts me. Soon I will feel better. Recently, we find that swimming is quiet fun in the hot days. The water is cold but it’s really comfortable. Furthermore, swimming can also lose weight. Ha! Ha! Maybe it is the main reason for us to swim.

Samstag, 6. Oktober 2007

Kids

There is a little boy in an English cram school. He looks cute. His name is Eddie. Eddie told me that he loves watching baseball games on TV. His favorite baseball player in Yankees is A-Rod (Alex Rodriguez). He loves in-line skates as well. Nick and Jack who are also in this English cram school are twins. They look cute as well. I really love them. However, every child in the cram school seems to have a busy life. They have to go to different subject cram schools such as painting, dancing and math...and so forth. I wish they could enjoy their childhood more.

Mittwoch, 3. Oktober 2007

Hunger




I choose these pictures because many people die of hunger and
malnutrition while the models die
because they don't want to eat in order to be skinny. This shows a totally different situation between real hunger and hurting themselves. In my opinion, I think we are so lucky to live in the world that is really comfortable for us. We have a home, we have enough food, we have hospitals…etc. A lot of things that we seem to be stand to reason may be a pie in the sky to those who suffer from diseases, hunger or pain. All of us can do is to cherish what we got now. Furthermore, we also can pay more attention to global issues. There are many charity organizations around us, such as “World Vision”. If we have the ability to help, we can try to donate some. It really brings great help to those who suffer.

Freitag, 28. September 2007

This is the first time I met "her"!!!!!


Before the beginning of the first semester, I went to a welcome lunch in Tainan. When I was at Tainan train station, this is the first time I met her. She was wearing a skirt and looked absolutely gorgeous. When I saw her at the first time, I thought she is a girl who is hard to approach. But, as I talked to her, I thought she is a nice and lovely girl. We both came from Chiayi. When it was time to go home, we took the same train and talked a lot during that time. We talked about migraine, travel, life…etc. From then on, she became the best friend of mine when I was in Yuntech. We always observe the animals and people, and do a lot of stupid things together. It is always fun being with her. She is also a considerate person. Whenever I got sick, she will tell me to see a doctor or go to the health center with me. It is lucky for me to meet her. We will keep doing those stupid things together and let our adventure keep going on!!

Donnerstag, 27. September 2007

September 27

At the end of the classes today, my friends and I decided to go out and buy some supplies. Fiona, Phoebe and I rode bicycles which are borrowed from others to go out for dinner first. We ate braised pork rice with kimchi on it and chatted about almost everything. After dinner, we went to buy our supplies. We bought butter, flavoring and a bottle of clothing softener. Our last mission outside is going to have our favorite shaved ice with red bean and Japanese green tea on it. It was icy but tasty. On our way to school, the breeze gently brushed over our face. We soon decided to ride our bicycles around the school. After two turns, we went back to dorm with satisfied smiles on our face.

Mittwoch, 26. September 2007

September 26

Yesterday was The Moon Festival. It is said that the moon is at its brightest and roundest on this day. I supposed to watch the moon yesterday, but it was covered with cloud. Therefore, I decided to enjoy the glorious full moon on the day after Moon Festival. The moon was extremely round and bright as it was said. After enjoying the full moon with my friends, we decided to get some exercise. Sometimes we walked fast round the playground, sometimes we ran. I did actually sweat a lot. At the end of day, I took a bath and went on sleep when I came back to dorm.