The Reflection of “Aging in the Land of the Young”

This article is talking about what effects aging will bring to our lives and what mental and physical problems the elderly will face. Some of the various situations are that we even cannot expect from our present views. That might be because we have not experienced it. Sometimes, we may not be thoughtful, careful, and mature enough, so we will ignore the emotion of the old. We also do not feel their loneliness; instead, we usually consider our own feelings selfishly.

Each conditions mentioned in the article made me have a stirring of emotion. Every situation made me think of my parents. They work hard constantly to support our family. Suddenly, I realized that my parents are getting older and older while we are growing up. I began to reflect upon myself because I think that I am frequently busy doing my own things and considering my won life. Besides, I felt sorry that I am seldom concerned about them. Therefore, I told myself that I should be a considerate, warm daughter and consider their feelings as much as I can. In addition, I should seize the chances to love my parents lest I would feel regretful one day.

Graduation Feast @ RED STEAK

It was happy time for me to have a big meal
with my dear senior sisters and brothers who I like so much again.
It was a wonderful and delicious feast again.

But, there is something different this time.
We chose to have a big dinner at a higher class restaurant,
And we freshmen have to pay, too (It does not matter!)
Beside, the most important thing is that the senior is going to graduate from NCHU and study at another school for her Master's degree.
She is going to leave us! (That makes us feel happy and sad at the same time.)

At first, we planned to order different dishes and then share with one another. But, interestingly, most of us had the same taste, so we chose the same kind of dish. Luckily, my order was totally different from both of my senior brothers, who sat beside me. Therefore, I had the chances to taste various delicious foods. How kind and considerate the junior brother is! He shared all his food with me and served for me voluntarily. (Oh my God! You are really gentle and sweet. )

All of us chatted about all sorts of subjects happily without concealing any secrets. Maybe, we should call such a conversation as gossip. Anyway, because we are close enough so that we can share our private feelings, thing at ease sometimes. That's because each of us is always willing to listen to one another and then give some pieces of sincere advice.

However, during the meal time, the senior sister seldom talked anything. We felt a little bit weird about that, but we guess that might be because she did not know what to say. Perhaps, she would like to seize the last precious chance that we could get together to carefully memorize the characteristic and face of every members in the family.

In addition, we prepared a beautiful watch and a card which was actually a jigsaw as a graduation present for the senior. And I brought up a good idea to give it to her in a special way. In order to give her a surprise, we asked a waitress to serve it for her. As a result, she was surprised and touched by us, and her tears were running in her eyes.

Overall, each of us still talked happily with one another. I cannot help expressing my feeling again. Every time after having a meal with my families in school, we really want to say, " I like you so much, guys!"

I really appreciate for everything happened to me and everyone around me in my life. I am a lucky girl because I can meet nice people who treat me really kind and well all the time!

Part-time Job 2 --- Tutor

Last Saturday, I did one thing that is new, challengeable for me, as a tutor. It is the other part-time job of mine. It is a job that my junior sister, Winnie, gave to me because she will be much busier in the following year than now. Therefore, she decided to let to take over her job after she considered thoroughly.

It is my pleasure to win her trust and then get this nice job!

It seemed a little difficult for me to handle two kids' conditions; especially one of them is always out of control. They are elementary school students; the sister is fifth grade, and the brother is third grade. What I have to do is help them to finish all the homework, review English, and lead them to read some English materials. Sometimes, I may need to play games with them and keep them company if we have extra time.

Their parents are kind dentists who value their children's education very much, so I have better remind myself of taking this job more seriously, earnestly all the time. The girl named Frances is always good; she will study, do her duties spontaneously. She needs no one to urge her again and again. Also, she will help me to have her brother in good manner. She is really a well-behaved, outstanding girl. However, the boy named Alan cannot be concentrate on his homework because of impatience. He will run around, play his toys constantly instead of sitting still and studying. I think the biggest problem that I have to overcome as their tutor might be that I still have look for the best way to get along with the naughty boy.

Cheer up! Both jobs, including as a waitress or a tutor, have become parts of my responsibility. I have to be strong, independent enough to shoulder these duties, and do my best as much as possible because I need to be responsible for all my behaviors.

These are great chances for me to learn more experience, lessons that I cannot learn from textbooks, so I have to seize them. Never give up easily no matter what troubles, problems I will meet in the future.

Part-time Job 1 ---Waitress

I got a part-time job as a waitress in a Japanese restaurant a few weeks ago. The assistant manager there was my aunt's good friend, so I got a chance to interview. Then, I was employed and got my first job. I was so happy that I could not wait to tell my mom, older sister about the good news immediately as soon as I finished the interviewing.

The occasions of my work are all in wedding feasts. What I need to do is serve the dishes and cleans dirty plates, tables for guests. In addition, I have to walk around fast, constantly during work time because we should provide service for every guest at once.

At first, my condition was all in a mess because it was the first time that I faced such a busy situation and I was not familiar with the work enough. As a waitress, I had to deal with many different kind of situation and try hard to meet supervisors' expectation. Besides, what the most important is that I have to fulfill customers' demands as much as we can all the time.

Thank to some of my seniors, especially the boy who was assigned to teach me, I could finish my work smoothly at last. He would be concerned with if I could handle all the condition, if I felt tired at any time. If he found that something was getting out of my control, he would come to help me. I felt very happy, fortunate, and grateful to him because of his careful, thoughtful, warm, and kind heart.

I could remember that I was exhausted and then felt sore all over my body during the following days after my first working day. It was an unforgettable experience that made me realize how toilsome my parents are in order to raise the home.

Dear senior, 小鋒

I promise that I will try to learn everything well and be adapt to the environment as soon as possible. I will also work as hard as I can! Thank a lot for your consideration.

The Happy, Relaxed Weekend with GAKIs---Part II

Continue…. Sorry! It seems to be a long time ago….hahaha

May 16, 2010

It was a sunny day.

I woke up early in the morning. I did not know why I could get up early even though I went to bed a little bit late last night. Maybe, that』s because I was so excited about the following schedule. In such a comfortable, tranquil morning, I took a walk around the house alone to enjoy the nature beauty.

Then, most of GAKIs also woke up when I came back to our place. We had porridge and some dishes as breakfast. We talked and had our meal together in a god mood. After that, we prepared to leave for our next destination, Shanlinchi forest recreation area (杉林溪森林遊樂區). We took about three or four hours to act in the forest recreation area. A great group of people played games, sang songs, talked to one another while going mountain climbing on such a cloudless day. It really made us feel tired because we had to walk up and then walk down constantly as the terrain rises and falls. However, it actually made me released from the pressure from my daily life and also made me feel relaxed. Then, we found somewhere to have our lunch, and went back to Taichung in each motorcade. At last, all of us were back to the school safe and sound, and took a picture together as a precious memory.

Perhaps, someone will think that the schedule is boring. But, as far as I am concerned, the destination is not the most important thing. What』s more important is the journey that I can spend with those I like happily together. In addition, we are able to know one anther better through the journey because we can see the different sides of each person that we cannot find in our daily lives. That』s quite interesting!

The Reflection of “Peaceful Warrior”

It is a movie that was edited from a novel named “Way of The Peaceful Warrior”. It is combined with part of fiction and part of autobiography. This story is based on the early life of the author, Dan Millman.

He is a university student and a locally famous gymnast. He can get good grades in school and win pretty girls’ hearts. Everything in his life seems very smooth. As far as we are concerned, if we could live a life like Dan’s, we should feel content. However, Dan feels annoyed with his life due to some uncertain factors. Then, he meets an old man and this old man guide him to find out the exit of his complex mind.

Overall, the story tells of a chance meeting with a gas station attendant who becomes a spiritual teacher to the young gymnast, Dan Millman. The attendant who Millman nicknames Socrates becomes a kind of father figure and teaches Millman how to become a Peaceful Warrior.

In addition, the central concept of “Socrates’ philosophy” is this: that one must live entirely in the present moment.
There are some quotes that make me impressive and give lessons:

"Take out the trash from what's inside your head."

"Where are you? Here. What time is it? Now. Who are you? This moment."

It tells me that I should seize the present moment, never think too much something complicated, and gather all my concentration on what I want to do. I think it is really a difficult lesson even though most of us know it. Maybe, we will be able to do that if we try hard.

"It is the journey that gives us happiness, not the destination."

Sometimes, we will care about the outcome too much. In order to achieve our goals, we may ignore the process that we make efforts. But, actually we should enjoy our happiness and sense of success from the way of reaching the targets.

"Everyone wants to tell you what to do and what's good for you. They don't want you to find your own answers, they want you to believe theirs."

Be the masters of ourselves! Listen to our hearts. Try to find out the real thoughts in the mind. Also, to become a real adult, we should learn how to think independently and how to be responsible to our behaviors.

It is a quite good movie. If you are available, you should see it indeed.

The Happy, Relaxed Weekend with GAKIs---Part I

May, 15, 2010

It was the day that I had expected for a long time. I was excited to go on a tour with GAKIs (They are the members in the chorus. We are so close like family members that sometimes we can share the secrets in our minds with one another.)

This time, we went to Nantou for our two-day-one-night tour, and the weather was comfortable, sunny and windy on average, yet a little rainy later.

Our way of transportation is by motorcycle. We were separated into three motorcades, and each departed in turn. Luckily, the person who rode the motorbike and took me all the way was my good friend, A-juan. We were originally quite familiar, close with each other so that we would not feel embarrassed, or did not know how to get along with each other. It is very attractive, interesting way of tour for me because I am able to directly enjoy the comfortable feeling that beautiful scenery and the nature bring to my body and my mind. Besides, I personally like not only the carefree feeling of fooling around by motorbike but also the cool feeling that the breeze fans my face, my hair.

We spent a little bit long time to arrive our destination. We took a walk and act around the Chi-chi train station (集集火車站), walking along the rail, taking pictures, and having a lot of fun. We ate some delicious fried mushrooms and bananas. Then, we went to a place where we only needed to pay 6 NT. dollars for an ice-lolly. The ice-lolly had many different kinds of flavor, tasted not bad and they were really very cheap.

Afternoon, it began to rain, so we had to ride to the place where we wanted to stay that night as soon as possible. We all got a little bit wet after reaching our destination.

After having dinner, we had some activities, playing a drama each group. Then, most of us played card games, Truth or Dare, The Killer till late in the night.

It was happy, unforgettable day because I could be with those who I like and share happiness with them!

A One-day Tour of DFLL at Flying-cow Farm

It was May 5, 2010
It was the first extracurricular activity after mid-term exam. Although I have been to the place where we wanted to go, I was a little excited about it because I could go out with my friends, seniors and have fun.

We woke up earlier than usual because we had to arrive at the meeting place on time. But seldom people looked tired. Maybe we were going to go on an outing instead of going to school, so we seemed not to feel tired or anxious for the insufficient sleep.

On the tour bus, we once planned to sing karaoke or see movies at first. But there are only two tiny screens on the bus so that we could not see the images on both of them clearly. So most of people on the bus chose to see the scenery outside the windows, and then fall asleep accidentally. (Hahahaha)

After getting our destination, we began to move on our own. Because of the sunny, hot weather, each of us could not help buying a milk ice cream cone as soon as we saw the stores. My heart was full of happiness after having a taste of it, which had rich milky aroma. Besides, I thought that the taste of the ice cream was so fantastic that we would never forget it!

We barbecued in the camping area during the lunch time. There were various kinds of food on the table for each group. We felt quite hungry and could not wait to eat. But what we should do before starting to eat was making a fire. It was lucky that the time we spent to make a fire was not too long, so we barbecued soon. The foods are not bad and pretty much, especially meat. We really felt full and satisfied.

There were many kinds of cute animals such as cows, sheep, goats, rabbits, and such on the farm. During this outing, I experienced one thing that made feel interesting. I milked the cow for the first time. The feeling of touching its warm nipples is unspeakably strange. Besides, I saw a special kind of butterfly, which looked like a withered leaf. I really had deep impression of these two things.




It was a wonderful day! Everything is nice: good weather, good views, delicious foods, and my dear friends and seniors. I thought that we had fun even though we just walked around the farm. That’ because we good friends were all together!

Lately...

A student should do

It is the mid-term exam that makes me suffer so much pressure. Perhaps, it is because I do not focus on my study so much that I have to make efforts to make up the neglect of my own duty as a student during mid-term exam. Some of my classmates do not have such a problem because they study hard all the time.

It seems a good time, chance for me to reflect on my past daily lives in the last term. I am aware of that I have too many extracurricular activities, and also indulge in the happiness from those activities too much. Therefore, I lost the sense of responsibility to carry out what a student should do gradually. In order to prevent that worse condition of my study, such as flunking an exam or a course, will happens to me, I made my mind to concentrate more on it. I decided to spend my weekends in the library in the future except for going home. After all, what I can do in the library is limited, including studying, reading, seeing movies, which all benefits my life.

Something complicated made confused

A good guy who is a senior of mine showed up and came into my life. At first sight, I did not know why, but I had to admit he really caught my eye so that we wanted to understand him more. A period of time passed, we became friends because we take the same elective course and attend the same club. We always get along well with other, and we can talk happily with each other all the time. He also expresses his concern for me like my brother. In his presence, an independent, strong girl like me suddenly became a girl who needs to be attended. It is really weird.

Lately, our relationship seems to become better and better even to an unspeakable extent. He is usually willing to keep me company if he is available. We will go to the library for study and go out to have meals together, only he and me. Besides, some of his conduct makes me feel confused that he regards me as a common friend, a close friend like his younger sister, or someone else. For example, first, he did many things that touched my heart indeed. Second, he will frequently feed me like a couple of lovers will do when we have meals together. There are still a lot of matters that makes my thinking complex, confused. He is so sweet, considerate that I strong suspect that I have had a crush on him. However, it bothers my mind that he makes me tend to be accustomed to his company, and want to rely on him involuntarily. I am afraid that I will lose myself gradually, so I try to control my mind, oppress my emotion.

Will it be my first love? I do not know.

A Kind of Self-abuse ? Nervousness and Anxiety

It was a stressful day for me that I had two oral presentations in a row on this Wednesday afternoon. Also, because of these, I did not feel hungry at all. Maybe I was too nervous and too anxious. One of the presentations that I had to do was in an elective course called Copy Culture and Consumerism, which is basically all lectured in English. Even though I am an English major student, I still think taking this course a quite challengeable task. Sometimes, what we need to do in this class is even more difficult than those in some required courses. For instance, I have to read a lengthy article, which context contains about more than thirty pages, and make a summary. Then, we must present it individually for about ten minutes. Due to not having enough time to prepare it well, I thought that my presentation was not well-organized. (What a pity it was!) What I could say was that it was fortunate that I got through with this work smoothly at last. But, I cannot be too excited about it because there is still a lot of hard work waiting for me to carry out in the future.

Somebody asked me why I chose the course, which exhausts me so much. In fact, I hesitated for a long time about that if I really wanted to take this course. For many times, I really wanted to quit this course, escape from this challenge, and live a relaxed life. However, I made up my mind to face this hard work bravely. The reasons are as follow: First, I thought that the name of the course sounded quite interesting, and also made me feel curious about it. Second, it was possible that I could improve my English abilities much more and trained myself to be more courageous and confident on the stage by taking it. Third, I must keep my promise with my friend Sally to take this course together.

In reality, I am convinced that I will definitely gain something meaningful even though I have to pay so many efforts on it. I expect myself to make it! But, somebody thought that I was really crazy; they did not understand why I treated myself like this, making myself so busy and tired!

It is the song that we chorus are going to sing

Pondering

On a silent Tuesday night, some thoughts came into my mind all of a sudden when I just lay down in my bed. Just in the sudden moment, I was aware of a terrible situation

I remembered that I was as busy as a bee during the whole day. I have seven classes that day, and ordinarily, I have to practice playing volley ball and also singing in the night. But, I have to practice singing earlier than before, and I cannot play volley lately. That’s because our club will have a chorus performance in May, and I hope that I can spend more time focusing on singing, and let my progress catch up with, even surpass others. In addition, my finger and knee got hurt, so I have a reasonable excuse for not going to play volley ball. Then, I thought I can make use of the situation to take a rest and release from the exhausted life temporarily.

Once, I thought that my life will be colorful and full of joy all the time because the members in the chorus, the teammates in the ball team, and my dear friends in the college really made me fell warm and well-beloved. I do not want lost anyone of them indeed. However, I seemed to gradually indulge in the joyful life too much. Also, I have been accustomed to rely on them and hope they can usually keep me company. I did not awake from happy world until something unpleasant happened to me recently in the club. It seemed like a complex thing, and made me feel somehow uncomfortable, confused, lonely, and a little down!

Thank to the things, I was able to calm down, and had a reflection to my daily life again. I realized that my weakness, frailty appeared, but I did want anyone, especially males, to find this. For me, it is such a terrible thing to rely on others. I frequently hope that I need not to be protected by others, and I need not to rely on others’ help. Instead, I expect I can become an independent, hardy, and strong-minded girl. That’s because I am convince that feeble personality will make one vulnerable one day. Therefore, I told myself females and males are all equal individuals, and we girls cannot be so delicate that we always need boys’ assistance. I do not want anybody, especially those whom I love, to worry about me, so I have started to learn how to take good care of myself at an early age. Even though I will feel a little hard and lonely sometime, I will pretend that I am ok and try hard to make myself enjoy the time that I can spend alone.

Further, I thought it is improper that I pour too much of my heart to those leisure activities rather than my study. I have to rethink what my college life should be. Is it what I want? Do I really know what kind of life I am living? Am I really happy? Do I really think that everything is paid off and meaningful? Is my life too busy so that I cannot concentrate on everything? Should I cut off some activities so that I can focus on my study much more? After all, a saying goes, “You cannot sell the cow and drink the milk.” So, it seems to be the time for me to adjust that pace of my life, and reset a long-term goal for my future. Although I am still in my fresh year, I do not want to have any regret at all in my college life.

Mood

Lately, it seems that my mind is in turmoil sometimes.
I am a little eager to fall in love with somebody.
I hope that my Mr. Right will appear soon.
Why such a crazy thought came up to me?
Perhaps, many friends and classmates around me are seeing with others now.
Then, I will spend more time staying alone.
If I do not have to practice volley ball or singing (chorus), I will feel anxious, bored, and even lonely.
In other words, I hope that somebody keeps me company all the time so that I hope I have a boyfriend who can always accompany me.
Maybe, I am gradually becoming more and more reliable on others.
As a result, I can hardly be concentrated on doing my own business occasionally when I am alone because I might be lost in abstraction and just begin to have a bee in my bonnet.
By the way, strangely, while I am desirable for a beautiful love, I am also afraid that I will get hurt from the love and lose myself at the same time.
Therefore, I have repressed my emotions for a long time.
Although I have a crush on someone, I just do not have courage to express my feelings. (Maybe, he has the same feelings. But, I am not sure because his attitude is uncertain. I really do not know what to do exactly.)
In addition, I am afraid that the guy will be frightened if I am on the initiative.
That might because I think that I am not good enough to be loved by someone, and also it seems not a proper time for me, a person who have to focus on study, to fall in love with someone.
It is really such an incompatible, complex state of mind, and I think it is not a good condition for me!
So, I wish I can get rid of this complicated mentality, no longer be bothered by those troublesome conditions, and go back to a simple world again!

A cool MV from Korea
I think it shows that females are sexy and also powerful! I like it!


It is also a cool, creative MV from a Korean singer, G-dragon.

Gossip Time - Having dinner with my seniors

It was the reunion that I had expected for a long time. It was so happy for me to have a meal with my seniors and talk about our daily lives, future plans, and something interesting with one another.

This time, we went a nice restaurant call “ Bloody Sonsy Moss”, which ambience was comfortable and foods are not bad. But, we waited for our servings over one hour so that we were almost starving to death, lose our patience, and also absolutely felt a little unhappy, disappointed to the waiters.

During the happy time, I did not know how I dare to ask my seniors something a little private, such as love. Maybe, that’s because alcohol made feel excited. Or, it’s just because I felt much closer with one another and we understood one another much more. Beside, all of us shared lots of secrets about ourselves and others. And we had to keep promises not to leak out anything.XD

Three of my family members have plans:
Louise, who is a senior, wants to be a junior high school English teacher after graduation. So, she has been preparing for lots of exams lately.

Peter, who is a junior, plans to go abroad to America during this summer vacation. He hopes to broaden his vision, experience different culture, and use English practically.

Eiger, who is a sophomore, has a very cool plan that is he wants to ride his motorcycle back to Kaohsiung alone. And along the way, he will take many photos of beautiful scenery. One day, I hope that I can do such a cool thing when I am still young!

I think that my seniors are nice, outstanding and always guide me, make a good example for me; most important of all, they made me feel warm and be loved.
I really like each of them, my family members in the school, very much!
And the love for them will be everlasting.

Peter, I, Winnie, and Louise

Joyce, Howard, and Eiger

Dear all :)

It is a good photo. I love it!

Happiness

March, 11, 2010

It was the day that the national chorus contest of central region was held. We had prepared hard for this day that we fought for glory since last semester. All of our members got out of bed early in the cold morning to make up and dress up.
After getting on the bus, we were asked to talk with one another at lowest voice all the way to the destination. The conductor hoped that we could keep awake and make our throats warm up at the same time.

Before performing on the stage, we practiced for a while and the conductor reminded us some details that we should notice. When we were waiting for walking onto the stage, I felt a little bit nervous so I made deep breath constantly.

On the stage, I totally paid attention to the feeling that the songs want to express and enjoyed the happiness of singing.

-----Perfect Performance! Excellent! ^^-----






I love my perfroming siut, a elegant,black dress.

“Yes, we are free!” I thought. We felt very happy relieved from the pressure.
We took many pictures to make a beautiful, precious memory for ourselves.

At last, we got great grades, a high-class triumph!
Just in the evening, we went to eat self-service hot pot for celebrating our success.

Sweet Fruit---we got the fourth prize in the volley ball game

March, 6, 2010

It was such a burning hot day. The temperature was really high and the sun was blazing hot! Our skin seemed to be hurt and tanned, and we could not stop sweating after basking in the sun almost the whole day.
We beat three other teams in a row on the first day. Although we were defeated by NTU at last, we had tried our best and the odds were not too bad at least. I thought that the players and the audience were satisfied with the performance and outcome, and enjoyed the games indeed. At the end, all of us felt very tired physically after the games, but our hearts were very excited about the next day’s games.



It was the last weekend that we went to Taipei to fight for glory!
March, 7, 2010

However, it became really cold the next day. Some of us could not stand shivering because of the lack of warm clothes and chilly wind. We lost at the second game against NCKU and then we got the fourth place. On the second day, I was deeply impressed with some awesome games and learned some basic knowledge, strategy, precious experience of playing volley ball. Besides, I saw many outstanding players and their excellent performances provoked my desire to improve my skills of playing volley ball.

Practice and practice constantly! Go ahead!

As far as I was concerned, it was difficult to adapt to the changeable weather and overcome the strong stress on when facing the great rivals on the court. But, they made it! Deeply in my mind, I thought that our team performed very well and that I was really proud of them my teammates.

WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL AND UNFORGOTTABLE MEMORY!

It Is Not My Day

Many things happened to me this day. (I was not sure whether some of those things were lucky or unlucky to me.)

First, I went to school earlier than before, but the person who is in charge of opening the door did not come on time. So, I had to wait outside with other people I do not know. However, I think it is much better than being late. In addition, actually I set up a goal for myself：Get up early and go to school on time not in time! And I realized it. I think it was a good start!

Second, in the English Composition class, we had to cast lots for deciding which unit every group should make an oral presentation in this semester. My group members sent me as a representative of us to draw lots. Consequently, the outcome was that we have to make an oral presentation of Unit 1. (That means we will be the first group!) However, on the other side, we can finish this task much earlier than any other group.

Third, I took a course called Management, which is a professional course. At the first time in the class, the professor said that she wanted to pick up two students as her assistances, who must be a male and a female, freshmen, and also in charge of many things for this class. Then, she looked up the name list and LUCKILY I was selected! I think I will become much busier and this might possibly form a pressure this semester. But, that means it may make me pay more attention to this useful and helpful course.

Fourth, my thumb was scalded and got hurt when I tried to stick something with hot melt adhesive in the afternoon. That was really hurt!

And there were still something bad happened to me. But, I do not want to talk about it. Ha ha ha… FORGET ABOUT IT! JUST SMILE!

“Tomorrow must be a nice day!”

December, 31, 2009

It was the last day of 2009. I did not arrange any activities for the special day. There was no interesting plan that was attractive to me and all my friends went home or had an appointment with others. Besides, it was so cold and chilly outside so I decided to go back to sweet home and keep my family company.

But, what special I did was have dinner with a senior who is the leader of the chorus that I had mentioned before. We had the meal and talked with each other happily. Then, we took a walk to the room for chorus club and practiced a love song that we have to perform together during the winter training till seven o’clock. (Ha ha ha ~ Do not misunderstand and make a wild guess! We are just good friends so far.)

After that, we as GAKIs (chorus members) had to practice on the last day of the year. There were only a few people in each department (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass). It was really just a tiny chorus. We sang every tune that we learned this year cheerfully. Although I did not know how to sing most of them, I just tried my best to keep up with them. Time went by quickly. We ended the practice one hour earlier than usual and then we took around the vendors on the campus to find something to eat in the New Year Party that was held by school.

What a pity it was! The happy time with GAKIs did not last too long. My dear mom came to take me home so I had to say “Good-bye” to them. I thought it was one of the most fortunate and the happiest things for me to get acquainted with them, those cute, friendly, and sweet guys!

By the way, because of some reasons, it was really lucky for me to see the beautiful New Year fireworks in Taichung by chance. For me, it might be a good start of this year 2010!

Happy Time ---Only Belongs to Room511 ＆ GAKIs

It was Christmas eve, a happy and romantic day. I had a date with my dear roommates so I sacrificed other activities to keep the appointment. (I did not go to the practice of volley ball and chorus club.) We had had the plan to have a meal together before the mid-term exam, but we postponed it till the day (24, December) when we think we should take a rest to do something just for fun. The reason why this appointment could not be carried out is because each of us, especially me, is always occupied and there were many things interrupting our plan.

We found a small restaurant where sells healthy hot pot. All the foods, most of them are vegetables, in pots are fresh, natural, and balanced so it seemed that we would not have burden on health. We were all satisfied with the delicious food. What’s more, we talked a lot with one another happily, shared plenty of things that we did not know before so that we understood one another much more and got closer. After we felt content and pleased, we walked back to the dormitory slowly, joyfully.

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After we went back to the dorm, we all had other dates with other people personally, individually. (But, in fact, our destination was the same place, Dong Hai.) I went there with other club members by motorcycle and it cost us almost an hour to get there. It was terribly crowded in the university and the campus is really very large and wide. What a coincidence that I met my senior in high school with her boyfriend. (I have not met each other for more than one year. It was nice to see each other again!) Then, chorus members (we called each other “GAKI” that means “one loves to eat” in Japanese) and I talked happily, waited for the hanging bell ringing and made wishes in such a holy night. After that, we went to McDonalds to have some night snack and still talked pleasantly till all of us felt tired and wanted to go home.

Although the holy night was very cold, windy and a little rainy, I deeply believed that all the hearts felt very warm, delighted and blessed!

the hanging bell in the dark

Victory Banquet

It was (12/20) the Sunday night that we went to celebrate our double victories of cheer squad contest and chorus contest! (I am really proud of ourselves.)Then, we wanted to use the reward that we won to have a big feast. We chose a restaurant that we can eat both barbecue and hot pot. Besides, we can also eat all we can eat! (Everyone's diet plan should be stopped at that night!)

There were several different kinds of food for us to choose from, for example:

Meat: pork, beef, mutton, and chicken.

Sea food: scallop, shrimp, calamari, squid, crab, and such.

Prepared Food: sushi, hand roll, noodles, cheese roll, salad, and so on.

Snacks: pancake, free beverage, ice cream, and lots of sweet food.

I did not have to pay extra money for our orders. We could eat till we felt full during the limited two hours. We all felt very satisfied with the big feast! XD

Also, some of us drank some beer to celebrate the 19th birthday of Leo, who is the leader of class A and who is a funny and talented guy.We kept eating and chatting with one another. I thought that we really spent a happy time with one another.

( The left one is Leo. Happy Birthday to You!)

After the big feast, we walked around and went shopping just for digestion. That’s because we really ate too much and we had to take a walk to make ourselves feel better.

P.S. I wanted to thank my senior for lending me her motorcycle generously so that I did not have to wait for the bus and be confined to the time when we should go back to the dormitory! I love you, Louise!

(Our happy time! : ) )

(A Christmas tree on the square near 一中 street)

Happy to See YOU Again, GIRLS!

Saturday, 12, December

It was the ninety-year anniversary of my senior high school, TCGS. Most of my classmates and I went back to school without making an appointment. We asked one another how the life of everyone was lately and we talked with each other happily just like that we went back to the unforgettable life when we were still senior high students. We certainly also visited our teachers and talked about our lives. (Through the talking with the teacher who knew the best, I started to think over my future and dream, which I almost forgot and wanted to give up, again.) Then, one group met another group and another because the campus is quite small. Gradually, we became a very huge group and we had a happy lunch time together.

After I saw my dear classmate again, I really felt a little envious (maybe not just a little). Almost everyone have changes in their appearance and lives, especially those who are studying in Taipei. One of my close friend lost weight over ten kilograms and absolutely became a slender girl! Also, their dressing all really became so fashionable, beautiful and they have already learned how to make up. Besides, many of them have already had boyfriends. Compared to them, I am still an unsophisticated, heavy girl without any improvement. I wear T-shirts, jeans, casual shoes, and lots of casual stuff. Also, I do not know how to make up and how to do skin care well. Moreover, I have almost let my dream, which is to study in Taipei with them and become an accountant in the future, get out of my mind.

(My close friend ~ She is the girl who lost weight and became a slender lady.)