Happy New Year!

Work has been really hectic these days...yes you guessed it, since it's going to be the end of this semester. I have to evaluate each student and gave them grades according to their performance. Sure their parents will see that when this school term ends.

In addition, there's a tragedy happening in the southern asia--the death toll from the tsunami, triggered by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia, has risen to more than 120,ooo people. The 3 countries ( India, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka ) are the most severely afflicted and some associations in TW are trying to help.

OK time to talk about something pleasant. I got the report for the health check, which was for free remember? :D And it said if the items are printed in red it means those organs can't function well. So hehehe none of the items on my list is in red. And we were there comparing our bones--I got +3; the teacher beside me gets +1.5 :D Most teachers are not as good as us. The doc there told us it's also important to get some exercise if you wanna have strong bones. No wonder...my rodding students every morning does work. :D

I watched some TV talking about fortune in the coming 2005. It said the top 3 signs that have the best luck in 2005 are Sagi, Libra, and Aries. The 3 best colours are red, blue, and purple. That master suggested we can either wear in them or decorate our place with some stuff in these colours. I feel lucky since I like the 3 colours! :P got plenty of clothes in red, blue and purple already. LOL~ no need to waste money buying clothes.
Anyway...I hope everything's getting better. And I wish you all the best in the new year 2005! :D

Merry Christmas!

Had lunch with my best friend.

It's Xmas Eve. Too bad we don't celebrate Christmas in Taiwan, since most Taiwanese are not Christians? Maybe... *shrugs* But people can still have some fun, you know. :P As for me, I planned it already and told my students I'd wear a very short skirt they've never seen and long boots. They just went, aiyo ni yi ding shi pian wo men de lah! -_- didn't know my image in their hearts was so evil. ( Well they even made me a Xmas card and someone wrote: to the most evil teacher I've ever known :P ) So yeah, it's the 'face' problem now! I wore my mini jean skirt and black long boots to school! :D Awww you can imagine that many people saw me and woo~ ( because teachers here don't wear this 'hot'. guess they are more open in western countries? no idea...never studied in any western school hehe )

Moreover my best friend ww and her hubby asked me to have lunch with them. So I took a few hours off and proceeded to Gong Guan and met them at a vegetarian restaurant. They were so surprised to see the presents I gave them. For ww it's a cosmetic set, and for her hubby 2 crystal balls. One is green to wish him good luck in business and the other's yellow for their fortune in lottery. :D We chatted and most of the time it's her husband who talked the most--he couldn't wait to share their romantic stories with me. Too bad I got nothing for him to return the favour. :P It ended up we ( ww and me ) got 2 sessions to teach later and got to leave around 2 pm. So at MRT before saying bye, the lovely couple invited me to visit them in Vancouver after they settle down. Of course I'll go ( they wanna fix me there LOL~ ) pay them a visit. Suddenly her hubby came give me a big hug--really xia yi tiao... :P but wsesterners must be, like what I said already, more open. Then I looked at my best friend and said, na wo men yie lai bao yi xia hao le. ( to be fair and square ) *chuckles* So ww and me hugged too. :P

At the beginning of this week I've planned what to give to some students who help me a lot in class. The pic below 'Jenny and me' was taken after I gave her the little gift. See how happy she was! For other students I got lots of candy and they could choose 2 different flavours--strawberry lollipops, soda candy, brown sugar candy, yoghurt candy, and one kind I don't know how to say in English...it's malt with a plum ( suan mei ) in each. Guess my friend would love it. :P However, it's time to relax... and I wish all of you a happy Christmas! :D

Mini skirt for Xmas :P

Jenny and me.

Wrapped Xmas gifts today

Wrapped Xmas gifts today

Ah...weird

I got 2 sms yesterday from Martin, but it's the first time...feeling weird since they are all blank in the massage box. Why bother to send someone sms like this? not even a strange code in there. @_@ Ah, can't understand guys. Anyway I just delete them. *chuckles* I am very sure he's not to spend money on a female he is interested--the only thing he's good at is 'I do earn a lot because I sold some houses recently...' LOL~ so what. :P But I think it's normal in this practical world. Why waste time and money? Martin you need some woman who is very, truly, definitely desperate. She'll pounce upon you happily without any effort from your part. :P

Eearlier this week, some doctors and nurses came to our school and gave us a free health check. some item like the condition of your liver, intestines, and bones. It's ok to go for the test for bones--got to put one foot in a medical equipment and it would tell you the number, or shall I say the measurement. I got 3, which means the density of my bones is very nice. :D You know some of my colleagues got the measurement minus like -2, -0.3 or what... They were amazed how come a vegetarian could have such bones. LOL~ no wonder I am kind of 'tough'...or 'difficult'? Now then I know I am not to be blamed, but my bones. :P Then I needed to stay in the gals' room ( of course everyone knows why ) to test the functions of my kidneys--good. :D The most scary part was to draw blood--I stared at the needle and saw it get into my vein...*sighs* some blood lost then. But it's not bad to have such an examination, for free! :D

Justy's back

Congratulations! Justy has been back to me. Looks fine now...tho my wallets doesn't feel fine after 1350 NT's gone. :P All the problems have been fixed, and I am happy not to squeeze the towel anymore after rainy days. :D

We watched Scary Movie III this afternoon. Before that I was shouting hard at 3 boy students at the doorway in front of our classroom. They were naughty enough to be absent during our nap time from 12:25 to 13:05. Last time I shouted at 3 gal students since they dared to skip their Chinese class. Being a homeroom teacher, my big responsibility is discipline students in my class. So...they don't see me get mad often, but if I do they will truly have a tough time. :P Hope they are smart enough not to get to my nerve often...otherwise their ears will have lots of chances to get trained ( to loud noises from me ). :P

Justy's away

The front door has some problems. It causes terrible leaking every time after a storm. And you can imagine how hard I had to work for that--soaking the water in the little pond in my car with a towel and then sqeezing the towel again and again. Moreover I can't open the door with the key; maybe it's rusted or whatever. The safety bumper in the back is kind of falling. -_- I know I know...I just don't know how to drill ok. Being a single woman I can only rely on those mechanics and happily get ripped off. ( I am surely not complaining now. :P ) So Justy will stay there for a few days I guess, and I'd better prepare myself for the expense...awww!

Mon blue

4 sessions to lecture was ok. 1 long and boring meeting was not. Boss asked us to work harder for our lesson plans since she would like us to win some prize. Fine tho if we could get something rewarding. I think if anyone would like others to work extra for him/her, he/she should know some motives are needed in advance. I ask students to work for me as well--nothing to do about their studies, for example, moving my stuff to another office at the beginning of a school term. They'd get candy or pearl milk tea. That's why I only *shrugs* :P I didn't promise anything. To do lesson plans for the next semester is a must. But to win some prize for our boss is another story.

They are done! After being baked in the oven. The right ones look prettier for sure. Yummy!

Mom is applying some egg yolk on them. Leave 2 alone since they are for me, a vegetarian you know. ( cannot get any kind of eggs )

Mom is making some snacks. First, wrap the mochi and zai ni paste ( a friends mom gave me that when I went visit them earlier this year ) with cheese layers.

Poll day

Voted for law makers. hehehe My family support the pan-blue party, and very happy to all the three we voted for have been on. Taiwan's situation isn't easy...and we think the party we stand for can do better to deal with international affairs. :D Anyway we had a good time today. And I also watched a movie "Shark Tale". How come the main character--that fish, not the shark, reminded me of a movie star I like so much, Will Smith. LOL~ the way it sang and danced. :P I think the main idea is no matter who you are, a somebody or a nobody, you shouldn't lie to yourself or others. Otherwise life will be big disasters because of your karma. ( I am not lecturing tho. :P ) Songs in this movie are nice. :D

Happy birthday!

So we had lots of activities today for our school. Students in year 9 ran into me and quickly asked: where's your Catwoman costume. LOL~ I showed them the white cat on my vest--see? Here it is. Of course they went -_- erm...lao shi pian ren. :P ( too bad they found it so late? hahaha )

And we had many vendors on campus--my class was responsible for this 'Funny Glass Balls'. 10 NT for each round, and some candy, lollies, and soft drinks for the prizes. I played a few rounds too. Also had to visit the vendors set by those who are taught by me. Got some iced green tea, cokes, chocolate, and a toy. A toy??? Yes a toy. Altho it doesn't sound like something that should appear in a public middle school. But who cares. Students wore them and looked great. I can wear it and take a pic of it for you too, my friends. See if it's cute enough for us at school...*chuckles* However, $ flied away. *sobs*

Many pics were taken for my students, and I finally felt relieved...all important activies have been held for this semester. From now on I just teach in class till our final, then winter vacation, Chinese New Year...our bonus! :D woo~ Another thing surprising. One net friend of mine who lives in UK wrote to me and said he's to come to Taiwan again. Last time he came to Taipei and learned Mandarin in NTNU for 3 months. No idea what he will do this time. Anyway it's his business. :P

Very tired

No not my day. Justy was blocked by a blue ven at the alley when I was to drive to school. Sure the driver was kind enough to leave his tel # at the front window--you think it worked by calling that? Hehehe you don't understand some Taiwanese well then. It ended up my calling three times and nothing could be changed. I left a voice msg hopelessly...and quickly proceeded to school. Lucky I was not late. -_-

At school I had to do a lot of planning for the activities for tomorrow. Jerry mom's gave us a hand too...she even said she's to pay for the fee for renting the 6 dan4 zhu1 tai2 for our class! *so touched...* Anyway I'll have to go to bed early tonight, will wear pretty clothes for tomorrow. :P In class we were talking about what to wear for this important day--students suggested that I could dress like: Spider Man, The Incredibles, or Rabbit Girl :\ neng kan ma??? I told them I prefer Catwoman tho. :P

Scary Movie II

Today is Wed, my students' favorite day of the week--Movie Club! We watched Scary movie II, and just like last time as we watched the I, the classroom was full of big laughters. -"- My kids like such stuff so much...am I at fault? :P I was working on the list for our school's anniversary this Fri meanwhile. My class will have to do a little business and hope we can earn some money for school. I am dead busy this week...*sighs* need to prepare all the stuff for this important day. I'll surely take pics on Fri--students will have unforgetful memories I hope. woo :P

A new desktop?

My boy student Ricky gave me some catalogues which show the models of some desktops and the prices...woo you know I can never resist such high tech products. After working for me for a few years ( since 2001 ), my old desktop can't work well enough. Once it even shut down by itself without any notice while I was typing my blog. -_- No need to ask me if I had enough time to save my bs before it's gone. Of course NOT. That's why I dare not type anything important ( erm I think my monologue is important this way? hehehe maybe :P ) on that pc since then. I kind of...was moved by the price offered there on the catalogue. But I want a LCD...so it's much more expensive than if I just get it CRT. Hmm anyway our bonus will come by the Lunar New Year. If it's a good bargain that time I'll go get one new set. :D

Thanks...settled down

Something very troublesome happened. My boy student Sean's parents seperated since the mom had affairs. Sean left with his dad and lived in another place. Sean's elder brother lives with the mom. But the bro is to leave for military service soon. So he asked Sean to come back home and 'take care of' the mom. Last weekend Sean left his dad for his bro without a notice--of course the dad felt hurt. He called me and hoped to talk with his son at school. Since I am Sean's homeroom teacher, I have to get involved for his advantages. Thanks God our talk went smoothly, and I told the dad it's better to forgive the other party even if he's not at fault. He agreed too. Better for Sean to go back because it's more convenient for him to go to school. However, the dad would like his son to call him and keep in touch as often as possible. I am happy to see everything turns better for them.

8 gua time

Sis came back home and we ( mom, sis and me ) relaxed in the living room talking, having tea and some fruit. I read some news which said 1 gal came online chatting with a guy. Feeling intrigued, they agreed to meet each other in person after going offline. So the gal went with a female friend of hers. The guy also went with a male friend of his. The 4 met at a KTV and had fun there--the gal had a cup of gao1 liang2, which is one kind of alcohol here and well-known for its very strong effect. Therefore, it ended up the gal's found lying on the side of a road, half naked ( the clothes for the lower part of her body was gone ). She bursted into tears in the police station after her mom and bro came fetch her. The female friend's not been found yet. :O
Then my sis said her hubby's friend lives in our neighborhood; he told my sis he can see me drive to work at least twice a week. :O Lucky he said 'wow your sister looks so pretty.' LOL~ *flattered* No, you don't suggest anything now...that guy's taken ok. :P

Warm sms...Not

Got that guy's sms again! :O Friend said that guy follows my motto: Never give up! But...but I don't really want guys to learn from me this way. :P However here's the translation of his sms: Typhoon in Dec, it's hard to find in the history! It's pretty weird...the temperature tomorrow will drop 5 degrees all of a sudden. Please put on more clothes and don't catch a cold. Pay attention to traffic when you go out. Then you're a good girl...Martin. *blinking* mushy or not?
Lucky enough the rain stopped in the evening when I would like to go have my favorite hot pot. :D~ NO GREEN STUFF today. LOL~ Then my friend told me about an interesting website--send one shot and then they will give you the analysis...Well I got low intelligence, you know...*falls laughing* So yeah...must tell my students and they will all have confidence! hahahahaha~

Typhoon

Yes...in Dec. And CWB said it's the first time for the past hundred years. We never had a typhoon like this; so it's windy and rainy in Taipei all day. The typhoon will hit Taiwan this weekend--too bad it wouldn't wanna come next Mon tho, otherwise we could have one day off. I still went out to get some fruit and food and chase the garbage truck, ended up washing my feet couple of times after entering the house. :P zhen ma fan.

I watched the movie Scary Movie III in the evening. It's funny and I was LOL while I saw the scenes copied from Matrix III. :P Remember the room with lots of screens? woo~ and it's like another movie Sliver--the old guy in the chair spy cammed Cindy in the bathroom...LOL~ naughty right. :P But quite the same style as the other 2 Scary Movie you know. So yeah...can't expect more ( than a lot of bsing ) there. Happy weekend. ^^

Sick for a while

Yeah it's the food again. Since mid-term these 2 days, students only need to stay at school till 12 a.m. then no school in the afternoon. Homeroom teachers of year 8 decided to have a gathering--drove to Wu Lai and had lunch at a well-known restaurant, where some celebrities visited before. The boss told me it's not easy to make veggie dishes for them, but they still tried to fix me some vegetables and soup. After chatting and eating lunch happily, colleagues wanna go to another place in the mountains to take a talk and breathe fresh air. I didn't wanna go since I felt tired...so I took a bus with a math teacher ( she catches a cold and couldn't go have fun ) and I came home early. No energy to do anything else...I hit my bed and took a rest, didn't fall asleep. Then I went out to get dinner and some snacks...you know what, walking on the street I felt myself walking like someone dead. My facial expression looked so 'dumb', or 'numb' as well. Lucky I felt better after taking a shower and having my hair shampoo--some karma washed off? :P I could come online and type my blog finally. *sighs* I always have such problems eating with friends in a not vegetarian restaurant. Hao ma fan oh! -_-"

Countdown

30 days to go. :P wow it's the last month of 2004 already. I feel very good, you know...altho I got up very early for the homeroom teacher meeting at 7:50 a.m. at school. That's why I got 2 cups of coffee to keep myself alive. :P Well I know I can still stay alive without coffee tho. Maybe one day I just cut it down...or cut it off at all to show how strong-minded I am. *chuckles* ok I am crazy to say so I think. Nice songs I am listening to--they are Japanese. The Gospellers-You Are My Girl. Chemistry-Mirage In Blue. woo~ altho I don't understand what their lyrics mean, the melody is smooth...beautiful. My gal student Jenny lent me Scary Movie III VCDs today. :D I shouted her a pearl milk tea this afternoon ( kind of wanna return the favour. don't wanna take advantage of students tho they are happy to give me stuff I want. :P ) LOL~ no they don't give me money ok. There will be our mid-term tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I'll have to grade lots of tests as usual. -_- wo tao yan gei xue sheng de kao juan, but no choice...for a living right. Moreover, it's dead hard to find a parking space near my place this afternoon. I had to park at a corner and waited--for a lady driving her white March away. And you know there were other cars waiting nearby also...so I guess I have nothing to complain for today. I typed my blog with appreciation, with pleasant songs playing on...I hope I can sleep early as well even if I had 2 cups of coffee and some pearl milk tea... :P