Not true

I kind of 'yelled at' my students this early
morning in class. They wouldn't like to take the
responsibility for preparing something important;
furthermore they didn't behave and upset their
Chinese teacher yesterday. That made me mad and
sure they must get punishment for that. Weird I
watched the news and it said my horoscope is very
lucky today, both in 'love' and 'business'. Hmm
thus, here's the motto: seeing is NOT ALWAYS
believing.

Stressful?

上一篇blog才說做了一個怪夢,心想並不覺得像朋友說的可能有壓
力,結果昨晚在夢中我用美工刀刺進自己左手的食指尖約0.5公分,
看著鮮血冒出來大約有一兩CC吧!畫面很慢,很清晰...
Well, I am really under lots of pressure? Somehow I just can't believe it, since people around think ( and so do I ) I am a optimistist always. I don't have a serious relationship at this moment--no guy brings me any trouble now. Hmm it's work then? Been busy working since this school term started--my grade 9 students will have CBT ( 基本學測 ) next year. Certainly I keep them companly and do my best to instruct them, but I haven't felt stressed before. *chuckles* no good to think too much, anyway.

What a dream

Had a weird dream...I didn't know who that guy was. He's there while I was doing shopping in somewhere like a big supermarket. He approached and I didn't feel comfortable; thus, I was trying to avoid seeing him. But he wouldn't give up coming near. Even after I left that supermarket, I was walking down some dark alley, feeling both upset and scared. Why he couldn't just leave me alone? What did he want? Moreover I saw my ex walking in front of me on the same street a while later, as I still tried to get rid of that stalking guy. I could hear him talking. Certainly he was not someone I would like to see ( even it's in my dream :P ) so I walked a bit faster to pass over. Unfortunately it ended up he was following me. I felt...darn how come they acted like that. Woke up confused. I didn't think of my exs at all once we broke up. He shouldn't have come into my dream. :P

Moon Festival

Ah...lousy we gotta work today. I remember we wouldn't go to school or work on Mon if the national holiday was on Sun. Since when it's changed? *sighs* No idea if my foreign friends have the same situation. They don't work on the weekend either, and apparently they have more holidays than us--Easter, Christmas, and so on. I don't think we have a longer one except the Lunar New Year ( around 1 week that's it. ) Heh I complained enough I guess.

Talking about this Moon Festival, we had a guest from UK. He likes TW so much that he's to get PR, wouldn't go back to his country in the future. No need to say his ideal wife will be a Taiwanese--of course not my business. I never think I should do anything for my male friends when it comes to dating or marriage--guys are smart. They know what they want precisely. *chuckles* Girls never have to worry about guys because they can take care of themselves very well, even better than us gals!

Thus I didn't plan to meet this British friend R after he informed me he's already here in Taipei. But he told me in another email he brought my family some little gifts from UK. O...K...we wouldn't owe others favor. That's why he's invited to our place and had a big dinner, moon cakes, and I did have a good time listening to a beautiful English accent. The best is he's pretty interested in teaching English--guess I can ask any questions about vocabulary and grammar of him from now on. ( As a matter of fact I don't have many questions to ask.hehehe :P )

Hot and heaty!

這星期好炎熱,隔壁班有個女生拿美工刀,
劃傷同班一位白目男生的手臂,
我在辦公室裡目睹她以抓狂的語氣,
和她的導師吵架,
說為什麼她不能割騷擾她的人,
假如像她説的,
我也要準備一支美工刀放包包囉!
開玩笑滴!
喝一點涼的降火氣啦...

Can practice English more

One colleague took leave and I gotta take over her duty for a week. I went lecture in that class for 3 classes so far...and their homeroom teacher told me, 'my class wish you could go on teaching them...they said you're easy going and teach well.' :D So happy to hear that.

It's still hot these days, and my friend from UK moved to Taipei lately. I pretty much enjoy listening to his british English, not as 'heavy' as those on TV or movies, but a pleasant light accent. I guess I will have chances to speak English IRL from now on. hehe :P

A hot and sleepy day

Been sleepy all day...even a boy student asked me in
class 'teacher are you in a bad mood?' Hah I guess I look
real serious when there's no smile on my face. ( But I
can't keep smiling all the time, you know...that's silly.
)
Some events for today. A boy in the class next to mine
got hurt. He's that kind of person who's being pampered
by his parents too much to know in fact he is annoying to
others. He didn't behave in class and finally a gal,
who's his classmate and sat near him, couldn't stand his
noise and bothering anymore, went cut his arm with a
knife. So the boy ran to the teacher's office and asked
for help. He's soon sent to the school clinic. The gal
felt very angry while she's being asked by her teacher:
'how come you cut your classmate like this?' She roared,
'why can't I? he keeps bothering me!!' Shouting and
crying in our office you can imagine the chaos that time.

As for my class, I ordered chocolate shattered ice (巧克
力冰沙) for students, planned to let them enjoy it after
their PE class this afternoon. Woo how nice you can have
something cold after outdoor activities under a burning
sun. It's almost the time to go get the ice...the boss
rang me and informed me their machine was broken. No
shattered ice but juice. -_- I had no choice but change
it to passion fruit juice--told the boss to add more ice
cubes for us. Lucky students didn't complained ( maybe
they dare not? ) to me.

Guess I should leave early tonight. My eyes are so tired.

Graduation trip

趕在卡努颱風來襲之前帶學生去畢旅,真是好運啊!
這三天中部的天氣很好,我們大家都玩的很盡興.
可惜沒在回台北的途中唱卡拉OK,因為大家都累癱,
全班睡成一團好可愛呢!

This week we didn't concentrate on studies for sure--who
would when it's time for the graduation trip. Think about
it! 3 days 2 nights with dear classmates in the middle of
Taiwan, visiting some famous scenic spots during the day,
playing games or cards in the hotel room with mates.
Ain't it terrific for a 15-yr-old boy/gal. Me? oh well I
am NOT a student but I pretty much enjoy travelling no
matter when I go with a tour or alone. ( plan to visit
Korea next break...not confirmed though hehe )

Our tour guide was Panda ( his nick of course, I know
about his real name but he said 'you can call me Panda'
well I didn't mind indeed ) and he's there to help me
take care of my students for 3 days. Tall and tan, this
tall young guy majors in cooking, and he always talks in
a gentle tone. Not like me, the 'fierce' homeroom teacher
would yell at them once in a while. *grins evilly* So we
got on the bus and headed off to Janfusun Fancyworld in
Yunlin county. They have many facilities you can see in
most playgrounds, so I don't bother to intro them one by
one ( you can always check online.) Some differences I
could tell...they didn't have the Coffee and Tea museums
last time as I paid a visit. So I entered both to see the
exhibition--friends you know I am into tea and coffee;
they even shouted us teachers coffee in the evening. I
had a orange-fragrant hot coffee. To my surprise, later
on when we were in the Janfusun Prince Hotel I could
still fall asleep well at night. Maybe walked a lot in
the afternoon, watched a show ( a circus from Russia )in
the evening and eventually felt tired enough.

The next morning we proceeded to the well-known place Sun
Moon Lake and most students went pray for good luck--they
will take CBT next May to enter their ideal senior high
schools. I prayed with them...truly hope their dreams can
come true. ( Weird...come to think of it I didn't even
get a thought to pray for myself at the moment! ) Then we
left for another famous playground--Formosan Aboriginal
Culture Village, located in Nantou county. Needless to
say they got good sights and attractions; moreover they
have a great stuff--cable cars. I remember the last time
I took a cable car was when I was in Syd. And this time
it's the same fun--enjoyed the view from high above with
my 3 colleagues. I had my second coffee again ( and once
again fell asleep nicely at midnight. hah )

We had a party after dinner; some students went perform
on the stage ( every class had to 'push' a few
representatives there as a matter of fact. ) When it's
going to end all students stood up and started to dance.
Panda took my hand and pulled me up to the stage--ended
up I gotta take more exercise even when I thought I did
get enough from earlier the day. ( Why teachers can keep
fit easily can you see now ) Oh there's an event which I
didn't expect after I took a bath though. Got a boy
student's call and reported to me one boy from the next
room climbed over the fence to their balcony and
something's wrong with their window. My students were
told by me they gotta pay for what's broken in the hotel
room. It's late but I gotta call the other homeroom
teacher and Panda to take a look. Well that naughty boy
who climbed over and caused the trouble didn't admit at
first. Sure most ppl would defend themselves no matter
what. Being tired I just said without looking at the
'suspect', 'ok then big hotels like this one always have
cams installed to maintain their safety let's just get
the tape and the evidence will talk.' In a few secs time
he said 'yah it's me.'

The boy who called was praised by me later on in class
since it's correct to ask for help right away. Otherwise
they might have got into big trouble. Anyway, the third
day our destination was for more knowledge--National
Museum of Natural Science in Taichung. My 'detour' to get
quite a few boxes of Sun cakes, 'wife' cakes and
'husband' cakes made this trip a perfect ending. :P

Why we like slow songs more

Saw something funny this early morning as I went out to get
traditional Chinese breakfast ( shao bing and such you know
.) A guy wearing shorts rode a bike ( not funny I know )
and I found something's wrong with him but why. After I
took a careful look I found he wore a pair of socks ( not
funny again I know ); one's white and the other's light
orange. Ah...guys don't mind their looks like we women I
guess. :D
Don't ask me how come he wore like this I didn't get the
nerve to run after him and ask! :P
My sis didn't feel well today...she asked me to d/l some
nice slow songs for her mp3 player. Of course I'm glad to
help. And I told her why we enjoy slow songs better now,
since the 'tempo' of our life in TW is very fast. We seldom
feel bored or got nothing to kill time at night--very noisy
on the street even it's midnight at many places in Taipei.
That's why I had to turn my friend in the states down while
he's offering his metal ones via DCC. *chuckles* different
life styles count.

Here comes the policeman!

當然我沒怎樣,
不過下午樓下突然好大聲,
連我家都可以感到微震,
是女人的哭喊尖叫,
加上一些碰撞吧!
我家鈴聲大作...
哎,嚇死人我正在午休呢!
(當老師養成的習慣)
原來是一位警察.
我告訴他不是我家,
好巧不巧樓下又傳來尖叫,
警察倒個歉就下去了,
晚一點住附近的一位太太看到我,
說樓下那一家的二女兒,
有情緒不穩定的現象,
發作不是第一次了,
這回好像是為了和姊姊爭電腦,
然後姊姊氣沖沖地出門,
(哀...)
我家真幸運,
有我幫大家買好電腦,
一人一台免煩惱!
寬頻無須去網咖,
夏日炎炎在家玩多開心啊!

Heh...Friday

Listening to an interesting song:

鐵竹堂-能不能

作詞：王威登　作曲：林邁可　女聲:溫嵐 Landy

第一次當我見到妳 妳說妳緊張的忘了呼吸 記憶裡 我只想玩玩而已
在一起 沒想過這問題 妳說妳從來沒有忘記 我們第一個夜裡 我一邊說我愛妳
一邊喘著氣SORRY 我愛妳 是指妳的身體 我不知道 妳的需要
妳對我的要求我從來沒做到 啊～ 妳怎麼受的了 啊～～但我總是見到妳微笑
痛苦總是往肚子裡吞掉 只希望有一天我能明瞭 妳的好
我假裝對妳不在意 假裝失去我的記憶 為了隱藏以前痛苦回憶 我選擇放棄
放心去愛人的權利因為我不相信自己 不相信妳 不相信一句話叫做真心真意
我選擇絕情絕意 妳把我當作情人 我卻把妳當作敵人
我的人生 就是充滿猜疑忌恨 不要浪費精神在我身上尋找永恆
執迷不悔只會再妳我身上造成一道道永遠的傷痕

Landy:能不能就對著我說愛我 能不能就陪著我天長地久
不要對我若即若離讓我傷心淚流
能不能就對著我說愛我 能不能就陪著我一直到最後
從今以後剩下的路要你陪我走

Joson:妳一定覺得我壞 誰都不愛 隨妳去猜 我是在 什麼心態
面對妳給我的愛 妳對我好我就對妳越壞
但我心裡一直有聲音跟我告白 它說不能沒有妳的存在
好怪 想愛 卻又說不出來 為何心軟 為何心軟 為何妳從不會對我心煩
已經有了答案 我卻不敢去看 面對妳不再反感 我發現我冰冷的心
感受到妳的溫暖 該怎麼辦 我現在愛妳會不會太晚 妳是我唯一
我想跟妳在一起...
不想和妳分離 OH～就算外面的女孩子她們叫我BABY-BY
在我心底只有一個老婆叫做VICKY-CKY
不知道該怎麼說 但我知道怎麼做 我不會一錯再錯 忘了以前痛苦的過程
我們要的只是結果 妳問我會一起多久 我不知道 大概一輩子夠不夠
牽著妳的手往前走 我只聽到妳說

Landy: 能不能就對著我說愛我 能不能就陪著我天長地久
不要對我若即若離 讓我傷心淚流
能不能就對著我說愛我 能不能就陪著我一直到最後
從今以後剩下的路要你陪我走

Landy:能不能就對著我說愛我 能不能就陪著我天長地久

Jason:能不能 能不能 能不能夠 對著我說愛我

Landy:相信我 能不能就對著我說愛我 能不能就陪著我一直到最後

Jason:就一直到最後...

Not bad the guy finally found she's the one who's been
around. I am not anyhow in a serious relationship at this
moment in my life. Guess I'm too busy...work's becoming
hectic, and will need to lecture more in the near future.
*sighs with a smile* Well yeah I know it's tiring but it
also means more pay. That's why I went to the department of
studies complaining to our grade coordinator about my lousy
schedule for this new semester; later on the assistant
comforted me like 'oh but we let you have more classes...'
I then made the gesture of 'close the mouth' by crossing
both my index fingers in front. My boss, the director of
studies, laughed and said 'how come you're that easy to be
pacified!' I just don't wanna argue over something that
cannot be changed much...whether it's about work, or other
stuff. It's useless to lament for what I can never work
out--no point to waste my time then.
Talking about typhoons, Talim's gone, and a new strong one
Nabi is approaching. Hmm a window fell off and got broken
because of the last one. No idea what damage the new one
will cause here. *prays* Hope everything's fine...and my ex
classmate WS can move to her new place this Sun. I don't
wanna keep ringing her and asking her what's going on. She
would need some space I guess. After I blogged about the
event that she came to me with her bf and she asked me to
lend her money, a friend bothered to reply me with his
point of view and then advised me not to regret for the
money gone. *feels grateful* Indeed I work hard for money,
always wanna save up more and live a comfortable life (
doesn't mean it's necessary to buy lots of brand name
products ) and I convince myself I will be happy and rich
even if I might be single for the rest of my life. That
friend doesn't need to worry about me, since I always think
bright in bad situations. *chuckles* However...thanks for
your care, my friend from this cyber world. :)
I watched Tsabasa Chronicle ep.1 and got :O as I found
the main characters are just the same in an old anime I watched
a few years ago. The OP song's great! :D

Typhoon day, blogging day

Aug 28
It's Sunday...school starts next week...and I didn't do
anything important today. My schedule would keep unknown
until I go for meetings tomorrow, and somehow I don't mind
how many classes I will have the coming semester. If I have
more classes I will earn more money. If less classes it'll
be relaxing and I can read more stuff, chat more... :P No
matter what I hope time flies, and my adventure will go on.

Aug 29
Sighs what a schedule for me. most of my sessions are
arranged in the afternoon. Guess I'll have to do everything
to catch students attention...or maybe wear better. *winks*
Had long meetings today, learned our new principal is both
smart and kind-hearted while she's talking to us. I'm so
glad those mean, kinky, and stupid male bosses left this
school one by one. *big smile* From now on I can work
better and more happily without worrying about those mid-
aged ( or shall I say old ) guys' intention to take
advantage of me. My good friend, the math teacher Xu, is a
homeroom teacher in grade 7; another good friend who is a
math teacher too Chen, is a subject teacher and she's going
to be a mom in Dec. :D Both Xu and me told her we will go
food shopping during our break time and just order whatever
she would like to eat--we'll run for her! :P

Aug 31
Well...it's good or bad. This afternoon I didn't work at
school. Slacking off? Of course...NOT. We got the notice
during the 4th class this morning that there would be no
class since the strong typhoon Talim's approaching Taiwan.
As soon as it's announced all students shouted with glee! I
must admit I am not a glutton for work; thus, I let all
students pack their stuff ( including their lunch boxes--
they had to go home before they ate lunch then ) and
dismisses the class. I drove home, found a good parking
space ( lucky! ) and saw my mom sitting on the couch in the
living room eating lunch. She didn't expect to see me at
noon but I didn't mind--bought my lunch box already.
These 2 days I didn't see Sam at school much. To be exact
he's not been in class lately, but wandering on campus all
day, and finally got caught by my colleagues who are
responsible for those kids that cannot behave. His dad
talked to me on the phone and even paid me a visit at
school. But the problem isn't solved. Sam's mother left
when he's still a baby--she's too young to be a wife and
mom. It was his auntie ( younger sis of his dad's ) who
brought him up. Some kids in this situation would work
harder to make up what they already lost and have great
accomplishments. But others might go astray even when ppl
around him, family, relatives, friends, classmates...care
for him. I don't know. I only know they need love...a lot
of love, to fill in the hole of their hearts, where
emptiness has been existing ages ago.

Sep 1
Typhoon's gone; so is my money. @_@ How come you must be
asking? Maybe...this woman still went out shopping on a
typhoon day? or went KTV with friends since there's no work
today? no no no no no! Let me tell ya what happened...
This early morning ( by 'early' I mean before 8 a.m. ) my
telphone rang. Okay...I got up and answered it. My ex
classmate WS, the one I mentioned on my blog before, told
me she was to rent an unit but didn't have enough money.
She needed to pay for 7500 NT a month for the unit, and
furthermore 15000 NT for the cash pledge. As a matter of
fact I have debts to pay off, but WS sounded very sorrow--I
really have no idea what her bf, the taxi driver, is for!

If I have difficulties ( I did have some ) I would ask my
family members first, or my bf ( if I have one ) to give me
a hand. If a bf cannot help when I get into trouble, I am
sure he's useless when we are in some troublesome situation
later on in our marriage. Very well...I don't know about
WS's bf enough, and I already dislike him enough.
I talked about this event with my best friend in Vancouver ww,
and both of us felt it icky. I never enjoy being in danger ( who does? )
but I walked in strong wind and rain for I promised to transfer
15000 NT to her account via ATM. Wonder if I can get my money back...
call me too kind-hearted, call me 'baka'... -_-