Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 

Merry Christmas!

hehe it was taken at my school with my colleagues. The American teacher asked students English questions, and I would give the students gifts. We all had a wonderful time.

An interesting statue... 

In the cinema.  

Went to a movie today. 

A notice for the coming Monday

I pretty much like the weather in autumn—cool and pleasant. Hehe it means I need more sleep…or I do sleep more these days…whatever. And some colleagues asked me ( more likely they were complaining to me ) how come they had to take over my duty the coming Monday. Erm...as a matter of fact I didn’t know I was to leave school for a meeting in another school in Taipei with our school master until I went back to my office and found the paper on my desk. The notice said the meeting is held for all the principals and the heads of English teachers in elementary schools and junior high schools, and of course the purpose is to discuss how to improve students’ English abilities. Hmm the school master will drive me there so I don’t need to worry about the parking. Anyway I’ve decided to dress myself as beautifully as I can—maybe can meet some nice single males at the meeting. Who knows? *coughs* Ok ok I will pay attention to what the professor says too—to improve our students’ English. *grins*

First buffet with ETs

Been busy since my boss from Teaching Department asked me to be the head of all English teachers at my school. *chuckles* Well I don’t really mind working hard, but hope my colleagues can cooperate. Sure nothing is perfect in this world—some people just don’t wanna be good. What makes it worse is they wouldn’t even ask me in order to figure out. That’s why I understand human nature better…hehe the higher your position becomes, the greater hatred your opponents obtain. However, I still work for all of them, and today, I had a welcome party at a vegetarian restaurant. Our school master and my boss were present. There are 3 new ETs in my school, including P, who I mentioned before on my blog. She looked cheerful and happily greeted me while in the restaurant…good girl. I wouldn’t like to see her get hurt again by contact her ex or anyone from her ex’s family. They were never meant to be…from the very beginning. How come worry about a relationship that doesn’t work out? Find another guy!

Talking about relationships, another friend of mine has a big problem recently. Erm…maybe not a ‘big’ one, I don’t know. Maybe you can leave me a message and tell me if it is a serious one. The girl M has been seeing a guy for several months—he was attracted to her and started the courtship. He is not rich, but is good to M in many ways, in the beginning. Of course you have to spend some money while dating a girl. Gradually he mentioned he doesn’t make a lot of money, and suggested M they should split the bill when they went out. Even worse, he said he would give M a hand since there’s something wrong with her pc. You might say, hey ain’t it great. But he told M to shout him at least 10 meals when they are together. =_= Hmm… after I heard this, I truly had no idea what went wrong nowadays. Men are all like this now? I thought they are willing to treat girls while dating. Don’t they wanna make a good impression? Or they stop being generous after they know their girls have fallen deeply enough?

Thus, I guess I am not in a hurry to settle down with a man at all. M’s been nice to her man—she did spend ( I don’t know how much already ) money on him. That guy never introduced her to his friends, so their relationship is still “safe”—no need to tell others or explain about anything if they break up. Being a friend, I think I can only act like just what I did for P. Ahh…I don’t mind shouting P or M when they need friendship! *smiles*

Wish P good luck

Today is the second day of this new semester…school started yesterday. We had some new English teachers here—as a matter of fact they are substitute teachers, who are like casuals in other companies. And one on practical training, whose nick is P. She will have to follow an experienced formal teacher ( not me, but another colleague of mine) and learn how to teach students and make them behave. Since we worked together for the English summer camp during this summer break, she’s taken me as an older sister ( or another mom maybe…urm I think too much hahaha. )

P left me a message on my desk this morning, telling me she gotta talk with me. Later on she came and said she had a big problem and was afraid she would cry while talking about it. I didn’t think it was a good idea to talk in my office then—many teachers were around. So we left for another quiet place at school, and I listened to her story. Pretty soon she cried like a baby…I didn’t exaggerate…*sighs* She did feel very bad because the guy she’s seen for around 1 year told her a few days ago he would break up with her after he got fired. He’s been working in a café as a waiter since he graduated from a univ. Well…must say it is not a new story. Many couples break up in this world every day. Therefore, it is still heartbreaking because it is her first love.

What could I do? Just be a good listener, and advised her not to meet that guy again. She previously wanna do so—to get her book back and tell the guy how sad and uncomfortable she feels. I said NO. Don’t need to tear the heart once again this way. A book doesn’t cost much. Don’t send sms. Don’t call him! The only thing P needs to do is forget about the guy who doesn’t want her any longer and move on as fast as she can. Yes…and find a guy who is into her first, wanna build a relationship up, and chase her. It is fated to break up once the guy feels the girl loves him too much, never a challenge for him. I enjoy being chased by guys…and really it is stupid to “choke” the man I want with too much loving care right? *grins*

P has to realize this—her b/f, soon her ex I must say… has been giving her hints that he doesn’t really love her during the “courtship”. Easy to tell, but she loves him too much to see it through. So sorry for her. We females gotta remember: Never chase guys. Fall in love with those who love us more and we are really crazy about. P is a nice girl…and she is lucky to have such a good “big sister” like me—I don't wanna be another mom of hers... Do hope she can be fine asap after crying for that guy. Think bright, move on, and finally get a wonderful Mr. Right!

Where the king worked

A better shot of the old palace. The local tour guide told us the hill behind has the best 'fengshui' ! Hope you guys who see this pic can have good luck as well.

In the old palace

Resting by the lake. It is in the old palace, and you can tell some building is under construction.

Tasty stuff

OK...my favorite topic. It is traditional Korean food--fried rice on the left and some BBQ ( vegetables and niangao though since I am a vegetarian...) They always have spicy paocai on the table, but I didn't get any.

Korean House Villiage

Many traditional Korean houses. They look like ancient Chinese ones don't they.

Do you know them

They said the characters are famous. And the local tour guide told us many Japanese obasans stood on the stone to be near the man...posing like they were to kiss the guy in that big poster...Ahh no I would not. ( I don't think korean guys are better...)

Let's kick

Where I was? The place where the world cup took place in 2002. Soccer of course. The area I stood is expensive--500 USD for each seat...

We need freedom

Took a trip to Korea, and I was on the Bridge of Freedom, where you can see bunches of flags behind me. It is near the northern Korea...hehehe.

香港滿記甜品

Before I flew back to Taipei, I stayed in HK for one night. Of course for the food and snack there! See the sweet soup in this picture...ain't it beautiful. Real great to have one in such a summer day!

At Lechang

I was in my dad's hometown, right in front of the train station. My dad's flat and store are in the neighborhood. A small town it is...but luckily the hotel I stayed got internet service!

Shopping in Shaoguan

Shaoguan is a big city in Guangdong, where you can see many stores and I do think it is just like Taipei.The only difference is prices there are surely lower--a cup of pearl milk tea only costs 1 RMB, you know.

In front of the old stage

Overseas Chinese Town:

Located in the western part of the special economic zone, Overseas Chinese Town embraces the theme parks of Splendid China, the China Folk Culture Villages, Window of the World and Happy Valley. The parks feature a wide variety of replicas of natural scenery and historical architecture, reflecting the essence of traditional Chinese and international culture. The area serves as a model for the city in urban planning, construction and horticulture.

Yummy

At a restaurant in Shenjun. Sure it is in China, near HK you know. Dishes there are nice and cheap. The dish in this pic is vegetarian.

Met my good old friend

Went meet a friend from the states yesterday. She is my
old friend...we knew each other back to our high school
days. She married an American man, who's tall and
strong, looks like he can protect her well. *smiles* I
am happy for her. So my friend came back to visit her
family here and would stay for 2 months. One more
important mission for her is she has to go to Taichung
to learn 'qi gong' and get some therapy because she
would like to bear children. Hmm her body's not strong
enough yet...anyway, wish her good luck!

I took her to a vegetarian restaurant, hehe of course my
treat. And she was real surprised to see the buffet
there--never seen one in the states before. *chuckles*
Americans enjoy having big steaks ain't them. That's why
I always say NO when friends suggest me to find a
western guy. Veggie food in Taiwan is not only popular
but delicious. Not expensive as well. To be concluded, I
would get a Taiwanese b/f here. *girns*

Soup and dishes. 

The veggie buffet. 

Cherry is back! 

Paid 5200NT for Justy

看完三集超心裡能力者，覺得這漫畫主題沒什麼新意，一些有超
能力者專辦警察解決不了的超自然案件。不過呢，畫風走美少年
路線...等一下，我喜歡的是成熟男人，所以我不要說"很好看"
，說"還不錯"好了，啊，頹廢的日子好愉快啊...

今天送愛車Justy去保養了，驗車的季節來臨，花錢是免不了滴
，有時想乾脆不要開算了，但是，颳風下大雨時，又覺得有輛小
車車代步真幸福。不過啊，我這樣還比不過我妹，她不學開車的
，每次有人問她時她就說：我好命啊，總是有人載我！想想也是
，搭Taxi就不必定期加油修理什麼的，更不需煩惱停車問題，嗯
...哈哈，我大概還是會自己開車啦！

Thanks coach!

真的成功了，雖然換氣換的相當辛苦，手腳仍然不太配合，姿勢
時好時壞...但是，終於可以從這一端游到那一端了！教練啊您
一定感到十分欣慰吧！呵呵，的確是個受教的好學生...

因為放暑假了，我目前都沒課，不過在暑期輔導前，好像也閒不
下來，每次都是在放假期間，朋友就會找上門來，吃啊喝啊聊八
卦，英文這叫 catch up，把一段日子裡各自發生的故事說一說
，哈哈，他們啊，最關心還不是本小姐的感情生活嘛！我每次也
都一樣：不急，不急啦！

2 happy events

今天有值得高興的兩件事！
1.去光華商場把外接盒修好了。其實呢，是幾天前買了一個新的
硬碟，然後花了470元買個ZYNET的外接盒，當然本小姐不會組裝
，只好麻煩店裡的小弟，我是說工程師啦，幫我組合好，開開心
心地帶回家備份資料啦！只是有個小問題，怎麼常常讀不到？原
來裡面有個地方，拍謝我忘了那叫什麼，居然斷掉了！唉才新買
的，幸好另一位工程師修好了，他說換了個新的頭給我，回來試
試終於可正常讀取囉。也多謝又陪我去還請我吃MOS的朋友！

2.下午沒課，和全世界最好的游泳教練去練習蛙式，基本上我是
從小對水就有恐懼感的人啊！開始學游泳是我高中時，我們的女
中規定，沒游過學校裡的泳池25公尺不及格，畢業前一定要游過
，口烏...而且要游自由式，就可以想像本小姐的痛苦了。我那
偉大的教練連哄帶騙，拉著就快要在池中哭出來的我一趟又一趟
的練習，終於，雖然達不到教練說的：中途不要停！一路游到那
一端！至少也三分之二了，呵呵...在英明睿智的教練領導下，
今年夏天我一定會成功滴！

Want someone gorgeous

Hotter and hotter these days...gotta turn AC on in the
early morning otherwise I can't even start working. Ahh
I don't complain anymore since I can enjoy cool air in
the office. Going to move to another office--this time I
will stay on the 3rd floor for 1 year. Well...maybe
easier to keep fit, you know. When my office is on the
fifth floor, I just take the lift. *sighs* No wonder
it's harder to keep fit.

As for my work, I am going to hold an English camp for
my school. The most interesting is we are to ask some
American teacher to take over--let students enjoy the
'western look'. I told the clerk who is responsible for
this case, 'please find us a gorgeous guy!' *winks*
Looking forward to meeting our American teacher...

What a busy day!

Three events for today...quite a busy Monday I must say.

1. Some teacher ( Mr. Lee ) put a sticky board under my
desk in the office, and I was real stunned to find a
mouse on it this morning! Luckily my colleague, another
teacher ( Mr. Huang ) was in the office too. I didn't
scream but ran away ( ok in fact I didn't run but
walked. ) He was nice to help...move the dying little
creature away.

2. Went for a meeting this afternoon with my little boss
( Big boss was too busy to go. ) They would like us to
have an English camp. On the way to our school, I
suddenly saw a friend of mine taking the escalator at
one MRT station. Hah I left my little boss alone, took
off, and called the friend loudly while I was taking the
same escalator. So fun to see the facial expression of
my friend's! We talked happily for a while and waved
goodbye at Taipei Main Station.

3. IRCed with a friend from an American server. He just
broke up with his g/f and felt bad. Of course I
comforted him for a while and encourage him to move on.
He joked how come I didn't want to accept him and move
to the states. *chuckles* I really don't think it's a
good idea to find my true love in this cyber world.
Guess the best way is to find it IRL. *winks* My
American friend agreed with me, but he still asked me
not to rule him out. I wouldn't, since he has beautiful
blue eyes.

鹿港辜家舊宅

This big house is owned by a very rich and famous family
in Taiwan. I was in the garden. In back of me was a
small pond--I think it's about 'feng shui' ( wind and
water ) and then they can get more and more fortune.

In Lugang

Took a trip with colleagues to Zhanghua for 3 days. No
classes now, so I got some free time to have fun. The
city we visited is Lugang, which is well-known for
temples. The photo was taken at one, where people came
to pray for wealth. There are big ancient Chinese coins
on the little 'hill'. And the statue beside my feet is
kids pull a cart. The cargo? Of course money. hehe I
know we all wanna be rich!

Wider, my eyes!

Real tired...yeah my students in the 9th grade graduated already. No classes for me to teach now. How come I am this tired? Hehe of course I still have other work to do, like the lesson plans for next semester, and persuade my boss to let new students use another English magazine--to help them improve their listening comprehension.

In addition to my work at school, I went swimming this afternoon after a very boring meeting. Heh I cannot swim well, but it doesn't matter. I still had lots of fun playing in the water. The best part was, you know, when I finished shower and shampoo, sat comfortably in a chair outside the bathroom, and used a hair drier to dry my wet hair, some nice person reminded me that the hair drier was there to dry people feet... @_@ good. How come I didn't see the notice there!

Famous people!

I took a trip to Zhanghua and played in the sea happily. Happened to meet another English teacher, the well-known Tony Chen, and a TV star Tang Lin. See how cheerful we were!

Not I wanna stay up

難得啊...現在是3點，清晨三點喔！我居然沒在睡覺，還一邊聊天一邊BLOG，真閒不是嗎？呵呵沒關係！明天不用上班，本小姐不怕啦！假如是平時那就完了，睡不好只有帶著熊貓眼去上課，眼影還得畫成煙燻妝...LOL~

其實真正的原因是肚子餓了，當然這種時候沒人理我，最好也不要有人理我啦，免得被嚇到，被招待吃了豐盛的大餐，然後早上醒來嘴巴裡全都是泥土這種...只好放棄出門吃東西的念頭，乖乖去找冰箱的蘇打餅。雨下的又多又大，明天我還要送修手機，唉...看來又只好照我媽說的原則，雨天要穿裙子出門比較方便。

肚子塞了餅乾，血糖升高一點，總算有點睡意了...

Hunter x Hunter 23

跑來跑去的一天...已經開始做 leader 的工作啦！先搞定下週
的英語科聚餐。然後呢，忙學生學測成績單報名，一天就快快
樂樂的過去了。還有一件很讚的事，學生借我看獵人23集，呵
呵，裡面有個角色奇犽真是厲害，我很喜歡他的機智敏捷，不
過我覺得自己的個性比較像小傑...哈，希望明天也是這麼開心
的一天！

To be the leader of ETs

My boss from the Teaching Department at my school asked to see me yesterday morning. Of course my break time, and no, not that there would be any affair going to happen. My boss is a woman too, pretty smart, with great capabilities. I was wondering what she would like to meet me though...as I answered her call in my office. Anyway gotta proceeded to her office and then we had a 'big' talk. Her intention was to make me the leader of the ETs here. =_=" Ahh. We just had a meeting last Mon afternoon and voted. My boss told me the teacher, Ms. Chang, who we voted to be our leader, had met her a few times, crying and begging her to find another teacher to take over the position. Thus my boss accepted her request and she thought I was the right one...

Mr. Battery-II

不會吧！這太誇張了...將筆電電池拿去鼎鼎有名的 Mr. Battery，才知道不管能不能修，嘿嘿，都要先收300元檢測費！這是什麼道理啊...當然我這個柔弱的小女子別無選擇，乖乖交出三張百元大鈔，唉，我去買化妝品時都給它先試一試，檢測看看顏色合不合再決定是否購買，人家也不用花半毛錢... *泣...*請不要告訴我是因為我忘了和櫃臺的"ㄙㄞ ㄋㄞ"拋媚眼，而你們通通都省下這300元的檢測費了啊！~>_<~

Mr. Battery

看起來天氣不錯！等下和朋友出去逛街吃飯，呵呵，還要
拿筆電的電池去修理，不知道修電池要花多少錢...唉，電
腦這種東西真是無底洞，想想，我們女人買衣服鞋子，買
了就這筆錢，不會又要升級，又要加裝什麼配備，別說是
壞了得花錢修理...所以男人雖不血拼首飾化妝品，不見得
比我們女人少花費呢是吧！

Finished the Hospital

Finished reading the novel. I wondered if I have
read it before...since I could 'predict' what
would happened after Dr. Su met the social manager
Judy. *chuckles* Really interesting the story is.

Friday, a rainy day. My little car is wet again
because of the leaking problem. A few days ago
there was a small pond under my seat. Gotta use an
old bath towel to soak the water. Some friend
suggested I should go purchase a 'new' car, which
is second-hand as well but still in a good
condition. Hmm...I still don't think I would spend
money buying one though.

Gotta sleep more

eah! Another month. I feel a bit better today.
Didn't do anything fun yesterday since I fell
sick...*sighs* Too bad, the weather was fine on
Dragon's Festival! There were some contests but I
was too weak to go watch them. Spent most of the
time lying on the bed, and weird enough, you know,
I still had the strong feeling of hunger! I think
many patients wouldn't feel hungry while they were
in bed sleeping all day long. *shrugs* Maybe it
depends. Maybe my body would like more nutrition.

I started to read the novel "The Hospital" written
by Hou Wenyong. Hehe our president's son-in-law is
a doctor, and some people said the events happened
these days are just like those described in this
novel. Worth reading ain't it.

Traditional food

We Chinese would have rice dumplings on Drogon Boat Festival.

A lesson to learn

Happened to meet the principal...and I regret that
I turned down the offer--our principal would give
me a vegetarian rice dumpling. *sighs* I was so
immature! Really should have accepted it happily,
and then I could give one made by my mom to return
the favor. =_= I must remember this lesson.

By the way I gotta say these days we teachers and
students have the most relaxing school time since
the first CBT is over. In class we read novels and
comic books; one boy student even brought a COMPAQ
notebook! I went over to take a look...too bad not
able to come online in the classroom. A good friend
of mine lent me some books written by Hou Wenyong-
-in case I feel too bored at school. *chuckles*
Pretty grateful I am...and I wish the friend good
luck--good health, good fortune as well!

My breakfast!

I had a bao zi and a rice dumpling for breakfast...yummy! :D