Snoopy Case

My 2 lovely ex-students. So glad to know they are doing great in the senior high school now. And they are very 'ke4 qi4' to bring me a gift... I will cherish it! :D

Lovely visitors

Got Daniel's phone call this early morning, said he's to pay me a visit with Pony, who is one of my favorite gal students and now his schoolmate. They were classmates and graduated from this school. I was happy to meet them! ( I don't really wanna see most of my students again once they are gone you know. :P But I don't mind meeting those who are so cute! )

So we were all in my office, having milk tea and some snack I prepared earlier. Daniel is now the president of students committee at their school, and Pony quitted the Guitar Club and joins the Dactylology Club. @_@ I asked her how come...thought she's interested in playing the guitar. She didn't feel comfortable there she said...and couldn't really get along. Okay...maybe it's fun to learn some sign language too. Daniel told me bout his 'love story', which happened a few years ago. ( woo~ so young! ) He said they had the same interest--drawing pictures, and they often stayed together doing some painting or such for school. He thought the gal's nice, but the only problem was that gal was a few years older. awww :P That's why he didn't think they were good match. ( LOL~ No wonder he's my good student...the same thought! ) Pony was surprised to listen to his story and went, 'Hey you didn't tell me about this before!' :P Ohh~

And they gave me lovely present--some candy and cookies in an Iron box with Snoopy on the case. :P I took a pic and maybe will upload here later on. Nice to see you, my sweet students! :D

School of Rock

Ahh...this week is supposed to be another peaceful and pleasant week
for me, and things just turned so unexpectedly...fun...NOT. I got
allergy yesterday morning, and all of a sudden I couldn't stop
sneezing, and felt very tired. Some gal students came to my office to
have a talk around 11 a.m. and went, 'whoa! Teacher you cried? Ain't
you ok earlier at the first class??' I swear I really didn't wanna make
students worried bout me. :P hahaha and like what I used to say, I soon
got well after drinking more water and sleeping enough. :D

By the way it's the contest season for us. We need to perform on the
stage playing the flute, all the classes in grade 8. So that's why I
have to use some spare time in class to make them practice more! Well I
ain't someone who's crave for the championship, but hope my students
won't fall off from the stage and are able to play the 2 songs well. In
a word, don't they lose face will do. *grins* Too bad I can't play with
them on there, so my responsibility will be take some photos for those
lovely boys and gals. :P

This time we had School of Rock for our Movie Club on Wed afternoon. I
remember I watched it on the plane last winter break when I was coming
back to Taiwan. But the dub was German with Chinese sub, quite weird I
know. And today we had English dub and Chinese sub--much better for me,
and students too. LOL~ It's a funny one and Wendy told me she likes
this kind of topic. No wonder, you know...she plays the piano too.

I started to watch the anime Air, and done ep. 1 this evening. Guess
they are ripped off DVDs? The quality's very good, but the only flaw is
dub and sub couldn't match well. Some I watched before had this problem
also. Hmm maybe it's my machine or what? I don't know...and the OP ED
songs for Yakitate Japan changed on ep. 13--both are nice! I listened
to Soul'd Out-Flyte Time and found I pretty much enjoy such music, fun
and relaxing. :D

Not a tiring week but still tired

It's Tomb Sweeping Day this Tue, a national holiday, no work no school.
Then We had a quite relaxing Wed--I keyed in students' marks they got
from the first periodical test in the morning, and watched Taxi 2 for
our Movie Club. My boy student Jerry brought a digi cam and took some
photos of classmates and teachers. His is a brand name stuff, Sony,
which is better than my Texon. ( I know I know...I never heard that
brand before either. ) So the photos taken look sharp--Jerry looked
happy and proud after I told him so. :P I should go get a better digi
cam too, but *sighs* now I gotta save up money for my trip to Japan
this summer break. It'll cost a bomb since ppl who have been there
informed me stuff in Tokyo are real expensive. My $...is to fly away!
*sobs* :P

On Thur a gal student was to leave for another school to study. Daisy
is very nice and she gave me a hand in class for the past 6 months. I
pretty much relied on her and of course it's sad to see her leave.
Therefore I prepared a little gift, a bracelet made of pink crystal,
which means good luck in 'tao hua'. But since she's still a junior high
student, I'd say it can bring her good luck in making good friends in
her new class. ( And it's written in the card I wrote to her. :D ) Her
eyes were full of tears when she came up to me...so were my eyes. Wish
you all the best for your brand new school life, Daisy. :)

Fri we had our grade 9 students take photos for their year book. They
are going to graduate from this junior high school. That's why I was
there on campus sitting with this class and their homeroom teacher and
other subject teachers. The photographer 'complained' our faces were so
'stiffed' and our smiles looked very unnatural. LOL~ Hearing that we
all laughed and then it started going well. It will bring back the
happy memories when students grow old and one day they open up the year
book...'wow we looked so young and pure (?) that time! erm no idea if
this evil teacher ( they used to address me so, but they're so wrong
you know I am such an innocent person :D ) is still alive...' Ain't it
fun! :P

A day off

Today's a national holiday so we have no school. I have got 3 packages
of potato chips since the concert ended...like what I planned earlier.
LOL~ no need to avoid eating heaty snacks anymore! I never worry about
keeping fit you know maybe for my being a vegatarian ( not a good
reason but, I don't mind. :D )

What else did I enjoy except munching chips...let me think. I finished
reading the novel 'The Da Vinci Code' by an American writer Dan Brown,
quite a big volumn. A Chinese teacher, who is also a colleague sitting
next to me, lent this book to me, 'hey you might be interested in this
story.' And yes it's fabulous and I did get attracted to the mysterious
plots and felt impressed by the numberous witty lines inside. ( I am
not to recite any from this book tho. *winks* )

Moreover, I watched some anime...and got :O oh my the female president
I mentioned on my last blog is a, *stunned* les. Well it's ok, just
didn't expect that previously. :P ( and what can I expect from an
anime? some entertainment that is. :D ) I wander what will happen in
the end--maybe Mai will marry the Reito Lord and become the Queen of
Darkness. LOL~ ( way too impossible I know. :P ) *yawning* I feel
sleepy during day time...

Rainy...Relaxing...it's Sat

*Yawns* didn't do much today. Why? Because it's Sat! But I should have
had more fun if it was not raining. *sobs* Lucky I am always the one
who keep thinking bright... 'no going out' = 'no wasting money' :D
That's why I stayed home most of the day. Beside mopping the floor, I
also watched some anime--Teacher's Time ep 9, My-Hime ep 21. The former is funny for it's quite opposite the situation is for me and my students. :P ( well come to think of my height that is. ) The latter one is interesting also...the president of students' committee is a Hime too! :O She's my favorite character in this anime, you know, smart, gentle, strong-minded...and able to make good tea. hehehe :P Finally I went out for a misosilu hot pot at dinner time, yummy~ woo :D

The concert & April Fools Day

Finally it's time to stand on the stage...light's very bright and I could even feel the heat ( what kind of lights they are I wonder...definitely unlike the lights we use at home. ) In fact I was not satisfied with my performace on the second song...but the others were fine. hehe The best is I could enjoy other musicans' performance...really enjoyed listening to the nocturnes of Chopin. But too bad he didn't play my favorite part of it. The music 'Peopel always pursue the rainbow' impressed me a lot. Yeah...I would never stop pursuing the most beautiful rainbow all of my life. After the concert we were about to leave, and happened to meet the prof in Music Department who played the cello. She told us her cello was more than 200 yrs old. Woo~ I felt very lucky that I got the chance to see such an antique musical instrument last night.

Then it's the April Fools Day. Guess there is this line printed on my face 'I'm so easy to get tricked' and they had a good laugh in class. So far I was fooled for 3 times. ( School hasn't ended for today while I am typing this blog. ) In the morning I went to class 803 and saw a boy student writing something about Math on the blackboard. The class leader asked me 'Why are you here? Our first class is Math.' I was really getting ... :O for a short while. That I forgot about my schedule and went to a wrong class happened before. So...err of course I finally entered the classroom and did my job. Then the second class was 804, where I am the homeroom teacher and they didn't seem interested in tricking me. But in the middle of the class, my cell phone rang. Sure I answered it and to my surprise it was from the Grade Coordinator. He went, 'Hurry to the class 803. You should be there teaching now.' I went really... @_@ what the. The second class today IS 804! So I told him, 'No, I am teaching 804. There must be something wrong.' Back to class I told my students that I thought today is really full of tricks! Fortunately I had a break...and nothing 'exciting' happened until 2 boy students came to my office and reported, 'Teacher, Sean and Joe are fighting in the classroom now!' Oh no...the 2 fought over something trifle only last week and got told off by me. Again! I went out of the office, proceeding to the classroom...and found the 2 boys were laughing hard behind me. -_- Erm... still got a couple of hours left for April 1st. *sobs in a dark corner* poor me... :P

Roses without thorns?

So life goes on. Being asked to attend a concert by our choir master, I had to practice with them on Tue evening again. And sure it's lots of fun walking in the rain...NOT. :P However, after the practice I sat in a friend's car since he lives near my place and he's kind enough to give me a ride. He seemed to be in a good mood and was humming some music from the musical Carmen. Heh I said if I should go get a rose then. That brought up the topic if some species of roses have no thorns. I don't think so, and neither does another friend of mine. The thing is I turned down his offer nicely when he suggested he would get me some roses without thorns. LOL~ Roses are beautiful for sure and they are my favorite flowers, you know. But the meaning this flower bears makes me hesitate to accept a bouquet of roses from a guy. :D

Students had their first periodical test these 2 days--yesterday and today. So we only had school for half a day...yay! :D I went have a nice hot pot for lunch yesterday, and today a science teacher who just retired not long ago ( very rich...) will treat me veggie steak for lunch. :D~ hehehe thanks a lot ( and I think one day I will find some chance to return the favor. ) One more thing, a student in grade 7 came give me some gifts which were bought by his bro. His bro was my student and graduated from this middle school in 2003. He couldn't study well because of some damage to his brain...but he's been good and glad to help after I kept encouraging him that time. Now he's working in a shopping centre ( he called me and told me so ) and I am happy to know things are getting well. I told the younger bro, 'Thanks so much, but tell your bro don't buy me gifts anymore. I would like him to save up his money. If he keeps wasting money like this I will get angry ok.' :P He just smiled and left my office.

The performance is this evening...I hope it won't be raining again. Since I will have to wear a long skirt tonight. :P

No EB...no more.

Recently I read some novel whose title is Winds With Voice. In fact there are 5 vols and I read them all...guess it's not that true when I said work's been hectic right. There was a part in vol. 4 impressed me most--it's the moment the leader of all the priests was to give a welcome ceremony to the priests-to-be in the big temple. He sang a song instead of giving any other sacrifice at the altar, and here are some parts of the lyrics:

When I glanced back,
I was the only one left here.
The long waiting
would not bring back the happiness in the past.
What's buried in my mind,
I don't know
if it's missing or something else.
I can't tell you that I live well.
If one can be strong,
then what can you call the feelings
beside sadness.
You are only left in my heart,
so I closed my eyes
and saw you
I don't know whether in the dream or memory
is eternity.
I open my eyes,
I don't know whether in the dream or memory
and you are alive.
Even if you don't come back anymore...
Let me catch your existence in the wind...
Can I...?


Something happened and I was at fault. Like what I used to say to my students, when we make mistakes, it's better to admit and try our best to amend what went wrong. Thus, I am sorry for what I did ( the EB stuff...didn't mean to but seems it's done for ages ) and some step must be taken to prevent some further harm. Hmm...too bad I have been so immature in some way, and the slang 'old habits die hard' applies perfectly. -_- Well...what else can I do? I apologize sincerely...and then move on. It's a...Fin.

Turning so cold

No wonder it's easy to get a cold recently. It started to rain heavily yesterday evening and moreover, we had continuous lightenings for quite a while! I was...wah :O...listening to the thunders while walking on the street and prayed I was not to be hit by any of them. :P Ended up the temperature dropped from 28 C (yesterday) to 13-18 C (today.) *trembling in the freezing spring wind* I am wrong to wear a short skirt today I guess. :D

Students won't have fun at Movie Club until they have their mid-term next week. *chuckles* But I am not to be limited for sure. I just watched some Gigli, which some said it's lame ( on newspaper or magazines you can always see comments bout movies. :P ) I think it's ok since Ben and Jennifer look not too bad, both looks and figures I mean. I will finish it when I have some more free time later during break. But have to grade year 9 students' tests first--sort of boring work lucky I am used to that. :D

To or not to

I got a phone call from choir master a few days ago and was asked to attend a performance at the end of this month. Well...the reason I didn't go there singing is our practicing on Thur evening kind of disturb my schedule--it always ends around 10 p.m. and then my bed time will be surely delayed. Worse, when my bed time's shortened I'd become grumpy too ( the number one factor to make me grumpy is my being hungry...) That's why I hesitated at first while talking with the choir master. She explained to me what an important occasion that will be so she needs me to help with the choir; I finally got urm...ok then. It must be the dark side of my personality: although I agree to help, that doesn't mean I would stop complaining. Thus, last night when I was finding the scripts needed for the performance, my family had a good time listening to my mumbling: I'm gonna regret, yes...I am gonna regret that I promised I would help... :P

And another bad news. Really didn't expect I would get sms from that martin guy after telling him I have been in a stable relationship. ( altho I don't have any serious relationship with any guy but the Lord :D ) Astounded enough to find there's a message received in my lovely degree 3 cell phone! *blinks* Tell me what I shall do if I just can't slap that sucker in the face ( since I wouldn't like to waste my precious time and energy on him. ) The final solution was switch it off and pity...let it expire this June. *sobs* The # is good...but I got to give it up ( previously I thought I could keep it if the mushy sms would not come anymore. ) See? Being too optimistic is never good. :P

The sun shines...I have no OT since this Mon. *yawns* I brought my little NB and enjoys my break time typing this blog, chatting, and soon it's lunch time. *yawnsssssssss* LOL~ I have 2 classes this afternoon. guess I'd better stop right here. :D

Done

Heh this week is almost over ( so we call it 'weekend' ah bu hao xiao
:P ) and I finally have the feeling that I can relax for a bit.
Normally we homeroom teachers don't have as many classes as subject
teachers, for we got to deal with not only students' problems but also
parents'. Sometimes it's just a cinch but somehow you might have to
cope with very troublesome ones. Like the homeroom teacher sitting on
my right in the office. There's a hyperactive boy in her class and she
has to talk with his dad from time to time. It seemed that the single
dad would like to chase the beautiful and kind-hearted teacher--how
convenient if he was successful; the boy could have a nice homeroom
teacher at school and a good step mom after school. LOL~ too bad I must
say nothing is perfect, ended up she must tell them she's already
married and the boy told her how disappointed his dad got. :P
I really think Taiwanese guys are much smarter...or most guys are? :D
They know clearly they should pursue females who had better get a good
career ( to support family ) and good personality ( to take care of
family, won't run away when others are sick or in need. ) Of course if
the famales have pretty looks and figures, woo~ wonderful isn't it. Big
bonus! So I wish the single dad good luck. :P

This Wed I took students to Bei Tou for a field trip, visited some
scenic spots which are well-known for hot springs. The guide in Bei Tou
Hot Spring Museum gave us a lecture and now then I know we have 3 kinds
of hot spring in TW. Sorry I am too lazy to check the English terms for
them. Students were amazed when we went to a lake by the mountains and
saw the hot water under...no more chance to enjoy your life on earth if
you fall into the water like a dumpling. By the way I must say I am
grateful for the 2 moms' help. They went along with us and gave me a
hand when students got naughty--yeah we always have to discipline kids.
:P Furthermore I told my students if they dared to complain they would
NEVER have to go for their graduation trip with me in the future ( this
Sep prolly.) They can save up their 4000 NT and stay home for 3 days
since I don't want kids ( in fact they are teens in year 9 ) who don't
listen to me. LOL~ Poor students right? So bad the homeroom teacher
is! :P Let me tell you...every time when I held them an activity, no
one was absent, so far. :P

Ok here comes the weekend. I hope to rest more and have enough free
time for myself. You know I didn't stop working OT since the beginning
of this new school term until this Fri ( yesterday.) If they didn't
stop it I would be the next who had to take a medical leave!
Anyway...wish you guys, and myself...a happy and peaceful weekend!

Got a gift :P

Yeah I was teaching in a year 9 class. This week is supposed to be the
final countdown heh. :P The boy who sits near the platform the most
gave me a card in class. It's from Fullmetal Alchemist--on that card is
the main character, Edward Elric. LOL~ I can never forget his facial
expression when I mentioned this anime once... :P He could never have a
thought that the teachers here would know bout manga and anime. *sighs*
I started to read manga since my childhood ok. Why? Because my grandma owned a store which sold some candy and cookies to kids, and also there
were comic books for kids to rent. Yeah yeah I know I was lucky--free
snacks and never need to pay for reading right. :P

A colleague asked me to go looking around in the market nearby during
our break. I said ok ( ignored the pile of students' homework to be
graded :D ) and had some fun. Not really shopping tho, for I don't
wanna spend money for useless items. Well it ended up getting some
bananas ( 25 NT for 600 g ) and bell fruit ( more expensive--70 NT. )
Hmm not a waste if they are good for health. :P Tomorrow will be
busier! 2 classes for OT...and take students to Bei Tou for a field
trip. I know it's more hardworking than staying in the classroom
lecturing, but...they have done something good and I promised that they
will be rewarded a 'trip'. So...had better sleep enough, and must
remember to bring the better digi cam! :P

A not blue but busy Mondy

Some events for today. *yawns* Ah my shoulders are sore again. It's
Sammie's birthday and he asked me for candy couple of days ago. So...in
class I went over and gave him the bday candy--woo a happy boy's
smiling face's so cute! ^^ I had 4 classes this morning, and in the
afternoon I went attend a funeral with some colleagues. Our principal
went too. Now they use powerpoint to show the person's photos in the
'farewell hall' ( not sure what to call such a situation tho. ) I
didn't cry but felt tears in my eyes...then, I went back to school to
have the 8th class. And saw the gal student,who ran away from home and
didn't come to school for a few weeks, and her mom. Well well...I must
say it's not so easy to get my approval that easily. Once a student
decided to leave school without a second thought...he/she had better
prepare to see my 'bad face colour' and listen to some 'wise ( I doubt)
but not-so-cheerful ( that I have no doubt )' words from me when he/she
would like to beg me to let him/her study in my class again. *smiles
coldly* Why I don't let it go easily? Since the other students are
watching--woo teacher's so kind that she wouldn't mind our leaving
school anytime; she'll always let us in anytime we wanna come back so
we don't need to worry and just skip classes as much as we'd like to
heh! Sorry I am not this kind of easy-going person in my field. :D I
work hard enough and then get what I want in life. So I am nice to
kids...but not that nice in some way. ( In fact I never let any ex of
mine come back to my life again either...MY BAD! :P )

The third week's coming :D

Woo and now I finished 2 weeks big OT! hehehe It's getting smoother
in class since students are used to my style--they have known me
better and both parties, the teacher and the students, can have a
good time together. When we are joking, I used to say, 'oh it's my
pleasure to hurt an innocent student's heart!' And they pretty much
have the feedback, 'how come time doesn't fly...she's still teaching
in our class!' LOL~ Then I praise them like, 'wow good you guys did
learn from my talent oh I am such a successful teacher...*claps*' :P
In fact English is never an easy subject for Taiwanese students (
including the me before...*sighs* ) so it's necessary to creat a
happy circumstance to boost the learning. ( How come my English
teachers were not like me tho :/ )

Something 'bad' happened as well. ( Life is never perfect right. ) I
switched on the degree 3 cell phone to check if the battery's run
out. And not long after that I got that Martin's sms! @_@ I must say
he's more 'never give up' than me?? :P Let me translate the content:
' I told you I love you so many times, but you still keep quiet.
It's just like one-way loving...I have no idea when I can get your
passionate reply? I wish you happiness on White Lovers' Day.' Urm...
*chuckles* Too bad isn't it. I did have good impression for him when
we chatted on the phone last year the first few times. The thing is
he's dumb enough to do something nasty on the 'dates' ( I really
don't wanna call the going out watch a movie and have a meal 'dates'
tho! ) One's chances can be easily ruined by one's carelessness may
I say so? :P I don't mind staying single and, to be honest, it's
fine with me--I am able to enjoy my loneliness. :) Walking on the
street alone, I would look at the azure sky when the weather is
nice, or I would feel the coldness of rain on my cheeks when the
weather god's moody. Then I feel all's good and quiet, altho there
are other passengers and vehicles around...heh.

And of course interesting events come to me from time to time but,
but I am too lazy to record them all. :P Like a boy student's 60 NT
request after class... LOL~ well NO GOOD to say it I guess. OK it's
Sunday morning, cold and cloudy! Got so much to do...( to turn off
the celly is the first! :P ) Happy weekend hehe :D

Gone the first week

Like what I said...I have been working like crazy due to a teacher's
miscarriage--got to take over her duty and teach another class in grade
9. Luckily they are all obedient to me. ( Am I that bad? :D ) And they
seem happy in class... ( The candy tactic works that well? :P ) However
life goes on; more and more problems for me to solve. Some gal ran away
from home at midnight after she heard her dad saying something like,
'That bad gal doesn't deserve to stay home!' Of course she didn't come
to school ever since. -_- Her mom came to school and talked with me for
a while, telling me her daughter might be neglected because her giving
birth to the third kid. ( My gal student is the second. ) Well...isn't
it common when a family has a younger child. *sighs* I can only say,
there are many different ways to get mature--some want it hard tho.

Another problem is some boy students dare to gamble in the classroom.
Of course they wouldn't let me know, but a boy owed another boy 500 NT
( he has paid maybe a few thousand NT dollars. ) Her mom found that
he's short of pocket money and then the son told her the truth. Sure I
am angry but I promise the mom that I won't mention her son's name when
I deal with this tomorrow. She is worried other boy students may take
revenge on his revelation. Those who don't wanna pay attention on
studies at school will surely find some other stuff to play with, to
kill time. And that's why I am paid to be a homeroom teacher--my
responsibility to discipline them! They will have a wonderful time I
bet... Anyway, 2 weeks left for the OT. I will take good care of
myself, and you guys too. :)

228 Memorial Day

Due to it's a memorial day on Feb 28th, we don't need to work today. hehe rarely can we sleep in on Monday. ahh something happened last night before I went to bed. I got a phone call from the bank, credit card servcie centre, and was told something wrong with my receipt. We'll get 2 receipts after we purchase by credit cards. I am used to checking the total amount before I sign the receipt for credit card. And it's the other receipt we called it tong yi fa piao here in Taiwan which went wrong. The contact lenses I bought are 1100 NT, but the clerk typed it 110000 NT! @_@ The lady called me and apologized to me. They got to get it back otherwise the store'd be in big trouble. So I told her my address and met her understairs in my going-to-bed dress. She said sorry again and gave me a Johnson&Johnson bath gel for the incident that caused some trouble for me. :P

So...it's the last day of this only once long weekend for this semester. I'll be working like crazy from tomorrow onwards--to take over others duty. I am sure I will have not much energy left then. Anyway...got to sleep earlier for my health.

Second day, sun day...not

Sunday...no sun but a lot of rain. The rain did stop for a short while and it was sunny maybe for a few minutes. Then it started raining again...and don't think it will stop tonight. I remember I read a sci-fi ages ago. Some people were walking on a strange planet; their mission might be explore or visit there. Due to some reasons, you cannot see the sun on the planet and the rain would never stop. So the explorers were eager to find some buildings in which they could take a rest and it said there was an artificial sun high above the building to provide the necessary light and warmth. They were all tired, and then they found a building in front. All were happy but soon turned very disappointed after they entered it--this one was already ruined. Everywhere's leaking...of course no light or warmth. Some of them went mad, and ended up rushing into the rain without any protection and died for such rain was poisonous due to wars and stuff. And some committed suicide because of being too tired to continue the seem-to-be endless searching for a shelter. Those who remained rational still kept looking for their destination--and they finally reached it, couldn't wait to enjoy the warm and bright...altho artificial sunlight. hehehe must be I miss the nice weather too much right.

And my 'never give up' nature worked again. Yesterday I failed in making my hotmail more capacity...and this morning I gave it a try once more. This time I paid more attention, and followed the instructions step by step. Yes! It's not 2 MB anymore, but 25 MB! LOL~ I was glad to have such a personality, you know. :P Altho sometimes I make others misunderstand what I mean...life is somehow full of ambiguity isn't it. Trying to noodle it out is not bad, but I would like it gentle since I really don't wanna make my life harder--it's difficult enough for me. :)

First day of my long weekend

It is the first day of my long weekend. And no, it's not much fun since it's been rainy all day...for a few days already. I went out to have a hot pot for lunch and then stayed in the Kingstone Bookstore for a while--did some purchasing as well. Spent most of the time home. A friend from Canada told me he moved to the new house and had no net there for around a month. No wonder I didn't see him online for such a long time...it takes time to tide up the house I think. He asked me what I did during the Chinese New Year--lucky I keep a blog right? :P I might not be able to remember it all without leaving some record...He also showed me a site which you can use some tools and tests there for free and know about your puters speed. Fun...not. It's sad to know mine comparing to his...*sobs*

My boy student Ricky emailed me the way to make the hotmail box more capacity--25MB first then 250 MB. You know it's only 2 MB for ppl in TW--unfair huh. *shrugs* well too much to complain if I was to count what is unfair in life. :P The point is I was curious ( as usual ) and I did take lots of time, wanna get it done--by changing my nationality to USA and chose to live in Florida LOL~ and oh no, it's still 2 MB! I gave up after trying a couple of times and went offline to read something else. Later on I came online and something unhappy happened because of my poor knowledge about some English terms. I really feel sorry for that...and hope that friend can tolerate my misuse of words and phrases sometimes. And maybe I was kidding too much. In fact I don't mean I am not serious all the time--to be opposite, being a Capricorn, I am supposed to get very serious and stubborn right. But I found it easier to live in such a boring world if I kept my attitude this way...joking around, sometimes also. Hmm...maybe I am not as happy as I look like? Altho I keep on telling myself to think bright...never give up my life...*sighs* still rainy days.

A long weekend

Since this school term started last Mon I have got 4 notices for taking over other teachers' duties. Some took medical leave; others for other reasons but I am not informed--usually they wouldn't inform you except you go ask them in a stunning voice, 'WHAT! HOW COME I HAVE TO TAKE OVER HIS/HER DUTY!' :P Sure I am kidding ( as usual too. ) Today I got the notice again, and this time it's because of that teacher's miscarriage...I have been working like crazy for 2 weeks. Guess I will be more crazy after this long weekend--got 6 extra classes for my schedule! And it'll last for 3 weeks...I dare not imagine what my facial expression will be like after work then. But I surely will take good care of myself by going to bed earlier, eat better ( well I think I deserve it and I'll get extra pay hehehe ) and take some more exercise ( using the rod more on students maybe? ) LOL~ j/k!

As for the weather forecast, we will still have lots of rain in the near future. That brings me the pleasure of getting the water out of my Justy every morning--try to picture it: a lady dressed well enough to work is busy squeezing a towel from time to time ( and trust me the water wouldn't be anyhow clean. ) -_- yeah yeah I know. I should take my car to be fixed, but it's so crowded recently...and I don't wanna wait for long. Ahh rainy days...who's gonna smile?

Being sick

Hmm I don't mind taking over other teachers' duty altho some of my colleagues do. They think they have enough work and don't wanna burden themselves with extra classes, which mean extra pay you know. But after OT this morning I started to feel sick, feeling so tired even it's only 11 a.m. and still got 2 classes ( one for OT ) in the afternoon. Moreover, I got a headache after lunch...and the nap in the classroom didn't anyhow help. Maybe the weather is really bad recently. It said 12 people died of coldness so far after the strong coldfront's approaching Taiwan. I don't think I will be the 13th ( since I don't feel I have this good luck to leave for nirvana...trust me if I can I will happily say goodbye to this world right away. ) Off duty, the headache didn't ease; to the opposite, it becomes worse and I couldn't even eat dinner properly. So I went take a rest again, on the bed, and a while later I felt a bit better...still hurts on the left side tho. Dad said the weather will be good tomorrow, and asked me if I would like to go for Lantern Festival at CKS Memorial Hall. Too bad...don't think I will have enough energy after more OT tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Anyway...I feel it all weird because I can't even smile to people now. I should go hit my bed early tonight I think.

Cold Rainy Monday

Seems it has been like this for couple of days...rainy all day, and
freezing. I should have got Justy fixed earlier tho, and it still has
the problem of leaking--means I got to use a towel to soak the water
under the driver's seat and squeeze the water out and then again, and
again, till I can put my feet there without being in a swimming mode.
-_-

No kidding, I had to work today in my leather jacket, which I bought
ages ago and didn't wear it often. But I just couldn't take it off
until I was home again this evening. Oh of course my lovely heater is
blowing warm wind beside me when I am typing this monologue. I am
grateful for those handy appliances in life... :D Since no 8th class
so far, I could drove back home by 4 p.m. and then I decided to check
the movie Howl's Moving Castle. Woo it's very nice...even the English
sub goes very well...perfect timing! Thanks a lot for my good friend's
sharing them with me. Watching the movie and listening to the beautiful
music, I was kind of...in a deep romantic mood, just like what I felt
while watching it in the cinema. But where is my magician? guess I
would never know... :)

Valentine's Day 2005

So I didn't get any chocolate at school on Valentine's Day, but made
fun of myself in an American channel because of my lack of knowledge
about English puns and slangs. LOL~ But I should feel lucky I guess
since friends there don't mind telling me what the terms mean ( they
might laugh behind later tho. :P ) At least I provided them some
entertainment for Valentine's. *sighs* :P

There will be a 'Review Test' this Thur and Fri. Jenny complained to me
her bday is on Thur and she doesn't think it's anyhow fun then. I told
her, 'why you can still celebrate with your family and friends as
well!' But she seemed depressed...hehehe~ I have prepared a cute
present for her but I won't tell her until that day for sure. I will
sing loudly, 'ZHU! ni sheng ri quai le...' ( it's just like the happy
birthday song but got different stress on the very syllable :P )

Another thing that stimulate my passion for teaching again was, Simon (
a boy who doesn't seem to like me a lot from his behavior in class )
came up and gave me one piece of chocolate. He said, 'urm it's from bei
hai dao ( the north of Japan, I think it's a much bigger island than
Taiwan. ) I was...very touched. :) Some parent gave me a box of candy
and there were 40 pieces inside. So I brought it for my students and they all enjoyed it ( of course the candy is brand name one :P not crap from a stand in a traditional market. ) Therefore, I think I can say we all had a happy Valentine's Day here. I hope my friends, wherever you are, had a good time as well. If not don't be down! Never give up, and there's always another Valentine's you know! :D

That's the spirit!

Ok of course I have to upload the last one which resembles the the main figure of this year--Rooster! Lets all sing aloud and happily! ( dui wo fa feng le :P )

The others are too busy

Do you think this figure looks a bit familiar too? LOL he must be glad to take park in our Lantern Festival I guess? ( or it's only him who has enough free time... :P )

A masterpiece?

This one is big, which contains many different pictures in the 'lantern'. Oh yeah you guys know the 15th day of Lunar New Year is our Chinese Lantern Festival. So there will be some more activities held for this special holiday. And we Chinese will have dumplings for that.

Dancing roosters...and me :P

There is an exhibition right at Taipei Main Station. And I took some pics for you to watch. Do you see the 2 roosters dancing happily? Come join us. :D

On my way to MRT station I found this interesting wizard antenna. ain't it cute!  

School starts again...on Valentine's Day :P

I'll start working again tomorrow--a new school term! Our winter break is over, 3 weeks. To be honest, 2 weeks since the third week is our lunar new year holidays, which shouldn't be counted as winter break right. *shrugs* I don't mind but students do. :P They have a lot of homework for this winter break, poor them! I was the one who objected this idea in our meeting when the boss insisted on giving students more than enough to write during winter break. hehehe~ Of course I didn't win. :P But at least I've tried my best for them. It's Taiwan's big problem...depress kids too much when they are young. Then not many wanna do studies hard when they are older...so, we have the most homework, and the least Nobel prizers. :D

Oh lucky it's only my monologue...my boss, the principal won't read this. I think I had a wonderful time in the past 3 weeks. You guys see some photos already. And I went to Taipei Main Station to see the lantern exhibition. Some are cute! I took pics there and later I'll upload here for you. :D The last holiday for Lunar New Year is the 15th day, called Lantern Festival. My family and I used to attend it at CKS Memorial Hall every year and enjoyed watching many beautiful lanterns. See if the weather is fine this year. ( Today it's rainy and cold. -_- )

So I am back to the 'working mode'! I will work like crazy again from tomorrow onwards, and more mula will be rolling in! :D Tomorrow happens to be Valentine's Day. Too bad I have no bf or lover--no need to buy chocolate then. LOL~ See if I will get chocolate then. :P

My sis' son and me :D

Then its time to visit my cute nephew in the care centre. See how lovely he is! 14 days old now. It is the first Lunar New Year for him--of course the auntie must give him lucky money in the red envelope. 2000 NT :D You guys got any red envelope? I got one from my dad. 1000 NT not bad!

Happy Lunar New Year!

I went to Xinmending on Lunar New Years Day, had spaghetti there. This pic was taken in front of the restaurant, and you can see the big menu. 160 NT for the meal--including a soup, 2 butter buns, the main course spaghetti and a drink. Very full...

Year of Rooster

See the decoration my mom bought for the Lunar New Year? Yes it is the year of Rooster! Wish you all the best luck and hope everything will be getting better and better. :)

Dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve

All the dishes were made by my mom, who is very good at cooking, always advising me to learn...Too bad her daughter is dumb enough. LOL anyway we had a big dinner on Chinese New Years Eve.

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

A new friend

We have a new friend who comes from Holland in our channel. She's fun and my 2 friends had lots of fun chatting with her first. Because of the time difference these 2 guys had to go offline early. After they 2 went for la la land, it's me the talktive op in there chatting to her. But things were different--I was not asked to marry her for teaching any Chinese. ( I guess my friends were happy to be asked so tho. :P ) We talked about majors and she's very smart to study laws now in a univ. But she sounded a bit frustrated since her favourite major is medicine but she couldn't get in. That's why I consoled her and hope she can figure it out what is the most correct way for her. She asked what my friends' majors and age...and sure you guys can trust me as always--I didn't sell anyone there. :D I think it's better to keep her intrigued and then she'll come on staying to find out the answers herself. :P She did make a guess--she thought both my friends were students. How come they could sound so young? ( Some friend did mention the term 'horny'...maybe that's why...? LOL~ ) And she guessed I studied as well--oh no -_- I was not like them ok. However I had to leave her early too for some TV...so it'll be the 'Dream' from Taiwan to keep her company in that channel. So yeah...good show TBC? :P

Can you find the green caterpillar :P  

Hot pot, me, and some scene on th street 

The hot pot I got today 

Not on purpose

It's getting cold and I went have my favourite hot pot this early afternoon. woo I ordered hong shao guo and I took some pics for friends overseas. My pleasure always to let them drool...it's good to have some longing isn't it. :D The only problem is the batteries were running out, so the flash couldn't work at all. You will see the pics I would upload later a bit dark. But you can see some street scene since it's bright outside the glass window. Oh I forget to mention another problem. Since I am a strict vegetarian, I never wanna have any kind of meat, seafood, let along eggs. But unfortunately I found something green floating upon the hong shao soup after I almost finished the stuff inside. 'Erm...wait let me get closer and take a look. Oh my goodness it's a green caterpillar!' Cooked, of course. -_- Ok...this is why I made the title 'Not on purpose'. I stopped eating as soon as I found it in the hot pot. To think bright, the vegetables which got caterpillars on must be safe...not much chemicals used I mean. Anyway...went shopping afer being very full, and spent some money as well on new clothes. *chuckles* Yeah I think I am a normal woman too. :D
On my way home I visited the computer store I used to get stuff. Well I had some questions to ask for sure--how come another Acer NB couldn't get connected to the Net even as I plugged the cable connection into the card and the 2 lights were on. The boss Zhu taught me to do some settings for XP and I even wrote them down on a piece of paper in case I forgot the procedures he said. So I came back home and tried to follow them step by step but weird I just couldn't find the TC/PIP part. @_@ mei you ban fa...I made a call and asked again. Zhu said if so it might not have the drive for the 10/100 card--oh my! How could they give me the card installed in the NB already but forget about the drive very necessary! -_- mi mi hu hu de ren zhen duo ah...( just like me? maybe :P )

Some good news and something bad also

I had a long break this morning ( 2 hours ) and then I went check the PHD's schedule and found he had a 1 hour break just then. So yeah... :P I went to his office and told him I couldn't come online when I used my NB at my office. He was kind enough to come to my office and helped me check it out. Since the OS is 98, he said 'long time no use the commands for 98...' It took him a while to figure it out--must type ipconfig /release_all and ipconfig /renew_all in DOS. Then it needed to do the setting for DNS also. -_- Well you know I have no idea how it works...but anyway, it finally worked! :D
Ok...I should have nothing to complain right? But still I wanna do a little complaining here...why? Since I was told by a colleague that school has decided to take away the computer desk and the only pc in our office on Thurs. Quite ridiculous isn't it. That a desktop is used by 29 homeroom teachers in an office already sounds so...so 'poor'. And boss wanna take the only pc away from us--they said teachers must go to a certain room where puters will be located. I guess they might install some spy cams there and see if we teachers will go to some 'interesting' sites. *chuckles* Wait a sec. I can't chuckle at this moment thinking I can't come online anymore at my office 2 days later! :O Damn the boss who has made the decision...he'd make it so inconvenient for all the teachers to use pc. What a wise man...and wish such a wise man deserve the karma he is to get. *grins*
Lucky students around are nice. Rachel's father went to France and he brought me a bag of coffee beans when he came back to Taipei. Previously she asked me what I like, perfume or chocolate. I didn't think they needed to give me anything tho. A colleague, who is an expert in coffee, told me the brand her dad bought for me is well-known. woo~ And moreover...Jenny lent me the VCDs 'zai jian le ke lu' ( Goodbye Kuro? ), which is a very famous movie on now. Judy gave me the VCDs ' Shark Tale! I got it online already...but nice to have its VCDs too. :P Therefore...I must say I have nothing to complain again I guess--do appreciate such nice persons in my life...thanks a lot!! :D

Tired but fun...

Monday. Usually we have a meeting on Mon afternoon, but not today. I decided to go out...(shirking, yeah :P ) I asked the other homeroom teachers to take care of my students for a few hours, then walked out into the light rain. Well...I was all alone, walking on the street in Taipei...imagined that I was a stray. Taking the MRT, I leaned on the window beside my seat, and let my long hair cover half of my face. I didn't smile...I didn't wanna have any happy facial expression--just wanna be myself, a woman who struggled hard to fit in the situation Fate had arranged. Looking around, frowning...I kind of felt like I was expelled from the fortunate kingdom. So...however, I went back to the fact a few hours later, knowing it's time to have the 8th class and put on my mask to serve kids in class. :P

Hectic

This week I was so busy...the 3 gal students kept making trouble. My new toy could work for a short while after I went ask a teacher who was responsible for my school's network. He did some setting and my NB could come online with the connection plugged in. woo~ but that's in his office. He asked me to try in my office and I did--too bad my NB didn't wanna work again. -_- I have to go ask him to give me a hand again next week then. But that guy is kind-hearted... :P guess I can solve this problem in the near future. Never give up! :D

She Bangs

Ricky Martin's song. A passionate girl. Me? Of course not. :P It's Ruby, my gal student, who just ran out of school this morning. The doorman told us she ran so fast that he couldn't catch her in time. Her classmate told me ( sure it's under the table ) that Ruby has a bf, who lives not so far away from our school. They have been together for around 2 or 3 months. :O Well...I thought I'd better call her mom but couldn't since it just went into the voice mail. I left her a voice msg and as you can guess this careless mom wouldn't call me back. So I had to call her again in the evening. Oh no I worked OT and it's no extra pay for me. BTW some $ gone since I called her mom's cell phone. ="= Her mom's a bit crazy. How come? More than once I called her when Ruby was not present. School asks homeroom teachers to call parents to make sure if students are safe home if they are absent. She answered me, 'urm I am not sure...for I didn't come back home last night. But I think she might be sick so she didn't go to school today.' Fine. However I've done what school asks me to. Finally I made it, and told this woman what happened earlier today. She said, 'Is it possible?' Sure, my dear. It's always possible for any gal to get a bf, and it's also possible for any gal in middle school to be a young mom if they don't wanna protect themselves well. :D The woman said she would be back and ask her cute little daughter. *grins* You had better do so, otherwise you may be a grandmom pretty soon if you don't teach your daughter how to take some protection.
That stupid guy tried to call me today and I didn't answer the phone. I must take some necessary action now--stopped using this # from now on. I went get a new SIM card at a convenience store in the neighborhood. It's also prepaid. :D The # sounds beautiful...most are my lucky #! I think it's fated--I must use this right away. So...goodbye forever, Martin. I am not yours, and you'll never be mine. You go your own way and I go mine! :D

Justy came back to me

Previously I thought I wouldn't see my dear Justy this week...but surprisingly! It was parked at the alley near my place, and I found the car keys in the mailbox. @_@ Didn't my Shi Xiong say he'd borrow it for a week or so...However, I am really glad that my baby has come back to me! This morning I went to school on foot and yeah it's nice to look around in the market on my way. But more convenient when Justy is around! ^^ Not long after I got home SX called me and said they didn't need my car since his relatives have gone to Kaohsiung. But Justy had served them well while they went have fun in Yangmingshan yesterday. hehehe Guess what I got for this time lending them my baby--a cute teddy bear! I'll take a pic of it when I have some free time. :P

As for some mushy news, the 'lovable' Martin guy sent me sms today, telling me to take good care since the weather's getting colder recently because of some coldfront's approaching. woo :P Shouldn't I be glad for such warm greetings. Shouldn't I feel so touched for someone's never giving up trying that hard to keep in touch. LOL~ ok friends you know me--I did give him 3 chances before. :P I think I am very generous this way...maybe too generous -"- don't you think so. Anyway it's not even a fling; to be opposite, it's more like a big trouble in my life--must consider to give up the degree 3 cell phone seriously now I guess. -"-

My new toy--Acer TravelMate 320T

I think it might be in 2007 for your latest question, my friend. *chuckles* Don't you worry! I have had a life as you know...whether I have a bf or not. :D Furthermore, I am pretty much into high-tech products--that's why here is this new toy for me, which I got from Yahoo auction, a small notebook! The only problem is the seller told on his page he made it windows XP and it ran well. But after we met this afternoon he told me he didn't think XP ran well enough and then he changed it to windows 98. -_- Not that I am a person who just likes to complain, but I do think what you said on your page should be HONEST. It's not a blog, you know...if it was, I wouldn't take EVERYTHING serious since I wouldn't say I am being serious on my blog either. So yeah...12000 NT spent, and I will have to find the drives. My friend did try to help there...he's always kind enough to do so for ppl around. Altho I am sometimes too dumb, or too smart -_-... to figure what he taught me out. ( I go sleep on the sofa in the living room...LOL this is what I used to laugh at myself while I was making mistakes. I think better for me not to get married since me so good at pissing guys off. I wouldn't be allowed to stay in the bedroom but got to sleep on the sofa...or in the bathroom? hahahaha~ ) Ok back to very serious mood. So yeah...I have a big problem now--my NB's USB can't work for me. What to do? I really have no idea now...but I am sure I don't give up. Maybe later I will have some inspiration...some terrific ideas just come and I can solve the problem. :D ( way too optimistic you can tell... )

Gathering

No idea why but I got a headache from this early morning, not like I caught a cold tho, no coughing, no sneezing. Only the upper part of my head hurts very much. It's Sat! And I had to go out for a gathering--had a late lunch ( from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. ) with 2 friends from another channel. We had buffet at my favorite vegetarian restaurant near Zhongshan MRT station. :D~ Needless to say it's very enticing...many kinds of dishes, and yummy snacks. Best of all, since they both stayed on IRC longer than me, I was happily listening to those exciting stories ever happened. Some have quitted and others still keep in touch--and their relation to each other is pretty amazing. :P Somehow I think the Net is quite surprising, you know. More than once I heard friends tell me how they fell in love with ppl who they didn't even meet in person--only by conversation...even the gal who I met today did. She fell in love with a guy who is a Taiwanese but he's a Canadian citizen now. The most interesting thing is that guy never sent a photo--see? Nobody knows how he looks yet. *chuckles* I am not here to lecture or what...it's my monologue--I can comment! :D It's difficult for me to love a guy who I never met before. I do think physical attraction is very important... :D

Me at my office desk.  

What a week

Winter time's coming...I become too lazy to do my blog these days.
:P yeah the weather is too...too cold? nahh...it's over 30 C the
highest during the day recently, I mean for this week. So that's why
in the photos below I still wore a short sleeve blouse or dress
these days. I don't mind tho, since there's always something fun
every day whether it's hot or cold. :D Just like a few days ago, the
boy student Jason finally raised his hand in class: 'Teacher may I
ask you a question?' 'Sure.' 'If I ask you out for a tea would you
agree and go out with me?'

Needless to say, altho I am pretty much this kind of person who
enjoy being treated by guys whether it's a meal or a drink...'No
way.' I replied. LOL~ Really fun to look at his facial expression!
And then another boy Guo brought some VCDs: Scary Movie I and II,
which I watched them both before but I didn't get the VCDs. ( I have
their avi. tho ) Of course he's glad to lend them to me. :P Guo even
asked me if he could intro his cousin to me: 'You can talk with him
on MSN, teacher.' 'Err but I prefer to chat in English.' 'It doesn't
matter. My cousin majors in architecture.' 'Erm...@_@ I...' Well
well, how come they are more desperate than this single teacher! :P
But friends you don't worry for me--being dodging is truly my strong
suit. So yeah, safe!

To my surprise there are quite a few Scorpio in my class: Scott and
Patric this week, Sandy and Rachel next week. In the photos Scott
was the boy on the left, and Patric was in the middle. My mini digi
cam is not a brand name stuff, but it got some colourful frames. I
chose this 'happy bday' one for them and hope they are cheerful for
both the photo and the butter flavoured chocolate from me as a
little bday gift. :D In fact my school doesn't ask students to wear
any caps. So where are those blue caps from? *chuckles* It's Sam's
idea...quite creative isn't it. He folded his blue sport jacket and
then made it a blue cap. I was almost 'xiao si' as soon as I saw
them wear that in class: 'Hey you guys all become over 180 cm now!'
Oh yeah boys in class are not tall...the average is around 160 cm,
or less? Anyway not as tall as me. But the gal who drew a cute cat
on the blackboard, our class leader Vivien, is the same tall as me!
Maybe a bit taller now...the one on the left in the photo. And
Simone was on my right side--she was laughed at by classmates: 'Hey
you are standing but you're nearly the same tall as our homeroom
teacher who's sitting now!' Awww!

However nothing is perfect. Some unfortunate events happened as
well. Our classroom was broken in one night and the next morning we
all had to clean up all the powder ( it's pink and a bit purple too
) from the fire chemical extinguisher. I was kidding: 'Oh wow our
stuff now look so elegant--being painted white.' Furthermore, I
found one pile of broken glass in the doorway this early morning, in
front of our classroom. I was :O and then quickly asked Jerry, who's
responsible for our class' property, to come and help. While I was
helping put them in a thicker plastic bag, my finger was cut by 2
tiny glass trash. -_- I had to pull them out of my skin carefully,
you know...and a little bleeding. Therefore I reported to my boss
and suggested spy cam should be installed at some places in our
school because such events have had happened a couple of times.
As for damages from the nature, there were some earthquakes: twice
at night when I was in my bedroom and once in the morning when I was
sitting at my office desk. No need to ask me if I was scared. Of
course I was! It even made the tile under my chair broken. Somehow I
think...we shouldn't 'ji jiao' too much since we really don't know
when we will kick the bucket. :P I am not that kind of person who
would just quit without leaving friends a message. I must give a
reason previously. But if I just disappear...*chuckles* I hope you
know why. ( Yeah my pc got problems sometimes, you know :P ) It's
Friday, and I planned to send my Justy for a check. Too bad many
cars were in there waiting and I could do nothing but drove back. :(
My shi xiong will come borrow it on Sun morning. Wish him good luck then.
*grins*

Cute cat  

Happy birthday, Patrick! :D 

Cool caps! 

Happy birthday to Scott!  

Some more SJB

Work's not hectic today, but I decided to blow my cool in
front of my students in year 9 this afternoon. They were noisy
in class while I was helping them review Book 3 for the coming
test next Wed. Some of them didn't concentrate on their
studies--in fact I know it's impossible to ask EVERY student
to study English hard, but they shouldn't make so much noise.
I didn't wanna bear with that anymore. So I stood up without
looking at them, neither did I scold. I slapped the English
refernce book onto the desk--it fell off the desk onto the ground, and
then I stepped out of the classroom. All students became so
quiet when I was standing outside the classroom. I
counted...and thought ok it's enough for them. I found that
reference book was already put on the desk again. So...a good
performance I did today. And hope from now onwards when I am
lecturing they know what they have to act. :P

And some more sjb things. After class students came up to me
as usual, asking questions ( about English, about my personal
stuff, about everything :P ) and joking with me. Suddenly I
found someone was approaching too near on my left--I turned my
head and almost hit her face! The gal student who 'proposed'
to me a few days ago was to kiss my cheek. -_- I must be
careful...very careful I mean. LOL~ Not only her...but another
gal from year 8, who isn't my student now since I don't teach
their class this semester, met me during a break while I was
leaning on a fence in front of a classroom. She came take my
right hand and said: 'Coffee ( my nick ), do you wanna spend
one night with me?' @_@ I was...'flattered'? Should I laugh or
cry? :P

Dino and me.  

Relay Race

We had the relay yesterday afternoon. There are around 90
classes in our school--you can imagine how noisy it was on the
court. Year 9 went first, then year 8 and year 7. My class is
in year 8, but I also teach some students in year 9. They
asked me earlier if I could go 'jia you' for them. That's why
I was standing there watching and trying my best to
encouraging them. It's very exciting to see students
running...and lucky, I was thinking...no such competitions for
us teachers. Otherwise I might broke my bone when I couldn't
get the baton from another teacher and fell off there. LOL~
thanks goodness I am content with being an observer. My
students really did their best...but they couldn't win the top
3 places. Well good enough I told them: no one got hurt during
the race. Everyone got an iced soya drink after the relay--
hope they can feel better soon.
I saw an interesting stuff in my office today, a dinosaur toy.
A Chinese teacher told me one of her boy students brought it
to school and she didn't think it's a good idea for middle
school students to play with such a toy in the classroom. So
yeah, the green creature was standing on a shelf in this
homeroom teachers' office, watching us grading homework or
tests and listening to our jokes from time to time. I took a
picture with it...wondering if hs students in western
countries would do so as well. Erm maybe they are more mature?
They might bring guns. *grins*