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

Being worried

學生考完第一次基測囉！現在我們上課就大多在自習，也
鼓勵大家帶課外書來打發"晨光悅讀"的時間，打牌下棋則
不許可，真遺憾。不過校長主任有他們的考量，我們當導
師也就配合著囉，以免巡堂被抓有麻煩。

昨天在考場和家長聊天，談到台灣許多工廠都移出去，孩
子未來就業搞不好都要去中國大陸，深感無奈。這家長是
做冷氣的，假如去大陸應該生意也不賴，小孩高職就念個
相關的科系，自動控制什麼的啊，以後當老闆賣冷氣給我
記得算便宜些...哈開玩笑的。

這幾天新聞多是陳家和趙家如何運用權勢關係，而達成迅
速致富的境界，相信全台灣人民各有感嘆。我自己身在教
育界，對於這些貪吃到不知稍微遮掩，明目張膽的行徑，
我好憂心台灣下一代的未來。第一線教書的人，更該振作
精神...*自我鼓勵中*

Good to change her mind

Previously my mom wouldn't agree to make us rice
dumplings. "It is very troublesome! If you guys
wanna have rice dumplings, you just go get some at
the stalls!!" OK...we dared not say anything
against my mom, our queen at home, who can twist a
roach's head off by hand. She said it is dirty to
smash a roach with our slipper or some book. Easier
when hygiene is concerned. Sure, sure...We want our
heads of course.

However, I am eating a pretty nice rice dumpling
made by my mom, hmm so tasty! What changed her
mind? I asked her. She said she would like to make
some for her good friend, so she 'shuen bian' made
some for the family. *sobs* It's so kind of her.
And we are lucky for my mom has a very good friend.
That's why I don't need to order any vegetarian
rice dumplings from the stalls; there are quite a
few in our fridge! Yeah! I hope you guys can have
some nice ones too by the Dragon Festival.

My notebook's broken!

上完第三節後我回到辦公室，看到桌上有一根螺絲釘，咦
我不是教工藝的嗎，怎麼會有這種零件，再仔細一看，唉
呦不得了啦，我的筆電左邊承軸，就是螢幕連著的地方破
掉了...*泣*明明上一節課還好好的在書桌上，才45分鐘
不見，發生了什麼事啊！我猜有人不小心把它摔壞了，也
許是學生在上課中來辦公室幫老師拿東西，然後...也不
敢向我承認啦，幸好還能用，目前拿來打字上網還OK。自
我安慰一下：也好啦，破掉的筆電更沒有人偷吧！*
泣...* >_<

Don't use it wrong

Our president's son-in-law has been into big
trouble which is related to the stock market. He
and his parents are all involved. Furthermore, our
president used a saying wrong--the phrase qing zhu
nan shu (罄竹難書) should be used for something
wrong, some negative events. But our minister of
the Education Department defended Mr. Chen by
saying we can use the above phrase in a postive
way. Of courst...NOT. Our Chinese teachers never
agree with that. Don't you think it's wiser to
admit that we made a mistake and then correct it.
I believe such people would be more popular and
respectable. That's why I am worried about the
future of our kids sometimes, you now, since they
watch what those stupid officers have said and
done then learn from them.

談完令人憂心的國家大事，就來說說近來發生的趣事。本
週末要學測囉！真是...我當年聯考時導師在哪裡啊，為
什麼現在學生考試全體國三導師要到？孩子的家長才需要
來陪考吧！怎麼推給老師呢真奇怪，坦白說我們去也幫不
上忙，什麼你說幫忙他們訂便當？誰敢啊！哈哈，萬一小
朋友肚子痛了影響考試成果導師賠不起好不好。有個男生
才寶咧，突然來問我老師妳有沒有油性筆，就是黑色奇異
筆啦，我問他你要幹嘛？他拿出一把小扇子說，老師妳幫
我簽名在這個扇子上面，學測時我要帶去搧。哇咧...加
持啊！

Mistakes

打開電視看新聞才知現在台東多一處熱門觀光景點啦！還
有趙家的小朋友童言童語，也堂堂出現在台開案的相關報
導中，大概台灣的口味真的太多樣了，什麼花邊都來。

這個週末豔陽高照，街上人來人往好多在逛，呵呵為什麼
我知道，大概是我也是在血拼中...*偷笑* 其實沒買什麼
啦，反而是在書店鬧了一個笑話：和朋友進了某家書城，
發現某出版社的書打折，比拿貴賓卡的折扣還多的多呢！
我想自己家附近不也有家KINGSTONG嗎！就問小姐：請問是
不是每家KINGSTONE都有這個打折的活動呢？小姐臉上三條
線：我們這裡又不是KINGSTONG...我也三條線...旁邊的朋
友希望不認識我吧...後來我說：喂這家書店真的很像
KINGSTONE對不對，朋友回我：哪裡像啊！唉 =_=

Get well

Hah there was another affair these days--a guy
whose name is Chang Kuei went dating a woman at a
motel in Banqiao. Photos were taken, and he told
the journalists he was there 'tan gong shi' (
talking about business. ) Finally we know motels
have an extra function hehehe. My students and I
all agree that the most pitiful character in such a
story is the wife. She always has to stand out and
announce she believes her husband NEVER had affairs
with other women. Poor wives.

This morning it was a bit rainy yet sunny as well.
Weird ain't it. As soon as I was in the office, 2
students of mine came tell me to see the rainbow.
Wow I was surprised! The rainbow looked so near and
huge! A pretty amazing scene...too bad I did not
have a good digi cam to take a pic of it.

Anyway today is Fri; I had a cold a few days ago,
and thanks God I get well soon. Hope my friend can
feel much better today too. By the way, I did sit-
ups before sleeping--10 this time.

Started to do sit-ups

體重是降了，朋友仍好心地提出雕塑身材的建議，唉我又
不當模特兒，幹嘛那麼美啊！教育界有需要雕塑身材嗎各
位！好吧就算為了健康，昨天晚上我仍是聽朋友的話，努
力做了，呵呵，6下，不簡單吧，6下仰臥起坐，然後腹肌
就好痛，沒辦法我真是四體不勤五穀不分的好女人呀！*嘆
*

珍珠颱風來囉，學生只關心能不能放假，*咳咳*事實上我
也好不到哪兒去，不過我更關心吃的夠不夠，這個吃全素
的最怕鬧飢荒，沒吃飽血糖一低就完了，輕者情緒低落，
重則...算了不提也罷，哈哈，反正和我熟的都見識過...

最近新聞就兩件比較吸引我的注意，方小姐的老公于先生
劈腿被抓，外遇說她還要做人，當然啊，于先生名氣也不
是小到大家不知道他有老婆，今天有勇氣招惹有婦之夫的
女人，就要承擔接下來的後果嗎！希望不是光外遇的那一
位要做人，通通都要好好做人啦！感情沒什麼對錯，我認
為，不喜歡了也就是不喜歡了沒錯，錯是在一方不坦然，
耽誤了原本的另一半。所以方小姐早點知道也好安排後半
的人生，不然等到七老八十了，要再尋覓春天可沒那麼多
機會啦！

還有台開案，哇那麼好，短短幾個月賺8百萬台幣...我的
朋友們和我都忍不住想，有內線才好玩股票，像我們這種
沒後台，沒人報明牌的，只好乖乖拿薪水吧，否則大多是
虧本滴。嗯，看來玩股票真是一門學問喔！

Being sick

今天仍然在"破病"中，反正我堅持不看醫生滴，多喝水多
休息就對了，也很感謝關心我的好朋友前來探病，其實很
快就會好。最近是壓力極大沒錯，學生下個週末就要學測
了，學校又要求國三導師趕快交一堆成績，品德啦評語等
等，所以可稱之為內憂外患的5月，然後天氣近來不穩定，
過敏發作的就更厲害了，啊...忍耐吧！

Exhausted

What an exhausting Monday...seems I had not been this
tired for a long time until today. Maybe it resulted
from my sickness? Got a sore throat yesterday;
shouldn't have eaten that iced durian bought by my
mom I guess. Anyway, I will be fine sooon as long as
I get enough water and rest. Hehe some friend used to
tell me to see a doc when I was ill. Thanks...but I
just don't wanna enter a hospital because of catching
a cold. Well I had better go hit my pillow earlier
tonight and hope everything will be fine asap.

A visit

And the weekend is fun too. Two of my ex-students
called me last night asking if they could come over
to my place to pay me a visit. Sure. Heh not all of
my students can see me like this, you know. Only
those who are good, cute, polite, and considerate.
Otherwise I would tell them I am too busy to meet
them--it's torturing if I still have to see
students who I don't really like after work right.
Anyway QQ ( a boy student ) and Pony ( a girl )
came; I shouted them milk tea and had a small talk
for about 2 hours, sharing with each other what we
do recently, what friends we have made since their
graduation in 2003, etc. Time flies...hehe. I told
them it's time to leave as I saw the time's past 10
p.m. Brilliant kids...welcome to my place next
time.

Call it an amusing week. On Thur afternoon I went to Keelung to have a nice buffet at Evergrren Laurel Hotel with colleagues. Of course it's a special occasion--a math teacher is going to retire this summer. Woo she can live on a nice pension in the future and enjoy herself...no need to yell at naughty teens anymore. How I envy her...but I am still too young, you know. This picture's taken at the lobby; the jar beside me costs around NT$100,000. 

Dead tired

太可怕了，今天...開了6個鐘頭3個會，我快累掛了，真的，寧願
去上6節課，也不要開這些會啊！*泣...*~>.<~

比較好玩的是有人送花來，夏天花比較不耐，我趕快加水把花插
起來。好辛苦的一天，看來我得早點去休息，明天還要和同事去
基隆呢！^_^

A day without my celly

Well I forgot to bring along my cell phone to work.
*chuckles* ended up there were 11 missed calls as I
checked it at home this early evening. It's a sign of my
poor memory, or just my carelessness, or...both? hahaha I
bet you'd say 'both'!

Still 19 days to go, you know, for students to take the
BCT. They are getting more nervous, I mean some of them;
the others are still relaxing--read comic books during
break time. Hmm when I was to take the entrance exam (
yeah ages ago ), I truly didn't have such free time for
comics books or novels...hehe thanks God no tests for me
anymore! I can read as much as I want! Watching anime and
movies is lots of fun too. I hope I can see Mission
Impossible III, and Da Vinci Code. The latter isn't on
yet in Taiwan. *crossing my fingers* :)

House of Nine Gragons

Went have dinner at Giu Long Ge, of course a vegetarian
restaurant, which means House of Nine Dragons. I've been
there once, ages ago, when some aussie friends came visit
Taipei. Ah I didn't keep in touch with them...no idea how
they are now. Maybe the item's got married. The dishes
are good, especially the soup tastes sweet. So I asked
the owner and she told me they made the soup in some
special way, adding vetetables and sugar cane to the soup
and keeping boiling for a couple of hours. Really...so
troublesome I think. That's why I never think I can be a
good cook. ( Neither do I think I can be a good
wife...Mom said the best way to get a man is through his
stomach or what. *sighs* )

Another funny thing happened the day before yesterday,
Fri evening after we got dinner. On our way home, I found
a roach on the road walking ( or running? not sure :P )
very fast. We passed it and it's very kind of me to warn
my friend, who's definitely afraid of roaches, that
there's a roach nearby. LOL and it did look like the
roach's following us...so you guys can imagine how panic
my friend was...and how naughty I was, 'hey "little
strong" come come here!' hahahaha

555

今天是5月5日星期五耶！學生提醒我的，呵呵忙到昏頭怎麼沒注意到，那買樂透要選5,15,25,35,45,再來個8好了，學生說老師妳這樣簽中了我請妳。我回，什麼那怎麼夠意思，中了頭獎我請全班！後來也沒買，哈我已經很久不買樂透，一張50元也不貴，可是我太懶了。

喔還有一件大事，孩子們拿到准考證囉！最近拿去拜拜的家長一定很多，其實人有時真需要一點好運呢！剛好題本考出來的就是有把握的多好啊！所以我告訴學生們，信主的就多祈禱，其他的就照家裡習慣的方式，希望全班都平安順利！

Bad luck >.<

最近是不是因為氣候不佳，不少同事或同事的小孩生病，食物中
毒住院的都出現了，前天還是大前天吧，眼皮跳個不停，真是，
看鏡子裡我自己的臉都好笑，左眼跳完跳右眼，右眼跳了再換到
左眼，拜託...怎麼不兩隻眼皮一起來跳嗎！結果應驗了有跳必有
事，還牽連到一位朋友，我真的真的運氣沒那麼背過！接二連三
的巧合，讓我們同感：上天是覺得我們不夠忙是吧？

終於啊我的眼皮不再跳了，這個月底孩子們也要參加人生的第一
次大考囉！我們這個年紀的叫聯考，現在嗎叫做基本學力測驗，
BCT--basic competence test. 換湯不換藥啦，國英數自然社會
，跟當年差不多，哈哈，我以前國中時最討厭讀的就是英文呢！
沒想到...好像開了一個大玩笑。總之當下最要緊滴就是穩定學生
的心情，讓他們平安度過這場大考，加油！

Not for teachers

In fact many workers didn't need to work today. But we
teachers did. Oh yeah so did our students. No idea why
the gov doesn't wanna let teachers rest...we still have
school on Teacher's Day, you know.

That's so unfair. But I ain't the woman who would keep
complaining about something I cannot change a bit. As for
my job, going well as usual. The second periodical test
is coming soon. And the manga I am into these days, up to
vol. 21! The weather's sunny and hot, so we all turned on
the air con and right now I am enjoying the coolness at
home. *a big smile*

A little bad luck

星期五太開心，星期六呢就出狀況要破財，唉我的臉都垮了，出
去時開始都笑不出來，朋友就用手把我的臉頰往上推，真
是...@_@ 嘿嘿多謝啦！其實我這種頭腦簡單的女人很好應付，只
要讓我吃一頓好的，血糖一高什麼都OK啦！(學生想考試少一點可
以用這招，哈哈，還好這裡沒有我的學生吧！)

今天和昨天一樣是個溫暖的晴天，應該不會下雨，反正等下還是
要和朋友出去走走吃飯，呵呵，台北好吃的素菜餐廳不少，感
恩...然後再繼續努力看獵人！

happy 3

Got 3 happy events for today. The first is I can use the
printer in my office now. hah I even talked with a friend
via skype this morning, trying to figure out what went
wrong. I even sent screen shots, but still couldn't work.
Finally I took his wise advice--proceeded to the Teaching
Apartment and reported this problem. A while later a guy
who taught science came over and made the setting for me.
Done. My friend is right; in fact it's very easy to set
the printer...but I am so bad at computers. *grins*

The second is I had a break this afternoon. Oh time to
get a new cell phone at the Chunghwa Telecom! Customers
just need to agree that they will use the # for another 2
years, and they can purchase a new cell phone there at a
lower price! Now I got a new OKWAP...yeah! Although some
friends told me OKWAP is NOT the best buy, I want it as
well.

The third is I went had a hot pot for dinner--ahh it's so
nice to have hot pots in a cold and rainy evening with
nice friends. After dinner I spent my beautiful Friday
evening reading manga Hunter x Hunter again. ep. 17 so
far...will read more this weekend. *smiles*

What's wrong with the printer

今天的大事呢就是辦公室的印表機不能用了，我按了好幾次列印
，只聽見機器呼呼的響，一張也沒印出來，真是。我用SKYPE問一
個電腦功力比我好一點的朋友，他建議我把連接電腦和印表機的
電線拔了再插上，重開機試試，我有點顧慮到資訊組來修理時，
同事到時說我有拔過電線，等下有責任麻煩，索性直接報修了。
還是很感謝那位朋友的幫忙，呵呵，我在講SKYPE時有位同事還問
別人，她到底在和誰說話啊！因為不是每個老師都會玩SKYPE啊
MSN之類的，看我對著電腦說話很恐怖吧！其實我也很少用SKYPE,
不過今天想看能不能自行解決這個問題，可惜電腦一直顯示連接
失敗。*泣*

另外一件大事呢，呵呵，是我看完了HUNTER x HUNTER第15集囉！
有個朋友說這故事蠻有趣滴，就借來看看吧！後來我才知道作者
也畫了幽遊白書，哈哈動畫真不錯。他的夫人則是鼎鼎有名，畫
SAILOR MOON的啦！天啊我也看過全套。真不容易啊，在我每天都
忙得要命的情況中，還能看這些有的沒的！說真的實在要歸功於
我工作很有效率，能 to the point，玩的時間就擠得出來啦！還
有不少集待看呢...也同樣感謝告訴我及借我這些有趣作品的好朋
友喔！

Tension

Had a weird dream. I saw myself getting mad at a friend,
and I was throwing things angrily in a room while talking
to him--unlike the gentle me IRL. *giggles* I wouldn't
act that fiercely...neither at work nor at home. Anyway
it's a dream. After I met my colleague in the office this
morning and shared this dream with her, she told me it's
healthy and kind of helped release my tension. Ahh didn't
know I was that nervous and under great pressure! I felt
bad when I was treated unfairly by friends--even I might
pretend to be all right, you know...the true feeling has
been expressed exactly in my dream. *sighs* It is
impossible to lie to myself in the dreams right.

Saw a movie

Went see a movie with friends this Sat. Heh it was sunny
and hot. We took MRT to Ximan and something 'tragic'
happened--were told the movie we wanna see was not on
now! What the...we even checked the night before, the
place and time! That's why my friend was immediately in a
bad mood and I was a bit upset too. Anyway. Being a
optimistist, I never give up. There was a 7-11 nearby,
and I told friends I'd go get a newspaper and check where
we could go watch it today. "When there is a will, there
is a way." I like this saying a lot. Another one that I
like is, "There is no free lunch." I NEVER agree with
those who think they can succeed without working hard. (
Now then you know I am a 100% Capricorn ain't you. ) Some
guys complain they got no girlfriends. *chuckles* The
thing is they don't go meet girls. Even after they have
some chance to know girls, they don't pursue--they don't
spend time and money on dates. They say they are too busy
maybe working or playing games. *sighs* No wonder no
girlfriends. Finally we took MRT again and a bus to the
cinema and watched the movie. Yeah!

Don't just greet me

今天和朋友在MOS吃漢堡時，被不認識的兩位女士叫住，禮貌地和她們打招呼，一面在記憶中拼命搜索，是什麼地方見過的朋友
或家長嗎，坐下小聊一下，原來其中一位是我朋友的乾姊，她就
住在附近，看我走來走去好些次，不過因為沒有介紹她也不好和
我打招呼。另一位呢是她朋友，真是巧，小孩讀我們學校。有句
話說人生何處不相逢，果真如是，反正我既然踏進教育界，就不
可能隱姓埋名啦！吃個飯也有人來交朋友，呵呵，蠻好玩滴。

ps.假如能順便請吃飯更好... >:P

Can wear a short skirt now

Heh it's a bit cloudy today, but good enough...no rain. I
am happy and content with the nice dinner with friends,
of course, at a shabu shabu restaurant. Haha a guy called
me in the meanwhile and he said I was a real 'hot pot
girl.' Hmm don't you think it'd be much better if 'pot'
is left out. Moreover he warned me that I'd be fat if I
keep having lots of hot pots. *falls laughing* Oh it's
very difficult for me to get fat ok. Don't you know I
take exercise very often. Furthermore, I am a vegetarian.
How to get fat if most of the food I have is all kinds of
vegetables. >:D

Thus, friends don't worry about me, who never need to go
on a diet. I have another good news to report. I told you
that I fell on the ground and got some bruises on my legs
this Mon afternoon. It's lighter now, so I can wear a
blue short skirt and look great today. *chuckles* Too bad
I have no date...*sighs* Ah...never mind. Luckily I got
good friends. And one gave me a bag of instant coffee--it
smells so good in the early morning when I make breakfast
in the kitchen. Her birthday's coming...hehehe I would
like to buy her something cute and practical. *grins
evilly* >:P

Fell

哈時間真的好快！四月又過了一半多囉，昨天我不小心滑了一跤
，左腳今天就烏青一塊，和學生講時他們笑得很樂，問我老師旁
邊有沒有很多人，有啊，可惜沒有人幫忙我自己就只好站起來啦
！而且還好現在還算年輕喔，再十年骨質疏鬆，學生喊：那骨折
了吧！呵呵真聰明。同事更好，我把這段不幸的遭遇告訴他們：
我右邊都很OK不過左邊好痛，走路一拐一拐滴，他們回：那不就
像中風嗎！真是有情有義的好朋友啊！>_<

反正天氣溫暖，陽光美得讓我還是要溜出去走走，順便辦點小事
，當然我沒有真的像中風一樣啦！希望烏青趕快好，夏天可是穿
裙子的季節呢！>:D

A relaxing weekend

又冷又下雨的，不知老爸的阿里山之行怎樣，退休後他迷上攝影
，去上課還常跑出拍照，不過我看這幾天是沒得好拍囉！他還勸
我換台數位相機，說SONY七百萬畫數的只要一萬多，一萬二是吧
？我也忘了他說的數字，哈哈，我不是沒錢買啦！只是本小姐真
的蠻迷糊滴，工作的地點是學校，身旁一堆比猴子還皮的青少年
，相機有時要借給他們拍，上次連SD記憶卡都壞了，怪啊...真不
知道他們怎麼拍的。還好現在記憶卡便宜了，以前我買一塊256MB
的SD要2千多呢！嗯我應該來問問看，誰有128或256的SD卡不用便
宜賣給我算了，1G那麼大根本用不到買了也是浪費啊！

Yesterday evening I watched a movie on HBO--Anchor Man-
the Legend Of Ron Burgundy, talking about the old topic
that men and women ain't treated fairly at work in a
funny way. The most interesting scene was the bossy
anchor starred by Will Ferrel stepping onto the tables
and playing the Jazz flute. He was dating his pretty co-
worker and then asked to perform by the owner of the
restaurant. Of course his performance impressed that
pretty girl and the guy easily won her heart. *chuckles*
I guess that's why guys should always learn some 'tricks'
because you'll never know when you'll be dating and need
to show something special to make your dream girl fall
for you right.

Can you do magics? *winks*

A big spider

前幾天早自習時，突然靠牆的那一排有幾個男生都站起來，把桌
子都搬離牆面十幾公分，我在想造反啦，敢擅自行動，他們跟我
說：老師不是啦，有蜘蛛！我走近一看，喔是一隻不算很大的"拉
牙"。這玩意聽說是吃蟑螂滴，樣子嗎看起來的確不討喜，好吧因
為我吃素，平時也盡量不殺生，就叫學生把它移出室外，結果你
猜怎麼著，常和女孩們打情罵俏，喜歡講些俏皮話逗人的男學生
們都躲的遠遠，只有本班內掃股長，平時不出風頭個性內斂的阿
白，靜靜地拿個塑膠桶，把那隻"拉牙"一裝，帶到教室外面放生
去。*cool* ^^b

機會教育，我告訴各位女同學，男生不要看身高臉蛋，真的，男
生還是要好用最重要，長得俊俏在危急時派不上用場，要這種人
當男朋友或老公做什麼呢？就像常有朋友和單身的我說，找男朋
友要找有錢的，哈哈，有錢男人有什麼用啊！要有錢讓我用得到
才有用滴！很多有錢人摳的要死，嫁進去不見得我們女生就用得
到夫家的錢好不好。哈哈，所以呢還是把自己栽培好，有份工作
可以賺錢，然後呢每天打扮的漂漂亮亮滴，開心過日才實在。^_^

ps. 可惜阿白才16歲,唉對我來說太年輕了。

Frightened for a few secs

A sunny day again, and I called the department which is
reponsible for the school's electricity at least 3 times
since we wanna turn on the air con. They really don't
understand it's torturing us, who stay on the highest
floor in this school. Inconsiderate staff...*sighs* yeah
I know such people exist everywhere at work.

Being careless, I scared myself this evening...you know
it's not easy to find a free parking space near my place.
And I parked my Justy near the little park after work.
Then I went out to get some cold drink a while later. On
my way home I passed by the place where I parked Justy
and found no car there. :O MY GOD JUSTY IS TOWED AWAY!
~>_<~

All of a sudden I remember that's NOT the place I parked
my Justy today, but YESTERDAY. LOL~ life is always so
exciting, you see. :P

Sneezed a lot

Not a blue Monday, but I couldn't sleep well last night
since I started to sneeze a lot around 11 p.m. and gotta
use lots of facial tissues...*sobs* fell asleep around 1
a.m. I guess. That's why I didn't sound cheerful in class
at the very beginning, but you know, my students are not
only cute but considerate. They encouraged me and told me
to rest enough and take care. Ahh I feel much better
indeed.

Another thing to report is I went to the school clinic
because I wanna know how much I weigh. Therefore I
stepped onto one scale and I was @_@ ... ok I decided to
stepped onto the other scale there and it said the
same...@_@ weird I didn't go on a diet but I lost some
weight! Hmm...nothing wrong with my appetite;
furthermore, I don't get a lot of exercise ( been lazy
you know.) That means I am a lucky woman--let me have
more yummy stuff then. :P

No event on April Fool

Ahh didn't do anything naughty on April Fool. Previously
I did think about calling friends to inform them: heh
tell ya good news that I'm to get married! But didn't do
so since I'm a bit afraid that friends would come give me
a good kick after they found I just wanna fool them.
*giggles* Students in my class told me today they did
call some of their classmates and make fun of them.
hahaha hey hey don't say: Like teacher like student! I
ain't naughty at all ok. *winks*

We ETs had a meeting with the staff from Let's Talk
English, 2 American teachers and 2 Chinese ones. They
would like to get some feedback after we use their
magazines as a teaching material in addition to our
textbooks. Thus, most of us talked about what we thought
of and discussed with those teachers happily...in
English. *chuckles* In the end we took some pics...I'll
ask the guy to send me, and then you can see my 'yah'
pic. Oh of course I asked them to 'yah' with me. LOL~ ^^V
( like this, and they were so cooperative! )

This week is supposed to be relaxing...no school or work
on Wed. Some of my relatives will be coming, so my family
will be busy for a few days I guess.

Beautiful sunset

多久沒有看見美麗的夕陽了呢？走在路上，心情好好喔！今天晴
天...難得不用上第八節課，我可以在路上晃，看到又大又圓的夕
陽真是感動..說真的，大自然的美景是看不膩的。

下午開了三個鐘頭的會，而且也順利報告完畢了，教學策略還真
多樣呢，校方也送我一本書，一張和教學有關的光碟，還有最好
的，一杯 Starbucks 的 latte，哈哈，校長還在結尾時提到我，
真拍謝，原因是班上有個問題學生，早上校長還講他幾句，然後
快中午時遇到我，當時本小姐沒課，正從外面買了珍珠奶茶回學
校...校長呢就在一樓，我心想這下是要請校長喝一杯還是不用，
然後就一面內心掙扎一面聊起來，最後校長說：這學生給妳添了
很多困擾，很麻煩吧！我回答不會我不覺得，因為我很喜歡教書
這個工作。(雖然錢不太多也不太自由啦！只有寒暑假才能出國，
這點我沒講就是)

氣象局說要到星期五才會再下雨，所以明天又會是美好的晴天！*
快樂期待中... ^_^ *

Being sick

I guess it's because of the weather...got a cold, and
couldn't help sneezing and of course had a running nose
this morning. Then I tried to swap classes with my
colleague so I could be off duty earlier. But failed.
Ended up driving back home to rest for 2 hours this
afternoon after watching kids nap. And drove to school to
teach the 8th session. *chuckles* see, even if I would
give up earning more, the Lord didn't allow me to. Anyway
I put on more clothes and seems I'm getting better. Need
to hit my pillow by 9:30 p.m. though.

Kind of know how come I am getting weak these days--it
happens every month when 'that' is to come. It is the
biggest problem for me ( maybe some other women too ) and
you know we might have serious PMS...yes. No need to tell
me. It's pretty troublesome! Too bad I have to bear with
such for quite a while in my life.

Poor kids

這兩天電視新聞都有播出死亡的消息，一位是舞蹈家羅小姐，死
於肺癌，她的一生精彩，相信在藝術領域永遠都有她的地位。另
外兩位是名不見經傳的男士，一位因被檢方懷疑有殺妻及破壞鐵
軌而上吊，另一位是台鐵剪票員過鐵軌時被撞身亡。他們沒有羅
小姐的名氣，相信新聞播個幾天之後就會永遠把他們遺忘，可是
我卻更同情這兩位的家庭，都是還有年幼孩子的人，叫小朋友們
以後怎麼辦呢？錢就算沒問題拿到一些賠償，他們在成長過程中
會很辛苦。尤其是李先生，太太走了，就應該看在孩子的份上，
怎樣也給他撐下去...我想，那些孩子的級任導師也真...有些東
西是我們老師給不起的。沒有子女的就算了，有了孩子不要輕易
地掛掉啊！生了一定要負責養大，教育界可以幫忙教，沒辦法幫
忙養啊... =_=

A nice boss

To celebrate my getting extra pay today, I went have a hot pot for dinner around 6 p.m. You guys know I am a vegetarian, and so does the boss--I don't even need to tell him what kind of hot pot I would like to get. What made it special for this evening was he said he noticed that I didn't really finish the 'fake meat', which is made of soy beans or mushrooms, every time I ate there. He then suggested he gave me some more vegetables and dried flat tofu instead. Woo I like them both! Ended up eating so much...ahh too full. Didn't even have enough room for ice cream and jelly made of tea! *sighs* Need to get some exercise or cut down snack later on.

My best friend WW is already in Vancouver now. No idea if she has jet lag...hehehe I guess I'll talk to her soon on Skype. Too bad I can't pay her a visit this summer since I plan to visit other countries. Hmm...the weather is not good recently. *chuckles* who cares. I still enjoy the weekend, and hopt you guys do too. ^_^

Extra pay makes my day

雖然下雨，又冷，還是蠻不錯的一天，我終於看到學校的通知，
說寒假輔導費明天入帳。沒錯，你的眼睛沒有問題，寒假早就過
了，現在開學第六週！七早八早跟學生收錢，卻拖拖拉拉才付薪
水給老師，真不乾脆吼！算了，我想，總比有些人工作最後還拿
不到錢強。

昨天我拿垃圾出去倒時，有個同一棟樓的先生比我先倒好，就走
在我面前，然後把大門關起來，我只好請家人再幫我打開，想說
平時同一棟的鄰居都會先看看，如果還有人在倒垃圾就不會關門
，最後一個進來的關是我們的默契。那個先生人怪怪的！有一回
中午我走在路上碰到他，他就要請我一起吃午餐，當然我才不去
！只要老婆在他旁邊他就一句話也沒有，不然都要想盡辦法聊個
幾句，煩...他怎麼樣來煩我都不理他！

我的交友原則是：已婚或有女朋友的男人根本不要碰。要請吃飯
？可以...另一半也來吧！(這招是我爸媽教我的) 今天社會問題
有夠多，單身的我才不想因這些頭腦不清的男人，在社會版多添
一筆爛帳...呵呵。說真的，單身的好男人又不是沒有，就像我朋
友常提的：a lot of fish in the sea. 何必介入別人的關係中
呢？

She's gone

WW left Taipei for Vancouver today. No I don't feel
bad, since I always think it's great to
have friends in other countries, you know. Then I can
have good excuses to go pay my friend in the foreign
country a visit. Her husband is still staying in Taiwan
for serveral days--no worries he can speak a little
Mandarine. I don't need to help him when his wife's not
around then. hehehe :P

As for events at school, we had an exhibition in our
library this afternoon. The best was some pop stars came
and you know what...I didn't recognize them at first.
Students took their cell phones out and started to take
pics, and then I was wondering how come. Finally I found
them--they starred in some well-known series ( ex. 紫禁之
巔 ) and I pretty much liked the handsome boy Jr. That's
why when a colleague suggested she could take a pic of us
I immediately nodded and stood between the 2 gorgeous
guys. Students were so jealous of me!! LOL I will upload
the photo as soon as my colleague emails it to me.

Nice Japanese dishes

昨天去吃日本料理，價格不便宜，但是我的好友及她的加拿大老
公都讚不絕口。明天她就回溫哥華去了，還好現在MSN及SKYPE很
方便，要不然八卦少了她多無聊啊！(可見本人也是蠻無聊滴...)
今天學校很輕鬆，段考進度早上完了，又不用代課，下午有個朋
友來訪，我當然是很高興囉！順便請吃飯，呵呵，我看這陣子吃
吃喝喝又沒什麼運動，要小心穿不了短裙小洋裝啦！

A wonderful reunion

The reunion yesterday was terrific! I met WW at Zhongshan
MRT station and then the other ex-classmates at Danshui.
Our class leader Tina took us to a cool restaurant
located near the Danshui River. Thus we could have lunch
and watched the beautiful scenery in there. They asked WW
how she met her Canadian hubby and how her life is in
Vancouver. She told them the story ( of course I knew
about it ages ago hehehe ) and then everyone thought I
should follow the pattern to find myself a western
husband. :P Interesting. Yeah I know western culture is
more easy-going when it comes to marriage. In Taiwan, if
a girl is to get married, it's like she's going to marry
a whole family ( the future husband's family. ) Life will
be more complicated since the guy's parents and relatives
will bother this couple. Maybe not all of the Taiwanese
here, but most do. That's why I always hear my friends or
colleagues complain about their problems that result from
their 'loving' in-laws' troubling them too much.

That's why I told WW when we were on the MRT after the
happy reunion: we shouldn't bother our offspring a lot
when we get old. We can shout them nice meals if we wanna
see them sometimes, and give them presents ( red
envelopes are our favorite! ) By then we should be rich
enough and are able to live a wonderful life. Both WW and
me work diligently and we don't really need to buy brand
name stuff, like LV bags or Channel cosmetics. Our
attitude is pragmatic toward life--money is very
important. If I can marry a good guy, I will be happy. If
I cannot find a nice guy to get married with, I will
still have a life ( and lots of money hehehe...)

Didn't eat well

My best friend WW's hubby arrived in Taipei today, so I
wanna shout them dinner at a nice veggie restaurant. WW
and me had meals there quite a few times and both of us
enjoyed their dishes--beautiful and delicious. But
something 'tragic' happened this time--WW's hubby is
allergic to food which contains peanuts. He's so sesitive
that he had serious allergy after he got a small piece of
white stuff ( I thought that was tofu, but WW said it's
made of peanuts. ) Ended up he gotta hurried to buy some
medicine and couldn't enjoy most of the dishes in there.
Too bad...most Taiwanese do not have such a problem.
Sometimes we hear people would be terribly sick because
they got some broad beans. Most Taiwanese love
peanuts...good smell, rich in protein and fat, you know.
I felt very sorry for WW's hubby and I told them I would
treat them Japanese meal ( his favorite ) next Monday
evening to compensate for his loss tonight. After he's
getting better we chatted happily ( I didn't speak a lot
of English since he's quite talktive! ) And took some
pictures together. I hope the couple can have a wonderful
time in Taipei these days.

Happy to get my new passport

Great to have a little digi cam handy ain't it. I got my passport and took this pic...plan to take a trip! Heh today is White Day, Lovers Day also. Well...being single, and too bad I have no date now. hehehe means I can have lots of fun somewhere else?

Noisy on the street

I went get my new passport this afternoon, and happened to see some ppl gathering and protesting in front of the building.

My best friend's back

So happy my best friend ww came back to Taiwan from
Vancouver. I will spend some time hanging out with her
from tomorrow onwards. Gotta shout her a nice meal at the
famous veggie restaurant and then go shopping together.
We will attend a reunion too...great to meet our ex-
classmates again! :D

These days I have more activities since I gotta know some
new friends. Sometimes I feel too busy...@_@ of course
friends are like books, just like the line in a Chinese
book. They bring us different kinds of ideas and make our
lives more interesting. hehehe you agree with me right.
Anyway I had a happy weekend, and I wanna thank my
friends...they are so nice! I wish them all good luck. =^^=

Sweated a lot

Had a wonderful time today. Just like what I said a few days ago...exercise is great for our health both physically and mentally. The side effect is my thighs are weak now...cannot walk too much now. Lucky it's Saturday. I don't feel like exhausting myself on Sunday since I will have no energy to deal with those naughty teens. Talking about work, I got a phone call from school last night. They told me to take over my colleague's duty from next Monday onwards...for 6 days. I was like :O and asked him what went wrong with her. What?? Cannot speak at all since this Friday...@_@ oh my that is the worst condition for teachers! Sure I will help her--it means I will have to OT for 6 days. $_$ good...

拍照

天氣非常好，
孩子們有遠見啊！
昨天表決全班穿短袖滴襯衫，
今天把畢冊的個人生活照拍好了。
導師當然也拍囉！
他們說我今天穿的粉紅色背心很可愛，
謝謝啦！我是覺得笑得有點不自然，
啊不管了，反正主角是那群少男少女。
希望這兩天的天氣都不錯，
要出去走走看看青山呢！

Will be very busy ^_^

The weather's real changeable...in the morning it's cold
and foggy, but sunny and warm this afternoon. Some
students came over to say they thought my purple skirt
was cute, and so were my boots ( rimmed with some fake
fur.) Thanks. But I will have to wear something brighter
tomorrow...since we all gotta be taken pictures for our
school year book. For students' sake, you know...me,
their homeroom teacher, will try my best to look super
pretty! >:D
Moreover I will be very busy this weekend...from Friday
evening onwards. Some friend asked me out and I said ok.
Usually I would sleep not so early on Friday night--no
school next day! On Saturday another friend asked me to
visit a place in Taipei county, where I've never been
there. Free vegetaraian lunch, I must say it is what
attracts me most...*sobs* So easy to allure me? :P

38

今天是38婦女節，雖然沒有放假一天，辦公室的男同事都有祝我
們快樂啦！還有小禮一份，價值不高，心意可貴就是。呵呵，坐
在我隔壁的學姊說她老公還想蒙混過去：婦女節已和兒童節合併
為婦幼節了。但是學姊堅持要過38,那也沒辦法。哈哈，單身的我
就不必了，有人送巧克力倒是不錯...反正我很瘦(別人說的，我
是覺得OK啦！)就趁新鮮把它吃了。 :D~
忙了一整天，還陪問題學生的家長去拜碼頭，好辛苦...但比起寫
中輟報告，我寧願跑一跑和校長及各處室主任談，總算談好了感
謝啊...今天還真累。我要早點休息才行... ZZZzzz

Be treated

A colleague who teaches Chinese shouted me lunch at Stay
Cafe. My veggie meal cost 220 NT...guess it is ok. It's
getting a bit cold, not like yesterday. It was sunny and
hot. We have a slang in Chinese: The weather in spring is
like a step mom's facial expression, which means it
changes very fast. Tomorrow is Women's Day. *sighs* Too
bad we females still have to work. Ah I am used to that.
Hmm feeling a bit sleepy...being busy these days. I need
to sleep earlier.

Had a good time

Had a pretty good sleep last night...maybe because of my
taking enough exercise earlier in the evening. To my
surprise, my headache was gone--yes you can say it again
people need to get exercise to keep healthy! ( both
mentally and physically *nods* ) Besides I had fun
walking around Ximending with some friend, window
shopping only since we didn't buy anything at all. The
most interesting was we found we might be the oldest
customers after we sat down in the restaurant where we
were to have dinner. LOL He said it was possible I would
see students here. I then replied, "They would be scared
to be found by me here...'how come you guys don't stay
home to study for CBT but wander in Ximending huh!' you
know."

It was sunny and warm...a nice Saturday. Today, hmm looks
cloudy. Anyway, wish everyone a wonderful time no matter
where you are.

Got a headache and weird dreams

一早起來就看見陽光，真好！
不過我的頭痛死了，
活該... 昨天晚上太晚睡的代價啦！
誰叫我自己多嘴長舌不早點兒睡，
還做了一堆怪夢...
其中有一段是我被一個男人追趕，
我不知道他是誰，
一張陌生的臉，
他緊追不捨，
甚至到我跑進那棟建築物，
躲到一間女子三溫暖的烤箱裡，
他也只穿一件跑進來... =_=
我躲在門後等他進來再跑出去，
把門用力關上不給他出來...
精彩的動作片啊！＠＿＠
什麼跟什麼嗎...學測快到了，
是工作壓力太大嗎！
我一定要出去走走透透氣才行... *sighs*

烤地瓜

辦公室有個大哥把家裡的鍋寶旋風烤箱帶來，
而且非常勤快的洗刷地瓜放進去烤...
所以我們只出一點小錢買了一袋，
就天天吃又香又甜的烤地瓜囉！
連學生都聞香而來，
"我們也想吃..."
hahahaha >:D
週末又來臨了，
同事上網查氣象，
說明天會開始下雨...
@_@ 真是...

Cold and dry in Taipei

其實還不錯啦！
至少沒下雨，就是冷。
所以呢，等一下中午沒課時，我就要...
呵呵...就要和姊妹團一起去吃火鍋！
平時有打八折，我的素鍋還是要200左右。
為什麼吃青菜的比吃肉的還貴！
真是...算了，還是要吃滴... :D~

Got a new seal

Feeling a bit dizzy all day...yeah tomorrow is a national
holiday in Taiwan. And we have no school for sure--that's
why students and me couldn't help laughing, even making
some noise in class. But a colleague's mom was sent to
the intensive care unit because of her second apoplexy.
Thus I agreed to take over her duty and went teach the
3rd session, which was supposed to be my tea break. To be
honest, it is very tiring to teach non-stop 4 sessions in
the morning...although one day maybe I will need other
teachers' help too.

This afternoon I went to get some documents at the
Household Registration Office. On my way there I decided
to get a new seal for myself. Heh it is my favorite
color--purple, and looks real cool. I don't think my
friends in foreign countries can understand how come we
need chops for many events in our lives. hehe however it
IS necessary especially when it comes to dealing with our
bank accounts. ( Hah I see questions marks popping up
from friends' faces now...you guys don't need seals when
you enter a bank to withdraw your money right? ) Thanks
goodness I am very lucky...get a nice new seal and
receive the documents in a very short time. ( Some people
told me they gotta wait in lines for several hours...but
I got what I would like in around half an hour or less
this time and last time as I wanna get my new ID. )

It's time to get a new passport. I will proceed to our
Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
in the near future and hope I have the same good luck
there! ^_^

New ID

哈...二月又快要結束了，真好！這個月發生很多事的感覺，最有
趣的當然是拿到新身分證啦！為了換證，還特地去拍了照，平時
都有瀏海的我，因新式身分證相片不能擋住額頭，還必須夾起
來...要露耳朵，不准露牙齒，衣服還不能穿白色或太低領，麻煩
的規定不少。千辛萬苦總算是拿到了，結果那相片拍得再美也沒
什麼用--掃瞄的效果你說能多好，整個臉是糊糊滴。老妹說她同
事的更精彩，臉是歪的。反正大家不看身分證來相親..真不知道
那些要求有什麼意義。算了，搞不好沒多久又要改呢！下星期二
放假，要好好利用才行。

Need more energy

A tiring day...since I had 6 sessions. You can imagine I
don't even wanna talk with my family after work. *grins*
Neither do I want to go practice with the choir. Although
I really enjoy singing with those lovely friends, you
know. The choir leader was disappointed when I told him
by phone I wouldn't go tonight. Next week will be better
I think--only 4 sessions for Thursday. I will have more
energy left for the choir.

As for anime, I watched Bleach 60 and 61. Still got 62
and 63 to go...I wish I could have more free time!
Another nice anime is Yakitate Japan...*sobs* I have no
time for around 10 'new' eps yet. I dare not bring those
to school, too bad...otherwise I could watch some during
my break time in the office. ( And got caught by my boss
one day you might say. Hah that's why I wouldn't watch
them there! )

Anyway weekend is coming. Hope I can sleep in...and have
time for playing around.

Got hurt

不喜歡弄傷手指的我，最近卻被割傷，一個是綁考卷的，很硬的
尼龍束帶，我在拆時不小心被割到，另一個是影印文件時，被紙
張割到...*泣*不是第一次了，紙的邊真是鋒利啊！~>_<~

最近都在忙學生的畢業紀念冊，為了讓大家都有美好的回憶，拍
出最佳效果，我還拿我上一屆帶畢業的學生畢冊給全班參考，今
天有個男生寫生活札記時說，老師你以前真是太漂亮了...-_- 我
一定要教育他，這樣對女生說話是不行的！在看我 blog 的朋友
，假如剛好你是男的，你要怎麼說呢？講話，有時真的是需要學
問滴！日後有了心愛的女友，說這種話的下場...呵呵... >:P

Yummy snack

還真快又是星期六，不好意思我違反減重原則，吞下了兩包洋芋
片，沒辦法，厚切奶油口味，怎麼抵擋嗎你說說看你說說看啊！(
豆漿廣告台詞) 而且居然下起大雨...我不管！等一下我要出去逛
逛，最近看到杜鵑盛開，呵呵春天來囉！前陣子去逛了光華，感
覺不大習慣，也許是光線非常明亮的關係，還有，是不是有很多
店不見了？最有趣的是還碰到一位拉保險的朋友，他說來他來找
DVD，嗯...光華是找DVD的好地方嗎？我是沒買什麼東西啦，東看
西看，最有趣的是看到一種軟綿綿的鍵盤，淺藍的，可以捲起來
呢，可惜我家目前用不著，應該價格不貴吧！(忘了問多少錢...)

Lost some weight

I decided to lose some weight at the end of the winter
break, but school clinic was closed that time. Thus I
didn't know about my body weight. By the way I do not
trust the scale at my place. *chuckles* Anyway our school
clinic is open and I went in and told the nurse I wanna
know how much I weighed. She informed me people thought
what the scale said appeared heavier than they weighed
somewhere else! I didn't care...I happily stepped on it.
The nurse came over and took a look for me. LOL~ I did
not even take off my coat! She said whoa you are slender!
So...what, I can have more chocolate and potato chips
now? Nah...summer time is coming. Short dresses and
skirts are waiting for me! *grins*

Go to school happily

開學囉！今天好忙，從早上7點50開導師會議，舉行開學典禮聽一
堆訓話，然後回教室發一堆東西，註冊單成績單什麼的，還有資
源回收宣導，快瘋了...

我隔壁的老師說她女兒都不想開學，我說開學才好，表示往暑假
邁進，沒有開學暑假永遠不會來啊！她聽了就笑，我也是這樣告
訴孩子們，有一個快樂的目標在前面，來上學才有意義嗎！

Gonna work like crazy again

School will start tomorrow. Ahh...a nice winter break. I
had lots of fun during this period of time. But you know
nothing is perfect...some events that made me sad also
happened. I do think it is difficult to change one's
personality. Furthermore, it is very painful to change
our own personalities for others, especially when we are
already old. That's what I experienced recently. We had
better to find the ones who can accept what we are.
Otherwise...life is miserable.

I attended a reunion yesterday, and met some ex-
classmates happily. In fact I am not an active person,
who would contact friends and relatives from time to
time. But I would reply them warmly and agree to meet
them if they invite me to. Not that I never ask others to
come visit me or shout them drinks or meals, but probably
I am more likely introverted...However, we talked about
our school when we all studied in NTNU, laughed a lot,
and learned about each other's life--some got married,
moved to another city and now teach in different schools,
and so on. We were glad to keep in touch again like this
and even made an appointment for next month--since Sheila
will come back from Vancounver then! That will be
fabulous to meet my best friend again...*smiles*

I plan to see the lanterns and have dumplings this
evening! Yes I know I will be very busy from tomorrow
onwards...

得之於人者太多

平時都是我請孩子們吃糖果餅乾，今天有個斯文秀氣的小女生，
早上下課時走進我身邊，遞給我一塊東西要請我吃，我接過來看
：豬腳貢糖，哈，金門來的咧！而且還是素的，呵呵...等會兒配
普洱茶當點心吃。下午下課時我自己班上的Vivian也拿了一桶蛋
捲來請我，可惜成分有蛋，還是很感謝啦！(這樣要怎麼減肥
啊...@_@)

Checking emails is fun...and I found this site
http://home.fujifilm.com/alaska/index.html interesting. I
might not be able to visit that place in my life...many
beautiful pictures in there. I just clicked it and
enjoyed the slide show for a while...hehe. Also got some
funny cartoons forwarded by a friend, which are about the
movie Brokeback Mountian. LOL quite naughty I think. Too
bad I cannot forward this onto my blog ( neither do I
know how to paste cartoons here.) Maybe you'll get them
from your friends too. *grins*

Always nice people around me...*being grateful!*

2000 NT for Justy

Well I have my little car Justy back today, and it cost
me 2000 this time to get it fixed. The price of gasoline
is to soar and I am pondering...ah forget it. It's so
convenient to drive a car to work.

Got 5 sessions for today. I feel a bit better ( still a
headache maybe because of...hehe that. ) My friend gave
me some nice dumplings so I cooked them for dinner. Hmm
not bad. My friend suggested that I should lose some
weight recently and I said ok. It means I wouldn't have
my favorite hot pots for quite a while. LOL~ It is not me
but the owner of that shabu shabu restaurant who will
feel sorry then.

寒輔週

終於，寒假就此告一段落 ＊泣...＊ 因為開始上輔導課了，沒錯
啦是有外快，只是7點多就要開車去學校，有一些小小的不甘
願...

說到車，上次是在路上發不動，結果打電話給修車廠，花了1700
元師傅來幫我換電瓶，要不然就不用開回家了，今天是發現雨刷
罷工，真的，其實還是可以開，不過台北三不五時下雨，想想萬
一雨刷不能用，看不清前面也蠻危險...好吧，就毅然決然送車去
修理保養了。

上課第一天好累喔！很久沒有一口氣上6堂的結果，不過學生們都
很開心，因為我把家裡吃不完的點心糖果帶去，一上課就先抽籤
叫五個人上來，不必回答任何英文問題就給兩顆糖，祝他們新年
快樂，上課中有讀或回答得不錯也是有加分，又有點心，大家都
樂得很呢！

我還告訴他們我下課就要去樓下健康中心量體重，看過年胖了多
少，哈哈一群男生衝的比我快，要看老師到底多重，可惜啊，健
康中心居然沒開！好啦，為了夏天的小洋裝，就稍微，稍微少吃
一點吧！

Enjoying my holidays

Time flies! :O Can't believe it's Friday...and I am gonna
work from the coming Monday. Well, you know, maybe a good
thing for me, since I only spent money on holidays (
mostly for food, transportation. ) After I start
teaching, especially when it is still our winter break,
hehehe I will get some good extra pay. $_$
These 2 days I did pay a visit to some well-known places
in Taipei, National Taiwan Science Education Center,
where I think I can take kids to have fun some other time
in the future. Many interesting exhibitions in there, and
moreover they got 3 D and 4 D movies ( how come it's
called 4 D? @_@ too bad I did not go watch it because I
happened to have another appointment that day, not enough
time for the movie then. )

New Beitou is another good scenery spot, which is pretty
famous for its hot spring. In addition to hot spring
bath, it is also enjoyable to walk on the paths in the
mountains. ( In fact it's quite near Yangmingshan, you
know. ) I saw some beautiful houses, guess people living
in there are very rich. Hah they can have hot spring bath
every day in their bathrooms maybe. The only disadvantage
might be they gotta stand the special smell from hot
spring and lots of visitors hanging out in the
neighborhood. ( yes I am one of them, but hey I ain't a
peeping Tom! )

I also went to the eastern area of Taipei City, and felt
surprised to find several SNG cars parked in front of a
gym, California. After a while I learned it's because
some person died of carbon monoxide poisoning while he's
working out in another gym ( not California ) the day
before yesterday. Thus they had this fire drill in case
there may be similar accidents...but I got the feeling
that they had it just like a show, anyway. What? You are
asking me if I work out in a gym too? LOL of
course...NOT. Not my cup of tea. I am so lazy. That's why
I told some guy who suggested I should go take exercise
to make my figure even better: you just chase any girl
who is hot ok. Don't bug me...I am fine with the way I
look. *smiles*

Later on I'll go see a movie, and enjoy the last relaxing
Friday in this break. Hope you guys have a wonderful day
too!

輕鬆的年假

初一初二都有跑出去玩，和朋友吃吃喝喝真快樂啊！今天沒有出
門，只有去松青超市買點蔬菜水果，然後在家看漫畫：驅魔少年
，看了之後才知道我班上的教室布置畫的人物是誰...

想想我的逍遙日子就剩下這星期，一定要好好把握！明天要請我
的老師吃飯，是全素的下午茶喔！我決定明天中午不吃東西，然
後要吃至少3塊蛋糕... :D

Happy Chinese New Year!

Today's the Chinese Near Year's Eve. Hah it's my
winter break as you guys know. Let me tell ya what I
did these days after the school term ended. First of
all I attended a performance at Dr. Sun Yet-sen's
Memorial Hall. Of course I sang with the choir. The
most impressing event was we sang with a lady, who I
used to admire so much, Ms. Jian. She was our choir
master's ex-classmate; so we all felt honored that
she came sing with us on the stage.

The next day I left Taipei for the middle of Taiwan
with some friend. Heh great to spend my vacation
somewhere in the mountains! We didn't stay in a big
hotel, but a nice lovely hostel. The owner was not
around, so it's 2 young ladies to greet us there in
the living room ( the lobby, supposedly. ) Needless
to say, the air's fresh and clean, the scenery's
beautiful. When we looked at the sky at night, there
were so many stars shining...amazed to find the very
famous constellation Cynosure easily. We got some
vegetables and had hotpot; we even made coffee at the
balcony. Ahh so enjoyable to have coffee this
relaxingly...

Time past so fast. 3 day's trip is just too short.
After coming back to Taipei, it was just one day left
to settle things done--most people won't work during
CNY. Luckily I could still withdraw some money and
all the notes are new, good for being put in red envelopes.
Hehe yeah for my parents later. Ok I think I am to
stop here ( watching TV, having pu er tea, and
blogging the same time ) and I wish all of my friends
心想事成，新年快樂！

Now it's winter break

啊，放寒假囉！結果發現還是在忙，停不下來...@_@ 看來休
業式前我對學生說的：等寒輔課開始，你們就等著看，老師
用滾的進教室...這個願望可能不容易實現了。

拿到年終獎金，當然要花一下，這次我敗了一樣很有意義的
物品，朋友是一再地告訴我要存起來，大概怕我到想嫁時沒
錢辦嫁妝...*偷笑中* 可是這個東西對我來說真的...是我一
直嚮往的，而且有一段故事。太長了我懶得打中文，所以就
省略。(還好這是部落格，可以正大光明偷懶，假如是上課，
那就等著被檢舉...哈哈!)

今天是123自由日，希望朋友們都很快樂。雖然大多沒有放寒
假啦...哈哈！(快閃吧免得被打...)

Lucky ^.^b

左轉燈壞了好幾天，想想這樣開車蠻危險的，趁今天學校開
完會，又不用上第8節課，開去平時的保養廠，停在大馬路旁
的門口，我沒看到老闆，不過裡面的師傅（或徒弟？）走出
來，問我車子怎麼了，聽完我說燈壞了，他立刻拿一個新的
小燈泡，就在馬路旁直接打開後車廂換起來，一邊問我18趴
取消對我有沒有影響，那我就解釋給他聽...（經過的駕駛們
應該覺得風景不錯：一位長髮披肩穿短裙，高統馬靴的女人
靠著車門笑笑的在聊天...）呵呵，最好的是燈泡換好我問他
多少錢，免費！

下次車子要保養時，提醒我自己把迷你皮裙穿出來...（好啦
我開玩笑滴！）

Had a dream

Right before I woke up this early morning...It was
like I watched myself in a movie. That was a strange
place ( maybe not strange for the 'me' in the dream
though ) and I was taken there by a friend of mine.
He left me alone and disappeared ( went to another
strange place maybe...can't remember that clearly now
) Thus, I talked with him on the phone and seemed I
was complaining about such a situation--we were
supposed to have fun together. Guess you know what
the only solution was too--I could do nothing but
leave, agitated.

So I stepped out of the building, walking on the
street...then the road led to the mountains. Feeling
a bit panicky, I kept walking in the mountains.
Gradually a peaceful feeling crept over me...I felt
everything was fine again, able to see other people
walking by and the beautiful scenery. I smiled when I
found some little pieces of paper on the road on
which interesting terms were written. ( Sorry can't
remember what the terms are now, but they seemed fun
in there. ) My hands were in front of my chest, like
a pilgrim walking towards the desired destination. I
was not praying...but finally got to the place I
would like to see--a station. It was nearly the end
of my dream. One thing that was funny enough to be
mentioned here: I saw a bus driven by a female driver
crazily. Usually people think females drive in a
'mild' way.

Dreams are sometimes the reflections on the real
life...so I guess I know how come I had such a dream.
Anyway, I chatted with my best friend WW this early
afternoon during break. She was upset for something
happened yesterday. And we both agreed that we good
women should not be bothered by such trifles and
always have to move on. We gotta have a life...a very
happy one for sure. Let's cheer up.

Still being sick

還在生病中，不到要請假的地步，也還是老方法，多喝水和
休息，今天好像有一點發燒，大概是天氣回暖，我的體溫也
一起上升了。

在辦公室接到一通電話，說是從這裡畢業的男學生，我努力
搜尋我的腦袋瓜，data 中實在找不到這號人物啊...他還強
調他長得很高，這年頭個子高的男孩多得很...我很抱歉的問
他：我教過你嗎？他最後才說我代過他們班一節課。-_-" 一
節課我會知道你是哪根蔥才怪。

更糟的還在後面，他問我可否這兩天來學校看我，找我聊天
，那我就先問，你的導師是誰？有沒有先聯絡她？這沒禮貌
的小子居然說：誰要找她啊！才不要和她談話呢！-_-" 很好
...對沒有功勞也有苦勞的導師如此不敬的傢伙，我不會有好
臉色的。最好他不要來，來了我會修理...

我對那種平時都不先建立好關係，一來找就是要幫這幫那個
的人超反感...拜託。唉，生病還能想那麼多，我看明天還是
可以快快樂樂地上班啦！

PS.有人特地打電話來說這星期四要請我吃日本料理，不稀奇
吼！可是...是素的喔！素的日本料理耶！*期待中...*

Got a headache and a sore throat

Hmm I did not have a sore throat for a long time, but
my throat does hurt now. Well...maybe since yesterday
afternoon, I guess, got a little iced sprite, and
then had a hot pot for dinner. Yeah you'd ask how
come I didn't have a sore throat after having hot
pots. Hehe what made this hot pot 'special' was there
were some chinese herbs in the soup--dang gui and
ginseng. Both are way too heaty for me. Lucky I
didn't drink lots of soup ( my friend did have a
lot...) so I am supposed to be fine by tomorrow
morning, hopefully.

As for my work at the end of a school term, the very
troublesome lesson plans we teachers need to do every
semester, @#$%^&*&^%$#@ ( allow me to scold those
officers first ), I gotta OT at home--really not my
style. I used to finish work at school, you know, but
this time I couldn't since they gave us homeroom
teachers too much to finish during week days. That I
know my colleagues have to work at home also doesn't
make me feel better but wanna tell those SOBs at Edu.
Apt. off even more. They just don't think homeroom
teachers at high schools need to spend most of the
time teaching and disciplining students. They want us
to be like professors at univ or editors--heh maybe
we can find a job easily writing books or such after
we quit our jobs as teachers? ( kidding XD )

Ok I complained enough. Now let me talk about
something fun about the past week. I took leave on
Thur and went to Taoyuan with a friend. Had a nice
buffet for lunch there. The table was near the
window, so we could have a good view while eating.
(The vegetarian restaurant was on the 3rd floor. ) It
was interesting to drink some veggie beer, 2 flavors:
one was bitter and the other is sweet. Of course we
liked it sweet! And I went to a famous place near
Danshui this Sat with friends. Too bad didn't watch
the sunset because they were playing games in a store
though. Still a lot of fun.

Ahh...the last week of this school term will be
coming soon. I know I can survive...

A bit complaint...

學期末，這幾天忙瘋了，英文叫做：I work like crazy...又要出期末考題，又要寫每個學生本學期的表現，打綜合成績（品德方面的啦！）更厲害的是還要自編課程的補充教材，我們可以和那些教授或編輯比美囉...教育部的諸位官員八成覺得第一線的導師太閒，整天都沒事做吧！
OK I hope some officers can understand homeroom teachers more...they just sit there; they don't need to get along with teenagers at school. It is so sad that most of the officers don't listen--now most students are under much more pressure than before. Well...poor kids in Taiwan. Thus, you guys know it's very tiring for both parties, teachers and students, in the end of a school term. I need a vacation...but I gotta finish the lesson plans before this winter break starts. Students need to take the final test, you know. All right...let's all brace up for our arduous tasks! XD

Feeling romantic

Work's been hectic the past week. Yeah you got it--
the end of this school term. I am responsible for the
final test for year 9. After finishing writing the
exercises, I asked a good friend of mine to take a
look for me and see if there were some mistakes ( on
spelling or grammar. ) My thankfulness... *smiles*

The most important happened at school recently was we
all took pictures for the school year book. Hah you
can imagine how busy we were that day--busy looking
into the mirror in front of the boys' and girls'
rooms and checking again and again whether we looked
appealing enough. LOL

A girl student brought along moose and helped the
peers with hair. Oh I ain't her classmate but she
finally came make my hair look more smooth. While
combing mine, she said, 'teacher, you have white
hair...' I replied, 'yah...getting old.' It's
enjoyable to keep them company for 3 years and see
them graduate from junior high school. They are going
to leave in the middle of this June. Woo

Last night I chatted with a nice guy while watching
TV. And mentioned an old movie we both knew ages ago
and it's theme song: Reality. A while later, right
before I was to go off to bed, he said he would play
something for me. Suddenly I heard this beautiful
melody and the lyrics I was so familiar with: Met you
by surprise, I didn't realize, that my life would
change forever...whoa...*melting* I was so
touched...romantic feelings all around me. What a
wonderful Saturday night!

My first blog for 2006

哈...送走了快樂的2005,現在是2006囉！
昨天過的忙碌充實，先和朋友去西門町看個電影，然後到誠
品武昌店的7樓 Cosmopolitan Grill 吃飯，我發現那裡空間
寬敞，氣氛很適合辦聚會，店裡的 Marketing Manager,
Angel Lin, 人不但美又親切，我吃的比較特別，她不斷幫忙
詢問都不嫌煩，笑容可掬地關心每桌的客人，而且食物也調
理得蠻可口，套餐價位在270到400左右，DS的好朋友們要辦
網聚，吃喝聊八卦什麼滴，這地方可以列入參考。

At night I went out with a friend to Taipei 101, yeah
to see the fireworks at midnight. On my way to MRT I
met an old friend, who pursued me ages ago. He's
married now and has 2 lovely daughters. In fact I ran
into his wife and kids earlier, after I saw the
movie. We greeted happily and he told me something
about his work and where he's been the past years.
Then I was kidding it's lucky that he didn't marry me
otherwise he'd get into trouble since I became a
vegetarian. LOL he then said 'well I didn't persist
that time...' and he's to find me some veggie
cookies. Heh no need...I hope he just take good care
of his wife and kids will do. Saying bye and happy
new year, I left him for MRT--already a bit late.

Anyway I knocked out my way out to Taipei Main
Station and finally Taipei 101 with my friend. Oh my
there were bunches of people...more than 100,000 I
persumed. All gathering around the tallest building,
waiting for the midnight show. We gotta kill time
first, you know...about 3 hours to go. So we walked
around, had snacks at a restaurant, did window
shopping and took pictures. I didn't bring my little
digi cam along but my mp3 player. While we were
resting at a dark corner for an hour, we could listen
to songs and chatted till it was about time for the
performance. All was fabulous...people went WOW WHOA
a lot; I must say it's a lot of fun to watch the
fireworks. But it was a nightmare when it's time for
people to go back home. We struggled hard to find
ways and walked quite a long distance--guess I had
exercised enough this way for 2006.

Still a beautiful beginning I must say...something
sweet and enjoyable afterwards. I do hope you guys
who are reading my blog have a wonderful time too. I
also wish we all have good luck in this new year !

New Year's Eve

2005的最後一天，我等一下就會忙囉...一整天都不得閒我看，所以呢，想把對今年的感言現在打一打。整體來說嗎，就是一個字：happy。呵呵，上天對我太好了，讓我生活在台北，吃全素的我有很多選擇，假如我像我的好姊妹WW嫁到溫哥華，那只好在庭院種菜了。（唉第一個就想到吃...）

工作也很讚，常和孩子們說我很lucky，能依自己的興趣選擇到合適的職業，昨天第八節時我上的班級說：老師去年好像也是妳陪我們耶！有個男孩說：明年說不定也是喔！馬上被嗆：喂我們明年就畢業了啦！哈哈，真是的，年輕人也糊里糊塗滴！有個去年畢業的來看我，我知道以前他就喜歡上我的課，下課常到講台前和我聊個兩句，雖然英文不好，我們聊的也不是英文，是...棒球，啊我以前有打過壘球，他目前參加學校棒球隊，我當然要他加油囉！呵現在我自己可跑不動了。

OK...seems I don't have much free time left now. Anyway, being grateful, I must thank all the nice people around me. I hope those who are not taken yet can find the Ones, and those who are already in relationships can have a wonderful time in the coming 2006. As for me, hehehe I am still single ( I really don't mind you know. ) I believe I will live as happily in the near year as 2005. Gotta go...*waves bye* All of you have a happy New Year's Eve!!

The last working day in 2005

Hah today is the last working day of this year!
I'm looking forward to the New Year's Eve...woo
and my annual bonus!

so you guys know I am pretty pragmatic when it
comes to money--only made 'a few mistakes' before,
for example, giving money to wrong persons.
*fuming* Oh no, I shouldn't be upset at this time
of the year...gotta be cheerful! 2006 is coming
and I have so many good friends and stuff around
me. However let me talk about some events happened
not long ago.

We Taiwanese didn't celebrate Christmas like other
countries; I always evny my foreign friends when
they tell me how many holidays they got and then
they don't have to work or study at school. Lucky
Christmas was on the weekend this year, so we ( my
friends and me ) managed to have some fun. The
night before Xmas ( Fri. )I went out to walk
around on the streets in central Taipei. All the
stores decorated their windows beautifully...nice
to see many Xmas trees, big or small, standing and
shining my favorite city...This was the first time
I passed by so many pubs and bars at night without
entering either of them though. If I did I might
have been the target for some western guys hanging
around in there looking for some fun? *grins* No
no no...I wouldn't like to step in, but still had
a wonderful time hanging out with my friend.

And it's fabulous to go for hot pots in a
restaurant where I'd never been there eating. It's
common to have hot pots in Taiwan, but what's
special about this restaurant is custumers gotta
serve themselves. Thus I just headed for the area
for vegetarians, getting lots of vegetables,
mushrooms, soy-bean curds, and so on. Also they
got snacks and ice cream ( 4 flavors ) so...my
break time's up. However I'll blog about what's
going on ( as long as I am not that busy, you
know. ) *winks* Happy New Year to all my good
friends! All the best wishes to you in 2006!!

Dumplings...yummy!

很忙的一天，一大清早先在教室吃熱呼呼的紅豆湯圓，有些
同學不好意思吃，沒辦法，就是有一些沒品的小孩嚷嚷，講
什麼誰吃了會胖什麼滴，啊我才不管，給他吃了兩杯！雖然
紅豆湯有一點稀，有點太甜，不過我們仍吃得很開心，拜託
！有人煮免費的給我們吃，感恩啊...

然後就是上課，這星期是聖誕週，所以我帶著紅色的聖誕帽
，拿著糖果罐，上課時學生可高興了，只要是表現良好，回
答我的問題就有加分及糖果吃，我告訴他們會這麼好康是因
為本週是聖誕週，要感謝周遭的人，特別是學生，沒有他們
我就沒飯吃啦！呵呵，所以呢，下星期就沒有吃的，你們不
知道糖果巧克力很貴吧？不是菜市場論斤賣的喔！都是店裡
有包裝滴...所以，不能感謝太久，我會失血過多的。

By the way I will be very busy tomorrow. A meeting
for all the homeroom teachers at 7:50 a.m. *sighs* I
really don't wanna attend it although breakfast will
be provided. Well...guess I have no choice. It's
getting colder, so it's wonderful to sleep earlier
with the heater's on. *yawns...* My eyes are
tired...hmm so hardworking I've been.

My thankfulness

All this week we gotta wear heavy clothes since it's
pretty cold. Of course not cold enough for us to have
a white Christmas...but the atmosphere's been nice. I
put on a red Xmas cap and gave students candy in
class after they answer my English questions well or
read some English vocabulary or paragraphs. LOL You
might think 'this teacher's torturing kids.' As a
matter of fact kids enjoy it, you know...sometimes we
teachers gotta motivate their learning ( but I do
feel a bit painful while paying for the candy and
chocolate...)

Moreover, we had a singing competition. One of my
girl students went with 2 boy students from other
classes. Right before they were to sing, they came
ask me to listen to their song and maybe give them
some advice. Heh I guess it's because I was seen to
play the guitar ( not mine but a student's ) and sing
in our classroom. *coughs* I cannot perform well
though...'long time no practice' you know. However,
glad to give them a hand. That's why I was there,
listening them, and commenting afterwards: I do think
you guys do a good job. You will be doing even better
if you sing a little more emotionally...( heh it's
what I learned from the choir master before. ) Later
on they rushed into my office, and told me they got
the first prize! Woo I felt happy for them!! My girl
student and her friend left cheerfully after I gave
her a hug.

Talking about hugs...I gave our new principal a hug
in the office today. hehe no I cannot blog what
happened here, sort of, you know...private. My
colleague and me went shopping and I got some
strawberries--they were so nice and sweet! I feel
grateful...living in a fabulous place where people
can get so many delicious foods. I also feel grateful
that a friend bothered to help me with the pdf file.
I would try to transfer it to a word file, but didn't
know what to do. He told me about some way but I
gotta d/l something which is more than 80 MB...way
too troublesome for me. Thus I gave up. I didn't
expect that he transfered the file and emailed it to
me...*sobs* Thanks so much!

Beautiful full moon

昨晚漫步在月光下，空氣又乾又冷，手也冰冰的，心情卻好
得很，呵呵，大概是吃了一頓很豐盛的晚餐，蠻特別的素食
料理...還買了餅乾糖果，冬天想維持纖細的身材很難喔！連
我這個職業是常要趴趴走的人都胖了一兩公斤呢！

今天跑到碧潭去，因為東岸有愛心園遊會，義賣不少有的沒
的，我一共花了400元，吃啊喝啊，還買了包包和小毯子，都
是我喜歡的豹紋圖案，哈哈，可惜沒有豹紋圍巾賣，我有個
男學生圍了一條藍底豹紋的來學校，每次看到都忍不住要誇
他一下，圍巾真漂亮。

還看到一個男的扮成聖誕老公公，穿梭在園遊會中，手上拿
著軟糖做的聖誕造型棒棒糖，我以為是送的咧！結果一支20
元，哈我沒錢買了，他看我朋友在幫我照相，主動跑過來問
：要不要和聖誕老人合照啊？自己送上門來，還有不要的道
理嗎？(可惜不順便送支棒棒糖...)

I plan to watch some anime this evening...and TV
shows of course. It's freezing recently--real good to
have hot pots. But...being lazy, hehehe. It's also
wonderful to stay home and enjoy the snack and maybe
a hot chocolate. Oh yeah I gotta finish a novel whose
title is Cards On The Table by Agatha Christie. Been
reading it for a few days ( only when it's my break
time, otherwise I should have finished it in less
than 2 hours -_- ) Winter is just the right time for
reading and watching stuff I think, especially in the
evening when there's no special event. So...let's all
have fun whether indoor or outdoors.

Good for hot pots

Heh it's freezing these days since a coldfront's
been visiting us. Of course you guys might think
the temperature ain't that low, but don't forget
that we people in Taiwan don't have central
heating in most of our buildings. ( My friends in
Canada and America told me it's common to have
that in their houses. ) Anyway I don't mind the
cold--wear enough will do. My students in 9 years
were like :O "err teacher you wear so much
today..." after I walked slowly in the classroom.
LOL I think the light purple coat I put on today
looks like a fabulous blanket. :P

So you can imagine the best food for such weather
is hot pots--we call it shabu shabu here too. I
had quite a few since this winter started, guess I
have gained some weight...and it seems harder and
harder to keep fit in winter! *sighs* :P I
wouldn't give up this delicious meal though;
moreover, my good friend ( a math teacher ) will
go have hot pots with me for lunch tomorrow. We've
never been to the new restaurant near our school
together, so it'll be fun!

Still I don't have enough time for anime or movies
recently...not because of chatting too much
though. *winks* I got something more 'mysterious'
to deal with now hehehe. Thus...ah my break time's
up. *waves bye*

Ready to treat >:P

很難得，我買了兩張樂透，一張小一張大，號碼是電腦選的
，看也沒看就放進包包裡，其實我平時都不買樂透的，不過
發生的事情太離奇了，我這輩子從來沒有過，相信大多朋友
也沒被雞蛋砸過吧！哈哈，真的就在我們學校全校集會時遇
上了！大家都坐在操場上，沒有很專心聽司令台上的人說話
，當然囉，有好朋友在旁邊，要不是導師橫眉豎目地站在邊
上，早就鬧起來了，還給你坐好乖乖聽咧...冷不防，好幾顆
生雞蛋從後方建築物不知哪一層樓丟下來，其中一個打在我
旁邊學生背上，再彈到我的左褲管及鞋子，然後就看到地上
一堆蛋汁，碎蛋殼，幾秒鐘操場上被砸了好幾顆，可惜啊地
板不夠熱，否則就有現成荷包蛋啦！當然我只好帶著班上被
波及到的孩子們，到洗手間去清洗乾淨。我向辦公室的同事
宣布，本小姐一定會去買樂透，假如夠好運中獎就請客，嘿
嘿，200元的最小獎就請珍珠奶茶！

No good working on Sat!

Tomorrow's Saturday, and I still gotta
work...*sobs* since it's our poll day. Really
don't feel like working for it. Not that I have no
enthusiasm for voting; as a matter of fact
teachers at our school have served at such
occasions too many times. Just...at this moment we
teachers are doubted by some people in this
government that we seem to get so much money after
we retire. Thus, teachers are no more than leeches that
would lessen our country's wealth. *sighs* What the hell.
If officers in this gov said so, they shouldn't have asked
so many teachers here to help since they think we teachers
are selfish and get too much money. I really regret that
I promised to help on the poll day. I wouldn't like to give them
a hand next time when an election's coming.

A sore weekend

天氣好的不得了的週末，而且運氣很棒，星期六到時常去吃
火鍋的地方享受了晚餐後，他們給我一張VIP卡，說日後再去
吃就都打9折，哇...好啊！而且生日那個月免費送一鍋，300
元以下滴，那個小姐講講笑出來：反正妳也只會點素鍋，呵
呵，這倒是。

On Sunday I went have lunch at a restaurant and it's
crowded around 12:30 you know. There was a waiter who
looks tall and cute, but he wasn't serving me that
time ( no I didn't feel too bad ok. ) A while later
he approaced my table and lowered his body a bit,
said, 'do you teach at xx middle school?' I then
smiled...no wonder his face was familiar. He
graduated from the place I've been working! It's real
fabulous to see those kids become mature and do a
good job after they leave school. ( REAL TOO BAD he's
not the boss, otherwise maybe he could give me
discount or shout me...*sighs* )

因為昨天去溜冰，摔了兩跤，才赫然發現今非昔比，右手掌
居然烏青一小塊，年紀大了果然不禁摔呢！難怪大部分是小
孩子們在溜，我今天全身酸痛，一定是運動過量，乳酸積太
多在身體裡，嗚...預計兩天會好，可喜的是骨頭沒有怎樣，
右手還能寫黑板吧！呵呵...下次還要再去溜滴！

Not enough free time

Been rainy and cold lately. Yah I know it's more
like the weather in winter! The only problem is
the bottom of my blue jeans gets wet easily while
walking in the rain. And I don't wear a mini skirt
( looks terrific with black panty hose, you know )
these days since I'm afraid to fall sick; it's
easy to catch a cold if we don't wear enough in
such weather! ( oh no my boy students are crying
hearing so...)

Glad to know DS came back this morning. It crashed
around a week ago...without knowing what caused
that. ( Of course I have no clue. If I did, you
guys could call me an expert then. ) Anyway I
don't have much time for blogging these days since
I chat too much. *winks* Hmm come to think of
this, seems I don't get enough time for anime or
movies either, not to mention some interesting
series! *sighs* Too bad I have only 24 hours a
day! How I wish I could have the magic watch
Hermione used at school--with it I could have
much more free time to enjoy what I wanna watch...
OK stop day dreaming!

The weekend's coming and good news is the weather
will be fine. Heh I will go out and have fun!

Nice lunch

Heh I attended a very boring meeting this afternoon,
which was held because of the coming poll day. There
was no school and students were so happy to leave
school at noon, just like when they were in
elementary school--no school for Wednesday afternoon.
So I didn't have lunch box, but went have a hotpot
with my colleague, another English teacher. It's good
to have hotpots in winter...especially it's the
other's treat. LOL~

Yesterday morning a student came over and gave me a
box of chocolate. I was so surprised...not Christmas
time yet, you know. I told the student not to give me
presents since I truly don't want anybody to waste
money. But...very nice of the kid, insisted that I
should take the chocolate and left happily.
Okay...maybe I'll think of another way to return the
favor some other day. *smiles*

Happy day

其實我要非常感謝我的好運，前陣子我們家附近在挖水溝，清除污泥是不錯啦，問題是我們的免費停車位可就少了好多，我可憐的小車...這星期我都要在下班後先祈禱，希望能找到一個停車位，也真的在本週一到週四放學回家順利找到，不過星期五就慘了，繞好久都找不到位子，最後只能停在巷口的角落，內心祈禱不要被拖吊車看上。

I went out to have veggie steak for lunch today. On my way home, a neighbor of mine came over and told me there was a parking space right on our alley. I didn't talk with this guy before, but I guess he knows me and my little car. Well I thanked him and took a look--there was one indeed. But the problem was a motorcycle had been parked there. Hehe the guy said he would move the motorcycle to somewhere else for me. *grateful* He said he's worried that my car might be towed away. *sobs* How nice my neighbor is! May the Lord bless him! ( and also bless the ones who give me a hand...)

Watched Kingdom of Heaven today. Hmm it's a good one although I ain't good at history...Maybe I have to ask some history teacher about the wars between christians and muslims.

Had a good laugh

Hah it's Friday again, and I'm waiting in the
office for the 8th class happily. After work I
will go have a hot pot for dinner. Hmm nothing
special really happened this week--teens are
naughty as usual but they still listen to me.
During the break time earlier today, also our
cleaning time in the afternoon, I went to the
classroom and watched them doing their work. My
boy student Frank was reading some jokes from the
Internet. I went over and took a look...then
laughed my head off. A gal student came over and
asked me how come I was laughing hard. I told her
not to read them since she's a Christian. You
known some ppl would make fun of such stuff,
especially not many taiwanese believe in God or
Jesus Christ. I'm afraid she might get irritated
by such jokes. Anyway...happy weekend!

So busy - 3

開開心心的又過了一個禮拜，忙是很忙，這年頭為了生活誰
不忙呢，不過幫別的老師代課多賺了一千元左右，算是額外
的收穫。這星期熱的不得了，學校已經換季說，學生有的好厲害，30
度還能穿外套，我是不好意思穿迷你裙，上衣當然是短袖的
，真是11月嗎？

Watched Trinity Blood to ep. 24. Not quite sure about
the story's ending...I mean, I didn't understand why
Abel could revive? After the Dutch of Milan gave the
Gunslinger a sealed tube in which was some grey
liquid, and he took it to Abel's coffin and poured
the liquid around, Able brought to life again.
Turning into a more scary figure than usual, Abel
went fighting with Gain. Obviously the character's
names are from the Bible. By the way, I learned from
some site that the author of the original story
passed away before he could finish it. It's a
pity...the ending part of the story was made by
others then.

I'll find some free time to watch Yakitate Japan 43
later on. Hopefully this evening...I'm to go out
soon. The weather's sunny and warm today, a beautiful
Sunday. *big smile*

So busy - 2

Like what I used to say, 'I have nothing to complain...' although I feel a bit tired after work. OT for 3 sessions this week, heh I gotta make a good plan for the weekend then. A hot pot? A nice meal at the new open veggie restaurant? Hmm I have quite a few choices. Anyway I can't blog a lot since I am to doze off *yawns* Ahh will sleep tight pretty soon.

So busy

This is a real busy week...the very beginning of
November! We had a hot pot party on Mon afternoon in
our classroom. Students brought along so many
ingredients that they could hardly cooked them all.
Although I was there suffering ( terrible smell for a
vegetarian you can imagine -_- ), I tried my best to
keep a smiling face and took some pictures of them
with my digital camera. Gotta help with the cleaning
too, quite disgusting but no choice. School asks all
of us to do recycle, so it's necessary to sort them
into different categories. Teens here are usually
pampered; they are happy to eat, chat, and have fun
with peers for sure. They wouldn't like to take
responsibilities if it's studying or cleaning--that's
why we teachers exist. Thanks Goodness...if teen
agers were all intelligent and diligent I would
become jobless. *kidding* hehehe