A New House

David came back home late tonight. He stopped at different sale houses to see if we can afford to buy one of these houses. David went to the company that called The Barley Farmland. This construction company I went one time with Alan. The sales lady was very impolite, so we left without asking for any price. The house seems nice. David and I will look at these houses closely when we have time. Hopefully, we can go and see this weekend. However, these houses are very small and the price are very high in the city.

Spelling and Chinese Tests

I think tonight, Alan and I will stay all night. Alan will have English Spelling test and Chinese Unites 7Th and 8Th. If Alan did not put all his efforts into these two tests for tomorrow, I will be very angry. I stayed with Alan now, and we are studying and preparing for his tests. Hopping that Alan will do well, tomorrow. Good luck, Alan!

Reading and Chinese Poem Tests

Alan is in his second week of his tests. Today he had English Reading and Chinese poem tests. It seems the test went well for Alan. He really studied hard last three weeks for his English Reading test. A lot of vocabulary words to memorize and spell. My poor baby will be finished next Wednesday.

Panasonic, Horse Riding Machine

This is Panasonic Horse Riding Machine

This is Osim Horse Machine for exercise

In these days, I am getting too fat, specially hips, and legs. David saw me that every night I was doing exercise, so he decided to buy horse riding machine for me for mother's day present. He went to search on the Internet and see what brand of exercise machine is good for me. There's two kinds of exercise machines that you can loose your button part. Everyone says that Panasonic is better and Osim is not so good. Now the question is which machine is David going to buy? Personally, I like Panasonic one because it is more powerful and it can see the results right away.

Chocolate Stone

I went to Shin Kong Department Store, I went to check exercise machine. I was looking around the shops and I found chocolate but in shape of stone. I was curious, I asked the lady what is that, she told me it is chocolate. I was shocked, I could not even believe it. I asked the price, even it is so expensive, I decided to buy for my son, Alan.

When I arrived home, I showed it to Alan, he asked me, "mommy, where did you get it?" at the department store, I answered. He also told me that this kind of chocolate is really good. I did not know that my son tastes it already. We opened it and I tried it, it was really good. Alan gave one for me and two for his daddy. What a son I have, mommy got the smallest piece. Also, I bought hamburger candy for my son. Alan was so happy today.

Casa Mia

Since I visited Dr. Tsai one Thursday night, I entered his area, I felt in love with his house. When he showed how beautiful his house is, I not just like but I loved it, so today, David, Alan and my parents-in-law went to see a house. It is a Spanish style named Casa Mia in Matou, Taiwan. The Sales woman introduced us how beautiful her house is. The construction company is called "Green City."

This company try to use all nature things such as sun lights, trees, lakes for watering, and other things that m,other nature can offer to us. The place is far away from the city. It is a nice living place but too far from where I work. If I buy this place, I have to drive two hours everyday back and forth. The environment is nice, the construction is nice, everything is nice. Children can play safely over there.

The living place has community center, it has swimming pool, gym, sauna, park, kindergarten elementary to high school, , and more. Unfortunately, this kind of house do not sale in Tainan City. If they have this kind of house in Tainan city, that will be twice more expensive. I really like this kind of house. I really want to buy but it is too far.

The land of each housing i s really big, and the structure of the house is nicer too. When we entered from the door, we can see living room, dining room and the kitchen. Bigger houses has one little room for study or music room closer to the dining room. In the basement, it can park four cars, but they divided the space and make one room for Karaoke.

On the second floor there's a master and one small room. Inside of the master's room there's a private bathroom and a big closet. People can get into the closet. Also, it has a nice jacuzzi on it. On the kid room, it is just a simple room like other rooms. It has closet on it. On the third floor, also has two bedrooms, one big and one small and one bathroom in the middle to share.

The hot water comes from the sunlight, and all the spaces over there are very bright and great. I really like the structure, I love it. Even I love it, I cannot even buy this place because it is far away from my work.

Room28-CF欣賞

My-in-Laws are in Tainan

Surprise, my in-laws are here. They went to eat near Tainan city, David went to pick them up at the restaurant. At 9:00 PM they arrived to my house. At that time, Alan was studying for his test. I am glad I prepared everything for them. I cooked noodles and beef soup for them to eat, even I know they have already eaten, it is kind of polite to show them that food is ready for them. Also, I prepared pillow and blankets for them to sleep. Everything is washed and clean, also everywhere in my house is very clean.

Cooking Lesson

We just finish unites 7th and 8th form our book Impact Phrases. We have been learning international food from Mexico, USA, Italy, Japan, and China. First I introduce to my students unite 7, which is dishes and descriptions. First, I explain to them dishes.

Unit 7
Dishes
In the book, it says,

• "it is a special dish form Mexico" It is a Mexican Specialty.
• "It is a food made with bread from the US," which is American sandwich.
• "It is an hors d'oeuvre from Italy, it is an Italian appertizer.
• "It is a sweet from China," It is a Chinese dessert.
• "It is a between-meal food from Japan," It is a Japnese Sushi.

After introducing dishes I introduce to students descriptions words like,

• It is a kind of fish cooked in oil
  It is a kind of fried fish
• It is kind of grilled meat
  It is a kind of barbecued meat
• It is kind of salad with lots of ingredients
  It is a kind of mixed salad
• It is kind of hot soup
  It is a kind of spicy soup
• It is a kind of preserved vegetable
  It is a kind of pickled vegetable

Unite 8th

After introducing dishes and descriptions, I decided to make them to prepare a dish from these five countries. I divided my entire class with 55 students into 10 groups. We have two groups of Japanese food, two of Chinese food, two of Mexican food, two of Italian food, and two of American food. Two gorups of Chinese food cannot prepare the same dish and other group.

My girls can have entire class hour for discussions. I did not think this kind of discussion can take thme for a long time.

Teaching Contract

Today, it is another ordinarily day for me. I was busy at computer room creating my second listening test. A lot of people want to talk to me. The principal send her secretary to tell me that my principal wants to see me this morning at 4th period. I said okay, I will be there.

After I finished responding to her, I was so nervous. I went to my J1A class. I did not know what to do, I did not even teach anything, my head at that time was very nervous. I did not know what the principal wants. I did not know what she is going to tell me. I did not know anything.

After the class was over, I went up right away, but my heart was very nervous. I entered to the Principal's room, the principal asked me to wait a little while, because the other teacher is in the room talking to her.

When the conversation was over, the principal asked me to enter to her room. At that time, I said good morning principal, what did I do wrong? She said don't worry, you did not do anything wrong. At that time, I was more relaxed and concentrating what she wants to tell me. The conversation was taking longer and longer and the point is that principal wants me to sign one year contract. I said that's great!

After going back to my office, I was more relaxed, but I still thinking the conversation between me and the principal. I think the principal cares about the teachers at her school. I am very lucky to be there.

I really thankful to this principal because she gave me an opportunity to teach here at her school. That will be my third year of teaching in Taiwan. Even there's a lot of work at this school, I still enjoy to be there.

Housing is Going Up and Up (房市快到頂了)

Housing in Taiwan are going up and up, David and I want to buy a house but they are too expensive. I do not know until when you need to save that amount of money to be able to buy a house. It is really creazy, I do not know why housing here in this country are way too high.

The following is the article of it in Chinese.

工商時報 2007.04.18　 財經學界預警：台灣房市熱 快到頂了陳怡慈/台北報導

台灣的房地產價格自SARS以來頻創新高，北市精華區住商用地也標出新天價。儘管如此，昨日參與世界綜合研究中心的學界人士表示，隨著我國央行持續拉抬短率、國內低利環境反轉向上，「台灣的房地產（價格）快要到頂了，未來上檔空間有限！」

世界綜合研究中心昨在台大校友會館舉辦「美國次級房貸風暴研討會」，因美國次級房貸餘額約六千五百億美元，佔全體房貸餘額四十兆美元比例不到二％，學界出身的財經立委劉憶如、富邦金首席經濟學家丁予嘉等人均認為，美國次級房貸違約率大幅攀升，對美國經濟不致構成「硬著陸」的衝擊。劉憶如也提醒，因美國二○○六年的新增住宅房貸款案中，四○％為次級或浮動利率房貸，前兩年只需付息不需還本，她研判美國次級房貸的負面衝擊，可能要到○八年才會明顯浮現。

丁予嘉指出，高利率對國內房地產的衝擊臨界點，可以我國十年期公債次級市場殖利率作研判指標。他認為，只要十年期台債殖利率攀抵二．五％，國內房貸族將因利息壓力過重、買盤縮手而導致房地產價格下跌。

其中在區域影響上，台北市因為「沒地了」，即人口多、建地稀少，就算房地產價格走跌，下檔支撐力道仍大；但中南部就不同了，「台中、高雄一旦走跌，凶啊，它地太多了。」台灣過去三年來房市持續多頭、住宅用不動產偏離合理價位，也是不動產價格快要到頂了的另一重要立論。

舉例而言，以房屋平均購買價格除上家庭年收入計算，美國人要四．四年不吃不喝，才買得起房子，但台北市平均一棟房子一千一百萬元、台北市民家庭年收入一百一十二萬元，台北人要不吃不喝十年才買得起房子！

Judge Speaker

I could not even sleep yesterday, because today, I am a judge speaker at Sheng-Kung Girls high school for English Drama competition. I was so nervous, I could not even talk it is a lot of pressure on me.

When English drama started, I was enjoying each classes' performance. I was so concentrating on the students and their acting. Also, I was afraid if my comments will help them later on or not.

When their performance was finished, it is time for me to go up and talk what I was thinking about their drama. I did not know how should I start. I did not know how I have to do it. At that time, my mind was empty, I wrote many things but still worried about structure and grammar and many other things.

I also did not know which language I should start with. Finally, I started with English and I did not change all the way on my speech. I talked about advantage things and disadvantage things of their performances.

Advantage:

• Natural actress
• Good performance
• Public enjoyed
• They made fun of it
• They made people laugh
• English pronunciation is excellent
• Acting is very natural from class to class
• They get into acting
• They knew their lines very well
• They are like real life characters
• They put a lot of feelings into their characters
• Timing is perfect
• Very cool pictures and clothing
• Perfect team work
• Great music and dance
• Open and close introduction for J2A
• The ending fit into their play (J2I)
• They are very creative

Disadvantage:

• Voice should be louder
• No background scenery
• Show signs slowly not quickly
• Some endings are ambiguous, it should add something else
• Some students should speak slowly and clearly
• Song has to be uniformed. For example, if one member of that group is singing one song the others cannot be singing different song.
• Dance should be uniformed. For example, the member of the group has to decide which foot they will start first and which one should they start second and so on.

Overall, I really enjoyed 10 plays, one for each class. This year's English drama competition is much better than last year's drama. All of the actresses put a lot of effort, feeling into their plays. I really enjoyed their performance even I was very nervous at that time. Congratulations to all Junior Twos at Sheng-Kung Girls High School.

Hair Cut

I am so tired of my hair, I want a new change. I have two hours free this afternoon, I decided to and have a hair cut. Also, tomorrow there will be an English Drama competition, I will be a judge speaker. I went to a new opening hair salon closer to my school. it is in front of Seven-Eleven in 公園路.

The owner of the hair saloon are two men who has their own wives as their assistance. Both of them are very fast in cutting people's hair or even having perm. I went there at 1:45 P.M. and i finished by 3:25 P.M. The way he did to my hair is very cool but I need to get used to it. I am not used to it or see my hair curly. Many people saying that it is very cool and pretty, now you have more energy. Also, some of my students like and some of them do not like. My son Alan likes my hair.

I am ready for tomorrow's performance. I have to be the judge speaker with my new look and with my old black dress. Hopping everybody will listen to me and hopping that I will come up with good comments.

My Poor Alan

As before, Alan likes to go to his mental math class. Since two weeks ago, he was crying that he did not want to go over there. At his mental math cram school, the principal changed the teacher. The other old experienced teacher went to Tainan city, she is controlling the new opening cram school over there.

I do not know what was happening at his cram school. I do not know how to talk to the teacher. Tonight, I decide to talk to the teacher and see what is going on over there. According to the teacher, my son is learning how to multiplication and division mentally. Maybe Alan found that way is too difficult for him. That is one reason that he did not want to his cram school. Another reason, the teacher did not too much patient in teach him, I'm just guessing!

Now, Alan is in level 7th for mental calculating and 8th for math. I do not want Alan to loose his efforts. He has been working so hard and he has been passing his first exam. Hopefully, Alan will continue to like mental math which is very important for him. I do not know, I will see.

What is a Breast Cancer?

What is Breast Cancer? Most of women today, we do not know exactly what breast cancer mean or is. We just know that it is a sickness that we need to be aware of. According to Wikipedia, Breast cancer is a cancer of the breast tissue. Worldwide, it is the most common form of cancer in females - affecting, at some time in their lives, approximately one out of thirty-nine to one out of three women who reach age ninety in the Western world. According to the United Nations World Health Organization, it is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women worldwide.

Types of breast cancer:

Ductal carcinoma 65-90%
Lobular carcinoma 10%
Inflammatory breast cancer
Medullary carcinoma 5%
Colloid carcinoma 2%
Papillary carcinoma 1%
Metaplastic carcinoma

In the following pages of the Symptoms and Diagnosis section, you can learn about:
Words on this page

mammogram

lymph node

hormone receptor

pathology report

Understanding Breast CancerHow breast cancer happens, how it progresses, the stages, and a look at risk factors.

Male Breast CancerRisk factors, diagnosis and treatment of this disease. We also walk you through the pathology report for male breast cancer.

Screening and TestingThe importance of screening and the tests used for screening and treatment, including mammograms, ultrasound, MRI, CAT scans, PET scans and more.

Your DiagnosisThe characteristics of the cancer that might affect your treatment plan, including size, stage, lymph node status, hormone receptor status, and more.

Your Pathology ReportA detailed, step-by-step explanation of what your pathology report says and how this might affect your treatment options.

DCIS—Ductal Carcinoma In SituDuctal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, is the most common kind of non-invasive breast cancer. Find out more about what to expect from a diagnosis of DCIS.

LCIS—Lobular Carcinoma In SituLobular carcinoma in situ, or LCIS, is generally considered to be a pre-cancerous condition. Learn more about what this means for your health outlook.

IDC—Invasive Ductal CarcinomaInvasive ductal carcinoma, or IDC, accounts for about 80% of all breast cancers. Find out what to expect from IDC.

ILC—Invasive Lobular CarcinomaInvasive lobular carcinoma, or ILC, accounts for about 10%–15% of all breast cancers.

Recurrent and Metastatic DiseaseLearn more about your options if the cancer comes back.

Inflammatory Breast CancerInflammatory breast cancer is a very serious, aggressive form of breast cancer that accounts for about 1% to 5% of breast cancers in the U.S.

Breast Cancer Treatment:

Treatment section, you can learn about:

Overview of OptionsWhat types of treatment are available and which might be appropriate for you.

SurgeryBreast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy), mastectomy, and lymph node dissection, and what to expect from each.

Radiation TherapyWhat it is, who it's for, advantages, side effects, and what to expect when you get it.

Be Careful, Breast Cancer ( 乳癌新種)

I got this e-mail of breast cancer prevention. Please read the following article.

請將此信轉寄給你生命中所有的女人:母親、女兒、姊妹、伯母阿姨以及朋友。

一種罕見的新種乳癌於十一月被發現。一名女士的乳房如同哺乳中的婦人般起了濕疹。 她的乳房 X光攝影片並沒有顯示出任何代表硬塊的陰影，因此醫師只開了一般的抗生素。上了兩次醫院後病情卻持續惡化，醫師於是再度請她去照乳 房X光攝影。這回，陰影出現了。 切片檢查後，發現了急速複製中的惡性腫瘤細胞。為了減緩細胞複製，先是化療，接下 來乳房切除，然後又是一整個療程的化療以及放射線治療。九個月的密集治療之後，醫 師們保證她恢復健康了！ 之後整整一年的時間，她過著最充實的生活，然而這批頑強的癌細胞竟轉移到肝臟！四 個療程之後她決定捨棄有著許多副作用的化療，找回生活品質。她詳細的計畫最後五個 月所有的生活細節，最後的幾天在嗎啡的麻醉效果下，安祥的走了。她死前留下了這封 訊息，希望轉達給所有的女性朋友們！ 女士們！請隨時注意身體細微的變化，並且，有任何不正常的情形時，請儘早尋求醫療 協助！

乳房外柏哲氏病：這是一種罕見的癌前病變，以濕疹型態 ? o生於乳頭及乳暈上。濕疹後 來會形成一片邊緣有硬皮的傷口。我不曾懷疑這可能是癌症，但癌症找到了我。我的乳 房並沒有任何異狀，我看醫師唯一的理由是因為這偶爾會發癢、疼痛，十分惱人又醜陋 的濕疹。 家庭醫師開給我的任何乳膏都無法除去它； 皮膚科醫師先前給我的眼周皮膚病 藥物也無法治好它。似乎讓人感到不安，但無法使我聯想到癌症的到來。

我懷疑許多的女性朋友們都不知道乳暈及乳頭上的濕疹可能象徵乳癌。 ( 我一開始的症狀僅是乳頭上冒出一個小痘子。柏哲氏病之所以可怕的理由之一，就是 因為：乳頭上那似乎無害的細菌感染或是發炎，卻在延誤就醫後一發不可收拾。) 有哪些症狀呢？

1. 乳頭有持續的紅腫、不明分泌物以及導致搔癢及灼熱感的硬皮剝落。(我一開 始的時候除了一邊乳房有硬皮剝落外，沒有其他症狀)。

2. 乳頭上有無法癒合的傷口。( 我當初的傷口分布在乳暈，乳頭中央並且有白色 濃稠分泌物 )。

3. 通常只有一邊乳房被感染。這怎麼判斷呢？您的醫師會在觸壓檢查以後，建 議您立刻做兩個乳房的X光攝影。因為正常皮膚炎的症狀為紅腫、硬皮剝落以及不明分泌物，所以醫師只有在症狀僅產生於單一乳房時，才會懷疑癌症的可能性。屆時進行發 炎部位的病理切片，就能找出病因。

請嚴肅的看待這封信，並且盡你所能的轉寄給親朋好友；它可能拯救許多人的生命。 我的乳癌在無數化療、28個療程的放射線物理治療以及持續服用抗雌激素後，依舊轉移 到骨隨。如果能早點診斷出乳癌，說不定就不會發生這種事情了…。

致所有的讀者： 女性同胞不知道柏哲氏病是非常讓人難過的消息。為了幫助四周所有的女人，請將此訊 息轉發給周圍的人，使其他人知道這潛在的危險。 33如果方便的話，拜託您務必將此信轉發給所有你所知道的人，尤其是您的家人及朋友。 一個小麻煩可能拯救一個生命。

Teeth

Today is Friday, I want to relax a little bit with my baby, Alan. I brought him to Jojoh's house first because Jojoh forgot her Easter Eggs at school's fridge. After that, we went to eat some ice cream. Alan also was hungry so I ordered corns, cakes and other things for him to eat. When he started to eat corn, in the middle of eating, his teeth fall down. He started to bleed. I was so scared. He ran to the bathroom to see on the mirror. I told him that to have an ice cream to stop bleeding.

After a while, he did not bleed anymore. He was okay and he did not feel hurting. After we went home, Alan did not say anything. He just looked at the morrow. I drop him to his piano lessons and he showed to the teacher that he has a little hole on his mouth. The teacher said you are so cute. Alan was so happy.

I saved his little tiny teeth on a safe place. I will have it until he grows up, so he will able to compare his baby teeth and his adult teeth. That will be very funny. Later on, when his dad came back home, Alan shoed his teeth. His dad felt sorry for him. David loves Alan very much but it is hard for Alan to like his daddy.

3 Royalty 3 House

During the lunch time, I brought Jojoh to the restaurant near to our school which is 3 Royalty 3 House. This restaurant has everything from spaghetti, hot pots and Chinese food. Jojoh ordered fried fish and I ordered Thai chicken. Both meals are so great and delicious but I forget to take pictures. I remember to take pictures when I almost finish the food. At least I took a picture of a cake. It was fun to have lunch with a co-worker. During busy jobs and meetings, we did not have this kind of chance to go our and have lunch together. I am glad we went out today!

God's Sheep

In celebration of Easter, our school Sheng-Kung made a cake in shape of the sheep for teachers. This is a tradition from our school that each year, Shen-Kung's Sisters will bake a cake in shape of sheep. It is kind of sweet of them, everybody really enjoyed it. Besides the sheep, it will have eggs for each teachers, we called that brown egg which is made of brown tea with other spices. It is kind of delicious, but not a lot of people will like it. Personally, I like it very much, Alan likes that, too. I really enjoyed eating a piece of God's Sheep today.

Before having a piece of cake, Jojoh and I went for Easter egg hunt. We spent a long time finding blue papers to exchange eggs later in our school. Nobody told us that teachers cannot participate in this kind of event. After finding a lot of eggs, we went to exchange it, they told us that we cannot exchange it because it was not open to teachers. Jojoh and I felt really bad and disappointed.

Last year, we were unlucky finding eggs but this year we were so lucky and we cannot able to exchange it. What a disappointment! This year, our school prepared 800 eggs, I cannot believe it!

Easter Egg Hunt at Sheng-Kung, 2007

Today at my school Sheng-Kung, we had eggs hunt for Easter. Jojoh and I were looking around for green papers were hiding every where. It was fun to hunt eggs but after looking for a while, the person who organized it said that this activitiy is not for teachers, it is for students only. Why they did not say so at the first place when we asked one of the co-workers. Well, we were kind of upset.

The most important thing is that Jojoh and I were taking a lot of pictures around school, that was fun. We also went for lunch at 3 Royalty 3 Houses. Jojoh really enjoyed the food and the environment over there. The place was really good, I enjoyed today!

Easter 2007

Wusulin (烏樹林)

Today, My junior ones had a firld trip. We went to Wusulin. It is a nature place where students can see from many different kinds of trees, flowers, bugs and old train. It is all about nature and relaxation for one day. I really enjoyed to be with students today. They are great and they are so funny.

I like also the train ride which let me see all about nature. It is so fun to be on the train and relax a little and listen to people's explanation. Also, we made the DIY cup stand. I put three flowers and I wrote something to remember. I will see my creation when it arrives to our school.

After walking all day, I am tired already. Tonight, I will have dinner with Dr. Tsai.

God's Sheep (羔羊樂團)

Today, God's Sheep came to our school, Sheng- Kung. The God's Sheep which is called (羔羊) in Chinese has a good meaning behind it. This group is compound of 4 people. One handsome man and three beautiful ladies. The man is the priest of the church with his wife and two sisters created this group. All of them are very good at singing Christians songs.

The priest is amazing because he is not who create songs but also he plays the piano and sings at the same time. Most of his songs are ROCK、DISCO、CHACHA、RUMBA, all of the songs are so great, it can be fit for all ages. I really like this group and I really enjoyed their performance today.

The opening song is in the following:

活得更美 (Life is Wonderful) 　

年輕～使我生命無盡的奔放

　熱情～讓我燃燒自己照亮這世界
　健康～使我活出自信的喜悅　

希望～讓我追逐目標充滿光和熱
　Open my eyes, 使我能夠看見你的世界
　Light up my way, 讓我看得更深走得更遠
　Stand by my side, 請你請你走進我的世界
　Praise my Lord, 讓我生命被感動活得更美　

Meaning

　當發現自己不再那麼年輕，當自己開始覺得年輕真好時，往往也是來不及的時候了！這樣的我，唯一能做的，就是盡己之力，鼓勵年輕人珍惜生命、活得更美！

　
活得更美這一首歌，是我深刻的體會到－年輕、熱情、健康、希望－是我們生命中最寶貴的元素，其實不管多大歲數，我們還是可以擁有它們的！ 我常常在活動中用這一首歌揭開序幕，用它來帶動唱，帶動整體的氣氛，效果很好。令我好奇的是，最常和我們一起舞動的有二種人，一種是小朋友，一種是年長者。藉著他們的參與，我想祝福凡聽到這一首歌的人： 　

一、從小朋友的眼光去看～放眼一生，我要活得更美。 　
二、從年長者的眼光去看～回顧一生，我有活得更美。

◎Happy birthday to you 　

看著小小的你　

搖晃著鴨鴨屁屁　

我的眼中閃著淚光喜悅無比

　聽著小小的你　

走音地唱著歌曲　

我的心中充滿歡喜感謝上帝 　

Happy birthday to you, oh my dear baby　

願你遵行神的旨意　

一生不偏離 　

Happy birthday to you, oh my dear baby　

願你頌讚主的神奇　

常在主愛裡 　

這一首歌寫成是因為我的老二沐宣二歲生日，記得那時他好小，包著尿布，走路搖搖晃晃，實在是好可愛！所以，把自己對他的感覺與期望寫入歌中，祝福他一生頌讚主、與主同行。 　這首歌，我借用生日快樂歌的曲調來創作，但我覺得，生日不只是單單求快樂而已，更應為壽星求屬天的祝福，祝福他能學會付出自己的愛、也學會愛主。這首歌我用二個重點來寫：

　

一、他今天搖晃著鴨鴨屁屁，長大要遵行主的旨意。

　二、他今天走音地唱著歌曲，長大要頌讚主的神奇。 　

我在推廣音樂事工當中，特別以家庭之愛、親子情感作為主力，所以寫了許多愛家的歌，在各地演唱或發表時，這些歌曲影響了某些家庭，甚至有家庭藉此從黑暗陰霾中走出！我想這是聖靈動工，而我希望我們所做的努力，能合乎主用，發生影響力與感動力！

多說好話

好話 v.s 壞話 … 只在一念之間


作 者：劉 墉
說件 「鮮事」 給您聽 有個丈夫跟太太親熱，撫摸著太太，很有情趣地讚美： 「妳的皮膚摸起來真細，絕不像四十歲的女人。
太太笑： 「是啊！最近摸過的人都這麼說。」 『啪！』 一記耳光。
丈夫吼道： 「妳最近讓多少人摸過？妳老實招來！」
太太摀著臉，哭著喊： 「大家是這麼說啊！每個護膚中心的小姐都這麼說。」 這是真事，但是怎麼看都像笑話對不對？ 問題是，當你細心觀察就會發現，我們周遭充滿這樣的笑話。


只因為一句話沒說對，就把喜劇變成了悲劇， 把眼看就要辦成的好事變成了壞事。「話」人人會說，只是不見得人人會說話； 有話好說，只是不見得人人說好話。 不說好話的道理很簡單因為他沒有多想一想。 舉個例子： 最近我有個朋友，在他新居的後院搭了間工具房。 那工具房是買現成的材料，再自己拼裝的， 專門用來放剪草機、鏟子、鋤頭這些整理花園的工具。 可是我這朋友興高采烈地才拼裝到一半， 他的鄰居竟然隔著牆喊： 「你亂蓋房子，是違法的。」 我這朋友氣極了，跑到建管處去問， 得到的答案是蓋十呎乘十呎以內的工具屋， 不違法；只有超過，才違法。 他回去量了量自己買的工具屋，是十呎乘十二呎， 多了兩呎， 於是拿去退掉，換成合法的尺寸。 工具屋搭好了，他跑來對我說： 「我非要去糗糗我那鄰居不可，我要告訴他中國人不好欺負，


我去政府單位問過了，現在搭的絕對合法，歡迎他去告！」「你何必這麼說呢？」我勸他，您何不換個方式， 對他說： 『真是謝謝你，幸虧你提醒我， 不然我的工具屋多了兩呎， 因為違法得拆除，就白蓋了。』 你不是照樣讓他知道你去問過政府單位， 現在是合法建築了嗎？」 朋友想了想，覺得有理，照辦了。 結果不但沒有得罪鄰居，還交上了好朋友。 再說個故事。 有個人 和他太太為了一點小事吵架，要離婚， 起因居然不但不是壞事，還是好事。 那一天，他太太買到一條上好的石斑魚， 特別打電話到辦公室： 「你離開辦公室的時候，打個電話回來， 我好下鍋蒸， 這石斑魚， 多一分鐘少一分鐘都不成。」 那太太想得很好，丈夫出門，她蒸魚，丈夫進門，正好上桌。


偏偏她丈夫下班的時候，才打完電話，說要出門了， 就碰上個客戶突然造訪，耽誤了二十分鐘。 「糟了！」 送走客戶，丈夫心想，趕緊又撥個電話回家： 「對不起，臨時有事，現在才能走。」 太太一聽，在那頭跳了起來： 「什麼？你還在辦公室？ 你不知道魚涼了不好吃嗎？ 你知道這條石斑魚多少錢嗎？」 丈夫沒多吭氣，匆匆忙忙開車回去，一路想，一路急， 加上晚了， 餓，胃都急疼了，路上還差點撞了人。 進門沒好氣地說一句：「魚涼了就涼了嘛！熱熱不就得了？」 太太也沒好氣： 「你是沒命吃好魚，以後給你吃涼的。」 兩個人當然 「吵翻了」 ，拉開嗓子吼，把孩子都嚇哭了， 一條好好的石斑魚，放在桌上，誰都沒吃，還差點離了婚。 你說，他們是會說話嗎？ 如果那作太太的，能像我那搭工具屋的朋友， 換個角度說： 「別急！別急！魚涼了，微波爐熱一分鐘就成了， 開車小心點，我們等你。」 會說話與不會說話，常在那一念之間。 一念之間，他懂得忍、懂得退一步想， 想想壞話怎麼好說， 狠話怎麼柔說， 就可能有個喜劇的結局。 那一念之間，他毫不考慮地脫口而出，則可能是個悲劇的結尾。


雖然許多人讚美我口才好，但是我從不這麼認為，而且覺得自己年輕的時候總是說錯話。 即使到今天，我每天晚上還是常把白天說的話想一想，檢討一下，是不是有不妥當，或者「有更好的說話方法」。 正因此，在這本書裡我提出的案例，都是最真實的，發生在大家身邊的小事。 而由那些小事裡，常能見到大學問； 由那些簡單的話語中，常能觸及心靈的深處。 寫信是快樂的 …… 收信是幸福的…… 每一次的寄信 …… 代表著每一次緣份的傳遞...... 掌握當下的緣…… 借花獻佛 ！ 傳遞 ? 愛心 & 快樂 有些朋友雖然不常聯絡．．． 卻常常寄一些 E-mail 給您， 一些笑話，溫馨小品，或是小遊戲給您， 這就表示他一直在關心著您的一種表達方式， 他將您放在心裡．．．一種特殊的存在情感。 因此，要時時 心存好念！腳走好路！身行好事！ 心中有佛,每個人都是觀世音. 心中有鬼,每個人都是魔鬼. 惜緣種福．．．願所有收到這封信的朋友都能 平安、健康、幸福．．． 送個幸福給您。您收到了嗎??? 既然聊到說話藝術了 唸完這句話再走 黑化黑灰化肥灰會揮發發灰黑諱為黑灰花會回飛；灰化灰黑化肥會揮發發黑灰為諱飛花 回化為灰

Que Noticia, I am Auntie

On March 27th, 2007, my brother Francisco had a baby girl, her name is Allison Denise Lin Cruz. I am auntie now, but I cannot see the baby in person just on the picture. I think she looks like my brother a lot. She has his eyes. Now, she is kind of ugly baby, when she grows up a little, we will see how beautiful she will turn into. Now, Alan has a cousin to play with, even now she is little.

Easter Egg

Today at Alan's school, Alan has to wear his normal cloth to school. Today, Alan is going to find Easter Eggs and also, in his class, they are going to celebrate children's day, too.

I never see my son so happy and relaxed beforehe goes to school. Today, he is so happy because he got his new T-Shirt that I bought for him on Saturday. After school, Alan was so happy because he found six Easter eggs, but after that he had to give to people who did no have any egg. He was kind of upset but at the same time, he learned how to share with people who did not have anything.

Da-Shan Hot Spring

Taiwanese Sweeping time, this time of the year, we had four days vacation. David, Alan and I went to Da-Shan (大山) Hot Spring. The place was so cool, it has many pool to choose from, it aslo has animals for little children to explore. That place has everything from steam room to masage area. People can do exercise and relax in the red sun, it is so cool and relaxing vacation.
Alan loves the place and he hopes that one day we can go over there again.

Go Kat

After Da-Shan Hot Spring, we went to Kenting National park. Saturday night's weather was not too nice. It was raining and cold. David promised Alan that he could go and play the Go Kat. Alan was so excited but at the same time, the weather was not so good. Finally we found one place where the Go Kat was open. We went there and ask the owner of the car. The owner said that it is ok to play but you can not drive too fast because of the weather.

Alan wanted his own car, but he needs to grow up a little bit more to have car of his own. So we rented double seat car. Alan was driving with his daddy. Both of them are so crazy, both of them drove so fast. Alan could not control the wheels, so David helped him. It seemed both of them have so much fun. I was there and took pictures of them.

Here is the video of how fun they had on this day!