Taiwan, Home Sweet Home

Alan

2011-03-17T15:13:00.002+08:00

Who is this handsome boy? he is my oldest son, Alan. He will be in junior one next year. I cannot believe that my son is getting older and taller. Mature? he is not mature enough, he likes ot play still and be childish things. Whatever his behavior is, he is still my son.

A & A

2011-03-17T15:11:00.001+08:00

I want the picture of my two children together. I want them to love each other and respect also. They also need ot learn the value of life and how to be in companion with each other.

Two Brothers

2011-03-15T09:30:00.003+08:00

In this life, I want my two children to be happy. I want them to be good friends. I want also my oldest son knows how to take care of his younger brother. I am very glad that my two children love each other. This is a surprise of life for me.

2010 Taipei International Floral Expo

2011-02-15T10:52:00.004+08:00

This is my second time that I've been to a floral expo. We've been there for two days in Taipei. It was a wonderful trip but very tiring. Alan and I've been walking and running through the park. We need to get the entrance tickets before we could get into Pavilions. There are five Pavilions total. I did not find the reason why we've been running. There were people everywhere. Every Pavilions are big lines. We've been in all of the pavilions except for the dream one. I really enjoyed watching the 3D movie. It is very touching.

In Yuan Shang Park Area, we could see pavilion of new fashion, expo dome, celebrity's house, pavilion of culture, and expo theater. In expo theater, we could see a play and dance of traditional Chinese yo yo. It is very cool. I really enjoyed a lot just by watching it.

In Fine Arts Park Area, you can see expo hall, pavilions of Aroma of flower, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, and Taipei Story House. In the Story House, there's an interesting story behind it, all of the furniture are from Victorian times. We could also see and smell of pine wooden floors.

Also, in XingSheng Park area, there's pavilion of Angel Life, place of floral teas, pavilion of future, pavilions of dreams, and pavilion of regimen. In this section, I've been to all of them except for the pavilion of dreams. People were doing nothing, they woke up at 3AM and they get into the line and the pavilion opens at 9AM. I woke up at 5 AM and we arrived there around 6 something Am, it was already full. Some people were sleeping on the streets. I could not make it at this time, I will make it next time, I hope.

Floral expo has a lot to see, not only flowers. I should be proud of Taiwan, because it made this place so beautiful. I really enjoyed going to a floral expo.

During the expo, the pavilion of theater will have three different kinds of show. I did not see the first show when I went there on Xmas time. I will go at end of March to be able to see another show. Each show are just great. I really enjoyed them a lot.

Try to come to Taiwan to see the Floral Expo. It is great and amazing!

Andrew's First Birthday!

2011-02-08T09:28:00.002+08:00

Andrew turns first year already. Since he was born, Andrew's face is the same, he did not change a lot through the year. However, he can move and he could clim the stairs easily. Also, he could stand.

Taichung Lantern Festival 2011 (2011中台灣元宵燈會)

2011-02-04T15:08:00.001+08:00

2011 Taichung City Chinese New Year’s Goods Street Welcomes the Arrival of Spring Festival!

The lantern of Taichun city is great, with very interesting topics, also there's a show of water fountain. We really enjoyed each year of going to Taichung to see the festival.

Here is the video of the show:

Floral Expo 2011

2011-01-27T15:16:00.000+08:00

In Taiwan, there's an International Floral Expo. This expo will end in April 2011. It is a month ahead of the time. I went to the Floral Expo before chinese new year. I went there some time in January. It is just amazing. The things they organize over there is very cool. I really like it. I really enjoy each show they have over there. I really like the flowers and everything. I will say I am very proud of Taiwan to be able to make this such proud expo. Good job to all of the people who work so hard for it. I iwll go back again on April befor the expo finishes.

Andrew can stand up already

2011-01-11T09:25:00.007+08:00

Now, Andrew can only stand up but also, he can walk by holding somebody's legs. He is learning very fast and he is very cute now.

Andrew now is 11 months

2011-01-11T09:25:00.004+08:00

My cute baby now is 11 month. I am very proud of him. He can walk a little bit now. He is very cute.

Andrew can turn off the lights

2011-01-11T09:24:00.001+08:00

At this young age, my Andrew can turn off the lights by just looking at me doing it. When he turns off the lights, he is very proud of himself.

臘八節

2011-01-11T09:12:00.003+08:00

Today in Taiwan, there's a festival call 臘八節. 臘日和臘八粥的由來：在中國古代，「臘」是一個非常重要的祭祀活動。它的意義，有人認為：「臘」是「合」的意思，臘祭就是合祭諸神；也有人認為：「臘」是獵」的意思，獵禽獸以便歲末祭祀祖先。

從前的臘日，並沒有一定的日期，大約在冬至後的第十三到三十五天之間，最晚也不會到除夕，大多在二十四節氣的小寒節氣內，落在農曆的十二月，因此農曆的十二月就稱為臘月。農曆的十二月八日，是所謂的「臘日」。這一天，是佛祖得道成佛的日子，傳統上有吃臘八粥的習俗。在民間，吃了臘八粥以後，就開始忙過年了。

吃臘八粥的習俗據說傳自印度，相傳釋迦牟尼在未得道以前，曾經獨自坐在菩提樹下，靜觀思維，每日只吃一麻一米，後人不忘佛祖成道前所受的苦難，便在十二月八日這一天，吃粥以為紀念。而中國自宋朝以後便開始普遍盛行起來，當時在民間有所謂「臘八日」，在臘月八日這天，每座寺廟都要準備「五味粥」敬拜佛祖，完後再分贈給善男信女，大家相信吃了五味粥便可以保佑身體健康。宋朝大文學家蘇軾，就曾大力提倡吃臘八粥，認為可以延年益壽。

過臘八節的習俗大約在清朝初期傳到臺灣，善男信女們都要到廟中去祭拜神明，並煮臘八粥讓全家人食用。康熙皇帝時，曾賜給有功的臣子臘八粥，是一種恩寵，在民間，有些特別遵循古風的家庭，天沒亮就已經吃過臘八粥，同時流下許多，吃個好幾頓，以表示「富貴有餘」。

臘八粥是用乾果、豆類煮成的，像花生、紅豆、白果、紅棗、栗子、藕乾、松仁、薏米、桂圓、核桃仁、杏仁、蓮子、葡萄乾、糯米之類，湊成八種，加上紅糖、白糖熬煮成粥。這些食物在中醫的看法，大多具有健脾養胃、補氣養血、暖身驅寒的功效，煮成粥後易於消化，適合嚴冬寒冷季節食用。臺灣的臘八粥，本來只有甜的一種，後來有一種以肉片、木耳、蝦仁….為材料煮成的鹹粥，兩種都很好吃。

臘八時節吃臘八粥，除了延續祖先的傳統以外，對健康也有幫助！

2010-12-29T10:08:00.002+08:00

Andrew fell down so many times, now he knows how to get off of the bed. When He get off of the bed, he will be very carefully. He won't hurt himself anymore. I am very proud of my son. He is big now and he will fly soon.

Here is the video of Andrew on how he gets off of the bed by himself.

2010-12-29T10:02:00.002+08:00

My baby Andrew is 10 months now. He can stand and He can walk a little bit now. He always wants to go to one place and another. He has his own thinking now. Unlike before, I put him in one place, he will be quiet and doing nothing. Now, it is hard for me to put him in one place, because he will move a lot abd cry a lot.

Nice Surprised from Teddy

2010-12-27T14:04:00.004+08:00

I've been taking Teddy's class J2D for 5 days now. He wanted to show his appreciation to me by giving me a big gift to Andrew. he gave Andrew red envelop $1,200. I know his kindness, he doesn't have to do give red envelop to Andrew.

Caroling

2010-12-27T13:55:00.003+08:00

It is so hard to see or feel Christmas Holidays here in Taiwan. It is not National Holiday like in USA, Europe or Latin America countries. When I was a little, people were coming to my house and sing Holiday's songs. I could feel Holidays season. However, here in Taiwan I did not even feel holidays season over here. For this reason, I want my students go Caroling and giving their love to people by singing songs. It is the first time and the last time for students to sing songs for people. Students need to learn from this time how to love people and be polite. They also need to learn how to perform or giving a good presentation in front of people.

My J1G is really preparing very hard to go to sing downstairs. We really rehersal more than one time.
It is the show time. I am very glad everyone sings very well.
The Dean of Students Affairs office came to see them closely. Even my students were so nervous, the people in the office still like them very much. It will feel X'mas.

SK X'mas Present

2010-12-24T13:43:00.002+08:00

This morning, when I came to work, I saw a lot of presents on my table and a card saying Nela. Every year in our school "Sheng-Kung" celebrates X'mas. The principal and the PTA parents will give us a gift and X'mas card. I can feel the warmth of holiday here in Taiwan. Actually, X'mas is not a Taiwanese National holiday, so a lot of people do not celebrate it. However, now in Taiwanese schools no matter if there's private or public catholic or non catholic school will still have X'mas programs. For Catholic school they know what the meaning of X’mas is but for non-catholic schools, probably they will have the wrong idea what is X'mas all about. Anyways, I do not know what your idea about x’mas is, but I can feel the Holiday season at Sheng-Kung.

Andrew is on the Stage

2010-12-24T13:37:00.001+08:00

On Dec. 24th, our school had a X'mas program. The entire school will watch the show on different performances. Even teachers will perform on the stage. I did a performance on the rich woman and Andrew was playing the role of baby Jesus.

The day before the performance, I was talking to my son to be good because 2,000 will watch him. He really listened to me. Therefore, on the day of the performance, he was really good. He did not even cry or yield. I was closer to him on the stage. I was watching him; I am very proud of my son he was really good and quiet seating there and watch other people. Thanks God for giving me such a good present of life. I am very grateful for having a great family and a lovely husband.

SK X'mas 2010

2010-12-23T09:38:00.003+08:00

Every year during X'mas time, my school will come up with something new. General Affairs Office did a great job constructing or decorating things for X'mas. This year, our Santa comes on boat. It is so creative.
Each corner or building in our school is so beautiful. With a lot of colors and flowers. We also have an angel on the tree.

Each floor of our office building will have X'mas flowers and decorations. X'mas flowers can be seen on the campus.

Also another Santa is coming with reindeer on the tree.

It feels X'mas seasons here in my school.

Rock Climbing

2010-12-20T13:47:00.004+08:00

This weekend we went to E-Da Mall again. Alan tried rock climbing. At first, he really didn't want to try but after the lady said, I will give you a coach, at that time, Alan decided to try it. he really did a great job trying the rock climbing. I had to pay $150 dollars for whole day long. You can climb, play basketball and tennis until the store is closed. Once Alan like it, he was climbing and climbing until the top. He really likes it.

Also, there's a section for children and another one for adult. The adult section is more dangerous and harder to climb. I did rock climbing before when I went with students for study tour to Australia and England. If you did not have rock climbing before, you can go to E-Da Shopping Mall.

Alan Got Hurt

2010-12-15T11:34:00.001+08:00

I know when children were playing together sometimes, they will argue or flight. Alan did a science project for school. This project should be done in group. However, the team from Alan's group didn't like to do anything, so Alan did it by himself. However, one of his classmates broke his work while he went to the bathroom. When he came back from the bathroom, he saw his work was broken and he start to be very sad. and angry. He was asking who broke his work and the child start to hit him. The child broke Alan's eyes. I really do not know what is wrong with education now in these days. Everyone can get hurt at school, everyone should teach better things to people. As mom, I am very sad because I do not want my son hurt people and I do not want people to hurt my son.

Andrew Can Go Shopping

2010-12-14T10:15:00.002+08:00

Now, Andrew is 10 month old, he knows how to go shopping with us. Once he gets into the shopping cart, he will look around and search for his cookies, juice and vegetables. He knows what he can get. When he sees his rice crackers in the counter, he will get it and hold it and he will look at me. By just looking at me, he wants me to buy it. He is really smart. Doing groceries now, can be fun with Andrew and Alan.

Andrew is Driving

2010-12-13T09:12:00.005+08:00

Andrew, drive me home! I want to go home, Adnrew. He is only 10 month old and he can drive a car. My little Adnrew is laughing because I told him to drive me home, ha ha ha...

E-Da World

2010-12-13T08:53:00.002+08:00

This weekend, I went to Kaoshion. I discovered a new fantancy world. It is E-da World. They have European style building, outlet shopping, theme park, college, golf place and a huge hotel. Everything is in one place. Also, inside the mall, there's an ice skating place. If adults want to go shopping, children can stay there and play for two hours. However, the price is not cheap. Two hours for ice skating is $2XXNT something, plus skating shoes and other stuffs will be $100 NT, so total will be $3XXNT. More than that, there's also a rock climbing and other outdoor activities.

By just looking around and take some pictures, I think that's enough for me. Alan wants to go to the theme park next time. The entrance of the park is like $5XXNT for children price and adults, I forget how much. We are waiting for my husband's family comming from HK, I will bring them over there.

Overall, it is amazing place, I never seen place like this in Taiwan. More or less, it is like Mall of America in MN, USA. There's everything in one place. But the parking in Mall of America is free and here in E-Da world, people need to pay for parking space.

Andrew is 10th Month Old

2010-12-10T11:21:00.003+08:00

Andrew now is 10 moth old. He knows who is his mom,, when I leave to work, he will cry, when I go home, he will extend his arms for me to hug him. No matter how hard or heavy is my work, when I go home, he will always smiling at me, my hard day or work will gone.

2010 Taipei International Floral Expo

2010-12-10T09:46:00.005+08:00

Taiwanese should be proud of themselves for having such an important event in the history. No matter when I go to the expo, it will be a lot of people waiting in line. Some sections are restricted, people have to go early in the morning and get the entrance tickets. If you do not get the entrance tickets, you cannot go inside. I am planning to go at end of this month and during Chinese New year. If I do not go, I will miss the history. I heard the place is awsome and the flowes are beautiful.

In the following are the videos for you to see.

Here are more flowers to see.

Andrew's new teeth

2010-10-11T09:39:00.000+08:00

Andrew has 4 new teeth on upper side. My baby is growing and he knows how to seat by himself. He can go to one place and another place. He will know what he wants and he will get it. It is so funny. I have to be more careful with him.

October 10th

2010-10-11T09:24:00.003+08:00

Today is Sunday, it is the double tenth in Taiwan. We should have holiday in this day, unlikely it is Sunday of the double tenth. In Taipei, we could see flowers and flags everywhere. A lot of enjoyments in this day such as flags and flowers on the street, military forces, dancers and parades in this day. People were celebration this day with fireworks, dancing and other things. I cannot belive that Taiwan is 99 years old, it will be a real big celebration next year for 100th bithday. We are so happy for Taiwan and the history of it.

Andrew's New Teeth

2010-09-22T14:34:00.001+08:00

Why children in these days become more mature faster than the past. My son is 7 months now and he has 4 new teeth.

Work

2010-06-17T11:48:00.002+08:00

It is so hard to go back to work after one day vacation. I am feeling tired, I need more sleep I guess. I want the semester to be over soon, so, I can relax and spent time with my children.

Dragon Boat Festival

2010-06-16T11:37:00.000+08:00

Every year on May 5th in the Lunar Calewndar will be a Dragon Boat Festival. It is the biggest National Holiday here in Taiwan. Schools and other government assotiations won't be working on this day. People often will go to see the race of the boat. The tradition food for this day is a sticky rice wrapped in the green leaves of bamboo.

It has beans, penuts, meat and egg inside. Sometimes, it will have shrimps, too. It depends what do you like and you can wrape with ingredients you like. What it is inside, it depends on each family tradition, too.

Andre 7.6 KG

2010-06-16T11:30:00.000+08:00

This is the third time that Andrew needs vaccination for 4 month old. When we arrived at he hospital, the nurse checked his weight and height. Andrew amazingly grew up so big, his weight is 7.6 KG and his height is 68.2 cm.

I am breast feeding my baby, luckily, he could grow up so big now. My hard work of breast feed is paid off. I can see all my hard work on my baby. I am very happy to see him growing each day. He smiles more and more, he also likes to play with people. He doesn't want to be lonely now. At this age, he likes to listen to the music. When he listens to it, he will be very happy.

男人的身上有幾處必須有肉‏

2010-06-02T14:10:00.001+08:00

這是由命相學來看的......男人的身上有幾處必須有肉：
鼻頭要有肉：鼻頭有肉的男人既有欲也有財，衣食無憂！
嘴唇要有肉：厚嘴唇的男人為人厚道，薄嘴唇的男人通常都很薄倖！
下巴要有肉：下巴有肉，除了可以讓你捏他下巴之外，他的晚年也會過得不錯，可以照顧你！
耳朵要有肉：耳大肥厚，是長壽的徵相，他長壽，就可以和你廝守終身，最幸福的就是可以比
妳愛的人先死，他那麼長壽妳的願望不難達成！
臉頰要有肉：雙頰凹陷的男人不是太可怕嗎？
肩膀要有肉：可以讓妳舒舒服服的把下巴擱上去。
背脊要有肉：可以隨時背起妳！
胸前要有肉：可以挨得住女人幾拳！
手掌要有肉：手掌肥厚的男人會很有錢用，不用女人養他。
雙腿要有肉：兩條枯樹枝一樣的腿太沒有安全感了！
最重要的是屁股有肉：屁股大而有肉的男人最顧家，小屁股的男人多半靠不住！
他那顆心，當然也要是肉造的：肉造的心，才容易被妳打動。 *** 結論：
往下看.....找隻豬準沒錯！

你是我最甜蜜的負擔‏

2010-06-02T14:04:00.002+08:00

This email is from aunt, please read the story below:

10月10日是我最傷心難挨的日子。就如往常到幼稚園上班，下午外子打一通電話給我，剛好是小朋友點心的時間,他語無倫次地告訴我Angela被家裡的秋田狗Kita咬到臉，血流滿面，然後又聽見他一邊叫兒子的名字，一邊告訴我很嚴重，Angela的臉流很多的血，就把電話掛了，一下子他又打了一通電話，很無助地對我說，是否可以馬上到醫院來。我都還沒回神過來，六神無主地呆坐在椅子上，學校的孩子們跑來對我說什麼話，我一句也聽不進去，心裡不斷的問怎麼會這樣，Angela剛來我們家的時候沒有玩伴，又害怕陌生環境，baby狗狗Kita就成為她朝夕相處的夥伴，也是她的最愛。為什麼會發生這事情……，我的心也亂了分寸，哭訴地向神呼喊怎麼辦，求神助我一臂之力。

同事替我向學校請了假，直奔醫院的急診室，看見兒子正在填寫資料及回答覆護士的問答，而外子鞋子來不及換，他穿著家裡室內拖鞋及短褲，來回地在走動著，搖著頭嘆著氣講不出話，醫生很關切頻頻問他還可以支撐嗎？我過去與外子相擁而泣，Angela躺在診療床上，嘴唇被撕裂了一半且掀開來看見裡面的肉，衣服手上都洛上了血跡，脖子與臉部都有被狗咬到的齒痕，面容驚惶的臉，看見了我，叫著我，深怕我會走掉。我一直牽著她的雙手告訴她，我不會離開她的，可是我的眼睛卻不願意看著她。我對Angela說，當我們不知道如何是好時，我們只有懇求上帝來幫助。我與兒子、外子同心合意為她禱告，讓我們勇敢地來接受事實，求神讓醫院在這危急時能找到一個最好的整形外科醫生，求神賜給Angela有勇敢的心能忍受疼痛。我同時也求主麻痺我的感覺，鬆弛我糾在一起的心，凍結我的思想不要有任何想法，當時的我卻很怕面對一切即將發生的結果。

外整形外科醫生為Angela打過麻藥，看著醫生一針一針地為她縫合，我的心好像被針扎來扎去一樣的痛苦。我不敢再繼續看她，Angela握緊我的手，於是我閉起眼睛來開始回想五年前Angela來到我們家與我們住在一起這段日子，她陪著我們渡過了許多美好的時光。

記得第一次在LA機場接Angela時，旅客魚貫地從出口處走，我看見一位白皙秀美的少女，額頭的留海蓋住一邊的眼睛，背著厚重的背包，一路快步的走出來，眼睛看著她的布鞋繼續往前走，好像不在乎是誰來接機，我好不容易追上她,更確定她是我以後要照顧的那一位被診斷是Asperger的孩子。知道她是特別需求的孩子，所以接到她以後，心中頓時鬆了一口氣。然而心中在納悶，為什麼我問她的問題，她都是yes or no來回答。

“肚子餓不餓？”

“Uh-huh”

“在飛機上有吃東西嗎？”“Nu-uh ”她搖頭，

“特別想吃什麼嗎？””Nu-uh” 她又搖頭回答，我以為她聽不懂中文，於是用英文和她交談。走到洗手間前她突然停了下來，我問她“Do you want to go to the bathroom? ”， “ 嗯 ”她點個頭，於是她就進去了，我也趕緊尾隨在後，許久不見她出來，我在門外喊她“Angela, Are you OK?” 沒有回答，也許她有點頭或搖頭只是我看不到而已。

相處過一陣子以後，才漸漸地了解她的習性，要讓她去一個陌生的地方是相當地困難，尤其是上洗手間的問題。我才知道她坐十多小時的飛機，因不敢上廁所，所以不吃不喝，深怕麻煩別人站起來讓她過去，也怕去使用廁所。Angela在台灣唸書到初一的時候，因承受不了學校老師及同學們的壓力，她很不喜歡去上學，她不知道為什麼考試考不好，需要被處罰，因為她已經盡了最大的努力。她更不明白，她並沒有在上課講話，卻連帶整班被處罰包括她在內；就好像她的成績不好，為什麼會影響全班的平均值，為什麼要成績要比賽呢？每天去上學都要面對不能解決的相同問題，讓她很受挫。她不是討厭看書，每天幾乎都捧著書，連睡覺都趴在桌子上看書。她終於找到答案，她發覺她自己想要的是什麼，毅然決然地想離開她所熟悉的台灣環境，到自由的國度--美國來追逐她的夢想。

Angela無法與人四目交接（Eye Contact），不願與陌生人講話，尤其是男老師及男性大人都是不理不採。我的外子每天載他上下課，為她做許多的事，她從不回答他的問話，有一次外子問她是否有帶雨傘，因為那天氣預報會下雨，她沒有答腔。放學的時候，外子拿了一把雨傘在校門口等她，看見她竟拿了一把雨傘走出校門。她不敢用學校學生們的廁所，所以學校的護士特准他用教職員的廁所。她對自己很節省，反而非常厚待她的朋友，她的朋友高中畢業，特別飛去New Jersey參加朋友的畢業典禮且買了一個貴重的皮包送給朋友，那是她自己想要卻捨不得買給自己的禮物。她的心地非常純真與善良，從不會去責怪他的朋友，曾經多次在等待同學的約會，結果朋友爽約，她從不會去責怪她的朋友，總是替她的朋友想理由，合理化他們的失約。有一次她的同學向她借橡皮擦忘了還她，她難過得找我哭訴，一整個晚上，一直在問為甚麼那位同學忘記還？她自己不知道怎麼辦才好，幫她想辦法也行不通，若我去買一個一模一樣的給她，她不會要，因為那是不一樣的，因為那個橡皮擦是第一個美國老師送她的生日禮物。我問她 “若是明天向同學要回來？”她回答“她可能明天還需要用”，她有一點後悔為什麼不借給她舊的擦子。最後我們都累了，因為這個問題我們就講了好幾個小時了，於是我就將我的法寶拿出來，告訴她那是很有效且屢試不爽的禱告文，她跟著我念了幾遍，因為她哭了好久最後就睡著了。隔日，那位同學將橡皮擦擦還給她了，她高興得一回家就向我報告，我走到那裡她就跟到那裡說到那裡，實在很興奮且對那篇禱告文讚不絕口，她心地非常的美，看著她哈哈大笑，兩個迷人的酒窩在她燦爛的臉上旋轉，實在是可愛。

現在18 歲的Angela已經和過去的她有很大的不相同。她會洗自己的衣服，會把自己的房間整理的非常乾淨和家人輪流洗碗。她願意在教會主日學幼兒班擔任老師的助理，在中文學校擔任義工。在青年團契表演中，雖然她不會跟著唱，跟著比動作，但是她敢站到台上，為別人翻譜。和美國教會的青年一同去參加營會。這對一般人來說，可能是一件很容易的事，但對她而言，實在是很大的突破與進步。Angela在加州的時候，雖然是在特殊教育班，成績很少有及格。但搬來德州達拉斯以後，所有的成績很少低於A，且在十年級畢業的時候拿到一個最大進步獎，當她一步步走到台前在全校師生面前領獎時，我在觀眾席上拼命的叫喊她的名字，想到她的努力，好以她為榮，驕傲地地流出淚來，我也因她被選上ESL家長會的代表。畢業後她順利地在PetSmart 寵物店找到一份工作，教練一對一帶領她工作，這是她夢寐以求的工作，她好喜歡和狗在一起，她又可以得到一份很好的待遇，她還是老樣子，上班前兩個小時就準備好要去工作，休息的時間不敢進去休息，盡忠職守。經理同事們也特別照顧她，若有人請假都會想到她，要她去代班，讓她有更多的收入。同事們後來都了解她不答應在沒有排班的時候去上班，因為她是一個很遵守時間表的人，大家都很喜歡和她聊天和開玩笑。她不覺得需要錢，工作不是為了得到錢，數字的大小對她沒有吸引力，甚至於公司的贈品或福利，她從不去享受，有些人要送她禮物，她都說不需要，或不會用到。她的需求是很少，且很知足。在她的生日那天，經理破例特準她帶一些好朋友們進去參觀她工作的環境，這是我第一次看見這麼多寶貝狗狗住在一間間的旅館，狗狗帶著他們的寵物，被被和玩具，門牌上寫著狗狗主人的姓氏和狗狗的名字。因著Angela 我們得到了特別待遇，她讓每人都大開眼界。

當我把眼睛睜開回到現實的時候，看見那紅腫得辨識不出那張清純秀麗的臉。我的心又一陣劇痛，療傷過程裡，要不斷為她傷口換藥，餵她小口地吃東西，幫她洗澡洗頭。每次帶她回診擦線，護士問她痛不痛，她拼命搖頭，不曾責怪Kita，雖然家裡的秋田狗Kita，從幼犬就和Angela多年一起生活，每當Kita趴著睡覺在外面門邊休息時，Angela喜歡親近Kita趴在旁邊盯著Kita並用手突然摸Kita，這個舉動常讓Kita感到不安而發出怒聲，她還是沒有警覺。Kita被寵物管制中心帶走後，我們全家面臨一個選擇，若是我們要Angela與我們同住，我們必需放棄Kita，我們想到將會失去牠而難過地哭了一個晚上。最後，小女兒Joyce擁抱著對我說 “我們要感謝上帝，因為Kita並沒有咬到Angela的眼睛或鼻子，也沒有危及她的生命”，Kita是Joyce所心愛的狗，14歲的她告訴我不是誰的錯，只有當做是神給我們的恩典來感謝上帝，從今我們跟要用心去愛Angela, 因為她是我們的天使，是我們甜蜜的負擔，我被女兒落下的淚水，滴潤我的臉頰，溫暖了我的心。

這次Angela受傷事件，讓我發意識到往往我們不經意的玩笑卻是傷害她自尊的利刃，因為在潛意識裡我們已經當她是低人一等，不夠聰明。而沒想過很多人也是英文好、數學不好，只是她的科目比較多一點。常常我只是高高在上的告訴她所該做與不該做的事，而不是站在與她一樣平等的高度來看事情。「自以為是的聰明人」看到的只是她努力爭取平等與自尊的掙扎，卻看不到她所深受的傷害與退縮所導致的離群與寂寞。我們一直很矛盾地將Angela當成一個正常的孩子看待，要求她和一般孩子一樣，會問候家人會和客人打招呼，會買東西去學如何找錢，會很多很多的事。有時又當她是一個特殊的孩子，深恐她不知道保護自己，所以將她藏在自己的翅膀下，不敢讓她學習如何長大。有的男同學喜歡她要找她約會，我也緊張到不敢放手信任她。我不能因此就把她綁住，限制她在天空翱翔，更不是過度的保護她，或是過度的壓抑她。其實她有權利選擇她想要的人生方向，去完成她想要做的事情，交她喜歡的朋友，選擇她想要研究的科系。不必學別人，讓她做她自己，甚至幫她圓夢，讓她一一完成她要達成的目標。

她很訝異我們竟然答應她單獨與男同學見面，她被肯定與信任的臉上充滿著光彩與驕傲，讓她看起來更加可愛，迷人。有一天，她告訴我她想要開車及開船，於是我著帶她到一望無際的曠野，讓她體會她也能開車，聽她任憑使喚車子，載著我們一路與她同行；我們去了朋友的湖邊房子，我們的船在汪洋湖中，讓她來掌舵並享受乘風破浪快感，她看到一群海鷗追逐我們快駛的船，發出哈哈的笑聲，我們被她感染那份飛翔的快樂。歌聲在我們的船上跳躍飛揚，唱著“Somewhere over the rainbow, skies area blue and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.”她轉頭看了我一眼，我點著頭對她回答“Uh-huh”；是的，只要你敢做的夢，都會實現。 Angela突然含淚對我說：“You raise me up to more than I can be, 謝謝你”。這是五年來第一次從Angela口中對我說謝謝，這是我今年得到最好的母親節禮物了。看著她的長髮在急風中飛揚，我們的船一路激起美麗的浪花，我用非常肯定口氣大聲地向世界宣告：“對，你一定會超越你自己。”

垃圾車定律

2010-06-02T14:01:00.001+08:00

有一天，我跳上一輛計程車，打算到機場，正當我們開上正確的車道時，突然間一輛黑色轎車從停車位開出，正好擋在我們前面，我的計程車司機立即踩剎車，車子滑行了一小段路，剛好閃開來車，兩車之間的距離就只差個幾英吋，那一輛車的駕駛甩過頭來，開始朝著我們大喊大叫。

我的計程車司機只是微笑，對那傢伙揮揮手。我覺得他實在太友善了，我就問他：「你剛才為什麼那麼做？那傢伙差點毀了你的車，還可能害我們受傷而被送去醫院！」

下面是當時我的計程車司機告訴我的話，現在我就稱呼它為「垃圾車定律」。

他解釋說：許多人就像垃圾車，他們到處跑來跑去，身上充滿了垃圾、充滿了沮喪、充滿了憤怒、和充滿了失望，隨著垃圾堆積，他們終需找個地方傾倒；有時候，我們剛好碰上了，垃圾就往我們身上丟，不要認為他是衝著你來，只要微笑、揮揮手、祝福他們，然後繼續走我們自己的路；千萬別將他們的垃圾擴散給同事、家人、或其他路人。

總結來說：成功的人不會讓垃圾車影響他們的生活；人生苦短，早上醒來絕對不要帶著遺憾，所以，愛那些對你友善的人；不用去理會那些對你不友善的人，生命只有 10%由自己決定，其他的90%就看你如何接受它！

祝你有一個愉快的、沒有垃圾的日子，你今天所種下的種子，會決定你明天的收穫！

8種食物專“吃”脂肪

2010-06-01T15:27:00.000+08:00

1.香蕉
雖然卡路裏很高，但脂肪卻很低，而且含有豐富鉀，又飽肚又低脂，可減少脂肪在下身積聚，是減肥時候的理想食品。

2.蘋果
內含蘋果酸可以加速代謝，減少下身的脂肪! ! ! ，! 而且它含的鈣量比其它水果豐富，可減少令人下身水腫的鹽分。

3.禽蛋
禽蛋內的維他命B2有助去除脂肪，除此之外，它蘊含的煙堿酸及維他命B1可以去除下半身的肥肉。

4.紫菜
除了含有豐富的維他命A、B1及B2，最重要的就是它蘊含豐富纖維素及礦物質，可以幫助排走身體內之廢物及積聚的水分，從而收瘦腿之效。

5.南瓜
味甘性溫，補養脾髒及胃之元氣，且潤肺及利尿，食用既養身又減肥，可與蝦仁、香菇、雞肉等一起制作南瓜鹹飯或南瓜粥，經常食用。

6.木瓜
含有獨特的蛋白分解酵素，可以清除因吃肉類而積聚在下身的脂肪；木瓜肉所含的果膠更是優良的洗腸劑，可減少廢物在下身積聚。

7.紅豆
含有的石堿酸成分可以增加大腸的蠕動，促進排尿及減少便秘，從而清除下身脂肪。

8.茶
飯後喝茶有去除體內脂肪的作用

優惠券

2010-06-01T15:23:00.000+08:00

開始想把一些善良美麗的事傳播
點下面的連結就可以看到多轉寄給好友，謝謝哦
優惠券
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/freeloop0937/12035011&is_shared=1

文章永恆的美麗

http://www.wretch.cc/blog/freeloop0937/12035052&is_shared=1

我是一個便利商店的早班正職人員‏

2010-06-01T15:19:00.002+08:00

我是一個便利商店的早班正職人員，每天早上8點上班下午4點下班；月休5天，扣除勞、健保後平均月薪22000。

但是如果你問我一年以前的工作待遇；最基本的喔！不包括獎金！
月薪35000（底薪32000+津貼3000）保障年薪14個月。

我在12年前退伍進入銀行工作，從最基礎的一般櫃台行員做起(當時的起薪25000)；那時聽人家說在銀行要升遷，最好要有證照與高學歷的加持，於是我在入行後的隔年，選擇假日進修，費時3年拿到財金碩士學歷；並且在我踏入銀行業起的5年內，將金融研訓院與證期會還有保險公會的金融證照幾乎考齊！

從證券商高級業務人員、期貨商業務員、投信投顧業務員、票券商業務人員、信託業業務人員、銀行內部控制與內部稽核、人身保險業務員、投資型保險商品業務員、財產保險業務員、金融市場常識與職業道德、外幣收付非投資型保險銷售人員、理財業務人員……夯不啷噹的12張證照，累計花了我一萬多元的報名費，與無數的時間在念書上。

終於；我有幸在我踏入銀行業的第5年，轉到理財業務部門服務，開始了我百萬年薪的職涯；因為我踏入財富管理這行的時間點，正好是全球股市正處於向上攀爬的顛峰時間；投資商品不管賣甚麼給客戶，客戶幾乎都是賺錢，所以我每個月的業績獎金大都是20萬起跳，我的平均月薪介於20~30萬元之間。

是的；沒錯，我曾經是一個年薪400萬以上的理財專員！

我們的業績獎金算法，是以底薪為基準；底薪乘以十，就是你每個月最基本的手續費收入之業績目標，當妳的手續費收入達到目標後，所有收取手續費中的十分之一，是你個人當月的業績獎金。

以我個人的業績算法為例：
底薪32000×10=320000…業績目標假設當月手續費收入2000000÷10=200000…業績獎金
200000+32000=232000…我這個月的薪水相信在此你們也發現，銀行在銷售理財商品時，所收取的無風險手續費收入有多少了吧，難怪現在的銀行一窩蜂的投入財富管理的市場中。

且為了加強我自身的本職學能與競爭力，我之後更利用假日自費進修CFP課程，終於在2008年，我通過了五個模組的測驗，拿到了CFP認證。

那一年應該是我人生的職場顛峰吧，我名片的抬頭從業務主任變成業務襄理，我的基本起薪從32000，調高為35000；但是我做的還是理財專員的工作，服務的還是那一群客人。

儘管我名片的抬頭從理財專員，變成資深理財專員，到理財中心業務主任，現在是理財中心業務襄理；但是我的本名還是不變，還是36年前我媽幫我取的那個！

2009年是我從雲端跌到谷底的一年；我在那年的5月因為猛爆性肝炎住院！！！

猛爆性肝炎---一種致死率90%以上的急症！

我還記得，我當天中午是因為肚子痛到站不直，才去掛急診；在急診室驗完血、照完超音波後，醫生馬上安排我住院，因為我當時的肝指數，也就是俗稱的 GOT/GPT值是2974---(正常的肝指數是在40以下！)

而超音波的報告顯示，我的膽囊是一般人的1.5倍大；正所謂肝膽相照，因為我的臟發炎而併發急性膽囊炎！

醫生說我運氣真的很好，如果我沒有併發膽囊炎，就不會肚子痛到掛急診，就沒有機會在猛爆性肝炎發作前趕緊住院治療！

我在醫院躺了一個月；其實猛爆性肝炎也沒有甚麼不舒服，就是很累，人覺得很累，但是卻累到睡不著覺，全身無力，在我住院初期，連上廁所都要人家攙扶。

在我住院期間最讓我難過的是，我當時2歲的兒子在病床邊跟我說：把把抱抱！我竟然無力起身，將他抱在懷裡；盡管時間過去已久，但現在有時午夜夢迴，我突然想到那時的情景，我真的心中還是會有想哭的衝動！

當時的我真的很怕我就這樣離開人世！如果我走了！？

我兒子怎麼辦？我老婆怎麼辦？我爸怎麼辦？我媽怎麼辦？

所以在我出院之後，我就把工作辭了！

如果你問我：在銀行工作了12年，我有甚麼成就？

就如同親朋好友所預期的，大家所想的那樣，一家大型金控旗下銀行的分行理財中心小主管，兼任理財專員，連續六年三百五十萬元左右的年薪，一台三菱Outlander 2.4休旅車、台北市 50坪加停車位的社區住宅、銀行帳戶裡七位數的存款。

妻子、兒子、房子、車子、銀子五子登科，也許很多人會羨慕我小有成就，但是在我生病之後，驀然回首過去，我會告訴你這不是幸福更不是快樂。

因為在瘋狂的期待將來有著百萬年薪、名牌轎車時，你的下場十分有可能像我一樣；這些奢侈的物質生活背後，是我犧牲了身體健康，與許多陪伴我兒子成長的時間去換來的，這些奢侈的物質生活，對許多理財專員而言，根本連去使用的時間都沒有。

從我擔任理財專員開始，假日可能別人是全家大小一起出遊，但我是去補習班上課，念書準備CFP考試，為的是要自我成長，讓我在財富管理這條路上走得比別人更長、更久、更寬廣；但是我犧牲得卻是自己休養生息的時間，以及和家人一起相處的時光。

尤其是在2008年金融海嘯時期，我幾乎是一天工作18個小時以上；不騙你，我真的有客人，在半夜3點，美國股市盤中大跌時，打電話問我美國股市發生了甚麼事？

我還記得那天我正好也失眠睡不著，盯著電腦螢幕的Stock-Q網站，思索著該如何面對明天客戶投資虧損上門詢問時，我要用甚麼理由、應該怎麼解釋美股的大、歐股的下挫、亞股的修正？

客人聽我在半夜3點還可以很清醒的回答她問題，跟我說：嗯~我有隨時在注意市場變化，我是一個很盡責的理財專員？！

一個很盡責的理財專員！？

好一句沉重的讚美，但是你可知道在這句讚美的背後我犧牲與付出了多少？

曾經在電視新聞中看到，新聞節目專訪某銀行的一位超級理財專員，他說他可以背出他所負責客戶的身分證字號！

這哪有甚麼？這是擔任理專的本職學能，這剛好而以好不好；我的前20大客戶，不要說他本人的身分證字號，包括她的家庭成員，聯絡電話、工作背景、我都如數家珍；更遑論客戶目前的投資商品與過去的投資獲利狀況、目前資產配置情形我都可以倒背如流！

而且為了讓自己顯現的專業，我花錢、花時間念書考額外的金融認證；為了維繫我和客戶之間的關係，我還曾經幫客戶念大學的女兒做過財金相關的作業報告；假日，和一個虔誠的基度教徒客戶，參加他們教會的禮拜，儘管我家是拿香拜拜的，但是為了保持和客戶良好的關係，我不敢拒絕她熱情的邀約，我還是去了...！

花時間維繫我與客戶之間的關係，最直接忽略的就是和我最親近的家人，在我生病之後，更讓我驚覺，如果沒有機會和妳的家人，一起享受這一切，那麼我這一切的努力都是毫無無價值的…！

因為當你如果不幸遇到和我相同，這個大病初癒的時候，你就會和我一樣恍然覺得，你過去所付出的一切，是將一生最寶貴的青春架構在自己的痛苦上，只是為了去追求人人所稱羨的名利雙收，你將會發現，你所做這些是多麼樣的不值得！

我還在銀行擔任理專時，每天注意的，不外乎是今天股市的漲跌幅多少、線圖走勢的技術分析如何、各種市場訊息該如何解讀；然後統計我今天賣了多少基金、保險、連動債，累積了多少手續費收入、我這個月業績獎金可以領多少？

之後再統計我的全行排名是第幾名，年終尾牙宴上可不可以上台接受董事長的表揚，從他手中接過一張製作精美、內容讚揚嘉許，但是成本不到100元的獎狀！

而在我追求所謂的成就的同時，卻完全忽略了我兒子從出生，到會坐、會爬、會走路；忽略了他會哭、會笑、會搞怪；我當時甚至覺得，這個臭小子在我專心研究技術分析時，纏著要我抱他很煩！？

我還曾經一個禮拜，出門上班時他還在睡覺，下班到家後他已經熟睡了，一整個禮拜沒有看過清醒的他！

而現在；我竟要從我老婆過去所拍的照片，與錄製的影像檔中，搜尋我兒子從出生到2歲前的成長紀錄與回憶！

天啊！我真的是一個不盡責的父親！！！

十分之一的手續費收入當業績獎金？所以手續費收越多，業績獎金就賺越多？各位~那些只不過是老闆用盡你的時間、榨乾你的精力之後，吐回一點給你而已，比起你的犧牲與付出，這些並沒有什麼了不起的…！

在我大病初癒之後，我精算了一下，以我過去所累積的所得，加上父母將來應該會留給我的資產，我其實真的可以不用再出來工做了；但是活動、活動，要活就要動，因此我選擇了一個上下班時間固定，簡單無業績壓力的工作來做！

我朋友笑我說，我應該是中華民國便利商店始上，最專業的收銀員了！

因為哪一間便利商店的收銀員有10年以上的金融機構現金收付相關工作經歷，擁有財金碩士學歷，12張專業金融證照，外加CFP認證的呢？

現在我的月收入不到我之前的十分之一，但是我每天可以有更多的時間可以陪我兒子，可以準時10點上床睡覺，有充足的睡眠；下午四點下班後，可以去附近小學操場慢跑 3000公尺，五點回家洗好澡後，開車載我兒子去接我老婆下班；我不用擔心全球股市大漲大跌的影響，我不用擔心手續費收入太少會被釘業績；我只要擔心我老婆今天上班累不累？我兒子今天過得開不開心？我老爸的血壓有沒有維持正常？我的肝指數有沒有在正常範圍內！

前悠遊卡公司董事長、國民黨榮譽主席連戰先生的長公子連勝文先生，日前在辭去悠遊卡公司董事長一職時曾經說過：這個世界上沒有任何一樣工作，值得拿命去換。

聽的我真的是感觸良多、心有戚戚焉啊！

也因此我覺得我這個病，生得很值得，因為它讓我看清楚與體會到，人生在世最該要在乎的是甚麼？

如果現在有人問我，我的成就是甚麼？

對我來說錢夠用就好，該玩樂的時候就要玩樂，該睡覺的時候就要睡覺，現在的我，能夠把時間和精力花在對我最重要的家人身上，這就是我的成就！

兩塊錢的啟示‏

2010-06-01T09:00:00.000+08:00

兩塊錢的啟示
有個年輕人到公司應聘會計，這位剛剛本科畢業的大學生在面試時就遭到拒絕，因為他實在太年輕了。公司找的是要有豐富工作經驗的資深會計人員，年輕人一再堅持，他對主考官說：

「請給我一次機會，讓我參加你們的筆試。」

主考官拗不過他，只好答應了他的請求，結果這為位年輕人居然通過了筆試，由人事經理親自複試。人事經理對這位年輕人非常有好感，因為他的筆試成績是最好的，不過年輕人的話呢？讓經理極為失望，他坦率的對經理說自己沒有工作過，唯一的經驗就是在校時掌管學生會的財務。找一個毫無工作經驗的人做會計無疑是很不划算的，經理決定收兵。他對年輕人說：

「今天就到這裡吧!如有消息我們會打電話通知你。」

年輕人從座位上站起來，向經理點點頭，從口袋裡掏出兩塊錢雙手遞給經理「不管你們是否錄取我，請都給我打電話。」

經理從來沒有遇見過這種情況，竟一時呆了。不過他很快回過神來，問：「你怎麼知道我們不給沒錄取的人打電話呢？」

「你剛才說有消息打電話，那言下之意就是說沒錄取的人就不打電話了。」

經理對這位年輕人產生了興趣，接著問：「如果你沒被錄取，我們打電話給你，你想知道什麼呢？」

「請你們告訴我在什麼地方不能達到你們的要求，我在那方面不夠好，這樣我好加以改進。」
「這兩塊錢?……」

年輕人微微一笑：

「給沒錄取的人打電話不屬於貴公司的日常開支，所以由我來付，請你們一定給我打電話」

經理也微微一笑：

「請你把這兩塊錢收回去，我們不會打電話給你了，我現在就通知你，你被錄取了。」

很多人都不理解為什麼要找一個剛剛畢業的大學生，經理在工作會議上說：

「一開始就被拒絕，仍堅持參加筆試，說明他有堅強的毅力。清算帳務是一件十分繁瑣的工作，沒有足夠的耐心和堅強的毅力是不可能做好的，坦言相告自己沒有工作經驗，則顯示他的誠實，這對於從事財務會計的人尤為重要，即使不能錄取也希望得到別人的評價，證明他有面對不足的勇氣和取於承擔責任及力求更好的上進心。員工不可能在工作中不出現差錯，也不可能把每項都做得十分完美，我們可以接受員工的失誤，卻不能接受員工滿於現狀止步不前。」

「我們需要員工和企業共同前進，自己掏電話費，反應出他公私分明的良好意識。堅強的毅力，可貴的誠實，敢於承擔責任的勇氣，力求更好的上進心，公私分明的做人原則，都是公司所需要的，經驗不足可以積累，公司發展的希望就寄託在這些優秀的年輕人身上。」

——態度，決定一個人的高度。

當寬恕與誤會相逢，塵封千年的苦痛將被釋放。

當愛與當下相逢，天堂就在你、我心中昇揚。

Andrew is st Sheng-Kung

2010-05-11T13:58:00.001+08:00

My Father -in-law

2010-05-10T08:02:00.002+08:00

My father-in-law is still at the hospital. his health condition is not getting better. I do not know if he could get better or not. The doctor doesn't want him to have surgery right now, because of his blood. He is loosing blood, so he needs more blood. The nurse injected 500 CC of blood last time. The doctor is waiting to see if his condition gets better to be able to take the stone out of his kidney.

公車上的爆笑

2010-05-10T08:01:00.000+08:00

小偷

某君乘公車常掉錢包，一天上車前，某君把厚厚的一疊紙折好放進信封，下車後發現信封被偷。

第二天，某君剛上車不久，覺得腰間有一硬物，摸來一看，是昨天的那個信封，信封上寫著：請不要開這樣的玩笑，影響正常工作，謝謝！

下車
公交車在等紅燈時，一男子叫道：「司機，開一下門，我要下車。」

「這裡是站牌嗎？」司機怒道。

「就因為這裡不是站牌我才給你說一聲。」

司機無語。

拉環

一個胖女人上了公交車，車上已沒座位，只能扯著車上的拉環站著，不料司機一個急剎車，胖女人把拉環拉斷了，並一下子撲到了司機面前，司機看著她和她手上的拉環，沒好氣的說：「集滿三個，送司機簽名照一張！」

愛衛生

有位漂亮的小姐，上公交車後從包裡拿出紙巾，使勁的擦了擦座位，正要坐下時，放了一個屁。旁邊的一個先生聽到了，打趣地說：「小姐真是愛衛生，擦了那麼久，還要吹一下！」

請開附加檔**人生活在當下不要等(開喇叭)

Graduation Pictures

2010-05-06T10:48:00.001+08:00

Each year at this time (May) it is time to get busy with graduation pictures and graduation book. Students are very excited to be able to finish junior high school life. In June, people will get graduated already and they will be much happier than ever. School in Taiwan unlike in Western countries, Taiwanese schools will have graduation ceremony for Junior High and Senior High. They will conduct two ceremonies separately. When graduation day comes, everyone will be sad and happy at the same time. They will be sad because most of students will leave the school and continue Senior High school in another place. Some of them will stay in our school.
It is good to see my students growing up and become more mature. When they were in Junior One, everyone looked like angels. When they reach to Junior Two, everyone knows each other better and they became noisier and noisier. Finally, when they reach to junior three , they are more nervous and they start to study harder and harder.

I am so happy to see each of my students growing. It is like my hard work is paid off.

Poem

2010-04-26T08:42:00.003+08:00

心若改變，你的態度跟著改變；

態度改變，你的習慣跟著改變；

習慣改變，你的性格跟著改變；

性格改變，你的人生跟著改變。

Andrew is sick

2010-04-26T08:35:00.002+08:00

After the surgery, Andrew's nose was a little stuffy. I thought in a few days it will get better. My thoughts were wrong, it got worse and worse. On Friday afternoon, I want to bring him to the doctor. I did not even think at the hospital most of the children were sick. The business at the hospital was very good.

Next morning, On Saturday, I brought Andrew to the doctor. The doctor said Andrew is not okay he needs to take medicines and give him a lots of fluids.

When I see my baby Andrew sick, my heart is going to break. I did not even think he is really uncomfortable. I am hopping everything will be okay for him.

My Father-in-law

2010-04-23T08:54:00.002+08:00

My father -in -law ia at the hospital now. His stomach is bleeding. He has to be at the hospital for a few days. We want to transfer him to Tainan. I am hopping he will recover soon.

Back to Work

2010-04-12T09:00:00.000+08:00

After two months of maternity leave, finally, I came back to work on April, 12th, 2010. It was hard to adjust to the job. When I am working, I still think my baby Andrew. When I am teaching, I will think what he is doing. Anyways, too much thinking. I should concentrate more on my job and do well, so Alan and Andrew can have a good life. With job, I can buy anything they need.

Surgery

2010-03-30T14:34:00.003+08:00

Andrew is having a surgery today. My poor baby is one month and 20 days now. When he was born, he had two problems, one is the heart problem and another one is the private part. Today's surgery is his private part. His part is not the same as others, so that's the reason he needs surgery.

Baby Tiger

2010-03-02T14:38:00.002+08:00

I thought I have a baby cow, not tiger. When we went to choose the name of my baby, the person who named our baby said he is little tiger not a cow. Because of the lunar calendar changed in this year, and this year happened before Chinese new year. I am really happy to have baby tiger rather than a baby cow.

Happy Year of Tiger

2010-02-15T15:06:00.003+08:00

金虎年即將來臨，在此誠心的祝福大家：

財源發得像肥虎

身體健康像頭虎

事業蒸蒸像大虎

虎年大吉、虎氣沖天

虎年行大運！

I wish all of you a very happy year of Tiger.

Andrew is Here

2010-02-08T15:21:00.005+08:00

In the morning of Feb. 8th, 2010, I was bleeding a little bit. I had appointment with the doctor on that morning. However, I did not go to see my doctor, I run into emergency room right away.

When I arrived to the emergency room, I did not know there's so many people over there. My case compared to other people is not very serious. Other people are more serious such as one elder cannot even breath, other had a car accident, and more.

After registering at the emergency room, I was waiting for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, they took me to the fourth floor (delivery room).

When I arrived to the delivery room, they gave me a room, nurses put me machines into my stomach.

I had the room number 7 and after that when my contraction got stronger, they transferred me to room number 9.

In the afternoon, my contraction got worse and worse. They told me to go home. On the way back home, my contractions started again. I started to take shower and wash my hair and be ready to run to the hospital one more time.

Again, I arrived to the hospital at 6:30 PM, I started to have my contractions each 15 minutes. I know my baby will come right away. He cannot wait after Chinese new year. I always wanted a baby tiger, but unfortunately, he is not a tiger, he is a cow now.

At 22:16, my Andrew came out. It was a hard work after pushing and pushing, I did not have more energy for anything else. I told my doctor that I cannot do it. Everybody encourage me to do the pushing work at the delivery room. After I saw Andrew came out, my hard work was paid off.

After they cleaned my son, I met him, he is the one who is moving inside of me. he is the one who gave me a lot of acne on my face.

Almost midnight, they told me that I can go to my room. They gave me double room where I can share the room with somebody else. I was tired, and I need a rest.

At 2:00 AM Andrew came to sleep with us. Alan, David, and my mother-in-law were there. All of us could not even sleep, Andrew was crying and crying. He wanted my milk so bad for whole night. Alan could not even sleep because of excitement.

At the next day, when the nurse took Andrew for cleaning, he came back handsome than yesterday. My baby Andrew looks like me a little bit. Thanks life for giving me this wonderful present.

My Tummy, 37 Weeks

2010-02-05T11:01:00.003+08:00

My tummy now in these days is getting bigger and bigger, heavier and heavier. It is difficult to move to one place now. Even it is hard to go to many places. After I felt that my baby is having less movements, and my uterus contraction is very often, he suggested me to stay in bed for whole day long. It is hard for me to stay in bed and do nothing. I am usually do many things not only at home, but also at school, and stay inactive is hard for me.

Andrew likes to move to one side of my tummy. He likes that side I do not know why. He is very active child always moving and kicking. I cannot wait to meet him when he comes out.

Andrew

2010-02-03T19:29:00.002+08:00

Now Andrew is 37 weeks. The doctor said that Andrew can come out at any time, I have to pay attention to his movements. I do not want him to come out before Chinese New Year, otherwise, he won't be a little tiger. he will be a little cow.

I am talking to Andrew saying that Mommy wants him to come out after Chinese New year. He doesn't have any reaction. I do not know if he listens to me or not. Anyways, everything is life. Above wants to let out, he will be out. If above ordered him to come out after Chinese New year, He will be after Chinese New year.

After 10 years, I am having another child. My oldest son and this son are 10 years apart. Alan is a big boy now, he knows how to help me all the time.

Now, my stomach is getting bigger and bigger, heavier and heavier. It is hard for me to get some sleep during night time. My Andrew is kicking and kicking inside of me. It is really hard , very hard, but my due date will come soon. I will enjoy my presence of Andrew soon.

Alan's Winter Vacation Homework

2010-02-01T18:33:00.003+08:00

In Taiwan is very popular for teacher to give vacation homework to their students. No matter it is winter vacation or summer vacation. Alan is in the fifth grade now, he has a lot of homework to do.

First, he has Chinese reading. He has to go to he public library and borrow 8 books from teacher's list. After reading each book, he has to write the summary of the book, what he thinks, the author, publisher and more.

Second, he has to arrange his own space. If he has messy room or desk, it is time to clean up. He can clean his room or desk or wash his dirty shoes or bag packs. For each of these, he must take a picture before and after the process. After that, he has to write a summary on how he felt doing the cleaning.

Third, he has a math book to do. Teachers gave them a book with whole bunch of math problems. He has to finish the book and the fist day of school, teachers will give them a little test.

Fourth, he has to do Chinese composition. He has to find mistakes and correct them. It is like reading, he has to read it first and see which word is wrong and correct.

Fifth, Antonyms and Synonyms homework. Teacher made them to buy a little book, this book has date on date. They have to do it each day and they have to find words that are similar of different.

Sixth, English homework. It has reading, a little bit of grammar, and writing. They have to complete the book that teachers made for them.

Finally, Alan has to write a diary.

Homework sounds fun for them, but the child did not even have more vacation. Taiwanese education push the child to learn the material, but too much material, sometimes is not good for the child.

Mother-in-law

2010-01-31T10:57:00.000+08:00

Since I came back from the hospital, I cannot do anything besides lie down in bed. My mother-in-law always cook something for me to eat. She was preparing breakfast, lunch and diner for me.

I cannot eat with them, I have to eat by myself in my room, she is always sending me my meals in my bed. I really appreciate it her kindness and how much she is hleping me all the time.

A Nice Present

2010-01-21T18:15:00.004+08:00

Today, after going home from work, I found a nice surprise from France. At the first, I did not know who send it to me. After that, I red the package carefully, it was from Emilie.

I met her when we went to Ireland. I was a leader with 12 students representing our school. Emilie is a college student who got a part time job being French leader. It is really from Emilie.

From France

I opened the package, it has a nice wrap present of animals.

Inside, it has a little nice card of the baby.

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Emilie wrote a lot and congratulate me for the new baby. It is very touching.
Inside of the box, it has a little shoes, it is very cute.

Also, it has a hand elephant.

Also this elephant can play a wonderful melody. I relaly appreciate Emilie for sending me this kind of present for my baby. Thanks a lot Emilie. We all like ur present.

Museum

2010-01-20T17:53:00.002+08:00

After having lunch at tea shop, we decided to go to the 8th floor to the exhibition center.

Their topic is flooding from Aug. 8th, 2009, father's day disaster in Taiwan.

This object is made by indigenous, it is very special.

Alan is taking a picture with the door which is very special.

Andrew and I also took a picture with this special door. My stomach here is getting bigger and bigger.

I like this object of rose, it is very cute and special.

大大茶樓

2010-01-20T17:37:00.002+08:00

There's a new opening in Tainan city. the Cantonese tea snacks (飲茶). Whatever u like to eat, you can take it. Also the tea is very good, but each person has to pay $30 NT dollars for tea. Alan likes radish cake. we ordered two of them. This radish cake is very delicious.

Also, we ordered a few snacks, too.

This is seafood pancake. It is very delicious.

Overall, this place is not too bad at all. We all like it.

餐廳名稱：大大茶樓
餐廳地址：台南市東區中華東路3段360號12F
餐廳電話：０６－６０２６８０６

Molecules to the MAX

2010-01-14T08:43:00.003+08:00

I got a nice e-mail from my former ESl teacher. She was telling me that her son, Kurt Przybilla who lives in NY city and he is the producer of the 3-D movie "Molecules." She told me also that, this movie will be showing here in Taiwan in Taichun's science museum on Jan. 1st, 2010.

If you are oing to Taichun, please stop by the Taichun's science museum and enjoy this educational movie in 3-D.

我很醜可是我很溫柔

2010-01-10T12:20:00.001+08:00

我很醜可是我很溫柔
作詞：李格弟　作曲：黃韻玲

每一個晚上　在夢的曠野　我是驕傲的巨人
每一個早晨　在浴室鏡子前
卻發現自己活在剃刀邊緣
在鋼筋水泥的叢林裡在呼來喚去的生涯裡
計算著夢想和現實之間的差距
我很醜可是我很溫柔　外表冷漠　內心狂熱　那就是我
我很醜可是我有音樂和啤酒一點卑微　一點懦弱　可是從不退縮
每一個早晨　在都市的邊緣　我是孤獨的假面
每一個晚上　在音樂的曠野　卻變成狂熱嘶吼的巨人
在一望無際的舞台上　在不被了解的另一面
發射出生活和自我的尊嚴
我很醜可是我很溫柔　白天黯淡　夜晚不朽　那就是我
我很醜　可是我有音樂和啤酒
有時激昂　有時低首　非常善於等候

我終於失去了妳

2010-01-10T12:16:00.002+08:00

我終於失去了妳
作詞：沈光遠　作曲：趙傳　編曲：塗惠源

當所有的人離開我的時候　妳勸我要耐心等候
並且陪我度過生命中最長的寒冬　如此的寬容
當所有的人靠緊我的時候
妳要我安靜從容　似乎知道我有一顆永不安靜的心　(我)容易蠢動

我終於讓千百雙手在我面前揮舞　我終於擁有了千百個熱情的笑容
我終於讓人群被我深深的打動　我卻忘了告訴妳　妳一直在我心中

啊...我終於失去了妳　在擁擠的人群中
我終於失去了妳　當我的人生第一次感到光榮
啊...我終於失去了妳　在擁擠的人群中
我終於失去了妳　當我的人生第一次感到光榮
當四周掌聲如潮水一般的洶湧　我見到妳眼中有傷心的淚光閃動

我是一隻小小鳥

2010-01-07T13:47:00.004+08:00

Last we saw on TV, this singer was very popular in Taiwan in golden times. Alan and I like his songs. This song of the little bird remained me a long time when he was very famous.

我是一隻小小鳥
作詞：李宗盛
作曲：李宗盛

有時候我覺得自己像一隻小小鳥想要飛卻怎樣也飛不高
也許有一天我棲上了枝頭卻成為獵人的目標
我飛上了青天才發現自己從此無依無靠

每次到了夜深人靜的時候我總是睡不著
我懷疑是不是只有我的明天沒有變得更好
未來會怎樣究竟有誰會知道
幸福是否只是一種傳說我永遠都找不到

我是一隻小小小小鳥　想要飛呀飛卻飛也飛不高
我尋尋覓覓尋尋覓覓一個溫暖的懷抱　這樣的要求算不算太高

所有知道我的名字的人啊你們好不好
世界是如此的小　我們註定無處可逃當我嚐盡人情冷暖　
當你決定為了你的理想燃燒
生活的壓力與生命的尊嚴那一個重要

Garlic Noodles (蒜泥乾麵)

2010-01-07T09:14:00.003+08:00

This noodle stand is located in Changrong Rd. sec. 4 number 73. It is in the North Dist. of Tainan City. The name of the noodle stand is called Shi- Fu Noodle Stand (添福麵館). It is just located infront of the Taiwanese baseball player Chien Ming Wang.

This is the street where the noodle stand is located.

The owner of the shop are husband and wife. They both work very hard to pleased their customers. The wife is cooking and be ready for the business. I ordered wonton soup. Their wonton soup is very good. Other places will just give me 5 wontons, ut this place, it will come up like 10 wontons in one bowl. The price is not too expensive. It will cost $20 NT dollars for this bowl of soup.

Alan doesn't eat garlic, so he ordered penut noodle with meat. We ordered small bowl, and it will come up very big. It will cost $25 NT dollars for one bowl of noodles like this.

The owner of the shop, the husband makes noodles. The noodles that they serve to the customers are hand made. The taste of the noodles are so much different from other places. It doesn't get too hard or too soft after cooking.

He is very busy making the noodles.

We really enjoyed eating there once in a while. Also their little snake or finger food are not very expensive. One egg will cost $5 NT dollars, Tofu will cost 2 for $5 NT dollars and more. If you eat too much, you can order a big bowl of noodles for extra $5 NT dollars. You can try this place.

Name of the store: 添福麵館
Address: 長榮路四段73號
TEL: 06-200-4706

The Tallest Building in The World

2010-01-05T11:13:00.002+08:00

I couldn't sleep last night, I turned on the TV and watched the news. On the news, people were introducing the opening ceremony for the tallest building in the whole world. It is in Dubai. The ceremony was incredible. I really enjoyed the watching it. Arabic people are very smart. They can design their wonderful and useful buildings. I wish, I could go to Dubai one day.

My New Mailing Address

2010-01-04T11:52:00.001+08:00

Dear family and friends, this is my new mailing address

Address in Chinese: 70965 台南市安南區總安街１段XX巷XX弄XX號

Address in English: No.XX, Aly. XX, Ln. XX, Sec. 1, Zong’an St., Annan Dist., Tainan City 709, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Welcome 2010

2010-01-01T14:48:00.001+08:00

I cannot believe, we are 2010. This means, I am getting very old.

An Inspirational Video

2009-12-31T09:57:00.001+08:00

This video is very good, very touching.

Kseniya Simonova - Sand Animation

2009-12-30T11:04:00.001+08:00

This is an amazing sand animation. I've never seen somthing like this in my whole life. It is incredible, how she followed the music and she could picture it and show it to the audience.

Snowstorm

2009-12-22T14:31:00.003+08:00

6 years ago, we left MN. In this year, there's a big snowstorm in the middle and eastern states. How can people in these states can live? Around X'mas time, snow is the representation of traditional x'mas. In Taiwan, X'mas is not even a national holiday. We do not have even vacation on that day.

When I was very young, we lived in Ecuador forever. We celebrate x'mas or we can get holiday for that. Now, I am not used to work on x'mas. But what can I do? Taiwan does not have x'mas holidays.

Alan really missed snow. We are hopping that one day, we could go back to MN visiting friends. I really miss MN, also. With that weather, I am glad that I am living now in Taiwan. Tainan does not get too cold, except for cold winds which comes from Japan or China. These days we get cold winds but other than that, we do not often get too cold or snow everyday.

Living in the New House

2009-12-22T11:23:00.002+08:00

Tonight, we are so excited because we are going to start to live in our new house. Alan is so excited tonight that he can start to sleep in his new bedroom. Even we did not finishing moving, we need to find time to go back to the old house and do the last moving.

My Little Pig

2009-12-16T10:53:00.004+08:00

When I went to buy furniture at the furniture store which is located closer to my school. I saw this wooden pig. I haven't seen something like this in my whole life. The first sight, I saw it, I love it. I bought it right away. the price was a little high bit high. I just love the shape and the color. It will combine with my shoes furniture. We can seat on the pig when we need to wear our shoes, ha ha ha...

Boys Scout

2009-12-15T16:14:00.003+08:00

Alan likes all kinds of outdoor activities. One of the activities that he like the most is to involve into boys scout.

Everyone is ready to line up. Alan saw me and he was moving or being silly.

Here is Alan saying hi to me.

The teacher is telling things to them. They are all preparing to line up and ready to listen to the teacher.

Now, it is already 5:10 P.M. they should be finishing 10 minutes ago. They are finally saying bye to each other and the teacher.

Here the teacher is asking them to pick up their bag packs and ready to go home.

New Baby

2009-12-15T16:05:00.003+08:00

One of my coworkers, Vanessa had her second baby. Her second baby is so healthy and handsome.

In a Chinese tradition, when people got a baby, they usually give a little present to their friends or families. Baby boy usually give sticky rice and the baby girl will give cake.

In her case, she did not follow the traditional custom anymore. She did not care if it is rice. So she chose a cake to give to people.

The cake is taro flavour. It is very heavy and it tastes very good. I need to think what I am going to give to everyone when I am having a baby Andrew.

My Livingroom

2009-12-15T16:01:00.002+08:00

My livingroom will look like this in the future. the table that they made is very nice. I realy like the table and the shape of it. The color of stone also fits with my wooden sofa. I am so happy how the things are putting together.

This is another way of looking at the livingroom. Everything is getting gorgeous.

My Old Kitchen Set

2009-12-15T14:08:00.002+08:00

This set of kitchen are from the house company. When we bought the house, they gave us this kind of kitchen set already. When we built our house, we tok this kitchen set away. We did not even think this won't last forever. When they took it down, we knew the material was not good enough, so we dicided to make a new one.

Red Envelops

2009-12-14T09:18:00.004+08:00

Friday night, I went to Taichung to see my grand mom. A lot of people gave me a red envelop with money. My aunt made 5 set of flowers for me. I like roses, sun flowers, and Chinese orchids. I love these kinds of flowers.

In a Chinese tradition, when people are moving to a new house, family members or friends will give to the house owner a red envelop. The amount of money is depends on the owner. My grand mom gave me $20.000 thousand NT dollars. My big uncle gave me also $20.000 thousand NT dollars. My two great aunts gave me $3.600 NT dollars. My mom will give me $55.000 thousand NT dollars for the sofa.

A lot of money spending on the new house. I did not know buying a new house, we need to spend a lot of money.

Thanks to family members who gave us red envelops, we really appreciate your kindness.

Furnitures are Here!

2009-12-14T09:09:00.003+08:00

Friday night and Sunday afternoon furniture stores starting to move in our furnitures. Things are looking great in our house. Alan has his new double size bed and the guest room also has double size bed.

The guest room is really big, so I divided the room into two parts. One part is for my closet and another part is for the guest bed.

On the fourth floor, I have my own exercise room. I have only the running machine. I am so happy to get the house ready.

Sunday morning, I started to put things into my new kitchen. Everything seems so great. I really enjoyed fixing things in my new house. Eventhough moving to a new place is a pain of the neck. However, this is the last time that I will do it.

Livingroom Table

2009-12-14T08:19:00.000+08:00

My husband's counsin has a metal factory. they made all kinds of things. One of the things that they want to make for us is our livingroom and diningroom tables. The livingroom table just arrived last night and the dining table has some problems, so they need to go and fix it before they put the stone. The livingroom table fits with my sofa. Thanks them a lot, because they made the table beautifully. I really like the color and the style.

Flowers

2009-12-12T10:28:00.002+08:00

My aunt is great, she knows how to arrange the flowers for my new house. These flowers look so real. I really like all the flowers that she gave to me.
This is Chinese orchid, I will put this in the livingroom.

This set of flower is for my bethroom
This sun flower is for the dining room. It has apples decorations on it. It looks delicious and beautiful.

Alan's room has different kind of flowers. His room is mostly roses and green plants with two teddy bears. It looks very cute.

The guest room has a set of roses. The room looks very cozy.

Thanks to my aunt who arrange all of the flowers for us.

The First Furnitures

2009-12-11T14:17:00.004+08:00

This is the furniture store closer to my school. We bought matress, dining chairs and the little wodden pig for the shoes. We did not buy a lot of things from here. The truck is ready to leave and they will be in my new house early tonight.

Arrival of New Sofa

2009-12-11T13:59:00.002+08:00

My new sofa and the clock arrived today. they came from Kaoshion city. It will take one hour to come to Taiwan. I am so happy that I have my wooden sofa. It fits with my new house decoration.

蒙娜麗莎像~Cool!‏

2009-12-11T08:27:00.002+08:00

WOW..........太利害了吧....................
3,604 杯咖啡的蒙娜麗莎像

Artist assistants stand next to 3,604 cups of coffee which have been made into a giant Mona Lisa in Sydney, Australia. The 3,604 cups of coffee were each filled with different amounts of milk to create the different shades!!

在澳洲雪梨，藝術家的助理們站在變成了一幅巨大蒙娜麗莎像的3,604杯咖啡旁邊，這3,604杯咖啡分別倒入不同份量的牛奶，以創造不同的深淺的色彩！

美得讓人忘了呼吸 - 10大著名風景區‏

2009-12-11T08:16:00.003+08:00

童話王子與灰姑娘也許就是住在這約塞米蒂國家公園

希臘聖托希臘著名的旅遊勝地，愛琴海上的明珠，柏拉圖筆下的自由之地，同時也是浪漫至極的啤酒樂園

特立尼達和多巴哥海濱風光加勒比海的絕世風情，讓人想起了加勒比海島的傳奇之旅
義大利道羅麥特山義大利北部 Val di Funes鄉村的雄壯山色，道羅麥特山位於 Bolzano以北的山區，是著名的風景區

馬爾代夫瓦賓法魯島瓦賓法魯島以寧靜和浪漫著稱。在瓦賓法魯島上，時間仿佛是靜止不動的。陽光雖然很燦爛，但是卻不躁熱；海風很輕柔，但是卻有自己的力道。遊客行走在瓦賓法魯島的沙灘上，不約而同的很小心很小心，似乎怕驚動了什麼，怕破壞這裡寧靜的感覺。這樣的感受，恐怕是獨一無二的。
奧地利蒂羅爾山區風光蒂羅爾州是一個多山的地區，它西鄰福拉爾貝格州，東接薩爾茨堡州和克恩騰州。蒂羅爾州被薩爾茨堡州分成了兩個部分。其中面積較大的北蒂羅爾北邊是德國巴伐利亞州，南邊是義大利和瑞士。
加拿大小豬灣加拿大哈堛k克斯附近的小村 Peggy's Cove 小豬灣，優雅的北極圈漁村景致，恬淡而安適

橡樹園酒店美國路易斯安那州 Oak Alley Plantation橡樹園酒店的老橡樹甬道。酒店為三星級
菲律賓呂宋島馬永火山菲律賓呂宋島東南部的活火山。在黎牙實比西北。有完整的火山錐。方圓達 130 多公里，高 2，452 米。頂端灰白色，由安山岩組成。上半部幾無樹木，下半部則林木鬱蔥。從1616 年以來，爆發過二十多次，造成最大災害的一次是 1814 年2 月 1日，曾湮沒了附近小鎮。現仍噴出大量蒸汽。山腳下有硫黃溫泉，對皮膚病有療效。土壤肥沃，有大型蕉麻種植園。風景優美，為遊覽勝地。

義大利米蘭科莫湖距米蘭有一小時車程，風景如畫，星球大戰前傳的愛情戲場景在這裡拍攝，可見其景致之美。

Tango

2009-12-10T14:41:00.001+08:00

This tango is so amazing. I really enjoyed looking at this performance.

Victorian Sofa

2009-12-09T14:14:00.002+08:00

My mother in-law send me a sofa set from victoria time. She bought this when she got married. Now my husband is almost 40 years old. Can you inmaine, how old is this sofa? Now, I can put this sofa in my new house.

巴黎 Eiffel 鐵塔

2009-12-09T09:38:00.002+08:00

巴黎 Eiffel 鐵塔........保證你是第一次看到這樣的圖片

這個連結，可以存在我的最愛裡！真的很棒，沒有到過巴黎Eiffel Tower，也能看到鐵塔及四周的實景。點選右上角上鐵塔看四周夜景，怎麼有個沒有下半身的女人影像？多利用螢幕上←↑↓→ + -符號，你才能看到全貌。360度全螢幕旋轉畫面，宛如在巴黎 Eiffel 鐵塔實景現場，值得一看！【畫面右上方有3個小畫面，可分別一一點入觀賞，還有不同的背景音樂喔！】如果有時間，再點選畫面右下方像「地球」的畫面，可觀賞更多其他國家或城市美景。

Click on Link :

http://photo.photojpl.com/tour/08toureiffel/08toureiffel.html

人生...去冒險吧‏

2009-12-09T09:17:00.005+08:00

小時候，
我們總把這世界當成一座大型遊樂園。!
我們不怕摔跤、不怕疲憊，只想趕快到下一個沒玩過的地方冒險。
因為新鮮、因為有趣、因為開心。
根本不需要其他的理由。

然而長大後，
我們卻忘了這件事。
錢不夠、時間不夠、很累、很想睡、要忙、要工作，
永遠用不完的理由讓我們毫無罪惡感的放棄冒險，屈服於連自己都不滿意的生活之中。
只有時間不曾停過。

這道理其實大家都懂。
但大部分的人卻還是等到年華老去、等到笑容麻痺，
才想回到過去。

你還有什麼想做卻一直沒做的事、想去卻一直沒去的地方嗎？
別再猶豫了，就趁現在TRY IT！
不要讓倦怠感繼續抹殺你的笑容。
不管是山坡、海邊、都市的街角、鄉村的田園，不管是天涯海角，只要你願意踏出那一步，就是最美的風景。
當你感覺生活乏味一點也不可怕，可怕的是總有用不完的理由讓你繼續過這乏味的生活。

Curtains

2009-12-07T09:55:00.005+08:00

Around 3:00 P.M. curtain company will come to install curtains at the new house. The instalation of curtains will be much easier than other things, it shouldn't take too much time for that. I chose different fabric for each window and for each floor. After work, I will rash to my new house to see what did they do to my new house. This is the livingroom, the curtain is very light and it combines with other furnitures. We bought different furnitures from different places. The color will be a little bit different.

This is the master's room. the room is not too big but it is enough for two.

This is Alan's room. he has very big room. He likes curtains color blue.

I like the decorations.

I like this also.

This curtain company charge very cheap. It is not very expensive. they did everything by hand. They are handmade curtains. These company is own by two sisters. They did a great job, I am so happy about it.

隆陽窗簾
06-2829280
11:00 AM to 21:00 P.M.
Contact: 吳雅睛吳鳳珠
台南市北安路一段225號

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Instalation of my kitchen

2009-12-07T09:49:00.006+08:00

Everything is almost ready to move to the new house. It is just the instalation of the kitchen and the curtains. Today kitchen person will come to install. He will come around 10:00 A.M. I am very excited to see how my kitchen will look like. On the picture it looks great. But I do not know in the real picture. I cannot wait to see after work. Alan will be so excited also. He will have his breakfast counter. I went to my new house on lunch time, I saw the guy installing the kitchen. Here he is working on the instalation. Putting all the pieces together. The Rinnai company, came to drop the stove, dishwasher and the dryer for us.

The kitchen is almost done. It needs to put final touches. He will continue to work today. One day long, he cannot even finish it. It will take two days.
Now, the kitchen is ready. I have white and black. The kitchen looks great.

I have my breakfast counter and a lot of cabinets. I can put anything I want in these cabinets.

Alan will be happy with the breakfast table.

This cabinets are from the previous kitchen. When we bought our house, they gave us these wooden cabinets. The wooden cabinets are not very good.

These cabinets included with the house. We fix it a little bit and we will bring it my mother -in-law in Tao-Yuen.

Company:
祥光歐化廚具廠
Address: 台南縣新化鎮信義歐路14巷36號
Telephone: 06-5800-537 or 06- 590-4745
Cell: 0932-983-834
Fax: 06- 590-4697
Contact Person: 黃丞村

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The Final Touch!

2009-12-07T09:25:00.002+08:00

Early Sunday morning, Mr. Kuo came to the new house and do the final work. he put the doors on its places. Now, my stairs has doors, it will be the storage room, I will put bicycles and other things inside.

This part is the dining area. I will have my dining tables and piano, all together.

Here are the doors, it is done. It is gorgeous. Alan and the baby can draw pictures over there.

Here , you can see closer.

And finally, the elders room is already done, also. They are going to sleep on the wooden floors. Also I bought dresser for them to put their clothes in. I bought two of them, one for each.

Even my house decoration is very simple, but I like it the style that I choose. I like this kind of style and the color that I chose for the house. I am very glad I have a wonderful house.

芳香精油水氧機

2009-12-04T15:22:00.003+08:00

This is the oil machine. I always wanted this kind of machine in my house, but it is really expensive. In the department stores, it costs a lot of money for it. It will cost around $3,000 to $8,000 NT dollars. I could not even find the cheaper one. If I can buy aound $1,000 NT dollars, I will be very happy. Unfortunately, I cannot even find one for less than $1,000 NT dollars.

It is Done...

2009-12-04T09:17:00.001+08:00

This morning, people came to install glasses on the garage. So now, we have cover on the top of my garage. We should not be afraid of the rain or other things. It is done beautifully.

This is the part of the garage, you can see glasses over there on top.

As before, this part, we could see our neighboors, now, I cannot see them, they cannot see me. I have privacy now. I do not like people to see me what I am doing at my house. So I cover with a piece of glass on the walls.

Finally, It is Gorgeous!!!

2009-12-03T14:59:00.001+08:00

Today, Sunshine lighting masters' came to install the lights at our new house. With the decorations and special glass, the livingroom looks very nice.
The main light in the livingroom looks nice. Everything turned perfect and beautiful.
This is part of the storage, the glass needs to dry a little while. After that, Mr. Kuo will install it up.
The TV wall looks very nice also. I really did a great job chosing everything for the house.

You can see the main entrance. The curtains are not ready, when it is ready, it should be more beautiful.

This is forth floor, the security bars are ready. When I wash my clothes over here, it should be cool.

Main Lights

2009-12-03T09:36:00.001+08:00

There are two main lights in my living room. One is from the living room and another one is from the dining room.

This crystal light is from my living room, it is the main room for everyone to stay and watch TV or relax. The light is very confrotabel, and it is very simple.

This light is from the living room. Now, they have modern lights like this everywhere. There's no chinese traditional lights anymore. I like the style and it will fit into my decoration.

Company: Sunshine Lighting, Philips

Address: 台南市安南區北安路二段486號

Telephone:06-256-7668
Cell: 0910832096
Contact Person: 謝忠男
Company Homepage http://www.sunshine.com.tw

Final AC Instalation

2009-12-01T09:25:00.002+08:00

Today, finally AC people came to have the final instalation. Now, Alan's room, master's room, livingroom have AC now.

This is Ac from Alan's room. It is bigger than master's room. They install it beautifuly, they did not even show any cables.

This is the old AC from our old house, we asked them to install it for us. It costs $500 NT dollars to install the old machine.

Also, this AC is smaller, it is in the elders' room. It can keep cooler during summer. Now, our house has Ac now, except for the study room. Somebody is going to give us that machine for free.

We only install three new AC in our house and it costs us $120.000 NT dollars. A lot of money spending at the new house.

It is Finished...

2009-11-30T11:17:00.001+08:00

Today Mr. Kuo promised me that he will come to install the bio glass at my new house. My decoration in the livingroom area has bio glass. With bio glass, everything turned out perfectly.
This is TV wall. I have placed a playwood on my walls, so it should be better combine with the bio glass or the art glass. The color of the walls from the Tv walls are kind of brown and gray in combination.

The other part of the wall is already done. The ceiling in the dining area, I have them in woods. This will combine with sofa and the cabinates. Also the bio glass are dark and light gray.

You can see the walls better from here.

Here is another way of looking at the glass. Everything is closed it look like a wall. The bathroom and the kitchen is hiding behind the walls.

This is the door from the sotrage froom. It is also made from bio glass color white. Aland and Andrew can draw pictures over there. The house is coming together with all the pieces. I am so happy to see my new house coming up.

Home Security Bars

2009-11-30T09:38:00.001+08:00

After three days of hard work, finally the security bars at the new house is already done. We just need to wait for the glasses that we want to put into garage. The glass will take a little while. I cannot wait untill tomorrow to see the glass and the fianl instalation of the security bars.

X'mas at Department Store

2009-11-28T10:41:00.004+08:00

On the weekend, we went to the big department store in Tainan city. A lot of people were there shopping things for themselves and their families. Also now, it is aniversary time, so if you buy $5,000 NT dolalrs they will give you $500 NT dollars back.

When we arrived over there, we saw on the back entrance a big ball with x'mas tree and snowman. Alan and I started to take pictures.

This is the ball of x'ams. We saw people going inside and we decide to go inside also. We started to put on the line and luckily, there's not a lot of people waiting. It was too early for people to come.

Alan took picture infront of the ball.

Now, it is my turn to take a picture also with the ball.

We are inside of the ball, it is fun we could see everything closely. There's a bench, a tree and a shnowman. Alan could not even open his eye. The sun hits him very bad.
I took a picture with the snowman. This snowman is very cutre.

Also, Alan is taking a picture with the x'mas tree. This year with all the moves, we cannot have our own x'mas tree but next year in our new house I wish to buy one for Aln and the baby.

Baby snowman.

After when we went inside, we went to see massage chair. There's a promotion in Philips. We participated on their promotions, which we had to shake the tooth brush for one minute. I did not know how to shake it, I got 38 and Alan got 148. We did not even win. The winner can get 1,000 NT dollars cupon if you buy any philips products.

I want to buy an electic tooth brush for Alan but unfortunately, we did not have cupon for it.

For participation of thier competitions, they gave us philips pen for gift. It is something better than nothing. We had so much fun after the competition.

Second Sugar Test

2009-11-27T09:50:00.002+08:00

This is Chi Mei Hospital in Tainan city. Here is where I am going to have my second baby. I wish I could have my second baby in USA, but with the economic situation and the new house, I do not think I could go there for the second baby.

I arrived at 7:30 A.M. The blood test is located on the second floor. I thought, I was too early, but there're a lot of people waiting in line already. For this test, I cannot eat for 8 hours before the test. Early in the morning, I wasn't feel hungry but after that, I felt very hungry.

The first test I did was at 7:45 A.M. and after that they gave me two bags of sugar to drink after the first blood test.

The test took entire day. The first two tests will be each 30 minutes. The second test would be at 8;30 A.M. and the third one was at 9:00 A.M. Each blood they took like 30 cc. from my body. After drinking two bags of sugar with two cups of water, I really fell not very comfortable.

This are the first three tests from the same arm. I was hurting too much for doing this.

The last two should be 60 minutes. After one hour, I did the fourth blood test. It was around 10:00 A.M. already. The last test of the day, I did at 11:00 A.M. After that I felt dizzy and very hungry. I really want to eat more and more. I did not have energy for anything else.
After the test, I went to the restaurant which is located closer to the hospital. I had a lot of vegetables and fish with a bowl of rice. I ate my meal which wasn't very cheap. For this meal I spent $90 NT dollars. After eating this, I still felt a little hungry.

I had time before I go back to my school. I bought a drink for Alan and I brought to his chool. I chose the day where I can go to the hospital becuase we were on the midterms exams. I was very glad that I finished my blood test for the day already.

Painting

2009-11-27T09:28:00.003+08:00

Finally, after three days of painting my house only the first floor, they finally finished what they need to do.

This part is the main entrance, also the TV wall is over there, we can see the front door, closely. The walls are white and very bright.

This part is the dinning are and the piano area. Behind the satirs, I have a little storage room where I can put my bicycle inside.

I made two doors, one the bathroom door and another one is the kitchen door. ALso the walls will combine with the glass.
This is the ceiling of the livingroom. Inside of the ceiling, I have T5 lights, they are color yellow. Also, I will have my main light in the middle of the ceiling. I cannot wait to see everything done.
This part is the ceiling for the dining area. It is done, but it needs T5 bulbs and the main dining light. They are going to put all the main lights that I need for this floor when the paint is dry.

This is part of storage area closer to the livingroom. I have huge space here where I can put my bicycles.

This is part of the hallway closer to the kitchen. The walls are already painted nicely. I like the color, so not everything will look like white only.

My Future Kitchen

2009-11-26T09:50:00.000+08:00

I need kitchen for my house. People design this picture of my future kitchen. I can see it is coming so beautiful. The designers of the kitchen are wonderful. They know what people want and they know how to pleased people.

It looks nice on the picture, but the price is too high. Everything is money now for the new house. Below is the bill of my kitchen, it doesn't look very clear but it is something that you can see and compare with others.

I did not compare the price of my kitchen with other companies because the person who is making the kitchen for us is a friend of one of the members of my husband's family.