This year: 2010

After nearly one hour, this year, 2010, is going to pass!

This year, I choose to stay at home, instead of going to some sqaures to celebrate the upcoming year. In order to kill my time, now I am going to do self-reflection by recording what I have done since the begining of 2010. Maybe someday that would be one of my important treasures.

In January: I thought I will take the internship in Iran. Because of VISA problems, I stayed at home for whole winter vacation.

In June:  

13th: I graduated from Tunghai university.

28th: Due to the invitation from Monica, I went to Matsu, a Taiwan island which most closed to China, with my lovely 0910 teammates and Minje. Five days in Matsu were interesting and awesome, but cost me around 8 thousands dollars. Delicious food & nice accomodation and convenient transporation(Taxi is everywhere, that is why cost us much).

In July: After finishing the course of International Finance and Internation trade, I successfully got the diploma.

In August: 
13th: With my family's support and invitation from Amy, I went to Beijing as a CEEDer. That was my first time to take airplane, which made me absolutely excited in the begining. As a CEEDer in RUC, my major job descriptions was promoting AIESEC project to the companies in Beijing. Even though I did not find an internship at all, I was really satisfied by the whole 2 month CEEDer. In September, Boris finally came to Beijing after his trip to Shinjang. Forbiden city and the Great Wall were with Boris.  

My first experience of taking 747 airplane!

In Forbbiden City, with the crowd!

In Octorber: 
14th: I went back to Taiwan and finally saw my family. After 2 months in Beijing, I really missed them and food here in Taiwan.

In November: 
6th: I got a job offer from Summit English institution as an after-school teacher. 

13th: My cousin's wedding!

In my cousin's wedding, with my cousins and nephews!

Now, I am heading for 2011 with confidence!

My family: My mom

 She is my mother and in the same style to her son someday.

   Once upon a time, my mother wore one of my jackets. In fact, what she wore that day was totally like me. Blue pants and green jacket are what I usually wore most. I do not have much money and spend much money on my clothing(usually on food :P), so quite often I am in the same clothes after few days. 

   I have had this green jacket for many years since I was a senior high student. In order to being tank, jackets are always with me while I going  outside in day. As a result, my friends get used to see me in this green jacket. 

   This jacket, as I know, was bought in NET. It's a low price. To my much delight, despite of the low price, I don't see many people wear this many times(less than five times :D). I am almost not afraid of bumping into a one in the same jaket with me! hehe 

An Accurate Description of Taiwan's Journalist!

   Basically, I found this description on a word book, which contains most common used words in TIME magazine. Every word has its meaning and KK(teach how to pronounce), and there is always a sence following the word to show the usage of the word.

"Reporters now regularly stroll the Internet for stories in the same way they used to prowl the corridors of City Hall. The tradecraft is a little different, but journalists are learning fast!"

   Is it the same situation at your country!?

You may not believe in this thing

He, who was accued of sex scandal, is elected to councilor of Kaoshiung

 

   For this political event, I called it a political soap drama.

   Before the election day, there was a magazine which found out some clues about this person to have sex scandal, not only because he is one of cadidates of Kaosiung Counsil, but he is the son of Taiwan's former president. And then, the news came out to public evetually. 

   During the days to the election, he and his wife strongly regarded this news as a interruption from the other party, which want to make him to lose his reputation. As a result, the campaign that he came up with are all for change people's mind about this news. The last night before the election, he choose to seek support from his grandma, which considered to the important reason that he could be elected to the counsil of Kaoshiung. 

   According to the result from Taiwan government, he is one of leading counsils who get most votes in the election of Taiwan.   

   Is it ridiculous? Politics always always come out those which are ridiculous. 


Photo from: cn-rn.com

First Month for being a TEACHER!

   After few days, it will be my first month for being a teacher!

   My first job is an after-school teacher. From monday to Friday and 4pm to 8:30pm I work at a English institution, which is located near Tainan Cultural Center, quite closed to my house.

   Actually, the main reason that I work there is that the owner of the institution provides me a course of ILTES before I start to work everyday, which makes me improve English proficiency at the same time.

   Many people are confused and always ask me that why I choose to work there even though they regard "teacher" as a nice job(Being a teacher is one of olders' favorite job as I know in Taiwan). They, in fact, always try to ask me to have a full time job. I know this is not the job for living, but before i find the suitable job, I rather stay here.

   I had been tired of the days that I had nothing to do and stayed at home a day long since I came back from Beijing to the day that i started to work in this institutionm, which took me more than a month, basically.  

A wedding is around corner!

   This weekend is the wedding of my cousin(so happy).

This photo was taken by my older cousin! In the middle was my cousin
and her husband.

   My cousin is 4 years older than me. Since she graduated from senior high school, she has started to work. For me, she is a mature girl.


   The man she gonna marry is the one introduced by one of my father's friends, who is much older than her(around 6-7 years). He comes from Minsyong, a town in Chiayi county, and works in Chimei, which is located in my hometown, Tainan. At my first time to see him from a photo of my sister, i was tollay surprised and hard to believe that my cousin is his girlfriend and is going to marry him! Maybe, there is something I can not find out from the outside( I did not interact with him). And that is the reason my cousin decides to marry him.


   In Taiwan custom, a normal wedding process is that there are two wedding banquets for both of family. One is for the husband side family and relatives, and another is for wife side. Most of wedding are usually arranged on the weekend, enabling guests are availble to attend wedding banquet. For the husband side, one more special thing is that the previous day before wedding banquet the family of the husband needs to thank the master of God for a nice marriage with some fruit and cookies, which is quite important to the marriage in Taiwan custom. 
   
   Wedding banquet is a small part of Taiwan traditional wedding, and there are many aspects before and after wedding banquet. You may google them on the internet. Basically, in Taiwan tradition custom you will find it is not easy to marry a guy/ woman in Taiwan(if you wanna... hehe). 

Local Breakfast of Tainan

   Today I woke up at 6:30am, and went to have breakfast with my family. What we ate was the local breakfast of Tainan.You may see it in all cities of Taiwan, but actually it is common at southern Taiwan. Instead of fried bread stick and boiled dumpling(famous traditional Chinese food), people in Tainan get used to have braised pork rice, rice noodles and fish ball soup as their first meal in a day.

   Without the firnished dining space as you see the picture below, both of the restaurants are quite famous in Tainan city. One is called Baocheng, another is Atang. They are closed to each other, but what they provide are totally different.

It is the restaurant providing sheep dishes.

Traditional Pure Sheep soup with soy sause

Adopted from this blog: http://chim1237.pixnet.net/blog/post/3288188

This one providing the seafood dishes and rice with soup. 

   As the number of western breakfast store increases in Taiwan and the western lifestyle invades this small island, more and more teenagers don't have Taiwan traditional breakfast(like sth introduced above) and they prefer hamburger and fried chicken. Maybe, next time while visiting Tainan, the historical city of Taiwan, you may spend some time on this Tainan Breakfast!