2010 Christmas

     I still remember last Christmas Eve I spend the time with my friend. We went to MOS burger to have dinner and exchanged gifts with each other. I sent my friend a card and a bag, and he sent me a bottle of lotion and a little card. Then we have a happily talk that night. This year we still celebrate this holiday together! It is because I think he is an important person to me.

     I loved Christmas so much since I was a little girl. Till now I still love this holiday though I won’t write dozens of Christmas cards just like what I did several years ago.

In the past, I used to cost a lot of money to buy cards and chocolate, and spend them to my friends. It is because I love the surprise and happy expression from them when they receive my Christmas gift.

     Maybe many hard final reports make me not have the free time to prepare Christmas presents, I still want to wish all of whom I love could be happy and healthy forever! Thanks GOD! J

Do the volunteer

From November Fanny and I have gone to Taichung Baptized Church to assist elementary students’ homework. It is because we both are members of remarkable teacher education in NTC, we need to do volunteer for at least thirty-six hours each semester. We didn’t get the chance to go to elementary school which is at remote districts by groups this time, so we have to find other organizations by ourselves.

Luckily, by way of senior’s introduction, we soon found there are some vacancies for volunteer at Taichung Baptized Church. So Fanny and I start to do volunteers at night. Every time the jobs we do are different. Sometimes we check their homework. Sometimes we help them do arts. And when they take the pop dance classes, we help maintain the class order. I think every time is a challenge to me. However, their innocent and pure faces always make me happy though most of time they are noisy!

By the way, most of the students there are from minority family. It means that we need to put in more energy on them, and be more patient when we teach them. We will keep doing volunteer until next semester, and I think the experience here will be an important and special time for me.

 

My Keyboard Class

This semester I take the keyboard class. The reasons for me to go to this class are two: First, it is the selective class for those who study education courses, and I am also one of the members, so I need to choose one as my selective credit point. Second, I want to continue practicing my piano.

I had taken piano classes individually for eight years. Piano played an important part in my life. However, I quitted learning piano in my junior high school on account of that I couldn’t bear practicing several hours for each day. And I usually needed to play the same song again and again till my piano teacher said “ok”. As a result, I gradually lost my interest in piano and felt board with it. So I stopped taking the piano class when I was at seven grades.

It was until this semester that I started playing piano. Now, actually I feel some regrettable for stopping my learning. If I could put up with my impatient at that time, maybe my piano skill would be much better than now. Hence, I want to seize the opportunity and restart my piano life!!

My Alma Mater

     December 16, when was the coldest day because of the cold current. Nevertheless, I still chose to go back to my alma mater- Fengyuan senior high school. First, I took a bus to Taichung Railway Station and bought some dessert such as cakes, cookies, etc.  After arriving at Feng-Yuan station, I took the bus again so that I could reach my senior high school. Owing to the number of runs of scheduled buses is quite few, I waited at the bus stop for a long time. Besides, the cold weather made me felt the waiting time was longer.

    

     When I got off the bus and saw the school gate, I couldn’t help but want to yell” I’M BACK! FENG-YUAN, DO YOU MISS ME?” I love my alma mater so much, and I also had so many memories in this school. How much I hope I can have one more day to undergo a senior life. I wish time can turn back to my senior life again! Just one day and I will be satisfied. However, I realize that it is impossible, so I can only read the photos to cherish the memories of those three years.

Delicacy

        Room 210, which is composed by a group of people who love finding delicacy, was going out again! The original restaurant we wanted to visit was 大喜鍋. However, due to Jean’s foot was not convenient to go to far place, we changed the restaurant to 樹太老 which is at 勤美.

        Miya, Fanny, Annie and I went there by taking the taxi because the bus to 勤美 is quite few. So we decided to take the taxi and shared the money. And Tina took Jean to there by motorcycle. As for the food, I felt some disappointed at it because I think it is not as delicious as I expected. But the desert ice cream is still good.

     Near the place we eat is a computer which we can take some funny pictures. We spent some time on it and enjoyed the function very much! After going back to school, we went to student restaurant because there were free rice ball provided. However, the rice ball had not left over already. I thought I was disappointed again.

The Class Trip

        This is the first time for our class to go to a trip. Wayne is the host of this trip because he is recreation chief of our class. After discussing for a long time, we finally decided to go earth’s oven cooking at DA-LAI farm, which is in DA-DU Mountain.

        However, the morning of the day rained like cats and dogs. Everyone was worried about the site and confused whether to go or not. Fortunately, when we arrived the destination, the rain stopped and the weather became sunny. All of us were happy about that, and we soon started to build the kiln by soil.

       
     After constructing the kiln, we put the food like corns, potato, and chicken into the kiln. It took about two hours for the food to be cooked. Hence, we played some games to kill the waiting time. The process of building the kiln was very hard and might make you dirty. And the time for waiting was also long. Therefore, when the food was cooked, everyone was already very hungry! Although earth’s oven cooking was not easy, we still enjoy it and had a lot of fun!

  

 

Taichung Railway Station

Taichung Railway Station, first called Taichung Parking area, was built in 1905 BC. It was the time when Taiwanese were reigned by Japanese. The first head of the station was塚澤力太郎. The population had increased since the Japanese reigned on account of the prosperity and the development of Taichung city were largely related to the construction of railway.

 I lived in Taichung, so Taichung Railway Station is the main transportation for me whenever I want to go to somewhere. I have taken a class “The Culture and Ancient Monument”, and the teacher wants us to choose an ancient monument to present individually. Therefore, I choose Taichung Railway Station, which is designated as ancient monument of level 2, as my presentation.

The back Taichung Railway Station used to be the stop of the Central-Southern line of Taiwan Sugar Company. It was operated by Japanese Empire Sugar Corporation during Japanese reign. The picture is 五分仔車, which used to transport sugar cane from farms in countryside to the main factory of Taiwan Sugar Company in Taichung City. And now, 五分仔車 is known as the Taichung back station, and it continues to transport passengers since then.

    

English Waves

       At the beginning of December, we held a large singing competition- English Waves. It is held once a year, and has become more and more grand. This year we expanded the contest region from central section to the whole country. As a result, the contestant increased more than one hundred persons rapidly.

       My job is in the contestant rest room, and I am in charge of helping contestant get on the right place. I love this job on account of that I can talk to them while they are waiting. Therefore, I made some friends from other schools. I think it is good for me to expand my social circles.

       These are photos I take with the contestants.

 His name is 胡利基, who usually take part in many kinds of singing contests and he get the silver prize in this competition.

  



He is 林煌麟, this is the second time for him to join this contest. I like the song" Gravity" played by his band very much!

 

She is 黃正宜, who is a beauty and has a sweet voice. Besides, she and I both are big fans of Taylor Swift!!