This weekend I was planning my trip to Japan. Actually I don't really "need" to go there, but just because I never been there.And it was surprised me how quick I could get there, only three hours. On Friday I found tickets to Kyoto only cost 8000. So i decided immediately I want to go there. And I want to go there on my own. Yes, I need to prove myself again that I can do it alone.
I bought some guide books on Sat. After seeing many beautiful pictures in the books, it reinforced me the desire to visit Kyoto. I want to see some temples, fantastic landscape and people. Well, I would definitely shop of course. I like to feel being local as well: taking bus, buying geocery in a local stand, having dinner in a small restaurant and being a queue in front of a theatre.
"You are so strange. I've never seen a young person who likes to see temples. Would you go to be a nun or something?" my colleague said
Hm...
Maybe I really could. But...can I bear a bald head?
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Monday, January 31, 2005
Saturday, January 29, 2005
Direct China-Taiwan flights start
This morning direct China-taiwan flights start. It's the first time there are flights go directly from China to Taiwan and return. It reduces time and money. It will also be a hugh protential businese for airplane industry. In the past, if you want to go to China from Taiwan, you need to tranfer in Hong Kong. The normal cost would be 18000 or 19000NTD and roughly ten hours. Now only half cost and eight hours' earlier.It is very convenient for businese people and their family to come home for lunar new year. It's a really good news for both countries. (or both areas)And it not only means there would be more and more people going to China for investment, but release some tension in the Taiwan Strait.
Let's hope it could be regular flights across Taiwan and China. And I can consider to travel a bit China now.
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Let's hope it could be regular flights across Taiwan and China. And I can consider to travel a bit China now.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005
hm...hamsters
I didn't sleep well last night. I dreamed about my hamster, which was died months ago. He seemed to be suffering. I saw him lay down painfully. Actually it's quite strange between me and my hamster. In the beginning I got two of them.
I bought the first one in the pet shop because I was just breaking up with my ex and wanted some distraction. Well, I guess I needed some love from them as well. He got a very light grey fur and three distinguished black vertical lines. He was vicious and less trusting. It was getting better after half year when the second one came into my life. The other one is lighter grey than the first one. He is more gentle than the first one. I guess it's because he spent quite few months with his mom, and rose by a very caring owner.
We had two years for happy together. They didn't have names because I thought I could be very upset if they died. Well, the fact is, I was still very upset.
The first one died in the sleep when I was at work. It was totally cold body when I found him died. I knew it would come soon because it was quite old. I checked out the food and water. They were all very sufficient.
The second one died when I was in travelling. I asked one of my colleague to take care of it. Just the day I went back, my colleague said the hamster is dying. We used several ways to keep him alive, but didn't work. Maybe we shouldn't save him, he seemed very painful in the end of his life. It was very frustrating that God insists to take him whatever action we took.
Honestly, it couldn't have too much deep bound between such small animals. However, when these little things was sleeping on your lap or eating grain devotedly on your hands, it couldn't be told how excited it would be.
Hope you are well in the paradise, my two little boys.
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I bought the first one in the pet shop because I was just breaking up with my ex and wanted some distraction. Well, I guess I needed some love from them as well. He got a very light grey fur and three distinguished black vertical lines. He was vicious and less trusting. It was getting better after half year when the second one came into my life. The other one is lighter grey than the first one. He is more gentle than the first one. I guess it's because he spent quite few months with his mom, and rose by a very caring owner.
We had two years for happy together. They didn't have names because I thought I could be very upset if they died. Well, the fact is, I was still very upset.
The first one died in the sleep when I was at work. It was totally cold body when I found him died. I knew it would come soon because it was quite old. I checked out the food and water. They were all very sufficient.
The second one died when I was in travelling. I asked one of my colleague to take care of it. Just the day I went back, my colleague said the hamster is dying. We used several ways to keep him alive, but didn't work. Maybe we shouldn't save him, he seemed very painful in the end of his life. It was very frustrating that God insists to take him whatever action we took.
Honestly, it couldn't have too much deep bound between such small animals. However, when these little things was sleeping on your lap or eating grain devotedly on your hands, it couldn't be told how excited it would be.
Hope you are well in the paradise, my two little boys.
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Monday, January 24, 2005
A long talk with Georgia
Saturday night I had a long talk with Georgia on the phone, which is my best friend in college. We still contact with each other like we did at school. But she lives far away from me now. We talk once two weeks or three weeks. In the beginning of talking, we updated some daily information to each other.
She talked about how suffering her boyfriend served in the army. I talked about my parents' stubborn attitude of life and how they restricted me for searching my husband. Then we discussed her postgraduate exam and trip after it. We both agreed Canada is a beautiful place to visit, thought she has been there for two months, still think it was definitely worth a second visit. I felt more excited for haven't been there before. The longest subject we were discussing about is relationship point of view between us. One of the most interesting part is she said I changed my perspectives a lot compared with those at school. I said anyone who has been gone through those events would change a lot like me. That's unavoidable. Everyone changes, but some people always change more rapidly. Well, I can't descript those events are disasters. There are far more unfortunate events on earth happened everyday. Compared with those, mine are unnoticeable. I have been cheated (or cheating??)every relationship I have been through with guys. None of them were honest to me. And it always ended up excruciating. Well, I was excruciated, I don't know if they were. Georgia thinks it's because I couldn't tell who is good guy, who is bad. I really can't deny it. Naturally I seem to attach bad guys. I like guys full of confident, fun and humorous. And mostly this kind of people are not loyal. I was attracted by those people and tried to find some honest from them. This experiment was totally failed after 24 years' proving. As a result, my perspectives of love keeps changing after each failure. From the most innocent it-means-something commitment to "50 signs that he may cheat" to "I'm the most beautiful girl on earth" conciliation. I have been burnt many times. And I am not sure it's a good progression through these changings. Well, at least, I become more independent, more selfish and more sophisticted. Georgia said I well took care of myself nowsadays. I think things more diverse and bright. Anyway, Georgia said I've been kind of away my mom's shawdow. I asked her, does it mean I can get a better man? She didn't say anything but was smiling.
"Fate strives to teach by placing obstacles in the pathway of life. We can make a choice:we can choose to learn quickly and accurately within the parameters of the lessons or we can continually fail. "-Bernadette Brady
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She talked about how suffering her boyfriend served in the army. I talked about my parents' stubborn attitude of life and how they restricted me for searching my husband. Then we discussed her postgraduate exam and trip after it. We both agreed Canada is a beautiful place to visit, thought she has been there for two months, still think it was definitely worth a second visit. I felt more excited for haven't been there before. The longest subject we were discussing about is relationship point of view between us. One of the most interesting part is she said I changed my perspectives a lot compared with those at school. I said anyone who has been gone through those events would change a lot like me. That's unavoidable. Everyone changes, but some people always change more rapidly. Well, I can't descript those events are disasters. There are far more unfortunate events on earth happened everyday. Compared with those, mine are unnoticeable. I have been cheated (or cheating??)every relationship I have been through with guys. None of them were honest to me. And it always ended up excruciating. Well, I was excruciated, I don't know if they were. Georgia thinks it's because I couldn't tell who is good guy, who is bad. I really can't deny it. Naturally I seem to attach bad guys. I like guys full of confident, fun and humorous. And mostly this kind of people are not loyal. I was attracted by those people and tried to find some honest from them. This experiment was totally failed after 24 years' proving. As a result, my perspectives of love keeps changing after each failure. From the most innocent it-means-something commitment to "50 signs that he may cheat" to "I'm the most beautiful girl on earth" conciliation. I have been burnt many times. And I am not sure it's a good progression through these changings. Well, at least, I become more independent, more selfish and more sophisticted. Georgia said I well took care of myself nowsadays. I think things more diverse and bright. Anyway, Georgia said I've been kind of away my mom's shawdow. I asked her, does it mean I can get a better man? She didn't say anything but was smiling.
"Fate strives to teach by placing obstacles in the pathway of life. We can make a choice:we can choose to learn quickly and accurately within the parameters of the lessons or we can continually fail. "-Bernadette Brady
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Friday, January 21, 2005
I got a book!
Very happy today that I got my first predictive book. "Predictive astrology, the eagle and the lark" from Bernadette Brandy. I think I am going to love this book. I just previewed it a bit and it seems very interesting. It contains some charts and figures as well. Some examples and methods. It looks like a very professional book. I am not sure if I really can understand it all, but it definitely can teach me a lot.
I think I will spend all the weekend to dig on it.
By the way, my another blog is done. In case someone is interested....
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I think I will spend all the weekend to dig on it.
By the way, my another blog is done. In case someone is interested....
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Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Funny quiz
THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Tina
2. Tako
3. *
THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. nept
2. sweetneptune
3. *
THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. I can sing.
2. I write traditional Chinese.
3. I have Aquarius ASC.
THREE THINGS YOU DON’T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Easy to be distracted.
2. I'm pessimistic.
3. lack of self-confidence.
THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Chinese
2. Taiwanese
3. can't think of any other.
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Japanese horror movies
2. Random tiny dots gather closely, like something under a telescope.
3. Kids
THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS (aside from food/drink/air/etc):
1. scooter
2. computer
3. Mentholatum lotion
THREE FAVORITE ARTICLES OF CLOTHING:
1. My levis jeans
2. Oliver de Oliver's bags
3. Cotton T-shirt
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS/ARTISTS AT THE MOMENT:
1. Kiehl's skincare
2. Klaus Haapaniemi
3. Oliver de Oliver
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT:
1. "Close my eyes" Mariah Carey
2. "Firefly" Faye Wang
3. "Modern Crusaders" Enigma
THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1. Learn transits predition
2. Change my job
3. Challenge my mom
THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP (love is a given):
1. Stability
2. Faithfulness
3. A lot of attention
TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE
1. I used my scooter to relocate without any help.
2. I am constantly moved in people's wedding parties.
3. I've paid off my study debt.
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE (OR SAME) SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. Tall
2. Slim
3. sunny smile
THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN’T DO:
1. Repeat what i just said more than three times.
2. Disobey my promise.
3. Speak clearly when being angry.
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Reading horoscopes
2. Online searching
3. Shopping
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Hard working and earn more
2. Travel to Europe
3. Take a long bath
THREE CAREERS YOU’RE CONSIDERING:
1. Astrologier
2. Theatre Administrator
3. Working in the greenhouse in Holland
THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. Finland
2. Canada
3. Kyoto in Japan
THREE KID’S NAMES:
1. Never thought of it
2. Never thought of it
3. I named a cat puffy
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Sell all of my belongings and spend all the money(if I have)
2. Stay in Europe for one year
3. Reasure some people that i love them
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1. Tina
2. Tako
3. *
THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. nept
2. sweetneptune
3. *
THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. I can sing.
2. I write traditional Chinese.
3. I have Aquarius ASC.
THREE THINGS YOU DON’T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Easy to be distracted.
2. I'm pessimistic.
3. lack of self-confidence.
THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Chinese
2. Taiwanese
3. can't think of any other.
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Japanese horror movies
2. Random tiny dots gather closely, like something under a telescope.
3. Kids
THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS (aside from food/drink/air/etc):
1. scooter
2. computer
3. Mentholatum lotion
THREE FAVORITE ARTICLES OF CLOTHING:
1. My levis jeans
2. Oliver de Oliver's bags
3. Cotton T-shirt
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS/ARTISTS AT THE MOMENT:
1. Kiehl's skincare
2. Klaus Haapaniemi
3. Oliver de Oliver
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT:
1. "Close my eyes" Mariah Carey
2. "Firefly" Faye Wang
3. "Modern Crusaders" Enigma
THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1. Learn transits predition
2. Change my job
3. Challenge my mom
THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP (love is a given):
1. Stability
2. Faithfulness
3. A lot of attention
TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE
1. I used my scooter to relocate without any help.
2. I am constantly moved in people's wedding parties.
3. I've paid off my study debt.
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE (OR SAME) SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. Tall
2. Slim
3. sunny smile
THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN’T DO:
1. Repeat what i just said more than three times.
2. Disobey my promise.
3. Speak clearly when being angry.
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Reading horoscopes
2. Online searching
3. Shopping
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Hard working and earn more
2. Travel to Europe
3. Take a long bath
THREE CAREERS YOU’RE CONSIDERING:
1. Astrologier
2. Theatre Administrator
3. Working in the greenhouse in Holland
THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. Finland
2. Canada
3. Kyoto in Japan
THREE KID’S NAMES:
1. Never thought of it
2. Never thought of it
3. I named a cat puffy
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Sell all of my belongings and spend all the money(if I have)
2. Stay in Europe for one year
3. Reasure some people that i love them
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Astrology Myth
Please let me repeat this three time:
Sun Sign doesn't mean everything
Sun Sign doesn't mean everything
Sun Sign doesn't mean everything
Stop believing those crap things in the end of a megazine. According to your birthday, they can tell you your match guy, your match numebr and color, even your match dress. Who do they think they are? Even they could control what you should wear? What I do is totally ignore them. Let me tell you this, if astrology is only a selection of twelve parts, how could it possibly exists for thousands years? Besides, don't you think it's very ridiculous that enomous people in the world are only splited in twelve kinds? Sun sign is only one of the ten main planets in astrology. Certain planets would be considered when looking different parts of life. Strictly speaking, Sun,Moon and ASC are more important than the rest planets. But they are all crucial in an individual's life. In my opinion, Sun, Moon and Ascendent are important equally, maybe some people don't think so. Anyway, if you really need some astrology advice, search some information online, usually they are free. Another way is, find your local astrologer, make an appointment and ask them for help, of course, it needs some bucks.
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Sun Sign doesn't mean everything
Sun Sign doesn't mean everything
Sun Sign doesn't mean everything
Stop believing those crap things in the end of a megazine. According to your birthday, they can tell you your match guy, your match numebr and color, even your match dress. Who do they think they are? Even they could control what you should wear? What I do is totally ignore them. Let me tell you this, if astrology is only a selection of twelve parts, how could it possibly exists for thousands years? Besides, don't you think it's very ridiculous that enomous people in the world are only splited in twelve kinds? Sun sign is only one of the ten main planets in astrology. Certain planets would be considered when looking different parts of life. Strictly speaking, Sun,Moon and ASC are more important than the rest planets. But they are all crucial in an individual's life. In my opinion, Sun, Moon and Ascendent are important equally, maybe some people don't think so. Anyway, if you really need some astrology advice, search some information online, usually they are free. Another way is, find your local astrologer, make an appointment and ask them for help, of course, it needs some bucks.
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Octopus Arms
I like reading Cosmopolitan at night. Sometimes I think this megazine is too bias, always assume men as a certain stereotype. But it does have some contributed advice for women. Last night I was reading the latest released one, one article really got my attention.
chech out the four ways that women often come off as too dependent:
1.Seeking his approval
2.Relying on him for fun
3.Reading into his actions
4.Gluing yourself to him
I have to say some women do these four ways very often, including me. I am afraid I've never avoided them completely. What drew my attention is the first one "seeking his approval". I was wondering, what kind of girls acting like "the human version of Velcro"?hm...psychologically speaking, I would think those girls may grow up from commanding parents, mostly influenced by their fathers. Their parents made decisions for them in the childhood. They are accustomed that decision making is belonged to authority or powerful people,like parents,in Chinese world, the fathers. When projecting to their boyfriends, they think it must be something wrong when they make decisions alone without hearing their guys' approval. Astrologically speaking, Moon or Venus in water elements always do the tricks, especially those become conflict aspects with other planets, more especially they are in 2,5,8,11 house. Water-oriented girls have less making-decision ability. Because droven by emotion, they hesitate to determine something. They are afraid to hurt other objects' feeling. Even they made one, they would question it afterwards. For example, when choosing a pair of earings, they finally pick ones, but feel sorry for not picking other ones.
Another characteristic is those watery girls are often afraid of powerful people, like men. They are good at acting like softie cats and always want more powerful people to rescure them. Actually seeking their approval is like need to be rescured.When getting some approval, they can reasure they don't do things wrong or unpleasant for men. Maybe just like me, I read this to find out what the hell are men thinking.
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chech out the four ways that women often come off as too dependent:
1.Seeking his approval
2.Relying on him for fun
3.Reading into his actions
4.Gluing yourself to him
I have to say some women do these four ways very often, including me. I am afraid I've never avoided them completely. What drew my attention is the first one "seeking his approval". I was wondering, what kind of girls acting like "the human version of Velcro"?hm...psychologically speaking, I would think those girls may grow up from commanding parents, mostly influenced by their fathers. Their parents made decisions for them in the childhood. They are accustomed that decision making is belonged to authority or powerful people,like parents,in Chinese world, the fathers. When projecting to their boyfriends, they think it must be something wrong when they make decisions alone without hearing their guys' approval. Astrologically speaking, Moon or Venus in water elements always do the tricks, especially those become conflict aspects with other planets, more especially they are in 2,5,8,11 house. Water-oriented girls have less making-decision ability. Because droven by emotion, they hesitate to determine something. They are afraid to hurt other objects' feeling. Even they made one, they would question it afterwards. For example, when choosing a pair of earings, they finally pick ones, but feel sorry for not picking other ones.
Another characteristic is those watery girls are often afraid of powerful people, like men. They are good at acting like softie cats and always want more powerful people to rescure them. Actually seeking their approval is like need to be rescured.When getting some approval, they can reasure they don't do things wrong or unpleasant for men. Maybe just like me, I read this to find out what the hell are men thinking.
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Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Please help identify this boy
"This boy is about 2 years old. Found and taken from Khao Lak Resor Area, the southern part of Thailand. His parents are missing. His nationality cannot be identified. Please take a look at the attached pictures of this victim (a 2 years old boy) from Tsunami. If you do not know him, please forward his pictures to your friends or organization in your country for further publication. I thank you all for extending kindness to this boy. With kind regards, Tess Ruktapurana Thai Airways International PCL Rosanna asora_97@hotmail.com"
This is a searching letter from my colleague.
First of all, I don't know if this is a real searching help. I don't know the boy in the photos, nor the Thai Airways. If anyone found it's not true or the boy has been identified, please tell me to delete it. I don't want to cause any problem or disturb this boy's relatives.
Normally, I always doubt anything I heard from emails, especially a forward one. But I think it's one of the few things I could do. So...
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is this belonged to you?
One colleague of mine Elsa got a Mont Blanc fountain pen in the annual party from the prize lottery. Hm...y'know, we're not fat cats, didn't know a lot of brand name information. Initially, we all laughed at Elsa how bad luck she got and suggested her giving the pen to anyone who likes it, because it seemed like a cheap thingy.
However, there was a manager who checked it out and said it could worth a lot in market. Elsa looked so doubtful and decided to dig some information about it. She asked a lot of people. One said 1000 because he saw the brand in a fake shop. One recalled that it was 5000 in the department store. Elsa's mood liked taking a roller caster from bottom to top. I didn't believe it, so I search it online. Surprisingly, I found it was more than that. Actually, it was quite dodge because there was huge difference between a fake one and authetic one. A fake one is about 300 or 400, but an authetic one could be 6000 or 7000. Anyway, my colleagues were all impressive it worths a lot. Happily, Elsa didn't give it to anyone or it could be a big shame and stupid loss.
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However, there was a manager who checked it out and said it could worth a lot in market. Elsa looked so doubtful and decided to dig some information about it. She asked a lot of people. One said 1000 because he saw the brand in a fake shop. One recalled that it was 5000 in the department store. Elsa's mood liked taking a roller caster from bottom to top. I didn't believe it, so I search it online. Surprisingly, I found it was more than that. Actually, it was quite dodge because there was huge difference between a fake one and authetic one. A fake one is about 300 or 400, but an authetic one could be 6000 or 7000. Anyway, my colleagues were all impressive it worths a lot. Happily, Elsa didn't give it to anyone or it could be a big shame and stupid loss.
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Monday, January 17, 2005
Friday, January 14, 2005
winter thought
Today is freezing...
Only 12 degree. I know...in Europe, it's nothing. But in a country which is designed to chill people out, it could be a very serious problem. And there is hardly a heater or oven around you.
The wet cold weather is definitely more uncomfortable than the dry cold one.
I loved the weather in Holland, especially in winter. It was very dry cold, hardly rain, but snow. First of all, this kind of weather doesn't make my skin allergic. Taiwan's damp, warm, and humid climate has been annoying me for 24 years. My skin becomes red, oily and sometimes painful under the sun. In Holland, all I need to do is put some oilier cream on my face; it will be fine for the all day. Even I would put some makeup; nothing would happen after a long day travel.
Besides my skin, I really like the view of winter. Some people said they don't like winter view because it indicates dead, gloomy, quite and boring. I don't agree with it. I think winter is as alive as other three seasons. I feel nature is taking a rest. It breaths and grows underlying. It is the end and a beginning. It should be a most transforming part in a year. For human, because of the weather, people get together closer to keep warm. I always dream a image that everyone sat down on a cozy sofa while reading books or watching TV near a fireplace in a very warm house. Some hot chocolate drink put on the side and a cat lazily lay under a christmas tree. It would be more perfect if it was snowing outside the window. Every time this perfect image comes up when I think about winter.
I know my little heater has done its good job, but I still feel frozen in the house. I only can pray the weather could be better tomorrow. I start missing the sun here.
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Only 12 degree. I know...in Europe, it's nothing. But in a country which is designed to chill people out, it could be a very serious problem. And there is hardly a heater or oven around you.
The wet cold weather is definitely more uncomfortable than the dry cold one.
I loved the weather in Holland, especially in winter. It was very dry cold, hardly rain, but snow. First of all, this kind of weather doesn't make my skin allergic. Taiwan's damp, warm, and humid climate has been annoying me for 24 years. My skin becomes red, oily and sometimes painful under the sun. In Holland, all I need to do is put some oilier cream on my face; it will be fine for the all day. Even I would put some makeup; nothing would happen after a long day travel.
Besides my skin, I really like the view of winter. Some people said they don't like winter view because it indicates dead, gloomy, quite and boring. I don't agree with it. I think winter is as alive as other three seasons. I feel nature is taking a rest. It breaths and grows underlying. It is the end and a beginning. It should be a most transforming part in a year. For human, because of the weather, people get together closer to keep warm. I always dream a image that everyone sat down on a cozy sofa while reading books or watching TV near a fireplace in a very warm house. Some hot chocolate drink put on the side and a cat lazily lay under a christmas tree. It would be more perfect if it was snowing outside the window. Every time this perfect image comes up when I think about winter.
I know my little heater has done its good job, but I still feel frozen in the house. I only can pray the weather could be better tomorrow. I start missing the sun here.
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Thursday, January 13, 2005
The lucky winner is.........Number 28
There is a party tomorrow!!
Tomorrow is our company's annual party. We have a luxuary dinner and entertaining programmes every year in that day. The most important part is prize lottery! And this time the biggest prize is Number 28-One hundred thousand dollar in real cash.
Yes, something with five zero. Is it awesome? It is fantastic. Just like every year, people in the company are thrilled by the lottery. Everyone used an all-out effort to gather "lucky chi" to themselves. Some people touched the people who just got married, some avoided to touch small prizes to not get them tomorrow, some people push others not to present tomorrow. It was very funny to talk about lottery. All the company was surrounded by lottery preparation in the air. You could see how hard people try to win it. All the people want the biggest prize.
Besides the biggest prize, there are some minor and small ones, like coupons, Microwaves, ovens, electronic equipment, etc. The smallest prize is an 1,600 dollar coupon. Well, not really bad. Hope I can win something bigger than that. My plan is I can sell it on ebay to make sure I get some cash back.
Well, who doesn't like money?
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Tomorrow is our company's annual party. We have a luxuary dinner and entertaining programmes every year in that day. The most important part is prize lottery! And this time the biggest prize is Number 28-One hundred thousand dollar in real cash.
Yes, something with five zero. Is it awesome? It is fantastic. Just like every year, people in the company are thrilled by the lottery. Everyone used an all-out effort to gather "lucky chi" to themselves. Some people touched the people who just got married, some avoided to touch small prizes to not get them tomorrow, some people push others not to present tomorrow. It was very funny to talk about lottery. All the company was surrounded by lottery preparation in the air. You could see how hard people try to win it. All the people want the biggest prize.
Besides the biggest prize, there are some minor and small ones, like coupons, Microwaves, ovens, electronic equipment, etc. The smallest prize is an 1,600 dollar coupon. Well, not really bad. Hope I can win something bigger than that. My plan is I can sell it on ebay to make sure I get some cash back.
Well, who doesn't like money?
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Wednesday, January 12, 2005
I still remember her smile
I still remember her smile. I need to write the story down before I forget it.
She was very friendly. I assume that's typical characteristic of Glasgow people.
I met a lady, which has a sunny smile with beautiful white teeth, in Glasgow when I was waiting for bus to Glasgow airport.
She said"Hi,"
I said "Hi".
"Going to airport?"
"Yeah~is this the bus stop to the airport?"
"Yes, where're you from?"
"Uh, I travel from UK.""Going back to Bristol again."
"You are? Me too. I'm going to meet my friends. They have a wedding party."
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She lives alone. She just bought a house near the city. After breaking up with her boyfriend, she was so independent and tried to organize everything. She was really a role model of me. If all my dream came true, I would definitely be a woman like her. Well, my dream was not included the breakup part.I admired her how she recovered from the breakup and then quickly adjust herself at work. That's I really need to learn. More impressive me is she bought a house. She refurbished every single part of her new house. Reducing the expense of makeup and clothes, she paid the debt stably. When talking about her plan of future, she had such glorious eyes that i've never seen before.
We talked a lot. Although I hadn't adopted her scottish accent, chatting with her was such a pleasure. I even forgot I was talking in English. She was not as polite as an English, nor as blunt as an American either. Maybe that was scottish. At some moment in life, you know you like the person you are talking to, and you know the person likes you as well. Me and her were just like that. Occultly speaking, I would say it's Karma. We seemed to know each other for a long time. We talked, talked and talked on the airplane. We wouldn't stop talking until the airplane had landed. We got contact. There was a piece of paper with an email address on it. I gave her mine as well. Then we believed we would talk again. We believed this tiny little string would connect two of us no matter where we were.
She was the first one that I contact with after coming back to Taiwan. The thing is, she seemed to give me an error spelling address. Maybe she didn't know she wrote it wrong. I wrote a very long letter and couldn't send out. She didn't email me as well. So...this string is broken. We can't contact with each other. And I don't know if I could see her again in my rest of life. The only one string is broken. So, I would never know where the kite is going to. If I knew I would not see her again, I would check the email address twice. But well, if I knew, this article wouldn't exist.
Please, if anyone knows her, inform me. She is very easy to be recognized.
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She was very friendly. I assume that's typical characteristic of Glasgow people.
I met a lady, which has a sunny smile with beautiful white teeth, in Glasgow when I was waiting for bus to Glasgow airport.
She said"Hi,"
I said "Hi".
"Going to airport?"
"Yeah~is this the bus stop to the airport?"
"Yes, where're you from?"
"Uh, I travel from UK.""Going back to Bristol again."
"You are? Me too. I'm going to meet my friends. They have a wedding party."
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.
.
She lives alone. She just bought a house near the city. After breaking up with her boyfriend, she was so independent and tried to organize everything. She was really a role model of me. If all my dream came true, I would definitely be a woman like her. Well, my dream was not included the breakup part.I admired her how she recovered from the breakup and then quickly adjust herself at work. That's I really need to learn. More impressive me is she bought a house. She refurbished every single part of her new house. Reducing the expense of makeup and clothes, she paid the debt stably. When talking about her plan of future, she had such glorious eyes that i've never seen before.
We talked a lot. Although I hadn't adopted her scottish accent, chatting with her was such a pleasure. I even forgot I was talking in English. She was not as polite as an English, nor as blunt as an American either. Maybe that was scottish. At some moment in life, you know you like the person you are talking to, and you know the person likes you as well. Me and her were just like that. Occultly speaking, I would say it's Karma. We seemed to know each other for a long time. We talked, talked and talked on the airplane. We wouldn't stop talking until the airplane had landed. We got contact. There was a piece of paper with an email address on it. I gave her mine as well. Then we believed we would talk again. We believed this tiny little string would connect two of us no matter where we were.
She was the first one that I contact with after coming back to Taiwan. The thing is, she seemed to give me an error spelling address. Maybe she didn't know she wrote it wrong. I wrote a very long letter and couldn't send out. She didn't email me as well. So...this string is broken. We can't contact with each other. And I don't know if I could see her again in my rest of life. The only one string is broken. So, I would never know where the kite is going to. If I knew I would not see her again, I would check the email address twice. But well, if I knew, this article wouldn't exist.
Please, if anyone knows her, inform me. She is very easy to be recognized.
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Delft
This is Delft in Holland. I went there twice, both in winter. Each time the place gave me different sights and impressions. The first time I didn't see much before I left. All I could remember is a hugh church, a big square, several souvenir shops and cosy dormitories. This time I saw a lot of hareware preparing for the holiday market on the square and a sloping tower. For experiencing Delft students life, I sneaked inside the student union building to use the bathroom.
The building was quite choastic and dirty. Mariah Carey's music surrounded all the building. The atmosphere was typically for students. However, their students' entertaining facility seemed more organzied and colorful than Taiwan's. There were party room, social lounge and bar. From the "wreck", you can see how often the students hold parties here. In Taiwan, you rarely have chances to have a real party at school. Only are excesicing square, club meeting rooms and theatres in Taiwan's students' union.
In the photos, I was standing out of the building. Car parked orderly along the river. The lights decorated all the dark sky and reflected to the river. Bricks covers all the roads in front of several cosy student dorms.Casually some bikes rode on the street. Students talking, church bell ringing, car squashed the brick road and wind blowing, all those sounds praised how beautiful the city was. Yes, it's very beautiful city, but not too fanciful one.
Why do I say it's not too fanciful? because it's also a convenient city, very practical. All the shops surround the city intensely. There is an university, transportating stations, night geocery shops, restaurants,etc. Because of tourists, I believe there are many hotels as well. What a wonderful city! I looked inside the student dorm, very expensive one, I was thinking, if i could live here, how good it would be.
A old lady kindly guided us to find a sweet shop, though I don't eat sweet things, I still felt warm in such a freezing day.
Categories: Photo talks
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Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Part of what?
"As a Chinese, I see Taiwan as part of our country. Basically the government still think the civil war is not over yet."
What the fu*k is that?!? There are still a lot of idiots living in the past time in china.I really couldn't believe that.The thought of re-unification is soooo ridiculous.
No one claims Taiwan should return to China nowadays, even the KMT.
I really couldn't believe that....it seems like people in china are listening to ancient stories everyday.
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What the fu*k is that?!? There are still a lot of idiots living in the past time in china.I really couldn't believe that.The thought of re-unification is soooo ridiculous.
No one claims Taiwan should return to China nowadays, even the KMT.
I really couldn't believe that....it seems like people in china are listening to ancient stories everyday.
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Monday, January 10, 2005
Just return to reality
At the moment I really thought the airplane would crash. And we would all died. And my family would get the insurance.Everyone I knew thought how brave I was. But the reality is:
I returned to Taiwan safely, with my serious and sticky cold. With landing, all of the pressure came into my ears and made them blocked. Well, at least, when I go to the doctor, ears,throat and nose are in the same department, I only get one stamp on my health card.
How does it feel that one ear is totally blocked? Just like pulling out one of the speakers and only listening to the other one. Just feel your left brain covers with an iron wok. The worst thing is you can't hear what people talking behind your back, in this case, the left back. All you can feel is a half of dark side and a half of bright. You hear reality in the right side, whispering of the other other. Now I can slightly understand deafs' pain.
For the first post, maybe there should be a good reason why I am here. But I really don’t feel like telling this at this moment. Maybe someday in the future.
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