2007 → 2008

This is the first year I jump across from year 2007 to 2008 .
I'm glad that my best friend who studies in Tainan was going to come to Taipei just to spend her first day in 2008 with me . So we decided to go to Taipei 101 with my classmate in collage , and I can say that it is the most correct decision I have ever made .
The roads were only for the passerby . Though I don't usually like to stay in the crowd , but only for that atmosphere can make me feel warm . Everyone is so close to each other , and Everyone has smile on their faces .We were so lucky that we don't have to be in the crowd , because of Sophia's father invitation . We can stay in the 33 flour in 世貿大樓 , and 101 is right in front of us . Looking through the window , it's a pretty great view . When the time is close , all of us held our breathe , waiting for the coming ocular feast . After several seconds , the fireworks started . How beautiful it is !!!The night was lighting up by the pyrotechnic light .We used acclamation expression our surprise . I really have a great night in the last day of 2007 . Using a good mood to welcome the first day of 2008 ^^
By the way , Taipei is quite new for me .There are always so many people and cars passing by . Having different atmosphere from Taichung , this city is so abuzz and crowded , and it is filled with competition . I have to say that I prefer to live in Taichung , since crowd makes me feel nervous .

The Prestige

The picture are fromhttp://blog.roodo.com/sadoshy/archives/2944517.html

We so is for the sake of what
The audience knows fact
This world is too monotonous
Too painful
Too realistic;Always all so realistic
So if you can make mirage
Which afraid only a;
Will make them feeling surprised
Then;
You will see;
Very special thing
You will not understand
That BE;
Their surprised facial expression

--excerpt from The Prestige

After discrete mathematics class , we have a whole free afternoon . Having lunch with my classmates we discussed what are we going to do after finishing the meal . "How about a great movie !! All of you can come to my place , and we watch together . Come on~~" Will....it's really alluring invitation.......but I have something to do ....... After struggling , I caved...........
After watching it , I have to say that it's a really complicated movie . It contains so many tricks which make me confuse about the relationship between the characters and the episodic parts .
As far as I am concerned , the execution of this movie exactly match the spirit of magicians . They take their lifes just as the performances . No matter where they are , time makes no change , they always hold the secret they carefully from being stolen by other . They enjoy every chance to get the crying and applause , tasting the astonished expression on audiences' faces . There are two magicians , they spend almost their lifes competing with not only each other , but also them selves . finally they indirectly kill them selves . They dug their own graves .
The savage humanity can simply emerge from thing they have done to them selves and to each other .

Engagement of My Cousin

The week before last week I didn’t go back to Taichung ,because my mom asked me to do so .Why ? Because all of the adults were going to prepare the things of betrothal , they didn’t have time to concentrate about my return .” Next weekend will be pretty important . Your cousin is going to be engaged . And you , as one of our family’s member , have duty to attend their betrothal banquet ” my mom said . How would I miss such a important thing like that !!

I can’t believe it at the first time . The guy who used to be waken up by me is going to be engaged . There is some kind of feeling in my stomach , but I just couldn’t tell . It’s so strange . Maybe in my sight , he is always a brother who like to make fun of me . But now he has became other’s husband . It’s a process of turning him into a real adult . I’m really happy for him .

That day,I walked toward him,saying ” I wish you a successful marriage .“

His face was filled with radiant image .

(The pictures are form Jimmy's illustration book.)

Love at First Sight ---- Wislawa Szymborska

(Translation from French by Sarah Hardenberg)

Both are convinced
that a sudden surge of emotion bound them together.
Beautiful is such a certainty,
but uncertainty is more beautiful.

Because they didn’t know each other earlier, they suppose that
nothing was happening between them.
What of the streets, stairways and corridors
where they could have passed each other long ago?

I’d like to ask them
whether they remember—perhaps in a revolving door
ever being face to face?
an “excuse me” in a crowd
or a voice “wrong number” in the receiver.
But I know their answer:
no, they don’t remember.

They’d be greatly astonished
to learn that for a long time
chance had been playing with them.

Not yet wholly ready
to transform into fate for them
it approached them, then backed off,
stood in their way
and, suppressing a giggle,
jumped to the side. There were signs, signals:
but what of it if they were illegible.

Perhaps three years ago,
or last Tuesday
did a certain leaflet fly
from shoulder to shoulder?
There was something lost and picked up.
Who knows but what it was a ball
in the bushes of childhood.

There were doorknobs and bells
on which earlier
touch piled on touch.
Bags beside each other in the luggage room.
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night,
suddenly erased after waking.

Every beginning
is but a continuation,
and the book of events
is never more than half open.

My Feeling~~

The first time I read this story is form a book called " 向左走向右走."It's a illustration book which was drawn by Jimmy(幾米) , a famous illustrator . He used plenty of scenes of the crossing between two people , who are eager to find each other . But the fate just keeps breaking off them . Maybe we all once had this kind of feeling and experience , because we didn't pay attention to the person who is just passing by . Perhaps we are in the same situation without noticing it . In Chinese , we call it "緣分" , a inarticulate and wondrous arbitrator of relationship between existences on earth . I really love the interpret of this poem . Especially the way that the poet described the encounters of people . It touched me .

This picture is form http://www.diogoazevedo.com/2007/04/aprenda-sobre-a-vida-com-steve-jobs

As a CISE’s student , I think Steve Jobs , the promoter of Apple , as a creative person. He developed his own thought as a young age , and it have a lot to do with his childhood.His father is the person who gave him some rough concept about contrivances . His family moved toMountain View(is known as 矽谷) later , where he learn lots of electro knowledge from Larry Land .”It’s is a wonderful thing to live in a please where is filled of engineers ” he said . Actually , he isn’t quit a good student , he always be treated as a pixilated student. As far as he concerned , being a genius have little to do with the scores you get in school . Being encouraged by a teacher , Mme Hill , he started to have interests in schoolwork . As a senior high school student , he had already participate in some proseminars in HP , where he met the most important associate , Steve Wozniak . Jobs once said that science and new techniques is the key of improving human’s life .Working with the other “Steve” , they became groundbreaker of hikers . Their excogitation , blue box , was nearly to across the line . Jobs has his own allure which let Wozniak leave HP to develop personal computer with him . With the thought about personal computer , two Steve created the first motherboard of apple , this a foundation stone of apple . Ipod , a great product which comes form apple is also a attestation of Steve Jobs creativity .

This week is not my week......

It's a mess!! Why would I say that ?





First , this week is the week of midterm examination . I think I'm not a good student , for it's not early enough that I started to prepare for the exam . It turns out that I have to stay up late to review . What a exhausting work it is ! The absence of sleeping makes my spirit droop . . . . . . .


Second , it's really painful to have a wisdom tooth shooting out from my gums . The gums where tooth comes out is inflamed . So I went to see the dentist . And the dentist suggested that I should extract my wisdom tooth . I will do it after the exam . Before it , I have to bear with such afflictitve pain . . . . . .T.T

My conclusion is "this week is not my week."

圖片出處:彎彎

Global Citizen

A) Transcribe the complete text.

YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE

THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING EARTH AS YOUR PLANETARY VEHICLE
WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THE MANY WONDERFUL FEATURES OF THIS PLANET
AS YOU HURTLE THROUGH THE COSMOS
PLEASE NOTE
HOWEVER
THAT IN THE EVENT OF CONTINUED INACTION
IN THE FACE OF GLOBAL WARMING
YOUR SEAT CUSHION CAN BE USED AS A FLOTATION DEVICE
ALSO
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO LOCATE THIS PLANET'S EMERGENCY EXITS
AS YOU CAN SEE
THERE AREN'T ANY

EARTH TO AMERICA!
CAN YOU HEAR?
SENDING OUT A MESSAGE
LOUD AND CLEAR
CAN YOU HEAR?

B) What do you think of Buleman’s performance?

I never saw this kind of performances before , so it is kind of fresh to me .The color which was painted on they is quit strange . After having the first impression , I think of that maybe it represents the main color of mother earth or just one kind of ways to get people’s attention . As far as I am concerned , it’s really important to appear some voices to speak out for the mother earth and remind us the urgent issues of environment protection .

A) In what ways do you think you are already a global citizen?

As I was gave birth , I have already been one of the member of earth . Why makes me conceive myself as a real global citizen ? I concern about the global issues and participate the green work such like garbage assortment.

B) How can you become a better global citizen?

─ Concern about the news all around the world regularly .

─ Cut down the unnecessary consumption to decrease the producing of garbage.

─ Share the resource with the people in need.

─ Take advantage of mass transit.

─ Save energy resources.