人，為什麼要旅行？

是為了尋找自己。

我好像已經把自己丟掉很久了。

不見了，消失了。

可是一踏出Zurich Flughafen，我就完全回來了！

醒了！活起來了！

跳跳~~

BBBBBBBoat!

I finally got the boat trip! ^o^




It's a coincidence that when I'm on board, my mp3 player went into the "1900" music sound track part! haha! This makes my trip even more interesting!

SWISS! ZURICH!!

The Temperature outside of the airport is VERY familiar: JESUS CHIRST!!! I AM HOME!!!! I just can't help smiling all the time. To be the other's guide is so okay for me, for I'm not just a visitor. I'm someone who knew this place much!! >^O^<

An elder kind lady showed me the bus to the Zurichsee, and shared also with me that there's early morning market in the Bruekliplatz- with vegies and flowers! Ha! I love surprises, and it's Flowers!! It's quite easy to tell that people here love flowers and the early markets, because quite many people passed by and took some flowers, vegies, breads or cheece, olives with them. Oh, even the very early morning of Swiss is charming!! ^^

出國前- 趕趕趕 衝衝衝- 大體悟

I'm Good. Good Enough!

I tried Hard! Hard Enough!

因為: 心想事成!

我相信!我一定做得到!

如果不是因為我有能力，別人幹麻叫我做?怎麼敢交託我??

W-SMS 0510-ZOYE

多謝妳的傾聽，多謝妳的支持，我要回家了 :)
在一切還未成定局、我不斷動搖的時候，你還是站在最懂我的這邊：
「衝啊！衝啊！」「不衝你絕對會後悔的啊！」

我至少有件事絕不後悔：

認識妳這個這麼棒的好朋友　^^ｂ

W-SMS 0510-DAD

不顧你的反對，我還是上路了......
打點東打點西的同時，卻又忽然發現，老爸其實又無比包容的在為女兒設想，依舊那麼那麼疼我...

多謝老爸，謝謝你疼我這個大麻煩。

I LOVE YOU TOO!
DEAR DADDY!

W-SMS 0510-MOM

在高速公路上祈禱著的妳，使我內疚感好深....對不起！真的對不起！讓妳為我緊張為我焦急，是女兒不孝...大不孝...請原諒我如此任性、任性如長不大的孩子。希望可愛的「副校長」能陪你度過愉快的連假！

Mom! I LOVE YOU

人算不如天算

人 算不如 天 算!

05/10/06 難得一天沒帶東西出門吃-->

嘿嘿!
今天辦公室開會，有"免費便當" ^o^b

PS:再次不著痕跡的漂亮執行"花大錢~省小錢"計畫 :)

Departure

My fault! I made my mom nervous like hell with me....But something interesting is- she drove the car with Buddihsm prayers while I prayed to Jesus. I guess all "Gods" hear us and the prayers ^^. We made it in the very last minute! Should arrive at the CKS before 7:15, and we were there 7:10 checking in. If not for the online check-in, it definately would be worse!!

I blame myself, horribly on being so irresponsible and making parents so worried, nervous, and even hurt. At the gate, I cried because of the last minute release, and more importantly, because of feeling so guilty and sorry towards Mom and Dad. As great parents ever, they don't deserve being treated like this....

I AM TERRIBLY SORRY.....

Also, I felt sorry for treating Philip so bad and harsh... He is always trying SO HARD on solving problems, merging our gap, creating better relationship modle for us(or should say- for me) Saying goodbye to him in the airport still made tears come out... for his being so understanding and kind....

Wierd but destined, on the way to HK, I watched a discovery programme introducing Singapore's independence. LaLaLa..... The world is amazing, isn't it?

ON THE WAY HOME!

ON THE WAY HOME!
ON THE WAY HOME!
ON THE WAY HOME!
ON THE WAY HOME!
ON THE WAY HOME!
ON THE WAY HOME!
ON THE WAY HOME!

ON THE WAY HOME!

有人會一輩子嫁不出去是有原因的

個性濫成那樣、混成那樣、可惡成那樣
包准再給她幾輩子都嫁不出去~~拉拉拉拉拉 ~~~

Happiness Comes Back?

My MP3 player revived to keep me company- Happy

Swiss visa sent+ airplane ticket booked, the way Home is nearer!!- Happy+Excited!

Work overload, helpless in the office with tones of work about NJ9's photographic contest final judgement the next day- Depressed

Similar as above, bothering Tax Education details on and on all over the nation- Depressed

The speech which stimulate deep thoughts
"My life belongs to no one else but me."
"Live everyday you have as the last day in your life, and do something to make whole of your life till then a unregretful experience."
"Just Go! Follow your heart!"
-Happy+Inspired

Postcard and gifts from BR(Pedro) and from SG(Philip)- Happy+Surprised!

Warm and professional experienced help from Mom- Happy+Grateful

After phone calls, still no one can come over for help tomorrow- Down

No progress on application......-Depressed

Give my sunshine back!

Desperately Need Nutrition

My heart is as dry as this flower-
Lost the fragrance for long,
Lost the sparkles for long,

Jeez.....give me back my energy and happiness!
Return my laughters and teers of joy!

Missing home terribly...

Taoban House陶板屋, Yammy!

Parents, their friends and I went to Taoban House last night. Their purpose was to seek advices from Mr. Yeh about certain PTA projects, as for me? Just go for yummy food! hahaha~

Nevertheless, I still learned a lot during their talks. Mr. and Mrs. Chuang are PTA members of WanXing Elementary School, where my mom is the principal. Mr. Yeh is the chairman of PTA of JenAi Elementary School. He gave quite some useful methods to raise funds amongst parents to install air conditioners for their kids. In short:

1. Do survey, and obey public wills
"Do you want your kid's classroom to install air conditioners?" Let the parent(s) and kid(s) make their decision on their business, and collect the anonymus results. When the "yes" exceed 1/2 or even 2/3 (it depends), the class is started to be concerned in the installation project, but not quite.

2. Your own donation benefits your own kid(s)
Collect money that is needed for the installation. The money amount could be rough, but exceed a little over the market standard. When the class collects enough amount, it is officially involved in the project. Otherwise, the air conditioner would still be flying in the air~

No survey results, Not much money = No air conditioner in this classroom = hot summer = your kids is always envious of the cool classroom next door

Also, the air conditioner "moves" with your class when needed.

• Original classroom A got one but the new B didn't-> take it there.
• New semester, brand new class members with new teacher-> your kids are guaranteed to be distributed into the classroom with air conditioner.
  

3. Public participation, Public decision
All classes that meet the above requirements are asked to send delegates to participate in the purchasing process- choosing the brand, asking for discounts, giving opinions on the dates which start the installation. Once things are decided, niether the school nor the PTA should be responsible for the results.

Also, group power can get group discout that you can hardly imagine :)

4. Do listen to opinions that against the propose, but never give in easily.
There's always someone who is "special." Take good care of them. Reason with them logically.
But the things that should be done should be done.

5. Discounts come from public praise.
Of course group power contributes, but remember to use potential public praise as the great weapon.

6. To know somebody or to know nobody, there's huge difference.
有關係就沒關係、沒關係就有關係
To be an influential person is great....Sigh....

I knew I divagated. But, these are yammy too, don't you think so?

夢中....

英國的C出現了。

長髮剪短了，恢復到我們認識時的那模樣，記憶中同樣神采飛揚、大男孩的形象又鮮明的展現，高高的、高高的坐在山坡上和旁邊的朋友談笑風生。

夢中的我是在弟弟的慫恿下才決定把回營地的行程還是擠進我的行事中，靜靜的欣賞他們兩人聊到一個段落，我才從坡底呼喚他："C!C!.....C!"

欣喜的，他奔下了山坡迎面就給我個熟悉的大擁抱，除了寒喧，兩個人更是一刻不得閒的嘰嘰喳喳彷彿要把全世界的話題都聊完，「我弟告訴過我你的瘋狂故事了！」他大笑，「你鼓吹他來還有這個目的吧？當你在瑞士免費的最佳眼線！」換我放聲大笑了：）

言談間，他很自然的說了幾句中文，我本來還不以為意，瞬間會意到的時候連忙追問他的中文怎麼那麼溜？「因為我愛上了個台灣女孩，沒辦法囉～」他的眼角很明顯遮掩不住那股幸福的香味，愈加迷人了！

忘了中間還發生過什麼事，醒來後我的心情甜得化不開，因為那非常沒有真實感的吻，過分動人....

是弟弟說了太多太多瑞士的故事？？
還是我不曾真的放下？？

Pinky Welcomes Pinky!!

Curt's Back! From our "hometown" Kandersteg International Scout Centre in Switzerland!
His plane arrived at the airport at noon, and Mom and I went to pick him up, I myself wearing Pink- staff T-shirt hoping that he would do the same thing. Just check the picture in the left!! HE IS 100% MY BROTHER :D



He for sure brought back lots of great stories and pictures, never to mention many lovely presents including conquests from "lost and found" stock, pure souvenirs, chocolates, chocolates, and chocolates....haha! And.....two hiking sticks were for Mom and Dad, a Swiss red purse for me(see below), a Swiss 3D map chocolate set for me, etc.

WELCOME HOME my dear Curt(or maybe I should call him "Ting" from now on?) And thanks for all the joy you've brought to me :)

Post Love from the World- ONLINE!

Cannot think of better way to preserve my postcards and the thoughts which was never recorded.
Maybe to open this blog may help!

Come and Enjoy- the Post Love from the World

Who is This?

worth a guess?

Composing Resume

is not easy, and needs devotion- especially when I have really nothing big to tell.....

Here's some good English Resume online references, use them properly!!
http://www.resumeedge.com/
http://esl.about.com/library/howto/htresume.htm
I've benefited from both of them, and found out, though ashamed, that what I had two years ago was so green and so lack of attraction. I guess the GradSchools got sufficient reason to reject me then- the girl who just graduated, had no professional experience, with horrible GRE score, and a naive resume....

Fight! Prove them my maturity!

Long Long Long Meeting

It wore me out.... Maybe one of the reasons why I felt tired so easy was- I was not really the key participants who needed to focus on what was going on at that critical moment, so that my eyes lost focus soon as well as my brain, and my forehead couldn't help kissing the meeting table...

Ah......time to bed. I gave in!

Postcard Collections!

Gradually, I'll have all my postcards scanned. They looked just marvelous and impressive!

E.g. The left hand side one was from Jean(TW) when she went for budget travel in Australia. "What did she write to you?" you may ask. Of course that part was secret- my privacy! However, I did scanned both sides of them in case one day I'll need the digital records. As my friends and audiences like you, anyways, will at least have the privilege to see the photo side. Hey! It is great enough, believe me- because the postcards may come from all around the globe!!

Going Out! Goint Out!

Fight!!!!!!!

Curt + Geneva = ?

Marvelous stories!!!!!!

Checking his blog let my family burst into joyful tears several times. We just cannot help it!
Further, because I've been there last year, all things he described somehow matched my experience and thoughts, proving that I'm not the only person who easily got lost in Geneva, who complained about the citizens' poor(?) English and the unfriendly French road sign, who thought our flower clock in Mt. Yang-Ming was surely better and prettier than that in British Garden-Geneva. Also, it's a plearsure to find out that my brother- just like me- fell in love with all the solemn churches everywhere- we just cannot help it!hahahahahahaha!

I guess I've done Swiss travel three times already. One with four family members when 12 in winter, another by myself wandering here and there last Autumn, the other mentally with my brother this summer. I should say- I'm really rich. It's not material side, but the spiritual aspect. Guess what? NO ONE can EVER take this rich away :)

My New Space in the Office

It's actually not New, because we've worked like this for almost a month. Since it's the first time I posted it here, and people were still surprised by its new appereance, let's still call it "New Space" then : )

What do I have in the office?The standard equipments include: a set of PC, speakers with bass, a headphones, a scanner, a telephone. What I brought here- which only I myself have them- includes: my mug from NTUMUN, my dolphin doll named "Gray Gray," my red kitty paper clay namecard holder, etc. And, I must put emphasis on my desktop: it's ALWAYS my lovely friends in KISC!! As for the screen saver, it's ALWAYS the sentence: It's not Rain. It's Liquid Sunshine!! -from Ex-Pinkies.

These components have made my working hours less unbearable......

My First Flower in the Office

brought by James Wang, but of course from someone else.

It was a pity that Jessie was no longer there with me, thus no one could really share my emotions in the first moment.

But, I dare not to appreciate my flower closely till one day later- today, after some truly touching sayings and promises. He's..... maybe not the best, but he showed his sincerety to solve problems, to face challenges, to bear my terrible(to him) decisions. Maybe, he deserve one more chance.

I accepted the flowers now. Although they're not my favorite callas, neither are they tulips, their fragrance is the best ever. : )

Great Cooking Diary in Alpes

from Lion Ting! hahahaha~~

Dear my lovely friends, if you can read Chinese, go enjoy his story! He and the other TW friend hand-made some dumplings to those westerners in KISC and got hit!! They've done everything by themselves from rolling the skin, mixing the pork and vegies, boiling them, and serving to people. I have never done those when I was there, because I'm not that skillful and I'm alone. Happy for them to conquer the westerners heart by conquering their stomach!!!

Jeez! My brother is so great!!!

【商周】打理人脈 就是打理細節

打理人脈　就是打理細節
本篇文章摘自：商業周刊第 979 期
作者：廖怡景

除了田玲玲名片匣裡的人，《華府名人錄》（右圖）上許多人都成了錢復夫婦的好友。
隨錢復駐美6年，每個月至少必須應付15場宴會，田玲玲認為，「記人」是經營人脈成功與否的關鍵，做全「小」事，則是在人脈圈子站穩的秘訣。

宴客，是一門學問。若問台灣最深諳宴客人脈之道的人，前監察院長錢復的夫人田玲玲應該無出其右者。錢復駐美六年，擔任外交工作相關工作超過三十年，贏得「外交才子」之稱，田玲玲則有「半個外交部長」的封號，任何的外交禮儀都難不倒她。自一九八三年和錢復一起赴美六年，舉辦上千個宴會。

當年田玲玲一到沒有邦交的美國，想的是如何能在最快的時間，和陌生人做朋友，累積人脈，被人看見。

法寶一：管理朋友名片　記錄背景資料不難，難的是貫徹

田玲玲的宴會人脈學，奠基於細節的管理，讓她在人脈扎下很深的根基。「打理人脈，等於是打理細節。注意的越細節，往往就會讓人越感貼心。」田玲玲輕聲細語的說道。

美國喬治皮巴迪師範學院圖書館管理研究所畢業的她，對於資料整理特別有一套，「剛到美國，為了擴展外交，每個月要認識的人上百個，不用點方法，怎麼記得住？」因此，田玲玲想起，如果，把所認識的人，當作圖書館的書，自己是「圖書管理員」，事情應該就可化繁為簡。

田玲玲靠名片匣打理個人背景資料的細節，環境的細節，她同樣是用圖書館管理資料的方式建檔。

往往，名片上還會重複疊上好幾張黃色的便利貼，田玲玲解釋，因為只要一有資料變動，如職務調動等，她都會加上去，「這樣，一旦有需要，隨時抽出一張名片，我就可以知道所有的細節，包括：何時認識？在什麼場合？朋友的生日是不是快到了？之前見面是什麼時候？當時送的是什麼禮物？」

田玲玲認為，其實記錄的工夫不難，真正難的地方是在「貫徹」。重要的是要有恆心，一有資料就要隨手補充到資料卡上。這些工夫都是在幫助自己記住交往過的朋友，「經營人脈成功與否的關鍵，就是『記人』。」

田玲玲認為，光靠名片可能還不夠，可以利用相片來幫助記憶，把名片上或是印象中的特徵和照片裡的臉孔比對，會記得更牢靠一些。

即使現在已不必要像在美國扮演外交官夫人時，把每個人的背景記得清清楚楚，但田玲玲還是不忘在認識每個朋友之後，做下紀錄，連看病的醫師也不例外，「這是李醫師一家人」，田玲玲在名片上，不僅記錄電話，連李醫師兩個小孩念復興小學都詳加記錄，「這樣，打電話到他家時，如果是女兒接的，我就可以親切的叫出名字。」

她認為，這是平時就在做的功課，也是之所以可以管理上千人脈的主要原因之一，即使錢復已不做外交使節二十多年，每年的耶誕節，他們收到的賀卡，兩人加起來有上千封，「很多當年因為工作認識結交的好朋友，都還有聯絡啊。」

她不但把每場賓客的名片建檔，連宴會的菜單，都做系統化的管理。

法寶二：賓客、菜單建檔　相隔二十年再辦，保證菜色不同

泛黃的活頁紙上面，田玲玲清楚的寫著「Feb.27,1988 Saturday十一桌」，裡頭一百三十二位賓客名單，她都記錄得很仔細。不僅如此，八道如去骨烤鴨、干燒大蝦等的菜名，她都寫得清清楚楚。

「所以，即使是現在要請二十年前請過的客人，我也可以讓他吃到完全不同的菜色。」田玲玲解釋，從名片上找出何時認識、宴請的時間是什麼時候，再去找出當日的菜單，一比對，就很清楚了。

在美國六年期間，平均每個月，田玲玲要舉辦十五到十七場大大小小的宴會。打理宴客名單、邀約賓客，她都一手包辦。

除了細節管理，她的另一項心得是「要累積人脈，當然不能怕被拒絕」。不僅如此，田玲玲認為，用自然的方式，建立起來的關係，效果才會好，等熟到可以直呼名字，就可以提出邀請，先留下自己的電話，再來順勢的問對方：「怎麼和你聯絡？」這麼一來，就可以進一步的取得對方的電話。

若遇到原來對自己不友善，但卻是很重要的對象，要如何能讓他參與宴會，築起友誼的橋樑呢？田玲玲不著痕跡的從邊緣包圍中央，先從她周邊的朋友，或是會出現的場合著手。

法寶三：邀約不怕被拒　先加入談話圈圈，慢慢化解敵意

「與其錢復丟臉不如我丟臉。」田玲玲認為要交朋友，累積人脈，要能沉得住氣，而且要有勇氣。當年，有一位參議員一直對台灣不太友善，田玲玲和錢復都是臉薄的人，但為了替先生解決難題，田玲玲還是決定勇往直前。

她利用一個參議員太太也會出席的午餐會，先若無其事的加入參議員太太的談話圈圈，聊起自己的孩子在教會學校念書，沒想到，參議員的小孩也在同一所學校，田玲玲抓住這個共同的話題，繼續下去，緊接著說兒子錢國維念哪一年級，「先分享自己的經驗，是獲取信賴的方式之一。」田玲玲的方式，果然奏效，兩個人的距離因此拉近了許多。

接連幾次，在不同場合碰面，彼此更為信任熟悉之後，田玲玲提出到家裡聚餐享用中國家常菜的邀請，並主動給家裡的聯絡電話，表示誠意，對方欣然答應了。

對於這點，錢復也不得不佩服田玲玲，在《優雅的智慧──田玲玲的生活錦囊》（天下文化出版）一書中，如此說道：「她比我更有勇氣，我是個非常膽小的人。駐美時，如果要請地位高的重要人士，我都不大願意打電話，因為怕被拒絕，她卻沒有一點怯意。」

與宴會搭配的另一個重要人脈利器則是禮物。「送禮能送到對方的心坎裡，當然也是讓人印象深刻，累積人脈的方法之一。」田玲玲笑說，從駐外到國內，送禮的經驗數也數不清，說穿了還是要做到「誠意」兩個字。

法寶四：送手製品禮物　不必貴重，「誠意」十足最打動人心

很多時候，田玲玲都是用「手製品」展現誠意。田玲玲回想當年，得知老布希喜歡中國美食，親手和廚師合作餛飩和春捲，再加上特別調製好的醬料，用精美的盒子以及緞帶包裝好之後，再附上食用說明，送給老布希夫婦，「他們對送的禮物，喜歡得不得了。他們夫妻還合寫了一張卡片，送給我們。」

田玲玲說，送的都不是很貴的禮物，但因為有十足的誠意，往往就能打動對方。這也奠定了他們和老布希夫婦的交情，一直到現在，老布希若在任何場合遇到我國的駐美代表，都還會記得問候一聲。

自一九八八年從美國回來至今，已近十八年了。田玲玲談起和錢復一起在美國打拚的點滴，如何辦宴會、幫錢復打理一切人際關係等事，像是昨天才發生的事，情景細節清清楚楚。

但她對於自己的生命著色，顏色卻很淡，談自己，總是不到五分鐘就跳開了，談當年幫錢復打點外交場合事務的事情則是侃侃而談。這位前外交官夫人「做全」了許多「小」事，才讓當年的錢復贏得前台許多外交的肯定。


田玲玲小檔案
出生：民國26年
學歷：政大西語系、美國田納西州喬治皮巴迪師範學院
經歷：中央銀行經濟研究處專員、主任


鋪人脈秘技：
1）加強記人的本事
2）重視細節
3）主動分享自己經驗，獲得信賴

【商周】你有解決問題的能力嗎?

你有解決問題的能力嗎？
本篇文章摘自：商業周刊第 926 期
作者：何飛鵬

如果有人問你：你有解決問題的能力嗎？相信沒有人會回答：沒有。我當然有解決問題的能力，否則我怎能在職場上工作？這是每一個人共同的答案。

可是我的答案稍有不同，每個人都有解決問題的能力，但真正處境艱難、造次顛沛之際，就不見得每一個人都有這種能力了。

根據我的經驗，一個真正具有解決問題能力的人，不論你把什麼事交給他，他大部分時候都能把事情辦成，不論這些事情有多困難！

而 這些困難的事，又可以分為幾個不同狀況：（一）看起來瘋狂，或者在大多數人的眼中，這根本是不可能的任務。（二）一般的任務，但要求的標準超高，超乎一般 的平均水準很多。（三）沒有足夠的權力，其他單位又不配合下，又要完成需要其他單位配合才能完成的事。（四）沒有前例可循，全新的任務。（五）難度不高， 但工作繁雜、分量極大、無趣又艱苦的工作。 以上這幾項如果你都能處理，才是真正有解決問題能力的人。

第一種狀況是夢想家的能力，有想像力、不怕事、不自我設限，遇到不可能的任務，就當做是挑戰，全力以赴，瀟灑走一回。還是有相當的比例能完成，就算不能完成，自己在過程中，也得到全新的經驗。

第二種狀況，是自我要求很高的人的能力。雖然一般人的水準做不到，但「We are the best」，所以我們做得到。這種人絕對不會告訴你，別的單位如何，別人只能做到什麼程度，因此長官你的要求不合理。

第 三種狀況，是辦公室最常見的狀況，你的任務需要許多單位配合，但他們又忙於原有工作，或本位主義很高，不願配合。處理這種狀況需溝通協調的手腕再加上毅 力，想盡各種方法，在沒有上層權力支持下完成、解決。遇到這種狀況，大多數人會兩手一攤，我又不能命令別人，別人不配合，我當然無法完成，再不然就求助長 官，要長官下命令。問題是，長官就是因為有困難，才會讓你處在左右為難的情境，他指望的就是你能用「智慧」解決，用權力是無法解決的。

第四種狀況是沒路找到路的能力，這種人常具有冒險精神、勇於嘗試，對新鮮事物具有探索及找到方法的能力。

第五種狀況，也是組織常見的情形，通常是苦力型工作，多數人不願做，因此日積月累，最後變成辦公室的死角，是人人避之唯恐不及的事。處理這種事，用的是決心、毅力、耐性與務實，這是「阿信」的能力。

有這五種能力，才是真正有解決問題能力的人。問題是大多數人不是這種人，是常人。而能解決問題的人是稀有動物。辦公室多的是有知識、懂道理，但只會動嘴巴，發言盈庭，但不能解決問題的人。想一想，你是哪一種人？
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我說，我看完這篇文章之後發現自己深深需要反省。
（一）那種的話，我大概只有辦去年的親子營的時候最符合敘述，做了大家眼中覺得不可能的瘋狂事。不過我的瘋勁還不足，需要對-每一件事-都有這種瘋勁才可以!!
（二）那種我稍微及格一點，被我折磨過的人都知道....
（三）我很差.....或許我做事情還是有點太依賴團隊吧...要加油要加油!!!獨立一點!!!!
（四）這種事我常做!雖然三不五時也還是會把事情搞砸，可是舉例來說：大學社團網頁、童軍總會網頁、租稅教育全年度活動辦法、總會部落格申請辦法、電子郵件信箱管理辦法....各個做，各個大小錯誤不斷，可是唉呦....都在學嘛XD
（五）我可以做!可是持久力需要加強、耐力還是不夠....

你們勒？
這篇小小的文章真的還頗棒的喔! :)

Jessie Officially Left Us

After 1.5 years of serving for GASC, Jessie officially resigned and left the office- today. Just few days ago, we suddenly found that the ONLY picture of both of us was taken during the National Jamboree this year, by Philip.

WHAT? ARE U SERIOUS?
Yes, I'm telling you the truth......Sounds wierd, right?

I guess most of the time when we were together we concentrated on working and serving others, so that we hardly remembered to take any pictures together. Philip, accidentally, initiated the idea of taking one. Otherwise, I guess we won't even have a single picture taken >"<

Frankly, I'm nervous about her leaving, for she's my best closest friend in the office. I can't imagine how my life will change afterwards. At least, no one in the office would listen to my worries and complains-like a "friend" than a collegue; maybe no one would sincerely invite me for lunch and step outside with pure joy and happiness (of excaping from the office?).; no girl stays in the same room with me when we're in events, etc.

Goodbye Jessie, although I know when I step into the office tomorrow morning, the "something-is-missing" feeling will strike me harshly, it's better for you.

Be well. Take Care....

寶貝

http://a8.ent.tom.com/player/splay.php?songid=114805
張懸的「寶貝」，聽到我幾次都快要落淚。
純粹是因為這首歌如此簡單、卻又如此貼近我的心，沒有理由的。

在這個時候，在我那麼徬徨的時候，無意間想起她就上網搜尋出了試聽的位置，然後反反覆覆的聽，反反覆覆的聽，完全不會累，還分享給好久不見難得巧遇的Pedro聽。他對這首歌驚為天人:)Pedro說他也很喜歡這首歌，乾乾淨淨的感覺非常舒服，有機會他真想用吉他彈一彈、唱一唱這首歌，然後換我驚為天人了！原來Pedro也會彈吉他！！！看來4/20真是個奇怪的日子啊....

也不知道哪來的勇氣，我就忽然跟他賴起了皮，要他練好歌的那一天記得通知我，唱給我聽。

他想也不想就立刻答應了。

原先是承諾我一兩天後會唱給我聽，沒想到約莫半個小時，他就告訴我已經快要練好了；再過十分鐘左右，開了語音，我就在台灣聽著來自巴西利亞那一端天使的演奏，感動得不知道該怎麼辦才好....

好幾年前Pedro來台灣的時候就曾經在非常開心的情境下，唱歌給我聽表達他的感激，還猛告訴我那是一首很紅很棒的巴西流行情歌。事隔多年，「寶貝」一唱，我彷彿又感受到巴西情歌在耳際的時候，那種臉紅心跳的感覺，那種心動...

我知道我很傻，我知道....可是因為中文歌詞不好唱而斷斷續續的「寶貝」旋律流過心頭的時候，好不容易，我有一種很釋放的感覺...差一點就要相信，這個人比較愛我...

寶貝　詞曲：張懸

我的寶貝、寶貝　給你一點甜甜　讓你今夜更好眠
我的小鬼、小鬼　逗逗你的眉眼　讓你喜歡這世界
哇啦啦啦啦啦我的寶貝　倦的時候有個人陪
唉呀呀呀呀呀我的寶貝　讓你知道你最美

我的寶貝、寶貝　給你一點甜甜　讓你今夜很好眠
我的小鬼、小鬼　捏捏你的小臉　讓你喜歡整個明天
哇啦啦啦啦啦我的寶貝　孤單的時候有人想念
唉呀呀呀我的寶貝　要你知道你最美

Pedro唱完了，我在這一頭兀自感動得無以復加的時候，他說這只是他給我一點點的激勵小禮物，算不了什麼，他多希望能親眼看見我的微笑，知道我一切都好。我笑笑的告訴他我正在微笑啊～他的行動遠遠超過張懸歌聲的甜美，我怎麼可能不笑呢？相信我的陳述後，他又開心的告訴我，他正在想像我笑起來很美的樣子，他腦中的影像想必就是我現在的模樣:)

(亂入：哎呀....我多想用英文直接、傳神的表達我們兩個人的談話用詞遣字啊......>"<)

Two Weeks Break

till September 11 .
Don't know what may happen during this break,
Have no idea about if anything will change my mind,
Just- need a break,
to take a breath,
to look outside of the window,
to embrace my usual life,
to enjoy the world, of lonelyness, again.....

別れよ...

詳しく自分の気持ちを考えた後、たぶん彼と別れたほうがいいわよ...
好きで好きで、愛じゃないわ。
好きで好きで、一生の"たった一人の彼"じゃないわ...
自分の世界は大変思い出がいっぱいあるし、家族も友たちも私の宝です。離れないな...
そして、二人の関係はいつからもう愛人の感じじゃなくなった。

サイテイ！私！これがいつも知っている！
でも、今から自分の気持ちを誠実な直面するわけにはいかない...

悲しくても、そうしよう...

興旺探察，探察興旺！

......「你願意加入探察童軍嗎？」「願意！」......
......「你願意相信我們嗎？」 「願意！」......
....「那麼，請你在『開始』聲後奮力跑向對面」....

那一幕，還在我腦海裡，揮之不去。
那一雙雙高舉的手，那一張張神采煥發的臉孔，還在我面前發光、發亮，我彷彿還聽得到大家衝到終點時響起的一片掌聲，和你們在衝刺時的那陣大吼......

興 旺營地是個環境舒適宜人的地方，充分的活動空間、寬敞的炊事空間、多選擇的活動型態給我們足夠的理由去共同編織起這場美好的夢。書瑋、咪咪精心設計、採 買、指揮製作的餐點和伙伴們積極協助的烹飪大隊讓我們從來沒有對餐點喪失過期待，也從來沒有機會抱怨飲食不好；細心專業的治宇不止在釣魚常識、釣魚技術上 讓眾人大開眼界，對整次活動的各項掌控與調度更讓人嘆服怎麼可以埋沒這樣一位天生的領導者；彥合、艾苡、偉立的活動力、控場能力更三不五時就展現在眾人面 前，引發此起彼落的笑聲、歡呼聲和驚嘆聲.....

我 老是覺得自己沒做什麼，在洗洗洗切切切煮煮煮的過程中，我只是想要讓自己看起來忙一 點，不要太晾在一旁當個閒人。雖然帶了一早上的活動，看到大家玩的似乎還頗開心的，我還是對自己的臨時準備草率應變、退化的熱場功力感到些許的失望與憂 心。如果，我就這麼混下去，我怎麼對得起周遭那麼努力在為了探察、為了傳薪、為了童軍付出的所有人？

不知道你們是如何看待這次活動的？對我而言，我只是想要死命的賴著大家，享受那種「身為一份子」的驕傲，而我從你們每一個人的身上看見了那種驕傲，又因為新血的加入在更熾熱的、更熾熱的放著光！那我，怎麼可能不澎湃？

如果可以選擇，我知道無論物換星移，我都不會選擇離開這個可愛的團體：我最鍾愛的探察團。願這樣的感動存在你我胸臆，讓我們一起努力來興旺探察，讓探察興旺！

Chatting among CH.TW.SG

among Curt, me, and Philip.
We all love Curt's stories there in KISC! haha~~~~they're really great! Especially when it was told by my funny brother in a funny tone. Please NOTE! He told us in ENGLISH~~~ WOW! That's great right? I'm sooooo proud of him on this progress!

Please, some friend of mine who can read Chinese, go check his blog yourself. It worth all the time!
http://curtchen.spaces.live.com.tw/Blog

Warehouse Resetting

My office started to clean the back warehouse (finally XD) today, and the rubbish inside is overwhelmingly exceed our expectation.... We got a lot different kinds of certificates from all periods, even from different chairmen; tons of blank receipts and receipt records; boxes of camp projects, achievement reports, and half-done or complete models/finished products from Scouts for certain training courses; souvenirs, all sizes of posters as well as other handouts, booklets, leaflets, achievement reports- for all kinds of Jamborees, ETC.
One of the boxes represent the love from our Japanese friends. I was told that they sent a lot of masks for us during SARS, and it was very easy for you to find out those masks. They are here, in this box with LOTS OF STAMPS...... Jeez.....I've never seen people doing this before. They must be in a hurry?? so that they forgot to send it by buying a postal ticket instead of pasting so many stamps......

I can't help taking a picture of it. Amazing, huh?

The Most Classic Tennis Court!

酷斃了！原來是在杜拜的七星級飯店頂樓喔！

不過下面的船要小心會被球打到...
光看照片我就手腳發軟，還能打球嗎？

American Cities That Fit Me....?

American Cities That Best Fit Wendy::

55% Chicago

55% Honolulu

55% Miami

55% New York City

50% Los Angeles

Which American Cities Best Fit You?

Interesting test, Go and have fun then~

號召百萬人倒扁~

http://www.newtaiwan.org.tw

還缺你的加入！

彰化銀行
帳號：9283-51-4111-7-00
戶名：施明德

這個問題不是分黨派的問題，是需要讓台灣正常的、像樣的走下去的重要關鍵！
百萬人每人各捐100元，小小的力量匯聚成一億元，讓昏庸的領導人知道，人民不是愚昧的！

快去！！！！

SSSSU SHI!

Mom, Dad, and I went to Carrefour tonight, and we chose SUSHI Express 爭鮮 to be our dinner. NT 30 per dish, quite fair and acceptable, we three had 17 of them. Mom and I was choked by Wasabi a few times on our nose, but it was cool to us! I know some of you just cannot understand why, but unless you try it once, you'll never know!!!

When I was full, I started to look around and to take silly pics. On the left, ladies and gentlemen, was the king of tonight- Mr. Arthur Chen! He ate all these you see! hahahahahahaha~


Ohohoh wait, I guessed someone disagreed with my report, she jumped in and asked me to correct my report: oh well, ladies and gentlemen, Madem Chin-Yu Hung was truly the queen of tonight~ All these, yeah you're right, 17 of them, were finished by her, and apparently she felt just fine. See, she's still drinking some tea and relaxing~

Dearest friends, no matter how silly you think this article is, at least I would like you to know one thing- I'm the luckiest girl in the world, because I have a great family here! :)

Jokes, HA!

電腦隨堂考
這天，電腦隨堂考，小葉拿著小抄寫得正起勁時，不幸被後面的教授給看見了…教授：「這是甚麼啊？」
小葉：「虛、虛擬記憶體。」
教授索性放過他。
不一會ㄦ，小葉又偷瞄小抄，結果又被盯到…
教授：「再犯啊？」
小葉：「沒、沒啦，我正在進行cache(緩衝)的動作…」
教授：「不要有第三次呀！」
最後，真的不會寫的小葉乾脆帥氣的拿起書本看…
教授：「你是活久嫌煩啊？」
小葉：「我只是在重灌…」

恐怖化妝比賽
某個鬼月的晚上…
小藍家的大門「轟！」的一聲打開了！
只見小藍媽哭的淚眼婆娑奔進家門。
一直待在家裡的小藍爸：「啊你媽是怎麼了，幹嘛哭成這樣？」
小藍回答說：「因為…我們去參加學校的鬼月恐怖化妝比賽，結果媽得到第一名…」
小藍爸：「夭壽！第一名喔！不錯呀！」
小藍：「但…媽是去看比賽的…」

來個股長
訓導主任派一位學生來找三年甲班的幹部…
學生：「報告，找你們班的班長。」
甲班：「他不在喔。」
學生：「那…找你們班的副班長。」
甲班：「他也不在ㄋㄟ。」
學生：「那你們班的風紀在不在？」
甲班：「剛出去了說。」
學生：「哎…那隨便來一個股長好了。」
「啪、啪、啪、啪！」甲班響起一片鼓掌聲…

Maintain the Website/Blog

Recently I got problem maintaining our Official Website of GASC. When people left their complains/suggestions in the forum, it was natural for them to think that "surely I should get some response soon," and they especially expected the key persons (people in charge, mostly the "bosses") to give them the official answers. I understood their concerns fully, but these incidents sparked me to think about "the real method to keep a/the website/blog running." So free and liberal our society is, is it truly matter that all the requests should be dealt with, and all the complains be taken into consideration seriously?

I was the kind of people who embraced the efficiency of ICT(Information Communication Technology) much; yet by the recent experieces, deeply I knew it was somehow incorrect. First, not everyone can catch up with the pace, and it was not correct to force them to do so. Comparatively, the elders would never meet the youths' standard. Some elders, like Mr. Lee, have tried their best, but since new softwares and new skills evolve so quick, quite possibly that they will still be left behind. Additionally, ICT is something too new that does not belong to their original living and working style, if they remain execute their mission well, just in a slower way though, they should not be blamed harshly- not to mention that their eagerness and passion to solve problems we've encountered were by no means less. Besides elders, so many people are not allowed, or incapable of, accessing Internet so frequently due to their environment or background limitations- they may be willing to, but they just can't. How can we blame them on their less active response?

Further, supposing to use the ICT is never a problem to everyone, people can- using their free will- choose not to use it, and prefer their "old-fashioned" ways instead. "We need time to think this over and then make proper decision." Mr. Lee told me once, "no one can stand any rough explanations on this big issue, don't you think?" Thus, when people raised big issues in our forum, my boss(es) mostly prefered to postpone the reply and to give thorough answers later when needed, and these issues sometimes inspired them to come up with a brand new general project/plan later on. To me, I valued this kind effects then get a fast but vague response. What's more, in a rapid world with enormous information flow every passing second, I can fully understand people's info-phobia. If listening to their heart and staying away from ICT are their choice, and thus this group of people are questioned to be out-of-date or not cooperative, it is not fair, or even a discrimination, to them.

Back to the comments, if all comments are constructive and influential, to give them proper response should be our least duty. But, is it so? Freedom of speech has been misused for centries, and we all knew it. Most of the time, people cannot wait to criticize and to attack others even when they got merely the biased "truth." Ironically almost every time, the public tent to believe those sayings, which worsen the situation. The authority, however, either has no time to clarify itself clause by clause, or has no right to give responses to all criticisms when the real causes of problems were due to failure of division(s)/department(s) but not the HQ, and thus, again, this made thing terribly bad....

At the same time, sectionalism made the HQ or other departments become "trouble maker(s)," which was not necessarily true, but all posts online- unilateral communication- often broadened people's conception gap but not narrowed it down. Why not use less time to type and save more time to talk in person? Why use the ambiguous way to express your feelings and to expect others' response through virtual world? If it is soooo important, and you're eager to know the answer immediatedly, why not call? Why not make an appointment? Why not use your full name and full title to stand before the person in charge, pointing at them with your finger, telling them how terrible they've done their job, instead of discrediting people in behind, and bullying the fundamental staffs who were mostly incapable of shouldering the blame?

Nearly am I a perfectionist, but I won't torture myself on these this time. Luckily that I've got some support to stay cool. Ala......I'll go through it, hopefully!

Something about the Guide Dog

In brief, please don't treat them like normal dog:

• don't go and touch them, pat them unless you got the owner's permission,
• don't play tricks with them,
• don't feed them normal human food,
• don't make sounds to attract their attention,
• don't let your pet (especially dog of course) get too close to them and distract them

Why so? All these above may cause danger to their blind owner, because the guide dog would be too relax and forgot their duty to protect their owner!

New TV!!

Almost forgot to tell everyone. We got a new TV at home~~
The old one was broken, and we had no other choice but bought a new one.
Looks good, doesn't it?

Hurt Foot

>"<

Ouch.... Ouch.....Ouch.....Ouch.....

Poor little Wendy......︿ >"< ︿

Express

my feelings, your feelings;
your complain, my complain;
To express is never a bad thing, people just need to beware of the possible, unpredictable side effect.
All I need, as always the case, is a walk, a glass of water, a moment to take a deep breath.
How about you?

Some great sleep will do, I guess.
Night Night! :)

朋友們幫忙做問卷，救人喔~

http://www.my3q.com/home2/114/kkb5412/54440.phtml
親愛的我可愛的朋友們，幫幫忙做個問卷吧~
問卷的製作者會很感謝你低:D

Hometown, A Very Quick Visit

I went back with Mom and Dad for the Fathers' Day. From night of 7th, we drove south and arrived home Taipei again at night of 9th. Jeez, that was truly quick, wasn't it? However, it was a pleasant trip.

For so many years, I've never been to TungKang, PingTung during summer. I was a busy student during summer vacation, but ironically when I became an OL without vacations, I asked for a leave to go back home celebrating Fathers' Day with Grandpa this time. It turned out great! Relatives were surprised and happy to see me there, and they were astonished by my "hot" summer dress :P
My aunt: "Wow! Wendy, this is the first time for us to know that your style is so hot!"
Me : "Come on, aunty. You saw me mostly in winter, how can you know my summer style then?"
hahahaha~

Nothing much have I done there, besides relaxing, talking and having fun with my relatives. Talking to grandma, helping her prepare materials for the Hungry Ghost Festival, which happened to be at the same date with Fathers's Day this year, made me feel happy as well. Frankly, grandma and I lost our ever tightest connection since I came to Taipei living with my parents, away from her eyesight which didn't resemble my first two and a half years spending with her, so that we shared fewer and fewer topics to talk about; I felt sorry and uncomfortable about that, yet I didn't know what to do positively. All that I knew was to keep her company when I was told to, and tried to be the best grand daughter ever all the time. Additionally, never let go the chances to say sweet words to her: "A-Ma! Your rice dumplings are the best in the world!" "A-Ma! I miss you sooooo much! Take care of yourself for me, because I care!" etc. Saying goodbye to her this time actually made me feel down again. How could it be easy to leave the greatest traditional mother model in my mind?

I'm back to Taipei, nevertheless. Any emotions toward hometown need go down....Because the wheel of live is still rolling, isn't it?

Our Photographic Contest

for 9th National Jamboree is HERE
People can definately find some great photos from our scouts. You never know how great they are till you host a contest like this!!!

>>Photo from the Official Website<<

W.S.J.

stand for Wendy, Sam, and Jessie, my colleagues and I.
But, Sam accidentally found out that they could also stand for

World Scout Jamboree!!

hahahahaha~ what a coincedence!

頭等艙的美國大兵 ( 張曼娟)

頭等艙的美國大兵 (by張曼娟)

這個故事是移民美國的表哥，透過e-mail告訴我的 。

他前兩個月從亞特蘭大飛納許維爾，準備回家去過年，飛機從洛杉磯飛抵亞特蘭大機場，漫步走到登機口附近，候機的人並不很多，但是，有兩個穿著迷彩軍服的年輕美國大兵很顯眼的坐在那裡。

我表哥心想，他們一定是空降101師的軍人，因為101師就駐紮在田納西州與肯塔基州的邊境，納許維爾則是附近最大城。

依航空公司的規定，登機卡上會給次序號碼，順序排第一的通常是頭等艙，表哥雖然是坐經濟艙，但是由於已是銀卡會員，所以排到第二批登機。

當廣播第一批乘客登機時，兩個年輕軍人立刻站起身準備登機，表哥心裡想，軍人的待遇還真的提高了許多呢。

輪到第二批登機時，他將要走進登機口，便看見一個人，行色匆匆，拿著大包小包公文封，趕過來問工作人員，現在是第幾批登機？

當他聽到是第二批時，便站到一邊安靜等待，我的表哥赫然發現，這個人不就是納許維爾的市長比爾普賽爾嗎？

市長只坐經濟艙，上機後，表哥確定了兩個年輕軍人真的坐在頭等艙。
表哥看見市長仍抱著大包小包，後面跟著的應該是他的秘書，也抱著大包小包，而他們竟然坐到表哥後面一排，經濟艙的位子。

一位空服員從機艙後面端出一瓶香檳和兩個杯子來，經過表哥附近時，一位好事的乘客問說：「u有香檳啊，怎麼不給我們？」

空服員面帶微笑的對那位先生說：「你有沒有看到前面那兩位士兵？他們從伊拉克戰場回來出差，兩個星期後，還要回去，我們特別將他們升等到頭等艙，這瓶香檳就是給他們的。」

飛機一路平穩，快飛到納許維爾時，空中小姐廣播說：「我們今天很高興，能有兩位年輕的101空降師的士兵跟我們同行，他們為國家奉獻很多，我們熱烈的鼓掌歡迎及感謝他們。」
表哥原本以為她要說的是納城市長與大家同行，結果卻是隻字未提。

政治並不是最重要的事，如果美國是一個「偉大」的國家，這正是她的非凡之處。
對於美國出兵伊拉克這件事，人們固然會有不同的理解與立場，可是，一個社會對於有貢獻的人物予以尊重，卻是可貴的精神。

坐在頭等艙的美國大兵，讓人們認知到榮耀；坐在經濟艙的市長，讓人們感受到平等。

Come on! Typhoon

Hahahaha~ Don't know who made this. Very creative!!!!
(It said: This island doesn't welcome the kind of typhoon that doesn't strong enough to give people day(s) off. Please strengthen yourself or change your route.)

THAT Vincent Tan!!

I met an old friend, Vincent Tan(MY), who I met from the APR Marketing Workshop. BUT I DIDN'T realize this Vincent was That Vincent!!!! We shouted happily when we accidentally met at the cafeteria!

WOW! Nice to meet you again! Vincent!!!!!

:)

Fireball & Firestick Dance!

Click to see more photo on Vincent's Web Album

Click to see more photo on Vincent's Web Album

by some crazy people from ChanHua.....
So many people are crazy on the planet.....
If you're interested at seeing some more, click on the words under the photo and you'll go to Vincent Hsu's web album.

Oh......they're really fantastic!!

Brief Talk with Craig

Met him on MSN by accident. We've not seen each other for quite a long time.
Normally sent regards to him, and simultaneously I got a beep from Isabel.

"My friend just came back from the concert of APAY, and she was crushed on 'you know who'." said Isabel.
"Guess what? I'm talking with 'you know who' right now on MSN," replied I, "I'm sooooo priviledged, are not I?"
Short after that, I was bombarded with Qs from that fan to Craig. It was fun anyways, to know someone crazily desperately would like to know your "normal" friend's every single thing.

APAY is a rock band that about to publish their first album, and he've stayed so busy recently- would only be worse later. So that I asked him whether they'll be on TV programmes, radios, or any similar occasions.
"Yes. Yes. Yes." replied Craig. "We'll have a press conference for the new album actually." Sounds so cool!
What's more, I told him about my little-girl-fantasy about him, which he'll become a star (of any possible kind) and I pointed at him on TV or from distance to tell people around me "I know this guy! I know this guy! We've been so close to each other." while nearly no one believed me, but only I myself know it was very true.

Now he is quite famous, and definately will become more and more popular in the future.
I'm sooooo privileged to have his mobile number, his MSN, his friendship, and even his homeland phone number. When I told him so, he responsed with something very encouraging and moving: "And I adore you. (While others treat him as a super idol, I AM, his idol!!!)"

Nothing else could be complained. :)

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碰到那些又臭又長又礙於人情不得不填的問卷，你是否已經感到厭倦了呢?
我 偶然間發現這兩個填問卷助人助己的網站喔！他們兩個都標榜天天有規模不等 的問卷可填，回答問題的同時可以幫助市調單位收集他們需要的資訊，又可以幫你累積一點小收入。更棒的是，如果你跟我一樣是好奇寶寶，還可以在兩個網頁上了 解他們調查的各項資訊到底有怎麼樣的人口比例贊成/反對那些議題，很好玩的呢！

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原來，全大那麼恐怖

今天艾苡他們已經出發了，我才瞬間發現自己呆在這裡的恐懼感有多大
幾天後我要下台南辦全大了，忽然才發現這次下去奮鬥的自己如此的孑然一身.....

每次親子營或者其他大活動再忙再累，有你們大家的陪伴，我都撐得過去，
都可以偶而破涕為笑告訴自己一切都會值得，
而且我就算倒下去天也不會塌下來。

這次，弟弟不在，艾苡出國咪咪出國，治宇為了全大日本忙翻天，
書瑋琦琦映嵐各自忙著上班，致浩課業社團兩頭燒，鈐沆7/25入伍.....
忙的半死，卻完全只能靠自己；
天塌下來，就只剩下這150的身高可以擋著.....

親子營？了不起四天三夜
全大？7/27-8/2一整週的真槍實彈，
加上7/25就開始的準備和之後不知道要延續多久的收尾.....
今天開玩笑的叫書瑋要來台南探班，以確保我至少有一兩天是吃飽飯的(因為有她餵)
其實，我心底真的很苦.....

何苦不睡呢？何苦這時候還不睡呢？
是焦慮吧。是惶恐吧。全辦公室都有的.....

【分享】真正的樣子

當你喜歡一個人的時候
　When you really fall in someone,
必然也會喜歡和那個人在一起時的你自己
　You definately will love yourself staying with him/her.
他讓你可以展現你真正的樣子
　S/he allows you to be nothing but your true self

所以在他面前
　So when staying with him/her,
你沒有恐懼
　No need to be afraid of anything,
不必假裝
　Neither need to pretend,
無需掩藏
　Nor to hide yourself under any cover.

那種自在
　This freedom is,
就像落葉在風中翻飛
　Like the falling leaves flying in the wind;
白雲在空中悠遊
　Like the clouds floating in the sky,
也像小溪唱著歌往前奔流
　Also like the stream singing flowing down....

和他在一起
　Being with him/her,
你們什麼事都可以做
　Anything can be done by both of you,
什麼話都可以說
　All topics are free to be brought about.

即使什麼事也沒做
　Even if you do nothing at all,
什麼話也沒說
　Have no words to share,
只要在他身邊
　Solely staying aside of him/her
依然有靜默的喜悅像山中清泉一樣從你心底汩汩湧出
　Silent joy will puring out of your mind endlessly like the spring....

因為他的存在
　For his/her excistence,
你感覺到自己的存在
　You feel yours;
因為感覺到自己的存在
　For your realization,

你明白了愛
　You feel, and understand - L O V E...

Friendship Nights!

So tired, but so happy about all the friend gathering schedules :)

With NTU MUN friends, someone's leaving for US, someone's for military service, someone came back for summer vacation and will continue soon later, still someone's looking for their first job;

With Scout friends for the exciting ice skating and funny talks + dinner;

With Christine for her Paris study life, and for all the updates;

With......for.......

With......for.......

Friendship is without doubt a kind of drug, once addicted to it, people will NEVER EVER have the chance to stay away from it :)

Seif's First Ice Skating!

He did good, and improved fast~~~ Most importantly, he enjoyed quite a lot!!

We had qtite some people came join us last night, and that was the reason why we had a even better, exciting night. Yuki and Chi-Chi came as well! That was out of my expectation! Not to mention Zoye's sudden involve~ They let me wonder if Seif, the handsome little boy, or I was their motivation to come, haha!

Zoye was such a nice girl that she tried hard to make friend with Seif, and to help him learn. Thus I could sometimes go for my speeding skating without worries. Although it's not really good to say so, yet for me, to stay with the group did no good to my speeding desire. Maybe some little boy may beat me later, but for their current status.... Let's wait and see!!

BTW, from the photo on the right, Zoye still had fun when keeping Seif company. (hehehe) He almost fell once, and Zoye happened to be(?) beside him, so as to earn(?!) a quick hug "by accident. Hmmm. By Accident!! ( Who believed in Zoye?)

Anyways, since all of us had a great time last night, we won't blame Zoye for her "keeping an eye on handsome boys rather than on friends." How do you think?This following picture was taken on the rest aisle: each and everyone of us were wearing helmet and ice skating shoes. Cool! TEN OF US!!

Website Updated!

It's been a long time that I didn't update my personal website, but I did so today! YA!!
Includes,

1. of course, my homepage
2. my postcard collection!!!
   I got some more postcards from Malaysia, Italy, Japan, and Swiss! Great~
3. Milestone of the Explore Scout Group
   

I'm happy and satisfied at my achievements.
How do you think? :D

The Morning Woke Up in IE's Place

Hmmmm, just accidentally didn't need to go back home by myself and stayed with her, talking on everything.
Yet still, have no idea what will/should/may happen next.

Help me! Freshy morning air!
Save me! Sunshine!
.....

Let's ROCK!

Seif and I went for rock climbing tonight together, along with Daniel- his cousin- Zoye, Pig, ZhenZien, and ChiYu. It was a great fun!

The climbing centre required people to have a licence to certify their ability to secure themselves and partners; otherwise, when they came to the centre, they have to be supervised by either someone holding the licence or the couch(es) that day. I've passed the test months ago, and thus I became the "supervisor" (or you could call me the "babysitter") of that night, for 2 pure beginners and 4 would-be licence holder. Wow! That's a record~ SIX lives relied on me~

We got more companies than expected, the centre was PACKED. I left four of them to do the practice themselves, and stuck myself to help Seif and Daniel. Step by step, I first let them try freely to climb in their own ways, and increasingly taught them hints about climbing. I thought they had fun on the walls, and sometimes they would come up with certain meaningful questions. Yet I would say, they were not bold enough to try and challenge themselves. Maybe it was just their first time, or maybe they were conservative in nature. I still believed as young as they both are, 18, they should have done something that surprised me A LOT.

Anyways, these two young boy did well, so did my lovely scout friends. They all passed the test and got two kinds of licence: one for GriGri, the other for Pig Nose.

It was a victory!!! :D

無可救藥

惦念你

為你而感動、為你而沉迷

為你的才華洋溢而傾倒、為你的見深識廣而歎息

同時注目遠方那抹朝陽的時候，
一齊為了向上的信仰而屏氣奮鬥的時候

再怎麼樣都不易忽視那股征服大自然野心以外的
精神力支持


「有遺憾，所以才會再來」是我的句子，

不過看起來，你珍惜它的程度可能更勝於我

可惜藏在心底的某種遺憾，只怕將繼續縈繞‧縈繞‧無奈於說什麼也沒機會重來......

Mt. Hohuan

I left my heart there, ohoh...

We've completed the East Peak- 3421M; the Main Peak 3416M.
And we've 3/4 finished the North Peak due to the unstable misty and rainy weather.

Faint, for the beauty of Nature.
Touched, also because of our precious courage and friendship...

My Mosaic Trait Is Ready!

I made it! I made it!
Although it's not pretty enough....
Come on! It's my first go! Don't be too picky!

I made it! I made it!! :D hahahaha~

Tea Time with Seif & Aouiti Rim

Hey Hey Hey! See who's here? My Tunisian friends Aouiti Rim and Seif!!!! We had a walk in MaoKong and had dinner at a tea house this evening. Did we have fun? You may see from our smile!!

We two youngsters (I insist!) had great time appreciating my pics in Swiss, and Seif was quite interested in our outdoor experiences over there. For this, I showed him the pics of indoor rock climbing, the hiking to Fruendenhuette and Bluemlisaphuette, and the Klettersteig. Also for his interest, I told him that I may bring him to YF17 sometime if he'd like to. Although he didn't really answer me with a Yes or No, I guess he'll be glad to show up when I invite him.

For the elders, (haha!) they had fun exchanging the ideas about living, especially our differences (between Tunisia&Taiwan). Since Aouiti Rim moved to Tunisia 18 years ago and is still a Taiwanese, she is the best person to answer my curious mom about everything she'd like to know. In return, my mom and dad gave her quite some updates about all the changes and how can those change to the status quo. When the topic came to the education part, which is always the case, yeah....you know my mom, she's a primary school principal. Who can beat her on those issues?

Also quite an interesting thing was that when Seif was short of his Chinese vocabularies, he turned to ask Aouiti Rim in Arabic, which sounded foreign especially to my mom. So, Seif was asked to give us a show- of speaking Arabic on anything. Mom was truly entertained....She kept imitating some sounds of his speech and laughed hard, as well as expressed how particular to hear that language sounded. Anyways, I guessed Mom enjoyed the meeting with this little handsome boy, too!

Before we left, we strongly recommended the owner of the tea house to put up a huge world map somewhere, and kept record of their guest nationalities. That would be quite amazing and astonishing somehow! And if they had also a record on the customers who brought the foreign visitors here, I believe my family will show up so often! It's true! As far as I can remember, we brought friends from at least Japan, Singapore, Canada, and Tunisia!

It was a great night! It was~ :D

The Real Date Line

On one side is the staring night; On the other is the shining day time.
What else can be more amazing than this?

The places in this photo include the west side of Africa, Europe, and Iceland.

Phone Call from Aouiti Rim!

Yesterday, Aouiti called me on my mobile, which is a great surprise! haha~~
She's the tour guide when we went to Tunisia last year, and she brought her son back here to visit relatives and friends this summer. We've expected her for quite some while, but when they've finally arrived, HEY! IT IS STILL SOOOO FANTASTIC!!

"Hsiao-Wen, I'm Aouiti Rim." On hearing her voice I recognized her immediately. That's who saved me last September from the greatest disaster I've ever encounter, she was also the person who showed certain kind of motherhood and warmth for me that time. Additionally, all her family there were so kind to me and inspired me this way or that. By spending the last two days with them, I had the chance to experience the real Tunisia, but not only the kind we saw from the guide book or heard from the tourguide.

True Tunisia, True Life, True People.

I'm looking forward to see them tomorrow afternoon. Aouiti Rim and Seif!