Traditional Chinese Breakfast

I came back to Pingtung, my hometown in southern Taiwan, for the Chinese New year. And I would like to introduce everybody the most traditional way to live our life. First of all, the breakfast.
On the right top is the staple- rice porridge, and my aunt even added some minced sweet potatoes (the yellow stuff) inside, which was also a popular way to have the rice porridge.

On the right below is the fried pork flakes. We've got various fried meet flakes, among them is my favorite- fried fish flakes from my hometown. The one here is still special, it's vegetarian.

On the left top is some minced meet, but the one we have here is again vegetarian.

As for the last plate, we have the pickled cucumbers which is at the same time salty and sweet.

The way we eat them is to mix them together, so that when we have a bite, we can try everything simultaneously. Some other materials we may use include some peanuts, wheat glutens, salty eggs, and so on.

Would you like to try sometime??

Wearing the Gift I Gave Him

He is the Brazilian, Pedro, and the picture is taken recently in Rio de Janeiro. He went their to visit some relatives.

Why do I put this picture here? Because one little thing he did moved me a lot. Ladies and gentlemen, the little pot he wore on the neck is his birthday present from me almost 3 years ago. AND HE STILL WEARS IT, TILL NOW! He sent me several pictures simultaneously, and most of the time, he showed up with that little pot.....

Another inspiration he had given me was a foreign slang: "querer e poder," Portuguese. It was hard to translate, but according to him, it meant like "It's not a matter of can or can't, but a matter of do or not to do." The slang popped up when I told him that I wish to visit him now, but I can't........

Querer e poder.

My PC in the Office

Currently working in the Scouts of China Foundation, I have my own brand new PC and concering hi-tech equipments in the office. Some of them are far beyond my expectation. They are just toooo fantastic!Please refer to the picture, and I would like to list the detail of the whole set as follows:
Host: A-Open H450B
Screen: View Sonic VA702
Keyboard and Mouse, with Mouse Charger: Logitech Wireless Set
Speaker: OZAKI EM68903

Please, don't feel too envious of anything. Oh well, I know it's hard ^^"

A Mongolian Cute Song- Auspicious Three Treasures

It's a song sang by a Mongolian family, and the composer wrote it for his 3-year-old daughter.
So cute as it is, it crossed beyond the barrier of language, age, and culture.
No matter who listens to it would be moved and impressed immediatedly.

Please enjoy it yourselves! "Auspicious Three Treasures"

-The Lyrics-
Little Daughter: Dear daddy, what are the sun, the moon, and the star?
Dad: Auspicious three treasures.
Little Daughter: Dear mommy, what are the green leaf, the flower, and the fruit?
Mom: Auspicious three treasures.
Little Daughter: Dear daddy, what are mommy and I?
Dad: Auspicious three treasures.
Everyone: Auspicious three treasures. Lucky forever!

Finally Winter Vacation!

Tomorrow is the last working day before the Chinese New Year! YEAH~~~~~

Also a good news, I got paid today!
How can't "sparkling" cash make people laugh??

You've Caught Up So Quick!

I went to the Public Network Foundation again this afternoon, to deal something with our new website. After our long lasting discussion, the engineer who's in charge of this project asked, "Is this your first time to involve in this kind of project?" "Yes." I replied, and didn't dare to tell him that the first day when I started to work, actually the FIRST ONE HOUR when I started to work, I was brought there suddenly to discuss the whole project with them.

I am not lying......

"You've caught up so quick!" said him, "Every time when we told you to think about something, or suggested you to use another software to show us your idea, you came out with the draft the next few days. Well done! Impressive."

:)
Maybe he was right.

Nevertheless, this encouragement also means that I should try my best to keep the pace! Besides my "boss(es)" in the Association, there are some others waiting to see my performance~ Come on! Let's FIGHT!!!!!!

Got News from Ragga and Julia!!!!!!

How to describe the joy from the buttom of my heart?

Jeez......

I Think Too Much~

Haha~ Again!
The answer is B. Just B.

Still, glad to know the result~

Kept Staying Busy

is the best way to not to think too much......

Oh well, but life IS truly busy.

First, the GASC website had been decided to be announced open on Feb.25, which meant that the engineers and I had to speed up the process. For me, it may not be too big deal; for the engineers, I guess it's a big problem.....

Second, there're several Explore Scouts projects that need to be done. I've sorted up the documents of 2005, also have I done a proposal to apply for sponsorship. What's next is to make the course project and the pre-camp homework for our Training Camp at Feb.11-12.

I'd like to apply for an Award for the youth who contributes to the society in the field of Community Servise, NPO Activity Promotion, International Exchange, or so on given by the National Youth Commission, Executive Yuan. Having no idea of whether I will be awarded or not, I want to give it a try~

Also somthing at work is to refresh our Setting Certificate of the Foundation ASAP. It has been delayed for almost half a year(not my fault!), but due to the complicated process- to fill in forms and to do tons of stamp; to go to the Ministry of Education ==> the Taiwan Taipei Distric Court ==> Min. of Edu agin to get even more stamps- I might not accomplish my goal soon.

What else? I'd like to read some books. Some are for merely recreation, but some are quite intellectual- for instance, Accounting (textbook), and Basic Advertising (again, textbook).

Hmmm......To analyze my life like this, I'm quite busy, aren't I?

Got A Christmas Present

last night.

It was passed by another friend, again, and thus I knew whom was that from immediately.
It was a little tin with elegant cover sheet. Also along with it was a tiny paper-made Christmas tree.

"When did he give this to you?" asked I.
"Last time when he came for the campfire in Taipei. He planned to give this to you that day, but left it in the backpack till went back to our place." replied the messenger.

I appreciated the pictures, and suddenly found an astonishing sentence included-
"愛呀.....該怎麼說?" which could mean
A: "How to say.....I love you?" from the interpretation of the words itself;
B: "Hmmm...Let me think, how to tell you (something, unsaid)" from the sound of the words.

...

I'm happy, far more than that honestly. I didn't dare to think of whether it meant A or B. Yet, my heart is quite full of joy.

Thanks, dear D.
You've brought me the most joyful new year day I've ever had in my life.

Unpacking

The package sent from KISC has arrived home, finally. Thus, I started to do the last bit of my European travel unpacking. I took the postcards out, and appreciated them one after another, trying hard to refresh myself with the original touch when receiving each card.

-Oh, this is a surprise!
-This has saved me out of depression~
-Haha~ it's soooo close to my departure date! May not get it before leaving~
-I felt far more sweet when getting this one :)

To react so may be too over, but to hold this pile of postcards in hand made me feel like crying. They are far more than papers. They are the proofs that I am soooooo loved by people.

I am glad that I realize the truth today, the last date of year 2005.
Thank you all, my beloved friends.
Thank you for loving me, and Thank you for caring me.

Massage

I did some massage for my mom tonight, and something accidently hit my mind.

"It's great. Carry on please~" he said, when I massaged his shoulder.

His voice seems to be around, but it fades out soon.

Satisfied, my mom fell asleep with a sweet smile, just as what he has done that night.
Yet, I might not have one more chance in my life to pat his head and to appreciate my giant baby in silence.....

It's TOO warm for me. B U T

my mom went to bed with TWO sweatshirts and THREE duvets on.....and it's merely around 12C here. She even planned to put on gloves......

Teddi, the Icelandic, wears a T-shirt when it's 9C there in Iceland.

What a interesting contrast!!

Allergic to Home

After a week of stay, suddenly, I became terribly allergic to my hometown, and my face iched all over. My nose, as well, couldn't stop running since the day I was back. These didn't happen once during my stay in Swiss nor in Germany.

It's true- I'm allergic to Home.

Taking a break outside of the office, I stared at the skyline and felt "homesick" again. Kandersteg is a place where even if it was raining, or misty, or dimmed, people would still describe it as "romantic" or "poetic." In contrary, Taipei is the place where may make people blue, or even upset when the sky is not clear. And it's covered with polluted fog today....

Two weeks ago, I was in heaven, was surrounded by the most beautiful environment on the planet.
As for now?

I miss home.....miss my fairy home in Swiss.
I longed to go back home.......

想家,無可救藥的想家

想在瑞士的家，思念著那會下雪的地方，

窗外的雨下得非常引人反感，唉......

我想家.....

我也好想他........

要回家了....

Paris DGC 21:15
要回家了...

今早的Bonn波昂下起了大雪，跟熟悉的Kandersteg一樣的大雪。望著窗外的景色我一陣感慨：
我好想念KISC，好想回「家」。
此時此刻Grauduation Party正在進行吧？大家是否依舊玩得很開心？Tom是否又吻上了哪個女孩的臉？Ben是否曾經想念我，想念有我陪伴的日子？KISC門前的積雪多深了呢？大家是否又抓著Sledge四處玩？

昨晚看著照片集，那種想念尤其嚴重。相片裡的大家都笑得好燦爛，工作得好認真，玩得好盡興。Chris的眼神依舊迷人，Teddi的笑容還是那樣陽光，Pete流露的表情同樣溫暖，Andrea依然天真，Julia也一貫的迷人。我也想念Ragga，想念每個被她解救的場合；想念Ben，想念他的味道、溫度、執著、工作狂。別人無意間拍下而被收入的他的模樣，現在一張張都成為我的珍寶，因為我居然除了用這樣的方式再看到他，別無他法！！

多殘酷....

All in All，我對KISC的想念滿滿的、滿滿的

那是我此生中十分精采的一段
那是改變我一生的一段
我永遠忘不了那裡的雪花
那裡的Kander River
那兒的牛鈴
和那段發光的歲月...

喔！我。想。「家」....

Farewell to KISC

Fuessen 10:05
今天反而沒有淚......

昨天下午的tea break我就哭了，因為忽然發現最後一餐、最後一個coffee break、最後一次duty都已遠去，而行李被搬空後的bedroom更空得恐怖，寂寞得讓人發慌...

可是我今天真的反而麻木了...

捨不得所有好朋友們，
捨不得Ben，
捨不得這仙境，
可是我表現不出來，只剩下一種淡淡的哀傷，和一份迷惘。

看Ragga哭，我很心疼。
看Julia&Teddi、Chris&Andrea這兩對緊緊相擁，萬分不捨的享受他們最後的吻，我好羨慕，也很心疼。而我......

Ben最後至少還是現身了，陪伴著我們一起到車站。
我對這件小事還是有小感動一下，可是我也感受得到他那種「只是來虛應故事」的漫不經心。
昨夜的他，很冷。
沒有擁抱、沒有親吻，而這是我們相聚的最後一個晚上...
早晨凝視著他熟睡的樣子，我還是心碎了....

是的，他不值得。
然而，是的，我還是會說，仍然堅持，能這樣愛過是件幸福的事。

不像另外兩對，我幾乎相信Ben和我不會有未來，不會to be continued，所以當火車開動，away from Kandersteg, I know it's time to be awake.

THE END

Lovely民宿 Wagner Marlis

透過Fuessen Tourismus的協助，我找到了這家小巧而溫馨的民宿。9日上午我打了通預約電話，原本只是想位夜裡才到Fuessen的安排多增加一點確定踏實感，誰知道老闆居然直接提供了到車站接我的服務！(離開前不要跟我charge，拜託...那會破壞所有的好印象...)

My room with 2 beds, shower, toilet

到達住處後，老闆幫我把大行李帶到頂樓(三樓)的房間裡，據稱是他們最大的房間，有兩張床、廁所、淋浴室都包含在房內，早餐依我意8:30AM吃，行李可以寄放在這裡直到我明天下午離去前，老闆還會送我到車站。

天！這樣Euro 20~23！
Sounds really good!

**還是要進行貼心小提醒：我到訪Fuessen的時間是無敵大淡季，譬如整間Wagner Marlis只有我一個客人，整個鎮上後來我只遇到一個亞洲臉孔：一個來自台灣的男性自助旅行者

Address: Von-Freybergstr. 67, 87629 Füssen

Competitor Martine

She asked about him.
She cared about him.
She wanted to know when will he come back, and to know if he would stay at the Centre afterwards.

Girl, let it be.....
You will no longer be here soon......

Applauses from The Pinkies

It's Andrea's last duty day today, and she prepared some papers and envelopes to let Pinkies write down their comments toward one another. This kind of activity is always interesting, and to try the English version is for sure a fresh and exciting experience to me. I tried hard to give others the best sentences/comments toward them, and what follows is those I got in return.

°Katie, Guest Service Director, GB°

Always smiley and enthusiastic. Thanks for that! Good Luck!

°Teddi, shortermer Autumn '05, IS(Iceland)°
Always fun hearing you speak Chinese.

°Lena, Reception Manager, SE(Sweden)°
It's been cool get to know you. Maybe I'll see you in Sweden??

°Julia, shortermer Autumn '05, DE°
Dolphin Queen! I had a great time with you.

°Pete, shortermer Autumn '05, NZ(New Zealand)°
You're a smiley happy person :=)

°Chris, shortermer Autumn '05, GB°
Clever

°Ali, PR Director, GB°
You are the best!

°Andrea, shortermer Autumn '05, CH°
It happened that we were in a same situation with our boys, and we had a good talk about it. Thanks for that. You were always helpful and supportive to everyone.

°Andreas, Internal Services Director, CH°
Lots of laughing!

°Mustard, the new Program Director, GB°(He just arrived for 2 days...)
Great and nice to meet you!

°Jabba, Program Assistant, GB°
Hearing about cocktails!

°Matt, Program Director, GB°
Smiling!

°Mark, Director, NL(Netherland)°
Thanks for great Thought For The Days(TFTDs)!

°Anna, the new Guest Service Director, FI° (She just arrived for 3 days)
Hope to see you later on as a longtermer or helper!

°Ragga, House Manerger, IS°
You never give up.