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Guess what happened?

I overslept!!!

My interview was at 9am in Taoyuan, but I was woken up at 8am in Miaoli because my alarm didn'r ring!!! It usually takes one and half hours from Miaoli to Taoyuan and I still need time to fix myself up, so I was thinking "Holy crap, I gonna miss the interview!!" Then I jumped out of my bed and graped all the stuffs I need into the car without washing face and brushing teeth. I changed my clothes and wore make-up in car, and my brother drove really fast toward to Taoyuan. You know how difficult it is to make up my face in car, I think my make-up was disgusting because I didn't wash my face before making up.

That was really close, fortunately, we arrived at Taoyuan at 8:53am. I run to the interview in high heels. Thanks God, I caught up the interview. I quicklt clamed myself down, and did the interview. I guess none of the interviewers found out what I just had been through.
They should accept me! LOL



Posted at Sun May 15 08:15:22 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/929524 http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/929524 脂肪人 Sun May 15 08:15:22 UTC 2011


Taiwan Lantern Festival is elected by Discovery as one of the most fantastic festivals all over the world. It is held in different counties by turns,and this year is Miaoli's turn. Probably most of you havn't ever heard about Miaoli before since it's not as civilized as Taipei or Kaohsiung, but it pops people's eyes this time by holding Taiwan Lantern Festival of this year.

This festival is the biggest event for Miaoli in the last 60 years and it is also the biggest Lantern Festival for Taiwan ever. I am from Miaoli and I never thought of this event would bring so many people here. Honestly, I was shocked by the crowd. The number of visitors to Taiwan Lantern Festival is much more than the one to Flora Expo which is held in Taipei.

You can see the link on Youtube and you'll know how crowded it was at the festival.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnTZq-xjYaQ

And the photo was taken at the train station by me when I took the train back to my hometown.

But it's really a great festival, you can see my picutres. I can't upload many as I wish because the limit. So if you guys want to see more pictures, you can just google them on-line. I beleive that there are must many pictures of Taiwan Lantern Festival.


Posted at Tue Mar 01 15:30:34 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/829654 http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/829654 脂肪人 Tue Mar 01 15:30:34 UTC 2011 Taiwanese girls like foreigners because of these following reasons:
1. Foreigners are handsome?
2. They want to have a mixed baby.
3. She will be the envy of other Taiwanese girls because she has a foreign boyfriend.

Taiwanese are xenomanias. I am not saying all the Taiwanese are all like this, but most of Taiwanese have this trend including me. If there are two boys standing in fornt of me, one is a Taiwanese and another is an American, I will talk to the American boy. Even the Taiwanese is really a handsome man and the American is ugly, I will first talk to the American. Why? It's all out of curiosity. The first sight I see is their appearance, the American is so different with me, so I am curious.

I wonder how you guys think of this phonomenon. Do you think Taiwanese are easy to pick up? Are Taiwanese are xenomanias?

Posted at Wed Jan 26 19:04:35 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/782850 http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/782850 脂肪人 Wed Jan 26 19:04:35 UTC 2011
The popular countries for Taiwanese to go on a working holiday are Japan, Australia, New Zealand and America. I am thinking about Japan and Australia. The work you do depends on your language ability, if I don't speak the language well, I might be a fruit picker or a fisher. All the works are physical labors and maybe I only have little chance to speak with people since my work is facing fruit trees or fishes. It's okay for me to speak with people in English rather than in Japanese. So if I go to English speaking countries, I may have a better job. But if I go to Japan, I may work in a farm. But I want to go to Japan more to practice Japanese. It will force me to speak in Japanese, but I am so afraid of surviving in Japan. The language and the price are big problem for me. I can't make up my mind. But the very first thing I have to do is to convince my father to let me go.

Posted at Tue Jan 25 18:56:42 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/781386 http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/781386 脂肪人 Tue Jan 25 18:56:42 UTC 2011 兔の年ですから、今年のランタンは全部兔の形です。かわいそう。
そして、今年の主なちょうちん祭りは私の家の近くの場所を開催します。

I have to admit that my Japanese is much worse than before. :P
So please 優しい日本人 help me correct my poor Japanese. ありがとうｗｗ

Posted at Sat Jan 22 18:57:02 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/776909 http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/776909 脂肪人 Sat Jan 22 18:57:02 UTC 2011
Posted at Sat Nov 27 03:27:32 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/708161 http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/708161 脂肪人 Sat Nov 27 03:27:32 UTC 2010 At the last day, we had a final test and interview to evaluate how much you've learned during this month. In the oral interview, the teacher asked me what I will never forget in the Philippines. Then I think of the friends I met in there. I met not only the Filipino but also some Korean, Spanish and Dubai(Dubaian?). They are really friendly and we often drank together. Actually, the first time we met was in a bar. There was a very drunk black guy who was trying to follow us back to the hotel. And they saved us at that time. Since that, we became friends. Remember at first, I didn't want to stay in the Philippines, but now they are the reason and motivation that makes me want to stay longer and even go back to the Philippines again.
There are so many good memories in the Philippines with those guys and one of them become my little brother. We are like family. In their university, they enter at sixteen years old and graduate at about twenty years old. So any student in the university except those who delay is younger than I am. I am twenty years old but they said I look like only seventeen. That's sweet. And another sweet behavior they did is that boys would bring you home no matter when the time was and where you lived and even you met them at the first time. Although they are all younger than I am, I felt well security when they brought me home.
Well, friends there are good. Food in Taiwan is the best. lol

Posted at Sun Aug 29 09:51:32 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/603526 http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/603526 脂肪人 Sun Aug 29 09:51:32 UTC 2010
Hi, there. The first week in Philippine passed. I am learning how to survive in Philippone now because the people and enviroment here is so different campared to Taiwan's.
At the first day, I eagered to go home right away because I couldn't adapt at all. Due to the following problems I met. First, the traffic here is a terrible disorder. When I was in the car, I found every driver drives very close and always overtakes other cars. That is very dangerous! There are special transportations in Philippine, jeepney and tricycle, which are also dangerous, too. There are so many jeepney because the American army left a lot here after World War Two. Every jeepney on the roads has different outlooks and I guess they are all decoreated by their drivers, some are really cool. If the jeepney is full, the other passengers will stand outside the jeepney hodding someting that make them steady, do you dare do so? I don't. Besides, the tricycle drivers really love to overtake and drive between cars. As a result, the heavy traffic pollutes the air terriblely. And the second one is the food. Foos here is sweeter and a little of vegetables. They prefer meat. We need vegetables to eat so that we can poo. And the last one is the security. I was impressed that every store has a body-guard standing outside with a gun. I heard that people here can carry a gun if they apply for one. All of us are warned do not walk alone to anywhere even in days and when going shpping, keep eyes on your bag and holding it behind you. Maybe too many warnings make us feel more nervous. I went to the 7-11 here, and there were kids asking for money at the door. The taxi drivers see you are a foreigner, they will increse the fee. I was told that this February a Taiwanese student was hit by the taxi driver here. How horrible.
But things are getting better now. I am getting used to it step by step. Wish me a good luck.


Posted at Mon Aug 09 11:56:28 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/581713 http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/581713 脂肪人 Mon Aug 09 11:56:28 UTC 2010 いい天気なのに、熱すぎますね。
全然　家を出たくない！！

しかし　毎日　学校へsummer campの練習に行かなければなりません。頑張ろう。
明日友達とトイーストーリ3を見に行きますよ。楽しみｗ
もと　今日は行くのに、友達は約束の時間が間違いました。
あのとき　電話でかけて、全部寝ていました。
だから　明日行くと思います。

Posted at Tue Jul 06 17:41:27 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/545786 http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/545786 脂肪人 Tue Jul 06 17:41:27 UTC 2010 In July, I will be a volunteer busy in an English camp. We prepare it for a whole month and then go to the remote area to teach children English. This summer camp is free for those children. Beacuse those children who live far away from cities are lack of eduation. Their living standard is low and couldn't afford the money to go to any summer camp. I think this summer camp not only give the opportunity to learn English but also bring those children a diffrerent experience. And this is my second time attending this summer camp, I am excited.
And in August, I will be in Philippines to improve my English skills. Some may ask why not go to America or Canada to learn English. Well. it is because I don't have much money. The spending in Philippines is lower, so I think it is okay for me to afford. The Philippine accent is the problem I am most worried. Someone who has been to Philippines told me that Philippine is also a nice place to learn English and the teachers' pronunciation is good. But I am still worried.

This semester I was very happy because I met a lot of exchange studends. Some of them are back to their countries now, and the others stay one more semester. I really appreciate they break into my life. I don't know when and where we will meet again, that is really sad. I am going to save money to visit them! Wait for me, my friends.



Posted at Mon Jun 28 08:35:55 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/536469 http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/536469 脂肪人 Mon Jun 28 08:35:55 UTC 2010
昨日　韓国の友達と一緒にスーパーへ辣炒年糕の材料を買いに行って、私の家で辣炒年糕を作りました。
韓国の人はしょっちゅう家で辣炒年糕を作って食べます。時たま飯を添えて食べます。
今回　ラーメンや野菜や天婦羅など辣炒年糕に全部入りました。　豊富でありましたよ。一番大切な材料は韓国の唐辛子味噌。　それを入れて、本物の辣炒年糕になりました。
写真を見て、おいしそうでしょうか。
超うまい！ｗｗ

辣炒年糕の日本語を教えてください。

Posted at Sat May 01 04:34:24 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/465014 http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/465014 脂肪人 Sat May 01 04:34:24 UTC 2010
After seeing the movie, Sliding Doors, I am wondering about if I were Helen, which life would I choose? Which do I care more, the end or the process? I think that I care more about the process. I don’t like cheating or hiding a secret from a person, and I also hate others who do so to me. I would rather know the cruel truth than know nothing just like a fool. I can’t stand for the third person in a relationship. Even the end is tragic; I still choose it because of the happy process.

But in fact, we don’t have the ability to make time reverse and back to the time before we made the decision. People usually regret what they have done. No matter how regretful they were, they can’t change those things that had happened. I don’t like the feeling of regret and be regretful. Whenever I make a decision, I will be sure about the decision I make, or just accept the result that decision leads to. So it is very important to think before we do anything.


Posted at Sat May 01 02:51:09 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/464915 http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/464915 脂肪人 Sat May 01 02:51:09 UTC 2010 あの店は五時半から八時半まででした、でも　五時から　たくさん人はあの店の前で待っていました。
あのラーメンのスープはとても濃厚です。
おいしい物を食べて、幸福を感じます。ｗ

韓国の友達は韓国料理を作って私にくれますと言いました。
辣炒年糕(悪辣にもちを炒めます)
すぐにつけて食べたいです。

Posted at Mon Apr 26 05:01:31 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/458104 http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/458104 脂肪人 Mon Apr 26 05:01:31 UTC 2010
Now I have met Korean, Japanese, American, Indian, and Swiss. Some of them are exchange students, and others only take language courses in our university. I remember I askd one of them why do you want to learn Chinese, and he answerd "I want to take over the world." Of course he was joking. But it is true that there are more and more people start to learn Chinese, I am a little proud of being a Chinese-native speaker. Some of them are relly good at Chinese. They have no problem to express their thougts, and even better when we argued for something, they could gag me. See, how good their Chinese is! haha


Posted at Fri Apr 23 10:38:49 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/454299 http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/454299 脂肪人 Fri Apr 23 10:38:49 UTC 2010
Last week was really busy and terrible for me. I stayed up every night and got up around 7 in the morning because I had classes at 8. I got raccoon eyes for repayment at the end. Many friends of mine were scared by me.

In one class, I had a little quiz and had to gave a presentation, too. Two of our group members couldn't show up for some resaons, so I had to cover their parts. I was so anxious, then I failed the quiz and was absent-minded during my presentation. The teacher was angry and yelled "what's wrong with you, are you in love or something?" in front of the class and I was standing at the stage meanwhile. That was really embarrassing. But I didn't take offense at all, I just felt sorry to the teacher for my bad presentation and quiz. While everyone tried to console me, all I wanted to say was "I am single actually.". LOL

I am super optimistic person, I won't let myself down for too long.

Now the busy week passed, I can relax and revival agian. :D

Posted at Mon Mar 15 09:32:17 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/407954 http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/407954 脂肪人 Mon Mar 15 09:32:17 UTC 2010

午後　友達と　すきやきを　食べに　いきました。
肉は　大好きです！　お腹が　いっぱいから、　満足しました。
夕食を　食べる必要が　ありません。　

たくさん　写真を　撮りました。　とても　面白い。

その後、　学校へ　もどりました。　日本語の　授業が　あったら、　戻らなければなりませんでした。

今日　楽しかった、でも　レポートは　書きません。
眠い～～～

Posted at Wed Mar 03 14:42:57 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/392550 http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/392550 脂肪人 Wed Mar 03 14:42:57 UTC 2010 The school has already started, so I got lots of things to do.
I have three presentations during the first and the second week, so it is quit a hard time to through.
I met with my learning partner from China last week, and we got to know each other very soon because of the same language we use. We have no problem to chat with. I also met some exchange students from Japan and Korea. I think Japanese girls are pretty!!! I am so jealous. (LOL) And the Korean are funny and friendly. I learned some Korean from them, and it was interesting. I never think to learn Korean before, but now I start to feel an interest in Korean.
It is really a lot of fun to get along with people from different countries.
BTW, I started my part time job as a tutor. My stuents are around 14 to 16 years old, and they are so noisy.

Oh, and my Japanese is getting worse and worse.
I am planing to take TOEIC in April and JEPT in July. I am so nervous.

Posted at Mon Mar 01 02:25:29 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/388878 http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/388878 脂肪人 Mon Mar 01 02:25:29 UTC 2010
Last night, I played mahjong with my parents and sister. I am not good at mohjong(麻將), so I lost money. My mom said that I received many red envelopes so it was okay to lose money to them. It was a kind of showing filial obendience.(lol)

Recently, I watched a movie, MONGA(艋舺). MONGA is a Taiwan-made film, and it exceeds AVATAR in box office in Taiwan now. It is really amazing. Attractive plot, hottest characters and sucessful promotions lead MONGA to success, I think. There are many filthy Taiwanese sentences in this movie, but they shows the power and vulgar of Taiwan. It is worth to watch.



Posted at Wed Feb 17 11:49:06 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/375714 http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/375714 脂肪人 Wed Feb 17 11:49:06 UTC 2010 家は　きれいになりました。嬉しい。
私は　疲れましたが、　晩は　本屋へ　雑誌を　買いに　いきました。
今　私は　あの雑誌を　読みます。　じゃあね～

My mom and I were cleaning our house today.
Our house is clean now, I am happy.
Though I was tired, I still went out to buy a magazine in a book store.
Now I am going to read the magazine, bye.

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I found that if I write the entry in Japanese and then translate it into English, my English sentences are too simple and easy. And that doesn't help me to improve my English. But if I write in English at first, I am not able to translate my complicated English sentences into Japanese. The reason is that my English is sooooo much better than Japanese.(lol)

So, what could I do with the two languages on different levels at a time.　どう　したらいいですか。

Revised.（thanks to juncheng:D）

Posted at Thu Feb 11 14:57:16 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/369489 http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/369489 脂肪人 Thu Feb 11 14:57:16 UTC 2010 Well, then how about I introduce myself?

I am Taiwanese, and I live in Maioli but study in Taichung. I major in English and minor in Japanese. I've been studying English for ten years, I think most Taiwanes begin learning English at around 10 years old, as I did. In addition, there are many Taiwanese who learn English in a bilingual kindergarten. I start to learn Japanese when I was a sophomore(now I am a junior), when I decided to take Japanese as my third language. All students in English department at my university must take on a third language. I think it is great to learn other languages. I took Japanese courses because I love Japanese culture. Taiwan dose get a lot of influence from Japan. My Japanese conversation teacher is from Japan, and he is the most hurmorous teacher I have ever met. He is not only a good teacher but also a great singer. Occasionally he would teach us Japanese songs and sing for us. His singing is amazing!!! Maybe later I can show a video of one of his performances to you; you guys will definitely be surprised.
My English name is Vicki, 脂肪人is my nickname. haha
I am 20 years old, and I am easygoing. Please feel free to ask me any question you have. I love making friends, especially with people from other countries, as the language barrier tends to create a humorous situations. I've never been abroad, so I think making friends with foreginers can broaden my horizons.:P
My Japanese is too poor to write such a journal like this in. If I were to attempt it, it would take an entire day, I think. I will try though, beacuse I add a lot of Japanese as friends but seldom write in Japanese, that will make them dispointed, right? And my Japanese will never improve.

Revised.



Posted at Mon Feb 08 16:07:51 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/365937 http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/365937 脂肪人 Mon Feb 08 16:07:51 UTC 2010 Guess what we kids most expect on the new year? Red Envelopes!!! Although I am already 20, a age that should become an adult and be independant, I still will get red envelopes this time I think. The reason is that I am a student without jobs and of course payment. It is said that people who haven't got merried do not need to give red envelopes. Maybe I would be single all my life time.(lol)
恭喜發財 紅包拿來:P
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新年快到了我很興奮。 除夕夜的時候，我們一家人會團聚在一起吃團圓飯。 去年吃的是火鍋，我們圍著圓桌坐在一起享用。 我記得那一天很冷，是一個適合吃火鍋的天氣。 這幾天我在想今年的團圓飯會吃什麼呢? 或許我可以給我媽媽一些意見。
猜猜我們小孩新年最期待什麼呢? 紅包!!! 雖然我已經20歲了，已經是個成年了而且也該獨立，但我想今年我還是能夠拿到紅包。 因為我還是個學生沒有工作也當然沒有收入。 據說還沒結婚的人不需要給紅包，那麼我或許這輩子都單身好了。哈哈哈
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中国の新年は来ますから、私はとても興奮します。

私も　日本語で　日記を書きたいですが、日本語は　とても　下手です。　辞書を見てることが　たくさん　時間をかかりました。　どうしたらいいですか？？？

These sentenses took me 30 minutes.
まだまだ　日本語を勉強しなければならないね～
頑張る！！！

Posted at Sun Feb 07 17:59:16 UTC 2010
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Posted at Sat Feb 06 14:00:02 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/363364 http://www.lang-8.com/116789/journals/363364 脂肪人 Sat Feb 06 14:00:02 UTC 2010