Friday, October 31, 2008

Liouciou ~1




The picture on the left side is the Liouciou Township’s sunset. After I had took the College Entrance Examination, my older sister and I took a trip to Liouciou for two days from 5th to 6th in July. July and August are the hottest month in a year. Moreover, because these two days are in the summer vacation, Liouciou are full of visitors. But we are visitors too!
Liouciou is developed in recent years, so not many people know there. But Liouciou is such a paradise that my sister and I want to run to there again. Both of us miss the Liouciou’s blue sky very much. Not only the blue sky but just the sunset, the tidal flat and the people’s enthusiasm etc. all are our favorite. Especially the beautiful sunset, I almost forgot how to breathe at that time when we saw the sunset. We stood silent on aside of the road and immersed in the evening light. It is such a magnificent scene that I have ever seen before. When standing there to saw the sun descending, we think that we just stood the centre of the world to watch the world fell asleep gradually.

Another expressive thing is the tidal flat because there are full of biology everywhere! Just like starfish, urchin, trepan and many are all put a cover over the tidal flat and we must be careful not to step on these sea animals. There also has special sand called star sand and its shape is the kind what it is called.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Date

At last Sunday, I went to meet a best friend at Taipei Station. It is so happy to see the Taipei Station because there remained the unforgettable memory for the past three years. To my delight, there is no big change. It is also stand a line of cram schools and various delicious foods. All I saw is the same. Just like come back to a place I can rest.
The purpose of the meeting is to watch my friend’s salon photographs. We dated in a simple-meal restaurant to eat lunch. Before the meal prepared, we saw the photographs she just take back from the shop. She is so beautiful that I cold not put my friend and the girl in the photographs together. It not means that my friend is not pretty ordinary but the style is totally different. She looks so mature and just like a model appearing on the magazines. The photographs caused me want to take pictures like that but the expense is too high (about seven thousand dollars). Another reason is that I want to loss my weight first!
After that, the meals were cooked. We ate the meals and chatted about the college like classmate, teacher, surroundings of college and dormitory life etc. Because we studied the same course-computer science, we encouraged and supported each other. Only the people who study in computer science know how cheerful we are when a program is moving. My battery of spirit always electrify full of energy every time we meet each other. Even if we just meet an hour or less.
The leaving time is always reluctant, but we know we have next chance and after that is another chance. I hope I can reach the goal I set and reach her expect. It is a secret between of us.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

The feeling after seeing the movie-My Big Fat Greek Wedding

We saw the movie-My Big Fat Greek Family at our Basic English class on some Thursday in October. The heroine named Toula (Nia Vardalos) was born in a big Greek family. The thing that she was born in a big Greek family left a shadow on her mind. Toula must go to Greek school, must marry Greek boys and must learn to be a Greek woman. There are three things that every Greek woman must do in life: marry Greek boys, make Greek babies, and feed everyone.
Toula loves her family but she want to escapes from the family restaurant. She wants to change her life. Because all around her is Greek, Greek and Greek, that is enough to be a Greek for everyone. The only way her life will get better is getting away from her big, fat, Greek family. Then she sees the guy named Ian (Michael Constantine), who is tall and handsome. Toula is fascinated by Ian, but he doesn’t put the attention on her.
She goes to college to study computer and learn how to puts on make-up. Toula become beautiful and confident and get a job in travel agency. Fortunately, she meets Ian again! Ian discovers and fell in love with this transformed girl at first sight. They start to date with each other. Then, he proposed to Toula. But there is a big problem-he is not a Greek!
Toula’s family is a traditional Greek family. They dislike Toula to marry a xeno. Fortunately, Ina Miller is an east-going person and can easily accept different culture and unlike life style. He got baptized in the Greek Orthodox Church to be a Greek and agreed that the wedding would be Greek form to reach to their expectation. Ian can do everything for his lover. Due to Ian’s character, they got together to be the husband and wife.
Ian treats his lover’s family in an optimistic way, and never gives up their love because of Toula’s big fat Greek family. Frankly, there would be something difference, but it’s not the problem between the two people who fell in love. It’s not easy to find a man like Ian who is not a Greek that can accept such a big fat Greek family’s hysteria.
Toula’s father (John Corbett) loves Greek culture deeply, he always said “Give me a word, any word, and I show you that the root of that word is Greek.” I like the appearance that he takes windex to sterilize. It is so cute. He loves his daughter very much and wants Toula to be happy. But it seems to make a wrong method. Nevertheless, he gives the best gift at the end to his daughter- he let her go. He says a joke at their wedding” You know, the root of the word Miller is a Greek word. Miller comes from the Greek word "milo," which is mean "apple," so there you go. As many of you know, our name, Portokalos, is come from the Greek word "portokali," which mean "orange." So, okay? Here tonight, we have, ah, apple and orange. We all different, but in the end, we all fruit.”
Toula’s mother is actually different from her father. She supports Toula to do what she wants to do and helping her when Toula’s father forbids she to do something just like go to college. Toula’s mother says a famous quote,” Let me tell you something, Toula. The man is the head, but the woman is the neck. And she can turn the head any way she wants.” Toula’s brother named Nick also says a famous quote,” Don't let your past dictate who you are, but let it be part of who you will become.” And a joke,” I've never seen my sister this happy, Ian. If you hurt her, I'll kill you and make it look like an accident.”
It is a warm and funny movie and it is also the first movie I saw in English. I thought I will not be able to understand at first, but not thought I will be able to understand unexpectedly. Due to this time, I begin to want to see movie in English!

How am going to plan my four-year university life?

Everyone said the university life is free and interesting, not only in classes but also after classes. I am a freshman now. It is no doubt that everything looks attractive, including classes and many activities. It makes me think that the time management is important because I want to experience different things, but I only have twenty-four hours a day.
Time management is my first work which I should do in first year. First, think twice before I choose which association I want to join, just like volleyball team or chorus. Then, balance the finite time between activities and study. I would like to remain at least four to five hours to study everyday.
In second year, I want to take part in the activities I choose deeply and to learn communicating with various people. Then, make myself more confident and responsibility during the process. I also would like to learn the related or the outside knowledge of my major subject by reading science magazine or visiting exhibition and museum.In the third and last yeas, it is time to prepare for the graduate school test. I don’t want to do unnecessary things except for the study. Put the emphasis on study and do my best during these two years, I hope that I can enter the better graduate school. All above is the things that I going to do during there four years.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

English freewriting 1

I have a best friend when I was in the senior high school. It is the most forgettable time in my life. We had a lot of wonderful life in high school. When I was a one-grade student, I met her. At the beginning of the semester, I was afraid of talking with people, but then she appeared! After that, we became good friend, we walked together, ate lunch together and studied together. I know she will be my best friend forever. After I graduated from the senior high, we went to different college.
We met each other every week to share new life, it is more happy time we have. I think our friendships will continues and forever.