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17 July 2011
158
Ahh, the summer time. When the living is easy, the mosquitoes dine, and we spend ninety percent of every day feeling sticky and hot. But no mind, it's all in good fun.
Tomorrow I leave for Yunlin (雲林) and Taizhong (台中); the former to visit my brother at his school, and the latter to visit friends of my dad. I'll be back in Taipei by tomorrow night. On Thursday I leave for Tainan (台南) with a few of my volleyball girls to visit 雨珊 at home. Taizhong means shopping, and Tainan means good food! What a wonderful way to spend summer. On top of guys' volleyball summer training (we finished ours today!), I can't wait for these next two weeks! Bring it on.
Tomorrow I leave for Yunlin (雲林) and Taizhong (台中); the former to visit my brother at his school, and the latter to visit friends of my dad. I'll be back in Taipei by tomorrow night. On Thursday I leave for Tainan (台南) with a few of my volleyball girls to visit 雨珊 at home. Taizhong means shopping, and Tainan means good food! What a wonderful way to spend summer. On top of guys' volleyball summer training (we finished ours today!), I can't wait for these next two weeks! Bring it on.
11 July 2011
156
The obligatory life science camp photo post. I'm kind of lazy to add captions or even add more than five photographs, and even more lazy to try and write out some kind of 心得文, especially because, in short, I didn't enjoy the week I spent as a counselor. It was tiring beyond belief, and the energy I put in wasn't worth it in the end. I thought maybe I was being stupid for crying on the second day, but at the end my feelings hadn't changed. I gave up going home this summer for two weeks of energy-sapping, fruitless work. I think the only thing that was really worth it in the end was the fact that we sent the kids home happy and with good memories nestled in the corners of their minds. And maybe, that's enough.
明年再來一次
明年再來一次
06 March 2011
01 February 2011
18 January 2011
085
Oops, I forgot to blog about this.
Tianmu (天母) trip, 01/16/2011
Photo by Peter.
It's an on-going joke in our major (at least among the freshmen) that Cathie (詹愷欣) is our ‘公主’ or princess. She lives in 天母, which is the more "countryside" area of Taipei City. At least, the amount of people on the MRT gets noticeably smaller as we get closer to 天母. She's been offering to take us there for a day trip for months now, and we finally got to do it, on our very first day of winter vacation. The plan: lunch and a movie. Sounds like a date! Unless, of course, you go with nine~ten other people, in which case, third wheels everywhere!
On the MRT on the way there. From left: 胡仁恩，孔祥珂，黃馨儀，詹愷欣，雙雙. 霍魯恩 is missing, but that's for a good reason. I ought to post a picture of that haircut. Photo by Peter.
We had pasta/pizza for lunch, in a charming little basement restaurant, and it was delicious. What was originally deemed "too much food" no longer held true when 黃怡諶 joined us at the table ... and it soon became "just right!" One of the funny jokes behind this picture is the spoon. 孔祥珂 asked 黃馨儀 to get her some of the gratin, and she did—only, she left the spoon on her plate by accident, and in her hunger, 孔祥珂 accidentally ate her share with the spoon. Everyone asked "Where's the spoon?!" and all of a sudden, everyone's eyes were on 孔祥珂, the spoon halfway in her mouth, and going ... “嘎?”
It's no Paris cafe de terrace, but it's a successful and cute recreation. Wines, that we obviously couldn't afford. Photo by Peter.
After lunch, we went out to walk around before the movie. It was rather chilly, but thankfully, it wasn't raining, which made it much more bearable.
Photo by Cathie.
After walking around for a while, stopping in a cafe to buy cheesecake sticks (awfully good!), not really knowing what we should do, 孔祥珂 was suddenly halted in her steps by a sign in a cafe window that read "草莓牛奶 (Strawberry milk): 60 NT!” For $2, that's not a bad offer. So we went in, sat down, and called ourselves "歡樂天母吃吃團” because we found that all we'd done during the day was eat.
Look at the hair!!! Anyway, not the point, moving on... (Photo by Peter)
And... bam! Cream puff! Looks good, doesn't it. The strawberry milk, disappointingly, came in plastic containers and weren't exactly ideal subjects to photograph. I do remember that they used fresh strawberries, though, which made the milk really tasty!
After that, we went to a movie at 新光三越. One of the best things about Taiwanese movie theaters is that you can bring food from outside in to eat. Surprising to me, a person who's hidden Jamba Juices and other food items in her suspiciously large bag to sneak into the movie theater for years. So first, we went to the Seven across the street to buy popcorn: they pop it for you once you buy a pack. Taiwanese Sevens are awesome.
Cathie has good taste... she chose 借物少女艾莉媞 (The Borrower Arrietty) which is Hayao Miyazaki's newest film. I think most of us agreed the movie had the aura of Miyazaki's older work, the same feeling as Totoro or Castle in the Sky. All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed it, to the point of tears... and of course, no one understood why I was crying. The guy was really cute, okay!
Our princess left us at the bus stop to go home, but a few of us decided to continue... so off to 士林夜市 we went!
Photo by Peter.
Food, Doraemon sweaters, and getting lost included... we finally decided to go home. On the MRT on the way back, we shared stories of our experiences with the priority seats on the metro.
Overall, it was a wonderful day together, a perfect way to start winter vacation. Thanks 愷欣 for being our tour guide... and here's to the memories we keep on creating!
Tianmu (天母) trip, 01/16/2011
Photo by Peter.
It's an on-going joke in our major (at least among the freshmen) that Cathie (詹愷欣) is our ‘公主’ or princess. She lives in 天母, which is the more "countryside" area of Taipei City. At least, the amount of people on the MRT gets noticeably smaller as we get closer to 天母. She's been offering to take us there for a day trip for months now, and we finally got to do it, on our very first day of winter vacation. The plan: lunch and a movie. Sounds like a date! Unless, of course, you go with nine~ten other people, in which case, third wheels everywhere!
On the MRT on the way there. From left: 胡仁恩，孔祥珂，黃馨儀，詹愷欣，雙雙. 霍魯恩 is missing, but that's for a good reason. I ought to post a picture of that haircut. Photo by Peter.
We had pasta/pizza for lunch, in a charming little basement restaurant, and it was delicious. What was originally deemed "too much food" no longer held true when 黃怡諶 joined us at the table ... and it soon became "just right!" One of the funny jokes behind this picture is the spoon. 孔祥珂 asked 黃馨儀 to get her some of the gratin, and she did—only, she left the spoon on her plate by accident, and in her hunger, 孔祥珂 accidentally ate her share with the spoon. Everyone asked "Where's the spoon?!" and all of a sudden, everyone's eyes were on 孔祥珂, the spoon halfway in her mouth, and going ... “嘎?”
It's no Paris cafe de terrace, but it's a successful and cute recreation. Wines, that we obviously couldn't afford. Photo by Peter.
After lunch, we went out to walk around before the movie. It was rather chilly, but thankfully, it wasn't raining, which made it much more bearable.
Photo by Cathie.
After walking around for a while, stopping in a cafe to buy cheesecake sticks (awfully good!), not really knowing what we should do, 孔祥珂 was suddenly halted in her steps by a sign in a cafe window that read "草莓牛奶 (Strawberry milk): 60 NT!” For $2, that's not a bad offer. So we went in, sat down, and called ourselves "歡樂天母吃吃團” because we found that all we'd done during the day was eat.
Look at the hair!!! Anyway, not the point, moving on... (Photo by Peter)
And... bam! Cream puff! Looks good, doesn't it. The strawberry milk, disappointingly, came in plastic containers and weren't exactly ideal subjects to photograph. I do remember that they used fresh strawberries, though, which made the milk really tasty!
After that, we went to a movie at 新光三越. One of the best things about Taiwanese movie theaters is that you can bring food from outside in to eat. Surprising to me, a person who's hidden Jamba Juices and other food items in her suspiciously large bag to sneak into the movie theater for years. So first, we went to the Seven across the street to buy popcorn: they pop it for you once you buy a pack. Taiwanese Sevens are awesome.
Cathie has good taste... she chose 借物少女艾莉媞 (The Borrower Arrietty) which is Hayao Miyazaki's newest film. I think most of us agreed the movie had the aura of Miyazaki's older work, the same feeling as Totoro or Castle in the Sky. All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed it, to the point of tears... and of course, no one understood why I was crying. The guy was really cute, okay!
Our princess left us at the bus stop to go home, but a few of us decided to continue... so off to 士林夜市 we went!
Photo by Peter.
Food, Doraemon sweaters, and getting lost included... we finally decided to go home. On the MRT on the way back, we shared stories of our experiences with the priority seats on the metro.
Overall, it was a wonderful day together, a perfect way to start winter vacation. Thanks 愷欣 for being our tour guide... and here's to the memories we keep on creating!
15 January 2011
083
Oh man, yesterday. The last day of finals, but most of us were done and kicked off our winter vacation. In the morning, the cast of 大一劇 met for our first rehearsal (specifically, practice, since none of us have our lines memorized yet).
In the evening, we ordered four pizzas and about ten of us ate it in the fish room. I ran to 85 C after the meal and bought a cake, which was our dessert! Around 8:30, 李奇展 proposed that we bike to 碧潭 together. It sounded like a good idea, especially because most people didn't have anything to do, so we set off on our bikes, fourteen people total. It ended up taking an hour to get there along the bike route, and I realized by the time we got there that we were at the edge of 新店, which can be considered the edge of Taipei City.
So of course, Petrucci and 怡靜 started holding hands as we walked across the bridge, and even so when we stopped for group pictures. For the first time, they weren't afraid to hold hands in front of us or even walk arm in arm across the bridge.
After walking to 7 to buy drinks, we walked down along the river, along a string of rather expensive-looking restaurants. We sat down on benches near a Japanese cuisine place, and of course ... our favorite couple was holding hands and leaning heads on one another, a priceless view. Since the rest of us felt obligated to leave them with a quiet place to have a date (come on, you can't help but feel like you're on a date in a place as romantic as 碧潭!!) so we all left, quietly, one by one, down the stairs.
In the evening, we ordered four pizzas and about ten of us ate it in the fish room. I ran to 85 C after the meal and bought a cake, which was our dessert! Around 8:30, 李奇展 proposed that we bike to 碧潭 together. It sounded like a good idea, especially because most people didn't have anything to do, so we set off on our bikes, fourteen people total. It ended up taking an hour to get there along the bike route, and I realized by the time we got there that we were at the edge of 新店, which can be considered the edge of Taipei City.
The ride there was interesting. A few bullet points:
- 彭湛傑 ran into someone by accident on the bike trail, which ran him into 讚哥, who ran into Peter, who instinctively lept off his bike onto the grass next to the trail. HAHAHA
- 陳怡靜 was singing as she stood on the back of 敬智's bike, and 章魚 passed by, and gave her a look of surprise, which elicited a “章魚，靠背!!!” from 敬智 囧
- When we stopped to take a break and wait for people riding behind us, 敬智 and 怡靜 stepped off their bikes. It was raining a bit then, so 敬智 immediately reached behind her and pulled up her hood. Of course, this was caught by most of us, and most of us deemed it “真甜蜜!!”
And then, we got there! Under the beautiful Christmas lights, on a bridge that crosses a beautiful lake... it was a beautiful scene. If you're a couple, out with friends, if you don't hold hands or PDA, it's a terrible shame.
So of course, Petrucci and 怡靜 started holding hands as we walked across the bridge, and even so when we stopped for group pictures. For the first time, they weren't afraid to hold hands in front of us or even walk arm in arm across the bridge.
But of course, we had our share of fun while they were in their wonderland. When they lagged behind us, 許哲綸 looked at us, then pointed ahead and shouted "OH LOOK, WHAT'S THAT?!" and all of us were like "OOOOOH!!" and started running ahead, off the bridge, to purposely leave them alone. We planned to hide, but they were already off the bridge by that time and giving us looks, so we had no choice but to keep walking with them. On the way back, they were walking in front of us, instead, so people in the back started pairing up, walking arm in arm, and pointing at the sky, going "Oh, look, what's that?!" "Oh, it's beautiful!!" "Oh, it's marvelous!" and they looked back and gave us looks again. Hilarity ensued! 怡靜 took one look at everyone, then let go of 敬智, ran to me, and said "Karen, I'm walking with you!! Let's go!!" and I shrieked with laughter and told Petrucci to take her back!!
After walking to 7 to buy drinks, we walked down along the river, along a string of rather expensive-looking restaurants. We sat down on benches near a Japanese cuisine place, and of course ... our favorite couple was holding hands and leaning heads on one another, a priceless view. Since the rest of us felt obligated to leave them with a quiet place to have a date (come on, you can't help but feel like you're on a date in a place as romantic as 碧潭!!) so we all left, quietly, one by one, down the stairs.
They didn't notice us. Not even when 許哲綸 yelled “林敬智，我們先走咯!!!!!!” back at them. Not a peep! So we got back to our bikes, got on, and left. I sent a text to 怡靜 before I set out telling her that we were leaving first and to be careful on the way back.
It was a long, hour-long ride back to 漁房. In addition, 讚哥's bicycle broke down near 永福橋 and 彭湛傑 took him back on his, while rolling his bike along the side.
When we got back to 漁房, there was a note on the freshman table. It read...
Impossible! How could they reach 漁房 before us?! Turns out, they took the MRT back ... and got back not long before us. Currently, Mr. Petrucci's bicycle is still at 碧潭!
What a wonderful night. I rest assured that I am always happy when I am with you guys. 生科真是個溫馨大家庭!!!
Anyway. The happy couple is not the point of this post, obviously, it's this wonderful girl... named 孔祥珂!
Dear 孔爺! None of us can truly stomach the fact that you're going to be leaving us next semester. I speak for everyone when I say 生科 will not be the same without you. Your presence has brought so much laughter to 漁房, so much happiness (and disgusted looks, sometimes from me, but you know I love you, I do) and you've brought life to our major in ways we never could have imagined. I've never seen you upset, you always have a marvelous way of showing nonchalance and a cool head in everything you do, and I deeply admire your composure and your warmth with everyone you come across. It's no surprise you're everyone's favorite, and when you leave, I'll have tears in my eyes just like everyone else. Thank you for all you've brought to us, thank you for the memories. Please come back to visit and GOOD LUCK with 重考醫科～ I wish you the best in all you decide to do in the future, but please don't change too much. You're wonderful the way you are (as weird as it sounds!) and we can't wait to see you again. Best wishes, and sincerely yours,
台大生科 B99
02 January 2011
073
New Year's Eve with NTULS99
To my dearest friends, my second family, my home:
When I am with you guys, there is nothing more I need. I'm surrounded by laughter, by happiness, by a drive to succeed, by love. You guys have changed my life, in one short semester, in so many ways. You've taught me that there is so much to love in life, if you only have a little patience, a big heart, and the right perspective. I've learned to see things a different way, to let my true colors show, to find joy in all that I do, and look back with no regrets. In my lifetime I never thought I would have the fortune to be this happy. I give thanks for every waking moment I spend with you guys, because each and every memory we create is priceless to me. For your never-ending support and friendship, I am eternally grateful.
Thank you for being such a wonderful family. Happy new year～
19 December 2010
066
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聖誕之夜, NTULS Christmas Party select photos... I finally have a camera! 藍寶 lent his G11 to me, YES. Albeit the reason was so I could take pictures of the boys while they practice/play games (the latter is pretty much impossible, actually, because I'm keeping records during games), I asked for permission to take Christmas party pictures, and he said yes! I am so glad.
Joanna 江卓安, our class representative, and also one of the sweetest girls.
Sophomore band～ their covers were amazing!! Blew me away :)
阿彥 was the cutest thing :) he sang 你是我的天使 (to 妞妞, obviously... though he didn't point it out, despite humongous amounts of pressure from the audience) and his voice is so beautiful!
Sophomores :)
The outfit for B2ST's '숨' which the boys covered!
Better looking than the original guys, if you ask me.
章魚，our happy happy classmate, sadly, this picture was taken right after a severe "violation" -- thus the way his hands are posed.
After the party, we had a 火鍋 party, so a few of us headed to the supermarket down the street to buy food. Fact: riding a bicycle down a city street, still filled with taxis and motorcycles, at 12 AM is super, super scary... even more so when you're wearing a jean skirt and wedges x_x
陳毅安，the freshman volleyball beast!
Ahh, fun night :) Hopefully one of many more to come～
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聖誕之夜, NTULS Christmas Party select photos... I finally have a camera! 藍寶 lent his G11 to me, YES. Albeit the reason was so I could take pictures of the boys while they practice/play games (the latter is pretty much impossible, actually, because I'm keeping records during games), I asked for permission to take Christmas party pictures, and he said yes! I am so glad.
Joanna 江卓安, our class representative, and also one of the sweetest girls.
Sophomore band～ their covers were amazing!! Blew me away :)
阿彥 was the cutest thing :) he sang 你是我的天使 (to 妞妞, obviously... though he didn't point it out, despite humongous amounts of pressure from the audience) and his voice is so beautiful!
Sophomores :)
The outfit for B2ST's '숨' which the boys covered!
Better looking than the original guys, if you ask me.
章魚，our happy happy classmate, sadly, this picture was taken right after a severe "violation" -- thus the way his hands are posed.
After the party, we had a 火鍋 party, so a few of us headed to the supermarket down the street to buy food. Fact: riding a bicycle down a city street, still filled with taxis and motorcycles, at 12 AM is super, super scary... even more so when you're wearing a jean skirt and wedges x_x
陳毅安，the freshman volleyball beast!
Ahh, fun night :) Hopefully one of many more to come～
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