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Friday, 1 November 2013
Saturday, 28 September 2013
Tuesday, 1 May 2012
東區巷弄裡的秘密基地-Taipei Noodle Bar
今年發現且愛上的低調秘密基地。可能大多數的人都以為是服飾店所以很少走進去吧。這是一間好舒適的餐廳,提供美味的麵食和好喝的果汁、調酒類飲品,價位有點高,但是多花點錢享受寧靜和美食我覺得很值得。
Address: 40, Ln 181, Zhongxiao E Rd Sec 4, Taipei City (台北市忠孝東路四段181巷40號)
Telephone: (02) 2775-3670
Open: 11:30am to 9:30pm
Average meal: NT$400
跟好樣本事書店位在同一條巷子內。
Saturday, 7 January 2012
Happy New Year 2012
快樂歌!
Happy New Year - A-fu
Oh happy friends day
Oh happy birthday to you
Oh happy other day to you
Oh happy Tuesday
Happy new year's day to you oh oh oh oh oh
De de de de de (Four times)
I can feel it's so good say
You can feel it's so good say
You can feel it's so feeling so crowded oh oh
You can feel it's so good say
You can feel the day that I have
You can feel it's so good say in doubt oh oh
Why can't you say goodbye
You can't to feel I get the way oh
Oh happy friends day
Oh happy three day
Oh happy birthday
Oh happy Tuesday
Oh happy my day
Happy new year's day ya wow oh
Oh happy happy day to you
Oh happy new year
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
從害怕到融入成為生活中的一部分,我的英語學習人生
“Do what you fear until you fear it no more.” ~ Anonymous
不斷去面對自己所恐懼的事物,直到你不再害怕它為止。
不斷去面對自己所恐懼的事物,直到你不再害怕它為止。
面對恐懼,能啟發自己從未發現的淺'能。
其實我一直到大學都好害怕英文,大概是從國中開始的填鴨式教育,每天上英文課的聽寫小考嚇到我 (不懂為什麼一定要整段死背默寫),加上班導師就是英文老師,鐵腕政策加藤條伺候讓我對英文一點開心的印象也沒有。整個國高中就在死記單字+放棄文法的過程中度過。大學聯考英文低標飛過,進入大學後大一的英文必修分班考試,記得是靠室友罩我才勉強分在中段班,大一時校園中看到外籍英文老師還會選擇繞道而行,以避免要跟他以英文寒暄的尷尬。
大二時一場車禍,讓我缺了接近1/2學期的統計課,偏偏統計是用原文課本,數學不好遇到更不好的英文真是沒輒,考試前一晚室友忙K書沒有人有辦法分神解釋給我聽,於是我盯著原文天書緊張的不知所措,就在那晚默默立下志向--我要面對英文,把他學好!
於是,大二的暑假我參加科見美語的英文會話課,硬著頭皮學習開口說英文、大三那年暑假一個人飛到了美國舊金山和洛杉磯找親戚順便參加UCLA的一個月住宿英語學習營,把自己丟進全英語的環境中硬是得用英文生活和解決旅途中遇上的大小事。和同班的日本同學使用不流利的英語試著了解彼此、在Disney Land迷路找計程車坐回校園、和表妹的朋友們一起去露營(沒有人會說中文)、自從那次的美國闖盪後,我突然變的敢說英文了,再沒有什麼比把自己放入真實的情境中逼自己面對恐懼來的更快的成長了。我感覺孤單、感覺抽離、與周遭格格不入、更多時候感覺到害怕,但是卻也收穫最多。
大學畢業,我進入了大公司的企畫部,工作內容要撰寫雙語文宣,部門內加入了外籍夥伴,我自然而然地就負責起他們工作上生活上大小事的解說與翻譯,成了他們最佳的工作夥伴。我不是英文系出身,很多單字不懂,文法更是我致命的弱點,也從來沒認真學習或著糾正自己的錯誤過,但是我敢用有限的字彙表達自己,敢開口,希望訓練自己用英文思考的能力 (因為在腦袋中翻譯一輪再輸出實在太慢了)。
幾年過後,我決定要再出國進修,拿碩士學位。下班後找時間補習考過IELTS、自己擬好了英文自傳,請同事順稿,就這麼申請了英國的學校,再度把自己長時間地丟入全英語環境中訓練。其實我還是害怕很多情境,我甚至在學時不敢打工,美其名是課業忙碌,真正的原因是因為怕自己沒有能力聽懂英國客人濃厚的鄉音...。但我參加學校的英文輔導課,硬著頭皮用英文一堂堂課上台報告、寫出了英文論文,最後也順利畢業了。我的哲學是,「把自己放到害怕的環境中,即使達不到一百分,至少也能及格。」
畢業後,我沒有選擇留在英國,而是回到了台灣,回到自己的comfort zone,我覺得自己的勇氣還是不夠,但是,至少我嘗試過。而且,我意外地帶回了英國老公,成了人妻,於是雖然現在住在台灣,我的生活仍是半個英文環境,因為工作上的需求,也因為回家後要面對一個只能應付「全英語」的外籍老公。
今天我回頭看看自己的成長,一路走來我的英語學習歷程好有趣,我不斷不斷地把自己放入不熟悉的英語環境中,逼著自己每天醒來就是要用英文,現在,我連作夢都用英文作夢。我想我真的可以說自己身體力行地實踐了這句話呢!
“Do what you fear until you fear it no more.” ~ Anonymous
不斷去面對自己所恐懼的事物,直到你不再害怕它為止。
Question for Your Heart: What do you fear?
給你的問題: 想想你自己害怕什麼呢?
Friday, 2 December 2011
Sunday, 16 October 2011
【課程分享】心房裡的旅行小書
Nydia在文化大學開了色鉛筆的課程
婚宴完之後終於有了自己的空閒時間
於是就去參加了
上了Nydia的旅行小書課程之後才把關島之行的記憶畫成小書
其實我真的沒有耐心仔細地畫所有的小細節或打草稿
不過上一個月的課後有這樣的成果已經很滿足了
以後希望能常常練習色鉛筆畫畫







- 心房裡的旅行小書
- 授課講師 Nydia
- 文化大學推廣部 台北市建國南路二段231號
- 2011/8/24 ~ 2011/9/28 (我上的那期, 持續有在開課喔!)
- 上課時段 : 三 19:30~21:30
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
Saturday, 11 December 2010
Something old, something new
Something old, something new
Something borrowed, something blue
Something borrowed, something blue
今天才知道,原來這句話還有一句下文-And a silver sixpence in her shoe.今天和哈尼說到台灣的結婚習俗新郎從頭到腳的穿著都由女方贈送,象徵一個新的開始時,哈尼說西方也有一項傳統可以為婚姻帶來祝福,就是上面這首許多人耳熟能詳的韻文。看來我得努力找一些新的、一些舊的、一些藍色的、一些借來的穿戴在婚禮當天了。
查到了下面的這個習俗的由來,又是一個古老的英國傳統呢!
The next line of this old saying actually hints at its origin. The complete phrase is:
Each item in this poem represents a good-luck token for the bride. If she carries all of them on her wedding day, her marriage will be happy. "Something old" symbolizes continuity with the bride's family and the past. "Something new" means optimism and hope for the bride's new life ahead. "Something borrowed" is usually an item from a happily married friend or family member, whose good fortune in marriage is supposed to carry over to the new bride. The borrowed item also reminds the bride that she can depend on her friends and family.
As for the colorful item, blue has been connected to weddings for centuries. In ancient Rome, brides wore blue to symbolize love, modesty, and fidelity. Christianity has long dressed the Virgin Mary in blue, so purity was associated with the color. Before the late 19th century, blue was a popular color for wedding gowns, as evidenced in proverbs like, "Marry in blue, lover be true."
And finally, a silver sixpence in the bride's shoe represents wealth and financial security. It may date back to a Scottish custom of a groom putting a silver coin under his foot for good luck. For optimum fortune, the sixpence should be in the left shoe. These days, a dime or a copper penny is sometimes substituted, and many companies sell keepsake sixpences for weddings.
查到了下面的這個習俗的由來,又是一個古老的英國傳統呢!
The next line of this old saying actually hints at its origin. The complete phrase is:
Something old, something newA sixpence is a coin that was minted in Britain from 1551 to 1967. It was made of silver and worth six pennies. So this wedding tradition is definitely English, and many sources say that it began in the Victorian era.
Something borrowed, something blue
And a silver sixpence in her shoe.
Each item in this poem represents a good-luck token for the bride. If she carries all of them on her wedding day, her marriage will be happy. "Something old" symbolizes continuity with the bride's family and the past. "Something new" means optimism and hope for the bride's new life ahead. "Something borrowed" is usually an item from a happily married friend or family member, whose good fortune in marriage is supposed to carry over to the new bride. The borrowed item also reminds the bride that she can depend on her friends and family.
As for the colorful item, blue has been connected to weddings for centuries. In ancient Rome, brides wore blue to symbolize love, modesty, and fidelity. Christianity has long dressed the Virgin Mary in blue, so purity was associated with the color. Before the late 19th century, blue was a popular color for wedding gowns, as evidenced in proverbs like, "Marry in blue, lover be true."
And finally, a silver sixpence in the bride's shoe represents wealth and financial security. It may date back to a Scottish custom of a groom putting a silver coin under his foot for good luck. For optimum fortune, the sixpence should be in the left shoe. These days, a dime or a copper penny is sometimes substituted, and many companies sell keepsake sixpences for weddings.
Sunday, 21 November 2010
Friday, 29 October 2010
我們的小確幸
Happiness is like the old man told me
Look for it, but you'll never find it all
Let it go, live your life and leave it
Then one day, wake up and she'll be home
Look for it, but you'll never find it all
Let it go, live your life and leave it
Then one day, wake up and she'll be home
~The Fray
週五的晚上,我們沒有想要去哪裡玩,只想快快回家找到彼此,向對方訴說一天心情的起起伏伏與大事小事。我們不小心有了一點點爭執,可是又在嘻笑怒罵後給彼此一個擁抱相視而笑,連同一週的不愉快一起拋諸在腦後。接下來的夜晚,沒有電視喧囂的聲音,我們一同窩在沙發上,肩並著肩,各自瀏覽著網路、處理著email,偶爾被對方在看的短片或內容吸引了注意力,兩顆腦袋就湊在同一個螢幕前共同分享,然後又分頭做自己的事。
這份閑適中,有好多的默契、有好多的幸福。
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