Sunday, September 30, 2012

中秋節快樂!


The teacher showed us this movie during Chinese lesson on Friday morning. It is indeed a beautiful movie that is worth watching. The title says it all - 含有美麗與叩人心選的對白。

旅行時,可以遇到許多人事物。
有最好的,也有最壞的一面。
導演通過感人和幽默的方式,
表達生活中的酸甜苦辣。

旅行的經歷是在練習生活。
有些事現在不做,
一輩子都不會做了。


Quote of the day:


What matters most is the heart.

Saturday, September 29, 2012

New Experience


Typhoon hit Taiwan these two days. The wind was so strong that it "pushed/blow" me into the hostel lobby just now when I returned from school. Later at night when I was working on my assignment, I received a call from my classmate. She told me her hostel room on the 4th level was flooded! She thought Typhoon had hit her room.

Because it was a Friday night and Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching , most of the locals usually went back home to stay over the weekends. Hence the people we all know are not in their hostels, and I'm the only one she knows of whom did not go out. So I went down to help with the "disaster".

Based on my analytical mind (P.S. Thanks to watching many Hong Kong dramas with mum back at home :D), I found out that the source of the "man-made disaster" was from the hostel room next door. Thus, I called the administrator who was on patrol at night for assistance. When we unlocked the room next door, it turned out that the tap at the balcony was not turned off! The water overflowed from the balcony to the room, then into my classmate's hostel.

We started to gather manpower to mitigate the "disaster". From clearing the water to mopping the floor, by the time everything had settled down, it was already past midnight. I rushed back to my room to complete the assignment and online submission.

I have a crazy and fun-loving roommates from Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Macau. Usually when others are sleeping or already hit 2am, we begin to clean our hostel, learn to tie different hair knots, talk about our problems and share experiences, etc. This is called, 不到睡覺時就不想做事情。 Therefore, at 2.30am, we started to push out our luggage and unpack the winter clothes. ==
Oh look, it is almost 4am now!

Friday, September 21, 2012

GUESS WHAT!


To the Taiwanese, using scooter as their transportation tool is a norm. However, to the non-locals, it is a thrilling experience.

To divert my uneasiness, I asked my senior, who drove me back, some questions that I did not know why I even asked. My senior actually answered all the questions, but I was not paying full attention as I observed the road. When I got down from the scooter, I confessed that I was initially worried and nervous. Senior then mentioned that I grabbed the jacket quite tightly. LOL. 被揭穿了!

It's 斷水日 tomorrow!

Sunday, September 16, 2012

邂逅


Haven't been updating my blog since the last post. I am already in Taiwan!

Without realising, my school has started for about a week. Classmates and seniors are helpful and friendly. They brought me around the school and neighbourhood in order to let me understand more of their culture. I have also received much help from seniors in International Students Association, a group of students from different countries and speaking different languages.

During my first week in Taiwan, the weather was really hot and humid. The heat actually penetrated into our skin, unlike Singapore. I had my holiday with my family, touring around various tourist attractions.

School started officially during my second week here. Just these few days, it started to drizzle and it gets cooling today. I'm currently adapting to a new living environment and the change in season.

Today's guidance: ".. Some have noted that despite what is commonly believed, our memory doesn't necessarily deteriorate as we get older .... our acceptance of people's assertions that memory function deteriorates as a fact, usually causes us to become more forgetful. In reality, however, our brain is made so that we can keep learning at any age."

This guidance sets me thinking and realised it's rather true. 活到老,學到老.


The workings of our mind are really subtle, isn't it?