Fed up with the preparation for English Exam.

覺得好難過歐。
念英文念地好痛苦。

第一次覺得英文一點也不有趣，非常討厭英文。

要怎麼要才能達到分數?


唉。
沮喪。

不知道還要奮鬥多久，沒什麼時間了。: ' (

年輕時經歷谷底，往後就都是上坡

「年輕時經歷谷底，往後就都是上坡，」林育賢說，「幸虧當時只有33歲，如果是50歲，這輩子大概就毀了。」 對我來說，我也在很年輕時經歷到了谷底，而我要說：「幸虧當時只有25歲，如果是50歲，這輩子大概就毀了。」所以我比林育賢還年輕了8歲，我應該要更佳珍惜機會，不用沮喪並且重新站起來。

既然是喜歡的是，就應該要像彭于晏說的一樣：「自己喜歡的，就該排除萬難去做。」

文章來源：http://www.cheers.com.tw/article/article.action?id=5029178&page=1
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Personal thinking after reading the news from BBC - India court recognises third gender

Original Report：     http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-27031180

                           Picture resouce： http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-27031180



印度真的是個很妙的國家，最近印度政府通過法律承認第三性，也就是說除了男性或女性之外，你可以選擇其他的性別或是不讓對方知道，並且第三性也成為政府合法保護的對象，他們與其他人都享有相同的醫療資源與權力。
但是印度政府對於同性戀這件事還是認為是有罪的行為，所以一方面，第三性者在印度已經不是非法，但是如果男性的第三性者與男性發生性關係，他們還是很有可能會觸法。 

報導的結論實在是有點好笑，跟Joyce(劉育敏)在孟買春秋裡所描述的印度社會模式好像。一方面看起來合情達理，而另一方面又會附加奇怪的但書。

可是相較於中國，印度每一個人都有選擇自己政府跟左右政策的權利。其實還蠻有趣的，此外之前也看到印度農民非常不爽現任總理，強迫將自己的農田土地讓給建商，所以他們要抗議並利用自己的選票投給將會願意協助聆聽農民聲音的候選人。

通過第三性啦、不爽政府想把政府給幹下來這件事我想暫時是不會發生在對岸吧。

Practice makes perfect

I felt extremely happy today!!!  It was the first time that my English writing was marked 7 to 7.5! My confidence has been built, but I still consider that I should write at least 20 essays before a real test for IELTS!!
Practice makes perfect!!! I feel I am getting close to my target!

My speaking is quite okay, but I hope I can get 6.5; For listening, I wish I can get 7 and same as Reading, so my overall score will be 7.

Keep practicing! Action speaks louder than words! :D

Summer is coming

The weather has been better lately. The wind is warming, and the sun is gentle, it makes you smile always.

How I wish this tender weather can keep staying forever in Taiwan, it's so cozy!

This weather makes me wanna wear the cozy short pant or a lovely spring dress wandering around the country yard, or I can do that by riding a bike. Finding a nice country view, taking a sit under the shadow beside the tree, having a couple of tea and reading the book or a novel which I like are the best pleasure in the life. Probably the thing I plan to do is pretty similar to Alice in wonderland, and I think it's not bad to have an adventure like her but without the Queen who always wants to chop people's heads.

By the way, I just finished a book which is talking about a Taiwanese lady living with her husband, who works in India, and their crazy daily life in Mumbai (Bombay). I can't imagine the life in India,  it definitely needs to take a great deal of courage, so I admire her very much!! I assume myself that I would be like the Dutch guy, whom is mentioned in author's book , " I Never never gonna stay in Bombay in my life again!" he said hysterically. Lol.

Anyway, summer is coming, everything gonna be great!

Chlöe Howl - Paper Heart

Metric-- Gimme sympathy

Get Hot

Get too close to the flame

Wild open space

Talk like an open book

Sign me up

Got no time to take a picture

I'll remember someday

All the chances we took

We're so close to something

Better left unknown

I can feel it in my bones

Gimme Sympathy

After all of this is gone

Who would you rather be

The Beatles or The Rolling Stones

Seriously, you're gonna make mistakes,

You're young

Come on baby play me something like

Here comes the sun

after back to Taiwan...

回台灣這一年，學習到很多東西，因為有失敗有沮喪，所以後來才更加知道有夢想有理想是一件很很棒很美好的事，但是空談不去實踐，再偉大的夢想都只是存在白日夢裡。因此，我了解到一件很簡單又很平凡的事情，要實現妳的夢想，妳必須要把每一件平凡到不行，簡單到可以的無聊小事做好，接著為自己所相信、該堅持去做的事情認份地向堆砌磚牆一樣，一個步驟又一個步驟的反覆著進行，直到事情展現出成果，那就是它的成就。

關於學生的事務，如果是我可以幫得上的地方，大致上我都不會覺得厭煩。看見他們可以享受美術課、喜歡美術課，開始嘗試一些媒材實驗，我就覺得非常滿足。如果佈展後可以讓小朋友獲得滿足的成就感，其實就是一件很圓滿的事情。 講這些好像有點濫情，但是老實說有時候他們開心又興奮的感覺就會覺得自己有所貢獻。

大風大浪的起伏之後，我學會謙虛、不張狂，整體上還是以往的小P，但是多了一點成熟，也許現在才開始有點了解 "活在當下 " ，並且不張狂地，一點一點，平平淡淡的去逐步將理想完成。

實習去兼課，有機會去碰到跟自己以往教書環境完全不同的學生，也因為這樣好像更真實看到不是在有錢學區的孩子們對自己的掙扎、迷惑，不過還是很開心跟他們一起度過。最大的回饋，就是聽到導師對我說，我們班的學生都很喜歡上美術課，某C同學有一點學習障礙，但是它仍然會努力嘗試，並將我在美術課指導他的步驟學起來，他在聯絡簿上寫：雖然畫得不好，但是至少我有勇氣嘗試。"

現在不會也不想說什麼大話，最希望自己可以穩紮穩打地去實踐，並好好珍惜自己活著的每一天，該做的事要做，該完成的事努力去完成，想追求的目標就去追求，好好把握青春並用力地活著! 不要太過美麗虛幻，但要真實。

then, you will know you have to walk a step on the road.

Peace will come after the storm.

Pupils 'must look away to think'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/education/4602178.stm

Pupils should be encouraged to look away from their teacher when answering a question, scientists have found.

Far from daydreaming, children who avert their gaze when considering their response to a question are more likely to come up with the correct answer.

Stirling University psychologists found that, when looking away, five-year-olds answered 72% of questions well.

But when children had not been instructed to look away when thinking, they answered just 50% correctly.

The experiment, conducted among 20 children aged five, backs up other studies carried out by the Stirling researchers, which suggest that by the age of eight, children instinctively avert their gaze when considering a response to a question.

The mistake adults make is to interject too quickly  Dr Gwyneth Doherty-Sneddon

Dr Gwyneth Doherty-Sneddon from Stirling said taking the gaze away from the human face was very important when trying to concentrate.

"Looking at faces is quite mentally demanding," Dr Doherty-Sneddon told the BBC News website.

"We get useful information from the face when listening to someone, but human faces are very stimulating and all this takes processing.

"So when we are trying to concentrate and process something else that's mentally demanding, it's unhelpful to look at faces."

Adults 'should wait'

The researchers believe teachers and parents often mistake "gaze aversion" for children failing to understand a question and do not give them enough time to compose an answer.

"The mistake adults make is to interject too quickly, they need to try and hold back," said Dr Doherty-Sneddon.

"If they avert their gaze, it's worth waiting because they are probably trying to come up with something.

"There is this idea of 'look at me when I'm talking to you', but it should be okay to look away at some point of the interaction."

If a child looked blankly at an adult when asked a question it was a good indicator that the question had not been understood, she added.

The research, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, was published in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 

Page last updated at 15:16 GMT, Wednesday, 11 January 2006

Ielts: writing task 2 #Practice_1

Some experts believe that it is better for children to begin learning a foreign language at primary school rather than secondary school.
Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantage?

Recently, whether children should be taught a second language at primary school or secondary school has been receiving increasing attention. Some educators believe it is positive to expose children learning a foreign language early while others hold opposite view. Generally, I tend to agree with former perspective. The present shall put some reasons to clarify my position.

To begin with, according to the development of human’s brain, it appears that young children are easier to be modeled than teenagers. Because kids’ brains are still growing which lead them having more developing areas, making them to have higher potential to learn a new language than adolescents. Moreover, the important period of expanding linguistic ability is during the time of primary school. That is to say, learning a second language at primary school allows children to be able to pronounce a foreign language naturally with less influence from their native speaking. Finally, comparing pupils with juveniles, pupils are more likely not afraid of making mistakes form learning. With this quality not only can help children to reach a higher learning stage but also can build their confidence of learning a new language.

Although opponents consider that the achievement of learning foreign language is not associated with the age, there are more and more education researches show the benefic effect of learning a second language younger.

In conclusion, I approve the stand that a foreign language should be taught at primary school, and it has more advantages than disadvantages.