Cross the road?

I dig into library to study Accounting, Calculus and Economics almost every day. Up to this point, I still doubt department of accounting is really my destiny, therefore, it’s quite a practical approach to climb up to the tops of this department so I have more options if dept. of accounting doesn’t work out for me.

When I was in high school, there wasn’t much doubt on what department we should get into in the future, for we simple knew too little about university. Most of us announced we want to get into ‘business department’, but actually there is no ‘business department’. What we have are some more specific choices: Business Administration, Accounting……

What struck me now is why I did not consider dept. of law all along. After consulting with a few people with experiences like this, I understand I am not the only fool in this world, and people really are blind sometimes.

While things look quite clear for some other people, I am certainly in the crossroad of my life.
Be vigilant, the moment to make choices is drawing near……

In the mirror

Looking into the mirror,I wonder who is that boy staring straight at me.

Sometimes, I don’t even know myself.
It is quite pathetic to know so little about who I am before I got into college. If I still want to be the master of my life, there is no other way than keep asking my self difficult questions now. Instead directly asking myself who I am, probably it’s best asking what I want to be. Instead of asking what I want to be, it’s more pragmatic to ask what I want.

I am not too ambitious. I worry about not being too ambitious sometimes.
I am not too adventurous. I worry about not being too adventurous sometimes.

But I have to be true to my heart, I tend to choose stability over growth. At an age like this, stability is torturously hard to maintain.

A brief introduction of Elton John

Elton Hercules John
Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 march ,1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist.

Musical Style and Voice

1. In the 1970s, Elton John's sound immediately set him apart from most others by being piano-based in a rock 'n' roll world dominated by guitars.

2. His songs often use a slowly building crescendo that brings the song to a climax.

3. John also has a distinctive vocal style. In particular, his phrasing is often a bit metronomic.

4. In his classic period in the 1970s, Elton sometimes swept up from his normal tenor into a versatile falsetto.

Lyrics to Can you feel the love tonight

There's a calm surrender

To the rush of day

When the heat of the rolling world

Can be turned away

An enchanted moment

And it sees me through

It's enough for this restless warriorJust to be with you

And can you feel the love tonight?

It is where we are

It's enough for wide eyed wanderer

That we got this farAnd can you feel the love tonight
How it's laid to rest

It's enough to make kings and vagabonds

Believe the very best

There's a time for ev'ryone

If they only learn

That the twisting kaleidoscope

Moves us all in turn

There's a rhyme and reason

To the wild outdoors

When the heart of this star-crossed voyager

Beats in time with yours

And can you feel the love tonight?

It is where we are

It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer

That we got this far

And can you feel the love tonight

How it's laid to rest?

It's enough to make kings and vagabonds

Believe the very best

It's enough to make kings and vagabonds

Believe the very best

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkGDrV_2ehI

Slower, yet smarter

Age certainly is another part of wisdom. When I was younger, I practiced playing baseball with my mates all the time. I was the pitcher most of the time, so I invest loads of time thinking of ways to make my pitching more powerful. At that time, throwing breaking ball troubled me greatly, so I mainly focused on enhancing the speed of my four-seam fastball. No matter under what situation, fastball was the only option when facing hitters or, more serious problems in my life.

Right now, because of the lack of weight training, my fastball probably is not as fast as it was. Yet age still grants me something called experience.

Right now when facing hitters, I am able to confuse them with a couple of breaking balls like shooter, slider, fork, or even slow curve. And most important of all, experience taught me to be more patient and observant while facing difficulties, whether in playing baseball or journeying through life.








shooter









Fork

New vision

This Saturday I went to National Palace Museum to prepare my report. The exhibition I focused on is called”New Vision at the Ch’ing Court ‘, which mainly depicts how western-style painting came to influence the tradition of Chinese painting. The hero at this exhibition is Giuseppe Castiglione, who is considered one of the most talented and well known missionary-painters.

His paintings present a very intriguing feature that’s worth mentioning---The mix of western painting technique with Chinese one. For example, while using western perspective to draw animals, he chose to paint the background in Chinese way.

It certainly offers us a new vision to look at things.

Fighdo

The exam fever is finally over. But other duties are still on my shoulder. I am not too comfortable to announce what my responsibility really is here. But it is some thing that keeps reminding me how humble I should be right now. What has to be done must be done. No matter what is going to block my path, I still have to keep on fighting and dreaming. If needed be, I will be a trailblazer and cut down things which are trying to impede me.

Combuy and Fighdo！(Japanese)

Too cynical to do any good

The end of midterm exam is finally within the horizon. I have been working extremely hard preparing for this exam, for admittedly, I feel somewhat guilty for my college entrance exam. Why? Because I know I work hard for an average student at that time, but if I want to achieve excellence like some of my classmates in my high school, my contribution is far from enough. The main reason I probably did not live up to other people’s expectations is that simply I am a true pessimist at that time. I was unwilling to face the exams and complained a lot too many for my age. Although it is partly understandable that after high school entrance exam, students have the right to be afraid of another 3 years of transmigration, but it really hurts to see myself failing to do my best in the face of my whole family.

What’s been done has been done. And there’s always the silver lining.
I know:
I will never let another chance slip away. I will be more vigilant from this time.
I will break through all these chains and live up to my true potential.
Although I can’t change the past, I will shape my own future.
And nothing is gonna stop me now.

An unforgettable voice---Naotaro

It is never easy for me to become a fan of a particular singer. And I am still not a fan of Naotaro Moriyama.

But, these days I find his music inspiring. He is not handsome enough to merely use his face to earn his living. But because of his gorgeous falsetto, his albums have been a hit in the dismal market in Japan. His greatest hit is Sakura, a song that makes my soul tremble again and again. Besides Sakura, his new song kazemachi kosaten is also quite a success both in Taiwan and Japan.

Naotaro singing Sakura

Murphy's Law

This week we paid a visit to Fo Guang Shan Jin Guang Ming Temple in Buddhist Art course. No until I got into the temple did I realize how big the whole places are. In actuality, the buildings are merely 5stories, but the dinning rooms, the plaza and the hall all look strangely dominant to me. The first thing I learn in this trip is that looks can be deceiving.

Due to a bit of misunderstanding, the monks show us around in a way that did not correspond to our schedule. So after we toiled around the temple for 2hours and 30 minutes, the chance of catching up the bus I planed to take equals zero. So I wait and wait and wait for the next bus blue45 to arrive and save the day.(Which is scheduled to arrive in 10 more minutes)

After a while, the instructor decided to drive us to the main road, and told us it’s a lot easier to catch a bus there. But it took me another half hour to get one.
Alas! Murphy’s Law.

Killing two birds with one stone

This week is the week of midterm exams. But fortunately I still find a way to keep on writing my blog while preparing for midterms: Friday I have to sit for my English midterm, and the teacher mentioned she would probably put a series of question about Olympic in the exam. And I decide to practice answering one of the questions(the mostly likely one) and post it in my blog.

The following question appeared in Mosaic,

What are the problems and controversies we are facing in modern Olympic?

Ans: Political problems, Nationality have long plagued the games. In the modern society, whether shemales have the right to compete in the fields also confuses many regulators. And the most serious challenge the Olympic is encountering is the doping problem, the problem has never been solved to this day.

I'll finally get there. This I swear.

Two days ago my friend Nick Wei has just finished his college entrance exam in Australia. Yesterday he arrived in Taiwan and paid my family a visit. Nick has always been my friend since we were in the 3 grade of elementary school. When we were first grader in junior high, most of the members in his family (With his father back in Taiwan dealing with money issue) migrated to Sydney.

Unfortunately, today I got to go to Sanshia and keep on living in the school dorm. It really pains me to realize I can’t be there when a true friend arrived. I hate the fact that I had to be here for so long. I really blame my self for not able to do what I want to do.

I have to find a way to turn things around. I will keep on going.

Fighting all alone......TOGETHER

How to save the earth from partial or even total destruction by mankind? It certainly is a mission impossible for a single person. And it is never realistic to expect those big companies to turn green in a short time. So the future sounds dismal enough, huh?

Yes, if we keep on exploiting the recourses in this way, Armageddon is not just a nightmare for us; it is a destiny for the next generation yet to come.

But if we try to do the basic thing, we might still have a chance to influence the world around us. We must develop a sense of community. Only so, we realize we often ignore the most important thing that supports us. And by doing so, those who care about the community may not find themselves scattered. If we split asunder, there is little we can achieve; but if we keep a united front, no global company or any government dare to directly repress or marginalize the voice that is going to change the most fatal scenario.

Life, a single and simple solution?

How to make life a more satisfied experience? I don’t have a single answer, but probably there are thousands of ways to make life better

First, do the right thing. If we can put things into perspective, then the chance of getting into undesirable situations may greatly reduce. After all, prevention is better than cure.

Second, do things right. If we can approach things in the right way, then our life will be more efficient, since we control the tempo of our lives.

But most of the time, we make mistakes.
Sometimes we just do things wrong, and every thing seems out of control.
When facing situation like this, it is recommended to save some time for ourselves and, at least, find a way to cope with what’s gonna happen ahead. If it is a situation that we could not offer a solution, then its time to seek guidance from our supporting system---our parents, our peers or even our teachers in the past. When understanding what to do, often it demands us of our brave heart to carry out the plan to turn things around. If we feel lonely fighting alone, it is the moment to let religious into your life. We all know that ‘here on earth, god’s work must be our own ‘. But don’t forget to seek his guidance and blessings beforehand.

Konami Cup 2007

Today, it's the opening of Konami Cup Asia Series. This yearly baseball contests are played between the Champions in Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and the Chinese national team. It is a highly anticipated event in Taiwan because the regionization of sport is common in Europe, yet rare in East Asia.

This year the four contestants are Chunchin Dragons from Nippon Professional baseball, Sk Wyverns from Korean Baseball Organization, Uni-President Lions from Taiwan and Chinese national team.

While posting this article, the first game between Uni-President lions and China Star(Chinese national team) has just finished. Although the Lions grabbed the game, it is quite frustrating to see them allow 16hits to China Star(generally speaking the weakest team) . The only thing I dare to hope right now is at least they can try their best when facing Chunchi Dragons(The strongest).

Faith conquers all

Lately, I find my self facing some of the problems that never occur to me before. And constantly I realize life has forced me to explore the dark side of my life. I had to admit I am in the dark valley of my life journey.

'Rejoiced in hope, Patient in tribulation’ is a memo I cling tightly to. This few days, motivational readings have been life savers to me. When I am not at my best in my life, I realize I just have to keep on fighting and be patient at the same time. Faith conquers all. Things will finally work out for me. Yes, it will.

My Sushi experience

When I head home this Friday, my parents and I went to Sushi Express to wind up after a long and somewhat frustrating week. Sushi is one of my favorite food since I was little. Why did I get into Sushi? Okay, I had to admit I fall in love with sushi simply because I read ‘shota no sushi '--- a Japanese manga with clear and vivid description of the art of sushi. Every time I go to Sushi Express, I try reminding myself to calculate how much rice I had gulped in. Most of the time this tactic works just fine, but this week I put this rule behind me and let my hair down……I end up spending all weekend doing sports, getting my fingers crossed I had killed all the calories.

A simple Calories graph I copied from the menu
Type of sushi---Calories
Tuna---78.64
Scads---72
Eel---119.8
Salmon---105.8
Octopus---70.82

Weekly review of my enhancement plan10/28--11/4

Another week has gone, and it’s time for me to review what I have accomplished in the past few days. First, I have to admit that I did not closely stick to my plan this week, for the mid-term exams are drawing near. On the flip side, I still read a lot of English books because three courses(Management, Accounting principles, Calculus) in the department of accounting use English-version textbooks. On improving listening, I spent an hour this week listening to BBC drama (Silverstreet).

What I have done:10/28—11/4
1, Listen to Silverstreet for an hour.
2, Study ‘Management’ 1 hour.
3, Study ‘Accounting Principle’ 2 hour.
4, Study ‘Calculus, an applied approach’ 4 hours.
5, Use fragmented time at dorm and on MRT reading reader’s digest. (Hard to calculate how much time has spent on it.)