tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76263666905274546212024-03-13T21:20:00.805-07:00Taiwan Journey :)josephinecllnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02023465913198689458noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626366690527454621.post-52054667484205971232014-01-13T21:43:00.000-08:002014-01-14T21:44:42.973-08:00Beautiful 梅山 and 安平During the weekend, we went to 梅山. It's really really beautiful there, all the 梅花 is on its peak (where the flower is all blooming or starting to fall). We were told by the boss of the eatery place that we were lucky because we came at the perfect time, when the flowers are all blooming and at its prettiest ♥. We purposely went to 梅山to eat 梅子鸡, where the chicken is cooked in a plum soup. Super unique and delicious! :D The drink is made from plum too!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">with Mina :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">wiht Melody :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a wondeful family ^^</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the very nice we ate in Mei Shan</td></tr>
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Oil painting time. These family are very talented :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mina's artpiece</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Melody's artpiece</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A mother-daughter bonding time XD<br />
the cute little girl wanted to draw too</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">while I'm babysitting, so the moms could draw in peace</td></tr>
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Another trip to 安平. Even though I have been to 安平 3 times, I never get bored of it because going with different people and to different parts of 安平 gives me different feeling.<br />
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Today is my home-stay father's birthday. The kids and I made a birthday card for him. Hopefully he likes it. :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birthday Card in the making :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to make a surprise</td></tr>
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<br />josephinecllnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02023465913198689458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626366690527454621.post-66415113018629101642014-01-11T09:04:00.000-08:002014-01-13T09:05:43.921-08:00Colourful Days^^<div style="text-align: justify;">
I finally made a trip to 成功大學 (National Cheng Kung University), a university where my sister used to study in. Thanks to 主任,方老师,and Hui-Ju for taking time off to bring me around despite their busy schedule. NCKU is really big, with a lot of nice scenery and food nearby. If I suddenly consider to continue my study in the future, NCKU will definitely be one of my choice. :) Firstly because it is a good school, secondly because there are a lot of nice food nearby :p, and lastly it is not so far from the school I'm currently teaching in, so I can visit all the kids and friends I made here anytime. XD I also went to 安平 again to eat the famous 安平豆花 and to ride a boat to enjoy a nice scenery and know more about the different plants in Taiwan. At night, we went to the 武聖夜市 (Wusheng night market) to eat more Taiwan's snack. Thank you 主任 for all the treat!! :D One thing that fascinated me was the auction session in the night market. Haha, I kept looking at the seller who was talking very fast without a pause. He's very eloquent and humorous. There are some quite cool toy that he sold for only 10元 (only SGD 0.40!!!). So cheap!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">girls' time ♥</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">breathtaking scenery</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">In front of the famous Banyan tree in NCKU</td></tr>
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(the headset is of a really good quality)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Hahahaha, RAINING ROOM!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Awesome people who made my Taiwan journey<br />
a memorable one :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">With a random librarian in NCKU hahaha :p</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">主任 is the best!</td></tr>
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I went to 甲中国小 again for the second and also last time (for my this trip to Taiwan, there will be another one in the future hohoho). I am glad that they know more about Indonesia after I have thought them the week before. How do I know? Because they kept asking me about chilli! Indonesia = chilli in their mind, hahaha :p All because of me mentioning Indonesian like to eat spicy food. This time, more students dare to talk to me in English (I guess they really have done their homework on preparing what to talk to me :p). Anyway it was my last day in 甲中, thank you 蔡校长 and Albert (李主任) for inviting me to your school and giving me the opportunity to share more about myself and country to everybody in 甲中. Thank you for your very welcoming gesture and for all the gifts. I love to drink tea with both of you! nice tea and great chat :) Thank you students and teachers for making me a very lovely farewell card. ♥</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">with <span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;">甲中 kids </span> ^^</td></tr>
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golf ball signed by the 2 golf champion girls XD</td></tr>
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In one of my English class with the P2, we made a lot of various different paper animals, one animal for one student. I wanted to teach them the name of those animals in English. I think they can remember it better if they make the animal themselves, especially if it is their own one. I am glad that they love the session :). Oh, and I felt like a superstar in the P2 class lol. The kids were queuing with their diary to ask me sign on it, and take photo individually afterwards. Hahaha, the most funny thing was that they didn't understand the words that I wrote on their diary, but they wanted to compare what I wrote in each of their diary, so they compare alphabet by alphabet. :0 They are sooo cute. There's one P1 boy who ran to me, hugged me, and said "I love you". So my reply was "I love you too". And he was jumping in excitement, hahahaha, so innocent XD. These kids always made my day. How could I bear to leave them.. I have to go back next week.. :(</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">P2 class with their "pets"</td></tr>
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josephinecllnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02023465913198689458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626366690527454621.post-7632969343180151302014-01-07T16:42:00.003-08:002014-01-09T01:35:31.243-08:00Another very welcoming and amiable family <div style="text-align: justify;">
A surprise was waiting for me when I entered my new room. The two girls sang a welcome song to welcome me to the family. I was so touched! My new family is a very compassionate and sweet-tempered family, each and everyone of them. The two girls are the most well-mannered kids I've ever met. :) I feel very welcome to their family, even the hamster and guinea pig welcome me. lol.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mina with her impressive artpiece!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Melody with 小pudding :p</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 2 charming girls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Celebrating ama's birthday together :)</td></tr>
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It's my first time riding an electric bike (on the road) to school today. I was kinda nervous hahaha :p But yay!! I managed to go to school and back home safely :D</div>
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Today we have a steamboat session in class (primary 2). Each of the kids brought one type of ingredients. The kids in the class are so funny. As they were divided into 2 groups for the steamboat, each of the group kept asking me to sit with them to eat together. So I told them that I will sit with the group who cooked the nicest food. :D Each of them claimed that they cooked the nicest vege, the nicest bla bla.. Lol. One particular cute boy named Sam said, "Our group eat very little food, so you should sit with us. The other group eat so much, you won't get to eat anything." Hahahaha :p Another girl also told me that she brought 2 large bottles of soft-drinks, while the other group have none, so I have to sit with her. In the end, I was too busy helping them cooking the food that I don't really sit with any of the group as I was eating while standing. Hahaha :p They were really excited about the steamboat session that a lot of them told the teacher that they were not able to sleep they day before. XD</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Washing vegetables for steamboat XD (lots of lettuce!!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our steamboat pots :)</td></tr>
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josephinecllnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02023465913198689458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626366690527454621.post-7208658044640297422014-01-05T22:10:00.000-08:002014-01-07T07:47:50.100-08:00♥ Thank you Ben & Luna ♥<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love and Warmth of a Wonderful Family</td></tr>
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Today is my last day in Ben's house. They are a very loving family with brilliant kids. Thank you so much Ben and Luna for hosting me, for your care (esp when I was sick that time), for your super nice home-cooked food, for giving me a different perspectives on a lot of things in life. Trista and Rex are very lucky to have both of you as parents, a very motivated and encouraging father, and a creative and dedicated mother (and also a great cook!). To the two cute kids, thank you for being a great little brother and sister :) Rex, I hope you remember the word "car", "bear", "flower", and "rabbit". Hahaha :p</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A great mother, Luna ♥</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rex XD</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trista :D</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our journey together</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In a place that used to be a sugarcane storage place</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gathering before I move out</td></tr>
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<br />josephinecllnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02023465913198689458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626366690527454621.post-26408475578019901512014-01-04T22:59:00.000-08:002014-01-07T02:27:59.208-08:00Fulfilling and Fruitful days :)<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">I am very very
happy that I can see some improvement for most of the student. XD From 0 to 65
and from pass to 100</span><span lang="EN-US"> . The kids are
also getting more participative in class, which may be the reason why they
improve a lot. I am also glad that some of them find me during their free time
to ask me about certain English words. I hope that they can keep up the good
work, and continue to be an active learner.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Last Friday I went
to another Elementary School called </span><span lang="EN-US">甲中 to introduce Indonesian culture
to them. I am scheduled to visit the school twice, once this week, and the
second one next week. The principal, directors and teachers there are very
friendly too. :D</span><span lang="EN-US"> Even though the kids there were a little bit shy,
they were willing to answer me whenever I asked them questions. They said they
will prepare questions to ask me the next time I came so they can practice
their English. Hahaha, good good :D</span></span></div>
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talented people. The Paper Windmill Theatre are doing a project called “First
mile kids’ smile” in which they travel to 368 of Taiwan’s townships, cities,
and municipal districts to bring smile to the children’s face. The play is totally free (so that every kids get to watch it) and their project is only depending on donation from company and individual. Respect! The play that I watched is the 64th one. It’s not just
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My new year in Taiwan is awesome! :D I went to 義大 to "khua nian". The fireworks was amazing! Really!! :D Thank you so much to Hui Ju and 柄雄 for driving, tour-guiding and accompanying me :D. I really enjoy myself! :) We went to Eda quite early and did some window-shopping, eating, riding ferris wheel, then eating again, and eat and eat before we finally watched the singing performance and fireworks. We got a really good spot to watch the fireworks. Here are some of the photos:</div>
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On the first day of new year, we went to 安平, an ancient town located in Tainan City. There are a lot of nice food there. The first thing we did when we reach there is to eat the very famous 韭菜包 (garlic chive buns). We had to queue for about 20 mins just for that. Hahaha, we'll do anything for nice food! :D Afterwards we walked around 安平老街 and ate more food. :p I bought a cute little cactus, hopefully I can bring it back to Singapore. I cooked something like a cake (but it's crispy and really sweet) from brown sugar. It's fun, but the cake was way too sweet. XD We also went to Sio House (Salt Museum), where there are 366 different colour of salts (one for each day in a year). I bought a boiled egg covered in green color shell (which is actually salt) and i need to break the shell using a wooden mallet to eat the egg. :D We can eat the egg with the salt shell. It's so unique! I wrote a postcard to myself and my parents there! They have postcard sending service, so it's really convenient :) By then, i t was already night, we went to 海安路, a street with a lot of artwork and ancient building. Just nice, we saw Dr.William Lai (賴清德) during the inauguration of some art exhibition, so I took a photo with him! (luckily he is nice enough to stop for a while to take a picture with me :p I was a bit shy though, so I stand quite far apart and don't dare to ask for second photo :/)</div>
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This weekend is very special to me. I went to a wedding reception. It's my first time attending a Taiwanese wedding. It's kinda similar to a normal Chinese wedding in Singapore and Indonesia, except the fact that they prepare the food outside the building. Ben told me that is is very normal here, except if the wedding reception is in a big hotel. It was a 12-course lunch, and it's really really very filling. They even prepared plastic packaging on the table for us to take-away as they know we won't be able to finish the food, hahahaha! :p I was there in the photo, somehow, when they were photographing the relatives of the bride. Hahaha, I think the couple will wonder who this girl is in the photo when it's printed out. Anw, I took a photo with the bride too :)</div>
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I also went to a lot of museums together with the P3 kids as part of their class trip organised by 林老师. Thanks laoshi for bringing me along :D He is a very dedicated and passionate teacher, who is willing to go the extra mile for the benefit of the kids. I myself learned a lot about Taiwan history (from the prison visit and the historical building visit) and ceramic pottery. It's also my first time taking the Alishan red train XD hehe, it's so unique because alishan traditional song was played in the atrain during the journey and that we get to wave to the people that we saw outside :p. Haha, I felt like a little kid XD Oh, it is also my first time to visit a prison. It was damn creepy when I looked at the whole row of dark and tiny cells that used to contain a toilet bowl + 7 people each.</div>
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Over the weekend I made a few new friends. One of them is a great couple: an artistic husband, Toph and a talented wife, Sunny. We chatted for very long during our visit to their home. I saw some of Toph's artwork, and it's really meaningful. I always wonder how an artist's mind work and different they look at things. I really respect this family because while they have the chance to stay overseas, they choose to come back to Taiwan, stay and take care of the grandmother (she is 94 years old and super healthy by the way). I also learned that Toph has made a big decision in his life by leaving his job of 18 years and pursue his hobby of painting instead. To me it really take much courage to do such things. From him, I learned that we can make our dreams come true if we have the courage to pursue them. :) Anw, we planned to meet up for a coffee when I'm back to Singapore since they will be going there for a few days.</div>
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On Sunday, I attended a very unique music concert specially for kids. You know how usually music concert works. You have to keep quiet, listen attentively to the music or simply falling asleep :p However, for this concert, they involved the kids (and parents), by singing or dancing together. You might think that this concert doesn't sound like a good music concert and all, but it's totally the opposite. It was amazing!! The music that they play were really good (one that I really like is Fur Elise). I especially love the piano part. The purpose of the concert is to show the kids that music and learning musical instruments is fun. And I strongly believe that they succeed in achieving it. There was one surprise in the middle of the concert. The pianist's grandfather (105 year old!) was in the concert hall and it's his birthday. They musicians played a happy birthday song for him while we sang. It was really touching that I teared.</div>
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And my third week is over. So fast.</div>
josephinecllnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02023465913198689458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626366690527454621.post-5808643764394905012013-12-28T19:37:00.001-08:002013-12-28T19:44:28.522-08:00A new family; A different experience; A new challengeIt has been a few days since I moved to a new home, with another awesome and unique family. :) They are a very motivated and positive family, whose father (Ben) loves music, mother (Luna) loves art and craft, and the kids (Trista and Rex) who loves candies & chocolates. Hahaha :p I'm told that I'll be attending a Taiwanese wedding, a concert, and a camp, while eating delicious home-cooked food. They are a really homey family. :)<br />
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Christmas is finally here, and there are Santa Claus here and there to surprise the kids and to make their day, including the 聖誕鬼公公 who appeared mysteriously and giving out candies to the kids in school. Until now, his identity is still unknown. :p In the morning of Christmas Day, we have a Christmas activity in school prepared by Eric, 柄雄, and myself, while the school principal himself disguised himself as a Santa Claus. I'm glad that the kids had fun and felt really happy. :)<br />
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Oh, and I made a candy house with the P2 on Christmas Day!!<br />
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For teaching wise, I found a new challenge. I just realized there is a big ability gap in some of the classes. Some of the kids are quite good in their English, while some of them don't have a strong basic of abc. I have to think of a way to teach both group at the same time, while trying to bridge that gap. At the same time, I am giving out extra practices for those who wants to learn more. The kids here are really self-motivated and are willing to learn, which encourages me to also give my best to them while I'm still around.<br />
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I fell sick for the past few days. Thanks to all the really caring people around me, I recover really fast! Thanks to the school nurse, directors, teachers, and students, who asked me how I was everyday, giving me hot drinks and fruits, heating up my food so I don't eat cold food while I'm sick, giving me scarf to keep me warm, and giving me sweets so I can feel better (from all the sweet boys and girls)! And also to Luna especially, for taking care of me, preparing hot drinks and porridge for me, and giving me massages with that unique tool! Thank you everyone. :)</div>
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josephinecllnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02023465913198689458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626366690527454621.post-26975153238299592052013-12-22T23:37:00.002-08:002013-12-23T20:52:21.796-08:00My beloved 蔡 Family in Taiwan!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Yesterday was my last day staying with my first host family, 蔡 family. I am really grateful to have them as my host. I want to use this opportunity to thank them, namely 蔡papa, 蔡mama (Petty), 蔡昀蓁 (Jennifer), and 蔡荞安 (Joanna). Thanks papa and mama for taking care of me like your own daughter, and for treating me like a friend. Thanks for bringing me around Tainan, sharing about every single thing, and always buying me nice food to eat. Your mission of making me chubbier is definitely a success, I have gained 2kg (at least!) so far. Hahaha :p To my lovely and truly independent sisters, Jennifer and Joanna, thank you for all the laughter, all the silly jokes, song and dance. I always laugh whenever you girls are around. You both are truly gems to your parents, a sunshine to the family. "Laughter is the best medicine", but remember not to keep laughing nonstop when you're eating, be a good girl. :) I love our movie, chit chat, dinner and play time together. (fyi, we always watch 海棉宝宝/Spongebob Squarepants during our dinner time :p). I've always wanted a younger sibling, and you girls are the best I can ask for. :D</div>
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<span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif; text-align: justify;">[ 昨天是我在蔡家庭住的最後一天</span><span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif; text-align: justify;">,我很感謝他們身為我的主人。我想趁這機會感謝他們,謝謝蔡爸爸,蔡媽媽(</span><span lang="IN" style="text-align: justify;">Petty</span><span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif; text-align: justify;">),蔡昀蓁(</span><span lang="IN" style="text-align: justify;">Jennifer</span><span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif; text-align: justify;">),和蔡蕎安(</span><span lang="IN" style="text-align: justify;">Joanna</span><span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif; text-align: justify;">)。感謝爸爸媽媽像對自己女兒的照顧我,並把我當成朋友。謝謝您們帶我繞台南,分享每件事物並經常買好料的</span><span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif; text-align: justify;">給我吃</span><span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif; text-align: justify;">。您讓我变成胖呼呼的任務絕對成功,至今我已經胖</span><span lang="IN" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif; text-align: justify;">2</span><span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif; text-align: justify;">公斤(至少!)。哈哈,我可愛與獨立的姐妹,</span><span lang="IN" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif; text-align: justify;">Jennifer </span><span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif; text-align: justify;">和</span><span lang="IN" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif; text-align: justify;"> Joanna</span><span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif; text-align: justify;">,謝謝所有的歡樂,所有的愚蠢笑話,歌曲和舞蹈。當妳們在我身边,總是帶給我笑容與歡樂。妳們的確是父母的寶石,家庭的陽光。“笑是最好的藥”</span><span lang="IN" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif; text-align: justify;">,</span><span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif; text-align: justify;">但記得不要在吃的時候笑個不停</span><span lang="IN" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif; text-align: justify;">,</span><span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif; text-align: justify;">要成為乖女兒。我喜歡我們在一起的時間,看電影,聊天,吃飯和玩耍。</span><span lang="IN" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif; text-align: justify;">(</span><span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif; text-align: justify;">我們總是在晚餐時間看海棉寶寶)。我一直想擁有年輕的兄弟姐妹,妳</span><span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif; text-align: justify;">們</span><span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU, serif; text-align: justify;">就是我想擁有的妹妹。 ]</span><br />
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Our fun time together during my last weekend with them:<br />
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Don't worry! I'll see you girls again soon, I'll confirm go back and find you girls again before I go back to Singapore :) I'll miss duo duo and pudding (the family's adorable dogs) too! :)</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">It is freezingly cold everyday, especially in the morning when I woke up. I always don't feel like getting out of hiding place, my blanket. But I also want to go to school to chit-chat with the kids and witness their cute behaviour. Hahaha :p I want to thank each and every person here, especially 主任(both male and female), 方老师 and my host family, for being very caring and taking care of me while I'm here. Thanks for the hot drinks and soup, warm clothes, thermos, and a lot of other things. It really warms my heart. </span></div>
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There is one story that made me laugh continuously: When I was eating lunch with the P5 students yesterday, the students reminded each other to leave some soup for me. One of the ingredient in the soup is 猪血 (cube-shaped pig blood) which is blackish/chocolate in colour. They like to eat it so much, but they still want to leave some for me. However, they don't know how to say it in English, so when they are in the midst of reminding each other, the conversation goes something like this (in Chinese of course):<br />
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Today we made 汤圆 (glutinous rice flour) in school, together as a class. The kids get to make their own Tang Yuan, and they made a lot of weird-shaped Tang Yuan, such as: pizza, puff, cube, french fries, and other unknown shapes. I made a few myself. I made one pinkish-white star-shaped Tang Yuan. :p Hahahaha :p</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">I saw Christmas light decoration in school today, it's very nice. It should be even nicer at night, but I can't stay back in school for too long as I need to cycle back home myself and it's not good to go back too late when the sky is dark). It's all done by 柄雄 and Eric. They are doing their army service in the school. They both take care of the school and kids very well. They are like their big bro! Hahaha :p Thanks to both of them for always helping me (in calming the kids down and in our Christmas activity project) and being a dedicated photographer. :D</span></div>
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It is extremely cold these few days. It keeps raining and the wind is very strong. I cycle to and back from school everyday. However these few days, it's so hard to cycle it feels like my bike always going sideways as the wind is too strong, lol. Anyway, yesterday I couldn't go back on my own as it was raining so heavily. Luckily my host mom, Petty, is very nice and fetch me from school.</div>
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I am getting more familiar with the kids and people here. I feel so loved! The teachers would brought me food or drinks at random timing, be it to warm me down in this cold weather (thanks 方老师 for the hot drink), or just to introduce me to Taiwan food aka. making me chubbier (thanks Molly and 主任). Haha :p. When the kids saw me, some of the them would just come over and hug me. <3 They would ask me if I've eaten, if I am going to their class etc. :) Below is what the 3rd graders drew in front of their classroom to welcome me <3 <3. Lovely kids ^^</div>
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This morning, I joined their flag raising for the first time. After flag raising, there's a short drama play by the 3rd graders, they are so cute, XD They did this kind of drama play every week and the teachers are very supportive and encouraging. I think this kind of activities are the main reason why these kids are very open, outgoing, and outspoken. Afterwards, they did exercise and running around the track together, including the principal and teachers! :D</div>
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These few days, I've been preparing materials that will make my English class more interesting. For the 4th, 5th, and 6th grade, their lesson will be about Christmas, so they will learn a lot of new words related to Christmas. :) There's also a video and class activity. I hope it is not too difficult for them. As for the 3rd grade, it's mostly on daily conversation question and answer. For the 1st and 2nd grade, we learn abc and words related to the alphabets and the most fun part is singing together! XD</div>
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Today is Molly's last day in school. The P6 students are not willing to let her go, hahaha :p Me too actually, if I have the power to do so. She is a really nice colleague and teacher. The students respect and adore her at the same time. :) They love her! :). I want to be a teacher like her, Thanks a lot for your accompany, for bringing me all the nice food, for helping me with a lot of things. We will miss you Molly!! Let's keep in contact :)</div>
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This week I'm attached to the 6th graders. I learned a little bit about their background. There are only 5 students. They are really talented kids: some are very good at drawing, some are really good at making art and craft, playing drums, and many more!! They are really sweet and polite, even though they are quite shy at first. I love this class a lot :).</div>
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Last week was my first week of teaching. I teach P1-P6 students, mainly English and culture sharing. They are a lively bunch of students. Most of them are very curious and like to ask questions, which is very good! That is what I called learning! It is quite different from the students in my home countries. They will usually keep quiet when there is any question asked. All of my first lesson with all the classes is an introductory class, which I asked them to introduce themselves in English holding their own drawing. They did very well at it! I hope they remember certain new English words that I taught, which is mostly related to what they have drawn.</div>
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For culture sharing, I choose to introduce Indonesia in the details instead of Singapore because I think Indonesia have a much longer history and deep-rooted culture compare to Singapore. Also, I am more familiar with Indonesian culture since I was born and lived there for 15 years. Geographical location, flag, food, and other interesting facts about Indonesia are what I shared with the people here. The students here are very smart I must say. :) I really love to teach them. However, when the P1 and P2 combined together in a class, I was feeling a bit overwhelmed, hahaha. Luckily, the kind Eric was there to help me along to calm these little kids down by giving out chocolate and sweets :p </div>
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Last Saturday, I went to Hai Dian Guo Xiao with the Bei Shi's students, parents and teachers as our students were invited to perform Tai Gu for their 20th anniversary. It was WOWWWW-ing! a really awesome performance! Somemore, when I asked them if they are nervous before their performance, all of them said "No". Such brave and talented souls :) I also saw the art exhibition of Hai Dian Guo Xiao, the students are very very creative, their art pieces are sooooo nice and detailed (I can't even do those things!). I wish to share and implement this kind of learning that encourage creativity in my home countries.<br />
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I went to AliShan with Joanna, Jennifer and their father this weekend. It was a wonderful trip. The weather is very cold there! We enjoy the scenery by walking around and I tried wasabi sausage during the walk >.< I cringed my nose everytime I took a bit. Well, at least I tried something different, :p.</div>
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My days here are really awesome!! Thanks to a lot of people here who have made me feel so welcomed. Firstly, to my host family who have made me feel like I'm at home, bringing me around to eat nice food and for treating me like their own family. Secondly is to the school's staffs and teachers, especially 主任 and 校长 and Molly (6th grade teacher), for introducing me more about Taiwan, about Bei Shi, and the culture here. Also, thanks to all the lovely kids here, they are just soooooo sweet and cute, saying hi to me whenever they saw me, giving me handmade welcome notes/cards and certain things that I believe are really precious to them. Oh, and I keep hearing my name wherever I walked! Hahaha :p</div>
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One thing I like about Bei Shi is that the school system is really different from Singapore and Indonesia. They have a short lesson time (40 mins each), a break (at least 10 mins) in between each lesson (which I think is very important!), and cute bell/song to indicate certain activities. They even have nap time! So basically they have to take a nap together in the classroom. XD I am really amazed when I saw the kids cleaning up the school (the garden/field, the classroom, the toilet) every single day, which in my opinion, is a good training and practice to make them a more responsible and independent person. During meal times, the kids have to take the pots of food from the kitchen to the classroom, and use their own bowls and cutleries to get the food for themselves. Afterwards? They clean up after themselves, oh my goodness, I never see such a practice in my home countries. The children here are very considerate and share their food with others too, lovely little kids :) Another activity they do together that surprised me: they brush teeth together after meals! A good hygienic practice since young. :)</div>
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The recycling practice in Bei Shi (and maybe Taiwan in general) is really really good! They have five different bins in each and every classroom, mainly for: refuse paper material, pet bottle, cans, plastics, and other wastes. The people here are actually really following the recycling practice, including the students. Their discipline is really good!<br />
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I didn't teach anything for the first 2 days as I'm still adapting myself and preparing my teaching materials. In between the preparation, I learn Chinese during my own free time. I have my own notebook to write what new Chinese words I learned everyday!! XD Molly really helped me a lot, really feel so grateful with her around. :) I read the newspaper for children too hahaha :p Well, my main purpose is to help the children with English here. Beside that, I'm partly here because I want to improve my Chinese, so I have to make use of my time here well. :) I am determined to do my best here!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The plane touched down at Taipei on 7 Dec at 5am. I was excited, yet anxious as I have to be on my from that time onward. With the help and guide from my sister, I managed to reach at Taichung safely. Unsurprisingly, just as what I've been told by many, Taiwanese are very friendly. The people here are very gentle, approachable and helpful. As I have to go to travel around during the day before settling down at a hostel/hotel, it's very inconvenient for me to bring my huge luggage around. The luggage keeping service at the train station was full at that point of time :(. Fortunately, the staff at the 7-eleven nearby offered to keep my luggage for the day free of charge!! How much nicer could these people be, I'm so touched ;).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went to 彩虹村(the rainbow village) and 高美 on the first day with my friends. I especially love 高美. It is a very beautiful and serene place. I felt so peaceful when I was there. I also managed to catch the beautiful sunset scene with my own eyes :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I stayed at Puli for the night and went to 清境农场 the next day early in the morning. I purposely went there to see the sheep :D. They are sooo cute XD. My friend and I called the sheep as "meh meh" hahaha :p. I have to leave quite early though as I have to rush back to Taichung train station to take my luggage and then take the high speed train to Tainan to meet my buddy and host family. The high speed train here is really cool and nice! The ticket price is a little bit expensive though. However, it's a once in a lifetime experience, and I get to see very nice scenery of Taiwan along the way. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once I reached Tainan, my buddy, Jeff, picked me up and bring me to the principal and host family. They even wrote a big welcome note and waved at me when I descended down the escalator!! Jennifer and Joanna, the two kids that I am going to stay with for the first two weeks are very lively and cute! XD Looking forward to interact more with them and the rest of the people here. :)</span></div>
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