Final

It’s really hard to imagine that I have already posted so many articles in English.

I have to say that it really helps me a lot to improve my English writing ability. Since I became a university student, I have little chance to practice English. At first, I cannot imagine that I have to make a post in English every week, it seems quite difficult. But, now I am really happy and proud that I make it! There is another benefit about this activity, since Rainbow asks us at least making 2 comments every week, we have to read others’ blogs; it’s really interesting. By reading what others wrote, I do learn a lot and get to know the things which I would not notice in common. I think I’ll keep this habit; it’s really fun and helpful!

[Life]The little and sure happiness in life.

After the horrible earthquake in Japan, people start to think that“What is the thing that really important in life?”if you are going to die in the next second. People start to cherish the happiness which near by but seldom been noticed. Since that you cannot make sure what will happen in second, the only thing you can hold may be the sure and little happiness in life; as a result of it, there is a new word created to describe this kind of happiness, it is called“小確幸”.

This kind of happiness is very little but sure, it is none about money, wealth, success, fame… etc. It is the real thing in your life that makes you feel happy and warm, like a cup of milk tea in a cold day, help from passerby…etc. I think it is quite important to us, we always try our best to get success, and we are always busy working, spending most of our time to realize some material success in life. But we seldom appreciate the people who accompany us and the things we already had. Take me as an example, in past, I used to be a person who always complain that I never have the things I really desire, I used to take others kindness for granted, and I never think that I feel happy. Until one day, I saw this word“小確幸”on the magazine and knew the meaning behind the words, I finally realize the reason why I am always feel unhappy and even upset. The answer is really easy, because I seldom see what I have, I always focus on the things I don’t have. After understanding the problem in my life, I try to appreciate everything in my life; I try to appreciate the consideration my friends and family give. For example, when I eat a delicious cake, I feel lucky and thank the feeling of happiness I have in that moment. It’s really easy but works a lot to change my life. I feel more happy and blessed. I think it is also a good way to live more positively and live a better life. 

[Book]59 SECONDS Think a little, change a lot.

Do you believe that it will only take you 59 seconds to become a popular person?Well, honestly speaking, this is the reason why I borrowed this book; its name is too amazing! Can you imagine that after you read this book, you are going to be a better person? Do you think that it works? Since I love reading this kind of psychological books, I borrowed it and read it at the first sight. It is quite interesting reading this book. It teaches me many useful tips to change some habits in my life. Reading this book is quite interesting. There are 10 chapters in this book, each chapter has 2~3 tips teaching you how to be a better person in a specific way. And every tip is feasible not like other incentive books just underlining theory. This is quite important, because if you don’t think that it’s feasible, how can you believe that it really works? I do implement some tips in this book and surprisingly they work! For example: there is a tip called “Keeping perfect diary ”it encourages you to write down your daily life in 5 days and each day has its own topic, you should write down things that are related to the topics. I did it a week, and as the consult in the book that I really think and live more positively than I was! I f you like to try new ways to live a better life, this book is quite worthwhile reading!  

[Singer] Jordin Sparks

Once I listened to ICRT, and suddenly a powerful voice came into my ear. I was really amazed by the voice.  And I wondered who the singer of this song is? Her voice sounded very pleasing and wonderful. So I listened very carefully to the DJ introducing the singer, and her name is Jordin Sparks.“No Air”is the highest selling by any American Idol contestant. “No Air”is an R&B song which was cooperated with Chris Brown(A famous hip hop and R&B singer.), it is really impressive and pleasing. And the best part of the song is Jordin’s soulful voice. It is no doubt that her voice gave the song soul. I also recommend another song“This is my now”in her self-titled album, this one is a little bit like her own biography and really great! Otherwise, because of Jordin, now I am also a fan of American Idol. Watching the contest on line becomes one of my hobbies in life and another unexpected gain is that by watching this show I can also practice my English listening.
 Maybe you haven’t heard of her name, but I am sure that you must have heard of the show where she rose, American Idol. She was the winner of the sixth season of American Idol and amazingly she was only 17 at that time, she is the youngest winner of that show. In 2007, she released her first and self-titled album. And the song I heard on the ICRT,

Jordin Sparks Official Site

[Songs]小情歌

小情歌

Every time when I feel upset or depressed, there is always a voice come to my head, it is always singing that“這是一首簡單的小情歌…”Yes, I believe some of you must have heard of it. The name of the song is“小情歌”.And the singer of this song is“吳青峰”, actually he is belong to a famous band called“Sodagreen”.They are really famous in Taiwan and especially to people in NCCU since most members of this group had studied at NCCU.“Sodagreen”. The feeling in that moment can only be described by one word“amazement”! How can a person singing like this? Is this voice belonging to a man or a woman? The voice is really special and impressed. Although it sounded a little bit weird, it did impress and interest me greatly! Owing to the curiosity to this band, I bought their second album“Little universe”I was deeply touched, how can his voice so soulful that felt like he was singing the feeling inside of my heart. At that time, I suffered from serious depress. By listening to this song, I felt understood and cured. It is a feeling like that someone knows your story and understands your feelings. And the feeling of being understood is really great and important to a frustrated person. I love this song, its lyric is meaningful and poetic. When you listen to it, you can not only savor its diction but deeply touched by its melody. I have listened this album a thousand times and also a super fan of “Sodagreen”. Listening to their songs is definitely a feast to your mind.
So today I am not going to introduce who they are but share some of my individual feelings about them. It can be traced back to five years ago when I first time heard the song of

[Funny]“True”truffle chocolates

A month ago,  an interesting piece of news, which was about Truffle chocolate. The Department of Health sampled Truffle chocolates, and they found that inside the Truffle chocolates didn’t contain truffles. As a result of it, The Department of Health asked stores who sold Truffle chocolates stop selling them. After announcing this policy, it really caused uproar. Because Truffle chocolates originally don’t contain truffles, what it called is related to its look. It is called truffle chocolate just because it looks like truffle. Every one loves eating Truffle chocolates, but have we thought of why it called Truffle chocolate? Actually, before watching this news, I believe most of us didn’t know it.

Few days ago, my friend Josh saw this news, a funny idea came into his mind. He decided to make “true” truffle chocolates! Yeah, you are right, he made truffle chocolates which contain truffles! Now I am going to share with you how they taste!

Well, it tasted very special; I mean the truffles, because the chocolate itself tasted just like those which don’t contain truffles, haha.
When you eat the truffles, the in-mouth impressions of it tasted a little bit like taros, isn’t it funny?
The little white parts are truffles, isn’t it special?

To compare with those “fake” truffle chocolates, I also took some photos for you to compare. In fact, I don’t really mind weather it contains truffle or not, I just care how it taste!  

[Book]The last girlfriend before you met your wife.《倒數第二個女朋友》

This is a book about love and life. At first, let me simply introduce its content and writer.
The writer of this book is very famous in Taiwan, his name is Tom Wang (王文華).
I'm very sure you must have heard of his name. His name often appears on the newspaper and he sometime appears on the screen and he is also a host on the radio program.
He has  written many novels about love .He always precisely describes life and feeling of urban people, this is the reason why his books are so intriguing. When you read it, you might be deeply touched, because these stories are so vivid just like those happen in your daily life. 
The book I am going to introduce is called 《倒數第二個女朋友》.Actually, I don't know how to translate its name into English. The meaning of its name is the last girlfriend before you met your wife. The story describes three women ‘s love and life.
They are 20, 28 and 32. They are totally different in their appearance , characteristic , and values. These differences let them choose different men and job, and these different choices greatly influence their life and the men they chose.
In fact, I have read this novel a thousand times! I really love this novel. Every time I read this novel, I feel deeply touched and inspired. Now you me curious about what I said, why a romantic novel might inspire me? The characters in this book are so brave enough to face their life and always be positive to face all the difficulties in their life. That’s why I need to learn and that’s why I love this book. It reminds me that even though most of time in my life, there is always many depression and difficulties, I still have to be tough to face it and solve it. Since I have kept this belief in my mind and work very hard everyday, I believe I’ll have the happy result I want just the same as the ending of the story.

Well, I think this all I want to say about this book, I have confidence that you must love it after you read it.