looking for trouble?

Seems like it. Optimistically, it should be labelled challenges. i accept that.. hah~

Took on a project which is similar to a final project, only that I have a partner and more time to work with. an exposure to our final year by loading ourselves with work now.

I FINALLY talked to a group member today.
And it STRUCK ME when the guy said,
"Discussion ar.. no need la, just divide the work..."
Sweat... how are we to divide work if we don't even have a single meeting in the first place??
And to find my team doing a team project without team-work... =.=lll

Wonder whether the split then was right.
But having no choice, it's not nice to split again or leave. Just my fate...

Now it's whether I should stand up and take control of the situation. For the sake of my future, I guess I have to.
I do hope I can work with them, and they will work with me.

...

It s****.

The worst that I have expected of the course, I never had expected my group to turn out like this. Probably it's my own problem. But I can't imagine how I am to work with people who don't seem to be there.

I would really prefer to pick my group(as anybody would), to have a choice over something at least. But my giving in to them caused myself having to clear up the trouble left behind. So now, we seem to have 3 out of 5 people in the team, adn I can't seem to find a 5th member. With the fact that the 4th member may never appear as well. The deadline is causing a lot of trouble, even from the beginning.

Somehow getting frustrated over this. Wish I could delete the 4th member off the list, then he will hate me. Wish I could just jump over to another group, then everyone will hate me.

Cool game...

a day

A guest lecturer from University of Wolverhampton was here in Technical Communication class today. If all lecturers speak Mr Phil Harris's accent, we would drown. Right... his lecture was rather interesting and fun of course. And a good exposure to his university as well, hah~

Starting on the hobby kit today, though still lack of some components. A 'wheel of fortune'. Got this out, with help from the committee members~ Though it was not successful, coz it was a wheel of fortune WITH NO SWITCH.

But one of the ICs (hopefully not both) burnt~ damn..

Met my darling in the LRT today, only after 15 mins of the route. She's just started her first job after graduation. Hard to imagine that she's already set foot in the society while I'm still a miniature in the engineering world.

Anyway, glad to see her again~

天灯上的愿望

又是个困难的抉择。

这一步，是改变我的生活，我的未来的转机。。
只是，不知是否该早些踏上这个旅程，还是该等一阵子，适应了环境，再去实现我的理想。

在这里工作了快一年半，感觉厌倦了，因为做的工没有学习到什么。所以有了‘跳飞机’的念头，想到另一边去兜一兜。却担心是自己的野心太大，却有缺乏信心，担心因此兼顾不了学业，担心因此而忽略了其他的工作，也担心妈会更不高兴。

两者各有所长。在这里，工作比较广泛。而另一边，可以学到对未来很多帮助的东西。

也许我真的很难兼顾两个地方。也许她是不想我离队（虽然我也没这个打算），但我也知道，既来之，则安之，目前是该把原有的任务做好，再走下一步才不会有遗憾。

其实自己还不舍得放下，才在这里啰嗦一大堆。

希望尽早能实现理想，完成那似乎不可能的任务。
那在天灯上留下的愿望。

Kuanmootuan Taiwan Study Tour!

A week after the farewell party, I'm finally updating my blog.

It’s a strange thing that I wasn’t quite in the mood for something which I have been waiting and longing for. That was the case when I left for Kuanmootuan. Probably coz I wasn’t used to leaving home for so long. Anyway, in the end, the tour turned out fine enough, although there are things which are far from prediction.

On the 10th, we all gathered in Federal Hotel for some briefing and activities. The next day, we were the earliest to leave for Taiwan, as we had a transit at Hong Kong. First time experiencing being in 3 countries in one day. Hong Kong airport was marvelous, a place where YZ crave to be at. On the other hand, Taipei Airport was incomparable… not as new. A surprise then was, we clashed into Wakin Chau (周华健) who was rushing off through the side door. Hehe~ Didn’t manage to snap a pic.

In Taipei, our accommodation was arranged at Chien Tan Youth Activity Center. Of all the centers, it was considered the best. 6-person room we had, with 2 shower and 2 cubicles.

For meals, we were divided into permanent ‘tables’.

Table 21!

The food were Chinese-styled, and they have many different ways of preparing dishes using almost the same ingredients.. hah~ Somehow, majority of us did not like corn and ‘bamboo shoot’. But it didn’t bother me; I ate anything… hehe…
<
Opening ceremony…

National Taiwan Normal University DPPOCS / 85˚C cake… yummy~

Cutting paper… / Our Chinese Kongfu master!

At Taiwan Legislative Yuan

Martyr’s Shrine (Zhong Lie Ci)

Discovery Center of Taipei

Along the street of Taipei…

Cute~

Eslite (Cheng Pin Xin Yi Dian)

Xin Guang San Yue

Taipei 101

Yang Ming Hill

National Palace Museum

Ying-ko Ceramics Museum / Hand-made Ocarina / DIY designing of a glass bottle

Guan Du Bridge / Guan Du Temple

Lovers’ Bridge / Fisher’s Jetty (Yu Ren Ma Tou)

Visit to National Taiwan College of Performing Arts

Nan Kang Software Park / a great mechanism of fountain / {the shooting venue of “White Hospital}

Miramar Entertainment Park {shooting venue of “Why Why Love”}

MRT station / Xi Men Ting

Fried oyster with egg (ou a jian) / Mango Ice / ever famous… Instant noodles!

ROUND ISLAND TRIP

YI LAN / HUA LIEN

National Center for Traditional Arts

Great view of the sea during the journey

Tarogo National Park

Lighting kongming lantern at Yiyuan Resort

Tarogo Gorge

~Luv this pic~

Chang Chun Ci

United Welcome Party

HUA LIEN /TAI-TUNG

At Tai-Tung East Coast

Basian Cave (Basiandong)

Terrace of the Three Immortals (San sian tai)

Had a hot spring bath in the hotel that night.

The common hot spring pool

Lazy for allt he trouble to get down, so...

My personal bath! =D

KEN-TING

Mao-Pi-To

Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium

starfish / sea urchine / sea rabbit



whale shark

feeding the sharks!

I want this home~

Seaweed and Squid ice-cream!! =D


A surprise celebration for the December birthday babies~

It was dong-zhi, so we had some tong-yuen , and later hang out at Ken-Ting old street, had a wonderfully tasty barbequed squid..


Ken-Ting Oluanbi National Park



KAO-HSIUNG

Mei-Nong Hakka Culture Village



Dream Mall

Visit to Kao-Hsiung Senior Citizens' Home, where we did a performance for them, but which turned out far from expected... mainly because of some technical problem.



Kao-Hsiung County Council, where we had a demo of a council meeting. Interesting and fun~!



That night was Xmas' eve, we had a costume party. Somehow again, our group performance (catwalk show entitled "Mirror") was not quite a success. But anyway, we did have a lot of fun!



My partner and I, (supposed to be) dressed up as witches



The most fascinating - Mountain A-Li



Sisters Pond (younger / elder)


Three Brothers

Four sisters

Golden Pig (jin zhu bao xi)

Dragon & Phoenix (still can't figure which way it is resembled)

Love Forever

Railway tracks

How cold it was...

Woke up at 4.30am next morning to set off to the peak to watch the sunrise.



Sunrise, the best moments...




Forest Railway Zhushan Station



Forest Railway Alishan Station


SUN-MOON-LAKE

Visit to National Chi-Nan University
{shooting venue of "Hua Yang Shao Nan Shao Nu)




Sight-seeing of Sun-Moon Lake (Ri Yue Tan)


the area famous for its Asamu Red Tea


Had a singing competition that night. Turned into counselor karaoke session later, and in the end seemed like a mini-farewell party when some 'nice' songs were sang...




PU-LI
Visit to Taiwan Paper Factory
A place where hand-made paper was produced. Over there, we had a DIY of a paper fan.




Round the factory...



Visit to Pu-Li Wine Factory
(which was more like a store selling various types of wine products)

'wined' sausage... yummy~! / ise-cream with wine



Formosa Aboriginal Culture Village
We were more attracted toward the amusement park there!

UFO!

Hot Air Balloon


Aladdin Square

Mayan Adventure!!

Skyline

At the cultural area





Swing on Swing~


{shooting venue of "Gong Zhu Xiao Mei"}


Wen-Wu Temple
2904
2901
2912
The sunset


Back to TAIPEI

Closing ceremony


Writing our Thank-yous... (starring Miaomiao =)

and sore feet~


at JinShan Activity Center
Kongming lantern again!

And the memorable farewell party...

The last day, our free day.

Went to LongShan Temple, the 'legendary' place I've always wanted to see.

Walked over to XiMenTing, since a friend wanted to go.

met with YuanWeiJueXing showcase, before...

Then to WuFenPu

Snapped some final photos of the place where we've spent almost two weeks...

At Taoyuan International Airport.

with our dear counselors...

Goodbye to Taipei...

Miss you all, miss Taiwan~