Jo's Blog

你真的太過分了!

怎麼可以怎樣?

It's nearly the end of a very busy, tiring week. My school put on extra science classes for the school holidays. This is fine, apart from the fact that my particular school decided not to follow the Shane Science Course and made their own up. They didn't even bother to write an ENGLISH version of the lesson plan either. So they gave me the lesson in Chinese and expect me to come up with a lesson. What the hell? I like a challenge but this is just ridiculous. It's an English school and I'm an English teacher. I sometimes wonder why I bother doing these things.

Today is New Year's Eve. It's the end of the first decade of the new millenium. As I think about my future, I also look back at the past ten years of my life. This time ten years ago I was with my family in the place of my birth. We were all together, ready to celebrate New Year 2000. Doesn't seem so long ago. Since then I've accomplised more than I ever thought possible. I left school in 2003 and spent three months in Africa doing voluntary work. I then completed a 4 year degree in Astrophysics. My third year was spent in America and there I met many people from around the world, including some that eventually led me to come all the way to Taiwan. In particualr, 2009 has been an epic year full of wonderful opportunities. In ten years, I've seen many bad things from extreme poverty and death to encountering bad things myself. I've also learned a great deal about life and the world. I've learned to be happy and take every opportunity I can to fulfil my dreams and ambitions.

So what will the next ten years be? I hope to have married with a family by 2020 and living the same wonderful, epic life I do now. As for 2010, I have some plans already. I hope to travel more in this new year, starting with Hong Kong. I also plan on using my creative talents and design T shirts and other things for friends and family. Also, I want to learn another language besides Mandarin. I have yet to decide which one as I need one that I can use. Possibly Malay or Taiwanese.

I anticipate even more exciting opportunities ahead...and also many more challenges to overcome. I'm ready for 2010, but will never forget 2009!

To all my friends and family around the world:

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

今天是十二月二十一日

冬天已經來了

STEP ONE:
Spell your name with songs.

Beautiful song from Ireland :)

This weekend has been quite exciting! Yesterday I met up with my Taiwanese friend Yiling and her friend Annie in Xindian. It was my first time to go to Xindian and I loved it! We walked along the riverside and then over the suspension bridge to this little town (I think!). It was a stunning view of the river from the bridge! It was also very peaceful. We had lunch at my favourite fried dumpling restaurant! It was so good!! After eating we then went to meet my Italian friend in Ximending for Karaoke!! It's been so loing since I last sang and it felt good! I love singing! I sang the song I sang for Calvin at his birthday party along with some English songs and a lot of Fahrenheit songs. It was super great fun! I then went to dinner at a Japanese restaurant with the Italian girl and we were talking about random things.

1. Last beverage ~ Water!

2. Last phone call~ My friend :)

Recently I have been remembering my university days. Remembering those cold nights spent at the observatory, praying the clouds would fade away so that we could take pictures of planets, comets, nebulae and galaxies. Those were good times I think. During those times it was just me and the universe. I learnt so much during those 4 years of studying the cosmos. I learnt about how the universe was created, how matter was created and brought together to form structures like stars and galaxies. I discovered that the things that happen here on Earth are nothing in comparison. People here worry so much about the little things. But the I learned about the bigger picture. There is so much more for me to learn, so much more for me to see. I want to see it all and I want to learn it all. And I will. If there's one thing the universe has taught me, it's that nothing is impossible.