Be the change. ;)

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

Great inspiration from a great talk today by DFC Taiwan ♥

Mahatma Gandhi said, "Be the change you wish to see in this world."

Actually, the formula of life is quite simple.

We get up in the morning and go to bed at night. In between, We occupy ourselves as best as we can. We gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face.

So, let's be the change. The change for the better world. ♡＾▽＾♡

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Japanese blog post: 「マズイ、 もう3年生だぜ！」 Oh my, I'm a Junior now!!!

"I don't wanna grow up."

 この夏、私は3年生になりました 
This summer, I became a Junior in university.

将来を大きく変える受験に向けて準備しなくてはいけない時期なのですから
Because this is a year when we have to get ready to face the obstacles in life,
 
3年生になってから、まわりの人たちはみんなだんだん傍から遠くになって感じてました
After I became a Junior, it felt like everyone around starts to get further and further from me

独りきりで学校で歩いて、初めてキャンパスがこんなに大きいと感じて、何度も泣きたくなりました
Walking alone in the campus, I've never felt how huge this campus is, I even wanted to cry...

3年生と言えば何かとお別れをしなくてはならないものも増えてきました 
Being a Junior, the number of things I should say goodbye to, has indeed increased

いろいろなことにおいて悔いを残したくないから、
I didn't want to leave any regrets, so I want to

思い出をしっかりと守り、
Keep my memories,

3年生の生活をよいものにしたいです 
And make my Junior life a good one.

初めてこの大学に踏むこと、まるで昨日のことなのに…
Actually, it felt like yesterday, when I first stepped into this school...

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Rainbow!!!!

Embrace the little happiness in life!! ❤

Did you spot that? It's a rainbow!!! Some simple happiness before school starts!!!! Teehee!!!!

If you take myth and folklore, and these things that speak in symbols, they can be interpreted in so many ways that although the actual image is clear enough, the interpretation is infinitely blurred, a sort of enormous rainbow of every possible colour you could imagine. －Diana Wynne Jones

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"Paper Dome" with new friend~

Today, I brought my new friend Watanabe Kaede-chan, an exchange student from Tama University in Tokyo, to a tourist spot here in Puli, called the "Paper Dome"~

The inside of the Paper Dome

It is a temporary church building constructed using paper tubes as structural elements by Shigeru Ban, to serve as a temporary church for Takatori Catholic Church after the Great Hanshin Earthquake; and the building was sent to Taiwan, here, in Taomi village, which had suffered the 921 Earthquake in 1999.

We had our breakfast at "A-Bao"~

It's really a meaningful trip for me because this is quite the very first time I got a Japanese girl friend~ And she is such a nice girl for comforting me when I was sad because I thought this trip was kind of boring... 

~Selfie~

The walkway to "Paper Dome"

We got ourselves postcards~

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IKEA w/ sister!!!!

Pretty amused when I see Seungri oppa's "Tower of Saviors" ad!!

So today, my sister and I decided to go to the nearest IKEA from home~ I have been to IKEA various times with my family back in Malaysia, but this is my first time visiting IKEA in Taiwan!!! It was a hot day as usual... I wonder why this summer got so hot this year!!!!  

Our meal!!! Swedish meatballs!!!

In my opinion, IKEA has been like a "DREAM HOUSE" place to me. I enjoyed looking at the displays they built in the furniture sections whenever I go there, and I even built some of my favorite rooms via The Sims 3 too!! XD

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♬(ノ゜∇゜)ノ♩ ～JLPT N2 PASSED～ ♫ヽ(゜∇゜ヽ)♪

So surprised I even got "A" for my Grammar...

Tears of happiness

♬(ノ゜∇゜)ノ♩ ～N2合格～ ♫ヽ(゜∇゜ヽ)♪
♬(ノ゜∇゜)ノ♩ ～N2合格～ ♫ヽ(゜∇゜ヽ)♪
♬(ノ゜∇゜)ノ♩ ～N2合格～ ♫ヽ(゜∇゜ヽ)♪
♬(ノ゜∇゜)ノ♩ ～N2合格～ ♫ヽ(゜∇゜ヽ)♪
♬(ノ゜∇゜)ノ♩ ～N2合格～ ♫ヽ(゜∇゜ヽ)♪
♬(ノ゜∇゜)ノ♩ ～N2合格～ ♫ヽ(゜∇゜ヽ)♪
♬(ノ゜∇゜)ノ♩ ～N2合格～ ♫ヽ(゜∇゜ヽ)♪
♬(ノ゜∇゜)ノ♩ ～N2合格～ ♫ヽ(゜∇゜ヽ)♪
♬(ノ゜∇゜)ノ♩ ～N2合格～ ♫ヽ(゜∇゜ヽ)♪

Thinking back of my journey of learning Japanese, I actually spent a lot of time on it!! Like, when I was in junior high, my attention was all on learning this language... I think I was lucky to have best friends who share the same interest with me, on learning Japanese, too!!

But I have a (quite) funny story to share here:

When I was little, my mom used to have this colleague who works in the same place as my mom does, as the Chinese teacher in a kindergarten, apparently this colleague of hers came from the same country too, Taiwan!!! Both my mom and her, they have a daughter at the same age, which was myself and (let's call her) "Y". "Y" and I, we were in different primary schools, but we ended up in the same secondary and high school...

I remember my mom used to compare my results at school FOREVER with this girl "Y" and I almost hated this girl because I thought all she knew was studying studying studying... Instead, although my results were not as high as hers, I made myself be better than her in many ways like learning Japanese, learning music, read more books to gain knowledge, etc...

By the time we reached the age to get ready for university, "Y" eventually dropped herself out of the foundation course in Taiwan we went together, went back to Malaysia for a short foundation course, and came back to Taiwan again for the foundation course... Instead, I got into a national school in Taiwan in year 2012. Recently, I heard that "Y" got into a medical course in a medical college in Taipei, in year 2014. Which means, well, she is a Freshmen when I am already a Junior.

Y'know, for all these time in my life, I tried to prove to my mom that even though I couldn't achieve really high results in my tests, I made myself worth it for learning multi-languages... For all these time in my life, I tried to win someone who, well, isn't that "smooth" in her higher education... Suddenly, I felt so empty and so satisfied at the same time. (Ironic!!!!)

I just want to say that, despite hating this girl for so many years, I think I need to thank her for making me who I am today. Always do your best. What you plant now, you will reap later. 

Turn anger into motivation.

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Something to keep me motivated this summer break!!

Good morning!!! 

Most of us, I guess, we all have summer stresses. Summer can present many opportunities for fun, but summer stress is also extremely common and can take a significant and perhaps unexpected toll... Which, reminds me of Superwoman's video~ XD



But fortunately, I got these babies to keep me motivated this summer!!

Yes, you guessed right!!! Need to prepare for the coming JLPT N2 test this coming Sunday~!!!

The best selling novel "The Fault In Our Stars"!!!
It's kind of sad though, how the price of English novels tend to be more expensive here in Taiwan...

Anyways, wish me luck!!! XD

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