Photo --- ahh~ some where over clouds

                                                                                                  the pic was taken in WuLing Farm, July 2012.

go camping at an altitude over than 2000 meter
is a great way to escape from warm summer 
(average temperature is over than 35 degree Celsius) in Taiwan~


Let's Camp~~~~~~~
^+++++++++++++++++++++++^

Photo --- Summer Stuff

lemon, 
beer, 
beach, 
& my favorite, bikini :)

Photo --- Soaps

it always can remove those dragsvilles,
there is always a inimitable scent,
no matter which fragrance of the soap is.

Photo --- How to Write a Reading-Note

I made a cup of coffee for myself and wrote
a summary of a Wallace Academic Writing article,
after hearing a shitty news....


Title: Make a Note
I. Make a List of relating questions:
1. Revise what you have known: lectures, notes, ...
2. Outlining answers you're going to find out
3. Choose a interested point, and make out drafts for the point.
4. Looking for relating references. 


II. Do not transcribe overly:
1. Only write the main concepts and conclusions (by your words).
2. Do not use highlight, and post-in excessively.
3. Elaborate & precise description is not essential unless you   
   would use it in your essay/paper.. 


III. Label your notes:
1. Label your notes with authors' names, #pages, ..
2. Organize your notes & cards separately, for rearranging all of 
   your notes one day. 
3. Leave blanks between each line, for adding your comments, .. in  
   the future.


Tip:
Reading paragraph by paragraph -> 
close your book ->
write a conclusion for each paragraph.


Now, feel better~

Photo --- Cheng Kung Lake

Dec, 2011, 
NTHU, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Photo --- a piece of ..

-taken around the Natural Bridge, Yoho N. Park, BC, Canada

even a snipe of sweet memory 

always can make you keep moving 

in a tough predicament

Photo --- Cold Front

   
     15 degree centigrade with a bit of drizzle.
     NTHU, Taiwan
     Dec. 11, 2011.

Photo --- those shit things

I don't think any efforts or ideas should deserve a sneer!!! 

The most ridiculous thing is one is in a situation of fit of pique (on the spur of the moment). 

Photo --- Nice Sunday

Redflower Loropetalum/ 紅花萬作

Reminiscence: Croissanta

last night,

in a dinner party,

we talked about the experience about our travels...

sweet memory!

and swore we'd do that again, again, and again~ 

illusion!!!!

taken in the HOSTEL WOMBAT, VIENNA. Oct, 2010

灰濛濛的天，剛結束陣雨的的橋上；

望著民族路邊的八五大樓後第陸秒，

終於，發現它是壹零壹；

蒙著灰暗顏色建築物群中猛然出現突兀鮮的綠公寓，

意識又飄到了二零零一年十月的布拉格街上...

飄著，在那段甜美回憶裡，飄著~

Repair--- Strap for Hass 500CM

(fig 1. Front View)

I bought this strap for my 500CM from KEH.
However, it loosed one of critical rivets as coming (sad).

Thanks for the responsible seller,
who has promised that he will send me replacements
and I do not have to charge for shipping.
Moreover, I do not need to send defective items back~
I have to say that I am satisfied with KEH's service,
even though I felt so disappointing when receiving the package~

Fortunately, this is not a serious problem and I can fix that by myself,
and I need to use the strap the day after tomorrow.
So I fixed it this morning (smile).

Right one (fig 1, copper tone) is what I fixed.
It not as exquisite as original one, but it works (hoping)! :)

The rear view (fig 2)~

Photo-- Leisurely Afternoon

This alley-cat just walked to me and lay down for a rest as if I wasn't there :)
and enjoyed its leisurely afternoon~
: )

Appreciate --- Gave us a Ride

ha, I am in my office now, even though today is a national holiday.....
(I wanna get my Ph.D degreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee............)

Anyway, I give myself a 1.5hr break and today's cloud, temperature....
evoke a warming experience as I missed the last bus in Gosausee, Austria.

Because of our travelling budget, time,.....
we just had 2 days to visit Hallstatt, Ice Cave, and Gosausee.....
(we did not visit the Salt Mine.... sad!)
You know, time always does not enough for visiting such beautiful and romantic landscapes!

As a backpacker,
bus/train timetable is always the first thing to check,
especially when you arrive to a great place :))))
so, I checked the time, 17:10, for the last bus which would take us back to our hotel (Hallstatt).

And then......   Enjoying ~

I was plaining to be a skinny-dipper :)))
But I partner would not join with me............

we took some salon-like photos ^+++++^


ding, ding, ding~~~
It's time to go to the bus stop! (16:40)~

hm.................
it's 17:20!!!! where's the bus.........
In our experience, Austria's public communications are always on time!
So, we checked the timetable again.....
OH MAN!!!!
17:10 is for School-Day, Monday to Friday!!!
However, it's Sunday ................ We missed the last bus!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How fortunately! We met this kind man and his lovely mom~
In the beginning, this gentleman and the lady were just finishing exercise walking, 
and asked me "Do you know what time is it?"~
^^" I answered "WE MISS THE LAST BUS"......
so~ ^++++++++++^ they took us to a bus stop, and we can take bus to our hotel at the stop~
After checking the timetable(bus will arrive in 10min), they went into a across-street store~

I had nothing to do as waiting bus... so I checked the timetable again....
MAMAMIYA...... we made the same mistake.....
the bus will arrive in 10min is for School-day only!!!
We had to wait around 45min for the bus on that day (Sunday)~

As you know, in Europe, stores and vendors are off around 18:00~19:30 in weekend....
and we had about 30min to kill before the bus arriving,
so, we went into the store to buy our dinner~

The Lady saw us and asked "why you are here?"
After explaining, they decided to take us to Hallstatt and
the Lady bought cakes and chocolate-bars to us (I was almost crying.... what a great Lady!),
and the gentleman told us:
"It's not worth to spend time waiting a bus in such beautiful place and vocation~"

In the car, we talked about Hallstall's history, where is the MUST VISIT, and
man should have a wife in each country :) (the Lady has some different opinion, of course ),
and sang "500 miles" : away from home, away from home~~~~


We deeply appreciate your kindness and help~
^+++++++++++++++++++++++++++^
And I am going to sent a postcard to you Lady ~
Hoping the postcard can arrive to your house
(Because I'm not sure the address is correct...  = ="
you know, handwriting sometimes is hard to recognize,
especially for people, like me, whose first language is not English...)

Receipt!!!!

Again, I did not win my Taiwan dream..... (crying)
10 Million...

Repair--- Grado-SR225

One of the Speaker was disconnected from the metal rod AGAIN.....  = =""""""

So I use super-glue to glue them together!

Maybe I will refer the following method  (provide via sr. Granvik) to fix this problem permanently next time!


 I examined Peltor H9A Noise protection headset I happened to have. Just a standard piece of hearing protection for general usage. I removed the black plastic pads and found out those Grado sound producing units would fit fine in there.

How to do it:
1) Draw out intented 'cuts' with a pen to the noise protector, this cut allows the cord fit in with the black pads.
2) Saw the cuts, I used standard power saw.
3) Fit the sound producing units in. I had luck, it went straight in.
4) Enjoy. 

Photo-- New Calendar

I bought this tini-calendar as waiting for a train to Baden in Vienna~






'Cause both side of each paper are so cute~
ps. 
in the back side, there are some information about 
what is the time of sunrise, sunset, moon-rise, moon-set,....
when the day is a memorial day, there will be a brief illustration and a lovely plate/drawing~
so I collect them and paste them up in my diary~ :))))))))

by the way,
Since I bought it in Vienna, the official language is German,
words of the calendar are German, of course....
so, I consult a dictionary (Google Translator, indeed ^^") for getting the definition when I feel like doing that~
It's good, a good opportunity to learn a new Language for me....
(even though they are very simple....)
anyway, next time I have chance to visit a country where people speak German,
I can say that:
> hey man, I can speak German~
> Montag(Monday), Dienstag(Tuesday), Mittwoch, Donnerstag, Freitag, Samstag, Sonntag, Woche(week), Neujahr(new year)... (smile)

Photo---Reduce Expenditure/ 節流

For traveling around the world ~

I cutoff lots of desire and greed for buying cameras, clothing, ....

:)))) hope this could endure for a while......

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本來最近很想來一台120的底片機說....
ha, 不過一回想起旅行的愉快與刺激,
這些 lilicoco 的消費慾望著實減低很多!
(^^" 還是....其實該買的也早就都買得差不多了??!)
書....大概是戒不掉的花費, 不過 ^^ 這次趁書展打折, 折現金, & 花旗卡滿1388打8折買的....
8本書也夠翻一陣子了 XDDDDDDD
加上 amazon 一堆免費的經典文學 電子書 也是可省下很多$$
(大概要看20本免費書就可以算是回收成本了 XDDDD)

喔, 說到電子書, 最近翻了一下愛麗絲夢遊仙境(Alice's Adventure in Wonderland),
不知是我以前看的中文版太精簡了還是怎樣,
這次看原文書時, 我對這小女孩的樂觀感到....訝異,
她藉由自言自語可以很快的轉換心境耶!!!!! (^^" 我哪天也來試試好了)

最後, 再推薦一本有趣的書: 我睡了81個人的沙發

那天只是為了等相片館把我的底片弄好,
到誠品殺殺時間,
走到旅遊書區時, 被這本書的封面 & 書名吸引,
想說: 是有81個小故事描述81張沙發的經驗嗎???? XDDD 這....
anyway, 從 chapter 1開始, 不自覺就把書翻完了 ^^""""""
作者由我們都經歷過 or 正經歷著的事件:
升學,  完美的人生計畫: 小學, 中學, 大學, 工作, 28結婚, 30生子, ......
切入,
我們常常感到徬徨,
心中常常浮現的念頭: 放下擁有的一切, 藉由自我放逐來認識自己....
作者分享了她自我放逐的心歷路程, 有趣(驚險)的經歷...
可能是一樣都是7年級生,
她的用字與一些想法 and OS 讓我在書局裡像癡漢般.... 忽然就一陣笑 XDDDDD
很有趣的書~
啊~~~~  我也要 gap year~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` :P


/*** 20 Feb, 2011 **********************************************************************/

今天第一次注意到這本書的英文 title 是 : The Disappeared Year
:-) 跟中文的名稱很不一樣;

the disappeared year, 實在很有趣 :))))
是她在台灣親友眼裡消失的一年,
是她放逐自己迷失自我的一年,
也是尋獲本來已在自己生命中被快轉過且再也不會出現的一年~

/******************************************************************************************/






補上 博客來網頁上 的一段介紹文:
"這本書記錄的，其實是一個很簡單的故事，關於一個二十四歲的女孩，獨自在歐洲流浪十四個月。

「流浪」，這兩個字對台灣人來說，充滿了不切實際的輕狂和浪漫幻想。如果流浪的意義就是在於花很多錢，跑到很遠的地方，跟一個外國人談戀愛，和俊美的荷西談一場刻骨銘心的愛情。如果流浪的意義就是在於花很多錢，跑到很遠的地方，跟一個外國人談戀愛，莫怪許多台灣的家長都無法理解孩子一心嚮往流浪的心態。

台灣長大的小孩，從小到大什麼也不缺，唯一缺乏的，其實是和自已相處的時間。從出生的那一刻開始，家人，兄弟姊妹，鄰居，老師，同學，電視節目，隨時隨地陪在我們身邊，隨時都在教導我們這個社會的價值觀，我們不懂得和自己相處，也不會處理寂寞。一剛開始我們以為，爸媽喜歡的東西就是我喜歡的東西，長大一點以後，同學喜歡的東西就是我喜歡的東西，再過一陣子，男朋友喜歡的東西就是我喜歡的東西，我們一直在尋找一個天，一個目標，一個信仰。

學生時代的目標很簡單，建中北一女就是我們的信仰，全班第一名就是我們的信仰，同學喜歡你就是我們的信仰，打扮得像蔡依林就是我們的信仰。我們忙碌著，像幫女王蜂採蜜的工蜂一樣，每天忙得團團轉，我們以為我們在做自己喜歡做的事情，我們從來不想停下來仔細問問自己，這是否真的就是我真正想要的？

　　我們的社會不容許停頓，我們的父母從小希望我們贏在起跑點上，我們已經習慣放學就去補習班報到，成績單一發下來心裡就計算著自己贏了還是輸了，不管情不情願，對於比別人慢一步這回事，充滿了恐懼。因為根本沒有機會跟自己相處，所以我們很難真的認識自己，直到有一天突然一覺醒來，赫然發現自己大學畢業了，念了二十年的書，卻好像沒有地方可以發揮，覺得自己滿腹的才華，卻好像沒有伯樂懂得賞識，更甚的，好手好腳，卻不知道自己存在的意義是什麼。"

Photo--- Chilly & Rainy Day

It's a chilly and  rainy day.......

and I am going to go back to my dorm....

And I am really like to take the new key of the Photo Club's dark room.....

There are about 20 Black-and-White films still lie on my table (crying)~

/**** 20 Feb, 2011 ***********************************/
I got the key yesterday, finally.
And hang out with two (a couple) of the member of Photo-Club :)))
That's a great night, even though I was absolutely the third wheel ^^a

Photo--- Cherry Blossom

It's my fist time to shoot Blossoms~

There are so....o many similar photos/copies about this subject: flower,

And I always sniff at these works.....

ha~ hello, Mr. Sniff-at, I'm here.....