Extravagance

It's a little boring to always have straight hair.
I've dreamed about romantic wavy hair for a long time.
After searching for a suitable hair salon for a while, I found a perfect one.
I encountered with it on the way looking for lunch.
It's near my office, in a lane with a small park beisde it.
I love the atmosphere of relax and quiet.
Besides, that salon uses AVEDA in the whole process, this is a great bonus point!
I hate the smell of chemical stuff in salon, it makes me very uncomfortable, nervous and headache.
And I also worry about the chemical substance would damage my hair and health.
AVEDA is famous for its high quality, its product comes from natural materials, not chemical compound. I love it.
So, even knowing the cost would be pretty high, I still chose it in this depression period.
The result corresponds to my expectation.
The whole process is very comfortable.
It includes not only perming and cutting, but also conditioning and SPA, such a various service.
It's the frist time I don't have headache after perming.
Everything sounds good, except for the hair style.

At frist, after the designer finished, I felt strange for the new style.
It looks not match to my face and my glasses.
And then, in the restroom of bookstore, I felt like an old lady from the image on the mirror.
After returning home, I check this style again.
At that time, I finally felt the style is good.
The degree of curing is perfect, like the copy of model.
I went to bed with satisfaction.
However, this morning, when I waked up and look in the mirror again, I found the hair is less curing now!
It's only more fluffy than before and with a little cury in the end of hair.
oh~~no........
I spent NT$4500, I want big change, not the slight difference.
However, big difference might equal to big ugly.
alas,.......I don't know which one to expect, just wondering where the NT$4500 goes.....

Spoiled Wife

My sister has a perfect husband.
He always treats her like a princess.
He told my sister that he would do everything for her, he would devote all his earnings for her.
Even when he would strave someday, she could still take his money to buy everything she wants.
Her husband really did everything he promised.
My sister wanted a house, he bought a house for her, even they didn't have enough money.
My sister wanted to get married, they got married and hold a big wedding even they didn't have enough money.
When they complained about my father not lending money for their expense and refuse to provide living expense for my retired father and sick mother, they still went on to buy some luxurious stuff only becacuse my sister wanted them.
Today, it's her birthday.
She called me this morning and asked me to go home immediately to celebrate birthday for her.
It means I have to send her a big gift and treat her a big feast.
It's so unbelievable cause I am in Taipei and she is in Taichung.
It takes more than two hours for me to get there.
She even ask me to take the expensive High Speed Rail to cut time.
I refused directly.
And she continued to consider about come to Taipei to have my treat and big gift, I said feast is ok but gift is too much.
She felt unsatisfied and said I am so negligent of her birthday.
I were annoyed.
Whenever my birthday comes, my family celebrate for me only when I'm home, and there is only a cake.
I feel it's ok and never ask more.
However, how could my sister dare demand so much?
It's so greedy！
I'm not rich and had no job for three months in this year for the exam.
Most of my saving is stuck in funds.
I almost have no money now.
She knows all about this and still wants so much from me.
What's wrong with her?

And then, she is pregnant now.
Cause they have no money, she always reminds me to prepare gift for her baby.
Oh,....it's your baby, not mine.
Send her gift is ok, but don't expect me to feed her...

Such a spoiled wife, and such a burden couple....

Be a better guy.

Michelle told me the rest two of entering the final exam.
One is a contracted staff in GIO, another is a beauty graduated from NTU law college and Missouri School of Journalism.
WOW！It sounds so strong for their ability.
I feel released a little.
It's not because I am so weak to flunk, it's because they're too great.
However, I want to be that great, too.
I also want to work aborad and meet various people from all around the world.
It's obvious that I have long way to go.
I have to enhance my ability much more to catch up with those guys.
HOPE I CAN！

It's lucky enough to have job now.

My new job is a hard-working job.
There are too many job and too few people.
In my company, I am the only person in charge of editing, interviewing, reporting, copywriting and proposal.
Everything needed to write belongs to me.
It's a huge labor.
I often work overtime.
All my life is under the shadow of job, I even dream about job when falling asleep.
It sounds bad to have this kind of job.

In the past, when my family and friend heard about this, they would felt unfair for my and suggested me to find another better job.
However, in this wave of depression, their reaction change.
Almost everyone feel the strong power of cold economy, some of them never get any new order since June, some of their clients accumulate huge loss and might close down in any time.
Most of my friends are afraid about lay-off.
One of my soho friend don't dare to refuse any case even though he have too many now, cause he worries there might be no case in the future.

It's such a tough time, it's lucky enough to have job now.
I should not complain, I should cherish this heavy job.

What I Want

I always try to figure out this question--What do I want?

I have many dreams, such as being a novelist, making much money, traveling around the world, finding a good guy, having a house with garden, accompaning with my family more, etc.

All these dreams take time to achieve, so I have to find out the priority.
However, which one should be the priority?

I want to work abroad, cause I could make money and travel around the world in the same time.
But it's not easy to find such job for a person without any experience about foreign countries.

Maybe working holiday is a good idea, but I had car accident before and still feel not comfortable in certain part of my body. I wonder if I have enough energy to to do the labor job.

The permission of working holiday should be applied for before thirty and one could only get it one time in the whole life.
I am 29 now, don't have much time to consider it.
Maybe give up this chance and find another way to go abroad.

There are so many bitch men in the world!

Today, I heard an astonishing news--one of my friends found her husband having extramarital relations!

I almost can't believe it!
They were together with each other for more than ten years and just got married in less than two years ago.
Whenever I met them, they always look happy, and I always feel that guy really treat my friend very well.
However, after only less than two years, the guy has affairs with his former colleague.
Even being exposed by my friend, the guy goes on taking his new love to the motel.
He said sorry to my friend, and divorce is ok for him.
So cold the guy is and so miserable my friend is.
She still wants to save her marriage.

I couldn't help to sigh for the sad story.
I've heard many stories like this, most of them happened to my friends actually.
Where are the good guys?
Why the yield rate of men is so low?
Why does there are so many irresponsible guys?
Marriage is an important event for women.
It's very hard for a divorced woman to get into another marriage in chinese society.
How could the guy mentioned divorce so casually?
If you decide to get marriage, you must take the responsibility to keep it.
If you couldn't, don't marry anyone. Or you would become a killer to another's heart.

alas, God bless my friend.

So Subjective!

I've discuss with my friend about the exam and feel released a little now, cause we find the standard of scoring is very subjective.

My friend graduated from FLLD in NTU, and studied in a famous graduate school in UK. She've ever taken the job of translator, too.
So, she has excellent English ability, and always get high score in the English written exam.
However, her score in the oral exam is low, even as low as mine.
One of her friend also attended this exam and get high score in this.
According to her description, she almost didn't know the answer about
every question, she just kept saying, "sorry, I'm not sure" or "I have no idea about it'. However, in the end, when she got to leave, she asked to
shake hands with every judges. This action made all judges laughed and said, "it's so diplomatic!" And then, she got the score of89!

My friend and I answered every question seriously, (at lease more serious than thay quy) even so serious to had quarrel with judges.
The scores we got are lower than that guy by almost 20.

There are more examples prove that this exam is very subjective, but I am lazy to write all them down.
I believe I won't attend any exam like this.
It' really wasting time.
The key to win is to cater for the judges's preference, not to express what you've learned.

New Start

Alother I'm a Taiwanese, I decide to write all articles in English in this blog.

It's really a great frustration for me to flunk the international journalism exam, while my friend pass it.
Such a big contrast.
Am I really so bad in all of those subject?
In fact, I even get a pretty low score in Chinese.
Why?? What's wrong??
Maybe it's because I didn't study hard enough......alother I felt I've try my best for it.

Anyway, I have to stop feel sorry for myself.
I eager to wipe the shameful feeling away.
I decide to restart from English.
I studied in the department of foreign language and literature.
but never achieve good ability in it.
It's time for me to take learning English seriously.

Hope I could write one English article everyday from now on.
Hope this could made me like a real graduate from FLLD.
And no more shameful scores.........