私の名前に　ついて　おもしろい　話が　あります。 私の名前は　有名な　台湾の　女優の名前です。お父さんは　あの女優が　とても　好きです。私の名前は　家榆です。「家」はうちです。榆は木です。ですから、私の外国の友達は　私の名前は　樹上の家だと　思います。

Assignment: Describe pepole's clothes and what they looks like As you see, there are nine people in the picture. I am going to pick two men and two women to describe. <Camilo> He wears a white shirt, dark jeans, and _____ shoes. He carries a briefcase and his hairline is a bit high. (Or He has a receding hairline??) <Ana> She wears a bright yello T-shirt and a pair of jeans. The jeans have wide sleeves and are dark wash.She also carries a briefcase. She wears white pure shoes. She has light brown hair. <Daniela> She is not very tall. Her hair is curl and dark brown. She wears a revealing blowse, jeans and Mary Jane shoes. She holds some books. <Freddy> He wears a plain black _______ and it has long sleeves. He has dark hair and brown eyes. He wears athletic shoes and carries cross body bag.

What Chinese food do you like? What Chinese food do you like? Do you eat much Chinese/Taiiwanese food? Well...I am going to take part in an international volunteer workcamp in Berlin this August. I'm really looking forward to it. The organization asks each of us to serve one of our country food in the camp. There will be 14 people in the camp and they all come from different countries. Think that there will be 14 special dishes served on the table. How exciting! But here's the problem. I don't know what should I cook. (Plus, my cooking is still basic.) Currently I am thinking about 番茄炒蛋(fried eggs with tomatoes) , 炒飯(fried rice) and 愛玉(Aiyu Jelly). Also, the pearl milk tea is considered as it was invented by Taiwanese.(OK but I'm not sure if I can buy the bubbles in a local supermarket.) If you have any advice, please let me know. XXX

BBC drama: The A Word I am resently watching this new BBC drama called The A Word. The main character is a lovely boy who is named Joe. He has communication problems and his parents are trying to find him some help. It's great and touched. I like it because it includes a lot of useful phrases that might be used in an English speaker's daily life. Also it's not too difficult that I find it OK to watch with the subtitles turned off. Hope I can improve my listening and get bigger vocabulary by watching this drama. Anyone's watching this? :)

The Tunnel On the way to my grandfather’s house, there is a tunnel which always gives me an ineffable feeling of magic. Every time our family go to visit my grandfather, we have to drive through it. When I was little, I used to think that this tunnel would lead me to the other world which was completely different from the one we lived in. The tunnel was long, dark and deep. In front of the entrance, grass grew disorderly along two sides of the road. When our car passed, the weeds sway gently with the wind like they were waving friendly to me. Inside the tunnel, the air was heavy and moist with the smell of rotting wood. As our car kept pulling away, the tunnel wall behind us would swallow up where we had been, but the road in front of us seemed endless. My father kept driving, and I could hear nothing but the wind humming. The time seemed to be frozen in the tunnel. At that moment, I felt as if I were infinite. Now I have grown up. I realize that there is no new world on the other side of the tunnel, nor can the time stop. However, I still believe that this tunnel must have something to do with magic. While our car was driving through it, I like to roll down the side window of the car, letting the gentle breeze whisper past my ears. It always gives me a peaceful calm whenever I do this.