After Arriving America

When we first arrived at the L.A. International Airport our friend, Katie, picked us up and told us some special rules in America and we stayed at her house. She also showed us the direction how to drive to the supermarket and Chinatown. Next day, we rented a big Ford car and began to explore this beautiful country. We planed to start from west side of America and it took one month at least. We felt extreme exciting about this trip and I still remembered the excitement now.

The Reason to Visit U.S.A.

It all started from a bid for air ticket in March. My best friend, Coco, wind a bid for two air tickets to America. Each ticket cost NTD 25,000 only and we can choose any three destinations that we preferred to stay in U.S.A. The bad thing is we had to make a decision and paid all the expense in three days otherwise we had to waive. We both felt exciting and confirmed to go in a day. Then Coco and I planed to resign our job and thought about the whole schedule. We planed to visit all the famous cities in 6 months and began from Los Angeles. Next stop was Dallas and the last stop was New York.

The Dreams

Do you think one person’s decision can make a difference? People said that each person must do what she or he thinks right, and maybe in the end each person can make a difference. After working for three years and my English is really poor at that time. I decided to explore a country that spoke English I had never been. On May 20, 2000, I have an independent trip with my best friend in U.S.A. and we went to lots of famous places and took some special adventures during that time.

Saving Money

A man has been waiting for the bus at the bus stops.
After a few minutes, the bus arrives but didn't stop at the bus stop.
The man thought it will stop if he start running after the bus

Unfortunately, the bus never stops and keeps running.
The man keeps following the bus until he realizes that he has arrived home already.

The man is ver happy that he can save a litte money today.
He told his wife "Honey, you know, today I ran after the bus until arriving home.
I don't have to pay the bus fee.

"Stupid" the wife complains to her husband.
"Do you know how much you can save, if yiou ran after a taxi!!"

This joke was from google and I made some amendment.

My Family

There are four members in my family, my husband, two daughters, and myself. I got married when I was 24, at that time, most of my friends are still single. So I became just like a consultant now and once my friends have problems to feed or bring up kids. My husband is 40 years old and works in a private company as a director. He is a responsible person and he has a good manner. He has worked in this company for over 10 years. His job is very busy and he works very hard so he always works overtime every day. The main reason why I married him is because he is a responsible person and we both love to enjoy the delicious food. My big girl called Molly and she is 9 years old now. She is a smart, lovely and pretty girl just like me. My little girl, Iren, she is five years old. She is a sweet girl and loves to enjoy the food just like us. Family is the most important for me. I wish my daughters can grow up smoothly and healthily. I hope they can feel happiness and live in love all the time.

My Little Proud - Iren

Iren is my little girl and she has learned playing piano since this April. I have to say she is not the smart one but she always insists on practicing piano. Once she has time she will sit before the piano and play for a while. At beginning she can play only by right hand and after five months she can play by two hands. Now she can sing and play the composition in the same time. Although she just play and sing the little bee I still feel proud of her. Here is the video that I took last Sunday.

Summarized the Gist

Let’s take a look at the first slide, from this graph you can see the red line is the reading quantity in Taiwan.

As you can see here, the numbers of reading quantity stayed the same between 2 million in the first 3 years. The number had risen to 6 million since 2008. And by the end of 2010 the reading quantity will reach over 7 million.

The reading quantity became higher and higher recently so how to read effectively is very important.