New Year’s Resolution-2011

My New Year’s resolution is to visit Japan with my family next year. But right now the first priority is to graduate from university next summer. I love Japan very much, especially their 3C products and clothes. Japan is a clean and beautiful country and their transportation is very convenient for taking an individual trip. I had got experience to Kyushu with my older daughter 3 years ago. At that time, my daughter had lots of fun there because of Hello Kitty amusement park and we always talk about visiting Japan again. So I plan to visit Osaka with my husband and two lovely daughters during the summer vacation.

I can search a lot of information about Japan from www.backpacker.com and we are going to visit Osaka by ourselves. There are lots of useful information on the website regarding the accommodations, transportation, seasonal affairs and travel tips. Also I can get some suggestions from other travelers who used to travel there by themselves or the person who live there. It’s really a great website for anyone who wants to take an individual trip.

I told my family about this plan and they are looking forward to visiting Japan. We think we will see many interesting things and nice view in Osaka. We believe we will have a good time there.

The Blind Side

This movie is based on the true story of Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy who accept a homeless black teenage, Michael Oher "Big Mike". Michael has no idea who his father is and his mother is a drug addict. Michael never had formal education and Leigh Anne, Mrs. Tuohy, soon takes over it. Her nature believes that the young man has every opportunity to succeed. They not only provide him a home with love, but hire a tutor to help him improve his grades to get the point. Finally, Michael Oher studied at the university and became a famous football player.

I just saw The Blind Side last night. If you are not a football fan, you'll like this movie. I am not a football fan but I loved it!!! There are so many great performances by the actors. It’s also a charming story with laughs and tears. I admire Mrs. Tuohy for her frankness and kindness. I believe won’t do so if I was her. How nice to have a positive movie this time of the year especially. Everybody MUST see this movie. Quinton Aaron does a fantastic job of playing Michael Oher. In the beginning of the movie, he has no dialog but he expresses so much just with eyes and facial expressions. Jae Head is charming as the young "brother" S.J. Sandra Bullock as I have seen her some movies before and she does a wonderful job. It’s so different that the other roles she has had in the past. It’s really a great and energetic movie for all ages.

Home Remedy from My Family

     Since long time ago, people have been showing an interest in using their own remedies for treating illnesses. Some people may not believe it but the truth is that all of us have used some at one time. This kind of medicine is often called a “home remedy”. Home remedies are always natural and made at home and they are from natural ingredients such as fruits, vegetables, and herbs. They are easy to make. They are side-effect free, chemicals-free, and inexpensive. There are many kinds of home remedies; furthermore, these different kinds usually vary form culture to culture or family to family.

For natural home remedies, the kitchen is a great place to start. There are almost all the medicines you would possible find at the kitchen. My family has a very special home remedy for burn and it’s from my grandmother. There are total two cans for this burn medicine, one is oil and another one is the secret orange powder. Why I said it’s the secret powder? It’s because we didn’t know the correct ingredients since my grandmother died. The color of the power is just like brick and close to orange. It smells bad and very stinking when you mixed the oil with this powder.

Once we get burned my grandmother will take these two special cans. First, prepare a bowl and spoon. Second, pour out some oil from the fist can into the bowl and also add some orange powder. Then, mix them together very well and at the same time you will smell the bad stink filled around you. After that they will become very smooth and just like the cream soup. Finally, apply the mixed cream on the burned skin evenly before you have to make sure your skin is dry. Be noticed that the cream you apply must over the size of the wound because it’s to avoid the air come into and infect the burned skin. You have to apply it twice a day at least and DO NOT let the wound to touch the water at any time. If the burn is not so serious, it will be cured within two to three days. If your burn is very bad, it may take a week or the whole month. The most miraculous thing is your scar will be removed and then disappear after all.
In short, some people may not believe the home remedy but I do believe nature medicines continue to help people fight age-old illnesses and diseases, for instance, common cold, headache and stomach pain. Home remedies are always natural and made from natural ingredients and they are easy, no side effects and no chemicals. It’s simple and safe for people to use and the most important is you will feel pleasure of being able to cure yourself.

Last Stop – The Big Apple

Since we decided to leave Chicago we had to buy a ticket from Chicago to our last stop “New York.” I didn’t have too much time in NY for my boyfriend asked me to go home right away otherwise he would brake up with me. The extremely awful thing was no space for me to return home. So I have to stand by and slept at the airport sometimes. Another bad thing was no locker at the terminal which I should board a plane. There were several terminals in JFK International Airport and the terminal with locker was 10 miles away. I needed to carry two big luggage and one hand carry bag with me and I had to put my baggage from locker to the boarding terminal. If lucky I would take the shuttle bus, if not I had to walk by myself. One more terrible thing is the locker will be closed at 11 pm and my flight time is 10:50 pm. This meant I don’t have too much time to pick up my luggage from locker to boarding terminal after I had been notified that I got on waiting list. What a tragedy!! Three days later, I got in the plane and I can go home eventually.

Work in Chicago

After we left Texas we took aircraft to Chicago because there is a job opportunity their. A Taiwanese president that I knew from my previous job offered us a job at his factory in Chicago. I didn’t remember how much the wage he provided but it’s really a special working experience. We supposed we can’t work in America because we don’t have working permit and we have to work undercover. The president rented a hostel with kitchen for us so we can cook at our room. We did save some money for seldom eating out. We also visited some place around Chicago, such as, the best hot dog in Chicago, automobile race and famous Jazz bar. We did enjoy the city and we planed to stay there for 3 months. Unfortunately, my head got hurt during working and the president’s sister brought me to the hospital immediately. It’s not a big deal but of the injury but let me felt home sick again. Finally, we decided to leave this job and moved to next stop “New York”. Although it’s not a very good experience and I did thanks to the boss and we did earn some money for next stop. Actually we almost ran out all the money we carried from Taiwan due to the long trip in U.S.A.

South of America

After we finished our trip in west of America we took the airplane to Dallas and rented a small car at airport. We have been visited Dallas, Houston (NASA), San Antonio, Austin, New Orleans, Miami and Walt Disney World. Walt Disney World is my favorite and unforgettable place that I have never been before. It’s an excellent place for young and old, big and small people. I believed it's the happiest place on earth! They have several parks in different style that’s why I mentioned earlier that it’s a biggest playground in the world. I personally recommend the incredible fireworks display and the biggest, brightest fireworks extravaganza in Magic Kingdom theme park history. The show was so immeasurable and significant that you can’t miss it. You must visit their once throughout your life and you won’t disappoint.

Our First Stop

Our first stop is to drive our rental car and went to Universal Studios Hollywood. I still remember the most popular games are Jurassic Park, Return to the Future and Water World at that time. We had lots of fun their and join many exciting games at the Universal Studios. We decided not to visit Disneyland California because we preferred to visit the biggest amusement in Florida. Then, we went north and visited lots of cities, such as, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, and Seattle and so on. We also went to some famous attraction, for instance, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Yellow Stone National Park, Stanford University, Napa Valley, Fisherman’s Wharf, University of California Berkeley and etc…. When we finished our trip to northwest of America we went back to Katie’s place after 3 weeks. Next we started to visit southwest of America, for example, Yosemite National Park, San Jose, San Diego, Long Beach…and so on. We spent about a month to stay west side of America and we did have a great time their.