Potluck party in Ruth's place.

打這篇時人已經在紐約，

人已經快睡著，這樣跑實在很傷元氣。

等等五點要去機場，趕著把昨天晚上的照片po上來。

Ruth學姐也是高雄人，

家裡的樂器感覺上很有Fu。

其實只有Becky一個人幫忙煮，

我們拍完照片就在旁邊吃點心。

說不定哪一天我也會很積極的接觸上帝，

感覺侍奉上帝的人都有種讓人開心的特質。

好吃的台灣food。

Dec. 8 in Puccini。

Today we found another good place to meet!

It's an italian resturant just right in front of my dorm,

the food there is great and the price is reasonalble,

therefore I suppose we can go there often next term.^^

Albert, a Tibetan who lives in my dorm,

a very funny guy.

We just pretended that we are

boy and girl friends.XDDD

I spent around an hour finishing the chicken wrap...

It's really huge but great.

Becky always choices hamburger....

Albert loves pizza.

It's the first time I play the pool.

Joyce is good at it!Look!She looks quite different

in front of the pool table!

We are going to have another

party in Ruth's place tonight...

Ruth is a girl who comes from Kaohsiung too,

the party must be great,

I am looking forward to it.^^

FOCUS Christmas Banquet。

Our ABCDE group!

A for Amy,B for Becky,C is Jessica,

D for Freda and E for Joyce.

We spent a very beautiful Christmas dinner

in Creater Portland Bible Church tonight.

It was quite formal there,

people asked to be semi-formal dressing to add

a touch elegance.Acturally most of us

just dressed out regular clothes and really

amazed of the formal atmosphere there.

It'll take about 30 days to see you again,

I will miss all of you in FOCUS.

Christmas tree everywhere.

Nice apple pie and pumpkin pie....

The turkey was as great as I thought,

not every American goods is creasy and not

good for your health.


Yes, I played Mary today on stage play.

I felt really hot on my face as sitting there hoilding the baby,

actually the magnesium light is too strong.

Ming took part of the choir

and I found that he has a nice voice!

See you my dears,

nice trip to SanFrancisco! I will miss you

as I spent my lonely life in Taiwan.

And don't forget we are going to have another seattle

trip as I get back.Take care and

we will come together soon!

12月六號。

房間的窗口

再過兩天會沒效率的跑回紐約，

停不到幾小時，轉飛高雄處理一些事情。

下一張ticket是one way，這代表接下來我會待很久很久，

說不定會等到終於拿到學位了才回去。

Po文的這時間Portland是3點的凌晨，

昨晚熬了夜忍不住好奇心去查到底是哪台電腦在搞鬼。

(宿舍電腦集體中毒事件)

這對我來說不是件容易的事情，

抱著經一事長一智的心態去忙當然也沒結果。

只是隔天考完試整個人快掛掉，

沒辦法和朋友去逛街，跑回宿舍一睡到半夜，

最近老有種身體快無法負荷的感覺，

是該承認不再年輕了吧，不太能這樣搞了。

見識到這裡的冬天以後，

居然連我都很想見到陽光。很冷的雨一直滴滴答答，

除了不方便外說不上討厭，

說的奇怪一點，有種「命中注定的感覺」，

好像說有個地方是一直在找的，一定要去的，

現在終於找到了。當然這裡的缺點也不少，

homeless多，抽煙的人多，

也許以後找工作會發現更多其他潛在的缺點。

很奇怪的是於我這些目前都可以自動略過，

花了兩個多月的時間慢慢建立起屬於自己的生活和朋友圈，

以致於在整理行李的這個凌晨，有種奇怪的依依不捨。

之前沒想過會想要久待，

一如之前沒想過有一天我會喜歡美國一樣。

的確是該認真思考一下，

唸完書之後要怎麼在這裡落地生根的生活，

去走未來幾十年人生的路。

The last coffee hours in FOCUS.

Hello, it's me,Amy,again.

I feel really happy to spend here this term

with you guys..

It's really wonderful to meet all of you from

varied countries, China, Japan, Korea, Russia,

Germany and US...Thanks to God for bringing

all of you to me , I do enjoy the time

we spent together this term...

I'll go back to my hometown for a short break

this winter vocation..and then there will be

a very long time I keep myself here,in US,in Oregon,

working hard for my degree(s)...

And,Becky...

Don't forget to lose weight as I go back,

we have to get slim together!

Thanks for the pics you took for me,

they are great!

Thank you you guys,See you next year!^_^

拖福檢討。

下雨天

我的心情和外面的天氣一樣。


趨近零度的雨天是什麼感覺？又濕又冷，
大概把台北的冬天那種走在路上的滄桑漂泊再描深一點就是。
只是再深一點超過一個極限就會讓人很想哭，
卻又說不上來為什麼，
但其實我應該說的上來的，因為我剛剛知道TOEFL成績。


真像被打了一拳的感覺。


待了大約5秒鐘不知道怎麼回事，誰能告訴我2分是怎麼回事？
我的Reading只拿兩分是怎麼回事？
沒聽說過TOEFL有倒扣，
閉上眼睛點一點應該都有十幾分吧？兩分？


總分：70，Listening:26，Speaking：19，Writing：23，
Reading：2。
這間學校要求每個section 18以上。
我的Reading只拿兩分，所以我有16分的short。


拿出GRE單字開始背的時候腦袋裡一直浮現「2分」，
到底兩分是什麼東西？
你給我零分我還可以和自己說電腦壞了。


雖然沒時間好好做題目我確定我至少有幾題答對的啊，兩分？
如果時間夠的話我的實力會在哪裡呢？
聽，說和寫。Listening目前一般的拖福考題我算很有自信了，
Speaking的問題主要在「不知道要講什麼」，「沒有idea」，
而不是不會講英文。Writing，一般的分析寫作現在難不了我，
反正同一篇模版套一套成績差不多就好，我沒有要當作家。


閱讀很難，難到我開始覺得自己是不是有閱讀障礙。
我念的原文書一直都是理工的文章，
而且還是international edtion的理工科文章。
也許是我潛意識在排斥一些人文科學，
怎麼覺得同樣是學術文章難度那麼天差地別啊。
單字量不夠，知識不夠
(如果那個領域已經有所瞭解文章讀起來快很多)，
練習不夠，速度太慢，問題還真是多。


平常做練習題做得就不怎麼輕鬆愉快，
考試時一個時鐘在螢幕上跑幾乎沒辦法思考，
加上這次運氣差遇到不負責的testing center以致於
第一大題幾乎全用猜的，
可是，這些都不至於造成「2分」啊。
兩分代表，30題我只答對兩題，
這到底是怎麼回事，兩題？
寫過去的信全被ETS石沈大海，
(查一查才發現，ETS受害者還真不少。)
自認倒楣好好準備一下一月再來吧。



下一次我閱讀一定要拿20以上。

First of May.

Written:Barry/Maurice/Robin Gibb(Bee Gees)

When I was small, and Christmas trees were tall,
we used to love while others used to play.
Don't ask me why, but time has passed us by,
someone else moved in from far away.
Now we are tall, and Christmas trees are small,
and you don't ask the time of day. But you and I,
our love will never die,
but guess who'll cry come first of May.

The apple tree that grew for you and me,
I watched the apples falling one by one.
And as I recall the moment of them all,
the day I kissed your cheek and you were gone.

Now we are tall, and Christmas trees are small,
and you don't ask the time of day.
But you and I, our love will never die,
but guess who'll cry come first of May.

When I was small, and Christmas trees were tall,
do do do do do do do do do ...

Don't ask me why, but time has passed us by,
someone else moved in from far away.

Moonlight madness Sale at WoodBurn.

After the wonderful tanksgiving night, Willy and I

drove to Woodburn store cneter for the midnight shopping directly,

on the way to woodburn we just had a bad forefeel

cause there were "TOO MUCH" cars on the high way in the midnight!

We arrived there about 15 mins before midnight,

there were already lots of person lined up in front of the stores...

I can't believe that there were so many nighthawk here in US

for the Moonlight madness Sale...

Yes,it is sheer madness for us to do it...XDDD

I had no idea if the price the night is really great or not,

I just felt ..wow....lots of people everywhere!

I can not enjoy my shopping time cause it's so crowded there,

Can you stand if you have to line up for couple of

hours to check out? I can't cause I am not that young anymore.lol

Our second point is a electrical appliance store...

(I can't remenber the name cause I almost tired out then..)

We went back to PSU at 8:00 in the morning...

I just bought some clothes and an experience that

"I won't go to midnight shopping again!!It's almost kill me!"

But Thank you Willy for taking me with you, anyway.

Thanks Thanksgiving.

Our juicy Turkey!

Turkey is the most common main dish of a Thanksgiving dinner,

that's why Thanksgiving is also called Turkey Day.

The USDA even estimated that about 269 million turkeys

were raised in the country in 2003, about one-sixth of which

were died for a Thanksgiving dinner plate.lol

The use of the turkey in the USA for Thanksgiving just because of

a turkey could feed more than a chicken,XDDD

therefore it's a more cost-effective feast.Acturally it remains

me of the old Chinese proverb:

"People are afraid to be famous as well as Pigs are afraid to be fat"

Of course I went to Freda's place again!Claire and Russ are

very hospitable hoster and I always meet some nice friends

from other countries there!

In the pics I just pretended that I made the dish,lol

actually I was sick the day before the big day and

lay on my room all day long...It's a tragedy that I missed

the preparation for my first Thanksgiving in US!

Claire and Russ's house is still so lovely with a lot of nice

friends there and with a lot of merry atmosphere.

Willy, my classmate in PSU.He told me he would stay home alone

in his house at thanksgiving night.It's irrational to stay alone

in the big day so I asked him if he wanna joining us,

he accepted immediately and did have a wonderful time with us.

After the dinner, on the way to our midnight shopping,

he just told the others again and again:

"Freda's host parents are really great!Much better than mine!"

Becky, Joyce and Micro arrived the night before the big day

and helped with the preparation.I really hope that I had

joined them...It must be very intersting...lol

Claire drenched the turkey with its juice and Russ carved

it into pieces of meat.Claire said American always puted the

turkey juice into mashed potato and make it better.Russ told us

them sometimes called those people who was a little foolish

"Turkey"! Then, a Chinese guy just declared:

"A turkey is carving a turkey!" XDDDDD

The Thanksgiving dinner, of course, is really really

wonderful.Freda's Korean friend cooked a super good food

called "bulgogi"(?).I amost finished one third of it...>//<

Becky made the great "tea egg" as well as sweet apple dish.

I have to say that Becky just has the talent for cooking,

how about become a chef in the furture?I suppose you will

become a successful cook!

Claire said that the organic turkey wouldn't make you

sleepy, however I still felt sleepy sice I ate "TOO MUCH".XDD

I had forgetten what we talked during the dinner time but

still remeber we laughed a lot all the way.

The lovely desserts!I have to announced that the Cheesecake

that Claire made is "super" "extremely" "international" delicious!

I have to lose weight but I can't help myself to eat one piece by

one piece!Of course the Chocolate cake is great also!


After dinner we played some games as usual,

I didn't join the brick game cause I played the card game

with another group...but I heared that they had to

write a word by their buttocks if one lost the game...XDD

Thanks again to Claire and Russ for giving us such a

wonderful Thanksgiving night.^_^

Thanks Freda for inviting us and thanks to all the friends there

to spend a wonderful night with me.Thanks to god to bring

all of you guys to me,Amen.