My New Job

I have worked for my new job about one and half month. As I said before, my old job is boring. On the contrary, my new job is very busy. Sometime, I even have no time to take a break, and I always have to be overtime. Although it is very hard, I can learn a lot of experience that I never touch from working. I think it will be better when I am used to the work.

Dongyin-a Mystical Fairyland

Today I want to introduce a mystical island, Dongyin, that is located the most northern territory of Taiwan. It's location in relation to Taiwan is shown in figre 1. It also shows how far Dongyin is from Taiwan. Somebody will be curious why I want to introduce this remote and unknown place. The reason is simple: I had been one and half year's military service there. I severed in the Dongyin Hospital(figure2) as a financial manager from 2000 to 2002.

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Dongyin is a small island that only has a total area of around 4.71 square kilometers. The composition of population is very interesting here. There are about 8 hundred residents who live here; and the number of residents becomes fewer and fewer because the young do not want to live, study and work here but chose to work in the other places. However, the number of military men is about 1.2 thousand, that is more than the number of residents. Therefore, military men become the major source of resident’s income. In older to overcome the shortage of manpower, they hire employees who come from Taiwan or China. It is a conflicting and interesting phenomenon.

Dongyin is famous for this rich ocean resource because its reef coast attracts fish to gather. For this reason, I always saw people come here to fish when I severed here. But you need to take care of a lot of things if you want to come here to fish. See figure 1 again. First of all, you spend 8 to 12 hours to take ship to Dongyin or take 1 hour by airplane and 6 hours by ship to Dongyin. Nevertheless, the ships do not operate everyday and you need to identify the operation schedual. Furthermore, you must be very careful when you fish on the rock because the coast is very cliffy. Finally, you need to wear more. The weather in Dongyin is windy and cold. Therefore, as I know about the medical resource of this small island is poor enough. If you catch a cold, you only can get some acetaminophen and a certificate for taking a one-day-rest.

Somebody will wonder why this small island needs so many military men. It is because it’s special strategic value. See figure 1, we will find Dongyin does not like other islands that are close to China. Hence, the traditional weapons can not attack here. If you are a military fan, you will be very excited to be here. You can see some military facilities and amazing tunnels.

Dongyin is a special island that owns some natural and cultural scenes. It retains some original style and features that will be worth it for you to go sightseeing. Remember to do enough homework before visiting here to avoid displeasure.

Describe Myself

I think it is uneasy to describe myself because I do not very concern about my appearance. I will try to do it. First of all, I have the medium height and plump body with short black hair. I look just like a common person whom nobody will take notice of. But I have a friendly face with deep outline. I have a double-fold eyelid, sharp nose, full lips, and rough skin. Furthermore, I always put on casual clothes because I do not want my life to be too serious. It is a simple description of myself.

Writing a essay- My Travel Partner

My travel partner

I like to travel very much, especially to visit nature by car. For this reason, I decided to buy a car last month. However, there were some issues I needed to think for a new car. First issue is an economic consideration because I do not have enough budgets to buy a perfect car. Moreover, the price of oil gets more and more expensive, so that I have to choose a small car that consumes less oil than the common cars. Second issue is maintained consideration. I need a car that should be reliable, and it would not cost lots of money for maintaining or repairing. The final concern is the appearance. My ideal car must look good. After some serious thinking, I decided to buy Nissan March as my travel partner.

There are several reasons why I choose to buy March. First, March is a 1,300 c.c. small car that owns beautiful price, cheap tax, and low oil using features. When I go for traveling, I usually just go with my girl friend. So I do not need a big car but a suitable one. Owing to the fact that is a small car; I would not pay expensive tax every year. Besides, when the car that is drove by two persons, it is lower oil costing than other big cars. So, my car is an economic car that can help me to reduce some costs, and I can use the save money for other uses.

Furthermore, it is a popular car, so the regular maintaining and repairing charge is cheaper than other cars, especially imported ones are at the same level as my car. It is because March is made in Taiwan, and the assembly for the car is inexpensive. It is important for me because I have no idea about the mechanism of cars. If my car breaks down, it is easy and cheap to have it repaired in the garage. Moreover, March is a reliable car and it is easy to take care of it. Now I can travel frequently by my new vehicle and enrich my leisure life. For this reason, it is very appropriate for me.

Finally, March is a beautiful car with nice appearance and sharp. March comes in two types: that are four-door and five-door. My car is five-door that does not have a glove compartment, and it is cuter than the four-door ones. My car has a pretty red color and comfortable leather chairs that my girlfriend likes very much.

My car, red bean, is my good travel partner that contains a lot of features that I like and need. Although is it not an excellent one for traveling, I believe it is enough for me. Recently, I start to plan a three-day tour for east coast. I believe red bean will be a helpful partner in this trip.

2007.10.22--Group activity

Teacher told us that we have to be divided into some groups to perform an activity that discuss interesting job last week. we perform the activity today, and I think the content is funny. So I show evwryone the content of our group activity.


Gabby:Good evening! Everybody! I am Gabby

Betty: I am Betty, we are the hosts in today's show!

Gabby: Today we are very pleasure to invite three guests who all have interesting jobs! This is Eli, a zookeeper. This is Maggie who makes up for dead person. And this is Chris, she is a part-time queen.

Betty: Ok! Let's welcome Eli to introduce his job and interesting or special experience

Eli: Good evening! Everybody! I am Eli, a zookeeper. My major work is to take care and feed the animals in the zoo. Somebody will think the job is boring, but I think the job is interesting. Most animals in our zoo are cute and friendly. When you take care or feed them, you can play with them and they trust you to touch them. It is a very special experience, and they are just like your children. I like the job.


Gabby: Could you tell us something interesting in your job?

Eli: Yeah. I remember, about 3 years ago, that there was a lion named Jimmy was borned in the zoo, but he is in a critical situation because his mother didn't want to feed him. But Jimmy was lucky, my dog named Lucky just borned puppies at the same time. I take Lucky to be Jimmy's mother. It is a unforgettable memory for me. Jimmy is just like a cat and play with other puppies. It is a very interesting experience in my job. But the wonderful hour is just when he is a boy. When he grew up, everyone afraid of he that includes I and my dog.

Betty: And is anything that make you impressive?

Eli: Yeah!! But it is not funny. It is a little terrible. Everyone want to hear?



Everyone: Yes!!!!



Eli: one day, my coworker went to feed his animal. But his arm was bit by a locoste!


Everyone :It is too disgusting !terrible! My goodness!

Maggie: I don't think it is horrible or special. You know, my job is to make up for dead person. Sometimes, I need to help to piece up the body. Someone's body maybe divided into several parts by accident or something else, in the meantime, I need to find the best way to piece up their body, and make sure they will be nice in last journey.

Gabby: Don't you afraid of ghost? Or do you have any unbelievable experience to share us?

Maggie: Oh! I remembered some dead person talked to me in my dream! She told me what she wants! Like Tiffany necklace, heart of fire diamond, etc! Wow, how a rich woman! I even deal with a special case, I remembered that night. I received a case that a young that died by fell from 3000 foot! When his body came here, I helped him to make up in the midnight.

Chris: I know! He was my student, I taught him how to fly by hang-glider , but he is too excited and didn’t care what I said. Of Course I have the license, but he didn't operate step by the step, so….

Betty:How many licnese do you have?, can you introduce them?

Chris: I have diving, dancing, hang-glider, accounting, cooking, and boxing licenses.

Gabby: what kind of job do you like most?

Chris: I like dancing because it is very interesting.

Betty: Ok! Time is up! We are appreciate to invite these three guests to attent this program to share their job experience with me. If you have any questions, you can mail to this address or call this phone number.

2007.10.14--My Good Friend's Wedding

Leo and Bobo both are my good friends and previous coworkers when I worked in TEEMA in Taipei, and they get merriage on 2007.10.14(sunday). We had worked together for three years, but I knew they are lovers just four months ago and my friends told me that they had already been lovers for two years. To tell the truth, when I heard that they are lovers at first, I got a little angry because it seems that everyone knew it but not me. My other coworker told me it is because I was too careless to notice their interation, then I felt better and blessed them.

I resigned from TEEMA and came back Tainan three months ago. When I heared the news that they will get merriage last month, I decided to attent the wedding. I expected the coming of wedding to see them and other friends. My previous coworkers and friends all are happy that I can attend the wedding.

When I attend the wedding, I sit with my good friends and chat about our current situation. Although I am tired for the long travel, I find it is very worthful. The wedding Leo and Bobo plan is very warm and fragrant. They arrange a program that Leo sing a romantic song for Bobo, and we all involve in this impressive hour and enjoy their happiness. Besides, they both announce their feeling about the other, and we all feel their love and enthusiasm. I believe that they love each other deeply and will live together forever.

However everyone's emotion is more and more exciting as drinking more and more wines. Somebody starts to play tricks on bridegroom. For example, Kevin ask Leo to drink a beverage mixed a lot of different materials like wine, soy, mustard, soup and other terrible materials. After drinking that terrible beverage, Leo writhes his body in discomfort. Keven is hpaay to see that because he suffered the same treatment last year. Of course, I join this trick because I think it is very interesting. But I regret joining to play trick after wedding because I am unmarried. I think they will play the same trick on me. But to regret is to late, I need to take care my stomach right now.

Writing a Paragraph-The advantages of my PDA phone

The advantages of my PDA phone

My favorite PDA phone, ASUS P735, has a lot of advantages. It includes some strong functions and metallic appearance that attracts my attention. The PDA phone that is designed and made in Taiwan shows how strong technology and design capabilities our IT industry is. Then I will introduce my gem. I think the best useful function is internet because P735 has outstanding cpu, 3G and wirless transmission capabilities to implement. Thruough this function, I can use internet anyplace and anytime to check e-mail, browse online news, search information, see stocks, and so on. Furthermore, P735 even provides MSN and Skype sevices to support me to communicate with my friends or talk to them by internet phone through internet. Another admirable function is voice control that can allow me to execute different programs like call a phone, review messages, play music and check schedual by voice. When I drive a car, it is very useful for me. GPS is also a good function for P735. When I go to travel, I can gain route, hospital, gas station and scenic spots information through GPS. So P735 is a excellent PDA phone for me. It involves lots of advantages and functions that I can handle my affairs well by it.

"To quit, or not to quit"

Yestaurday teacher Yu taught us "To be, or not to be, that is the question.'' that is one of Shakespeare's dictums. For me, "To quit, or not to quit" is my question, and I think this issue recently. I came back Tainan from Taipei in July this year and got this job at the same time. The decision I maked is hasted, and I did not have enough time to interview to choice the suitable job.

Actually, It is the only one job I interview and I like the content of this job, but company does not accommodate me enough training to deal with my business. I need to explore the solutions when I faced the problems, and there are a liitle information I can use. I expressed my feeling to manager, but he did not care this matter and just told me that he will try to resolve it.

I like to learn knowledge and get information in my life or work experience. Although the salary of current work is reasonable, I still want to find a job that I am interested even the salary is lower than current one. I do not know if I can get the job I want or not, but I already start to find.

2007.10.07

Samleco, Chi, Shin, Jimmy, Koon and Florish invite me to hospital to visit San who are hurted his foot thumb by glass today. we carry same snacks to visit him. He looks good but a little tired because he just suffered a operation in the morning. San, Samleco, Jimmy and Koon all are my senior high school classmates, and we do not meet together for a long time. We have a lot of matters want to share with others, so we chat everyone's current situation and laugh with everyone's funny experience, and I find that we seem to come back our student life and the sickroom just like our classroom. We enjoy the happy hour and decide that we can travel together after San recovers health.

After hospital, we go to Chi's home to play mah-jong as another classmate party. Although today is a typhoon day, for us today is sunny day. Especially for me, today is not only a wonderful day, but a lucky day because I win the mah-jong. I think that they maybe would not invite me to join any meeting next time, but I think it is really a happy ending.

About Journal

Keeping journal is not strange but hard work to me. I tried to keep a diary in senior hight school and college, but I always forgot or accumulated too much to stop keeping. The idea of "write again" sometime touches me, especially when I remember amusing past events.

However, keeping journal in English in the blog is a challege, interesting and new matter to me. I think it would be a difficult job in addition to the issue of full-time job, I think writing is the best difficult part in English. Even though it is a big job, I will try my best to do because writing is my weakness, and it is a good opportunity to practice.

Introduction

My name is Eli. I live in Tainan city. I set up this Blog because I study English in STUT and need a blog to show my homewrk. This is my first time to manage blog and I find this is interesting. Although I had graduated from school for a long time, I still feel excited to be a student again and will try to improve my English capability in this priod of time.

Even I have a full-time work in th daytime, I think it will be worth to study English in the evening. Enjoying novels and Jazz in the leisure time is my hobby. I also like to make friends. If you want to make friend with me or suggest me something, it is welcome to leave a message. I will reply in my blog.