happy new year eve...!!!

i'm in LA so in a different time zone... (: called earlier to kinda countdown w/ parents oh yeah!

my childhood piano favorites!

Nadia's Theme: 

Ballade Pour Adeline 水邊的阿地麗娜 music by Paul de de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint : 

Peter Piper 夢幻鋼琴手 by Frank Mills: 

Yesterday 昨日: 

My Way 奪標 music by J. Revaux & C. Francois: 

Csikos Post 郵政馬車 music by Hermann Necke: 

Gavotte 嘉禾舞曲 by F.J. Gossec: 

Mazurka 馬曆卡舞曲 by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky: 

now i think back, the reason why i liked those songs.. my mom invested her time and bucks into my piano tuition and i spent so much time practicing and learning while others have their free time watching afternoon peak hours cartoons... =p those songs are my memories that resonate w/in me still.... (:

Pipe Line管路

i used to love this song SO much when i was little learning piano. have been always enjoyed playing this song whenever being asked to perform =p never had i heard the originality until today @@ and found it to be sooo rock and disco-like LoL

Google 2010 Christmas Icons

I thought I didn't save them..... oh yay! only two of them, but i'm satisfied! (:

a new mindset to adjust

幾個禮拜前在主日時, 有個很深的感觸 - when new comer comers, there's inconvenience... when we proclaim that we wanna see/welcome new comers, are we ready to embrace the inconvenience as well?

那天在聽講道時, 就覺得.... 為甚麼後面的人一直講話? 不知道現在是聽道時間嗎? 怎麼牧師講一句他也講一句? 台上已經有翻譯員了耶~~~ @@ 我一開始很不舒服... 因為真的就在我正後面, 聽得很清楚在說話 >< 甚至還在考慮要否轉過頭來, 微笑著提醒弟兄姊妹不要說話.... 後來... 稍微想一下後面可能做甚麼樣的人時 (之前有站起來打招呼).. 多想一下, 忽然想到可能是幾個外國人... 雖然不是白臉或黑臉, 但是我知道是"外國人" - 非台灣人. 才忽然驚醒... 台上的牧師講英文, 翻譯講中文, 但還是沒有翻到他的語言 XD 不管那是甚麼語言, 但是他朋友是在幫忙翻譯牧師的內容 @@ 雖然還是不習慣, 即使英文或中文都聽得懂, 但是就是會在中文時有另一個語言也同時在"打架", 對我耳朵不喜歡"噪音"的, 真的很不喜歡... 但也是那時才讓我恍然大悟... 好加在我當時沒有轉過頭去用勸戒或是提醒的話或表情去表達... 因為, 這都會讓新朋友覺得不被接納... >< 感謝 神讓我再次站在新朋友的角度來看... 而不落入當"insiders"太久容易只按自己的舒適來解讀或是抱怨........ 這又讓我想到耶穌比喻那穿著破爛的人走進聖所跟那穿著高貴的... 雖然我不是看外表來論斷, 但也某方面是落入自己的喜好來評估的眼光 >< 教會真的想要突破跟成長, 想要看到人群湧入教會嘛? 我們的心思意念也要調整, 不停留我們的舒適, 好讓新朋友感受到他們是被接納的, 即使我們有很多的不同, 有教會所謂的"習慣&文化".... let us not be limited by our own culture and comfort zones....

當 神出手時....

當 神出手時... 事情可以出奇的令人驚奇! (: 最近"計畫趕不上變化"也是有這樣的心情 --> 但是這是屬世界的說詞; 而真的 神出手時... 事情是可以180度的轉變~

今晚和RC的一通電話, 讓我莫名的感覺事情可以有轉折... 看來我還是不夠清楚事情的轉變... 不過 神有保守跟忽然給的機會, 我很為他們高興~ hopefully it will turn out to be a great news! (: 另外, 神的確也為我預備了臨時的sub~! (: 感謝主! 還有今天的TOEIC... 連當初預定考試的時間, 決定去考, 及自己去......, 現在回來想想, 都是 神的恩典跟祝福~ 雖然12/26 the date is just ODD, but... i now realize how God has blessed even as trivia as choosing the exam date. 再來... 就是更加期望這個聖誕節&新年期間知道特別需要代禱的神國家人... 能得蒙保守與醫治... 是的主, 懇求祢出手... aunty eva, brian, and ching's mom. Lord, may you heal them completely... but according to Your perfect and good will!

是一定會懷念跟感傷吧...

人真的很怪... 明明過程很多時候很挫折, 但在要離開時仍是會捨不得, 難過... 是因為這群孩子吧... 雖然難搞, 但我一定會想念他們.. 已經在想可以偷偷的回去看他們上課嘛? 會看起來像是個怪阿姨 =p

教英文的幼稚園生真的很難搞, 皮, 如果只有一個就也還好, 但是好多個, 又有butterfly effect (蝴蝶效應 XD), 班上又層次差異, 所以.. A班真的很難帶~ @@ B班就差滿多的, 比較像在上英文課, 所以喜歡很多 =p... 雖然一開始有皮的幾個學生, 但是they're big enough that i can reason with... 加上, 這幾個皮的孩子發現老師其實不因為他們的皮不喜歡, 不接納他們, 他們感覺到愛後, 最後反而不是最難搞得... 甚至成為最貼心, 最有笑臉的學生 =D 這點我真的很高興, 也有莫名的成就感........... i will really miss them so much~ >< i think the feeling is about to kick in...... 難過ing..

A: Jason, Wiwi, Ray, Allen, Leo, Eric, Wendy, Candy, and Polly

B: Allen, Eric, Nicky, Kevin, Jinna, Eva, Wendy, Linda, and Sherry

I taught them so many English songs... phrases, vocabs, and... games! =p As I'm preparing my last lesson w/ them for the coming Fri, I feel so sad. 張老師 asked 莊老師 why I have to leave so early (about 2 weeks' notice)... 是真的計畫改不上變化. I have to fly back and come back in time for cousin's wedding on 1/15, have to fit the time slot and squeeze into the crazy flight booking on top of my registered TOEIC exam on 12/26, and my urgency to settle in at the new surroundings in Taipei. Anyhow... can't whine nor complain, I've made my decision and I'm sticking to it! I'll miss those 3+ hours spent on writing communication books each week, around 3~5+ hours spent on prep time @@

So what have I taught them? (songs are listed in another entry)

A: alphabets: A-L; what's your name; body parts (silly willy); phonics: p, b, d, v, k, s, g, z, t, c, f, g; colors; animals; shapes (circle, triangle, square, oval, diamond, rectangle); comparison (big, bigger, small, smaller, tall, taller, etc); numbers; king big wig; phrases (now is the time to ...; got a big idea; it's time to ....; you look like a .....; what (do/does not) go(es) on what; i like ..., i like .... more; a bowl of ....; gave .... a(n) .....; small things vs. big things; my favorite color/animal/thing is...). Games: do this, do that; simon says; rock, paper, scissors; 大風吹, etc. and also games that involve vocabs, shooting balls into basket, relay game, 圈差, 男女分組比賽 etc.

B: alphabets; what's your name; how are you; how old are you; phonics; colors; numbers; animals; phrases: s/he is ...; it is (not) a..../they are ....; yes/no, it is (not)/they are (not); singular & plurals; blindfolded and guess the items; Christmas story; is it/are they color? yes/no, it is/they are not; what color is it/are they? listening to 1A CDs and doing practices. Games: rock, paper, scissors; hangman; 大風吹; do you love your neighbors; do this, do that; simon says; relay games; shooting balls into basket; and competing games against each other (girls vs. boys), etc.