[漫畫] 面試高手

[ 維尼森林 (中文) ] 07 四月, 2008 18:09::點閱次數 (421)

 

 

簡言之，就是我畫了四頁漫畫。

緣由：

前陣子高中導師找我回西松，說是幫學弟妹的忙，輔導室要編一本校刊，裡面的內容是關於協助高中升大學的叮嚀與提醒。老師們看在我似乎派得上用場，就請我幫忙把有關面試的部份，畫成比較生動活潑的圖。

真是苦死我了。好難畫。

本來想說用中規中距的分鏡，沒想到四頁差點擠不下。面試這種事，用寫得很好寫，用畫的便千難萬難，加上截稿日迫在眉睫，如果用實例作畫，補上情節，可能好幾頁都畫不完。因為是半教學式的漫畫，所以該放上去的東西絕不能少，當然，也加入了一些我自己的想法，其實有點太滿了。這幾頁的分鏡草圖刪了又改，最後仍以簡單清楚、主題明確為要，除去很多本來想惡搞的部份，殘念。

結論：

如果能的話，希望敘事方面的節奏感再強些，畫面再有意像一點......

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[未來] 我的推甄路（三）

[ 維尼森林 (中文) ] 16 三月, 2008 00:42::點閱次數 (463)

2007/11/04（日，報名後一天，台北）
                                                                               
我想，除了讀書計畫寫得很痛苦外，其餘一切還算順利。
                                                                               
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回到台北後，迎接我的依然是擁擠的人潮，那些熟悉卻陌生的冷漠眼神。夜晚，馬路上還有陣陣車聲，這在東埔是完全不會發生的事，頂多只有阿不拉和幾位喝醉的原住民，在月下笑鬧著。
                                                                               
即便如此，回到家仍然感到無比的放鬆。這幾天，我幾乎都待在電腦前面，寫著自傳、推薦函草稿和讀書計畫，寫累了或是想不到時，就起身彈彈鋼琴，讓腦袋適時的放空，或是洗點水果來吃。覺得可以繼續寫的時候，再回到房間敲鍵盤。以這樣緩慢的節奏寫著。
                                                                               
第一道難題，是推薦函的草稿。
                                                                               
其實，我也知道，與他校系畢業生相比，戲劇學系在這方面有很多的優勢：首先，無論如何低調，只要順利從戲劇學系畢業，都能累積相當程度的戲劇經歷與活動經驗；其次，無論好壞，因為人數少，師生間的情感，很容易經由每次製作裡建立起來。
                                                                               
但是，對我而言，這兩份草稿還是相當地難寫，我從來就不是那麼有自信的人，接觸劇本也是相當晚的事情。我這個人的優點到底在哪裡呢？我真的能有什麼讓人信賴的潛力嗎？對於自我評價這件事情，我怎麼想都只有負面的形容詞。
                                                                               
硬著頭皮寫了又改，我腦中浮現的是姚老師在電話裡和我說的那幾句話：
                                                                               
「我和你說，你這個人就是好相處，非常好相處。」
                                                                               
好相處......？我再次走出房間，打開琴蓋。再這樣下去，彈琴的時間都快比打字的時間多了。
                                                                               
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2007/11/04（日，報名後一天，台北凌晨）
                                                                               
擬完兩份草稿，也知會了系辦。訂好取函時間後，我才開始面對自傳。
                                                                               
翻著書櫃上的文件夾，我遍尋不著過去曾經寫過的自傳，我有點兒慌張，時間並不充裕，而我的進度相當緩慢，我要依靠，時間也來到了凌晨。在凌晨，我總感受到強大的無助，在這樣的時候，我常需索著不知名的無形的巨大胸膛，我想在溫暖的手掌裡放肆，我想在冰冷的懷抱裡翻滾。但是夜晚，卻總是只有我自己一人，聽著自己的心跳，和自己說話。
                                                                               
我倒在床上，閉上眼睛。
                                                                               
我想到東埔的山上，每天早上面對的那個風景，那些山脈，在又近又遠的地方矗立著，看著連眼神都會相對迷惘起來。我到底是誰？為什麼我會在這個地方？在我面前的又是什麼？
                                                                               
......答案在哪裡？那些綠色的山脈背面是什麼？
                                                                               
我手上的竹掃把。成堆的樹葉。趴著的阿不拉。方大哥遙遠地呼喊著我的名字。
                                                                               
我睜開眼睛。
                                                                               
儘管我是如此的渺小無助，但是，我是我自己的一切。
                                                                               
就在那一個瞬間，我終於知道該怎面對我自己的自傳，只要誠實地說話，連勇氣都是多餘。如果我認為我自己不夠好，那便是我不夠好，如果我認為自己努力過，那便是不可抹滅的努力。我坐回電腦前，飛快地敲著字，我的心情和寫推薦函草稿迥異，幾乎像是停不下來般地寫著自傳。在自傳中，我除卻了各種優美的辭藻，丟棄任何應有的鋪陳，我寫著我的恐懼、我的無能、我的罪惡感，我平靜地面對過去，那些刻意或不經意隱瞞的、醜陋卻真實的自己。
                                                                               
這是我寫過，最快速、最痛苦、也最輕鬆的自傳。

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[未來] 我的推甄路（二）

[ 維尼森林 (中文) ] 16 三月, 2008 00:38::點閱次數 (394)

2007/11/01（四，報名前一天，下午）
                                                                               
確認了以後，我掛上電話。再來怎麼走，一切似乎平坦地攤在眼前。
                                                                               
我馬上和主任請了下禮拜的假，我撥給姚老師和紀盃，姚老師試了幾次終於接通，聽了我的請求後，她二話不說立即答應，姚老師溫暖的聲音讓我在高山上充滿勇氣。
                                                                               
寄給紀盃一封E-mail後，我走出活動中心，在外面的階梯坐了下來，我撥了通電話給琬琳，突然放鬆後的心情讓我有點疲倦，琬琳的遙遠的溫柔的聲音卻再次給我力量，琬琳吃驚之餘，卻仍能提出完整的建議，她比我縝密的思考讓我更加地安心，我還有時間，我還來得及，最重要的是，我有她的支持。透過琬琳的輕柔細語，推甄好像只是個輕而易舉的機會。
                                                                               
掛上電話後，我看著遠方從山裡飄出的雲。我的內心滿脹著感動。
                                                                               
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2007/11/02（五，報名前一天，我還在山上）
                                                                               
早上和正麒在新的電腦桌上把電腦給組裝好，中午終於坐著伍姊的車前往和社郵局，繳了報名費、辦好報名手續，煩惱那麼久的事情，真正開始時也是一下下就過去了。
                                                                               
伍姊還有教會的事要忙，留在和社採買東西，我在路旁等著回東埔上山的客運。在回程搖晃的車上，我再次撥了電話，系辦終於轉接給紀盃，電話那頭傳來熟悉的聲音，紀盃簡短地說：「我收到E-mail了，沒問題。」再一次的溫暖擊倒了我。
                                                                               
下了車，我走回到活動中心，繼續和正麒配電腦線，外頭起了大霧，山上一下子的好冷。那次颱風之後，到今天仍然沒有熱水，晚上洗了個冷水澡後，我繼續趕著自傳。
                                                                               
挑戰著史上最勇敢的自傳。

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[未來] 我的推甄路（一）

[ 維尼森林 (中文) ] 16 三月, 2008 00:24::點閱次數 (470)

2007/11/01（四，報名前一天，我還在山上）
                                                                               
今天中部辦公室的財產全數移交，把那些笨重的桌椅、麥克風和報夾們搬進活動 中心就去掉了半條命，實在不敢想還要怎麼佈置。
                                                                               
整個活動中心目前可說是一團亂，辦公室的服務臺被移了出去，辦公桌和電腦桌也準備拆裝更換。工人正在裝隔間，菸蒂和檳榔渣丟了一地，平臺鋸不停叫著，怎麼看都是便宜的六分板，卻能報那麼高的價錢，該不會有特殊的材料吧。
                                                                               
會議室、討論間與閱讀室，這三項工程都得在考核前完成，似乎太勉強了些，不過主任是怎樣都講不聽的，不停在摧促工人趕工，工人也在活動中心住了兩天。
                                                                               
忙完了早上，接近午餐時間，剛剛還不知道什麼原因而停電，我把今天的報紙放入報夾中，報紙上寫著「各研究所開放推薦甄試報名」。
                                                                               
研究所、大學畢業、學生、戲劇，我看著遠方的東埔山脈，這些好像都離我很遠，我的舊椅子等會兒要拿出去丟。我打開電腦，開了IE，百無聊賴地亂點，推甄，台大，沒有，每年都沒有。推甄，北藝大，沒......
                                                                               
瞬間，我全身好像凍結，螢幕上的那個連結，讓我睜大了眼睛，從來沒有開放推甄的北藝大，居然有了推甄簡章下載。
                                                                               
我把簡章的 PDF檔全數 Download 下來，一篇篇看著，劇場設計研究所、戲劇理論研究所、劇本創作研究所......我心跳的很快，把滑鼠游標謹慎地往下拉，報名截止日期：2007年11月2日。
                                                                               
明天！
                                                                               
我猛地站起身，差點把破椅子給撞倒。我腦中盤旋各種不可思議的念頭，前一秒我還在清空櫃子和搬桌子、後一秒我居然在想怎麼推甄，我看著四周的工人和正麒，我看著正在講電話的伍姊，彷彿世界在轉瞬間變了另一個樣子，沒人瞭解我目前腦中所建構出來的未來可能性，電視上在播籃球，桌上都是雜物和灰塵，而我看著簡章發呆和冒汗。
                                                                               
時間仍然在跑。
                                                                               
郵局下午三點半關門。東埔到最近的郵局，要開上二十分鍾的車。我要填好報名表、附上畢業證書影本、身份證影本、還要三張脫帽的二吋大頭照。
                                                                               
我在山上，我到哪裡找這些東西？請假回台北？半天的車程來回？主任不在，他把公務車開出去了，最近一班下山的車是下午兩點半，再來是四點，等等，伍姊等下要去郵局，我應該要一起去郵局領錢，順便......等等，我應該冷靜一點。
                                                                               
辦公室保險箱裡有我的役籍資料袋，裡面有畢業證書影本和在校成績單，我的皮夾裡有身份證，辦公室有影印機，這些都很好解決。照片呢？天啊我沒有照片，東埔這裡也沒有照相館，就算開車開一個小時到水裡還是沒有快照亭。
                                                                               
就算報名了，其他的呢？作品、自傳、推薦函和讀書計畫呢？這些備審資料繳交日期是2007年11月 9日，一個禮拜又能做什麼？
                                                                               
我就站在那裡，面對著簡章發愣，沒有人注意到這件事，我好像突然跳脫東埔這個環境，飛到另一個地方，整個辦公室忽遠忽近。我處於要報名還是放棄的兩難，我應該要忘記這件事，當作沒有看到這個消息，放鬆心情吃個便當，好好地午休，下午繼續搬桌椅嗎？
                                                                               
這是個上天給我的機會，還是上帝的惡作劇？
                                                                               
我深深地吐了一口氣，跌坐到椅子上，我拿起電話，我思考了幾秒鍾，我播給北藝大劇創所，系辦：
                                                                               
「你好，我是今年要推甄劇創所的學生，請問照片能夠補交嗎？......」

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[推甄] 榜單！

[ 維尼森林 (中文) ] 16 三月, 2008 00:12::點閱次數 (495)

 

許孟霖榜單

 

用最簡單的話來說：我考上了台北藝術大學劇本創作研究所。 

誠如同 weijing所言，推甄其實是投資報酬率相當低的舉動：少的可憐的錄取人數、多如神人的天才們、耗時的準備工作與燒錢的車資，加上那些令人羞赧的浪費資源行為：把那些空白的影印紙，填上鬼扯蛋的讀書計畫、備審資料、推薦函和自傳......決定報名，還真的需要點勇氣。

能夠考上，我到現在仍不敢相信，一顆心還懸在半空那樣。當然，這過程其實不是相當順利，也真的要感謝很多人。

我想，我應該慢慢地，從報名前一天說起。

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Oh jeez!this is yummy!

[ NTU Live (英文) ] 02 八月, 2007 04:02::點閱次數 (543)

This kind of questions come to me quite often after I went abroad:

"Hey,Doug,what do you guys usually eat in Sydney?Hamburger?pizza?"

It is common that most Taiwanese people have stereotype about the life in the States or here in Australia.

Alright,let me explain all these to you.well~let's put it this way,in most of the big cities such as NYC or Sydney.There is a great amount of immigrants coming from differnt corners of the world which makes the cities "multi-cultural".

Take Sydney as an example.Differnt immigrants tend to stay in the same area that seperates certain areas.The Chinese concept "四海為家"makes "China town"  everywhere in big cities.Korean people also find their own area in downtown Sydney.You can see lots of korean shops and there are more koreans than aussies walking on the streets.There are even more nationalities.You can meet people from any countries that you can possibly think of.

Some of these people keep their original lifestyle.They start to open restaurants,grocery stores,shops and so on.Differnt restaurants with singns with different languages can be seen on the streets.These restaurants provides people with a variety of choices.

Schools realise the fact that students are multi-cultural.In my univeristy,the Unisveristy of New South Wales(UNSW), the cafeteria offers sushi,Chinese,Thai fried noodle,Malaysian Laksa,Indian curry and nan,burgers,fish n' chips and Italian focaccia,pasta and lasagna.

I guess the question has been answered after the above explanation.Though,to save up money,students usually cook themselves at the dorm.

You must be craving to see some nice photos of the yummy food.Luckily,bisides the heaps of photos I took in the restaurants,I took some more last week when I was invited to a Spanish dinner party by my hispanic friends.They came either from Spain or Mexico and ,trust me, the food they made is, with no doubt, authentic Spanish style flavour.

Spanish dinner party

lobster

pancake and crepe'

Thai

You can also find Taiwanese!

Greek

American burger

Japanese curry

fairy floss stand

Ribs

Brekky

fish n' chips

italian

chocolate bar

Italian pasta

Germany(Sausage n beer)

 

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good or bad?It's give and take..

[ NTU Live (英文) ] 21 五月, 2007 22:34::點閱次數 (556)

I still remember that when I first arrived at Sydney,we had a orientation for all the exchange students from all over the world.In one of the speeches,the speech maker told us that we'll encounter two culture shocks,one was when we frist arrive in Sydney and the other one is when we go back to our home countries.The former one makes sense to me but,seriously,as for the latter statement,I simply thought: "no way!that's my home, how can it be possible that I am not even familiar with my own homeland?"

However,I have to say that they were right.I DID felt a lil bit weird and, to my astonishment, I was changed.The following article is quoted from my personal blog.I wrote it on Feb. 1st, two weeks after I went back to Taiwan from Australia for Chinese new year.I also put the cooments that teacher Frog left on my board.

good or bad?it's give and take....

after 6 months in staying in Australia
i'm back in Taiwan for almost two weeks
from a country where ppl speak english to another where ppl speak mandarin
from a country where ppl walk and drive on the lefthand side to righthand side
from a country where ppl on the streets are most whites to asians
back here,
things that were the most familiar seems not that familiar anymore

getting on the bus heading to the mrt station, i dun even remember the price of bus ticket
saying "excuse me" and "sorry" to ppl who know no english
trying to press the button on traffic lights when crossing the streets
finding everything just soo cheap that i can't stop myself buying too much
these are just without the question easy to recover

the love that used to be around me came back to me again
family, best friends and relatives
their love seems to be especially treasurable and sweet than ever
it is the strongest feeling ever!

everything that i've been looking forward came to reality
walking on my best shopping area
playing balls with my dog
hanging out with my lovely grandma
surrounded by the modern buildings,i started to buy those fashionable clothes and accessaries as i did before
chatting with freinds in the night markets,i had all the snacks i've been missing for ages and those my friends showed me on webcame when i was in sydney

everything seems to be the same,just as how they used to be
the only thing that changes is me, myself
surprisingly,i changed,
yeah!i did!
i didnt realise it until my friends told me that
i really dunno if this is a good thing or not
for those good ones,i will keep them
as for those bad ones,just give me some time,my buddies!
i need some time to adjust myself
there are too much that i cant explain to u and sth u will not understand at the moment
u dunno what happened to me
u dunno my life out there
u dunno how i feel deep in my mind for tha past few months
u dunno who i met
u dunno abt too many stories that i can hardly explain to u

whenever i feel upset,it is u guys that are always by my side
all i had in my mind is that once i'm back
everything's gonna be fine..
and this is why i felt really bad hearing what u said that day
well....just give me some time
i'm still me!
my chrarcteristics are still in my blood
it is just temporary.........
time cures everything...

Teacher Frog's comment

It's a tricky thing to study abroad. You thought you did
not change, but in fact, you can never be the same person
again. You have seen another world, another way of
living, and thousands of possibilities. You realize the
island that you've spent your whole life, the city that
once was your whole world, is ..... merely a tiny dot in
humanity. How can a frog, having jumped out of the well
and swum in the big ocean, goes back and lives in his well
again? (I'm talking about me :-)

So, take time, and be happy...... and post more articles.
I only put your articles on for one day, and a girl has
responded to your insteresting writings. To save your
trouble, I'll copy her response here, as a happy ending.


 

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Ladys n gentlemen,May I have ur attention pls?

[ NTU Live (英文) ] 04 五月, 2007 18:49::點閱次數 (672)

Hey guys!I'm back!I haven't posted any articles for a long long time.Hope u guys dun miss me too much!lol

I went back to Taiwan for Chinese New Year and had a wonderful time wif my family and freinds.I actually did go back to Hsi-Song at the end of Jan.But,unfortunately,I didnt get to see teacher Frog and u were havin' ur finals so that I didn't get a chance to see you guys and share u my experiences in person.Anyway,I am back here in Sydney again and ,this time, I would like to know what u guys r interested in.

I have had a brief intro. about who I am and what I have been doing as an exchange student.I guess u r quite familiar with the party culture here and the awesome New Year fireworks on the Harbour Bridge in Sydney.What else do u wanna know about?feel free to leave a comment down here!I would be more than happy to share u with bunches of stories and pictures.

I have had more exciting and colorful life this session and I've got plenty more stories to tell u.If  I dun see any comments,I will go through some special events in Sydney such as the 75th yr anniverary of the Harbour Bridge,my travel expericences in Australia and uni. life in UNSW.

Lastly,the clip down there is a TV news made by my friends for fun.It was filmed on 7/17 last year when I left Taiwan.My friends from high school and relatives came over to the International airport and filmed there.I hugged with every single one of them b4 I entered the custom, the policeman stading in front of custom were like: o god!who is this guy?hahah!Anyway,It is pretty cool and I bet some of u will be quite shocked by its profession tho we r only amateur.Enjoy it! 

if u can't see the clip.Just go to this website.Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxUyuyl6szc

it's betta to press the"play" button and let it buffer, watch it after it finishes buffering!

 

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*Live!! * The FIRST country that goes to 2007--Australia!!

[ Fun@Australia (英文) ] 02 元月, 2007 00:13::點閱次數 (694)

I could have left Sydney earlier during this holiday, the firework in Sydney is one of the main reasons why I decided to stay here. Today is the 31st of Dec.
 
Tourists from all over the world flocked into metropolitan Sydney; there is no choice but detour to avoid congestion in downtown Sydney. The detour made me walk from central station to Prymont Point Park, which is a 20 mins walk. Finally, I got to the park.
 
Picnicking and having BBQ and take-away pizzas on the grass with a view of the landmark in Sydney, the harbour bridge, thousands of people are waiting for the moment to countdown to year 2007.At 12 sharp in midnight, people in different vantage points listen to the radio broadcasting and countdown the last few seconds of 2006. 3! 2! 1! , the fireworks goes from the top point of the bridge, it is amazing! The fireworks goes with the black eyed peas songs from the radio. The continuous fireworks lightened the sky of Sydney. Surprisingly, fireworks goes out from the skyscrapers at darling harbour! The fireworks , harbour bridge, the opera house and the skyscrapers made a perfect picture! Thank god! I’m freaking lucky that I’m one of them here in Sydney enjoying the world-renowned fireworks show. I’m not gonna say too much. The feeling is beyond description! You’ll see when you look at the pictures! I took them just 24 hr ago! Ok, I didn’t sleep at all last night.laters!





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here we got a special guest-Becky (Douglas's friend in Sydney)

[ Fun@Australia (英文) ] 12 十二月, 2006 00:34::點閱次數 (9020)

Today' I've got my friend in Sydney, Becky, to tell u about college party life.  Since I have mentioned about parties in my previous article, as an *Aussie, Becky's gonna tell u about a real party held in my uni.
 
Hi, people in Taiwan! Firstly I wanna introduce myself. I am a *hongkie girl and has been living in Australia since the age of 6. Today I am gonna tell you about a formal party. In Australian Universities, there are many *faculties. Myself is a Commerce Faculty student and that's why I met Douglas. Every year there is the *Annual Commerce Ball. The purpose of the ball is to celebrate the year of uni life. Usually you go to the ball with a partner, but of course you can choose to attend alone. Each year there will be different *themes for the ball. This year we have the theme of *"mafia". Everyone who attends the ball has to dress up in the theme of mafia, yet dress up in *formal dress code. This is a great chance for many girls (I am one of them haha) to dress up in very nice formal *gowns.
 
The ball is usually held in very expensive hotel, but tickets are sold to students at discount! This year the ball is held in *Shangri-La hotel. On the night, we were served with 3 delicious *courses, accompanied by brilliant performances. There are also many awards, such as the best dressed, the *bachelor of the night and the *bachelorette of the night.
 
Basically, the ball is very fun because everyone gets to dress up nicely and celebrate the year at a very nice place.
 
I hope you have enjoyed my article today^^
 
Douglas will translate for you:
*Aussie - Australian的縮寫,也是一種很簡易親切ㄉ用法.通常在奧運會上妳會聽到澳洲人民為自己國家加油:Aussie!Aussie!Aussie!oi,oi,oi!
*hongkie -香港人的縮寫,如同Aussie,其他例子像:紐西蘭人你可以稱他們為kiwi,因為她們國家盛產kiwifruit!奇異果.中國人則可稱為chinky所以王立宏之前的專輯概念就是chinked out."Philipines"菲律賓人也可以稱為"Filos".
*faculties-學院,像UNSW就有faculty of commerce,faculty of law,faculty of arts and etc.我跟Becky讀的就是faculty of commerce,商學院.
*Annual Commerce Ball-年度商學院舞會.ball除了球以外還可以當"正式舞會"的意思.
*themes-舞會的主題,其他的話像theme park就是主題公園的意思.之後介紹我旅遊經驗文章裡就會介紹很多theme parks.敬請期待!
*"mafia"-美國黑手黨,但這次的party比較走classical Italian mafia.路線.因為要配合正式舞會,不能穿的太邋遢.如果你有看過電影"the god father"教父,就是裡面那種風格!
*formal dress code-正式舞會衣著,像男生是一定要穿西裝打領帶,女生則一定要穿禮服.女生的部份比較講究變化才能成為party queen.所以通常會帶很多bling bling的配件.
*gowns-禮服,像婚紗的英文就是wedding gown.
*Shangri-La hotel-如果你是像許純美一樣上流社會的人,你一定去過這一家"香格里拉"飯店!是五星級的高級飯店m,和喜來登齊名.
*course-一道菜,舞會上一般有three courses: entree', main course and desserts.
分別為開胃菜(或是台灣用的appetizer),主菜和甜點.
*bachelor/bachelorette-學士和女學士,前面加上"the bachelor/bacherlorette of the night"的意思是全場最帥及最美的男女學士.
 
here's a picture of my friend and I (right) in the dress theme of mafia. the photo is taken by a professional camera man on the night.

 
other girls and boys in the dress of mafia theme


 

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Exchange Student

[ Fun@Australia (英文) ] 10 十二月, 2006 01:24::點閱次數 (762)

> At 2006/12/09 21:34:54, 二義 藍如天 say:
> The picture in which you was eating pizza is very funny .
> hahaha 。
> I want to go abroad and travel around world like you someday .
> Yes , it will be realized someday . =)

hahaha! but why is it funny? i dun get it! ha!
anywayz, I've got some advices for u. if u wanna travel a lot without spending a lot of money, u can try to apply for exchange student when u go to college.  this is a really good policy!exchange students dun have to pay the tuition of the exchange univeristy that saves u a large amount of money.  as an exchange student, u pay the tuition of ur home university and the living expenses.  the tuition in foreign countries are unbelievably costly!!  it is like 20 times of taiwanese universities. also, u can travel around the country where u r exchanged to!like many of my friends who went to europe for exchange, they can travel around all the european countries during their one-year program since they can simply catch a train to the neighboring country without applying for any visa! I also travelled a lot in Australia after i came. i will post some articles and pictures of my travel experiences here later! again, thank u very much for leaving me a msg! i am getting more motivated now! gotta go to bed, it's like 4 in the morning now! nite!

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Party animals n alcoholics

[ Fun@Australia (英文) ] 08 十二月, 2006 23:42::點閱次數 (3024)

Ur fed up with welcoming ceremonies(or so-called開學典禮) where the principal always makes some *clichéd comments on stage which puts all the students to sleep. However, at UNSW, it is absolutely not the case! The session *kicks off with a party!
 
*B4 everything gets started, the week b4 session starts is called *"o"-week with the "o" standing for orientation. There are lots of parties regardless of whether it is o-week, during *session, or end of session. The cool thing is that the university is facilitated with a well-equipped party place or "夜店" as Taiwanese call it. In the parties,*ppl get to know each other by dancin',drinkin' and *playin' pool together.
 
Dancing is the most interesting part of parties. If u r currently in hsi-song's dance club now, trust me!, u made the right choice!(I was in hsi-song's dance club lol) u will def be the super star in parties since, as I have observed, whites are bad at dancing relatvie to asians.
 
Besides, drinkin' is something *u've gotta do in parties though *I am not a big fan of alcohol and I know u guys r still under the legal age of drinkin'. If u *dunno how to order drinks, u can either be a *"cokoholic" or learn it from me now!

Generally speaking, the most popular drink for uni. students are *cocktail and beer. In order not to make students drunk, these drinks sold at the uni. bar are usually not too strong. Cocktail is basically a combination of a soft drink or juice with a chosen liquor. It is usually served chilled with a slice of lemon on the glass. u can choose from coke, sprite and lime or orange juice combined with *vodka,martini,whiskey,brandy and tequila etc.

For example,my favourite drink is vodka lime.This is just beginners,for detailed information, plz check out "http://www.cocktail.com/"!
 
ok! now,u can be one of those *party animals AFTER UR 18TH BIRTHDAY and dun forget to BRING UR *ID! There are always securities checking ur ID in front of the entrance!
 
Here are some pix that I took in parties at my uni.
crazy party animals

 
drinkin' my favourite-vodka lime

 
party at coogee palace

 
roundhouse---uni bar在校園內的夜店

 
dancing with my korean friend

 
*cliche'-----n.陳腔濫調or說過很多次的廢話,老道理
*kicks off ----v.開始
*B4------before的火星文
*"o"-week----orientation week,orientation是類似新生訓練的東西,嚴格來說,沒有訓練那麼嚴肅,比較像新生適應;而o-week就是在開學前的一個禮拜當作新生適應週
*session-----就是美式英文中的semester的意思,這是英式用法.
*ppl------people的火星文
*play pool----是打撞球的意思,但是比較口語的用法,班上一定很多男生愛打撞球,會這個字就可以告訴老外你喜歡打撞球啦!
*u've gotta-----you have go to的意思,因為說話很快的時候就會變成gotta的發音,也式很口語ㄉ用法,每天都可以聽到!但課本從來沒教過!
*I am not a big fan of sth.-----這是一個很美國年輕人很愛的用法,意思是我是/不是一個很喜歡什麼的人!如果你很喜歡吃甜點,你可以說:I am a big fan of desserts!
*dunno----don't know的火星文
*"cokoholic"----這是一個創意延伸的字,本來因為很愛喝酒的人或是酒鬼叫做"alcoholic",就是酒精alcohol後面加上"ic"變成名詞酒鬼.同樣愛喝可樂的人你可以叫他"cokoholic",coke去掉"e"加上"oholic"!
*cocktail----雞尾酒是party很popular的酒類,主要是一種軟性飲料(soft drink)例如可樂,雪碧或是果汁加上一種酒精!甜甜的很好喝酒精成分又不會太高!是一個很好的選擇!也是我個人的最愛!
*vodka,martini,whiskey,brandy and tequila---依序是伏特加,馬丁尼,威士忌,白蘭地和龍舌蘭
*party animals----派對動物,指很愛參加派對的那種high咖!!
*ID--身份證件

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My Favorite Place

[ Fun@Australia (英文) ] 06 十二月, 2006 04:43::點閱次數 (656)

> At 2006/12/06 01:13:58, 蔡宜方 say:
> what place do you love most?what recreation do yoy love most and it can't do in Taiwan?
> I always dream to travel other countries.I want to choose a contry to travel when I finished my school work in Taiwan.Can you give me some suggestions? 
 
This is Douglas.  well..It actually depends on ur "budget" which is very practical and what kind of feeling u like.  If u wanna go to an English speaking country and u like to be leisure,laid-back, Australia will def be a good choice!  Here we've got sunnny days almost 365 days a year and we have the most beautiful beaches.  And that's why surfing is my favorite and the most popular activity in Sydney Also,there are a great variety of food u can eat in Sydney.  Not to mention the wild creatures here,the famous kangaroos, koalas and many other animals u've never seen!  u can even see kangaroos walking on the road in rural suburbs!  I will later post more articles introducing everything mentioned in detail! hope Australia will be ur next destination!If I were here when u visit Sydney, i will be glad to be ur local tour guide haha!cheers!

btw, i have uploaded a pic of the leisure life here below. thank u for leaving a message here, it encourages me to write more and better articles for u guys, i really appreciate it!  new articles will be updated soon! be anticipating!
 

 

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Good day!mate!!u'll def gonna luv this---My exchange life in Sydney,Australia!

[ Fun@Australia (英文) ] 24 十一月, 2006 02:56::點閱次數 (729)

*Good day,mates! I know u've been waiting for me *for like ages.  Here I come!  First of all,let me introduce myself.  My name is Douglas Lee.  I was one of the students in Hsi-Song three years ago(not too long ago!*lol).  I am now an exchange student in UNSW(uni. of new south wales) in Sydney,Australia.
I have been here for about 4 months and the life here is just sooo much fun!
I *can't wait to tell u about *tons of stories happened here.  I will be a local guide here showing u guys about everything here. The food,the culture,the school life,the beach and even clubbin' and drinkin' culture here!  u will *def *luv this since u can learn English and understand the REAL *OZ LIFE at the same time! *Stay tuned!
 
ps:這一個專欄比較走casual路線,就像在跟你說話一樣!裡面會有很多實用的網路語言,老外們聊msn或是外國歌詞本理會出現的字,另外還會有很多年輕人喜歡的用語,下面都會作解釋,如果學會這些字,跟外國人聊天的時候就會很cool,不會有人當你是"*fob"也不會有人說你"瞎"了!希望你們會喜歡!
 
*Good day,mate!------這是澳洲人特別喜歡的打招呼方式,instead of saying "hello",they usually simply say "good day!",在澳洲這樣的打招呼方式會讓你顯的更親切!
*for ages------這是老外年輕人很愛說的,與其說"for a long time",說"for ages"是一種誇飾法表示"很久了".例如:你很久沒去看電影了,你可以說:I havent seen a movie for
ages!I was buried in my school work!
*lol-----這是非常常用的網路語言,是"laugh out loud"的簡寫,取那3個字的第一個字母,意思就跟中文聊msn常用的"哈哈"是一樣的意思!
*can't wait to do sth.-----迫不及待要作什麼事,eg:I can't wait to hang out with my friends after grounded for a whole week!
*tons of sth.------ton是公噸的意思,tons of sth.引申為很多什麼東西的意思,既然很多,記得後面的名詞一定要加"s".
*def-----就是definitely的縮寫,是網路語言,是"一定會..."的意思
*luv---就是'love",應該是因為這個字發音的關係,他的發音其實比較像"luv"
*OZ life-----OZ就是Australia的意思,當我們唸Australia這個字時候."aus"聽起來不就是"oz"嗎 ?
*stay tuned----是廣播主詞人進廣告的時候會說的,就是"不要轉台"的意思,所以記得常常來收看新文章囉!
*fob----是很美國人主觀的一個字,這個字一定要懂,就是指剛進美國學校英文不太好的"菜鳥","Fresh Of Boat"剛上船的新水手,其實形容的相當傳神,如果不會這個字被老外罵"fob"你都不知道喔!
 

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Tips on making girlfriends and vice versa

[ NTU Live (英文) ] 25 十月, 2006 00:48::點閱次數 (651)


You must be interested in music, and I am no exception. In order to trigger your motivation to read my blog, I want to talk about something different. This time, I would like to share with you an album, Face to Face by Westlife, and I want to focus on the song they sang with Diana Ross. The song is “When You Tell Me that You Love Me.” Don’t walk, but run to learn this song by heart so that you can sing this song to your girlfriend or boyfriend and then you can succeed in….The song is irresistibly touching. The chorus reads: “And baby, every time you touch me, I become a hero. I will make you safe no matter where you are, and bring you everything you ask for. Nothing is above me. I am shining like a candle in the dark when you tell me that you love me.” So, sing this song to your girlfriend or boyfriend to show your language ability and true love for him or her, and never forget to tell him or her that “I need your love to make me stronger.
 
單字學習：
(1) trigger是引發的意思，可以說trigger an alarm，或是有同學在教室吵鬧製造混亂，你可以叫他不要trigger chaos等等

(2) 考英文作文時，別忘了多用副詞，來強調你的形容詞，這裡irresistibly很好用，表示難以抗拒地，應該幾乎很多形容詞都適用吧。如：My boyfrined is irresistibly handsome. My English teacher is irresistibly cute. 
 

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