Finally......Finished my dissertation!

To my dear friends,

Finally, I finished my dissertation. Thank you for all your company, support and encouragement.
With your support, I made it. I did it! Yes...I made it!
I still could not believe that I made it just in time. However, cause I got problem when I was printing, I could not get the bindery done before I go away. It is a shame that I could not submit my dissertation by myself after hard-working. However, I will be in France, Italy and Greece to enjoy a month vacation. Long vacation..........^^
After that, I will face the reality to look for a job!

Wish me luck!

Lola XXX

I Can Make It!

The due day is coming, I am exhausted and sleepy everyday.
The pressure is going to drive me crazy!
I must tell myself that I can make it, I can make it, I can make it!

I'm nearly there!

I'm nearly there,
nearly finishing my dissertation and my studies in the UK.

I'm nearly there,
nearly going travling and visiting my friends in other countries.

I'm nearly there,
nearly saying farewell to my friends and missing them soon.

I'm nearly there,
nearly going home and going to another stage in my life.

I'm nearly there,
nearly making my dreams come true to help more individuals with disabilities in the future.

I'm nearly there! I'm nearly there! I'm nearly there!

I know that I'm nearly there no matter how tough my life is,
no matter how many difficulties that I encounter.

I'm nearly there! ^^

Visa! Visa! Visa!

As Taiwanese, to go to travel abroad, we need visa. To study abroad, we also need visa. However, to apply for a visa, we might be viewed as suspected criminals.
We have to be treated infriendly and even discriminated by those staff working for embassies.

No matter why you want to go to their countries, for travelling or studying, your intensions are always being suspected as something else. Most of applicants don't feel anything wrong about their indifferent and aggressive attitude, but even beg them to get visa. Those staff feel that they are superior to others because they are authorised to determine to give visa or not. Therefore, they feel like that they can use their position to threaten applicants. To get visa successfully, most of applicants just take it for granted, and do not dare to say anything or to offend those staff. Because if complaining about them or trying to argue with them, they might not only be rejected and fail to get visa but also get trouble to be in the blacklist.

Fire Alarm!

14th March 2006

When I was concentrating on my studies in the library, the fire alarm rang. Because this was not the first time to hear it, most of students remained on their seats. However, it last for a while. Then I noticed that most of students were leaving. 'What should I do?' 'How can I do?' were what I thought at that moment. Looking at the desk, full of my documents put on the desk, my laptop, a bottle of water, and my MP3 player. I tried my best to put them in my backpack as quick as I can, and I ran away to look for exit and finally followed other students to leave the library. This was not the first time I ran out of the library because of fire alarm. However, it was my first time that I felt that life was so fragile.

p.s. why when I was concentrating on studying, there was a fire alarm. Was it a sign for me that I need a break? >_<''

Invisible Wings (English version)

Every time I have to be strong while I am hesitating and lonely
Every time I don't cry even when I get hurt
I know that I have a pair of invisible wings with me all the time
Which help me to fly, to fly away from desperation

＊I don't think if they have the beautiful sun
I know that sunset is also various everyday
I know that I have a pair of invisible wings with me all the time
Which help me to fly and to give me hopes

Finally, I saw that all dreams came true (all flowers bloomed)
The chasing youth with louder voice of singing

Finally, I can fly and gaze intensively without fear
Where the wind is, just with the wind to fly away as far as possible

The invisible wings let dreams last forever
Leave a wish to yourself to imagine (make).

＊Repeat

p.s. I am not good at translation, but I hope that all of you can understand it. ^_^

Keep Walking! Keep Working!

I have worked a lot for my dissertation recently, and the nightmare will be gone soon, cause I am going to finish and submit my dissertation by the end of this month. No matter how my dissertation will be, I only want to get rid of it, and enjoy my trip in Southern Europe later.

From the end of January, I have lived in such a messy life for over a month. I stayed at home for most of time last month, and this drove me crazy. It has been so horrible when I ran out of all my food and did not went out for almost a week in February, and I went out just few times during a whole month. I have become eating sweets and deserts everyday, and have kept eating while I was at home about every two hours. I felt upset and anxious and my dissertation did not go well. I kept writing the same chapter and finding lots of mistakes or went stray from the main topic. I was too busy to blame myself, and my life was a chaos. I could not sleep well, and felt tired to get up early. I have started to have terrible headache and could not study to long because of high eye pressure and stress of deadline.

I realised that I could not carry on my dissertation if my life was so awful. Thus, I decided to go out sometimes. I wanted to go somewhere far, but I did not have time. Even so, I feel much better even just went out to buy food, went to gym, enjoyed food with friends, eating outside sometimes, went to bars with friends or went dancing no matter how busy I am. I knew that I need 'time-out'! Doing anything is better than just staying in the same place for studying! It is useless and makes me become inefficient and anxious.

Everyone tells me that I have to work hard, but I can only work for few hours everyday actually. I know that is not good enough, but that is the only thing I can do. I cannot read and type intensively, or I will get severe headache. I need to let my eyes get good rest to carry on reading and typing. I have taken bath as many as I can recently to feel even just a bit released. Now I feel lucky that it goes well and efficient than before. I don't care the score of my dissertation and how much time I wasted before, and the only thing I care is to pass it and get my master degree in July. My graduation ceremony will take place on 25th July!! Yeah!!
I start to worry what I should wear then, haha..............

Before to enjoy a whole month trip and my graduation ceremony, I have to finish my dissertation and submit it by 24th this month. Hence, I must keep walking and keep working to make it come true! Wish me Luck! Hehe~

It's raining but my world is still sunny!

It is cloudy.
It is rainy.
It is sleety.
It is windy.
No matter how awful the weather could be, no matter how cold it might be,
my world is still sunny and full of sunshine because of you!
p.s. This is the view from the window in my room.

Lola Is My Name!

Everytime when I tell people that my name is Lola, most of western mature people would tell me about this song, and ask me if I knew it or not. They even sing this songe for me. Haha~It was released in 1970, how can I know......??!! I don't even know who sing this song. I knew Kinks who sang this song not long time ago, but I think that it is nice to share with all of you.


"Lola"

I met her in a club down in old Soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola [LP version: Coca-Cola]
See-oh-el-aye cola
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said Lola
El-oh-el-aye Lola la-la-la-la Lola

Well I'm not the world's most physical guy
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand
Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man
Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola

Well we drank champagne and danced all night
Under electric candlelight
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
And said dear boy won't you come home with me
Well I'm not the world's most passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my Lola
La-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
I pushed her away
I walked to the door
I fell to the floor
I got down on my knees
Then I looked at her and she at me

Well that's the way that I want it to stay
And I always want it to be that way for my Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
It's a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola
La-la-la-la Lola

Well I left home just a week before
And I'd never ever kissed a woman before
But Lola smiled and took me by the hand
And said dear boy I'm gonna make you a man

Well I'm not the world's most masculine man
But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man
And so is Lola
La-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola

Ref: http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/lyrics/lola.html

Recorded by "Kinks"
Written by: Raymond Douglas Davies ©Hill & Range Songs, Inc. - BMI
Album: "Lola Versus Powerman & The Moneygoround" - 1970

Invisible Wings 隱形的翅膀

Invisible Wings 隱形的翅膀
I quite like this song because of its lyrics.
I feel so touched and not so stressed, because I know that I can overcome all the difficulties that I encounter.
Sorry that I don't have time to translate it into English now, but I will try to make it and share with all of you soon.


Album: Pandora
Artist: Angela Chang 張韶涵

Lyrics: Ya-Chung Wang 王雅君

每一次 都在徘徊孤單中堅強
每一次 就算很受傷 也不閃淚光
我知道 我一直有雙隱形的翅膀
帶我飛 飛過絕望

＊不去想 他們擁有美麗的太陽
我看見 每天的夕陽 也會有變化
我知道 我一直有雙隱形的翅膀
帶我飛 給我希望

我終於 看到 所有夢想都開花
追逐的年輕 歌聲多嘹亮

我終於 翱翔 用心凝望不害怕
哪裡會有風 就飛多遠吧

隱形的翅膀 讓夢恆久比天長
留一個願望 讓自己想像

＊Repeat

p.s Lisa, thank you very much for sharing this with me. ^_^

Under the Sunshine

* taken in the Needles in Isle of Wight Oct 2004


Under the sunshine,
I can see things much clearer.

Under the sunshine,
I can smell flowers, grass, and trees better.

Under the sunshine,
I can hear birds' singing well.

Under the sunshine,
I can feel warmer and become more happy.

Under the sunshine,
I can see everyone with lovely smiles.

Under the sunshine,
I can smell different flavours of food and sweets.

Under the sunshine,
I can hear people's joyful laughter.

Under the sunshine,
I can feel that love surrounds us without searching for it.

L-O-V-E

Love

'L-O-V-E'

Only four letters!

It seems to be a simple word.

However, people may give diverse definitions of LOVE accrording to their experiences.

Love is very tricky, because you cannot touch it, you cannot smell it, you cannot see it.

Love is not a real object, but it does exist among us!
You may hear people saying LOVE oftenly, and you may feel being loved or want to give love to someone.

No matter being loved or loving, you may experience different tastes of LOVE.
It may be sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, salty or even tasteless......
All these experiences help us to grow up and become a real person.

Enjoy your life, no matter what taste it is now and then....! C'est la vie!

Hi, how are you?

Hi! Dear,

How are you?
How have you been?
Is everything all right?
I hope that you are happy and well! ^_^

I am pretty busy at this moment, but I am fine.
I try to be happy and enjoy my life here.
The weather here has been so brilliant recently, cold but sunny!
Walking under the sunshine makes me feel much better,
because I know......... that you are under the same sky somewhere else.

All the best!

Lola XXX

My lovely son~Neko!

This morning I chatted with my sister by Skype. While we were talking, I heard that my sister was talking to someone....
Suddently, I heard 'meow~meow'. My lovely son~Neko was meowing....... Well, that is my cat which is over 10 years old.
I was sooooooooooo excited, and couldn't help tearing, because I just realised that I have been too busy and almost forget him. My sister asked him if he wanted to talk to me or not. However, he might feel too hungry, he tried to bite the microphone that my sister was using to chat to me. Incredible........Is that tasty? >_<
I called him and asked him to stop it, but in vain. However, I heard his voice 'meow~meow'.
My dear son, I miss you sooooooooooo much, but if you keep bullying my sister, I still will kick you. ^_^

Behave well, ok? Promise me!

I will be back to Taiwan soon, so please keep health and keep fit. Don't eat too much, or I would not recognise you!

I love you, my Neko.

So please bearing in mind when chatting with me next time, don't bite the microphone. Haha~

What time is it there? 你那邊幾點？

"What time is it in the UK?"
"It is 2 o'clock in the afternoon. "

"What time is it in Taiwan?"
"It is 10 o'clock at night."

"What time is it in France?"
"It is 3 o'clock in day time. "

"what time is it in the USA?"
"What time is it in Japan?"
"What time is it there?"
"It is ....................'

"你那邊幾點？" (What time is it there?)
"這裡現在是.........." (Here it is....... )

Since I came to the UK for studying, "What time is it?" has become the most common question used among my family, friends and me while using any Instant Messenger or telephone. It has the strong tendency to replace former popular greetings. For example, "How are you?", "how's the weather there?", "Have you eaten anything yet?" or "呷飽未？" (Taiwanese).

Asking people what time it is shows that you care about the person who you are talking to, and it reminds us that we are in different countries and live in different time zones. However, we are so lucky to live in the modern time, because technology helps us to easily connect to each other via the Internet by e-mails or Instant Messengers. Therefore, no matter where we are, and no matter what time it is, we can always keep in touch and say hi to each other.

"What time is it?" doesn't just mean what time it is anymore........There is something else behind the surface meaning. So, next time when you greet to a friend who is in different time zone, don't forget to show your care to him or her. ^_^

Have you found a decent man?

"Have you found a decent man?"

This probably would be the most popular sentence when greeting to close girl friends in the world!

The following is a short conversation among three girls.

On the way home, A met friends, B and C.

A: Hiya! Have you found a decent man?
B: Hehe~Have you found a decent man? (Looked A and C)
C: Not yet.....(sighed....)
B: Me either....>_< What about you? (Looked at A)
A: See...there is a decent guy coming. (Pointing to somewhere.)
B, C: Really? Where? (Looking around!)
B: Oh! Common, that is my housemate....
C: No way.....

A, B, C sighed and looked at each other, laughed................and gave each other a big big hug!

Have you found a decent man yet?
If so, congratulations!
If not yet, don't worry.....you will get a big hug from me! Hehe~

Snow outside the Hartley library

While I was studying in the Hartley library, I looked outside the window.
This was what I saw through the window.