莎賓娜的笑眼看人生

好久沒在這裡跟大家見面囉！今天是大年初一，又正好是情人節，也剛巧是我生日，星期日也來湊熱鬧，所以我和小夯趁著早上太陽北北露了個臉的空檔，騎了鐵馬到淡水海邊繞了一圈，慶祝這個難得的四合一日。咦！今年又湊巧是民國九十九年是吧？那更要好好來祝福大家幸福久久囉！請笑納小夯和我的賀卡吧！*^_^*

這裡很安靜，不是因為我忙著論文，沒時間更新。
這裡很安靜，是因為我把我的心情和活動都貼在臉書上了。

從在台灣唸第一個碩士時，為了排解寫論文的壓力，開始上有氧舞蹈課，上著上著也練起了瑜伽。到英國唸書，學校裡的健身課程便宜的不像話，所以也去試了大部分的課程，唯二沒上過的就是我現在最愛的飛輪有氧和step and pump，這兩門課是我今年二月回到華威之後才開始的，本來覺得在室內踩著不會移動的腳踏車應該很無聊，沒想到大家一起飆汗、吶喊、加上節奏感十足的音樂和老師的加油打氣，讓我上了癮。我不是特別喜歡階梯有氧，但混和了訓練肌力的舉重，也變得很有趣。
最重要的是，我們有一個很讚的德國健身老師Peggy，她很會帶動氣氛，一直提醒我們要微笑，明明才剛說過：You're doing a great job. 隔沒多久又假裝忘記，對我們眨眼說：Have I told you that you're doing a great job? Maybe not enough. You're really doing an excellent job!!上她的課是一種享受--身體和精神上都是。我也很愛她選的歌，其中一首是Reamonn的Tonight，一邊踩著踏板，一邊哼著這首歌，是我最快樂的時光之一。

Last night I finally uploaded photos to sell my stuff--something I should have done earlier. But for some reasons hard to explain I didn't!! Maybe selling my stuff means that my life here is eventually coming to an... end. Of course I'm looking forward to going back to Taiwan to be with my family. However I'm gonna miss my life at Warwick too. I've met so many wonderful people here, learned a lot from them, and had such a great time!! Maybe it's a bit early to say goodbye. But I really wanna say thank you to all those who imprinted great memories on my mind! LOVE YOU ALL!!
I like this song a lot! And it shows how I'm feeling at the moment. There are still some days left before I leave but I'm sure I'll cry myself a river when that day comes!!
行裝已經收好
心情好不好

More than 7 months!! I've been far far away from my family in Taiwan for more than 7 months this time!! Although I'm quite independent and I can talk with my family on the phone or MSN  every day,  sometimes I still miss physically being with them.
My day of going back to Taiwan is approaching. Anticipation is creeping in, playing an emotional tug-of-war with my stress of thesis writing. Hope I can stay cheerful and positive till the day I say goodbye to all my friends here.

When the brain works, it needs a lot of energy.
And energy comes from food.
Since now I'm working my brain really hard and I can't think on an empty stomach, I, as a matter of course, take a tea break, coffee break, or fruit break almost every hour!!
Especially with a lovely lovely hand-painted cat mug which was brought all the way from Thailand by my friend from Taiwan to me, I now enjoy even more my so many all sorts of breaks every day!! Meow~~ *^_^*

我一直認為「別讓孩子輸在起跑點」其實是業者炒作出來半威脅家長掏腰包的不實廣告，我很贊同洪蘭教授這篇文章的觀點，特別是她說：「我們最怕的是孩子不是莫札特，而我們一定要他變成莫札特，這時親子雙方都很痛苦。」
我教過許多孩子，也因此接觸過不少家長，能理解他們的望子成龍、望女成鳳的期待，但是更常看到的是過於心切的揠苗助長。不過往往我這種還沒生孩子的人，聊到關於教養孩子的問題，常不具說服力，有時得到的回應是：「哎呀老師，妳還沒有小孩，等妳有小孩你就知道啦！」不過沒看過豬走路，不代表不會吃豬肉（哈！突然覺得這個比喻有些牛頭不對馬嘴！）可是或許大家還是比較相信專家學者說的話，所以推薦洪蘭教授的『別急，沒有「輸在起跑點」這回事』跟大家分享！http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/OPI4/5072701.shtml

為什麼我覺得必須要練一些肌肉在身上？

我在我的MSN上倒數計時
數的其實不是我回台灣的日子
而是完成我論文裡最重要章節的期限
陸陸續續有些朋友、學生會傳訊息來關心詢問打氣