介紹台灣的影片

找了兩個比較有代表性的
我覺得應該對大家都不錯用, 如果要介紹给外國人的話




這一個是談工業的, 不過見仁見智

Homesaty

大概介紹一下現在的地方
Cardiff雖是Wales最大的城市, 但我們看來真的不算是很熱鬧的地方
其他的地方就不用說了
Pondpridd典型的威爾斯的山上小城鎮, 大概需要開車四十分鐘
且都是上上下下的路

今天算是再學校的第一天, 非常的累
逛完了整個學校之外, 就是不停的認識大家
陪他們做一些簡單的活動
不過下個星期就是重頭戲了
要跟這個算是國高中合一(11years-18years)的學生們介紹我們的國家了
我大概想到一些東西, 下一篇在來介紹

Home媽是一個nice的人, 管理學校的圖書館
兒子和女兒都會來幫忙學校結束後的小學生課後遊戲時間
所以我也必須留在學校直到5:40以後, 才跟home媽一起回去
home爸也是一個很妙的人
非常喜歡電器用品, 不用說家裡也是無線環境
所以我也很自在的可以一直上網
有一隻可愛的小獵犬zeig
唯一可惜的是小孩子都不在家
所以回家後我都要不停的找話題跟他們聊天
還滿有趣的, 順便為我的介紹台灣做個熱身
房間裡面有DVD Player和電視
而home爸有滿滿的DVD任我挑選
這樣的生活真是太棒了
先看一下我完全紫色的房間吧 (晚間十點左右拍的)


接下來就是我二樓房間看出去的風景
相信住這樣的地方是很多台灣人一半子的夢想吧
不知道以後還有沒有這樣的機會
就先兆起來分享給大家

Arrive at UK

一早就起床桿著搭成田早上10:00的飛機
沒想到中間還發生一些小插曲像是台灣沒檢查出來不能帶上飛機的東西
在日本一直被挑剔, 連日拋隱形眼鏡和鉛筆盒裡面的修正液都一定要拿出來看
加上我必須不停穿脫的登山靴, 是有差一點點趕上
接下來16個小時的飛行真的搞的半條命快沒了
不過在日亞航上第一次看英語發音日文字幕的電影發現一點不懂的感覺都沒有
日文果然是比較好懂

買coach(長程巴士)的票時還滿糟的
買完票才發現我買的票變成cambrige了(我明明就說cardiff)
說真的, 我對我的發音還小有一點自信, 畢竟比起老中老日都好太多了
去argue的時候竟然說自我自己說的...
anyway, 反正還是安全的到達Cardiff了
不喜歡的是, 也許是港口, 濃濃的燒煤味是真的不太舒服~
不過Hostel還算真的是不錯, 所以我才能悠閒的在這邊用網路
明天可能哪都不去吧....接下來半個月的生活必須要有好拿的東西才行
先丟上這hostel附近環境的照片

Cardiff tomorrow

Volunteer project leader 跟我們提醒的事..

我覺得會比較接近這次project的狀況, 希望我們真的可以給他們有一點幫助囉

As a team we will be volunteering in a beautiful area called Beddau in Phondda Cynon Taff, working in a school with 1200 children from the age of 11-18. They also have a special needs department and it would be great to spend time in this department also, creating new ways to show how different cultures experience life. This is the second time the project has run so lets make this year as good as (if not better) than last year! This area has many problems, mostly due to the coal mining closing down causing lots of unemployment. There are few things for the children to do in their spare time, it would be great to bring our enthusiasm to this small town and help them understand new cultures whilst also learning about their own culture. The local community is very welcoming and we will be able to meet them and learn about welsh ways of life. The host of the project (K zdzieblo) is organising a fashion show which is going to be great fun! We can also go visit the out of school clubs and join in with sports activities.

留學生活第一po

今天非常的忙碌...
不過總算出門了
從爸媽身邊離開這麼久
真的有點想哭的感覺

雖然限重只有20
跟check in小姐說了一下要出國
馬上他就說還可以再加, 硬是湊到了25kg
接下來塞滿的電腦背包可以不計
剩下的手提行李塞到滿, 我想我也不用再需要台灣補給了吧

到東京...總有點陌生又熟悉的感覺
在飛機上跟旁邊日本先生聊天, 很有趣
原來他也算是個鐵道迷, 特別來台灣坐普快車的 (我從來不知道這麼慢又過隧道空氣不好的火車還有人專程來坐)
而且他在電力公司上班 (很神奇, 我才知道日本的電力公司除了是私營的不說..還分了9個地區9家公司, 還有14座核能發電廠, 電費還有那種用越多越便宜的方案...)

anyway, 接下來就來到要投宿的日航 (JAL) 旅館, (無料!!)
所以現在才可以自由自在的在房間打msn
而且可以借到轉接插頭, 真是不錯
以下就是旅館的內裝

還有我最愛的免治馬桶耶~真是好的開始
其實還有發現日本人細心的地方
譬如說電梯裡面有橫檔可以給人坐著休息之類的
接著兩個日本超好朋友特地打電話進來...講到好累
希望以後都可以繼續把網誌寫下去

不簡單做料理 -- 桑葚慕斯

看到人家送的桑葚醬真的不知道該怎麼辦
突然想到做幕司蛋糕就上網找找果然發現有適合的食譜
這也算次做的不算成功
但是一次很好的學習
至少把蛋糕與慕斯以及結合技的原理搞的很清楚了
只是....甜點就是甜點,糖加的太少了就少了很多感覺
辛苦昨天當我白老鼠的朋友們:P
我會弄甜一點的
因為實在是太酸


啊~~~我承認我懶了
我是看這個網站做的
http://www.haibao.cn/blog/post/148298.htm

但造型差這麼多的原因是因為我不想買慕思蛋糕模
所以我用原本的六吋蛋糕模烤完蛋糕片之後
就繼續用來當模子疊慕斯蛋糕
重點來了~
如果直接用會很不好脫模
因此聽從烘培店小開的建議買了一個塑膠片圈起來
果然蛋糕拿出來之後再把那一圈取下
整個就被大家稱讚很專業的感覺
不想買慕斯圈的人也可以試試看

Heading to UK, 10 days countdown

大概brief一下我接下來的plan:
1. 23/6 14:00 JAL to Tokyo. 20,000.NT 送一晚HOTEL 24/6 8:00 to LONDON. 14:00左右抵達(預計總飛行時數20小時半).
2. 24/6 前往Cardiff(The biggest city in Welsh)住一晚
3. 25/6 參加UNA的volunteering camp.
4. 11/7 end my volunteer job and move to Birmingham
5. Start my presessional course

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這個就是我的project: (簡言之就是帶小朋友並交一些文化體驗的課程,中間有露營也有homestay,當然最令我興奮的是要準備Festival的Feast. I LOVE FOOD!),我會盡量PO日記和照片與大家分享

This project is organised by Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive School in the small town of Beddau in Rhondda Cynon Taff. This is a school of approximately 1200 students and includes a centre for children with special needs. The age range at the school is 11 – 18 years old. The school works hard to promote the values of sustainability and has achieved 3 ‘eco schools flags’. This will be the second year that the Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive School has invited international volunteers to help run their summer activities and last year’s project was a great success.

This year the volunteers will be helping the school to develop its ‘global citizenship’ programme by introducing young people to other parts of the world, helping youngsters to explore different cultures and looking at connections between different parts of the world.

The main focus of this year’s project will be the school’s Eisteddfod – a traditional celebration of Welsh culture and arts. The volunteers will each work with one of the school’s four ‘houses’ or teams to help develop this event. Volunteers will work from 8:30am to 4pm, the normal hours of the school day. They will also be involved in preparing some educational sessions for pupils to share their countries and cultures. Last year the volunteers also spent time with some of the autistic children based at a special centre within the school.

Volunteers should come to this project with plenty of ideas for activities that they could run with the children in school in order to share their culture with the pupils. They should also think about how they can share information about how people (especially teenagers) live in their countries. Suggestions of things to bring include pictures and photographs from home, music and songs, videos, traditional dances and craft activities. Volunteers should use their imaginations and be as creative as possible when thinking about how they might share ideas about their life and country with the students!

Volunteers will also join in with various informal activities involving people from the local community. They might participate with one of the local sports clubs or community evenings might be arranged such as a barbeque with the local youth club.
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Free time:

In their spare time volunteers will have the opportunity to explore the surrounding area. The project is based in the valleys of South Wales, an area that was once the heart of the South Wales coal mining industry. There are some interesting museums in the area where visitors can learn about this heritage, including Big Pit, where visitors can descend what was once a working mine. The area also has some beautiful countryside which volunteers will be able to explore and the project is fairly close to Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. In Cardiff volunteers can explore the Millennium stadium, Cardiff Castle, visit Cardiff Bay or make use of the many shops! Other possibilities for interesting days out include St Fagan’s Museum of Welsh life, or nearby castles such as Castell Coch or Caerphilly Castle.

Volunteers must remember that they will be reliant on public transport for their social activities and they will have to make plans with this in mind.

張大千特展

史博館這次的特展真的很直得一看
與之前特展不同的是由於本身館藏就很多
所以不像之前的絲路甚至米勒展一樣必須要花200~250的特展票進去
加上我目前的學生資格,僅僅15元就能欣賞到世界級藝術家的作品,真的非常划算
不管去哪一國的博物館,都絕對不會有這樣的享受

我真的深刻覺得張大千除了有跟魔鬼簽約而得到的天賦異稟之外
更重要的更是注定獻身給藝術的決心
從六朝唐宋元明清到敦煌石窟的臨摹畫汲取古人經典畫之精髓
更在年事已高並受眼疾及心臟病之苦的情況之下完成馳名中外貫穿古今的破墨山水畫及蓮花
尤其在大廳看到那三公尺多高的蓮花墨畫,氣勢磅礡
十分的震撼,更感受到中國繪畫獨特及迷人之處
有空的人有去走走體會一下吧