Sunday, 19 July 2009
Dragon's Den Project
First of all, I must say that I was enjoyed the process of doing the Dragon’s Den project with other students from the design class. At the beginning, we could not decide which product we were going to present because each of us have different opinions. But after we had a bit argument each other, we had decided to follow Allan’s ideal because Allan had some working experiences relate with marketing. Then, our design group was trying to design differ sharp of our product, Smouse. In the end, Allen and I were so pleased to see the results, it was excellent! They were all doing a grate job! The Smouse looks very smart and simple, and it was what we all want. Moreover, before the date of presentation, we had met our members after class, at the meanwhile, our design group had finished our power point, and then we did the rehearsal roughly together. Well, I like to do the presentation because it was fun and also it was a very good opportunity to train ourselves, not only the English parts but also the courage. Anyway, I am appreciating this experience, and feel glad to cooperate with our team member; hopefully we will have second chance to do something “new” as well.
Sunday, 12 July 2009
English Grammar
This week we have learning Tense, and it includes different Tense and Passive Voice. Frankly Speaking, I have been learning English Grammar since 12 years old but the tense of the grammar still confused me sometimes. I think the only way that I can improved my Grammar skill is practice and practice. But I feel so bored doing the Grammar exercise, why we have to learn about the Grammar things? I really hope I am a bilingual rather than just a Chinese speaker.
In my option, one the grammatical differences between Chinese and English is verb conjugation to denote tenses; the context is used to define between past, present, future, and all the other kinds of tenses. For example, there is a single world in Chinese that means sing. If you want to use the present tense, you simply say “I sing”. If you want the past tense, you have to say something like “Yesterday I sing” where yesterday provides the requisite context. And if you want the future tense, you have to say something like “Tomorrow I sing”.
Verb conjugation is one of the tough parts of the English learning for Chinese speakers to master, basically because there are too many tenses, and each can only be properly used in particular situations. We all know not to always use the present tense of English verbs, but most of time our attempts at switching up the tenses lead to incorrect or surprising sentences.
Anyway, I will try to be a good student, and hopefully my writing & Grammar skill can be improved in this one year!
In my option, one the grammatical differences between Chinese and English is verb conjugation to denote tenses; the context is used to define between past, present, future, and all the other kinds of tenses. For example, there is a single world in Chinese that means sing. If you want to use the present tense, you simply say “I sing”. If you want the past tense, you have to say something like “Yesterday I sing” where yesterday provides the requisite context. And if you want the future tense, you have to say something like “Tomorrow I sing”.
Verb conjugation is one of the tough parts of the English learning for Chinese speakers to master, basically because there are too many tenses, and each can only be properly used in particular situations. We all know not to always use the present tense of English verbs, but most of time our attempts at switching up the tenses lead to incorrect or surprising sentences.
Anyway, I will try to be a good student, and hopefully my writing & Grammar skill can be improved in this one year!
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
e-mail to my friend on 1st of July.
Hi Nia!
We just decide to stay Taipei only for 5 days, and not going TAIRUGU CANYON because it's too far, and I checked guide book, and it says there are lots of good places near Taipei, and we can visit their within a day. :) And what I expect in Taiwan is... maybe some modern places rather than traditional one? I'm not really much with temple or something, but I wanna feel the city and modern places. :) I wanna visit some streets that have many cute cafe's, and some shopping as well. :) Although I like modern thing, I heard that the museum is very very good, and one of the biggest museum in the world, so we're thinking about spending maybe a full day, or half day? in there. ;) Btw, how about London? Is it still rainy? haha- I thought you already did master degree in UK, but it wasn't? I remember you study media. :) Are you still pursuing the same major? Tell me about your life in these days!
Best regards,
Ashley Yoo
Dear Ashley,
Sure, I know you love modem things and the cute cafe' ^^. Well, in that case, my recommend as follow:
Taipei City: MRT= Subway
(Blue line)
1: (Taipei City Hall station) Taipei 101
http://www.taipeitravel.net/user/article.aspx?Lang=2&SNo=04000096&K1=37
Pub: MINT or Room 18
2: ( Zhongxiao Dunhua Station) Cute cafe' & Soho
a. Just walk around the streets where behind the California Gym, there are some very unique shop and Cafe' around the streets, I love this place! b. The 24 hours Eslite Bookstore is a culture hot spot that gets busier as the night goes on.
T_T sorry, my favourite Bar has been suffering by a fire last month, it is re-building now.
3. (Zhongxiao Fuxing station) Exit 2 is connation with the Fuxing SOGO department store, and you can eat the very famous food that you must try, called DinTaiFung on the ground floor,then, after you finish the dishes, you can go the exit 5 of the staion, and just keep walking about 5 mins, you can go shopping in the Breeze Centre.
(Red line)
1. (Shilin Station) National Palace Museum: It's a world class museum as you mentioned ^^ (you don't remember that I had been working there for a year?)
2. (Jiantan Station) Shilin Night Market; you can have a lot of local food there!
Taipei County: Yes, there are some good places near Taipei city that you can visit it. So... Plz tell me where are you going, and I will give you some advice, then!
About my life in London; I am get used to live here right now. London is a quite cool place, everything is just soooo London and When I visited the Big Ben, it has recalled me a lot of memories, like we have been there together with Emily, um... time goes so fast!
Well, I am not doing the same course as before (BA & final year), it's my first time to do the MA course, I study Enterprise and Management for the Creative Arts in London, and I am doing the Pre-sessional in this summer. By the way, the weather in London this year is hot and it's not raining all the time, so it's fine for me. :)
Moreover, I live in school accommodation at the moment, the dorm is OK to me cause I can make lots of new friends but I prefer to move out with another 2 girls in Sep. :) Anyway, I will write you more about my life here next time, I need to do some home work now.
Any questions about the trip in Taipei just let me know! & enjoy your life in Korea!
Nia
We just decide to stay Taipei only for 5 days, and not going TAIRUGU CANYON because it's too far, and I checked guide book, and it says there are lots of good places near Taipei, and we can visit their within a day. :) And what I expect in Taiwan is... maybe some modern places rather than traditional one? I'm not really much with temple or something, but I wanna feel the city and modern places. :) I wanna visit some streets that have many cute cafe's, and some shopping as well. :) Although I like modern thing, I heard that the museum is very very good, and one of the biggest museum in the world, so we're thinking about spending maybe a full day, or half day? in there. ;) Btw, how about London? Is it still rainy? haha- I thought you already did master degree in UK, but it wasn't? I remember you study media. :) Are you still pursuing the same major? Tell me about your life in these days!
Best regards,
Ashley Yoo
Dear Ashley,
Sure, I know you love modem things and the cute cafe' ^^. Well, in that case, my recommend as follow:
Taipei City: MRT= Subway
(Blue line)
1: (Taipei City Hall station) Taipei 101
http://www.taipeitravel.net/user/article.aspx?Lang=2&SNo=04000096&K1=37
Pub: MINT or Room 18
2: ( Zhongxiao Dunhua Station) Cute cafe' & Soho
a. Just walk around the streets where behind the California Gym, there are some very unique shop and Cafe' around the streets, I love this place! b. The 24 hours Eslite Bookstore is a culture hot spot that gets busier as the night goes on.
T_T sorry, my favourite Bar has been suffering by a fire last month, it is re-building now.
3. (Zhongxiao Fuxing station) Exit 2 is connation with the Fuxing SOGO department store, and you can eat the very famous food that you must try, called DinTaiFung on the ground floor,then, after you finish the dishes, you can go the exit 5 of the staion, and just keep walking about 5 mins, you can go shopping in the Breeze Centre.
(Red line)
1. (Shilin Station) National Palace Museum: It's a world class museum as you mentioned ^^ (you don't remember that I had been working there for a year?)
2. (Jiantan Station) Shilin Night Market; you can have a lot of local food there!
Taipei County: Yes, there are some good places near Taipei city that you can visit it. So... Plz tell me where are you going, and I will give you some advice, then!
About my life in London; I am get used to live here right now. London is a quite cool place, everything is just soooo London and When I visited the Big Ben, it has recalled me a lot of memories, like we have been there together with Emily, um... time goes so fast!
Well, I am not doing the same course as before (BA & final year), it's my first time to do the MA course, I study Enterprise and Management for the Creative Arts in London, and I am doing the Pre-sessional in this summer. By the way, the weather in London this year is hot and it's not raining all the time, so it's fine for me. :)
Moreover, I live in school accommodation at the moment, the dorm is OK to me cause I can make lots of new friends but I prefer to move out with another 2 girls in Sep. :) Anyway, I will write you more about my life here next time, I need to do some home work now.
Any questions about the trip in Taipei just let me know! & enjoy your life in Korea!
Nia
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