Sunday, March 16, 2008

另類搬家


這是美國人另類的搬家方式,很名副其實吧!
將房屋整棟抬起來,然後搬到未來的土地上,再放下來,就是搬家了。
而且這樣房子裡面都不用打包整理裝箱了,真是方便!:)
我還發現還有人搬家時,因為房屋太大,因此交通管制..真是有夠誇張@@
不過這樣很有趣啊...

前幾天坐公車經過某段路,因為火車經過故暫停。
我本來不以為意,沒想到後來覺得不太對勁,怎麼會那麼久火車還沒走完..
一時興起就開始數火車的車廂,
那輛火車是貨運,很好玩的是每節車廂的造型及載的東西都不同,
但是就用扣環將每節車廂連結起來。
我隨便從20開始數,沒想到數完竟然到90! 有夠誇張的!
第一次見到那麼長的火車~若從空中俯瞰應該很壯觀吧~呵呵...

上星期六晚上12點時,我們又調回日光節約時間了
耶~所以現在時間跟你們又一模一樣了,只是日夜顛倒
這樣好記多了,不用加啊減啊什麼的
整個快一小時還真不習慣,有幾天明明已經很晚了 可是肚子一點都不餓
"有借有還"看來這句話一點都沒錯
去年還很高興多了一小時可以睡覺
而現在就要還了..一個小時又突然不見了...
真要把握時間啊!

Monday, February 18, 2008

好冷啊..

我昨天冷的要命,因為家裡暖氣不知道怎麼了,好像壞掉了
從早上到現在,還是沒吹出半點風..
我整天抖不已..沒想到家裡沒暖氣差那麼多..以前太養尊處優了 XD
偏偏昨天星期天,rental office又沒人在..
今天是holiday,什麼president's day的..(不過放假是好事..呵呵)
Oh.希望會有人來上班啊,要不然再一天我真的會受不了
晚上要煮飯的時候打開冰箱,"Oh,怎麼那麼溫暖啊?!"
我已經穿三件衣服了,還貼上暖暖包,還是超冷
現在只能靠我的小吹風機,往我身體拼命吹暖風
這樣才念書寫功課的下去..哎哎..好慘啊!
阿姨建議我去沖個熱水澡,可是我已經洗過了呀,一直洗好像也不是辦法..
再這樣下去的話,我想等會大衣,圍巾應該會出籠了..
不過在房間裡穿成這樣,會不會太搞笑了點啊..哈哈

Thursday, February 14, 2008

冬天冷颼颼

猶記得去年感恩節前Amherst下第一場雪時,我超興奮的,
雖是小雪,但是一夜醒來,周遭突然就變成這樣白茫茫一片。
建築物,草地全部覆蓋上白色,感覺很乾淨,好美。

家門前景色


聽說台灣今年過年很冷,還拼命下雨,
我可以體會想像,溼答答的冬天很不好受,
尤其台灣沒有像美國一樣室內有暖氣,
所以想必在屋內也要穿著很多..不能脫下..
大家要保重身體,注意保暖啊..別感冒了..

最近我一直在想像,若哪天台北也開始下起雪來了,應該會很美吧..
整座台北城覆蓋在白雪下....
不過那天若真的來臨了,"明天過後"應該也不遠了 XD

這兒現在也超冷,攝氏-10幾度吧,
前天晚上下大雪,結果昨天突然回溫到攝氏1度又下大雨,
所以路上都是"思樂冰"(還是超大重量杯的!),還積了一堆水排不掉,
今天又給我降溫到零下...
嗚嗚~所以昨天積的水,全部給我變成薄冰!!!
害我走在路上差點滑倒好幾次@@
我終於深刻體會"如履薄冰"這成語的意思了..
我可不想當公車再度來臨時,又開始假裝玩雪了..XD

路上結薄冰的樣子..

Monday, February 11, 2008

Who says you can't go home

真是搞笑啊~^^"
結果今天我去辦公室聽廣播就聽到Bon Jovi的這首歌"Who says you can't go home"..


<歌詞>
I spent 20 years trying to get out of this place
I was looking for something I couldn't replace
I was running away from the only thing I've ever known
Like a blind dog without a bone
I was a gypsy lost in the twilight zone
I hijacked a rainbow and crashed into a pot of gold
I been there, done that and I ain't lookin' back on the seeds I've sown,
Saving dimes, spending too much time on the telephone
Who says you can't go home

[Chorus]
Who says you can't go home
There's only one place they call me one of their own
Just a hometown boy, born a rolling stone, who says you can't go home
Who says you can't go back, been all around the world and as a matter of fact
There's only one place left I want to go, who says you can't go home
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, its alright

I went as far as I could, I tried to find a new face
There isn't one of these lines that I would erase
I lived a million miles of memories on that road
With every step I take I know that I'm not alone
You take the home from the boy, but not the boy from his home
These are my streets, the only life I've ever known,
who says you can't go home

[Chorus]

I been there, done thatand I ain't looking that
It's been a long long road
Feels like I never left, that's how the story goes

It doesn't matter where you are, it doesn't matter where you go
If it's a million miles aways or just a mile up the road
Take it in, take it with you when you go,
who says you can't go home

[Chorus]

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, its alright
Who says you can't go home [x2]

Saturday, February 9, 2008

HOME by Michael Buble

台灣除夕夜那時,我正在辦公室做事,耳邊邊聽著廣播。
剛好聽到這首好聽且歌詞簡單易懂的歌,歌詞不斷覆誦著 I wanna go home..
心想:真巧還真符合我現在的心境啊..
本來是I wanna ho home(我想回家)..後來變成Let me go home(讓我回家吧)
最後竟然是I'll be home to night, I'm coming back home (我今晚就要回家了,我現在要回家了)..
嗚嗚..真好..怎麼可以那麼快?!


<歌詞>
Another summer day
Has come and gone away
In Paris and Rome
But I wanna go home
Mmmmmmmm

Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh, I miss you, you know

And I've been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you
Each one a line or two
"I'm fine baby, how are you?"
Well I would send them but I know that it's just not enough
My words were cold and flat
And you deserve more than that

Another airplane
Another sunny place
I'm lucky I know
But I wanna go home
Mmmm, I've got to go home

Let me go home
I'm just too far from where you are
I wanna come home

And I feel just like I'm living someone else's life
It's like I just stepped outside
When everything was going right
And I know just why you could not
Come along with me
'Cause this was not your dream
But you always believed in me

Another winter day has come
And gone away
In even Paris and Rome
And I wanna go home
Let me go home

And I'm surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
Oh, let me go home
Oh, I miss you, you know

Let me go home
I've had my run
Baby, I'm done
I gotta go home
Let me go home
It will all be all right
I'll be home tonight
I'm coming back home

Saturday, November 17, 2007

萬聖節 Trick or Treat

今年10/31萬聖節很幸運的和美國人一起渡過,真正體驗了萬聖節這特別的節日。
多謝室友芝辰申請而認識的host family,邀請我們去他們家。

爸爸Tom和媽媽Rebacca有兩個很可愛的小女孩Augusta及Ina..
第一次刻南瓜,好好玩。
很奮力的幫她們將超大的南瓜裡頭的肉和籽挖出來,然後小女孩們用色筆畫臉,我負責挖掉。
作好後,Tom在裡頭放上蠟燭,然後將她們的作品拿到屋外放,還蠻有feelings的,很美。
Augusta及Ina和她們的南瓜作品。

吃過簡單的晚餐後,就很興奮的跟他們一起出去Trick or Treat了,
Augusta硬逼我們戴上她自製的面具(其實就是塑膠盤畫上熊貓和吸血鬼的臉XD)
Rebacca戴上了很多道具,Tom穿上黑色大衣,戴上帽子,感覺像是個專業的偵探,不過他自己貼上一張紙條"Police"在他胸口。
Augusta寫了一封"恐怖信",還要大家認真念完(是蠻恐怖的啦..)
然後她就將那封信(海報)掛在脖子上,這就是她的服裝了..
Ina很可愛,換上某個故事書裡頭的女主角的服裝,像個小lady似的,還穿上小高跟鞋呢。

Ina硬要幫Tom畫上象徵性的鬍子..

沿街逐棟按電鈴要糖果,發現有一家人,
嗯~小孩裝扮成星際大戰裡頭的角色..很令人驚嘆..

這是她的爸爸,怎麼扮的比小孩還認真..好入戲啊..超好笑的..

一個我不知道她在扮什麼的小女孩,不過實在太可愛了,一定要照她的!

可愛小孩們的合照

回來後開始分贓了..

Augusta後來說,學校老師還出萬聖節的作業(我們都大笑,以為她在開玩笑)。
沒想到她很認真的拿出一張紙,我靠近一看,Oh God,還真的是回家作業呢!
-Holloween Candy Count,要把妳要來的糖果做分類(老師真的很強!)
結果Augusta很天才的將她所有的戰利品分成「Chocolate」及「not Chocolate」...
認真寫作業的Augusta..

我住在圖畫裡

Amherst這個東岸小鎮的秋天真是美,
剎那間楓葉就全都變紅了。
每天坐公車上學途中,我就不斷在驚嘆,真是amazing!
讓我不禁想到一首歌「西風的話: 花少不愁沒顏色,我把樹葉都染紅...」
在台灣從沒真正體驗過秋天的我,
在這邊卻深深體驗到四季變化..
讓大家欣賞一下美景~:)