Long journey with braces

2012/7/25
  This day was an unforgettable day in my life. This is the day I have been thinking again and again for the past six years in my life. I had braces on my teeth after a series of inspection. The decision was really hard to me because I am a person who can not bear pain. However, throughout my life in school there were always people that liked to make fun of my teeth. After consideration and conversations with my parents, I finally had the chance to change my situation of being teased by my schoolmates.

(Before)

(This is the model of my teeth before having braces on them.)

(First day)

2012-2014
  Of course having braces on my teeth was really inconvenient in doing many things. I had to clean my teeth after eating anything that might stuck in the braces. Many food that are too hard or easy to get stuck were also forbidden like guava, corn, and needle mushrooms were those I rarely eat at that time. The most important thing was to fully clean up the braces in case of a decayed tooth, because it was not good to your original teeth. As a proverb goes, practice makes perfect. After a period of time, I gradually get used to and try to live with the braces peacefully. I got tips to clean it up and eat suitable things with it.

(Before taking off the braces)

2014/5/14
  Finally this day has come to me! After 659 days of suffering and innumerable tears, my doctor finally set me free before she quit the job in hospital. The whole therapy was separated into two period of time, because they have to use another model of my teeth after taking off the braces in order to make a new stabilizer according to my neatly arranged teeth.

(This is one of the stabilizer that I am using now.)

  Although taking off the braces does not make any easier to my teeth because the stabilizer must be put into my teeth the whole time instead of drinking drinks or eating. However, getting to see my teeth after such a long time was still an exciting thing to me. And also listening to others' commendation to my improvement is an honor to all those I have gone through. Thanks to the support from my parents, they gave me a chance to change peoples' impression to me.

   (My brand new teeth!)

Fireflies

    Start from the middle of April till the beginning of May is the season for fireflies. To my surprise, this is the first time that someone told me you can see them at Huashan (華山). Due to my curiosity, I finally have time to take a look at these beautiful creatures. 

    Unlike watching a meteor shower in an uncertain time, the best timing to see fireflies is about 6 to 8pm around sunset. During this period of time, the light is not too bright but also not too dark that you could not see the road. Many people seemed to know this attraction and came here with their digital cameras to capture the magnificent scene.

    

    This is my first time to see fireflies with my own eyes and the touching feeling is beyond description. Thanks to this wonderful environment which provides a clean and safe place for them to survive and avoid them from extinction. Though April is a super busy week for the student association, this short moment of rest fill up my tiredness and give me energy to move on.

Wedding

       Last Sunday, March 23^rd, I attended one of my cousin’s wedding in Taipei. As a matter of fact, I was not interested in participating in such occasions. I am quite a fussy eater but this does not mean I only eat delicacies. It is just simply because I prefer home-cooked food better.

       However, I supposed some thoughts might have changed through time. I thought that it is fine to attend one or two weddings occasionally. As age grows, I also learned to dressed and acted properly.

      When seeing the bride holding her mom’s hand and walked in with the wedding music, I was so touched that I almost cried with the bride at that moment. To me, marriage is far away from me now. Not to mention how hard it is to imagine a loving couple would hold their hands and be together for the rest of their lives.

 

      In my opinion, our mind changes from time to time. There will be more and more wedding occasions to attend as time flies, and I believe after going through that I would be more mature about seeing people’s marriage.

     Finally, hope my cousin will be happy and lovely with her wife in the rest of their lives!

Winter Camp

   The last activity before the end of the first semester of sophomore in DAFL association is holding a winter camp at an elementary school of Mailiao (麥寮). It was a two day activity which was carried out in English. The main purpose of this activity is to help those children that live around countryside to have a better chance to know English and have passion in learning it.

   As a matter of fact, I am afraid of interacting with children because many of them are so energetic and hard to control. I was so worried what should I do to have a better relationship with them. Fortunately, kids were very eager to play with us. 

  Though the weather was awfully cold and the wind was unbelievable strong, we still overcome these hard conditions and presented the best of us to them. After going through these, it was very warm to have gratitude from them which make us feel worthy of holding this winter camp!

13 to 14

    First of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!

    Though new year had already passed almost a week, it is still thrilled that a year had passed and time sure goes fast! Since I get to the age of 19, many unpleasant things happen day by day. It doesn't make a big different because actually new year is just another 24 hour that passed by. Somehow this still have an influence to me, and I try to believe I can have a different life afterwards.

    The end of 2013 was still a disaster at the beginning of the day. I overslept my badminton class and nearly couldn't make it to the quiz of that class. Since the day being as a reception personnel of DAFL drama, I caught a serious flu and had been sick for a long time. Running nose and phlegm in my throat made me hard to talk, breathe and even cause difficulty when eating. Just as I thought it couldn't get any worse of this day, more tragedy kept happening. Three groups of students made an appointment with me until 9 o'clock which meant on this day I still had to work until nine. However, the first meeting group stood me up. When I called the team leader, he misunderstood what teacher said and directly canceled the meeting without informing me at first. As a result, I had to move all the meeting forward which caused a lot of trouble.

   Finally, everything had come to an end. I got to home early and took a shower before going out.

(beautiful fireworks at Janfusun fancyworld)

   This is the first time I have the chance to do the new year countdown at outside. My parents always said it was too dangerous and cold when you are alone outside. Also crossing 2013 to 2014 in Chinese means a whole lifetime(一生一世), so many people tend to celebrate with friends or lover outdoors which made it more crowded this year.

   Besides doing the new year countdown, I luckily went to Mount Ali/Alishan (阿里山) to see the first sunrise of 2014. And this experience was really unforgettable and words failed me as I tried to describe how touching it was to see it with my own eyes. I made a simple wish when watching the sunrise, "To be safe and sound during this year."

(Many people were waiting anxiously for the sunrise.) 

Twelve Nights

  A month ago, I saw a movie called "Twelve Nights." At first, I was moved by the speech which Giddens (九把刀), a famous writer, and the director, Raye made.




     This movie is a documentary about those stray dogs that have been caught to temporary shelter waiting for people to adopt them or else they will be injected in euthanasia. I think the purpose of this movie is to awaken people's consciousness that how serious these problems can go on. It will not be solved simply by catching them and sending them to death. Many people can't even step into the theater to watch the movie because they are afraid of emotionally breakdown. However, this wasn't the main purpose the director wanted. She wants everyone to see the fact that are happening through our daily lives, and to correct those misunderstandings about stray dogs.

   To be honest, I thought I would cry when I saw the movie. Out of my surprise, the only feeling I felt was deeply heartburn. To know is one thing but to see is another. You wouldn't believe how cruel people can be until you see the movie.

    Nevertheless, after the movie spread out, people gain awareness of stray dogs and the rate of adopt also grow a lot. It is a relief to know that more dogs have been saved from death and I hope people can love them once they own a pet!



(This is my lovely pet dog with me!!! Her name is Wei-Wei薇薇 which is named by my father.
She is almost seven years old now, and she was only two months old when she first came to my home.)

Equinox Awakening 1956

   This weekend we had a job about receiving people who wanted to attend the drama during either days. sounds like a hard work because we also had many activities going on and the same time.
  During the time we were taking rest between the drama, we watched most part of it and were shocked by the story as well as acting. I supposed this exceed every thing we saw before on stage and with these unforgettable experience we can do better than before!