國際志工第五週來台心得

First day of the week started off with Class 304 inviting me over to have breakfast with them; we talked and took pictures together. Before leaving, they even gave me more food and snacks – it was a hearty breakfast. Besides that, I had steamboat with Class 205 on Friday as well. They had prepared a few small performances for me and their teacher beforehand. And so, we watched them perform before eating together for around two hours. On Tuesday, three teachers invited me to join them for dinner in Minxiong. Apparently, in Taiwan, they usually have roast chicken to celebrate Christmas Eve and Christmas day itself. That explains why one of the teachers took us to a restaurant located near the National Chung Cheng University to have roast chicken; it’s Christmas Eve. We had half a chicken each and it was a delightful meal even though we only had one hour at our table. This is because the restaurant was fully booked and so they put a one hour limit on each patron in order to cater for the large number of guests. After that, we walked to the Chung Cheng night market that opens every night to have fruit juice and chat. On Christmas Day, I had roast chicken again for dinner but this time with another group of teachers including the guy undergoing national service. We had that in a Carrefour building in Douliu and then went window shopping in the building before going back to Dalin. I started my second lesson in Taiwan on Thursday. In this second lesson, I introduced them to Malaysian food, sports and also traditional games. I also taught them one of our favourite games that we used to play in primary (elementary) and high school. It’s a game called ‘ceper’ or ‘tutup botol’ and it is very convenient game as the only thing one would need is five tin bottle caps and a flat surface. The first two classes went well and the students seem to like playing the game even though there are some who are not interested. There would definitely be some who are less interested in the game as this situation is inevitable - everyone to his taste. Saturday was like a Sports Day. Three teachers and I first played 'The Strategy Game' and 'Tiki Topple' in the morning until lunch time. After that, we had Japanese food for lunch in a restaurant near National Chung Cheng University before entering the university. As we are not allowed to drive in, we walked in and towards the gymnasium building of the university where there are lots of sports facilities available. We first played squash. As none of us knew the rules of the game, we read the rules online and roughly played according to what we understood as the rules were not very clear in words. We then found out later that squash is actually very tiring as one needs to stretch and run around a lot. Then, we played table tennis for a while before going down to play three rounds of bowling. I had a great time playing these three sports and as usual, I never had enough of them. After all of that, we went to the Carrefour night market in Chiayi for dinner and also to walk around the place. We played darts while we were there and one of the teachers actually won a prize from that. Besides darts, we also played softball and baseball, once each. That was when I finally got a taste of how playing baseball feels like - awesome. It is not as easy as it looks though. The faster the ball gets, the harder it is to hit as you would need more strength, precision and speed to hit the ball far and high up. Following that, we had tau hua (tofu pudding) and sweet potato balls (one of my favourites). As for Sunday, the guy doing his national service and I followed a teacher to a few places. Her husband and her smallest daughter tagged along too. Her husband first drove us to Pineapple Hill in Minxiong where every visitor would get one free pineapple cake. We had ours and then walked out into the farm to have a look at the pineapple trees. Afterwards, we went to a famous temple in Xingang, Fengtian Temple. Before going in to the temple, we had ya rou geng (thick soup with duck meat and bamboo shoots) which tasted pretty delicious. We entered the temple, prayed and walked all the four floors. As we leave the temple, we had octopus balls which tasted delicious as well before having the famous steamed dumplings and suan la tang (hot and sour soup) for lunch. Next, we went to a joss sticks making place to see the process of making joss sticks and also the different types of materials used to make them. After we had seen everything over there, the teacher dropped the two of us near the intersection of Zhongshan Road and Wenhua Road in Chiayi City and we started walking along the two streets, stopping at stores to see if there is anything we would like to purchase. We walked until about 5 o’clock when another teacher came to join us. At that time, we had seen almost all of the stores on those two streets and so we took a taxi to Nice Plaza which was close by to continue window-shopping until it was time for us to leave.

國際志工第四週來台心得

The weather got colder this week. Luckily, one of the teachers said that winter in January would be around the same as this week so I do not have to worry much about not having clothes warm enough to survive through the winter. On Monday, after I was done with my classes, one of the teachers in the school invited to play kendo (Japanese fencing). I got to learn a bit about the rules of the sport, where you will only earn points if you say a Japanese word that refers to the part of the opponent’s body you hit - 'man' for head, 'tore' for both sides of the waist, 'koteh' for the hand the opponent is using to hold the bamboo sword. Also, this week, class 111 invited me over to their class on Tuesday to eat glutinous rice balls with them whereas class 105 invited me to their class party on Thursday – to celebrate their winnings in the school’s sports day the week before. I had a great time especially seeing their enthusiasm trying to converse with me in English even though they struggle at the language that is almost foreign to them. Apart from that, on Tuesday, after school, I learnt to play two tabletop games, ‘Bang!’ and ‘Tiki Topple’; the former taught by one of the probationary teachers and the latter by one of the teachers in the school. I played both games with them including another teacher and the two guys currently doing their national service in this school i.e. they aid the school in anything they need help with. Both games were amusing – I loved both of them. Friday morning, after my only class for the day, I went to the Dalin train station and I took the 10:05 a.m. train over to Douliu in order to get on the Taisi bus heading towards Junfusan Fancyworld. I reached Junfusan at half past 11, paid a rather expensive entrance fee and started playing the rides as I was afraid that I would not have enough time to play all the rides. However, as it was a weekday, there were not many people around, and hence, I did not have to wait for a long time to go on each ride. Of all the rides that I sat, the relatively more thrilling and breathtaking ones are G5, space shot and the floorless coaster. At 2:00 p.m., I watched a performance held at the Rainbow Theatre. There were clowns, aerial dancers, trampolining and also dancers who incorporated contemporary dancing, ballet, hip hop, tutting and popping. After the performance, I walked around the whole theme park, taking pictures until it closes indicating it was time to leave. The next day, three teachers and I went hiking up Dulishan which is in Zhuqi. We had lunch first in Zhuqi and then started hiking up the mountain at around 2 o’clock. It was pretty slippery as my pair of Vans shoes do not have a good grip and there was a slight rain earlier in the morning. Also, I wore the wrong clothes – the temperature was low but we didn't hike much before I started sweating. We went all the way up to the peak of the mountain – a little over 800 meters – and stopped at the resting place to have a short break before going back down, leaving the mountain. We then went to one of the teachers’ house where I watched her father inspect and separate the different maturity of the areca nuts (pinang), ate glutinous rice balls made by her mother and also played a few rounds of mahjong before having dinner at her house. Sunday's destination was Kaohsiung. It is a two-hour drive from Dalin and so we (myself, three other teachers and one of the guys on national service) left early i.e. at 9 o'clock. We even bought takeaway food for breakfast to save time. When we've reached there, we went to Guoshan and walked along the pathway close to the sea and the ferry terminal. According to one of the teachers, there are many locations in Kaohsiung couples usually go to and one of them is that pathway. We then went up to the entrance of the British Consulate at Takao (a.k.a Kaohsiung) where I saw a fascinating machine that as you insert TWD 10, a woman would walk into a miniature temple to fetch you a scroll and in that scroll would be your fortune paper. I tried and the teachers helped translated the Chinese words for me, telling me that I got a lucky one. I then paid the entrance fee to enter the British Consulate area and walked around the two buildings, looking at the interior and the exterior of what used to be the consulate. After that, all of us took a ferry over to Cijin and each rented the bicycle there as the island is relatively too big to walk – it would require a lot of time. We first rode to a nearby restaurant to have lunch where I ate sea snails for the first time. It tasted a little weird at first, and then it turned out to be really exquisite. After lunch, we rode around the island, stopping by the beach to walk around a little and enjoy the sea breeze. A few hours later, we rode back to the ferry terminal, returning the bicycles before taking the ferry back to the mainland to have dinner. We had a look at Kaohsiung Normal University, watching one quarter of a basketball game before leaving for Dalin. On the way back home, I also got to see the beautiful Love River, a famous dating location at night in Kaohsiung.

國際志工來台第三週心得

This week could be considered as my first week teaching the students about Malaysian culture as the week before was more like a tryout and I only had two days of class then. It turned out pretty good; most of the classes were responsive to my questions and took part in the activity that I had prepared for the class i.e. the group that has the highest score from getting the right answers would get a chance to enter the lucky draw carried out by the school. I had some slight problems initially with the students not comprehending what I say due to their lack of understanding of the English language. However, using my hand movements together with the help of teachers translating what I say into Mandarin, the classes went on smoothly. Also, as usual, on Mondays and Thursdays, I would play badminton with the teachers at 5 o’clock – after school hours – for roughly two hours in the school hall. Sometimes we also play table tennis at the start while waiting for the other teachers to arrive. We will go for dinner afterwards in one of the teachers’ car. He would always take us to different places every time so that I would get to taste a variety of foods in Taiwan. This Saturday, I went to two main places, Aogu and Budai with around 10 other teachers. We went in three separate cars meeting at the front of the Aogu Wetland Forest Park. We were then given a brief introduction of the park through a video that was in Taiwanese. Luckily, one of the teachers translated the words into English for me. Otherwise, I would have just been watching the images flashing. After that, we were unlucky enough to have one of the long-winded workers who explained to us the fishes and evolution of methods used to catch them, the latest one being the most environmental friendly and conserving the ecosystem. He also talked about oysters and how oysters are taken care of to make sure they grow healthily and that they are of better quality to be sold and eaten. He then, introduced the types of birds that can be seen in the park - kites, egrets, gulls, stilts and etc. - especially the black-faced spoonbill where there are only 2000 of them left in the entire world. After one hour, he finally finished and we were able to go see the actual birds instead of just photos of these birds. We drove around the park stopping at a places where there would seem to be more birds. During our first stop, as we only had one normal pair of binoculars, we borrowed one of the telescopes that a tour guide had brought - to allow his group of tourists to watch the birds - to get a clearer view of the birds. After bird watching, we then went to Budai where one of the teachers treated us to a hearty lunch at one of the seafood restaurants. For instance, we had oysters, clams, prawns and fried body parts of octopus. After that, we went to the Budai market to have a look around, trying some of the food there before heading over to the seaside to go fishing. That was my first time fishing, and it wasn't boring at all, it was pretty fun to me. I caught a few fishes although they were all the same common ones; I was hoping I would be able to catch a rare or a big fish but did not manage to do so. As we fished until dinner time, we had dinner at one of the teachers’ house - ginger duck and Thailand prawns. The prawns were really large and delicious. Sunday turned out different from what we had originally planned. The initial plan was to visit Sanmen, get lunch and then play tabletop games with a few other teachers. And so, me and three other teachers went to Sanmen, an old village with antiques like telephones and typewriters. There are several ponds where fishes are bred, acting as a place for fishing, charging those interested at a price per hour. We looked around for about half an hour, and that was when the sudden change of plan happened; we decided to go to Sun Moon Lake. Thus, we first had lunch at La Morning in Minxiong, before going up to Sun Moon Lake which took us around two hours instead of the expected travel time of one hour. We took a few pictures of the area, walked around, tried muachi - which was a little tasteless - and ate ice-cream cones from a Family Mart nearby. After that, we went to a farm - if directly translated from Chinese to English is called basin - where the land is so soft that it shakes and feels a little bouncy if you jump on it; it was intriguing

馬來西亞志工第二週來台心得

This recent weekend I followed the school band to Taoyuan where they would be joining the parade for the Taoyuan Band Festival 2013. On the Saturday morning, I went to get chicken hamburger over at 7-Eleven before we left the school by bus at 8. There was a schedule planned in advance about what we're going to do for these two days. Our first stop was Miaoli Hakka Cultural Park, an exhibition centre which showcases the Hakka culture – houses and their interior, language and festivities. One of the exhibits there that caught my eye was the old telephone which requires one to spin the numbers to call. It made me think of how technology had changed our daily lives. After that, we had lunch at a restaurant nearby. Lunch was good; there were many dishes – about five or six different dishes not including soup. We then reached the parade destination (in Zhangli) at a little past 1 - took us one and a half hour to get there. There were many bands also participating in the parade and I watched quite a number of them from the side. One of the school bands, Chiayi Dong Shi Junior High School caught my attention. Their colour guards were impressive for their age; they did a good job at spinning and throwing the mock rifles. The parade ended at the square of Arts and Cultures District of Taoyuan where there would then be performances by some of the bands. I saw a Caucasian drum corps there too and thought they were just a random band invited to the parade. I was wrong; it was Blue Devils, one of the top drum corps in DCI. I watched the performances by other bands but sadly, did not have a chance to watch the Blue Devils perform as we had to leave for dinner right when they were about to do their routine. Dishes for dinner were surprisingly almost the same as the ones we had for lunch over at the other restaurant. Nevertheless, it was still good. After dinner, we went to our stay for the night, Park Hotel and took a rest. After resting for an hour or so, the two teachers brought me around the shops near the hotel. As this area is very near to the Zhongli train station, it was quite happening. They treat me to glass noodles with oyster and also the famous pearl milk tea. The next day, we had breakfast at the hotel before leaving at 8, heading towards our first destination of the day, the Cihu Mausoleum. It was where the previous late president of Taiwan, Ching Kai-shek's tomb was at. I went in, took a look and did a small bow to show my respect for him. I got really curious when I noticed that the two soldiers on each side of the entrance are able to keep their eyes open without blinking whenever there are any tourists around. I watched them closely but still did not see any of their eyes closing for even just a split second. Second stop of the day was at Dasi. There were lots of people especially since it was a Sunday, making the place even merrier. They also had a procession when we were there which had fireworks, statues of the gods and traditional instruments etc. Throughout the entire street, there were many stores selling different types of food and drinks such as tofu pudding (tau hua), thick sausages, glass noodles with oyster and a variety of ice cream flavours which the school students kept buying at every place we stop. One hour later, we went back onto the bus to have lunch at the same restaurant where we had our dinner the day before. The dishes this time looked different, but there wasn’t much difference essentially. We still had the same fish and vegetables. Then, we had a few more stops before going to a place in Hankou where we get to see people fishing. Walking across a bridge over to a swamp, we saw kids catching small crabs using a bait tied to a string that is attached to fishing nets. It was interesting watching them catch the crabs. As that was the last place to visit in our 2-day itinerary, we then began to head back to school. Some of the kids sang throughout the whole journey back, both Mandarin and Taiwanese songs. And so, that was how I spent my last weekend. I look forward to the upcoming weekends and the places and activities that I would be doing.

國際志工馬來西亞Eson來台第一週的日記

國際志工Eson來台第一週的日記 First week in Taiwan! It went pretty well. The people here in Chiayi or Dalin specifically, are really friendly. Right from the first day in Taiwan, they did a great job in making me feel comfortable. I do not have the slightest feeling of being out by myself in a country that I have never been to. Instead, I have got accustomed to staying here even within the first few days. I am really surprised how fast that happened and I am sure I would have felt otherwise had the teachers not been so friendly. Every dinner they would bring me to try the different cuisines in Taiwan and they even invited me to play badminton with them. I’m really happy I get to play badminton again - haven’t been playing it for almost half a year. I had a really great time spending my first weekend here. I went to Alishan and Douliu’s night market on Saturday following three other teachers. I had a lot of fun seeing being able to see the beautiful scenery at Alishan including the few specks of snow that is barely visible. Night market was fun as well; I got to try the different types of food and play the carnival games that I have not eaten or played before. As for Sunday, I followed the principal to Taipei to have a look at the tourist spots in the capital of Taiwan. We went to Ximending and Tamsui, walking through the lively streets, trying the stinky tofu, the tall ice-cream, the famous bloated quail eggs and many others. All in all, my first week of summer holiday in Taiwan was a week well spent.

美好的旅行-紐西蘭--大林國中 黃心筠

美好的旅程─紐西蘭 第一次自己出國的我，在剛踏上這趟旅程時當然是難掩恐懼的。但是，我卻非常的期待這趟遠行。是不是十分矛盾呢？但是，我告訴自己，這是一趟難得且將會十分快樂的學習之旅，所以不准掉下任何淚水，要快快樂樂地出門，滿載而歸的回家。在8月8日這天是我離開台灣到紐西蘭的日子，然而，踏出家門的那一步，望著媽媽擔心的神情眼淚仍舊潸然落下。吃過了送別的晚餐後，我終於和爸爸一同到達了機場，距離上次出國已經是很久遠的事情了，因此桃園國際機場對我來說是十分的陌生，但是為了不讓爸爸為我擔心，我始終保持著已快僵硬的微笑。說真的，在等待飛機的時刻是非常難熬的，一方面擔心未來的旅程，另一方面放心不下家人，可真是一大煎熬啊！終於到了入關的時候了，在慌慌忙忙之中，糊塗的我竟忘了向爸爸說聲「父親節快樂」！ 在飛機上的餐可真是我期待已久的呢！在吃過消夜後覺得還不錯，眼睛看著椅背上的螢幕，心裡想的卻是家中的家人，想著想著也就睡不著了，連續看了好幾部電影，從卡通片看到愛情電影，但是，我不知道是太亢奮還是不捨，不論如何催眠自己就是睡不超過1小時。但是，就在我再次催眠自己睡覺時，機艙外的天空卻悄悄的露出了和煦的陽光。於是，我和隔壁座位的同學便開始對著窗外指指點點。吃過了機上的早點後，布里斯本也就此到達啦！我們先到了澳洲的首都─布里斯本轉機，在搭乘紐西蘭航空前往奧克蘭。在折騰了2小時候，我們在當地時間下午6點到達了奧克蘭，也結束了將近20小時的飛行。 一出機場，冷風直接灌入了我的身軀，當晚在紐西蘭室外的溫度差不多是7度左右，可見與台北的溫差是多麼的大。 在紐西蘭入睡的第一晚，我睡得十分入眠，因為金色山莊的設備真的是十分的新穎。而且，每位老師待我們都猶如對待自己的孩子般，常常是「親愛的」這麼叫。而同團的同學們雖然年齡都不一樣，但是相處了沒幾天後都成了知心好友與紅粉知己，到現在分開了這麼久仍然是透過Line的群組來一起聊天。第三天，我們到了home stay開始了兩星期的洋人寄宿生活，而我的home爸和home媽可真是忙到一個炸裂，home媽總共有3份工作，其中最為特別的是她會替客人做泰式馬殺雞，超厲害的，她還為了這份工作特別跑到泰國去學習呢！而home爸則是鎮上出了名的開車教練。頂著閃閃發光光的光頭的home爸和溫柔美麗的home媽對我們真的是無敵的好，而家中還有一隻小貓兒，home爸和home媽為她取了好幾個名子，一開始完全搞不清楚到底home爸是在叫誰！但是，我就只叫牠Boby，而這隻貓也成了home爸、媽不在家時，我們的最佳玩伴，Boby最喜歡磨蹭我們的褲管了。Home爸曾告訴我們，有一次Boby晚上時偷偷跑進他們的房間，而當home爸早上起床時發現，Boby正在舔他的光頭，這可讓他哭笑不得啊！然而和home stay相處的歡樂時光一下子便逝去了。而home嬤真的是一位非常好的媽咪，剛到home stay的幾天，還是十分想念家人，所以有小哭了一會兒，而home媽便默默地拿兩隻小熊擺在我們的床上，和一個馬殺雞再用的精油放在房裡，告訴我們經由能幫助我們睡眠，而能把它當作自己的媽媽一樣，有話可找她談談。當下真的是感動到一個不行。在要離別的那天，真的是五味雜陳，因為，在心裡我已經將home爸、home媽當成是自己的家人了。謝謝home stay給我一個完整而美好的回憶。而在學校的生活也和台灣差很多，在那邊上課真的是非常的自由，但是學習到的東西卻也不少，在其中，我最喜歡與班上的同學聊天了，有位名叫伊藤的男生他超可愛的，上課不斷地對著我們拋媚眼，下課時也一直找機會接近我們，雖然他們才國一，但是思想和言行舉止卻是十分的成熟，而在成熟之中卻也透露著一點頑皮與可愛。我的學伴個長得還不錯的女孩，雖然，有些語言上的隔閡，但是他處處都會想到我，並且時時的關心我，在上學的過程中，我著實地感受到快樂和幸福。 在旅行的最後幾天，金色山莊替我們安排了一連串的郊遊，先後去了哈比屯、sky line、紅木森林、毛利村、L＆P汽水小鎮……等等好多的景點，而我最喜歡的就是SKY LINE 的溜溜車既刺激又好玩。在最後的幾天與同團的朋友們相處的機會變多了，而彼此間的情誼也漸漸的濃厚了，每天晚上必玩的真心話大冒險至今都還深深地烙印在我的腦海當中，互相說了多少祕密我也記不得了，只計的我們約定過，如果可以的話，明年8月8日在同班人馬再一起到紐西蘭。這一連串甜美的回憶，雖然參雜了淚水，但同樣的也混著歡笑，雖然是短短的三個星期，但是我卻找到了新的家人、結交了知心的好友、認識了熱心的老師們、也體認到了紐西蘭這片淨土的美。在這趟旅程當中，不論是騎馬、光著腳丫踩草皮、與洋人一起生活，全都是初體驗，這趟遠行帶給我的確確實實是豐富的知識含滿滿的快樂。如今看著在紐西蘭寫的日記，一頁頁全都是最真摯的情感，雖然前後都是留下了不捨的淚水，但是，感覺是截然不同的。21天是如此的短暫，部論是在紐西蘭邂逅的任何人，都是我在此次旅程當中最珍貴的寶藏。如果有機會，我絕對會再踏上這塊淨土，再一次的享受當初的幸福和快樂，再一次的會到HOME STAY 那張曾經屬於我和朋友的床。這次旅行的意義對我來說是難忘而永恆的。 美好的旅程─紐西蘭 第一次自己出國的我，在剛踏上這趟旅程時當然是難掩恐懼的。但是，我卻非常的期待這趟遠行。是不是十分矛盾呢？但是，我告訴自己，這是一趟難得且將會十分快樂的學習之旅，所以不准掉下任何淚水，要快快樂樂地出門，滿載而歸的回家。在8月8日這天是我離開台灣到紐西蘭的日子，然而，踏出家門的那一步，望著媽媽擔心的神情眼淚仍舊潸然落下。吃過了送別的晚餐後，我終於和爸爸一同到達了機場，距離上次出國已經是很久遠的事情了，因此桃園國際機場對我來說是十分的陌生，但是為了不讓爸爸為我擔心，我始終保持著已快僵硬的微笑。說真的，在等待飛機的時刻是非常難熬的，一方面擔心未來的旅程，另一方面放心不下家人，可真是一大煎熬啊！終於到了入關的時候了，在慌慌忙忙之中，糊塗的我竟忘了向爸爸說聲「父親節快樂」！在飛機上的餐可真是我期待已久的呢！在吃過消夜後覺得還不錯，眼睛看著椅背上的螢幕，心裡想的卻是家中的家人，想著想著也就睡不著了，連續看了好幾部電影，從卡通片看到愛情電影，但是，我不知道是太亢奮還是不捨，不論如何催眠自己就是睡不超過1小時。但是，就在我再次催眠自己睡覺時，機艙外的天空卻悄悄的露出了和煦的陽光。於是，我和隔壁座位的同學便開始對著窗外指指點點。吃過了機上的早點後，布里斯本也就此到達啦！我們先到了澳洲的首都─布里斯本轉機，在搭乘紐西蘭航空前往奧克蘭。在螫疼了2小時候，我們在當地時間下午6點到達了奧克蘭，也結束了將近20小時的飛行。 一出機場，冷風直接灌入了我的身軀，當晚在紐西蘭室外的溫度差不多是7度左右，可見與台北的溫差是多麼的大。在紐西蘭入睡的第一晚，我睡得十分入眠，因為金色山莊的設備真的是十分的新穎。而且，每位老師待我們都猶如對待自己的孩子般，常常是「親愛的」這麼叫。而同團的同學們雖然年齡都不一樣，但是相處了沒幾天後都成了知心好友與紅粉知己，到現在分開了這麼久仍然是透過Line的群組來一起聊天。第三天，我們到了home stay開始了兩星期的洋人寄宿生活，而我的home爸和home媽可真是忙到一個炸裂，home媽總共有3份工作，其中最為特別的是她會替客人做泰式馬殺雞，超厲害的，她還為了這份工作特別跑到泰國去學習呢！而home爸則是鎮上出了名的開車教練。頂著閃閃發光光的光頭的home爸和溫柔美麗的home媽對我們真的是無敵的好，而家中還有一隻小貓兒，home爸和home媽為她取了好幾個名子，一開始完全搞不清楚到底home爸是在叫誰！但是，我就只叫牠Boby，而這隻貓也成了home爸、媽不在家時，我們的最佳玩伴，Boby最喜歡磨蹭我們的褲管了。Home爸曾告訴我們，有一次Boby晚上時偷偷跑進他們的房間，而當home爸早上起床時發現，Boby正在舔他的光頭，這可讓他哭笑不得啊！然而和home stay相處的歡樂時光一下子便逝去了。而home嬤真的是一位非常好的媽咪，剛到home stay的幾天，還是十分想念家人，所以有小哭了一會兒，而home媽便默默地拿兩隻小熊擺在我們的床上，和一個馬殺雞再用的精油放在房裡，告訴我們經由能幫助我們睡眠，而能把它當作自己的媽媽一樣，有話可找她談談。當下真的是感動到一個不行。在要離別的那天，真的是五味雜陳，因為，在心裡我已經將home爸、home媽當成是自己的家人了。謝謝home stay給我一個完整而美好的回憶。而在學校的生活也和台灣差很多，在那邊上課真的是非常的自由，但是學習到的東西卻也不少，在其中，我最喜歡與班上的同學聊天了，有位名叫伊藤的男生他超可愛的，上課不斷地對著我們拋媚眼，下課時也一直找機會接近我們，雖然他們才國一，但是思想和言行舉止卻是十分的成熟，而在成熟之中卻也透露著一點頑皮與可愛。我的學伴個長得還不錯的女孩，雖然，有些語言上的隔閡，但是他處處都會想到我，並且時時的關心我，在上學的過程中，我著實地感受到快樂和幸福。 在旅行的最後幾天，金色山莊替我們安排了一連串的郊遊，先後去了哈比屯、sky line、紅木森林、毛利村、L＆P汽水小鎮……等等好多的景點，而我最喜歡的就是SKY LINE 的溜溜車既刺激又好玩。在最後的幾天與同團的朋友們相處的機會變多了，而彼此間的情誼也漸漸的濃厚了，每天晚上必玩的真心話大冒險至今都還深深地烙印在我的腦海當中，互相說了多少祕密我也記不得了，只計的我們約定過，如果可以的話，明年8月8日在同班人馬再一起到紐西蘭。這一連串甜美的回憶，雖然參雜了淚水，但同樣的也混著歡笑，雖然是短短的三個星期，但是我卻找到了新的家人、結交了知心的好友、認識了熱心的老師們、也體認到了紐西蘭這片淨土的美。在這趟旅程當中，不論是騎馬、光著腳丫踩草皮、與洋人一起生活，全都是初體驗，這趟遠行帶給我的確確實實是豐富的知識含滿滿的快樂。如今看著在紐西蘭寫的日記，一頁頁全都是最真摯的情感，雖然前後都是留下了不捨的淚水，但是，感覺是截然不同的。21天是如此的短暫，部論是在紐西蘭邂逅的任何人，都是我在此次旅程當中最珍貴的寶藏。如果有機會，我絕對會再踏上這塊淨土，再一次的享受當初的幸福和快樂，再一次的會到HOME STAY 那張曾經屬於我和朋友的床。這次旅行的意義對我來說是難忘而永恆的。

發明展之馬來西亞之旅（305 簡巧如）

坐了2.3小時的車程(校長親自載我們去的耶><)

終於到了機場-3- 一路上整個肚子痛,還沒到比賽現場(馬來西亞)就在緊張了啦!!!!!!

這是我們向許家華老師ㄠ的星X克(聽說喝了能緩和心情XD)右上角是登機證+機票,可不能弄丟喔！

燈燈燈燈... ...前往馬來西亞吉隆坡的乘客準備登機囉!

這是我在登機之前拍的飛機照!!但是他不是我們所要搭乘的飛機-0- 但是還是很興奮!!!!!! 

以上是在我們在前往馬來西亞之前的介紹,接下來飛機即將啟航,前往吉隆坡囉!!!!

坐了4個小時又30分鐘,我們終於到了馬來西亞了啦!!!! !!!!!!

說真的!要入境馬來西亞的程序還真麻煩,還要蓋手印等等的... 

接著我們搭乘巴士,準備先到飯店放行李,在巴士上,導遊開始介紹他自己:我是鄭導遊...介紹來馬來西亞必買的東西:肉骨茶.100%芒果軟糖.VINCCI的平底鞋.咖啡麵包.澤和的咖啡(記得不要買煙燻的ㄛ!XDD)...

然後,我們坐著接駁車..從機場,坐了差不多一個小時,到了市區,印入眼簾的是雙子星大樓 0.0 而我們的飯店就在旁邊,很近狠近的ㄛXD

到了飯店之後我們整理好行李,接著我們到了IETX的會場,準備佈置我們的攤位

順帶一提,在我們隔壁的是北興國中 

佈置好我們的場地之後,導遊說要帶我們逛shopping mall!!!!聽到這個,我們女生的眼睛馬上為之一亮,逛街可能就是女生的天性吧?!本來坐了5個小時筋疲力盡的我們,精神整個好了起來XD

接著我們直接從會場走到要逛的那個shopping mall,整個路程大概只要5分鐘就到了!!!!!!!

這是我們這幾天晚上要逛的shopping mall!!

一進去,導遊用最快的速度介紹完你該買什麼,哪一個牌子的東西最好.....說完之後,我們馬上和許家華老師說:老師,我們可以分開逛嗎?!!!!9點在這裡集合好嗎?好~~老師掰掰,我和予瑄和溎真就開始東買西買,但是第1天因為前沒有換很多,所以只有買一些些東西就回飯店休息了 

就算不是假日,人潮也是多的嚇死人,這點可不能大意阿!!!!!

晚上9點過後的行程就沒有說明囉,因為大家一洗完早就躺在床上睡了,累翻了,今天!!!!!

I can’t breathe~~~ I can’t breathe~~~ I can’t breathe~~~ 

予瑄的鬧鐘鈴聲響起,準備起來刷牙洗臉,要去吃早餐了!!! 可是溎真還在賴床啦XDD

有句廣告是這麼嚜說的:早餐,要吃的像國王,健康 美味缺一不可~~這間飯店2像都做到了!!!!xD

早餐有薯餅.鬆餅.薯條.粥,麥片.麵包.炒麵.牛奶.湯.印度甩餅.果汁...你想到都有,西式中式印度式任你挑啦!!!

恩.吃完早餐...令人害怕的事情終於到了,要比賽了!!!!!!

我們到了會場,把我們的擰乾器擺好,接著就等評審來評分了…因為是開放的,所以一般民眾也能進去參觀,正好,是讓我們練習的好機會!!!有趣的是,馬來西亞人聽的懂華語 英語 和他們自己的馬來語,有一群馬來西亞的高中生走向我們隔壁的攤位,隔壁的北興國中用著中文,和他們講解著自己的作品, 心裡正想著,下一個該不會就是輪到我們來講解了吧?他們就走向我們,要我們講解給他們聽,然後,我開口的第一句話並不是介紹我們的作品,而是,請問你要聽中文還是英文呢? XDD...

之後陸陸續續評審來了,到了下午人潮漸漸減少,最後終於整個結束了-0- 膽顫心驚的一天阿~~~

P.S.因為要介紹自己的作品,整個很忙,沒拍到什麼照片,不好意思了..

比完賽,重點就是晚上的逛街!!!!!!! 導遊說:要帶我們去馬來西亞的 night market,也就是夜市啦~~ 然後也跟我們介紹了一家很好吃的店,還說:沙嗲不能只點一串喔,一串很少,會吃不飽喔~~~~~~~~

晚上人超級超級的多,而且一路左邊右邊都會有人要跟你介紹他的店面,一路一直聽到:小姐要不要進來看看呢? 害我延路一直點頭:不用了,謝謝!!!!

但是重點在後面,我們所要去吃的那間店!!!!!!!

黃亞華,只有2個字能形容,好吃!!!

很懷疑我為什麼要放這張照片吧?

因為這餐180台幣是這位老師出的OAO

第2天結束.....

又是新的一天的早上,先附上一張早餐圖吧 

今天的行程如下:

1. 在ITEX的比賽場所等待名次出來

2. 參觀別的國家的發明作品,互相交流

3. 晚上由馬來西亞(因為予瑄的姨婆住在馬來西亞,所以我們可以讓真正當地人帶我們去玩)

    wringer  是銅牌喔 ！

 

                

接著晚上要去的景點如下~~ 然後我們去的那間印度店,人都很和善很可愛,而且東西都很好吃,之後又去了一家賣榴璉的店,我們付了20馬幣,結果老闆一直剖一直剖,吃到快吐了,但重點式,老闆是福建人,會說華文,所以跟他比較親近 XDD 

以下是晚上去逛的景點~~~~~~~

又是很累的一天,放上我拍的雙子星大樓吧 ！

 只有逛個街,然後就回飯店休息了 -3-
然後,這些是我這幾天,所拍到可愛的外國小孩XD

終於,到了這天就最依依不捨的,我和予瑄和溎真都再喊:
我不要回家,我要留在馬來西亞,我要留在飯店裏,我不走......
但是到最後我們還是得坐上飛機回台灣,就算再怎嚜不捨,還是必須回來....結束這幾天的馬來西亞之發明展之旅!!!!
上了飛機之後,我還在回憶,榴槤店的老闆.發明展中認識的朋友.那條街.那個店面.那個冰淇淋.那間shopping mall……
總覺得自己應該更珍惜這5天在馬來西亞的時間...
多做些有意義的事呢? 

心得:
在這之前,有多少人看不起我們?擰乾器!!!!是什麼?用手擰沒有比較快嘛?事實上,用手擰真的比較快,但是,我們是專為手部不方便的人而設計!!!!班上的某些同學都說:哎呀,你們是去跟馬來西亞斷交的嗎?但是我們拼出成績來了,銅牌獎,英文稿子不知道背了幾遍,在英文老師和許家華老師面前丟臉了幾次了!!!
我們並不希望被別人瞧不起,所以我們會更加努力!!
這次出國,並不是全部都只是玩(但還是會玩啦><),我們看到了許多國家的發明,才發現自己的發明其實跟別人的有些差距,出去國外,不僅可以玩,還可認識其他不同國家的人,互相討論,交流!
然後最最最最最最最最最最最最最最最感謝學校的幫助,幫我們募款了那嚜多的錢錢,讓我們爸媽的負擔減少~此外學校還不要求我們要得到什麼樣的名次,只希望我們能去看看外面的世界,看看別人是怎嚜做的,互相學習~
雖然我們即將要畢業了,但是如果有機會的話,我們會繼續努力,發明出更好的東西,為大家帶來便利 