今年八月興高采烈地和兩位老師討論論文題目的可行性,
到現在十月底了,還是在原地踏步,毫無進展
也不是陷入膠著,感覺比較像是還沒一頭栽進去
看來我是忘了那"一頭栽進去"的狂熱,
忘了從早奮戰到早,沒得休息的苦日子,
忘了去年沒天沒夜讀paper讀到想吐的日子
低頭邊看筆記邊扒飯,食而無味的日子
暑期白天實習開會,回家寫報告,熬夜準備教具的日子
事情沒做完,卻已累到兩眼看不清楚,倒在床上掉眼淚的日子
現在,整天實習,回家就想休息,
因為在門診,除了background knowledge,也沒什麼能準備了
為了隔天早起及開車安全,需要早早就寢
(曾經在路上打瞌睡,雖平安到家卻也嚇得再也不敢睡眠不足上路了)
週末天氣好就想出門走走運動運動以保身心健康
指導教授給我時間讓我充分挖掘探索,
我卻百分之百過著早睡早起,實習+休息的好日子
urghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
我大概比較適合走極端 要一頭栽進去 廢寢忘食 才能把事情做完 @@
Saturday, October 30, 2004
毫無進展的論文
Thursday, October 21, 2004
Curse of the Bambino
In case you don't know, the Red Sox is coming close to spare Baby Ruth's curse.
It's now 8-1 in the 6th inning of the 7th game, Red Sox takes the lead.
We took a photo outside Fenway Park, and their last world championship was hanging there, dated 1918.
Not yet an 100-year curse, but it seems like the ghost has been doing a good job keeping the Red Sox away from the World champion.
Will they overcome the curse or not???
And it turns out that the Red Sox defeated the Yankees in the final game in the ALCS. Looking forward to the World Series now.
Thanks to C for going on and on about baseball and the history between the Red Sox and the Yankees since 1918, I can't coach, but can follow a ball game now :)
Monday, October 18, 2004
RepeatAfterUs.com
Just saw an article about this English-learning website in the news this morning.
It's too slow for me, but the table of content indicates the variety of this website.
On the list are all types of context (e.g. poetry, story), linked with voiced demo.
Learners can take advantage of that model and repeat to practice reading.
I did not go beyond that to test the quality or evaluate the efficacy of learning a foreign lanugage through reading aloud, but organized by a 17-year old student, the website itself is passion.
What do most 17-year olds do after school nowadays?
Friday, October 15, 2004
[實習] Authority
"Put a coat on and pretend, if you have to; take the role as the authority."
I was told to do something I have never felt comfortable doing for the past 2 years:
to coat myself with authority.
I hate talking over others, don't like to tell others what they should do and particularly, do not feel comfortable taking the leading role when the actual leading person is in the same room with me.
I once requested a supervisor to stay behind the one-way mirror, and do not enter the room unless I did something horrible.
Urghh...I can talk louder, but I'm just not an authority-type of person!
I see some take really good charge in the therapy room, but, honestly, they don't always perform as well as they act.
Nowadays, faked confidence/coated authority is apparently one of the basic skills while entering a profession.
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
臥虎藏龍
早上接到通知說今天沒病人,下午再過去就好了
喔耶! 難得一天不用頂著冷風摸黑出門,不用在95號公路上看日出了!
泡壺咖啡,準備好好利用這半天假來面對我的論文
才坐下來就發現窗外樹上有兩隻松鼠在追逐嬉戲
在樹梢枝頭間跳來跳去,後面那隻咬得很緊,
最後,一隻失手從高處掉了下來,
一齣林間打鬥就不了了之
(可以坐在書桌前看窗外,感覺好像還在過週末喔)
Saturday, October 2, 2004
SteakHouse
When a restaurant is named XXX steakhouse, it's usually a typical American-style steakhouse.
Once such XXX Steak House is implanted in TW, especially in areas like Min-Sheng E. Rd., it turns into a classic fancy restaurant.I was impressed by Ruth's Chris' customized service in tw, and thus highly recommend it. When C's brother came here for a visit, we decided to dine at RC for a nice dinner. This valet parking thing we found out as we arrived at the restaurant kind of scared me.
I'm usually very happy with a 2-hour customer parking, so when all we had to do was get out of the car and enjoy dinner, I was like 'uh..not sure why this happens, but okay, why not, we can't find a parking space anyways.'So in we went, and were led, passing by bar and sofa areas, to this booth. (Hmmm...booth..that usually goes with fastfood chain restaurants.)
From aural rehab course I learned that booth is nice for conversation in a noisy restaurant, but then, I was convinced that this wouldn't be like the one in Taipei, where there were fewer tables to serve and things were more fine-tuned.
Yet, I must say, the steak was great, especially when it was just served. Crispy surface with tender warm (but red) interior. Finally I had a chance to try out Irish coffee, the one said to be a knock-out if well done. Well, it almost knocked me out with its fine black coffee and strong whiskey.
Feel tipsy now, ready for a good night sleep~
Thanks, C's brother, for visiting!
Friday, October 1, 2004
[聽力實習] AR 2
Aural Rehab session 2:
Components of CommunicationSpeaker, listener, message, and environment.
I remember the first three components from our undergrad course, sociolinguistics.
Anyways, this session led to a series of dicussion among the group memebers, and they had a lot to offer! I enjoyed guiding the discussion and throwing out questions to keep everyone involved, but for those who know me, this might be a result of lack of sleep last night (lack, meaning less than 8 hours), which occasionally creates a hyperactive effect.
The discussion about potential communication obstacles really caught their analytic spirit. They explored, identified problems, and developed solutions.
Then, this fine gentlemen in the group really made my lack of sleep worth it by saying "Once you get out of school, I want to be your first patient." Woohoohoo...from an AR client, that's encouraging. Blog it, I say!
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