Do you know

why Mr. Donut is not popular in the US?

The answer is that it not sweet!

(Just a joke...)

It Was Not Bad

Food here is not good. They are usually expensive and sucks. So, I think I become more easily satisfied with unsavory food after the food experiences here. However, I still complain the food often. The picture on the top was taken by me from Maru (It is a Japanese restaurant). The food is Chicken Donburi. It tastes a little sweet, and it is good for me. Luckily, it is not very expensive.

PS: People almost have to spend more than 8 dollars to have a meal. (內心的OS: 哇哩咧…在台灣我都快可以吃鍋大爺了…這…也太難吃太貴了吧…)

Teaching

Teaching is not easy and sometimes you will feel lonely when you try your best and have no any response. This was my feeling I got from the English course. In this English course, we are asked to give four lectures of 15~20 minutes to the undergraduate students here. So, most of them are Americans.

Up to now, I have finished three of my presentations. I still remembered clearly the 100% silence when I talked Doppler effects to the audience, who was not from science. It was scary and terrible. You did not what they were thinking. They had no any expression, and all were with poker faces. During the presentation, the question "did I have any problem? " constantly knocked me on the head. I felt very uncomfortable then. Fortunately, I finished it :D

I indeed learned a big lesson from this experience. Actually, it was not my fault when the audience was totally silent! Only thinking so, and grasping the passion I had toward physics can make me keep on comfortably. That is why I can succeed in finishing my third presentation.

But you know, as a speaker in the spot, no body wants no response. Any comment is very welcome for the speaker, and that will make them feel very achieved and satisfied!

SO, DO NOT BE SILENT NEXT TIME WHEN YOU LISTEN TO A SPEECH.

Enjoy your life

Once I had an opportunity to talk with my friend from Sir Lenka. He said that the five years of pursuing PhD here is also part of my life. So, I would like to enjoy it. Money can go easily, and you may have any unexpected accident tomorrow. So, you have to enjoy your life at every moment you have now. I can not agree with him anymore. And he also reminded me one of my bad weakness of thinking. Sometimes, I tried to forget the hardest time was also part of my life. I tended to think in this way: I had to survive and went through the toughness. I thought only the glory moment I was desperate to achieve belonged to my life! But actually this kind of thinking only brought me more pressure, and made me forget to enjoy the precious moment in my life. So, the conclusion is to enjoy your life!

ladybugs

There are so many ladybugs here. Some of them constantly flied into my room. (Annoying...) I found I started to dislike ladybugs. Just like cockroaches, once the number grows up, you found it was not cute anymore.