My second Korean Audience, Yeah!

Got a message from Hyejeong ^^ I am so so so happy. Really can't wait to read more about her on her blog http://blog.naver.com/thsgpwjdcjsw. Almost all students at Anderson High school already set up their blog. We also have about 22 students from Australia. I am really excited about the first culture exchange on blogs next week! Hope all the participants will have a lot of fun as well.

New Semester

Yeah, Fall semester is coming and looks like the weather is getting coller (Finally.....). I come to Anderson High almost everyday, but had a lot of fun observing Rachel's class. Her kids are awesome and Rachel is such a great teacher. Her classroom is always disciplined, but full of fun ^^ Feel like I am back in high school again ^^ Ha! Ha...that would be long tiem ago. Getting really old..

Lead your life fully

Heard Randy Pausch passed away last Friday. While feeling sad about the loss of a noble soul, I am sure his spirit will be an inspiration for many of us, who are working hard to make ours dream come true. To Dr. Randy Pausch!



"Fullfilling other's dream is even greater than fullfilling ours"-Randy Pausch, 2008

一塊地總有一粒種子適合 There will be a piece of land that is fit for this little seed

The gist of this story is that a girl encountered a lot of trouble finidn jobs, but her mom always encourages her to try something else. Evetually she found a job that fits her, a counselor at a school for deaf children. She did the job very well and eventually opened her own schools for the deaf. She also makes a lot of money selling equipments for special aid kids. The moral of this story is that a mothers' endless love is like the enduring seed, and the protagonist's successful is like the success of this seed to grow and thrive.


有一個女孩，沒考上大學，被安排在本村的小學教書，由於講不清數學題，不到一週被學生轟下台。

母親為她擦了擦眼淚，安慰說，滿肚子的東西，有人倒得出來，有人倒不出來，沒必要為這個傷心，也許有更適合你的事情等著你去做。

後來，她又隨本村的夥伴一起外出打工，不幸的是，她又被老闆轟了回來，原因是剪裁衣服的時候，手腳太慢了，品質也過不了關。

母親對女兒說，手腳總是有快有慢，別人已經幹了很多年了，而你一直在念書，怎麼快得了呢？

女兒先後當過紡織工，幹過市場管理員，做過會計，但無一例外，都半途而廢，然而每次女兒沮喪回來時，母親總安慰她，從沒有抱怨。

三十歲時，女兒憑著一點語言天賦，做了聾啞學校的輔導員，後來她又開辦了一家殘障學校，再後來，她在許多城市開辦了殘障人用品連鎖店，她已經是一個擁有幾千萬資產的老闆了。

那就是前些年她連連失敗，自己都覺得前途渺茫的時候，是什麼原因讓母親對她那麼有信心呢？

有一天，功成名就的女兒湊到已經年邁的母親面前，她想得到一個一直以來想知道的答案，母親的回答樸素而簡單，她說，一塊地，不適合種麥子，可以試試種豆子，豆子也長不好的話，可以種瓜果，瓜果也不濟的話，撒上一些蕎麥種子一定能開花，因為一塊地，總有一粒種子適合它，也終會有屬於它的一片收成。

聽完母親的話，女兒落淚了，她明白了，實際上，母親恆久而不絕的信念和愛，就是一粒堅韌的種子，她的奇蹟，就是這粒種子執著而生長出的奇蹟。

The immigration solution

In order to become more prepared for Rachel's class for Fall, I was tring to read more articles/books on the three big topics: immigration, terrorism and promoting diversity. Came across this book at the UT library by Macdonadl, Hanson and Malanga. Even though not agreeing with them 100%, figured there is nothing wrong knowing more about this issue at a different angle.

Jules Verne-Journey to the center of the earth

Due to a recent new movie based on Jules Verne's Journey to the center of the earth, I am intrigued to revisit this novel again. I remember reading another one in Chinese titled "the Lost world". The plot is almost identical, not sure which one is based on which. Anyhow, just finished reading this book and enjoy it as much as the first time ^^

All i have to do is Dream-Everly Brothers

Eric introduces my this lovely song.