Traveling abroad in the Chinese New Year

As we all know, the Chinese New Year is the most important traditional festival in Chinese culture. Family members have a reunion, sit around a round table, and eat dinner together. Elders have chats, children expect red envelopes, and people join many new year activities…etc. They are normal impression. The activities are not only relaxed but also important. Each family has different new year activities. The highest ratio of activities people will do is to go to travel or have a sightseeing. I also prefer spending my holidays abroad during new year vacation, and going to Hong Kong has become the routine.

Many people in Taiwan usually travel oversea during Chinese New Year and so do I. I have went to Hong Kong during every new year vacation since 8 eight years ago. Actually I also visited Macau, Shen Zhen and off-shore islands. Not only travel expense is cheap but also location is near Taiwan, the critical reason is that many friends are in Hong Kong. Fortunately, I have good friends in Hong Kong, I thanks them for their kind offers of homestay. The offers let me save many travel expenses and enjoy being a Hong Kong man provisionally. The high class restaurant in 5 stars hotel is not my choice but the normal restaurant. Go out with subway or bus, and take a taxi when I have no ideas to reach my destination. The Hong Kong’s eating custom is much different form Taiwan’s. A knowing smile always appears on my face when I remember the embarrassed joke. My friends gave me a astonished looks, because I drank the cup of tea whose purpose is to clean hands and tableware. Shopping is another enjoyment for electric appliances and apparels are so cheap. I cannot help but set my eye on the windows. Fireworks, traditional activities, dragon dance, shopping, staying in the small house and rambling on the streets where people move rapidly always enhance my memory.

Although most people put emphasis on reunion during the Chinese New Year, I am the one of the low proportion people who choose not to stay home but travel abroad. Workday tasks are work, work, and work. As the reason, spending holidays abroad during the new year vacation is very sensible. To experience different life can always enhance and upgrade combat efficiency to my work. If my finance is steady, I will follow the routine in the future.

One Example Is Worth A Thousand Arguments

Arguments, controversies, divergent opinions are usually happen between people. The arguments especially happen between parents and children. There is a saying in Chinese, Crooked down beams are caused of not straight up beams. The meaning is as the same as fish begins to rot from the head in English. Children who have bad habits are usually influenced by their parents. In Chinese culture, I think over 95% Fathers and Mothers overly put emphasis on their dignities. When controversies happen, they do never say sorry to parents. Although the right side is by children, parents also force children to commit faults. So up to now, my parents have never said sorry to me since I was born. One day, Arguments, controversies, and divergent opinions happened between my mother and me. I told my mother that if you say sorry, I will end this quarrel and ignore her faults. My mother had the impudence to reply me. Did you say sorry to me before? Why should I say sorry to you firsly?…..I was speechless again. So this is a typical family education in Taiwanese society.

Sleep

Not to mention that sleep is very important to human being, but human being usually don’t follow their biological clock. The reasons are from many situations, such as work, study, raising kids and elders…etc. I also go to bed late, but to be a night owl is not my intention. Sometimes I need to work overtime and sometime I need to study. I seldom nap after work for 2~3 hours, then do other things and study. Before mid-term and final-term, I usually stay up late. So now I have a wish, I want to sleep whole a day after my final-term.Not to mention that sleep is very important to human being, but human being usually don’t follow their biological clock. The reasons are from many situations, such as work, study, raising kids and elders…etc. I also go to bed late, but to be a night owl is not my intention. Sometimes I need to work overtime and sometime I need to study. I seldom nap after work for 2~3 hours, then do other things and study. Before mid-term and final-term, I usually stay up late. So now I have a wish, I want to sleep whole a day after my final-term.

A Mouse

One day, one of my company’s customers gave us a call for a trouble of using a new testing machine. With the call, the old women complained our machine could not be used anymore. Our sales man was very to listen her complaint and try to eliminate her problems by call. The old woman said that our machine did not work well and anything showed on the screen is unusual. She seriously told our sales man if we did not give her a elimination way, her company will return goods. The customer is very far from us, but my company finally sent an engineer to her. Our engineer checked all the details of machine, but found nothing abnormal. So the old women is requested to operate the machine. After booted, she started to say, see! Your machine is strange, the cursor can not click and the direction is also wrong. Our engineer told her that she didn’t use the mouse in right way, she use the mouse by the other way round……The old women also felt strange and asked our engineer, why? The mouse’s tail is back. Our engineer was speechless….

Refrigerator Magnets

Refrigerator magnets are those magnets which stuck on the refrigerators. Many kinds of refrigerator magnets we can easily see in the holiday resorts and tourism areas. Tourists usually bring some refrigerator magnets home in order to save their beautiful travel memory. Every tourism area usually has their own refrigerator can represent its features. A refrigerator magnet is good bath as a present and for one’s own enjoyment. I always buy some refrigerator magnets from where I travel. The price of a refrigerator magnet can also reflect the situation of its locating country. Same kind of magnets cost since cheap to expensive. No matter they are cheap or expensive, most of them are made in China.

Mutually Giving Presents

A present always make a person surprised. Not to mention the present is unexpected. People usually held this game on a festival or special day. Friends or family members prepare presents in advance. How exciting and amusing is the process of giving presents mutually and open them. Kind people always prepare nice, sweet or discreet presents; some people do not. The purpose of this game is to forward the good relationship. Receivers usually do not focus on the price, but they also feel bad if receive a strange present. For example, not practical things or garbage or used things. Recently I heard that my friend received a present with the game. What she received is a measuring tape……..at the moment, she was stunned and speechless.

Macbook Pro

As we all know, Apple’s products are always delicate and expensive. Its system is also not like the usual used interface of windows. The users of Apple are still getting more amore then before. Even I also lost my shield…..I bought a Macbook Pro. The purpose I bought it is not about sake of show off or having no idea to spend money. My not book is old. I need a note book that can take out. The conditions meeting my need must are light, delicate, not many people have, and the most importance is the lasting power. After I collect many information, SONY, TOSHIBA, and Apple become my final selections. In the reality, I didn’t know how to select one between these three brands because they all have excellent figures and functions. The prices also don’t have big difference. So I asked some suggestions from my friends. They all recommend Apple……..So now I am glad I finally have my own Apple note book.

MSN-04 Sazabi

MSN-04 is a red mobile suit made by Principality of Zeon. Its name is Sazabi. The structure is much bigger then normal mobile suits. The first time I saw Sazabi, I felt my heart was vibrating. So cool so nice look so spectacular mobile suit. I can’t help, but set my eyes on it. It is so delicate, strong, and aggressive that my heart is invaded by Sazabi. Although Sazabi is defeated finally, I think it is the strongest mobile suit. Sazabi’s driver has nick name called Red Comet. I don’t know the source of the nick name, but Red Comet is very suitable to Sazabi and its driver. Hope the author can write more stories about Sazabi because in my aspect that Sazabi is the best.

Gundam RX-782

RX-782 is the first Gundam made by earth united army and the first appearance is in the side 7 of colonization star. RX-782 doesn’t has delicate figure then newer mobile suits, but its strong weapons and capacities fix my eyes on very much. Although RX-782 is not the best look, it is one of the most popular mobile suits. The type of mobile suits I like is evil look and they all made by Principality of Zeon. RX-782 is made by Earth Federation Forces. Fortunately, RX-782 is not the first mobile suits I know, or I think I will not like this animation.

Gundam

Gundam animation is very popular not only in Japan area. Now this animation has many new versions and translated into many languages around the world. Gundam is a kind of mobile suit and the RX-782 is the first Gundam made by E.F.F (Earth Federation Forces) in the animation. Compare with newer works , RX-782 doesn’t delicate figure, but it has a strong weapons and structure. I know Gundam when I was a child, but the time I really like Gundam was when one day I was selecting a PSP game in a store. I saw many sorts of game, only the Gundam game was mostly visible. I don’t know why it seemed a voice talked me to buy it. Then I bought it. After I played the game, I am fascinated by Gundam from played the game. Now I often concern the news about Gundam. I like Gundam now.