Cindy Biffen

 英國真的是很遲鈍的國家，最近才出現許多公司出現經濟問題接連倒閉，失業率下滑，犯罪率上升，這些不都是台灣去年的消息了嗎?

最近每天的新聞都是有關H1N1，估計還有多少人會死亡，還設置24小時電話服務專線，一值期待八月底九月初藥品出現…

英國的天氣真的很陰晴不定，一周大概就只有一兩天晴天，其他都是陰雨綿綿，下起雨來就像是台灣東天一樣，十幾度左右，就算有太陽也是寒風呼呼吹，若標到25度以上就會熱的沒地方逃，最恨的是氣象報告真的超不準，可恨的是洗衣服都是要看天氣曬衣服，不過不管怎樣出門一定要帶傘。

 凌晨十二點多，chris接到簡訊，他最愛的歌手麥克傑克森心臟病發過世，當下馬上上網和他朋友談論，本來他們猜測假消息或只是睡著，結果官方消息證實是真的，從那時開始電視持續一直報導這新聞，和製作特別節目，報導上說他的音樂不管任何世紀都不會聽膩(揣測就算他過世後人來會記得他的音樂)，他的成就比貓王更高。

今天如往常一樣的休閒星期五，突然下午may跟我說”不好的預感”因為老闆請他有空進去，這時我心想”阿!公司開始整頓了，或許今日會是我最後一天”(因為通常最後進去面談的不會有好事)，結果如我所想，但理由也太爛…

1.      交通問題 2 業績問題

           
             FRIENDSHIP & HAPPY MEMORIES

今天一早起來，在別人家時在睡不習慣，重點是”我的小枕頭”

早起的目的就是去”北港”-嫂子的外婆家，受不了一直開在高速公路上，大聲問說”還要多久”才發現，原來是就是傳說中雲林的”北港”-也是小史的故鄉

星期六下午莫名就來到苗栗，之後趕去東勢看中醫，這裡的確很不錯，便宜又大碗，呵呵!! 100元的掛號費，可以推拿全身再舒經，這裡的阿伯推拿師聽說還是”師公”，於是就跟他說我星期五開車小車禍有被嚇到，他一看就說

”不會!你是自己嚇自己，你的膽量大的很，鬼看到你都會嚇到，洽查母”

  來到新竹工作已經有兩個月了，在這蜜月期間多屬於援助的角色，接發傳真、跑郵局銀行、展覽會場發傳單，最多時間就是與亞雯網路上培養感情，11月1日本公司的歐洲辦終於移植到台灣來了，但只能說一團亂，沒一天準時下班，以下就由我說明幾點對於公司的感想與第一次工作的體驗。

1)      每位新近歐辦的人員，一定都會閒的發慌與對未來不確定感，老實說還是要感慨家族企業的缺點，我認為公司早期已有轉移歐辦的經驗，這次再次轉移回來，應該會有所程序或是預防與準備，正式交接前的前一日也並無動靜，連開個會議也沒有，只能說公司並為規模制度，只有老闆說了就算，何時他變更主意我們也並不知道，只能從旁打聽消息，這就是家族企業的缺失。

   The girls in Taiwan are very lucky since the couples in Taiwan celebrate 3 Valentines’ Days- Western, Japanese (White), Chinese. Everyone knows that Western Valentine’s Day is on 14^th of February Japanese White Valentine’s Day is on 14^th of March and Chinese Valentine’s Day is on 7^th of July going by the Chinese moon calendar. Of course all couples usually have a romantic dinner together and give each other lovely gifts.
   In Japan they said it’s unfair to have only one Valentine’s Day. On this day the girls should give the guy who she likes a chocolate. In one month if that guy likes her too, he will give her a gift. Otherwise he just ignored White Valentine’s Day.

Hong Kong Airport

   It’s so hot in Summer. Most of the time we stayed at hotels. Next time I will go there in the winter and I have already planed the trip. I hate to walk in the street. The Egyptians will not leave you alone because they want to make money from you. Or just have conversation with you (but they can only say 2 sentences) “where are you from” and “what’s your name” The ancient Egyptian people were amazing. Their buildings, paintings sculpture are great since they have kept the color and the art for several centuries. 

    It’s quite difficult to work with a disabled student who has never had a volunteer before. Probably next semester all disable students will have training as well as the volunteers since most disable students shouted at their volunteers and some were abusive in various forms. I don’t think they should take advantage of volunteers. In the beginning I didn’t get complete information from the supervisor. In the training week they should tell us what volunteers should do because sometimes I was confused. She told me this year the volunteers are the worst. Next year she will maybe separate all of them because they get along with each other too well and this sometimes led to some trouble.

   Today I worked with Salcador and Moe because I was covering for Chris James. I felt sorry for Moe and Chris because I had an interview with the new manager and chatted with Salvador a lot. He’s a cool guy who is half Spanish and English and studying tourism so he learns foreign languages. Both of us agree that English coffee is too artificial and they don’t do recycle. He also likes Harry Potter, knows about David Dao and knows all about Japanese comics and cartoons. He even likes a volleyball cartoon which I like very much. Wow!! I can’t stop talking with him.

   I also got an email from the travel agency. Miss Wang said in July all the seats are unavailable. OH MY GOODNESS!! I really want to go back to Taiwan. I can’t stay in Europe for a long time because the English VISA is until the end of July and I can only stay in Schengen countries for 16 days. It’s really a big problem.

    回義大利才休息一天，和chris一起回家，沒想到我回來嚴重性的感冒，大概6天才好吧!第一次感冒這麼久，由於他爸媽是中午來接我們，到他家都已經下午了，2年前他搬到鄉下，所以我們一起騎腳踏車遊玩，路過chris朋友家，chris想說久沒和他見面，所以我們一起去打招呼，就這樣一直聊天還到pub去喝飲料(他還請客呢)，最後因為太晚了且我們已經說好晚上要烤肉，只好說再見，好像外國人的烤肉方式很不ㄧ樣，說是烤肉但也只有香腸和雞腿，之前去德國遊學和家媽朋友烤肉也很短的時間，晚上看許多chris小時後的照片，超級可愛的呀!!但是奇怪的是小時後金髮，現在卻變為棕色。

p.s.今天ㄧ直很頻尿，所以ㄧ直在路邊澆花，可能是因為吃藥的關係吧!

   聖誕禮物(流行很多禮物)
  We couldn't wait to open our presents. It was interesting when we open our X'mas presents together. I got a X'mas Bear in Austria 3 years ago and I still got one this year. Cool!! Everybody knows I like bears. I think a pair of socks is imoprtant for a X'mas present because Chris, his dad and I got them.