TED talks #6

Derek Sivers
"If you tell someone your goals and they acknowledge it, psychologist I found that's it called a social reality the mines have tricked into feeling that it's already done. And then because you felt that satisfaction you're less motivated to do the actual hardware necessary so this goals against the conventional wisdom that we should tell our frieds our goals right so they called us to it."
Derek Sivers told us not to tell our own goals to others, including friends, family.  He said if we tell others our goals, the probability of success will reduce. To succeed, we should keep our mouth shut.

Connecting the dots #5

     When I was a senior high school student, I have to get the certification of "Level C technician for accounting".  To get this certification, we have to learn the Winton System which is always used by CPA firm.  I don't know why I have to learn this at that time.  I don't think it is useful for me.  However, I still learn how to use it.  Fortunately, I get the certification successfully.
     Now I am a university student.  At the beginning of being a university student, I looked for a part-time job to bear the living expenses.  Luckily, I found a job which not only can earn the cost of living but is relative to my learning, accounting.  On the first day I worked, I found that they used the same system I learn in senior high school.  I was surprised.  I was thankful that I learned this system in senior high school conscientious.  When I listen to the speech of Jobs last week, I can't agree with him anymore.

"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward"-by Steve Jobs, on June 12, 2005.

Jobs-three stories #4

This week, we listen to Jobs' lecture in Stanford.  He shared three stories about his experience of his whole life.  It's inspirational.  From his lecture, I learn something.

1.You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.
     He taught us looking our future rather than the past.  We can't change our past, however, we can decide our own future.
2.Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick.  Don't lose faith.
     There must be some challenges in our life.  We have to conquer it in case we meet the difficult.
3.Stay hungry.  Stay foolish.
     He encouraged students to move forward with a silly and learned anything interesting.
4.biological mother    means "related by birth"
     ex. She decided to search for her biological mother after her adoptive parents died.
          p.s. An adoptive parents is one who has adopted a child.
5.diagnosis    a judgment about what a particular illness or problem is, made after examining it.
     ex. The doctor has made an initial diagnosis.

Assignment #3 4/14

When I listened Podcast at the beginning, I though that the speed of speaking was very slow.  However, I found I was wrong when I continue listening.  Podcast is different from the material I used before such as Studio Classroom.  Both of Podcast and Studio Classroom are good for training my listening and they both explain the vocabulary in the article.  Podcast explain it in English, however, Studio Classroom uses both English and Chinese to do it.  Although they have a little different, I think both them are good at training my listening ability in English.

Assignment 2

I think the learner's dictionaries is good for me to learn vocabulary I don't know before.  In the dictionary, there are definitions, examples, the usable methods, and so on.  English learners can use it to know more and more words they don't know before.  If I have the English homework, I can use the dictionary to search the new vocabulary.  I also can improve my English ability through it.  Here are five words I use learner's dictionaries to look for.

Reinforce  If something reinforces an idea or opinion, it provides more proof or support for it and makes it seem true.
ex.The final technical report into the accident reinforces the findings of initial investigations.

Swap  to give something to somebody and receive something in exchange
ex.I swapped my red scarf for her blue one.

Corresponding  similar, or resulting  from something else 
ex.The cost of living in the city is more expensive, but salaries are supposed to be correspondingly higher.

Considerable  large or of noticeable importance
ex.The fire caused considerable damage to the church.

Neighbourliness  friendly and helpful behaviour, especially between people who live near each other
ex.a sense of community and neighbourliness

The first post, introduction

Welcome to my blog, Anne's Wonderland. My name is Anne. I come from Chiayi. I major in accounting information. This is my first blog. I'm glad to share my life, my feeling of everything, and interesting things with you.

I like to make lots of friends. Hope I can know all of you through my blog.

I love to play puzzle, especially the difficult one. I like to challenge 1000 pieces or 2000 pieces in my free time. A few days before, I found a store sell many puzzle in cheap prize in Ximen. I'm so excited!!!! Although I didn't buy anyone at last, I had already make my mind that I will come back soon!

Here is my brief self-introduction. Thanks for visiting my blog. Hope you love it.

((this pictuer was took in the way I went to Kaohsiung during the Chinese New Year.