Sunday, November 28, 2010

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Moon Cake Greeting

Moon Cake from me to all of you  in 2010
今年9月22日就是中秋節。
This year September 22nd is Moon festival
送你一個月. 含量成分:100%純關心;
A moon cake to you. Content Composition: 100% pure interest / Care
配料:
ingredients:
第一層是體貼,第二層是關懷,
The first layer is thoughtfulness , the second layer is concern,
第三層是浪漫,第四層是溫馨。
The third layer is romantic, the fourth layer is warm.
以蓮子蓉造餡;中間是甜蜜窩心
Lotus seed paste as filling; in the middle is a sweet sweet heart,
保存期限:一輩子;
Expire time: a whole life;
保存方法:珍惜,
Preserving methods: as treasure,
願您時時開心,天天快樂,幸福一生!
Wish you happiness always, everyday is a happy day,  a happy life!
平安年年,身體健康!
Safe in years after years and Good health!
祝有個美好的中秋佳節~~
I wish you a good Mid-Autumn Festival





Monday, June 28, 2010

There is a right time for everything

I was not born and raised  a Christian but I respect Christianity . When there is a chance I read all as told. I like this Passage from the Bible. I have it in English, Chinese and Danish versions,
It tells me to pause. It encourages me to let go. Don't lives in regret. Learn to forgive but not require to forget. I am looking into if Buddha has similar quote like this . I believe there are
 Below is Source from Bamboos people's blog,  Ecclesiastes 3:1-8:
There is a right time for everything:
A time to be ,A time to kill , A time to heal;A time to cry, a time to laugh ;A time to grieve, A time to dance;A time for scattering stones, A time for gathering stones
A time to embrace, a time to refrain from embracing;A time to find, a time to lose;
A time for keeping; a time for throwing away;A time to tear, a time to repair;
A time to be silent, a time to speak;A time for loving, a time for hating;
A time for war, a time for peace

I found King James Version
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (King James Version)Ecclesiastes 3
1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

I also found it in Chinese 傳 道 書 3 
In my eye it's clearly translation from other languages, but well interpreter
1 凡 事 都 有 定 期 , 天 下 万 务 都 有 定 时 。
2 生 有 时 , 死 有 时 ; 栽 种 有 时 , 拔 出 所 栽 种 的 也 有 时 ;
3 杀 戮 有 时 , 医 治 有 时 ; 拆 毁 有 时 , 建 造 有 时 ;
4 哭 有 时 , 笑 有 时 ; 哀 恸 有 时 , 跳 舞 有 时 ;
5 抛 掷 石 头 有 时 , 堆 聚 石 头 有 时 ; 怀 抱 有 时 , 不 怀 抱 有 时 ;
6 寻 找 有 时 , 失 落 有 时 ; 保 守 有 时 , 舍 弃 有 时 ;
7 撕 裂 有 时 , 缝 补 有 时 ; 静 默 有 时 , 言 语 有 时 ;
8 喜 爱 有 时 , 恨 恶 有 时 ; 争 战 有 时 , 和 好 有 时 。

In Danish
 Prædikeren 3 
1 Alt har sin stund og hver en Ting under Himmelen sin Tid:
2 Tid til at fødes og Tid til at dø, Tid til at plante og Tid til at rydde,
3 Tid til at dræbe og Tid til at læge, Tid til at nedrive og Tid til at opbygge,
4 Tid til at græde og Tid til at le, Tid til at sørge og Tid til at danse,
5 Tid til at kaste Sten, og Tid til at sanke Sten, Tid til at favne og Tid til ikke at favne,
6 Tid til at søge og Tid til at miste, Tid til at gemme og Tid til at bortkaste,
7 Tid til at flænge og Tid til at sy, Tid til at tie og Tid til at tale,
8 Tid til at elske og Tid til at hade, Tid til Krig og Tid til Fred.

( for me , Danish version is the most poetic writing )

China Vietnam Danmark and US

Xuan Nguyen Version

To Vietnam, My motherland. whose good earth gave me fertile ground to learn and grow.
To America, my homeland,whose good heart gave me a chance to be somebody

He is Lucky only a motherland and a home land with My own version will be .
China is my basic inspiration, Vietnam I am formed,
Denmark fertile me with learning and grow,
US should be a place for challenge and harvest. So I can be somebody.

Compare to other I have 2 Motherlands,
Vietnam is my born mother. Denmark is my foste mother
I also have 2 homes.
Denmark is my 1st home.
Now in US  I am building a 2nd home, that requires lot more effort than my 1st home







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Sunday, June 27, 2010

沉香 (chénxiāng), what is called in English

While I am Watching my weekly Taiwanese drama "Scent of Love".
It leads me with a wish to known more about a wood call 沉香(chénxiāng) in Chinese.
沉香(chénxiāng) in Chinese  mean "sinking incense".


Because I am from Asian so I  always known this wood has a fragrant that use in mostly incense or perfume industry. Products with contain of this scent always very costly, but reasons why and where is from, I have no clues, why trading with this wood have connection to be illegal.


This answerer I got it from is see link Agarwood - 沉香 (chénxiāng)


沉香 (chénxiāng)  is called Agerwood or Oud  in English. This wood is on the CITES list (the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) also known as Washington Convention.
When species on this list mean product is limited by naturally method, High global demand, over harvesting and habitat loss. When government controls it  with purpose to protect and balance  of environmental and nature. It always leads to illegal trading of the products because of  the high profit  products can give.


Agarwood oil's fragant is complex and pleasing,  almost none other natural similarly. The product can trace back in  history the early 3rd century in China histores' book note. It has been played an important role in Vietnamese history in financial aspect .
Reason most of history notice from Asian, because Agarwood original from Aquilaria trees (a Southeast Asian native Evergreen tree) infected by a type of mod.  Formation of Agarwood occurs in the trunk and roots of trees that have been infected by a parasitc ascomycetous mold, Phaeoacremonium parasitica, a dematiaceous (dark-walled) fungus
In natural forest the amount of infective trees are limited.  As Scientist known about  the reason behind the formation of Agarwood. So an industrialise production can be make by inoculating all the trees with the fungus.
Price for the cheapest A oud oil distilled from Agarwood can cost as little as $20 per kilogram, while the finest Oud oils distilled from Agarwood can cost as much as $7,000 per kilogram.
In the perfume industry Yves Saint Laurent is known for using Agarwood in perfume products line, though Aloeswood/Oud oil is not commonly known in the Western

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Favorite activity , most useful and interesting in Renton ESL for you

From Liz: What was your favorite activity or assignment this quarter? Write in your blog about what was most useful and/or interesting for you

From me : I joint the class in the end of this quarter. I focus on improvement in written English. Thereby the most interesting for me it's to write and get corrected my mistaken, but there are  bonus in this process i.e. I expand my vocabulary in more nuance English . I get more detaile   in reading comprehensive . It also give me chance to go deeper into understanding American  culture, history and more

I find it is very interesting to adopter  idea of using online resource to teach languages. The students get two bird with one stone in the Technology and English. By applying Blogging into writing assignment is the environmental friendly idea. Think all the tree we are able to save.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

3-5 sentences

Assignment June 22-2010
"Write 3-5 sentences about your group discussion of Father's Day AND/OR practice typing 3 interesting paragraphs from the handout.

I'm choosing to write 3 interesting paragraphs from the handout.

1)First of all I find under title"Father's Day"in section one and two. Getting information about the origin of Father's day, because it's part of American history and Culture, hereafter Washington State is playing a role in nation. Important paragraph "Holiday traces back in the early 20th-century in Spokane Washington state", the important names are Sonora Smart-Dodd. President Nixon.

2)Under tittle :"shortchanged on Father's day" . The most interesting paragraph "The Most popular gift for Dad is a father's day Card. All told approximately 93 million cards are exchanged on father's Day" . An explanation in the US consumers' spending habit on Father's day compare to Mother's day. Reason is father tend to be an easy going person.
I believe other countries also have similar pattern too. Thought counts more than gift.

3)Under section "Easy to Please on Father's Day". I find the most interesting in the ending paragraph "Part of the reason seems to be that moms expect to be relieved of stereotypical chores such as cooking and cleaning up on Mother's day, but that doesn't always happen".
I believe many women are more detail , tends to take care the tidiness within home.Many woman not able to let go of the duties. I believe it also traces of the traditional sex roles still exits . Tradition is still well preserved
in today's society event time is changing regarding : sex roles, work force and earning power are undergoing process of changes.

Monday, June 21, 2010

My Father's day weekend 2010

Assignment from Liz "Did you use English over the weekend? When? Where? Why? Write a few sentences in your blog about when you used it. "

This is my 2 days working weekend as a product demonstrator. It requires lot of verbal English usage to promote new launch products, but only limited to the most common every day's sentences.
Professional my script will always emphasis following points (I am memorizing as "VIPC$" (Verbal Important Product cost a dollar)
1) Polite Verbal Invitation..
2) What is the product?
3) New or Improved product in the existence brand or totally new brand?
4) Mention the Advantages of product nutrition or convenient .
5) Saving Cost of product with comparing in regular price and event price.
6) Location of the product within store.

Sometimes on the project training manual there is Demo script, but I don't follow it 100%, because It is not natural and too long. the consumer will loose interest

Both evenings after work I watched my weekly Chinese drama with English Subtitle