What is that? Face-off?

A good link

I am not a Christine, but the following link will take you to a Website to enjoy some peace and quiet. Go!

some peace and quite 片刻的寧靜

Lucky Taipei people

I read recently that people who live in Tokyo must spend more than one hour and half getting out of the metropolitan to head over for some scenic places during their day-off. Unlike people in Tokyo, there are many good points of interest that are just near the city of Taipei; Yangming Shan, Danshui, Bali, Muzha, and just to name a few.

I went to Xianjiyan in Jingmei this Tuesday as it was the tomb sweeping day for our loved ones who are 6-feet under. While I was hiking down the trail in the hill overlooking the view of southern Taipei, I felt how lucky people living in Taipei are. It being the capital of the island, the residents here are able to obtain the best interest of everything from the government that includes the most education resources, the numerous parks available, the cleanest streets, the most convenient transportation on the island and so and so forth . That is no wonder people would like to settle down here though the living expense is at such a high level.

head over to= go over to 前往
day-off 休假
point of interest 景點
just to name a few 舉幾個名字來說
tomb sweeping day 掃墓日
6-feet under 埋在地底下
hiking down the trail 在步道上走
overlook 俯瞰
so and so forth 等等
living expense 生活費用

Web site revision

Dear friends,
I have made the second revision on my Website. The major changes include its title which has been changed from "Albert@Y17 to "Albert's Showcase". In the "About Albert" section, I made a detailed description of who I am, what I am doing and things like that, which is worth finding some time to take a look at. I also created a new page called Albert@Y17, to introduce as well as to promote my classes available at Y17. So, please tell everyone around you about me and my new courses. I have also founded on the Web site the "Daily Leaning" where I put words and phrases derived from my daily physical classes. I hope this will work best for you. For other good stuff, why don't you just explore them on your own, and your feedback is very important to me. Go ahead and have fun surfing my Web site. Let's hit the road now.

Your name eludes me.

Having been teaching hundreds of students over the past years, I have to admit that sometimes I do have a hard time knowing everyone's name by heart. It 's kinda like an embarrassment when someone shows up in my class after a long break, expecting me to call his or her name up immediately. Such a thing does happen to anyone of us at all times. It occurred to me that there is a good sentence to use in this case.
"I am very sorry, but your name eludes me."
You can also use "elude" for other situation.
"It eludes me that he has borrowed five grand from me before."

to know something by heart 記住某事
it occurred to me 我突然想起
eludes 逃離
something eludes me 我忘記某事