Some interesting sites...

I was looking for how to write 龜. This is a traditional Chinese character for tortoise. Writing Chinese characters are not simply drawing the strokes, but to write the strokes correctly, and in order. It is quite sad for me, the introduction of simplified Chinese characters to the world. It was beneficial for me, when I was kid, when I have to do homework and write a lot. Now, looking back at it, and for what I am now, I feel ashamed that I can't write most traditional Chinese characters, or to write them well. If I were an archaeologist, or historian, that would be even worse. I am wondering, when I can close the gap. Alright, forget about my mumbling. Here's the link to this site : http://stroke-order.learningweb.moe.edu.tw/character.do Key in the character that you want to know the stroke order. Then click on the 開始查詢 button. :D Example result like what I did : You can listen to how the character is pronounced, and also control the speed of the stroke writing dem...

I wanted to blog about this site for quite sometimes. It was introduced by my dear friend. She plans to go to Europe or US to further her study. My plan? I don’t have a firm plan. I used to dream of studying in Japan. Alright, I was just dreaming of staying in Japan for a year or two, have a taste of being study abroad, or stay abroad for some times. I am thinking of taking this more "seriously", so I start to look for scholarship. Probably just by doing some observations, not taking any action. I am not that daring to make changes in life, despite I have been changing job for 4 times within 10 years. Starting from the Seed Hunter, then this scholarship listing page, I recall the very first idol I have when I was very young, Madame Curie (居裡夫人). Thanks to 人文與環境 subject. I am not sure because she is a widow continue the research that she and her husband were working on, or was awarded Nobel Prize (I just recently realized that she got 2 of the Nobel Prizes, both from diffe...

I went to a class of The Analects of Confucius. It was very interesting, indeed. I love literatures. I am not sure why. I do think literatures bored me, sometimes. I hesitated to go for the class, because I am afraid I might fall asleep in the class, secondly is because I am unable to fully attend the class due to some planned events. I was glad that I went, and found my new idol, the speaker (傅承得老師). Though he was just sitting there, talking and reading through the book, I rarely fell asleep in the class (except the hour after lunch)! It’s rather sad to see today’s education system, which emphasize on the “technical” or knowledge based, rather than having teaching or helping a student to be a better person. If you try to understand the life of Confucius, how he taught his student, by reading the Analects of Confucius, you’ll know how a great teacher can be. I don’t know how to put these in words, especially in English. In short, he is a great educator, a great philosopher, and a great...

I am not really sure how I got to know about this site. I believe it is due to years ago, I read this in a local Chinese newspaper on the correspondence courses. I sent my details and requested for the enrollment form. Anyway, I never started any class from this school. This site has been “enhanced”. You can check out the variety of courses offered, together with the lecturer details, the course outline, and you can even download the course material! I found it is very useful, and convenient for those who wants to “know”, instead of really go through classes and examinations. (Yeah, I am paranoid with exams. Thank god, it’s considered over for now.) http://chcsdl.open2u.com.tw/full/index.html