太陽國。簡單。幸福。小日子

今天晚上是我期待已久ㄉ烹飪課,等T先生回來後,我們就馬上出門,他去麥當勞解決晚餐,我撘電車去上課,到ㄌ那邊之後,看到一ㄍ大大ㄉ開放式廚房,跟15ㄍ學生,大家都很害羞也很安靜,老師是一ㄍ看起來胖胖有點拉塌ㄉ婦人,今天要煮7道菜,2 道開胃菜1道濃湯 2道主菜 1道蔬菜 1道甜點,ㄧ開始老師大約說ㄌㄧ下毎道菜ㄉ流程之後就要我們照著講義分組作菜去,跟我搭檔ㄉ是一ㄍ女生,約25歲,她說她是一位語言治療師,人很和善,但是在烹飪ㄉ過程中真是驚險刺激,雖然每ㄍ人年紀都比我大,但是我覺ㄉ他們怎麼一點烹飪ㄉ常識ㄉ沒有,不是我自以為很會作菜,我解釋給你們聽你們就知道我為何會這樣說ㄌ,我們需要煎雞肉,通常不是先開火再倒油,等油熱ㄌ之後再下雞肉ㄇ?他們有ㄉ人先放雞肉到鍋子裡再倒油到雞肉上和鍋子裡,然後放到爐上開火,看ㄌ很傻眼ㄝ!還有我們如果要試試油是否夠熱,可以以手掌半放進鍋中央試試熱度或是放一小小塊ㄉ雞丁看有沒有起小泡泡,結果居然有人倒水進熱油鍋裡試試油溫是否足夠,當然引來爆炸性ㄉ效果,他們沒聽過油不溶於水ㄇ?冷水加進熱油中,引起ㄌ爆米花ㄉ效果,真是嚇壞大家ㄌ!還有要煎雞肉時,就把雞肉慢慢平放進鍋中就好ㄌ,為何要像丟炸彈一樣用丟ㄉ,然後溅起熱油又嚇壞大家!還有我們是要煎雞肉而不是炸雞肉,雖然橄欖油很健康,但是油多到蓋過雞,真ㄉ是處處驚險!事事傻眼!我站在中央不知道被熱油噴ㄌ多少次,當然還有不少起火ㄉ動作畫面,但是大家都很友善ㄉ相互幫忙,最後大家一起坐下來用餐及聊聊這次ㄉ作菜心得,還有跟老師問問題,我沒辦法拍很多照片,因為手忙腳亂ㄉ要做7道菜,手也不乾淨拿相機,只拍ㄌ2張上課ㄉ情形,但是沒照到老師,這是一ㄍ非常愉快極難得ㄉ經驗!讓我有機會跟真正ㄉ美國同學一起上課,雖然老師說話有一ㄍ很濃重ㄉ口音又很快,我只吸收65%但我有機會跟一些同學聊天,練練英文,真是一ㄍ很不錯ㄉ學習經驗,期待下次ㄉ上課!

Today I got a bundle of roses from Takashi. I was really surprised and happy. I asked him “Why did you buy me the flowers? Did you do something wrong?” He said “Of course not! I just want to appreciate everything to you. You really take care of this house and cooks for me everyday. And sometimes I am not so nice to you. ”After I heard that, I really can’t say anything, because it’s so touched in my heart. I also feel appreciate to him everyday. I understood my personality not so good. Sometimes I have bad temper and easy get angry because of some small things, sometimes I became really childish to bother him for long time and I am a picky person of clean. He always can stand all part of me and try to do the way which I want him to do. Since we have been together until now he has never angry at me. He is a really kind and perfect person to me. I want to say thank you for he loves me, thank you for he take care of me, thank you for he support me, thank you for him share life with me and lots of thank you for everything. If I can stay with him everyday and everyday is happy day for me!

我跟T先生起ㄌㄍ大早,前往車站搭火車到Salem約20分鐘,火車上已經可以看到多人穿著著他們ㄉ打扮,火車上滿滿ㄉ人都是要去女巫城,到ㄌ那邊之後,熱熱鬧鬧ㄉ攤販早已佈滿街上像是園遊會一般,人實在有夠多ㄉ,今天是ㄍ異常ㄉ好天氣,完全看不出昨天飄過一場雪ㄉ痕跡,Salem比我想像中ㄉ大很多,以為是一ㄍ很小ㄉ小鎮,因為人真ㄉ太多ㄌ,我們沒有辦法按照我們ㄉ計畫去參觀我們想參觀ㄉ博物館,因為隊伍排ㄉ很長,我們不想花掉整天ㄉ時間來排隊,所以我們決定這次就來好好ㄉ享受Halloween熱鬧ㄉ氣氛吧!

欣賞這古老式ㄉ建築風格,雖然才正中午,街上已經到處可以看見花枝招展ㄉ裝扮,真ㄉ很有趣!每ㄍ人真ㄉ都很”專業”,碰到比較有看頭ㄉ裝扮一定要趕快跟他們合照,才不枉此行!我自以為是”富有民族風ㄉ少女”,但是跟他們比起來,越來越不覺得我有刻意裝扮,我跟T先生說,那我就改成”美麗ㄉ異國少女”好ㄌ,我本來就是外國人,本身就是一ㄍ最好ㄉ裝扮,我們還去探訪ㄌ美國第一家糖果工廠,名叫Ye Olde Pepper Candy Campanie.設立於1806年,是一家古樸小小ㄉ手工糖果店,在排隊ㄉ同時,邊邊ㄉㄧㄍ窗口可以看間一ㄍ很老ㄉ老先生以手工作糖果喔!我跟T先生都不愛吃糖,所以我們買ㄌ手工巧克力,以為會很甜,所以不敢買太多,我們找ㄌ家咖啡廳坐下來享受我們ㄉ巧克力,發現好吃極ㄌ!一下子就全部吃光光ㄌ,我們決定回家之前再去買一些

因為下雪ㄌ,實在很懶ㄉ出門,之前去紐約拿ㄌ很多免費ㄉCheese還有家裡ㄉSausage快過期ㄌ,所以就來烤瑪芬打發一下時間吧!市面上都只有甜ㄉ瑪芬,應該也可以做成鹹ㄉ吧!把Cheese和 Sausage切丁,加入麵粉,蛋,牛奶,鹽,黑胡椒和Baking Powder,在以華氏400度烤ㄍ20分鐘,鹹ㄉ瑪芬大功告成!烤完之後開開心心ㄉㄧ口氣吃ㄌ3ㄍ,不想去想我即將變成小豬ㄉ事實

滿足ㄌ無聊ㄉ慾望後,一天還很長,T先生又還沒回來,外面風雪越來越大,更不想離開溫暖ㄉ家,上網寫日誌,在床上滾來滾去,聽收音機,看書…,無聊ㄉ大叫ㄌㄧ聲,正覺ㄉ心裡很舒服時,馬上有人敲門,心想 ”慘ㄌ!一定吵到鄰居ㄌ”,很惶恐ㄉ開ㄌ門,結果是T先生,他問我說,你幹嘛一臉很害怕ㄉ樣子?我當然說沒有阿,他說他今天去當下一期雜誌ㄉ封面Model,感覺很變扭,畫面是一ㄍ溫暖ㄉ客廳,他要跟另外一ㄍ女生裝出情侶在看電視ㄉ樣子,平常就不愛照相,照相也不笑ㄉ他,一定對他很痛苦,不管如何,我很期待看到下一期ㄉ雜誌封面

今天是星期六,但是T先生ㄉ老闆要他加班,要他當下一期雜誌ㄉ封面人物,所以他中午就出門ㄌ,正當我在上網時,看見陽台地板溼溼ㄉ,想說怎沒有聽到雨聲,一先開窗廉,發現居然下雪ㄌ!討厭ㄉ冬天即將來臨>”<,不禁回想到去年冬天ㄉ情景,去年是瘋狂ㄉㄧ年,我經歷ㄌ他們百年來不曾有過ㄉ大雪,雪高至我ㄉ膝蓋以上腰部以下,早晨醒來馬路上白茫茫ㄉㄧ片,什麼都沒有,看似難得ㄉ乾淨,以為車子都被車主是先移走ㄌ,事實上是車子都蓋在雪下面,你能想像ㄇ?這時就一點都不羨慕那些有車ㄉ人,因為他們必須早起鏟雪把他們ㄉ愛車救出來開去上班,所以他們這邊市面上有賣很多除去車子上積雪ㄉ用具,有熱ㄉ蒸氣噴浴啦,還有一堆大大小小ㄉ噴劑,很像在幫愛車作SPA,清晨會有工作人員比一般民眾早起,將路上ㄉ績雪鏟至兩旁再灑上粗鹽,防止車子打滑,個個公寓ㄉ管理公司也會早起把公寓門口ㄉ雪鏟走,好讓住戶得以開門去上班,害我之前還高興ㄉ想著YA!門被雪封住ㄌ,不用去上課ㄌ,但是可能會餓死在家裡因為沒有儲存糧食,但是一切都是我自己在空想…

去年ㄉ另一件瘋狂大事就是Boston Red Sox(波士頓紅襪棒球隊)奪冠,Bostonㄉ棒球瘋好比台灣ㄉ選舉瘋,去年選美國總統時,去投票ㄉ人數遠遠不及去看棒球ㄉ人數,所以你能想像棒球隊這裡有多麼ㄉ重要ㄌ,Red Sox是波士頓ㄉ靈魂,去年奪冠是76年來第一次,所以我很榮幸ㄉ參與ㄌ這歷史性ㄉㄧ刻,整ㄍ波士頓陷入超瘋狂境界,很多商家餐廳都大打折扣,街上還有慶典遊行,當然也免不了流血事件,Red Soxㄉ頭號公敵NY Yankee,就是我們家王建明ㄉ那ㄍ球隊,Yankeeㄉ其中一ㄍ支持者死於去年ㄉ遊行中ㄉ暴動,至於為何會這們多年之後才奪冠?就要說到關於一ㄍ詛咒ㄉ故事,很多年前Red Soxㄉ戰績一直是很風光ㄉ,一直到他們賣給Yankee他們隊上一ㄍㄧ強勁ㄉ球員之後就再也沒贏過,那ㄍ球員也發下毒誓說如果Red Sox賣掉他就不會有好下場,至於為何要賣掉他ㄋ?原因我就不清楚ㄌ,但一定免不了跟利益有關,至此之後Yankee則稱霸球壇,所以民眾都認為這是一ㄍ錯誤ㄉ詛咒,不應該把那位優秀ㄉ球員賣掉,一直到去年大家都說他們終於除破ㄉ這ㄍ詛咒,還有很多老阿公和老阿媽在電視上留著眼淚說,我等ㄌㄧ輩子終於能在死前看到Red Sox奪冠,雖然我沒這麼大ㄉ感動,而且也看不懂棒球(我真是台灣之恥啊!)但我還是深感榮幸ㄉ參與ㄌBoston去年ㄉ2項歷史大紀事!

I had a dinner with my classmates in a Tai restaurant which name is Brown Sugar last night. Of course Takashi joined us. It was a really good night for us. I have been talking about Takashi to my classmates for long time, so everybody are very curious and want to meet him. I made this meeting for everybody and I hope Takashi can be closer with all of my classmates more. Because of I like to share my life with him. Especially he is working now and I am studying at school. I want to keep our life have contact also have some topics can talk. That way I always invite him to join our meeting.
After dinner we went to one of my classmate’s room. And we had a small charting party there. Everybody are enjoyed and nice to Takashi. I talked with a Korea girl for long time, whose name is Eunyoung. She is 24 years old and she is a very kind girl. She always asked me a lot of questions about me and Takashi’s relationship. She was so curious how can we have so strong mind to believe our relation ship will be fine? And no body knows about future. I said “Yes! No body knows about future, but our relationship wasn’t so easy to building up. We had a lot of hard time before. Life is not always so beautiful neither our relationship.” I explained to her from the beginning we been together for about 4 months and we went back to our own country and his working visa used to been refused once and he worked hard to came to Taiwan to visited me for 4 days and I came to Boston first to waited for him for 2 months, than finally he could got working visa to came back. I said ”You see! It wasn’t so easy as you thought and we spend a lot of tears and hurt our heart so many times in those past days. Therefore we don’t want to say give up so easy , even no body knows about future, but we’d better try to do as well as we can!

Today I am going to introduce my family in Boston. I used to stay with a home stay for almost 6 months before I came to Celop. My home stay was in Millville and my mom was born there, but my dad is from Canada. They don’t have any children but we had 2 dogs, 3 cats and a little girl from Taiwan (that was me) at home. My parents had just got married just before last May. They had been together for about six years then got married. After getting married , my dad moved to Millville to have a new life with my mom. My mom has been a host family for over 20 years. After my dad came, they are continue as a host family.
I had met them last September. Since then I have been their daughter for about one year. I had a lot of sweet and funny memories staying with them. I joined their family parties, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas. Everybody was really nice and took care of me as a real family member. My home stay parents’ relationship was really sweet and good. I like to see thier kiss, hug, tease, take care and respect each other. In Taiwan , even my parents have a nice relationship they don’t usually kiss, hug and say I love you to each other , especially in front of the children. So I really enjoy seeing my home stay parents show their love to each other , and I can feel a lot of love from them also.

第三天ㄉ早上我們起ㄌㄍ大早,我決定要去參加一些Tour or Trolley之類行程,明天就要回家ㄌ,今天要把握機會好好認識一下紐約,我們參加ㄌNY Downtown Bus Tour,在各個國家有很多類似ㄉBus Tour,就是你付一次ㄉ錢,Bus會帶你遊當地著名ㄉ景點,車上有解說員,你如果到ㄌ喜歡ㄉ景點可以下車逛逛,再回到原來下車ㄉ地方等Bus持有著一樣ㄉ票,不用再付錢,有很多般巴士會一直不停ㄉ循環著開,是ㄍ省時省力又可以玩到重點ㄉ好方法,NYㄉDowntown比較大,所以我們買ㄉ票是24小時有效期限,可以玩到隔天,景點有約18ㄍ

我們先在Little Italy(小義大利)下車,因為已經接近中午,我們打算去嚐嚐道地ㄉ義大利Pizza和Pasta,我們進ㄌㄧ家看似不錯價位合理ㄉ餐廳,裡放式開放式ㄉ廚房,有一ㄍ大型ㄉ碳烤爐在中央用來考Pizza,我們點ㄌㄧㄍPizza+一ㄍPasta share,市面上ㄉPizza像是達美樂,是偏美式Pizza比較油膩,正式ㄉ義式Pizza比較不油膩,皮真ㄉ有咬勁,嘴巴會很酸就是ㄌ,Pasta是蛤蠣口味ㄉ,很清淡爽口,當服務生問我們需不需要什ㄇ飲料時,我們回答說”Just water is fine”,沒想到他拿ㄌㄧ瓶像香檳ㄉSpring Water,還當場在我們面前”Bo!!”ㄉㄧ聲像開起酒來,我跟T先生當然又再度傻眼!!因為我們都心知肚明這瓶”高級礦泉水”一定所費不低,我們當時在心中大喊我們只是要一般ㄉ水阿!!為ㄌ不浪費,我們只好開心ㄉ跟這瓶水拍照及多喝水!

一大早約7點T先生就起床穿好西裝準備去Job Fair 找工作,我則睡到下午1點,正想出去覓食,T先生打電話來問我心情有沒有好一點,另一方面這間飯店看起來很不安全,他打來確認看看,我跟他說我正想去外面吃點東西,可是外面正在下大雨,有點懶ㄉ出門,他說他ㄉJob Fair快要結束ㄌ,因為雨下ㄉ很大,參加ㄉ人不多,而且只是一場小型ㄉJob Fair,適合他可以應徵ㄉ幾家公司它都跟他們interview ㄌ,要我等他回來在一起去吃飯,因為他也還沒吃,他回來換下西裝後,我們就到Time Square附近找餐廳,原本想去Hard Rock Caféㄉ,但是還沒走到那裡就被一家不知名ㄉ餐廳給收買ㄌ,雖然在經過3家店面就可以到Hard Rock Café,因為已經餓到不行又下大雨,管他什ㄇ餐廳,進ㄌ再說,況且Boston也有Hard Rock Café,到紐約還吃ㄧ樣ㄉ,有點可惜

幸運ㄉ我們進ㄌㄧ家很特別且有名ㄉ餐廳,叫做BUBBA GUMP有看過"阿甘正傳(Forrest Gump)"吧!阿甘因為捕蝦成為大富翁,而開ㄌBUBBA GUMP Shrimp Company,這間蝦子公司有market和restaurant 2 ㄍ部分,我就是去吃他開ㄉ餐廳喔!真是誤打誤撞找到ㄉ,裡面ㄉ裝潢有很多有關阿甘ㄉ東西,像是用它最愛ㄉ乒乓球拍做成ㄌ飲料和甜點ㄉMenu,或是他寄給他戰死ㄉ黑人好友媽媽一張巨額支票,都有陳列在裡面供觀賞,是因為電影而建的餐廳,但還是有處在電影與現實之間ㄉ迷惘,最有趣ㄉ是桌上ㄉ2ㄍ牌子,紅色ㄉ牌子寫著”Run Forrest Run”,藍色ㄉ牌子寫著”Stop Forrest Stop”,如果我們呈現紅色牌子就是只說我們很ok!請不用來打擾我們,藍色ㄉ話就是只說,我們要點菜,買單需要你們ㄉ服務與幫忙,服務人員會依我們所呈現ㄉ牌子來幫忙,很有趣吧!剛好符合阿甘在裡頭跑長跑ㄉ腳色