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T-shirt painting part of DYU’s 30 hour famine

Zoe 陳佾筑, a first year student of International Business Management at DYU, shares two of her 30 hour famine photos above.

Around 150 DYU students took part in a 30 hour famine on Saturday 23 November, 2013 from 12:00 noon to Sunday 24 November 6:00 pm. One of the most colourful activities was decorating t-shirts.

Zoe said “Although our famine only lasted for 30 hours I think it helped us better understand the plight of the many poor people around the world who do not have enough food to eat.” Every DYU student who took part in this activity was also moved to make a small donation to World Vision, a NGO (Nongovernmental Organisation) that helps provide food to the world’s

hungry and also supports sustainable development in countries throughout the developing world. ____________________

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David’s drawing tips David 黎俊澤, a first year student of Plastic Art at DYU, takes us through the drawing process.

I find drawing eyes quite difficult so for me this was the next step.

The final steps were drawing the mouth and hair. These steps took a very long time.

The first step was taking or finding a suitable photo.

Then I drew the head. My completed drawing is below. I hope you like it. _____________________

Beautiful DYU Tim 張榕庭, a first year student of Plastic Art at DYU, in the photo below, shows us a beautiful scene near the top of DYU.

Recently I had to go up near the top of our university. I could not help but notice how beautiful the trees beside the road look when the sunlight shines through some of their branches. If you have a little free time, I strongly recommend you go for a walk around the top end of our university. It really is an amazingly beautiful place to be. _____________________

Shennong Street, Tainan Lulu 林晏如, a first year student of Culture and Creative Industries 文創 at DYU, shares a few photos of Shennong Street, Tainan.

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You will not only find lots of traditional Taiwanese food here to taste but also a very old Confucian temple which is well worth a visit. Welcome to Tainan! _____________________

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Learning English for work and play Mike 吳柏儒, a first year student of Environmental Engineering at DYU, shares a few of his thoughts about why we should learn English as well as we can.

For me, learning English is an important part of my university education not only to ensure that I pass my general English exams but also so I can communicate with English-speaking foreigners in Taiwan.

For instance, if I work in one of Taiwan’s many National Parks after graduating from DYU I am likely to meet many foreign tourists and being able to communicate with them in English would certainly be an advantage. Alternatively, even if I work as an environmental adviser for the government or a private factory there is a high probability that I will need to talk to Englishspeaking foreigners from time to time. Furthermore, if my English is good enough after graduating from DYU I would certainly like to

consider spending a gap year teaching English to children in a developing country. Therefore, even if you are not sure how you might need to use English in the future right now, I think it is still important to learn it. If you are able to communicate successfully in English your life is sure to be a lot more interesting. For example, you will be able to communicate with English-speaking foreigners at work and play. _____________________

Mike 吳柏儒, in the front centre of the photo above, with his classmates.

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A few of Steve Jobs’ most famous words in a DYU poster above. This photo was taken by Assistant Professor Joyce Hsu Cheng-se 許呈瑟 from the Graduate Institute of Applied Foreign Languages, DYU.

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9 December, 2013

Christmas is coming

Photo above: Christmas tree inside Taipei Main Station.

Alex’s best friend Little White at 3 months old Alex 朱柏彥, a second year student of Sports Business Management at DYU and transfer student from Hong Kong, tell us about Little White.

Little White was a homeless puppy from

Taichung. A few of my DYU friends, who like me also come from Hong Kong, were cycling together in Taichung when we came across a cardboard box beside the road with two little pups in it. We all thought they were so cute but unfortunate so we took them back home with us. They now live with one of my DYU friends just outside of our university.

Pups are very cute but they require a lot of care over their whole lifespan and should not be left on the side of the road when you no longer want them. I hope I never see pups left on the side of the road anywhere again. I also hope that everyone will take proper care of their pets and not abandon them. A dog is a man’s best friend so we should be our dog’s best friend too by taking good care of our pet dogs throughout their whole lifespan. ____________________

Ruby’s Taichung trip Ruby 杜婷婷, a first year student of Industrial Design, encourages us all to take a trip to Taichung.

I come from Taipei. However, since coming to DYU to study I have had many opportunities to visit the nearby city of Taichung. Even before my first visit to Taichung I knew that this city had lots of delicious foods and fun places to see from watching TV. The first place in Taichung that I would like to recommend you visit is the Gaomei Wetland Wildlife Refuge. It is not only a nature reserve but also a renewable energy park with many wind turbines.

The second place in Taichung that I would like to recommend you visit is the Rainbow Military Dependents. This is in a small residential area of Taichung and perhaps most amazing of all the paintings are the creative work of an elderly man. Of course, Taichung has many more places to visit than these two and no visit to Taichung would be complete without seeing some of the one hundred or more teddy bear sculptures. Taichung, a city well worth visiting. _____________________

Photos above: Ruby & an unknown person at Gaomei Wetland Wildlife Refuge. Page 2

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Veronica’s bucket list Veronica 施朗妮, a second year student of Architecture and Interior Design at DYU, and her bucket list.

A bucket list is something everyone has no matter whether it is written down or just deep inside your mind. So, what exactly is a bucket list? Imagine you are holding a bucket in a yard full of different fruits and each fruit represents some dreams or skills that you want to do and you start picking these fruits then put them into a bucket. Still don't get it? Well put simply, it is a list full of things you want to do. I have had a bucket list ever since I was very young. The number one item on my bucket list is travelling. If you ask where, I would say I don’t have any particular place I want to go to because there are so many places. However, as soon as I have enough money and time I would like to head straight for the nearest airport and take the next available flight to wherever I can quite spontaneously.

Sadly, as a student, I neither have the money nor the time to do this right now. However, this does not stop me from including this wish in my bucket list. Another way of travelling is going on a working holiday. The first time I heard about this option was when a friend of mine went to Kenting National Park in Pingtung to work for three or four hours a day which was just enough work to cover living expenses while leaving the rest of the day for exploring. There are also two other types of working holidays, one provides food and a bed but no money and the other provides no food, no money but only a bed. A working holiday is a good way to travel cheaply and is a great way to gain work experience while seeing the world.

Unless you plan on doing a Master or Doctor degree for instance, the many freedoms of university life will end when you graduate with a Bachelor degree. During your university life you should start exploring the world independently and have fun so do spend some time figuring out your bucket list and start fulfilling your wishes now. _____________________

Miyani’s volleyball family Miyani 歐丹妮, a second year student of Visual communication Design at DYU and her volleyball family.

If you haven’t heard the phrase “a sport’s team is your second family” well maybe you should join a sport’s team because I think it’s definitely true. Since I entered university one year ago, my volleyball team has become my second family at DYU. Therefore, this volleyball team is far more than a sport’s group since it is just like a large family with many brothers and sisters. Furthermore, just like any large family we are all different and many of us are also members of other clubs where we can enjoy whatever other hobbies we love to do. As for me, I like volleyball the best. My Taiwanese teammates are the best and I’m happy to be a member of this new volleyball family. _____________________ THE NEWSLETTER

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Associate Professor Shirley O’Neill from the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia, meeting with Martin Murray, one of her research students, on the sidelines of the Republic of China Multimedia English Learning Instruction Association (ROCMELIA) International Conference on Saturday, 7 December in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. ____________________

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Photos above and on the right: Christmas tree inside Kaohsiung High Speed Rail (HSR) Station at Zuoying.

Joe’s favourite drawings Joe 施昱州, a second year student of Industrial Design at DYU, shows us a few of his drawings and paintings.

Finally, I drew the bat with a black marker pen and black and white crayons as you can see below.

Long Distance Run Winners

My superman ‘S’ below was also made using a black and red marker pens and black and white crayons. I hope you like them. ____________________

In the photo above from left: Harry 簡劭錀, Ken 卓一賢,

I really like drawing batman and superman because they are good guys. Firstly, I took a photo of my key ring below.

Then I made a rough outline drawing and a small drawing of a bat.

Roy 李業勤 and Leo 戴浚希 after winning the top places in a long distance race at DYU. ____________________

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B E I TO U ’ S H O T S PR I N G S : G R E AT PL AC E S TO RELAX IN WINTER Ben 詹庭任, a first year student of Information Management at DYU, tells us about his unforgettable trip to the Beitou District of Taipei City.

n a sunny but windy Saturday morning, I took a bus to Taipei City from Changhua. After arriving at Taipei Main Station I took two MRT trains to get to Beitou which is a branch line off the main red line towards Tamshui. While travelling on the MRT, I looked out the window of the train and saw a lot of great scenery. I could see that Taipei does not just have tall buildings but also many beautiful landscapes. After passing several MRT stations, and changing trains once, I arrived at my destination. I then left XinBeitou MRT Station and walked across the road to Beitou Park. The smell of sulfur in the air confirmed I was nearby sulfurous hotspring water. There are many hot-spring resort hotels around the edges of this park. Inside the park there is also a Hot Spring Museum and a little further up stream an outdoor public bath. This Di-re Valley natural hot-spring water pool, up above where all the hotspring baths and hot-spring resort hotels are located, really shocked me. In fact, the water in this pool, in the photo on the right, is usually more than ninety degrees Celius. You can even see steam rising above the water! The water is hot enough to boil eggs but it is illegal to do so. Beitou is a really beautiful place. If you ever get the chance to visit it I highly recommend that you do so. _____________________

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WELCOMING STUDENTS FROM CHINA’S MAINLAND TO DAYEH UNIVERSITY!

Hi, everyone! This is Assistant Professor Joyce Hsu Cheng-se 許呈瑟, from the Graduate Institute of Applied Foreign Languages. This semester, five exchange students from mainland China took my Thursday morning TOEIC class, which has been quite a unique and interesting experience for me. For example, we both speak Chinese but sometimes different expressions meaning the same things confuse us, making the whole class laugh. Plus, having a few mainland Chinese students in my class gives all the students a chance to experience some degree of cultural shock, and get a genuine perspective of what it’s really like on either side of the Taiwan Strait, which indeed is an extra bonus for this class. Personally, I think it is a great privilege to teach them English. Finally, I sincerely hope they will broaden their horizons through this exchange program while enjoying their stay in Taiwan.

Photo: From back left, Zhou Ming-feng; Zhang Xiang and Jiang Han. From front left, Cheng Yang; Assistant Professor Joyce Hsu Cheng-se and Zhao Qian-wen.

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My name is Zhou Ming-feng 周明鋒, from Jiangsu province, China. I study at Xiamen Institute of Technology Huaqiao University, but currently I am an exchange student at Da-Yeh University. Da-Ye is absolutely fantastic. I feel very honored to be here and have this chance to experience a different learning environment. I remember when I first met my teachers and classmates, I was very stunned by their friendliness and kindness. What really caught my attention is that everyone here is free to express his/her ideas or voice his/her concerns, which is completely different from what I see in mainland China. In addition, I found that teachers here are very caring and considerate; therefore, the relationships between teachers and students are always very close, which, to be honest, makes me feel a little uneasy in the beginning. Another surprising thing for me is that almost everyone here owns a scooter. Now I understand why Da-Yeh built such a huge parking lot for students.

Photo: Zhou Ming-feng

In addition to academic work, I am very thankful that the school has arranged a trip for us to visit the Sun Moon Lake. When I first saw the lake, I was deeply attracted by the beauty of the lake as well as the mountain reflections on the lake. I’ve never seen such clear water in my entire life. To see is to believe. Taiwan indeed is an amazing island full of beautiful scenery. It’s too bad that I will only spend a semester at Da-Yeh. Without a doubt, I will miss Da-Yeh a lot and all the people I know in Taiwan. Of course, I definitely would love to come back again when I have the opportunity in the future. — o0o —

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i, everyone! My name Cheng Yang 陳楊, and I am 21. My friends like to call me Yangzai. Originally, I am from Jingsu, China, and I am the only child at home. Being the only child, I was trained to be independent, and to be responsible. Therefore, I am not and will never be a spoiled child. Currently, I am an exchange student from Xiamen Institute of Technology Huaqiao University, and will spend half a year studying at Da-Yeh. In my free time, I love to listen to music, watch movies and read a variety of magazines. I often watch horror movies with my roommates even though I am very timid. Sometimes, my roommates think I am a little weird. Before coming to Taiwan, I had always wanted to come here because I am fascinated with Taiwanese customs. As a result, when I learned I had the opportunity to come here as an exchange student, I submitted my application without hesitation.

Photo: Cheng Yang

During my stay in Taiwan so far, I can deeply feel the warmth and friendliness of Taiwanese people, not to mention the beauty of Taiwan. I hope I will be able to explore as many tourist spots as possible during my stay in Taiwan, and I surely welcome all of you to pay a visit to mainland China. — o0o —

i! My name is Zhang Xiang 張翔, and I’m 20 years old. I am also a student from Xiamen Institute of Technology of Huaqiao University. I feel very lucky to have the chance to come here as an exchange student. Da-Yeh is a cool place with very friendly people. The campus is huge and without a doubt, beautiful. Taiwan is a marvelous island. Visiting different places gives me different surprises due to the islands’ various landscapes, from mountains to the seaside. However, what really touches my heart is the politeness and honesty of Taiwanese people. In particular, they are very hospitable. Whenever I need some help, they are always willing to lend me a hand. In addition, I can see people around smile all the time, which makes me feel warm and relaxed. When it comes to Taiwanese food, I am especially interested in visiting the night markets! They are awesome! I love to taste a wide variety of local food there, especially the pig’s blood cake 豬血糕, which is composed of pig's blood steamed with rice.

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Photo: Zhang Xiang

Hello,everyone! My name is Jiang Han 蔣涵. It is a great honor to come to Da-Yeh as an exchange student from mainland China. This is my first time to come to Taiwan. I think Taiwan is incredible. Back home, I live in Shanghai 上海. I love to travel a lot because travelling provides me with the opportunity to broaden my knowledge, perspectives and mind. In my free time, I love to play basketball, and of course, I am a big fan of Kobe Bryant. Sometimes, I like to play magic tricks when I am down. Magic tricks are fascinating, and playing them helps me release stress. Although I will only spend a semester at Da-Yeh, I definitely will come back to visit Taiwan again in the very near future. I am pretty sure I will miss everything in Taiwan badly when I go back to mainland China in January. — o0o —

Photo: Jiang Han

Hi! My name is Zhao Qian-wen 趙倩文. I am a junior in college. Originally, I am from a beautiful coastal city of Xiamen 廈門 in mainland China. Right now, I am an exchange student in the department of electrical engineering at Da-Yeh. The students and teachers here are very passionate and enthusiastic. However, after spending three months at Da-Yeh, I am still not used to the class schedule here. For example, in mainland China, we only take a break after lunch, not every hour as we do at Da-Yeh. I think I need more time to adapt myself to this new time schedule. So far, I have been to several famous tourists spots in Taiwan, among which Alishan 阿里山 is the best, especially its railway. The railway construction is unbelievable because it is such an impossible mission to complete it. Therefore, I greatly admire the people who were involved in the construction work.

Photo: Zhao Qian-wen

Everything is very convenient in Taiwan, including learning English. There are a lot of learning resources both online and offline, on campus and off campus. Moreover, I found a lot of people who can speak pretty good English in Taiwan. In mainland China, learning English is also very important, so everyone spends a great deal of time learning English, too. I think I am going to make good use of the learning resources here to improve my English ability. I always cherish this opportunity to come to Da-Yeh, and to be able to experience a similar but different culture. I believe this semester will be a very meaningful semester for me. I love studying here and I definitely will miss everyone here. — o0o —

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C L A S S RO O M D ECO R AT I N G Tony 楊國謙, a first year student of Industrial Engineering Management at DYU, reminisces about the day he helped decorate his classroom for a classroom decorating competition.

The classroom buildings at my senior secondary school were so old that you could even see cracks down the walls. Therefore, our school decided to hold a classroom decorating competition.

Photo on right: Tony cutting out a painted classroom decoration.

My class chose seven students to decorate the classroom and I was one of them. I was mainly responsible for buying the decorating materials, such as coloured paper and crayons. One girl designed the picture which you can see in the photo on the right on the wall. The other students helped her paste this picture on the wall and we sometimes also gave her ideas on how to enhance her decoration design. I think it would be a great idea to let each ILC English teacher have their own home classroom. Then we, their students, could help our English teacher decorate and clean the room. I think this would greatly enhance our learning environment. _____________________

Photo above: Tony, in the purple shirt, with a few of his classmates preparing classroom decorations. Note the beautiful decorations on the wall behind them.

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N E E D S O M E G O O D LU C K ? T RY V I S I T I N G X I TO U ’ S W I S H I N G W E L L Alice 邱韻如, a first year student of International Business Management at DYU and her trip to a wishing well in Xitou, Nantou.

Xitou is a very popular tourist destination, particularly for young Taiwanese who like to visit its wishing well in order to wish for a good boyfriend or girlfriend, good health or simply just to wish for good luck in their future lives. Firstly, before making your wish, you need to tip a bucket of water into the well. Then, you need to draw a bucket of water from the well and wash your hands in this water. Finally, and most importantly you need to make a wish while holding your hands together just like you do when praying. Welcome to Xitou, Nantou. It is most popular on weekends. _____________________

Photo on right: Xitou’s Wishing Well.

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D E S S E RT H E AV E N I N C H I AY I Vivian 黃雯君, a first year Information Management student at DYU, reviews a Chiayi restaurant’s desserts.

One day, I took one of my friends from the USA to this dessert shop. This shop sells honey toast and many other delicious desserts, snacks and beverages. Welcome to Chiayi! The restaurant: Chocolate Raspberry

貓王子咖啡屋 Prince Café

Strawberry tower

Address: 嘉義市東區垂楊路101號 ____________________

Honey Toast Blueberry tower

Coffee Latte

Kiwi Fruit Juice

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G ROW I N G S N OW PE A S IN XIUSHUI, C H A N G H UA Mike 梁勝勛, a first year student of Information Management at DYU, on his father’s farm growing snow peas.

I enjoy helping my family grow snow peas on our farm. While it takes a few months from planting to harvesting it is well worth the wait. Growing snow peas is not easy. Firstly, you need to prepare the ground. Then, you need to plant the seeds and carefully water the ground where you planted them everyday. After four or five weeks the snow pea plants will sprout up. However, a lot of weeds sprout up too, so you need to be able to recognise which plants are snow peas and which ones are weeds and carefully pull out the weeds. Gardening is a great way to relax after class.

Photos above: Snow peas on the farm.

Photo above: Mike working on the farm.

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T H E L A N G UAG E L E A R N I N G N AV I G AT I O N C E N T R E ’ S C H R I ST M A S T R E E Ivan 張文議, a first year

student of English at DYU, admires the Language Learning Navigation Centre’s Christmas tree.

The weather might be getting colder but when you see a beautifully decorated Christmas tree like this one, in the photo on the right, you can not help but feel cheerful. _____________________

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30 December, 2013

Japanese tea ceremonies Peggy 劉珮臻 and Candy 楊庭昀 share with us a few details about Japanese tea ceremonies.

A Japanese tea ceremony involves the preparation, presentation and drinking of green tea. There are two main types of tea ceremony: Chakai and Chaji. While Chakai includes sweets, lightly favoured tea and perhaps even a light meal, Chaji is far more formal and usually includes a several course meal followed by sweets. Both strong and light tea are served at this meal and it can last for up to 4 hours. _____________________

Photos above: Paintings on the walls and ceiling outside the Japanese Department at DYU.

Bernie’s best friends Bernie 王佑丞, at the back of the photo on the left, is a first year student of Mechanical and Automation Engineering at DYU. Here in this column he introduces his best friends.

My five best friends and I usually meet together on the first Saturday of every month. We like to talk about our university lives and many other things. Whenever I have any kind of problem I will find them to talk about it. They always give me good advice. For instance, if I am feeling sad I always feel much better after talking to them. I really treasure their friendship. Whenever we meet we take some photos. You can see us all together in the photos on the left and right sides of this page. ____________________

DYU’s Guitar Club Charlie 任翌辰, a second year student in DYU’s Department of Leisure and Recreation Management tells us about the DYU Guitar Club.

If you enjoy playing guitar you are most welcome to join us. We meet together every Wednesday night at 7pm in P201 at DYU.

I really enjoy playing guitar. In fact, I have played guitar ever since I was a senior high school student. Also, one of the first things that I did after arriving at DYU was join the DYU Guitar Club. The DYU Guitar Club is not only a good place to play guitar but also a good place to make new friends. The DYU Guitar Club has over 100 members so organising club activities is quite challenging.

Cody 郭宗翰 at the front of the photo on the right and Ruby 杜婷婷 at the back of the photo on the right are members of the DYU Guitar Club’s ukulele group.

Charlie playing his guitar at DYU.

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DYU rock band ‘Still Thinking’ Apia Hu Jing-yun, a second year student of Industrial Design at DYU, and her rock band.

selves. In the end, we all agreed to call our band ‘Still Thinking’ because we were still thinking about what to call it. Our band has two guitarists, one bass guitarist, one drummer and I am the band’s singer.

Still Thinking’s drummer 陳容.

The first time we practised in a studio together we talked about what kind of songs our band should perform. Everyone had different ideas but in the end we decided to choose some songs that were not too technically difficult to play. We also practised a lot every Wednesday.

This summer, a few of my DYU friends and I decided to form our own rock band. At first we did not know what to call our band so we just started playing while we pondered upon a fitting name for our-

I have made many new friends in the DYU music studio. They are all good players and love music a lot. Yet we still learn new musical skills from each other whenever we practise or perform. _____________________

Driving around Taiwan Spencer 胡智霖, a first year student of Mechanical and Automation Engineering at DYU tells us about his first job driving trucks.

Before I started my university education, I was a truck driver. This was my first job. Every Monday—Wednesday, I drove back and forth between Taichung and Keelung while every Thursday—Saturday, I drove back and forth between Taichung and Kaohsiung. Sometimes I was transporting coal and at other times I was carting gravel. I used to travel in a convoy of around 10 trucks. Whenever I felt sleepy I would listen to some music or talk with other truck drivers on the walkie-talkie. Although I used to work for up to 11 hours a day, which was very hard work, I still enjoyed it because I really loved driving this truck. _____________________

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New Year’s Eve: A time to remember and give thanks for our friends Flora Mary Wang Tzu-Shin 王姿心, a part-time English teacher at the ILC, and Martin Murray 馬丁老師, editor (主編)of this newsletter and full-time ILC English teacher, share a few of their thoughts on friendship.

Everyone has some very special

friends in their lives. We have ours as well. For after all, life is not just for work but also for friendship. Good friends help us find our way when we feel lost. They also help to guide us back onto the right path when we take the wrong one or lose our way. The best things in life are often not only free but in fact priceless and friendship is one of them.

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New Year’s Eve is a time to remember our friends, especially our good old friends of many years. As the New Year’s Eve song A uld Lang Syne [Old Long Since] by Robert Burns says: “Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne? For old lang syne, my jo [dear], For auld lang syne, We’ll tak [take] a cup o’ [of] kindness yet, For auld lang syne.”

Happy New Year! __________________

Fireworks welcoming in the 2013 New Year at Taipei’s 101 Tower.