Toy collectors buy rare toys, antiques, or toys made by famous designers. They join clubs, read toy-collecting magazines, and put pictures of special toys on internet sits.For some, toy collecting is an investment. Many collectors make money by buying and selling.
Action figures have become extremely popular among collectors. They may be Japanese superheroes, Disney characters. In order to make the figures special, companies sometimes produce limited editions, making only a small umber of the toys.
Collecting things is an old and common hobby. Many collectors research to become familiar with toys and prices. So it has been became big business on the internet.
2011年5月24日 星期二
Orchid Island
Orchid Island is beautiful in Taitung, but it is very different with Taiwan. Orchid Island is made up of hills and rocky coastline. The weather is hot much of the year, and typhoons hit the island regularly.
Fishing plays a major role in the diet of the Tao, and it also plays a big part in their traditions. In particular, flying fish have an important place in the tribe’s history. Since burial grounds are close to the seashore, local people rarely go near the beach. This has helped to protect plants and animals along the coast.
More and more, young people are going to Taiwan’s cities to look for work, and more and more, customs are being forgotten. But for the moment, Orchid Island and its people remain, peacefully.
Fishing plays a major role in the diet of the Tao, and it also plays a big part in their traditions. In particular, flying fish have an important place in the tribe’s history. Since burial grounds are close to the seashore, local people rarely go near the beach. This has helped to protect plants and animals along the coast.
More and more, young people are going to Taiwan’s cities to look for work, and more and more, customs are being forgotten. But for the moment, Orchid Island and its people remain, peacefully.
2011年5月23日 星期一
When you stay up all night
It isn't good to stay up all night to study or cram. When you do that, you don't actually remember much. And it's easy to get anxious when you're tired. According to my experience, it makes me hard to think and make decisions. Maybe that's why I'm having more trouble taking tests.
All nighters not only affect your mind, but your body,too. They have no energy and often get headaches. I have some tips studying from book that it can let you get back on track. First, you need a study schedule and set deadlines for yourself. When you receive an assignment, finish it before you get distracted. That means occasionally missing your favoreite TV show. Another thing: your diet's really important. It isn't good to eat so much sugar. You can get more from oatmeal or fruit.
Finally, I think you should go study while it's still early.
All nighters not only affect your mind, but your body,too. They have no energy and often get headaches. I have some tips studying from book that it can let you get back on track. First, you need a study schedule and set deadlines for yourself. When you receive an assignment, finish it before you get distracted. That means occasionally missing your favoreite TV show. Another thing: your diet's really important. It isn't good to eat so much sugar. You can get more from oatmeal or fruit.
Finally, I think you should go study while it's still early.
The Poison Month
Ancient Chinese people considered May on the lunar calendar a very dangerous month. May was also called "the poison month." This is usually the time of the year when the weather starts to get hot and humid.
Harmful insects and rats run around spread diseases, and people die because of inadequate medical treatment. Today, parents still make sachets and fill them with powders of two plants, calamus, Chinese mugwort, and Realgar. Children wear them on their neck to prevent sickness and death. People also dring Shiung Huang wine for the same reasons.
Harmful insects and rats run around spread diseases, and people die because of inadequate medical treatment. Today, parents still make sachets and fill them with powders of two plants, calamus, Chinese mugwort, and Realgar. Children wear them on their neck to prevent sickness and death. People also dring Shiung Huang wine for the same reasons.
2011年5月14日 星期六
If I were a gardener
If I were a gardener, I will devote my entire life to something so small as seeds. I just want to grow flowers which will show the entire world how wonderful Taiwan is.
I think I won’t get sick as long as work in this field. I can see many flowers every day and have good mood.
I’d like to build a research garden and put some effort into seeds. Garden without seeds is like ice cream without sugar. There is no flavor. I hope my accomplishments in garden breeding are among the top in the world. I can cultivate more than eight hundred kinds of seeds in my garden. I do what I want to do to the best of my ability, that’s it. Even though the profit for research and development of seeds is low, each seed is a hope, because one day each of these seeds will grow into flowers that people can see.
Perhaps I do not have the high aspirations and ideals to change the world, but if I do my job the best I can, working hard every second of my life, I will be happy. I think people who love and respect their work are all the happiest in the world.
I think I won’t get sick as long as work in this field. I can see many flowers every day and have good mood.
I’d like to build a research garden and put some effort into seeds. Garden without seeds is like ice cream without sugar. There is no flavor. I hope my accomplishments in garden breeding are among the top in the world. I can cultivate more than eight hundred kinds of seeds in my garden. I do what I want to do to the best of my ability, that’s it. Even though the profit for research and development of seeds is low, each seed is a hope, because one day each of these seeds will grow into flowers that people can see.
Perhaps I do not have the high aspirations and ideals to change the world, but if I do my job the best I can, working hard every second of my life, I will be happy. I think people who love and respect their work are all the happiest in the world.
2011年5月2日 星期一
The silly things people get upset
Unless you are a saint, you have caused at least one stupid disagreement with a friend, loved one, or colleague. Didn’t you feel like a real dolt afterwards? Or the interactions that you regret the most in your life have almost all happened when you felt tired, unhappy, or under pressure.
In the past, my outburst was really unwarranted and now I feel like an idiot. When I was helping my daughter with her Chinese homework about two years ago and she just wasn’t know how to write the words well. I felt very frustrated. I am not a patient person by nature if there’s one virtue every parent should have, it is patience.
Have you feel very guilty about your behavior. How did you clear your conscience? I’d like to become the mature one. It takes a lot of maturity to reflect on one’s behavior and admit where one has gone wrong like we’re dong. Tomorrow’s a new day.
In the past, my outburst was really unwarranted and now I feel like an idiot. When I was helping my daughter with her Chinese homework about two years ago and she just wasn’t know how to write the words well. I felt very frustrated. I am not a patient person by nature if there’s one virtue every parent should have, it is patience.
Have you feel very guilty about your behavior. How did you clear your conscience? I’d like to become the mature one. It takes a lot of maturity to reflect on one’s behavior and admit where one has gone wrong like we’re dong. Tomorrow’s a new day.
2011年4月27日 星期三
The History and Story of Mother’s Day
In ancient Greece, people held spring celebrations in honor of Rhea,
the mother of the gods. In the 17th century, England celebrated Mothering Sunday on the 4th Sunday of Lent (the 40th weekday before Easter) to honor mothers. It was said that many poor families sent their kids to live with rich families to work for them. These young servants returned home on Mothering Sunday to stay with their mother. They brought Mothering Cake and gifts for their mother.
A well-known story about Mother’s Day comes from the U.S.A. In 1907, Ana Jarvis from Philadelphia persuaded her mother’s church in West Virginia to celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May, the day that coincided with the date of her mother’s death 2 years before.
Then, people started celebrating Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May. Mother’s Day comforted the women who lost their husband or sons during
World War I. Mother’s Day was celebrated in almost every state by 1911. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson and Congress proclaimed Mother’s Day a nation holiday.
the mother of the gods. In the 17th century, England celebrated Mothering Sunday on the 4th Sunday of Lent (the 40th weekday before Easter) to honor mothers. It was said that many poor families sent their kids to live with rich families to work for them. These young servants returned home on Mothering Sunday to stay with their mother. They brought Mothering Cake and gifts for their mother.
A well-known story about Mother’s Day comes from the U.S.A. In 1907, Ana Jarvis from Philadelphia persuaded her mother’s church in West Virginia to celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May, the day that coincided with the date of her mother’s death 2 years before.
Then, people started celebrating Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May. Mother’s Day comforted the women who lost their husband or sons during
World War I. Mother’s Day was celebrated in almost every state by 1911. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson and Congress proclaimed Mother’s Day a nation holiday.
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