Head to Vietnam

Last letter I guess it got lost in Vietnam. It's the second letter missing in Vietnam. But I guess because it was heading not to their capital city. Then I asked my Vietnamese friend for her address of renting place.
I think it is interesting to see the heart-shaped stamp in Taiwan. It's new and special for me, at least I think so. After I bought it, I got an idea which combines the background picture, address and stamp for designing the cover of envelope.
I feel satisfied and happy when I finished drawing. Maybe next time I would work the similar idea for the cover of envelope.
I hope this time their postman would not lose my letter.

The year of Dragon

This is the year of Dragon, and my zodiac animal is dragon. It is the favorite zodiac animal in my country. So I am happy to welcome my year, 2012. The above letter cover is Asian dragon looking. And he holds Taiwan which means he guards Taiwan. Compare to Western year, 2012, this is the 101 year in my country's calendar.
Besides that, I don't want to use red envelope but buy gold envelope for my best friend, Linda. Though it is not cheap as red envelope, but I think it could show my kindly feeling in this year. As for the coin is our 10 dollars. We believe that 10 means for being perfect in each way. That's why I wish Linda has a perfect year.
And last time I was really sorry that I didn't buy a Christmas gift for her. However, I think Febuary in Taiwan is like December in Europe. Therefore, I also seek a good gift for Linda. That is a handmade doll in Taiwan. She can hang it on her handbag.
All in all, I hope she will get the letter soon.

New Year Couplets

It's Lunar New Year in many Asian Coutries. And as my family tradition, I would write the New Year Couplets and paste them on our gateposts. Besides, we also can write down our wishes and good luck saying on the red papers to paste in the house. Mostly, those wishes are made up of four Chinese characters or only a character. The only character is common to see, such as, money, spring and blessing.
The following picture is the couplets on the door of my home.
Then the four characters wishes I wrote two but same. The meaning is to show the capabilities to do the great plan. I want to see it every day and reach my goals this year.
Last, I did write the special try. Because I like the words of peace in Chinese, therefore, I insist to write the two characters in a square red paper. This is the best wishes in 2012.

Night sky of tonight

Tonight I took a walk as usual, then I saw the scene as above picture: a smile mouth with a only eye. I felt it is cute and photographed it.
When I watch the stars, I would like to learn astronomy and astrology. I must admit that I have a wild flights of fancy, because I even want to join the astronomical club in Taiwan. Maybe in the nowadays society, many younger like to make a track for the super stars; however, I like to appreciate the stars at night. It is a power to make me happy.

[Added]Christmas wishes to Vitnam

Before Lunar New Year vacation, I was very busy for job. However, now I could add the entries I didn't publish.
At the beginning, I think I should appreciate my Vietnam friend who sent a letter to me. And she shared a beautiful, romantic love poem in Vietnamese with translation for me. Therefore I also want to impress her for our culture. Especially I like stationary staff, it's good to share with her. So that is my Christmas wishes to Vietnam. I hope their postmen would also like the cover I drew on the envelope.
Still, waiting the letters and replying to the letters are still my hobby. Though I could through internet to keep in touch with foreign friends. However, sometimes I still feel there is something lack of but I could not explain. Maybe the letters are also a good way to combine my ideas. I try to make myself to be open-minded and to exchange different cultures. Sometimes I think internet is an another space to save time and shorten distance. I enjoy using the internet to broaden my horizen, at the same time, I still prefer to live in the real space. So I will reduce the time on internet space graduatelly. Perhaps I would plan to have a foreign tour every year or buy a car to travel over whole Taiwan.

The last day in 2011

I did a special New Year's Eve last year. Maybe my friends feel it was nothing because I did not join our city party and counted down with crowded people. But I feel that is too normal and ordinary. Then I decided to make my Vietnamese friends happy. I guess they would never thought the happiest year in Taiwan is to meet me. If I could give others happiest memory and make them show sweetest smile, it would be the perfect thing for me.

So I took one of Vietnamese friend to an amusement place for racing game and shooting game. After that, we went shopping and took the photos as the picture I put. It is called Purikura in Japan, and we also use the same machine for taking photos which are also stickers. She never seen the bautiful photos like this style, I could feel how excited she showed on the face. And then we also invited other Vietnamese for playing sparklers at night. It seemed that they never played that in Vietnam. Yet it is our common activities. If it could be the most beautiful and unforgettable memory on their mind, I think it's really meaningful New Year's Eve for me.