Day 131: Boston (Ginger Bread House)

We went to Kairan's kindergarten to help him making a ginger bread house this morning. See how serious he was!
今天早上我們去Kairan的幼稚園幫他一起做薑餅屋。看他多認真！















Amy helped him putting on more butter frosting so that he could stick the marshmallow snowman to the plate.
舅媽幫他塗上更多的奶油，他才能把雪人棉花糖黏在盤子上。









Happy decorating~
快樂地裝飾著~

Because there were two classmates who hadn't arrived yet, Amy helped them to put on butter frosting first, and they can decorate themselves after they come.

因為有兩個同學還沒來，舅媽幫他們塗上奶油，他們來了之後就可以自己裝飾。

After this, we went to Taipei Economic & Cultural Office to get document for Po-Shun and went to Super 88 market which is an Asian market to do grocery shopphing and get lunch. I noticed that Amy bought six packs of tapioca. Of course Jason is the first person I told, haha.

之後我們去了台北經濟文化辦事處去拿舅舅的文件，還去了Super 88超市，是一間亞洲超市，去購物與買午餐。我發現舅媽買了六包波霸粉圓。當然是第一個告訴Jason，哈哈。

The rest of day was a normal Tuesday. Kids went to swimming class, and we had Taiwanese food as dinner, but there's something new every day for me to write about.

剩下就是一般的星期二。孩子們去上游泳課，然後晚餐吃台灣菜，但每天都還是有新事物能夠讓我記錄。

Day 8: "Sometimes it's the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine." - 《The Imitation Game》

Putting this sentence in my international contest speech, I hope that I'll be the the one who does things that no one can imagine.
在國際演講比賽講稿裡放入這個句子，我希望我能成為作出沒人想的到的事情的人。

Day 130: Boston (New England Aquarium, MIT, NBA)

 I went to New England Aquarium in the morning. The very first exhibition is the penguins. They're sooooo cute~~
早上去了新英格蘭水族館，一進場館映入眼簾的就是超可愛的企鵝們。

Close up~ They're not baby penguins, they're just small and cute.
特寫~~ 他們不是企鵝寶寶，他們就只是很小很可愛而已。











Since it's aquarium, most of the exhibitions are tanks. Flashlights are not allowed, and I don't want to take pictures with glass in between, so didn't take a lot of pictures. I didn't check the schedule of training, but I happened to see the 12:30 fur seals & sea lions training.
因為是水族館，大部分的展區都是水缸。不能使用閃光燈，而且我不想隔著玻璃拍照，所以沒有拍很多照片。我沒有查訓練的時間表，但是剛好看到12點半的海狗海獅訓練。

This is a fur seal.
牠是海狗。

This is a sea lion. He knows how to play hide and seek.

牠是海獅，牠會玩捉迷藏。

I got some gifts for mom and Amanda. Korean friend Jinsung told me to go to outlet and get my mom some brand bags, but I know she wouldn't like  it even if I spend a lot of money for her. I always want something thoughtful as gifts. Besides, although I don't like girl's stuff myself, I still know what'll catch Amanda's eyes. I picked an azure glass turtle decoration for mom and a turquoise dolphin tail fin necklace for Amanda. (I like it myself, it's just I won't have any opportunity to wear it, haha.) Hope they'll like it.

買了一些禮物給媽咪和Amanda。韓國朋友Jinsung叫我去outlet買名牌包給媽咪，但我知道即使我為這個花很多錢她也不會喜歡。我總是想要貼心的禮物。而且，雖然我自己不喜歡女生的東西，我還是知道Amanda會喜歡什麼。我挑了一個湛藍的玻璃烏龜裝飾給媽咪還有一個藍綠色的海豚尾鰭項鍊給Amanda(我自己很喜歡，但我根本不可能有機會戴XD) 希望她們會喜歡。

The aquarium is next to the bay, so I got to see the sea which suits my need of salty water now, haha. It's cloudy, but looking at sea is soothing no matter what.

水族館在海邊，所以我可以看到符合我現在需求的鹹水：海。天氣陰陰的，但是看海無論怎麼樣都撫慰人心。

This is definitely the best way cheering up.

這絕對是提振精神最好的方法了。

You can take whale seeing cruise here.

可以在這搭賞鯨船。

I like how the reefs and rocks look like under the sea.

很喜歡海面下礁岩與石頭看起來的樣子。

Cruises.

郵輪們。

This is how the harbor looks like.

港口看起來是這樣。

I don't know why I took this picture, but seeing the Argentina blue rope hanging on the rail, I want to take this picture.

我不知道為什麼我要拍這張照片，但只是看到那阿根廷藍的繩子懸吊在欄杆上，我就想拍下這張照片。

Close up of the cruise, and the reflection. I don't like this picture though, it doesn't seem that good, haha.

郵輪的特寫，還有水面的倒影。沒有很喜歡這張照片，覺得沒有很美XD

Although there's no snow yet, the winter scene in Boston is beautiful anyway.

雖然還沒下雪，但Boston的冬景不管怎麼樣還是很美。

I like how the sun affects how it looks like on the corner of this intersection.

很喜歡陽光如何影響這個路口街角看起來的樣子。

Christopher Columber Park. It's not a big park, but since Ernie said he's only free after three, I still have one more hour, this is the place my travel book recommended to go, and it's not far, I'm here.

波士頓哥倫布公園。不是很大的公園，但既然Ernie說他三點後才有空，我還有一小時，這是旅遊書推薦我的地方，又不遠，所以就來了。

How the corridor looks like with the trees next to it.

迴廊與旁邊的樹。

The corridor.

迴廊。

This is Christopher Columbus Park, haha.

這可是哥倫布公園XD

I didn't notice that the park is actually next to the harbor, haha. Took another harbor picture from this angle.

沒發現公園原來就在港口旁邊XD 從這個角度照了另一張港口照片。

What caption to give? Um, flowers on the tree? Forget it.

要下什麼解說呢？ㄜ，樹上的花？算了。

Finally got a colorful picture in such cloudy day.

終於拍到一張比較有色彩的照片了。

On the bridge.

橋上一隅。

Meeting up with my dear Toastmasters president, Ernie Ho!!! at MIT~~ He gave me a tour of his campus. This weird-looking building complex is where his department is.

跟我最親愛的TM社長Ernie見面!!!在MIT麻省理工~~他幫我做了校園導覽。這棟奇怪造型的建築群是他的系館。

Because their former principal said "Getting an Education from MIT is like taking a drink from a Fire Hose," students in 1991 made this, and the school kept it until now.

因為前校長曾經說過「在麻省理工受教育就像從消防栓喝水一般。」當時1991年的學生做了這個，而學校也保留至今。

One of Ernie's classrooms.

Ernie的其中一間課堂教室。

Ernie told me to look at the third line excitedly, it's Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.!!! One of the companies that helped building this complex.

Ernie興奮的叫我看第三行，是台積電!!!協助興建這棟建築的其中一間公司。

Morris Chang, the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. He's an alumni of MIT. This is the list of those who helped building this complex.

張忠謀，台積電創辦人。他是MIT的校友。這是協助興建這棟建築的贊助人清單。

Beautiful MIT campus at night.

美麗的MIT夜景。

I still remember that because a lot of us were going to either exchange or graduate last semester, Ernie sang Eason Chen's Long Time No See, and said maybe someday in the future, we'll meet up at a cafe on the corner. I burst into tears after he sang it.  This is the cafe on the corner of his office. However, when I brought it up to him, he said I'm ridiculous!!! I took the picture when he went upstairs to get stuff. 

我還記得因為上學期很多人都要交換或畢業，Ernie唱了陳奕迅的好久不見，然後說或許有天我們會在街角咖啡店遇見。我因為他唱這首歌哭成什麼樣。這是他辦公室的街角咖啡店。結果，我跟他提到的時候，他居然說我無聊!!! 趁他上樓拿東西的時候拍了這張照片，哼哼。

The last big event of the day is the NBA game!!! Celtics vs. Wolves. It's a Celtics game with Kevin Garnett!!! Totally my dream comes true. Because of terrorism, we couldn't even bring our backpacks inside. Ernie went back to his office to put our backpacks... Fortunately, the game was awesome. Celtics won, and throughout the game, the audiences kept shouting "We want KG." I bet at least half of the people here today were here for KG. He wasn't on the list though, so he walked to the court and waved to the crowd when there's one minute left on the clock.

今天最後一件大事就是NBA啦!!!賽爾蒂克對灰狼。是一場有Kevin Garnett的塞爾蒂克比賽!!! 完全美夢成真。因為恐怖攻擊的關係，我們甚至不能帶背包進去。Ernie把我們的包包拿回他辦公室放... 還好，比賽很好看。賽爾蒂克贏了，而且整場比賽從頭到尾，全場觀眾一直喊「我們要KG。」我保證至少一半以上的人今天來都是為了KG。他根本沒有登錄，所以他在比賽剩一分鐘的時候走上場對眾人揮手。

 

Day 7: "Shoot for the moon, and even if you miss, you'll still land among the stars."- Norman Vincent Peale

This is my attitude towards every challenge I take and every opportunity I seize. 

這是我面對每個挑戰與我珍惜的每個機會的態度。

Day 129: Boston (Learn Something New Every Day)

I wrote my reviews on Star Wars this morning, and because of receiving encouragement and feedback from GVO teachers, I know that there are people who really wait for and read my reviews, even though I'm not writing for The Aquinas during winter vacation, I still want to keep writing English reviews.
今天早上寫了【星際大戰七部曲：原力覺醒】的心得，因為獲得地球村老師的鼓勵與回饋，我知道真的有人等著讀我的心得，所以即使寒假沒有幫學校報紙寫文章，我還是想繼續寫英文心得。

After taking Sports Writing for a semester, now I know how football works, but I've never watched a full game because my roommates don't watch it in our apartment. Finally, I watched a full football game with Po-Shun this afternoon, and of course we rooted for New England Patriots, haha. Best of all, they won.
上完一學期的體育寫作，現在我知道美式足球在幹嘛了，但是我從來都沒看過一場完整的比賽，因為我室友們都沒有在看。終於，今天下午跟舅舅一起看了一場完整的球賽，我們當然是支持新英格蘭愛國者隊XD 最棒的是，他們贏了。

I was going to play Go in the afternoon originally, but I forgot that there's no bus service on Sunday, so I didn't go eventually. At least I got to watch a football game which still let me learn something new every day.
本來下午要去下棋的，但我忘記禮拜天沒有公車，所以最後就沒有去了。至少我看了一場美式足球賽，每天都還是有學新的東西。

We went to The Cheesecake Factory for dinner, and I had Spicy Crispy Chicken Sandwich. The waitress gave my sandwich to others, and what we didn't understand was why Po-Shun's meal was still the last one to come when mine was already sent to the wrong table. lol
晚上到The Cheesecake Factory餐廳吃晚餐，我點了辣脆雞堡。服務生把我的餐給別人，但最讓我們不懂的是，我的餐都已經送錯桌重做了，舅舅的餐為何還是最慢的...

Day 6:
"I knew that if I failed I wouldn't regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying." - Jeff Bezos

This is the reason why I'm always willing to take challenges and try something new. This is one of my favorite quotes, but picking it as the sentence today is somehow both optimistic and pathetic. Apparently this is an optimistic sentence, but the reason why I'm doing is that I want to get rid of sadness. Well, finding something else to be sad about is the best way forgetting sadness. (What!?) No, just kidding, but I was mourning for education again today. I've asked to come to the US for 10 years. Although I'm finally here, it's different and a little bit late. If you ask me half a year ago, going to grad school would never be an option. Now I'm really stressed out, just because I mentioned this idea a week ago, I become someone not proactive enough if I'm not trying to do so. What they don't know is I lost my motivation... then if I can't get a job here, why not just go back to stay with my parents, who I love and will love me forever.
這就是為什麼我總是願意接受挑戰與嘗試新事物。這是我最喜歡的名言之一，但選它作為今天的句子某種程度上既樂觀又可悲。顯然它是一句樂觀的句子，但我之所以會開始每天挑句子是為了終結悲傷。恩，找其他可以拿來感到傷心的事情是忘掉傷心事最好的辦法。(啥!?) 只是開玩笑，但是我今天又再為教育哀悼了。我已經炒要來美國吵十年了。即使我現在終於在這了，這也是不一樣的而且有點晚。如果你半年前問我，讀研究所完全不會是選項。現在我真的是壓力很大，只是因為我一個禮拜前提了這個想法，不試著去做我就變成不積極的人。他們不知道的是我失去了我的動機...那如果沒辦法在這裡找到工作，幹嘛不要回去跟爸媽在一起，我愛的也會永遠愛我的人。

本日英文習得：
Wild Card (sports)：在Uno裡面看到這個字，是萬用卡的意思，不過在美式足球或NBA等運動項目裏頭則是「外卡資格球隊」的意思。如：NBA當中分組冠軍之外，戰績最好的非分組冠軍球隊也能進入季後賽，以及美式足球當中分區冠軍之外，戰績最好的兩支非分區冠軍，都稱為 Wild Cards。

Day 128: Boston (Star Wars)

We went to see Star Wars today, so I have two reviews to work on. It's probably the best movie of the year, and I gave it 9.2/10. After the movie, we had ShakeShack as lunch, third time so far.
我們今天去看了【星際大戰七部曲：原力覺醒】，所以有兩篇心得等著我寫。這大概是今年最棒的電影了，我給它9.2分。看完電影之後，午餐吃ShakeShack，是我目前第三次吃。

After we got back home, I listed the outline I plan to write about the movie, and did some research on it since I'm not a Star Wars fan, really have less knowledge about it. Even though I finished the preparation, I haven't started writing my reviews because I'm too tired that I took a short nap and then my cousins' friends came to visit.
回到家之後，我把要寫的大綱列出來，然後做一些研究找資料因為我不是星戰迷，真的只有很少的知識。雖然我完成了準備工作，我都還沒開始寫心得，因為太累了小睡了一下然後舅舅他們有朋友來。

We had Bertucci's for dinner, and watched three episodes of Batman cartoon.
晚餐吃Bertucci's披薩，然後看了三集蝙蝠俠卡通。

Day 5:
"It's so hard to say, but I've gotta do what's best for me. You'll be okay."
"I gotta leave but I'll miss you." - Gotta Go My Own Way 《High School Musical 2》

I really think I'm good enough to take my friends' advice more. I know I have to do what's best for me, and be a little bit more selfish. :)
我覺得我足以再承受多一點朋友們給我的建議。我知道我必須做對自己最好的事，再自私一點。 :)

Day 127: Boston (TV Day)

Amy asked me to stay home today because the alarm company's coming to fix the sensor, but apparently they ended up not coming. Even so, I still had a relaxing day.

舅媽叫我今天待在家因為保全公司要來修感應器，不過顯然他們沒有來。雖然這樣，我今天還是有很愜意的一天。

I finished watching Marry Me, or Not episode 3 in the morning, and after Amy came back from kids' party at school, I watched Mission Impossible: The Rogue Nation. I gave it 8.4/10. Happy seeing Roy Chiu and Jeremy Renner, totally made my day~~

早上看完「必娶女人」第三集，舅媽從孩子們的學校派對回來之後，我看了【不可能的任務：失控國度】我給它8.4/10分。看到邱澤跟Jeremy Renner今天整個美好起來~~

We watched cartoons during dinner time, and I learned some words from Kairan. I learn more from kids than at school when I'm here, haha.

吃晚餐的時間我們看了一些卡通，跟Kairan學了一些字。跟小孩學得比在學校學的多XD

After dinner, I asked Po-Shun why he doesn't want to be a doctor anymore. He said because it's boring, but he's still a doctor, once every two weeks, haha. Since we started this topic, he talked about the interviews he went through, and I asked him what interest did he mention during the interviews. Yes, I was right. It's Wing Chun. He chartered Wing Chun club and First-aid club in Johns Hopkins, so he talked about these two a lot. 

晚餐過後，我問舅舅為什麼他不想再當醫生了。他說因為很無聊，但他現在還是醫生，每兩個禮拜一次。既然我們開始聊這個話題，他就講他面試的情形，然後我問他他面試的時候提到什麼興趣。沒錯，我是對的，他講詠春拳。他在Johns Hopkins大學的時候創了詠春社與急救社，他說面試大半的時間他都談這兩件事。

I skyped with Emily before bed. I'm grateful that we have such convenient way to communicate with friends who are on the other side of the earth.

睡前跟Emily視訊，真的很感激我們有這麼方便的方法能夠跟地球另一端的朋友溝通。

Day 4:

"I can be good, and I will." - Jason Huang

After I delivered my C9 speech using C7 script, I have to decide whether I'm going to talk about my adventure here or my English teacher in junior high for my C10. This is the sentence Jason gave us when we were in 9th grade. Not until recently that I know how my confidence attracts people around me and influences them, and this is one of the sentences I use to encourage myself and tell me to believe in myself whenever I face a difficulty. Therefore, sitting in front of my laptop, I deleted "We've been told to think outside of the box...", and started to reconstruct my C10 speech.

在被迫以C7內容發了C9之後，我就必須決定C10要講我在美國的冒險還是英文老師。這句話是國三的時候Jason送我們的。直到最近我才知道我的自信是如何吸引與影響我身邊的人，而這是我遇到困難時用來鼓勵自己並自我喊話要相信自己的句子之一。所以，坐在電腦前，我把「我們總是被教導要跳脫常規思考... ...」刪掉，重新開始構思我的C10演講。

本日英文習得：

1. Moat (n.)：護城河

2. Hanukkah (n.)：猶太光明節

Day 126: Boston (Meeting Up With An Old Friend)

Better stop writing something strange in a bilingual diary or I get double amounts of concern from friends, haha.
雙語日記最好還是不要寫什麼奇怪的東西，不然我會得到兩倍朋友的關心XD

I accompanied Amy to buy chocolate and gift cards for kids' teachers in the morning, and we went grocery shopping at Wegmans after that.
早上陪舅媽去買要給孩子們老師的巧克力與禮物卡，之後去衛格門超市購物。

I watched "Marry Me, or Not?" in the afternoon, funny enough, the tag line for episode three is "A girl doesn't know how many frogs she has to kiss before she meets the real prince."
下午看了【必娶女人】，好笑的是，這集的標題是「一個女人，不知道要吻過多少青蛙，才能遇到真正的王子。」

Anyway, the most important thing today is to meet up with an old friend and play Go!!! It's a place called Diesel Cafe, and I was so surprised to see thick board and thick stones!!! William is a friend whom I met at Cheng Kung University Go Winter Training Camp in 2012. He was learning Chinese there, and came back to his hometown, Boston, to pursue his MBA later. He plays Go at least three times a week.
不管怎麼樣，今天最重要的事情就是與老朋友見面然後下圍棋!!! 這是一個叫做Diesel Cafe的地方，而且看到後棋盤與重棋子我超驚訝的!!! William是我2012年在成大圍棋寒訓認識的朋友。當時他在那裏學中文，後來回到家鄉Boston讀MBA。他每個禮拜至少三天下棋。

I played one game with Dan. Although I lost, I'm glad that I gained the feeling back, the ambitious, competitive and strategic mood I have whenever I play Go. I get to really focus and think.
我與Dan下了一盤。雖然輸了，但我很高興找回那種下棋時候會有的有企圖心、想競爭又充滿策略的感覺，讓我能夠真正專心思考。

After the game, William took me to the Christmas party of his company. This is the food provided at the party.
下完之後，William帶我去他公司的聖誕派對。這就是派對提供的食物。










There were a lot of people chatting, socializing, and what a small world!!! We met two Taiwanese people. Well, this is not surprising at all. Something more interesting came when they asked William and me how we met each other, and Lenny said one of her friends' brother is a professional player in Taiwan. What!!!??? "What's his name?" I asked. "Cheng Hao Hsiao." What!!!??? Not only her friend's brother is the top one player in Taiwan, I happen to know him in person!!!
很多人聊天、社交，然後...世界也太小了吧!!! 我們遇到兩個台灣人。恩，這沒什麼好驚訝的。但是有趣的才在後面呢，當他們問我與William怎麼認識的，Lenny就說她朋友的弟弟是台灣的職業棋士。什麼!!!??? 「叫什麼名字？」我問。「蕭正浩。」什麼!!!??? 她朋友的弟弟剛好是台灣第一就算了，我還剛好認識他!!!

Before William drove me back, we talked to some other people at the party. It was fun and a first time experience for me.

在William載我回來之前，我們又跟一些人聊了天。對我來說不僅是第一次而且是很好玩的經驗。

Day 3:

"The cure of anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea." --Isak Dinesen, The Deluge at Norderney, Seven Gothic Tales, 1943

Our handsome Toastmaster Alex Jan shared an article which includes this sentence today to promote his working out class. I like it, and decided to pick it as my sentence today. However, I can't really sweat when I'm in Boston, and I don't think I get to see the sea, but tears already left me, so I think I have to drink salt water, haha.

我們帥氣的Toastmaster Alex分享了一則有這句話的文章來宣傳他的課程。我很喜歡這句話，而且決定選他來當今天的句子。然而，在Boston我沒辦法流什麼汗，我也不覺得我能去看海，但眼淚已經離我而去了，所以我想我只能喝鹽水了XD

Watching a video shared by a friend, I noticed something. There's a comment saying "2 weeks, still on step 1." I told you my superpower is amazing self-control: "2 days, and I'm on step 3: rebuilding."  I "want to go out, socialize, meet new people", I "talk, laugh, even flirt(no... rolled my eyes with this one, haha)"  because I know I have a lot of friends who love me, and some even sent me voice messages which supposed to make me cry, but I kept laughing listening to them. Yes, I'm rebuilding myself.

看了一支朋友分享的影片，我注意到一些事。有一則回應說「兩個禮拜了，還在第一階段。」「就說我的超能力是自我控制吧：兩天，我已經在第三階段：『重建』了。」我「想出去，想社交，想認識新朋友」，我「聊天，笑，甚至調情(最好是...對這項翻白眼XD)因為我知道我有很多愛我的朋友，有些人甚至傳語音訊息給我，感覺會哭，但我一邊聽卻一直笑XD 沒錯，我在重建我自己。

Day 125: Boston (Museum of Fine Arts)

This is the reason why I always tell people busy is good. If you keep yourself busy, you won't have time to think of something bad. I finally fell asleep after I cried until I'm too exhausted yesterday, and that made me tired this morning, but my trip to Museum of Fine Arts today healed me, 2/100 of me.
這是為什麼我總是告訴別人忙碌是好的。如果你讓自己很忙，就不會有時間想不好的事。昨天哭到累才睡著，讓我今天早上有點累，但去波士頓美術館治癒了我，一百分之二的我。


Because the museum is big, I chose to attend four guided tours, and used the time in between to see the other displays I'm interested in.
因為美術館很大，我決定聽四場導覽，然後用中間的時間去看特別想看的展品。

The first tour was Highlights of the Museum Collections. I didn't take pictures of all the collections we saw, only some. This is The Rotunda Dome which locates at second floor after walking up from the stairs you see at the main gate. The paintings are visions of the museum.
第一場導覽是館藏精選，我沒有拍所有介紹的展品，只有一些。這是一進門，上樓梯後，位於二樓的巨筒圓頂。壁畫呈現的是美術館的意象。



This is how it's like looking down from the stairs.
從樓梯看下去長這樣。

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This collection was called Untitled, and made of Styrofoam cups. The artist was famous for repetitive pieces of art. Some people think this work looks like a cloud while others think it's reproducing cells. What do you think?

這個展品叫「無題」，是用保麗龍杯做成的。作者是以連續重複素材的作品聞名的。有些人覺得這像一朵雲，有些人覺得是正在複製的細胞。你覺得呢？

There are six flying figures hanging along this hallway. It's called "I thought I could fly"

總共有六個飛行小人吊掛在這條長廊，這個作品叫「我以為我能飛」。

Seeing from the other side of the hallway, there's a contemporary painting on the wall.

從長廊另一端看，牆上有當代畫作。

European dining room. Trying to imitate the the authentic dining room, the display of the plates, the paintings on the wall and the spacious room give you a royal ambiance.

歐風飯廳。仿效真正的飯廳，陳列的碗盤、牆上的畫作與寬敞的空間給你一種貴族的氛圍。

Juno. She's 130 pounds, and 13 feet. The tallest Greek mythology statue in the US, and because she was in a garden of a wealthy family in Brookline, MA for more than a hundred years, they spent two years to clean her up.

朱諾。她130磅(60公斤)，13呎(4公尺)。是美國境內最高的希臘神話雕像，而且因為她之前是被擺在Brookline一戶有錢人家的院子一百多年，他們花了兩年才清理完成。

I didn't have a good chance to take this picture when we walked up.

上樓的時候沒機會拍。

King of Giza at the time. The head is small because it's depicted as if looking from downside.

埃及當時的國王。頭很小因為是呈現由下往上看。

The second tour was Introduction to the Contemporary Collection. I took a picture of this because apparently it's something mom would like. A piece of art made of glass and ink, very amazing work!

第二場導覽是當代藝術展品介紹。照這張照片因為顯然這是媽咪會喜歡的東西。玻璃與墨水做成的藝術品，非常驚人的作品！

This collection is interesting. Take a look at next picture~

這件展品很有趣，看下一張照片。

A lot of mountains and valleys appear with a different angle.

從另一個角度看，很多山谷跑出來。

Mirror infinite collection.

鏡面無限延伸。

different angle

從另一個角度看

They are bottle wrappers.

各種飲料包裝紙。

The full collection looks like this. The artist used bottle wrappers as his material to accuse water pollution. The black part represents the black rivers.

完整的作品看起來是這樣。作者用飲料包裝紙作為素材來控訴水汙染，黑色的部分是黑色的河流。

It's a simple color ladder collection, but...

這是很簡單的色階作品，但...

It includes good calculation, if you look it from the red side, it looks like a rectangular instead of a trapezoid.

其實有精密的計算。如果你從紅色這邊看過去，是一個長方形而非梯形。

I didn't like this collection in particular, but Marty loves red guitar, of course I have to take a picture of this piece of art, haha.

我並沒有特別喜歡這件展品，但是馬蹄愛紅色吉他，我當然一定要照一下這件藝術品XD

This collection was made of a painting and some hay. Interesting is that there's glass over this piece of art, but not because of protection, but because whenever there are people pass by and their reflections look like people in the woods.

這件展品是用一幅畫與一些乾草創作而成的。

There are some holes on this collection that people can look into this piece of art. The beehive-like structure, dirt-like cover on the wires and patch-like sections make you feel like looking into the universe.

這件展品上有一些洞讓參觀民眾看進這件藝術品中。像蜂窩一樣的結構、泥土般蓋在鐵絲上的部分與補釘一樣的色塊讓你感覺像看像宇宙。

This collection is called "Wing", but the liquid-like representation gives it an interesting look.

這件展品叫「翅膀」，但液體般的呈現方式讓它看起來很特別。

This collection was made by a Japanese artist who died when he was 28 years old because of an explosive making art. He used a lot of different material to make this piece of art, and cut it into three parts when some of the material was liquid and still hot. This nature-like wok was born!

這件展品是一位28歲就因為創作時的爆炸而過世的日本藝術家創作的。他用很多不同的素材創作這件藝術品，然後在有些素材還很熱，仍是液體的時候切為三份。這件如自然景觀般的作品於焉誕生！

The third tour was Art of the Ancient World. I didn't take any picture of this tour, not that I don't like the collections of this section, but because they're usually more scary if I keep the pictures. (sounds so superstitious, haha) No, I'm just not interested in keeping photos of mummies or things like that.

第三場導覽是古代藝術。我沒有照任何照片，不是因為我不喜歡這個單元的展品，而是因為拍它們通常比較恐怖。 (聽起來好迷信XD) 不是啦，我就只是沒興趣拍木乃伊之類的東西的照片。

The last tour I had today was Art of Europe. Since there's only me on the tour, it became a private one. I asked a lot of questions, and because it's European art, a lot of the contents are related to Western Literature, I had some great discussions with the volunteer guide.

今天參加的最後一場導覽是歐洲藝術。因為只有我聽，就變成私人導覽了。問了好多問題，而且因為是歐洲的藝術，很多創作內容跟西洋文學概論有關，我跟導覽人員有很多很棒的討論。

It's the dining room again, but there's much less people now, so I took another picture.

又是歐風飯廳，但因為現在比較少人，我又拍了一張。

She told me how the monarchs treated their guests using the utensils on the wall, and how the liquor urn and rinsing urn work. I asked her whether they used ladder to retrieve the plates back then, she said she doesn't know, but it's a good question cuz even now, it's seems extremely difficult for us to get the upper ones.

她告訴我貴族們如何用這些牆上的器具來款待賓客，還有酒器與洗滌杯盤的甕如何使用。我問她當時他們是用梯子來取盤子嗎，她說她不知道，但這是個好問題，因為即使現在，要拿到最上面的那些盤子看起來都非常難。

I took this picture because I think mom would like it. Furniture in this room was the "salary" an American merchant received during the France Revolution because France government wasn't able to pay him money.

照這張照片也是因為覺得媽咪會喜歡。這間房間裡的家具都是一個美國商人在法國大革命期間獲得的「薪水」，因為法國政府無法付給他錢。

I seldom appeared in pictures in my diary, but because this became a private tour, my guide suggested that we could take a picture together. In front of her favorite collections in the room: Monet's Water Lilies series, we took a picture and ended my awesome day at the Museum of Fine Arts.

我幾乎不出現在我日記的照片當中，但因為這變成私人導覽，我的導覽人員提議我們可以一起拍張照。在這件展示廳裡她最愛的展品：莫內的睡蓮系列前，我們拍了一張照片，結束我今天在波士頓美術館美好的一天。

It's also my first time taking subway and bus back home myself. It's convenient and easy, and the most awesome of all was that I asked a Korean for directions at bus station in Boston. After that, we chatted for a while. She used to be a psychologist in Korea, and now teaches Korean here in the US. I feel so happy that I could have the conversation.

今天也是我第一次自己搭電車與公車回家。很方便又很簡單，最棒的是在Boston公車站向一個韓國人問路，她一講英文就發現是韓國人了，又搭同路，就聊了滿久。她以前在韓國是心理學家，現在在美國教韓文。真開心我有辦法這樣對話。

I bought two decks of play cards for mom and a set of color pencil for Amanda. I don't like shopping and spending money, but I like buying thoughtful gifts for people I love.

買了兩副撲克牌給媽咪還有色鉛筆給Amanda。我不喜歡買東西也不喜歡花錢，但我喜歡買貼心的禮物給我愛的人。

Day 2: 

Everything happens for a reason... sometimes good things fall apart so better things can come together.

I just wanted to find an optimistic quote every day to cheer myself up while I'm counting, but this somehow matches what I need. I'm pretty sure 2/100 of me was put together.

我只是想要在數日子的時候每天找一句樂觀的句子來鼓舞自己，但這句某種程度上吻合我的需求。我可以肯定一百分之二的我已經復原了。