簡單。生活。享受

7/11

I start to look for a job this morning.

Hope I can get a job offer before I go to Japan.

Howerver, no one is responding to my job application.

7/12

I got the opportunities for interviews yesterday.

However, I am worried I can't pass the job knowledge test. 

I discussed the Universal Studio Japan travel tips with my son last night.

7/13

I went to the night market near our home to shop our clothes last night.

The night market is my favorite place to shop.

There are two women's clothing store in the night market with lots of affordable and fashionable clothes. 

7/14

I've got a runny nose and I was worried that I've got a cold.

After I taking medicine, I felt sleepy.

Howerver, I haven't finished our Japan itinerary.

7/15

I went to the clothing store in Xingnan Night Market again.

I wanted to exchange the pants for different color.

However, I bought a jacket and a chiffon top again and cost only 250 NTD. 

7/16

I found that the USJ pass with special entry on the day I planned to USJ was sold out last night.

I had no choice but to rearrange our travel itinerary.

After buying all the e-tickets we need, I found the email I wrote was wrong and I was really nervous.

7/17

I scheduled two job interviews today.

I got the job offer after the second interview.

I was happy but worried I might not excel at this job.

7/18

There are so many things to prepare for going abroad that I worry something might be forgotten.

However, I am excited and look forward to going to Japan with my son.

This is his first time to traveling abroad.

7/19

I feel a bit nervous and excited.

Not only because I'll  travel to Japan soon, but also because I decide to quit when I return to Taiwan.

I don't know if I can adapt the new job.

7/20

We'll go to Japan tomorrow and all of us are so excited.

I started to pack our suitcase this afternoon and my son felt very bored because I couldn't play with him.

When I am in Japan, I'll stop writing in my English diary.

*look for a job：找工作

*respond to one's job application：sb找工作沒有回應

*get an opportuniy for interview：取得面試機會

*the job knowledge test：專業技能測驗

*travel tips：旅遊攻略

*affordable：價格便宜/實惠的

*runny nose：一直流鼻涕

*Xingnan Night Market：興南夜市

*chiffon top：雪紡上衣

*exchange for different color：(買了衣服以後)換顏色

*have no choice but to ...：別無選擇，只能...

*e-ticket：電子票

*schedule a job interview：安排一個面試

*excel at the job/work：勝任這份工作

*not only because...but also because...：不只因為...還因為...

*adapt the new job：適應新工作

*pack one's suitcase：收拾行李

*write in a diary：寫日記

7/1

Today is the first day of my son's swim class.

I thought he might not like the swim class. However, he enjoyed the class very much.

When I got home, my son sang the son "I miss you very bad" to me and that was so sweet.

7/2

My son started to learn to swim freestyle today.

After today's swim class, he felt tired and took a nap for more than 2 hours.

He hasn't taken a afternoon nap more than 2 hour for ages.

7/3

I had some difficulty maintaining the face detection app of our company.

However, I am ahead of schedule today.

I hope I can finish the project before I go to Japan.

7/4

My husband has been giving me the silent treatment recently.

I don't know how to make up with him and that always make me not sleep well.

I really hope I can figure out how to solve this problem.

7/5

Last night, my son woke up at 11:00 pm and then he couldn't fall asleep.

We thought he slept too long in the daytime.

Finally, I found the best way to help my son fall asleep is co-sleeping.

7/6

Again, I had difficulties in developing face recognition app of our company but our client was looking forward to receive the apk on Monday.

When I get off work, it was 1:30 am and I was too tired to eat dinner.

I could barely keep my eyes open when my son woke me up this morning.

7/7

My son and I  went to eat McDonalds' after his Taekwondo class.

After eating our lunch, we helped my mom pick her new smartphone.

We visited my mom and my son kept some hair of my mom's dog as souvenir.

7/8

We tested and took lots of videos of our face recognition system for our client this morning.

After that, we attended our weekly meeting until 5:00pm.

All day long, I couldn't program.

7/9

I have started plan our Japan itinerary recently.

I thought it was easy but it took me lots of time to search the route, map, food, price and so on.

I started to worry about not being able to finish our itinerary on time. 

7/10

I feel anxious and stressed as soon as my boss is in the office.

Therefore, I had stomach cramps all day long yesterday.

Everyday, I want to quit my job.

*freestyle：自由式

*for ages：很久，很長時間

*have some difficulty (in) Ving：在做..遇到困難

*be ahead of schedule：工作進度超前

*give sb. the silent treatment：和sb.冷戰

*sleep too lonag in the daytime：白天睡太多

*co-sleeping：親子同寢

*in the face of difficulty in Ving：在做...面臨困難

*can barely keep one's eyes open：幾乎睜不開眼睛

*wake sb up：把某人叫醒

*keep sth as souvenir：把sth留做紀念

*quit sb's job：離職

*have stomach cramps：胃痙攣 

6/21 

My son finally finished his final exam yesterday and his grade of Math is 90 marks.

No matter what the result, both me and my son could take a load off our mind.

 After dinner, we drew pictures together and had fun.

6/22

My birthday falls on a weekday, so we plan to celebrate my birthday at this weekend. 

We are going to a famous Korean restaurant and the Banchan there is really yummy.

After lunch, we plan to buy the trolley bag for our tirp on July.

6/23

We didn't find the trolley bag  which matched up my imagination yesterday.

My period was coming and I had cramps all last night.

In spite of sleeping for a long time last night, I still felt tired this morning.

6/24

I had a fight with my husband again.

To draw attention away from negative emotions, I started to play a mobile game.

The game was so much fun that I didn't sleep util 1:30 am and I was really tired.

6/25

My co-worker who is also a developer takes leave today because he has a job interview.

After yesterday's meeting, he made up his mind to give notice before July.

I have to say I really envy him for getting opportunities for interviews soon.

6/26

My boss arranges for a meeting at 5:00 pm today.

Both my co-worker and I think my boss's arrangement  is to make us work more than we are paid.

Good news is that there will be four newcomers to join us at July 1.

6/27

My son's summer vacation is coming and I counld finally get up a bit late in the morning.

Howerver, I have to plan for his summer vacation.

I have to plan weekly summer homework schedule for my son and arrange for him to participate in fun and educational activities.

6/28

One of our client held a seminar today and used the face recognition of our company to welcome their VIP guests.

However, the client wasn't satisfited with our system.

My boss was very unhappy and called a post-mortem meeting right away.

6/29

All my family went to the Taipei Astronomical Museum today.

The museum recently had organized a special exhibition which displays the history, astronaut equipment, food and so on for moon landing.

After seeing the exhibition, we went to see a movie about Mars landing and the movie was really great.

6/30

My son and I plan to visit his best friend today after his Taekwondo class.

I take my son for a motorcycle ride but it's really dangerous.

Although it's dangerous, it's more convenient than taking public transportation.

*finish the final exam：結束期末考

*take a load off one's mind：放下心中重擔

*....falls on a weekday：...日子是工作日

*Banchan：韓式餐廳的小菜(拌菜)

*trolley bag：有拖輪的旅行袋

*match up my imagination：符合我的想像

*in spite of Ving：雖然....

*draw attention away from...：將注意力從...轉移

*have a job interview：有面試

*yeterday's meeting：昨天的會議

*make up one's mind：下定決心

*give notice：提辭呈

*envy sb. (for) sth.：羨慕某人某事

*get an opportunity for an interview：取得面試的機會

*arrange for ...：安排

*newcomer：新人

*summer homework：暑假作業

*Taipei Astronomical Museum：台北天文館

*organize a special exhibition：舉辦一個特展

*moon landing：登月

*seminar：研討會

*welcom VIP guests：迎賓

*call a meeting：召開會議

*post-mortem：屍檢，事後檢討

*take a child for a motorcycle ride：騎機車帶小孩 

*public transportation：大眾交通工具

6/11

Our HR specialist was still angry and yelled at me this morning, so I told her that I didn't speak ill of her behind her back.

And after that, she could finally talk to me just as usual.

My workloads have increased recently and I'm worried that I can't handle it.

6/12

In the beginning I loved going to work because I really loved programming.

However, after all these days, I am in low spirits as soon as I think of going to work.

Because my co-workers would snitch on others.

6/13

My son had an English review quiz to review for the final exam yesterday .

I am worried about him because he always makes careless errors on exam.

However, he got really good grades and his grade was 99 marks.

6/14

Today is my son's English final Exam and I really hope he won't make careless errors again.

Last night I complained to my husband about my boss.

My husband didn't comfort me. Instead, he preached to me and that depressed me more.

6/15

I was bloated and have the hiccups all day long yesterday.

I was worried that I had a stomach ulcer again.

Having a gastroscopy is really uncomfortable.

6/16

Last night, I prepared the question paper for my son to review for his final exam next week.

I didn't sleep until it was 2:00 am and I felt really tired.

It's really strange that I prepare his final exam harder than he do.

6/17

I was finally not bloated and didn't keep having the hiccups this morning.

I plan to give in my notice by the end of July.

Although I make up my mind to quit, I still worry when I can find my next job.

6/18

My son got really good grades at his English final exam and he told me his grades was 97.5 marks.

However, he still made careless errors on the exam so he was worried that I would be angry at him.

I told him he was great and I didn't get angry.

6/19

The computers and servers of our company often crash and that always interrupts me at work.

After going home, my son told me his grades of Mandarin and Life Curriculum final exam are 97 and 95 marks.

I am really glad that he has made good progress in Mandarin and Life Curriculum.

6/20

Today is my birthday and the first present is an red envelope given by my husband.

When I got to my office and opened my laptop, I found the red envelope sticked on my screen.

The red envelope reads, "Happy Birthday to Derek's Mom" and it surprises me.

*workload：工作負擔

*snitch on sb：打sb的小報告

*be in low spirits：情緒低落

*review quiz：複習小考

*final exam：期末考

*review for the final exam：為了複習期末考

*make careless errors on exam：考試時常粗心錯

*get really good grades：考得很好

*one's grade is xx marks：考xx分

*complain to sb. about sth.：對sb.抱怨sth.

*comfort ：安慰

*preach to sb.：對sb說教

*be bloated：脹氣

*have hiccups：打嗝

*have a stomach ulcer：胃潰瘍

*have a gastroscopy：照胃鏡

*give in one's notice：提辭呈

*make up one's mind to... ：下定決心

*interrupt sb at work：打斷某人的工作

*Mandarin：國語

*Life Curriculum：生活課

*make good progress in xxxx：在xxx方面有很大的進步

*red envelope：紅包

*xxx TWD in red envelope：xxx元的紅包

*xxx reads/says, "........"：xxx上面寫著....

6/1

Today's Taekwondo class starting time is changed to the 7:00 pm.

We can finally do everything we want to do on Saturday and don't have to be in a hurry to the class.

We made origame, played catch, read books and watch the Captain Marvel. 

6/2

My husband's going to Germany on business for a week.

On the way driving to the bus stop, my son kept talking 'I don't want to let you go, Dad'. 

And now, I start to miss my husband, too.

6/3

Again, I didn't sleep well last night and I thought that might becasue I was not used to my husband not by my side.

I've thought my boss and my supervisor don't communicate well with each other.

Therefore, I usually don't know whose decisions shold I obey.

6/4

We had a new coworker join our team yesterday.

I feel a little bit happy and worried.

I worry that I can't get along with him.

6/5

I stayed up late reading a novel last night.

I didn't sleep util 2:40 am and I could barely keep my eyes open this morning.

My son cried because he didn't get ready as fast as usual this morning.

6/6

I received the tv box bought from pchome this morning and finally could test my app.

And after that, my supervisor gave me a source code of face recognition and told me I was charge of maintaining and developing it. 

I think I'm going to be very busy soon.

6/7

I found my son's watch was gone again this morning and my son didn't remember where his watch was.

I felt very angry and helpless at that moment.

I want to know is there anything could help him understand he should  cherish his possessions.

6/8 

My husband came back from Germany yesterday afternoon.

His luggage was almost overweight because I gave a long shopping list of what I wanted him to buy for me.

Only two items of my shopping list he couldn't buy and I really appreciated it.

6/9

The Dragon Boat Festival long weekend is over, but I still can't get back into the work mode.

Sometimes I really want to take a day off to sleep all day long at home.

However, my job tenure is less than one year and I don't have enought annual leave.

6/10

My ex-coworker had a fight  with our HR specialist last Thursday

After a long weekend, our HR specialist is still not over it.

She was as mad as a wet hen because she thought we all spoke ill of her behind her back.

*be in a hurry to：趕著做..

* make origame：摺紙

*play catch：玩丟接球

*Captain Marvel：驚奇隊長

*go to somewhere on business：去somewhere出差

*it might because：可能因為

*obey：遵守

*get along with sb：和sb相處得很好

*stay up late：熬夜

*helpless：無助，無奈

*my luggage is overweight：我的行李超重

*shopping list：購物清單

*Dragon Boat Festival：端午節

*long weekend：包含周末的連假

*get back into the work mode：收心

*take a day off：請假

*job tenure：工作年資

*annual leave：特休

*be still not over it：耿耿於懷

*be as mad as a wet hen：氣得哇哇大叫

*speak ill of someone behind someone's head：在背後說someone的壞話

5/22

I heard a piece of very good news this morning and I was so happy that I almost cried.

My son won the second prize of the English story-telling contest held by his school.

Today was really my son's day and I believed he would be happy all day long.

5/23

Today is a busy day.

I thought my boss would be in office this morning and be absent in the afternoon.

However, he was out of office this morning and came in office afternoon and that ruined my plan.

5/24

Every time my period is coming, I feel tired and have a headache.

More than that, I have cramps on my period almost every time.

At that moment, I always wish that I was a man.

5/25

My son lent his friend his Garmin watch on Friday and I didn't knew that until Saturday morning.

I was very angry at my son for his not cherishing his possessions.

Both my husband and I thought his watch might not be returned anyway.

5/26

My son always get up early on the weekend.

I feel very confused that he always looks tired on weekdays.

Why doesn't he sleep a bit longer on the weekend?

5/27

We went to see the Pokémon Detective Pikachu yesterday and that movie was really funny.

However, my son was still terrified of the bad guy in the movie.

He had a nightmare last night and I didn't want to take him to see movies in the movie theater  anymore.

5/28

As I expected, my son's watch wasn't returned by his classmate yesterday.

It has been cold one day and hot the next recently.

That makes me can't have good night's sleep.

5/29

My son's watch was returned by the woman who takes care of children on the school bus.

At that moment, I realized my son lied to me again.

He forgot ask his classmate to return his watch and he was afraid I gave him a piece of my mind.

5/30

It became so cold last night that I didn't sleep well.

I have had some difficulty developing app recently.

However, my boss wants me to demo the app everyday and that is a bit annoying.

5/31

Finally, I solved the problem of playing the rtsp on my Android application.

Hope today is a happy Friday and that means my boss will be out of office all day long.

I've been too busy to keep writing my blog posts recently.

*win the second prize：贏得第二名

*on one's period：生理期

*have cramps：生理痛

*be angry at sb. for sth.：為了某事對某人生氣

*cherish one's possessions：珍惜某人的財物

*on the weekend：在周末

*on weekdays：在平日

*be terrified of：很害怕

*It's cold one day and hot the next：天氣忽冷忽熱

*have good night's sleep：晚上睡得好

*give sb a piece of your mind：教訓sb.

*have some difficulty (in) Ving：在做...遇到一些困難

*write a blog post：寫部落格

5/12

There are too many articles about keeping a diary in English in my blog and the content is short.

Hence, I decided to write 10 days diary in an article. 

Finally, I booked our flight to Japan successfully on Friday night and I got a load off my mind.

5/13

I started to study how to build an Android TV apk today.

That was really interesting to me.

I hoped my supervisor could give me more complicated tasks of Android TV  development.

5/14

My son's school will hold a storytelling competition tomorrow and I hope my son could do his best in the competition.

I finished the task given by my supervisor this afternoon.

Tomorrow, I'd like to apply for an annual leave to go on a trip to Japan.

5/15 

The storytelling competition started at 1:15 pm this aftenoon and it has ended now.

I really want to know the results because I am worried my son would feel very frustrated if he doesn't win the competition.

Today, my boss was out of office and that made me chill out.

5/16

My son told me he felt a bit nervous so he didn't take a nap at noon yesterday.

However, he felt more and more excited and was not nervous anymore when he was onstage.

I have to say he was  born to shine on the stage .

5/17

I don't sleep well recently but I don't know why.

I had a bed dream about not catching the flight this morning and then I woke up.

The feeling of panic was so real that I couldn't fall asleep again.

5/18

We celebrated the Mother's Day yesterday.

We went to eat the hot pot and after that children had fun in the Global Mall at the Banqiao station.

At the end of this celebration we bought lots of desserts of YANNICK. 

5/19

It is scorching hot today and my son was sweating all the way to his Taekwondo class.

In the beginning, we planned to eat lunch outside.

However, I decided to cook lunch at home at last because of the hot weather.

5/20 

It rained hard this morning and my pants got wet when i got to my office.

Because my husband took an annual leave today I had to go to work by myself.

The problem is the parking lots for scooters around my office is few and I had to take a lot of time to find a parking space for my scooter. 

5/21 

My eyes itch and red last night and I knew I had eye allergy again.

Hence, My eyes were uncomfortable this morning.

I applied eye drops four times this morning.

*take a load off my mind：如釋重負，鬆了一口氣

*supervisor：(直屬)主管

*give me tasks：交付任務

*in the competition：在比賽中

*annual leave：年假(特休)

*go on / take a trip：進行一趟旅程

*out of office：不在辦公室

*chill out：放鬆

*onstage：上台表演

*catch the flight：趕上飛機

*panic：慌張

*hot pot：火鍋

*Banqiao Station：板橋車站

*It is scorching hot.：天氣非常炎熱

*parking lots for scooters：機車停車場

*parking space for scooters：機車停車格

*rain hard/rain heavily：雨下得很大

*itch：癢

*have eye allergy：眼睛過敏

*apply eye drops ：點眼藥水

A school fair was held yesterday in celebration of the anniversary of my son's school. 

We got up early to drive my son to school.

After attending the school fair, my son had to go to the Taekwondo class and my whole family was exhausted.

*school fair：學校園遊會

*school anniversary：校慶

*drive my son to school：送兒子上學

All of my coworkers went to the Secutech exhibition these three days.

Only one accountant stayed in the office with me and I liked the quiet work atmosphere.

However, I am worried about the post-mortem for this exhibition next Monday morning.

*work atmosphere：工作氛圍

* post-mortem：屍檢；事後檢討

I received my passport yesterday and I could receive my son's passport tomorrow.

After receiving our passports, I can finally book our flight to Japan. 

I hope there would still be flight available on July 21.

In the middle of night, my son told me he had a earache and he can't sleep.

I worried that my son has an ear infection and I let him eat antipyretics to make him sleep well.

Although he has an ear infection it was not serious.

*earache：耳朵痛

* antipyretics：退燒藥

*have an ear infection：中耳炎

Again, I got off work late last night.

After eating my dinner, it was 10:30 pm.

I really wanted to take leave this morning but I can't.

*get off work：下班

*take leave：請假

I was really nervous today.

My company will take part in the exhibition of Secutech in May 8.

However, I thought my coworker didn't want to make all-out effort to prepare.

*make all-ourt effort：盡全力

I am hooked on a mobile game recently.

I stayed up late playing the mobile game last night.

I could barely keep my eyes open this morning.

*be hooked on：迷上...

*mobile game：手遊

*can barely keep one's eyes open：幾乎睜不開眼睛

I took my son to the dentist last night for an exam to check for any problems in the teeth or gums.

After that, we went to the night market shopping for my bag and his clothes.

However, I found he had a slight fever when we got home and he felt very tired afterwards.

*go to the dentist：看牙醫

*gums：牙齦

* for an exam to check for any problems in the teeth or gums：檢查牙齒或牙齦是否有問題

*have a fevere：發燒

*and ...... afterwards(adv.)：然後

On my way to work I was involved in a car accident this morning.

Good thing my husband and I were not seriously injured and only scratched our elbows and knees.

However, we forgot to ask the person who caused the car accident to leave her contact information.

* be involved in a car accident：發生小車禍

*good thing：還好、幸好

*be seriously injuried：受傷嚴重

*scratched+身體部位：擦傷身體部位

I took my son to apply for his passport firs time yesterday.

However, it will take 7 days to get my son's passport.

Maybe we cannot go to Japan in July.

Today is the Labor Day and I am happy that I don't have to work and to look after my son.

I took a day to watch a talent show.

Today, there was a pecie of good news that my son was selected by his teacher  to join the final round after the preliminary round of the story telling competition in his class.

* talent show：選秀節目

*the preliminary round of the story telling competition：說故事比賽的預賽

I feel a little bit nervous for my son's first audition for the storytelling competition tomorrow.

And I am worried that he will feel very frustrated if he lose the competition.

Tonight is the last chance that he can practise and prepare for the competition.

I tried to update my Android Studio to the latest stable version this afternoon.

I was worried that this updating would broke my old project, especially the one integrated with the openCV library.

Fortunately, everything was fine after updating my IDE to the latest version.