Bliss English Club

Dear Blissers,
 
Last Saturday,we learned lots of vocabulary about the culture of Taiwan which focused on popular food,the art of tea and folk beliefs.We had fun in guessing the Chinese names of dishes mentioned in the article.For instance,what are "steamed chicken" and "milkfish porridge" in Chinese?They are 白斬雞 and 虱目魚粥!Below are some vocabulary I'd like to share with you.
 
ethnic 民族的/rural 鄉村的/staple 主要的/shoot 幼苗/starch 澱粉/culinary 烹飪的/
veteran 老兵,老手/indigenous 本地的/descendant 子孫/
banquet 宴會/aesthetics 美學/superficially=shallowly/strata=levels/permeate 滲透/
a myriad of 無數的/aboriginal 原始的,土生土長的/
ferment 發酵/thrifty 節儉地/poultry 家禽/viscera 內臟(pl.)/glutinous 黏的/prosperity 興旺繁榮/
ritual 儀式/unprecedented 空前的/retrocession交還/ratify 正式批准/connoisseur 鑑賞家/
consummate=perfect/soothing 撫慰的,鎮靜的/
 
Thank Ellen for the efforts to host the meeting.The participants were Barkley,Sanli,Iris,Belle,Jessica,Kevin,Gina,Vicky,Chloe and Hans.Thanks for your coming!
During the meeting,we also celebrated Ellen's birthday in advance,you can also give Ellen your blessing this week!
Our photo link:https://picasaweb.google.com/ilovebliss.taipei/TaiwanByEllenMay142011?authkey=Gv1sRgCJGpieyf4eqLUA#
 
This coming Saturday,we are glad to have Elise as our host.She'd like to discuss a serious but inevitable topic in our life:how do we say goodbye to our beloved? I believe it will be a touching meeting and make us think deeply about life and death.Please read the below letter from Elise.The meeting place will be Brown 2F.
 
Best Regards,
Vicky
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Dear BLISS good friends,
 
I almost lost my cute Daddy in 2009.  The days trying to bring him back were scary and torturing to me and my family.  I started to think about our Chinese term “good death”.  Do we have to “accumulate lucks” to win it?  Or there are things we can do to get prepared for the last day?   If you are open to discuss about death and your death, please come.
 
Lovely Elise
 
** meeting outline **
 
14:00 ~ 14:30 True story -- Almost lost my Dad
l   First decision -- Intubate or not?
l   He is begging you…
l   Who can pull the tube out?
l   Doctors are Gods?
l   Michael is my savior.
l   Second decision – another hospital?
l   The longest 5 minutes in my life.
l   Two times a day – Will the nurse come to me?
14:30 ~ 14:50 Have you been there, too?
14:50 ~ 15:30 Advices for your doctors
l   Six intensions
l   Do you consider to sign them?
15:30 ~ 16:10 The most important proposal in a life
l   Will & Living Will
l   Five ways to make a Will
16:10 ~ 16:50 A love letter to your beloved
l   Ethical will
l   Life memory book
16:50 ~ 17:20 How would you like your funeral?
l   Which photo would you like to put there?
l   Religion?
l   Flowers?  Ice creams?
17:20 ~ 17:30 Wrapping
 
 
Best regards,
 
Elise

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Chairman: Ellen
Education manager:Vicky,Iris,Mengta
Activity manager:Naihsin,Sandy,Barkley
PR manager:Willy,Sanli

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伯朗咖啡(南京一店)  每人低消130元，無其他費用。
Address: 台北市 中山區 南京東路二段218號 (建國北路口)
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