I love my job as a trade secretary I love my job as a trade secretary which is very interesting and I can get a lot from it. However, just one thing I can't stand it. Every time I will be doubted and questioned by co-works why I didn't follow customer's order to deliver PO (purchase order) to foreign supplier when they find sth different from original order. Before receiving goods imported from foreign they will check customer's order and question me. As you know sometimes we will lose memory and forget why we did this after a period of time. Maybe I did that because of following the suggestions from my boss, salesmen, or co-workers who is questioning me. Shipping goods by sea freight from Europe to Taiwan takes over 1 month. Even after 2 month or more we receive goods. It happened again this morning. First I apologized for the serious mistakes. However, later on I was found I didn’t do sth wrong. This was the requirement from the customer and salesman proved it. No one said sorry to me. Maybe next time I need to check customer’s order in advance before informing co-works about goods coming. And I can have time to review why it changed from original order.

That's Honeycomb organization inflammation Recently, I have a small wound on the instep of a foot for a long time and can’t be recovered. Until last week it become much red, gummy and pains me. Not just one foot. So I felt impelled to see a doctor. First, my mom took me going to a traditional Chinese medicine clinic One doctor helped ease my symptom with acupuncture, a little bit electroshock, and infrared searchlight for 20 mins.(you can find 2 photos as below) Another nephropathy master gave me a Foot Massage and Herb Paste. Of course he avoid my wound because there is high possibility of Honeycomb organization inflammation with it. I have repeated it 2 days and it did work. However, one of my friends scared me that my foot will be cut if it is Honeycomb organization inflammation and become serious. I was impelled to go to a hospital. Yesterday, I went to see a doctor in the skin department of big hospital and found out a Honeycomb organization inflammation definitely . Luckily, all I have to do is take antibiotics (1 capsule 3 times a day after meals). And protect the wound from getting wet and often keep my foot rising. Thankfully, I done this. Joyce

Photo Album-Glamour Shots Yesterday I visited Taipei International Cosmetics Exhibition and bought a personal photo album which I will be taken personal photos in November or December. It cost me a lot about NT$12,800From over hundreds of photos, I can choose 20 photos for a 12-inches albumand receive 28 photo Electronic files. Tacking pictures outside, 4 Scenes (2formal; 2 casual). I would like to have photos of being elegant, sexy,rhyming, sweet and so on. Why I want to do that. It’s because the skin and body shape of a woman willbecomes worse and worse after her 30 years old. And it also can decrease my desire to get married. As you know when seeingmy friends’ wedding photos I was so envious or what. So now, all I have to do is to lose weight, practicing and make a good bodyshape.

It’s a fraud. Be carefully on MSN. Yesterday one of my friends asked me to buy MyCard (a game card) via MSN. However, I saw this friend in the SKYPE so I double checked with him at the same time via SKYPE. He said he didn’t do this. Then, I showed him all the conversation record on the MSN and called him to change his MSN code. The guy who stole my friend MSN account said he can’t buy now MyCard about NT$ 6,000 and it’s very urgent. He knew my friend is in Austrian now and ask to help him buy the game cards. I replied could I do it 2 hours later (I had known this is a con trick). He agreed that and said he will wait for me. As you know, finally my friend changed his MSN code and made a clarification “it’s a fraud, I didn’t asking anyone to buy MyCard”. Because this bad guy found many people from MSN list of my friend. Wow! How terrible it is. Be carefully, my friends!

Regarding the term "LEISTER" On Friday, I brought an Italian guest, who sold a machine to us but the machine can't work well, to visit our work shop. It's hard for me to have oral translation their professional terms(related to industrial conveyer belt) due to the fact that only 1.5 month I have worked in the company. The Italian run bussiness in the mainland China, but he still can’t speak Mandarin, only English for communication. We ask him flying to Taipei to solve the machine problem Do you know "LEISTER" which is a Swiss brand name because it’s so famous that people use it referring the industrial Hot-air generator. I didn't know about this. So I translate it with its original meaning "leister". I looked into a on-line dictionary and find "a fish fork/ trident/ fish spear" to explain "leister". While they understood finally, I got so embarrassed.

The meaning of a Chinese name Some Chinese family will name their child following the tradition that the children in the same generation will be named the some word in the second character of the whole name. There are 3 characters in a name. The first one is "family name", the second one is the same for one generation, so only is the last character different. But my family didn't do that. According to a fortune teller, my mom named my name related the word “Jade” due to jade wanted in my destiny. So my Chinese name is Hong Ling Ling, and you can find the word “玉Jade” in the second and the third characters. My name is very interesting because of the same rhyme “ng” with three characters, which I always introduce my name by this saying. How about your English name? Does it has special meaning? Could you share the secret with me?

Wearing a raincoat to the office^^ The weather in Taipei is humid and cold in the winter, especially a rainy day. We have lots of motorcycles in Taiwan. People like me ride a motorcycle (or motorbike), not driving a car, to the office due to the fact of neither enough money or packing space (park lot) for a car. You know the population density is too high in the city (Taipei is one of the highest cities) and it’s not easy to find a parking space. Motorcyclist must put on a raincoat while a rainy day, so we will wear it to the company and also to the office directly. So it becomes a very funny vision that you can see many people wearing their raincoat walking to the office in the morning. Wish you have a good day.