A Blog for TCM

TCM, or Traditional Chinese Medicine, is fairly famous all around the world not only for its efficacious therapies but also for the mysterious side of the word” traditional”. However, most of the TCM physicians actually do not obtain the noticeable attention equally comparing with TCM itself even their relationship is just like the connections between Magic and the magicians. Consequently, many of the physicians aren’t well-known even for some hottest branch fields of TCM, one of them can be Acupuncture. As a result, I took a volunteer job introduced by my aunt who is also a physician, which is to make a blog webpage for one of the reputed finest Acupunctural physicians in Nanjing. Well, this task is sound easy to get, but actually… not!

First employment experience at UBC Coffee House

First employment experience in U.B.C. Coffee House
On December 24th, the silent night…ehh, clatter night at coffee house at least, Sherry and I experienced a busy but wonderful time in UBC House for performing “generous” “Saint Nick and Saint Nicola”. How is that? We’ll come back soon to that one, but first I suppose a step-by-step introducing.

After a significant success with two distinguished performers--Sherry and me—for Xmas song performances in earlier December, both of Chaplin and Chaplina (OK I’ll stop talking about that) thought that we could and must continue our tour on the theme of Xmas. For the reason of that we took several pictures with the scene in UBC House, Sherry gave a suggestion that we have already found a place for our employability experiencing— As a result, we contacted with the manager of UBC…well actually we contacted with Sherry’s aunt and uncle, and they accepted it with pleasant. Woo, that’s far better compare with running around in a hurry to find a place of employment in holiday!

So you know that we went there on the Christmas Eve, with excitement, of course. However, I got a problem right after we arrived there: I couldn’t put myself in the Santa suit they prepared for their new man! The coat could be PUT on in all cost, but the hat… Later on they told me that their family has a tradition of performing in a Santa role by one family member every year in their UBC house… this fact made me more frustrated: It means that I am far “stronger” than any member of their family who have been the role…

After Sherry’s aunt gave another “big enough” hat, we started our work. This may be easy in your impression, but our job was “distribute” Christmas gifts to all the customers who were able to take a chance—It looked like a lottery but in hundreds of Red Pockets. That’s easy to handle it, right? No! The truth is: I was in the duty of carrying a noticeable big bag full with gifts while Sherry was holding a lottery box for customers, but they were all “Thanks for your participation” gifts! Then every customer, even everyone, treated me as a devil with bad luck…

OK, just kidding. Actually I was pleasured in this job, especially when the customers looked at me as a real Santa. I also think that Sherry was also very pleasant though she had already known their tradition before.

Finally thanks for the UBC coffee shop, and Sherry’s help, for gave us a opportunity to have such a fantastic experience. That’s a great value of us when we are in the way of trying to become adapted in a new place around us.