Beauty of failure / 失敗的美好

今天傍晚去把落選的畫稿接回家，心情有一點受影響，不過去了健身房一趟之後，決定明天重新開始。

This evening I went to pick up my story and illustrations "Not Alone" for the Sanmin picture book contest. Though it took me only an evening to get over my frustration a few weeks ago, I knew I was going down today. Luckily, after working out in the gym, I am so determined to begin again tomorrow. 

        夏天寫了兩個故事，故事本身都不夠好，所以都失敗了，不過今年學到最大的課題就是：失敗也是一件很美好的事，因為它讓我變得更謙卑，並且開始享受尋找方法的過程，更重要的是，失敗讓我更強壯，也毫不遲疑地重新修改寫過的故事。

     I wrote two stories this past summer, but I failed all because my stories are not good enough. However, I learned an important lesson this year, that is, failure itself is a very wonderful experience. It makes me more humble. Also, I've seen so much as I am looking for ways out. Most of all, I've become stronger. I've got down to revising one of the stories without hesitation.

        未來的某一天，我一定也會懷念這一刻的自己。

     In the future, I'll be bound to miss how I am at this instant...

New class / 新班級

新班級三智有幾個小農夫，從夏天就投入種植蔬菜。九月結束，我們的空心菜也收成了，孩子們把空心菜包裝成一束小花送給我，因為剛採摘的新鮮蔬菜枯萎得很快，我在三個小時內把蔬菜帶回家，作當天的晚餐。

My new class is devoted to gardening. We've been planting vegetables since summer. As September ended, the water spinach was ready for being harvested. The girls made a small bouquet, giving it to me as a gift. Since it withered quickly, I took it home and had it cooked within three hours as my dinner that day. 

        雖然拍完照才注意到擺盤，但是吃自己種的、不加農藥的蔬菜，不僅清爽可口，更有一股濃濃的情意在其中。

     It was not after I took photos that it occurred to me that I had totally forgot the art of plating food. However, the most important thing is that the water spinach planted by my young farmers is not only extremely fresh but also unique because of their genuine love in it.