A Lifetime So Fulfilling

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A Lifetime So Fulfilling

• Assignment 1, Oct 1, 2004, for
• L-500 Foundations of Information Technology
• by
• Sheng-yung (Nicholas) Chang
• bacopa_c_at_interchange.ubc.ca

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Personal Information

• Chinese Name
• Sheng - yung Chang
• English Name
• Nicholas
• Country of Origin
• Taiwan
• Marital Status
• Single
• Family
• A Lovely Daughter
• with 3 Legs
• and a Bushy Tail

• Current Address
• 3109 St. Johns College
• 2111 Lower Mall UBC
• Vancouver V6T 1Z4 BC
• Permanent Address
• 10676 Glenwood Crescent
• East Surrey V4N 1W1 BC
• Telephone Number
• 604 8228790 (St. Johns)
• 604 5882075 (My sisters)
• Fax Number
• 604 8228885 (St. Johns)

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Education Background

• Sep 1983 Jun 1987 Department of Foreign
  Languages Literature
• 
  National Taiwan University, NTU
• Sep 1987 Jun 1990 Graduate Institute of
  English
• 
  National Taiwan Normal University, NTNU
• Sep 1992 Jun 1993 Graduate Institute of
  English, NTNU
• 
  Thesis Finished
• Sep 2001 Nov 2001 PhD Program of English
  Department
• 
  National Kaohsiung Normal University
• Sep 2004 Present MLIS Program of SLAIS
• 
  University of British Columbia

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Work Experience

• Sep 1989 Jun 1990 Substitute English Teacher
• at
  Shih-lin Vocational School, Taipei
• Aug 1990 Jul 1992 Seaman First Class as
  Editing Assistant
• at
  Chinese Naval Academy, Kaohsiung
• Aug 1993 Jul 1994 Full-time English Teacher
• at
  Song-san Senior High School, Taipei
• Aug 1994 Jan 1995 Full-time Teaching
  Assistant
• at
  English Department, NTNU, Taipei
• Feb 1995 Jun 2003 Full-time English
  Instructor
• at
  Chinese Naval Academy, Kaohsiung
• Sep 2001 Jun 2003 Part-time English
  Instructor
• at
  Kaohsiung Medical University

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Community Involvement in BC

• May 2004- Present Member and Monthly Donor
• 
  for World Wildlife Fund, Toronto
• Jun 2004- Present Supporter and Monthly
  Donor
• 
  for Wildlife Rescue Association of BC
• Aug 2004- Present Volunteer as Collection
  Assistant
• at
  Vancouver Museum
• August 22, 2004 10-K Runner in
  Footsteps for Leukemia
• 
  held by Leukemia Research Fund
• August 23, 2004 PETA Demonstrator
  against Iams Cruelty
• on
  Laboratory Animals at PNE
• September 6, 2004 Volunteer as Direction
  Guide for 2004
• 
  Vancouver Triathlon at Stanley Park
• September 14, 2004 First Junior Speaker in
  St. Johns College

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Qui Est Mon Bébé ?
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PiPi, Cest Moi !

This is my dog, Pipi, or Bébé in French. She was
once a stray dog near Naval Academy, but I
adopted her as my daughter, and since then, she
has become the focus of my life. We went to work
together whether in sunshine or storms we
traveled on freeway bus together between
Taipei and Kaohsiung, the bus driver knowing
nothing about an un-paying passenger on board.
She also lived in my dorm at the academy, which
is against school regulations. But of course,
her licks were worth the risk.
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Three Crises

• crisis 2 during her stay with my parents in
  Taipei, a fierce typhoon came and flooded the
  house. Pipi capered briskly to the first floor
  and made a dive into the murky swirling water
• crisis 3 I decided to immigrate to Canada and
  take MLIS program at UBC, which means, my parents
  will take care of Pipi for two years. She will
  make sure she gets what she wants, anything, be
  it good or bad for health, from two doting,
  pampering grandparents

• crisis 1 the superintendent of Naval Academy, a
  vice- admiral, once paid a visit to our office
  unexpectedly. Pipi made a dash to his pant legs,
  snarling and baring her sharp teeth
  

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Core Courses for Pipi
D-500 Foundations of Balancing Technology
D-550a Current Issues Instructional
Role of Canines
D-540 Foundations of Information
Reference Services
D-530 Advanced Information Retrieval
D-570 Planning and Designing of Kennels
D-550b Current Issues Entrepreneurial Canines
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My Favourite English Literary Works

• The Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller
• The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
• A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner
• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
• The Story of An Hour by Kate Chopin
• The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde
• The Young King by Oscar Wilde
• The Gifts of the Magi by O. Henry
• Information Please by Paul Villiard
• The Little Match Girl by Hans Andersen

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My Favourite English Songs

• Amazing grace
• A dream that only I can know by Jen Mahoney
• Jeannie with the light brown hair
• My old Kentucky home
• Take me home, country road by John Denver
• The piano man by Billy Joel
• Nights in white satin by Moody Blues
• Morning has broken by Cat Stevens
• Both sides now by Joni Mitchell
• The night they drove old Dixie down by Joan
  Baez

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My Book Collectionin 4 subjects and 4 languages
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My Favourite French Books
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Favourite Flowers in 2 Official Languages

• Violet violette
• Lily of the valley muguet
• Red poppy coquelicot
• Morning glory liseron
• Sun flower tournesol
• Water lily nénuphar
• Anemone anémone
• Dandelion pissenlit
• Iris iris
• Gladiolus glaïeuls

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Since my arrival in Vancouver, a new phase of my
life has begun. I have made friends with
classmates from Slais, fellow residents from St.
Johns college, and still others from Greater
Vancouver Area. Many thanks to these people who
enrich my life and make it all the more
rewarding. It is indeed a lifetime so fulfilling.
how my lives interact with one another
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My favourite Buddhist poem,
Translated from Chinese by me

• In the mountains, rivers, and
  
• all the different places.
• The winds and the moon are
• in the same sky.
• Lets beseech Buddhas that
• Positive karmic relationships
• be set up between us.

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