今天是第十堂課，雖然老師的收費比其他菲律賓籍老師貴，但Malayana老師是我唯一一位一直持續上課的老師。老師的課程很多元，我是挑free talk和idioms輪流上課。 1)free talk：老師會給一個PDF檔，裡面有各種主題，一堂課挑3個主題。這種課程對於像我一樣，想練習英文表達的人非常適合！老師很會引導，也會一直把問題延伸下去！過程中都不會有尷尬的時候！雖然準備了3題，但常常一個主題就可以講一整堂課XDD，今天還討論到「支不支持死刑」的課外題~~ 整體而言，非常推薦給想要50分鐘一直輸出英文的同學~~ 2)idioms：這堂課沒有課前作業，老師會將自製的教材投影到畫面上，然後會解釋這些俚語的意思(共10個)，再來會一起聆聽和複誦老師自製的對話和錄音，最後有一些小測驗(選擇題、問答題)。很推薦大家選擇這個主題，因為如果去國外想要融入當地，諺語是一定要學習的！如果去到當地聽不懂就可能會誤會人家，像我覺得最重要的片語就是Let's call it a day! ha ha 最後，還是推薦大家，不管是有英文基礎還是基礎比較弱的人，都來試聽看看Malayana老師的課，說不定老師的教學風格和教學內容會很適合你喔！

今天開始了新的英文片語課！從老師一開始列出的幾個片語，我就大概猜得到今天的文章主題一定跟「花錢」有關～畢竟像是「cost an arm and a leg」和「worried sick」這種片語都出現了XDD（老師的教學方式是：先列出今天要學的所有片語，一個一個解釋完之後，再帶我們看一篇融合這些片語的小故事） 接著我們就聊起彼此曾經「花錢花得太誇張」的經驗，我提到我以前玩線上遊戲課金課超多，結果老師以為我在玩「online casino」，我趕緊有點不好意思地澄清：「不是啦不是啦，是戀愛遊戲啦⋯⋯呃，日本出的Ikemen系列遊戲。」當場有夠害羞的啊啊啊！ 後來我們又聊到最近有沒有什麼「think out of the box」的例子，我提到我寫的一篇採訪稿受到甲方很大的肯定，老師立刻問：「那妳為什麼不多寫一點？」我說：「每天都要think out of the box真的太累了，而且我也不覺得自己做得到。」老師直接說：「You lack confidence.」我非常贊同，也坦承可能是因為我太常「說了卻沒做到」，又有嚴重拖延症的關係。 Started a new idioms class today! As soon as my teacher listed out the idioms we’d be learning, I had a feeling that today’s topic would definitely be about spending money—especially with phrases like “cost an arm and a leg” and “worried sick” showing up! 😂 (The way my teacher teaches is: she introduces all the idioms first, explains them one by one, and then we read a short story that includes all of them.) So naturally, we started sharing stories about times we spent money a little too recklessly. I admitted that I used to spend way too much on in-game purchases. My teacher thought I meant online casinos, and I had to awkwardly explain, “Oh no no, it’s not gambling—it’s a romance game… um, a Japanese series called Ikemen.” It was so embarrassing to admit that, haha! Then we moved on to a more “think outside the box” kind of topic. I told her that a recent interview piece I wrote got really great feedback from a client. She immediately asked, “Why don’t you write more like that?” I replied, “Because thinking out of the box every day is exhausting… and I don’t think I can keep it up.” She said, “You lack confidence,” and honestly—I agreed. I told her it’s probably because I always say I’ll do something and then procrastinate or fail to follow through. She recommended I read Atomic Habits, and I happily pulled out the book from beside me and showed it to her—only to admit that I bought it a month ago and haven’t even opened it yet. 😅 (Classic late-stage procrastination behavior, I know.) Still, I’m really grateful for her encouragement to try doing the right things. I’ll do my best to follow through—starting tomorrow, I’ll finally start reading Atomic Habits! I can do this! 💪 老師於是推薦我去看《原子習慣》，結果我立刻從身邊掏出那本書秀給老師看，然後超心虛地說：「一個月前就買了，結果⋯到現在還沒看（掩面）」←完全是拖延症晚期患者本尊沒錯。 真的很謝謝老師鼓勵我去嘗試「做對的事」。我會努力說到做到，從明天開始讀《原子習慣》！我一定可以的！