2024-2025 個人創作展：畫展介紹

就在今年 2023 年的 3 月 5 號，專屬於我的個人創作展開展了！這次展覽的主軸是「成長」，我希望來觀看我的展覽的人，可以看見我在繪畫之路上的成長與成就。展出的作品當中包含不同的美彩，油畫、水彩、色鉛筆和素描都包含在其中。仔細觀察便可以看到，不管是在構圖或塗色方面，在近期作品中有許多的進展和更進階的表現。

我從小學六年級開始學習繪畫的課程，經過五年多的努力以及累積，這次展出了一共 15 幅創作作品。一開始學習繪畫的契機是日本動畫中，展現出的繽紛的畫面、構圖以及人物在畫面中互動的動作，吸引我並讓我踏上創作的道路。

在我的作品當中，應該不難發現，我非常喜歡以人為主題去創作，幾乎每一幅創作當中不可壁面的要素就是人類！我享受每一次探索如何畫出人類的姿勢、表情和服裝的過程，也特別喜歡將人物放滿畫面的感覺。

每個時期和階段的畫作，都會因為當時接觸到的人事物的不同而有所變化。許多的畫作都是因為當下對某一部動畫或某一件事情特別有興趣而誕生的。創作對我來說就是將人生中發生的大大小小的事情結合起來，當作一個階段的紀錄。現在再回頭去看，可以勾起很多回憶。

從畫展展出的作品當中，也可以觀察出我從剛開始接觸繪畫，到近期作品中對物品和光影表現的進步。初期繪畫時，還不懂得如何用顏色把整個氛圍和立體感建立出來，會比較常使用描邊的方式去表現，物品的重疊時出現的光影變化。中期的作品當中，則會漸漸使用在底色上疊加深色色塊達到陰影的效果。在較近期的作品當中，則漸漸掌握到暗面的漸層以及更多光影反射的細節。看到自己在繪畫過程中的累積和進步其實蠻開心的。

繪畫水彩的部分也有很大的進展。一開始不習慣一次將底色打好或將顏色圖超過邊界，習慣一塊顏色一塊顏色進行上色，並慢慢一層一層將顏色堆疊上去。這樣的繪畫方式比較難保有水彩顏料原本的鮮豔，但用在其中幾幅沙漠或夢境的畫作當中相當適合。

在非常近期繪製的一張作品當中，我達到了前所未有的突破，也比較大膽地去畫水彩。在「鯉魚之旅」這張水彩畫作中，我一次將底色全部打完，包括在水彩還沒乾的時候先將較深的顏色加上去作為陰影。作品整體看起來較有活力，顏色也非常鮮艷，是我最喜歡的作品之一。

這次的展覽不僅僅是向大眾展示我這五年多來累積的成果，也是讓我自己回憶並看看自己這幾年努力的成果，更是讓我意識到創作的力量，是如何將回憶保存下來。我覺得這是一個非常寶貴的經驗，很感謝繪畫教室給我這個展覽的機會，也謝謝這幾年努力不懈的我，未來的我也一定會好好記得這場畫展以及背後的累積。

2023-2024 VIQC Taiwan Open Elementary Group: Scorekeeper referee

I attended the VIQC Taiwan Open Elementary Group Competition as a scorekeeper referee. Unlike field reset, the scorekeeper referee has the job of counting the score of each match and confirming the score with the team members.

We have two scorekeeper referees and one head referee watching one field at a time. There are four fields in total, and two will run simultaneously. There are a total of four scorekeeper referees and two head referees on the tournament field.

There were a total of 30 practice matches, 240 qualification matches, and 30 final matches. The whole competition is split into two days. During the first day, teams get to run skills challenges in the morning. While practice matches and 100 qualification matches will be played in the afternoon.

The second day is a little more busy since there are a total of 170 matches that will be played. We barely have time to rest, and we spend most of the time standing and walking between fields. Despite the uneasy job of a scorekeeper referee, I still enjoy the experience a lot. 

I got to communicate and talk with the teams while confirming the score. I was also able to chat with other scorekeeper referees. I helped with robot inspection and scorekeeping, these were really a great experience and super fun to enjoy.

2023-2024 VTO VRC Middle School: Competition Volunteer 16 hours

I participated in volunteering for 16 hours at the VRC VTO middle school competition. I was a participant in the competition that was 1 day before this one, the high school group national championship. I decided to stay two more days in Hsinchu to participate in volunteering.

I was assigned the job as a field reset in the main tournament field. I found it interesting since I could watch the tournament from a very close angle, a view that only staff and referees can enjoy. Two other volunteers helped with resetting the field. Our job was to place the triballs in the correct position and count if any ball is missing.

Even though I got to enjoy the view of competitions, I still felt tired after working 8 hours a day. It was a very memorable experience. I got to talk and meet a lot of people and witness some amazing scores teams had accomplished.

VRC Taiwan Open High School: Tournament Champion, Think Award

Taiwan Open, the national competition that has world qualifying awards, is the one I will be introducing. This is the second to the last competition we will attend in Taiwan this season, and is especially important since there is three spots to qualify for worlds.

The excellence award, and two teams on the tournament champion alliance. These are what we are aiming for in this competition. Also, if one team got two of the world qualifying awards, the eligibility will be passed down to the skills ranking. That is why skills challenges are also very important.

We continued to improve the robot we used for the previous competition, PAS signature event. After analyzing and organizing our time after PAS, we think that we don't have enough time to reconstruct a robot and also fully practice using it.

The competition is separated into two days. First day morning is all about skills challenge and driver's meeting. While the qualification matches starts in the afternoon. On the second day, the qualification matches will end around noon, and the final matches will start. Most likely after day 1, teams will be able to know if we have a chance to get qualified for worlds.

In our first day of competition, we did good and won all qualification matches while obtaining the AWP points, placing us at rank 1 in qualification. We got a score of 168 in driver skills and 124 in autonomous at the end of the day. The judges also interviewed us for the judging process.

At that rate, what we have to do is to continue scoring high in qualification and get a higher score in autonomous skills. There is also a possibility that the judges will come again to interview us for the second time.

I spent some time at night improving our programming skills route and strategy. I also added some fool proof program to prevent the robot from getting stuck.

We ended up ranking 2nd in qualifications and 4th in skills. We weren't able to score high in autonomous mainly because me and another teammate didn't perform well in skills match loading. However, our driver skills score broke our own record with 184 points. The judges also came to ask some questions regarding our robot.

In finals, we selected 66994A as our alliance partner, and we got tournament champion. This means we are qualified for worlds!!!! I am surprised yet delighted that we are able to go to world championship in our first year of competition, and I will try to do my best to prepare for worlds.

JLPT N1 日本語能力測驗：合格心得分享

經過四年的學習，我終於在 2023 年 12 月的 JLPT 試驗中成功通過 N1，最高級的日本語能力試驗。回想起來，在這次合格的背後也有很多挫折和學習，一開始考 N3 和 N2 皆順利通過，但在 N1 試驗上就遇到了一些困難。連續考了三次的 N1 才成功拿下合格證書。

第一次挑戰 N1 時，成績並不是很理想，比合格標準低了 16 分，也就是 84 / 180。第一次挑戰過後，發現 N1 並不是一個單純靠練習會話和日常用語就能夠通過的考試，於是報名家教班，專心讀 N1 的文法和單字。當時因為學習到很多新的文法和單字，認為自己比上次準備的更完善，就去報考了第二次的測驗。

第二次的試驗當中，意外的沒有拿到理想的成績，比合格標準低了 12 分，在 180 分當中只拿下 88 分。和預想的結果落差非常大，這也對我造成了一些信心上的打擊，尤其在考試前其實對自己很有把握。研究和分析準備考試的方法是否有誤之後，有了新的體悟。

我認為當時第二次考試會失敗有幾個原因。第一個是我認為學習新的單字和文法，就是能夠合格的秘訣，然而考試當中出現我所學習到的單字們的機率非常低，也很有可能剛好出現的都是我不熟悉的單字。第二個是缺乏練習，不斷地學習只是吸收知識，但在不完全了解考試模式和可能出現的題型的情況下，就算出現了解的單字，也可能因為理解錯題目而失分。

在準備這次第三次的 N1 考試中，我不急著學習新的單字，反而是去寫模擬試題做練習。我學習到與其忙於學習不知道會不會出現在考試上的單字，不如多寫模擬試題去抓到出題規律和解題策略。

在這次的 N1 考試中，我能夠明顯感受到在做閱讀測驗和聽力測驗時，可以清楚的抓到題目重點並有自信的回答。相較於前兩次考試，在考完試的時候，是比較輕鬆而且信心很高的。

原本以為應該能夠低空飛過 100 分的及格標準，沒想到不只達到及格標準，還意外的高分。這次的分數是 136 / 180，尤其這次在讀解的部分更是拿到 60 分的滿分。在看到成績的簡訊通知時，既震驚又愉悅，很開心自己能在第三次考試成功證明自己的日文實力。

這次的合格並不是我學習日文的終點，我還是會繼續使用和練習日文，讓我對日文的熱情能夠繼續下去。這四年來的日文學習歷程真的是難忘的經驗，很高興終於能夠通過 JLPT 最高指標。