School started!

Finally, the school started!
Looking back at my Feb, I was having a severe homesick when i came back from Malaysia.
But now, everything started to move. I've got no time to be bothered by the homesick. Though i still wanna go home asap ><

hmm... lets report the courses im taking and all the jobs im involved with in this semester.

Quarter 1:
Social psycology
Japanese traditional art (flower arrangement)
Asia Pacific religion

Quarter 2 :
International Security & Politics
Multiculturalism and society

Semester :
Introduction to research method
Korean 3
Kumon special lecture

Session :
Peer leader training

TA :
Workshop 1
Computer literacy

other jobs :  SA, RA, cafeteria part time.

Activities : planning to participate Chinese Week, Vietnamese Week, Indonesian Week, and Chinese dance show.

So see you in the class if you're taking the same course with me ^^

Kumon
Particularly wanna talk about the Kumon special lecture.
It's a special lecture in accordance with Kumon company. They sent their staffs to APU and teach us how to manage a Kumon style education.
11 of us were chosen in this course. Heard that many people failed the application.

at first, i thought it was gonna be a class that we can learn about teaching psychology or something.but it turned out that the class is actually a TA training. only the difference that we are getting 2 credits for being a TA of Kumon.

I still haven't experienced any excitement in doing this course so far because first, the training is soooo japanese style that the instructor always mention about Shakaijin (an adult in the society). Your behavior is being observed in this course. It's just like another RA stuff but less international and more Shakaijin brain washing.

Personally, i dont like the Shakaijin style teaching because i believe we are not living others' lives. We should have our own right to choose the way to live. but the instructor is telling me to live like others do. to become a Shakaijin that everyone has the same standards, manners, skills.
Anyway, though i dont like it, i still will consider it as an experience and try to learn the way how japanese society works.

RA
RA life is getting exciting because i have a group of warm people in my team ;)
Thanks again for everything W/C building.

As usual, RA's schedule is busy! I think in APU, only RA will require you to participate in several different teams and work on several projects at the same time. Im doing Education team, World festival PR team, and Buffet Party performance team which we have done it.
Imagine 1 team will need you to hold an at-least-1 hour meeting once a week, 3 teams we need 3 meetings + RA's regular meeting every tuesday + Floor meeting once a month.

Every RA should be respected for their workloads i think. We sacrifice our private times for AP house without getting monetary incentives which is equivalent to our workloads.  
Though it's tough, it's fun. I had had a bad image within RA organization last semester because of my carelessness, forgetfulness, absent mind and etc. it wasn't that i'm an asshole who doesn't cooperate or not good at working with a team. It was because i didnt like the team.

But this semester, i love RA. I would do everything that the team asked me to, because im happy with that.
It reminds me of the lecture i got from a professor about leadership.

Saying that leadership consists of 2 function

Performance function & Maintenance Function.

P = to focus on the outcome and result. 


M = to focus on the team management. 

A good leader should be PM, which means taking a good balance between performance and maintenance.
However, a PM leader is not easy to become.
a Pm or pM leader is more likely to be seen in most organizations.

According to the research, the good leadership order should be following:


Short term :  PM >Pm > pM > pm


Long term : PM > pM -> Pm > pm


What i m trying to say here is that , If you are trying to focus more on performance but neglecting the maintenance of team, your leadership is likely to see the down soon as a hardworking team without any team  activities is discouraged.

RA of this semester put more focus on maintenance function. and I'm a person who likes M more.
That's why im very happy to work with the RA in this sem ;)
Of course, thought we strengthened the M, we should keep P going well too.
Enjoy the life after getting our jobs done seems to be the motto of this sem.
Ganbatte guys ;)

又是个超忙新学期

接新生的时期终于结束了！
AP house又开始朝气蓬勃~一堆日本人外国人入居AP house

有时间真的想把这连续5天接新生的故事一一写下~
但实在太多故事了
总而言之，就是每天早上8点-晚上12点与自己栋的RAs聚在一起等新生来~
有时间就练习舞蹈，为新生的party准备
新生来了就去接待，介绍AP house等等

连续5天，真的是累死人！

昨天办了一个Welcome Party 欢迎W/C栋的新成员
参加人数大概50人
来自世界各地的，有本科生有研究生，我们W/C栋就是比别人栋多了一种跨越年龄的特征 :)

我又担当了MC 主持人，化身为疯狂搞笑主持人~
再次深深感到，我很享受在别人面前说话的感觉，
尤其是最后玩 “谁吃到Wasabi" 游戏时当MC interview参赛者时
更是笑料百出

其实一切都要感谢吴宗宪和台湾综艺节目的影响
从小看到大，我大概习惯了台湾主持人的谈笑风格 - 以挖苦人为乐
这也正是很多国家所没有的特色
因此我在AP house这个汇集世界各地学生的舞台上
往往主持活动都有自己的一套~是每看台湾综艺节目的人所无法模仿的 XD

活动结束后，接受到很多肯定
自己栋的成员有几个会在没人时悄悄称赞我，说主持得好好！good job！
我终于找到我听了会开心的话，那就是 "你说话说得好好"
比起你好帅，更让我开心 ^^

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本想着新学期领奖学金后，
生活应该少工作，和多点时间读书和交女朋友

昨天开始，幻灭了。。。

我上学期申请了一个课程-  公文协定特别讲座
是一个很特别的课程，和 公文  (一家教育公司 Kumon )
开发自学教材，主张无需教师也能自学

而这个课程呢，是培养11个学生成为公文式教育班的supporter~
上百个学生申请，而我被选中了。

本来想说学习一些新的教育方式也蛮有趣，我本身自己也当过日语教师，这一来应该可以帮助我了解更多教育手法

怎么知道这两天的集训   每天6小时的集训
一直被灌输  "责任，成长，社会人的能力”等等非常典型的日本教育
然后了解到原来公文的教育，就是购买一连串的教材，看例题自己做作业，然后交给supporter批改，然后supporter要很会称赞学生，让他们有动力继续自学下一套教材。

课程的讲师是  公文有限公司  的职员   末宗先生 Suemune san
非常圆滑的一个老家伙
笑脸盈盈，说话非常地有技巧，既不失礼又能讨人喜悦
无论你说什么做什么，他都有办法称赞你的优点    好厉害！

我们的任务就是从他身上学这些技巧，然后用在购买教材的学生上，让他们继续自学教材，然后成长。

我看了看教材，真的很不错。就是做完规定的作业后，supporter批改后会发新的作业，一直持续下去，从初级至高级，让学生自己解开难题得到挑战下一关的动力。

这个课程开学后，需要我们11个人当免费劳工，每个星期至少2天4小时值班观察学生自学情况
而且8月头还要11人准备好一切资料飞往东京对总公司发表自己努力的成果

现在必须马上开始的是打广告宣传这个自学班
还要劝诱新生购买教材

我开始对这课程有点恶心，因为这根本就是利用我们学生来帮你们卖教材嘛！
不过仔细想想，的确是能训练到我们各方面的能力。
像是宣传，心理，组织等等

开学后我又必须参加好几项演出，像是越南周，中国舞蹈公演等
加上RA6月还有一个大活动World Festival
出动全员AP house住客好像校庆一样的园游会

哇这学期又忙死了~~

马来西亚！等我！！
8月就回去！ ^^

德国人点燃了我

前几天我睡不着
因为白天睡了个午觉，做了个噩梦。
那是个很恐怖的噩梦。。。我梦见了一个漂亮女生在床上跟我接吻！

那不是很开心很爽吗？为什么恐怖？
恐怖在于。。那感觉太真实了！真实到我生理也起了反应
一般我们做梦，是不会觉得自己就在做梦吧
但那一次，我很清楚自己不应该是属于那个世界的，
而这接吻的现象一定是一个幻觉，当时在梦里我就很清楚这一点。

马上想起以前有读过一篇记载，如果梦见跟一个异性有亲密接触，
最后还高潮的话，那一次高潮，将会相当于现实世界中的70次高潮所消耗的精力，
因为那是女鬼来吸精。

想到这里我就很恐怖，但却还在梦里！ （一切都在梦里本能地思考）
逼着自己睁开眼睛，结果睁开了！

不过却没办法动，马上又进入了梦里
又见到同样的女生，但是却忘了什么内容
好像什么都没做，就是觉得可怕

突然电话响起，马上清醒，原来是接新生的电话。
呼。。这才逃过一劫><

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闲话多说了

当天晚上我就睡不着，约了德国朋友Andre到lobby聊天
不知怎的就聊起了将来

Andre真的是个良师益友
他的梦想是当一位大学教授
为了达到目的，他的人生策划都做好了
大学怎么学习，怎么进入大学院，然后博士，然后30岁出头就当教授，
过着做研究和高薪的生活，还可以到世界环游。

好好噢~~
我真的很迷茫，我想加入电影电视圈，但是却总觉得害怕
害怕自己不帅，害怕自己不会唱歌，害怕自己没有魅力，害怕自己没有才能，
毕竟这一行，1万个人就可能1个人能成功。

Andre告诉我: "其他人我看不出来，但是你已经超级明显！就是个生于娱乐别人。你所跳的舞，所主持的活动，所扮演的角色，都非常的有娱乐效果。你根本就是适合这一行的"

我说了我的害怕

Andre说 :" 现在你想象一下，你毕业大学，然后加入一家公司，然后每天朝九晚五，开会，坐在电脑前，每天看一样的人，一样的风景，你顶得顺吗？”

经他这一问，我还真的想也没想，就答了: " Nooooo ! "

然后他说: " 你看！你都不喜欢了，那你可以想象你将做这样的工作到60岁退休吗？到时虽然自由但也没精力了“

" 那你何不趁20代的时候，花个几年去接触任何可能帮助你进入娱乐圈的机会，像是参加各种演出，各种试镜，或加入演艺学校，都是提升你机会的管道，如果到时候试了几年还不行，那你也不过30岁不到，到时你也对失败没遗憾了，再去找回到必须做到60岁退休的工作也不迟阿~”

对！说得极对！这番话我跟我弟弟阿运说过，却没有对自己说过

然后他帮我开始设想目前可能会帮助到我的因素
我在APU 是一所培养商业和研究人才的学校。每次想到这我就气馁，没有管道送我到娱乐界阿

Andre:" 机会是到处有的！你看我的一个德国朋友，她喜欢唱古典，时常参加比赛和演出，结果有一次她终于被相中被邀请到了一个国际会议上表演，就只表演30秒歌唱，虽然短，但之后她的可能性就扩展到了国际，而那个会议正是我读那么多书一直想出席的，结果她比我捷足先登"

" 你也可以尝试许多小机会，像是自己拍影片网上分享，参加各种演出，或去地方小电视台尝试之类的。"

也对，机会和管道还是很多的，我只需要尝试！况且我接下来要申请去京都的交换留学，在那里大城市，会更多机会

"现在呢，你必须在APU学习因为你是个学生，那你就要找一些能帮助到你未来的知识，既然你已经很明显地决定了方向，比起其他盲目学习的学生，你的情况算是好多了。"

嗯。。。的确，至少我有个方向了。我就算不能进娱乐圈，也想走一些活动策划，主持之类的路线。目前我是社会学系，对我有帮助的就是比较媒体研究和心理学之类的。所以接下来我只要专注于此类科目，然后要读精这门学问，至少以后娱乐圈失败的话1，我还有一门专业。到时再去读研究生然后出来工作就好。Andre说

听他这一说，我觉得好像没什么好惧怕的了，我再怎么说都精通中英日粤语，马来语不精但也能沟通，加上目前学习初级韩语，过两年毕业后韩语也应该能说得一定程度。我应该没什么好怕的，失败了，应该还有很多机会发展 ;)

Andre谢谢你！我突然想开了！ 好加油！
每次有他在身边一起学习，我都觉得很有冲劲~ ;) 你也要加油当个教授！（不过我觉得他已经很像一个教授ＸＤ　）

Finally the RA training camp is done!

I had been worrying about the training camp for a long time because the memories of last semester camp were terrible ><

However, it turned out well! The 10-days camp worked pretty much well and i could see most of the RAs ended up the camp with a big smile on their face. ^^ (including me)

 

W/C building members inauguration ceremony photo ^.^

I still remembered last semester when Gano asked me whom I would like to be my partner and what building i wouldnt wanna move to, in an individual interview with every RA, i answered “pair me with a new RA and i dont wanna go to W/C! "

Well, here I am. in W/C building and partner with a senior RA - Muti  @@ 

I hated Gano sooo much at that time. 

But later he told me the reason "because i want you to work together with me, i think we can change the W/C!" 

Then I felt so glad that I was chosen by him. 

Now, i love W/C and our members ^^ Thanks Gano.

I love W/C because many of us hold the same value - to have fun as a RA. 

I felt happy working as a RA for the first time since i joined W/C ! 

Thanks guys! you guys are so amazing ^^ 

As senior RAs, we have cooking master Dai (Japan), Idea maker Gano (Korea), naive babies Sky & B.E (China), caring politician Andre (Germany), serious but friendly Muti (indonesia), Hikaru (Thailand), big Oppa Han (Korea). 

Everyone is soooo lovely and unique! God i love you guys <3 (infected by Han, starting every sentence with "god" xD)

As new RAs, we have quiet dancing queen , Funny german-speaker Japanese Wakana(Japan), tall-like-a-valley ball-player Hiromi (Japan), and Korean love affair consultant Soo Min (Korea).

You guys are so easy going and make the building atmosphere warm ^^ (and above labels on your name are all my first impression on you. No offense ><  

Top Models of RA

In the last session of the RA training - Sharing times, where everyone can stand at the middle of 64 RAs and speak out their feelings, I heard a lot of comments about "being yourself". 

I was so happy that many senior RAs spoke about this because last semester, nobody said about "being oneself" but only about "rules, motivation, experience"

No, this is not supposed to be like this. The root of every topic in this organization should be "being youself".

Since last semester when i joined this organization, everyone kept talking about "you have to keep your motivation", " you are role model", "you have to keep manner"....etc

OMG, whats wrong with this? I personally dont like the say that "RA should be strict, no fun during meeting"

I agreed with those points, especially rules and manner. but why couldnt we have a little fun or more casual atmosphere during meeting? Who says "A little fun during meeting will ruin the atmosphere of thinking seriously?" 

Some RAs think we should keep the manners and be serious bla bla bla. The reason is:

1) to experience the real working environment

2) to be professional

3) to be role model

4) others

I agree with those points but why not we have a little bit more flexibility? I would like to give some comments to above points.

This is not a real job which is involved with profit of company or competition. This is an assistant job. We are working together to make AP house life more shining, happier. First of all, if we are not happy, how can we make residents happy? (being happy and being no manners is different. I liked this semester training because we enjoyed and worked seriously together) Who say a real working environment should be no fun? Remember this is APU, the value of working environment varies from person to person. 

In a discussion, you think making response while ppl speaking is "rude", but Malaysian thinks making response is "to make confirmation and to help develop the conversation".  

Okay, you told me "Shen you are KY". huh? is that KY from the perspective of Japan? what about Malaysian perspective? excuse me, in my perspective, making response is a proper way to discuss things. 

So what Im trying to say is, to be yourself. We have different backgrounds and values, we dont judge others value as correct or wrong. I am Malaysian value, i like to make response and have a little fun while im speaking, no matter officially or privately. If my making a lil joke during discussion would not influence the output, why not we have a lil bit more casual discussion? 

So if you tell me to stop making joke = lose myself = hate this organization = motivation down = not happy = not cooperating well with any works

Why not we accept a little joke in the speaking? It doesnt influence the quality of our work. Because from the moment we were chosen as RA, we, 64 of us, should be knowing how to work professionally and have fun crazily. If you need a rule to say that "no joking during meeting, no laughing when ppl talking", sorry i dont think you should be chosen as a RA. (if RA is considered a professional organization)

Of course, above ideas are based on RA organization. 

There are various different companies in the society. It can be more stricter or casual environment.

But what im trying to say here is -  RA is not a company, we should work with fun, with keeping the basic common manners, but adapting to each other characteristic and values.

Don't ever say "RA should be.....bla bla bla " in front of me again. (i mean being punctual, separate work and fun, etc are not included in this sentence)

Because there is no standard to limit you. 

If a RA organization in which 64 RAs have the same values and manners is requested, I suggest AP house office to recruit only Japanese people. (of course it doesnt seem to work well too coz even Japanese people have different diversities)

I like the team under leadership of Aya, Itsumi and Gano.

Even though some senior RAs who have seen the previous RA team tradition would say, you are ruining the RA quality, but i dont think so.

Its time to welcome a new RA team, isnt it? As long as AP house life is happy, and activities keep going on, the atmosphere or system within RA organization should be appreciated.

Its just like a government. When the government changed, of course there will be some ppl dont like the new government, some like. but what can you do? follow the new government policies right? even though you dont like. Of course a state is a bigger unit, that people can actually stand against the government but, 

RA is a small team, we dont need a military coup to overthrow the current leader, we can choose to adapt ourselves to the new team system, just like what i had been doing in last semester. 

So for those who dont like Aya, Itsumi, Gano system, im sorry you have to bear for a semester because the majority of us like it, i can see. When you get right down to it, the leaders were chosen because the majority votes from us. I hope you will like it soon. :)

Ganbatter Aya, Itsumi, Gano and thanks for changing the organization! 

A word for everyone : 

It's better to be disliked for being who you are,

than to be loved for being who you are not. 

生活营回来~上了一小课文革

今天从RA的户外2天1夜训练营回来咯！
这次的训练营比上学期的轻松多了。
休息时间多，leaders主持气氛愉快。
非常喜欢这个学期的RA组织 ;)

这次我们去了 梅園の里 (Bai en no Sato)  过夜
从学校坐巴士大概1小时左右
是一家山上旅馆，里面设有会议室，活动室，提供给团体活动用
非常地舒适~

64人分组玩戏剧演出的照片^^我们演了Kuso版Avatar XD

今天下午生活营结束回来之后
接了一个新人，是来我们学校孔子学院当中文教师的一个中国女士。

之后做晚饭时，跟同一楼层的中国人研究生学长聊天。
不知道怎么聊，聊到了文化大革命

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以前有念过，但是长时间没复习，生锈了
一直以为文化大革命是文言文改用白话文的革命

今天经学长分享后，才发现自己错了
原来文化大革命是毛泽东为了排除异己而发起的一项大规模造反
造成了大量人才与文化才的损失。

学长感叹现今的中国教育腐败，5千年中华文化因文化大革命而被破坏了许多
文化大革命以来，中国人思想及人格改变了。学习不是为了知识，而是为了权和钱

本为中华美德的孔子思想，如今也难见于中国。
反而由日本及韩国等邻国吸取并传承至现在。

学长分享了许多毛泽东及邓小平等政治人物在文化大革命里扮演的角色及经过
我这才明白了许多中国现代史

社会主义是什么？左派右派是什么？为什么毛泽东要发动文革？为什么毛泽东即使残忍却那么有威望？
原来那么多东西我不知道

书本上学的知识，果然不如实实在在的一个中国人生动的演说精彩
学长这样一分享，我对中国产生了兴趣。

到底为什么中国会走向独裁？为什么全世界都在吹民主风，认为共产党是坏人的时候
中国人民都会支持共产党呢？要读书了阿~~~

学长果然是饱读四经的人，一听我说马来西亚的民族主义
马上就明白了我们的处境
不仅非常重视我们海外华侨的贡献，还说:" 其实马来人是担心马来西亚变成第二个新加坡，但我觉得马来西亚华人并不是想把马来西亚变成新加坡"

他这样一说，我觉得蛮有共鸣的，我本人是想马来西亚在民族上平等些，但是没有想要它变成新加坡的意思。
其他马来西亚人的想法我就不知道啦~我觉得我接下来必须从研究马来西亚史开始努力了！

为什么马来西亚大唱民主，却还有民族主义问题？为什么民族政策不能达到共识？等等

想知道捏~~~

饱受委屈

正如我上篇所说的
今天我带动大家跳YMCA舞 
那是个会议小休的活动
我们的leader因为担心大家64个人一直开冗长会议会累
于是安排了3分钟的show time
主要是要让大家放松三分钟 
昨晚leader其中一人gano就临时拜托我当这三分钟主持人
我想他一定忙透了 况且我也满喜欢主持娱乐性活动
就答应帮他带动大家跳舞 

今早彩排时一切顺利 leader看了也觉得ok搞笑
我就觉得64个人应该也会反应不错吧
 终于到了正式上场 我把自己演成一个有氧操女教练 
大家反应开始很好笑成一团
结果渐渐发现有些年长的脸臭了起来也不跟着跳
渐渐地没人敢跟我一起跳

 我见势立刻结束了活动 
身边的朋友都说你做得好好
结果有个韩国年长的RA站起来说： 我觉得我们RA有时需要很认真思考事情 突然会议小休来段这样无厘头的show 会让我们无法集中 象shen这样兴奋的mc。。。 下次如果要选mc要很小心地选

这句话真的很伤我
我已经好心帮leader分担这一分义工
还要丑化自己取悦在场64个来自几十个不同国家的RA 最后得到竟是：下次选mc请慎重 

我觉得他说的是有道里但 一，这RA工作本来就是得开心做的啊，
搞得那么正经谁还有动力搞活动啊？

二，我是志愿来帮忙取悦你的，你说话未免太不成熟了？
直接当着64人面前侮辱我 说实话我当下真的很想把这些说出来 不过还是吞了下去 我真的想问 : ok im trying to be nice here. Im not angry. But i would like u to explain what you meant by "the mc like shen. Next time we should choose the mc carefully."

 不过这样一问我知道我以后就不会再想为RA主持任何活动了。 就让我在这里发泄吧

电脑坏了！生活还是要过 XD

太可恶了！！

前几天想说要清理一下自己的laptop Toshiba TX-65

想要format回到刚买它时的状态，好让他跑快点

结果.....

NTLDR is missing. 

就这一句话，我永远打开不了我的laptop了！

去yamada电器店问怎样修理

他妈的竟然说必须要把整台电脑寄过去给他的工厂检查

检查及估价费 - RM 300以上 (就算检查后决定不修理也要付)

修理费 - RM1000 (以上也可能）

哇老   我在马六甲RM100块format什么的都可以修理啦

在这里就要RM1000 !! 

干脆买一架新的电脑

想想这架电脑也跟了我4年

是时候换新的了~

接下来的软体硬体都越来越新   就电脑无法负荷新东西的重量了吧

有没有人可以建议我买什么电脑阿？

我想买架好点的电脑以便以后可以用来编辑影片

laptop好呢还是desktop>< 

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前几个星期收到Aki教授的来信

说她要离开到东京去工作了

但是还是希望我帮他做研究的工作

就是transcription的工作  

简单来说，就是把1段影片里的所有对话，打出一份稿

加上说话时的间隔时间，语气，停顿等标记，以便她做英语的研究

我帮他做了半年，她蛮满意我的表现

我很开心她就算离开了，也坚持要我帮他

虽然我有点不太想继续做，基于她的赏识，我决定继续 ^^

不过那死人电脑坏了，没办法工作TT

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这几天还是继续着RA的训练营，

图为训练中的一个小游戏，约会游戏 :P 

我跟日本人Kaori 成了一对 XD 

训练真的很累。

日本人太注重礼节，程序了

就连每天要早点睡这么简单且私人的事，也要公开64个人讨论要不要定为组织的规矩。

与日本人的文化冲突，以后会一一细说。先报告到这吧 :)

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昨天去了春季毕业典礼当毕业典礼party的抽奖MC 

一身马来西亚买回来的 Seed西装和爸爸的领带

还蛮受好评的 XD 

一如往常，我当主持人当得非常娱乐大众，

一直担心大家会不会冷场，但只要坚持一项原则，主持人自high，观众也会共鸣的

结果我做到了 ^^ 主持完毕很多人纷纷来合照和夸奖

就连主办当局也惊喜了一下主持的娱乐效果

还邀请我下次有活动一定要我来帮忙主持

我真的很喜欢主持活动，我喜欢当着大家面前讲笑话，跳舞，唱歌。

这次我很聪明，把自己主持活动的过程拍了下来

以便以后求职时派上用场 :P 

如果可以的话，以后也想要继续发展主持的一条路。

回马来西亚一趟回来

我自信心大增，RA的大小活动很多都由我来主持娱乐大众 ~ 

今天也化身性感有氧操女教练带领大家跳YMCA XD

虽然有人批评，但很多人都说笑果好^^ 

希望大家能慢慢接受我综艺形象><