20180313 New Adventure Starts

It has been more than 7 years since my last post on my blog, Hockey Mom. Couples of reasons including below : 1. I was too busy at work 2. My son finished his duty as a player in Chinese Taipei National Team 3. Most of my daughter’s hockey life was in Canada and USA 4. Previous hosting location for the tournaments my daughter played in the past years were hosted by my hometown, Taipei 5. The last and the mostly true is my laziness I have no excuse now since I was resigned from my job and the tournament of IIHF Women’s D2 B is going to start in Spain next week. I will start posting and recording the hockey activities as a hokey mom who likes to travel around with kids for hockey activities. 我上次PO文已是七年前的事了。原因包含 : 1. 我工作太忙 2. 我家哥哥已經不打國家隊了 3. 我家妹妹大部分都在加拿大美國打球 4. 過去妹妹打的國際比賽都是台北主辦 5. 最後的事實是我太懶散了 可是因為我已離開工作崗位，世界盃二級B組的賽事下周將在西班牙開打，我好像沒有藉口再懶散了。身為喜歡跟著孩子征戰的冰球媽，我會繼續開始記錄孩子們的曲棍球活動。 Something has to be addressed about the development of TW women’s hockey in past years. Chinese Taipei women’s hockey team was first organized in Y2014. The team won 2 times WCCOA (Women’s Challenge Cup of Asia) and IIHF Div II B Qualification. It is a young team with average age about 19. Actually, 6 of the players on Y2018 roster also play in Chinese Taipei U18 National Team. As living in a subtropical country with limited resource, these girls work so hard and sacrifice their time when their friends are doing girly things. With the support from association and parents, they shared the ice with boys and had 2 to 3 ice practices and physical training every week. All because of their love to hockey. Wish their efforts paid off. 關於過去幾年台灣女子冰球發展確實值得一提。中華台北女子冰球對於2014年成軍以來，連拿了兩屆亞洲女子冰球挑戰賽及世界杯二級B組的冠軍。整隊平均年齡為19歲。事實上，有六名球員還同時是中華台北女子U18冰球隊的球員。生活在亞熱帶的台灣，資源有限。這些女孩放棄跟友人從事較為女性的活動，努力訓練。女孩們在協會及家長的支持下，跟年紀較小的男子球員共用冰面，每週練兩到三次球及體能，都是為了熱愛冰球。我衷心希望她們的努力有所收穫。 We (my husband, daughter and I) arrived in Barcelona 4 days prior to team arrival for family trip, and will meet the team in Madrid airport on the morning of 3/15. 我和我家爸爸，妹妹比球隊早四天抵達巴塞隆納做家庭旅遊，3/15早上會到馬德里機場與球隊會合。