Dear old me:
The guy on IMVU taught me two things:
1/Age is just a number.
2/Carpe diem.
2008-08-28
2008-08-27
Drum-like belly
I laid in the small bed of the beauty salon on this tiring summer afternoon, and the beautician made me totally relaxed and comfortable, I almost fell into sleep.
But, then,there was a very weird sound coming from some place.Ok, and I found it from my belly, and then I heard the second one, later, the third one, and fourth, fifth……and that sound didn't show any will to leave. By the way, if I have to describe what the sound's like, just imagine a strong wind wants to find a way out from a bellows.
Fine, what the hell is that? Did I do something wrong to you my belly? Are you not satisfied with the delicious food I feed you everyday? Why did you do that in public to embarrass me, especially in a very quiet place that everyone can hear a needle dropping on the floor.
So, as a punishment, tomorrow, I won't let you eat anything. I'm gonna carry out a hunger strike to torture you!!
But, then,there was a very weird sound coming from some place.Ok, and I found it from my belly, and then I heard the second one, later, the third one, and fourth, fifth……and that sound didn't show any will to leave. By the way, if I have to describe what the sound's like, just imagine a strong wind wants to find a way out from a bellows.
Fine, what the hell is that? Did I do something wrong to you my belly? Are you not satisfied with the delicious food I feed you everyday? Why did you do that in public to embarrass me, especially in a very quiet place that everyone can hear a needle dropping on the floor.
So, as a punishment, tomorrow, I won't let you eat anything. I'm gonna carry out a hunger strike to torture you!!
2008-08-24
Still learning
Old ME:
You know what, today, I finally started my Spanish learning,formally, I mean.
It's very interesting. I want to tell you that I've learned 1-10, they are "udo, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, séis, siete, ocho, nueve, dieze". I can pronunce most of them correctly but also find "tres" and "cuatro" are a little bit hard to fight with.
The "r" thing, you know, kinda like antient Spanish people created the language during they were spitting to each other or they were imitating Tarzan to shout at the sky, that's why their tongues and vocal cords can shiver like that.
But there's an easier thing, the 5 vowel "a e i o u" pronunce the same at anytime, so that I can speak out when I see the words.
Besides, I have learnt that with the accent put in different places, "papa" can mean both "dad" and "potato".How fun it is!
Oops, the worst thing I had always worried about happened, when I saw the English words spelled with "r", my brain would be messed up at least for 30 seconds, and my tongue couldn't find its direction too.
What a dillema!
So, old Renee, could you tell me, when you were 35, can you speak Spanish proficiently? If so, I will work harder with hope!!
You know what, today, I finally started my Spanish learning,formally, I mean.
It's very interesting. I want to tell you that I've learned 1-10, they are "udo, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, séis, siete, ocho, nueve, dieze". I can pronunce most of them correctly but also find "tres" and "cuatro" are a little bit hard to fight with.
The "r" thing, you know, kinda like antient Spanish people created the language during they were spitting to each other or they were imitating Tarzan to shout at the sky, that's why their tongues and vocal cords can shiver like that.
But there's an easier thing, the 5 vowel "a e i o u" pronunce the same at anytime, so that I can speak out when I see the words.
Besides, I have learnt that with the accent put in different places, "papa" can mean both "dad" and "potato".How fun it is!
Oops, the worst thing I had always worried about happened, when I saw the English words spelled with "r", my brain would be messed up at least for 30 seconds, and my tongue couldn't find its direction too.
What a dillema!
So, old Renee, could you tell me, when you were 35, can you speak Spanish proficiently? If so, I will work harder with hope!!
Irony
Never work, hah？How does it feel?oh,yes,yes,you can't tell common people's hardship and happeiness, you can't see the world in our eyes, you can't talk to us or have dinner with us or sleep with us. You said your dad is loaded and you are lonely. So you said, “I wanna be common people , I wanna live like common people, I wanna do what common people do, I wanna sleep with common people like sb. ” Oh, really? you really think so?
It's ironic, I wish I could be like you. I wish I did't need to work all my life. I wish I could live like a socialite.
Well, obviously, You drive me nuts.
It's ironic, I wish I could be like you. I wish I did't need to work all my life. I wish I could live like a socialite.
Well, obviously, You drive me nuts.
2008-08-17
My feet hurt
My shoes hate my feet. they want them to die. Now, I can't walk like a human being.
Should I beat my shoes or just stink them with my feet by not taking shower for 3 days?
Should I beat my shoes or just stink them with my feet by not taking shower for 3 days?
2008-08-13
Formal or not
Old me from the future:
For the speech contest, my tutor asked me to dress formally.
I don't have any formal dress, I don't like it. But for this informal contest, I still bought one skirt and one blouse today, black and white respectively.
When I looked at myself in the mirror, guess what, I saw a very professional waitress with the smile of "Employee of this month".
I can do that right? But I made the decision, never dress like that on the stage.
For the speech contest, my tutor asked me to dress formally.
I don't have any formal dress, I don't like it. But for this informal contest, I still bought one skirt and one blouse today, black and white respectively.
When I looked at myself in the mirror, guess what, I saw a very professional waitress with the smile of "Employee of this month".
I can do that right? But I made the decision, never dress like that on the stage.
2008-08-04
2008-06-04
Homework
Homework Assignments
1/Ask students to use conditionals to speculate and write on what they will do next weekend and far into the future. They should write at least 3 for each.
1)what I will do next weekend
(1) If it is sunny next weekend, I will go to Macao to visit my friend. But if I'm not so lucky, I will have to stay in Guangzhou.
Unless it is sunny next weekend, I won't go to Macao to visit my friend.
(2) If the HR manager can manage next Saturday for the interview, I will have time to see him. But I guess there's little possibility because they never work on the weekend.
(3)If I watch this movie next weekend, I can't get a 50% discount ticket because the membership card of this cinema just works(takes effect) on Wednesday.
(4)If I do shopping next weekend, I can buy something at a good price, because many things are going to be on special at that time.
(5)I won't go to the fitness club next weekend unless my friend is willing to go with me.
(6)If there isn't anything interesting, I won't attend the party next weekend, I would rather stay at home.
2)What I will do far into the future
(1)If I can learn English more proficiently, I might find a better job.
(2)If I can't find a new job in 3 months, I will spend all the money I have saved.
(3)If I agree to accept this job, I might get a big break in my career.
(4)If I want to do something international, I can try to apply for a job in some international NGO.
(5)If I can't get a high score in IELTS(International English language testing system),I will lose my qualification to apply for the study in Hongkong university.
(6)If I can get a PH.D degree in Hongkong university, I might come back and teach in college.
2/Have students write down things they didn't do, but wish they had- and to give reasons. Each student should write at least 5 things.
(1)I wish I had sold out all my funds last year. If I had, I would not have lost so much money.
(2)I wish I had pulled out my wisdom teeth as the dentist told me. I would not have suffered from the pain if I had.
(3)The day I handed in my resignation was the day before the earthquake, I always wonder if I hadn't quit my job, what might have happened to me, I would have gone to Sichuan to do something meaningful.
(4)I wish I had registered as a volunteer of the Beijing Olympics, if I had, I might get (have gotten)the chance to watch the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies at the scene.
(5)If I had stayed in Beijing after my graduation, I might not have broken up with my ex-boyfriend.
(6)I wish I had studied harder in university, if I had , I could have gotten more scholarship.
(7)I wish I had not cut my hair last month, if I hadn’t，it would have been long enough to do the hairstyle as I like.
(8)I wish I had applied for that scholarship, if I had, I would have studied abroad as an exchange student.
(9)I wish I had had enough money at that time, if I had, I would have studied photography earlier.
(10)I wish I had had an extra 1 week in the schedule for emergencies, if I had, I would not have got such a bad result.
1/Ask students to use conditionals to speculate and write on what they will do next weekend and far into the future. They should write at least 3 for each.
1)what I will do next weekend
(1) If it is sunny next weekend, I will go to Macao to visit my friend. But if I'm not so lucky, I will have to stay in Guangzhou.
Unless it is sunny next weekend, I won't go to Macao to visit my friend.
(2) If the HR manager can manage next Saturday for the interview, I will have time to see him. But I guess there's little possibility because they never work on the weekend.
(3)If I watch this movie next weekend, I can't get a 50% discount ticket because the membership card of this cinema just works(takes effect) on Wednesday.
(4)If I do shopping next weekend, I can buy something at a good price, because many things are going to be on special at that time.
(5)I won't go to the fitness club next weekend unless my friend is willing to go with me.
(6)If there isn't anything interesting, I won't attend the party next weekend, I would rather stay at home.
2)What I will do far into the future
(1)If I can learn English more proficiently, I might find a better job.
(2)If I can't find a new job in 3 months, I will spend all the money I have saved.
(3)If I agree to accept this job, I might get a big break in my career.
(4)If I want to do something international, I can try to apply for a job in some international NGO.
(5)If I can't get a high score in IELTS(International English language testing system),I will lose my qualification to apply for the study in Hongkong university.
(6)If I can get a PH.D degree in Hongkong university, I might come back and teach in college.
2/Have students write down things they didn't do, but wish they had- and to give reasons. Each student should write at least 5 things.
(1)I wish I had sold out all my funds last year. If I had, I would not have lost so much money.
(2)I wish I had pulled out my wisdom teeth as the dentist told me. I would not have suffered from the pain if I had.
(3)The day I handed in my resignation was the day before the earthquake, I always wonder if I hadn't quit my job, what might have happened to me, I would have gone to Sichuan to do something meaningful.
(4)I wish I had registered as a volunteer of the Beijing Olympics, if I had, I might get (have gotten)the chance to watch the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies at the scene.
(5)If I had stayed in Beijing after my graduation, I might not have broken up with my ex-boyfriend.
(6)I wish I had studied harder in university, if I had , I could have gotten more scholarship.
(7)I wish I had not cut my hair last month, if I hadn’t，it would have been long enough to do the hairstyle as I like.
(8)I wish I had applied for that scholarship, if I had, I would have studied abroad as an exchange student.
(9)I wish I had had enough money at that time, if I had, I would have studied photography earlier.
(10)I wish I had had an extra 1 week in the schedule for emergencies, if I had, I would not have got such a bad result.
2008-03-06
Vulnerable city
This is a vulnerable city.Many things became paralysed because of a heavy rain.
I stood under the roof for nearly 1 hour,waiting for the bus of our housing estate.A long queue lined up in front of the plaza's door and aroused many people's curiosity.We waited as usual,but the bus didn't arrive until 22:05 behind the usual schedul,and there came just one bus!
Everyone rushed into the bus to find a shelter,I didn't have an umbrella so that I couldn't even get to the bus,if I did,I would be wringing. The bus was crowded as a sardine can,I had to wait for the next one.
More than 20 munites later,the other bus came finally,the bus driver told us that many streets had been flooded,and they had been caught in a heavy traffic jam."Kangcheng has been a water city!."
Some people began to scold our mayor. So what? The whole big city is a failure! Can we rebuild another one?
I stood under the roof for nearly 1 hour,waiting for the bus of our housing estate.A long queue lined up in front of the plaza's door and aroused many people's curiosity.We waited as usual,but the bus didn't arrive until 22:05 behind the usual schedul,and there came just one bus!
Everyone rushed into the bus to find a shelter,I didn't have an umbrella so that I couldn't even get to the bus,if I did,I would be wringing. The bus was crowded as a sardine can,I had to wait for the next one.
More than 20 munites later,the other bus came finally,the bus driver told us that many streets had been flooded,and they had been caught in a heavy traffic jam."Kangcheng has been a water city!."
Some people began to scold our mayor. So what? The whole big city is a failure! Can we rebuild another one?
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