A new friend

We have a new friend who comes from Holland in our channel. She's fun and my 2 friends had lots of fun chatting with her first. Because of the time difference these 2 guys had to go offline early. After they 2 went for la la land, it's me the talktive op in there chatting to her. But things were different--I was not asked to marry her for teaching any Chinese. ( I guess my friends were happy to be asked so tho. :P ) We talked about majors and she's very smart to study laws now in a univ. But she sounded a bit frustrated since her favourite major is medicine but she couldn't get in. That's why I consoled her and hope she can figure it out what is the most correct way for her. She asked what my friends' majors and age...and sure you guys can trust me as always--I didn't sell anyone there. :D I think it's better to keep her intrigued and then she'll come on staying to find out the answers herself. :P She did make a guess--she thought both my friends were students. How come they could sound so young? ( Some friend did mention the term 'horny'...maybe that's why...? LOL~ ) And she guessed I studied as well--oh no -_- I was not like them ok. However I had to leave her early too for some TV...so it'll be the 'Dream' from Taiwan to keep her company in that channel. So yeah...good show TBC? :P

Can you find the green caterpillar :P  

Hot pot, me, and some scene on th street 

The hot pot I got today 

Not on purpose

It's getting cold and I went have my favourite hot pot this early afternoon. woo I ordered hong shao guo and I took some pics for friends overseas. My pleasure always to let them drool...it's good to have some longing isn't it. :D The only problem is the batteries were running out, so the flash couldn't work at all. You will see the pics I would upload later a bit dark. But you can see some street scene since it's bright outside the glass window. Oh I forget to mention another problem. Since I am a strict vegetarian, I never wanna have any kind of meat, seafood, let along eggs. But unfortunately I found something green floating upon the hong shao soup after I almost finished the stuff inside. 'Erm...wait let me get closer and take a look. Oh my goodness it's a green caterpillar!' Cooked, of course. -_- Ok...this is why I made the title 'Not on purpose'. I stopped eating as soon as I found it in the hot pot. To think bright, the vegetables which got caterpillars on must be safe...not much chemicals used I mean. Anyway...went shopping afer being very full, and spent some money as well on new clothes. *chuckles* Yeah I think I am a normal woman too. :D
On my way home I visited the computer store I used to get stuff. Well I had some questions to ask for sure--how come another Acer NB couldn't get connected to the Net even as I plugged the cable connection into the card and the 2 lights were on. The boss Zhu taught me to do some settings for XP and I even wrote them down on a piece of paper in case I forgot the procedures he said. So I came back home and tried to follow them step by step but weird I just couldn't find the TC/PIP part. @_@ mei you ban fa...I made a call and asked again. Zhu said if so it might not have the drive for the 10/100 card--oh my! How could they give me the card installed in the NB already but forget about the drive very necessary! -_- mi mi hu hu de ren zhen duo ah...( just like me? maybe :P )

Some good news and something bad also

I had a long break this morning ( 2 hours ) and then I went check the PHD's schedule and found he had a 1 hour break just then. So yeah... :P I went to his office and told him I couldn't come online when I used my NB at my office. He was kind enough to come to my office and helped me check it out. Since the OS is 98, he said 'long time no use the commands for 98...' It took him a while to figure it out--must type ipconfig /release_all and ipconfig /renew_all in DOS. Then it needed to do the setting for DNS also. -_- Well you know I have no idea how it works...but anyway, it finally worked! :D
Ok...I should have nothing to complain right? But still I wanna do a little complaining here...why? Since I was told by a colleague that school has decided to take away the computer desk and the only pc in our office on Thurs. Quite ridiculous isn't it. That a desktop is used by 29 homeroom teachers in an office already sounds so...so 'poor'. And boss wanna take the only pc away from us--they said teachers must go to a certain room where puters will be located. I guess they might install some spy cams there and see if we teachers will go to some 'interesting' sites. *chuckles* Wait a sec. I can't chuckle at this moment thinking I can't come online anymore at my office 2 days later! :O Damn the boss who has made the decision...he'd make it so inconvenient for all the teachers to use pc. What a wise man...and wish such a wise man deserve the karma he is to get. *grins*
Lucky students around are nice. Rachel's father went to France and he brought me a bag of coffee beans when he came back to Taipei. Previously she asked me what I like, perfume or chocolate. I didn't think they needed to give me anything tho. A colleague, who is an expert in coffee, told me the brand her dad bought for me is well-known. woo~ And moreover...Jenny lent me the VCDs 'zai jian le ke lu' ( Goodbye Kuro? ), which is a very famous movie on now. Judy gave me the VCDs ' Shark Tale! I got it online already...but nice to have its VCDs too. :P Therefore...I must say I have nothing to complain again I guess--do appreciate such nice persons in my life...thanks a lot!! :D

Tired but fun...

Monday. Usually we have a meeting on Mon afternoon, but not today. I decided to go out...(shirking, yeah :P ) I asked the other homeroom teachers to take care of my students for a few hours, then walked out into the light rain. Well...I was all alone, walking on the street in Taipei...imagined that I was a stray. Taking the MRT, I leaned on the window beside my seat, and let my long hair cover half of my face. I didn't smile...I didn't wanna have any happy facial expression--just wanna be myself, a woman who struggled hard to fit in the situation Fate had arranged. Looking around, frowning...I kind of felt like I was expelled from the fortunate kingdom. So...however, I went back to the fact a few hours later, knowing it's time to have the 8th class and put on my mask to serve kids in class. :P

Hectic

This week I was so busy...the 3 gal students kept making trouble. My new toy could work for a short while after I went ask a teacher who was responsible for my school's network. He did some setting and my NB could come online with the connection plugged in. woo~ but that's in his office. He asked me to try in my office and I did--too bad my NB didn't wanna work again. -_- I have to go ask him to give me a hand again next week then. But that guy is kind-hearted... :P guess I can solve this problem in the near future. Never give up! :D

She Bangs

Ricky Martin's song. A passionate girl. Me? Of course not. :P It's Ruby, my gal student, who just ran out of school this morning. The doorman told us she ran so fast that he couldn't catch her in time. Her classmate told me ( sure it's under the table ) that Ruby has a bf, who lives not so far away from our school. They have been together for around 2 or 3 months. :O Well...I thought I'd better call her mom but couldn't since it just went into the voice mail. I left her a voice msg and as you can guess this careless mom wouldn't call me back. So I had to call her again in the evening. Oh no I worked OT and it's no extra pay for me. BTW some $ gone since I called her mom's cell phone. ="= Her mom's a bit crazy. How come? More than once I called her when Ruby was not present. School asks homeroom teachers to call parents to make sure if students are safe home if they are absent. She answered me, 'urm I am not sure...for I didn't come back home last night. But I think she might be sick so she didn't go to school today.' Fine. However I've done what school asks me to. Finally I made it, and told this woman what happened earlier today. She said, 'Is it possible?' Sure, my dear. It's always possible for any gal to get a bf, and it's also possible for any gal in middle school to be a young mom if they don't wanna protect themselves well. :D The woman said she would be back and ask her cute little daughter. *grins* You had better do so, otherwise you may be a grandmom pretty soon if you don't teach your daughter how to take some protection.
That stupid guy tried to call me today and I didn't answer the phone. I must take some necessary action now--stopped using this # from now on. I went get a new SIM card at a convenience store in the neighborhood. It's also prepaid. :D The # sounds beautiful...most are my lucky #! I think it's fated--I must use this right away. So...goodbye forever, Martin. I am not yours, and you'll never be mine. You go your own way and I go mine! :D

Justy came back to me

Previously I thought I wouldn't see my dear Justy this week...but surprisingly! It was parked at the alley near my place, and I found the car keys in the mailbox. @_@ Didn't my Shi Xiong say he'd borrow it for a week or so...However, I am really glad that my baby has come back to me! This morning I went to school on foot and yeah it's nice to look around in the market on my way. But more convenient when Justy is around! ^^ Not long after I got home SX called me and said they didn't need my car since his relatives have gone to Kaohsiung. But Justy had served them well while they went have fun in Yangmingshan yesterday. hehehe Guess what I got for this time lending them my baby--a cute teddy bear! I'll take a pic of it when I have some free time. :P

As for some mushy news, the 'lovable' Martin guy sent me sms today, telling me to take good care since the weather's getting colder recently because of some coldfront's approaching. woo :P Shouldn't I be glad for such warm greetings. Shouldn't I feel so touched for someone's never giving up trying that hard to keep in touch. LOL~ ok friends you know me--I did give him 3 chances before. :P I think I am very generous this way...maybe too generous -"- don't you think so. Anyway it's not even a fling; to be opposite, it's more like a big trouble in my life--must consider to give up the degree 3 cell phone seriously now I guess. -"-

My new toy--Acer TravelMate 320T

I think it might be in 2007 for your latest question, my friend. *chuckles* Don't you worry! I have had a life as you know...whether I have a bf or not. :D Furthermore, I am pretty much into high-tech products--that's why here is this new toy for me, which I got from Yahoo auction, a small notebook! The only problem is the seller told on his page he made it windows XP and it ran well. But after we met this afternoon he told me he didn't think XP ran well enough and then he changed it to windows 98. -_- Not that I am a person who just likes to complain, but I do think what you said on your page should be HONEST. It's not a blog, you know...if it was, I wouldn't take EVERYTHING serious since I wouldn't say I am being serious on my blog either. So yeah...12000 NT spent, and I will have to find the drives. My friend did try to help there...he's always kind enough to do so for ppl around. Altho I am sometimes too dumb, or too smart -_-... to figure what he taught me out. ( I go sleep on the sofa in the living room...LOL this is what I used to laugh at myself while I was making mistakes. I think better for me not to get married since me so good at pissing guys off. I wouldn't be allowed to stay in the bedroom but got to sleep on the sofa...or in the bathroom? hahahaha~ ) Ok back to very serious mood. So yeah...I have a big problem now--my NB's USB can't work for me. What to do? I really have no idea now...but I am sure I don't give up. Maybe later I will have some inspiration...some terrific ideas just come and I can solve the problem. :D ( way too optimistic you can tell... )

Gathering

No idea why but I got a headache from this early morning, not like I caught a cold tho, no coughing, no sneezing. Only the upper part of my head hurts very much. It's Sat! And I had to go out for a gathering--had a late lunch ( from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. ) with 2 friends from another channel. We had buffet at my favorite vegetarian restaurant near Zhongshan MRT station. :D~ Needless to say it's very enticing...many kinds of dishes, and yummy snacks. Best of all, since they both stayed on IRC longer than me, I was happily listening to those exciting stories ever happened. Some have quitted and others still keep in touch--and their relation to each other is pretty amazing. :P Somehow I think the Net is quite surprising, you know. More than once I heard friends tell me how they fell in love with ppl who they didn't even meet in person--only by conversation...even the gal who I met today did. She fell in love with a guy who is a Taiwanese but he's a Canadian citizen now. The most interesting thing is that guy never sent a photo--see? Nobody knows how he looks yet. *chuckles* I am not here to lecture or what...it's my monologue--I can comment! :D It's difficult for me to love a guy who I never met before. I do think physical attraction is very important... :D

Me at my office desk.  

What a week

Winter time's coming...I become too lazy to do my blog these days.
:P yeah the weather is too...too cold? nahh...it's over 30 C the
highest during the day recently, I mean for this week. So that's why
in the photos below I still wore a short sleeve blouse or dress
these days. I don't mind tho, since there's always something fun
every day whether it's hot or cold. :D Just like a few days ago, the
boy student Jason finally raised his hand in class: 'Teacher may I
ask you a question?' 'Sure.' 'If I ask you out for a tea would you
agree and go out with me?'

Needless to say, altho I am pretty much this kind of person who
enjoy being treated by guys whether it's a meal or a drink...'No
way.' I replied. LOL~ Really fun to look at his facial expression!
And then another boy Guo brought some VCDs: Scary Movie I and II,
which I watched them both before but I didn't get the VCDs. ( I have
their avi. tho ) Of course he's glad to lend them to me. :P Guo even
asked me if he could intro his cousin to me: 'You can talk with him
on MSN, teacher.' 'Err but I prefer to chat in English.' 'It doesn't
matter. My cousin majors in architecture.' 'Erm...@_@ I...' Well
well, how come they are more desperate than this single teacher! :P
But friends you don't worry for me--being dodging is truly my strong
suit. So yeah, safe!

To my surprise there are quite a few Scorpio in my class: Scott and
Patric this week, Sandy and Rachel next week. In the photos Scott
was the boy on the left, and Patric was in the middle. My mini digi
cam is not a brand name stuff, but it got some colourful frames. I
chose this 'happy bday' one for them and hope they are cheerful for
both the photo and the butter flavoured chocolate from me as a
little bday gift. :D In fact my school doesn't ask students to wear
any caps. So where are those blue caps from? *chuckles* It's Sam's
idea...quite creative isn't it. He folded his blue sport jacket and
then made it a blue cap. I was almost 'xiao si' as soon as I saw
them wear that in class: 'Hey you guys all become over 180 cm now!'
Oh yeah boys in class are not tall...the average is around 160 cm,
or less? Anyway not as tall as me. But the gal who drew a cute cat
on the blackboard, our class leader Vivien, is the same tall as me!
Maybe a bit taller now...the one on the left in the photo. And
Simone was on my right side--she was laughed at by classmates: 'Hey
you are standing but you're nearly the same tall as our homeroom
teacher who's sitting now!' Awww!

However nothing is perfect. Some unfortunate events happened as
well. Our classroom was broken in one night and the next morning we
all had to clean up all the powder ( it's pink and a bit purple too
) from the fire chemical extinguisher. I was kidding: 'Oh wow our
stuff now look so elegant--being painted white.' Furthermore, I
found one pile of broken glass in the doorway this early morning, in
front of our classroom. I was :O and then quickly asked Jerry, who's
responsible for our class' property, to come and help. While I was
helping put them in a thicker plastic bag, my finger was cut by 2
tiny glass trash. -_- I had to pull them out of my skin carefully,
you know...and a little bleeding. Therefore I reported to my boss
and suggested spy cam should be installed at some places in our
school because such events have had happened a couple of times.
As for damages from the nature, there were some earthquakes: twice
at night when I was in my bedroom and once in the morning when I was
sitting at my office desk. No need to ask me if I was scared. Of
course I was! It even made the tile under my chair broken. Somehow I
think...we shouldn't 'ji jiao' too much since we really don't know
when we will kick the bucket. :P I am not that kind of person who
would just quit without leaving friends a message. I must give a
reason previously. But if I just disappear...*chuckles* I hope you
know why. ( Yeah my pc got problems sometimes, you know :P ) It's
Friday, and I planned to send my Justy for a check. Too bad many
cars were in there waiting and I could do nothing but drove back. :(
My shi xiong will come borrow it on Sun morning. Wish him good luck then.
*grins*

Cute cat  

Happy birthday, Patrick! :D 

Cool caps! 

Happy birthday to Scott!  

Some more SJB

Work's not hectic today, but I decided to blow my cool in
front of my students in year 9 this afternoon. They were noisy
in class while I was helping them review Book 3 for the coming
test next Wed. Some of them didn't concentrate on their
studies--in fact I know it's impossible to ask EVERY student
to study English hard, but they shouldn't make so much noise.
I didn't wanna bear with that anymore. So I stood up without
looking at them, neither did I scold. I slapped the English
refernce book onto the desk--it fell off the desk onto the ground, and
then I stepped out of the classroom. All students became so
quiet when I was standing outside the classroom. I
counted...and thought ok it's enough for them. I found that
reference book was already put on the desk again. So...a good
performance I did today. And hope from now onwards when I am
lecturing they know what they have to act. :P

And some more sjb things. After class students came up to me
as usual, asking questions ( about English, about my personal
stuff, about everything :P ) and joking with me. Suddenly I
found someone was approaching too near on my left--I turned my
head and almost hit her face! The gal student who 'proposed'
to me a few days ago was to kiss my cheek. -_- I must be
careful...very careful I mean. LOL~ Not only her...but another
gal from year 8, who isn't my student now since I don't teach
their class this semester, met me during a break while I was
leaning on a fence in front of a classroom. She came take my
right hand and said: 'Coffee ( my nick ), do you wanna spend
one night with me?' @_@ I was...'flattered'? Should I laugh or
cry? :P

Dino and me.  

Relay Race

We had the relay yesterday afternoon. There are around 90
classes in our school--you can imagine how noisy it was on the
court. Year 9 went first, then year 8 and year 7. My class is
in year 8, but I also teach some students in year 9. They
asked me earlier if I could go 'jia you' for them. That's why
I was standing there watching and trying my best to
encouraging them. It's very exciting to see students
running...and lucky, I was thinking...no such competitions for
us teachers. Otherwise I might broke my bone when I couldn't
get the baton from another teacher and fell off there. LOL~
thanks goodness I am content with being an observer. My
students really did their best...but they couldn't win the top
3 places. Well good enough I told them: no one got hurt during
the race. Everyone got an iced soya drink after the relay--
hope they can feel better soon.
I saw an interesting stuff in my office today, a dinosaur toy.
A Chinese teacher told me one of her boy students brought it
to school and she didn't think it's a good idea for middle
school students to play with such a toy in the classroom. So
yeah, the green creature was standing on a shelf in this
homeroom teachers' office, watching us grading homework or
tests and listening to our jokes from time to time. I took a
picture with it...wondering if hs students in western
countries would do so as well. Erm maybe they are more mature?
They might bring guns. *grins*