Monotonous, that is what I would call my life this week. The last few days have followed the same predictable pattern:

1. Drag myself up from bed, get dressed, grab things.
2. Drag myself to street where I can get a cab. 
3. Drag myself up a flight of stairs to my office. 
4. Sit in chair, turn on computer.
5. Check email, LJ, Gawker sites, other blogs ( Read more... )

We just had an intense, typhoon-worthy, torrential downpour here. Thank goodness I didn't get caught in it, but I stood outside my office for a good 20 minutes, just watching it come down.

It reminded me of this time in high school when my friend Lilia and I were on our way to the movies. We were just a few yards from turning into the theater ( Read more... )

 So I haven't done a "life" post in a while, it's all been books and Doctor Who. Which, admittedly, is sort of my life.

Work is still relatively quiet. The students who I work with the most are all gone on study leave. They seriously get a whole month off before their exams to study. And they still complain there isn't enough time to take their SATs ( Read more... )

Last night I met up with Yichen and Tiff and XX for dinner at Mccawley's. I had a yummy, but kinda bland (I had to cover it with pepper) shepherd's pie. We keep meaning to go to the movies, but inspiration struck, and we went karaoking. We went to a really nice place where they had all of the most recent and popular songs. T and Y know a lot of ( Read more... )

 An update for those who might be interested in my friend A's ongoing struggle with a piece of metal in her ear.

It turns out I was wrong about which part of the earring it was. Instead of the back, it was the stud part, i.e. the diamond and the part that goes into your earlobe. Infinitely worse than the back of the earring.

Today was her third day ( Read more... )

The first time I watched this I cringed, but two days later I still can't get it out of my head. It's either catchy, or I'm just incredibly susceptible to obsessing over things. Or, you know, a mix of them both.

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Recently I found out something hilarious about the area where I work. It's called 水围村 (shui3wei2cun1), or Village Surrounded by Water. ( Read more... )

Gah I want Kindle on my iPad but it won't work! It's free and all, why is there so much fail???

My morning has been pretty fail in general actually. I left the house 5 minutes late and ended up 20 minutes late to work. How does that happen?? My morning commute is pretty shitty actually. If I can't find a taxi, I have to walk to the bus station, ( Read more... )

Been in China now for about 3 weeks, and quite a lot of stuff has happened, in the slow, strange way it does in the summer. So far, I've contracted a summer cold, beaten my way through 3/4 of Lego Harry Potter, been witness to restaurant violence, and been called fat by at least 20 people, including all of my family.

What's that? You want me to ( Read more... )