*stares*

31300 / 30000

....there must be yeast particles in my keyboard that are activated by the oils in my fingertips. That is the only excuse I have as for why this fic keeps GROWING.

...Changed again.

31300 / 40000

Changed it again. Because really, it's not ready yet, some small scenes at the beginning to need to revised and added on to ( Read more... )

When work is not kicking me upside the head with size 46's, we actually can haz good tymes.  Case in point being today - wherein Lu came to my place first thing in the morning (on company business) and we took a taxi to the Metro (on the company dime because the company hubby-of-company-boss hijacked the driver this morning and stole the company ( Read more... )

Mandy: *walking down the stairs at 3:20*
C: "Oh, where are you going?"
Mandy: "....Where do you think I'm going? I have class at your school in 20 minutes."
C: "Oh..." *pauses*
Mandy: "...yesss?"
C: *sheepish grins* "Did I forget to send you an email?"

Yep, canceled classes. Ah well, I'm not gonna complain about having more time to work on the verdammit ( Read more... )

I have been 'net deprived for 4 days. Four very long days. The reason? It is exceedingly difficult to give your money to China Telecom.

Seriously. CT, I want to GIVE you my money. I WANT your service. Why do you make my life so difficult? Why do you require a receipt from 6 months ago? Why do you not believe me when I give you my address? Why do I ( Read more... )

Fact the First:  new washing machine was installed at 10:30pm Saturday night. It's pretty. It's bigger than the old one. It has a see-through lid so I can see the clothes go spinny-spinny.

.....anyone wanna lay odds or place bets on its eventual demise?

Fact the Second: Scooter was picked up on Sunday by the WHOLE family who made apologies to me. ( Read more... )

C: *in regards to a big meeting tomorrow with most of the staff re: manuals* "I'm nervous about tomorrow."
Me: "Why?"
C: "Do you get scared if.. for example, if you must teach something new, like ILETS or TOEFL?"
Me: "Nope."
C: "Oh. Because you are an native English speaker, so it's easy for you."
Me: "Nah. It's 'cause aside from assuming it's having to ( Read more... )

I do hope everyone made out like bandits. :D

I have been BUSY. With a capital B. On Wednesday, I spent the day traveling through Pudong dispensing wisdom and evaluations, and finished up in time to meet Joanna for dinner at Simply Thai in Xintiandi (downtown Shanghai in the French Concession). We did a little shopping and then headed for the ( Read more... )

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So my students liked learning the lyrics to Mr Grinch  - complete with gross pictures to illustrate it (banana with greasy black peel? Check. Dead tomato splattered? Check. Overflowing garbage? Check. It's amazing what happens when you type in song lyrics and hit up Google Image search!). They also liked reading the script for the cartoon version ( Read more... )

Monday:- took the subway to the train station (1 hour); took the train to Hangzhou (1 hour, 20 mins); took the bus from the station (40 mins); took taxi from bus stop (10 mins). Travel time - under 3 hours ( Read more... )