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How to spot a conservative baby [Mar. 21st, 2006|08:22 am]
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[mood | busy]
[music |The Verve - Urban Hymns (Album)]

Remember the whiny, insecure kid in nursery school, the one who always thought everyone was out to get him, and was always running to the teacher with complaints? Chances are he grew up to be a conservative.

At least, he did if he was one of 95 kids from the Berkeley area that social scientists have been tracking for the last 20 years. The confident, resilient, self-reliant kids mostly grew up to be liberals.
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Nuria's condition [Mar. 19th, 2006|07:38 pm]
[mood | busy]
[music |Ophelia meowing]

Núria Xina says: finally did you go out yestarday?
Mr. Bojangles says: nope i didn't go out coz my roommate bought dvds yesterday so we ended up watching them
Núria Xina says: it seems that you and your roomate are going along quite well. you will get a toaster?
Mr. Bojangles says: LOL NO
Mr. Bojangles says: man... i need to get laid!
Mr. Bojangles says: everyone needs to get laid!
Núria Xina says: really, told me about that
Núria Xina says: I am quite insane lately, I am so fucking horny and the most exciting thing that is going out in my life is reading the papers
Núria Xina says: fucking country
Mr. Bojangles says: LOL
Mr. Bojangles says: hahahaha that sums up what our life is right now
Núria Xina says: I am counting the days for going back to Spain
Mr. Bojangles says: awww
Núria Xina says:that is not even a dyke paradise but better than Beijing for sure





But for now here is something for Nuria to look at...
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I love my google translator! [Feb. 16th, 2006|03:15 pm]
[mood | amused]
[music |The Strokes - You only live once]

http://www.langex.net/showMember.php?username=winalways
winalways <shigw@chinare.com.cn>,
a member of the Language Exchange web-site,
一个语言互助网会员
has sent you the following e-mail
给你发这个电子邮件:

Dear Defernates:

我从事计算机行业的。希望与你交流。你有些汉语基础吧?
希望我们沟通上不会太困难。

我也是一个活泼爱动的年轻人,
希望与你交个朋友,提高语言能力啊。

如果没什么问题,本周能见面谈谈吗?

winalways

2006/2/16


------

I am engaged in the computer profession. The hope exchanges with you. Your some Chinese foundation? Hopes we links up cannot be too difficult. I also am the young people which one lively love moves, hopes makes friend with you, sharpens the language ability. No question if does not have, this Zhou Neng meets chats?
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I want the ban on fireworks reinstated [Jan. 30th, 2006|10:17 pm]
[mood | busy]

It's a freaking warzone in Beijing. I haven't been able to sleep well lately coz of the damn fireworks. I was eager to buy myself some of the stuffs and ignite those suckers around 4 or 5 am in the morning. hehehe. MWUAHAHAHA!

星期六

I went out with my roommate to her friend's house and ended up having a really fabulous dinner. I was dreading that i would be stuck with some weird unknown people that night but it turned out that we were both the only people attending the dinner because Jillian got back late from her work and her roommates decided that they would skip the dinner and meet up with her later for drinks. The dinner was minimal but the booze were plenty. You see, Jillian work for Jenny Lou as their wine advisor so she gets to have this nice selection of wine every now and then and she told us that she would invite us to some wine tasting events for free- hah I never like wine before but that night surely changed me. Beside that, we also did acouple of shots with that korean shoju. I don't really know how many Ganbei, Banbei or Kebei we did before we decided it was time to head out but when i checked Nuria's text it was around 11 pm.

Ah, the events went on to like

 -Jillian did a performance of her day at work... "Wei oui yesh madame, you sheez thiz wine is from the finezt vinezyardz in cheena" "Whatz itz taste like, madame? hmmm... woodsy? no? hmmm... grape! maybe?!" hahahaha i should have recorded it...

-Sydney managed to snort out some booze from her nose

-Discovered what each of our priority in life is based on the question of what business we like to pursue... Me: Loan Shark Sydney: Small travel agency Jillian: taking over Jenny Lou

 -Jillian mistaken her friend for her dad on the phone.

It turned out that we skipped on going to BED, so we headed to Huxley to meet up with Jillian's friends, Benjamin and John- a another sucker who signed up with Worldlink - Martial Arts. Good time. After that we decided to go to BabyFace to finally meet up with the roommates and his friends (the crazy indonesians) aheh. wow my first hangout with commerades. Typically they were indo-chinese and i didn't fit in. blah.

wooot.... wooot... )

Sydney and I agree that we should pimp up the apt alil. We will head to Merry Maridan (?) Beijing's IKEA.

I was supposed to meet up with Kyle today but his pengyou men and family wouldn't let him return to Beijing until tomorrow and he doesn't have anyway to get back since he is 3 hours away from Beijing. yikes! talk about kidnapping! So we will meet on wednesday to do some culture stuffs. It's good since this give me time to brush up with my chinese. I have to do this since Kyle told me that his chinese mom and co-workers invited me to come and join them for lunch and i don't want to be the idiot laowai at the table. I also managed to get a reply from Brandon- he will join us on our excursion around the city yay! so hopefully, everything works out .::finger crosses::.

好好学习天天向上 - Chairman Mao.
We will see about that, Mr.Chairman

I need to get together with Nuria ASAP before she leaves for Vietnam. If you read this, NURIA!! TEXT ME!!

SHOUT OUT TO [info]alliloop !HAPPY Belated Birthday, ALLI!! Hope you didn't forget to make two wishes!!

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Recap of 2005 [Dec. 30th, 2005|10:42 am]
[mood | okay]
[music |PBS Frontline]

January:
-Enjoying myself in the big apt
-Starting to explore Beijing (Forbidden City, Chaoyang Park, Lama Temple, etc)
-Loosing my "Malan" Fan Club

Febuary:
-Debauchery
-Beijing Kaoya dinner (Getting to know people - Robyn, Chris, Tommy, etc)
-Being an alcoholic (Thanks to the boys)
-New school semester

March:
-First, Second, Third Toaster
-Triple Birthday Party (another debauchery)
-My Big Freaking Birthday Party at .... (No, strippers. hawt dang!)
-March 26 - Temple of heaven :) (Inquisition dinner)
-没有钱 Mei you qian.
-Getting to know even more people (The roommate from the S.A.D house)

April:
-Roam around Beijing (Hutong, Tiananmen, Beihai, etc)
-Made someone feel that she is being dicked around (sorry)
-Hatsune: exclusive with adri.

May:
-First fight.
-有钱You qian! teeehhheee! (lovely tex-mex food at you know where)

June:
-Centro, Alpha, Signature, Nuren jie, etc
-HOMO BBQ at Ilsa's
-War with the German (stole a german beer mug)

July:
-Adri's b-day
-No more Worldlink
-Moving into the new apt!
-Bankrupted my other bank account (15K yuan)

August:
-Viet-Fucking-NAM!
-Sophia (in the dog house alot)
-Beer Garden

September:
-Start teaching
-Apt being free
-Beer Garden

October:
-GUILIN - Yangshuo
-Peter movin' into the apartment
-Happy weight (Thanks to Nuria for pointin' it out)

November:
-Apt being free again
-Work
-DVD marathon (Sex and the City, Lost, 24, Numb3rs, L word, etc)
-Scooter (naaah) ---> OPHELIA (meow!)
-Adri sick

December:
-Adri went home =( -longest two weeks-
-No christmas (sending out resume, finding roommate, clean apt, fix broken toilet, computers computers computers, etc)
-New year with Nuria and her "little china girl" (hehehe)
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O_O [Apr. 11th, 2005|09:47 am]
[mood | blank]
[music |Justin Timberlake - Senorita]

i can't believe Fairway sucked )

Mary and Richard are coming this wednesday and i'm ruling out "My Humble House" because alli said so. LOL I guess she has a point there with "well i think this humble house would be out of the idea of having for authentic chinese"

I was thinking about the Li Family Restaurant but they have a 1 week waiting period. fuck.

I'm.so.lost...i.might.end.up.taking.them.to.Louisiana.fandian. hahaha. kidding.alli.
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we don't want you, freaking laowai! [Apr. 2nd, 2005|05:40 pm]
[mood | bouncy]
[music |Jem - They]

walk... walk... walk... walk... )
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ahh april is here! [Apr. 1st, 2005|05:16 pm]
[mood | okay]
[music |Jem - 24]

I realize that I've been an asshole this week- I was often short with my friends (even to kyle) and got pissed easily. This sux. I need to change. I'm going to start it by being social and that's why I'm going to go to her house tonight.



-On happier note, today I took a nap on top of my fresh laundry. Happy SAM 8-)
-Mira beat me with the apartment cleaning. I was planning to clean the apartment today after class!!!! I don't know what I'm going to do now- clean the apartment again? 8-)?
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It's going to be along night tonight. [Mar. 30th, 2005|01:32 am]
[mood | crappy]
[music |Pulp - sunrise]

I'm tired.. so freaking tired.


thank you nuria.. i do appreciate what you said.
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ya ya ya [Mar. 28th, 2005|01:31 am]
[mood | sleepy]
[music |The Killers - Mr.Brightside]

i really should stop eating meat... but steven's cooking was so delicious )

Yep... overly used words during the weekend: Birfday and fucking A. ok off to sleep.
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is it monday yet!? [Mar. 27th, 2005|12:51 pm]
[mood | happy]
[music |The Killers - Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine]

I'm going to chill around the house more often- especially during the weekend.


The birthday dinner went pretty well. I didn't expect additional people would show up since I only reserved for 6 people- 6 more showed up. The food was good and the only major complain that i have is the price - aigh. oh, and the misadvertisement- there weren't any dancers at all!!! Remember though, most important thing is everyone had a good time.

-Kyle was sweating because his food was too spicy- I admit even for me it was alil bit too much. However, he finished it- good boy.
-Steven being all worked up with my present. He was telling me, while we were @ the table that he has a gift for me but he decided against it... and then he changed his mind again... so i finally told him whhhaat?! come!! give it to me!! Heh, he gave me a dvd movie. heh. not just any movie though. heh. ain't going to mention this.
-I think I'm starting to like Bar Blu more than Kai. I don't know... i guess it must be because I can always get a table there in no time- thanks to one particular waiter. Mira, Joachin, Kyle and Abdul = Good time. hahaha we managed to get rid of Adnan.
-I explained to Mira about T and P rule of beijing lesbian community. She said if she had to follow the rule, she would be a T. niceeee. hahaha.

boooo didn't get any lapdance!! I'm not going to give up and joachin still owe me. Me+Nina+Joachin = strip joint zai nar!?!?!

Saturday:
-Went with my friend- adriana to Temple of Heaven.
-Survived the spanish inquisition night .aka so called family dinner. Diana made awesome pasta though.
-I agree with Adam... that place is a "S.A.D" home.
temple of heaven )
Today... no plans at all except studying and dinner and a movie @ steven's place for some dutch food. hmmmm hao hao!
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thank you Wangjing! [Mar. 24th, 2005|06:22 am]
[mood | cranky]
[music |Kula Shaker - Knight on the town]

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for reminding me why i shouldn't be drinking anymore! except for very special occasion.. say birthdays

before and after )
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hmmm [Mar. 23rd, 2005|06:19 pm]
[mood | dorky]
[music |Blur - To the end]

Yesh... i know what i'll be busy reading this weekend =) I'm nuts for something techie. Anyone up for a discussion?! ANYONE!?!

History of CPU Back to basic!! I need reviewing
Part 1
Part 2

Prescott Reworked: The P4 600 Series and Extreme Edition 3.73 GHz

Motherboards:
Market Survey, Part 1: A Comparison Of The Latest Pentium 4 Motherboards

Articles:
Where is Flash Heading?
The Pros and Cons of WiMAX
The "G" Versus "A" WLAN Conundrum

movie list )
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coz i'm bored [Mar. 23rd, 2005|07:02 am]
[mood | bored]
[music |Mark Joseph - LadyLady]

2

Wish i was here )

With my friend )

drinking )

speaking )


Resolutions:

-Quit drinking
-Get back in shape
-Put more effort into chinese
-Get rid of any lovey dovey feeling / crushes / etc.
-Cook more often I miss cooking!!!
-Kick Roomie's ass (Julia).. just because.
-Stop eating chicken or any kind of meat
-Get rid of the mohawk
-Catch up on the latest computer / networking / gadgets / wireless technologies articles and discussion threads.
-Catch up on current events
-Find a good shiny toaster ;)

5 more to go.

Happy Birthday [info]bufen
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as requested by [info]tattooboi [Mar. 22nd, 2005|08:53 pm]
[mood | accomplished]
[music |The Strokes - Between Love And Hate]

nasty patch on my forehead... )
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(no subject) [Mar. 22nd, 2005|01:13 pm]
[mood | blank]
[music |The Killers - Jenny was a friend of mine]

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I'll be in fucking denial if i don't feel a slight of *.....* after i found out about it.
but why the fuck should i care...

Always remember kyle's advice... just keep being busy and sooner or later it will go away

im gonna ride my bike.

Wednesday german restaurant ?? I don't know. wo bu zhidao
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(no subject) [Mar. 21st, 2005|04:59 pm]
[mood | tired]
[music |The Strokes - Trying Your Luck]

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wow. the tutoring went pretty well. my tongue need a rest... hahaha... um no. not in that way i had to repeat alot of words because my pronounciation sux.

Fudao: Qi!! bu shi Ji!
Wo: Danshi laoshi... wo shuo QI! qqqqqqqqiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!
Fudao: Cuo le! Yi bian! You have to put your tongue behind your upper teeth.
Wo: *passed out* ni yinggai yong Bang (Bang zhu de Bang) Ting (Hearing Aid - lol)
Fudao: ....


I found a piece of paper from last semester and it was for my speaking class. Laoshi made us tell a joke in chinese.
yi ge zhong guo ren lai de yinhang. Ta gasuo yi ge zhiyuan... ta yao qu zhong guo liang ge xingqi he wen jie chu kuai.
yi ge zhe yuan ba che kai jin le yinhang de dikai ting che chang.

::part missing::

Liang qingqi yihou zhong guo ren huida yinghang huan beijin he lixi
Zhi yuan gasuo zhong guo ren. women hen gao xin yi qie jinzan sun li. Zhe ge zhiyuan you dianr hu tu. ta dia cha le. Zhe ge zhong guo ren de beijing fan xien zhe ge zhong guo renshi yi ge bai wan fu weng. Zhe ge zhi yuan wen "Ni weishenme yao jie 5 qian mei yuan?"
Zhong guo ren huida. "Zai Nue Ye. Hai you shenme difang ting che liang ge xingqi zhe hua feishi shi wu sishi fen er qie neng baojeng che da anqian.

english version )
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my own personal birthday present... aka resolutions... aka a better samo [Mar. 21st, 2005|03:59 am]
[mood | refreshed]
[music |Morcheeba - What New York Couple Fight About]

It's 3:52 am.

-Quit drinking
-Get back in shape
-Put more effort into chinese
-Get rid of any lovey dovey feeling / crushes / etc.
-Cook more often I miss cooking!!!
-Kick Roomie's ass (Julia).. just because.
-Stop eating chicken or any kind of meat
-Get rid of the mohawk
-Catch up on the latest computer / networking / gadgets / wireless technologies articles and discussion threads.
-Catch up on current events
-Find a good shiny toaster ;)


Current craving:
-Perrier water

Contemplating:
-Buy or not to buy a palm handheld. (It has a pretty niffty dictionary where you can write the chinese character and putonghua- it's free- also, the seller will load up any kind of programs for no extra costs)

Words of the day:
*Ménage à trois
*Di jilat setan
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i want my second toaster! me me me want my second toaster! 8-) [Mar. 20th, 2005|03:28 pm]
[mood | silly]
[music |Jem - Falling for you]

great. i'm not looking forward on monday since we both are going to be in the same class. argh. she told me this morning that we should study together... ummm.... no (this is after i told her that i'm going to meet my language partner today- hahaha - yes that's the only excuse that i can come up) alright.

-big bruise on my left arm... small bruisesssssss on my right arm.
-bruise on my waist
-bruise near my neck


when i left her house i feel like Carrie from sex in the city. well, minus the 400 dollar shoes. hehehe. i also had this clarinex commercial song in my head... (It's a beautiful morning...tra la la la..)


i'm lacking sleep )

I am the resurrection and I am the light
I couldn't ever bring myself
To hate you as I'd like
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hmmm [Mar. 19th, 2005|12:15 pm]
[mood | energetic]
[music |Manic Street Preachers - Empty Souls]

IT'S FUCKING BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE!


I'm off

Empty souls will leave their homes // To find a place where they're alone // Rattling memories and hollow bones
Leaves a taste so bitter and cold // For empty souls will stand alone // Shivering like black-eyed dogs // Waiting to be taken home // Where that is they only know
Exposed to a truth we don't know // Collapsing like the Twin Towers // Falling down like April showers // Colossal endless like a marathon // God knows what makes the comparison // God knows what makes the comparison
For the empty souls
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