there's sth wrong with the dial-up connection and i cannot go online now...

our family had steamboat for dinner this evening. having steam boat in a winter evening is really a 'hot' thing, hehe, as it really warms u up. but in our steam boat we put in a lot of vegetable, and meat is just supplementary. my father ordered quite a lot, and in the end we have to 打包 some back to home.

anyways, my mum has some 'computing' exam this evening. good luck to her. hehe, computing... sounds chim, but should be a basic and easy one, as it's an open book exam. a piece of cake it should be.

went to daqiao, my alma mater this morning. took a bus from my home to right in front of the school gate... they r celebraing 10th anniversary this year... hehe, quite a young school. hmm, and they wanted us to write some 贺词 to them, and even invited a chinese teacher to debrief us... haiyo, my chinese is quite lousy by now... i mean, all the 报章报道s have stifled all my creativity in chinese... and such kind of 贺词 is all 千篇一律, and quite difficult to mark a difference from the others... and they want 三言两语 only, or else i can crap a bit of 肉麻词藻, like using dunno how many 成语 in one sentence, hehe. hmm, just 混混过去算了.

then we visit our teachers... met my form teacher... hehe, should say she looks younger... hmm, and she's teaching sec 1 now after so many year of sec 3 (in china we only have 3 levels in secondary school). our class was his first form class in sec 3, and the best class, hehe, i should say. hmm, unluckily my classmates all went to uni already, and also quite a few went to new zealand, aussie, uk on their own... seems there is quite a lot of rich people in my class... they had a 聚会 when they were waiting for their 高考 results, but i was still in sinapore. if i could go back during june holiday, probabaly we'll have a big reunion.

my chinese teacher has retired. my math teacher is on long-term mc. haha, she's a very old teacher, and we call her 金花婆婆 and 金花 is her name... she has always been suffering health problems, and only taught us for half a year...

and the piece of shocking news: my english teacher has been expelled by the school! well, he's the kind of 放荡不羁 teacher, and quite 不得志, but teaches quite well... but the other teachers say he somehow got 过火 last year and was expelled... i only thought students can be expelled... anyways, he has a good friend, a math teacher, also the same type. today we met him and he got all kinds of funny stuff to tell us... he even get drunk with students, hehe... but he's quite a hot guy in front of the principal, and still follows the rules, so he is still there.

didn't meet my chem teacher, as she's having lesson. and discussed physics prac and bernuolli's effect with her, haha, she said the current sec 3 batch is for experiment as this year is the one to change the textbooks and etc, so quite 没有底

again had 小笼包 and 混沌 for lunch. someone mass 请客, hehe. imagine 16 bowls of 混沌 in front of 8 people....... initially wanted to visit huajia as he has just had his knee operation, but dunno where the hospital is... check later.

she's back also. even sent me her photos vial email... i'm quite sure she used 秘密抄送 as i can't see my address in the recepients' addresses. why did she not want to others' to know? i discovered another address in the format '* and chocomint@yahoo.com', well, chocomint is her address, so i just assume that one is the one she shared with someone else... probably that guy?

hehe, jealousy? stupid scorpion instinct? i'm quite startled myself as these ideas come into my mind...

and i found out that in one photo the soft toy she held was the one i gave her as the birthday present last year... what is she trying to convery? or is it just a coincidence and 我想得太多了？

anyway, that soft toy is my first and by now the only birthday gift i've given out... hmm, still remembered the day i went into the gift shop and found out i was the only guy there... and all the others looked at me as if i'm an alien. of course the 老板娘 gave me extra attention, recommending this and that...

'on what occassion is this gift for?'

'birthday'

'boy or girl?'

'girl?'

'girlfriend?'

'oh, no no, just normal friend'

......

i was quite embarrassed anyway, and just anyhow picked one up...

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later went back home at one plus in the afternoon, didn't want to do homework. took out my harmonica and 竖笛(is that clarinet?) to play, hehe, i learnt harmonica in primary school and 竖笛 in daqiao as a part of music lessons... not so pro, hehe, but still can play some songs, etc...

and that cute and small harmo was her gift for my birthday last year... remind me of the song 细水长流. sadly, by now, even our friendship is on the verge of 断流。

my mother wanted me to learn some instrument (was that piano) in my primary one... i was quite naughty then and refused... i regret now, hehe. not becoz i have some artistic instince, but i like the feeling and sensation when u r playing the instrument, whatever it is... when u r bored or upset u can just take out ur instrument and play and have fun, and the kind sense of achievement when u flawlessly finished playing a song or what ever... i have this virtual orchestra studio (vos) in my laptop, and i played quite well on it... hehe, easy ones lah, but i found ones like 星空 and canon nicer, though they r more difficult... but playing these on a computer keyboard is not fulfilling enough.... wish i know how to play piano. my neighbour upstairs is practicing now...

still cannot get dialed-up... probabaly will put it up tml.