Monthly Archives: August 2008
there’s a price to pay for switching jobs
so i take a break from the eight I essays (because i’ve stopped making progress) to take a look at the application sites for S & M. i found it interesting that the amounts of information required, and hence the amounts of writing required, were so … Continue reading
Filed under application process, rant
scandal? that’s a bit strong
the girl was lip-synching? that’s just typical. who’s surprised, really? who even stayed tuned in long enough to see the performance? (okay, maybe a few billion people did. sorry if i offended you.) look at these harsh, at times hilarious, … Continue reading
Filed under world affairs (or not)
to-do’s – an update
高業：8月2825日考試（8、9月的場次早就全滿了，我只好每隔幾個小時就去查查有沒有名額空出來，還好皇天不負苦心人）。 Essays：目前仍處於「萬事起頭難」的階段。I學校共有8篇（2篇關於工作的描述、5篇一般問答題、1篇補充）。我決定逼自己本周末完成3篇！ 閒書：剛看完ian mcewan的saturday及nick hornby的a long way down二書。繼續消化過去十年裡買了放在書架上作擺飾的小說中。 其他：the wire第一季、讀法文、準備找工作（！）
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summer sounds
updated my muxtape (in an act of procrastination, clearly). 1. yo la tengo – how to make a baby elephant float (from: summer sun, 2003) a track taken from “summer sun,” ylt’s chill-out album. if this mixtape were a cd, the cover … Continue reading
t-day
今天去考了托福，感想如下： listening怎麼這麼多題，聽到後來完全不專心，開始做白日夢，結果有一題竟然答不出來。 speaking還真難答，我幾乎每一題都亂扯一通，分數想必不妙。不過我也認清了自己的問題其實不完全是英文程度不夠好，而是表達能力根本就有缺陷。就算要我用中文介紹國慶日30秒，我可能也講得坑坑疤疤。後來聽到身邊其他人此起彼落的回答，表達流暢有條理，發音也標準，頓感鬱悶。 原來同一天同個考場的題目是完全相同的，有心要作弊的話並不難（speaking部分）。 不曉得分數要等幾天，希望不至於爛到要重考（I學校的門檻是105分）。
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