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

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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

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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

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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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