January 17th, 2005Snail mail and first exam is over
I just love checking the letter box in my floor to find envelopes addressed to me.
Today, I got :
my internet bill,
a returned Xmas card,
a package from Mauritius.
There’s nothing exciting about internet bills but I’ve been waiting impatiently for this one because I want to pay before leaving Shanghai. I sure don’t want to pay an extra amount when I come back. I wonder how much they make people pay if it’s a late payment.
The Xmas card . ![]()
I don’t know why they sent it back to me. Was it the address? I was so sure i wrote it right.
Sorry J. My card made it to HK but got sent back to SH. I’ll give you the card in person when I go back to MU in 6 months. I don’t want to go back to MU so soon but I need to renew my passport.

The package from Sab. ![]()
I got a lovely 2005 calendar with pics of Mauritius on each page.
Thanks girl!

I’ve been having fun with those webcam captures.
In a weird mood today. hmm.. my hair looks so different. Maybe it’s the light? It’s a bit dark in my room. I had to turn on my desk lamp as well as the main light.
I’m so tired. I had my first end of the semester exam today. It was from 10:00 to 12:00 but I finished my paper at 10:35 . There was no essay writing this time.
I was very disappointed. (The teacher seemed amused upon seeing the look on my face. )
Moreover I didn’t know what to do until 12:00. I went through my paper 3 more times and by 10:45, I had enough.
She corrected my paper within a few minutes. I got 99 marks. Arghh… Lost that one mark stupidly. I always lose marks in the easiest part of the paper. So careless.
I was worried about this paper because I hadn’t revised properly. Surprisingly, the last minute cramming worked. I was so worried that I wouldn’t be able to wake up early this morning. My mum called me from Mauritius to make sure I don’t miss my exam. Thanks mum!:wink:
I’ve been going out too much lately.
Still, it’s only my first year here. I’d better enjoy while I still can. My second year will be tough.
Tomorrow it’s Oral chinese exam. We didn’t have an Oral exam for mid-term so I’m kinda worried about this one. 阅读(yuedu) on Wednesday, 听力(tingli) on Thursday and then hols!!! I can’t wait.




Test test - please ignore.
aah… finally, I can post! for some reason, my previous posts were not recorded! temporary ban?
Speaking of chinese, if i had to take a tingli test - i would fail miserably
i can only follow 50% of what’s being said in putonghua and I have to guess the remaining 50%! but
when a Mauritian speak chinese, i understand 100%:laughing:
woow! 99! Great!I only got such high marks in grammar school and the more school days I went through,the less mark I got.:laughing:
awww… i know this has nothing to do with your post, but i want your lovebug!!! it’s so cute
hehe.
Next time we meet, I’ll speak mandarin to you.
I’m sure you did well in your exams. No need to worry.
hehe thanks!
I want it too. I left it in Mauritius.
I’ll bring it back with me when I go back in a few months.
Wow, I haven’t been around here in quite some time!
There’s nothing like getting post, especially from friends and family. I much prefer post to email it’s much more personal!
Congrats on your 99 marks!
I couldn’t do that if I tried, not in half an hour! I had a literature exam last week and I completely and utterly failed… I couldn’t understand what the paper was asking me, but no worries, I’ll just take it again!
喂呀! 我的普通话好差啊! 经常用着广东话来讲普通话,我就可以听的懂但是讲不出来!
*如果你跟我谈话 - 死丢了*
LOVEBUG!!!
yay, hurray for your great marks!
snail mail is a very gratifying way to communicate. There’s something the email and electronic communications won’t replace, the touch of paper…
and I agree with Ruth, it’s much much more personnal!
Kisa nek 99%!!!
Kot sa 1 pt la finne aller?
Mais c pas possib voyons
haha pren nissa mem toi
mais franc franc tout..mo ti bien disappointed…. coz mo coner ki kan arrive dans 2eme annee mo pa pou resli gagne 100pts.. trop difficile. bof. esperer to p passe ene bonne vacs… mo moyen la.