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Month: December, 2007

Burninated huh?

26 December, 2007 (22:59) | Geek | 3 comments

Well the folks at Square-Enix just earned a few more brownie points in my book…with the term “Burninated”
 

 
I guess to understand the “awesome-ness” of this word, click on this link to see what started it all, or prepare for the wrath of Trogdor….
 
 

Merry Christmas!

25 December, 2007 (22:21) | Daily Life | No comments

Yeah…behind on several posts, but thought I should atleast show off my Christmas Decorations :-D…

My Charlie Brown Tree (More lights than bristles) - Got the tree for 5 yuan at the local grocery store…the red “glass” balls were more expensive - 7 yuan (lights were free - last guy left em :-D)

My […]

Winter Celebration?

21 December, 2007 (23:32) | China, Daily Life | 2 comments

The nice heads of my Department (Foreign Language) , decided to take us (the other foreign teachers and I as well as some folks from the Foreign Affairs Office) to dinner tonight. The dinner was to celebrate the Winter, somewhat like a winter solstice and to also say thanks to all of us. […]

My Final Exam…

21 December, 2007 (21:28) | China, Daily Life | 1 comment

It feels wierd to say “My Final Exam”, considering up to this point, when saying this phrase it was always referring to me taking a test, not dishing it out
Basically I just want them to speak english casually for 15 minutes (Not from a script).  I told them, since this is their first […]

You know when you have a song stuck in your head?….

21 December, 2007 (20:57) | Daily Life | No comments

Well today I did my Xmas Lesson (or to be P.C. Winter Holiday Lesson)….  While doing it I had this song stuck in my head the entire time, actually its still going strong 12 hours later….
It is: “Merry Fucking Christmas” sung by Mr. Garrison on Southpark
for those of you interesting in knowing the lyrics…
 Link To […]

Mistletoe…is really a parasitic killer…

20 December, 2007 (23:53) | Geek | No comments

While doing some research on how to carry out a Christmas lesson tomorrow for my English class - I look at a vocabulary sheet, on there is the definition of Mistletoe, the part that sticks out is that it is a “parasitic plant”. That just doesn’t sound very pleasant , doing a […]

When a “Five Days Off” is really one day off

20 December, 2007 (22:00) | China, Details | No comments

China is a bit of a weird place when it comes to national vacations/days off…
Besides me totally not expecting they celebrate the solar calendar new year (January 1st) - and scheduling several days of exams during this time (including Christmas day). It really threw me off that they take 5 days off for this […]

In case you were wondering what would flag the censors in China…

20 December, 2007 (18:12) | China, Geek | 1 comment

In case you were wondering what would flag the Censors here in China as far as what is posted on blogs & forums on Servers in China, below is a list compiled by the Washington post … Luckily this site is hosted on a Server thats probably in India - Hopefully my site doesn’t […]

Yep…it was about time…

16 December, 2007 (20:51) | Site | 1 comment

I finally did it…yep, I finally put something for the root of this site.  So when you go to BobChu.com (without putting blog or photos in the prefix) you’ll get an actual page! ☺  Feel free to check it out.

Random Observations…

16 December, 2007 (00:26) | China, Daily Life, Travels | 2 comments

To break the norm of doing my work (in this case preparing Final Exam schedules & Questions) on the couch in front of the TV, I decided to go try working at Starbucks down the street. It was nice to be in a place with central heating & non-sporadic Internet connection – I liked […]

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