Y Tuesday, September 19, 2006

8:39 pm

Chinese Listening today. Yep, I'm normal chinese, so sue me.

There's one thing I can't understand. See, there's this word... what was it?.. Ah yes. Flexibility. So I was done with my paper, which was, incidentally, pretty damn easy. No need to check really. Brian and I had mostly matching answers anyway.

So I took a book out and started reading. Went okay for 5-ish minutes. Then Zheng Guo Rong saw and told me to keep it. I mean wow. Everyone else was either laying their head on the table, dozing off or already sleeping. I decided to be productive and read a book. Geez.

Shot him a dirty look. He came over after the paper and wanted to reprimand me. "Why did you give me that look." Standard response "I did?"

"It's very disrespectful you know."
"Yea. I know." (But that's the idea, no?)
"It's disrespectful. Why did you do it?" (Note, all in chinese.)
"Err. Not convienient to explain in chinese. How about english?"
"Okay."
"One word. Inflexibility. I was already done with my paper. Others were dozing off. I read a book."
"You didn't have to give me that look."
"Nothing against you. Just don't like that I had to keep my book."

Then somehow he linked it to me disliking chinese, which I spoke to him about before. And that I can quit school because I don't like chinese. CHRIST. I just said I hated chinese, not something dramatic like quitting school.

"Well you join the school, mean you gotta follow the system."
"Hell yea. I am aren't I? I'm in the lesson."

Then he changed the subject. GG. Owned.

MC and HC came over to study. Yes, more play than study, but it's a start. Finished logarithms and straight line graphs. Gonna have to practice more, but it's a start.

Muscles warmed up, momentum building steadily.