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Dinner At Raymond's

I was preparing all morning for my computer class. They should be learning dreamweaver by now, but I decided to stick with HTML. We spent a lot of time manually making tables and getting to know the table tags. I wanted them to be familar with HTML and I wanted them not to be afraid of getting into the code later on. I noticed I can be demanding as a teacher. I really want people to be at their best.

After work I went to meet up with the Waterloo HK crew. Out in nowhere's land (someplace in the New Territories) where Raymond and Connie live. The ride there was so long but their new place is nice. We played games (Uno) most of the night and had dinner close by. Joseph, Heidi, and I took the bus back into Kowloon where I could take the MTR back into North Point.

Of interesting note, one of my students asked me to tutor, and introduced a new model to me where she would provide a location and act as an agent in exchange for allowing her children to learn for free. I hear this style is common where a mother tried to find a tutor and a location to host classes to reduce the cost of tutoring. I'm not sure the costs at Reader-ship, but I'm sure they run in the $200+ range for a child. Then again it is a very focused environment with actual lesson plans (albeit though-up that week lesson plans by us).

I've been asking around about taking money out of my PC Financial account to use in Hong Kong. Wiring money, traveller's cheques, etc. All these methods really suck compared to what my cousin Yvonne recommended. She's a traveller and she told me to just try taking money out of the machine from the bank. It was brilliant, I don't even know why I was trying to make it so hard for myself. I need to eat the exchange/admin fee no matter what, but the transfer charge was only $3.00 CAD (so about $10 HKD). That's cheaper than cashing in a traveller's cheque here at the bank.

the break down is like this to withdraw $6000 HKD.

Sep.26/05 ABM Foreign ABM Charge $3.00
Sep.26/05 ABM Foreign ABM Withdrawal $929.81

posted by Tempest7 @ 11:00