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Work That Didn't Turn Out

Yesterday I dropped by PolyTechnical University to help Carman fix her Internet connection. She had her new Toshiba Laptop which I doubt was the real problem. The setup requires the users to configure their own static IP. There are two jackets with two separate IPs; one on her side and one on her roommate's side. They use Cisco VoIP telephones in their residence. I remember as a floor representative first year sitting in on a meeting trying to decide if we should move the residence over to a PBX style system or continue having separate lines running to each room. The VoIP phone has a cable that is suppose to connect to the computer, which didn't seem to be working. I left my cable with Carman because my cable seems to work.

Carman is actually and amateur photographer so it was natural for me to ask her to help me with my portraits. We looked through a few example pictures I had been stealing and downloading off the internet and decided to have a little fun taking pictures near her school. The pictures turned out quite well considering we weren't really planning to take pictures that day. She gave me a quick talk about matching the colours in my clothes to my shooting environment.

I had an appointment afterwards with Gloria, Kathy, and Jeff over at APM. I heard that Kathy had actually written the BULATS examination paper. There's a lot of stress trying to help my class of housewives prepare for this examination. There doesn't seem to be alot of information for me so I was hoping to get some good information from people who have actually prepared and who have written the examination before. Kathy and Jeff told me that what they learned from their textbook had nothing to do with the examination. At least I know the sample exam downloaded from the BULATS website is pretty much exactly the same format as the final examination. I got a call from May to prepare to do a sales seminar to some students who might need to prepare for the IELTS examination.

That's about all I did today, get ready for the seminar. I went in a bit early to talk about the setup with May. For the listening and audio portion I went online to see if I could find any audiobooks or news materials that I could use to give them a sample for listening. I ran across something interesting, an audio book from the Fab 5 (Queer eye for the straight guy). I had come early and was dressed casually, I went and found a room to change and when I came out something interesting happened. One of the staff at the front reception, Josephine, sees me come in once in a while to do my classes. We talk, maybe flirt, and this is the first time she saw me in my suit. She happened to be talking on the phone when I came around the corner in my suit and my ego was bursting with pride when I saw her eyes pop open and her mouth drop (literally). I figured it was a good time to get her phone number.

Speaking of phones, I got a call from Tiffany's friend Karen. I know Tiffany doesn't have time to come to Hong Kong but she asked me to show Karen around. We setup a time to meet at Landmark. I've never been to that mall before but I'm sure it will be easy to find. I also got another surprise when I went home, I had a call from a special friend from New York City. NYC's one and only Nana called me. She was our special tourguide when Sai and I drove to NJ and NY for some shopping and adventure. Nana all I can say is "WwrRarrr".

posted by Tempest7 @ 11:00