I found out that this is actually a breed called the Chinese Foo Dog that has been dyed black and white to resemble a panda
or the Chow Chow dyed
here's the link to the news:
http://en-1.ce.cn/Life/social/200411/15/t20041115_2288147.shtml
Saturday, May 28, 2005
This is a DOG. really!
I found out that this is actually a breed called the Chinese Foo Dog that has been dyed black and white to resemble a panda
or the Chow Chow dyed
here's the link to the news:
http://en-1.ce.cn/Life/social/200411/15/t20041115_2288147.shtml
Monday, May 23, 2005
Awesome Computer Graphics
This is what I was before I became a teacher:
http://www.billybussey.com/main.html
http://www.urban-funk.com/
but it's been so long since I've seen anything like it. Like I said, people at work don't even own a computer.
http://www.billybussey.com/main.html
http://www.urban-funk.com/
but it's been so long since I've seen anything like it. Like I said, people at work don't even own a computer.
The DARN CUTEST THING!
I'm trying to adopt this cutest thing!!!!!!!! but haven't heard back. I hope he's not taken. If I get him, I'm going to name him Cotton!
Sunday, May 22, 2005
Busy busy busy
So i'll be very busy from now on.
1. we're buying a house, so we're moving soon
2. we have to sublease our apt
3. I'm currently applying for grad school, application is due in a month
4. I have to move to a different location for job (Dallas)
5. We have to try to rent out the house
6. Edit and print wedding pics for people
1. we're buying a house, so we're moving soon
2. we have to sublease our apt
3. I'm currently applying for grad school, application is due in a month
4. I have to move to a different location for job (Dallas)
5. We have to try to rent out the house
6. Edit and print wedding pics for people
Friday, May 20, 2005
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Wedding pics from the Photographer! Finally!
Hey guys,
Sorry about the delay on these pics. I just got them.
anyway, enjoy them.
By the way, they're not well-edited, it's late and I'm sleepy. I will eventually get to editing them with photoshop to make them look better. But if you can't wait, you're welcome to print them anytime. Or you can take them to walmart or walgreens to print them out, but color and resolution is not as good.
You can email me to ask me to edit a specific image and I can email a better resolution image to you to print out.
Last, I don't have all the emails of the people who came to the wedding, so if you have their emails, please send them to me, they can't see the pictures unless they get this invitation!
Well, enjoy them
Love
Allen & Michelle
WAIT! There is MORE!!!
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/na1paj/my_photos
Sorry about the delay on these pics. I just got them.
anyway, enjoy them.
By the way, they're not well-edited, it's late and I'm sleepy. I will eventually get to editing them with photoshop to make them look better. But if you can't wait, you're welcome to print them anytime. Or you can take them to walmart or walgreens to print them out, but color and resolution is not as good.
You can email me to ask me to edit a specific image and I can email a better resolution image to you to print out.
Last, I don't have all the emails of the people who came to the wedding, so if you have their emails, please send them to me, they can't see the pictures unless they get this invitation!
Well, enjoy them
Love
Allen & Michelle
WAIT! There is MORE!!!
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/na1paj/my_photos
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Students comments
There are some stuff at work that needs updating. For example, we're still using chalkboard rather than the nice dry erase board. A student made a comment that they're paying so much money every month, they should have better facilities there.
Another example is that there's only 1 teacher manual for one of my classes in level 6 and it looks pretty torn up. So the student commented that they pay so much money every month that the school should provide more and better manuals that doesn't tear.
However, at work, they provide free coffee for the students, and each room has a Mac, so there are also many nice things at work. But i guess people don't stop complaining huh?
Well, each student pay $250~$280 monthly, i have around 50 something students every month, that's approx. $13,500, but I get $1800~$2000. that's 14%....
Another example is that there's only 1 teacher manual for one of my classes in level 6 and it looks pretty torn up. So the student commented that they pay so much money every month that the school should provide more and better manuals that doesn't tear.
However, at work, they provide free coffee for the students, and each room has a Mac, so there are also many nice things at work. But i guess people don't stop complaining huh?
Well, each student pay $250~$280 monthly, i have around 50 something students every month, that's approx. $13,500, but I get $1800~$2000. that's 14%....
Saturday, May 07, 2005
Some stuff to vent
they finally started the fingerprint scanning system at my work place to sign in and out.
I mean it's more efficient than having to write but there are lots of draw backs.
If we forget to sign out, then it cancels the sign in time, which means we never showed up.
Also, if you are already in the door, you'd still be considered late even if you were waiting for the person in front of you to sign in.
And it feels like Big Brother is watching....
We have to go in at least 15 mins early, or we'd be considered tardy, which counts against our bonus. but to avoid after school/work traffic, I sometimes go in at least 30 mins early.
We DO get a bonus however, for being early, but it's many of the other factors add together.
So the bonus would justify the extra hours of coming to work early.
But if we already know that we lost our bonus, then the extra time before and after class is unpaid. Who wants to work extra hours unpaid?
I personally don't think this is very effective....
And really, the biggest bonus is getting students to re-enroll, which would justify the many extra hours we put in to give extra help to students. When we don't get this bonus (I have yet to get it) it means all the extra hours, could be 10 or 20 or more, is unpaid.... sigh.
And supposedly the extra help hours should encourage the students to re-enroll but to me, it feels more like luck... if they students have enough money to pay or if they'll have time.
Well, anyway, next topic to vent about:
Mayor voting in Irving.
I was driving down MacArthur, the street outside my apartment, to work today, and I saw that there were a bunch of ads (those that you stick in the ground), and when I say a bunch.. it's at least 1/2 a mile of them placed about a couple inches apart. I mean you can see the same sign a couple hundred times in the same block.... isn't that just ridiculous and just a tad over redundant???
Guess what those signs are for??? VOTE FOR CITY COUNCIL and VOTE FOR MAYOR!
How can a person running for city office allow this kind of scenary disturbance? I mean when I glance over, I could see more of those square signs than green grass!! How many times do you need to see "Vote for John Doe" to know that he's running for mayor??? UGH
how would you feel if your whole city is covered with this:
it's just so ugly!
I mean it's more efficient than having to write but there are lots of draw backs.
If we forget to sign out, then it cancels the sign in time, which means we never showed up.
Also, if you are already in the door, you'd still be considered late even if you were waiting for the person in front of you to sign in.
And it feels like Big Brother is watching....
We have to go in at least 15 mins early, or we'd be considered tardy, which counts against our bonus. but to avoid after school/work traffic, I sometimes go in at least 30 mins early.
We DO get a bonus however, for being early, but it's many of the other factors add together.
So the bonus would justify the extra hours of coming to work early.
But if we already know that we lost our bonus, then the extra time before and after class is unpaid. Who wants to work extra hours unpaid?
I personally don't think this is very effective....
And really, the biggest bonus is getting students to re-enroll, which would justify the many extra hours we put in to give extra help to students. When we don't get this bonus (I have yet to get it) it means all the extra hours, could be 10 or 20 or more, is unpaid.... sigh.
And supposedly the extra help hours should encourage the students to re-enroll but to me, it feels more like luck... if they students have enough money to pay or if they'll have time.
Well, anyway, next topic to vent about:
Mayor voting in Irving.
I was driving down MacArthur, the street outside my apartment, to work today, and I saw that there were a bunch of ads (those that you stick in the ground), and when I say a bunch.. it's at least 1/2 a mile of them placed about a couple inches apart. I mean you can see the same sign a couple hundred times in the same block.... isn't that just ridiculous and just a tad over redundant???
Guess what those signs are for??? VOTE FOR CITY COUNCIL and VOTE FOR MAYOR!
How can a person running for city office allow this kind of scenary disturbance? I mean when I glance over, I could see more of those square signs than green grass!! How many times do you need to see "Vote for John Doe" to know that he's running for mayor??? UGH
how would you feel if your whole city is covered with this:
it's just so ugly!
Friday, May 06, 2005
Chindogu, Unuseless Japanese Inventions
Here are some pictures of "Unuseless Japanese Inventions", which I think are pretty useless..
I suppose this is to keep your hair from falling on your face while you eat, but what a pain!!
or would you prefer this:
Eh... to keep your eyes open? OUCH!
Taking a bath without getting wet??? Now Allen would like that
Boyfriend arm pillow??
Scratch more precisly!
Let your cat clean the floor for you!
Need to dry your clothes?
Subway chin rest......
or subway hat?
Never get wet!
Allen wants this:
Eh... need eyedrops?
Allergy season coming, this could be useful
Hey, why dirty a knife??
walk across the street? then you need this:
And there are more! i need to get those books! you can find them on Amazon...
here is a link of some more : http://www.jimloy.com/books/chindogu.htm
Ghosts in the machineApril 23, 2005
DOES the rattling of chains keep you awake at night? Do the wraiths of long-dead relatives join you for family gatherings? If so, a Japanese gadget company has designed the very thing for you: the world's first portable ghost radar.The pocket-sized device promises to alert its owner to the presence of eight different types of spectre, from "lost souls" to "evil spirits".
Using a variety of carefully calibrated sensors - one of which claims to detect human fear - the machine informs users whether the ghost is malevolent or benign. The ghost radar hits Japanese stores next week, just in time for the Japanese ghost-spotting season, and no summer campfire gathering will be complete without it.
"Ghosts are something deeply ingrained in Japanese culture," says the device's inventor Kenji Koshida. "People talk about them all the time - especially engineers and other people you'd expect to live in the world of logic. I believe in them."The Times
I suppose this is to keep your hair from falling on your face while you eat, but what a pain!!
or would you prefer this:
Eh... to keep your eyes open? OUCH!
Taking a bath without getting wet??? Now Allen would like that
Boyfriend arm pillow??
Scratch more precisly!
Let your cat clean the floor for you!
Need to dry your clothes?
Subway chin rest......
or subway hat?
Never get wet!
Allen wants this:
Eh... need eyedrops?
Allergy season coming, this could be useful
Hey, why dirty a knife??
walk across the street? then you need this:
And there are more! i need to get those books! you can find them on Amazon...
here is a link of some more : http://www.jimloy.com/books/chindogu.htm
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