wy_yyj: Hi!Can you read Chinese? I'm glad you are here on time.
yeyj: You can.
wy_yyj: Yes, I can. What about you?
yeyj: Why do you come so early? Didn't you say three?
wy_yyj: Yes, but I came home half past one. I intended to have a sleep but I changed my mind.
yeyj: All right, I came here so early only by chance.
yeyj: Maybe intuition.
wy_yyj: Thank you.
wy_yyj: Have you parents solved the problem yet?
yeyj: 你不是说要打中文的吗？
yeyj: Yeah, I guess so. There were something wrong with the hyberlink. That's all.
wy_yyj: 你能打中文？
yeyj: Of course, this is Singapore, not Michigan.
yeyj: Can you adopt a smaller font?
wy_yyj: 你用什么打的？
yeyj: Chinese star.
yeyj: What else? No Chinese Windows here,
wy_yyj: 你现在打字速度怎么样？
yeyj: Very slow.
yeyj: Worse than Jingyang.
wy_yyj: Do you often have talk with Jingyang?
yeyj: Especially in Chinese. I've got a little problem with pinyin already.
yeyj: No, not really. Only once this year.
yeyj: I mean, by instant messenger like this.
yeyj: Hey, could you please speed up?
wy_yyj: Jingyang is in her 12th grade, isn't she?
yeyj: From the next month, to be exact.
yeyj: Isn't the TEOFL thingy no hearsay?
wy_yyj: What do you want to know about us in Nanjing or in other words what do you want to chat with me?
yeyj: Aren't we chatting now?
yeyj: About anything. Babbling, Jingyang would say.
wy_yyj: It should be TOEFL. What do "thingy " and hearsay mean?
yeyj: Sorry for the typo.
wy_yyj: What does babbling mean?
yeyj: I just wanna know whether it was true.
yeyj: What we are doing right now.
yeyj: Gossip, in other words.
yeyj: Just kidding.
yeyj: Is it true? The second time.
yeyj: 你在想啥？
wy_yyj: It is from my view true but I didn't tell ANYONE else so what others say isn't true.
wy_yyj: 这要用辩证的观点理解。
yeyj: So how did Jie know about it?
yeyj: Don't try to philosophise anything to me!
yeyj: I don't learn Politics no more.
wy_yyj: All of them had a guess. So it isn't true in that aspect.
wy_yyj: Do you learn society or philosophy?
yeyj: Social study.
wy_yyj: What is social study's content?
yeyj: That's something sorta a blend of history and geography.
yeyj: Nothing to do with me.
wy_yyj: Do you think my fonts are beautiful?
yeyj: For god's sake Singapore is a young country, so I don't have to study anything close to American history.
yeyj: It's the ugliest possible. Aren't you typing Times New Roman?
wy_yyj: I beg you not to tell the TRUTH to ANYONE else especially Mr. Yin.
yeyj: Better tell you it's impossible to see your fonts, sometimes.
yeyj: What's the truth? You didn't inform me.
wy_yyj: Yes, I prefer Times new Roman. What do you recommend me to adopt?
yeyj: Ain't it reasonable to compansate me for it somehow?
wy_yyj: The truth about TOEFL/
yeyj: Nothing special, no courier would be fine.
yeyj: The truth? I only know you know it, that's all.
yeyj: When was it, how, where?
wy_yyj: I'm using Courier now, how do you feel?
yeyj: Kick your ass!
yeyj: That's something kinda bad, I know.
yeyj: I'll stop using anything close to American English.
wy_yyj: I'm changing now.
yeyj: Can we move on to something more substantial?
wy_yyj: Why ? do you hate AE?
wy_yyj: OK. You can suggest a topic.
yeyj: You won't be able to bear with me!
yeyj: No, nothing special. It's simply unadvisable to use AE in English tests though.
yeyj: Tell me about TOEFL! The third and final call.
wy_yyj: Tell me why you'll stop using anything close to American English.
wy_yyj: You mean you can't tell the difference between AE and BE in test?
wy_yyj: I've take it in May.
yeyj: Here, I mean. Don't you dare write that goddam stuff!
yeyj: Like it? I hope not.
yeyj: TOEFL in May? That was realy. How did you feel about it?
yeyj: Early, I correct.
wy_yyj: Not very good.
yeyj: Common... My score was ZERO.
wy_yyj: What do you mean? When will you take TOEFL
yeyj: So was Jingyang, if she hadn't concealed anything from me.
yeyj: I don't know. Maybe the next year. Since it expires in two years, there is no point to do it now.
wy_yyj: I think Jiang yang needn't take TOEFL.
wy_yyj: has she got Green Card?
wy_yyj: You get the point.
yeyj: I said "Come on". Common didn't seem to be the right abbr.
wy_yyj: two years can pass very quickly.
yeyj: No, I don't think she does. She told me she had to take TOEFL once last year.
wy_yyj: I don't know the sentence"Common didn't seem to be the right abbr" can you explain?
yeyj: Sure. It's been two years since I came to this place.
yeyj: I wrote Common... My score was ZERO". That's surely misleading.
wy_yyj: Many classmate will go to
yeyj: Where?
yeyj: US, UK, AUS?
wy_yyj: Singapore in October. Many of them you may remember.
yeyj: That's right. Which school are they going?
wy_yyj: I don't know.
yeyj: Or what type of school. Do you have any idea?
wy_yyj: Pre-college
yeyj: I'm not sure if I could keep in touch with then. It's been such a long time.
wy_yyj: To be more specific, first English Coaching then university.
wy_yyj: They have to work for the
yeyj: Pre-U, that's it. I won't rule out the possibility that I wouldn't meet them.
yeyj: Work? English coach?
yeyj: I don't get you.
wy_yyj: SingGovernment for several years after graduating from college and shouldn't go on study in graduate school.
yeyj: That's different from mine.
yeyj: Gotta learn more of that. Jie never told me enough.
wy_yyj: You don't have to work for Singaporean but how did you get the scholarship and financial assistance?
yeyj: What are you doing over there? Cruise the net while doing away with me?
yeyj: At least before entering the University here, there is no bond.
wy_yyj: I'm always typing fast. I don't know why it seems like slow.
yeyj: A sad thing to say whether I could get out of this place before the "honey-moon" ends.
yeyj: What? Concentrate.
yeyj: Maybe you've got a lot of things to ponder over right now.
wy_yyj: the Prime Minister and the respectable Semior Minister there have said they need intellectuals. It's their most important policy.
yeyj: Yeah, we remember this by heart: The only resourse Singapore has got is human rsourse.
wy_yyj: You are in Grade 11, aren't you?
yeyj: No, grade ten. I told you I've got two years to University.
wy_yyj: In September, isn't it grade 11 that is Senior 2 here?
yeyj: It's damn funny thing to see one's high school to go to university while you are staying in grade 10 still at the age of 18, as some of the PRC here feel.
yeyj: School year starts in Januaryin Singapore. It's different thing altogether.
wy_yyj: But as I know you are 2 years younger then us and in Singapore it suits you well.
yeyj: Right, I am as old as most of my classmates. It is surely an advantage that sometimes PRC are over-aged to take part in some competitions.
wy_yyj: Your school life?
yeyj: Can you type some more instead of.. whatever?
yeyj: School here is just as monotonous as ever.
wy_yyj: 你学那些课？
yeyj: Haven't I answered you that question before?
wy_yyj: 好像没有。
yeyj: Chi, Eng, Math, A-Math, Phys, Chem, Geog, Chi-Lit...
yeyj: Understood? What about you? It's unwise to waste time here saying nothing.
wy_yyj: What about Calculus?
yeyj: Yes, part of Q-math. Not the more difficult part, but enough to turn the students' brain inside out.
yeyj: Advenced Math, I mean.
wy_yyj: Can I understand the Calculus?
yeyj: Yes, is there any problem?
yeyj: Are you still there?
wy_yyj: What's the matter? "yeyj 已经重新登录。"
yeyj: I don't know. Maybe some automatic re-registration.
yeyj: Better than the auto-disconnection that haunted Jingyang last year and beyond.
wy_yyj: the problem didn't occur to me
yeyj: I chose the option one hour ago. I don't know why.
yeyj: Please say something. It's awkward to stay in this way.
wy_yyj: I've seen your photoes. I wonder why you are still wearing our old uniform
yeyj: Yeah, that's the only "think" attire I've got here. Singapore isn't cold, even cool, so I didn't bring much thing of that kind.
yeyj: What the hell. "yeyj 已经重新登录" again?
wy_yyj: Why did you go to Alaska?
wy_yyj: ARe you still there?
wy_yyj: Why did you go to Alaska?
yeyj: Yes, I am here. Not in Alaska. Just kidding. I didn't went there either.
yeyj: I flew over it, you see?
wy_yyj: All right .
wy_yyj: You were in a Canadian U
yeyj: University of British Columbia, a nice place.
wy_yyj: Which u do you want to study in?
yeyj: I don't know. Forget it for now, I haven't decided which pre-U to go to even.
wy_yyj: What to talk now?
yeyj: Shall we speed up? I wonder whether you are writing back as soon as you get the message. The waiting is unbearable.
yeyj: Anything, why can't you just say: blah, blah, blah?
wy_yyj: The net speed is slow.
yeyj: i don't believe anthing has come to a stop in Nanjing.
wy_yyj: Well, going on the internet is free there?
yeyj: In that case, I'll type more. It's kinda fast here.
yeyj: Theoretically, yes.
yeyj: Though normally that wasn't the case.
wy_yyj: Well, what do you want to know about me?
yeyj: Anyway, it's not expensive. I haven't paid a single penny yet.
yeyj: You? Name, gender, age?
yeyj: That's rubbish!
yeyj: How is your class now, the extra-curricular activity, the friend link...
wy_yyj: I can tell you everyone here is studying hard.
yeyj: I don't think you can type out enough.
wy_yyj: This year five registered for Tsinghwa but only one was admitted.
yeyj: Yes, I can sense it. How ashamed of I to slack all day long!
yeyj: Who? The five as well as the one.
yeyj: No, I don't think I know them/
wy_yyj: I don't know all of the names. The only one was 南京状元理科。汪洋
yeyj: You me direct admission or after the whole exam? I se.
yeyj: A familiar name, too familiar in fact. What about the former student council chairman?
wy_yyj: I don't understand the last sentence
yeyj: I see?
wy_yyj: 陈郢保送复旦英文系
yeyj: I don't mind. Competition was tough this year.
yeyj: Which one?
yeyj: Was that a good choice? I mean, well, it's hard to say.
yeyj: Still 100% 本科?
yeyj: 我哥跟我说今年九中只有二十人左右能进本科，吓了我一跳。
wy_yyj: 他拿着通知书以后很后悔，他本该考状元的
yeyj: Who?
wy_yyj: 不可能！
yeyj: "本该考状元"
yeyj: What does that mean?
yeyj: Whatever.
wy_yyj: 今年考的简单，录取率2/3以上
yeyj: 我知道。
wy_yyj: 陈郢学生会主席本该考状元
yeyj: 那是专、本相加对吧？
yeyj: 他怎么知道？
wy_yyj: 谁怎么知道？
yeyj: 陈郢学生会主席本该考状元\
wy_yyj: 我发现我们互相语言不能理解了因为网络延迟
yeyj: 他考了吗？
yeyj: That's not the pro.
wy_yyj: 没有
yeyj: After reading the conversation between Jingyang and me you'll find more confusion.
yeyj: 那还后悔啥？
wy_yyj: 英文系并不是最好
yeyj: 状元一说又从何而来？
wy_yyj: 他的成绩好，素质高
yeyj: Alright, perfect assumption.
yeyj: I didn't mean to argue.
wy_yyj: 还有什么要说的？
yeyj: Are you running out of words?
yeyj: I am waiting here 'cos you are waiting as well. Is it that miserable?
wy_yyj: 我的思维枯竭了
yeyj: i hope not. Allow me to write some nonsense then. You wait and read.
yeyj: Don't use words like that.
yeyj: How is Nanjing? Is it becoming more western like, with flyover, skyscrapers and all that?
wy_yyj: We are overwhelming 华商大会
yeyj: I don't like it because it bad. What d'you call it? Urban sprawl, corruption?
yeyj: You are overwhelmed, I guess.
yeyj: It's said it's a big thing. I cannot find a better word.
wy_yyj: 我不动你的意思
yeyj: Have you heard of anyone else?
yeyj: Forget it them/
yeyj: God, I cannot type.
wy_yyj: I don't like it because it bad. What d'you call it? Urban sprawl, corruption? 什么意思
yeyj: Let me clarify. Have you heard of anyone else who had left us, Fan Lulu, Dong Qing, etc?
wy_yyj: 没有
yeyj: I told you to forget that sentence. If Najing is becoming anything without its identity, as what it IS developping into, I would prefer to remove it from my memory.
wy_yyj: 范有 I C Q，但我没有联系过，董好像计算机竞赛省队没有进
yeyj: There is hardly anything that could reminisce me of the "auld lang syne".
yeyj: ICQ? I never use that. The name is too long.
wy_yyj: 在这方面，南京规划得不好。
wy_yyj: auld lang syne" 什么意思
wy_yyj: 但我永远爱南京
yeyj: What about 贾怡? In computing.
yeyj: I do as well, should I still be able to recognise it.
wy_yyj: 她进了省队
yeyj: “友谊地久天长”, "old long since" as Scotts said it.
yeyj: And then? National team?
yeyj: I'll have to ask you about Jie. What is the chemistry and biology competition all about?
wy_yyj: 那倒没有那么高水平吧，山外有山，楼外有
yeyj: 楼
yeyj: I absolutely understand that now. Not in Singapore though. It's global competition.
yeyj: As we are.
wy_yyj: 他比赛是参加了，结果我怎么知道，你问他自己把
yeyj: He said he did well, anyway, I don't want you to tell me the result. Why so resentful? As if you... I cannot tell.
yeyj: Oh, no, that disconnection happens every few minutes. I don't understand.
wy_yyj: 你又断了
yeyj: What? Not now.
yeyj: Please bear with me--no wonder you have given up hope and start working on other stuff.
wy_yyj: 你现在除了聊天还在干吗
yeyj: I am not feeling very well today, that anticipate-and-empty-mailbox syndrome.
wy_yyj: You are funny. It's the first time I heard about the syndrome. I got it sometimes I think
yeyj: Study, write composition... Tons of stuff yet tp tackle. Please, it's only the second time this year that I am chatting.
wy_yyj: 你还有什么想 说的？
wy_yyj: 我想睡觉了
yeyj: How are you these days? As the final year in NFLS starts.
yeyj: What? Havne't you slept enough in class?
wy_yyj: 上课不太专心，累了
yeyj: It's boring I admit. No tension at all.
yeyj: 上课不太专心，累了. PARADOX, isn't it?
wy_yyj: P a r a d o x，什么意思
yeyj: I was typing at an average speed of 30 words/second for over three hours when chatting with Jingyang.
yeyj: Contradiction, a hunorous one.
yeyj: Per minute.
yeyj: I am not superhuman.
wy_yyj: I ' m typing 50 per min perhaps.
yeyj: I can. Not for three hours, thinking and reading and trying to understand and be funny.
yeyj: It's interesting though. Better than this. Shall we inject some vigour?
wy_yyj: 你也累了，我也累了，下次说，好吗？ 下面是记者招待会的最后一个问题了。
yeyj: When is your next reporting conference due?
wy_yyj: 我不知道
yeyj: That's no answer.
yeyj: Next question then. Let me think about it.
wy_yyj: May be October holiday.
yeyj: Any more questions?
yeyj: October? Holiday?
yeyj: I am not on holiday then. May not be.
yeyj: By instinct I don't think it's possible. I can't help it though. Last year it was like this as well. Bad, bad, bad.
yeyj: Are you going to say goodbye, or simply leave? Get prepared as Jie may ask you something about it.
wy_yyj: I need to remind you that don't tell the things which are so important and sensitive to me to Yin Jie!
yeyj: I don't. He told me, you remember. That's fine with me. Bye for now... Are you comfortable with that? I'd like to know something about CET actually, how difficult it is for example.
wy_yyj: Bye bye. Keep sending E-mail!
yeyj: I hope you do. See ya!