yeyj: I've come.

jingyang_nfls: Sorry, I haven't been there. When will you come again? There has been a change of plan, we are leaving tomorrow morning so even if I chat with you, it won't be long. Why didn't you accept my request to be on your friend list? Don

yeyj: I am here.

jingyang_nfls: Hey. I didn't see you.

yeyj: when?

yeyj: It is so hard to chat for even half an hour.

jingyang_nfls: You appear offline.

yeyj: For anyone.

yeyj: Really?

yeyj: now I always ignore the icons.

jingyang_nfls: This is so messed up. My dad is waiting for a phone call and I am online now.

jingyang_nfls: What time is it over there?

yeyj: Sorry, is that soi imporant?

jingyang_nfls: I don't know how long I can stay here.

yeyj: It is a quarter past eight.

yeyj: Ok, I can write you mails.

jingyang_nfls: Just wondering, Let me get the time thing straight once and for all.

yeyj: Can you check it tomorrow morning?

jingyang_nfls: Use Singpore time next time you write.

yeyj: And, are you coming back earlier as well?

jingyang_nfls: I don't think so.

jingyang_nfls: We can still chat while there's time.

yeyj: Ok, its is 4.15 GMT.

jingyang_nfls: I think so. I hope so.

jingyang_nfls: No GMT!!!!!!!!!

yeyj: Why?

jingyang_nfls: I never ever use it until you mentioned it.

yeyj: Using Singapoe or Houghton time is confusing.

yeyj: I listen to BBC, so a having got used to it

jingyang_nfls: Why? There's a 12 hour difference between singapore and u.s. That's easy enough. Why GMT?

jingyang_nfls: Headache!

yeyj: So what shall we articulate everything the next time?

jingyang_nfls: We have to pack and stuff. I'll try to stay for an hour.

yeyj: Do not mention am or pm?

yeyj: Well... I am becoming nervous.

jingyang_nfls: mention am or pm. No days of the week though. And always Singapore time for you and u.s. for me.

yeyj: What is the matter? The messenger has just told me you are online.

jingyang_nfls: I am in a crisis. That's all.

jingyang_nfls: You are not.

yeyj: What do oyu mean?

yeyj: You?

jingyang_nfls: I thought you came ealier and didn't see me and got off.

yeyj: I'll never do that, except when the computer room is closed.

jingyang_nfls: I am so many things to worry about right now. Thought we are leaving Sunday, but then we'll go there ealier to attend a BBQ.

yeyj: I ho[pe things would be better today, there won't be a network error or whatever.

jingyang_nfls: So you just spend the entire morning in the computer room and go on the internet?

yeyj: What BBQ? Part of your camp?

yeyj: I think so.

jingyang_nfls: Barbeque.

yeyj: I know it.

jingyang_nfls: spelt that one wrong.

yeyj: I asked who organised it?

jingyang_nfls: No. Chinese BBQ party and we'll meet people we know.

yeyj: Does your computer go offline every hour now?

jingyang_nfls: A person that my dad is aquiented with.

jingyang_nfls: Yes. and it will continue to do so.

jingyang_nfls: But it's easier to log on now.

jingyang_nfls: Are you feeling better these days.

yeyj: That would be nice. My class also hold a BBQ in the holiday, but I was too lazy to go for it.

jingyang_nfls: ?

yeyj: ??

jingyang_nfls: Jeez. Now I can breathe.

jingyang_nfls: ??

yeyj: I feel much better, afer writing four letters in two days.

jingyang_nfls: What's that? Chinese characters?

jingyang_nfls: To whom? parents?

jingyang_nfls: or relatives?

yeyj: I maybe common to you, I don't know, but composing normal letter is much more painful than emails.

yeyj: Yes, I think you are right.

yeyj: NFLS friends rarely write me these days.

jingyang_nfls: Same here. That's why I don't write letter to many people, esp. writing in Chinese.

jingyang_nfls: Not me at all.

yeyj: So strage.

jingyang_nfls: That's why I wonder if they got my emails or not.

yeyj: Do you ever write a non-electric mail?

jingyang_nfls: They are doing their own stuff. At least you get to visit them..very soon.

jingyang_nfls: the first year when I came here.

yeyj: You still remember I write you and tell you about Yu's email address?

yeyj: That's so nice to connect people together.

jingyang_nfls: Send mail to one of my elementary good friend a month ago.

yeyj: I never do that, apart from my cousin.

jingyang_nfls: yes. It took me a while to finally get in touch with him.

yeyj: What are we trying to prate today? Just keep that on?

jingyang_nfls: Wish I have to phone lines so I can go online and still get phone calls. Oh, well.

jingyang_nfls: I don't like to write my cousins.

yeyj: That's not bad. getting ready to stop chattinng after this time.

jingyang_nfls: Told you that I chatted with a cousin once, but it was so boring.

yeyj: No reason, I find it really tough.

jingyang_nfls: Well, who can help it.No class conference yet.

jingyang_nfls: When I get back from my vacation, I'll be extremely busy.

yeyj: Well, there is now such service that you can go online while using the telehone at the same time, right?

yeyj: The driving taining?

yeyj: Or even more courses?

jingyang_nfls: Didn't even get past the first chapter in Spanish yet. And I NEED to improve my vocab for the SATs.

yeyj: You confirm you won't check your mail during the trip?

jingyang_nfls: Never tried it. Our phone line is controlled by the school.

jingyang_nfls: I wouldn't be able to do so.

yeyj: That's a problem. I also have to do that, but think nothing about it now.

jingyang_nfls: But it would be so cool when I get back and I get 20 emails from you.

jingyang_nfls: kidding.

yeyj: I'll become more mature the next year, I think.

jingyang_nfls: where did you come up with that idea?

yeyj: I will only write you one, hopefully, a long one.

jingyang_nfls: i mean certain you will, but out of nowhere?

yeyj: Nothing, just now have nothing to tye.

yeyj: TYPE.

jingyang_nfls: good enough.

yeyj: Have heard of the little dog Chihuahua?

jingyang_nfls: OH. I am listening to more pop music now, keep me awake.

jingyang_nfls: What??

yeyj: Yesterday we played Pyramid game, and the words seemed to be so strange.

jingyang_nfls: Never heard of that game. You do cross-word puzzle?

yeyj: I've just downloaded the music of Final Fatasy, after Yin JIe's recommendation.

jingyang_nfls: I listened to my own voice recording, and it's so senile.

yeyj: Tick-tack-toe? Oh, no. I rarely see people playing cross-ord.

jingyang_nfls: I never played that game, but heard enough about it that I want to try.

yeyj: You are teasing.

jingyang_nfls: no. It's different, I mean.

yeyj: The recording can never be verbadim.

yeyj: That doesn't seem to be a right word.

jingyang_nfls: I sound like I am 20. So sad.

yeyj: That is your true prime. Work harder!

jingyang_nfls: so did your voice lost its true sound through the telephone?

yeyj: This time the chatting is different, we also not talking about any serious things, surprisingly.

jingyang_nfls: No. teens are prime times, 20 is too old.

yeyj: I hope so.

jingyang_nfls: Haven't got the heart to do so.

yeyj: Why did it appear werid to you?

jingyang_nfls: I am so completely indifferent, as I told you.

jingyang_nfls: I don't know why. Bored.

yeyj: What are you talking about? I mean, children is better than teenagers according ewhat you said before.

jingyang_nfls: Want to get together and attend picnics, like we used to do during the summer that I left.

yeyj: The chatting is not so interesting as before.

yeyj: Id est, where are the others??

jingyang_nfls: But for studying, I am trying to absord as much knowledge as I can right now.

yeyj: Sad, sad, the sky is sober.

jingyang_nfls: I don't think we are in the mood, at least not me.

yeyj: You are great, I am moe or less "bu si shang jin".

jingyang_nfls: I am so tired, so very tired.

yeyj: You can read Chinese, right?

yeyj: Why?

jingyang_nfls: yes. Type Chinese.

jingyang_nfls: I didn't figure the last line you just typed.

yeyj: I don't feel like mentioning old things here. The life is too exhausting to be true.

yeyj: Holidays are elapsing...

jingyang_nfls: No idea. Trying to study hard but couldn't bring myself up to it.

jingyang_nfls: I don't really care. There's no difference until I can find a purpose for life.

jingyang_nfls: Watch out, I am going deeper.

jingyang_nfls: What do you think you are living for?

yeyj: Typing chinese.

jingyang_nfls: for fame, for happiness, for money, for love of all kinds?

yeyj: The system wenthalf cary then.

yeyj: CRAZY.

yeyj: I give up.

jingyang_nfls: Calm down. Use English then.

yeyj: To fill my mind with something, I told you about it in the "beacon light" piece.

yeyj: But it is still that blurring.

yeyj: Nothing is wrong, I hope.

jingyang_nfls: yes. But what can we achieve in our life time, since human being know nothing about themselves.

yeyj: We are humans.

yeyj: So what to do? Things cannot change much in the recent decades.

jingyang_nfls: I want to be great at everything, but fame fades after death and every material or spirtual things go away.

yeyj: Let's bring a quantom leap to the world of science!

jingyang_nfls: I want to see flying cars!!

yeyj: Teasing unceasingly.

yeyj: I want to see you flying.

jingyang_nfls: kidding. That's a great ambition, how? Nobel prize?

yeyj: Yes, I think. But which subject are you choosing? Mechanism?

jingyang_nfls: wish I could do so. So I would fly directly back to China.

yeyj: No need, later the world will be linked with black holes.

jingyang_nfls: No. I am going to computers, Biology or MBA.

yeyj: that is quite far-fetching.

yeyj: Why not DBA?

jingyang_nfls: or worm holes. Did a project on that.

yeyj: Docter instead of master?

yeyj: What is worm hole? Physics or Biology?

jingyang_nfls: Don't want to read book until I am 26. Work for a while and enjoy life.

yeyj: Read book?

jingyang_nfls: physics. two black holes linked together.

jingyang_nfls: You go to a parallel unverise on the forth dimension.

jingyang_nfls: you mean now?

yeyj: One person would learn necro-- if he is afraid off the pining away of a body.

jingyang_nfls: or later?

yeyj: I've no idea. Too deep.

jingyang_nfls: what? I don't get it.

yeyj: That I don't know what to reply.

jingyang_nfls: And you, career direction?

yeyj: Not yet.

yeyj: I cannot even range it.

jingyang_nfls: come on.

yeyj: That is worse than you.

jingyang_nfls: Well, you like literature better than science.

yeyj: What can I show? Having talking about this since primary school, I hae decided one yet.

yeyj: Really? I hate writing actually.

jingyang_nfls: I sort of wanna be a phtographer and travel amongst the mountains and waterheads.

yeyj: I would have worked on Science well if staying i China.

jingyang_nfls: What do you like then? All is so confusing.

yeyj: But now things are different.

yeyj: I like nature, as you can see, but it cannot be a occupation.

jingyang_nfls: Oh. How different is it? I mean you changed a lot.

yeyj: You won't be a climer, right? At least in ten years' time.

jingyang_nfls: Well, my dream job is sort of linked to nature.

yeyj: Everyone say so, to any others.

jingyang_nfls: Biologist?

yeyj: What the old me to you?

yeyj: Who? I don't want to analyse myself.

jingyang_nfls: the old you in my mind will always be a boy.

yeyj: I mean, how was the impression I left you before?

jingyang_nfls: I don't know what you are now.

yeyj: I am still a boy.

yeyj: I don't want to be an adult, nor a child.

yeyj: Teenagers is the best to me.

yeyj: If tbere is nothing such as exams.

jingyang_nfls: Well, you should get what I mean. Boy as with some degree of playfulness.

yeyj: Oh, typing errors all over.

jingyang_nfls: with some degree of innocence and sillyness.

yeyj: Really? Playing trick, you mean? Or something in that aspect?

jingyang_nfls: Every one will accept you for what you are because you are still a child.

yeyj: aren't girls even more outstanding in that aspect?

yeyj: You? Who?

jingyang_nfls: Well, carefree laughter. Willing to try everything.

jingyang_nfls: Everyone.

yeyj: I am trying evreything to find back my affections.No, almost failed.

jingyang_nfls: Be proud of yourself. no expectations...

yeyj: My parents!! Why do they do that?

yeyj: I am in my dudgeon.

jingyang_nfls: Do what? Can you tell me?

yeyj: Ok, having calmed down already.

yeyj: I tod you before that that was some brush in my family.

jingyang_nfls: That's all right. My parents always compare me to classmates and cousins that are still in China.

yeyj: Something related to the old house of ours.

jingyang_nfls: Which drives me mad.

yeyj: Mine don't do that.

jingyang_nfls: I mean I cannot help it, whose fault is it.

yeyj: They don't seem to blame me now, before the incident.

jingyang_nfls: They think I am going backwards, that I am getting worse.

yeyj: In which I appealed them to get on well with my aunts, uncles, etc.

yeyj: i am also regressing.

jingyang_nfls: You are still away from your home, which as advangages and disadvantages.

yeyj: No one knows it, even myself is not clear about it.

jingyang_nfls: Who knows.

yeyj: Is there equilibrium?

jingyang_nfls: You said that after three years living in Houghton, it would be my "hometown". No way.

jingyang_nfls: After living three years in Singapore, would you call it your "hometown"?

yeyj: To stay away from parents and family is very strange. I am becoming queer as well.

yeyj: No, my home will never be here.

yeyj: However, the passion of mine towards Nanjing is not as strong as efore.

yeyj: Not the people there.

jingyang_nfls: Nor me. I cannot imagine living the rest of my life here.

yeyj: Where are you going? A big city in the States?

jingyang_nfls: Not me either. But I missed the place I grew up and the city itself.

yeyj: Our future is so uncertain.

jingyang_nfls: Probably. If I can get the scholarship to go to a private unversity.

yeyj: What about Dong Tai, wu Hai and si on?

jingyang_nfls: No. They are not so important to me at all. Nanjing is my place.

jingyang_nfls: my home.

yeyj: What shall I do then? It is certainly ideal to stay in sigapore for the rest of the life for some people, while I am not sure about anything.

jingyang_nfls: I mean I cannot speak in Nanjing accent, but the city made up who I am.

yeyj: Is your former home sold?

jingyang_nfls: Missed the two hours of riding on the bus to NFLS everyday.

yeyj: Then do you nave any nests in that city besides that?

jingyang_nfls: No. Still there. Nobody living in it.

jingyang_nfls: and bunch of my books and stuff in there.

jingyang_nfls: that I couldn't bring over here.

yeyj: so do I. I am afraid I cannot cycle now.

jingyang_nfls: Sold two of my accordians.

yeyj: What books have you brought to Houghton?

jingyang_nfls: Cycle?

jingyang_nfls: The dream of the red chamber and other chinese classics.

jingyang_nfls: and some sci-fi books.

yeyj: Some students brought here the whole set of textbooks in China.

yeyj: Red Chamber?

jingyang_nfls: left all my Teen magazine behind.

jingyang_nfls: Oh, that, i brought the middle school ones.

jingyang_nfls: Hong lou mong.

yeyj: Do you still remember the moment when we rced down the slope to jiafei's home after climbing the mountain? Or hill.

jingyang_nfls: forgive my spelling.

yeyj: I an understand it. Sorry to tell you that Ye Qian loves that novel as well.

jingyang_nfls: yes. That was so fun, and suyuan sat on my bike, and she screamed.

yeyj: But so does Yu Kun and me.

jingyang_nfls: Come on, don't compare me with her.

yeyj: I couldn't remember that.

jingyang_nfls: That's good.

yeyj: What is the date? That special day?

jingyang_nfls: Well, she was with me and all.

jingyang_nfls: Pity, cannot remember.

yeyj: Then why aren't you good friends then?

jingyang_nfls: I don't even know when I got out of school that year.

jingyang_nfls: we are just different.

jingyang_nfls: It's hard to explain. Do you know why me and Jiafei and Ding Ling are good friends?

yeyj: I remembered you wrote to the two cats, Jingjing&Hongjin, Ding Ling and Jiafei in the first round.

yeyj: Can you understand me?

jingyang_nfls: no.

jingyang_nfls: yes.

yeyj: I think the date is 28th, June. I missed a boxing on that day, the "bite of the century" between tyson and Holifield.

jingyang_nfls: I found Jingjing is quite a great person, but I got to know her too late.

yeyj: Please label your answer.

yeyj: Really?

jingyang_nfls: ha. I am sorry for you. But the trip is much better than the boxing, right?

yeyj: We got on well for two years and a half, peacefully and quitely. Thanks to the god.

jingyang_nfls: Yeah, didn't get many chance to talk heart to heart with her.

yeyj: I didn't say I wanna watch the boxing, that is the date, I mean. we can check it out.

jingyang_nfls: I got Sha Kang Le.

jingyang_nfls: I was just joking.

yeyj: Heart to heart? Maybe only between girl and girl.

yeyj: Got?

jingyang_nfls: i mean he is my desk-mate.

yeyj: If two boys are too close, they will be called gay or something similar.

yeyj: You are my partner when cleaning the "bao gan qu".

jingyang_nfls: so are two girls, lesbian. It's so strong over here.

jingyang_nfls: Friends don't hold hands and stuff.

jingyang_nfls: really? Oh yeah.

yeyj: I cannot translate that to English, there is no such things in my school. The campus is too big.

yeyj: I understand.

yeyj: What does friend mean?

jingyang_nfls: It's just American culture, so i guess there are not much soul-friends over here.

yeyj: I don't get it.

jingyang_nfls: Like two people can talk to each other and help each other and share life.

yeyj: What is soul?

yeyj: What is share life? Like husband and wife?

jingyang_nfls: I don't believe in that. But I meant very close friends, like they are meant to be.

yeyj: I simply know nothing about it.

jingyang_nfls: you are joking. Like relate experiences.

yeyj: That is crony. I don't want to be like that.

jingyang_nfls: What are you talking about?

yeyj: Oh, I've learnt something. I am an idiot when talking about such things.

yeyj: Change the subject.

yeyj: i cannot remember when I said i liked re.

yeyj: It is ok, as you like.

jingyang_nfls: You are still offline. Are you there?

yeyj: Of course I am.

jingyang_nfls: offline?

yeyj: Wondering whether there is network error again.

jingyang_nfls: Thought you left.

yeyj: I ma never offline, I guess.

jingyang_nfls: gotten used to it?

yeyj: i won't, unless you are.

jingyang_nfls: or probably, not.

yeyj: ladies fist again.

yeyj: But I don't expect you to come earlier.

jingyang_nfls: thanks. You are such a gentleman.

jingyang_nfls: kidding.

yeyj: It is already nice enough.

jingyang_nfls: Earlier? Have any plans for the day?

yeyj: Don't make fun. It is quite a sad moment.

yeyj: No.

yeyj: You would leave soon, right?

jingyang_nfls: This chatting probably bored you to death already.

jingyang_nfls: yeah. Have to.

yeyj: And I will contact you again at least four days later.

jingyang_nfls: In a few minutes.

jingyang_nfls: WE are still chat until 20.

yeyj: No, I would like to stay like this for a whole day.

yeyj: I like this style.

yeyj: I am such person, you would know.

jingyang_nfls: what style is it? Casual talking?

yeyj: Lolling all the way.

jingyang_nfls: or wondering around doing nothing?

yeyj: But never become fatter.

yeyj: it is another problem.

jingyang_nfls: Am I always busy doing something?

yeyj: I don't know, I'll never know.

jingyang_nfls: oh. How tall are you right now?

jingyang_nfls: Do I sound like I do?

yeyj: 175 last year, now hasn't changed much.

yeyj: I suppos.

jingyang_nfls: Sometimes I think I do.

yeyj: Oh, dear.

jingyang_nfls: I am a shortee.

yeyj: Not known.

yeyj: Vague, I like it.

jingyang_nfls: oh, dear? What happened?

jingyang_nfls: miscommunciation.

yeyj: But when the other enquiring me about everything, I...

yeyj: What?

jingyang_nfls: I am not getting the hang of things.

yeyj: It is terminating, I shall make it slunt enough.

yeyj: Not to hurt myself.

jingyang_nfls: What is it like when you chat with other people?

yeyj: The nud of it is, I am missing something.

jingyang_nfls: You are getting too deep for me.

jingyang_nfls: I am missing a lot.

yeyj: Well, Yu and Jie are always busy reading my stuff, so it is not really a chatting. Yo quiero do thius with you.

jingyang_nfls: Now it's my turn to act like an idiot.

yeyj: Oh, I accept it.

jingyang_nfls: Yo se.

yeyj: A nice conclusion, I hope.

jingyang_nfls: Catching up on Spanish?

jingyang_nfls: me too.

jingyang_nfls: Where did you learn that?

yeyj: Don't playing with my nerves, I only know that much, ya see?

yeyj: On the newspaper.

jingyang_nfls: I'll try to stay until 30. no guarenntee.

yeyj: Nothing more, but enough to stir my feelings.

jingyang_nfls: Oh, ok.

yeyj: Later you are continuing to 40, 50, until centinarian.

yeyj: Or see the next millennium.

yeyj: Absolutely we are.

jingyang_nfls: I have to go now. Told you no gurantee. Mom's forcing me to get off so other people can call.

jingyang_nfls: Sorry, your hope's going.

yeyj: The milleu has been nice, I enjoyed it.

jingyang_nfls: So, see you until whenever.

yeyj: About about you?

yeyj: Fine, see you then.

jingyang_nfls: about about me?

yeyj: Or about about me?

jingyang_nfls: Well, I'll try to enjoy myself during the trip. Hope you'll as happy as I am.

yeyj: A story going forevermore.

jingyang_nfls: I am not sure how happy I am, but all well.

yeyj: we are composing.

yeyj: Otherwise, must be versing.

yeyj: Wish ourthings would be so.

jingyang_nfls: See you. This is the last goodbye. No further delaying BYE!

yeyj: Bye.