tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497220891386919340.post3045119850326622815..comments2024-01-25T00:27:26.716+08:00Comments on A Curmudgeon Abroad : Finally! Kaminogehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07925637671913689331noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497220891386919340.post-86905638954396573982013-06-26T07:02:44.201+08:002013-06-26T07:02:44.201+08:00Thanks! My language ability also improves with the...Thanks! My language ability also improves with the quality of beer drunk, but I haven't drunk much lately through a combination of wanting to maintain my focus before the exam, and afterward coming down with a nasty case of the flu. <br /><br />If the VPN works while we're in China, I should be uploading quite often. Kaminogehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07925637671913689331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497220891386919340.post-25797517099392807392013-06-26T06:58:17.039+08:002013-06-26T06:58:17.039+08:00I still don't know what I did right this time ...I still don't know what I did right this time compared to last. I was already feeling the onset of the flu when the test started, and during the exam I was muttering to myself in English, telling the examiners I didn't think I was doing very well (supposedly a big no-no, as you're supposed to demonstrate self-confidence) and, at one point, getting antagonistic with one of the testers. Who knows? Maybe the key to success is being a jerk. No one wants to keep an asshole around any longer than is necessary.Kaminogehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07925637671913689331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497220891386919340.post-29940835731936720032013-06-22T22:36:03.363+08:002013-06-22T22:36:03.363+08:00Jim, i never had any doubts. congratulations! le...Jim, i never had any doubts. congratulations! let me offer yet another possibility:<br /><br />5. the craft beers that i drink finally unlocked the neurons in my brain and i was able to comprehend Chinese much better.<br /><br />(i base this on the fact that, when i go down to the local watering hole and am forced to speak Chinese while drinking, my Chinese significantly improves.)<br /><br />can't wait to get regular articles on how life is treating you in China! ja-yo!MJ Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16859263977094071677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497220891386919340.post-11995522480330515412013-06-22T11:36:48.412+08:002013-06-22T11:36:48.412+08:00A hearty congratulations from the folks in Cameron...A hearty congratulations from the folks in Cameron Park! Don't ask any questions, just keep walking all the way to Shanghai :)<br />When I took my GRE's the graduate program I needed the test for didn't require any score on the math and science sections so I left them blank. When I got my results back, they had made a mistake and graded me 100% in both math and science. In the great scheme of things sometimes you catch a break. Then again, you may be just that good! Kicking A** and taking names all the way to China :) Richnoreply@blogger.com