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While training Didi to look after my new family members --2 pullets

So I had a day-- very busy and fun!

 

One more QR code

                                     

 This time it wasn't a made up one.

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 Didi on the sofa

Didi is very smart, she can always pick a most comfortable spot in our house. Look she puts her head against the pillow!

Twitter, RSS and QR Codes

My daughter cooked dinner for me  this weekend so I had plenty of time to read through all the
instructions carefully and followed the steps with great patience.

I finished two activities--twitter and RSS and QR Codes!

They are not as difficult as what I thought !

QR Codes

 QR codes

It's great to learn something new.

In libraries, QR codes can be used for promoting events, for  information on membership, meeting room hiring information etc

eBook

Spending couple hours on eBook

Install Adobe Digital Edition 2.0

Download two books and browse

There are four in my cart now and one on wish list

eBook--very convenient

Brain food

I enjoy Pauline's Brain food. I was told pig brain is good for impoving brain, make you smarter, have better memory, but I dare not to eat. I agree Pauline's ideas are better than her mother's.

Do morning exercise for 10 minutes every morning !

My career in China

My career in China

When I was 19 years old, I got a qualification to be a secondary school teacher.

It was very tough in 1980’s in China to get a qualification. Because it meant a financial security in all your life.

I was appointed to be a permanent full time teacher in one of the high schools in my hometown. I taught year 10-12 English. English was one of the three main subjects, the other two were Chinese and maths. Anyone who taught main subjects had two lessons per day from Monday to Friday. It was 10x45 minutes per week. The rest of the hours were flexible-either staying at home or at school.

There were 6 lessons per day, four in the morning and two in the afternoon. In the morning, school started at 7.50 am, finished at 11.30am. There were 10 minutes break between each lesson and an extra half hour break after the first 2 lessons for exercise. All the students were required to attend, teachers were optional. Most of the teachers went for eating in canteen, quite similar as our tea time. After 11:30am everyone went home for lunch and a short sleep except boarding students. Most of us went home by bike.

 In the afternoon, school started at 2.00pm.

Students called their teachers: Chinese Teacher or English Teacher … depending on the subject taught. They called me English teacher.

For the National Higher Education Entrance Examination, there were 5 subjects for art. They were Chinese, Maths, English, History and Geography. History included Chinese History and World History, Modern History and Ancient History. Geography included Chinese Geography and World Geography. I chose art.

There were 5 subjects for science as well. They were Chinese, Maths, English, Chemistry and Physics.

We had twice school holidays through the year, plus public holidays. One was from July to August. The other was in winter before and after Chinese Lunar New Year, about 2-3weeks. Teachers were encouraged to have a travel during the summer school holidays. Administrative officers organized everything for us.

Being a full-time secondary school teacher for 16 years, I left China for Australia

.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Higher_Education_Entrance_Examination