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nanako: potential, someone is on the mic, can't you hear ?

potential mention: i cant
forrest303: but can we break that sentence apart ,then turn out to be.america
can't reelect for leading human rights ,which is the first time ever in histopr
y becoz his friends are against them,not his enimies
laurence-22: it is impossible, there must be some problem form yourself
dj-night: brb, pitstop
nanako: hb dj
colorfulcloud: why are you talking about politics?
nanako: who did?
scrivenor -: he is just talking about the metaphor implied by the word "heart."
kritika_1: might be he is from political background
colorfulcloud: human right?
kritika_1: ok
kritika_1: respect his speech, he is talking abt somthing great
helen131: hi , room
kritika_1: hi helen
nanako: hello helen!
skywalker_vn: hi helen
nanako: lol jitij
kritika_1: nice
laurence-22: lol, soundful
skywalker_vn: you sould to be a singer
nanako: done? jitij?
nanako: 222
jitij_love4ever_jidij: yes
nanako: oh you should say, " the mic back to scrivenor"
nanako: lol
nanako: i thought i got stuck here
nanako: 1
laurence-22: 11
colorfulcloud: i see
kritika_1: can we raise some topics?
scrivenor -: ni hao, helen!
nanako: 1
laurence-22: 11
nanako: ni hao!
laurence-22: hi colorfulcloud
helen131: hi hao, scrivenor
helen131: ty
scrivenor -: yes...
laurence-22: it is ok, sometimes it is not very easy to understand all the stuffs
worth_treasure: yes
jitij_love4ever_jidij: olypic game will take place in beijing china
laurence-22: go on the olypic
jitij_love4ever_jidij: 2008
jitij_love4ever_jidij: i think i will be great olympic never had before
scrivenor -: do you have an extra room, colorfulcloud? ....
laurence-22: i could not agree more jitij
kritika_1: bye scrivenor, bye guys see u latr on
jitij_love4ever_jidij: bye kritika
scrivenor -: kritica..goodnight...
scrivenor -: i didn't want to sleep on the street....
ianne_2: hello to everyone...hello mr. scri, nanako
laurence-22: if you dont mind the size of the room, i can grab a room for you
jitij_love4ever_jidij: dont mind scriver
scrivenor -: hi iannel......
nanako: hello anne! happy holiday, long time no see!
ianne_2: happy holiday too...nice to see you again
jitij_love4ever_jidij: in beijing the street very clean
jitij_love4ever_jidij: lol
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laurence-22: it is not the truth jitij
scrivenor -: laurence, are you going to be back in china for the olympics?
jitij_love4ever_jidij: haha i am joking with scrive, laurence
laurence-22: not all the streets in beijing is very clean
nanako: no more tickets?
laurence-22: scrivenor, i cannot, the flight is so tight
jitij_love4ever_jidij: if you know what i mean laurence
linda shen: but i think now the environment in beijing is improved a lot
dj-night: back
laurence-22: i cannot buy the ticket. nanako is right
wrest_2: hi everybody
nanako: wb, dj
dj-night: laurence, check ebay, they have tickets, only 400% +
zoorba_nl: hi again
zoorba_nl: hi scrivenor
dj-night: ty nanako
scrivenor -: i will fly to shanghai and ride the train across eastern china...willt
hat work?
zoorba_nl: hi nana
laurence-22: ok i will check later dj ty
zoorba_nl: hi dj
dj-night: are you awke, zoorba ?
dj-night: awake
zoorba_nl: yes dj
laurence-22: no scrivenor, even the ticket to shanghai is still very tight
dj-night: no work today, zoorba ?
helen131: scrivenor, you can try
helen131: lol
zoorba_nl: no dj and a bit ill
nanako: scrivenor, of course it will work, shanghai already at the eastern chin
a, and they have the fastest train there
scrivenor -: i will just fly to taipei then...
linda shen: yeah,nanako.
zoorba_nl: and you? dj no more work until jan?
nanako: lol scrivenor
laurence-22: i check many agencies last week, they had no tickets back to chin
a
scrivenor -: nanako, don't forget that you promised to come with me, ok?
nanako: china? scrivenor?
nanako: i have to buy a private plane first......
laurence-22: the fastest train is only across the shanghai city, not the whole c
ountry
scrivenor -: yes, about three years ago...you didn't forget, did you?
dj-night: scive, the are 9 million bicycles in beijing, and i guess there is one fo
r you too.. so i would say " just take the bike "
nanako: nope
linda shen: now we have the high speed railway between beijing and shanghai
laurence-22: bicycle is not allowed to cross the tiananmen square by the law
nanako: yup, linda, my uncle went there, and he likes it so much!
dj-night: laurence, scrive is a good cycler....lol
serafina4: be right back
nanako: hb serafina!
dj-night: cars are on the irght ?
laurence-22: i know, wow, but if scrive want to across the tiananmen square, h
e will be in trouble. dj
dj-night: right
nanako: thanks, colorfulcloud!
linda shen: tks,color.
helen131: 22
nanako: 1
linda shen: 11
helen131: 11
worth_treasure: 1
zoorba_nl: 11
dj-night: scrive will never be in troubles..... he knows how to handle it
nanako: long time no see, laurence!
scrivenor -: laurence lives in western canada...
linda shen: last time,a team of europeans rode bicycle accross afica and at la
st they arrived in beijing.
dj-night: linda, after how many years did they arrived ?
nanako: lol
scrivenor -: yes, the price of petrol has driven europeans to do some desperat
e things.
linda shen: about 8 months
nanako: hello bexy!
dj-night: i guess all the cycles had a beard that time, huh, linda ?
bexy2: nanaaaaa!
linda shen: they said they had wonderful adventure
bigsong: and laurance dose not speak in english but spanush?
linda shen: lol
bigsong: ...spanish.
scrivenor -: today, oil reached $100.00us per barrel.
nanako: laurance is speaking english
dj-night: your english is great, laurence
linda shen: great,laurence.
nanako: laurence, don't feel that way, your english is not bad at all!
scrivenor -: your english is quite good, laurence....living in canada is helping y
ou a lot.
dj-night: hello bexy
bexy2: hi dj..ssshh! lol
bexy2: how are you dj?
dj-night: what about living in epr, scrivenor ?
bexy2: hi sir scrivenor!
scrivenor -: hi bexy!
dj-night: i am lazy, bexy
linda shen: yeah,scrivenor.news said that is because of buhtto's assasination.
bexy2: hmm why dj? no spaghetti?
linda shen: and the stock drop a lot
scrivenor -: yes, they were looking for an excuse to bid it up.
dj-night: i will rent a room in epr, so my english can be better in the future
bexy2: lol dj
bexy2: zzzzzzzorba?
bexy2: hello jove!
zoorba_nl: hi bexyyyyyyyyy
bigsong: i like chinese food too.
bexy2: wow! zoorba is alive!
zoorba_nl: i thought you're very busy
bexy2: as a bee yeah! lol
linda shen: all kinds of chiese food here,if u like.
scrivenor -: hi zoorba!!
dj-night: linda, can you cook ?
zoorba_nl: hi don
sxzxjt: hi jessica821
nanako: zoorba, i thought you were sleeping
bexy2: dj, hows q & j?
bigsong: i though all canadans speak english.
jitij_love4ever_jidij: why do you think because of buhtto's
assasination make the worl oi
l's price increase linda?
laurence-22: boggle
linda shen: yeah.i can make dumpings
dj-night: doing great bexy, after the fight from yesterday
bexy2: dumplings linda?
nanako: lol linda
bigsong: i thought all canadians speak english.
linda shen: yeahlol
dj-night: one has a blue eye, and one had a bleeding nose
zoorba_nl: yes nana i was and jst 5 min ago i greeted you,, don,, dj and the ot
her dear
bexy2: fight dj?
dj-night: yes bexy
bexy2: when dj?
nanako: zoorba, i greet you 5 hours ago!
bigsong: fench?
dj-night: i have boxing gloves a,d the challenced eachother
bigsong: cool.
dj-night: and*
nanako: greeted***
bexy2: grr dj
scrivenor -: when you come to canada you don't have to speak english.....unle
ss you want a job, to get information on residency and few other minor thin
gs.
linda shen: cool dj..
zoorba_nl: oh ye nana but 5 hours ago i was sleeping dear and forgot to shut
down the pc
bexy2: nana, zoorba only recognized my buzzer! lol!
dj-night: i was the ref, so i ring the bell when it went too wors
dj-night: worse
bexy2: dj..dj!
dj-night: yes bexy ?
nanako: brb few mins
dj-night: you want to box too, with one of them ?
scrivenor -: dj, you don't have to have a boxing match with anyone
on boxing
day......unless of course they are wanting the same merchandise as you do.
linda shen: my school has a cooperated programme about studying in canadia
n .but it cost 1,400,00 rmb
bexy2: never encourage them to have a fight..ill spank you dj!
dj-night: lol
zoorba_nl: >>>still a bit ill and fever plus headacke
scrivenor -: how much is that in us dollars, linda?
dj-night: zoorba, drink some genever
bigsong: 1 us dollar equals 7.2 rmb yuan.
zoorba_nl: does it help? dj?
dj-night: bexy, i said.. i was the one who ring the bell....lol
laurence-22: 1
linda shen: not sure,maybe 70,000
helen131: 11
linda shen: my math is bad
laurence-22: yeah
bexy2: zoorba lovesick or over analyzing the grammar?
bigsong: rmb means chinse currency.
linda shen: yeah,bigsong
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scrivenor -: is that 1,400.00 rmb?
zoorba_nl: ohhh bex could you finaly get the pont of that sentence?
bexy2: why gave them the gloves dj?
dj-night: ohh is he lovesick bexy, i don;t know what kind of nmedicine can hel
p him for that
bexy2: brb phone
linda shen: yeah,scrivenor.
zoorba_nl: point**
dj-night: zoorba
laurence-22: which is cost 1400 rmb
linda shen: oh,i lost a zero
dj-night: i thought it was zoorba
bigsong: welcome to china for olympic game friends.
zoorba_nl: what was zoorba? dj?
laurence-22: linda
nanako: back
dj-night: wb nanako
nanako: about money?
laurence-22: linda which school has that program?
linda shen: wb,naanko
zoorba_nl: bexy is naughty girl what can i say to her?
linda shen: yeah,scriv.
bigsong: yes.
laurence-22: for one semester
nanako: $200.00?
bigsong: not sure
laurence-22: nope, it is impossible
linda shen: 1 year for tuition
nanako: $194.44
nanako: us$
helen131: $20,000 per year , maybe
laurence-22: you know my tuition fee is 13000 canadian dollars
linda shen: we have to pay cost of living by ourselves
laurence-22: not too much
nanako: if you are resident, you don't pay that much
laurence-22: it is true for one year
laurence-22: one semester is 6250
laurence-22: canadian dollors
laurence-22: yeah
laurence-22: but it wont last long
laurence-22: yeah
dj-night: collecting dollars here for the future
laurence-22: i am studying the money
laurence-22: wow
laurence-22: lol
dj-night: 1.47
linda shen: lo l laurence
dj-night: usa is going to be a cheap country for us... hehehe
bexy2: back
dj-night: i will try to buy some cars from there
laurence-22: yeah, i also want to study master to usa
linda shen: not,i like to go to usa more
bexy2: zoorba am not naughty..grr!
nanako: dj, you will realize that you are wrong when you visit usa, lol
zoorba_nl: lol bex
laurence-22: almost the same between the usa and canada
bexy2: sir scriv can attest to that zoorba..am a good girl from madrid
golden star_3: hello everybody..
nanako: hello helen!
dj-night: everything in usa is cheap.. but only 1 is i guess still expencive, i ne
ed to take 2 bags with money with me
laurence-22: hi helen
golden star_3: what's going on here? friends
laurence-22: helen where r u from?
bexy2: haha dj..2bags only/
dj-night: are you from madrid, bexy ?
bexy2: hi helen!
laurence-22: 17000
golden star_3: i wounder what would be nanako?
bexy2: hmm dj
laurence-22: it is reasonable
scrivenor -: are you already a registered nurse, helen?
laurence-22: tell us where r u from helen
dj-night: my hands aren't good for the nursing job
golden star_3: no doubt on that dj,
golden star_3: how are you doing? dj ,,
scrivenor -: the u.s. government usually doesn't get involved in things like tha
t.
golden star_3: merry xmas to all of you, happy new year
scrivenor -: you were already over here?
bexy2: hi star!
golden star_3: hi bexy
laurence-22: in canada the local students' tuition fee is 3/7 of the internationa
l student's tuition fee
linda shen: they are lucky.
scrivenor -: yes, the cost of living for all americans has increased greatly.
bexy2: star, where are you from/
laurence-22: how long have you been in usa
linda shen: in china the cost of living is also increasing now
laurence-22: what is your program?
scrivenor -: right, resident tuition is much cheaper at most universities.
linda shen: that 's a world-wide problem, maybe
laurence-22: what do you study in usa? helen
bigsong: the prices in china are getiing up.
scrivenor -: americans hate paying taxes....
laurence-22: as well as canadians
scrivenor -: we have the lowest taxes of any of the major countries...and we st
ill whine about them...
scrivenor -: exactly...
laurence-22: medical expense
scrivenor -: when i was born there were just over 1 billion people on the whole
planet...now there are over six times that many.
laurence-22: it is different
scrivenor -: they have socialized medicine...
bigsong: medicines are very expensive here in china too.
laurence-22: beyond the 3% of income is being paid
scrivenor -: what do english teachers earn in china?
laurence-22: the medical expense beyond the 3% of incoem is being paid in ca
nada
laurence-22: average is 800 dollars scrivenor
linda shen: the big difference between the city and country ,scrven.
scrivenor -: $800.00 per month?
laurence-22: 800 per month is for a average wage for my instructors in the uni
versity.
laurence-22: it will be less if you are a high school teacher.
dj_koko-1: salam
dj-night: hello dj
linda shen: but my professor told us that they have only nearly 4,ooo yuan pe
r month,laurence.
dj_koko-1: hello 7abibi night
scrivenor -: our high school students working in macdonald's get over 400.00
per week here....and all the french fries they can eat.
laurence-22: for a foreigner to teach in univerisity it will be more than 12000 r
mb per month
dj-night: 7abbi nighth ?
dj-night: i thought there was only 1abbi night
laurence-22: helen, you are so rich people in china
laurence-22: how many people can afford to pay 300 rmb to the teacher
laurence-22: yeah
laurence-22: 3 semesters
laurence-22: yeah
laurence-22: the number is very small
laurence-22: yeah
laurence-22: your english is good though.
laurence-22: how long have you been in usa
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laurence-22: what is your program?
bigsong: helen has very nice english.
scrivenor -: helen, you could have come to epr and learned for free...
zoorba_nl: bye friends
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linda shen: the first snow is beautiful,helen,
dj-night: english practice room
nanako: english practice room= epr
laurence-22: english practice room
scrivenor -: english practice room for people around the world.
scrivenor -: our parking area is a huge valley of snow now.
linda shen: i remember a writer who described it
laurence-22: so does my place
bigsong: in southern china, we can meet snow anyway.
bigsong: ...we can't meet...
scrivenor -: yes, we have had that much already this year...
scrivenor -: ....but it melted off some.
linda shen: for a long time i only dream snow.
dj-night: i have to go folks, need to pickup my passport from the cittyhall
scrivenor -: our snow is too cold for snowmen...
jovelyn_0604_: bye dj
nanako: bye dj
laurence-22: bigsong, it is cold though in southern china, it is uncomfortble fo
r us northern people to live in the southern
dj-night: ye everyone
scrivenor -: bye dj...
dj-night: bye nanako
dj-night: bye jovelyn
dj-night: bye scrivenor
dj-night: bye helen
linda shen: bye,dj.
dj-night: bye bexy
jano_zakho19: helloo room
laurence-22: by dj
dj-night: bye linda
dj-night: bye zoorba
laurence-22: ty helen
laurence-22: 1
helen131: 11
nanako: 1
bigsong: yes, laurance.
laurence-22: which province r u in
laurence-22: bigsong
helen131: ty
kareem_43: hi
linda shen: nice, helen.
bigsong: i am in hunan, mao's homtown.
bigsong: ...hometown.
laurence-22: i c
linda shen: helen,u speak very flutely.be confident.
jack524: hi, helen, you speak well,
jack524: where are you from?
laurence-22: jack helen is from china
jack524: great
linda shen: yeah,she is from tinajin
laurence-22: tianjin
bigsong: tianjin.
laurence-22: me too
jano_zakho19: i'am from iraq helen131
kukuhu_3: u should know....
jack524: why can't i hear the voice right now?
kukuhu_3: so shame that you don't speak english
jack524: hehe
jack524: please try it
scrivenor -: the ielts...
kukuhu_3: u need to go to schools and study
jano_zakho19: helen i am from iraq i dont speak inglish
nanako: kukuhu, do you think your english is better?
kukuhu_3: yr english.......needs to improve
laurence-22: i am from tianjin too helen, which district r u
scrivenor -: all of you have superb english...i'm astounded..
nanako: lol
kukuhu_3: thailand,not good in english
kukuhu_3: very difficulto understand
laurence-22: we are not thailand, helen and i are from china ok kukuhu
linda shen: helen is a good example of ours
ritchieritchie: ello everybody
spring82: hi everybody
scrivenor -: so are you, linda....
jack524: is she a university student?
nanako: kukuhu needs to go school and improve, he was teasing you, helen, l
ol
linda shen: yeah,practice english
bigsong: is laurance a chinese?
linda shen: ty,scrv.
laurence-22: yeah i am from china too
bigsong: i thought you were from canadia.
nanako: laurence live in canada now
bigsong: oh.
scrivenor -: always pass the microphone back to the moderator.
linda shen: our chinese students are always shy,lol
helen131: i would be back for a second
nanako: ok helen, hurry back
helen131: ty, nanako
helen131: bye for now
linda shen: just like liyang said, we should cry out english
linda shen: bye,helen
nanako: wb, munchkin!
linda shen: no, i listened to liyang 's class once
lilmunchkinfromholland: thanks nanako
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linda shen: hello,lil.
lilmunchkinfromholland: hello linda
linda shen: yean,me too
scrivenor -: konnichiwa, pianotrio...
pianotrio: konnichiwa
scrivenor -: ok...
nanako: scrivenor is eating
linda shen: hi,piano.
lilmunchkinfromholland: 2222
nanako: 1
lilmunchkinfromholland: 111
pianotrio: 111111111111
laurence-22: 1
linda shen: 11
jovelyn_0604_: hello lil
pianotrio: hi linda
lilmunchkinfromholland: hello jovelyn
laurence-22: bye everyone
linda shen: bye,laurence
jovelyn_0604_: bye laurence
linda shen: ok
scrivenor -: you are already quite good and you will get even better....
nanako: music instrument?
nanako: very good!
nanako: hi hamlet!
hamlet_87: hi room
hamlet_87: hi nanako
hamlet_87: hi linda
lilmunchkinfromholland: morning mr. hamlet
hamlet_87: morning dutchy
hamlet_87: hi scrivenor
bigsong: long fei road?
lilmunchkinfromholland: longfellow
linda shen: longfellow
hamlet_87: long fellow ?
hamlet_87: henry wadsworth longfellow
scrivenor -: you have vicarious snow.....
hamlet_87: be right back
scrivenor -: yes, hamlet, longfellow used "herny
wadworth longfellow" so that
those that couldn't remember "henry" would just use "wadsworth."
nanako: please read for us, linda
nanako: 1
nanako: very good, linda, you are doing well!
linda shen: ty,nanako.
lilmunchkinfromholland: well done linda
lilmunchkinfromholland: 222
linda shen: ty,lil.
lilmunchkinfromholland: 111
nanako: 1
linda shen: 11
spring82: hi
lilmunchkinfromholland: hello spring
lilmunchkinfromholland: take care scrivenor
nanako: good night, scrivenor
linda shen: maybe it's very late there.scriv.
nanako: yes
nanako: stay a little bit longer
nanako: like the song, lol
linda shen: ty scrivenor.
spring82: hi
linda shen: i also like the songs from u.
nanako: cds?
nanako: or machine?
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nanako: i have a magic mic, goes everywhere with me
linda shen: tomorrow it's weekend.cool thing
linda shen: u can sing best
nanako: singing is good for english practice, if you pick the right song
nanako: i didn't know the meaning before, till i learn it, lol
linda shen: but i can only sing very simple song ,like hello and goodbye by be
altles.lol
linda shen: music?
nanako: you say hello and i say goodbye?
nanako: something like that? linda
linda shen: yeah,very simple song
linda shen: yeah.nanako
linda shen: lol
nanako: linda, do you like to sing it?
linda shen: nanako want u sing,scri,
linda shen: that 's too easy,
nanako: linda, you, not scrivenor, lol
linda shen: maybe it will make others laugh
nanako: no linda, no one will laugh at you
teebye: no sound
nanako: linda, you can take the mic, i will protect you, lol