I did not pass the CLEP exam, English Composition (without essay) today. This indicates that I need more intensive practice in order to enhance the familiarity of English and the skillfulness of English thinking.
Well, I need a plan that sets daily reading assignments in order to speed up the reading.
It was the first time to use the AAA auto service. The reason is simple: my battery was out. Why? I forgot to turn off the lights. Therefore, the light was on from morning to evening. I think no battery can keep working for such a long time even if it is for lights only.
The response was not slow. I called the customer service, and left my contact information. Since I am close to home, I told them that I could go back home and wait for their call before they come to my place. During that time, I took shower, and took a little break.
The AAA man came in a pickup. I was surprised that the man gave me a bottle of water. I thought that he just want me to keep it for him in the first place. However, he said that it is mine at last. Wow, I was really touched by that. The service deserves the money I paid. Good, I will keep purchasing the service.
Helped the coffee shop to close today.
Entree. That simply means the main course.
Why Americans say Entrée when everyone else says Main.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/FOOD/entree.html
Sandwich.
Salad.
Pizza.
French fries. 我看就是炸薯条，只不过叫个这名字罢了。
Tortilla, 玉米饼。
晚上到Farmer's Market买了很多东西，面食类的东西买了好几样呢。结果我今晚就在试吃这些东西，毕竟，我太想念面食了。
我的决定很简单：先吃饺子再吃面条。
这回我学聪明了，终于搞明白原来方便面不省钱，直接买专门的面条才是最省钱的方法。以后不买方便面了。伤身又费钱。
今天的事倒是没缓过神来。神学院的那个日本学生（比较老了）把她的客人带到电脑室来了，而我竟然忘了和她的客人握手！回头来想一直觉得我好神，忘什么把这茬也给忘了。
日本人看起来外表还是有点日本样，尤其那个客人背个书包是斜肩式的，怎么看都像个日本学生。他的充分反映了日本人的特点，临走之前还要鞠躬。搞笑。
一句话，没缓过神来。下回一定要缓过神来才行。
I got a new word in spelling. Bucks, means dollar. If you say $20, it is 20 bucks. If $20.50, it is 20 bucks and 50 cents.
This is an useful lesson for me since the first day I came to America. I was thinking about why that the direct selling man choose me as his potential "customer" (or prey?) from the day my uncle told me about the Direct Selling.
Here are some points I analyzed.
1. I have been in the US for a short period, and this makes me surely not familiar with the businesses in America. Therefore, the man has the chance of cheating me. Indeed, he is intentially to make this decision. For example, he asked that how many year have I been in America, and how many year I have been educated, etc. Everything indicates that he wanted to know the possibility of having me as his branch.
2. Keep his information secure, this can also raise the interest of the potential "customer". In fact, he knew that he might lose the potential of getting a new branch if he tells me the fact of this kind of business. That's why he said "you should go and listen". Look, such a funny way of communicating.
From now on, I got that point, and I will not take part in it since I know the fact of it. What is useful to me is, be smart and recognize the truth of this kind of business and stay secure from it.
这应该是Windows Live Writer的第二个测试版了，相比第一个版本要好一些。我本是想用ScribeFire的，但是那个好像是只为英文用户设计的（或许是我理解错误？），一用空格老是出来:nsbp什么的，很难看，所以，我才改试微软的这个。再得，我还是看了一些评论的，评论说这个版本的Writer有改进，我就专门来试了。你别说，我还真试出来一回事。用极点中文时（其他的中文输入法我从来不用，所以没法下结论），每次必须先输入标题，这才能在正文区域打字。如果没打标题就直接到正文区去激活极点中文，那是不行滴。我最初还以为是设置没改好，毕竟是测试版嘛，有些小错误是在所难免的。但是，试了几次后我就发现并不是bug的原因，输入文字位置的先后的确是导致这个现象的重要原因（我是这样想的）。得了，这也不是多大个事，先写标题就先写标题呗，反正每篇文章都是要一个标题的。
再者，从Windows Live Writer上发出去的文章ScribeFire也能以历史文章的形式抓取过来。这是个好事。
PS: 刚才还试出了一个现象。在编辑过程中切换显示模式也会影响输入法，就会出现上面提到的问题。得，在标题栏激活一下就成了。等正式版发布的时候应该能修复这个问题吧。
PPS：本来想到微软的相关页面去提交这个问题，但是帮助里链接过去的页面还要捆绑.NET账户，而我最讨厌的就是这个了。所以，不管他了，喜欢被捆绑的人会去提交的。
今天晚上预订了GMAT，是8月10号。本来都想好了要11号考，也选了11号，但是付款时始终页面进行不下去。我以为是浏览器的问题，准备换个浏览器再试。但是，刷新后发现11号那天已经显示为“no appointment available”。见鬼，看样子有人手比我快，我只是在信息检查时稍慢了一点，就让人把那个位置给占去了。11号那天是周六，应该比较轻松，10号是周五，上班的人也多，路上可能担搁些时间。不过，总体来说还是没什么问题的，哪天考不是考，几点考不是考，没什么大不了的。10号有早上9点的，也有早上10点45分的，我选了后一个，毕竟，能迟去一会就迟去一会，大清早地起太早实在是累人啊。
下一步就是告诉辛迪他们，我那天要考试，上班时间给我调一下。
这会可是彩色黑白全能打了。新打印系统也比较智能，当然了，收费也贵。除了已知的黑白10美分每页外，彩色要20美分每页。哎，在学校享受了快捷的服务就要付出代价。一句老话：天下没有白吃的午餐。
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