YAYA'S

dressing the part fashion and popular culture

Sat, 06 Nov 2004 14:23:30 GMT

last wendesday ,Miss gave us assignments on advanced english:discussions!
1)"The more I think of it,the more it appears to me that dress is the foundation of the society"----Thomas Carlyle
----------In what respects could dress be the foundation of the society?
2)From Mark Twain:Out of his clothes a man would be nothing at all:that the clothes do not merely make the me,the clothes are the man>How do you understand it?
3)( most difficult)Write chinese version of the words of Thorstein Veblen
No one finds difficulty in assenting to the commonplace that the greater part of the expenditure uncurred by all classes for apparel is incurred for the sake of respectable appearance rather than for the protection of the person.And probably at no other pint is the sense of shabbiness so keenly flet,as it is if we fall short of the standad set by social usage in this matter of dress.It is true of dress in even a higher degree than of most other items of consumption,that people will undergo a very condiderable
degree of privation in the comforts or the necessaries of life in order to afford what is condidered a decent amount o wasteful consumption:so that is is by no means an uncommon occerrence,in an inlement climate,for people to go ill clad in order to appear well dressed.And the commercial value of the goods used for clothing in any modern community is made up to a much larger extent of the fashionableness,the reputability o the goods than of the mechanical service,which they render in clothing the person of the wearer.The need of dress is eminently a"higher"or spiritual need.-----------------------------------------------
I hate thorstein Veblen as I hate those who invented money.He wrote the words which can be shortened by such easy words so long!Like Shakesbear,he says ten sentences to express only one!And they are really making us in trouble.
I spent a quarter to look the new words up in dictionary and another quarter to read the essay fluently and another to guess the meaning!They are proud of our sufferance.
Torstein Veblen 's major classic work is the Theory of the Leisure Class.I wanna suffer it and make it an ease to beat his proud.
.......Anyway I deed got a lot of joy receiving education.I like the course of Advanced English the best and hate it the most meanwhile:)the lectuerer divided us into groups of four students,my group has a boy and the other 2 girls.Tracy is the leader of our group.and we get questions everytime and have to discuss it outside class.that's really interesting.there is a pic in our text book named "Who Wear the Pants"two men are tearing a pair of trousers with two women and the question is Who wear the pants?we need to discuss what does it mean.and after ten mintues discussion,we agreed on they are all mad men.they even fight for pants while we'd rather fight for skirts!you know what?pants means the final say in the family!the mad men drove us mad.
on the First subject:Family Matters( text book has 4 subjects)we leart things about love and wedlock etc.as we discussed,before marriage,love is god's job.we attracted each other for cham and fall in love for passion.after marriage,love is an art.coz passion disappear by and by.If passion can last,it can not be called passion.geoge asked if in a marriage ,female is smater than male,what will happen.the art goes akward?other boys said this kind of thing would not happen.men should be always more intelligent than women.and they can't stand if their wives are cleverer than them.the girl should be polite and thoughtful without sharing the limelight.Guess what,we still have an exception:Allen said,it depends.if she doesn;t mind that i am less wise than she.i'd consider about the marriage!Oh,MY!
Next wednesday,we go for picnic.Hooray!
PS,last time I curled my hair and months later,there were all curled hair.this time I cut a Queen Egypt hair style,observe,all queen egypt in the streets!!!!SOOOOOOOOOO,next time,i'd swicth queen egypt into bald!!!!

Miss mARY KAY

Sat, 02 Oct 2004 03:50:00 GMT

a friend introduced me to the MK company.I didn't sell any product yet till now.i ve been for about ten days or so and I have given about five lessons.But people think MK is a little expensive.Maybe in the us it is cheap but we have tax barrier here so the price here is much more expensive.
I miss Nicol.
I went to a model company and tried to be a magzine and ad model.then they saw me and told me that i have to pay some money to make a disc of mine and if there is a company which wants an ad model they will show them my disc to see if i am the right one.he company will pay for the disc for about 60% and i will pay 40%.they think i can be a good model,coz ad model neglect the hight.i nearly agreed it but my mom told me not to coz i will be rather busy the next term.and even now i have to be busy for my study.and i consider it for some time and refused the company.i think i can try after i graduate.
I still have probelm with Nicol.we recover again and part again and again.it is rather clear that we are not the proper one for each other but we love each other a lot.i don't know what to do.
John told me he would like to see me .that is cool.

Destiney

Tue, 17 Aug 2004 12:42:03 GMT

If all is destiney then why we must meet each other ,though we met then why we fell in love after we met?
I don't know waht to do now.Do what?what?
I may study

2 watches

Sat, 07 Aug 2004 13:52:39 GMT

MY cousin just graduted from high school and was not able to enter a very good university.I met him yesterday and he told me he wants to gain master degree or he will go to the coastal city like Guang zhou to get a work and then come back to the inner land of china to get a good job with good skill.I just think if he wants to gain teh master degree he must go all out for it or he may lose.Because he leave himseld another choice.It;s just like when you have a watch you can be sure of the time but two watches you may not be sure.
Nicol and I get along again......
There is a place here near my home where you can have soft drink ,coffee ,tea and ice cream and come other kind of snacks as much as you like and you can also get online there for free.I spent my whole day yesterday there reading magzines and having snacks.That is cool but too full though:)I think if this kind of shop setting in the U.S it must get bankrupt.LOL
I tried many clothes today with mom but to my disappointment all of them are big for me even the extra S ones:(I too thin now:(
How's David ,John and Tim??

Over

Sun, 25 Jul 2004 09:42:31 GMT

We quarrelled yesterday and fell apart since then again.I hate to say BYE to him again and again and get together again again.I hate this!!But I can't halp.Finally we are totally over and I am satisfied but I feel worse...
We finally came to the point.Elsie ever said to me:"......Yaya,You are really pretty but you are really unhappy."Yes,I have been unhappy all the time until I was with him.And we have been together for about one year I have ever cried ,in fact I cried a lot but I still happy.Beauty can not bring me happiness.I can feel their staring whenever I am walking in streets,I feel good but not happy.this is not happiness.Only when I was with him I felt happy and joy.But I lost him and He hated me since I told him I have never loved him.I lied.Why?I am not sure but I did lie.and now I don;t want to explain to him coz i am too desprately to make it up.he thinks i am a player.he always thinks so.I am one without patience and I hate to explain to him all the time.I am too strict with him I knew it.I have never told him I am the happiest girl when I am with him although we do nothing just sit by each other's side.
To fall in love with each other is easy but to get along and be together is much more difficult.It needs more ,mush more.When I realised it is too late.
I may find another one many years later but I shall never forget him.I was once his everything and so was him.I wish him happiness.

beggar

Mon, 12 Jul 2004 14:46:20 GMT

I gave a beggar one yuan yersterday on my way home from my student's home.Gusee why I gave him one yuan but I had not been giving any monay to a beggar?________i thought he loves his job coz it was raining cats and dogs at that moment but he was working outside wholeheartedly.:)So I decided to be generous and gave him one yuan since I only had two yuan with me and I had to leave one yuan to take a bus.
I felt as if I saved a life.beautiful day.

mini lady

Thu, 08 Jul 2004 14:02:42 GMT

I got a new skirt ,which is a mini skirt.I love it and when I was walking in the street I found people staring at me and I knew it was because I am good in this skirt.
He told me that I am a MINI LADY.I am realy thin and I knew it.But mini lady is better than "max lady" I think.
Neil leaves the day after tomorrow.I met him tonight (just now).I will miss him.I know he likes me although I appear confused all the time.I am sad that he will go.today was the last time I saw him I think.And I wanted to give him a hug but fear to do so.Mini Lady with mini courage.I miss him.

summer vacation

Tue, 06 Jul 2004 08:51:13 GMT

I am having summer vacation now.Father told me to teach his colleague's son English.I don't want to but I have to.And my stepmom hopes me to teach my half brother ,and she wants me to do it every morning.I have my plans too,and she neglects it totally.
He asked me if I would like to go to the U>S and he pays for me.I want to meet him so I would love to.But my friend told me that is nearly impossible for me to get the visa coz Tim and she went to Beijing to get it but failed last time.And his uncle who is the boss of an international metal company in UK sposored for her with 5 million yuan this time but she is still not sure if she can get it.I told her I have an american sposored for me and she told me I must have one anyway but this is not enough coz I have to find one in china too.complicated.
I forgave Nicol last week.

expository essay

Fri, 30 Apr 2004 06:30:41 GMT

I've been signed an expository essay by Mrs Forrest.She is cute and I like her.Though sometimes I ddin't attend her classes.
Napolean ------------this is the topic I chose.I was supposed to write about the happiness of Napolean.But I changed my idea when I realised that it is an expository essay.............
By the end of the class,she gave each of us a ''confident pill''(I would rather call it candy coz it is a candy)and she told us not to eat it until the day we have our Band Four exam.Also she told us a motto :Band four ,Band Four ,Fear no more!!that's cute.
I will have a seven-day holiday from today on..But I have to keep busy on vocabulary and test paper.Pity!
Have I told you about Mr Kirkland?He is a big man as well as nice.I like him the most among our foreign teachers.haha.He is shy too I guess.When I heard that he will leave for canada this summer and return not any more I became really upset.I will miss him.So I decided to soend some time with him during this holiday.and he agreed.
I want to buy a skirt.I've choosen one.

Tango

Fri, 09 Jan 2004 13:13:56 GMT

Hey Hu~~~~
I really want to learn how to dance tango.
I love this :

http://comay.e-coda.com/WWW/MU04.html

Spring Festival

Mon, 05 Jan 2004 07:57:18 GMT

The biggest festival in China is Spring Festival.I finally finished my exams on English Reading Comprehension,English writing,Basic English,Business English,Listening Comprehension.And I am at home to wit for my festival coming.
My oral english teacher is from canada who is the one will express good thing using the word"funny" and bad thing "terrible”He recently showeed us a coffe bar which is run by an american.I planned to go there to practise my speaking english in this winter holiday;>
when I was a kid I would wait for Spring festival anxiously.As time goes by,Spring Festival seem losing its mystery by and by.For me it's merely a chance to get a family get together and have a big dish.Hope I will get my good luck in the next year.
really,I was unlucky all the time this year.the day before yestereday I had my English Listening Comprehension exam.U know what?I sit there till the exam began,and then I found the pen on the one by me was sitting fast but I just heard nothing.My earphone was broken.then I changed to another seat,at that time we were to wrtie what we heard (a dictation),and this time only one side of the earphone worked.terrible job I did.then I chsnged my seat again only to find the 3rd one worked for seconds and striked for seconds.horrible!when i hand in my exam paper i nearly cried.
have some trouble getting along with him.always.
home now.something wrong with this computer.
boring......

spring festival means the begining of a year,also my luck shifts then?HU~~~~~~~

Returned

Wed, 31 Dec 2003 08:13:09 GMT

I returned last night.I feel better now and will take exams on 2nd Jan.
I will never forget Nicol bowed to me and begged me to see a doctor.I willo never forget he took care of me so well.I will never forget he cried when I got so much pain......
You know what true love is?

Blood Everywhere

Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:00:08 GMT

I saw blood from my eyes,legs......I got pain and need to see a doctor tomorrow.Nicol said he would go with me.Yuki said she lended me money.I didn't have supper till now.I got pain.still pain.
When I bought a piece of bread and went here typing and eating and drinking milk I got sick 'coz I saw bloody pics on my friends lj.
Should I say Fukkin blood?!

Choice

Fri, 05 Dec 2003 05:24:08 GMT

They say that to make a choice is the difficult thing in this planet.Coz to choose is to lose.Now I chose Nicol instead of David.And John made his mind to get married maybe.To compare those advatages with disadvatages we made this kind of choice.In order not regect later ,we've to think it twice before we choose.
Choices?I've told David about all that happened.John ,Are you ready really 4 it?I support you then!______"I am behind you!"

good news ?bad news?

Wed, 26 Nov 2003 01:13:53 GMT

The day before yesterday,at 11:45 pm ,when I was trying to fall asleep,I heard some voice.When I looked around I saw Aileen and Gong yuan hugging together and Aileen was crying desprately.I jumped out of my bed and went up to them,staring at Aileen ,not knowing what to say.Infact,I didn't know what happened.She saw me and huged me too,crying.I asked why,why you are crying?She said,"I feel I've lost many things,I am afraid I won't hear anything tomorrow.I fear."At that moment,I realize tht she just came to see a doctor for her ear disease.Both of her ears have trouble.
This morning I got up late and when I got to the classroom i have been late for about half an hour.I didn't came in,instead,I came here.Final exams come in January.Am I ready?
Nicol got pneumonia,I have to be with him when he has I.V.
How came I became so thoughtful to him?And I finally decided to tell david about this for I found myself fallen in love with Nicol now.I am satisfied with my life for it's substantial now.

BEA Utiful day!!

Thu, 06 Nov 2003 02:21:00 GMT

Went to see a movie ,walk around campus,went to selfstudy:Basic English,English comprehension,Oral english representation,English Writing,Business English,Ect....Bored?Nope!
Quarelled with Nicol for a tiny thing,And then got along again....But ya know what? i feel good doing those things.
Mother visited me last thursday.I washed the clothes by my own hands before she came for i didnt' want her to do too much work since she is so ill.My watch was broken last monday when I took a shower But I didn't tell my mom coz I didn't want her to spend money on me since she has to pay a lot of bill on medicine....Ya know what?I know I won't have another watch maybe in 1 year I still feel good.wat a BEa JUtiful Dei!!!Now even a bird has its waste dropping on my head when i walking around the campus I would say"hey,the environment here is so good that there are birds flying above our campus!"
There is few lasting forever things in this world ----Nicol said"let our love be one of them"-----said I.
I have some pics taken when BBQin,I have pics taken with my class mates ,aren't they nice?

BBQ Party comes soon

Thu, 30 Oct 2003 04:53:31 GMT

Today's thursday,MY BBQ party comes in 3 days.For me it's just a autumn outgoing but for my"family",it's an important opportunity to be with me.haha.the moniter siad we can take "families"with us,so I decide to take my bf with me.
Ya know what family is?it means "F"ater And "M"other "I" "L"ove "Y"ou ;>
I am Used to being with Nicle now for when i am not with him I feel upset.I am used to his temperature,when i touch his hands and feel the temperature of his,I feel at ease....But I know I will leave him as soon as i graduate.i am bad i know that.
dad looks older than last time i got home and saw him.i look maturer than last month before i permed my hair.things changed so fast.john's stolen.tim left.david called while i was not there.cindy gained one year to her age today....what will i look like when i graduate?can not think that far.promises don't come easy>
oops!
Hey you!what do you know?You got your hands in your pockets and walk really slow....If you guys like me just say it straight to me!I know I am charming.haha....then i can refuse you before you drown in?what if david knows i have a bf now?

HOt Hot Hot

Mon, 27 Oct 2003 02:24:07 GMT

COuln't hold on and came here to see what's new.In fact my teacher told me to return to my dorm and get some sleep for I appeared seriously sick just now.
Nicol is my bf now.He seems loving me a lot more than I do.
Wearing so much now.Hot hot like fire.
I miss David and John......

Note from John 2

Thu, 23 Oct 2003 02:15:02 GMT

id let you see me on cam because there is a chance we may never meet.plus then i could do puppet shows for u and stuff.

Terribly ill

Thu, 23 Oct 2003 01:33:49 GMT

I have been having 3 I.Vs each day for two days.My throat is burning.Tim came and left.I didn't come here for a week or so.Miss ya.I want to tell John and David that my email box is broken.I can't open it for there are too many emails there.My performence is a huge success.John was behind me when I Was dancing.
I accepted Him to be his gf the other day.Now I have a boyfriend that is funny.
I go sleep now.Sick~~~~~~I need Water,HOT WATER*()+|}

Thu, 16 Oct 2003 06:37:24 GMT

Tim phoned while I was not there.gong yuan answered the phone but didn't understand him well,and then she told me that Tim said he missed the flight.
I accepted Wang Tao to be his gf last night.when I said "yes",she smiled and said"Hey,the moon is so bright tonight.":)He was glad.I will put the performence tomorrow.
It seems something happened to John.what is that?

he appears so

Sun, 12 Oct 2003 09:52:16 GMT

王涛wanted to have meal with me.
He wants me to be his gf.
I confused.

Tim left for las vagas and will be here on thursday.
I put performence this thursday.

Note from John 1

Fri, 10 Oct 2003 09:47:27 GMT

Update me on yer dance.Don't forget when you dance I am behind you....

和解 Became reconciled finally!

Fri, 10 Oct 2003 09:45:03 GMT

Yuki came to me and handed me a kiwi fruit which i like.I hesitated and accepted it 'coz when I look at her eyes I didn't have heart to refuse her.In fact I quarrelled with her and made her cry the other day.I thought I was right.Am I ?Who knows?Now I began to speak to all my dorm mates.But you know what?Before I fall asleep I would think of them and all the moving scenes happened to us these days after we quarrelled,then I kind of thinking that I seemed doing sth wrong to them.
I almost finished making the dance up.U know what?The chairman of the Student Society of our college came up to me,asking me if I can make up a dance for the celebration of the establishment of our college.Then I said yes,coz you can't say no.Though her words seemed she was asking you while that was an order which I have to take.Then she said"Oh,that is awesome if you can make up a dance for us!"Then I had to make up the dance all by meself.That's terrible coz the members in our dance group are not professional at all,plus they didn't come to practise sometime which made me awfully sad.So I lost temper easily those days.I felt great pressure coz the performence comes soon but I didn't finish it yet.
HUUUUUU~~~~~,I go to practise now.