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06:40:00 * Now talking in #HongKong
06:40:00 * Topic is '1,0[13,6[0#1]1,0]13,6[0H1]1,0]13,6[0O1]1,0]13,6[0N1]1,0]13,6[0G1]1,0]13,6[0K1]1,0]13,6[0O1]1,0]13,6[0N1]1,0]13,6[0G1]1,0] "Where have all the flowers gone...?" Type !help for help!'
06:40:00 * Set by Glenn on Fri Oct 08 20:15:50
06:41:00 * Glenn is now known as linying
20:32:00 * Now talking in #HongKong
20:32:00 * Topic is '1,0[13,6[0#1]1,0]13,6[0H1]1,0]13,6[0O1]1,0]13,6[0N1]1,0]13,6[0G1]1,0]13,6[0K1]1,0]13,6[0O1]1,0]13,6[0N1]1,0]13,6[0G1]1,0] "Where have all the flowers gone...?" Type !help for help!'
20:32:00 * Set by Glenn on Fri Oct 08 20:15:50
20:32:00 * Glenn is now known as linying
20:33:00 * linying is now known as mimi
20:33:00 * mimi is on IRC
20:34:00 * mimi is now known as linying
20:44:00 * lasty ([email protected]) has joined #hongkong
20:44:00 <lasty> yo
20:44:00 <lasty> hey linying
20:45:00 <linying> Hey lasty! :)
20:45:00 <lasty> u there dude?
20:45:00 <linying> ?
20:45:00 <lasty> long ttime no see
20:46:00 <lasty> how have you been?
20:46:00 <linying> I've been here. and you?
20:47:00 <lasty> i know...i have seen ya nick a few times before
20:47:00 <lasty> u know Glenn?
20:47:00 <linying> Your nick was "last" ?
20:47:00 * linying is now known as Glenn
20:47:00 <lasty> yeap... u remember ?
20:47:00 <Glenn> Yes, I know "Glenn"
20:47:00 <lasty> oh.. u from melb?
20:47:00 <Glenn> YEs... wasn't sure... ltns!
20:47:00 <lasty> hey Glenn..
20:47:00 * Glenn is a country lad from Traralgon, about 160 kilometres out in the countryside east of Melbourne, Australia, where you can't see the air that you're breathing!
20:47:00 <lasty> long time..
20:48:00 <lasty> hows things...
20:48:00 <lasty> yeah I remember..
20:48:00 <Glenn> I think I'm the only one left now...
20:48:00 <lasty> you still working at the uni?
20:48:00 <lasty> been a while dude
20:48:00 <Glenn> I keep the channel going... perhaps it will come back to like again.
20:49:00 <lasty> err, maybe the channel will never be what it was..
20:49:00 <Glenn> Yes, but not for much longer. I'll probably leave at the end of next year, when my department closes.
20:49:00 <lasty> there are so many other chat clients out there
20:49:00 <lasty> yeah I heard you mentioned that a few years ago
20:49:00 <Glenn> Yes.... oh well. There were good time here.
20:49:00 <lasty> so the department has been running since
20:49:00 <Glenn> Yes... but on shaky ground.
20:49:00 <lasty> gosh, what are your plan afterwards?
20:50:00 <Glenn> Probably go to China for a well earned working holiday... teaching English!
20:50:00 <lasty> well, I remember you mention about this way back. it has survive till now..maybe it might go for a week more years
20:50:00 <lasty> oh.. cool. Teaching english should be fun
20:50:00 <lasty> i read heaps of stuff about that
20:50:00 <Glenn> :))
20:50:00 <lasty> other countries like Japan offer that as well
20:51:00 <Glenn> Too expensive to live there.
20:51:00 <lasty> yeah true.... i think with teaching english.. they pay enough just to get by
20:51:00 <lasty> not to make money
20:51:00 <Glenn> I went for an interview at a University in NanJing a few weeks ago... I want to teach English, they want me to teach Engineering.
20:51:00 <lasty> i heard some schools are pretty bad when it comes to paying the teachers..better to go through a middle man
20:52:00 <lasty> wow... cool. U actually went to nanjing
20:52:00 <lasty> my uncle lives there
20:52:00 <Glenn> They pay quite well in terms of Chinese economy... but not in terms of ours! You don't go to China to make your fortune! :)
20:53:00 <Glenn> Yes, but the NanJing I knew 7 years ago has gone. I recognised almost nothing. It has changed so much!
20:53:00 <Glenn> I was there for three months last time... just 12 days this time.
20:53:00 <lasty> arrgh..sorry i just went a read some stuff about tax
20:53:00 <Glenn> :)
20:53:00 <lasty> i see.... wow.
20:54:00 <Glenn> Want your ops bak?
20:54:00 <lasty> yaeh, most cities are now modern
20:54:00 <lasty> ops..nah, i don't use mirc much
20:54:00 <lasty> ops will be no use...
20:54:00 <Glenn> OK... :)
20:54:00 <lasty> so u still see some of the regulars herE?
20:54:00 <Glenn> lx is a bot...
20:54:00 <lasty> Jane?
20:54:00 <lasty> lx..u own it?
20:55:00 <lasty> for lis?
20:55:00 <lasty> or lisa?
20:55:00 <Glenn> mia is still around occasionally, and also Lis. Mel hasn't been around for a while now... and Sanie is too busy with family.
20:55:00 <lasty> i see..
20:55:00 <lasty> wow..sanie... how many kids she has now/
20:55:00 <Glenn> No, I see jane occasionally on ICQ.
20:56:00 <Glenn> two.. last count.
20:56:00 <lasty> wow... two..i remember the first one was a boy..what about the 2nd?
20:56:00 <lasty> yeah i email lis..but she doesn't seem to reply back..
20:56:00 <lasty> mel..well, totally lost contact with her
20:56:00 <Glenn> Not seen Karhou for ages... and PaintBrush forgot once too often to maintain his registraion. He allowed me to look after the channel.
20:57:00 <Glenn> Mel is in HK at the moment...
20:57:00 <lasty> i see...karhou.. i vaguely remember that dude..
20:57:00 <lasty> mel. in hk...what for???????? work ?
20:57:00 <Glenn> Study I think...
20:57:00 <lasty> u still email mel
20:58:00 <lasty> study..wasn't mel studying in canada before
20:58:00 <Glenn> Not at the moment.... I think Lis has her email.
20:58:00 <Glenn> Yes, but she's back in HK.
20:58:00 <lasty> i see... u mean mel originated from HK but went to canada to study and now back in hk
20:58:00 <Glenn> I actually me Les a few weeks ago. Did a stop over in Singapore for a few hours both ways.
20:59:00 <lasty> hmm, i didnt realised that
20:59:00 <Glenn> Yeah... I think that's the way it worked.
20:59:00 <lasty> i see
20:59:00 <Glenn> Not sure...
20:59:00 <lasty> oh.. u stop at singapore..
20:59:00 <lasty> did u had to pay extra for that/
21:00:00 * MELMEL has left IRC
21:00:00 <lasty> qantas flies from sydney...shanghia .. then beijing
21:00:00 <lasty> u been to singapore before?
21:00:00 <Glenn> Nope... was daylight and no accomodation involved. Actually go a bit of a discount.
21:00:00 <lasty> i can imagine singapore would be hot
21:00:00 <Glenn> No... never seen the place before. Very busy, but very nice.
21:00:00 <Glenn> Wasn't too hot... humidity was the pits.
21:00:00 <lasty> i see... so it was literrally a stop over at singapore and u met up with lis in the airport
21:01:00 <lasty> i see..yeah, sticky singapore..
21:01:00 <Glenn> Yep... toured the town for a few hours, then back to the airport again.
21:01:00 <lasty> hmm, which airline did u travel in to beijing/
21:01:00 * MsElle is on IRC ((Janette))
21:01:00 <lasty> i mean shanghia
21:02:00 <Glenn> NanJing... did a direct from Singaopore to NanJing... Singapore Airlines. Very nice.
21:02:00 <lasty> i see..well, there is nothing much in singapore.. i swear, u would get bored over there if you stayed for 1 week.
21:02:00 <Glenn> Perhaps...
21:02:00 * MsElle has left IRC
21:02:00 <lasty> remember me and me missus went to singapore and u rang lis...and we spoke..hehe:) gosh how long ago was that
21:02:00 <Glenn> Sheesh...
21:03:00 <lasty> hmm, so how is ur mandarin?
21:03:00 <Glenn> bu hao...
21:03:00 <lasty> good enough for a conversation
21:03:00 <lasty> oh... no good.. still.. hmm, i guess it is hard to learn
21:03:00 <Glenn> Can bluff the locals in NanJing... my accent is a problem.
21:03:00 <lasty> i suppose over in china, u might pick up a lot quicker
21:04:00 <lasty> i see... yeh i can imagine the accent..
21:04:00 <lasty> yeah, i guess that is why it might be a good idea to study there.if u have the interest
21:04:00 <Glenn> Yes... the first couple of days was tough, but then I was OK. Only spoke three serious words of English the whole twelve days... and two of those words were not very nice.
21:04:00 <lasty> oh... the apprentice is on soon..The Donald.u watch that show
21:05:00 <lasty> heeh :)
21:05:00 <Glenn> No... I usually fall asleep!
21:05:00 <lasty> in english i suppose the local wouldn't understand it
21:05:00 <Glenn> ...they understood the tone...
21:05:00 <lasty> so u still conduct lectures?
21:05:00 <Glenn> ...and emphais.
21:06:00 <Glenn> Yes... had to do one in NanJing as well as a couple of tutes.
21:06:00 <Glenn> ...in Enlish!
21:06:00 <Glenn> +g
21:06:00 <lasty> oh....
21:06:00 <lasty> so the trip to nanjing was a business trip??
21:06:00 <lasty> or an interview for a job trip..which was fully paid for/
21:06:00 <lasty> wow...
21:06:00 <Glenn> The lecture was about Artificial Intelligence applications in Robotis... and th tues were on conversational English.
21:07:00 <Glenn> No... they were a bit of a bonus. I paid for the trip.
21:07:00 <lasty> i see. wow..
21:07:00 <Glenn> Accomodation was paid for.
21:07:00 <lasty> i see...but they did pay for everything else
21:07:00 <lasty> that is alright then.
21:07:00 <Glenn> Just about.
21:07:00 <lasty> u stil married?
21:08:00 <lasty> wife went with u ?
21:08:00 <Glenn> Yes... the air tickets were cheap, even though it was school holidays (peak period) here .
21:08:00 <Glenn> no...
21:08:00 <lasty> oh..
21:08:00 <Glenn> Time for me to go
21:08:00 <lasty> ok..take
21:08:00 <lasty> take care
21:08:00 <Glenn> Take care.... and great to see you again! :))
21:08:00 <lasty> nice talking to u .
21:08:00 <lasty> already..later then
21:08:00 * lasty ([email protected]) has left #hongkong
21:08:00 <Glenn> Talk to the bot if you like... he responds.! :))
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