Sherrie and I

Laura今夜RP大爆发一记，去某富人区买二手家具，淘到超美的2组双人座沙发、一个510L大冰箱（虽然和国内一般用的比也没多大啦。。）和一个queen size的床，重点是，

价！格！超！划！算！的！

把她美得……直冒小泡泡儿啊~~~呵呵~（众人语：没见过捡破烂儿还捡得这么high的……）

嗯，组织上希望你再接再厉……保持良好的RP势头~~在各方面再创佳绩~~哇咔咔咔咔~~~

PS：富人区的海景view果然不错，家里的内部情况么，我就不形容了~唉~

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娜娜果然成为我们寝室第一个嫁出去的~撒花撒花~~为我们树立了光辉的榜样哈~~~

本周C-E获得一个史上最高分，而E-C获得一个史上最低分。

最后一次作业，翻《色·戒》和师祖悼念师公的文，嗯，很好很强大……

从来不练sight translation，现在情况比con还遭，con呢英翻中比中翻英糟——因为原文听不懂！

欧，这个世界颠倒了……

中午做的比较不辣的酸菜鱼。

汤不辣到可以用来泡饭~要是做成辣的估计就只有我一个人吃了……

话说最近很饭icecream，到了每天早上不挖两勺不出门的地步~继berry旋风过后，现在觉得chocolate cookie口味也相当销魂~

晚上关电脑前必看一次Tennessee Walts——VM节目中我永远的最爱啊啊啊~还有对我来说“人生若只如初见”的Valse Triste……

我想去brisbane看Paris Opera Ballet跳Swan Lake！！（6月20号他们还有个Grand Gala Performance！）——就在我和Kat姐曾经路过的QPAC的Lyric Theatre里头！Cats也要在brisbane！我想去mel看Wicked！And我还想留在syd看Disney on Ice: Princess Wishes……

早上在车上看I Have a Bed Made of Buttermilk Pancakes，差点坐过站……（话说这本书是还是点好看，but。。。每天睡觉前翻不到两页就已经睡着了……）

提前半个小时到——米办法，车不好坐，村er啊村er——Branka烤了Buttermilk Cake，嗯，我只想说，这真是史上最甜的Buttermilk Cake……

当班内容是Tai Chi Class，嗯，说普通话的只有一个老爷爷，但他的英文非常溜，还主动给我搬凳子要我和他们一起锻炼……so，我也练了一圈儿太极……

东西吃了，身体锻炼了，签名拿到了，收工！

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一场又一场的雨，天气越来越冷。原本盛放在树上的大朵大朵的白花打落在地，受到雨水的浸润，花蕊中的那一点点黄色似乎也顺着花脉的纹理晕开在花瓣上——仿如水墨画的一角。

四分之三的秋，其实也和冬天相去无几，特别是夜里，冻得要死。
忽然想起这次拿了个旧热水袋过来，装上水，才发现是漏的。
这里没有电热毯，没有热空调，没有爸爸热乎乎的肚皮，没有妈妈暖烘烘的双手，现在，连热水袋都没有了。

五月有好多人结婚，也包括我亲爱的小薇，一直那么美而且越来越美的小薇。

仿佛昨天，我们还一起赖在食堂看灌篮高手，窝在同一个被窝里聊天，在同一个本子上写交换日记，我还记得你给我讲数理化的样子，把礼物包得好看到爆然后递给我的样子，在上海的那件小小寝室里秀幸福的样子，还有，那句从上个世纪就开始的承诺。

对于爱情，我们曾相互倾诉，然后一起等待。而从今天起，你就要开始另一段人生。
六年过去，你们还是牵着彼此的手——只得一人心，相偕到白头，这种事，到底还是存在的。所以，纵然有千万般不舍，我也只得看你慢慢走到他身边，在心底和曾经的少女时光说，再见。

亲爱的，等我回去，看你和他牵着手一起幸福的样子。

我自己的毕业典礼没法参加，就看看人家的咯~

第一次见到只在网页上出现过的Vice-Chancellor，以及在网页上都没见过的Chancellor……

第一次见到活的管风琴演奏~

第一次听澳大利亚国歌~

话说鬼佬的仪式，真的是个“仪式”~搞得我的心情忽然也变得隆重起来~

interclude是个也叫安琪拉的美女唱“O mio Babbino Caro”~嗯~我纯欣赏下下~

全场我最爱它啦~

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完了我们去了Eastwood一家叫“老厨房”的川菜馆——据说是全悉尼最正宗的~（哈哈，全悉尼最正宗的还跑到这穷乡僻壤的地方来啦？）不过真的还蛮好吃的，甚至比以前在国内一些地方感觉都要好诶——还是因为我太久没吃“正宗”的了？嗯，说话间我已经开始怀念昨天的麻婆豆腐、白灼芥蓝、孜然羊排、夫妻肺片、口水鸡、粉蒸肉下面的南瓜还有BreadTop的抹茶蛋糕鸟~~

安琪拉BF从国内带来了火锅底料，吃到了比较正宗的火锅……欧也~好胀好胀好胀~~~大满足~~

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贪便宜。。。万里迢迢买了一堆遮瑕膏。。。本来说要延迟到5月21号才寄到，不知道哪来的RP爆发了居然今天就到了。。。难不成改成空运了？

雀巢新品——其实我买它只是因为……它是绿的，而且小小的好可爱~

原址：smh-national

作者：Anna Patty

FOREIGN students are being paid less than the minimum wage, sharing with as many as 10 others to a flat and battling for utensils in overcrowded hospitality courses, according to industry sources.

The State Government has formed a taskforce to investigate the exploitation of students who are lured to NSW with false expectations of job opportunities and unrealistic study plans.Students have complained that some private colleges are not delivering the courses and qualifications that were advertised to them. Some employers are said to pay rates below the minimum wage of $14.31 per hour.

A student from Korea said yesterday that she was studying graphic arts in Sydney and working up to 39 hours a week in a shop for $9 an hour."Living expenses and transport are very expensive in Sydney," said the student, who did not wish to be identified.

The president of the National Union of Students, David Barrow, said international students could only work 20 hours a week, forcing some into blackmarket jobs and under-the-counter low pay arrangements.Mr Barrow said they were being exploited by "dodgy English-language providers, unscrupulous landlords and underhand bosses".

"Landlords have been able to exploit international students and we have heard some three-bedroom apartments can house 10 students, each paying $150 a week."

The State Government says it is aware of the concerns of these students who contribute $5.3 billion to the state economy. The Minister for Education, Verity Firth, comm-issioned the taskforce to look at ways to improve their experience.

It will be chaired by David Riordan, the chief executive of the Department of Education and Training's nternational arm. The taskforce will focus on the quality of education and training as well as recruitment practices, the social inclusion of students in NSW, welfare and safety.Mr Riordan said he was aware of reports of exploitation and it will be investigated. "There have been some cases. But on the whole, the industry acts responsibly," he said.

"Australia is one of the leading countries for international students to further their studies and NSW is the premier destination."

The taskforce, which is expected to present its findings by October, will look at the transparency of student recruitment and marketing practices. It will consult private education providers, police, universities, independent schools and vocational training authorities.

A former president of the Merrylands CBD Committee, Sheldon Ross, who runs an international sales and marketing company, said he was aware of at least six students from India who had arrived in Australia with unrealistic expectations of study and work."They are given an understanding by the overseas agent they signed up with that jobs are abounding," Mr Ross said.

Dr George Brown, academic director for the Think Education Group, a private vocational and higher education provider, said he knew of some providers who had exceeded their government-approved enrolment capacity by up to 1700 students. He said students in less reputable hospitality courses were forced to race each other to class to be first to the limited stock of cooking utensils.

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大家都不容易，但是也不要逼人太甚嘛……

恭喜~

每日小抄

8点57到车站，结果9点05的车取消了，提前到8点54，狂晕。。。

老爷爷老奶奶们都好可爱哦~一直拉着我们说话，讲他们的故事——好吧我承认我就跟我爹一样很有长辈缘但没有异性缘~and今天又刷新了一个纪录，一个辽宁的奶奶觉得我只有15岁——“现在这么小的孩子就能读大学啦？”。。。狂晕。。。

今天的内容是有关遗嘱订立，一个Public Trustee Service的工作人员来讲滴~and虽然我们是把口译做了，但是中国的老爷爷老奶奶们都不太care的。

“我们中国人和洋人不同的啦，没什么遗产还立什么遗嘱？我们所有的财产就是我们的孩子，一辈子就把孩子供出来，难道把孩子们交做遗产给政府分配？”

默。。。

下午和小咩聊天的时候问她还在绣十字绣没，

“好久没绣了，老了眼睛看不见了，自然现象……”

555555。。。