In one of the steno groups on facebook that I belong to, one of the members mentioned that a stenograph in Chinese is called a 速录机. I Googled this and this gave me a fantastic array of pictures of Chinese steno machines and stenographers. So cool!
The set up is exactly like how a regular stenograph for English is.
On Saturday, April 27, the Mon Sheong/DiSCOVER group led us to tree planting! This was part of a city-wide initiative to plant trees and there were so many volunteers there. I was quite pleasantly surprised!
I’ve always wanted to plant trees! The first time I wanted to plant trues was back in high school when I saw a poster in the hallways promoting a tree-planting day. Continue reading
Haha, in one of our DiSCOVER workshops this past Saturday, we learned Chinese calligraphy. A friendly Chinese lady who practises calligraphy full-time presented a PowerPoint slide to us to introduce us to the basics and history of Chinese calligraphy. At the end of class, we each got to practise our calligraphy skills with the infamous stinky black ink and calligraphy brushes. We also participated in a friendly contest where we wrote calligraphy against each other to see whose writing was the best. Continue reading
I made a funny today. During the break time, one of the lawyers was eating a slice of cake from the kitchen and commented that the reporting agency had really good food. I said, “So I guess this place takes the cake eh? Literally”. She and two other lawyers and the court reporter all laughed at my joke. Hehe, I’m funny. 🙂
I know I’m going to be saying this a lot as I continue testing for speed tests in my journey towards the 225, but I was SO close. I got back my test result for my LIT 160 wpm test and I got 2 measly errors over what is allowed to be counted as a passing grade. Continue reading
I’m excited to say that for the first time in… months almost a year, I submitted a test after self-grading it! In short, this means that I have a very good chance of passing it. Yay!!! *throws confetti into the air*. I haven’t passed a test since I finished all of my university courses and was about to enter my practicum which was last May! It’s taken me a full year — almost — to really buckle down and practice and get up to speed. Of course, it’s because I’ve had to fulfill my obligations as a Phoenix Theory instructor during this time, but still, this is exciting. Continue reading
Dinner! Yunnan rice noodles are done a little differently than most dishes. First, they bring you the dish of raw, uncooked ingredients. I stared at it, thinking it was edible because it was presented so nicely, but I was smartly informed that we had to wait until the steaming bowl of soup came first. Steaming hot it did arrive. The server dunked all of the raw ingredients into the hot soup, and then plopped the bowl of rice noodles on top of it. Continue reading
A student of mine just sent me an e-mail to ask me how to combat her testing anxiety. I offered the following e-mail and thought I would share with you here as well. If you are a court reporting student or stenographer reading this and have some tips on calming yourself before a test, please share. =)
For anxiety, I started having test anxiety when I was testing in my 100s. I
was so nervous that my hands would start shaking. Continue reading
I finally got in some solid practice time today. Yay! I’ve been craving it since I started teaching Phoenix Theory full-time. It’s 6:44 p.m. now and I have over 2.5 hours of practice. I did some Speed Plus (still doing them from the 80 wpm book — 80.703 to be specific), Blackboard testimony practice at 180 wpm, and some youtube videos to keep me entertained. Woohoo! It’s not much, but it’s a start. Continue reading
I’m a little embarrassed to put up this post, but it’s okay because 90% of my friends probably don’t read this space anyway (Oh, wait. What’s that sudden increase of views from Canada lately even though I haven’t put up new posts since last week? Whatever.) My revelation: I’VE BEEN PLAYING RESTAURANT STORY for the last two days! Like an addicted nitwit It’s pretty funny because the first time that a friend of mine said she had to pause our face-to-face conversation due to the fact that she had to “collect” tips or “serve” food so that it wouldn’t spoil, I was all are-you-f’ing-kidding-me face. Continue reading
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