First World Problems

Posted on April 10, 2013 by stenoodie

I can’t believe I’m writing about this, but I’m currently facing a dire first world problem. 😦 I’ve been alerted by my Internet provider that I’ve reached 75%+ of my Internet usage for the month! ! ! !  (How did this happen?!  Actually, I know — too much photo-sharing on Dropbox.) I want to put up new blog posts with lots of pictures, but I can’t because I’m afraid I might exceed my bandwidth.   Continue reading →

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Writing fast

Posted on April 9, 2013 by stenoodie

I love how when I’m practising on my steno machine and I glance upon my CaseCAT software and I see that my WPM counter rises and rises with each stroke I make.  I was practising just now and I spotted that it went up to 200 wpm!  Of course, this counter is not at all accurate, since it’s just counting approximately how many strokes I’m making per minute and it actually might not be the actual number of words per minute.   Continue reading →

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It begins… Chinese Consulate dinner

Posted on April 7, 2013 by stenoodie

Tonight I went to the Chinese Consulate dinner with the participants and committee members for the DiSCOVER 2013 program.  The highlight of the dinner was to meet Deputy Consul General Zhang Meifang and Mon Sheong Foundation First Vice Chair Frank Chau was the gracious one to treat all 40ish of us to a wonderful 10-course dinner at the Dragon Dynasty restaurant in Scarborough   Long story short, I applied in January (and got in) to this program in hopes to gain more knowledge about Chinese culture, make new friends, learn to be a community leader, give back to the community, and to get to go on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to China!   Continue reading →

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Puppies!

Posted on April 6, 2013 by stenoodie

So cute! Soft and warm babies ^_^

Time for some cuteness. Here are some pictures of the puppies that my aunt and uncle brought home a few weeks ago. The first weekend we went to pick them up, my aunt picked up a girl and a boy. Continue reading →

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Reflections

Posted on April 4, 2013 by stenoodie

…because I like to be all reflective and reminiscent sometimes, this time last year, I was job shadowing a court reporter for the very first time.  I still remember how nervous I was.  Actually, I still had my student machine back then! Right now, I’m stenoing this from my Diamante as I always do when I’m on the computer.  The QWERTY keyboard is almost foreign to me now.   Continue reading →

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Workaholic

Posted on April 2, 2013 by stenoodie

I’m such a nerd.  I just finished working 12 hours and I’m home and I’m excited to start up my Case Case software and my answer keys and my Excel spreadsheet and my doodle paper in hand to start marking the rest of my students’ dictations!!!  I have 38 to mark.  Let’s see how many I can get in before I sleep tonight.  Time is now 10:44 p.m.  Ready?  GO!   Continue reading →

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Speed test congratulatory e-mails

Posted on April 1, 2013 by stenoodie

Whenever I open my work e-mail and see 20+ unopened e-mails, I know instantly that there have been students who have passed their speed tests.  Whenever a student completes and passes a test (you need 95% minimum accuracy to pass), an e-mail is sent out to all of the staff members at the school.  Each of us then sends a congratulatory e-mail to the amazing student for a job well done.  I just replied to 5 of them.  And you know what, all five of these were my students that I taught in Phoenix Theory. ^-^ Continue reading →

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The two best things at Costco

Posted on April 1, 2013 by stenoodie

…are the seasoned rotisserie chicken and the Tuxedo cake.

Every time we’ve bought the rotisserie chicken home from the meats section at Costco, I’m never disappointed.  The chicken is always cooked to perfection with the inside juicy, sooo tender and juicy.   Continue reading →

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Everything durian

Posted on March 31, 2013 by stenoodie

Chocolate-covered durians. Durians are called the “king of fruits”. Mmm dark chocolate… 🙂

This morning, I ate durian chocolates for breakfast.   Yup, you read that right.  When I went to Malaysia, one of the stops was to the Cocoa Boutique & Chocolate Gallery.  Here you could try everything chocolate — Malaysia is famous for their chocolate-covered fruits.

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Job Shadowing Jade King on the Hong Kong Lamma Boat Inquiry

Posted on March 30, 2013 by stenoodie

The following is a detailed recount of the experience that I had job shadowing Jade King.

Last year when I met up with stenographer extraordinaire Jade King, I wasn’t able to job shadow her as planned. Instead, we were able to partake in some productive discussions about steno: realtime work, professional versus student machines, finger spelling words, etc. It was the first time I met Jade and she had opened up my eyes to a lot that I didn’t know about in the steno world. Needless to say, the experience was memorable and I absorbed a lot of knowledge and wisdom from her.   Continue reading →

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