Skyped

My boss is so enthralled with [url=http://www.skype.com]Skype[/url] (free internet telephony) that he got all of us to install it and get it running so that he can be in contact with us wherever he goes.

So here I am, stuck with a headset and mike, looking very much like a receptionist – except I’ve got some David Tao’s music soothing my ears. Hehehe….

The other strange thing that happened when I got Skype running was getting this strange call from a guy all the way from China just now. It was pathetically funny. He couldn’t speak a word of English and all I could say in Mandarin was, ‘Sorry, I don’t understand!’. He wouldn’t hang up until I told him that I had to go to [i]‘che fan’[/i] (eat rice or lunch). Haiyo… It was then that I realised having some quick one-liners to tell a guy off in Mandarin would come in handy for occassions like this.

After that encounter, I quickly beefed up my Privacy level. If I’m desperate enough for free Mandarin lessons, I know who to call. Heh heh.

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