To or not to. That's the questions.

Student's sentence: "We should help our parents to clean the house." Her teacher crossed her 'to'. "To or not to. That's the question."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv226.shtml

Here Comes the Tenses! - 6 Present Perfect

• about a period of time which is continuing; for unfinished actions and events; time stated is not finished (with since, for, still, yet)
  I've practised my piano since 4 o'clock. (it's 4:15)
  I've lived there for 4 years. (still living there)
  I still haven't finished my homework.
  Mum hasn't prepared dinner yet.
  The builder have started working on the kitchen this week.
  

• express recent event (often with just); to focus on the results of an activity or event which is complete
  Jack has just been to the bank.
  I've mentioned the car. (= I've just finished so we can go out in it now)
  

• unspecified past even or time is irrelevant; talk about how many times something has happened (with adverbs like already, before, ever and never; after a superlative)
  I've lost my new camera. (it's irrelevant when)
  Pete has been to New York 3 times.
  I've met her before somewhere.
  It's the biggest dog I've seen.

Diary of Wimpy Kid (1)

The first Wimpy Kid can be read online for FREE!!

http://www.funbrain.com/journal/Journal.html?ThisJournalDay=1&ThisPage=1

Here Comes the Tenses! - 3 Present Continuous

• present moment; temporary action with now, at the moment, at present, or just
  I'm wearing a pair of old jeans.They're eating lunch at the moment.
  

• current projectWe're working on our geography project this month. 
  

• changing or developing situations with always or continually
  You're always buying new video games! (you buy too many)
  
• unexpected things happens several times
  I'm always meeting my neighbour John near the station.
  
• arranged plansJanice is meeting Frank tomorrow at 2 in the coffee shop.
  
  
  

Here Comes the Tenses! - 2 Simple Present

• happen regularly & habits
  Jason takes the bus to work every day.
  
• general truth
  The moon goes round the earth.
  
• permanent situations
  I work in Central.
  
• to describe the plots of books and films
  The story begins and ends in Spain. The year is 1937.
  
• for scheduled events with a future meaning
  timetables - My plane arrives Hong Kong on Saturday at 14:30.
  programmes - The meeting starts on Wednesday at 9:30.
  plans - The speaker arrives on Tuesday afternoon.

Here Comes the Tenses! - 5 Past Continuous

• for interrupted action
  They were eating dinner when he arrived home
  
  
  
• 2 things happening at the same time
  He was buying a burger and all the crowds were walking past.
  
  
  
• for exact time in the past
  I was reading last night at 9:30 p.m.
  

Here Comes the Tenses! - 4 Simple Past

 

• for completed actions and events in the past
  We caught the bus.

• time stated is finished (time stated is not finished, use present perfect)
  I spent this morning studying maths. (it's now afternoon)

• past period of time with for or ago
  I lived there for four years.
  I finished it half an hour ago.

• at a particular time in the past
  Flight 206 landed at one o'clock.

HPV – LLETZ

一切從檢出「非典型鱗狀細胞」開始。再用 DNA 檢出 HPV33，屬高危。
Wednesday 入養和。普通病房 (只得 3 張床) 窗口位。望住馬場。比我屋企重好 view。可惜呢晚無馬跑。有個包包，內裡有梳，牙擦，牙膏，膠杯，棉花棒，2 個 Seba 番梘，毛巾仔一條。有獨立電視 (其實系laptop) 睇。我自備睡衣。因有花粉敏感，所以手帶系紅色。抽咗血，12 點後禁食。雖然瞓得著，但床墊唔夠 support，被又有啲焗。
Thursday 早上 6 點，姑娘比衫我叫我 7 點換。跟住麻醉師見我，醫生見我。姑娘推張輪椅入嚟，用布張我包到得翻個頭。然後一值有人不停問我個名，邊個醫生，有冇敏感，有冇傷風感冒，知唔知自己做咩手術。手術其實叫 Colposcopy and Large Loop Excision Biopsy of Transformation Zone of Cervix。簡稱 LLETZ (美國叫 LEEP)。
推到手術嘅地方，嘟吓手帶確認就入去轉上床。又包到坎。推嚟推去推咗去 8 號手術房。都等咗一陣先有房。入到去見到兩盞大小雞蛋仔咁嘅手術燈。房好大，又凍。一個 15 分 鐘嘅手術居然有咁多人响入面準備。重聽到啲工具『傾傾』聲。轉到手術床，腳掌伸咗出嚟。用安全帶梆住左手同腰。除晒啲褲，但係依然包到坎。先吸氧氣，好大 陣膠味。然後打麻醉針。麻醉師話會感到有啲麻麻哋，不過我感覺唔到喎。因為同時又唔知比啲咩我吸，好似霉咗嘅木，好臭，臭到咳。醫生話係有啲味，係會咳。再比我吸，咳多吓就瞓咗嘞。
「起身喇！起身喇！」咁就醒嘞。已經離開咗手術房。開眼望住天花：太好喇！終於做完喇！姑娘叫深呼吸。幾分鐘後，醫生同我講一大堆嘢：會「乸乸」哋；之後要覆診，覆診時又要比佢填埋張保檢；記得比錢時 make sure 醫院响張保檢 form 到級印；4-6 個禮拜唔好做運動，游水，或者做瑜珈；比我睇嗰兩個切咗出嚟嘅粉紅色物體，話眼睇好正常，但都要拎去化檢，大慨星期一知道 O 唔 OK；會比 3 種藥我，止痛，消炎同胃葯 ......

嘟吓手帶離開，但今次係成張床唔系輪椅。姑娘幫我轉床，又幫我叫定嘢食。一直到 1 點先准食野同飲水。每個鐘頭檢體温同血壓。想瞓，但系 1 我卧瞓系瞓唔到，2 我懷疑係止痛藥令我覺得心跳好強烈 (應該係血糖低)。不過姑娘幫我量又無事。但系就感覺到某啲位「噗噗•噗噗」咁。由手術到走得需要 6 個鐘。

埋單要$25,xxx.。最主要系 operation fee $10,000，手術室材料費 $5,xxx，麻醉師 $3,xxx，手術室費 $2,xxx。

*** 記得帶衛生巾！

Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6_Yb8ad_9g
www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/test_procedures/gynecology/loop_electrosurgical_excision_procedure_leep_92,P07780/

How to Store Leftovers Reusing Containers

Put the leftovers in a container (from the lasagna* I love) in a bowl of cold water t cool it down quickly. Since the container store heavily stained tomato sauce, I assume it is stainproof. But you can't really tell since it's black. Also, it is microwavable; hence, will be easy to use microwave to defrost. Cover with a little piece of aluminum foil. Write down the type of food on a little piece of paper and store together in a ziplock bag. The bag can then be reused without cleaning. Store in freezer.

*Keep the paper package like this lasagna. Can be reused for cutting vegetables over a chopping board to prevent cutting the board.

Homemade Preserved Chopped Garlic

First seperate into cloves and chop the head off.

Put it in the garlic skin rubber peeler (found in Jusco $10) and roll with a little pressure.

The skin will automatically be seperated with the flesh.

Remove the sprout inside.

Chop with a chopper (around $100 in Wing On Department Store or Japan Home).

To remove the odor, rub fingers with a stainless steel spoon with detergent for 1 minute.

Mix the chopped garlic with olive oil and jar them in a reused container from Amoy or Lee Kum Kee. Keep in a fridge and can store up to a month! What you see in the picture contains 2 heads of garlic.