Dan joined the Young Pioneers, along with the rest of first grade.  Wayne did not join last year when he was in the first grade, but arrangements are being made.  Dan and Wayne are brothers.  Dan and Wayne are Japanese.  Hey, whatever burns your bridge.

The Young Pioneers oath was added to the <a href="chinabuzzwords/">Chinese Buzzwords</a> section.  In the process, I came up with a cool Microsoft Word macro called <a href="chinabuzzwords/Char2pinyin.txt">Char2pinyin</a> to turn Chinese characters into their pinyin, in conjuction with the <a href="http://www.mandarintools.com/cedict.html">cedict.gb</a> dictionary.

Class is suspended this afternoon because the entire school is watching the Chinese team World Cup soccer game.  Sweet!  My corduroy shorts came back from the tailor.  They are a little short, but that's ok because I bought more of the same material for a pair of long pants.