Lecturing at Soochow University has been a been a bit of hit and miss.

First, on Monday I fail to find my classroom. A map would be really handy honey. Jees I didn't know I know I would be lecturing at at Korean co-partner University, another Building, So whitey is wandering around around with books and pencils reared up to lecture about International trade, and its results.

Well, I gave A grade classses on wednesday and thursday. Friday was cancelled.

Uni provides Chalk, eraser and huge blackboard.

Bye from Jamieson, back to bed.

Left the Spider abruptly last friday, complex. Swung over back to Soochow University. Today was day 1 week 53, Back to University lecturing. Of course, I'd rather be at Kindy, with sweet, lovable kids. But huh, who is to complain ? 4 days a week. Stickers galore there. But here at University I have to don't do the David Copperfield. Entertain, amuse,fascinate and get them totally involved in the lesson. Exhaust them.

Turn lead into gold. Make statues disappear.

2 hours a day won't kill me. We might even have an A/V class with a written review of the plot. Dammit, then I have to mark them and hand them back in 2 days.

MacGyver. Why did he do that ? Why did he do this ? Why did he say that ?

University Advanced level is much more strict about semantics,idioms and so it should be.Variations of thought are more than welcome.They are encouraged.

Training Centres are just about running the red-backs through the counting machine. So long as I get paid..

Now I am back to 80% passion . Kindy would have me running at 110% passion as an educator.

Ah, China.

Oppportunities at your fingertips. Yours for the taking. Just do a GREAT job.

Do your best until your body gives up. I have seen it in 25 year old guys, 63 year old women, 45 year old guys (me). 22 year old guys.  It'll suck the energy out of you. Enough.

Jamieson

 Hah Hah.

Pushing the excellence envelope there. Jamieson is very familiar with High Distinction, as his private life indoors is High Distinction, but out there, in China, sometimes.... uggh.

IND11  Indonesian Studies 1A  UGD  2007 1  CDU  HD 
IND12  Indonesian Studies 1B  UGD  2007 2  CDU  HD 

HD = High Distinction (That is 90-100% on assignments honey)

Darlings, UGD = Undergraduate Degree.
CDU = Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory
HD = High Distinction (That is 90-100% on assignments)
1,2  = Study Periods 1 & 2

Jamieson is *rather proud* of this achievement.
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"Dear Jamieson and XXXXXX,

Jamieson, given your background I would have no difficulty with you enrolling in IND21 and IND 22 concurrently. Is this possible Pak XXXX?

However, as far as I am aware we are not offering any Indonesian language units in OUA SP 4, so you would need to wait until SP1 2008.

At some stage you may also want to consider our Graduate Diploma in Language at CDU which would allow you to get credit transfer for the OUA units you have already done, and continue on with advanced Indonesian language units.

Regards,
XXXXXXXXX

    Dr XXXXXXXXXXX
    Lecturer in Indonesian Studies
    School of Creative Arts and Humanities
    Faculty of Law, Business and Arts
    Charles Darwin University
    DARWIN NT 0909
    Australia
    Telephone: 08-XXXXX 7171
    Facsimile: 08-8946 XXXXX
    Email: XXXXXXXXX@cdu.edu.au

CRICOS Provider NO: 00300K "

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Next Challenge for the emotionally and isolated Australian in China :

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TAX INVOICE
Open Universities Australia
ABN: 97 XXX XXX 888 (Lucky number, eh ?)

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Invoice Number   : 300XXXXXXXX
Date             : 28-10-2007
Name             : Mr. Jamieson
OUA ID           : XXXXXXXX

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Unit                                                SP/SESS     Payment Method 
Cost
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PAC 10 Introduction to Asia                         SP4 07      FEE-HELP     
595.00
PAC 11 Globalisation: The Asia Pacifi               SP4 07      FEE-HELP     
595.00
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                                                 TOTAL OWING     :         AU$
1,190.00
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* Education courses are GST exempt, however late fees will attract GST.
(Goods and Services Tax)
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In Australia you can study at Tertiary Education Institutes gratis, ie. free, No Bucks up front. However, when your income reaches AUD $ 36,000 you have to repay the Government at 4% of your salary to cover your tuition fees until it is all paid back.

 In fact, if you study 2 Units per study period (4 per year) you get PAID by the Government just to go to University (or not go,do it at home - get stuff delivered to your doorstep). Fishing off the rocks - for me is good on 5 out of 7 days a week. I like fishing and I like :in-excess" on my MP3  while riding to work.

 (Introduction to Asia.....Oh, ah I have lived in Asia for... let me see... riffle through the passport(s) ....oh yes ! Magic Number ! 7 Years ! Wife seems to be non-Caucasian, nearly Caucasian with her beautful eyelids, eyelashes and rather large non-Chinese b..bs.

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Invigilators in China are another matter. I did rigorous examination Invigilation of students who were attempting to get access to Athabasca University, under the auspices of Suzhou University. I am "un-bribable".

Stick your money, your expensive cigarettes and your expensive Wine gifts up your ......arse.

Yeah,I was a strict prick.I expelled one student for inappropriate behaviour during the examination. It was messy.

I had to shout and tear up one student's exam paper in front of the other examinees.You're cheating ! That gets a collective gasp. Not good. It worked.

I did not want to do it,(I'm actually a nice, quiet gentle guy) but Athabasca University does have standards, I did my job, and acknowledged and performed my accountability according to those standards. Perhaps a little harsh, but if you don't do it... then they will all cheat.

If I rolled over, smiled, and said "It's OK, please continue cheating"... I would compromise myself in several areas. I would toss and turn in bed, my wife would innocently ask "What's wrong Honey, why can't you sleep ?"

Ingvilator discipline in China is on the decline, and MUST be reformed.

Fix it, F**k you.

You call you yourselves Teachers ? Lecturers ? Professors ? Educators ?

Academia requires innovative thinkers and Discipline.

Jamieson is below Bachelor Degree, but gets a 95% appoval rating from students, Threshold to Advanced Business - which involves :

"If you wished to expand your company to overseas markets, which country would you select, and why ?"

"What would your profit expectations be ? What if your market collapsed due to other foreign competition ? What if the Chinese Ren Min Bi (Yuan) was de-valued by 25%?  What would you do ?"

Vs:
(Oh, God, a Threshold Salon....Nooooooo)

W h a t   i s  y o u r   E n g l i s h   n a m e ?

W h e re  d o  y o u  l i v e ?

W h a t  is  y o u r  j o b ?

I know, yet another semi-qualified Teacher in China. Ah ain't a gum-chewing backpacker from North Dakota here for 2 months.

I have an offer to teach again at Suzhou University, and another offer to teach at an International kindergarten.

"Jamieson, as a successful contestant, choose envelope A or envelope B?   You have 20 seconds !"

Big J.





I certainly choose Envelope B. International Kindy.  

I like it when kids swarm around me and kiss me, hug me, when class is over. Yes, they do kiss me.

If you want, I will post a picture on this blog.

That makes my existence on Earth worthwhile.

How did you do to help humanity today, for tomorrow ?

I'm not kidding. Raw & Real emotion. If you are a Teacher, let's call that role "Helper".

Teaching English will empower *Chinese* children to do amazing things long after we are dead.

But I am still thinking about how to refine Rampart.  If you get it, you deserve it. Still considering multiple target data stream(s) and consolidating the target(s) as they arise.

Now, let's get back from instantly destroying things to innocent 4 year olds. Let's return to "Red, Blue, or Yellow ?"

"Open up, it's yummy" (spoon feeding children.) HAO! (Good)

Or we could grimly return to ripping apart aircraft drones and Infantry battalions destroyed by Rampart.

Jamieson has just received 2 books (books. yes)

"Journey to the centre of the Earth"  Jules Verne
"Peking Piknic" Ann Bridge

Jamieson certainly emulates "The Pretender" as seen on TV and DVD.

Jobs varying from Computer Programmer, Radar Terrain Following Technician for mach 1+ Aircraft, Miner of Antimony and Gold down in the dirt, University Lecturer,Kindergarten Teacher, Intelligence Specialist working for the Defence Signals Directorate, Chicken Processing factory "on the line" with an illiterate Afghan guy. Linguist (only 5 languages so far),fly a light plane ,Chop wood, make kindling, Call up and ask for a 19 litre bottle of water in fluent Chinese.

And get High Distinctions on every unit submitted to University. That gets a high ten hand-slap ! I am not in China just to sleep. Jamieson actually reads about stuff.

I can do anything. Except surgery.

I just want to play with little kids.... and listen to INXS on my computer device.

Jamieson

Mrs. Jamieson just got back from her All Expenses Paid Company sponsored jolly to Muggy Cambodia, Angkor Wat.




Oh, the hassle of choosing which pool to frolic in ..... 5 stars sweetheart !




As paradoxical as China. Hovel with Satellite TV, riverside !

Big J.

That's it in a nutshell.

I am So ANGRY that I didn't think of it years ago.

Fuck it. I spent hundreds of hours designing and perfecting a Vehicle Tracking system that could disable the vehicle on command. Dammit, I wrote the tracking mapping software, Base Station Software, Security access, client database, supervised development of the data repeater software, designed, refined and built all the radio modems, all integrated with GPS.

a. It got the nod (Formal, written and stamped approval) from the Malaysian Government, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications after we got type approval for the Radio Transceivers from Australia, the concept and operational licence. Got Radio Frequency allocation too. The demonstration was a resounding success in front of the Deputy Cabinet Minister.

I would now be a millionaire lounging in the Carribean but for the Asian Financial Crash of 1997. That just dried up production capital - to my fury.

Then I went ahead and built frequency hopping Laser fence systems. Had dozens of actually signed up contracts with clients but see point a. above.

Jails, Banks, housing estates.  After I blew their expensive infra-red beam systems out of the water they were astonished at how easy it was to sneak past them with a $10 Jamieson-made toy. Even dreamed up an anti-dig system for jails, linked to the Laser Fence.

Showed that too. Hyper-impressed. Signed Up.

No Asian Capital = no production.

Seems I am doomed to dreaming up mad Scientist devices that actually worked, prototypes worked fine. But never got really - anywhere, despite enormous potential.

At least I was paid a great salary to produce these gleaming devices, well fed, housed in a delightful condominium in Ampang Jaya, Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia with a pool, Guards and a tennis court for my time off. Client paid for everything. I mean EVERYTHING. Air Fares, Taxis, the works. Arcadian times.

Now, let's see if Rampart can produce a reversal of fortune.Rampart clones have already been patented by the likes of DREAD and METAL STORM.

However the inclusion of multiple additional data input streams, security countermeasures, the addition of a target assesment computer system with operator selected and/or automated options means that the concept of Rampart is head and shoulders above the 2 I mentioned, therefore worthy of a new patent.

Encrypted IFF transponders in aircraft to avoid friendly fire. Encryption algorithms changed every 12 hours. 

SIGINT  (Signals Intelligence) will have a hard time keeping up with that. Especially when I write software to change the algorithims at random times at my whim, recognised by Rampart. Or perhaps multiple encrypted algorithms sent by UHF transponders.

Ah, hah ! You yell. Jamming !

Yeah, Wide-band Jamming from LF to SHF.

Laser jamming ? What kind of laser ? What algorithm ? What code ?

Rampart will use a new and as yet un-disclosed pellet feed system.

Multiple destruction-redundant target data feed systems is just one of the new elements.

I'll develop the weapon and write the software.Myself.

I am sick of teaching English to Beginners. However I do have a passion for teaching, but I feel my potential is grossly under-utilised.

It was never my desire to develop military weapons. Of course I have fired military weapons in the callow innocence of youth at 17 and again on a refresher course at 22.

I believe that Rampart has the capacity to instill so much fear into enemies of democracy that cease-fires would be almost automatic. A counter-attack on Rampart would be futile, suicidal. Imagine killing 500 enemy soldiers in 17 seconds.

The Koran says that if you kill one person without justification then you have killed humanity, and if you save one person, you have saved humanity.

If Rampart saves even one innocent civilian, then I can sleep peacefully.

Rampart is a concept weapon. It can become a reality. Dreams and designs can be fleshed out into reality. I have proven that twice.


NEVER, EVER understimate Jamieson. He's not the meek and mild mannered guy that you know. You never know what's going through his mind as you smoke and chat with thim.

J.