The assistant and the teacher

"Christmas" Party

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December 19th 2005
We kind of had a "Christmas" party last night. It was fun, although I had to come late since I worked till 8:30pm last night. By the time I came Craig was already drunk and only an hour after I came everyone left. I felt a little bad because I'd invited Camillo to come and he came with two of the boys from the Salon but he came in the middle of us doing gift exchange (I got a chocolate Santa ba ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more