The Front Desk Lady

by Dominik Schneider, J.J. Tang, and Eric Trapp

Every morning, every evening we walk through the main entrance in or out of school and do our thing, never even acknowledging the lady at the reception desk. Most of us have probably seen her while walking by, but do we know her name or who she is?

Her name is Xu Xiao Wen, but people usually call her Bonnie. She was born in Suzhou on December 7, 1985. Bonnie is single. She enjoys her work and social life. When she’s outside of school she likes to watch movies, hang out with friends, or go shopping.

At work one of her best friends is the second receptionist, working next to her – Yuki. This makes work less stressful, since she’s working from 8 to 5, and only has free time at lunch. During that time she usually walks around school with her friends, chatting.

On weekends Bonnie likes to watch movies—mostly comedies or action films, but a little bit scary isn’t bad either. Music is important to her as well. Bonnie likes to listen to hip hop, rock, or pop. Her favorite singers and bands are Avril Lavigne, Linkin Park, and recently, Lady Gaga.

Luckily SIP has changed a lot since she’s been here. Transportation has improved. There are more facilities, and the shopping malls are especially great. Her favorite shopping mall is “In City”.

If she won the lottery, she would immediately stop working here, buy a lot of apartments for investments, and enjoy life. She would probably do a lot of shopping as well, or maybe a travel around the world. Her dream vacation would be in Paris or Japan.

This is also her life-long dream, to have a happy life, and apparently Bonnie hasn’t let go of that dream yet. She seems to be enjoying life. At school there hasn’t been anything especially funny, though. Too much work! Bonnie gets annoyed at the kids who go to the Apple help desk to play games, who take off their shoes so that the hallway smells bad afterwards, or who are extremely loud.

As a student she was in school she was work hard when school was in session, since she had summer and winter vacations to play and mess around.

Bonnie is a pretty fun person and very nice. During the short interview we had with her, we learned a lot about her life, and discovered that she’s worth some attention when passing by. A little hello and a friendly smile, that’s all you need to do to make her happy.