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Today is the day of national mourning for Malaysia. Today we mourned for the victims of MH17. Today we received the 20 bodies of 43 Malaysians that had been repatriated from Holland. Today is a bitter sweet day for the families of the victims.

Finally, they welcome back their love ones to be properly buried. It's a bitter sweet because they had been advice not to open the coffins of their love ones, but at least they have some closure. Though answers are yet to be given to them, their agonizing w

Most of us struggle waking up early, and I'm guilty of it. I can't shake off the sleep and rising early seems impossible to me. I have to drag myself out of bed, rushing to get ready for work, and skip my breakfast because I'm late, as usual. And one of the worst things of being late is battling for rush-hour traffic everyday. So yes, I'm already frazzled rushed every time I start my day off.

I wanted to be an early riser. I want to witness the beauty of nature like seeing the sun rises and how t

I need your help. I am interested in where can I find Tv series with English subtitles? I can't find them on internet. Please, write links if you know them.

Today I would like to share something real, something about friendship you might come across over the internet, friendship which is worth it. 

Well,  I met her almost three years ago here on MY EC. I joined this website to improve my English skills since I was about to take Cambridge exam. I entered chatroom and noticed there somebody who totally differed fromothers, absolutely crazy and freaky girl. Even though I didn't know her, I was sure she is my "blood type" and we will be friends one day.

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If you want to know how many words in English you know, you should try the following test: 

http://www.engames.eu/vocabulary-placement-test-beginners/

"Baba Tahir Oryan" is a famous Persian poet who lived about a thousand years ago. Most of his life is clouded in mystery. He is well-known for his short poets (couplet) which are full of introspection and almost all of them bring new ideas into mind. As I like his poems, I translated four of them. I can explain the meaning if somebody is interested:

I am crying of both of the eye and the heart
Because what the eye sees, the heart remembers
I will create a knife, made of hard steel
I will cut the

If anything is positive, that will be good.
If anything is negative, that will also be good i.e. diseases of cancer, hepatitis B etc,
So think positive,
sometimes negative will also be  life's positive,
So surf good friends.

Hi everyone.

How to find a good partner to study English  i.e. before you accept anyone request, you must watch one's profile, English level, hobbies, taste of learning etc., then you decide whether one is suitable to continue or not.

___ Interesting facts and information about Georgia. ___

1. GEORGIA is a country in the Caucasus region of Eurazia. It borders Russia, Armenia, Turkey and Azerbaijan.

2. The capital of Georgia is Tbilisi. The name of the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi has been derived from the Georgian word for warm.

3. In 1991, Georgia gained independence from the Soviet Union. (Members of the former USSR were Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uz

A little bird was flying south for the Winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field.

While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on him.
As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to realize how warm he was.

The dung was actually thawing him out!
He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.

A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the

Learning is an art.

Any one can do it but with some systematic steps.

If you go for a highest point, you must construct the basics with strong hold.

If anyone wish to this voyage, you can add me.

I lied. I lied to you when I said I am not in love. I lied that I do not feel it. I faked it, and never put the real feeling in front of you. Don’t know, whether it was lack of courage or lack of understanding. What so ever it was, it was a blunder for sure. A blunder which has no redemption, it has only consequences.

In the walk of life, I met people and I lost them. They came like a day and went like a night. I can not remember them, because my memories are pre occupied by you. Everything, ever

Yesterday I taught english lesson for the seventh grader. It was class 7E at SMP BSS Malang, Indonesia. This is my first experience in teaching students in real classes, alone! When I come in front of the class, the students are so excited. One of them even said to me, "C'mon, miss.. come in.. teach us english!". :D I was so glad knowing that. They are really good students. They are quite active, smart and nice students. I was teaching them about how to introduce themselves. Before yesterday, I

Dear friends! I think you all heard about the recent Russian so called humanitarian convoy (according to Putin!!! What a suitable word!) of 280 trucks that were sent to Ukraine on Putin's own initiative a week ago. This action hadn't been coordinated either with Ukrainian government or with The Red Cross. Just look at them! Do they look like a peaceful mission? As a matter of fact, these are the military trucks painted white and soldiers disguised in some strange uniform. It is not only well-kno

People who are reading this may be very good in etiquettes ?

Those may be aware about etiquettes but least bother about it?

 What does etiqueetes means good manners which are taught to us since our childhood at home by our parents to wash hands  before after every meals, staying tidy, wearing properly, and seating after cleaning the dirty place.

Guys even you have observed the animals like seating on the place after cleaning it.

We are worst then illterates if we don't know how to use toilets i

Writing Prompts ~ Apostrophes

Hey Brian

Our graduation party's weekend is just around the corner! I hope you are remembered that I need you to bring me till Thursday from Marc's grocery store some indispensable items, so that I can make a tasty dinner for us and our closest university's colleagues. It's been one week I've been thinking about what topic to choose for our party. In fact, it's crossing my mind several things and it seems like I can't decide a proper theme for it. I'm gonna surely nee

It's a gloomy Monday evening and I can sense the scent of moisture in the air. Here it rarely happens to rain in such a summery day. My friend replies to me it's possible but not probable. I murmur it's also probable!

I say goodbyes to my friend and take my path to the other side of the town, where I'm going to play basketball. Yet I'm not far away that I feel the hit of the first drop to my face. Each step I take the rain intensifies and the world seems more ambiguous behind my glasses. The side

I've recently published an eBook that shows you how to correct a lot of the mistakes you've most likely been making: "Speak and Write Like a Native: 110 Things You Need to Know About English" ( http://www.abetterpage.com/ESL/ESLbook.html ). It's available for $2.99 USD and equivalent currencies at the Apple iBookstore, Amazon Kindle Books, and many other online retailers as well. If you're a student of English as a Second Language, you really should get this eBook: it contains most of the things

(from my e-book, "Speak and Write Like a Native: 110 Things You Need to Know About English")
7) Pronunciation of “-ed” endings:   The past simple tense and past participle of all regular verbs end in -ed.  ESL students very often pronounce this ending as a separate syllable, but in many cases this –ed ending is not pronounced as a separate syllable.
 
The rule here is:
Verbs ending in “t” or “d” ( “want”,  “treat”,  “sound”,  “end”,  “add”, etc.)  gain a syllable when put into the past tense:
“