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That day, she married his neighbor. He lost his front teeth while playing with the other kids in the small and tranquil villiage days ago.

Seeing she sitting in the bridal sedan chair, he was as curious as the other kids who wanted to see how the bride was like. At the same time, he also wanted the bride to touch his chin so that his front teeth could grow out sooner. There goes an old saying in his villiage that if a kid loses his front teeth, he has to ask for a bride in his

21 Oct.: イギリスは各員が義務をつくすことを期待する。

　　　　England expects every man will do his duty.

          --- Horatio Nelson(1758-1805) died on 21 Oct.

20 Oct.: 子供の教育は過去の価値の伝達にはなく、

　　　　未来の新しい価値の創造に在る。

　　　　　The object of the education of children lies not

in communicating the values of the past,

but in creating new values of the future.

          --- John Dewey(1859-1952)born on 20 Oct.

19 Oct.: 病気で寝ている時にはいつもとても暖かな日和である。

　　　　　‘Tis very warm weather when one’s in bed.

          --- Jonathan Swift(1667-1745)died on 19 Oct.

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Nikita's 9 Letters to Captain X...(1)

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Addition:Nikita's 9 letters to Captain X...Series 3

             Nikita's 9 letters to Captain X...Series 2

             Nikita's 9 letters to Captain X...Series 1

Dear Captain,

Oh, I am so tired now. I was the bridemaid for Fay. She married Jun, the soldier I mentioned to you before. It was a peculiar wedding which was full of local characteristics.

Fay wore a set of red Chirpaur. When the groom went to the bride's home, he had to give the bridemaids red envelopes filled with money or the girls wouldn't him in. I got the lucky money as Fay's bridemaid. When the bride arrived at the groom's home, she had to Jump a brazier at the gate. The groom part played r

International Translation Day is celebrated every year on 30 September on the feast of St.Jerome , the Bible translator who is considered the patron saint of Translators.The celebrations have been promoted by FIT (the International Federation of Translators ) ever since it was set up in 1953. In 1991 FIT launched the idea of an officially recognised International Translation Day to show solidarity of the worldwide translation community in an effort to promote the translation  profession in diffe

Three cups of coffee for a sleepless night,

Tons of paper works scattered all around you

24 hours of computer works

The clock that warns us in every sound it makes;

“Time is running and deadlines are coming”

Exams, research paper, Internship, projects, and even your professors

What else can you ask for?

I want to outburst what’s circling on my mind.

I want to break free.

The moment of truth that cannot be outcast

That’s a part of the system that will never last.

Like a sunset that slowly hides down

And my

Dear Captain,

How I wish I am now on your ship and listening to your adventurous stories!

It's a lonely New Year Holiday. Mom and dad has gone to visit Mount Tai. They asked me to go together with them, but I thought I should give them their own space. I am so happy they can be together again after years' apart time.

I wanted to visit Ling, but I thought during such a holiday, they may be enjoying the family happiness. I am left alone. Yeah, don't worry, I am not sad. I can write to you still. I ca

This writing challenge is based from an article Organic Foods Have Same Nutritional Value in Listen to News : dateline September 4, 2012

Discussion Question: Do you choose organic food over non-organic food at the grocery store? Which types of food are you most careful about buying?

I believed in order to answer the discussion question, first we really need to fully understand the meaning of 'organic'. In this term, 'organic' means the way that agricultural products are farmed and processed. In or

This is old subject which always new for me. Who can show me the best method to learn english at this site " EnglishClub". Everyday, I often surf this site to learn, but I realize that my english has not still improve comparison with the previous time. I have spent time to learn English but it is not effect.

Today like as the previous day, I enter to the EnglishClub site and try to the new manner of myself that everyday I will apply an idiom into Idiom of the day in this site to write a essay. Fo

I mentioned in the first part that I’m neither an Islamic scholar nor a preacher, but I’m presenting my view and you have the right to agree or disagree with any or all of it.

EC is an amazing world that gives us a great chance to improve ourselves.In EC we can enrich our English and improve our communication skills. In addition, we can exchange our ideas, views and experience.

Exchanging our ideas and views is a wonderful advantage but at the same time it could be a devastating disadvantage if w

Year is passing so fast and after some hours will come the next month, October. Here in my country October is the second month of autumn. 

It's a period of change, and passing from summer to autumn sometimes brings bad emotions. But I think that autumn and october gave our lives another taste. Despite all i'm happy that i live in a world where there are octobers :). I love the crisp Autumn air and the gorgeous colors. 

The 10th month of the year is an outstanding one 

In the Georgian calendar, the

 While you are reading these lines, the challenge is that don't allow the depths to permeate to your soul.    They answer in the eloquence of one of the deepest questions of our life.

  Did God create evil acts?

A university professors challenged his disciples this question:

Is God the creator of all that exists?

One student replied in courage, yes.

Professor repeated the question: Is God the creator of all things?

The student replied: Yes, sir, God, the Creator of all things ..

Here professor said: As

Dear friends, on September 30 is International Translation Day. I think we all are related to this holiday as we often  have to translate something from our native language into English and vice versa.

The celebrations have been promoted by the International Federation of Translators ever since it was set up in 1953. In 1991 FIT launched the idea of an officially recognised International Translation Day to show solidarity of the worldwide translation community.

 International Translation Day offe

here I am playing your songs of love

in the loneliest of the night

you give me warmth.

I can wait forever for that someone

Who believes in me.

Someone who will take me just as I am.

When the world seems to turn around

You make me believe in the power of love.

Your voice is so clear to my ear

That it draws me near.

Now and forever I will take chances

I might be scared but I’ll be willing to learn

So long as your music lives on.

I might be lost in love and I might have to say goodbye

Still I will be thankful be

Each night I wait for the moon.

Why can’t it be full so soon?

I’ll look up to the sky

Wondering when will I fly?

Nights go by and sometimes dark

Not even a star would shed a spark.

I pray for the rain to go

Let the winds carry the cloud with each blow.

Then behind them the moon stared.

A smile is all it took to disappear.

Throughout the night I felt at ease.

Each night I will wait for the moonlight.

By the time it’s full again, that I wouldn’t miss. #

The lotus and moon

In the darkest hour of the night

Two things shine brightest

The lonesome moon glows above

The white lotus in the bog. #

on the west wing of the castle

inside the master's room

lies a sturdy table

with a pink rose in bloom.

a beast watches over the fragile rose

cared for it so much

that it hurts

because he does not hold the sands of time

and as each petal falls

so does his chance.

the chance to tell that he values it so much

even though the rose is untouched.

the rose has its thorns, yes -

but she cannot change things for the beast's sake.

the stone and the glass

as the rose and beast are called.

yet the rose declares she's not!

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men seek silence in their lowest times

times when they are burned out from the noise

noise that overpowers the silence

silence - taken for granted, ignored.

ignored by eyes who look but don't see

see the comfort revealed by presence

presence that only few can hardly find

find its value until it is gone.

gone in the moment are coward men

men who get uneasy and resign

resign from clamor and search for peace

peace which only silence can utter.

utter every quiet word you know

know that in their presence you have

When I was younger

My mother would tell me stories each night

About adventures

Of princesses, heroes, and knights.

I loved them so much I got hooked

I want to live in a storybook

Fighting side by side with soldiers

Slaying dragons and monsters.

It is a remarkable ending

If I can marry a king

Live in a palace uphill

Everything seems not so real.

What a wonderful life it would be

To live in a world so free

There’s nothing more to ask for

A life of happy ever after. #

 I dance with happiness and enthusiasm

On stage with light focused on my eyes

I don’t see them, I feel them

I hear their applause and excitement

They call my name.

The music goes on

I hold on to the canvass, swinging back and forth

Flying through the air, landing on my foot.

The music died, lights turned off, chairs empty

I walk down the stairs, silence broken by my footsteps

Put off my mask and make up, my dress and my name.

The real dancer revealed, a scar on the face

Bleeding hands from hanging on the