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a kid

running round

a tree

so big with branches

towering the house.

a second past.

the tree began to glow.

a million stars so low

hopping from each twig, each leaf.

the kid leaped.

a firefly was caught

put in a jar

and prisoner at last.

the kid was given his wish

granted at hand.

a firefly living in bliss

freedom its demand.

lights started to dim

a firefly weak of flying

a kid with a smile

turn to grimace.

In this blog, I just want to share with you some of more familiar and often used expressions. 

Did You Know?

1. October baby

When a person is said to be an October baby, it means that she/he was born prematurely; to be exact, she/he was born on her/his eight month. The origin of this expression was based on the meaning of October. October is the 'eight month' in the Ancient Roman calender. In the Ancient Roman, March; or it is called Martius back then, is the beginning of the year. Therefore, Octob

Dear Captain,

I went to visit Grandpa Lee again as I promised last time. He was happy to see me and talked a lot with me. But among all what he had told, he mentioned his grandson now and then. I can see his deep love to his grandchild.

He told me his grandson's name is Joseph Lee. When Joseph was born, Grandpa Lee flew to Sweden to visit him as well as his parents. Joseph came to China when he was three and stayed in China for half a year. Three years later, he visited China again with his parent

Today the 24^th of September 2013, it is my 29^th Birthday. People say that if a person will have full set of 32 teeth, she/he will possess blessing power. I count my teeth by my tongue and it is 31 and one is cavity. Among 31 teeth one is a pseudo crown tooth made up of material to make a China Cup.

            When I was a boy I had unusually large front teeth. They had become my identity. My friends used to tease me calling 'falike' which means having plank like tooth. In the village animals are

I think people everywhere dream about having lots of money. I know I do. I would give anything to make money hand over fist. I would like to earn large amounts of money. You could win a large amount of money everywhere through lotteries. People pay money for tickets with numbers. If your combination of numbers is chosen, you win a huge amount of money – often in the mil-lions. Winning the lottery is a windfall (a large amount of money that is won or received unexpectedly).
A few years ago, my fri

From the ancient Greeks and Romans to current day writers and professors have been debating about happiness. What makes someone happy? In what parts of the world are people the happiest? Why even study happiness? 

The Greek philosopher Aristotle said that a person’s highest happiness comes from the use of his or her intelligence. Religious books such as the Koran and Bible discuss faith as a form of happiness. The British scientist Charles Darwin believed that all species were formed in a way so

Dear friends weekend is here again. We waiting all the week for it and finally friday is here. I just want to share a nice song and wish for all of you Have a nice weekend because you deserve it.

It's a nice song from the band The Cure but I prefer much Bossa Nova ( is a well-known style of Brazilian music developed and popularized in the 1950s and 1960s) jazz version. Hope you'll enjoy it.

                FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flb0p2aUjUU

I don't care if Monday's blue

So, how do you sleep? The pictures and descriptions below would help you to tell me here what kind of sleeper you are ;)

TYPES OF SLEEPERS:

THE SIDE SLEEPER. Constantly flipping sides throughout the night.

STOMACH SLEEPER. Drool. And neck pain.

BACK SLEEPER. Higher chance and intensity of snoring.

THE TALL-GUY. Downside: Being tall.

THE FORCEFIELDER. The blanket doesn't actually protect you from monsters

THE PILLOW-ARMER. Losing all feeling in your hands in the middle of the night

THE FORTRESS SLEEPER (

Hi everyone! This month I am going to ask a big favour of all of you! In a few weeks, I am going to be doing a presentation about EnglishClub's Listen To News resource. I am going to show teachers how their learners can use this resource to practise listening, reading, writing, and speaking. During my presentation, I will show some examples of how MyEC members use this resource. We have some very creative learners and teachers, and I can't wait to show off your work! Teachers from around the wor

There are a large number of lists, I would like to change in my hometown. If we go through a scale of preference, the education is at the top of all. As there are two main resources, development of a country depends on, natural resources and human resources. How much the country is enriched with natural resources, but they, without human resources, may not be utilized properly. How can human resources be enhanced? Population should be equipped with quality of technical as well as academic educat

What is interesting in your life?

Do you want to be kind and gentle to everyone around you? Do you love reading? What's kind of books do you want to read?

Have ever you been in an adventure Journey?

The beauty of the heart
is the lasting beauty:
its lips give to drink
of the water of life.
Truly it is the water,
that which pours,
and the one who drinks.
All three become one when
your talisman is shattered.
That oneness you can't know
by reasoning

Dear Captian,

Today I went to do some volunteer work in a gerocomium with my classmates under my teacher's leadership.

I helped a grandpa massage his painful neck and listened to him. He has a son who lives abroad. He told me his son had asked him to live with them for many times since his wife passed away two years ago. But he refused. His son is an engineer and has married a foreign girl. So grandpa Lee doesn't want to interfere in their life. Yet he misses his grandson so much.

I think he is lon

This story is somewhat late in it's posting because my own thoughts and emotions needed to compose it properly. Honestly, It should have written it more than a few days ago. At least it's still September.

Our good EC friend (Helen) inspired me to finally write it.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was awakening to a fresh cup of coffee and simply watching the news before the day's work began here in California. Suddenly, it was interuppted by breaking reports that New York City was exploding

 Today, while rummaging through the drawers of my desk, I came across this witty grammatical pun:

We’ll begin with box; the plural is boxes,

But the plural of ox is oxen, not oxes,

One fowl is a goose, and two are called geese,

Yet the plural of moose is never called meese.

You may find a lone mouse or a house full of mice,

But the the plural of house is houses, not hice,

The plural of man is always men,

But the plural of pan is never pen.

If I speak of a foot, and you show me two feet,

And I give you a b

Writing Prompt: The first conditional is used to talk or write about real possibilities in the future. Review the rules for using first conditionals. Then pretend you are a parent who wants his or her kids to be behave for their grandparents on the weekend. Write a note to your kids. Offer some bribes for good behaviour.

Dear Baobao and Beibei,

Be good for your grandparents this weekend. If you are obedient to them, I'll continue my last story which you want to know the end for a long while. When

None of us wants to tell a lie even a white one but what's going on in our daily life really? Don't we really tell lies?! I think the answer is so obvious! ;-) Let me tell you a big big big truth: Scientists have discovered there are many kinds of liars existing on this planet. (Don't you think I'm one of them, Do you?) lol :-D Look at this:

One whose words isn't a truth and isn't a lie as well is a philosopher!

One who estimates the truth and the lie as the same is a flatterer!

One who gets mo