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Dear Captain,

My roommate got a pet last Saturday from the street. It is a homeless dog. They named it "Halo".

Halo is getting stronger than before because they feed it with a lot of food. I admit it is a smart boy, as handsome and clever as Jingjing's dog. Its hair is so white, its tongue is so long, and its tail is so perky. Once see it, I will think of Jingjing.

At the beginning of this year, Jingjing got her dog from her daddy's friend. She loves it so much. She said except me that dog was her

There is a stereotype that takes for granted that a native speaker is by nature the best person to teach his foreign language. This assumption leaves little room for non-native teachers. But non-native teachers have some advantages which should be taken into account and they can make effective TEFL teachers.

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‘How can you claim to teach English when it’s not even your own language?’

In India, especially in Kerala (a state of India), people use the word headweight to mean 'arrogance'. But in real English, (in British English or American English) you will not hear or see such a word. Even in dictionaries you will not see this word. This word was coined by some Keralite by word-for-word translation of the Malayalam word (Malayalam is the native tongue of Kerala) thalakanam. In Malayalam thalakanam means 'arrogance'. Thala means 'head' and kanam means 'weight'.

When Islam rose up in arms in self-defence, Ibn Rawahah provided his service in all the battles: Badr, Uhud, Al-Khandaq, Al Hudaibiyyah, and Khaibar.

His perpetual slogan was these lines of poetry,

"O my soul, death is inevitable,

so it is better for you to be martyred."

He shouted at the disbelievers in every battle,

"O disbelievers, get out of my way.

My Prophet has all the excellent qualities".

The Battle of Mu’tah started, and, as we have mentioned, he was the third of the Commanders after Zaid

This is my old blog being republished here without any major changes, to add it in my blogs list. I am telling it to you for this reason that you may not be confused whether writing challenge of this month is my keychain or I have a dream(^_^)

WRITING CHALLENGES: MY KEYCHAIN

After dinner, I was lying on my bed and was falling asleep. Before going bed, I always put my key-chain on the table near to my bed. However, that time, it reminded me a writing challenge of this month given by the teacher, Ta

Dear Captain,

It has been a coon's age that I lost my dreams at night. But last night I had a weird dream. I can't tell it is a good one or not.

I remembered I was at a wedding. Whose wedding? I've no idea, maybe mine? I didn't know any of the guests who were at the wedding. I only knew myself. I didn't see the groom though, so I am not sure if I know him.

I guess the reason why I had such a dream is because Fay's wedding is close. But I also get an inspiration from the dream. I am decided to marry

Dear EC Members,

Though Noora is no longer a member of MyEC, I am sure many of you still remember her and her blogs. A little update I received today from her sister; 23 September 2013, Noora will be undergoing a lung transplant. I don't know the details and where she's going to have the transplant in Indonesia or Singapore. Her sister asked that all of you to pray for her. Therefore, just keep your prayers for our little sister Noora, and may she stay strong.

Thank you.

Noas (23.09.2013 - 17:23 Ma

GOD give me a life that at the death moment i wont regret on usulessness of one second of that.....

and give me a death that i wont be upset of it's vanity....

let me choose it my self but as u like.....

u teach me how to live....

i my self will learn how to die.....

from:doctor ali shari'aty

I wish the best for you ,my dear friend.
I said it is so hard to find the happiess like yours .
but you told me :no ,dear .you just need to meet a right one.
so ,I am waitting for you ,Mr.Right!

This is the continuance of my previous blog, A Malay Wedding - Part I : The Engagement. In this blog, I will share with you the wedding ceremony.

Part Two : The Wedding

Nowadays, the wedding food preparation mostly being prepared by a catering services. But in the villages, the food were still being prepared by the people of the community. Due to the fact that my niece's wedding was to be held on the third day of Eid, our second day of Eid was busy preparing last minutes preparations. In the early

Okay, this is another blog post just for fun. Hope you like :)

Oodles of fictional characters have fictional birthdays. Which one has yours?
Check it out in this site: http://www.buzzfeed.com/jenlewis/which-fictional-character-shares-your-birth

Hello! Before you roll your eyes with the title of this blog post, let me tell you that this is not a legit word. I innovated this acronym as one of my vocabulary learning techniques.

Vocabcuemery - means that it's time for me to learn new words using cue cards. Also, to jot down unfamiliar words or phrases as a vocab exercise.

This is a weird term, isn't it? As an English learner, it's essential to improve our vocabulary for every day activities. Even native speakers learn new words once in awhil

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..........While I was browsing the Net earlier, I came across this gut-wrenching story about a young girl, Sahar Gul who was sold into marriage at a tender age of 12. The article tells us about the horrifying experience the defenceless girl went through in the hands of her in-laws! Besides being left to starve, to our utter shock, she was chained in a basement and beaten with red hot iron pipes. Guess what? The gruesome torture didn’t stop there! They pulled out all her fingernails when she ref

As a child I dreamed to be? Oh God! I have a poor distant memory. I can't remember it. It seems I had no dream as a little Fahime because everything I wanted was being happy, riding my own tricycle, playing hide & seek, or... that was it, so simply. Maybe dreams came to my life when I was a teenager. I had a funny dream. I love football and I can remember obviously how I played it with my brother and his friends on our alley (we had no special field for our game). I took off my pink skirt and in

The happiest of people don't necessarily
Have the best of everything
They just make the most of
Everything that comes along their way.....

Yesterday I received an email containing some amazing shots of animals and I found it so wonderful then I decided to share them with you. I just hope you enjoy and like it. 

Look at them! Oh it seems the nature has forgotten to colorizing these animals! ;-)

Dear Captain,

Finally I learnt the reason Fay broke up with her first lover from another friend of ours. The cook didn't want to live with her brother and take care of him. But she has to take care of her brother for his mental disease. So...

Anyway it doesn't have any meanings to discuss this issue as she has found her new happiness. But I do care about her brother who has been suffering mental disease. When Fay goes out for work, he has to be locked in his room since their parents can't control

 Hello guys, proceeding my blog posts about the world of aircrafts I want to share with you this opportunity what hides behind the system of  slowdown of an airplane. As I'm not a technician for this area I'll try to explain for all of you the subject using the simplest way I can. So guys, pay attention and check out all the steps of this process  below.

 We can think about three systems which do an airplane stops. Commercial aircrafts have basically  three  slowdown systems: flaps, reverse thrus

Delicate You

The day has been so sad, no happiness today.

Until I saw her, the beautiful face that took me away.

Like a gentle flower, her smile, her laugh, her heart.

Emotions of many, indescribable like intriguing art.

No worries, no problems, crossed through my mind.

But the only image of her, who I thought, sweet and divine.

I was so happy, for when I saw her shine.

For I was sad, knowing, I could only see her for one time.

Cherish the moments, for only a short time to last.

Everlastings go swiftly, l

Music Is Me

Music is a passion

Music is my dream

Music is more important than it seems

It takes the pains

It takes the tears

It takes everything you've been hiding all these years

It takes it all

But you can't see

The importance it has for me

I won't show it

I won't tell it

For only the melody can sing it

Sing it loud

Sing it proud

Sing it when nobody is around

You love it

You keep it

Hoping one day you might be it