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Life is a book in chapters three

The Past , the present and the Yet to Be,

The past has gone, it could not stay,

Its in your dreams of yesterday ,

Remembered , sometimes for its sadness ,

But also for its joy and gladness.

Live for the present , Live for today ,

So quickly does pass away .

Help one another along lifes path,

cheer them up , and make them laugh ,

For the past it soon will be ,

So live it now , its yours you see

But what about the Yet to Be ?

Its locked away,... God holds the key.

Hi everyone!

This started out as a Forum post, and after receiving a great suggestion by one of the readers I thought I might as well write a Blog about it. So here I am :)

My name is Heidi and I’m one of the teachers behind www-really-learn-english.com.

We have been working on a collection of stories and worksheets for ESL teachers and learners and thought that we might share it here with the readers and get your feedback on them!

This collection of ESL worksheets provides 4 illustrated stories for

The Beautiful Story of a Friendship.

On May 9, 2007 in the mountains of northern Albania, a wolf was captured and put in a pen. To feed him, his captors decided to give him a "live food", an old donkey who, exploited for many years by its owners, had become worthless. But what happened? The two became best friends. Their amazing story became public and 12.000 people had written to the government of Albania asking that the life of donkey be spared and the wolf released to the wild. Even the Albani

[ In Dr. Drakhshan's class ...... Suddenly his cell phone rings ]

- "  Hello, honey ! how r u ? ....... 

Aha ! Ok !... I'll buy that on the way to home.... " [ then hangs up ]

" He was my 4 y.o son... We've got a serious problem about him: can not speak Persian coz we've spoken with him in English,only and we don't know what to do for his school!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "

What have u done to that boy, man ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

U've replaced English instead of his mother's tongue

You know what they say about mistakes. Everybody makes them and you are no exception. Of course you will do what you can to avoid making a serious error, but sometimes they happen anyway. While your instinct may be to run away and hide, that is actually the worse thing you can do. Admitting your error, finding a way to fix it or at least taking an action that lessens its effects, will help restore your reputation.

It's important to accept responsibility for mistakes you may have made. Don't argue with the person who's correcting you, even if you think they're mistaken. Just say okay and that you'll pay closer attention to it in the future. You're not admitting fault, but you're not making an enemy either or being viewed as a difficult person.

This blog is an answer to Junco's Photo Challenge; September # 2 - Must Eat Dishes. Malaysians' favourite past time is eating, thus we have so many 'must eat dishes'. In addition, Malaysia is a melting pots of so many races and cultures and it reflects in our food. 

The 'must eat dishes' in Malaysia are:-

1. Satay

Satay is a skewered meats grilled on an open fire. The meats can be chicken, beef or other types of meats, but chicken satay and beef satay are still the most popular satay. Satay is serv

The United Nations just released its second World Happiness Report, which ranks countries according to happiness levels. Nordic countries are at the top this year, while the U.S., Egypt, and Greece are all more disgruntled than they were in years past.

Full report at: http://goo.gl/Jdav6v (full ranking on pages 23, 24 and 25)

Hello everyone! I want to share some strategies I use when learn English especially speaking. There are more strategies in another English skills like in Listening, Reading and Writing. For now let me write about speaking first. I wish you like it, enjoy ….

In speaking

Cognitive strategies

1.    I  use rhymes to remember new English words

2.    I try to remember new English words by pronouncing them

3.    I speak a word or sentence several times to remember it

4.    I try to learn a new pattern by mak

   I didn’t use to like sports – any kind of sports, even the lightsome easy one. Truly, I – a grade-eight student that time - was once attracted to some famous handsome footballers when the 2002 Word Cup tournaments were broadcasted on the national channel. I followed all the matches in which my idols played. I call “idols” coz there were some of them I crazily dreamt of, namely Casillas (the gold-keeper of Spain), Raul (the striker of Spain) and Klose (striker of Germany). My heart got sunshin

Dear Captain,

Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to myself also! Did the sea gulls celebrate your birthday with you? Did the fish comfort your stomach? Did the wind take my wishes to you?

I really enjoyed a good day, and I should thank Fay so much. She took a lovely cake to my school. What's more, she found a boyfriend who is a cook. I am happy for her happiness. They gave me a big dolphin doll, even taller than me! I love it.

Captain, I have prepared a present for you. Do you like origami? I ju

An American farmer smelt a strong smoke; he opened a channel for local news radio. He knew that had caught fire a few miles away of his home. Caught in the vast fields of wheat, before fully maturity of about two weeks.
He knows that once caught fire at this time, it's difficult to control
it. It will burn tens of square miles of wheat cultivation. The man also knew that wind moving fire toward his field.
He began to think so "what do I do? Necessary for the fire will catch the fields, home crash,

Noa’s post about that lovely Malay legend  fired my envy to such a great extent that I decide to post a fable which my Mom told me in my early teens.  Here I feel obliged to warn the readers that this fable has its roots in the old Persian legends and myths, which my Mom translated form Farsi into Polish and as time went mercilessly by, most words faded out in the haze of distant days, and only the main thread remained vivid in the eyes of my mind, therefore I shall take the l

Three things in life that are never certain Dreams Success Fortune

Winning caption: "Dad!! I need a bigger bottle :D"   by Junco.

Thank you so much for all your participation! See you next time!

Learn more about Wordless Wednesday and how to write an interesting caption please click here and here. 

Dear Captain,

Oh, what an exciting day! I can enjoy another 3 years' campus life again! I have passed the post-graduate entrance examination. My new school is far from home. But don't worry, it is not a strange city for me since it is Fay's hometown!

After this summer, I will fly there and start my peaceful campus life. I'll continue my instrument learning and write to you. My major is nursing. After graduation, I will work in the gerocomium. I chose the major by myself.

Captain, can I ask you a qu

Recently I read in a book written by a Professor of English that the question tag for Let me read the letter is shall I? I would like to know whether any Englishman agrees with this. What I have learnt is that will you? should be used with the above sentence.

Every one want to live with pleasant a luxury life. For this he work day and night and some time even ignore his best one in his life. Some time he reach at the top but he lost many thinks i.e love of mother, father brother and sisters or even wife and children.

On the other hand there are a lot of people they enjoy there life so much that they demage the life of his best relatives as will and the end he has nothing for his children or wife

In this blog, I want to share with you another famous Malay legend/myth. It is called 'Puteri Gunung Ledang' which literally can be translated as The Princess of Ledang Mountain. 

Princess of Ledang Mountain : Part I

Ledang Mountain is located between two states in Malaysia, Johor and Melaka. Legend has it that until to date, this mountain is being guarded by the legendary Princess who is a fairy.

According to the legend, Sultan Mahmud Syah, the eight King of Melaka was in a deep mourning due to th