Sky Burial in Tibet

Tibetans practice several different forms of funeral: sky burial (or celestial burial), water funeral, cremation, interment and stupa burial. Which one is chosen depends on the wealth and social status of the deceased.

Sky burial is to feed vultures with the body of the dead. After vultures finish eating the body and fly into the sky, Tibetans think that the dead will go to the heaven. It is the usual means adopted to dispose of the corpses of commoners, and is not considered s

My sudden visit to my parents home

Today, I am in my parents home, sleeping there with my kids since yesterday.I free myself to express my feelings during this sudden visit. when my pregnant sister herself called me yesterday to invite and encourage me to leave my home for two days to join her in her visit to my parents home, I felt happy. The idea itself is good to act with no doubt. Because, I will go there to be with her in last days of her pregnancy. My kids enjoy themselves with their cous

Hi MYEC friends, in this very cold winter, all of us prefer hot sweet or drinks to warm our bodies. According to every nation and culture, there are a lot of kinds of hot sweet. Let's share them with each other. You don't have to make it if it's no time, just search about its photo from the net and post it here in photo gallery with descriptions. 

The required descriptions:

1- Its name.

2- Simple ingredients.

3- If there is any occasion to serve it.

4- It's main benefits.

My hot sweet:

Its name:

It is C

Hello everyone. 

Today I wake up in a sad and blue mood. I don't know why I am down; so I decided to reflect on that.

We are in a world that have created for us needs and dreams. Sometimes, those dream and needs are real but most of the cases, they are just: created. Who says that you need a cellphone with lots of app, who told you that if you are no success you are not gonna be happy. Who considers that happiness may be just found on material think. Sometimes, I say to myself. The inner part of a

Saint Sargis – The Holiday of Lovers in Armenia

Սուրբ Սարգիս. Սիրահարների տոն

Meanwhile the lovers all over the world celebrate the day of St. Valentine on February 14, in Armenia people in love have the holiday devoted to their patron, general St. Sargis. This holiday is also announced as the day of the youth blessing. It is celebrated 63 days before the Easter, on a Saturday between the January 18 and February 23.

Surb Sargis: Armenia marks its Valentine’s Day

Armenia marked the holiday of Surb Sa

I've decided to improve my pronunciation with help of teachers from italki, my favorite source of finding teachers :) 

And this morning I had a class about f a v sounds in cases when they go together in one word, like in words five, favor, fervent, fever, flavor. And I should say, as always it was fantastic. 

Except learning of how to pronounce sounds correctly, on my opinion, it's important to don't forget about your manner or style, and, of course, the content of your speech. And I think that yo

What does your handwriting say about YOU?

Hello dear EC lovers!

Do you think that you love EC?!

Well…

How much?!!

Let’s have a measure for it!

Have you ever seen these numbers inside your EC page?

For example in my page I have these numbers:

Blog Posts: 69

Discussions: 3883

Events:

Groups: 41

Photos: 11

Photo Albums:

Videos:

Let’s sum these numbers with each other, please:

69+3883+41+11= 4004

Wow!!

I love EC 4004!

4004…?

4004 meter?!!

4004 kilometer?!!!

4004 What?!

-Please select a UNIT for this lovely number :)

How about you?

How much do you love EC?

And

In life, it's my belief that the very best learners of good humor and comedy have earned their expertise through hardship, pain, and suffering. The death of a loved one, failed relationships, struggles with learning, etc..If you can't, or haven't experienced these life situations and learned to laugh, this post isn't for you. Please,.. stop reading now!!!

The overwhelmingly vast majority of people that I joke with on this site simply make my day with a shared chuckle over this "Information Super

WHY DO STARS TWINKLE :-

The scientific name for the twinkling of stars is stellar scintillation (or astronomical scintillation). Stars twinkle when we see them from the Earth's surface because we are viewing them through thick layers of turbulent (moving) air in the Earth's atmosphere. 

Stars (except Sun) appear as tiny dots in the sky. As their light travels through the many layers of the Earth's atmosphere, the light of the star is bent (refracted) many times and in random directions. This r

ELECTION

Before he passed away, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (radi Allahu anhu) consulted the senior Sahaba and elected Sayyiduna Umar (radi Allahu anhu) as the second Caliph of the Muslims.  

EARLY LIFE

He was the son of Khattab and is famous in Islamic history as "Al Farooq" or "One who Distinguishes between Right and Wrong." His acceptance of Islam is also very famous.  

AS A CALIPH

Sayyiduna Umar (radi Allahu anhu) was a very brave and straight-forward person. He was tough and uncompromising in Islamic pri

The most amusing and matched one are the same for this photo.

Caption: (the ducks were counted from the bottom to the top)

Find more about Wordless Wednesday please click here.

Hello Dear Friends!

Do you like to have a test about your handwriting and personality?

Then, why don't you   try Here and share the result with us here?!

I've done it just now, it is fantastic!

:)

P.S. This discussion was added by  Mahgol in Calligraphy Group on January 15, 2013 at 6:40.

Thanks dear Mahgol :)

My Real Nationality:

Dear MYEC friends, I'm so sorry to tell you that I'm not From Egypt. I'm from Damascus – Syria.  I'm not a cheater but somethings shameful happened with me that made me change my home country here in EC. First of all I wanna tell you that I can't bear acting like liars, I feel guilty when I see how all of you think that I'm Egyptian where I'm not. I didn't wanna disavow my home country, It's just a necessary reaction toward what happened to me, so read my story and understand

Have you ever been a leader? For example, have you ever been in charge of a group at school or been the captain of a sports team? If so, what challenges did you face as a leader?Think of a leader you admire. What makes this person a good leader?

Sweety had a great post about some gifts she received in January. She challenged members to share a photo of a gift they had received recently. Sahar shared a beautiful post with a collection of gifts. This inspired me to collect a few gifts that my family received recently. I have a little story to tell you about each gift in this collection. Please use the comments to take a guess about one of the gifts you see. Guess who it was for, who it was from, or why it was important to me or my family

Hello everyone. 

One issue that makes people say they haven't improve their English is time. I know that we live in a world that seems to go faster. However, we have to find time for everything we need to do. If our goal is to learn English, we need to set a regular time for learning, practicing and revising. I had said this before: at least 20 minutes a day is better than nothing at all. Hence, let's see some alternatives that you can use for practicing your English.

PODCAST.

Most of people have a

One of the famous Onna Musha (female warrior) known for her bravery and strength on Genpei War (1180-1185)..

The Tale of Henkei :

"..Tomoe was especially beautiful, with white skin, long hair, and charming features. She was also a remarkably strong archer, and as a swordswoman she was a warrior worth a thousand, ready to confront a demon or a god, mounted or on foot. She handled unbroken horses with superb skill; she rode unscathed down perilous descents. Whenever a battle was imminent, Yoshinaka