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First of all, happy new year. It's been a while since I write and post any blog in here. I was struck with laziness virus. LOL. Anyway, in this blog, I want to share with you my Australian Diary. It will be a series of blogs, and I hope you will enjoy reading it as I was enjoying my journey through Perth.

I went to Perth, Western Australia from 29th December 2013 and 4th January 2014, well, technically maybe until 3rd January 2014.

Day One - 29th December 2013

My flight was scheduled at 9.30 am. I

 Now I understood! = Any word never stands alone!  It is always bound to another word, like a magnet!  We must remember this when we are trying to make a sentence.

Example: "Water" is a simple liquid idea... and... suddenly it can change to  a huge  "Waterfall" or a tiny "Raindrop".

So, let's practise "How to use Chunks of Language" in order to memorize any new word. I will study it from EC-Vocabulary-Collocations: Visit the site: 

http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/collocations.htm

Discussion Question: As the society develops, a large number of single older women emerge. Usually these women are well educated, have good jobs and taking appearances. Yet they are called "Leftover Lady" in modern China. What do you think of "Leftover Lady"(LOL)? What makes them leftover? Do you accept "Blind Dates"?

Ministry of Education promulgated 171 new Chinese words in August, 2007, among which "Leftover Lady" is included. Leftover Lady is a girl who has passed so-called marriageable age a

When all is said and done, 365 days of existence is merely a blink in God's eye. Scientists try to prove and count the seconds while the faithful rest assured that time doesn't matter.

Whatever your opinion is regarding the subject, time still passes. We're all born with a sense of optimism and hope. Some of us grow into adulthood while raising children. A few choose other paths while pursing fantastic careers. Many are caught somewhere in between those two scenarios for a brief moment. In the en

During Chinese National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival in 2012, CCTV [China Central TeleVision] launched an interview program. The jounalists from CCTV went to grass root and asked many of them a question "Are you happy?" This question became a hotly debated topic overnight.

Mickey also watched some of the interview videos, among them some were funny but bitter. The rapidly developing economy brings people better life than before, meanwhile causes people heavier pressures. I was thinking about that

Dear Hero R,

You haven't been here for a long time, yes? Where have you been hiding, Sir? Can I tell you that I am missing you, so much?

Did you have a nice Christmas? Did Santa visit you? How's your first lady? Do you still keep making coffee for her everyday? Please send my regards to her. ;-)

Is there freaking cold? I guess so, hehehe, what a silly question! What time is it now? Have you had your lovely lunch yet? Do you cook?

Hero R, 2014 is around the corner, do you have any new year wish or pl

On my way to my brother's house on Christmas Day, I checked my phone, and found an email from MyEC's video mod Robbie! As many of you know, Robbie lives in the Philippines. None of us had heard from him since early November when Typhoon Yolanda hit his country. We sent messages and worried and prayed. We also worried about Lynne, another active member of MyEC who has been with us since the very beginning. I cried tears of joy to receive the news on Christmas Day that Robbie was okay. The next

The year 2014 is the year of a Horse according to the Chinese calendar. I am not going to tell you anything about the Chinese zodiac, let ⊱ Mickey ⊰ tells you about that, but I want to share with you some facts and maybe folly facts about horse. We have to admit that a horse is really one of the most elegant and magnificent animals. 

Did You Know?

1. Idioms/Phrases/Proverbs related to horse

A horse plays an important role through out the history of human kind. They had been domesticated for over 50

Listen To News: Chinese Probe Makes Lunar Landing ~ 17 December 2013

Discussion Question: China has been investing a lot of time and money into its space program in recent years. Do you think this sucessful Chinese landing will cause the US to put more focus on  future lunar missions?

  Considering that China always was a counterpoint for  USA, I think so, I think USA will be a a bit jealous of another nation set foot on Moon before some years it has itself. On the other hand, I don't believe USA

  Hello guys, this post I will try to gather all the topics proposed by teacher Tara in her blog "Do You Like Facebook? Let's Blog About It" in just one post. So, first of all, I want to thank teacher Tara for always bring us  supporting activities in order to improve our   ability of expressing our opinions and thus written skills at the same time. Thank you teacher!

  I'll answer the following questions along my text:Do you love or hate Facebook?Explain your reasons; What do you typically use F

Well if you compare now to 100 years ago, we have come a long way. I feel pretty good that we will have flying cars. I predict that the world will have a global economy rather than each country individually, we may even have an Earth president, rather than individual country leader. We will probably have colonies on other planets. TV's would be replaced with halo-gram projectors. The flying cars will get 100 miles per gallon of water, since we won't be using gas anymore -:)

What do you think will

In this blog, I want to share with you a few idioms/phrases related to gold. Did you know:-

1. The Midas Touch

The meaning of Midas touch is to have the ability to be successful, especially the ability to make money easily. The idiom of Midas touch is originated from the story of King Midas. It was an ancient Greek story. King Midas had a lot of gold and good fortune. But he never satisfied with what he had. The more he had, the more he wanted. He stored all his gold in a vault, and he would count

EnglishClub's Facebook page received its 100,000th like yesterday! This is a huge milestone. EnglishClub has been on Facebook since 8 July 2009. You can look through our Timeline to see some other fun Milestones, such as the date EC was born.

Some of EC's members love Facebook. Others hate it. Others liked it in the past, but now prefer other social media sites, such as Google +,  twitter, or even MyEC! Some of our members are denied access to Facebook due to government restrictions. We are happy

This a continuance of my previous blog, Amazing Places in Malaysia - Part I.

In this second part of Amazing Places in Malaysia, I want to introduce to you to three amazing islands in Malaysia.

1. Tioman Island

Tioman Island is a small island in the South China Sea, about 32 km off the sea coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Tioman Island looks like a sleeping dragon. This is because according to a legend, a Chinese princess was on her way to Singapore and decided to stop and rest at a calm and warm water

MY RESPECTS TO ALL GREAT LEADERS,

Hello members,

Today, I woke up with a news about Nelson Mandela who was very unique person, leader, hero and so on, you will also find a lot of tittle for him that he deserved entirely.

Chose whichever title but the fact that after 27 years in prison, he became a leader for his country. What an impressive situation, isn't it ? Can you ever imagine ? How he has a fighting spirit !!!

Let's remember, what words come to our minds, when called Mandela, apartheid and the

When I wrote my blog "Did You Know? - It's The Greek's Flavour", I found out that there were many more English words originated from the Greek mythology. Therefore, I want to share a few more of those words.

Did You Know? :-

1. Morphine

The word morphine, the drug that make someone in a dream-like state, was originated from Morpheus. Morpheus was the Greek God of Dreams. He had the ability to take human form and appear in people's dreams as suggested by the word 'morphe'. 

The Dream World of Morpheu

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

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

Nikita's 9 letters to Captain X...3c

Nikita's 9 letters to Captain X...4d

Nikita's 9 letters to Captain X...5e

Nikita's 9 letters to Captain X...6f

Nikita's 9 letters to Captain X...7g

Nikita's 9 letters to Captain X...8h

Nikita's 9 letters to Captain X...9i

Addition: Nikita's 9 letters to Captain X...Series 5

              Nikita's 9 letters to Captain X...Series 4

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

My dear Friend what I'm trying to tell you is that you always gonna find hurdles and your motivation will get down, but that's not the problem, the problem comes when you stay in that state, but if you keep going no matter what you'll see little advances maybe you won't notice those because they are subtle but then there are moments you see those changes those improvements like giants is like magic, what is going on is that your brain needs lots of time to adequate the neurons that acquire, that

Interesting Facts In Easy English: "Serendipity" Is Difficult To Translate

Discussion Question: What word in your language is difficult to trasnslate into English, and why?

  What first came to my mind when thinking about this question was the Portuguese word "saudade". Without a shadow of  doubt that word is the hardest word to translate into English. It is always mentioned when touching topics related to difficult words to translate into another language, mainly English.

  You know, "saudade" is