This blog is dedicated to my Grandiest Granny WMW and her torturing companion AH_TK. LOL. Don't ask me the story behind this dedication.
As part of my Did You Know? series, in this blog, I am going to dedicate in writing about idioms and phrases relating to punishment.
Did You Know Series:-
1. Did You Know? 2. Did You Know? - Continuation 3. Did You Know - Another Continuation 4. Did You Know - Not Another Continuation! 5. Did You Know? - Gosh! Will it Never Ends? 6. Did You Know? - Oh No!
Hi dear EC members . . .
Few days ago I lied on my bed and turned over pages of my childhood photo album, (u know, I do it rarely) it was amazing, I can't imagine how an infant grows up and becomes a kid, teenager, adult and even an old person... It's an incredible process.
Me: mom, can u believe ur little baby, I mean me, now is an adult, I'm 28 mom!!!
Mom: oh Fahim, it's a twinkling................. I'm remembering one day I embraced u (u were an 8 months baby) and our neighbors asked me abo
I love reading. As far as I can remember, I will always have a book in my hand where ever I go. I can even read when I was travelling either by bus or car, which most people cannot do because of the jostling about. But I have to admit, I do not like reading those inspiration or motivations books, self help books, or biographies. Most of the time, I just read fictions. So, maybe my bookprint is not as profound as some other members.
I used to read two to three books at one go and within a week, I
This week I came across an interesting section on the Scholastic website about celebrity Bookprints. Scholastic defines a "Bookprint" as "a list of five books that leave an indelible mark on our lives, shaping who we are and who we become".
Do you agree with Scholastic that "You are what you read"? I do. I also believe that books sometimes choose their readers.
This month I want to know which books have helped shaped you. We don't have to be celebrities for our bookprints to be interesting! Let'
I know you guys are counting the series, and thinking when this will end. So lets us count together, shall we?
Did You Know? series:-
1. Did You Know? 2. Did You Know? - Continuation 3. Did You Know - Another Continuation 4. Did You Know - Not Another Continuation! 5. Did You Know? - Gosh! Will it Never Ends? 6. Did You Know? - Oh No! Not Another One! 7. Did You Know? - Here Comes Another One! 8. Did You Know? - Another One?
1. Baker's dozen
Baker's dozen simple means thirteen, or someti
[REPUBLISHED POST]
How can we develop a real friendship?
First try to understand what is the meaning of real friendship!
THINK!
Clue for you:
"Some times heart can sees, What the eyes can't!"
I found a golden book which guides for build up a genuine friendship!
I like to share them with you.
If you want others to like you, if you want to develop real friendships, if you want to help others at the same time as you help yourself, keep these principles in mind!
1. Become genuinely interested
I got this picture from here.
I am a shy person. I had never sang before. However, from the birth of Karaoke Group, I sang. The funny thing is I do not even have proper voice to sing. I even hated to listen to my voice. Listening to my voice was frightening. However, I realized everybody has this feeling. No one likes to listen to his or her own voice especially on the Internet where everybody can listen to them. I tried to ignore this feeling and
My wife and I are moving to a different part of the world to teach.
We will be teaching engineers Advanced Business English, Academic English and Technical English in Japan.
Our home in Japan will have much lower temperatures than Saudi Arabia. It gets 4.78 meters of snow fall in an average winter.
We will live in the city of Aizu-wakamatsu. This is a very old city in the Fukushima Prefecture. I am including some photos from the Wikipedia Commons, such as the famous Tsuruga-jyo Castle.
I am also a
I have added a few idioms about monkey from my original blog, since there are a lot more and interesting idioms about them. The additional idioms are highlighted in blue font. LOL. I was writing this during the EC upgrading period. The chat had been disabled, of which was good for me. LOL. I have a better time in researching more obscure facts.
Did You Know? Series:-
1. Did You Know? 2. Did You Know? - Continuation 3. Did You Know? - Another Continuation
While skimming through my journal, I came across a lovely night that I had before the uprising taking place in my beloved country Syria. I'd like to share it with you.
Feeling very bored that I couldn't study nor do anything else, I proposed to my family to have a tour around Aleppo Castle. After some discussions, we set off to the castle. Horaaay!!! I was so excited and happy. You may be wondering why that much?!! Well, it's because this's my chance to meet some tourists and practice my English.
Another school year passed and the same questions cross my mind :
-How can we apply the four skills of learning English at schools ?
-How can we change the old ways to better ones if the number of the students is large and the textbooks should be finished during the school year ?
The teachers in most countries still practice the traditional teaching method which is :
"Chalk and Talk ".This phrase often used to describe traditional teaching. It describes the teacher in front of the group of learn
I was writing this fables because Bala asked me about cats' fables. Though this fables didn't give a good view for a cat, I like to share with all of you. This was a story about a cat and a tiger.
The Story of a Cat and a Tiger
Once upon a time, a cat and a tiger were the very best of friends. In fact, the cat was more of a teacher to the tiger. The cat would teach the tiger on how to hunt in the deep jungle. He also would teach the tiger to art of stalking its prey. The tiger was well know to hav
Hahaha .. you thought that I have had enough torturing you guys with all those obscure and maybe needless facts? You thought wrong. LOL. Here comes another one in the Did You Know? Series.
2. Did You Know? - Continuation
3. Did You Know? - Another Continuation
4. Did You Know? - Not Another Continuation!
5. Did You Know? - Gosh! Will it never ends?
6. Did You Know? -Oh No! Not Another One!
Did You Know?
1. Why happiness is always associated with animals?
There are many idioms/expressions
This story is nearly forgotten among the Malay children. It's not as popular as other fables that involves tiger, mouse deer or even crocodile. I still remember this story which I read when I was a small kid centuries ago. I was surprised that when I tried to find this story online, I hardly find anything about it. Therefore, I would like to share this story with everyone, to keep it alives.
When writing this fable, it reminds me of one EC Member that I always teased by calling him "Python". I do
The most beautiful thing in the world, I believe, is a smile. As we smile, we look not only more friendly, but also more courteous. It glamorizes our temperament in a way that even cosmetics can not replace; it can also narrow down the distance between people. One of my neighbors is just such a case, she always smiles broadly whenever we meet. Her smile is as beautiful as flowers and brightens my mood.
The theory of smiling can make us healthier is not new. Recently, I read an interesting arti
I am very upset sometimes about learning/ writing English. I learn English language now a days but only have a progress a little bit. Actually when we speak we have a confident but I have no I need a good speakers as well as writer to help me to learn English very well. And tell me how I improve my English speaking power with simple tricks. Thanks to all. Who can help me?
Change will happen. It can not be avoided in life. People are usually afraid of change because it means they will have to do things differently and learn something new.
Are you afraid of the changes on your web page? Will you learn how to see your recent comments instead of those from when you first came here?
Sometimes people surrender to change and other times they fight it. We should try to relax and watch the changes at MyEC. We will learn the new ways to do things if we relax. If we are afr
Once upon a time, there was a very busy chat room in a site named English Club. One could see all kinds of life form in there - humans, half-humans, cyborgs, animals, flowers, and yes, also life forms from other dimensions such as fairies, ghosts, zombies, aliens, and many more.
Whenever these creatures entered this virtual world, their fingers or toes or wings or beaks instantaneously tapped their respective keyboards. Not a single sound was coming out from their voice boxes, but it seemed their
This fable is very famous among children in Malaysia and had been passed down from generations. A mouse deer is always being portrayed as a very pretty and intelligent animal. There are many fables portraying this intelligent animal, and I want to share with you one of the most famous one. It is about how a mouse deer played a trick towards a group of crocodiles. I hope you will enjoy reading it.
A Mouse Deer and Crocodiles
Deep deep in a quiet Tropical jungle, a crocodile was having a blast swimm
The speaking skills required in international speaking exams can be quite daunting for candidates because many candidates have no idea what the examiners are looking for.
Let's take the IELTS speaking task for an example. The test begins with a few simple questions about yourself. He/she will ask you questions about your job or studies, what you are doing now, what your role or responsibilities and duties include. Here you are using a variety of present tenses.
He might ask about past employmen
