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Oh,the chatroom world,

that we enter day after day,
fingers on the keyboard,

Trying to express what we want to say,

oh,the fun that we can have,

And a little bit of headache as well,

Lovers or just friends,

What will happen,we never can tell,

Oh,the friends we've made,

and a few enemies we've made too,

so much time we've spent,

Have we got nothing else to do?

Oh,the good people,

or the crazy ones we've never met,

do we have conscience,

when many words we should regret ,

oh, the crazy words,of some people in th

This blog is written based on Tara Benwell "unfinished sentence" challenge http://my.englishclub.com/profiles/blogs/finish-my-story

Suddenly at 3:00 am, as suddenly as she started, the crying stopped. We looked at each other. Relief was clearly written on our faces. Gently I put the baby back on her sleeping cot. She looked so peaceful. We took a few more minutes and just trying to savour the moment.

After a while, we tip toed from her cot. I decided to leave the sleeping lamp on and left the door

Hi writers! We've had a few serious months of writing, so now it's time to have a little fun. You'll need a partner for this month's writing challenge! 

Your Task

1) Ask a MyEC friend to write an incomplete sentence that could be the start of a story. 

2) Start a new blog post. Use your friend's sentence to write the beginning of a short story. Use the title: Writing Challenge: Finish my sentence [Be sure to give credit to your friend for the example sentence.] Write for a few minutes until your mi

“Morning, dear Mickey!”

Half opened my eyes, I said it to myself, and dressed myself at the same time. Then I went to brush my teeth, wash my face and comb my hairs casually. [because it is Saturday and no school] Having all these trivial things done, I felt quite hungry, so I came into the kitchen to cook my lovely breakfast.

Oh~ After a sleep, I still felt so tired. Without any thinking, I put some rice to the electric cooker, a cup of milk into the microwave, and plugged in the electric kettle

One of the hardest things to do is letting go…. memories, experiences and most of all people….people who became part of your life….

What I’ve learned from my experiences is not to get too attached to people. Because they will leave eventually… whatever reason they have, there will come a time that they will have to go. and you can’t do anything about it. So I tend to put up walls and don’t give too much affection to people around me… especially those who I called ‘virtual friends’.

For almost

    Hello,dear friends,Where are u from?What's the difference between city and village in your country,and where do you prefer to live in?
For me,I am from china,where the countries are quite different to cities.The country born and country bred,I have got quite used to it.
    Later,I left school and worked in the town,my friends who around me always say to me that how much they like the peace of the countries,And are forever tell me about how warmly welcome the friendly people gave them when the

You may have learned English for a very long time, but chances are you'll still find yourself having problems choosing a proper or suitable word to use. That can be a big problem for learners.

Both in conversation and in writing, learners often hesitate when they are trying to choose or use a proper word for a situation. They may find there are a lot of words with the similar meaning, and they have to choose only one from them to express themselves in the context. They may find it difficult to di

Forgive me if this blog seems too long. (Well I know it is a bit long, I can't help it).

In the loving memory of Kiwi_John, the late ESL Admin. To all previous ESL Admins; Cobra, Teabag and Chuck and to all my former chatter friends in ESL Room (now known as 1997 Chat Room); Snjura, Shrek, Tito, Shu_Man, Maria_fer, Bajo, Tiffita, Lolly, Aurora, Little Ngoh, Tristan, Maru and the rest (forgive me for I am unable to remember all your nicks).

People always asked me how do I came to know about this si

I want to share a quick tip about tagging! A tag is a keyword. You can add tags to the blogs, photos, and videos you post on MyEC. This makes it easier for members to search for specific content. It also helps English learners learn new words! Use a space after each tag. 

If you want to use a phrase or expression with more than one word in your tag, you have to add quotation marks around the words. For example: "Why did the pope quit?". If you don't use quotations, the tag will look like this whe

Hello My EC..

I am an old member who keeps coming back to my second home no matter how long I was away.. Or a proditor in other words as Deuce has called us.

Being here again with so many friends missing or hibernating; stirred a feeling of nostalgia that made me decide to write this blog. Which reflects how I see My EC, what benefits I gained "still gaining" from it as well as sharing the sweet memories I had with my friends here..

I have joined in October 2010 at first I was lost like every new m

         As you know, billions of Asians are celebrating the Lunar New Year (Some people call it "Chinese New Year" or "Spring Festival" in China). People in Korea or Vietnam or some other countries may celebrate it in different ways.  But, one thing's for sure, they all wish themselves or others a happy and lucky new year.

        I myself sent a lot of text messages on the New Year's Eve to wish all of them every happiness, a fortune, prosperity, success, health, a dream come true or something

This topic seems easy but I am always speechless whenever people ask me to tell about myself. Too much information came rushing into my mind at once. I am not sure what exactly they want to know or which information should I tell them first. Thanks to Tara Benwell for outlining some ideas on this topic. To start practicing my writing, I wish to write at least 300 hundreds word a day. So, let’s give it a go.

When I was born my eldest sister named me Asnida Darwis after a famous female singer durin

Chinese Spring Festival is the biggest festival in a year in China. This year, the festival begin at Feb 9th.(two days left.)

According to the wikipedia, the "Year" pronounced as "Nian" in Chinese Pinyin, was a monster in ancient times in China. The monster appeared and broke into villages to hurt people at the end of a year. In the beginning, people didn't know how to prevent YEAR from entering, and then, at another end of a year, when Year appeared again, a burned bamboo (cracker) just blew up

I would like to devote this blog to smoking. In fact, not to smoking by itself but giving up smoking. I'm a smoker myself and want to quit smoking. Frankly speaking, I've smoked for a long time (about eight or nine years) and have done many attempts to give up this bad habit. As you could guess yourself, all of them were failed. There were times when I haven't smoked for a half year or even more but I've always come across some circumstances when I couldn't help but take a cigarette and light it

Initially the cap itself was white. A few days ago, a person who found it colorless, and thought it was the time to give it a new face. So, she prepared paste, brush, pigment, and paper napkin herself. The paper napkin itself could be used widely other than the function of cleaning itself. Those materials themselves was quite a help to the cap for injecting a novel spirit. Okay, that's all for practicing intensive pronouns. Thank you for reading my post. Ta-ta for now.

Related links:

Group Voice

1. In a list:

My English Club friend Anna loves reading blogs, chatting with friends, and commenting on photos in MyEC photo gallery.

2. Between three or more adjectives or adverbs:

I enjoy Yasemin's company because she's a chirpy, cheerful, friendly gal.

3. With two adjectives:

Teacher Tara regularly challenges members with creative, useful writing tasks.

4. With numbers:

Currently, EC has more than 78,000 members.

5. For addresses or dates:

Ha Nguyen, who comes from Hanoi, Vietnam, posted her late

Writing Challenge# Reflexive Pronouns

I remember some years ago, I wanted to test Google Translate (Beta Version):

I questioned myself which sentence I should write for the first time.

I told myself "I am Sahar" is the best!

I wrote in Google box "I am Sahar" in Persian (من سحر هستم).

Then Google translated it: " I am magic"!

Magic?!!

Oh!

Yes!!

Sahar itself means "Dawn" in Persian, but it also means "Magic" with the same writing and different pronunciation, Sehr.

"Google must laugh at itself!" I thought

A piece of my life’s experience…

I’d like to share with you my little story today. The story looks very simple itself, but I think it may cause you to think a bit about our attitude for lives towards life.

Once, I and some of my friends traveled to a country side. A place that was very beautiful with immense fields. The green color of grasses seemed like imbued the infinite space itself.

On that journey, I myself was impressed with the game flying kites one of the most popular games in the country

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

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 :)