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DAY 2 : Tulip's field

Instead of going to Keukenhof, we went to tulip's field, where is one of fields provides flowers to Keukenhof and no any tickets needed. You can rent a bike or take a walk leisurely to enojy these stunning scenery.  Have you noticed that they are greeting us with their beautiful smile? 

 hyacinths

These houses are located along the road where we went to see tulips.

Each house looks like the house built in fairy tale.

Hope you all have enjoyed them.  

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Have you tried out Fotobabble yet? This is a fun tool for talking about pictures. You need to have a microphone to use it.

The Fotobabble team has had its eye on MyEC since we began playing Fotobabble tag. Yesterday, they contacted me and invited us to test out their new feature: Fotobabble Slideshows. 

Will you help me test it out? 

Find more videos like this on EnglishClub.com

This is what you need to do: 

1) Choose a blog post on MyEC that meant a lot to you! It can be yours or a friends. Tak

Have you seen the beautiful welcome messages that some members of our Welcoming Committee have created? These members create their own images and text to place on the walls of new members.  Ali inspired many members to do this. These messages sometimes include useful links. I am so thankful for the members who take the time to do this good deed. It means so much!

Here is a new MyEC challenge for you inspired by Ali: Create your own MyEC Welcome Message

Your Task
1) Create a unique welcome messa

What kind of food accompanies you while you're online? This is my first question to you and myself. I tell you, one of the favorite foods that commonly accompanies me when I am online ... is shrimp vegetable fritter (bakwan udang). I'm able to digest more than ten pieces, the reason why I got fat now (haha ..). Fried food is very simple and can easily be cooked (visit this link : recipe shrimp vegetable fritter).  

In Indonesia, generally this cuisine is served during rest time, while watching T

Last night,somewhere in Pakistan,a U.S. commandos ended the hunt for Osama Bin Laden. Do you think that, the fact that Al-Quaida's head was killed makes the world safer, or on the opposite, should we all be worried of what is going to come next as a revenge from the terrorists ?

My friends, i know it's a delicate topic to talk about, and i am not asking you if, what did the americans is right or wrong, or if we can find excuses to terrorisms acts. In fact, i have to admit that I have hesitated a

I've been a proud mom and always will be.  Therefore, I wanted to write something about my son and my fulfillment about being his mother.  I wanted to share the joy of my motherhood.  But in the end, I found myself writing about someone else's children.

Last night, I came across a folder of photos containing my trip to Sri Lanka last September. Something pinched my heart while looking at them.  How could have I easily forgotten about them - the children at the orphanages I visited?  Here I am a

Today, I asked a question in the OR (hospital's operating room). I hesitated to ask at first - what if I asked a stupid question? Would my Canadian counterparts look down on me because of a stupid question? But, the attending (a high ranking doctor) said, 'Good question! I know in Asia you don't...but in Canada we do...'.

So, here comes my question: What could be a 'stupid question'? Teachers usually want their students to ask questions. And, a question can be a good title for an article, or a go

I am starting this post not because I am using commas exactly as it should be. Not at all! The reason is I am learning how to use them properly. In my case learning starts with considering. Being aware of my poor memory I try to grasp the logic of a thing or a process and so I can memorize what is vital.

Some people don't use punctuation. When they are beginners, this is quite understandable.

Though I notice people who use complex grammar yet still almost omit using commas and even periods and cap

"Listen, Speak, Read, Write. Nuff said."

this caption submitted by Tara Benwell, Congratulations to you!

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One of ways to improve my English, I will print out the news text and bring it wherever I go ...

Hello friends,

please put your great captions or comments for this photo, It is fun. Thanks for your particiaptions!

-Nadiyah-

Have any of you ever heard of Storybird? It's a fun website that allows you to write your own stories based on beautiful art by professional artists. I learned about Storybird via Russell Stannard at the IATEFL conference in the UK last month. 

yesterday, i went out of my town by train. this was my very first experience go somewhere by train. i was very afraid at the first time, because the train shaking me too much but then it's going to be a normal for me. i became familiar with the shaking.

in my town train is not a really familiar transportation. if somebody would like to go to somewhere the citizen  mostly choose to go by bus.  because train doesn't cross all over my province, just some part of my province.

i spent 6 hours on the tr

Greetings to all MyEC friends!

First, I’d like to ask something to you my dear friends who are serious in their want to improve their spoken English. How do you spend your time studying and improving your speaking skills? What are your learning plans daily to achieve fluency?

Hmm…I know… I know these are very common questions. We have read and discussed this kind of questions for thousand times here in our site. But what I’m appealing to you here my dear friends is that please hear me out my h

Have you ever dreamed to be a polyglot? You may ask what polyglot means. Polyglot is a person who speaks so many languages, let's say four or five or even more. Mr. Steve Kaufmann is fluent in 10 languages. As such, I was eager to know how he could have learnt so many languages whereas I am still struggling to learn only English. Two minutes after I sent my E-mail requesting him to be my guest blogger, Mr.Kaufmann responded and kindly accepted my offer. You can read his blog here: http://theli

Despite being a pet at home may not goof off throughout the day. In fact, I have many things to do as well as that double as various roles and tasks. 

As my raiser goes to work, my works are just the beginning. Usually my friends pigeons, sparrows and I buzz about what captures we have had yesterday at our meeting. Then I enjoy my breakfast and take a good nap whenever I want. After that, I normally practice a meditation and take a sunbath after my lunch. Sometimes I may find a cockroach or gecko

Hello everyone!

This blog is going to be special...

I would like to invite all my friends here to exchange their learning experiences. How did you get to My English Club? What have you learnt here? Do you usually have lots of help from your contacts? Who are they: students, teachers or native speakers?

Do you believe MyEC is a place for learning? Why?

So, if you have other things to contribute... I will love to read about them. Feel free to share what you want here. And if you allow me, I'll use y

Some people think sports occasions are essential in easing international tensions and releasing patriotic emotions. I agree with part of this opinion, to my point, I prefer using 'probable' to 'essential'.

As we know, sportsmenship has no boundary among the countries all over the world. Every aspiring athelet is focus on improving their skills in order to make their sports dream come true. Without considering of politics, religion, and race, people just enjoy in sports! Also, countries which are

Here are some words that came to my mind while reflecting about the teaching conference I attended in the UK. Can you guess why I included some of these words? I will tell a little story about each word that you guess.

How to guess: 

1) Choose a word. 

2) Leave a comment below. Use one of the following methods of guessing:

a) ask a question (direct)

b) use "I think" + past tense 

c) use "I bet" + past tense 

d) use "I wonder if" + past tense

*Note: You can use a direct ("you") or indirect ("Tara")  fo

Here are my Top 10 things why I love MyEC. We might be sharing the same reasons.

1. Being a member of this social networking site, I've met interesting people and continuously meeting different people around the world, with the same goal, to be fluent in English.

2. It's educational. All the things you need to learn are all in this site. Be it on grammar, pronunciation, and articles about the English language. You'll have the chance to learn different places too.

3. You can be artistic. I can