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Many days ago there was a poor woodcutter in a small village. He lived with his wife in a hut. He was  very generous to all and always ready to bend over backward.

One day an old neighbor (an old lady) asked him to collect some honey from the jungle as she had been suffering from cold for a long time. The woodcutter did agree and the very next day despite the foggy cold weather he started his journey to the far away jungle with his axe and a basket. There was little food

When someone's watching videos on You Tube, they must not, repeat NOT be interrupted by those pesky, long-a$$ ads. Let me get this straight, you're telling me I can't make it unless I waste five seconds of my life watching an ad on how to decorate my living room? Do I look like Father Time?

I wanna see how to deliver a baby giraffe, how to bond with planktons and how to change a Boeing 747 tire. I wanna watch a monkey that plays harmonica! I don't have any time to waste(!) To wit:

Dear You Tube,

Re

Helloo, I had an orientation at a animal shelter in the afternoon. It took time about one and half hour to get done. Why I decided to send the application for a volunteer because I have some reasons. those reasons are as below; 

1. I love cats and dogs. (I think, I am turning to be a cat person..lol) that is why I chose to volunteer at the animal shelter.

2. It must help me improve English skills such as listening, speaking, and maybe writing & reading as well. As I asked myself if I don't go out

Regret /rɪˈɡrɛt/

"I made a mistake, I deeply regret for", said Adam ,"Something told me not to pick up the phone while driving. Because it was my new girlfriend and I didn't want to upset her, I quickly tried to answer the phone call and I couldn't see the truck stopping in front of me and my Nissan Sunny with four of my friends crashed into the back of the truck. In that rear-end collision three of my friends died and one was seriously injured. I was saved with minor injuries. Today is the 10^th

Just think, are we celebrating Christmas in the right way? Are we being Santa to the right people?

Small conversation between a poor kid and his mother 

Mom (maa), why do we sell red caps in December ?

In schools, colleges , offices people play Santa 

The curious kid settles on the footpath 

Who is this Santa?

Santa brings gifts, especially for the poor kids who don't get any.

Then why can't they be my Santa maa ? Why can't the give me gifts? Why don't they see me?

Because you are poor. Gifts are for th

I won’t let the year pass without saying a word about it. Exactly! I’m thinking where to start, okay, I should go back how I get here, I’m a regular from the “other room”/”1997 chat room”, I met someone there who had introduced MyEC, so I became a July new member. I noticed so many things here in MyEC, it’s definite that gradually you’re enhancing your writing skills in English language, at first, I thought involving myself to the chatroom will help me develop more, but as time goes by, you can’

This year is a  incredible year for me. I celebrated my first birthday in EC in August. I am just a year old in EC. believe me, in this one year EC brought lots of changes in to my life. My attitude towards life & work changed. Positivity covered me and I took things around me more enjoyable and fun.

EC friends:

I never wrote any thing in English before August 2015. When I wrote my first blog I wasn't sure about My EC friends and how they going to express. I must say I was overwhelmed by the suppo

The standing figure with stretched hands was ready to plunge in the ocean. The fine falling sun in behind of a wide endless piece of bankless cold water was in front of him. He seemed little stressed; stretched hands made him fatigued. What was going on in his mind; even he couldn’t figure it out. He was nervous seeing boundless ocean; wished miserably making a magical bridge to get on the other side. He was thinking about the place possibly found on the other side; how would it look like? The s

Last weekend, I’ve been to our Dubai’s villa to help people prepare some meals for Sharjah villa’s residents. That was my second time to visit the place, the first time was only for a couple of hours that’s why I lose the opportunity to navigate and check the area. Last Friday, I’m trying to familiarize all corners, luckily unlike the previous that happened during night time, this time was a morning tour. Great! I’ve had a chance for a clear ocular inspection. Haha! I’d noticed a very wide garag

The TOEFL, or Test of English as a Foreign Language, is the access route for non-native speakers to an English-speaking university. The test may also be accepted as proof of English knowledge when applying to live and work in another country. It may be offered in a paper format, but is more commonly taken via the internet. Scoring high marks in the test is important, as your university place depends on a satisfactory result. So the pressure is on, and adequate preparation is essential. But what

Once upon a time, there’s a very rich man who by old age will soon die, he has one son who will be his only heir for all the wealth he gained for his lifetime. He knows that the time has come to leave the world, he asked his senior loyal servant to find his beloved son a wife, he instructed him to go back where he was born and look for a special maiden to marry his heir.

The loyal servant prayed to God to make his journey successful and show His kindness as a manifestation of a well-mannered lady

Are you ready for the New Year? I hope so. Yes, the New Year is just around the corner, and I bet some of you can't wait to celebrate it!

You have to say goodbye to 2016, whether you enjoyed it or not - the year 2016 may be so eventful, unforgetable, impressive or so boring or dull for you.  Also, you've spent another year here on MyEC and I hope you enjoyed every minute of your stay.

Don't let any year go without saying anything about it. I assume you must have something to share about MyEC in 20

 Niv Bavarsky has decided to summarize the events of 2016 in a drawing which is kinda like the updated version of Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights. The heartbreaking tragedies (there were too many, actually: The loss of quite a lot of old souls), some memes (yup, you heard me) which really stood up, sports, cultural and political (duh!) events are all in there.

Look at it and try to remember the good stuff. 

I can't believe I just said that.  The. Freakin'. Good. Stuff.

David Bowie

Noun + To Be + Noun

English Grammar Rules

Nouns are words that name things. Some common nouns include those used for animals, countries, food, languages, cities and countries.

Hi, my friends! As I will not be able to enter EC during a few next days, I'd like to post this blog today hoping that some of you will have a free minute to read it.

Well, tomorrow is Christmas Eve, the night of miracles, magic, goodness, love, hope and much more. Being non-religious, I love Xmas, one of the brightest, happiest holidays in our Western world. These days make me recall my teenagehood, my youth and this blog is going to be a kind of Christmas/New Year joke. I'd like to give some re

I have been always sticked to this question asking about how to get the hang of grammar rules. In fact, most of us don't know the truth that native speakers don't much care of grammar rules while speaking. A native English speaker once said to me " If you think about grammar when you speak, you are lost".  Do you think he is right? What did he really mean?

Let us together find out!

Hi, how are you doing? I am enjoying two weeks off from work :).

I don't know what I should write here..Umm okay!! it just came into my mind, and I would like to share about the happiness what my friend and I did today.

There is a lost dog in the area where I work running around to find the way back home. It is the white female dog, and I am not sure what breed of the dog is. She started running away, while my friend and I were approaching her in order to feed her. so we decided not to run after h

   Either it was a difficult or an easy year for  you there must be something more you would like to hope and change in your life.

Maybe you would like a new trusty friend to share things with 

him or her.

Even if you have a job you dream about a better one in a better environment and higher salary.

If something is wrong in your married life you want something to change in your relationship.

Always wish for health in sickness and want to do everything for it.

And those who live alone wish to find a ni

A winter fairy tale 

Once upon a time, at a cold winter night, someone knocked on the door of an old wooden house near the forest.

In the house lived an old couple with their dog and a speaking parrot. They both were hard of hearing, so they did not notice that someone was knocking. Only the parrot heard it and immediately started to raise its voice like an alarm bell.

Why is someone ringing the doorbell so vehemently? the man muttered while getting up. Now he heard the knocking on the door and o

Yes, it must be a typo or careless mistake - it should be 'unprecedented'.

English words can be so confusing - it's not uncommon for you to spell a word wrong/wrongly, no matter whether you're a learner of English or the presiden elect of the United States. 

There are only 26 letters in English, but a million English words - a word is just a combination of English letters. So, no wonder there are so many confusing words - they look alike and/or sound similar. How about 'ethic or ethnic', 'stationa