Most of us know about hand puller rickshaw. It is a mode of human powered transport by which a runner draws a two - wheeled cart which seats one or two people.

Around 1880, hand puller rickshaw appeared in India, first time in Shimla. And then later introduced in Kolkata (Calcutta, India).

Though, in recent times the use of human powered rickshaw has been discouraged or outlawed in many countries due to concern for the welfare of rickshaw workers and have been replaced by cycle and auto rickshaw.

Have You Heard about the "Ice Bucket Challenge?"

The Ice Bucket Challenge aka ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, is an activity involving a person having a bucket of iced water poured over their head and then nominating someone else to follow it. Video evidence of the drenching  is shared on social media and the nominee can either accept the challenge, participate with it and donate money to the ALS or just refuse and donate a greater sum of money. Those asked to take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge have onl

Who are your favorite EC members?

Hello guys, this is a fun thing!
I encourage anyone of you to list of your top 10 favorite members of English Club at the comment.( random, In any order).

It is up to you if you describe why you voted them or simply write only their names.

Your top 10 list of your favorite English Club members will be hidden at the comment, it will remain confidential until September 15,2014.

Anyone can participate, you can vote even less than 10 members but more than 10 at your vot

This coming 31st August 2014, we Malaysians are 57 years old. Well, actually the country is much older than that, if taking into consideration that one of the oldest rainforests (130 millions years old) is in Malaysia, but it is 57 years of independence from the British rules. In the spirit of being independent, I want to share with all of you something unique, weird and quirky about Malaysians. In fact I've written a similar subject in my previous blog; Only In Malaysia, but in this blog I want

Pollution is now one of the world's biggest problems, especially in developing countries, such as China. The economic growth may be to blame. With the rapid economic growth, China is now the second largest economy in the world, and at the same time pollution, a byproduct of the development, has accompanied the growth to come. People are now so familiar with the environmental pollution, such as air or water pollution - the sky is no longer blue; the rivers aren't clear any more.

Beijing, the capit

It doesn't matter when or what you started.... What matters most is to know how to finish it even before u think of starting..

      This is a site whose aim is to help us  learning English , so it is supposed that we are just for the sake of learning English and nothing more.Therefore, we are not here to make friendship , even though it can happen.So, we are not  obliged to give much  more attention to the people we talk to either their names, age,family members, job or any personal details especially if we dont like to talk about it.The problem is that many people dont appreciate that privacy we want to have.        

Yesterday my best friend said that he was so proud of himself that he had way more friends than me; it is true that I just have a few friends, five or six or so. I am not good at maintaining a relationship with men, I acknowledge that even my best friends which I own less connect with me than other people, I guess. However, I am so glad that they are still remember me and it seems that our relationship are strong enough to pass the time, maybe you will ask why I am so confident with myself. The

Dear Captain,

I woke up early this morning. When I was checking my mailbox, I read a strange email. In the email, a man called Markus asked me to save him.

I was stunned. I am sure I don't know him. But I can feel his poor situation. He claimed he was controlled by an iron lady. But captain, how come? He is not a kid rather than an adult man. And I don't understand why he wrote to me. What can I do to help him? Am I a heroine?

To be honest, I am worried about him. Anyway freedom is such a precious

This summer Russian Duma (i.e.,parliament) has issued some mind-boggling edicts banning manufacturing, import, sale and wear of lacy underwear, high-heeled and heeless footwear on the territory of the Customs Union. What does it mean? Back to the USSR or clinical insaness? Is it nostalgia for  the past (on the left) or Kremlin wants to dress Russia in the uniform (brown color with the swastika will be the best choice!)?

Is it really possible for any government to interfere in private life of its

Everyone look for the happiness

where is the happiness?

where can we find the happiness?

what can we do to get the happiness?

It is in your heart, so close to you, do something right and we'll get it..

A lot of common diet mistakes may appear at first hand least dangerous. However, if committed repeatedly over time, these slip-ups may maneuver you further and further away from your target of weight loss!

To stay fit forever, stick to your diet. Follow the useful tips here:

 Always search for healthy snack ideas for you. Healthy and thoughtful taking of snack is good way to hold back your hunger. If you take something small, you can stay away from stuff yourself at dinner.  Taking a cup of yogurt

music is one of interest thing that generally liked by youth,
exactly they hear it with some reason, maybe they love the singer
or band who singing it, they are falling in love or get some
happiness etc, i think those reason is fair even useful for us.

On my last discussion post, i asked your opinion about the thing
that we can do, if we feel bored in office or in our class, and we
lost our spirit for doing something, my friend, salem, is one and
maybe only one who write his opinion about i

finally Gaza won

Have you heard of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals? In the year 2000, at the Millennium Summit, leaders from around the world identified 8 of the world's biggest problems. They set a goal of fixing these problems in 15 years.

On MyEC, we come from many different nations and have many different concerns just like the UN members. This month, let's form our own mini UN and write about some of the world's biggest problems. 

Your Task

1. Brainstorm a list of the world's biggest problems.

Oh Dear,

This is my great pleasure that i'm writing to you. You are the most popular on this earth.This whole world is chasing you and want to be perfect in you.

some body please give my message to English. Say to English that I have been waiting for it for a long time. I like it very much.

say " you are like a Tree and vocab is your leaf. when so many leaf combines they make  sentences .I have reached in middle of tree and hanging.Trying to go up so that i can face the world with a great confidenc

Its Unfair

I went to NBI office (NBI- National Bureau of Investigation, similar to FBI in United States) to get my clearance.  

This clearance are one of the requirements needed for us in our country, before you get employed or before getting a passport,a piece of paper that proves that you didn't commit any crime or any pending violation record regarding to our law. Incase you have the same name with a person who is wanted by the law etc., You will have to wait until 2 weeks before having this cl

(from my e-book, "Speak and Write Like a Native: 110 Things You Need to Know About English")

61) “Look Over” and “Overlook” – ESL students often say overlook when they mean to say look over.  These have opposite meanings: look over means to review or examine something, and overlook means to fail to see something or to choose not to see something:

“Can you look over these sales figures?”

“Let me look over the report before our meeting.”

“How could you have overlooked such an important deadline?”

“It w

Have you not heard the most famous song Hotel California by The Eagles? Then you probably might have been living under a rock.

"Hotel California" is the title song from the Eagles' album of the same name and was released as a single in February 1977. It is one of the best-known songs of the album-oriented rock era.

Here's the lyrics of the song "Hotel California"

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas,rising up through the air

Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmerin