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Three things in life that never fail
True Love
Determination
Belief.

In EC chatroom, I see many members with great sense of humor and sometimes sense of sarcasm. Today, something comes to my mind so that I feel want to know more about sarcasm. After a short tour around Goolge, I’m surprised with many articles about Sarcasm and  its important role in our modern life.

 Sarcasm involves a composer saying something that is the opposite of what they really mean.

For example:

“I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.”

“If you find it hard

This is a gift for me from a friend of mine, and with her permission I am blogging it for my friends here to read:

Over the last 18 months I've been studying for a MA degree and the work involved has kept my visits to the English Club to a minimum. 
I still haven't completed the degree, but I am very close to completion.
One day soon I will be able to write blogs more often and possibly even chat in the chat room.

Hello to all my friends; I hope you haven't forgotten about me!

people say sharing is the good way to find out a solution of a problem. Right now, i want to try to write about a problem that has just come to me. i hope you guys can leave a comment and also correct my english if i make a mistake of grammar or other parts,

i want to know, what will you feel when you are losing someone that means in your life (a friend). You've already known your friend and thought that he or she is your best friend and more than that. someday, you realize that all of your thoug

hey EC members :)

hope you all are doing well

this is my first blog i guess.. :)

so i am going to introduce myself :D

most of the EC members know me and most of you are unaware of my identity :)

ok for all those who knew me before " HEYY FELLAS M BACK AGAIN ON EC :D YEAH M UR OLDIE ANAH SIDDIQUI "
and for those who dont know me "HEY EC USERS :) THIS IS ME ANAH OLD MEMBER OF EC-FAMILY"

WELCOME ME :D 

my blog is about "goosebumps" buhahah :P sorry  just kidding :P 

ok let me start it :)

i am kind of hobby-

"Colorful Expressions"

It’s now black and white that she never loved me. She is gone forever leaving me in blue. I have been in black mood all the time thinking about her. Last time I have had an argument with her, but I was in grey area about what she was up to.

I was looking at her red face.  I would never be a green eyed monster, if she has fallen in love with somebody else.   There would be no one more tickled pink than me if she really likes someone else.  I will pass with flying colors becau

Until recently, things were black and white for me. I was able to differentiate between right and wrong, true and false, good and bad. But within the last couple of years there has been a paradigm shift, unprecedented, in my life. And what used to exist as “stark distinctions” are “blurred lines” now.

 The menace is one, but the dimensions are myriad. And they vary from the civil war in Iraq to NaMo's public endorsement, from the  contentious issue of Kashmir to socio-cultural status of women in

This is the third part of my blog series "The Wonderful World Of Backyard Critters". This blog is dedicated to a very polished Pole gentleman, Rysperski. "Rys, I know sometimes I breathed too much of those pit fumes, but it made me more appreciative of these critters. LOL"

The Wonderful World Of Backyard Critters - Part I

The Wonderful World Of Backyard Critters - Part II

1. Slimey snail

I don't like snail. It destroys my flowers, and my withering garden. But I guess, every creature have their own u

Hello everybody. 

Direct to the point. Many people say that if you have fun while you are learning, you learn the most. However, many people find the process of learning English difficult, frustrating, and in some cases boring. The point is why not: you go to a class room, revise some grammar rules, rehearse some pronunciation patterns, and fulfill some exercises on grammar and vocabulary. Moreover, people, in several cases, don't have time to go every day for 2 hour to a classroom after a day of

. Mr and Mrs Wormwood were two such parents. They had a son called Michael and a daughter called Matilda, and the parents looked upon Matilda in particular as nothing more than a scab. A scab is something you have to put up with until the time comes when you can pick it off and flick it away. Mr and Mrs Wormwood looked forward enormously to the time when they could pick their little daughter off and flick her away, preferably into the next country or even further than that. It's a funny thing ab

 I can see the people who wear clothes printed with strange English. I think the people who wear clothes like that don't know the meaning of those words.

Many years ago, I asked my mother to buy a hat. The hat my mother bought had the word "Bitch" printed on it. It is a dirty word, isn`t it？ If she had known the meaning of the word "Bitch" she never would have bought it. 

23) “Miss”, “Mrs.”, and “Ms.” – The focus here is on “Ms.”, which many ESL mistakenly students believe is an abbreviation for “Miss”, the title for an unmarried woman – it's not. Popularized by the feminist movement in the 1970s, “Ms.” is a title that does not indicate whether or not the woman is married – if men can have such a title (“Mr.”), why not women too? Today, all three titles –  “Miss” (unmarried woman), “Mrs.” (married woman) and “Ms.” (undisclosed) – are used in everyday English spee

http://englishwithkatie.com/a-saturday-59/

A) I bought tickets for the jumbo lottery. It’s my first time. I hope I win.

B) Ain’t gonna happen. Sorry to be a downer. It’s a waste of money.

A) There’s a chance I could win. I hear everyone wins at least 300 yen. That’s something.

B) I highly doubt that. Not every ticket could be a winner. Save your money.

A) I save my money. This money is for fun. I could win.

B) When pigs fly. It’s a racket by the government to get your money. They’re very successful.

A)

A few days ago I went to a reflexology therapist to get some massages. This therapist is quite well-known around our city. He practices reflexology not only for relaxation as others might do, but also for treatment for various kinds of diseases from mild to severe ones. Many have proved and acknowledged his skill.

He is a retired government officer so he is an educated person. It was somewhat relieving to have a discussion with him while groaning once in a while during the massage.

I asked him whe

Hi all.I am going to write my first ever blog here. I hope you people will help me and motivate me for writing more blogs. And I also hope that you will not laugh at my blog because I do not know how to write a good blog.

My blog title is the role of motivation in learning English. Before starting my topic I want to tell you that what is meant by motivation. Motivation is a psychological term or entity. Motivation means the driving force which compels us to do something. It creates the interest i

Hello Guys. 

I know that I have been away from my posting blogs quite a lot. The reason why is that I have been studying, teaching Spanish and running a English conversation club at my work place. 

Today, I just want drop down some lines and reflect on how to improve our pronunciation. 

First of all, we have to be aware that this will take time and practice. At the beginning, many people are afraid to speak and make errors. At this stage my suggestion is that you have to speak, it doesn't matter if

Did you ever make a vegetable garden?

I love to garden and I really, really, really love to eat the fresh vegetables. Gardens are not difficult if you have healthy soil.

Some plants like soil that is a little bit acidic and others like a neutral or a more alkaline soil.

Weeds also like gardens and seem to like every kind of soil. Weeds are what we call any plant that we don't want growing in the garden.

If you want to make a garden, you need to decide what you will grow. It is good to check your soi