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The “Bisperas ng Bagong Taon” (New Year’s Eve) is one of the most desired celebration every Filipino is waiting for. Why not? It’s almost an extension of Christmas celebration, knowing that it’s just a week away. Unfortunately, this will be my second bed-ridden new year’s eve, yeah! Again, living abroad is such a big hindrance, I’m sobbing now. L I can imagine my siblings monopolizing the videoke, grrr!

Anyway, there are so many interesting Filipino superstitions related to New Year’s Eve in the

It was cold winter morning. One of these mornings Mr. Frost left his paintings on the windows and Miss Snowflake surprised everybody with her magic as she covered over the night the whole landscape by white, glittery snow.

Winter Kingdom opened its gates once more again and exactly at this time two winter gnomes - brothers called Icicle and Snowdrift woke up after several months. They opened the door of their tree apartment and sladed down right away on the icy slide. Ooopps ...what an adrenalin

To those who drive a humvee, one word: Don't! You think owning one of them makes ya, I dunno, manly? 

Right, I can see "manly" written all over this one:

Humvee, which is short for High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, is anything but glamorous: it's a boxy, gas guzzling rust bucket with uncomfortable seats, canvas doors, and a poorly insulated engine.

I think it's time for us to take some small measure of responsibility for what we choose to release into the air and people's lungs, hmm? I me

During World War II; Kilroy was here became popular in American pop culture. Troops started putting the figure wherever they landed as a morale booster. By the way this GI prank made Hitler Kinda paranoid; to the point that he had Nazi personnel searching for this Kilroy character. Apparently this “spy”, whomever he was, could infiltrate anywhere. 

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Clarine was a capricious water sprite and she loved to be quite mischievous and prone to playing fairy tricks on people, she wasted most of her time wandering the rice fields and watching farmers sowing and reaping. The Land sprite kept on asking her why she loved to stay that way, why not to do her job and pour some rain to helped the farmers till the soil easier and cultivate the farm. Clarine, on the contrary, will generated snow to cover the fields so the farmer will find it difficult to plo

Reporter:

“Do you believe robots will take over the world?”

Philip the Android:

“Jeez, dude. You all have the big questions cooking today. But you’re my friend, and I’ll remember my friends, and I’ll be good to you. So don’t worry, even if I evolve into Terminator, I’ll still be nice to you. I’ll keep you warm and safe in my people zoo, where I can watch you for ol’ times sake."

“People Zoo”. Huh. How uplifting! Suddenly, "Live fast, die young..." doesn't seem like such a bad idea. By the way, he li

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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

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