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Where exactly this term come from? and what was the reason behind it? i wonder...mmhhh..

as I know Lie is bad, and white is the opposite of Black and Black tend to be identified as "BAD"

so WHITE LIE equal to GOOD LIE, what if we lie for someone's sake or for our own sake? will that be considered as a WHITE LIE?

what if we lied something for instance : " I wanna do my HW in my friend's house" but the fact is we went out for a movie, could it be considered as a WHITE LIE?

Can anyone describe how to c

This is the RESULT of your quiz based on Lesson 8 (Prepositions of Time).  Percentage is computed by the following formula:  

                      Raw Score/Total Number of Items x 100 = %

CONGRATULATIONS to RATU, HA NGUYEN, NIDA, NEW MEMBER, RABAB and MALKEET who got the PERFECT score.  For those who were'nt able to make it, you still have your chance to shine in the next quiz.  Answer key is given to recheck your work.

ANSWER KEY

Dear Learners,

Welcome to QUIZ 8.  If you think you are not ready to

Last night I watched a movie named “boyhood”. It was a nice movie which was about a boy named Mason and the ups and downs of his life from his sixth till his eighteenth. By watching this movie you get to live life with him and his family. Besides having some difficulties, I loved those scenes that they spend with their parents happily. There are so common things between families despite different cultures or different backgrounds; therefore in my opinion sometimes we can learn a lot of good poin

Last year, I got fever for a week, I vomited, I felt nausea, diarrhea, and also an extreme headache. The honey I consume as usual was run out, so I went to a doctor. She said that I got Typhus symptom, and I was given an antibiotic. The day after, I vomited all more than before. Then, I stopped consuming the antibiotic given. I remembered that I ever had been given antibiotic but I didn't consume all. My headache was relieved of the pain a little. But, three days later, my eyes were yellowish. I

In my opinion English is some kind of different when English natives speak ,because they use a lot of slangs, idiomatic expressions and phrasal verbs, which for non native English speakers find it difficult to understand. So I share it to you guys, so we could learned from it.

here is an example;

Layne : I feel like having a ball, Let's splurge.

Kurt : I cant come with you, I'm broke.

Layne: Nothing to be worry. I'll pick up the tab. Im loaded today. I'll treat you.

Kurt : No, we'll go Dutch. I dont

It's been a while since I wrote anything in here. Consciously or otherwise, I've distanced myself from MyEC for a while now. I guess what made me left MyEC more than five years ago had reared its ugly head once again. Back in March, when I came back from a short hiatus due to my health, I logged into MyEC chat room and felt like once again a complete stranger among strangers. It felt like I had nothing much to say, nothing in common with them. The 'mind games' such as trolling and changing of ni

Have been in love or not

Hey hello, where have you been? It's been long time since I saw you last, I have been looking for you, I was worried much, you neither replied my messages, been sent to you on your cell and by messages. I feel that you have been trying to run away from me.
No, this is not the case, I have never been thinking to run away from you but I just wanted a break, to assess our relationship.

So, what has come out? Am I in or out? Have you been feeling better now, or is the confus

Writing Prompt ~ Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Chief: Thanks for applying for the vacant position as a resident here. How long have you been applying for a job like this?

Resident: Thank you for choosing me as a suitable candidate for the job. I really appreciate this interview opportunity. I've been applying for this job for nearly two years. 

Chief:  I can tell from your resume that you've worked in several hospitals, and you're board certified in surgery and a capable doctor. How long have yo

There was a king named Mahmoud Gadnavi, who loved  his servant, Ayaz so much and preferred him to all other dignitaries while making decision which had aroused jealousy in them. Accordingly, a minister who felt proud of being more knowledgeable than any other dignitaries, stood and with the permission of the king asked the reason of  such preference and over- importance he gave to his poor servant.  In order to respond to his query, The king ordered to bring a beautiful vase embellished with gol

 A king, used to admire his minister love him and accompany him in all his trips, whether for business, invasion or fishing, this minister was a believer and devout, he always mention God and repeat his famous word «Perhaps it will be good» in all situations.

 One day and in one of the king's fishing trips, the King got involved in an accident that caused amputation of one of his fingers, when the minister knew about it, he said: "Perhaps it will be good."

 The king got angry when he knew the mini

Do u believe with what so called "TRUE LOVE" ?

Well....we all weird, even this life is also weird...when we found someone who has the same weirdness as we are and we are jump into it together the weirdness called LOVE, there are things that we never want let go, peoples that we never want to leave behind.

Happiness there for those who got hurt, those who tried because only those kind of people know how to appreciate the importance of people who have touch their live.

Great LOVE is when u shed tears

I love that song so much....

It reminds me of a great friendship that we all could have, i have lots of friends but i could only fit to one closest friend. one closest friend that i share all my dirty little secret, one closest that i always convey on every shit i did, the closest that i ever think exist.

For me friends is more like stars....they always there but not always seen ( i quote that from someone, not really come from my idea, hhehhee) losing a friend leaves u a scars, deeper than left b

Wondering

Go to a place that I dream

Look for something that doesn’t exist

Try to enjoy the breeze

Will that give peace?

Show me the place

Find me the answer

Teach me how to feel

Ask me how to give

Cause I have no idea

Have no idea

Have no idea

Dear Learners,

Welcome to another set of lessons which I promised to give you this summer.  These lessons are very simple and easy to understand but lack of understanding them will make it confusing for you to use.  

Have you been confused whether to use "in" or "on" in a sentence?  Do you think the two sentences below are using "in" and "on" correctly?

They looked okay, right?  But, they didn't use "in" and "on" correctly.  Tricky, isn't it? These short "words" (in and on) are but only two of the

Some say that achieving is a lot easier than maintaining, personally i agree with that..

Because most of time when we are willing to achieve something we would work hard, 24/7, give all of our best and keep saying NO to stop.

but once we have reached the top of our goal, all of a sudden we feel like we deserve it. After all the hard work, after all the sweats, after all the time that we have spent reaching it...we start to forget that achieving also needs to be maintained.

when we start to ignore t

Wow....never thought that there so many people here from all over the world, feeling so close with every country..

hope that i can make good friends with others and improve my English :)

Please don't hesitate to help me....hehehe

* So nice *

I didn't know when I fell for her, but it was when I saw her in her office drowned in some thoughts, then I wished that she was thinking about me. It wasn't long before I was head over heels in love with her. I went to her table and ‘ahmmed” to get her out of thoughts. She raised her eyes, which shone over me. “What can I do for you?” She asked with. There was a slight curve on her lips, which reminded me of rose petals. I told her that I did not have any business with her, I just saw her from t

You must have noticed that Luci, one of our most popular active members, has just left MyEC. Sorry, but MyEC members keep coming and going. I agree that MyEC wouldn't be the same without popular active members like Luci. Then, here comes my question: Who'll make a popular active member here on MyEC?

A popular active member should be:

So eager to read and write blog posts

They are so interested in what others write, and so curious to know what others are doing or thinking about. Whenever it's possib

As I am the laziest member of Wow Gals, I don't write blogs for a long time. I don't improve myself neither.

BUT our leader, Rabab, encouraged me to give this challenge a try. I did and I'm waiting for all your negative comments with a smile face. :D 

This is Rabab's Challenge which I like the most.

Here is the original challenge.

Enjoy reading my short story.

India! probably the only land where rivers are worshiped and called "Mother". The Ganges, most sacred river in Hinduism starts from the Gangotri and falls in Bay of Bengal. Almost 400 million people survives in its drainage area and Ganga river system. Most of the important towns of India are at the banks of holy river. And even I belong to one such town.

These rivers are old, they have mythical stories associated with them. As they are in Tropics a vast diversity of flora and fauna is found in i