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On the third day of last Eid Mubarak, my niece got married. In this blog, I want to share with you the typical Malay wedding reception. This blog will be in two parts; Part One : The Engagement and Part Two : The Wedding

Part One : The Engagement

Before I tell you about the wedding itself, let me tell about the engagement ceremony. For a Malay lady, the engagement ceremony is elaborate and still as traditional as it was years ago. When a Malay man wants to ask a hand of marriage for a particular l

          A long, long time ago, over seven seas, seven mountains and seven rivers in the ancient land of Elam, somewhere between Anshan and Susa or maybe even farther, lived a young Prince in his magnificent castle overlooking picturesque valleys with blue skies high above and white clouds lazily floating in the warm wind blowing over green fields where rivers used to run.

    He was the happiest person on earth for he had met the love of his life. Not

Just because noaslpls told me that she really wanted to do more 'tests' (hehe) there is this fun and interesting quiz about the most common English Words. It is very easy and I'm sure you all really would like if you try it; this is how it works:

Go to this site: http://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/most-common-english-words-quiz.php

And then, you'll have 5 minutes to write the English words you think are the most used (write the words in the area marked "Enter word here:") The words can be nouns,

Indonesia has been known as a country that has a lot of cultural diversity.  One of them  is an event wich held my hometown, Banyuwangi, East Java, the show was called Parade Gandrung Sewu.  Gandrung Sewu means a thousand of Gandrung Dancers, yeah that’s true, this event showed a thousand of Gandrung Dancers, wich is a traditional dance from Banyuwangi.  They’ll dancing ‘Gandrung’ at Pantai Boom, one of beach  in there.  How can they get a thousand Gandrung dancers? They were collected from the

 Hello guys, I'm Daniel, writing here this time to explain a question that for a long time I asked myself: What explains the fly of   airplanes? This question got better my understanding about the subject in my mind before I have read an article that answered this . So, I want to show for you what I've learnt from this reading, sharing with all of you here and now my observations about the airplane flying and, of course, making clear for who doesn't know the motivation for the aircrafts fly, the

A story of a man climbing enthusiasts decided to realize his dream of climbing the highest mountains of the world and the most dangerous. After many years of preparation and anticipation, he decided to make this adventure alone.

The journey began as planned and with everything was necessary to fulfill his dream. The hours passed without feeling, suddenly the night darkness came. He had almost reached the half-way where cannot retreat, may be the return is more difficult and dangerous than to comp

If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world:

Dearest creature in creation,
Study English pronunciation.
I will teach you in my verse
Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.
I will keep you, Suzy, busy,
Make your head with heat grow dizzy.
Tear in eye, your dress will tear.
So shall I! Oh hear my prayer.
Just compare heart, beard, and heard,
Dies and diet, lord and word,
Sword and sward, ret

This is a the continuance of my previous blog about the Legend of The Princess of Ledang Mountain.

Continuance from Part I

With a heavy heart, Hang Tuah agreed to wait at the foot of the mountain. Tun Mamat and the rest of the warrior then proceed to hike the mountain. After a few more days, Tun Mamat noticed the surrounding of the mountain had changed. The weather was getting cooler and they can smell sweet smell of flowers all around. He then realised that they were no longer in the wild mounta

Hi, guys! 

This time I’ve chosen a list of 100 Most Beautiful Words in the English Language recommended by Mary, our fellow club member. I went through the list and found them very interesting. I learned a lot of new words, as a matter of fact! (Thank you, Mary!) I’ll make sure that they become part of my vocabulary, of course, with the help of MMT.  In my opinion, it would be a plus point if we know the pronunciation of these words. It’s because in order to enable us to use them effectively in o

MyEC is getting close to 100,000 members. How should we celebrate this milestone? How many of you were here when we celebrated our 20,000th member? Some of us waited up through the night to find out who it would be! 

If you have any ideas for celebrating our 100,000th member, please leave a comment! We will need some members to help organize and plan the celebration! When do you think it will happen? Take a guess in the comments below, and share your ideas.

Life is a book in chapters three

The Past , the present and the Yet to Be,

The past has gone, it could not stay,

Its in your dreams of yesterday ,

Remembered , sometimes for its sadness ,

But also for its joy and gladness.

Live for the present , Live for today ,

So quickly does pass away .

Help one another along lifes path,

cheer them up , and make them laugh ,

For the past it soon will be ,

So live it now , its yours you see

But what about the Yet to Be ?

Its locked away,... God holds the key.

This blog is an answer to Junco's Photo Challenge; September # 2 - Must Eat Dishes. Malaysians' favourite past time is eating, thus we have so many 'must eat dishes'. In addition, Malaysia is a melting pots of so many races and cultures and it reflects in our food. 

The 'must eat dishes' in Malaysia are:-

1. Satay

Satay is a skewered meats grilled on an open fire. The meats can be chicken, beef or other types of meats, but chicken satay and beef satay are still the most popular satay. Satay is serv

The United Nations just released its second World Happiness Report, which ranks countries according to happiness levels. Nordic countries are at the top this year, while the U.S., Egypt, and Greece are all more disgruntled than they were in years past.

Full report at: http://goo.gl/Jdav6v (full ranking on pages 23, 24 and 25)

Hello everyone! I want to share some strategies I use when learn English especially speaking. There are more strategies in another English skills like in Listening, Reading and Writing. For now let me write about speaking first. I wish you like it, enjoy ….

In speaking

Cognitive strategies

1.    I  use rhymes to remember new English words

2.    I try to remember new English words by pronouncing them

3.    I speak a word or sentence several times to remember it

4.    I try to learn a new pattern by mak

   I didn’t use to like sports – any kind of sports, even the lightsome easy one. Truly, I – a grade-eight student that time - was once attracted to some famous handsome footballers when the 2002 Word Cup tournaments were broadcasted on the national channel. I followed all the matches in which my idols played. I call “idols” coz there were some of them I crazily dreamt of, namely Casillas (the gold-keeper of Spain), Raul (the striker of Spain) and Klose (striker of Germany). My heart got sunshin

An American farmer smelt a strong smoke; he opened a channel for local news radio. He knew that had caught fire a few miles away of his home. Caught in the vast fields of wheat, before fully maturity of about two weeks.
He knows that once caught fire at this time, it's difficult to control
it. It will burn tens of square miles of wheat cultivation. The man also knew that wind moving fire toward his field.
He began to think so "what do I do? Necessary for the fire will catch the fields, home crash,

Noa’s post about that lovely Malay legend  fired my envy to such a great extent that I decide to post a fable which my Mom told me in my early teens.  Here I feel obliged to warn the readers that this fable has its roots in the old Persian legends and myths, which my Mom translated form Farsi into Polish and as time went mercilessly by, most words faded out in the haze of distant days, and only the main thread remained vivid in the eyes of my mind, therefore I shall take the l

In this blog, I want to share with you another famous Malay legend/myth. It is called 'Puteri Gunung Ledang' which literally can be translated as The Princess of Ledang Mountain. 

Princess of Ledang Mountain : Part I

Ledang Mountain is located between two states in Malaysia, Johor and Melaka. Legend has it that until to date, this mountain is being guarded by the legendary Princess who is a fairy.

According to the legend, Sultan Mahmud Syah, the eight King of Melaka was in a deep mourning due to th

White lie: noun. a harmless or trivial lie, especially one told to avoid hurting someone’s feelings. (Oxforddictionaries.com)

So, everybody lies. That's a fact. The question now is: What are those more used lies?

1# It's not you... it's me.

2# I'm ready in 5 minutes.

3# I've read and accept the terms and conditions.

4# Yes, i'm fine, thanks.

5# I didn't do it!  //  It fell by itself!

6# I didn't see you.. so i didn't greet you...

7# Do whatever you want, i don't mind...

8# I'll call you back // Pay you b