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When I was a child, I dreamed to be a pilot. I think there's excitement and adrenaline rush in navigating an airplane. You would get a closer look to the skies especially if the weather is fine and dandy. I'm sure that the main responsibility of every pilot is to accompany the passengers reach their destination safely. Though I didn't end up as a pilot, boarding an aircraft always gives me pleasure. That's my chance to see the clouds up-close and personal.

I'm fascinated with cloud

This story is nearly forgotten among the Malay children. It's not as popular as other fables that involves tiger, mouse deer or even crocodile. I still remember this story which I read when I was a small kid centuries ago. I was surprised that when I tried to find this story online, I hardly find anything about it. Therefore, I would like to share this story with everyone, to keep it alives.

When writing this fable, it reminds me of one EC Member that I always teased by calling him "Python". I do

Wish u a very happy Ramadan Mubarak

May This Ramadan be as bright as ever.
May this Ramadan bring joy, health and wealth to you.

May the festival of lights brighten up you
and your near and dear ones lives.

May this Ramadan bring in u the most
brightest and choicest happiness and
love you have ever Wished for.

May this Ramadan bring you the
utmost in peace and prosperity.

May lights triumph over darkness.

May peace transcend the earth.

May the spirit of light illuminate the world.

May the light that we

Old people are always saying that the young are not what they were. The young are better educated. They have a lot of money to spend and enjoy their freedom. They grow up more quickly and are not so dependent on their parents.They think more for themselves and do not blindly accept the ideas of their elders.

In the 2nd task of the speaking you will be asked to discuss a topic for 1 or 2 minute and given 1 minute to plan it.  You will be handed a pencil and paper to make a few notes.  I have seen so many students panic at this stage as they have no idea what to do in that minute.  So how can you outline a speech in 1 min?

task; Describe a museum you visit,

1. how often you visit it.
2. why you visit it, 
3. the most popular museum in your country

Now I have to plan. I will use one word prompts as a reminder.  I wi

Change will happen. It can not be avoided in life. People are usually afraid of change because it means they will have to do things differently and learn something new.

Are you afraid of the changes on your web page? Will you learn how to see your recent comments instead of those from when you first came here?

Sometimes people surrender to change and other times they fight it. We should try to relax and watch the changes at MyEC.  We will learn the new ways to do things if we relax.  If we are afr

To all my EC Friends

I know what some of you had been and still going through with the up-grading of EC. Some of you may find it hard not to be able to chat with your friends. I have to admit, I face the difficulty of not be able to chat with many of you too. But, don't let it bring your mood down. Here, I want to dedicate this wonderful song to all my wonderful EC friends. Smile! It's a wonderful world we are living in at the moment. Appreciate every seconds of it.

What a Wonderful World - Lou

There is something Important missed it is my List musician
 I can't find it :'(

Haha ... sorry guys. You have to bare with me on this series. I really like to bombard all of you with little known facts and maybe sometimes totally outrageous facts. I would like to apologise well in advance if some of you may find some word(s) in here is(are) a bit crude. I don't mean to be impolite.

Did You Know Series :-

1. Did You Know?

2. Did You Know? - Continuation.

3. Did You Know? - Another Continuation

4. Did You Know? - Not Another Continuation!

5. Did You Know? - Gosh! Will it never ends

ARE YOU A CARROT, AN EGG, OR A COFFEE BEAN?

A young woman went to her grandmother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed that as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

Her grandmother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a boil. In the first, she placed carrots, in the secon

Hi Friends.....

Our Friend, SpamBuster & Sister "Ha" has come with One more Interesting Puzzle, 6 or 5 Faces ?? and questioned us about the Missing Face.....?

And, this time we no need to break our Head, as our Lion Mr. Gabriel Sowrian had already figured out the Missing Face.... 

And so, I am just republishing the Post in order to bring it in the recent blog list, so that You can view it and enjoy the same.....

(To view the Puzzle and its  Solution, please go to the Comment Box.......)

My Previous P

This fable is very famous among children in Malaysia and had been passed down from generations. A mouse deer is always being portrayed as a very pretty and intelligent animal. There are many fables portraying this intelligent animal, and I want to share with you one of the most famous one. It is about how a mouse deer played a trick towards a group of crocodiles. I hope you will enjoy reading it.

A Mouse Deer and Crocodiles

Deep deep in a quiet Tropical jungle, a crocodile was having a blast swimm

Hello everyone i got good response to my first blog.

In this club many persons are here to learn English and also teachers that are helping to that person. I am proud to be a part of this club. I found some people who are really helping me in my English. I am thankful to those persons who helping me in my English. Now days i got response from everywhere and i also joined some group which are specially for learner. And nowadays i feeling that my language is improving gradually.  I Hope I will get

The speaking skills required in international speaking exams can be quite daunting for candidates because many candidates have no idea what the examiners are looking for.

Let's take the IELTS speaking task for an example.  The test begins with a few simple questions about yourself.  He/she will ask you questions about your job or studies, what you are doing now, what your role or responsibilities and duties include.  Here you are using a variety of present tenses.

He might ask about past employmen

Another link to an article online.  For those wanting to improve your vocabulary, the study indicates two ways that are the best.  The first is no surprise - live in a country where English is the native language.  The second was more of a surprise to the researchers.  People who read lots of fiction books have a larger vocabulary than people who read a lot but not lots of fiction.

Noted statistics from the study:

• Most adult native test-takers range from 20,000–35,000 words
• Average native test-take

Everybody  can get angry-this is easy.But  to be angry with the  right person,to the right extend and at the right moment, for the  right  cause and with  the right way- this is not  easy.

     When engineer Zbigniew was called to count for his earthly deeds in the heavenly Court, his son’s [from here onwards called Engison] world was shattered to pieces like a crystal vase, literally and figuratively speaking.

    Engison felt much like a victim of a mega catastrophe, as if a tornado-earthquake-tsunami combo pounced on him out of the blue, ripping apart and rocking the fundaments of his short life -  drowning what remained  of it in sorrow and anguish. His mom, Tina, was the only

  An old woman was asked ;what is the purport meaning of love? She answered that I didn’t know the meaning of love before ,but once when I was a kid my father kissed and hug me ,then told me “I love you” I thought at that time that the meaning of love was kindness and warm lap ….

When I hit puberty ,I found a letter under my door which was sent by my neighbor , he was a handsome young .It contained words “I love you “then I thought that love means bravery and craziness.

Not much later , the handso

When we are born, we don't know a word to let our mom know how much we are hungry. For this, we cry as loudly as possible to draw attention of mother. By doing so, we meet our requirement. At this stage, there is nothing in our mind, but satisfying our nutritional needs. So, crying, at this stage, is the just and the easiest mean of meeting our demand.

As soon as we grow up, the fact reveals on us that we are not born for satisfying our nutritional needs merely. A part from this, there are so man

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