~~~~~~ Chapter 4 ~~~~~~
"Hakim had came back." Lina nearly spurted her ice tea when Mom said that out of the blue. Both of them were enjoying an afternoon tea and just talking about general matters and trying to catch up on news.
With an extra care she put the glass back on the table. "Hmm... when?" Lina tried to sound nonchalant.
"A few months back, with his two kids. Apparently his wife had died. So he decided t
It's a rare chance for me to meet with people who want to learn my national language, Bahasa Indonesia. The language is less popular than English or Spanish. So, I won't expect to see many people want to learn it. But, I accidentally found people from various countries who are learning my national language.
They are learning to improve their writing in Bahasa. And we, Indonesians change our roles there. We become the native speakers that could correct their writing in exchange for correction on o
Not long ago, I attended an office meeting that consisted of mainly male associates. There was a younger partner who had the floor and was speaking from a place where the sun doesn't shine (anatomically speaking). About half way through his presentation, I woke up and saw the mood his words were creating around the room. Believe me, it wasn't a pretty sight. Usually, I sleep during these boring quarterly meetings. God knows what inspired this native speaker to stand up and utter the words that c
A little note from me. Someone pointed out to me that it was not supposed to be Rin Tin Tin - for the comic. It was supposed to be called Tin Tin. Forgive me if I gave the wrong impression. I was talking about the Belgian Comic Book. Some people may call it Tin Tin. But for me, it was always Rin Tin Tin. Anyway, whether it was Tin Tin or Rin Tin Tin, I will be forever grateful for my English Hero.
I love reading. As far as I could remember, I would always have a book, magazine or even a comic in
Maybe you have felt or even said,
"No one visits my page or leaves comments for me"
Is this you?
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Don't be sad, be active on MyEC. If you become very active and treat your friends the way you want to be treated, you will be popular and also begin to improve as a person and hopefully as an English student.
We sometimes get a message from a friend on MyEC complaining that their friends don't comment or say hello. PLEASE DON'T MESSAGE US ABOUT HOW NO ON
~~~~~~ Chapter 3 ~~~~~~
Fifteen years later.
"Lina .... you work too hard". Lina had to smile upon hearing that voice. Saufiq had been saying that to her for the past few years.
She looked up and gestured at Saufiq to sit. "We are supposed to go out for lunch, remember? You promised me." Saufiq pretended to whine.
"In a minute. I need to answer this important e-mail." She tried to sound stern, but it was hard. She could not help from keeping a
"This short story is dedicated to Tara Benwell who showed me that I can write something totally alien to me. To Mickey for always come up with many interesting stories. To my dearest friends, Grape and Eric who first motivated me to write. To all my EC friends, thank you for the friendship."
"Knock, knock". Just looking at that simple words, suddenly my dreadful day seems to be of the past.
"Where have you been?" I asked.
"I haven't seen you in a few days."
"Are you okay?" I know I was bombarding h
My dairy is now full of your poems ,
sometimes...
in absence of mind I turn out the pages..
search my existence in your poem...in your complements,
like to lose myself in your poem....
Now my dairy is full of your poems.
Chapter 1 : Please read here
~~~~~~ Chapter 2 ~~~~~~
That was yesterday.
When she needed him the most, he was not there for her. She knew she was being irrational. It was not his fault that he was not there when her parents had broken her dreams. It was not his fault that he was leaving when they had promised to study in the same university. It was not her parents’ fault that they were poor. It was not her parents fault too that she was the first born. It was not her parents faults that she had to
Hello dear readers, this week I'm inspired to write something about travels, and to kick off on this subject I decided to talk about "hints" to go almost unnoticed as a tourist in the following destinations: London, New York and Paris. So, let's start right now that!!!
# 1 destination city: London
tip 1: Don't go out with no umbrella;
tip 2: Practise your good manners. Always say thank you and "excuse me" all the time;
tip 3: Never eat a "kebab"on the London streets. It's highly unlikely
Hi guys :) After a long time of silence I am coming back with new blog. This is about Practicing/ Teaching Online!!
Here are few things You can do - read blogs like this, listen to songs in English, talk with other people online!
Reading blogs
Here we can find many useful blogs. All we need to do is to find blog according to our likes! It's better to read about things we really like.
Listen to songs
Find songs with lyrics and sing along :) That was how I learned pronunciation.
Talking to others o
Dedication : This short story is dedicated to all my EC English Teachers : Dayne, Chloe, T Mal, Cheetah, Vanessa, AB (Ameni), Tim New - thank you guys for helping me. I know you tried your best, but ... LOL.
To all my rumbustious Indonesian friends : Narizawa, Laalaa, Ken and the others. You guys are really funny.
And to all my EC friends - you know who you are.
And special mention to Samu.
~~~~~~ Chapter 1 ~~~~~~
“Lina, wait up”. Lina stopped dead in her tracks. With a heavy heart, she waited for
-verb or noun
“to cut something or tear it into very small, narrow pieces; a small amount of something.”
• Cut the cabbage into fine long s_ _ _ _.
• They may be s_ _ _ _ding documents.
• He said there was not a s_ _ _ _ of evidence to support such remarks.
• He was left without a s_ _ _ _ of self-esteem.
• Finally s_ _ _ _ the carrots, cabbage and cored apples.
• There is not a s_ _ _ _ of truth in the story.
Hint: The word to guess begins with letter "S" and is 5 letters long.
Answer = Shred
Voice recording and sharing the different ways of voice presentation is fun for the learner and the fluent speaker! You may be wondering how it could be done at My English club ,especially the new members.
Take a peep at this group link http://my.englishclub.com/group/audiospeakinggroup
This opens to many interesting discussion links which one could voice record and share .
this enables the learner to be more confident in practicing their speech
There are many discussions , mo
Hello, there!
I often hear people pronouncing the word 'Skype' as /ˈskaɪpi/. Usually, I tell them politely that the letter 'e' in this brand name is 'silent'. Thus, we should say /skaɪp/.
To my amusement, some of them take note of what I say while the others dispute my claim. Here's a video that I stumbled on just now. It tells us how the word in question is actually pronounced. Shall we listen to it, guys?
Now, do you know any other commonly used words that often confuse us? If you do, please sh
This week is Teacher's Week in Iran. I was watching TV that I heard about the smallest school in the world. I've searched about it in the Net, and if you let me, I like to share it with you here, too.
Abdul Mohammad She’rani, a young Iranian teacher in a very remote village in Iran, bloging about his very small school and his 4 students in a small Iranian fishing village of Jamalabad Kalu near the southern port city of Bushehr.
Social media did something nearly miraculous: Iranian media and even
-An adjective
-Definition:
Ten years of incompetent government had brought about the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ collapse of the country's economy.
My daughter has a computer program with a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ pet cat that she feeds and plays with.
Hint: The word to guess begins with letter "V" and is 7 letters long.
Answer = Virtual
Today was "Mother's Day" in Iran.
We were in a celebration in our university and I've heard a nice story about Mothers that If you let me, I like to share it with you here.
Once upon a time a Mother was looking at his son who was playing inside the lake. She was enjoying watching her son, but suddenly she saw an alligator which was going toward her son. She shouted and run to her son quickly. The boy turned his head toward the alligator but unfortunately it was late…
The alligator took the
A king's praise is worth the best coffee in the world!
Winning caption from Anele! This photo was taken in a coffee shop. Thank you to all who took the time to participate on this Wordless Wednesday! Cheers! ☺
-An adjective
-Definition:
Nor does either of the two parties have a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ political agenda.
The student received validation that his essays had been _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ when he received his test back with a large "A+" on the front.
I wish i was as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ as the people in honors classes.
Hint: The word to guess begins with letter "C" and is 8 letters long.
Answer = Coherent
