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My older brother built a stage in our basement for my kids last week! We painted the wall behind the stage with chalkboard paint. This way, the kids and their friends can draw whatever scene or message they want for their plays and performances. 

The chalkboard paint has a special warning on it:

Wait three days before drawing on chalkboard surface. 

You can imagine how hard it is for my kids to wait! They are eager to draw their first scene and perform their first show. In the meantime, I can't hel

John probably paid an arm and a leg for that sports car. 

The expression " an arm and a leg" means:

a- cash

b- no money

c-a lot of money

d- by check

-A verb

-Definition: *Strengthen or support physically or mentally

*to cause or allow something to continue for a period of time

*to keep alive

*to suffer or experience, especially damage or loss

The love of his family and friends _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ him through his ordeal.

The company has _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ heavy losses this year.

He cannot _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a normal conversation.

Hint: The word to guess begins with letter "S".

Answer = Sustain

 Hi guys, this week's post I'll talk about a recordist when the subject is travelling, called Charles Veley.

 Charles Veley is an american 46 year-old  precocious millionaire who spend 2000's seeking to visit as many as countries he could. For that, he used an Excel spreadsheet and U$$2 billions dollars in investment, taken from his company. In his own words: " My focus is meet targets. On one hand, travelling is fun. On the other hand, a TO-DO list".  In 2004, he turned up on Guiness World Book

            We, Vietnamese, have been celebratory days (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2013). Because the celebration of this year falls on Tuesday and the sequential day is the Labor Day, therefore; we have an occasion that is much longer than usual. It is about 5 days from last Saturday to Wednesday of this week. Some of companies still force their staff to work on Monday, though. We have raised the national flag of Vietnam everywhere these days for celebrating. 

             This day 38 years ago,

Dear Readers,

I am still shocked when I remember some one who lead thousands followers  in my country. He is  Ustad Jefri  Albuchari  who is popular called " Uje". He passed away  thee days ago by motorcycle on  the road in south Jakarta area.

Readers , I don't believe that it is true, because I saw him on TV was well and looked his popular speech  way, such as :kind, gentle, funny, simple but the content is full of religion. As a follower I am really sad. you know I live  far from Jakarta, but wh

-An adjective

-Definition: Found or distributed over a large area or number of people.

-Synonyms: prevalent - extensive - rife - common

There are reports of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ flooding in Russia.

Trade partners had become more  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Lightning may blast and blacken, but it rarely gives rise to       _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  fire.

Hint:
The word to guess begins with the letter "W" and is 10 letters long.

Answer = Widespread

"Sally is absent-minded and always forgets to bring her pens.

The expression 'absent- minded" means:

a- lazy 

b-forgetful

c-busy

d-careless"

 Listening to  the sounds of nature,birds' singing and  smelling the  odour of the  new flowers in spring is  a great experience  you  don't  want  to end.Let's  all  go back to nature  where  we belong.We   gain our  balance  like  human beings.Whenever  you have time  give yourself this chance.

This blog was written because my friend Asmaa requested me to explain the two childhood games that I used to play. These two games were mentioned in her "comment" box of her blog Remember Your Childhood

The first game was "snake and ladder". It was a board game. My siblings and I used to play this board game at night before our bedtime. We used to squabble and cheat each other while playing this game. Sometimes, my parents were so fed up with us for bickering while we were playing that we were ba

Thank you for taking time to comment on my photo of bathing with elephants.

As far as I am aware all animals "Can" swim except for humans.

We must learn where as animals do it naturally.    Sometimes, even after learning how to we still cannot.

My children started to learn "how" when they were 3 months of age.     When a young baby is taken under water they automatically climb up for the surface.

Perhaps it is when we become older and learn "fear" that we then decide we are not able to swim.

Please n

Hi guys. We would like to announce the chatter award nominees for March-April 2013. You might wonder why the nominees below are for March-April 2013, that’s because we decide that the voting and announcement for the award will be held every two months.

Sadly, we only can announce nominees for three categories these last two months. We don’t have nominees for the humorous chatters for the last two months. Each member only could vote once and the voting will be closed on May 5th, 2013.

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I have just strolled with Mr. Google, and consequence is : 

The world is divided into 7 continents, which comprises: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia ( from largest in size to smallest). You also know several different ways of distinguishing the continents according to distinct subregions such as the six-continent, the five-continent or the four-continent model. 

My country, Vietnam, is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia

Gone are  the days when it was difficult for the non native speaker to get good without a good background   where one  could  acquire  this language: Good teacher ,  good  books and  the circle of friends and acquaintances  who spoke  good English 

In my day we did not have the computer (as an addition )to assist to acquire a language .  We had  good teachers and the environment  was  such we spoke English :at home  at school at work and at play and  not forgetiiing  we read a lot . 

Of course  th

 Hi everyone, in one more weekly blog post I will share with you a news, which I was so pleased  for its benefic-purpose for our so damaged natural environment    - including mainly there, all the worlwide oceans - It is the ray-robot designed by 19-year-old dutch engineering student Boyan Slat, awarded for the best technical drawing of 2012 by Delft Technology University - The Netherlands. For me, a brilliant young inventor with a so privileged mind, amid so catastrophic forethoughts about our

Throughout this blog I would like to share with you some tips that I have been learned and also I have got a lot of benefits from it and hope it would be useful for you too.

Using English is much more effective than studying English. Think about it. How do children learn English?  Have you ever seen a 2-year-old studying grammar rules? Have you ever seen a 3-year-old sit down and review vocabulary flashcards? No, of course not. If you have children or have spent time with children, you know that

I was once sad and lonely,
Having nobody to comfort me,
So I wore a mask that always smiled;
To hide my feelings behind a lie.

Before long, I had many friends;
With my mask, I was one of them.
But deep inside, I still felt empty,
Like I was missing a part of me.

Nobody could hear my cries at night
For I designed my mask to hide the lies.
Nobody could see the pain I was feeling
For I designed my mask to be laughing.

Behind all the smiles were the tears
And behind all the comfort were the fears.
Ever

Bangladesh is a country of natural beauty