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Hi, people of the world. 

I could name this weekend "My sweet weekend" coz my activities were connected to baking and decorating. 

I learnt how to make sugar flowers (and they are eatable). And also I baked a cake for my colleague's birthday. I hope he'll like it! What will you say???? 

Thanks in advance :) And here are my results. Don't judge too strict :D

These are my sugar flowers: 

And this is my cake. I have just finished it and now I can drink my coffee :) 

Bon appetite :) 

You may write me down in history

With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may tread me in the very dirt

But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?

Why are you beset with gloom?

'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells

Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,

With the certainty of tides,

Just like hopes springing high,

Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?

Bowed head and lowered eyes?

Shoulders falling down like teardrops.

Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness of

This is the RESULT of your MAJOR QUIZ which is also the last quiz for this year.  This was based on Lesson 8, 9 and 10 (Preposition) posted in the Grammarly Yours group.  

Thank you dear Learners for your warm participation.  Hope to see you again on my next lesson next year!

YOUR RESULT

For those who were'nt able to make it, may the result become an inspiration for you to continue seeking ways to perfect your English.  Answer key is given to recheck your work.

ANSWER KEY

Dear Learners,

This is your M

English, perhaps like every other language, has many words with identical or similar meanings. They are called synonyms.

Think of the words, approximately and about. As synonyms, you can choose either word in most cases, so my advice is to choose the simpler of the two.

Here is an example paragraph of simple words (in brackets) that could be used instead.

There are numerous (many) words that are synonyms and often you can choose the simple (easy) word over the complex (harder) word. Doing this help

Dear S...,

Really, I am  too happy today to get your letter in this morning. Thanks for writing and to break the silence! Yes, I have not been writing you for a long time. But, of course, there must be some reasons.

First of all, My mother is very sick. She has been suffering from diabetic related various problems. Doctors keep saying to admit her into a hospital but I just can't make the decision yet.

Moreover, I have been trying to complete my M.Phil course. Sometimes which seems impossible. But,

All relationships you maintain go under a contract. If your friend does a favor to you, he may expect a favor from you when he is in trouble. Relationship builds up with wife though a written contract. All though our life, such relationships are fostered under contract. Some contracts are clearly written and some are not. To have a successfull relationship, we have to abide by rules that we bear in our mind, or write on the paper. There is one relationship in this world that doesn't care for any

Hello, everyone. I wonder that no one mentioned this special day in blogs :( So let me do it for you.

Today is a special day for many people on this planet - today is a Victory day and a day when the Nazi were destroyed and the Great Patriotic war as a part of the Second world war was over. Also it's an Anniversary here -  70 years have passed after that day. 

Many people were killed, many villages were burnt, many children were tortured and many cities were destroyed forever. But on this day I wa

Discussing about certain topics will help enhance one's presentation skills and the ability to weave stories. It will help us improve our speaking vocabulary as well as usages & sentence structures.

However, preparing to talk about different topics is something most of us hate to do. What then is the way out?

How about watching small video clips and discussing those? Wouldn't it be quite easy to watch a comedy/tragedy/tragicomedy video on YouTube and then try to describe and analyze it? This is an

To become a mom is the best feeling ever. Nine months of suffering were worth it! The morning sickness, pain in the womb, dizzy feeling, mood swing, peeing at night at least twice, heartburn, feeling like big elephant, whose movement is at the end of the pregnancy kind of weird etc. are the things that can hardly make me say:

"Ohhhhhh yeahhh, I enjoyed my pregnancy!" Sincerely, my dear friends, I didn't apart from feeling moves of my baby, which gave me energy. 

However,  after process of torturin

This year, 21 EC members are vying for the highest score in the MAJOR QUIZ. Some of them have undergone a complete participation on the three lessons given in the Grammarly Yours group. They studied thoroughly and made their way to the top on the 3 quizzes.  I salute you dear learners for doing a job well done.  

I've great interest in this man and in his valuable words so what I'm trying to start here is collecting every link and topic related to this man ,and i will do my best to get any soft books which was written by him ,and if anyone can give me a hand on this I will be greatful :)

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Critical & Creative Explorations/Practices in
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CALL FOR RESEARCH PAPERS

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This month I challenged our bloggers to write about mothers and mothering in honour of Mother's Day (May 10, 2015). Our growing writing collection is dedicated to the moms of all MyEC members as well as the MyEC members who are amazing moms themselves.

We're just getting started. Please write your post and share a link here, so I can add it to this collection.

Happy Mother's Day! 

Please follow the links to read these stories and tributes. Don't forget to leave comments for our inspiring bloggers:

what's to say, One dream it was very precious for me but i lost it gradually. Unexpectedly somebody came to remember me. After 15 years it again came to my heart like a wind, i closed my eyes and forgot myself for a little time. I wear smile in lips because that cold wind touched my face. After some time i opened eyes because of unknown pain. Shiny sun burned my face and i was sweaty. There was no wind and i couldn't see anyone that i know very well. Again i was dreaming......

Well, hi!

Something has happened in my office since last week and now I'm being pushed to practice English again. Last time I got an English course is when I was in middle school. Wow. Time flies. Now I'm here, sitting, trying to write in English properly in some random forum I found online.

But turns out this random forum is great! I'd done some quiz and it's addicting. Thought you guys are so cool! Having this website since 1997? Ohmai, I was 9 years old in 1997. I wondered if internet already a

" Mother" means a lot to most of the people around the globe. I am also in that group. Though, I am not sure whether I would be able to write down something on this topic or not. Because, there is every reason to be emotional!

Okay, It would be fine, If I try to figure out how my Amma helped me to be a big girl. In true sense, she was very strict and forthright. She used to scold me as well as love me. But, she was not like me!

Yes, she was not like me. She was a brave mother. She did her best to

I am in dilemma.

I am not savvy tech and after 3 years without laptop, my knowledge about IT is only 10%

I am planning to buy a laptop but have difficulty to which brand should I choose and which brand with zero problem.

My previous laptop is dell. I have some problem with the battery, bluescreen and auto shuddown so I won’t be using that brand.

I am wondering if someone on EC with IT knowledge could suggest one brand that good and don’t have much problem or have experience using it.  It will be hel

Hay there! Today is about LISTENING COMPREHESION!

I recomend this <<story of the language course>> for practicing 
Spoken English (or Oral English) even for the beginners 
[no matter if you are a beginner of English or an advanced learner!] so that they can practice LISTENING COMPREHESION 
at the very beginning.