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Hello Dear EC Friends :)

How are you?

Have you tried EC new tool bar for chat?

It is amazing!

It has a lot of parts.

You can check  Owais Sheikh's blog about it here.

(Thanks for writing about it Owais Sheikh)

But, please let me say about my first experience there.

When I opened EC this morning, I could talk for some of my nice friends and one of them was Scarlett. I'm sure that many of you know her and her kindness. She is a new face in EC who is very nice girl. I had a lovely time with her and by usi

So many people around are getting ready for celebrating Christmas :) Schools had their parties and offices had their parties :) 

I hope everyone is enjoying this time, being with families and friends :) 

Here it's very cold today and will be cold tomorrow as well. So I have to keep warm and happy :) 

Cheers everyone and see You around 

My life was as a freelance farm consultant travelling worldwide.  I taught English when and where I could to help local communities.     I retired from farming - though I miss it terribly - and taught English Conversation in the Khon Kaen area of Thailand.   I have recently moved to Chonburi province and hope to teach here privately - too old by Thai government regulations to teach officially !?   I would like to hear from anyone, anywhere about anything.

Take care everyone.   Ian

if I knew what I know now I wouldn't do those faults. But if I haven't done that faults I wouldn't know what I know now...

Dear readers,

As a teacher of English, I always invite my students use English where ever. I always greet them with English. In the class room I try to explain my lesson enjoyable, but  I do not know They do not response my expression or just  some of them use this language a bit.

Readers,  to look for the solution, I do thinking for whole a night, why this is happen ?? I do not want this problem face to  my students. On next day I know why this problem happen, In fact it is caused  my students ar

       Tonight is the last night of Autumn. We, Iranian celebrate it as the "Yalda Night", the longest night whole the year. Yalda has great significance in the Persian/Iranian calendar.

       "Yalda" is a time of joy. We gather around and enjoy a fine dinner. Many varieties of fruits and sweetmeats especially prepared or kept for this night are served. In some areas it is believed that forty varieties of edibles should be served. The most typical is watermelon.

       After dinner the old

Please write a caption to this picture in the comments bellow. The best caption will be added next Wednesday. Thank you!

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I'm an avid reader and I've read a lot. I've literally read thousands of books. No exaggeration! When I was young, I used to read everything which would come in my way. Newspapers, magazines, novels, books on history, religion, and even politics. Everything except poetry. Poetry has never been my cup of tea. I still read a lot, but now I skip some.

When you're fond of reading, you're always searching for a good book to read. And if a book becomes a bestseller, you crave for it. Don't you?

I was qu

Hello my dear EC friends,

I’m Scarlett,

** I come from Vietnam. I’m here with determination and enthusiasm to master my English and pursue my unawakened dream due to the effect of a busy life. Thanks MyEC for waking it up and motivating me toward my goals. I know now it’s very difficult. But there is a saying “Stay hungry, stay foolish” where everything we do now will make sense in the future It tells us to keep going and hear the voice of our heart. So, I’ll never give up! Today is Dec.19th, 201

To listen to the audio version, please click here:
http://vocaroo.com/i/s09eDXBHXGL5

Few days ago, Tara posted 12-12-12 What should we call this kind of date? to ask for suggesting a word in English for the day 12-12-12 ,and at the end of her post, she asked what other words we do not have in English. She also provided a link to 20 untranslatable words in English. 

This made me think back When I immigrated to Canada. The difference between my mother tongue language and English was so obvious and

1. against the clock:

2. cool as a cucumber:

3. neck and neck:

4. call a spade a spade: (Note: Considered offensive by some. Use only with discretion.)

5. tables are turned:

6. be packed like sardines:

7. yen:

8. As mad as a March Hare:

More videos here.

Have you ever heard about this American, Cortez W. Peters Jr.? He was the world-champion typist once. He won twelve typing contests. Would you believe if I say that he set a typing world record of 225 words per minute - or wpm for short? That’s amazing, isn’t it? How many words can you type per minute? 

Obviously, all computer users know how to type. They fall under two typing styles! The first style is called ‘two-finger’ or ‘hunt and peck’ typing. Those who use this style can’t type at all with

I dream of a world 

a world of love 

a world of peace 

and happiness all above 

I dream of world 

a world of ambition 

passion with compassion

a humane tradition

I dream of world 

live in equality 

respecting all 

with fairness potentiality 

I dream of a world 

full of smiles

worries and hatred 

run away in miles 

Oh god 

Let me be 

in a world of my dream 

blessed and free

I dream of a world 

a world of love 

a world of peace 

and happiness all above 

I dream of a world 

a world of ambition 

passion with compassion

a humane tradition

I dream of a world 

live in equality 

respecting all 

with fairness in potentiality 

I dream of a world 

full of smiles

worries and hatred 

run away in miles 

Oh god 

Let me be 

in a world of my dream 

blessed and free

My house is so well built that when I go out, the temperature at my room falls by one degree in Celsius.. But when I come back to home and keep the door to my room closed. It will soon again rise back up to +17C! That's how much heat my body produces.

Cool isn't? :D

While the EU officials did ban Incandescent light bulbs too.. the one extra source that could give more heat. :P No I actually would not heat with electricity anyways. I just wanted to point out how stupid are those careerist EU offici

It was a lovely December morning in the faraway lands. The sun was shining and the birds were singing. A fresh breeze was gently blowing, carrying with it the fragrance of blossoming flowers. On an old worn out wooden bench under a huge tree were sitting two young friends.

One said to the other: "Tell me a story, Chris."

So Chris began: "It was a lovely December morning in the faraway lands. The sun was shining and the birds were singing. A fresh breeze was gently blowing, carrying with it the fra

                       With a bleeding heart , worn out feelings, stiff fingers and disobedient pen, i would hardly say that this is the photo of my cousin ,Amjad AL-Montasir AL-Solmi,who passed away today noon in one of the hospitals in Taiz city. He had been injured in an accident yesterday afternoon in AL-Ga'ayda city , while he was with his father on their way to Taiz city. May Allah has mercy on his soul and bless him to his grave. Hope that Allah grant his parents the patience.

sat./15/12/

Why I Love You

You give to me hope
And help me to cope
When life pulls me down
You bring me around

You teach me to care
And help me to share
You make me honest
With kindness the best

From you I learned love
With grace from above
It's for you I live
And I want to give

You are the reason
That fills each season
When I hear love I think of you
You are my world and best friend too

If you wish to share your birthday with other members, You are welcome to MyEC Birtdays. Let's have an endless party and lot of fun