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At first glance, the title would let you think it is purely a religious topic, but in fact it is not.

I have to mention first that I’m neither an Islamic scholar nor a preacher. I’m just presenting my view and you have all the right to agree or disagree with.

When I joined EC, it was very interesting and amusing to meet lots of people from all over the world. People who are from different countries and have different views, cultures, religions and backgrounds.

It was a great chance to know more ab

Dear Captain,

Fay came to visit me again. But this time she came alone. She told me a piece of bad news and a piece of good news.

The bad news was she had been sad for a long while because she broke up with her first lover, the cook who came to visit me with her last time when I celebrated my birthday. Fay didn't tell me the reason though.

The good news was she came out of those sorrowful days and she engaged herself to a military man. Next year when the spring comes back she will marry him. So I w

Watch me perform my slam poem here.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO24TQm1M7M

Bloopers:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-55mEYTnuw

What Would You Do?

One thing, we need to do, is have changes.

Never showing your true self, always hiding, stuck like a mole in a hole in our little cages. 

Never showing who we are, do we know what we will become,

what if…

we are…

destined to be the same.

What do I want me to be?  What can I do?  Where do I begin?  Where should I start?  Should I change my name?  Should I

Dear Captain,

It has been a while since last time I wrote to you. Don't worry, everything is fine.

Captain, I have a question to ask. How do you think of changing? With the rapid development, people's concept is changing also. For me, changing many times brings new stuff. So it is not bad to change for people or the society. Yet we have to admit some new stuff isn't good.

In the past days, each time when I went back home, my friends would say, "Oh, Nikita, you are changing." I felt uneasy for such

When you were born, you were crying

And everyone around you was smiling

Live your life so at the end

You’re the one who is smiling and everyone

Around you is crying.....

Attrition

1.  The unpredictable and uncontrollable, but normal, reduction of work force due to resignations, retirement, sickness or death

2.  Loss of a material or resource due to obsolescence or spoilage.

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I am sure, nobody will deny the beauty of this quotation "Be yourself", but whenever jealousy grows in us, we put aside all moral lessons and begin degrating others. If we start criticizing envious people, there will be no difference left between them and us. So let's talk about its solutions, agree?. To the best of my humble observation, there are two methods of remedying jealousy. One method has been extracted from Islamic viewpoints and other is general and anyone can apply it.

One night (a few months ago), I was sitting on my back porch and joking around with some of the EC members while posting. Most of you who know me well are aware of the fact that I'm not much of an English Teacher and simply enjoy chatting here while doing my level best to help out when time allows. Writing and being creative is a part time hobby of mine. Yet, this is a true story and I'm composing it in a serious manner.

Anyway,... These strange orange lights appeared on my southern horizon with

On the third day of last Eid Mubarak, my niece got married. In this blog, I want to share with you the typical Malay wedding reception. This blog will be in two parts; Part One : The Engagement and Part Two : The Wedding

Part One : The Engagement

Before I tell you about the wedding itself, let me tell about the engagement ceremony. For a Malay lady, the engagement ceremony is elaborate and still as traditional as it was years ago. When a Malay man wants to ask a hand of marriage for a particular l

Next life,I will be a rose plant growing in your garden. Every day, you and your wife and your kids and your dog will play in the garden, you will laugh happily.When you and your family pass me, i will feel so happy. I will long out of the most beautiful leaves,blossom the most beautiful flowers to welcome you. Of course all the family won't know me. Even the most dear you won't know who I am. It will make me a little sad.But it doesn't matter. As long as i can see you, I will be the happiest pl

          A long, long time ago, over seven seas, seven mountains and seven rivers in the ancient land of Elam, somewhere between Anshan and Susa or maybe even farther, lived a young Prince in his magnificent castle overlooking picturesque valleys with blue skies high above and white clouds lazily floating in the warm wind blowing over green fields where rivers used to run.

    He was the happiest person on earth for he had met the love of his life. Not

Feeling alone though there are a lot of people around you is the worst feeling. Today is Mid-Autumn Festival in Vietnam. It's also the first festival I have joined in the US. No moon cake, no lanterns, no friends, no family ... I feel cold inside and outside. However, I can't share my feelings to anyone ... I don't know how to share but the most important thing is I don't really want anyone to know my feeling . Don't want to bother anyone. It's true that I always struggle myself ... I have just

Just because noaslpls told me that she really wanted to do more 'tests' (hehe) there is this fun and interesting quiz about the most common English Words. It is very easy and I'm sure you all really would like if you try it; this is how it works:

Go to this site: http://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/most-common-english-words-quiz.php

And then, you'll have 5 minutes to write the English words you think are the most used (write the words in the area marked "Enter word here:") The words can be nouns,

Kick a bad habit.

Leap across a fear.

Mention something uplifting.

 Never say never.

Open your mind and heart.

Pursue your innermost passions.

Quit complaining.

Restore your smile.

Set your sights high.

Trust yourself.

 Use all the day.

Value everything.

Waite until it feels right.

Express yourself.

Yank weeds from your mental garden.

Zoom into the now

This day is my best one day .. Why because my sister and  good friend Rabab come back to English club ... Welcome Rabab along time ago ... I feel we can enjoy again to improve our English language together and with our friends here ... Iam really all your friends miss you too much .. But now they feel happy like me ... Don.t go away again for long time .. English club is lighting now don.t get it darkness ...

Indonesia has been known as a country that has a lot of cultural diversity.  One of them  is an event wich held my hometown, Banyuwangi, East Java, the show was called Parade Gandrung Sewu.  Gandrung Sewu means a thousand of Gandrung Dancers, yeah that’s true, this event showed a thousand of Gandrung Dancers, wich is a traditional dance from Banyuwangi.  They’ll dancing ‘Gandrung’ at Pantai Boom, one of beach  in there.  How can they get a thousand Gandrung dancers? They were collected from the

 Hello guys, I'm Daniel, writing here this time to explain a question that for a long time I asked myself: What explains the fly of   airplanes? This question got better my understanding about the subject in my mind before I have read an article that answered this . So, I want to show for you what I've learnt from this reading, sharing with all of you here and now my observations about the airplane flying and, of course, making clear for who doesn't know the motivation for the aircrafts fly, the

A story of a man climbing enthusiasts decided to realize his dream of climbing the highest mountains of the world and the most dangerous. After many years of preparation and anticipation, he decided to make this adventure alone.

The journey began as planned and with everything was necessary to fulfill his dream. The hours passed without feeling, suddenly the night darkness came. He had almost reached the half-way where cannot retreat, may be the return is more difficult and dangerous than to comp

This is an old article I posted before but I lost it so I'm republishing it.

1- He said before being elected if Egyptians asked him to leave he would respect the Egyptians' will and leave. (He lied)

2-He swore to respect the constitution and the law. However, He issued a decree stripping the judiciary of the right to challenge his decisions. (He abused his power)

3- He promised that the constitution will represent all the Egyptians. However, only his party and his allies had participated in framin

I would like to know what question tag you will use for the following sentences:

She and you are responsible for the loss,

Let me see the film,

Let us go and see the film tonight,