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Dear Captain,

It was a happy day today. I went to visit Ling. Jingjing, Ling's adorable daughter, wrote me an invitation! In the invitation, the characters she had written were so cute. She calls her mom mom, and calls me little mom. Yes, she invited me to take part in her 4th birthday party.

Once I arrived at her home, Jingjing gave me a warm bear hug immediately. And then she asked me why I didn't go to visit her for such a long time. I didn't lie to her, just told her I was busy with study and

Miyazaki Hayao retired from director of animation. He is very famous and popular director of animation not only in Japan but also in the world. His movies are loved in the world. His movie "千と千尋の神隠し" won Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2002. I like his movies, especially "風の谷のナウシカ", "天空の城ラピュタ","千と千尋の神隠し".
Have you seen his movies? What kind of his movies do you like?

千と千尋の神隠し

天空の城ラピュタ

風の谷のナウシカ

ghost

Those who are tired may seek your aid
It is unfair if your aid is stayed.
You never mistreated us. It’s not your way.
Any such mischief, you would degrade.
Unfortunate the eyes that can’t shed tears of love,
Unhappy the hearts that candle of love barricade.
With the auspicious fly towards the light,
Leave behind bats and birds who seek the shade.
Wonder not if I sought help in the tavern,
My Master said in the temple they trade.
Without virtue, worship is idolatry,
Goodness won’t come, when virtue delayed.

Five years ago, a German doctor who came to Great Britain to practice medicine accidentally killed one of his first patients by prescribing a painkiller at 10 times the normal dose. His mistake was attributed to inadequate English language skills. Now European doctors who join Great Britain’s National Health Service will need to pass tougher tests of English language and communication skills.

Work hard at learning English!

See http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/feb/24/european-nhs-doctors-lan

People always try to achieve great success in their life. That is the real reason why they do quite a lot of research and development work in their job. It is a contribution of human on the planet, then they should  receive some excellent results form their force.

Firstly, from positive thinking of people, they can do everything they want and they'll be success faster and faster,this is the momentum of success. Moreover, clearly goal will help them to do correct and effect.

Would you share some yo

If the Prophet visited you

(Peace and blessings be upon him)

I wonder........................

If Prophet Muhammad visited you

Just for a day or two,

If he came unexpectedly,

I wonder what you would do.

Oh I know you would give your nicest room,

To such an honored guest,

And you would serve him your very best.

You would be the very best,

Because you're glad to have him there,

That serving him in your home

Would be a joy without compare.

But...when you see him coming,

Would you meet him at the door?

With your

Ok, this is just a kind of funny post: Did you know that your coffee says stuff about yourself? So, now you know it! :D and this is what, according this infographic, your 'kind of coffee' says about you:

ESPRESSO. You're Friendly and adaptive.
DOUBLE ESPRESSO. You're practical and hard-working.
TRIPLE ESPRESSO. You're enthusiastic but obsessive.
MOCHA. You're fun-loving and creative.
LATTE. You're Reflective but often indecisive.
CAPPUCCINO. You're warm-hearted but oblivious at times.
MACCHIATO

So many people have asked me about the question tag that is to be used for a sentence that begins with Let us. They know that shall we? is used for a sentence beginning with Let's. They would like to know whether the same shall we? can be used for Let us. Let's is used for a suggestion. Then shall we? is the correct tag. But Let us denotes a permission. Then the correct tag is Will you? With all imperative sentences, regarless of negative or positive, you can use Will you? Only Let's is an excep

It is something beyond my expectation, i could not believe when somebody read what i wrote. For me it is a very big appreciation. Thanks a lots for those leave a comment, it encourage and inspire me to move on and do not stop running.... i will run and run... i dont want to look behind again, at least my confident level up to next step further.... Thanks for your support...

Hey all, I have decided to bring back the Did You Know? series when every time I read something interesting, I kept on saying to myself, 'This is nice to be shared as Did You Know? series'. This was also because of my small chat with a respectable chatter, Asif Ali, Zindani.

Did you know that there are many idioms or expression based from myth or legend. Here I want to share some of them with you.

Thank you rysperski and Asif Ali, Zindani.for sharing some other expressions/idioms that are based fr

There are moments in life when you miss someone
so much that you just want to pick them from
your dreams and hug them for real

Learning English. When do you stop learning?.

While recent research claim that you can “learn english” in 2-3 years, other companies may promise you intensive six-month courses where you’d end up being “bilingual”, or they pull methods out of their hat in which you can be able to learn english quickly and just knowing a limited amount of words, I still wonder, year after year, if some day I’d say that about “I can speak english”. Because if I’ve learned something over the 5 years that I’ve been

My good friend Shelly Terrell shared this useful Infographic today. A lot of these points are useful for MyEC members. Is there anything you disagree with? What did you learn from this infographic? Are you a good digital citizen?

Knowthenet presents Manners Matter the online Netiquette Do's and Don'ts infographic.

Unlike others, im learned english for many years, yet still not have confidence to speak in english, but i keep try and work to make progress and improvement to my english language, it is not easy for me, maybe to the other it is something simple and easy. some day i must be able to speak and writing english natively and fluently. that my ambition and hope. i will work out to achieve what i want to achieve. thats my goal.

Dear Captain,

I am out of the hosptial now. So nice I am at home, my lovely base again.

I went to a park near my home in the afternoon. The tree leaves are yellow and falling with the cool wind. I saw some young moms with their babies sitting near the little river and chatting. I also noticed a funny thing.

Hehehe, many young guys who come from foreign countries I have seen in the park like wearing slippers. Actually I have noticed this before for several times. I find it lovely. Their slippers are

Yeah that's it. The Summer is coming to the end! The Autumn is coming in .. with rainy days and winds blowing stronger. With leafs coloring and birds flying to warmer places. Not long till the first snow will fall down. 

When I wake up in morning I can feel that it's getting colder, mornings get darker and nights are longer. Why the Summer goes so fast? Why is it so short? 

Let's bring the sun in our hearts and keep it warm through the cold and rainy days 

I still remember that day, the day of more than three decades ago. That time I used to go to a barber's near my house daily in order to read newspapers. It was a time when people would visit this barber's for reading papers in addition to getting their hair cut. That day while going through a Malayalam newspaper, the readers' letter column caught my special attention on the grounds that there was a letter that contained a useful bit of information about a particular type of words in English. It

I read this very informative and helpful advice in my Facebook page, posted by my various friends. Therefore, I did not authored nor researched this scientific and helpful advice on how to measure your diabetes levels.

Level 1 : Cautionary Level. When you want to pee, all ants will surround you

Level 2 : Extra Careful Level. When you want to pee, all ants will follow you at the back.

Level 3 : Red Alert Level. When you want to pee, all the ants are already waiting for you at the toilet

Level 4 : Dan