People around the world are talking about today's date.  December 12, 2012 (12-12-12) is considered to be a lucky day by some people, and an unlucky day by others. Some people think the end of the world is coming. Others believe it's the perfect day to get married or play the lottery! 

According to the Globe and Mail, there is no English word for a date that has matching numbers like this. As the article suggests, this is likely because this kind of date doesn't come around very often. The Globe

" Should I jump or not...............should I jump or not.............should I jump or not... " 

The winning caption was submitted by nidα.

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Hi everyone :)

The photo of this week is a white dog that I ran into when crossing a stream. His owner was already on the other side but left him behind. He wanted his dog to try jumping across the stream himself.  Please give a caption on what the dog is thinking about. The winning one will be announced next week. Thanks f

I’m holding on your picture and remembering those times when..

When I was a baby of one year old, you were feeding me, cleaning me and I thanked you..

                By crying all night!

When I was almost two years old, you were helping me to walk and I thanked you..

                By escaping from you when you were calling me!

When I was three years old, you were preparing food to me with all your love, and I thanked you..

                By throwing down my dish!

When I was four years old, you were

Actually, I'm not sure what to write up.. I experimentally type in this first entry.. anyway, a million thanks for those who read this entry...an intermediate level of writing.. so please please give some comments on my writing... i really appreciate it..

Snow..white snow.. i have never touched snow..or play with snow..i don't know how it is? May be you can share with me your experience on snow..

I like rain.. especially at night.. night's raining gives me some sentimental feeling.. indulge in rai

Hello all,

In continuation with the suggestion blog `blogging for a cause`, can we try to locate a common cause for which we can write on EC which also suits EC objectives.

Some common issues can be (a) rising temperature (b) pollution (c) world peace (d) health care (e) sharing about people who are taking efforts to address some social cause (f) Solutions to employability problems (g) Language skills etc.

EC members can try to finalize the list and take up few (say 2) issues as `priority` after vo

Hello everyone. 

Currently, days seem to be shorter and in a winkle the day ends. People look stressed by their jobs, their relationships, money issues and education. Everybody complains because times goes by and you never finish what you are supposed to do. One thing that really speeds up our lives is technology, I cannot imagine my life with out computer, cellphones and other devices that make our lives easier,  but at the same time , a bit of stressful, and faster. However, we have to take adv

My Lost Ruby Ring

Long time ago, I wondered why I love ruby jewels. Why I feel obsession to their red shine. Why I have many incessant images about them especially a ruby ring in my deep memories. I didn't remember anything about that until my mum told me the whole story. The story in my own childhood related to that images in my mind .. about that ruby ring. So I will tell you that story: when I was five years old, I went to the final party of my kinder garden school. My mum dressed me up the mo

Hello guys :) First time I'm going to try to challenge myself in writing! 

So my first friend I want to introduce is Jeocanda. In chat we sometimes call her Jeo. Her native language is Arabic. She is from Egypt and her nationality is Egyptian. Thanks to her I created Coffee Club in MyEC and Skype. Yeah we both like coffee.

The next member I would like to tell about is Oleh (that is how his name is pronounced in Ukrainian). He lives in Ukraine and his nationality is Ukrainian. His native language i

Top of Tower 

        Once upon a time there was a bunch of tiny frogs who arranged a running competition.
The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower.
A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants.
The race began....
Honestly, no one in crowd really believed that the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower.
You heard statements such as:
'Oh, WAY too difficult!!'
'They will NEVER make it to the top.' 
Or:
'Not a chance that they will succeed. T

Dear all, just a reminder. reading skills results into analyzing skills, helping us in achieving better success in whatever career we select.

Analysis of the thought under title:

1. Up to a certain age (say 15), we are dependent on parents and society in general to make progress.
2. It is expected, particularly if we are gaining academic education, that we take over our own development from others (parents).  
3. This requires great deal of understanding of self. This awareness is the responsibility of famil

Our World

        Emmet fox -the contemporary writer- went to the restaurant for a meal when he had gone to America for the first time. He was waiting on the corner with this intention that he would be entertaining. But he saw that the waiter is not the slightest attention to him. Worst of all he observed that people were after him were sitting in front of plates full of food and eating!

        He went sadly to the man who was sitting near the table and said: "It’s about twenty minutes that I si

This year has been a year of elections in major countries like America, France and Russia. An election was not held in China but the Chinese Communist Party was held. I didn't know when the election of The House of Representative in Japan would be hold because the term was till Septenber of next year, but the election will be held in this December. This is really a year of elections.
In Russia, Putin became the president again and Obama was reelected as president in America. In France, a new read

Hi all :) How are You doing? I really hope You're all well and at good health :) 

Wanted to share some Snowy moments from my Country :) 

Here are trees with snow. Sun is shining and sky is clear.

This is school where my girls go every day :) We went home and it just started to snow :) I had my cam with me :)

Dear friends, as I stated in my previous blog, that it was really hard to choose from among my friends as since I've got/gotten so many dear friends here. Therefore, this is my 2nd entry in Teacher Tara's challenge. I'll probably write a 3rd blog too, to include my other friends.

Today, I'm going to introduce you with some of my friends who are comparatively newer in my friends' list.

I'll start introductions by introducing acquainting you with a MyEC member who's sad because none of the EC blogge

Good morning (In India now) - Yesterday onward I started sharing Xplore Theory which is informal, in the sense that this theory is not an outcome of an academic exercise, but due to habit of Xplorations. (reading earlier blog on theory contents will connect readers properly with this one)

As kids, from day 1 of our birth we start our Xplorations..we try to learn small things. right from trying to hold any small object in hand to lift heavy objects, all happens through these xplorations..we enjoy

Hi, guys! 

I stumbled on this painting recently. You know something? This is no ordinary painting! It is said that there are about 300 expressions (idioms, proverbs, phrases, etc.) hidden in it. I spotted a good few of them in less than a minute, as a matter of fact! Believe it or not, I was very much intrigued by the challenge so I started to make a list of the expressions that flashed on me. Guess what! I have 86 expressions on my list at this moment in time and it will grow, I think! 

Now, I w