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I just returned this week from a trip to America.  My wife and I went there to see our daughter graduate from university.  This is a photo of her about the time she started going to the university.

I also went home to see my family and friends.  I will tell about that part of the trip later.

I started my trip in Jeddah, KSA. 

From there, my wife and I flew to New York City. 

We got to see two of my wife's sisters while we were waiting all day for our plane to Texas. Here is my wife and her sisters

Hello Everyone,

How to improve my English? this question always in my mind & I've asked myself more than thousand times. For me, four skills of English are too difficult. I'm always searching & learning about this in many sites & you know what, the more I'm reading, the more I'm hurry up to push myself achieve fluently at English, the more I'm hurry up, the more I learn, the more I learn, the more I forget after that...poor me...

Even I came to know this page & joined MyEC more than a month, but I

As usual I didn't do anything for the New Year.. Almost. I didn't even watch the special tv. programs. There isn't anything to watch anyways. I already know what they show at New Years eve. It's "Dinner For One" lol

I've heard in germany they show this in each new yeareve already 40 years. Seems they copied germans here too, because they have shown it now also here at least 15 years or maybe 20.. :P

For Xmas they traditionally show "Home Alone" By The Way.

Anyways, I still saw the firework. I say s

Hi to all EC members...

Usually around this time is when everyone starts making plans and promises for a change in the New Year. We all experience something new every day and as a result of those experiences we’re changing willingly or unwillingly. With this basic thought, I focus on the very last hours of 365 days for the change. How do I do that? Well… I have a superstition. I believe that how you enter the New Year, your all year mostly continues doing that. For instance, if you enter the New

I have just changed my profile photo (avatar) - this is the first time I've ever changed it!

I bet you are already familiar with my old avatar, and some of the members here (like anele) may not really want me to change it. I don't think it's a good idea to change one's profile photo frequently, but it's quite acceptable to change it from time to time. Actually, some of the members have suggested I change it. I never changed the photo because I think it may make it hard for other members to easily

Dear Friends,   Some are born to shine, some to reflect the light and some to blossom from the glow, yet none shall be complete without the other. That is where the story of our friendship comes from be it in personal of professional life.   In the coming New Year write on your heart that every day is the best day in the year and get the glowing and growing energy from it.   Let's share as many smiles as we can and no doubt we will earn bundles of happiness.   Healthy happy harmonious 2012!!

This was supposed to be posted on Fridays but I had been busy so don't mind and just enjoy....

1. Math-e-Magician

2. English Enigma

3. Leisure laws

4. Expectations of love

I hope I can carry on this series and add a few moments of fun and amusement..

"This morning of the last day of the year, I suddenly feel like writing a blog. But actually, I thought writing days before today, I just couldn't know what to write about. It keeps nagging in my head that I have already forgotten my first love in EC - writing a blog. Then, suddenly after reading Robbie's blog (thanks to you,Rob!), it inspires me to jot down a list of my most favorite practices in 2011."

1.) EC's story: Inky Pinky Pooh

2.) Poetry-Daily Discussion: From: Audio-Speaking Group
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Hello my dear EC family,

Today is the last day of the year 2011, time to say good bye 2011 and happy new year 2012. And today I am so glad to say that I became one year old on EC. heheheh..It was the same day a year ago when I joined EC with having the purpose of improving my English skills. After looking on internet for English learning site once I came across EC, in the beginning two - three months I was not very familiar with EC and I was a big addicted fan of Farmville on Facebook and after

Have you ever heard about word ladder? it is a game word for memorizing our vocabularies. sometimes I use it in the class.

How to play?

The first person write a word, any kind of word. it can be noun, adjective, verb, preposition, pronoun etc.. the second person write another word began with the last letter that used by the first person..

Example :

Person 1 : book (k - the last letter will be used by the second person as the first letter)

person 2 : key

person 3 : yellow

person 4 : window

one person can

Currently in the last day I have followed DPD Contest. My revolution of 2012 that I hope I will win the competition. I got my idea to post in this blog because this blog can get many traffic. This is my article if I were a member of DPD (Seandainya saya menjadi anggota DPD RI)

If I become a Member of the DPD I would aspire to all the people's mandate entrusted to me. This becomes very important thing I would do if I become a Member of the DPD to remember all this the people of Indonesia are now a

let us speak english As far as we can

Come on................

It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love-
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a

Mother...

You are really kind to me..

to all your children..

you are really patient..

you give everything..

I hope you are happy

in the rest of your life..

And deep inside my heart..

I want to say..

I love you ...... :)

Winning Caption by Nadiyah: Welcome to Baby Traders! You order, We deliver

Image by @CliveSir via ELTPics. 

You can create a Wordless Wednesday challenge on your own blog post too. If you don't have a photo of your own to use, try ELTPics. Learn how to use ELTPics in your blog posts here. 

I used to wait for you, Mr. Postman...  Wait for your coming to my house. I felt so happy when you delivered a letter or postcard to me. But now, I never find you anymore..., where are you? you disappear in the globalization era, replaced by the modern technology.. Oh. technology... why are you so cruel?, sometimes... :(

Hi to all optimists.

Every day brings something  funny, lovely, special in our life,

even though it's the most boring one, if you try your best to find it in your soul.

Almost everyone whom I know, these people are married, tell that they are happy, 

because they have families. They enjoy being parents and loved by their partners and children.

But... Children love their parents, it's natural until they begin to think independent,

then they chose if they really do that or  not, the love of the partner

Thank you to all of the MyEC members who have taken my Writing Challenges in 2011. I enjoy reading and correcting your writing. You inspire me! You should be very proud of what you have accomplished. 

We are coming to the end of a year, and it's time to reflect on the past and prepare for the future. One word that helps us do this in English is the word "if". Do you know how to use this word properly? 

Your Task

1. Review the structure of Conditionals on EnglishClub.com. Take the quiz to check your