I'm not the only English language teacher who likes to challenge people! Many English language teachers are bloggers. They challenge each other to blog about different things. Today I read a challenge by a teacher named Adam Simpson. I added it (and revised it slightly for MyEC purposes) to the Challenge Group. Please check out the instructions for the challenge before you read my post. 

11 from '11: 11 Great 2011 Posts by Members of MyEC's Writing Challenge Group

1. January: My Advice Give advice to

The Total Lunar Eclipse will occure on Saturday, December 10th 2011. It can be seen from all over Indonesia, begining from 7.45 up to 11.18 West Indonesian Time. it will be wonderful..

After listening to many new English speakers, I have become familiar with some of the common issues that new speakers have difficulty with. One of these is the pronunciation of "-ed" endings, such as in past tense verbs. Most new speakers pronounce ALL "-ed" endings as two separate syllables, which is not always correct.

I have also been experimenting with Voicethread (http://voicethread.com  no www ) as a method of exchanging information and practicing audio. So, here is my first attempt at crea

  OUR  profiles in whatsoever  social site depend on our chosen nick name & our profile picture or avatar .Correct?This creates our identity inside the site.Yeah I agree ,you can change your avatar from one picture to another ,maybe changing  your own personal photo to another one of you or the picture you are  displaying with a different one.This still makes sense.

  But what really makes me thoroughly surprised ,totally astonished  & may drive me mad is changing them both. NOW PLEASE  I HAVE TW

  As you know, I’m from Hochiminh city where is very beautiful. Tell you something about my city.

  Hochiminh city situates in the South of Vietnam. The population is about 8 million, HCM city is famous for tourist destinations, the climate is tropical, it’s never too cold, foggy and stormy. There are only two seasons: the wet season and the dry season.

  HCM city is very safe and secure, it is peaceful and dull at night, but it is noisy and interesting by day. There are many banks, international

I wonder how often do you visit this site and wonder did you ever got bored with it? :D Just wondering, no need to reply harshly :P Well, I know some of you are an EC addict so it would be hard to leave this site, but really have you ever said that you will leave it for some time? I have heard people say that they don’t want to come back ever again, but still they are here. They are back, yes. Welcome to you dear friends who have left us, nice to know your well being after some time you leave. :

I went to a book fair this evening after work to find books for my best friend’s daughter. It was not crowded, in fact a bit empty not much visitor because it was late like around 7.40pm . Plus maybe because people prefer to watch football game between Indonesia and LA Galaxy where David Beckham positively played in that match. FYI, the stadium is next to the building where book fair is held. Even people in the book fair watched the match on tv :D

They are watching the match

So I straight went t

Yin and Yang in the universe.

The universe consists of attractive and repulsive forces which create vibrations at various levels. Those that vibrate at very low frequencies eventually settle to form matter and those with the frequencies approximately the same as the light remain as energy. Matter and energy in ancient Chinese philosophy refer to Yin and Yang.

Although their characteristics are opposite to each other they are mutually dependent, there will be no Yin without Yang or vice versa. They

Love is a war, easy to start but very hard to stop.

     Commenting on Jenny's blog "Career or Marriage" I've suddenly  realized that I played so many different roles in my life!!!!! I'm a daughter,a sister, a wife, a mother........Some roles are the main ones and I'm doing my best to act perfectly..... Some of then are secondary..... I'm a neighbor, a buyer, a patient etc... And sometimes I even pay no attention to them.

     I can't say that I'm excellent in any of these roles (I mean the most important ones). I often forget the text, I sometime

As I was browsing on the net,I have found a really useful tool for English learners,a softver -in order to practice English pronunciation-called IVONA.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT?

I think it is marvelous, if you study on your own and there is noone to correct you,while you are in doubt about how to pronunce a word or sentence correctly.

IVONA -can be found here.

Jalan Jaksa is a name of the street in Jakarta, the place where I worked in 1999. I worked for a small cafe named Pappa Cafe and Restaurant. Most tourists from all over the world who visit Indonesia come this place. there are some small hotels and inns there. I worked as a waiter. I loved it because I could improve my english skill then.

Have you ever been there? or heard Jalan Jaksa?...

              It's important to keep in learning mode whenever it is and whereever you are. Have an open mind!  People are inclined to complain if they encounter difficulties or suffer something. That is not helpful at all. Switch the channel from complaining to learning mode!  Learning from the difficulties, the sufferings, and other people ( no matter you like or hate). 

      Try to be optimistic about anything. Always ask ourselves that what I can learn from the situation( good or bad). Your

   Well,well,well,let me tell you a story about 'well'.One day when I woke up well from sleeping,I stretched my waist and looked out of the windows.Well!Look at that surprise sight! What surprise sight? A couples of people were digging another well not far ahead.Suddenly cold water welled out of the ground.Er! it seems that they had dug a well well. How could they do it well? I think .......

+ I learned that the mind is like a field, and every idea that we think about it for a long time is like watering, and we will get only what we plant either good ones or bad ones.

+ I learned that in schools or universities we get lessons then we do exams, but in life we face exams then we learn the lessons.

+ I learned that a simple conversation or a short dialogue with a wise person equals a month’s study.

+ I learned that it’s not important where you are now, but where are you going in this mom

It’s been a while since I wrote my own thoughts on paper…when I was in college till I got married, I used to write every now and then…but after my hubby died it seems that I lost my appetite for writing and then I made an excused that am busy or I need to do something than to write a stupid things.

  But here I am, seeking something inside me and boiling my feelings that I need to write it down, that somehow the pain I felt would just fade away… I was so shocked to learn that my mother is dead a

good morning every body, i'm beginning in englishclub  and i try to write something about what i think now, it is less difficult but i will be good in near  future. have a good day