What the difference between a teapot and a kettle? Do you use a teapot to make a brew?

About Gifts Thank you, dear people. I've received the most precious gift I could expect from the world today -understanding. It kept me strong enough not to fall down and tough enough not to feel dependent. Thank you. What were your gifts of the day (week/month/ half a year)? What gifts would you like to get the most?

What’s teaching English for me? A lot. I belong among those people who believe that work should bring happiness since we spend half of our lives there. Why teaching English can make me happy? Firstly, it’s rewarding to see the progress your students make. Secondly, it’s satisfying to see that the approaches you’ve invented to meet the demands of every person, you deal with, work. Thirdly, this job keeps you curious. Being a teacher you always have to find answers to your questions and upgrade your knowledge. Psychologists say that the deepest happiness is the one you feel when your curiosity is satisfied. Finally, it helps you to keep your mind sharp and soul open because you work with people who always need your understanding and appreciate your honesty. To sum it up, I love teaching English for giving me a chance to evolve as a human being not only in my personal life but at work as well. This year I had wonderful experience with a girl from a common state school who wasn’t good in English. She lacked confidence and panicked facing every tiny handicap on her way. My task was to comfort her, create the necessary atmosphere and help her to develop her linguistic intuition. As a result she succeded in the State Exam. She got 74 points out of 100. That was incredible taking into account the fact that at the beginning of the year when we met she could hardly tell what Present Simple was. Of course, I can’t take credit for this result since a student does 70 per cent of the whole work, but I was happy to find the encouraging words which could help her move on when she was about to give up.

Never again Never again will I go out with him. Never again will he phone me either. Apparently, that was the most disastrous relationship I could ever imagine. He needed a proof that he got over his ex, having dumped him, and I needed appreciation, since my selfesteem was somewhere below the sealevel. However both of us pretended we were ready to love and care. Nothing worked out. It served us right. How often does it happen to people?

About noticing You can inherit the cage only if you don't notice that it exists or you don't want to do anything with it.

A moment of Peace To sit in a half-lit room near a sleeping cat, listening to the vague sounds of a warm city night, keeping mind open to everything that worries you. Isn't that happiness?

What is the brightest reminiscence of all your life (till now)? I have suddenly realized that my brightest memory is about visiting my Grandma's town. What's interesting I don't remember any concrete happy events I just remembetr how I felt that time and It brings me lots of pleasure.

Looking at the sunset All of us are beautiful in the long run, but some just postpone facing difficulties.

Am I Becoming a Consumer? The Vampire Diaries, Being Human, Sherlock... I can't help watching... Am I a mindless consumer or have I found those who cherish human feelings (I mean the directors)?