Monday

I hate Mondays!

Really. I just think about the previous weekend all the time. Usually I have a good weekend and then I miss the weekend. I spend my time waiting for the next weekend. Last weekend I played paddle. This is because I am bored at work, I don't have a lot of work. In fact I am looking for another job, but this is difficult because I don't speak English fluently.

I need help with my English skills, especially with speaking. I want to speak English but I can't find English speakers in the afternoon.

Anyway I will practice reading and listenning when I have a free time.

Hi Conchi!

If you say "I'm boring at work", that means "I am an uninteresting person at work." I assume you mean you're bored. ;)

New Week

Good morning. Today is the start of a new week. I have different activities at work and home. For example, today I'm planning an office party, my team will go to Sopo Lagoom and practice some aquatic sports and other activities. At home, my family will cooking to celebrate Christmas.

Hi Ferney!

Sounds like a busy week. Hope it's enjoyable!^^

New gradued nurse

Hi everyone, I'm Fabio, I'm 22 years old and I'm an Italian guy.
I live in Vercelli, a small town in the north of Italy, and last November I became a clinical nurse ready to begin working in the profession.
I hope this text doesn't contain so many errors.
Thanks for the help!

Have a good night-

Hi Fabio! Congratulations on graduating!

"boy" means a young male... usually a child or a teenager. Male adults are men or guys.

"Thanks for the help you're going to give me" sounds weirdly presumptuous... it sounds better to just say "Thanks for the help."

Camouflage

There is a species of fish called Lija in the Australian sea, which has a rather curious camouflage method. This fish preys exclusively on Acropora corals and, in doing so, makes itself smell like the corals do. This is due to some chemical substances which the coral is composed of. Smelling of coral allows this particular fish to go unnoticed to its predators, who ignore them when they run into each other. According to a scientist called Brooker, this is the first instance of an animal species camouflaging itself from its predators by means of its diet.

Hi Carlos!

Pretty cool fact :)

My summer

December 14th, 2015
Last summer, I was lucky enough to take part in a volunteer campaign in my country and I had a chance to live with Malaysian friends for one month. We made a lot of memorise that I will never forget. But language is my problem because sometimes I don't feel like I can express myself clearly. Until now we still have been keeping in touch.

Hi Tu!

That sounds like a great experience. Just keep practicing your English and you'll improve. Good luck! :)

Who is a good instructor?

I'm studying in university. Many of our instructors are incredibly boring and incompetent. First of all, many of them often tell us how smart and cool they are and how stupid a lot of the students are. It's really annoying. I think that a good instructor should try to make the students better than they were before his course. Others give dull lecturers in a soporific voice. It's really awful for students because they want to sleep and find this subject uninteresting. Another thing is where you must do really useless assignments because your instructor doesn't want to find a more interesting assignment. Also many instructors choose their job because of the prestige (if he is working in a famous university) or the need to do at least something. I think it's a big problem in our education system (I mean in Russia because I don't know what education is like in other countries). That doesn't go for all, but for the majority. In addition, an instructor can be a good professional in his field but a bad teacher.

Hi Kristina!

I've come across professors like that, too. I'm not sure if they're the majority here, but we definitely have plenty of instructors like that.

A little feeling

Had you ever trusted someone deeply? You spend a lot on him/her. Someday, you find out they just used yourself and they even feigned compliance. Then, you decide not to support them anymore. But, they already took your support for granted, and when you want to stop, you'll be perceived as the bad guy. Nobody ask you what's happening, but everybody curses you and says you are a trouble maker. How do you feel?

In the beginning, I felt sad. But now, I feel angry instead of sad. I decide not to draw back anymore. In Taiwanese, we have the phrase "Dig deep in soft soil", meaning if you give a knave an inch, they will take a yard.

I find that phrase useful, and I fought back instead of remaining silent. They didn't nag and confront me face to face, until now. At least, I get peace on the surface.

I know that's not true that people agree with you. People understand that I have a bad temper, and they don't want to provoke me. For me, that's enough. Right?

Hi Chai!

I'm sorry you had an experience like that. I did too, and I keep my distance from that person now.

My Goal

I will try to learn English because I think I'm going to be accepted to my dream university. I hope you can help me.

Hi Huyen!

Best of luck! :)