A journey Sometimes, I feel quite struggle to manage between work and my other activities. I work a nine-to-five job for an international based U.S company in Vietnam and I find it is very difficult to follow my others areas of my interest because of the time. I am kinda addicted to travelling, making travel videos and photography. I believe these hobbies and interests were mainly affected and inspired me during the time when I was in Australia. In addition, my career field is business finance but has somehow feel lessen interested in it. I prefer something related to online, travel or jobs with flexible time and locations. However, I believe that everything has two sides, I need to work hard and figure out what suits me in the future. I was so lucky enough to decide to travel since after I graduated in 2013 from the University. I and my best friend talked to each other that we need to do something before getting a job. During a week of discussions, we have come out quite a number of options and finally ended up with a choice of visiting Australia. As we are originally from Hong Kong which has a benefit of getting a working holiday Visa to Australia, so that was a great thing for us. A process of granting the visa took two weeks, and it was granted as a one-year working holiday. Then, we booked our flight tickets, looked for short-term accommodation, started packing clothes, stuff, and was ready to "get lost" after 10 days. Back then, I still remembered when I first arrived in Sydney, that was in July when the winter time was, the cold and wind blowing made us feel refresh and excited... to be continued!

Please help me to correct this I have made an introduction about myself here on italki but I am not sure whether there are any mistakes in the sentences. Therefore, I would love if anyone can help me to correct them and if it is possible, could you improve it in a native English way. Thank You! Here is the introduction: My name is Linda. I love travelling, watching Youtube and reading books. Besides, I love writing daily blogs. Especially, writing blogs in English but my English is just at an intermediate level. Sometimes, it is hard for me to express my thoughts and make complex sentences due to lack of grammars and vocabularies. Therefore, I would love everyone help me with the writing and in return, I can help you with Vietnamese as well as Chinese language. Thank you :)

English Phrasal Verbs Here are some phrasal verbs that I learnt last week from Youtube. I think this helps us sound more natural when it comes to speaking. I hope us as English learners can find it useful and be able to apply them in daily conversations. P/S: If there are any mistakes or incorrect sentences, please feel free to correct it for me. Thank you! 1. In what way = how 2. As opposed to = contrary, against or instead of. E.g As opposed to having the meeting today, why don't we have it next week 3. Make a distinction between 4. In terms of = about or concerning 5. When it comes to = about or concerning 6. Then again = thinking again or reconsidering again 7. Two for the price of one. E.g. I got two bananas for the price of one 8. Don't use four-letter words at school 9. One way or the other. E.g, I don't care one way or the other if we eat dinner at home or go out to eat. 10. Grease the wheels. E.g The company grease the wheels with government officials to get the work permit. 11. Get off on the right foot = to begin relationship or start something in a positive way 12. I stand corrected = My mistake 13. Half- decent = just okay. E.g. the movie was half-decent, but I prefer the one that we saw yesterday better. 14. Dapper = handsome 15. Take off the loud shirt, it's not Halloween 16. Gray area = something unclear. E.g. there are gray areas in the law that we open for interpretation. 17. As a side note = extra bit of related information 18. Penchant = a strong liking for something or tendency to something (habitual) 19. A little (bit) goes a long way = a thing strong enough with only a small amount. E.g. Just use a little bit of medicine will go a long way 20. To do your part - to fulfil your responsibility 21. On both sides of an issue = the opposing sides of an argument or debate E.g. I can see both sides of the issue, but I think it is better to choose the popular one. 22. Go to town = go ahead 23. Torture = something mean or cruel. E.g. Don't torture me by making me wait!

A little bit about myself This is my first time writing something here on Italki. I googled "how to improve English Writing skill" and there are some articles suggested this site and after going through the site, I see that it is very helpful for people to exchange their languages and help out each other to correct writing mistakes. In short, I hope I can contribute something to this site as well as learn more English from everyone. My hobbies are watching Youtube whenever I have a free time. My favourite YouTube's Chanel is RomanAtWood, CaseyNeistat and other random makeup and fashion's videos. These videos have not only entertained me; somehow they inspire me a lot in term of being positive in life, falling in love with English, and desiring to go travelling abroad. Besides, reading English's blogs is also one of my favourites because the stories often involve bloggers' activities about things they do every day in their life with positive messages which make me decide to improve English's writing so that one day I will be able to write my own daily English's blog.