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Re: Should teenages date??!!?

Intelligent Freak — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:28:59 GMT

Ok, I don't like you to date. Don't date at all. Just stay home, play computer games, watch DVDs, log in this forum, eat meals at home, just stay where you are. OK!!!

Re: Humility

Jhumjhum — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 04:40:38 GMT

Kilimanjaro wrote:
Grammar Geek wrote:

Sometimes I make mistakes on this forum. Usually, it is because I type quickly but not accurately, and this is entirely my fault. Sometimes, it's because I am thinking with only my "American English" brain and I say something it wrong or not used a certain way because it's not how *I* would use it. (I am more embarrassed about being a typical "ugly American" than I am about being a poor typist.) And sometimes I'm just wrong about something that I thought I was right about, and I learn something too. When any of these situations occur, I hope I am gracious in my acknowledgement of my mistake and say I'm sorry for any confusion.

But some people seem incapable of saying "Oh, I was wrong about that." Or they continue to try to make themselves look good, coming up with far-fetched reasons that could make them right, intead of simply saying "Whoops. My bad." (T'hat's a very slangy way of saying "I made a mistake.")

I am wondering if this is a cultural thing. Do you think some cultures are much better at apologies, admitting mistakes, and so on, than other cultures are? Do you think there's a difference between how men and women react when confronted with mistakes?

If you think so, what should I do with my crappy English. I make thousands of mistakes....am I supposed to log out and never log in again?.

I do feel same like kilimanjaro.Unfortunately I had to study in native schools because my father had a transferable job and he could not accomodate me in a residential convent school due to some reason .In my childhood I was not so serious about studies like all other children . I started learning English while teaching my son and 'am still learning .I think it is never late for learning anything.I have started using computer resently learning from my son so you may guess that my knowledge of computer is also very poor as well as my typing.But its a pity that sometimes when I say humbly that I am not good enough in English, people whose English is worse than me start humiliating.It happens not only in case of English but also in all aspects of knowledge (even cooking).There are some people who think themselves perfect and mock at others without correcting their faults.

Re: American Accent Training!

Teacher Eric — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 02:25:18 GMT

Anonymous wrote:

My apologies to all who have e-mailed me. Because of my killer schedule, it would take some time before I can reply. But I do try to reply as best as I can. Just be patient with me because I get like 50 letters a week asking about American accent training alone. For those who want to take my phonetics class, just e-mail me and we can talk more about the details. It might be better to form a group of up to 10 people so you could share the cost. I usually hold my classes in a hotel function room. For those who need a quicker reply, include your contact details in your e-mail so I can call you.

By the way, "Fil-Ams" Arvin Gatmaitan and Chris (check their posts in this thread) and myself have already hooked up and we're planning something big. In fact, Arvin and I are currently working on an ESL project. As for the book needed for accent training, Ann Cook's book is good (I also use it for reference), although I found some entries and exercises to be not so useful and effective. I believe an update is necessary to incorporate new approaches to ESP.

Ooops, forgot to log in. That was my post. - Teacher Eric

Blogging's Future in China

Mkgenie — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:27:00 GMT

http://mkgenie.yculblog.com/

On November 21, the winners of the Deutsche Welle International Weblog Awards (also known as the BOBs or Best of the Blogs) were unveiled, with both jury and audience awards for Best Podcasting Site going to the Chinese site Antiwave by Pingke and Flyfig.

Massage Cream by Wang Xiaofeng, a journalist from the magazine Sanlian Life Weekly, was chosen by the jury as Best Journalistic Blog in Chinese, while Feidao Cepan Qianfan Guo by Xiao Feidao scooped the audience prize.

The jury's Best Weblog went to A Little Respect, I'm Your Mother by Argentinean journalist HernÃ¡n Casciari, while the audience's was given to the Brazilian site Tupiniquim.

The annual awards, run by German website DW-World.de, are in their second year and involved 2,500 bloggers and podcasters, with about 100,000 internet users casting their votes. Last year's jury-selected Best Weblog was also a Chinese site called The Dog Newspaper.

The same day the latest results were announced, Fang Xingdong, president of China's first blog site Bokee.com, told China.org.cn he believed that, after an initial explosion in popularity in recent years, blogging in China had an even brighter future.

Fang first translated "blog" into Chinese as boke based on its pronunciation, but this also means "knowledgeable man." Other terms that have been used in Chinese include Tribe, Wangzhi (literally "web log") or simply the English "Blog."

In July 2002, Fang found that articles he had written critical of Microsoft had been removed from several websites, including the portal Sina.com, which he said had been due to commercial pressure.

This experience had left him disillusioned with the Internet, but he said a friend then introduced him to blogging, which at that time wasn't popular anywhere. His interest was rekindled and he became convinced that blogs would revolutionize cyberspace.

He soon established his still-dominant blog site, initially called Blogchina.com but renamed recently, and wrote a long Declaration of Chinese Bloggers to advocate the medium. Yet even by late 2004 Chen Tong, vice president of Sina.com, told a blog seminar he still couldn't tell the difference between blogs and BBS (bulletin board systems).

Fang said thousands of Internet users are creating their own spaces every day, and Chinese blogs may number 10 million by the end of this year. "We can think of blogs as Personal Websites version 2.0. Every personal website before was a separate place, but blogs gather people together by using links, quotes, comments and RSS."

In September, Bokee.com received US million from three American venture capitalists, Hong Kong-based Softbank Investment International and a mainland investor, while Amazon.com subsidiary Alexa currently ranks it 102 in the world in terms of traffic.

Sina.com, Sohu.com and Bokee.com each launched their own blog competitions in September, with Sina.com even convincing movie, music, media and literary celebrities to start blogs in order to promote it -- something that has proved extremely popular.

Despite large numbers of bloggers in China, Fang said "only 2 out of 5 users update their blogs regularly" and welcomed ways to encourage more activity.

Wang Yi, from BBS site Chinabbs, was quoted in Sanlian Life Weekly's November 14 issue as saying no one really knows how many bloggers there are in China: "It's really hard to find out because there are too many small hosts."

The magazine described a debate at the Chinese Weblog Convention in Shanghai, which closed on November 5, over how to maintain or improve the quality of blogging. While some thought blogging was about people freely expressing themselves in their own space, others said the emphasis should be on professionals writing on serious subjects.

Fang said blogs could improve people's lives through better information sharing, though most bloggers in China only write about their personal feelings and life.

But this could change: a 50-year-old blogger broke the news of a fatal attack on a woman on Beijing's Wangfujing Road on November 7 last year and many papers including Beijing Youth Daily followed his reports for their coverage, with even CNN using it.

Chen Tong expressed doubts that blogs would become a significant media player in China. "Blogs are just a place for writing lovers to write, I can't imagine a day when people don't look for information from Xinhua News Agency or other providers," he told Qian Jiang Evening News on November 15.

Fang maintained that blogs would surpass traditional websites this year, and that their varying adaptations -- including podcasting and mobile blogs -- would guarantee their success.

He said the only difference between Chinese and overseas blogs at the moment was in numbers, as 60 percent of young Americans and 90 percent of young South Koreans write blogs, compared to less than 10 percent of young Chinese.

Fang said his ultimate goal was for every Chinese person to write a blog and express themselves online -- as well as to make Bokee.com profitable by the end of this year and listed on NASDAQ by the end of 2006.

Re: help me here please

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 00:12:44 GMT

One of us is sleepy, Pieanne, but I don't know which. Why would I have moved from Yokohama after having just bought a house here? Why would Caesar's speech have to be brought forward to the 'present' tense?

Factoid: MM bought a house last March.
MM: I bought a house last March.
Pieanne: MM said that he bought a house last March.

No need for past perfect, surely, regressivists notwithstanding: as you say, set in the present, it sounds odd. I think we must presume that Caesar's observation postdates the reptile emigration.

(And the sleepy one must be I/me-- didn't log in again-- MM)

Re: Related my password

Henrietta — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 15:39:11 GMT

Hi Guest.

On the home page, there's the login panel at the top left. Click on the link "Forgot your password", and you will then be asked to provide your email address so that your password will be sent to you. If you don't want to keep using the password that is sent to you, you must first log in to the site, go to "Profile" at the top right of the page, and there will be the link "Change Password" just below "Date Format".

Re: Editing

peter — Mon, 15 Mar 2004 23:49:48 GMT

First off, I don't believe some of the things in this text!! Secondly you should log in and grab yourself a nickname

Ok here goesâ¦.

The growing popularity of beauty pageants is causing new countries to join in year after year. It is no longer just a dream for many developing countries. Miss India Worldwide is conducted annually in various cities around the world. Now it is blooming into the Arabian desert too. For the first time âMiss India Omanâ is due to be scheduled this month according to a leading local newspaper. Organisers of the event encourage the winners to take up charitable causes.

These pageants of international repute are not only exploring the women of substance but also promoting links and interaction between the people and cultures of difference countries. They provide a chance to exchange ideas and understand each other in a better way. Recently, Hollywood star Sharon Stone had agreed to travel to Bollywood (Bombay) to be a judge at The "Miss International India pageant": a beauty contest of women of Indian origin. The strong reason behind her acceptance to participate is that the proceeds of the pageant will be utilized to help AIDS sufferers. The organizer representative Mr. Mehta said âSharon is very interested in programmes related to Aids victims â¦â¦ and so she has shown interestâ.

Last but not least, early this year a German beauty queen, Ms. Germany Universe, Alexsandra Vodjanikova was trying for a peace date with the dictator Saddam Hussein through his foreign minister, in a bid to talk to him into disarming and avoid a war. Indeed, beauty tried to surmount one of the greatest heights of humanity. Had she succeeded, the present agony of Iraq would have been avoided. Finally, the only one participant and winner of âMiss Tibetâ vows to struggle for independence of Tibet from China â a giant task by a tiny girl.

So we can conclude that organizers are trying to groom the girls with a lot of human values that could serve social causes and beautify the soul of the society in various forms. They try to promote beauty for a purpose. Contestants are more beautiful than their actual looks when they carry out their social responsibilities sincerely during and after their reign of crowns and certainly beauty is not only skin deep in these cases and has significant relevance to the society.

Ok there are my minor corrections, I didn't have many as you can see.... However I'm not too sure of my proof reading skills... at all. You might want to wait for a second opinion.