hi.pln. I am so sorry to hear that. I had not mention about ur illness before. drink much water, take care.
and i think there are some iranian in the gourp, take care yourselves guys, i'd like to hear something from you, best wishes. somethings happened in hubei, a big province in china. i feel bad about that, and the gfw want to cut some news source to our folks. but we cannot do anything about that. On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Charles <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear all, > > Another bad week for me.LOL but,don't worry,I won't give up. > > The transport system in Chongqing is not good enough.As a native,I can > not find the bus stop some time. Awful!.LOL Also,there are some road > reconstruction,so I lost in a familiar district.LOL > > The relationship in china is complicate.Older people develop relations > by drinking and Mahjong,which is boring for me.But,I need help from > them.What can I do?LOL > > Hi, Claire,take care > > Hi,Pln,sorry to hear that you was ill.You should be careful. > > About Pablo,thanks for your sharing > > > > Best wishes > > > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 2:15 PM, John Awesome<[email protected]> > wrote: > > hey, pln, what is the time you guys are going to talk on skype, i 'd like > to > > attend in it > > > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 5:46 PM, pln471 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Dear all, > >> Things here in this country run much slower than I expected...and > >> there's nothing I can do to speed it up! > >> > >> We got our telephone line reconnected only yesterday,and our internet > >> connection has to be reconnected not earlier than this weekend...:( > >> > >> So Charles,you have been through the same ordeals like me,haven't you? > >> LOL > >> > >> I have been so exhausted that I've fallen ill since this Tuesday... > >> Claire told me and I saw some of the questions posed by Josney! > >> Thank you so much,Josney! > >> It's extremely heartwarming!!!;)I'll be back replying to them > >> hopefully next week! > >> > >> I just want to stop by to greet everyone NICE WEEKEND as it seems to > >> be a tradition of mine and I enjoy doing it as well!;) > >> > >> Take care,everyone and talk to you all soon next week! > >> > >> Best wishes, > >> Pln > >> > >> On Jun 19, 9:54 am, Charles <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Hi all, > >> > > >> > I am back online.Is Pln back? Wish she has her nice days in her new > >> > house now. > >> > > >> > Those days,I have a busy day too.So many changes are on my life.Taking > >> > bus,Cooking,Cleaning,Moving,etc.I am so tired now.LOL > >> > > >> > It's great see you guys now. > >> > > >> > Best regards > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Pablo<[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > > >> > > Hello Kevin and all of silent member, > >> > > >> > > If you or anyone wants to practice your written English, just go > >> > > ahead! > >> > > >> > > Although, it's a pity this forum is so feature limited. Well, let > me > >> > > explain myself better, and don't pay much attention to my words, > it's > >> > > just that sometimes I feel helpless because of so many (I guess) > >> > > silent members: > >> > > >> > > Since last week, I've found a new site:http://my.spanishdict.com/ > >> > > with a lot of members, most of them use to post in English, so I > >> > > didn't hesitate in sign in to take advantage of that fact. > >> > > >> > > Well, that site is a sort of portal to learn Spanish (and English, > for > >> > > spanish speakers). The forums are web-based, contrary to Google > >> > > Groups, which are e-mail oriented (I consider this latest a bad > >> > > thing). > >> > > >> > > In SpanishDict, you can subscribe to any thread you are interested > in, > >> > > and you receive in your email inbox, notifications related to the > >> > > threads you are subscribed. > >> > > >> > > I mean, it's a high-activity group, where you can control the > messages > >> > > that go through your inbox. And members are not afraid to > participate > >> > > because they can write in English or in Spanish, or both. > >> > > >> > > Well, it's a pity we can do so here, because of the multi-cultural/ > >> > > language nature of our group. > >> > > >> > > But... In that Group (sorry for the comparison), I see people not > care > >> > > if they write or not in 'perfect' Spanish, and others simply prefer > >> > > write in English. > >> > > >> > > And also, many of them are extremely focused on grammar stuff (a bad > >> > > thing). > >> > > >> > > I wonder if having a site like that our group would have any > positive > >> > > change. > >> > > >> > > It's a pity the software of our group don't have 'metrics' (number > or > >> > > views per page). And the uncertainty of not knowing how many we > really > >> > > are, it's something that doesn't help. There is a saying: what can't > >> > > be measured can't be improved (or something like that). > >> > > >> > > Well, that's just my perception. > >> > > >> > > Thank you, > >> > > >> > > Pablo > >> > > >> > > On 17 jun, 21:39, Kevin kim <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hello Pablo and all members, > >> > > >> > >> Thank you for your interest and sorry for the late reply.These > days, > >> > >> I > >> > >> have too much work to do. : ( > >> > > >> > >> > > I didn't mean that. Let me elaborate on what I just said. > >> > >> > > What I was trying to say is how about just create another > >> > >> > > messages > >> > >> > > like 'Discusstions'. > >> > >> > > Natually, every member are able to write story to get up as > live > >> > >> > > day > >> > >> > > by day. > >> > > >> > >> > > I thought it is useful for silent members and english beginner > >> > >> > > like > >> > >> > > me. > >> > >> > > They can write whatever they want to write, like a diary. And > >> > >> > > further, > >> > >> > > someone can help them to correct their composition and could be > >> > >> > > friends with all member in this cafe. > >> > > >> > >> > One of the main objectives of this group is to practice writing, > so > >> > >> > I > >> > >> > think it's a very good idea. Every member could have his/her > page > >> > >> > (thread). I think > >> > >> > we can try! > >> > > >> > >> > Should every thread (diary, personal page) have the name of each > >> > >> > person? Would those pages (threads) be for making corrections? I > >> > >> > think that the important > >> > >> > think is to make corrections only if the person say it > explicitly, > >> > >> > isn't it? > >> > > >> > >> I think it is ok to have the name of each person. > >> > >> these pages(threads) could be using for both making corrections and > >> > >> community. > >> > > >> > >> I hope that many members can feel free to write and comunicate. > >> > > >> > >> What does other members think of this? > >> > > >> > >> Have a nice day~ > >> > >> Kevin,- Hide quoted text - > >> > > >> > - Show quoted text - > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". 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