Hi Claire Charles Alina Ed John Edward Oshiro Simone Pablo and all, Long time no see! Thank you all for your kind words! Keeping you all in mind makes my recovery easier and faster.;)
Alina,warm welcome to the group!Any help you need,just post your requests.Guys here like Ed,Pablo and Oshiro have been quite helpful to me and my teaching since I joined last March. I'm concerned about Elham in Tehran,too.:( What's bad happened in Hubei,John?I am not aware of that. I can't be certain when will be our next group Skype chat as it's summer vacation now,and my kids are home with me full time. I'll be available in September,and I'll let you know the specific date once it's confirmed. Charles,you're from Chongqing,aren't you? My kids used to be big Super Q fans.LOL My husband told me May Day from Taiwan is very popular in China after he came back to Europe. Is it true? You're in a stage of life where you find being like everybody else isn't that apealing to you,aren't you? I always describe my own people as 'economical animals' because all they see in life is nothing but money and food which bores me so.:( You can either join them or leave them.What can make you feel better is that you need to find your own sense in following others' footstep if you want to. Otherwise,be brave and create your own path no matter what others may say. I hope what I just said is what you need to hear.;) Since I don't know exactly your current situations and all... Nice weekend to you and the rest of the members! Pln On Jun 21, 2:28 pm, John Awesome <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". 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