Hello Eckman Chaya Jason Oshiro Claire Ed and all, Thank you for your compliment,Eckman! I hope to help improve your English and others' by writing to all of you who are keen to exchange opinions and experiences!!!
Chaya,language is just a 'tool' to help communicating with other non native speakers. Why should this discussion group be different from others on facebook? I don't quite understand your question.Could you care to elaborate a little?;) We acquire a language to express ourselves well enough to understand others and to be understood,don't we? So this group is served as a medium to let us practice or sharpen our writng skills through various topics... At least that's why I have been here for... Back to your question,Eckman: Pln stands for my initials: Pauline Lin and 'N' stands for my betterhalf's surname of course. I also welcome you and anyone here to add me as your friend on facebook. Just look for me with my e-mail address! I believe only a few of you know how I look...;) Pleasant day to you all! Pln On Sep 17, 12:34 am, [email protected] wrote: > Hi Pln, > I absolutely agree with your thought! > I wish I could write as good as detail as you are! I learn a lot from your > email below. > > Just curious, do Pln means Poland? You can ignore my question :) > > Thanks > Eckman > Powered by Telkomsel BlackBerry® > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pln471 <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:37:18 > To: ESL Podcast Study Group<[email protected]> > Subject: [ESL Podcast] Re: Indonesian's tradition after 30 days fasting > > Hello Eckman Jason Chaya Oshiro Ed and all, > > Jason,this is the very first time you pulled my leg,isn't it?;) > You must be feeling pretty comfortable here already!LOL > > Wonderful!Oshiro,it looks like Claire and I have got another target to > aim at.:D > Maybe we will cut you some slacks soon?! > Just maybe!LOL > > Eckman,back to your intended question: > Why do people feel homesick or have the urge to retun to their > birthplace/hometown? > > It's not easy to answer in short,either. > I've been teaching in Poland,my betterhalf's homeland and far away > from Taipei,Taiwan,my birthplace for 3 years now. > I do feel homesick when I'm unaware of it,but not as often as others > think,strangely to admit! > > The feeling of nostalgic usually occurs to me when it's days like > Chinese New Year,Moon Festival(when families gather to watch the full > moon outdoors),Dragon Boat Festival,birthdays of my parents and > siblings... > > Those days remind you to look back on your seemingly innocent and > perfect life and all the colourful memories you shared with them... > They give you an urge to return to your loved ones with a hope to > relive your past together once more or some sort... > It's really inexplicable...Only those who have experienced it can > truly understand me.:( > > My betterhalf had been away from his homeland for 25 years and he > often told other Polish young and old after he came back: > I feel as if I was an alien!:( > He often feels dis-oriented and maladjusted to this semi-familiar and > semi-strange society of his. > The first year he even had trouble understanding their Polish slangs > or trendy expressions among young students or office clerks!:( > > Why did he decide to move back to his hometown? > He wants our children to be educated here and he is getting older to > realize it's time to return to his roots as salmon struggles to swim > upstream back to their birthplace and eventually die peacefully there > as to complete their mission of life... > > It's rather sad but once you're at my age,you'll better understand > this notion! > How old am I?Jason only learned it yesterday!LOL > > Oh,dear!Jason,I have to give you a rain check tonight,I'm afraid. > Your question may be easy for other mothers to answer,but is fairly > difficult for me!LOL > I need to sleep on it!LOL > > Good night and I hope you all had a happy day! > Pln > > on Sep 16, 1:22 pm, Chaya Eitan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Eckman, > > > The word - I believe - you are looking for is 'homesick.' It means missing > > where you are from: family; the town; the food, etc. > > > I love Michael Buble! What song is that?? > > > Chaya > > > --- On Tue, 9/15/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Subject: [ESL Podcast] Re: Indonesian's tradition after 30 days fasting > > To: "Els" <[email protected]> > > Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 2:33 PM > > > Sorry Ed and all, > > Maybe I wasn't clear enough to send you the message. > > Fasting was just the background, my question has suppose to be like that > > "what is the meaning of hometown for you?, why we always miss our hometown?" > > Like I have wrote, Michael buble also has the inspiration to write a song > > about coming back to his hometown. > > > Sorry for all this mess guys, I will keep learning by acquiring (like > > Warren ever said) > > > Have a nice day > > Eckman Powered by Telkomsel BlackBerry®From: Eduardo Costa > > <[email protected]> > > Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:29:45 -0300To: > > <[email protected]>Subject: [ESL Podcast] Re: Indonesian's > > tradition after 30 days fasting > > This is the kind of question that I avoid to talk about. > > > In my view point every opnion about religion and politics can hurt people > > easily without intention. > > > There is strong believes around this theme. > > > Take care > > > Ed. > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 00:28, Rafael Oshiro <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Hello Eckman, Chaya, Jason Chan, Pln and all > > > Tough question you posed. It's complicated for me to say whether it's worth > > doing that or not, provided I don't have much knowledge about the Islamism. > > One thing that I believe is that fasting for 30 days is such a rough task > > and for them who do that, it must worth. > > > Very sleepy! Have agood night > > Oshiro- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just reply this message For invite your friends, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
