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Halloween

October 28, 2009
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So Halloween was last weekend and it was so exciting. Halloween is my absolute favorite holiday, purely for the absurdity of it. I love dressing up and i always put a lot of effort into making my costumes. I've even won a few costume contests in the past. Do you guys like to dress up? What's your all time favorite Halloween costume? What did you wear this year? My roommate was a cat and I was a 70's dicso queen...on roller skates! I don't know how to skate at all, but I managed not to hurt myself.

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02:37 AM Nov 11 2009
brasilero Germany	Halloween the most stupid thing ever when ppl spray colours against houses, or demolish something when they don t get sweets, What kind of human are that? For what we need such day????

02:37 AM Nov 11 2009

brasilero
Germany

Halloween

the most stupid thing ever

when ppl spray colours against houses, or demolish something when they don t get sweets,

What kind of human are that?

For what we need such day????

02:15 AM Nov 11 2009
cutebaby1 Kazakhstan	Hey!!! In my country this really funny holiday is celebrated only in schools and colleges. I mean only young people know about it and try to have fun wearing different costumes. Adults are so serious, but I'm gonna to celebrate Halloween till I'm 80!!!!

02:15 AM Nov 11 2009

cutebaby1
Kazakhstan

Hey!!! In my country this really funny holiday is celebrated only in schools and colleges. I mean only young people know about it and try to have fun wearing different costumes. Adults are so serious, but I'm gonna to celebrate Halloween till I'm 80!!!!

09:55 PM Nov 09 2009
jayyy India	Hello Devan, Good. REPLY ME PLEASE

09:55 PM Nov 09 2009

jayyy
India

Hello Devan, Good. REPLY ME PLEASE

03:56 PM Nov 06 2009
nickyfat China	I didn't make any costumes or wear any of them. I don't celebrate halloween. And I didn't see anyone around here doing that! What a shame! I hope one day I would have a chance to do it, to exprience it. And you rock, Devan!

02:58 AM Nov 06 2009
jayyy India	You are doing good job, Devan. go ahead.

02:58 AM Nov 06 2009

jayyy
India

You are doing good job, Devan. go ahead.

05:13 PM Nov 05 2009
ed.waldo Brazil	coool... Halloween is something wonderful, but strange. many people in England in the United State and even here in brazil it to celebrate Halloween, or the Witches' day. Halloween has a pagan origin, dating back to Romans' and Celts' times. The Celts worshipped the god of Death, Samhaim, and the Romans worshipped Pomona, the goddess of the Gardens and Orchards - that's why Holloween colours, are black and orange.

05:13 PM Nov 05 2009

ed.waldo
Brazil

coool... Halloween is something wonderful, but strange. many people in England in the United State and even here in brazil it to celebrate Halloween, or the Witches' day. Halloween has a pagan origin, dating back to Romans' and Celts' times. The Celts worshipped the god of Death, Samhaim, and the Romans worshipped Pomona, the goddess of the Gardens and Orchards - that's why Holloween colours, are black and orange.

02:17 PM Nov 05 2009
dolargold Egypt	hi how are u

02:17 PM Nov 05 2009

dolargold
Egypt

hi how are u

05:35 AM Nov 05 2009
Pedro Chung Peru	Maybe all the world get in costume for Halloween, but I don't share that. Each country have to rescue his own tradition and all must respect that. Surely is a nice celebration, if my children want a costume this day, I won't oppose that. Your costume was very nice.

05:35 AM Nov 05 2009

Pedro Chung
Peru

Maybe all the world get in costume for Halloween, but I don't share that. Each country have to rescue his own tradition and all must respect that. Surely is a nice celebration, if my children want a costume this day, I won't oppose that. Your costume was very nice.

01:33 PM Oct 29 2009
tanu.parmar18 India	hi Devan Greetings.....you are very pretty. I too love to wear a lot of dresses.Here in India we don't celeberate Halloween.But i really wanna a be a part of it someday!and I m pretty sure you will have a great time this halloween.Englishbaby is fantastic.Can i get an opportunity to work with you guies.Because i love what you all do.And i myself a very creative person having an imagination power and hunger to excel.this is so exciting that i just wanna be a part of it. take very good care. tanu

01:33 PM Oct 29 2009

tanu.parmar18
India

hi Devan

Greetings.....you are very pretty.

I too love to wear a lot of dresses.Here in India we don't celeberate Halloween.But i really wanna a be a part of it someday!and I m pretty sure you will have a great time this halloween.Englishbaby is fantastic.Can i get an opportunity to work with you guies.Because i love what you all do.And i myself a very creative person having an imagination power and hunger to excel.this is so exciting that i just wanna be a part of it.

take very good care.

tanu

Learning new languages

September 30, 2009
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So yesterday was my first day of school. I am a sophomore in college, and I am taking my second year of French. I can't help but feel like French is a very complicated language! I wonder if I think this because I am biased since English simply comes easier to me since it's my first language, or if French is indeed more difficult. What do you guys think? Do your native languages seem like the easiest, or when you look at them objectively do other languages actually seem easier than your own?

I also was talking to my friend Scott today who is starting his first year as a French teacher in high school. He was telling me about how his lesson plans include songs, art projects, and games to help the students learn French easier. We laughed at the realization that learning a foreign language is kind of like going back to kindergarten again: learning your ABC's, playing games to help with memorization, learning basic spelling, etc. I guess that's one perk to learning new languages: you get to be a kid again!

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12:51 PM Oct 30 2009
no.kangaroos.in.austria Austria	hy I think English is one of the easiest languages ever!! I also tried to learn french, but i didn´t like it very much, now i´m learning russian and i tell u that this is difficult!!!!! regards

12:51 PM Oct 30 2009

no.kangaroos.in.austria
Austria

I think English is one of the easiest languages ever!! I also tried to learn french, but i didn´t like it very much, now i´m learning russian and i tell u that this is difficult!!!!!

regards

08:12 PM Oct 23 2009
jiaowojingge China	good luck~

09:53 PM Oct 20 2009
tahiya Oman	Hi,Deven Just TIME TIME TIME I think that is need time.We always strive to improve our selves to learn something new.Espically, languge about me my native language is Arbic and now i am studing Japanese becaus I will study master their.

09:53 PM Oct 20 2009

tahiya
Oman

Hi,Deven

Just TIME TIME TIME

I think that is need time.We always strive to improve our selves to learn something new.Espically, languge about me my native language is Arbic and now i am studing Japanese becaus I will study master their.

06:39 AM Oct 18 2009
ed.waldo Brazil	Hi! Davan. I'm brazilian i think French is not an easy language to learn, because my native language is portuguese. I think is very much different time traying to learn it, but I think it possible for anyone disciplined, serious and dedicated to achieve high growth in that language , this of course requires a difficulte task of those who practice the correct exercises and pacientement it exposed.

06:39 AM Oct 18 2009

ed.waldo
Brazil

Hi! Davan. I'm brazilian i think French is not an easy language to learn, because my native language is portuguese. I think is very much different time traying to learn it, but I think it possible for anyone disciplined, serious and dedicated to achieve high growth in that language , this of course requires a difficulte task of those who practice the correct exercises and pacientement it exposed.

11:59 PM Oct 17 2009
chitty--cao China	I think the harder we work the higher marks we will get.

11:59 PM Oct 17 2009

chitty--cao
China

I think the harder we work the higher marks we will get.

04:17 PM Oct 17 2009
willianrwt Brazil	Hi Devan, I'm brazilian and in my opinion languages from cowntries like Japan, China, Korea are more difficult than English, now I'm learning Spanish and for me it's not so difficult because its more similar to Portuguese than English.

02:28 AM Oct 17 2009
nickyfat China	Well. Devan, I must say English is not one of those hardest languages throughout the world, and I've learned Frence for a while, and it is really hard! And another language that I can think of is the most difficult language is Chinese, trust me, compared to Chinese, French is nothing. Try it if you don't believe me! But anyway, keep up your French learning and stick to it! Good luck on it! Nicky^_^

02:28 AM Oct 17 2009

nickyfat
China

Well. Devan, I must say English is not one of those hardest languages throughout the world, and I've learned Frence for a while, and it is really hard! And another language that I can think of is the most difficult language is Chinese, trust me, compared to Chinese, French is nothing. Try it if you don't believe me! But anyway, keep up your French learning and stick to it! Good luck on it!

Nicky^_^

01:02 PM Oct 16 2009
Ferike333 Hungary	Hi Devan, French is not an easy language to learn. I study English, German and French at the same time, but neither of them is my first language. My mother tongue is Hungarian. Obviously, Hungarian is the easiest to speak, but as I know pretty much English, it's less difficult to learn French from English than from Hungarian, because English is closer to it. You just have to be very interested and deligent to learn tons of words. And by time you should try to form your simple thoughts in French. It helped me a lot with English and German. Actually, I am able to think in these languages, not like in Hungarian, though. In French I'm only somewhat beginner, but that's due to the long absence of my teacher, I think. Je te souhaite bonne études avec le franc,ais. C'est défficile, mais tu peux.And if you happen to find a page like this in French, please let me know about it.

01:02 PM Oct 16 2009

Ferike333
Hungary

Hi Devan,

French is not an easy language to learn. I study English, German and French at the same time, but neither of them is my first language. My mother tongue is Hungarian. Obviously, Hungarian is the easiest to speak, but as I know pretty much English, it's less difficult to learn French from English than from Hungarian, because English is closer to it. You just have to be very interested and deligent to learn tons of words. And by time you should try to form your simple thoughts in French. It helped me a lot with English and German. Actually, I am able to think in these languages, not like in Hungarian, though. In French I'm only somewhat beginner, but that's due to the long absence of my teacher, I think. Je te souhaite bonne études avec le franc,ais. C'est défficile, mais tu peux.And if you happen to find a page like this in French, please let me know about it.

12:15 PM Oct 16 2009
PiusPeto Hungary	Hey all, my native language is Hungarian (a small country in Eastern Europe next to Austria). Everyone in the world considers it a very strange language which is impossible to understand if you hadn't learnt it before (that's because it has no close relatives like Italian/Spanish/Portuguese etc.) The key point is that Hungarian is not an Indo-European language like all the Slavic, Romance or German etc. languages. Its grammatical thinking is very much different from what you are used to, so believe me, you would have a very difficult time trying to learn it. What is funny is that few people speak foreign languages in this country, so foreign tourists can have problems sometimes.. Look for a youngster if you want to ask some info. :) I guess Chinese must be really difficult, much because of its writing and the unusual sounds that it uses. Anyway, one must have a playful attitude to learn languages - you get to like that language and it rather becomes a hobby than a duty. I advise everyone to speak to native speakers without any fear! Best wishes to everyone, Pius from Budapest

12:15 PM Oct 16 2009

PiusPeto
Hungary

Hey all,

my native language is Hungarian (a small country in Eastern Europe next to Austria). Everyone in the world considers it a very strange language which is impossible to understand if you hadn't learnt it before (that's because it has no close relatives like Italian/Spanish/Portuguese etc.)

The key point is that Hungarian is not an Indo-European language like all the Slavic, Romance or German etc. languages. Its grammatical thinking is very much different from what you are used to, so believe me, you would have a very difficult time trying to learn it.
What is funny is that few people speak foreign languages in this country, so foreign tourists can have problems sometimes.. Look for a youngster if you want to ask some info. :)

I guess Chinese must be really difficult, much because of its writing and the unusual sounds that it uses.

Anyway, one must have a playful attitude to learn languages - you get to like that language and it rather becomes a hobby than a duty.

I advise everyone to speak to native speakers without any fear!

Best wishes to everyone,
Pius from Budapest

02:23 AM Oct 16 2009
mrlulu972 Martinique	Yeah agree with you even if i learned french since my childhood french is one of the most difficult too much grammarwords with the same spelling and with different sounds but french is called the romantic tongue so good luck ;)

02:23 AM Oct 16 2009

mrlulu972
Martinique

Yeah agree with you even if i learned french since my childhood french is one of the most difficult too much grammarwords with the same spelling and with different sounds but french is called the romantic tongue so good luck ;)

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Back to school

August 17, 2009
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So I have been having an amazing summer, but it's almost time to go back to school. It's funny how even though college is a far different experience than grade school and high school, I still get those same butterflies in my stomach at the start of every school year. The anticipation of not knowing what the school year will bring is always there. I also continue to get the same pleasure from going back to school shopping for clothing and supplies. I only wish my mom was still paying for it!

I'm going to register for classes this week, but I'm not sure what I want to take. What classes are you guys taking in school?

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10:10 PM Oct 15 2009
xuxikui China	hi ,dewan ,my native language is chinese ,and some guys around me said that the most difficult and interesting language is chinese . wish you master French well .and if have chance and time ,welcome to china ,welcome to beijing my second language is english ,now what i have learned is not very good ,i have felt a little difficult ,too .I believe that if i exercise more ,and i will master it well best wishes

10:10 PM Oct 15 2009

xuxikui
China

hi ,dewan ,my native language is chinese ,and some guys around me said that the most difficult and interesting language is chinese .

wish you master French well .and if have chance and time ,welcome to china ,welcome to beijing

my second language is english ,now what i have learned is not very good ,i have felt a little difficult ,too .I believe that if i exercise more ,and i will master it well

best wishes

11:40 AM Sep 22 2009
seeden Canada	send me

02:59 AM Sep 16 2009
pathsoda69 Cambodia	My Friend! Never too late to be what you want to be. Do the right thing and do not blame yourself for any mistake but you have to learn from it. Best wishes!

02:59 AM Sep 16 2009

pathsoda69
Cambodia

My Friend!

Never too late to be what you want to be. Do the right thing and do not blame yourself for any mistake but you have to learn from it.

Best wishes!

02:25 AM Sep 07 2009
Pettel China	"same butterflies in my stomach at the start of every school year" i lost this feelin' many year.Because i have been graduated from school two years. so my honey.don't worry. Share your life. It's very amazing. Good luck

02:25 AM Sep 07 2009

Pettel
China

"same butterflies in my stomach at the start of every school year"

i lost this feelin' many year.Because i have been graduated from school two years.

so my honey.don't worry. Share your life. It's very amazing.

Good luck

07:55 AM Sep 04 2009
jamal faraji Morocco	YOU ARE SO LUCKY TO TURN BACK TO SCHOOL GOOD LUCK I AM TRYING TOO TO TURN BACK SCHOOL EVEN I HAVE A JOB BYE BYE

07:55 AM Sep 04 2009

jamal faraji
Morocco

YOU ARE SO LUCKY TO TURN BACK TO SCHOOL GOOD LUCK I AM TRYING TOO TO TURN BACK SCHOOL EVEN I HAVE A JOB BYE BYE

08:27 AM Sep 01 2009
Harper Dominican Republic	Hi Honey! please read this message: I've commanded you to be strong and brave. Don't ever be afraid or discourage! Iam the Lord your God, and I will be there to help you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9 All the best!

08:27 AM Sep 01 2009

Harper
Dominican Republic

Hi Honey!

please read this message:

I've commanded you to be strong and brave.

Don't ever be afraid or discourage! Iam the Lord your God, and I will be there to help you wherever you go.

Joshua 1:9

All the best!

08:51 PM Aug 31 2009
EricSon Kazakhstan	Hi Devan, You know, I have pretty much the same feelin' as yours cause I reached the final course at the university and I'll be graduated from it in next year. I feel like I'm still student but this's kinda hard things to realise that I'll give up attendin' student classrooms, hanging out around the campus and so on... Devan, you can take different classes varying from business classes to history. It's up to you. For instance, in this year I'm gonna sign up for computer classes cause I wanna know backend technoligy of the web pages and I wanna create my own web site! You can also take language classes. I love english but I wish I could also speak in french or spanish or in both which would be much better. Business classes are very interesting too and I'd say this's kinda big deal but I'm already studying finance and economy cause this's my future specialization.

08:51 PM Aug 31 2009

EricSon
Kazakhstan

Hi Devan,

You know, I have pretty much the same feelin' as yours cause I reached the final course at the university and I'll be graduated from it in next year.

I feel like I'm still student but this's kinda hard things to realise that I'll give up attendin' student classrooms, hanging out around the campus and so on...

Devan, you can take different classes varying from business classes to history. It's up to you. For instance, in this year I'm gonna sign up for computer classes cause I wanna know backend technoligy of the web pages and I wanna create my own web site!

You can also take language classes. I love english but I wish I could also speak in french or spanish or in both which would be much better. Business classes are very interesting too and I'd say this's kinda big deal but I'm already studying finance and economy cause this's my future specialization.

02:51 PM Aug 31 2009
Ivan Yin China	Hi there, I had not been a student for many years. But fortunately I applied for a continued education in a college for a full time program last month.Processing is complicated but I have to finish all . Being a student is happy. An opportunity being grasped by person is more happier than other.Waiting in the middle of doing is always ever as well. Congratulations for your back to school! Truly yours, Ivan

02:51 PM Aug 31 2009

Ivan Yin
China

Hi there,

I had not been a student for many years. But fortunately I applied for a continued education in a college for a full time program last month.Processing is complicated but I have to finish all . Being a student is happy. An opportunity being grasped by person is more happier than other.Waiting in the middle of doing is always ever as well.

Congratulations for your back to school!

Truly yours,

Ivan

10:36 AM Aug 31 2009
Jomana Saudi Arabia	hallo sweety I want to have the same feelings as you. I gaduated from university last year. My specialization was English literature. I loved my university so much and now I miss everything related to it. Going to classes is much pleasant than being free. I suoght for a job and I could not find. My GPA is so high and I was the first in my batch but there is no jobs. I want to be teaching assistant at my previouse university but I should have somebody supporting me. I am so jealous of you honey because you will go back to school and I will not!

10:36 AM Aug 31 2009

Jomana
Saudi Arabia

hallo sweety

I want to have the same feelings as you. I gaduated from university last year. My specialization was English literature. I loved my university so much and now I miss everything related to it. Going to classes is much pleasant than being free. I suoght for a job and I could not find. My GPA is so high and I was the first in my batch but there is no jobs. I want to be teaching assistant at my previouse university but I should have somebody supporting me. I am so jealous of you honey because you will go back to school and I will not!

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