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September 11, 2009
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        No no no I have to disappoint you from the very outset. This blog is not a philosophical reflection about how diverse and colorful our world is or any report on modern research revealing the  influence colors have on our lives. Nothing like that. This is just another boring and may be absolutely unnecessary    english lesson. (hope you didn’t forget, we are on englishbaby!!) 

Well  … there are a large number of  expressions in english language involving different colors.

Let’s start from  the ‘blue’ :  

True blue –loyal

Feeling blue - down–hearted, feeling unhappy

Bolt from the blue – an unexpected event

Once in a blue moon- rarely or seldom

Singing the blues –acting or feeling sad

Out of the blue – completely unexpected

Black and blue – be badly bruised

Scream blue murder – make a lot of fuss; shout loudly and emotionally in protest

The boys in blue – the uniformed police

A blue-eyed boy – a young man admired because he is successful

Blue in the face – being very emotional, exited

Make the air blue – to swear, curse

To drink till all's blue – to be utterly drunk

    Red, green, black and white are coming next….

    If you can add any ‘blue’ , you are welcome !!

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August 27, 2009
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"Talent is God-given; be humble.
Fame is man-given; be grateful.
Conceit is self-given; be careful"
-John Wooden

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August 21, 2009
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   it's a fiction written in 1945 by G. Orwell an english writer. He actually titled it as a fary-tale.it's a short, easily readable story (he wittingly used simple language for that he wanted it to be translated into different languages) with valuable lessons about how political and governmental organizations often work. Orwell wrote it as a parable about the Russian Revolution, as an example of how a revolutionary government could be worse than its monarchist predecessor, but it also could apply to many political organizations, labor unions, and the like. The key lesson is that the organization's bosses often manipulate the organization for their own benefit, and end up being as bad, if not worse, than the real or imaginary evils from which they are protecting their followers.  actually it is  an allegory in which animals are  embodiment of humans.

here you can read it:

 http://www.readprint.com/work-1250/Animal-Farm-George-Orwell

some extracts from the book:

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.

and:

ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS

here is the main character :)

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