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claire

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Jun 11, 2009, 3:37:02 AM6/11/09
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Dear all talkative or silent members,

Pln and I will be away for a few days as it's a long weekend for us
from today(Thursday till Sunday)!
As some of you may remember that Pln wrote 1.5 months ago that her
family is moving to another flat and it's by this Sunday!

She has a lot to do at the moment and asked me to tell you all that
she'll be back answering Charles,Oshiro,Edward,Kevin and all the rest
of you after she returns next week!;)

Take care,everyone!
Claire
On Jun 11, 4:24 am, Kevin kim <chulwoong....@sial.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I visit this site every day,
> I have been studying and learning the many things in this cafe and I
> always appriciate about learning from you.
>
> But It is rarely that I ask or write. Because it is pretty hard for me
> when discuss many issue.
> So, I'm just looking...
>
> How about create a new category like diary. I think it is easy and
> useful for silent members like me.
> Maybe, It makes it possible to have a little more talk with many
> people.
>
> It's just my oppinion...
>
> I am sorry if I am out of line.
>
> Have a nice day, :D

Charles

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Jun 11, 2009, 8:26:08 AM6/11/09
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Hi Claire,

Bring my "hello" to Pln's new house.

learners expert

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Jun 11, 2009, 10:46:16 AM6/11/09
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hello everyone im a newbie here
and want to get command over english language
and here is my short introduction
this is Alina from Pakistan and im a student of BBA
and i think that my english is just good not perfect so kindly u all people plz help me in strating to learn english
and suggest me some knowledgeable sources and guidance points
i will be thankful to all of u
take care

Regards
Alina
From Pakistan

Eduardo Costa

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Jun 11, 2009, 2:55:41 PM6/11/09
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Thank you Claire for let us know Pauline´s concern.

I wish everything will be ok,

See you soon,

Ed. ;-)

pln471

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Jun 19, 2009, 5:46:21 AM6/19/09
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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 <huixin...@gmail.com> 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<pchamorro2...@gmail.com> 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 <chulwoong....@sial.com> 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 -

John Awesome

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Jun 20, 2009, 2:15:32 AM6/20/09
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hey, pln, what is the time you guys are going to talk on skype, i 'd like to attend in it 

Charles

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Jun 21, 2009, 7:15:55 AM6/21/09
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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

John Awesome

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Jun 21, 2009, 8:28:21 AM6/21/09
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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.

pln471

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Jun 26, 2009, 6:48:37 AM6/26/09
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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 <johnawesom...@gmail.com> 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 <huixin...@gmail.com> 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<johnawesom...@gmail.com>
> > >> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -
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