Just another notebook in paradise ... Hey reader ! =) Since I started using ITALKI (about a week ago) I`ve seen a number of people writing/typing down here their thoughts about anything they want. And I mean ANYthing. Sometimes things that doesn`t attract people`s attention whatsoever. Great! ITALKI respects our freedom of speech ! =P But this entry is not about it. I`ve been thinking a lot about what to write. Things likely to make users be like `hey, that looks good, I`m gonna surely read that...`. And that`s not because I want to become a kind of `ITALKI celebrity` or the `famous ITALKI guy`. I just want people to read what I post. And, of course, to correct me in any aspect I need. Therefore I write this only to ask anyone who reads this: What is important to get readers attention on ITALKI ? Write about food? Animals ? How I look cute sharing a mango with my dog and my parrot ? =)

Sugar or not sugar ? That`s the question !

No ! They just don't match !

 

If is there one thing I learnt in my 25 years living in this planet it is: It's a extreme sacrilege to put sugar on coffer. It's like having no respect at all for the ancients coffee gods.

 

I still remember the first time I tasted coffee beans that I picked straight from the tree (tree?). At that moment my life changed. Ever since I discovered how life tastes better without any kind of sweetener on my food, I've been struggling to get people on my side. It's been a long hard fight to convince people that coffee must taste like coffee, not sugar.
Anyways, I have to confess it's been in vain.

 

And I'll keep having my non-sweetened coffee wether people find it strange or not

 

Exlosion ? Aliens ? Terrorists ? Something really weird happened at the place I work this afternoon. We are all down our usual business when we heard something like an explosion or something quite heavy falling to the ground on the outside. No one moves but stares at each other. No one knows what had happened. I though a crane had fallen. We were all asked to evacuate the buildings leaving all behind. People were trying to call on the radios anyone who could possibly know what had occurred (we usually use radios in the company`s facility). A few minutes later we were given permission to get back inside. The sound ? An excavator tire exploded nearby. I never thought a tire could be so loud.

Have you ever been in a nightmare ? ''Have you ever slept on the bus during a night ride ? Suddenly you wake up feeling like you had slept ages and ages, but somehow you realize you are not so far where you were supposed to be. However, something is not quite normal. People around you are pale, dull, in a manner you see them with no life inside. No one gets off the bus. The driver does not stop neither to pick up nor to leave people behind. No one moves. You can catch some glimpses on the windows you don`t know exactly what they are ... and it`s dreadful. By the by, that`s all you are able (or allowed? who knows) to see outside that dark, silent, lifeless bus. Time goes by. You feel it. You cannot see it. You are not tired. And, just like everyone else, you just can`t move. You and your new friends can`t even speak ... `` HEY GUYS ! WOULD BE AMAZONG HAVING SOMEONE TO CORRECT THIS PART OF A TALE I'VE BEEN WRITING AND TELL ME WETHER YOU FIND IT INTERESTING OR NOT AND IF IT SOUNDS NATURAL SINCE I`M NOT A NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER

Have you ?

''Have you ever slept on the bus during a night ride ? Suddenly you wake up feeling like you had slept ages and ages, but somehow you realize you are not so far where you were supposed to be. However, something is not quite normal. People around you are pale, dull, in a manner you see them with no life inside.

No one gets off the bus. The driver does not stop neither to pick up nor to leave people behind.

... ''

 

HEY GUYS !
WOULD BE AMAZONG HAVING SOMEONE TO CORRECT THIS PART OF A TALE I'VE BEEN WRITING

AND TELL ME WETHER YOU FIND IT INTERESTING OR NOT

 

by the way, I`m not a native, so I`d appreciate if any native english speaker could tell me if all I have written sounds `natural` ...

And you ? Have you ever thought about being a writer ?

 

Learning a 3rd language using your 2nd one, your 4th using your 3rd and so on ...

Holla !
I`m a portuguese native speaker (Brazilian), my second language is English and now I`m learning `Spanish for English spearkers`. Then, as soon as I get more confident with my Spanish skills, I`m gonna start studying `French for Spanish Speakers` or `German for Spanish sperakers` and so on ...

 

I think it`s a great approach because it keeps you from using your 1st language. I`m not a specialist but I`ve read/seen a lot about this method and people really like it.

What do you guys think about this way of learning ?
Have you been doing the same ? Tell me about =)

Don`t be shy !

I`ve seen so many saying they really want to learn English but only about 1% of them are confident enough to start speaking to one another. Most of the English learners are afraid of using English in real situations mainly when it comes to a talk with native speakers. They stutter or sometimes even cannot speak a single phrase ...

Have it ever happened to you ?
Why do youn think it happen ?
How can we change that ?