03. An Email I sent at work in Dec 2013... Dear ABC, This is Kalin from Japan Marketing team. Nice to meet you. Thank you for building the GIE(Global Integrated Enterprise) Community on Facebook. It is helpful for us to know the global GIE information further. I have a couple of questions about the GIE and it would be highly appreciated if I could get your support. 1. We've noticed that in addition to Finance, Supply Chain and IT, Marketing Transformation PoV has been released recently as well. These PoVs explain the detailed enterprise transformation in many kinds of functions. Japan has also been doing the GIE transformation project, but not in an integrated way, for example, A and B are doing their own GIE respectively. Thus we're considering an integrated GIE plan to be implemented in 2014 and want to know if the global GIE team has the similar GIE 2014 plan? Actually if the plan for 2014 is not ready, 2013 works for us as well, so that we could make the next year's GIE plan based on it. 2. I tried to read the materials posted in GIE Community on Facebook as much as I can, but there are so much of it, so could you please suggest the most important (or basic?) ones, which can help me make the integrated GIE plan smoothly? Thank you very much. Regards, Kalin

02. An Email I sent at work today... Dear ABC, Thank you for the call and sharing the programme info with us this morning. We're planning to start the programme soon and regarding the top age, could you please help us with the translation? As I was told we could have the support from the global fund to get it implemented more smoothly in Japan. Below is the link we're talking about: xxxxxxxx Besides the top page, I also want to confirm if it is possible to get the translation support with other links listed in the bottom of the top page? Looking forward to your feedback. Thanks & regards, Kalin

01. Email I sent at work yesterday... Dear ABC, Sorry to bother you again. Japan team just told me the contract has been countersigned successfully. Thank you! So may I start our first task this year? As I told you in the earlier email, we'd like to show the Japanese version of the global S&A site at our S&A meeting on 6/25, because we all think the web design is good. It is possible for you to help start the translation task? It would be highly appreciated if the translation task could be closed by 6/20. Thanks & regards, Kalin

about the writing... I realised the reason why I didn't write much and finally found out a way, which is to copy the emails I've written in English at work and paste here. When I get home from work, it's usually so late that I'm too tired to write something although I really want to. I just checked my articles that I published and the latest one was written 1 year ago... Since I need to write English emails everyday, why not get them corrected here? No.1 it saves time so much, No.2 compared to the recommended subjects, such as writing your hobbies, best friends, travel, business email is the most important part that I need to practise. It's really a smart way, isn't it? Of course, I will hide the sensitive information. :)

I have no plans tonight Tonight is Christmas Eve, but unfortunately I have no plans. After drinking a cup of tea, I’m going to watch “Love Actually” again to kill time this year. I have to work early tomorrow morning, so there is nothing to complain about. But like one of my friend said, the isolation is terrible; being alone on Christmas Eve still makes me feel pathetic, even though that is not a Chinese festival. The good news is I have planed my new year’s trip to Harbin with my friends. It’s said Harbin is one of the coldest cities in China and famous for the awesome ice sculptures. Also, since it’s very close to Russia, I’d like to enjoy some Russian food there. Cheer up, Lin! Think about the trip! You’ll have a “coolest” time soon.

What do you think of social network? Do you like it? Will you add your family members, especially parents, on Facebook, Twitter, or Weibo? Will you start one of them just becuase all of your friends have it?

Friendship Today I spent a whole day hanging out with my friend who I haven't seen for 2 months. Both of us have been very busy recently, but I really missed her so I called her last night and asked her if she would be available on Sunday. We went to a Spanish restaurant for lunch, and ordered paella and sangria. Basically I cannot drink too much, but if the wine is mixed up with fruit juice, then I would be OK with it. We enjoyed the lunch and shared what we had done and what interesting things had happened these days. I noticed the waiter glance at us once so I'm afraid it's because we laughed too loudly. We went shopping after lunch. To be honest, I don't go shopping quite often, unless I do really have something to buy. However, it was still a great time to shop with my friend though I didn't buy anything this afternoon. Then I realised when you hang out with someone who you really like, then there is no need to worry about if you would have fun; because whatever you will do or say, would turn out to be a happy time. In my opinion, a true friend is not only a person who you can laugh together or cry together, sharing every single secret, but also a person who makes you feel comfortable and relaxed at any time. You don’t have to keep talking to avoid the awkward silence, although the talk is nonsense; you don’t have to think about the conversation topics, because they would come out themselves; you don’t even have to consider a proper reaction, as there is no “inappropriate” existed. That is the “true friend” in my dictionary and I’m happy that I have some this kind of friends.

一人でできること 今日、職場で「Life of Pi」がなかなかいい映画だと同僚から聞きましたので、今週末、友達を誘って、この映画を見に行こうと思いましたが、友達に聞いたら、みんな先週見ましたので、結局、一人で行くことになるかもしれません。 寂しそうですが、一人で映画館に行くのは初めてではないから、恥ずかしくは思いません。 そういえば、一人暮らしを始めてから、だんだん一人で行動することは慣れるようになりました。一人で映画を見に行ったり、一人でレストランで食事をしたり、一人で旅行をしたり…もちろん一人でいるのは好きとは言えませんが、たくさんの人とわいわい騒ぐより、むしろそのいわゆる「孤独さ」を味わった方が楽で楽しいです。 しかし、人間は社会性がありますので、一人でできないこともいろいろあります。 例えば、私にとって、一人でカラオケに行ったり（大会の練習で行くのではなく）、一人で遊園地に行ったりすることは、やはり無理だと思います。 あなたは、一人でできることとできないことは何でしょうか。

What's the difference between "clever" and "smart"? a clever person a smart person it seems there are no differences. can anyone give me a clarification and some examples for these 2 words? thank you.