Colombian Plebiscite

Hello.

As some of you know, yesterday was the day when Colombian people had the oportunity  opportunity to vote in a plebiscite which sought to finish (to end/to bring to an end)  a 52 years conflict with FARC guerilla.

After 4 years of negotiation, government and guerrilla submitted some agreements, the last step was to obtain a public endorsement through a plebiscite. People was  were able to vote whether they agreed or not on the arramgement arrangement.

The results shown   show that  a 50,21% of voters were   do not agree.

Apart from the result (which is the most important thing to analyze), there were two other results particulary notewortly   particularly noteworthy. The significant abstention (just 38% of Colombians able to vote, actually did it), and the large number of invalid votes (170.946).

Last night the president and guerilla chief called for peace. But there's and atmosphere of uncertainity  uncertainty around the future.

A very interesting article, just watch your spelling!

Warm outumn autumn...

Hello, everyone!

Today is october October 3 and I want to talk about the warm outumn  autumn time. This period is called like "babie leto". By In English - it's like  means "Female summer"...
The weather is warm and dry, the sun is shiny  shines - the last days when we can enjoying the nature, in this year. And we decided to spend a weekend together at the park.
Yesterday we were in our zoo "Feldman Ecopark". In this zoo, we have seen saw and rabbits, and monkeys, and even a lion family.

Great article about the autumn weather.  

Haircut

I got a haircut last Saturday. Very short to some people someones I think. Its length is about one finger under my ear. As expected my co-workers were all surprised at my hair. And also They all asked me the same question :"Why did you get your got a hair cut so short?" I just answered normally because of the hot weather and short hair is easy to fix....

So , I just wonder If if the a girl's  gets a very short hair style/cut hair became very short and would everybody just think thought what happened to on her?

Hey! I just wanna say : "No reasons I just wanted to have  be the   a shorter hair style stytle". And is this a stereotype to of the girl?

I learned from reading some articles about which the girls' hairstyles on girls which boys would like, that  Exactly a large number  big part of boys like the long hair styles and so do are the girls.

Actually, I had been the long hair style for a year. Sometimes I just want a to change, maybe I look like a little boy now. (XD ) I just want to be myself! (My little opinion)

It's true, people often wonder why we decided to get our hair cut very short, and I am like you when I do!  Because I wanted a change or because it is easier to look after in the summer etc.

A great piece on peoples attitudes to women's hair, I enjoyed it very much.

Louise


*Today practice is very short :P Please correct, thanks a lot!

desire/hope/expect

Hi, there

I would like to know if I should use "desire", "hope" or "expect" in the following sentence:

"The coup in Turkey failed but some citizens were desiring desired its success.   to succeed."
or
"The coup in Turkey failed but some citizens were expecting/expected it to succeed."
or
"The coup in Turkey failed but some citizens hoped it would succeeded."

Thank you

You can use them all, but in slightly different ways!

3 Three days holiday.

We had 3 (three) days off in  a row.
The first day, We had a date with no kids. It was is for the first time in quite a long time  period!
On the second day, we went to a spa. There was a bath tub on the ground (this could be a Jacuzzi, or a hot tub.  When you say on the ground, do you mean it was dug into the ground?  If so we could say  a sunken hot tub) and we could enjoy the mountain view while naked/in the nude  with naked. I felt feel relaxed.
Today, we went to my husband's mom's house. We talked, drank drinked and ate a lot!
I think maybe during these this 3 (three) days I put on my weight...Because I know how much I have eaten/had to eat  had ate....
Anyway we had really so good days!!

三連休がありました。
一日目はこどもなしで夫婦でデートをしました。かなり久々です。
二日目は温泉に行きました。そこには露天風呂があり、裸で山の景色を楽しめました。癒されました。
今日は夫の実家に行きました。私たちはたくさん、しゃべって、飲んで、食べました。
この三日間で体重が増えたかも知れません。。。だってどれだけ食べたか自分で知っているから。。
それはさておき、よい日々を過ごせました！

Sounds like you had a lovely three days holiday.

My trip to Sichuan

I have  went on a trip to Sichuan last summer holiday, It was exciting. In On the first day I took a huge airplane from Nanning to Chengdu and I have played a very funny video game during my flight. I landed  in Chengdu before sunset then I have had dinner in a local restaurant. The foods are   was extremely spicy but I liked it. In  On the second day I took a bus to visit pandas. I feed fed a cute little panda fresh bamboo and took a lot of pictures with them  it. In  On the third day. It's it was time to go home, before I take off to left for the airport, I bought some local handworks  hand made items in the mall as my  gifts for my family and my friends. I'm so excited about this trip, it was amazing.

Wow this does sound like you had an amazing trip.  Feeding pandas, lucky you!

Remember when you are talking about something you did in the past you need to use past tenses.  

Louise

Summer

This is the first day of Summer School 2016, it is really fantastic. We will talk more by a lot in  English with Denish Danish students..so cool, wish  I hope this course has many many succeed  is very successful..:)

Good luck in summer school, it sounds like you will have a lot of fun and lots of opportunities to practice your English.

Louise

How to avoid procrastinating

My teacher asked me to write an essay about how to avoid procrastinating. During the next five days, I racked my brain without any ideas. My life is disturbed  interrupted by procrastination, so I do not know how to get rid of it.

Procrastination is a difficult thing to avoid!  Sometimes it is a lack of motivation or interest to do a task that causes us to procrastinate.

Perhaps record how you spend your day in a diary - mark how much time you spend on social media, or watching TV etc instead of working, and then think about why you do these things instead what you are meant to do!

Good luck and if you find the secret let me know, procrastination is a major problem for me too!

Louise