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I've just finished my first year of ESL teaching in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Over the last year, I've taught a wide range of English learners from beginners to intermediate level. I love teaching English, it's both fun and challenging. Next year will see my educational adventures continue in Taiwan.
On a personal note, I have been learning Cantonese for a year now so that I can better connect with my family in Hong Kong. Progress can be slow at times but ultimately it's rewarding.
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The End of My First Relationship
My first long-term / serious relationship ended several days ago.
As I wrote an in a previous essay before, I struggled for keeping to keep the relationship going. I am so immature when handling matters of the heart / when it comes to feelings. (with these affectional things.)
Last Friday, after meeting up with my boyfriend, I received a message from one of my net friends who I had flirted with before. He asked me if I had time to go for a drink and get some / have some dinner later with him (no need for 'with him' , implied already) . I thought I could (past tense so not 'can') pretend nothing happened and ( keep maintain the relationshIt) carry on (continue) with my boyfriend. But the fact is I wasn't feeling it anymore so I decided to break up him. He is so nice but I'm obviously not ready to be with someone (long term relationship).
I typed (a block of word) (??) to him on wechat, and then blocked him on wechat also added his number to blacklist.
A day later (One day pasted), while I was deleting (tried to clear) my spam messages, so that I would have more space for my new learning app, I got an English message in my inbox. appeared casually I felt nervous about opening it but after a long time pondering, I opened the message and found there were actually three messages from my ex. I could (past tense) see he was heartbroken and could feel his despair (unnecessary/implied: through these words) he sent me. What made me feel really guilty was (tense consistency) that even though I had already broken up with him he still wanted an explanation. If the roles were reversed (If i was him and was cheated by my boyfriend), I would hate him forever and never want to see him again. The last thing he said to me was that it would be difficult to get over me. That was the last I heard from him.(Until today, I have not received his other message, and it makes me released.) I told him not to waste time thinking about me because I'm not worth it. (The most context (??) of my message I sent to him, which I ask him don’t waste time on missing or hating me because I am nothing.)
I feel a strong sense of guilt about all this because I can understand his disappointment. (Unnecessary: of never receiving my active message, and never being asked out by me.) Since I didn't feel as strongly as he did (figure out what kind of emotion I have for him), I thought it was best for us to split up (apart is the best solution to avoid hurting both him and me deeper in the future). Someone said to me ever: don't be the first one to fall in love, you'll only get hurt (In a relationship, never fall in love first ever, because that means the more it hurts you.)
Emotional story and an interesting topic, poor guy.. we call this unrequited love haha
Give me a shout if you'd like a lesson on colloquial phrases we use to describe relationship events and situations.
0 votedJuly 6, 20173City Centre.
The tube is a great way to get around the city. It centers around the downtown and spans across the city, virtually connecting every district. It is interconnected with the local rail network. Despite the fact that the railway stations are quite spacious, they do/can get overcrowded, especially during the festival season。
The City Centre is packed with high-rise flats and has an alarmingly low number of green spaces, which in a way is quite depressing. Add to that the fact that most buildings are architecturally analogous, and you have an altogether gloomy vibe. If you're lucky / On the odd occasion you might spot a more vibrant building to cut through on a good deal of its gloominess. Even though almost all the buildings in the city are fairly modern, 2 hours’ drive away and you'll come across some surprisingly rundown houses.
The city centre is naturally the most congested area (erased some, unnecessary). Traffic can be insanely snarled-up around rush hour. By comparison, the tube can be relatively roomy. All things considered, it’s worth the commute given that downtown’s basically got everything you could possibly need.Don't hate me, I thought I'd change some bits to go for the tone of voice I think you were aiming for.
0 votedFebruary 17, 20171- When an author writes, he or she makes lexical, syntactic and semantic choices that give their writing a style which is different from other writers’. To some extent this can be considered as their fingerprint or in the context of linguistics their word print. However, word print contrary to fingerprint develops as the learner's proficiency level progresses. Recently Network Theory has emerged as a suitable statistical model for understanding and assessing social and natural systems such as human language.0 votedJuly 12, 20161
- ball playing is an activity therefore a noun. Ball play would mean subject + verb e.g the ball plays with itself... which doesn't make sense haha Regarding 'end' e.g was it a happy ending? an ending is the final concluding part of a sequence... e.g 2 how was the end of the film? an extremity of a thing.. the thing being the film here... perhaps try only using end with another noun.. That one's confusing! Just find different examples online and think about them. Regarding taste and tasting e.g let me have a taste... a taste is a shorter discerning of flavour e.g2 i'm coming to the wine tasting... a tasting is an event by the way... what are bath aisles and bedding aisles?! haha I'd say always call it a bathing suit.. never a bath suit. Hope that was helpful, feel free to ask any other questions.0 votedJuly 11, 20162
Friday Diary
I woke up at 11 a.m. and (only need one subject) made Indian curry, it was a little bit sourer (comparative form) than I'd hoped for (verb choice and tense). I ate it and (only need one subject) went to work. It was a busy Friday evening (phrasing), but I didn't mind, we had plans to go to Salamanca's whisky bar afterwards. We finished up quickly at work and closed the restaurant. (order of phrasing) ... picked us up outside work and I met (verb choice) her boyfriend for (preposition choice) the first time.Then (where?! Outside the restaurant?), I met university school teacher. We talked about Japanese job hunting. I'm still university student you see (explaining phrase), so (reasoning word choice) I listened carefully to what he told me. I had a good time.
Hope that helps.
Feel free to ask any questions :)
0 votedJuly 11, 20161An short essay
Before she met him, she felt like that (use 'like' or 'that') there was nobody in this real (word choice: 'whole' works better) world who could control and frighten her and make her stop for a little while. All her former boyfriends surrounded around (unnecessary word) her all the time and tried them (pronoun choice: 'their') best to flirt (word choice: take advantage of/bed) her. However this time (then) she met Mr. Tang, a special person who changed her a lot.I'd suggest this: All her former boyfriends constantly smothered her; they only wanted one thing. (sex)
Hope that helps.
Let me know if you need any other help :)
0 votedJuly 11, 20161
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