the difficult journey

This afternoon, 2 of my friends and I went go around the city by bus. There're were some experiences which are very humorous hurmor and I want to share them with for you.
At first, we went go to the Bitexco Financial towel in 1 District. If you care, you can find it on the internet. Bitexco is one of the Highest Financial Towers Towel in VietNam. Bitexco has the a shape of a flower which is a symbol of Vietnamese Culture.
Then, we went go to the 23/9 Park. There're lots of Foreigners. So we meant to go there to talk them. But, we are so too hesitant hesitate that we can't start a conversation with them. @-@. It's so disapointed of us. We can write and speak confluently but we can't talk to foreigners directly. I was told said that Foreingers in Vietnam sometimes like talking with Vietnamese as us. Because, they're traveling alone when they come came to VietNam. When we saw a walking foreigner, we thought that we shouldn't bother mind them from for walking, but rather we should find a sitting foreinger. Then, we saw sitting foreingers, but they were not alone, but rather they're a couple. How we can bother mind a couple? Therefore, because of our embarrassment embarrassed and because we were afraid to bother mind foreingers (maybe, if we do that, they could can think badly about the Vietnamese. Maybe they think the Vietnamese are like curious and stick their noses in on other's business). So, we weren't able to can't comunicate with any foreigners all afternoon long.
After we left leaf the park, we went go to the Walking Street "Nguyen Hue". We call called it Walking Street because it was made for to walking, not riding. We felt there were a lot of beautiful views. So, we took lots of photos of them.
Of course, this is a fun Journey, but it this made make us we so tired. We walked a long way and our feet foots hurt. We came back home lately.

Hi Du! Great entry! I really enjoyed reading your story! Your English is very easy to understand and use a lot of phrases that native speakers use : ) All of the corrections I made are only small details. 

Remember to use the past tense when talking about the past. Sometimes native speakers use the present tense to describe the past, but usually only for a few sentences at a time, and only in speaking, not in writing. It's safer to use the past tense (e.g. "went/was/left/took").

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me!

I hope you have the courage to talk to some foreigners next time. Every person is different, but most people would probably be very happy to talk to you and your friends. Here are some phrases you could use to approach people and be polite:'

"Hello. Excuse me. Do you speak English? Can I speak to you for a minute? I am learning English and would like to practice a little. I am Vietnamese. Maybe I can tell you a few things about my country. Do you have any questions about Vietnam?"

If they say no, you can just say "No problem. Sorry for bothering you. Have a nice day."

Good luck! Be brave! :) 

Dream

Topic for today

Hello everybody,
My name Thach Thao, I'm from Viet Nam, today i want to talk about the topis:" describe a favorite television progamme" . Please correct if i am wrong! Thank you so much
"I have been lived and worked in Cao Lanh city every all weekday, I live alone and don’t have a TV so I don’t usually watch it this . But when I comeback my home on the weekends, I always watch TV with my parents. We watching films on VTV 1 while we have dinner, at night, we watch reality shows or films together. On Sunday mornings In morning Sunday, after going to the market with my mother, I return my home and I prepare for dinner. I turn on the TV at 10:00 AM and look for ( turn on) VTV 1 channel, At the time they have a show I like so much. It is “Key to success CEO”. This is a reality shows, the candiates are is CEOs or, managers . When They enjoy*, they play with a CEO role and have to deal with an enterprise’s problems as well as real business problems.
I really love this game show , because:
Firstly: this is a playground for leaders who want to show qualifications, managerial skills,…so on.
Secondly: When I watch this, I learn a lot of many knowledges about business, ecomomy,. It this many situations in real business then I see. I then see many of these situations in real business. 

*I'm not really sure what you are trying to say with "When they enjoy". Can you try to explain it with other words? It might be idiomatic : ) 

Hi Thach Thao! Great job! Your entry is very easy to understand and very well written. 

Here are a few tips to help you:

1) Use the present tense to describe actions that you do habitually (on a regular basis / over and over again), e.g. "I live and work in Cao Lanh city every weekday", "We watch films every weekend", etc.

2) Here are a couple of collocations to learn for TV:

- general action: "watch TV", e.g. "I watch TV with my parents every weekend", "We like to watch TV together", "I don't watch TV during the week, because I don't have a TV"

- talking about the TV (noun): "turn on the TV", "I don't have a TV"

It's best to just memorize these : )

Hope that helps! I enjoyed reading your story!

: ) Emily

I have been living two years live away from my country and my family. I had never not seen didn't see my family like this <em>for such a</em> long time. I miss my house, my nieghborhood, and my old friends. I didn't feel like this sentiment, it's so hard to live away from your loved ones sweethearts and leave everythings you grow up with when then you go to a foreign abroad country. And you must to coexist with other people, cultures cultural, religions religion... but these are is not important for of me but the most very important and what hurts the most very hurt is living far <em>away</em> from your sweetheart*.

*Sweetheart = one person, who you love romantically - for example your wife or husband, girlfriend or boyfriend

Loved ones = all the people you love, can be everyone in your family and close friends

abroad = in another country / in a foreign country. 

"abroad" is used by itself, not as an adjective. 

The adjective to use with country is "foreign": "foreign country"

I hope that helps. And I hope you do not feel so sad all of the time : ) Best wishes!

My last Holiday

The Last summer, I went to California, United States. I was have been in three different cities, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, in Nevada.
The first city that I've visited was Las Vegas, where people never sleep and the night is so bright. There were was Casinos to everywhere, and people never stop betting. I was in the Luxor Hotel, New York New York, Bellagio, and many others. That was amazing.
The second city was San Francisco with its streets and its bay. The fresh air and the seafood is so special. The Alcatraz Prison is in the middle of bay. People were very friendly and the city really nice.
The last City was Los Angeles, the city where the stars live. There were many iconic buildings, the Chinese theatre, the Griffith Observatory, the Hollywood sign, and many others. I met with the movie stars Alex Pettyfer, he is really kind.
This is my summary of my last holiday, I hope that you like it, and I hope to come back soon to the USA soon.

Bye

Hi Mariano! Great story! Your English is very clear. It was very easy to read and to understand what you are writing about.

Here are a few tips about verb tenses: 

Use the simple past here because you are talking about one trip that is now completed:

"I was in three cities"

"The first city that I visited was..."

You can use the <em>present perfect</em> "I <em>have been</em>" / "I <em>have visited</em>" if you are emphasizing that the action is not completed, e.g.

"I <em>have </em>now<em> been</em> in three cities in the United States"

"I <em>have </em>already<em> visited</em> 3 cities, and I plan to visit many more".

Hope that helps :) 

homework

1. Got
I got happy when I heard this news.
They got tired when they finished work.
She got intrested from the exhibition.
2. Used to
He used to live with his parents.
She used to travel a lot but now she save up money for her own house.
Simon used to have a beard when he lived in Norway.
3. Managed to
Did you manage to wash the car?
Tom and Fred had a competition yesterday. Tom swam well but in the end Fred managed to outrun him.
We didn't know this theme but we manage to learn it.
4. About to
At the stop stand several people There are several people standing at the stop / Several people are standing at the stop. 

(The present progressive is used to set the scene "are standing". Same thing in the past tense, e.g. with the past progress "Several people were standing". Also remember that in English, the subject (e.g. "several people") usually needs to come first. Word order is very important in English :) 

A / The Bus is about to drive up.  (You say "A bus is about to drive up" if there are lots of possible buses and one is arriving. You say "The bus is about to drive up" if the people are waiting for a specific bus and it is now arriving).
It has been raining. The sun is about to go.
I have been working all day, so I'm about to go home.

Good job! Great use of these phrases! I hope you can understand my comments : )