Introduction

Hi, my name is Susan. I was born in Peru and lived a long time in Spain, but now I am living in United Kingdom because my father works here. For this reason I need to learn English. Sometimes it is complicated for me to do many things like go to the GP (the doctor centre) or speak with the other people in my college. But this is a good experience for me and this is the best way to learn English. I have met a lot of people from other countries and cultures, and I love to do it! I hope learn to English very quickly to can speak better with the other people.

<em>[Good start.]</em>

Frightening journey

It seems to me that nowadays people are bored stiff with their lives considering the fact that so many of them adore scaring themselves just for fun. These thrill-seekers are choosing amongst all the choices to dedicate some of their leisure time for going on frightening journeys.
Personally, I don’t understand how and why a person can intentionally put himself in a real danger of being badly injured or even helpless before the death’s face. I’ve never been on such a frightening journey before and, frankly speaking, don’t regret it, although, even in my experience there were some situations that could be called rather risky or even hazardous.
Last summer my friends, a bunch of other mountaineers and I decided to climb to the summit of the Taganai, the famous chain of mountains in the South Ural near Miass. There were a couple of 19-year-olds with us and they were the only adults in that hiking trip.
The most terrifying thing for me in that adventure was the necessity to climb mostly without any safety ropes. Throughout the whole journey, I was haunted by obsessive thoughts that I would just grasp the wrong rock and drop straight down without any chances of salvation. And even though before the expedition we chose the route that was very popular among the climbers of these mountains and therefore couldn’t be called uncharted terrain, I was still unsure if the path we were taking was safe, as you can never predict where and when the ground may give way and just fall down beneath your feet.
One more horrid thing was that our water supplies were running out because of extreme heat and aridity. We had to try and save bottled water for our way back and it felt like we were on a survival course.
However, all in all, I don’t consider these adventure too dangerous, as nothing disastrous happened and nobody got hurt or broke anything. Though it was tough to beat the mountain, I guess, we succeeded without major accidents and after all, I have rather positive memories than newly-acquired fears of height or dying of thirst.

<em>[Very good work.  Just minor changes.  I have acrophobia (fear of heights) and could never go rock climbing.  The slang term we have for people who compulsively engage in dangerous and life-threatening activies is 'adrenalin junkies'.  A 'junkie' is an addict. ]</em>

Thought

Some storms come just to test the force our roots.

<em>[Good thought]</em>

Let's share, and you will get something in return.

I don't have money to learn English because I'm unemployed, but I believe that if I try to help people who want to learn Vietnamese, I will receive help from them. I would be very grateful. Thanks!!

<em>[Good start.  Remember that the pronoun 'I' is always capitalized.]</em>

I'm a procrastinator.

Dec.16 Sunny

Oh, God... I still haven't got any ideas for the sodding graduation project. Tomorrow is Wednesday, and I'm going to set out for America this Saturday. It has been half a month since my last nasty TOEFL experience, but until this moment, I even haven't really started into serious review. Obviously, I'm a procrastinator. Sadly I have to admit that all my big failures that have happened in my life are caused by procrastination. I know it's not so easy that I can conquer it right awaY, but I should be just get started things I have to do, and tell myself every second that there is another deadline.

<em>[Good work.  I tend to procastinate myself.  I bought a book on overcoming procastination, but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet.  ;-)]</em>

Living without smartphones

Many people today don´t just have a mobile phone. They have an iPhone or Blackberry. But is it a great invention? I think there are advantages and disadvantages.
The first advantage is that families spend more time talking to each other. Secondly, they spend more time doing things or exercising. They spend more time with their friends.
But on the other hand, there also disadvantages. The first disadvantage is that you can´t receive the news immediately on your phone. Secondly, you are not connected to the world. You can end up suffering social isolation.
In conclusion, although living without a smartphone has some advantages and disadvantages. I think that smartphones are a great invention but we shouldn´t spend many hours on  the smartphones.

<em>[Good work.]</em>

My stuff

I'm crazy about food. Every month when I get my salary I give my parents half and me half. I spend more money for food. I feel happy when I have lots of refreshment and everything to eat at my room.

First things did in italki

Well, this is my first entry on italki. My name is Hoang Son, and I'm 20 years old. Now I'm a college student. I just have taken a course learning English recently, because my school requires IELTS 6.0 for graduation and my teacher recommand this website for me. I also have been referred to some website that learning English online, but I personally think this one is the best. I really love to make a new friends from people all around the world to learn and improve the my knowledge as well as speaking and writing skills.
It's my honour to be your friend.

Have a great day!

<em>[Good start.  Remember to always capitalize the pronoun 'I']</em>