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In my work life I am a professional civil engineer. Which means I build bridges, roads, buildings, and such. I love to do new things and gain new experiences. To me that is what life is about. My hobbies/interests are playing the piano, running, working out, meditation, yoga, playing board games, philosophical debates, socializing with friends, hiking, camping, exploring nature, dancing, jumping off cliffs, skydiving, volunteerism, environmental activism, etc.
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Carlos Gil
Spanish
Oct 20, 2018
No has olvidado tus conocimientos de español James. Te felicito. Nos vemos pronto!
Mariel
Spanish
Jul 3, 2018
Conoces muchas palabras, no tengas miedo de usarlas.
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    From today

    First of all, I must say 'Thank you" for reading my entry. In order for you to know who is writing this entry, I want to introduce about myself: I'm Anh and I come from Vietnam (I live in Ho Chi Minh City, if you know it). I am a freshman at the University of Social Science and Humanity, in HCMC. I like writing, reading and observating everything happening around my life, therefore, I want to be a writer or journalist - someone called like a storyteller.


    I have written a diary for a long time, of course in Vietnamese. And yesterday, instead of writing diary that I usually write about my ideas, opinions, feelings of everything everyday in Vietnamese, I decided to write in English. So, this is the first entry.
    And why I have to have I chosen to do so? I make made a goal to pass an IELTS exam at band 7.0 - 7.5 next year, in order to learn more new things. Therefore, English is really seriously important to me and I think I must work very hard harder and harder. I need all of your help. I also need to be patient try patiently, so that I consider the this entry as my promise : I'll try and I can do succeed.


    Sincerely, Anh (or you can call me AN)
    Picture: a movie I really love that has inspired me and have inspiration from it.


    Good Work! Keep it up! :)

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    April 6, 2016
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    I hate to say it but you just have to go for it! Find a teacher or another language learner and schedule a time. I was struggling with the same thing while learning Spanish, feeling insecure about making mistakes while speaking. Even after I scheduled my first lesson in Skype I was secretly hoping the teacher would not attend the class haha. I think you will find that your fears are not based in reality and you will discover that most people are compassionate, understanding, and patient. If they are not that is their problem and not yours :) Good luck!
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    February 26, 2016
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    Yes it is natural.
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    February 26, 2016
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    I want (want or went?) to gym exercise every Friday.

    I want (want or went?) to gym every Friday. I am a member of a gym which is just located just near the East Gate of campus. I usually go to the gym three times a week. It's has been more or less six months since I joined yoga classes. Now I can do many difficult yoga postures. Practiced gently and regularly, the postures will increase your levels of fitness and flexibility. The teacher of the gym is very serious when we are in class. She always tells us, don’t demand too much of yourself and listen to your body’s voice when you try to perfect some yoga postures. I really very like her. She brings has brought me into the world of yoga.
    But today I decided to take a sensible bicycle class. The coach encourages me when I want to give up. It is my first time to try trying spinning. I am completely exhausted when the class is over.


    Good work! :)

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    February 26, 2016
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    No problem! :)
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    February 21, 2016
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    If I am understanding the context then the first sentence should be "I don't have any relatives who worked for the Uzbekistan Airways company." The second sentence is correct.
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    February 21, 2016
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    In short: cruel, barbaric, and should cease everywhere immediately. To hold onto something simply due to tradition is asinine. As Dorothy said we would still be throwing Christians to the lions if we did that. Pleasure at the expense of a non-willing participant, i.e. the bull, is sadistic. In my opinion who ever wants bullfighting should first be required to be the bull in the ring.

    Imagine you are the bull - Pre-fight prep: the bull has wet newspapers stuffed into his ears; vaseline is rubbed into his eyes to blur his vision; cotton is stuffed up his nostrils to cut off his respiration and a needle is stuck into his genitals. Also, a strong caustic solution is rubbed onto his legs which throws him off balance. This also keeps him from lying down on the ground. In addition to this, drugs are administered to pep him up or slow him down, and strong laxatives are added to his feed to further incapacitate him. He is kept in a dark box for a couple of days before he faces the ring: the purpose of this is to disorientate him. When he is let out of the box, he runs desperately towards the light at the end of the tunnel. He thinks that at last his suffering is over and he is being set free — instead, he runs into the bullring to face his killers and a jeering mob.

    All of this culminates in a horrific death where the bull is repeatedly stabbed until it dies from a combination of exhaustion, dehydration, and choking on its own blood. Heck of a way to go, isn't it?

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    April 1, 2015
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    Expressing my thoughts.

    Hi, lately I've been feeling that I need to write and share a lot of the things that I think about, so I've been writing some of those this stuff in my native language (Spanish) on my Facebook page, but I also what want to write those this stuff in English,. I don't want to do it in on my Facebook page because people would will think I'm just showing off and also because most of my friends speak Spanish, so what's the point of writing it in English (No one will read it). So I have decided to share those thoughts here on Italki because first it would allow my students to get to know a little bit about me and second because people could correct my mistakes (hopefully they will) and hence I would will improve my English writing skills.

    You see There was something else that made me want to write specially here, and that was a thought that I had after teaching a class. After teaching this class, I started thinking what motivates people to teach a language and if they really want to make their students learn or just want to earn money!

    I'm not saying I'm here just because I love the job (I do love it), but I'm also here because of the money (because, well, I need to eat). but Even though this is not my career of choice there is one thing that I do know and is that if you are going to do something, you have to do your best! That's why even though I'm not a perfect teacher (I'm not even a professional teacher) I try to do my best to make my students learn, and always focus in helping them get to know more vocabulary and have more fluency!

    But what really makes me angry is to see the huge amount of teachers that are doing this just for the money without even paying attention to see if whether the student is learning something or not. It makes me sad that they don't focus on helping them improve. I don't want to criticize anyone I just want to shared my point of view and advice advise those teachers out there, that I understand that you need to earn money but you also need to think that students are paying you to learn, so you should devote yourself to make your students learn. Because well, what's the point of doing something and not doing it right, what does that says about you?

    I think that this not only apply applies for to teaching, these but also applies for to every profession. So, wherever you are and whatever your situation might be, remember that what you have is what you have decided to have, so if you have decided to do something at least try to do it the best way possible and to be the best you can be!

    Love,

    Cari.

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    March 23, 2015
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    In the first sentence instead of "It says" should be "It is said". The statement is general and you are not siting anyone in specific.

     

    Also, I suppose it is preference but I like how the sentence is already structured as "Forgive and forget - is it possible?" It has a dramatic effect to it.

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    February 6, 2015
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