1.11.2016

I have no inspiration to present to you some interesting topics today, so I'm going to write a short description of my day.
Today I understood that I'm cursed by the Great Trolleybus God. I mean to say that every time since I've moved to Yekaterinburg something bad happens to trolleybuses that I take in order to get to my university. At first, that was quite funny and I even laughed getting out of another broken trolleybus considering myself "doomed".
However, now I get irritated every time when I get stuck in this devil kind of public transport because I can really be late for my university lectures (I live on the edge of the city so it takes me about an hour to get to the university).
I think that my post isn't going to be about my day, so I'd like to tell you the funniest story about a broken trolleybus that occurred to me about a month ago.
I remember that day as if it were yesterday: my classes finished and I went home. Having got into a trolleybus, I paid for a ticket and began to listen to my favourite songs.
Suddenly, the conductor told us that there was an accident on the next stretch of the road, so we had to go out to the station in order to take another trolleybus.
As it was Friday, I didn't want to waste my time by staying at the station so I decided to find a bus. Because I didn't know the city well, I got lost very soon. I started to ask people to point me in the direction of some bus stop and one woman helped me. She showed me the way to a bus stop and said that I would probably get to the place I needed. Unfortunately, I didn't pay much attention to that "probably" of hers and took the first bus I saw. A few minutes later, I realised that I was passing by the familiar buildings and parks. Then I got shocked and upset. Guess what? I went back to my university! What a numpty I was!

This story was really funny. I especially loved how you used some phrases "this devil kind of public transport" and "I didn't pay much attention to that 'probably' of hers" - it makes it sound all the more fluent. One thing though, as an English speaker, I have never heard of this word 'trolleybus' - do you mean a 'tram'? :) If so (after a quick google image search which might confirm it) then 'tram' is the correct term.

Everything else was almost perfectly written apart from very very few mistakes. Perfect use of capitalisation, also, such as when you said the 'Great Trolleybus God', as we capitalise anything that is turned into a title or name. Also you must be practising with some British English - I did notice that 'numpty' in there ;) Haha, this is great! I am not sure what your spoken English is like but so far you seem near fluent.

My healthy habits

I have healthy habits.
I study at home. After I study, I leave for the Exercise Academy at 9:30.
I exercise hard for 1 hour a day and exercise five times a week.
It’s very tired tiring and hard, but exercise makes me more healthier. (Or you can say 'makes me more healthy')
So I have to still go to the Exercise Academy for 5 years.
And I go jogging on the mountain with my mom.
When I go jogging, I get fresh air that made by trees.
So I get healthier than my friends.

Well done. :) Very well written.

An ideal friend

What is an ideal friend like? What personal attributes does he or she needs to have so that you could have a strong bond with them? The number of traits one wants to see in a friend can be enormous. Tolerance, loyalty, empathy, kindness - the list could go on forever. It goes without contradiction (this phrase is not incorrect at all, but a similar and more common phrase used in english to express this is 'It goes without saying that ...' ) that these qualities are important, but in my view, an intimate friendship is based on mutual love for each other. And love doesn't necessarily mean a desire to marry a person and have children with them. By "love" I mean that feeling when you can't help but show a heartfelt sympathy for your buddy, make him look on the bright side whenever he seems to be down in the dumps, share his joviality and tolerate his faults or changes of heart. I intend to believe that a geniune friendship reveals all the best qualities in us. Even if you consider yourself an unfeeling person, unable to show affection for other people, it will change when a the right person comes across your way. When you are overflowed overflowing with unconditional love for somebody you can't help but reveal the most beautiful traits of your character which set you apart from other people. So, in my view, an ideal friend is simply a caring one.

This is a beautiful post, and very well written. Just a few little mistakes, and one in particular which is good to take note of is the phrase 'You can't help but ... ' I see you have used this a few times, but missed the 'help' bit. This phrase needs this word in there too :) Other than that, grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure, is all phenomenal and very impressive. You have a good ability to express your thoughts and feelings, and it's very clear. Keep going. :) Well done.

1. You can technically say A but it doesn't sound natural. You would normally just say 'I see that Dave...' 2. Yes you can say that. In fact that is the only correct way to say it.

Peppermint, I think you may not be aware of the slang phrase 'get loose' but it is a phrase on its own, separated from the phrase 'get lost.' 'Get loose' is a slang way of saying 'have fun'. This comes from the other slang which people say 'loosen up.' When someone is irritated or not enjoying themselves when they should be, people say 'loosen up!' And so from this came the other variation 'get loose!' Which is mostly a thing that is shouted at parties before people take shots and drink alcohol. It is not often said before 'sensible' enjoyments, but rather the crazy kind. So more accurately, it means similar to 'Let's go crazy!'

Your suggestion would also be correct grammatically as a variation but it gives a different meaning. So in this case it would be wrong to add 'which' because that is not what the writer means. He/she simply means that the world is his family therefore that is why he wants to connect. He does not mean he wants to do it FOR the world which is his family. This variation is a longer way of saying a similar thing, but makes it less intimate. 'I want to connect with the world for the world is my family.' Meaning 'because the world is my family' Not 'for the purpose of the world, which is my family' All that has happened here is that you have perhaps misunderstood the 'for' in this context, which is totally fine. :) in this case it simply represents 'because' and not 'for the purpose of' Hope that helps

'So on' and 'so forth' mean the same things, which is 'etc'. In modern English, there are two ways that they are used most naturally. Either you say 'and so on' at the end or 'so on and so forth.' But nowadays you don't ever say 'and so forth.' even though the meaning is the same. :)