My experience about death Recently I am reading «Staring at the sun---overcoming the terror of death» ,written by Irvin Yalom who is one of the greatest psychologists that I respect the most. I read it slowly because my English is not good enough to understand it. However I read a few pages every day that I already have reached page 22th. I hope I can finish it at the end of June. Slowly but page by page.. Have I confronted death? Not exactly. I haven't experienced death directly, but I have a strong belief that it's a dark shadow over my life. I remembered I have had many nightmares when I was a child. It's called covert death anxiety according to the book. Such as: I have dreamed of many times being chased by a lion or a tiger, falling from a great height, or hiding from a mortal threat. I was awakened by tears and horrors like this many times. As a matter of fact,I was also hit by a car twice. Luckily I only got some bruises on my legs and arms. Confronting with death is kind of like staring at the sun,something painful,difficult but necessary if you want to carry on living fully conscious about the true nature of human beings, about the meaning of our brief life in the universe, about who you really are.

Is it polite to ask a woman about her age and appearance if you never met before During English learning,I learned that it's impolite to ask a person's age,especially to women. But today I met a guy ,( more than one on italki),native speaker,he asked me about my age and my appearance. And Said it's ok to ask a person's age. Is it true ? Is it polite to ask a woman's age and appearance for the first time you meet .what do you think of him ,girls ,if a guy ask you about that?

Getting up to sing Lots of people are kinda tone deaf.They are shy about singing.As a matter of fact,singing are all about practicing and making smart choices.So here are some tricks for these people to get up to sing. First,choose a song that compliments your voice. Naturally we would choose a song that we like, but actually we should choose a song that compliments our voice . Second,record your voice and play it back.It will terrify you at first,but keep with it ,once you are confident,go for it.