Blogs
- Shares Vocabulary Building-- part 2
- Callous The bourgeoisie, wherever it has got the upper hand, has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations. It has pitilessly torn asunder the motley feudal ties that bound man to his natural superiors, and has left no other bond between man and man th ...
- Shares I Quitted Smoking
- According to a recent report, over a billion people worldwide are smokers. Clearly it is not merely a personal habit but rather a custom or culture accepted or at least tolerated by the bulk of the population. Scientists and government officials have engaged themselves for year ...
- Shares Vocabulary Building- part 1
- Anger The king’s indulgence towards his sons angered the business community. She listened in a mixture of shock and anger before slamming the phone down. She ceased to think, as anger transmuted into passion. Acclimatization Acclimatization to higher alt ...
- Shares How I Build up My Vocabulary
- Several friendswere curious about my vocabulary, a matter which I have seldom gave serious consideration before. When a good friend asked me whether I looked up the word in the dictionary during my writing, the question hit home. Each of us has a unique way in ...
- Shares How to Work with an Unpleasant Colleague
- Mr. Abominable was my colleague. He was in his mid thirties with a florid face and a bulging belly. From his appearance, one could easily conclude that he was a man of ease and comfort. What made him stand out were his beady eyes, which belonged specially to the predators ...
- Shares A Stumble May Prevent a Fall
- A few days ago I published a blog about the reward of English learning, to which several friends responded with compliments, but there was one friend, who obviously offended by some of my obtrusive remarks, criticized severely my prejudiced view of the culture of other nations. It was ...
- Shares Writing Helps Your Reading and Speaking Skills
- Most native speakers can speak their tongue well without experiencing much trouble at all, but it is a different matter as to reading and writing. Primary education could almost finish the job of training a child to read common materials like newspapers and novels; while writing is a ...
- Shares Coping with Emotional Bursts
- It is unkind ad unfair to discuss behind the back the indecencies of my colleague without saying some nice words on their behalf. They are all my good friends and we are on good terms up to now. Being a contented dreamer, I always draw the line at making petty gains ...
- Shares Job Hunting
- Here I want to share with my young friends my experience in job hunting with only one misgiving that I have to make known my occupation. The discreet reader must have guessed that I must be working in a medicine related profession; actually I am a gastroenterologist, a doctor treating gastroin ...
- Shares Treasure Life
- As the saying goes, birth, growth, sickness and death are natural steps every living creature must take and cannot hope to bypass. When I was a child, I have witness the passing of several of my old grandparents, for whom the reminiscences are dim, as I was then too young t ...
