Hello Pauline and all! This episode about the pies is incredible and the funniest one. I can imagine your husband laughing at you for this funny situation! LOL You must have thought those pies were really tasty, haven't you? LOL
In a chat we had days before, you mentioned the bookmark page of this group and there you showed me some links to test my English level for free. So, I just took this test and fortunately I got 59 correct answers out of 68. It says my level is Advanced. Do you know if this means I could apply for CAE if I prepare myself for it? I'll check the site for more information about this evaluation. Have a nice day Oshiro On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 6:39 PM, pln471 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Oshiro and all, > > Let me tell you something interesting about Polish in exchange: > Linda in Portugese means beautiful,you told me earlier. > Lublin in Poilsh can be divided into 2 words:Lub Lin which means maybe > Lin.;) > I find it quite interesting myself. > > I have a lot of jokes like this since I often get confused,especially > when I run into a Polish woman teacher who teaches French in the > office.LOL > > For instance,the first time at the grocery store,I saw many tiny > bootles labeld with 'SOS',I got very concerned wondering why they were > displayed at the shop like that instead of at the pharmaciest's! > It turned out to be 'sauce' of course. > > Another one is hilarious for me! > Whenever we pass other people's gates or gardens,we often see a sign > "Uwaga Pies." > When we first arrived to Poland and I didn't know any Polish words in > written at all,I asked my betterhalf,"Why are there so many people > baking pies for sale or what?" LOL > It turned out to be 'Beware of dogs!',my goodness!!! > > I felt the same way with my sister's old stamp album,too!:( > I find buying new stamps from the shop boring and meaningless,but it's > too hard to collect them if no one sends letters anymore... > My stamps became very precious because of their rarity. > I give them away as some kind of souvenirs to anyone special enough to > me. > Usually kids are the receivers of them.;) > > Oh,you pulled my leg by having misinformed me about your level.LOL > That was why I needed time to google books for you alone since I > haven't prepared any Poilsh students for CPE yet! > > FCE is rather easy to be well-prepared. > Ckeck out this book: > New First Certificate Gold coursebook+exam maximiser(New Edition) > by Jacky Newbrook Judith Wilson Richard Acklam(longman) > > Got to go! > Good night, > Pln > > On Sep 23, 6:37 pm, Rafael Oshiro <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Pln Jason Charles Hani Ed Ria Simone Chaya and all, > > > > I'm really into knowing new places and cultures. Always I hear the name > > Lublin, it reminds me of Dublin, but just the names. :) > > Thanks for enjoying having me as a friend, I have the same feeling > towards > > you. > > > > You mentioned about the stamps on envelopes. By the way, I inherited a > > collection of them from my cousin but it turned out to be hard to > continue > > the collection since we are lacking sending and receiving letters. > > Consequently I put it beside and gave up continuing the collection. (** I > > still remember the stamps from Poland). > > > > About the books, I make a mistake. I said that I was interested in exams > of > > proficiency in English, but actually I'm not in that level of English. > I'm > > interest in Cambridge FCE or CAE. It reminds me Eckman and his story of > > making mistakes in English. :) It's hard to express ourselves perfectly > in > > another language other that our native when we are not fluent. > > Don't worry about the books, when you have some spare time, you can help > me > > with that. > > > > I put the weather from some cities from Europe here in my desktop, so I > can > > keep track of them until I get there. :) > > > > Have a nice day you all!! > > Oshiro > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 7:20 AM, pln471 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello Oshiro Jason Charles Hani Ed Ria Simone Chaya and all, > > > > > You impressed me again with your curiosity and aptitude,old > > > friend,Oshiro!!!LOL > > > > > Others may just wish me a bon voyage,but you went straight to google > > > the city on the Internet and desired to see it for yourself!;) > > > You are certainly a keen learner of LIFE and that makes me very proud > > > of having a friend like you!!!LOL > > > > > I miss receiving hand-written greeting cards,postcards or even better > > > letters tremendously!:( > > > > > I recall 9 years ago at a Yahoo group I later co-founded,all of us > > > more sentimental members started to send one another pictures and > > > letters at Christmas just with the hope to read one another's > > > handwriting and signitures...LOL > > > > > I had such a wonderful time waiting for,opening and reading letters > > > from all over the world and by just looking at the stamps,the paper > > > and envelopes they chose for me was a mere pleasure already!;) > > > > > By the way,Oshiro,I'm still too busy to google the books I promised > > > you last week.:( > > > My 2 sons and I are still fighting with the changeable weather to > > > recover from our flu... > > > > > The older son was ordered by the doctor to stay away from school for > > > at least 2 days today...:( > > > My doctor's appointment is booked for later next week only because too > > > amny people are ill,even the doctor who was supposed to see my son > > > this morning was... > > > So he was rescheduled to see a doctor unknown to us...:( > > > > > Take very good care of yourself,Oshiro and all of you! > > > I'll keep you updated with the weather conditions in Europe before you > > > pack your suitcae to come next month... > > > Or you should add the weather forecast of those 2 cities on your > > > homepage to keep yourself informed.;) > > > > > Great day,everyone! > > > Pln > > > BTW,where have you been,Eckman?:( > > > > > On Sep 21, 6:23 pm, Rafael Oshiro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello Pln, Eckman, Claire, Ed, Jason, Chaya and all!! > > > > > > Nice to see you again here in the group!! > > > > As I told you earlier, I googled the city you were this weekend and > found > > > it > > > > awesome. I like this kind of historical places. It's always healthy > going > > > to > > > > distant places to forget everything from our daily-basis. We recharge > our > > > > batteries. > > > > > > I haven't been a quick-witted person these days, so I couldn't pull > > > Claire's > > > > legs. LOL > > > > > > Eckman, can you imagine the future generation and the current > generation > > > > that has never sent or received a letter written by hands? It's been > many > > > > years since the last time I received a hand-written letter. I miss > that. > > > I > > > > agree with you Pln, write and receive letter must be more romantic > that > > > text > > > > messages and emails. On the other hand, we got used to it and I > wouldn't > > > be > > > > able to wait that long to read the reply for a letter. :) > > > > > > Does any of you still use letters to communicate with friends or > > > relatives > > > > in another countries or distant places? > > > > > > Oshiro > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 5:25 PM, pln471 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello Eckman Oshiro Jason Ed Chaya Claire and all, > > > > > > > Sorry,Jason for not announcing my whereabouts before my family and > > > > > left for Lublin,a beautiful eastern city of Poland for the > weekend!:( > > > > > I did tell Oshiro and Eckman last Thursday by accident though.;) > > > > > > > We just got back 3 hours ago and I love every minute of it!!! > > > > > > > Come on,Oshiro!Claire wasn't born yesterday,and it won't be that > easy > > > > > to scare her!LOL > > > > > > > My betterhalf and I used to exchange letters for 3 years 23 years > ago > > > > > with the same snail speed...10 days for a letter to travel from > Taiwan > > > > > to South Africa! > > > > > > > I think Eckman actually enjoyed this slow motion of waiting period > as > > > > > much as I did,didn't you,Eckman? > > > > > It is more romantic to me because it involves 'patience'.;) > > > > > > > E-mails make communication so much easier and faster.One of the > > > > > disandantages is Internet produces many more long-distance instant > > > > > romance that can be too cheap and tacky for an old-fashioned person > > > > > like me...:( > > > > > > > I've read all 9 messages and will be back tomorrow to catch up with > > > > > you all. > > > > > Hope you all had a wonderful weekend as well! > > > > > > > Good night,everyone! > > > > > Pln- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". 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