Good morning Oshiro Jason Vera Charles Renzo Jin Yeong Alberto Eckman Chaya Claire and all,
Oshiro, Wrong this time! I've made a lot of jokes like this with my betterhalf since we got married! It wasn't surprising for me that he didn't think it was funny then or perhaps not anymore.LOL He just gave me the eye,the usual kind,you know only couples like us can get the hint, which means 'I'll tell you later,so please don't make a fool of yourself now!'LOL And yeah,I wish they were tasty!LOL No,I can't imagine eating the most loyal friend of us mankind,neither can I tolerate people eating one of the most intelligent creature like cats!:( Don't get me started as I'm a very passionate animal lovers. Elephants,gorillas,chimps,dolphins and whales are those I used to study most during my spare time before motherhood...:) I knew your level is between upper-intermediate and advanced... Since I wasn't certain about your speaking,I dared not confirm my own evaluation on Monday night during our text chat. I'm certain your reading and writing are advanced as your range of voca is large,and I have read your messages via message board since last March. I'd like you to test your listening next and if the result is advanced,too, then,my friend,go ahead signing up for CAE exam. Ask your English teacher at the language school for the exam-oriented textbook to prepare yourself for it ASAP!:) It's hard for others to believe,I bet,that Oshiro and I have come such a long way back as older memebers, it was our very first chat!LOL Good day, Pln On Sep 30, 5:59 am, Rafael Oshiro <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". 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