Hello ,

[Invitado]

Last Monday I had the pleasure of spending some quality time with a couple of wonderful people again,

Ohhh!! I envy you so much !!!

I was about to talk a bit more ,but then I watched my clock ...and it`s almost time for me to leave ....and I haven`t get dressed yet I`m attending a Congress so I`ll be out for a couple of days ...be back on Sat !!!!! kisses

[phuong]

Last Monday I had the pleasure of spending some quality time with a couple of wonderful people again,

Ohhh!! I envy you so much !!!

I was about to talk a bit more ,but then I watched my clock ...and it`s almost time for me to leave ....and I haven`t get dressed yet I`m attending a Congress so I`ll be out for a couple of days ...be back on Sat !!!!! kisses

That's amazing indeed! Hope it goes well

[Invitado]

Everything is going fine .... and I even got time to come over here and say ....hello !!!

[phuong]

Everything is going fine .... and I even got time to come over here and say ....hello !!!

Weekend's coming, any plans?

[fos daddy]

Everything is going fine .... and I even got time to come over here and say ....hello !!!

Weekend's coming, any plans?

My ass is sore from driving all week .. so for me
The weakend has already been here

[phuong]

Everything is going fine .... and I even got time to come over here and say ....hello !!!

Weekend's coming, any plans?

My ass is sore from driving all week .. so for me
The weakend has already been here

Weakend indeed
Mine: reviewing for midterm this Monday, wth!

[Invitado]

Just read this : " "Reach out and touch someone's heart with your kindness. Reach out and touch someone's mind with your words. Reach out and touch someone's life with your love."

Weekend plans ?? getting done what I haven`t the last couple of days ....

[phuong]

Just read this : " "Reach out and touch someone's heart with your kindness. Reach out and touch someone's mind with your words. Reach out and touch someone's life with your love."

That's a beautiful quote indeed.
Just thinking about "touch someone's heart with your hand", eeeewwwww

[DeepAndDark]

Just read this : " "Reach out and touch someone's heart with your kindness. Reach out and touch someone's mind with your words. Reach out and touch someone's life with your love."

That's a beautiful quote indeed.
Just thinking about "touch someone's heart with your hand", eeeewwwww

Blood... Thirsty... FEED...


As for more innocent amusements, I've just returned from a sort of party which celebrated the upcoming Easter. Never thought that sectarians are fun to be around with. But seriously, those were no sectarians, they belong to different churches or even can hardly identify themselves with any religion. Just nice people gathered together.

[Invitado]

Blood... Thirsty... FEED...

a female werewolf ??

I've just returned from a sort of party

Just nice people gathered together

Cool !!

Hey !! Another good one I heard today : " Dogs loves their friends and bites their enemies, almost the opposite to people who tends to mix love and hate " S Freud

[Leb Yellow Butterfly]

As for more innocent amusements, I've just returned from a sort of party which celebrated the upcoming Easter. Never thought that sectarians are fun to be around with. But seriously, those were no sectarians, they belong to different churches or even can hardly identify themselves with any religion. Just nice people gathered together.

lol and why did you think they would be sectarian
and heyy..that wink tells me you met some nice guys

[Gabi6912]

Morning friends,

Hey Nada, did you get my e-mail?
Just because my e-mails not always are gotten by hotmailers.

As you all know, I am trying to aply for a scolarship to England for a two weeks, English course.

I visited the website of the languageschool, where I would like to go, and solved their pretest.
If you feel like to try your mean grammar knowledge, I can suggest to solve the test.
Galya, Phuong, you definitely will like it.

http://www.rlc.co.uk

Just clickon Pretest.

You will inmediately get your result by the system.
It consists of 7 sections, and it is cool.

[Invitado]

I would love to go to England for 2 weeks and study grammar , sounds as having great plans Gabi. And thank you for the test , I will be taking it later and share with you my result .

I read this story this morning , I can`t help sharing it , ...you know I`m an animal lover , and this brought tears to my eyes ..... Thank you to Mara for sharing it on first place.

They told me the big black Lab's name was Reggie, as I looked at him lying in his pen. The shelter was clean, no-kill, and the people really friendly. I'd only been in the area for six months, but everywhere I went in the small college town, people were welcoming and open. Everyone waves when you pass them on the street.
But something was still missing as I attempted to settle in to my new life here, and I thought a dog couldn't hurt. Give me someone to talk to. And I had just seen Reggie's advertisement on the local news. The shelter said they had received numerous calls right after, but they said the people who had come down to see him just didn't look like "Lab people," whatever that meant. They must've thought I did.
But at first, I thought the shelter had misjudged me in giving me Reggie and his things, which consisted of a dog pad, bag of toys almost all of which were brand new tennis balls, his dishes and a sealed letter from his previous owner.
See, Reggie and I didn't really hit it off when we got home. We struggled for two weeks (which is how long the shelter told me to give him to adjust to his new home). Maybe it was the fact that I was trying to adjust, too.
Maybe we were too much alike.
I saw the sealed envelope. I had completely forgotten about that. "Okay, Reggie," I said out loud, "let's see if your previous owner has any advice."
_________ _________ _________ _________
To Whomever Gets My Dog:
Well, I can't say that I'm happy you're reading this, a letter I told the shelter could only be opened by Reggie's new owner. I'm not even happy writing it. He knew something was different.
So let me tell you about my Lab in the hopes that it will help you bond with him and he with you.
First, he loves tennis balls. The more the merrier. Sometimes I think he's part squirrel, the way he hoards them. He usually always has two in his mouth, and he tries to get a third in there. Hasn't done it yet. Doesn't matter where you throw them, he'll bound after them, so be careful. Don't do it by any roads.
Next, commands. Reggie knows the obvious ones ---"sit," "stay," "come," "heel."
He knows hand signals, too: He knows "ball" and "food" and "bone" and "treat" like nobody's business.
Feeding schedule: twice a day, regular store-bought stuff; the shelter has the brand.
He's up on his shots. Be forewarned: Reggie hates the vet. Good luck getting him in the car. I don't know how he knows when it's time to go to the vet, but he knows.
Finally, give him some time. It's only been Reggie and me for his whole life. He's gone everywhere with me, so please include him on your daily car rides if you can. He sits well in the backseat, and he doesn't bark or complain. He just loves to be around people, and me most especially.
And that's why I need to share one more bit of info with you...His name's not Reggie. He's a smart dog, he'll get used to it and will respond to it, of that I have no doubt. But I just couldn't bear to give them his real name. But if someone is reading this ... well it means that his new owner should know his real name. His real name is "Tank." Because, that is what I drive.
I told the shelter that they couldn't make "Reggie" available for adoption until they received word from my company commander. You see, my parents are gone, I have no siblings, no one I could've left Tank with .. and it was my only real request of the Army upon my deployment to Iraq, that they make one phone call to the shelter ... in the "event" ... to tell them that Tank could be put up for adoption. Luckily, my CO is a dog-guy, too, and he knew where my platoon was headed. He said he'd do it personally. And if you're reading this, then he made good on his word.
Tank has been my family for the last six years, almost as long as the Army has been my family. And now I hope and pray that you make him part of your family, too, and that he will adjust and come to love you the same way he loved me.
If I have to give up Tank to keep those terrible people from coming to the US I am glad to have done so. He is my example of service and of love. I hope I honored him by my service to my country and comrades.
All right, that's enough. I deploy this evening and have to drop this letter off at the shelter. Maybe I'll peek in on him and see if he finally got that third tennis ball in his mouth.
Good luck with Tank. Give him a good home, and give him an extra kiss goodnight - every night - from me.
Thank you,
Paul Mallory
____________ _________ _________ _______
I folded the letter and slipped it back in the envelope. Sure, I had heard of Paul Mallory, everyone in town knew him, even new people like me. Local kid, killed in Iraq a few months ago and posthumously earning the Silver
Star when he gave his life to save three buddies. Flags had been at half-mast all summer.
I leaned forward in my chair and rested my elbows on my knees, staring at the dog.
"Hey, Tank," I said quietly.

The dog's head whipped up, his ears cocked and his eyes bright.
"C'mere boy."
He was instantly on his feet, his nails clicking on the hardwood floor. He sat in front of me, his head tilted, searching for the name he hadn't heard in months. "Tank," I whispered.
His tail swished.
I kept whispering his name, over and over, and each time, his ears lowered, his eyes softened, and his posture relaxed as a wave of contentment just seemed to flood him. I stroked his ears, rubbed his shoulders, buried my face into his scruff and hugged him.
"It's me now, Tank, just you and me. Your old pal gave you to me." Tank reached up and licked my cheek.
"So whatdaya say we play some ball?" His ears perked again.
"Yeah? Ball? You like that? Ball?"
Tank tore from my hands and disappeared into the next room. And when he came back, he had three tennis balls in his mouth.

[DeepAndDark]

If you feel like to try your mean grammar knowledge, I can suggest to solve the test.
Galya, Phuong, you definitely will like it.

I absolutely liked it, thanks Gabi! I only wish they showed you your mistakes.
My results:
"You scored
This corresponds to:
European Framework: C2"

I guess they'd have rejected me with a note "does not fit the pre-score".

[Gabi6912]

Hehey Galya-girl!
Your result is fantastic!
I scored just 76, am b2, but it is not a problem for me.
Finally my purpose is to inprove my English in a native country by native teachers.

[Emilie]

I'll make the test as soon as I've got time, Gabi

The school began again today, it was my last holiday. From now on, I'll be studying very hard until the end of June Life is cool

Adriana, do you know if you'll make your trip in Europe in June? Or is it for later?

[Leb Yellow Butterfly]

ill take the test soon too!

Gabi, I have received your email successfully but I did not have the time to reply yet as I had a hectic weekend with Easter and all that...thanks and expect an email from me very soon!

[Invitado]

Me , I just got 80 , ...I should have paid more attention to the test

No, Emilie , I don`t think I will be able to make it this June ... but hopefully next year !!

[fos daddy]

I got a 30 is that passing

[Gabi6912]

Me , I just got 80 , ...I should have paid more attention to the test

No, Emilie , I don`t think I will be able to make it this June ... but hopefully next year !!

But Adriana, your result is very good.