A good reason to celebrate Halloween

A good reason to celebrate Halloween is that if you have two little nieces who like dressing up (as I have), you can't keep them from doing that. If only they hear about a celebration which implies dressing up, it's done: it is to be celebrated. Personally, I don't care much about fixed celebrations, I only celebrate the 25th of April, the second of June, and the first of May ( you don't have to dress up on such days though). If people want to party (properly), let it be! Let it be! Let it be! Let it be! Speaking words of wisdom let it be!

Nikkkko.

Bloglines

I've just got through my task on bloglines. At the beginning it was a bit hard, but I was eventually able to do everything. It's rather useful, I like when things can be properly organized. I have to get used to it; I have never been rational while using/surfing the net.

Over.

Intercultural Competence

How shall I talk of the sea to the frog,
if it has never left his pond?
How shall I talk of the frost to the bird of the summerland,
if it has never left the land of its birth?
How shall I talk of life with the sage,
if he is prisoner of his doctrine?

Chung Tsu, 4th Century B.C.

Dear colleagues,

Niko salutes You!

I've just read Group A Posts and Comments. I've found it very useful. Alas! I've done lots of mistakes :(

'You learn something every day', says the wise man (or woman; it depends on with whom you are speaking; I should have use the word 'sage' maybe). Anyway, I'm going to put all those corrections in my personal archive of English sentences: the now famous "Termini e frasi da ricordare". How can I improve my English further? (I rarely use further in my speeches, it is a bit trappy, not a good friend of mine). It's a matter of practice; I think. "Use it or lose it", says another wise man (or woman; it depends on with whom you are speaking, I should have use the word 'sage' even this time maybe). Oh! The sun is shining outside, I'll go out and fill my lungs with good fresh air.

See you soon.

Niko.

Never read and forget

Any time I find a new word I write it down in my personal word file; it is called "Termini e frasi da ricordare". It's an excel file...it is really big so much so that it crashed about a week ago. Fortunately I had a copy of it. It's very useful to have such an archive, because using those little black binoculars, up on the menu bar, I easily find the word I need....I've just read something about proofreading on our Course Blog. Proofreading is really important. I noticed that if you really want to perform a good proofreading you should write a text, leave it aside for a while, read it again and then correct it. I am sure that if I read this post in five days' time, I will surely find some mistakes.

See you soon!!!

And remember: Slowly but surely!

Halloween is approaching...Looking for a costume?

Carry on Costumes

Do you know who Rapunzel is?

On Blogging

I've been blogging in the last few weeks. Blogging is a useful way to communicate and get in touch with other surfers. You can learn lots of new words, but it's always advisable to check things on a dictionary or in a grammar book when not sure. While blogging I realized that on the Internet writing long posts is not good. As far as I am concerned, I cannot read posts longer than three short paragraphs...I surf fast! A blog can be an outlet for one's feelings or simply an information holder; it's up to us.

Niko