CHRISMATS VOCABULARY

Note : We can use these words with or without 'Christmas' before them. A lot of Christmas vocabulary can be used with or without the word ‘Christmas’ in front of it.

For example : we can talk about ‘Christmas crackers’ or just ‘crackers’:

1- a cracker (n): a small paper tube which is pulled from each end by two people at Christmas time. It makes a sharp bang (or 'crack') when it is pulled and inside there is a toy and a joke written on a small piece of paper.

2-a carol (n): a religious song (hymn) or non-religious song about Christmas wrapping paper (n): specially decorated paper (usually with pictures of snowmen, Christmas trees, Santa Claus (etc.) used to wrap Christmas gifts.

3- wrapping paper (n): specially decorated paper (usually with pictures of snowmen, Christmas trees, Santa Claus (etc.) used to wrap Christmas gifts.

Shahran

PHONE VERBS

Hi Everyone.

I would like to write some of the top words for phone.


1- ring / phone / call

i- Will you ring me tomorrow?

ii- Did anyone phone while I was out?

iii- She called you last night.


2- make a call

i- Do you mind if I use your phone to make a call please?


3- hang up (end a phone call)

i- And then she didn't even say 'goodbye', she just hung up.


3- hang on (wait on the phone for a short time)


A: Martin's busy right now. Do you want to hang on or call back later?

B: I'll wait, thanks.

That's all from me.

Shahran.

SPORTS VOCUBULARY

Hi Everyone..

Today, in this blog, I am writing to give some vocabulary about sports :

1- Contact sports

Definition : Sports like rugby, American football and wrestling in which the players have strong physical contact with each other.

He played contact sports when he was younger but then he had a serious accident on the field and hasn't played rugby since.

2- Spectator sports

Definition : Sports which people go to watch.

I don't understand why people think golf is a good spectator sport. It's so slow and not much happens in it.

3- Blood sports

Definition : Sports that involve animals being killed or hurt to excite the people watching or taking part.

I don't understand why people enjoy killing tigers. There are so few of them left in the world. I think blood sports should be outlawed .

Hopefully the vocaubularies will be beneficial to you.

Shahran.

A Book Review(TREE AND LEAF)

My lovely book is an English classical novel. I’m sometimes verity of reading books. Recently I am interested in fantasy literature.
Do you heard or saw the load of the ring?! It was written by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien in 1954. This book author J. R. R. Tolkien's best - selling fantasy epic the book was made into a film in 2006.
but today introduce a book some of an essay about J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy literature.
now I will start book review .
Title: Tree and Leaf
author J. R. R. Tolkien's
Genre: an essay
Reason for choosing this book :
i'm visited university of oxford 3 months ago. this book bought book shop near by oxford university.
ABOUT THE BOOK
The plot: on fairy - story discusses the nature of fairy - tales and fantasy.
fairy - story are not just for children also available adult.
he written some poem mythopeia fantasy is consistency of reality.
My opinion
A good read? not really my cup of tea
Reasons for the above: my hobbies id fantasy watching film and reading a book.
but im interested in classical novel.
The english: just about right
Overall comment: if you reading the book, you will be know more detail about J. R. R. Tolkien's. why written about fantasy literature.

Evaluation: (out of 10) 7/10

A QUESTION

Hi everybody

Today, I'd like to write a little bit of questions. The purpose of this writing is to remember what I've only just read about questions. Sometimes I forgot what I read, so I decided to write it to remember it. And also I hope it will be beneficial to you.

I will try to take it is not going to take too long so that you will find it's interesting.

Let's take a sentence, for example " William ate a lof of chocolate". In this sentence, "William" is the subject and "a lot of chocolate" is the object.

1- When we want to make the subject question we do not need the auxilliary verb, for example : Who ate a lot of chocolate?. The answer is "William".

2- When we want to make the object question we need the auxilliary verb "did", for example : What did Willian eat?. The answer is " a lot of chocolate"


That's all.

Shahran

THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (Corrected)

Title and main details: The Count of Monte Cristo. Alexandre Dumas. Text adaptation by Clara West.

Type of book: Romance, Drama and Story Aventure.

Review:

Edmond Dantess sailed into Marseille in a ship called 'The Pharaon' in February 24,1815. Dante hopes to marry with his fiancee Marcedes very soon . Fernand the cousin of Dante want to marry Mercede too. Fernand, with his friend Danglars, make plans to stop the wedding, the plan worked well and Edmond was arrested on the wedding day. Dantes was in the prison of Chateau for 14 years but one day he escapes. Dante becomes the richest man in the world. He dressed in expensive clothes, and put on a grey wig and changed his name; The Count of Monte Cristo. Hi knew that nobody would reconize him, now hi is ready to take revenge on his enemies...

It you are looking for drama, romance and aventure The Count of Monte Cristo is a very good book and an interesting to read. The vocabulary and English are challenging. * 9/10.

Plot Sumary: The Count of Monte Cristo is a book by Alexandre Dumas. Series editors: Bill Bowlre and Parminter.Alexandre Dumas was born near Paris in 1802. He become successful with a play wright and novelist. His most famous books, The three Musketeers (1844) and The Count of Monte Cristo (1845) are both available in the Dominoes Series.

Persuasion (Sunyoung) (Corrected)

Title: Persuasion

Author: Jane Austen

Genre: Romance

Reason for choosing this book:

Once I watched the film, Pride and prejudice, whose author is Jane Austen. I was impressed by the film. So, I chose Persuasion.

About the book

Setting : Bath

Characters: Ann Elliot, Frederic wentworth

The plot: Ann and Frederic fall in love with each other. But Ann's father rejects Frederic's proposal because he is a solider and isn't rich. Her father persuades her to leave from him. So, Ann follows her father's order. Frederick goes into the Navy and his ship carries him away. Suddenly Ann learns that he is coming back home to visit his married sister. Now he is an important man, the captain of a ship. Do they fall in love?

Your opinion

A good read? it dragged at times

Reasons for the above: It is boring story. It doesn't have and the reverse scenes??. This story is an old-fashioned idea.

The English: too simple

Overall comment: It doesn't suit me. But if you liked love story, it would be better for you.

Evaluation: (out of 10) 4 / 10

A book review (Corrected)

Hi I'm chiaki.

I'm going to talk about a book. Title is ROAD TO NOWHERE. I choose this book by its title.

It made me wonder. I thought why road to nowhere? I thought it would be an interesting story.



The story is set in Um Khalid. There is a side of the river. This was a British colony. Now the British had just left this country. So, there is a developing country. Suddenly, the government suggests building a new boarding school in Um Khalid. Therefore, a new road is nedded between school to Um Khalid. The Young people agreed with this plan. But the old people and conservative people do not agree. However, a new road is built. When they built the new road, they forgot about rainy season. So, rainy season came to Um Khalid. The Um Khalid was washed away by the rainy season.


In this story, conservative thinking is right answer. I think that this story teaches us when we make new something, we have to think well. And we have to listen to another's thinking.

Eye Of The Storm (Corrected)

Eye of the Storm

THE BOOK REVIEW

Title : Eye of the storm

Author : Mandy Loader

Genre :Original fiction

Reason for choosing this book : Just for entertainment, and to improve my English particularly, in reading and writing .

ABOUT THE BOOK

Setting : The story is set in 2003 by Cambridge University press.

Characters : IKEM, HIRU, MAX, ROSS PETERS, RICK AND ELANE BRIDGES.

The plot : A hurricane is tearing across the Atlantic from the west coast of Africa towards America. As the hurricane passes through the Caribbean, it destroys everything in its path. In Florida, a man is out in a fishing boat, unaware of the approaching disaster. His daughter, Ikemi, and her boyfriend must confront the hurricane in a desperate attempt to reach her father before it's too late.

MY OPINION

It's a boring story with a lot of action talking around a fishing man lost in sea, but there is a benefit for those people whose study is English, with a lot of new words.

Reason for the above : A lot of phrases repeated frequantly .

The English : It's good for a student how above there are many of words which are clear and easy to understand.

Overall comment : Good for nonspeakers of English or kids.

Evaluation: 6/10

Sultan

A BOOK REVIEW (Corrected)

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Title : The Sign Of Four.

Author : Arthur Conan Dougle.

Genre : Adventure

Reason for choosing this book : I like this book because of its short. I like investigative story.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Setting : The story is set in 1887 or 1888. 'The Sign Of Four' has a complex plot involving service in colonial India and a stolen treasure and secret pact among four ex-convicts.

Characters : Sherlock Holmes, Dr Wason

The plot : This book has an interesting plot that always encourages us to follow it. It is a mystery story book and an enjoyable read.

MY OPINION

I particularly enjoyed reading this book, because the book tries to explain some mysteries during the story. For example, "since her father disappeared, she received a large pearls via the post on the same day every year. Who is sending them?"

Although this mystery is not so mysterious but it was an interesting and well-written story. If someone is looking for a mystery and investigative book, this it is.

In my opinion, this book is really my cup of tea. Another thing I would like to say is may be everyone who read it they will be surprised at Sherlock Holmes's conclusion.

Reason for the above : I think the first page of this book is enough to explain that the book is mysterious and that it has an interesting story to follow it.

The English : This book is good for intermediate level. Sometimes, it can be difficult to take it in all at once, because there are many unknown words in some paragraph and it is difficult to get used to the structure of the sentences.

Overall comment : Overall, it is an interesting book to read , and quite mysterious. There are so many useful words to be learned.

Evolution : 7/10

Shahran (to show a part of the film)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=crV10tOMSA0&feature=related

A Kiss Before Dying (Corrected)

Author:Ira Levin
Original title :Kiss Before Dying
Placed & time :United States 1953

The Story

Bud Corliss is born into a working-class family and raised by his mother after his father walked out. As an adult, he uses an uncanny ability to adapt his personality to any given situation to chase his dreams of wealth and success — to be achieved by any means necessary.
An overachiever, he is a stellar student in high school and enlists in the Korean War at 18, returning as a decorated hero. The most pivotal moment in his life occurs during the war, when he corners, shoots and kills a North Korean soldier, who is so terrified of an American soldier with a gun that he wets his pants. Corliss is both elated by the total power he held over the soldier and disgusted by a display of terror he considers weak and unmanly. He makes up his mind then and there to never show any sign of vulnerability.
Upon returning to the U.S., he enrolls in college and meets Dorothy Kingship, the daughter of a wealthy copper tycoon. Seeing an opportunity to attain the riches he has always craved, he becomes Dorothy's lover, but panics when she announces she is pregnant. He is sure that her stern, conservative father will disown her. Resolving to get rid of Dorothy, he tricks her into writing a letter that, to an unknowing observer, would look like a suicide note and then murders her. He runs no risk of getting caught, having urged Dorothy to keep their relationship a secret from her family and friends. He continues to live with his mother, who dotes on him and has no clue as to what he has done.
Corliss lies low for a few months until the press coverage of Dorothy's death has subsided. Then he pursues Dorothy's sister, Ellen. The romance is going according to plan — until Ellen begins to probe into Dorothy's death, convinced her sister did not kill herself. Ellen eventually confronts Corliss, who calmly confesses to the crime before murdering her as well.
Not to be discouraged, Corliss courts the last remaining Kingship daughter, Marion. This affair is the most successful; Corliss sweeps her off her feet, meets and charms her father, and eventually asks her to marry him, a proposal she gleefully accepts.
Detective Gordon Gant refuses to give up, however, breaking into Corliss' childhood home and stealing a written plan for meeting and seducing Marion to get her family's money, as well as news clippings about Dorothy's and Ellen's deaths. Days before the wedding, he shows up at the Kingship family home and presents Marion and her father with the evidence of Corliss' deception.
On a trip to one of the Kingship family's copper manufacturing plants, Marion, her father and Grant all corner Corliss while he is standing over a vat of molten copper and threaten to expose him. Corliss frantically pleads his innocence, but they are unmoved. Realizing his luck has finally run out and that he is facing the electric chair, Corliss at last loses his composure and wets his pants — just as the North Korean soldier, his symbol of pathetic cowardice, had done. Delirious with panic and shame, Corliss loses his footing and falls to his death into the vat below.

Review
It is a famous story of a young man who lets the American dream run away with his soul. Bud Corliss is a completely cynical version of the same character, a man who will do anything it takes to get what he wants, including committing two ghastly killings.

My comment

I loved this book! Once you start reading this book and getting into it, it captures you to where you never want to put it down. This book makes you gasp, laugh, cry, and also make you bite your finger nails! If you love romantic and suspenceful books this is the one for you. I truly must say that this is the best book i have read for a long time

A Review Of Sign Of Four's Book (Corrected)

THE STORY

Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective and his friend have studied a murder of the father of a daughter called Miss Morstan. Since her father disappeared, she has received a large pearl through the post on the same day, every years. Who is sending them? And what about her father's paper with the words 'The Sign of Four'

All starts in the apartment of Holmes and Watson where they met a lady, Miss Morstan. She told them about her father who disappeared after a journey to India. And then she put an advertisement at Newspaper to look for who has known about her father. But nobody responded to it.

Some years later she got a strange letter, which told her that she can have a meeting with the mysterious person, therefore she asked Holmes to came with her.

They come with her and met Thaddeus Sholto, who told them that his father was with Miss Morstans father in Indian and there they found a treasure, the Agra Treasure, but after that Miss Morstan father and Major Shalto had a little fight about the treasure and Miss Morstan's father died at the end of it, because he had a very weak heart. After that Major Shalto had hid the body and hid the treasure.

As Major Salto began to die he wanted to tell his sons about the treasure, but before he had finished he died. His sons had some pearls from the treasure and they sent the pearls to Miss Morstan, because his father had told them to share the treasure with the daughter of Captain Morstan. And now they had found the treasure, but as they walked to Thadeous Shalto's brother with had the treasure they found him dead and the treasure was stolen. He had been killed by a poison thorn.

After a little search Holmes found some food prints on the ground and followed them, until they came to a river where the murderer must have travelled with a boat. Holmes found out that the murderer wanted to escape to America and the next day he and the police waited on the river to catch the murderer. They caught the murderer, but had to kill the murderers friend.

After they got the murderer he told them that he and three friend had found the treasure, but they could not get it, because they were in prision. There they meet Major Shalto and Captain Morlton and planed that Morton and Shalto should get the treasure and then free the four prisoners, but Shalto and Morton wanted the treasure for their own and therefore the murderer, the last suviour of the for prisoners, observed Major Shalto to get the treasure back. And after he got the treasure and tried to escape and realised that his friend were killed he throw the treasure in the river.

My comment :

I particularly enjoyed this mystery, because the book tries to explain some of the mysteries. Although this mystery is not so mysterious, but it was a very interesting, well written story. If someone is looking for a mysterious and investigative book, this is it. It will be really your cup of tea.

Shahran

Memoirs of a Geisha (Martina's) (Corrected)

Hi!!!!!
I'm Martina! I want to write about the book that I've just finished reading, "Memoirs of a geisha".
The story is all about Sayuri, the geisha, from when she was a little girl called Chiyo who lived in a small fish town to when she stopped being a geisha and moved to New York.
So it is an autobiographal book (it is all narrated in first person), in which it is interesting to know about the traditional japanese figure of the geisha and about Sayuri's life, her studies to become a geisha, her enemies, her friends, her lovers, all with the social background of the second world war.
This book is edited by the "Penguin readers" and it is written by Arthur Golden. It is for the advanced level but the language is very simple and the words used very common. Maybe the only difficut is about the japanese words that aren't translated in English but they are always explained.
I really like this book and now I want to watch the film and see if the story is the same and how the director has imagined all the characters, espacially Sayuri,the main character.
Anyway if you want to read a simple but interesting story, and find out more about the geisha's world, this is the right book!

Memoirs of a Geisha.(Carmen) (Corrected)

This book tells a story of Chiyo,a little girl that lives in the small fishing village of Yoroido,with her sister,her mother, who is sick, and her father.

It happens during the Great Depression when her father sells Chiyo to Mr Tanaka who brings her to Kyoto where Chiyo is sold to the Nitta Okiya,a geisha house.

Chiyo meets Mrs Nitta,or "Mother" who is the mistress of Okiya and meets another young girl like her ,Pumpkin. They become friens.

Chiyo must become a geisha and she is learning how to become it,but is always obstructed by Hatsumomo,the most beautiful geisha at the moment of the Nitta Okiya.

One day, walking on the Gion's centre Chiyo meets a benevolent Chairman who will change her life.

Chiyo also meets Mameha,the most important in all of Gion who becomes the Chiyo's personal trainer.When Chiyo starts the apprentiship she gives her a new name:Sayuri.

After a long time of practice Mameha organises a bidding war between rich patrons for Sayuri's mizuage(virginity).

Dr.Crab, who wins Sayuri's mizuage , pays the highest price ever paid in Gion.

Next Sayuri is adopted by Nitta and she becomes a famous and rich geisha.

During all this time, Sayuri always thought about the Chairman, who she has fallen in love with.

When World War II happens Sayuri changes her life another time because the geisha districts are closed and she go to work in a factory .

Finally Sayuri will changes her life completly because she will remeet the Chairman and they reveal their feelings to each other.

So Sayuri leaves the geisha's life forever in order to stay with the Chairman.

A Valuable Tip About Presentations

Remember Remember Remember The Seventh Of November!!!!!

Hi everybody.

I am not very good at giving useful tip for prensentations, but I would like to share with you in some top tips for it. I hope it can give us great start to our pesentation.

Introducing the topic :

-The subject/topic of my talk is ...

-I'm going to talk about ...

-My topic today is…

-My talk is concerned with ...

Overview (outline of presentation) :

-There are a number of points I'd like to make...

-Basically/ Briefly, I have three things to say..

-First of all, I'll...

Finishing a section :

-That's all I have to say about...

-We've looked at...

-So much for...

Starting a new section :

-Now we'll move on to...

-I'd like now to discuss...

-Let's look now at...

Giving examples :

-For example,...

-A good example of this is...

And, also we think of a presentation....If we’re standing up in front of a group of people, we need to make sure we're entertaining, make sure we’re engaging, make sure we’re interesting. Don’t make it too long. Be short, precise and to the point, definitely.

That's all I would like to share in. Hopefully this helpful tip can give us head start to make preparations at the seventh of November.

Shahran

'Welcome to Riyadh' (Corrected)

The Capital of Saudi Arabia, with 4 million inhabitants (2003 estimate), is situated in the very interior of the country, 300 km from the Persian Gulf , and 900 km from the Red Sea.Originally Riyadh was located along a green river bed, which in addition to sources of underground water allowed a rich agriculture. With extreme expansion in the area, all natural water has long since been allocated for domestic use and in industries.The economy of Riyadh is connected to the national administration, financial activities and other services. Industries include food processing, an oil refinery and chemical and plastics factories. Riyadh is the transport hub for the entire kingdom, both with excellent highways, the rail to the Dammam and the King Khalid International Airport, which hosts the majority of international flights and connections to all other airports in the country.Riyadh is largely a very modern city, dominated by high-rise buildings along boulevards. Some quarters are dominated by less impressive modern buildings from the earlier stages of the modern era of the kingdom. Most of the traditional quarters have been torn down, but some of the historical buildings have survived, of which the 19th century Masmak Fortress is the most noteworthy. Riyadh has one of the fastest growth rates of any city in the world. The original population, of Najdi ancestry, has long been blended with groups from all over Arabia, as well as foreign nationals.The older quarters of Riyadh are known as al-Batha'a, which also provides what may be called a city centre. The main business and residential areas are the Olaya and the Sulaymaniya

Tagliatelle alla "Bolognese"

Hello!

This is a dish of "Tagliatelle alla Bolognese".

This food is a speciality of bolognese's kitchen and it is very good.

When the visitors come to Bologna they taste always this food and finally they love this speciality

Now I show the ingredients:

• 600 grams of Tagliatelle
• 300 grams of ground's beef
• 100 grams of pork's bacon
• 50 grams of butter
• one carrot
• one onion
• one celery
• half spoon of pomato's sauce
• 50 grams of parmesan grate
• one broth's glass
• oil
• salt
• pepper

See you monday....

Belgium

I went to Belgium last weekend. We drove from Horscham to Folkstone and the took the Eurostar to France. From France we drove to Antwerp in Belgium. Antwerp has a lot of shops especially for designel clohtes. some of the local food in Belgium is waffles, chocolates. I went to a night club called KNOXX where I haed to pay 50 cent every time I used the bathoom. Belgium have meny diferent beer my favorite is Duvel....

A Meeting With Minister Of High Education Malaysia.

In 7 of November 2008, There will be a gathering of Malaysian community In Nottingham. This gathering is intended for Phd and Master candidates are studying at UK universities to hear Minister of High Education Malaysia speech..

This gathering is organized by Nottingham Malaysian Comminity. There is conversation between minister and candidates. Candidates are allowed to ask any questions about education, shcolarship, politic and so on so forth.

At the begining, I wanted to attend this meeting to accompany wy wife, but we cancelled it because I have a presentation on this date.


Shahran

Bologna

Good moorning!

I'm Carmen and this is Bologna where I have lived for eight years.

Bologna is the chief province of the region of Emilia-Romagna in Italy.

Bologna is an university very ancient town and many student come here to study from every area of Italy.

The town has origins that they date back to again at a millennium before Christ.

Bologna was always an important old city centre also in the epoch of Romans.

Bologna is famous for her beautiful arcade("portici"is the original name)and also for Two Tow

Towers: the Tower of the Asinelli is high 97 meters and the Tower of Garisenda is high 48 meters.

Bologna is also rich of churches between the most important there are the church of "San Petronio and Santo Stefano.

I only illustrated a very little part of this wonderful city and I hope you like it.

Malaysian Foods : Where Did it Come From ?

Nasi Lemak Coconut-Flavored Rice Meal.

'Diversification' is the key word when we talk about the traditions of Malaysian food, because Malaysian foods are very culturally and ethnically diverse. In this discussion I would like to give a talk about it through multi-ethnic in Malaysia: Malay, Indian and China. We do start with the civilization of Malay food.


In terms of history, Malay are origin of Sumatra, Java, Thailand, Sulawesi and also Polinisia. With the influence of these countries, it is not hardly astonishing that Malaysian cuisine exhibites a lot of qualities from these countries.

Here, some example :

If we go to the south of Malaysia, state of Johor where I was born, there are so many the village of Java and Bugis people who comes from Indonesia.

Now we travel to the State of Melaca to know about the historical development of the Chinese nation. The influence of Chinese has started to spread in the 15th century. It begans with a visit by Warlord Mr.Yin Ching and Chinese Cheng Ho.

To be continued....

My hometown

Hellow, I'm chiaki. I am from kanagawa in japan. There is below to tokyo.

Kanagawa has 2 distinct aspects, a historical one,and a modern one.
The first shougunate,military government, was formed in kamakura about 800 years ago. So there is a first capital of japan. If you go there, you can see many historicalstructures. For example, temple daibutsu,a huge statue of budha, and shrine...
The modern aspect of kanagawa is represented by yokohama. There is the second biggest city in japan. There has many great sites,such as china town, land mark tower(the tallest building in japan)and etc... Yokohama know harbor town which has developed rapidly since 1859, the year when yokohama opened it's port and has adopted for foreign cultures more readily than other towns.

My Home Work Dammam City

Dammam (Also Ad Dammām) (Arabic: الدمام‎) is the capital of the Eastern Province in Saudi Arabia.
Dammam is the largest city in the Eastern Province; Dammam Port is one of the largest on the Persian Gulf. Its port for import-export traffic is second to Jeddah's port.
It is served by the new King Fahd International Airport, which is about 20 km to the west, served by a three-lane highway. Other cities that surround Dammam are Khobar, which is a thriving modern economic hub, and Dhahran, which is the headquarters for Saudi Aramco, the largest oil company in the world, and Qatif, the populated fishing and agricultural town.
Together (Dammam, Khobar & Dhahran) the cities have a population of around 2 million, of whom 750,000 live in the city of Dammam itself. The local sports stadium is Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium.
The city is located in eastern Saudi Arabia, with 744,321 inhabitants (2004 estimate). It is the capital of the Eastern Province with 3.3 million inhabitants (2003 estimate). Dammam lies on tip of land stretching out into the Persian Gulf, forming a large metropolitan and industrial area, with about 1.2 million inhabitants, together with Khobar, Qatif and Dhahran. Dammam is a major seaport, involved in a wide variety of export and import. It is a center for petroleum and natural gas, but also the center of all commerce in the eastern parts of the kingdom. There is some agriculture, largely dealing with livestock and dairy products. Dhahran has excellent connections with other urban centers of Saudi Arabia by highways, and is also linked to Bahrain with a causeway. Dammam is also the terminus of the railroad to Riyadh. The King Fahd International Airport is shared by all the cities in the region. Dammam is a modern city, but has seen less investments and fewer projects than Khobar.

The cities of Dammam, Al Khobar and Dhahran
In the early 1980s Dammam, the capital of the Eastern Region, was a separate city but so close to Al Khobar and Dhahran that the traveler could pass from one to the other in a few minutes. Al Dammam was first inhabited by a clan (Al hassan) of Al Dawasir tribe in the early 1923 - 1342 H. part of the family led by Sheikh Ahmed ibn Adbullah ibn Hassan Al Dowsary migrated from Bahrain and was given the chance to choose a land where to settle by HRM the late King Abdulaziz. Al Dammam was immediately chosen for its vicinity to the island of Bahrain as the clan hoped to head back there soon, but the British rule in the region made it very hard for them to move in every sense (dividi et impera) so they finally realized they had to settle there for good. Years later, Sheikh Ahmed's brother moved south where he and his family settled in Al Khobar, which by that time was already inhabited. However this tiny episode gave to Khobar a population boost and close ties with the bigger city of Dammam. The origins of the name "Dammam" is controversial, some say that it is onomatopoeic and it was given to the area because of a drum positioned in a nearby keep, when sounded for the alarm it produced a melody called "damdamah", others say that the name was given according to the Arabic word "dawwama" (whirlpool) which indicated a nearby sea site that Dhows usually had to avoid. The weather of Dammam is particularly very hot in summers.It is also very humid in those days and the humidity ranges from 65-95%.However in winter the temperatures can drop to -4 degrees Celsius.
With the continuing expansion of all parts of the Kingdom, the three towns inevitably merged into one, creating a single municipality known as the Dammam Metropolitan Area. Each of the three towns which compose the Dammam Area retain their own character and some local administrative functions but, in terms of its place in the Kingdom, the Dammam Area forms a single administrative entity

Word of The Day (1)

Definition

dither : to be unable to make a decision about doing something:

1- Stop dithering and choose which one you want!

2- She's still dithering over whether to accept the job she's just been offered.


Shahran

My Hometown Kangwon-do

Hi, I'm sunyoung. My hometown is the northeast province of kangwon-do which is one of the least populated, most mountainous and scenic in South korea. Historically , the province has been isolated due to its rugged terrain, and during the korean war it was the site of many fierce battles for strategic mountain tops. After the war, the area’s rich natural resources, including coal and timber, were industrialised, bringing road and rail links.
Outdoor activities come here, Wonju and then enjoy their spectacular mountain and valley hiking, swimming at beatiful white-sand beaches, white-water rafting, all of which are accessible by bus.

my home towen ( hye jung kwon)

Hello everyone Im hey jung, im come from south - korea. my home towen is andong, it is a small city in brighton, but it is not near the sea.
andong is famous for it's cultual heritage and is considered as one of the clothes of south - korea that has produced many scholars.
in andong, there is a village called hahoe. hahoe village is town near by a river called nirdong .
my home towen is noted for tradition of retaing varieties of things from all of the world. the queen of england, queen elizabeth in south - korea visited andong 10 or 13 years. she attended a specially cultural event that was organized by government official and the local community. in south - korea government, has undertaken studied about traditional of retaing in the two older city. the government found the andong and the kyoenju city of south korea. after comparing two city kyoenju and andong. therefore andong was keeping the customs better than kyoenju. hahoe village has retained the design of traditional houses and culture clothes to untill in south - korea. traditional houses are built from timber and ston. this type of house is called a hanok. the house is usually built facing the south warmth. the reason of the summer is hotter and the winter is much colder in south korea. this way of house construction of the house is protect. the south - korea the traditional clothes is hanbok. we usually waring on big or special day. we also a variety of traditional foods in south - korea. the ancestors of south - korea usually drunk of arcol and fish, vegetable. rice with soup and kimche. we are still eating to same foods.

Every year an international maskdance festival is held at andong. most of the face mask are made light wood. the mask appare in various form. for example smile or angry or drollery. the mask festival are play perform that comic or life story. most of the role plays are irony.
therefore if you are visiting andong. I will be showing culture and traditional some things.

The Eastbourne 's Open House

Hi friends.

In Eastbounre, I have a friend who lives there. His name is Zain, from Malaysia. His wife is studying at University of Brighton, branch Eastbounre as Master's candidate. He has two children, a older is girl and a younger is boy.

I having an open house in his house on this weekend. He welcomes all Malaysian to come in his house. He only keeps open house in morning. So I should come in the morning. The open house is held in order to celeberate a Muslim Holiday called Eid celebration after we were fasting during 29 or 30 days in month of ramadhan.

Shahran

We need Italy's picture

Hi Martina.

I suggest you should put the Italy's picture that we can see the past and the present at the same time. In fact, I plan to visit Italy one day. I am very excited to see the pictures.

Shahran

It's best to post not comment

Hello,

I just wanted to say that it is best to 'post' your writing (and not click on 'comment'). This way, you will be able to publish pictures as well.

Have a good weekend.

James.

My home town Seoul (Mu il Suh)

Origin of Name The name of Seoul comes from the ancient word 'Seorabeol' or 'Seobeol', meaning "capital" Seoul belongs to the Temperate Zone featuring four distinctive seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. In the middle of summer, the city often records daily highs of over 30 degrees Celsius. In winter, Seoul is geographically influenced by the expansion of the Siberian high pressure and prevailing west wind with temperatures dropping lower than other regions on the same latitude. The rise and fall of the high-pressure system causes a typical cycle of three successive cold days followed by four warmer days, relieving people from freezing temperatures.
Korea is one of rapidly growth citiesin short time. A few ten years ago, Seoul had destroyed perfectly by korea war. However national initiated recomstructed. Now Seoul has a lot of skycraper and became energetic city. These development with rest place transformed. Up to now traditional royal place and structure make a composure impression on a people.

My Home Town (Hitomi)

Hi, I'm Hitomi from Japan. I'll introduce my home town.

The city where I was born is Tokyo, the capital of Japan, but I grew up in Osaka. So I'd like to talk about my home town, Osaka.

Osaka is located on the main island of Honshu, roughly in the center of Japan. It is common to devide Japan into the east part and west part. Then, the biggest city in the east part is Tokyo, that in west part is Osaka, which means Osaka is the second in Japan, in spite of being the second smallest prefecture by size. So the city centre is always crawling with people.

Talking of culture, Osaka is famous for 'Owarai' which means a culture of gag and comedy. This is why most people in Osaka are very frank and friendly. Many young people aim to be a famous comedian and enter a training company for comedian. In addition, there are also intresting food culture, so we can enjoy eating many local foods in Osaka. The most popular local food is called 'Takoyaki'(the picture below), made by flour and octopus. I recommend eating this one time. If you don't intend to visit Osaka, I'll make this for you.

Osaka is bound up with Kyoto and Nara, famous for Japanese traditional culture like temple, because they are located next to Osaka. Therefore if you want to visit Osaka, you should visit there at one time. I am willing to guide my hometown if you want to come!

My home town

Hi,I'm Martina!
I come frome Rome in Italy.I really love my city because it's a place in which you can see past and present at the same time.If you walk among the streets of the city centre you could see a stone that apparently is only a rock but that really is a piece of column dated from the roman imperior!In fact I think that neither all the people who lives in Rome,as me,know all the historical places in the city.
The other face of this aspect is that Rome is always full of tourists and there is always a lot of traffic because of this:especially at time as 8am or 6pm you can't go out of your home if you don't want to take 1 hour for 3km;and it's impossible take a bicycle because of the many slopes...Rome is building on seven hills!
I can't explain in these few lines all the characteristics,the monouments,the history of Rome...the only way to have an idea of what it is and of who its people is,it's to come there and see with your own eyes!So go and visit Rome!

My home town

Hi my name is Roselia I am from Puerto Rico and lived in Humacao cite. The climate is very hot and tropical. It is sunny and hot almoost every day. The fall is hurricane season, and we sometimes have bad storms heavy wind and rain. But the most of the time the weather is beautiful and perfect to go to the beach. Puerto Rico is a Island with beautiful beach, delicios food and tropical miusic. We receved meny turist arount the word they come to enjoy our culture.

My home town (Shahran)

A BRIEF OUTLINE OF MY HOMETOWN

The town where I was born is Kluang. But Nowa I do not live there. I moved into other town called Batu Pahat where I grew up.Kluang is a town and district located in Middle of the state of Johor.It lies about 110 km north of Johor Bahru that close to Singapore. The population of Kluang district aroung 250 000 exceeds 250 000. The town its self has over 140 000 residents. Kluang is origin of The Malay word that means flying fox or rather a type of fruit bat. Kluang was founded in 1915 as the addmistrative capital for the stat of Johor. The connecting main railway between the north and south was built passing througth Kluang.

Kluang's Railways station serves for coffee lover the best coffee. This restaurant is famous for the best coffee in Malaysia.

My home town

Hello, I'm James, and I'd like to introduce you to my home town.

The town where I was born is called Felixstowe, and is on the east coast of England in the county of Suffolk. It's set between two rivers, the river Orwell and the Deben, and like a lot of the coastal areas in this region is famous for its esturies, and the old pubs that you can find along the rivers and coastline. Felixstowe really has three parts. Firstly there's the seaside with its pier (like Brighton) and amusement arcades and spa gardens. Then there is what's known as 'Old Felixstowe', which is the well off traditional part that includes a golf course, and is very quiet and residential. Finally, there's the newer part of town where the container port is. In fact, this port is now the largest container port in Europe, and has brought a lot of jobs to the town. A few other facts about the town; it is famous for having had the first radar in the world (during the second world war), it's close to Ipswich which is the local football team that everyone supports (winning the UEFA cup twice), and until the 1980s Felixstowe had its own bomb disposal squad due to all the second world war bombs that continued to be found along its coast!

If you are still curious about Felixstowe and have any questions, please blog me and ask. I'd be happy to tell you more.