Lots of hits lately

One for the Road to Mandalay 

smokin hot ze weather is.

notta hell yet but notta bliss

can’t say its a good day for a walk in the park

hope  we get the whole dog ,not just the bark 

nutting rolling adda momento 4 ze drop

hiya there b4 getta cutta opp

 …..said yoda 

Funny thing is that I have been really busy and have nothing to write about lately but still the blog is getting 25 to 50 hits a day and the total is up to 3660+ .

 

Pics Pics Pics

Vegetable and flower shops at pinsa on the Mandalay-Pyin-Oo-Lwin Road

In the Pyin Oo Lwin gardens

Nonsense or rubbish translations on TV

37th street

   

Mandalay on a rainy/overcast day

   

 USL                                                                                            

 

Real Nice Trees

 

The blog is 3 months old today

Well as the title says it’s been 3 months since I started up this blog. Thank you all for visiting and come again whenever possible.

In the past 3 months  :  3195  hits and counting…………. 

USL

 

Movie Show

Today we have a movie show at school , the first of many more to come .

I’ve been wanting to do them for some time but couldn’t afford the projector and didn’t have the space . Now that I have both ,it’s SHOWTIME  

The kids wanted something that had ” action” in it . I wanted somethng that would include a bit of history and geography . So we settled on ” Gladiator” with Russell Crowe .

 I give a little lecture with a a slide show on Romans blah blah blah …..before it begins and there will be a  quiz afterwards with the winners getting  little prizes i.e. chocolate chip cookies.

USL 

 

Hi everyone from around the world

                            

Hi there everyone  ! BEST  is a  language school here in Mandalay and  we’ve got lots of students with big hearts , learning and speaking English quite well. Drop in if you can !

Mandalay , at the moment, after no rain and searing heat for the past two months is now cool because of a persistant drizzle. The roads are in their usual state of disrepair. Electricity is supplied a litle bit more than usual, flickering on and off all through the day and night.

For any info about Mandalay do not hesistate to ask in the comments section. I read/update  my blog about every two days .

And you can  drop in to our school at Rms 433/435/437  RayWorld Complex, 4th Fl , Yadanarbon Market ,78th st Bet: 33rd &34th Mandalay , Tel: 02-89550 Ext: 437,  09-5165388.

Ask for U Soe Lwin

 Cheers

 

When is the football (soccer to the Americans )season starting?

I am a football fan without a game to watch.

Well not exactly, just no EPl games to watch I mean , I did watch Thailand vs. Australia in the AFC competition last night ,but it was a no-brainer. 3-0 win to Australia. With the likes of Cahill ,Viduka and Kewell all lining up for shots at the Thai goal the result was a rather foregone conclusion even before the match started. But the Thais did hold out for about 30minutes before the goal and only went ragged in the last 15 minutes of play. Their right winger looked good .

I guess I could’ve  watched  the Copa America games too but being up that late at night ain’t easy with a full-time  job and some. 

I can’t wait for August 5 . That’s when ManU go up against Chelsea in the Community Shield . ManU won the Premiership last year . So my readers , do you think that they could do it again ? 

Anyways I am twiddling my thumbs on Saturday and Sunday evenings with this great hole in my chest.

I guess I need my weekly footie fix real bad.

KTBFFH

USL

 

Hiya there everybody

Sorry that I haven’t been able to write for some time because I have been very busy. Well I was is YGN for 24 hours going through the hassle of  applying for a passport. Weather was very humid there  . Mandalay has not seen rain for some time now. Still hot . I’d say 35-39 C.

An American friend of mine from  Hawaii , Dean got married to a Burmese girl,Mie Mie at the KyanKin monastery ,traditional style. Very nice wedding and was very impressed with him ,wearing the traditional white Burmese jacket and longyi.

Lots of my students are off to Singapore this month for their studies. The world is certainly becoming a much smaller place.

And surprise !surprise ! we have had regular electricity for 3 days at my house( except for a-two-hour break ) although that doesn’t apply to all the neighborhoods in this town. 

My wife left me with the school and kids and went off for a week traisping around Thailand . She needed the break I guess. But has come back to nag me now

And I have made myself go to a gym.

Yes after eating all that barbeque and not realy avoiding beer I have put on some pounds . Now I will lose some for a change . My buddies say “fat chance of that happening”. 

Well ,for all you students, here’s  a good site   www.englishclub.com.   CHECK IT OUT ! 

And to all my students out here have fun ! and study hard !

USL 

  

 

Writing Skills

Hi there Everything you want to know about IELTS is here : http://www.ielts.org/default.aspx

But if you have any specific  questions I would be happy to answer them and  if I don’t know the answers to your questions I will ask some friebds of mine who are Professors of English at Universities in the US.

For summary writing : www.users.drew.edu/~sjamieso/Summary.html    

                                           www.depts.drew.edu/composition/Resources/summary.pdf

 And for writing in general :  www.owl.english.purdue.edu/writinglab

 Cheers

USL

 

Rain

First few drops of rain out side just now.

 

Habit

To all the students or young readers ,

Today’s changing world can certainly be a bewildering(very confusing place). There are so many things to do, to buy and think about. So many things to study, know about and discuss.
At the same time you have to learn about yourself i.e. come to know your own talents, likes and dislikes and preferences etc. .It can be confusing
We older people had to go through the same too .
On top of that we all have our has dreams and hopes ,things we want to have happen to us . And most of us will work hard to succeed. But working hard is not enough .How you work and live is important too.
What I mean is you need good habits to make something of yourself in life. Here’s a poem about “Habit “ that I came across on the internet .

Who Am I ?

I am your constant companion
I am your greatest helper or heaviest burden
I will push you forward or drag you down to failure
I am completely at your command
Half the things you do you might as well turn over to me
And I will be able to them quickly and correctly
I am easily managed; you must merely be firm with me
Show exactly how you want things done
And after a few lessons I will do it automatically
I am the servant of all great men
Those who are failures I have made failures
I am not a machine, though
I work with all the precision of a machine
Plus the intelligence of a man
You may run me for profit or run me for ruin
It makes no difference to me
Take me, train me, be firm with me
And I will put the world at your feet
Be easy with me, and I will destroy you
Who am I ?
I am habit !

(Author unknown)

I wish you all success and fun

 USL