See you in 2010!
So four months have passed since I returned back to school in September!
The first two months were really trying both physically and psychologically. I didn’t recall encountering a return to school like this. Well, from November, things are going back to ‘normal’.
I have worked on different things besides my job and have continued my studies. I get used to my tasks at school but I had to get used to a new topic of studies!
Along my studies, I worried on and off about some subjects. Still, as I passed exams in lessons I wondered about beforehand, I felt more confident.
So why worrying in advance? It is of no help. It just stresses us more. The result is according to our work and the effort we put into something. Apply to yourself what you advise the others, I thought… so I decided to take my studies in stride. I felt far better! This is available to language learning too. I was so stressed when I had my first English discussions three years ago. I can tell it was not a good approach.
One field after the other, time passed. I worried about mathematics or English lessons and it went all fine. With some more difficulties, I went through biology but passed as well.
November, December and Physics!
I went through biology so what? Let’s go for physics. Wow, a tough time waited for me in this field though -- I can tell that I got my worse grade in this field L -- And you know what? I am relieved, really relieved, to see this lesson coming to an end! Finish, over, the end…
Next subject: literature. I welcome it with open arms. I far prefer dealing with words than numbers. I’m not a scientific.
I love books, I love all that is related with words and all that they could suggest, bring out, create. I admire those who can paint beautifully with brush as well as those who do with words.
That’s it. Yesterday, I received my booklet and a few book. Below are pics of the first two books I am going to study.
I am thrilled to study this lesson. Among the books, there is one story written by Shakespeare. oh la la…
I read a post from Suzanne regarding perfectionism. I understand her so well. Mentioning Suzanne reminds me my promise.
Two years ago, I began to create a story for the LingQ library. It was at a time when I pondered about some more contents that I could upload, what could be of interest. Suddenly, an idea came up. I didn’t know the result or even if it would be of interest, but I gave it a try. If it works, perfect. If it doesn't, well trash were created to be filled.
I was enthusiastic to work on a story. I wanted it a short one. It was not really clear in my mind; I only had a vague idea. I took a piece of paper and began to write. Once I began, I couldn’t stop and created one part after the other. The more I wrote, the more the story came alive in my mind and took shape on the paper. After the third part, only a blank was on my mind :(
I took a pause. I wasn’t inspired for what would come next. I attended to my other occupations and sadly, almost forgot about this story.
A few weeks ago, I promised to create a sequel of it. I will! I’m so sorry for setting aside this story for two long years.
My last post was written in August?? Wow! So many things have occured since then.
Not the time to say more from the time being though, sorry! But soon...
Languages...I eventually am able to work more with English as I was used to be. Even though, it is not enough according to me, if ever one day I find this enough ;) Anyway, I love working with languages. It has become my passion.
Not only English, but also my own language which is French and I have begun to learn Spanish for several day. I have many goals that I want to reach and am working toward them...slowly but surely. It is used to say that it's better not to say too much before it is reached so, when it is the time, I say more.
Here is links towards items in French that I shared on LingQ. I hope you'll appreciate them:
Apprendre avec LingQ : http://www.lingq.com/learn/fr/store/38156/
Votre aventure dans l'apprentissage du français : http://www.lingq.com/learn/fr/store/40975/
Améliorez vos écrits : http://www.lingq.com/learn/fr/store/41112/
I would appreciate to hear from you. Give me your feedback :)
First, we're happy to announce that the team has identified and fixed the issue with the YouTube conduit; you can now find and add videos from YouTube to your library and posts. As always, thanks for your patience!
The other news we have today is about a new addition to the Six Apart family: TypePad Micro, a new free level of TypePad that is streamlined for microblogging. We see a new form of blogging emerging that lives between the quick status updates of Twitter and Facebook and the long-form posts of "classic" blogging; TypePad Micro is designed to meet that need. You can read more about TypePad Micro in Chris Alden's post on the Everything TypePad blog.
A lot of the new capabilities we've added to TypePad this year were actually inspired by some of the best things about Vox: favoriting, member profiles, a dashboard to follow other bloggers, and easy ways to post content from other social media sites. But the things that make Vox different from TypePad are still there: Vox has always been -- and still is -- the best place for "friends and family" blogging, where you're in control over who sees what. TypePad, on the other hand, is built for the blogger who wants, no, craves, attention.
Do you have a passion or interest you want to share with people beyond your Vox neighborhood? If so, we'd love it if you tried out TypePad Micro. Maybe you've always wanted to start that obsessive blog that's just about waffle restaurants. Or want a place to share videos of your favorite band (Jonas Brothers, anyone? Anyone? ...). TypePad Micro's great for those topic-specific blogs. Take it for a spin and let us know what you think.
On the Vox front, our designers are working on some cool new themes (coming soon!). We'd also love to hear your thoughts about where we should take Vox in the coming year. What are the key things you'd like to see for Vox? If you've had a chance to use TypePad this year, what are the features there that we should bring over to Vox? And, if you're thinking big thoughts, how could we connect the Vox and TypePad communities in order to bring together bloggers and their shared passions? Your feedback is really important to us, so please leave a comment here, or shoot me a message.
And again, thanks for your patience as we found and fixed the YouTube bug!
~ daisy
As many of you have noticed, the YouTube Conduit is not working. I am so sorry about this; I know how frustrating it is.
The team is looking into how to get this fixed and I will update you as soon as I hear something. In the meantime, not all is lost... There is a work-around for posting videos.
When you're in the Compose Screen, just click on "embed." Ignore the fact that it says "Widget" before everything because you can definitely use this to embed videos as well. You'll just need to input the embed code from the video, enter a title (if you want) and hit OK.
It might not show up perfectly in your compose screen, but when you hit "Save," your video should appear just the way you wanted it to.
Hopefully this will allow you to keep posting videos while we figure out what's happening on our end.
As always, thanks for your patience.
Recently, I started to read the scripts of VOA Special English Web site.
VOA has some features, is written with limited words and easy grammars so that non-native Speakers of English can understand, and the audio of VOA is read out more slowly than normal speed as well.
Despite of that, it’s difficult for me. I import the scripts of VOA into the LingQ site, and then I read them on LingQ, while looking up words and phases that I don’t know in the dictionary. After that, I memorize vocabularies with flash cards test system.
I intended to read them carefully and understand them well. However I couldn’t remember the contents. Though I can remember what I read in Japanese, I can’t remember what I read in English. The contents that I read in English tend not to remain in my head. I need to read them over and over until I can explain the summary.
Go forth and fill your libraries with media.
Seriously, thanks to everyone for being so amazing and patient. You are the reason I love Vox.
I was just told that the Amazon Conduit will be fixed by tomorrow. I will post here as soon as I get word that it's back up and running.
I know this has been frustrating and I am sorry there wasn't more I could do to make it less so. I really appreciate your patience though.
Cheers,
Bad news. As many of you have probably noticed, the Amazon Conduit was not fixed in the last week's release. Unfortunately, there was an undetected bug that is preventing the conduit from working.
We are working on this bug fix and hope to have the Conduit back up and running this week.
I will keep you posted.
Thank you for being so patient.
It's been a while since I wrote on this blog last.
To tell the truth, I have spent the toughest time in my lifetime: my father was diagnosed as having cancer. His cancer is in its terminal stage and cannot be removed in the operation.
No one in my family noticed his illness until he said he was so tired that he stayed in his car while we went shopping together.
He was so shocked to hear that and so was I. I could do nothing but cried everyday.
so tough... and so much tears...
I couldn't write how tough it was.
However, after a long struggle, I have come to appreciate the time we are given.
I am very busy taking care of him in my parents' home. (as I live next to their house, I can stay with him any time.)
I am very happy to do so. Actually I feel happiest in these ten years or so.
I will write on this blog again. This blog will be a wonderful memory.
