02/03/2009 Hi everyone !
Hi everyone !
My name is Ilze, I am 32, come from Latvia and I have chance to be a blogger in the March. This is my first time on BBC’s blog and my first blog at all. I find it quite interesting to start my first blog here and share my opinions and experience with all you.
About my English - I just learning…I am not good writer, but I will try, let’s look how you find that.
I was born and grow up in small country named Latvia, which is central country of the Baltic States ( Estonia, Latvia and Lithuenia). It has a wonderful nature - a lot of rivers, thousands of beautiful lakes and hundreds of kilometres of seashore lined by pine forests, dunes, and white sand beaches.
Latvia’s capital city is Riga, which is one of the most oldest medieval cities in Europe and has been listed by UNESCO as one of the world’s most important cultural and natural sites. Here comes some photos from Riga’s old town – have a look ! :-)
So far about place where I used to live for 30 years shortly…
Education in Latvia
The state of Latvia give free primary and secondary education, but for higher education most of students have to pay by themselves. And degrees from Latvian educational institutions have to be recognized internationally, it is guaranteed from the state. But unfortunately, it is just theoretically. In real live, the number of people (I would say - most of them) from Latvia with diploma from higher educational institution could not find the job abroad in their professional line… And if they have not a chance to earn enough money for living in own country they are forced to find job abroad and acquire a new profession, which, of course, is far from their real potential. Those peoples are teachers, mathematicians, economists, doctors, scientists and other excellent specialists.
What about me according this subject… I have finished University of Latvia and get diploma in economics, and I have had a good career in banking in Latvia.
So, but at present me and my husband are living in Channel Islands, Jersey, but about this part of my live I’ll tell you later… :)
That’s all I’ve got to say today.
Thank you for reading and good luck to you all.
Ilze
Comments
Hello Izle, I cordially welcome to the blog and hope you have fun while learning here. I look forward to hearing more from you. As I am being weak in geography I am feeling good about the other advantage of being a blogger here, as we have chance to know about the places around the world from the counterparts. I usually first look for the location in the map or google earth to figure out where the blogger place are located, in that sense I am learning the geography along with the English. Best wishes, vijay
Hi, Ilze! Nice to meet you here. It's marvelous that your first blog concur with the first spring month. I wish you to enjoy being BBC's blogger and I'm looking forward to your next blogs
Hi Ilze Welcome. It will be a pleasure to know you and your country.All the best to you.
I have not been to Latvia yet, but I believe it is a beatiful country when I look at the pictures you provided on the web and also the description you wrote. So I am expecting to learn more about your country by reading your blogs.
Welcome Ilze to the blogger family.It's nice to have a blogger from Latvia. As you were writing to had a good job Latvia. Why did you go to Jersey? How long have you been living there? Have you got a job? Are there any understanding problems? Tell us more, please. Felicitas
Hi Izle! Nice to meet you! It was really interesting to find out a bit about you. How long have you been living in the Channel Islands? Just one question: as your e-friend/teacher, what kind of advice would you like from me? Would you like to just chat over the internet/share life experiences, or would you like advice on your English language, too? Let me know! I wish you all the best in this coming month. Kind regards, Sarah
Hi,Ilze, first of all welcome to the blog. I have just read your post and looked the photos of your city,it seems very nice,clean and fits to be lived in . I'm looking forward to reading more and more about your country , traditions,people life and their view of the future. You have already said about Latvia education and I'm sorry to discover that many Latvia people can't find a job abroad in their professional line because their degrees are not recognized out of your country.Maybe some good brains remain undiscovered;what a blame! Bye.
Hi Ilze, This is my first time to be here and read your blog. Just wanna say how beautiful your country is and hope all of us will have chances to improve language skills here. Waiting for your new blogs and photos. :)
welcom Ilze to this wonderful site which offers an amusing free travel through all the world's areas every month. I am glad to hear of your magnificent country.And i look forward to know more about it.good luck
Hello Ilze and welcome! I haven't heard much about Latvia so it will be a great opportunity to know from you about your country. Best of luck, Naheed
Hello Ilze Welcome to the blogs and thanks for the nice first entry. We wish to learn from you more. Please do tell us more about life and people in your country. Also you can consider talking about your favorite books you ever read! that will be amazing since we all adore reading. Yours
Hi Ilze, nice to see you here and about your country. I hope you enjoy to be here with us. All the for you. Ewa :)
Hello Ilze,Congratulations for your beautiful country! I hope know more about Latvia read your comment in the blog. Best wishes!!
Welcome Ilze! All the pictures are wonderful. I´m looking forward to hearing more from you soon. Best wishes, Ana Paula
Hey Ilze welcome to the bbc blog! I'm Liz from Peru but I live in Argentina. I actually have been absent from the blog for 2 months now so it's good to know that on my first day you're also start writing.Sorry for my ignorance but I have to admit that I've never heard of Latvia before, but I hope I'll have the chance to learn more about it through you. Have a good day, Liz
Hi!! This is the first time for me too. i'm very interested in learning about other countries so different from mine.I hope I can read more about your country and its folklore.Best wishes, elisabetta
i liked your explantion about lativia. i think very interesting to know how peoples lives in diferents places around the world. bye Silvio
Hello Ilze, it was nice to know about your country, i'm looking forward to your new blog. have a wonderful life
Hello Ilze! Welcome to this blog! I am Krisztina from Hungary, and I am happy to read your first blog from Latvia. I have not been there before, but seen the pictures you attached to your blog, your town is very beautiful. I am looking forward to reading your blogs about the life in Latvia and seeing the pictures about many beautiful places. Friendly regards from Hungary Krisztina
Hello Ilze. I agree with others. Latvia is a lovely city and your picutures are amazing. I´m also looking forward to hearing more from you soon.
Hello Ilze, is the first time I Look a blog of the BBC, but I love it and your country is so beautiful, write always I see you in the other part this story, bye.
hello Izle! Nice to meet you.Thank you for sharing your blog with us.I am looking forward to reading more and more about you and your country Wish you happinies
Hai my sister lize.iam searching a friend like you.i like you very much and iam so happy to read your explanation of your country. Iam waiting for your next episode
Hi ILZA I am very happy to make a comment about your short interesting story. In fact i am studying English but i am not very good at writing English, that's why I am joining this blog in order to improve my writing skills. So i hope you'll be able to make suggestions or advices about how to write in good English; thanks
Hi,ILZA. Actually, This is my first comment ever here. I'm very excited at your writing, because honestly,I barely know about your country that much.So I got interested at your writing. Pretty impressive :)
hi, Ilza, Nice to meet ou here. Your country is realy beautiful, I wish I'll go there in the future. I studied in economics too, I was graduated for five years ago and now I'm working for the Invesment company. so we're not only pratice English skill but also share information, experience and others together.
hi, Ilza, Nice to meet ou here. Your country is realy beautiful, I wish I'll go there in the future. I studied in economics too, I was graduated for five years ago and now I'm working for the Invesment company. so we're not only pratice English skill but also share information, experience and others together.
hi, you are staying is beautyfull city. gr8
Hi,Latvia’s capital city is not Riga. it is Vilnius isn't it? take care
Your country is very beautiful. I like this place. Sometimes I have dreams to travel to Europe. Perhaps one day the dream becomes a fact. Education in Taiwan and in Latvia is similar. However, education policy is very complex in Taiwan because it changes frequently. So, I think studying in Latvia is better than in Taiwan. Thank you for showing the education in Latvia. Ithink the education in other counties is more different after reading your article.
Hello, Elza, Your country has a lot of important culture and natural sceneries. I want to visit your country. You have a great job. I am very pleased for you.
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