A smile from Czech Republic :-)

Hi Simon and everyone all over the world !! Hi my friends !!

Time goes by so fast,It's the first of October,the day I am starting something special!!!I yeah ,being a blogger on BBC.It's the first time of mine posting a blog here so I am really really nervous right now especially when Ana and all the other bloggers before me did a great job.How interesting they have talked about !!

First of all I would like to thank to Dima and all the BBC stuff to give me this amazing opportunity to share my feelings and opinions about this world by talking about my daily activities.I have never dreamed of this day when I heard about BBC website of learning English from a friend of mine and then I decided to send a message to the stuff of BBC a few months ago.It attracted me from the first time exploring this website.

Well,let me tell you something about myself :-)
My name is Linda,I have another name It's Linh.They call me both and I am happy with using both of those names.Maybe someone would say It's pretty weird when anyone here has two names at once.Well,I am actually Vietnamese living in Czech Republic.That nice and small country next to Germany.Czech is known with the name Czechoslovakia in the past but the official name of this country is just only Czech Republic.I'll tell you in detail later :-)

19 years ago I was born in Hanoi,that beautiful city of Vietnam.Time flies It was 8 years when I moved to Czech,the sweet memories of Vietnam are still clear in my heart.I love both countries.
I live in Pilsen with parents and a younger brother.We are a happy family,my parents have to work hard to give us the best life,me and my brother appreciate it a lot of them.So for that I chose medicine to study.My mum and dad have never told me to choose this profession but I know they want me to be a doctor.Though I have a lot of years to "fight" ,I'll try my best to take the happiness for my family and the others who needs my help in the future.

I am finishing this introduction of mine It was a little bit about me and my life.I hope all of you enjoy my next posting.Thanks a lot for your time reading my first entry.

At the end I have something to tell those who is reading my blog and want to be a new blogger of BBC don't hesitate to write to BBC ,one day you can do something like what I am doing right now.Good luck to all of you !!

Linda

P/s:I think I should post a picture of mine,just to get you an idea how I look like
.The photo has been taken a few minutes ago :D

Find out the secret message in my reply !!!

Hi my friends,
How are you? How was your day?
I hope all of you are doing well.

Do you know what I did when I came back home from school? TURN ON the computer and log in the blog.Wow,what a surprise I see there !!! I got a lot of comments,that’s something I didn’t expect to.To read my entry all of you must be really patient ,you know.So thank you very very much for your nice comments.From my heard I want to say I appreciate it a lot of you all!!!Once again thanks for your kind words,for your supports and your love of Czech and also Vietnam.

I will feel so sorry If I talk about something here that doesn’t make you feel interested.So for that I wouldn’t want to write about anything special on this entry because I am depressed right now.I wouldn’t be concentrate on telling you more about the life here in this beautiful country on this entry.I am taking an exam tomorrow ,which is pretty important to me.Tomorrow will be a long day for me I am really looking forward to having a rest.People feel the true meaning of relaxing when they worked really hard.

Anyway let me tell you a little bit about me by replying to your nice comments.

Ciao Antonio:Oops, you make me blessing !!! When I was in Vietnam I really like writing essays and so on.Vietnamese language was one of my favourite subjects at school.But after coming to Czech I was interested in Maths instead of the language.That’s reasonable when my Czech wasn’t good but a few years later though It was pretty good I felt losing my ability of writing anything though It’s just a short essay.

Well,I’ve given you an example how the person can make a change after coming to a foreign place .:P.It was only about the subjects at school but I wonder there is any place to makes the people change their laziness of doing housework !!!! Do anyone of you know where It is?I am planning to send my bother there.He’s really really un-useful at anything concerning doing housework !!!( Just joking but I think apart from me there is someone else who wants to find that magic place. Maybe something like that can be existed but It takes a lot of time to find out.

So gentlemen,I have a message to you by making that suggestion of looking for that place to change your opinions of doing house work,just help your wife,your sister with doing housework.Instead of wasting their time on finding that place,they’ll spend more time on taking care of you !!!:P

Hi Ernesto:Hmm,for the distance of 2 countries Czech and Chile bravo what you know about Czech.Anyway your question was interesting .Well,I want to do this for my parents first but as you know the study is pretty long so I wouldn’t continue on without my interest on medicine. I think to be a doctor means pretty much for your family when one of them is ill. In this case they won’t worry that much.

Hi Ana Paula –Thank you :-)

-Hola Merce,that’s nice when you had a happy time during your stay at Prague. I’ll try my best to show you more about the other places of Czech though It will be more and more interesting to see it directly.

VinhAnh-yes,first you can see nonsense typing anything like that but I think this site is really interesting when you want to know the real life of people in their country. That’s something you wouldn’t find out when you stay there for a short time.

Hi Ewa,yes I love both countries .Vietnam is also a nice place to visit,It’s really different from what we see here in Europe.

Ahoj Hana,you surprised me pretty much too because I just think Czech people don’t know this site.That’s a pity when BBC doesn’t have Czech page.

Hi Amy,that’s for sure I would love to show you some faculties of medicine in Czech.

Hey René,I go to Germany frequently.What I can say about your country I also love it,the country as well as the people.


Oh,time flies!!!Though I would love to reply all comments of yours but I have got to do something now.So once again sorry for that.I’ll continue next time.Anyway please comment me because that’s really really interesting to know your opinions :-)
Take care and have a nice time.
Linda

The Czech Republic

Hi everybody,
It's almost midnight here.The last day of a busy week is off ,weekend is coming soon in a few minutes.I am looking forward to having some time to relax during the weekend.I hope all of you enjoy your weekend and as promised I am preparing the entry about Czech Republic for you.


First of all I would like to show you where Czech Republic is :-).By reading your comments I am sure a lot of you have been to Czech or know pretty much about this country but just have a look where it exactly lies on the world map :-)

State flag

*traditional Slavonic colours - white and red,*blue - a reference to the field of the Moravian coat of arms
National coat of arms

The large coat of arms contains the emblems of the historical lands of the Czech Crown - a traditional heraldic rampant lion (Bohemia), a checquered eagle (Moravia) and the Silesian eagle-FULL OF POWER :D :D

I'll continue next time :-)

Well,I didn't know the result of my exam yet but maybe a lot of you kept your fingers crossed so I have good feelings from that.I think all of you know exactly how the student's life is.One has done the other one is coming ^^.
I am exhausted now like every Friday.What I am saying now sounds pretty laughably but after school I work as a tutor teacher of computer ^^!!!!.

Though I always have to ask my brother or sometimes my friends have to come to our home to help me fix my computer I teach a little girl about using some similar things on the PC like turn on /off ,how to write something on MS Word,do some graphs using MS Exel and so on.
Then I teach another one Czech language.She's a younger sister of my Vietnamese closed friend so I didn't want to refuse when he asked me me to teach his sister Czech language.I'll tell you in detail in another entry how hard It is to start with something you have never heard about.

She is 10 years old .A lovely girl :-)
P/S:I fell so sorry but I'll reply all of your comments next time because It's really late here.
Good night and enjoy your weekend !!!

bye for now
Linda

A new international language is growing in Czech nature !!

Hello all !Hello Simon !!!

Simon,I hope you don’t mind if I answer your questions in the second part of this entry.

I would like to continue the article about Czech that I couldn’t finish last night just to make those entries a little bit coherent whole.I hope at least what I am writing here will help someone to know about this country more.Who knows what will happen.Maybe here is someone who has decided to travel to Czech to explorer it more by reading my entries :P

Czech has three oldest parts , they are Bohemia with its biggest cities Prague and Pilsen , Moravia is known to have Brno as its capital city and Silesia (Slezsko) has Ostrava,the city of mining work in the past.

The surface here is rather hilly,I used to ride a bike in Vietnam but I am pretty lazy to ride a bike here because of its surface. Up the hill is something like to climb the mountain for me !!Sometimes It is really funny when you are riding down the hill and see how the other one has to manage to go over that hill ,most of them usually couldn’t help though they tried their best ;)) so then the best way how to resolve that problem is get off the bike and walk until they meet their counterpart who also is trying to “climb the mountain” like what they have done because another one is coming !!!


So probably because of that reason people living here don’t use bikes as their transport. The second reason of not using bikes is because of the count of habitants. With 10,3 mil. habitant there are always enough seats in the bus or in underground.
Here are some photos of Czech nature that can offer tourist much that is of interest. Sandy rocks Český ráj-that is known as Bohemian parade celebrated with sandstone rock towns or stalactite caves in Moravský Kras ,also two glacial lakes can be found here-Černé and Čertovo,Šumava range with its original virgin forest,many old trees and bushes.The highest mountain -the Giant Mountains (or also Kokonoše in Czech) ,Beskydy,Hrubý Jeseník mountain ranges…

Amazing nature is waiting for you to explore it more !!!!

There are some websites that can be useful for someone who is interested in Czech Republic.

The official website of CR-
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The Czech Red Cross-
%3Ca%20href="http://www.cervenykriz.eu/en.php?id=uvod">http://www.cervenykriz.eu/en.php?id=uvod

Moravian carst-
%3Ca%20href="http://www.moravskykras.net/en/moravian-karst.html">http://www.moravskykras.net/en/moravian-karst.html

The Krkonoše Mts. National Park -
%3Ca%20href="http://www.krnap.cz/">http://www.krnap.cz/

Bohemian parade -
%3Ca%20href="http://www.cesky-raj.info/en/">http://www.cesky-raj.info/en/

SOS !!!! My computer is broken :(

Hi everyone !
how are you ?
I regret to tell you my computer is broken :( That means I won't be able to write here anything and also won't see your nice comments in a few days.I have school until 5 pm It's the time when the library is nearly closed.So I am sorry for that.Sometimes unlucky things can happen that you can't help.

Yesterday I tried to reply your comments It's the only thing that at least I could do but unfortunatelly T___T at the end of that entry my computer decided to have a break !!! At once that entry was automatically deleted.It 's out of its mind !!!!

Anyway a new week is here.I hope all of you have a successful week.I'll continue my posting here as soon as possible,probably in a few days.

Take care
Linda

Praha-Prague

Hi everybody!Hi Simon!

How are you all? I feel really happy now because finally my computer is fixed. Guess, who repaired it ? My brother ! He is unuseful all the time but whenever we have some problems with anything according to computer ,he seems to be someone another ! He became a specialist at once .ok first of all I want to thank all of you sharing with me your problems .Yes,every issue has its time to be resolved.


Well ,I have come back from Prague .I have some lessons there every Saturday .At the end of that lesson the professor told us a joke !That’s a typical of him, some funny stories of his memories from the time he has been a student. That joke was about a simple English sentence ( feel this one a little bit weird when he was talking about medicine huh?Yes,he is strange,but his mention is good.At least his jokes make us laugh every time )Ok but any way here is that sentence :Mr. Green will not meet his classes today.My professor and all members of his class were so happy when someone from other class came and wrote this sentence on the board.That means they could go home.But then that guy came back and clear the letter c of the word classes .He said sorry to all because he found out Mr.Green will come in a few minutes later and because that guy was so lazy to clear all the sentence so he cleared only that letter.Mr.Green came,he was looking at the sentence ...He decided to clear the letter L.So now I think all of you can imagine how Czech professors can allow to talk to their students .





Now I want to continue telling you something about Prague .Prague is often considered as the city lying right in the very heart of Europe. Others prefer the expression hundred-towered Prague. It’s the city will full of historical monuments, castles…Not that big like the other capital cities like London ,Paris and so on but it’s an unique one .Prague became a Gothic metropolis of European significance during the government of the king and emperor Charles IV, who found the Charles university in 1348,the oldest and also the most famous one in Czech.

Here are those places that you can’t miss to visit.
Prague castle-founded from the 9th century, since 1918 It has been the seat of the President.

Vietnamese traditional dress-ÁO DÀI (the long dress)

Hi everybody!


Today is a special day for all Vietnamese women .It’s the 20th October. Vietnamese people tend to have the second day apart from those international days of celebrating .Like there are two children’s days in Vietnam, the first one is that international day of children, knows as the 1st June. As well as for women, apart from the 8th March there is also another day for women. It’s today-the 20th October(Vietnamese women's day). As a tradition, all female don’t have to do anything in this day, they can afford to do whatever they want .To beat their husband, boyfriend is also possible! They tend to get some presents and flowers from the other members of their family.


I want to tell you about the Vietnamese traditional dress called Ao Dai that is known as one of those mysterious things of Vietnam. This article was written by my friend Thanh Thuy, a cheerful girl with a sweet heart .Though I have never met her in person but I feel her very closely to me. Like my sister she always gives me a lot of advice. I want to thank her so much for the nice pictures and explanations of wearing Ao Dai.


1/foreword
Have you ever heard about Vietnamese traditional dress? It have been given a name which is so simple, unpretentious but elegant and luxurious – Ao Dai
Ao Dai can’t be translated to another language in the world as its special symbol that no country has Ao Dai like Viet Nam.


The Ao Dai is created like an art and fascination that never grows boring… It’s not only the inspiration for fashion but also for poetry, music, paintings and movies.
Ms. James Sterson, an American envoy said there wasn’t any country in the world that has a national costume which is beautiful, traditional and deep in cultural beauty such as Vietnam long dress.
The Ao Dai is not only a costume but also a glorious mark in the Vietnamese culture or a symbol of the national character and the Vietnamese spirit: “Under any circumstances, people develop human quintessence and get rid of bad things to further promote beauty and maintain independence “ The Ao Dai is proudly cosmetic symbol of the Vietnamese people

b) Some feature about traditional clothing of Vietnamese women .
In the long history of the country, the Vietnamese nation always had to fight against the invaders to be everlasting and protect traditional values on culture and family rules. Ao Dai is wonderful artistic work of the nation. Beside its elegance, the structure of Ao Dai also implies the teaching meaning of “ Proper behavior “ of our ancestors.

Ao Dai is also the result of the national character and Vietnamese spirits. Over one thousand years of domination by the Northern invanders, nearly hundred years of French colonialism, Ao Dai already communicated with 2 strong cultures of humans Eastern (China) and Western (France). Ao Dai has overcome every challenge to become the traditional clothes, a symbol of women, the pride of the Vietnamese nation. We should respect, protect and take a loving care of precious heritages of our ancestors and continue to develop good traditions of our ancestors.

Ao Dai – traditional clothing of Vietnamese women, which embreces the body, has high collar and knee-length panels. It is split in the hip, which is sexy and attractive, not scanty but still shows the line of the body of a young girl. “ Wherever there are Vietnamese Ao Dais”. It is not only the traditional costume but Ao Dai is also a cultural feature expressing the outlook on life and Vietnam spirits. In other words, it is the nation spirit of the Vietnamese women.
3) Ao Dai- a simple and elegant beauty in the daily life.

Nothing looks more beautiful and peaceful than the image of every morning, each group of girls in write Ao Dai uniforms to enter the school gates very gracefully. On the long airway with the changes in the climate and weather, the image of young Vietnamese girls being charmed in their Ao Dai is the soul to ease the tiredness of the passengers in the flight. Nevertheless, nowadays, at the offices, it’s easy to see the image of being tidy in their Ao Dais but are active in solving working matters neatly and well. It’s true with an assessment of a south East Asian fashion expert: “Vietnamese Ao Dai creates the comfort for women and allows people wearing it to freely act and has more attraction “
Through ups and downs with many disguises, Ao Dai sometimes look so strange in its very big size(in the early 19th century), sometimes it has high collar and close-chest collar, sometimes has above knee-length panels, sometimes under ankle-length panels…..It is made of silk, raw silk, or tussore…… to sum up, an Ao Dai is always available in the wardrobe of young Vietnamese girls. Ao Dais and Vietnamese women, a gentle attachment as the silk cord but it’s quite tight and enduring. Young Vietnamese girls in their pure Ao Dais go to school and are stately in the uniforms in the eyes of foreign partners in the beauty contest.
When we add a brimmed craft around on the head like a crown with an overcoat, it will combine with each other to create a dress uniform “ queen” for the bride on the wedding day

When becoming a mother, taking daughters to get married and picking up daughter-in-law….velvet or silk Ao Dais makes mothers more luxurious and stately….

Therefore, Ao Dais are never back to date. Designer seem always to have aspirations to make Ao Dais more attractive. Whatever changes may have, Ao Dais still need to keep its natures. It is not scanty but the bending line in the body of young girls should be seen, which is quite simple and elegant.
Nowadays, Ao Dais appear every where in the world. Vietnamese oversea women show their love to the country through Ao Dais. A symbolic example is Miss Asia USA contest and Jennifer Pham who showed Vietnamese spirit and make so special impression when wearing Vietnamese traditional dress was winner

Many foreign visitors have good impression on Vietnamese Ao Dais, they feel being warmly welcome when the image of Ao Dais flowing in the wind in the airports. It’s pity for those who travel to Vietnam without bringing back an Ao Dai as a souvenir to show off with those who have never been to Vietnam. Ao Dai is deserved to be called “ the Vietnam charming feature”

Lifestyle

Hi everyone,hi Simon !
First of all I want to say sorry to all of you,to Simon-my English teacher on BBC.....to a lot of people that always look forward to seeing my posting here on BBC blog....


I feel so sorry right now,just don’t know what to say to apologize for not posting new entries those days…I actually posted the entry about Vietnamese traditional dress called Ao dai a few days ago but I don’t know why that entry is still in processing .So I just think I should wait until that one is published !So sorry for that….


What about Simon’s idea of doing some presentations I must say It’s a great idea. We tend to have some presentations at our English class too but It ‘s always prepared by our teacher ^^!.By Simon’s idea I have done a very interesting presentation about computer components . It’s for that little girl I have told about in my previous entry .I hope she will enjoy it.It’s always more interesting and effected to try a new way of studying .That’s why we really enjoy those lessons of younger professors. Though they don’t have a lot of experiences in teaching like our older professors but they always make us put new ideas into actions.

Now let me explain something to you about those pictures I have posted in my previous entry!they were those ones I had to find on the Internet.As you know my computer was broken so we had to install the system so I don’t have anything right now on my computer. By the way I think It’s can be good :P At least It makes you feel more and more curious to decide to visit Prague ;))

Yesterday I talked to my friends about the differences of lifestyle in Europe and in Vietnam ^^!Guess, what I told them ! I said Vietnamese people worked too much. It’s normal when someone from Vietnam tell you they work during the weekend or they have to go to school on Saturday .I also did the same when I was there ,my school started from Monday until Saturday. Sunday is the only day when I could have a rest but like a trend of studying pupils in Vietnam go to school also on the last day of a week –SUNDAY!!!! It was something very special to see me at home because I used to have some courses in the evenings. Not some language courses but some lessons of Math , Vietnamese literature , Physical science or Chemistry :( Can you imagine how horrible It was to had to take something like that in the evenings when you were totally exhausted after being all day at school ?

What about here ?The way I spend my time after studying :)) well ,It is said that students should study hard but they also should enjoy the student’s life !!! How funny It is ;)).I am glad that apart from those places Simon had a good memory of beer during his stay in Prague :P Czech drink pretty much,It’s in their gens I think ! We tend to go to the pub after school just to have some glasses of beer !(I am telling you about the life in Pilsen :P)You can see here bars every corner of the city


.I can’t drink that much like Czech( I see a big problem with increase of population just after 2 glasses.=))I hope you can get me now) but whenever I have time It’s always nice to go with friends. The chance to be drunk is the same for them .It doesn’t depend on whether they are girls or boys :)):D :D

I’ll continue talking about partying next time :P

Have a nice time :D:D

Education in the Czech Republic - Kinder-garden--->secondary school

Education in the Czech Republic


To day I would like to talk about the education system in the Czech Republic.Education is the most important thing for everyone to start their contacts with society.If you are a teacher you should probably have heard about Jan Amos Comenius,the author of many wise sayings like „He,who does not care to be instructed,you shall in vain try to instruct,unless you awaken in him a fervent interest in learning“.What do you think of that sentence?Was Comenius right with his wise? I myself agree with him.Whenever you yourself don’t feel any interest for study It’s hard for anyone else to force you right?


Though Comenius lived in the 17th century he came with great ideas of education system like The school should be avaible for boys as well as for girls or the main character of a teacher is to like the children ,like their students or theoretic knowledge should be practiced …As you can see those sentences are so primitive but I wonder whether we do well with those things that were said by Comenius.By the way he is known as the instructor of the nations in numerous countries of Western and Central Europe.He tried to apply his unique ideas to practical life and teaching then put his concept of school into his Didactica-*Lack of talent can be compensated by diligence and effort by the pupil or most learning takes place in youth :P



Well,I’ll start with the youngest one-Kinder garden ^^! It’s for children from 3 years of age.My cousin is going to start his first contacts with society,social rules and ethics.The children teaches them the general principles of the alphabet and of mathematics.(just for a funny story we call those children in the garden-kinder the students of big letters .Just try to remember and imagine your first step of writing you’ll get the point haha.


After kinder garden they start elemental school .After enrolling in the nine-year elementary school ,six-year olds begin their compulsory school attendance.The school year begins on September 1st and finishes on June 30th.Though the 1st September is on Friday your school will start this day.That means you will be at school just for one day and then have weekend.And in Vietnam when It’s Friday or Thursday your school will start on Monday of the next week.Here the school yard finishes 30th June,in Vietnam It’s depends on each school.


As a common in the final year of elemental school they’ll have to choose his future occupation.So your important step starts at the age of 15.The choice depends not only on your interests but also on your performance and success at school.There are various options to be chose like to study at a secondary school(can be industrial,medical or economic)or at an art school.


One of the alternative secondary schools is grammar school,known as gymnázium in Czech.You have to get good results from the last 2 years at elemental school to take the entrance of gymnázium. There are about 2 or 3 pupils from a class of elemental school decide to continue their study at gymnázium. It’is pretty hard to pass as well as to study there but after to be managed with the graduation examination(It's always includes a graduation ball we enjoy a lot because of the special occasion when we can put on some weird clothes

Charles university in Prague

Let me continue the entry about education system in Czech.....


One of Czech most renowned universities is Charles university, found in 1348 by the famous king Charles IV. It was the first university in Central Europe. Each of Czech university has several faculties with a really large mount of subjects to choose.The study at universities in Czech is gratis.You don’t have to pay for anything until the age of 26.It's easy to enter to the faculty of Mathematics and Physics but after the first year studying there only one third of those students are able to continue.Apart from faculties of medicine and pharmacy most of subjects at the other faculties are in English.


Charles University is one of the oldest universities in the world and nowadays belongs to the most eminent educational and scientific establishments in the Czech Republic which are recognized in both the European and global context. It is an outstanding cultural institution due to its scientific and pedagogical results and its unique historical tradition.


Charles University now contains 17 faculties (14 in Prague, 2 in Hradec Králové, and 1 faculty of medicine in Pilsen ) It’s really big with over 42,400 students studying at university. 7200 students are studying for bachelor´s degrees, 29 000 students are studying for master´s degrees, and over 6200 students are in PhD programs.There is also a large mount of foreign students


Studying program at Charles university is based on scientific and research activities.
Scientific and research activities form the basis on which the doctoral and master´s programs are based at Charles University. Scientific results of Charles University workplaces measured by the amount of financial means provided to universities in the Czech Republic make approximately one third of this financial means. Charles University aims to be recognized as a competitive research university on the world stage.

Charles University stresses international cooperation with prestigious educational and scientific establishments. It has entered into 450 bilateral contracts and 170 international partnerships with foreign universities.

There are some faculties of charles university
Catholic Theological Faculty
Protestant Theological Faculty
Hussite Theological Faculty
Faculty of Law
1st Faculty of Medicine
2nd Medical School
3rd Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen
Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové
Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové
Faculty of Philosophy & Art
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty of Physical Education and Sport
Faculty of Humanity Studies

I hope what I have found there can help someone to know a little bit more about the oldest university in Czech R.Just ask whatever else you want to know more,I'll answer it for you.


Linda

Replies...

Hi Simon,Hi every body !

How can time go by so fast?that's something we can't control.The end of October is coming....I will miss you all when I have to stop posting entries here on bbc.I have only a week to manage with whatever else that I would love to share with all of you ........

Hi Ana Paula-how can you be so quick to comment me all the time as the first one.Cool high speed :P :D Thanks a lot

HiKaroun-yes the same I feel.I really reget that something like that can happen to me.It took more than a week to have my computer fixed.

HiJames-Prague is amazing.This entry I have posted there is just a really really small part of its amazing places.:D You should go here and find out more :P
Hi Leila-Wow,thanks a lot Leila.When people don't comment me on those entries I wrote I just think no one read them ^^!So thanks pretty much for your comment here.
Hi Rosa Maria-yea jokes make us a happier life we should be happy and enjoy every moment we have :)
Hi Mauricio- I am glad to hear something like that from you.yes,as you can see I am happy to live here.
Hi Ernesto-I have never been to South America but like those places in your country Prague has its hidden charm :)
Hi Jana-I appreciate it a lot what you have posted there.
Hi Naheed -:)
Hi Alessandro-how can you know It's a museum ??:D:D by the way It is the biggest national museum in Czech :D

Hi Guzin-Thanks for sharing your story with us.Yes,It's something that happens all the time in each family but not in our family.I don't know but our parents are pretty tolerant so they let us to go wherever we want.I get on with my brother though we used to fight several times in the past.Just a few years ago :P

kent-I don't know how the education system in Hongkong is but I once told with a girl from hongkong she said the same like you.
Natalia-It's always nice to have a good time during the holiday.Yes,it takes me pretty long time to post any entry here :(

Hi YPW-back to see those pictures whenever you want :P
Hi Nurzhan-It's because my PC was broken so we had to install all the system

Hi Aitor-yes I'll try my best to manage with the last days being a blogger here.

Hi Alberto-Wow,you are taking an English class in Prague next summer ! I think Spanish people speak English better than Czech ^.^ yes Internet is one of many ways to know about the different lives in different country.It connects people from all over the world .That's amazing

Hi Virginia and Laura-really nice offer of yours.I would love to start learning spanish .Unfortunately all my knowledge of Spanish right now is just Hola ^^!

Hi Maria-He found out that our processor is broken but then another parts of mainboard didn't work too so he bought those things and then made it relive :D:D

PLZEŇ

Hello all of you !!!!
Hope all is doing well and had a good time during the weekend.The point of living in the world is to have fun and enjoy the life .

As promised I am telling you something about Pilsen the city where I live .


The intoxicating taste of genuine Pilsen beer,Pilsner urquell ,is only one of the reasons why tourists from all over the world are coming to Pilsen.And the other reason?First of all ,the plentiful cultural life and live history of the city which visitors can see everywhere they go !It is said that when you come to Czech but haven't come to visit Pilsen yet you have missed of of the most valuable things of Czech culture :P I'll make all of you see It's worth come to see Pilsen by those pictures I am showing now :)

The city was founded in 1295 by the king Wenceslaus II.It became the natural,cultural and commercial center of West bohemia owing to its advantageous geographical location.Yes,I like to live in Pilsen because of its good geographical location.It's near to Germany and takes about 1 h by train to go to Prague.


The importantce of the city was constantly growing espencialy in the 19th century when two companies were founded which made Pilsen know worldwide-the engineering company Škoda and the brewery Plzensky prazdroj.


The symbol of Pilsen is cars and beer.Czech tend to drive a lot of cars made by Škoda,the quality of those cars is pretty good .

Pilsen with 170,000 habitants is today the fourth biggest city of the Czech Republic and is also a favorite tourist destination thanks to those attractive monuments in the city.

The Big Synagogue is one of many interesting places you can't miss to see.It's the third biggest synagoque in the world.The building was built in Moorish-Romanesque style with interesting interiors.

The new reneissance building of the West Bohemian Museum.It is known as one of the city's landmark.A apart of the museum is the most preserved historic city amory in Bohemia with its unique collection of gothic guns called harquebus.

The Gothic cathedral of St.bartholomew is the most precious monument of the city.Known as the highest towre in Czech R. it offers you a beautiful view of the surroundings from the top .Most of outside culture events are taken place in the square in front of the cathedral :)

The renaissance city hall is among the most beautiful city halls in Bohemia.

And the last one of course Pilsner beer.An excellent opportunity for getting to know the golden beverage is offered by many pubs and restaurants around the city center.But like a traditional step visitors tend to go to the Senk na Parkanu

Pilsen is the city of culture .It is the official candidate city of Czech R. for 2015 Universal Exhibition

Travel fair in Pilsen and Daruma dolls

Greetings from Pilsen !!!

Tomorrow is Tuesday 28th October the 90th anniversary of independent Czechoslovakia foundation so everyone in Czech is celebrating or at least having a relax :)

Travel fair is known as a traditional even of Pilsen ,It is held annually .The meaning of this even is to show the visitors the interesting places of Pilsen region.I have been to this one a lot of times and just don't want to go there again but something very special was happening there so for that I decided to see it once again .Experiences are never enough =)).My friend said me that there were also another cities from abroad ,those cities are knowns as sister cities of Pilsen region.

Guess which ones were???? Limoges ,Resensburg and one from Japan Takasaki.There were also some from Slovakia,Hungary and so on.The organizers gave the visitors a lot of good information .Takasaki attracted me the most I just can't describe how nice that city is ! I got from there the doll called Daruma doll.It's one of those things that bring us good luck.It has no arms ,no legs ^_^

Typical colors are red (most common), yellow, green, and white. The doll has a face with a mustache and beard, but its eyes only contain the color white. I really love those contrarieties .Using black ink, one fills in a single circular eye while thinking of a wish. Should the wish later come true, the second eye is filled in. It is traditional to fill in the right eye first; the left eye is left blank until the wish is fulfilled.

Chelsea FC

Hi everybody !

I am telling you something that is very unusual for me ! Talking about Chelsea Fc after their lost against Liverpool on Sunday !

Well,first of all let me to tell you something about this football club .Everyone says that Chelsea has no history!!!!! and I don't agree with them at all.Chelsea of course has its story like each of another football clubs but they just weren't successful like what they was showing in last a few years :P

When I was in Vietnam I used to watch only world cup.What i can say now Vietnamese guys are crazy fans of football .They can be compared like English hooligans :P When they talk about their hobbies I guess 90% of them will say football is the best way to spend their free time.People are crazy of football,they enjoy watching all the leagues like Premier League ,Seria A ,La Liga and also Budesliga :)

You must be there to see how football means for Vietnamese guys.They get up at 2 o'clock in the morning to watch the games besides that their work starts at 8 am the next day.I still remember whenever Vietnam win any international match people come to the street and celebrate together.That's something I really miss when living in Czech.

Well,back to the main topic !!!! Chelsea is known also as the blues ! Just 2 years ago they called Premier league the blue league.The reason is clear Chelsea took over the titles from Manchester United.For those 2 seasons the blues is known as the king of premier league .

I am sure a lot of football fans don't like Chelsea.I have heard about many reasons of their dislikes but one of the main reasons is because of the club owner Abramovich!!!! He bought the club and helped it come over the debts .I myself don't like him at all but I must say without that millionaire how Chelsea will be !!! So just to be a little bit realistic !!! money is really important in football.It brings the clubs new players,new couch !!!

José Mourinho !!! The special one !!!! Though the fans of other clubs can hate him they must say he's the special one !!!! He's the one who changed the history of the club.José brought titles to the blue fans he brought the happiness to many people

When the fans of other clubs hate whatever he says .I myself adore his quotes and I am sure a lot of other blue fans think his sentences are unique :P He’s conceited but that’s also means José is proud of his wonderful work.He is proud of the blues !His quotes support the players, when he was the couch of chelsea have never been worried about the results of the club.

Apart from Mourinho I have a lot reason why to love the blues.There are so many many talented footballers .The best one and also the best captain is John Terry.He grew up at Chelsea,has been playing for this club since his youth.There is no doubt about how chelsea and the fans mean for him.I think the hardest time of his career was the day Chelsea lost against Manchester united in the Champions league final.

I would talk about football all the day ;))

That was something I can't live without ! I spent a lot of time on watching football and reading news about premier league but unfortunately time isn't enough for all those thing that I want to do now.

It's late here I have got to go to bed now after a happy and relaxed day with family and relatives.

Good night !!!

How to practice English?

Hi everyone ! shalom!Hallo!Hola !
Ohayou gozaimasu !Ciao!!!!! Xin chào !
Ahoj! Salut ! Ni hao !


Have you ever stopped to consider how many people are saying "hello" to each other today and in how many different languages? If you wanted to say "hello" to everyone on the planet, you would have to learn at least 2,796 languages and say "hello" to at least 6,500,000,000 (six and a half thousand million) people, (or six and a half billion, in numbers used in the US).

Well,as you can see there are a lot of ways to say hello in different languages.Each of us speaks their native language but thanks to English that keeps people from around the world together.How that language is important for us !

I myself think the best way to be fluent in any language is practice it .Maybe a lot of people here will agree with me at that point.Where people tend to go to practice a language?They tend to go to that country where that language is spoken.It's the best way that I can see from my experience of learning Czech language.When I was in Vietnam I just though English is spoken in Czech or at least people speak French there !!!!

As you can see how someone that had ever known about that language could manage with it now ^^!(Sorry,I am not that haughty girl to speak about myself that way)Just want to tell you an example of the power of practice a foreign language :)
It's really difficult when you can be in contact with the language you are learning.Whenever you learn a new word you can practice it immediately right.?You see that word in various ways.

I still remember when I started with Czech numbers with brother we used to go to the smaller shops to just buy some sweets :)At the first time we couldn't understand what the sellers said so for sure we gave them the banknote ^^!though the sweets cost only a few Czech crowns :P Whenever we came to visit our uncle he always asking us why we both have such that heavy pockets =)) we used to change those coins to get the banknotes from our uncle ^^!

When we learn the vocabularies of vegetables we again chose the market to practice them.If we had gone to the supermarket ,we haven't got that change of speaking those new words.In the markets at least we had to say it,ask for the prices and so on ...So for that what I can speak now in czech is totally different from English. Shame on what I have learn for those years in English :((

Well,back to to main topic ^^ only a few people have that chance to go to England or to the US,Canada or Australia where English is spoken as an official language.They are lucky right ?But there are many many ways that can helps you to practice English though you don't have to go to those countries :P

Let's practice English on the net ! Of course BBC is a great site to learn English but unfortunately there isn't any place to practice it ????Let me tell you some websites that I found in the summer and after being there as a member I am more into English.

Though some of you will say it's waste of time by practicing it that way.Well,I myself felt the same !!! but 4,5 months after when I am here blogging I have to appreciate that time spending on chatting in English with people from around the world ! I am someone that spend almost of free time in front of the screen so that fits me more than learning all day those grammar lessons and have no chance to use whatever I have learned .

Those websites offer you the precious chance to talk to people from different countries,to know something more about their habits,views of this life and of course the most important thing is have a chance to practice that language .When you are so nice you can offer your native language to the others that want to learn it from you .

The links for those websites

%3Ca%20href="http://www.italki.com/T002570280.htm">http://www.italki.com/

%3Ca%20href="http://www.livemocha.com/">http://www.livemocha.com

%3Ca%20href="http://www.polyglot-learn-language.com/">http://www.polyglot-learn-language.com

If anyone of you have any experiences how to learn a foreign language ,let us now please .We are looking forward to seeing your advices !!!!

Have a nice evening !

Linda

From BBC Learning English

Time has come to say - goodbye Linda and thank you so much for your blog which, despite problems with your computer, you managed to keep as informative and regular as anyone could possibly hope for! We hope you've enjoyed this experience and will keep coming back to the blog as a commentator.

From tomorrow this space will be in hands of Olfa from France. Welcome Olfa!

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