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Tuesday, 28 November 2006

Safe arrivals

Hi there

My parents arrived safely last night, and look well and seem in very good health, despite the long journey. I remembered when I first started this blog, I wrote about my feelings for home and family. Having my parents with me reminds me of that! It’s lovely to feel a daughter again and to get back in contact with the family ties. It’s great for my children too! They are bathing in their grandparent's love and admiration.

My parents are big talkers and communicators and I think this of course has had an influence on my personality. Since they arrived we have been talking non-stop. They are bringing me up to date on family news and their daily life. They are also eager to taste Malaysian food again and sit in the sun. We’ve managed to fulfill their craving for spicy food already, but unfortunately it’s the rainy season and there hasn’t been much chance to sunbathe yet!

Alex you asked for some advice on taking the exam. The first thing that comes to mind is to think carefully about when you take the exam. Try to avoid committing to a date that is too early for you. Also remember that to be able to assess your proficiency fairly, the examiner needs to be able to get enough data. So in the speaking test, speak even if the topic seems uninspiring or irrelevant to you. It’s better to describe those thoughts than not to speak. Likewise with the written papers, make sure you use the word limit effectively and follow the advice about the timing of each. Here is a suggestion from yesterday’s blog;

“Despite I'm not a good player yet myself, I teach my kids whilst inspire them with the 'Hikaru no Go' anime.”

Although I’m not yet a good player myself, I teach my kids whilst inspiring them with the ‘Hikaru no Go’ anime.

Please feel free to ask me for other advice and I’ll try to help. In the meantime I’m off to cook for my parents!


Tricia


Lexis and patterns from today;

to bathe in love admiration

to bring someone up to date on something

to fulfill a craving for something

the first thing that comes to mind is... (the first thought)

likewise with ( similiarly with)

Comments

oh,Tricia.you are lucky to find the feeling of being a daughter again. i miss my mother very much.you know i have been with my mother nearly for 12 years,even after i have been married.so i didn't feel that i have been a wife and a mother untill she decided to live in another city after she retired.from then on, i realized that how difficult to deal with the daily life.no one can help to prepare the breakfast again and all these things will do by myself .i know that i have to be independent .wish my mother happy , healthy , and have a good retired life.

Hi,Tricia.I envy you can have sweet family ties.Despite being a mother and a wife,I cann't live with my family.For two reasons I chose not to live with them.One is for a job and the other is for keeping a good relationship with my parents-in-law.In the past I lived with my parents-in-law and the atmosphere of the family was not good.We often quarreled for my children due to different concepts. The problem kept me away from the home.I know if I didn't make the decision and let the situation last,one day I would lost my marriage.Now I take the advantage of weekends to get together with my husband and my sons.We all look forward to the reunion.

hi, Tricia: I agree with you that the feeling being a daughter is very very nice. I miss my parents very much since I work in Singapore with my own family and my parents stay in China now. Months ago I brought my daughter to China for a holiday and stayed there with my parents for one month. it is really a good time for me and i enjoy it very much. Yesterday i talked with my daughter, she is 5 years old now, about family and home. I said to her that my real home is in China, with my parents. But she insisted that her home is my home, our home is in Signapore, even though she likes very much to stay in China with my parents and refused to come back when we had to back to Singapore. For me, home is always the place where my parents brought my brother and me up, a lot of stories happened there and a lot of memeries linked to there...that's a sweet home. Even now I have my own small family, but this home is still different. It is always not so "real" for me. Wish my mother and my father happy, healthy everyday. Once I have time, I must go back home.

hi,Tricia i really feel how happy you and your children are with your parents and their grandparents. i was admitted a hospital for a week two months ago.while i was staying there i really missed my mum's warm hugs, smile,her fragrance and her delicous dishes. i regretted not saying very often how much i loved her and being a horrible daughter to her.she rings me every day from Korea and i always make sure of saying to her how much i love her. wish you and your parents have a wonderful time!!!!

Hellooooooooooooo!That sounds nice Tricia, i'm glad that you do enjoy the time with your parents. I'm going to meet up my parents in China the middle of January,although it's next year, I've already been filling with excitement, and joyness. Miss mom and dad.:( And say hello to you parents Tricia, your sons, daughter, and husband as well.All the best.

I think to be a daughter, you will feel very happy in a family, to be a wife, you will have a uncertain feeling in a family (may be happy, may be not happy) and to be a mother, you will feel happy again in a family, so, Tricia. You are lucky to find the feeling of being a daughter again, every woman grow up from a daughter, wife to be a mother, and the most impressed and happy time while you are a daughter, live with your parent, everything is very good, everyone is very kind. I remember at the early days after my marriage, I missed my parent very much, I think my real home is my parent home, not my own home ,on the weekend of every week ,I will come to my parent home and stay two days in my “real “home, but as time goes by , my son was born,the mother is often the pivot of family life. I change my role from a daughter to be a mother. I will take care of my son, and my mother come on to help me ,I think that time is the happiest time during my life ,to live with my son and my mother,. Now, my mother will come to visit us occasionally, I will come to visit them occasionally, but the love between us often transfer from the phone, from the care. from the talking ,from the smile… ,Mum I love you forever ,I Wish you and my daddy W happy, healthy everyday

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