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This is in reply to Enayat's final post

Dear Enayat

Thank you very much for your posts over this month. It's been fascinating reading about aspects of life in Afghanistan. I've enjoyed reading all of your posts, and have learned something about your country and what it can be like to live there. You've raised many questions which have created a lot of interesting discussion. I'm glad that you feel that you have learned something too.

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The month of July has left very quickly; I could not blog enough articles in my one month probation but however, I read many interesting comments from the numerous ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ English Learning funs whose enthusiasm gave me more power to continue writing. I wrote on sport, wedding culture, insecurity, youth, Education System, and International Commitments to the rebuilding of my country. Here are many other unsaid issues which I couldn't share with you but I hope I will be given the chance once again to release some more knots of our social and cultural life. I am very thankful of every one of you who has accompanied me until my last blogging. I really learnt many new words, expressions and idioms from Kim's instruction and I am sure you did so.

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Dear Enayat

Thanks for your latest post. You've posed a good question at the end - it's certainly interesting to read others' comments about primary school education in countries such as Turkey, Poland, Russia, Brazil and Singapore.

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I think it is very difficult for a small student of grade 1st, 2nd, and 3rd to read and learn 16 subjects in total. According to the curriculum of our education system, students of the primary schools have to have 16 or more subjects in their first, second and third grade of school which is the biggest burden on their shoulders. Every day they have to study 6 subjects at school and then they must do 6 homework at home too.

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Dear Enayat

Thanks for your latest post - I can see that there is a lot of discussion. Your use of English is very good in your latest post too. I've noted that you use a lot of speech in your writing, quoting or reporting what other people are saying, so I thought that today I would focus on using direct and reported speech. I hope that is useful for you.

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In this world cup I had a special experience. I spent our Pentecost holiday in south tirol.
I'm from south korea. I'm a fan of korean national soccer team. We are informed that the korean team camp in Neustift in Austria. We reserved a family card for the match Korea : Spain on 3th June.

Before the match we visited the hotel Jagd Hof where korean soccer player stayed.
We had to wait with my children for 4 hours to meet some players.
Fortunately we could meet some players and made some fotos (here with Ji-Sung Park from Manchester United). It was 2 hours before the match. They were nervous before the match. But any players didn't reject to make fotos.

We visted also german training camp in Eppan. But we couldn't see any player because the stadium was full. I could see only the manager Oliver Bierhof.

The matchs were exciting for me. The korean team offered very exciting matchs. Unfortunately it lost the match against Uruguay. The germany team played very well.
I promised my colleagues to buy a german football shirt if the german team win the match against Argentina. Germany scored four goals. And I had to buy it on my pleasure. My the best player in germany team is Thomas Müller. Unfortunately he was blocked for the semi-final. I think it is reason that the german team lost this match.

I'm watching the final match at the moment. I thought Spain win easy this final match. I see now that the Netherlands plays better. Let us see who win the match. In any case we will have a new world cup champion, because both of teams never won the cup!

The schools and universities are suspended, Markets are closed, auto workshops are out of work and the city is empty of private vehicles. The citizens are walking through long distances to reach their destinations. All these are because of security measures taken for Kabul International Conference, the first of its kind in Kabul.

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Dear Enayat

I enjoyed reading your last post, and was reminded by your solution to the selection problem that the best ideas are the simple ones. You developed a fair and unbiased method of selecting council members that was acceptable to all because it was neutral, it didn't favour anyone.

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I was called by the ministry of culture, information and youth to participate in a gathering where representative from several other youth organization were also invited to establish the first Youth High Council in the country. I am sharing the story of just three days ago since my writing this topic.

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Dear Enayat and readers of the teachers blog

I've just been looking at the comments after my last post in response to Enayat. I wrote a text about weddings, including lots of vocabulary related to the topic. I asked if you could guess what the words meant and said that I would let you know in my next post, so here are the answers:

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Hello, it is Andrew here, and today I'm going to talk about an ambulance, driving a long way, and Mongolia! The story is that I have been working in the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ a long time - so long that I get something called 'long service leave' - more time off. I'm taking my longer holiday at the end of this month, and I have decided to have a small adventure. I am joining something called the 'Mongol Rally'. It is an event that is now organised every year. A group of people drive all the way from Britain to Mongolia. It is about 10,000 miles (16,000 kilometres). This year around 400 cars will be doing it, leaving from Goodwood in southern England, but also from Barcelona in Spain, and Milan in Italy. Why? Well for fun, and also to raise money for various charities. The idea is also to try and donate something useful for Mongolia, a developing country. In my case I've decided to donate an ambulance - the one I'm sitting in the picture!

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Hi Enayat

Thanks for your latest post - it's great to get another snapshot of life in Kabul. It's fascinating to read about different traditions related to weddings. It's interesting to learn that in Afghanistan the bride's guests are traditionally supposed to remain quiet and calm, and not join in the dancing. I had to smile when I read about your friend getting up and dancing anyway! As people have commented - weddings are emotional events!

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I and my office colleagues were invited to participate in a wedding party held in one of the city hotels last night. Most of the people have already been there when we reached. Those who invited by groom's family seemed glad and were roaming around inside the hotel and those who were invited by bride's family were calm and sitting in several corners of the wedding hall. Relatives, friends and family members of the groom were dancing to the live music of a famous Afghan singer. One of my friends who comes from a part of the country where they naturally likes dancing to live music whispered to me and said "I want to dance" I quickly replied with a smile " no problem but you know, traditionally it doesn't seem well if one from bride's side dance" and we are invited by bride's family.

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Dear Enayat

Thanks very much for your last post. I can see that you have been through some very difficult times. Many readers have commented on your post - you do have a skill at narrating events. This is true of both your posts so far. You make these events seem very immediate....your last blog was certainly very moving. I do hope that you will not experience such terrible things again.

You've mentioned your colleagues and where you live briefly. It would be interesting for us to learn more about your life. What do you do for a living? And I know that you live in Kabul. What is it like to live there? Do you live with your family? Like all the readers of your blog, I look forward to hearing more about you.

Best wishes,
Kim

Hi everyone,

Yesterday I had a puncture. Well actually I didn't have a puncture, I had a puncture in my car's tyre. This is the 5th puncture I've had in the last 18 months and it's not funny! Now, I know how to change a wheel, but the trouble is, the nuts holding the wheel on are usually so tight that I can't shift them and so I end up having to call out a motoring organisation to help. And that means sitting by the side of the road for an hour or more waiting for someone to come and help.

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I always wake up before 6 : 00 AM getting ready to go to office but today It was almost 7:30 AM when a sudden strong jerk awaked me from my sleepy mood. It was exactly a heavy explosion of suicide attack. As usual my mom asked me in hurry to go to the explosion place and help the casualties. My home is around one hundred meters from the main road to the Kabul International airport where such attacks taking place mostly. After few minutes I was there.

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I was born in a little country of Southamerica, Uruguay.
Since I was a child I always heard about our glories in football. Our national team had conquered 2 olimpic gold medals in football (1920 and 1928) and afterwards the first World Cup was held in our country in 1930 and Uruguay was champion again, The same happened in 1950 when Uruguay won the final match against Brazil in Maracaná Stadium and received another title.

Football is not only the most important sport in our country. it is an important part of our identity, is a passion for a great part or uruguayan people.

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Hi everyone,
I am Sum from Hong Kong, although Hong Kong and China didn't qualify in the current World Cup in South Africa, most of the people in Hong Kong still very enjoy the event, I always talk about the event with my colleagues and friends recently, the matches, the players, anything about the World Cup.

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I'm alive and my heart is still beating. I've already got that kind of excitement for many times in my life. I have horrible memories when Brazil seemed to have a perfect team and skilful super star players and it was hard to accept a defeat. It's different this time. With those experiences in mind, I try not to have a heart attack every time Brazil plays, wins or loses. I'm sure my son will learn it from me. Well...apart from the result, this World Cup will be unforgetable to my son for many reasons.

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Hello Enayat

Welcome to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Learning English student's blog - it is good to see you here. I am also a blogging newbie, this is the first time that I have posted something here, so we are both on the 'English language blogging adventure' together! That's a great phrase!

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First July 2010 is my first ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ English Language blogging adventure. My fingers were touching my PC's keyboard writing a topic when a rapid pops up on the screen caught my eyes and drew my attention "World Cricket League Division one, first July and the first Afghanistan Cricket match against Canada in Netherland". Thereafter, it was all about my blogging. few of my other office colleagues joined me in watching the game, who will win ?

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Well now, I think it is months (Carrie will say years) since I last wrote a little for the staff blog. I'm not sure I'm really up to it anymore, what with all the other brilliant staff blogs already available. But, as they say, you never know until you try and I'm pretty sure you'll tell me soon enough.

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