#38

     This morning, I had only one class, so I could just get to school before 11 o'clock. I woke up at 6, and checked my phone. Moja asked me if I could take responsibility for their grammar training. Well, I didn't know why he had such confidence about my grammars, hahahaha, but I was glad to accept the responsibility and glad that I could do something for the group. Moja shared a grammar book with me -- English Grammar in Use -- and he said that the book is the best grammar book he had ever seen. I searched it from an online bookstore right away, and it was a little expensive. However, I think I don't have a grammar book, so I decide to buy it. I can't wait to read the book!

     Last night, my mom took me to the hospital because my right foot hurt for around a month. The doctor said that it was plantar fasciitis, and since I was a teacher, she guessed the reason why I suffered from it was that I stood and walked in class for a long time, and I didn't let my foot have enough rest. It sounds a little horrible. Maybe I should start to do other kinds of sports from now on. I usually went to the stadium to jog or walk with Becky after work.

     Yesterday was Dec. 6, the day to give Jahangir my weight report, and he asked me to give him the report through the app LINE. I don't like to make him disappointed but my weight had no big difference. I still told him the truth and he started to murmur and said that he hoped that I could be slim like other girls, and then I could be more beautiful. He asked me "Don't you feel afraid of fat belly?" (I changed his words because his sentence has some grammatical errors.) I felt a little sad hearing he talking like that. My right foot pain made me a little sensitive and my brain started to paraphrase Jahangir's words, "You are too fat, so you should lose your weight to become beautiful because now you are too ugly! You are fat and ugly!"

     This was the first time that I didn't want to talk to him.

     Last night, Shishir added me in his friend list through Facebook, and it really surprised me. How could he find my Facebook page? It seems not so good because I don't like to be found so easily.

#37

     This morning, when I woke up, I checked my phone and found that it was only 13°c today. It was so difficult for me to get up.

     Today, we had homework of English listening. Moja sent an audio message and asked us to try to understand every word. It was interesting, so when I checked the message, I took my pencil and started to write down the message right away. The speaker used British English, "I'm unfamiliar with this accent, so it's good for me to practice," I thought.

     My mom said, our President Cai came to the stadium in Lukang, but when I got off work, I didn't see her or police officers, so I thought she had left. Then, I took a walk and chatted with Becky around the stadium last night.

     My friend, Ahmed, said that he was going to join a job interview. He shared his resume with me before, and it looked very nice. Best wishes to him!

#36

     It's been a long time for me to come here to write something about my life. I started to apply for job interviews this July, and started to work from the end of August. After I started to work, I had less time keeping those good habits before, like exercising every day, keeping a diary in English, taking online English classes, etc.

     Recently, I met a man from Iran through speaky, and he invited me to join his English learning group. It was very interesting for me to talk with foreigners and know about different cultures. Just last Saturday night, we talked about the topic: phone addiction through Skype.

     Then, it made me think that maybe I should restart to keep my diary to keep improving my English writing skill, so that's why I am here now.

     Nowadays, I almost use English every day because I made some foreign friends on speaky, and if I wanna talk with them, I can only talk in English, or we can't understand one another.

     My best friend, Jahangir, said that he camps and lives in the mountain where the Internet connection is very weak, and he is there for a project of road construction. He seems like a commander because he is responsible for arranging and telling those workers what to do. It's very cool for me since it's a field which I am unfamiliar with.

     I forgot the exact time but before I told Jahangir that I joined a TOEIC test and I told him that I felt good to join it, and maybe I could try to join an oral test next time. As usual, he supported my idea, but I said I have no confidence about my English speaking, so I should practice hard first.  It was so nice of him!!! He said I can practice speaking with him.

     At the night, he called me through the app LINE. It was the first time for me to talk with Jahangir on the phone although we've known each other for more than half year. I felt excited and a little nervous talking with him, and then I couldn't stop laughing on the phone. I felt happy that I had no difficulties understanding what he said. It was a very interesting experience!