Whimsical English

Look both ways

2012-05-12T11:08:00.004+02:00

It was directed -and written- by Sarah Watt, an Australian filmmaker and animator.More than most directors, her films drew on her personal experiences. Her 2005 film, Look Both Ways, gorgeously incorporated animation into live action to tell a story about a man (played by her husband William McInnes) coping with a cancer diagnosis, which she was dealing with herself at the time.

2012-05-05T17:35:00.001+02:00

Antwone Fisher

2012-05-05T17:26:00.003+02:00

If any one has seen the excellent movie “Antwone Fisher” a true story directed by Denzel Washington and starring the director and Derek Luke, you’ve heard this poem. It touches my heart, really. It was written by the real life Antwone Fisher, a poet and author. “Who will cry for the little boy, lost and all alone? Who will cry for the little boy, abandoned without his own? Who will cry for

2012-04-22T18:44:00.000+02:00

Listening to this talk on TED.com I've remembered you, my potentially readers and I founded it very interesting that's why I'm writing now to invite you to listen to it.ç have a look of this abstract talk: Abstract: Massachusetts Institute of Technology psychoanalyst and sociologist Sherry Turkle focuses on the human side of virtual communities on the

2012-04-21T14:17:00.000+02:00

Hi there... I've just seen an amazing and really complete blog about vintage time, Although I love some vintage-things, others seem to me so corny... Anyway, If you want to review this blog, click here Lots of thoughts come to my mind especially when I look the very first advertisements the way the call to our collective subconcious and of course, the look of the cards, of the women in

Figs are unique...

2012-03-17T17:51:00.000+01:00

The fig fruit is unique. Unlike most fruit in which the edible structure is matured ovary tissue, the fig's edible structure is actually stem tissue. The fig fruit is an inverted flower with both the male and female flower parts enclosed in stem tissue. This structure is known botanically as a syconium. At maturity the interior of the fig contains only the remains of these flower structures,

so scrumptious & gorgeous looking...

2012-03-04T18:34:00.000+01:00

let's live scrumptiously!

what do the sheperds do when they get bored?

2011-11-29T22:12:00.001+01:00

amazing http://www.wimp.com/sheeplight/

assumptions

2011-11-19T16:48:00.001+01:00

lost?

2011-11-19T16:22:00.002+01:00

Periwinkle is a color, too

2011-10-09T00:53:00.000+02:00

Periwinkle is a color in the blue-violet family. Its name is derived from the lesser periwinkle or myrtle herb (Vinca minor) which bears flowers of the same color. periwinkle is also a bígaro -in Spanish- and a flower, the 'vincapervinca'

october calendar

2011-10-08T12:00:00.000+02:00

Chicken paprika

2011-10-08T10:50:00.000+02:00

1 chicken, cut up. 1 large onion, thinly sliced 4 cloves of garlic, squashed and chopped 2 tomatoes, quartered 3 carrots, scraped and cut into rough lengths 2 potatoes, peeled and cut up 1 tablepoon paprika 2 teaspoons sumac (or half a lemon's juice) 2 bay leaves 3 long sprigs or 2 teaspoons dried summer savoury 3 sprigs thyme 3 teaspoons hot red pepper flakes salt and pepper Water Sour cream

a tip for learning irregular verbs properly

2011-10-01T22:00:00.001+02:00

Hay una forma muy equivocada de aprender los verbos irregulares, se trata de aprenderlos al estilo "come-came-come". El caso es que esta fórmula no funciona, e incluso obstaculiza, ya que se tiende a consultarla mentalmente antes de utilizarla al hablar . Para conseguir la agilidad deseada, es mejor practicar los tiempos verbales dentro del contexto, en frases hechas, como vemos a continuación.

Sunitha Krishnan fights sex slavery

2011-08-13T14:28:00.002+02:00

I did cry watching this video, please, pay full attention to it, it really worths it. She asks people to tell at least two people, I'm asking you to do the same.

My target

2011-08-11T18:58:00.003+02:00

I just want the words to flow from my fingertips -when writing in English- as easily as they flow when I express myself in my native languageI want them just popping into my head without any effort, this is my aim, this is now, my first target.... because It's really holding me back from expressing myself creatively out of the fear of being wrong... - grammatically wrong, in this case...-

Have you ever seen a karela?

2011-08-10T12:19:00.004+02:00

Bitter Gourd Curry (Karela/Kakara Kaaya Kura)Above you can see a karela cut in halves...and this is the flower of the karela It's known as a bitter melon, and you can make juices and dishes with it. It is also known to aid in the metabolism of carbohydrates and hence it is useful in Diabetes

once...

2011-07-02T06:38:00.000+02:00

Key Learning: Una vez es casi siempre "once" y no "one time". I've been to Disneyland once. One expression: That's wishful thinking. Te estás haciendo ilusiones. One phrasal verb: To get up to - hacer (travesuras) What did they get up to last night? ¿Qué hicieron anoche? One adjective: Sluggish -

to be as cunning as a fox

2011-06-10T11:51:00.002+02:00

To be as cunning as a fox means to be very clever at getting what you want, especially by tricking someone. Foxes have a reputation for being cunning. EXEMPLES OF USE: 1. The police haven't caught the burglar yet. He's as cunning as a fox. 2. You can't fool Jack. He's as cunning as a fox. 3. Don't trust her with your savings. She's as cunning as a fox and will trick you into giving away your

To spill the beans

2011-06-10T11:38:00.002+02:00

spill the beans - divulge confidential information or secretsIf you spill the beans, you reveal a secret or confess to something. Examples of use:1. Everyone's trying to make me spill the beans about who will be our new teacher. 2. We wanted to surprise our parents with a party for their anniversary, but my brother spilled the beans. 3. News item: Workers at a printing company were asked not to

'Shades of meaning'

2011-06-08T17:35:00.000+02:00

'Shades of meaning' Shades of meaning is a phrase used to describe the small, subtle differences in meaning between similar words or phrases; 'kid' and 'youth' both refer to young people, but carry differing views and ideas about young people. - Did you know that Inuit people have over 300 words for snow?Although there may be many different words for the same thing, there are

Red Lentil Soup (a turk recipe)

2011-05-30T15:11:00.001+02:00

You can sieve the soup or use a mixer like I did. Slice some lemon, cut a loaf of bread, sprinkle with sumac and salt to taste. Afiyet olsun! Red Lentil Soup 4 cups water chicken or beef bouillon 3/4 cups red lentils 1/2 cup 1 egg yolk teaspoon flour 1 small onionsalt, black pepper to tasteTo see the whole preparation go tomercimek çorbasi

silences

2011-05-30T14:39:00.001+02:00

Humming your Nocturne on the Circle Line, unlike the piano, running out of breathI've been writing you out of my life my loves (one out, one in).I've pushed you out of the way to see what the gaps in my life might look like,how large they are, how quickly I could write them in;and not (at least till I've lost you both) rewriting you only meansthat the spaces I'm not writing in are where I live.

Bill Strickland

2011-05-29T16:31:00.000+02:00

to be ablaze with

2011-05-29T15:35:00.000+02:00

- ablaze /əˈbleɪz/ adjetivo (pred): to be ablaze arder, estar en llamas; ardiendo - to set sth ablaze : prenderle fuego a algo; to be ~ with sth: her eyes were ablaze with indignation tenía los ojos encendidos de indignación; the street was ablaze with color la calle resplandecía de colornote:Hay una serie de adjetivos en inglés que se usan solo como predicado: por ejemplo, se dice the