Short Story: Untitled

Those who have had close calls with death say their life flashes before their eyes. And it’s true. The first thing you start to think about as time slows down around you is your past and your memories and what will become of it all. As I saw the glass shards floating past me, and watched as the car crumpled up around me at infinitesimally slow speeds, coupled with the other driver’s face, I pushed all of that aside and began frantically thinking about my wife and children.

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Short Story: Untitled

Crazy ESL Contest: What do you want to be when you grow up?

What do you want to be when you grow up? Or, I suppose I should say, what did you want to be? And what are you now? And what would you like to be in the near/far future?

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Crazy ESL Contest: What do you want to be when you grow up?

Crazy ESL Contest: 7 Deadly Sins and You

Pretend you are in an interview and you have to introduce yourself — except you must mention all your flaws in relation to the 7 Deadly Sins. Make sure to point out which sin is strongest and which is weakest. [...]

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7 Deadly Sins 000

Crazy ESL Contest: Choose five people you know, and describe them in five words.

This one should be fun. Simply list any five people you know, describe each in five words — no more, no less (Yes, you can chose me if you must!). Here are the RULES. You have all of March to [...]

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Killers of the Three Kingdoms 三国杀: Shu Characters

Here are all the Shu characters through the Wind Expansion and their English Translations. Check out the Basic Rules, Action Cards, and Equipment Cards as well. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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蜀国人物 Shu Characters

Crazy ESL Contest: If you were an animal, what animal would you be, and why?

The Chinese New Year is upon us! And it’s the year of the Rabbit! I would by no means (不采用任何办法;绝不会) consider myself a rabbit though. If I had to be an animal I would probably be an otter (水獭). I [...]

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Animorphs book

本杰明富兰克林的13美德

本杰明富兰克林(Benjamin Franklin),“第一个美国人”,是美国创立之父。写作,政治,科学的领域都以富兰克林为先锋。最经典的故事自然是本杰明富兰克林放风筝寻找电雷的故事,但他人品最有意义的故事还是他给他儿子写来的信,关于应该怎么做人。富兰克林认为他一切的成就由于他这个做人的格式。他甚至会随身带一小本子,犯了这格式里的原则就会记下来。原则总共13条,而且每周他会挨个注重其中一条,一轮为13周,一年四轮。 13 美德

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Benjamin Franklin

First Monthly Board Gaming Weekend

It was my birthday on January 23rd, so I decided to incorporate my party with the first board gaming weekend. I’ve been wanting to do this for some time now, and the perfect opportunity arose. I had told people to [...]

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First game at my ESL board gaming weekend

Killers of the Three Kingdoms (Three Kingdoms Kill /三国杀) Equipment Cards

Here is an attempt at Translating the Equipment cards. Check out my post about the basic rules here, and one about the Action cards here.

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Short Story: Untitled

Hey everyone! This is my first post since the summer break, and I figured I would break out of my shell and share a short story I wrote recently. I’ve shared a few in the past, but this is one that I’m more proud of than usual. I hope you like it!

This morning… I wonder If it is still reasonable for me to call it that. Nevertheless, this morning, I woke up early, as usual, got dressed, and put on my lucky green tie. It was perhaps the best half windsor I’ve ever tied, and I admired it in the mirror for a brief moment. Oh, looking back, it was that brief moment, or any number of other moments, that led to my demise. The accident was so precise. Had I taken a little more or a little less time on any of several activities… Ah, but now I question my own perception of time. Let me explain myself though. Today, my lucky green tie did me no good. I got into an accident on the drive to work. A “fatal” accident. I am not dead yet, but my death is imminent.

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Crazy ESL Contest: What do you want to be when you grow up?

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Or, I suppose I should say, what did you want to be? And what are you now? And what would you like to be in the near/far future?

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Crazy ESL Contest: Your Worst Language Mistake Ever

大便与大饼

Your Worst Language Mistake Ever

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Crazy ESL Contest: 7 Deadly Sins and You

Pretend you are in an interview and you have to introduce yourself — except you must mention all your flaws in relation to the 7 Deadly Sins. Make sure to point out which sin is strongest and which is weakest.

The Seven Deadly Sins are:

  1. Gluttony 食欲
  2. Envy/Jealousy 嫉妒
  3. Lust 性欲
  4. Pride 傲慢
  5. Anger/Wrath 愤怒
  6. Greed/Avarice 贪婪
  7. Sloth/Laziness 懒惰

Here are the RULES.

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Crazy ESL Contest: Choose five people you know, and describe them in five words.

This one should be fun. Simply list any five people you know, describe each in five words — no more, no less (Yes, you can chose me if you must!).

Here are the RULES.

You have all of March to get the entries in!

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Killers of the Three Kingdoms 三国杀: Shu Characters

Here are all the Shu characters through the Wind Expansion and their English Translations.

Check out the Basic Rules, Action Cards, and Equipment Cards as well.

三国杀 KoTK Shu Characters Liu Bei三国杀 KoTK 马超 .

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三国杀 KoTK Shu character Wei Yan 魏延三国杀 KoTK Shu character Huang Zhong 黄忠三国杀 KoTK Shu character Huang Yue Ying 黄月英三国杀 KoTK Shu character Zhao Yun 赵云三国杀 KoTK Shu character Zhang Fei 张飞三国杀 KoTK Shu character Zhu Ge Liang 诸葛亮

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Crazy ESL Contest: If you were an animal, what animal would you be, and why?

The Chinese New Year is upon us! And it’s the year of the Rabbit! I would by no means (不采用任何办法;绝不会) consider myself a rabbit though. If I had to be an animal I would probably be an otter (水獭). I love the water, I have buck teeth, and I enjoy building stuff out of natural materials.

Animorphs book

This is kind of scary

The topic for February’s Contest is:

If you were an animal, what would you be, and why? Which animal best describes you?

Again, here are the RULES for the contest.

Also, congratulations to Peter for winning last month’s contest! Keep sending in entries everyone!

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