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Podcast review ESL podcast

I started to listen to this podcast since 2011.

ESL podcast is very famous podcast for non-native speakers.
It provides two short dialogs and an english cafe every week.

This podcast is suitable for all level such as beginner, intermediate, and advanced level.
This is very helpful for everyone.

First,
It is because the speed is relatively slow compared to the normal-speed.
Also, it provides scripts!
(You can see the scripts when you use iphone/iPod music player)

Second,
When the difficult words are used,
The host will explain it in easy word.
That helps us to remember synonyms!

What’s more is that you can download previous episodes from ESLPOD.com.
The total number of episodes is over 1000.
Ech episode is categorized such as business,health,relationship etc.

Finally

The dialogs are mostly related to a daily situation.
English Cafe has some categorized theme such as american culture, famous city, american presidents.

The good thing about this is that it’s free.
(If you want to get more information such as script or learning guide, you have to be a member)

Third time cockroaches came out.

To me,
the least favorite thing in the world is a cockroach.

I think it is unavoidable to meet them in the Philippines,
because the weather here is always humid and hot.

The previous two cockroachs are small, I could kill them by using insect-killer.

But this time, the size is too big!
and I lost sight of cockroaches.

All I could do is to use insect-killer everywhere in my room.
Maybe I will die of fear.

Podcast review Business English pod

Business English pod literally provides business related English.
This podcast is divided into three categories.

First category is business situation conversation.
It lasts about 20-minutes,
It contains dialog and guide and question.

Second category is monolog.
The host tells you some useful tips related business vocabulary and situation.

Third category is Business news.

You can learn various situation through this podcast.
I will recommend this podcast for more intermediate learners.

hangover

I had a hangover yesterday.
I’m not good at drinking.
Two glass of Gin tonic made me drunk too much!

When I am in Japan, I usually go to cheaper bar such as “Shirokiya” or “Watami”, where they providea cocktail of diluted alcohol.

But yesterday situation is different.
After I ate a breakfast, I felt sick!

Nexttime I must be careful because I can’t drink much!

4 men sit in a row

In the philippines, All most all taxi cars are TOYOTA vios.
The capacity of this car is 5.

When we were going to ride taxi, there were 5 people.
I thought we had to use two taxis,but my friend said one taxi is enough.
I wondered how to ride 5 people in one taxi.

The solution was to sit 4 people in rear seat!
It was very narrow but we could manage to do it.

because of 4 men’s heavy weight,
The tax rubbed the lower part of the body when crossing a step.

CPDRC Dancing Inmates Oct 2014

This is famous sightseeing spot.
To my surprise, The all dancers are inmates!

According to my friend,The shuttle bus service between citi capital and CPDRC is not available now.
We had to find a way to get there by our own.
You will have to negotiate with a taxi driver, Most taxi drivers do not want to go. because road is too narrow.Additional fee may be required!

Indeed, the road to CPDRC was very narrow and steep way.
All my friends thought If they were a driver, they would want to go too.

We arrived 11:45 AM, then wrote a name and get card.
card No was 042. the maximum capacity is 300.

At 1:00 PM,
the gate was open. we coud get good spot!
but I had to wait 90 minutes in very humid and hot condition.
during that time, you could buy some souvenirs such as T-shirt.
The t-shirts were sold out soon.
I recommend you buy it before dance performance begin.

At 2:30
Dance began, many people watched prisoners dance and took pictures and movies.
In the final dance, you even join prisoners!
after that, you can contact with prisoners!

In japan, It is impossible!

all-you-can-eat restaurant Part IIII

This is the third time to visit all-you-can-eat restaurant(Wang Shan Lo Restaurant ) since I came here.

Today my friends graduated from my school, we held the graduation party at Chinese restaurant.

This restaurant is expensive compared to other restaurant,
because it is inside the hotel and main target is foreigners.

with 450 pesos,
you can choose and eat what you want!
(but drink is not included!)

If you have ayara card, you can get 40% discount!
At first, I thought 14%, but 40%!

Food was great!
So I want to come here again, after getting ayara card!

New ministar scandals uncovered

After Yuko Obuchi’s resignation,
Youichi Miyazawa (his uncle was the 78th prime minister) was appointed her successor.

Japan’s new trade ministar has already two scandals.
One is his spending on racy bar.
The other is possession of Tokyo Power electronic Company(TEPCO).

Since trade ministar work is related to TEPCO which is now strugling with the nuclear power plant accident in 2011),
It is considered not good to hold TEPCO’s stock.

I believe he will have to resign within a month.