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Blogging Zero: One Big Excuse For Five Good Reasons

by Hanifa K. Cook | Jul 15, 2010 | Personal Blog

Let me tell you my one big excuse and five good reasons why I have not been blogging here. The five good reasons: 1. We moved to a new apartment. The whole process took about 3 days but the lead up to the move, unpacking, rearranging and settling down have taken much...

Collaborate At RealTime With Your Language Partner

by Hanifa K. Cook | May 18, 2010 | Tool

Here is an example of how you can collaborate at real time with your language partner online. And you can get it for free without having to download any application. To get started, you need to have: a good internet connection headset with speaker and a language...

Mother Tongue Language Leaves A Heavy Weight On The Shoulders

by Hanifa K. Cook | May 12, 2010 | Personal Blog

In recent weeks, there have been discussions on whether to reduce the weighting of Mother Tongue Language (MTL) [1] for PSLE (Primary School Leaving Examinations) students. Mother Tongue Language is a subject in the Singapore education curriculum. The languages are...

Understanding Metaphors

by Hanifa K. Cook | May 3, 2010 | English, Language

Definition: A metaphor, or commonly known as a figure of speech, is used as analogy of ideas and objects. It usually begins by transferring the same word into a new sentence, the sense of which changes with the subject matter. By itself, the meaning of the word...

Can Twitter Verified Apple User Please Tweet Up?…The Answer Came

by Hanifa K. Cook | Apr 25, 2010 | Networking

I am currently using the Twitteriffic application on the iPhone. On Twitter’s site, you will usually notice that some users have ticks on the side of their avatars which says, “Verified Account”. Today, I spotted ageneric cialis without prescriptionn account...