Dear John

Dear John, How are you doing in Poland? You asked ** to write you something about my likes and dislikes. Recently I've been pretty busy. I started postgraduate studies in *** field of management and it's my last free weekend before Christmas. It's another wicked course I'm taking.But I can't help it, it's very interesting stuff for me and I really like to get know new things. I graduated from geography and linguistics but once I started to work in different places it turned out that this knowledge is not that useful and I have to do some additional courses to work in business freely. Basically, my main business interest is customer service in retail business. One would ask what it has to do with geography or linguistics? That is why I decided to study more and expand my knowlegde. Being a business trainer, which is my dream, requires me to be well educated in business, so I make up previous years of education and read many books and complete my education. It turned out that it helps me to grow. Attending business trainings, performing my own ones are a source of fulfillment for me and became my personal interests. In addition, when I'm not involved in *** above mentioned issues I love to sit on a couch and read books, watch American TV series, especially 'Friends'. I love travelling and skiing. I hope you got know something more about me. Take care and we're seeing on Tuesday! Dominika

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My two lovely sisters

Family is very important for everyone, especially me. During my all life, I have been supported by my parents and sisters. They have encouraged me to follow my dreams and they also give me good advices when I ask for their help. When we talk about family, it's difficult to select someone to describe, because in a parental relationship we don't have preferences. However, this time, I would like to talk about my two sisters whose names are Carina and Margarida. Carina is 31 years old and she is a solicitor. She is very cheerful and sociable. Her presence in a family or friends meeting always makes it lively because she is always telling funny stories in order to create a pleasant environment. Spontaneous and outgoing she never feels shy in any situation. She also is a straightforward and talkative person which makes her a good leader. Furthermore, she is passionate for animals, especially dogs and horses, so her favourite weekend program is being in contact with them and the nature. We usually go together to the park or the beach with our dogs and we have a lot of fun! My other lovely sister Margarida is 34 years old, she is the eldest sister, so she is always looking after me. She has a strong sense of duty, loyalty and values, so she respects her elders and is affectionate and kind to the youngsters. She is a very intelligent and a hardworking person, therefore she is a very successful lawyer. I admire her so much because she always have a kind word and also a good solution to solve her client's problems. Despite being beautiful and charming, she is not pretentious or arrogant, she is, in fact, warm-hearted and friendly. However, she has a strong personality that make her being practical, realistic and self-confident. To summarize, I am very proud of my sisters because they have warm personalities, they care about others, especially those who they love and they are successful in their careers. I believe that nobody else has as a wonderful relationship with their siblings as me, because we love being together and even when we are far from each other, the distance cannot diminish our nearness.

My younger sister - Bach Duong Nguyen

It was an autumn evening in August when the doctor told my father that there was a problem with my mother's body: the seven-months baby inside her womb couldn't get the foods or oxygen from her bloodstream as other babies must get. And my father had to make a decision: save my mother or save the baby. Of course he chose my mother. But magic happened. At this night my sister was born prematurely, she found a way to the life herself. My sister doesn't have a good health, it's easy to understand. She is very thin. Her skin is slightly pale and she often catches cold. In despite of the fact that she doesn't have a good heath, she still has a very strong personality. I think her strength can be explained that she had to fight for herself even when she wasn't born. There's a spiritual power inside her. She believes that there's nothing that she couldn't do and she wouldn't give up on anything for any reason. But on the other hand she is very stubborn. She does only things that she wants to, and never listens to other people's opinion. That's why it's hard for the others to make friend with her. But everything has an exception, so is she. She listens to only one person, she trusts this person without any doubt. This person is me. She makes me feel like I'm her world. If I say something is true, it's true. There's no other way about it. I really don't understand why I have such a big influence on her. I'm so happy that she came into my life, and just because life gave her a change to survive, I thank God!
She is good at singing and she wants to be a singer. Everyone is against her dream, they said she wasn't able to do it. But I believe her, I will support her unconditionally. As long as I still can, whatever she might do, wherever we are, I'm with her.

MY DAD- ANA R

My dad grew up in big family. He was the youngest brother among 7. He was quite naughty when he was a child, for that reason he got expelled from the school in several times and he became a pain in the neck for his parents and his older brothers. However he was always an excellent student. When he got into the university he had become a passionated pupil of chemicals. As he finished his studies he decided to be an university teacher also he got a job in an important company of chemical products so he had to share his time between being a teacher and engineer. I have learnt from him to love what I want to do and even more what I do. Despite his age (his is still young, though) he spends a lot of time and enjoy his free time reading and learning all about chemical processes. Whats more the best present for him is always a book related to chemicals...

My best friend- Juan A

My best friend grew up in a family from a working class background. We met each other when we were 10 but we had never talked again each other because we were in different schools although when we were 16 a coincidence had happened we met each other again in the same school and in the same classroom, since that moment we became the best friends ever. We finish our school together when we were 18 and immediately we applied to chemical engineering in Medellin, our hometown. It was a bad decision for him because he always had wanted to be a doctor but he couldn't apply to that because his score in the graduation exam wasn't enough. That year was terrible for him because he always failed his exams and every activity he made always failed therefore he quit the university and started to study to make other graduation exam to try to improve his score and finally to get into the medical school. He was lucky because he passed the exam and he started the medical studies and now he is a doctor like he always had wanted to be.

My dad

I suppose my dad grew up in a fairly poor household. His mom was from a working-class background, and his dad had been in the merchant marine (from Norway) and had had to work as a janitor to make ends meet for the family. He grew up in a strict Pentecostal environment - that was the religion his father had brought with him into the small Norwegian community in Brooklyn, New York where they lived. I don't think his relationship to his father was always easy. My dad (his name's Stan) did very well in school and wanted to go to university and to become a church minister. His dad, my grandfather Olav, tried to persuade him to just get a trade and go to work like he had done. Eventually, when Stan got his Phd, he emigrated to Canada where he met my mom. He got a job teaching in the university city where I grew up. It's called Waterloo and it's about an hour from Toronto. Now, he's retired and has written three books - some of the content of the books reflects his experiences growing up in New York. Maybe his leaning towards academia is what made me want to become a teacher too?

My house!! - Diana

Hello! I live in a large-large house!! My house is my country,my Armenia.. It has 11 rooms, each room separates many parts.. Each room has its own and special name.. At the centre of my house is the heart of Armenia:Yerevan... My home is in the north west. I live in a small village which has few population.. You can see many cows, sheeps,horses,pigs in my village: my house is right in the middle of the village. It's only 10 minutes walk from my house to my school, to culture hall.. My house is large. It has two floors. My room is in the second floor... We have 4 badrooms, a living room, a dinning room, a large kitchen, two bathrooms... There are breathtaking views of the mountains from all the windows... I can see the highest mountain of Armenia from my window. My house has a large balcony,wooden floors,a jacuzzi,cabel television, chimney.. There are many fields and trees all around my house.. I've extanded family.. We're 7, we live together... It's really good... I love and miss my house,my family... )))))

My Flat - Juan Carlos Camargo

I’ve lived in Bogota since 2010. This is a large city located in the west of Colombia. I live in a residential area in the north of the city in a block of flats. My flat is very spacious and comfortable. It has two rooms, two bathrooms, a big kitchen and a nice living room, this last room has a big window so it is very airy. My flat is located on the first floor and near to car-park, so it’s sometime noisy. The neighbourhood is safe, peaceful and the best is there are a lot of stores, restaurants and enormous chopping center and you can find everything. Also, It's really green, there are a lots of trees everywhere. There’s a bus stop in front of the block flats and you can walk approximately 10 minutes to Gran Central Station. The neighbours are very friendly and quiet, although the majority is old people. I like my flat too much, and every month I like to invite to my family and friends here for a party o a meal and spend a Great time!.

my house - Dain -

My house is flat. It's situated betweem Rohempton and Putney. It's cosy modern flat on the 4th floor with lift. It has four bedrooms, a kitchen/ dining room with small balcony and two bathrooms. The flat has good viewing, and during the day it's very light so all day warm. There's a tube station by bus 10-minute to Putney station. This flat is perfect for single. If you smoke, you can just on the balcony.

My house I’m living in Uzbekistan, one of the most cosmopolitan and interesting countries in the world. I live in north-eastern part of country-in Tashkent. Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan and it is considered the most developed city in the country. My house is a semidetached house, it is consist of 2 floors, a big garden and yard. It has got 13 rooms, also 2 bathrooms. My room is a usual girl room, but it is cosy and amazing. A distinctive feature of our house is that our house is very pure and airy, so the person which once visited our house, will surely want to return there once again. On the right side our house lives a very nice family - about that neighbours is possible only dream. On the left side lives a very peaceful husband with his wife. I think that in my house created all necessary conditions for healthy and happy life that’s why our house is suitable for everyone! Umida Raimova

My house-Giacomo

I live in a semi-detached house in Padua, a town located in the North-Est of Italy, 30 minutes by train from Venice. It is a beautiful 200-square-metre house with three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a spacious living room and a modern kitchen. At the last floor there is also a big terrace where in summer my friends and I usually sunbathe. The most special characteristic of my house is certainly the garden. It is not so big, but I like it so much: it is an idyllic place with a lot of flowers and a gazebo where my family and I eat in summer. Here when I was a child I used to play with my dog: it is ideal if you have a pet! The neighbourhood is safe and quiet: the house is located in a residential area out side the city center, but it is only one minute walk from a bus stop, so you can go in the center in less than twenty minutes. I live in this house since I was I child, so I love it so much: in my opinion it is ideal for a family who want to live in a quiet place, while remaining near to the city center. Giacomo

My house

Elke Stam Netherlands – Oosterstreek (Friesland) I live in a very little town with only 520 citizens and I probably now all of them. You could describe my neighbourhood as ‘country side’ with lots of woods and green lands with cows and horses. There are lots of farms around, however I live in a normal separate family house. The house is build fifteen years ago and looks just really normal. It’s a quite big house with ceiling, garage and basement. Upstairs four bedrooms and a bathroom and downstairs a bedroom with attached bathroom. Also downstairs you have the kitchen, sitting room, dining room and scullery. The garden is all around the house and is quite nice. In the front of the house, with flowers and a little path. In the back green grass, a coop and terrace. The most beautiful about the house view, even though in the front there is just street and houses. In the back you have a beautiful view over green lands with horse flowers and cow’s easily grassing.

I live in the suburb of Rome. If you are looking for a quit place near Rome, my cottage is perfect. It is not very close to the centre, about 45 minutes by bus and underground, but it is very close to Ostia, where you can find a wonderful sea. MY cottage has 5 bedrooms (I am in a six-people family!), 3 bathrooms, a kitchen and a very spacious living room. It also has a garden and a garage. My room is not very spacious, but fortunately I don't have to share it with my brothers. The great defect of my cottage is that it is not close to the public transport, like bus stop or underground, but luckily I have a scooter. Bye, Fabio

My house

I live in Naples with my family in a flat near the biggest park in the city called Capodimonte. In this park there is the ancient king's palace that now is used like museum. It is very close to the centre, about 20 minutes by bus. The building in which is situated my flat is very ancient too: it was built in the 18th century and was the house of the queen's guards. My flat is at the second floor and is composed of four rooms: there are a living room, a kitchen and two bedrooms. My room it's not so spacious because I share it with my brother, but from the next year we'll move house so and I'll have my own room! In my room there is a mezzanine where we have our musical instruments. I used to play my guitar there. Bye bye, Lorenzo.