Base, Bases, Basic and Basics, Basis, Bases
Wed Jul 18 09:14:45 PDT 2018 I just learned something new today. The word "Base" can be adjustive in English. I thought it could be noun only. We use "Base case" all the time in Mathmatic Induction so it makes scene The word "Basic" is adjective is obvious but it can be used as noun too. e.g. we need to learn the basics of English Ne Phrase: hundreds of thousands of people in the Paris Eiffel Tower
scrub, scrutiny, scrutinise, screw
18-18-2016 @ 10:34, new words today scrub - rub sth or someone hard so as to clean them, typically with a brush and water: He had to scrub the floor She was scrubbing herself down at the sink, she scrubbed furiously at the plates scrutiny [noun] scrutinies [verb]
Para words
Parallel Parallelogram Parachute
Close to something or someone
Build an array strip[] that contains all points close or closer than d to a line passing the middle of points. Tom doesn't even close to Nancy when it comes to artistic ability.
Compared to, compare with
The store's price are high compared to what some other stores charge Instance coffee doesn't compare with freshly ground coffee.
As: simultaneous changes
Compare When you get older, moving house gets harder.[one thing happens first and as the result the second thing is true] As you get older, moving house gets harder.[The two things happen as the same time]
As as a preposition
We use it with an noun to refer to the role or purpose of a person or thing. I worked as waiter when I was a student.
As as a conjunction
They arrive as they were leaving. [time conjunction meaning 'while' or 'when']
But and However in sentense
I have worked in the company for two years but I hate the job. I have worked in the company for two years. However, I hate the job
English Tenses: Past perfect [had + participle]
I had worked on the project for two years before you moved to Orlando Florida
How to use AS IF in the sentense
Clauses the start with as if describle the unreal or unsure or improbable situation if they are followed by unreal tense [or past subjunctive or the past perfect subjunctive] He seems as if he knew the answer. [No one know whether he know the answer or not] He looks as if he knew the answer He seems as if he hadn't slept for days
Night club shooting in Orlando Florida
50 people are killed and 53 people are injured in a nightclub mass shooting in Orlando Florida This is the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, I'm not sure about that Believe there are more than one shooter with assault rifle in the nightclub at 2am on Sunday. Obama will come out and repeat the same thing. Hey, we need to solve the Guns issues.. American people said. Hey, own a gun is first amendment. We dont care how many get killed with illegal guns every year What we know about the suspect? The killed is identified as Omar Mateen. a U.S citizen of Afghan descent U.S. President Barack Obama called it 'an act of terror and an act of hate.' Islamic State claims responsibility
English Sentence
Mon Aug 15 11:34:08 PDT 2016 I just miss the phone technical interview today, and I need to lie about being stuck in traffic. I was stuck in traffic this morning, please reschedule it, LOL. I'm pretty sure this is typical excuse for being late Here are the top five excuses for being late 1. My car broke down on the highway or on the road 2. There was something came up suddenly this morning and I can't be on the phone.
English has too many Crazy Forms, Crazy English
Sat May 7 16:22:48 PDT 2016 1. Continua, Continuous, Continuously, Continual, Continuity, continuation, Continguous 11. Consecurive, Consecutively, Consecutiveness 12. Sequence, Sequent, Sequently 13. Dangerous, Dangerously, Dangle, Dangling 2. Techie, Technical, Technician, Technology, Technologies, Technological, Technologically 3. Practice[Practise British] Practical, Practicable, Practicing[a practicing architech], Practician, Practicably 4. Traver[se], Traver[sal], Traver[sable] 5. Success[noun], Succeed[verb], Successful, Successfully, Successfulness 6. Ancestor, Ancestral, Ancestry, Sibling, descend, scend, scene 7. Even [adverb]- Used in comparision for emphasis. he knows even less about it then I do 8. Emphasis[noun], Emphasize[verb] - give special important or prominence in speaking or writing 9. Extra, Extract, Extreme, Extremely 10. Cash, Cache, Caching 11. Temporal, Temporary, Temporarily 12. Explosive, Explode, detonate, refuse, torch 13. Wound, Wounded [past tense], Wounded [past participle] -- Flying class wounds his face and neck 14. Wind, Wound[past tense], wound[past participle]
Read a article today about bombing in Thailand
Sun Aug 14 13:57:39 PDT 2016 1. Here are the keywords that I learn from the bombing article 2. Explosive, Explode, Detonate, Defuse, Torch 3. Torch - [set fire to] 4. Here are the sentences that I learn from the article. 5. The bomb is exploded near a market 6. Five explosive devices were hidden in the plant pot near the upscale resort in Hua Hui. 7. Open-font door bar. 8. The attack has killed four locals and wounded dozens 9. Whoever carried out these attacks, they surely send a message, shaking public confidence in the military's ability to maintain peace and order. 10. The southern insurgent has continued for 12 years and killed more than 6000 people, 11. but rarely spreaded outside the three Maylay-Muslim provinces, and almost never targeded Thailand's many tourist hotspots. 12. Another fire bomb was found in the island of Phuket and defused, local police said. 13. The quality of the bombs are bad. One works and other other two didn't
I'm wondering how many people use their real names in Starbucks
Thu Apr 14 18:37:51 PDT 2016 I went to Starbucks quite often this day. Most of employees knew my name so far. I never use my real name actually. I have nothing to hide but I usually use random name when they ask my name. I'm wondering how many people use their real name when they order their Ceramel Macchiato I'm also wondering what kind of reaction they have if I ask their cell number when they ask me name in Starbucks
Why Starbucks should create some English names for their drink
I love Camerel Macchiato but I never can remember how to spell and how to pronounce it.
What is wrong with English
Thu Apr 14 00:52:46 PDT 2016 I always don't remember how to spell Cash and Cache since they have the same pronunciation. Cash - [kæʃ] Cache - [kæʃ]
Mon Apr 11 21:49:14 PDT 2016 [Recurit a new Soccer player] When I went to Richmond soccer field for a walk today, I saw a guy who is familliar to me. I asked him whether he plays soccer in Burnaby every Saturday. He told me he is the guy and his name is Lee something. We chatted a while. he told me he moved here when he was 14 and he teach English here. I think he love to play soccer so I told him we play in the Richmond Soccer field at 3:30 every Saturday. He seems pretty excited. Obviously he seems very excited about being part of the team.
Tue Apr 12 11:36:09 PDT 2016 Explicit - state clearly, leaving no room for confusion or doubt Implicit - implied though no plainly expressed Today, I drove to the Richmond Library at around 11am. When I tried to park my car in the parking lots, I found out I forgot my bottle of water at home. I just drove the car back home and got the water. It took me ten minutes. I'm just looking at the EmojiOne website and they have some pretty interested Emoji in SVG file format. SVG file format can be scaled to any size without losing the detail of image.
Wed Feb 24 10:31:53 PST 2016 It takes only 30 seconds to form an impression. Write with confidence, not arrogance. Write about your self. Who are you? What are your interests? What is your background? What are your achievements? What are your talents? What challenges have you faced? Pick one topic, describe it in detail, and use that to introduct yourself. I'm a fan of backetball, tennis and soccer. When I was growing up, I would watch soccer with my dad and brother every Saturday. Detail your talents and skills specifically. Structure the cover letter as a cause and effect. A cover letter should explain the employer or admission why you are the best candidate for the position, or what you should be admitted to the University or program to which you are applying
I expored a number of options including Preview and Adobe PDF reader. I expored a number of options including bank robbery and hacking I expored a number of options to improve my English skills including reading one article and writing one article a day. I expored serval options to brush up on my English skills including reading and wrting an article a day I expored a few optinos to brush up on my English skills including reading and writing an article daily I expored all the possibilities. I investigate all the possibilities to come up solution. Expore - examine, evaluate, - travel in or through an unfamililar country or area in order to familiarize oneself with it I continue to expore new ways to generate income. Communication skills include listening, speaking and writing skill.
Thu Jan 28 17:32:10 PST 2016 If you want someone rely on you, it is better to understimate your abilities and overestimate your risks than to go in a direction that actually involves more uncertainty than you can justfy. She pushed the anxious uncertainties out of her mind.
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Fri Sep 25 20:41:49 PDT 2015 New Words: duplicate [adjective] [verb] record [noun] [verb] elaborate [adjective] [verb] execute [noun] [verb] disguise [] a different appearance in order to conceal one's identity disguise [] a different appearance in order to conceal one's identity disguise [] a different appearance in order to conceal one's identity gust [] noun - a brief or rush wind disgust [] profound disapproved aroused by sth unpleasant or offensive elaborate [] involving carefully arranged part or details, detailed and complicated in design and planning elaborate [] involking carefully arranged parts or details, detailed and complicated in design and planning. elaborate [] involking carefully arranged parts or details, detailed and complicated in design and planning. grandiose [ ] impressive and magnificent in appearance or style liberal - adjective, open to new behavious or opinion and willing to discard traditional values bind [] [past and past participle bound] visible [] seeable, obversable[obverse] notify, note, notice, noticeable, detectable[detect] e.g. the action putStrLn "Hello World" with previous result bound to sth. Have + Object + past participle e.g. I have my hair cut.[I have cut my hair] Being + adjective The structure being + adjective is used to talk about actions and behaviour e.g. why are you being so silly e.g. you are being cruel when you hurt others with your words or actions. e.g. this involes being liberal with your SpaceBar and Enter/Return Key Being + past participle Being can be followed by a past participle. This structure is used in the passive forms of present and past continuous tenses. e.g. mother is cooking the dinner e.g. the dinner is being cooked e.g. I'm quite sure someone is following me[Active] e.g. I'm quite sure I'm being followed[Passive] Being in participle clauses instead of because/since/as, we sometimes use an abverbial participle clause with being. e.g. Being late, he could't watch the movie[Becase he is late, he could't watch the movie] [Therefore, Consequently, For this reason, As a result, Thus] thing have changed recently-which led to people asking the questions [led to someone asking sth] lay out the current setup lines starting with '#' lines ending with certain strings sentence starting with capital letter print all the words separated by white spaces use pattern matching and regular expression how to split words separated by one or more whitespace please [explain] why the merge is necessary connecting and linking words in English it is [essiential] to understand linking words, as part of speech, can be used to combine ideas in writing, and thus ensure that ideas within sentences and paragraphs are elegantly connected - for the benefit of the reader. 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I primarily use the GHCi to get help on many unfamilar functions :info concat - show the definition of concat function :load helloworld.hs - compile helloword.hs :e helloword.hs - edit the helloword.hs[editor has to be set before that, e.g. vim] :load helloword.hs following by main to run the code Wed Sep 30 11:50:27 PDT 2015 I went to WallMart this morning to buy a money order. I ask for 100 cash back and the WallMart employee just give me 100 bill. I ask him can you give me to 20 bills, he said, sorry, 'we don't have any 20 bills any more' This is pretty ridiculous behavious. Here is Why WallMart sucks: The groceries are crappy. For example, it is extremely hard to find a good apple in WallMart. The services are poor. For example, they don't have 20 bills for my 100 cash back. The lines are extremely slow. 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I really don't understand what is his intention? but I can feel he has some shit on his mind Air conditioned car. The senior manager asks me the same shit to send him the email about my performance I think this is not a good sign for me in next week, they might block me to transfer to other team Well, finger cross and see what will happen, it would be excited and depressive Thu Feb 1 07:38:21 2018 It would be excited and depressive today and I will see how the guy pull the shit of me. Personally, I would like to leave the company right away. However, I always think what other people is thinking about me like what company do you work for? do you have house? do you have car? how much money do you make? do you work for top company?... this is all shit.. and we need to get rid of that in our mind. Thu Feb 1 19:34:46 2018 My new manager told me I won't be able to move to new team next Monday and I got a new message from him and said I might be able to move to new team next Monday. finger cross, I will see what will happen? Air conditioned car? what is conditioned here anyway? Do you have any update from HR?.. I told me he will get me posted. Nath guy send me the info how to connect to Dynamoc DB and how to connect to Oracle. Well, he did not send it to me at the same day when he assigned me the task? Send me the task and ask me here is the task, and you need to fix the shit? what the fuck that I need to do actually? Create Test DB account and I still can't make the connection to DB.. not what is going with those BS.. My manager told me you need to finsh the task without anyone help?? seriously?? he guy obviously does not know what he's talking about???.. Without any help from anyone?... what the fuck the guy is talking about? 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