Hey Ferda, where are you? Still in Connecticut or somewhere out there?

sure, come to florida. plenty of clubs down here!
how's your hubby and mom in law?

Oh yeah, Blountstown, small town in Panhandle. How long ago did you live here? Have you made it to Apalachicola National Forest? I would love to do some camping there one day soon.

Upravil(a) sunyata (1. 5. 2009 18:30)

Veranna, you didn't answer my question about that forest. I want to do some camping there. Are you familiar with that area?

The most beautifull place that I was astonished in the USA was Grand Canyon [Arizona], when I hiked it down,.... Wow... I strongly recommend to everybody

I am sorry for your husband and you, but I hope you found there what you had been looking for. I was there after my high school studies. I passed one year in a high school but since I already had a graduation from CZ, they did not allow me to have the Amercian one. On the other hand I was allowed to take whatever course I wanted. It was a small and narrow-minded school with old-fashioned staff and farming study programme, which was far from my ideals and wishes. But I enjoyed the stay and travels, met some nice open-minded people and finally made my own opinion of the American dream and democracy. But that's too personal. Since then I am specializing in the English language. I studied it at a university and now I am translating, proof-reading, subtitling etc. I run a small company here and I am conducting a mixed choir
And you live in Tampa or somewhere around?

Hello! No Reservations (Koření života) - it´s a movie. It´s romantic. I liked it. It is very nice and gentle. I don´t know, if it is really a good film. It´s an ordinary romantic movie. But I liked it. If you like romantic films, you´ll like it too, I think. And Catherine Zeta-Jones is really very, very pretty!    What type of movie would you like to watch, Filip?

I can chat with you in English. What would you like to talk about?

I am a czech woman living here since 1991, I´ve lived in US for over 20 years, would someone like to chat with me??

Martinka1 napsal(a):

Fatimah napsal(a):

I can chat with you in English. What would you like to talk about?

About a job for example... I´am looking for a new job... and I´am worried about my English... I don´t beileve to myself that my English is good...

Hi, so what´s your "dream job"? Do you have any? I spent almost three months at home, but finally I was lucky and I found a new job. It´s not really THE job of my dreams, but it´s well paid and as we (me and ym boyfriend) want to borrow money to buy a flat, money are quite important fo me at the moment.
How do you look for a job? Do you answer ads or you look for a job with the help of recruitement agencies?
The knowledge of English is nowdays very important, that true, but it depends also on the type of the job. I find very funny, that mamy employers look for employees with great command of English, but finally a lot of them don´t use it at all or very little.

sunyata napsal(a):

Hi Girls, how is everybody doing today?
Fatimah, congratulations to a new job! 
Martinka, I wish you plenty of luck in searching for job and improving your English.

Hi Sunyata,

thank you. I am very busy today, yesterday we found a new flat as we have to leave the one we live in till the end of the year. We move in next weekend and because I can´t take holidays at work, I am packing almost all things today. I would never belive how many things we have!
But I am very happy because the new flat is much nicer than the old one.

Do you bake sweets for Christmas or do you do any other preparations?

Hi Sunyata,

well, our Christmas are a bit complicated... my boyfrend is divorced and will celebrate Christmas with his children and exwife. I will celebrate Chrismas with my parents and grandmother in Ostrava. I am quite unhappy about this situation as I am very fond of traditions and I would love to celebrate Christmas with all those people TOGEHTER... my dream is my parents, grandmother, children and exwife of my boyfriend... we all under one Christmas tree. But it´s not possible.
I love Christmas traditions. I am the only one in my family who keep traditions. When I see our flat decorated with typical Christmas things, with christmas pastry... everybody happy and smiling and talking, a lot of fun, children yelling and running everywhere and impatiently waiting for Ježíšek (ee, Santa Claus ;o).
That funny, you mentioned that your boyfriend if jewish. Well, my boyfriend comes from a muslim country. He doesn´t practice islam, but Christmas are something streng to him. He understand my love for it, but doesn´t share it with me. Unfortunately he doesn´t celebrate Id (celebration by the end of Ramadan, the holy mont in islam). If he would do so, we would have two Christmas in the year
I don´t know much about Channuka, I know that it´s a celebration of light and jewish people celebrate it around "our" Christmas, but don´t know the meaning of it. Could you describe it a little for me? Thank you and whish you nice day

Upravil(a) Fatimah (10. 12. 2007 12:32)

Sunyata - I understand very well, I have something similar... I dream about being mistress of my time! ;o)