“Although I am certainly pleased with my upper-level exam” — I said to Mum on this sleepy Saturday afternoon — “I still feel that my English can be improved.”
“Well, I think English is simply too complex and sophisticated for anyone to learn it perfectly.”
“I suppose you are right” — I said, flipping lazily an Oxford [...]
After an unexpectedly hard job interview, I got new possibilites again. I am once again an emplyee of a Government office; they want my communication and writing skills, and my previous professional experience. The interviewer, a somehow crisp but still kind woman, the vice president had bombarded me with questions for more the 45 minutes. [...]
When I was about 16, I always thought that adulthood starts when someone turns 22 or 23. When I did turn 23, I did not really feel any different. I worked with university students, I was at the beginning of my philosophy studies. I felt myself somewhere between child- and adulthood. I started to think [...]
Planning huge suprises is fun. If you do not have a fixed date — e.g. a birthday — then you can even skip the stress with it. You have plenty of time to wait for the right time, if something gets in the way, you can let it go. You can, because the “target” doesn’t [...]
