Monday, March 29, 2010

The Lost Symbol

I was able to finish reading another great book from Dan Brown called "The Lost Symbol" today. It took a great time for me to read due to other workload I have to do. There were lot of times, that I felt of giving up reading that. But after reading that, I felt so happy and I recommend anyone to read that great book.

The lost symbol of mankind is the god which is same as human mind which is the universal constant for man. It is described in many different ways in different cultures and religions but all has shared the same thing.

I will wined up my post quoting something from the book..

TIME IS A RIVER.. AND BOOKS ARE BOATS. MANY VOLUMES START DOWN THAT STREAM, ONLY TO BE WRECKED AND LOST BEYOND RECALL IN ITS SANDS. ONLY A FEW, A VERY FEW, ENDURE THE TESTINGS OF TIME AND LIVE TO BLESS THE AGES FOLLOWING.

Hope someone may fascinated to read the book after reading this :)

Saturday, March 27, 2010

IELTS

Today I did my IELTS examination. I did not have time to attend to a course, so what I did was self study. After facing the exam, I felt that even if I attend the classes, thing may not change that much. I only had the reference book borrowed by one of my friend and other resources in the internet.

I'm writing this blog to give some tips that I learnt after facing the exam.

As you may already know, IELTS exam consists of four modules as listening, reading, writing and speaking. In my opinion, hardest parts are listening and reading, so you better prepare more for those parts.

There are plenty of videos in youtube which give u many tips for IELTS. My advice is to do as much as practice tests. Here are some useful links where you can find some practice tests for each module.

http://www.examenglish.com/

http://www.englishonline.org.cn/en/learners/ielts-preparation/reading

http://www.englishonline.org.cn/en/learners/ielts-preparation/listening

http://www.englishonline.org.cn/en/learners/ielts-preparation/mock-papers


http://www.canadavisa.com/ielts/free-practice-tests.html

so good luck to all !!!