My beautiful Teacher Tara gave us a challenge: talk about our Father. As for me, I love him more than my mom (hihihi…please keep it in secret). I can say so many actions that he did,  I will tell you 2 lessons which I was learned

     I’m a woman and because of it…..hahaha…I have some weakness. However, I’m sure that most of women always fears “Ghost” and “Snake”, is it right? When I was a kid, I also scared both. And my Dad helped me to overcome it. Maybe you will be curious what his job is...ya, he is not a doctor or teacher or...he is just a farmer but I'm so proud of him. Now,  I’m using these lessons for teach my kids. Unfortunately, my babies doesn’t like me. They still fear it ^_^

     Ghost, I (you) never see in real life. I heard (or watched on film) and really scared it. I remember, that time, in my village, there was some houses and from this house to that house had a long distance. We didn’t have light-street in the night. So when the Sun comes to his bed…whatever happens, I was not go out. Till one day he needed noodle. He asked me to go there. I said: “no Dad. I feel sleepy. Let’s ask my sisters”. Hahaha…I don’t know why but he knew my fear. He told me: “come there and buy noodle else you will stay outside all night”. I felt very angry, I took money and shut a door in the wind. I started go. After a few second, I recognized my situation and my fear come. I run quickly. In the store, I bought some noodle and asked the manager to take me back. She refused (maybe she had the same my fear lol..). I looked her with help-entreating eyes. She turned her back. I knew that no one helps me in this case. So I decided to run back my house. On the way,  I met my dad, he come and picked me up. We walked together. He told me: “sweet heart, you see nothing happens. You need to be strong. One day, you will be a mom and that time, if you still fear it (the thing is not real) how can you teach your children”

     A first lesson is: don’t let your mind weak, don’t think and it will never come….   

     Snake, as I told above, he is a farmer. We had a big place where he planed rice. In the harvest, I always met snakes. That time, I just shouted and run away. I thought it was normal then I forgot. One day, he came back home too late. He didn’t say anything but as I saw…he did something in the kitchen. The next morning, he woke me up and asked me to go with him. We come to the garden and there was a small table with so many snakes on there. I shouted and was intent to run away, but he kept me again. He said all snakes were safe. I mean: he kept them on the box. "Look, these are poisonous snakes, when you meet them you should stop and look at its eyes. After that, very careful you back out but don’t forget to look into their eyes, try to find something which can use as a weapon. If they don’t do anything, you should too…if they bite you, jump for out and hit them back. Make sure that you have a long distance with it. You can kill them easy. And there are “lovely snake” lol … you don’t need to worry but I think, the best way is: stay a way from them".

     A  second lesson: in any cases, don’t forget to protect yourself. Don’t let’s them know about your fear. Already face to face…and you will be a winner.

     Now, he gets old. He retired…. sometimes, I take my kids to come back my hometown. I wanna teach them like my dad did before. But God, how can I put myself in dangerous situation (like him) lol…. So I took them to the zoo and kekeke….there are so many snakes. See, this photo is one of my lessons. Are you scared?

 

 

 

 

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  • I think it is normal to be afraid of snakes.

    I am glad you have learned your lessons! :)

  • I used to be scared of snakes, but now I'm quite comfortable around them (because of my nephew's "reptile birthday party). But, if I saw a snake in the wild I would probably still be scared!

  • Brother Robbie...

    Thank you so much for...hahaha....You didn't laugh at my mistakes. You don't make me..run away thank you..thank you...

    ohhh...Why not, please do it and share to me a link..I will be a first who leave a comment aqnd also....cook your snake hahaha...

  • Dear kaizen,

    Thank you so much for your comment. Yes, I overcome it and now..hahaha...if I meet some snakes...first, I will think about my meal ..:)

  • That's right, Sister! Good job... We use an apostrophe for "let + us" to show omission and to contract them into one word "Let's". It is usually followed by a verb - Let's go to the beach! Or Let's listen to Mitran's rendition of "My Way". I'm glad you've been diligently making your own research as you mentioned that you looked through the dictionary for its meaning. I also do it whenever I find mistakes on my writing, and if I'm not sure how to use in a sentence. : )

    Oh, about snakes....I wouldn't try eating them even if I'm terribly famished. Lol! I would prefer to watch them lurking in the backyard. Who knows, I might record a video of them just like what biologists do in National Geographic channel. I heard that snakes' skins are used as an aphrodisiac....

  • Oh my God, sis Ha Nguyen....I have no sense of shame hahaha....I got it Sis, i wanna post one more blog (it talks about these words : scare and scared as Teacher Tara taught...) but I think I will get some rods from her...hahaha...

  • You're right, Sis, everything takes time and you'll surely make progress as long as you keep trying :)

    Maybe I wasn't clear in my "hint" to you, which caused you confused. I will instead make some example sentences and explain to you this time.

    As you can see, "like" has quite a few meanings but the two most commonly used are the first two that are listed in the given link, and now I'm going to differentiate them.

    First, "like" can be a verb meaning "to enjoy or approve of something or someone" and its synonyms are "love", "enjoy", "prefer", etc. For example, you can say "Susa likes breast milk better than bottled milk" (or Susa prefers breast milk to bottled milk) - that's my wild guess but it's very likely to be true :D Some other examples can be "I like going out at weekends" or "I like eating ice-cream when it's winter".

    Now in the second meaning, "like" acts as a preposition meaning "similar to; in the same way or manner as". Ex: Susa's eyes are like her mother's./Susa looks like a doll in her pictures. You see, it's no longer a verb so the usage is different now - it follows the main verbs (which are "are" and "looks" in my example sentences).

    In the sentence I wanted you to correct, what you mean was that unlike you, your kids are afraid of ghosts and snake, right? So you have to use "like" as a preposition in this case, and the correct sentence should be "Unfortunately, my babies are not/aren't like me." Got my point?

    You may find it overwhelmed to study so much at once, so don't! Just take it easy and practice writing daily - make a lot of mistakes if you want :D Let nature take its course; your brain will gradually pick up new things and your writing skills will improve without you noticing it. :)

  • Dear saba

    hahaha..what a funny comment! Yes, you should do it (like me) and I'm sure...you will be in a dead faint because of FEAR....hahaha....

  • Ha Nguyen,

    I have not a time, but I checked your link and the correct is : They doesn't look like me, is it right?

  • My little Teacher Ha Nguyen...

    hahaha...I feel ashamed. hic..hic...my mistakes. just some sentences and I got so many...oh my god...

    I will try my best Sis. I learn from my mistakes and I hope my E will be better ...

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