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I really wanted to post it as a video but I couldn't since it is in powerpoint but here you can download the file >> AbsolutelyFantasticSlideshow.pps

Sigur Rós - Hoppípolla from Sigur Rós on Vimeo.

This is a song from Sigur Ros, a band from Iceland. I don't know where Iceland is to be honest since my geography is not that good. Someone shared it with me and it made me curious about what the song is since I'm not familiar with the language.

I asked Google and it is so kind to gave me the link to its lyrics translation.

smiling
spinning in circles
holding hands
the world is a blur
except when you're standing

dripping wet
completly soaked
no rubberboots
running inside of us
wants to burst out of the shell

wind in
and the smell of your hair
i hit as hard as i can
with my nose
jumping into a puddle
wearing no boots
completely soaked (dripping wet)
wearing no boots

and i get a nosebleed
but i'll always stand up again
(hopelandic)

and i get a nosebleed
but i'll always stand up again
(hopelandic)

So, does the problem solved? No, I am still confused what is the connection between the video and the lyrics and can't get the feeling of the song. I read comments on youtube about this video and they said that this song is telling about the childish side of everyone and how we better not to let it go away. 

These are some of the comments on Youtube:

* We're all children in heart; however sadly enough, too often do we choose to suppress our inner child... totally forgetting that we're here for one thing.. to enjoy life and make it enjoyable for others; no matter what religion you believe in: only be serious when you absolutely must... be free and enjoy life while it lasts! (cappie2000)

* You didn't really get the message of this song. "Fulfill your dreams", "do what you want today, cause tomorrow you might not be able to", "live your life to the fullest", "live life charge". It's not about teenage pranks. It's about living your life large, no matter what others expect of you. Far too many people die before they take their time to fulfill their dreams, no matter what they are. (bjeil)

So tell me, I would like to know what is your interpretation about this song and the video.

Source:

1. http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858557324/

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L_DQKCDgeM

I have a chat friend. He is a very serious person at learning English and every time we chat, it is always to improve our English. He gave me some usefull links such as BBC or dictionary also links to download a podcasts. I bookmarked those links just in case I will need it one day. But to be honest, I almost never visit it twice :P Please keep it a secret, I don't want to hurt his feeling.

One day, he asked me if I chat with someone to improve my English, some teacher or some conference group because he, himself, is a learner in a Skype conference group for foreign learners of English. In that group, there's a chat room and a teacher that correct mistakes and offers reading lessons online. They also have rules. He gave me lists of the rules if I want to join the group so I am warned and can be prepare.

These are some of the rules they have.

1. Members must write English as best they can and correct their typos and their mistakes. Correcting your mistakes will help you to learn. Seeing uncorrected mistakes will cause other people to make the same mistakes.

2. Write correct English. No mobile text abbreviations like "CU"  for "see you" and no lazy typing like "i" instead of "I". "I" must always be a capital letter, even in the middle of a sentence.

These rules has woken me up. I agree with these rules. I agree that correcting your mistakes will help you to learn and I agree that seeing uncorrected mistakes will cause other people to make the same mistakes. That is so true. That is why I started to type in a correct way when I chat even though my grammar might not be correct.

I also stop using sms shortenings and type it correctly. No more lazy typing like "u" instead of "you" and "sth" instead of "something". No more "I" with small caps, no more "r" instead of "are". That is hard, real hard to get used to it and I am too lazy sometimes especially when the ambiance of chat room is great when you have to type very quickly to not miss a thing.

Well, these are some typings that I've noticed in the chat room:

* do u kno dat?

* u are rite

* i wanna learn more about english

So my friend, the message what I am trying to say here is try to type in English correctly because people will learn from what you have written and if you write it wrong, they will likely do the same thing. ;)

You might have a list of any words that people used to write in short. Please write it here and write how it should be written in a right way. In this way, you are helping others and myself to write in English properly. :)