thảo luận Practicing English with vOzers :D

[Air Lost]

Chào các thím.
Qua nhà mới rồi mà chưa có thớt để ae vozer vào chém gió nên em mạn phép reup thớt của bác @Addmin bên voz cũ qua đây. ( chưa thấy thớt tương tự + thím thớt bị K.I.A nên em không hỏi được ý kiến bác, bác đọc được thì thông cảm cho em nhé )

Tình hình là mình dốt tiếng anh, nhưng khi vào VOZ mình cũng nâng cao tiếng anh lên được vài từ, với lại có khi thấy anh em nói chuyện bằng tiếng anh có vẻ rất giỏi về vấn đề giao tiếp bằng ngôn ngữ này, vậy thì tại sao chúng ta không bổ sung cho nhau những khiếm khuyết để cùng nhau phát triển nhỉ .


Cụ thể là anh em mỗi khi post bài trong theard này có thể nói chuyện bằng tiếng anh về một chủ đề bất kỳ. Giống như chúng ta đang chat bằng tiếng anh ấy :sexy:. Nói sai không sao, chủ yếu là nói nhiều viết nhiều cho quen thôi, sai thì người giỏi hơn sẽ sửa.

Mình làm trước : Hello everybody ( chào tất cả anh em, không biết viết vậy có đúng không (

 

[Air Lost]

even sleeping is getting boring now

 

[XT1]

hello !

 

[Fone Man]

even sleeping is getting boring now

My daily routine is all about repeatedly sleeping and eating, now I'm too tired to sleep

 

[Air Lost]

My daily routine is all about repeatedly sleeping and eating, now I'm too tired to sleep

especially when there’s no one to have fun with :sosad:

via vozForums for iPhone

 

[Fone Man]

especially when there’s no one to have fun with :sosad:

via vozForums for iPhone

What kind of fun are you looking for, buddy?

 

[thi.nga]

Hello everybody,
Nice to meet you.

 

[Air Lost]

What kind of fun are you looking for, buddy?

i'm looking for someone who shares the same passions like i do

 

[Fone Man]

i'm looking for someone who shares the same passions like i do

We're all gathering here looking for that someone and something to do in this long boredom. Would you mind sharing your passions with us?

 

[msngoc01]

Well, let hope that this thread will pan out better than the last one. Will post in here occasionally, probably depending on how people reacts to my post. Mostly will be vent posts about my day and the like. It is not going to be good nor entertaining, since my day job is a computer sales and repair man/guy/ dude/ inserts what ever pronoun you like.

Let start off with today. Riding across Hanoi like a mad man. In the morning went to one of my computer sales guy acquaintance to pick up a monitor since I sold the last one I got the day before, which mean now, I don't even have a computer to use. That monitor ended up being a tad more pricey than I would like and there are a few blemishes on it. Seems to be some moisture between the polarizing layer and the LCD layer. Will try to dry it out with a hair dryer tomorrow. Even though the monitor still have a warranty from Dell, I much rather have a monitor to use right now and not have to wait at least a month or so in this pandemic to have a monitor to use. Just my luck as well, since I after all this I saw a post where a guy is selling 15 of the monitor I used to have for a really good price. You win some you loose some I guess.

After picking up the monitor, I went to my SSD supplier and pickup a few SSD to install in the two systems I planned the day before. Got non of the SATA SSD I would like but there were lots of NVME SSD for not that much more money and the NVME SSD are one of the faster model there is so it is a no brainer for me. Got it on credit sale as well so I don't have to bother with payment til about a week or two from now.

Then, to complete my two planned systems, I wen't to a local distributor to pick up the CPUs, the motherboard and the power supply units. Got those on credit sale as well, so a huge leverage for me in this lean time of pandemic. Ironically the CPUs are what we called "tray" and not boxed CPUs, but they are only 8% cheaper than the boxed variety at retail of one of the major retailer in Hanoi. But at least I got it on credit sale. This just goes to show you that this business is not easy and margin are really thin.

Got back home and have steamed fish for lunch with mom and dad. Then spent time building the two systems. It went over quickly since I have build in this case before and there is no SATA drives in it so there are much less cables to deal with. Finished with those to system I went to deliver a monitor to a client 18-20km away in a silly old township call Rùa Thượng. Never heard of it before but it is not that far away of a drive and it is kinda close to another shop which I just sold some RAM to a few day before that they reported as not working back to me. Killing two bird with one stone so there I went. Afterward on the way back home I swing by my favorite GPU supplier to pickup some new stock, which ended up taking longer than expected since most of the stuff he had on hand was no good. But in the end we managed. At this point it was like 7PM so I scrambled back to my last ticket of the day, getting a Wifi card for a customer who I had sold a rig the day before. This was done without too much fuss. Finally got home, had some instant noodle and then back to work cleaning the GPUs I just bought. Took them all apart, give them a good washing (Yes, you can wash electronic, just make sure there are no electricity when there is water on them and you should be good) and then bake them in the dish dryer. One didn't make it, it spit out some weird artifacts on screen but it had happened to me before. This mean there are still moisture in the GPU and it need more time to dry out for good. That will be left til the next day then.

Well, by now we are all caught up. Will update this if I ever had the time or the will to do so. Used to do thing like this all the time in Uni as part of my assignment. 5-6k words "light paper" usually written the night before it is due. It is a good thing to have the ability to do, so I don't want it to rust away. Until the next time.

Your humble and bumbling computer repair tech.

 

[Fone Man]

Well, let hope that this thread will pan out better than the last one. Will post in here occasionally, probably depending on how people reacts to my post. Mostly will be vent posts about my day and the like. It is not going to be good nor entertaining, since my day job is a computer sales and repair man/guy/ dude/ inserts what ever pronoun you like.

Let start off with today. Riding across Hanoi like a mad man. In the morning went to one of my computer sales guy acquaintance to pick up a monitor since I sold the last one I got the day before, which mean now, I don't even have a computer to use. That monitor ended up being a tad more pricey than I would like and there are a few blemishes on it. Seems to be some moisture between the polarizing layer and the LCD layer. Will try to dry it out with a hair dryer tomorrow. Even though the monitor still have a warranty from Dell, I much rather have a monitor to use right now and not have to wait at least a month or so in this pandemic to have a monitor to use. Just my luck as well, since I after all this I saw a post where a guy is selling 15 of the monitor I used to have for a really good price. You win some you loose some I guess.

After picking up the monitor, I went to my SSD supplier and pickup a few SSD to install in the two systems I planned the day before. Got non of the SATA SSD I would like but there were lots of NVME SSD for not that much more money and the NVME SSD are one of the faster model there is so it is a no brainer for me. Got it on credit sale as well so I don't have to bother with payment til about a week or two from now.

Then, to complete my two planned systems, I wen't to a local distributor to pick up the CPUs, the motherboard and the power supply units. Got those on credit sale as well, so a huge leverage for me in this lean time of pandemic. Ironically the CPUs are what we called "tray" and not boxed CPUs, but they are only 8% cheaper than the boxed variety at retail of one of the major retailer in Hanoi. But at least I got it on credit sale. This just goes to show you that this business is not easy and margin are really thin.

Got back home and have steamed fish for lunch with mom and dad. Then spent time building the two systems. It went over quickly since I have build in this case before and there is no SATA drives in it so there are much less cables to deal with. Finished with those to system I went to deliver a monitor to a client 18-20km away in a silly old township call Rùa Thượng. Never heard of it before but it is not that far away of a drive and it is kinda close to another shop which I just sold some RAM to a few day before that they reported as not working back to me. Killing two bird with one stone so there I went. Afterward on the way back home I swing by my favorite GPU supplier to pickup some new stock, which ended up taking longer than expected since most of the stuff he had on hand was no good. But in the end we managed. At this point it was like 7PM so I scrambled back to my last ticket of the day, getting a Wifi card for a customer who I had sold a rig the day before. This was done without too much fuss. Finally got home, had some instant noodle and then back to work cleaning the GPUs I just bought. Took them all apart, give them a good washing (Yes, you can wash electronic, just make sure there are no electricity when there is water on them and you should be good) and then bake them in the dish dryer. One didn't make it, it spit out some weird artifacts on screen but it had happened to me before. This mean there are still moisture in the GPU and it need more time to dry out for good. That will be left til the next day then.

Well, by now we are all caught up. Will update this if I ever had the time or the will to do so. Used to do thing like this all the time in Uni as part of my assignment. 5-6k words "light paper" usually written the night before it is due. It is a good thing to have the ability to do, so I don't want it to rust away. Until the next time.

Your humble and bumbling computer repair tech.

Well done! Such a long long diary of a grown-up man Can't remember the last time I owned a PC, but I still remember the excitement when I finally got enough to buy a Nvidia graphics card for my games

 

[Air Lost]

What is the best way to master the English language?
I haven’t mastered English yet and still trying from zero.

 

[thi.nga]

Well done! Such a long long diary of a grown-up man Can't remember the last time I owned a PC, but I still remember the excitement when I finally got enough to buy a Nvidia graphics card for my games

Your writing skill is very good. Can you tell me how you study and improve your English? I've studied this foreign language for a long time, more than 12 years. In high school, I learned grammar and vocabulary to pass tests and exams. But I can't understand what foreign people say and they don't know what I say, either. This is because of my terrible pronunciation. So, I tried so hard to overcome the listening problem by watching TV series such as Friends or HIMYM or listening to the news every day. About my pronunciation, I signed up for an Elsa account to improve my speaking ability. But my writing skill is still bad. So, I write this comment to ask you how to improve this. Should I sign up for a Grammarly account or an online grammar checker like that? Thank you in advance.

 

[Fone Man]

Your writing skill is very good. Can you tell me how you study and improve your English? I've studied this foreign language for a long time, more than 12 years. In high school, I learned grammar and vocabulary to pass tests and exams. But I can't understand what foreign people say and they don't know what I say, either. This is because of my terrible pronunciation. So, I tried so hard to overcome the listening problem by watching TV series such as Friends or HIMYM or listening to the news every day. About my pronunciation, I signed up for an Elsa account to improve my speaking ability. But my writing skill is still bad. So, I write this comment to ask you how to improve this. Should I sign up for a Grammarly account or an online grammar checker like that? Thank you in advance.

Since study method will vary for each individual based on personal abilities, skills and targets, I don't think I can come up with a useful and detailed advice for you. However, I can tell that you have a good basic in grammar and vocabulary, now you should focus on how to use that basic in reality in order to communicate with others in both verbal and written English. Don't worry about making mistakes, and find yourself an effective way to learn through your hobbies. Just try to surround yourself in English by watching shows & movies, listening to music & news, reading books etc., it works somehow

Honestly, I'm not in the position to tell you how to learn English as I've been living in Australia for nearly 2 years and still find it hard to communicate with native speakers. That's why I'm looking for buddies here to kill time in a meaningful way and help each other improve

 

[tmh_0412]

Your writing skill is very good. Can you tell me how you study and improve your English? I've studied this foreign language for a long time, more than 12 years. In high school, I learned grammar and vocabulary to pass tests and exams. But I can't understand what foreign people say and they don't know what I say, either. This is because of my terrible pronunciation. So, I tried so hard to overcome the listening problem by watching TV series such as Friends or HIMYM or listening to the news every day. About my pronunciation, I signed up for an Elsa account to improve my speaking ability. But my writing skill is still bad. So, I write this comment to ask you how to improve this. Should I sign up for a Grammarly account or an online grammar checker like that? Thank you in advance.

Dude, find a proper teacher. Despite being quite nerdy and techy, I still don't believe in this whole online learning and work from home shit. Yes you'll see that one kid popping up on TV speaking English like it's nothing, and chances are their parents would say 'mah kid learnt it online' or something. Call it what you want, but to me it's just some BS they show on TV to prove how 'smart' Vietnamese people are. Choose your own narrative, don't let those BS interfere with your life. It doesn't matter if it takes 15 years or whatever year to master English. The only thing that counts is your ability to use the language. Stick with it and keep persevering mate.

TL;DR: find a teacher, apps won't work, keep learning.

Bonus: the reason why writing and speaking are so challenging is because they are output skills, which require lots of input.

P.s. I spent a good 10 minutes on this post.

 

[erdetieria]

Damn, you guys are so good in writing. While my reading and listening skill is not so bad, writing and speaking are different stories. About listening, i think i can improve it by watching some foreign channel like National Geographic, Fox Movies, try to listen how they speak and look at subtitles if i cant catch up with their speech. But for writing, well... i must say i am in the dark right now. Even writing these take quite an effort for me. I practice it everyday, but i dont know when and how long it will take till i am good at writing.

 

[tntkxx]

Hello guys, looking for this for a while.
If you want to improve your writing skill, you need to read a lot first and practise every day. Maybe join a discussing in Reddit or somewhere will help.
And Grammarly App can help too.

 

[tmh_0412]

Damn, you guys are so good in writing. While my reading and listening skill is not so bad, writing and speaking are different stories. About listening, i think i can improve it by watching some foreign channel like National Geographic, Fox Movies, try to listen how they speak and look at subtitles if i cant catch up with their speech. But for writing, well... i must say i am in the dark right now. Even writing these take quite an effort for me. I practice it everyday, but i dont know when and how long it will take till i am good at writing.

You know what. It's smooth and mostly trouble free. Give yourself a pat on the back for a post well... posted.

 

[Fone Man]

Hello guys, looking for this for a while.
If you want to improve your writing skill, you need to read a lot first and practise every day. Maybe join a discussing in Reddit or somewhere will help.
And Grammarly App can help too.

Exactly, discussing and debating with others somewhere on the internet help alot as you need a point and develope it to express your idea, which is good for your brain and your wrting skill and I use Google whenever I need to check on grammar, fast and efficient.

 

[Rongcon.com.vn]

hello brother, this is the first comment i writing by English