thảo luận Practicing English with vOzers

Giấc_Mơ_Qua · 3/5/22

EinUchiha đã nói:
I don't know about you guys, but I love this kind of weather.
Grab a cup of coffee and play game / read book all days. Feelsgoodman

minuh.t đã nói:
Yeap. Sometimes on holiday if I dont have to go out, I like a cool rainy day

Always my pleasure

DivingAtlantis đã nói:
Try to imagine in a cozy room, it is raining outside with cold weather, sitting by the window, watching the rain and occasionally glance at the book, best

I don't know about you guys, but the rain really is the low, low point of this entire holiday :beat_brick:

Out of 4 days, 3 of them (here, somewhere down the South near the sea) either rained or looked not like a holiday at all, gloomy and depressing. Yeah, when you are in a room, sheltered from the weather outside it's cozy and romantic, but if you're outside and find yourself in bad weather you might suddenly want to curse more often

pain · 3/5/22

shett, I still use google-translate to understand all of thats reply

FailureOftheCreator · 3/5/22

pain đã nói:
shett, I still use google-translate to understand all of thats reply

That's a waste of time. Why don't you open the site in google chrome and go to setting -> translate?

minuh.t · 3/5/22

Giấc_Mơ_Qua đã nói:
I don't know about you guys, but the rain really is the low, low point of this entire holiday

Out of 4 days, 3 of them (here, somewhere down the South near the sea) either rained or looked not like a holiday at all, gloomy and depressing. Yeah, when you are in a room, sheltered from the weather outside it's cozy and romantic, but if you're outside and find yourself in bad weather you might suddenly want to curse more often

It's just a personal preference, other days I must go to work and go out with friends a lot. Of course, fresh dry weather is the best

I'm still approachable with everyone, but being alone helps me find happiness in myself. At that time, I like rain :whistle:

pain đã nói:
shett, I still use google-translate to understand all of thats reply

Click the right mouse -> translate to Tiếng Việt :big_smile:

Giấc_Mơ_Qua · 3/5/22

minuh.t đã nói:
It's just a personal preference, other days I must go to work and go out with friends a lot. Of course, fresh dry weather is the best
I'm still approachable with everyone, but being alone helps me find happiness in myself. At that time, I like rain

Love or hate rain, you can't deny that the air, especially in urban areas like SG, feels the best after a rain :love:

It's just so much fresher and cooler and riding a motorcycle around then is far less stressful (until you get into a flooded area, that is...)

DrPrank · 3/5/22

hoanghuuduc đã nói:
My first post on this thread (hope this won't be the last one either) . To be honest, my English isn't that good, and since my job doesn't require me to have god-tier English skills (I'm a Banker), I've never bothered to improve it. Still, I love thinking and speaking my mind in English, it helps clear my line of thought, and on some occasions solve problems that I have dwelled on for a couple of days. Ted-ed actually made a video about this a couple of years back, where they have a theory that bilingual people have different ways of thinking and approaching problems. Funny how learning a new language can improve one's life :3

Judging based on your little post alone your writing skill is very much above average so don't sell yourself short. Like you, I think in English and even talk to myself, keeps me from becoming rusty.
I can also attest to the fact that once you reach a certain level of proficiency in a language, you do develop a separate personality accordingly. I believe part of the reason is the intake of cultural values during the process of learning said language. It affects how you think and behave to an extent. ESL learners which study English purely through textbooks are exempt from this since there's no active visual and auditory materials to shadow from.

EinUchiha · 3/5/22

Giấc_Mơ_Qua đã nói:
I don't know about you guys, but the rain really is the low, low point of this entire holiday

Out of 4 days, 3 of them (here, somewhere down the South near the sea) either rained or looked not like a holiday at all, gloomy and depressing. Yeah, when you are in a room, sheltered from the weather outside it's cozy and romantic, but if you're outside and find yourself in bad weather you might suddenly want to curse more often

When I'm working on a construction job, I hate the rain because my main material is not allowed to get wet (Our company once lost around 1 billion vnd because of raining season).
When I'm stay at home, I love the rain because it feels good, it smells good and it sounds good.
Else the best weather for me is the gloomy weather. Not hot as ****? check. Chilly? Check. Not being wet? Check. The sky is as dark as my future? Double check. Depressing and sad as my love life? Check again!

EinUchiha · 3/5/22

hoanghuuduc đã nói:
My first post on this thread (hope this won't be the last one either) . To be honest, my English isn't that good, and since my job doesn't require me to have god-tier English skills (I'm a Banker), I've never bothered to improve it. Still, I love thinking and speaking my mind in English, it helps clear my line of thought, and on some occasions solve problems that I have dwelled on for a couple of days. Ted-ed actually made a video about this a couple of years back, where they have a theory that bilingual people have different ways of thinking and approaching problems. Funny how learning a new language can improve one's life :3

Duh you don't say man.
To me the best thing about English is that it give me an access to every thing I love. I can read any book I want, I can play any game I want, I can watch any movie I want, and I don't have to worry if it have a translated version or not. Beside, reading the original words from the author may give much better understanding than the translated version (especially in short story and poem). So to sum it up, English really change my life. Now I'm a lazy ass person, all I do is playing game, reading books and watching movie :beat_brick:

minuh.t · 3/5/22

EinUchiha đã nói:
When I'm working on a construction job, I hate the rain because my main material is not allowed to get wet (Our company once lost around 1 billion vnd because of raining season).
When I'm stay at home, I love the rain because it feels good, it smells good and it sounds good.
Else the best weather for me is the gloomy weather. Not hot as ****? check. Chilly? Check. Not being wet? Check. The sky is as dark as my future? Double check. Depressing and sad as my love life? Check again!

Have you gone home regularly recently?

hoanghuuduc đã nói:
My first post on this thread (hope this won't be the last one either) . To be honest, my English isn't that good, and since my job doesn't require me to have god-tier English skills (I'm a Banker), I've never bothered to improve it. Still, I love thinking and speaking my mind in English, it helps clear my line of thought, and on some occasions solve problems that I have dwelled on for a couple of days. Ted-ed actually made a video about this a couple of years back, where they have a theory that bilingual people have different ways of thinking and approaching problems. Funny how learning a new language can improve one's life :3

It's very difficult for me to think in English :cry:

nep · 4/5/22

I have lived in an English speaking country for 5 years. My English has got marginally better, mostly on understanding daily convos better. I never took IELTS but comparing to friends I think I'm around 8-8.5. Nonetheless, I still learn new things everyday. The more I learn, the less I take English seriously. Sometimes it's a very dumb language

Giấc_Mơ_Qua · 4/5/22

EinUchiha đã nói:
When I'm working on a construction job, I hate the rain because my main material is not allowed to get wet (Our company once lost around 1 billion vnd because of raining season).
When I'm stay at home, I love the rain because it feels good, it smells good and it sounds good.
Else the best weather for me is the gloomy weather. Not hot as ****? check. Chilly? Check. Not being wet? Check. The sky is as dark as my future? Double check. Depressing and sad as my love life? Check again!

When you get a girl of your own I bet the weather's gonna change real fast :smile:

Anyways, you mentioned about working with/for some Japanese companies a while back. I was wondering, aside from being overly meticulous sometimes, what are your overall experiences with them? I'm looking to adding a new language, both to broaden my horizons and also work opportunities, and Japanese has been on my list for a while now (screw Chinese :look_down:

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maphongba_9x · 4/5/22

How are you today?

snake_case · 4/5/22

pain đã nói:
shett, I still use google-translate to understand all of thats reply

Instead of that, you can use GoldenDict :angry:

snake_case · 4/5/22

nep đã nói:
I have lived in an English speaking country for 5 years. My English has got marginally better, mostly on understanding daily convos better. I never took IELTS but comparing to friends I think I'm around 8-8.5. Nonetheless, I still learn new things everyday. The more I learn, the less I take English seriously. Sometimes it's a very dumb language

Actually, the more English you've learnt, the more money you can make.

EinUchiha · 5/5/22

minuh.t đã nói:
Have you gone home regularly recently?

I've been home for around ~1 month I think. We don't have any new project, and for the current project we only do the material supply part, so I don't have to go to construction site or office. :shame:

Giấc_Mơ_Qua đã nói:
When you get a girl of your own I bet the weather's gonna change real fast
Anyways, you mentioned about working with/for some Japanese companies a while back. I was wondering, aside from being overly meticulous sometimes, what are your overall experiences with them? I'm looking to adding a new language, both to broaden my horizons and also work opportunities, and Japanese has been on my list for a while now (screw Chinese ).

I've only worked for Japanese in 2 project. The first one is "Sao Vang Dai Nguyet Gas Field" in which the client is Japanese but 99% of the staff is from US/EU. For the second, and also current project, we only work as material supplier, so I don't spend much time working with them.
My current experience so far :

They care about every detail (Which I complained here lmao).
Their schedule/planning is very importance. I have worked for project from Germany, Korea, Vietnam,... but none follow the schedule as good as Japanese. I still remember their word to the main contractor in the first project "We don't need a good looking plan, we need doable plan, please revise your plan". On my second project, my boss asked them if they can receive the material incase our material arrive on time and their site construction is delayed (because every power plant project that we have worked in Vietnam got delay). And their answer was this "We assure you we can arrange a temporary warehouse for the material in case of delay, but none of our project have ever been delayed." You can see how good they are in that statement, I don't think I've ever work in any project that the client/contractor dare say that and he said that which full confidence.
You should also beware that they work hard and also demand other to work as hard as them. My boss usually have to do online meeting with them up to 1AM (which is fucking 3AM in Japan)
They also like small gift. In every meeting between companies, the Japanese companies always give out small gift (pen, notebook,...) with their company logo on them. I find it very interesting and smart. It's not worth much, it give good impression and it make their company become memoriable.

Giấc_Mơ_Qua · 7/5/22

I was wondering where we Vietnamese got the habit of giving away stuffs with brand names printed on them as gifts, because no other countries that I know of do this...until now. And man, that contractor's statement :confident:

, that's the Japanese way.

Mr.Boss · 8/5/22

Hi guys, is there any club/class or something like that but working online because I want to practice speaking. To be honest, i am quite good at listening but not speaking. I understand what people saying, however when i have to respond i'm always stucked at the tip of my tongue. It's more like you have the answer, but you can not speak it out loud.

tiendatts · 8/5/22

Would you guys explain to me that the difference between Team leader & Group leader?

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FailureOftheCreator · 8/5/22

tiendatts đã nói:
Would you guys explain to me that the difference between Team leader & Group leader?

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It's about the difference between a team and a group, as to speak, especially in members' associations, navigations and targets.
Say you're a team leader. What you do is to promote teamwork to attain the whole team's targets.
On the contrary, a group leader is more like a manager. You ensure the healthy and active atmosphere in your group, make it a booster to their own targets.
That's what I think. How about you guys?

P.s: I'm new to some words I use in this comment, honestly. i just give a try. So i'm highly appreciated someone who could help me to correct

minuh.t · 9/5/22

Giấc_Mơ_Qua đã nói:
I was wondering where we Vietnamese got the habit of giving away stuffs with brand names printed on them as gifts, because no other countries that I know of do this...until now. And man, that contractor's statement , that's the Japanese way.

It's not uncommon, some Korean companies also give gifts such as pens, notebooks, umbrellas,... I think that originated from these companies realise the purpose of gifts: small but essential, economize and make these companies become memorable...

Mr.Boss đã nói:
Hi guys, is there any club/class or something like that but working online because I want to practice speaking. To be honest, i am quite good at listening but not speaking. I understand what people saying, however when i have to respond i'm always stucked at the tip of my tongue. It's more like you have the answer, but you can not speak it out loud.

I think that you need vocabulary and grammar to speak? I joined a group before, but I didn't understand what everybody said, so I kept silent. When I understood what they said, I didn't know to say anything. When I said, they didn't understand. I felt so bad. I haven't joined any group since then. :pudency:

I also told my friend that we would spend time talking in English, but at that time we nearly didn't talk (although we talk a lot in Vietnamese), just looked at each other and laughed. :beat_shot:

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