This is the first part of a cross-cultural look at how we value time in different parts of the world.

Expect the Unexpected

Time Part One

Wanneer de wind begint te waaien

Wanneer de wind begint te waaien,
Let goed op dan zul je weten waarnaartoe het zal draaien.

Wanneer de wind begint te waaien,
Spreid je vleugels en laat je meevoeren 

Wanneer de wind begint te waaien,
Vertrouw erop dat het je zal dragen en het je zal brengen waar je moet zijn,
Daar waar je thuishoort. 

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When the wind starts to blow

When the wind starts to blow,
Pay attention and you’ll know
Where it wants to go.

When the wind starts to blow,
Spread your wings and follow its flow.

When the wind starts to blow,
Trust that it’ll take you there,
There where you belong,
There where you’re supposed to be. 

Rocksaina's overdenkingen - Rocksaina's Reflections

Wanneer de wind begint te waaien

This episode describes the journey from the airport to the hotel, and gives you the vocabulary you may need for taking the underground. 
Please also use this for pronunciation.

Now that I’ve gone through customs and found my way out, I have to find transport. I go past the welcoming committee of people thronging to greet their loved ones, and look for signs that show bus, car, or train. 

I decide to take the train or underground railway. It’s called the Metro, the Underground, or the Tube in most countries. I have to ask about the best ticket for my journeys around the city, so I go to the ticket counter to get help. Once I know what I want, I can just use my debit or credit card and go to the self-service kiosk. 

I buy my ticket, and pass through the ticket barriers to go down the escalators to the floors below. I keep reading the boards to see if I’m going in the right direction.  It’s a long walk, and I sometimes have to carry my suitcase down the stairs. I begin to wonder if I shouldn’t just have taken a taxi. 

Some people offer to help, and, because it’s so heavy and no one could just run away with my luggage, I agree gratefully. 

The Tube is crowded, but I manage to find a seat. I listen carefully for my stop, and hop onto the platform. 

Once I’m out of the Tube station, I see my hotel across the road, so I go through the entranceway into the lobby. At least this hotel doesn’t have revolving doors, because it’s really awkward to manage that when you have baggage. 

I go straight across the lobby to the clerk at the reception desk. I tell them I have booked a room and tell them my name. They ask me for my passport or other identity document. I give it to them. I go to my room and the valet brings my luggage. I give him or her a tip.

I unpack my bag into the cupboards and drawers. I take a shower with the freshly laid out towels. I am now ready for my exploration in the town.

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English in 60 Seconds

After The Airport

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Dialogue for Beginners 🎉📚 (Day # 25)

一次，华特先生参加一对年轻华侨的婚礼，他很有礼貌的赞美新娘漂亮，一旁的新郎立即代表新娘表示感谢，“哪里哪里”，华特先生觉得挺不好意思的，以为未说到地方，便用中国话再说：头发，眉毛，眼睛，耳朵，鼻子都很漂亮。”

Once, Mr. Walter attended the wedding of a pair of young overseas Chinese. He politely praised the bride for her beauty. The groom at the side immediately thanked her on behalf of the bride. "Where is it?" Mr. Walter felt very embarrassed. He thought he had not spoken about the place, so he said in Chinese: "hair, eyebrows, eyes, ears and nose are beautiful."

哪里哪里-Chinese way to say thanks

开心一刻 Jokes

哪里哪里nǎ lǐ nǎ lǐ 

A productivity guide! The Tomato Method Part 2.

Time management and organizational skills are frequently linked to overall work productivity, and when you implement productivity-boosting strategies, you may have a better chance of developing and improving your product output.

 Time management strategies such as the Pomodoro method, the two-minute rule, and time blocking are just a few examples of how you can boost your productivity. 

You can also use organizational strategies like prioritizing tasks in order of importance and urgency.

Let's look into the Tomato technique deeper and see it's practical use for you in your career and/or your studies.

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A Productivity Guide Part 2. The Pomodoro Technique / The Tomato Method

Do you know the main conditionals? Listen and see if you get sentences correct at the end!

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Review of Conditionals with practice!

As a pessimist, you might view language learning as hard work—and you’re not wrong.
Language acquisition requires effort, repetition, and managing confusion.

Here’s the beautiful part: Pessimists tend to manage disappointment better than idealists.
When you anticipate difficulty, you're less likely to be devastated by it.

In psychological terms, this creates cognitive resilience—the ability to stay in the game even when things go wrong. You expect challenges. You face them head-on. You recover faster because you weren’t expecting ease.

You might never say, “I’m going to be fluent in a year.” That’s okay.
But you might say, “I’m going to keep learning, even if progress is slow.”
And that is the spirit of persistence.
Don’t try to change who you are. Just learn to steer with it.
Pessimism doesn’t mean you’re giving up—it means you’re prepared to endure.
And that, my dear listener, is what long-term success looks like.


111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 65 - How Pessimism Builds Resilience in Language Learning

Hi, I'm Smith, host of the Smithing Podcast for English learners. Join us for a fun and engaging way to improve your language skills. We cover grammar, slang, phrasal verbs, and more, with confessionals from myself and other learners. Guest speakers from around the world offer unique perspectives, and each episode is divided into dialogue, vocabulary, and example sentences. Book lessons with me for one-on-one guidance. Let's get Smith-ing!