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Gaganpreet Lammay

Dr. Zalfa Rihani

Eap 1

29 May 2008



Who is welcome in our house
Following reason is the rules about who is welcome in my home। The people whom I and my family know such as: relatives, friends, family’s friend and sometimes neighbours. But, there is one thing that I want to consider is in our culture, we don’t have to invite personally. Usually, in my country most of the women’s are house wife. They can come anytime. Well, Drawing room is considered as a public space; where every guest can sit and chat with each other. Also, we don’t have any restrictions if any guest wants to go in our personal room.

According to my views, Canadians have different rules. Firstly, In Canada guests have to take permission if they want to visit somebody house. Initially, they have to ask on the phone because in Canada people have busy life. Secondly, this thing is similar between both cultures; Drawing room is considered as a public space; where every guest can sit and chat with each other. Sometimes, they don’t have enough time to meet somebody. Thirdly, if we want to enter in personally room we have to take permission.

Colours

Lammay 1

Gaganpreet Lammay

Dr. Zalfa Rihani

Eap 1

21 May 2008

Colours

Blue – Sky is blue. My name (Gagan) means Sky .Blue=Sky=Gagan. Sky is a beautiful thing to see. It depends on our life circle. According to day and night, we are automatically changing our routines. Yellow – Sun is yellow. It protects us from cold. Well, I don’t like cold so that’s the reason that I like sun. It have lots advantages such as it gives us energy, it generates solar system. Red– Roses are red. It is my favorite flower. At my home there are lots of rose’s shrubs. When I wake up every morning then I usually smell those flowers. Black– Some Dogs are black. It’s my favorite pet animal. Even, in India I used to have a dog. His name is black too. White–Stars are white. In night when I usually see sky then stars looks very beautiful and twinkle like a satellite. And, I always sing a song “Twinkle Twinkle Little star......” Green – Vegetables are green. I like to grow vegetables every summer in my house garden. I like to eat vegetables. Especially, When I get sick or sometimes when I feel week. In June my garden colours become green on grounds.

Blue – Rite now, Canada have conservative party and it has blue colour. Blue personalities fit into a team environment as well. Yellow – Maple leaves are yellow. And, In Canada maple leaves means a lot first of all it’s a symbol of Canadian flag and the other thing is we usually can see in autumn, It is lying on the roads. Red – In early 80s red colour means blood of angry workers and the other one is sign of danger. Black – Oil is black. In Canada oil is very rich mineral. Canadian government distributes oil in different countries. It’s a profit thing for them. White – White is very traditional colour in Canadian flag. Green – Green is a very grateful colour for Canadians. In Canada we usually have less infectious disease because Canada is a full of green environment.

In my opinion, from this blog that I learned are life styles, thinking, colours etc. I met one guy who is native. Well, He is my neighbour, He have totally different thinking from me. God gave us lots of opportunities in different colours. It is a good thing that we all have to enjoy our life in different colours.

Class Survey

1) I want to study English because I would like to improve my writing skills: grammar, speak good English to get ahead in my profession/career. Even, in my back country (India) I used to study English subjects but I don’t know the grammar concepts exactly. In addition, If I good English skills then I will teach to my parents and my some Indian relatives.
2) The subjects that I want to major in are AutoCAD, Micro station (computer soft wares).I took some of the CAD courses in winter at Southern Alberta institution technology at Calgary. But my English is not strong enough to get ahead in my next course that is the main reason I took EAP (English Academic programs) classes at University of Calgary.
3) In my career I would like to have drafting job because art is my passion it doesn’t matter to me that I’m drawing on the computer or I’m drawing on the art book. Also, I like to do CAD projects on the computer soft wares. Second thing that I want to mention is that my dad is also a Drafting piping Designer; if I need some kind of help then he will tell me about those projects.
4) I like the most thing in my free time is playing basketball with my brother at home or sometimes at the city playgrounds. I like to play this game because in India I am a state level in basketball, I like everything about basketball: watching basketball matches, playing basketball computer games, dribbling etc.
5) I do study English outside of class is reading novels, watching Canadian couture shows, talking with my friends: usually who speak English. I do work on the weekends at Wendy’s restaurant so over there I usually talk with customers and with my manager.
6) Rite now I didn’t sign for any course because first I have to finish my EAP (English Academic programs), then I have to sign up for my drafting courses: Microstation, Autoflow, 2D& 3D Animations at Southern Alberta institution technology.
7) The most difficult thing about learning English is doing presentations because it’s hard for me to express our views front of the students. My English accent is not strong enough then some students have hard time to find it what I’m trying to say.
8) The most difficult thing about going to college is travelling a bus because rite now I live in white horn area and my college is very far from my college so I took bus everyday at 6.30am and it takes me one hour fifteen minute to reach my college. So, I think its waste of time so I don’t like to waste my time every single day. 9) The easiest thing about learning English is reading horror novels because in the novels there are lots of interesting stories to read. Also in horror novels there lots of difficult vocabulary in it .So, I like to know difficult words in my life.
10) The skill that I need to improve my English is Grammar because I am very weak in writing the other thing is that in India we usually learn British English over there. So, sometime I get confused between United States English and British English.