E-MAIL *_* !!

Hello everybody, today I want toke about thing everybody use it at this time. So, when we open our internet first thing I do it check my e-mail and I saw a lot of people in my e-mail online and I know some people put appear of line, anyway, everybody know how the e-mail important at this time. In a lot of places ask me about my e-mail. For example, when we register in any university they give us e-mail like IEP. In the end I want give you some advice for e-mail be careful when you use your e-mail and don't put any important thing like your account number or you address.

Thank you

"where to eat"

Hey, “where to eat” always seems to be an interesting topic for us – international students. Bloomington Bagel Company is one of my favorite places to eat. That is the place that my best friend took me to so early in my birthday morning. It was the first time for me to try the bagels there as well.
My friend said there are not a lot of international people coming over the store, but those foods are kind of familiar food of American. And that’s true. Whenever I come in, there’s no international people there (according to my experience ^___^). I don’t eat lots of bagels, so I haven’t tried many bagels at many places yet. However, I like those in that store. I like the place. You can bright your laptop there, have some drink with bagels, just like a coffee shop. In addition, it’s so interesting to have free bagels, yah!? It’s so easy; you can take a photo with the bagel, and bring it to the store to get free those. You will see lots of such photos inside the store. They are so nice.
By the way, the location is very easy to find out. It is on Dunn St., very close to Kirdwood St. let’s try it once and enjoy your good time!

Email Template: Absence

In class we've been talking about emailing and writing some sample emails. I'm posting a template the class has written that you can use to write emails quickly. This one is to an instructor about being absent. This one only works if you write BEFORE you're absent! Take out the italic parts and fill them in with the appropriate info.

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Subject: Absence on Insert Date

Dear Insert Name of Instructor,

This is Insert Your Name in your Insert Name of Class class. I am writing to let you know that I will be absent tomorrow OR Insert Date. I would be happy to know if we will have homework assignments. If we do have homework, I would be grateful if you could send the assignments to me.

Best regards,
Insert Your Name

Email with Password

Hi every body,

One of my cousins, who know nothing about technology or internet, asked me to open an Email to him, so I opened it then I sent it to him in a text message the email with the password. when he received the message he forwarded it to all his friends "the Email address with the password !!!

Lake Lemon

I am going to introduce Lake Lemon. This is a lake in the north-east of Bloomington. Lake Lemon was built in 1952 as part of a water supply program for the city of Bloomington. However, nowadays you can go there for rowing, picnic, or just to have a peace of mind. It has been really peace and quiet on last few months. However, I really do not know how crowded it will be in the summer. You need to take E State Road 45 to get there from the town. It is 15 miles to drive from downtown, which usually takes almost 25-30 minutes to get there. I am also adding a picture of the lake, which is taken from panoramio.com

Bowling alley

Hay guys what's going on ?

yesterday was FUN! FUN! the bowling alley event ,I had a BLAST with my friends and I hope that they had too. so basicly I was happy because I beat the guys in the game :P LOL . no I am kiding it was fun just because it was an activity with your friends, teacher and classmates that you can have fun with and also to see the how the IEP can be fun . for those how missed the event the missed a lot and I hope they come the next time. :D

indiana university-1958

IEP was founded by Mr. Marlin Howard the Senior in 1958. At first, due to technological inadequacy of the transportaion, there were only few students coming to Intensive English Program. This pretty old picture shows, how IU and first IEP class was looking like in 1958. This is elective class of "How to use a Typewriter" lectured by Katherine Vlasov in the IEP. There were neither typwriter, nor a room for these braveheart teacher and her students. However, afterwards they succeed to built a class and buy a typwriter with the donations from government. Today, IEP has changed a lot. They do have many offices, room for lectures, and many students and teachers. :))

Tripoli

Hi,

This is Tripoli, my home.

Tripoli is the Capital Libya. its on the Mediterranean sea,... I feel like I am in the TOEFL exam LOL.

Home sweet Home.

Speeding Ticket

I got my first speeding ticket in the United States, LOL.

O wasnt going very fast though,... , but I'll be looking over my shoulder for a while, LOL.

see you.

Info about Omar :)

hello guys, before I give you information about me I want told you this is my pic when I was child and this pic I took it in Bloomington and I think exactly in the Monro Leak. Anyway, my name is Omar. I am from Saudi Arabia, and Arabic is my first language. I am 19 years old. I have been here maybe one-year and six months. I think this level is last level for me, because I will start in the university at the fall 2009. In the end I hope we are enjoy in this class together. thanks for you.

Abo leena is here guys!!

hello every body I'm glad to be with you on this beautiful blog.
What does Abo leena means?
"Abo" means Father and "Leena" is my little baby name so I'm Leena's father and this is her picture

See you..

Introduction about myself

Hi!! my name is Abdulrahman Banjar I am a 16 year old student and I just get accepted in IUPUI for freshman year and I am glad that I am going to start to study this Fall . I was burn in the state and nowadays I am taking IEP classes to improve my writing since I was raised in Saudia Arabia my first language is not English so I am not used to English writing even though I am also bad in Arabic writing :P . I like to play with computer and everything about computers but I am totally not a freak I like to foul around a lot I guess :D . I am interested in making friendships and I al looking forwerd to make new friends :D .

Hello Everyone!

I am Mustafa, from Turkey. I will be one of the contributors of this blog in this session. I am a graduate student of engineering, pursuing to have his Masters and PhD in USA. Currently, I am trying to decide where to go, Penn State or U of Arizona. Well, this is my fifth session in the IEP, and I have had a great chance to improve my English skills here. But also, there have been ups and downs in here, and finally I am glad that I am leaving after this session. Thanks for your time.

Do you know How to get out of here :)

Hi Everyone
I`m Abdulkerim Alim. I`m an engineer and I have a scholarship from my government for master degree about nanotechnology. I have been here for 10 months. I hope this session will be my last session.

Please help me to escape from here :)

I`m waiting...

Hello there,

My name is Anas, and I am from Libya. I have been in Bloomington for seven months now and I like it here very much. especially now after that ugly winter has finally gone.

Any ways, I'll keep this one short and hopefully you will hear from me in the future.

Regards.

Kimanh, hi bloggers

I'm Kim Anh, an "old" student in the IEP. I have been here for almost 1 year (plus, almost of my friends have left B-town... so sad). Im making new friends. That's always interesting. Especialy, having lots of international friends is great to me.

New Session, New Faces

It's a new session in the IEP! There will be new authors joining the blog soon!

Wordle

Look at this cool image:



It's made from the text of our blog. You can make your own at Wordle. Wordle takes text and makes an image with it. Words that are used more frequently show up larger. You can customize the font colors and layout. It's fun, give it a try!

Dining in Bloomington

Dear fellows, the following are some information about Dining in Bloomington. I am not telling you where the Domino's or Jimmy John's is. I am telling you something special or my favorites. If you know more good places, please feel free to share with us. Help us, Help you.

Thai Food:

Esan Thai Restaurant‎

221 E Kirkwood Ave # D, Bloomington, IN‎ - (812) 333-8424‎
This is the best Thai food restaurant in Bloomington. The Tom Yum and Patai, and Tai milk tea is good.

Indian Food:

Shanti Authentic Indian Cuisine

221 E Kirkwood Ave # G, Bloomington, IN‎ - (812) 333-0303‎
The curry here is good. But sometimes it take a long time to wait for the food.

India Garden Restaurant
207 N Delaware St, Indianapolis, IN‎ - (317) 634-6060‎
There are buffet in the afternoon on weekdays. About $8~9. If you are hungry, go try their curry chicken, beef, lamps, and etc... Its buffet~

Chinese Food:

Chow Bar‎

216 S Indiana Ave, Bloomington, IN‎ - (812) 336-3888
Held by Taiwanese, during the season, you should try their Kong Xin Cai. Their Duck is also good. If you talk to their boss, you may offer special dishes by appointment! They also have special lunch buffet on Sunday, from 12-3pm. Try to arrive early if you wanna go.

Lucky Express‎

307 E 3rd St, Bloomington, IN‎ - (812) 333-5262‎
Good food and price, but not the enviroment. The boss said they don't want their resturant become too famous because they cannot serve too many costomers. lol. Its my favorite dining hall! lol

Great Wall Chinese Restaurant
2038 N Walnut St, Bloomington, IN‎ - (812) 323-8778‎
It is a buffet resturant. There is a best asian supermarket right next to it.

New China Buffet‎

2616 E 3rd St, Bloomington, IN‎ - (812) 339-3388
The best China buffet in Bloomingotn. About $12 for each person.

Western

Scholars Inn

200 E Matlock Rd, Bloomington, IN‎ - (800) 765-3466
This one is good for breakfast. Very bright and nice enviroment. They have lemon ta. And they have free wifi also.

Farm Bloomington‎

108 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN‎ - (812) 323-0002‎
Local food. Little expensive.

Basil Leaf‎
404 E 4th St, Bloomington, IN‎ - (812) 330-8978

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Cold Stone Creamery

115 S State Road 46 # D, Bloomington, IN‎ - (812) 334-825
I think Most of you will like it. No matter you go alone, with friends, or with your parten, its a nice place to hang out for desert.

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This week movie

Hello all. My today's topic is the movie "Gran Torino" with Clint Eastwood. Great and very moving story. It's about old but still strong Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski and his releationship with his immigrant neighbors. Here is the official movie trailer: