If I lose this train which leve now... only tomorrow morning

At home we agreed about leaving home at tenish. The train would departs at 10:40. My uncle is always in time. We left at 10:00. We arrived at station at 10:34. But the doors were closed, the whistle of the train sounded. I immediately left the car and ran toward the first car. Would be the conductor there, I guessed. I was almost in front of the car shaking my hands and jumping, hoping he/she could see me. I just have this weekend to visit Chicago.

My uncle jumpt to one of the doors while the train was moving and he was knocking.  Then AMTRACK's employee appeared and told us a couple of words which of course I couldn't understand.

Suddenly people left theirs cars which were in the parking area. I realised they were going to the train as I was. I was really embarassed. But how could we know? There wasn't a real station, but a train stop. And we just heard the whistle and saw the train moving.

But, at the end, is everything ok. When I wrote this post I was at the train going to Chicago. I thought at that moment: I hope who have seen me trying to stop the train is not in this car right now!

stumbling over... a deer... or a dear?

I don’t know why English has so many similar words. I think they use it only to make their language more complicated. I saw a dear or a deer? They pronounce the same sound to these words, how could I imagine these words have different spelling? I have seen a deer and immediately I posted it on facebook, because It’s different for me and according to my facebook socialization I should share experiences like that. But enthusiastically I didn’t go to the dictionary to be sure about that word. Result? Sharing on facebook my bad English. “I saw a dear” how strange this phrase… I’m really glad I have a very lovely aunt who is a good English teacher and who corrected me…

Stumbling over greetings... I can't believe it

I just arrived from the Auburn Hills Public Library and I made a big language mistake. I’m really embarrassed about it. I’m here for more than one month and I made a ridiculous mistake. I went to the library to be part of Cup Cake Decorating class. The class would start at 7:00 pm, I arrived at 6:50. The class was full and what I told GOOD NIGHT. Idiot! This is one of the first strategy people learn: when you do say good evening and when do you say good night. I could just say “Hi”, “Hello”, “How are you?”, but NEVER good night. And when I told, I perceived, was too late…

Anyway, the important is I went there, I decorated three cupcakes and they are almost cute lol. With some practice I could be good in it.