Uriah Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 My name is Uriah and this is my first post in this forum. Currently I'm doing my service in the IDF, not a fact I'm particularly proud or ashamed of. This is the first time I'm planning to practice written English on a regular base, this is one main reason for me to write here and this is a good opportunity for me to apologize for my future mistakes and to acknowledge you that I'll be thankful if you'll correct me. My second reason is to give a stage and to challenge my ideas in front of people with similar set of beliefs as my own. Objectivism has changed my life in every way. I was going toward very wrong direction by my point of view until I got to read "the fountainhead" during a small window of freedom between high-school and the army while my city got bombed and I was traveling in Canada. I know objectivism very well and though I might be considered as a neo-objectivist because some of my ideas it is important for me to declare that I see myself as an objectivist in a matter of believing that there is no question about the essential issues of philosophy such as metaphysics and epistemology. My main intellectual interests at the moment are psychology and economics and my deepest passions which I find hard to call hobbies are music and (European) football. I'm not sure where this road is going but I'm sure that the direction I'm taking is a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 Welcome to oo.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uriah Posted October 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleph_0 Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 Shalom. Yesh chavrim ysraelim poh. (Hopefully that didn't come out retarded. Four years since I took Hebrew.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uriah Posted October 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 The translation is Hi. There are Israeli friends over here. Is that so? Are there any non-American's members? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 Are there any non-American's members?Yes. If you go to the "Members" list, there's an button called "Toggle Option". Clicking it brings up some search options. Country is one of them. of course, this will only show people who have specified what country they are in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D'Ippolito Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 We rather recently had someone else (Danielle) join from Israel; she's even doing her IDF service right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniellecs Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 Ha. This is where you got my name from. Anyways welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 Why and where were you travelling in Canada? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uriah Posted October 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Thank you Danielle. Why and where were you travelling in Canada? Do you know the conspiracy about the Jews planning to rule the world? Well, that not true. but we still help each other from time to time I went to Montreal visiting my family, my fathers' uncles and their families invited me for a visit. Form the second I got off the plane I felt like home: the Anglo-Saxon and French cultures mixed with a huge variety of other cultures from all over the world, the infinite landscapes and that odd feeling of limited personal freedom were all an experience which influenced me till this day. If it wasn't the long winter I would consider seriously moving into Montreal and I will return for a visit after my release this spring. I didn't see too much of Ontario, I hired a car with a German couple and went visiting the Niagara Falls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'kian Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Is that so? Are there any non-American's members? Several. Some come and go. Some come and then go. I'm in Mexico City. I've cousins in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. One did a stint as a mechanis in the IDF Air Force than landed a job in El Al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uriah Posted October 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 Several. Some come and go. Some come and then go. I'm in Mexico City. This is understandable. From all aspects of language writing is the hardest, even if you know the grammar and the meaning of the words it still takes more time to read and to express yourself. Were you living in Mexico all your life? When did you get to practice your English? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'kian Posted October 17, 2009 Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 This is understandable. From all aspects of language writing is the hardest, even if you know the grammar and the meaning of the words it still takes more time to read and to express yourself. Were you living in Mexico all your life? When did you get to practice your English? I was born in Mexico City. I had a very good English teacher, and I had the benefit of private lessons with him. he made sure his students understood the language, not just in meaning but in structure, usage, etc. He also told me when speaking English one should think in English, not translate as one goes along. As for practice the best way is to immerse ones self in whatever language one is studying. I could watch TV shows in English through cable, and I also bought books and magazines in English. These days with the itnernet it's even easier to find material to read and watch in English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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