<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491966221770509464</id><updated>2012-02-17T00:48:33.025+02:00</updated><category term='My movies'/><category term='My music'/><category term='My point of view'/><category term='Mackay column'/><category term='Better starting now'/><category term='The revival'/><category term='Little treasures'/><title type='text'>TETSU-KO thinks English</title><subtitle type='html'>THE PAST CAN NOT BE CHANGED ... NO MATTER WHAT. THE FUTURE DOESN'T EXIST. WE HAVE ONLY THE PRESENT, WE HAVE HERE AND NOW AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://english-tetsu-ko.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5491966221770509464/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://english-tetsu-ko.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Madalina Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01534632003139976712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O1AsW1kmp1I/SpWdNvAOgxI/AAAAAAAACjs/hFgnqGKZqdk/S220/img+041.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491966221770509464.post-6457061755256952265</id><published>2010-09-04T12:46:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2010-09-04T12:46:34.776+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mackay column'/><title type='text'>WHEN A HANDSHAK ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH</title><summary type='text'>Agreements prevent disagreements.  If you are a regular reader of this column, you have likely heard this before.  It's one of my core beliefs, yet it's amazing how many people don't heed this advice.
I recently received an email from one of my regular readers in Louisville, Kentucky.  He wrote:  "I have seen it happen so often, especially in real estate.  Both the seller and buyer agree on a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://english-tetsu-ko.blogspot.com/feeds/6457061755256952265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5491966221770509464&amp;postID=6457061755256952265&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5491966221770509464/posts/default/6457061755256952265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5491966221770509464/posts/default/6457061755256952265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://english-tetsu-ko.blogspot.com/2010/09/when-handshak-isnt-good-enough.html' title='WHEN A HANDSHAK ISN&apos;T GOOD ENOUGH'/><author><name>Madalina Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01534632003139976712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O1AsW1kmp1I/SpWdNvAOgxI/AAAAAAAACjs/hFgnqGKZqdk/S220/img+041.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491966221770509464.post-8168448200894350833</id><published>2010-01-14T21:46:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-14T21:46:24.974+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mackay column'/><title type='text'>CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS AND CHANGE YOUR LIFE</title><summary type='text'>Harvey Mackay's Column 


Change your thoughts and change your life
If what you see is what you get, what will you get?
That all depends on what you see.


A man pulled into a small restaurant on the outskirts of town. He remarked to his server: "I just was transferred to your town, and I've never been to this part of the country. What are people like here?"
"What are people like where you come </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://english-tetsu-ko.blogspot.com/feeds/8168448200894350833/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5491966221770509464&amp;postID=8168448200894350833&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5491966221770509464/posts/default/8168448200894350833'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5491966221770509464/posts/default/8168448200894350833'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://english-tetsu-ko.blogspot.com/2010/01/change-your-thoughts-and-change-your.html' title='CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS AND CHANGE YOUR LIFE'/><author><name>Madalina Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01534632003139976712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O1AsW1kmp1I/SpWdNvAOgxI/AAAAAAAACjs/hFgnqGKZqdk/S220/img+041.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491966221770509464.post-7758860241605584287</id><published>2009-11-10T23:35:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T23:36:13.536+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My music'/><title type='text'>MORCHEEBA - ENJOY THE RIDE</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://english-tetsu-ko.blogspot.com/feeds/7758860241605584287/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5491966221770509464&amp;postID=7758860241605584287&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5491966221770509464/posts/default/7758860241605584287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5491966221770509464/posts/default/7758860241605584287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://english-tetsu-ko.blogspot.com/2009/11/morcheeba-enjoy-ride.html' title='MORCHEEBA - ENJOY THE RIDE'/><author><name>Madalina Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01534632003139976712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O1AsW1kmp1I/SpWdNvAOgxI/AAAAAAAACjs/hFgnqGKZqdk/S220/img+041.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491966221770509464.post-9083098018812590848</id><published>2009-10-15T23:37:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2009-10-15T23:37:58.818+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The revival'/><title type='text'>THE AUTUMN OF MY FEELINGS</title><summary type='text'>

Silence... it's quiet outside... maybe because the night. It's quiet most of all in my head, in my mind. Until now my mind was some kind of Heathrow Airport where each moment ideas were taking off making space for others to land, some of them were crossing paths in the air. My MIND - the control tower, the airport.
When I'm walking the street I'm connected in a deep way to the nature that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://english-tetsu-ko.blogspot.com/feeds/9083098018812590848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5491966221770509464&amp;postID=9083098018812590848&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5491966221770509464/posts/default/9083098018812590848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5491966221770509464/posts/default/9083098018812590848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://english-tetsu-ko.blogspot.com/2009/10/autumn-of-my-feelings.html' title='THE AUTUMN OF MY FEELINGS'/><author><name>Madalina Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01534632003139976712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O1AsW1kmp1I/SpWdNvAOgxI/AAAAAAAACjs/hFgnqGKZqdk/S220/img+041.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O1AsW1kmp1I/Std7P5B25EI/AAAAAAAADYE/bVvcJs3ul8Y/s72-c/15.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491966221770509464.post-6700118825649016839</id><published>2009-10-07T00:56:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2009-10-07T00:59:16.771+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My movies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Little treasures'/><title type='text'>STARDUST...</title><summary type='text'>A beautiful story about dreams come true, about following your path, about unconditioned fearless love.

NO STAR CAN SHINE WITH A BROKEN HEART.

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://english-tetsu-ko.blogspot.com/feeds/6700118825649016839/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5491966221770509464&amp;postID=6700118825649016839&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5491966221770509464/posts/default/6700118825649016839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5491966221770509464/posts/default/6700118825649016839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://english-tetsu-ko.blogspot.com/2009/10/stardust.html' title='STARDUST...'/><author><name>Madalina Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01534632003139976712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O1AsW1kmp1I/SpWdNvAOgxI/AAAAAAAACjs/hFgnqGKZqdk/S220/img+041.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491966221770509464.post-5909396291024532412</id><published>2009-09-14T02:46:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2009-09-14T02:46:47.879+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Better starting now'/><title type='text'>ABOUT CREATION</title><summary type='text'>What would I be when I choose to laugh about I do not understand? What would my name be when, from the higher position I think I’m standing, I’m ironically looking down upon other people? BLIND? MUTE? DEAF? Have I lost my sensibility? LOST? To me the human nature seems so fascinating for the capacity of adapting so good to different situations, to survive somehow. A part of humankind choose to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://english-tetsu-ko.blogspot.com/feeds/5909396291024532412/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5491966221770509464&amp;postID=5909396291024532412&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5491966221770509464/posts/default/5909396291024532412'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5491966221770509464/posts/default/5909396291024532412'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://english-tetsu-ko.blogspot.com/2009/09/about-creation.html' title='ABOUT CREATION'/><author><name>Madalina Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01534632003139976712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O1AsW1kmp1I/SpWdNvAOgxI/AAAAAAAACjs/hFgnqGKZqdk/S220/img+041.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491966221770509464.post-5280028808010286734</id><published>2009-09-12T14:09:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2009-09-13T20:47:59.794+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Little treasures'/><title type='text'>FOR THE CHILD WITHIN ME</title><summary type='text'>The 3rd of July 2009. It was pouring in Bucharest. It was a storm by all means. A summer rain with lightnings and thunders and a pretty strong wind. It was exactly how I've wished a couple of days before. So, here I am. My wish came true. I was returning home and it was about 8.30 PM. As I was getting out from the subway I felt the rain - the air smelled like rain. All people were trying to find </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://english-tetsu-ko.blogspot.com/feeds/5280028808010286734/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5491966221770509464&amp;postID=5280028808010286734&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5491966221770509464/posts/default/5280028808010286734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5491966221770509464/posts/default/5280028808010286734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://english-tetsu-ko.blogspot.com/2009/09/for-child-within-me.html' title='FOR THE CHILD WITHIN ME'/><author><name>Madalina Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01534632003139976712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O1AsW1kmp1I/SpWdNvAOgxI/AAAAAAAACjs/hFgnqGKZqdk/S220/img+041.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491966221770509464.post-8673318078063432510</id><published>2009-08-30T02:16:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-30T02:21:18.232+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My music'/><title type='text'>LUCKY</title><summary type='text'>

I'm lucky! Yes, really, I am very lucky! No no nooo! I haven't won the Lottery, I do not have a car right now and an apartment of my own. I have only one room at my mom's that I share it with my son. But ... I am lucky. Why? I am lucky because I was born without problems and without birth defects, I had a childhood full of games and joy, because I went to school and I was able to learn many </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://english-tetsu-ko.blogspot.com/feeds/8673318078063432510/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5491966221770509464&amp;postID=8673318078063432510&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5491966221770509464/posts/default/8673318078063432510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5491966221770509464/posts/default/8673318078063432510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://english-tetsu-ko.blogspot.com/2009/08/lucky.html' title='LUCKY'/><author><name>Madalina Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01534632003139976712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O1AsW1kmp1I/SpWdNvAOgxI/AAAAAAAACjs/hFgnqGKZqdk/S220/img+041.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491966221770509464.post-4893590001018481072</id><published>2009-08-30T01:49:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-30T01:49:02.237+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Better starting now'/><title type='text'>WE ARE THE SAME IN OUR ESSENCE BUT DIFFERENT BY PARTICULARITIES</title><summary type='text'>We are what we feel in our soul we truly are, though we allow others to tell us who and what we are. We accept so easily the characterization of people around us and we accept it with serenity. If you keep repeat to a child that is stupid finally that kid will end up stupid. We often come to be  criticized by people who know nothing about us, people that just do not like us. Similarly, in our </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://english-tetsu-ko.blogspot.com/feeds/4893590001018481072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5491966221770509464&amp;postID=4893590001018481072&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5491966221770509464/posts/default/4893590001018481072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5491966221770509464/posts/default/4893590001018481072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://english-tetsu-ko.blogspot.com/2009/08/we-are-same-in-our-essence-but.html' title='WE ARE THE SAME IN OUR ESSENCE BUT DIFFERENT BY PARTICULARITIES'/><author><name>Madalina Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01534632003139976712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O1AsW1kmp1I/SpWdNvAOgxI/AAAAAAAACjs/hFgnqGKZqdk/S220/img+041.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491966221770509464.post-3181116736910816344</id><published>2009-08-27T01:39:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T01:50:00.783+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The revival'/><title type='text'>I CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY</title><summary type='text'>
Yes! It's not a book title! There are my own words: I choose to be happy! Some might say: yeah...right... easy to say...but... . And there's always a "but". Of course you can always choose to postpone and there's always a condition. I was there. I know how it feels. 
There was a time when I promised myself I will be pleased after high-school and after I will be admitted by the college I wanted </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://english-tetsu-ko.blogspot.com/feeds/3181116736910816344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5491966221770509464&amp;postID=3181116736910816344&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5491966221770509464/posts/default/3181116736910816344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5491966221770509464/posts/default/3181116736910816344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://english-tetsu-ko.blogspot.com/2009/08/i-choose-to-be-happy.html' title='I CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY'/><author><name>Madalina Adriana</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01534632003139976712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O1AsW1kmp1I/SpWdNvAOgxI/AAAAAAAACjs/hFgnqGKZqdk/S220/img+041.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O1AsW1kmp1I/SpWkpxZLkGI/AAAAAAAACkM/4q_CaK9q89w/s72-c/DSC_0048.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491966221770509464.post-4222484649115536457</id><published>2009-08-25T21:25:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2009-08-25T21:28:19.249+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My point of view'/><title type='text'>LIFE IS A JOURNEY</title><summary type='text'>
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