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  1. ** deep breath ** Alrighty peeps ... whaddup? BigDuke's back. This time with some jolly good news. After Canada fell apart for me, it was destination Australia for me. Picked up a course that best suits my career interests, Business Systems at the prestigious Monash Univ, Melbourne, Aus. Just a month left until I leave for my dream, waiting for the visa. Its been a long wait! Hoorah!
  2. I just got over with the IELTS academic module today. Speaking test is scheduled for tomorrow. A small heads up ... The listening section is far easier now. 4 sections, first 3 are broken up in sets of 5 so you won't really get exhausted. Its only in the final section that it was a 10 questions' run. The reading section too was fairly simple. If you're a fluent English speaker and are used to reading ... it should be a piece of cake. I used the Essential 404 to practice a bit and their level was relatively tougher. But then again its just me ... :) On the writing section, make sure you prepare yourself mentally for a completely bizarre topic for writing task 2. Its hard to come up with ideas in that span of time and that too on social and economic topics. Overall ... do prepare yourself for the different types of questions and don't worry, its only a test of english in the end :)
  3. I took the TOEFL (CBT) about a year back and scored 277 / 300 and 6.0 on the essay ... without preparation too. I find IELTS testing to be somewhat of a prick in the neck. Need I really worry about the D-Day ? I am practicing but by H-Hour D-Day I shall have had only a week's trg ... Just in case you're wondering why I'm taking the IELTS ... I blame the Aussie High Commission :-|
  4. bigduke

    Passed IELTS

    got your score yet? was the writing task 2 too vague ... all the samples i have been looking at are far too vague to actually write something really prolific. :(
  5. bigduke

    Passed IELTS

    Was it the general IELTS ?
  6. bigduke

    Do j00 blog?

    ** Bows ** I thank thee, spring, my efforts have not gone waste nor have my thoughts; your appreciation hath made them worthwhile :)
  7. Samuel barber - adagio for strings .... hehe i just love making up my playlist :p
  8. arjen, ye speakest good of the writer mighty, ye shalt be rewarded :D
  9. shoaib ... thats ok if you dont understand my statements ... i dont either :p wait till you read my blog ... its partly written in mideival english
  10. chaps man ... why dont we just open an IRC channel ? ... if 5 people say yes i'll have it ready right away
  11. Tchaikovsky brothers - overture
  12. oh wait ... my manual says ... "some assembly required" ... ok they're in place :p ... now guess
  13. i'll be damned ... looks like a bloody IRC chat room in here :p j00 guys are t3h phast
  14. what the ... well you'll never know what i am ... cuz ... ummm i cant find me genitals :p .... muhahahahahahahaha
  15. bigduke

    Do j00 blog?

    i would have started my own on me website ... but since i'm a lazy fart i just went with something uber quick to start with ... i like wordpress too ... i'll migrate my stuff on my site later :)
  16. Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries .... muhahahahahaha
  17. omg ... you guys turned this into a slow moving chat ... geez ... :p
  18. bigduke

    Do j00 blog?

    Yeah! Erin I read that ... that car wash post is funny :D
  19. is URCH some kinda acronym? Like Union of Royal Community Helpers ? I just looked up and its definitely not a word out of the English dictionary so Lo! its not going to be that easy to remember. Moreover, from a web strategy point of view, why would Erin host the forums over a domain other than the parent website's domain? Ethically speaking, its not right, it just confuses people and in the long run the newbies tend to run away from it. So yes, TestMagic.com r0x0rz! P.S. Erin I gotta tell you this, that caricature DOES look like you! :p Who made it?
  20. ** Bugle playing in the background ** 34th Royal Suxorz Spam Brigade hath assembled and is ready to engage. :p Muhahahahahahahaha ...
  21. So did you guys order for the "34th Royal Suxorz Spam Brigade" or not ? :P
  22. bigduke

    Do j00 blog?

    I just started blogging and was wondering if anyone else here blogged as well. Post a link to your blog, have it read by tens and hundreds and thousands of members, make your voice heard. My Blog : http://primacognos.blogspot.com
  23. Have we broken the world record for the longest thread yet? If not, I'll bring "The Royal Spam Brigade" if you like? :D
  24. Gortoz a Ran - J'Attends : Denez Pringet & Lisa Gerrard (OST - Black Hawk Down) :) Wonder if anyone's even heard of it!
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