wh- question

a question in English that is a request for information. Wh- questions usually start with a word beginning with wh-, but "how" is also included. The wh- words are: what, when, where, who, whom, which, whose, why, and how.

Navy SEALs Motto

The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday.

My life in a nutshell... :(

qismat to dekh TuuTī hai jā kar kahāñ kamand 

kuchh duur apne haath se jab baam rah gayā 

I think -- deep down -- my Blog is a chronicle of my schizophrenia.

Untitled! :-)

I'm not writing as prolifically as I used to...

Back to one-liners -- again!

Writer's block eh?

With all due respect... :-)

 The most life-giving element of any relationship is R-E-S-P-E-C-T!

On a shoestring . . . .

I'd to get my shoes cleaned -- I'd have done that myself but I didn't have brush and polish -- So I went to this cobbler -- a young woman in her late twenties, I believe -- sitting under an umbrella in her makeshift shop -- a semi-shanty like place -- by the side of the road -- and most probably her kiddo sleeping by her side -- I asked: How much....? She said no polish -- Ten Rupees for cleaning with a brush -- I got severe guilt pangs -- and I said okay...

Compare and contrast! :-) Bodyguard (British TV series) and Hindi movie!

 

Teen Pilot Takes Step Closer to Circling the Globe

Nineteen-year-old Zara Rutherford is looking to become the youngest woman to fly solo, or by herself, around the world.

The young Belgian-British pilot left Belgium in August. Rutherford hopes to complete her 51,000-kilometer trip across five continents and 52 countries by mid-January 2022.

She recently talked about the difficulties involved in crossing northern Russia after landing in Jakarta, Indonesia.

She told reporters in Jakarta the hardest part of her trip so far was flying across Siberia in northern Russia. She noted that if anything went wrong, any help she would need in freezing temperatures would likely be hours away.

"If for any reason the engine stops, I think I could survive. I could either land on the land or (use) the parachute or ditch in the water. I'll be ok," Rutherford said.

She added, "The problem is if I'm in minus 35 degrees Celsius, once I'm on the ground and I'm three hours away from the closest human, ...I actually don't know how long I can survive."

Rutherford describes every solo flight as an "adventure." An adventure is an exciting or possibly dangerous experience. She added that flying solo tests her wits -- or her knowledge and creativity. She said she hopes her trip inspires other young women to enter the fields of aviation, science, technology, mathematics and engineering.

Rutherford is looking to break the current record held by Shaesta Waiz. Waiz was 30 years old when she flew solo around the world in 2017.

I’m Jonathan Evans.

Jonathan Evans adapted this story for Learning English based on a report by the Reuters news service. Ashley Thompson was the editor.