improve my vocabulary

5/1 : total 2000
5/3 : +1000
5/5 : +1000
5/7 : +1000

Not doing this everyday, but still managing decent amount of rice. +500 today. 2000 done, 98000 to go.

1500 down, 98500 to go :)

I did this freerice thing for about a month two years ago when I first heard of it. Then I did not have time. Now I have started again. I think I can spare a few minutes a day. If I average 500 grains a day, I should make it by the end of this year.

According to the website, there are 48 grains of rice in one gram. Lets round it to 50. I think I eat about 100 grams a day = 500 grains. So I am helping one person with one meal every day. That is not too bad :)

I had a some extra time on hand, so I did 1000 grains today. 1000 down, 99,000 to go.

Found a bunch of ‘word of the day’s – http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwwod.pl http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/ http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/wordofday/index.html

What I found is that even if I already know a word, I don’t know subtleties and nuances of the meaning and usage. I am enjoying this :)

I am thinking ….
By learning a few words a day?
From?
A dictionary may be?
Naah .. boring.
Solving crosswords?
How will that teach me new words? I will just remember the ones I already know.
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How about www.wordsmith.org’s a word.a.day (http://wordsmith.org/words/today.html)
GOOD IDEA !!!