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IT IS CONTAGIOUS It’s a disease and yet not a disease in the technical sense. If you sit next to a person affected by it you too may contract it. |
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Hope Springs Eternal! A prayer for a sick child? You are faced with a situation that there is no known cure, not much research being done and consequently treatments and medical care are very expensive. |
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My Father my Friend Ben was troubled and thought he had no friends. Then he remembered his father. |
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The Scavengers I dont know who vilifies us, Tamilians. I can very well handle queries like above(and I pity what they learnt in their Geography Lectures at School. Surely, their Lecturers would suffer severe heart-attacks if they came to know their Curious Questions such as these)... |
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How to Have The Weekend Retreat Without Leaving Home Want to have a weekend retreat but don't have a lot of money? Like to get away from it all but don't know how or how to get started? Please follow my 2 part series on a weekend retreat and learn how you to can get away from it all without breaking the bank and stressing out how to do it. |
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A Difficult Son to Handle I had been asking the same question daily on rising from my bed. "At what time did Dolfy return home last night?"
"Very late. Around midnight. But, today at 5.30 this morning,... |
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The Business of Clips The idea of clips seems like a Catch-22. You need them to get a pitch picked up, but how can you get them if no one gives you a chance to write an article?
The situation, however, is not as impossible as it appears. |
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Rethinking the Classics While the fashion front has been lenient in creating room for more styles and accessories, the literary world often balks at changes in its lineup. A few weeks ago, I explored readers’ hesitancy in giving YA novels their due.
This week, I’d like to focus on books we see as classics. Why can pearls and the little black dress share space with dangly earrings and shiny gowns, but Charles Dickens and Jane Austen have to keep their distance from John Irving and Mary Gaitskill? |
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When People Suck Yes, we know everyone at some time of their life usually pisses you off. People do shitty things, are two-faced, look out for themselves and hurt other people in the process, and we could go on and on and on. |
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Coping with the Revise Up until a few years ago, a revised piece meant that I had read it over twice and double-checked grammar and context. Blame it on my high school English teachers. Then, I began working on a novel and realized - wonder of wonders - that so much more is needed to make a creative work flow.
Those of you who have long mastered the art of revision may be smirking, but better to learn late than never, right? And on the chance that there are writers still out there that are stuck on how to revise—or those who have revision down to a science but are looking for new ways to approach this subject—I thought I would share some pearls (or cubic zirconia) of wisdom. |
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The Magical Family in Education And so, the magical family settled down in Singapore. They are all smart people, you must remember. It wasn't very long before they established themselves in various cornerstones of society.... |
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My Take on Money "No one can survive on a diet of hope". This is one slogan that I see in the bus stops of Singapore.
Of course, there are some who reminisce about kampong days. Yes, the family is p... |
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Introducing the Magical Family from China There was, and still is, a magical family from China. Now, this group of family consists of many surnames, but the three known are - Tay, Chen and Wong. These are the three that are the most... |
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Finding the Joy in Writing
When you start freelancing, there are many things you can no longer do. You can’t wait for someone else to tell you when it’s time to go home. You can’t take a break without feeling ... |
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Adult Orphans Death is something that is inevitable in our lifetime. One day we will die, one day our siblings will die, our friends will die, our pets will die and our parents will die. We may or may not ever encounter these losses, but the certainty of death does not make the experience any easier. |
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Tragedy of Errors Candy, twenty plus, was a simple final semester undergraduate staying in a hostel. She hardly made friends with anyone there or, for that matter, in her college class room. Then one day she was bitten by the love bug. The bug was Joe, her own classmate sitting some three rows ahead of her.
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The Noise of Music The Noise of Music
Have you ever tried your throat at singing? Any kind of songs – light, film tunes, classical etc?
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The Titanic Effect...And The Criminal Justice System It is both astonishing, not to mention deeply disturbing, how the serious - and potentially fatal - flaws in our current 'criminal justice' system bear a remarkable similarity to those of the ill-fated ship, the Titanic. What is equally alarming is that no one realizes just how similar until we or someone we know has a personal head-on collision with the "iceberg." |
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Love for gold The Bible says the Angels in Heaven found the women of the Earth most beautiful and alluring. So, they came down, took the form of Men and married them. What they produced were 'demons... |
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LOVE IS LIKE FIRE "Love
is like fire or like a pebble. It is like fire because it can work both
ways. Just like fire can give you light and burn you alive, love can
either bring light to your life, but if ... |
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Healthy Relationships Start With You Alright guys and gals switching gears a bit this week. I want to talk about healthy relationships.
There are three keys to having a healthy relationship
Knowing yourself
Having a value... |
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The Unexplored Region The silent surroundings where Daniel resides, is going to change. There is going to be a Change in his life. There is going to be a Change everywhere. Is this change for good? What is this Region that no one has Explored yet? Read on.. |
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Crave On In a trendy detached suburb there is a place where geniality and camaraderie are paramount. Perth in Western Australia has its share of treasures. This store in Leederville, is one of them. |
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