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ACROSS THE PLAINS 

Where ever life does take me

I have a place to call my home

I close my eyes and dream a dream

And there my heart does roam

I see me standing on the plains

Gazing out across the land

My family all are by my side

All together we will stand

Looking far out to the mountains

Through the sparsely scattered trees

I see the golden sun does set

I feel the gentle twilight breeze

Many kings will have their kingdoms

Many sailors will have the sea

I belong to this vast land

It’s the only place for me

I

Bismillah..

This is my first blog since I join the English club. I like reading other members blog but I don't have courage to make my own and publish it. but now I'm trying to learn to write something cause, I will cannot doing anything if I don't try and start to do it.

May I Introduce my self, my name is Rahayu Rachmatullah. I come from Indonesia, south east Asia. If you know Bali, Bali is an Island in Indonesia. but I don't live in Bali, I live in a city next to Jakarta, the capital city of In

Listen To News: Russian Punk Members Released ~ 24 December 2013

Discussion Question: These women were scheduled to be released in March 2014. Do you think their early release was likely planned to prevent protests during the Olympics? Why do protests often take place at the Olympics Games?

  As far as I notice about this case I suppose the Russian government wanted really to avoid troubles during the hosting of the Winter Olympics Games in the city of Sochi in February 2014.

  I don't give total r

We all have been through this life stuff, problems we faced and all, we just try to do things better for ourselves also others. But sometimes as we have our ways to cope things differently, tho it may turns out to be a good solution, people can't see it the way we see it, so then they put some sort of vitriols on us. The thing is there are ways to face this kind of situation to react a little bit more calmly and no need to boost up our wasted-energy responding people who just always judge us as

Listen To News: China Eases Population Control ~ 31 December 2013

Discussion Question: Do you think a baby boom in China is the answer to the country's aging population problem?

  It's a controversial question to solve. But, I think this policy should be seen  like a temporary one, that is, a restricted  policy to be a very dangerous try to give effectiveness to the country's progress noticed over past few years.

   Maybe other short-term policies could be taken into account in order to reach the g

This new year bring a hope

To have a better life

The past never return

But the memory always return

The mind keep the best

But the sadness never be the best

It will remain a wounded heart

Only a sincere affection will touch the heart

To remove the sorrow

Is the happiness come tomorrow?

No one know that’s the misery of life.

My imagination and destination is u

U m telling you d truth

Plz my heart has no direction

U looked like u d one for me

But u used me

U left with ua friend

Im ok with out u

This thing is is not new for u

Im gonna be alright

I still have u r reflection in my heart

N mah feeling  r with u

U happened to me as a lash

I cant forget you as a bash

Spate of  u r love

Yah ur memories r magnificent n reminiscent

Um pious towards you 

I don't care wat u call me everywhere i go i got caught into ur conviction

I don't know y

"Giving n Receiving"

God created His most beautiful creation “us” the human being, and adorned “us’ with “Relations”. All relations; Blood or the ones we make ourselves like “friendship” or “love” based on emotions. It is in our instinct, to make relations or to strengthen the existing ones, we give and take presents. So to maintain the equilibrium between emotional relations ‘giving and receiving’ is the formula. Love is possibly the most powerful and potentially the most beautiful gift we give

“I wish you enough”

 

Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport as the daughter’s departure had been announced. Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said: “I wish you enough.

”The daughter replied, “Mom, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom.” They kissed and the daughter left.The mother walked over to the window where I sat. Standing there, I could see she wante

When all is said and done, 365 days of existence is merely a blink in God's eye. Scientists try to prove and count the seconds while the faithful rest assured that time doesn't matter.

Whatever your opinion is regarding the subject, time still passes. We're all born with a sense of optimism and hope. Some of us grow into adulthood while raising children. A few choose other paths while pursing fantastic careers. Many are caught somewhere in between those two scenarios for a brief moment. In the en

Dear Captain,

I think I am really a wallflower.

I am sorry to have upset mom. She held a party for me days ago as I was out of hospital. Yet she invited some strange young guys without letting me know before. She claimed they were her colleagues' sons. I wondered where were the daughters of her colleages.

I kept silent from the beginning to the end. I didn't mean to be a wallflower, instead I am one. And mom knows that, always. She should have hid her transparent intention better. I am not disabled

Yes, life is always full of happiness and sorrows.  Sometimes someone gets the worse more than the flip side. But there is always something to be happy...does not matter how much!

Let me  say a little about that young lady who is just a housemaid, uneducated, unattractive (by the cruel reality), who is in a real distress in her young age.

In true sense, her husband has left her alone with their son a couple of years ago. After that she has managed a menial task and trying to survive. But she never

"It is going to be another misty cold morning. As there is no sign of sweet early morning sunbeam. So, another cold day...huf." Suddenly the call bell rang. "Who would it be, so early"? Tintin wanted to lay down for a long time but now it seemed not possible. Her parents headed for their works  so, she was the only person who could open the door." So, I have to get up and open the door"!

Oh...it was their housemaid...who came a bit earlier than usual time." Why do you come so early? Is there any

For everybody in the world,

whatever color of their skin may be,

whatever their religion may be,

whatever their situation may be,

good health, lots of love, of possibilities and.... PEACE

HAPPY NEW YEAR !

Big hugs,

Manuela

Thank you 2013.

it's a new year, it's time to start again.
stop thinking about what you're going to do and start doing it.
it's time to live your life and be who you are. forget about whatever happened in 2013 and just move on. take risks and
be yourself, you only have one life, and it's time to make the most of it. make a new year's resolution and this time achieve it no matter what the cost is.

Have you ever eaten Rawon? This Indonesian cuisine has a distinctive seasoning , called kluwek. Kluwek (Pangium edule) on rawon used as a spice and natural coloring of black on the gravy. Besides being used in rawon , kluwek also used on Makassar (Sulawesi) dish, called Sop Konro, and Brongkos, other Indonesian vegetable.

The tree of Pangium edule requires many years to mature and produce fruit, therefore  kluwek most often harvested from wild trees, as it’s less economical to be cultivated. Fres

   Everyone needs many ways to describe his or her feelings and without his  or her method to express it he or she can't reach anything for the other people so and the main point here is to focus in our skills to communicate with others because no one can understand the other side without talking . No one can judge on others without talking or knowing more about the main problems and what to do to make the results in his or her life better than previous days that it force us to look for what fac