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So here I am with my blog dedicated to MY MUG/CUP of COFFEE and I hope others will also join soon this challenge :) ehmm.. like Mary, Eva, Ellen promised :-p

Firstly, let me tell you that some months ago a big tragedy happened! My favorite, awesome mug my sister gave me died!!! I felt like crying, when I myself broke it :( It was such a cute mug with a picture of zebra - this drawing was intentionally childish - exactly the style I like! It looked little bit like this but it was much more better 

This is on the inspiration taken from Rose’s poem “I Watch the Moon”

Thanks Rose.

Once again the same night, the same room, the same bed and the same me awaken, lying slant on my soft pillow, as soft as the lap of the beloved, but still there is no sleep in my eyes, thinking about you, you are not with me.  I look at the sky, stare hard, looking for you among the stars.  They seem to singing, but even their lullaby brings no sleep in my eyes.  I look at the moon, but it is you, not the moon, yes i

Find me on Twitter, Facebook, and even MySpace, because we are here to change the world so “follow” me. I have read the writings of Malcolm Gladwell and Dennis Baron to analyze and write about. They have both presented different points and ideas on the significance of social media and how it has affected our world past and present. Gladwell’s essay, “Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted” is focused on the sit-in of 1960, an event started by four African American college students

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My boss's daughter has always been living abroad so that makes her smarter and more independent than anybody else around her age.

My 1st time moving school when I was in 2nd grade of Senior High School in Bandung. My peers didn't care about me and sometimes I felt I wasn't belong. But later I met new friends who had the same hobby as I am reading and traveling.

I can't find a better s

"I, uh, I don't think I'm gonna sit down, actually. I don't think I could sit down right now. Uh, we still don't know, right? And we don't have any idea what it's gonna be called. Okay, is there... uh... polls... I mean, is it literally gonna come down like Alaska an' Hawaii an' stuff like that? 'Cause we never wait for those people. We don't know. We love them, but you know, they're too far out West. Now, um... I think we can agree that this has been an absolutely exhausting, bruising election

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Yesterday my husband and I went for our monthly check up at Mitra Plumbon Hospital. First I went to an oculist then he checked his cholesterol.

Our health and healthy diet/life style can't be ignored.

Next week I will continue my 8th meeting with my midwives students at Akbid Graha Husada. It turned out that some of my final students failed in competency tests.

It's important to maintain our time management with family, colleagues and virtual frien

Hi, my friends! To my great disappointment, our Jeopardy game has had its days, but I have got an idea of "reanimating" it so that it can become more learning and interesting and I'd like to discuss it with you. My idea is to combine Jeopardy with another famous game, "Wheel of Fortune". For those who know nothing about this game I will explain what I mean using an easy example. I ask a question "It is a part of casual wear. There are 5 letters you should guess. You can open only one letter at a

Hello Guys, 

This is a new episode of "Wordless Wednesday" series :) 

Please give your best captions on the below photo :) 

Remember that the winning caption will be used as a title of the blog.. 

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For the rules of participation in the challenge, or for how you can make your own "Wordless Wednesday" Challenge, please refer to the blog Wordless Wednesday by Tara Benwell. 

Sorry for the aggressive photo :P 

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Hello guys,

let's take another writing challenge, which is again related to getting to know each other :-) This time I would like to ask you, to share a picture of your favourite CUP or MUG and to write something about it - such as:

- why it is your favourite mug/cup, if somebody gave it to you, for how long you have had it.. Don't forget to tell us also, if you prefer drinking coffee to tea or vice versa and how you prepeare it. You can also add more pictures as for preparation of your drink and

I watch the moon

Awake at night
I look at sky
the song of stars
my lullaby.

I watch the moon
since he did rise
it has your face
and loving eyes

I watch the moon
I close my eyes
you call my name
I hear your voice

I watch the moon
and feel your kiss
so deep inside
how much I miss

I see the moon
and hear its song
from love it sings
where I belong

I see the moon,
it's clear to me
I'll wait for you
and you for me.

Oh moon on sky
 do strengthen me
I see the light
the worries flee.

The song of mo

Thoughts in the Rain

I see raindrops on the window, falling from the sky like pearls. Some of them are small, some of them are big, some of them are like a necklace pushed together. Raindrops compose a tune, the wind breeze is like a voice and the sound of the raindrops on the window panes like drums.
If you can see and hear the same, then we have connection. It's a great feeling  to know it. Still is it night right now, a few stars shine through the clouds, the day is still asleep. The lovers

light reflects my face in the window
dark night,  no stars, no moon
white face, dark eyes, bleeding heart
wounded  soul, desperate longing

speaking with invisible moon
beg the stars to send her light to earth
to show the colors like kaleidoscope
should lead me through the  night

but thunder breaks the silence
thunderbolts light up the darkness
Rain sings his song of loneliness
with drops like a dance rhythm for

who puts his arms around me
who catches me if I falling
who fixes my doubts and f

This is the story I wrote for Danny’s writing challengelast month. I was really flattered when I saw many of you liked it. So I’d like to post it in my blog.  

Thank you, Mishaikh, Danny, Tanya, Luci, Shoba and Risty for your votes.

The story was corrected by Professor Danny Clark. Enjoy it and hope you like it.

PS: I’m sorry to tell you that I have been under the weather lately. Hope you don’t mind if I reply later and forgive me if I am absent from your activities. I will be back. Love, Jade.

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This is my third blog about philosophy. You may read the previous blogs here and here. This time I am going to talk about something relate to ‘Logic’, the art of thinking. There are few things we need to avoid so we can think in logic and take the right conclusion. These things we need to avoid are called ‘Fallacies’, let’s check it out!!!

1. Dicto simpliciter

An argument based on an unqualified generalization

Example : Training is good for everyone (for someone who has heart disease, training may

Can you imagine your day without a cup of coffee? If not, welcome to the world of coffeeholics! Those, who love drinking coffee, those who consider preparing coffee everyday ritual, those who fully enjoy each sip and feel satisfied with awesome taste, aroma and pleasure it gives. Espresso, latté, arabic coffee, caffé lungo or filtered coffee? Which would you like to have? As I am coffeeholic, who loves to drink coffee twice a day, I decided to come up with this topic and do some research here on

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Dear all Britpop fans. Today I want to share how much this band has influenced me so I am inspired to work as an EFL teacher and an indie writer in my wattpad

This afternoon my Mum cooked me crepes and I ate it with orange jam. Before my Dad ended our discussion about politic in our country, I prepared my teaching references to be sent to a local newspaper in my city.

Who mostly supports me in this band? I would say all because these lads are genious and have differ

Have you ever heard of Natural family planning or you have no clue, what does it stand for? Let me bring up this topic as I consider it something very important and also kind of compromising, when it comes to rejecting birth control pills or using other methods thanks to the religious, health or other issues.

Well, firstly let me tell you that natural family planning is here from two reasons. First one - to find the best days woman can get pregnant, second one - to avoid days woman can get pregna

Years ago, I took a correspondence course. I don’t even remember the school that offered it. I only knew that I had to get the course in, in order to graduate on time, and I couldn’t fit it into my class schedule. It was the worst educational experience of my life, bar none. I paid for the course, received the textbook and syllabus in the mail, and began to complete the reading and writing assignments. It was boring, arduous, and a test of endurance. What’s more, I waited days and days for any f

Yes, you can say "English is easy to learn." or "It's easy for us to learn English.", but you don't say "We are easy to learn or learn English."

You can use this structure if the subject of the sentence is also the object of the infinitive. So, you can say "He is easy to please." or "The book is difficult to read."

The adjective 'impossible' can be so tricky too, for example, you don't say "She is impossible to do that" - because 'she' is also the subject of the infinitive 'to do'. 

I hope I've mad

Have you heard about Nick lately? ‘Who’s Nick?’ you might ask. Well, did you know that ‘nick’ is not just a name of a person or a pet? This word is actually used in English phrases and expressions.

I’ve heard this term occasionally and thought of blogging about it. So without further ado, here are some common idioms and expressions about ‘nick’.

In good nick

It is a slang which means that something is in good condition especially if it’s old but still looks good. It’s an authentic colloquial Britis