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Be Punctilious to your commitments:

Preciseness and conscientiousness is to fulfill the commitments to others and even to own self as exactly what the Nature demands from us. Look at the sun, rises and sets exactly at the time which it is supposed to be. The same as stars, planets galactic objects, they move precisely on their appointed orbits. Means it is in their nature to follow what they have been appointed to do.

Punctuality is in the habit of aforesaid object. So as with human being. Every s

This is on the motivation of Danny's "One More Writing Challenge......"

I tried to back off slowly from her, seeing anger on her blushing face.  But I was blocked off by a man behind me.  So there was no alternative for me except running towards my car and driving off.  I couldn't understand what caused all that anger whereas I hadn’t mugged anybody off.

I didn't realize that she was backed up by that guy who blocked me off while I was backing off.   Then I realized that the policy of buttering up

My friends! I have decided to post a series of blogs dedicated to the phrasal verbs. You see, most of the phrasal verbs are not idioms at all, they are just  combinations of a verb and an appropriate preposition. Today I will tell you about the phrasal verbs with OFF and UP. First of all, you should realize what these prepositions mean.

OFF means that we separate/remove a part of some solid object or disconnect something like wires. For example:

She broke off a bit of a chocolate bar.

The worker cu

Everyday, me and my boss go to his work for over two years now. His job has a shifting time schedule that we sometimes come home at 1:00 or 2:00 of dawn. Well depending on the agreed sched of his friends at work...you know..night out with the boys..drink here and there. 1,2,3..4 bottles before going home. So that when you hit the bed, you have no care but to sleep, forgetting your worries..the world..yourself...your loneliness.

But what I have been telling you my boss, is that sleeping is good wh

Please  complete the sentence 

                    A good friend is ....

1- A good friend is who supports you when you are absent as well as when you are present . ( Darius )

2- A good friend is who  has got your back ( Romance) 

3- A good friend is who  knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the     words. ( Rose) 

4- A good friend is the one letting you live your life without trying to be an angel or a savior. Just a friend... no more, no less. :)  ( Sulung

There was a kid, named Shane. One day came a new teacher to the class. She is very beautiful. Like a fairy. “Good morning my dear children” Teacher said kindly. Shane went to the table. “Teacher, my mother and father are not with me” “Why? “Did any accident happened to them?” “No teacher” Teacher understood, that there was a long story inside his innocent eyes. “OK my son, let’s speak later, now go and sit”

. ”teacher taught nicely and she is so kind” while teaching, everyone thought so. At inter

Tonight I have just arrived at my sister's house.I grabbed the latest Femina magazine and when I opened page 111 there was a writing contest.I never joined it because I was afraid if I didn't win.Did you feel the same?I don't have high confidence.It's true I've published once but it was with other writers.

I am not good at writing descriptive story even though I like detective or mystery genre.

Do you know what are most popular genres for women magazine?Thank you for your answers and I will wait f

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G    I     V    E        L     I     F    E          S   _     V    E    _   L     I     F   E

Nope. This ain't a word game or anything. However, something doesn't seem right, does it? Looks like something is missing, huh? Yup. A bunch of letters. A, B and O. Imagine a world without them. Two words: Pandemonium and chaotic. My favorite! Yay! Hang on, A738a. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Phooey. These

  It started getting dark so I decided to go back to my hotel.  As I started to drive towards the town it started snowing heavily.   Suddenly I heard a loud blast and realized that my tire had blown up causing me to stop  at the side of the road.  It was getting so cold  in the car that I started to freeze.

  Up ahead I saw a flicker of light coming from an old cottage.  I made my way to the cottage to see if I could get some assistance.  Before my hand even reached the door, it started to open. 

This is on the motivation of Tanya's writing challenge.

This is also in response to Expector's writing challenge, because it pertains the reported as well as direct narration.

LONESOME:

The twilight was in the offing, (it had already started getting dark), when I started driving to the beach.   I moved towards the rock where I was used to sitting.  No, I do not get scared if the darkness even prevail the atmosphere, I rather feel close to the Nature.  That day I was in gloom, (without any reason, a

Reality : Childhood

This is an old story. I don’t remember the details, but I try to point up the important things only. This is about childhood, friendship, family love and something else, something new but strange, at least for a kid. I bet one cannot actually define what happened, but I tell you anyway.

Me :

Seven years old, second grade in elementary school.

Physically : A short girl. Mentally : Clumsy.

Was having my school holiday.

There was a new student and new kid in our neighborhood,just move

Hi, my dear friends! I was out for some time, but I am back and would like to propose you  one more easy challenge for you to warm up a little. In this challenge, you should write a short story (very short as I am still very busy) using both or any of the given pairs. 

BE/GET + adjective/past participle.

BE/START + present participle/ gerund.

You don't have to use all the words, only those you need to explain your mind.

I will explain using the examples.

He is sick (means he is not feeling good now).

The other day my daughter came to me and said that she had a crush on a boy who lived in our neighborhood. I asked her to tell me who is he; she started talking about him.  I said her that I knew him. She asked me if he was attractive. I replied yes he was. She continued talking about him and that maybe when she was older they could marry. It made me laugh and I said:” sweetie you are still so young besides he is older than you.” She said: dad is older than you too.

I told her that when I was at

On the wings of an eagle

If you want to dream, fly high in the sky!
Take the clouds like a blanket.
Look at how all the stars shine for you.
Look at the myriad of raindrops;
those all are tears of lovers
whose wishes were not met yet.
But don't stay there too long.
The sun will drive the clouds away
Heaven will send you an eagle,
he takes you on his wings and brings you back
so that you can find happiness on earth.

There are a lot of English vocabs that actually originate from Greek Mythology; thesis, thesaurus, hypothesis, etc. And don't get me started on the names: Odysseus, Perseus, Theseus. Yeah, yeah, yeah, a lota "yeuseus". Here are some of my faves.

Narcissus

On a scale of 1-10 he was a twenty! He was so obsessed with himself that when he saw his own reflection in the river, he fell in love. Not realizing he was staring at himself, he stared at his reflection until he died. The flower that bloomed whe

My friend Anju and I were standing in line to book tickets for a movie. It was getting longer than we expected and Anju was getting annoyed. 

She told me that she would go to the inquiry desk and ask why they hadn't opened the office yet. 

She came back after a while and reported that they told her they would open the office only at 11 o'clock. 

"11 o'clock? That means we have to stand here for another hour!" I said, exasperated. 

Just then, a group of rough looking men came and cut in front of the

Summer

What a boring summer! Liesel thought.

She had finished all the house works and there was nothing she could do after that. She decided to climb the hill not far from her backyard. Lately she found it peaceful to lying on the shade of a tree, watching the clear sky with bubbles of clouds. She had been busy with her own mind, thinking and cursing her three brothers that she acclaimed ‘having best summer holiday ever’.

Hans, the first, mostly buried himself on pile of books. Study was always his