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Hello dear friends, 

Since lots of members have been talking about food the last few days, I thought of sharing some phrases related to our eating habits. Hope you will find my post useful. 

Sarah always eats like a bird. (To eat very little)

You are just picking at your food. (To eat food in small pieces without enjoyment) 

His eyes are bigger than his stomach. (Has taken more food than one can eat) 

My brother brought his friends over to our place last Saturday, and they ate us out of house and hom

This is a love story that u will never forget...
He met her on a party. She was so outstanding, many guys chasing after her
,
while he was so normal, nobody paid attention to him. At the end of the
party, he invited her to have coffee with him, she was surprised, but 
due to
being polite, she promised.
They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything, she 
felt
uncomfortable, she thought, please, let me go home.. suddenly he asked 
the
waiter: "would you please give me some salt? I'd like

one day a woman came out of her home in the morning and saw 3 old men with a long white beard sitting in her front yard . she said to herself I do not think I know those men , but they must be hungry then she went to them and told them with a smile Welcome: Please log in to give you food.
they asked her if her Husband is home ? she replied : no he is out . “Then we cannot come in”, they replied
In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had
happened and asked him to invite them .

A little boy asked his mother, Why are you crying ?
-Because I'm a woman, she told him I don't understand,
he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, And you
never will
Later the little boy asked his father,
Why does mother seem to cry for no reason ?
All women cry for no reason, was all his dad could say
The boy still didn't get an answer! so he only had his
old grandfather to ask
The little boy asked his grandfather, why do women
cry so easily
The grandfather said, when God made women, she had to
be

https://youtu.be/esEdC0c3YI4

20. Sixpence None The Richer: Kiss me

19. Semisonic: Closing time

18. Sugar Ray: Someday

17. New Radicals: Mother, we just can't get enough

16. Third eye blind: Semi-charmed life

15. Sixpence None The Richer: There she goes

14. Matchbox 20: If you're gone

13. Keane: Somewhere only we know

12. Debbie Gibson: No more rhyme

11. Blur: Tender

10. I'm only happy when it rains by Garbage.

9. I think I'm paranoid.

8. Stupid Girl

7. Weezer: Say it ain't so

6. Smashing Pumpkins: The end is t

I have this idea from my friend's facebook post. Let's start.

1. What are your four nicknames? Me are Nia,Eva,Linda and Rina. Guess what is my popular name?https://youtu.be/xRtFnxwmM3M

2. Who are your closest friends and why?

My best friend Rany, my sister Sylvia, my mother and my son.

3. Where were your last holidays and with whom did you spend the time together?

Holy Package tours to Mecca, Madinah, Jordan. Australia was the best moment with my family.

4. Finally what are your best hang out?

Star buc

The present progressive tense tells us about an action that started in the past and continues to the present.  It refers to an unspecified time between 'before now' and 'now'. The present perfect progressive or the present perfect continuous is the form of the verb that refers to the action that started in the past and continued up until now.

We think the action started in the past and maybe it did not finish at that period of time. So, we are more concerned about the process and the consequence

It was late October. The old oak on the top of the hill started slowly losing its leaves. Winter was around the corner and mother nature was preparing everything for the first freezing days. As many other leaves, I was also thinking about my future and realized that sooner or later my time would come. Sun was getting weaker and weaker day by day and my colour turned into dark yellow. Wind was blowing more intensively and nervousness other leaves spread around was in the air. They felt anxious an

Squash and Shrimp Cooked in Coconut Milk (Ginataang Kalabasa)

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. -Voltaire

I’m full of the joys of spring to see all of your entries for my first writing challenge about traditional dishes. I never thought that this would be patronized by a lot of members.  This only proves that blogging is essential to most of us to express our thoughts and share our creative ideas for the love of lear

The following letter was written by Richard Dawkins and it´s addressed to his daughter Juliet, who was ten years old at the time.

Dear Juliet,

Now that you are ten, I want to write to you about something that is important to me. Have you ever wondered how we know the things that we know? How do we know, for instance, that the stars, which look like tiny pinpricks in the sky, are really huge balls of fire like the Sun and very far away? And how do we know that the Earth is a smaller ball whirling r

Certainly, you’ve been a guest once, twice or multiple times in your life to an event, as mankind wants to celebrate almost every memorable moments under the sun, wedding, graduation, feast, birthdays, baptismal, death day… etc. etc. Have you noticed something? Look around you; can you imagine all corners of that venue? How does it look like? Is it well pleasing? Appropriately designed? The ambiance of the area fits the concept of the celebration? For sure it does! Well, the particular event was

My dear friends! I have promised to start the discussion of your fables and parables, so here I am with all your great stories. You know what to do as it is not the first time we ask you to criticize your stories and choose the best (the “like” list is more preferable as usual). I like all the stories. They are so different, but all are so smart. So, let’s see whose story is the best in your opinion.

No 1.

The King and Salt

There was a king who had three daughters. When they grow up, he wanted to

When I joyned here as a member, I was thinking that I found a community where people have the opportunity to exchange experiences, to speak about different habits and traditions. About everything what makes us to understand each other better. Also to speak about religions and politics without any prejudices would be possible ... at least I thought so because I myself I am able to do that with respect and acceptance. My conviction is ... even if we don't agree or don't understand others in term

There are many ways to say goodbye: bye, see you, catch you later, so long, have a nice day, take care, cheers, and so on. 

It can be so tricky, however, for a doctor, especially for a Chinese doctor,  to say goodbye to a patient. As you know, 'goodbye' in Chinese just sounds like 'see you or see you around'. The thing is nobody really wants to be sick again - in other words, they don't want to see their doctor again, but the doctor and patient may feel like saying something when they are leaving

What's your favorite meal of the day?

Mine's breakfast. Without a question! I just wake up excited to eat some darn breakfast. I mean, just think about all the fun you have while you're making up your mind: Will it be scrambled eggs, something bacon-y, porridge, coffee and a croissant, pancakes, etc. Are you gonna go out and get it, maybe? Hmm. Decisions, decisions.

In one of my previous blogs, Cooking with Nanna, I talked about all kinds of food made by some adorable grandmas from all over the wo

Yummy! This is the first thing comes in mind when you experience this dessert made out of love and effort (literally!), you would thought that I’m just babbling or I’m in the mood to pretend to be poetic when writing this, but no! I’m not saying that you’ll go through a mouth-watering imagination (more than that!) as I walk you through how to prepare and how to eat this (hey, there’s an etiquette when it comes to desserts...kidding), alright, as much as possible I’m trying to prevent excessive i

I've decided to write this blog after Mary's "Hallelujah" in Sing a Song group. She posted her discussion dedicated to Leonard Cohen who died last week. I believe that most of you have heard this song. It sounds in "Shrek" animation and has been sung by so many famous singers and arranged by so many composers. The question is why? Some melody influences us so much that we can't forget it. We hear it even sleeping and when we wake up we still going on singing it. We can't get rid of it. It means

Hello Guys, 

Reference to Robbie's writing challenge, I would like to introduce you very simple and modest two recipes from my cuisine "Syrian Damascusian Cuisine". 

The recipes that I am going to introduce today are regarded as very modest and traditional i.e. you can't find them in restaurants. Only simple families prepare this kinda food in Damascus.. 

I wonder first if you are familiar with using crushed wheat in your cuisines. This is how crushed wheat looks. And it is regarded as a substitute