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Yes, 'managed to do something' means 'succeeded in doing somthing, especially something difficult'. If you say "I managed to write a blog yesterday", you mean you succeeded in writing a blog or were able to write a blog yesterday. 

You can't say "I could write a blog yesterday", though, because  'could' is not used to talk about particular ability in the past (on one occasion).

You can say, however,  "I could eat a whole cake when I was little" - 'could' can be used for general ability in the past

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A History of Pi

         The magic of numbers is nothing new to the field of literature. Over the past two decades many popular books have explored the theme of immutable numbers and their special properties. A quarter of a century ago, the book “A History of Pi” took the nation by storm and mathematics became an interesting and publicly identifiable discipline rather than the realm of scientists. A newly published book on another mythical but immutable number has come to the national consciousness. Robert Kapl

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Writing challenge: My cup of coffee

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

2347339579?profile=originalFirstly, 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 

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The Moon

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

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My latest Facebook note

https://www.facebook.com/notes/kurniati-evalinde-saptarina/the-best-thing-about-moving-in-and-out/10153902383395718

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

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"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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What My Life Looks Like

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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

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Wordless Wednesday; My Toast Number 10432

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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This blog was published in t

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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: 2347337599?profile=original

- 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

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I watch the moon

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

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Thoughts in the Rain

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

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Painful longing

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

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Fallacy

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

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Chillax! Let's have a cup of coffee :-)

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

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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

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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

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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

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The heart of an angel

The heart of an angel

If you win an angel's heart, never try to lie
he find out the truth and his trust will die.

If you hurt an angel's heart and he says goodbye,
you will beg him to forgive and he agrees to stay.

If you start to be too sure and you lose your path
then you start to lie again, you don't expect his wrath.

Angel's heart can be hurt and his soul can bleed.
You don't see it while you care only for YOUR need.

You are sure the angel's heart always will forgive.
but before his win

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Power or Money

The lady took her niece's hand and ushered her to sit next to her. She was in her late fifties. Her hair was gray and there were some wrinkles under her eyelids,  despite all that, she looked firm and commanding. She was rich, famous and powerful. Her husband died ten years ago leaving her no kids but a great fortune. She has been managing this for a long time. The companies that deal with the petrol were more than five major ones. Two in America, one was in Britain. For the  other two companies

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