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Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, La Bayadere, Giselle, ...

A ballerina in a pink tutu brings to mind, right? Like Rose Day, Thinking Day and any other Days; there's a Ballet Day and it's on February 7th. Why? Well, because ballet was introduced to the US on February, 1827 at the Bowery Theater. Plus, February 7, 1668 was the day when the Dutch Prince William III danced in the premiere of the “Ballet of Peace.”

Let's skip the niceties, shall we? Whenever I see a ballerina performing on a stage, something

Stay away from me.I love this lyric when I am in manic mood.I can break things.
Build a fortress
And shield your beliefs
Touch the divine
As we fall in line
Can I believe when I don't trust
All your theories turn to dust
I choose to hide from the all seeing eye,when I'm depressed.
Destroy this City of Delusion
Break these walls down
I will avenge
Justify my reasons
With your blood
You'll not rest
Settle for less
Until you guzzle
And squander what's left
Do not deny That you live and let die.

This

"What is your phone?" Asked by one of Sarah's officemate. Sarah lifted her phone and made the other person see it. "Oh! why is your phone only like that?" Then her officemate looked away and got her attention back to her brand new Samsung phone.. But as far as Sarah's concern " Well, my phone is cheap, yeah antique but it serves me fine."      

Sarah does not care. A lot of times she thinks why people need a million things in their lives. Always chasing new and up-to-date ga

Reading Mary and Onee-chan's blogs about MyEC members makes me wondering what had happened to a few older members of MyEC. Once upon a time, their presence coloured MyEC with their blogs, forums and even chat room. Now, hardly any members remember them. They are no longer the flavour of the month. How flitting their presence in this virtual world it seems.

I wonder, does anyone really know anyone in this parallel universe which we call virtual world? When, and not if, we leave MyEC, does anyone m

I was sick since last Friday and took sick leave for 2 days. I got well on Sunday but my husband won't let me go to the movie with my brother and my son. Yesterday I cancelled my class in campus since there wasn't a classroom for my midwives students.So I went with my mother. We ate beef satay before I took her to a railway station. She planned to go to Bandung and then catch a flight with my father to Palembang,I was left with my own family and went to a health clinic. Luckily my parents could

As long as we are young we think we have a lot of time. But the world turns and time marches on. We get older every single second.

Every year, we make plans. Sometimes we fail, but more often, we succeed and reach our goals.
Often, we ask, "Why waste our thoughts on time? We still have so many years ahead of us."

But NOW is time for writing the book of our life.
When we are old, what can we tell?
Stories about lost dreams? Stories about wasted time?
Stories about places where we have never be

Dear Adaline,

Although we haven't met, I can sense...

Your last message really made me wonder. How can you like somebody without actually meeting them? I can't say this is my best work, but I got caught up in the moment and after five hours I made this:

I'm proud of it 'cause it reminds me of someone with a beautiful mind, a big heart and a kind soul. You. My sweet Adaline. This is how I imagine you. An angel with a big heart.

PS. I haven't painted anything for 10 years! I used an app 'cause I'm sca

A Brief History: Foundation Of Pakistan Part Four.

In continuation of blog series under title as cited above, part four is written as demanded by an Indian friend.

The Bengal was parted on 1905. But, after strong agitation from Hindus and boycott of British's products, the partition of Bengal was annulled on 1911. Indian Muslim lost an opportunity to get a Muslim electorate elected who could rise the voice of Indian Muslim in the Assembly. It had awaken many Muslim and Muslim leaders. On 1913,

Oh how much I like the late summer with it's warm days and high sky. The drops of the morning dew shine like brillants in spider webs and the first peaches and apples are ripe.
The first fogs show the fall and the first leaves fall down from the trees.
Last roses are blood-red, to show that they don't want to die, but they have just still some weeks to blow.
The days are getting shorter and the nights longer, it shows us how close the fall is.
Still is the sun warm and I hold my face towards t

There are five great benefits of living a purpose-driven life: 

Knowing your purpose gives meaning to your life. We were made to have meaning. This is why people try dubious methods, like astrology or psychics, to discover it. When life has meaning, you can bear almost anything; without it, nothing is bearable. A young man in his twenties wrote, "I feel like a failure because I'm struggling to become something, and I don't even know what it is. All I know how to do is to get by. Someday, if I dis

The British, who ruled at subcontinent for about more than a century, had laid down the foundation of English as an official language, which is still the language of the court, public and private sectors in my country.  Therefore, English is taught as a compulsory subject from grade one to grade fourteen. A candidate for the job must possess the ability to write it excellently.

At my time, English used to be taught from grade six. So, we started learning this language very late. At the beginnin

I really liked this lyrics...

I just kept going with the life,
Kept on flowing every worry like smoke..

It was useless to be sad for the runings (of life, the things I lost)
(so) I kept on celebrating the runinings..

Whatever I got, I considered that as my fate,
whatever I lost, I kept going, forgetting it..

Where there is no difference felt in sorrow and joy,
I kept myself bringing to that point..

(copied )  Lyrics of

"Main Zindagi ka Saath Nibhata Chala Gaya"

of movie (Hum Dono)

I don't like to

When I was small, I always enjoyed going out with my father except for the visits to the dentist. Besides the pain of the needles, I had to endure the horrible sound of the drill. Apart from this, I hated the way my dentist worked inside my mouth with his tools. 

Once I told my father about this and he said, "You have no other choice except to go for regular dental check-ups if you want to keep your teeth healthy and beautiful, Shoba." 

After that I learned to bite the bullet and put up with my de

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I hope after I shared it we only shop online if necessary and use credit cards only for emergency...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoBYEtUZ4-E

bag and baggage with all one's belongings

a bag of bones an emaciated person or animal

(one's bag) informal one's particular interest or taste

a bag (or whole bag ) of tricks informal a set of ingenious plans, techniques, or resources

in the bag informal (of something desirable) as good as secured:

do the job informal achieve the required result

do a job on someone informal do something that harms or defeats an opponent

on the job while working; at work.

out of a job unemployed

Bet y'all are like o-0 or

You’re doing no one any favors when you say “sorry” whenever you do something wrong, unless you’re Canadian. Most people mutter ''sorry'' when they mess something up and of those people who think that by saying ''sorry'' they'd be off the hook, there are some smart a** guys who make up a lame excuse for what they've done. Oooooh! That really ''grinds my gears''. How about showing a little bit of appreciation? People have no idea how many doors a simple ''thank you'' would open. Let me show you h

The illustrations are self-explanatory in this blog entry. I have nothing to say except that I'm psychologically disturbed. I betcha can relate to some of these pics. However, the vice versa situation seems pretty normal, though, huh? Makes you wonder.

Warning!

Some of these pics are gruesome and disturbing, but I hope they'll help you look at the subject from a totally different perspective.

Good morning, all MyEC friends... 

How are you doing? Wish you all pretty well. ^_^

OK, I will shorten my prelude greetings. :D After reading MARY'S awesome blog, here I just want to add some more questionnaires. I put these questionnaires as I can describe several special characteristics of some EC members. There're lots of active members which I cannot describe all. The rule is ...... please read MARY's blog. :D :D Please guess MyEC members with these clues. No winner, since this is just to know

Let's face it, most of us mispronounce food words in our everyday conversations. I see you're raising an eyebrow. What? You don't believe me? Okay. Fine. Take ''raspberry'', for instance. There's a pesky ''p'' in the middle of this word. Is it silent? Or maybe you should pronounce it, no matter how hard it is. Nobody likes an "I told you so". But, told ya! 

Have no fear, cavalry is here. This is how it's done, folks:

P.S. This was the reason I posted this blog.

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