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“I wish you enough”

 

Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport as the daughter’s departure had been announced. Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said: “I wish you enough.

”The daughter replied, “Mom, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom.” They kissed and the daughter left.The mother walked over to the window where I sat. Standing there, I could see she wante

When all is said and done, 365 days of existence is merely a blink in God's eye. Scientists try to prove and count the seconds while the faithful rest assured that time doesn't matter.

Whatever your opinion is regarding the subject, time still passes. We're all born with a sense of optimism and hope. Some of us grow into adulthood while raising children. A few choose other paths while pursing fantastic careers. Many are caught somewhere in between those two scenarios for a brief moment. In the en

Dear Captain,

I think I am really a wallflower.

I am sorry to have upset mom. She held a party for me days ago as I was out of hospital. Yet she invited some strange young guys without letting me know before. She claimed they were her colleagues' sons. I wondered where were the daughters of her colleages.

I kept silent from the beginning to the end. I didn't mean to be a wallflower, instead I am one. And mom knows that, always. She should have hid her transparent intention better. I am not disabled

Yes, life is always full of happiness and sorrows.  Sometimes someone gets the worse more than the flip side. But there is always something to be happy...does not matter how much!

Let me  say a little about that young lady who is just a housemaid, uneducated, unattractive (by the cruel reality), who is in a real distress in her young age.

In true sense, her husband has left her alone with their son a couple of years ago. After that she has managed a menial task and trying to survive. But she never

"It is going to be another misty cold morning. As there is no sign of sweet early morning sunbeam. So, another cold day...huf." Suddenly the call bell rang. "Who would it be, so early"? Tintin wanted to lay down for a long time but now it seemed not possible. Her parents headed for their works  so, she was the only person who could open the door." So, I have to get up and open the door"!

Oh...it was their housemaid...who came a bit earlier than usual time." Why do you come so early? Is there any

For everybody in the world,

whatever color of their skin may be,

whatever their religion may be,

whatever their situation may be,

good health, lots of love, of possibilities and.... PEACE

HAPPY NEW YEAR !

Big hugs,

Manuela

Thank you 2013.

it's a new year, it's time to start again.
stop thinking about what you're going to do and start doing it.
it's time to live your life and be who you are. forget about whatever happened in 2013 and just move on. take risks and
be yourself, you only have one life, and it's time to make the most of it. make a new year's resolution and this time achieve it no matter what the cost is.

Have you ever eaten Rawon? This Indonesian cuisine has a distinctive seasoning , called kluwek. Kluwek (Pangium edule) on rawon used as a spice and natural coloring of black on the gravy. Besides being used in rawon , kluwek also used on Makassar (Sulawesi) dish, called Sop Konro, and Brongkos, other Indonesian vegetable.

The tree of Pangium edule requires many years to mature and produce fruit, therefore  kluwek most often harvested from wild trees, as it’s less economical to be cultivated. Fres

   Everyone needs many ways to describe his or her feelings and without his  or her method to express it he or she can't reach anything for the other people so and the main point here is to focus in our skills to communicate with others because no one can understand the other side without talking . No one can judge on others without talking or knowing more about the main problems and what to do to make the results in his or her life better than previous days that it force us to look for what fac

Dear Captain,

My memory is getting worse, thus I can not stay in the gerocomium. Much to my surprise, some grandpas and grandmas sent me a few beautiful cards. Oh, long time no see those kind of old cards. They reminded me of my school days.

I am feeling I have been living for many decades. hehehe. I am living a quiet life for the time being. I am getting addicted to diaries now. They help me to remember what I don't want to forget. And thanks for the diaries I've written so far, I can read my pas

it makes my heart melt! whenever im walking outside, seeing those homeless, orphans, beggers, i look at them and see plainly that their biggest dream in this life is to have a shelter, a place that they can call home, this makes my eyes full of tears all the sudden! i feel  more and more thankful for everything i have, the pain they have to deal with and how much they struggle just to pass the day pushes  me to try as much as i can to help them out and ease their pain  sometimes just by giving t

Writing Prompt ~ Almost Vs Almost All

Dear  Claire,

I almost went on holidays. There are just some weeks of work for me to go on holidays. You know, I almost forgot to buy the airplane tickets to visit you in Canada  during the New Years' Eve . There are loads of unfinished reports that my boss said to me to do until Friday afternoon, that's why I haven't travelled yet . Most of my work friends already went on holidays because they advanced all their extra work schedule some weeks after me. So, my

During Chinese National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival in 2012, CCTV [China Central TeleVision] launched an interview program. The jounalists from CCTV went to grass root and asked many of them a question "Are you happy?" This question became a hotly debated topic overnight.

Mickey also watched some of the interview videos, among them some were funny but bitter. The rapidly developing economy brings people better life than before, meanwhile causes people heavier pressures. I was thinking about that

Unconciously, the year of 2013 is going to end. I have done a a great number of things but now i don't where should I go first.

In 2013, i have transmitted from a sophomore to a junior. When i was a sophomore, i always attached huge significance to students' activities. I joined in the Alumni association composed of students only, whose goal was to provide a platform for graduates and students to communicate face to face. Thanks for this, i had the chance to communicate with some excellent gradua

Hi fellas, I wonder if some one would like to practice english using  BBM (Black Berry Messenger)  it's an interestiong tool,  at least for me,   nevermind  mine is:  29F3F55A   Feel free if someone one wants to add me,   bye !    and Best regards for all of you !

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I believe that learning a foreign language is an established training. I've spent my whole life working on mastering languages.
We have to practice every day and should communicate with natives as often as possible.
If we do not have the time or a chance, we will lose our conversational skills.
They say practice makes perfect; whatever I think about this slogan, it seems to be true.
At the same time, I am aware of the fact that I will never speak like a native.
For me, the most noteworthy is com