Year: 2011
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100 Ways to Capture Dubai
At five, Jam proposed we check out Star Cinema’s “No Other Woman”. I refused. Why watch something that would only make you feel bad, if not mad? I said I’d rather linger at the cozy cafe at the ground floor of our building. She hesitated, so I told her: “It’s on me.” A moment later,…
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What’s the Shape of Your Dream House?
Everyone dreamed of owning a house. I love going to my aunt’s house not because it’s my ideal dwelling place, but because it’s surrounded with breathtakingly beautiful scenery and wonderfully designed homes. Every kid has imagined a grand home to live in. Shape your dream house with these exciting and inspiring home designs! Have you…
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Lights, Camera, Action!
Only one thing made me stay up late during high school. Study? Wrong. Writing love letters? Partly wrong. Partying? Super wrong. Okay, you’re forcing me to say it – script-writing! (Mood: Reminiscent) Oedipus the King was my teacher’s pick for the class stage play presentation. We had to divide this popular Greek myth into five…
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The Couple Mechanics
The resultant moment of a couple is called a torque. A torque is a special case of moment. Well, you can just forget about the mechanics of couple as it meant in Physics. Peek into into my kaleidoscopic view of love between a couple. The word “kaleidoscope” is derived from the Ancient Greek καλ(ός) (beauty, beautiful), είδο(ς) (form,…
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Elan Gurl
Look at the girl, isn’t her smile so refreshing? That familiar face, Filled with expectations, Of great things about the future, Without care in the world, Unburdened, Undisguised, Nostalgic. When she cries, she’s unstoppable. So it is when she laughs. Contagious. When I’ve seen this picture, I feel like my essential self, the child in…
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The Winner Stands Alone
Igor wants nothing but enjoy a life of financial freedom with his wife, Ewa, whom he’d destroy worlds for. He simply wants to build a home with her in Baikal lake- undisturbed, unperturbed. Yet the arduous path he had to go through transformed him into an “evil one” in the eyes of his angel, Ewa….
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Why I Love Lisa Simpson
PATTY: It’s almost nine o’clock. SELMA: Where is Homer anyway? PATTY: It’s typical of the big doofus to spoil it all. LISA: What Aunt Patty? PATTY: Oh nothing, dear. I’m just trashing your father. LISA: Well, I wish that you wouldn’t. Because aside from the fact that he has the same frailties as all human beings, he’s the only father I…
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On Board the Nautilus
I forgot to be amazed. I’m sure that’s the reason I get bored. But on board Nautilus, who can ever know ennui? Not me, probably. My daily commute is spiced up by Jules Verne’s company. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, translated from French Vingt mille lieues sous les mers always overwhelms me with indescribable pleasure….
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My 26th Birthday
Dearest Blog walkers, Greet me as soon as you land on this page. Yes, I just turned 26! Sad I’m leaving 25th? Not really. If we scientifically approach birthdays, each is just a revolution of earth around the sun. What’s the big deal?! Coming from a poor home (if “poor” means having no faucet in…
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Miss Universe 2011 Final Contestants
Tell me honestly. Haven’t you heard all these questions from previous pageant jurors? Have a look at these queries for the top five Miss Universe contestants: MISS UKRAINE: If you could trade lives with anyone in history, who would it be and why? – Amelia Vega MISS PHILIPPINES: Would you change your religious beliefs to marry the…