Year: 2013
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Kiwi POV
POV is an acronym for Point of View, not my surname. Though Pov could have given Kiwi,my first name, a touch of Dutch or French. The ending voiced labiodental fricative or simply ‘v’ would have promptly put me in Science and Arts Hall of Fame. So I just frustratingly told you, I’m Kiwi not Pov. I have…
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The Water-Seller’s Golden Children
Cracked heels, sun-burnt skin, worn-out top siders and sweat-drenched clothes made Sally a frequent subject of her neighbors’ compassion, if not, gossip. Day in, day out, she pushed her crumbling cart filled with eight 5-gallon containers of potable water and distributed them to houses for 5 pesos each. This task looked deceptively easy, but in reality,…
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Celestial Space With You
Celestial bliss is what I feel, Everytime we’re together in that third space, We chuckle like crazy at frivolous things, We plotted getaways no super spy can unveil. If this romance is insane, it’s also fortuitous.. That we found each other in that ethereal space, where “I’m your best friend and you’re my second…
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How Could Threesome Be a Life-Saver
A year or two from now, a baby can come from two mothers with just one dad. This recent science breakthrough was all over BBC news headlines. Any sage or sane woman would want to know the “how” and “why” of the story. For laymen like us, it’s a pretty complex science to understand. Let’s…
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Five Questions They Asked me on IELTS Speaking
I walked out of the room still feeling the heat on my cheeks. My chest ceased heaving like a big wave. What was left was a sigh of relief. It’s done. After 15 brief minutes. The Speaking test gave me a thrill I never experienced in any other IELTS components. Academic and General IELTS test…
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Five Fabulous Samples from Kindle App for Android
Amazon’s Kindle has an app you can install on your Android smartphone.
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Turkey E-Visa Application System
Through Dubai Turkey Consulate website, I came to know about the availability of E-visa application in the UAE. It seems too good to be true that I can have a Turkish visa if I only provide the website a 6-month-valid passport, a confirmed flight reservation and a Master or Visa credit card payment.
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Will You Move In With Me?
Season 4 started with a guy’s proposal to Ally: “Will you move in with me? “ Girls, if a man ever asked you this question (pray no one would), how would you respond? It’s a touchy subject. For society, saying ‘yes‘ to this arrangement seems to confirm lunacy. The Church equates cohabitation with immorality. Common sense…
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Beautiful Sunset and Wishful Thinking
You can’t blame me for craving the view of the beach. Its bayside coconut trees and the mighty sun melting down the horizon. It’s like a dream realized in a sudden, subtle click.
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What’s Your New Year’s Revolution?
Yes, you’re reading it right: revolution, not resolution. Often, we resolve to do something to be better than we were – and we unfortunately fail. Perhaps we need to do better than resolving, we can try revolting against thoughts, practices and habits that don’t serve us anymore. Here are a few of my pleas: