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... figuring out what's around me, and finding a place for myself within it ...
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MJ And ME
So, Michael Jackson is gone. So too has another part of me.Growing up in the 80s, Michael Jackson was one of the leading artists for my adolescent days. Days that were my most carefree, when food on the table and roof over the head appeared magically...
Great Reflex - Greater Composure
Everyone knows President Bush of USA was attacked by a shoe-thrower, with two size-10 shoes, one left and one right, at a press conference in Iraq on his secret trip there. If you haven't, under whatever circumstance, here's the news. And here's the ...
Change. Good Luck!
George, John, Thomas, James, Andrew, Martin, William, Zachary, Millard, Franklin, Abraham, Ulysses, Rutherford, Chester, Grover, Benjamin, Theodore, Woodrow, Warren, Calvin, Herbert, Harry, Dwight, Lyndon, Richard, Gerald, Jimmy, Ronald, Bill, Barrac...
One Step Forward. Two Steps Back?
I still have very fresh memory of the deafening ring in my ears the day my wallet yelled out of pain. It was the first time I pumped petrol after the fuel price had gone up by 78 cents per liter. Ever since, I’ve been thinking of ways and means to ...
51?
51.At the risk of over-simplification, that's how many people are required in a democratic society with a population of 100 to change its government. Or 51%.(Following is nothing more than an observation of a current event and a resulting thought tha...
Tears of Joy and Sorrow
Stories from aftermath of Sichuan Earthquake from a local Chinese daily, Nanyang Siang Pau on 17th of May: After the 43-years-old police officer, Lee, emerged from the rubbles caused by the earthquake, he rushed to his quarters to rescue his colle...
1 x 1,000,000 =/= 1,000,000
I took my little boy to the hospital a few nights ago. He woke up during sleep, groaning with stomach pain and his face reddened with high fever. Without hesitation, my wife and me brought him to the emergency department of the nearest hospital at 3 ...
