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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">This show, while a guilty pleasure, is not all hot, supernatural beings and gore. It’s a lot more than that, with plenty of valuable things waiting to be learned. Here are 10 quotes from </span><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Vampire Diaries</em></strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> to live by.</span><br />
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<b><b><span style="font-size: large;">1. </span>"When people see good they expect good, and I don't want to have to live up to anyone's expectations..." </b></b></div>
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<b><b><span style="font-size: large;">2. </span>"Don't underestimate the allure of darkness, even the purest hearts are drawn to it. "</b></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">3. </span>"You hurt yourself to feel better in your own skin. Isn't that ironic?"</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">4. </span>"Smiling doesn't always mean you're happy. Sometimes, it simply means that you're a strong person."</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">5. </span>"The first rule of truly living is to do the thing you're most afraid of."</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">6. </span>"I would tell you that it's okay to have hope. Because sometimes that's all that keeps me going."</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">7. </span>"Trust is earned. I can't just magically hand it over."</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">8. </span>"What's worth dying for if not love?"</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">9.</span> "It's probably best you don't torture yourself with memories from the past."</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">10. </span>"The only person I can count on is me."</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br />“Dad, there’s a night camp at school tonight. All my friends will be going. Can I please go too?”<br /><br />After a minute of silence, dad finally announced the verdict, “Only if you continue to keep up the good performance alike the previous term.”<br /><br />I had failed to rely on my ears and lamely wondered if it meant a ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ The next moment I was in my bedroom packing up my white unwired mp3 player, mobile charger, basketball, eatables and a pair of clothes along with other necessities. I even texted and rang up all his friends to confirm that I was going to be a part of the much awaited night camp. <br /><br /> <br />____________________________________________________________________</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the sky so dark it looked as if the Earth had been covered with a moth-bitten blanket. Tents had been put up, a bundle of wood was kept at one corner for bonfire and certain areas had been lit up with focus lights.The entire school campus echoed with the laughter and excitement of the campers. (Yes, campers! ‘Student’ was a regular term and so for this exciting venture we liked to be referred to as the ‘campers’)</span><div>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Water-resistant sturdy plastic tents were allotted to us to place our luggage as we arrived. Provided it was the first ever night out for all of us, everybody carried gigantic backpacks with them which were stuffed with almost everything they thought they could possibly need for the night stay, from mosquito repellants to nasal strips (which they could perhaps lend to a snoring camp-mate to ensure sound sleep).<br /><br />Every single person in the premises was brimming with enthusiasm and zeal, so much that the teachers found it rather difficult to get them properly arranged according to their sections. Near about ten minutes of shrieking at the top of their voices finally got the disobedient and hyperactive students to rest as they sorted their respective places.<br /><br /> <br /><br />We were then directed towards the camping spot which happened to be the courtyard of our own school infrastructure. As we sat cross-legged on the pearl white marble floor, forming a giant-wheel size circle encompassing our footwear at the centre, we started off with fun games and tidbit of gossip to fill in the empty gaps. <br /><br />Having finished with one complete round of antakshari that had songs ranging from fast Bollywood numbers to Hollywood pop chart toppers to even a few Tollywood ones; we started off with a vigorous session of tug-o-war, at the end of which all of us felt famished to the core. Food seemed like the only solution to rejuvenate us now.<br /><br />The bonfire was then finally lit. Even though the menu was the usual one and limited to fried rice, sweet buns, spring rolls and manchurian accompanied with soft drinks, they tasted exceptionally good. The other possibility is that our taste buds must have willingly accepted all that came our way to curb the hunger.<br /><br />Post dinner, we got into our night suits and amidst the incessant chatter and thrill, fell asleep. <br /><br /> <br /><br />It was the much needed break from the monotonous schedule that had reduced us to complete dull heads. The next morning we woke up to a beautiful sunrise, ready to go on with the usual, only a little more optimistic, fresh versions of ourselves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Once I was a fortunate woman. I had all a woman could possibly ask for, maybe more. And then it all came to a standstill.<br /><br />For the last six years, since that apocalyptic autumn where I lost my childhood love in an unfortunate accident, I have lived a tormented life. I have lived with a misery that is unsustainable. And yet I have sustained. I have found my way out of darkness and desolation when I hardly had any strength left, when I had lost even the desire to live. I have coped up with it and survived. <br /><br />And I prepared myself to live on my own, have grown used to leading a lonely life, and I am not sure I can open up again, as I once did. But this exactly what Karan wants me to do, he wants me to open upto him, weave our lives together forever. He is a good man and any woman would be lucky to have him. But I am not any woman, I have endured far too much, blotched forever, my soul damaged irrevocably, beyond healing, I know. I don’t think I am the kind of woman he deserves to be with, a woman who can give him her all, a woman without a haunting past, with no burden or lonesomeness pulling her down, like mine.<br /><br />The easiest thing for me would be to turn Karan down, tell him no firmly and never see him again. Yet I cannot...something holds me back. <br /><br /> <br /><br />In that moment, I decide to leave behind the emotional cripple that I have turned into, acknowledging my feelings for him, admitting that I have punished myself long enough for a crime that wasn’t even mine, I look straight into his eyes, confident and bold, utter the those perfect three letters, ‘YES’ and set myself free of all the agony that constituted my life till date.<br /><br /> <br /><br />NOTE: <span style="color: blue;">This post has been written for <a href="https://housing.com/" target="_blank">Housing.com</a> .#StartANewLife</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520097327952148869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077889487909449188.post-23606578887103093232015-03-07T23:05:00.000-08:002015-03-07T23:07:04.362-08:00A New Beginning.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /><br />She was upset, incredibly down. There was certainly something that stung her. But a woman’s heart is one secretive closet, indeed, you never know what’s being piled up in there until you acquire the key to the closet. Lost in thought, she carelessly lay on her messy bed in sheer darkness, staring at the blank walls through her sleep deprived puffy eyes. Darkness no longer scared her, she was accustomed to it now. Sleep had abandoned her long back, all she was left with were memories-memories which she held very close to her soul, memories that she could survive an entire lifetime on. Her mind bore complaints which the heart refused to acknowledge, and her heart carried anguish which the mind failed to reason. Selflessness had taken over all self-centered concerns. She had loved, lost and been abandoned. The healing touch of Cupid had deserted her. Now she was just a lifeless soul, dragging it through life. Everything seemed to have reduced to materialistic and obsolete for her, words didn't carry meaning and emotions no value. Hurt as she was, pain no longer had any effect, she had grown completely numb. <br /><br /> <br /><br />When she’d lost all hopes of mirth and joy, left with absolutely no valid reason to survive, she walked through the small door into her room, to breathe in the lingering scent of tender, love and care; and to touch infinite memories that the walls held - memories that the she had cherished, some priceless instances that never faded with time - her first step, how after countless loops of stumbling and falling she finally made it. Her first word, and how it had Maa’s eyes brimming with tears, tears of joy off course. Plethora of such moments, her first crush, those sleepless nights before the final exams, the sigh of relief when her efforts finally paid. All those vivid memories just seemed to strike back at her at the moment. For a while, she almost left behind her worries and embraced her lovely childhood, those good old days. Ah! Childhood memories do strike a chord in us, don’t they? <br /><br />It was in that moment that she found complete bliss. She was ready to make her way back into the world. That was her moment of optimism. Her face now wore a pleasant tranquility, her eyes sparkled with aspirations many, and her heart - just bore the strong urge to love and be loved. She once again stood up like the brave tigress she once was, now only stronger and more prepared to face the world. She smiled and her smile was the proud assertion of her faith in herself. She was ready to conquer the world this time.<br /><br /> <br />NOTE : This post has been written for a competition by <a href="https://housing.com/lookup" target="_blank">https://housing.com/lookup</a> in association with Indiblogger. #lookup<br /> </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520097327952148869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077889487909449188.post-61404356348801495152015-01-16T11:32:00.001-08:002015-01-16T12:01:03.179-08:00I am a Pimple, Bumpy & Red.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am a Pimple, bumpy and red,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A nasty zit I am, yes another pimple.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Try as hard to conceal and yet will I stick out,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aim for a perfect click and out I pop,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some squeezing here, a little itching there,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frowning at the mirror for hours you stare.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, you find me disgusting and make a fuss,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And just when you think it’s the world’s end,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having sought remedies from even the distant friend,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bam comes Garnier Pure Active to free you of your despair,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just one cleansing wash & I won’t nearly be there.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alas! The Neem extracts took onto me,</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Uprooted me totally and made you pimple-free.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The skin breathes too. Oils, grime, dust and pollutants can block the skin’s pores and aggravate existing pimple problems. Therefore, it is also advised to keep your skin clean and wash your face gently at regular intervals. However, excessive scrubbing or washing can make pimples worse by activating the body's sebaceous glands, which leads to excessive sebum production.<br /><br /> Also, avoid squeezing and popping the pimples at all cost! As inviting as it may seem, the damage to the skin can be severe, leaving you with long-lasting marks or scars or even risks of infection.<br /><br /> Dealing with acne can come across as a pretty turbulent phase. You might lose self confidence, accomplishing a perfect click may appear almost impossible, the mirror may start to seem like more of a foe than friend and a lot more nightmares follow. However, do not let it take control of your personal life. Remember, however cliche as it may sound, beauty is defined not by one’s face, but soul. The outer beauty sure attracts, but it is the inner beauty that captivates.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520097327952148869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077889487909449188.post-22689263998472130802015-01-13T09:54:00.001-08:002015-01-14T14:02:30.337-08:00It's just Quikr in Bangalore! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Switching cities is a really tough affair, by the way, for those who happen to enjoy the luxury of spending their entire lifetime in a single city. *sigh*<br />
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A new unfamiliar location yet to be figured out, some damaged furniture, a broken crockery set or two, a microwave that refuses to heat your food once it is relocated and much more, all comes along with the package of relocation. And when relocating almost every two or three years is something your profession demands, well let us just say frustration takes the better of you. And that is exactly when Quikr comes to your rescue and restores that sweet smile across your pretty face.<br />
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I recently moved in to Bangalore about a month back and the moment my household items were unloaded off the giant truck, I knew things were not perfect. As predicted, history repeated itself and I was left there disheartened and depressed with a broken LED TV beyond repair, shattered glass from the dining table , damaged crockery and not to mention tampered furniture. Almost in tears, I contacted a friend coincidentally in the same city about a few miles away from my recent flat, who advised me to look up Quikr- Bangalore for help. The moment I browsed through the website, I knew all my plights had been solved. This was the ultimate website where finding even or better replacements for my damaged goods would not be a tough task, and that too in reasonable prices and with efficient services (so much Quikr).<br />
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I started with ‘Electronics and Appliances’ section and browsed through all the relevant stuff I found there, while applying filters that suited me in order to fetch myself nothing but the best. I then moved onto their ‘Home and Lifestyle’ and grabbed some of the best deals in there, getting my home its perfect decor. In due course, I also noticed that I could maybe sneak a peak into the matrimonial section (winks) or even pamper myself with a furry friend. Amazingly all this and a lot more has the same address : Quikr-Bangalore, where the buyer seller relationship is pleasant and the advertisements seem to have a certain standard sufficient enough to doubt its relevance. <br />
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Oh! I also chatted along with a hairstylist at the website and got myself an appointment for a soothing hair-pampering session too and also found some friends among the buyers. <br />
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It is really fascinating how in a strange city, I found my distress being soothed at a single destination. Quikr-Bangalore, kudos people! I have truly found a friend in you. Looking forward to much more this year. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520097327952148869noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077889487909449188.post-32802472141213950562014-12-05T13:50:00.000-08:002014-12-27T22:51:52.818-08:00Saying 'YES' before 'I DO'...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">We live in an era where sex forms the staple of the lingo of the nation’s youth. "Is it okay to have premarital sex?" is a common question among teens and engaged couples. Perhaps you are in a relationship that is progressing in that direction, but you're not sure what to do. In your mind, you are probably weighing the pros and cons of premarital sex. On the positive side of the scale, there is acceptance from your peers, hope for pleasure, and the fulfillment of sexual desires. The negative side of the scale carries the weights of morals, fear of pregnancy or disease, and guilt. How do these scales balance? What is the right decision? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A sneak peek into other detailed statistics reveal how in the large metros namely, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, pre-marital sex is accepted as a fact of life and does not carry the same stigma of disapproval as elsewhere. In Chennai, however, the prevalence of pre-marital sex is the highest at 60 per cent, Lucknow coming a poor second at 37 per cent. Amongst the cities, Bangalore has the lowest incidence at 22 per cent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Morality is a factor for many people when deciding whether or not to have premarital sex. Well, keeping in mind what the youth of today is exposed to in movies and television shows, they ought to think it is no big deal. In light of today's permissive attitude, your peers may think you're weird to even question it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But maybe there is a voice in your head, that is holding you back from the big step. Many people refer to this voice as their conscience. How can you know if your "conscience" is right? People all around the world look to the Bible as a moral or religious book, so let's see what it says about premarital sex.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Bible also has plenty to say about premarital sex. Or nothing, depending on your interpretation. The issue revolves around the Greek word porneia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The New Testament uses this word a lot. It’s clearly a bad thing, but it’s not clear exactly what it means. It’s often translated as “fornication,” which Webster’s defines as “consensual sexual intercourse between two persons not married to each other.” That includes premarital sex, so the Bible prohibition appears to be clear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But explore other translations, and the issue is trickier. Some define it as “prostitution,” because the Septuagint used the word this way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A popular translation is “sexual immorality,” though this ambiguous.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">"There is much debate amongst Christians as to whether or not sex between two people who have never been married constitutes a form of fornication. The Bible itself is silent on the issue of consensual, premarital sex between an engaged couple."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And even if premarital sex were prohibited in the Bible, so what? The Bible celebrates genocide and slavery, and we reject them. If a ban on premarital sex makes no sense for modern society, drop it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After all, are we living in the Stone Age? I’m fed up of the wholly unnecessary controversy that's raked up by one renegade group or the other every time the subject of premarital sex crops up in a discussion. I am aghast that on the one hand we speak of going ahead and staking a claim to be treated as a modern, developed state at par with other nation states, and on the other feel so shy of even uttering or acknowledging that three-letter word. Talk of hypocrisy, you'd rarely find it in such abundance as here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, there can be harm with sex, but there can be harm with a lot of other things too. Sexual compatibility is an important component of a strong marriage; shouldn't the couple figure it out before taking the vows? </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The gap between sexual maturity and marriage has gone from a couple of years to more than a decade. The ban on premarital sex is naive, especially when its just a tradition and isn't in the Bible. There is nothing inherently harmful in premarital sex, and the sin of premarital sex is one of those rare problems that you can simply define away.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520097327952148869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077889487909449188.post-39891211949428334862014-11-19T03:37:00.001-08:002014-12-27T22:47:59.573-08:00Parachute Advansed Body Lotion - Bring Back The Touch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Life of an engineer, as we know, is a non-stop slogging with a larger than life syllabus, coping up with plethora of tests, projects, assignments, mid semesters and lots more stuff to deliberately make life tough, not to mention the October humidity to drain us of all our energy. Meanwhile to make the situation even worse and to add to the heat, the ever so considerate RGPV decides to declare (*trumpets please*) the semester results. Perfect, right? Duh!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Now while the 8-pointers and 9-pointers (Read : ‘book-a-holics of the class’), precisely a bunch of ever complaining students whine about a loss of mark here or there and how they could have landed another A+ in their report had they not missed out on a certain blah term in a certain blah question, a fairly large crowd of students are all smiles about how bunking lectures and hours of ‘<i id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397486029252_8393">chhole samose’</i> & <span style="font-style: italic;">gupshup</span> sessions at our very <i>apna</i> canteen got them through the semester without much of a headache. A curse or two about low sessionals is heard in almost every department, and some drooping faces spotted; as for those who scored well above average, the demand for ‘treat’ is at an all time high; and for those who scored well below average, well, let’s just say they’re busy arranging for previous sem papers and <i>Shivani</i> (yeah, like you thought we study from the books) to keep their slates clean of the ‘F’s as they move on to the next semesters. As for those looking for a valid explanation for their indifferent attitude, a single piece of paper can never determine your future, can it? *winks*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So here’s to another rocking month. Bring in the winter mood, spread your waistlines a bit and chill out in your couch till the next semester result! </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520097327952148869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077889487909449188.post-1861860025529199512014-03-21T00:18:00.002-07:002014-03-21T00:22:42.020-07:00Guilty Pleasures.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Few answers I regret I couldn't find.</div>
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360 days when I didn't thank God for His kindness,</div>
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Few mornings when I woke up to praise the sun shining,</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520097327952148869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077889487909449188.post-32448349339453001622013-11-29T11:34:00.002-08:002013-12-02T06:55:11.099-08:00Irresistibly & Irrevocably! - Part II<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jennifer had all eyes fixed on her as she walked down the carpeted floor at the venue, she could read the awestruck expressions of the guests present there. Spotting Miss Jennifer Magdalene ( the girl whose comfort zone was supposed to be restricted to the library ) at a party was in itself a surprise package. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alisha spotted girls from their group as she pulled Jen and went on to join them, but Jeny was restless, her eyes hunted for the reason that had brought her here, Siddhanth. After quite long, she could lastly see Sid descending down the steps with a glass of soft drink and surrounded by what you call a ‘gang’, laughing away on jokes private to them. Their eyes met. His eyes halted on her for a while. That pretty peach colour of her tunic that perfectly blended with her complexion, her glossy black long hair that carelessly fell on her face however hard she endeavoured to tuck them behind her ear, her flawless figure, everything about her was so striking.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“B-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l”, he whispered to himself, he didn’t move an inch further, attracting unwanted attention from his friends.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“She’ll be easy to get, a week max, and she’ll be in”, the cool-dude casanova Harsh chanted out his expert opinion as he winked.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you’ve ever had even the smallest of crush on absolutely any XYZ-on the road, in school, in your neighbourhood or anywhere, you’d know for sure how just a prolonged gaze of yours can invite hundreds of brainless comments and how hyped it can be turned into in just a matter of days by your friends.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Oh no no, dude, you know I don’t involve myself into all this,” Sid protested. Now he regretted staring at Jeny for so long, but then, it was inevitable at the moment, he thought.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“There’s always a first time, bro”, Harsh insisted,” And I know for sure, she’ll be trapped pretty quick” </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sid was tempted to give it a try, but then he backed off. He somehow could neither call off his friends nor walk to Jeny and get her ‘trapped’. He was in an actual fix. A little more insisting from his friends and he was completely convinced that it was worth a try.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“C;mon Sid! It isn’t any rocket science, just go and say it to her straightaway, afterall its just three words, be a man,” he casually advised.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Okay brother, As soon as I find Jen alone, I’ll say it to her without any further delay,” Sid postponed the event, he avoided the idea of letting out those what you call ‘three magical words’ in front of Jennifer’s entire girl gang; He could almost hear shrill giggles at the mere thought of doing so.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Time for some action,” Siddhant said as he whistled around in the parking lot hunting for Jennifer (his supposedly new found love). He didn’t have to sweat much as Jen’s peach attire instantly caught his eye, she was probably waiting for Ayushi to come up with her car as she was supposed to be dropped home by her. Siddhant headed towards her in a trying-to-be-cool fashion and stopped right behind where she stood.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>" To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear."</b></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">As we go about in the hustle-bustle of life, we often forget that there is more along the way than just internet bills to pay, phone calls to attend to and a hundred errands to run. </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">In this melee, too often we forget to spare time for ourselves. </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">The stress levels continue to build up until one day a major collapse may make us aware that in all this frenzied activity, we have forgotten to take care of one important thing – our health. Then, as we spend days shuttling between hospital and home, subjecting our body to one test after another trying to find out what has gone wrong, we are forced to remember the age-old saying "Health is indeed Wealth". </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">As the glossy fresh leaf-like teens uncurl to take charge of the responsibilities of day-to-day life, it is necessary that they be provided the required health care so they maintain their shine all the way and not burn to ashes in the scorching heat of stress and everyday problems. One should eat healthy. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">❖ fruits and vegetables </span><span style="line-height: 21px;">❖ fat-free or low-fat milk and </span><span style="line-height: 21px;">milk products </span><span style="line-height: 21px;">❖ lean meats, poultry, fish, </span><span style="line-height: 21px;">beans, eggs, and nuts </span><span style="line-height: 21px;">❖ whole grains</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Many teens turn to unhealthy </span><span style="line-height: 21px;">dieting methods to lose weight, </span><span style="line-height: 21px;">including eating very little, cutting out whole groups of food, skipping meals and fasting. These methods leave out important nutrients a teenager needs to grow. Also, an hour of daily exercise or workout regulates the body metabolism and keeps one fit and healthy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 21px;">The middle aged people form the trunk that stands upright- firm and strong facing all odds of life. Therefore it is of utmost importance to ensure they do well. </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; text-align: start;">At age 50, vision can start to worsen, therefore </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; text-align: start;">a diet high in fruits and vegetables – which are full of antioxidants, vitamins and minerals is recommended. Also, </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; text-align: start;">starting at age 40, one loses about 1 percent of muscle mass per year. </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px; text-align: start;">So people can benefit from incorporating weight-bearing exercises, along with cardiovascular exercise, into a weekly physical activity plan. A regular check up is beneficial too to keep a check on how well your body is doing! And above all, it is love and attention that one craves and what keeps one going even in the toughest of times.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.5px; text-align: start;">Good nutrition is critical to overall health and well-being — yet many older adults are at risk of inadequate nutrition. </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: start;">Malnutrition in older adults can lead to various health concerns, including:</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520097327952148869noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077889487909449188.post-34746339217644888022013-11-21T06:48:00.002-08:002013-11-21T09:08:05.449-08:00Dose of Humour!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520097327952148869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077889487909449188.post-16381613030599097372013-11-06T00:11:00.003-08:002013-11-06T00:11:35.287-08:00Anguish Of The Heart!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I often fly to the past, </div>
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of joining paths and a million heartbreaks</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520097327952148869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077889487909449188.post-73500194322279455692013-11-01T01:05:00.001-07:002013-11-01T01:05:25.525-07:00Light Up Your Life!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Everyone seems immersed in the festivity,</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520097327952148869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077889487909449188.post-87068160846523866072013-10-30T09:03:00.001-07:002013-10-30T09:03:10.689-07:00Salvation From Boredom!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I, for instance recommend 'Tuesdays with Morrie' by Mitch Albom. This beautiful little book will remind you of the importance of counting your blessings daily and having the wisdom to honour life's simplest pleasures no matter how busy you get with everyday errands. A real life account, this book deals with a couple of touching Tuesday sessions between a professor and student. For once, trust me, pick this enriching book from the nearest bookstore and get reading. I bet you'll finish the last page with tears in your eyes. </div>
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I sound philosophic, eh? Okay I don't intend to, but there is something refreshing about nature that sitting for hours in front of your laptop or the idiot box simply cannot replace. Take a stroll down your garden, admire the plants you didn't know existed, close your eyes & breathe in the fresh breeze. For reasons still unknown, I bet you'll find your worries abandoning you for a moment and taking a stroll down the other lane; and maybe, just for a moment, you find yourself in your perfect world of bliss. </div>
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We all have been guilty of procrastinating a call at some time or the other, maybe not deliberately but we have. So at leisure, pick up that phone of yours, dial that long-ignored number and have a candid chat for as long as you don't hear the short beep reminding you of your alarmingly low balance that gives you a panic attack. It really is comforting because deep down you had lots of stuff accumulated over the months to let out, just a matter of initiation.<br />
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Put on that imaginary chef cap and cloak and don the role of the chief executive chef for dinner at home with some mouth-watering delicacy up your sleeve. Well, you may not be the next masterchef, but crying a pool full of tears as you chop onions and having a tomato slice slip off the working slab as you make the second cut can be hell lot of fun at times. And then not to mention, the sweet teary-eyed smile on your parents' face as you present it before them ( tears of joy off course, and not because you just served them a burnt smelly pizza.) Priceless. Give it a try right away.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520097327952148869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077889487909449188.post-4510301909876151562013-10-30T07:27:00.001-07:002013-10-30T07:27:16.815-07:00Mr. Good & Mr. Bad!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Every soul in this big wide world,</div>
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Has a good and bad in themselves,</div>
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Perhaps we don't quite often realize,</div>
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Both these aspects in our hearts dwells.</div>
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To dissuade the evil from conquering the good</div>
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Is the arduous challenge one has to face,</div>
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And ultimately who vanquishes the bad,</div>
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Emerges the winner in life's long race.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As he sat fidgeting with the crystal paper holder in his luxurious </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">cabin, an elegant teak wood frame hung on the wall caught his </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">eye, one that probably outshone all others in its row for it held the </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">glossy white piece of paper that defined his worth, the certificate of </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">the ‘Young Business achiever- 2011’. He kept gazing at it for a while </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and as if the years rolled back, he could almost see those sparkling, </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">innocent eyes, full of belief & hear those confident words-“You can </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">do it.” Then it had seemed absolutely impossible even in the wildest </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">of dreams but there was some kind of passion in those eyes, some </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">unfathomable depth in those words that had brought him this far.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thick framed glasses right on her nose, her shiny black hair tied </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">into a small bun, she paced up and down the room gazing at the </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">article she wrote last night, then crumbled it up and aimed a shot </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">at the dustbin. To her dismay, it landed inches away from the </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">bin. Provided it was her twenty ninth unsuccessful attempt, she </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">wondered if the day was unusually hard on her. Just then her eyes </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">lit up. ‘Love’, she thought. Yes, it would be the perfect topic for her </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">weekly column in the ‘Daily Pioneer’, given it was February, all the </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">more apt.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She grabbed her notepad from her study and enthusiastically set </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">writing. Writing provided some strange inexpressible joy to her, the </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">inarticulate contentment in penning down her heart, she thought, </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">was irreplaceable. But rewind back in time, and you would find her </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">struggling to derive Einstein’s theory of relativity; then, anything </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">beyond engineering was never on her list, until those gentle hands </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">held hers and showed her through life, the way she had never </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">visualized it. His soothing words, ‘Do what your Heart says’ taught </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">her to live life, not just breathe through it.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04520097327952148869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077889487909449188.post-65609272273078475372013-10-04T10:06:00.001-07:002013-10-04T10:06:50.601-07:00Love.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Immortal it is & shall last forever,</div>
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Till eternity shall it sustain,</div>
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'coz from antiquity to eons thereafter,</div>
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'Tis what makes us not machine but humane.</div>
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