Happy New Year!

I know that it’s still New Year’s Eve but the Internet connection is on the fritz so I’m taking precautions:) 2011 might not have treated some of us as well it might to others but we can all hope for the best in 2012, that’s beginning tomorrow (obviously) Well, you can expect a Resolution list [...]

Word of the day: Christmas cactus

So what exactly is a Christmas cactus? Keep reading to find out. Christmas cactus(Schlumbergera) epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter. Source: http://www.vocabulary.com/lists/25295 Picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlumbergera

Merry Christmas to all!

12:14 AM and it’s officially Christmas Day! And I’m still at work at the S-Mart since the previous day, but that’s okay because all the staff is here it’s fun! I’m going to take a nice shower as soon as I get home and drop like a log in a hurricane onto my beloved bed shared [...]

Christmas is here again! Along with the hustle and bustle!

It this time of the year again, a time of giving a time of thanks, a time for family and friends. A time of celebration. A time for cake and ice cream! And the challenge of resisting them … that’s already a battle lost … I’ve noticed that it’s every year I lose the feeling [...]

Chew on this question, will ya?

I’ve been thinking about how much people fight, it’s because we think differently and we don’t see eye to eye on various situations. Then this question pops up in my head: Is there something, at least one thing, that everybody on Earth would agree to? Well, I was going to say the colour of the [...]

The Hunger Games by Suzane Collins

My rating: 5 Stars Goodreads blurb In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the [...]

Word of the day: Cicerone

Today’s word is: Cicerone (pl.ciceroni) – a guide who gives information about antiques and places of interest to sightseers. <ORIGIN> early 18th cent.: from Italian, from Latin Cicero, Ciceron apparently alluding humorously to his eloquence or learning. Source: The New Oxford American Dictionary

Poem: This is the dark time, my love. By Martin Carter

This is the dark time, my love, All round the land brown beetles crawl about. The shining sun is hidden in the sky. Red flowers bend their heads in awful sorrow. This is the dark time, my love, It is the season of oppression, dark metal, and tears. It is the festival of guns, the [...]

Quote- John Lennon

“If someone thinks that peace and love are just a cliche that must have been left behind in the 60s, that’s a problem. Peace and love are eternal.” ― John Lennon Quote via Goodreads.com