tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35523055120215846222024-03-19T04:05:39.593-07:00Blog a BitNatashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-51133825200079732662011-10-24T12:54:00.001-07:002011-10-24T12:54:47.935-07:00Death by Chocolate...or not<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So instead of death by chocolate, why not try a red velvet cupcake. It may look odd, the colour, but tastes so good! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Below are the instructions:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Cook Time:</span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">22 minutes<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Total Time:</span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">22 minutes</span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Yield:</span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">20 to 24 Cupcakes</span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ingredients:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">2 cups all-purpose flour<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">1 teaspoon baking soda<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">1 teaspoon salt<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">1 1/2 cups granulated sugar<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">1/2 cup butter (1 stick)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">2 large eggs<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">1 teaspoon vanilla extract<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">1 cup plus 2 tablespoons buttermilk<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">1/2 ounce red food coloring gel<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">2 teaspoons white vinegar<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Cream Cheese Frosting<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">1 package light cream cheese, softened<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">4 tablespoons butter, softened<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">1 teaspoon vanilla extract<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">1 cup confectioners' sugar<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.0pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Preparation:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Line muffin pans with cupcake papers. Heat oven to 350°.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">In a bowl combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and cocoa.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">In a mixing bowl with electric mixer, cream the sugar and butter until light. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat well. Slowly beat in about one third of the flour mixture and about half of the buttermilk until well blended. Beat in another third of the flour mixture and the remaining buttermilk. Slowly beat in the remaining flour mixture. Beat in the food coloring and vinegar and continue beating until well blended.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Fill lined cupcake tins about 2/3 full. Bake for about 20 to 22 minutes, or until the cakes bounce back when lightly touched with a finger.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 18.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 18.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Makes about 20 to 24 cupcakes. Cool on racks before frosting.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-top: 18.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the frosting, combine frosting ingredients and beat with an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-74856185871463172452011-10-24T12:49:00.000-07:002011-10-24T12:49:15.417-07:00Be Bold and Mighty Things will come to your Aid<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So with this random topic we were given I decided to look up if there was a way we could become ‘bold’. This after looking, this is what Wikianswers gave when I asked how do you become bold? Apparently there are six steps...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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A little</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span><span style="background: #F9F7F1; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Haggle" title="Haggle"><span style="text-decoration: none;">haggling</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span><span style="background: #F9F7F1; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">can go a long way. 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</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 54.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span>5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b></span><!--[endif]--><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="background: #F9F7F1; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Take risks.</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: #F9F7F1; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: #F9F7F1; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">There's a difference between being reckless and accepting risks. Reckless people don't accept risks...they don't even think about them. A bold person, on the other hand, is well aware of the risks, and has decided to go through with the decision anyway, ready and willing to accept the consequences if things don't work out. Think of an</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: #F9F7F1; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: #F9F7F1; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Great-Youth-Athlete" title="Become a Great Youth Athlete"><span style="text-decoration: none;">athlete</span></a></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: #F9F7F1; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: #F9F7F1; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">who takes risks every day. Are they reckless? No. It's a measured risk. You might make a mistake; we all do. But inaction can be a mistake as well, one that leads to emptiness and regret. For many people, having taken risks and fallen flat on their faces was far more fulfilling than having done nothing at all</span>.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br />
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<h1 class="spacing" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ae0105; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Peppermint Crisp Tart <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(serves 8 - 10)</span></h1><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #343433; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A typical South African dessert the <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Peppermint Crisp Fridge Tart</strong> is incredibly rich and decadent, but hugely popular all the same. It must also be one of the easiest pudding recipes on the planet – you can whip this pudding up in 10 minutes! Follow this <strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">easy recipe</strong> and create a dessert that’s always a winner – in no time at all.</div><h5 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ae0105; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ingredients:</h5><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #343433; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 13px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2 packets of Tennis biscuits<br />
2 sachets of Orley Whip or 500ml cream<br />
1 tin caramel<br />
peppermint crisp chocolate</div><h5 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #ae0105; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Method:</h5><ol style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 11px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Beat the Orley Whip / cream.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mix in the caramel.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Layer the Tennis biscuits and the Orley Whip mixture.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sprinkle peppermint crisp on top.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Place in fridge to set.</li>
</ol>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-20862428772919389772011-10-21T05:17:00.000-07:002011-10-21T05:17:33.674-07:00Only bad things happen quickly<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Below is a rather random poem I found about bad things that happen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">BAD THINGS (A CRAP</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bad-things-4/"><span>LIFE</span></a>)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><br />
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There are too much gun and knife crimes on the streets,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><br />
There are too much parents giving children beats,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><br />
There is too much cereal without no wheat,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><br />
So tell me what im gonna sposta eat,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><br />
There’s too many gangs hanging round on roadside,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><br />
On the way back they fall on der backside,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><br />
There’s too many people carrying knives,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><br />
Just walking round taking lives,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><br />
A young boy just in year 9 dropping out from</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bad-things-4/"><span>school</span></a>,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><br />
Thinks he cool but really he’s just playing the fool,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><br />
He thinks he’s got it all jus coz he’s got a</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bad-things-4/"><span>swimming</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span>pool</span></a><br />
Now off the streets he’s cleaning poo<br />
Now he’s a full grown man wishing he’d gone to school</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><br />
Another boy being bullied for colour of his skin<br />
Every day they’ll just boot him in the shin</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><br />
Then after that they’ll just put him in the bin<br />
He couldn’t fight back he was way too thin<br />
So he killed himself with a giant pin<br />
Stupid young boys smoking weed<br />
Den when they to school the they don’t succeed<br />
When they walked home they started to feel dizee</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><br />
They fall on the floor hit they head and start to bleed<br />
Man u v arsenal the match they never got to see<br />
All because of smoking weed</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><br />
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Chizom Okpara</span>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-82329699851502976652011-10-08T23:50:00.001-07:002011-10-08T23:50:48.711-07:00The Last Lecture<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Last Lecture</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">is a</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">New York Times best seller</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">book co-authored by</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Randy Pausch,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a professor of computer science and design at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jeffery Zaslow</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">of the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Wall Street Journal</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">. The book was based on a lecture Pausch gave in September 2007.</span></span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Pausch delivered his "Last Lecture", titled<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Really_Achieving_Your_Childhood_Dreams" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"><span>Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams</span></a></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">, at Carnegie Mellon on September 18, 2007.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>This talk was modelled after an ongoing series of lectures where top academics are asked to think deeply about what matters to them, and then give a hypothetical "final talk," i.e., "what wisdom would you try to impart to the world if you knew it was your last chance?"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 4.8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A month before giving the lecture, Pausch had received news that the pancreatic cancer he had been diagnosed with a year earlier was now terminal. Before speaking, Pausch received a long standing ovation from a large crowd of over 400 colleagues and students. When he motioned them to sit down, saying, "Make me earn it." During the lecture Pausch was upbeat and humorous, shrugging off the pity often given to those diagnosed with terminal illness. At one point, to prove his own vitality, Pausch dropped down and did push-ups on stage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Last Lecture</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">speaks about Pausch's lecture and discusses everything he wanted his children to know after the cancer took his life. It includes stories of his childhood, lessons he wants his children to learn, and things he wants his children to know about him. He repeatedly stresses that one should have fun in everything one does, that one should live life to its fullest because one never knows when it might be taken (Wikipedia, 2011).</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-75250303630881708462011-10-08T23:49:00.001-07:002011-10-08T23:49:58.910-07:00Cupcake Love<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So as you know I love food and have found yet another great recipe to share with you. This time it is a cupcake recipe...one of my favourites! If you love cupcakes you have to try this.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It goes something like this:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ingredients<o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">6 tablespoons Margarine</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">12 tablespoons Flour</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">¼ cup Milk</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">6 tablespoons Sugar</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2 Eggs</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1 ¼ teaspoon Baking Powder</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Instructions<o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Mix sugar and margarine together</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Add eggs one at a time</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Add baking powder and vanilla essence with a little milk</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Add flour mixing well with the rest of the milk</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 200%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span>·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So it is that easy. What I like to do though is instead of baking the cupcakes in the normal paper cups I like to use those edible cups to put the cupcakes in.</span></div>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-50126604000740265842011-09-28T12:26:00.001-07:002011-09-28T12:26:44.005-07:00Rich Rubbish<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">So while looking on the internet (you sometimes find the craziest stuff) I found a list of 10 ways to make yourself appear rich. I found this quite amusing but it made me think that there are people out there that might just try these 10 steps on how to appear rich. So have a look and see if you think it will work.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f7f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Never Lie</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f7f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">. You will just show your ignorance and embarrass yourself. For example, when you are offered a glass of wine or a delicacy you have never tasted before and then are asked what you thought of it, Just say "Very Good." and then smile sweetly.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f7f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f7f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Frequent bookstores and cafés, being seen reading a book shows a sign of class</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f7f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">. Having a coffee or tea at hand also makes you look rich.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f7f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: dashed #BFBFBF 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f7f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Always be nice to servants, waiters, drivers, etc</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f7f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">. Being rude to them makes you look nouveau riche. But don't be overly friendly. Avoid acting like you feel more at home with the 'help' more than with your new friends.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f7f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Never be stingy when it comes to tips because this makes you look, well, stingy</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f7f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">. But don't give out tips that are too large, either, or you will look embarrassingly nouveau riche or clueless.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f7f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Know what fine dining is</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f7f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">. As cliched as it sounds, learn about wines and cheeses. Learn how to pronounce words like Béchamel and Beaujolais. And learn good table manners. Otherwise you will look like a complete fool at dinnertime. Read etiquette books.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f7f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">When you buy clothes and accessories, never buy anything with a huge logo</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f7f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">. For example, when you buy t-shirts from Christian Dior, do not buy those which say 'DIOR'. If it's the real deal, your well-heeled friends will be able to tell at a glance what brand the item is. It is also true that rich people are not so much concerned with brand names. Many of them wear Lands End or Gap clothing right along with high quality products from exclusive designers that most people have never heard about. If you want to look great,buy items with more subtle designs and steer towards European brands. Think classic clothes that fit you really well.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f7f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Do not wear too much jewelry nor wear anything flashy and big</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f7f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">. If you do, you look desperate to show off. For a casual game of tennis, for example, don't wear bracelets and necklaces. Just wear a Franck Muller watch and a pair of 3-carat diamond earrings.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f7f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Never boast about your expensive new handbags, jewelry, watches, etc</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f7f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">. Wear them. Most of your friends will notice your new trappings without having them pointed out. If they don't notice, most likely they don't care and wouldn't be impressed anyway. If complimented, smile and say "thank you."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f7f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Do not pretend you never eat fast food at all</span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f7f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">. In fact, a surprisingly large number of rich people like fast food. Fast food does taste good, no matter how unhealthy it is. However, don't eat fast food very often. Rich people can afford to eat at nicer places and usually they do. Also, show that you are indeed concerned with the unhealthy aspects of fast food. Most rich people put an emphasis on a healthy lifestyle, and it's a good idea to be health conscious for more reasons than one.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f7f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Don't pretend you are picky about every little aspect of everything</span></span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f9f7f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. Rich people can afford to be picky (or 'selective' as they would probably say) but if you complain about every little thing you just seem pretentious and annoying. Choose a few items that you really are selective about. For example, most wealthy people don't mind wearing clothes from Gap because everyone knows they can afford designer clothes. However, for example, many rich girls will never use cheap make-up. Most wear very little makeup preferring the natural look. They will say it will ruin the skin and they are right. They also will not be stingy on the matter of footwear, because better quality footwear molds to the feet for the most comfort, and they are the higher quality. Be picky about things that matter.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-alt: dashed #BFBFBF .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><br />
</div></div>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-23056164344365950992011-09-28T12:25:00.001-07:002011-09-28T12:25:46.293-07:00Watch this Space<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So the definition, if you can call it that, for the phrase ‘watch this space’ is, “<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">If someone says watch this space, they mean that there will very soon be an exciting change in their situation.</span>” This is according to the Cambridge dictionary.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So I guess if I say to someone ‘watch this space’ they going to expect an amazing change to take place in my life soon. Well at my age I don’t think there is anything really amazing that could change..soon. But if I could I would change a few things...<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I would learn to ice skate and ballroom dance, be able to eat as many chocolates and sweets without getting fat, not be afraid of bugs and spiders, have permanent access to lots of money and of course shopping. I know these things aren’t possible but sometimes it is good to dream.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So watch this space to see all these exciting things that will happen in my life.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-27129674680020047872011-09-21T10:04:00.000-07:002011-09-21T10:04:43.442-07:00Chocolate Goodness<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have always loved baking and I love chocolate so the next recipe I have on my agenda is to make proper chocolaty chocolate brownies. I have had some amazing chocolate brownies in my time so now I guess it is my turn to give it a try. So below is the recipe I plan to use...wish me luck!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Preheat oven to 180 degrees C and place the rack in the centre of the oven. Butter (or spray with a non-stick cooking spray) a 20 cm square pan, and line the bottom of the pan with parchment or wax paper.<span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Melt the chocolate and butter in a large stainless steel bowl placed over a saucepan of simmering water. Remove from heat and stir in the cocoa powder and sugar. Next, whisk in the vanilla extract and eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Finally, stir in the flour, salt and chocolate chips (if using).<span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out with a little batter and a few moist clumps clinging to it. Do not over bake. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack. Serve at room temperature or chilled. These freeze very well.<span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Makes 16 brownies.</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<!--[endif]--></span>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-53455004072734291442011-09-21T09:51:00.000-07:002011-09-21T09:51:24.511-07:00My favourite cat in the hat book is...The Cat in the Hat...because...<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Cat in the Hat</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(1957) is the first book featuring the title character. In it the Cat brings a cheerful, exotic and exuberant form of chaos to a household of two young kids, brother and sister, one rainy day while their mother leaves them unattended. The Cat performs all sorts of wacky tricks—the Cat at one point balances a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teacup" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Teacup"><span style="text-decoration: none;">teacup</span></a>, some<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Milk"><span style="text-decoration: none;">milk</span></a>, a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cake" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Cake"><span style="text-decoration: none;">cake</span></a>, three<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Books"><span style="text-decoration: none;">books</span></a>, the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Fish"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Fish</span></a>, a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rake_(tool)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Rake (tool)"><span style="text-decoration: none;">rake</span></a>, a toy<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Boat"><span style="text-decoration: none;">boat</span></a>, a toy<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Man"><span style="text-decoration: none;">man</span></a>, a red<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_(implement)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Fan (implement)"><span style="text-decoration: none;">fan</span></a>, and his umbrella<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>while he's on a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Ball"><span style="text-decoration: none;">ball</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to the chagrin of the fish—to amuse the children, with mixed results. This book allows children to use their imagination and go to a place they can only dream existed. Imagine the cat in the hat was real? Our childhoods would have been so much better.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 100.0%;"><tbody>
<tr> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 24.58%;" valign="top" width="24%"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
"We looked!<br />
Then we saw him<br />
step in on the mat!<br />
We looked!<br />
And we saw him!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
The Cat in the Hat!"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“I know it is wet<br />
And the sun is not sunny.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
But we can have<br />
Lots of good fun<br />
that is funny!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> “Look at me!<br />
Look at me!<br />
Look at me NOW!<br />
It is fun to have fun<br />
But you have<br />
to know how.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> “'Have no fear, little fish,'<br />
Said the Cat in the Hat.<br />
<span> </span>'These Things are<br />
good Things.'<br />
And he gave them a pat."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 24.58%;" valign="top" width="24%"></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 24.6%;" valign="top" width="24%"></td> <td style="padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; width: 24.6%;" valign="top" width="24%"></td> </tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> "Then our mother came in<br />
And she said to us two,<br />
'Did you have any fun?<br />
Tell me. What did<br />
you do?"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> And Sally and I did not<br />
know what to say.<br />
Should we tell her<br />
The things that went on<br />
there that day?"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> "Well...what would YOU do<br />
If your mother asked you?"</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span>‘</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> "Then our mother came in<br />
And she said to us two,</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><br />
'Did you have any fun?<br />
Tell me. What did<br />
you do?"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> And Sally and I did not<br />
know what to say.<br />
Should we tell her<br />
The things that went on<br />
there that day?"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> "Well...what would YOU do<br />
If your mother asked you?"</span></span><span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-80960727825998229312011-09-15T07:35:00.000-07:002011-09-15T07:35:12.342-07:00Why I have conversations<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you know me you will know that I love to talk, I will talk to anyone, anywhere which can sometimes get me in to trouble. From a young age I have loved talking and I haven’t seemed to outgrow it just yet. I love having good conversation with great friends, it’s the best kind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A good conversation can improve your day and make you feel so much better. I know when I am bored or need to find out something all I need to do is phone a friend to talk. My conversations on the phone are never less than 30 minutes long as these are a daily occurrence, not good for the phone bill. As much as people deny that they gossip there is no way that is true, nothing is better than a little gossiping in a conversation, it’s the best! Are always up to date with the latest ‘scandals’ so when I need to know what is going on I just need to pick up the phone. BBM is also amazing and allows me to talk to all my friends throughout the day, every day. The reason we have conversations is to find out information or share information, that’s what it comes down to in the end.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="body"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><br />
</span><span class="bodybold"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/rainermari393352.html"><span style="color: #0000cc; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Rainer Maria Rilke</span></a></span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-62400554278714200672011-09-15T07:34:00.001-07:002011-09-15T07:34:18.082-07:00Job hunting<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So as my BTech year comes to an end it is almost time to face the real world of work, no more long vacations during the year or taking days off when you don’t feel like going in. In the real world it just doesn’t work like that. I am over studying and feel ready to start working.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can’t wait to earn my own money and stop relying on my parents for everything. The thought of getting a salary for the work that I have done seems rewarding (as long as it is a worthy sum of money). Although I am excited to start working I am also scared, to be perfectly honest. Firstly I am scared that I won’t be able to find a job, secondly not really enjoy the job I do and thirdly if I really suck at the job I do. I try not focus on the negatives but sometimes I can’t help it. I want to work in a job where I am challenged, learn new things and experience the ways of the world but most importantly I want to be passionate about what I do and come home at the end of the day happy about what I did.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So wish me luck as I continue on the job hunt, hopefully it won’t be too gruelling and terrible.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-12631099291623376932011-09-11T09:59:00.001-07:002011-09-11T09:59:55.709-07:009/11<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today marks the 10<sup>th</sup> anniversary of 9/11. Even though I am not American I still can’t believe what happened, it seems unreal. I watched the footage of the planes crashing into the towers and I shudder. The images of people falling to their death to get away from the burning building haunt me.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Of course there is a lot of conspiracy around the actual events that took place on 9/11 and if it could have been prevented. There are also documentaries speculating that the Americans did this to their own people, the thought of that makes me sick but after watching the Zeitgeist, it could just be a possibility. There were too many coincidences on the day that just don’t seem to fit.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I hope that this isn’t true and that the whole drama around 9/11 was just a terror attack that was preventable. No matter what the truth is the families of the victims still are suffering and it is important that we remember the lives that were lost and those that were left behind.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-25129806499356910292011-09-11T09:58:00.001-07:002011-09-11T09:58:43.317-07:00Bucket list – 100 things to do before you die<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Being only 22 years old there are so many things that I still need to do before I die, probably way more than a hundred, more like a thousand. There are so many websites that provide these lists for you that you are able to tick off as you go along. One website I found provided a few good, simple ideas of things to tick off of the bucket list.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span>1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><input name="question2" type="CHECKBOX" value="1" /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Throw a huge party and invite every one of your friends.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span>2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><input name="question3" type="CHECKBOX" value="1" /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Swim with a dolphin.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span>3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><input name="question4" type="CHECKBOX" value="1" /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Skydive.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span>4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><input name="question5" type="CHECKBOX" value="1" /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Have your portrait painted.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span>5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><input name="question6" type="CHECKBOX" value="1" /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Learn to speak a foreign language and make sure you use it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span>6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><input name="question7" type="CHECKBOX" value="1" /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Go skinny-dipping at midnight in the South of France.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span>7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><input name="question8" type="CHECKBOX" value="1" /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Watch the launch of the space shuttle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span>8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><input name="question9" type="CHECKBOX" value="1" /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Spend a whole day eating junk food without feeling guilty.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span>9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><input name="question10" type="CHECKBOX" value="1" /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Be an extra in a film.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span>10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><input name="question11" type="CHECKBOX" value="1" /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Tell someone the story of your life, sparing no details.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span>11.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><input name="question12" type="CHECKBOX" value="1" /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Make love on a forest floor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span>12.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><input name="question13" type="CHECKBOX" value="1" /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Make love on a train.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span>13.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><input name="question14" type="CHECKBOX" value="1" /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Learn to rollerblade.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span>14.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><input name="question15" type="CHECKBOX" value="1" /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Own a room with a view.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span>15.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><input name="question17" type="CHECKBOX" value="1" /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Learn how to take a compliment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span>16.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><input name="question18" type="CHECKBOX" value="1" /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Buy a round-the-world air ticket and a rucksack, and run away.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span>17.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><input name="question19" type="CHECKBOX" value="1" /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><input name="question21" type="CHECKBOX" value="1" /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Be a member of the audience in a TV show.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span>18.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><input name="question22" type="CHECKBOX" value="1" /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Put your name down to be a passenger on the first tourist shuttle to the moon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span>19.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><input name="question23" type="CHECKBOX" value="1" /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Send a message in a bottle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span>20.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><input name="question24" type="CHECKBOX" value="1" /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Ride a camel into the desert.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">These are just twenty things to do before you die, so I think we should all have a bucket list and try get as much done as possible. Life is too short.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-64132572907756023552011-09-07T02:22:00.000-07:002011-09-07T02:22:12.201-07:00Cape Town Adventure<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So now that I am on holiday, even though it is just a week, I just have to make the most of it. with that being said yesterday being the beautiful day that it was, my sister and I and a few friends decided to enjoy Cape Town. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We started off with lunch at Fat Cactus, an amazing Mexican restaurant in Gardens. The weather was stunning, we sat outside and drank margaritas, strawberry and lime flavour (they are amazingly delicious and taste so good you forget there is alcohol in them – a thought you realise when you can’t walk properly after a few glasses), and ate a whole range of Mexican treats. After Fat Cactus, we drove to Camps Bay, got some ice cream from Sinnful ice cream and went to sit on Camps Bay beach to just relax. It was such a great day with great friends. Even though I had a headache/ hangover by 5 o’clock that evening, it was so worth it and I would do it again tomorrow.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cape Town is such a beautiful place so get out and enjoy it because there is just so much to see and do. We literally do live in one of the most stunning cities in the world.</span></div>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-12287692749440574252011-09-07T02:21:00.001-07:002011-09-07T02:21:23.475-07:00My big fat big dream<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My dream is to one day travel the world. I want to travel to every continent, country and city. The world is such a big place and I have basically seen none of it. I have only been as far as Joburg so I don’t feel that I have seen a thing. I want to experience different cultures and see new things.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Nothing makes me more excited than travelling, there are just so many places I want to go I don’t think I will have enough time to see them all or have enough cash to fulfil my dream. Some of the places I just have to visit are the Greek Islands, Paris, Barcelona, Las Vegas, Miami, New York, Brazil, Thailand, Switzerland, London, Italy and so many more my brain just can’t think at this moment. So many of my friends have been to these places that I want to go to and they have said that all the places they went to are just amazing and out of this world.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So hopefully my dream of travelling the world will come true and I will get to see all the places I have dreamt of. If I win the lotto my dream might come true sooner rather than later.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-62358334969474232982011-08-29T00:39:00.001-07:002011-08-29T00:39:25.471-07:00Celebrity Obsessed!<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="bodybold"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love all things celebrity, I can’t say I would want to be one – I mean that in all honesty but I do love following them on Twitter, watching their reality shows and THS on E! Entertainment and reading about them in the various magazines.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="bodybold"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="bodybold"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I am busy typing this blog, I’m busy checking the E! Online website to see the latest news about my favourite celebrities. Some recent exciting news in Hollywood includes reality TV star Kim Kardashian’s wedding (can’t wait till they show it on TV), Beyonce Knowles announcing at the VMA’s that she and husband Jay Z are expecting and Lady Gaga performing dressed as a man. As much as people say that the Hollywood lifestyles is superficial and all fake, I really don’t care, celebrities are rich and have the most exciting lifestyles – they keep us entertained which is ultimately their job being a celebrity in the spot light and all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="bodybold"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="bodybold"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So for the latest news, videos and photos on what the latest in Hollywood is I would definitely recommend you watch E! Entertainment and visit their website too.</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-43940719555166763202011-08-29T00:38:00.001-07:002011-08-29T00:38:29.638-07:00Conventional is a good fall-back position isn’t it?<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Conventional to me is always the safe option, the word conventional sounds boring and un-spontaneous but sometimes that might be the best option. <span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Conventional wisdom</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: black;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: white; color: black;">(CW) is a term used to describe ideas or explanations that are generally accepted as true by the public or by experts in a field.</span> This proves that conventional is usually by definition accepted as it is responsible. Unconventional on the other is the opposite. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Most people like to do things that aren’t always safe and accepted, things become boring and mundane when we do everything thing the conventional way. But what happens when we try doing things differently and fail? Sometimes in life falling back on the conventional way of thinking can be the best option. So next time you have a decision to make, try the unconventional way because you will always have the other option to fall back on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="body"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“As a rule, I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted.”</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span><span class="bodybold"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/l/lucymaudmo390257.html"><span style="color: #0000cc; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Lucy Maud Montgomery</span></span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-21330763776784158502011-08-19T03:39:00.000-07:002011-08-19T03:39:33.036-07:00Day at the Habour....Market that is<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For those of you that like food and adventure (if you can call it that) you have to visit the Bay Harbour market in Hout Bay. It is an amazing hidden gem in the Hout Bay Harbour, it is rather hidden away but this doesn’t stop hundreds of people visiting the market. I had heard a lot about this market and when I heard there was plenty of food there as well I knew I had to go.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 150%;">When I first arrived I briefly looked around at what the little stores in the market had to offer but my main mission was to get to the food section, the busiest section as well but for good reason. There are just so many options to choose from whether it is food or drink that you want. I started off with nachos followed by a half a French loaf with the most amazing fillings. I didn’t stop there though I finished it off with the most delicious chocolate brownie and such frozen </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">yoghurt</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 150%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some might say I am a pig but it tasted so good and I didn’t regret one bit! So I would definitely suggest you visit the Bay Harbour Market for the most delicious food and wide variety of it.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-68400519670232441812011-08-19T03:37:00.000-07:002011-08-19T03:37:36.495-07:00You can’t chase two rabbits at the same time<br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rabbits are one of the cutest animals around, they bring back good memories to me from when I was a child. I remember at the pre-school I used to attend we had a mini animal farm with rabbits, chickens and some other rodents I can’t really remember. The bunnies were the cutest and I would always chase them around hoping to catch one. The white rabbits with the red eyes used to scare the living hell out of me though – I didn’t chase after those ones. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Below are some random facts about the cute little animals I used to chase after:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><ol start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rabbits are not rodents, they are lagomorphs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;">A male rabbit is a buck.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A female rabbit is a doe.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A baby rabbit is a kit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;">A rabbits teeth never stop growing.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rabbits can be litter trained<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A pet rabbit can live as long as 10 years<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Bunnies get weaned at about 8 weeks old<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rabbits can purr similar to a cat<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Domesticated rabbits are born without fur<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Domesticated rabbits eyes do not open until they are about 2 weeks old<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rabbits cannot vomit<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rabbits need hay to assist the digestive system and prevent fur balls in their stomach<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A group of rabbits is called a herd<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rabbit meat is lower in fat, cholesterol and calories than chicken, pork and beef (would never eat it though)<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rabbit droppings make an excellent garden fertilizer<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rabbits have 28 teeth<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A 4 pound rabbit will drink as much water as a 20 pound dog<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Bunnies love to chew<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rabbits do not hibernate<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rabbits can jump 36″ and higher<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rabbits can suffer heat stroke<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rabbits can see behind them, but have blind spot in front of their face.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When rabbits are happy, they will jump and twist, this is called a binky<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rabbits can start breeding as early as 3-4 months of age<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Predators can literally scare a rabbit to death<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rabbits can have false pregnancies<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rabbits groom themselves<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Domestic rabbits cannot breed with wild rabbits<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.6pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The only place a rabbit sweats is through the pads on its feet<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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</div>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-51943773745121977372011-08-13T04:56:00.000-07:002011-08-13T04:56:28.634-07:00More interesting (useless) facts<br />
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span>1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> 1. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.<br />
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2. A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.<br />
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3. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.<br />
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4. Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.<br />
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5. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.<br />
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6. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.<br />
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7. The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.<br />
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8. Polar bears are left handed.<br />
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9. The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.<br />
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10. The flea can jump 350 times its body length.<br />
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11. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18.0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Most of these facts are pretty pointless but still fun to read anyway </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>J</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<!--[endif]--></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-8861085335930510942011-08-13T04:47:00.000-07:002011-08-13T04:47:02.371-07:00“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you only have one idea.” (Alain)<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On a daily basis we all come up with different ideas that we either follow through with or that we decide to rather leave alone.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When looking up the definition of what an idea is I didn’t really find much, Wikipedia gives the definition,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">an</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">idea</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">is just whatever is before the</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Mind"><span style="text-decoration: none;">mind</span></a></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">when one</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Thinking"><span style="text-decoration: none;">thinks</span></a>.</span>”So an idea is basically a thought you have before doign something.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Below are some of the good ideas and not so good ideas that have gone through my mind at some point.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Walking barefoot on the hot road – bad idea<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-8867386355520785852011-08-05T04:25:00.000-07:002011-08-05T04:25:41.719-07:00Water and Weight loss<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Incredible as it may seem, water is quite possibly the single most important catalyst in losing weight and keeping it off. Although most of us take for granted, water may be the only true "magic potion" for permanent weight loss.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The overweight person needs more water than a thin one. Larger people have larger metabolic loads. Since we know that water is the key to fat metabolism, it follows that the overweight person needs more water.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Water helps to maintain proper muscle tone by giving muscles their natural ability to contract and by preventing dehydration. It also helps to prevent the sagging skin that usually follows weigh loss -- shrinking cells are buoyed by water which plumps the skin and leaves it clear, healthy and resilient.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Water helps rid the body of waste. During weight loss, the body has a lot more waste to get rid of -- all that metabolized fat must be shed. Again, adequate water helps flush out the waste.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"></span>Some remarkable truths about water and weight loss:<o:p></o:p></span></div><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The body will not function properly without enough water and can't metabolize stored fat efficiently.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Retained water shows up as excess weight.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">To get rid of excess water you must drink more water.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Drinking water is essential to weight loss.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">How much water is enough? On the average, a person should drink eight 8-ounce glasses every day. (</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">www.highvibrations.org</span></span>)<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-85184702813739778432011-08-05T04:23:00.000-07:002011-08-05T04:23:18.563-07:00Have u figured out the second head fake?<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">These words were spoken Randy Pausch, a professor and alumni of the <span class="apple-style-span">Carnegie Mellon University.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As a professor, he<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"> inspired countless students in the classroom. Outside the classroom, he gained public fame for delivering what would come to be known as "<a href="http://www.cmu.edu/randyslecture/videos/index.html" title="Watch The Last Lecture"><span style="color: windowtext;">The Last Lecture</span></a>."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On Sept. 18, 2007, only a month after doctors told him that he had three-to-six months to live following a recurrence of pancreatic cancer, he presented a lecture called "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" to a packed auditorium at Carnegie Mellon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The moving and often humorous talk recounted his efforts to achieve such childhood dreams as becoming a professional football player, experiencing zero gravity and developing Disney World attractions. In the process, he shared his insights on finding the good in other people, working hard to overcome obstacles and living generously.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The video appeared on countless websites and has been viewed by millions. Appearances on the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><a href="http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Lessons-Learned-from-Randy-Pausch-Video" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">Oprah Winfrey Show</span></a></em>, ABC's<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Good Morning America</em><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/LastLecture" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;">CBS Evening News</span></a></em><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>followed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A book version, "<a href="http://bookstore.web.cmu.edu/MerchDetail.aspx?MerchID=535568&num=15&start=151&end=160&type=1&CategoryName=Faculty%20Authors&CatID=1768&Name=Faculty%20Authors&Catalog=329" title="Order the Last Lecture book"><span style="color: windowtext;">The Last Lecture</span></a>" co-written by Jeff Zaslow of the Wall Street Journal (and a fellow Carnegie Mellon alumnus), became a best-seller upon its release.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">While millions worldwide were touched by his highly acclaimed<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.cmu.edu/randyslecture/videos/index.html" title="Watch The Last Lecture"><span style="color: windowtext;">lecture</span></a>, Randy continued battling pancreatic cancer, and died of complications at the age of 47.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552305512021584622.post-22809009905192141592011-07-28T06:11:00.001-07:002011-07-28T06:11:46.804-07:00Oh what a night!<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So last night my best friend (when I say best friend I truly mean it – we been best friends for 17 years) and I decided to go for dinner to have a major catch. The restaurant of choice was Andiamo in the Cape Quarter in Green Point. So you may asking, why she telling us this...well we went to the restaurant and upon our arrival we were told of the special they have, two pizzas/ pastas and two glasses of wine for...wait for it...only R99!!! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There is no way you can say that that isn’t an amazing deal, where can you go for good food and wine for that amount of money. I had a yummy pizza with chicken and feta along with a glass of white wine – which was equally delicious. I would have indulged in more than one glass but due to the fact I was driving I thought it would be the more responsible thing to rather not.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">All I can say is that I had a great evening which cost next to nothing. I got to catch up with my best friend, which included so much laughter (thank goodness the restaurant was just as noisy as we were) and of course, like I have mentioned a billion times before, amazing food.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So go take advantage of this great special – it’s so worth it!</span></div>Natashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334210752211876777noreply@blogger.com0