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Chocolates: My Sweet Addiction The very thought of chocolates makes my mouth water. I love all kinds of chocolates. My mother teases me by saying that I don’t have a sweet tooth but several sweet teeth. When I went to high school, mom started giving me money to buy lunch at the school canteen. Instead of buying food, I would buy chocolates. Soon, I got used to eating chocolates for lunch....
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February 25, 2019 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), Languages1 Comment
Miracles Miracles are those incidents that seem to defy logic, like walking on water or healing the terminally ill. Anything that defies logic is attributed to divine intervention and we have the makings of a miracle. Such miracles are rare and few are fortunate to witness them. Little miracles happen to us everyday and we look through them. We are all blessed with plenty of them. I lost my gold bracelet...
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February 25, 2019 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), LanguagesNo Comment
My Favorite Channel Travel and living is my favorite channel. For those like me, who cannot afford to visit the different countries of the world, it is a gift to be able to watch the snow in Switzerland, the Statue of Liberty in New York and the Eiffel Tower in France while sitting at home in my favorite rocking chair. Travel and living is my favorite because it combines my two...
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Mother Tongue A “Mother tongue” is the language that a human being learns from infancy. It is normally the native language of that person and he learns it from his parents and other members of the family and it is with this language that he first learns to relate socially with other people. Language is not just a means of communication. To a large extent it pervades our culture and life...
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February 25, 2019 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), Languages4 Comments
Leadership Someone rightly said, “Leaders are made, not born”. My friend Seanna lost her parents in an auto car accident. Her elder sister, Sharon, was severely injured in the accident. She lost her feet. Seanna was thirteen years old when this happened. Being the youngest, she had always been pampered. All of a sudden Seanna found herself in a situation that she was unfamiliar with. There was no one to guide...
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February 25, 2019 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), LanguagesNo Comment
My Favorite Pair of Jeans On my thirteenth birthday, Mom got me my first pair of designer jeans. Low waist, deep blue, ribbed denim. It was amazing how they hugged my legs. I went to school wearing them. Low waist jeans were in fashion and I was so glad I finally had a pair of them. I wish I had a tattoo to show off as well. I got a lot...
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February 25, 2019 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), LanguagesNo Comment
Our World in Years I look around at the toxic waste we generate each day, the natural resources like coal and petroleum that we plunder, and the resources that we pollute like water and air and it seems as if we are set on the path of self-destruction. We are a generation of thoughtless, selfish people who do not think past our ‘now’, our ‘present’. Hundred years from now wild animals...
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Grandma’s Gramophone and My Ipod Grandma’s gramophone held the pride of place on the table and it was covered with red velvet and lace. The “arm” of the gramophone held a needle that read the grooves in the record by vibration and transmitted the information to the gramophone speaker. Grandmas gramophone was huge with a big bell shaped thing that emitted the music. I looked at my iPod which was tiny...
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