Did you know that diamonds are the most valuable stones in the world?  They are so valuable that one diamond can cost thousands of dollars. If you did, how much more do you know about diamonds? I was reading about them a few days ago in the encyclopedia and decided to share with you. Where [...]

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Hip! Hip! Hurray!; Hip! Hip! Hurray! What’s the cheering for? I am done with diploma and moving on to my 2nd year. I am so happy. You know there were times it seemed like I was going to be in diploma forever. Anyways, I’m enjoying my holidays immensely, sleeping in late and having fun. Oh, [...]

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1898 – Caleb Bradham renamed his carbonated soft drink “Pepsi-Cola”. 1937 – Toyota Motors became an independent company 1938 – Paul Martin, Prime Minister of Canada was born 1963 – During a 200,000-person civil rights rally in at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his famous I have a dream [...]

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1785-Seth Thomas pioneer in mass production of clocks was born. 1812 – War of 1812: The American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerrière off the coast of Nova Scotia. 1848 – California Gold Rush: The New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold [...]

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I know this issue has been talked about lots of times by lots of people but I can’t help but chip in my bit. Every time I get to the barricade, I get mad. The other day it was raining when I got to school. As we approached the barricade, we saw them still stopping [...]

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Today was so annoying. Usually I have two classes: 9-11 and 11-1. I had a test in the 11-1 class: Mass Communication. I hadn’t read so I stayed up real late to prepare myself for the test. When I got to school, I found out the first lecturer wasn’t coming. Fine with me. I just [...]

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Oh my goodness! Today was a real circus. School was sooo annoying. I had a 4-5 class that my lecturer didn’t show up for. Imagine my annoyance. I could have gone home much  earlier. Oh well! I left school about 5.30pm with my cousins and guess what happened? The car broke down right in the [...]

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Every Tom, Dick and Harry can make noodles. So, let’s try something new, innovative and fun. This is a recipe I got a few years back and I enjoy it everytime. Ingredients: 1 lb (500 g) flour noodles 10 1/2 oz (300 g) boneless chicken breast, skinned 1 egg white 2 1/2 tbsp cornstarch (corn [...]

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    64 – Great Fire of Rome begins 1743 – 1st half-page newspaper ad is published 1830 – Uruguay adopts its first constitution 1872 – Britain introduces voting by secret ballot 1918 – Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize was born 1977 – Vietnam joins the United Nations 1994 [...]

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Dear GOD, I want to thank You for what you have already done. I am not going to wait until I see results or receive rewards. I am thanking you right now. I am not going to wait until I feel better or things look better, I am thanking you right now. I am not [...]

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I was in a class recently and as we were talking about our examination scores, our lecturer mentioned that if many people scored very well, he may have to downgrade our marks. When asked why, he stated that if too many people passed, it would arouse a lot of suspicion on the part of the [...]

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I was checking my mail the other day and I saw this. After reading this, you’ll NEVER look at a banana in the same way again! Bananas contain three natural sugars – sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber.  A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proven that just [...]

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I have heard about monkeys coming into lecture rooms in the Arts block, but I just could not figure out how this was possible. No, I believed it; it was just that it wasn’t really real…you get what I’m sayng? Well, today I saw and, I believed. I was at the Arts block having a Geography class. The class had  barely [...]

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