Always Loving You

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In my heart I keep
the sparkle of your eyes
the tender warmth of your smile
the small tilt of your head
the delicate curves of your soft body
and I dream of holding you close
caring for you, protecting you
and loving you always.

You Are the One...

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You Are The One
If I could save time in a bottle
the first thing that
I'd like to do
is to save every day 'til eternity passes away
just to spend them with you
If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I'd save every day like a treasure and then
again I would spend them with you
If I had a box just for wishes
and dreams that had never come true
the box would be empty except for the
memories of how they were answered by you
But there never seemsto be enough time to do the
things you want once you find them
I've looked around enough to know that
you're the one I want to go through time with
I hid you for a long time
the way a branch hides its
slowly ripening fruit among leaves,
and like a flower crystal of ice
on a winter window
you open in my mind.

When I Think of Love

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When I think of love ...
I think of roses and red hearts ...
quiet walks ...
and very soft, tranquil music ...
I envision an eagle taking flight on a crisp fall morn ...
the first snowflake in the winter ...
and the sound of the first robin in the spring ...
I envision a glorious sunrise ...
a spectacular rainbow ...
and stars brightly shining on a summer night ...
But most of all, I envision you ...
your eyes radiating warmth, joy and vibrance ...
and the tender feelings in my heartfrom your friendly smile.

I Miss you terribly this day of Love

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I miss you terribly this day of Love
Miss you with a wound that stabs and aches.
I see the love around me, and it takes
So much strength simply just to move.
Soon, soon, my love, this waiting will be done.
You and I will have what we desire.
On days like this we'll sit beside the fire,
Undoing all the pain of days long gone.

Valentine's Day is a day of Love

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Valentine's Day is a day of Love
Where love is as bright as the sun With people we call our loved onesUnrequited love is oh! so harsh
When the one you love doesn't love youYou feel you're left standing in the dark
Wishing this reality were untrue
Well that's why Valentine's Day is so greatIt encourages you to show you careIt makes you just wanna say
I love you and will always be thereI once loved someone in this way
And I was encouraged on Valentine's
I went up to him, just to say I would like you to be mine

Only Love

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Only Love
Love can sometimes be fresh.Love can sometimes be new.
Love can sometimes make you happy.
And sometimes make you blue.
Love is the light that radiates from your eyes.
Love is your image floating in the skies.
Love is true.And darling, the only love for me is you.

Happy Valentine's Day

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Can We Be The Best of Lovers?"
"Can we be the best of lovers, not just friends? Just like in a romantic movie where strangers
fall in love before the picture ends.
And like the two lovers upon the silver screen, i hope out friendship turns into reality, not just a dream. and before the film
fades to black and the final curtain falls, my heart and soul want so
much to believe, that we too can become the best of lovers before we leave
But, I am well aware even a wise man, can delude himself and self deceive
So, here's hoping my wish is granted before the reel comes to it's end and that we
too can become, the best of lovers, not just friends?

Chocolate Vacations

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Switzerland
Fourteen chocolate factories have been founded in Switzerland in the past two centuries. The Swiss eat more chocolate per capital than any other country in the world, and this sign is apparent in the crowd of chocolate stores found throughout the country, particularly in Geneva. To get to the heart of things, visit Al prose Schoko’s working factory and museum in Lugano-Caslano, which covers 3,000 years of chocolate olden times and offers samples of the company’s latest research and development.
Italy
Torino (Turin), considered the birthplace of solid chocolate, is said to have as many chocolates as Belgium and France shared. The city’s twelve-monthly chocolate festival draws 700,000 visitors who consume more than 60,000 pounds of the objects. Many hotels offer packages that include chocolate tours, a visit to the various artisan producers in the city and a spree to the close by countryside. About 340 miles south in Perugia, the Perugia Chocolate Factory produces the famed Baci chocolate kisses. The company runs a chocolate school inside its factory.

Paris
From the chocolate macaroons by well-known patisserie chef Pierre Hermé to the chocolate masks by Joséphine Vannier, Paris may be the world’s chocolate capital. Le Salon du Chocolate, a traveling trade show for chocolate, begins every October in Paris and then travels to London, New York, Moscow, Tokyo and Shanghai. The vendors ply attendees with every variety of chocolate conceivable. Highlights of the two-day event include a “chocolate opera” and a fashion show in which the dresses must be ripe.

Argentina

About 10 miles from Iguazu Falls, the Iguazú Grand Hotel in Puerto Iguazu City, Argentina, has a health spa with a dedicated chocolate therapy menu. Cacao treatments include baths, wraps, massage, masks and pungent therapy. The full chocolate treatment includes a body polishing with grated cocoa beans, a chocolate facial mask, a relaxing chocolate immersion bath and a massage with chocolate-scented oils.

Birmingham, England

Cadbury World in Birmingham, England, is a visitor’s center dedicated to the makers of Cadbury Crème eggs and the Cadbury Flake. It offers a self-guided tour through 14 zones that tell the story of chocolate and the Cadbury business. You won’t find a factory tour, but you will find the world’s biggest Cadbury shop.

Tips for Working Multiple Jobs

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Whether for money or experience, 17 percent of Americans work more than one job, according to the BLS. There is much to be gained from taking on a second job. Besides the obvious monetary rewards, second jobs can boost your credentials and possibly lead you down the path to a new career.
Embrace Your Inner Nerd and Expand Your Network Besides beefing up your résumé, you're putting yourself out there to meet more potential clients for when you fly solo in the future. If you're an all-around computer genius, you could turn your expertise into income by working as the "go-to" guy or girl for computer advice and maintenance. Companies like Best Buy are looking for people with technology know-how for their 24-hour support task groups, which help folks figure out everything from surviving a crash to finding the "on" button.
Try Retail's Flexible Hours on For Size
If you're a stay-at-home parent or looking for a way to add a little extra income to the household budget to help defray expenses, you may want to consider spending a little time working in retail. In addition to flexible hours and extra money, the store discount can be a big bonus, especially if it's a place where everyone in your family shops. Some retail companies even offer a discount at their affiliate stores, leaving you with a break on your bills and a bulge in your bank account.
Start Some Engines and Watch Your Hobby Turn Into Cash
A lot of people are automotive enthusiasts, but if you have more than admiration and can actually turn the hunk of parts in your garage into something amazing, you may want to polish your skills by doing some detail work for other motorists. From vintage Vespas to classic cars, there are a lot of people out there who could use your knowledge on auto repair or where to find the best parts at the best price If you create enough recognition for yourself, your labors of love could turn into a secondary income and offer you a break from the office.

Some Tips on Working a Second JoB
  • Make sure: your current employer has no policies against moonlighting and that your second employer understands you also are working at another full-time job.
  • Be sure: you understand exactly what hours you will be working and what responsibilities you will have. You don't want to sign on for a 6 to 9 p.m. shift only to find out that you really won't be getting out until after 11 p.m.
  • Don't let work take over your life: You'll burn out fast. Taking on extra hours or covering someone's shift occasionally is fine. But if you over schedule yourself, your performance at your primary position will suffer.
  • Plan ahead: A little time off for vacation or holidays gets tricky if you're working double time, but it doesn't have to be a disaster if you communicate things in advance.

Beat Your Body's Fat Traps

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Women's bodies are designed to stubbornly hang on to fat, possibly to maintain their ability to reproduce. Exercise may trigger other defense mechanisms. When sedentary overweight women exercised for over an hour 4 days in a row, levels of appetite hormones changed in ways that are likely to stimulate eating.
But here's the good news: You're not destined to succumb to your body's stay-fat traps. While half of new exercisers in the UK study ate more, the rest showed no signs of feeling hungrier, ate 130 fewer calories a day, and lost more than 4 times as much weight during the 12-week study. The first step is to know what you're up against—working out doesn't entitle you to eat whatever you want. Next, you need a smart exercise plan that curbs your hunger, coupled with an eating plan that fuels your workouts, not your appetite, so you don't take in calories you just burned off.
Need some motivation? We've got 3 reasons to get off the couch.
Easy-Does-It Exercise
When it comes to workouts that fight hunger, less may be better—at least in the beginning. In a Louisiana State University study, researchers discovered that overweight women who did an average of 60 minutes of easy exercise 3 times a week lost less weight than expected based on their calorie burn, probably because they ate more, says Tim Church, MD, PhD, director of the Laboratory of Preventive Medicine at Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Those who did an average of 25 or 45 minutes of exercise 3 times a week dropped more weight, showing that they did not compensate for their workouts.
At Home Fitness
That's why our 6-week plan (below) starts with short, moderate-intensity workouts. Then you'll build up to longer, more vigorous routines to help keep pounds off over the long haul. You'll also practice yoga, which has been shown to diminish binge eating by 51%. Experts suspect that yoga may help by increasing body awareness, so you're more sensitive to feeling full and less likely to mindlessly stuff yourself.
Curb-Your-Appetite orkout Plan
After 6 weeks, you can maintain this level of activity if you're satisfied with your results. To lose more weight or bust a plateau, continue to increase your moderate workouts up to 60 mintues total and the interval workouts up to 45 minutes total.

Modern Technology Serve-you-not-the-Other

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  • We have too many communication devices that must be checked regularly for messages. Constant interaction with technology can put unwanted strain on our relationships. Our techno tools can be dangerous, because they divert our attention from other more important tasks, e.g. driving or crossing the street.

It's all too easy to send/forward messages to the wrong person, potentially causing job or relationship problems.
"Make modern technology serve you, not the other way around "
Similarly, computer games serve as a temporary -- and habit-forming -- escape from life's problems. The Internet creates new and frightening opportunities for credit card and identity theft. Other unintended personal information can end up on the web, on social networking sites, or worst of all on YouTube. Technology allows for greater personal and professional isolation. These are just a few of the problems we encounter on the new technology frontier. How can we partake of the latest advances in communication while keeping the stress they create down to a dull roar? Here are some ideas:

  • Limit the number of people who have access to all of your contact information by designating some of your techno tools as "work only."
  • Limit the number of people who have access to all of your contact information by designating some of your techno tools as "work only."
  • Don't send out critical correspondence when you are overly tired, stressed or in a rush.
  • When composing a sensitive communication, don't send it out immediately. Instead save, re-read, and edit it as necessary, because once it's sent, you can't take it back.
  • Don't spend too much time without real human contact. No amount of correspondence can take the place of real face-to-face interaction with family, friends and business associates.
  • Rethink your use of techno tools if they begin to put unwanted strain on any of your important relationships, be they personal or professional.
  • Avoid letting "net-surfing" or computer games become escapes from life's problems. As with other unhealthy escapes, e.g. substance abuse or overspending, the problems will still be there when reality hits, which it inevitably will.
    In sum, our techno tools are powerful devices that can either be used to help or to hinder us. So please exercise good common sense with these amazing devices; When used properly, they can open up a whole new world of possibilities, personally and professionally.

Interseting Places of India

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Two decorated elephants at HAW Mahal (Palace of winds) Jaipur , Rajhistan


No matter where you travel around the world, big cities and popular tourist attractions are likely to be expensive. But if you don’t mind skipping the lap of luxury, you can visit an exotic location for very little money.

The most expensive part of a trip to India is getting there. After that, costs are stunningly low. On average, a traveler’s daily expenses are lower than anywhere else in the world. A beer will cost about $1.25, a budget hotel room $10 or less, a meal $2 and a cup of tea literally pennies. With
incredible scenery, history and culture, plus a wide variety of attractions, India is our top recommendation for travel on the cheap.

Nepal (Prayer Flags)


Travel costs are a little higher here than in neighboring India you’ll pay approximately $2.14 for a beer but seldom by much. You can find budget accommodations for less than $5, and the same amount will feed you for a day. If you’re here for the famed trekking and mountaineering experiences, long jaunts cost a pittance. You can trek without porters or guides on $7, but even an organized expedition certainly recommended for the higher elevations will set you back as little as $25/day.

Worst Things to Say at Work

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“That’s not my job.”
If somebody comes to you with an issue, there’s probably a reason. It might be your responsibility to deal with it or your input is valued. Either way, use the situation to prove you’re a team player and a problem solver. Plus, it pays to earn some good office karma because you never know when you’ll need help from other colleagues

“Yeah, no problem.” (If you don’t mean it.)
If you take on a task with a smile but have no intention of actually completing it, you’re going to earn a reputation as an unreliable person. If you know you can’t or won’t complete the project, be honest about it. Your colleagues are relying on you, so your decision not to follow through impacts their jobs, too.

“Don’t tell anyone I said this, but … ”
If it’s really a secret, keep it to yourself. Whether you know someone’s about to get fired or what the boss’ salary is, you’re going to get credit for spreading the news. You’re not exempt from being the subject of office chatter, either. Don’t expect your gossip-loving co-worker to suddenly have tight lips when it comes to divulging your secrets.

“It’s not my fault.”
When your boss comes to you with a problem, the last thing you want to do is to deflect blame to someone else. Maybe it isn’t your fault, but remember that you’re not in a courtroom and nobody’s looking for the culprit right now. All that matters is making sure the problem is solved and doesn’t happen again. You can deal with the real issue later, but you’ll just make yourself look worse if you spend more time finger-pointing than problem solving.

“To be honest with you …
First, any time this phrase is used, you know something negative is going to follow. More important is the message it sends to others. “Does this colleague have to identify when he or she is being honest with you? When that phrase is not used, should you then doubt the integrity of the statement?”

“I just didn’t have enough time for that.”
In case you didn’t realize, everybody’s pretty busy these days. When your boss asks you to do something, chances are it’s not really an option. If your main concern is accomplishing the task on time, Lampton suggests you explain the situation. Mention how busy your schedule is but that you can accommodate the request if some other projects are rearranged. You’ll show that you take each assignment seriously and only want to turn in your best work.

“. . . or else.”
Giving anyone in the office an ultimatum rarely ends in success. Whether you say it to a colleague or your new intern, you’ll only gain enemies and earn a reputation for being difficult. If cordial requests don’t work and threats are the only way to get things done in the office, you need to re-evaluate your work environment.


Interesting Tips For Giving Feedback at Job

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Say this
"I noticed that you've missed a few deadlines lately." Not that: "You seem disinterested in your work lately." When giving feedback, it's important to focus on an employee's specific behavior, not the impression you had of it. Focusing on the specific behavior that led to that impression opens up the door to have a clear discussion about the reasons why, rather than making the employee feel judged, alienated or confused.

Say this
"You were effective when you ..." or, "You could've been more effective when you ..." Not that: "Good job." In other words, feedback that is generic and vague is also useless. Focusing on specific actions has two major benefits: It prevents employees from taking the feedback personally, and it also helps them understand what they should do -- or not do -- in the future.

Say this
"I'd like to offer you some feedback on this report, is that OK with you?" Not that: "Your report was ..." Whenever possible, request to give feedback. Not only will your employees appreciate the gesture, but they'll be more likely to take the feedback into consideration and apply it to try to improve.

Say this
"Your presentation was extremely well-researched. Here's where it could've been stronger ..." Not that: "The research you used in your presentation was a little weak in some areas." Preface with the positive. Point out what the employee is doing well before delving into areas for improvement.

Say this
"Tell me, what was your understanding of what I asked you to do?" Not that: "You seem to have misunderstood what I asked you to do." There's that assumption creeping back in again, which does little to open up an honest, productive conversation.


Cheapest Destinations for Tourists

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Morocco


Two of the biggest places in Morocco the beaches and the markets are free. Everything else is pretty cheap: An inexpensive hotel room will cost you around $25, while you can sip Morocco’s famed mint tea for 65 cents (a beer costs more, about $3.23). To travel between cities, take the trains, which are fast, frequent and cheap: The 300-mile journey from Tangier to Marrakech will set you back only around $2

Mexico


Most Americans should stay away from the border areas, where drug-related violence has been on the rise. But tourists who choose to avoid the country altogether are missing out on great deals and inexpensive travel opportunities. Visit the safer areas, 100 miles or so south of the U.S. border, and for the cheapest trip, steer clear of resort towns. You’ll find beer for $1.50 and admission to archaeological sites for about $3

Bulgaria


Prices in Bulgaria have risen since 2007, when the country joined the European Union, but it’s still an outstanding bargain compared with Europe as a whole. This is especially true if you steer clear of the capital, Sofia; besides, the soul of Bulgaria lies in its lovely small towns and villages. If the sands call, though, Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast is one of the cheapest places to enjoy a sunny beach resort. A beer will cost you about $1.30 here, and a bottle of decent wine can be had for as little as $3.50.

Poland

Europe is generally not a cheap place to visit, except for Eastern Europe — but in recent years even this region has become expensive. Fortunately for travelers, Poland is about the cheapest place you can go in Europe. A beer here will cost you as little as $1, a burger around $3 and a cup of coffee $3.50. Travel costs will likely rise here before long, and Poland is expected to adopt the euro within a few years, so now’s the time to go.

Indonesia

If you’re willing to live as the locals do, Indonesia can be wonderfully inexpensive. A beer will cost you around $1.65, but you can eat for pennies by subsisting on the Indonesian staple: rice, grown in the nation’s lovely terraced rice fields, which often are tourist attractions in their own right. If you choose to go more of a gourmet route, a seafood dinner with drinks might cost as much as $10. Indonesia is a vast nation of more than 17,000 islands, so if you want to see much of it, you’ll likely get to know the ferry system, through which you can ride from Java to Kalimantan for just $18.

Diet that Works

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Schedule Sweat Sessions

It’s obvious advice, but it works. Exercise can help you lose weight by burning calories, increasing metabolism, and warding off cravings. Italian researchers found that overweight women who made no changes to their eating habits but participated in a 12-week indoor cycling program of three 1-hour sessions per week reported weight loss, fat loss, smaller waist sizes, and increased muscle mass after 24 and 36 sessions. The women also lowered their resting and training heart rates and improved cardio-respiratory fitness.

Pick Petite Plates

If you can decrease the amount of food you currently eat by 25 percent, you would quickly see the pounds come off. Try using smaller plates and taller glasses in order to give the appearance of bigger portions.” When you’ve finished eating, leave your dainty dinnerware where you can see it.

Take Time-outs.

To keep your body moving—and burning calories—throughout the day, taking a mini break every 15 minutes. “It reminds you to stretch, take care of your back, do some exercise bursts, be present, and have fun. You can take as little as 30 seconds or as long as 5 minutes. Just get up off your rear end, stretch, go get some water, pull in your stomach, rearrange something on your desk or in your home, and stand on your tippy toes.” To schedule your breaks, try setting a timer. This free tool lets you pick your own sound—like a round of applause—to signal that it’s time to get up and move.

Don’t Skimp on Sleep

“Sleep deprivation causes fatigue, clumsiness, and weight gain,” says Carrie Wiatt, owner of Diet Designs, a Los Angeles–based nutritional counseling firm. Sleep deprivation has the power to slow down your metabolism, increase your appetite, and throw your body’s hunger and satiety hormones out of whack. Of more than 68,000 middle–age women who slept for less than 5 hours each night were 32 percent more likely to gain 33 pounds.

When in Doubt, Delay

Here’s one way procrastination can work in your favor. “If carb cravings are haunting you, just delay,” Bennett suggests. “In other words, look at your watch and promise yourself that for the next 10 to 15 minutes, you won’t give in to your cravings. During that time, you could go to the restroom, wash the dishes, or call a friend.” You’ll give yourself a chance to figure out what your body really wants or needs—maybe a glass or water, a protein-rich snack, an energizing walk, or even a laugh.