Continued from: My Trip to Turkey (Part 1) OUR second day at Istanbul (during our visit in the end of December) brought sunny skies along with heavy winds. Despite the warmth of the sun, the weather remained just as chilly, and still required a three-layered ensemble with gloves and scarves. The weather was pleasant enough…...
Travelling has always been one of my hearts biggest desires. I yearn to explore the world, revel in different cultures, observe the differences of each country from the one I call home, and the one I was born in. Travelling, however was not something I had easy access to. Due to a menagerie of reasons,…...
SHE made her way around the party, making the necessary greetings, smiling and waving at her classmates, directing a more formal approach at their mothers. She was the face of calm and collected. She’d decided to go all out for this event, and wore her best dress. She’d styled her hair, and had even applied…...
Dead Sea (left) and Jordan River As I was reading the other day, I came across an excerpt from a book entitled “The Man Nobody Knows” by Bruce Barton. A brief and subtle look-up of it on the internet and I learnt that it is a Christian- oriented book published in 1925. Whilst I have…...
IF you had known me ten years ago, you would know my dream was to grow up to be a Gynecologist. I didn’t know why I wanted that profession. I just knew I did. As I grew older, I realized that although I harbored an interest in the science subjects, becoming a doctor was not…...
IF I were to name the one book that changed my life, it would most definitely be “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens”. It is the one book that helped me survive through school, and helped build my esteem, one slow painful brick at a time from the pieces that had been shattered. The…...