• Five Questions They Asked me on IELTS Speaking

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    I walked out of the room still feeling the heat on my cheeks. My chest ceased heaving like a big wave. What was left was a sigh of relief. It’s done. After 15 brief minutes. The Speaking test gave me a thrill I never experienced in any other IELTS components. Academic and General IELTS test

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  • Turkey E-Visa Application System

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    Through Dubai Turkey Consulate website, I came to know about the availability of E-visa application in the UAE.  It seems too good to be true that I can have a Turkish visa if I only provide the website a 6-month-valid passport, a confirmed flight reservation and a Master or Visa credit card payment.

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  • Will You Move In With Me?

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    Season 4 started with a guy’s proposal to Ally: “Will you move in with me? “ Girls, if a man ever asked you this question (pray no one would), how would you respond? It’s a touchy subject. For society, saying ‘yes‘ to this arrangement seems to confirm lunacy. The Church equates cohabitation with immorality. Common sense

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  • Beautiful Sunset and Wishful Thinking

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    You can’t blame me for craving the view of the beach. Its bayside coconut trees and the mighty sun melting down the horizon. It’s like a dream realized in a sudden, subtle click.

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  • What’s Your New Year’s Revolution?

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    Yes, you’re reading it right: revolution, not resolution. Often, we resolve to do something to be better than we were – and we unfortunately fail. Perhaps we need to do better than resolving, we can try revolting against thoughts, practices and habits that don’t serve us anymore. Here are a few of my pleas:

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  • Vendetta!

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    You’ll read some vindictive, spicy  and sensible lines from Vendetta, which you may use later in your own dramatic life. “Beauty? Mere food for worms—I care not for it! Of what avail is a fair body tenanted by a fiendish soul? Forgiveness?—you ask too late! A wrong like mine can never be forgiven.” – Fabio (or Cesare)

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  • The Unsung Hero of Beauty

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    How could something ephemeral be this beautiful? Short-lived they may be, but butterflies spread their wings with vigor. No trace of sadness can be seen as its wings work out to make this world a flower-ful place. There was once an episode about butterflies and their brief stay on earth (shown on Hirayamanawari). It broke

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  • Have You Ever Seen A Unicorn?

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    Legend has it that those who have seen or who will ever see a unicorn share some of its traits – it’s lonely… with a virtuous heart. As Billy in Ally Mcbeal’s Season 2 Episode 10 pointed out:  “The unicorn is a lonely, solitary creature that symbolizes hope.”  It could be a delusion. A harmless

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  • Dirhams to Peso in 12 Years

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    Every expat worker bookmarks at least one online currency converter. OANDA dot com is my favorite. Whether for purchases or savings, it’s the first site that comes to mind. How much is this worth in peso? Am I overpaying? Am I getting a really big discount? Christmas is just a few days away. If I

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