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Why struggle with conversation over drinks or an overpriced, undercooked restaurant meal when you can have a lovely stroll in our majestic city of Valletta preferably when it is more quit at the twilight of day. After going thru the wide mains street just after passing by Cordina’s cafeteria, corner with Ascot House I recommend you turn on your left, down on your way to Manoel’s theatre but turn left again on your first turning and just next door to Marks and Spencer in straight street there is a lovely family run restaurant which I recommend whole heartily. This is my third visit and whenever I went the team at this particular place provided a faultless dining experience and a beautiful way to spend the evening. In my opinion this lovely little restaurant is one of Valletta’s best kept secrets. Infused with the romance of Italy, this quiet, yet lively Mediterranean trattoria cannot fail to delight with its infectious atmosphere. The place is lively, the staff work fast but are respect...

Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton gave McLaren its second one-two of the year. The silver crew comfortably had the beating of Ferrari at Monte-Carlo, but they still let their drivers fight around every corner of the circuit for the victory. By the time they cooled off the battle in the dying stages Massa’s previously dominant Ferrari was almost a minute behind. The result puts the McLaren duo tied on points at the head of the championship, Alonso ahead by dint of his two victories. One could easily see that the starting on the left for Lewis Hamilton and Giancarlo Fisichella was a big disadvantage, as they both swept across to the right to delay their rivals as the red lights went out. Massa and Fisichella kept the third and fourth position . But Nick Heidfeld made an opportunistic start, vaulting up to fifth by passing Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg around the outside. Rubens Barrichello made a good start in his Honda to hold seventh, five seconds behind Rosberg, with Mark Webber and R...

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In a cheeky ad in yesterday’s Sydney Morning Herald, IKEA Australia asks Prime Minister John Howard “to sit on it” in response to the much publicised claims by WA Liberal MP Don Randall that people can’t really expect the Prime Minister to go to IKEA and put together “dodgy chairs”. Mr Randall’s comments were in defense of the PM’s purchase of more than $200,000 worth of new chairs for the Cabinet room. Created by its new agency HOST Sydney, in conjunction with creative partner The Glue Society, the IKEA ad states, “We respectfully ask Prime Minister John Howard to sit on it”, and shows an image of the JERRIK swivel chair at only $569, which is significantly better value than the almost $3000 paid for each one of the PM’s chairs. There has been intense media interest in the debate about the quality of IKEA chairs following the news from IKEA Australia CEO Kent Nordin that many dignitaries and embassies around the world have purchased IKEA furniture and are very satisfied with its quali...

This is one of my favourite ways to spend some of my free time. All alone in my garage, washing, polishing and buffing up my love! I had a couple of bikes and even if this one is gonna take me some more work to get her back to its formal beauty and shining glory, I still can’t help but look and stare at it and think to myself what a piece of striking metal Honda in USA, (Japanese design and engineering but build in Ohio) managed to create in the late eighties... and that is even when it is standing still, you have to ride it and feel the V4 engine tremble beneath you in a slow way when it’s idling and a weird kind of power and force whenever you stretch the rev counter and push it hard . It’s an unexplainable feeling as the wind embrace your face and plays with the little hair out of the helmet as you try to slice thru it... it is not just the destination but the trip to make it there...

What will they look like if the animated characters of the series’ The Simpson' and 'Futurama' will one day become anime characters? I found this curious news on the net. For the time being take a look at these 2 masterpieces from Canadian artist who likes to be called spacecoyote. Well I do think that the two images called’ The Simpsozu’ e ‘Futurama: Super Happy Fun Show’ are extraordinary.

Skoda brand has long been the butt of cruel motoring jokes - but an ingenious and in my opinion original lovely new advert for the new Fabia gives a new way to look at this marque. The 60-second commercial - which is reported to have cost up to £500,000 to make - shows a team of bakers, model makers and home economists as they set about creating an edible version of the car. 1. The first egg is cracked. Only another 179 to go. Plus 100kg of flour and 100kg of caster sugar 2. A huge vat of chocolate sauce, 30kg of almonds and 65kg of dried fruit make the 'crispy cake' mix for the car's bodywork 3. Now it's the turn of two bakers to make 448 Madeira 'brick cakes' to form the foundation of the car's chassis 4. With the precision of a Formula One team, the Skoda crew sculpt every crumbly cog and sticky spark plug of the engine 5. Cake bricks are layered with buttercream icing - a slightly bigger job than your average Victoria sponge 6. Next, the body work takes...

Just fresh off the grill!!! — trailer of Michael Moore’s latest film-making sensation 'SiCKo', where Mike is as fat, annoying, and enlightening as ever. There’s something so funny about “45 million with no health care in the richest country on Earth” principle, I believe it’s called breathe your last gulp of air...SOcial Service staff even get a bonus for denying health care to maximise profit...I love the girl whom the insurance doesn't pre approve the ambulance trip to the hospital...we really can’t complain about the medical service in Malta...

Tony Blair formally told his senior ministers on that he will quit as Labour Party leader after 13 years and stand down as prime minister after 10 years in power. Gordon Brown's coronation as Tony Blair's successor will take place at a special Labour leadership conference in Manchester on Sunday 24 June. Stop the War, Stop sending teens at the front line... Change the policy - not just the leader

Can you taste the essence that simple delight..? When you close your eyes and the moment is right When the world we belong to is forgotten so fast As time moves so slow as the present becomes the past My lips upon yours that emotional embrace My minds in a tumble, my hearts in a race My face in your hands, as the energies arise A moment so lustful, a kiss mesmerized My eyes are closed yet I see your soul As it enters my body and makes me whole I taste your life I taste you slow I taste forever in a kiss I know A feeling so familiar yet somehow always new That feeling of attraction that bonding for two A kiss, what is it..? What greatness it holds A sacred secret, as destiny unfolds The passion, the pleasure, that simple delight Yet a kiss is a kiss when the moment is right . . .

For attractive lips, Speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, Seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, Share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, Let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day. For poise, Walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone. People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; Never throw out anybody. Remember, If you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.