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Father's Day...

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There's an English proverb that goes: "One father is worth more than a hundred schoolmasters." Fathers can teach their children many important lessons. Father's Day is Sunday, June 15, and it brings to mind some of the valuable lessons I learned from my father, TRUST is the most important five-letter word in business and in life. When I was only eight years old, he said: "Son, would you like to learn a lesson that might save your life some day?" "Sure I would, Dad," I answered. "Just slide down the banister and I'll catch you," he urged. I slid ... and landed on the carpet. As I dusted myself off, he announced, "Never trust anyone completely. Keep your eyes open and your wits about you." My father also taught me that the big name on the door doesn't mean a thing. You have to know who the decision makers are. After a motor bike accident that landed me in bed for 30 days, he told me, "You can take any amount of pain a

ET made contact with home...

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Guess who’s back?, Well guys and gals ‘s been long since I have scribbled some hsara tal-gurnata, and as you can see that not only my main blog was left unattended but even my other niche blogs. A lot has been going on and since I was away from our little island(in Cyprus...pictures coming soon), I had to master a new job, having my mind working overtime to design and finish my house (a new blog is in the pipeline for that called ho2ho which does not stand for what you’re thinking but it’s from a house to home) and having a hopeless internet connection, the first thing to suffer had to be the blogs. But now I’m back fully fledged and ready to share most of it :). I have to thank Sandro Vella for nominating my blogs and for being one of the few who promotes the Maltese Blogs…THANK YOU SANDRO

Troodos Mountains on 1st of April :) pt1

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ET call home... telefono caaaaaaaaaaaasa

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GOOD EVENING THIS IS CYPRUS CALLING..THESE ARE THE RESULTS OF THE CYPRIOT JURY...:) IN CYPRUS FOR ALMOST 2 MONTHS BUT I'LL BE BACK SOON :) I try to keep you updated about this pretty country as much as possible

The cost of living...decently...

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Take a good look at the family size & diet of each country , and the availability & cost of what is eaten in one week . Italy : The Manzo family of Sicily Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11 Germany : The Melander family of Bargteheide Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07 United States : The Revis family of North Carolina (Sure hope most American families eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and less junk food than this family.) Food expenditure for one week $341.98 Mexico : The Casales family of Cuernavaca Food expenditure for one week: 1, 862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09 Poland : The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27 Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53 Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo Food expenditure for one week: $31.55 Bhutan : The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultr

TENT CITIES...the fall of an American Empire?

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Tent cities have sprung up outside Los Angeles as people lose their homes in the mortgage crisis BBC reports in the first video and the other ones are amateur ones found on Youtube. within the next 5 years about 5 to 8 million americans will expeience at least one night of homelessness

The Narration of a NON Virtual Tragedy ...Devastation at Naxxar

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The scene of devastation at Naxxar after a garage containing fireworks exploded demolishing three adjoining residences and taking two lives. Photo Victor Mercieca. When are we gonna learn? How many more lives need be sacrificed before someone takes action on people playing carelessly with the production of fireworks? How many more tragedies before the situation is grabbed by its horns. Adding to the long line of catastrophes caused by fireworks, we just had another tragedy which has taken the life of innocent victims. I can still see the face of the people who lived close to the place of the tragedy. A husband and father of two little children have lost everything they possessed simply because someone thought that keeping fireworks mixtures in a garage next door was a good thing to do. His body was trembling and he was trying to conquer his shock as he tried to tell his story, but he looked lost even if he was a few metres away from what was his family dwelling in Triq id-Dgħejf, Nax

A Briton has bought a date with Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson

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- and it certainly wasn't cheap at £20,000. The fan, known only by his online identity "bossnour", won a charity auction on eBay in support of Oxfam. The mystery bidder will join the 23-year-old actress at the world premiere of her new film, He's Just Not That Into You, in July. He or she will have their hair and make-up done and be chauffeured to the event with a guest. They will then meet the star of Lost In Translation and The Other Boleyn Girl. "This was a brilliant idea and has proved incredibly popular," said a spokesman for Oxfam. Would you pay £20,000? "To get £20,000 for a 20-minute date and a pair of tickets to help us fight poverty is fantastic. "All of this money will be used to help us fight poverty in countries all over the world." The winner's full identity has not been revealed but according to their eBay profile, "bossnour" is based in Cheshire.

A date with Scarlett Johansson...

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No it's not a joke. You still have a little more then 8 hours to bid for a date with Scarlett Johansson by bidding on Ebay. All proceeds go to OxFam . The winner get 2 tickets for the premier He’s Just Not That Into You in June 2009. The winner and guest will walk with her on the red carpet. click here to participate in this good deed .

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The Deli Shop

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I like the way some young kids love to play shop; and it is funny how they hardly ever say 'Let's play supermarkets! Some kids have never been inside a small old-fashioned grocer, and yet their imaginations tell them to set up a counter, sell goods on one side, and buy them on the other side. It's so deep within us that science might discover a gene for it.Supermarket owners insist that they only give us what we want - though nobody I have ever met actually enjoys shopping in a supermarket. I suppose that we want, or think we want, is cheap food. As someone who tries to avoid going and shop from a supermarket, I think differently. I look for the little grocery shops and vegetable vendors and it is a different story to when it comes to meat because I am lucky enough that I know some butcher and most of them breed and raise their own cows, chickens and pigs. I realized I look for places where I would like to do my own shopping. Places that are little island in the sea of co
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Tuesday, 11th March 2008 - 18:10CET Gonzi makes triumphant return to Castille Lawrence Gonzi made a triumphant return to the Auberge de Castille this afternoon after having been sworn in for his second term as Prime Minister a few minutes earlier. He arrived outside the Office of the Prime Minister amid cheers by a large crowd which had been waiting in a cold wind as he walked slowly from the Palace, greeting hundreds of supporters who lined the street. Dr and Mrs Gonzi arrived at the top of the stairs outside Castille at 6 p.m. and stopped to take a picture with their family before entering the building. Waiting inside were the newly-elected Nationalist MPs and the staff of the Office of the Prime Minister. Dr Gonzi and Mrs Gonzi appeared in the building's central window within a few minutes, throwing the crowd into fresh cheers as they waved from a rostrum which enabled them to stand on the window in full view of the people who blared horns, waved