Breaking Free.........

Never felt this way
like I'm at the top
of the world.....
Searching for the stars of heaven
and reached the moon light
so precious....
Never let go
the chance of
being human....
I'm breaking free
finding the ultimate
fortune of my life..........

Cakey Cakey.......

How many of you like to eat cake???? I guess that's almost everyone.... While running through my old stuff I found this and hope it might interest you. As you all know how much we appreciate creativity and innovative thinking. All you see below are cakes that can be eaten without any part of it left. No plastics or any other artificial stuff is being used and everything is eatable. All these cakes by Zhanna from St. Petersburg.

Christmas All The Way.... X'mas Desserts Recipes

Hullo dearests!!!! I'm guessing you are all tight up for Christmas. Well you might have thought of some delicious ideas for the Christmas Dinner or Lunch, I'm sure. So how about some excellent dessert ideas?? Here are some I found very attractive. Hope you'll like them.

Chocolate Choco chip ice-cream cake

Ingredients

4 litres chocolate ice cream

2 litres vanilla ice cream

125g Choco chip biscuits, roughly chopped

150g Violet Crumble bars, roughly chopped

Maltesers, frozen raspberries and chopped nuts

Prevention Is Better Than Cure.......... Migraine

Howdy people!!! I hope you guys are doing fine. Well, today we are going to learn about Migraine. Ohh!!! One of the most irritating illnesses in this world. What is Migraine really??? Well Migraine is a common type of a headache. It further pushes into details like vomiting, nausea etc. Some have vision problems as result of this. So let's get to know it first then.

Migraine- Identify it

Migraine usually can appear in any stage of life but mostly it shows symptoms during ages of 10 to 45. Another thing you have to know is that this can be in family rather than the normal individual headache. Mostly women are prone to this than men. Migraine is not just another headache. It is due to abnormal brain activity. What you have to understand here is that this is not due to serious medical problems like brain tumor or cancer but simply the abnormal activity triggered by a certain causative agent.

One Last Wish........

Swift and supple
Soft and subtle
flying like falling from the
heaven's cloudy carpets....
Washing the face with silky
and milky dew drops of
uncle Wind....
Dressed like a queen
with a crown on my head
of precious blue sapphires....
I wish........
Flowers with
dazzling blues and golds
Angels with bubbles
of pure cashmere........
One last wish though
I wish
to be there
like a princess
before I leave...............

Prevention Is Better Than Cure.......... Asthma

Hey people, today's Prevention Is Better Than Cure entry would be on Asthma; a common disease. We will discuss about how you get it, how to cure it, and of course how to prevent it. Asthma is very common actually. If you take a look at histories of few selected patients, you will get the idea how common Asthma can be. Most of the people during their life times get some type of Asthma. Well today we will attack Asthma. So here we go.

What is Asthma????

Asthma is a chronic disorder that causes the airways of the lungs to swell and narrow or simply inflammation. This results in wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing. When this happens the amount of air that is taken into the lungs reduces.

I Suffer More...........

I wish I was younger
so that my pain would stop

when my tears end.....
I wish my heart was
a broken china
so that a glue will fix all back......
I wish I was a paralyzed
so I won't feel this agony.....
But they all keep reminding me
that once I used to be.....
People hate me
people neglect me
Why???
Is it because I'm a reject???
No one can point their fingers
and say
you are just
a disease.....

Prevention Is Better Than Cure.......... Allergies

Today, we are starting a new series of entries to raise awareness among our readers about diseases and illnesses that affect our health directly and indirectly. In doing so we hope to help our readers regarding these diseases to prevent them from future damage. Health is very important. We only sense it when we are sick actually because we invest a tremendous amount of energy, time and money to restore our health once we are sick. A simple cold can ruin your day. But with correct methodology we all can prevent these illnesses and be healthy and strong. For that we believe, we have to identify the diseases/illnesses first. To fight them of or to prevent them harming our families we have to be thorough with them, their causative agents etc. So, today's one will be Allergies.

Travelling As A Carrier?????

Travelling is a wonderful carrier option for anyone with the slightest possibility and attitude of exploring the world. Personally I consider myself an explorer of things, places and even people. It is a rather exiting job when you have the right amount of attitude for it. Of course many of us like to travel but only few would take that path as a carrier. I'm sure that I don't need to tell you how much of a job satisfaction you gain from it.

Basically if you choose travelling as a carrier, there are again several options in that area too. Travelling could be done for media coverage including print media and electronic media and also if you are interested in the exploring part you can travel for excavations and researches. Another branch of travelling is travel guide. For this you have to have the ability to describe the places and their importance which means a fluent linguistic ability is a must. 

Christmas All The Way.... X'mas Recipes

Sorry people for not being in touch with you for a time. So back on air with loads of fascinating ideas for new creations and stuff. It's Christmas and everywhere you go you can smell it and see it and even experience it. We talked about main items that we usually have on our dinner table on Christmas day plus Christmas servings we have usually have. So today we will talk about some festive food recipes that goes with Christmas.Christmas time means full of guests and parties at homes. All of us like to get together and enjoy a good whole meal with our family so why don't you try some fatty recipes??? I hope you like these. 

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Christmas All The Way.... X'mas Decorations

It's Christmas season people and all most everyone is getting ready. So without further ado let's start on our Christmas decorations. 

Christmas Paper Stars

You will need

3 (9- by 12-inch) sheets of construction paper

Blender

Very hot water

Folded cloth towel

Plate

3-inch star-shaped cookie cutter

Sieve

Glitters of your choice

Rag

Baking sheet

Ribbon loops

Pet Lovers..........

Most of us loooove pets especially cute little puppies and kittens. Well that is of course human nature. Apart from that humans cannot live alone so sometimes pets are good companions. And in most cases they really are. A family portrait will always be incomplete with that cuddly looking dog friend. So why we love pets so much??? Are they helpful??? Will your pet be happy with you?? We are going to discuss some of the facts about them today.

Sandwich Meeeeeee..........

Who doesn't love a good fat sandwich with full of all the yummy stuff??? Well who says sandwiches are only for breakfast???? Sandwich can be a healthy breakfast or a superb snack or even a fantastic party crasher. So today we thought of having some sandwich ideas for you. Try them out. 

Egg Salad Parmesan Sandwich

How To Enable Facebook Chat On Firefox Sidebar

    Facebook is the most popular social network in the world. It launched in February 2004. Facebook says that they have,

 - More than 800 million active users.
 - More than 50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day.
 - Average user has 130 friends.

So Enabling Facebook chat on Firefox sidebar is very important to all Facebook users.

Missing Piece........

I thought I saw
I smelled the sweetness of
your kind face
and your beloved voice...
Everyday I rise
with the thought
of your touch and
your smile
your words and
your time...
Life is empty
I felt so
Life is nothing
I knew so
Your presence is what makes
me who I am
never ever leave
me for this...
the suffering
I cannot live through........

Pencil Creativity

As you all know Ishy Says appreciate creativity a lot and we have openly invited you all to share your creation with us. Today I'm gonna show you such creation I found via an email. I guess some of you may have received this but still its worth sharing with those who haven't seen this.

I'm sure this is a good example for the unique artistic abilities of people all among us. Everyone is unique and special and ave their own imagination. This is someone's imagination magnified artistically.

Tired..............

We often find many situations where many of us sometimes feel too much tired to carry on our work and that we have to sleep. That may prevail throughout whole day even. Well if so, this is not exactly a good sign about body. It could be just too much work but at the same time it could be a warning of the things that is going on inside your body. 

Thyroid Problems

Thyroid gland carries out various functions inside our body. It is an extremely active gland but its over activity and under activity can cause sleepiness or drowsiness. Thyroid problems are more common among women than men. Scientists guess that this is due to genes or may be hormones. However to find the cause for your extreme tiredness and drowsiness you have to face a blood test under medical advise.

Hunger.........

Have you ever given a thought about the food you eat?? Well of course you might have because now a days we are all very much concern about our body shape and diseases like Cholesterol and Diabetes. But have you ever really considered that we are actually fortunate enough that we get more than enough of food while there are people among us suffering from lack of proper food and nutrition. Just like many problems we are facing today, world hunger is another rising problem. But this is less global than other problems because many of the developed countries and some of the developing countries do not even have such a problem. But that does not make us forget the less fortunate people who are suffering from lack of food right now.

Falling.....

Life is a fallen leaf
swaying in the rhythm of wind...
dancing with fellows and foes
and drooping
when it's time
Enchanting
sometimes it is
how hard the wind is blown
some shall never touch ground
but keep swaying
and flattering and dancing
like petals softer
and pollens' laughter...
But at the end
someway or another
every leaf that left the tree
shall come down to earth
like certain death
we all wait upon........

I Can't Breathe!!!!!!!!!

At least 50% of us have faced this situation at some point of our lives. Generally this is known as the shortness of breath and this can be a result of several causes. Shortness of breath is mainly due to lung diseases or cardiac problems. As I told you earlier, many of us have faced this problem at some point of our lives and sometimes this is just temporary so that we don't have to panic. But if this symptom prevails for a longer period of time and slow s down your daily activities, then you should definitely seek medical advice.

If shortness of breath is due to a lung problem the following symptoms may occur at several situations.

• Allergens- Breathing contaminated air with allergy causing agents.
• Shortness of breath with deep cough and yellowish phlegm
• Shortness of breath with fever, cold and cough
• Shortness of breath with a whistle like sound (like Asthma)

Christmas All The Way.... X'mas Recipes

It's mid November and people have already started Christmas shopping and getting ready for Christmas. Christmas is time to merry and care for others as well as to enjoy life to the fullest. Not only Catholics and Christians but all others around the world celebrate Christmas and enjoy the snow in December with a delight. So we thought of presenting a series of Christmas Get Ready ideas for you. Today we will start from the most important stuff of Christmas; Christmas Dinner Table.

Handles..... Little Somethings For Home.... Part 5

Handles are very very important when it comes to selecting what type of a door or drawer set you want. There are many type of door knobs, handles and pulls ranging from ancient to modern high tech looking fashionable ones. A handle or finger grip is often formed as an integral part of door or drawer. However, there are numerous ready made fittings to choose from. Although they are essentially functional pieces of hardware, handles can enhance or spoil the appearance of storage furniture, so select them carefully to suit the style and scale of the work piece.

How To Add System Memory To RAM... Speed Up Your Computer

If you have a RAM with low capacity(like 256MB) your computer will slow down in few days. The reason is when windows start it takes some memory and notes down in the virtual memory. You can set the RAM for this. It is the best solution. To do so simply follow the steps bellow.
Note: You should have at least 256MB of RAM
First search for "regedit" (Windows XP users go to 'Run' command and enter "regedit")

How To Create a Beautiful Slideshow online

TripAdvisor is the most popular online slideshow creator. It has many reasons to consider this as the best. Let's take a look.

First click here to go to TripAdvisor

You should log in to continue. You can log in with facebook.

Then click on "Create Your Free Slideshow".

Now you should select a theme for your slideshow.(This can be edited later). Click "Continue".

Note: The options are different for each theme

I'm choosing the "flying" theme.

Serendib In Style.....

We all like different food flavours don't we??? Among them are the different cuisines you get to enjoy in different countries. Today we thought of adding a bit of spicy and flavorful recipes in the style of Serendib aka Sri Lanka. I must say, Sri Lankan food can be extremely spicy. The main ingredients to tickle your taste buds would be Cinnamon, Cardamom, Nutmeg, Pepper, Chili, Clove etc. These in combine or as individuals are used in Sri Lankan cuisines and that is what makes they taste better more than many other food.

Eggplant Pickle

Ingredients

500g Eggplant 

Cooking oil 

10 to 15 small red onions (shallots)

About 10 Green Chillies

2 dessert spoons mustard seeds

8 dessert spoons vinegar (approx.)

1 inch of ginger

Salt to taste

2 tspn raw chillie powder

1 tspn sugar

1/2 tspn tumeric powder

It's Too Late To Apologize........

I feel a little guilty
for things I did in my past,
I feel embarrassed
for things I said at last,
I feel I did very wrong...
no turning back though,
no returning thoughts.....
I left you wounded
weak and crying....
but I did not want to
for my devil inside
it's never the same like a shattered glass,
I broke your heart within me
killing myself half apart,
I know it is late,
too late to apologize....
but still
I'm sorry........

Clutch Purses........

A classic clutch that coordinates with a garment completes an outfit. The flap can be shaped and embellished in a number of ways, making the design possibilities for this purse unlimited. Make a variety of pins to change the look of one basic clutch. Or for an elegant one of a kind look, embellish the flap with punch needle embroidery, creating a plush, raised design on woven fabric.

The lined purse is constructed with a zipped divider. A coat snap provides a simple closure. If desired, a shoulder strap can be attached. Choose a medium weight to heavy weight outer fabric; decorator fabrics have good body and are treated to repel soil. For added support, interface the outer and lining fabrics. Choose a crisp sew-in interfacing for the outer fabric and an all purpose fusible interfacing for the lining. 

How To Make a Hand Written Signature

    There are many websites and softwares that allow users to make digital hand written signatures but most of them are useless. Anyway I will tell you a website which provides the users to edit there signatures with several editing options. Signature color, background color, size are some of them. These features are very user friendly and easy to understand. 

Lipids... Food Facts 4

This is going to be the final chapter of food facts. Today, we are going to focus on lipids. Many of us are familiar with the term lipids as fat or oils. Yes, lipids can be divided into two groups as fats and oils. The difference in here is the amount of saturation of the molecule. A lipid molecule is basically formed when 3 fatty acid molecules combine with a glycerol molecule forming an ester bond. And all lipids have one feature in common, that is they hate water which means in other words, they are mostly hydrophobic. Other than fats and oils, there are other types of lipids such as steroids, waxes, phospholipids etc. If we talk about the functions of lipids inside our body, lipid acts as storage energy just like carbohydrates. Lipids can release more energy though.

Water Crisis........

"There is a water crisis today. But the crisis is not about having too little water to satisfy our needs. It is a crisis of managing water so badly that billions of people - and the environment - suffer badly."  

World Water Vision Report

What do you think about water???? This is a simple question even the kids of five can answer. But if you think deep you will find an answer that will almost knock you off from your feet. Water is considered as a renewable source but today we can hardly say so. Water is one of the few essential factors all living things need. Therefore it is a vital factor determining the life on earth. Although most of our planet's surface is covered by oceans, only 1% is available as potable water which we can use. Very recently our world population passed the 7 billion milestone. Will all this 7 billion people have enough drinking water??? 

Apart from drinking purposes water has many other major purposes. We use water to clean ourselves, wash all most everything we use and not only that, many industries use water as raw material. And most of the time, waste and industrial effluents are released as dissolved substances in water. Water is like some sort of a currency, the difference is that we know the value of money but not that of water. 

Into The Lion's Rock......

What do you know about Lion's rock???? Or you might have heard about Sigiriya, in Sri Lanka??? Well, Sigiriya is the Lion's rock, built by King Kashyapa round 5th century BC. It is a place you must pay a visit because believe me, once you go there you won't be disappointed. Situated in the Mathale district, Sri Lanka (If you are visiting Sigiriya from another country, there are tour packs right at the air port) Sigiriya stands as an isolated rock with a height of 370m. Sigiriya is also known as the 8th wonder of the world officially declared by the UNESCO and one of the eight world heritage sites of the world in Sri Lanka. 

Prince Kashyapa seized the throne from his father King Dathusena and fled in fear of his brother Mugalan; the rightful heir to the throne. He fled to Sigiriya and built this rock castle and prepared for the battle coming ahead. What amazes us is the plan and irrigation used here because King Kashyapa had used an advanced technology to get water through the rock in 5th century BC. He built 3 moats around the rock preventing enemy invasions. 

You & Your Body.....

A woman's role in a family is something beyond our description. She is the back bone of the family. No matter western or eastern, woman holds major part of the responsibility of raising children, household chores and good family bonding. But today's busy life styles have affected many of our women making them forget about their health. 

If you look up at researches done in calculating reasons for annual death toll of most of the countries, the main reason is non infectious diseases so as to tell diseases like Diabetes, Cholesterol, Blood Pressure etc. But what to say, the mistakes behind all these illnesses are our unhealthy food patterns. Due to extremely busy lives we've been adapted ourselves to depend on fast food. Fast food is defined as food items that lack the necessary level of nutrients and food that contain harmful amounts of chemicals, preservatives and additives. And also many of them are extra oily and sugar containing food. As we get an unbalanced diet from these fast food, they lack necessary amounts of nutrients. And as we don't get enough nutrients our anabolic and catabolic activities get unbalanced too.  

Proteins..... Food Facts-3

Just like Carbohydrates and Vitamins plus minerals, Protein is another essential nutrient. Protein builds up, maintains, and replaces the tissues in your body. Your muscles, your organs, and your immune system are made up mostly of protein. Protein has multi functions, there are transport proteins, anti bodies, structural proteins, snake venom etc. Your body uses the protein you eat to make lots of specialized protein molecules that have specific jobs.

What are Proteins????

Proteins are polymer chains made of amino acids bonded by peptide bonds. There are mainlt 4 structures of proteins as primary structure, secondary structure, tertiary structure and quaternary structure. Primary structure is a single chain of amino acids, secondary structure is two chains of amino acid chains twisted together forming shapes like alpha helix or beta pleat.Tertiary contains 3 amino acid chains and quaternary structure has 4 amino acid chains. 

Amino acids can be divided into either essential amino acids or non-essential amino acids. The essential amino acids, which must be obtained from food sources, are leucine, isoleucine, valine, lysine, threonine, tryptophan, methionine, phenylalanine and histidine. On the other hand, non-essential amino acids can be made by the body from other amino acids. The non-essential amino acids are arginine, alanine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, proline, serine, and tyrosine.

Everyday Saucy Sauces.....

To add a bit flavour to our food we use different kinds of sauces. Apart from everyday tomato sauce or ketch up, there are many other sauces we ought to know and they are easy to make at home too. There are typically 5 mother sauces in culinary art. They are white sauce Béchamel, the light stock-based Velouté, the brown stock-based Espagnole; the two basic emulsified sauces, Hollandaise and Mayonnaise; and the oil and vinegar-based Vinaigrette. Always remember that when a sauce is used on a food, it is the first thing to touch the tongue. A sauce is only as good as the ingredients you put into it and the care you take while preparing it. On the other hand, a good sauce does little to make inferior food taste better. Always put a good sauce on good food. Thankfully, we no longer use sauce to mask "off-tasting food" as was once the practice in times before modern refrigeration! 

 Sauces can be also divided as spicy sauces and sweet sauces. Soy sauce, fish sauce and oyster sauce are usually used in Chinese and Thai cuisines. Tomato sauce is basically for Italian. Other than these there are chocolate sauces, different kinds of fruit based sauces. So here are some of the sauce recipes we found.

Drawstring Evening Bags......

It is always handy to have a beautiful pouch for special occasions. Twisted cording and decorative bead add a finishing touch to the bag. Medium weight fabrics that drape well such as velvet and velveteen work well. Other suitable fabrics include brocade, satin, and some tapestries. Lightweight fabrics may also be used; to add body and support, underline a lightweight fabric with batiste or fuse a lightweight knit interfacing to the fabric.

For making a drawstring evening bag, you will need:

0.35m outer fabric

0.35m lining fabric

2.4m decorative cording for trim and drawstrings

1.4m decorative cording for shoulder strap

Plastic canvas

End caps

Decorative bead and headpin, sequins

Curtain Designs.. Little Somethings For Home Part 4

Among many things that add up life to your living space, a simple thing like curtains hold a major role. Curtains can nullify the total effect of a mystified room or just add a bit dramatic effect to a colourful room. And also apart from the colours you intend to use on them, their patterns and prints also matter.  

Firstly in choosing a curtain design, consider the place of the house such as whether it is living room, tv room or bedroom etc. If we think of bed room, go for a colour matching with the wall paint and as well as the bed sheet colour. If it is a room fully painted in white, you can always select the option for more brighter coloured curtains which will add up a ripple of colours to your bed room. A living room is the place we get to spend time, meet outsiders so it's nothing wrong with a bit of show off in there. You can always choose something simple but attractive. What is the point of a curtain if it not eye catching???? For bathrooms and kitchens, go for lighter shades to blend in with the walls so that there is not much of a difference. 

Salty Sea Servings........ Seafood Recipes

It's seafood time. Seafood is the common name given basically for fish, cuttlefish, crab, shrimps, prawns, lobsters, mussels, oysters, octopus and etc. Seafood when cooked has a different flavour from meat but at the same time could be used as a substitute for people who doesn't want to eat meat. There are many advantages of eating seafood. Like for example omega 3 is present in fish and we can get enough Calcium from fish especially small fish with bones. And then different mineral salts like Sodium, Potassium and Magnesium could be obtained with seafood. There is less fat than meat and much healthier.

Here are some of the recipes for seafood that you may wanna try out..... Believe me, they are all very delicious. 

Grilled Lobster

Ingredients

 2 x 2 pound lobsters

1/3 cup melted butter

salt and pepper to taste

Simply Superb Saris.......

Sari is a typical word among the types of  women's clothing you could find in many Asian countries especially like India, Sri Lanka and other South Asian countries. A sari is usually a 6 yard long piece of cloth that could be draped in different styles. A sari symbolizes a woman's status in her culture. 

It is a woman's nature to add beauty to her already beautiful looks and a sari is something that simply multiply her natural beauty. Unlike most dresses, a sari improves her inner beauty making others who see her, respect her, admire her beauty. Sari is a very charming and a unique dress. A sari is worn in such a way that a woman's natural curves and shape are exposed enhancing her feminism. The typical Indian woman, covered from head to presents a picture of modesty. The word Sari is anglicized from 'Sadi', which existed in Prakrit language As Sadia and originated from Sanskrit 'Sati' meaning a strip of clot. Sati, occurs in the 'Mahabharata' and perhaps earlier, but the nature of this garment in those times and how it was worn, is difficult to gauge accurately. It is certain that the art was highly cultivated. There are innumerable references in ancient Indian literature to the draped garment and its style.

Global Warming......

Global warming has been a problem ever since we were kids. But the real problem is it never had real solutions or the solutions scientist came up with were not co operated by the whole planet. Green House effect is another name that is linked with the Global Warming issue. In fact, as a result of Green House effect, Global warming takes place. Out atmosphere is what that makes planet earth suitable for life. It including the Ozone layer, acts as a barrier for the harmful radiation by sun only letting in certain amount of radiation. Such radiation is reflected by the earth’s surface but gases like Carbon Dioxide, Sulphur Dioxide, Methane trap some of these reflected radiation and helps the earth to stabilize its temperature around 15- 30 degree Celsius. This is the same effect we experience in green houses used for cultivation purposes. 
But if the atmosphere contains these Green House gases more than the % they should be, the Green House effect increases which means earth gets more and more heated up. This is bad because, the ice layers in the South and North Poles melt adding millions of gallons of water to the ocean.  It results in rise in ocean level sinking many islands around the world. Even as we talk on, this happens but it is measurably tiny and negligible. However recent years’ studies and researches have shown increase in this activity which is not negligible any more.