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National Day? When?

Quote of the day
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first. – Charles de Gaulle
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I’ve just realised that National Day is just around the corner, this Saturday August 9, 2008. This is the first time that I didn’t feel the atmosphere of [...]

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Beware of Man along Upp Thomson Road

Quote of the day
However mean your life is, meet it and live it:  do not shun it and call it hard names.  Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage.  Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends.  Things do not change, we change.  Sell your clothes and keep your [...]

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Clifton StrengthsFinder

Quote of the day
The greatest battle is not physical but psychological. The demons telling us to give up when we push ourselves to the limit can never be silenced for good. They must always be answered by the quiet steady dignity that simply refuses to give in. Call no man brave, say the Spanish, say [...]

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