Κυριακή 30 Μαρτίου 2014

Make up for blue eyes.

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               In a previous article called Make up for brown eyes, I wrote that it's not about the colour of the eyes but the feelings that they express. All eyes are beautiful and make up can help them look even more gorgeous. So these are some looks for blue eyes:
















Παρασκευή 28 Μαρτίου 2014

Never good enough.

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       We all have high and low confidence points. Sometimes we feel that we are on top of the world, that we can accomplish anything. But other times we feel discouraged or not good enough.
       We fail our exams. We feel not smart enough. We get rejected. We feel not pretty or skinny enough. Someone else has the same talent as us and everybody compares us to them. We feel not talented enough. Our classmates don’t like our clothes. We feel not stylish enough. Some or all of these things happen to us and we end up feeling that we are NEVER GOOD ENOUGH.
    Who cares if you failed your exams? You can always retake the test. Who cares if you got rejected? It’s their loss not yours. You a beautiful and kind human being that had the guts to give vent to your feelings. Who cares if they compare you to another person? You are different people with Different talent. They can’t be the ones that decide who is better. Who cares if they don’t like the way you dress? You have your own unique and cool personal style. Who cares if it has happened more than once?  You can handle what you’re given.

P.S.: No matter how hard it gets and you feel not good enough, just know that THERE WILL BE a time when you’ll stop feeling that way. You are smart enough. You are beautiful enough. Your body is proper enough. You are talented enough. You are stylish enough. YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH.
(Good enough-Little mix)


Amalia Boura

Σάββατο 22 Μαρτίου 2014

Not again!

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       Sometimes we experience some situations that might change us forever. We feel like nothing is ever going to be the same again. We are not who we used to be anymore. We start blaming ourselves for everything that has happen and we eventually hate ourselves. At that point we want to go back to the way thing were because we feel that we have lost ourselves. After we finally manage to kind of go back to that, we promise that we will never accuse ourselves of being worthless and guilty of all the bad things in the world.
     But then it happens again. We fell guilty again. We start crying and wondering why. Why did it happen again and why do we feel that we are the ones to blame? Why are we back to the bottom? Why can’t we change? Why? Then we decide that we can only try again to gain some confidence and be happy. We manage to do that and things are better.
     But it happens again and again and again. We feel stuck in the same situation over and over again and no matter how much we try, we always go back to the starting point.
     That’s when we realise that all this time we were trying to find ourselves when we didn’t even know who we were. We decide that we are done feeling sorry for ourselves. We are done crying. We are free people who can explore the world anytime we want. We won’t always be stuck in the same situation. Not again!

P.S: It’s ok to feel that way. IT GET BETTER!!!



Πέμπτη 20 Μαρτίου 2014

If you had $100,000, how would you spend it?

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(That's a photo of me and my older sister Stauroula. I love her to the moon and back and she is propably the person that encourages me  the most and keeps me moving forward).

   Although money isn’t the most significant thing in the world, it plays a big part in people’s life. Without money people don’t have food, water, clothing and somewhere to live. Money can provide an easy and convenient live. So that pleads the question ‘’If you had $100,000, how would you spend it?’’.
     First of all, I would save a big part of the money for future university’s fee. One of my biggest dreams is to study music at an excellent university in UK. Saving that money would ensure that fees won’t be a problem for me. Furthermore, I would like to travel to UK in order to see for myself and experience life there before applying to universities.
     Moreover, I would take my family and friends for a nice extravagant meal and then I would go shopping with them and buy whatever we want. We would buy shoes, clothes, accessories, make up products etc. That way I hope that we would have a great time together.
    Furthermore, I would save money in order to take up piano lessons and I would buy the most beautiful piano in the world. Playing the piano is another huge dream of mine, as I’ve always imagined myself singing and playing the piano. I’m very grateful to my parents for the singing lessons that they’re paying for (as well as everything they’ve done for me).
    Additionally, I would travel around the world. I would like to visit places like (including UK) France, Italy, New York, Los Angeles, Brazil, Hawaii, Jamaica, Fiji islands, Australia, Morocco, Dubai etc. I would love to meet new people and their cultures.
   Last but not least, I would like to use part of the money for a good cause. For example I would donate money to the victims of a natural disaster or of a war. Maybe I could help provide food for the hungry or something like that.
   In short, if I had $100,000, I would spend it on fulfilling my ambitions, on helping my loved ones and generally the people around me because my life wouldn’t be as great as it is if I didn’t have all these amazing people in my life and if I have the power to help someone BE SURE THAT I WILL.

Παρασκευή 14 Μαρτίου 2014

70 Completely random facts

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These are 70 completely random facts:

1.     Casanova was a librarian.
2.     Bob Marley was the father of 3 children born to 3 different women in one month.
3.     In 2014, a prisoner escaped a detention center in Arizona to spend Valentine's Day with his girlfriend.
4.     In the US today, prescription painkillers kill more Americans than heroin and cocaine combined.
5.     A single human male produces enough sperm in two weeks to impregnate every fertile woman on the planet.
6.     One jar of Nutella is sold every 2.5 seconds throughout the world
7.     Dragonflies have six legs but can't walk.
8.     Fish can drown in water.
9.     Penguins have an organ near the eye that filters salt from the water out of their system.
10.    A black hole emits a deep B flat sound.
11.    Philematology is the science of kissing.
12.    The Ancient Greeks exercised naked.
13.   One of the smallest dinosaurs discovered had the size of a chicken and ate insects.
14.    The longest kiss ever recorded lasted 58 hours, 35 minutes and 58 seconds.
15.    In Milan it is a legal requirement to smile at all times, except during funerals or hospital visits.
16.   La Tomatina is an annual festival held in Spain where people throw thousands of tomatoes at each other.
17.   South Africa is called the "Rainbow Nation" because it has 11 official languages.
18.   Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Mussolini and Hitler, all suffered from ailurophobia, the fear of cats.
19.    Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia is the scientific term for brain freeze.
20.   Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.
21.   Valentine's Day is also National Condom Day in the U.S.
22.   Refined sugar is more addictive than cocaine.
23.   The Netherlands closed eight prisons in 2013 due to lack of criminals.
24.   Phobias may be memories passed down through generations in DNA, according to a new research.
25.  
The child on this photo survived.The photographer committed suicide after winning the Pulitzer Prize for it.
26.   People are 1% taller in the morning than they are in the evening.
27.   Spending money on others yields more happiness than spending it on yourself.
28.    The Bible is the most shoplifted book in the world.
29.   Eskimos use refrigerators to stop their food from freezing.
30.   Powerful acids in snakes' stomachs mean they will explode if given Alka-Seltzer.
31.   Starbucks Offers 87,000 different drink combinations.
32.   There's an episode of "Tom and Jerry" that ends with the both of them committing suicide.
33.   Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stones.
34.   Snoop Dogg sold weed to Cameron Diaz in high school.
35.   In 2010, a Canadian man rescued a newborn baby from a dumpster, only to find out he was the father.
36.   Seven Viagra tablets are sold every second.
37.   About half a million mice live in the London Underground.
38.   Only 2% of women describe themselves as beautiful.
39.   The word "school" comes from the ancient Greek for "free time."
40.   Every human being starts out as an asshole: it's the first part of the body to form in the womb.
41.   TV show "16 and pregnant" and spin-offs may have prevented about 20,000 teen pregnancies in 2010, a study says.
42.   Established writers and artists are 18 times more likely to commit suicide than the general population.
43.   The highest scoring word in Scrabble is oxyphenbutazone, worth 1,178 points.
44.   In ancient Greek the word "idiot" meant anyone who wasn't a politician.
45.   Potatoes were illegal in France between 1748 and 1772.
46.   Caffeine is made of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen. The same as cocaine, thalidomide, nylon, TNT, and heroin
47.   Most people who commit suicide, do it on a Monday.
48.   There's a Barbie-like islamic doll called "Fulla".
49.   Bruce Lee was so fast, they actually had to run his films slower so you can see his moves.
50.   Horses cannot throw up.
51.   8 % of your body weight is in your blood.
52.   The weeks before Christmas are the most popular for couples to break up, according to data analyzed from Facebook.
53.   70% of Iran's science and engineering students are women.
54.   Dogs have 13 blood types, horses have 8, cows have 9, while Humans only have 4.
55.   The official animal of Scotland is the Unicorn.
56.   A man in Nebraska is breeding red cows and sending them to Israel so that Jews build a Third Temple and Jesus comes again.
57.   In 2009, Nigerian Police arrested a goat on suspicion of attempted armed robbery.
58.   In Jamaica, sex between men is punishable with up to 10 years' imprisonment. But lesbian action is allowed.
59.   If you announce your goals to others, you are less likely to make them happen because you lose motivation, studies confirmed.
60.   Giving birth can cause an orgasm: the release of hormones during delivery can push some women to ecstasy.
61.   There are more than 400 distinct phobias well recognised by psychologists.
62.   Your favorite song is probably your favorite because you associate it with an emotional event in your life.
63.   Phobophobia is the fear of having a phobia.
64.   1 in 5 people in France have experienced depression making it the most depressed country in the world.
65.   The smell of chocolate increases theta brain waves, which triggers relaxation.
66.   Listening to music while working out measurably improves physical performance.
67.   None of The Beatles Could Read Music.
68.    80 % of all marriages in history were between second cousins or closer.
69.   There are species of ants that enslave other ants.
70.   Relative to size, the strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

Δευτέρα 3 Μαρτίου 2014

Food series #2: Ice cream.

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              Ice cream (derived from earlier iced cream or cream ice) is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavours. Most varieties contain sugar, although some are made with other sweeteners. In some cases, artificial flavourings and colourings are used in addition to, or instead of, the natural ingredients. The mixture of chosen ingredients is stirred slowly while cooling, in order to incorporate air and to prevent large ice crystals from forming. The result is a smoothly textured semi-solid foam that is malleable and can be scooped.

            Ice cream is one of my favourite desserts as it can be found in many different flavours and shapes. I don’t really care whether it’s summer or winter, ice cream is always there...




























One a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you love ice cream?