“It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice.“ Jose Rizal‚ a man with so many accomplishments‚ gives all of us inspiration to put diligence and hard work in all the things we do. I am amazed that even though Rizal’s life has become sort of a series of unfortunate events‚ he still made it yield a positive and favorable outcome for his nation and countrymen. While he was in exile‚ he didn’t mind the fact
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A Poem For Best Friends This is a poem for best friends. You © Margery Wang I still remember the first day we met We were too shy to say much at all It’s funny to think back to that time Because now we’re having a ball! They say that true friendship is rare An adage that I believe to be true Genuine friendship is something that I cherish I am so lucky to have met you. Our bond is extremely special It is unique in its own way We have something irreplaceable I love you more and
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The Ecstasy : John Donne - Summary and Critical Analysis The poem "The Ecstasy" is one of John Donne’s most popular poems‚ which expresses his unique and unconventional ideas about love. It expounds the theme that pure‚ spiritual or real love can exist only in the bond of souls established by the bodies. For Donne‚ true love only exists when both bodies and souls are inextricably united. Donne criticizes the platonic lover who excludes the body and emphasizes the soul. The fusion of body
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summary The El Filibusterismo is the sequel of the Noli Me Tangere. Both nationalistic novels were written by Dr. Jose Rizal. In Noli Me Tangere‚ Rizal described the full extent of slavery and abuse suffered by the native Indios at the hands of Spanish authorities. Hence in this second book‚ Rizal pictured a society at the brink of revolution. The Indios have started to adapt liberal ideas and guerrilla factions have started to revolt against the government. The advent of the novel starts
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writer‚ intellectual‚ statesman as well as becoming the seventh President of Argentina. He fought for a higher level of European education in addition to a modernization and Europeanization for all of his country for the people of Argentina. In Cuba‚ Jose Marti was a tremendous and outstanding writer and revolutionary philosopher who fought for the independence and liberation of Cuba from Spain and effectively preserving the traditional Latin America. By
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Summary/Response The story “ The Abandoner” by Ma Jian is about the Chinese vice-chairman’s effort to abandon his first daughter. He desperately desires to have a son in order to carry on his family lineage‚ yet the fortune teller predicts he will never have one. Accurately‚ his wife gives birth to two daughters‚ and his first child‚ Miaomiao is incapable mentally and physically. Due to the one-child policy‚ he can’t have a third child unless his first daughter is disappeared. Therefore‚ to fulfil
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Zahruddin (MD/CEO) Mohd Azha b Abd Jalil (CFO) 25 May 2011 © Copyright Malaysian Airline System Berhad 2011. All rights reserved Contents • • • • State of the Industry Staying on course First Quarter 2011 Financial Results Positioning MAS towards becoming the No 1 Airline in Asia • Summary © Copyright Malaysian Airline System Berhad 2011. All rights reserved. 2 Sharp rally in oil and fuel prices spurred by geopolitical risks Average spread between crude oil and jet fuel
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(24) Baay‚ Jan Michael U. The Tallest and Latest Monument of Jose Rizal in the Philippines (Calamba‚ Laguna) The tallest Jose Rizal monument was inaugurated during the celebration of Jose Rizal ’s 150th birth anniversary in the City of Calamba in Laguna‚ earlier today. The event was attended by His Excellency President Benigno Simeon Aquino III (PNoy) who unveiled the gigantic statue‚ himself. PNoy unveiling Dr. Jose Rizal ’s tallest statue to commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of the National
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An Ex-Mas Feast Summary Uwem Akpan’s story‚ “An Ex-Mas Feast” is a story of the struggles that one family goes through to give gifts on their upcoming Christmas season. Akpan introduces the reader to the struggles of the main characters‚ which directly ties into the details of impoverished town that they live in. Jigana‚ one of the story’s main characters‚ starts off as a naïve 8 year old little boy who was anxious to start going to school. In a stark contrast‚ Maisha‚ the eldest sister
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Ma Le Thi Artist * Born in Buon Ma Thou‚ Vietnam in 1964 * She is of Chinese heritage‚ making her subject to racism and alienated within her own country * Currently lives and works in Sydney Material Practice * Thi’s works embrace a diversity of media and forms varying from painting‚ sculpture‚ performance‚ installation‚ film making and set design Conceptual Practice * Recurrent Imagery provides an ongoing dialogue and connection with the audience and her art making practice
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