Harry Had Managed to Buy The Presents and Was Hurrying Home, When...

by Monique Barb - Harry entered the house. He was very happy because it was Christmas. He imagined his father reading the newspaper on his favourite armchair, his mother baking cookies in the kitchen and his sister sitting near the Christmas Tree singing carols. And of course, he thought he would see Blackie, his little dog in front of the door. It was a quiet atmosphere. He didn’t see his...

We Live In An Age When Anyone Can Be Famous For 15 Minutes

by Monique Barb - Everything is possible nowadays. We hear about a lot of people that have became stars over night. So, it is possible to be famous at least for 15 minutes in your lifetime. We see and read news everyday by mass media. Everyone that has a certain strange or odd idea can be a star only for one TV show or newspaper article. If you give an interview about your job or school or...

Education Is What Survives When What Has Been Learnt Is Forgotten

by Herminne Tonita - We have a saying that the first seven years of our lives are the foundation of our personality. This time of our lives is the one that shapes up our character,that makes us realise what is good and what is bad for our future. Our parents take care of us, but at the same time they give us advice on how to speak, how to behave in society, what manners to adopt, what are...

Playing a Game is Fun Only When You Win

by Diana-Mara Anghelina - The modern society may seem like a jungle, where each and every individual is struggling to survive. The most important things for a person is having the right job and the proper income in order to lead a comfortable life. Games are therefore a means of liberation from all the stress and the tension of a day at your working place. There is a large number of games...

One Can Find Both Advantages and Disadvantages When Traveling by Plane

by Cristina Nuta - I have never traveled by plane but I would like to and I hope to have the opportunity very soon. Anyway, one can find both advantages and disadvantages when traveling by plane. The most important advantage is that is the fastest means of transport when referring to large distances. One can arrive in Spain in almost two hours and a half by plane. He can’t even figure out...

What happens when we sleep?

by Cristina Nuta - One of the best ways to relax is sleeping. Approximately one third of our life is spent asleep, but when I started to think about sleep, I realized my mind was completely blank. All I knew was that all creatures go to sleep at some point in 24 hours. To find out more, I decided to spend a weekend with the director of a Sleep Laboratory, where scientists try to find out what...