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  1. May 12, 2004

    The Learning Process

    At times you may find that there is something in your life that has to change but it seems like it is taking forever to actually change it. “I still do the same thing”, you exclaim! “When am I ever going to change?”

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  2. May 12, 2004

    A New Church

    I am at a loss. Everything in me wants to fellowship with other people, but nothing in me wants to go to a church. I am not against churches however, it is just that I cannot continue to perform this ritual. It is empty and lifeless to me.…

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  3. May 12, 2004

    It Only Happens When It Rains

    Everyone has experience rain. There is nothing new about this experience. Each person living in their own cities has seen the umbrellas come out and people trying to avoid the water that falls from the sky. Yet no matter how many times you…

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  4. May 12, 2004

    Freshly Made

    What do you do when you get to a new location? There is so much to relearn about where you have just landed, so much to know about the systems and shops in the area. When I had just arrived at my new hostel in Recoleta I needed to orient…

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  5. May 12, 2004

    Football Frenzy

    In Argentina there are several very popular teams. Probably the two most popular of all teams are Boca Juniors and River Plate, both with their stadiums in Buenos Aires. The weekend just past was the clash of these titans, and it turned…

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  6. May 12, 2004

    Night Markets

    It was quite late in the night anyway when the three of us left. We were in a very low-class area of the city and were heading to the night markets in another similar area. I was with two girls, Vicky and Clara from LIFE Argentina, and we…

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  7. May 11, 2004

    Language of Flowers

    The origin of this information Many years ago I inherited an old old dictionary from my grandmother. It is very old and contains many interesting facts relevant to the years it was published. As we know only too well, time moves on and…

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  8. May 10, 2004

    Self-saucing chocolate pudding

    Pudding 1 cup plain flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 3/4 cup castor sugar 1/4 cup cocoa 1/2 cup milk 30g butter Some drops of vanilla escence

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  9. May 10, 2004

    The Learning Curve

    Speed of Learning You have heard it said that there is a learning curve, that some things have a steep learning curve and others have a shallow or easy learning curve. But what exactly is this learning curve?

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  10. May 10, 2004

    Some Biblical Wisdom

    A brief look at some wisdom from the Bible…

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