Posted by: Andrea Sim on: June 20, 2009
On 21st June 2009, the Earth will be at the closest distance to the sun than it has been the whole year. When the Earth is either at its furthest or closest distance from the sun, it is called a solstice. Solstices have the power to bring change and new energies. As astronomers have found [...]
Posted by: Andrea Sim on: November 11, 2008
Who is your Prince Charming? Edward Cullen from the Twilight series is likely to be the answer to that question. The only other fictional character, who has been compared to Edward Cullen, and perhaps preferred by the older fans is none other than Mr. Darcy from Jane Austen’s famous Pride & Prejudice. How do you [...]
Posted by: Andrea Sim on: October 30, 2008
Wall Street is in tatters. Financial markets everywhere are falling. Many companies are on the brink of becoming bankrupt or already are, such as Lehman Brothers. But nothing is as terrifying as a whole country becoming bankrupt Iceland has been battered by the current financial crisis. In October, I read that Iceland was on the [...]
Posted by: Andrea Sim on: September 23, 2008
When you think “king” or “queen”, the country that would probably first pop into your mind would be England. England’s monarchy is not the most scandalous (although it comes pretty close to being so), but it’s certainly one of the longest. It goes all the way back to AD 477 when Aelle founded the kingdom [...]
Posted by: Andrea Sim on: September 3, 2008
Hey guys. So we all know what going green is, right? It’s recycling. Saving electricity. All that jazz. What you probably didn’t know is that we only have 99 months to do just that: Stop global warming. And that’s if we’re lucky. Let’s do some calculations. 99 months = 8.3 years approx. Yeah. That means [...]
