Spoonful

The movies, Pretty Woman and Fifty Shades of Grey, are seen to most viewers as classic fairytale films where a normal girl falls in love with her rich, handsome prince. In both films, the “rags to riches” appeal is sensationalized and made appealing. However, beneath these romanticized relationships are characteristics of abusiveness. Even though these elements are subtle in the film, they reinforce the unfortunate gender roles and hierarchy in society. In the film, Fifty Shades of Grey,…

Follow the Yellow Brick Road and Enter my Childhood Growing up as a child in Singapore has taught me the importance of family. I was provided an idyllic life. I was raised in a home filled with love, support, peace, and happiness. My mother and father were both attorneys working full time, but they always made it a point to make time for me and my four other siblings. My childhood is so memorable because of four prominent objects in my life. Tea time with my family of seven, baking with my…

Cheap Foods, Real Costs. What better way to enjoy your regular, morning rituals of diving in to a bowl full of bright, candy-colored bites of your favorite and most popular cereals being advertised today? For years, the extensive marketing efforts of food companies have reached all-time highs, especially when it involves children. “Trix” cereal is one of America’s most hearty cereals, because not only does it taste great, but the appearance of the actual box of cereal just looks promising…

propaganda to promote modern medicine, but the Chinese people would most likely see it as the government “giving into western ideals,” rather as a means to help people and improve their lives. Modern medicine cannot be forced down their throats with a spoonful of sugar to help it go down, it has to be accepted as a real benefit to…

Breakfast isn’t referred to as being the most important meal of the day because supermarkets and restaurants are looking to sell more oatmeal or pancakes, it is called the most important meal of the day because that is exactly what it is. Most of us will eat, or perhaps take a casein protein shake, and will go to bed around one hour later, where we will hopefully sleep for around 8 hours. That means that, as soon as we wake up, we will have gone for around 9 hours with no food whatsoever, we…

The Bull put a hand on my shoulder and asked what I was doing. He looked at the prisoners and told me not to go towards them. I told him I wanted to fight and he said to promise not to cry if he cut me. We never got to fight. There was gold cloaks right behind me. They were on horses with their black ringmail and their golden cloaks flowing in the wind. One of the men wore a black enamel breastplate, he was the officer. They are men of the City Watch. I watched as they came towards the inn, I…

successes. However, I think it is important to remind yourself that life is not a sum gain of successes and failures, it is really a growing period, a time to develop who you are. Life is a process toward the common end,” I responded after swallowing a spoonful of delicious…

end. My heart pounded as I approached the small cluster of nurses. Huddled at the end of a patient’s bed, the group of women in white aprons and pink button-up dresses whispered amongst themselves and avoided the gaze of the fuming lead nurse in front of them. Maria yanked the wool blanket off the patient beside her and threw it onto the linoleum floor. “Who admitted this man? He shouldn’t be here.” I rose on my tiptoes, struggling to get a glimpse of the patient. A Naseeri Arab man. Uncovered,…

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common condition that occurs mainly in the wrists. But people can get it in other areas of the body too, such as the elbows. It is caused by the nerves getting pinched because of repetitive movements that damage the delicate tendons and bones. Since the wrists are fairly small in size, there isn't enough room for the nerves to move freely enough. So some of them get trapped. The constant pressure on the nerves makes the wrists hurt very badly. But the usual treatment…

It was the middle of the hottest summer I’ve ever experienced, that’s when it happened. We had just moved into a new house, and I guess you could say I was not so thrilled. I had created my life back in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Then all the sudden one day I was told I had to leave it all behind. Moving was not too catastrophic, there were a few moments here and there, but overall we made it. I have now been in the house for six weeks, and I have never felt more terrified, I can’t sleep, I…