Thrice

With summer just around the corner, I thought that we could indulge ourselves in the life of a food and travel aficionado. Micca De Joya, an up-and-coming food blogger, has made use of her free time at the office to start her own blog, “Micca Matakaw.” Micca is your typical Chinese-Filipino kid currently working in her family’s business. She graduated as an Economics major in UC Berkeley and before moving back home to Manila about two years ago, she worked as a photographer and a Lyft driver in…

In a more elegant manner, Rabih Alameddine wove his novel The Hawakti with rich and diverse background of the whole Middle East. The Hakawati is a novel which illustrates the diverse past of Arabs in the Middle East. This novel speaks back to the dehumanizing approach initiated by Americans, particularly after 9/11. By proposing to tell us a story, Alameddine deconstructs the reader’s expectations, and it is in this manner he/she is made aware of the plurality of interpretations that a single…

provide for his significant other till death do them part. The mythical goddess of the river ‘clutched him to her breast, that beast of winter. One look from her agate eyes and he abandoned hope … she pulled him under. If she had him once, she had him thrice. She shook his heart and mind asunder’ (52). The union of the man and goddess is ultimately impossible. However, Meehan is concerned with the death of this man and his past life. Transitionally, the goddess not only possessed the man in…

nine degrees Celsius (102˚F) and measured exactly one cup. The experiment used one package of Fleischmann’s Rapid Rise Instant Yeast, which measured two-and-one-fourth teaspoons, or one quarter of an ounce. Each yeast and water mixture was stirred thrice inside the bottle. Each mixture was placed into the bottle, and was placed on a three-inch high box in front of a lamp holding a light bulb. Different colored, twenty-five watt, one-hundred-twenty volt, two-hundred-ten lumens light bulbs—red,…

Joan of Arc was a remarkable woman who had lived up to her legacy that had impacted many of those that believed in the Christian faith. Joan taught that with God and under his power that all things were possible. From her childhood, to her death, Joan lived a daring life that not many can say they've experienced. Joan was born in sometime in January of 1412 in Domremy, a small French village located in Lorraine. Her family were Christians that supported the Dauphin. The Dauphin…

Noah’s Covenant, also referred to as the Perpetual or Everlasting Covenant, is the third in Genesis, the first book of the Pentateuch at the beginning of the Hebrew Scriptures. Historically speaking, Genesis is a representation of the creation and this exegesis seeks to decipher the literal truths from symbolic statements. The three primary methods of exegesis, namely historical, literal and rhetorical (Collins, 2014a) with some others including reader-response, have been intentionally…

When reflecting on our readings and class discussions, four ideas have made the most impact on me as an educator. First, my idea that education as a privilege has been challenged. Second, our practices and our personal beliefs as teachers have a great impact on the social identities of our students, not only in the classroom but long after they leave us and enter into the workforce. I have learned to become aware of all the different ways people in the word are literate, regardless of their…

Research Paper- Tragic character flaws in Oedipus the King and Othello, the Moor of Venice Oedipus the King and Othello, the Moor of Venice are both plays that explore character flaws that every common person possesses. Both poems tell stories about noble men (Oedipus and Othello respectively) who end up succumbing to their tragic character flaws. A tragic character flaw is accurately described in the Journal article “The Tragic Flaw: is it a Tragic error?” when it says: “ Distinct from this,…

Personal Definition of health and health practices Damu Sherpa Culture, Health, and Lifestyle Rutgers University- Newark February 06, 2017 Abstract Health is a well being of physical health, mental health, emotional health, and mental health. Despite the technological advances, there are still challenges in improving the health of the patients. It is important for people to be knowledgeable about the concept of health and instilling positive behaviors and in their life to maintain their…

Toothache Natural Remedies Tips: The primary thing you can do in the wake of encountering a toothache is to ensure that your mouth is spotless from dental plaque microscopic organisms and nourishment trash. Tenderly brush and floss teeth or utilize a bury dental cleaner to expel any nourishment particles caught between teeth or amongst teeth and gums that may bring about bothering and toothache. At some point the agony is brought on by nourishment flotsam and jetsam stopped into a hole;…