Saturday, December 24, 2022
Thursday, December 1, 2022
10 signs your partner is 'definitely' cheating on you
1. They start going to the gym a lot
2. Their undies get an update
3. Their entire appearance gets an overhaul
4. Mobile phone habits change like being constantly on WhatsApp, being stuck to their hand 'like glue', the 'last online' function is switched off and they keep the password a secret
5. Snoring suddenly stops
6. They start cutting themselves out of your friendship group activities, they avoid your mutual friends and their 'work events' increase
7. Not answering their phone while they are out
8. They come home smelling like perfume
9. They don't want to touch you, be touched by you, or have sex with you
10. They no longer show interest in your life or sharing their life with you
Source: Mamamia
Monday, November 7, 2022
*_Important numbers to remember :_*
*1. Blood pressure : 120 / 80*
*2. Pulse : 70 - 100*
*3. Temperature : 36.8 - 37*
*4. Respiration : 12-16*
*Males (13.50-18)*
*Females ( 11.50 - 16)*
*6. Cholesterol : 130 - 200*
*7. Potassium : 3.50 - 5*
*8. Sodium : 135 - 145*
*9. Triglycerides : 220*
*10. Amount of blood in the body :*
*Pcv 30-40%*
*11. Sugar*
*Children : 70-130*
*Adults : 70 - 115*
*12. Iron : 8-15 mg*
*13. WBC : 4000 - 11000*
*14. Platelets : 150,000 - 400,000*
*15. RBC : 4.50 - 6 million*
*16. Calcium : 8.6 - 10.3 mg/dL*
*17. Vitamin D3 : 20 - 50 ng/ml*
*(nanograms/ml)*
*18. Vitamin B12 : 200 - 900 pg/ml*
*_Tips for the 60 plus_*
*First Tip:*
Always drink water even if you don't feel thirsty!!
The biggest health problem is from the lack of water in the body!
2 litres Minimum per day (24 hours)
*Second Tip:*
Play sports even when you are very busy!
The body must be moved, even if only by walking or swimming or any kind of sport!.🚶
Walking is good for a start!👌
*Third Tip:*
Reduce food!
Leave excessive food cravings because it never does good!
Don't deprive yourself but reduce the quantity!
Use more of Protein & Carbohydrates based foods.
*Fourth Tip*
As much as possible, do not use the car unless absolutely necessary! Try to reach on foot for what you want (grocery, visiting someone or any goal)! Climb stairs instead of using an elevator/ escalator.
*Fifth Tip*
Let go of Anger!!
Let go of worry!!
Try to overlook things...
Do not involve yourself in situations of disturbances! They all diminish health and take away the splendor of the soul. Talk to people who are positive and listen 👂
*Sixth Tip*
As it is said....'leave your money in the Sun and sit in the shade'!!
Don't limit yourself and those around you.
Money was made to live by it, not to live for it.
*Seventh Tip*
Don't make yourself feel sorry for anyone nor on something you could not achieve,
nor anything that you could not own!
Ignore it, forget it!🤔
*Eighth Tip*
Humility! Money, Prestige, Power and Influence are all things that are corrupted by arrogance!
Humility is what brings people closer to you with love.!☺
*Ninth Tip*
If your hair turns grey, this does not mean the end of life! It is a proof that a better life has begun! 🙋
Be optimistic, travel, enjoy yourself!
Monday, October 17, 2022
International Days
International Women's Day is on March 8, International Democracy Day on September 15, World AIDS Day on December 1... certain special days on the global calendar are very well known and emblematic. However, there are many others, and sometimes their subjects are surprising. Let's discover some of them together… in chronological order!
February 10: World Pulses Day
March 20: International Day of Happiness
March 20: French Language Day
March 21: International Novruz Day
April 22: International Mother Earth Day
April 23: International Book and Copyright Day
April 30: International Jazz Day
May 2: International Tuna Day
May 26: Vesak day
June 21: International Yoga Day
June 30: International Asteroid Day
July 3: International Day of Cooperatives
July 20: International Chess Day
September 7: International Clean Air Day for Blue Skies
Sunday, October 16, 2022
Friday, September 23, 2022
Best Airlines of 2022
THE WORLD’S TOP 20 AIRLINES IN 2022
1. Qatar Airways
2. Singapore Airlines
3. Emirates
4. ANA All Nippon Airways
5. Qantas Airways
6. Japan Airlines
7. Turkish Airlines
8. Air France
9. Korean Air
10. Swiss Int’l Air Lines
11. British Airways
12. Etihad Airways
13. China Southern
14. Hainan Airlines
15. Lufthansa
16. Cathay Pacific
17. KLM
18. EVA Air
19. Virgin Atlantic
20. Vistara
21. Finnair
22. Gulf Air
23. Bangkok Airways
24. Delta Air Lines
25. Iberia
26. Ethiopian Airlines
27. AirAsia
28. Aegean Airlines
29. Scoot
30. Air New Zealand
31. Garuda Indonesia
32. Austrian
33. Asiana Airlines
34. Saudi Arabian Airlines
35. Southwest Airlines
36. Fiji Airways
37. Oman Air
38. Air Astana
39. WestJet
40. Ryanair
THE WORLD’S BEST LONG HAUL LOW-COST AIRLINES
1. Scoot
2. Jetstar Airways
3. Air Canada rouge
4. LEVEL
5. AirAsiaX
THE WORLD’S BEST LEISURE AIRLINES
1. SunExpress
2. Air Transat
3. TUI Airways
4. TUIfly
5. Vietravel Airlines
THE WORLD’S BEST CABIN STAFF IN 2022
1. Singapore Airlines
2. ANA All Nippon Airways
3. Garuda Indonesia
4. Thai Airways
5. Japan Airlines
6. Qatar Airways
7. Hainan Airlines
8. Asiana Airlines
9. EVA Air
10. Cathay Pacific
THE WORLD’S BEST AIRLINE CABIN CLEANLINESS IN 2022
1. ANA All Nippon Airways
2. Singapore Airlines
3. Japan Airlines
4. Qatar Airways
5. Hainan Airlines
6. Asiana Airlines
7. Korean Air
8. China Airlines
9. Fiji Airways
10. Cathay Pacific
THE WORLD’S BEST BUSINESS CLASS LOUNGES
1. Virgin Atlantic
2. Qatar Airways
3. Turkish Airlines
4. Singapore Airlines
5. Air France
6. KLM
7. United Airlines
8. Air Canada
9. Emirates
10. Gulf Air
THE WORLD’S BEST INDEPENDENT AIRPORT LOUNGES
1. Plaza Premium
2. Primeclass
3. The Pearl – Bahrain Airport
4. iGA Lounge – Istanbul Airport
5. Aspire by Swissport
THE BEST LOW-COST AIRLINES IN EUROPE
1. Ryanair
2. Vueling Airlines
3. EasyJet
4. Jet2.com
5. Eurowings
6. airBaltic
7. Norwegian
8. Wizz Air
9. LEVEL
10. Pegasus Airlines
Monday, August 29, 2022
Growing up 🔝
WE ARE A GENERATION THAT WILL NEVER COME BACK.
A generation that walked to school and then walked back.
A generation that did their homework alone to get out asap to play in the street.
A generation that spent all their free time in the streets with their Friends.
A generation that played hide and seek when dark.
A generation that made mud cakes.
A generation that collected sports cards.
A generation that found, collected and washed & Returned empty coke bottles to the local grocery store for 5 cents each , then bought a Mountain Dew and candy bar with the money.
A generation that made paper toys with their bare hands.
A generation who bought vinyl albums to play on record players.
A generation that collected photos and albums of clippings of their life experiences as a Kid.
A generation that played board games and cards on rainy days.
A generation whose TV went off at midnight after playing the National Anthem.
A generation that had parents who were there.
A generation that laughed under the covers in bed so parents didn't know we were still awake.
A generation that is passing and unfortunately it will never return no matter how hard we try.
I loved Growing up when I did. it was the best of times.”
—Author Unknown #generations #gratitude #past #future
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Idioms and Metaphors
What is an idiom and what makes it different to a metaphor?
Metaphors are not dissimilar to idioms in that they express non-literal meanings, says . They’re important in terms of how we think and talk about the world. For example, we have a metaphorical idea that life is like a journey. That leads us to say things like I’m taking a new path or he’s taken a wrong turn or we’ve come to a crossroads. These phrases express the underlying metaphor, but not in a specific, fixed way.
Idioms are different because they are fixed phrases, explains: “They’re lexically specific combinations of words that we can’t really change.” For example, with the idiom play with fire, the “fire” is metaphorical – it stands for something risky or dangerous – but it’s part of a specific phrase. We can’t change it to play with acid, for example. “The sort of fixed nature of idioms is really important,” says the psycholinguist.
Plenty of idioms kicking about today emerged from the world of sport
• Boxing has given us throw in the towel (give up), on the ropes (near defeat), ducking and diving (evading a difficult situation) and below the belt (unfair).
• To move the goalposts (change the rules or requirements mid process), comes from football.
• American sports have also contributed: ballpark figure (estimate), play hardball (act ruthlessly) and slam dunk (categorical victory).
• Park the bus is a phrase that all football fans will be familiar with. When José Mourinho first entered English football as Chelsea manager, he complained about an opposition team being incredibly defensive: “As we say in Portugal, they brought the bus and they left the bus in front of the goal”. A variation of the phrase stuck and is now commonly used to describe defensive play. And it’s used in other contexts too. “You might talk about a politician parking the bus if they’re set to defend their position at all costs,” says .
• It was Manchester United’s manager Sir Alex Ferguson who first coined the phrase squeaky bum time during the final stages of a closely run Premiership title race. It refers to the sound made when nervously squirming around in a plastic seat in the last, tense moments of a game, or towards the end of a nail-biting season.
Films have been another fruitful source of idioms
• All singing, all dancing is used to describe something with lots of bells and whistles (to use another idiom). But it was originally a very literal strapline on a poster for a 1929 movie called The Broadway Melody. “That was one that was used originally very literally and over time acquired a broader meaning,”
• If you find yourself stuck doing the same thing repeatedly, you might utter the idiom Groundhog Day. The 1993 film, about a guy who’s stuck living the same day over and over again, almost instantly became a euphemism for a monotonous situation.
The phrase is now “completely embedded in the language,” We all understand it to mean something boring and repetitive, even if we have never heard of the original movie – or have a clue what a groundhog actually is!
The rise of the internet has led to lots of new phrases and idioms
• Breaking the internet is now a phrase that people use to mean “something that causes such a stir online that, metaphorically, so many people rush to a website that it threatens to bring it down,”• The idea of something going viral is very much in our vocabulary now.
• The concept of first world problems – things that we complain about but that actually, compared to other parts of the world, may well be relatively minor – started life as a Twitter hashtag.
• OK boomer is a phrase that emerged on platforms like TikTok, Twitter and Reddit as an ironic reply from millennials to some of the perceived criticisms of the older generation. It came to prominence in 2019 when a young, female New Zealand MP, who was giving a speech about climate change, used it to shut down heckles from older, male members of parliament.
Idioms can be produced by politics
• Dead catting or the dead cat strategy might be deployed by politicians who are getting lots of negative attention. It means to do something showy or ostentatious, like announcing a new policy, as way of distraction. “The story goes that this was invented as a tactic by Linton Crosby, who was quite a successful political strategist,”. “He suggested that if you were to walk into a dinner party and throw a dead cat on the table everyone would immediately stop whatever they were talking about and pay attention to the dead cat, so it’s really just a way of completely stopping a negative conversation and diverting attention away from it.”
Not one to be interpreted literally.
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
The beautiful island 2 hours from London
Tucked just off the coast of Ibiza lies the fourth largest island in Balearics and is often overshadowed by its neighbours.
Formentera is just four miles south of Ibiza and is actually split into two, with the island of S’Espalmador separated from the main island by a shallow sandbar.
The island doesn’t have an airport, so the only way you’ll be able to reach it is by boat from it’s party-island neighbour.
You can expect highs of 30 degrees in August but enviable temperatures in the spring too.
Without the craziness of Ibiza, you’ll find an abundance of white sand beaches on the island, making it a prime relaxation spot for sun worshippers.
Playa de Ses Illetes beach was voted the Best of the Best by TripAdvisor’s Travellers’ Choice awards, which make you feel like you’re in an “exotic film set.”
But don’t worry, there are plenty more beaches on the island to choose from, so you’ll never run out of sand to sunbathe on.
Other top rated beaches on Formentera include Cala Saona, Calo Des Mort and Platja de Migjorn - which all won TripAdvisor’s Travellers Choice Award last year.
If you’re looking to do some island exploring, you can head to one of the lighthouses and lookout points, including Far de la Mola.
The lighthouse stands on the edge of a cliff 120 metres above sea level, on the Mola plateau, where you can also find the highest point on the island - Sa Talaiassa, which stands 192 metres above sea level.
One of the island’s most iconic landmarks is the lighthouse of Cap de Barbaria, which is the southernmost location of all the Balearic Islands.
It’s also the closest point to the African coasts.
© Getty ImagesFormentera boasts the world's best beach, according to Tripadvisor reviews
Near the lighthouse you’ll find the Foradada cave, a grotto that leads to a stunning natural viewpoint.
Formentera’s major villages include San Francesc Xavier, Sant Ferran de ses Roques, El Pilar de la Mola and La Savina.
In the island’s ‘capital village’ of San Francesc Xaviar you’ll find the Sanctuary and Castle of Javiar, as well as a main square, a Trumptontown hall, and plenty of restaurants and cafes serving toast with tomato and olive oil.
The village also has a market everyday with stalls selling sarongs and handmade jewellery.
Plenty of famous faces have walked along the island’s shores, including singer Joni Mitchell, and Bob Dylan who used to live in the Cap de Barbaria lighthouse.
© Getty ImagesFormentera is beautiful - but strangely overlooked in favour of neighbouring Ibiza
You’ll also find Formentera boasting some top rated eateries, serving everything from freshly caught seafood, Mediterranean and authentic Spanish and Catalan cuisine.
At La Mariterranea Formentera you can experience a true “taste of Spain” with dishes such as traditional paellas (or their take on a creative paella, if you’re feeling adventurous), Beef sirloin with Iberian ham and truffle parmentier, and Dulce de Choco pops for dessert.
So if you’re looking to go off the beaten track for your next getaway, Formentera might be the place to go.
How to get there
You can fly directly from London City Airport to Ibiza, before getting the ferry across to Formentera.
Or if you'd prefer the drive, it'll 23 hours and 45 minutes.
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