13th of April At this very moment‚ all the provinces around the country are ready to celebrate the Songkran festival. The Songkran Festival [sǒŋ.krāːn]‚ is celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year’s Day from 13 to 15 April. Origin: (Songkran has traditionally been celebrated as the New Year for many centuries‚ and is believed to have been adapted from the Sankranti Hindu festival. It is now observed nationwide‚ even in the far south. However‚ the most famous Songkran celebrations are
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12/29/13 New Year’s Resolutions Why is it so hard to keep a New Year’s resolution? Do we make unrealistic goals for ourselves? Or do we make our resolutions right before the clock strikes 12 without really thinking them through? Even know I haven’t been very good at keeping my resolutions for the New Year in the past‚ I am firm about keeping and following through with my promises therefore three resolutions that I am determined to follow through on are to getting my license‚ exercising daily
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10 New Year Resolutions for High School Students The New Year is a great time to reflect on the changes we want to or need to make. If you’re a student looking at ways to improve yourself and make the transition to college easier‚ International College Counselors offers a few more resolutions you might want to add to your list. 1. Stop procrastinating. How often have you underestimated how much time it will take to get something done? Then‚ how sad are you when you don’t have the time to do your
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New Years Resolution As the sun was slipping below the distant horizon‚ I awoke a few hours before the calendar would change to 2008. The cool‚ crisp evening air was going to be a welcome change from the unbearable heat that bore down on us during the day. I didn’t really have the time to dwell on that I had gotten up late. Now my meal was going to be a dry muffin and some water that felt close to boiling in its bottle. Shoving the food down as I walked over to a dusty shipping container
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New Year’s Day ------------------------------------------------- Every country has New Year’s Day. Most countries celebrate New Year on the first of January‚ the same as Thailand and Australia. However‚ in Thailand they are celebrated New Year by themselves because they have a second New Year called Song Kran Day or Thai New Year’s Day. This essay will look at the similarities and differences between Thai and Australia New Year. ------------------------------------------------- There are similarities
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In English‚ we were giving the assignment to record our 2018 New Year’s Resolutions. In receiving the assignment‚ it peak my curiosity on the coming about of these goals. Even though we think about New Year’s Resolutions being a current object of our modern society‚ the origin of these resolutions can be dated back to the time Babylonians. Although it started as a tradition as a way for the Babylonians to pay off their debts and return borrowed objects to the God’s‚ each goal has its own meaning
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I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately and decided to compile all my realizations into a list to remind myself of these things every day. They’re pretty much the mantras I use to help me cope with daily life. Just thought they might help someone else out too 1- IMPENDING DEATH: Think about the imminence of death. Nothing really matters. Time is the most precious commodity. Focus on the most important things. 2-PERSPECTIVE: Think about how lucky you are to be in this instance of the universe
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Christmas is an important Christian festival. It is celebrated all over the world. It falls on 25th December every year. December 25 is the birthday of Jesus Christ.. Fairs are held and shops set up on this occasion. Before it comes‚ people decorate their houses‚ shops‚ establishments‚ churches etc. People in their best clothes attend the special services in Churches. They make Christmas cakes. It is a festival of feasting‚ rejoicing and giving and receiving gifts. The festivity begins on the
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love affairs‚ New Year’s‚ anniversaries and many more can be made more memorable with the help obtained in making beautiful gifts from these websites. One of the popular events is the New Year and Christmas celebrations. If you are planning for New Year 2013 celebration‚ you can couple it up with Christmas party and prepare it all together. New Year can be turned sweet with New Year cards. A wide range of New Year cards can be seen in the market a month or prior to the New Year. All types of cards
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over‚ new challenges‚ new experiences‚ and new opportunities brought excitement to my life. I love starting a new year. I have plans‚ goals and dreams I’d like to accomplish‚ big challenges ahead of me. Looking back over the past year‚ I realize there are some goals and dreams I’d like to do differently. Starting over were a challenge for me to start a new year at school: new books‚ new textbooks‚ sometimes new teachers and new subjects. And then there were all the New Year’s resolutions: this
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