Chain Dance in Europe

A Circle Dance or "Horo" is a dance that has originated in the Balkans or part of the South Eastern Europe. The Balkan countries are:

1. Albania
2. Bosnia
3. Bulgaria
4. Croatia
5. Greece
6. Macedonia
7. Montenegro
8. Romania
9. Turkey

The celebration is performed in different social events such as weddings, birthdays and important Holidays. Horo or Hora/Ora is performed without a partner, anybody can join the chain by holding on the last person's hand immediately following the movement of the steps while the group moves in circles. For example, in Greece the dance step is a little bit complicated as it includes squatting in crossed legs with a dozen of different steps, moving inside the circle and going back in position and a few 360 degree turns (including a few breaking of plates). In some countries like Serbia, the steps can be learned in less than 10 minutes, even a complete stranger or foreigner can join any moment as the steps are simple. The only difference in a Serbian Circle dance is that the music will go faster when each round is completed, while the music accelerates the steps and the group should dance faster and should cope up with the rhythm without a mistake. The fun starts when the dancers can't catch up and just give up, leaving the best dancer with the highest stamina feel like a winner.

This traditional dance brings relaxation, joy and unity of families and friends. Here is an example video of the colorful and envious tradition they have in many years. Dancers in this video are not professionals and just normal European citizens.

                                                                                       

Blood Type Compatibility is Relationship Compatibility

What's your sign? Capricorn? Sagittarius? Pieces? This is the most common question when us women check our dates for future investigation with regards to our compatibility issues. When it comes to personality it is very important to know that we will get along very well with our prospective partner as we all want to spend together forever with our special someone. The big news is, Zodiac sign has become less popular in Asia, as the new basis of dating and choosing ones partner is now through their blood type! Sounds weird? Well, you are not alone if you're answer is yes. Aside from the fact that it gets the romance out of popping that question during a romantic candle light dinner, the truth is most guys don't even remember what is their blood type or much worse had never done a blood test in their life before. Umnn.. the awkward scenario would be bringing him in the hospital for your second date to go under the needle and wait for results or giving him a blood test kit as your getting to know each other present. 

So where did this new trend I am talking about came from? It was originated in Japan and mostly a lot of Asians are into it now. I, personally have never known of this thing myself until my one and only sister told me about it, she had a failed relationship before and out of curiosity she checked their compatibility on the said Japanese chart and found out that A and B seemed to be the worst pair of blood to match together. I am super extra compatible with my fiance and both of us are A+. I do not believe this thing that much but I do believe that blood type may affect your babies health when the parents blood are incompatible when mixed in together. I remember my niece getting some nasty rashes on her head for about 2 months after she was born and we have to buy a special milk that has a little iron in it to avoid making it worse. 

According to testcountry.org if a woman who is Rh negative and a man who is Rh positive conceive a baby, there is a considerable potential for hemolytic disorders to arise as the baby developing inside the Rh-negative mother’s body may have Rh-positive blood, inherited from the father. This is termed as Rh Incompatibility.

Read more: http://www.testcountry.org/pre-martial-blood-typing.htm#ixzz2IdFCbV9F

Here's a guide for Blood Type Personality Compatibility 

Cool Kitchen Cheat Sheet

I found this very helpful kitchen cheat sheet and thought of sharing to everybody. I think this doesn't apply only to mothers but also to everybody who likes to stack foods and loves to cook but is always wondering and googling all the time when they need to know something about the metric conversion and cooking times for specific foods like vegetables and meat.

This sheet also shows the proper way on how to stack foods to keep it fresh, how to identify parts of the meat and even freezer storage times for fish, meats or vegetable with exact food temperature for each and tips on what shouldn't be stored in your fridge. A cool idea is to print this sheet and if you know a little basics in Photoshop you can change the color and add some funky arts before putting on a frame and hanging on your kitchen wall.

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Sky Walking in Russia

A new trend of photography called Sky walking in Russia is gaining popularity around the world as these young daredevil photographers cheats death by taking photos with an aim to create a beautiful bird's eye-view capture of the city or any interesting landscape particularly showing off that they we're also in this fad.

Imagine yourself standing on the highest infrastructure such as the tip of the tower of an old rusty abandoned radio station or balancing on to the edge of the tallest infrastructure or beams while holding your camera without any safety equipment attached to your body.

The result might give them the thrill and success of achieving their goals but it is quite alarming for the younger generation because of the danger that is attached to it. One of the few photographers are Alexander Remnov and Vitaly Raskalov so far they are the most reckless among the group and the most famous when it comes to Sky walking.

Here are some of the breath taking and amazing photographs:

For more photos visit their website:
      http://500px.com/Alexander_Remnev, http://raskalov-vit.livejournal.com/

Amazing Street Arts

When you think of art, immediately you think of a painting or a sculpture. Nowadays, to become a great artist such as Michael Angelo, Rembrandt, Donatello or Monet you need to have enough money to afford to attend the best university in town or buy expensive canvas and painting materials. Unfortunately there are some people with great talents but could not afford this extravagant way on being recognized as an artist. But nothing is going to stop these fresh artists, to get attention they expressed their love of art through graffiti and other creative and innovative contemporary arts and the best place for that is simply on the streets and of course through busy establishments wherein the public can't help but notice it with amazement.  

The likes of Marc Jenkins, Banksy and Edgar Mueller are the best when it comes to street arts. These three artists got famous when they decided to make their way on the streets, painting unbelievable 3d arts and creating controversial figures which can be seen around the world. A truly inspirational talent for the new generation.

“A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.” - ― Salvador Dalí

Best Quotes to Live By

Socrates 

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

Audrey Hepburn

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only the words of kindness;  and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Buddha

I do not believe in  fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

Pedro Calderon de la Barca

When love is not madness, it is not love.

Albert Einstein

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

Amelia Earhart

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.

Clint Eastwood

If you think it's going to rain, it will.

John F. Kennedy

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
in the End , we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

George Bernard Shaw
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than life spent doing nothing

Lao Tzu
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes  Don't resist them- that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

George Jean Nathan
A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and enkindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy.

Mother Theresa 
Intense love does not measure; it just gives.

Toba Beta
You could pretend at anytime, but please not when laughing.

C.S. Lewis
We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.

Dalai Lama
We all have to live together, so we might as well live together happily.
The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.

Winston Churchill
A Pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Confucius
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Helen Rowland
When a man makes a woman his wife, it's the highest compliment he can pay her, and it's usually the last

Eva Herzigova
Because beauty isn't enough, there must be something more.

Catherine Deneuve
A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man.

Robert Frost
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on.

Why the world won't end on Dec. 21?

The End of the World hoax has always been a big hit for promoting movies, selling books and the best way to draw people's attention especially when the media feeds more information adding false theories and then people just simply buy it.

In schools a lot of students asks their teachers if its real that the world is going to end on Dec. 21. In the Church, the priests and pastors tries to remind its people to not lose their faith because only God knows when the world will end. While in the cyber world, friends chat over the internet and made a hot topic and discussion whether to believe it or not.

So, why the world will not end on Dec. 21 anyway? and how does the doomsayers predict the world will end? Is it through solar flares? will asteroids fall from the sky? or Planet Nibiru will smash our beloved earth? The answer is none of the above! Because there is not enough evidence with all these ridiculous prophecy.

The Mayans did not even say that the world will end on Dec. 21. The truth is Dec. 21 according to the Mayan Calendar is just another "Winter Solstice" or the end of the 5,200-cycle "Long Count" Calendar.

The NASA including other scientist and experts from around the world just ignore these false claims. But as this big date draws near they decided to release a video they created entitled "Why the world didn't end yesterday?" that is supposed to be released with the news items on Dec. 22.

NASA is very convinced that if ever any Solar Flares will shower the earth they would have already seen it coming, even Planet Nibiru was considered a myth since it has not been proven until now. The NASA has been monitoring the earth movement and activities for more than 5 decades now. So nothing to worry about.