Debby Holt lives with her husband in Bath. She started writing short stories when her five children were small. She wrote her first novel, The Ex-Wife’s Survival Guide in 2006. Since then, she has written three more: Annie May’s Black Book, The Trouble with Marriage and Love Affairs for Grown-Ups. Having been a spectacularly useless teacher in the past, she is fully aware of how lucky she is to be doing something she loves.

Friend lies and alibis by: Debby Holt

This is the first novel that I've read it's all about the three childhood friends,
 named Merrily,Alison and Leah.The synopsis says: "Fifteen years ago, Merrily disappeared from the lives of her two best friends, Alison and Leah. Now she's back, with a husband who is sapping the life from her. Christopher is a bully who's convinced he's God's gift to everyone, especially his wife. He is also unfaithful, a fact which Leah wished she had never discovered. Should Merrily's friends stand by and watch their old friend sink ever further into drab submissiveness? Alison, happily married to Felix, thinks they should do something. Leah, divorced with two young children, is less convinced. Nevertheless, she joins Alison in a plan to liberate Merrily. As the campaign unfolds, it has dramatic repercussions on the lives of all three friends, and produces consequences that they could never have imagine."
This novel is fantastic, makes me interested  and enjoyed from start to finished,although there's a lot of character's,  so sometimes it's  confusing. But over-all , this novel has a great content, and funny like it is wise

The death penalty is the ultimate denial of human rights. It is cold-blooded killing of a human being by the state in the name of justice. It violates the right to life as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, whatever form it takes -electrocution, hanging, gassing, and beheading, stoning, shooting or lethal injection. It was practiced by other countries. I’m so grateful because it was not implemented in our country which is the Philippines.

In my own opinion I’m disagree with this punishment, because I believed that God  is the one who gave us life, So he’s only  has the  right to get it.

Do you believe in true love?  All of us dream about it, wants to have it, and most of all wants to feel it….Right…?!!! True love is faithful, pure, trustworthy, and responsible. True love will be created by two partners who make a commitment and keep that commitment. Bu if one partner does not keep their commitment, then it is simply not true love. It is also a true definition of a perfect romance. But it’s not easy to find.

I have here the 12 signs of true love in relationship; it was constructed by Elizabeth Arthur. Its help you to reflect-if you are really in love of a particular person you want.

1. Give and take in love. You give to the relationship wholeheartedly, without any desire or expectations of getting something back in return from your partner to justify your actions.

2. Pure happiness. Just watching this special person smile or laugh out loud fills you with intense happiness, even if you’re suffering or having a hard day.

3. Pain and anger. You get terribly hurt when your lover upsets you, but their actions never anger you. You may get annoyed or frustrated now and then momentarily, but you just can’t stay mad at them for long because staying mad or giving them the silent treatment hurts you more.

4. Sacrifices. You make sacrifices for their happiness or well being, even if they may never realize it.

5. The right effort. You go to great lengths and make an effort to improve the relationship, and play a conscious part in trying to please your partner and make them feel loved and special.

6. You can’t ever hurt them. When you’re truly in love with someone, you can’t even imagine hurting them, emotionally or physically. Payback is a strong human instinct, but true love makes you completely selfless. [Read: 15 subtle and yet shocking signs of a controlling partner]

7 .You keep your promises. When you make a promise to them, you stick to your word even if this person will never find out if you broke their promise. When you experience true love, your moral conscience becomes very strong when it comes to this one special person.

8. We, in a perfect relationship, it’s good to have your own space to grow as individuals. But at the same time, if you truly love your partner, you’d see them as a part of your life. When you think of your future, you can’t help but see them by your side.

9 .You share their burden. And you do that even if you don’t really have to. You can’t bear to see this special someone suffering. If they’re dealing with some issue, you’re always willing to offer them a helping hand even when you have your own difficulties to look into.

10 Pride and jealousy. You beam with pride when they achieve something, even if it’s the same thing you failed at. You may get jealous of a friend who outdid you, but when you love someone, jealousy never enters the picture.

11. Suffering. You’d be willing to suffer, just to see them happy.

12. Their perspective. Everything you do, you keep your lover in mind and think from their perspective, be it about planning a surprise party or hanging out with your own friends after work. You don’t ever want to hurt your lover, so you always think from their point of view before making any decision that involves them in any way.

 Now did you see these 12 signs of true love in your own relationship?

An essay outline is your road map. When you create an outline, you organize your thoughts about your topic.First, write your topic then list all the ideas/information that you've gathered. Finally, list the facts, examples and statistics that support that ideas/information that you've gathered. First you need to develop a Thesis Statement; it should be inform the reader what point you will be making or what question you will be answering about the topic. In other words, it is a prelude to your conclusion. A thesis statement should be as specific as possible and address one main idea. Strong theses also take a stand or illustrate the controversial nature of a topic. Second Introduce Your Topic The first paragraph of your essay will introduce your topic and provide direction for the entire essay. The introduction should discuss your main idea, or what the essay is about, and then state your thesis and points or arguments that support your thesis. The third one, Write the Body of the Essay It should be provides details for the points in your introductory paragraph that support your thesis. Take the points you listed in your introduction and discuss each in one body paragraph. First, write a topic sentence that summarizes your point then explain why you feel the topic sentence is true. Finally, support your argument with evidence such as facts, quotes, examples and statistics. And in the last part you need to Present Your Conclusion It summarizes the essay and gives the reader closure. In three or four concise sentences, you should reiterate your thesis and review the main points of the body of the essay. Just be sure not to restate your previous words exactly. You can even briefly describe your opinion of the topic. Your final sentence should uphold your main idea in a clear and compelling manner. That's the process to come up with a good essay.

Politics in the Philippines has been under the control of a few notable families. It is normal for a politician's son, wife, brother, or other to run for the same or other government office.  The term coined by Filipinos to describe this practice is "Political dynasty", it is prohibited according to Constitution (Article 2, Section 26) provides that: “The State shall guarantee equal access to public service and prohibit political dynasty as may be defined by law.” Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago introduced Senate Bill No. 2649, to pass a law to prohibiting political dynasties. Actually in my own opinion, there’s no wrong with political dynasty especially to those politicians who are qualified, however it is being abused by those who are hungry in power yet without capacity. And I believed that, political dynasty is the root problem of all the corruption in the Philippine government. Political dynasty has its advantages and disadvantages. One of the advantages is that, If the members of the family running for the position in government, she/he have enough background on politics and well-versed in governance. But the disadvantage of having this system is the tendency of harboring power. We familiarize with the quotation stated that, “Whatever the tree, so is the fruit.” So if corruption finds its way in the family, it is not impossible in the next generation who will inherit the power. So as a registered voter, all I have to do is to vote wisely, vote only for those who deserve my vote.

Friendship is a greatest gift  of God; it is a relationship between two people who really care about each other.  Many things are needed to make friendship a real one, including trustworthiness, support, honesty, and loyalty. It is realizing that someone else wants the best for you, and you want the same for them. It is being together without needing to pretend, that you can protect each other, fight but come together again and there will be always happiness around when your friend is next to you, and it is sharing your dreams, hopes, and secrets together. Without friendship, it’s hard to maintain happiness. Because we can’t live meaningfully without our friends, like in a saying that “No man is an island “it means that we can’t live without others. It is very important in our lives. Friend is person that feels like family, although were not connected by blood but were connected by feelings. We can choose our friends but we can’t choose our family, that’s why there’s a times that, even a friend can be closer to you than somebody from your family.A friend can provide a lot of support and comfort in good times and bad times.  They are the one who make us happy, knows everything about us, always there for us, and the one who we trusted and tell all our secrets and know that she will never tell to everyone. Loves our friends like how we love ourselves. 

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Czarina Marie Balba  aka DJ Cha Cha  is the most popular disc jockeys in Manila, she’s handling radio programs that offer advice for radio listeners who call in sharing more often than not their failed or ailing love stories. In most cases, topics include sexual. The 12th gawad tanglaw awards,awarded   Miss Czarina Marie Balba as  Best Fm DJ. As one  of her  fans  I'm so proud of her, I know that she  deserve it.Because she’s a good adviser.