<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374196178059291481</id><updated>2011-04-21T20:28:10.834-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sands</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1374196178059291481/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Veronica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03010422244178233475</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374196178059291481.post-5244972076049222129</id><published>2008-09-27T19:32:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-27T19:34:23.588-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tips on How to Choose Cashmere from REAL SIMPLE</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/package/0,21861,1814393-1573758,00.html"&gt;http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/package/0,21861,1814393-1573758,00.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1374196178059291481-5244972076049222129?l=flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com/feeds/5244972076049222129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1374196178059291481&amp;postID=5244972076049222129' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1374196178059291481/posts/default/5244972076049222129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1374196178059291481/posts/default/5244972076049222129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com/2008/09/tips-on-how-to-choose-cashmere-from.html' title='Tips on How to Choose Cashmere from REAL SIMPLE'/><author><name>Veronica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03010422244178233475</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374196178059291481.post-3600414650746533113</id><published>2008-08-17T09:37:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-17T09:51:23.666-04:00</updated><title type='text'>For Arts</title><content type='html'>WebSites for Arts: &lt;div&gt;            &lt;a href="http://sothebys.com/"&gt;Sothebys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;            &lt;a href="http://christies.com/"&gt;Christies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;            &lt;a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/default.aspx"&gt;The British Museum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;    &lt;a href="http://www.newdesigners.com/page.cfm/Link=1/t=m"&gt;New Designers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;            &lt;a href="http://www.moma.org/"&gt;MoMA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;            &lt;a href="http://www.bonhams.com/"&gt;Bonhams&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;            &lt;a href="http://www3.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?lang=nl"&gt;Van Gogh Museum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;            &lt;a href="http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/home/index.html#"&gt;Fogg Museum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1374196178059291481-3600414650746533113?l=flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com/feeds/3600414650746533113/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1374196178059291481&amp;postID=3600414650746533113' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1374196178059291481/posts/default/3600414650746533113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1374196178059291481/posts/default/3600414650746533113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com/2008/08/for-arts.html' title='For Arts'/><author><name>Veronica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03010422244178233475</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374196178059291481.post-4558698905991439168</id><published>2008-08-14T11:51:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-17T09:52:05.097-04:00</updated><title type='text'>5 Good Tips from Real Simple</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;1. Good Drinks for Summer:&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/package/0,21861,1184176-1652635,00.html?xid=weeklynews"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "&gt;http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/package/0,21861,1184176-1652635,00.html?xid=weeklynews&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;2. Tips for How to Spend Less:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://simplystated.realsimple.com/life/2008/08/twelve-tips-for.html?xid=weeklynews"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://simplystated.realsimple.com/life/2008/08/twelve-tips-for.html?xid=weeklynews"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;http://simplystated.realsimple.com/life/2008/08/twelve-tips-for.html?xid=weeklynews&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;3. Save Dry-Cleaning Bills: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/content/0,21770,1816529,00.html"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/content/0,21770,1816529,00.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;4. Manage Your Anger:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/gallery/0,21863,1779636,00.html"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/gallery/0,21863,1779636,00.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;5. The Best Dr.-Recommended Websites:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;             &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: none; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/content/0,21770,1727093,00.html" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/content/0,21770,1727093,00.html"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;http://www.realsimple.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;realsimple/content/0,21770,1727093,00.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1374196178059291481-4558698905991439168?l=flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com/feeds/4558698905991439168/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1374196178059291481&amp;postID=4558698905991439168' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1374196178059291481/posts/default/4558698905991439168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1374196178059291481/posts/default/4558698905991439168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com/2008/08/5-good-tips-from-real-simple.html' title='5 Good Tips from Real Simple'/><author><name>Veronica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03010422244178233475</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374196178059291481.post-7642163056751605593</id><published>2008-08-06T12:31:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-06T12:33:25.129-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Video Search, Not Simple</title><content type='html'>USAToday's article on Video Search Engines:&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2008-07-29-video-search_N.htm"&gt;http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2008-07-29-video-search_N.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1374196178059291481-7642163056751605593?l=flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com/feeds/7642163056751605593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1374196178059291481&amp;postID=7642163056751605593' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1374196178059291481/posts/default/7642163056751605593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1374196178059291481/posts/default/7642163056751605593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com/2008/08/video-search-not-simple.html' title='Video Search, Not Simple'/><author><name>Veronica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03010422244178233475</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374196178059291481.post-421443683448085679</id><published>2008-08-06T12:06:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-06T12:26:31.002-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Water on Mars</title><content type='html'>New Discovers shows that water on Mars, which is not surprising but extremely important as it may help scientists exam the forming of life.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/news/mars-20070315.html"&gt;http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/news/mars-20070315.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080620-ice-mars-photo.html"&gt;http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080620-ice-mars-photo.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; "&gt;I always believe that we, humans, were not born on earth but born from other planets and immigrated to earth after some kind of catastrophes happened on the original planet. I believe so because I find we are too different from other living beings on earth. While all other living beings fit the earth environment perfectly well and are able to survive without any or few tools, humans is the only being that have relay on artificial products to be able to survive and compete with other species on earth. And our survive does not make harmony with other beings and earth but in the contrary gradually destroying the environment. Isn't this very strange and "unearth"!? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nonetheless, I am so glad that the scientists have found water on Mars as this may be the first step for us to understand why the ancient Egyptians believed that stars are not far away but very close to them. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1374196178059291481-421443683448085679?l=flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com/feeds/421443683448085679/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1374196178059291481&amp;postID=421443683448085679' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1374196178059291481/posts/default/421443683448085679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1374196178059291481/posts/default/421443683448085679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com/2008/08/water-on-mars.html' title='Water on Mars'/><author><name>Veronica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03010422244178233475</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374196178059291481.post-8439042407771665132</id><published>2008-08-03T09:03:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-17T11:46:49.912-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Beautiful Rings</title><content type='html'>Beautiful rings and designs from &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); 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  "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Simple tips from REAL SIMPLE:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);   "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://simplystated.realsimple.com/technology/2008/07/simple-tricks-t.html?xid=weeklynews"&gt;http://simplystated.realsimple.com/technology/2008/07/simple-tricks-t.html?xid=weeklynews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1374196178059291481-3306896308200093479?l=flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com/feeds/3306896308200093479/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1374196178059291481&amp;postID=3306896308200093479' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1374196178059291481/posts/default/3306896308200093479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1374196178059291481/posts/default/3306896308200093479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com/2008/07/save-on-cell-phone-bills.html' title='Save on cell phone bills'/><author><name>Veronica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03010422244178233475</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374196178059291481.post-7044467987299404920</id><published>2008-07-13T23:20:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-13T23:43:15.642-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Untitled (My Thoughts)</title><content type='html'>0. Time is defined by movement.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Brighter the sunshine, darker the shades.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Art to heart is as a key to a lock: it opens the right one.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. Look at the horizon: it is not the end of earth, but it is the beginning of a new journey -- A journey that lies in front for discovery and explore what it is beyond the horizon.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4. Colors are seen only in light. This is a fact. Whit varied hues and values, color make a picture alive. If life is a picture, emotions are the colors.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5. Mind draws on body as a pencil sketches on paper.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6. Anger is a mask that covers emotions that one has difficulties to face to and rather escape from.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7. Tears wash the heart as rain falls onto the scorched earth.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8. Forgiveness comes from understanding.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9. When one closes a door to others, one closes that door to oneself at the same time.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10. There are always reasons behind the unreasonable. Moreover, there are often more reasons behind the unreasonable then the reasons that behind the reasonable. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;11. Chaos are what is unknown to people while cosmos are what is known. Because that are more unknowns than known to humans in the universe, it appears to people that "Chaos Rule Cosmos;" however, since everything including chaos can be analyses &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;mathematically&lt;/span&gt;, chaos follows the rules of cosmos.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;12. The law of the universe is mathematic. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;13. Human can never understand everything in the universe or even everything on earth as even between "1" and "2," there are infinite numbers in between, and thus humans' powerlessness created the idea of "GOD." "But what is 'God'?" people often ask, and I have asked the same questions as well. For me, right now, "God" means "life," in which life is above the meaning of "being simply alive."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;14. Freedom is enabled by boundaries.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;15. Beauty is the celebration of God.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;16. People are more interested in "what" then "why."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1374196178059291481-7044467987299404920?l=flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com/feeds/7044467987299404920/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1374196178059291481&amp;postID=7044467987299404920' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1374196178059291481/posts/default/7044467987299404920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1374196178059291481/posts/default/7044467987299404920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com/2008/07/untitled-my-thoughts.html' title='Untitled (My Thoughts)'/><author><name>Veronica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03010422244178233475</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374196178059291481.post-8121658934423663389</id><published>2008-07-13T22:59:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-14T12:18:26.471-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Unhappy Child</title><content type='html'>1. A person is not able to feel anger when he or she is absolutely powerless.&lt;div&gt;2. A child's rudeness reveals the anxiety in his or her family.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3. To stop a child's behavior of whining, parents often try to ignore the whining; however, this can not stop the whining inside the child's heart even when the behavior appears to have been stopped. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;      Whining is a natural behavior of children signaling extreme discomfort and asking for help. Ignoring a child's whining cannot help stop the child's whining but trigger the child growing up into an angry or anxious teenager, often overweight if otherwise normal as he or her longing for comfort. When a child whines, parents need to calmly and patiently communicate with the child, ask him or her to verbally describe his or her feelings and the reasons of whining, express understanding towards the child's feeling, calmly explain the parents' limitation if the parent cannot meet the child's desires or needs, and explains that whining is not an appreciated behavior -- tell the child that in general articulating one's needs is more effective than whining for it is a clearer and more respectful way of communication.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1374196178059291481-8121658934423663389?l=flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com/feeds/8121658934423663389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1374196178059291481&amp;postID=8121658934423663389' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1374196178059291481/posts/default/8121658934423663389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1374196178059291481/posts/default/8121658934423663389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com/2008/07/unhappy-child.html' title='Unhappy Child'/><author><name>Veronica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03010422244178233475</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1374196178059291481.post-6827725949694306283</id><published>2008-07-03T08:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-03T09:02:22.856-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Heart-Beat</title><content type='html'>She thought that she felt sad, and she wanted to cry. But it was not easy. There were something there blocked her heart and boxed it away--away from the rest of her being, away in a dark, alienated place that is so foreign and out of reach. Yet, she seemed so sure that her heart was there, somewhere, inside her body, and it beat, beat, beat...... against the box, and it squeezed, with each beat, and it bled. "I can feel this," she says, " from time to time...... the pain." &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;        She tried to remember these feelings as they made her feel alive. But her memory seemed to be immune from feelings--it purged them out, so quickly and fast, like a rush, and it's gone, as if nothing had never been there. And the memory then became foggy like awakening from a dream.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;        Upon the fist appearance of another human being, the fog of memory faded away, and a city in the sunlight stuffed with faceless beings dashing like bees merged. And she seemed to joining them without any hesitation or fear, stepping out one feet and the other and repeated the cycle erasing herself into the crowd. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1374196178059291481-6827725949694306283?l=flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com/feeds/6827725949694306283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1374196178059291481&amp;postID=6827725949694306283' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1374196178059291481/posts/default/6827725949694306283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1374196178059291481/posts/default/6827725949694306283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flowers-and-sands.blogspot.com/2008/07/heart-beat.html' title='Heart-Beat'/><author><name>Veronica</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03010422244178233475</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
