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Sleepover Snacks

Sleepover Snacks

Having a sleepover? Great! But the girls are starving and you don’t know what to serve. Here are a few rocking bedtime snacks that are simple to make and are delicious too!
Waffle Buffet

Feeling hungry and have lots of friends sleeping over? Here is a fun way to get all of them involved in preparing their [...]

Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet

Have you ever wanted to travel somewhere in the world, say, Australia or Canada but are low on funds? Well, here’s the answer for you! The Lonely Planet Publications or LP for short, claims itself to be the largest independently-owned travel guidebook publisher in the world! Being the most popular series of travel books among [...]

Chinese Art

Chinese Art

Have you ever noticed ancient art and the intricacy of each piece? If you look closely at a piece, it is as if the soul of the artist is poured onto the canvas itself. How much time was spent on one piece? Was it hours or days on end? That is the beauty of ancient [...]

Future In your Hand

Future In your Hand

Hands, legs, head. Palmistry! I bet many of you love future telling, right? Well, here are a few fun and simple ways to see what type of person you are. The lines on your hand have a lot to say! Hold it up and take a look to see what they have to tell you! 
 

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The Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival

On the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar, the moon is full and it is time for the Chinese people to mark their Moon Festival, or the Mid-Autumn Festival. The round shape of the full moon symbolizes family reunion. Therefore, this day is a holiday for family members to get together [...]

Qing Ming Festival and Cold Food Festival

Qing Ming Festival and Cold Food Festival

The Qingming Festival, or Ching Ming festival, when literally translated, means Clear and Bright Festival. This day is a traditional Chinese festival that occurs on the 104th day after the winter solstice, usually around April 5 of the Chinese calendar. This day is also known by a number of other names in English, such as [...]

Chinese Cuisine

Chinese Cuisine

The Chinese have many histories about their religion, clothing and other aspects of their culture. However, maybe one of the best ones, is the ability to deliver the richest and most diverse cuisines. The Chinese cuisine originated from many different regions of China, and now, has become widespread, from East Asia to Western Europe.
A typical [...]

Qi Xi Jie

Qi Xi Jie

Qi Xi, the Night of the Sevens, is also called the Chinese Valentines Day or Magpie Day. This day falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month according to the Chinese calender. Young girls demonstrate their domestic arts, on this day, and make wishes for a good husband. However, behind this day, it [...]

Chinese Mythical Animals

Chinese Mythical Animals

Most of us are familiar with the two most popular mythical animals in Chinese culture, the Phoenix and the Dragon.
But do you know, there are many more than that? For starters, there’s the Jing Wei; the mythical bird that tried to fill up the ocean with twigs and pebbles, the Nine Headed bird; mainly used [...]

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Do any of you, girls especially, often question whether or not you should try and change something about your appearance? Maybe your hair color or go for plastic surgery to get rid of that crooked nose? Most people, not only females, do. People suffering from BDD, or Body Dysmorphic Disorder though, who are considered of [...]