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A Thank You Note To An American Bookstore: Borders

Hanifa K. Cook — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:04:11 +0000

For the past 9 years, a book I bought at Borders Bookstore titled, New Cook Book, fed me no knowledge or experience. This year, it is finally sinking in. Borders, you have made my life sweeter and my entire family thank you for bringing this book to us.

When The Pain Finally Ceases To Tease

Hanifa K. Cook — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:34:07 +0000

When his pain is about to cease There is apprehension, always nervous Need to hold on Readiness to let go From where he arrives There shall he returns The pain now slowly passing Every muscle ~ collapses Around him, there are other kinds of pain Borne out of love, Deep within their hearts they weave [...]

Koreans also celebrate Lunar New Year. 새해 복 많이 받으세요!

Hanifa K. Cook — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:46:11 +0000

Yes indeed. Koreans also celebrate Lunar New Year. 새해 복 많이 받으세요!!! or sae hae bok manee badusaeyo! It is not just a calendar year for Chinese people only. For Koreans all over the world, this festival was celebrated on the same day this year on 14th February. So what are the traditional practice and [...]

Top Favourites For Children’s Day On Childhoodspeech

Hanifa K. Cook — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:07 +0000

Childhoodspeech, Success With Languages, celebrate Children’s Day 2009 on 1 October 2009 along with you. Here are 6 top favourites stories, events, pictures and videos of 2009. These are selected based on the simplicity of its message: that there can only be one phase in life that will influence the rest of our lives…our childhood. [...]

Grand Prix Champ Fernando Alonso Cleared

Hanifa K. Cook — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:37:10 +0000

Upon hearing news about the alleged race fixing of the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, I changed my mind to support the F1 champion Fernando Alonso. Being a goodwill ambassador of UNICEF makes a lot difference for childhoodspeech.com as we have always placed the banner on our widget to show our support for all things good [...]

Drawing Day 2009: 1 Million In One Day

Hanifa K. Cook — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:42:57 +0000

Do you love to draw? Do you enjoy drawing? Do you feel that you have a lot to say but which you would rather give in the form of a drawing? Would you draw on the plane? Could you try to draw with a pencil? Would you rather work with paints? Would you could you, [...]

World Voice Day 2009

Hanifa K. Cook — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:49:10 +0000

I want to talk about our special gift, the voice because today, April 16 is World Voice Day. Celine Dion has a voice doctor; David Beckham’s legs have his legs insured. Other people who do not own their bodies have vested interests in protecting and maintaining THEIR physical health conditions for professional reasons. Professional singers, [...]

BlogAction Day 2008 Poverty: Legatum Prosperity Index 2008

Hanifa K. Cook — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:32:26 +0000

October 15, 2008, 12 thousand bloggers banded together to discuss a single issue, Poverty. Here is the same post published on this site to keep the action going. Here is a confusing question? Would you call a country poor by the dictum or maxim that it is not prosperous? There are a few indices used [...]