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Guitarist Yuta Tanaka New Album!

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Wrote description of my new album. if you think about purchasing of this album , please check it out ! 新しいアルバムの解説を書いてみました。購入を考えている方には是非見て頂きたいです。日本語は英語の下にあります。 1.Piece Of Heartache 2.Strawberry Moon 3.Song For Camphor Tree 4.If The Time Still Goes Around 5.Even If It’s No Sun To Set 6.Senja Di Melaka 7.Cold Limelight 8.City Lights Of August 9.Harbour Side Blues […]

via Description of “If the time still goes around” — Yuta Tanaka

I bought two of his albums and the music are fantastic! For me, the first album called From The Eternity, filled with playful, energetic, mysterious, calming and motivating elements. My favorite would be track number 2 and number 6. The rest are good too.

For the second album, The Love Comes From The Blues, still keeping up the same elements which for me is nice. I like the positivity and the energy in his songs. From this album, I like song number 1, number 4, number 10, number 11 and number 12.

Now with his third album, no doubt that I will be getting it soon. I’m pretty busy through the end of the month, so, I will be ‘hunting’ him next month. Haha.

If you are wondering how I knew about this talented musician, you can check my previous post here.

If you are in Malaysia and see him performing, give him a listen! You might fall in love with his music as much as I do!

 

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A Writer’s Problems

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Unsplash / Brad NeatheryStarting out as a freelance writer can be scary, confusing, and leave you feeling more than a little overwhelmed. There is so much information out there it’s hard to know where you fit into the bigger picture. There is good news though: you’re not the first freelance writer to ever have to…

via 7 Problems That Every Single Writer Faces Before Becoming Successful — Thought Catalog

If you have a passion for writing, I believe that you want to do something with it. You believe that you will be able to take your passion to a new level and share it with others. You believe in your written words and you believe that you will be able to do it. Unfortunately, you lost your path and motivation slowly. You don’t see results or achievements, slowly you stray away from your original path.

Do not give up! Read the article and may you find your strength and motivation to move forward. May you find the fire that will burn your passion for eternity.

This Lady Speaks Her Mind About Poetry Nowadays, I Agreed With Her

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Thought Catalog Is Lang Leav’s poetry bad or good? This is a question I’ve been asked numerous times by my peers and by strangers or readers of my own poetry. My aim is not really to defend or talk about Leav. I am mainly using her as an example and representative of pop poetry, because her name…

via There Is So Much Shade Going On In The Poetry Community And It Needs To Stop — Thought Catalog

My thoughts exactly! If you like what you read, that is enough. If you don’t like it, don’t force your opinion on others. Poetry is art and there will be opinion. Some might enjoy it, some might not. You can relate and perhaps I don’t.

25-year bond between man and fish in Chiba touches the world【Video】 — SoraNews24

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Hiroyuki Arakawa’s sea-dwelling friend of 25 years is like something out of a fairy tale. Although Hiroyuki Arakawa of Tateyama, Chiba has been diving for 61 years, it was about three decades ago that a fateful decision to build a Shinto shrine’s gate 17 meters beneath the ocean’s surface brought a truly unique friend into…

via 25-year bond between man and fish in Chiba touches the world【Video】 — SoraNews24

Touching and heartwarming story! The bond between human and fish. Isn’t it lovely?

Pulitzer Prize 2017 for Poetry goes to Olio by Tyehimba Jess

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For those who are not familiar Pulitzer Prize, it is an award for achievement in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature and musical composition in United States. It was established by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer.

The date for this year Pulitzer Prize was 10th April 2017 and the winner for poetry category is Olio by Tyehimba Jess.

If you want to read more about the award and more poems from Tyehimba Jess. You can read more here.

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Joining the 101st class of Pulitzer Prize winners is Tyehimba Jess with his book, Olio. In two books, Jess, a writer from Detroit, has married poetry with history and music, giving voice to the formative names in Blues and folk music. His work is expansive and formal, slangy and genre-bending, the sort of poetry you can share with poetry and non-poetry readers alike. Now that you’ve ordered your copy of Olio (you’ve done that, right?), you’ll want to nerd out on the best of Jess.
Via 7 Tyehimba Jess Poems To Read Once You’ve Finished His Pulitzer Prize-Winning Collection

Grammarly – Help or Hindrance?

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I’m using Grammarly too and yes… The ignore function is there for a reason! 😀

A Writer's Path

By Julianne Q. Johnson

Grammarly is a grammar checking program for writers. There are several forms of the program, but today I’m here to talk about the plug-in for Microsoft Office. This plug-in also works for Microsoft Word, you don’t have to actually own Office to use it.

If you want to check this plug-in out, you can find it here.

I tried a version of Grammarly many years ago and was not impressed with it. At that time, it cost money, and what the program did was not especially useful. It would point out many things that were not issues, and ignore actual issues.

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5 Tips to Make Toothbrushing Fun for the Family

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I never thought of brushing teeth could be an occasion to family bonding session.

Okay kids, instead of having breakfast together early in the morning. Let’s brush our teeth together while listening to some metal songs!

Great tips anyway! Totally worth sharing!

dr. mirissa d. price

Do you remember the ol’ tricks of putting water on the bristles and heading to school un-brushed?

I certainly do! And that’s why I shared this Huffington Post article and corresponding YouTube video to offer you and your family5 tips to make toothbrushing a fun and family affair!

CLICK HERE to head straight to the article

And be sure to share your tips about how you make toothbrushing a blast!

© 2017 Mirissa D. Price: A Dental Student, A Writer, A Journey to Share.

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via 4 Varieties of English You Have Never Realized Before!

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I had this one subject in college called Varieties In English. I fancy them all. Malaysian English can be pretty killer too…

A: Where got?
B: You just did it.
A: Where got? My English is standard English lah. If got, you speak Malaysian English also.
B: Stop you dimwit. Don’t gostan my words!

Walking With English

English as lingua franca has been spoken in many countries. Some countries consider English as a foreign language while the others may see it as the second language. Every country exactly has different accent and pronunciation whenever it deals with language.

Since it sounds different from the native English speakers, you may claim those people are wrong in pronouncing and speaking. However, it is not about mispronouncing; it is because of the varieties of English. You may have ever heard about Singaporean English, American English, British English, or Australian English.

Among the varieties mentioned above, have you ever thought the other varieties which are possible and valid in certain countries?

After reading this article, you may seek to learn one of those varieties and it can be fun and enjoyable, Let’s check it out!

1. Hong Kong English

Hong Kong English is spoken by 2.88M people in Hong Kong. It…

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