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A few friends have asked me what is the reason for celebrating Easter as they are more familiar with the more commercialized aspects of Easter such as the Easter Egg, Easter Bunny and so on. Although, I'm not a full-fledged, baptized Christian, please allow me to offer an explanation.
Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ while Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The whole six weeks leading up to Easter is known as Lent.
Lent
Lent lasts for about 6 weeks or 46 days and usually starts in February or March. It begins with
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It has been said that home-made, DIY gifts are the best as it comes from the heart. Ok. The cynics among us would probably roll their eyes and say “CORNY”. The word 'cheapskate' will probably be used too.
Of course, knowing the perfect gift to buy someone is a talent that very few have. I suck at this. I usually end up buying something totally inappropriate and unwanted. The stick it in the drawer type of present and not take out unless you want something to kill that pesky cockroach. Which is why, when I want to buy a gift, I usually drag my family along. Or my friends.
I also have extremely bad taste so something 
may look good to me but my siblings usually have that “What is wrong with you” look on their face when I suggest it. Something along the line of “I can't believe I'm related to her” kind of thing.
My sister is great at buying gifts. She buys the most wonderful gifts for us. Especially clothes. Most of my apparel choices are based on her advice and are gifts from her. Even my brother has the knack for buying great gifts.
Another great gift to give are home-made gifts. Writing poems, painting a picture, creating a handicraft, those are gifts that would surely be treasured. One of the best gifts we ever got, was this
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The title of my blog is Ame's Ramblings so if you came to this blog hoping for some serious intelligent discourse on the world or politics, you will be sorely disappointed. Nothing newsworthy or illuminating will I proffer. No life altering tips or anything to make this world a better place.
In this blog, I can only offer my opinions on anything and everything under the sun. Books. Movies. Films. Songs. Celebrities. Food. Events in my life, that others will probably roll their eyes and look down their noses at for its total insignificance. But then since my life is totally boring, devoid of exciting happenings and I'm certainly not on any change the world missions, I just have to report on the mundane regular happenings in my life. That's the purpose of a blog right? Something that might be totally insignificant to others but means something to me. Yeah.. I keep telling myself that..
So that is what I offer. My ramblings on entertainment, books and my opinion on everything even if my opinion might make some people clutch their heart with shock. Whether the ramblings on entertainment will be entertaining, I'm afraid I can't promise.
Rambling on and on is part of my nature. I just love to talk and talk and talk. When I talk in public however, people can just punch me in my face to shut me up or worse, stop listening and walk away. So in this blog, I can talk without worry of repercussions. There probably still won't be anyone to listen to (or read) my ramblings but then at least I won't have to worry about anyone causing me physical harm just to shut me up.
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The Tale of Why I changed my Blog Address from My Life Sucks to Ame's Ramblings
I've gotten a lot of flak from everyone around me for using the title "My Life Sucks" for my blog.
My Mom gave me a long lecture, with a lot of head shaking and "I'm disappointed" in you look (that Mothers are gifted with when they bear children), for using the word "sucks" in my blog. "Improper", was the word she used.
My brother rolled his eyes and said "what kind of name is "my life sucks", couldn't you think of something better?". He was probably hoping for something like "I love my brother".blogspot.com.
My sister said "Your Blog Title is My Life Sucks. Seriously? Seriously" with her eyes way up to the heavens.
My colleagues were ready to flatten me out with a rolling pin for daring to say that my life sucks when THEY can see how lucky I am to have such an awesome family and cool friends.
So in the face of all that opposition, what can a girl like me do but cave in and agree to change my blog address. Yeah. All those confident people out there, would have probably loved me to stand my ground but I'm weak.. Weak.. I tell you.. All I wanted to do was wipe that "I'm disappointed in you" look my mom had every single time she accidentally stumbled onto my blog.
Then I was stumped. What name do I put that best describes me? Somehow, I think "Shrek", "Beast" or "big butt" would have caused more head shaking and "tsk"ing.
Then I realized that the thing I love most to do in the world, other than listening to music and reading (and falling in love with most of the heroic hunks in my story books. That my friends, is a tale for another blog post), is to ramble on and on. Yeah.. I just love to write.. Nonsense mostly.. But in writing, I can ramble on and on, with no one to stop me.. In person, it could be a whole lot of different.. If I talk too much, people can just whack me on the head with a newspaper to shut me up.. But they can't do that in my blog.. That is, I don't think so.. They can't do it, can they?
Anyway... Who cares.. I am going to ramble on.. Ramble on and on.. Ame's Ramblings.. Will anyone be there to read it? Hmmmm I wonder....
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I was infected with the blog bug and thanks to the encouragement and urging from my colleagues decided to get into the blogging thing. I am no poet or writer but I do hope you enjoy my mindless nonsense ramblings on life in general. My life that sucks.
You know what sucks more? I could not even use the name 'mylifesucks' for my blog. Someone else had already used it. I guess a lot of people's lives do suck. Not only mine. I wonder who was the first person, who got to use the name? Buddy, I can understand...
