Dance: Kizomba Dance Craze

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Abortion: One Woman's Story

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by Heather Corinna

When I was 16, due to a very irresponsible pairing of an impetuous one-night stand and a few days of partying, I woke up one morning to discover I had mononucleosis and walking pneumonia. As if that wasn't enough, my period was late.

I was on the pill at the time, but it was the only time I hadn't used a condom with the pills, and I'd recently been on antibiotics and not known they could reduce the effectiveness of the pill. I'd laid in bed for days, sick with fever, but mostly with worry. My parents had been young when my mother had gotten pregnant, and when I'd started to become sexually active, I'd sworn constantly to myself any child I had in my lifetime would not be an "accident."

Top Five Underwater Hotels

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by Martin Ilagan

Hydropolis

One of the underwater hotels currently under construction is the Crescent Hydropolis of Dubai. Dubai has become notorious in recent years for its fabulously modern architecture. It seems the wildest architectural dreams become reality here. The Hydropolis furthers this notion. At a cost of some $550 million, the luxury resort is being built on the Persian Gulf floor – 66 feet below the surface. When completed, the project will cover 27 acres and compose of an above ground “land station” connected by a 1700 foot transparent train tunnel to the undersea hotel which resembles the shape of a jellyfish. The 220 suites will be bubble-shaped, with clear glass comprising both the sleeping area walls and the bathtubs. I suppose modesty must be checked at the front desk also. Anxious sea-dwellers will have to wait until 2009 before making a reservation. You may even want to have a look at some existing Dubai hotels before diving into the ocean for Hydropolis.

Blogger Yirong: I Chose my Own Happiness

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by Yirong

2010. Can’t believe we are already into the New Year. Time really flies after I started working, especially fast when I am busy with my work at the same time still trying to update my blog as regularly as possible.

2009 was the year that made me matured. I officially became an adult, long after I turned 21; because finally, I stopped relying on my parents financially and started spending ONLY my very own hard-earned money. There were no longer teachers, professors or teammates there to guide me along the way and I had to learn to find my own way. That was when I started realizing that in life, you really choose how you want to live, not others.