Saturday, 31 July 2010

The Bible Tells Me So

Performed By Don Cornell How does he know) Oh, how do I know (How does he know) Oh, how do I know (This is how he knows) Have faith, hope and charity That's the way to live successfully How do I know, the Bible tells me so (The Bible tells him) Do good to your enemies And the Blessed Lord you'll...

Strength From Adversity

Author Unknown A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared, he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it...

Who Am I?

Author Unknown Your best friend or greatest enemy, I am your greatest companion. I am your greatest helper or your heaviest burden. I will push you onwards or drag you down to failure. I am completely at your command. Half the things you do, you might as well turn over to me and I'll do them quickly...

Friday, 30 July 2010

I Am Thankful

Author Unknown For the wife who says it's hot dogs tonight, because she is home with me, not with someone else. For the husband who is on the sofa being a couch potato, because he is home with me, and not out at the bars. For the teenager who is complaining about doing dishes, because that means...

Woman Was Taken Out Of Man

Author Unknown Woman was taken out of man; not out of his head to top him, nor out of his feet to be trampled underfoot; but out of his side to be equal to him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be lov...

Thursday, 29 July 2010

Are You With Someone Else's Man?

5 Indicators He's Not Yours By Pandora Poikilos You met him at a cafe or even at your regular Starbucks. With his rugged features, casual appearance and amazing conversational skills, you're head over heels. There's no wedding ring, so you have it in your head that he's not taken. Or is he? Here's...

Wednesday, 28 July 2010

Don't Quit

Author Unknown When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest, if you must, but don't you quit. Life is queer...

Tuesday, 27 July 2010

If I Had My Life To Live Over

By Erma Bombeck If I Had My Life To Live Over I would have talked less and listened more. I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained and the sofa faded. I would have eaten the popcorn in the "good" living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted...

Monday, 26 July 2010

Pina Colada

By The Bashful Bartender, 500 Ways To Mix Drinks *this is a non-alcoholic beverage Method to savour - Put into chilled electric blender container. - 3/4 cup pineapple juice - 2 1/4 fresh ripe pineapple pieces - 3 tablespoons grenadine - Cover; blend on high speed adding 3 ince cubes one at a time....

Sunday, 25 July 2010

'Rape' Capital Of The World

By Ann Mawathe, BBC News, Goma "The rebel leader asked me two things: 'Do you want us to be your husbands? Or do you want us to rape you?'" Congolese mother-of-eight Clementine speaks in a quiet and hesitant voice: "I chose to be raped." She explains: "I told myself, if I tell them that I want...

Saturday, 24 July 2010

Value Every Minute

Author Unknown To realize the value of one year: Ask a student who has failed a final exam. To realize the value of one month: Ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby. To realize the value of one week: Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper. To realize the value of one hour: Ask the lovers...

Friday, 23 July 2010

Thursday, 22 July 2010

Fix You

Performed By Coldplay When you try your best, but you don't succeed When you get what you want, but not what you need When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep Stuck in reverse And the tears come streaming down your face When you lose something you can't replace When you love someone, but it goes...

Tuesday, 20 July 2010

Maple Gingerbread

What you’ll need 3/4 cup maple flavored syrup 1/4 cup dark molasses 1 cup sour cream 1 egg, well beaten 2 1/3 cups sifted flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 1/2 teaspoon ginger 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 melted butter or shortening Method to savour - Combine maple flavored syrup, molasses, sour cream and...

Monday, 19 July 2010

Friday, 16 July 2010

May You Always Feel Loved

By Sandra Sturtz Hauss May you find serenity and tranquility in a world You may not always understand. May the pain you have known and conflict you have experienced Give you the strength to walk through life Facing each new situation with courage and optimism. Always know that there are those...

Thursday, 15 July 2010

Giving

“i’ll you give this, if you give me that.” - often used in a hostile, blackmail situation. - actually means, if you give me what I want, you’re weak and I know I can keep coming back to you for more. When someone tells you this, don’t give in. In the long run, you’re better of. Think David Letterman...

Tuesday, 13 July 2010

Faith In Your Dream

It's the faith in your dream that gives it a start. - Helen B Johnson tweetmeme_url = 'http://peacefrompieces.blogspot.com/2010/07/faith-in-your-dream.html '...

Secret Sorrows

Believe me, every man has his secret sorrow, which the world knows not; and often time we call a man cold, when he is only sad. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow tweetmeme_url = 'http://peacefrompieces.blogspot.com/2010/07/secret-sorrows.html '...

He That Laughs At Me

The humor goes around, and he that laughs at me today will have somebody laugh to laugh at him tomorrow. – Seneca tweetmeme_url = 'http://peacefrompieces.blogspot.com/2010/07/he-that-laughs-at-me.html '...

Problem Without A Gift

There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts. – Richard Bach tweetmeme_url = 'http://peacefrompieces.blogspot.com/2010/07/problem-without-gift.html '...

Enemy To None

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. -Benjamin Franklin tweetmeme_url = 'http://peacefrompieces.blogspot.com/2010/07/enemy-to-none.html '...

Castles With Foundations

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them. - Thoreau tweetmeme_url = 'http://peacefrompieces.blogspot.com/2010/07/castles-with-foundations.html '...

Repeating A Story

Remember, before you repeat a story, ask yourself - is it true? Is it fair? Is it necessary? If not, do not repeat it. Keep quiet. Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Shallow minds discuss people. Which are you? - Ann Land...

Love & Skill

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. - Ruskin tweetmeme_url = 'http://peacefrompieces.blogspot.com/2010/07/love-skill.html '...

Everything That Counts

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein tweetmeme_url = 'http://peacefrompieces.blogspot.com/2010/07/everything-that-counts.html '...

Spreading Light

There are two ways of spreading light. To be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. - Edith Wharton tweetmeme_url = 'http://peacefrompieces.blogspot.com/2010/07/spreading-light.html '...

Someone Who Accepts Us

We wait all these years to find someone who accepts us as we are, someone with a wizard’s power to melt stone to sunlight, who can bring us happiness in spite of trials, who can face our dragons in the night, who can transform us into the soul we choose to be. Just yesterday, I found that magical Someone...

Misery

Misery loves company.- Old Proverb tweetmeme_url = 'http://peacefrompieces.blogspot.com/2010/07/misery.html '...

Desperation

Tempt not a desperate man. - William Shakespeare tweetmeme_url = 'http://peacefrompieces.blogspot.com/2010/07/desperation.html '...

Where You Are Going

It’s not where you’re from; it’s where you are going. It’s not what you drive; it’s what drives you. It’s not what’s on you; it’s what’s in you. It’s not what you think; it’s what you know. – Gatorade commerc...

You're Having An Affair

"you're the one having the affair." - often used during a fight with your other half. * now, if you're not actually having an affair, consider this a very SUBTLE warning. - what this actually means is that your other half is the one having the affair. "He that doeth, smelleth firs...

Monday, 12 July 2010

Service Review - Hotel De La Ferns

Location Cameron Highlands, Malaysia Address 39, Jalan Besar, 39000 Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands Contact Telephone +605 4918888 Fax +605 4915198 Email enquiry@hoteldelaferns.com.my (Hotel info sourced from http://www.hoteldelaferns.com.my) Named after the luxuriant fern that...

Sunday, 11 July 2010

The Ball's In Your Court

5 Ways to Recover From World Cup Fever By Pandora Poikilos One month, once every four years, the words - goal, score, penalty, yellow card and red card carry more weight than usual. Homes are invaded, bosses relax a little and the world in general has a definite news headline, the World Cup. South...

Saturday, 10 July 2010

Scars & Stories

I love this goal because one automatically knows that if there is no story worth telling, there isn’t going to be a scar worth showing.Over the years, I’ve had an amazing number of scars. Physically and emotionally. Very few have cut very deep and even fewer I’ve filed away as regrets.What I also know...

Friday, 9 July 2010

Enriching

It’s easy to do in the sense you have to identify the necessities you can carry in a bag. What gets hard, sometimes, is when things don’t go as you planned and you could end up without food and shelter for at least a day. You are bound to meet loads of people this way. Nice ones, amazing ones, some...

Thursday, 8 July 2010

Awakening

I have been betrayed like never before. It’s taken me slightly more than a year to slowly start putting back the pieces, the consequences of this betrayal and (without giving up hope) I really want to be able to move on.See more progress on: Have a totally different life by this time next y...

Wednesday, 7 July 2010

Hot Chocolate

By The Bashful Bartender, 500 Ways To Mix Drinks *this is a non-alcoholic beverage What you’ll need 2 1/2 cups milk, scalded 2 oz unsweetened chocolate 1/4 sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Dash salt Method to savour - Rinse the container of an electric blender with hot water. - Put into container...

Tuesday, 6 July 2010

Monday, 5 July 2010

Bloody Mary

By The Bashful Bartender, 500 Ways To Mix Drinks *this is an alcoholic beverage What you’ll need 6 jiggers tomato juice 3 jiggers vodka 1 pony lemon juice 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1 pinch salt 2 dashes Angostura bitters 4 ice cubes Method to savour - Blend for 10 seconds, strain into highball...

Saturday, 3 July 2010

Lost In Translation

(Sourced from Reader’s Digest, January 2009) A mobster discovers that his deaf accountant has cheated him out of ten million bucks. He confronts him, bringing along an interpreter. “Ask him where the money is,” the mobster says. The interpreter does so, and the accountant signs back, “What are...

Friday, 2 July 2010

Right Now

Author Unknown Right Now ... somebody is very proud of you. somebody is thinking of you. somebody is caring about you. somebody misses you. somebody wants to talk to you. somebody wants to be with you. somebody hopes you aren't in trouble. somebody is thankful for the support you have provided....

Thursday, 1 July 2010

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Books Sold - 6 Nov 2011 to 31 May 2012

Some of you have asked me for my total number of books sold to evaluate KDP Select so here it is. Bear in mind, that results will vary based on genre and author. Good luck and remember, Keep Moving Forward.

Total - 120,836

1. Excuse Me, My Brains Have Stepped Out
Amazon Kindle - 42,559
Paperback -
Smashwords -

2. Frequent Traveller
Amazon Kindle - 35277
Paperback -
Smashwords -

3. Dora's Essentials - Books, Blogs & Smiles 1
Amazon Kindle - 462
Smashwords -

4. Mirror Me Martha (Short Story)
Amazon Kindle - 281
Smashwords -

5. Drive On Hope (Short Story)
Amazon Kindle - 190
Smashwords -

6. Blog-A-Licious Directory 2012
Amazon Kindle - 1
Smashwords -

7. Pandora's Reading Room 1
Amazon Kindle -
Paperback - N/A

8. The Cat That Barked (Short Story)
Amazon Kindle -

9. Dora's Essentials - Examining Anxiety
Amazon Kindle -

10. Dora's Essentials - Books, Blogs & Smiles 2
Amazon Kindle -

11. Elevenses from Around the World
Amazon Kindle -

12. Genetically Modified Foods vs. Sustainability
Amazon Kindle -

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Pretty All True

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My Awards - September 2010

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