Monday, June 22, 2009

Songs for Wedding Dance

The unity of two persons in love can be called as the “Dance of Life”. Making it work means dancing together with the rhythm that they agreed together.

The wedding dance is one of the most awaited parts in wedding ceremonies. So if you’re thinking of the great wedding song dance that you can play, here are the 50 timeless songs that will definitely make your wedding truly unforgettable.

1. Fallen - Lauren Wood
2. This Never Happened Before - Paul McCartney
3. Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
4. Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John
5. Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley or UB40
6. Don't Know Much - Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville
7. All My life - Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville
8. In My Life - Patti Austin
9. Endless Love - Diana Ross & Lionel Richie or Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey
10. Everything I Do, I Do For You - Bryan Adams
11. From This Moment - Shania Twain and Brian White
12. Groovy Kind Of Love - Neil Diamond or Phil Collins
13. How Do I Live - Leanne Rimes
14. I Just CAn't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson
15. I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith
16. Forever- Kenny Loggins
17. I Knew I Loved You - Savage Garden
18. I Love You - Celine Dion
19. I Swear - Dominic Kerwin
20. Grow Old With You - Adam Sandler
21. I've Finally Found Someone - Bryan Adams & Barbara Streisand
22. I've Had The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
23. More Than Words - Westlife
24. She Wears My Ring - Sean Fagan & Pacific Showband
25. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
26. The First TIme I Loved Forever
27. A Very Special Love - Maureen McGvovern
28. You Changed My Life in A Moment - Janet
29. Tonight I Celebrate My Love - Peobo Bryson and Roberta Flack
30. True - Spandau Ballet
31. Truly - Lionel Richie
32. Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers
33. Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
34. Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
35. We've Only Just Begun - Carpenters
36. With You I'm Born Again - Billy Preston and Syreeta
37. The Love you Found in Me - Jim Brickman
38. Forevermore - Paul Bennet
39. Sway - Michael Buble
40. All Out of Love - Air Supply
41. Every Woman in the World - Air Supply
42. Especially For You - Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan
43. Now and Forever - Riachard Marx
44. We've Got Tonight - Ronan Keating & Jeanette
45. You and Me - Lifehouse
46. For the First Time - Keeny Loggins
47. Never My Love -Kathy Troccoli
48. Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Jefferson Starship
49. Wonderful Tonight - Eric Claptop
50. Brown Eyes - Destiny's Child

Monday, June 15, 2009

Random Facts about June Wedding

June is known as the month of wedding. Hence, many women desires to be a June bride or have their wedding happen on any day of June. However, did you know that this tradition originated by the Romans? Here are some random facts and famous myths.

  • Romans traditions and rituals. They chose the month of June because it is the time when they commemorate the Roman’s goddess of marriage, Juno. Remember, we are using the Roman calendar and Juno means June.
  • On conceiving a child. People believe that June is a good time to conceive a child as it provides the woman plenty of time to rest and be able to help out during the harvest season.
  • Superstition - June is the month of wedding and January is the month of filing a divorce.
  • Myth - June weddings and bridal bouquets started because people only took a bath once a year in May. And they believe that they still can still carry the smell in the month of June.

In modern age, where people are more media savvy, picking any month of the year to get married is simple. Today, most couples chose to pick the date of their wedding that has significance in their lives.

Monday, June 8, 2009

Activities on Father's Day

So you want to make Father’s Day memorable for your husband or dad! Then, here’s an exciting list of activities that you can do to make your celebration extra ordinary and fun for everyone. Just don’t forget to set up your cameras to make sure that every moment is captured.

1. Appreciating your Dad. You can prepare a board wherein the picture of your dad is placed on top. Depending on the number of family members, each member should think of one adjective that would best describe him. You can either create a circle or squares on where to write the adjective.

2. Dad Knows Best. Create a trivia contest where members of the family will guest if the question about your dad is true or false. You can make your dad the judge.

3. Dad's Fave Pics. After dinner, you may want to create family collage that you can hang on your house’s wall. Prepare some pictures and other needed materials and let your dad pick the photos that will be used.

4. Dad’s Treasure. Prepare a treasure hunt that will best involve your dad’s likes and dislikes. The treasure will be about finding your dad’s location.

5. Dad’s Bring Me. The game master can connive with the father to provide a list of things that he may want to have during this game.

There are still lots of ways to make sure that this day is extra special for dads. Whatever your ways of doing it, always remember that your goal is to make it memorable and make your him feel that he is appreciated and loved.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Call your “Father” in 130 Languages

Below are the ways to call our “father” in various languages.

Afrikaans : vader
Albanian : baba ; atë
Apalai (Amazon) : papa
Arabic : babba ; yebba ; abbi (classical)
Aragones : pai
Asturian : pá
Aymara : awki
Azeri (Latin Script) : ata
Bangla : Baba ; Abba
Basque : aita
Bergamasco : pàder
Bolognese : pèder
Bosnian : otac
Brazilian Portuguese : pai
Bresciano : bubà ; pàder
Breton : tad
Calabrese : patre ; patri ; pa ; papà ; papallu ; patra
Caló : batú ; bato ; batico ; dadá
Catalan : pare
Catanese : pattri ; opà
Chechen (Caucasus) : daa
Chechen : da
Cree (Canada) : -papa
Croatian : otac
Czech : táta, otec
Dakota (USA) : ate
Dutch : vader ; papa ; pappie
Dzoratâi : pére
East African : baba
English : father ; dad ; daddy ; pop ; poppa ; papa
Esperanto : patro
Estonian : isa
Faeroese : faðir
Filipino : tatay, itay, tay ; ama
Finnish : isä
Flemish : vader
French : papa
Frisian : heit
Galician : pai
German : banketi, Papi
Griko Salentino : ciúri
Guaran : túva ; ru
Hebrew : abba(h)
Hindi : Papa ; Pita-ji
Hungarian : apa
Hungarian : apa ; apu ; papa ; édesapa
Icelandic : pabbi ; faðir
Indonesian : bapa ; ayah ; pak
Irish : athair ; daidí
Italian : babbo
Japanese : otosan, papa
Judeo-Spanish : padre ; baba ; babu
Kikuyu : baba
Kiswahili : Baba
Kobon (New Guinea) : bap
Kurdish Kurmanji : bav
Ladin : pere
Latin : pater ; papa ; atta
Latvian : tevs
Leonese : pai
Ligurian : paire
Limburgian : vader ; vajer ; pap
Lingala : tata
Lithuanian : tevas ; pradininkas ; protevis
Lombardo Occidentale : bubà
Lunfardo : viejo
Luo (Kenya) : baba
Maasai : papa ; paapa ; olaiiu
Malagasy : ray
Malay : bapa
Maltese : missier
Mandarin : bà ; bàba (informal)
Mandarin Chinese : baba
Mantuan : upà ; papà ; babbo
Maori : haakoro ; kohake
Mapunzugun : chaw ; chao
Modern Greek : babbas
Moravian : tata
Mudnés : pèder
Nadsat : Pee
Nahuatl (Mexico) : ta’
Napulitano : pate
Nepali : buwa
Norwegian : pappa ; far
Occitan : paire
Parmigiano : päder
Persian/Farsi : pedar, pitar ; simply Baabaa
Piemontese : pare
Pipil (El Salvador) : tatah
Polish : tata ; ojciec
Portuguese : pai
Quechua (Ecuador) : tayta
Quechua : tata ; churiyaqe
Rapanui : koro ; matu’a ; matu’a tane
Reggiano : peder
Romagnolo : bà
Romani : dad
Romanian : tata
Romanian : tata ; parinte ; taica
Romansh : bab
Russian : papa
Saami : áhcci
Samoan : tama
Sango : baba
Sanskrit : tàtah ; janak
Sardinian (Limba Sarda Unificada) : babu
Sardinian Campidanesu : babbu
Sardinian Logudoresu : babbu
Shona : baba
Sicilian : patri
Slovak : otec
Slovenian : ôèe
Spanish : papá ; viejo ; tata
Swahili : baba ; mzazi
Swedish : pappa
Swiss German : Vatter
Tagalog : tatay ; ama
Triestino : pare
Turkish : baba
Turkmen : däde ; kaka
Urdu : Abbu ; Abbu-ji ; Abbu-jan ; bap
Valencian : pare
Venetian : pare ; popà ; 'opà ; pupà ; papà
Viestano : attèn'
Wallon : pére
Welsh : tad
Xhosa (South Africa) : -tata
Yiddish : tatti ; tay ; foter ; tateh
Zeneize : poæ

No matter what you call your father, it’s still how you pronounce it that matters most. So starting today, make sure that you’re calling them using any of these terms with full of love and appreciation.

Source: netglimse.com

Monday, May 25, 2009

Keep the Memories Alive

In our digital age, there are many ways to keep our memories with the family intact. Now, we don’t have to keep the memories in our mind. We can now relieve every moment at anytime we want with the help of the technology.

Here are some of the gadgets that you can do to preserve those priceless moments.

1. Camera. In every occasion, make sure that you have your trusted and reliable camera to catch the moment.
2. Videos. Always make the video recorder ready. I consider the videos more vibrant than pictures.
3. Cellular phones. Cellular phones with built in cameras are also one of the famous gadgets that you can use to capture candid moments in an ordinary day.
After you’ve captured the moments, keeping and preserving the memories is the next most important thing to do. Here are some of the ways that you can do to keep them.

1. Backup. After capturing picture using the camera or cell phone, make sure that you have uploaded the copies to your local hard disks or web-based photo bank. Having print outs of the digital image is the most convenient and reliable way to back your files.
2. Create a DVD movie. You can create a customize movie of your videos. This can be very exciting as it can unleash your creativity. Create multiple copies.
And after you’ve done these all, make sure that you share it with your family. Remember that "memories are nothing but a thing of the past if it’s unshared with the people you love".

Monday, May 18, 2009

Types of Family Activities

Any activity in the family that you can do together can promote and encourage unity, learning and appreciation to every member. Thus, no matter what you’re doing if it benefits everyone including the community is something that you should do all the time.

To make your weekend extra special, you must prepare an activity that will surely interest everyone. Remember that you should not overdo things to make sure that your kids will not get bored. There should always be fun and surprises and that can be achieved if you make variations on your activities. Here are the types of family activities that you can toggle every week.

1. Family Unity. These activities can be not so physical. You can play quizzes and trivial games about the family and your heritage
2. Learning. The activities may also include household chores competition and the likes.
3. Cultural. The activities that you may do includes history related activities and travel to historical places, etc.
4. Nature. This can involve gardening activities, snow sculptures and activities under the rain or under the sun.
5. Physical. This may include sports fest, exercises or outdoor activities that involves physical strength.

In any activity, make sure that you and your kids will have something to learn and cherish.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Definition: Deal, Coupon, Discount, Promo

In these trying times, every penny is important so we make sure that it is well spent. And because of this, most of us take advantage of the many promotions as well as deals and coupons and discounts being offered by many shops. All these terms, when heard will surely delight us and give smile on our face. But did you know that even though they entice us with the very same proposals, they also differ in meaning?

Let's digest the meaning of promotions, coupons, discounts and deals from the online dictionaries.

Promotions – this term is commonly known as “promo”. As a general term, promotion is about all the ways available to make a product and/or service known to and purchased by potential clients or customers.

Coupon – (1) is a detachable printed statement on a bond, specifying the interest due at a given time. Each coupon on a bond is presented for payment at the proper time. (2) A part of a printed advertisement as for use in ordering goods, samples, or literature

Deal - to have to do with; to buy or sell

Discount - A reduction from the full or standard amount of a price or debt. The act or an instance of discounting a bill of exchange, note, or other commercial paper.

Let's not be mistaken with the many terms used by establishments to attract customers. Make sure that you know what you're getting into. =)

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