chariskaps

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Is your Life A Soap Opera?

minnie_98214 @minnie_98214 (10557) • United States 31 Jul 08

A friends discussion made me start this one. I am a soap fan I watch Days, All My Children and GH. We were talking about how sily they are but yet I must see them everyday. They all have the same kinda predictable stuuf in them. i...

pregnant woman

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chariskaps This is not directly responding to your question but it is sort of related! I remember an interesting discussion with an American (I am British) friend about the huge differences between the most popular American and British programs and how this reflected...

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How many times you check your luggage?

snakequeen @snakequeen (1299) • India 1 Aug 08

It is common for people, while in travel, train or bus, to check their belongings quite often. It is of course a good security measure. But in the process, many times people fail to enjoy the travel, the main purpose, keeping the...

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chariskaps I think that unless you watch the luggage constantly, then watching it at all is a waste of time! On a 5 hour train ride, you may check your luggage every 20 minutes for ten seconds a time, so during the whole journey you have actually only kept an eye on your...

1 Aug 08

Making love last

chariskaps @chariskaps (9) 1 Aug 08

In the first 6 months to a year of a new relationship, the bond is encouraged and strengthened by the chemical oxytocin. When this chemical ceases to be produced, most affections weaken enough for the relationship to end. What...

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Making friends

chariskaps @chariskaps (9) 1 Aug 08

Is it ever really possible to make friends in adulthood with whom you can be as close and caring as with those you made as a child or during your teenage years. Are friendships bonded in times of mutual hormonal stress always...

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The herd instinct, does it debase us all?

chariskaps @chariskaps (9) 1 Aug 08

Individuality, independence, standing up for what you believe in...these are all characteristics that are wholly embraced in modern society. However, when placed under pressure, the very vast majority of us will revert to our...

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Get active, get happy?

chariskaps @chariskaps (9) 1 Aug 08

There seems to me to be two kinds of people in this world. Those 'go-getters'...self-motivated, self-confident and self-sustainable, then there are the rest of us. Is it a question of structure? I know personally I need structure...

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Intergration into a new culture, is it really possible?

chariskaps @chariskaps (9) 1 Aug 08

From the very first groups of people placed into new countries and cultures, communities of ex-patriates have banded together and have attempted to re-create the look, ethos and lifestyle they experienced at home. Only with the...

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Moving to a new country, positive step forward or bound to be reversed?

chariskaps @chariskaps (9) 1 Aug 08

Do we ever really become familiar with our new surroundings or will we always yearn for home? I have recently emigrated from England to Germany and find that the shops/bars/clubs and outdoor areas that I favour are in fact the...

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