Xavier Bage

@franxav (14264)

India

Joined myLot 10 years ago

Social worker, physician, part-time teacher

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O Madam, please understand..

Xavier Bage @franxav (14264) • India 10 Sep

I'd have appealed the headmistress of the school to which many of my foster daughters go. But on second thought I decided it let it be as it is. Their dance teachers had organised a show in the city municipal hall. Many dance...

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Mehendi

Kusuma Dumpa @Kusumakrishna (586) 10 Sep

Me,an imperfectonist How is it guys? It is my cousin's hand.She had college event so asked me to draw a design.I have used all my creativity for this...

mehendi

family time

sisters arm

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Xavier Bage My foster daughters would love your designs. They would have requested you to draw your designs in their palms.

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Grapes

Always smiling @allknowing (153515) • India 31 Aug

The only time we get grapes here is around Christmas time They are imported from other States mostly from Nasik The black grapes are sweeter and ideal for making wine. We successfully made wine a few years ago Grape wine is...

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Xavier Bage Those grapes are a luxury in our area. We do buy them but when the prices are the lowest in their harvest season.

31 Aug

It's raining and this rain I was waiting for

Always smiling @allknowing (153515) • India 26 Aug

I had talked about the poor quality bleaching powder that did nothing to cleaning the concrete paths in the garden. I had complained to the mnaufacturers and he couriered the new stuff which I recieved. The newly received...

bleaching powder treatments

paths

rain

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Xavier Bage Rains are on the way out in Bengal but we never know . Suddenly, it may rain heavily. We get rain even in October some years.

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"When Life Tests You the Hardest, Will You Still Hold On?"

RUBESH @Manasha (2901) • Pondicherry, India 26 Aug

Life has been throwing challenges one after another. With a lot of commitments on my plate and no support from the one person I thought I could count on, it hasn’t been easy. The weight gets heavy, but giving up isn’t an option....

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Xavier Bage Have patience and hold on. Better days will come. Keep faith in God. Saying a prayer for you. If you can you also pray.

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Miracles Do Happen!

Xavier Bage @franxav (14264) • India 25 Aug

Today I am going to share two cases of miracles in our neighborhood in recent times. Uttam and Papiya were married for fifteen years but did not have a baby . A friend of ours advised them to go to a Catholic retreat centre...

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The good son always returns home!

Yuleima Gutierrez @YuleimaVzla (1879) • Maracaibo, Venezuela 24 Aug

As the saying goes: A good son always comes home and tells what's wrong with him. That's what happened to me this time, since I always get lost for periods and come back to the community. Really, with all the years I've been here,...

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Xavier Bage Saw you for the first time. Let's meet more often.

25 Aug

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First Filipino Tennis to win game

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52529) • Philippines 25 Aug

This is the player who played tennis with Rafael Nadal a decade ago, but it was like in a fan club. It was even on the news. But the woman lost in one of her matches to an elite champion. Now because of her strength, she lost by...

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Xavier Bage Let her continue with renewed vigor. Some say she will be a winner.

25 Aug

Cradle

Always smiling @allknowing (153515) • India 25 Aug

I do not know how today's babies are brought up but duirng our time we had a fmaily cradle where every kid that was born used it/ It lasted for many years and even my sister's kids got to use it I still remmeber when one of...

cradle

family cradle

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Xavier Bage What a lovely thing! In our time we had swing like cradle .

25 Aug

A mystery on my hands

Judy Evans @JudyEv (362849) • Rockingham, Australia 25 Aug

So I have a little mystery on my hands. The photo shows an ornament which is in my ‘ornament’ photo folder. However, it is different to the one that Vince took a photo of. I posted that one yesterday. The thing is that the...

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Xavier Bage Maybe it's stolen!

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What is your favourite season?

Xavier Bage @franxav (14264) • India 22 Aug

You may have heard someone say I love the summer season or I love the winter or the spring. I don't have any favourite. I love to see the dance of seasons. Yet, I must confess, I am a water person as I was born on a rainy day. A...

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A Man, Poor But Honest

jaishankar @Shivram59 (45586) • India 21 Aug

Today a old gentleman came to my store. I recalled I had seen him somewhere before. He gave me Rs 1200 ( around 14 dollars), and said he had borrowed some things from me about 7 months ago. Now he had come to repay the money....

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Xavier Bage Do we find such honesty in the younger generation?

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What makes the mosquito bite so itchy?

Xavier Bage @franxav (14264) • India 21 Aug

I couldn't see the villain, it was so tiny. But. I knew it was one of the million that are flying about ever ready to land on the skin of an earth dweller and feed on his blood. From the message I'm receiving from my foot I...

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August Rains are Naughty

Xavier Bage @franxav (14264) • India 19 Aug

August rains are tricky and naughty here in our part of the country. The day appears sunny and bright but It can suddenly begin to pour without warning. We have to be extra alert when we hang our washed linens on the terrace for...

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Xavier Bage I'm fine and myloting.

19 Aug

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August Rains are Naughty

Xavier Bage @franxav (14264) • India 19 Aug

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Ikebana

Always smiling @allknowing (153515) • India 19 Aug

Ikebana is a Japanese form of flower arrangement that has more than just beauty It is sbased on Zen pilosophy and what is used are flowers and other natural materials Everything that is used has a balance and a meaning...

ikebana

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Xavier Bage Every arrangement has a name. That's fantastic!

19 Aug

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At school, how did you ask to go to the toilet?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (362849) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Aug

I don’t know what made me think of it but what was the acceptable of asking to go to the toilet when you were at school? We would wave our hand in the air and say ‘may I be excused’ or sometimes ‘may I leave the room’? There was...

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Xavier Bage In our schools children say it rather crudely, "May I go to the toilet ma'am?"

19 Aug

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So now you know some essential Greek.

Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (14336) • Ireland 19 Aug

I never really grew up, as some here have concluded. I still giggle when people break wind in public and I smirk if anyone refers to the French towns of Brest or Condom, or to the Italian town of Bra. So bite me - I’m Fiacre....

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Xavier Bage Can't help smiling. We have some local ones. You know India is a subcontinent with thousands of languages and dialects. You can offend someone with an innocent polite word here.

19 Aug

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A dugong study off Queensland

Judy Evans @JudyEv (362849) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Aug

Dugongs fascinate me. They’re not the prettiest of creatures but they seem very gentle. Off Moreton Bay in Queensland, dugongs are being studied in an effort to understand more about their behaviour. This in turn will help...

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Xavier Bage Interesting facts about dugongs.

14 Aug

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Poetry contests

Always smiling @allknowing (153515) • India 14 Aug

I have an account at a Site where they invite poems and also have contests I did post a few but what is more trying is to keep reading poems of others and rate them. I find that quite a tiring exercise. It seems like a give...

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poetry contest

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Xavier Bage I believe I have a poetic bend of mind. I might give it a try. Does it pay? Could you tell me the name of the site?

14 Aug

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