Eating is a matter of habit and upbringing. What one eats and how one eats depend on various circumstances. One may overeat when there is variety and abundance to go through as in a buffet dinner where people tend to overeat. The evils of overeating are many. The organs arc overtaxed. The stomach and the […]
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Young people, or teenagers, are an invention of the American exploitation of the early 60s. The contemporary hype built them up into a separate class of society, and since jobs and money were plentiful in those days, the promotion of fashion in dress, music, politics and general outlook proved very profitable. Prior to 1960, people
It is somewhat rash to assume that the only role of science is to answer the question ‘How?’ That was true in the days of Newton, when an educated person could have a grasp in outline of all human knowledge. Science then filled some of the gaps left by the deliberations of the philosopher and
I have already decided how to spend my next holidays. Usually I wait for the holidays to come, and then make up my mind where to go, what to do, and when to leave. What usually happens is that I leave for some place with a group of friends and then begin to wish I
The saying “health is wealth” is very apt as good health comes from a good physique that enables one to enjoy the pleasures and manage challenges of life. health here comprises the mental and the physical. Thus I agree that good health is actually wealth as it allows one lead an existence without being hampered
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The creation or development of self-esteem is the motivation behind discipline, whether self-imposed or not. Pride is the main factor impelling us to make the most of our lives and to fulfill our perceived actual or potential role in society. Thus, discipline makes for self-respect. Most of us are naturally lazy and selfish. Parents and
With the fast growth of civilization there is also an ever mounting need for energy. Energy may be in the form of fuels or electricity. The world appears to have reactivated energy to a liquid fuel like petrol. This is likely to be exhausted in the course of a few years at the rate man
The abundance of nature’s variety is perceptible in the world of animals. There are animals to meet man’s requirements in the different regions of the world. Donkeys, mules, horses, camels, yaks, oxen and elephants are some of the animals used for pulling loads and carrying weights. Man’s own capacity is limited and he can carry
Lim had always been lazy. He worked on a rubber plantation and it was his job to empty the tins of latex hanging round the trees that his father had tapped and to fill the buckets with the strong sticky liquid. He then had to carry the buckets, which, when full were very heavy, to
As the only child in the family, Billy was the apple of his parents’ eyes. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Billy could have anything he wanted. His father was a successful entrepreneur while his mother was a consultant. Their busy careers left them with little time to spend at home. As a