A very cute and touching short story!

A 10 year old boy went to an ice cream shop and asked how much a big cone cost. The waiter said "15 pesos" the boy started counting how much he had in his wallet. Then he asked "how much a small cup costs?" The waiter said "12 pesos". The boy asked for a small cup, he had it and paid the bill, and left. When the waiter came to pick the empty cup, he was touched. The boy had left 3 pesos as a tip for him.



Lesson: try giving something to everyone out of whatever little you have :)

I got this story from Amourous. If you like it as much as I did share it on your blog with your followes.
Thank you Amourous. :)

Did you know???

A few "Did you know?" facts I found out lately. I've decided to share them with you. Hope you find them interesting as I did. ;)

DID YOU KNOW...

...that there are more than 600 million telephone lines today, yet almost half the world's population has never made a phone call?


...that a hippo's skin is bulletproof?


...that if the amount of water in your body is reduced by just 1%, you'll feel thirsty?


...that men loose about 40 hairs a day and women loose about 70 hairs a day?


...that your middle fingernail grows the fastest?


...that pork is the world's most widely-eaten meat?


....that botanically speaking, the banana is a herb and the tomato is a fruit?


...that Americans eat twice as much meat as Europeans?


...that the Bible, the world's best-selling book, is also the world's most shoplifted book?


...that if California was a country, it would be the 5th largest economy in the world?

Recipe: Melon Sorbet

I love easy recipes for yummy things. This is one of them. :) The difference between sorbet and ice cream is that sorbet doesn’t contain milk nor eggs. Thanks to that it has less calories. You can make it using different fruits like strawberries, oranges, raspberries, lime-mint, mango, pineapple and more. But I recommend using melon. It’s my favorite along with mango.



Ingredients:use your favorite kind of melon, powdered sugar, little bit of lemon juice
Blend all the ingredients together in a blender. Then put it to the freezer for about 5 hours. 15 minutes before serving remove from freezer and let stand at room temperature until partially thawed. Blend it again to crush the ice. Enjoy!!!

Hot? Make Cucumber Water!

Hi guys! The temperature here’s VERY high. I’m melting.
Whenever it’s so hot I taste up water a little bit with cucumber. Add a couple slices of cucumber (scrubbed, but not peeled) to a glass/jug of ice water. It’s very refreshing, calorie-free beverage. Try it out!
And if you get bored you can add a few leaves of mint or a few slices of orange. :)

On The Go: Travel Tips

Hello my sweet girls!
Tomorrow I’m going on vacation to Morocco, so I thought of posting blog about my travel tricks. I’m gonna spend there the whole summer, so I won’t be able to write much. Don’t miss me too much! ;D

No matter if it’s a 1-hour flight or flight across the pond I wanna look good while traveling. There’s a lot of problems though…like not being able to bring liquids (only certain amount which is 100 ml = 3 oz.) or make up tools etc.

This is what I do:

1. I carry cleaning wipes and hand sanitizer. If you are in need you can use them to clean your make up or dirt. I use sanitizer for my sticky hands. Wipes are especially great for long flights. I use them to take my eye make up off when I get on the plane, I’m talking especially about mascara.

2. I have with me samples of my favorite moisturizer. Your face gets really dehydrated while flying so having good moisturizing cream is like a “must-have”. I use it usually in certain areas, like around my eyes or on my neck.

3. Because I have a combination skin sometimes it gets shiny around my forehead or nose. If you have a similar problem don’t put another layer of powder. Use blotting papers. Those oil control tissues work really great!!

4. If you want to look fresh when you get out from the airplane apply a little bronzer on your cheeks, concealer under your eyes, nude lip-gloss and fresh layer of mascara. So keep those in your make-up bag.

5. I also have in my purse a nail polish I’m wearing at given time, so if something happens I’ll be able to fix them ;)

6. I let my hair down. If you keep it up it may bother you when you sit and lay your head.

Enjoy your flight!

Summer Clothes

I LOOOOVE all of them! These sets are definitelly my style!
August '09 - Cosmopolitan Poland

The Healthiest Food In the World

I’ve read a very interesting article in one of the newspapers recently and I made a deeper research on it. The subject was: the healthiest food in the world. I’d like to share with you what I found. :)
I picked 5 out of the healthiest products to present you:

Green Tea

It’s the healthiest from all the other teas and drinks. It contains anti-aging ingredients which is great for our skin. Also drinking green tea reduces the risk of cancer and lowers bad cholesterol. If you want to clear your body out of toxins, then drinking green tea is the best way to do that. So if you’re a party animal and you drink much alcohol or you eat much of junk food etc. drink 1 cup of green tea a day.

Apples

Eating apples reduces the risk of having cancer, asthma and diabetes. They are full of dietary fiber and very important for our bones vitamin K. There’s no better way to control the appetite than eating a half of apple 30 minutes before every meal.

Nuts

Eating nuts a few times a week may help undo a collection of risk factors for heart disease. Don’t eat them all the time though, because they have a lot of calories.

Garlic

Good for you if you like garlic. Garlic has long been considered a herbal "wonder drug". It’s not only great for common cold and flu. It’s great almost for everything. It’s like a natural antibiotic. Garlic reduces also the level of bad cholesterol and decreases the risk of stroke.

Fish

Almost all kinds of fish contain beneficial omega-3 fatty acids, very important for our brain and eyes. Salmon, sardines, tuna and even shellfish are rich in omega-3 fatty acid content.

Other very healthy foods are: beans, blueberries, milk, eggs, cabbage, onion and pomegranate juice.