Monthly Archives: August 2013

Press Forward

By: Ellen G. White Let the afflictions which pain us so grievously become instructive lessons, teaching us to press forward toward the mark of the prize of our high calling in Christ. Let us be encouraged by the thought that the Lord is soon to come. Let this hope gladden our hearts…. – {Hvn 8.1}

Peace

4 Be glad in the Lord always! Again I say, be glad! 5 Let your gentleness show in your treatment of all people. The Lord is near. 6 Don’t be anxious about anything; rather, bring up all of your requests to God in your prayers and petitions, along with giving thanks. 7 Then the peaceContinue reading “Peace”

This Week’s Picks: August 25, 2013/ Back to School

By: Gabriela Yareliz Summer lights are dimming; textbooks beckoning; internships interviewing; summer heat fading; rain storms pouring. It’s New York. You see the nannies with the children of different ethnicities in the strollers; young students laying out at the Washington Square Park on blankets; tourist groups buying Amorino Cones; falafel trucks smoking on corners ofContinue reading “This Week’s Picks: August 25, 2013/ Back to School”

New York: Brooklyn beaches

By: Gabriela Yareliz Yes, a new addition to my New York series. As summer has come to a close, I went with my Russian dolls to the Manhattan beach (ironically in Brooklyn), we ate at Nargis, an Uzbek place in Brooklyn with an amazing Avocado salad, and then we hit up the fruit market, BrightonContinue reading “New York: Brooklyn beaches”

Bunny & Naina

By: Gabriela Yareliz Naina and Bunny. 🙂 So cute. How could you go wrong with a guy named Bunny? (Kabira has been stuck in my head for days.) Bunny: But there is a right time for everything, and today, it’s the right time for this… Naina, will you marry me? Naina: You’ve lost your mind.Continue reading “Bunny & Naina”

Tu Mun Shudi (excerpts)

Translated by: BollyMeaning Too mun shudee tu mun shudi Mun tu shudam tu mun shudee You have become me, you have become me I have become you, you have become me Hai niddar dil daa safar Ho niddar dil de hamsafar Raj key humsey wafayein lenaa Taazaa hawaayein lenaa The journey of heart is fearlessContinue reading “Tu Mun Shudi (excerpts)”