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My Family Day Blog

“Family is not by skin and blood but by how much you love one another”      Family is not measured through the negativity or the positivity of your DNAs and genes. It is measured by how you bond together, how you solve problems and get through it together. It is measured by how you give love to each and every one who’s part of it. That is family.     Last January, the essence of family was celebrated in Asian College of Technology’s annual Family Day. I had enjoyed the performances, the games, of course, food. I had enjoyed until the extent of everything with my friends, teachers and my grandmother, who had always been special to me.      During the celebration, I had so much fun together with my grandmother. I kept asking her if she was having fun or was she bored. As much as possible, I tried to keep her entertained. But, still, there was that missing piece, it my mom. I understood she was at work and that thought just made me happy...

The Great Zimbabwe Wall and its connection with the poem "Mending Walls"

The Zimbabwe Connection                  It was said that the Great Zimbabwe Wall used to be a great civilization and a royal palace  but now it is nothing but ruins. It used to be an ancient civilization housing 18 thousand people. Now it is a world heritage site by UNESCO. In the past the Great Zimbabwe Wall was firm, strong and impenetrable. But now the walls has fallen and crumbled to pieces and all that is left are the remains of the past. Its similar to the walls of doubt and insecurity we have when we are young and as we grow older we mature and slowly break that wall apart until were old and only memories of your immature self remain.The poem mending walls talks about how a good neighbor know's his/her boundaries and know when they have went too far.It was said that the walls were used to separate the commoners from the peasants . The Great Zimbabwe wall has no connection with the poem "Mending walls" because the royalty...