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Dancing Away with my Heart

(A short story by Katastrophicity)

She glanced through the glass window to see if he’s already there. She called him up early this morning to meet her at the coffee shop that afternoon to tell him something. Something that she couldn’t keep anymore. Something that she’d been keeping all through the years. Was he nervous? Of course he was. She heard it in his voice when he told her ‘I love you’. She said it back, but she was not sure if he believed it.

            When she entered, she immediately saw him at the table outside by the garden. He picked the place she would have picked. She smiled to herself. She went to him. He hasn’t seen her yet. But when he looked up and met her gaze, her heartbeat jumped and started to quicken. She discreetly took a deep breath and almost forced herself to smile reassuringly; reassuring him that everything’s okay, that he has nothing to worry about. But she was not sure about all of it now. She wondered for a second if she could really tell him.

            She thought about their years together. She thought about how it could end in a snap after she tells him. Their friendship could be over.

            “Sel.” Said he, as he smiled when she sat in front of him.

            He already ordered a cup of coffee, black, his favorite. She smiled nervously. But she’s trying to not let him show it. She could see it in his eyes that he’s already thinking about something. He’s already thinking about what she could possibly tell him that she wanted to meet up right away. She could see his mind running. She could see it in his clear blue eyes.

            “How are you? I haven’t seen you in three months after our high school reunion.” He said.

            “I know. I…I was busy at the store. Summer’s coming up so I had to deal with the orders for summer wears and stuff…you shouldn’t hear about all of it. It’s a bore.” She chuckled.

            “Well, I’m just glad that your store is finally getting well known all over the city.” He said as he nodded.

            “Me too. So…uhm. What are you been up to?” She asked.

            “Same old stuff. Learning everything about our family business.”

            “So you’re really doing that? I thought…”

            “Yes. I can do nothing about it. I’m the only heir.”

            She can hear the bitterness in his voice. She’d known him long enough to know and notice everything about him without him telling her. They’d been best friends since they were six. And she also knows that it’s not taking over their family riches that he wants to do in his life.

            She remembered three months ago when they went together to their high school reunion. Seven years after high school, a lot has changed. Some got married and had kids already, some were with their fiancés and then there’s Selene and Sebastian who still seemed inseparable and even went to their high school reunion together as if nothing eve changed. Nothing, yet, but change will happen like a thunder hitting a person in the middle of nowhere. It will happen that night.

            Selene, with her slim figure, she wore a blue dress that flows carelessly and gracefully at the same time, down to her ankle. And a black velvet pumps that made her look so much taller than she already was. Sebastian beside her looked dashing in a midnight blue suit, black leather shoes and his elegant white slim tie. Others would have thought that they planned to have a matching outfit, but they didn’t. Sebastian, when he went over Selene’s apartment to get her, was surprised when he saw her in a blue dress. Selene looked at him and immediately knew what he was thinking. They just laughed about it and affirmed on how much of a best friend they really are to each other.

            They picked a table where Sebastian’s old football team sat with their dates. Mostly were their wives. Two were now professional football players and are famous in the country.

            “So you two finally got together eh?” Brian said as he put his arms around his wife carefully. His wife was leaning her head on his shoulder.

            “No. We’re not together.” Selene said as she and Sebastian looked at each other as they stifled as laugh. Everybody assumed that, they both thought. But they’re best friends.

            “WHAT. After all these years you’re still ‘bestfriends’? c’mon.” Luke, who was a few chairs away from them said as he let his hand fall on the table.

            “Why are you forcing this, guys? It’s not what you think it is.” Sebastian said after he took a sip of red wine.

            “What we have has been platonic and it will always be platonic, right Seb?” Selene said as she elbowed Sebastian lightly.

            Sebastian nodded.

            “So quit it. All of you.” Sebastian pointed at Brian and Luke playfully.

            Brian put his palms up like surrendering. “Alright. Whatever you say.”

The night went on fast. There were tribute videos played. Some cried. Sebastian and Selene laughed secretly at them. They loved it. Just like the good old days before they got in the real world when they went to college in the city. Selene went to a fashion design institute while Sebastian into another university where he studied Business.

            They managed to see each other once a week since their schools weren’t that far from each other. Just fifteen minutes away. Selene’s apartment that time was just near her school while Sebastian’s got, of course, his own condominium unit at one of the most expensive neighborhood in the city. Sebastian invited Selene to stay with him but Selene refused. She said that she must learn to stand on her own, which Sebastian respected. But he was always there when Selene needed help.

            They were also in each other’s lives when they had relationships. Selene was the one who always got her heart broken because as what Sebastian told her, she’s easily attached to people and that she trusts people so easily. But then he told her that that’s one thing he envies about her, that she always sees the good side of people. While Sebastian, raised in a family where his parents weren’t around much because of their business and traveling around the world, never learned to trust anyone but Selene. He saw how people took advantage of his father and of him just to get them on their good side to take advantage of them. Sebastian felt that it’s only Selene who never cared about how rich he is. She saw him as him and not as Sebastian the heir to Thorpe Corporation.

            At the end of the night, a song was played. The master of ceremonies said, “Alas, it is a great joy that the past and the present have come together tonight. This night may not last longer than we wish it to be, but may this night be one of the nights that we’ll never forget and would be looking forward to recreate as we journey on our own lives after high school. May this last song be of a reminder that we may not be eighteen anymore, but we will always be eighteen in our hearts. Have a good night everyone!”

            As he walked off the stage, a band came out and a spotlight was on them. Selene felt her heart jumped and stopped and then started beating so quickly that she felt blood rushing to her face. Her eyes widened as the guitar started to be played. She felt Sebastian’s hand beside her. And then the drums. She knew those faces. She had been their fan ever since and now they’re in front of her. She couldn’t believe if that was real. Maybe she was dreaming. Sebastian pulled her up and led her to the center where everybody else started to slow dance. She couldn’t take her eyes off the stage. Sebastian guided her hand on his shoulder and then slid his hand into hers and started to sway side to side as they started singing.

            Sebastian pulled her close and whispered into her ear. “I can see that you’re surprised. It makes all my efforts worth it.”

            Selene looked at him. “What do you mean? You made this possible?”

            Sebastian smiled, almost smugly. “It was hard to get the booking but you know I’ve got connections.”

            They chuckled.

            “I can’t believe this. Lady Antebellum in our high school reunion. This is bizarre.” Selene said almost breathless.

            “I remembered how much you wanted Lady Antebellum at our prom before. And now that I could do something about it, why not grant your wish.”

            “Wow. You remember that. Thank you, Seb. Thank you.”

            “No problem. I’d do anything for you Sel.” He said as he pulled her closer to him. The song’s chorus was coming.

            “You know, this is why they think we have something more than friendship. Normal friends don’t do this to each other.” She said a matter-of-factly.

            “But we’re not normal friends, Sel.” Sebastian answered.

            You have no idea how much you’ve done for me. And this is just a small way to repay for the some of it. Sebastian thought.

            They swayed slowly and in synced, like they were merged into one. Maybe they are. Maybe Selene and Sebastian are one soul, but haven’t just figured it out yet. Sebastian knew that this song was one of Selene’s favorite songs of Lady Antebellum and he requested personally that they’d play this song at their reunion. He also got Selene a collection of their albums with their signatures on it. He knew how Selene would be so psyched out when he would give it to her on her birthday five months from now. He felt her so close to him and he wished that the song wouldn’t end in three minutes. He wished it he could be with her longer.

            I haven’t seen you in ages. Sometimes I find myself wondering where you are. For me you’ll always be eighteen and beautiful and dancing away with my heart.

“I’ve ordered for you.” Sebastian said as the waiter arrived with an iced latte with whipped cream on top. Just what Selene would have wanted it.

            “Thanks.” She said and then she took a sip.

            “So,” Sebastian hesitated. “What was it you wanted to tell me?”

            “Oh, uhm.” Selene started to brace herself.

            What she’s about to say requires from her a lot of courage. This is a leap of faith. And whatever happens after this, she would accept it either way.

            “What is it? Is something wrong?” Sebastian reached for her hand. Selene let him.

            “No. Nothing’s wrong. I…I just…The last three months, I’ve been thinking…” She started and then paused as she looked at Sebastian as if waiting for his permission for her to continue.

            “I’ve been thinking about….you.”

            She felt adrenaline take over her and perhaps didn’t even hear what Sebastian said, who was somehow surprised.

            “I am precariously in love with you, Sebastian. At first I thought that it’s nothing. But it’s not Nothing. I kept on denying it to myself. But you see, it’s everything from the beginning. I’ve always been in love with you. It’s not just a best friend thing kind of love what I feel for you. When you danced with me at prom, you were the only one I’ve only thought about dancing with. And when I had all those bad relationships, I kept on coming back to you. And I will keep on coming back to you, Sebastian. You must have not known how much you affect me. You do not know how much my life would suck if you’re not in it. And when you got Lady Antebellum to play at our high school reunion…that was…and when we danced, it felt like I’m with you and only you and not with everybody else who were dancing in the same room as we did. I am in love with you in the most innocent way. I crave for your presence. And even when we would just sit side by side, without any physical contact and would just talk and talk endlessly, that would be enough.” She paused and just looked into Sebastian’s eyes as if she was looking for something. “I have…said what’s purely in my heart. And I’m glad. Now, tell me. Do you not feel the same?” She said it in almost a whisper, like she was in pain.

            She was scared of his answer. She was scared that he would say no. She was scared that by what she did, everything between them would come to an end. But she drew courage from one thing that had been keeping her from running away. Hope.

            “Sel, I….” He straightened on his seat and leaned closer to Selene. “I wish things could be different…I wish…I wish you told me earlier. I…”

            “What do you mean?” Selene didn’t move. She just felt her stomach sinking, together with her heart, slowly making their way on to the ground as if getting ready to be stepped on. She knew it. She knew he’d never feel the same way. She shouldn’t have done this, she thought.

            “I love you, Sel. So much. And I’ve…been secretly in love with you for a long time.” Sebastian said carefully.

            Selene’s heart almost leaped but then she stopped herself. She knew there was something more. So much more that he wanted to say. So she waited.

            “But…” He started and he looked down.

            “But what…but what Sebastian?” She said almost in a whisper. She wasn’t even sure if Sebastian would have heard it if they weren’t this close to each other.

            Then Sebastian looked at her deep into her dark green eyes that he knew so well. He couldn’t believe that he could make those eyes be full of tears as he would say what he was about to say. And there’s no other way to say it but truthfully.

            “I’m engaged. To be married.”

A Love a Lot Like in the Books

Call me an ideal person or a delusional one, but I’m still dreaming and hoping for that kind of love to come in my life that are like in the books. That kind of love that overcomes everything. That kind of love that I finally find the reason why I’m living and that that person is the only reason after all. That kind of love that that person accepts me entirely for who I am and for who I am not and for who I am underneath all my masks. And even when all the masks come off at the end of the day, that person will still love me and all my flaws and all the unacceptable things that I find in myself won’t make that person love me less.

A love like in the books, to find that person would never give up on me, would use words, or music, or literature to woo me. That person would make me feel so special. Everyone wants to feel that they’re special anyway. That kind of love that even in silence, it is still felt in an overwhelming way. That kind of love that would make other kinds of love so little and unimportant. A love that is immeasurable. A love that doesn’t end even when the book has ended. That kind of love that would make me stop dreaming and wishing about what kind of man or what kind of love I want to have because I finally have that person and would know that it is that person is what I’ve been waiting for.

It is only in the rarest times that I allow myself to think about love and having a person to love in an intimate and romantic way. And it is only in these rarest times that I let myself dream and hope of the love that I want to have in my life. A love a lot like in the books.

xx, K

I Want to Fall in Love with Myself

I don’t wear nice clothes everyday, or powder my face or wear pink lipstick to impress others. I want to impress myself. I do the things I want to do because I do it for myself, not for anyone else.

When I was younger, I struggled with my self-confidence. I wasn’t the typical pretty girl that guys usually fall for. I didn’t have the pale skin that most of the guys prefer. I was a shy, timid, introverted and didn’t think of myself as much. I always thought that no guy would ever like me.

As grew older, I realize that I wouldn’t be truly happy if I continue that way of thinking. I wanted to be free and an unexpected tragic event gave me the chance to be free and to alter my perception of myself. It took time for me to realize what a blessing in disguise that was.

Due to that tragedy, I learned how to lift myself up, cheer myself up and to protect myself. I became stronger. I learned how to put more value to myself because I realized that it was up to me and up to me alone how much I want to value myself.

I started to embrace myself more. There are still times that insecurities lurk in my mind, but that’s normal. I just have to remind myself that whatever insecurites I have, they don’t define my whole being.

I’m still not the prettiest girl around and I still don’t have the sexiest body that most guys want. But I’m okay with it. I don’t dress nicely, fix my hair and wear powder and lipstick to make guys fall for me.

I do it because I want to fall more in love with myself.

As you read this you may think of me as narcissistic, but I think it’s important for all of us to appreciate and love ourselves first before we accept love from others and give love to others. 🙂

xx K

Dream Entry

It started with me walking home. A neighbor asked me when we’ll be going to the cemetery because she wanted to go with us. She wanted a free ride. I think it was All Soul’s Day.

Then at the house, I was with my work mates. It was our old house We were having dinner, I think. We were celebrating something. And then a part of the house was our office. Our manager called us.

He said not to eat that one dish because it’s spoiled. So we all agreed. And then when they were all gone, I tried to taste that food but it wasn’t spoiled. It was far from spoiled. It was delicious. The manager caught me so I told him that I didn’t think the food was spoiled.

He told me that I shouldnt tell anyone. It was kind of a threat. So I got a little scared. I didn’t understand why he would make it a big deal about me telling the others about the food

When I got back to the kitchen where my work mates were, I told them what happened. Because I was scared. And I made them promise not to tell.

It was a blur what happened next.
I just remember this next scene which was far from the first one.

We were entering the mansion of a family where we will live from that day on. I didn’t know why. I think my mum married the man who owned the mansion.
In real life my mum and dad are still together. So I don’t understand why she would marry another man in my dream. Well it’s a dream. So…

It had an enormous front lawn with short green grasses and a huge tree at the far left. It was a colorful day. I only dream in colors so rarely.
The man had a son, about my age, I forgot his face, and a daughter and a youngest son. Or was that a cousin, I forgot. The mansion was so beautiful. There were a lot of people but I didn’t remember their faces. I wasn’t looking at them.

I remember roaming around. In my dream it seemed that our families were close. So I took the freedom of checking the rooms. Looking for empty rooms where I’ll be staying.
But the funny thing is that I found myself looking for the eldest son’s room. In my dream we were sort of friends too. And we got along.

I checked each room and checked the things in the room if I’d find any sign of him owining the room.

The first room I opened, I was sure it was the youngest son’s room because it said at the door “Welcome awesome Wizard of Hogwarts”

I moved on until I found this toilet. When I opened it, at the other side of the toilet was a blue door with a smokey square glass on the top part. It must be someone’s room because I saw figures. And I heard noises. Someone was playing the guitar and the others were laughing. So I closed it and moved on to the next. I didn’t think it was his room because I thought he was still downstairs with the other family members.

I remember thinking that it was a strange room because it was a room within a toilet.

Having no idea which room was his, I asked the help. She pointed me the toilet where I just opened a while ago.
So I went back and decided to open the blue door. I was startled. Like my eyes widened and my mouth dropped open. He was there. And looked like all of his friends were too.

“Sorry.” I said as I recoiled to close the door.

But he stopped me and let me in.
So I went in. I smiled awkwardly to his friends and found an empty corner where I decided to stay. Another funny thing is that I lay down on the corner of his closet and coiled under the clothes. I didn’t know why.

Then he went to me and told me it was one of his favorite places too. I smiled and sat up.
I didn’t know why but his friends started to leave. I checked out his room.
I liked that it was isolated. It was so hidden and secured. On the corner of his room there was an opening. Just a small opening at the bottom of the wall runs from end to end where I could see a hallway in the mansion and people passing by.

He started to talk to me. I stood and saw that there was only a friend left.
I think that we were really close because I immediately fell on my back lying on his bed and closed my eyes. I felt him lying above my head.

I heard the last friend left. It was just the two of us.

We were talking but I forgot what we were talking about.
My feet were dangling on the bottom of his bed and my arms were spread to my sides.

And then he put a black cloth on my face. Then he said:

“So that the world will not see you when you don’t want to.”

I didn’t know why but I nodded and almost cried. But I didn’t. I felt an emotion. Sadness. Emptiness. It was bizarre. It seemed like we understood each other beyond explanations. We understood each other’s souls like we’ve known each other for an eternity. He understood me without me uttering the words which I most of the time fail to use in expressing myself.

I felt his hand on mine and we were just like that for a moment. I liked it. It didn’t feel malicious. It was an innocent, friendly physical contact. And it felt that holding each other’s hand was enough.

Then a while later, we heard my mom calling for us. I told him to ignore but he said we should go. So we did. Mum said that lunch was ready.

Mum was suspicious. I felt it. So I told her that the guy’s room was great. I tried to be over cheerful and all. He had this and he had that in his room and I pretended that I forgot the guy’s name so I asked him.

And it came out that I did really forgot his name. I thought his name was Trey but it was not. I don’t know where the Trey came from. Now I forgot the name that he said when he corrected me.

The next part was blurry. We went to the mall to shop. I was with him, his sister, and mum.

We had this secret. A quiet one. I could feel it in the way we looked at each other. A secret that we don’t think we needed to share to others but ourselves. It was a nice feeling having someone understands you so deeply even just in a dream.

And that’s all I could remember because I was woke up with a loud knock on my door.

xx K

When You’re the Single One

It has been a long time since I’ve spend a day with my girl friends. A fun day, full of bonding and just us girls. Without their boyfriends.

I am the only girl in our group who doesn’t have a boyfriend (never had). I’m not bitter about having none. I’m okay with it. I’m fine being alone. And I embrace my independence.

But I just miss those times when I get to bond with my girl friends. Talk about girl stuff and share secrets without their boyfriends lurking around or clinging beside the or the worst of all…taking their attention off me.

I think I’m jealous of their boyfriends. I can’t talk to them like I used to. When I get to share a secret, there’ll be a big possibility that their boyfriends would know about it too. It kind of messes more with my trust issues.

I’m friends with their boyfriends too. We go out together as a group and that’s okay too. And fun most of the time.

I just hope that I could still have my girl friends as a whole. Not just a part of a couple. Because that’s how I see it. Them and their boyfriends are one. And when I get to spend time with one of the pair, I get only a half of them.

I love them.
And they don’t realize that when I love, I give my whole self. My whole to each person that I love.

I just sometimes wish that they’re the same.

Because right now…I’m jealous.

And missing them…

Even though we see each other frequently.

I miss them.

Fall To Pieces

And now I let go of these feelings. It will be damn hard. But I will try. And I will succeed. I’ve done this before. It’s the only thing I’ve been doing when in comes to my own lovelife. Getting over someone I never eve dated.

But I bet it’s way less harder than those legit relationships. I never had that before. Maybe that’s why I protect myself. Maybe that’s why I instinctively push them away and not give them a chance. I recoil whenever I see a potential of it growing into something more. I stay away. I don’t trust at all.

Because when I was younger and naïve, I believed that if you are loyal to people , they would be too. So I trusted. I got disappointed. I got betrayed. I got hurt. I as expecting too much from people.

So now I know. Never let them in. Control. Only let them see what I want them to see.

But there are others, my closest friends could see beyond what I let them. And I’m scared. It’s scary to know that someone could read you. That someone knows that you grin all the time when you’re with the person you like.

It’s scary because I become vulnerable. And being vulerable means I have the possibility of being hurt or being betrayed again. Sometimes, I just force myelf and make myself believe that O trust them so that I on’t worrying all the time with them tellings my secrets and all and make fun of me.

So now, I’ve decided that I won’t care. That I won’t give a f*ck anymore. I’ve suffered enough mentally by over thinking. I’m just tired. Tired.

xx katastrophicity


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In Michigan, Attorney General-appointed lawyers – called Public Administrators – teamed with a real estate broker to sell homes without the rightful owners’ consent. The Public Administrators would find houses owned by someone who died recently and, if no heirs quickly came forward to officially claim the property, a Public Administrator would open what’s known as a probate case on the home.

At this point, a real estate firm and a “probate asset recovery” company (both owned by the same person) would swoop in and sell the home, while billing the estate for thousands of dollars and getting a commission on the sale.

Ultimately, the rightful heirs lose the home and 25-33 percent of their inheritance.

Could these families have avoided this mess? The answer is YES.

What the Public Administrators did was illegal and many families were damaged in the process. Keeping your assets out of probate means third parties with bad intentions keep their hands out of your estate – a very good thing.

Who benefits from probate? The lawyers, as legal fees can be substantial.

Fortunately, there are steps that you can take today to avoid putting your family through the probate process. Sometimes people think they can avoid probate by simply having a Will. NOT SO – no matter what state you’re in. A Last Will guarantees your family will go through probate. The only way to avoid probate is through a properly funded Trust.

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#Instagood: How Your Business Can Get Ahead on Instagram

There is one universal language that people from all over the world can understand.

No, it’s not English. And no, don’t get cheesy — it’s not love either. What we’re talking about here is not the language that you hear or speak, but the language you see and interpret emotionally: The language of pictures and images.

Some studies have found that around 90% of the information transmitted to the human brain is visual. You may not believe it, but your brain can register 36,000 visual images per hour, and your eyes can process an image within 13 milliseconds. It’s no wonder, therefore, if you prefer visual content over large chunks of text.

If you want people to recognize and engage with your brand, you should start going visual.

This guide will give you some tips — and background information – to improve how you understand and market through Instagram.

The Fastest-Growing Social Media Platform

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At the centre of the hype for visual marketing lies one social channel that makes it all possible: Instagram.

This platform has seen impressive growth over the years, and recent reports show just how much it has succeeded in becoming the new face of visual marketing. Instagram has more than 400 million monthly active users as of September 2015. It averages 2,100 new posts every second and 180 million uploads every day.

The Fuel that Drives the Game

A huge part of what made Instagram what it is today is the demographic that it targets.

Instagram has piqued the interest and attention of the most sought-after audience of today: Millennials. This target demographic is the most likely to engage with brands over the web, as users spend an average of 257 minutes on the platform each month.

The Power of User-Generated Content

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Another reason why Instagram blossomed is that it harnessed an effective marketing strategy that puts users at the core.

On Instagram, brands are not the only ones who can create content. Individual users can generate their own hashtags, run photo campaigns, and upload visual content.

Instagram is a place where content can be more important than the curator. You can make noise if you have something unique and interesting to share.

How to Get Ahead on Instagram

Many digital marketers unfamiliar with Instagram are understandably trying to learn how to use the network. Of course, there are always proper and smart ways to do it.

Here are some of them:

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1. Create inspiring content

Instagram thrives on creative, visual content that provides meaning for the users. It’s easy to be dismissed as irrelevant on this channel because most of the brands here are producing high-quality content that can elicit a lot of engagement. The key to getting ahead on Instagram is to do something that can pull some heartstrings.

2. Build a visual identity

For your target audience to remember you, you need to be consistent with the content you share. Your works should exude a similar mood or tone so people will recognize your style easily. Give your brand a personality that your target audience can associate with.

3. Attack from a unique point of view

Marketing through Instagram can be quite a challenge. Brands that are not willing to take their marketing up a notch can be easily sidelined in this social media platform. Instagrammers value stories that are told from a unique perspective. If you want to get ahead on Instagram by connecting with your audience, give them something that they won’t find elsewhere.

4. Present fresh content

Your customer base will easily forget you if you’re not always on their feed. To grab your followers’ attention, you should share relevant content at least once a day. Competition is tough on Instagram, so if you don’t want other brands to take over your audience, always be on the lookout.

5. Take advantage of hashtags

Exposure can be your ace in the almost-saturated atmosphere of Instagram. To get maximum exposure, you can add relevant and popular hashtags to your posts. Hashtags will make your content more accessible to people who are actively looking for the products you sell. That’s why hashtagging is an effective way to engage with your current customer base while also growing your audience.

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6. Use the right filters

Because this social channel mainly produces visual content, it harbors some underlying psychological principles that can help improve brands’ marketing efforts. For example, there are different types of photo filters that can get different reactions from users. According to Populagram, the top three filters are Normal, Valencia, and Earlybird. Another site, TrackMaven, revealed different results, with the top three filters being Mayfair, Normal, and Inkwell. If you can conduct a study that is specific to your own audience, that will help.

7. Run interactive contests

How to Get Ahead on Instagram - Run Contests
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One good way to grab your followers’ attention and create a buzz is to have contests. Users love giveaways especially when all they have to do to win is to like, share or comment to a post, or to use a hashtag and leave their email addresses.

8. Sponsor posts and product reviews

Social marketing is not always free. To really get ahead on Instgram, you will sometimes need to shed a few bucks and ask the biggest influencers and bloggers in your industry to promote or at least review your business.

9. Establish a two-way communication process

A successful Instagram marketing campaign typically involves open communication with your followers. This means that you have to respond to comments when your input matters and your voice can make a difference. Pay close attention to what you’re saying, and make sure that your brand personality resonates with you every time you put yourself out there to engage with your audience.

10. Track and monitor your data

You’ll have no other way of knowing if you’re on the right track if you don’t keep an eye on your Instagram stats. You need to analyze whatever data you have and work from there. It’s the only way for you to know whether you’re using the right strategies or you’re fighting a losing battle.

Thought Leaders and Trendsetters That Have Gotten Ahead on Instagram

Brands that understand how Instagram works can create meaningful and interesting interactions that Instagrammers find worthy of their attention.

Here are some of those big names:

  1. Mercedes Benz: This automotive company builds awareness by showcasing its products in interesting angles that display how vehicles fit in with people’s lifestyles.
  2. Starbucks: This coffee company is big not only in the real world but also in the virtual landscape. It runs engaging contests and hashtag campaigns that get as many as 11,000 entries.
  3. Groupon: This discount provider turned heads when it released its “Banana Bunker” product, a plastic holder for a single banana, which seized the public’s attention because of its bizarre and risqué look.
  4. Smirnoff: This beverage company leverages Instagram’s strength as a visual channel. It entices its audience with professionally shot and edited images of drinks that look too good to resist.
  5. Bachelr: This men’s fashion startup company uses sponsored promotions to spread word about its products. The payoff has been noticeable — the company server crashed because of the amount of traffic that flooded in through Instagram.

Now you understand just how critical it is for your business to get into the bandwagon and use Instagram as a marketing tool.

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After the tour of the first morning I was treated to an excursion by Rocky Mountaineer to a ride on the SkyTram…..a seven minute journey up a mountain (2,700mtr) to view the “alpine tundra”. Heart in mouth at the tramway end you could then ascend by foot to the summit. Not Moi, it was however an enthralling view of which I hope that you can enjoy some of the photos. Camera shake was actual knees knocking at the thought of the downward journey. Back down at ground level I was then taken to view ( not keen on playing with the potential of Grizzlies) of Canada’s no1 golf course. Next trip I want to play.

The following day (weather was yuck!) we headed off to Lake Louise (by coach) via several photo opportunity spots and a detour to the Athabasca ice field. Fortunately on the way the weather improved and by the time we got on the ice field it was perfect. After an hour we then meandered down to Lake Louise where the weather was again a little disappointing but it did try to snow.  I cannot forget our bus driver Mike, his humour and commentary was without doubt amazing, never bored of hearing him tell stories or explain where and what. Especially the bear recognition system and what to do if challenged!!!

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One of the charms of NASCAR, SB Nation word wizard Spencer Hall once argued, is that “You are watching for a non-fatal but spectacular crash.” Crashes are fun—and flammable—which is great up until the point you start to care about people. Therein lies the problem with racing. The distribution of interesting events is bipolar: either the humans tethered to machines do something brilliant or are on the verge of death. The baseline competence that would normally fill out the meaty part of a bell curve, while far more impressive than anything you could do, is fundamentally boring.

Fret not; Formula E is here to save the day—if by day, you mean the promise of entertainment with a minimum of human casualties. Starting next year, Wired reports, “ the series will see completely autonomous electric cars compete in one-hour races designed to test artificial intelligence.” The cars, which are currently in development, are supposed to reach close to 300km/h. As for what else they might do, the point of the exercise is to figure that out.

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This sort of racing, bonkers as it may occasionally seem, has practical value. It is not just offline Rocket League (sadly). Formula E CEO Alejandro Agag told Wired that Google, Uber, Continental, and Bosh were some of the companies he could see getting into this form of racing. Fair enough. As Clive Thompson noted in a September New York Times Magazine feature, Uber and Google are already engaged in a sort of race when it comes to self-driving cars, scooping up talent left right and centre in the hopes of getting a better product out sooner.

Formula E’s new series promises to be a more entertaining version of this metaphorical race, with some fun literal racing added to the mix. Moreover, because all of the technology is newfangled, the distribution of events should be more entertainingly bipolar. Failure is fun, achievement is fun and, just for now, baseline competence for driverless cars should be fun enough because it doubles as achievement. At some point, the excitement of baseline competence will fade as with the basic problem of NASCAR and Formula 1. But at least we’ll then have driverless cars?

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jimmyg ya that is why still keeping or going to buy to average up.
07/10/2013 11:01 AM
Hustle Doing both :)
07/10/2013 12:33 PM
Hustle Seems like still in meditation mode...Amitabba
07/10/2013 4:04 PM
davidjackson Post removed. Why?
29/10/2013 3:47 PM
Hustle Sell call by Kenanga 2.28!!! May day...May day...
27/11/2013 11:21 AM
Hustle Sharp sell down at any moment!!!
28/11/2013 10:48 AM
Hustle Is time to cut loss n invest at Germany,Spain & Brazil!!!
28/11/2013 12:50 PM
mikashearer the price drop is because the sell is drop to compare last year.... if you can hold it in 1 year..... let see what happen....
04/12/2013 12:35 PM
Hustle If have to wait for 1 years then the market price still need to be discount more.
04/12/2013 12:39 PM
Hustle IB kenanga 2.28...
04/12/2013 4:37 PM
Hustle Already downhill continuously for 3 quarter,expected the final quarter result will be very ugly.Is not safe when a price stagnant too long without moving,high possibility a huge disaster is coming soon.Please ready to grab your back pack for plan B.
13/12/2013 1:00 PM
Hustle Still maintain the price to dispose not bad...
20/12/2013 4:07 PM
Hustle Looks like lots of investors like to receive RM50 in order to loss RM102.
24/12/2013 1:07 PM
Hustle Struggle for 2.40 support point.
30/12/2013 4:11 PM
alicecf sorry, how u calculate the loss RM102?
06/01/2014 11:49 AM
Hustle Kenanga TP 2.28 only,after he paid you RM50,then you have to paid him RM102 lo :)
06/01/2014 12:54 PM
mbge7clt tips from icap is a trading buy!
09/04/2014 5:50 PM
teddytiong How the FA for this stock
28/04/2014 7:23 AM
jimmyg this counter any news?
09/05/2014 2:13 PM
Joel what happen to Engkah today , bro sis ?

Price fr rm2.60 something fall down to rm2.44.

Bonus Issue or share split ?
Thx .
28/05/2014 2:21 PM
ywcheok Div decrease from usually 5 sen to 1 sen?
29/05/2014 3:10 PM
mbge7clt why suspended?
02/06/2014 9:42 AM
jimmyg they are giving 7.5 percent dividen. how the price go up?
04/06/2014 9:54 AM
jimmyg what is happening keep going down?
07/08/2014 12:42 PM
wonnksa Any comments? I am also confused, why this counter is going down south?
21/08/2014 12:18 AM
jimmyg hahaha i am also wondering thinking that the profit is not as good as previously
21/08/2014 10:22 AM
jimmyg no people pushing also
21/08/2014 10:22 AM
jimmyg this counter dying faster, i am stuck so much in this share damn.
26/08/2014 11:32 AM
jellygal27 revenue dropping, net margin dropping...no wonder price also dropping
29/10/2014 7:33 PM
jimmyg very sad.... really bought this share at a high price.
30/10/2014 12:52 PM
estan3874 really can't see any good sign of this company at the moment. Sad..
03/11/2014 4:35 PM
Markus S You guys should write to MD ewe eng Kah and ask him to explain why dividends has drop significantly. What's the reason behind it? Does he want to reinvest the profit for more expansion? Or the company has lost more big contracts? Any mishaps in China investment? What has gone wrong? (Dividend of only 1 cent for two quarters already)
07/11/2014 8:30 PM
Markus S Heard that eng Kah being f@cked by berjaya Cosway, its biggest customer regarding their Investment in China . Don't really know the details. As MD , he should be responsible and come out and disclose and explain to its small shareholders what happened. If he wants to hide and be private, then privatise the company.
11/11/2014 11:48 PM
jimmyg true... i have been holding over 3 years and do not even see the return on this invest man. Share keeps dropping since i bought this share. Hope they can do something for their investor.
13/11/2014 9:26 AM
klsefunandlepak Time to go up
23/12/2015 12:20 PM
eht6769 time coming
28/12/2015 12:03 PM
Lee Richard any good news ?
01/01/2016 7:47 PM
Markus S Maybe lipstick effect theory? :)
04/01/2016 2:56 PM
Markus S ....."Women often cheer themselves up during tough times by 'pampering' with a treat, and one of the cheapest ways remains buying lipstick. Applying it, smiling at the mirror, sends women away into a harsher world with a spring in their step.

So the 'lipstick effect' could be no more than just women's natural instinct to counteract the depressing effect of the recession.

But even if the 'lipstick effect' is not about women needing to find a rich man during tougher times, given the pressure on the household purse, when families struggle to cope with necessary spending on food and rent, many women may conceal the fact that they are also buying products as frivolous as cosmetics - hiding the truth even from themselves.

Although the 'lipstick effect' theoretically relates to all cosmetics, or anything that enhances female attractiveness, lipstick itself might be particularly 'primal', unique in its ability to immediately and dramatically transform appearance.

Take the example of a 34-year-old unmarried teacher. Despite increasing bills and economic recession, Melissa McQueeney adamantly refuses to stop buying lipstick. As she defiantly strides to the cash register with a new lip gloss, she is quoted as declaring: "I didn't even try it on. I'm just splurging".... "
04/01/2016 3:06 PM
KG1967 time to down more
08/04/2016 11:51 AM
CLho why now bursa cut the stock price after dividend?? it is illegal..company use their cash to pay out dividend...not using the stock price..why now bursa become like unit trust??
16/07/2016 9:02 PM
bjgdila123 die 3x
06/10/2016 6:21 PM
ryan7642 Buy Eng Kah today for test water kekeke:p new low n do believe the business stream will back on recovery track soon after disappointing for last few quarters^^ eg like Karyon/Luxchem/Samcem both in good trend i guess n all trading in chemical line which related..anyway just my point of view:)
02/02/2017 1:36 PM
ryan7642 Segment Revenue
Personal care 2016 RM34,613,000 2015 RM32,971,000
Household 2016 RM10,817,000 2015 RM10,329,000
Investment holding 2016 RM4,310,000 2015 RM4,049,000
Overall is in recovery stage so is worth to have a look into it;)
02/02/2017 1:43 PM
ryan7642 Hmm so funny looks like some 1 playing around 1.59 vs 1.52 hahaha:)
03/02/2017 3:43 PM
ryan7642 finally offload wf minor profit on this slow moving stock:) now fully enter Dnex-WD!!Gogogog fast moving stock come create much higher margin % income for me^^
13/02/2017 4:20 PM
Markus S Mr Ewe & Mr Tan Thiam Hock should take the company private.
20/04/2017 11:35 AM
azfar8 wah, few people holding? no comment since 20/04... one year already, and the price still go down... this is one hell of stock looks like.... hahaha
23/07/2018 10:46 AM
HoselGoh wow.. 1700% increase!
27/11/2018 10:48 PM
PresidentRotiCanai no volume
27/11/2018 11:02 PM

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I was at my kitchen table, drinking coffee.

The TV was on while I was reading and I was writing my to-do list. I had tons of errands to run, on the way back from the gym and was also meeting a friend for lunch. The phone rings, it’s my friend ” is your news on? The WTC tower has a major fire in the top floors. It’s being shown.” So I flip channels, and realize it is a thick black smoke that is steadily growing fierce. As I watch “omg, did you see that? That’s a plane that went straight into the tower. God, all those people, why on earth would the pilot do that, it did’nt look it was out-of-control, it went straight in!”

News was unfolding and I increased the volume to hear better. I could hear the shock, surprise, and utter chaos at the newsroom and reporters. It was breaking news manna. Through the absolute intensity of what was happening in front of our eyes, the effect had not yet sunk in. The extent of destruction, and the atrocity of the event was something no one tried to comprehend then.

My first thought was to call my husband. His company was under lock down as understood and so with the network down, and the radio inaccssible, I became his team’s ears and eyes, as I translated the comments, and making sense of the feed that was happening. As I stood rooted watching gray smoke billowing and people scattering around, with sheer panic on their faces, reporters and commentators coming to make sense of what hit us, my thoughts went back and forth to the folks inside the building to the ones in the plane.

It was a horrific scene.

Breaking news swept closer home. Pentagon was hit.

That shook me out of my role as a distant spectator. As selfish as I may sound, I wanted to hold my kids and I wanted them now. A hurried bye and a take care to my husband I called the kids’ schools. Both declared that the parents were more than welcome to pick up their kids if they wanted to, but the school was continuing on, under guard.

I drove like a maniac picked my son up, drove to my daughter’s school, waited in line with the rest of the parents, showed my id to enter school to converse with the office staff. There were 2 burly officers at the entrance, and that rare sight created both a panic and a sense of security in me. Driving back, I could see scores of cars on an otherwise empty road. The panic had set in. In the meanwhile I’d called and alerted a few of our friends, checked in on my sister, and called India to tell my parents that we were okay. The phone lines were getting jammed slowly.

My daughter’s teacher’s dad worked in the 2nd tower, she was visibly shaken but had a brave face as the others around her broke down. A friend couldn’t reach her sister who worked in the building next to WTC. My neighbor’s brother was at the Pentagon. She couldn’t reach him on the phone, and I could see her pace up and down the driveway.

The weather was beautiful. Blue skies, and temperature so perfect, you could walk bare feet in the grass. I hurried my kids in as I looked up and realized that it was as deceptive as could be. The calmness that the skies portrayed was all a fat lie.

Now as I look back, and read stories about kids born during the year and posthumously, the beautiful children who have been robbed of a parent, and the different ways their life has changed forever, I feel a sadness that’s beyond what I can express. I am sure they all will move on, and find comfort in their own unique ways, but the fact still remains that a minute is all it takes to turn your world upside down.

You do what you have to do and then life goes on.

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  • I was studying for one of my final exams in final yr undergrad when i heard this in the news…was quite disturbed and we were trying to reach our relatives in NY to see if everyone was ok.

  • As you rightly pointed out, it only the second day of my landing at the USA. I got up in the morning to the sound of my roomies excitedly pointing at the TV – I really thought it was the trailer for some movie. Then we thought it was an accident – the newscasters themselves were not sure.

    When it sunk in, disbelief and horror was the first reaction. Then began the frantic phone calls – it was a long time before I could reach home in India – my parents were worried sick but I managed to get through message to them that Davis was okay.

    I will never forget the faces in Davis that day – we were having orientation programs that day – they did not cancel it. Instead, surprisingly, they spoke out how tolerance was important and unity in the time of crisis was even more important and how a community cannot be blamed for the actions of a few individuals.

    For quite sometime after this, everyone went out of their way to be nice to foreign students. I am grateful!

    I still have not figured out why it is that only innocent people need to suffer.

    I hogged a lot of the comment space – apologies!

  • I remember I was driving to wrok when I heard about the first plane on the radio and then the frist thougth that came to me was soem bozo of a learner pilot woudl have scraped through one of those high windows. I reached work and in the lab heard about the second one, thats it ….. I was terrrified..shocked ..tears….

  • It was my first day at work and my boss was showing me around the office and the office campus. When we reached our building a co worker told us frantically what was happening…so sad.

  • I was attending classes at the community college in Stony Brook,NY. I was just finishing up my class, walking down when one was asking another did you hear what happened in NY… The other replied what another stock market crash? The actual answer stunned us. I rushed home to switch on the TV. Glued on, calling friends in the city to hear if they were ok. Planning to go to the hospital to donate blood ( my neighbour came saying not needed as they didn’t accept blood from anyone who had travelled out of the US). Chaos ruled!!

  • Was at work in Boston. We actually watched the first one fly in, it looked really small and we all wondered how someone could miss the towers, it isn’t like one can’t see them! And then it was one after the other. Had to work to finish up stuff that day, so stayed and finished up. Driving back home through the tolls, the guys wouldn’t collect tolls, the roads were scarily quiet…like no one lived in these places! Husband was supposed to fly out of Boston airport that morning – he was scheduled for workshops in NYC. His workplace in the financial district was shut down, people evacuated from downtown, just in case.

    What I remember though is like the country became another one, a tear in the fabric that won’t ever be fixed or forgotten, as much as there is resilience and phenomenal coping. It was one of those turning points in many lives, some impacted directly but everyone felt the ripples in some which way. The vibe that was in the US before and after 9/11 is just different in a way I can’t express clearly. Like a child grew up and decided she had to become more ‘street smart’.

    • You nailed it 🙂
      It’s exactly how I feel in retrospect. US changed. It grew up and had to learn to be street smart. It’s the loss of innocence we all mourn, the ones who came in here much earlier and who continue to remain here. It’s all so incredibly sad, but change is inevitable and sometimes very sad.

      Thanks so much for coming over and commenting. No one barely does anymore, if only every hit automatically turned into a “I was here” comment. haha 🙂 Also, thanks for signing up!

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GVK explores the layers of healing with Mahara Ashlie, Diva of skin care products at Welstar Organics

healing herbsThere are many facets to being well and Mahara Ashlie has done deep exploration on all fronts to bring herself from disease into health.  Her healing journey lead her to her what is now her passion ~ Welstar Organics ~ where she is the owner and product formulator of all the skin care products.  Her foray into disease lead to her the path of well being. It lead her to a rebirth.

To learn more about Mahara Ashlie and her amazing skin care products, please follow the embedded link below:

From our first breath to our final breath, we are managing our health. It is multifaceted and ever changing. From my own experiences I have come to believe that we must be our own advocates, we must be knowledgeable, and we must be open to different or non traditional forms of healing.

I have actually had several rebirths over the course of my life and I expect that there will be more. The first rebirth, and frankly, what I believe to be my resurrection, was when I stopped using drugs and alcohol to numb myself. The second rebirth was when I discovered energy work and became a LaHo~Chi practitioner. I have used traditional talk therapy, nutrition, energy work, exercise, meditation and creative expression to heal.

Being well is multifaceted and so, needs a broad approach. What worked last year for a nagging emotional issue, may not work this time around because of the layer that you are coming at it from.  I have discovered that the deeper the layer of healing, the more often I need to find a different approach (s). Some of my physical issues, have an emotional core and visa versa. Sugar is one of the ways that I manage deep feelings that feel overwhelming. Recently, my body has begun to reject that form of management and I am having to move to a more mindful practice around my feelings. Sigh. Really, that is all that I can say about it! It has not been so easy, this sugar thing.

However, as Mahara stated so beautifully, “I am not healed, but, I am Well.”  Yes, I am well and I continue to delve into wellness on every level. And I will state, for myself, that I rely on my Higher Self and All That Is to guide me, because without my spiritual practice, I am far from well…xoK

 We talked about the book Love your disease ~ written by John Harrison: click on the book name to know more about it

deeper healing with this podcast