Monday, March 30, 2009

″Signs Your Crush Might Want You″ by Chandra Kadar

Signs that tell you a guy has got a crush on you...

by Chandra Kadar

Have you ever had the feeling that one of your close guy friends might like you as more than a friend? Or that a guy you have got a crush on might like you in return, but you weren't sure? Well now you can be sure with these 39 signs a guy gives to show that he likes you. There are more than 40 signs that a guy may give that he likes a girl, but these are the most important ones for me. These signs help me and maybe they can help you find your true love, or at least help you capture the heart of your crush or your dream-guy. These are just some signs that that special guy has a major CRUSH on you. This might even work to help you find out if your best guy friend thinks it's time to take the friendship to the next level. Very often a girl finds out that the guy that likes her has been her friend for quite a while.

Thirty-Nine Signs that a Guy Likes You:

1) He does a lot of favors for you.
2) He gets to know more about the people you hang out with.
3) He is always there when you need someone to talk to.
4) He talks about his hopes and fears with you.
5) He worries about how you feel.
6) He tends to get sad when you're not smiling.
7) He asks if your single.
8) He doesn't talk about other girls when he is around you.
9) He tags along for a movie even if he has seen it before.
10) His friends know your name.
11) He asks what you look for in a guy or what kind of guy you are looking for.
12) He buys you gifts for no apparent reason (That's a definite sign he likes you as more than a friend).
13) He gets distracted easily when you are around.
14) He stutters when you talk to him.
15) If you catch him looking at you, he looks around pretending to look at someone else.
16) He listens to you and remembers everything you say, even if it's dumb and insignificant.
17) He notices new things about you and compliments you on your new hair-do, shoes, clothes, bag, etc.
18) He gets tense when you are with another guy.
19) He calls for no reason.
20) He talks and looks at you differently than for others girls.
21) He asks how your day was almost every day.
22) He tries his best to spend time with you.
23) He skips practice or time with his friends to hang out with you.
24) He puts his phone on silent whenever he is with you (A major sign he is into you).
25) He comes over to you even when his friends are around.
26) He regularly touches or brushes against you accidentally.
27) He say yes to all the things you ask him to do.
28) He acts immature around you--like playful flirting, teasing, poking.
29) He tries to make you smile all the time (Ding! Ding! He loves seeing you happy).
30) He asks about you to your friends when you are not around.
31) He flirts with your friends to make you jealous.
32) He sings lines from your favorite song when you are around or sends you lyrics from his favorite song.
33) He tells you stories about the stupidest things he did when he was a little kid.
34) He thinks your baby picture is so cute, or he even asks to keep one of them.
35) He treasures whatever you give him, like a card or a note.
36) He watches you favorite movie with you, even though it is a chick flick.
37) He emails you some silly little love poem, knowing that there is a chance your parents might read it.
38) He shows his emotional side to you and trusts you with his deepest secrets.
39) He trusts that he can tell you anything without you judging him.

If you answered YES to less than 10 statements, then this guy is just not into you.
If you answered YES to 11-24 statements, then there is a good chance that this guy likes you.
If you answered YES to 25-35 statements, then this guy is really into you.
If you answered YES to 36 or more statements, then there is an excellent chance that this guy is in love with you but is just scared to admit it.

Monday, March 9, 2009

"Movie Review: Slumdog Millionaire" by Chandrawattie Kadar

Movie Review:
Slumdog Millionaire

by Chandrawattie Kadar

Slumdog Millionaire is a British film directed by Danny Boyle in 2008. Slumdog Millionaire was written by Simon Beaufoy and cofirected in India by Loveleen Tandan. This movie travelled from the slum to the big screen to the red carpet. Slumdog was nominated for ten 2008 Academy Awards and won eight--the most for any film this year, including "Best Picture" and "Best Director." Slumdog Millionaire also won five Critic's Choice Awards, four Golden Globes and seven BAFTA Awards, including "Best Film."

Even with all its success and fame, Slumdog Millionaire was and is a film that is a portrait of India. Slumdog Millionaire is a very heartfelt story that portrays the love that two people can share over time, but it also shows the everyday life of kids in India and the problems that they have to face each day, living in the slums. Can you imagine living in a tent, where there is no running water or electricity or anything of that sort? After watching Slumdog Millionaire, you would want to take back all the bad things you have ever said about your life. You would consider yourself lucky to have all the privileges you have.

Slumdog's Plot

Slumdog Millionaire is about an 18-year-old boy named Jamal Malik. Jamal is an orphan from the slums of Mumbai. Every day for him is a struggle until the day arrives when he makes his appearance on the popular TV show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" With the whole nation watching, Jamal is one question away from winning an astonishing 20 million rupees. But things get fishy when the show breaks for the night, and the police become suspicious that Jamal might be cheating. I mean, how could a kid from the slums know all the answers to the questions, right? Wrong! Maybe Jamal wasn't cheating. Maybe his experiences and the things he has witnessed have led him to know the answers to the questions being asked. Jamal is now desperate to prove he is innocent, so he tells his story about growing up in the slums with his brother, Salim, and the girl he loved and lost, Latika. The inspector gets interested in Jamal's story and wonders what a young man with no desire for riches is doing on a show like "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" But when the final day arrives, the Inspector and the sixty million viewers will find out the real reason Jamal went on the show.

About the Actors

Who on earth is Dev Patel? That's the question hundreds of people are asking. Well, guys, Dev Patel plays one of the main characters in the BEST movie of 2008: Slumdog Millionaire. Dev Patel is an 18-year-old Britich film and television actor, as well as a martial artist. He was born on April 23rd, 1990. Dev is best known for his performances on British television, such as the role of Anwar Kharral in the the teen drama series "Skins" and many more. Dev is a martial artist and is a black belt in Taekwondo. He was even a bronze medalist at the 2004 AIMAA World Championships in Dublin.


Frieda Pinto was born on October 18th, 1984 in Mumbai, India. Frieda was one of two daughters born to bank manager Frederick Pinto and his wife Sylvia, a school principal. Her sister Sharon recently became an associate producer for the NDTV news channel. Pinto always dreamt of becoming and actress. Her dream started to come true after she graduated from St. Xavier College in Mumbai. Frieda worked as a popular model on the Indian circuit. Now Frieda has gone from model to Oscar-winner. Ms. Pinto decided to make her acting dream a reality in 2006 when she auditioned for the heroine-role of Latika, an orphan living in the slums in Slumdog Millionaire. She trained for six months with an acting coach, and the coaching seems to have paid off.

Poetry: 2 poems by Noemy Duran

"You"

by Noemy Duran

You took her away
When I really needed her
She was always there
She was family
She wasn't only my grandmother but my hero too

She would get me out of trouble
She would always defend me in problems
She would always be there for me
And she wasn't only my grandmother
But my hero too

But now I lost my grandmother and my hero too
Why?
Because she passed away

It's OK you took her away cause
She will be better up there in
Heaven and happier

It's OK you took her away cause
I'll always have her in my
Heart

Even though she's not alive
I will always consider her
MY HERO


"Family Feud"
(After Kevin Caval)

by Noemy Duran

My mother's voice rises
Like defense shields when I ask
If she wants a nephew? A niece?
Now or later on in
...Life...

My father screams
Fist through my stomach when I
mentioned I was
...Pregnant...

My Grandmother gone and
Not here with me to help me
Get out of this horrible
...Disaster...

My aunt says, "Why?
You're so young!
You could have lived your life way better
Than how you gonna live it now."

My brother says, "You the
First one to do this to the family
All I have to say to you is
Why?...So early."

My family says, "We are so ashamed of you."
At the age of 16
Why couldn't you wait any
...Longer...