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How Parańaque Got Its Name

Old Legends are like vintage wine. The passing of the years merely adds to their flavour.
Parańaque, the largest town of Rizal, has a beautiful legend about how the town was named.
When the Philippines was conquered by the Spaniards, some soldiers riding a horse-drawn
carriage asked to be taken to a certain place. However, the coachman did not understand the
Spanish soldier’s pronunciation. When they arrived, one of the soldiers said, “Para aqui, Para
aqui” meaning, “Stop here, stop here.” The coachman did not understand and kept going
whereas the soldier also repeated his instruction, “Para aqui, Para aqui”. The coachman left the
carriage and told the townspeople that, “These Spaniards are repeatedly saying para aniya
ake… para aniya ake” to which the townspeople just laughed. The incident circulated and was
repeated around for days and the term Para Aniya Ake stuck.[5]
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Olympic Games
The Olympic games began as athletic festivals to honor the Greek gods. The most
important festival was held in the valley of Olympia to honor Zeus, the king of the gods. It was
this festival that became the Olympic games in 776 B.C. These games were ended in A.D. 394 by
the Roman Emperor who ruled Greece. No Olympic games were held for more than 1,500
years. Then the modern Olympics began in 1896. Almost 300 male athletes competed in the
first modern Olympics In the games held in 1900, female athletes were allowed to compete.
The games have continued every four years since 1896 except during World War II, and they
will most likely continue for many years to come.
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A Bomb in Plane

I am used to travelling by air but only on one occasion I felt frightened. After taking foo,
we flew low over the city. It slowly wen high to the sky.

But suddenly it turned round and flew back to the airport. An air-hostess told us to keep
calm and to get off the place quietly as soon as it landed. After we landed, the police searched
the plane carefully. Everybody on board was worried and we grew curious about what was
happening.

Later, we learned that there was a very important person on board. Earlier, somebody told
the police that there was a bomb on the plane. Fortunately, they did not find a bomb and five
hours later we were able to take off again.
 HOW DOES THE RAIN HAPPEN?
Rain is the primary source of fresh water for most areas of the world, providing suitable
conditions for diverse ecosystems, as well as water for hydroelectric power plants and crop
irrigation.

The phenomenon of rain is actually a water circle. The concept of the water cycle
involves the sun heating the Earth's surface water and causing the surface water to evaporate.
The water vapor rises into the Earth's atmosphere. The water in the atmosphere cools and
condenses into liquid droplets. The droplets grow until they are heavy and fall to the earth as
precipitation which can be in the form of rain or snow.

However, not all rain reaches the surface. Some evaporates while falling through dry air.
This is called virga, a phenomenon which is often seen in hot, dry desert regions.
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Traditional Navajo (Nav-ahoe) foods hat are still enjoyed today include mutton, corn,
and fry bread made from flour. This bread is similar to Mexican Tortilla. Fried bread is mostly
flat, but fluffy in places. This delicious bread can be eaten plain, stuffed with a filling, or dipped
in stews. Fry bread is easy to make. If you want to try this, all you need is flour, salt, baking
powder, powdered milk, and water. Follow a recipe and form the dough into little floured
patties. These are to be fried in a pan in about one inch of oil. When the dough puffs up, the fry
bread is ready to enjoy.
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The Fox and The Crow
Aesop’s Fable
A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree.
     "That's for me, as I am a Fox," said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the foot of the tree.
     "Good day, Mistress Crow," he cried. "How well you are looking today: how glossy your
feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as
your figure does; let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of
Birds."
     The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her
mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox.
     "That will do," said he. "That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a
piece of advice for the future: "Do not trust flatterers."
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The Olympic Symbol consists of five interlocking rings. The rings represent the five different
areas of the world – Africa, Asia, America (North and South), Australia, and Europe – from
which Olympic athletes come to compete in the games. The rings are colored blue, yellow,
black, green, and red. At least one of these colors is found in every country that has athletes
compete at the games.

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A Day Visit to Yogyakarta

Last week, I went to Yogyakarta with my family. My father drove the car. My mother sat
beside him. My sister and I sat in the back seats.

We woke up early in the morning. My father prepared the car in the garage while mother
was preparing food for breakfast and some snacks for us. My sister and I packed some clothes.
After everything got ready and we had our breakfast, we left the house at six o'clock.

It was about nine A.M. We arrived at Yogyakarta. First of all we visited our uncle. We
stayed there for an hour. Then we went to Parangtritis beach. We got there at eleven o'clock.
There were a lot of tourists because it was holiday. I saw many foreign visitors too. My parents
watched us playing with sand in the beach. We did not swim and take a bath since the wave was
rough. After having lunch, we went on our picnic to the museum and Malioboro shopping centre.

We drove back to Semarang at 7 o'clock and arrived home at ten. We were tired but happy.

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How Chocolate is Made

Have we wondered how we get chocolate from? Well this time we will enter the amazing world
of chocolate so we can understand exactly we are eating.

Chocolate starts a tree called cacao tree. This tree grows in equatorial regions, especially in place
such as South America, Africa, and Indonesia. The cacao tree produces a fruit about the size of a
small pine apple. In side the fruits are the tree's seeds. They are also known as coco beans.

Next, the beans are fermented for about a week, dried in the sun. After that they are shipped to
the chocolate maker. The chocolate maker starts by roasting the beans to bring out the flavour.
Different beans from different places have different qualities and flavour. So they are often
shorted and blended to produce a distinctive mix.
The next process is winnowing. The roasted beans are winnowed to remove the meat nib of the
cacao bean from its shell. Then the nibs are blended. The blended nibs are ground to make it a
liquid. The liquid is called chocolate liquor. It tastes bitter.

All seeds contain some amount of fat and cacao beans are not different. However, cacao beans
are half fat, which is why the ground nibs from liquid. It is pure bitter chocolate.

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Why Students Should Eat Breakfast Every Day

A lot of people, especially young people, go though the day without having breakfast. Many
people believe that it is not necessary, or they say that they don’t have time for that, and begin
their day with no meal. I believe that everyone should eat breakfast before going to their
activities. The purpose of this paper is to show the importance of breakfast, especially for
students. 

The first reason why you should eat breakfast before going to school is for your health. When
you skip breakfast and go to school, you are looking for a disease because it’s not healthy to
have an empty stomach all day long. It’s very important to have a meal and not let your
stomach work empty. All you are going to get is gastritis and a lot of problems with your
health if you don’t eat breakfast. 

Another reason for eating breakfast is because you need food for to do well in your classes.
You body and your brain are not going to function as good as they could because you have no
energy and no strength. When you try to learn something and have nothing in your stomach,
you are going to have a lot of trouble succeeding. A lot of people think that they should not
eat because they are going to feel tired, but that’s not true. Breakfast is not a very big meal,
and on the contrary, you’re going to feel tired if you don’t have breakfast because you have
spent the entire previous night without food. 

The last reason to have breakfast every day is because you can avoid diseases if you eat some
breakfast in the morning. If you don’t eat, you are going to get sick, and these diseases will
have a stronger effect on you because you’re going to get sick easier than people who have
breakfast every day. 

You have to realize that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and you cannot skip
it without consequences for your health, your school and your defense mechanism. It is better
to wake up earlier and have a good breakfast that run to school without eating anything. It is
time for you to do something for your health, and eating breakfast is the better way to start
your day. 

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