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  • 49 of 49 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 4 Fazel

    Member since 22/11/2005

    Reviews written: 15

    3 Stars Bullying....My rollercoaster ride. 23/01/2006
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Seeing them as low lifes in the future, and feeling great about it.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages If you can't beat em, don't join em. Bullying can hurt.

    Bullying…My rollercoaster ride. Bullying comes in a lot of different forms, it could be name calling, being spat at, having your things stolen, being punched, people talking about you behind your back, discrimination, racial abuse, other kinds of abuse, I could go on for hours. In this piece I'm going to tell you the story about the low life's that bullied me to breaking point when I flipped and how I overcome it. I'll try to put some funny bit's in if I can, but it's a side of me that I don't talk about very often, but I guess you want to know a bit about bullying seen as you're here, so here ... more
  • 54 of 54 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    annettc99

    5 Stars I just need to get this off my chest. Review with images 06/08/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages It might help save your life.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None. (Except me droning on. A lot!)

    This was going to be “Member Advice on Breast Self-Examination” but I’ve changed my mind. I can’t presume to advise you any better than http://www.breastcancercare.org.uk or http://www.breastcancersource.com/articl​e/11335.aspx So, just find out how, and then do it every month! Simple! It probably takes some kind of a scare for most people to realise how precious health is, and to demonstrate how much we take it for granted when we’ve got it. This is my experience of such a scare, and I hope it encourages at least one other woman to be “breast aware”. If only we were more like men, eh? We’d ... more
  • 22 of 22 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 6 shazzaspannered

    Member since 12/04/2005

    Reviews written: 110

    5 Stars My Birth Story Review with images 23/05/2011
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Quick Labour, Needed no Pain Relief, Being a Parent is AMAZING!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None I'd do it all again in a heartbeat so it can't have been that bad!

    As a lot of my regular readers will know I was pregnant with our first baby who was due on 20th March. I had a pretty easy pregnancy without any problems and quite enjoyed having a bump and my journey to becoming a mum. We decided not to find out what gender our baby was as I wanted the surprise - my husband wanted to find out but I managed to talk him round. I thought I'd write up my birth story so I’ll start on the Thursday (24th February) it was an ordinary day. I’d made myself an appointment to have my hair cut as I thought that it was looking a bit messy and I wanted it to be looking nice ... more
  • 24 of 24 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    berlioz

    5 Stars An ardent Romantic with a cause Review with images 23/05/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Hopefully brings some insights into the life of an underrated artist

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Maybe I'm being a little too analytical

    100 articles down on Ciao and I have come to the shocking realization that despite my username, I have only written one review concerning Hector Berlioz, a rather old review of the Symphonie Fantastique that probably could use a revision anyway. So what better way to celebrate a milestone such as this than to divulge on the life of my favourite composer. (Note, this is meant as a tribute rather than some all-encompassing biography of the man, concentrating on various thoughts I have of him rather than just facts of his life's events.) OF BERLIOZ AND HIS YOUTH Hector Berlioz is the archetype of ... more
  • 27 of 27 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    oldchem

    5 Stars Belgian Food - it's more than frites and mayo!! Review with images 26/10/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A delicious cusine

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None

    BELGIAN CUISINE Poor little Belgium does get some very bad press. If most people were asked about Belgian food they would probably say chocolate and chips and mayonnaise!! Today I am here as an honoury ambassador of Belgian food and will try to show that there is more than frites and chocolate to Belgium. Belgium is sandwiched between France and Holland along the North Sea, It covers a strip of land almost 200 miles long and 100 miles wide. With over 10 million people, it is the second most densely populated country in the world. The country is divided into two distinct cultures -- the Flemish ... more
  • 65 of 65 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Elffriend

    5 Stars My daughter's Birthday Review with images 15/07/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A happy day

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none!

    I would like you all to celebrate the birthday of my daughter with me, and introduce Stephybabes to her grown-up sister. Today is not a milestone in her life, she is thirty-one today, but each birthday is special to me. She is my only child and lives 200 miles away from me, but is always in my heart. Other parents will know what I mean, and some older children will know too. I married early at nineteen, I wanted a large family like my parents, there were five of us and I was never alone with my siblings around me. Although my husband wanted children, I feel we were both too young; my husband ... more
  • 62 of 62 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    hukerjohn

    4 Stars A look into booze and bartending... 21/05/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good banter, good mates, great cocktails!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Drunkeness... Both you and the customers!

    Member advice on bartending! Or just a sneaky peak into all things alcohol… Being a bartender is pretty straightforward, becoming a good bartender is a little challenging but becoming a great bartender might be a good deal more difficult than everyone thinks… In this review I’ll look at product knowledge, presentation, flair bartending, and other random bits ad bobs!. I’ll try my hardest to throw in a few little known interesting booze-related facts for your reading pleasure. ----Terminology---- I was thinking it might be best if I wrote some sort of nomenclature detailing the ways of the ... more
  • 61 of 61 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 tutu422

    Member since 21/09/2004

    Reviews written: 22

    4 Stars Dem bones, dem bones, dem broken bones! 06/04/2005
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Might get a bit of sympathy..

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Just name it-there's so many!

    I fortunately have never broken a bone. I have never had to care for someone else who had until recently..... ۞ ۞ Here I am about to document the procedure from the onset of the accident up to the day of recovery. I hope this may help anyone else who suddenly finds themselves in this position. and does not know what to expect. ۞ ۞ ♥ The day it all began. It was Tuesday 9 March at 1-15 pm. I had done one job in the morning , come home, had lunch and looking forward to the afternoon to myself. No danger of that! I had just pressed the submit button booking a rather ... more
  • 101 of 101 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 Silverback

    Member since 23/09/2002

    Reviews written: 121

    1 Star 100, but still with visibly younger-looking skin Review with images 28/07/2006
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Beginning to fight seven signs of ageing as you cleanse

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Several members' husbands will hunt me down like a dog

    Sweary and tallulahbang goaded me into doing this beauty challenge. Why me? I know I'm not the most masculine of men. But I've always drawn the line at make-up. This is mainly because I fear I'd be too convincing in drag (it's the child-bearing hips). Maybe that's also the reason I prefer women with minimal make-up. I've been mocked in the past for my tastes: women scornfully assure me that they all wear some sort of slap. I'm apparently just too dumb to notice. Here's the proof: WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE PERFUME? I love the smell of Napalm in the Morning (by Givenchy), naturally. But apart from ... more
  • 25 of 25 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 Pmshack99

    Member since 01/04/2002

    Reviews written: 495

    4 Stars BABY LOVE (A Short Story) 15/02/2005
    User recommends the product
    I've kind of ran out of places to put my short stories so it can go under "Everything beginning with B" as that what the title begins with!!! BABY LOVE I’m pretty nervous when I phone Harry up that day. “Hey Harry, it’s me,” I say as brightly as possible. “Who’s ‘me’?” he asks, sounding confused. I blink back a tear. We barely broke up three months ago and he’s already forgotten my voice. And he always praised me for being such a distinctive speaker – in that respect, my years of elocution certainly paid off. “You don’t recognise my voice?” Said voice is shaking – I can’t help that. Those two ... more
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