 GERTRUDE
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: English, German, Dutch
PRONOUNCED: GUR-trood (English), ger-TROO-də (German), khər-TRUY-də (Dutch)
Meaning & History Means "spear of strength", derived from the Germanic elements ger "spear" and þruþ "strength". Saint Gertrude the Great was a 13th-century nun and mystic writer. It was probably introduced to England by settlers from the Low Countries in the 15th century. Shakespeare used the name in his play 'Hamlet' (1600) for the mother of the title character. A famous bearer was the American writer Gertrude Stein (1874-1946). Related
VARIANTS: Gertrud, Gertraud (German), Gertruida, Geertruida (Dutch)DIMINUTIVES: Trudy, Trudie, Trudi, Gertie (English), Trudi (German), Truus, Gertie, Geertje, Trudy, Trudie (Dutch)OTHER LANGUAGES: Geretrudis, Gertrud (Ancient Germanic), Kerttu (Finnish), Gertrúd (Hungarian), Geltrude (Italian), Gertruda (Polish), Gertrudes (Portuguese), Gertrudis (Spanish)http://www.behindthename.com/name/gertrude Anne meaning and name origin Anne \a(n)- ne\ as a girl's name is a variant of Ann (Hebrew) and Hannah (Hebrew), and the meaning of Anne is "He (God) has favored me". See also Aine, Ana, Anise, Anita, Annamaria, Marianne, Rexanne, Roseanne and Ysanne. The baby name Anne sounds like Anna, Anny, Annie and Anni. Other similar baby names are Ande, Ange, Anke, Annet and Annes. http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Anne
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Make yourself a one of a kind.. :P
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In order to be someone, you must first Be yourself. My world is always with the cute and happy stuffs. Its just totally ME. :)
 Poignantly explores the innocence of first love. . . will touch the hearts of readers everywhere.—Anniston Star
Book Quotes
“There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have the feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well.”
“It wasn’t that long, and it certainly wasn’t the kind of kiss you see in movies these days, but it was wonderful in its own way, and all I can remember about the moment is that when our lips touched, I knew the memory would last forever.”
“Love is like the wind. You cannot see it but you can always feel it.”
“Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.”
“I held her close to me with my eyes closed, wondering if anything in my life had ever been this perfect and knowing at the same time that it hadn’t. I was in love, and the feeling was even more wonderful than I ever imagined it could be.”
http://www.nicholassparks.com/books/a-walk-to-remember
A promise of forever.. :)))
 Cha Dae-woong ( Lee Seung Gi) accidentally releases a troublesome gumiho, a legendary fox with nine tails, sealed inside a painting by Grandma Samshin (三神). When she had been free, she failed to find a human husband, a requirement for becoming fully human. From this, a rumor started that claimed she liked to eat the livers of humans. Fleeing the scene, Dae-woong suffers a life-threatening fall and is only saved by the gumiho giving him her " fox marble" (여우 구슬). When Dae-woong awakes and meets a mysterious pretty girl, he initially treats her as eccentric or mentally ill, before fully understanding she is the gumiho in disguise. He agrees to stay with her and he tries to keep her happy, while hiding her true identity as a gumiho from all others by having her pose as his human girlfriend Mi ho. As the story unfolds, Mi ho ( Shin Min Ah) pursues her goal of becoming human, with the half-human, half-monster Park Dong Joo informing her that to do so, she must drink his blood and allow a human to keep her fox marble inside their body for a full 100 days. However, Dong Joo did not mention that at the end of the 100 days the human will die. Trouble brews when Mi ho and Dae-woong fall in love without knowing the consequnces of fulfilling her goal. READ MORE:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Girlfriend_Is_a_Nine-Tailed_Fox
 Seoul, South Korea
Seoul Special City, the capital and largest metropolis in South Korea.
My dream is to travel Seoul, South Korea. Its just the best place to travel not just it is the home of the famous Koreanovelas but also the best Asian place to dream for.
TOP TEN REASONS WHY I LOVE ASIAN TRAVELS:
1. When I would fulfill my parents dream someday, i want something more to explore in life. It gave me an idea of becoming complete. It is a real life goal to accomplished someday. XD
2. One of the things i want to fulfill in my bucket list is " to learn another language- foreign". I want to learn something unique and also to meet new friendships and be amazed with their own country.
3. I want more adventure. You learn another language, visit historical places, see their traditional lives and feel the SNOW. ^^,
4. People you meet while on the road usually become some of the most valued ones in your address book, giving you points on the map to visit later on. And people met on the road give you a momentary glimpse outside your hometown circle of friends, forcing you into a new and refreshing perspective on things.
5. Be challenged with the place. Learn the values, language, the way they dress up and more.
6. You will eat food like you never have – Enough said about this. You will be constantly surprised at the flavors exploding in your mouth. Eat Jjampong, Kimchi for REAL. :P
7. To prove to yourself you can – If you’re the kind of person to dream big, and simply by reading this website you’ve proven that you are, you’re probably also the kind to reach for new challenges. Finishing a trip gives you the satisfaction that you were able to accomplish what you set out to do. And to give you energy to set up the next challenge too.
8. Be a storyteller. Tell everything to everyone about the place. WOw! :)
9. Gives you perspective – Meeting folks from exotic cultures will teach you that the way you look at the world (perhaps through the lens of mass media) is not the way everybody does it. That you could in fact be dead wrong about it. Seeing it for yourself brings a healthy dose of reality to your so-called higher thinking.
10. Finally, to prove that DREAMS DO COME TRUE. WISH ME LUCK SOMEDAY. LOVE LOVE SEOUL, KOREA. :DD
READ MORE:
http://www.airtreks.com/ready/why-we-love-to-travel/17-reasons-why-travel-is-good-for-you/
 Collide by Howie Day The dawn is breaking
A light shining through
You're barely
waking
And I'm tangled up in you
Yeah
I'm open, you're closed
Where I follow, you'll go
I worry I won't see your face
Light up again
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
I somehow find, you and I collide
I'm quiet, you know
You make a first impression
I've found I'm scared to
know
I'm always on your mind
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even
the stars refuse to shine
Out of the back you fall in time
I somehow find,
you and I collide
Don't stop here
I've lost my place
I'm close
behind
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to
rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills your mind
You finally find, you and I
collide
You finally find
You and I collide
You finally find
You
and I collide
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Lyrics copied at: http://www.lyricinterpretations.com/Howie-Day/Collide by anjaba :))
The narrator is a boy (or man) who is quiet ("I'm quiet, you know")
and sees himself as weak in some way. The subject of the song is a girl he's
been observing, admiring, and putting on a pedestal; he sees her as a confident
leader who knows where she's going ("You make a first impression"), a source of
strength. The problem is that when she responds to his pursual of her, she opens
up and shows her weakness and wants to lean on someone (him), while he's not
sure he wants her to because he liked leaning on her.
"The dawn is
breaking
A light shining through
You're barely waking
And I'm tangled
up in you"
The first verse conveys that he's liked her a long time and
she is just "waking up" to him and beginning to fall in love. "The dawn is
breaking" on their relationship.
"I'm open, you're closed
Where I
follow, you'll go
I worry I won't see your face
Light up again"
This second stanza of the first verse relates that the narrator sees himself as
a follower, and the girl as a leader. She is strong and has set ways of doing
things ("closed") and makes a path where she goes that he is "open" to just
following.
The last two lines of the stanza are a response to his realization
that she's actually looking at him the same way he's looking at her. SHE'S the
strong brilliant one, SHE'S got it all together. If she sees me as something
great, that can't be good for her. He's losing his illusion; he liked just
observing her from afar and having this warped sense of who she is--no one can
be completely strong all the time, but that's what he enjoyed believing about
her.
"Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to
rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
I somehow find, you and I
collide"
The first chorus shows that the narrator is coming to terms
with the fact that the girl he admires might have weaknesses ("Even the best
fall down sometimes") and he actually seems to be realizing that things could
still be okay between them. He is toying with the notion that even the most
unlikely matches can work ("Even the wrong words seem to rhyme"), so maybe a
strong girl really could love a weak boy.
"I'm quiet, you know
You
make a first impression
I've found I'm scared to know
I'm always on your
mind"
Again, he is scared ("to know [he's] always on [her] mind")
because he wanted to just sit back and let her be everything, but she is
actually giving him credit as a person, which also puts responsibility on
him.
"Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the stars refuse to
shine
Out of the back you fall in time
I somehow find, you and I
collide"
This is where it gets confusing and I'd greatly appreciate some
input. The second line is clearly about the girl desiring to be out of the
lime-light for a while, but i don't understand the third line. What is "the
back"? She "falls in time"--is that like, in time with a beat, as in, she
becomes a follower? Or what?
"Don't stop here
I've lost my place
I'm close behind"
A little bridge--not sure exactly about this either.
I've thought a bit about the idea that maybe this is the girl speaking now
because if you look at the last chorus:
"Even the best fall down
sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills
your mind
You finally find, you and I collide"
SHE is the one that had
doubts now. So what's that about??
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