Author: Kalyn

  • Faith

    If you think your faith in God does God a favour, you are mistaken. Your faith in God does nothing to God. Faith is your wealth. Faith gives you strength instantly. Faith brings you stability, centeredness, calmness and love. Faith is your blessing. But here is a paradox: if you lack faith, you have to…

  • Robinson Crusoe Island

      Where is Robinson Crusoe Island? It is in the Pacific Ocean about 640 kilometers west of Chile. How big is it? Robinson Crusoe is the largest of a group of three islands which are together called Juan Fernandez after the Spanish explorer who discovered them in the 16th century. The total land area of…

  • Let’s experiment

    A Water Clock What you need: An empty one-litre mineral water bottle, a pin, a watch, measuring tape, a marker and some water. What you do: Make a small hole close to the bottom of the empty bottle with the help of a pin. Mark the bottom of the neck with a marker. Measure the…

  • Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ is no more

    Gene Wilder, who became Hollywood’s one of the most iconic comic actors with his delightfully funny performances in films directed by Mel Brooks has passed away. He was 83. Wilder made his own name in the industry with films like “The Producers,” “Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein”, “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”, and “Stir Crazy”…

  • Did you know?

    White stork The young ones of the white stork are known to switch homes. Before becoming fully mature, the nestlings abandon their own nest and enter another brood with younger and fewer chicks to maximise their chances of getting more food.

  • Fantastic Fungi

      Mushrooms are actually a variety of fleshy, umbrella-shaped fungi (singular:fungus). They are very strange organisms because they have no stems, leaves or roots. They feed on tissues of other plants or animals, living or dead. They look like plants at first sight, but their cell walls are made not of cellulose but chitin, the…