Going on a first Date with him or her? You need this

If you get yourself a first date—especially from someone you knew before—the first thing that you should consider is how to make it so good that your date would want to see you on a second date. However, it doesn't take too much stress to prepare about it. Remember that a date is all about knowing the other person better and treating him or her with respect. Check out our list to see what you should consider.

Choose the right outfit – Wearing provocative or inappropriate clothing risk making the wrong impression. Although your date may be familiar to you, your revealing or flashy dress could mean that you are trying too hard to impress him or her. Wear clothes that are appropriate to the venue, and at the same time your date would be familiar with.

Do not wear too much perfume – Just because you still couldn't smell the perfume from your body doesn't mean that you don't have enough of it. Apply the perfume on your pulse points such as behind the ears and on the wrists, and you're ready to go.
Consider to meet at a public place – Even if you are dating someone you know, it is best to meet him or her at a public place such as a park or a restaurant. A public place provides safety and security.

Prepare a plan – If you are familiar with your date, you should have an idea of his or hers likes and dislikes. Create a list of activities that you and your date would both love to do. Why reserve a table at an expensive restaurant if you date prefers to have a picnic by the park? Also, don't forget about your date's eating habits and allergies, or previous injuries when considering a physical activity such as football passing.

Men should still practice chivalry – We may be living in a new century, but men should still take care of women. He should open doors for women, pull the chairs for her, and letting her order first. When playing sports with your woman, make sure to be gentle—and also let her win.

Listen – Ask question and show (not pretend) that you are interested to what your date is saying. The reason why you should not pretend to be listening because your date might end up talking more about him or her rather than making it a stimulating conversation. Among those topics that are great in date conversations are work, hobbies, books, music, movies, and sports. Do not talk or ask about politics, religion, and especially former relationships.

Look at them in the eyes – Eye contact spells out your interest and attention towards your date.

Have fun – Remember that the date should be fun. Bring laughter into the conversation by bringing out your sense of humor through jokes. Make every activity light and happy. However, if you see that your date isn't laughing at your jokes, don't tell another one.

Overcoming Shyness

It is often very stressful to date or even try to date when you are shy. However, being shy is basically being afraid of rejection. You can transform yourself from the shy type to the confident person that you should be. The more confident you look, the better response you would get from people.

Stand straight – When standing, pull your stomach muscles in. Your spine would naturally align and your back is straightened. An erect stand is a sigh a confidence. Practice doing this in front of a mirror until it starts to look natural.

Do not cross your arms – The way your body poses tells something about yourself. Crossing your arms while sitting or listening to another person is a sign that you are defensive and shy. This can be stand-offish at times. Learn to avoid this mannerism to give your confidence a boost.

Make eye contact – When meeting people, it is best to look straight at them, focusing on the eyes and face. This does not mean that you are supposed to stare at their eyes, which can look frightening. Keep in mind to make your eyes “smile” by keeping a positive attitude when talking to other people.

Make the first move – Stand close enough to the other person to strike up a conversation. Catch their eye and smile briefly. If they smile back and make a direct eye contact, they are open to talking. Striking up a conversation first may be difficult at first, but would get used to it once more people talk to you and slowly building up your confidence.

Make yourself safe to talk to – When you meet someone you are interested in, be curious about this person. Ask open-ended questions (those that does not end on a yes-or-no answers) and create conversations out of mutual interests to keep the talk going.

Give a compliment – If you do not know how to start a conversation, a compliment is always acceptable. Make a truthful and personal compliment at the other person. However, steer clear from the obvious body parts and instead hone in on detail. Say something that make the other person proud, such as his or her laugh, positive attitude, or confidence among others.

Watch other people's reactions – You can tell if the other person is interested to you by the way he or she reacts towards you. If the person is happy to continue chatting with you, their smile would get wider, they would move closer and lean towards you. If they don't instantly drip with enthusiasm, don't worry because other people get nervous too.

Ask people out one after the other – A brief coffee or lunch usually works best for a first date. Start by chatting the the new person about the activity you are both participating in and then casually ask if the person would like to get together some other time.

Need to write a letter? Try this tips

Care about someone Passionately?

Want to put those thoughts into words?, this tips could help!

Note: You need a Pen and a Paper to get this done!

Some people insist that the best gifts are gifts from the heart. No gift could be more personal than a love letter, and the best part is that it is a gift that can be opened and enjoyed again and again. Perhaps the ultimate total gift would be something special purchased to accompany such a love letter.

Make your letter special by starting with beautiful stationery. Write a rough draft so that you can copy it without errors.

Roll it up and tie it in a ribbon in your Valentine's favorite color, which is very possibly NOT red! Present it with one perfect flower or a delicious piece of chocolate. Present it in such a way as to make it the most special gift ever received by him or her.

If you draw a blank when you take your pen to paper, go to the library or the internet for some inspiration. Love letters have been written throughout history and treasured throughout time. Celebrated lovers would not mind helping the less famous with an inspired missive in the name of love!

Two of the most famous lovers wrote letters to stay close when they were separated by distance and world events. Napoleon wrote to Josephine, "To citizen Bonaparte, I have not spent a day without loving you; I have not spent a night without embracing you; I have not so much as drunk a single cup of tea without cursing the pride and ambition which force me to remain separated from the moving spirit of my life."

Letters were also used by secret lovers to nurture their passion. The love between the great eastern mystic and poet Kahlil Gibran and an American schoolmistress was unveiled with the discovery of hundreds of letters they wrote to each other over their twenty-seven year relationship. "Beloved Mary, I kiss your hand, dear Mary, and in kissing your hand I bless myself."

Words on paper can tell a new love what you cannot say in person. Mark Twain put aside his wit and sarcasm to court his future wife. "My dearest Livy, You are so good and beautiful… Give me a little room in that great heart of yours… and if I fail to deserve it may I remain forever the homeless vagabond I am!" His words won him a bride and a love that lasted a lifetime.

Your letter can express passion, frustration, insecurities and struggles. Even humor is allowed in love letters. After all, humor can lessen any heavy load. In seducing his third wife, John Steinbeck wrote, "I will be glad to have you give up that tinsel life of debauchery and sin and come out to G-d's country where we got purple sage. P.S. Can you bring a little sin and debauchery along? You can get too much purple sage but you can only get just enough sin."

Love doesn't need to be fresh or new to deserve a letter. The love of President Harry Truman for his "Dear Bess" is documented in their rich and abundant correspondence over fifty years. Even in the era of the telephone and the telegraph the two preferred their sentiment on paper.

Put down the telephone. Turn off the television and the computer. Grab a pen and a fresh, clean sheet of paper. Think hard and tell your true love how much you care. Your letter may someday be a part of history!

Love!....Other Languages Exists for this word.

English has helped so much in communication and we all seem to forget attimes that we could easily descibe words in our languages.

In a couple of days, we shall be celebrating the day of love and that is Valentine.

it's no news what Valentine is supposed to celebrate but let's see what is news!

Love in other Languages.

Afghani: Dus tat darem, Afrikaans: Ek is lief vir jou, Albanian: Une te dua, Amharic: Afekreshalew, Arabic: Ana ba hibeck, Assyrian: Be ayen gadi youkh, Armenian: Yes kez serum em/Yes kezee ga seerem, Bengali: Ami tomake bhalobashi, Bulgarian: Obicham te, Cantonese: Ngo oi lei, Catalan: Testimo molt, Cebuano: Gihigugma ko ikaw, Chamorro: Hu guaya hao, Chinese: Wo ai ni, Cree: Ke say ke tin, Creole: Mwen renmen'w, Croatian: Volim te, Cuban: Tevwnol, Czech: Miluji tì, Danish: Jeg elsker dig, Dholuo: Aheri, Dinka: Yin aaniar, Dutch: Ik hou van jou, Eskimo (Inuktitut): Nagligivagit, Estonian: Ma armastan sind, Farsi: Asheghetam, Fijian (Lingo): Au domoni iko, Filipino: Mahal kita, Finnish: Mina rakastan sinua, French: Je t'aime/je t'adore, Gaelic: Gra go deo, Gallego: Queroche moito, German: Ich liebe dich, Greek: S'agapo, Gujarati: Hu tane prem karu chu, Hausa: Enaso kaa, Hawaiian: Aloha wau ia oe, Hebrew: Ani ohev otakh, Hindi: Main tumse pyaar karta hoon, Hmong: Kuv hlub koj, Hungarian: Szeretlek, Icelandic: Eg elska pig, Ilocano: Ay ayaten ka, Ilongo: Ginahugugma Ko Ikaw, Indonesian: Aku cinta padamu, Irish: Thaim in grabh leat, Italian: Ti amo, Japanese: Ai shite imasu, Kannada: Naanu nimanu preetisuthene, Kapampangan: Kalaguran da ka, Kiswahili: Nakupenda, Konkani: Hawn thuzo mog kartha, Korean: Sarang hae, Kurdish: Ez te hes dikim, Laotian: Koy huck jow, Latin: Ego te amo, Latvian: Es tevi milu, Lebanese: Ana bahibik, Lithuanian: As tave myliu, Macedonian: Te sakam, Malay: Saya cintakan kamu, Malayalam: Njaan ninne snehikinnu, Maltese: Jien inhobbok, Maori: Ka nui taku aroha mauu, Marathi: Mala tu avadto/changla wathte, Nepali: Ma timilai maya garchu, Nigerian: Inan sunki, Norwegian: Jeg elsker deg, Oriya (Indian): Mu tumaku bhala paaye, Papiamentu: Mi stima bu, Persian: Du stet daram, Polish: Kocham cie, Portugese: Eu te amo, Punjabi: Main tuhanoo pyar kar da haan, Romanian: Te iubesc, Russian: Ya tebia lybly, Samoan: Ou te alofa ia te oe, Sango: M'bi ye mo, Serbian: Volim te, Sindhi: Mukhe tosa pyar aahe, Sinhalese: Mama oyata adhere, Siraiki: Maan tenal daadha pyaar karain daahim, Slovakian: Milujem ta, Slovenian: Ljubim te, Spanish: Te amo, Sranang tongo (Surinam): Mi lobi you , Swedish: Jag alskar dig, Swiss German: I lieb di, Tagalog: Mahal kita, Tamil: Naan unnai kathelikkiren, Telugu: Naku kneemeeda prama undi, Thai: Chun ruk ter, Tigrigna: Yefkreki, Tongan: Ofa atu, Tumbuka: Nkhukutemwa, Turkish: Seni seviyorum, Ukrainian: Ya tebe kohayu, Urdu: Mai tumse piyar karta hoon, Vietnamese: Anh yeu em/Em yeu anh, Welsh: Dwi'n caru ti, Zulu: Ngiyakuthanda.

so which group do you belong?

Did you know

Saudis ban red roses for Valentine's Day!

Crimson items - from roses to wrapping paper - have been banned from the shelves of florists and gift shops in Riyadh until Friday by the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.

Every year officials visit florists a few days before Feb 14 to issue warnings on red items, which are widely seen as symbols of love, according to local newspapers.

The Commission raids shops on the eve of Valentine's Day, which it sees as an encouragement of relations outside of wedlock, to ensure that the ban is being carried out.

According to the Saudi Gazette, the ban has resulted in a blossoming black market for red roses. One man, who claimed to run an underground flower shop out of his flat, said he could make as much as SAR20-30 (£2.70- £4) per rose, when the normal price is SAR5-7 (68p - £1).

He told the paper that he sometimes delivers bouquets in the middle of the night to avoid prying eyes, and that his loyal customers place orders weeks before the Feb 14 holiday.

Relationships outside marriage are strictly prohibited in the conservative Muslim state and are punishable by law.

"As Muslims we shouldn't celebrate a non-Muslim celebration especially this one that encourages immoral relations between unmarried men and women," Sheikh Khaled al-Dossari , a scholar in Islamic Studies and sharia law, told the paper.

However, there is some hope for hopeless romantics. This year Valentine's Day coincides with mid-term break, so many Saudis have already left the kingdom on holiday.

The ban came into force in Riyadh on Sunday and red items remain forbidden until after February 14.