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My Home is no more

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My parents worked so hard to first get a land where they could farm. Then they worked so hard to build a house of their own. Their hard work paid. They made a name for themselves. They built two houses; more if we are to count the houses they help build for their children. But for what? We could argue that if they did not work that hard, their children -- my siblings and I could be doing something different, and earning our living in a different way. They worked hard--all for us. They taught us humility. One thing that rings in my mind still to this day is that, we are humble people and we should always remain humble. I could say we have lived it. What hit me hard was this picture that my eldest brother sent me from my village: I cannot believe that the place that I called home and the place that lives in me has become like this. I had to look at this picture again and again -- closely. The landscape itself looks changed and it is nothing like I remember from my childhood...

Importing list of contacts at once on iPhone

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This is for those who are looking for a way of importing list of contact addresses at once on your iPhone without having to add one at a time. Having joined a new organization, I had to have contact addresses of more than hundred staff and I did not want to tediously type in one by one on my phone.   But first you must have this contact list in excel format or in some form of list on your computer. 1. If you have the contact list in the excel format, convert it into csv format 2. Now convert it into VCF format online on this link: http://www.artistec.com/pages/CSV2vCard.html 2. Follow the instruction on this link 3. Once you have the output of your contact list on that link in the VCF format, copy and paste it in a notepad 4. Save it with the file extension .vcf 5. Log in on icloud using your login credentials 6. Go to Contacts on the homepage of your iCloud and then go to settings 7. Click on import and choose the vcf file you just created.  You ...