Charisse Pempengco Duet with Celine Dion on Oprah

Every once in a while a talent comes along that just needs to be shared with the world. This little 16 year old girl is that talent! The best part of this moving story is she kept on believing in her dreams and out of poverty and because of the love for her family - A New Star Is Born - She is amazing and so is her story!

September 9-11 2001 Tribute - May We Never Forget!

This is one of the more moving tributes of that terrible day when America was attacked. We Need to Remember and Never Forget the people we lost that day, the brave everyday people who were the true heroes and the rest of who's lives it changed forever!

As September 11 2009 approaches, I think back on what was I doing the moment I first learned or heard of this terrible event; I was at the eye doctors waiting for an appointment and starred at the tv screen and did not move for almost an hour, I called Marilyn (who was home recovering from surgery) which she said seemed so minimal after hearing this.

What were you doing when you first learned of this tragic event?

This video is about 5 minutes long but well worth it!

http://achieveezine.com/videos/attack.swf

It's In Every One Of Us

We have decided to do something with this blog that we did not originally intend to do. In the beginning, we started the blog with the thought that this would be a good way to promote our website, business, and increase sales; along with being entertaining. Wrong!

So many wonderful stories and experiences have come our way, via the web, from friends and in life, that we have decided to dedicate this blog to sharing them (don't worry, we will still do a fair amount of shameless self promotion here and there...after all, you deserve a great deal on great fashions from WiseSize).

This video, I cannot embed, but it is a wonderful tribute to the human spirit, which is what this blog will be about from now on! Thank you! Ken & Marilyn - WiseSize

It's In Every One Of Us!

It doesn't matter how many times you fall down - it's how many times you get up!

Old Chinese Proverb "fall down 7 times, get up 8"

We all fall down sometimes, whether it's our diet, exercise, goals and probably just about everything else. And here is the good news - We will again! the key is getting back up. This video explains it far better than I ever could. I hope you find it inspirational and as heartwarming as I did and will watch it often:

The Power of Music!

11 Rules of life you did not learn in school

Bill Gates spoke before a group of high school students and gave them his eleven rules of life. The rules are taken from the book "Dumbing Down our Kids" by educator Charles Sykes. It is a list of eleven things you did not learn in school and directed at high school and college grads.

RULE 1

Life is not fair - get used to it.

RULE 2

The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

RULE 3

You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice president with car phone, until you earn both.

RULE 4

If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.

RULE 5

Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping they called it Opportunity.

RULE 6

If you mess up,it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

RULE 7

Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

RULE 8

Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

RULE 9

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.

RULE 10

Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

RULE 11

Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

Men prefer average sized women over fashion models and Playboy centrefolds, claim scientists

By Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent

Published: 7:00AM BST 11 Jun 2009

Men prefer average sized women over fashion models and Playboy centrefolds such as Pamela Anderson, claim scientists Photo: GETTY

Researchers found that men preferred the shape of ordinary women, equivalent to dress size 14, than so-called super-attractive models, according to a study that compared the body shapes of ordinary women, Playboy centerfolds, models from the 1920s and 1990s and glamour girls.

Professor Rob Brooks at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and colleagues, asked 100 male students to judge the attractiveness of 201 line drawings of female torsos with different hip, waist and shoulder measurements.

They discovered that men preferred the average body size of women aged 25 to 44 to so-called "superattractive models".

"The orthodoxy says that you will be attractive with a certain waist-hip ratio no matter how the rest of your body varies," Prof Brooks told the New Scientist. "Our study shows this is not the case,".

When compared with groups of real women, including Playboy centrefolds, Australian escorts advertising on the internet and average Australian women between the ages of 25 and 44, the latter group most closely matched the preferred body shape.

That is equivalent to a size 14 dress, or 36-28-38 and 5ft 4in tall, the average size of women in both Australia and Britain.

And, you can find all of these sizes and great fashions at WiseSize!

"Validation" is a fable about the magic of free parking.

If you want to feel good, smile and believe again, watch this movie about the power of love, magic & making other people feel good! One of Marilyn & my favorite quotes is from Zig Ziglar "You get what you want by helping others get what they want". This is rather long (17 minutes) but well worth it - enjoy.

Great Fashions at www.wisesize.com

Look Great - Save a Lot - Feel Good!

Will Smith - Making A Great Life

I love his attitude! Will Smith talks about creating life. I love his quote "you don't have to get ready if you are already ready!"