Isa Nan

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Written accounts of life, death and everything in between

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5 Iconic Artists Who Hated Their Biggest Hits. Top Story - March 2022.
One of the biggest challenges of being a successful artist is having to perform the same set of hits day in and day out for decades on end. Having to repeat the process again and again can be somewhat maddening.
By Isa Nan4 years ago in FYI
10 Memorable Times Where Actors Played Against Type (And Succeeded)
Many actors often find themselves associated with a particular type of character. For every tough guy, suave hero, femme fatale, damsel in distress, or hopeless romantic, there will always be a few names that come to mind to play them. There’s nothing wrong with that because the best actors always make their characters work regardless of how typecast they may seem.
By Isa Nan4 years ago in Geeks
How A Terrorist Attack Robbed the British Royal Family Of One Of It’s Most Important Members
Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten was born Prince Louis of Battenberg, on 25 June 1900. As with most royal marriages at the time, both sides of Mountbatten’s family descended from prominent royal lineages. On his mother’s side, he was a great-grandchild of Queen Victoria while on his father’s side he hailed from the House of Battenberg which had ties to German, Greek, Russian and Spanish royalty.
By Isa Nan4 years ago in The Swamp
Democratic Dynasties? 4 Political Families Chosen by The People
When we think of a dynasty, we could be picturing a Monarchy like the British Royal Family or a dictatorial regime like the Kim Dynasty in North Korea. Basically, we imagine one powerful role being confined to a single family. Passing down a role or title from one family member to the next, with nobody to challenge it or with no say from the people is the very antithesis of democracy. So much so, that countries like Indonesia, the world’s third largest democracy, have implemented laws to prevent relatives from immediately succeeding each other in public office. After all, would it not be more democratic if a single family was not allowed to monopolise its country’s political power?
By Isa Nan4 years ago in The Swamp
Little Richard — The Architect of Rock n Roll
Background Richard Penniman was born on December 5, 1932, in Macon, Georgia. The third of twelve siblings, Richard grew up in a very religious family. It was in church where the young Richard first discovered his love for music and performance, making good use of his loud singing voice in church. Soon after, he began to learn instruments such as the saxophone and later, the piano which he later became most associated with.
By Isa Nan4 years ago in Beat
How to talk to a friend in a toxic relationship
In my experience, friends and family aren’t all that different from each other. Family are usually the people you are born to love while friends are the people that you choose to love. Either way, you love them and just like you would for your sibling or close relative, you want nothing but the best for your friends. Oftentimes, the best thing for some people would be a relationship. While I’ve not been in a serious one myself, I have seen many examples of how a relationship can be the best thing for both parties in a particular time of their lives. I’ve seen through my parents, siblings and friends the positive impact that a partner could bring to their lives and it has taught me to appreciate the fact that a relationship can often be the best thing to happen to certain people. I have seen how a relationship has made the people in it more self-assured, more comfortable in their own skin and have more peace of mind in the knowledge that there is always someone there to support them and vice-versa. I’ve seen people become more productive, more driven, more successful and sometimes even healthier as a result of a good relationship so much so that I sometimes questioned whether there would come a time where I could experience such a thing and not just look on from the outside.
By Isa Nan4 years ago in Humans
Making the Most of Living in a Multi-Generational Home
Why might you live in a Multi-Generational home? Depending on how old you are, picture yourself in any of these scenarios.
By Isa Nan4 years ago in Families
Love And Loss In The Prime Of Your Life
The poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, famously said “Tis better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.” Now I don’t know the first thing about romance and I’ll gladly admit that, so if that’s what you’re looking for, now’s the time to turn back. For those of you still reading on, allow me to tell you what I do know: Love and Loss.
By Isa Nan4 years ago in Families
Improving Your Grades by Better Managing Exam Stress
My struggles with exam stress Nobody likes sitting for exams. The very mention of it makes me shudder as it does a lot of other people too. The thought that a few pieces of paper and some writing could at times hold your entire future in the balance is pretty daunting, to put it mildly.
By Isa Nan4 years ago in Education
How an Entire Monarchy Was Wiped Out by the Actions of Its Crown Prince
Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev was born on 27 June 1971 to the then Crown Prince Birendra and Princess Aishwarya. Less than a year after he was born, Dipendra’s grandfather, King Mahendra died of a massive heart attack and Birendra soon ascended the throne. It soon became very clear that the young Crown Prince Dipendra would have very big shoes to fill.
By Isa Nan4 years ago in Criminal
5 things I learnt about how to cope with death during a Covid lockdown
Background Earlier this year, I lost both my grandmother and father within three months of each other. Both deaths were under very different circumstances; my grandma passed away after struggling with various age related illnesses and my dad from a sudden heart attack. At this point, I was no stranger to death after having lost my mother three years ago. However, one thing I was definitely not prepared for was managing my grief alongside the crippling loneliness and isolation that came with being under lockdown.
By Isa Nan4 years ago in Families
5 Classic Bands That Benefitted From Adding A New Member
Whether it be taking a band to that next level of success or saving it from the very edge of disbanding, a new member could potentially do a lot of good for an already established group.
By Isa Nan4 years ago in Beat