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HTML

<div class="bmenu">
    <ul>
    <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Illustrations</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Photography</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Web Design</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Personal Projects</a></li>
    <li><a href="#" class="active">Contact</a></li>
    </ul>
</div>

CSS

body {
    background: #EEE;
}
.bmenu{
    padding: 0px;
    margin: 0 0 10px 0;
    position: relative;
}
.bmenu li{
    font-size: 50px;
    display: block;
}

.bmenu li a{
    color: #999;
    display: block;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    text-shadow: 0px 0px 5px #fff;
    letter-spacing: 1px;
    -webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
    transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
}
.bmenu:hover li a{
    text-shadow: 0px 0px 5px #0d1a3a;
}
.bmenu:hover li a.active{
    color: #CCC;
    text-shadow: 0px 0px 1px #444;
    padding-left: 10px;
}
.bmenu li a:hover, .bmenu li a.active, .bmenu:hover li a.active:hover{
    color: #00bbff;
    text-shadow: 0px 0px 1px #fff;
    padding-left: 10px;
}

JavaScript

$('a').on('click', function() {
    $(this).addClass('active').parents('ul').find('a').not(this).removeClass('active');
});