Why do we do this?

Ever wondered after finishing a meal in a nice restaurant before you get your bill, there is something called a feedback form handed over to you. We take effort to fill up all the questions asked and in the end nothing happens. Have you ever wondered what happens to the feedback provided? Ok now to another point, do u know the largest deposits of urine are in the 'saunf' aka 'Indian Mouth Freshener'

5-Second Rule - If u drop it

This is amazing result - If You Drop It, Should You Eat It? Scientists Weigh In on the 5-Second Rule u can eat it.

A little history to it:
According to Clarke, a senior at the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences, the 5-second rule dates back to the time of Genghis Khan, who first determined how long it was safe for food to remain on a floor when dropped there. Khan had slightly lower standards, however; he specified 12 hours, more or less

Among Clarke's findings more intresting are here:

--Women are more likely than men to eat food that's been on the floor.

--Cookies and candy are much more likely to be picked up and eaten than cauliflower or broccoli.

Read on further here 5-seconds rule

Ever wondered why women spend so much on grooming

A woman was walking down the street when she was accosted by a homeless woman who asked her for a couple of dollars for dinner. The woman took out her billfold, extracted ten dollars and asked, "If I give you this money, will you buy some wine with it instead of dinner?" "No," I had to stop drinking years ago, the homeless woman replied.
"Will you use it to go shopping instead of buying food?" the woman asked.
"No," I don't waste time shopping, the homeless woman said. "I need to spend all my time trying to stay alive."
"Will you spend this on a beauty salon instead of food?" the woman asked.
"Are you NUTS!" replied the homeless woman. "I haven't had my hair done in 20 years!"
"Well," said the woman, "I'm not going to give you the money. Instead, I'm going to take you out for dinner with my hubby and myself tonight.
The homeless Woman was astounded. "Won't your husband be furious with you for doing that? I know I'm dirty, and I probably smell pretty disgusting." The woman replied, "That's okay, it's important for him to see what a woman looks like after she has given up shopping, hair appointments and wine!"

Guess what is it?

Blood test

Recently a nephew who is 7+ of age had to undergo some blood test. A small syringe was inserted into his nerve and then the sample was collected. One full syringe of blood was extracted out of his body. He was petrified with the realization that one whole syringe of blood is lost from his body; with loads of concern he approaches his grand-mom and asks will they return the balance blood after the tests are over? He was even more shocked to know that it will not be returned and he had a worried face, to console him his grand-mom told him don’t worry the lost blood will be generated in your body in a few days. He promptly goes and checks his weight without others knowledge. After a month one fine day he comes to his grand-mom and says my weight is still the same, the lost blood is gone saying this he start crying

Novelist Sidney Sheldon dies at 89

I'm sure lot of you out there would agree with me his novels and one of the fastest moving objects, closure to F1 cars. U want to finish the book as soon as it lands in you hands. Every chapter ends in a not expected way. We miss u a lot.

Mice brain

Have u ever seen this before, nor do I? A niece of mine once was along with my cousin in a park and picks up a seed/nut of some berry, and looks at the lines on that and stares at it and makes this statement saying that this is the brain of the mice.

Interested in vegetarianism

Every one interested in vegetarianism and has this question. "Have we to kill living beings to survive? With 'living beings', I mean animals and plants. Isn't a plant a living being?"

Satvic eating so that you do not kill the plant or tree or bush. For instance, berries. You can pick berries but you do not kill the berry bush. You can pick fruit and you do not kill the fruit tree. You can pick everything that grows above the ground, but you do not kill. For instance, picking lettuce leaves, you do not have to kill the lettuce plant. You can pick the leaves that are ready to be picked as well as many, many other green vegetables. This is the ideal way to live. That eliminates then the root vegetables such as carrots and potatoes and so forth. Those that really like to eat root vegetables will pick a potato and then plant the eye of the potato and grow another potato. Takes a lot of keeping track of, to know how many potatoes to grow. But, it is a matter of conscience and a matter of who you are on the evolutionary path.
I remember many people say when you are on fasting or do some sort of varath people don’t recommend not to eat vegetable which are grown under the ground – root vegetables.

To know more read

Some strange logic

During one of the early morning drives in B’lore, the following observation made was very interesting, quite a few vehicles were involved in the accident. There have all run over the median and the intensity of the accident can be felt when u look at the length of the median covered by the vehicle. So to conclude what we can say is the length of the median covered during the accident is directly proportional to size of the vehicle :-)

I SEE YOU - 2007

New year wishes to all, Started of this new year with a very happy note, spent time with the loved ones and then had a great time in Hyderabad. This is one city which has loads of secrets; every time I visit I discover new places, with the changing time Hyderabad is really catching up, by retaining the “fix your eyes on old things”. I remember since my childhood I have made many a trips to Hyderabad, This is one city that never fails to live up to the excitement that I carry and look to explore. I watched “I SEE YOU” by Vivek Agarwal, it’s a movie u need to watch with light heart. I was really enjoying the movie, for one I was glued to the screen that too for a Hindi movie. Best things about this movie is the Raj Jaiswal (Rampal) walks through the market along with Shivani (Vipasha) and feels the place through her eyes. This is an amazing aspect of the movie which is well captured. Let me warn you, its not a movie for everyone.

HAPPY REASON

Ok I need to explain. I have been off the blog for one happy reason, someone else needs my attention. For the first time in my life I feel so important. Every single minute you get is very precious. Life has a new meaning and a purpose now.

U can contribute

According to BBC news, coins thrown into Rome's Trevi Fountain by tourists are to be used to finance a free food project for the city's poor. The money, which amounts to $4,000 a day, will be collected and passed on to provide basic food.

Friday picture

how mean

As you get ready to leave home, after a long day at work, you enter the lift at the 3rd level and press the under ground level and wait. The lift stops at 2nd level and your phone rings, as you pick up the call, a guy enters and presses the ground level button. The lift arrives at the ground level and then it doesn’t go to the under ground but starts to ascend non-stop to the 6th floor. With shock you express this news to the other person on the phone, pat comes the question who else’s is there in the lift? Oh no this is the last thing to expect.

Serendipity of life

At one instance I want the clock to move fast – especially if you are waiting to meet the loved ones.

At another instance I want more time – for preparing for my examination

Fresh looks

Dial a ticket

This is a very novel idea, might u can ask me what's new with this, this experience was a different one. My cousin and self wanted to go for a movie but then the counter a big queue but then we were late for advance booking and then early to stand in the queue forget it, not knowing should be wait of go ahead with the next plan standing there, my cousin picks up the mobile and checks if the tickets can be got for the next show. Kewl we go and pickup the tickets for the show and go ahead our plan and then return to the movie right on time. Tele ticket can help us at time in this manner ;-) Untimately technology is to be blamed for it

What's in a name

I presume you all know the joke of how Chinese name their new born, no offence meant,
this is a little extension to that. It’s pretty nice when you travel in a cab & the kind of conversations you pickup with the drivers, and today happens to be one such day. I got into the car and wanted to him to drive me to the temple near my office on the same road. He had a wired look on his face. Are you not going to office kinds, since it was around 8 in the morning? What ever I was thinking what’s your problem and suddenly some thing caught my attention in his car. The dashboard had a lot of badges that belong to various marathons that are held in South East Asia and Pacific regions. Then slowly the chat drifted and we started talking about lot of people and then slowly the conversation slipped into how the Chinese names are spelt.
It seems the people in Singapore were asked to register themselves after the independence, to accept their registration there were British people in the registers who were on job,
the Britsh people wrote spelling in their own way. Since those people were illiterate at that point of time accepted that this is their spelling and continued to use them in the same manner. So as a result now all these variants for just one family name: tham, than, chan, chen, ton, tan.
I was told there were close to 10 family names now there are so much. Not sure how far this is true but its acceptable when u hear them saying their names.

Can any one tell me what has gone wrong in this picture?

no more foot board travel in chennai

With the recent news from MTC(Metropolitan Transport Corporation) on the introduction of Luxury buses in Chennai aka Madras, foot board traveling comes to an end. Gone are the days when we take pride in getting in & out of the bus at our will. If you have gone to college or school, of course not for studying, in the PTC bus you would appreciate this. For some 8 years I had used this mode of transport, so much of joy you would derive. Pneumatic doors operated by the driver, oh God can’t imagine that the passengers are under the mercy of the driver. Let me see how many days this mechanism would work. Many a times during my onsite trip I used to share this story with friends of mine how convenient for us we use the public transport. The best thing is you life is in u r hands, any time u feel like getting out of bus u can always do that, not any more I think so.

The funniest/adventurous part of PTC bus travel are:

# to move from rear to front – not inside the bus, using the windows, can you?
# Try getting out of the bus while the drive tries to negotiate a left turn while slanting the bus to 20 to 30 degrees, so that the ground clearance is so high that u can’t think of getting of the bus in the turn
# Accelerate at breakneck speed during the turning so that u can’t get off the bus
# deriving lot of pleasure as being an icon, by getting in last at every stop by chasing the bus and then hanging in there
# hanging in the bus with minimum possible clutch
# identify the bus by not looking at the name board rather use the coding convention that is written on the side of the bus ...and the list goes on.

Can others think of any thing else which can be added. I’m sure there is a lot more.