Thursday, August 8, 2013

Elixir!!

We may not have found any elixir that magically cures all our acute, chronic, contagious diseases at once. But there is something which is no less than an elixir, which gives us innumerable benefits. Something which relaxes muscles, decreases pain, boosts immunity, prevents heart diseases, relieves tension/stress, eases anxiety,etc.. and more importantly its fun! Yes, a good laughter is like Elixir.

We all love the fun element, which explains the commercial success of sit-coms. We do get this medicine almost everywhere in the world, unless you are isolated and living in an island. We can extract fun out of any situation, with any number of people. They may not be friends, may not be of same age group. People mock each other only to burst into laughter.

There is always enough medicine left for us and we should always keep laughing and stay healthy :)

Cheers

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

blah-blah!!

I was trying to improve my English vocabulary, then something crossed my mind! What are the total number of words in English language? Can we count the number of words in any language? How do people make dictionaries?

Oxford dictionary lists around 0.15 million English words, these words would have been compiled after a study of vast amount of literature. There are quite a few words which are derived from other languages, like Greek, French, German, etc. So, one needs to be Omniscient, Oh my god , its no small task!

If that is the case with modern English language alone, then how many words exist in this world, all languages put together? There are more than thousand recognized languages today like Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, Urdu, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Arabic, etc. If we also include languages from different historic times like pre-classical era, classical era,etc that are used by Mayans, Romans, Egyptians, Indians, etc; the list of number of languages in this world just goes on!! And think about the unrecognized tribal languages !

That being said, I wonder if i utter any random word, say 'blah-blah' might have some meaning in some language :)

Cheers

Monday, August 5, 2013

Sandy-man!!

Since childhood my favorite super hero has been changing with times. Firstly He-Man, I used to enjoy the way our muscular dude along with his green tiger, takes on the grey-skull. Though I am thankful to Super-man for saving the world, but I am not amused by his abilities.Thirdly the Spider-man, the coolest hero swinging in the air and saving the world with his web. Next comes the Bat-man, I was not able to admire the greatness of this super hero until I watch the movie 'The Dark Knight'.

The pervert inside me often liked the power of hollow man for obvious reasons :)

I also liked fantastic four, for their powers.

After our super heroes, here comes the mutants, X-men. I am an ardent fan of Wolverine, one who has an exceptional healing capability. The power of  Magneto, the ability to control magnetic fields is awesome.

Real cool super hero of our time is iron-man, a playboy, engineer and savior. What else can we expect from a super hero?

But I am most amused by Professor X's ability to read, control and influence human minds, but he is not a combatant.

My ideal super hero should posses the powers of Professor X, Magneto, Wolverine and Iron-man :) And I would call him Sandy-Man :D

Cheers

Matrix!!

Yesterday evening, when i was walking down in my neighborhood i came across a friend with her cute baby in the stroller. After making weird faces to make the baby laugh, i tried to take the baby into my hands, but the baby was so heavy that i couldn't lift her up!! Only then i realized that it was a dream, but i could feel the weight in the dream.

I latter started thinking about the various emotions/feelings that i have experienced vicariously through dreams. Eating my favorite dessert, peeing in public, fear of seeing a tiger,etc

If only we could experience any feeling through our dreams and control our mind using some software as in Matrix movie, I would always dream about having passionate love, instead of toddlers :)

Cheers

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Respect!!

We do respect elders, for their age, experience and achievements. But when do we respect our peers or younger ones?

10 year old swimmer crossing a river, a friend who has given up lucrative job for social service, a kid who dreams to be a president or an astronaut,..

we respect or admire people for their achievements, ambitions, goals, ideas or principles.

Respect is something that has to be earned :)

Cheers

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Rosalind!!

I happened to come across an article in which the peculiarity of one of the characters in William Shakespeare's play 'As you like it' was described. The character's name is Rosalind. Rosalind is a beautiful young lady, who at some point of time disguises herself as an old man. I know nothing about the play other than this :)

But apparently during Shakespeare's time dramas were performed only by men for some reason !!

Here is why i am amused by Rosalind.

Imagine a young man playing Rosalind's character and the part where she disguises herself as an old man, now our handsome guy has to portray an old man to the audience, with inner feelings as a beautiful young lady !!

I wish i could see such a performance :)

Cheers


Friday, August 2, 2013

Awesome!!

Let it be the zeal of a 60 year old person to hike a mountain, or
Let it be the dribbling skills of a soccer player player to beat 5 defensive players to score an amazing goal, or
Let it be the versatile beauty of the nature, or
Let it be the adroitness of an animator to express emotions through bot or a car in an animation film, or
Let it be the philanthropy of a middle class man who gives away most of his salary for greater good, or
Let it be the fierce stance of a lion just before attacking the prey, or
Let it be the human intelligence unraveling the mysteries of the science, or
Let it be the excellency in art like music, paintings, drama, etc...

the list just goes on and on..

I feel everything around us is awesome, we should admire the beauty and try to contribute to the awesomeness of the world instead of being cynical.

Awesomeness is something which cannot be defined  or measured but can only be felt !

Cheers











Thursday, August 1, 2013

Hello World !!

YeaH, as you can make out from the post title i am from the 0's and 1's community, but knows nothing about programming :D Keeping my technical skills aside, i would like to share my personal interests and opinions through this blog.

I am a good competitor for garfield in both laziness and obsessive eating :) , but i am also a sports aficionado; i love playing sports.

I am both shy, sensitive and aggressive, short-tempered at the same time, so don't dare to think about messing up with me !

I will keep posting about me and my views :)

Cheers