Saturday, June 27, 2009

Simplicity vs Complexity

Check out these scripts from the diaries of a girl and a boy.. its really funny !!!

HER diary

Day night, I thought he was acting weird. We had made plans to meet at a cafe to have some coffee. I was shopping with my friends all day long, so I thought he was upset at the fact that I was a bit late, but he made no comment.

Conversation wasn't flowing so I suggested that we go somewhere quiet so we could talk, he agreed but he kept quiet and absent. I asked him what was wrong - he said, "Nothing."I asked him if it was my fault that he was upset. He said it had nothing to do with me and not to worry. On the way home I told him that I loved him, he simply smiled and kept driving. I can't explain his behavior; I don't know why he didn't say, "I love u,too".

When we got home I felt as if I had lost him, as if he wanted nothing to do with me anymore. He just sat there and watched TV; he seemed distant and absent. Finally I decided to go to bed. About 10 minutes later he came to bed. I decided that I could not take it anymore,
so I decided to confront him with the situation but he had fallen asleep. I started crying and cried until I too fell asleep.

I don't know what to do. I'm almost sure that his thoughts are with someone else. My life is a disaster...


HIS diary

Today India lost the cricket match

against bangladesh.

DAMN

IT.



NOW that's called... Simplicity of Men Vs Complexity of Women !!!

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

വീടുപേര്‍/Malayalam house names - part 1


ഞാന്‍
ഒരു കൂടുകാരിക്ക് വേണ്ടി വീടുപേര്‍ തപ്പുകയായിരുന്നു .. രക്ഷയില്ല.. അധികം ഒന്നും എനിക്ക് കിട്ടിയില്ല.. അപ്പോള്‍ എനിക്ക് തോന്നി കുറെ പേര്‍ ഇങ്ങനെ കഷ്ടപെടുനുണ്ടാകും..എന്തുകൊണ്ടു എനിക്ക് ഇതു അവര്‍ക്ക് ഒരു സഹായം ആകികൂടാ..
ഞാന്‍ തിരഞ്ഞും ആലോചിച്ചും കണ്ടെത്തിയ കേരളീയ വീടുപെരുകള്‍ ഇവിടെ ഇതാ നിങ്ങല്‍കായ്‌ ഞാന്‍ എഴുതുന്നു.. അടുത്ത് പ്രാവശ്യം നിങ്ങള്‍ക്കും ഒരു നല്ല വീടുപേര്‍ വേണം എന്ന് തോന്നുമ്പോള്‍ ഇതു ഉപകരിക്കും എന്ന് വിശ്വസിക്കുന്നു..

സൌപര്‍ണിക
പ്രതീക്ഷ
തീരം
പവിത്രം
നന്ദനം
ശാന്തിതീരം
പൌര്ണമി
ഉദയം
ഗംഗോത്രി
വിഭഞ്ഞിക
സായൂജ്യം
സരോവരം
പാര്പ്പിടം
സാലഭഞ്ഞിക
കൈലാസം
തെജ്ജസ്സു
കാവ്യം
അരുണം
സിന്ദൂരം
ഇന്ദ്രപ്രസ്ഥം
പ്രണവം
മായാമയൂരം
തീര്ത്ഥം
അശ്വമേധം
സൂര്യകാന്തി
മേഘം
വിസ്മയം
പദ്മസരോവരം
വന്ദനം
തപോവനം
ധ്വനി
ഗഗനം
തൃപ്തി
നാദം
ശയനം
മേഘമല്ഹാര്
ചൈതന്യം
വ്യോമം
ഹിമം
നിയോഗം
അനന്തം
തിഥി
വ്യൂഹം
വരണം
അഖിലം
ഗമ്യം
രചന
കീര്ത്തി
പ്രസാദം
ശ്രുഷ്ടി
ദിവ്യം
കര്പ്പൂരം
കൃതി
ഭുവനം
സമ്പൂര്ണം
തുഷാരം
ഭാഗ്യം
ജ്യോതി
ഉപവനം
പ്രദക്ഷിണം
ലയം
ഹരിതം
ഉന്നതം
പുണ്യം
മകരന്ദം
അനുപമം
അമരം
അനശ്വരം
പ്രഭാവം
ഉതുംഗം
കാല്പനികം
മോഹനം
ദീക്ഷണ
ദയ
വിപുലം
അനുഭൂതി
വരണം
മുക്തി
ഗോകുലം
ചേതന
കൃപ
ദീപ്തം
ചിരം
മുകുളം
പ്രഭ
ശ്രുഷ്ടി
പാദസരം
ഹിതം
ഓജസ്സ്
സൂര്യഗായത്രി
യാത്ര
സ്വന്തം
ശങ്കുപുഷ്പം
ശൈവം
സ്വപ്നം
സ്വപ്നകൂട്
മാനസം
ചിത്രശലഭം
പൂര്ണം
പാരിജാതം
ചന്ദ്രകമലം
ശിവം
തിലകം
അശ്വം
സ്പടികം
മയൂഖം
പ്രിയം
പ്രസാദം
ഗൌരിശങ്കരം
ചിത്രം
അമൃതം
ദര്പണം
സ്പന്ദനം
യുഗ്മം
മര്മരം
വിശുദ്ധം
ശ്രിംഗം
തപസ്യ
അതിശയം
നവീനം
ത്രിവേണി
സ്വര്ഗം
സംയോഗം
അധിത്യം
പുലരി
വിശ്വം
സമുദ്ര
ആത്മീയം
തരംഗം
മന്ത്ര
കണി
ധവളം
തൃഷ്ണ
വാല്ക്കണ്ണാടി
മനനം
സ്വസ്തി
സാധന
അദ്വൈതം
പ്രജ്ഞ
ധന്വതരി
ഘനശ്യമം
തമസ്
മോക്ഷം
സ്വസ്തികം
ഉപാസന
വിഭൂതി
ആഭിജാത്യം
സുദര്ശനം
അനന്യം
ധ്യാനം
പര്ജന്യം
സരയു
വൈഷ്ണവം



ഇതില്‍ ചിലത് വളരെ
ഓഫ്‌ ദി റോഡ് ആയി തോന്നും കേട്ടോ.. അതൊക്കെ മറന്നേക്ക്‌.. നിങ്ങള്ക്ക് ഇഷ്ടം തോന്നുന്നത് മാത്രം തിരഞ്ഞു എടുതോള് 

കൂടുതൽ വീട്ടുപേരുകൾ - Part 2 Part 3

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Cute Quotes for our Fathers

Remembering all dads in the world on Father's Day..
Appending few lovable quotes in their name

He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.
~Clarence Budington Kelland


A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.
~Author Unknown

Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name.
~William Wordsworth

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.
~Joseph Joubert

One father is more than a hundred Schoolemasters.
~George Herbert


Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!
~Lydia M. Child

Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad.
~Author Unknown

The greatest gift I ever had
Came from God; I call him Dad!
~Author Unknown

I love my father as the stars - he's a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart. ~Adabella Radici


Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever.
~Author Unknown

Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.
~Gloria Naylor

You will find that if you really try to be a father, your child will meet you halfway.
~Robert Brault


There are three stages of a man's life: He believes in Santa Claus, he doesn't believe in Santa Claus, he is Santa Claus.
~Author Unknown


“The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.”
-Confucius


“It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.”
-Anne Sexton

“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.” -Sigmund Freud

“The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.”
-David O. McKay

“By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.”
-Charles Wordsworth


“It is a wise father who knows his own child.”
-William Shakespeare

“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.”
-Jim Valvano

“The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.”
-Robert Frost


“There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.”

-Samuel Johnson

One night a father overheard his son pray: Dear God, Make me the kind of man my Daddy is. Later that night, the Father prayed, Dear God, Make me the kind of man my son wants me to be.
-Author Unknown


You know... fathers just have a way of putting everything together.
-Erika Cosby

A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.
-
Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week.
-
Mario Cuomo

My father died many years ago, and yet when something special happens to me, I talk to him secretly not really knowing whether he hears, but it makes me feel better to half believe it.
- Josefowitz


It is a wise father that knows his own child.

- William Shakespeare

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Mayonnaise - HomeMade

Mayonnaise - A good companion for salads and the base of most of the salad dressings.
Store-bought mayonnaise have lots of fats and oil contained in it; of course, really yummy to the tongue, but might not be the same for our li'l tummy.

We do prefer salads before many of our meals and hence, a salad dressing would be of high demand in our family. I tried investigating into the different ways of preparing mayonnaise. I would say it seems to be easy to prepare it at home rather than increasing the frequency of store visits. It requires very common ingredients; the only one that may trouble you would be the Mustard. You can grind mustard with or without peel-on; I would however suggest the latter one as it makes the mayonnaise immensely richer, creamier and tastier.

Check out the simplest and healthiest recipe that I came out with:-

Ingredients (Serves 2)

Egg yolks - 2
Mustard - 2 tbsp
Lemon juice - 2 tsp
Oil (preferably Olive Oil) - 1 to 11/2 cups
Black pepper - as needed
Salt - as needed

Method

Just put all the ingredients in a blender, and blend in low speed, adding oil little by little until you have the desired consistency.

Isn't that easy? Give a try..

Friday, June 19, 2009

Stem Cells - Part 2 => Continue Gaping into a Wonderful Invention

Lets see what are the different types of Stem Cells and how they help us in fighting with diseases.

Types of Stem cells:-

1. Embryonic stem cells - isolated from the inner cell mass of human embryos.

Ø In the 3- to 5-day-old embryo, the inner cells give rise to the entire body of the organism, including all of the many specialized cell types and organs such as the heart, lung, skin and other tissues.

2. Adult stem cells - found in non-embryonic adult tissues.

Ø In adult organisms, stem cells act as a repair system for the body, replenishing specialized cells, such as bone marrow, muscle, and brain, to replace cells that are lost through normal wear and tear, injury, or disease. In other organs, however, such as the pancreas and the heart, stem cells only divide under special conditions.

Applicable Treatments:-

Stem cells are important for living organisms for many reasons. The well established success of Stem Cells point out to the Bone Marrow transplantation that are used to treat Leukemia. Just to list, few other promising and emerging potentials of stem cells:

Ø Stroke

Ø Alzheimer’s Disease

Ø Parkinson’s Disease

Ø Traumatic Brain Injury

Ø Learning Defects

Ø Missing Teeth

Ø Wound Healing

Ø Baldness

Ø Blindness

Ø Deafness

Ø Cancers

Ø Multiple Sclerosis

Ø Muscle damage

Ø Myocardial Infarction

Ø Diabetes

Ø Osteoarthritis

However, much work remains to be done in the laboratory and still scientists wonder.. why can embryonic stem cells proliferate for a year or more in the laboratory without differentiating, but most non-embryonic stem cells cannot.. what are the factors in living organisms that normally regulate stem cell proliferation and self-renewal. Discovering the answers to these questions may make it possible to understand how cell proliferation is regulated during normal embryonic development or during the abnormal cell division that leads to cancer.