Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Shaking the wrong hand

I am not into politics, but to keep safe it is wise to know with whom u are shaking your hands with, to safe guard our resources and freedom,in this modern world of warfare.

India had a long friendly relationship with Russia, and if one is with one of the super powers, u are a distance with the other super power, America.

Now we see that things are changing a bit, with the American president hosting his first dinner to the Indian prime minister.

The Americans had always been pally with our cousins across the border, Pakistan, now they seem to have had enough as the 3 billion aid they had been offering to them yearly, has not been getting the desired results, and on one hand they are dropping food and the other side droning them.

It is a time for us to look into the allies of America and what happens to them when they are getting into the dull looks.

Beware the hand that u shake, it is not to share warmth, but to check if by shaking, if there are any hidden things which will drop with the shake.

Flaws in the Laws

It is getting crazier every day, seeing the new laws coming on across the Atlantic, now there is a new one,' if u are getting fingered by the tsa and u don't smile, God , u could be arrested for suspicious activity.

The brothers and sisters across the sea have a sweet and accepting attitude, i wonder how much more they can take it, till they break or go down the knees!

If this can happen in " the land of the free, and the home of the brave" may be it is not that any more.

Monday, 30 May 2011

Calcium myth - as brittle as chalk

There isn't a day when calcium is not shown on the media, as the support for strong, healthy bones and teeth, nothing can be more from the truth.

Milk ,natures most complete food is practically carried on a plate like a tiara for the queen,claiming that its calcium is most necessary for the normal growth of the bones, quietly leaving away, the fact that we could also be as moronic or as dull as the buffalo, chewing away the cud in the shade of a tree.

The calcium in the cow's or buffalo milk has the amount necessary for its infant, who is so different from us.

Do u think that the calcium that u take will get pasted on the bones and teeth?
actually phosphorous and magnesium are leached from them to keep the ph value of the blood stable.

In inference, do bones get stronger or become as brittle as chalk?

Violence above and beyond movies - the UFC!!

This break has been very good for me, and thanks to venkhat and Shaz, I haven't deleted the blog to take time off to think. During my last year of posting reviews I had begun to notice a disturbing change in my viewing taste. I had stopped enjoying romances (which was my staple diet in both books and movies). Maybe this is because of falling in love myself, I could spot the fakeness when it is shown as a sweet emotion, maybe because of hormones. But I think I had to overfeed my inner child enough with animation, skip the sugar and leap my moral restraints to see the real emerging 'new' me ... as one prone to violence.

It started with my fascination for the 70 yr old Sylvester Stallone's Expendables. That was so deliciously testosterone-filled. I went on to feverishly download every man-thulping-man movie made. And even that wasn't enough. In Stallone's interview on David Letterman, he mentioned Randy Couture and how amazingly strong that MMA fighter was.

It got me started. I've watched UFC for almost 8 hours a day for weeks now and can't get enough of the bloody fights. The more I understand it technically, the more I watch ... its amazing how refined fighting and violence really is!

Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre and Couture are my top favorites - their fights are like watching a ballet in blood and guts - a thing of beauty. And the work they put into training is astonishing. (I want to post some of the coolest fights I've seen but I'm wondering if blogger has some rules about copyrighted vids.:)

Just a note: I used to hate the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) so much a decade ago that I used to call it the Ultimate Redneck Comedy. There is one Matt Hughes who epitomized all my old hate, repulsed me on sight, that I searched and regretted immediately - never look too deeply into a US redneck's life because they're chronic abusers. Like serial killers - abusing animals, children and women before they work up the guts to hit a man. The cliff notes of Matt Hughes in the comments here will deepen the hate for the sport.

Sunday, 29 May 2011

Memorial day

The last Monday in the month of may will always be calendered, until war is celebrated as victory.

Memorial day, a day for what? a celebration, a sadness, feasting or fasting?

I would consider this day for introspection, why do we need to have this memorial day, for what acts of bravery or compassion our soldiers have offered to fellow soldiers or to the civilians of the land, they had fought in.

Medals are offered to silence the acts of brutality, and kill the compassionate feelings that surface in a soldier.

I who am against war, feel the soldiers are exploited, and freedom always is a distant horizon for them and for the humans of earth.

In Memory of those who have fought to be remembered.

Friday, 27 May 2011

Waste?


I have often observed that people dislike wasting money.
If money is spent, it should be spent with results.
No result makes us smirk and say, “ Oh the money has gone to waste!”

The definition of waste is also quite variable in the context of the priorities of one's life.
Some would consider buying clothes a complete waste while others would find buying cars and tech stuff a complete waste!

I came across an even more interesting “waste.”
A relative was sick and the doctor asked her to undergo some tests and x rays and ultra sonographies.. I wonder who the doctor is? The machine or the man? But then this is another topic!
Anyways, this relative was quite satisfied because the doctor took so much interest in her and written such a lengthy prescription. The fee given to the doctor did not look like a waste at all.

The tests were done and all reports were all good and clean.
She was aghast and was quite grumpy, saying to everyone she met,” I spent so much on the fee and the tests and it has all gone to waste!!!!!”

What a waste!! Had she been diagnosed with some dreadful disease, I wonder what she would have said then!

Moral of the story, " Don't waste money on doctors/tests/medicines, it always goes to waste!"

Friday, 20 May 2011

A picture, a frame up , nailed and hanged.

Many a hard working person reaches heights and then when he does not go along with the trend,he is sacrificed with loose strings, irrespective of his innocence.

The world is seeing the mess IMF president is being subjected to, his guilt has not been proved, yet, he has been painted red and dragged across, as the threat he is to many, has been removed.

It is for this reason many a person likes to be invisible or, away from the lime light to be caught on a picture, to be discarded and shamed .