SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING?

1. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
2. A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
3. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
4. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
5. A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
6. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
7. A snail can sleep for three years.
8. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
9. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
10. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
11. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
12. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age. Butterflies taste with their feet.
13. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.
14. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
15. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
16. In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
17. If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
18. If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
19. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
20. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
21. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
22. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
23. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
24. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
25. "Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
26. The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
27. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
28. The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
29. The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Fall s froze completely solid.
30. The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
31. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
32. There are more chickens than people in the world.
33. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."
34. There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.
35. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
36. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
37. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
38. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
39. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.

Who says spelling is important

----- u can read it
----- u can read it

Olny srmat poelpe can raed tihs. I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy,

it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.

The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! If you can raed tihs

God won't ask :

God won't ask what kind of car you drove; He'll ask how many people you drove who didn't have transportation.

God won't ask the square footage of your house, He'll ask how many people you welcomed into your home.

God won't ask about the clothes you had in your closet, He'll ask how many you helped to clothe.

God won't ask what your highest salary was, He'll ask if you compromised your character to obtain it.

God won't ask what your job title was, He'll ask if you performed your job to the best of your ability.

God won't ask how many friends you had, He'll ask how many people to whom you were a friend.

God won't ask in what neighborhood you lived, He'll ask how you treated your neighbors.

God won't ask about the color of your skin, He'll ask about the content of your character.

7 DONT'S AFTER A MEAL (Fwd mail )

Don't eat fruits immediately - Immediately eating fruits after meals will cause stomach to be bloated with air. Therefore take fruit 1-2 hr after meal or 1hr before meal .

Don't walk about - People always say that after a meal walk a hundred steps and you will live till 99. In actual fact this is not true. Walking will cause the digestive system to be unable to absorb the nutrition from the food we intake.

Don't loosen your belt - Loosening the belt after a meal will easily cause the intestine to be twisted & blocked

Don't sleep immediately - The food we intake will not be able to digest properly. Thus will lead to gastric & infection in our intestine.

Don't drink tea - Because tea leaves contain a high content of acid. This substance will cause the Protein content in the food we consume to be hardened thus difficult to digest.

Don't bathe - Bathing will cause the increase of blood flow to the hands, legs & body thus the amount of blood around the stomach will therefore decrease. This will weaken the digestive system in our stomach.

Don't smoke- Experiment from experts proves that smoking a cigarette after meal is comparable to smoking 10 cigarettes (chances of cancer is higher).

Should I or should I not?

Don’t know when, may be since 2-3 years, I have a wish or dream get into some kind of business/marketing/sales..blah..blah.

Even thought about MBA and mailed/get mails from Durham Business School and finally gave up after the time and money involved in it (got a excuse baby ;) )

But, now that I am looking for a new job should I or not try to materialize my dream? i now have two different interviews scheduled 1) for IT 2) Business Development Programme !

deep inside heart i wish to go for this Business Development Programme ! but , when it comes to reality ...????????

Should i take this BDM job or should i not????????????Hmmmmmmmmmmm

The courage is lacking/the fear is more :(??

Let’s see how it goes. Anyone who knows me personally well can suggest :)

Some people are great with cameras - Fwd photos

High-Speed Photography - Fwd

Special cameras allow photographers to take pictures of things that happen too quickly to see with your eyes. This photo captures a bullet smashing through a raw egg.

ABCD & MTP

Mr. Saravana Subbaih (director of this movie ABCD), தமிழ் நாட்டு தாய்மார்களை, கண்ணீர் விடவைக்க கங்கணம் கட்டி படம் எடுத்தார் போல. Being a typical “தமிழ்நாட்டு பெண்” and considering my emotions during this movie, I think he succeeded in his wish. Sneha really lived in her role. Once in a while it’s worth to watch kind of sentimental movies as well.


On the contrary, on my way to Newcastle, I watched “Meet the parents”. Though I have seen it before, my God, I couldn’t control my “crazy loud laugh”. I laughed & laughed until I got tears , for this scene where he offers a dinner (very lengthy and funny) blessing at his girl friend’s place. I guess that day who all sat in the airport lounge watched a better movie looking at that "crazy lady (me only)".

Have you heard of this word “PREPONE” ?

If so, you must be an Indian :) . When my hubby used this word to a English man, he was surprised by this new strange word.

The word 'prepone' is found in The New Oxford Dictionary of English, published 1998. It is listed as being Indian (from India) and is defined as: to bring forward to an earlier date or time. Example given: The publication date has been preponed from July to June.

http://www.languagehat.com/archives/000645.php

What's the name ? Fwd

A college student needed a small two-hour course to fill his schedule and the only one available was wildlife Zoology.

After one week, a test was held.The professor passed out a sheet of paper divided into four squares. In each square was a carefully drawn picture of a bird's legs. No bodies, no feet, just legs.The test asked each student to identify the birds from their legs.The student sat and stared at the test getting angrier every minute. Finally he stomped up to the front of the classroom and threw the test on the teacher's desk.

"This is the worst test I have ever given."
The teacher looked up and said:
"Young man, you have flunked the test. What's your name?"
The student pulled up his pant to the knee showing his legs and said:
"You tell me"

அறிந்தும் அறியாமலும் !

friend நல்லா இருக்குன்னு சொல்லியும் நம்பாம, கடனேன்னு, என்ன பண்றதுண்ணு தெரியாம,காலத்தை கொல்வதற்காக (to kill time ;) hehehe ) “அறிந்தும் அறியாமலும்” படம் பாக்க ஆரம்பிச்சேன். To my surprise, it was a good movie. Much better than “சிவகாசி,மஜா,etc..etc”. Wow ! PrakashRaj, Arya, Navedeep and also Prasanna என்னம்மா நடிச்சு இருக்காங்க !



Arya's debut performance is excellent ! கலக்கல் !

Men have to put up signs !

Turkey Day ! Live it Up :)

www.msn.americangreetings.com/view.pd?i=382219626&m=1652&rr=y&source

Deticated to my cute little angel :)

Illusion !

http://www.patmedia.net/marklevinson/cool/cool_illusion.html

திருச்சியில் வரலாறு காணாத மழை !

When i read in the paper, "திருச்சியில் வரலாறு காணாத மழை after 44years", at first I was excited(last year we had water scarcity almost the entire we had to drill the ground (BORE) further down to get water).But, after reading மழைகோட்டை சுவர் broke due to rain, i was worried that the rain is more than what we need [அப்படி ஒரு மழையான்னு ஆச்சரியப்பட்டேன், டக்குனு தோணலை Wall ரொம்ப பழசு, may be they didn't maintain properly ன்னு].

காவேரியில் தண்ணி நிறைய ஓடுதுன்னு கேட்ட உடனே remembered my childhood days. Bi-weekly our grandmother (after whom I am named) used to take us (me and my sister) with her friend(of course another granny)and her grandkids that are of our age to Kauveri. My grandmother tried her best to teach us swimming and we were so scared and never learnt it [I always preferred to stand near the bank]. This swimming class trial worsens when my father also joined us to the river. He will forcefully take me deep inside the river and will ask me to learn/try swimming. Being, brought up in the village and worked in farms my granny and dad were used to the outdoor bath in the well. The well i am talking about here is not like the one which we see in the city or which we have seen in “Ding, dong bell, Pussy's in the well rhyme) which is raised to a height and round in shape.







The wells in the farms/fields are entirely different, they are big square or rectangle in shape and on plain surface with no walls/cautioning and with scary kind of steps without handrail (next time when I go to my grandma’s village, will take a picture of it).

Coming back to Kauvery ,this also reminds me an aunt of mine who was living near the srinrangam side of kauvery river and when we go to her place, with my cousins we went for fishing there with a big towel, the four of us holding four corners of the towel and tried to catch fishes and then throw them back :) Autograph “Gnyabagam Varudhae ” song dhaan Gnyabaham varuddhu :) !

Even in Bangalore there was a heavy rain, Chennai-Bangalore road/rail services has been cancelled and my dad is in B’lore on a trip now. He is hoping to return home by tonight/tomorrow.

Two days back, thatstamil.com open பண்றேன் Flood in Srirangam, Thiruvanaikovil ன்னு போட்டு இருக்கு. எங்க வீடு பெரியார் நகர், இது இரண்டுக்கும் நடுவில் இருக்கு. Papers also said people are given flood alert and asked to move out. I got so tensed, that too my dad is in B'lore. Called my mom and asked her to go to my sister’s place to stay. She said she was fine and things were under control and asked me not to worry about it and also said “In papers, they exaggerate". She was also sure about her decision as my dad called her from Bangalore and assured her that everything will be okay. So, I kept quite.

On Wednesday morning, to make my BP go up, they even mentioned Periyar Nagar is under flood. Even they showed a picture of a car from Periyar Nagar under flood. Below are the pictures of the complex where my dad’s office is in Trichy (Trichy Chataram Busstand) and “where I went for B.E Entrance Exam Course” Trichy Saint-Joseph college.



I was so angry and upset that my mom didn’t listen to us and stayed back and called her again and she picked up the phone and said she was reading Kumudam happily. She had been to see the river and nearby area and there were many police officers and govt. officials who were working very hard and placing sandbags and tree woods etc and she was more confident. I was glad to know about these quick efforts by Tamilnadu Government, though enough damage has been already done in many parts of TN. I wish and hope things come back to normal quickly for the people who have lost their homes due to this rain pour.

Well Done !

Below one was posted 5 months ago,when i started this blog. Guess what, now my BMI is 24 :) Good work, keep it up Viji. Sometimes you need to appreciate yourself, and now is my turn to do that







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Just to kill time I was browsing thru' and then thought it would be useful to check my BMI - Body Mass Index. I knew that I have become fatter after my daughter’s birth, but didn't know that my BMI is now 26. Let me note this date and check my BMI after a month. I wish I could go to atleast the "normal weight" (atleast upperbound) next month.

:-)

Kokku ParaPara

It was probably the 40th time I watched the “Chandramuki and Anniyan songs” today. My 15months old daughter most of the times asks me to play “ Kokku song, Raa Raa song, and Randdakka song”. [ In fact, her creche people also said to me "you can bring us those Indian movie songs, we will play those if she is gets bored " :-) ]

Now i too started liking those two songs. And also, I never ever imagined before that I would like to watch “Nursery rhymes and cartoon ”….now I do enjoy them a lot.. ;-)

forwarded : Facts

1. Chewing gum while cutting onions can help a person prevent himself from crying while chopping onions. Try it next time you chop onions!!!!!!!!!!

2. Until babies are six months old, they can breathe and swallow at the same time. Indeed convenient!

3. Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name.

4. Male mosquitoes are vegetarians. Only females bite.

5. The average person's field of vision encompasses a 200-degree wide angle.

6. To find out if a watermelon is ripe , knock it, and if it sounds hollow then it is ripe.

7. Canadians can send letters with personalized postage stamps showing their own photos on each stamp.

8. Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.

9. It snowed in the Sahara Desert in February of 1979.

10. Plants watered with warm water grow larger and more quickly than plants watered with cold water.

11. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

12. Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.

13. Those stars and colours you see when you rub your eyes are called phosphenes.

14. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

15. Everyone's tongue print is different, like fingerprints.

16. Contrary to popular belief, a swallowed chewing gum doesn't stay in the gut. It will pass through the system and be excreted.

17. At 40 Centigrade a person loses about 14.4 calories per hour by breathing.

18. There is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of ice; it is rebuilt every year.

19. Cats, camels and giraffes are the only animals in the world that walk rightfoot, right foot, left foot, left foot, rather than right foot,leftfoot

20. Onions help reduce cholesterol if eaten after a fatty meal.

21. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.