Feeding tube frenzy

First Terri Schiavo, then the Pope. CNN must be drooling. Dr.Sanjay Gupta, the doctor who always gets called on CNN, for any health related issue will finally get to become an expert on this topic. My theory is that he got picked out of med college in his first year and was trained in media relations. So don't think he ever got a chance to practice medicine.
I am sure Terri has done more to influence people by being in the state she is, than she could have ever dreamt of. Henceforth spouses will be careful when watching TV shows. Imagine, you are watching "Everybody loves Raymond" and are infuriated by the mother-in-law. Now be careful before saying things (even in jest) like "I would kill my MIL if she did something like that". Next thing you know, you could be serving time for something you never did.
It is now fashionable to possess a living will (Pull the plug ASAP) though I wonder how it works. What if the plug puller is also in a similar state, then do you have a list of nominees ?
Aww..get over it. Worry about earthquakes instead. However if you can't get enough of it, check Terri's blog . Now how is that possible ? Kyunki saas bhi kabhi bahu thi .

Kick a$$ Cricket

India Vs Pakistan: India 449 & 214 lost to Pakistan 570 & 261-2d by 168 runs (Men's Cricket)

Women's World Cup: India 141-3 (45.5 overs) beat England 139 (49.3 overs) by seven wickets

Perhaps Ganguly's boys need a little help from the fairer sex.

Hotel Rwanda

I haven't seen Million Dollar baby, but I sure think that this movie deserved the Oscar atleast to make up for the world's indifference when Rwanda was burning. The OST is also very appealing. Two lines that caught my attention and sums up pretty much all of our attitudes when we see such atrocities.

• This one is from the movie, where a journalist explains what happens when people get to see genocide reports on television - "After they see this, people are going to say 'My god that is terrible', And then go on eating their dinners. "
  

• After the movie ended, I heard a discussion in the restroom. A white teenage girl exclaimed to her friend "I am like so happy, that all this like happens in these other countries"

Curd Rice

Finally I know why we always eat curd rice at the end of a meal, every meal. Apparently natural yoghurt beats bad breath. This is one more reason to go yoghurt, other than providing a cooling effect to compensate for all the spicy food consumed earlier in the meal. See it pays to follow traditions blindly. The reasoning will come along. Now will someone please research why we cannot cut our fingernails on Tuesdays ?

For the Vocabulary Challenged

Define your lingo and establish it. Urban dictionary allows you to edit and add new words that you believe represent a meaning the world needs to know. Arjun Plakkat's parents will be thrilled to know that their son's well thought out name has now acquired a deeper meaning. Scrabble lovers will go hyper when they see the list of X words there.

Some words that I believe should be a part of main dictionary

• cheetah- Dragging the huge bucket of water from the kitchen to the bathroom as the only source of water is the kitchen tap.

Origin: The motion of transporting the bucket reminds one of the smooth movements of the above mentioned cat

Eg: You have to cheetah, if you want to bathe today. / Help me cheetah.

• kynki saas bhi kabhi bahu thi- Used to rationalize something difficult to explain;
  

Origin: From The title of a popular Hindi soap; means - at some point the MIL (mother in law) was a DIL (daughter in law)

Eg: Traffic jam again! I guess kynki saas bhi kabhi bahu thi.

• bulb - To be deceived by someone and hence experience deep disappintment. The whole incident is referred to being given the bulb.
  

Origin: Tamil language. Perhaps it started out to mean that one is plunged in gloom when the bulb goes outs.

Eg: When your girlfriend does not turn up for your date it means you have been given the bulb

Will keep updating this list as and when I remember

Blitzkrieg

The last time I was asked to teach the undergrads, I finished the required material in less than twenty minutes (the class was supposed to be for an hour and 15 mts). I do deserve credit for trying to draw out the material for as long as possible. Nevertheless, it was all over in a jiffy. An hour later I get an email from a student that said
" I came to class 15 minutes late and it was empty. Was the class cancelled ? "

No doubt, I will be the most popular professor on campus if I have the audacity to become one.

Doctors cannot prognosticate!

The flu graced our home last weekend, my husband being the principle host. I played Florence Nightingale, confident that my immune system could easily fight these weak foreign viruses. After all I had survived typhoid, hepatitis and other deadlier diseases. Monday morning my throat felt a little scratchy. The kind that disappears after a hot cup of coffee. And so I thought. I go to the doctor just to make sure that I am not coming down with a flu. I could see that the Italian practitioner was puzzled. I didn't look sick at all. So inorder to while away some time, he delved into the theory of viruses and explained how they spread etc. He did hesitantly mention that I looked too healthy to be afflicted by anything. He reluctantly wrote a prescription for some cough medicine (I told him I had no cough at all) I had a sore throat! Perhaps, cough medicine was abundant and cheaper at the school clinic.

Last three days, I have been sick with chest congestion, running nose and breathing difficulties. I am not a hypochondriac and this is just to illustrate that it does not pay to go to your physician ahead of time. They need adequate evidence to tell you what you already know. A far cry from preventive medication.

-Subbu

Free Scoop of Icecream

Happy 10th Birthday Yahoo! Get a free scoop of icecream from any Baskin & Robbins. You have to be a registered Yahoo member tho.

Warning Signs

Is your spouse obsessed with cleanliness ? If so, you better read
this

Movie Delights

We watched Aviator in an 'art' theater. This means a smaller screen and some fancy decor. I was surprised to find a balcony seating arrangement too. Been ages since I watched a movie from up there. Sometimes you just wanna be above the rest of the commoners. :P What was more delightful was that Mondays meant free popcorn.

Have you noticed that when you come to watch a movie you just have to buy popcorn and some soda. You might have had dinner/lunch, but one needs keep munching that bag of buttery, delicious, fibrous popcorn when watching the movie. It is like a race between the mouth and the brain.
Do I enjoy popcorn ? Yes.
Am I aware that I am eating popcorn when seeing the movie? No!
Then what happens when you don't eat popcorn ? I feel fidgety, empty and am unable to concentrate on the movie
Weird.
In India, going to the movies was like packing for a picnic. You would stuff all the leftover snacks - chips, muruuku, mixture, biscuits, chocolates into a big bag. Given the fact that any regional movie is atleast 2.5 hours long, we needed the sustenance. We also carried water in one of those 2 liter Sprite/Coke bottle. The heat got to you inspite of the air conditioning in the theater. I always refused to carry the eatables. It was beneath my dignity to hoard around a bag of goodies and a monstrous bottle of water, despite the fact that I was the one who shamelessly devoured the snacks, protected by the dark of the theater.
Once we got to our seats, the procedure almost never varied. We wait for the theater lights to grow dim. Surely, what would the others think of us, if we started to eat right away. 10 minutes into the movie, I open the bag, slowly, trying to stop the rustling of the plastic. Did someone hear me open the bag ? Perhaps, I should use the loud sounds of the movie to camouflage this noise. Soon, snacks would be passed around. Sometimes to strangers we don't know. After all, the act of eating becomes subconscious. At the point of intermission (half way through the movie) we would have finished most of the supplies. Luckily, we have vendors just outside in the lobby, waiting to sell us stuff priced at 4 times it real value. Obviously, we just cannot sit there and not eat anything. So we burn some more money on deep fried, oily delights.
I hear that now, we have theaters that serve 4 course meals when watching the movie.Can't wait to get those tickets. Atleast, now I wouldn't have to worry about opening the snack bag in secret!
-Subbu