These pictures indicate an experiment done by mixing Coca-Cola with Mentos...apparently an unfriendly combination.
I am not sure if this is true; but no harm in being a bit careful...So don't drink Coca-Cola with Mentos.
Friday, November 03, 2006
Coca Cola And Mentos - Not a nice Combination
These are a set of pictures that I received from a friend.
These pictures indicate an experiment done by mixing Coca-Cola with Mentos...apparently an unfriendly combination.
I am not sure if this is true; but no harm in being a bit careful...So don't drink Coca-Cola with Mentos.
These pictures indicate an experiment done by mixing Coca-Cola with Mentos...apparently an unfriendly combination.
I am not sure if this is true; but no harm in being a bit careful...So don't drink Coca-Cola with Mentos.
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Answer is Non-Polluting Fuel – Not Compromising Life Style
Just what will it take to make us ditch big cars? Asks “ A Mum” in the letters to editor column of 7 Days of November 1, 2006. One can easily tell “Mum” is furious with all those who are driving around in their 5 Litre cars. She is even “stunned” to see the number of “British etc” people choosing five litre cars in Dubai and wonders if they “had the same education as I did”
Dear “Mum” – I have the same concerns that you have regarding our environment and as indicated in my earlier post, I am a conscientious greenie… I drive a relatively smaller car ( I am not in the 5 litre league yet), but a gas-guzzler nonetheless. Yes I could do with a 1.6 litre Honda City, but alas, it doesn’t suit my self-image”.
“Mum”, People choose to own things that suit their self image.
If we start counting the things we do in excess there is no end to it; and all these excesses damage the environment in one way or the other. Gold is one of the most polluting commodity produced - not because Gold is poisonous - because it takes large quantity of poisonous chemicals like mercury to refine gold. Like wise, aluminium, glass etc..that are increasingly used in modern buildings are Energy Guzzlers…Honestly, these are things man can live without!!!
Why, the paper that printed your “voice” is more damaging to the environment than the 5 litre gas guzzler of your “British” neighbour.
In an ideal world, we should all be living according to the Gandhian tenets of “living from nature and living by nature”.
But reality is different. The human race is uniquely blessed with this urge that we call ambition.
Because of this urge, we are inclined to build bigger, live bigger and think bigger….Man got to where he is today because of his ambition to become greater and better. In our quest to be unique, we invariably damage the environment a little every day.
But the indulgence in bigger and expensive “toys” and its ostentatious display is not unique to individuals. The ambition of some modern societies to become greater and more powerful than the rest has caused much larger damage to the world than larger cars !!!
Cutting down on the size of car may be a start. But as I said before, the real answer to the problem lies not in compromising life style but in developing alternative fuel that is replenishable, efficient and clean. I believe, in the collective wisdom of the world scientific community, the know-how exists.
What is lacking is the political and economic will!!!
Dear “Mum” – I have the same concerns that you have regarding our environment and as indicated in my earlier post, I am a conscientious greenie… I drive a relatively smaller car ( I am not in the 5 litre league yet), but a gas-guzzler nonetheless. Yes I could do with a 1.6 litre Honda City, but alas, it doesn’t suit my self-image”.
“Mum”, People choose to own things that suit their self image.
If we start counting the things we do in excess there is no end to it; and all these excesses damage the environment in one way or the other. Gold is one of the most polluting commodity produced - not because Gold is poisonous - because it takes large quantity of poisonous chemicals like mercury to refine gold. Like wise, aluminium, glass etc..that are increasingly used in modern buildings are Energy Guzzlers…Honestly, these are things man can live without!!!
Why, the paper that printed your “voice” is more damaging to the environment than the 5 litre gas guzzler of your “British” neighbour.
In an ideal world, we should all be living according to the Gandhian tenets of “living from nature and living by nature”.
But reality is different. The human race is uniquely blessed with this urge that we call ambition.
Because of this urge, we are inclined to build bigger, live bigger and think bigger….Man got to where he is today because of his ambition to become greater and better. In our quest to be unique, we invariably damage the environment a little every day.
But the indulgence in bigger and expensive “toys” and its ostentatious display is not unique to individuals. The ambition of some modern societies to become greater and more powerful than the rest has caused much larger damage to the world than larger cars !!!
Cutting down on the size of car may be a start. But as I said before, the real answer to the problem lies not in compromising life style but in developing alternative fuel that is replenishable, efficient and clean. I believe, in the collective wisdom of the world scientific community, the know-how exists.
What is lacking is the political and economic will!!!
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
How to Avoid Stress When Trapped in Traffic
Driving is always stressful in Dubai. In the endless traffic jams, there is nothing one can do, but tail the car in front of you…The more adventurous ones zig-zag between lanes, only to advance a few cars in front of the otherwise boring “tailers”…This is hardly worth the risks you see!
If you can look around and use the time constructively, the cars and people offer plenty of entertainment, provided you are one of those who find amusement in observing people and their behaviour….If you are not already, please read on for some tips on the subject.
The young and young at heart can coyly eye the beautiful girl in the car behind you …or admire the beautifully made up eyes that fill the rear view mirror of the car in front of you. This requires certain amount of prowess, something that you can acquire with relative ease.
The other exercise is to use the time for observing number plates. When people spend enormous amount of money in buying fancy number plates, it would be a sheer waste if you do not notice them.
If you see a number plate with a three digit number like A123, or C 999, or D789, which can set you back by a cool $ 250,000 – something I will take many years to earn if at all – you can safely assume that he/she is very rich and probably well connected; I suggest you put your middle finger to better use, even if he switches lanes without signalling. If it is a two digit number, keep your distance and a bit more, just to be sure.
Depending on the number, you may engage in imagining and even stipulating what your friendly neighbourhood driver would be doing for his livelihood.
For those endowed with more than normal IQ, the otherwise normal and boring numbers can be just as fun, if you can decode the number to a more “meaningful” sequence. Please recall the story of how Ramanujan – the famous mathematician – revealed the beauty of the number 1729.
For the lesser mortals like me, I would suggest they stick to the first exercise. Attempting to become Ramanujan may produce less than desirable side effects.
The time spent in traffic is also an excellent opportunity to catch up with friends and your ‘love on the side’…I wouldn’t recommend that you call your wife/husband as this can also cause undesirable stress. If you must stay in touch with your spouse, use the safer option of SMS. If you don’t have a casual affair already, I suggest that you seriously look for one for the sake of your own sanity.
The covers that adorn the spare wheels of the numerous off-road vehicles that ply on-road can also be an excellent source for amusement. The off-roader I was tailing this morning had a rather plain looking spare-wheel cover with a thought provoking phrase - “relax like a spare wheel”- advertising the Radisson SAS hotel.
Whatever the source of amusement, for those who have succeeded in mastering this art of staying amused in a traffic jam, the rewards are enormous. This whole exercise is sure to keep you from getting frustrated and stressed. No small feat when you learn that Stress is the numero uno cause for deaths in the world today. Yes Sir, STRESS is a major cause for coronary deceases, insomnia, hypertension, diabetes and even cancer.
Wasting time when trapped in traffic jam is better than wasting life!!! That bloody traffic jam is not within your circle of influence.
The best you can do is to train yourself to accept it!!!
If you can look around and use the time constructively, the cars and people offer plenty of entertainment, provided you are one of those who find amusement in observing people and their behaviour….If you are not already, please read on for some tips on the subject.
The young and young at heart can coyly eye the beautiful girl in the car behind you …or admire the beautifully made up eyes that fill the rear view mirror of the car in front of you. This requires certain amount of prowess, something that you can acquire with relative ease.
The other exercise is to use the time for observing number plates. When people spend enormous amount of money in buying fancy number plates, it would be a sheer waste if you do not notice them.
If you see a number plate with a three digit number like A123, or C 999, or D789, which can set you back by a cool $ 250,000 – something I will take many years to earn if at all – you can safely assume that he/she is very rich and probably well connected; I suggest you put your middle finger to better use, even if he switches lanes without signalling. If it is a two digit number, keep your distance and a bit more, just to be sure.
Depending on the number, you may engage in imagining and even stipulating what your friendly neighbourhood driver would be doing for his livelihood.
For those endowed with more than normal IQ, the otherwise normal and boring numbers can be just as fun, if you can decode the number to a more “meaningful” sequence. Please recall the story of how Ramanujan – the famous mathematician – revealed the beauty of the number 1729.
For the lesser mortals like me, I would suggest they stick to the first exercise. Attempting to become Ramanujan may produce less than desirable side effects.
The time spent in traffic is also an excellent opportunity to catch up with friends and your ‘love on the side’…I wouldn’t recommend that you call your wife/husband as this can also cause undesirable stress. If you must stay in touch with your spouse, use the safer option of SMS. If you don’t have a casual affair already, I suggest that you seriously look for one for the sake of your own sanity.
The covers that adorn the spare wheels of the numerous off-road vehicles that ply on-road can also be an excellent source for amusement. The off-roader I was tailing this morning had a rather plain looking spare-wheel cover with a thought provoking phrase - “relax like a spare wheel”- advertising the Radisson SAS hotel.
Whatever the source of amusement, for those who have succeeded in mastering this art of staying amused in a traffic jam, the rewards are enormous. This whole exercise is sure to keep you from getting frustrated and stressed. No small feat when you learn that Stress is the numero uno cause for deaths in the world today. Yes Sir, STRESS is a major cause for coronary deceases, insomnia, hypertension, diabetes and even cancer.
Wasting time when trapped in traffic jam is better than wasting life!!! That bloody traffic jam is not within your circle of influence.
The best you can do is to train yourself to accept it!!!
Monday, October 30, 2006
Prenuptial Essential
“But love is blind and lovers cannot see,
The pretty follies that themselves commit”... (Shakespeare)
In love, Sir Paul McCartney committed quite some follies….none of them quite pretty though!
Actually he committed grievous errors - errors of everestine magnitude.
1. He married…
2. He married Heather Mills
3. He married Heather Mills without a prenuptial agreement.
According to many, Ms.Mills could potentially walk away with a whopping 200 million pounds - (380 million USD)
That is $ 95 million USD for every year of marriage!!! A sound business model indeed!!!
Wonder if they teach this investment model at Harvard.
The pretty follies that themselves commit”... (Shakespeare)
In love, Sir Paul McCartney committed quite some follies….none of them quite pretty though!
Actually he committed grievous errors - errors of everestine magnitude.
1. He married…
2. He married Heather Mills
3. He married Heather Mills without a prenuptial agreement.
According to many, Ms.Mills could potentially walk away with a whopping 200 million pounds - (380 million USD)
That is $ 95 million USD for every year of marriage!!! A sound business model indeed!!!
Wonder if they teach this investment model at Harvard.
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