Today it's the 24th.....hm! and only when I sign into Orkut, see that my college friend Shraddha's birthday is closing upon, only then I realise, my birthday is closing on too! I haven't felt the rush which is usually felt by me a week, or sometimes even a month before my birthday! Maybe it's just that I'm too busy these days, Yeah Maybe. 

I'm busy with Anubhuti -The N.S.S. festival coming up, I am not doing any great event managememnt part of it, I've just participated in the Marathi folk Dance performance [it's a group performance], hope I do well, and don't injure myself :P  

Again talking about my birthday, I'm done with the shopping and I'm happy about it :) Shopping and happiness just don't go hand in hand, they are like con-joined twins :P Shopping makes me happy, and trying new clothes over and over again is my hobby. The view of new clothes in the wardrobe brings a smile on my face. Birthday also reminds me of the last time I'd changed my "about me" on orkut. It talked about Things I've learnt in the 18 years of my life! Now that I'll no more be 18 I think I should change it. 

It goes as follows,

things i learnt in these 18 years!!!

=>When we look back to our past and laugh, that's the time we really have improved. => In your life you should not be a supporting actress, it's your life, take the lead!!! -The Holiday. => getting away with a lie might be a nice magic trick....but honesty works miracles!!!!!! -doogie howser m.d. =>>everyone's unique, but they lose their uniqueness in the quest of being someone else!. =>>people laugh at me cuz i m different, but i don't laugh at them even if they are all the same [:p] =>>whatever is happening, is happening for the best...right now it may be a sad moment, but later on you'll be happy that it happened!!! =>>a final destination is already set for us....it's the way we walk up to it!!!! =>rock n roll ain't noise pollution =>laugh and the world laughs with/at[if u laugh at the wrong time [:p] ]u and cry and ur best friend makes you laugh!!!!! =>we are what our priorities make us! => i'm eighteen ..i get confused everyday...eighteeen...ijust don't know what to say!!!!! -creed

Thanks to all the people who were with me, prayed for me, thought about me, changed me for the better, taught me, showed me this beautiful world, keep on doing this great job. You make my life better than what it would have been otherwise :)

WEEK-END....VACATION-END....................

The week has ended, and so has the vacation! Actually! Emotions are fighting with each other for the HOT SEAT! I seriously don’t know whether I am sad about the fact that the vacations have ended, or I am happy, because the busy life’s going to start again.

After doing a good analysis, I realized situations won’t change; emotions are going to fight with each other, till the very end!

I know I cribbed almost every night, about the fact that I am sick of doing nothing, and sick of sleeping. But that was at the end of the day. That means I really enjoyed doing nothing and sleeping all the day. Actually I’ve got so used to it, that parting from it seems pretty difficult for me! I also feel sad, when I imagine those 4 lectures back to back!

But lectures are just a part of the day, just some mere 4 hours. The remaining time spent in college is incomparable to any time I’ve ever had in life! I love spending time in college, canteen and also the Reading Hall! Those chats with friends, those leg-pulling sessions, and the weirdest theories we come up with, I’ll get to enjoy all that. Vishnu’s hot coffee, Gala’s cold coffee! I’ll get to enjoy that too! Oh! My happiness has taken the Hot Seat yet again.

Don’t worry about the sadness, it’ll take the Hot Seat too, now that I’ll go and sleep, Sadness will conquer, because I’ll really miss sleeping till late afternoon. :)

P.S. Doing nothing refers to, eating, watching movies, cooking, roaming and chatting with one of my Best Friend.

Espressing Myself!!!!!

I'm an absolute coffee lover! I love coffee almost in every form of it! Today I'd been to Barista, the outlet that's in Linking Road, Bandra.
And I am really SAD for one thing. The service is real bad. The place is too small, and pretty congested. You move a chair, people around you, will surely get hit. Still no offense meant. Mumbai is a crowded city, plus so many people coming in, you need those many tables and chairs.
Then finally after adjusting ourselves around the tiny table. We hope that we'll get a menu-card or something, just like people around us had. We wait, wait and wait. Finally after quite some time when the waiter stops pretending he hasn't seen us, and i sign him to get the menu-card. He takes it in his hand, keeps it, and attends someone else. Again we wait, wait and wait. Then again he fails in pretending he hasn't seen us, i remind him of the menu-card. Then finally we get one!. Ah! Finally!
Finally we decide what we want to have. I wave, and the waiters start pretending again! Oh God they need some acting classes. Then he takes the order of the family sitting at the next table, even though they haven't decided what to get. Another wave, and then he notes our orders on the small notepad he's carrying. Oh yeah!, I forgot to mention the family next to us, had walked in late! The reason for the waiter to do so is quite clear, the family's going to shell out for a larger bill than just three of us!
Then we wait, wait, wait, again. The family orders and gets what they want, before us!. Then we are just waiting, and a waiter walks in and asks for what we want! Then we have to tell him, we have already ordered something, if we get it today, then we'll think of the second order :P This is not what i actually said, I just said, we've already given the order!
Then we wait, wait, wait, wait. Finally as we are close to finishing, we ask for the bill. That comes soon enough, and the tissues asked by us, also doesn't take time. We thank them for getting something on time :)
We paid the bill, and in the suggestions and complaints sheet, of course, we did complain. I know the sheet might have been torn right away. But still our message that our face looks sick, not because the coffee was bad, but the service must have reached them.
Maybe this was the first time a thing like this has occurred. Maybe, but I hope it never happens again.

My life 17 oct to 26th oct!!!!

I stand at the window, and there is this nice cold breeze blowing! Winter’s here! It may not be cold during the day, but the nighttime coolness is something we should be happy about, or sad? Sad because with this coolness comes in laziness, the wish to stay cuddled up in a nice blanket and never wake up. This laziness is already starting to creep onto me, and I’ve been showing symptoms of the laziness a bit before the winter. Or maybe it’s just the “it’s my vacations” syndrome due to which I’m unable to wake up in the morning. Yes I accept I’ve been waking up in afternoons since almost a week now. And due to this “LAZINESS” I’ve been unable to bring in a good report on what I did in the “10 days camp” of The NSS Unit of my college.

Now I’m just trying to put together in a very brief manner the events of my camp. We’d been to Kolad Village; Taluka Roha; District Raigad. We were staying at the “Grampanchayat’s Headquarter”. This was my third camp and very different from the previous two. First reason since it was for 10 days long. Secondly I’d to do all the daily chores independently. Thirdly we did some social work.

The daily chores were just a bit of the camp days. The major feature was the work we did. We did some grass cutting [here grass refers to some big plants with loads of thorn]. It hurt but also was a great experience. A cleanliness campaign was run by some of the students, every morning they went upon the streets and collected all plastic garbage, and dumped into the “garbage van” which came later in the morning.

The part of work I liked the most was the work on the “adivasi-pada” of the village. The development in this region is very poor. The life there is really very disheartening. We tried to talk to the people, listen to their problems. We carried out an educational survey, by this we’ve selected upon a few children who’ll get financial help. We showed some documentaries. Clothes were also donated in these houses. Books were donated in the school.

The next best thing of the camp was the street plays. There were four performing groups on four different topics 1) Health Awareness [my group],

2) Literacy, 3) Negative effects of Alcoholism, 4) Village free from quarrels and fights. The practice, the last minute practice, the improvisation by every other character while performing, everything still brings a smile on my face. The plays were performed thrice and two of them were performed 4 times. Talking about my play I had two roles in two different scenes. In one an old woman dying of cancer, due to the use of tobacco, and in other I was a doctor, giving away some advice on the need for balanced diet. I enjoyed every bit of it, every moment of it, even when I’d gone completely blank during one of our rehearsal. And of course how can I forget the songs. Each street play had songs in it sang in chorus, the tune was a rip-off and lyrics modified which made it fun while singing it!

Apart from all this some group discussions were also held almost every evening on current issues. This camp has helped me a lot, most probably even changed me a lot for the better of course. And how can I forget to mention the new friends I made. I made a whole lot of new friends.

All in all, it was a great camp, lot to learn from it! All the social work we did was just an attempt in trying to improve the village. Last year camp had been in the same place, with similar or more work done. The improvements were seen this year, not up to the mark though. Hope this little effort taken by us helps us in brining at least a noticeable change next year, when we’ll be there yet again! Let us hope for the best! Fingers Crossed!

HAPPY DIWALI!!!!

Hi, wishing you all a very Happy Diwali. Hoping that atleast one person out of 50 decides not to burn firecrackers. Personally I seriously haven’t recognized the fun in burning firecrackers especially those in the category of bombs which just make NOISE. But many people enjoy it, I am against it, I beg you to stop doing it, but it’s a personal decision and I do not force you. People, who care even a bit, prefer those crackers which go high in the sky and burst into something beautiful, but going cracker-free is the best option.

Spread joy, light, sweets this Diwali not NOISE AND AIR POLLUTION

TA....[zzzzzzz]......DA.......I'M....[YAWN].....back.....

I’m back after a long time. I am online after more than a month, and I’m also back from a 10days camp at Kolad, in Roha Taluka, District Raigad. The stay was wonderful, a lot better than expected. The details of the work done in our camp will be discussed in the upcoming posts. I still need to compile it.

As I mentioned before the stay was great. But from the time I’m back, all I want to do is sleep, never felt this tired at the camp, but now that I’m back, I sleep all the time. Yes, I am suffering from a bit of cold and cough, but the rest I am taking is in excess. I just don’t take rest, I sleep deeply.

I really need a solution to fix this problem, because I’m sick of sleeping for no reason. If anyone out there has a solution, please HELP!!!

TREE PLANTATION 31-08-08

Sunday, the 31^st was the very first productive Sunday. I’d been on our college’s NSS event of tree plantation. Though it hadn’t all begun with the ease I’d expected, with me missing the decided train, then being late, realizing I was still before the expected time.

After a nice travel in the train, from Dadar to Borivali, we finally reached our destination, SANJAY GANDHI NATIONAL PARK! We were put into different groups, so that we increase our networks. It helped quite a bit. People were friendly, never gave me a feeling that this is the first time, I’m seeing them.

Apart from networking and people, we did quite a good amount of work too. We started up with uprooting weeds, near previously planted trees. Then we also planted some more trees. Loads of hard work done that day. And also some chats and fun!

It was a memorable day, rather the most memorable SUNDAY in my recent memories. I’m eagerly waiting for the next upcoming event; I hope it’s as good, or even better. Hoping for the best!

THE SCARLET RIDER!

As I’d told, that, I’ll give you a review of the book, The Scarlet Rider, by Lucy Sussex,is a very interesting detective story. The story revolves around a woman protagonist, and the book takes you through three phases, one the writer writing the autobiography, of how she had to research on a detective novel, published during the Victorian times by an anonymous writer, who was then realized to be a woman, of course!

The research over the characters, and how every plot gets unfold, is the most interesting part of the novel. Apart from it being a detective story, it also has a ghostly, scary touch to it, which makes the book an absolute page turner! The narration is brilliant too.

People, who love to read detective stories, shouldn’t miss it! One warning I would like to give, the start is pretty boring, but once it catches up, it catches you!

Yes! I am happy, that my schedule has kept me busy. But still I don’t long for a holiday, not as of now! I still love spending my time attending practical session, boring lectures, interesting lectures, important lectures, spending time in the canteen, reading hall- here am I supposed to use studying, instead of spending time?, does it make a difference :P.

In the last few weeks I had a nice time, at least worth writing. I am an ardent fan of Johnny Depp and have always tried my best to watch most of his movies, and how can I lose a chance of watching CHOCOLAT which was aired on WORLD MOVIES. It’s a beautiful movie, something what women would love. Here the protagonist being a woman, it revolves around how she starts with a very unconventional shop, a shop of chocolates. She’s considered as a satan’s helper. The priest in the church forces people to stay away from chocolate, from her and from Johnny Depp the ranger. It’s about how they come together finally convincing people of their town. It’s quite a normal story but brilliant performances by both, Juliette Binoche and of course Johnny Depp. Though, the best part of the movie was the last statement, I don’t remember it exactly, but all it meant was to gain goodwill, instead of looking at things which u can avoid, people you can stop being with, look at the things good for you, and people you include.

No significant movie after that, till Kung-fu Panda. Animated movies can never be boring! This is a wonderful movie pointing at the fact that we should never underestimate anyone, never lose hope, and trust ourselves. It shows a panda accidentally becoming the dragon warrior and how he’s entrusted upon a difficult task, and how the flabby, chubby, cute little panda becomes actually fights the baddie. The voice-over done by Black Jack does justice to the role. Emotions drawn on their faces are amazing, voice over of all the characters is good, but I found the movie very small, I would’ve loved to have a laugh for some more time. But all in all it was a good movie! Absolutely amazing!

Apart from movies, I am reading a novel to give my mind a break. I am reading The Scarlet Rider by Lucy Susex. It’s a book which absorbs you totally; I’m almost coming to its end. Will surely write a review! Now that I am talking about it all I want to do is to go and finish it! :D. Till the next time, have a nice time folks and the two movies are not worth missing, do watch them!

HORRIBLE HOLIDAYS!!

I was walking along the road, to the rickshaw stand I called up Shraddha to inform I was not going to attend the first lecture, since I was a bit late, and on top of that there was an auto-rickshaw strike. In that case where was I going? Well, I was so tired of sitting home all these days, since after a long weekend; we had another holiday, due to the Parsi New Year, and all our trekking plans [we made two, second, after the failure of the first] were cancelled. :( I was determined to go to college, even though I would have to walk up to the station. I wish I was so determined as far my studies were concerned.

So as on the way, I decided to call Shraddha, I called her up, in a sleepy tone she answered and broke the bad news on me, that lectures are cancelled :( I was really sad when I heard this, whatever the strike was for; I hope the teachers got whatever they’d been demanding for, because I don’t want the holiday to go waste. Anyways, as I said Shraddha broke the news to me, and still determined not to go home and do nothing, I kept on walking, calling people, asking, expecting that someone would tell me that lectures are not cancelled, then I tried to call some old friends [old i.e. friends from my school. And Jr. College], but in vain, all had their lectures, college, lucky chaps!

I just don’t want any more of holidays, not in the coming 4 weeks for sure. Maybe a hectic week, early morning practical will just do the thing for maybe, and maybe I’ll long for a long holiday then! Maybe!

But for now, I would like to call them THE HORRIBLE HOLIDAYS!!!

YEH JO DES HAI MERA....SWADES HAI MERA...

I hope every Indian had a very happy INDEPENDENCE DAY!

It’s been 61 years since we got freedom. The whole of the year we don’t think about it much, but when it is the day, we pray, we celebrate. Some people call it a show off, but I don’t, I believe in these busy routines, people might not show their love for their nation everyday, but they do love their country. And when they get a holiday, a reason, they show their love for the country.

This year apart from just this day, the whole week was brightened and its due credit goes to non other than Mr. Abhinav “the humble” Bindra, the man who created history. He won a gold medal in 10m rifle shooting, the first individual gold medal India ever got in Olympics, after a wait of around 108 years. Kudos to you! He has given many Indians, sportsperson a ray of hope! He hasn’t just done it; instead, he has given a beginning! I wish we win some more gold medals in the passing time.

Apart from a ceremonious week, personally I’d a light-hearted week. With our college dept. shifting its location, lectures off! Practical sessions off! What else could this lazy brain ask for! And then a 3 days weekend! Did this week ever exist?

Last Sunday all my day just passed in thinking, cherishing about every moment of the previous day, the day when we celebrated our dear friend Parnavi’s birthday.

It was a very memorable day, and its due credit goes to none other than Parnavi. Who cared to tell about all our likes and dislikes at her home, who made all the preparations.

The food was delectable, tasty and something whose taste’s going to linger on my taste buds for quite a long time for sure.

The after lunch mania was the best. We played cards, made fun of each other, as usual, clicked pictures, and troubled Omkar a lot! Sorry Omkar, but really enjoyed it then. And thanks for bearing it all :)

The cake cutting and gift giving sessions were too good. The cake even more better ;). Fortunately the cake wasn’t smeared across her face, it was, but very little. The efforts for the decorations were so high, that words going through my mind are extremely small to describe it!

Then there was a small, but highly, highly surprising magic show presented by her Dad! Kudos to him for doing it so well!

Late we did leave, but with contents at heart. With memories still very, very fresh in my mind. Thanks friends and all those dear people who had a part, maybe small in making this day the most memorable day of my life.

PS: Rina you should’ve been there! You missed out a lot.

DON'T RUN AWAY!

Recently there’s news that the Maharashtra state board is announcing a new pattern in Mathematics of the 9^th standard. The students will get options, as in what type of mathematics they would like to opt for, either easy or difficult. It seems the difficult option will have the tougher subjects from the previous portion, might be some additional, and same in the case for easier papers.

I still remember that particular instance of my life, which coincidentally, I’d to face in my 9^th standard, and in mathematics itself. I was an average student, studied only during exams. If I’d put in lots of hard-work it showed in the result. I still remember in the first semester I’d scored really badly in mathematics, especially in algebra. I was told if I get a bad score in my coming algebra test in my coaching classes I wouldn’t be allowed to sit any further lectures. Imagining the situation was most difficult for me, so I’d studied real hard, and as fake as it may sound I’d scored full, it was a test on the topic of logarithms.

Moral of the story is right in front of you, if you don’t let the students face a difficult situation, they’ll never learn, especially if given an option of running away. Just in the race for scoring more, students will try to go for the easier route. The school level mathematics isn’t something out of the world, it’s quite basic. If I wouldn’t have done logarithms then, would calculations have been as easy as they are for me now?

Talking about students having dyscalculia [fear of math], do you want the students to run away from the phobia, instead of facing it? If hard work leads to a full score for an average student, then a student with dyscalculia might easily get a decent score with even effort, or might even come over the dreaded phobia. It is surely much better than chickening out of the situation. Oh! But how did I forget in that case the score, or rather the average percentage won’t be enough, and people won’t get to show off!

Let’s hope that such a rule is not imposed, or rather, such an option is not given to students. And if given, students chose to face their fears

MORE THAN A MONTH!!!!!

I just can’t believe it’s been more than a moth since the last time I wrote a post. I am really sorry for this delay. I just couldn’t take out the time.

In fact the last few weeks and moths I’d lot more to write like the first rain, the first day of college, and things like that. But just couldn’t find the time. Then I’d a troubled eye, so advised not to use the computer for long, so this delay. But it’s long than I’d thought.

This means I’d really been busy. And I’m going to get busier with my practical session starting. It’s good to know that my life’s changed considerably, in fact it’d changed just from the next weeks, and even in my internship I made new friends, and had a lot of fun. I’ve started missing them already. But my college life’s even better.

The only thing bad thing about me getting busy is that I’ve got morning practical. Agreed it’s difficult for a nocturnal person like me to wake up early, but not impossible. I know I’ll manage as I’ve been all these years, big thanks for my Parents for that. Who wake me up and help me get ready on time.

I hope I don’t be late with the next post. And find time to write something much better. Till then have a nice time.

WAKE ME UP!!!!!!!!

Weary and tired I look at the watch after around an hour or so, only to find the hand of the clock shifted by a minute, as if some spell has hold on to it. I try to take a nap, and I wake up with a jerk, due to the noise made by the H.O.D. entering.

He asks if the tests are done, and we give him all the values entered neatly in the register, basically doing our work perfectly. Again a call and he’s gone. There my mind shut again, and the next thing, loose ends of many thoughts in my head, I think about one thing, and unknowingly start thinking of something else.

Again I jerk the sleep off my eyes, rather just try. Then suddenly Greenday’s song which I’d heard while on my way to the industry starts playing in my head, “wake me up when September ends”. And the great feeling of college starting soon filled me. And somehow these two threads got connected, and I said aloud “wake me up when 9^th June arrives”. The roaring giggles of my friends made me realize that my head was coming up with combinations worse than BINGO [I don’t like those chips].

I feel staying at home would have been a better option. I could’ve learnt cartoon network’s daily schedule, I would have been online most of the time of the day, except when the MSEDCL does its ruthless act of cutting the connection, giving it a heavy name like LOADSHEDDING. I would have lost on the ways to Morodor. I would have some up with my signature recipes.

A nightmare coming true in real sense, might not be scary, adrenalin rushing [I wish it was], but full of nothingness. All I can do is go into hibernation and wake up only after 7^th of June.

BACK WITH A BANG er......SNEEZE

After a long week I’m back. I’d been to my hometown. I’d gone there after 3 years that was after I’d finished my 10^th board examinations. It was a real good change for my mind. It was at peace. The beauty has really soothed my nerves after a hectic week of working in Parle Company. I did everything that I wished to, enjoyed to the full extent. The results were bad, aching legs, sun burnt skin, but I do not regret it even a bit. Had lots of mangoes, so many that I don’t feel like having any more till next summer. The best part of all the vacations was the beach and the WAVES…enchanting!!!!! I felt like screaming whenever I saw them, and I couldn’t stop it, nor did I try to. Hats off to my grandfather whose 100^th birthday we celebrated. He wasn’t frustrated with the noise and fuss at all! Long live grandpa!! After a nice week I come back at my Home, it feels like woken up suddenly from a pleasant dream, a dream I can see once again. Now I’ve got to gear up and be a Mumbaikar again. My mind can be geared up easily but my body can’t

as soon as I reached Home I started sneezing and it is going on! But honestly speaking this cold has become a part of my life, if I don’t catch cold within a month I wonder if I have any problem. Still it’s better to be fit and fine. I hope I get well soon. I think you’ll hope for the same

REUNIONS!!!!!

The Oxford Dictionary defines a reunion as a social gathering of people who have not seen each other for some time. But is it just that, just meeting up?

I used to think so, but now I’ve realized it’s not just meeting up, it means, meeting up with friends you really mean to meet, whom you miss a lot. And even after you meet just asking “wassup??” isn’t enough. Talking about the past, the fun we had together, the pranks played on people, the most stupid secret or just the silly reason for getting scolded makes a successful reunion. Such reunions are beautiful, you just don’t want the time to tick off…But as clichéd as it may sound, time doesn’t wait for anyone. We just have to return home, hoping for the next reunion to be as soon as possible!!!

THE QUEST OF EIGHTEEN!!!!

I call it as the quest of 18, because when I was not 18 then I used to wonder why is 18 given so much of an importance and why not nineteen which by it’s ending –teen should be preferably given much importance? I used to wonder why does the band Creed have a song “I’m eighteen; I get confused everyday, eighteen I just don’t know what to say”.

But now I’ve realized it, when I’ve finally reached the age EIGHTEEN!!!!!! I’ve reached this age in November and since then till now really my mind works a lot, more than it should on matters, not so important. And then I wonder why in the first place was I thinking about it?

There is a constant fight within; I just don’t know how many personalities reside inside me! I become highly unpredictable, at times surprising the angel within, and at times the devil.

Sometimes it’s just the urge to be like everyone else, sometimes the heart just wishes to go against the trend! Sometimes there is a feeling of being a teacher’s pet, sometimes of being a total punk. Sometimes I want to be a drama queen; sometimes I prefer the back stage. Sometimes I want crowd around me, sometimes I just want to be lonely in my room!

And on all that when I try to see what I am exactly like, through some silly know yourself quizzes, I feel like selecting all the options given….??? Eventually confusing me more than I am already!

Then I wonder why in the first place am I thinking of all this, when I’ve better things in life to think about? Like, how my internship in companies like Cadbury and Shangrila will be, or how I enjoyed my stay at my friend’s place!

But that’s what your brain does when you are EIGHTEEN!!!! Before you are EIGHTEEN you wonder why it’s given so important, after you are EIGHTEEN you just wonder, why are you doing, whatever that is being done! And after EIGHTEEN maybe I’ll think why I did this, or did not do this when I was EIGHTEEN? Thus carrying on the quest of EIGHTEEN till eternity!

Monosodium glutamate, safe or not?

I heard that M.S.G. is GOOD for health apart from being safe. I tried to know what exactly M.S.G is, and I’ve come to a conclusion that I’ll try to avoid it as much as possible.

Monosodium glutamate, sodium glutamate, flavor enhancer 621 [M.S.G] is a sodium salt of glutamic acid. It is marketed as flavor enhancer. The Japanese company Ajinomoto turned it into crystalline powder form, MSG, and patented it in 1909, hence the name Ajinomoto [essence of taste].

The controversy over MSG started in 1968, when a Chinese-American physician wrote a rather lighthearted letter to The New England Journal of Medicine. He had experienced numbness, palpitations and weakness after eating in Chinese restaurants in the United States, and wondered whether the monosodium glutamate used by cooks here (and then rarely used by cooks in China) might be to blame. This was experienced by many people consuming such food and hence it was also known as CHINESE RESTAURANT SYNDROME.

It interferes with the neurochemical process. It is an exciter neurotransmitter i.e. it excites the taste buds into thinking the food is GREAT, even if the taste is not that good. It also messes with your satiety index (how full you think you are after eating) so that you end up wanting to eat more food, it also leads to behavioral addiction to that food. And overeating is linked to obesity, so let’s just try our best to stay away from it.

Higher doses of MSG lead to cell death, by over excitation of nerve cells. It is due to the absence of the blood brain barrier in hypothalamus of humans. Between 1980 and 1994, the Adverse Reaction Monitoring System in FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition received 622 reports of complaints about MSG. Headache was the most frequently reported symptom. No severe reactions were documented, but some reports indicated that people with asthma got worse after they consumed MSG. In some of those cases, the asthma didn't get worse until many hours later.

The glutamic acid we eat isn’t always natural. In our body L-type is found, whereas glutamic acid we consume is D-glutamic acid. Which is not handled by our body well, and it is prepared by fermentation since it is found in bacterial cell walls.

Some say that they do not consume M.S.G., but its forms are other than just monosodium glutamate, they are Glutamate, Monosodium glutamate, Monopotassium glutamate, Glutamic acid, Calcium caseinate, Gelatin, Textured protein, Hydrolyzed protein (any protein that is hydrolyzed), Yeast extract, Yeast food, Autolyzed yeast, Yeast nutrient. Reading the contents on the packet is necessary.

We cannot completely stop the intake but can surely avoid, and while eating food having MSG we should keep in mind that it’s just the flavor enhancer which is why it tastes so great, and we need to control the amount we eat, doing just this will actually bring a change in our health problems. The change may be small, but significant!!!!!!

THE WEEK THAT WAS!!!!

I've been such an irregular blogger, now, you cannot blame my laziness for that, even though it exists in me. The reason i couldn't blog much was due to my tightly packed schedule.Having my final practical examinations going on. and have to really break my head for that, study for the theory exams banging on my face!!!!!!!But thanks to my college Reading Hall, I study there more than i would have studied in my room!
These days i get nightmares of being late to my practical examinations, not taking the required material and all that.
But one of the way i found out to beat frustation and stress is by listening to lounge music by Karunesh, it's nerve soothing and sort of spiritualistic touch to the music actually brings out some positivity in me.
Personally this week was quite good with my biochemistry practicals going on very smoothly especially the part i was most worried about THE STAINING AND FOCUSING. Got off it quite well!
The capsules of klebsellia pneumonia were very happy for me and were easily spotted in the microscope. Hope I am in equal or better luck for my remaining practicals and my exams too!
On the football front, I am a Gunner, and started following it very recently, and i was treated with a very sad news "ManU beats Arsenal by 4 goals...hmm....now what to say, lets not look at the back i said, it was just a [fa cup] game and a day gone bad, there's always the champions league to look forward too. Next match with AC milan score => 0-0....hm...NOT BAD!...atleast not disappointed!
On the BIOCHEMICAL FRONT!
Heard that M.S.G. [ajinomoto] is good for health?, well will have to read more about it, but no time now, only after I am done with my exams.
Now the use of internet to search things only restricted to the syllabus, after all the knowledge I have is going to be proved by my marks!
So till 12th march adios!

India And It's Science

We always come across the names of many scientists when we study any part of science. The best that we have done is research on already made inventions. But what about innovations, new ideas and inventions of technology?
It is not that India has not made progress. But whatever progress it has made is not up to the mark. To make it more clear let us compare ourself with China. 10-15 years back, China was scientifically backwards, and today it's contribution is nearly 15% to the world's scientific research while that of India is less than 3%.
The major reason for this is our attitude toward science. Science does not come to an end with the completion of post-graduation or any such degree. There is always something new to LEARN, something new to DISCOVER. As it is commonly said, 'There's a lot more than what meets the eye'. Science does not have a horizon. The study of any branch of science goes on till eternity and any sub-branch of it can never be out of vogue. As prof. C.N.R Rao once said, 'Today's science is tomorrow's technology'.
But unfortunately, research is not valued or given importance in our country. Plus the infrastructural facilities and the labs are insufficient to carry out highly developed research. This is mainly due to the scientific funding in India, which is as low as 1% of GDP. This is also the reason why India produces only 4000 PhDs compared to 10000 in Brazil and 16000 in China.
The only way to make India a knowledge superpower in the world is to mend all the bits and parts i.e. Government should give in a higher % of GDP towards scientific funding. The other important change is the change to be brought in our attitude towards science. Creativity cannot be thought, nor can the skill to think beyond. But we can create an environment which will promote innovations. Eventually when the passion for science is developed in a student , the student himself will be eager to find out more, which will lead to a glorius PhD or a research paper. These small amendments will make India a leading center of the knowledge world!!!!!