Think or sink!

[Visalakshi Ramani]

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FINISH!
This was the name of the cake of detergent placed in the dishwasher.
For three consecutive days, the packet was found in tact and unused during the washing!
I learned later that I had to peel off the wrapper before placing it inside the dishwasher.
I was afraid that I had done something wrong
but it turned out that I had not done something right.
Obviously they are not one and the same. Right???

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

The child-locks used in the bottles, cleaning liquids and medicine dispensers
baffle us Indians as well as the children here!
Everything had a different locking system!
I am sure US has more patents than any other country.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Left alone we will feel lost. We do not know how to set the various gadgets, and how to use the smartphone which certainly is smarter than most of us.

The dexterity and expertise with which little kutties operate Ipad
and apple mac leave me spellbound and mesmerized!

My grand kid has his own GPS, digital camera and Ipad.

He has taken possession of the laptop which he ruined by toppling lemonade on it and which was later restored to working order by my son after spending ~ 500$.

I bet it was the costliest lemonade anyone ever drank or spilled!!!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Thinking about the two types of people " those who serve" and \

"those who get served", I discovered a thing or two.

Usually the good looking and / or dumb people get served.

The ordinary looking and brainy people serve.

Should it not be the other way round???

It should be!!! But it is not so!!!

But good looking people manage to use it to their advantage.

If they are also dumb all the more reason

why they should not be entrusted with any important task

So it comes to the brainy people who willingly take up the

challenge of the added tasks and end up serving others for life!

So the dumb / good looking person retain their youth and beauty

much longer - making sure to get served in future also.

The willing slave grows older much faster - and imagines that it is

his / her good fortune to be able to serve the dumb bimbo!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

It is a grave mistake to exhibit one's love for the children by overfeeding them or comfort-feeding them.

At some point of time the kids will tend to put on extra weight to to this exhibition of love and seeking comfort in eating.

Thereafter if drastic measures are taken to control the food intake the kids get confused in many ways!

Have the parents stopped loving them ow?
Have they turned miserly suddenly soe some reason?
Have they turned sadistic all of a sudden?
Are they punishing them for some unknown mistake/ crime?

Whatever changes we want to make must be gradual and practical. If we want to cut down on starchy food, then we must replace them by non-starchy low calorie food.

The stomach cannot become smaller overnight and start feeling full on less fuel!

We can encourage the children to eat slowly, chew nicely to get the satisfaction of eating a complete meal even on reduced portions.

Alternately we can encourage them to take up some physical activities to burn off the excess calories.

It does not help to make the kids hungry/angry/ grumpy and sad!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

The changes made in portion must be consistent and constant.

It is not wisdom to force the child to live on reduced portion for 6 days of a week and the make him overeat on the seventh day since we are eating a buffet.

It will be comparable to managing with 4 hours of sleep for six days of the week and then sleep the whole day on the seventh day!

More than anything else the parents must set up an example of eating for the need of the body and not for the greed of the taste.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

We went for the Ice cream Social in our grandchildren's school.
Music program ws arranged class-wise and instruments-wise and followed by a boisterous band!

During the violin concert I noticed that a little girl sitting on the front row of the musicians was always playing off the key!

Later I realized that she was totally deaf since she wore the hearing aids on both ears in addition to its disc-like-extension fixed on the head.

I know how difficult it is to maintain the correct pitch when I can't hear myself singing!

I felt pity for the unfortunate child but felt happy that she had come forward to share the activity with normal children and that the teachers did not object to it!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

I am surprised to see that many letters are missing from the words I have typed and posted above.
Having typed I only look out for the redlines - if any.
Maybe I should read my own posts before posting them here!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Adam to Zeus

Visit the post for more.

adamtozeusthroughgodsandmen.wordpress.com

Adam to Zeus through Gods and Men

Adam had the good fortune that whatever he said and did were REALLY original.

Jupiter or Jove is the King of God of Rome and the god of the Sky and Thunder.

Pluto (Ploutōn) was a name for the ruler of the underworld. Hades was the name of the god and the underworld itself.

Visalakshi Ramani

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

காவிய நாயகி மிகவும் அழகி!
நாயகியின் தோழி அறிவாளி!!

அழகி நாயகியாகத் தான் இருக்க வேண்டும்.
அறிவாளி தோழியாகத் தான் இருக்க வேண்டும்.

அழகியை அனைவரும் தாங்குவர்.
அறிவாளி அனைவரையும் தாங்குவார்.

Handsome people get served.
Brainy people serve the others.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

உண்டியும் உறக்கமும்

உண்டி சுருங்குதல் பெண்டிருக்கு அழகு.
உண்டி மட்டும் அல்ல உறக்கமும் கூட!

உறக்கம் பெரிய sponge போல் நேரத்தை
உறிஞ்சி எடுத்துவிடும் மிச்சம் இல்லாமல்.

அளவுக்கு மிஞ்சிய உறக்கம் அல்லல் தரும்.
அளவளாவ நேரம் இருக்காது! அவ்வளவு ஏன்?

உணவு சமைக்கக் கூட நேரம் இருக்காது.
உணவை தினம் போல் வாங்கி உண்டால்...

ஊதி விடும் உடல்! ஒஜோசி ஆகும் பர்ஸ்!!
வீங்கி விடும் உடம்பு! தங்காது பணப்பை!!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

உண்டியும் உடையும்

உண்டி சுருக்குவதில்லை இங்கு யாருமே!
உடையைச் சுருக்கி விடுகிறார்கள்!!

போனால் போகிறது என்று
ஏராள, தாராள மனத்துடன்!!!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

வயிறு நிறைந்தால் தான் குழந்தை உறங்கும்!!!
உறங்கும்போது தான் அது பாலைக் குடிக்கும்!!!

"கல்யாணம் ஆனால் பைத்தியம் தெளியும்!
பைத்தியம் தெளிந்தால் கல்யாணம் ஆகும்!"

என்பதைப் போலவே இல்லை???

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

"The joy of motherhood" as defined by my father is
"when the children go to sleep or take nap"

But since the children never take a nap together
and one always wakes up as the other starts a nap
the corrected definition should become

"when all the children take a nap at the same time!!!
In the Happy Nap Land...
Enter child number one... exist child number two!!!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

The very first complete sentence in English spoken by my little grand daughter was "I want to be a monkey!"

Here monkey theme is very popular in children's dresses and the other articles they use. Is there anyone who can dislike Curious George the endearing monkey?

All the kids LOVE the monkeys in the zoo.

Is it because the monkeys are so lively and active or
do they find the resemblances with their original ancestors???

My little grandson wants to slide down the giraffe's long neck and ride the zebras when he goes to the zoo.

Hope he does not want to have anything to do with with the tigers and lions as Lord Ayyappa did!

Minus a tail, a man can do so much mischief!
With a tail, what will be the limiting factor???
The sky perhaps???

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Monkey's magical expressions

1. funny as a barrel of monkeys = very funny.

2. I'll be a monkey's uncle! = I am amazed!

3. make a monkey (out) of someone = make a fool (out) of someone

4. monkey with someone or something = mess up with someone or something

5. monkey business = funny business, silly behavior or dishonest behavior

6. Monkey see, monkey do = Children imitate what they see other people doing.

7. monkey suit = a tuxedo.

8. throw a monkey wrench in the works = to cause problems for someone's plans.

9. do not give a monkey's = do not care about it at all

10. a monkey on somebody's back = a serious problem that will not go away

11. brass monkey weather = extremely cold weather

12. If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys = only stupid people will work for you if you do not pay very much

If you know more 'monkey expressions' you are welcome to share them with the others.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

The young wife visited the local zoo with her old friends.

After she returned home her husband asker her,
"Did you get to meet all your relatives in the zoo?"

The smart wife was undaunted and replied coolly,
"Yes I got to meet all my relative by our marriage!"

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

கண்ணுக்குத் தெரியாத வால் ஒன்று இருக்கும்

ஒண்ணுமில்லாமலா இப்படிச் சொல்கிறோம்???

வால் பையன்

ரெட்டை வாலு

சரியான வாலில்லாக் கொரங்கு

வால் ஒண்ணு தான் பாக்கி

ஒரு வாலை ஒட்ட வச்சுடலாமா?

வாலே ஒட்ட நறுக்கிடுவேன் ஜாக்கிரதை!

வாலாட்டற வேலையெல்லாம் நம்ம கையிலே வெச்சுக்காதே!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

What is common among these scintillating stars???

Amitabh Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan
Drew Barrymore
Kim Basinger
Kenneth Branagh
Pierce Brosnan
Jim Carrey
Charlie Chaplin
Tom Cruise
Robert De Niro
Matt Dillon
Morgan Freeman
Judy Garland
Whoopi Goldberg
Angelina Jolie
Nicole Kidman
Val Kilmer
Lisa Kudrow
Marilyn Monroe
Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen
Sarah Jessica Parker
Brad Pitt
Keanu Reeves
Julia Roberts
Jennifer Saunders
Sylvester Stallone
Chewbacca the Wookie

Believe it or not they are all left handed!!!

Don't you find the number rather higher than the normal distribution of the left handed people in the general population?

Is there any connection between their left handedness
and their superior ability to act ???

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

இது எப்படி இருக்கு???

நண்பனின் மனைவி அலுத்துக் கொண்டாள்,

"என்னிடம் குழந்தைகள் ஒட்டுவதே இல்லை!"

சிறிது நேரம் பேசியவுடன் விளங்கின எனக்கு

அரிய பல உண்மைகள் அவளிடமிருந்து.

குழந்தையை எழுப்புபவர்.... டாடி!

குழந்தைக்குப் பல் தேய்த்து விடுபவர்....டாடி!

குழந்தையைக் குளிப்பாட்டுபவர்....டாடி!

குழந்தைக்கு உணவு ஊட்டுபவர்.... டாடி!

குழந்தைக்கு ஆடை அணிவிப்பவர் ... டாடி!

குழந்தையைப் பள்ளிக்கூடம் அழைந்துச் செல்பவர்... டாடி!

குழந்தைக்குக் கதை சொல்லித் தூங்க வைப்பவர் ...டாடி!

குழந்தை "pee" & "poop" போக வைப்பவர்... டாடி!

இப்படி எல்லா வேலைகளையும் டாடி செய்யும் போது

எப்படி, எதற்காக ஒட்டும் அந்தக் குழந்தை இவளிடம்???

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

The world is filled with

Mommy type daddy(s) and

daddy type mommy(s) also!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Tuesday the 13th

In Spanish-speaking countries, instead of Friday, Tuesday the 13th (martes trece) is considered a day of bad luck.

The Greeks also consider Tuesday (and especially the 13th) to be an unlucky day. Tuesday is considered to be

dominated by the influence of Ares (Mars), the god of war. A connection can be seen in the etymology of the name

in some European languages (Mardi in French or martes in Spanish). The Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans

happened on Tuesday, May 29, 1453, fact that strengthens the superstition about Tuesday. In addition, in Greek

the name of the day is Triti meaning literally the third (day of the week), adding weight to the

superstition, since bad luck is said to "come in threes".

Courtesy Wikipedia

Note TRITI = third (reminding us of the popular Akshaya thruteeyai).

Misfortunes coming in triplets is also a popular Indian concept!

It is said "oNNU thappinaa mooNu!" :scared:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Friday the 17th

In Italian popular culture, Friday the 17th (and not the 13th) is considered a day of bad luck.

In fact, in Italy, 13 is generally considered a lucky number.

However, due to Anglo-Saxon influence, young people consider Friday the 13th to be unlucky as well.

The 2000 parody film Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth was released in Italy with the title
Shriek – Hai impegni per venerdì 17? ("Shriek – Do You Have Something to Do on Friday the 17th?").

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

எப்படிப் பெயர் வைத்தார்களோ ???

பெயரில் அமுதம்..... பேச்சில் விஷம்

பெயரில் பிரியா.........பேச்சில் bulldog

பெயரில் பிரேமா.......பேச்சில் alsatian

பெயரில் ஆனந்தம் ..பேச்சில் சோகம்

பெயரில் பிரபா..........பேச்சில் பொய்யின் இருட்டு

பெயரில் இனியா......பேச்சில் ரோஜாவின் முள்.

பெயரில் சௌம்யா...பேச்சில் தேள் கொடுக்கு

பெயரில் கோமளா.....பேச்சில் வெறி நாய்க் கடி

பெயரில் பரிமளா.......பேச்சில் கூவம்.

பெயரில் மல்லிகா.....பேச்சில் லொள்ளக்கா

பெயரில் சாந்தா.........பேச்சில் துர்கா

பெயரில் நளினி.........பேச்சில் நல்ல பாம்பு

இன்னமும் வரும் :bump2:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Rome was not built in a day!

The performing artists who dazzle on the stage did not acquire their skill in one day or one week or one month or one year.

It is a achievement of a lifetime. They learn little notes, little phrases, little passages , little songs and then move on to the the symphonies.

I was amazed by the performance of the tiny tots ranging from lilliput to teen agers divided into three groups. The first group could only pluck the notes on the instruments. The second group can play easy songs. The third group can play serious songs.

I bet the kids plucking the strings will become expert players of their instruments by the time they become teenagers!

Music must be/ become part of the life of every human being in one form or the other!