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Ice Cream and Personality

WHAT DOES YOUR ICE CREAM CHOICE SAY ABOUT YOUR PERSONALITY? 

• Chocolate: dramatic, lively, charming, flirtatious, seductive and gullible
  
• Vanilla: impulsive, easily suggestible and an idealist
• Very Berry Strawberry: a tolerant, devoted and an introvert
  
• Mint Chocolate Chip: argumentative, frugal and cautious
• Rocky Road:   aggressive, engaging and a good listener
• Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough: ambitious, competitive and a visionary
  
• Pralines 'n Cream: loving, supportive and prefer to avoid the spotlight.
  
• Jamoca: scrupulous, conscientious and a moral perfectionist
  
• Chocolate Chip:  generous, competent and a go getter
  
• Rainbow Sherbet:   analytic, decisive and a pessimistic 
  
  

Pictures courtesy of Baskin Robins

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What your hand writing means?

• If letters slant to the left: Indicates introspection and a lot of emotional control. 
• If letter slant to the right: Reveals a person who’s outgoing, friendly, impulsive, and emotionally open. 
• If letters are straight up and down: The sign of someone who’s ruled by the head, not the heart. 
• Letters that slant in more than one direction: Indicates versatility and adaptability. 
• An erratic slant: Usually means a lack of flexibility. 
• Heavy pressure writing (like you can feel the rib made on the back of the paper): The writer is agitated. 
• Moderate pressure (the writing is dark, but you can’t feel the rib on the other side of the paper): Shows ability to deal with stress. 
• Light pressure: Indicates someone who seems to take life in stride. 
• Tiny letters: Indicate the writer is has somewhat low self esteem but is intelligent. 
• Small letters: The hallmark of quiet, introspective types – they’re generally detail- oriented and have good concentration. 
• Large letters: Sign of a confident, easygoing individual. 
• Huge letters: Indicate someone who’s theatrical, usually loud, and needs to be the center of attention at all times. 
• Wide letters (their width and height are about the same): The mark of someone who’s open and friendly. 
• Narrow letters: Show someone who’s somewhat shy and inhibited but very self- disciplined. 
• Letters that don’t touch: Indicate an impulsive, artistic, sometimes impractical free thinker. 
• Some letters connecting: Means the writer’s personality blends logic and intuition. 
• All letters making contact: The sign of someone who’s highly cautious. 
• A curved first mark: Shows a person who’s traditional and plays by the rules. 
• A straight beginning stroke: Reveals someone who’s rigid and doesn’t like being told what to do. 
• A final stroke straight across: The writer is cautious. 
• An end mark that curves up : Reveals generosity. 
• Perfect penmanship: The hallmark of a communicative person. 
• An indecipherable scrawl: Indicates a person who’s secretive, closed-up and likes to keep his thoughts to himself.

Cough recovery @ home

Cough Treatment Using Grapes

Grapes are one of the most effective home remedies for the treatment of a cough. Grapes tone up the lungs and act as an expectorant, relieving a simple cold and cough in a couple of days. A cup of grape juice mixed with a teaspoon of honey is advised for cough relief.

Cough Treatment Using Almonds

Almonds are useful for dry coughs. Seven kernels should be soaked in water overnight and the brown skin removed. They should then be ground well to form a fine paste. A quantity of twenty grams each of butter and sugar should then be added to the paste. This paste should be taken in the morning and evening.

Cough Treatment Using Onion

The use of raw onion is valuable in a cough. This vegetable should be chopped fine and the juice extracted from it. One teaspoon of the juice should then be mixed with one teaspoon of honey and kept for four or five hours-it will make an excellent cough syrup and should be taken twice daily. Onions are also useful in removing phlegm. A medium-sized onion should be crushed, the juice of one lemon added to it, and then one cup of boiling water poured on it. A teaspoon of honey can be added for taste. This remedy should be taken two or three times a day.

Cough Treatment Using Turmeric

The root of the turmeric plant is useful in a dry cough. The root should he roasted and powdered. This powder should be taken in three gram doses twice daily, in the morning and evening.

Cough Treatment Using Belleric Myroblan

The herb belleric myroblan is a household remedy for a cough. A mixture comprising two grams of the pulp of the fruit, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of long pepper, and 2 teaspoons of honey should be administered for the treatment of this condition twice daily. The dried fruit covered with wheat flour and roasted , is another popular remedy for cough condition.

Cough Treatment Using Raisins

A sauce prepared from raisins is also useful in a cough. This sauce is prepared by grinding 100 gm of raisins with water. About 100 gm of sugar should be mixed with it and the mixture heated. When the mixture acquires a sauce-like consistency, it should be preserved. Twenty grams should be taken at bedtime daily.

Cough Treatment Using Aniseed

Aniseed is another effective remedy for a hard dry cough with difficult expectoration. It breaks up the mucus. A tea made from this spice should be taken regularly for treating this condition.

Volume Conversions

17 must haves in diet

Here are some must-haves in your diet:

1 . Consider water
Hydrate your body. Drink at least 10 to 12 glasses of water every day. Start your morning with a glass of lukewarm water.

2 . Eat timely meals
Eat at regular intervals. Have five meals a day in which three can be main meals and two can be mid meals.

3 . Breakfast is a must
Breakfast is a must because it provides 25 per cent of the total energy and nutrients required by the body.

4 . Quality call
Good quality of food is a must. Remember the quality of food you eat determines your efficiency in your work. Avoid refined foods like white rice, maida-based products like bread, pasta etc.

5 . Go green
Make sure to include green, orange, and yellow fruits and vegetables — such as broccoli, carrots, cantaloupe, berries and citrus fruits. These fruits are rich in vitamin c and vitamin A, which may help protect against various types of cancer and other diseases.

6 . Say yes to herbal tea
Include herbal teas. Having two cups of green tea can do wonders for the skin and also increase the efficiency of our immune system.

7 . Opt for healthy fat
Enjoy healthy fats. Include omega 3 fatty acids and unsaturated fat rich foods like olive oil, flax seeds, sesame seeds, soyabean, walnuts, seafood such as tuna and salmon to increase your immunity.

8 . Fibre is important
Have fibre rich foods like oats, barley, ragi, bajra, whole wheat grains, different variety of fruits and vegetables in your diet.

9. Protein perfect
Having protein is essential. Vegetable sources of protein are beans, nuts, pulses and whole grains. These are good choices as they offer fibre, vitamins and minerals. The best animal protein choices are fish and poultry.

10. Calcium
Include adequate amount of calcium in your diet by having milk and milk products, soybeans, shrimp, ragi, sesame seeds, and leafy vegetables.

11. Vitamin B12
This is a rare  vitamin. A slight deficiency of it can lead to anaemia, fatigue and depression. Vitamin B12 rich sources are oysters, liver, fish, beef, eggs, fortified cereals, milk and milk products.

12 . Healthy snack
Have healthy snacks in between to keep up the energy levels the whole day.

13 . Plate of salad
Consume a bowl of green salad every day — a simple trick to keep away excess calories.

14. Two fruits at least
Have at least two fruits everyday.

15 . Spice it up
Include spices/herbs like saunf, basil leaves, one to two cloves, ginger or garlic in your daily diet to enjoy its enormous medicinal properties.

16 . Go nuts
Have a handful of nuts a day. They are calorie dense foods packed with proteins, healthy fats and some essential vitamins and minerals.

17 . Dine right
Have early and light dinners.

East Indian Bottle Masala

There are many recipes for Bottle Masala which, like family jewels, are closely guarded secrets.
The degree of difference in these recipes is negligible and only apparent to a trained biased palate!The recipe below comes with a Statutory Warning -Make Bottle Masala at your own Risk!
Try and get some from a friend or relative - its easier and stress free.
Courtesy : Economic Times

Bottle Masala

Ingredients:

1. Dry Kasmiri Chillis - 3 KG
2. Dhaniya (Corriander) 750 gms
3. Haldi (Tumeric) 250 gms
4. Teel (Sesame) 250 gms
5. Khus-Khus (Poppy) 250 gms
6. Rai (Mustard) 250 gms
7. Channa (raw Gram) 250 gms
8. Wheat - 250 gms
9. Jeera (Cumin) 125 gms
10. Black Pepper - 125 gms
11. Cinnamon - 50 gms
12. Elachi (Cardamom) 10 gms
13. Clove - 10 gms
14. Bardian (Star Anise) 10 gms
15. Shah- Jeera (Caraway) 10 gms
16. Tiraphal (Pepper Leaves) 10 gms
17. Naikaisar - 10 gms
18. Zaipatri - 10 gms
19. Maipatri - 10 gms
20. Nutmeg - 10 gms
21. All Spice - 10 gms

Method:
Slow, dry roast the above ingredients. Pound/Grind into a fine powder.
Store in clean air-tight containers.  Date it.

Note: Bottle Masala should be red in color.As it ages it may loose a little color and potency.
Hence its necessary to store it in air-tight packing.

Let go of your stresses

A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they’d be asked the “half empty or half full” question. Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired: ”How heavy is this glass of water?”

Answers called out ranged from 8 ml. to 20 ml.

She replied, “The absolute weight doesn’t matter. It depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it’s not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my arm. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb and paralyzed. In each case, the weight of the glass doesn’t change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.”

She continued, “The stresses and worries in life are like that glass of water. Think about them for a while and nothing happens. Think about them a bit longer and they begin to hurt. And if you think about them all day long, you will feel paralyzed – incapable of doing anything.”

It’s important to remember to let go of your stresses. As early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down. Don’t carry them through the evening and into the night. Remember to put the glass down!

Outdoor Kitchen

The burning sensation to have a house of our own in London is a big dream. Hope we can buy it and make it "our"home soon.

I have got some ideas for outdoor kitchen if you have a good backyard/ garden in your house where ever your are in the world then look around for inspirations

And the simplest and cheapest one to have for all climate is ,

7 Things not to do after a meal

1- Don’t smoke- Experts have proven that smoking a cigarette after meal is comparable to smoking 10 cigarettes.

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

3- Don’t drink tea – Tea leaf’s 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.

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

5- Don’t bath – 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.

6- 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.

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

Enjoy your food :)

How to read your hand ?

Palm reading, otherwise known as palmistry or chiromancy, is practiced all over the world. It has its roots in Indian astrology and Roma fortune-telling.The objective is to evaluate a person’s character or future by studying the palm of their hand. Whether you’re an aspiring palm reader or you’re just looking for a fun way to pass the time and impress your friends, here’s how to gain insight just by holding someone’s hand.

Steps :

1) Choose a hand. In palmistry, it is thought that:

• For females, the right hand is what you’re born with, and left is what you’ve accumulated throughout your life.
• For males, it is the other way around. The left hand is what you’re born with, and the right is what you’ve accumulated throughout your life.
• That being said, you can also choose whichever hand is dominant to be your present/past life hand (the non-dominant hand would then be your future life hand).
  • There are different schools of thought on the matter. Some say the left hand shows potential and what could be — not necessarily what will be. And a difference in the hands could mean one is or is about to take action when it comes to their lives, changing it.

2) Identify the four major lines. There may be breaks in them or they may be short, but at least three of them are there.

• (1) The heart line
• (2) The head line
• (3) The life line
• (4) The fate line (not everybody has this).

 3) Interpret the heart line. This line can be read in either direction (from the pinkie finger to the index finger or vice versa) depending on the tradition being followed. It’s believed to indicate emotional stability, romantic perspectives, depression, and cardiac health. The basic interpretations are as follows:

• Begins below the index finger – content with love life
• Begins below the middle finger – selfish when it comes to love
• Begins in the middle – falls in love easily
• Straight and short – less interest in romance
• Touches life line – heart broken easily
• Long and curvy – freely expresses emotions and feelings
• Straight and parallel to the head line – good handle on emotions
• Wavy – many relationships and lovers, absence of serious relationships
• Circle on the line – sadness or depression
• Broken line – emotional trauma
• Smaller lines crossing through heart line – emotional trauma

4) Examine the head line. This represents a person’s learning style, communication approach, intellectualism, and thirst for knowledge. A curved line is associated with creativity and spontaneity, while a straight line is linked with practicality and a structured approach. The basic interpretations are as follows:

• Short line – prefers physical achievements over mental ones
• Curved, sloping line – creativity
• Separated from life line – adventure, enthusiasm for life
• Wavy line – short attention span
• Deep, long line – thinking is clear and focused
• Straight line – thinks realistically
• Donuts or cross in head line – emotional crisis
• Broken head line – inconsistencies in thought
• Multiple crosses through head line – momentous decisions.

5) Evaluate the life line. This begins near the thumb and travels in an arc towards the wrist. It reflects physical health, general well being, and major life changes (for example, cataclysmic events, physical injuries, and relocations). Its length is not associated with length of life. The basic interpretations are as follows:

• Runs close to thumb – often tired
• Curvy – plenty of energy
• Long, deep – vitality
• Short and shallow – manipulated by others
• Swoops around in a semicircle – strength and enthusiasm
• Straight and close to the edge of the palm – cautious when it comes to relationships
• Multiple life lines – extra vitality
• Circle in line indicates – hospitalized or injured
• Break – sudden change in lifestyle

6) Study the fate line. This is also known as the line of destiny, and it indicates the degree to which a person’s life is affected by external circumstances beyond their control.[3] It begins at the base of the palm. The basic interpretations are as follows:

• Deep line – strongly controlled by fate
• Breaks and changes of direction – prone to many changes in life from external forces
• Starts joined to life line – self-made individual; develops aspirations early on
• Joins with the life line somewhere in the middle – signifies a point at which one’s interests must be surrendered to those of others
• Starts at base of thumb and crosses life line – support offered by family and friends.

Think Before Talking

Once upon a time an old man spread rumors that his neighbor was a thief. As a result, the young man was arrested. Days later the young man was proven innocent. After been released he sued the old man for wrongly accusing him. In court the old man told the Judge: 'They were just comments, didn't harm anyone.'

The judge, before passing sentence on the case, told the old man to 'Write all the things you said about him on a piece of paper. Cut them up and on the way home; throw the pieces of paper out and come tomorrow to hear the sentence.'

The next day, the judge told the old man: 'Before receiving the sentence, you will have to go out and gather all the pieces of paper that you threw out yesterday.' The old man said: 'I can't do that. The wind spread them and I won't know where to find them.'

The judge then replied: 'The same way, simple comments may destroy the honor of a man to such an extent that one is not able to fix it. If you can't speak well of someone, rather don't say anything wrong...

'Let's all be masters of our mouths, so that we won't be slaves of our words.'

Lemon+ Water

Ten Tips - Studying

Make studying a part of your everyday routine and don't be limited to 'cramming' for exams/tests/job.

1. Establish a routine

Set aside a particular time each day for study and revision and stick to it.

2. Create a study environment

This should be away from interruptions and household noise, such as the television. Ensure there is adequate lighting and ventilation, a comfortable chair and appropriate desk.

3. Set a timetable

With a timetable you can plan to cover all your subjects in an organised way, allotting the appropriate time for each without becoming overwhelmed.

4. Look after yourself

Drink plenty of fluids, especially water, and eat healthy foods. Keep sugary foods to a minimum. Make sure you get enough sleep each night. Regular physical exercise makes you feel great, boosts your energy and helps you relax. So try to keep up regular sporting activities or at least fit in some regular exercise as often as you can.

5. Reward yourself for studying

Watch your favourite television program, spend time with your friends, walk to the park and play sport throughout the week.

6. Have variety in your learning program

Study different subjects each day and do different types of work and revision in each study session.

7. Avoid interrupting your concentration

Have all the appropriate materials with you before you start a session of study to minimise distractions.

8. Test yourself on what you have studied

 Quiz you on what you have learnt, use draft questions from books, past assessments or major exam papers.

9. Don't panic at exam/interview time

If you have followed a study routine and have been revising your class work, there should be no need to worry. Try to keep yourself calm, positive and confident.

10. Ask your others for guidance / search 'WWW'

Especially if you're having trouble - whether it's grasping a new concept or understanding something you learnt earlier in the year. They will be happy to help.