In my previous post about Global Warming my friend Karthick (karthickkk.blogspot.com) came up with a simple but noble suggestion on stopping/copntrolling Global Warming. He suggested to gift plants/samplings on ccassions instead of other artices, which will help build greenery and bring an awareness among people.
In accordance with that I read am article in Hindu dated Feb 24 2007 BRIGHT IDEA - Switching the ligt bulbs. Though it was a small last page article it sounded very important/interesting to me. The concept is very simple - switch to flourescetbulbs (CFL) from conventional light bulbs. What significant difference this is going to bring in to control Global Warming? Very Simple the articlesays 450 pounds of greenhouse gases (if you convert from 60 watt incandescent bulb to 13 watt CFL Bulb) can be stopped by this conversion.
It sounded WOW to me. After I finished reading this article I immediately planned on HOw can I help stop Global Warming? First I wrote this artice to voice y view and create awareness. Second: I went to the nearest electrical shop and bought 6 CFL bulbs and replaced all incadescent bulbs to CFL in my house.Now I am proud that I could stop 6X450 pounds of green house gases.
Very smal, very Simple but very noble two ideasI did my part what should you do? Two things First: Voice your views here Two: Go replace all your incndescent bulb to CFL ones.
Reference: The Hindu, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_fluorescent_lamp
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Friday, February 9, 2007
Beware of contaminated food!!!
One year back I was having dinner in a north Indian restaurant based in Anna Nagar, Chennai. I ordered chicken and some roti's. It was served and I started having it. I discovered some stink in the food I was having and found that its coming from the Chicken. I stopped eating took the chicken and was shocked to see it decayed. I became furious and shouted and spoke to the manager who was cool enuf to say we will replace it. I took proper medication after that.
Recently I went to fish market and bought one kilo of fish. I had it cleaned and cut near the shop I purchased. I had little doubt on the quality but that guy managed to convince me. I took it home and had a closer look. It was stinking and could feel its rotten. I took it back and he replaced it with some fresh fish.
Last week, I bought chicken from a shop near Kilpauk Garden. I asked for chicken legs and was told by my sister that it is decaed chicken. Again fought with the guy and replaced it.
Once opposite to Railway Station there is a hotel which is a look alike of a famous hotel chain (actually it is not). My wife saw a buch of hair in her food.
Today I saw some newspaper flashing news about contaminated non veg stuff in Chennai. I sat and thought for a while and remembered all these incidents. I am a regular non veg eater at hotels. I dunno how many time I had contaminated stuff without noticing.
My advice to you all is. Please avoid non veg food from hotels coz you cannot trust anyone these days and if you buy fresh meat please examine the meat in the shop and if you have any doubts better do not buy from there. Also, Please make sure that you comment on the stuff to the Manager/Owner of that hotel/shop. Enjoy Healthy Food!!!
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Wise Investment
I was always against getting committed on a long term loan. So I never thought of buying a flat. Couple of years ago my wife was forcing me to buy a house and I was reluctant. Just to keep her happy I pretended to be searching for a flat. I went all around the city looking for good apartments/flats. After 6 months of search I learnt that an apartment is being built near the place I stayed. Though I was not very keen my wife forced me to pay an advance for this flat after which all the bank process were done and I became owner of a house. Slowly I started realising what I have done?
I was staying in a rented house and my house rent went up by 10% per year. My rent would have easily reached my current EMI within few years moreover I am happily staying in my own house. The value of my flat is growing at a rapid pace owing to the recent real estate boom and now it has grown manifolds from the rate I purchased my flat. Then I went on to buy a car and other luxury items which I thought of buying before buying this flat. Now I realize that house is something that one should buy before buying anything and it is wise, wiser and wisest investment one can do both monetarily and sentimentally.
If you have not made this wise investment. Do not wait for anything, goahead and do it first.
mobile phones irresistible irritation?
Mobile Phones - The wonder instrument that keeps you connected always. Late 90's saw the growth of mobile phone sales in our country today we are one of the most "mobile"ised countries in the world. It was once a luxury to have a mobile phone slowly and steadily it got cheaper and cheaper and today anyone can have a mobile phone in hand. Lot of factors contribute to this growth. Economy as whole is growing, buying capacity has shot up, mobile phone costs have come down, tariffs have become cheaper and too many players with variety of offers.
It really has made communication much much easire. It is very useful during emergencies. There is huge benefits that one can derive from a mobile phone. On the contrary mobile phones sometimes becomes irritation. There are some places where one should take atmost care while using and it should be totally avoided while driving. There are cases when people walking and talking over mobile phones meet with accidents. Sometimes its embarrassing too. I was attending a funeral few months back as you can imagine the kind of mood that will prevail there. Suddenly a famous tamil song with a loud noise came from a gentlemans pocket and he took out his cell phone and switched it off. In temples, in hospitals people should actually keep them in vibrator or no tone mode. One should also not shout while talking over mobile phones as it disturbs others. There is many such things people should follow while handling a mobile phone.
It is always good to adapt to a new technology and use it, at the same time proper use of it should also be ensured. If all the precaustions and rules of using a mobile phone is followed there is no doubt that it is a wonder instrument.
It really has made communication much much easire. It is very useful during emergencies. There is huge benefits that one can derive from a mobile phone. On the contrary mobile phones sometimes becomes irritation. There are some places where one should take atmost care while using and it should be totally avoided while driving. There are cases when people walking and talking over mobile phones meet with accidents. Sometimes its embarrassing too. I was attending a funeral few months back as you can imagine the kind of mood that will prevail there. Suddenly a famous tamil song with a loud noise came from a gentlemans pocket and he took out his cell phone and switched it off. In temples, in hospitals people should actually keep them in vibrator or no tone mode. One should also not shout while talking over mobile phones as it disturbs others. There is many such things people should follow while handling a mobile phone.
It is always good to adapt to a new technology and use it, at the same time proper use of it should also be ensured. If all the precaustions and rules of using a mobile phone is followed there is no doubt that it is a wonder instrument.
Credit Card Boon or Bane?
CNBC: “What is the one thing that young people should be doing about money?”
Buffett: “I tell them two things, generally. One is stay away from credit cards… The second thing I tell them is to invest in themselves.”
Credit Card is one of the finest inventions that man kind has ever made. Sounds crazy!!! This is what every new credit card owner thinks. The very moment he/she acquires their new Credit Card say with a balance of 50k they think someone has gifted 50k to them. Few others who are little calculative think thru credit card they borrow money. The second category of credit card owners would least suffer the credit card impact. But in my opinions most of them (atleast 80 to 85%) will sometime in their life will feel the negative impact of owning a credit card.
Credit Cards are good to people whose balance is paid by an external source (offices, businesses etc). If you have to pay it from your pockets you are prone to feel the pain one day. It is never the same soothing words when you were called to sell a credit card, when you fail to make payments. Why will I miss a payment? I will see to that I make all my credit card dues in time. This is what everone thinks while they get/apply a credit card.
I have some points for you to know why you will end up in a mess with a credit card. It all starts with your calculativeness. You would purchase grocery for a sum of 2000 every month. Once your credit acrd comes you will start purchasing thru it. Now you will buy thru your credit card and you will slowly realise your monthly grocery spend is increasing. How? you will have a discount on shampoo if you buy two. So instead of buying one you will buy two and pay for two. Though you get one extra, your budget for that month jumps. It actually adds up like this starting in small numbers and one day you will realise its gone beyond your hands. SALE!!! SALE!!! SALE!!! this is where you got to be really careful the place that eats up your credit card balance. Logic is very simple impulsive buying leads you to over spending.
It will look like your lifestyle has gotten better after the arrival of your credit card. But in reality the credit card you up slowly and pushes you to a miserable starts. What happens if you dont pay? Beyond the negative financial impact the mental agony and trauma is something that will be more painful in credit card deals. You will be forced, cornernered and sometimes even threatened to pay the dues. Banks have professionals (stands for other kind of professionlism) who knows the way and means of collecting money from you. The recent trend convert it to EMI and pay or make it a personal loan is the most dengerous to do in credit card deals. Personal Loan is something you should be getting while you need it. It should not be forced on you.
There is only onething you can do to avoid all these pain and trauma. Its better to live with what you have and a well budgetted life than a life with dues and loans.
Buffett: “I tell them two things, generally. One is stay away from credit cards… The second thing I tell them is to invest in themselves.”
Credit Card is one of the finest inventions that man kind has ever made. Sounds crazy!!! This is what every new credit card owner thinks. The very moment he/she acquires their new Credit Card say with a balance of 50k they think someone has gifted 50k to them. Few others who are little calculative think thru credit card they borrow money. The second category of credit card owners would least suffer the credit card impact. But in my opinions most of them (atleast 80 to 85%) will sometime in their life will feel the negative impact of owning a credit card.
Credit Cards are good to people whose balance is paid by an external source (offices, businesses etc). If you have to pay it from your pockets you are prone to feel the pain one day. It is never the same soothing words when you were called to sell a credit card, when you fail to make payments. Why will I miss a payment? I will see to that I make all my credit card dues in time. This is what everone thinks while they get/apply a credit card.
I have some points for you to know why you will end up in a mess with a credit card. It all starts with your calculativeness. You would purchase grocery for a sum of 2000 every month. Once your credit acrd comes you will start purchasing thru it. Now you will buy thru your credit card and you will slowly realise your monthly grocery spend is increasing. How? you will have a discount on shampoo if you buy two. So instead of buying one you will buy two and pay for two. Though you get one extra, your budget for that month jumps. It actually adds up like this starting in small numbers and one day you will realise its gone beyond your hands. SALE!!! SALE!!! SALE!!! this is where you got to be really careful the place that eats up your credit card balance. Logic is very simple impulsive buying leads you to over spending.
It will look like your lifestyle has gotten better after the arrival of your credit card. But in reality the credit card you up slowly and pushes you to a miserable starts. What happens if you dont pay? Beyond the negative financial impact the mental agony and trauma is something that will be more painful in credit card deals. You will be forced, cornernered and sometimes even threatened to pay the dues. Banks have professionals (stands for other kind of professionlism) who knows the way and means of collecting money from you. The recent trend convert it to EMI and pay or make it a personal loan is the most dengerous to do in credit card deals. Personal Loan is something you should be getting while you need it. It should not be forced on you.
There is only onething you can do to avoid all these pain and trauma. Its better to live with what you have and a well budgetted life than a life with dues and loans.
Friday, February 2, 2007
Global Warming Whats Alarming?
Global Warming - A word thats getting popularized very fast these days. Why is it becoming popular now and why are countries showing interest/concern on this topic now? thats the interesting part of the whole Global Warming debate. Because the devastating effects of Global Warming is very much experienced all over the world and its causing fear and panic. What do we do to stop this? I do not think we can restore the lost and stop the current effects but we can certainly stop further global warming and stop further devastation.
New Jersey recieved record low snow.......Beijing recieved record high snow...........Snow Storm in California........Drought in South India........North India is flooding...........uncontrollable forest fire in Australia...........arent these headings contradicting and alarming?
We the humans have magnanimously contributed 90% to this level of Global Warming. So there is no need to say who should stop this. Are we going to leave a safe and sound world with all the same natural pleasures that we enjoyed during our stay in this earth to our future generations? The answer would be no if we continue like this. One should take this issue very personal and should not be careless thinking the governments will/should take steps. We can contribute in so many ways to stop this happening. We should actively participate with groups that work for preserving nature in whatever way we can. Participation can be in any way. It can be as simple as sending a link of a Global Warming awareness website to a friend. ex: www.stopglobalwarming.org, www.greenhousenet.org
One of the worlds most eminent ecologist and climatologist is an Indian - Dr.Rajendra K Pachauri. Dr R K Pachauri is Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Please visit www.ipcc.ch
Please stop polluting this wonderful earth and let us leave a safe and sound place for our future generations.
Stop Global Warming!!!
New Jersey recieved record low snow.......Beijing recieved record high snow...........Snow Storm in California........Drought in South India........North India is flooding...........uncontrollable forest fire in Australia...........arent these headings contradicting and alarming?
We the humans have magnanimously contributed 90% to this level of Global Warming. So there is no need to say who should stop this. Are we going to leave a safe and sound world with all the same natural pleasures that we enjoyed during our stay in this earth to our future generations? The answer would be no if we continue like this. One should take this issue very personal and should not be careless thinking the governments will/should take steps. We can contribute in so many ways to stop this happening. We should actively participate with groups that work for preserving nature in whatever way we can. Participation can be in any way. It can be as simple as sending a link of a Global Warming awareness website to a friend. ex: www.stopglobalwarming.org, www.greenhousenet.org
One of the worlds most eminent ecologist and climatologist is an Indian - Dr.Rajendra K Pachauri. Dr R K Pachauri is Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Please visit www.ipcc.ch
Please stop polluting this wonderful earth and let us leave a safe and sound place for our future generations.
Stop Global Warming!!!
Thursday, February 1, 2007
Bush on Terrorism
George W Bush - A man who is going to be remembered forever in worlds history for his stand on terrorism. There is only two ways to look at it 1.Is this (Bush) kind of an approach needed or not? 2.If no What else can we do against terrorism?
Before I get deeper into this topic I have to clear my view on Muslims. I believe they are the finest and nicest people who strongly believe in peace. I personally have come across many muslim brothers who i really admire till date and I vehemently oppose the ones who say "MUSLIMS ARE TERRORISTS" They are not and they never will be. Terrorists do not belong to any caste or creed coz they are not humans and their minds are corrupted.
I have mixed feelings on Bush's stand on fighting terror. I feel what bush has done and is doing is good not only for USA its good for the human race. Americans are not fighting against terrorists but agaisnt people who are causing creulty and injustice to human race. We call America as Super Power the worlds richest and powerful and if they do not fight terrorism who else can do? Its like the eldest brother taking the responsibility of a family. Big Brother America is the one who should do this and we all should support him in this. Terrorists are not bravo's they are cowards who hide their face and have no guts to come out and fight.
Countries like Afghanistan and Iraq became safe haven's to them due to their political instability. So invading Afghanistan which was in ruins to drive away and contain terrorist activities cannot be termed as a mistake. Though Iraq invasion is a controversial one because after the invasion Bush's reasons to invade (bio/nuclear weapons) are not proved yet. Also, there can be a selfish reason - "OIL". Look at terrorist activities all over the world they are everywhere and before they where are not connected globally they operated as small units. Now they are are bringing everything under one umbrella their network is getting stronger. If they succeed in the process of consolidation then their powers would grwo many folds and repurctions will be devastating. America is fighting them in their land where they germinate. They are trying to create a base and then concquer more bases. They started with Afganisthan and then their nest target was Iraq and it will go on. Fighting them there is very important if you dont they will become stronger and stronger.
I also greatly appreciate UK (Tony Blair) and all the allied forces fighting in Iraq and Afghanisthan. My prayers is with the family of the soldiers who lost their life in this mighty mission.
Though I have tons to write I leave it here to you my friends fill in your comments and let me reply with more views............
Before I get deeper into this topic I have to clear my view on Muslims. I believe they are the finest and nicest people who strongly believe in peace. I personally have come across many muslim brothers who i really admire till date and I vehemently oppose the ones who say "MUSLIMS ARE TERRORISTS" They are not and they never will be. Terrorists do not belong to any caste or creed coz they are not humans and their minds are corrupted.
I have mixed feelings on Bush's stand on fighting terror. I feel what bush has done and is doing is good not only for USA its good for the human race. Americans are not fighting against terrorists but agaisnt people who are causing creulty and injustice to human race. We call America as Super Power the worlds richest and powerful and if they do not fight terrorism who else can do? Its like the eldest brother taking the responsibility of a family. Big Brother America is the one who should do this and we all should support him in this. Terrorists are not bravo's they are cowards who hide their face and have no guts to come out and fight.
Countries like Afghanistan and Iraq became safe haven's to them due to their political instability. So invading Afghanistan which was in ruins to drive away and contain terrorist activities cannot be termed as a mistake. Though Iraq invasion is a controversial one because after the invasion Bush's reasons to invade (bio/nuclear weapons) are not proved yet. Also, there can be a selfish reason - "OIL". Look at terrorist activities all over the world they are everywhere and before they where are not connected globally they operated as small units. Now they are are bringing everything under one umbrella their network is getting stronger. If they succeed in the process of consolidation then their powers would grwo many folds and repurctions will be devastating. America is fighting them in their land where they germinate. They are trying to create a base and then concquer more bases. They started with Afganisthan and then their nest target was Iraq and it will go on. Fighting them there is very important if you dont they will become stronger and stronger.
I also greatly appreciate UK (Tony Blair) and all the allied forces fighting in Iraq and Afghanisthan. My prayers is with the family of the soldiers who lost their life in this mighty mission.
Though I have tons to write I leave it here to you my friends fill in your comments and let me reply with more views............
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