Love and Hate moments with Facebook

So here are some thoughts that must have crossed all of us. Here are some lines I wonder how many of you have heard and laughed about it. Give me a double like it if you agree!

1. Oh my god I found her/him. I can't believe it, I am so happy. I loveee facebook!

2. Oh shoot he/she sent me a friend request, what do I do? whatt just ignore it??..awe hate it !

3. My boss on facebook? dude I have to add him in case he sends me a friend request. I am so screwed.

4. God I was wasted and got tagged...thanks facebook

5. Man I can't accept my mom's friend request, not cool !

6. Whattt my grandma on facebook? dude are you serious?

7. Oh how come he/ she is got more friends than me..I mean who the hell has 300 friends?
so F up !

8. The apps are so cool but I wish they did a better job and why it does it keep wanting to access my personal information? no thanks

9.Oh my god looks like they are dating, they are always back and forth on facebook..like even discussing everyday stuff..why do ppl do that on a public forum...Ah !

10. How come my public profile has my pic? like I can't even hide my pic? whats with the settings?.

11. Oh its getting better now I got more friends than the dude who sits next to me at work or my gym trainer.

12. I got such awesome comments on my post, don't you just love facebook !

13. Today I had so much fun face-booking, my friends are so cool !

14. Like no one comments or even says Like? how long does it take to click " Like" I can't believe it.

15. So they just sneak and look at your pics and guess what forget to leave a comment..ah

16. Hey I got his/ her number from the profile page on facebook..so cool

17. Does anyone even look at your profile info or notes? why do ppl write so much there and not post things on wall?

18. Brian " ah Its so great to be in touch with so many ppl"...
Stewie" yeah yeah only if you keep in touch with all your 200+ friends"

19. Ah hate the new facebook layout, they completely have no links to revert back. They simply do not want members using the old version.

20. Ah I think I will delete my facebook account, no privacy at all( account not yet deleted, but thought is constant)

The story of stuff

So I stumbled upon this website about story of stuff. Guys  I am not kidding this is the most educative website about few ignored topics. They have this interesting 20-minute videos that  captivates a wide variety of topics . It is educative and also sad sometimes when we see how we exploit and in turn exploited everything we touch.

Annie Leonard, an activist who has spent the past 10 years traveling the globe fighting environmental threats, narrates the Story of Stuff, delivering a rapid-fire, often humorous and always engaging story about “all our stuff—where it comes from and where it goes when we throw it away.In 1992 she testified in front of the US congress on the topic of international waste trafficking. We all have so much to learn from this truly enterprising and inspiring women.

One of the video that captured my attention was the animation about recycled bottles. I wonder why do we still use bottled water?. Its the same as boiled water, I wonder why is it that people don't have the time to boil water but they wouldn't mind driving down to the nearest store for bottled water.According to the Wilderness Medical Society, water temperatures above 160° F (70° C) kill all pathogens within 30 minutes and above 185° F (85° C) within a few minutes. So in the time it takes for the water to reach the boiling point (212° F or 100° C) from 160° F (70° C), all pathogens will be killed, even at high altitude.

And importantly, the boiling of water requires no special apparatus, training, or difficult to find chemicals. The means to boil water for safe drinking are usually close at hand:

• A source of heat
• A vessel to hold the water.

So look at these videos and if you are inspired as I am ..stop having bottled water for you,  for us and for the entire mankind.Always wanted to do something for someone? Here is a start... 

http://www.storyofstuff.com/

 

Toasted Onion rolls with melted cheese & sour cream

So do you have a craving for a afternoon snack? I wanted to eat something hot and cheezy..so I baked onion roll with mozzarella  cheese and dressed it with sour cream. Delicious hot snack !  So here I am trying to understand the science behind my craving.I was surprised to read that my body actually craved for Nitrogen today.. Nitrogen with  Tryptophan..confused? so was I.  

A  food craving is more than a preference for a particular food it is an impulse to eat a particular snack. Most doctors explain  that the cravings stem from a complex combination of emotional , hormonal and biochemical factors.  According to research( not fair...:-) ) in general , women are more likely than men to experience food cravings.

So check out what you are craving for right now ! You may be surprised to read what kind of nutrition  our body is missing when we crave for a particular taste of food. 

If you crave this...    What you really need is...  Healthy foods to replace your cravings;

Chocolate              Magnesium                 Raw nuts and seeds, legumes, fruits

Sweets                  Chromium                   Broccoli, grapes, cheese, dried beans,
                                                                calves liver, 

                                 Sulfur                      Cranberries, horseradish, cruciferous
                                                                vegetables, kale,    

                                Carbon                     Fresh fruits

                             Tryptophan                 Cheese, liver, lamb, raisins,
                                                                sweet potato, spinach

Bread, toast              Nitrogen                  Fish, meat, nuts, beans
Oily snacks,         Calcium                    Mustard and turnip greens, broccoli,
                                                                legumes, cheese
Coffee or tea         Phosphorous              Chicken, beef, liver, poultry, fish, eggs,
                                                                dairy, nuts
Chewing ice               Iron                        Meat, fish, seaweed, greens, cherries
Burned food              Carbon                   Fresh fruits

Carbonated drinks    Calcium                   Mustard and turnip greens, broccoli,
                                                                kale, legumes, cheese, sesame                                                                                

Salty foods                 Chloride                Raw goat milk, fish, unrefined sea salt

Alcohol,                      Protein                  Meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, nuts

Preference for solids    Water                 You have been so dehydrated for so long
                                                               that you have lost your thirst. 

                                                               You need 8 to 10 glasses per day.

                                                                   * Source : naturopathyworks.com

 So switch to healthy food from your list of craving and have a super nutritious day !

Satyameva Jayate " Truth alone triumphs"

                                                                              

I got my Indian passport reissued recently . I was totally excited to receive it (thanks to Jiju). Well wasn't too happy about my photograph but think about it, this always happens. When you want a nice picture on your driving license or passport or any other imp document, you have bad hair day or your picture is dark and the best one..even though you give your best shot somehow it turns out to be" ahh..not one of your great pics". Moving on, so I went through all the pages and as I glanced at our national and read the term "Satyameva Jayate", I suddenly had a sense of peace as if I never noticed these words before . Simple yet beautiful and strong words. I wanted to write a few things from Mun-da-ka Upanishad from where this motto was taken originally. This one people is truly inspiring and straight from Pandora !

The Mundaka Upanishad is one of a genre of Hindu scriptures written by Shankara. Shankara was an Indian philosopher who consolidated the doctrine of Hindu scripts. The Mundaka Upanishad's only objective is to teach the highest knowledge, which is imparted in the scripts.This Upanishad divides all knowledge into two categories. The knowledge that leads to Self Realization is called Para Vidya (Great or Divine Knowledge) and everything else is called Apara Vidya or Knowledge of Material world.

These are some of quotes that captured my attention from the Upanishad;

    * The heavens are His head; the sun and moon, His eyes; the quarters, His ears; the revealed Vedas, His    speech; the wind is His breath; the universe, His heart. From his feet is produced the earth. He is, indeed, the inner Self of all beings

    * From Him come all the oceans and the mountains; from Him flow rivers of every kind; from Him have come, as well, all plants and flavours, by which the inner self subsists surrounded by the elements.

    * The fetters of the heart are broken, all doubts are resolved and all works cease to bear fruit, when He is beheld who is both high and low.

    * The sun does not shine there, nor the moon and the stars, nor these lightnings, not to speak of this fire. When He shines, everything shines after Him; by His light everything is lighted.

The famous quote from Mundaka Upnaishad;

Satyameva jayate nānrtam

Satyena panthā vitato devayānah

Yenā kramantyrsayo hyāptakāmā

Yatra tat satyasya paramam nidhānam

In devanāgarī :

सत्यमेव जयते नानृतम् सत्येन पन्था विततो देवयानः । येनाऽऽक्रमन्त्यृषयो ह्याप्तकामा यत्र तत् सत्यस्य परं निधानं ॥

Meaning:

Truth alone triumphs; not falsehood.

Through truth the divine path is spread out by which

The sages whose desires have been completely fulfilled,

Reach where that supreme treasure of Truth resides.

We are awarded with such wealth of knowledge through this simple quote!