HEIGHT OF SAVING

A Chinese woman astonished tourists when she scrambled up a seventy feet castle wall to avoid paying the 2.50 pound entry fee. Nimble Ma Jei told other visitors that she grew up in Nanjing,climbing the walls of Zhonghau castle since childhood and had never once paid to get in. Her stunt encouraged other visitors to follow her example-with two falling and breaking their legs and three others having to be rescued by police.

Long cake

A 100 meter long egg-less chocolate cake weighing 100 kg was on display at Express Avenue Mall,Chennai,Tamil Nadu on 6/10/2011. The staff at French Loaf Bakery spent two days baking the photo cake which commemorated 75 years of Tamil Cinema. One Kg of the cake was priced at Rs1500.

Unfortunate Death

On Steve Job's death on 6/11/2011 (the founder of Apple Inc) ,"the online chain mail" wrote- Three apples have changed the world.

1. Adams apple

2. Newton's Apple

3.Steve Job's Apple

OUR NATIVE VILLAGE

Recently we had the opportunity of staying in a resort called "Our Native Village". This resort is about 30 kms from Bangalore,near to "Taj Kuteeram". If you are a lover of peace,fresh air and village life,this resort is worth visiting. They have limited rooms (around 20) and charge Rs8000 per day,inclusive of breakfast,lunch and dinner. This resort is an award winning Eco Retreat. They serve only vegetarian food (less of oil) and use mainly "whole foods instead of processed and polished foods." They use bio gas stoves and most of the ingredients are organic and grown in their farm.
They have the following activities:
-Meditation and Yoga Class
-Swimming
-Ride in bullock cart.
-Play old games like Gilly -Thandu,Pallanguzhi,kites flying,etc
-Milking cows,feeding rabbits ,cats,chicken and ducks.
Children will enjoy this place because of fresh air,different atmosphere,tasy food and other activities.
Rooms have huge beds,nicely furnished in a eco friendly manner. Toilets have hand made soaps and shampoos free from chemicals.
Eventhough the charges appear to be high,it is worth for the enjoyment we face-music of birds chirping,wind rustling the leaves,pitter patter of rain,croaking of frogs,etc.
Really a memorable place.

God is cruel

Sometime back, I could trace my friend Ramakrishnan's(Ramki) whereabouts,through my walking friend Subramanian from Besant Nagar. Ramki and me belonged to the same village at Kollengode,Kerala State,Studied Chartered Accountancy (ACA) together at the same firm and stayed in Gopalapuram. After finishing ACA he left for some job in Mumbai and I could not trace him nearly for 40 years. Subramanian told me that Ramki is living in Coimbatore,after retirement and gave his e mail address and phone number. We started corresponding with each other. I promised to meet him at the earliest. But God had other plans. About 20 days back,I got a message from Subramanian,that Ramki paseed away due to massive heart attack. I was very much shocked as I was planning to meet him shortly. All our past memories came flooded and I was in tears.I hope to meet his family and offer condolences. I sincerely pray for the departed soul.

MOVING ON WHEELS

An African tortoise moves across a pavement outside the Washington State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital.The artificial limb attached to it did not come from a high-tech prosthetics lab. It came from an Ace Hardware store. The caster-style wheel cost around 7 dollars according to the veterinarians who installed it on the tortoise after amputing a damaged front leg.

ROYAL WEDDING

A Royal Wedding stamp from the tiny of NPacific Island iue-The stamp was officially released in New Zealand and features Britains Prince William and his fiance Kate Middleton ,with a perforated line down the centre to split the stamp into individual stamps. Prince William and his long term girl friend will marry at London's Westminster Abbey on April,29,2011

Elizabeth Taylor

Two time Academy winner Dame Elizabeth Taylor died on March 23,2011 at the age of 79 years. She had starred in block busters such as Jane Eyre,Cleopatra,Little women,The taming of the shrew,Doctor Faustus, Cat on a hot tin roof,Butterfield 8 and Who's is afraid of Virginia Wolf. (The last two films bagged Oscar awards). She was married eight times.

SCOT FREE

The term "Scot Free" came into use as follows:
English Inns were once required to pay a tax known as a "Scot". Customers who left town to drink in rural taverns were said to be drinking "Scot Free".

Mount Kilimanjaro- Himalayan task

Three US amputee vetrans climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, enduring fumbles and sores to reach Africa's highest peak with only one good leg among them. The vetrans of Vietnam,Afganistan and Iraq hiked to the top of the 5891 m high Tanzanian mountain in 6 days to show that disability need not lead to in-activity. The hikers were Dan Nevins 37,who lost his legs in Iraq; Neil Duncan 26,who lost both the legs in a roadside bomb attack in Afganistan in 2005 and Kirk Bauer 62,who lost a leg in Vietnam in 1969.