COGNITIVE ANECDOTES

The Importance Of Being Mean

So,what is meanness? I'd like to correlate it with the act of snatching a candy out of the tiny sausage shaped fingers of a child.Now,I know the readers of this post would be frowning now,but friends,i discovered recently that being 'mean' is an extremely efficient way of grabbing attention and honor.Embarrass someone in front of public and you become a star!

I just hate to pull in names in my posts but I'v been forced to write about one such personality who has been gaining popularity for his extremely mean,arrogant and cocky nature.He is named Piers Morgan and you would be very familiar with this name if you are a viewer of reality talent hunt show 'America's Got Talent'.Mr.Morgan happens to be a celebrity Judge on this show for reasons unknown.May be his earlier position as the editor of some British tabloid has to do something with it.

Mr.Morgan is just an example among thousands who are gaining popularity for their arrogant and unforgiving nature, a vast majority of them being British.Maybe being nice,soft and sweet is old fashioned and I find that reality show Judges are taking full advantage of it.I actually think that people with attention deficit tend to be mean.Anyway Mr.Morgan wont complain,he seems to be enjoying his time in television and filling his already fat pockets.To be honest ,I'm a big fan of this handsome Englishman and its his meanness and straightforwardness that impressed me the most.

World Cup Celebrations de Kerala

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Unlike a typical Indian state which eats,drinks and sleeps Cricket, Kerala has a unique Sport mantra. Here, football is a sport which enjoys tremendous popularity, which is at its Zenith in the Malabar region. FIFA world cup 2010,

South Africa,

was just the right placebo for those desperate football fanatics. An opportunity to show zeal and support that they relished to the maximum extent.

I realized the degree of football enthusiasm amongst my fellow mates when I was stopped on my tracks to donate a humble amount of rupees 10 for the so called ‘Spanish football association of Calicut Medical college’. Immediately the thought crossed my mind as to why I should donate valuable money to show support to a country miles away! Moreover, being an admirer of the British, I was actually supporting

England

. Anyway I made my humble donation in order to oblige my mates.

The spread of the pandemic football fever was etched in the streets; I saw posters and flags of different football Giants namely

Argentina

and

Brazil

grow in number, boasting about the strengths of their respective teams. The posters are all well designed and made pompous to satisfy the much deemed chairmen of the fans association.

An average poster costs about 600 to 700 rupees and of course the ones with bigger dimensions and graphics set up by the over-zealous fans would cost more; If my eyesight is within normal limits, I could observe at least ten posters in a distance of 1 kilometer while traveling in bus and hence it can be inferred that there would be thousands of such posters just in Malabar.

If we could channel this huge amount of money wasted in showing support to other nations into football academies, we could breed world class players in a decade’s time. I still believe its our attitude and ideology that makes us nincompoops.

The thousands of Brazilian and Argentinean fans had their mouths shut when their teams crashed out without even reaching the semi-finals. A very loyal Brazilian fan proved his point by suiciding in the grief of his teams glorious defeat! The posters and flags still stand in streets though, not even good to be used as scarecrows.

End result-Waste of time, money and energy. It’s a shame our mighty nation with a billion people cannot showcase a team good enough to compete at the world stage. Let’s start acting better and of course it’s never late to realize our foolishness. Nevertheless, I can be satisfied my 10 rupee went to the champions…

I am tagged

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I was tagged by Netha .

Here is the tag...

1.What is your current obsession?
Well...My mobile definitely..

2. What are you wearing today?
Right now t-shirt and 3/4ths.

3. What’s for dinner?
Rice,curry and eggs:)

4. What’s the last thing you bought? A milk shake.

5. What are you listening to right now?
Cheryl Cole-3 words.

6. What do you think about the person who tagged you?
A very good pal of mine,always lifts my spirits....Netha.

7. If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
Scotland,in the country side,preferably with a farm.

8. What are your must-have pieces for summer?
Lemonade,White shirt, deodorant.

9. If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
Scotland.

10. Which language do you want to learn?
Spanish.

11. What’s your favourite quote?
"Miracle is not to fly in air or walk on water but to walk on earth"

12. Who do you want to meet right now? My schoolmates definitely.

13. What is your favourite color?
Black.

14. How long do you spend reading books?
Very less,these days
15. What is your dream job?
Doctor without a doubt

16. What’s your favourite magazine?
Well... not a magazine fan but yeah 'Overdrive' is good..

17. If you had $100 now, what would you spend it on?
Will I guitar for that cash??

18. What do you consider a fashion faux pas?
Fashion faux what???? No idea..

19. Who according to you is the most over-rated style icon?
Kareena Kapoor.

20. What kind of haircut do you prefer? Short

21. What are you going to do after this?
Study human physiology.

22. What are your favorite movies? Manichitrathazhu,Sandesam,etc

23.How many tabs are turned on in your browser right now?
Google account,Bee mp3,Newcastle united...that makes 3

24. What inspires you? The white coat.
25. Give us three styling tips that always work for you:
Don't comb your hair,Always have something around your wrist,avoid gold.

26. What do you do when you “have nothing to wear” (even though your closet’s packed)?
Good Question.

27. Coffee or tea? Coffee.

28. What do you do when you are feeling low or terribly depressed?
Listen to Coldplay songs,it just pumps energy into my blood!!

30. Which other blogs do you love visiting?
My dad's ,My pal Netha's

31. Favorite Dessert/Sweet?
Butterscotch

32. Favorite Season?
Monsoon

33. If I come to your house now, what would u cook for me?
Noodles,I ain't know anything else

34. What is the right way to avoid people who purposefully hurt you?
Ignore them.

35. What are you afraid of the most?
I'm ONLY afraid of my lord.

36:What brings a smile on your face instantly?
A friends call.

37: What is the first thing you do once you have booted your system?
Check my music library.

38:What do you love to do when it is drizzling?
Stare at the coconut trees and enjoy nature.

39:My Question:Animal you wish to feed?
Camel

Rules for those who are tagged: Respond and rework – answer these questions on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own, and add one more question to the list. Then tag eight or ten other new set of people.

I would love to pass on the tag and award to :

1.Sasidharan-My dear dad
2.Sree Vidya-Mt cute sissy

An Idiocy Called F1

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From the fast cars to the glamorous supermodels and finally to the popping of the champagne bottle cork, you guessed it, it’s the world of F1[Formula 1].

‘Motto: speed up that damn machine until your head starts spinning.’

I feel pity for the followers of F1 whom according to me waste their precious time watching a strange looking car going nuts around a circuit making an offensive noise that almost blows their eardrums.

F1 is big business; the franchisees invest millions into it. Thanks to Mr. Vijay Mallya and his Force India team, our nation has also stamped its claim in the F1 arena. The sponsorship is also nothing short of immaculate. But I just cannot fathom how such a heresy can prevail in a world that is running short of petroleum fuels.

The modern F1 car is a truly credible machine. It can easily touch speeds up to 350 Km/hr or more and the acceleration is mind-blowing. An average F1 car drinks about 80 liters of fuel in a single pit stop [please bear with me if the statistics are not accurate]. Usually the race length is around 300 odd kilometers and there are about 2-3 pit stops in a full fledged race. And of course we do need fuel for the practice and qualifying sessions. So it’s crystal clear that there is some serious fuel consumption in this business. [My views also extend to other professional races such as moto gp, WRC, NASCAR, etc.]

Lewis Hamilton, the F1 superstar got charged some months back in

France

and now recently in

Australia

for exceeding speed limits in the national highways. Poor chap, must be finding it hard to take his foot off the accelerator pedal!!

So much of havoc is being created just for an adrenaline rush! Waste of fuel, energy and time that’s what I think this business is. I do request readers of this blog to think about the concept of professional racing.

A day will come when the machine will remain thirsty in its pit stop, the dooms day of F1 world!