Turkish food !

I was going through one of my friend's blogs & saw this post on Turkish food. Incidentally Turkish food has been one of my favourites & my staple diet during my stay in Germany.Turkish cuisine, taken as a whole, is not a homogenous cuisine.It is a fusion of arabic, persian & greek cuisines.

The dishes are usually spicy & served with sauce or yogurt.This is very different from the usually bland continental & European cuisine . Due to this, it has gained wide acceptance in many parts of Europe like Germany, Italy & France. Infact in Germany, the Döner Kebap is more popular than the Hamburgers or sausages.

I am still on the search for a good Turkish restaurant in B'lore :-) .

Wisdom Tooth :(

From the past two weeks I have this funny sensation in my mouth. I neither can open my mouth nor am I able to eat something hard.Later I figured out that I have some Wisdom teeth popping out of my gums.. must say it is a very painful experience.


I always wondered as to why I had only 28 when the normal count is 32 & lo ! the 4 other teeth are the wisdom teeth. These teeth usually appear in the age range of 17 - 25 & usually have a very unpleasant experience associated with it.The worst part is that it doesnt come out as your other teeth. It may come out in any direction either pushing the other teeth or pointing inwards.I went through some blogs & I found a very nice portal where people who had wisdom teeth have shared their experiences :-

http://www.experienceproject.com/group_profile.php?g=37&action=experience#f

But it so appears that most of them removed their teeth. I consider going to a Dentist is worse than a nightmare.I just cant imagine myself sitting on that chair keeping my mouth wide open & the lights focussing on you & those wierd drills & tongs being put in my mouth! I dont think anyone enjoys going to the dentist anyway.

For one moment I think how should the crocodile feel since it has teeth growth all round the year.These creatures replace their teeth continuously. As the roots dissolve, each surface tooth is eventually loosened and pushed out by a developing tooth rising from below !

Online games...

The past week was a dull one. I tried some online games to kill time & here are two games which got me addicted pretty soon.

The first one is a ping-pong game. No it is not one of the traditional 2D kinds. In this game you can control the speed of your shot & spin by moving your mouse towards & away from the board, something which is not there in a 2D game. The sound is pretty realistic & you will get addicted to it in no time. This requires you to download a shockwave plugin..didnt work in office :((

link:- http://www.megaspin.net/media/

The second one is an online cricket game. I saw one of my colleague play this & couldnt stop myself from jumping into one.This one is pretty cool, It gives you options to hit a variety of shots & the graphics is done pretty well. This is setup in the backdrop of the Ashes & you can either chose between England or Australia.

Though it takes some time to download , it is a good one & worth the wait.

The link:- http://www.miniclip.com/games/the-ashes/en/

My album links.. will update 'em

Here are some of my album links.. will update 'em as and when I get time.

Hiedelberg
Swetzingen
Paris
Mannheim
Vienna

orkutting...

My orkutting has virtually come to a standstill. The enthusiasm I had sometime before is gone.But it is amazing to note that over the past one year it has become a habit to login to orkut & check my scraps . Even one day without it & I would feel "something is missing today". But now it seems to be all over.My orkut profile was more or less my alter ego & even though it was me it was not me in many ways.

First of all I hardly have some friends in real life but inOrkut I have well over 150 many of whom I have'nt even spoken to.At some point it looks all fake where you keep on asking the same old questions & get the same answers like

" Hi, Whats up ?"

& I get a reply

" I am fine how about U ?" .

But it is also true that we dont have any topic to talk about.

But there are other things which you can only do online like upload a stunning photo & get a rating on 1 - 10 ( I bet u wont get a rating in real life unless u are a gal! ) . Apart from satisfying ur ego you can also get in touch with ur old schoolmates & relive those days which you spent together. I have also made some good new friends online .Maybe the positives outweigh the negatives but everything has to end one fine day !

Boring day..

Today seems to be a very boring day. The office, usually bustling with activity is wearing a deserted look & hardly I can see anyone.Maybe that is the reason why you are seeing two posts from me today.

Games.. galore..

I was playing Farcry over the weekend . It is a first person shooting game, may not be a very new one but still drains out memory & processing power to the max. After playing for half an hour or so I just got bored and switched it off and then tried to figure out whether I really enjoyed playing it.... I in fact felt more stressed out after the game.


Games have come a long way from age old tile based games to the new multiplayer & graphics intensive ones, but the real fun was in playing the screen scrolling video games like Contra , Mario & duck hunt..It is just impossible to imagine how I used to be stuck to the TV for hours together & play those games with only 3 lives each game sans any "save game" mode.Things which cant be done today.Patience is a virtue which doesnt seem to exist in me anymore.

I found out some links to a PC version of these video games , apparently only a simulation but for all you video game freaks, it is certainly worth a game.

Try this:-

http://www.download.com/Contra-World-Challenge-II/3000-7422_4-10395371.html

Talent , Caste & hardwork ...

Are people differently abled based on caste ? Does caste have an influence on the intellectual capability of a person. These are some thoughts ruminating in my mind for sometime now.Research shows that almost all human beings are created equal. The upbringing of a child & it's surroundings do have an influence on it's talent but certainly is not a deterring factor.

When I was reading some blogs and some news articles, I found this interesting read on how talent can be developed if it is nurtured in the right way & what is the effect of influences on shaping our talents.

Is talent inherent, inherited or the result of hard work?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1586059.cms