Useless Fact for the Day 9

Just came across something..As usual ..it is a useless trivia but interesting nevertheless...

I hope the readers recognise Chetan Hansraj..the actor who appeared in good for nothing Ekta Kapoor serials and some other shitty soap operas...He appeared as a child artist in the greatest TV serial in India, Mahabharat as Balram, the elder brother of Lord Krishna...

Here are the two pics...

Liar Liar

I lie...a lot. No hypocrisy there. But mostly I try not to get caught. I mean, what is the point of lying if you are getting caught and what can be worse than getting caught immediately.

People mostly lie to escape from uncomfortable situations and sometimes to satisfy their self bloated egos. Just the other day I met an acquaintance from school who happened to be preparing for CAT as I am. A mock test had taken place and the results had been declared only a couple of days ago. However, this time the results were not put up on the notice board. I asked this guy what his result was. He replied 'just as a matter of fact' that his percentile had been 99.58. Now this is something I was never able to achieve and needless to say I was impressed; not surprised though, since the guy was a really brilliant student even in school days. The guy complained though, said that had he got the marks that he had calculated for himself, he would have scored 100 percentile. After exchanging a few pleasantries, the guy left while I stayed at the institute for some work.

A few minutes later, the results were put up on the notice board. This guy had in fact scored some 96 percentile in the test. Now come on man, what on earth was there to lie about. Throughout he carried this "I am so intelligent yet so down to earth" attitude.You are not going to lose an admission in any bschool on account of performance in a mock test. And if you are so much obsessed with proving your brilliance and intelligence to the world, at least lie with some conviction, where the person you are trying to bluff may not catch you red handed. I don't know if this brilliant student was trying to impress me or intimidate me, he only ended up losing his credibility and respect.

Please don't lie to me, unless you are absolutely sure I'll never find out the truth.

Fact for the Day 8

Some years back in 1978, a couple went out to eat in a Japanese restaurant. The man liked the sound of steak that they ordered so much that he decided it would be the name of their son.

A few months later, on 23rd August,1978, the legendary basketball player 'Kobe' Bryant was born.

Fact for the Day 7

Antarctic was named so because it was opposite to the Arctic....

Anti-Arctic or rather just ANTARCTIC.

Fact for the Day 6

Mohammad Rafi and Kishore Kumar are inarguably the two best male singers Indian Cinema has seen and the debate about which one of them was better has been going on for ages now.

However, one interesting fact that gives Mohd. Rafi an edge over Kishore Kumar is that Mohd. Rafi gave his voice as many as 6 times to the songs which were performed on the screen by Kishore Kumar. You can read more here.

P.S. I have grown up listening to the songs of both these maestros and adore both of them equally.

Jo Jeeta Wahi Sikandar

Long long ago a war took place in which Pandavas emerged victorious. The greatest warriors of the age, Bhishma, Drona, Karna and Duryodhan were all killed by treachery on the battlefield.

Isn't it possible that just the war took place and all that happened before it was shown in a different light than it actually was.

After all, isn't HISTORY ALWAYS WRITTEN IN FAVOUR OF THE VICTOR?????

Fact for the Day 5

Martina Hingis, was named after the legendary tennis player Martina Navratilova. Her parents, both from Czechoslovakia(the original country of Navratilova before she defected to USA), were professional tennis players. She would have achieved far more, had the injuries not affected her career....

30 games in a set!!!!!

And Federer won 5-7 7-6 7-6 6-3 16-14. Clearly, it went down one of the best finals in the history of Wimbledon. It's amazing that Federer, who was hardly challenged in the whole championship was pushed to such limits in the final. My heart goes out for Roddick and at the end of match, I was unable to decide whether to feel elated for Federer or sorry for Roddick. It was probably one of the times when one understands what "Mixed emotions" actually mean.

However, last year's final still stands as the best in the history. This year's did stretch for a long period of time, but somewhat lacked in the quality. Service was broken only thrice in the match. That is fine, but even otherwise there were hardly any games which were stretched to 'deuce'. It was a match which tested to limits the service of both the players. None of the players seemed to have answer to the other's. Federer hit more than 50 aces in the match while Roddick hit around 30. It would have been more, because most of the time Federer either barely managed to touch the serve or took it on his body. In the second set Federer conceded ony 5 points on serve, with Roddick not far behind with seven. Just goes to show, how powerful both of them are at their services.

Make no mistakes, I totally enjoyed the match. It was a fitting end to the best championship on earth. If last year's final was the longest final in terms of time, this one saw the longest 5th set in the history of the championship.After last year's final, I had not thought that I would witness another such action packed and exciting match again. I was wrong!!! Next year, I would like to be proven wrong again....

Fact for the Day 4

The word Google comes from the word "googol" which means 10 to the power 100 i.e. 10¹⁰⁰ .

Googleplex is the name for the corporate headquarters of Google in California. The word Googleplex also comes from the word "Googolplex" which means 10 to the power of a googol i.e. 10¹⁰¹⁰⁰, or 10^googol

Fact of the Day 3

Chaminda Vaas's full name is WPUJC Vaas.

Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas.

Certainly can give complex to any south indian... :)

BOYS vs GIRLS

I recently read the book 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' by Khaled Hosseini, also the author of 'The Kite Runner'. It's a good book, but somehow I didn't enjoy it as much as I had enjoyed The Kite Runner. The author has written the book on somewhat similar lines, and if one has read The Kite Runner, I wouldn't recommend it to him. For me, it was a let down. However, I did enjoy it in bits and pieces, especially a quote on friendship, something I have felt over the years and very aptly put by the author.

"How many times had she, Hasina and Giti had said the same three words to each other, Laila wondered, said it without hesitation, after only two or three days of not seeing each other? I missed you, Hasina, Oh, I missed you too. In Tariq's grimace, Laila learned that boys differed from girls in this regard. They didn't make a show of their friendship. They felt no urge, no need for this kind of talk. Laila imagined it had been this way for her brothers too. Boys, Laila came to see, treated friendship the way they treated the sun; its existence undisputed, its radiance enjoyed, not beheld directly. "

A Random Thought

Who says Gods are immortal??? If for some reason, someday, people who believe in Him cease to exist, or vanish from the face of earth altogether, will it not cause His death as well??