Writeaway

Ralia's b'day present

2008-11-27T17:17:00.004+06:00

That is 'Ralia' calligraphed in Arbic. For a long time Ralia has been trying to learn the language so that she can read the Koran better. For her b'day I wanted to gift her one of the first words she is going to learn in Arabic. I can't say its completely original. I've seen something similar but not exact in a friend's room. Sometimes creativity can be borrowed, but what's more important is the application in the appropriate time. I could have not chosen a better time than this.

Love

Poornima

Dead and Alive again!

2008-10-12T23:35:00.003+06:00

Shucks, I just read the last update, was some time in May! My only excuse apart from laziness would be preparing to leave for my studies abroad and am actually here, in Oxford. The place is gorgeous and am loving every moment of it. Its a quaint little town filled with centuries' old colleges. The educational system is so different from India. I miss home jus as much but quite settled with this wonderful change. And http://www.funkyindian.com/ is updated too. Don't miss it.

Love, Poornima Ravi

Plastic Tooth Brush

2008-05-22T12:04:00.007+06:00

Punishment
Write 100 times: "I promise to use a Plastic Tooth Brush"
I promise to use a Plastic Tooth Brush
I promise to use a Plastic Tooth Brush
I promise to use a Plastic Tooth Brush
I promise to use a Plastic Tooth Brush
I promise to use a Plastic Tooth Brush
I promise to use a Plastic Tooth Brush......

Oh while I take a break, here goes my story.....
If you had caught up with me somewhere last December, I was beginning to experiment different schools of thought in Alternative Medicine for a natural approach to healing. As it is am this environmental freak that explains my id pENVIRO.

After Acupuncture, Homeopathy I tried Naturopathy. I leart how to go into a fast and break it. Survive the whole day with a glass of water and still brisk walk 7 rounds in the park. In the bargain I think I dropped around 7 kilos too!
I stumbled upon this thing called Oil Pulling where you will find a post in my blog and did it religiously for 3 months, and as a stint for Global Warming I had given up on hot water. Then for plastic usage I was looking for something that I buy frequently, 100% plastic only to hit upon my tooth brush! Something I throw for a new one every month.
So out went the brush and in came Neem sticks and tooth powders. Yup those bitter sticks and muddy ayurvedic powders.

Against all norms, few days back, I entered this posh dental hospital/clinic oh I dunno, it was too big to be a regular clinic and too small to be a regular hospital. Anyways my parents were getting their dentures fixed so I just tagged along.What do you know! I was told that I have number of deposits and Tartar. Belch!

Mom and me walk in the next day, for a mixed up appointment where my Mom had one timing in her head and me with another, the poor confused receptionist! Wondering whether we would ever have the appointment back, I was suprisingly called by this cute looking doc. My excitement was so short-lived once I was put under the spot light and this huge machine. Next half hour was pure pain where I was allowed to say "Ow!" during every break and a bigger one when I spat all the blood. The needle screeched as it drilled down my tartar, and the doc was drilling my head as to how could I have managed to get my teeth in such a bad shape. I confessed.

With numbness, I then sat for a class on "How to brush and floss" given this huge toy brush and a bigger set of gums and teeth for practice.
Bad enough I was sized down to a 3rd standard kid, next my mom wanted to meet him. Now that I had behaved badly I was summoned to "meet the Principle with the Parent". He then tells mom ,"Pl ask her to use a Plastic Tooth Brush". Mom looks at me quizically wondering "When did we start calling the Tooth Brush "A Plastic Tooth Bush?"!!!!". And he lets the cat of the sack complaining on my "Experimentations with Naturopathy". I was saved by the bell (my phone started ringing). I let the elders discuss the issue with the child's bad habits.

I was then given clear instructions on Using Colgate 360 Tooth Brush and Colgate 360 Tooth Paste, only. I am know for breaking rules, but hey what do I do if the store dint have both, so I settled for an Oral B with my favourite herbal toothpaste, Meswak, with the yummy saunf taste.
Saw the doc last evening and the first question that pops out was "Did you get yourself a Plastic Tooth Brush?" Yessir! sorry, Yes Doc! Umm...Whatever!

Love,
Poornima Ravi

My first article in The Hindu Yaah!

2008-05-16T23:26:00.003+06:00

http://www.go-nxg.com/?p=689

The link will take you to a website that is dedicated to this supplement that comes every thursday in the Hindu called Nxg, supposing its next generation. The target audience are youngsters and teenagers. Pl post a comment.

Love,Poori.

P.S: I thank Navin for hooking me up with the editor and teaching me to be patient with the guys at the press

Basic Pranic Healing Workshop

2008-05-12T02:08:00.002+06:00

Hi,
I have requested a class to be conducted by the healing centre, exclusively for my friends, who showed a good amount of interest in Pranic Healing. So here are the dates,
May 13& 14th
May 17th & 18th @ the Anna Nagar Pranic Healing Centre, Opp to the Ayappan Temple
Fee: Rs 1500
From 10.am to 6.pm, lunch will be provided

Love,
Poori

The Anniversary Gift

2008-03-29T15:18:00.002+06:00

I sketched this upon a hand-made paper card for my folk's 28th (phew) anniversary. This represents the aura of a loving couple. The materials used were colour pencils, sketch pens and metallic paints.
Poornima Ravi

A Fwd for the morning

2008-03-24T10:58:00.002+06:00

Forwards = deletables . Well thats how I normally treat forwarded messages both in my Inbox or my phone, but this lil one am saving for the day, its definitely a booster for anybody with the monday blues. Good day!

Laugh so hard that even Sorrow smiles at you
Live so well that even Death loves to see you live
Fight so hard that even fate fails

Thanks to my friend Shiva

Love,
Poornima Ravi

This way please...

2008-03-20T12:52:00.003+06:00

Tee Hee.. thats the company I work for. On my way back to work after lunch, I found some broken marble slabs on the side of the road. Jus could not leave without saving one of these white beauties, and ended up choosing one that was elongated and broke curvaciously at the end. So this is what happens when I get hold of something thats plain, I can't stop doodling on it. Watch out if you are wearing a plain shirt around me next time ;)

Love,

Poornima Ravi

Grr...

2008-03-19T16:33:00.002+06:00

I have received 6 calls and messages from friends who read my new entry to comment. Great :). But it is awful to visit my own blog and read "0 comments" :(. Apart from the fun of writing, its lovely to share it with you guys. All am asking is to say "I was here", complements ofcourse are always welcome ;)
Love,
Poornima Ravi

Carried Away

2008-03-11T16:24:00.002+06:00

In dark brown temptation
A melting experience
Forgetting those love handles
I get carried away by a Brownie

In curly locks
A toothless smile
Forgoing the hours
I get carried away by a Baby

In slashed prices
A heavy discount
Falling behind lines
I get carried away by a Sale

In deep jungles
A thrilling climax
Figiting my fingers
I get carried away by a Movie

Such trifle matters
They seem now
In the face of marriage
To be carried away by a Man

I missed three months

2008-02-28T14:16:00.005+06:00

Oh no not my period, but my entries in the blog. If you have to go down the history of this blog you could never figure what I do for a living, much spoilt to the fact that daddy dear's wallet is around. I must have walked out of 5 jobs, 2 business ventures and 1 attempt to study abroad after my graduation.

My grand uncle cum astrologer said that I am a fanciful person, i fancy everything I do and soon find another object of interest. The heavens seem to have heard the plea of a lost soul trying to discover what its supposed to do with its life and gave me a sign. Now am working in a lil' audio producion house asssisting the sound engineer, some voice overs and odd jobs. Given the fact that I dont survive in a place over 2 weeks, I've managed nearer to a month and I can happily write that I'm here to stay.

But why did I have to go throught that 2 year grind of career searching even when I knew as I left college I was good in sound? That I beleive is what has led me into THE PATH. One, that every one has to take in some life time or the other. Organics lead to understanding a healthy body, allopathy to alternative medecine, then on to curing a disease, which also explained the reason for the disease and finally the way towards liberation, behind every religious or philosophical claim "I am". For a person, who thought that there was no reason to contemplate the exitence of a higher reason, and visited temples to admire the sculptures, its been a beautiful transformation.

So am I gonna turn a monk or something? Nay, life could not have found a better puprpose of existence than procreation and oneness.

I now learn alternative medicine and have found a grater part of healing in the pranic method taught by Granmaster Chao Kok Sui. In his work I find not mere methedology and application but reason and proof to every idea as the truth this life revolves around. His revelation behind the words of various religions and system of meditaton and yoga is designed for every person of resonable understanding.

Now the road is discovered and I wish to walk trough it till the end, unlike previous ones that took me through a huge maze getting lost again and again.

Atma Namate!

The birthday wish

2007-10-12T11:30:00.000+06:00

My friend studying, in Chicago had the 12' o clock surprise on her birthday and all the works, yet when I spoke to her the next day to find how it went, she was not all that thrilled. She said that it turned out to be a sucker and did nothing. Further more, she was miles away from her family and missed her old friends.

I jus finished a week long course on Biodynamic Farming, at Mysore of an intensive week of learning, fun and fellowship. We were a group of people across the world from Costa Rica, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, South Korea, New Zealand, Germany, Bombay, Bangalore and me from Chennai apart from a bunch of local farmers.

It was a batchmate's birthday, again, in the midst of strangers and away from her family. But it was the best birthday she could ask for. No fancy cakes, no surprises, no gifts but a wish. My friend from Costa Rica brought in a tradition where all of us formed 2 parallel lines except the Birthday girl. She said in her Spanish accent that we had nothing materialistic to give her but our combined energy wishing her success and good health. The birthday girl closed her eyes and slowly walked down this human passage, no one touched her or hugged her, except left a tiny whisper in her ear.

I thought that was a sensational gift.

Whatcha think?

402 Diggs :)

2007-09-26T15:36:00.000+06:00

Yipee!! My post got 402 Diggs......... and counting.

Is Organic Too Expensive? How Much is Organic worth?.

I am happy with the response cos ppl have written sensibly and I gain more insight on the subject from their knowledge and perceptions. An amazing way to learn. Jus Fantastic!

On n I just checked google for Organic+Expensive and its the 10th result. Howzzat!

mile sur mera tumhara

2007-09-18T19:08:00.001+06:00

down memory lane... guys this feels so nostalgic. simply wonderful

Fight Global Warming form your desktop

2007-09-16T18:08:00.001+06:00

localcooling.com I stumbled upon this today.

Download the 100% Free LocalCooling Application and it automatically optimizes your PC's power consumption by using a more effective power save mode. You will be able to see your savings in real-time translated to more environmental terms such as how many trees and gallons of oil you have saved.

Local Cooling will:

Cut your energy bills.
Reduce the amount of Greenhouse Gas CO2 emissions as a result of your reduced PC power consumption.
Give you full control over your power mode settings.
Improve your overall computing experience and efficiency.
Show you in detail how much you have saved since installing the software.

I think this is a pretty "cool " app!

Coffee Day secrets revealed

2007-09-16T16:07:00.001+06:00

Those of u wondering how CCD and Barista come up with those whacky designs on their mocha n cappuccino cups here's the trick. My favourite one is the bunny, pick yours.

Breakfast for Corporate Dummies Sept 13 2007

2007-09-13T11:01:00.000+06:00

"Breakfast for Corporate Dummies" is dedicated to all my bachelor friends working in the MNCs & BPOs, with no time for health and survive on pizzas.

I am going to give you guys some easy n healthy recipes, that hardly take time before you rush to work. Those working in odd and insane hours (which is most likely) can make 'em at any hour of the day.. or night.

Requirements: A kitchen with utensils, provisions and a stove

Here's my first one.

Pumpkin & Spinach Soup

Look around for:

De-skinned Pumpkin (the yellow one not white), its huge so ask the grocer to cut a slice for you
A medium sized onion
A tomato
Garlic Pods
A fat green Chilli
A bunch of Soft Greens (1 kattu Paalak, or ask keerakari for Sirikeera)
A spoonful of butter
Salt
Pepper

Start Cookin:

Take the first 5 on the list and chop them up into lumps and dump them in a pressure cooker with water. Don't forget the pressure knob and put it on the flame. Once you hear it screech take it off n let it cool. Make a blend of this in the mixer. Will look like baby goop.

Chop the Greens and saute (vanakarthu or jus ask mom) it with the butter and some salt. Plop the goop and the greens into a boiling pan (paal kasara kinnam will be perfect) and once its starts bubbling and splattering take it off. Add salt and pepper.

This is perfect with some toast (whole wheat bread makes crunchy toasts)

Oil Pulling - The Idhayam Guys were serious

2007-09-13T00:20:00.001+06:00

Few months back Idhyama Gingely/Sesame Oil producers were advertising for something called "Oil Pulling" all over the radio, signboards and stuff.

Din't give a damn and thought it was another ad gimmick till i discovered this tonight. These guys have understated the concept. Its taken from Ayurveda.

Click here to read more on the seriousness of this lil' way to cure yourself of various diseases.

I'm gonna start tomo to see if I can stop my gums from bleeding.

Revver.com

2007-09-11T15:24:00.000+06:00

I dont know if you guys have seen this site before or maybe I'm so new to web 2.o that am left out. Either ways I like this site and its got some real good videos that has its target audience more defined, unlike YouTube. These videos are creative, artistic, informative and you can earn a buck here, by uploading or sharing.

I think this website will work awesome for my classmates from college to upload their animations and get popular.

Good Luck Guys.

P.S: One more thing, the videos blow up to screen size :)

Am a 21 Century Citizen

2007-09-10T22:51:00.000+06:00

Heya,

This blog seems to be a mix of everything I do. I wanted to reach a more specific and larger sect of people to talk about Organic. I found an environment enthusiast who has fantastic blogs on Going Green and he's accepted my request to write on his blog. Every Monday my coloumn on Organic will appear and this will in turn drive me keep continue working and learning, the subject.

Here's my first post.

http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/10/organic-perspectives-writing-and-essays-on-organic-living-and-lifestyle/

Step-by-step Eistein painting

2007-09-10T12:34:00.000+06:00

From doodling of E=mc2 to a Classic portraiture of Einstein

Photoshop Enthusiasts, this one's for you guys!

http://haha.nu/amazing/painting-einstein/

I need one planet to live in. How many do you?

2007-09-10T12:00:00.000+06:00

Here's a quiz that will estimate the value of your ecological foot print (How much of the Earth’s resources does your lifestyle require)

http://www.ecofoot.org/

My result:
IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.0 PLANETS.


	CATEGORY	GLOBAL HECTARES

	FOOD	0.2

	MOBILITY	0.4

	SHELTER	0.6

	GOODS/SERVICES	0.3

	TOTAL FOOTPRINT	1.5

Parhi needs 2.1 planets with his total score of 3.7

United we stand

2007-09-07T14:25:00.001+06:00

This is an amateur video and would work wonders for a Management Class.

Join da bikers club!

2007-09-03T13:33:00.000+06:00

Here's ma friend Parthi, whose got a new bike to ride around Hydrebad.

Sweets, am real proud of you and take the credit of being the inspiration :)

Guys, have you forgotten the fun of cycling down the freeway? Come on and get yourselves one.

Burn all those calories rather than Fossil Fuel!

Mystery Shopping

2007-08-31T12:41:00.000+06:00

Are you an avid reader of Sherlock or pretended to be on the characters from Famous Five as a kid? Here's a new role you can play every time you feel up to spying on someone or some company.

Ok, enough of sounding like a crappy ad, can't help it cos I'm a Vis Comm student and used to write copy coupla months back.

Anyways I came across this company called Bare International thats into something called Mystery Shopping. They give you an assignment in the city you live and ask you to pretend to be a customer or client to the Organisation. You follow what they ask you to do and report how things went.

Well guys who are employed watch out! That old, innocent lady with the spectacles could actually be a Mystery Shopper making sure you aint fooling around with your colleague.

Those of you upto the fun for the heck of it, jus enroll into the website. I aint taking no assignments cos its too weird to lie to someone untill am neck deep in trouble with my folks!