Saturday, June 30, 2012
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Random
Just when I need to know the meaning of something it shows up.. sometime ago, it was 'hypoallergenic'on a soap
5/20/07
5/20/07
The upside of Malling....
Good thing about malling(its a valid word) is you know that you already own loafers, bad thing.. that you dont own loafer socks...or toe toppers..or foot liners..
I have presented Jill( I knew her name only after Monica referred to her as Jill. I know Monica's name because I was passed on to her as a hot potato by Jill), a salesperson at Macy's with a genuine problem. Are short pants formal? I explained to Jill that I had wide leg pants my size but they were lacking formal look and I could not go for the narrow formal pants as they were too tall wanting legs.. Jill saw Monica and thought she could help me better with this as she faced a similar problem. Now I can recall Monica's voice and cannot recall how Jill looks cause now too much Monica happened.
I explained the whole problem to Monica again. She got a skirt and said stockings in place should make it or short formal pants look formal. But I thought that was going for a 'shop girl' look and an overdress for an engineering firm and after looking at all the possibilities of dressing - weird and allowed, Monica highly recommended a pair of 40$ long pants with another 15$ for alteration as a good investment. What impressed me was the description of the pants with
I have presented Jill( I knew her name only after Monica referred to her as Jill. I know Monica's name because I was passed on to her as a hot potato by Jill), a salesperson at Macy's with a genuine problem. Are short pants formal? I explained to Jill that I had wide leg pants my size but they were lacking formal look and I could not go for the narrow formal pants as they were too tall wanting legs.. Jill saw Monica and thought she could help me better with this as she faced a similar problem. Now I can recall Monica's voice and cannot recall how Jill looks cause now too much Monica happened.
I explained the whole problem to Monica again. She got a skirt and said stockings in place should make it or short formal pants look formal. But I thought that was going for a 'shop girl' look and an overdress for an engineering firm and after looking at all the possibilities of dressing - weird and allowed, Monica highly recommended a pair of 40$ long pants with another 15$ for alteration as a good investment. What impressed me was the description of the pants with
Senses
When Jack Hitt talks of seeing, he refers to an astronomer who can go into a room after staring at the sky and then return to the sky to tell if there has been any change in the sky. I wondered how good are we at each of our senses. For the smell, I know I am clueless.
When it comes to seeing, looking at this picture, I first saw a ceramic bowl tipped to its side. In 24 picture, I tend to look at the dark part and treat the left eye of the person as the right eye of another, all around looks like the hair lending an ape look.
Recently I surprised myself with my hearing. Before sleeping, I asked my husband 'What is that sound?' we both told each other that it is the AC. In the morning, I found it was the exhaust in the other bathroom. When I am in a room where both the exhaust and light are controlled by the same switch, I hate the noise. But without it, we could forget to switch off the exhaust. In the dark, light travels farther than sound.
When it comes to seeing, looking at this picture, I first saw a ceramic bowl tipped to its side. In 24 picture, I tend to look at the dark part and treat the left eye of the person as the right eye of another, all around looks like the hair lending an ape look.
Recently I surprised myself with my hearing. Before sleeping, I asked my husband 'What is that sound?' we both told each other that it is the AC. In the morning, I found it was the exhaust in the other bathroom. When I am in a room where both the exhaust and light are controlled by the same switch, I hate the noise. But without it, we could forget to switch off the exhaust. In the dark, light travels farther than sound.
Foreign ghost
When I picked the book, I wondered if foreign ghosts will scare us as much. The stories from my childhood Vikram Aur Betaal, repu raa ghost and many stories with evil cats that could not be crushed. Not all ghosts are scary. The Canterville Ghost.
In today's news is the soul of another time marker being replaced.
If The soul of a bell is the story of a child's love for parent, then yesterdays news is of a mothers for her child.
If The soul of a bell is the story of a child's love for parent, then yesterdays news is of a mothers for her child.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Stroop effect
Have you heard of tests where a word - a colour is written in a different colour?
Last weekend we were watching the movie Swades. During the credits, there was a shot where the title of the movie was written in many Indian languages. స్వదేస్ caught my eye as it is in my native language Telugu. But I was confused for a while as it is a Hindi word.
So stroop effect is not just limited to words of colours but words from different languages.
Last weekend we were watching the movie Swades. During the credits, there was a shot where the title of the movie was written in many Indian languages. స్వదేస్ caught my eye as it is in my native language Telugu. But I was confused for a while as it is a Hindi word.
So stroop effect is not just limited to words of colours but words from different languages.
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