taste of it aboard a flight to Singapore (courtesy Singapore Airlines). It tastes like cold coffee with a pleasant twang of vodka as the sip goes down the throat. Very tasty for a liquer. Am quite hooked onto it. Got it for around 2000 yen from a “LAWSON” store here @ Shinagawa.
Well, some highlights:
17% alchohol
Shelf life of 2 years
Check out for more info @:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baileys_Irish_Cream
People in their natural diversity have diverse fears too. Why such strong fears? Some bad experiences in your childhood? Some tricks played by your mind? Some attributes of your past lives? Why such fears?
Some of them seem understandable such as the fear of darkness. With grannies telling you ghost stories in your childhood, any kid is quite spooked by the dark. In fact, even as a 10 year old, i was scared to go to the gate and lock it in the night. I would instead sent my sis who is around 5 years younger to me.. :)
Some of the fears of famous people is as given below:
Fear of flying: Former US president (& actor) Ronald Reagan. The famed country singer Johny Cash. Ray Bradbury.. now this is ironic as he made a living writing about space ships.
Fear of being buried alive: My oh my.. must be some really bad childhood experience. Composer Frederick Francois Chopin and author Hans Christian Anderson are examples. Anderson was so paranoid that while going to sleep he would place a sign adjacent to his bed saying that even if he looks dead, he was just sleeping.
Fear of closed spaces: This is quite understandable. In fact, even i feel quite claustrophobic in lifts and malls (esp in bangalore where malls on weekends resemble some railway station platform). Adolf Hitler is an example. An interesting story is that, his people has mirrored the large elevator leading to his Eagles nest in the Austrian Alps so that it would appear larger and more open. Well, Ronald Reagan is another entry here (god knows how many more.). The biggest surprise of all is Harry Houdini. This man's surname has become a word in english for someone who escapes from tight situations. This man made a living escaping from boxes that were locked in a matter of a few minutes. To think that this man had a morbid fear of closed spaces. Well, one must commend him for his will and self control.
Fear of Cats: This is the most amusing. One wonders if this is referring to the larger sized feline counterparts. However, the list is quite amusing: Bennito Musolini, Napolean Bonaparte, Alexander the Great, Julius Ceasar, Dwight Eisenhower. One begins to wonder if the fear of cats is a pre-condition to greatness. Well would a mere disdain for cats suffice for greatness?
Fear of Ferns: The famed spook - Sigmund Freud was human after all.
Fear of spiders: Guess he was watching too many movies. The biggest spider i have seen is from "King Solomon's Mines". Andre Agassi is the example here.
Fear of the dark: Understandable. But Mahatma Gandhi? Well.. he was human :). Author Anne Rice who writes supernatural novels also was scared of the dark.
Fear of eggs: He he he.. considering the example here is Alfred Hitchcock, it must be the morbid fear of being pelted with rotten eggs in case his movies were not so good.
Fear of Water: Have heard of lots of cases here. Some famous ones - Frederick the Great was so terrified of water that he could not wash himself with water. Instead his servants had to wash him with dry towels. Actress Natalie Wood (1938-1981) suffered from a fear of water (hydrophobia). She died by drowning.
Looking forward to the Indo-SL world cup match with a lot of anticipation. Hope indians can pull it off. It would do a great deal of difference to the indians at large. Its not often, nowadays, that you see indians fighting with their backs to the wall and actually flattening the opposition. It used to happen several times during Ganguly's time. Some of my favourite memories in fact are that of India thrashing the Aussies in their own terrain. Even if we lost the series, beating the Aussies at their own game is something worth savouring. Another memorable match is the test turnaround in India (Hyd, i think) with Laxman and Dravid bringing out double centuries after 2 forgettable tests. That turnaround was amazing. Was a treat to watch the Aussie body language.. :)
I bet entire india is praying for the Dravid guys to win. Keeping fingers crossed. I bet lots of TVs will be running all night. In fact a friend of mine was even praying that the bookies should help india win. :)
Ever heard of Segway the scooter. Well, thought i'd do some reading up on this. It seems that this contraption was introduced in the 2000 with much hype and fanfare. It travels at a speed of 12mph.
I can see a lot of use for this vehicle:
* Mode of transport for old people
* Use in big campuses like the IT parks in India.
* Use in golf courses. A cheaper substitute to the immensely expensive golf carts. (come to think of it, the first golf cart that i saw was in the Infosys campus. It was being used to take customers around the huge campus. This was in 2003-04. The campus is much bigger now.)
* Use by the disabled.
Some interesting links on the same are given below. Do look up the one with the cartoons.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1980254.stm
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blbushsegway.htm
http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/GingertheScooter/2.asp
