Howzzat!

It was an incredible week for the people of Coimbatore.  The city witnessed such an assortment of events – some good, some bad; but quite hard to miss.   Evenings were marked by heavy downpours and thundershowers, resulting in felled trees and traffic-disrupting water logs. They laid bare the flaws left undetected by the Corporation.  My college bus was one among the listless vehicles stranded 2 days back and I had to sit tired and famished for nearly 4 hours!! With the local body elections around the corner, campaigning by several political parties is on full-swing.  My house alone was visited by 7 ‘hopeful’ female candidates (our ward is reserved for female presidency and it’s no surprise wives of former presidents are normally fielded in…) CM was here yesterday and traffic had to be diverted to clear her route (no wonder). Another important and much loved person arrived with less pomp and for a nobler cause.  Former Prez-Abdul Kalam made his w...

The Bee in my Bonnet….  Here are some really cool “BUZZ-ES” I came across, ~There is a city called Rome on every continent. ~Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people. ~Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th." (August begins on a Sunday. Hehehe!) ~Coca-Cola would be green if coloring weren’t added to it. (Will the Greenpeace folks be happy if it were?) ~The trucking company Elvis Presley worked at as a young man was owned by Frank Sinatra. ~Replying more than 100 times to the same piece of spam e-mail will overwhelm the sender's system and interfere with their ability to send any more spam. ( Pay back time!) ~Among items left behind at Osama bin Laden's headquarters in Afghanistan were 27 issues of Mad Magazine. Al Qaeda members have admitted that bin Laden is reportedly an avid reader . (Tere Bin Laden) ~The deadliest spider on earth is called the BANANA spider. (I am dead serious) ~And fi...