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Monday, January 18, 2010

Another boring week started.

Its really difficult to sit idle while all other teams around you are working. I have been idle for almost all of this month. Reading ebooks, listening to songs, worthless dicussions, hmm... thats all i have been doing.
Some people will think its lucky to be free like this, I myself thought so till recently. But now i can tell you that its really boring.

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Thursday, January 7, 2010

sleep jerks

Did any of you experience this before? You are about to go into deep sleep and all of a sudden, your whole body jolts and your limbs flung out so violently that all your sleep is lost. You are wide awake. Sometimes this can be embarrassing too. But if you happen to witness this happen to someone else, its very funny to watch.

I experienced it many times and always wondered why it happens. Well I have some explanation now, read through this –

Hypnic Jerk

What's that?
This is that falling sensation and sudden jolt you sometimes feel just as you're falling asleep. Scientifically named hypnagogic myoclonic twitch, it's also the third leading cause for embarrassment on sleepovers, behind bed-wetting and sleep farting. The muscle spasm may be light enough to be misinterpreted as a dream or it can be so jarring it physically shakes you awake.

It's fairly common (studies say around 70 percent of you have experienced it). The likelihood is increased if a person is exhausted or is sleeping in an uncomfortable position. That means the working poor and the homeless are probably more likely to experience a hypnic jerk, though scientists would probably rather not bother asking them. As far as recognized members of society, the muscle twitch is a normal and well-documented event.

What causes it?
Like any good freakish event, the experts can't agree on what causes it. Most researchers feel that when muscles begin to slack while preparing for sleep the brain senses and misinterprets the relaxation signals, and assumes the body is falling. A little presumptuous on the brain's part to go around "assuming" you're falling while lying down. Then again it's nice to know the most important organ is on the lookout for trapped doors with mattresses on top.

If you want to experience this feeling at your desk just lean back in your chair, a little past the point of no return. Once gravity reminds you who's boss your body enters that frenzied states of "lost-balance/I hope that girl I like isn't watching." The sensations are so physically comparable that the brain analyzes them the same.

Get explanations to more of these kind of mysteries here - http://www.cracked.com/article_15953_sleep-jerk-piss-shivers-5-body-mysteries-explained.html

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Saturday, December 19, 2009

facebook and games

I never thought I would be addicted to online gaming. But here I am playing two to three hours of facebook games daily. These games are really a good time pass. I like them. Especially Mafia Wars.

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Thursday, April 24, 2008

Movie Names

English

3.10 to yuma
American Gangster
American Pie - Beta House
Arranged
AVP
AVP2
beowulf
Bourne Ultimatum
Core
dog soldiers
Four Brothers
Ghost Rider
GoodFellas
heat
I am Legend
ICE AGE2
Kite Runner
No Country for Old Men
numb
pitchblack
poh
Shawshank Redemption
sin city
The 13th Warrior
The Devil's Advocate
The Hunting Party
The Kingdom
The Lord of the Rings
The Usual Suspects
BankJob
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Hindi

Chak de India
funaurmasti
Joom Barabar Joom
One Two Three
race
Krazy4

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Extra terrestrial life

Is there life other than on Earth? Nobody directly put me that question till now, but I asked myself and came up with a response. I think there is extra terrestrial life. My reasoning is this, on this planet, life needs oxygen or carbon-di-oxide, water, light. Similarly on another planet or some other satellite life may need nitrogen, hydrogen or a different element altogether. Our scope of knowledge is limited to the elements that we have discovered till now. But there may be many unknown elements in this universe and some of them may support life.

clouds

Of all the things I like, Clouds are given a special place in the list. Not the top, but somewhere among the first few. I very much love watching the clouds admiring the genius of the God who could make such wonderful creation. But unfortunately, I couldn't watch the clouds for long time...because clouds are drifting always and my thoughts also drift away while I am watching them. I couldn't concentrate though I enjoy those few moments.