Dear Shreya,
I have never met a person as kind as you in my whole life. It feels very nice to be friends with person like you, especially when you laugh, dance and play.
I thought it was very nice of your mother to say nice things about me.
Best Friend.
Love,
Ananya
Monday, March 29, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Birthday Trivia!
The melody for the Happy Birthday song was first penned by two sisters, Mildred and Patty Hill.
It is thought that birthday celebrations originated in the Roman Empire. And they were largely due to the prominent religion at the time, Mithraism, which was later supplanted by Christianity.
Although you might celebrate your birthday every year, your actual birthday only occurs once every 7 years! Not counting the leap years, the date you were born on moves each year to the following day of the week. This means your annual celebration is actually for your birth date - not your birthday - and in truth your birth day i.e. the actual day you were born on occurs only every 7 years!
Children who are on the leap day of February 29th often celebrate their birthdays on March 1st.
Germans take birthdays very seriously, sometimes receiving a half-day of vacation. The most common gifts among friends include flowers and wine.
In England, when you reach 80, 90 or 100 years of age, you receive a telegram from the Queen.
In India, black and white gift wrapping is considered unlucky.
The French and Italian celebrate Name Days more so than birthdays.
In Korea, the two most important birthdays are the 100th day and the 60th year.
In the Islamic world, green is a good color to use for wrapping.
A Golden Birthday happens only once in a person's lifetime. It happens when the person's age and the date of the day they were born is the same.
More people celebrate their birthdays in August than in any other month. The two other months in which birthday rates are high are July and September.
Close to two billion Birthday Cards are sent each year in the U.S. alone, accounting for nearly 58 percent of all cards sent.
The world's largest Birthday Cake was created in 1989 it weighed 128,238 pounds, 8 oz. and used 16,209 pounds of icing.
The most common birth date is October 5 and the least common is May 22 in U.S.A.
The day of the week in which the most babies are born is Tuesday while Sunday is the lowest day.
Anne Frank's world famous diary was given to her when she was thirteen years old.
The children’s day in India is celebrated on 14th November – the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru in memory of his love for children.
The Teacher’s day in India is celebrated on 5th September – the birthday of Dr. S Radhakrishnan – former President of India and a great educationist.
The Sultan of Brunei hosted the world's most expensive Birthday Party to celebrate his 50th Birthday on 13 July, 1996. The cost was a whopping US $27.2 million. Three concerts featuring Michael Jackson costs US $16 million of the total amounts.
Paul McCartney's Birth Certificate was auctioned in March 1997, for US $84,146. It is believed to be the world's most expensive Birth Certificate.
William Shakespeare’s died on his 52nd birthday: 23 April 1616.
www.theholidayspot.com
It is thought that birthday celebrations originated in the Roman Empire. And they were largely due to the prominent religion at the time, Mithraism, which was later supplanted by Christianity.
Although you might celebrate your birthday every year, your actual birthday only occurs once every 7 years! Not counting the leap years, the date you were born on moves each year to the following day of the week. This means your annual celebration is actually for your birth date - not your birthday - and in truth your birth day i.e. the actual day you were born on occurs only every 7 years!
Children who are on the leap day of February 29th often celebrate their birthdays on March 1st.
Germans take birthdays very seriously, sometimes receiving a half-day of vacation. The most common gifts among friends include flowers and wine.
In England, when you reach 80, 90 or 100 years of age, you receive a telegram from the Queen.
In India, black and white gift wrapping is considered unlucky.
The French and Italian celebrate Name Days more so than birthdays.
In Korea, the two most important birthdays are the 100th day and the 60th year.
In the Islamic world, green is a good color to use for wrapping.
A Golden Birthday happens only once in a person's lifetime. It happens when the person's age and the date of the day they were born is the same.
More people celebrate their birthdays in August than in any other month. The two other months in which birthday rates are high are July and September.
Close to two billion Birthday Cards are sent each year in the U.S. alone, accounting for nearly 58 percent of all cards sent.
The world's largest Birthday Cake was created in 1989 it weighed 128,238 pounds, 8 oz. and used 16,209 pounds of icing.
The most common birth date is October 5 and the least common is May 22 in U.S.A.
The day of the week in which the most babies are born is Tuesday while Sunday is the lowest day.
Anne Frank's world famous diary was given to her when she was thirteen years old.
The children’s day in India is celebrated on 14th November – the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru in memory of his love for children.
The Teacher’s day in India is celebrated on 5th September – the birthday of Dr. S Radhakrishnan – former President of India and a great educationist.
The Sultan of Brunei hosted the world's most expensive Birthday Party to celebrate his 50th Birthday on 13 July, 1996. The cost was a whopping US $27.2 million. Three concerts featuring Michael Jackson costs US $16 million of the total amounts.
Paul McCartney's Birth Certificate was auctioned in March 1997, for US $84,146. It is believed to be the world's most expensive Birth Certificate.
William Shakespeare’s died on his 52nd birthday: 23 April 1616.
www.theholidayspot.com
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Disney Pixar!
Up is the 10th film from Pixar Animation Studios. The others are Toy Story; A Bug’s Life; Toy Story 2; Monsters, Inc; Finding Nemo; The Incredibles; Cars; Ratatouille and Wall E.
Paradise Falls, Carl's dream destination in Up, is based on Angel Falls in Venezuela (the tallest waterfall on Earth at 3300 feet). In the film, for artistic reasons, Paradise Falls is far taller at 9700 feet.
John Ratzenberger is the only actor to voice a role in all 10 of the Disney-Pixar films. In addition to his role as Construction Foreman Tom in Up, he provided the voice of the charming and witty Hamm the piggy bank in Toy Story (reprised in Toy Story 2 and the upcoming Toy Story 3), P.T. Flea in A Bug's Life, Yeti the snow monster in Monsters, Inc., a school of Moonfish in Finding Nemo, a philosophical character named Underminer in The Incredibles, a Mac-truck in Cars, Mustafa, the head waiter in Ratatouille, and John, a human living aboard the spaceship Axiom in Wall E.
The next full-fledged feature film, Toy Story 3, is slated for release on June 18, 2010.
The average amount of time required to render a single frame of film for Up was between five and six hours. Some complicated frames took up to 20 hours. For every second of film, 24 frames are required.
Stereoscopic Supervisor Bob Whitehill, who oversaw the 3D aspects of Up, views the film as one of the greatest 3D films of all time. Using a "depth budget," the 3D team worked to match the filmmakers' "point of interest" with the "point of convergence" to give the film another visual cue to tell the story, while adding excitement and dimension to the adventure. The film's climactic airship battle, complete with dogs in biplanes, is one of the most exciting uses of 3D.
The Pizza Planet Truck, which first made an appearance in Toy Story, has made a cameo in nearly every Pixar film. In Up, the Pizza Planet truck can be seen at the intersection when Carl's house flies over the town. It's also in the Fentons Creamery parking lot at the end of the film.
Director Pete Docter of Up named Disney storyman and writer Joe Grant in the film's dedication to the real life Carl and Ellie Fredricksens who inspired us to create our own Adventure Books." Grant was part of the 1937 team that created Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and wrote Dumbo and Fantasia. The mentor, friend and source of inspiration to Docter and countless others continued to work at the Walt Disney Animation Studios up until his death in 2005, one week shy of his 97th birthday.
Paradise Falls, Carl's dream destination in Up, is based on Angel Falls in Venezuela (the tallest waterfall on Earth at 3300 feet). In the film, for artistic reasons, Paradise Falls is far taller at 9700 feet.
John Ratzenberger is the only actor to voice a role in all 10 of the Disney-Pixar films. In addition to his role as Construction Foreman Tom in Up, he provided the voice of the charming and witty Hamm the piggy bank in Toy Story (reprised in Toy Story 2 and the upcoming Toy Story 3), P.T. Flea in A Bug's Life, Yeti the snow monster in Monsters, Inc., a school of Moonfish in Finding Nemo, a philosophical character named Underminer in The Incredibles, a Mac-truck in Cars, Mustafa, the head waiter in Ratatouille, and John, a human living aboard the spaceship Axiom in Wall E.
The next full-fledged feature film, Toy Story 3, is slated for release on June 18, 2010.
The average amount of time required to render a single frame of film for Up was between five and six hours. Some complicated frames took up to 20 hours. For every second of film, 24 frames are required.
Stereoscopic Supervisor Bob Whitehill, who oversaw the 3D aspects of Up, views the film as one of the greatest 3D films of all time. Using a "depth budget," the 3D team worked to match the filmmakers' "point of interest" with the "point of convergence" to give the film another visual cue to tell the story, while adding excitement and dimension to the adventure. The film's climactic airship battle, complete with dogs in biplanes, is one of the most exciting uses of 3D.
The Pizza Planet Truck, which first made an appearance in Toy Story, has made a cameo in nearly every Pixar film. In Up, the Pizza Planet truck can be seen at the intersection when Carl's house flies over the town. It's also in the Fentons Creamery parking lot at the end of the film.
Director Pete Docter of Up named Disney storyman and writer Joe Grant in the film's dedication to the real life Carl and Ellie Fredricksens who inspired us to create our own Adventure Books." Grant was part of the 1937 team that created Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and wrote Dumbo and Fantasia. The mentor, friend and source of inspiration to Docter and countless others continued to work at the Walt Disney Animation Studios up until his death in 2005, one week shy of his 97th birthday.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Riddles!
Which is the smallest room the world?
Answer: Mushroom!
Sachin's grandfather has three grandson's namely Saurav, Dravid and ___________?
Answer: Sachin Himself!
A ship collided with another and sunk. How would the survivors be buried?
Answer: No one was buried. Because they are survivors...everyone was alive and safe.
It stays around the corner but travels all over the world!
Answer: A Stamp!
Why do the bulls wear bells?
Answer: Because they cannot blow their horn!
What has more letters than alphabets?
Answer: The Post Office!
It goes up when the rain comes down?
Answer: An Umbrella!
6 was afraid of 7. Why?
Answer: Because 7, 8(ate), 9!
Cats kill rats, Water kills?
Answer: Fire!
The picture said to the wall.....
Answer: I have been framed!
Answer: Mushroom!
Sachin's grandfather has three grandson's namely Saurav, Dravid and ___________?
Answer: Sachin Himself!
A ship collided with another and sunk. How would the survivors be buried?
Answer: No one was buried. Because they are survivors...everyone was alive and safe.
It stays around the corner but travels all over the world!
Answer: A Stamp!
Why do the bulls wear bells?
Answer: Because they cannot blow their horn!
What has more letters than alphabets?
Answer: The Post Office!
It goes up when the rain comes down?
Answer: An Umbrella!
6 was afraid of 7. Why?
Answer: Because 7, 8(ate), 9!
Cats kill rats, Water kills?
Answer: Fire!
The picture said to the wall.....
Answer: I have been framed!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Let's encourage-n-enrich!
Children represent the future, and there can be no future without a present. All our personal and social achievements would be futile if we do not know that we shall eventually be replaced by millions of new beings, by new energy and new talents that will take the best we have achieved in our days and will pass it down to their children to the new generations, to those who are destined to make life most beautiful-n-wonderful!
Our mission should be to transform the above dreams to reality through Information Technology and the World Wide Web. This blog should solely be for Kids & Young Teens (as of now) and we as adults should just give a helping hand for them to step into this TREASURE TROVE of information through direct interaction and participation.
This will enable our kids to expose and enrich their inborn talents & abilities and enhance their knowledge in the fields of education, health, food, dress, entertainment etc., and to achieve an all round personality development so as to become useful citizens of our great country.
Towards this end, it would be great to encourage our kids to contribute their writing-n-artistic-n-story writing talents thru’ this blog and, we, as parents should encourage them to participate in various events to showcase their talent and improve their self-confidence and also enable them to overcome their fear of facing the world head-on.
It should be our endeavour to handhold them thru’ this process till such time they responsibly take over the task of managing-n-maintaining this blog themselves to derive its best benefits.
Our mission should be to transform the above dreams to reality through Information Technology and the World Wide Web. This blog should solely be for Kids & Young Teens (as of now) and we as adults should just give a helping hand for them to step into this TREASURE TROVE of information through direct interaction and participation.
This will enable our kids to expose and enrich their inborn talents & abilities and enhance their knowledge in the fields of education, health, food, dress, entertainment etc., and to achieve an all round personality development so as to become useful citizens of our great country.
Towards this end, it would be great to encourage our kids to contribute their writing-n-artistic-n-story writing talents thru’ this blog and, we, as parents should encourage them to participate in various events to showcase their talent and improve their self-confidence and also enable them to overcome their fear of facing the world head-on.
It should be our endeavour to handhold them thru’ this process till such time they responsibly take over the task of managing-n-maintaining this blog themselves to derive its best benefits.
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