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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Why can't everyone go in cars instead of planes like Jeremy Clarkson?

We all heard of the recent Icelandic volcano explosion and how chaotic it is on in the sky. But how, in the hell that they got stuck? There were many alternatives, and one of them is by driving. It has already been proved by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May that flying in a plane from Milan to London in a boeing 737 isn't as fast as going in a Bugatti Veyron, and a plane ticket cost a lot more than tons of fuel. You may argue that the Veyron is the fastest car in the planet, but it is still a car. I bet that a G-Wiz will not be more than 5 hours behind the Veyron, that is that the G-Wiz made it to London.
The news all said that passengers were stuck all over Europe and for god's sake, they are nonsensical. Take F1 as an example. Most of the team got stuck in Shanghai. But those brittering idiots did not take a more convinient route: Fly to Russia, then drive a Scania all the way to England! Instead, they waited until the ban was lifted! Then, there is MotoGP, fancy postponing the Japan race because of the plane issues. Oh for crying out loud, they could have just flew from Turkey or UAE!
People who got stuck in the Changhi Airport should just fly to somewhere like Istanbul or Moscow then take a taxi back!

Monday, April 26, 2010

A book that everyone who knows how to read must read

I would like to introduce a book, called "The world according to Clarkson" by of course, the ever funny Jeremy Clarkson. Many people know that he had a show in BBC called Top Gear which he talk about cars with James May and Richard Hammond, but don't actually know that he writes books. That is no surprise though, but what is surprising is that he writes such good books that I was engrossed with a book for the first time.
The book, is pretty retarded. Clarkson talk about every single thing, from Range Rovers to why science is bad to our healths. The segment I like most is actually when he talk about toothbrushes, stating that his wife spends 60% of the house GDP and 40% of her time doing things related about the teeth. Clarkson was pretty funny in his phrasings in the words he use, I mean how hard can it be for such a funny man to talk about things that are not funny and turning them into funny things? Like Clarkson style, he scolds a bit of vulgur in the book, but thakfully it is sensored. So, the verdict is, if you want something funny, buy a Jeremy Clarkson. If you have not enough money, buy a"World according to Clarkson".

Thursday, April 15, 2010

F1 future stars

There may be many failures in GP2, but some of them are lucky and got a F1 drive, like Karun Chandhok and Nicolas Kiesa, who drove for Minardi for 1 season. There are also good drivers but could not perform in the feeder series but shone in F1, like Damon Hill and Felipe Massa. Some don't have experience at all, but they got F1 drives because of sponsership money like Giovanna Amati and Kimi Raikkonen. Some good drivers failed because they do not have sponsership, like Bjorn Widhelm and Vincenzo Sospiri. So now lets look at some other young drivers who are getting a F1 drive.
The most possible ones are Davide Valsecchi and Pastor Maldonaldo, both driving for isport and Barwa Addax respectively in GP2. Maldonado was close to signing with Renault, but it opted for Vitaly Petrov in the last minute. Valsecchi's reputation have grown much over the last few months. having won the GP2 Asia series. The other possibilities are Ho Pin Tung of DAMS and Alvaro Parente who last drove for Ocean Racing. Tung is linked strongly with Renault because of sponsership. The other choices are Sebestian Loeb and Valentino Rossi, WRC and MotoGP legends who were linked with Red Bull and Ferrari for almost three years. Don't think they will succeed though. Come on, not everyone is Kimi Raikkonen or John Surtees.
Jumping series are not a good idea, as Jaime Alguersuari and Martin Brundle would demonstrate. Both their careers are not as good as Vitaly Petrov and Ayrton Senna, who they thrashed in Formula three.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Journal of Hari(intrapersonal)

Dear diary,
Today have been a pretty wonderful day for me. I have been on a journey to Bombay all this day. Now, I am nearer to it than ever-I am in Rewas. The past few months have been too much for me. Old Biju's ship might have been built by now, but I certainly don't care about it. All I want is to prevent the stupid government to build factorys on Thul's land. They certainly will be importing those city workers and I will only get a job of a cleaner who earns a measly sum of money. Who wants them? I would rather work for Biju-if he wants me to.
So here I am in Rewas, waiting for the ship to take me to Bombay. I wonder how Lila was doing with that stupid father. Do they have the cash? I am worried. But, there is no turning back. Only me can help my family escape poverty and protect our lands. I shall return in PRIDE.
Love,
Hari

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

chapati, roti prata, jalebi and you tiao(Naturalist)



First, chapati and roti prata. The chapati is found in India, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. While Roti Prata is mainly found in Singapore and Malaysia. The definations: Roti Prata evolved from the some kind of pancake from India and Parkistan. Roti means"bread" and prata means"flat". So it is basically flat bread. Chapati is just a piece of bread made out of wheat. The way it is consumed: Roti Prata is consumed popularly with toppings like cheese, curry and tuna. Chapati is often consumed with butter, if not, plain. Recipe for chapati: All you need is: 2 cups of wholewheat flour, water, alt, 2 tablespoons of cooking oil.
Here's how:
1)organise the equipments
2)Add water
3)Add oil
4)leave the dough to rest for 10-15 mins.
5)divide the dough into equal balls.
6)lightly coat one ball in dry flour.
7)flatten it
8)roll with circular motion
9)finish rolling
10)start cooking
11)first flip
12)flip again
13)press gently
14)Done!


Next, jalebi and you tiao. The jalebi are some kind of fried sweets. So, they are sweet. While you tiao is also a stick, but it is lightly salted and not sweet. The jalebi is eaten in Pakistan and India, while you tiao is widely eaten in China, but it is also eaten all over the world as a breakfast by chinese. The you tiao is most of the time eaten with congee or soy milk while jalebi is eaten on its own. Even though they have similar colours, the colour of jalebi is of a darker orange than you tiao.


Ingridients for jalebi:


2 cups of all purpose flour
11/2 tablespoons of graine semolina or rice flour
1/4 tablespoons of baking powder
2 tablespoons of yogurt
11/4 cups of WARM water
1/2 tablespoons of saffron threads
3 cups of sugar
1/2 tablespoons of green cardamom seed powder
11/2 tablesppons of rose powder
ghee or vegetable oil
Steps:
1)Mix the flour, semilona powder baking poder, yogurt and 3/4 cups of water in a bowl
2)Add remaining water and 1/8 spoon of saffron powder
3)Wait for 2 hours for it to ferment
4)Whisk thoroughly
5)Prepare syrup by dissolving sugar. Just before the syrup is ready add saffron and cardamom powder
6)Heat oil
7)Deep fry it until they are crispy
8)Drain them in the kitchen paper and immerse in syrup
9)Leave them for 4-5 min to drain the syrup
10)Take them out of syrup and serve hot






Interview with Hari(Linguistic)

Me: How are you, Hari?
Hari: I am fine. The situation is very bad at home. Mom is still sick, I could not get a job and dad is still drinking every night.
Me:How are you going to cope with it?
Hari: I am thinking that if I could not get a job here, I may go to Bombay. The factory is still not ready yet. There may be more jobs in Bombay.
Me: What about your sisters and mother at home?
Hari: I will send money to them every week and Im am sure my sisters will take care of ma.
Me: Have you decided really to go to Bombay?
Hari: I am just considering. But the farmers in Alibagh said that they are conducting a strike in Bombay, maybe I will join them.
Me: That would be dangerous.
Hari: No choice, this is for my family's good. I will do anything to make life easier.
Me: So what will you do?
Hari: I don't know. Maybe I will find Mr de Silva...
Me: Good luck!
Hari: Thanks

Friday, April 9, 2010

F1 review up to Malaysian GP

I know this got nothing to do with class, but I would just like to write about F1. Let me review the cars. Red Bull have the fastest car but is it so horrifyingly unreliable. Mercedes is not up to the standard yet. Ferrari has the complete package and Mclaren have a car which sucks at qualifying but is good in races. Force India proves to be best of the rest and Williams are not far behind. The new Renault is doing wonders in the hands of Robert Kubica but the car is rubbish. Toro Rosso and Sauber are not quite on the pace yet and Ferrari engines have not been proven to be reliable. For the new teams, Lotus is reliable and the fastest out of the three. Virgin is constantly on the pace of Lotus while Hispania certainly improved and is much more reliable.
For the drivers, Alonso outpacing Massa at Ferrari, Vettel so much better than Webber at RBR and Rosberg proving the better one than Schumacher in Mercedes. While in Mclaren, things are quite even. Force India is quite weird actually. Sutil always outpaces Liuzzi in qualifying but can't get to grips in the race. Barrichello, Kubica and Glock are humilating Hulkenburg, Petrov and Di Grassi in Williams, Renault and Virgin respectively and Lotus and Hispania remains even, even though Trulli and Chandhok are starting to gain upper hand.
The new season was certainly boring if not because of the rain in qualifying in Malaysia messed up the grid and the leading drivers have to climb up the positions in order to score points. Surely, this is not going to be one of the worse seasons right?