15th june is power of a smile day.


Smile and the world smiles with you, and cry you cry alone was what we learnt. But as I see things today smile and the world smiles at you, cry and you pay for the Kleenex. For want of better things to do I thought of listing the things that make me smile.

That’s when I reflected on smile. The polite because I have to smile. Or the plastic smile of page3. A smile that sneers ,smile that mocks. The smile would essentially be the same set of muscles activating then what is that, that makes the difference in expression.

Yeah! Its not orbicularis oris, but it is orbicularis occuli and the combination of both that make the difference.

Someday I would like to note what really happens within me when someone smiles.

Anyway a smile is so powerful that

• It makes you happy

• It makes the receiver happ

• It does not cost either you or the receiver a penny

• It gets quicker service from the shop attendant.

• It gets you better business.

Check out the smile power.

ನಗುವುದು ಸಹಜದ ಧರ್ಮ, ನಗಿಸುವುದು ಪರಧರ್ಮ, ನಗುವಕೆಳುತ ನಗುವುದು ಅತಿಷಯದ ಧರ್ಮ.

ಅದ್ದಕ್ಕೆ ಇರಬೇಕು ಜೂನ್ ೧೫ ನಗುಮೊಗದ ತಾಕಟ್ಟಿನ ದಿನವಾಗಿ ಆಚರಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ.

ನಗುವಿನಲ್ಲೂ ವಿಕ್ರುತಿಗಳಿವೆ, ಸಹಜದ ಮಂದಸ್ಮಿತ, ಗೆಲಿಮಾಡುವ ನಗು, ಅಪಮಾನಿಸುವ ಕ್ರೂರ ನಗು, ಅಟ್ಟಹಾಸದ ನಗು. ಆದರೆ ಮನಮುಟ್ಟುವ ಮುಗ್ದ ಮುಕ್ತ ನಗು.

ಈ ಎಲ್ಲ ನಗುವಿನಲ್ಲಿಯು ತುಟಿಯ ಸುತ್ತಿನ ಸ್ನಾಯು ಶ್ರಮಪದುತ್ತದೆ. ಆದರೆ ನಗುವಿನ ಅರ್ಥ ಪರಿಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಬೇಕಾದರೆ ಕಣ್ಣಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಮಿಂಚುವ ನಗು ಅಗತ್ಯ.

ಇಂದು ನಗುವಿಂದ ಪ್ರಭವನ್ನು ಅನುಭವಿಸಿ. ಒಂದು ಕಿರುನಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ

• ನಮ್ಮ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಉಲ್ಲಸಗೊಳುತ್ತದೆ

• ನೋಡುವವರ ಹೃದಯ ಹಗುರವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.

• ಸೂಪರ್ ಮಾರ್ಕೆಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಗ್ರಾಹಕ-ಸಹಾಯಕಿ ನಗುಮೊಗದಿಂದ ಸಹಾಯಮದುತ್ತಾಳೆ

• ನಗುವು ಹಂಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಹಣ-ಕಾಸಿನ ವೆಚ್ಚವಿಲ್ಲ.

ಇನ್ದೊಮ್ಮೆ, ನಗುತ ನಗಿಸುತ, ನಕ್ಕು ನಲಿಯುತ ಬಾಳೋಣ ನನ್ನ ತಮ್ಮ ಮಂಕು ತಿಮ್ಮ.

gingerbread day

Ginger bread is a soft molasses cake flavoured with ginger.


• It is a soft molasses ginger cookie sometimes elaborately decorated.

• Ginger bread also refers to elaborate ornamentation

• Gingerbread could also mean something superfluous, tasteless, embellishment particularly referring to architecture.

5th of June is the gingerbread day; there seems a mild confusion whether it is the 5th of June or 5th day after thanksgiving. To get facts straight it is 5th of June as it is the way the fans of gingerbread honour it. Gorging before summer.

Was celebrated during Christmas. But celebrating it in June is the way of gingerbread fans to honour it. It is like stocking up before the summer set in.

The legends say Queen Elizabeth the 1st of England invented the gingerbread man.

The gingerbread originally meant preserved gingers, as ginger was the second costliest spice imported.

Ginger was brought to America by the English.

It was the story of Hansel and Gretel that actually romanticized the gingerbread by having a ginger bread house.

hot air ballooning

The first hot air balloon flight took place on June 5th 1783.


The history of hot air ballooning with both hot air and gas spans many centuries 

Man had always wanted to fly. Many legends and fairy tales talk of it. In 1700 Montgolfier brothers saw a sheet of cloth flying due to steam and this inspired them to create the hot air balloon. The heating of the air inside the balloon makes it less dense when compared to the out, allowing it to rise. The first passengers were a chicken, duck and a sheep. This was witnessed by the French aristocracy including King Louise XVI and Marie Antoinette

The first ride balloon was launched in 1784 by the end of 1700 ballooning had mushroomed all around. France had its institute of aeronautics.

funday-rocky road day

An interesting day today is the day that the radio was patented. It is also an informal holiday in the Uncle Sam land called rocky road holiday.


Of course us being ardent highway on my plate fans we thought it this day was dedicated to Rocky who was on the road, paying for every meal and collecting pounds to prove it.

But it happens to be an informal holiday floated by the Dreyer’s ice-cream makers to honour a flavour created by their founder William Dreyer. It is basically chocolate ice-cream with swirls of marshmallow and nuts. He created this flavour and named it as pep up for the economic crash in 1929

So have with a rocky road ice-cream let the radio’s blare “I love my dentist.”

ouch the grouch

“Hi grouch”


Have we all not had a grouchy day, hey but do you know the mission of every grouch is to be as miserable as possible. At least that’s what the grouches of sesame street Muppet gang say.

Wonder if Oscar the green coloured grouch who will be celebrating his 44/45 birthday have a party, but where would he – may be in his trash can?—since hording trash is his compulsion—well have a great party.

speak in full sentences

Other than Memorial Day and national Macaroon day in Uncle Sam’s land today is also speak in full sentences day!


“Duh!”

“What?”

“Why?”

“Hmm”



Why speak full sentences? Can you imagine the confusion that could be caused by incomplete ones? We had an entire play that said, “People will interrupt”

How many times have we been told answer in a single word? Yes or No that’s it. Can you imagine sitting through a laborious sentence when a single okay or no would suffice.

I remember this stage that my daughters went through when they used the same word to mean opposite things. Another time my friend was worried that her daughter spoke single syllables and my daughter would say “where’s the ball” when all she wanted to say was ball.

When writing books for children below 6yrs, the rule is not more than six words in a sentence.

Many a times we get stuck mid sentence and panic button goes on this was a suggestion given to me

• Get calm stop struggling

• Slow down the speed of your speech

• Ask for your audience help!

escargot day

Escargot day


Escargot is French cuisine where shelled snails are sautéed in garlic butter.

Though archaeological survey shows the use of snails in cookery during the roman empire days documented cookbooks talk of it only since 1892.

Its often assumed to be part of French cuisine but it is served on occasions with champagne as a starter.

merry go round

May 17th is the merry go round day.


The dictionary defines merry go round a noun that could mean

• A revolving circular platform fitted with seats often in the form of animals ridden for amusement

• A piece of playground equipment consisting of small circular platform that revolves when pushed or pedalled

• A busy round or a whirl.

The earliest picture of Merry-go-round is seen in the 508 AD byzantine bas relief. Where baskets are suspended and people sit in them.

The origin seems to be in the 12th century when the Turks used to train the cavillers for combat. The crusaders brought this back to Europe with them.

1605 the French used this with musical accompaniment for night amusement.

1620 traveller Peter Mundey described a merry go round in the then modern Ottoman empire of Bulgaria. In the early 19th century it was seen in fairs and public places of Europe.

Sandusky county of Ohio has a merry-go-round museum that organizes special shows and events for May 17th.

the straw hat day

Neil Steinberg’s book Hatless Jack talks about men having murdered in living memory for the crime of war a hat out season!


May 15th herald’s the beginning of the straw hat season. Hence it is honoured as the straw-hat day.

Straw hats are worn traditionally to protect the heat from the heat and keep the glare out. It is lightweight and durable it is very flexible too.

In India it’s not the straw hat but the palm straw that is woven into umbrella by the elite in Kerala though it is now being put away for less expensive alternates.

In my home district the coconut palm is woven into a boat shaped headgear, these make their appearance in mid march to put up with the scorching sun and then stays till the rains stop.