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Valentine’s Day is on our way

Sunitha Nair — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:46:45 +0000

As we all know Valentine’s Day is on our way, get ready to try all our exiting Valentine’s Day recipes and surprise your lover with our Valentine’s Day messages and quotes…..

Big Valentine White Cake

Ingredients :

1 full box of white cake mix

1/4 cup canola oil

2 eggs minimum and 2 egg whites

1 full pack of strawberry gelatin

1 cup frozen sliced strawberries

1/2 cup skim milk

3 tablespoons butter

Confectioners’ sugar as needed

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Coat one 9-inch square pan and one 9-inch round cake pan with nonstick cooking spray.

Take oil, eggs, egg whites, strawberry gelatin, 1/2 cup strawberries, milk and cake mix in a bowl and mix till all blends well.

Divide the batter and pour it into the two prepared pans.

Bake the mixture prepared above for around 30 minutes. Insert a toothpick on the baked batter and check whether it comes out clean.

If it comes out clean, then the batter is ready to be transferred and store it in a room temperature.

Keep the square cake on large plate and cut the round cake into two half.

Place each half with cut side next to square side; remember to trim the corners and by this the heart shaped cake is ready.

Frost the prepared heart cake with Strawberry Frosting by covering the cake with the blended mixture of butter, confectioners’ sugar and remaining frozen strawberries.

Yummy heart cake is now ready to serve!!!!!!!!!!

Happy New Year 2012

Sunitha Nair — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:49:10 +0000

Through out the coming year may your life be filled with celebration of happiness…

Let us all welcome 2012 with our hands and hearts open and wish this year will be the best for us and everyone around us.

Fun filled christmas wishes

Sunitha Nair — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:37:46 +0000

May this season brings you success, good time and happiness!!!!

Best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!!

Funny Picture depicting Career Growth

Sunitha Nair — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:30:14 +0000

Career Growth meter of an Employee

Miss World 2011 – Ivian Sarcos

Sunitha Nair — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:27:50 +0000

The 61st edition of the Miss World pageant took place at the Earls Court Two on 6th of November 2011 in London.

Delegates from 113 countries and territories competed for the title of Miss World 2011 this year in London.

Miss World 2010 - Alexandria Mills

At the end of the competition Miss Venezuela, Ivian Sarcos was crowned the 61st Miss World 2011 taking over the reign of Alexandria Mills, Miss World 2010. Ivian Sarcos was crowned by Miss World 2010.

Miss World 2011

The first runner-up was 20-year-old Gwendoline Ruais of Philippines.

The second runner-up was Amanda Perez of Puerto Rico.

The 15 semi finalists included Indonesia, Korea, Italy, Sweden, Zimbabwe, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Venezuela, Philippines, US VI, Spain, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Scotland and England.

Miss Venezuela was also crowned as the first runner up in Miss International 2011.

Diwali Wishes

Sunitha Nair — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:59:38 +0000

The name Diwali is itself a contraction of the word “Deepavali which means row of lamps.

May the Divine Light of Diwali Spread into your Life Peace, Prosperity, Happiness and Good Health.

People celebrating diwali by bursting crackers

Fill the Heart with the oil of love.
Place in it the wick of single-pointed mind.
Light it with the Knowledge of Truth and remove
the darkness of ignorance around you.
Just as one lamp can light many lamps; let each
youth kindle this Light in many hearts.

May you live your life like the festival of Diwali, happy healthy and wealthy.
May this Diwali brings you all joy, health and wealth and also this festival brighten up you and your near and dear ones lives.

May the Diwali light show us the way and lead us together on the path of peace and harmony.

Fortunate is the one who has learned to Admire, but not to envy.
Good Wishes for a joyous Diwali and a Happy New Year with a plenty of Peace and Prosperity.

This Diwali, may you be blessed with good fortune as long as Ganeshji’s trunk, wealth and prosperity as big as his stomach, happiness as sweet as his ladoos and may your trouble be as small as his mouse.

The happiest of wishes for a Deepawali, that will be happy in every way for someone like you.

WISH U ALL A VERY HAPPY, PROSPEROUS, FANTABULOUS DIWALI 2011.

Foods to lift your mood

Sunitha Nair — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:00:52 +0000

Some of our days will make us to feel anxious, irritable, frustrated or depressed. Here are some food items which help in boosting up your mind.

1. Bananas

Bananas are rich in natural sugars and mood-lifting nutrients helps to put a smile on your face. In addition to this banana also contains

Tryptophan – an essential amino acid which boosts serotonin levels

Magnesium – helps you to relax

Vitamin B6 – helps to relieve depression

2. Nuts

Consumption of Walnuts and Brazil nuts could be the perfect healthy way to boost up your mood. Omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin B6 and tryptophan in Walnuts offer you the mood boosting properties.

Brazil nuts and Walnuts

The nuts are also a good source of Folate also called as Vitamin B9; the deficiency of which leads to depression.

As low levels of selenium causes depression, irritability and anxiety, snacking on Brazil nuts plays a vital role in secreting selenium.

3. Vitamin B12 and Oily fish

A dose of B vitamins namely vitamins B12 and B6 helps to lift your mood. B vitamins are required for normal brain function and for producing mood boosting serotonin.

As Marmite is fortified with vitamin B12, this is a good choice of people who struggle to get their recommended intake.

Omega-3 fatty acid in oily fish is good for heart, brain health and is a good mood booster.

University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine concludes from a research that lower levels of omega-3 fatty acids in the blood make them feel moderately depressed and have a negative outlook.

4. Chocolate

Chocolate is the most favourite snack of many which includes

Relaxing magnesium

Calming anandamide

And pleasure-inducing phenylethylamine.

Chocolate dipped with strawberries

Chocolate when dipped with strawberries gives you a healthy treat with mood-boosting benefits. Being a good source of vitamin C, Strawberries helps in the production of endorphins and also contains rich mood-enhancing flavonoids.

Technology improvements in the past and present

Sunitha Nair — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:29:16 +0000

Technology in the Past

Techology in the past

Technology at Present

Techology at Present

A tribute to Pataudi – the Great Seducer of his time

Sunitha Nair — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:58:17 +0000

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi – nicknamed Tiger Pataudi, former Indian cricket captain was born on 5 January 1941.

Pataudi was the youngest captain at the age of 21 in the Indian cricket team’s history and is regarded as one of the finest ever.

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, former Indian cricketer

Pataudi has totally played 46 test matches for India from 1961 to 1975 and also captained 40 test matches thereby winning nine of them.

His right eye got damaged in a car crash even then he continued playing and scored 2,793 runs at an average of 34.91 per innings.

This great tiger died on 22^nd September 2011 in Delhi Hospital because of lung infection.

Miss Universe 2011 – Leila Lopes

Sunitha Nair — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:49:16 +0000

The 60th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant was at the Credicard Hall in Brazil on 12th of September 2011.

Delegates from 89 countries and territories competed for the title of Miss Universe 2011 this year in Brazil.

Miss-Universe 2010 - Ximena Navarrete

After a tough competition Miss Angola, Leila Lopes was announced as Miss Universe 2011, taking over the reign of Ximena Navarrete, Miss Universe and Miss Mexico 2010. At the end of the event Ximena Navarrete of Mexico crowned her successor, Leila Lopes of Angola.

Miss Universe 2011 - Leila Lopes

An African beauty has not been crowned Miss Universe since 1999, when Miss Botswana, Mpule Kwelagobe, took the crown.

Responding to questions, Lopes said that she has never had cosmetic surgery of any kind and that her three tips for beauty were

To get a lot of sleep

Use sunscreen even when it’s not sunny

To drink lots of water

She said her smile was her best weapon in the competition.

The first runner-up in the competition was 23-year-old Olesia Stefanko of Ukraine.

The second runner-up was Priscila Machado of Brazil.

The third was Miss Philippines and the fourth Miss China.

Miss Universe 2011 winner and runner up

Miss USA (and Miss California) Alyssa Campanella is there in the 2011’s Top 15 out of a total of 88 contestants.