Dil Chahta Hai

Global Warming

An old friend forwarded this link on global warming - 51 Things we can do to save the Environment. I thought I could:

1. Change my light bulbs
2. Hang up a clothes line (I'll do it indoors, so you can still be my neighbour)
3. Pay your Bills Online
4. Open a window (at least in summer)
5. Cozy up my water heater (if need be)
6. Just (Try to) say No to Plastic bags
7. Support my local farmers
8. Shut off the computer
An alarming fact for techies: A screen saver is not an energy saver.
9. Try to ride with my hubby to work, and car-pool whenever possible
10. Check the tires of my car
11. Finally, Consume Less, Share More, Live simply

Some of the options were a bit unfeasible
1. Ride a bus
Well, I am waiting for our city to get a good public transport system. (I hope I don't sound pompous, but I come from Bombay, and I believe in public transport!)
2. Move to a High-Rise
Again, everyone moving to NY is not the solution.

Like all projects go, it would be good to look back at this list, and determine how many items I could accomplish. Many of our actions are left in thought only, I hope this is not one of those. I will keep you posted!

posted by PH @ Wednesday, April 25, 2007 3 comments

Reading Recommended!

I finished reading 'Memoirs of a Geisha" this evening. And just had to write that the book was amazing! I think the narration was sincere, and very real. It made me think that the "retired" geisha was sitting across a table, and telling me her story. The characters have been beautifully sketched - Sayuri, Hatsumomo, Mameha and all the others. It also exposed a different culture, at a very different time (it is based around the WWII period).

I have to thank my mom and dad to introduce me to reading. Sometimes I look back at my reading, and am pleased with the way I have graduated, from fairy tales, to Enid Blyton, to Nancy Drew's, to Sidney Sheldon's and Robin Cook's, P.G. Wodehouse, and more. There was a period of time when I read only read fiction. It was a fun period, but I exhausted the good writers (or so I think); maybe it was a part of growing up. More recently I have enjoyed reading "The Monk who sold his Ferrari", "The Namesake"; the kind of books that kept me away from my daily dose of sitcoms or Rachael Ray, when I come home from work. Not that I do not read fiction; I loved "Crisis" by Robin Cook.

I am sure I will write many more posts on what I love to read (Harry Potter is coming!); so will end this post for now! Good night!

Labels: books, reading

posted by PH @ Thursday, April 05, 2007 6 comments