For a guy, whose life depends on internet (being a freelance writer and all), last few days of the month can be really frustrating. My unlimited internet plan, which sheds the speed dramatically crossing the 10 GB mark,  is usually that way for the last two or three days. The pack renews on 1 st of every month leaving me to deal with the creepy connection. Although I vow every end of the month to download lesser software, songs and games, it’s the same story every time. This time though I discovered how slow internet connection can be fun in some ways.

2.     Chores and Other Stuff

Fast internet connections are like salesmen. They’ll sell you things you might never need and by selling here, I mean downloading. Stupid Animal Who Imitates His Parent, One Finger Pushups and other videos of the sort. I even have 15 themes for my browser. But, but, but a slow connection gives me hours to complete a download. I can clean my room, make something to eat or even take doggie for a walk with chances that it’ll still be downloading.

3.     Increases Productivity

No more getting jealous of a friend’s holiday in London or get together of your colleagues. You can’t load albums no matter how desperately you want to. Just sit back relax, read a book, spend some time with the family and analyze where life is going and what your plans are. It even allows you to meet some Real TIME friends in the city, which is far better than chatting in a room.

 

5.     Saving

Every end of month I complain about slow connection and my mother wants me to change the plan with free data limit. It’s actually a good idea but I am lazy enough to go and apply for it. So what do I do? I rather deal with it and stay happy with my bills (compared to my friends). I realize that I use just 50 or may be 60% of the data limit for work and the other large chunk goes in entertainment. Although THAT is necessary too, I would rather be entertained in first 25 days and be this way for the last 5.

 

 

P.S. (Why? It’s cool to have one)

Internet packs are like food. Order just a bit lesser than what would be sufficient, else you would end up bloating in some day (only mentally in this case).  

Online grocery shopping is quite on a rage these days in most of the countries. For smarter moms, it is one of the best ways to find products that their children would love. However this is not the only reason why you should be buying your kitchen supplies online. In fact, there is a long list to why you should; here we are going to discuss some of them.

'Hypothetically, if the only choice you've got is to do the wrong thing, then it's not really the *wrong* thing, is it? It's more like fate.'

'Vlad, it's never that easy.'

'Of course, we agree to disagree.'

No matter, what choices you make what things you do and what rewards you want, everything is written, decided and destined to happen. This is what I understand of fate. Although I don't personally believe in it (or maybe I do sometimes), fate is really an important part of our lives. It affects how people think, see and perceive situations. I guess luck can be a factor, you are lucky sometimes but isn't fate a totally absurd term? They say god has a book and he/she has written everything in advance (I have nothing against gods) or some polite ones will say that the journeys are not written only the destinations are. How philosophical is that?

Interestingly, almost all religions support that. The bad thing is that even Shakespeare has supported it with the best lines written in English literature.

"All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players.

They have their exits and their entrances."

If I am not wrong then it means that entries and exits are preordained and you have a specific role to play. A part chosen by GODS, DESTINY or whatever, so if I choose to do the wrong thing then it will not be actually the 'wrong thing'. It is my fate. Okay, so now that the theory is crystal clear, let's come to the practical part. Some certain bloody things, including love, longingness, jealousy, sympathy, anger, faith and others are always there to screw things up. No matter, how many times they tell us that it was all gods' plan, the pain won't just go. There'll always be that emotion to do things that you want, to love people, to choose between right and wrong. Things would have been much easier if we knew what gods want. May be it helps to accept the fact that gods are looking over us and leaving things to them, maybe it's the same feeling like having parents at home and maybe it gives strength to people but things can turn really nasty if this situation overturns and people start thinking that gods want us to lose.

There'll always be people who believe in fate and people who don't. However, if you do believe in fate and it seems like gods have written everything against you then there's a line from a Gladiator.

'I know that I cannot win over those fierce creatures but I am here to entertain and believe me, I will not go down without putting up a great show.'

*Opening dialogues from Max Payne 2 and "All the world's a stage" from William Shakespeare's As You Like It.

Guy in black:  What’s your favorite food?

Girl in red: Noodles with a touch of cheese and flavored with mint.

Guy in black:  Just like your emotions.

Girl in red:  How come?

Guy in black:  Don’t know where and when it starts, every noodle spiraled with another one. You put the fork to lift one and end up messing up with something else. You try messing with many at a time and look stupid on the table in a restaurant.

Girl in red:  Stupid?

Guy in black:  Ya both with mouthful of noodles and crying girl on table, nobody asks you why it happened, all you get is an awkward look.

About girl in red and Guy in black: This is a popular online blog series. This series presents conversation between two main characters, Girl in red and Guy in black. Hope they entertain you.

Guy in black: Isn’t sadism infused in human psychology?

Girl in red: And I guess pessimism is infused in men’s psychology.

Guy in black: I doubt a sailing Titanic would have performed better than a submerged one.

About girl in red and Guy in black: This is a popular online series that is also published in the local newspaper. This series presents conversation between two main characters, i.e. Girl in red and Guy in black. This series will now be available on the website, hope they entertain you.

There are many times of celebration when we want to cook for our loved ones. If you are also looking for a simple recipe to surprise everyone then we have something special for you.

You want to make something great over the weekend that doesn’t eats up the fun time, then this cake is for you. Moreover, you can involve the kids too in the fun recipe. Let them eat something prepared with their efforts. So put on your apron and hit the kitchen.

Ingredients

As it is an easy homemade cake so you really don’t need to buy a lot of things. Most of the ingredients are from your kitchen, so assemble the following things that you will need at one place to save time.

üFour bars of unsweetened chocolate (baking), One ounce each

üOne fourth cup of butter

üOne, two third cup of boiling water

üTwo cups of sugar

üTwo eggs

üTwo, one third cups of all purpose flour

üHalf cup of dairy sour cream

üTwo teaspoon of baking soda

üOne teaspoon of salt

üOne teaspoon of vanilla extract

Recipe

After you get all the ingredients on the table, you are ready to bake the chocolate cake in 6 simple steps. But before that, make sure that children stay away from oven.

1.Turn the oven on and set the temperature to 350˚ F

2.Take out your baking pan (13×9×2”), now grease and flour it.

3.Now mix the broken chocolate, water and butter in a large mixing bowl. Use a spoon for stirring the mixture and don’t stop till chocolate pieces disappear and mixture is smoothened.

4.After this, add the remaining ingredients in this mixture i.e. eggs, salt, flour etc and use an electric mixer to beat it.

5.When the mixture gets smooth, pour it in the pan.

6.Put the pan in oven and bake for at least 45 minutes or till the baking is complete (use toothpick to check).

So now your cake is ready, cool the cake and frost as you desire. Have fun and enjoy the cake.

The term 'organic food' has gained high popularity in the recent years. People are even happy to shell out more for food tagged as organic. But what the concept is all about and what are the benefits of organic foods?

Today you can find the organic version of almost anything. Originally, the term was used for fruits and vegetables grown at home or a neighbourhood farm. Slowly this concept gained popularity and now there are many certified organic food production houses dedicated to grow the healthier version of food. Even organic version of eggs, meats and dairy products is also available. Organic foods are preferred by the people for following reasons.

No synthetic pesticides

Certified organic food producers see to it that no harmful pesticide is used while growing the fruits and vegetables. However, if pesticide has to be used, it is natural and without harmful chemicals. This is something that is not taken care of in most of the commercially grown foods.

More Antioxidants

According to the Organic Consumers Association, chemical pesticides reduce the flavonoids in fruits and vegetables. These are antioxidants also known to fight cancer cells and to boost immunity. Therefore, organic foods have better levels of flavonoids strengthening the immunity system.

No Hormones

Most of the people don't even know that commercial producers inject animals with synthetic hormones for more meat, milk and egg. This way the animals grow quickly and production rate increases dramatically. But some part of these hormones stays in the meat or milk when you use it. However, organic foods are free of any such harmful chemicals.

Fresh and Seasonal

The organic food is always fresh and grown according to the seasons. You won't find something that is cold stored for months and then shipped from other continents to your plate. If you are buying organic food, it will be from a local farm.

Organic foods are actually better for everyone. With the above mentioned benefits of organic foods, these are environment friendly and are highly nutritious. Everything that comes in the chain of organic food is benefited from it, be it the consumer, producer or Mother Nature.

Online jobs are really popular these days and professionals, students, interns, housewives etc can take advantage of it by working from the comfort zones of their homes. Interestingly, this is not just part time work and one can even earn full time income with some of the following online jobs that don’t compel to visit an office daily.

Mock Jury

A law student or someone with interest in legal issues can take advantage of online mock jury website. People can help the lawyers here in preparing for cases for trials. This way a lot of new things can be learnt while getting paid for it. However, the money differs vastly on the type of work and website or company.

Surveys

Online survey is also a good option for earning money online. Although there are many fraud websites in this business, websites like Pinecone Research offer some genuine work and money for it. The payment terms vary from website to website and one can earn anything between $1 and $10 per survey.

Blogs

Blogging is one of the most popular online jobs. Today many companies pay to bloggers who can generate good traffic. Moreover, the blogs are not limited to certain topics, so one can write across different genres of interest and generate good income by investing some time and energy.

Content Writing

Online writers with ability to research and write on a variety of topics are also in huge demand. The rule is simple: write what clients want and get paid for it. One can write movie reviews, product reviews, travel articles, company introductions, SEO articles and so on.

Afterword

There are many scams going around by the name of online work, so it becomes very difficult to find a suitable job. However, with little caution one can get an online job that helps in getting those extra bucks or a full time salary.