Awards (accept and present)

I have received the following 3 awards which I would like to acknowledge.

Insignia presented me with Excellent Blog Award. She wrote:

“SG : He is an encyclopedia of information. Look forward to his posts as they have one or the other interesting trivia. So the Excellent Blog Award to SG”.

This is analogous to being called as “brahma rishi” by Vasishtar.

Neha presented me with I Love Your Blog Award. In her post "I Love to Read Them", she wrote:

“SG – The first time I visited his blog as he shares the same name that of my firm. And I am glad I visited his space, for I found the ocean of knowledge there. I admire him for his knowledge about history, Sanskrit and anything related to general knowledge. His each post and the comment section too is loaded with all possible kind of information about the topic he has blogged about. It is my dream to be his student one day”.

I am honored and humbled to receive this much accolade from Neha.

Lostworld presented me with Addicting Blog Award. She also picked a post from my blog for her readers to read. And, she chose “Musical Chairs in the Plane” written by me on September 25, 2009. I am glad she remembered in December 2009 what I wrote in September 2009.

I am honored and humbled to receive this award from lostworld.

Now it is time to present 2 awards to 3 people.

The first award, EXCELLENT, is presented to 2 lawyers. They are Neha and Sanand. They often write about legal issues and give us clarifications. I would not call them as just blogging. In USA, it is an unwritten rule that all lawyers (including famous and high-priced) do “pro bono” work. I do not know about India. But I consider Neha and Sanand do “pro bono” work through their blog contribution. That is why this award is presented to these 2 lawyers.

The second award. Award for Best Blog Comments, is presented to “Who Posted This?” He does not write any blogs. He does not comment for all the postings. He selectively makes his comments. I have a feeling more people visit my blog not just to read my posts but to read comments made by “Who Posted This?” also. His comments make me laugh and at the same time think. That is why this award is presented to him.

2010

OK 2010 is here. And, the new year has begun. I have a question. How do we pronounce 2010? Is it “two thousand and ten” or “two thousand ten” or “twenty ten”?

Then some people might pronounce “two zero one zero”, “two oh ten”, or just “ten”.

According to NAGG (National Association of Good Grammar) the correct way of saying is “twenty ten”. From the beginning, centuries have always been pronounced by their cardinal number. A cardinal number is known as a counting number. We always said “seventeen seventy six”, “nineteen forty seven”, “nineteen eighty three”, etc.

Then came Y2K. People started to say “year two thousand”, “year two thousand one” and on and on.

At least, we should start saying years in the proper way beginning this year, that is “twenty ten”.

Again, this is a colloquial way of addressing a year. More formal way of addressing a year is something like “one thousand, nine hundred and ninety eight”. Please check your degree certificate from your university/college.

PS: Even though unrelated to this post, I would like to add one more item. There are 3 types of numbers:

Cardinal Numbers - These numbers tell “how many”. They are counting numbers because they show quantity. For example: 4 children, 6 cats.

Ordinal Number - These numbers tell the order of things in a set. Ordinal numbers do not show quantity. They only show rank or position. For example: 2nd best, 4th car.

Nominal Number – These numbers name something. They are used only to identify something. For example: Cell phone number is 555-555-1212, Zip Code 20500.

New Year Resolution

Many of us will make new year resolutions. But most of us will not implement those resolutions. Some will be finding it difficult to decide on a good new year resolution. Here are some of the funny new year resolutions I gathered. Those who have difficulty on deciding a good new year resolution may use one of the following:

I will keep an extra safe distance when driving behind police cars.

Just for today, I will not sit in my living room all day in my nightdress. Instead, I will move my computer into the bedroom.

I will avoid taking a bath whenever possible and conserve more water.

I resolve to work with neglected children -- my own.

I will not tell the same story at every get together.

I will not ring the stewardess button on airplanes just to get her phone number.

I will gain weight, at least 40 pounds. My mom always says I am a bit skinny.

I will eat more nice things like candy, popcorn and ice cream. Eat less crap like fresh fruit, vegetables and soy nuts.

I will play more computer games. Scientists say they're good for me and improve my visual skills. But I always knew that.

I will take up some worthwhile new habit, like smoking - it helps keep tobacco workers in jobs.

I will cut down on exercise. Too much is bad for my health, it can even kill me.

I will not bore my boss with the same excuse for taking leaves. I will think of some more excuses.

I will assure my lawyer that I will never again show up drunk at a custody hearing.

I will think of a password other than "password."

I will stop asking the help desk where is “any key” on my key board.

What is your New Year Resolution?