SPOOKY  TALES.
Is scaring people out of their wits as scary as appearing for an examination ? A friendly ghost shares his ever spooky experience with GT . Read at your own risk.
Young ghost are not allowed to go the town alone , you see. I decided to choose yhe children ‘s daycare down the alley as my terror-tory . So in the dead of the night  , I snooped out of the house and stole into the daycare.
As the dawn set in , I had everything set up with a number of scare – tronic gadgets and was ready to have some terrifying fun with the kids. After a few hours  , a bunch of kids came in . As they came near the door , it swung open all by itself making a creepy sound .They  were surprise  but , Alas! They didn’t seem scared. As they went to the reading room  , a boy looked up at the books and decided to read the one on the top shelf . I flew to the book and dropped the book on the boy’s upturned head. Ouch! he said , I said to myself , Finally ! They will be screaming their heads off. But , the boy instead of shouting , exclaimed  “ Hey Guys ! I guess the librarian has even installed a voice activated system or something. “

LOVE ALMIGHTY
Love is known to transcend barriers of nationality to bind humanity together.Here are how love gods are known in some countries.
Yue Lao: Known as the God of marriage and love in Chinese mythology , Yue Lao appears at night and unites couples with a silken cord.
Hathoris:  She is an ancient Egyptian Goddess who personifies the principles of joys , feminine love and motherhood. Hathoris  also increased  the joy and music in Egypt.
Aphrodite:  Popularly known as the Greek Goddess of love and beauty.
Cupid:  Known as Roman God of desire , love and affection , he is seen as the icon of love. This love God is shown shooting  an arrow to inspire love.
Frigga:  Frigga is considered the Goddess of fertility and marriage .
Parvati: The consort of Hindu God Shiva , Parvati is known as Goddess of love and devotion.



TRIALS IN A TRIAL ROOM.
Who could have ever thought of life as a shopping spree at our favourite mall and its agonies and conflicts reflecting back at us in the trial room.
Trial rooms.
I hate trial rooms
 I love shopping.
But I hate trial rooms.
Although trial rooms were invented exclusively to assit shopping,
I feel the two are contradictory !
We here are informed that , Not all the joys of the world are meant for everyone. So perhaps it’s better and wiser to appreciate what we have. Things often do not turn out as we expect them to. Relationships turn faulty , let us down and delicate glass of trust shatters. I wish there were trial rooms to try out everything in my real life too!

THANK YOU MAT KAHO
….instead  , teen logon ki madad  karo.Rember Salman’s famous dialogue from jai ho ? Some people are actually living up this philosophy. Some of these are as follows:-
A cuppa can bring a smile.
Toll-ing the bell of joy.
Let’s go home.
Caring through sharing.


Redefining love
LOVE……
When love is in the air there is no place for despair . In the lives of young and aging , it ushers tonnes of good cheer . To spread love , first love thyself , as you are the manifestation of God himself.

PHRASESAURUS
CATCH 22
Meaning : A difficult circumstance from which there is no escape.
Origin: Comes from the novel by Joseph Hellen in which the main character feigns madness in order to avoid dangerous combat. Name of the novel is Catch-22.
STEAL SOMEONE’S THUNDER.
Meaning : Winning praise for oneself by pre- empting someone else’s attempt to impress.
Origin: John Dennis who worked in theatre invented a machine producing thunder sounds but people did not like it. But later he went to see the play Macbeth and saw them using the same machine he had invented.
WHITE ELEPHANT.
Meaning: A possession that is useless or that is expensive to dispose of.
Origin: From the story Kings of Siam where they gifted a lot of animal to the countries they disliked and didn’t know what to do with them.
RED HERRING.
Meaning: Something that misleads or distracts from the main issue.
Origin: There is no such fish as the Red herring but long ago people used to use smoked herring to train hounds and divert them from the correct route.
HANGING BY A THREAD.
Meaning: Being at risk.
Origin: King Dionysius held a banquet for Damocles , a courtier of ancident Syracuse.King Dionysius was annoyed with Damocles constant flattery of his king. He invited him to a banquet , where Damocles was seated under a sword suspended by a single hair. It symbolized his tenous position in the court.

FEATHER IN YOUR CAP.
Meaning: A feather on the cap is recignised as a badge of honour.
Origin: Earlier the hunters who killed a bird would mark their achievement by wearing a feather plucked from it as a symbol of pride.

THE BEST KEPT SECRET
The house of the Jenson’s a happy family of a typecast father –Mr Michael , an adoring mother – Ms Dakota and their only son Ryan. But there was one more , that nobody knew of .
15 years back , Jensons had a son named Harry , who suffered from Asperger’s syndrome. In layman’s language , he was incapacitated of communicating with people and could barely speak whilst stammering. Ashamed of introducing  him to their community  , Jensons , confined Harry in their basement hall. But the confines of the damp basement , where he was granted nothing more than the basics ie food , water and a bathroom , horrified him.Through his beautiful music , Harry expressed his desire for freedom.

One night , as usual , when he was playing his music , James Brown , the owner of Highland records-the musical record giant , happened to be walking past his house .The enchanting melody emanating from the basement filled his soul . James understood immediately that he had found the one musical genius ha had been booking for. He approached the Jensons who initially denied the existence of any such things but letter surrendered  before him. They handed over Harry to him. Under the mentorship of Mr James , Harry Jenson found a flight to his dreams .He cut numerous albums , participated in many concerts and orchestras.