Curious Random Thoughts

Last month I had the opportunity to visit Singapore where I enjoyed the wonderful culinary delights that the island had to offer. On Christmas day we decided to go for High Tea at the Intercontinental Hotel for which we had to make a reservation in advance (we tried to get a reservation at many places but could only get one at Intercontinental) . The holiday ambience at the Hotel restaurant was very nice and there was a steady stream of nicely dressed diners. After we got seated by the host we settled on what we wanted to order; a vegan tray with savory and sweet delicacies along with tea. We placed the order with the waitress and went back to our conversation. 30 minutes went by and there was no sign of our order. At that point another waitress showed up and asked if we were ready to order. We were a little stumped and mentioned to her that our order was already taken. She went in to check in. 10 minutes went by and this time yet another waitress showed up asking us if our order had b...

A few weeks back my daughter shared a wonderful article from her school project, essentially a debate about whether a particular technology was a blessing or a curse. I thought I would share this with you all and ask you to guess which technology the debate is all about. I have picked a select few sentences on either side of the debate for you to guess. A Curse? Just another disintegrating toy for advertisers to use in pestering us A blatant signboard erected to bring us news of fuel saving motor cars God's great gift to man, eliminated that last dangerous chance for Satan to find mischief for idle hands Mr and Mrs Babbitt who used to make a pretense at conversation, now no longer go to that trouble Thus dies the art of conversation During the political campaign.... as they read speeches written by ghost writers It is about to set up a new culture in America Advertising agencies go on killing it "Killed by Advertising" Anyone not knowing America, would conclude, that some...