aarthiseetharaman

@aarthiseetharaman (29)

United States • Age 40

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Do you deliberately climb steps wehn there is a lift available?

kalav56 @kalav56 (11464) • India 11 May 10

Of course this discussion is valid only for 1 or 2 floors and not a destination that is on the 10th floor. I had read somewhere that it would be better for one’s health , if people climb steps instead of opting for the...

climbing steps

escalator

exercise

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aarthiseetharaman My childrenofte ask me to climb the stairs intead of using the lift.My son clims the six floors to hs offic .Nowadas I also try to cimb up but no more tha a floor .I is a good exercise .

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7 months since I quit smooking

beli44 @beli44 (51) • Puerto Rico 7 Jul 09

I'm very proud of my self and I demostrate that I have will power although everyone in my family doubt it :)

quit

smooking

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aarthiseetharaman Congratulations!! and keep it up. Am sure you will be a good example to others

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Worst travel experience- - A two hour flight became a twenty four hour ordeal

kalav56 @kalav56 (11464) • India 7 Jul 09

Had some personal work at a place which is a two hour flight from here. We left home early in the morning at 4oclock [late night and early rising] to take a 6oclock flight .On reaching the airport, and after checking in, it was...

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aarthiseetharaman My first trip in U.S was to Las Vegas and it was during the Thanksgiving holidays of 2008. I was extremely excited about the trip as it was my first with my husband and was my first to Vegas too. Everything went on so well till my return journey. Half way...

7 Jul 09

How much do you text message?

smartie0317 @smartie0317 (1610) • United States 6 Jul 09

When I first got a cell phone in October 2005, I didn't have a plan for text messages and didn't get any. However, after a while, people would text me and I realized I liked it, but it was too expensive. In 2006, I got a plan for...

texts

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aarthiseetharaman Texting is one of the fun things to do as a student. In India most of the student plans will have free texting or 100 msgs free in a day. So a minimum of 2000 msgs a month was normal. As students none of us would call, all of us used to text each other thereby...

6 Jul 09

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Did you ever get to enjoy your freedom to play when you were a kid?

Azaerus @Azaerus (820) • Philippines 6 Jul 09

Both of my parents are respected professors in a very respected university here in our country..growing old with them when I was still young is a bit hard and tough..I barely get to play with others and play with toys like the...

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aarthiseetharaman Everyone as kids love to play. Some are fortunate to have a lot of friends around them and thereby have more fun. I was in a locality surrounded with many friends, but my mom was strict on the time I used to play during school days because of my studies and...

6 Jul 09

Do you usually go to bed late, and have to get up early?

clorissa123 @clorissa123 (4926) • United States 5 Jul 09

My mom always advise me, I should get more sleep during the night time, so I can get better concentration at work. In contrast, I do it in the opposite. I always go to bed late, and I have to get up really early in the morning. I...

bed

early

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aarthiseetharaman Its true that "early to bed and early to rise" is a good practice. But the difficult part is following it. Many a times there are so many things to get done by the end of the day and we end up sleeping late, sometimes its thoughts that keep us awake for a long...

6 Jul 09

do you like beat it/heal the world?

bima93 @bima93 (42) • Indonesia 5 Jul 09

i like two of them.i like beat it because this songs has good arransement and lyric.also this songs be my favourite song in michael jackson because he has unique vocal and unique dance.i also like heal the world because this is my...

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aarthiseetharaman Both are amazing master pieces of MJ. The music is wonderful and so is the video. Heal the world is my favourite number because of the lyrics. The video as such brought a tear in my eye when I saw it for the first time. Its extremely touching.

6 Jul 09

Do you like ICE CREAMS ? Do you have sincere love for it?

think_twice @think_twice (553) • India 23 Jun 09

I like ice creams, specially butter scotch, vanilla. Though I like different sorts also. At first I have no likings for ice creams but one day after school exams during summer I got the taste of my first ice cream when a friend of...

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aarthiseetharaman I completely agree with you!!

25 Jun 09

Are you a one stop shopper?

whywiki @whywiki (6066) • Canada 24 Jun 09

Growing up my mom always shopped at the same Safeway grocery store. Once a week she would go and get supplies. My aunt on the other hand would follow the sales. If one store had a sale on something she would go buy it there then...

groceries

life

sales

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aarthiseetharaman I am a one stop shopper as far as grocery is concerned, but things other than food and vegetables I look for deals and sale before buying them

24 Jun 09

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What is your favorite dish of meal that you never get tired of it?

clorissa123 @clorissa123 (4926) • United States 23 Jun 09

We all have our favorite dishes of meal, either from a particular restaurant, of a particular cultural cuisine. Or it is from your mom's cooking. What is your favorite dish, that you would never get tired of it? I am with a simple...

dishes

fried fries

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aarthiseetharaman I love South Indin food and my all time favourite that my mom makes frequently for me is Idly Sambhar.. Just love it...

24 Jun 09

Least favorite vegetables?

lulu1220 @lulu1220 (1006) • United States 24 Jun 09

We were always told to eat our vegetables when we were young. Now your doctor tells you the same thing. While I like some vegetables very much there are others I cannot stand. I hate cooked spinach. I don't like the texture or...

food

vegetables

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aarthiseetharaman As a kid I was very choosy about vegetables. Being a vegetarian it was a bad thing to hate vegetables on a health stand point. But these days I have become a little better and have started eating, but still there are some like brinjal, spinach, broccoli which...

24 Jun 09

Do you like ICE CREAMS ? Do you have sincere love for it?

think_twice @think_twice (553) • India 23 Jun 09

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aarthiseetharaman I love ice creams. The thought of it itslf brings a lot of joy to me. My freezer has a stock of ice cream always. I hate if I get a cold as I will not be able to eat ice cream. My favourite is strawberry icecream. For my b'day my husband got me an ice cream...

24 Jun 09

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Which websites do you usually go on to read news?

mermaidivy @mermaidivy (15394) • United States 24 Jun 09

I usually read news on MSN page or Yahoo page. What about you?

online news

read news

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aarthiseetharaman I use the cnn.com as I feel very comfortable using that site. For business news I use cnbc.com.

24 Jun 09

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some people don't like to bring umbrella.how about you?

flagella08 @flagella08 (5065) • Philippines 24 Jun 09

i always have my umbrella with me especially it's been weeks of raining here in our place.i never see my colleague brought any umbrella for years.he just fold his hankie and make it as his cover in the head. i suggested to him to...

umbrella

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aarthiseetharaman As a kid I never liked to carry umbrella as I felt it made my school bag heavy:) Moreover there was very less distance I had to walk between my school and the bus, so I used to skip it that time. These days I make sure that I carry one in the car during the...

24 Jun 09

Cooking OR Eating at Restaurants?

sunscreen @sunscreen (22) • Bulgaria 23 Jun 09

Most people think cooking takes too much of their valuable time and is too difficult and exhausting. It is easier for them to eat at restaurants - the local fast food, pizza place or chinese. But I think this is not the best...

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aarthiseetharaman I completely agree with you. While cooking, there is a lot of health consideration like adding vegetables, using less oil etc which makes home food more healthier. Eating out once in a while is good as it gives u a break and helps you relax giving you an...

24 Jun 09

Has a bat ever flown into your apartment at night? How do you deal with it?

williamjisir @williamjisir (22819) • China 24 Jun 09

There have been a few times when bats flew into my apartment at night. Just last night (June 23rd,09)at about ten thirty, a bat flew in and was flying and flying in my apartment without wanting to fly out. I used my fly pat to...

a bat flying into your apartment at night

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aarthiseetharaman This has happened to me when I was a kid. Bats use to come inside the house through the window/door. My mom was brilliant in handling this. She used to leave the door/window open switch of the lights in the room where the bat is and go to another room and...

24 Jun 09

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Do you put salt in your food when cooking?

beautyqueen26 @beautyqueen26 (16030) • United States 26 May 09

For years, I didn't add salt to my cooking, mostly for health reasons. Just recently, I bought some salt to use when making mashed potatoes and it's really made a difference in how things taste. Salt is unhealthy, that's...

helpful hints

my life online

salt for cooking

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aarthiseetharaman I use salt for all my dishes, even for Mexican quesadillas I add a little salt.All Indian dishes are incomplete without salt. Salt is essential for the body, infact the best remedy for cramps is drinking salt water. My husband gets cramps easily especially...

27 May 09

If you will and can writte a book what subject will you choice?will be a novel?

icesmile @icesmile (7160) • Romania 9 May 09

If you will write a book, will be a book about your memories? Or a traveler book? Why not poetry? Or just a book for kids, with short and nice stories? How much need somebody to write a book?Talent? Imagination? Time?...

questions

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aarthiseetharaman I love reading books so I want to give other people who will be reading my book the same happiness. I would like to write a book in the lines of College life as college life has sweet memories for each one and everybody can relate to it easily. It will make...

26 May 09

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Random act of kindness...

asherem2 @asherem2 (257) • Thailand 26 May 09

Have you ever done a random act of kindness? an act of kindness is something you do to make the day of the person different - like, you let the other person go ahead of the line in the grocery to pay out. you do act of...

act of kindness

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aarthiseetharaman Awesome!! Good work... Am sure you made a lot of your colleagues happy that day.

26 May 09

When Going On A Trip, Do You Eat Out?

singlemommy @singlemommy (2955) • United States 25 May 09

My daughter and I spent the weekend in St. Louis, Missouri. I was quite proud of us because we only ate out 1 time and that was when we were at the St. Louis Zoo. I packed my cooler with lunch meat, water, sodas, etc. Took some...

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aarthiseetharaman Good job!! It is money and time well spent!! When you are out visiting places you feel a lot hungry and packing food does not let you go through that. Also most of the places are so crowded that there are long queues and waiting time at the restaurants....

26 May 09

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