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Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Hiccups... Cure or fluke ?

I beleive all the human beings wouldve got hiccups atleast once in their lifetime.
There are various ways you could stop it, but how many of it works immediately.. like a pill ?

Here are something I tried..
1) Eat Sugar.. (Although, It didnt work. I enjoyed it)
2) Drink lot of water (didnt work)
3) Do sphincter exercises, while holding your breath.
To be elaborate. Imagine you are in the restroom for No. 2. Now.. you are there.. In the appropriate place, about to go. Now.. Stop it. Hold it. Pull your Anus muscles inward,
While doing that.. Hold your breath too.
I know, reading this makes you feel.. I can live with hiccups for a while)
But I was at work and about to go to a meeting. I dont want to be making sounds, while others are talking seriously. So, I tried this. It did work and with in a minute it came back. Although, my colleague who was sharing my room stormed out. When I came back from the meeting, he wasnt there. He left for the day, I guess. Im not sure, it was because of me. And I didnt ask either.
4) Laugh out loud. Its difficult to do on your own. Call somebody, who can make you laugh. Its difficult because, even though the person you call could make you laugh.. but at that time of your hiccup.. he maynot be in a position to make you laugh. But, luckily for me. He was available and it worked. Im not sure.. its because of the amount of water I took or the sphincter exercises.
5) If somebody frightens you.. it would work. But, its difficult to ask somebody to frighten you and knowing that, they are going to scare you.. you wont be scared. I didnt try that.
I guess, my colleague would never get Hiccups, if he remembers my face doing the sphincter exercises.

well, by fluke, I found a solution, which did work. I tried couple of times and my wife tried too. It worked immediately. Do "Prasarita padottanasana" (Wide legged standing forward bend)
I must warn you, its a little bit difficult pose.
Im not sure, whether the mere thought of staying in the pose, for a certain amount of time, made the hiccup go away or not. But, it worked. So people, do "Prasarita Padottanasana" to stop hiccups immediately. Click below link on more info on this pose.
http://www.yogajournal.com/newtoyoga/892_1.cfm

Let me know, what worked for you, when you got hiccups.

Monday, November 07, 2005

Bridge pose... with and without any effort..


Friday, November 04, 2005

Reality Check..

Thursday, November 03, 2005

Short story.. (or excuses ?)

A hitman was looking for me.
I had to ship my grandmother's bones to India.
Someone slipped drugs in my drink last night.
I hurt myself bowling.
My cat unplugged my alarm clock.
I forgot what day of the week it was.

My curlers burned my hair and I had to go to the hairdresser.
I couldn't find my shoes.
I tripped over my dog and was knocked unconscious.
I forgot to come back to work after lunch.

A tree fell on my car.
I was spit on by a venomous snake.
I was sprayed by a skunk.
My brain went to sleep and I couldn't wake it up.
I totaled my wife's jeep in a collision with a cow.
My bus broke down and was held up by robbers.

I was arrested as a result of mistaken identity.
I had to be there for my husband's grand jury trial.
I eloped.

and again...
A hitman was looking for me. (Go to starting of the story)

Did the story made any sense ?
Were you able to find, whats the gender of the main character ?

It doesnt matter.

All those lines in the story, are some of the most unusual excuses workers gave for missing work. Below link takes you to that page.
http://msn.careerbuilder.com/custom/msn/careeradvice/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=458&SiteId=cbmsnhp4458&sc_extcmp=JS_458_home1&cbRecursionCnt=1&cbsid=6fe9ed019b234e8e8c8ab37bf861f17e-184362325-r7-1