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Kanni Konna Bloom

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Kanni Konna Bloom at Chalakuzhy Road

Everyday brings depressing news from all corners. The fatalities from the pandemic is growing, with Italy bearing the blunt of this virus. There’s lot of suffering, pain, and agony around us. In Kerala, 37 new cases where reported in one day.

Everyday, I wait for the evening press release by CM’s press. However, day by day the figures of positive cases are just climbing new levels. The worst hit is Kasargod.

We are on the third day of the 21 day lock-down. Today, after a break of two days, I decided to go out for a walk. I went out by 5:30 and reached home early. The streets were empty except for the clueless dogs which are scattered on the road from Kumarapuram to KIMS Hospital. Everything is on a standstill and I hope there will be some slow-down of positive cases that are reported daily.

Now, there’s not much we can do. Hope for some positive news.

Tomorrow, everyone going out should wear a mask and I luckily found one.

Islands in the Stream – Ode to Kenny Rogers

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This news came today – Kenny Rogers, one of the known Country Music stalwart passes away.

I guess there are thousands of people around me, who has grown up listening to many of his songs. I wonder when I had started to listen to his song – a time when I explored many other country singers. It was in my 20’s when I got hooked to his music. I used to repeatedly play, Islands of Stream, Coward of County, etc. It was my cousin who introduced me this music artist. It was a time, when I hardly had any music collection and this was one of the cassette which I played repeatedly.

It was many years later, I saw his videos on YouTube. By then, I had moved to other types of music.

Which of his songs do you listen?
What are you listening now?

I recently started listening to “Summer Time Sadness“, “May The Good Lord Bless & Keep You| Jim Reeves | Cover by Jajai Singsit“, “Julie Berthelsen – Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da“

KIMS Hospital Trivandrum New Blog Expansion

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KIMS Hospital – Evening Pic

KIMS Hospital is constructing a new East Block which will their major expansion after it has developed the North Block. A friend from US after seeing this construction remarked that the place he stays in US doesn’t have such a big hospital.

Once it start functioning, it’s going to add many hospital beds, also bringing in many more doctors, nurses and other staff. All these will be a boost to the local economy – adding jobs, increasing the real estate value, rent, lodging facilities, patient care services and many more indirect job growth.

Hand Sanitizer in Trivandrum

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Keep sanitizing your hands ( Personal hygiene at the time of Viral attack)

Hands sanitizers are sold out in most medical stores in Bangalore. Some medical stores are cashing on the scarcity by selling the products at a higher price.

In Trivandrum, scenario is no different. Most medical stores has run out of hand sanitizer and face masks.

I saw a post on Facebook regarding the sale of hand sanitizer for sale in Trivandrum.

Buy Hand Sanitizer in Trivandrum
HealthCombine Presents WHO-Recommended Handrub Formulation That Helps Keep the Dreaded Corona Virus at Bay. No Perfume or Colours added. Available @ Rs. 200/- Per 100 mL Bottle. Contact 94470 31324

As my Knowledge, this is sold only in Trivandrum. However, you may contact the given number for more details.

How to Make Hand Sanitizer at Home – DIY Video
Departments of Chemistry at St Xavier’s College, Government College for Women and All Saints’ College in Trivandrum are sharing the know-how to make hand sanitiser. A two minute video by the St Xavier’s College showed the ingredients and the process to make homemade handsanitizer.

Here’s a instructional video on how to make hand sanitizer, made by Department of Chemistry. St. Xavier’s College, Thumba. Another video made by Red FM Malayalam where Ms Lakshmi Srinath explain how to make hand sanitizer at home.

How to Fix Fishing Line – Anglers Video

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Should I call this as an epiphany find or just a lucky find? The fact is that I was looking for a video tutorial where someone will explain how to fix the fishing reel to the rod. Bingo! I got it from this YouTube channel. Also, it’s the first time I’m seeing this Vlogger’s videos on YouTube.

My guess is that I’m just seeing the tip of the iceberb – there are many bloggers and YouTubers from Kerala. As I open one channel, YouTube algorithm is throwing suggestions for new videos made by other YouTubers.

ICH Church Street

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  • Coffee House – Old charm still lingers

There was a time when I used to visit coffee house at MG Road during most of my visits to Bangalore. If I remember,, coffee used to be around Rs 7, pricey compared to other normal restaurants in B’lore.

During such visits, I usually prefer to sit on the first floor of the building. The old long desks, the guys who used to hang-out, were all part of the coffee drinking culture. Sadly, all those are left only as memories in some picture folder. Now, it’s a different building with a new set of memories for people who are just beginning to explore this place.

Moonshine – Scorpio’s Drink

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After seeing couple of Vlogs by Mallu Traveler and his stay in isolation ward at Kannur, I bounced on this video on how to make vattu from Pineapple. At first I thought he was mad to share such a video, but then I came to know that he is not in Kerala or India to comply with our rules. Ha ha

Why we still have our Archaic Akbari Rules?

Last December and one before that, there was a news about the raid in houses by Exisce department. They seized homemade wine made by few people, who wanted to make for their home use and few others who wanted to make and sell wine during Christmas time. The news of the seizure was a dampener for many people who were planning to make a bottle or so for this season.

The sad thing is the way, Excises department portray such wine making households as thought it was a big illegal business. They use the Abkari Act to bring such a person along the same lines of illicit brewing people.

What a stupid way of interpreting laws? As usual, I have think we are still have the third-world attitude and there’s no way but to accept the law of the land.

In this context, I was happy to see how one of our mallu brother has showed how to make homemade brew at his home in Europe.

Which is your drink as per your Zodiac Sign?

Recently I saw a Whatsapp forward which listed the type of drink for each sun sign. In that, moonshine is for Scorpio. And, today when I saw this brew making video by a mallu I got the motivation to share it on my blog.

I guess most of us have a tendency to break the rule, especially when we think the rule is bit skewed. Probably, that’s one reason why I was elated to share it.

Corona Virus Triggered Ideas

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In times of epidemic, like the one sweeping across the world, there are many things our mind wishes for. For instance, I saw a forward which predicted that such a virus will spread in the world in 2020, affect lungs and after sometime, it will disappear without any apparent reason. Btw, I still believe some miracle or some natural phenomena will make the virus loose its potency.

Have you too wished for a positive news – maybe a new drug which will insulate Corona virus or the incoming summer will stall the progress of the virus?

Instant Corona Virus Detection
Another thing I had fancied is a medical gadget which can instantly predict if the person has viral infection or not. This gadget I had envisioned looks like a hand held device which could be pointed to a person or a space. This device has a 5 inch screen which will show a infra-red type image on the screen. The neon color area on the screen would mean the presence of Corona Virus on person or a surface.

I had seen something close to it on Medical Files or Detective on Discovery Channel. This device is used in crime detection, where the detectives can spot unseen traces of blood. So, if such a device do exist so what about using some rays to spot out minutest of such virus on a surface.

Probably Medical Gadget for Future

In some years, we will have all sorts of devices which can easily detect all kinds of diseases with a quick scan. May be, each home will have a device which will be connected to the hospital and help to evaluate the state of health or any traces of tumor or virus in the system.

No Parking Bike Towing in Bangalore

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  • Lifting Bike on to the Deck
  • Hauling bikes from No Parking Zones
Art of Towing

Just clicked this scene near Tippasandra. It’s a common sight and two wheeler drivers knows how these fellas scoop and lift scooters and bike parked in no-parking area. However, the sad thing is that there are no proper signage to inform bike riders about parking spaces.

I have once parked my scooter on Cambridge Layout. After some time the dobi fella came running to my house to tell that my scooter has been picked by the cops. When I ran outsie, all I could see was the sight of my scooter riding on top of the mini-lorry which was converted into a tow-away vechile.

Did you have similar experience?

This kind of tension is not there in Trivandrum. I can park next to the road side and go to shop or go around without fear of vehicle being taken away by cops. But I guess, it won’t be long before our cops in Trivandrum adopt this kind of traffic law-enforcement strategy.