Archive for April 8th, 2009

Looking for A Home

April 8th, 2009 No Commented

Categorized Under: Business

Whether you are looking for a home to buy or rent, it can be difficult in these difficult times. It is difficult because the home owners don’t want to rent it to somebody who cannot pay the rent. The current owner does not want to sell it to someone who cannot pay the money to [...]

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Words : Abaculus

April 8th, 2009 No Commented

Categorized Under: Fun

When I first came across this word, I thought it would be something to do with ‘Abacus’ which is a play thing or which is a playful way of doing maths and is actually used to teach maths to kids. And which was used by chinese for a long time and so on. However, Abaculus [...]

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Diamonds Are Forever

April 8th, 2009 No Commented

Categorized Under: Business, Family

Diamonds are forever. So they say. But, shopping for them can be quite a tedious task. Especially when tomorow is your girl friend’s birthday or your marriage anniversary and you have blissfully forgotten all about it till you suddenly saw this note. So, what do you do? You need to get to a shop or [...]

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Words : Sinecure

April 8th, 2009 No Commented

Categorized Under: Fun

“Sinecure” : This is a very interesting word. “Sinecure” means a position or the office that requires absolutely no work. But at the same time, it does provide a nice little slittle salary. It is very interesting to note that it rhymes with “secure” and in fact if you remove the “in”, it would give [...]

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