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freerice.com

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I happened to visit this site through ivolunteer.org.in. The concept involved in this really excellent and good job. It is very simple and neat. Click of a button you can save millions in the world. ok ok no more suspense!!! let me tell you about this website. About FreeRice: FreeRice is a sister site of the world poverty site FreeRice has two goals: ~ Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free. ~ Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free. This is made possible by the sponsors who advertise on this site. Whether you are CEO of a large corporation or a street child in a poor country, improving your vocabulary can improve your life. It is a great investment in yourself. Perhaps even greater is the investment your donated rice makes in hungry human beings, enabling them to function and be productive. To summerize, during one's free time can visit to this site and play with the words. This way one can increase their vocabulary by giving right answer and th

Life Updates -2

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Last weekend i thought of going to a movie in forum. It was 2:30 in the afternoon and didnt get a single ticket for either 4'o clock show or 7'o clock. In the ticket kiosk i see only 'Sold Out' for most of the movies. Cant help as malls are the only entertainment in a city like Bengaluroo. What next ??? i decided to peep inside Landmark!!! which was crowded as though some discount sale is on. I just walked around the 2nd floor and didnt find anything interesting then went to book sections in 1st floor. Was just looking here and there and found this book just behind the counter/help desk. The book is called "Project Management-A Comedy of Errors" by Prasanna Kumar. Just went through the prologue and Publisher's note. the book seemed to be interesting. I just turned few pages and read few lines. It was interesting. So just decided to go for it. This book is not a serious guide for project management. Author talks about the most curious thing "What happe