Online Gaming - Read this before u start playing again!

I thought of going to a nice silent computer lab and finish my blog and as soon as I grab a seat I hear “ Come out of hiding”, surprised I look at  the aisle behind me and see 6 boys staring at the screen with rapt attention, & testing the agility of the keyboard. “The terrorist win” came another shout! A game of counter strike was in progress. We had like a dozen assignments pending but hey as I say u have to surrender to guilty pleasures once in a while! So there I was sitting amongst a clan of online gamers doing, I quote “Stress busting” unquote !

Today the gaming industry is a multi million dollar industry catering to kids, teenagers and even beyond! What makes it so addictive? I ask a self-confessed GTA vice city addict “the adrenaline rush is addictive” he says. Some STAY CLEAR of the word addiction, they prefer to call it a hobby! Be it NFS, COUNTER STRIKE, GTA, MARIO, TETRIS, MADDEN NFL OR THE FIFA, people love them !

Are the games bad? Specialists have confirmed that children who spend too much time playing computer games not only are easily susceptible to long terms problems like bad posture and RSI (repetitive strain injury), but it also causes a disequilibrium in their daily routine.

Are they only bad? No, researchers have found that frequent game players score better at vision tests as compared to non players, the eye hand coordination improves immensely. It has also been found that playing these games could improve children's logical thinking ability and problem solving skills.

For many it is a stress buster for others it’s an activity to be done in Pyjama parties for others its is serious business and for some online gamers it is a slightly different way to connect to people. 

For different people it means different things, three terms used by gamers to describe other gamers are "Timmy," "Spike," and "Johnny." These are descriptors for three model personalities typified by gamers.

 "Timmy" likes fast cars and explosions, and general excitement.

"Johnny" likes things that are aesthetically pleasing, and

"Spike" ..is a competitive gamer whose enjoyment comes not from the game, but from comparing                              gaming achievements to those of his peers. 

So while you indulge yourself into your gaming Gp(Guilty Pleasure) think WHICH ONE ARE YOU?

ICECREAMS! MELTING INDULGENCE

Be it in the hot smouldering summers or those cozy winters! Who can resist a smooth, creamy scoop of ice cream! Well I can’t and am sure most of you can’t either ! Ice cream is a frozen dessert made from dairy products, such as cream (or substituted ingredients), combined with flavorings and sweeteners, such as sugar.

So what makes those creamy foods so irresistible! For me its lovely to get those icy smoothness in the summers and in winters it leaves my cheeks rosy red, a nice way to get those rosy redness when u forget blush before going to that party...............

Ice cream has many precedors before it ended up as what it is now! Faloodah that is recognised as a very old pershian delicacy, Fruit toppings mixed with ice brought from the mountains sserved for  Roman Emperor Nero, Chinese people are known to eat frozen milk and rice as desert. Imagine people hating icecreams well am sure some did like the salves Roman emperor Nero sent to the Apennine mountains to collect snow to be flavoured with honey and nuts or the horsemen Mughal emperors sent to bring ice from the Hindu Kush to Delhi,!!!!!!!!!

Now came the age of TRUE yummy ICE CREAM the  sundae the nuts, the waffle cones the chocolate dips and the candies! Today we get ice cream flavours of the weirdest of kinds ranging from goats’ milk ice cream to horse flesh ice cream, the egg plant ice cream or the shark fin ice cream TAKE YOUR pick.

Good news for addicts:  Going healthy is the way the world goes these days but No the ice-cream addiction is also called obesity these days (not for those lucky few who stay slim no matter what they eat).  But hey no fear you don’t have to give up ice ceam try the WHEAT ICECREAM that generally even comesin an environment friendly packaging or try the Aojiru Ice Cream. Aojiru, literally a broth of green-leafed vegetables.

BAD news: it still can get you to the door step of diabetes!

Beware: Funny side effects of ice cream : those hard ice Candies can make your tongue stick to them painfully, eat ice cream at one go and you get a brain freeze ( never believed it  and then got it ,....was blanked out for 2 whole minutes!).

Amul, baskin  robins or gelato, ben and jerry or vadilal every ice cream gives me pleasure and am sure to many of you too ! A friend who confesses she is a avid follower of gelato loves t eat icecreams day in and out in winters or in summers ! “ Thats the way girl” I said . But h she wants to stay away so much but she can’t resist herself “thats the way a guilty pleasure works , my dear” I comment 

Cakes - Who can resist them !

Cheese cake or a cup cake, those fruit cakes or the sponge cake! Tired of the mundane mess food need for a soft sweet change and first thing that comes to my mind is buying a cake!

Cakes normally contain a combination of flour, sugar, eggs, and butter or oil, with some varieties also requiring liquid (typically milk or water) and leavening agents (such as yeast or baking powder). Flavourful ingredients like fruit purées, nuts or extracts are often added. Cake is often the dessert of choice for meals at ceremonial occasions, particularly weddings, anniversaries, and birthdays. There are countless cake recipes; some are bread-like, some rich and elaborate and many are centuries old. In ancient Rome, basic bread dough was sometimes enriched with butter, eggs, and honey, which produced a sweet and cake-like baked good.

A finished cake is often enhanced by covering it with icing, or frosting, and toppings such as sprinkles, which are also known as "jimmies" in certain parts of the United States and "hundreds and thousands" in the United Kingdom. Royal icing, marzipan (or a less sweet version, known as almond paste), fondant icing (also known as sugarpaste) and buttercream are used as covering icings and to create decorations.

What people like about cakes is difficult question, sitting with my friends asked a guy “How do you indulge yourself with cakes” he looked like I told him he got a TNG, his response “ After a nine hour long college day you ask me this. I want a cake now” and that was it we got treated to a big box of Sponge cake strawberry flavour “I don’t like chocolate” was his passing comment while he tried to save a big piece for himself! Indulgence, if I may name it coz I know he is going to spend half and hour more today in the gym!

Choco-indulgence

Okay time to indulge in another Gp.........ummm the basic that most of us indulge in say CHOCOLATES!!!!!!!!!!!The romantic, seductive, feel good temptation CHOCOLATES!

Let’s look at some good points of this pleasure [which am sure outnumbers the bad one BUT as long as it’s yummy like who cares!], then the bad points [will cut it SHORT ;)] and then confessions of a chocoholic.
Dark, White, Sweet dark, Semi-sweet, Bittersweet, Unsweetened or milk people have different choices. People indulge in anything from chocolate shavings to chocolate paste, spread, chips, powder to chocolate bar! I guess the yummy smoothness captures your attention any which ways!

Ummm the Good effects: Okay so I really don’t know what this is all about so I searched and well voila
1. We age less [the science is the antioxidants in the chocolate protect body from free radicals].
2. Chocolate has good properties of dark vegetables coz essentially it is a plant product.
3. Dark chocolate.
a) Lowers blood pressure and cholesterol.
b) Lowers stress levels it stimulates endorphin production, which gives a feeling of pleasure.
c) It contains serotonin, which acts as an anti-depressant.
d) It contains theobromine, caffeine and other substances which are stimulants.
Most of them are for dark chocolate but yeah it’s chocolate!

Okay the Disadvantages:
1. It is a calorie rich food with a high sugar and fat content.
2. It contains a variety of substances, some of which have addictive properties e.g sugar, theobromine and caffeine which are stimulating and mood elevating.
3. It has been linked to nervous tension as well as migraine headaches because it contains compounds known as vasoactive amines that can dilate brain vessels triggering headaches in susceptible individuals.
4. Chocolate causes or aggravates acne

Did you know: To see chocolate in your dream, signifies self-reward. It also denotes that you may be indulging in too many excesses and need to practice some restraint.

TIP: Chocolate is a complex food with over 300 compounds and chemicals in each bite. To really enjoy and appreciate chocolate, take the time to taste it.

Wanna give up chocolate addiction (enjoy it sometimes with guilt but never depend on it )
Visit: http://ezinearticles.com/?Addicted-to-Chocolate?--How-to-Stop-Eating-Chocolate&id=2413596

Confessions of a chocoholic:
1. She is a girl, tired of being a chocoholic but she can’t stop it and when I uttered CHOCOLATE she goes: I LIKE IT! I LOVE IT! I LICK IT! I LOATHE IT.
2. She is one happy chocoholic and her response: I feel lightheaded, giddy, good-humoured, and peaceful-yet-energized.
3. He was hard to find strangely guys are not really open about being addicted especially to chocolate! His response: “I am a goner. I come from a long line of chocoholics, so I guess it is not surprising that I am inflicted with the condition. My mom is a chocoholic, my grandma is a chocoholic, and several of my siblings are chocoholics. When I am choosing dessert at a restaurant, I don’t even give a second glance to things with words like “fruit” or “cobbler”. For me, it is not even worth it unless there is the word “chocolate” followed by something like “overload”, “indulgence” or “obsession”.

The chocolate-mania continues in the world but the post ends! Will be back with many more such entries! Toodles .

The INTRODUCTION to.........................................................................THE PLEASURES you ENJOY inspite of THE GUILT!

 

'To do or not to do' is the eternal question.................and when it gives such immense pleasure plus the thrill, so the scale tilts a bit! Doesn’t it? Well welcome to the world of GUILTY PLEASURES.

For my convenience I abbreviate it to Gp yes with a capital G because its the guilt that makes it special !

Be it the urge to buy the awesome shoes you saw the other night at the market, or the craving to eat the biggest piece of the calorie laden chocolate truffle lying in the fridge........the pleasures are so inviting !!!!!!!!!!!!! But when the shoes cost you almost half your allowance or the cake destroys the diet you have been following -these become guilty pleasures!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But still will it stop us from indulging in them ! NO is the answer to many ............and YES to only those who are not shoe freaks or lost their sweet tooth early on..............probably I was trying to lure you with the wrong indulgence.

So what are your guilty pleasures

Chocolates – Those dark aphrodisiac food, that is said to be so calorie rich but Oh so YUMMY, so Romantic !

OR is it Shopping – Every thing from shoes to hats to eyeware to clothes catches your attention and whether you need them or not you end up buying them!

OR watching those old mushy, cheesy old Hindi Movies is your secret key to Gp  – For the world you are the ardent Hollywood fan but on those romantic nights you love to watch those classics and cry !

Online games- Do you spend hours in front of the computer trying to beat the score of some Japanese player sitting thousands of miles away! OR

Ice cream – Indulging in the creamy cold sweetness be it in summer or better still in winters .

ORJunk food – Are you the health freak who loves to munch on French fries when no ones around!

IS ITMake up – Love buying it love applying it even when it is strictly not needed!

OR IS ITBags – You dn’t have enough luggage for your bags!

IS IT THECheese – The hundreds of flavours available whose prices reach thousands but what can you say they are delicious !

OR Beer – The old brewed beer that makes holes in your pocket but you love it and for once you even hate to share ! 

THECupcakes- Loads of frosting and it is one big FAVORITE Gp 

ORCookies – The Gp probably even the kids sport!

IS IT THECartoons – Many big boys and big girls still love those princess stories and they cry when the line “they lived happily ever after” appears at the end are you one of them?

OR THE Crude comedies : Oh we all watch them and we all love them at somepoint in life!OR IS IT THE The kinky stuff- *******CENSORED********

What ever it may be we all have one or the other guilty pleasure. We hide them sometimes because they don’t go with what people perceive us to be; say if a bully loves watching Disney would it go with his image of course not, it will just destroy it. He can’t afford to love mushy stuff in public, he is supposed to be a wrestling fan by default ! But sometimes they themselves are a status q; say shopping, a topic girls love to brag about ![Disclaimer- all my followers will be placed in the exception case(hint hint.....follow follow)]

These and many more weird guilty pleasures awaiting us in the future posts so keep indulging and keep coming back; we will try to heal that guilt by acquainting you with people who are much more worse!