Preparing for GRE Essays made easy..!!

GRE Essays = Blah.. Blaaahh... Blaaaaaaahhhh :P

The essays section, we particularly needn't worry about much! We have been through essay-writing, letter-writing, diary-entry etc etc in "English" in our school curriculum! But to get the hold of essay-writing for GRE, i just went through the following sites! They are pretty helpful!

If you have a faint idea about essay writing and you want to practice essays and want them evaluated, then click here! There are about 10 practice essays, you can try all of them!

If you are the kind who would give more attention to your verbal n quants and you are sure you just want to read and look into few sample essays prior to your GRE, then you could go for these:

10 sample issue essays!
10 sample argument essays!

If you are the kind who wants only topics n you will practice essays on your own, then the pool of topics are lined here for you,

Pool of issue topics!
Pool of argument topics!

Apart from this you want to read many and many more essays then follow this link!
If u need tips then this!

My preparation was just this much and nothing more! Happy Essay Writing!

Gre-Verbal-Mania :)

After an "extensive" search for study materials for Gre-Verbal section, no wonder i got plenty of links and pdf's and new friends also, but i made few discoveries too as in new and long words . I seriously wonder who would even use such words.. YOU will agree with me after u see the words! Hav a look :P

• "hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian" is a long word which means "a long word". :P

• "Honorificabilitudinitatibus" which simply means "with honor" was used by Shakespeare. :D

• "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" is a lung disease, caused when u inhale silica dust. :O
  

• The finale, the longest official word ever (1,913 letters) is the term for the formula C1289-H2051-N343-O375-S8. It is the chemical name of the protein part of the tobacco mosaic virus: "Methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleuc ylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamyla rginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanylvalylpr olylphenylalanylyalylthreonylleucylglycylaspartylp rolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyll ysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutam ylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylle ucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartyl prolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisol eucylglutaminylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucylargi nylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreon ylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylgluta mylmethionylleucyalanylleucylisoleucylarginylgluta minyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolyliso leucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylaspa raginylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysylglyc ylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyltyrosylalan ylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalyl aspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylpr olylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenyl alanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhi stidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenyla lanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanyla spartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutamin ylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycylty rosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanyl glycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginyl arginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhi stidylleucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyr osylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylgluta minylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylserylalanylp rolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisole ucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylis oleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylis oleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparagi nylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylle ucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylg lutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonyla rginylserin" {duh... didno scientists were this jobless!}

Which EYE??

Take a camera, open the shutter, look into the viewfinder, focus on the object for 1 or 2 seconds and then CLICK! This is how i take a photo :) and is also the simplest way to take one... unless you have a very sophisticated camera!

Now the question is, when you are clicking a picture in your camera, you look into the viewfinder through your right eye or your left eye??

I just happened to suddenly think of this. Am so used to clicking pictures with my left eye. I actually tried it with the right one too, but i couldn't. May be my left eye is dominant i thought. Moreover, i cant wink with my left eye, may be thats why i use it to take pictures. Also, i am a right-handed person so that means i use more of my left brain, meaning my right eye is the one which's more functional! Awesome! two contradicting thoughts.

Years before, had heard it from a doc, rather he taught me how to choose which eye is better..?? Hmm.. for that you need to keep both your eyes open at first,

• Stretch your arm out and point your thumb to any far object;
• Try to aim at it accurately;
• Without moving your thumb;
• Close your left eye and observe the distance between the thumb and the object.
• Close your right eye and observe the distance between the thumb and the object.
  

The eye which your thumb got closest to the chosen object is your "best eye" :D And according to this my right eye is more sharp! Anyways i am not able to decide which eye of mine is sharper than the other.... atleast i hope it helped you decide!!

Innocence/Notoriety Examplified!

Kid1: Avva, i'll ask you a question. you must give me the answer you feel is right! ok??
My Mom: Go ahead!
Kid1: What is the proof that shruthi is your daughter??
My Mom:What the hell?? Who asked you this question??
Kid1:You answer na!
My Mom:Ok whats the proof that you are your mothers daughter??
Kid1: I dont know! It's our religion and i must follow it and believe it! Who knows what the truth is!!

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Me:Hey sweetie, if you had a doggy, what would u name it??
Kid2:hmm.. shruthi doggy, would sound nice naa!

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I was conversing with my neighbor, who happens to be a mother of two naughty boys, one studying in 3rd and the other is just 1 1/2 years old.
She: I really don't know what these kids will grow up to be. Too pesky and annoying they are.
Kid3: Maaa, Tell me are you happy with a 5 lakh salary??
She:(puzzled) yaa of course
Kid3:Don't worry i'll earn so much in another 15 years.
She: HELLO! You should "study" for that. Else you cant get even a job and still you will be depending on me only.
Kid3:Don't worry about that, But one thing is for sure- you will always keep Cooking for me.
Me:Oh.. he likes your cooking is it?? good!
Kid3: Don't ask my wife to cook and all :P

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Mother: See your sister has got 2 stars in her book today and look at you u haven't any today!
Kid4 (just 2.5 yrs old): she forgot ma, she will give stars tomorrow!

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A family of three are traveling in a Reva car, mother didn't allow the kid to sit in the front seat,
Kid5: Maa, its always dad in the drivers seat and you next to him and me behind right, That means in future, it'll be Me in the drivers seat, My wife next to me and i will put both of you behind!

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Kid6: Hey Sis, i don't get the point why you go to office??
Cousin Sis: If i don't go to office, then i wont hav money for your chocolates and biscuits :P
Kid6: My dad, just goes to that place {points out to an ATM} and gets money, why not you also do that??


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