Friday, January 16, 2009

Vrooooom

I wanted to reach 105kmph in my bike yesterday.

My new wife - Apache RTR 160, smiled at me showing 10,000kms in odometer when I was on my way to office in the Intermediate Ring Road. I said to myself..” I wanted to touch 105kmph speed today - right now”… Blimey and I ripped my bike immediately out of excitement. Its just that until a 10-15yr old kid riding bi-cycle came into my way, I didn’t know that I wont “meet expectations” this time.




With all that been old memories, this morning I managed to touch 106kmph just to satisfy my greedy, impatient soul and now back into usual routines of deadline, meetings, resource management, productivity, Peppusi, coooo[yawn]khhhhhhh .. 

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Veritaserum

"veritas" L. truth

The most powerful Truth Serum available, this colourless, odourless potion (which looks like plain water) forces the drinker to tell the truth (HBP9)


  • A Truth Potion so powerful that three drops would have the drinker spilling his or her innermost secrets.
  • Use of this potion is controlled by very strict Ministry guidelines (GF27).
  • According to Snape, Veritaserum takes a full moon-cycle to mature when it is being made (OP32). The trustworthiness of this statement may be questioned, since Snape was speaking to Umbridge at the time and may have wished to avoid giving her the potion, but Snape's subtlety is such that even under those circumstances he may have been speaking the truth.
  • Discussed during the first class of sixth-year Potions; students who have achieved an N.E.W.T. in Potions should be able to make Veritaserum (HBP9)
  • An alert wizard who's good at Potions can protect himself against the use of Veritaserum by keeping some antidote handy

Well that's what this blog is all about - "The Truth!" ;)