Lil brain exercise.

One of the my most favorite puzzles.

There are 5 thieves and all 5 of them are "extremely intelligent and extremely greedy". They steal 200 gold coins. Now it is distribution time. The rules are

1 is junior to 2 who is junior to 3 and so on.

The seniormost suggests a distribution plan which is accepted if it is aye'd by atleast 50%. If not, he is shot dead and the next seniormost suggests a plan. So if 5 suggests a plan, it needs to be okayed by atleast 3 guys otherwise he will be shot dead. If 4 suggests a plan, atleast 2 should agree and so on.

So what is the final distribution?

While going through the book by Jules Verne, "The journey to the centre of the Earth", I started looking up for information on Iceland on the net. And now I am absolutely in love with that place. It's in my list of places to visit in the next 5 years.

I could have put some pics here, but due credit should go to the photographer. And hence here is the link with some of the most beautiful photos of Iceland.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/locations/iceland.shtml

5 days @ home

Last to last week, I had to take 5 days off, as I had fallen terribly sick. Cold, cough, fever, severe constipation were few of the symptoms. First 2 days I slept like a log and felt a whole lot better, though the symptoms had worsened. Third day I decided to pamper myself. And so I went ahead, bought myself a whole set of classics, bought a nice "real-looking" baby for my daughter which laughs like a real baby whenever it is disturbed or it senses vibrations. Ofcourse, between my daughter and my wife it is a real fight now since both have laid claim on being the surrogate mother of the baby. As for myself, well I loved reading Jules Verne "The journey to the centre of the Earth" from the lot. The fact that I could imagine myself as a part of all that was written and described, amazed me. Do not give it a miss.

The month in a nutshell

Phew..... Finally.

It's just getting busy, busier and busiest.

Dropping my daughter to the school (love her goodbye kiss), getting ready for work, periodic check-ups of my only wife, her caterwaulish ways when she is confronted with food, my groans and moans when she says no to everything and there isnt a single edible thing left in the world that would make her say yes, and plenty for discomforts and sleepless nights... I have just found it very difficult to update my blog and visit the blogs I love to visit.

GG, I miss her humour and her inimitable style of writing.
Dcver, I love the diversity you bring in your blogs.
Piu Piu, thats the artist amongst us and has a unique point of view.
Viking, loved you in the pumpkin mess.

I hope I can visit your blogs soon enough.

What else???? Ummm Federer won the US Open and I am just becoming a bigger fan of his.
Real Madrid is winning in cockroach style.
Australia has lost the Ashes and I am waiting for the super series. This one is going to be exciting.
Indian cricket had a major scandal (whats new with that!!!!).

And I lost in the prelims of a quiz competition. I do not feel bad for losing, but definitely the fact that I had not prepared well will haunt me for a long time. I am going to work hard on this for the next year. Shame on me.