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Hey fellow Medavoers, Here’s some update from me. Post my birthday, life has been busy for me with three courses and an Electronic Data Discovery project with a client in Downtown Los Angeles.
Birthday update: 8th evening, I invited my roommates and couple other friends for dinner at home. I cooked food at home.
Chole Bhature, Vegetable Korma, Roti, Pulav, Dal.
My friends brought icecream cake for me.

Tram to Grocery Store: Free, Groceries at Indian Super Store: 15$, Look on my friend’s face when i told them get an eggless pure vegetarian cake for my birthday: Priceless.
You can see all my other pics at my photo gallery .
I have also been taking Salsa dance classes at USC every Wed in the evening and been playing tennis occasionally.
My latest interest has been in Lateral Thinking Puzzles. This last weekend, i was racking my brains solving some brain teaser puzzles given by my friend. Though very interesting, it makes me go crazy when i know the answer is not difficult but i am not able to solve the puzzle
Here are a few puzzles for all of you and to keep you glued to Medavo and my post.

1. The man in the Elevator
A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every day he takes the elevator to go down to the ground floor to go to work or to go shopping. When he returns he takes the elevator to the seventh floor and walks up the stairs to reach his apartment on the tenth floor. He hates walking so why does he do it? This is probably the best known and most celebrated of all lateral thinking puzzles. It is a true classic. Although there are many possible solutions which fit the initial conditions, only the canonical answer is truly satisfying.

2. The Elder Twin
One day Kerry celebrated her birthday. Two days later her older twin brother, Terry, celebrated his birthday. How come?

3. The Blind Beggar
A blind beggar had a brother who died. What relation was the blind beggar to the brother who died? (Brother is not the answer).

4. The Coal, Carrot and Scarf
Five pieces of coal, a carrot and a scarf are lying on the lawn. Nobody put them on the lawn but there is a perfectly logical reason why they should be there. What is it?

5. The Man in the Bar
A man walks into a bar and asks the barman for a glass of water. The barman pulls out a gun and points it at the man. The man says ‘Thank you’ and walks out.