ಬಯಸುವೆ...

ಕಡಲು ನೀನಾದರೆ ಅದನು ಸೇರುವ ನದಿ ನಾನಾಗ ಬಯಸುವೆ
ಹೊಂಗಿರಣ ನೀನಾದರೆ ಅದರಲ್ಲಿರೊ ಅಣು ನಾನಾಗ ಬಯಸುವೆ
ಮುಂಜಾವು ನೀನಾದರೆ ಅದು ತರುವ ತಂಪು ನಾನಾಗ ಬಯಸುವೆ
ದುಂಬಿ ನೀನಾದರೆ ಅದು ಮುತ್ತಿಡುವ ಹೂ ನಾನಾಗ ಬಯಸುವೆ
ನಿನ್ನ ಏಳಿಗೆಯಲಿ ನಾ ನಿನ್ನ ಹಿಂದಿರಲು ಬಯಸುವೆ
ನಿನ್ನ ಕಷ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾ ನಿನ್ನ ಮುಂದಿರಲು ಬಯಸುವೆ
ಹೃದಯ ನೀನಾದರೆ ಅದರ ಬಡಿತ ನಾನಾಗ ಬಯಸುವೆ
ಜೀವನ ನೀನಾದರೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಜೀವ ನಾನಾಗ ಬಯಸುವೆ
ಕ್ಷಣಕ್ಷಣವು ನಾ ನಿನ್ನವಳಾಗ ಬಯಸುವೆ...

My Strength - My Love

I seek the answer of you

Your Being and inner soul

I know none of your plan

As time before me unfolds

The answer lies in what you show me

The path of light or journey to dark

I believe in you to set me free

I believe that you teach me right

I believe in you as you are Almighty to me

I always want to sing and praise you

Of all the plans we made to come true

My future life is in the breath to which you are the air

My sight of future is in the eyes to which you are the light

The facts of my life to be set by you

In promise of you and your love

I now walk in circled dimensions knowing you are the centre

Strength Comes to me from you , Life is lively because of you 

You are my inner strength , You are my inner voice

Without you is void , Without you is a lifeless me

If I Die Young

If I die young .. talk to me all that lovely words !!

If I Die Young .. Wear that ring you got for me!!

If I Die Young .. Dress yourself the best and choose a best one !! :'(

If I Die Young .. You Stay young for all the love we shared !!

If I Die Young .. My Love You Live Old !!

The "WHY"'s !!

Why is it that we still complain about little things ?

Why is it that we tend forget most of the important things ?

Why is it that we never forget to celebrate a FRIEND's Birthday?

Why is that we don't celebrate our own COUNTRIES birthday ?

Why is it that we tend to keep checking our Facebook Status updates ?

Why is it that we sign most of the online Petitions and do nothing about it ?

Why is it that a girl always has to listen to her parents ?

Why is it that a boy always has to listen to his girlfriend / s ? (:P)

Why is it that the boyfriend has to be bossed by his girlfriend ?

Why is it that the girl has to change her last name after marriage ?

Why is it that we fight for silly issues ?

why is that we ignore the most serious issue and later curse ?

Why is it that we give TIPS to the waiter though knowing he is paid ?

Why is that we hesitate to give a COIN to a beggar even after knowing ALMS are his source of income ?

Why is it that we are UNDERESTIMATED for  things we are bad at ?

Why is it that we are not PRAISED for things we are good at ?

Ending the "WHY"'s as below...


When will the above WHY's be answered !!!

My Wait !!

Each day I meet someone new

but never find an another you

It's in my fate to meet you

I'm destined to be with you

I will meet you knowing nothing

Then on you will be my everything !!!

Em sure you will look special at the very first sight

And will remain special until my last sight

Waiting for you to be my every breath

To reside in my heart's deepest depth

Waiting not to just feel the spark

But to experience the firework

Waiting not to see myself in your eyes

but to find my existence in your heart

Waiting for the day to hug you

To feel that heart beat thru your chest

To know that each and every beat is mine

Waiting for the day to lay with you

With your arms wrapped around me

To feel safe , loved , complete !

Let’s CUT , POISON and BURN the WAIT

Why wait till the last river is full of poison

Why wait till the last fish is cut

Why wait till the last plastic is burnt

Why wait till the last tree is cut

It’s high time to continue the wait !!!

Let’s CUT , POISON and BURN the WAIT …

Realize "Money" cannot be eaten!!

Go Green and Make India Clean !!!

A Birthday Gift !!!

She's there to care for me
She's there to cry for me
She' there to make me cry
at the same time...
She's there to make me smile
She understands me much better

She knows the way i feel

She is the one who knows my every need...

There are times when she is my enemy

but most of times she is my every thing.

but i know she is 

She was there right from the start
&
Will be there till the end...

Without her i am incomplete...

Above words I dedicate to my naughtiest , beautiful , irritating , and most lovable sister on earth .."Ashu"

Kannadigas : Too Late Too Realize

Ha Ha !! There i go .. i finally find some time to write some words to update in my blog...

Had been busy with so many things happening around me which were not so important according to me....

One interesting thing happened when i was on my way to office...

Scene 1:

My seat - mate :P ( as i travel through office bus i gotta share my seat willingly or unwillingly)

& My Self ( its said we should always count the donkey last :P)

Well i know this girl who shares the seat with me for almost two weeks.. we exactly travel some 25 mins together and i am always busy listening to morning raagas :).. it so happened that i was talking to my mom in Kannada and this girl ( well i still dunno my seat-mates name :P) asked me if i were a Kannadiga .. I said .. yeah i am a Kannadiga.. then she told that my kannada was different from what she is been hearing.... ( many of the times i get to hear this as i speak typical North Karnataka Kannada ).. i just smiled and said "yeah !! I know".. Now come'on i cant explain her or give details about my native or where i belong to ... and ha.. i forgot to mention this girl was a Malayalee... I did not ask her this bus i could make out from the typical curly hair and the hair style on it :)..

this is wat i heard '' Can you teach me Ganaada alphabets" .. i was like whaat !!!! and turned towards her.. there she was with a book and pen and asking me to teach her Kannada..

Well no doubt in what i did .. i wrote the first two alphabets of Kannada and asked her to practice and show me tomorrow :)

Scene 2:

Lunch Time at office
Overheard two girls walking beside me talking  like this..

Girl A to Girl B " You know what da .. Hindi people talk in Hindi .. Telugu people in Telugu , Tamilians in Tamil.. and i dunno why Kannadigas have to talk in English"

I was taken aback with these words..

I just stopped the girl and asked in Kannada " Hello Tamdu Yava Uru" she was like Excuse me .. I said " Nimdu Yava Uru" She said I am from Bangalore..

My next Question .. Taavu Kannadigara?? she said Howdu ..

I told her ... Girl B heltha iddiddana taavu tammanne yaake kelkobardu .. ( why dont you question yourself on what you were telling to Girl B)

She was like " I am sorry" i did not relaise

I told her .. Yeah i agree this is what We "Kannadigas" are missing .. Realization of your identity...

Many questions arose in my mind but answers to these questions was my TL's call asking the status ...

Rangoli Designs by me :)

Rangoli in front of my home on one of  the Deepavali Night

Before lighting the candles

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On a Saturday ...

Well i remember reading in one of the newspaper that BMTC Buses are the mode of Transportation to Hell / Heaven and the Driver & Conductors are the "Yamdootas".

It was one of my happiest saturday as there was no MS classes that day. I was still in my cozy bed that i got a call from office saying there was an emergency activity to be taken care and i had to come to office in next hour. With no one to blame i cursed myself for choosing this IT lifestyle and got ready to go to office. Weekdays i take the office shuttles and since it was a weekend i checked with the Transport if there was any bus to office and i got a reply saying its after two hours. Rather than taking a cab and enjoying the fly-over drive I thought let me board the BMTC bus and enjoy the "FLY-UNDER" drive. I was lucky enough to get a 356C bus (not a volvo) and i boarded this bus and sat in the seat next to the second door. I and  the conductor exchanged smiles while collecting the tickets. I called my Mom and said i was on the way to office. Hearing my North Karnataka Kannada the conductor was happy and he started to talk to me. He knew i was a Wipro Employee and was telling my office was beautiful to look and he wanted to come and see it from inside once. I asked him on why was he so keen , he said he was a proud father of a girl child and he wanted her  to be an Software Engineer.

I just wanted to say him that you can ask your daughter to be anything other than SE , but seieng his interst and entho i was quite a good listener that moment. The bus gradually started getting crowded and by the time the bus reached "KOODLU Gate"  , there were some guys standing near the Door. The conductor kept on requesting them to get inside and not stand near the doors. By the time bus reached HOSA ROAD it was fully crowded and the driver had kept the back door open when it neared the stop. Once the bus left from  the stop , the driver closed the door and one of the guys head was almost between the door. I was in a shock to see this and immediately  the conductor asked the driver to open the door. Other passengers started shouting at the conductor for he not alerting the people that the door was being closed. Some guys started shouting at him with Slangs but none of them was concerned with the boy whose head was hurt. The conductor without listening to any of their words was talking to the guy who was hurt if he was ok or should he be taken to hospital. The guy said he was ok and need not worry. However the conductor was not convinced and he gave him 100 Rs and asked him to go to hospital. The guy denied the amount and got down at "PES" college.But the rest of the crowd still kept shouting at the conductor. The conductor lost his temper and in pure north karnataka style he said " *** Makla .. hudugan tali odadaithi antha nododu bitt adenro nan baiyatheeri.. tageeli enu kalagindu . ella devva ilisbidtheeni" means " Son of *!@#(*@#( .. instead of checking if the boy is hurt why u shouting at me .. if i allow my footwear to talk then all the ghosts that have obsessed you shall run away now". It was obvious for him to sAY THIS becuase inspite of he requesting the boy to leave from that door .. he was still standing there.

According to me the conductor was no way to blame in this. The bus was almost near my office and the conductor came next to me and said Rather than facing such situations i sometimes feel to run away from here and be at my place. You peoples life is a golden life. You have nice AC offices , salaries ... etc. I was still not responding to him and he said i wish i would have joined IT. While getting down the bus i said.. you only told about your thoughts but sometimes i feel to run away from this IT Life and lead a simple life like you and i dunno why but i had tears in my eyes when i said this. may be the tears were because i was working on a saturday or was it something else.

It just left with me one question .. what else can make me feel satisfied if i am not satisfied with what i have now.
I thought i was almost on the stage of getting settled.I want to thank that conductor who made me realize that i was not happy with what i had and even if i opt to lead a simple life i would not be happy ....

Love !!!

Oh Love of mine..

With a song and a whine..

You’re harsh and divine..

Like truths and a lie..

But the tale end is not here..

I’ve nothing to fear..

For my love is hell of giving and hold on…

In the bright emptiness..

In a room full of it..

I feel the sunrise..

That nest all hollowness..

For i have the way to go.. not come…

And i feel so lonely ..

There’s a better place from this emptiness..

And that's right in your arms...

Happy~man

Hmmm....

H stands for happiness and I have a friend whose name means the same. Considering myself lucky for having a friend like him , a thought ran across my mind.. I should write something about this friend of mine as he is so different from the other friends I have.!!

To start with , I shall thank the person who termed the word "Friendship". Let me now call this friend of mine as "happyman" who looks like or portrays himself to be happy. Most of the times i see him he always carries a smile on his face. Sometimes he resembles the yellow color smiley ball. Kinda Stressbuster!!!

I somehow feel everytime i have met this happyman , he has made me SMILE :)
Till today i haven't seen him getting angry even though he is irritated in the stupidest way. May be he is got the patience level on higher side or may be he is kinda "used to" for the irritating friends he is supposed to be with.
What i have learnt from happy~man's company is ...
Carry a smile on your face which is can be relaxing to a person who see's it
Keeping the Patience Level on the higher side
Rather than Thinking you gotta THINK FAST

Dedicated to my Frienzzz...

ಪ್ರೀತಿಯ ಸ್ನೇಹಕೆ ನಿನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಜದರ್ಥ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿತು

ನಿನ್ನ ಸ್ನೇಹಪರ ನಡತೆಗೆ ನನ್ನ ಮನ ಸೋತಿತು

ನಿನ್ನ ನಗು ಮೊಗವ ನೋಡೆ ನನ್ನ ಮನ ಕುಣಿಯಿತು

ನಿನ್ನ ಸಂತಸದಲೆಂದೊ ನನ್ನ ಜೀವ ನಲಿಯಿತು

Right ??? Wrong ???

I attended a wedding last week ..It was a North n South Wedding... A lovely couple.. Lovely Families..Enjoyed the wedding to the fullest...

ME being the elder ...now there is a pressure on me to get married ... I am not getting the Guy in my community ...not gettin in the sense ...nt getting the guy of my requirements ...My parents r in tension ... A thought came to me ..what if i find a guy who meets up all my requirements in a different community and different state..will my parents agree to it ... I hear many parents sayin to their kids ...We r doing this for ur happiness ..does this state that they are the one to choose to our happiness...Being an individual dont we have the right to choose... when the discussion is on marriage why is it that things are imposed...I think i will be able to understand the situation when i become a parent ....

My above words dont say that i support intercaste/interstate marriage .. I do feel some differences but i think they are minor compared to one's happiness. Well i had this thoughts running in my mind since last night and this wud be the right place to express it...

New Title Vicharaveene

I am changing my blog title and url to Vicharaveene and http://vicharaveene.blogspot.com/ 4 sme genuine reason.

Keep watching this page new write ups .

Thanks

Veena...

ಮನದಾಳದಿಂದಾ

ಹೇಳ ಹೊರಟಿಹೆನು ನಾ
ನನ್ನ ಮನದ ಇಂಗಿತವಾ
ಆಲಿಸೆಯಾ ನೀ
ನನ್ನ ಮನದ ಸಂಭ್ರಮವಾ
ಕುಣಿಯುತಿಹುದು ಮನವು ಆವಾಗಿನಿಂದ
ನೀ ಸಂಗಾತಿ ಆದಾಗಿನಿಂದ
ಸುಳ್ಳಲ್ಲ ಮಾತುಗಳಿವು
ಭಾವನೆಗಳಿವು ...
ನನ್ನ ಮನದಾಳದಿಂದಾ

ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕತೆ vs ಪಾಶ್ಚ್ಯಾತೀಕರಣ

ಕನ್ನಡದಾಗ ಬರೆಯೋ ಮೊದಲನೇ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ ...
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಕನ್ನಡ ಅಷ್ಟು ಬರದೆ ಇದ್ದರು ಬರೆಯೋ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಾ ಮಾಡ್ತಾ ಇದ್ದೀನಿ...
ತು೦ಬಾ ದಿನದಿ೦ದಾ ಒಂದು ವಿಚಾರ ನನ್ನಾ ಕಾಡುತಿತ್ತು...ಎಷ್ಟು ಕಾಟ ಅಂದ್ರೆ...ಈ blog ಬರೆಯೊವಷ್ಟು...

ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕತೆ vs ಪಾಶ್ಚ್ಯಾತೀಕರಣ

ಆ... ದಿನಗಳ ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ :
ತಾಯಿ ಮಗಳಿಗೆ ಹೇಳೋದು " ಸಂಜೆ ಆಯ್ತೆ.... ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ ಬರೋ ಹೊತ್ತು... ಬಾಗಿಲಿಗೆ ನೀರು ಹಾಕು...ದೇವಸ್ಠಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗೊಣಾ"

ಈ..ದಿನಗಳ ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ:
ಮಗಳು officeinda
"moms ..ಇವತ್ತು ರೀನಾ bday..ಬರೋದು ಸ್ವಲ್ಪಾ late ಆಗುತ್ತೆ..ಅವಳ ಮನೆಲೆ ಇರ್ತಿನಿ"
ಆದ್ರೆ ಹೋಗೊದು ಮಾತ್ರ pub,disco
ತಾಯಿ ತಿರುಗಿ ಮಾತನಾಡುವಷ್ಟ್ರಲ್ಲಿ phone cut.


ನಾನು ಹೇಳಬಯಸೊದು ಇಷ್ಟೆ...

Wetsernisation / Socialization...ಅಂತಾ ಹೇಳಿ ನಾವೆಲ್ಲಾ ಸರಿಯಾದ ದಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಯಾಣ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಿವಾ...???
ನಮ್ಮ ಸಂಸ್ಕ್ರತಿ,ನಮ್ಮ ಆಚಾರ , ನಮ್ಮ ವಿಚಾರಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಯಾಕೆ ಈ ಆಧುನಿಕತೆಯ ಪ್ರಭಾವ...???



PS: These are solely my thoughts and not intended to hurt anyone.

"ವಿಸ್ಮಯ"

ವಿಸ್ಮಯದ ವೇದಿಕೆ

"ಕನ್ನಡ ಜ್ಯೋತಿ" ಬೆಳಗುತಿರುವ ರವಿ ಬೆಳೆಗೆರೆ                             

"ಜಯ ಭಾರತ ಜನನಿಯ ತನುಜಾತೆ"--ನಾಡ ಹಾಡು ಹಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ಕಲಾವಿದರು

ರವಿಯವರಿಂದ "ರಾಜಕೀಯ,ಹಾಸ್ಯ,ಕನ್ನಡ"ದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಕೆಲವು ಮಾತು

"ಮುಂಜಾನೆಮಂಜಲ್ಲಿ,ಮುಸ್ಸಂಜೆ ಮಾತಲ್ಲಿ"

ಸುದೀಪ ಮತ್ಥು ರಘು

"ನಿನ್ನಾ ಪೂಜೆಗೆ ಬಂದೆ"
"ಸೋರುತಿಹುದು ಮನೆಯ ಮಾಳಿಗಿ"
"Just Maath Maathalli"
ರಘು ದೀಕ್ಶೀತ್

ಅಪರ್ಣಾ ನಿರೂಪಣೆ

"ಹಾಸ್ಯ ಕಾರಂಜಿ"--ಮೈಸೂರ ಅನಂತ

"ಕನ್ನಡ ಪ್ರಿಯರು"

"More to come"

ರೊಟ್ಟಿ ತಟ್ಟುವ ಸಂಭ್ರಮ

ರೊಟ್ಟಿ ತಟ್ಟುವ ಸಂಭ್ರಮ
ಅಕ್ಷರ ಕಾವ್ಯ : ಡಾ. ಕೆ. ಎನ್. ದೊಡ್ಡಮನಿ , ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ .
ಒಂದು ಕಾಲು ಇತ್ತು:
ಕಾರಜ್ವಾಳ - ಬಿಳಿಜ್ವಾಳ ಭಯಂಕರ ಸುಗ್ಗಿ
ಬೆಳ್ಳಿಚುಕ್ಕಿ ಮೂಡಿ ಬೆಳಕ ಹರಿಯೊದ್ರೊಳಗ
ಕಲ್ಲಿನ ನಾದನ್ಯಾಗ ಹಾಡಿನ ಸೊಲ್ಲ ಬೆರಸಿ
ಸಿಗಾರೇರಿ ಬೀಸಿದ ಹಿಟ್ಟನಾದಿ, ರುಬ್ಬಿ
ರೊಟ್ಟಿ ಮಾಡ್ತಿದ್ದರು ನಮ್ಮವ್ವ ,
ಚಿಗವ್ವ ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಒಲಿಮ್ಯಾಲ.
ಹಸಿಬಿಸಿ ಶೆಗಣಿ ಕುಳ್ಳ
ಹಾದಿಬೀದಿ ಮ್ಯಾಲಿನ ಕಳ್ಳಿಕಟ್ಟಿಗಿ
ಕರಿ ನೆಲದಾಗ ಕಿತ್ತಿಬಿದ್ದ ಖ್ವಾಡವಿ ಆರಸಿ
ಬಾಜು ಮನ್ಯಾಗಿನ ಬೆಂಕಿಲೆ ಒಲಿ ಹೊತ್ತಿಸಿ
ಬಡದ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ ಮಾಡ್ತಿದ್ದರು,
ಇಡೀ ಓಣಿಗೇ ಕೇಳುಹಾಂಗ .
ಅಡುಗಿ ಮನ್ಯಾಗ
ಮೈಮುರ್ ‍ಕೊಂಡ ಬಿದ್ದ ಕತ್ಲ್ಯಾಗ
ಉಸರಗಟ್ಟಿ ಸಾಯೋ ಹೊಗಿಯೊಳಗs
ಒಲ್ಯಾಗ ಮಾರಿಹಾಕಿ
ಊದಿ ಉರಿ ಮಾಡಿ
ರೊಟ್ಟಿ ಬೇಸತ್ತಿದ್ದಳು ನಮ್ಮವ್ವ
ತವ್ಯಾಗ ಉಬ್ಬಿದ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ ನೋಡಿ ನಾವೂ s
ಕುಣದ ಕುಪ್ಪಳಿಸಿ
ಹಸದ ಹಲ್ಲಕಿಸದ
ಅವ್ವಕೊಟ್ಟ ಅದs ಬಿಸಿರೊಟ್ಟಿ
ಕೈಸುಟ್ಕೊಂತ ಅಂಗಳದಾಗ
ಹಾಸಿದ ಬೆಳದಿಂಗಳನ್ಯಾಗ
ಹಾಡ್ಯಾಡಿ ತಿಂದ
ಅಲ್ಲೇ ನಿದ್ದಿ ಹೋಗತಿದ್ವಿ .
ಮಾರ್ಡನ್ ಹಾಡ ಹಾಡ್ಕೊಂತs
ಈಗ ನನ್ನ ಹೆಂಡ್ತಿನೂs
ರೊಟ್ಟಿ ಮಾಡ್ತಾಳ
ಕಿಚನ ರೂಮನ್ಯಾಗ ನಿಂತ-
ನಡಮಟ ಕಟ್ಟಿದ ಕಟ್ಟಿಮ್ಯಾಲ
ಗ್ಯಾಸ ಸಿಲೆಂಡರ ಒಲಿಹೊತ್ತಿಸಿ
ಹಾಂ ಅನ್ನೊದಕs ರೊಟ್ಟಿರೆಡಿ!
ಆದರ,
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Do away with redundancy

Do away with redundancy

The dictionary defines redundancy as “Needlessly wordy or repetitive in expression”. Take a look at some words and phrases that are redundant in nature.

• Free gifts     

Supermarkets offer free gifts.

In the sentence above free is redundant because a gift has to be free.

• Pair of twins

They were blessed with a pair of twins   

Here a pair of is redundant because twins can only be a pair.

• A variety of different vegetables

The shop dispalyed a variety of different vegetables.

Variety already denotes they are different, so different is redundant.

• Past history    

The doctor looked at the past history of the patient’s illness.

Here, past is redundant because history can be only of the past.

• Tuna fish     

Your  tuna fish cutlets are awesome.

Tuna is a species of fish, so the compliment can be rephrased as ‘ your tuna cutlets are awesome.’

• Red color     

The walls are painted red in color.

Since red is a color, the correct usage would be- ‘the walls are painted red.’

• Unexpected surprise  

He planned an unexpected surprise over the weekend.

Unexpected is the redundant word in the sentence above since a surprise is unexpected.

• Revert back    

Do revert back on the project proposal.

A very common mistake that most of us make is to ask someone to revert back. Back is the redundant word here since revert means ‘to go back to’.

• Round in shape  

My dining table is round in shape.

Since round is a shape, it would be better to say- My dining table is round.’

• Discuss about

Who were they discussing about?

In the sentence above, about becomes a redundant word since discuss means ‘to talk about’.

• Armed gunmen 

Armed gunmen were seen prowling around the city’s outskirts.

Gunmen are armed with guns, so armed becomes a redundant word. 

•  Big giant  

A big gigantic spider was seen in the corner.

In the above sentence, big is redundant since giant means big.

• Foreign imports 

Heavy duties were levied on the foreign imported car.

Foreign becomes the redundant word since anything imported from another country is foreign.

These abbreviations become redundant once expanded:

ATM machine	Automated Teller Machine machine
PIN number	Personal Identification Number number
HIV virus	Human Immunodeficiency Virus virus
GRE exam	Graduate Record Examination examination
VAT tax	Value Added Tax tax