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Take
care of your feet The most important
part of basic foot care is to wear properly fitting shoes. Various
medical reports indicate that many children wear shoes that are
too small. Deformities of toes, bunions, hammertoes, corns, calluses
and ingrown toenails are often the result of badly fitting shoes. Routine foot
care should include daily washing. Be sure to thoroughly dry your
feet, especially between the toes. Try to avoid putting on your
shoes straightaway to permit the foot to dry properly. The 'athlete's
foot' fungus and bacteria love warm, moist areas. While the feet
have large active sweat glands, they have relatively small oil glands,
so dryness can be a problem. Daily application of a cream can relieve
excessive dryness. Once a week
at least, give your feet special attention while bathing. After
the skin has been softened by warm water, gently smooth roughened
areas on the heels and soles with a pumice stone and then apply
cream. Rub in and massage. Foot powders
will prevent chafing and may absorb perspiration. They are similar
to talcum powders and have various ingredients added for antiseptic
and stringent effects. Change socks
daily and don't wear the same pair of shoes two days in a row. Give
your toenails a regular pedicure. Consult a dermatologist about
any foot problems. Win super prizes
from the Neutrogena range by filling in the coupon and mailing it
to reach us on or before February 17 on a postcard to: Neutrogena
Quiz, Adrien
Brody becomes a pianist Adrien Brody's
latest performance, starring in The Pianist, is compelling. With
an undeniable talent and looks that recall a young and hungry Al
Pacino, Brody is surely overdue for the recognition he deserves. A perfect example
of an actor who has been hovering on the brink of stardom for far
too long, Adrien Brody has become all too familiar with the slings
and arrows of outrageous PR. With his appearance in two high-profile
movies, Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line and Spike Lee's Summer
of Sam, Brody has once again found himself on the verge of stardom,
a place he has visited many times before. The Pianist,
directed by Roman Polanski is adapted from the autobiography of
Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew who detailed his survival during
World War II. A composer
and a pianist, he played the last live music heard over Polish radio
airwaves before Nazi artillery hit. During the brutal occupation,
he eluded deportation and remained in the devastated Warsaw ghetto.
There, he struggled to stay alive even when cast away from those
he loved. He would eventually reclaim his artistic gifts and confront
his fears, with aid from the unlikeliest of sources. It was not
an easy role to take on. "I had to learn to play the piano
for the film. I do have a basic knowledge of piano. I've studied
off and on for years, but I'm definitely not a concert pianist,"
says Brody. Polanski demanded
total commitment, "There were no options," Brody recalls. "Within
six weeks, I had to lose a tremendous amount of weight, I had to
grow that beard, I had to work on a dialect and I had to learn to
play the piano, and I had a six month movie in front of me and I
was starving myself and having four hours of piano a day. I was
immersed in it. So, it was a lot. It was a lot, it was more than
I've ever had to do and I had to stay in this space for a really
long time." Losing weight
required a strict diet. "I had two boiled eggs, and then, I
didn't have anything for about five hours and then, I had a small
piece of chicken, grilled, under two hundred grams of chicken and
dinner was four or five hours later, and it would be a small piece
of fish and a few steamed vegetables, and that's all I ate." Brody is the
first to admit that the film had a profound effect on him. He recalls
one particularly poignant scene. "When I meet up with the German
officer at the end and when he brought me bread in that scene, the
first take or something, I cried because I smelled the bread and
I hadn't had any carbohydrates, any, period. Here was this loaf
of real bread, baked bread, Eastern European, thick, hardy bread
and I just thought what this man must feel getting a loaf of bread
and he was probably way more hungry than I could ever imagine and
getting it from a Nazi officer, it made me cry. I couldn't have
gone there without all this other stuff that Roman guided me into. "It was
really profound and that's what I want. You know, that's what I
want to get from my work. That's the beauty of acting, when you
can connect to these things, and hopefully, transmit these emotions
to people and gain something, and that's really how you benefit.
Getting a fun character is great, there's nothing wrong with it,
but it's far less enriching." Brody also
believes that the experience has made him appreciate life far more. "It put
so much into perspective for me and even on a simple level, it just
made me appreciate being able to eat, being able to eat with friends,
having shelter. "These
are things that I have taken for granted and that we all kind of
take for granted, and I think that it's human nature to complain
and it's legitimate because we all want to strive to have better
things and be better people and grow, but you have to remember your
own good fortune, and be aware of other people's misfortune." What happens
now? "I don't know," he says. "Hopefully it'll inspire
some people to send me some good material. I'm waiting. But I do
need something that will provide me some kind of growth in another
way. I'd love to do something with some romantic involvement, you
know, some serious, leading man with a wonderful woman who's a fantastic
actor, and just great contemporary stuff that's real and powerful
and moving. That's where I'm at. "I'm ready
for that kind of material and it can be equally dramatic, but there's
a different kind of suffering, the suffering that a woman can give
me [Laughs]. It's a little different." 100
Words on Weave Bound to a heartless
machine Sleeping in
a crowded shanty Dreams
Entrapped Weave Web
of death Freedom
A thought stole
in Hello
out there
To my loving Naleen,
To my loving friend Poorni,
Our dearest Amanda and Mevanda,
Dear Lahiru,
To the queen of my life Shehani,
Hi Teddy,
Dearest Safra Larif, |
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