Blossom of life

EVER THOUGHT......

2008-03-22T23:51:00.000+05:30

If it's Zero degrees outside today and it's supposed to be Twice as cold tomorrow, how cold is it going to be?

Why do ballet dancers always dance on their toes? Wouldn't it be easier to just hire taller dancers?

Why do scientists call it "re"search when looking for something new?

Why is it called a building when it is already built?

If pro is the opposite of con, then is progress the opposite of congress?

How do you know when invisible ink pens run out of ink?

If vegetable oil's made of vegetables, and olive oil's made of olives...what's baby oil made of?

Is it possible to be totally partial?

If a book about failures doesn't sell, is it a success?

What do you do when you see an endangered animal that eats only endangered plants?

Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice"?

Why does your feet smell, and your nose run?

If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?

If work is so terrific, how come they have to pay you to do it?

If you're not supposed to drink and drive, then why do bars have parking lots?

If you got into a taxi and he started driving backwards, would the taxi driver end up owing you money?

Great Stuff from a great ex-HLL manager.

2008-02-05T18:36:00.000+05:30

These are the personal views of Mr. R. Gopalakrishnan, Director - Tata Sons.
Great Stuff from a great ex-HLL manager.
A Story on how to manage your career & your expectations by R.Gopalakrishnan

There is a Thai saying that experience is a comb which Nature gives to man after he is bald. As I grow bald, I would like to share my comb with your people, about their career ahead.

1. Seek out grassroots level experience

I studied Physics and Engineering at University. A few months before graduation, I appeared for an HLL interview for Computer Traineeship.When asked whether I would consider Marketing instead of Computers, I responded negatively : an engineer to visit grocery shops to sell Dalda or Lifebuoy? Gosh, no way. After I joined the Company and a couple of comfortable weeks in the swanky Head Office, I was given a train ticket to go to Nasik.Would I please meet Mr. Kelkar to whom I would be attached for the next two months? He would teach me to work as a salesman in his territory, which
included staying in Kopargaon and Pimpalgaon among other small towns. I was most upset. In a town called Ozhar, I was moving around from shop to shop with a bullock cart full of products and a salesman's folder in my hand. Imagine my embarrassment when an IIT friend appeared in front of me in Ozhar, believe it or not he exclaimed, "Gopal, I thought you joined as a Management Trainee in Computers". I could have died a thousand deaths. After this leveling experience, I was less embarrassed to work as a Despatch Clerk in the Company Depot and an Invoice Clerk in the Accounts Department. Several years later, I realised the value of such grassroots level experience. It is fantastic.

I would advise young people to seek out nail-dirtying, collar-soiling, shoe-wearing tasks. That is how you learn about organizations, about the true nature of work, and the dignity of the many, many tasks that go into building great enterprises.

2. Deserve before you desire

At one stage, I was appointed as the Brand Manager for Lifebuoy and Pears soap, the company's most popular-priced and most premium soaps. And what was a Brand Manager? "A mini-businessman, responsible for the production, sales and profits of the brand, accountable for its long-term growth, etc.,etc." I had read those statements, I believed them and here I
was, at 27, "in charge of everything". But very soon, I found I could not move a pin without checking with my seniors. One evening, after turning the Facit machine handle through various calculations, I sat in front of the Marketing Director. I expressed my frustration and gently asked whether I could not be given total charge. He smiled benignly and said, "The perception and reality are both right. You will get total charge when you know more about the brand than anyone else in this company about its formulation, the raw materials, the production costs, the consumer's perception, the distribution and so on. How long do you think that it will take?" "Maybe, ten years", I replied, "and I don't expect to be the Lifebuoy and Pears Brand Manager for so long"! And then suddenly, the lesson was clear. I was desiring total control, long before I deserved it.

This happens to us all the time - in terms of responsibilities, in terms of postings and promotions, it happens all the time that there is a gap between our perception of what we deserve and the reality of what we get. It helps to deserve before we desire.

3. Play to win but win with fairness

Life is competitive and of course, you play to win. But think about the balance. Will you do anything, to win? Perhaps not. Think deeply about how and where you draw the line. Each person draws it differently, and in doing so, it helps to think about values. Winning without values provides dubious fulfillment. The leaders who have contributed the most are the ones with a set of universal values. Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King for example. Napoleon inspired a ragged, mutinous and half-starved army to fight and seize power. This brought him name and fame for twenty years. But all the while, he was driven forward by a selfish and evil ambition, and not in pursuit of a great ideal. He finally fell because of his selfish ambition. I am fond of referring to the Pierre de Coubertin Fair Play Trophy. It was instituted in 1964 by the founder of the modern Olympic Games and here are two examples of winners.A Hungarian tennis player who pleaded with the umpire to give his opponent some more time to recover from a cramp. A British kayak team who were trailing the Danish kayak team. They then stopped to help the Danish team whose boat was stuck. The Danes went on to beat the British by one second in a three hour event!

What wonderful examples of sportsmanship! Play to Win, but with Fairness.

4. Enjoy whatever you do

Sir Thomas Lipton is credited with the statement, "There is no greater fun than hard work". You usually excel in fields, which you truly enjoy. Ask any person what it is that interferes with his enjoyment of existence. He will say, "The struggle for life". What he probably means is the struggle for success. Unless a person has learnt what to do with success after getting it, the very achievement of it must lead him to unhappiness. Aristotle wrote, "Humans seek happiness as an end in itself, not as a
means to something else". But if you think about it, we should not work for happiness. We should work as happy people. In organisational life, people get busy doing something to be happy. The more you try to be happy, the more unhappy you can get. Your work and career is all about your reaching your full potential. Working at one's full potential, whether it is the office boy or the Chairman, leads to enjoyment and fulfillment.

A last point about enjoyment. Keep a sense of humour about yourself. Too many people are in danger of taking themselves far too seriously. As General Joe Stilwell is reported to have said, "Keep smiling. The higher the monkey climbs, the more you can see of his backside".

5. Be Passionate about your health

Of course, as you get older, you would have a slight paunch, greying of hair or loss of it and so on. But it is in the first 5 - 7 years after the working career begins that the greatest neglect of youthful health occurs. Sportsmen stop playing sports, non drinkers drink alcohol, light smokers smoke more, active people sit on chairs, starving inmates of hostels eatrich food in good hotels and so on. These are the years to watch. Do not, I repeat do not, convince yourself that you are too busy, or that you do not have access to facilities, or worst of all, that you do this to relieve the stresses of a professional career.

A professional career is indeed very stressful. There is only one person who can help you to cope with the tension, avoid the doctor's scalpel, and to feel good each morning - and that is yourself. God has given us as good a health as He has, a bit like a credit balance in the bank. Grow it, maintain it, but do not allow its value destruction. The penalty is very high in later years.

6. Direction is more important than distance

Every golfer tries to drive the ball to a very long distance. In the process, all sorts of mistakes occur because the game involves the masterly co-ordination of several movements simultaneously. The golf coach always advises that direction is more important than distance. So it is with life. Despite one's best attempts, there will be ups and downs. It is relationships and friendships that enable a person to navigate the choppy waters that the ship of life will encounter. When I was young, there was a memorable film by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart and Dona Reed, named IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. It is about a man who is about to commit suicide because he thinks he is a failure. An angel is sent to rescue him. The bottomline of the film is that "No Man is a Failure Who Has Friends".

Conclusion:

My generation will never be twenty again, but when you are older, you can and should be different from my generation. Ours is a great and wonderful country, and realising her true potential in the global arena depends ever so much on the quality and persistence of our young people. Good luck in your journey, my young friends, and God be with you and our beloved Nation.

FAMOUS U.S. PRESIDENTS

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ANSWERS AT THE BOTTOM

1. Which president smoked marijuana with a nude playgirl while he joked
about being too wasted to "push the button" in case of nuclear attack??

2. Which president allegedly had affairs with both a winner AND a
finalist in the Miss America pageant??

3. Which president had sex with one of his secretaries stretched out
atop a desk in the oval office??

4. Which president allegedly had an affair (as well as children) with a
slave who was his wife's half sister??

5. Which president called his mistress "Pookie"??

6. Which president married a woman who hadn't yet divorced her first
husband, and was branded an "adulterer" during his re-election
campaign??

7. Which future president wrote love letters to his neighbor's wife
while he was engaged to someone else??

8. Which president had a torrid affair with the
First Lady's personal secretary??

9. Which president had sex with a young woman in a White House coat
closet, while, at one point a secret service agent prevented the
hysterical First Lady from attacking them??

10. Which president had sex in a closet while telling his partner about
the other president who did the same in a closet??

11. Which Vice-President was ticked off because he felt that HIS record
of sexual conquests was much more "impressive" (i.e.
numerous) than the President's??

12. Which future president, while a college student, enjoyed showing
off his penis, which he named Jumbo??

Answers:
1. John F. Kennedy
2 Bill Clinton
3. Lyndon B. Johnson
4. Thomas Jefferson
5. Bill Clinton
6. Andrew Jackson
7. George Washington, Lyndon B. Johnson
8. Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy
9. Warren G. Harding
10. John F. Kennedy
11. Lyndon B. Johnson
12. Lyndon B. Johnson

AMAZING FACTS.................

2007-11-06T18:37:00.000+05:30

AMAZING...DON'T MISS THE LAST ONE

*Coca-Cola was originally green.

*The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

*The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start
with.

*The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

*TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on
one row ! of the keyboard.

*Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!

*You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

*It is impossible to lick your elbow.

*People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart
stops for a millisecond.

*It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

*The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the

toughest tongue twister in the English language.

*If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a
sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

*Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.

Spades - King David

Clubs - Alexander the Great,

Hearts - Charlemagne

Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

*If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the
air, the person died in battle.

*If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of
wounds received in battle

*If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural
causes.

*What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser
printers all have in common?

Ans. - All invented by women.

*A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

*A snail can sleep for three years.

*All polar bears are left handed.

*American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each
salad served in first-class.

*Butterflies taste with their feet.

*Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

*In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

*On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

*Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.

*Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

*The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

*The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

*The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to
squirt blood 30 feet.

*Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over
million descendants.

*Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your
ear
by 700 times.

*The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

*Most lipstick contains fish scales.

*Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different

******And finally 99% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!~!!!

2007-11-01T21:20:00.000+05:30

Life

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down
probably will.

You will have your heart broken probably more than once, and it's harder every time.

You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken.
You'll fight with your best friend.

You'll blame a new love for things an old one did.

You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love.

So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt,
because every sixty seconds you spend upset
is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

Don't be afraid that your life will end,
be afraid that it will never begin.

~ Anonymous Author

BRAINWASHING

2007-10-26T18:53:00.000+05:30

( Use of English language.....How ,Where & When to use.......)

Subject: Brainwashing

What do you call someone who explodes a bomb and kills innocent people? - A terrorist.
What do you call someone who drops a bomb from a plane and kills innocent people? -A brave American pilot.

What do you call it when a Palestinian uses violence against the Jews who have illegally occupied his land?- A terrorist attack.
What do you call it when an Israeli helicopter fires rockets at Palestinian youths armed with stones?- Self-defence.

What do you call it when someone gives money to a government official in return for favours? - Bribery.
What do you call it when a large corporation gives money to a government official in return for favours?- A campaign contribution.

What do you call the form of government where a small elite exploits and intimidates the citizens? - A dictatorship.
What do you call the form of government where a small elite exploits and intimidates the citizens, and the citizens can choose every few years which part of the elite should occupy the government buildings? - A democracy.

What do you call it when a group of people take the law into their own hands and kill people without a fair trial? - A lynching.
What do you call it when the US takes the law into its own hands and kills people without a fair trial? - Operation Enduring Freedom.

What do you call someone who steals from the rich and gives to the poor? - Robin Hood.
What do you call someone who steals from the poor and gives to the rich? - The US government.

What do you call a weapon that can kill thousands of people? -
A weapon of mass destruction.
What do you call a weapon that has killed 1.5 million Iraqis, including more than 500,000 children? - Sanctions.

What do you call an army that will fight for whoever pays the most money? - Mercenaries.
What do you call an army in Afghanistan that will fight for whoever pays the most money? - The Northern Alliance (or United Front).

What do you call an attack on the Pentagon, a command and control centre in the US? - A cowardly attack on American freedom and democracy.
What do you call the destruction of an Afghan village by US bombs? - An attack on a Taliban command and control centre.

What do you call it when just over 3 thousand people were killed in the September 11 attack on the US? - An atrocity.
What do you call it when nearly 5 million people were killed in the Vietnam war? - A mistake.

What do you call it when very rich people exploit poor people? - Greed and selfishness.
What do you call it when very rich countries exploit poor countries? - Globalisation.

What do you call a foreign oppressor in the last century that controlled the economical and social life of a country? -
A colonialist power.
What do you call a foreign oppressor in this century that controls the economical and social life of a country? -
The International Monetary Fund.

What do you call it when people are slaughtered? - A massacre. What do you call it when 100.000 to 200.000 Iraqi's are slaughtered by the US at a loss to American forces of 148 (46 of which were killed by friendly fire)? - The Gulf War.

What do you call the extermination of a people? - Genocide.
What do you call the extermination of Native Americans in the US? - A glorious episode in American history.

What do you call a US president who says, "Read my lips - no new taxes", and later breaks his promise? - George Bush.
What do you call a US president who says, "No new taxes- over my dead body", and later...? - George W. Bush.

What do you call someone who stands up in front of a crowd and tells stories? - An entertainer.
What do you call someone who stands up in front of a crowd at the Pentagon and tells stories? - Donald Rumsfield.

What do you call a television station that broadcasts only the government's views? - A propaganda station.
What do you call the BBC when the World News consists solely of half an hour of a Pentagon briefing? - Fair and impartial.

What do you call the 2002 presidential election in Zimbabwe where there are serious irregularities? - A flawed election.
What do you call the 2000 presidential election in the US where there are serious irregularities? - A victory for democracy.

What do you call it when American Whites advocate an exclusively White state and the expulsion of all non-Whites? - Racism.
What do you call it when Israeli Jews advocate an exclusively Jewish state and the expulsion of all non-Jews? - Zionism

Tongue Twisters

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A big black bug bit a big black bear. But where is the big black bear that the big black bug bit?

A big bug bit the little beetle but the little beetle bit the big bug back

A box of mixed biscuits, a mixed biscuit box

A flea and a fly flew up in a flue. Said the flea "Let us fly!" Said the fly, "Let us flea!" So they
flew through a flaw in the flue

Aly ate an apple after Adam ate an Ape

An Ape hates grape cakes

Andy ran from the Andes to the Indes in his undies

Any noise annoys an oyster but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more

A skunk sat on a stump. The stump thought the skunk stunk. The skunk thought the
stump stunk. What stunk the skunk or the stump?

Batty bought a bit of butter, but the bit of butter was bitter so Betty bought some better
butter to make the bitter bit of butter better

Try to read the sentence mentioned below as fast as possible.

If I assist a sister-assistant, will the sister's sister-assistant assist me?

If a good cook could cook cuckoos so fine
And a good cook could cook cuckoos all the time,
How many cuckoos could a good cook cook
If a good cook could cook cuckoos?

If you cross a cross across a cross,
Or cross a stick across a stick,
Or cross a stick across a cross,
Or cross a cross across a stick,
Or stick a stick across a stick,
Or stick a cross across a cross,
Or stick a cross across a stick,
Or stick a stick across a cross,
What a waste of time!

When a doctor gets sick and another doctor doctors him, does the doctor doing the doctoring have to doctor the doctor the way the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored, or does the doctor doing the doctoring of the doctor doctor the doctor as he wants to do the doctoring?

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

Pop bottles pop-bottles in pop shops;
The pop-bottles Pop bottles poor Pop drops.
When Pop drops pop-bottles, pop-bottlesplop;
When pop-bottles topple, Pop mops slop.

A right-handed fellow named Wright,
In writing "write" always wrote "rite"
Where he meant to write right.
If he'd written "write" right,
Wright would not have wrought rot writing "rite"

Does this shop stock shot silk shorts?
If she stops at the shop where I stop,
And if she shops at the shop where I shop,
Then I shan't stop to shop at the shop
Where she stops to shop.

Mr. See and Mr. Soar were old friends.
See owned a saw and Soar owned a seesaw.
Now See's saw sawed
Soar's seesaw before Soar saw
See, which made Soar sore.
Had Soar seen See's saw before
See saw Roar's seesaw, then
See's saw would not have sawed Roar's seesaw.
But See saw Roar's seesaw before
Soar saw See's saw so See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw.
It was a shame to let See see Soar so sore because
See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw.

A Challenge for you all.

Read the following Tongue Twisters without getting
stuck!!!

Peter bought a butter, The butter Peter bought was
bitter, So Peter
Bought A better butter, To make the bitter butter
better.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Did
Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers? If Peter
Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the
peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

Betty Botter had some butter,But," she said, "this
butter's bitter.
If I bake this bitter butter,it would make my batter
bitter. But a
bit of better butter-that would make my batter
better." So she bought a bit of butter, better than
her bitter butter, And she baked it in her batter, and
the batter was not bitter. So 'twas better Betty
Botter bought a bit of better butter.

A big black bug bit a big black bear,made the big
black bear bleed
blood.

The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick.

She sells sea shells by the sea shore. The shells she
sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on
the seashore, I'm sure she sells seashore shells.

Shy Shelly says she shall sew sheets.

A flea and a fly flew up in a flue. Said the flea,
"Let us fly!"
Said the fly, "Let us flee!" So they flew through a
flaw in the
flue.

Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?

Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better.

A bitter biting bittern Bit a better brother bittern,
And the bitter
better bittern Bit the bitter biter back. And the
bitter bittern,
bitten, By the better bitten bittern, Said: "I'm a
bitter biter bit,
alack!"

Mr. See owned a saw. And Mr. Soar owned a seesaw.
Now See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw Before Soar saw
See,Which made Soar sore. Had Soar seen See's saw
before See sawed Soar's seesaw, See's saw would not
have sawed Soar's seesaw. So See's saw sawed Soar's
seesaw.But it was sad to see Soar so sore Just because
See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw!

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck
could chuck wood?
He would chuck,he would,as much as he could,and chuck
as much wood as a wood chuck would if a woodchuck
could chuck wood.

Which witch wished which wicked wish?

If I assist a sister-assistant, will the sister's sister-assistant assist me?

If a good cook could cook cuckoos so fine
And a good cook could cook cuckoos all the time,
How many cuckoos could a good cook cook
If a good cook could cook cuckoos?

If you cross a cross across a cross,
Or cross a stick across a stick,
Or cross a stick across a cross,
Or cross a cross across a stick,
Or stick a stick across a stick,
Or stick a cross across a cross,
Or stick a cross across a stick,
Or stick a stick across a cross,
What a waste of time!

When a doctor gets sick and another doctor doctors him, does the doctor doing the doctoring have to doctor the doctor the way the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored, or does the doctor doing the doctoring of the doctor doctor the doctor as he wants to do the doctoring?

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

Pop bottles pop-bottles in pop shops;
The pop-bottles Pop bottles poor Pop drops.
When Pop drops pop-bottles, pop-bottlesplop;
When pop-bottles topple, Pop mops slop.

A right-handed fellow named Wright,
In writing "write" always wrote "rite"
Where he meant to write right.
If he'd written "write" right,
Wright would not have wrought rot writing "rite"

Does this shop stock shot silk shorts?
If she stops at the shop where I stop,
And if she shops at the shop where I shop,
Then I shan't stop to shop at the shop
Where she stops to shop.

1. Understand:
If you understand, say "understand". If you don't understand, say "don't
understand". But if you understand and say "don't understand".How do I
understand that you understand? Understand!

2. Wish:
I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch
wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.
3. Sound:
Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds.

4. See sea
A sailor went to sea to see, what he could see. And all he could see was
sea, sea, sea.

5. People
Purple Paper People, Purple Paper People, Purple Paper People

6. Watch the witch
If two witches were watching two watches, which witch would watch which
watch?

7. Thought
I thought a thought.But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I
thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I
thought, I wouldn't have thought so much.

8. Fellow
Once a fellow met a fellow In a field of beans. Said a fellow to a fellow,
"If a fellow asks a fellow, Can a fellow tell a fellow What a fellow means?"

9. Inside outside
Mr Inside went over to see Mr Outside. Mr Inside stood outside and called to
MrOutside inside. Mr Outside answered Mr Inside from inside and Told Mr
Inside to come inside. Mr Inside said "NO", and told Mr Outside to come outside.
MrOutside and Mr Inside argued from inside and outside about going outside
or coming inside. Finally, Mr Outside coaxed Mr Inside to come inside, then
both Mr Outside and Mr Inside went outside to the riverside.

10. Shells
SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS ON THE SEA SHORE , BUT THE SEA SHELLS THAT SHE SELLS,
ON THE SEA SHORE ARE NOT THE REAL ONES

11. Inn
The owner of the inside inn was inside his inside inn with his inside
outside his inside inn.

12. Doctor
If one doctor doctors another doctor does the doctor who doctors the doctor
doctor the doctor the way the doctor he is doctoring doctors? Or does the
doctor doctor the way the doctor who doctors doctors?
"When a doctor falls ill another doctor doctor's the doctor. Does the doctor
doctoring the doctor doctor the doctor in his own way or does the doctor
doctoring the doctor doctors the doctor in the doctor's way"

13. Sun
We surely shall see the sun shine shortly. Whether the weather be fine, Or
whether the weather be not, Whether the weather be cold Or whether the weather
be hot, We'll weather the weather Whatever the weather, Whether we like it
or not. watch? Whether the weather is hot. Whether the weather is cold.
Whether the weather is either or not. It is whether we like it or not.

14. Nice
Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely.

15. Fly
A flea and a fly in a flue Said the fly "Oh what should we do" Said the
flea" Let us fly Said the fly"Let us flee" So they flew through a flaw in the
flue

16. Tongue twister
If you tell Tom to tell a tongue-twister his tongue will be twisted as
tongue-twister twists tongues.

17. S...
Mr. See owned a saw.And Mr. Soar owned a seesaw. Now See's saw sawed Soar's
seesaw Before Soar saw See, Which made Soar sore.Had Soar seen See's saw
Before See sawed Soar's seesaw, See's saw would not have sawed Soar's seesaw. So
See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw.But it was sad to see Soar so sore Just
because See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw

The Last Leaf.........

2007-10-17T01:27:00.000+05:30

THE LAST LEAF.................

***********************************************************************
I was thinking of old friends today
And how many of them have slipped away.
Moved, got married, or stopped calling so much,
Found new friends, got busy, and just lost touch.
It reminded me of falling leaves.

Every autumn the leaves fall from the trees.
Some stay longer than others, but eventually -
Each leaf must fall, I'm told,
Leaving the tree alone to face the cold.

Why is it that in the time of utmost need
The leaves would seek to leave the tree?
And when we need our friends around
We look and they can not be found?

Of course these friendships come and go
And in the spring new leaves will grow.
But I prefer autumn friends of old
With crackling laughter and colors bold.

It saddens me now I must admit
How somehow, someway, I did forget
Laughing with old friends of mine
During summers when the sun would shine.

And then I thought of you.

That one stubborn leaf that won't let go.
That clings despite the winds that blow.
Fighting ice, and snow, and winter's stings
Hanging on right through till spring.

So I guess that's what you are to me -
The very last leaf to leave the tree.
I know it seems silly, but it's true.
When I see that last leaf...

...I think of you.

WINNNER vs LOSER

2007-10-15T01:09:00.000+05:30

WINNER VS LOSER

#Winners have dreams;
Losers have schemes.
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#Winners see the grains;
Losers see the pain.
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#Winners see the potential;
Losers see the past.
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#Winners make it happen;
Losers let it happen.
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#Winners see possibilities;
Losers see problems.
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#Winners makes commitments;
Losers makes promises.
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#Winners are a part of the team;
Losers are apart from the team.
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#Winner always has a programme;
Loser always has an excuse.
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#Winner says "Let me do it for you";
Loser says "That is not my job".
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#Winners say "I must do something";
Losers say "Something must be done".
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#Winner is always a part of the answer;
Loser is always a part of the problem.
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#Winner sees an answer for every problem;
Loser sees a problem for every answer.
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#Winners believe in win/win;
Loser believe for them to win, someone has to lose.
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#Winner says "It may be difficult but it is possible";
Loser says "It may be possible but it is too difficult".
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#Winner makes a mistake. he says "I was wrong";
Loser makes a mistake, he says "It wasn't my fault".
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THE STRANGE LAWS ...........

2007-10-12T23:58:00.000+05:30

some really strange things that happens in our day to day life............... read and have fun......

First Law for Wives:
If you ask your husband to pick up five items at the store and then you add
one more as an afterthought, he will forget two of the first five.

Paradox of the Corporation:
The less important you are to the corporation,
the more your tardiness or absence is noticed.

The Salary Axiom:
The pay raise is just large enough to increase your taxes and just small
enough to have no effect on your take-home pay.

Law of Insurance:
Your Insurance covers you for everything except for just what hits you.

First Law of Living:
As soon as you start doing what you always wanted to be doing, you'll want to
be doing something else.

Law of Libraries:
There are no answers, only cross-references.

Strange Rule of Staleness:
Any food that starts out hard will soften when stale. Any food that starts
out soft
will harden when stale.

The Grocery Bag Law:
The candy bar you planned to eat on your way home from shopping the market is
hidden at the bottom of the grocery bag.

The Law of Employment:
When leaving work late, you will go unnoticed.
When you leave work early, you will meet
the boss in the parking lot.

TRUE LOVE.......................

2007-10-10T00:32:00.000+05:30

Meanings are completely changed now a days .... have a look...:)

True love.....?

THE ORIGINAL QUOTE

If you love someone,
Set her free...
If she comes back, she's yours,
If she doesn't, she never was....

THE NEW VERSIONS.....

Pessimist:
If you love someone,
Set her free ...
If she ever comes back, she's yours,
If she doesn't, as expected, she never was

Optimist:
If you love someone,
Set her free ...
Don't worry, she will come back.

Suspicious:
If you love someone,
Set her free ...
If she ever comes back, ask her why.

Impatient:
If you love someone,
Set her free ...
If she doesn't come back within some time forget her.

Patient:
If you love someone, Set her free ...
If she doesn't come back,
continue to wait until she comes back ...

Playful
If you love someone,
Set her free ...
If she comes back, and if you love her still,
set her free again, repeat ....

Finance expert : (My Personal Favourite)
If you love someone
set her free
If she comes back, its time to look for fresh loans
If she doesn't, write her off as an asset gone bad.

Programmer:
if(you-love(m_she))
m_she.free()
if(m_she == NULL)
m_she = new CShe;

Animal-Rights Activist:
If you love someone,
Set her free,
In fact, all living creatures deserve to be free!!

Lawyers:
If you love someone,
Set her free,
Clause 1a of Paragraph 13a-1 in the Second
Amendment of the Matrimonial Freedom

Biologist :
If you love someone,
Set her free,
She'll evolve.

Statisticians :
If you love someone,
Set her free,
If she loves you, the probability of her coming
back is high
If she doesn't, your relation was improbable
anyway.

Schwarzenegger's fans:
If you love someone,
Set her free,
SHE'LL BE BACK!

Over possessive person :
If you love someone
don't set her free.

MBA :
If you love someone set her free instantaneously
and look for others simultaneously

Psychologist :
If you love someone
set her free
If she comes back h! er super ego is dominant
If she doesn't come back her id is supreme
If she doesn't go, she must be crazy.

Somnabulist :
If you love someone
set her free
If she comes back it's a nightmare
If she doesn't, you must be dreaming.

ERP functional expert :
If you love someone
set her free
If she comes back, map her into your system
If she doesn't, carry out a gap-fit analysis

Marketing Specialist :
If you love someone
set her free
If she comes back she has brand loyalty
If she doesn't, reposition the brand in new market

WHAT IS LOVE

2007-10-08T01:12:00.000+05:30

WHAT IS LOVE?

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8
year-olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader
and deeper than anyone could have imagined.

See what you think:

"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and
paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the
time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love."
Rebecca - age 8

"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.

You know that your name is safe in their mouth."
Billy - age 4

"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving
cologne and they go out and smell each other."
Karl - age 5

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your
French fries without making them give you any of theirs."
Chrissy - age 6

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."
Terri - age 4

"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a
sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK."
Danny - age 7

"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of
kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My
Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss"
Emily - age 8

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop
opening presents and listen,"
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)

"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a
friend who you hate,"
Nikka - age 6

"There are two kinds of love. Our love. God's love. But God makes
both kinds of them."
Jenny - age 8

"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it
every day."
Noelle - age 7

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are
still friends even after they know each other so well."
Tommy - age 6

"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I
looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving
and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared
anymore,"
Cindy - age 8

"My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else
kissing me to sleep at night."
Clare - age 6

Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."
Elaine-age 5

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says
he is handsomer than Robert Redford."
Chris - age 7

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him
alone all day."
Mary Ann - 4

"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old
clothes and has to go out and buy new ones."
Lauren - age 4

"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little
stars come out of you."
Karen - age 7

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't
think it's gross."
Mark - age 6

"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if
you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget,"
Jessica - age 8

And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once
talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the
contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a four year
old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had
recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went
into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.
When his Mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little
boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry."

New Version of an old Story

2007-10-06T20:21:00.000+05:30

hey ppl...
something REALLY worth reading...

TORTOISE AND HARE

Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare had an argument about who
was faster. They decided to settle the argument with a race. They
agreed on a route and started off the race. The hare shot ahead and
ran briskly for some time. Then seeing that he was far ahead of the
tortoise, he thought he'd sit under a tree for some time and
relax before continuing the race.
He sat under the tree and soon fell asleep. The tortoise plodding
on overtook him and soon finished the race, emerging as the
undisputed champ.

The hare woke up and realized that he'd lost the race. The moral
of the story is that slow and steady wins the race.

This is the version of the story that we've all grown up with.

But then recently, someone told me a more interesting version of this
story. It continues.

The hare was disappointed at losing the race and he did some
soul-searching. He realized that he'd lost the race only because
he
had been overconfident, careless and lax. If he had not taken
things for granted, there's no way the tortoise could have beaten
him. So he
challenged the tortoise to another race. The tortoise agreed. This
time, the hare went all out and ran without stopping from start
to finish. He won by several miles.

The moral of the story? Fast and consistent will always beat the
slow
and steady. If you have two people in your organization, one slow,
methodical and reliable, and the other fast and still reliable at
what
he does, the fast and reliable chap will consistently climb the
organizational ladder faster than the slow, methodical chap.

It's good to be slow and steady; but it's better to be fast and
reliable.

But the story doesn't end here. The tortoise did some thinking
this
time, and realized that there's no way he can beat the hare in a
race
the way it was currently formatted. He thought for a while, and
then
challenged the hare to another race, but on a slightly different
route.

The hare agreed. They started off. In keeping with his self-made
commitment to be consistently fast, the hare took off and ran at
top
speed until he came to a broad river. The finishing line was a
couple
of kilometers on the other side of the river. The hare sat there
wondering what to do. In the meantime the tortoise trundled along,
got
into the river, swam to the opposite bank, continued walking and
finished the race.

The moral of the story?

First identify your core competency and then change the playing
field
to suit your core competency.
In an organization, if you are a good speaker, make sure you
create
opportunities to give presentations that enable the senior
management
to notice you. If your strength is analysis, make sure you do some
sort of research, make a report and send it upstairs. Working to
your
strengths will not only get you noticed, but will also create
opportunities for growth and advancement?

The story still hasn't ended.

The hare and the tortoise, by this time, had become pretty good
friends and they did some thinking together. Both realized that
the last race could have been run better. So they decided to do
the last race again, but to run as a team this time.

They started off, and this time the hare carried the tortoise till
the
riverbank. There, the tortoise took over and swam across with the
hare
on his back. On the opposite bank, the hare again carried the
tortoise
and they reached the finishing line together. They both felt a
greater
sense of satisfaction than they'd felt earlier.

The moral of the story?

It's good to be individually brilliant and to have strong core
competencies; but unless you're able to work in a team and harness
each other's core competencies, you'll always perform below par
because
there will always be situations at which you'll do poorly and
someone else does well.

Teamwork is mainly about situational leadership, letting the
person
with the relevant core competency for a situation take leadership.

There are more lessons to be learnt from this story. Note that
neither the hare nor the tortoise gave up after failures. The hare
decided to work harder and put in more effort after his failure.
The tortoise changed his strategy because he was already working
as hard as he could.

In life, when faced with failure, sometimes it is appropriate to
work harder and put in more effort. Sometimes it is appropriate to
change strategy and try something different. And sometimes it is
appropriate to do both.

The hare and the tortoise also learnt another vital lesson. When
we stop competing against a rival and instead start competing
against the situation, we perform far better.

To sum up, the story of the hare and tortoise teaches us many
things.
Chief among them are that fast and consistent will always beat
slow
and steady; work to your competencies; pooling resources and
working as a team will always beat individual performers; never
give up when faced with failure; and finally, compete against the
situation - not against a rival.

It is all about fatih

2007-10-03T17:42:00.000+05:30

SIMPLE BUT MEANINGFUL

Wisdom Of A 6 Year Old Student.

The teacher was going to explain evolution to the
children and she asked a little boy.

TEACHER: Tommy do you see the tree outside?

TOMMY: Yes.

TEACHER: Tommy, do you see the grass outside?

TOMMY: Yes.

TEACHER: Go outside and look up and see if you can see
the sky.

TOMMY: Okay. (He returned a few minutes later) Yes, I
saw the sky.

TEACHER: Did you see God?

TOMMY: No.

TEACHER: That's my point. We can't see God because he
isn't there. He doesn't exist.

A 6 year old little girl spoke up and wanted to ask
the boy some questions. The teacher agreed and
the little girl asked the boy:

LITTLE GIRL: Tommy, do you see the tree outside?

TOMMY: Yes.

LITTLE GIRL: Tommy do you see the grass outside?

TOMMY: Yessssss (getting tired of the questions by
this time).

LITTLE GIRL: Did you see the sky?

TOMMY: Yessssss

LITTLE GIRL: Tommy, do you see the teacher?

TOMMY: Yes

LITTLE GIRL: Do you see her brain?

TOMMY: No

LITTLE GIRL: Then according to what we were taught
today in school, she must not have one!

MORAL:

"FOR WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT"

If you believe that there is a God then send this as
many people.

HATS OFF TO THE WRITER

2007-09-24T19:54:00.000+05:30

Views on the Indian tech industry:

This is not my own view i got it from somewhere found it intresting so posted, you people also read and enjoy

It's a topic that has been oft debated - that India's tech industry is a lot like the Chinese manufacturing phenomenon - Low cost, reasonable quality, minimal innovation. I was an employee of a huge IT company in India (what the heck, it was TCS) and have, in the two
years in their employ, developed certain opinions and concerns about the direction of
India's IT revolution.

Here's how Indian IT companies operate (Infosys, TCS, wipro and the second string such as mastek, satyam, patni etc). Hire engineers in bulk, never mind that they are not computer scientists or electrical engineers - if they can write a few lines of code in C/C++ and are academically decent, they're hired . After all, they dont need brilliant engineers - just people who will do as they are told and reasonably intelligent enough to get the client's work done, and bullshit their way out of it if they don't. They'll rarely make CAD software for Electrical engineering or mechanical engineering. Instead they will develop "end to end solutions" for banking, finance, inventory management, website development, etc. By develop I mean code, not design - there is a huge difference between the two, something which I will touch upon shortly. One important thing to note is that the HR in most IT companies dont give a damn about individual interests. They will put you wherever they need someone to slog for them. I've had one HR person tell me that they will put me in a project where they get maximum money, regar dless if I am interested or not. And they wonder why so many people leave!!!

What is the nature of the work? At least 70% of the international projects in most indian IT companies is maintenence - i.e someone else has already developed an application. All you need to do is add more features/change behaviour as per client's request . Then there's production support, which is worse. It is almost call-center work - ensure that the application runs normally and if it fails, get it up and running ASAP. Take calls from the client, update on the status. In a sense, like a car mechanic - I didnt get an engineering degree to be a car mechanic - I got it to design the car! Finally, if you are lucky you get development - write code. But then, writing code is easy - it is like manufacturing a car. What is not, is designing a system that works efficiently. Typically, foreign clients get the design done by the likes of Accenture, IBM, etc. The designs are then sent to desi companies, who actually do the coding at a cost much cheaper than IBM or accenture. Thus, all we do is donkey work. It is not technology - it is programming. Technology is a new idea, paradigm or design - programming is implementing that design. Thus, most of the people in IT waste their engineering degrees, doing mundane programming, until they are made project managers - after which they spend their lives approving timesheets, conducting appraisals and sucking up to the client . Wait a second - shouldnt an experienced IT professional be doing advanced stuff and leave the bullshitting to MBAs?

Why is it so hard for desi companies to do design? The've not tried hard enough (yet) to get into this space. They just dont have the competence to get the job done. Desi companies are amazing at procedure oriented projects - if there is a procedure in place telling us what to do, we can do it. They dont have the experience (and therefore the brand equity) to attract IT consulting projects. Consulting is largely a reputation driven business. In order to build such a reputation, desi companies need to hire high-flying consulants - they dont come cheap. Even after all this, there is no guarantee of results! (Lately, Infy is trying to get into this space, I'm told, so good luck to them. I dont think TCS is though :-)) How many software products come out of Indian cos? IFlex is the only company to have a product successful worldwide. Making products is expensive and again, there is no guarantee of success - why risk it when services give me an assured income?

Why do we need to get into high end IT - consulting and products? Simply because the algorithm of low cost, low margin services will run it's course in the future. As payscales rise in india and the rupee appreciating wrt the dollar, margins become more and more slim. In time, India may not be as competitive as say Brasil or Russia - the American cos will take their projects out there! U can see trends in the manufacturing sector - earlier Taiwan was the manufacturing base for American cos, then SouthKorea and then these days, China For too long have we been stuck in the procedure oriented IT services. It is time to invest in consulting and products, and take Indian IT to the next level, or else I fear we will remain stuck in this low end nonsense.
. Indian companies thus have 2 coices - identify and set shop in countries where the low cost, low margin algorithm can be applied (TCS seems to be taking this route) or enter into high end IT, which is independent of geography (Which Infy is trying). I believe the latter is the better route - it is a high margin business and reasonably high tech. What is even better, is coming up with technology - like Java, efficient databases, advanced operating systems (Like Sun, Oracle or Microsoft). That is real tech. It's not that we can't do it. It's just that we dont want to risk it. But, nothing venture, nothing have! Desi companies’ dont even do proper R&D!

Finally, a true story. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC) was huge in the chip manufacturing industry, making almost 60% profit. Th ey could have got into chip design, and potentially, designed low cost chips. However, design is a risky business - what if the chip bombs? TSMC chose to stick to it's core competence - fabrication. In time, TSMC's profits have declined to 20% or so... they're still number one, but don't make as much money as they used to... Are we learning yet?

INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES

2007-09-11T23:24:00.000+05:30

These are some of the quotes given by some of the famous teachers from the past please take a look :

(1)"Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark."

- Anatole France

(2)"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops."

- Henry Brooks Adams

(3)"A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary."

- Thomas Carruthers

(4)" A teacher who is attempting to teach, without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn, is hammering on a cold iron."

- Horace Mann

(5)"Education costs money, but then so does ignorance."

- Sir Claus Moser

(6)"Give me a fish and I eat for a day. Teach me to fish and I eat for a lifetime."

- Chinese Proverb

(7)"Good teachers are those who know how little they know. Bad teachers are those who think they know more than they don't know."

- R. Verdi

(8)"Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers."

- Josef Albers

(9)"I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think."

- Socrates

(10)"If the child is not learning the way you are teaching, then you must teach in the way the child learns"

- Rita Dunn

(11)"If what you're doing isn't working, try something else!"

- NLP adage

(12)No matter how good teaching may be, each student must take the responsibility for his own education."

- John Carolus S. J.

(13)"People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives."

- Thomas Mann

(14)"Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its values only to its scarcity."

- Samuel Johnson

(15)"Spoonfeeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon"

- E. M. Forster

(16)"Teachers should guide without dictating, and participate without dominating."

- C.B. Neblette

(17)"Teach your children by what you are, not just by what you say"

- Jane Revell & Susan Norman

(18)" The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind."

- Kahlil Gibran

(19)"To define is to destroy, to suggest is to create."

- Stephane Mallarme

(20)"To me the sole hope of human salvation lies in teaching."

- George Bernard Shaw

(21)"To teach is to learn twice."

- Joseph Joubert

(22)"Try to present at least three options. One is no choice at all. Two creates a dilemma. With three you begin to have real choice and flexibility"

- Jane Revell & Susan Norman

(23)"We think too much about effective methods of teaching and not enough about effective methods of learning."

- John Carolus S. J.

(24)"What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child."

- George Bernard Shaw

(25)"Who dares to teach must never cease to learn."

- John Cotton Dana

(26)"You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself."

- Galielo Galilei

(27)"You can't direct the wind but you can adjust the sails."

- Anonymous

THE HARDEST THING I HAD TO SAY

2007-09-04T12:41:00.000+05:30

A SAD SENTIMANTAL ROMANTIC STORY

It all started when I was 6 years old. While I was playing outside on my farm in California, I met a boy. He was an average kind of boy who teased you and then you chased them and beat them up. After that first meeting in which I beat him up we kept on meeting and beating each other up at the fence. That only lasted for a little while though. We would meet at the fence all the time and we were always together. I would tell him all my secrets. He was very quiet he would just listen to what I had to say. I found him easy to talk to and I could talk to him about everything. In school we had separate friends but when we got home we would always talk about what happened in school. One day I said to him that a guy I liked hurt me and broke my heart. He just comforted me and said everything would be okay. He gave me words of encouragement and helped me get over him. I was happy and thought of him as a real friend. But I knew that there was something else about him that I liked. I thought of it that night and figured it was just a friend kinda thing that I was feeling. All through high school and even through graduation we're always together and of course I thought of it as being friends. But I knew deep inside that I really felt differently. On graduation night even though we had different dates to the prom I wanted to be with him. That night after everybody went home I went to his house and wanted to tell him that I wanted to see him. Well, that night was my big chance and all I did was just sit there with him watching the stars and talking about what I was going to do and what he was going to do. I looked into his eyes and listened to him talk about what his dream was. How he wanted to get married and settle down. He said how he wanted to be rich and successful. All I could do was to tell him my dream and cuddle next to him. I went home hurting because I didn't tell him how I was feeling. I wanted to tell him so bad that I loved him but I was too scared and frightened. I let my feelings go and told myself that someday I would tell him just how I felt. All through college I wanted to tell him but he always had someone with him. After graduation he got a job in New York, I was happy for him but at the same time I was sad to see him go. I was sad also because I didn't tell him how I felt. But I couldn't let him know now that he was leaving for his big job. So I just kept it to myself and watched him go on the plane. I cried as I hugged him for what I felt was going to be the last time. I went home that night and cried my eyes out. I felt hurt that I didn't tell him what I had inside my heart. Well, I got a job as a secretary and then worked my way to a computer analyst. I was proud of what I had accomplished. One day I got a letter with an invitation to a marriage. It was from him, I was happy and sad at the same time. Now I know that I could never be with him and that we could only be friends. I went to the wedding the next month. It was a big occasion. The big church wedding and the reception at the hotel. I met the bride and of course him. I fell in love one more time. But I held back so it wouldn't spoil what should be the happiest day in his life. I tried to have fun that night but it was killing me inside watching him being so happy and me trying to be happy covering up my sadness tears inside of me. I left New York feeling that I did the right thing. Before I left on the flight, he came running out of nowhere and said his good-byes and how he was very happy to see me. I came home and just tried to forget about what went on in New York. I had to go on with my life. As the years went on, we wrote to each other on what was going on and how he had missed talking to me. On one occasion he never wrote back to me at all. I was getting worried as to why he hadn't written anything for a long time after I had already written 6 letters to him. Well, just when everything seemed hopeless and sad in my life, I got a note that said: "meet me at the fence where we used to talk about things". I went and saw him there. I was happy to see him , but he was broken-hearted and sad inside. We hugged until we couldn't breathe anymore. Then he told me about the divorce and why he hadn't written for a long time. He cried until he couldn't cry anymore. Finally, we went back to the house and talked and laughed about what I had been going and to catch up on old times. But in all of this, I couldn't tell him how I felt about him. In the days that followed, he had fun and forgot about all his problem and his divorce. I fell in love again with him. When it came time for him to leave back to New York, I went to see him off and cried. I hated to see him leave. He promised to see me every time he could get a vacation. I couldn't wait for him to come so I could be with him. We would always have fun when we were together. One day he didn't show up like he said he would. I figured that he might have been busy. The days turned into months and I just forgot about it. Then I got a call one day from a lawyer in New York. The lawyer said that he had died in a car accident going to the airport. And that it took this long till everything was settled. It broke my heart. I was shocked about what took place. Now I knew why he didn't come that day. Again, I was broken-hearted. I cried that night, cried tears of sadness and heartache. Asking questions why did this happen to a kind guy like him? I gathered my things and went to New York for the reading of his will. Of course, things were given to his family and his ex-wife. I finally got to meet her since the last time we met at the wedding. She explained to me how he was and how he always provided. But he was always unhappy. She would always try everything but she couldn't get him happy, as he was that night at their wedding. When the will was read, the one thing that was given to me was a diary. It was a diary that of his life. I cried as it was given to me. I didn't know what to think. Why was this given to me? I took it and flew back to California. As I flew on the plane I remembered the good times that we had together. I started reading the diary and what was written. The diary was started with the day we first met. I read on till I started to cry. The diary told of him saying that he had fallen in love with me that day I was broken-hearted. But he was too afraid to tell me what he had felt. That is why he was so quiet and liked to listen to me. It told of how he wanted to tell me so many times, but was too afraid to say anything. It told of when he went to New York and fell in love with another. How the happiest time he had was seeing me and dancing with me at the wedding. He said he imagined it was our wedding. How he was always unhappy till he had no choice but to divorce his wife. How the best time in his life was to read the letters written to him by me. Finally, the diary ended when it said, "today I will tell her I love her". It was the day he was killed. The day I was going to finally find out what was really in his heart.

M O R A L :

If you love someone, don't wait till tomorrow to tell him/her. Maybe that next day will never come at all.

a true and very Love Story(grave despair)

2007-08-27T23:27:00.000+05:30

Peter and Tina are sitting in the park doing nothing,
but just gazing into the sky, while all their friends
are having fun with their beloved half.

Tina: I'm so bored. Just wish I have a boyfriend
now to spend time with.

Peter: I guess we're the only leftovers. We're the
only person who isn't with a date now.
(both sigh n silence for a while)

Tina: I think I have a good idea. Lets play a game

Peter: Eh? What game?

Tina: Eem..It's quite simple. You be my boyfriend
for 100 days and I'll be your girlfriend for
100 days. what do you think?

Peter: Oookay..Anyway I don't have any plan for
the next few months.

Tina: You sound like you aren't looking forward to
it at all. Cheer up. Today will be our first day
and our first date. Where should we go?

Peter: What about a movie? I heard that there is a
really great movie in theatre now.

Tina: Seems like I don't have any better idea than
this. Lets move. (went to watch their movies
and sent each other home)

Day 2:
Peter and Tina went to a concert together,
and Peter bought Tina a keychain with a star.

Day 3:
They went shopping together for a friend's
birthday present. Share an ice-cream together
and hugged eachother for the first time.

Day 7:
Peter drove Tina up onto a mountain and they
watch the sunset together. When the night
came and the moon glowed, they said sat on the
grass gazing at the stars together. A meteor
passed by. Tina mumbled something.

Day 25:
Spend time at a theme park and got onto roller
coasters and ate hot-dogs and cotton candy.
Peter and Tina got in the haunted house and
Tina grabbed someone's hand instead of Peter's
hand by accident. They laughed together for
a while.

Day 67:
They drove pass a circus and decided to get in to
watch the show. The midget asked Tina to play a
part as his assistant in the magic show. Went
around to see other entertainments around
after the show. Came to a fortune teller and she
just said "Treasure every moment from now on"
a nd a tear rolled down the fortune teller's cheek.

Day 84:
Tina suggested that they go to the beach. The
beach wasn't so crowded that day. They have
their first kiss with each other just as the sun is
setting.

Day 99:
They decided to have a simple day and is deciding
to have a walk around the city. They sits down
onto a bench.

1:23 pm

Tina: I'm thirsty. Lets rest for a while first.

Peter: Wait here while I go buy some drinks. What
would you like?

Tina: Eem...Apple juice will be just fine.

1:43 pm

Tina waiting for about 20 minutes and Peter haven't
return. Then someone walked up to her.

Stranger: Is your name Tina?

Tina: Yes, and may I help you?

Stranger:Just now down there on the street a drunk
driver has crashed into a guy. I think its your
friend.

Tina ran over to the spot with the stranger and sees
Peter lying on the floor with blood over his face and
her apple juice still in his hands. The ambulance came
and she went to the hospital with Peter.
Tina sat outside the emergency room for five and a
half hours. The doctor came out, and he sigh.

11:51 pm

Doctor: I'm sorry, but we did the best we could. He is
still breathing now but God would take him
away from us very soon. We found this letter
inside his pocket.

The doctor hands over the letter to Tina and she goes
into the room to see Peter. He look weak but peaceful.
Tina read the letter and then she burst into tears.
Here is what the letter said.

Tina, our 100 days is almost over. I had fun with you
during all these days. Although you may be greedy
sometimes and less thoughtful, but these all brought
happiness into my life. I have realise that you are a
really cute girl and blamed myself for never taken the
time to knowing that. I have nothing much to ask for,
but I just wish that w e can extend the day. I want to
be your boyfriend forever and wish that you can be
beside me all the time. Tina, I love you.

11:58

Tina: (sobbing) Peter. Did you know what was the wish
I made on the night there was a meteor. I asked
God to let us last forever. We were suppose to
last 100 days so Peter! You can't leave me! I
LOVE YOU, but can you come back to me now?
I love you Peter. I LOVE YOU.

As the clock struck twelve, Peter's heart stopped
beating. It was 100 days.

MORAL

Tell the guy or girl that you love them before its too
late. You never know whats going to happen tomorrow.
You never know who will be leaving you and never
return.

"Dreaming " the loveliest thing

2007-08-26T12:25:00.000+05:30

Dreams are a big part of our Lives
and You must do whatever it takes
to make them a Reality;
by the plans you make,
the course you take,
and the things you do.

__________________________

Don't dwell on past mistakes.
Leave yesterday behind,
along with all it's problems,
worries and doubts.

___________________________

Realize you can't change the past,
but you can start a new tomorrow.
Don't try to do everything at once;
take one step at a time,

_____________________________

Don't ever be afraid to try the Impossible
no matter what others may think.
Remember you are Unique
in your own special way.

_______________________________

Don't ever stop Dreaming!
Don't ever stop wanting what's right for you!

really stupid but intresting Questions....

2007-08-23T19:38:00.000+05:30

(Q1) SAY "BOAST" 5 TIMES, NOW SPELL "BOAST", NOW SAY
COAST 5 TIMES, NOW SPELL "COAST".....
WHAT DO YOU PUT IN A TOASTER?
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ANSWER:- BREAD....
IF YOU SAID "TOAST" THEN GIVE UP NOW AND GO AND
FIND YOURSELF A SHOE BOX AS YOU CAN'T HANDLE LIFE....

IF YOU SAID "BREAD" THEN PLEASE PROGRESS ON TO

QUESTION 2
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ANSWER:- "WATER"
IF YOU SAID "MILK", THEN MAY I SUGGEST THAT YOU
DO NOT TRY THE NEXT QUESTION, AS IT MAY SEEM
THAT YOU BRAIN CELL IS OVER - TAXED, YOU
NEED A HOLIDAY...MAY I SUGGEST CHILDREN'S WORLD?

IF YOU SAID "WATER" THEN YOU MAY GO ONTO QUESTION 3
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(Q3) IF A RED HOUSE IS MADE FROM RED BRICKS, A
BLUE HOUSE IS MADE OUT OF BLUE BRICKS, A PINK
HOUSE IS MADE OUT OF PINK BRICKS, A BLACK
HOUSE IS MADE OUT OF BLACK BRICKS....WHAT IS A
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ANSWER:- "GLASS"
IF YOU SAID "GREEN BRICKS" THEN WHAT THE HELL ARE
YOU STILL DOING HERE READING THESE QUESTIONS!!!!

IF YOU SAID "GLASS" THEN PLEASE PROGRESS ONTO
QUESTION 4
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(Q4) 20 YEARS AGO A PLANE IS FLYING AT 20,000 FT,
OVER THE OLD COUNTRY GERMANY WHEN 2 OF THE
ENGINES FAIL, THE PILOT REALISING THAT THE
LAST REMAINING ENGINE WAS FAILING, HE DECIDES A
CRASH LANDING PROCEDURE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY
THE ENGINE FAILS BEFORE TIME AND THE PLANE CRASHES
SMACK BANG IN THE MIDDLE OF "NO MANS LAND" THE
LAND BETWEEN EAST GERMANY AND WEST GERMANY
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BERLIN WALL, ..... WHERE WOULD
YOU BURY THE SURVIVORS EAST GERMANY, WEST
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IF YOU SAID ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE SENTENCE
ABOVE THEN PLEASE NEVER FLY, YOU MAY CAUSE
MORE DAMAGE SHOULD THE PLANE CRASH!!!

IF YOU SAID THE SENTENCE ABOVE THEN CARRY ON
TO QUESTION 5
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OF A DEGREE EVERY MINUTE THEN HOW MANY
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IF YOU SAID "360 DEGREES", OR ANYTHING OTHER
THAN THE ANSWER, MAY I CONGRATULATE YOU ON
GETTING THIS FAR...BUT BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF,
DO YOU THINK YOU CAN HANDLE THE LAST
AND FINAL QUESTION?

IF YOU SAID "1 DEGREE" THEN PLEASE GO ON TO THE
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(Q6) **WITHOUT USING A CALCULATOR**
YOU ARE DRIVING A BUS FROM LONDON TO MILFORD
HAVEN (WALES)
IN LONDON 17 PEOPLE GET ON THE BUS,
IN READING 6 PEOPLE GET OFF, 9 PEOPLE GET ON,
IN SWINDON 2 PEOPLE GET OFF, 4 PEOPLE GET ON,
IN CARDIFF 11 PEOPLE GET OFF,16 PEOPLE GET ON,
IN SWANSEA 3 PEOPLE GET OFF, 5 PEOPLE GET ON,
IN CARMARTHEN, 6 PEOPLE GET OFF,3 PEOPLE GET ON
THE BUS THEN PULLS INTO MILFORD HAVE BUS DEPOT.....

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE BUS DRIVER?
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IF YOU SAID 36 THEN YOU REALLY SHOULD PAY MORE
ATTENTION, BUT YOU ARE PROBABLY SO BROKE THAT
YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY ATTENTION ANY MORE IF
YOU SAID YOU NAME THEN WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU
DOING WORKING THERE?

IF YOU HAD 1 OUT OF 6, THEN PLEASE GO BACK TO SCHOOL,
IT WON'T HURT OTHER THAN YOUR PRIDE...BUT IT MIGHT
HURT YOUR BRAIN!!!!!

IF YOU HAD 2 OUT OF 6, THEN PLEASE BRUSH UP ON THINGS...
YOU ARE AS THRILLING AS WATCHING PAINT DRY!!!!!
IF YOU HAD 3 OUT OF 6, THEN YOU ALSO HAD 50% RIGHT,
THIS IS NOT BAD, BUT IT IS ALSO NOT GOOD, A BIT LIKE YOU!!!
IF YOU HAD 4 OUT OF 6, THEN THINGS ARE LOOKING UP, BUT
IF YOU KEEP LOOKING UP YOU WILL STRAIN YOUR NECK,
ALONG WITH YOU GREY MATTER!!!

IF YOU HAD 5 OUT OF 6, THEN YOU ARE TO BE CONGRATULATED
ON YOUR PERSISTENCE.. OR PESTILENCE WHICH EVER YOU
PREFER!!
IF YOU HAD 6 OUT OF 6, THEN YOU ARE A SAD GIT...YOU SPEND
TOO MUCH TIME WORKING OUT STUPID ANSWERS.......................

It's Really Cool Just Have A look At It

2007-08-23T19:15:00.000+05:30

INTERESTING AMERICAN T-SHIRTS

[1] I CHILDPROOFED MY HOUSE, BUT THEY STILL GET IN.

[2] (ON THE FRONT) 60 IS NOT OLD.
(ON THE BACK) IF YOU'RE A TREE.

[3] I'M STILL HOT. IT JUST COMES IN FLASHES.

[4] AT MY AGE, "GETTING LUCKY" MEANS FINDING MY CAR IN THE PARKING LOT.

[5] MY REALITY CHECK JUST BOUNCED.

[6] LIFE IS SHORT. . MAKE FUN OF IT.

[7] I'M NOT 50. I'M $49.95 PLUS TAX.

[8] ANNAPOLIS--A DRINKING TOWN WITH A SAILING PROBLEM.

[9] I NEED SOMEBODY BAD. ARE YOU BAD?

[10] PHYSICALLY PFFFFFT!

[11] BUCKLE UP. IT MAKES IT HARDER
FOR THE ALIENS TO SNATCH YOU FROM YOUR CAR.

[12] I'M NOT A SNOB. I'M JUST BETTER THAN YOU ARE.

[13] IT'S MY CAT'S WORLD. I'M JUST HERE TO OPEN CANS.

[14] EARTH IS THE INSANE ASYLUM OF THE UNIVERSE.

[15] KEEP STARING....I MAY DO A TRICK.

[16] WE GOT RID OF THE KIDS. THE CAT WAS ALLERGIC.

[17] DANGEROUSLY UNDER-MEDICATED.

[18] MY MIND WORKS LIKE LIGHTNING. ONE BRILLIANT FLASH AND IT'S GONE.

[19] EVERY TIME I HEAR THE DIRTY WORD "EXERCISE" I WASH MY MOUTH OUT
WITH CHOCOLATE.

[20] CATS REGARD PEOPLE AS WARM-BLOODED FURNITURE.

[21] LIVE YOUR LIFE SO THAT WHEN YOU DIE, THE PREACHER WILL NOT HAVE TO
TELL LIES AT YOUR FUNERAL.

[22] IN GOD WE TRUST. ALL OTHERS WE POLYGRAPH.

Very Funny but true ........................

2007-08-20T18:10:00.000+05:30

10 most stupid questions people usually ask in obvious situations and some equally stupid answers

1. At the movies:
When you meet acquaintances/friends
Stupid Question:- Hey, what are you doing here?

Answer:-Well,it's so hot , there were no cool cabs so I thought i'd watch some advertisements in the cool comfort of the theatre.

2. In the bus:
A fat girl wearing pointed high-heeled shoes steps on your feet
Stupid Question:-Sorry, did that hurt?

Answer:-No, not at all, I'm on local anesthesia..... why don't you try again or should i try this time.

3. At a funeral:
One of the teary-eyed people ask
Stupid Question:-Why, why him, of all people.

Answer:-Why?Would it rather have been you?

4. At a restaurant: When you ask the waiter
Stupid Question:-Is the "blah blah blah" dish good

Answer:-No, its teribble and made of adulterated cement.We occasionaly also spit in it.

5. At a family get-together.When some distant aunt meets you after years
Stupid Question:-Munna,Chickoo, you've become so big.

Answer:-Well you haven't particularly shrunk yourself.

6. When a friend announces her wedding, and you ask
Stupid Question:-Is the guy you're marrying good?

Answer:-No,he's a miserable wife-beating , insensitive lout...it's just the money.

7. When you get woken up at midnight by a phone call
Stupid Question:-Sorry. were you sleeping.

Answer:-No. I was playing cricket for India at Sharjah and just when you called Salim Malik was betting with me that Pakistan would win. What do you think?

8. When you see a friend/colleague with evidently shorter hair
Stupid Question:-Hey have you had a haircut?

Answer:-No, its autumn and I'm shedding......

9. At the dentist when he's sticking pointed objects in your mouth
Stupid Question:-Tell me if it hurts?

Answer:-And while I'm telling you , you tell me if I bite.

10. You are smoking a cigarette and a cute woman asks
Stupid Question:-Oh, so you smoke

Answer:-No, it's a miracle ...........it was a chalk and now it's in flames!!!

Intresting Facts

2007-08-19T12:42:00.000+05:30

COMPANY FOUNDATION

ADIDAS

When the founders of the German sports shoe business 'Dassler Brothers' went their separate ways in 1949, no one would have guessed that they would start two of the biggest global brands of the century.
Rudolph founded Puma, while Adolph started Adidas -- a combination of his nickname, Adi, and the start of his last name. The famous three stripes were introduced to the shoes in 1949.

BATA

Bata was established on August 24, 1894 in Zlin, Czechoslovakia by Tomas Bata. The company first established itself in India in 1931 and commenced manufacturing shoes in Batanagar in 1936.
The Batanagar factory is the first Indian shoe manufacturing unit to receive the ISO 9001 certification in 1993.

PORSCHE

In 1931, Ferdinand Porsche founded the Porsche Engineering Office in Stuttgart. Porsche's production operations are housed in a collection of established buildings on a mixed industrial estate in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen.
The Carrera GT and the Cayenne models are produced at the Porsche factory in Leipzig. In 1944, the engineering arm was moved from Stuttgart.

NIKE

Bill Bowerman, the legendary University of Oregon track & field coach, and Phil Knight, a University of Oregon business student and middle-distance runner under Bowerman, founded Nike. Nike, when it came into being in 1962, was known as Blue Ribbon Sports. Its first-year sales totaled $8,000. In 1972, BRS changed its name to Nike, named for the Greek winged goddess of victory.

REEBOK

In the 1890s, Joseph William Foster made some of the first known running shoes with spikes in them. By 1895, he was in business making shoes by hand for top runners; and before long his fledgling company, J.W. Foster and Sons, developed an international clientele of distinguished athletes. The family-owned business made the running shoes worn in the 1924 Summer Games by the athletes celebrated in the film Chariots of Fire. In 1958, two of the founder's grandsons started a companion company that came to be known as Reebok, named after an African gazelle.

SUN MICROSYSTEMS

The correct answer is Stanford University Network.
In 1981, Bavarian-born Andreas Bechtolsheim was licensing rights to a computer he designed. Named Sun for Stanford University Network and using off-the-shelf parts, it was an affordable workstation for engineers and scientists. In that year, he met Vinod Khosla, who convinced him to form a company and expand. Khosla, Bechtolsheim and Scott McNeally, all Stanford MBAs, founded Sun in 1982.

HMV dog

Nipper the dog was born in Bristol in Gloucester, England in 1884 and was so named because of his tendency to nip at visitors' legs. When his first master Mark Barraud died in Bristol in 1887, Nipper was taken to Liverpool in Lancashire, England by Mark's younger brother Francis, a painter. In Liverpool Nipper discovered the Phonograph, a cylinder recording and playing machine and Francis Barraud 'often noticed how puzzled he was to make out where the voice came from.' Three years after Nipper died Francis committed that memory to canvas.

GM

General Motors Corp the world's largest vehicle manufacturer, employs about 325,000 people globally. Founded in 1908, GM has been the global automotive sales leader since 1931. GM today has manufacturing operations in 32 countries and its vehicles are sold in 192 countries. In 2003, GM sold nearly 8.6 million cars and trucks, about 15 percent of the global vehicle market. GM's global headquarters are at the GM Renaissance Center in Detroit. The GM Group of global partners includes Fiat Auto SpA of Italy, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., Isuzu Motors Ltd. and Suzuki Motor Corp. of Japan, which are involved in various product, powertrain and purchasing collaborations. In addition, GM is the largest shareholder in GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. of South Korea. GM also has technology collaborations with BMW AG of Germany.

TCS

TCS was founded in 1968 as an internal arm of the Tata conglomerate. The company -- which has locations in 32 countries -- employed some 30,000 workers at the end of 2003. Fakir Chand Kohli, former deputy chairman of Tata Consultancy Services, is universally regarded as the father of the Indian software industry. He has been instrumental in scripting the success story of company. Kohli has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, one of India's highest civilian honours, for his contribution to the Indian software industry. Kohli currently serves on the TCS' executive committee.

MONT BLANC

Mont Blanc has been known for generations as the maker of the best writing instruments the world has known. The German company, over the last couple of years, has expanded its range to include writing accessories, luxury leather goods and belts, jewellery items and even eye wear and watches.
In India, the company is represented by Entrack, owned by former Test cricketer Dilip Doshi. Entrack is the sole distributor of Mont Blanc pens and has exclusive outlets in top five cities in India.
The correct answer is Simplo FillerPen Company.
The company was originally called Simplo FillerPen Company. The company expanded its presence to Paris, London, and Barcelona three years after it was founded and was present in most of the fashionable capitals of Europe.
In 1934, the company's name was changed to Mont Blanc Simplo GmbH, after the tallest peak in Europe.
Three Germans founded the company in 1906 -- Hamburg-based stationer Claus-Johannes Voss, Hamburg banker Christian Lausen and a Berlin engineer Wilhelm Dziambor. The company's international headquarter is in Hamburg.

DURACELL

The story of Duracell begins in the early 1920's with an inventive scientist named Samuel Ruben and an eager manufacturer of tungsten filament wire named Philip Rogers Mallory. Duracell is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of high-performance alkaline batteries. Duracell also markets primary lithium and zinc air batteries as well as rechargeable nickel-metal hydride batteries.

AIR DECCAN

Bangalore-based Air Deccan has struck a deal with R K Laxman, India's most famous cartoonist, to use his legendary 'Common Man' character as the airline's mascot. The mascot exemplifies the fact that air fares are so low now that air travel is no longer the privilege of the elite few but is very much within the reach of the 'common people

Friends

2007-08-13T18:59:00.000+05:30

Somewhere between
the incessant forwards
and the friendships and the calls
to each other complaining about cRuSHeS and
BF/GF!! Somewhere between the phone calls to old
friends and the "I miss you's", the "I love you's" and
the "What are we doing tonight's?" And somewhere
between all of th e changing and growing..
somewhere between the classes and the skipping
classes.. and the StUdYiNg for teStS.. And the
PRETENDING to "StUdY" for TeStS..
And the downright NOT StUdYiNg for TeStS..
I forgot -- I forgot what ScHooL was all about.

Somewhere between all the appointments, starbuck's coffee,
and McDonald's.. paying bills and then not paying bills..
Making plans then breaking plans.. Appearing, Disappearing,
then reappearing.. I forgot -- I forgot what it was like to cry.
I forgot that pretending to be happy doesn't make you
happy.. And that pretending to
be sMaRT doesn't make you smart .. I forgot
that you can't just forget the past in
fear of the FUTURE.. I forgot that you
can't control falling in LoV e..
And that you can't make yourself fall in *LoVe*
.. I learned that I can LOVE.. I
learned that it's okay to MeSS uP..
And it's okay to ask for HELP!!!.. And it's
okay to feel like crap.. I learned it's okay to CoMPLaiN
and WHiNe to all your friends for a whole day..
I learned that sometimes the things you want
most you just can't have and the things that
you look for are right in front of you.
I learned that the greatest thing about
ScHooL and uni and the working world,
it isn't about the parties or the
DRiNKiNG or the Hookups..

It's the *FrIeNdShIpS*, which means taking chances.
I learned that sometimes the things we want to forget
are the things which we most need to talk about..
I learned that TIME and LOVE can heal all things..
I learned that just when you think it can't get worse - it does!..
but with the love and support of friends - you survive..
I've learned that when you start feeling BaD
about L O S I N G touch and about those that you've lost!
They too, are feeling the same way..

I learned that letters from friends are the
most important things. And that sending cards to your
friends makes you feel better! But, basically, I just learned
that my friends.. Both old and new.. are the most important
people to me in the world AND.. without them, I wouldn't be who
I am today..

So this is a THANK YOU to all of my friends..
For always being there. And even if we're not on good terms
or we have lost touch.. I will have an unconditional
love for you.. ~aLWaYs aND FoReVeR~

Strength and Courage

2007-08-13T18:55:00.000+05:30

Really romantic...................

2007-08-13T18:41:00.000+05:30

BEST PROPOSAL OF ALL TIMES-WHEN HARRY MET SALLY

Guys,

This one's for new year eve(in advance) ..it's my fav and one of the best proposal scene from movies ...read on..(really beautiful)

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY:
Billy Crystal to Meg Ryan:

"I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out, I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich, I love when you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts, I love that after I've spent the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to begin as soon as possible."

Cool Definations.........they are really funny

2007-08-10T17:16:00.000+05:30

Classic Definitions & Cool Meanings:

1. Cigarette : A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one
end & a fool at the other.

2. Love affairs : Something like cricket where one-day internationals
are more popular than a five day test.

3. Marriage : It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor
degree and a woman gains her master

4. Divorce : Future tense of marriage

5. Lecture : An art of transferring information from the notes of the
lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through "the
minds of either".

6. Conference : The confusion of one man multiplied by the number
present.

7. Compromise : The art of dividing a cake in such a way that
everybody believes he got the biggest piece.

8. Tears : The hydraulic force by which masculine will-power is
defeated by feminine water-power ..

9. Dictionary : A place where divorce comes before marriage and
success before work..

10. Conference Room : A place where everybody talks, nobody listens &
everybody disagrees later on.

11. Ecstasy : A feeling when you feel you are going to feel a feeling
you have never felt before.

12. Classic : A book which people praise, but do not read.

13. Smile : A curve that can set a lot of things straight.

14. Office : A place where you can relax after your strenuous home
life.

15. Yawn : The only time some married men ever get to open their
mouth.

16. Etc. : A sign to make others believe that you know more than you
actually do.

17. Committee: Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to
decide that nothing can be done together.

18. Experience : The name men give to their mistakes.

19. Atom Bomb: An invention to end all inventions.

20. Philosopher : A fool who torments himself during life, to be
spoken of when dead.

21. Diplomat : A person who tells you to go to hell in such a way
that you actually look forward to the trip.

22. Opportunist : A person who starts taking bath if he accidentally
falls into a river.

23. Optimist : A person who while falling from Eiffel Tower says in
midway "See I am not injured yet."

24. Pessimist :- A person who says that O is the last letter in ZERO,
Instead of the first letter in word OPPORTUNITY.

25. Miser : A person who lives poor so that he can die rich.

26. Father : A banker provided by nature.

27. Criminal : A guy no different from the rest... except that he got
caught.

28. Boss : Someone who is early when you are late and late when you
are early.

29. Politician : One who shakes your hand before elections and your
Confidence after.

30. Doctor : A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you
with his bills.

31. Computer Engineer : One who gets paid for reading such mails......

GOOD THOUGHTS of Great People

2007-08-08T23:17:00.000+05:30

Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80%
are glad you have them. -Lou Holtz

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Never explain yourself. Your friends dont need it and your enemies wont
believe it. -Belgicia Howell

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Forgive your enemies, but never, never forget their names.
-John F.Kennedy

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You must experience and accept the extremes. Because if the contrast is
lost, you lose appreciation; and when you lose appreciation, you lose
the value of everything. -Philippos

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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him
absolutely no good. -Ann Landers

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Being sad with the right people is better than being happy with the
wrong ones. -Philippos

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Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat
you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your
heart will consume you too. -Will Smith

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If your problem has a solution then...why worry about it? If your
problem doesn't have solution then...why worry about it?
-Chinese Proverb

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Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what
you can't change. Kiss slowly, play hard, forgive quickly, take chances,
give everything and have no regrets. Life's too short to be anything
but happy

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The ultimate measure of man is not where he stands in moments of
comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and
controversy. -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Pain never really goes away; you just elevate and get used to it by
growing stronger. -Philippos

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You have to take the good with the bad, smile with the sad, love what
you've got, remember what you had, learn from your mistakes, but
never regret, people change, things go wrong, but remember life goes on!

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Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it hurts
you, it probably hurts the person too.

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Sometimes the people who hurt us the most are people who were hurt
more than us. -Philippos

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Our tears are what happens when it rains deep inside our hearts and we
cannot hold the rain any longer. -Philippos

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I like to pretend that every thing's alright. Because when everybody
else thinks you're fine, sometimes you forget for a while that you're not.

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"Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God
and angels know of us." -Thomas Paine

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The things that made me stronger are the ones that didnt let me sleep

at first. -Anonymous

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You an't Miss This ...especially if u r a software guy/gal

2007-08-08T22:35:00.001+05:30

A Must Read for every S/W Guys ...

Vivek Pradhan wasn't a happy man. Even the plush comfort of the First Class
air-conditioned compartment of the Shatabdi Express couldn't cool his frayed
nerves. He was the Project Manager and entitled to air travel. It was not
the prestige he sought, he had tried to reason with the admin guy, it was
the savings in time. A PM had so many things to do!He opened his case
and took out the laptop, determined to put the time to some good use.

"Are you from the software industry sir," the man beside him was staring
appreciatively at the laptop. Vivek glanced briefly and mumbled in
affirmation, handling the laptop now with exaggerated care and importance
as if it were an expensive car.

"You people have brought so much advancement to the country sir. Today
everything is getting computerized. "'Thanks," smiled Vivek, turning
around to give the man a detailed look.He always found it difficult to resist
appreciation. The man was young and stocky like a sportsman. He looked
simple and strangely out of place in that little lap of luxury like a small
town boy in a prep school. He probably was a Railway sportsman making
the most of his free traveling pass.

"You people always amaze me," the man continued, "You sit in an office
andwrite something on a computer and it does so many big things outside."

Vivek smiled deprecatingly. Naivety demanded reasoning not anger.
"It is notas simple as that my friend. It is not just a question of writing
a fewlines. There is a lot of process that goes behind it." For a moment
he was tempted to explain the entire Software Development Life cycle
but restrained himself to a single statement. "It is complex, very
complex. "It has to be. No wonder you people are so highly paid,"
came the reply.

This was not turning out as Vivek had thought. A hint of
belligerence cameinto his so far affable, persuasive tone.

"Everyone just sees the money. No one sees the amount of hard work
we haveto put in." "Hard work!" "Indians have such a narrow concept
of hard work.Just because we sit in an air-conditioned office doesn't
mean our brows don't sweat. You exercise the muscle; we exercise
the mind and believe me that is no less taxing."

He had the man where he wanted him and it was time to drive home the point.

"Let me give you an example. Take this train. The entire railway reservation
system is computerized. You can book a train ticket between any two stations
from any of the hundreds of computerized booking centers across the country.
Thousands of transactions accessing a single database at a given time;
concurrency, data integrity, locking, data security. Do you understand the
complexity in designing and coding such a system?"

The man was stuck with amazement, like a child at a planetarium. This was
something big and beyond his imagination. "You design and code such things."

"I used to," Vivek paused for effect, "But now I am the project manager,"

"Oh!" sighed the man, as if the storm had passed over, "so your life is easy
now."

It was like being told the fire was better than the frying pan. The man had
to be given a feel of the heat.

"Oh come on, does life ever get easy as you go up the ladder. Responsibility
only brings more work. Design and coding! That is the easier part. Now I
don't do it, but I am responsible for it and believe me, that is far more
stressful. My job is to get the work done in time and with the highest
quality. And to tell you about the pressures! There is the customer at one
end always changing his requirements, the user wanting something else and
your boss always expecting you to have finished it yesterday."

Vivek paused in his diatribe, his belligerence fading with self-realization.
What he had said was not merely the outburst of a wronged man, it was the
truth. And one need not get angry while defending the truth."My friend,"
he concluded triumphantly, "you don't know what it is to be inthe line of fire."

The man sat back in his chair, his eyes closed as if in realization. When he
spoke after sometime, it was with a calm certainty that surprised Vivek.

"I know sir, I know what it is to be in the line of fire," He was staring
blankly as if no passenger, no train existed, just a vast expanse of time.

"There were 30 of us when we were ordered to capture Point 4875 in the cover
of the night. The enemy was firing from the top. There was no knowing where
the next bullet was going to come from and for whom. In the morning when we
finally hoisted the tricolor at the top only 4 of us were alive."

"You are a..."

"I am Subedar Sushant Singh from the 13 J&K Rifles on duty at Peak
4875 in Kargil. They tell me I have completed my term and can opt for
a land assignment. But tell me sir, can one give up duty just because it
makes life easier. On the dawn of that capture one of my colleagues lay
injured in the snow, open to enemy fire while we were hiding behind a
bunker. It was my job to go and fetch that soldier to safety. But my
captain refused me permission and went ahead himself. He said that
the first pledge he had taken a s a Gentleman Cadet was to put the
safety and welfare of the nation fore most followed by the safety and
welfare of the men he commanded. His own personal safety came last,
always and every time. He was killed as he shielded that soldier into
the bunker. Every morning now as I stand guard I can see him
taking all those bullets, which were actually meant for me. I know sir,
I know what it is to be in the line of fire."Vivek looked at him in
disbelief not sure of his reply. Abruptly he switched off the laptop.
It seemed trivial, even insulting to edit a word document in the
presence of a man for whom valor and duty was a daily part of life;
avalor and sense of duty which he had so far attributed only to epical
heroes.The train slowed down as it pulled into the station and Subedar
Sushant Singh picked up his bags to alight.

"It was nice meeting you sir."

Vivek fumbled with the handshake. This was the hand that had climbed
mountains, pressed the trigger and hoisted the tricolor. Suddenly as if by
impulse he stood at attention, and his right hand went up in an imprompt
salute. It was the least he felt he could do for the country.

PLEASE REMEMBER

The incident he narrates during the capture of Peak 4875 is a true life
incident during the Kargil war. Major Vikram Ba tra sacrificed his life
while trying to save one of the men he commanded, as victory was
within sight. For this and his various other acts of bravery he was
posthumously awarded
the Param VirChakra - the nation's highest military award

Check This Out

2007-08-01T22:58:00.000+05:30

What your Birth month means

JANUARY * Ambitious and serious * Loves to teach and be taught * Always looking at people's flaws and weaknesses * Likes to criticise * Hardworking and productive * Smart, neat and organised * Sensitive and has deep thoughts * Knows how to make others happy * Quiet unless excited or tensed * Rather reserved * Highly attentive * Resistant to illnesses but prone to colds * Romantic but has difficulties expressing love * Loves children * Homely person * Loyal * Needs to improve social abilities * Easily jealous	FEBRUARY * Abstract thoughts * Loves reality and abstract * Intelligent and clever * Changing personality * Temperamental * Quiet, shy and humble * Low self esteem * Honest and loyal * Determined to reach goals * Loves freedom * Rebellious when restricted * Loves aggressiveness * Too sensitive and easily hurt * Showing anger easily * Dislike unnecessary things * Loves making friends but rarely shows it * Daring and stubborn * Ambitious * Realizing dreams and hopes * Sharp * Loves entertainment and leisure * Romantic on the inside not outside * Superstitious and ludicrous * Spendthrift * Learns to show emotions	MARCH * Attractive personality * Affectionate * Shy and reserved * Secretive * Naturally honest, generous and sympathetic * Loves peace and serenity * Sensitive to others * Loves to serve others * Not easily angered * Trustworthy * Appreciative and returns kindness * Observant and assess others * Revengeful * Loves to dream and fantasize * Loves travelling * Loves attention * Hasty decisions in choosing partners * Loves home decors * Musically talented * Loves special things * Moody
APRIL * Active and dynamic * Decisive and hasteful but tends to regret * Attractive and affectionate to oneself * Strong mentality * Loves attention * Diplomatic * Consoling * Friendly and solves people's problems * Brave and fearless * Adventurous * Loving and caring * Suave and generous * Emotional * Revengeful * Agressive * Hasty * Good memory * Moving * Motivate oneself and the others * Sickness usually of the head and chest * Easily get too jealous	MAY * Stubborn and hard-hearted * Strong-willed and highly motivated * Sharp thoughts * Easily angered * Attracts others and loves attention * Deep feelings * Beautiful physically and mentally * Firm standpoint * Easily influenced * Needs no motivation * Easily consoled * Systematic (left brain) * Loves to dream * Strong clairvoyance * Understanding * Sickness usually in the ear and neck * Good imagination * Good debating skills * Good physical * Weak breathing * Loves literature and the arts * Loves travelling * Dislike being at home * Restless * Hardworking * High spirited * Spendthrift	JUNE * Thinks far with vision * Easily influenced by kindness * Polite and soft-spoken * Having lots of ideas * Sensitive * Active mind * Hesitating * Tends to delay * Choosy and always wants the best * Temperamental * Funny and humorous * Loves to joke * Good debating skills * Talkative * Daydreamer * Friendly * Knows how to make friends * Abiding * Able to show character * Easily hurt * Prone to getting colds * Loves to dress up * Easily bored * Fussy * Seldom show emotions * Takes time to recover when hurt * Brand conscious * Executive * Stubborn * Those who loves me are enemies * Those who hates me are friends
*JULY* * Fun to be with * Secretive * Difficult to fathom and to be understood * Quiet unless excited or tensed * Takes pride in oneself * Has reputation * Easily consoled * Honest * Concern about people's feelings * Tactful * Friendly * Approachable * Very emotional * Tempramental and unpredictable * Moody and easily hurt * Witty and sarky * Sentimental * Not revengeful * Forgiving but never forgets * Dislike nonsensical and unnecessary things * Guides others physically and mentally * Sensitive and forms impressions carefully * Caring and loving * Treats others equally * Strong sense of sympathy * Wary and sharp * Judge people through observations * Hardworking * No difficulties in studying * Loves to be alone! * Always broods about the past and the old friends * Likes to be quiet * Homely! person * Waits for friends * Never looks for friends * Not aggressive unless provoked * Prone to having stomach and dieting problems * Loves to be loved * Easily hurt but takes long to recover * Overly concerned * Puts in effort in work	*AUGUST* * Loves to joke * Attractive * Suave and caring * Brave and fearless * Firm and has leadership qualities * Knows how to console others * Too generous and egoistic * Taked high pride of oneself * Thirsty for praises * Extraodinary spirit * Easily angered * Angry when provoked * Easily jealous * Observant * Careful and cautious * Thinks quickly * Independent thoughts * Loves to lead and to be led * Loves to dream * Talented in the arts, music and defence * Sensitive but not petty * Poor resistance against illnesses * Learns to relax * Hasty and rushy * Romantic * Loving and caring * Loves to make friends	SEPTEMBER * Suave and compromising * Careful, cautious and organised * Likes to point out people's mistakes * Likes to criticize * Quiet but able to talk well * Calm and cool * Kind and sympathetic * Concerned and detailed * Trustworthy, loyal and honest * Does work well * Sensitive * Thinking * Good memory * Clever and knowledgeable * Loves to look for information * Must control oneself when criticising * Able to motivate oneself * Understanding * Secretive * Loves sports, leisure and travelling * Hardly shows emotions * Tends to bottle up feelings * Choosy especially in relationships * Loves wide things * Systematic
OCTOBER * Loves to chat * Loves those who loves him * Loves to takes things at the centre * Attractive and suave * Inner and physical beauty * Does not lie or pretend * Sympathetic * Treats friends importantly * Always making friends * Easily hurt but recovers easily * Bad tempered * Selfish * Seldom helps unless asked * Daydreamer * Very opinionated * Does not care of what others think * Emotional * Decisive * Strong clairvoyance * Loves to travel, the arts and literature * Soft-spoken, loving and caring * Romantic * Touchy and easily jealous * Concerned * Loves outdoors * Just and fair * Spendthrift and easily influenced * Easily lose confidence	NOVEMBER * Has a lot of ideas * Difficult to fathom * Thinks forward * Unique and brilliant * Extraodinary ideas * Sharp thinking * Fine and strong clairvoyance * Can become good doctors * Careful and cautious * Dynamic in personality * Secretive * Inquisitive * Knows how to dig secrets * Always thinking * Less talkative but amiable * Brave and generous * Patient * Stubborn and hard-hearted * If there is a will, there is a way * Determined * Never give up * Hardly become angry unless provoked * Loves to be alone * Thinks differently from others * Sharp-minded * Motivates oneself * Does not appreciates praises * High-spirited * Well-built and tough * Deep love and emotions * Romantic * U! ncertain in relationships * Homely * Hardworking * High abilities * Trustworhty * Honest and keeps secrets * Not ! able to control emotions * Unpredictable	DECEMBER * Loyal and generous * Patriotic * Active in games and interactions * Impatient and hasty * Ambitious * Influential in organisations * Fun to be with * Loves to socialise * Loves praises * Loves attention * Loves to be loved * Honest and trustworthy * Not pretending * Short tempered * Changing personality * Not egoistic * Takes high pride in oneself * Hates restrictions * Loves to joke * Good sense of humor

IT's Funny Again

2007-08-01T22:50:00.000+05:30

Some Cool Statements they are really Funny

1. I can only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow is
not looking good either.

2. I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as
they go flying by.

3. Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to get along . . . .
without it.

4. Accept that some days you are the pigeon and some days the statue.

5. Needing someone is like needing a parachute. If he isn't there the
first time, chances are you won't be needing him again.

6. I DON'T HAVE AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM, YOU HAVE A PERCEPTION PROBLEM.

7. Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky, and I
thought to myself, "where the heck is the ceiling?"

8. My reality cheque bounced.

9. On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.

10. I don't suffer from stress. I am a carrier.

11. You are slower than a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut
butter.

12. Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, because you are crunchy
and should taste good with ketchup.

13. Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.

14. Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level, then
beat you with experience.

15. A pat on the back is only a few inches from a kick in the butt.

16. Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be
promoted.

17. After any salary raise, you will have less money at the end of
the month than you did before.

18. The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get.

19. You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry a
clipboard.

20. Eat one live toad the first thing in the morning and nothing
worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

21. If it wasn't for the last minute, nothing would get done.

22. When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried.

23. Following the rules will not get the job done.

24. When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more
easily by reducing it to the question,
"How would the Lone Ranger handle this?"

25. Only the mediocre are at their best all the time.

26. There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased
this line.

27. Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be
the king.

28. If at first you don't succeed . . . . skydiving isn't for you.

29. Life is a waste of time; time is a waste of life, so get wasted
all of the time and have the time of your life.

30. When everything is coming your way. . . . you're in the wrong
lane.

IT's REALLY FUNNY

2007-08-01T22:47:00.000+05:30

Some Funny but Real Facts

Life is pleasant.
Death is peaceful.
It's the transition that's troublesome.
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Arguing with your Boss is like
wrestling with a pig in mud.
After a while you realize that
while you are getting dirty,
the pig is actually enjoying it.

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Help a man when he is in trouble and
he will remember you
when he is in trouble again.

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Complex problems have simple,
easy to understand wrong answers.

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It is not exactly cheating,
I prefer to consider it
creative problem solving.

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Behind every successful man,
is a surprised mother-in-law.

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Whoever said money can't buy happiness,
didn't know where to shop.

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Alcohol doesn't solve any problems,
but then again, neither does milk.

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Most people are only alive because
it is illegal to shoot them.

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I'm not a complete idiot,
there're still some parts missing!

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Forgive your enemies but
remember their names

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CARROTS EGGS AND COFFE BEANS..... a good one

2007-08-01T22:37:00.000+05:30

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water. In the first, she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs and the last, ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil without saying a word. In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what do you see?"

"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.

She brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. The daughter did and noted that they were soft.

She then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg.

Finally, she asked her to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled, as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked. "What's the point, mother?" Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity - boiling water - but each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.

The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened.

The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water they had changed the water.

"Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"

Think of this: Which am I?

Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity, do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength? Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and a hardened heart? Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor.

If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hours are the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate to another level? How do you handle Adversity? ARE YOU A CARROT, AN EGG, OR A COFFEE BEAN?

Don't tell GOD how big your storm is. Tell the storm how big your GOD is.

A Must Read for Every Indian

2007-07-27T00:07:00.000+05:30

A GREAT ANSWER BY MADHU TREHAN

( To give u a recall ...this lady was also there as a partner in Sunil
Mital's spectramind venture)She is an eminent media personality as well)
Excellant article written by Madhu Trehan.She writes regularly for Outlook
and in this she is replying to a letter by a reader......

Both the letters are below.....

Hi Madhu,

I have read your articles ever since I was a kid and you were at India
Today.

You have often come across as a balanced person not prone to Gandhi
nonsense,

until now. I live in a White Nation (the US) and have never felt like a

second class citizen. Only a blind and a deaf person can compare the pride
of

a US citizen with the indignity of being an India. A US citizen trusts his

government, knows his/her death will never go unpunished,

while an Indian solider is there to die. Elite is a bad word in India
because

95% of our country lives in abject poverty.

Next time ask the waiter in Taj who served you the Rs 400 drink, how much he

makes in a month. The Durban who opens the door for you, ask him how much he

makes? I bet his monthly salary will be around your dinner

bill. Shame on you and journalists like you who have failed India in the
past

with coloured reporting and are doing so now. They should feel ashamed.
Rather

than calling bush names, maybe we should hang our heads

in shame on PM's like Vajpayee who is too old to walk, too much of a coward

to protect his people.

Maybe, just maybe, the day people like us (the English educated hence
smarter)

start feeling ashamed enough we will start making changes in India rather
than

just exploiting our servants and labour class. It anguishes me to read this

national character articles. A nation that cannot feed its people (a la

Orrisa) has no character, a nation whose children move around naked (Mumbai)

has no reason to feel proud, a nation whose elected reps call religious
riots

"opposite reaction" has no future. Once again, shame on you and all of
India.

I am ashamed to be an Indian and shame on you for suggesting anything

else.

Chet (Chaitanya)

****************************************************

Her response was:

Hello Chet,

I will answer your letter point by point.

O Your name. You can be Chet or Jet, stay away from the sun, fake an
American

accent, but you will never be able to run away from Chaitanya. He will
always

be there even though you hate him today.

O Gandhi, whom you hold in such contempt, despite all his controversial

behavior, is largely responsible for the fact that there is no white boot on
a

part of your anatomy today.

O You live in a white nation but you are not white and never will be. You
can

fool yourself to believe that you are not treated as a second class citizen.

You choose to forget the Dot Busters, the Sikh who was

killed because he looked foreign and rampant racism. How many times a week
do

you have to explain where you are from and spend your time EXPLAINING India

to Americans? I cringe to think what you say to them>
about India. We do not need spokesman such as you. You will never be able to

share a good desi joke with any of your new friends.If you can't laugh

together, you cannot understand each other.You will always
be an alien.
O Yes, we are economically poor compared to US but we do not have to suffer

the highest rate of teenage pregnancies, kids coming into schools and

killing students and teachers, the highest rate of suicide among college

students, alienated parents and children, lonely old people dumped into old

age homes, drugs being offered to eight year olds (as my daughter was when

she was in the UN school in New York), serial

marriages and divorces. The US had a president who was senile and deaf

(Reagan), one who turned out to be a serial sex offender (Clinton), and now

you have one who didn't know the heads of state of major

countries and ignored warnings of a terrorist attack months before it took

place. The US is responsible for massacres in Vietnam, Cambodia, Iraq, Chile

and the list goes on. The rest of the world does not view America with the

rose-coloured glasses you have been brainwashed by the US media to see

thorough.

And, how much does a waiter in Jean Georges restaurant in Trump
International

Hotel in New York make compared to the price of the drink he is serving? The

labour class in exploited all over the world.

O You seem to very upset that I am pointing out we have a national character

to be ashamed of and we ould do something about it. Your insistence that we

stay ashamed and do nothing about it is perhaps to make it easier for you to

live in a country where the only religion is to hang out at malls and

accumulate consumer items you don't really need but have been dictated by

advertising to buy that, to keep the US economy going. It is not by accident

that Americans are flocking to yoga and meditation classes to buy

happiness.

O You have done well to leave a country you are ashamed of. Call yourself an

American but sooner or later your disguise and American Halloween costume

will frighten you enough to get rid of it.

O I love America's energy and have good friends there. New York is a centre

for an enormous outpouring of creativity and imaginative thinking. Every

country has its own problems. It is for the people who belong there to take

responsibility for change.

O If you are so far removed from India, ask yourself why you are so
anguished

with my article. Chaitanya is raising his head, Chet is in trouble.

Regards,

Madhu Trehan

A Real SAD Story

2007-07-27T00:02:00.001+05:30

A BOY's LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY

On the last day before Christmas, I hurried to go to the supermarket to buy the
remaining of the gift I didn't manage to buy earlier.

When I saw all the people there, I started to complain tomyself,"It is going to take forever here and I still have so many other places to go.
Christmas really is getting more and more annoying every year.How I wish I could just lie down, go to sleep and only wake up after it..."

Nonetheless, I made my way to the toy section, and there I started to curse the prices, wondering if after all kids really pla ywith such expensive toys.

While looking in the toy section, I noticed a small boy of about 5 years old, pressing a doll against his chest. He kept on touching the hair of the doll and looked so sad. I wondered who was this doll for. Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him, "Granny, are you sure I don't have enough money?"

The old lady replied, "You know that you don't have enough money to buy this doll, my dear."

Then she asked him to stay here for 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly. The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.

Finally, I started to walk toward him and I asked him who did he want to give this doll to.
"It is the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for this Christmas. She was so sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her."

I replied to him that may be Santa Claus will bring it to her, after all, and not to worry. But he replied to me sadly.

"No, Santa Claus can not bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mother so that she can give it to her when she goes there."

His eyes were so sad while saying this.

"My sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mummy will also go to see God very soon, so I thought that she could bring the doll with her to give it to my sister."

My heart nearly stopped. The little boy looked up at me and said, "I told daddy to tell mummy not to go yet. I asked him to wait until I come back from the supermarket."

Then he showed me a very nice photo of him where he was laughing. He then told me, "I also want mummy to take this photo with her so that she will not forget me."

I love my mummy and I wish she doesn't have to leave me but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister."

Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.I quickly reached
for my wallet and took a few notes and said to the boy, "What if we checked
again, just in case if you have enough money?"

"Ok," he said. "I hope that I have enough."

I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count it.
There was enough for the doll, and even some spare money.

The little boy said, "Thank you God for giving me enough money."

Then he looked at me and added,
"I asked yesterday before I slept for God to
make sure I have enough money to buy this doll so that mummy can give it to my sister. He heard me."
"I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mummy, but I didn't dare to ask God too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and the white rose."

"You know, my mummy loves white rose."

A few minutes later, the old lady came again and I left with my trolley. I
finished my shopping in a totally
different state from when I started. I couldn't get the little boy out of my
mind.

Then I remembered a local newspaper article 2 days ago, which mentioned of a drunk man in a truck who hit a car where there was one young lady and a little girl. The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the life-assisting machine, because the young lady would not be able to get out of the coma.

Was this the family of the little boy?

Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the newspaper that the young lady had passed away.I couldn't stop myself and went to buy a bunch of white roses and I went to the mortuary where the body of the young woman was exposed for people to see and make last wish before burial.

She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rosein her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest. I left the place crying, feeling that my life had been changed forever. The love that this little boy had for his mother and his sister is still, to that day, hard to imagine. And in a fraction of a second, a drunk man had taken all this away from him.

An Inspirational Story SAND & STONE

2007-07-26T23:59:00.000+05:30

Sand and Stone

A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE."

They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one, who had been slapped, got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After the friend recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE."

The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?"

The other friend replied: "When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it."

LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND, AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE

An AWSOME STORY with Moral

2007-07-24T13:15:00.000+05:30

FATHER'S EYES

Bob Richards, the former pole-vault champion, shares a moving story about a skinny young
boy who loved football with all his heart. Practice after practice, he eagerly gave everything
he had. But being half the size of the other boys, he got absolutely nowhere. At all the games, this hopeful athlete sat on the bench and hardly ever played. This teenager lived alone with
his father, and the two of them had a very special relationship.

Even though the son was always on the bench, his father was always in the stands cheering.
He never missed a game. This young man was still the smallest of the class when he entered high school. But his father continued to encourage him but also made it very clear that he did
not have to play football if he didn't want to. But the young man loved football and decided to hang in there. He was determined to try his best at every practice, and perhaps he'd get to
play when he became a senior.

All through high school he never missed a practice nor a game but remained a
bench-warmer all four years. His faithful father was always in the stands,
always with words of encouragement for him.

When the young man went to college, he decided to try out for the football team as a
"walk-on. " Everyone was sure he could never make the cut, but he did. The coach
admitted that he kept him on the roster because he always puts his heart and soul to
every practice, and at the same time, provided the other members with the spirit and
hustle they badly needed.

The news that he had survived the cut thrilled him so much that he rushed to the
nearest phone and called his father. His father shared his excitement and was sent
season tickets for all the college games. This persistent young athlete never missed
practice during his four years at college, but he never got to play in a game.

It was the end of his senior football season, and as he trotted onto the practice field
shortly before the big playoff game, the coach met him with a telegram. The young
man read the telegram and he became deathly silent.

Swallowing hard, he mumbled to the coach, "My father died this morning. Is it all
right if I miss practice today?" The coach put his arm gently around his shoulder
and said, "Take the rest of the week off, son. And don't even plan to come back to
the game on Saturday."

Saturday arrived, and the game was not going well. In the third quarter, when the
team was ten points behind, a silent young man quietly slipped into the empty
locker roo m and put on his football gear. As he ran onto the sidelines, the coach and
his players were astounded to see their faithful teammate back so soon. "Coach,
please let me play. I've just got to play today, " said the young man. The coach
pretended not to hear him. There was no way he wanted is worst player in this
close playoff game.

But the young man persisted, and finally feeling sorry for the kid, the coach
gave in. "All right," he said. "You can go in." Before long, the coach, the players
and everyone in the stands could not believe their eyes. This little unknown,
who had never played before was doing everything right. The opposing team
could not stop him. He ran, he passed, blocked, and tackled like a star.

His team began to triumph. The score was soon tied. In the closing
seconds of the game, this kid intercepted a pass and ran all the way
for the winning touchdown. The fans broke loose. His teammates
hoisted him onto their shoulders. Such cheering you never heard.

Finally, after the stands had emptied and the team had showered
and left the locker room, the coach noticed that this young man
was sitting quietly in the corner all alone. The coach came to him
and said, "Kid, I can't believe it. You were fantastic! Tell me what
got into you? How did you do it?"

He looked at the coach, with tears in his eyes, and said,
"Well, you knew mydad died, but did you know that my dad
was blind? " The young man swallowed hard and forced a
smile, "Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time
he could see me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!"

A True Love Story

2007-07-24T13:03:00.000+05:30

A COUPLE'S HEART BREAK

A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of marriage.They were a loving couple and the boy was the apple of their eyes. When the boy was around two years old, one morning the husband saw a medicine bottle open. He was late for work so he asked the wife to cap the
bottle and keep it in the cupboard. The mother, preoccupied in the kitchen, totally forgot the matter.

The boy saw the bottle and playfully went to the bottle and, fascinated with its color,
drank it all. It happened to be a poisonous medicine meant for adults in small dosages.
When the child collapsed, the mother hurried him to the hospital, where he died.
The mother was stunned. She was terrified how to face her husband.

When the distraught father came to the hospital and saw the dead child,
he looked at his wife and uttered just four words.

What do you think were the four words?

The husband just said "I Love You Darling"

The husband's totally unexpected reaction is proactive behavior.
The child is dead. He can never be brought back to life. There is no point in
finding fault with the mother. Besides, if only he have taken time to keep the
bottle away, this will not have happened. Nopoint in attaching blame. She had
also lost her only child. What she needed at that moment was consolation
and sympathy from the husband. That is what he gave her.

MORAL:

Sometimes we spend time asking who is responsible or who to blame, whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people we know. We miss out some warmth in human relationship in giving each other support. After all, shouldn't forgiving someone we love be the easiest thing in the world to do? Treasure what you have. Don't multiply pain, anguish and suffering by holding on to forgiveness.

Intresting but True....................

2007-07-21T20:40:00.000+05:30

ANGEL WROTE

Many people will walk in and out of your life,
but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
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To handle yourself, use your head;
To handle others, use your heart.
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Anger is only one letter short of danger.
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If someone betrays you once, it's his fault;
if he betrays you twice, it's your fault.
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Great minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss people.
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God gives every bird it's food,
But He does not throw it into it's nest.
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He who loses money, loses much;
He who loses a friend, loses more;
He who loses faith, loses all.
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Beautiful young people are acts of nature,
But beautiful old people are works of art.
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Learn from the mistakes of others.
You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
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The tongue weighs practically nothing,
But so few peopl e can hold it.
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If you make things right today, you'll never have to worry about
tomorrow.
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Another true story of a great man

2007-07-21T20:25:00.000+05:30

ALBERT EINSTEIN

A professor of a university challenged his students with this question.

"Did God create everything that exists?" A student answered bravely, "Yes,

he did".

The professor then asked, "If God created everything, then he created evil.

Since evil exists (as noticed by our own actions), so God is evil.

The student couldn't respond to that statement causing the professor to

conclude that he had "proved" that "belief in God" was a fairy tale, and

therefore worthless.

Another student raised his hand and asked the professor, "May I pose a

question? ", "Of course" answered the professor.

The young student stood up and asked : " Professor does Cold exists?".

The professor answered, "What kind of question is that? Of course the cold

exists... haven't you ever been cold?"

The young student answered, "In fact sir, Cold does not exist. According to

the laws of Physics, what we consider cold, in fact is the absence of heat.

Anything is able to be studied as long as it transmits energy (heat).

Absolute Zero is the total absence of heat, but cold does not exist. What

we have done is create a term to describe how we feel if

we don't have body heat or we are not hot."

"And, does Dark exist?", he continued.

The professor answered "Of course". This time the student responded,

"Again you're wrong, Sir. Darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in

fact simply the absence of light. Light can be studied, darkness cannot.

Darkness cannot be broken down. A simple ray of light tears the darkness

and illuminates the surface where the light beam finishes. Dark is a term

that we humans have created to describe what happens when there's

lack of light."

Finally , the student asked the professor, "Sir, does evil exist?" The

professor replied, "Of course it exists, as I mentioned at the beginning,

we see violations, crimes and violence anywhere in the world, and those

things are evil."

The student responded, "Sir, Evil does not exist. Just as in the previous

cases, Evil is a term which man has created to describe the result of the

absence of God's presence in the hearts of man. After this, the professor

bowed down his head, and didn't answer back.

The young man's name was ALBERT EINSTEIN.

A REAL STORY ....a must read

2007-07-21T20:14:00.000+05:30

HARWARD

Read along its interesting !

A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare suit,

stepped off the train in Boston and walk timidly without an appointment into the Harvard

University President's outer office.

The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at

Harvard and probably didn't even deserve to be in Cambridge.

"We want to see the president," the man said softly.

"He'll be busy all day , " the secretary snapped.

"We'll wait," the lady replied. For hours the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple

would finally become discouraged and go away. They didn't and the secretary grew frustrated

and finally decided to disturb the president, even though it was a chore she always regretted.

"Maybe if you see them for a few minutes, they'll leave," she said to him. He sighed in

exasperation and nodded. Someone of his importance obviously didn't have the time to spend

with them, but he detested gingham dresses and homespun suits cluttering up his outer office.

The president, stern faced and with dignity, strutted toward the couple.

The lady told him, "We had a son who attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He

was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like

to erect a memorial to him, somewhere on campus."

The president wasn't touched.... He was shocked. "Madam," he said, gruffly, "we can't put up a

statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a

cemetery."

"Oh, no," the lady explained quickly. "We don't want to erect a statue. We thought we would like

to give a building to Harvard."

The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and homespun suit, then

exclaimed, "A building! Do you have any earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over

seven and a half million dollars in the physical buildings here at Harvard."

For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. Maybe he could get rid of them

now. The lady turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is that all it costs to start a university?

Why don't we just start our own?" Her husband nodded.

The president's face wilted in confusion and bewilderment. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford got up

and walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they established the university that

bears their name, Stanford University, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.

You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do

nothing.

A TRUE STORY ----- by Malcolm Forbes

a real loving story.............

2007-07-21T20:02:00.000+05:30

Together forever…

Life seems to lose its meaning with the loss of your beloved.
Memories are all that you have. Pain and sorrow are your sole
companions…

Red roses were her favourites,

her name was also Rose.

And every year her

Husband sent them,

tied with pretty bows.

The card said, ’I love you’,

like all the years before.

Each year the note would say,

‘I love you even more this year,

than last year on this day.

My love for you will always grow, with every passing year.’

She knew this was the last time that the roses would appear.

She thought, he ordered roses in advance before this day

Her loving husband did not know, that he would pass away.

He always liked to do things early, way before the time,

Then, if he got too busy, every thing would work out fine.

She trimmed the stems, and placed them in a very special vase.

Then, placed the vase beside the portrait of his smiling face,

She would sit for hours, in her husbands favorite chair,

While staring at his picture, and the roses sitting there.

A year went by, and it was hard to live without her mate.

With loneliness and solitude, that had become her fate.

Then, the very hour, as on their anniversary before,

The doorbell rang, and there were roses, sitting by her door.

She brought the roses in, and then just looked at them in shock.

Then, went to get the telephone to call the florist shop.

The owner answered, and she asked him, if he would explain,

Why would someone do this to her, causing her such pain?

“I know your husband passed away, more then a year ago,”

The owner said,” I knew you’d call, and you would want to know.

The flowers you received today, were paid or well in advance.

Your husband always planned ahead, he left nothing to chance.

There’s a standing order, that I have on file down here,

And he has paid, well in advance, you’ll get them every year.

There also is another thing that I think you should know.

He wrote a special little card …he did this years ago.

Then, should ever I find out that he’s no longer here,

That’s the card… that should be sent, to you the following year.”

She thanked him and hung up the phone, her tears now flowing hard.

Her fingers shaking, as she slowly reached to get the card.

Inside the card, she saw that he had written her a note

Then as she stared in total silence, this is what he wrote…

“Hello my love, I know it’s been a year since I’ve been gone,

I hope it hasn’t been very hard for you to overcome.

I know it must be lonely and the pain is very real.

For I know if it was the other way I know how I would feel.

The love we shared made everything so beautiful in life.

I loved you more than words can say , you were the perfect wife.

You were my friend and lover, you fulfilled my every need.

I know it’s been only a year but try not to grieve.

I want you to be happy, even when you shed your tears.

That is why the roses will be sent to you for years.

When you get these roses, think of all the happiness,

That we had together, and how both of us were blessed.

I have always loved you and I know I always will.

But, my love, you must go on, you have some living still.

Please try to find happiness, while living out your days.

I know it is not easy, but I hope you find some ways.

The roses will come to you every year, and they will only stop,

when your door is not answered, when the florist stops to knock.

He will come five times that day, in case you have gone out.

But after his last visit, he will know without a doubt,

to take the roses to the place where I have instructed him.

And place the roses where we are, together once again.

Regret -Kate Chopin

2007-07-09T14:38:00.000+05:30

Mamzelle Aurélie possessed a good strong figure, ruddy cheeks, hair that was changing from brown to gray, and a determined eye. She wore a man's hat about the farm, and an old blue army overcoat when it was cold, and sometimes top-boots.

Mamzelle Aurélie had never thought of marrying. She had never been in love. At the age of twenty she had received a proposal, which she had promptly declined, and at the age of fifty she had not yet lived to regret it.

So she was quite alone in the world, except for her dog Ponto, and the negroes who lived in her cabins and worked her crops, and the fowls, a few cows, a couple of mules, her gun (with which she shot chicken-hawks), and her religion.

One morning Mamzelle Aurélie stood upon her gallery, contemplating, with arms akimbo, a small band of very small children who, to all intents and purposes, might have fallen from the clouds, so unexpected and bewildering was their coming, and so unwelcome. They were the children of her nearest neighbor, Odile, who was not such a near neighbor, after all.

The young woman had appeared but five minutes before, accompanied by these four children. In her arms she carried little Élodie; she dragged Ti Nomme by an unwilling hand; while Marcéline and Marcélette followed with irresolute steps.

Her face was red and disfigured from tears and excitement. She had been summoned to a neighboring parish by the dangerous illness of her mother; her husband was away in Texas -- it seemed to her a million miles away; and Valsin was waiting with the mule-cart to drive her to the station.

"It's no question, Mamzelle Aurélie; you jus' got to keep those youngsters fo' me till I come back. Dieu sait, I would n' botha you with 'em if it was any otha way to do! Make 'em mine you, Mamzelle Aurélie; don' spare 'em. Me, there, I'm half crazy between the chil'ren, an' Léon not home, an' maybe not even to fine po' maman alive encore!" -- a harrowing possibility which drove Odile to take a final hasty and convulsive leave of her disconsolate family.

She left them crowded into the narrow strip of shade on the porch of the long, low house; the white sunlight was beating in on the white old boards; some chickens were scratching in the grass at the foot of the steps, and one had boldly mounted, and was stepping heavily, solemnly, and aimlessly across the gallery. There was a pleasant odor of pinks in the air, and the sound of negroes' laughter was coming across the flowering cotton-field.

Mamzelle Aurélie stood contemplating the children. She looked with a critical eye upon Marcéline, who had been left staggering beneath the weight of the chubby Élodie. She surveyed with the same calculating air Marcélette mingling her silent tears with the audible grief and rebellion of Ti Nomme. During those few contemplative moments she was collecting herself, determining upon a line of action which should be identical with a line of duty. She began by feeding them.

If Mamzelle Aurélie's responsibilities might have begun and ended there, they could easily have been dismissed; for her larder was amply provided against an emergency of this nature. But little children are not little pigs: they require and demand attentions which were wholly unexpected by Mamzelle Aurélie, and which she was ill prepared to give.

She was, indeed, very apt in her management of Odile's children during the first few days. How could she know that Marcélette always wept when spoken to in a loud and commanding tone of voice? It was a peculiarity of Marcélette's. She became acquainted with Ti Nomme's passion for flowers only when he had plucked all the choicest gardenias and pinks for the apparent purpose of critically studying their botanical construction.

"'T ain't enough to tell 'im, Mamzelle Aurélie," Marcéline instructed her; "you got to tie 'im in a chair. It's w'at maman all time do w'en he's bad: she tie 'im in a chair." The chair in which Mamzelle Aurélie tied Ti Nomme was roomy and comfortable, and he seized the opportunity to take a nap in it, the afternoon being warm.

At night, when she ordered them one and all to bed as she would have shooed the chickens into the hen-house, they stayed uncomprehending before her. What about the little white nightgowns that had been taken from the pillow-slip in which they were brought over, and shaken by some strong hand till they snapped like ox-whips? What about the tub of water which had to be brought and set in the middle of the floor, in which the little tired, dusty, sun-browned feet had every one to be washed sweet and clean? And it made Marcéline and Marcélette laugh merrily -- the idea that Mamzelle Aurélie should for a moment have believed that Ti Nomme could fall asleep without being told the story of Croque-mitaine or Loup-garou, or both; or that Élodie could fall asleep at all without being rocked and sung to.

"I tell you, Aunt Ruby," Mamzelle Aurélie informed her cook in confidence; "me, I'd rather manage a dozen plantation' than fo' chil'ren. It's terrasent! Bonté! don't talk to me about chil'ren!"

"'T ain' ispected sich as you would know airy thing 'bout 'em, Mamzelle Aurélie. I see dat plainly yistiddy w'en I spy dat li'le chile playin' wid yo' baskit o' keys. You don' know dat makes chillun grow up hard-headed, to play wid keys? Des like it make 'em teeth hard to look in a lookin'-glass. Them's the things you got to know in the raisin' an' manigement o' chillun."

Mamzelle Aurélie certainly did not pretend or aspire to such subtle and far-reaching knowledge on the subject as Aunt Ruby possessed, who had "raised five an' bared [buried] six" in her day. She was glad enough to learn a few little mother-tricks to serve the moment's need.

Ti Nomme's sticky fingers compelled her to unearth white aprons that she had not worn for years, and she had to accustom herself to his moist kisses -- the expressions of an affectionate and exuberant nature. She got down her sewing-basket, which she seldom used, from the top shelf of the armoire, and placed it within the ready and easy reach which torn slips and buttonless waists demanded. It took her some days to become accustomed to the laughing, the crying, the chattering that echoed through the house and around it all day long. And it was not the first or the second night that she could sleep comfortably with little Élodie's hot, plump body pressed close against her, and the little one's warm breath beating her cheek like the fanning of a bird's wing.

But at the end of two weeks Mamzelle Aurélie had grown quite used to these things, and she no longer complained.

It was also at the end of two weeks that Mamzelle Aurélie, one evening, looking away toward the crib where the cattle were being fed, saw Valsin's blue cart turning the bend of the road. Odile sat beside the mulatto, upright and alert. As they drew near, the young woman's beaming face indicated that her homecoming was a happy one.

But this coming, unannounced and unexpected, threw Mamzelle Aurélie into a flutter that was almost agitation. The children had to be gathered. Where was Ti Nomme? Yonder in the shed, putting an edge on his knife at the grindstone. And Marcéline and Marcélette? Cutting and fashioning doll-rags in the corner of the gallery. As for Élodie, she was safe enough in Mamzelle Aurélie's arms; and she had screamed with delight at sight of the familiar blue cart which was bringing her mother back to her.

The excitement was all over, and they were gone. How still it was when they were gone! Mamzelle Aurélie stood upon the gallery, looking and listening. She could no longer see the cart; the red sunset and the blue-gray twilight had together flung a purple mist across the fields and road that hid it from her view. She could no longer hear the wheezing and creaking of its wheels. But she could still faintly hear the shrill, glad voices of the children.

She turned into the house. There was much work awaiting her, for the children had left a sad disorder behind them; but she did not at once set about the task of righting it. Mamzelle Aurélie seated herself beside the table. She gave one slow glance through the room, into which the evening shadows were creeping and deepening around her solitary figure. She let her head fall down upon her bended arm, and began to cry. Oh, but she cried! Not softly, as women often do. She cried like a man, with sobs that seemed to tear her very soul. She did not notice Ponto licking her hand.