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| One, you are FIFTY-TWO years old and should understand
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Wake up son.. too good..
How guys select the girl they want to marry.....???????????
A man is dating three women and wants to decide which to marry.
He decides to give them a test. He gives each woman a present of $5,000
and watches to see what they do with the money.
The first does a total makeover. She goes to a fancy beauty salon, gets
her hair done, purchases new make-up and buys several new outfits, and
dresses up very nicely for the man.
She tells him that she has done this to be more attractive for him
because she loves him so much.
The man is impressed.
The second goes shopping to buy the man gifts.
She gets him a new set of STRONG golf clubs, some new gizmos for his
computer, and some expensive clothes.As she presents these gifts, she
tells him that she has spent all the money on him because she loves him
so much.
Again, the man is impressed.
The third invests the money in the stock market.
She earns several times the $5,000. She gives him back his $5000 and
reinvests the remainder in a joint account.
She tells him that she wants to save for their future because she loves
him so much.
Obviously, the man was impressed.
The man thought for a long time about what each woman had done with the
money.
Guess which lady he chose to marry?
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* > > > > > > > Men are Men.... Obviously!!!
Every girl's desire who go in for an arranged marriage-Touchy One ( best presented )
Read dis .. its good.. but a bit lengthy.. Read it when you are having time.
The woods were lovely dark and deep. Walking slowly beside her, in the damp mud road, was her husband whom she barely knew. He was very relaxed, happily watching group of kids playing at a distance. Her "mehandi" was still dark and smelling fresh, reminding of the excitements and tension 2 days back. "It can’t work this way mom...please stop this", she kept telling her mother till the last moment, who wouldnt listen but carry on with beautifying her. She had been crying all night and her make-up had to be patched up twice or thrice to hide her awkwardly swollen face.
It was too late now. She had to get married "NOW" to the guy...The guy whom she had seen once and talked thrice. The guy about whom she knew nothing at all but for his name and work. Everything happened in a hurry and everthing was over before she could breathe again... here was she with this guy, all alone in this hill station... how can anybody send their daughter such a long distance with a stranger???
"Hey look at that....!!!" he shouted in excitement... she shrugged and looked where his finger pointed... Bright colored balloons dotted the sky. Children were jumping in joy and he seemed to be completely absorbed into it...colors are always exciting...but not now. She was not with her friends, not with her team mates, not even with her parents. This was not a 3 day tour or team building trip. This was her life and she has been forced to start off with this person. Loneliness and discomfort with this stranger was sickening...She looked at him in wonder... does he even realize that he has married me? Does he understand that he has to love me, protect me, care for me, a new girl, a stranger, all his life?
The marriage morning started like a daylight nightmare for her. The first time in life she felt she should have fallen in love and then married somebody. some man who she would have felt more comfortable with, someone whom she could call by name and introduce to friends, someone whom she could trust. But marriage morning was obviously not the time to think all these. Her parents would never have said "no" if she had declared that she as in love. But she was not emotionally attached to anybody she met, especially guys. She was very friendly, playing, teasing, but never had second thought for any man around her.
That brought the entire responsibility of looking for a groom on her parents' shoulders. Her parents had had a very bad time with this entire process. They started their groom search with unending "&" operation. The concatenation of "Horoscope matching" & "Decent family" & "Good looking" & "Good pay" & "same cast" & so on... that always gave 0 output. Now after all that 8 months hunt, they were not ready to hear her "ifs" and "buts" for this 'good guy'. She had explained to her father. She does not feel anything for this person. He is nothing more to me than any other software professional. Like list of names she sees in the chat rooms. Distant and usual...
Her father asked her to talk to him and even meet him and discuss their likes and dislikes. That meeting started like the induction programme self introduction and ended like a 3 hour seminar.She was waiting to get away from that place. "So did you talk with him?". "yes". "was he polite and decent". "yes". "Oh he got that special flavoured tri-color icecream...!!!".OK. All her family and relatives discussed...She was given the chance to "understand her life partner" and that they have understood each other "well" and she is ready for the marriage now. All arrangements geared up and it was 24 days after her first meeting that she was getting married to her man... perfect match as everybody else described.
Marriage hall was full with excited people, kids got the chance to play, ladies got the chance to wear the silk saree. The smell of rose and jasmine filled the hall. Different poses for the photographer and artificial smiles for the videos. The moment he had tied the sacred thread was unexplainable vaccum in the head. It was over.She was his wife. Accepted by the society and law. Her proud parents were relaxed. This was their duty they had been planning to fulfill since she was born. All this crowd will fade away, leaving her to explore her new world...
He pulled her hand gently to sit on the stone bench. The bench was wet and the chillness was indeed enjoyable. "So what are you thinking about?"... that was an unexpected ball. should she reply? s hould she be silent? She remembered the two hour presentation she had taken last month. Bold and confident, she kept answering all the queries with a broad smile. Now she remained silent.
"Do you know honey... I was not for this marriage too..." Oh my God... what did i hear??? did HE tell that or did i think aloud? what does he mean? didnt he like me? was he forced into this? He must have noticed the quizzical look on my face...with a gentle smile he continued..."I wanted to look for a girl myself, buy her everything, care for her, argue with her, laugh and cry with her, then get married to her... Anything otherwise would be a drama. Traditional drama and i was not for it anytime. But my love for my work and also my stress would not give me time and mind to search that girl...When your parents talked to me 2 weeks before our marriage, about your fear of getting married, to a stranger, i could completely understand your mind. I could see myself in you and that was the moment i decided i will marry you. There was no time to prove myself to you, make you trust me, everything happened in a hurry. But there was the entire life before me, to please you, to love you, to make you trust me. This is no less than what i had dreamt, the girl i was waiting for, is you. Now tell me... will you love me???"
Tears came down her cheek. Her parents had done more than their duty. They had found her the perfect guy. Thank you Mom!!! Thank you Dad!!! His question remained unanswered yet both knew the answer....
Does Love need a Reason
Once a lady when having a conversation with her lover, asked:
Lady : Why do you like me..? Why do you love me?
Man : I can t tell the reason.. but I really like you..
Lady : You can t even tell me the reason... how can you say you like me? How can you say you love me?
Man : I really don t know the reason, but I can prove that I love U.
Lady : Proof? No! I want you to tell me the reason. My friend s boyfriend can tell her why he loves her but not you!
Man : Ok..ok!!! Erm... because you are beautiful,
because your voice is sweet,
because you are caring,
because you are loving,
because you are thoughtful,
because of your smile,
because of your every movements.
The lady felt very satisfied with the man s answer.
Unfortunately, a few days later, the Lady met with an accident and went in comma.
The Guy then placed a letter by her side,
here is the content:
Darling,Because of your sweet voice that I love you...Now can you talk? No! Therefore I cannot love you.
Because of your care and concern that I like you..Now that you cannot show them, therefore I cannot love you.
Because of your smile,because of your every movements that I love you..
Now can you smile? Now can you move?No, therefore I cannot love you...
If love needs a reason, like now,There is no reason for me to love you anymore.
Does love need a reason?
NO!Therefore,
I still LOVE YOU...
"True love never dies for it is lust that fades away. Love bonds for a lifetime but lust just pushes away"
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Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'
'Fate Determines Who Comes Into Our Lives, But Heart Determines Who Stays...'
A GOOD Joke on Sardar
Aaj Tak(news channel) gets news that 100 sardars are killed in a
train accident at Amritsar station. Only one sardar left alive.
The correspondent goes to him and asks, Sardarji how did it happen?
Sardar: oh ji pucho mat.. sab kuch sahi tha sab log platform par khade
gaadi ki wait kar rahe they. Achanak announcement hui ki shatabdee
express
2 no. platform par aa rahi hai. Jaise hi sab ne suna ki gaddi PLATFORM
PAR
aa rahi hai, sab log apni jaan bachane ke liye patri par kood gaye. Aur
tabhi gaddi patri par aa gayi.
Aaj tak: Thank god. Aap ne samajhdari dikhayee. Aap patri par nahin
koode.
Sardar: oye nahin ji main to suicide karne ki liye patri par hi leta
tha.
Jaise
hi announcement hui main to platform par chad gaya
THE HUSBAND STORE -
A store that sells husbands has just opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband.
Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE!
There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights.
There is, however, a catch. ... You may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!
So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband. .
On the first floor the sign on the door reads:
Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord.
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The second floor sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids.
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The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking.
" Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
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She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop- dead good looking and help with the housework.
"Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it!"
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Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop- dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads:
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Floor 6 - You are visitor 4,363,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.
Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!
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Send this to all men for a good laugh and to all the women who can handle the truth !
Parents---nice to read...
Good one…………….Worth Reading……………………….
Hi This was narrated by an IAF pilot to IIT students during a Seminar on Human Relations:
Venkatesh Balasubramaniam (who works for IIT) describes how his gesture of booking an air ticket for his father, his maiden flight, brought forth a rush of emotions and made him (Venkatesh) realize that how much we all take for granted when it comes to our parents.
My parents left for our native place on Thursday and we went to the airport to see them off. In fact, my father had never traveled by air before, so I just took this opportunity to make him experience the same. In spite of being asked to book tickets by train, I got them tickets on Jet Airways. The moment I handed over the tickets to him, he was surprised to see that I had booked them by air. The excitement was very apparent on his face, waiting for the time of travel. Just like a school boy, he was preparing himself on that day and we all went to the airport, right from using the trolley for his luggage, the baggage check-in and asking for a window seat and waiting restlessly for the security check-in to happen. He was thoroughly enjoying himself and I, too, was overcome with joy watching him experience all these things.
As they were about to go in for the security check-in, he walked up to me with tears in his eyes and thanked me. He became very emotional and it was not as if I had done something great but the fact that this meant a great deal to him.
When he said thanks, I told him there was no need to thank me. But later, thinking about the entire incident, I looked back at my life. As a child, how many dreams our parents have made come true. Without understanding the financial situation, we ask for cricket bats, dresses, toys, outings, etc. Irrespective of their affordability, they have catered to all our needs. Did we ever think about the sacrifices they had to make to accommodate many of our wishes? Did we ever say thanks for all that they have done for us? Same way, today when it comes to our children, we always think that we should put them in a good school. Regardless of the amount of donation, we will ensure that we will have to give the child the best, theme parks, toys, etc. But we tend to forget that our parents have sacrificed a lot for our sake to see us happy, so it is our responsibility to ensure that their dreams are realized and what they failed to see when they were young. It is our responsibility to ensure that they experience all those and their life is complete.
Many times, when my parents had asked me some questions, I have actually answered back without patience. When my daughter asks me something, I have been very polite in answering. Now I realize how they would have felt at those moments.
Let us realize that old age is a second childhood and just as we take care of our children, the same attention and same care needs to be given to our parents and elders. Rather than my dad saying thank you to me, I would want to say sorry for making him wait so long for this small dream. I do realize how much he has sacrificed for my sake and I will do my best to give the best possible attention to all their wishes.
Just because they are old does not mean that they will have to give up everything and keep sacrificing for their grandchildren also. They have wishes, too.
Take care of your parents. THEY ARE PRECIOUS.
you work for IT
If you have been in IT industry these are your symptoms.
1.) You use phrases like "No issues" and "Value addition" in Everyday parlance. For e.g. when talking about your Milkman, you say, "His Milk does zero value addition to my health but he is the only guy around so No issues"
2.) Your prime source of entertainment is the forwards send to you by Friends whose faces U can't remember.
3.) You drink more tea or coffee than water.
4.) You keep trying to shut down your home computer by pressing
Ctrl+Alt+Del (used to lock office comps)
5.) When your mobile rings at home, you rush outside to receive the call.
6.) When you make calls at home, you accidentally dial "0" to get an Outside line.
7.) You haven't played Solitaire with real cards in years.
8.) Your last crush was a girl in HR, your current crush is the new Girl in HR and all your crushes in the future will be girls in HR.
9.) You spend the entire day reading forwards, smoking cigarettes, drinking tea/coffee and playing T.T. And then complain about the late Working hours.
10.) Your important 'meetings' usually comprise two or three people Max, including you.
11) You secretly prepare for CAT only to find your PL sitting behind you at the exam.
13.) You keep pressing Ctrl+enter wondering why your gmail is not going.
14.) You email your mate who works at the desk next to you.
15.) As You read this list, You are thinking of sending it to your friends Who are also in IT.
16.) You are too busy to notice there was no line no.12.
17.) You are not sure so you scroll back check it.
18.) And now you are smiling!!!!
Am sure you did steps 16 to 18.
ROMANCE MATHEMATICS
Smart man + smart woman = romance Smart man + dumb woman = affair Dumb man + smart woman = marriage Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy ______________________________
OFFICE ARITHMETIC
OFFICE ARITHMETIC
Smart boss + smart employee = profit Smart boss + dumb employee = production Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime _____________________________
SHOPPING MATH
SHOPPING MATH
A man will pay $20 for a $10 item he needs. A woman will pay $10 for a $20 item that she doesn't need. _____________________________
GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS
GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband. A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife. A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man. _____________________________
HAPPINESS
HAPPINESS
To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all. ______________________________
LONGEVITY
LONGEVITY
Married men live longer than single men do, but married men are a lot more willing to die. ______________________________
PROPENSITY TO CHANGE
PROPENSITY TO CHANGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't. A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does. _____________________________
DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE
DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE
A woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument. _____________________________
HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUGGING YOU ABOUT GETTING MARRIED
HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUGGING YOU ABOUT GETTING MARRIED
Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.
College to IT field
Oasis to Mirage
I would like to express my transition from real freedom to assumed freedom. I am here talking about my transition from my college to the booming IT industry. I would like to pour my one year experience of the so called glamorous and fun filled IT industry.
We used to wander those spacious heat filled open grounds and dirty class rooms with just 50Rs. in pocket and plan the whole week with that budget. But now we wander along the well cleaned, fully air-conditioned corridors with about five to six credit cards in our pocket planning where to swipe the cards. Credit cards eagerly waiting to eat next month’s salary. I can’t believe that it was just one year before that the 50Rs. seemed to be lacks now, lacks seems to be nothing.
College canteen, Tea shops were the favorite hot spots where we spent hours together, having a hearty chat with our buddies forgetting the whole world. But now Cafe Day, Quickies, Baristas have taken those places. What a coffee cost 2.5Rs last year has now gone up to 50Rs a cup.
Those precious days where we used to laugh for nothing, while chatting or while playing or even when you fail in your paper because you have got 30 marks for a empty paper. But now you rarely smile except the smile for the forward you just received or the smile to your PM to impress him.
Hate ness and Ego were the words you haven’t heard in those days. You smash or hit your friend for some reason and the next moment you walk along him with hands on his shoulders. But now you doesn’t like the guy sitting beside you because he’s getting a salary 10k greater that you or he’s always being appreciated by your PM. True friends are hard to find here
In college if some one is talking badly about your college you can find your blood boiling inside even though you don’t like your principal. But here loyalty is the lost word, whenever someone is talking badly about your company you join them to criticize your company. You join the company with the resignation day in the mind, is this loyalty. Don’t mind I have also planned my resignation date.
You have seen the late nights only on the eve of the exam, where you rely on your friend to wake him/ her at night 1 or 2. And how can we forget those last minute tensions in exam, you remember that only just before entering the exam you find that you have forgotten to revise a important question that your friend suggested that it will surely appear on this exam. You rush back and flip those Xeroxed pages with tension. But today you work at least 2 days a week till 1 or 2 in the night to deliver something to your unknown client who is at US or UK. You are aimlessly typing at the useless word document that your PM asked you to finish with his tailor made smile. Loads of tension with calls from home, with your eye lids eager to kiss each other and you promise them to allow it a little later, cursing Bill Gates for inventing MSWord.
Writing all these to celebrate my first anniversary at this field. It seems I have been in my own desert where I have realized that I am moving from the warmth ness of the Oasis to chase a mirage. A mirage that promises a lot of thing, but still its just a mirage. When I turn back I can find thousands chasing that mirage with a ID card around their neck. I wish all the best for them.
CONFIDENCE: Once all village people decided to pray for rain. On the day of prayer all people gathered and only one boy came with an umbrella....
........................................That's Confidence..
TRUST: Trust should be like the feeling of a one year old baby when you throw him in the air; he laughs.....because he knows you will catch him....
.........................................That's Confidence..
HOPE: Every night we go to bed, we have no assurance to get up alive in the next morning but still we have plans for the coming day....
.........................................That's Hope..
KEEP CONFIDENCE…!! TRUST OTHERS…….!!!NEVER LOSE HOPE……!!
UseFul but the imporatant one
STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Steps
STROKE IDENTIFICATION:
During a party, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured
everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and just
tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and
got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid
went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid's husband
called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital
- (at 6:00pm , Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the
party. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps
Ingrid would be with us today. Some ?don't die. They end up in a helpless,
hopeless condition instead.
It only takes a minute to read this...
neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he
can totally reverse the effects of a stroke... totally. He said the trick
was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient
medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.
RECOGNIZING A STR OKE
Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps, STR . Read and Learn!
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately,
the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe
brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a
stroke.
Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple
questions:
S *Ask the individual to SMILE .
T *Ask the person to TALK , to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently: It is
sunny out today.)
R *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
{NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out
their tongue... if the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the
other that is also an indication of a stroke}
If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency
services immediately and describe the symptoms. This is URGENT
Cheeee Edava Jeevitham!!!
college lo unnannallu chaduvulu yeppudu aipothay, exams nunchi vimukti yeppudu vastundi, job lo dabbulu yeppudu sampadistam ani tondara padatham. job search lo nana tippalu padi kanapadina prati company interview attend ayyi, edo la job sampadistham.job join.first 1 month - no work.only enjoy - all happies
second month - work + enjoy – ok
third month - only work. no enjoy - problem startsappatiki office politics telusthay.pakka team lo manager manchodu aiuntadu.pakka team lo ammayilu bavuntaru.pakka team lo hikes baaga istharu.pakka team lo work asale undadu.manaki matram roju festival.chesina paniki cheyyani paniki dobbinchukovatame. okko clientemo pichi na requirements isthadu. avi pani cheyyavu ani telisi alane cheyyali. ardha ratri supportlu. onsite vadini bootulu titti paripodam anipsithundi. kani office lo net connection free and coffee free ane okka alochana aapestundi. manaki oka batch tayaravutundi.Prathi roju TL, PM ni tittukuntu oka aaru nelalu gadipestham. ila loop lo petti kodithe rendu yellu aipothay. appatiki kalla chuttu black circles, vellu vankarlu, meda noppulu . . . picha na jabbulu anni vachesi untay. sontha amma,nanna,akka, chelli,anna, tammudu ne chuttam choopu ga choodataniki velthuntam. oka vela bro/sis unte, valle s/w field lo unte ardham cheskuni tittatam maanestharu. ala lekapothe phone chesina prati sari sanjaishi.salary padutu untundi. bonds ki ani, mutual funds ki ani, credit card bills ki ani katti katti sampadinchindi antha dhara postham. inkemanna migilithe telivainodu aithe home loan meeda, manalantodu aithe gaali tirugudu meeda tagalesestam.ila jeevitam prasantham ga saguthu undaga one fine day yevado oka ex-colleague / colleague pelli settle aindi ani pilusthadu. manaki oka ammay unte bavundu ane oka verri alochana pudutundi. mana s/w field lo bavunna ammalayu antha booked, married or north indians ayi untaru. akkade vanda lo 95 mandi filter aipotharu. migatha aidu lo 4 mandi ni "friend" kante akka ani pilavatam better anetattu untaru. aa migilina okka ammay kosam team antha kotteskuntu untam. aa ammay yevaritho nu commit avvakundane andaritho free ga bathikesthu untundi. one more fine day pelli card istundi. inkemundi. Heart breaking L Devadas la gaddam penchesukoni... aa ammayi manchidi kaadu ani deciding. next day nunchi inkokallaki trying.reviews vasthay. "Nuvvu excellent, nuvve lenide company ledu, katti,keka, kamal, etc, etc . . . " ani cheppi oorinchi chivarlo "but" antaru. teera choosthe nee salary lo inko senakkay pencham, po antaru. resume update cheyyali ani gatha aaru nelalu ga teeskuntunna decision ni malla oka sari smarinchukuni ala ichina senakkalaya meeda batikestuntam.jeevitam ante Dooradarshan lo Hyderabad prasaram la ne untunda vere programs yemi undava!!! Cheee Edava Jeevitham !!!
Worth reading...at least read Once..!!
Two Choices
>What would you do?....you make the choice. Don't look for a punch line,
>there isn't one. Read it anyway. My question is: Would you have made the
>same choice?
>
>At a fund raising dinner for a school that serves learning-disabled
>children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would
>never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its
>dedicated staff, he offered a question: "When not interfered with by
>outside influences, everything nature does is done with perfection. Yet my
>son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand
>things as other children do. Where is the natural order of things in my
>son?"
>
>The audience was stilled by the query.
>
>The father continued. "I believe, that when a child like Shay, physically
>and mentally handicapped comes into the world, an opportunity to realize
>true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people
>treat that child."
>
>Then he told the following story:
>
>Shay and his father had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were
>playing baseball. Shay asked, "Do you think they'll let me play?" Shay's
>father knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on
>their team, but the father also understood that if his son were allowed to
>play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some
>confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps.
>
>Shay's father approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not
>expecting much) if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and
>said, "We're losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I
>guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the
>ninth inning."
>
>Shay struggled over to the team's bench and, with a broad smile, put on a
>team shirt. His Father watched with a small tear in his eye and warmth in
>his heart. The boys saw the father's joy at his son being accepted. In the
>bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still
>behind by three. In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and
>played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was
>obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from
>ear to ear as his father waved to him from the stands. In the bottom of
>the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again. Now, with two outs and the
>bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled
>to be next at bat.
>
>At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win
>the game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit
>was all but impossible because Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat
>properly, much less connect with the ball.
>
>However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher, recognizing that
>the other team was putting winning aside for this moment in Shay's life,
>moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least make
>contact. The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The
>pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards
>Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground
>ball right back to the pitcher.
>
>The game would now be over. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and
>could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay would have
>been out and that would have been the end of the game.
>
>Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the first baseman's head,
>out of reach of all team mates. Everyone from the stands and both teams
>started yelling, "Shay, run to first! Run to first!" Never in his life had
>Shay ever run that far, but he made it to first base. He scampered down
>the baseline, wide-eyed and startled.
>
>Everyone yelled, "Run to second, run to second!" Catching his breath, Shay
>awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to the
>base. By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had
>the ball ... the smallest guy on their team who now had his first chance
>to be the hero for his team. He could have thrown the ball to the
>second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher's intentions so
>he, too, intentionally threw the ball high and far over the
>third-baseman's head. Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the
>runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home.
>
>All were screaming, "Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay"
>
>Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by
>turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted, "Run to third!
>Shay, run to third!"
>
>As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were
>on their feet screaming, "Shay, run home! Run home!" Shay ran to home,
>stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam
>and won the game for his team.
>
>"That day", said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face,
>"the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity
>into this world".
>
>Shay didn't make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never
>forgotten being the hero and making his father so happy, and coming home
>and seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!
>
>AND NOW A LITTLE FOOTNOTE TO THIS STORY: We all send thousands of jokes
>through the e-mail without a second thought, but when it comes to sending
>messages about life choices, people hesitate. The crude, vulgar, and often
>obscene pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion about
>decency is too often suppressed in our schools and workplaces.
>
>If you're thinking about forwarding this message, chances are that you're
>probably sorting out the people in your address book who aren't the
>"appropriate" ones to receive this type of message. Well, the person who
>sent you this believes that we all can make a difference. We all have
>thousands of opportunities every single day to help realize the "natural
>order of things." So many seemingly trivial interactions between two
>people present us with a choice: Do we pass along a little spark of love
>and humanity or do we pass up those opportunities and leave the world a
little bit colder in the process?
A wise man once said every society is judged by how it treats it's least
fortunate amongst them.
Y WOMEN ARE THE BEST!!!
UNDERSTANDING WOMEN
(A MAN'S PERSPECTIVE)
I know I'm not going to understand women.
I'll never understand how you can take boiling hot wax,
pour it onto your upper thigh, rip the hair out by the root,
and still be afraid of a spider.
WOMEN'S REVENGE
"Cash, check or charge?" I asked, after folding items the woman wished to purchase.
As she fumbled for her wallet I noticed a remote control for a television set in her purse.
"So, do you always carry your TV remote?" I asked.
"No," she replied, " but my husband refused to come shopping with me,
and I figured this was the most evil thing I could do to him legally."
WHO DOES WHAT
A man and his wife were having an argument about who
should brew the coffee each morning.
The wife said, "You should do it, because you get up first,
and then we don't have to wait as long to get our coffee."
The husband said, " You are in charge of cooking around here and
you should do it, because that is your job, and I can just wait for my coffee."
Wife replies, "No, you should do it, and besides, it is in the Bible
that the man should do the coffee."
Husband replies, "I can't believe that, show me."
So she fetched the Bible, and opened the New Testament
and showed him at the top of several pages, that it indeed says........ .."HEBREWS"
The Silent Treatment
A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. Suddenly, the man realized that the next day, he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight. Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (and LOSE), he wrote on a piece of paper, "Please wake me at 5:00 AM " He left it where he knew she would find it.
The next morning, the man woke up, only to discover it was 9:00 AM and he had missed his flight. Furious, he was about to go and see why his wife hadn't wakened him, when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed. The paper said, "It is 5:00 AM. Wake up." Men are not equipped for these kinds of contests.
WIFE VS. HUSBAND
A couple drove down a country road for several miles, not saying a word.
An earlier discussion had led to an argument and
neither of them wanted to concede their position.
As they passed a barnyard of mules, goats, and pigs,
the husband asked sarcastically, "Relatives of yours?"
"Yep," the wife replied , "in-laws
W O R D S
A husband read an article to his wife about how many words women use a day...
30,000 to a man's 15,000.
The wife replied, "The reason has to be because we have to repeat everything to men...
The husband then turned to his wife and asked, "What?"
CREATION
A man said to his wife one day, "I don't know how you can be
so stupid and so beautiful all at the same time.
" The wife responded, "Allow me to explain.
God made me beautiful so you would be attracted to me;
God made me stupid so I would be attracted to you!
God may have created man before woman,
but there is always a rough draft before the masterpiece.
Importance of Investing Earlier
In the book, Once Upon a Wall Street, Peter Lynch, one of the most successful mutual fund managers the Wall Street has ever seen, narrates a story:
'Consider the Indians of Manhattan, who in 1625 sold all their real estate to a group of immigrants for $24 in jewels and beads.'
'For 362 years the Indians have been the subjects of cruel jokes because of it -- but it turns out that they may have made a better deal than the buyers who got the island. At 8% interest on $24 (note: let's suspend our disbelief and assume they converted the jewels to cash) compounded over all those years, the Indians would have built up a net worth just short $30 trillion, while the latest tax records from the Borough of Manhattan show the real estate to be worth only $28.1 billion.'
'Give Manhattan the benefit of doubt: That $28.1 billion is the assessed value, and for all anybody knows, it may be worth twice that on the open market. So Manhattan's worth $56.2 billion. Either way, the Indians could be ahead by $29 trillion and change.'
This little story shows you the power of compounding and points out the fact that the earlier you start investing the better it gets.
Let's try and understand this through an example of two friends Ram and Shyam. Both start working at the same time at the age of 23. Ram starts saving when he turns 25 and invests Rs 50,000 every year. Assuming that on this he earns a return of 10% every year, at the end of ten years, Ram has been able to accumulate Rs 8.77 lakh.
After this, due to financial constraints Ram is not able to invest Rs 50,000 every year. But at the same time he does not touch the money that he has already accumulated, hoping to live of it when he retires.
He lets the Rs 8.77 lakh grow and assuming that it continues to earn a return of 10% every year, he would have been able to accumulate around Rs 95 lakh by the time he turns 60. So the Rs 5 lakh (Rs 50,000 x 10 years) he had invested in the first ten years has grown to Rs 95 lakh: even though Ram stopped investing Rs 50,000 every year after the first ten years.
Now let's take the case of Shyam. During the first few years of his life Shyam enjoyed life spending money on all kinds of things rather than invest regularly. At the age of 35 reality suddenly dawns on him and he starts investing Rs 50,000 every year. He invests this amount every year till he turns 60, i.e. for 25 years. Assuming he also earns a return of 10% per year on his investments. At the end Shyam would have managed to accumulate Rs 54.1 lakh.
Even after investing Rs 50,000 regularly for 25 years, Shyam has managed to accumulate Rs 54.1 lakh, which is around Rs 41 lakh less in comparison to Ram. Now Ram has invested only Rs 5 lakh over the ten years he invested. In comparison, Shyam over the 25 years has invested Rs 12.5 lakh (Rs 50,000 x 25 years).
Even by investing two-and-a-half times more than Ram, Shyam has managed to build an amount which is 43% less. This happened because Ram started investing earlier. This allowed the money to compound for a greater period of time.
Also as the amount grows, the impact of compounding is greater. Ram as we know had managed to accumulate Rs 8.77 lakh after ten years and then he stopped investing Rs 50,000 every year, allowing the accumulated amount to compound for 25 more.
Let's say he had allowed the amount to compound for only 20 years more till he turned 55. If the amount had earned a return of 10% every year, then at the end Ram would have accumulated an amount of around Rs 59 lakh. By choosing to let his investment run for five years more, Ram managed to accumulate Rs 45 lakh more.
THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELLPHONE COULD DO
THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELLPHONE COULD DO
There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies.
Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for
survival. Check out the things that you can do with it:
*I*
* The Emergency Number worldwide for **Mobile** is 112.* If you find
yourself out of coverage area of your mobile network and there is an
emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to
establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112
can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. **Try it out.**
*II*
* Subject: Have you locked your keys in the car? Does you car have remote
keys?*
This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone:
If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call
someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone.
Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person
at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on
their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your
keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away,
and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you
can unlock the doors (or the trunk).
Editor's Note: *It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car
over a cell phone!"*
*III*
Subject: Hidden Battery power
Imagine your cell battery is very low , you are expecting an important call
and you don't have a charger. Nokia instrument comes with a reserve
battery. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your cell will restart with
this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This
reserve will get charged when you charge your cell next time.
AND
*IV*
How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?
To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on
your phone:
* # 0 6 #
A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your
handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. when your phone get
stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They
will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the
SIM card, your phone will be totally useless.
You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever
stole it can't use/sell it either.
If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile
phones.
Interesting aspects of life - Warren Buffet...Something to think about....
There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity Here are some very
interesting aspects of his life:
1. He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!
2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.
3. He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha, that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he
needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.
4. He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.
5. He n ever travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company.
6. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year.
He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis. He has given his CEO's only two rules. Rule number 1: do not lose any of your share holder's money.
Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.
7. He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch Television.
8. Bill Gates, the world's richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had
scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates
became a devotee of Warren Buffet.
9. Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.
His advice to young people : "Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself and
Remember:
A. Money doesn't create man but it is the man who created money.
B. Live your life as simple as you are.
c. Don't go on brand name; just wear those things in which u feel comfortable.
d. Don't waste your money on unnecessary things; just spend on them who really in need rather.
Interesting aspects of life - Warren Buffet...Something to think about....
There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity Here are some very
interesting aspects of his life:
1. He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!
2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.
3. He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha, that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he
needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.
4. He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.
5. He n ever travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company.
6. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year.
He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis. He has given his CEO's only two rules. Rule number 1: do not lose any of your share holder's money.
Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.
7. He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch Television.
8. Bill Gates, the world's richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had
scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates
became a devotee of Warren Buffet.
9. Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.
His advice to young people : "Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself and
Remember:
A. Money doesn't create man but it is the man who created money.
B. Live your life as simple as you are.
c. Don't go on brand name; just wear those things in which u feel comfortable.
d. Don't waste your money on unnecessary things; just spend on them who really in need rather.
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