LOGIC LESSONS.....
Quite Interesting....
If your father is a poor man,
it is your fate but,
If your father-in-law is a poor man,
it's your stupidity.
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I was born intelligent -
education ruined me
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Practice makes perfect.....
But nobody's perfect......
so why practice?
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If it's true that we are here to help others,
then what exactly are the others here for?
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Since light travels faster than sound,
people appear bright until you hear them speak.
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How come "abbreviated" is such a long word?
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Money is not everything.
There's Mastercard & Visa.
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One should love animals.
They are so tasty.
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Behind every successful man, there is a woman
And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two.
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Every man should marry.
After all, happiness is not the only thing in life.
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The wise never marry
and when they marry they become otherwise. ........................................................................
Success is a relative term.
It brings so many relatives.
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Never put off the work till tomorrow
what you can put off today.
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"Your future depends on your dreams"
So go to sleep.
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There should be a better way to start a day
Than waking up every morning .
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"Hard work never killed anybody"
But why take the risk.
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"Work fascinates me"
I can look at it for hours.
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God made relatives;
Thank God we can choose our friends.
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The more you learn, the more you know,
The more you know, the more you forget
The more you forget, the less you know
So.. why learn??
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A bus station is where a bus stops.
A train station is where a train stops.
On my desk, I have a work station....
What more can I say........
Monday, May 08, 2006
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
DID YOU KNOW......
Here is something that is very interesting, educational, historical, completely true and hysterical - all at the same time.....
The US standard railroad gauge (width between the tworails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedinglyodd number.
Why was that gauge used?
Because that's the way they built them in England, and the US railroads were built by English expatriates.
Why did the English build them like that? Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the pre-railroad tramways, and that's the gauge they used.
Why did _they_ use that gauge then? Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools that they used for building wagons which used that wheel spacing.
Okay! Why did the wagons have that particular odd wheelspacing? Well, if they tried to use any other spacing,the wagon wheels would break on some of the old, long distance roads in England, because that's the spacingof the wheel ruts.
So who built those old rutted roads? The first long distance roads in Europe (and England) were built by Imperial Rome for their legions. The roads have been used ever since. And the ruts in the roads? Roman war chariots first formed the initial ruts, which every one else had to match for fear of destroying their wagon wheels. Since the chariots were made for (or by) Imperial Rome, they were all alike in the matter of wheel spacing.The United States standard railroad gauge of 4 feet, 8.5inches derives from the original specification for an Imperial Roman war chariot. Specifications and bureaucracies live forever.
So the next time you are handed a specification and wonder what horse's ass came up with it, you may be exactly right, because theImperial Roman war chariots were made just wide enough to accommodate the back ends of two war horses. Thus, we have the answer to the original question.
Now the twist to the story...
There's an interesting extension to the story about railroad gauges and horses' behinds. When we see a SpaceShuttle sitting on its launch pad, there are two big booster rockets attached to the sides of the main fuel tank. These are solid rocket boosters, or SRBs. The SRBsare made by Thiokol at their factory in Utah. The Engineers who designed the SRBs might have preferred to make them a bit fatter, but the SRBs had to be shipped by train from the factory to the launch site. The railroad line from the factory had to run through a tunnel in the mountains. The SRBs had to fit through that tunnel. The tunnel is slightly wider than the railroad track, and the railroad track is about as wide as two horses' behinds. So, the major design feature of what is arguably the world's most advanced transportation system was determined over two thousand years ago by the width of a Horse's back!
Here is something that is very interesting, educational, historical, completely true and hysterical - all at the same time.....
The US standard railroad gauge (width between the tworails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedinglyodd number.
Why was that gauge used?
Because that's the way they built them in England, and the US railroads were built by English expatriates.
Why did the English build them like that? Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the pre-railroad tramways, and that's the gauge they used.
Why did _they_ use that gauge then? Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools that they used for building wagons which used that wheel spacing.
Okay! Why did the wagons have that particular odd wheelspacing? Well, if they tried to use any other spacing,the wagon wheels would break on some of the old, long distance roads in England, because that's the spacingof the wheel ruts.
So who built those old rutted roads? The first long distance roads in Europe (and England) were built by Imperial Rome for their legions. The roads have been used ever since. And the ruts in the roads? Roman war chariots first formed the initial ruts, which every one else had to match for fear of destroying their wagon wheels. Since the chariots were made for (or by) Imperial Rome, they were all alike in the matter of wheel spacing.The United States standard railroad gauge of 4 feet, 8.5inches derives from the original specification for an Imperial Roman war chariot. Specifications and bureaucracies live forever.
So the next time you are handed a specification and wonder what horse's ass came up with it, you may be exactly right, because theImperial Roman war chariots were made just wide enough to accommodate the back ends of two war horses. Thus, we have the answer to the original question.
Now the twist to the story...
There's an interesting extension to the story about railroad gauges and horses' behinds. When we see a SpaceShuttle sitting on its launch pad, there are two big booster rockets attached to the sides of the main fuel tank. These are solid rocket boosters, or SRBs. The SRBsare made by Thiokol at their factory in Utah. The Engineers who designed the SRBs might have preferred to make them a bit fatter, but the SRBs had to be shipped by train from the factory to the launch site. The railroad line from the factory had to run through a tunnel in the mountains. The SRBs had to fit through that tunnel. The tunnel is slightly wider than the railroad track, and the railroad track is about as wide as two horses' behinds. So, the major design feature of what is arguably the world's most advanced transportation system was determined over two thousand years ago by the width of a Horse's back!
Chinese (ZEN) Fables
* The Frogs
A farmer came into town and asked the owner of a restaurant if he coulduse a million frog legs. The restaurant owner was shocked and asked theman where he could get so many frog legs! The farmer replied, "There isa pond near my house that is full of frogs --millions of them. They allcroak all night long and they are about to make me crazy!"
So the restaurant owner and the farmer made an agreement that the farmerwould deliver frogs to the restaurant, five hundred at a time for thenext several weeks.
The first week, the farmer returned to the restaurantlooking rather sheepish, with two scrawny little frogs. the restaurantowner said, "Well ... where are all the frogs?" The farmer said, "I wasmistaken.There were only these two frogs in the pond. But they sure were making a lot of noise!"
Next time you hear somebody criticizing or making fun of you, remember,it's probably just a couple of noisy frogs. Also remember that problemsalways seem bigger in the dark. Have you ever laid in your bed at nightworrying about things which seem almost overwhelming like a millionfrogs croaking?Chances are pretty good that when the morning comes, and you take acloser look, you'll wonder what all the fuss was about.
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* The Turtles
A turtle family decided to go on a picnic. Turtles, being naturally slowabout things, took seven years to prepare for their picnic outing.Finally the turtle family left home looking for a suitable place for their outing.
During the second year of their journey they found a place ideal forthem at last! For about six months they cleaned up the area, unpacked thepicnic basket, and completed the arrangements. Then they discoveredthey had forgotten the salt.
A picnic without salt would be a disaster, they all agreed. After alengthy discussion, the youngest turtle was chosen to retrieve the salt from home.Although he was the fastest of the slow moving turtles, the little turtlewhined, cried, and wobbled in his shell. He agreed to go on onecondition: that no one would eat until he returned. The family consentedand the little turtle left.
Three years passed and the little turtle had notreturned. Five years ...six years... then on the seventh year of hisabsence, the oldest turtle could no longer contain his hunger. He announced thathe was going to and begun to unwrap a sandwich.
At that point the little turtle suddenly popped out from behind a treeshouting, "SEE! I knew you wouldn't wait. Now I am not going to go get the salt."
Some of us waste our time waiting for people to liveup to our expectations. We are so concerned about what othersare doing that we don't do anything ourselves.
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* The Pretty Lady
Once upon a time a big monk and a little monk weretravelling together. They came to the bank of a river and found theridge was damaged. They had to wade across the river. There was a pretty ladywho was stuck at the damaged bridge and couldn't cross the river. Thebig monk offered to carry the pretty lady across the river on his back.
The lady accepted. The little monk was shocked by the move of the big monk."How can big disciple brother carry a lady when we are supposed toavoid all intimacy with females," thought the little monk. But he keptquiet.
The big monk carried the lady across the river and the small monkfollowed unhappily. When they crossed the river, the big monklet the lady down and they parted ways with her. All along the way forseveral miles, the little monk was very unhappy with the act of the bigmonk. He was making up all kinds of accusations about the big monk inis head. This got him madder and madder. But he still kept quiet. And the bigmonk had no inclination to explain his situation.
Finally, at rest-point many hours later, the little monk could not standit any further, he burst out angrily at the big monk."How can you claimyourself a devout monk, when you seize the first opportunity to touch afemale, especially when she is very pretty. All your teachings to memake you a big hypocrite." The big monk looked surprised andsaid, "I had put down the pretty lady at the river bank many hours ago, how come you are still carrying her along?"
This very old Chinese zen story reflects the thinking of many people today.We encounter many unpleasant things in our life, theyirritate us and they make us angry. Sometimes, they cause us a lot ofhurt, sometimes they cause us to be bitter or jealous. But like the littlemonk, we are not willing to let them go away. We keep on carrying thebaggage of the "pretty lady" with us. We let them keep on coming backto hurt us, make us angry, make us bitter and cause us a lot of agony. WHY? Simply because we are not willing to put down or let go of the baggage of the"pretty lady". We should let go of the pretty lady immediately aftercrossing the river, immediately after the unpleasant event is over. Thiswill immediately remove all our agonies. There is no need to be further hurt by the unpleasant event after it is over. It'z just that simple.......
* The Frogs
A farmer came into town and asked the owner of a restaurant if he coulduse a million frog legs. The restaurant owner was shocked and asked theman where he could get so many frog legs! The farmer replied, "There isa pond near my house that is full of frogs --millions of them. They allcroak all night long and they are about to make me crazy!"
So the restaurant owner and the farmer made an agreement that the farmerwould deliver frogs to the restaurant, five hundred at a time for thenext several weeks.
The first week, the farmer returned to the restaurantlooking rather sheepish, with two scrawny little frogs. the restaurantowner said, "Well ... where are all the frogs?" The farmer said, "I wasmistaken.There were only these two frogs in the pond. But they sure were making a lot of noise!"
Next time you hear somebody criticizing or making fun of you, remember,it's probably just a couple of noisy frogs. Also remember that problemsalways seem bigger in the dark. Have you ever laid in your bed at nightworrying about things which seem almost overwhelming like a millionfrogs croaking?Chances are pretty good that when the morning comes, and you take acloser look, you'll wonder what all the fuss was about.
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* The Turtles
A turtle family decided to go on a picnic. Turtles, being naturally slowabout things, took seven years to prepare for their picnic outing.Finally the turtle family left home looking for a suitable place for their outing.
During the second year of their journey they found a place ideal forthem at last! For about six months they cleaned up the area, unpacked thepicnic basket, and completed the arrangements. Then they discoveredthey had forgotten the salt.
A picnic without salt would be a disaster, they all agreed. After alengthy discussion, the youngest turtle was chosen to retrieve the salt from home.Although he was the fastest of the slow moving turtles, the little turtlewhined, cried, and wobbled in his shell. He agreed to go on onecondition: that no one would eat until he returned. The family consentedand the little turtle left.
Three years passed and the little turtle had notreturned. Five years ...six years... then on the seventh year of hisabsence, the oldest turtle could no longer contain his hunger. He announced thathe was going to and begun to unwrap a sandwich.
At that point the little turtle suddenly popped out from behind a treeshouting, "SEE! I knew you wouldn't wait. Now I am not going to go get the salt."
Some of us waste our time waiting for people to liveup to our expectations. We are so concerned about what othersare doing that we don't do anything ourselves.
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* The Pretty Lady
Once upon a time a big monk and a little monk weretravelling together. They came to the bank of a river and found theridge was damaged. They had to wade across the river. There was a pretty ladywho was stuck at the damaged bridge and couldn't cross the river. Thebig monk offered to carry the pretty lady across the river on his back.
The lady accepted. The little monk was shocked by the move of the big monk."How can big disciple brother carry a lady when we are supposed toavoid all intimacy with females," thought the little monk. But he keptquiet.
The big monk carried the lady across the river and the small monkfollowed unhappily. When they crossed the river, the big monklet the lady down and they parted ways with her. All along the way forseveral miles, the little monk was very unhappy with the act of the bigmonk. He was making up all kinds of accusations about the big monk inis head. This got him madder and madder. But he still kept quiet. And the bigmonk had no inclination to explain his situation.
Finally, at rest-point many hours later, the little monk could not standit any further, he burst out angrily at the big monk."How can you claimyourself a devout monk, when you seize the first opportunity to touch afemale, especially when she is very pretty. All your teachings to memake you a big hypocrite." The big monk looked surprised andsaid, "I had put down the pretty lady at the river bank many hours ago, how come you are still carrying her along?"
This very old Chinese zen story reflects the thinking of many people today.We encounter many unpleasant things in our life, theyirritate us and they make us angry. Sometimes, they cause us a lot ofhurt, sometimes they cause us to be bitter or jealous. But like the littlemonk, we are not willing to let them go away. We keep on carrying thebaggage of the "pretty lady" with us. We let them keep on coming backto hurt us, make us angry, make us bitter and cause us a lot of agony. WHY? Simply because we are not willing to put down or let go of the baggage of the"pretty lady". We should let go of the pretty lady immediately aftercrossing the river, immediately after the unpleasant event is over. Thiswill immediately remove all our agonies. There is no need to be further hurt by the unpleasant event after it is over. It'z just that simple.......
DID YOU KNOW.............?
* People who ride on roller coasters have a higher chance of having a blood clot in the brain.
* On an average, half of all false teeth have some form of radioactivity.
* Despite the hump, a camel's spine is straight.
* Penguins can convert salt water into fresh water.
* A bird 'chews' with its stomach.
* The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
* Ducks will only lay eggs early in the morning.
* One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
* A killer whale's heart beats 30 times a minute under water, 60 times a minute on the surface.
* Cats cannot taste sweet things.
* Up to the age of six or seven months a child can breathe and swallow at the same time. Adults cannot do this.
* Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
* Turkeys can reproduce without having sex.
* Jimmy Carter is the first U.S. President to have been born in a hospital.
* You are about 1 centimeter taller in the morning than in the evening!
* 25% of your bones are located in your feet.
* Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents.
* When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
* Males sweat 40% more than females.
* A kangaroo cannot jump if its tail is off the ground.
* Identical twins do not have identical fingerprints.
* People who ride on roller coasters have a higher chance of having a blood clot in the brain.
* On an average, half of all false teeth have some form of radioactivity.
* Despite the hump, a camel's spine is straight.
* Penguins can convert salt water into fresh water.
* A bird 'chews' with its stomach.
* The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
* Ducks will only lay eggs early in the morning.
* One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
* A killer whale's heart beats 30 times a minute under water, 60 times a minute on the surface.
* Cats cannot taste sweet things.
* Up to the age of six or seven months a child can breathe and swallow at the same time. Adults cannot do this.
* Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
* Turkeys can reproduce without having sex.
* Jimmy Carter is the first U.S. President to have been born in a hospital.
* You are about 1 centimeter taller in the morning than in the evening!
* 25% of your bones are located in your feet.
* Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents.
* When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
* Males sweat 40% more than females.
* A kangaroo cannot jump if its tail is off the ground.
* Identical twins do not have identical fingerprints.
* THOTS & HUMOR- 2006*
- It is a good rule in life never to apologise.
- The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
- Technology is the art of arranging the world in such a way that we do not feel the need to experience it.
- In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.
- Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at all seasons, that is the only difference between humans and animals.
- When you don’t have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it’s sex. When you have both, it’s health.
- Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would be never to have been born at all.
- I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.
- Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
- The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
- If you want to make God laugh, tell him your future plans.
- The secret of a good speech is to have a good beginning and a good ending, and having the two as close together as possible.
- Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
- Nowadays, advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
- If you can tell the difference between good advice and bad advice, you don’t need advice.
- The strongest man upon earth is he who stands most alone.
- The artist does not see things as they are, but as he is.
- Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
- The most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies, for example.
- A book is a success when people who haven’t read it pretend they have.
- The advantage of being clever is that it’s easy to play the fool. The opposite is much more difficult.
- Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone may be looking.
- We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.
- An expert is a man who doesn’t know all the answers, but is sure, that if he is given enough money, he can find them.
- Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
- The future is the past, returning through another gate.
- Our generation never had a chance. When we were young they taught us to respect our elders, and now that we’re older, they tell us to listen to youth.
- By the time a man realises that may be his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.
- One reason that history repeats itself is that so many people were not listening the first time.
- In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.
- My life is in the hands of any fool who can make me lose my temper.
- Life is like the Olympics; a few men strain their muscles to carry off a prize; others sell ice cream and souvenirs to the crowd, and some look at the show and see how and why everything is done.
- Love is an ocean of emotions, entirely surrounded by expenses.
- What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind.
- How long a minute is depends on which side of the bathroom door you happen to be.
- Only some of us can learn by other people’s mistakes. The rest of us have to be the other people.
- It is a good rule in life never to apologise.
- The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
- Technology is the art of arranging the world in such a way that we do not feel the need to experience it.
- In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.
- Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at all seasons, that is the only difference between humans and animals.
- When you don’t have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it’s sex. When you have both, it’s health.
- Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would be never to have been born at all.
- I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.
- Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
- The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
- If you want to make God laugh, tell him your future plans.
- The secret of a good speech is to have a good beginning and a good ending, and having the two as close together as possible.
- Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
- Nowadays, advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
- If you can tell the difference between good advice and bad advice, you don’t need advice.
- The strongest man upon earth is he who stands most alone.
- The artist does not see things as they are, but as he is.
- Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
- The most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies, for example.
- A book is a success when people who haven’t read it pretend they have.
- The advantage of being clever is that it’s easy to play the fool. The opposite is much more difficult.
- Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone may be looking.
- We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.
- An expert is a man who doesn’t know all the answers, but is sure, that if he is given enough money, he can find them.
- Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
- The future is the past, returning through another gate.
- Our generation never had a chance. When we were young they taught us to respect our elders, and now that we’re older, they tell us to listen to youth.
- By the time a man realises that may be his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.
- One reason that history repeats itself is that so many people were not listening the first time.
- In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.
- My life is in the hands of any fool who can make me lose my temper.
- Life is like the Olympics; a few men strain their muscles to carry off a prize; others sell ice cream and souvenirs to the crowd, and some look at the show and see how and why everything is done.
- Love is an ocean of emotions, entirely surrounded by expenses.
- What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind.
- How long a minute is depends on which side of the bathroom door you happen to be.
- Only some of us can learn by other people’s mistakes. The rest of us have to be the other people.
Monday, January 16, 2006
***VAAZHKAI THATHTHUVAMS ***
-Suda Suda 2006 Pathippu -
.Poison evvalavu naal aanalum payaasam aaga mudiyadhu....
Aanaa Payaasam patthu naal aana poison aayidum!!!!!
·Adayar Anandha Bhavanoda Branch Neraya edathula irukkum.....
Aanaa Adayar Aala marathoda Branch Adayar la mattum than irukkum!!!
·Carukulla tyre inrunthaa adhu stepney,
Athey tyre nambha maela irunthaa, naama chatni!!!
·Vaayaala naainu solla mudiyum,
Aanaa naayaala vaainu solla mudiyathu:-)
·Train evvalavu vegama ponaalum,
Kadaisi petty kadaisiyathan pogum!!!!
·Arisi kottina vaera arisi vaangalaam,
Paal kotina vaera paal vaangalaam,
aaana thael kottina vaera thael vaanga mudiyadhu…:-):-)
·Cellula balance illana call panna mudiyathu....
Aaana Manushanukku call illana, balance panna mudiyathu!!!!!
·Ennathan karatela black belt vaangi iduppuley kattinaalum,
kazhuthuley brown belt kattina veri nai (mad dog)
thorathina odiththan aaganum !!!!
·Kaakaa evalavu karuppaa irunthalum, vella mutta than podum.
Athey muttai evalavu vellaiya irundalum, karuppu kunjuthan varum !!!!
·Bus poyita bus stand angayae thaan irukkum......
Aana cycle poyita cycle stand koodavae poogum !!!!
·Vaelai kedaikara varaikkum Resume forward pannraanga.
Kedacha apparam Mailaa forward pannraanga !!!!
·Bus la nee yerinalum, unn mela bus yerinalum...
ticket vaanga porathu NEE thaan :-):-):-)
·Olagam theriyaamal vaazhntha avan veguly,
cricket theriyaamal vazhnthaa avan Ganguly:-):-):-)
Mukkiyamaa......
·FILESna OKKANTHU PAARKKANUM,
Aanaa PILESna PAARTHU OKKARANUM:-):-)
-Suda Suda 2006 Pathippu -
.Poison evvalavu naal aanalum payaasam aaga mudiyadhu....
Aanaa Payaasam patthu naal aana poison aayidum!!!!!
·Adayar Anandha Bhavanoda Branch Neraya edathula irukkum.....
Aanaa Adayar Aala marathoda Branch Adayar la mattum than irukkum!!!
·Carukulla tyre inrunthaa adhu stepney,
Athey tyre nambha maela irunthaa, naama chatni!!!
·Vaayaala naainu solla mudiyum,
Aanaa naayaala vaainu solla mudiyathu:-)
·Train evvalavu vegama ponaalum,
Kadaisi petty kadaisiyathan pogum!!!!
·Arisi kottina vaera arisi vaangalaam,
Paal kotina vaera paal vaangalaam,
aaana thael kottina vaera thael vaanga mudiyadhu…:-):-)
·Cellula balance illana call panna mudiyathu....
Aaana Manushanukku call illana, balance panna mudiyathu!!!!!
·Ennathan karatela black belt vaangi iduppuley kattinaalum,
kazhuthuley brown belt kattina veri nai (mad dog)
thorathina odiththan aaganum !!!!
·Kaakaa evalavu karuppaa irunthalum, vella mutta than podum.
Athey muttai evalavu vellaiya irundalum, karuppu kunjuthan varum !!!!
·Bus poyita bus stand angayae thaan irukkum......
Aana cycle poyita cycle stand koodavae poogum !!!!
·Vaelai kedaikara varaikkum Resume forward pannraanga.
Kedacha apparam Mailaa forward pannraanga !!!!
·Bus la nee yerinalum, unn mela bus yerinalum...
ticket vaanga porathu NEE thaan :-):-):-)
·Olagam theriyaamal vaazhntha avan veguly,
cricket theriyaamal vazhnthaa avan Ganguly:-):-):-)
Mukkiyamaa......
·FILESna OKKANTHU PAARKKANUM,
Aanaa PILESna PAARTHU OKKARANUM:-):-)
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
DID YOU KNOW THIS.....
- The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
- 'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
- Bacteria that cause tooth decay, acne, tuberculosis, and leprosy can be cured with cashews.
- Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
- If your stomach didn't produce a new layer of mucous every two weeks, it would digest itself.
- The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.
- Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from producing tears.
- At their closest point, the Russian and U.S. borders are less than two miles apart.
- The city of Las Vegas has the most hotel rooms in the world.
- More than 10% of the world's salt is used to de-ice American roads.
- The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
- 'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
- Bacteria that cause tooth decay, acne, tuberculosis, and leprosy can be cured with cashews.
- Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
- If your stomach didn't produce a new layer of mucous every two weeks, it would digest itself.
- The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.
- Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from producing tears.
- At their closest point, the Russian and U.S. borders are less than two miles apart.
- The city of Las Vegas has the most hotel rooms in the world.
- More than 10% of the world's salt is used to de-ice American roads.
CHENNAI - SOME INFO.....
Chennai, Tamil Nadu's capital, is the fourth largest city in India, after Calcutta, Bombay and Delhi. This coastal centre of trade has drawn traffic from all over the world for centuries and maintains a cosmopolitan quality as well as a Tamil air. The centre of South India's film industry, its skyline is ablaze with bright movie billboards advertising the latest celluloid fantasies.
Chennai, also known as Madras, is the capital of Tamilnadu State. The city sprawls over more than 70 square km. The population of Chennai is 5.9 million. Many of the indian languages are spoken in Chennai, though the main language of Chennai is Tamil. For travelers with an interest in the colonial history of India, Chennai has much worth exploring and abundant transport operations make other parts of the country readily accessible.
History :- For more than 2000 years the area has been popular with seafarers, spice traders and cloth merchants. The 16th century saw the arrival of the Portuguese, followed by the Dutch. In 1693, the British East India Company established a settlement in the fishing village of Madraspatnam. For St. George was constructed over a period of 15 years and finally completed in 1653. Georgetown grew in the area of the fort and was granted its first municipal charter in 1688 by James II, making it the oldest municipality in India. During the 18th and 19th centuries, French and British traders competed for supremacy in India. In the 19th century, the city became the seat of the Madras presidency, one of the four divisions of British imperial India.
After independence, it continued to grow into what is now a significant southern gateway.
The city which can proudly claim to have access to the following features:
- One international and one domestic airport.
- One all-weather seaport and one more shaping up just 25 kms away. Reliable and efficient telecom network
- Guaranteed Adequate power supply by State Electricity Board.
- Three Electrical and Electronic Estates.
- Well connected Air Road and Rail network that includes MRTS, providing more connectivity from and to the city.
- Around 240 engineering colleges in the State, 19 universities, and the world renowned Indian Institute of Technology
- Schools which have produced the Ramanujams and Abdul Kalams, apart from special schools like American School and the Japanese school.
- Cosmopolitan life - style - the private beach houses and numerous beach resorts along the coast of the bay of Bengal, including a five star resort, stand as a testimony.
- Hundreds of restaurants and a host of three and five star hotels offer multiple cuisines, including Chinese , Japanese, Mexican, Continental, western fast food and the varied Indian treats.
- Some of the best medical facilities in Asia - the Madras Medical Mission,Apollo, Vijaya and Malar hospitals, to name a few.
- Foreign and Nationalized Banks at almost all the nooks and corners - American Express , Standard Chartered Grindlays Bank, Citibank, Bank of America, Honk Kong Bank, State Bank of India, Indian Bank, Bank of Baroda etc.
- Financial Institutions like ICICI, IDBI and HDFC to accelerate industrial and economic growth.
- An environment which has attracted investments from Ford, Hyundai, and Alcatel.
- An array of plush shopping malls displaying everything under the sun.
- Exclusive clubs, Sabhas, golf courses, tennis courts, billiards , snooker rooms and a host of other recreational facilities available for the executives to wind off after a hard days work.
Chennai, Tamil Nadu's capital, is the fourth largest city in India, after Calcutta, Bombay and Delhi. This coastal centre of trade has drawn traffic from all over the world for centuries and maintains a cosmopolitan quality as well as a Tamil air. The centre of South India's film industry, its skyline is ablaze with bright movie billboards advertising the latest celluloid fantasies.
Chennai, also known as Madras, is the capital of Tamilnadu State. The city sprawls over more than 70 square km. The population of Chennai is 5.9 million. Many of the indian languages are spoken in Chennai, though the main language of Chennai is Tamil. For travelers with an interest in the colonial history of India, Chennai has much worth exploring and abundant transport operations make other parts of the country readily accessible.
History :- For more than 2000 years the area has been popular with seafarers, spice traders and cloth merchants. The 16th century saw the arrival of the Portuguese, followed by the Dutch. In 1693, the British East India Company established a settlement in the fishing village of Madraspatnam. For St. George was constructed over a period of 15 years and finally completed in 1653. Georgetown grew in the area of the fort and was granted its first municipal charter in 1688 by James II, making it the oldest municipality in India. During the 18th and 19th centuries, French and British traders competed for supremacy in India. In the 19th century, the city became the seat of the Madras presidency, one of the four divisions of British imperial India.
After independence, it continued to grow into what is now a significant southern gateway.
The city which can proudly claim to have access to the following features:
- One international and one domestic airport.
- One all-weather seaport and one more shaping up just 25 kms away. Reliable and efficient telecom network
- Guaranteed Adequate power supply by State Electricity Board.
- Three Electrical and Electronic Estates.
- Well connected Air Road and Rail network that includes MRTS, providing more connectivity from and to the city.
- Around 240 engineering colleges in the State, 19 universities, and the world renowned Indian Institute of Technology
- Schools which have produced the Ramanujams and Abdul Kalams, apart from special schools like American School and the Japanese school.
- Cosmopolitan life - style - the private beach houses and numerous beach resorts along the coast of the bay of Bengal, including a five star resort, stand as a testimony.
- Hundreds of restaurants and a host of three and five star hotels offer multiple cuisines, including Chinese , Japanese, Mexican, Continental, western fast food and the varied Indian treats.
- Some of the best medical facilities in Asia - the Madras Medical Mission,Apollo, Vijaya and Malar hospitals, to name a few.
- Foreign and Nationalized Banks at almost all the nooks and corners - American Express , Standard Chartered Grindlays Bank, Citibank, Bank of America, Honk Kong Bank, State Bank of India, Indian Bank, Bank of Baroda etc.
- Financial Institutions like ICICI, IDBI and HDFC to accelerate industrial and economic growth.
- An environment which has attracted investments from Ford, Hyundai, and Alcatel.
- An array of plush shopping malls displaying everything under the sun.
- Exclusive clubs, Sabhas, golf courses, tennis courts, billiards , snooker rooms and a host of other recreational facilities available for the executives to wind off after a hard days work.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
CAT......
A MAN hated his wife's cat and he decided to get rid of it.
He drove 20 blocks away from home and dropped the cat there.
But when he got home, the cat had found its way back.
The next day, he dropped the cat 40 blocks away but the same thing happened.
He kept increasing the number of blocks but the cat kept finding its way home before he did.
At last, he decided to drive a few miles away, turn right, then left, past the bridge, then right again and another right and so on until he reached what he thought was a perfect spot and dropped the cat there.
Hours later, the man called his wife at home and asked her: 'Jen, is the cat there?'
'Yes, why do you ask?' she asked.
Frustrated, the man said: 'Put that cat on the phone, I'm lost and I need directions.'
A MAN hated his wife's cat and he decided to get rid of it.
He drove 20 blocks away from home and dropped the cat there.
But when he got home, the cat had found its way back.
The next day, he dropped the cat 40 blocks away but the same thing happened.
He kept increasing the number of blocks but the cat kept finding its way home before he did.
At last, he decided to drive a few miles away, turn right, then left, past the bridge, then right again and another right and so on until he reached what he thought was a perfect spot and dropped the cat there.
Hours later, the man called his wife at home and asked her: 'Jen, is the cat there?'
'Yes, why do you ask?' she asked.
Frustrated, the man said: 'Put that cat on the phone, I'm lost and I need directions.'
Friday, October 21, 2005
DID YOU KNOW THIS.....
Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
It takes 17 muscles to smile, 43 to frown.
Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.
The average person can live for eleven days without water, assuming an average temperature of 60 degrees fahrenheit.
One quarter of the human brain is used to control the eyes.
To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles-That's where the word testimony comes from.
Warner Chappel Music owns the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'. They make over $1 million in royalties every year from the commercial use of the song.
The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
When a person dies, hearing is usually the last sense to go.
For beer ads, they add liquid detergent to the beer to make it foam more.
Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
It takes 17 muscles to smile, 43 to frown.
Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.
The average person can live for eleven days without water, assuming an average temperature of 60 degrees fahrenheit.
One quarter of the human brain is used to control the eyes.
To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles-That's where the word testimony comes from.
Warner Chappel Music owns the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'. They make over $1 million in royalties every year from the commercial use of the song.
The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.
When a person dies, hearing is usually the last sense to go.
For beer ads, they add liquid detergent to the beer to make it foam more.
ONE STEP AT A TIME......
"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step."
-- Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Does the prospect of changing and growing seem monumental to you? Just too much to tackle?
Then consider this approach. Take a simple step of affirming your openness to experience more or something new. Or a different first step might be to let go of judgment by embracing the neutral. Begin to see the people, activities and things around you as neither good nor bad.
A journey is made of many small steps. Don’t focus on a far-off destination if you’re not clear how to get there. Build a foundation that is solid for you. We get to new places one step at a time.
"You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
"One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time."
-- John Wanamaker
"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step."
-- Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Does the prospect of changing and growing seem monumental to you? Just too much to tackle?
Then consider this approach. Take a simple step of affirming your openness to experience more or something new. Or a different first step might be to let go of judgment by embracing the neutral. Begin to see the people, activities and things around you as neither good nor bad.
A journey is made of many small steps. Don’t focus on a far-off destination if you’re not clear how to get there. Build a foundation that is solid for you. We get to new places one step at a time.
"You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
"One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time."
-- John Wanamaker
COMMUNICATION......WITHOUT WORDS......
Every movement and non-movement we make is a form of communication.
How do you communicate happiness, anxiety, caring, fear, withdrawal, avoidance, shutting down, disagreeing?
Begin to pay attention to what your eyes and arms and facial expressions communicate. Our body language speaks louder than our words. You need to be conscious and sure - these are not things others can tell you. More often than not, we communicate more that what we intend to by way of our movements - intentionally or otherwise.
Words alone does not amount to total communication. A good communicator is the one who has mastered the non-verbal aspect too.
Every movement and non-movement we make is a form of communication.
How do you communicate happiness, anxiety, caring, fear, withdrawal, avoidance, shutting down, disagreeing?
Begin to pay attention to what your eyes and arms and facial expressions communicate. Our body language speaks louder than our words. You need to be conscious and sure - these are not things others can tell you. More often than not, we communicate more that what we intend to by way of our movements - intentionally or otherwise.
Words alone does not amount to total communication. A good communicator is the one who has mastered the non-verbal aspect too.
TRUST is the KEY..........
WE SEEK TO CONTROL OUR LIVES WHEN WE DO NOT TRUST, WHEN WE DO NOT LOVE. Our ego, perceiving itself to be vulnerable and insecure, uses control in an effort to protect itself.
At the root of our need to control, we find FEAR. It may be fear of the unknown. Fear of not coping. Fear of loss. Or possibly even fear of looking stupid. And as our efforts to control other people and events invariably fail, our fear increases.
Trust, on the other hand, is a quality of the soul. While control is a tool of the mind, TRUST AND FAITH ARE ASPECTS OF THE HEART. Trust comes with the deep knowing that we are spiritual beings in physical bodies. When we trust enough in life to give up our need to control, we can relax and open to the flow of energy in our lives. This brings peace of mind. Life becomes full. Everything looks so serene.
"The only real security in life lies in relishing life's insecurity."
-- M. Scott Peck
WE SEEK TO CONTROL OUR LIVES WHEN WE DO NOT TRUST, WHEN WE DO NOT LOVE. Our ego, perceiving itself to be vulnerable and insecure, uses control in an effort to protect itself.
At the root of our need to control, we find FEAR. It may be fear of the unknown. Fear of not coping. Fear of loss. Or possibly even fear of looking stupid. And as our efforts to control other people and events invariably fail, our fear increases.
Trust, on the other hand, is a quality of the soul. While control is a tool of the mind, TRUST AND FAITH ARE ASPECTS OF THE HEART. Trust comes with the deep knowing that we are spiritual beings in physical bodies. When we trust enough in life to give up our need to control, we can relax and open to the flow of energy in our lives. This brings peace of mind. Life becomes full. Everything looks so serene.
"The only real security in life lies in relishing life's insecurity."
-- M. Scott Peck
THE KEY TO CREATIVITY.......
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." -- Albert Einstein
Do you know the key to creativity? It rhymes with weed. It produces the oak tree. We often eat it or grind it up for flour. It can mean cause or origination. You guessed it. Yes! It is SEED.
Our minds love to associate one thing to another. But as we get stuck in very fixed patterns of thinking, we think of fewer and fewer connections. We are ruled by habits, associations and automatic responses. So we must stimulate our thinking with lots of different seeds to chart new paths in our brains. This is also an effective way to stay healthier and happier - a precursor to fulfilled life.......
“Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.”
-- Napoleon Hill
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." -- Albert Einstein
Do you know the key to creativity? It rhymes with weed. It produces the oak tree. We often eat it or grind it up for flour. It can mean cause or origination. You guessed it. Yes! It is SEED.
Our minds love to associate one thing to another. But as we get stuck in very fixed patterns of thinking, we think of fewer and fewer connections. We are ruled by habits, associations and automatic responses. So we must stimulate our thinking with lots of different seeds to chart new paths in our brains. This is also an effective way to stay healthier and happier - a precursor to fulfilled life.......
“Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.”
-- Napoleon Hill
DID YOU KNOW..........
The 'vintage date' on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling!
In America in 1977, the punishment for smuggling marijuana was 15 years less than the punishment for smuggling coffee!
More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half caused cancer in rats.
Muhammad is the most common name in the world.
Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.
The heart pumps about 1 million barrels of blood during an average lifetime!
Male hospital patients fall out of bed twice as often as female hospital patients.
Onions have no flavor, only a smell.
In an average lifetime a person will walk the equivalent of three times around the world.
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Artists, Attitude, Appreciation......
Enclosed link is an interesting article in The Hindu today featuring our family friends from Chennai - AV Ilango & Chandra Ilango with their friends Sunita & Rajeev (Remember seeing him in Ullam Kaetkume as Pooja's father....)
http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/10/20/stories/2005102000690200.htm
Chandra Akka is the sister of my close childhood friend/classmate/Onida Colleague Shiva and Ilango Baava is an accomplished painter today in India..........
I for one have grown around them and it feels real nice to read this article - especially since it is written very well and is interspiced with Ilango Baava's innate sense of humor......
Enjoy.
Enclosed link is an interesting article in The Hindu today featuring our family friends from Chennai - AV Ilango & Chandra Ilango with their friends Sunita & Rajeev (Remember seeing him in Ullam Kaetkume as Pooja's father....)
http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/10/20/stories/2005102000690200.htm
Chandra Akka is the sister of my close childhood friend/classmate/Onida Colleague Shiva and Ilango Baava is an accomplished painter today in India..........
I for one have grown around them and it feels real nice to read this article - especially since it is written very well and is interspiced with Ilango Baava's innate sense of humor......
Enjoy.
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