Monday, October 6, 2008

Four Friends at a Party‏

Four friends, who hadn't seen each other in 30 years, reunited at a party. After several drinks, one of the men had to use the rest room. Those who remained talked about their kids.

The first guy said, 'My son is my pride and joy. He started working at asuccessful company at the bottom of the barrel. He studied Economics and Business Administration and soon began to climb the corporate ladder and now he's the president of the company. He became so rich that he gave his bestfriend a top of the line Mercedes for his birthday.'

The second guy said, 'Darn, that's terrific! My son is also my pride and joy. He started working for a big airline, then went to flight school to become a pilot. Eventually he became a partner in the company, where he owns the majority of its assets. He's so rich that he gave his best friend a brand new jet for his birthday.'

The third man said: 'Well, that's terrific! My son studied in the best universities and became an engineer. Then he started his own construction company and is now a multimillionaire. He also gave away something very nice andexpensive to his best friend for his birthday: A 30,000 square foot mansion.'

The three friends congratulated each other just as the fourth returned from the restroom and asked: 'What are all the congratulations for?' One of the three said, 'We were talking about the pride we feel for the successes of our sons. What about your son?'

The fourth man replied: 'My son is gay and makes a living dancing as astripper at a nightclub.' The three friends said: 'What a shame...what a disappointment.' The fourth man replied: 'No, I'm not ashamed. He's my son and Ilove him. And he hasn't done too bad either. His birthday was two weeks ago, and he received a beautiful 30,000 square foot mansion, a brand new jet and a top of the line Mercedes from his three boyfriends.'

HOW MUCH IS 2+2 ?‏

A businessman was interviewing applicants for the position of Divisional Manager. He devised a simple test to select the most suitable person for the job.

He asked each applicant the question, "What is two and two?"

The first interviewee was a journalist. His answer was "twenty-two."

The second applicant was an engineer. He pulled out a calculator and showed the answer to be between 3.999999 and 4.000001.

The next person was a lawyer. He stated that in the case of Jenkins v. Commr of Stamp Duties (Qld), two and two was proven to be four.

The last applicant was an accountant. The business man asked him, "How much is two and two?" The accountant got up from his chair, went over to the door, closed it then came back and sat down. He leaned across the desk and said in a low voice, "How much do you want it to be?"

He got the job.

Monday, August 18, 2008

Kahani Hamare Mahabharat Ki

The fruit-seller episode: 13th August 2008
Part I


Part II

Team Support


Every member in a team, has times when they need support.........

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Some Wacky Definitions!!!

School: A place where Papa pays and Son plays.

Life Insurance: A contract that keeps you poor all your life so that you can die Rich.

Nurse: A person who wakes u up to give you sleeping pills.

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

Tears: The hydraulic force by which masculine willpower is defeated by feminine waterpower.

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

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

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

Dictionary: A place where success comes before work.

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

Father: A banker provided by nature.

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

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

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

Classic: Books, which people praise, but do not read.

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

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

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

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

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

Experience: The name men give to their mistakes.

Atom Bomb: An invention to end all inventions.

Philosopher: A fool who torments himself during life, to be wise after death.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Laugh n feel happy!

Sardar to his servant: Go and water the plants.
Servant: It's already raining.
Sardar: So what take an umbrella and go.

Sardar found the answer to the most difficult question ever -
What will come first, Chicken or egg?
O Yaar, what ever U order first, will come first.

A teacher told all students in a class to write an essay on a cricket match. All were busy writing except one Sardarji.
He wrote "DUE TO RAIN, NO MATCH!"

Postman: - I Have To Come 5 Miles to Deliver U This Packet
Sardar: - why did U come so far. Instead U could Have posted it....

A Sardar & his wife filed an application for Divorce.
Judge asked: How'll U divide your kids, U"VE 3 children?
Sardar replied: Ok! We'll apply NEXT YEAR


Sardar's wish: when I die, I wana die like my Grandpa who died peacefully in his sleep not Screaming like all d passengers in d car he was Driving.

A Teacher lecturing on population:
"In Indi a after every 10 secs a women gives birth to a kid. "
A Sardar stands up- "We must find & stop her!. "


A man: "Sardarji, tell me, why Manmohan Singh goes for a walk in the evening not in the morning?"
Sardarji: ''Arey bhai Manmohan is PM not AM''.


Sardar visits Chinese friend dying in hospital.
The Chinese friend just says "CHIN YU YAN" and dies.
Sardarji goes to China
to find the meaning of his friend's last Words.
And finds It means "U R STANDNG ON the OXYGEN TUBE!"

Sardarji was standing in front of the mirror with his eyes closed.
His wife asked what you are doing.
He said-I am seeing how I look while sleeping.

Why did Sardar cut the sides of the capsule before taking it?
Guess what...
To avoid side effects!!!


Man: Sardarji where were U born?
Sardarji:
Punjab .
Man: Which part?
Sardar: Oye part part kya kar raha hai, whole body Is born in Panjab
Yaar".

Lawyer to Sardar: "Gita pe haath rakhkar kaho ke...... "
Sardar :"Yeh kya, sita pe haath lagaya to court mein Bulaya. Ab fir gita pe haath!!"

A Sardar saw a beautiful girl... He went and kissed her....
Girl said- "What R U doing...?"
Sardar replied- "
B.COM from Khalsa college, Chandigar"

Sardar: For the past one week a girl is disturbing Me.
I don't know how she got my no, she interrupts whenever I call someone and says "please recharge your card"

A sardar was drawing money from ATM,
The sardar behind him in the line said, "Ha! Ha! Haaa! I've seen
your password. Its 4 asterisks (****). "
The first sardar replies, "Ha! Ha! Haaa! U R wrong, Its 1258"


Q:) How do U recognize a sardar in school or College???
A:) They are the ones who erase their notebooks when the teacher erases the blackboard... BOLO tarara!!

Q:) Why did the sardarji sleep with a scale?
A:) Because he wanted to measure how long he has Slept........



Santa Singh MBBS
After finishing his MBBS, Dr. Santa Singh starts his Own practice.
He checked his first patient's Eyes, then the tongue, and finally the Ears using a torch.
Finally he said Battery
is Ok !!!

There Are Two Kinds Of People,
Those Who Do The Work
&
Those Who Take The Credit..

Try To Be In The First Group;
There Is Less Competition There..

Monday, July 21, 2008

The 11 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating............

The 11 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating


(Maybe you should be eating more beets, left, or chopped cabbage. )
Nutritionist and author Jonny Bowden has created several lists of healthful foods people should be eating but aren’t. But some of his favorites, like purslane, guava and goji berries, aren’t always available at regular grocery stores. I asked Dr. Bowden, author of “The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth,” to update his list with some favorite foods that are easy to find but don’t always find their way into our shopping carts. Here’s his advice.

Beets: Think of beets as red spinach, Dr. Bowden said, because they are a rich source of folate as well as natural red pigments that may be cancer fighters.
How to eat: Fresh, raw and grated to make a salad. Heating decreases the antioxidant power.

Cabbage: Loaded with nutrients like sulforaphane, a chemical said to boost cancer-fighting enzymes.
How to eat: Asian-style slaw or as a crunchy topping on burgers and sandwiches.

Swiss chard: A leafy green vegetable packed with carotenoids that protect aging eyes.
How to eat it: Chop and saute in olive oil.

Cinnamon: May help control blood sugar and cholesterol.
How to eat it: Sprinkle on coffee or oatmeal.

Pomegranate juice: Appears to lower blood pressure and loaded with antioxidants.
How to eat: Just drink it.

Dried plums: Okay, so they are really prunes, but they are packed with antioxidants.
How to eat: Wrapped in prosciutto and baked.

Pumpkin seeds: The most nutritious part of the pumpkin and packed with magnesium; high levels of the mineral are associated with lower risk for early death.
How to eat: Roasted as a snack, or sprinkled on salad.

Sardines: Dr. Bowden calls them “health food in a can.'’ They are high in omega-3’s, contain virtually no mercury and are loaded with calcium. They also contain iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, copper and manganese as well as a full complement of B vitamins.
How to eat: Choose sardines packed in olive or sardine oil. Eat plain, mixed with salad, on toast, or mashed with dijon mustard and onions as a spread.

Turmeric: The “superstar of spices,'’ it may have anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties.
How to eat: Mix with scrambled eggs or in any vegetable dish.

Frozen blueberries: Even though freezing can degrade some of the nutrients in fruits and vegetables, frozen blueberries are available year-round and don’t spoil; associated with better memory in animal studies.
How to eat: Blended with yogurt or chocolate soy milk and sprinkled with crushed almonds.

Canned pumpkin: A low-calorie vegetable that is high in fiber and immune-stimulating vitamin A; fills you up on very few calories.
How to eat: Mix with a little butter, cinnamon and nutmeg.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

"Mother"

---------- What "Mother" Means ----------
"Mother" is such a simple word,
But to me there’s meaning seldom heard.
For everything I am today,
My mother’s love showed me the way.
I’ll love my mother all my days,
For enriching my life in so many ways.
She set me straight and then set me free,
And that’s what the word "mother" means to me.
Thanks for being a wonderful mother, Mom!

Sunday, July 6, 2008

THIS IS HOW WE MISS OUT SOMETHING CALLED "LIFE"

A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of marriage. They were a loving couple and the boy was the gem of their eyes. When the boy was around two years old, one morning the husband saw a medicine bottle open. He was late for office so he asked his wife to cap the bottle and keep it in the cupboard. His wife, preoccupied in the kitchen totally forgot the matter. The boy saw the bottle and playfully went to thebottle fascinated by its colour and drank it all. It happened to be a poisonous medicine meant for adults in small dosages. When the childcollapsed the mother hurried him to the hospital, where he died. The mother was stunned. She was terrified how to face her husband. When the distraught father came to the hospital and saw the dead child, he looked at his wife and uttered just five words.

QUESTIONS :1. What were the five words ?2. What is the implication of this story ANSWER :The husband just said 'I am with you Darling'

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

If everyone can look at life with this kind of perspective, there would be much fewer problems in the world. 'A journey of a thousand milesbegins with a single step'. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears. And you will find things areactually not as difficult as you think.

MORAL OF THE STORY: This story is really worth reading. ..... Sometimes we> spend time in asking who is responsible or whom to blame, whether in a relationship,in a job or with the people we know. By this way we miss out something called L.I.F.E

Sugarless Fruit and Nut Cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped dates
1/2 cup chopped apples
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter or margarine ( 1 stick )
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup nuts

Method:
In a saucepan, boil together the raisins, chopped dates, chopped apples and water on low heat for 3 minutes. Allow to cool slightly, then add margarine, flour, baking soda and chopped nuts. Mix well; refrigerate overnight.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees 10 to 15 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
Yummy Cookies are ready to munch........

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

40 Tips for Better Life

1. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while you walk, smile.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
3. Sleep for 7 hours.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
5. Play more games.
6. Read more books than you did lat year.
7. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
9. Dream more while you are awake.
10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
11. Drink plenty of water.
12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
14. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
15. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
16. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
17. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
18. Smile and laugh more.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
22. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about. Don't compare your partner with others.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
25. Forgive everyone for everything.
26. What other people think of you is none of your business.
27. GOD heals everything.
28. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
29. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch
30. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
31. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
32. The best is yet to come.
33. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
34. Do the right thing!
35. Call your family often.
36. Your inner most is always happy. So be happy.
37. Each day give something good to others.
38. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
39. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
40. Enjoy every moment of LIFE!

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Tax Poem‏

Tax his land, tax his wage, Tax his bed in which he lays.Tax his tractor, tax his mule, Teach him taxes is the rule.

Tax his cow, tax his goat, Tax his pants, tax his coat. Tax his ties, tax his shirts,Tax his work, tax his dirt.

Tax his chew, tax his smoke, Teach him taxes are no joke. Tax his car, tax his ass,Tax the roads he must pass.

Tax his tobacco, tax his drink,Tax him if he tries to think.Tax his booze, tax his beers,If he cries, tax his tears.

Tax his bills, tax his gas, Tax his notes, tax his cash.Tax him good and let him knowThat after taxes, he has no dough.

If he hollers, tax him more,Tax him until he's good and sore.Tax his coffin, tax his grave,Tax the sod in which he lays.

Put these words upon his tomb,"Taxes drove me to my doom!"And when he's gone, we won't relax,We'll still be after the inheritance TAX

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Health - Important Tips

Health - Important Tips

Answer the phone by LEFT ear.

Do not drink coffee TWICE a day.

Do not take pills with COOL water.

Do not have HUGE meals after 5pm.

Reduce the amount of OILY food you consume.

Drink more WATER in the morning, less at night.

Keep your distance from hand phone CHARGERS.

Do not use headphones/earphone for LONGperiod of time.

Best sleeping time is from 10pm at night to 6am in the morning.

Do not lie down immediately after taking medicine before sleeping.

When battery is down to the LAST grid/bar, do not answer the phone as the radiation is 1000 times.

God's Pharmacy !!! Amazing !

God's Pharmacy !!! Amazing !

A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye The pupil, iris and radiatinglines look just like the human eye...and YES science now shows thatcarrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart is red and has fourchambers. All of the research shows tomatoes are indeed pure heart andblood food.

Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grapelooks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows thatgrapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.

A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, uppercerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds are on thenut just like the neo-cortex. We now know that walnuts help developover 3 dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.

Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes,they look exactly like the human kidneys.

Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and more look just like bones. These foodsspecifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and thesefoods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet thebody pulls it from thebones, making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

Eggplant, Avocados and Pears target the health and function of thewomb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs.Today's research shows that when a woman eats 1 avocado a week, itbalances hormones, sheds unwantedbirth weight and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this?

.... It takes exactly 9 months to grow an avocado from blossom toripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical ?constituentsof nutrition in each one ofthese foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).

Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increasethe motility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm cells toovercome male sterility.

Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance theglycemic index of diabetics.

Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries. Grapefruits,Oranges , and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands ofthe female and actually assist the health of the breasts and themovement of lymph in and out of the breasts.

Onions look like body cells. Today's research shows that onions helpclear waste materials from all of the body cells They even producetears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

"Scientific approach to ayurveda"

Lot of good habits

BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS:
1. No Breakfast People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level. This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.
. Overeating It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power.
3. Smoking It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.
4. High Sugar consumption Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain development.
5. Air Pollution The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our body. Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency.
6. Sleep Deprivation Sleep allows our brain to rest.. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells.
7. Head covered while sleepingSleeping with the head covered, increases the concentration of carbon dioxide and decrease concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.
8. Working your brain during illness Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in effectiveness of the brain as well as damage the brain.
9. Lacking in stimulating thoughts Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage.
10. Talking RarelyIntellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain.

******************* The main causes of liver damage are:
1. Sleeping too late and waking up too late are main cause.
2. Not urinating in the morning.
3. Too much eating.
4. Skipping breakfast.
5. Consuming too much medication.
6. Consuming too much preservatives, additives, food coloring, and artificial sweetener.
7. Consuming unhealthy cooking oil. As much as possible reduce cooking oil use when frying, which includes even the best cooking oils like olive oil. Do not consume fried foods when you are tired, except if the body is very fit.
8. Consuming raw (overly done) Foods also add to the burden of liver. Veggies should be eaten raw or cooked 3-5 parts. Fried veggies should be finished in one sitting, do not store.

We should prevent this without necessarily spending more. We just have to adopt a good daily lifestyle and eating habits. Maintaining good eating habits and time condition are very important for our bodies to absorb and get rid of unnecessary chemicals according to 'schedule.'
Because :
Evening at 9 - 11 PM : is the time for eliminating unnecessary/ toxic chemicals (detoxification) from the antibody system (lymph nodes). Relaxing or listening to music should spend this time duration. If during this time a housewife is still in an unrelaxed state such as washing the dishes or monitoring children doing their homework, this will have a negative impact on health.
Evening at 11pm - 1 am: is the detoxification process in the liver, and ideally should be done in a deep sleep state.
Early morning 1 - 3 am: detoxification process in the gall, also ideally done in a deep sleep state. Early morning 3 - 5 am: detoxification in the lungs. Therefore there will sometimes be a severe cough for cough sufferers during this time. Since the detoxification process had reached the respiratory tract, there is no need to take cough medicine so as not to interfere with toxin removal process.
Morning 5 - 7am: detoxification in the colon, you should empty your bowel.
Morning 7 - 9 am: absorption of nutrients in the small intestine, you should be having breakfast at this time.
Breakfast should be earlier, before 6:30 am, for those who are sick.
Breakfast before 7:30 am is very beneficial to those wanting to stay fit. Those who always skip breakfast, they should change their habits, and it is still better to eat breakfast late until 9 - 10 am rather than no meal at all..
Sleeping so late and waking up too late will disrupt the process of removing unnecessary chemicals. Aside from that, midnight to 4:00 am is the time when the bone marrow produces blood. Therefore, have a good sleep and don't sleep late.
DO TAKE CARE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH...

How stock exchange work, how people make money‏!

In a local village in India, a man appeared andannounced to the villagers that he would buy cobras for Rs. 400 each. The villagers knew there were many cobras around the village and started catching them.The man bought thousands at Rs. 400 and as the cobra supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort due to the increased cost of finding them. The man then announced that he would now buy atRs. 800. This emboldened the villagers to start catching cobras again. Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their old jobs.

The man now announced that he would buy cobras at Rs.2000! However, since he had to go to the big city onbusiness, his assistant would now buy on behalf ofhim. Now that the man was out of sight, the assistant told the villagers. "Look at all these cobras in the big cage that the man has collected from you. I will sell them to you at Rs. 1500 and when the man returns from the city, you can sell them to him for Rs. 2000each.

"The villagers rounded up with all their savings and bought all the cobras. Then they never saw the man or his assistant again, only snakes everywhere! Now you have a better understanding of how the stockmarket works.

Judge's Dilemma‏

In a small town, a person decided to open up his Bar business, which was right opposite to the Temple. The Temple & its congregation started a campaign to block the Bar from opening with petitions and prayed daily against his business.

Work progressed. However, when it was almost complete and was about to open a few days later, a strong lightning struck the Bar and it was burnt to the ground.

The temple folks were rather smug in their outlook after that, till the Bar owner sued the Temple authorities on the grounds that the Temple through its congregation & prayers was ultimately responsible for the demise of his bar shop, either through direct or indirect actions or means.

In its reply to the court, the temple vehemently denied all responsibility or any connection that their prayers were reasons to the bar shop's demise. As the case made its way into court, the judge looked over the paperwork at the hearing and commented:

'I don't know how I'm going to decide this case, but it appears from the paperwork, we have a bar owner who believes in the power of prayer and we have an entire temple and its devotees that don't.'

Sunday, May 18, 2008

17 Management Funda's - what they don't teach u at B-School‏

1. "We will do it" means "You will do it"

2. "You have done a great job" means "More work to be given to you"

3. "We are working on it" means "We have not yet started WORKING on theSame"

4. "Tomorrow first thing in the morning" means "Its not getting done"At least not tomorrow!"

5. "After discussion we will decide-I am very open to views" means "I have already decided, I will tell you what to do"

6. "There was a slight miscommunication" means "We had actually lied"Office-management-fundas

7. "Lets call a meeting and discuss" means "I have no time now, will talk later"

8. "We can always do it" means "We actually cannot do the same on time"

9. "We are on the right track but there needs to be a slight extension of the deadline" means "The project is screwed up, we cannot deliver on time."

10. "We had slight differences of opinion "means "We had actually fought"

11. "Make a list of the work that you do and let's see how I can help you" means "Anyway you have to find a way out no help from me"

12. "You should have told me earlier" means "Well even if you told me earlier that would have made hardly any difference!"

13. "We need to find out the real reason" means "Well I will tell you where your fault is"

14. "Well Family is important; your leave is always granted. Just ensure that the work is not affected," means, "Well you know…"

15. "We are a team," means, "I am not the only one to be blamed"

16. "That's actually a good question" means "I do not know anything about it"

17. "All the Best" means "You are in trouble".

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Tomato Crush

Tomato Crush
You'll get a blast of vitamin C from this light and tasty drink.

SERVES: 1 PREP TIME: n/a COOK TIME: n/a

Ingredients:
1/4 cup vegetable juice, 1/2 cup orange juice 1 orange, peeled and sectioned 8 ice cubes

Directions: Combine and blend ingredients until smooth.

Nutrition Information (One 12-ounce serving):134 calories, 2% fat (less than 1 g), 90% carbohydrate (32 g), 8% protein (3 g), 3 g fiber, 1 mg iron, 86 mg calcium, 85 mcg folate, 157 mg vitamin C.

Banana-Chocolate Milk Shake

Banana-Chocolate Milk Shake
Craving: Something Sweet

SERVES: 1 PREP TIME: 4 min COOK TIME: None

Ingredients:

1 medium banana, frozen 3/4 cup ice-cold nonfat milk 1 1/4 cups regular chocolate ice 1/2 teaspoon chocolate syrup

Directions:In a blender, combine banana and milk until smooth and frothy. Pour into a tall glass. Top with chocolate ice cream. Drizzle with chocolate syrup.

Nutrition Information (1 shake):248 calories, 15% fat (4 g), 72% carbohydrate (45 g), 13% protein (8 g), 272 mg calcium, 0.8 mg iron, 38 mcg folate, 3.5 g fiber.

Shamrock Smoothie For Moms-To-Be

Shamrock Smoothie For Moms-To-Be

SERVES : 2 PREP TIME: n/a COOK TIME: n/a

Ingredients:
1 cup low-fat (1%) milk 1 large ripe banana 1 cup lime sherbet 1 lime, sliced (for garnish)

Directions: Pour milk into blender. Add banana and lime sherbet. Blend until smooth; serve with lime garnish.

Nutrition Information 1 cup:

203 calories, 13% fat (3 g), 6% saturated fat (1.5 g), 76% carbohydrate (39 g), 11% protein (5.5 g), 198 mg calcium, 0.44 mg iron, 22 mcg folate, 17 mg vitamin C, 610 IU vitamin A, 1 mg zinc, 428 mg potassium, 4 g dietary fiber. Source: Kansas State University, The Family Nutrition Program

Saturday, April 12, 2008

THE PARROT FLOWER

THE VERY RARE PARROT FLOWER

This is a flower from Thailand . It is also a protected species and is not allowed to be exported.This will be the only way we will be able to view this flower. A FLOWER ALL THE WAY FROM THAILAND ...

World's Largest Swimming Pool.....


Can you believe this place in Chile? Imagine doing 10 laps of this pool lengthwise! On a jet-ski maybe. It is 1.3 klms long, 800 mtrs wide (8/10 of a mile long by 1/2 mile wide) at its shortest point and varies from ankle depth to 8 mtrs deep. It employs 41 life guards and has lifesaving devices which pop out of the bottom in various locations in case of rescue requirements. Built jointly by Korean/Japanese interests, it's expected to have a business life scale of 15 years. Wonder how they clean the thing?

"The Devil's Swimming Pool"



In Zimbabwe, you will find the magnificent Victoria Falls at a height of 128m. The location is known as "The Devil's Swimming Pool".


During the months of September and December, people can swim as close as possible to the edge of the falls without falling over! These falls are becoming well known amongst the "radical tourist" industry.. as more and more people search for the ultimate experience.
Would you dare?

Safety tip for ATM robbery

Hi friends…

Spend 2 mins… this is for your safety….. VERY USEFUL INFORMATION

If any robber catches you and you are forced by the robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can notify the police so smartly by entering your Pin Number in reverse. For example if your pin number is 1234 then you would put in 4321. The ATM recognizes that your pin number is backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine.The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber, the police will be immediately despatched to help you.This information was recently a broadcast on TV and it states that it is seldom used because people don't know of its existence.Please pass this information to everyone...........

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Wonder why women live longer...?

Mum and Dad were watching TV when Mum said, "I'm tired, and it's getting late. I think I'll go to bed."

She went to the kitchen to make sandwiches for the next day's lunches. Rinsed out the popcorn bowls, took meat out of the freezer for supper the following evening, checked the cereal box levels, filled the sugar container, put spoons and bowls on the table and started the coffee pot for brewing the next morning.

She then put some wet clothes in the dryer, put a load of clothes into the washer, ironed a shirt and secured a loose button.

She picked up the game pieces left on the table, put the phone back on the charger and put the telephone book into the drawer. She watered the plants, emptied a wastebasket and hung up a towel to dry. She yawned and stretched and headed for the bedroom. She stopped by the desk and wrote a note to the teacher, counted out some cash for the excursion and pulled a text book out from hiding under the chair.

She signed a birthday card for a friend, addressed and stamped the envelope and wrote a quick note for the grocery store. She put both near her bag.

Mum then washed her face with 3 in 1 cleanser, put on her Night Solution & age fighting moisturizer, brushed and flossed her teeth and filed her nails. Dad called out, "I thought you were going to bed." "I'm on my way," she said. She put some water into the dog's dish and put the cat outside, then made sure the doors were locked and the patio light was on. She looked in on each of the kids and turned out their bedside lamps and radios, hung up a shirt, threw some dirty socks into the hamper, and had a brief conversation with the one up still doing homework. In her own room, she set the alarm; laid out clothing for the next day, straightened up the shoe rack. She added three things to her 6 most important things to do list. She said her prayers, and visualized the accomplishment of her goals.

About that time, Dad turned off the TV and announced to no one in particular. "I'm going to bed." And he did...without another thought.

Anything extraordinary here? Wonder why women live longer...? 'CAUSE THEY ARE MADE FOR THE LONG HAUL...... (and they can't die sooner, they still> have things to do!!!!)

Indian Technology‏

After digging to a depth of 100 meters last year, Russian scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 1000 years, and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network one thousand years ago. So, not to be outdone, in the weeks that followed, American scientistsdug 200 meters and headlines in the US papers read: 'US scientists have found traces of 2000 year old optical fibers, and have concluded that their ancestors already had advanced high-tech digital telephone 1000 years earlier than the Russians.'One week later, the Indian newspapers reported the following: 'After digging as deep as 500 meters, Indian scientists have found absolutely nothing. They have concluded that 5000 years ago, their ancestors were already using wireless technology.'

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Eating Breakfast leads to better health of Children

Breakfast

Many of us make excuses as to why we don't eat breakfast - "I'm running late." "I don't have the time." But as a parent, this is one behavior you may need to rethink, because a nutritious breakfast is essential for the growth and development of your children.

Children are continuously growing and changing every day, and a nutritious breakfast provides the sugar, starch, protein, and fat - elements necessary for children to ensure a sustained release of energy and a delayed onset of hunger. Eating breakfast also improves the intake of fiber, vitamins, and minerals, especially iron and vitamin C.
Studies have shown that eating breakfast gives children the nutritional boost they need to get the learning process going - to stimulate learning - and there are other benefits as well. Children who ate breakfast (when compared to those who rarely ate breakfast):

  • Learn better
  • Achieve more
  • Participate in the class more
  • Behave better
  • Attend school more
  • Visit the school nurse less often

Children who are hungry can be apathetic, disinterested, and irritable when confronted with difficult tasks. Growth, the nonverbal aspects of development, learning, and social skills of undernourished children are significantly affected. But when the physical need of hunger is taken care of, these children can focus on learning and perform better in school, not only educationally but socially and emotionally as well.
The evidence is clear - eating breakfast, whether it's eaten at home or at school - and whether it's pancakes, cereal, fruit, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, or leftovers from the night before - leads to better health, learning, and behavior - all keys to success at school - and in life.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Carrot goodness

Carrots are good. Munch on them raw or cook them in milk, they are a rich source of nutrients and low in calories too.Carrots have been used as a remedy for tuberculosis, bronchitis, pneumonia, water retention, arthritis, gout and gastrointestinal complaints like colic and ulcers. They have also been found to be useful in preventing macular degeneration (retinal disease leading to loss of vision), atherocsclerosis (hardening of arteries) and cardio-vascular disease. They are high in soluble fibre and that makes them useful in cholesterol reduction.
Of late, several people have raised doubts about eating carrots while on a weight loss programme. The fears are unwarranted. The ability of the vegetable to raise blood sugar levels (glycemic index) is high (92) but it is low in calories and high on nutrition. Traditional wisdom considers carrots as a restorative and healing vegetable. First mentioned in the writings of Greeks 2,500 years ago, they were used by Hippocrates in his remedies.
The best nutritional benefit of carrots is the beta-carotene (pro-vitamin A) they contain. Beta-carotene is a plant form of vitamin A and a powerful antioxidant. The body converts beta-carotene into vitamin A that is needed for healthy vision as well as maintenance of mucous membranes. It has anti–carcinogenic properties and has been found to prevent numerous chronic diseases. It also helps to slow ageing and improve longevity. One of the ways in which beta-carotene may help is protect against damage caused by free radicals. Low levels of beta-carotene in the blood have been linked with poor vision, night blindness, infection and increased risk of certain cancers, particularly cancer of the lung.
In addition, carrots also contain useful amounts of vitamin B3, C and E. When eaten raw, they also provide potassium, calcium, iron and zinc but these are partly destroyed on cooking. The red variety contains 10-15 times more carotene than the yellow-orange variety. Eating 50 gm of carrots can help meet the daily requirement of beta-carotene. Those who eat large amounts of carrots may develop carotenemia, a yellowish tinge on palms and skin. This can be differentiated from jaundice as the whites of the eyes are not yellow.
Unlike most other vegetables, carrots are more nutritious when eaten cooked than raw. Because raw carrots have tough cellular walls, the body is able to convert less than 25 per cent of their beta-carotene into vitamin A. Cooking, however, breaks down the cell membranes. Some fat in the meal is needed to absorb beta-carotene optimally as it is a fat-soluble vitamin. Pureed carrots are good for babies with diarrhoea. Carrots, however, have been known to contain toxic chemicals and tests found unacceptably high levels of organo-phosphrous pesticides in some. Peeling carrots and slicing off their tops removes virtually all of these residues. It is best to choose organically grown ones. The valuable nutrients lie either in or just beneath the skin. So if the carrots are young, simply scrub them.

MANGO ::: VITAMIN A, C & D

MANGO (Aam)

Botanically it is known as Mangifera indica. It is a member of the cashew family (Anacardiacea), one of the most important and widely cultivated fruits of the tropical world. The tree is evergreen, often reaching 50 to 60 ft in height and attaining great age. Leaves are lanceolate, up to 12 inches long; the flowers small, pinkish and fragrant, are borne in large terminal panicles.

The fruit varies greatly in size and character;" the smallest mangoes are no larger than plums, while others may weigh 4 to 5 pds. Its form is oval, round, heart shaped, kidney shaped or long and slender. Some varieties are beautifully coloured with shades of red and yellow, while others are dull green. The single large seed is flattened, the flesh that surrounds it is yellow to orange in colour, juicy, sweet and of delicious spicy flavour. Mangoes are a rich source of vitamins A, C and D.

The unripe fruit is acidic, astringent and antiscorbutic; the ripe fruit is antiscorbutic, diuretic, luxative, invigorating, fattening, and astringent. Sun dried slices of the unripe fruit is very useful in scurvy. The fried skin of the unripe fruit is given with sugar in menorrhagia. The fruit juice increases sexual vigour and sexual strength. It cures impotency. The ripe fruit is often used as a sexual tonic.
Benefit and uses of Mango.
Mangoes are full packed with vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants and contain like all fruits very few proteins, fats and calories. They are perfect to replenish salts, vitamins and energy after physical exercise.
It is a mineral packed chemical free food that has amazing benefits for our health.
The mango-milk cure is an ideal treatment for loss of weight.
Mangoes are thought to help stop bleeding, to strengthen the heart, and to benefit the brain.
Taking Mango regularly makes the complexion fair and the skin soft and shining.
Feeding the powder of dried kernel of Mango seeds with fresh water cures the habit of eating soil in kinds.
Dietary fiber has a protective effect against degenerative diseases, especially with regards to the heart; may help prevent certain types of cancer, as well as lowering blood cholesterol levels.

Mastering the art of doing nothing....

There is nothing as damning to a new manager's career as seeming to appear unoccupied and under-utilised. No matter if you've been working two weekends in a row. But the moment your boss sees you sitting around looking lost on a Tuesday morning you can bid that bonus farewell.Let’s focus on: `How to look busy without actually having to do anything more arduous than stapling or clearing spam'.Now most young managers who read this are looking to succeed in their careers, but without actually doing anything too tasking. But this is tougher than it looks. It requires planning, dedication and commitment. (This may seem ironic at first. But overall you need much, much less planning, dedication and commitment to look busy as against actually doing things at work).First, the clever new manager needs to make sure he is in the right environment. This means being surrounded by a lot of printouts, books, files and papers. Other young managers are also good props. Don't sit alone at a clean desk. This conveys that you are a loner and that you have too much free time to clean your desk. (Some of you might say that a clean desk reflects an efficient and orderly employee. These are the exact types that make bosses feel jittery and either get transferred to the Andamans in months or are asked to handle things like SAP implementation, quality improvement, Six Sigma or Kaizen for the rest of their lives.)Those guys down in `taxation and legal' read books with several thousands of pages of small print text and also produce massive mounds of printouts that normally take months to prepare, weeks to check and four minutes for the Board to ignore. Hardly anyone ever goes to meet them and they relish the occasional fresh human interaction. Ten minutes with them, and you will be walking back with a huge stack of documents that will quickly cover your tables, your cubicle walls and fill your laptop bag. Make sure you leave lots of tables full of numbers on your table top at all times. That just screams `future CFO'!Now that the environment is ready, make sure you get a few phone calls every few hours. For this you will need to visit any shopping mall or popular weekend hangout and apply for several credit cards, loyalty programmes, loans and other services. Make sure you always give your office number to them. This way you will get a steady stream of phone calls for years. When the boss buzzes you can say, with some pride, that you are on the phone and will be there in ten minutes. Busy bee!Great so far. Now you need to make sure that your boss is aware of how busy you are. For this you can use several tools. The first is the `packed to the gills' calendar. Here you print out a copy of your monthly calendar and paste it prominently next to your seat. Ensure you have marked out things to do against every day on the sheet including the occasional Sunday. Every time your boss asks you for a piece of work, scrutinise the calendar and think deeply. You can mark appointments as follows: (real meanings in parenthesis)Renewed energy strategy (Change gas cylinder at home)Disaster management review meeting (Take wife out for dinner to make up for forgetting anniversary)Critical input consumption estimation (Buy groceries)Diversification roadmap scoping (Check out new secretary on fourth floor)Another method to seem busy is to periodically run around the office holding a piece of paper in your hand muttering to yourself: "This is crazy man. One man can't do this. What the hell... " Do this just before and after lunch for maximum effect. What the heck... do it during lunch too. A more cheeky way of doing this is to directly involve your boss in the deception. One ingenuous way is like this: First get a couple of days of leave sanctioned. Then, two days before you need to go on leave go back to your boss and cancel it.
Tell him the work demanded it:
Boss: "So you are coming to work tomorrow and the day after?"
Manager: "Yup. The replacement kidney can wait."
Boss: "Wow... "
So there. Those are the basics. You need to look, sound and talk busy. All very simple isn't it? Keep going at it and pretty soon you will have mastered the art of looking the part, but actually playing minesweeper all day.

Mumbai among world's top 10 financial flow hubs

•Driven by high trading volumes for equities and a good presence of global banking and financial services firms, Mumbai has grabbed a place in the world's top ten financial flow hubs list, beating Hong Kong and Beijing.
•Mumbai has been ranked tenth among the world's biggest centres of commerce in terms of the financial flow volumes
•China got represented by three cities in the top-50 list, with Hong Kong grabbing the fifth position, Shanghai at 32nd and Beijing at 46th position. However, Mumbai was the only Indian city on the list.
•Mumbai, however, did not figure in the individual top-ten list on the five metrics other than financial flow.
•Earlier last year, a committee was set up to draw an outline to turn Mumbai into a global finance centre. The committee submitted its report in April this year and suggested fixing a 2007-2020 timeframe for the city's evolution from India's financial hub to an International Financial Centre.

Do u find delhi or mumbai better ???

1. Hi ,Love "MUMBAI"Its not the cities that make or break someone.. Its the Peopleand i feel Mumbai has some very good peoples you must have heard about "SPIRIT OF MUMBAI" 100's of timehave you heard abt "SPIRIT of Delhi"Think abt it......

2. I have stayed in both the cities, ofcourse spent a lot of time in Mumbai than in Delhi. I have a definite bias towards MUMBAI.Mumbai has a definite energy which propels you forward. People are friendly and helpful even when they are very busy. Mumbai offers you opportunities like there is no tommorrow. Mumbai is a financial hub of India. Mumbai has several tourist spots nearby where you can enjoy and de-stress yourself. You get to interact with different people all the time. Hope these many reasons are enough at this time.

3. Without doubt mumbai..its way better than delhi coz its safer n the delhi heat is scorching. delhi is also more crowded but atlast u know a person staying in delhi for a long time say its his birthplace than obviously he'll prefer delhi n its the same 4 a person staying in mumbai!!

4. Mumbai is the city of dreams !!! So, my ans is the same and to support this there r many reasons...I had been working at Delhi for last three years and relocated to Mumbai now. Analysing the crime bargraph in relation to specially with women at Delhi is more...opportunities for a general livelyhood here in Mumbai is much better than Delhi.....

5. Plus points of Bombay:It is the financial capital of the region (SAARC nations). It has a humid climate good for health of a certain kind of people. It has one of the best bus transport systems in the world. It has the lowest crime rate in its category of cities. Bombay Police keeps Bombay safe even at night. Regular local trains up to 1am in the night from 4 am in the morning. Population is around the 1.5 times that of Delhi. Highest tax paying population in India. Has a beach culture and a fishing community. Has no water shortage. Has the highest phone density in Asia. Largest doctor population. Largest employee population. Highest real estate value.

6. Mumbai, it's got ocean's on both side.
Now let us c how Delhi compares Delhi is the capital of India but is that actually a plus point…Each n every person in Delhi seems to be in the names dropping race thanks to this. It does not have a wonderful climate both summers and winters are extreme and the pollution is higher than Bombay due to the fact that Delhi does not have any Sea around to suck up the pollution. It’s transport system is not so good Delhi is not a safe city for women. No comments about the Police in DelhiAbout local trains, Delhi even after the metro is not exactly in the same league. Do people pay taxes in Delhi? Well yes but the income vs expense balance has been disproportionate since independence. No beaches. Delhi has a drinking water problem.

I Guess Mumbai wins over Delhi.............


You can’t beat Mumbai for professionalism !

Uday Mishra, a management graduate in marketing, who is currently working with a financial consultancy firm, puts it, “Nearly 60 per cent of business school graduates are looking at the growth opportunities a city provides, while 40 per cent today are looking at the lifestyle angle. Even young people realise that while a city like Mumbai would always rank first where business opportunity is concerned, it may not provide the quality of life you hankerafter. Besides, there is a certain indifference prevalent here, that comes as a culture shock to someone who has lived elsewhere; like I am originally from Jamshedpur, which has a very relaxed, club culture. But let me say that you can’t beat Mumbai for professionalism!"

" Comments Kirti John, who took an MBA degree from NMIMS, Mumbai, and is currently, manager-ICICI Bank, “Two years into the job, and you are taking stock of the situation. While management graduates are often paid higher salaries in Mumbai, the flip side is that the cost of living is much higher here, as compared to smaller towns like Jamshedpur. But what I like best about Mumbai is that the emphasis is not on who you are, but on what you are doing. And you are treated as an individual performer, there is no gender bias. When it comes to safety, Mumbai tops the list without question. "

'Mumbai's safe. In Delhi, no one's spared'

It’s a big bad world out there, mothers universally have told their daughters. For mothers in India, the big bad world is definitely in DELHI. In a recent forum hosted by timesofindia.com, netizens have unanimously agreed on one thing: DELHI is the most unsafe city for women in the country. Road rage, aggressive and intimidating behaviour, men eyeing lasciviously at bus stops and public places, women being chased in cabs while returning home, assault and rape – the list is endless. For most of India, Delhi has become a living nightmare, thanks to its soaring crime rate and its ‘unfriendly’ attitude towards women. A city which shows no respect for its womenfolk, most feel that it is the end of innocence. According to responses received online, Mumbai wins the laurel of being the ‘most safe city for women’ in India, hands down. For the commercial and entertainment capital of the country, resilience and respect for women go hand in hand. No wonder, Mumbai local trains boast of women passengers travelling all by themselves at 2:30 A.M. Don’t even think of trying that in Delhi. Seej proudly states that “having lived in most northern & southern cities, Mumbai is the safest city for women in India”.

New Generation Indian Daughter-in-Law....

New Generation Indian Daughter-in-Law....

It is a myth that when a son gets married and a new daughter-in-law arrives in the family, everything changes. Some daughters-in-law are well trained and well mannered....They don't come to change the family, they are here to.....(READ ON !).....................

The new wife (progressive Indian woman of today), was being welcomed at the husband's home in a traditional manner. As expected she gave a speech; "My dear family,I thank you for welcoming me in my new home and family, firstly, my being here does not mean that I would want to change your way of life, your routine. "No, I will never do that, never in a million years."

"What do you mean my child?" asked the father-in-law.

"What I mean dad is (looking at her in-laws);

Those who used to wash the dishes must carry on washing them. Those who used to do the laundry must carry on doing it. Those who cooked should not stop at my account, AND Those who used to clean should continue cleaning !!!

"And what are you here for?" enquired the mother-in-law.

"AS FOR ME, I'M HERE JUST TO ENTERTAIN YOUR SON !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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