Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Lessons learnt

I've learned.... That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.

I've learned.... That when you're in love, it shows.

I've learned.... That just one person saying to me, 'You've made my day!' makes my day.

I've learned.... That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.

I've learned.... That being kind is more important than being right.

I've learned.... That you should never say no to a gift from a child.

I've learned.... That I can always pray for someone when I don't have the strength to help him in some other way.

I've learned.... That no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.

I've learned.... That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.

I've learned.... That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.

I've learned.... That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.

I've learned.... That we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.

I've learned.... That money doesn't buy class.

I've learned.... That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.

I've learned... That under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.

I've learned.... That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.

I've learned.... That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.

I've learned.... That love, not time, heals all wounds.

I've learned.... That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.

I've learned.... That everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.

I've learned.... That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.

I've learned... That life is tough, but I'm tougher.

I've learned.... That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.

I've learned.... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.

I've learned.... That I wish I could have told my Mom that I love her one more time before she passed away.

I've learned.... That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.

I've learned.... That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.

I've learned.... That when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you're hooked for life.

I've learned.... That everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.

I've learned.... That the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.


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Sunday, October 28, 2007

Five Important Lessons

1 - First Important Lesson - Cleaning Lady.

During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions until I read the last one:
"What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?"
Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times. She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50s, but how would I know her name?
I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Just before class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our quiz grade.
"Absolutely," said the professor. "In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say "hello."
I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy.

2. - Second Important Lesson - Pickup in the Rain

One night, at 11:30 p.m., an older African American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rainstorm. Her car had broken down and she desperately needed a ride. Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car. A young white man stopped to help her, generally unheard of in those conflict-filled 1960s. The MN took her to safety, helped her get assistance and put her into a taxicab.
She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his address and thanked him. Seven days went by and a knock came on the man's door. To his surprise, a giant console color TV was delivered to his home. A special note was attached..
It read: "Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway the other night. The rain drenched not only my clothes, but also my spirits. Then you came along. Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying husband's bedside just before he passed away... God bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving others."

Sincerely,
Mrs. Nat King Cole.

3 - Third Important Lesson - Always remember those who serve.

In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him.
"How much is an ice cream sundae?" he asked. "Fifty cents," replied the waitress. The little boy pulled is hand out of his pocket and studied the coins in it.

"Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?" he inquired.

By now more people were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing impatient.

"Thirty-five cents," she brusquely replied The little boy again counted his coins.
"I'll have the plain ice cream," he said.

The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. When the waitress came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies..

You see, he couldn't have the sundae, because he had to have enough left to leave her a tip.

4 - Fourth Important Lesson. - The obstacle in Our Path.

In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the stone out of the way.

Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. After the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the King indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The peasant learned what many of us never understand!
Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.

5 - Fifth Important Lesson - Giving When it Counts...

Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare and serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness. The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the little boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister.

I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, "Yes I'll do it, if it will save her." As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister and smiled, as we all did, seeing the color returning to her cheeks. Then his face grew pale and his smile faded.

He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, "Will I start to die right away?"

Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his sister all of his blood in order to save her.

"Work like you don't need the money, Love like you've never been hurt, and dance like you do when nobody's watching."

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Interesting Facts

1. Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from stop producing tears. Try it next time you chop onions.

2. Until babies are six months old, they can breathe and swallow at the same time. Indeed convenient!

3. Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name.

4. Male mosquitoes are vegetarians. Only females bite.

5. The average person's field of vision encompasses a 200-degree wide angle.

6. To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it, and if it sounds hollow then it is ripe.

7. Canadians can send letters with personalized postage stamps showing their own photos on each stamp.

8. Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.

9. It snowed in the Sahara Desert in February of 1979.

10. Plants watered with warm water grow larger and more quickly than plants watered with cold water.

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

12. Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.

13. Those stars and colours you see when you rub your eyes are called phosphenes.

14. Our eyes (Pupils) are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

15. Everyone's tongue print is different, like fingerprints.

16. Contrary to popular belief, a swallowed chewing gum doesn't stay in the gut. It will pass through the system and be excreted.

17. At 40 Centigrade a person loses about 14.4 calories per hour by breathing.

18. There is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of ice; it is rebuilt every year.

19. Cats, camels and giraffes are the only animals in the world that walk right foot, right foot, left foot, left foot, rather than right foot, left foot, right foot, left foot.

20. Onions help reduce cholesterol if eaten after a fatty meal.

21. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

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About Orkut and security

Today in Mumbai Mirror Daily, it is written that so many terrorists and
under world people has got connecting through orkut. Like Dawood
Ibrahim,Chotta Shakkil ...so many people are getting new man power
through Orkut only. The IB has started their investigations. So please
reduce the contacts through Orkut.

It is usual that we receive friend request from unknown people. But if
you actually do not know that person it is good to reject that request.
Because, if one terrorist is found by Police, his entire friend's list
will be carefully followed. And if you are there, you also will be in trouble.

So be careful! Also forward it to all your friends. This information is
true. It is written in the front page of Mumbai Mirror Daily.

You may be thinking that why these people adding so many friends
through orkut. It is simply because to mislead the Police. When they
(Police) get a huge friend list they will be concentrating on them.
They may be innocent people. At that time the real terrorists can
escape. So friends, please forward this information to all you know.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Top 21 things an Indian does after returning from abroad

21. Tries to use credit card in road side hotel.

20. Drinks and carries mineral water and always

speaks of health conscious.



19. Sprays deo such so that he doesn't need to take

bath.



18. Sneezes and says 'Excuse me'.



17. Says Hey instead of Hi

Says Yogurt instead of Curd

Says Cab instead of Taxi

Says Candy instead of Chocolate

Says Cookie instead of Biscuit

Says ** Free Way ** instead of Highway

Says got to go instead of Have to go

Says O instead of Zero (for 704, says

Seven Oh! Four instead of Seven Zero Four)



16. Doesn't forget to crib about air pollution. Keeps on

complaining about it every time he steps out.



15. Says all the distances in Miles (Not in Kilo Meters),

and counts in Millions. (Not in Lakhs)



14. Tries to figure all the prices in Dollars as far as

possible (but deep down the heart multiplies by 45

times).



13. Tries to see the % of fat on the cover of a milk

packet.





12. When need to say Z (zed), never says Z (Zed),

repeats Zee several times, if the other person

unable to get, then says X, Y, Zee.





11. Writes date as MM/DD/YYYY, on watching

traditional DD/MM/YYYY, says & Oh! British Style!!!!



10. Makes fun of Indian Standard Time and **Indian

Road** Conditions.



9. Even after 2 months, complaints about Jet Lag.



8. Avoids eating more spicy (hot) stuff.



7. Tries to drink Diet Coke instead of ** Normal ** Coke.



6. Tries to complain about any thing in ** India ** as if

he is experiencing it for the first time.





5. Pronounces schedule as skejule and module as mojule.



4. Looks suspiciously towards Hotel/Dhaba food.





3. From the luggage bag, does not remove the stickers

of Airways by which he traveled back to ** India **,

even after 4 months of arrival.





2. Takes the cabin luggage bag to short visits in India ,

tries to roll the bag on Indian Roads.



Ultimate one



1. Tries to begin conversation with; In US ....or When I

was in US...


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Friday, October 12, 2007

Fwd: Please watch CNN-IBN for the unfolding story on the ISP: VSNL / TATA-indicom

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: AjoyEricLal-at-gmail.com AjoyEricLal-at-gmail.com
Date: 12 Oct 2007 02:31
Subject: Please watch CNN-IBN for the unfolding story on the ISP: VSNL
/ TATA-indicom

India's largest ISP ( a provider to TRAI ) continues to take its
customers for a ride...

... well, here's Part 2 of the coverage on TV !!

Please watch CNN-IBN for the unfolding story on the ISP: VSNL / TATA-indicom

...and how it is cheating its customers, day in and day out and
refuses to stop doing so!

Also see what TRAI is doing about it.

You are free to circulate this message to whomsoever the content might
benefit (within and outside your organization)... ... or do so simply
if you feel that there is someone curious enough to want to know what
your employer is up to and how the consumer is being cheated... left,
right and centre!

The show's name on CNN-IBN is: "All about the money!" Within that
show there is a segment called "At your service!" being moderated by
Paromita Chatterjee which you must watch.

The 2nd Part will be aired on: Saturday, 13.10.2007 at 18:30 hrs. (6:30 PM), IST

Replay of the of the 2nd Part will be aired on: Sunday, 14.10.2007 at
15:30 hrs. (3:30 PM), IST

If you had missed the 1st Part of the show... no worries: Just watch
it on YouTube, click the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFpWy0ZoC2M

The 2nd Part will with even more revelations. It will have voices from
all over India... it will go one step further...

Starting today, Delhi's local, non-political newspaper called:
"neighbourhood FLASH" has the story on this huge ISP scam as their
cover story. It is currently being distributed to over 2.5 lac English
speaking households in all of South Delhi, Noida and Gurgaon.

For more just Google as follows:

- "Ajoy Eric Lal" TATA

- "Ajoy Eric Lal" VSNL

- "Ajoy Eric Lal" TATA Indicom

- "Ajoy Eric Lal" TRAI

- TATA Indicom Scam

- TATA Indicom on CNN-IBN

... etc. etc. ...

Be amazed and watch what this ISP is doing to us customers!

Best Regards
Ajoy Eric Lal
New Delhi
eMail: AjoyEricLal@gmail.com

Sunday, October 07, 2007

Honest interview answers.

Honest answers:


1. Why did you apply for this job?
I have applied for many jobs along with this one and it's just that you
called me first.


2. Why do you want to work for this company?
I have to work for some company, whoever gives me a job, I don't have
any specific company in mind.


3. Why should I hire you?
You have to hire some one, you may give me a try.


4. What would you do if this happened?
Well, it depends on my mindset and mood in that situation...


5. What is your biggest strength?
I dare to join any company who pays me well, without thinking about the
fate of company.


6. What is your biggest weakness?
Girls


7. What was your worst mistake and how did you learn from it?
Joining my earlier company and I learnt that I need to switch my job to
get more money, so I am here today.


8. What accomplishments in your last position are you most proud of?
Had I accomplished any in my last position, why do I need to change my
job? I could demand more and stay there.


9. Describe a challenge that you faced and how did you overcome it?
Biggest challenge is answering the question "why are you looking for a
change" and I started blabbering irrelevantly to overcome that.


10. Why did you leave/ are you leaving your last job?
For the same reason why you left your previous job.


11. What do you want from this job?
No work and good hikes.


12. What are your career goals and how do you plan to achieve them?
Making more money and for that I keep switching jobs every two years.


13. What do you know about our company?
I knew you will ask me this question. So, I've gone through your website.


14. What salary are you expecting?
Well, no one will change his job for the same salary, hence, give me
20% extra than what I am getting right now. I know you will bargain on
whatever I ask.So I have already hiked my current salary by 30%.


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