Contact Lens @ BBQ

Pls pass this to all your friends To those who wear contact lenses, pls remove them when you have or attend a BBQ party or whatsoever that got to do with flames...I read a horrible true story about contact lenses...It happened to a 21 year old guy at Malacca, he wore a pair of contact lenses during a barbecue party.

While, he was barbecuing, he stared at the fire charcoals. After a few seconds, he started to scream for help and moved rapidly, jumping up and down. No one in the party knew why.When he arrived at the Hospital, the doctor said he'll be blind permanently courtesy of the contact lenses that he worn. Contact lenses are made by plastics, and the heat from the charcoal melted his contact lenses.

So, please tell all your friends. Also please be careful about wearing the Contact lenses the other day I saw a passenger in on his way came into the MRT Station Gents and washed his lense in the toilet wash basin and wore it. Please use the liquid provided for cleaning your lense and stay protected. I would say Try not avoid wearing contact lenses if possible as it causes lots of irritation to some eyes. Go probably for a healthy Lasik (Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis) Eye Surgery and give a permenant solution to your vision troubles.

Science Scientists and Fun

Here are some funny incidents that happened in the life of great scientists. Read it and enjoy it...

The great mathematician Waclaw Sierpinski had to move to a new place.They stood down on the street with all their things, his wife said: you stand here and watch our ten trunks, while I get a taxi. Some minutes later she returned with a taxi. Says Mr. Sierpinski : - I thought you said there were ten trunks, but I've only counted nine.
- No, they're TEN!
- No, count them: 0, 1, 2, ..."


Einstein never has to dress well. When Einstein's Wife told him to dress properly when going to the office he argued: "Why should I? Everyone knows me there." When he was told to dress properly for his first big conference: "Why should I? No one knows me there."


It was well known to Pauli's co-workers that Pauli should be kept away from experiments. When he came near any experiment it would go wrong and instruments would go broke. This became known as the Pauli Effect. One day an important experiment went wrong without any apparent reason. Pauli was not even around, so this was very strange until they discovered a few days later that Pauli was in the train that was passing the building at the time of the crash.


One student in Rutherford's lab was very hard-working. Rutherford had noticed it and asked one evening: - Do you work in the mornings too?
- Yes, - proudly answered the student sure he would be commended.
- But when do you think? - amazed Rutherford.

A MIT student cornered the famous John von Neumann in the hallway:
Student: "Er, excuse me, Professor, could you please help me with a calculus problem?"
John: "Okay, sonny, Let's have a look." (brief pause) "Alright, sonny, the answer's two-pi over 5."
Student: " I'm having trouble deriving it, though."
John: "Okay, let me see it again. (another pause) The answer's two-pi over 5."
Student (frustrated): "Uh, sir, I just don't see how to derive it."
John: "Whaddya want, sonny, I worked the problem in two different ways!"


Norbert Wiener was very absent minded. When they moved from Cambridge to Newton; his wife was certain that he would forget that they had moved.So she wrote down the new address on a piece of paper, and gave it to him.

In the course of the day, he threw the paper away. As he went home (to the old address in Cambridge, of course),he realized that they had moved,and that the piece of paper with the address was long gone. There was a young girl on the steps and he thought of asking her, saying, "Excuse me young lady, perhaps you know me. I'm Norbert Wiener and we've just moved. Would you know where we've moved to?" To which the young girl replied, "Yes Daddy... mommy said this would happen.."


After the birth of his sister Maja, the two and a half year old Albert Einstein was told he would now have something to play with. After looking at the baby, young Albert complained "Yes, but where are its wheels?"


Proff. Dirac was was writing equations on the board. Turning around to a silent audience he asked for any questions.
A person in audience raised a hand and said "I do not understand such-and-such an equation". To which Dirac replies, "That's not a question, it's a statement."


George de Hevesey suspected that the leftovers from his dinner were not thrown away, but kept for the next day. To check that he added a minimal amount of a radioactive substance to his leftovers. The next day he tested the goulash soup that was served to him with a Geiger counter. The soup was indeed radioactive. And this way radioactive tracers were discovered.


Albert Einstein once went to a restaurant. The waiter placed menu-card before him. Unfortunately Einstein had left his reading-glasses (spects) at home, so he said to waiter," would you please read it out to me ?" The waiter hesitated a bit and then replied," I would have been glad to, Sir, but I am also an illiterate like you."

Thought that matters

An old man lived alone in Minnesota. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, who would have helped him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his situation:

Dear Son,
I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my potato garden this year. I hate to miss doing the garden, because your mother always loved planting time. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be over.I know you would dig the plot for me, if you weren't in prison.
Love,
Dad

Shortly, the old man received this telegram: "For Heaven's sake, Dad, don't dig up the garden!! That's where I buried the GUNS!!"

At 4a.m. the next morning, a dozen FBI agents and local police officers showed up and dug up the entire garden without finding any guns. Confused,the old man wrote another note to his son telling him what happened, and asked him what to do next.

His son's reply was: "Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad.. It's the best I could do for you from here."

Moral:
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD,IF YOU HAVE DECIDED TO DO
SOMETHING DEEP FROM YOUR HEART YOU CAN DO IT. IT IS THE THOUGHT THAT MATTERS

Appraisal Vs Resignation

A newly-joined trainee engineer asks his boss "What is the meaning of appraisal?"

Boss : " Do you know the meaning of resignation?"

Trainee : " Yes, I do."

Boss : " So let me make you understand what an appraisal is by comparing it with resignation. "

In an Appraisal meeting they will speak only about your weakness, errors and failures.
In a Resignation meeting they will speak only about your strengths, past achievements and success.

During an Appraisal you may need to cry and beg for even a 10% pay hike.
In a Resignation meeting you can easily demand (or get more without asking more than 50-60% pay-hike!

During an Appraisal, they will deny promotion saying that you did not meet the expectation, you don't have leadership qualities, and that you had several drawbacks in reaching objective/goal.
During Resignation, they'll say you are the core member of the team; that you are the vision of the company, and so " How can you go ? "; you have to take the project on your shoulders and lead your juniors to success.

There is a 90% chance of not getting any significant incentives after Appraisal.
There is a 90% chance of getting an immediate pay-hike after you put in your Resignation.

Trainee : "Yes, boss, good enough. Now I know what to do. When you are about to do my appraisal, I will resign. "

Anger Prevention Kit

We face this state of anger quite often in our life, be at office or work or at any public places for that matter. There are many incidents that leads us to become Angry. We shall have a little insight of such reasons that causes anger and how to tackle them without resulting anger. Try applying these techniques on our day-to-day life and surely you will see the better result in a short period.

• The key to anger reduction is knowing yourself. This is achieved effectively by means of Meditation.


• DO important jobs now before they become urgent.


• When you make mistakes, Learn from them rather than getting angry.


• Don't criticize, condemn & complain because it makes you angry.


• Learn to say no when it is required to be told.


• Choose a job you love and you will not have a day of anger in your working life.


• Most problems are really the absence of ideas. Think Ahead...Anticipate... Do it or Get it done, even if second best... you will be less angry.


• Organize your mind and organize your desk for six minutes every hour.


• Accept what you cannot change & Change what you cannot accept.


• Ask even stupid questions to avoid mistakes to further avoid others getting angry with you.


• Say sorry at the right moment to reduce the anger of others. For every 10 minutes you are angry you lose 600 seconds of happiness. A little pot soon hot!


• A short pencil is better than a long memory. Use it to reduce your anger


• Nobody can make you angry without your consent.


• Never get angry with a man who has nothing to lose.


• The most common occupational disease of a poor executive is his inability to listen. The result is anger.


• Never reply to a letter when you are angry. At least count down till 10.


• Nobody can disgrace us other than ourselves. So why get angry?


• Anger is a luxury in which only men of abundant means or absolutely no means can indulge.


• Never go to bed with an argument unsettled.


• Expectation breeds frustration. Frustration breeds anger. So, Expect Not and shall not be frustrated eventually your anger is controlled.


• Work is the best remedy for all angers. Men who do not know how to fight anger, die young.


• Make common sense your best friend to reduce your anger and the anger of others.


• Indecision makes you angry. Therefore, decide this way or that way.


• If all else fails, lower your standards to make you less angry.


• You cannot change others as easily as you can change yourself.


• Do not just catch your employees or your children doing wrong things; it will make you angry. Catch them doing right things.


• When you want to get things done, use creative ways to remind people as they tend to forget conveniently; this will reduce your anger.


• Most people remember 20 % of what they hear... understand this fact to reduce your anger.

Last but not least, 'A Match stick has a head but not a brain'.

Puzzle - 16

All right, Here is another Puzzle for you to check your Logical reasoning power

If Pradeepan, Kalpanapriya and Bipasha Pasu are eating Apple and
If Anitha, Bhanupriya and Sabir are eating Pear
What will Rajaparthipan eat?

Everything Happens For A Reason

Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there.to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be but you lock eyes with them, you know that very moment that they will affect your life in some profound way.

And sometimes things happen to you at the time that may seem horrible, painful and unfair, but in reflection you realize that without overcoming those obstacles you would never realize your potential, strength, will power or heart.

Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of luck. Illness, love, lost moments of true greatness and sheer stupidity all occur to test limits of your soul.

Without these small tests, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere safe and comfortable but dull and utterly pointless.

The people you meet affect your life. The successes and downfalls that you experience can create whom you are, and the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact they are probably the most poignant and important ones. If someone hurts you, betrays you or breaks your heart, forgive them because they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to whom you open your heart.

If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but also because they are teaching you to love and open your heart and eyes to little things. Make every day count. Appreciate everything that you possibly can, for you may never experience it again.

Talk to people whom you have never talked to before, and actually listen. Let yourself fall in love, break free and set your sights high. Hold you head up because you have every right to.

Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don't believe in yourself, no one else will believe in you. Create you own life and then go out and live it.

Share this with anyone whom you believe has made a difference in your life!

Illusion - 2

This is really amazing! Try this Stephen King's "Hand" Illusion - Follow the instructions carefully!

• Leave your hand on the mouse


• Click here and open the exe file (it's virus checked)


• Concentrate on the dot in the middle of the screen and count to 30 (It's very important to watch it for 30 seconds! Otherwise it won't work!)


• Now look at your hand on the mouse


• Don't scream!

The 90/10 Principle

The 90/10 secret is incredible! Very few know and apply this secret. Worry consumes time, anger breaks friendships, and life seems dreary and is not enjoyed to the fullest.. Friends are lost. Understand and apply the 90/10 secret. 10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react.

What does this mean? We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us. We cannot stop the car from breaking down. The plane may be late arriving, which throws our whole schedule off. A driver may cut us off in traffic. We have no control over this 10%. The other 90% is different. You determine the other 90%! How? By your reaction. You cannot control a red light, but you can control your reaction.

Don't let people fool you, YOU can control how you react!

Let's use an example.

You're eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just happened. What happens next will be determined by how you react.

You curse. You harshly scold your daughter for knocking the coffee cup over. She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your spouse and criticize her for placing the cup to close to the edge of the table. A short verbal battle follows. You storm upstairs and change your shirt.

Back downstairs you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and get ready for school. She misses the bus. Your spouse must leave immediately for work. You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school. Because you are late, you drive 40 miles an hour in a 30 mph speed limit zone.

After a 15 minute delay and throwing $60 (traffic fine) away, you arrive at school. Your daughter runs to the building without saying good-bye. After arriving at the office 20 minutes late, you find you forgot your briefcase.

Your day has started terrible. As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse. You look forward to going home. When you arrive home you find a small wedge in your relationship with your spouse and daughter.

Why? Because of how you reacted in the morning. Why did you have a bad day?

A) Did the coffee cause it?
B) Did your daughter cause it?
C) Did the Policeman cause it?
D) Did you cause it?

The answer is D. You had no control over what happened with the coffee. How you reacted in those 5 seconds is what caused your bad day.

Here is what could have and should have happened. Coffee splashes over you. Your daughter is about to cry. You gently say "It's OK honey, you just need to be more careful next time". Grabbing a towel you rush upstairs. After grabbing a new shirt and your briefcase. You come back down in time to look through the window and see your child getting on the bus. She turns and waves. You and your spouse kiss before you both go to work. You arrive 5 minutes early and cheerfully greet the staff. Your boss comments on how good of day you are having.

Notice the difference? Two different scenarios. Both started the same. Both ended different. Why? Because of how you REACTED. You really do not have any control over 10% of what happens. The other 90% is determined by your reaction.

Here are some ways to apply the 90/10 secret.

If someone says something negative about you, do not be a sponge. Let the attack roll off like water on glass. You do not have to let the negative comment affect you! React properly and it will not ruin your day. A wrong reaction could result in losing a friend, being fired, getting stressed out, etc.

How do you react if someone cuts you off in traffic? Do you loose your temper? Pound the steering wheel? (A friend of mine had the steering wheel fall off!) Do you curse? Does your blood pressure skyrocket? Do you try and bump them? WHO CARES if you arrive ten seconds later at work? Why let the blue car ruin your drive. Remember the 90-10 principle, and do not worry about it!

You are told you lost your job. Why lose sleep or get irritated? It will work out. Use your "worrying" energy and time into finding another job. The plane is late. It is going to mangle your schedule for the day. Why take out your frustration on the flight attendant? She has no control over what is going on. Use your time to study, to get to know the other passengers, etc. Why get stressed out? It will just make things worse.

You now know the 90-10 secret. Apply it and you will be amazed at the results!!!

Happy Reading and Practising!!!

Salt - The Cure of Pain

I believe that most of your moms always tell you to drink a glass of salt water/rinse your mouth with salt water if you have a sore throat or tooth ache because salt can reduce inflammation. This method has actually been proven (medically) to be really effective and it really can help to reduce inflammation.

They have also tested on other medical values of salt and found out that:

If you have pain in your joints/spine/body, you can simply try out this method which can help to relieve the pain (especially for old people who have rheumatism). Simply fry the salt let it settle down for a while before applying on affected areas. And if you have a problem of Hair Loss, you can simply prepare a pail of salt water and rinse your scalp/hair with it (it takes about 2 weeks to a month). It will not help in growing of new hair but can prevent. After tedious/strenuous exercise, soaking your feet with salt water can help to prevent cramps and pain., also prevent from skin irritation.

Sea salt may help certain skin disorders, like Psoriasis, Eczema, and Chronic Dermatitis. Many studies and uncountable testimonials all agree - Sea salt is good for the skin.

Hope it will be of help to you.

Puzzle - 15

Here is the next puzzle is to test your ability on thinking out of the box.

There are three switches in downstairs and three Bulbs in upstairs. Your mission is to find out exactly what are the switches for each of the Bulbs. You are allowed to make only one trip to go up and come down in order to make checking. All the swtiches are now in switched off position.

If you have any questions you may please ask me...

Read and Relax

• God is real, unless declared integer


• Two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights make a left.


• Do you have trouble making up your mind? Well, yes or no?


• Home is where the television is.


• Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need more.


• Death is hereditary.


• Many things can be preserved in alcohol. Dignity is not one of them.


• Never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference.


• When you're right, no one remembers. When you're wrong, no one forgets.


• Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.


• Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else..


• Experience is what a comb gives you after you lose your hair.


• Well done is better than well said.


• Everyone makes mistakes. The trick is to make them when nobody is looking.


• They say hard work never hurt anybody, but why take the chance.


• Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.


• You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.


• I like work. It fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.


• If you can't see the bright side of life, polish the dull side.


• Pessimist: A person that looks both ways when crossing a one way street.


• The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlamp of an approaching train.


• Where there's a will there are five hundred relatives.


• I have a drinking problem - I can't afford it.


• Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.


• LUCK...stands for Labouring Under Correct Knowledge


• Everyone should have a spouse, because there are a number of things that go wrong that one can't blame on the government.


• The evening news is where they begin with 'Good evening', and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.


• There are three sides to every argument: your side, my side and the right side.


• An expert is someone who takes a subject you understand and makes it sound confusing.

The Independent Mind

The following concerns a question in a physics degree exam at the University of Copenhagen: "Describe how to determine the height of a skyscraper using a barometer."

One student replied: "You tie a long piece of string to the neck of the barometer, then lower the barometer from the roof of the skyscraper to the ground. The length of the string plus the length of the barometer will equal the height of the building."

This highly original answer so incensed the examiner that the student was failed immediately. He appealed on the grounds that his answer was indisputably correct, and the university appointed an independent arbiter to decide the case. The arbiter judged that the answer was indeed correct, but did not display any noticeable knowledge of physics. To resolve the problem it was decided to call the student in and allow him six minutes in which to provide a verbal answer which showed at least a minimal familiarity with the basic principles of physics.

For five minutes the student sat in silence, forehead creased in thought. The arbiter reminded him that time was running out, to which the student replied that he had several extremely relevant answers, but couldn't make up his mind which to use. On being advised to hurry up the student replied as follows:

"Firstly, you could take the barometer up to the roof of the skyscraper, drop it over the edge, and measure the time it takes to reach the ground. The height of the building can then be worked out from the formula H=0.5g xt squared. But bad luck on the barometer!

Or if the sun is shining you could measure the height of the barometer, then set it on end and measure the length of its shadow. Then you measure the length of the skyscraper's shadow, and thereafter it is a simple matter of proportional arithmetic to work out the height of the skyscraper.

But if you wanted to be highly scientific about it, you could tie a short piece of string to the barometer and swing it like a pendulum, first at ground level and then on the roof of the skyscraper. The height is worked out by the difference in the gravitational restoring force T=2 pi squareroot (l/g).

"Or if the skyscraper has an outside emergency staircase, it would be easier to walk up it and mark off the height of the skyscraper in barometer lengths, then add them up."

"If you merely wanted to be boring and orthodox about it, of course, you could use the barometer to measure the air pressure on the roof of the skyscraper and on the ground, and convert the difference in millibars into feet to give the height of the building."

But since we are constantly being exhorted to exercise independence of mind and apply scientific methods, undoubtedly the best way would be to knock on the janitor's door and say to him 'If you would like a nice new barometer, I will give you this one if you tell me the height of this skyscraper'."

The student was Niels Bohr, the only Dane to ever win the Nobel prize for Physics.

Puzzle - 14

There are 6 Glasses kept in a row. First three of the glasses are filled with Orange Juice and the other three are empty. By moving only one glass, Can you arrange them so the full and empty glasses are alternate?

The way we treat people

Five lessons to make you think about the way we treat people. Author is Unknown but please try to understand the deep meaning in each lession

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 man 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 his 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 cheek. 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.

What goes around comes around

He almost didn't see the old lady, Stranded on the side of the road. But even in the dim light of day, he could see she needed help. So he pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out. His Pontiac was still sputtering when he approached her. Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. No one had stopped to help for the last hour or so ... was he going to hurt her? He didn't look safe; he looked poor and hungry.

He could see that she was frightened, standing out there in the cold. He knew how she felt. It was that chill which only fear can put in you. He said, "I'm here to help you, ma'am. Why don't you wait in the car where it's warm? By the way, my name is Bryan." Well, all she had was a flat tire, but for an old lady, that was bad enough. Bryan crawled under the car looking for a place to put the jack, skinning his knuckles a time or two. Soon he was able to change the tire. But he had to get dirty and his hands hurt.

As he was tightening up the lug nuts, she rolled down the window and began to talk to him. She told him that she was from St.Louis and was only just passing through. She couldn't thank him enough for coming to her aid. Bryan just smiled as he closed her trunk.. She asked him how much she owed him. Any amount would have been all right with her. She already imagined all the awful things that could have happened had he not stopped.

Bryan never thought twice about being paid. This was not a job to him. This was helping someone in need, and God knows there were plenty who had given him a hand in the past. He had lived his whole life that way, and it never occurred to him to act any other way. He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the assistance they needed, and Bryan added, "And think of me." He waited until she started her car and drove off. It had been a cold and depressing day, but he felt good as he headed for home, disappearing into the twilight.

A few miles down the road the lady saw a small cafe. She went in to grab a bite to eat, and take the chill off before she made the last leg of her trip home. It was a dingy looking restaurant. Outside were two old gas pumps. The whole scene was unfamiliar to her. The cash register was like the telephone of an out-of-work actor-it didn't ring much. The waitress came over and brought a clean towel to wipe her wet hair. She had a sweet smile, one that even being on her feet for the whole day couldn't erase. The lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant, but she never let the strain and aches change her attitude.

The old lady wondered how someone who had so little could be so giving to a stranger. Then she remembered Bryan. After the lady finished her meal, and the waitress went to get change for her hundred dollar bill, the lady slipped right out the door. She was gone by the time the waitress came back. The waitress wondered where the lady could be. Then she noticed something written on the napkin under which were four $100 bills. There were tears in her eyes when she read what the lady wrote: "You don't owe me anything. I have been there too. Somebody once helped me out, the way I'm helping you. If you really want to pay me back, here is what you do: Do not let this chain of love end with you."

Well, there were tables to clear, sugar bowls to fill, and people to serve, but the waitress made it through another day. That night when she got home from work and climbed into bed, she was thinking about the money and what the lady had written. How could the lady have known how much she and her husband needed it? With the baby due next month, it was going to be hard. She knew how worried her husband was, and as he lay sleeping next to her, she gave him a soft kiss and whispered soft and low, "Everything's gonna be all right. I love you, Bryan."

There is an old saying "What goes around comes around."

Today, I made you read this story, and asking you to please forward this to your friends ...Let this light shine. Don't put it under a basket.Please pass this on to a friend.

Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there.

Friends are...

Those who help you to say 'CHEESE'...

To play pranks together without getting caught...

To fight with each other and for each other

To Gossip together on any topic

Those who think and care about you, when you are far away from them

Puzzle - 13

Another Interesting IQ Puzzle for our clever readers.

This one will go up also will never come down...

What is it?

Ans: Our Age

Management Tools

The new yuppie Manager walked up to the CEO beaming like a million suns together.

"Good Morning BOSS!"

"Good Morning, Young Man. What do you have for me today?"

"As a matter of fact, BOSS, I have a wonderful idea to push up the speed of Operations by 200%"

The CEO gave an encouraging smile, which effectively masked the sympathy he felt for the young manager. "Excellent! Sit down and shoot!"

Perching himself on the edge of the chair in excitement, the Manager took off.

"BOSS, I've been noticing that we have been trying to use a lot of Management Tools in our work - 360 Degree Appraisals, Balanced Scorecards, Predictive Indices, Pareto Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, COPC, CMM, Time Study, ISO, Six Sigma, Strategic Planning - the whole lot. I do not see any use for them at all. Why don't we throw all these out of the nearest window and get on with Operations which is our main business anyway?"

The CEO nodded in a knowing manner and said, "Splendid idea, really. Before we go ahead and implement this, there is a small errand you need to do for me."

"Sure BOSS - Anything - Just ask."

The CEO put his hand in his inside shirt pocket and extracted a knotted pouch. Pulling the strings apart, he took out a white stone smaller than his palm.

"Go to the market early tomorrow and try to ascertain the price of this stone from people in different trades. But do not sell this. We will meet the day after."

"Done!"

The next day, the yuppie was up nice and early and went to the market.

The first person he saw was a young fisher maid who had just spread out her wares. "Welcome, young man. Would you like
some fresh fish for breakfast? "

"No - Thanks. But would you like to buy this stone from me?" The girl grew angry. "Cursed that I am, my first customer of the day turned out to be a troublemaker like you. Be gone or should I call my dad?"

The Manager muttered a hasty apology and moved on, seriously doubting his CEO's intentions.

The next shop he came to was a doll maker's. When he showed the stone and repeated his question, the doll maker said, "With a bit of polish, the stone will make a good crown for one of the bigger dolls. I can give you five rupees for it."

"Thanks," said the young man and moved on and reached a hairdressing saloon. The barber smiled in appreciation of the stone and said, "That will be a good whetstone to sharpen my razor. Take fifty rupees for that."

Similarly, various other tradesmen and merchants offered higher prices for the same stone for their own reasons.

Finally, the yuppie entered the jeweler's shop at the end of the market and proffered the stone. The jeweler's eyes popped out of their sockets.
"That is the largest and the best diamond I have ever seen in thirty years of this business. I can buy it from you for five million rupees. But please hold for a few days for I need to sell off all my property including this shop and all its contents." A bit surprised,

The Manager met the CEO the next day and narrated his experiences. The CEO smiled benignly and said,

"Young man, all the management tools are like the stone I gave you. If you understand their value and use them, you will see the precious diamond in them. If not, you will be like the poor, ignorant fisher maid who could not recognize its value at all."

"I am sorry," said the young manager, returning the pouch to the CEO.

The CEO winked and said, "Keep that with you. After I retire and you occupy this seat, you will need it to explain the value of management tools to some young Manager with a deep distrust of them."

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The value of all management tools lies in the way they are used. By using them, these tools do not get glorified. On
the contrary, it is Operations that stands to gain by making its job better.

Inspiring Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

For those who are not familiar with Swami Vivekananda, A spiritual genius of commanding intellect and power. A great saint lived in India and visited many other countries to spread his Master's (Shri Ramakrishna Baramahamsa) Message. The speech given at Chicago was a real boost for his presence to the world. If you want to hear those speeches, click here to download and listen.

• Choose the highest ideal and live your life upto that. Look at the "ocean" and not at the wave.


• That which tends to increase the divinity in you is virtue, and that which tends to increase brutality in you is vice.


• He who sees Shiva in the poor, in the weak, and in the diseased, really worships Shiva.


• Purity in thought, speech, and act is absolutely necessary for anyone to be religious. Purity is strength. Spiritual truth is purity.


• The ideal of the man is to see God in everything. The real evil is idleness which is the principal cause of our poverty.


• Everyone should know that there is no salvation except through the conquering of desires.


• Death being so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.


• Religion is the manifestation of the Divinity already in man.


• Your country reqires heroes, be heroes!


• To me the very essence of education is concentration of the mind, not the collecting of facts.


• Each soul is potentially divine.


• Religion is the idea which is raising the brute unto man, and man unto God.


• All power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that.


• Work, work, work - let this be your motto.


• Now the only way out is to listen to the words of the Lord in the Gita.


• Be a hero. Always say, "I have no fear".


• Struggle hard to get money, but don't get attached to it.


• Feel that you are great and you become great.


• To devote your life to the good of all and to the happiness of all is religion. Whatever you do for your own sake is not religion.


• At my will mountains will crumble up. Have that sort of energy, that sort of will; work hard, and you will reach the goal.


• It is those foolish people who identify themselves with their bodies that piteously cry, 'Weak, weak, we are weak'.


• Keep the motto before you: "Elevation of the masses without injuring their religion".


• Man never progresses from error to truth, but from truth to truth, from lesser truth to higher truth.


• Avoid all weakness, for weakness is sin, weakness is death.


• Never talk about the faults of others, no matter how bad they may be. Nothing is ever gained by that.


• I shall inspire men everywhere until the world shall know that it is one with God.


• Let us go forward and do yet greater things.


• The more selfish a man, the more immoral he is.


• Give to the weak, for there all the gift is needed.


• Knowledge exists, man only discovers it.


• Give up all desire for enjoyment in earth or heaven.


• Be courageous. Do not try to lead your brethren, but serve them.


• Be the witness and do not react, only thus can you be happy.


• None can help you, help yourself; work out your own salvation.


• Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvellous work.


• Try to love anybody and everybody.


• You have to gwo from the inside out. None can teach you, non can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.


• Know it for certain that you are in everything.


• Go on bravely. Do not expect success in a day or a year.


• Let all your nerves vibrate through the backbone of your religion.


• Do not talk much, but feel the spirit within you.


• If you want to be spiritual, you must renounce.


• Your way is the best for you, but that is no sign that it is the best for others.


• Renounce the lower so that you may get the higher.


• Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being?


• Your work is to serve the poor and miserable, without distinction of caste or colour.


• Help another because yu are in him and he is in you.


• The poor, the illiterate, the ignorant, the afflicted,...let these be your God. Know that service to these alone is the highest religion.


• If I am in the dark, let me light a lamp.


• The earth's bravest and best will have to sacrifice themselves for the good of many, for the welfare of all.


• Every duty is holy, and devotion to duty is the highest form of worship of God.


• We only get what we deserve. It is a lie when we say, the world is bad and we are good. It can never be so.


• You will understand the mighty strength of Krishna better with a little of strong blood in you.


• It is struggle against nature and not conformity to nature that makes man what he is.


• Each work has to pass through these stages - ridicule, opposition and then acceptance.


• First there should be strict integrity...Secondly, entire devotion to the cause


• The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free.


• You fail only when you do not strive sufficiently to manifest infinite power.


• Whatever you do, devote your whole Mind, Heart, and Soul to it.


• Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be.


• Never mind failures; they are quite natural, they are the beauty of life - these failures.


• He works best who works without any motive, neither for money, nor for fame, nor for anything else.


• The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.


• Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.


• You should work like a master and not as a slave; work incessantly, but do not do a slave's work


• Believe that the soul is immortal, infinite and all powerful.


• Even if the order be wrong, first obey and then contradict it.


• Be a hero. Always say, "I have no fear".


• Our first duty is not to hate ourselves; because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God.