NO POINTING FINGERS
A man asked his father-in-law, "Many people praised you for a successful marriage. Could you please share with me your secret?" The father-in-law answered in a smile, "Never criticize your wife for her shortcomings or when she does something wrong. Always bear in mind that because of her shortcomings and weaknesses, she could not find a better husband than you." We all look forward to being loved and respected. Many people are afraid of losing face. Generally, when a person makes a mistake, he would look around to find a scapegoat to point the finger at. This is the start of a war. We should always remember that when we point one finger at a person, the other four fingers are pointing at ourselves.


RIGHT SPEECH

There is a Chinese saying which carries the meaning that "A speech will either prosper or ruin a nation." Many relationships break off because of wrong speech. When a couple is too close with each other, we always forget mutual respect and courtesy. We may say anything without considering if it would hurt the other party. A friend and her millionaire husband visited their construction site. A worker who wore a helmet saw her and shouted, "Hi, Emily! Remember me? We used to date in the secondary school." On the way home, her millionaire husband teased her, "Luckily you married me. Otherwise you will be the wife of a construction worker." She answered,"You should appreciate that you married me. Other wise, he will be the millionaire and not you." Frequently exchanging these remarks plants the seed for a bad relationship. It's like a broken egg - cannot be reversed.


PERSONAL PERCEPTION

Different people have different perception. One man's meat could be another man's poison. A couple bought a donkey from the market. On the way home, a boy commented, "Very stupid. Why neither of them ride on the donkey? "Upon hearing that, the husband let the wife ride on the donkey. He walked besides them. Later, an old man saw it and commented, "The husband is the head of family. How can the wife ride on the donkey while the husband is on foot?" Hearing this, the wife quickly got down and let the husband ride on the donkey. Further on the way home, they met an old Lady. She commented, "How can the man ride on the donkey but let the wife walk. He is no gentleman." The husband thus quickly asked the wife to join him on the donkey. Then, they met a young man. He commented, "Poor donkey, how can you hold up the weight of two persons. They are cruel to you." Hearing that, the husband and wife immediately climbed down from the donkey and carried it on their shoulders. It seems to be the only choice left. Later, on a nar row bridge, the donkey was frightened and struggled. They lost their balance and fell into the river. You can never have everyone praise you, nor will everyone condemn you. Never in the past, not at present, and never will be in the future. Thus, do not be too bothered by others words if our conscience is clear..

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The angel Gabriel came to the Lord and said 'I have to talk to you.

We have some Mallus up here in Heaven & they are causing problems.

'What problems?', asked the Lord.

And Gabriel replied:

'They're swinging on the pearly gates, my horn is missing, they are wearing Lungis and Kerala saris instead of their white robes, they are driving Mercedes and BMW's instead of riding the chariots, and they're selling their halos to people for discount prices.
They refuse to keep the stairway to Heaven clear, since they keep crouching down midway eating bananas fried in coconut oil and drinking chaaya.Some of them have even given away one wing to their cousins, and are walking around with just one wing! And the ones who didn't get place on the stairway are planning to organise a bandh/ hartal.

The Lord said, 'Mallus are Mallus. Heaven is home to all my children. If you want to know about real problems, why dont you give Satan a call.'



Satan answered the phone, 'Hello?. . . . Damn, hold on a minute.'

Satan returned to the phone, 'OK I'm back. What can I do for you?'

Gabriel replied, 'I just wanted to know what kind of problems you're having down there.'

Satan says, 'Hold on again. I need to check on something.'

After about 5 minutes Satan returns to the phone and said, 'I'm back. Sorry. Now what was the question?' Gabriel said, 'What kind of problems are you having down there?'

Satan says, 'Man, I don't believe this! Hold on.'

This time Satan was gone at least 15 minutes. He returned and said, 'I'm sorry Gabriel, I can't talk right now. These Mallus down here have put out the fire in hell, and now they are trying to install air conditioning!

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In U.S. they invented a machine that catches thieves; they took it out
to different countries for a test.

In U.S.A, in 30 minutes, it caught 20 thieves;

In UK , in 30 minutes it
caught 50 thieves;

Spain , in 30 minutes it caught 65 thieves;

Ghana ,
in 30 minutes it caught 600 thieves;

India , in 15 minutes the machine

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What worries me most about the credit crunch is that if

one of my cheque is returned stamped "insufficient funds",

I won't know whether that refers to mine or the bank's"!!

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A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.

SON: 'Daddy, may I ask you a question?'

DAD: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the man.

SON: 'Daddy, how much do you make an hour?'

DAD: 'That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?' the man said angrily.


SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?'

DAD: 'If you must know, I make $50 an hour.'

SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down.

SON: 'Daddy, may I please borrow $25?'

The father was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I don't work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.'

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.

The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?

After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down , and started to think:

Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $25.00 and he really didn't ask for money very often The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.

'Are you asleep, son?' He asked.

'No daddy, I'm awake,' replied the boy.

'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the man. 'It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the $25 you asked for.'

The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you daddy!' he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.

The man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.

The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father.

'Why do you want more money if you already have some?' the father grumbled.

'Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied.

'Daddy, I have $50 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.'

The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness.

It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do remember to share that $50 worth of your time with someone you love.

If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of hours. But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.

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Jack and Max are walking from religious service. Jack wonders whether it would be all right to smoke while praying.

Max replies, "Why don't you ask the Priest?"

So Jack goes up to the Priest and asks, "Priest, may I smoke while I pray?" But the Priest says, "No, my son, you may not. That's utter disrespect to our religion."

Jack goes back to his friend and tells him what the good Priest told him.


Max says, "I'm not surprised. You asked the wrong question. Let me try."

And so Max goes up to the Priest and asks, "Priest, may I pray while I smoke?" To which the Priest eagerly replies, "By all means, my son...by all means."

Moral of the story: The reply you get depends on the question you ask.
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Once upon a time in a village in India, a man announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10.

The villagers seeing there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them. The man bought thousands at $10, but, as the supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their efforts. The man further announced that he would now buy at $20. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.

Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer rate increased to $25 and the supply of monkeys became so little that it was an effort to even see a monkey, let alone catch it!

The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now act as buyer, on his behalf.

In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers: 'Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sell them to you at $35 and when he returns from the city, you can sell them back to him for $50.'

The villagers squeezed together their savings and bought all the monkeys.

Then they never saw the man or his assistant again, only monkeys everywhere!

Welcome to WALL STREET...........

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 I just love eating these cotton candies.. Well.. I am not aware whether it could harm anyone's health or not... But I just love eating them...

Once we had been to a fair. I was feeling shy to get this cotton candy and eat, but I could not resist it too.. So I went on starring at it. Believe it or not... my husband, sister-in-law, her husband - each one of them bought it for me... and they loved watching me eating it like a small kid (he he he he). Of course, that became one of the lovely and memorable moments in my life. (They all still keep pulling my legs whenever we set to go out together.. that is a different part of story too).

Now I came across the fact that this favourite eatable of mine has different names in each part of the world.. which I was not aware of it till then.. I though I would share it with you all.

Here we go..

Fairy floss is the name given to it by John Water and Willaim Morrison.

Birthday Balloon - this is how the school children call it.. :)

Magic Rose - is the name given by the candy men.

Pappa's beard - this is how it is been called by the French.

Candy Floss - this is how the American's call it

Sugar Wool - the German's have named it so.

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No doubt, colors play a great role in our life. It has been an inevitable part in our lives always. Colors have the ability to influence one’s mood, personality, feelings and also the physical energy too. The colors has been used a therapy even thousands of years before, and the therapy was popular in countries like India, China and in Egypt. By using this non invasive therapy vibrations of energy can be created and it can also later the balance in your life. Each color has it own theory.. Let us see each color and the theory related to it…

Orange: It has the ability to warm up and energize and can stimulate the creativity side. It is been considered as the color of fun and sociability. It can be used in activity and creativity areas, and it is not suited for bedrooms.

Pink: This color has a soothing effect and it also nurtures. This color has the ability to dissolve anger and it also encourages unconditional love. It is best suited either for a baby’s room or children’s bedroom.


White: it contains all the colors in it and this color emphasizes purity and it has the ability to illuminate one’s thoughts and can give out clarity. It can be used in any room and has to be broken up with any color or it can used in combination with plants, ornaments and pictures.


Black: if it is been used with any other color it can enhance the energy of another color. It gives the space for reflection and also inner searching. It is not suitable as a single color, if it is been used in a right combination it can enhance and also complement other colors in almost any situation.



Turquoise: it is a cool and also a calming color and it is been considered good for the nervous system and also the immune system. Though it can be used in any room it does not suit areas where physical activities are carried on.


Indigo: It is been considered as highly sedative, and it also helps open up one’s intuition. It is been considered as the color of divine knowledge and the higher mind and it is best suitable only for quite places and it does not suit places which are considered to be as for entertainment. This color can be used in bedrooms; treatment rooms; and it can be tried in libraries and study rooms too.


Blue: This color has a calming, relaxing and healing feel but it cannot be as sedative as indigo and it is the color of communication and it can be used anywhere other than the rooms where physical activity is been carried out like play rooms.

Green: It gives out a balanced; harmonized; and also an encouraged tolerating and also an understanding feeling. Different shades of greens can be tried in different areas and it should be used with the balance of the other color used in the same area.

Yellow: It has the ability to stimulate one’s mind. It can stimulate the mental activity, promote the feeling of confidence; it can make you stay alert and thus help you in studying. Yellow can be used in activity rooms; entrance halls; and it is not advisable to use it in bedrooms and places where stress is related to.

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Violet: It has the ability to calm one’s body and mind. It is been considered good for the purpose of meditation, prayer and it enhances the purpose and dignity and it also heightens one’s awareness and thus helps to give you the best out of you. It can be used in places of worship; entry or reception areas of hospitals and clinics, and pale violet can be tried in bedrooms.

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"Life can give u a hundred reasons to cry,

But u can give life a thousand reasons to smile."

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To read about all business news in tamil, you can just go to the site called www.tamilvanigam.in for updated news. This web site is portal web site and it has around 200 active members to update. You can also update your news in tamil. It has lot of collective information to learn about the business. 

You can also get to know about the Stock Market, Mutual fund, Life Insurance & so in this. 

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One of my friend in my blog introduced about this software which helps to write 10 languages in easy way. Please find the link for the same and you can download it.
Use the software and update your comments.

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• Write in 10 Indian languages such as Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil & Telugu
  
• Works in all the browsers like Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, Opera and others
  
• Fast, Compact and Effective software with size less than 1 MB
  
• Enables "Regional Language Support"without need of "Windows CD"
  
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• "Windows Text Services" for smooth typing of Unicode in MS Office applications
  
• Context sensitive key preview & On-Screen Keyboard for learners
  
• Treats Backspace as Undo while Typing, that ensures your speed
  
• Extendable to more encodings & Keyboard layouts for any language

For more interesting stuff on this web site http://www.nhm.in/

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Found an interesting picture while i was googling for Chess images and thought to share the same with you. 

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Lot of people asked me where do get this Arthmia template and I am very happy to recommand people to apply to their blogs. This template is ultimate professional magazine template designed by Micheal Jubel. You can download it here

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Recession is coming .... make your own judgment, don't panic !! Do what is wise.

The recession looks very eminent. It is really time to take pro active steps to avoid a painful time in the next two years which is how long the recession is expected to last.

Suggestions:

1. Don't take any loans; buy homes, properties with loans, or even cash. Keep as much cash as possible.

2. Pay off as much of personal loans, private loans, as debt collection will be hastened.

3. Sell any stocks you can even at lower prices.

4. Take money off from Trust Funds.

5. Don't believe in huge sales forecast from customers, be extremely prudent, lowest inventories, reduce liabilities.

6. Don't invest in new capital.

7. If you are selling homes/ properties/ cars, do it now, when you can get good prices, they are going to fall.

8. Don't invest in new business proposals.

9. Cancel holiday plans using credit cards.

10. Don't change jobs, as companies will retrench based on 'last in first out'.

Stay cool, wait, and if you took all of the above actions and more, you probably will be better off than many. This is not a rumor. Bear Stearns is the first of many banking and financial institutions that will start falling in the not too future. If Bear Stearns can fall, so can JP Morgan, Citibank, HSBC, and the whole world. US economy falls, the rest will crumble.

India and all those self economies will be the most protected, but not gullible.

Europe may be a little stronger, but not China , another giant! : place Malaysia will see significant impact.

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