Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
WHY ARE INDIANS EASY TO IDENTIFY????
1. Everything you eat is savored in garlic, onion and tomatoes.
2.. You try and reuse gift wrappers, gift boxes, and of course aluminum foil.
3. You are always standing next to the two largest size suitcases at the Airport.
4. You arrive one or two hours late to a party - and think it's normal.
5. You peel the stamps off letters that the Postal Service missed to stamp.
6. You recycle Wedding Gifts, Birthday Gifts and Anniversary Gifts.
7. You name your children in rhythms (example, Sita & Gita, Ram & Shyam, Kamini & Shamini..)
8. All your children have pet names, which sound nowhere,
close to their real names.
9. You take Indian snacks anywhere it says 'No Food Allowed.'
10. You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's house.
11. You load up the family car with as many people as possible.
12. You use plastic to cover anything new in your house
whether it's the remote control, VCR, carpet or new couch.
13. Your parents tell you not to care what your friends think, but they won't let you do certain things because of what the other 'Uncles and Aunties' will think.
14. You buy and display crockery, which is never used, as it is for special occasions, which never happen.
15. You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen table.
16. You use grocery bags to hold garbage.
17. You keep leftover food in your fridge in as many numbers of bowls as possible.
18. Your kitchen shelf is full of jars, varieties of bowls and plastic utensils (got free with purchase of other stuff)
19. You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel
(and travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes).
20. You own a rice cooker or a pressure cooker.
21. You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
22. You live with your parents and you are 40 years old. (And they prefer it that way).
23. You don't use measuring cups when cooking.
24. You never learnt how to stand in a queue.
25. You can only travel if there are 5 persons at least to see you off or receive you whether you are traveling by bus, train or plane.
26. If she is NOT your daughter, you always take interest in knowing whose daughter has run with whose son and feel proud to spread it at the velocity of more than the speed of light.
27. You only make long distance calls after 11p.m.
28. If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you've eaten, even if it's midnight .
29. You call an older person you never met before Uncle or Aunty.
30. When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes, you discover you're talking to a distant cousin.
31. Your parents don't realize phone connections to foreign
countries have improved in the last two decades, and still scream at the top of their lungs when making foreign calls.
32. You have bed sheets on your sofas so as to keep them
from getting dirty.
33. Its embarrassing if you're wedding has less than 600 people.
34. All your Tupperware is stained with food color.
35. You have drinking glasses made of steel.
36. You have mastered the art of bargaining in shopping.
I STILL LOVE TO BE AN INDIAN
.
2.. You try and reuse gift wrappers, gift boxes, and of course aluminum foil.
3. You are always standing next to the two largest size suitcases at the Airport.
4. You arrive one or two hours late to a party - and think it's normal.
5. You peel the stamps off letters that the Postal Service missed to stamp.
6. You recycle Wedding Gifts, Birthday Gifts and Anniversary Gifts.
7. You name your children in rhythms (example, Sita & Gita, Ram & Shyam, Kamini & Shamini..)
8. All your children have pet names, which sound nowhere,
close to their real names.
9. You take Indian snacks anywhere it says 'No Food Allowed.'
10. You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone's house.
11. You load up the family car with as many people as possible.
12. You use plastic to cover anything new in your house
whether it's the remote control, VCR, carpet or new couch.
13. Your parents tell you not to care what your friends think, but they won't let you do certain things because of what the other 'Uncles and Aunties' will think.
14. You buy and display crockery, which is never used, as it is for special occasions, which never happen.
15. You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen table.
16. You use grocery bags to hold garbage.
17. You keep leftover food in your fridge in as many numbers of bowls as possible.
18. Your kitchen shelf is full of jars, varieties of bowls and plastic utensils (got free with purchase of other stuff)
19. You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel
(and travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes).
20. You own a rice cooker or a pressure cooker.
21. You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
22. You live with your parents and you are 40 years old. (And they prefer it that way).
23. You don't use measuring cups when cooking.
24. You never learnt how to stand in a queue.
25. You can only travel if there are 5 persons at least to see you off or receive you whether you are traveling by bus, train or plane.
26. If she is NOT your daughter, you always take interest in knowing whose daughter has run with whose son and feel proud to spread it at the velocity of more than the speed of light.
27. You only make long distance calls after 11p.m.
28. If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you've eaten, even if it's midnight .
29. You call an older person you never met before Uncle or Aunty.
30. When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes, you discover you're talking to a distant cousin.
31. Your parents don't realize phone connections to foreign
countries have improved in the last two decades, and still scream at the top of their lungs when making foreign calls.
32. You have bed sheets on your sofas so as to keep them
from getting dirty.
33. Its embarrassing if you're wedding has less than 600 people.
34. All your Tupperware is stained with food color.
35. You have drinking glasses made of steel.
36. You have mastered the art of bargaining in shopping.
I STILL LOVE TO BE AN INDIAN
.
Isn't it strange?
1. Isn't it strange how a 100-peso bill
seems like such a large
amount when
you donate it to church, but
such a small amount
when you go shopping?
2. Isn't it strange how 2 hours seem so long when
you're at church, and how
short they seem when you're
watching a good movie?
3. Isn't it strange
that you can't
find a word to say when
you're praying,
but you have no trouble
thinking what to talk about
with a friend?
4. Isn't it strange how difficult
and boring it is to read
one chapter
of the Bible, but how easy
it is to read 100 pages of
a popular novel or ZANE GREY book?
5. Isn't it strange how everyone
wants front-row-tickets
to concerts or
games, but they do whatever
is possible to sit at the last
row in Church?
6. Isn't it strange how we need to
know about an event for Church 2-3
weeks before the day so we can
include it in our agenda, but we can
adjust it for other events at
the last minute?
7. Isn't it strange how difficult it
is to learn a fact about God to share it
with others, but how easy
it is to learn, understand,
extend and repeat gossip?
8. Isn't it strange how we
believe everything
that magazines and newspapers
say, but we question the words in the
Bible?
9. Isn't it strange how everyone
wants a place in
heaven, but they don't want
to believe, do, or say anything
to get there?
10. Isn't it strange how we send
jokes in e-mails and they
are forwarded right away,
but when we are going to send
messages about God, we think
about it twice before we share
it with others?
IT'S STRANGE ISN'T IT?
seems like such a large
amount when
you donate it to church, but
such a small amount
when you go shopping?
2. Isn't it strange how 2 hours seem so long when
you're at church, and how
short they seem when you're
watching a good movie?
3. Isn't it strange
that you can't
find a word to say when
you're praying,
but you have no trouble
thinking what to talk about
with a friend?
4. Isn't it strange how difficult
and boring it is to read
one chapter
of the Bible, but how easy
it is to read 100 pages of
a popular novel or ZANE GREY book?
5. Isn't it strange how everyone
wants front-row-tickets
to concerts or
games, but they do whatever
is possible to sit at the last
row in Church?
6. Isn't it strange how we need to
know about an event for Church 2-3
weeks before the day so we can
include it in our agenda, but we can
adjust it for other events at
the last minute?
7. Isn't it strange how difficult it
is to learn a fact about God to share it
with others, but how easy
it is to learn, understand,
extend and repeat gossip?
8. Isn't it strange how we
believe everything
that magazines and newspapers
say, but we question the words in the
Bible?
9. Isn't it strange how everyone
wants a place in
heaven, but they don't want
to believe, do, or say anything
to get there?
10. Isn't it strange how we send
jokes in e-mails and they
are forwarded right away,
but when we are going to send
messages about God, we think
about it twice before we share
it with others?
IT'S STRANGE ISN'T IT?
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
What is Lent?
Lent is the Christian season of preparation before Easter. In Western Christianity, Ash Wednesday marks the first day, or the start of the season of Lent, which begins 40 days prior to Easter (Sundays are not included in the count).
Lent is a time when many Christians prepare for Easter by observing a period of fasting, repentance, moderation and spiritual discipline. The purpose is to set aside time for reflection on Jesus Christ - his suffering and his sacrifice, his life, death, burial and resurrection.
Not all Christian churches observe Lent. Lent is mostly observed by the Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian and Anglican denominations, and also by Roman Catholics. Eastern Orthodox churches observe Lent or Great Lent, during the 6 weeks or 40 days preceding Palm Sunday with fasting continuing during the Holy Week of Easter. Lent for Eastern Orthodox churches begins on Monday and Ash Wednesday is not observed.
The Bible does not mention the custom of Lent, however, the practice of repentance and mourning in ashes is found in 2 Samuel 13:19; Esther 4:1; Job 2:8; Daniel 9:3; and Matthew 11:21.
Lent is a time when many Christians prepare for Easter by observing a period of fasting, repentance, moderation and spiritual discipline. The purpose is to set aside time for reflection on Jesus Christ - his suffering and his sacrifice, his life, death, burial and resurrection.
Not all Christian churches observe Lent. Lent is mostly observed by the Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian and Anglican denominations, and also by Roman Catholics. Eastern Orthodox churches observe Lent or Great Lent, during the 6 weeks or 40 days preceding Palm Sunday with fasting continuing during the Holy Week of Easter. Lent for Eastern Orthodox churches begins on Monday and Ash Wednesday is not observed.
The Bible does not mention the custom of Lent, however, the practice of repentance and mourning in ashes is found in 2 Samuel 13:19; Esther 4:1; Job 2:8; Daniel 9:3; and Matthew 11:21.
AR Rahman creates history with 2 Oscars.
Washington, Feb 23: Composer AR Rahman has created history by scooping two Oscar awards for Best Original score and Best Original song for Slumdog Millionaire.
The award for Best Song 'Jai Ho' was shared by Rahman and renowned lyricist Gulzar. Ressul Pookutty also walked away with the golden trophy for Best Sound Mixing.
The critically acclaimed film has also won an award for the Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Film editing each.
Danny Boyle has been honoured with the Best Director award for Slumdog Millionaire.
Actor Health Ledger was honoured with the posthumous Oscar in the Supporting Actor for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight.
Penelope Cruz won the Best Supporting actor gong for Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
The award for Best Song 'Jai Ho' was shared by Rahman and renowned lyricist Gulzar. Ressul Pookutty also walked away with the golden trophy for Best Sound Mixing.
The critically acclaimed film has also won an award for the Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Film editing each.
Danny Boyle has been honoured with the Best Director award for Slumdog Millionaire.
Actor Health Ledger was honoured with the posthumous Oscar in the Supporting Actor for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight.
Penelope Cruz won the Best Supporting actor gong for Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
A.R.Rahman Wins Two Oscars !!
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Monday, December 29, 2008
Wedding Poetry
I love you not only for what you are,
But for what I am when I am with you
I love you not only for what you have made of yourself
But for what you are making me
I love you for the part of me that you bring out.
I love you for passing over all my foolish and weak traits,
That you can't help but see
I love you for drawing out into the light my beauty,
That no one else had looked quite far enough to din
I love you.
But for what I am when I am with you
I love you not only for what you have made of yourself
But for what you are making me
I love you for the part of me that you bring out.
I love you for passing over all my foolish and weak traits,
That you can't help but see
I love you for drawing out into the light my beauty,
That no one else had looked quite far enough to din
I love you.
Wedding Quotes
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
- Germaine Greer
- Germaine Greer
To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you're wrong, admit it; whenever you're right, shut up.
- Ogden Nash
There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.
- Martin Luther
Marriage is that relation between man and woman in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual, and the obligation reciprocal.
- Louis K. Anspacher
A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.
- Pearl S. Buck
The goal in marriage is not to think alike, but to think together.
- Robert C. Dodds
Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love, and they blossom when we love the ones we marry.
- Tom Mullen
I dreamed of a wedding of elaborate elegance,
A church filled with family and friends.
I asked him what kind of a wedding he wished for,
He said one that would make me his wife.
- Author Unknown
Marriage is love personified.
- Phoenix Flame
Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.
- William O. Douglas
When you make a sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.
- Joseph Campbell
One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
- Honore de Balzac
Married couples who love each other tell each other a thousand things without talking.
- Chinese Proverb
Marriage is the mother of the world and preserves kingdoms, and fills cities, and churches, and heaven itself.
- Dr. Jeremy Taylor
A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude.
- Rainer Maria Rilke
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
- Peter Ustinov
The secret to having a good marriage is to understand that marriage must be total, it must be permanent, and it must be equal.
- Frank Pittman
What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility.
- Leo Tolstoy
Marriage orients men and women toward the future, asking them not just to commit to each other but to plan, to earn, to save, and to devote themselves to advancing their children's prospects.
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.
- Zig Ziglar
Marriage is our society's most pro-child institution. If you want kids to do well, then you want marriage to do well.
- David Blankenhorn
The first year of marriage is like wet cement - the impressions made in it are much harder to change once it has set.
- Robert Wolgemuth
Romantic Love Quotes
Love is a many splendid thing. Love lifts us up where we belong. All you need is love!
~ from the movie Moulin Rouge ~
Other men said they have seen angels,
But I have seen thee
And thou art enough.
~ by G. Moore ~
I would fly you to the moon and back if you'll be . . . if you'll be my baby.
~ From a song by Savage Garden ~
I love you - those three words have my life in them.
~ by Alexandrea to Nicholas III ~
What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
~ by Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for their religion -
I have shudder'd at it.
I shudder no more.
I could be martyr'd for my religion
Love is my religion
And I could die for that.
I could die for you.
~ by John Keats ~
I'd like to run away
From you,
But if you didn't come
And find me ...
I would die.
~ by Shirley Bassey ~
When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.
~ by Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) ~
The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is to love and be loved in return.
~ From "Unforgettable with Love" by Natalie Cole
Soul meets soul on lover's lips.
~ by Percy Bysshe Shelly ~
I've always found time to teach them.
~ by Mae West ~
Friday, December 26, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child."~ Erma Bombeck (1927-1996), American author and humorist.
Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas."~ Peg Bracken.
The earth has grown old with its burden of care But at Christmas it always is young, The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair And its soul full of music breaks the air, When the song of angels is sung."~ Phillips Brooks (1835-93), American Episcopal bishop, wrote 'O Little Town of Bethlehem'.
Quotes - words of wisdom
~ Joan Winmill Brown, American author and editor.
~ Taylor Caldwell (1900-1985), English novelist.
~ Charlotte Carpenter.
~ Adele Comandini and Edward Sutherland. Michael O'Brien (Charles Winninger), Beyond Tomorrow, after proposing that the partners invite three strangers to dinner (1940).
~ Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), American president. Presidential message (December 25, 1927).
Christmas, in its final essence, is for grown people who have forgotten what children know. Christmas is for whoever is old enough to have denied the unquenchable spirit of man." ~ Margaret Cousins (1905- ), senior editor Doubleday Publishing Company.
Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'."~ Bing Crosby (1904-1977), American singer and film actor.
It is the personal thoughtfulness, the warm human awareness, the reaching out of the self to one's fellow man that makes giving worthy of the Christmas spirit."~ Isabel Currier.
I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."~ Charles Dickens (1812-1870), English author. From 'A Christmas Carol'.
Something about an old-fashioned Christmas is hard to forget." ~ Hugh Downs (1921- ), American newscaster.
They err who thinks Santa Claus comes down through the chimney; he really enters through the heart."~ Mrs. Paul M. Ell.
It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air." ~ W. T. Ellis
Christmas, my child, is love in action."~ Dale Evans (1912-2001), American film actress, singer and songwriter. Wife of Roy Rogers.
Do give books - religious or otherwise - for Christmas. They're never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal." ~ Lenore Hershey
My first copies of Treasure Island and Huckleberry Finn still have some blue-spruce needles scattered in the pages. They smell of Christmas still."~ Charlton Heston (1923- ), American film actor.
At Christmas, all roads lead home."~ Marjorie Holmes, American writer.
It comes every year and will go on forever. And along with Christmas belong the keepsakes and the customs. Those humble, everyday things a mother clings to, and ponders, like Mary in the secret spaces of her heart."~ Marjorie Holmes, American writer.
My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?"~ Bob Hope, American film actor and comedian.
When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things - not the great occasions - give off the greatest glow of happiness."~ Bob Hope, American film actor and comedian.
Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart."~ Washington Irving (1783-1859), American short-story writer and essayist.
The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others' burdens, easing other's loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas." ~ W. C. Jones
A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together."~ Garrison Keillor (1942-), American author. 'Exiles,' Leaving Home (1987).
Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive."~ Robert Lynd (1892-1970), American sociologist
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