A rose that once stood alone......

A solitary rose grew
in the darkest corner of the garden
Surrounded by many others
Yet remained alone

Time passed and trials came and went
One dealt a severe blow
And the rose began to wilt and wither
Forgotten…Then… as if by a miracle.

There came a soft and gentle breeze
Followed by a ray of light
As all the other roses fell into darkness
The solitary rose began to shine

Shining with a special light…
And watered by a gentle cascade…
A cascade of love
A cascade of selfless affection

“I do… not now but forever…”
Said the rose to the sunlight
And there they remain
A rose in full bloom
With her sunshine smiling down on her

You are my sunshine, my life, my very soul
And I your rose blooming in the light of your love.

Life is no bed of roses

Life is no bed of roses
For roses have thorns, you see,
But handling with care and balance
Will protect from injury.
All gardens have seasons of beauty
Where the flowers of our living grow
With colours and shapes aplenty
Sweet fragrance to bestow.
Life’s flowers need careful tending
For all life needs sun and rain,

And Love and Faith unending
For Hope to flower again!

Bookends of Life.... :)

We have two bookends
A beginning and an end
The things amid have filled the gaps
Whereby, our lives do blend.

The volumes which are written
Reveals the light of men
The print upon the pages
Contain the breath within.

The chapters stack so neatly
Are bounded at the seams
And filled with aspirations
Our failures and our dreams.

The many happy chapters
Hold sorrow in between
The valleys and the mountains
Are parts of life’s great scheme.

The fiber of our being
Is glue that makes it stick
The text that fills the pages
Are choices we did pick.

It takes a set of book ends
To make one’s life complete
The content comes together
When both the ends do meet.

One day upon completion
Our lives will be made whole
When Jesus reads our memoir
The mirror to our soul.

We cannot change the content
Once written, nevermore
It’s stored amongst God’s archives
Upon that golden shore.

Written by:
Marilyn Ferguson

~Words From My Heart~

~Words are the only reason for a reason to be happened ~~

~Life is what we see, Living is what we do..
You should SEE what you DO.. .. ~~

~The first step to start learning is to learn how to start.. ~~

~There will be needed a single friend to motivate you.. when you have been unmotivated by 1000 others..
So it is as difficult to find such a friend. ~~

~‘Best’ may not be best word of English still we call it BEST ~~

~Don’t end every msg you give written with ‘PEACE’.. better end the reason because of which you are needed to write ‘PEACE’ ~~

~Destiny :: The most beautiful girl u find in a marriage function is the one who’s marrying {Bride} ~~

~!ƒ μ thiπκ šΘmεthiπg iš !mρΘššiblε :: мακε it ρΘššiblε μгšεlƒ ~~

~шαπt šΘmεthiπg 2 bε ∂Θπε ρεгƒε¢tlŷ : ÐΘ it μгšεlƒ.. ~~

Believe while others ….

Believe while others are doubting.

Plan while others are playing.

Study while others are sleeping.

Decide while others are delaying.

Prepare while others are daydreaming.

Begin while others are procrastinating.

Work while others are wishing.

Save while others are wasting.

Listen while others are talking.

Smile while others are frowning.

Commend while others are criticizing.

Persist while others are quitting.

The Best Moments In Life

1. Falling in love. 
2. Laughing till your stomach hurts. 
3. Enjoying a ride down the   Country side. 
4. Listening to your favorite song on the radio. 
5. Going to sleep listening to the rain pouring outside. 
6. Getting out of the shower and wrapping yourself with a warm, fuzzy towel. 
7. Passing your final exams with good grades. 
8. Being part of an interesting conversation. 
9. Finding some money in some old pants. 
10. Laughing at yourself. 
11. Sharing a wonderful dinner with all your friends. 
12. Laughing without a reason. 
13. "Accidentally" hearing someone say something good about you.
14. Watching the sunset. 
15. Listening to a song that reminds you of an important person in your life. 
16. Receiving or giving your first kiss. 
17. Feeling this movement in your body when seeing this "special" someone. 
18. Having a great time with your friends. 
19. Seeing the one you love happy. 
20. Wearing the shirt of a person you love and smelling his/her perfume.
21. Visiting an old friend of yours and remembering great memories. 
22. Hearing some telling you "I LOVE YOU" 

True friends come in the good times when we tell them to, and come in
the bad times.....without calling."

Good thoughts

Before you think of saying an unkind word

Think of someone who can't speak

Before you complain about the taste of your food
Think of someone who has nothing to eat

Before you complain about your husband or wife
Think of someone who's crying out to God for a companion

Today before you complain about life
Think of someone who went too early to heaven

Before you complain about your children
Think of someone who desires children but they're barren

Before you argue about your dirty house; someone didn't clean or sweep
Think of the people who are living in the streets

Before whining about the distance you drive
Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet

And when you are tired and complain about your job
Think of the unemployed, the disabled and those who wished they had your job

But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another
Remember that not one of us are without sin and we all answer to one maker

And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down
Put a smile on your face and thank God you're alive and still around

Life is a gift
Live it...
Enjoy it...
Celebrate it...
And fulfill it.

Never be late

A parish priest was being honored at a dinner on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his arrival in that parish. A leading local politician, who was a member of the congregation, was chosen to make the presentation and give a little speech at the dinner, but he was delayed in traffic, so the priest decided to say his own few words while they waited.

"You will understand," he said, "the seal of the confessional, can never be broken. However, I got my first impressions of the parish from the first confession I heard here. I can only hint vaguely about this, but when I came here twenty-five years ago I thought I had been assigned to a terrible place. The very first chap who entered my confessional told me how he had stolen a television set, and when stopped by the police, had almost murdered the officer. Further, he told me he had embezzled money from his place of business and had an affair with his boss's wife.

I was appalled. But as the days went on I knew that my people were not all like that, and I had, indeed come to, a fine parish full of understanding and loving people."

Just as the priest finished his talk, the politician arrived full of apologies at being late. He immediately began to make the presentation and give his talk.

"I'll never forget the first day our parish priest arrived in this parish,"

said the politician. "In fact, I had the honour of being the first one to go to him for confession."

Moral: NEVER EVER BE LATE

Reality of Life ......!!!!!!!

This is a story of four people called Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.

There was some important work that had to be done, and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry because of this, since it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody understood that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended with Everybody blaming Somebody as Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

Somethings not to do

• Don't attempt to run from the past, it is always behind you.
• Don't be afraid of opposition; Remember a kite rises against, not with the wind.
• Don't be afraid of tomorrow, for God has already been there.
• Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.
• Don't be angry at a friend who told your secret, for neither could you keep it to yourself
• Don't be concerned others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others (Confucius).
• Don't be irreplaceable -- if you can't be replaced, you won't be promoted.
• Don't be so Heavenly minded that you do no earthly good.
• Don't control, be in control.
• Don't count the days, make the days count. (Mohammed Ali)
• Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.
• Don't ever slam a door- you may want to go back.
• Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things.
• The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have,might have, and should have.
• (Louis E. Boone)
• Don't get good at doing something if you don't like doing it.
• Don't get married only because of the money. You can borrow it cheaper.
• Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
• Don't just get something out of church, put something into it.
• Don't kill the dream - execute it!
• Don't learn the tricks of the trade, learn the trade.
• Don't let anybody walk through your mind with dirty feet. (Gandhi)
• Don't let people drive you crazy when it is within walking distance.
• Don't let time take control of your destiny.Let your destiny take control of your time.
• (Ulrick Ricardo Milord)
• Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
• (John Wooden)
• Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
• Don't limit your challenges - challenge your limits.
• Don't listen to what I say; listen to what I mean.
• Don't love the things! you own, lest they own you.
• Don't measure your life by how many breaths you take, measure it by how many times you get your breath taken away.
• Don't pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger people.

How to look busy

1. Never walk down the hall without a document in your hands.
People with documents in their hands look like hardworking employees heading for important meetings.
People with nothing in their hands look like they're heading for the cafeteria. People with a newspaper in their hand look like they're heading for the toilet.
Above all, make sure you carry loads of stuff home with you at night, thus generating the false impression that you work longer hours than you do.

2. Use computers to look busy.
Any time you use a computer, it looks like "work" to the casual observer. You can send and receive personal e-mail, calculate your finances and generally have a blast without doing anything remotely related to work.
When you get caught by your boss -and you *will* get caught - your best defense is to claim you're teaching yourself to use new software, thus saving valuable training expenses.

3. Messy desk.
Build huge piles of documents around your workspace.
To the observer, last year's work looks the same as today's work; it's volume that counts.
Pile them high and wide.  If you know somebody is coming to your cubicle, bury the document you'll need halfway down in an existing stack and rummage for it when he/she arrives.

4. Voice Mail. 
Never answer your phone if you have voice mail. People don't call you just because they want to give you something for nothing – they call because they want YOU to do work for THEM. That's no way to live.
If your voice mailbox has a limit on the number of messages it can hold, make sure you reach that limit frequently. One way to do that is to never erase any incoming messages. If that takes too long, send yourself a few messages. Your callers will hear a recorded message that says, "Sorry, this mailbox is full" - a sure sign that you are a hardworking employee in high demand.

5. Looking Impatient and Annoyed.
One should also always try to look impatient and annoyed to give your bosses the impression that you are always busy.

6. Appear to Work Late.
Always leave the office late, especially when the boss is still around. You could read magazines and storybooks that you always wanted to read, but have no time until late before leaving.

7. Creative Sighing for Effect.
Sigh loudly when there are many people around, giving the impression that you are very hard pressed.

8. Stacking Strategy.
It is not enough to pile lots of documents on the table. Put lots of books on the floor etc... You can always borrow from library. Thick computer manuals are the best.

9. Build Vocabulary.
Read up on some computer magazines and pick out all the jargon and new products.
Use it freely when in conversation with bosses.  Remember: They don't have to understand what you say, but you sure sound impressive.

10. MOST IMPORTANTLY: DON'T forward this to your boss by mistake!!!

Indians are too intelligent

Maaanna hi padega indians are too intelligent.....

After digging to a depth of 100 metres last year,
Russian scientists found
traces of copper wire dating back 1000 years, and
came to the conclusion
that their ancestors already had a telephone
network one thousand years
ago.

So, not to be outdone, in the weeks that followed,
American scientists dug
200 metres and headlines in the US papers read:
"US scientists have found traces of 2000 year old
optical fibres, and have
concluded that their ancestors already had
advanced high-tech digital
telephone 1000 years earlier than the Russians."

One week later, the Indian newspapers reported the
following:
"After digging as deep as 500 metres, Indian
scientists have found
absolutely nothing. They have concluded that 5000
years ago, their
ancestors were already using wireless technology .

"Seven Blunders of the World" - By Gandhi

Gandhi's "Seven Blunders of the World" That Lead to Violence

The Seven Blunders of the World is a list that Mahatma Gandhi gave to his grandson Arun Gandhi, written on a piece of paper, on their final day together, not too long before his assassination. In his final years, the elder Gandhi kept his grandson close at hand and set aside an hour every day to be alone with the boy.

Blunders of the World

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Wealth without work
Pleasure without conscience
Knowledge without character
Commerce without morality
Science without humanity
Worship without sacrifice
Politics without principle

44 Desi traits

44 Ways to Know whether U R a Indian or Not - Facts
Pretty amusing...but mostly true and interesting.
Guess at least some of
them are common globally also though...
Read this it's really cool , dont be suprised if you
can picture some
friends and relations when you read these .
You are Indian if...
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 try to eject food particles from between your
teeth by pressing
your tongue against them and making a peculiar noise
like, tshick,
tshick, tschick, tschick.
4. You are standing next to the two largest size
suitcases at the Airport.
5. You arrive one or two hours late to a party - and
think its normal.
6. You peel the stamps off letters that the Postal
Service missed to mark up.
7. You recycle Wedding Gifts.
8. You name your children in rhythms (example, Honey
Money, madhu, wadhu, Sita &Gita, Ram & Shyam.
9. All your children have pet names, which sound
nowhere close to their
real names.
10. You take Indian snacks anywhere it says "No Food
Allowed"
11. You talk for an hour at the front door when
leaving someone's house.
12. You load up the family car with as many people
as possible.
13. You use plastic to cover anything new in your
house whether it's the
remote control, VCR, carpet or new couch.
14. Your parents tell you to not care what your
friends think but they
won't let you do certain things because of what the
other "Uncles And
Aunties" will think.
15. You buy and display crockery, which is for
special occasions, which
never happen.
16. You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen
table.
17. You use grocery bags to hold garbage.
18. You keep leftover food in your fridge in as many
numbers of bowls as possible.
19. Your kitchen shelf is full of jam jars,
varieties of bowls and
plastic utensils (got free with some household
items).
20. You carry a stash of your own food whenever you
travel (and travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes).
21. You own a rice cooker or a pressure cooker.
22. You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
23. You majored in engineering, medicine or law and
now........are after
Software and only Software no matter which field you
belong to.
24. You live with your parents and you are 40 years
old. (And they prefer it that way).
25. You don't use measuring cups when cooking.
26. You feel like you've gotten a good deal if you
didn't pay tax.
27. You never learnt how to stand in a queue.
28. 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.
29. 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.
30. You only make long distance calls after 11 p.m.
31. If you don't live at home, when your parents
call, they ask if
you've eaten, even if it's midnight.
32. You call an older person you never met before
"uncle."
33. When your parents meet strangers and talk for a
few minutes, you
discover you're talking to a distant cousin.
34. Your parents don't realise 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.
35. You have bed sheets on your sofas so as to keep
them away from getting dirty.
36. When dining out, you think Rs 10 is enough of a
tip.
37. It's embarrassing if your wedding has less than
600 people.
38. You list your daughter as "fair and slim" in
the matrimonial no matter what she looks like.
39. You treat the NRI persons (especially from
America) as if they are
the only persons living in this world (including YOU).
40. You've seen the ground while inside the lavatory
of a train.(This one really got me!! You too huh??)
41. All your tupperware is stained with food color.
42. You have drinking glasses made of steel.
43. You have mastered the art of bargaining in shopping.
44. You have really enjoyed reading this mail.

45 .indians always do mistake's b4 knowing it...coz
they think they r big braine fellow's in the world ..but they
not.........

Top Explanations by Programmers

• Strange...
• I've never heard about that.
• It did work yesterday.
• How is this possible?
• The machine seems to have a malfunction.
• Has the operating system been updated?
• The user has made an error again.
• There is something wrong in your data.
• I have not touched that module!
• You must have the wrong executable.
• Oh, it's just a feature.
• Of course, I just have to do these small fixes.
• It will be done in no time at all.
• It's just some unlucky coincidense.
• I can't test everything!
• THIS can't do THAT.
• Didn't I fix it already?
• It's already there, but it has not been tested.
• Somebody must have changed my code.
• There must be a virus in the application software.
• This time it will surely run.
• I just found the last bug.
• Bug? That's not a bug, that's a feature.
• According to my calculations the problem doesn't exist.

A story of LOVE & EGO.........

Once upon a time there was an island

where all the feelings lived together

there was a storm in the sea one day

and the island was about to get drowned

every feeling was scared but not love

love made a boat to escape

every feeling boarded in the boat

only one feeling was left

love got down

to see who was it

it was ego...

love tried and tried but ego wasn't moving.......

also the water was rising

every one asked love to leave him and come into the boat, but love was made to love.
all feeling escaped and the storm took over island, at last love dies with ego on the island...

Love dies because of ego......

WORTH READING…

Here i am sitting in my office @ night…
Thinking hard about life
How it changed from a maverick collage life to strict professional life…...

How tiny pocket money changed to huge monthly paychecks
but then why it gives lesss happiness….

How a few local denim jeans changed to new branded wardrobe
but then why there are less people to use them

How a single plate of samosa changed to a full Pizza or burger
But then why there is less hunger…..

Here i am sitting in my office @ night…
Thinking hard about life
How it changed…..

How a bike always in reserve changed to bike always on
but then why there are less places to go on……

How a small coffee shop changed to cafe coffee day
but then why its feels like shop is far away…..

How a limited prepaid card changed to postpaid package
but then why there are less calls & more messages……

Here i am sitting in my office @ night…
Thinking hard about life
How it changed…...

How a general class journey changed to Flight journey
But then why there are less vacations for enjoyment….

How a old assembled desktop changed to new branded laptop
but then why there is less time to put it on……….

How a small bunch of friends changed to office mate
But then why we always feel lonely n miss those college frnz.….

Here i am sitting in my office @ night…
Thinking hard about life
How it changed…..

SEE THE GUTS

On a ship, the Project managers of three different companies belonging to 3 different
nations were traveling with their Trainee guys. They started an argument on whose Trainee
engineer had more guts.
The American PM called for one of his men and told him to jump off and take around swimming around the moving ship.
The Trainee did as he was commanded. The American PM boasted of by saying, "See the guts!" *
Now the German PM called out for one of his men and asked him to take two similar rounds around the moving ship.
The Trainee did as he was told. When he came back from the water the German PM said, "See the guts!" *
Now the Indian PM called out for his most courageous man and asked him to take five similar rounds.
The Trainee promptly replied, " Why the hell should I ? ? ? You do that "
The PM proudly said,

** "See the guts!" **

Very good one..!!

A story tells that two friends were walking

through the desert

During some point of the
Journey they had an
Argument, and one friend
Slapped the other one
In the face.

The one who got slapped
was hurt, but without
saying anything,
wrote in the sand:

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.




They kept on walking
until they found an oasis,
where they decided
to take a bath.

The one who had been
slapped got stuck in the
mire and started drowning,
but the friend saved him.

After he recovered from
the near drowning,
he wrote on a stone:

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
SAVED MY LIFE.




The friend who had slapped
and saved his best friend
asked him, "After I hurt you,
you wrote in the sand and now,
you write on a stone, why?"

The other friend replied
"When someone hurts us
we should write it down
in sand where winds of
forgiveness can erase it away.

But, when someone does
something good for us,
we must engrave it in stone
where no wind
can ever erase it."

LEARN TO WRITE
YOUR HURTS IN
THE SAND AND TO
CARVE YOUR
BENEFITS IN STONE!!!

Brains at sale !!!!

In the hospital the relatives gathered in the waiting room, where their Family member lay gravely ill. Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and somber.
"I'm afraid I'm the bearer of bad news," he said as he surveyed the worried faces.

"The only hope left for your loved one at this time is a brain Transplant. It's an experimental procedure, very risky but it is the only hope. Insurance will cover the procedure, but you will have to pay for the Brain yourselves."

The family members sat silently as they absorbed the news. After a great Length of time, someone asked, "Well, how much does a brain cost?" The doctor quickly responded, " R 5,000 for a male brain, and R 200 for a Female brain."

The moment turned awkward. Men in the room tried not to smile, avoiding Eye contact with the women, but some actually smirked. A man unable to Control his curiosity, blurted out the question everyone wanted to ask, "Why is the male brain so much more?"

The doctor smiled at the childish innocence and explained to the entire Group, "It's just standard pricing procedure. We have to mark down the Price of the female brains, because they've actually been used, the male Brains are hardly ever used by the owners. So they are as good as new"

English is Stupid!

Lets face it
English is a stupid language.
There is no egg in the eggplant;
No ham in the hamburger
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
And while no one knows what is in a hot dog,
you can be pretty sure it isn't canine.
English muffins were not invented in England;
French fries were not invented in France.

We sometimes take English for granted.
But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
Quicksand takes you down slowly.
Boxing rings are square.
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads,
which aren't sweet, are meat.

If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
If the plural of tooth is teeth,
One goose, two geese.
So one moose, two meese?
Is cheese the plural of choose?
One mouse, two mice; one louse, two lice,
One house, two hice?
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
If the teacher taught, why didn't the preacher praught,
Or the grocer groce, or hammers ham?

If a vegetarian eats vegetables,
What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
Why do people recite at a play,
Yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and drive on parkways?
Ship by truck, and send cargo by ship...?
Have feet that smell and noses than run?
How can the weather be as hot as hell on one day
And as cold as hell on another

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
Of a language where a house can burn up as
It burns down,
And in which you fill in a form
By filling it out
And a bell is only heard once it goes!
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same,
while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?


English was invented by people, not computers
And it reflects the creativity of the human race
(Which of course isn't a race at all)
That is why

When the stars are out they are visible
But when the lights are out they are invisible.
And why it is that when I wind up my watch
It starts.
But when I wind up this poem,
It ends.

A Small Story…

A boy and a girl were playing together. The boy had a collection of marbles. The girl had some sweets with her. The boy told the girl that he will give her all his marbles in exchange for her sweets. The girl agreed.

The boy kept the biggest and the most beautiful marble aside and gave the rest to the girl. The girl gave him all her sweets as she had promised.

That night, the girl slept peacefully. But the boy couldn't sleep as he kept wondering if the girl had hidden some sweets from him the way he had hidden his best marble.

Moral of the story: If you don't give your hundred percent in a relationship, you'll always keep doubting if the other person has given his/her hundred percent.. This is applicable for any relationship like love, employer-employee relationship,friendship etc., Give your hundred percent to everything you do and sleep peacefully

THAT'S LOVE................

SHORT BUT TRUE LOVE STORY

GIRL: WHAT YOU DO IF I DIE?

BOY: NAUGHTILY SAID I WILL BE HAPPY

NEXT DAY HE GOT NEWS THAT GIRL DIED

SHE LEFT A LETTER FOR BOY

"I CAN DO ANYTHING 2 MAKE YOU HAPPY"

THAT'S LOVE

ZOOZOO'S : The Mystery Opens here...!!!

Amazing ad ...The new brand 'endorser' for Vodafone

No, they aren’t animated characters. They are human beings who were made to wear body suits. “The design of the characters is such that one gets fooled into thinking it is animation,” shrugs Rao, which was indeed the very illusion that had to be created. “In a sense, it is ‘live’ animation!” he quips, referring to the fact that it was all shot live.

Prakash Varma, ad filmmaker, Nirvana Films, has directed the commercials, and reveals that the Zoozoos were a big challenge to create. The practical aspects of how they will move, talk, gesticulate and emote were very important. Essentially, costume design and artwork were crucial elements.

“It took me three weeks of pre-production to understand how it will work,” says Varma. There were two fabrics that were considered for the body suits, and one was rejected for it had too many wrinkles and was shiny. The wrinkles would have shown when the characters moved, thereby shattering the illusion of animation. “So we chose the more practical, thicker fabric,” Varma explains.

The production team divided the outfit into two parts: the body and the head. The body part of the outfit was stuffed with foam in some places, while the head was attached separately. To make it look bigger than a human head, a harder material called Perspex was used, which in turn was stuffed with foam (with scope for ventilation).

If one wishes to understand the size of this head, here’s a fact: a human head would typically reach up to the mouth level of this giant Zoozoo head. “We kept the hands and legs thin, which is why we cast women – and occasionally children – wearing the costumes,” says Varma. The thin limbs, contrasted with big bellies and a bulbous head, all add to the illusion that these creatures are ‘smaller’ than humans. Sets were created to suit the size of the Zoozoos.
Cinematically, this ‘size’ was a trick: the creatures look smaller than they actually are on screen, to portray a different world of sorts. For this, the speed of shooting was altered: Nirvana shot it in a high-speed format to make them look the size that they do.
Furthermore, simple sets/backdrops were created and spray painted with neutral Greys – a colour of choice so that attention isn’t diverted from the main characters. For a supposedly ‘outdoor’ shot, even the shadow of a Zoozoo was kept ‘live’ and not done in post production: it was painted in a darker shade of grey on the ground. An even lighting was maintained throughout.
There was virtually no post production work done.
The films were shot by Nirvana in Cape Town, South Africa, with the help of a local production house there, called Platypus. Incidentally, the same combination of people also worked on the ‘Happy to Help’ series last year. When asked whether Cape Town is fast becoming a tourist spot for Vodafone and Nirvana, Varma laughs, saying, “Oh no! It’s just that we are very comfortable with the team there and know what sort of work to expect from them.”
Nagpal adds here that the production cost had to be minimal for unveiling such a large number of commercials. “Otherwise, our production costs would exceed media spends,” he quips.

Something to ponder..........

I was shocked, confused, bewildered
As I entered Heaven's door,
Not by the beauty of it all,
Nor the lights or its decor.
But it was the folks in Heaven
Who made me sputter and gasp--
The thieves, the liars, the sinners,
The alcoholics and the trash.
There stood the kid from seventh grade
Who swiped my lunch money twice!
Next to him was my old neighbour
Who never said anything nice.
The person who I always thought
Was rotting away in hell,
Was sitting pretty on cloud nine,
Looking incredibly well.
I nudged God, 'What's the deal?
I would love to hear Your take.
How'd all these sinners get up here?
God must've made a mistake.
'And why's everyone so quiet,
So somber - give me a clue.'
'Hush, child,' He said, 'they're all in shock.
No one thought they'd be seeing you.'

POEM

"Leave me, O Love, which reachest but to dust" from Certain Sonnets
by Sir Philip Sidney

Leave me, O Love, which reachest but to dust;

And thou, my mind, aspire to higher things;

Grow rich in that which never taketh rust;

Whatever fades but fading pleasure brings.

Draw in thy beams and humble all thy might

To that sweet yoke where lasting freedoms be;

Which breaks the clouds and opens forth the light,

That both doth shine and give us sight to see.

O take fast hold; let that light be thy guide

In this small course which birth draws out to death,

And think how evil becometh him to slide,

Who seeketh heav'n, and comes of heav'nly breath.

Then farewell, world; thy uttermost I see:

Eternal Love, maintain thy life in me.

How it works:Sunburn

How it works:Sunburn

It's a little more complicated than a simple heat-and-char process. Immediately after sun exposure, you'll see some pink skin: That comes from dilation of the capillaries in reaction to ultraviolet B rays.

"The actual burn you see later comes from a series of chemical reactions," says Mehmet C. Oz, MD. Mast cells in the skin release chemicals like histamine and serotonin, triggering more chemical production and inflammation. Within 12 hours, skin cells begin to die, and inflammation turns the skin a darker red.

UV radiation damages your DNA, setting you up for possible skin cancer and suppressing immunity. But your skin does try to fight back. As soon as you're exposed to UV radiation, cells called melanocytes release melanin pigment that blocks UV rays-in the form of a tan that can reflect UV light. You've heard it before, but it bears repeating: To prevent burns, use a sunscreen that blocks both UVA and UVB rays, and reapply often.

From Reader's Digest - July 2008

m a Gurl...!!!!!!!!!

Friendship quotes

Catchy Taglines.....

Ø Friends.....and.....friendship.......Its a package of fellings.....NO one can make it..NO body can delete it..NO person can explain it..ONLY one's soul can feel it.......

Ø My difficulties belong to me!

Ø Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.

Ø Feeling is the language of the soul, and feeling is truth.

Ø "Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life."

Ø "Never explain--your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you anyway."

Ø "Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected."

Ø "True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable."

Ø "A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have forgotten how it goes."

Ø "A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself."

Ø "A friend is one before whom I may think aloud."

Ø "A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can."

Ø "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear."

Ø "Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others."

Ø "Patience makes lighter What sorrow may not heal."

Ø "The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain."

Ø "Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars."

Ø "At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry."

Ø "Friendship is one of the sweetest joys of life. Many might have failed beneath the bitterness of their trial had they not found a friend."

Ø "I may be stupid, but I'm not dumb."

Ø "If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins."

Ø "The heart has reasons which the reason cannot understand."

Ø "I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers."

Ø "I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude."

Ø "The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself."

Ø "Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects."

Ø My heart told my mind to shut up!!!!... and behold.....All miseries vanished.................

Ø "Life is a paradox - whatever u want u don't get, whatever u get u don't enjoy, whatever u enjoy is not permanent, whatever is permanent is boring...So Enjoy everyday!!!"

Ø The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.

Ø Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.

Ø Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Ø We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything.

Ø Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.

Ø Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Ø No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

Ø There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

Ø Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

Ø "The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to."