Amazing Homes and Offices Built from Shipping Containers
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Sunday, December 27, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
what to do ?
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
This is how it manifests:
I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide my car needs washing.
As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice that the trash can is full.
So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first.
But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.
I take my check book off the table, and see that there is only 1 check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Coke that I had been drinking.
I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that the Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye --they need to be watered. I set the Coke down on the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.
I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote.
Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will be looking for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.
I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.
So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.
At the end of the day:
The car isn't washed
The bills aren't paid
There is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter
The flowers don't have enough water,
There is still only 1 check in my check book,
I can't find the remote,
I can't find my glasses, and
I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired. I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail. Do me a favor, will you? Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember to whom it has been sent.
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!
GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY.
GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL.
LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC
This is how it manifests:
I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide my car needs washing.
As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice that the trash can is full.
So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first.
But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.
I take my check book off the table, and see that there is only 1 check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Coke that I had been drinking.
I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that the Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye --they need to be watered. I set the Coke down on the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.
I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote.
Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will be looking for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.
I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.
So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.
At the end of the day:
The car isn't washed
The bills aren't paid
There is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter
The flowers don't have enough water,
There is still only 1 check in my check book,
I can't find the remote,
I can't find my glasses, and
I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired. I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail. Do me a favor, will you? Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember to whom it has been sent.
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!
GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY.
GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL.
LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC
Gone are the days ....
Gone are the days!!! My Friend...
When
The school reopened in June, And we settled in our new desks and
benches!
When we wanted two Sundays and no Mondays, yet
managed to line up daily for the morning prayers.
When we began drawing with crayons and evolved to
Color pencils and finally sketch pens!
When we started calculating first with tables and then with
Clarke's tables and advanced to Calculators and computers!
When we chased one another in the corridors in Intervals, and returned to the classrooms Drenched in sweat!
When all the colors in the world, Decorated the campus on the Second Saturdays!
When a single P.T. period in the week's Time Table,
Was awaited more eagerly than the monsoons!
When cricket was played with writing pads as bats,
And Neckties and socks rolled into balls!
When few played "kabadi" and "Kho-Kho" in scorching sun,
While others simply played "book cricket" in the
Confines of classroom!
Of fights but no conspiracies, Of Competitions but seldom jealousy!
When we used to watch Live Cricket telecast,
In the opposite house in Intervals and Lunch breaks!
When few rushed at 3:45 to "Conquer" window seats in our School bus!
While few others had "Big Fun", "peppermint",
"kulfi", " milk ice !" and "sharbat !" at 4o Clock!
Gone are the days
Of the stressful Quarterly, Half Yearly and Annual Exams, And the most enjoyed holidays after them!
Gone are the days
Of tenth and twelfth standards, when We Spent almost the whole year writing revision tests!
We learnt, We enjoyed, We played, We won, We lost, We laughed, We cried, We fought, We thought.
With so much fun in them, so many friends bonded in love,
So much experience, all this and more- by way of innocent love!
Gone are the days
When we used to talk for hours with our friends!
Now we don't have time and heart to say a `Hi"! We have learnt very well to avoid them for reasons best known to us!
Gone are the days
When we played games on the road!
Now we Code on the road with laptop!
Gone are the days
When we saw stars Shining at Night!
Now we see stars when our code doesn't Work!
Gone are the days
When we sat to chat with Friends on grounds!
Now we chat in chat rooms.....!
Gone are the days
Where we studied just to pass!
Now we study to save our job!
Gone are the days
Where we had no money in our pockets and still fun filled on our hearts!!
Now we have the atm as well as credit card but with an empty heart!!
Gone are the days
Where we shouted on the road! Now we don't shout even at home
Gone are the days
Where we got lectures from all!
Now we give lectures to all... about what we consider achievements over trivial, physical things in life....!!
We now derive immense pleasure from putting others down and considering ourselves up higher than others in the society by our material achievements?!
Gone are the Days.... But still there are lot more Days to come in our Life!!
NO MATTER HOW BUSY YOU ARE ,
DONT FORGET TO
LIVE THE LIFE THAT STILL
EXISTS IN EVERY CREATION JUST THE WAY THE CREATOR WANTS IT TO BE ............
WE HAVE NO CONTROL WHATSOEVER.......
IF POSSIBLE SPREAD LOVE AND ONLY LOVE, THE WAY IT USED TO BE WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER.............................................
WE ARE STILL YOUNG AND WILL BE YOUNG AT HEART FOREVER WHEN WE SPREAD LOVE.....................................
When
The school reopened in June, And we settled in our new desks and
benches!
When we wanted two Sundays and no Mondays, yet
managed to line up daily for the morning prayers.
When we began drawing with crayons and evolved to
Color pencils and finally sketch pens!
When we started calculating first with tables and then with
Clarke's tables and advanced to Calculators and computers!
When we chased one another in the corridors in Intervals, and returned to the classrooms Drenched in sweat!
When all the colors in the world, Decorated the campus on the Second Saturdays!
When a single P.T. period in the week's Time Table,
Was awaited more eagerly than the monsoons!
When cricket was played with writing pads as bats,
And Neckties and socks rolled into balls!
When few played "kabadi" and "Kho-Kho" in scorching sun,
While others simply played "book cricket" in the
Confines of classroom!
Of fights but no conspiracies, Of Competitions but seldom jealousy!
When we used to watch Live Cricket telecast,
In the opposite house in Intervals and Lunch breaks!
When few rushed at 3:45 to "Conquer" window seats in our School bus!
While few others had "Big Fun", "peppermint",
"kulfi", " milk ice !" and "sharbat !" at 4o Clock!
Gone are the days
Of the stressful Quarterly, Half Yearly and Annual Exams, And the most enjoyed holidays after them!
Gone are the days
Of tenth and twelfth standards, when We Spent almost the whole year writing revision tests!
We learnt, We enjoyed, We played, We won, We lost, We laughed, We cried, We fought, We thought.
With so much fun in them, so many friends bonded in love,
So much experience, all this and more- by way of innocent love!
Gone are the days
When we used to talk for hours with our friends!
Now we don't have time and heart to say a `Hi"! We have learnt very well to avoid them for reasons best known to us!
Gone are the days
When we played games on the road!
Now we Code on the road with laptop!
Gone are the days
When we saw stars Shining at Night!
Now we see stars when our code doesn't Work!
Gone are the days
When we sat to chat with Friends on grounds!
Now we chat in chat rooms.....!
Gone are the days
Where we studied just to pass!
Now we study to save our job!
Gone are the days
Where we had no money in our pockets and still fun filled on our hearts!!
Now we have the atm as well as credit card but with an empty heart!!
Gone are the days
Where we shouted on the road! Now we don't shout even at home
Gone are the days
Where we got lectures from all!
Now we give lectures to all... about what we consider achievements over trivial, physical things in life....!!
We now derive immense pleasure from putting others down and considering ourselves up higher than others in the society by our material achievements?!
Gone are the Days.... But still there are lot more Days to come in our Life!!
NO MATTER HOW BUSY YOU ARE ,
DONT FORGET TO
LIVE THE LIFE THAT STILL
EXISTS IN EVERY CREATION JUST THE WAY THE CREATOR WANTS IT TO BE ............
WE HAVE NO CONTROL WHATSOEVER.......
IF POSSIBLE SPREAD LOVE AND ONLY LOVE, THE WAY IT USED TO BE WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER.............................................
WE ARE STILL YOUNG AND WILL BE YOUNG AT HEART FOREVER WHEN WE SPREAD LOVE.....................................
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
How true ...
This is really good.... do take time off to read this.
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together tovisit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into
complaints about stress in work and life.Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen andreturned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain,plastic,glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite -
telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leavingbehind the plain and cheap ones.
While it is normal for each of you to want only the best for yourselves,that is the source of your problems and stress.What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups.
Now if life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society arethe cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change.Some times, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee
in it."So, don't let the cups drive you... enjoy the coffee instead.......... Have a nice day
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together tovisit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into
complaints about stress in work and life.Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen andreturned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain,plastic,glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite -
telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leavingbehind the plain and cheap ones.
While it is normal for each of you to want only the best for yourselves,that is the source of your problems and stress.What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups.
Now if life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society arethe cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change.Some times, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee
in it."So, don't let the cups drive you... enjoy the coffee instead.......... Have a nice day
According to a Japanese institute that does research on blood types, there are certain personality traits that seem to match up with certain blood types. How do you rate?
TYPE O You want to be a leader, and when you see something you want, you keep striving until you achieve your goal. You are a trend-setter, loyal, passionate, and self-confident. Your weaknesses include vanity and jealously and a tendency to be too competitive.
TYPE A You like harmony, peace and organization. You work well with others, and are sensitive, patient and affectionate. Among your weaknesses are stubbornness and an inability to relax.
TYPE B You're a rugged individualist, who's straightforward and likes to do things your own way. Creative and flexible, you adapt easily to any situation. But your insistence on being independent can sometimes go too far and become a weakne ss.
TYPE AB Cool and controlled, you're generally well liked and always put people at ease. You're a natural entertainer who's tactful and fair. But you're standoffish, blunt, and have difficulty making decisions
TYPE O You want to be a leader, and when you see something you want, you keep striving until you achieve your goal. You are a trend-setter, loyal, passionate, and self-confident. Your weaknesses include vanity and jealously and a tendency to be too competitive.
TYPE A You like harmony, peace and organization. You work well with others, and are sensitive, patient and affectionate. Among your weaknesses are stubbornness and an inability to relax.
TYPE B You're a rugged individualist, who's straightforward and likes to do things your own way. Creative and flexible, you adapt easily to any situation. But your insistence on being independent can sometimes go too far and become a weakne ss.
TYPE AB Cool and controlled, you're generally well liked and always put people at ease. You're a natural entertainer who's tactful and fair. But you're standoffish, blunt, and have difficulty making decisions
How to recruit the right person for the job
HOW TO RECRUIT THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB?
Put about 100 bricks in some particular order in a closed room with an
open window.
Then send 2 or 3 candidates in the room and close the door.
Leave them alone and come back after 6 hours and then analyze the
situation.
If they are counting the bricks....Put them in the Accounts Department.
If they are recounting them...Put them in Auditing.
If they have messed up the whole place with the bricks...Put them in Engineering.
If they are arranging the bricks in some strange order...Put them in Planning.
If they are throwing the bricks at each other...Put them in Operations.
If they are sleeping...Put them in Security.
If they have broken the bricks into pieces...Put them in Information Technology.
If they are sitting idle...Put them in Human Resources.
If they say they have tried different combinations, yet not a brick has been moved...Put them in Sales.
If they have already left for the day...Put them in Marketing.
If they are staring out of the window...Put them on Strategic Planning.
And then last but not least...............
If they are talking to each other and not a single brick has been moved.
Congratulate them and put them in Top management.
Put about 100 bricks in some particular order in a closed room with an
open window.
Then send 2 or 3 candidates in the room and close the door.
Leave them alone and come back after 6 hours and then analyze the
situation.
If they are counting the bricks....Put them in the Accounts Department.
If they are recounting them...Put them in Auditing.
If they have messed up the whole place with the bricks...Put them in Engineering.
If they are arranging the bricks in some strange order...Put them in Planning.
If they are throwing the bricks at each other...Put them in Operations.
If they are sleeping...Put them in Security.
If they have broken the bricks into pieces...Put them in Information Technology.
If they are sitting idle...Put them in Human Resources.
If they say they have tried different combinations, yet not a brick has been moved...Put them in Sales.
If they have already left for the day...Put them in Marketing.
If they are staring out of the window...Put them on Strategic Planning.
And then last but not least...............
If they are talking to each other and not a single brick has been moved.
Congratulate them and put them in Top management.
Jokes
Question: You are in a boat in the middle of a river. you have 2 cigarettes and have to light
> > any one cigarette. you don't have anything else with you in the boat?
> > How will you do it? (Dont assume that u know the ans...just scroll down and read completely!)
> > .
> >
> >
> > . Give up...????
> >
> >
> > . Go further down...and get ready to be PJed...:-)
> >
> > Answer: Take one cigarette and throw it in the water. so the boat will
>
> > become
> > LIGHTER........using this LIGHTER you can light the other cigarette
> >
> >
> > More Answers...
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > ----------------------------------------------
> >
> > Another solution: You throw a cigarette up and
> > catch it. Catches win Matches. Using the matches
> > that you win, you can light the cigarette
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------
> > -----------------------------------------------
> >
> > Take water in your hand and drop it drop by
> > drop...(TIP - TIP)
> >
> > "TIP TIP barsa Pani.
> > Pani ne aag lagayee."
> >
> > us aag se hamne cigarette jalayee.
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > ---------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > If the first solution is not working...you jump
>
> > into the water...The boat now definitely becomes
> > LIGHTER...and then you know what to do...
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > Otherwise take the boat at the end of the tunnel, u
> > can catch the light there.....
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > ------------------
> > another solution..
> > u have 2 cig.. just look at one and tell other one "the
> > former looks better"...
> > us cig ko jalan hogi aur wo jal jaayegi...
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> > ----------------------
> > EK CIG PER DAAG LAGA DO
> > AS PER SANJAY DUTT'S MOVIE........DAAG THE FIRE
> > DAAG = FIRE
> > REST U KNOW WUT TO DO
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -------------------------
> >
> > Film se yaad aya
> > Wait for cig to get jawaaan
> > As u know jawaaani,deewaani
> > Thodeee aaag hai thoda sa paani
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