Non SMS Stuff

[phonegeek 588]

One Bedroom Extra.....

Have read this somewhere and couldn't resist to post.........

As the dream of most parents I had acquired a degree in Software Engineer and joined a company based in USA, the land of braves and opportunity. When I arrived in the USA, it was as if a dream had come true.Here at last I was in the place where I want to be. I decided I would be staying in this country for about Five years in which time I would have earned enough money to settle down in India.My father was a government employee and after his retirement, the only asset he could acquire was a decent one bedroom flat. I wanted to do some thing more than him. I started feeling homesick and lonely as the time passed. I used to call home and speak to my parents every week using cheap international phone cards. Two years passed, two years of Burgers at McDonald's and pizzas and discos and 2 years watching the foreign exchange rate getting happy whenever the Rupee value went down.Finally I decided to get married. Told my parents that I have only 10 days of holidays and everything must be done within these 10 days. I got my ticket booked in the cheapest flight. Was jubilant and was actually enjoying hopping for gifts for all my friends back home.If I miss anyone then there will be talks. After reaching home I spent home one week going through all the photographs of girls and as the time was getting shorter I was forced to select one candidate.In-laws told me,to my surprise, that I would have to get married in 2-3 days, as I will not get anymore holidays. After the marriage, it was time to return to USA, after giving some money to my parents and telling the neighbors to look after them, we returned to USA.My wife enjoyed this country for about two months and then she started feeling lonely. The frequency of calling India increased to twice in a week sometimes 3 times a week. Our savings started diminishing. After two more years we started to have kids. Two lovely kids, a boy and a girl,were gifted to us by the almighty. Every time I spoke to my parents, they asked me to come to India so that they can see their grand-children.Every year I decide to go to India . But part work part monetary conditions prevented it. Years went by and visiting India was a distant dream. Then suddenly one day I got a message that my parents were seriously sick. I tried but I couldn’t get any holidays and thus could not go to India.The next message I got was my parents had passed away and as there was no one to do the last rights the society members had done whatever they could. I was depressed. My parents had passed away without seeing their grand children.After couple more years passed away, much to my children's dislike and my wife's joy we returned to India to settle down. I started to look for a suitable property, but to my dismay my savings were short and the property prices had gone up during all these years. I had to return to the USA.My wife refused to come back with me and my children refused to stay in India. My 2 children and I returned to USA after promising my wife I would be back for good after two years. Time passed by, my daughter decided to get married to an American and my son was happy living in USA . I decided that had enough and wound-up every thing and returned to India. I had just enough money to buy a decent 02 bedroom flat in a well-developed locality. Now I am 60 years old and the only time I go out of the flat is for the routine visit to the nearby temple. My faithful wife has also left me and gone to the holy abode. Sometimes I wondered was it worth all this? My father, even after staying in India, had a house to his name and I too have the same nothing more. I lost my parents and children for just ONE EXTRA BEDROOM.Looking out from the window I see a lot of children dancing. This damned cable TV has spoiled our new generation and these children are losing their values and culture because of it. I get occasional calls from my children asking I am alright. Well at least they remember me. Now perhaps after I die it will be the neighbors again who will be performing my last rights, God Bless them. But the question still remains ˜was all this worth it"? I am still searching for an answer!!!

Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk 2 Beta-6

Edited April 30, 2012 by Arun

[parag31 1]

Its reality...happens in metro...no need to go to foreign even....life ruins for getting basic facility of good house...Lolz...How pity!!!

[shadow 119]

Every one of us uses e-mail each day. But what happens when we hit that Send button? Google has been kind enough to take us through the process of how mail travels and in the mean time show everybody just how green and eco-minded the company is.

Using its interactive HTML5 website, Google has made it entertaining, informative and quite easy to understand their power usage, no matter how technically advanced you are. So, whether you’ve witnessed how the SMTP protocol was born, or are just a regular internet user, check out the Story of Send or just click the video below.

Google has been striving to be as green as it could possibly be. They’ve invested as near as it makes no difference to a billion dollars in the company’s energy efficiency to make sure that the corporation is pulling it’s own weight by having over 30% of their operations powered by renewable energy sources.

Source

[csmart 472]

Once upon a time, every man wanted his wife to look like Aishwarya.

Now Aishwarya looks like every man's wife...

[rajanmehta 4,056]

[csmart 472]

one of the most annoying website....

http://home.comcast.net/~wolfand/

[KanagaDeepan 1,084]

^^^^^

Not that much annoying, as my Chrome gave me the option to "STOP the webpage from showing more popups at the second attempt"... LOL...

[csmart 472]

This article may be read by many somewhere and in different wordings. But I could not find it on this forum and hence posting it. It is very nice and shows how our life has become gadget centric and no time for one own self. I got it from one of my friends, who is CA.

“ The Technology Paradox"

I am surrounded by gadgets and technology that are supposed to improve my efficiency and help me save time. Their presence in my life is all encompassing and indispensable. The smart phone, iPad, internet, digital diary are all tools which enhance my work life efficiency. Technology is a powerful enabler and I find myself doing much more than I could have without it. But more surprisingly, technology has also become an integral part of my personal and social life.

The boundaries between work and personal time are permeable and the earlier understanding of work-life balance seems to have become archaic. When at work, family might call and similarly your phone could let in just about anyone into your personal time. Email and all the new tech enabled gizmos have the ability to take away your attention from the task on hand, be it working on a professional assignment or an intimate conversation with your teenage daughter. We are constantly distracted, indeed more so than any time in the history of human civilization. Yet that’s the way we have learnt to like it... and some people flourish with it. We have mastered the art of multi-tasking.

I postpone what is important for that which is seemingly urgent. The incessant ring of the cell phone always gets priority over the conversation I am having at the dinner table. I access my emails first thing in the morning and the last thing before going to bed. I feel restless if I am not connected to my work while at leisure and vice versa.

I am told all these tools result in saving of time. But I have observed with a growing sense of frustration that the more I invest in these time saving gadgets the less time I seem to have for myself. These gadgets seem to have an uncanny ability to encroach upon the time that was meant to be mine and mine alone.

The long train drive was immensely therapeutic. Gazing out of the window at the changing landscape gave me time to be with myself. But now I travel by Air, I just don’t have the time to savour the pleasure of rail travel. In fact, speed has become an obsession. The internet site that takes 15 seconds longer to load irritates me, the delay in getting the dial tone on the phone upsets me and the wait at the traffic light makes me impatient. I cannot imagine wasting time dialing a number on the outdated rotary telephone as I am used to punching numbers in quick succession. In fact I have pre fed numbers in my hand set so that I do not have to punch more than 2 numbers.

I am not sure where all that time I save goes. I work while I eat and carry my laptop on my travel so that I don’t waste time. I am accessible at all times including when I am on a holiday or with the family. There is no time to think, to ponder to contemplate and introspect. “Just Do It”, is the culture that governs my life. I am told that I am on the treadmill and must keep running just to be in the same place. Stop running and I risk falling off the treadmill.

Technology is transforming our lives in ways we cannot even imagine. There is no doubt that as a professional I must embrace technology to become more effective. But the trick is to use technology as a tool and not become its slave. Perhaps I need to recognize that technology can be used effectively without becoming an obsession.

Every device that I own and every technology that I use after all has an off button, and exercising control or switching off is always up to me. When a call comes in, the choice is mine, either to feel victimised by that interruption and yet find it necessary to be available, or take control and consciously decide what call to take or not to take.

As the Dalai Lama said, “The paradox of our time in history is that we have conquered outer space, but not inner space; we have wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less. We have learned how to make a living, but not a life; we have added years to life, but not life to years.”

To this I may add that we have many time saving devices but less time. Maybe I will find a way to break this technology paradox. Maybe I will master technology so that I have more time to myself. I guess I need to log onto the internet and download the latest time management application.

- Shariq Contractor, CA

Edited June 7, 2012 by csmart

[rajanmehta 4,056]

Come across this beautiful, melodious rendition. It's different.

Hanuman Chalisa New Rock Version Full Remix Fast by Enchanterz ISKCON

[csmart 472]

How Auditor wants our world to be?

[digitalnirvana 646]

[digitalnirvana 646]

From the recent queen's jubilee celebrations I believe.

[digitalnirvana 646]

This idea.....................can change our public works departments!

[digitalnirvana 646]

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Best part 3:15 till 3:46.

Edited July 8, 2012 by digitalnirvana

[digitalnirvana 646]

Timing is everything, when it comes to memorable photography. This perfectly timed photo taken by Marina Scarr of an American alligator just about to swallow an unlucky gar fish in Florida, USA. The photograph was submitted to National Geographic’s Annual Photo Contest in the Spontaneous Moments category. Upon posting the picture on the NatGeo Facebook page, it hit 35K shares and almost 100K likes.

Photographer James Vernacotola captured this stunning long exposure image in 2010 of Space Shuttle Endeavor launch from the Intracoastal Waterway Bridge in Ponte Vedra, Florida; about 115 miles from the launch pad. This launch was extra special because it was NASA’s last scheduled night launch of the space shuttle program.

Edited July 8, 2012 by digitalnirvana

[digitalnirvana 646]

Some beautifully haunting photographs reminding us how brutal man can be........

Celebrating this year’s anniversary of the end of World War II, we feature the work of amateur Russian photographer Sergey Larenkov. He collected old pictures of several European cities which suffered the heaviest fighting during the great war, then spent 12 months painstakingly travelling to Paris, , Berlin, Moscow, Leningrad (now St Petersburg) and Prague and others to re-create the ‘today’ shots before carefully merging the old and new scenes together using Photoshop on his computer.

[Genius 817]

31 Reasons I am Still Fat

1. I am virtually powerless in the presence of those two sadistic hippie b*****ds, Ben and Jerry.

2. Buying clothes off the rack is not nearly as satisfying as having to get everything "made special."

3. In every single food equation, fat equals flavor. Do the math.

4. I'm tackling my New Year's resolutions one at a time and alphabetically. Therefore, I can't "Lose weight" until I "Learn to play the glockenspiel."

5. The extra flesh folds in my arms provide a handy hiding place for my extensive collection of vintage '70s porn.

6. "No reservation? No problem, Mr. Brando, your table's right this way."

7. Two slices of melba toast or a sheet cake: Which would you rather have for breakfast?

8. I'm secretly conducting an experiment to find out whether centerfold models are really telling the truth when they say that what they find sexiest in a man is "a sense of humor."

9. Workout sweat leaves me with that "not-so-fresh feeling."

10. I belong to a small group of individuals who believe Jack LaLanne may, in fact, be the anti-Christ.

11. Exercise may very well be good for you, but all I know is, after I've spent an afternoon on the couch, eating Cheez Doodles and watching the game, I don't need to employ any analgesic painkiller or muscle liniment.

12. God made gravy for a reason. I am that reason.

13. Never have to endure that annoying fast-food question, as the answer is simply assumed: Of course I want fries with that.

14. No matter where I sit on an airplane, I have an aisle seat.

15. Maybe I'm a neophyte at this whole hip-hop vernacular, but I thought "fat" meant "good."

16. According to the law of averages, there actually exists a minuscule yet completely viable group of really hot women who are bored with totally buff, cut, in-shape guys.

17. "Thin" is just another word for "nothin' left to lose."

18. I'm mercifully spared from seeing just how small my penis actually is.

19. The inevitable cardiac episode, and subsequent lawsuit thereafter, provides me a perpetual exemption from participation in the three-legged race at the company picnic.

20. So many different kinds of beer, so little time.

21. I'm a "summer," and workout clothes are just not that flattering.

22. In some small third-world countries, even politely refusing a fifth helping of an entree is considered insulting.

23. Hoping to score big career break by being cast as Young Jabba the Hutt in Episode Three.

24. Everything tastes better with cheese.

25. Rather than "sliced to order," hams are, in fact, best enjoyed whole.

26. At least Sally Struthers never cries when she sees a picture of me.

27. Costly family vacations now replaced by weekend burro trips down my butt crack.

28. If I wanted a life of strenuous exercise, extreme discipline, and self-denial, I'd do a couple of months in state prison.

29. Have not yet conquered fear of slipping down bathroom drain.

30. That Jenny Craig is one cold, heartless bitch.

31. The size of my splash is directly proportional to the size of my ***.

Source: MH USA

[csmart 472]

Sweet lines on a hospital board:

If you want to see

AND THESE...

after your

then donate your

To sum up: If you want see hot girls even after your death, Donate your eyes..

​PS: Genius, please dont sue me for hacking into your copy right of pictorial presentation...

Edited July 21, 2012 by csmart

[Genius 817]

^^^ Soo Sweet

[TheMightyS 3]

After giving whatever i could to the forum.. here comes a day when i need u pplz help... My wife just happened to enter my Angel in her very first competition and as it happens its more a show of hands/ votes than anything else.. so i look back on my friends here to bail me out as nthn less than a win would suffice

so please hit up the link.. spread the word and get me as many likes as u can... please do spare a few minutes FOR this Brother in need.. just head to the page and click like

[parin 857]

Did that for u my Freind..

Will Request other Forum member too to do the same. it will take 2mins

[aalok 442]

liked..

[KumaarShah 143]

Two young guys appear in court after being arrested for smoking dope.

The judge says, "You seem like nice young men, and I'd like to give you a second chance instead of jail time. I want you to go out this weekend and try to convince others of the evils of drug use. I'll see you back in court Monday."

On Monday, the judge asks the first guy, "How did you do over the weekend?"

"Well, your honor, I persuaded 17 people to give up drugs forever."

"Seventeen people? That's wonderful. How did you do it?"

"I used a diagram, your honor. I drew two circles like this: O o. Then I told them that the big circle is your brain before drugs and the small circle is your brain after drugs."

"That's admirable," says the judge. Then he turns to the second guy. "And how did you do?"

"Well, your honor, I persuaded 156 people to give up drugs forever."

"Wow!" says the judge. "156 people! How did you manage to do that?"

"Well, I used a similar diagram," the guy says. "I drew two circles like this: o O. Then I pointed to the little circle and said, 'This is your a***hole before prison..................

[swappy 2]

Little Johnny was doing his math homework. He said to himself, "Two plus five, that son of a bitch is seven. Three plus six, that son of a bitch is nine." His mother heard what he was saying and gasped, "What are you doing?" The little boy answered, "I'm doing my math homework." " And this is how your teacher taught you to do it?" the mother asked. "Yes," he answered. Infuriated, the called Little Johnny's teacher the next day, "What are you teaching my son in class?" The teacher replied, "Right now, we are learning addition." The mother asked, "And are you teaching them to say two plus two, that son of a bitch is four?" After the teacher stopped laughing, she answered, "What I taught them was, two plus two, the sum of which is four."

[swappy 2]

Alright one more

One morning at a doctor's surgery a patient arrives complaining of serious back-pain. The doctor examines him and asks him "OK, what happened to your back?"

The patient replies "You know that I work for a local night club? This morning I got home to my apartment early and heard a noise in my bedroom. On entering I knew someone had been with my wife and the balcony door was open. I rushed out the balcony door and did not find anyone. As I looked down from the balcony I saw a man running out and he was dressing himself. I grabbed the fridge and threw it at him,That's how I strained my back"

The 2nd patient arrives looking as if he has been in a car wreck. The doctor said "My previous patient looked bad, but you look terrible.What the hell happened to you?"

He replied, "You know I have been unemployed for a while now .Today was the first day at my new job. I forgot to set my alarm and was running late. I was running out of the building, getting dressed at the same time, and you

won't believe it but I was hit by a fridge."

The 3rd patient arrives; he looks even worse than the other two patients do. The doctor is shocked.

Again asks, "What the hell happened to youuuuuu.....?"

"Well.. I was sitting in a fridge and someone threw it from the 3rd floor”