Introspection

Following snippet came to me as a forwarded email and i was about to delete it as i was reading along the first few lines but decided to post it, because i ended up reading all of it.. Do i really take the ones i love for granted and give them the short end of the stick? Do I? Wondering thought.. Wandering in my mind.. I will let it wander for a bit. Here is what the forwarded email had.. Read at ease : )

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F A M I L Y
I ran into a stranger as he passed by,"Oh excuse me please" was my reply.
He said, "Please excuse me too;I wasn't watching for you."
We were very polite, this stranger and I.We went on our way
But at home a different story is told,How we treat our loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal,My son stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knocked him down."Move out of the way," I said with a frown.
He walked away, his little heart broken.I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.
While I lay awake in bed,God's still small voice came to me an d said,
"While dealing with a stranger,common courtesy you use,but the family you love, you seem to abuse.Go and look on the kitchen floor, You'll find some flowers there by the door.
Those are the flowers he brought for you. He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.
He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes."
By this time, I felt very small,And now my tears began to fall.
I quietly went and knelt by his bed;"Wake up, little one, wake up," I said.
"Are these the flowers you picked for me?"He smiled, "I found 'em, out by the tree.
I picked 'em because they're pretty like you.I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue."
I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today; I shouldn't have yelled at you that way."
He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay. I love you anyway."
I said, "Son, I love you too, and I do like the flowers, especially the blue." FAMILY Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the companythat we are working for could easily replace us ina matter of days.But the family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.
And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than into our own family,an unwise investment indeed,don't you think?So what is behind the story? the word FAMILY means? FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU

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..I am not quite sure what happened to Grandma and Grandpa! My Grandma and Your Grandma sittin by the fire.. My Grandma told your Grandma..

Modern Man

I’m a modern man, a man for the millennium. Digital and smoke free. A diversified multi-cultural, post-modern deconstruction that is anatomically and ecologically incorrect. I’ve been up linked anddownloaded, I’ve been inputted and outsourced, I know the upside of downsizing, I know the downside of upgrading. I’m a high-tech low-life. A cutting edge, state-of-the-art bi-coastal multi-tasker and I can give you a gigabyte in a nanosecond!

I’m new wave, but I’m old school and my inner child is outward bound. I’m a hot-wired, heat seeking, warm-hearted cool customer, voice activated and bio-degradable. I interface with my database, my database is in cyberspace, so I’m interactive, I’m hyperactive and from time to time I’m radioactive.

Behind the eight ball, ahead of the curve, ridin the wave, dodgin the bullet and pushin the envelope. I’m on-point, on-task, on-message and off drugs. I’ve got no need for coke and speed. I've got no urge to binge and purge. I’m in-the-moment, on-the-edge, over-the-top and under-the-radar. A high-concept, low-profile, medium-range ballistic missionary. A street-wise smart bomb. A top-gun bottom feeder. I wear power ties, I tell power lies, I take power naps and run victory laps. I’m a totally ongoing big-foot, slam-dunk, rainmaker with a pro-active outreach. A raging workaholic. A working rageaholic. Out of rehab and in denial!

I’ve got a personal trainer, a personal shopper, a personal assistant and a personal agenda. You can’t shut me up. You can’t dumb me down because I’m tireless and I’m wireless, I’m an alpha male on beta-blockers.
I’m a non-believer and an over-achiever, laid-back but fashion-forward. Up-front, down-home, low-rent, high-maintenance. Super-sized, long-lasting, high-definition, fast-acting, oven-ready and built-to-last! I’m a hands-on, foot-loose, knee-jerk head case pretty maturely post-traumatic and I’ve got a love-child that sends me hate mail.

But, I’m feeling, I’m caring, I’m healing, I’m sharing-- a supportive, bonding, nurturing primary care-giver. My output is down, but my income is up. I took a short position on the long bond and my revenue stream has its own cash-flow. I read junk mail, I eat junk food, I buy junk bonds and I watch trash sports! I’m gender specific, capital intensive, user-friendly and lactose intolerant.

I bought a microwave at a mini-mall; I bought a mini-van at a mega-store. I eat fast-food in the slow lane. I’m toll-free, bite-sized, ready-to-wear and I come in all sizes. A fully-equipped, factory-authorized, hospital-tested, clinically-proven, scientifically- formulated medical miracle. I’ve been pre-wash, pre-cooked, pre-heated, pre-screened, pre-approved, pre-packaged, post-dated, freeze-dried, double-wrapped, vacuum-packed and, I have an unlimited broadband capacity.

I’m a rude dude, but I’m the real deal. Lean and mean! Cocked, locked and ready-to-rock. Rough, tough and hard to bluff. I take it slow, I go with the flow, I ride with the tide. I’ve got glide in my stride. Drivin and movin, sailin and spinin, jiving and groovin, wailin and winnin. I don’t snooze, so I don’t lose. I keep the pedal to the metal and the rubber on the road. I party hearty and lunch time is crunch time. I’m hangin in, there ain’t no doubt and I’m hangin tough, over and out!"

George Carlin

Ek Chota Sa Parivar

Cleveland ek chota sa shaher, jisme mera chota sa ek parivar. parivar ka naam - dillibillies

parivar mai log 11, ek cricket team ki tarah, naam hai jinke:

Bhaskar, Kuldeep, Vinod, Sanjay, Himanshu, Parimal, mai (Tulan),

Khyati T, Suchi,Meeta aur Khyati P.

Toh yeh huwa iss parivar ka parichai, aab suniye inki ek choti si dastan...

Toh janab..iss parivar ka saab se bada bhai, Sanjay. Inke baremai kya kahe hum. Ek nariyar ki tarah bahar se kadak aur under se naram, ekdham malai ki tarah. Lekin agar zidd pakad le, toh bhaiya baas, kissi ki nahi mante. par joh bhi ho..dil ka saacha sona hai yeh bhai.

Dusare number pe hai bhai Vinod. Vinod unme se hai ki bahar se bhi malai aur under se bhi malai, matlab aacha aur sulja huwa insaan. dik ka saacha, dimag ka pukka. vinod bhai ke shaukh hai bade bade..golf, tennis,ping pong, alag alag kissam ka khana vagera vagera. Jitni tarif ki jaye utni kaam hai.

Toh bhai tisare number pe hai Himanshu bhai, ke jo alag alag naam se jane jaate hai. jaise ki... hemant bhai, ganeshji, ganpat seth,harshad bhai, vagera. Agar kabhi kuch kharidne ki iccha ho aur agar mahengha lage, toh bhai himanshu bhai ko phone lagana chaiye. saab masale ka haal hai en ke paas.

Phir baari jamab hamari, yani ki Tulan. aab hum aapne baare mai kya kahe. yeh kaam hum baki logo pe rakhte hai.

Panchme number pe hai parimal bhai, yane ke tripathi sahab. yeh saheb bus ek iceberg ki tarah hai. dimag 100 manzil ka par dikhate hai kewal 10 manzile.Toh bhai yeh hai hamare finance guru, kaunsa stock kharidna chahiye aur kaunsa bechna, janab en huzur se pucheye.

Aab bari hai bhai kuldeep saheb hi. Yeh saheb lagta hai bhatak gaye hai. Dimag itna ki bus kya kahe hum, ekhdam Albert ki tarah, matlab Albert Einstein ki tarah. galati se yeh cleveland pahoch gaye. en ka future toh silicon valley mai hona chahiye.

Saatme number pe hai hamare chahite Bhaskar bhai. 100% saacha hira aur ekdham down to earth. Bus hume agar upsos hai toh iss baat ka ki bhaskar ko jab tak humne aache se jaana, tab tak woh hume chhod kar Seattle ja chuke aur billu bhai ke stocks ke daam bada rahe hai. Lekin yeh waada raha ke hum Seattle zaroor aayenge aur tumse phir milenge.

Aab baari hai hamare group ke char kaune, yaani ke mazboot foundation pillars ki.

Toh en mai pahele hai meeta - yeh toh bus jaise ho sita aur unke raam yaneke himanshu ki seva mai vyast raheti hai. chup chup si raheti hai par kabhi kabhi badiya pj bolti hai.

Phir baari hai suchi ki, yeh hai hamari raveena ji ke jiska vaakt doctor saheb ko oranges khilane mai hi chala jaata hai. suchi joh hai, ekdham josh mai raheti hai aur hamesha fun ke liye ready hoti hai.

Khyati T aur Khyati P ka toh kya kahena. Bhai maine aur parimal ne paake bahot sare aache kaam kiye the pichale janam mai joh hame aaisi biwi mili. Par yeh dono ladkiya itni similar hai ke airlines mai bhi ek hi seat designate ki jaati hai. Dono sushil, sanskari aur pati vrata stri hai.

Iss chote se parivar mai pyar hai, zagada hai, mar peet hai, khel kud hai, khana pina hai, gumna phirna hai, business ideas hai, josh hai, hosale hai, dukh baat kar kaam aur sukh baat kar ziyada karni ke saare characteristics hai.

Meri toh bhagwan se ek hi prathna hai..kitna bhi dukh ho, koi bhi jagah ho, kitna bhi kaam ho, koi bhi problem ho, bus meri ek iccha zaroor puri karna..har janam mai muje yehi log dosto ke rup mai nasib ho, kuch aisa chamatkar karna.

Toh bhaiyo yeh hai hamare chote se parivar ki ek choti si kahani.

Kya Bataaun Cirkit Arey Kitna Mazaaa Aaya..

With dollar eight in my hand, I walked into the movie hall hearing positive reviews of encouragement about the movie from my friends and bad memory and bad after taste of horrible mind/brain numbing movie i had watched a couple months back in Parma theater. I have to admit i had thoughts of becoming a "run away movie watcher!?" in minutes immediately preceding the start of the movie. A "run away movie watcher" is one who runs away from movie hall even before the start of the movie, after having bought ticket, in the fear that the movie might turn out to be a Motto (MOvie Torture TOol) . But this one was different!

Lie and live upto the lie, making it truer than truth, for the love of his life, and in that process deliver a message wrapped in humor that sticks. That is a "Munna Bhai" movie.

Comedy with substance, "Lage Raho Munna Bhai" movie tickles ones funny bone, heart and soul and mind. Impressive, ..Bolay Toh.. Hats off!!! for effortless sublime laughter, for being possibly the biggest promotion of Gandhian views, for sticking up against fraud astrologers and frauder horrorscopes, for being original, for good editing and not stating the obvious, for not being cliched, for recognising that audience indeed have some grey matter by making a sensible movie ..for keeping it engaging.

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Our Old man Gandhi and his Gandhigiri - Conscience rejuvenator! ( much needed)

Vidya Balan - Intoxicating !

Arshad Warsi - A riot !

Rajkumar Hirani - stu-PEN-dous !

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So what ya gonna do for this dry day?

You are Invited..

Happy Onam!

Jet Skiing

Our team had a morale event and brought 6 Jet Skis and we had a blast. I was scared in the first round but got used to it and was going at 65mph in the 3rd round. It was an awesome experience.

Working for Microsoft has more perks than I expected :)... Only if it was in Cleveland...

Check out more pics @ http://picasaweb.google.com/msbhaskar