Funny

HOW LATEX GLOVES ARE MADE!

A dentist noticed that his next patient, an elderly lady, was looking very nervous so he decided to tell her a little joke as he put on his gloves.

'Do you know how they make these gloves?' he asked

'No, I don't,' she replied.

'Well,' he spoofed, 'there's a building in China with a big tank of latex. Workers of all hand sizes walk up to the tank, dip in their hands, let them dry, then peel off the gloves and throw them into boxes of the right size.'

She didn't crack a smile.

 

'Oh well,' he thought, 'I tried.'

But five minutes later, during a delicate part of the dental procedure, she burst out laughing.

'What's so funny?' he asked.

'I was just picturing how condoms are made!' she said.

 

Gotta watch those little old ladies! Their minds are always working!

The Daffodil Principle

Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, "Mother, you must come  to see the daffodils before they are over.''

 

I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead. "I will come next Tuesday", I promised a little reluctantly on her third call.

 

Next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised, and reluctantly I drove there. When I finally walked into Carolyn's house, I was welcomed by the joyful sounds of happy children. I delightedly hugged and greeted my grandchildren.

 

"Forget the daffodils, Carolyn!  The road is invisible in these clouds and fog, and there is nothing in the world except you and these children that I want to see badly enough to drive another inch!"

 

My daughter smiled calmly and said, "We drive in this all the time, Mother."

Well, you won't get me back on the road until it clears, and then I'm heading for home!" I assured her.

 

"But first we're going to see the daffodils. It's just a few blocks," Carolyn said. "I'll drive. I'm used to this."

 

"Carolyn," I said sternly, "Please turn around."

 

"It's all right, Mother, I promise. You will never forgive yourself if you miss this experience."

 

After about twenty minutes, we turned onto a small gravel road and I saw a small church. On the far side of the church, I saw a hand lettered sign with an arrow that read, " Daffodil Garden ."

 

W e got out of the car, each took a child's hand, and I followed Carolyn down the path. Then, as we turned a corner, I looked up and gasped. Before me lay the most glorious sight. 

It looked as though someone had taken a great vat of gold and poured it over the mountain peak and its surrounding slopes. The flowers were planted in majestic, swirling patterns, great ribbons and swaths of 

deep orange, creamy white, lemon yellow, salmon pink, saffron and  butter yellow. Each different-colored variety was planted in large groups so that it swirled and flowed like its own river with its own unique hue. There were five acres of flowers.

 

"Who did this?" I as

ked Carolyn.

 

"Just one woman," Carolyn answered. "She lives on the property. That's her home." Carolyn pointed to a well-kept A-frame house, small and modestly sitting in the midst of all that glory. We walked up to the house.

 

On the patio, we sa

w a poster. "Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking", was the headline.

 

The first answer was a simple one. "50,000 bulbs," it read.

 

The second answer was, "One at a time, by one woman. Two hands, two feet, and one brain."

 

The third ans

wer was, "Began in 1958."

 

For me, that moment was a life-changing experience. I thought of this woman whom I had never met, who, more than forty years before, had begun, one bulb at a time, to bring her vision of beauty and joy to an obscure mountaintop. Planting one bulb at a time, year after year, this unknown woman had forever changed the world in which she lived.

 

One day at a time, she had created something of extraordinary magnificence, beauty, and inspiration. The principle her daffodil garden taught is one of the greatest principles of celebration.

That is, learning to move toward our goals and desires one step at a time, often just one baby-step at a time and learning to love the doing, learning to use the accumulation of time. When we multiply tiny pieces of time with small increments of daily effort, we too will find we can accomplish magnificent things. We can change the world …

 

"It makes me sad in a way," I admitted to Carolyn. "What might I have accomplished if I had thought of a wonderful goal thirty five or forty years ago and had worked away at it 'one bulb at a time' through all those years? Just think what I might have been able to achieve!"

 

My daughter summed up the message of the day in her usual direct way. "Start tomorrow," she said.

 

She was right. It's so pointless to think of the lost hours of yesterdays. The way to make learning a lesson of celebration instead of a cause for regret is to only ask, "How can I put this to use today?"

 

Use the Daffodil Principle. Stop waiting.....

 

Until your car or home is paid off

Until you get a new car or home

Until your kids leave the house

Until you go back to school

Until you finish school

Until you clean the house

Until you organize the garage

Until you clean off your desk

Until you lose 10 lbs.

Until you gain 10 lbs.
Until you get married

Until you get a divorce
Until you have kids
Until the kids go to school
Until you retire
Until summer
Until spring
Until winter
Until fall
Until you die...

 

There is no better time than right now to be happy.  Happiness is a journey, not a destination.

 

So work like you don't need money. Love like you've never been hurt, and dance like no one's watching.

 

If you want to brighten someone's day, pass this on to someone special.  

 

Wishing you a beautiful, daffodil day!

 

Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.

 

Hello

HI I am back. This month is not a good month for me. Very slow. Hm, I wonder when Samsung is going to release the Omnia 8 Gb. Think this one should cost at least a 100 bucks less. And the iPhone. It seems to have died. No more news.

I am still using my Macbook. Should be the 1st Gen Core Duo only with 2 X 512 Ram. I am pretty happy with its performance even though it is going to be 2 years old already. I use it everyday in the office just like a desktop. I have a PC as well in the office. Didnt encounter a single problem with it and loaded with lots of Freeware which is quite useful. Only thing is the casing (next to the pad) its cracked. Will want to upgrade in a few months. Overall the reliability is superb and I think its worth the money.

F1 France

Massa, Alonso, Raikonen

i900 vs Touch Diamond vs 3G iPhone

I think I will go for the Samsung. Better Camera, Nice Size, Good Graphics. But the price? I think the iPhone will be FOC for the more expensive plans and maybe $198 for the cheaper plans. Maybe thats the surprise Singtel is talking about. Have to wait and see.

Ah was out since Monday with Diaorrhea. Weak all over. Gotta Rest.

Samsung i900 debut at Communic Asia 17 June 2008

Time can make us forget some memories,

but there would be some memories which make us

forget the time and those make the life worthwhile...

Don't go the way life takes you but take the life the way you go.

Remember you are born to live and 
not living because you are born...