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Moral of the story

A turkey was chatting with a bull. “I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree,” sighed the turkey, “but I haven’t got the energy.”

“Well, why don’t you nibble on some of my droppings?” replied the bull.
“They’re packed with nutrients.”

The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree.

The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch.

Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree. He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree.

Moral of the story: Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won’t keep you there.

Moral of the story

A hat-seller who was passing by a forest decided to take a nap under one of the trees, so he left his whole basket of hats by the side.

A few hours later, he woke up and realized that all his hats were gone.

He looked up and to his surprise, the tree was full of monkeys and they had taken all his hats.

He sits down and thinks of how he can get the hats down.

While thinking he started to scratch his head. The next moment, the monkeys were doing the same.

Next, he took down his own hat, the monkeys did exactly the same.

An idea came to him, he took his hat and threw it on the floor and the monkeys did that too.

So he finally managed to get all his hats back.

Fifty years later, his grandson, Sukhwinder, also became a hat-seller and had heard this monkey
story from his grandfather.

One day, just like his grandfather, he passed by the same forest.

It was very hot, and he took a nap under the same tree and left the hats on the floor.

He woke up and realized that all his hats were taken by the monkeys on the tree.

He remembered his grandfather?s words, started scratching his head and the monkeys followed.

He took down his hat and fanned himself and again the monkeys followed.

Now, very convinced of his grandfather's idea, Sukhwinder threw his hat on the floor but to his surprise, the monkeys still held on to all the hats.

Then one monkey climbed down the tree, grabbed the hat on the floor, gave him a slap and said .........................


Guess What????????

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"You think only you have a grandfather ?!!!"

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Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
Mark Twain.

Benefits of bananas

1. Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.

2. Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.

3. But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

4. Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

5. Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

6. Constipation: High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

7. Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.

8. Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.

9. Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.

10. Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.

11. Never, put your banana in the refrigerator!!!

12. Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at wor k leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.

13. Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

14. Smoking &Tobacco Use: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

15. Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.

16. Strokes: According to research in The New England Journal of Medicine, eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!

17. So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, "A banana a day keeps the doctor away!"

18. Want a quick shine on our shoes?? Take the INSIDE of the banana skin, and rub directly on the shoe...polish with dry cloth. Amazing fruit !

Tech tip

If you often use removable USB devices like a flash drive,etc, you are familiar with the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon that sits in the system tray.

The problem is that the icon is tiny, and clicking it just right to bring up the menu is uneasy.

We can make a shortcut icon to bring up the dialog which is quite easier than clicking on the tiny icon.

Create a Shortcut to the Safely Remove Hardware

Create a shortcut icon by Right -click on Desktop then
select New->Shortcut
In the Location text box, just copy and paste the text below.

RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll

Give a name for the shortcut icon(eg:unplug) and click Finish.

A shortcut icon will be created, just double click on the icon to get the safely remove hardware dialog

Thanks to Tech corner.

Meeting rules for managers:

1) Never arrive on time, or you will be stamped a beginner.
2) Don't say anything until the meeting is half over; this stamps you as being wise.
3) Be as vague as possible; this prevents irritating the others.
4) When in doubt, suggest that a subcommittee be appointed.
5) Be the first to move for adjournment; this will make you popular - it's what everyone is waiting for.

Jokes

A new manager spends a week at his new office with the manager he is replacing. On the last day the departing manager tells him, "I have left three numbered envelopes in the desk drawer. Open an envelope if you encounter a crisis you can't solve."

Three months down the track there is a major drama, everything goes wrong - the usual stuff - and the manager feels very threatened by it all. He remembers the parting words of his predecessor and opens the first envelope. The message inside says "Blame your predecessor!" He does this and gets off the hook.

About half a year later, the company is experiencing a dip in sales, combined with serious product problems. The manager quickly opens the second envelope. The message read, "Reorganize!" This he does, and the company quickly rebounds.

Three months later, at his next crisis, he opens the third envelope. The message inside says "Prepare three envelopes".

Jokes

Two ants were in a sand trap watching a duffer flailing away.

"Quick," said the one ant to the other. "Get on the ball before he kills us."

“An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red stoplight. The truly wise person is colorblind.” Albert Schweitzer

“Be the change that you want to see in the world.” M. Gandhi

Jokes

Two accountants are in a bank, when armed robbers burst in. While several of the robbers take the money from the tellers, others line the customers, including the accountants, up against a wall, and proceed to take their wallets, watches, etc. While this is going on accountant number one jams something in accountant number two's hand. Without looking down, accountant number two whispers, "What is this?" to which accountant number one replies, "it's that $50 I owe you."

HTC Touch HD

HTC Touch HD

Bought my unit two months ago for about US$860.

Protection:
Installed the Zagg Invisible Shield. Generally works and it is difficult to make scratches if you try with a key or hard object but lo and behold, I got a large scratch in the middle of the screen after wiping it with a soft lens cloth! Must have been a pebble or some sort. Not sure if I can return it as I bought it second hand off a local vendor.

I decided not to use a leather casing as it makes it too bulky and hides the main feature of the phone, which is its slim profile and large screen.

Mail:
It handles emails very well. The best part is that you can route Hotmail, Gmail and Microsoft Exchange emails to this phone. Hotmail and Gmail settings are done thru the Mail tab of TouchFlo 3d while you can use ActiveSync to connect to Microsoft Exchange for your office emails. Just go to configure server, key in the server address, answer a few questions and it works as advertised.

I use Maxis in Malaysia for the Microsoft Exchange email updates and have signed up for the unlimited package of RM99. So far, there are no major issues with receiving and sending office emails. Contact numbers, calendar appointments and tasks to complete are all synchronized through the phone and makes it all very convenient and easy to use.

I recommend not updating the servers so frequently for new emails especially for non-peak hours. This helps to save on battery life. I have tried roaming once and it worked without any problems.

Window 6.5 seems to handle emails ok without having to purchase and install Microsoft Outlook.

SMS is also handled well. Multiple SMS from the same number will be shown in the order they are received. Due to the screen resolution, a lot of info can be seen on screen at the same time. The only gripe so far is that the SMS goes from old to new, instead of the other way around. This means you have to click on the “newer” links often to get to the latest messages.

Phone:
No major issues with the phone application. Only used Video calls once and it works as advertised. There is no way to use Skype for video calls at the moment as I am told the bandwidth for encrypted video in Skype is too strenuous for the CPU in the HTC. Skype voice calls are quite clear and work as advertised although I haven’t really used it much yet.

The phone takes a standard audio jack and you don’t have to use the supplied hands free kit to take phone calls as a normal set of earphones can do the job as well.

Internet:
The unit uses the Opera browser. This is where the 480 X 800 screen comes into play. You can either display the pages exactly as the designer intended or you can choose a mobile version. I personally use the full version as it is easier to navigate and looks much cooler. The unit also switches to landscape mode automatically when you swivel the phone but the only problem is that there is a slight bug when you need to access the bookmarks which are only shown in portrait mode. The other lesser gripe is that you can only have 3 sheets or tabs in this version of Opera. I find the launching of Opera to be a bit slow – 3-4 seconds but after that, it is ok. I can’t really tell the difference between HSDPA, 3G, Edge and GRPS as I haven’t really downloaded any large files yet.

Weather application:
Very cool feature as you are given the weather update for the day as well as the forecast for the next four days. Doesn’t seem to be always accurate but when is weather forecasting always accurate. You can monitor as many as 10 locations throughout the world.

Music application:
Cannot really comment as I don’t listen to music that much. The pacakged 8gb MicroSD card can keep quite a number of songs, though.

Camera and album:
I find the camera focus to be a bit slow and the subject has to be almost still in order to take good pictures. Shots in ambient night light is terrible, as expected but daytime shots are quite good. The album application is quite nifty and the pictures can switch to landscape modes automatically following the phone orientation. The slideshow feature is quite cool as well.

Stock application:
Data is apparently obtained from Yahoo money and it is very convenient to get the latest quotes on your stock as well as the major stock indices like Dow Jones and Nasdaq. You can also get the 5 day, 1 month, 3 month, 6 month, 1 year and 2 year charts as well.

Programs:
So far, I find the following applications to be very useful, RSS reader for the latest news from various sources, Garmin for the GPS system (it really works!), YouTube, YouTube player for downloaded movies and Skype. There aren’t too many games for this phone but I guess this phone is not designed for games per se (e.g. no keypad). The one feature that Windows 6.5 works very well compared to a phone like Blackberry is that it handles Microsoft Excel and Word very well. The worksheets in Excel look exactly as they should.

Battery Life:
Battery lasts for about about 24 hours with around 5 calls, casual browsing and emails activated. However, if you turn on Wifi, it will last for only about 6-8 hours tops. I find that using Wifi is unnecessary as this phone supports HSDPA and 3G which makes browsing fast enough for me.

Others:
HTC should have tried to fit in a keypad and some hardware keys on this unit as it would have been more efficient and convenient. Also, a quicker way to lock the keypad/handset would be better instead of having to press the hang up key for a few seconds.

Overall impressions so far:
Could have been cheaper but the convenience and tight integration with Microsoft Exchange and Office makes it worthwhile. The fact that the GPS system works so well makes it a good purchase as well.

Latest car jacking methods

Another car hijacking incident reported,

Time: Night

Location: Along LDP near Kelana Jaya

A 2007 Camry was hit by another 2007 Camry (suspected as another stolen vehicle) from behind. Owner, upon stopping to check the damage, 4 Indian men appeared with Parangs and robbed the car. The victim was slashed twice on the arm before the Indian Car Hijacker drove away the vehicle with the victim's wife still in the car. The victim's wife was forced to jump out of the car a short distance later, while the vehicle was moving, suffering injuries.

Cartoons

The philosopher Schopenhaur once said truth passes through 3 stages.
First it is ridiculed, then it is opposed, then finally it is accepted as self evident.

You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.
—Wayne Gretzky

Jokes

A doctor says to his patient, “I have bad news and worse news”.

“Oh dear, what's the bad news?” asks the patient.

The doctor replies, “You only have 24 hours to live.”

“That's terrible”, said the patient. “How can the news possibly be worse?”

The doctor replies, “I've been trying to contact you since yesterday.”

Jokes

Two campers are walking through the woods when a huge brown bear suddenly appears in the clearing about 50 feet in front of them. The bear sees the campers and begins to head toward them.
The first guy drops his backpack, digs out a pair of sneakers, and frantically begins to put them on.
The second guy says, "What are you doing? Sneakers won't help you outrun that bear."
"I don't need to outrun the bear," the first guy says, "I just need to outrun you

Two campers are hiking in the woods when one is bitten on the rear end by a rattlesnake.
"I'll go into town for a doctor," the other says.
He runs ten miles to a small town and finds the town's only doctor, who is delivering a baby.
"I can't leave," the doctor says. "But here's what to do: take a knife, cut a little X where the bite is, suck out the poison, and spit it on the ground."
The guy runs back to his friend, who is in agony.
"What did the doctor say?" the victim asks.
"He says you're gonna die."

Jokes

When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 300°C.
The Russians used a pencil.

A couple of New Jersey hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground. He doesn't seem to be breathing, his eyes are rolled back in his head. The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps to the operator: “My friend is dead! What can I do?”
The operator, in a calm soothing voice says: “Just take it easy. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead.” There is a silence, then a shot is heard.
The guy's voice comes back on the line. He says: “OK, now what?“

Jokes

A guy sits at a bar in a skyscraper restaurant high above the city. He slams a shot of tequila, goes over to the window and jumps out.

The guy sitting next to him can't believe what he just saw. He's more surprised when, 10 minutes later, the same guy walks back into the bar and sits down next to him.

The astonished onlooker asks, "How did you do that? I just saw you jump out the window, and we're hundreds of feet above the ground!"

The jumper responds by slurring, "Well, I don't get it either. I slam a shot of tequila, and when I jump out the window, the tequila makes me slow down right before I hit the ground. Watch." He takes a shot, goes to the window and jumps out.

The other guy runs to the window and watches as the guy falls to just above the sidewalk, slows down and lands softly on his feet. A few minutes later, the jumper walks back into the bar.

The other guy has to try it, too, so he orders a shot of tequila. He slams it and jumps out the window. As he reaches the bottom, he doesn't slow down at all. SPLAT!

The first guy orders another shot of tequila. The bartender shakes his head. "You're really terrible when you're drunk, Superman."

A nine-year old boy goes into the grocery store, grabs a box of tampons from the shelf and carries it to the register. The cashier asks, "Oh, these must be for your mom, huh?"

"Nope," says the boy, "not for my mom."

The cashier responds, "Well, then they must be for your sister then?"

"Nope," says the boy, "not for my sister, neither."

The cashier is now curious, "Oh. Not for your mom and not for your sister -- then who are they for?"

The nine-year-old says, "They're for my little brother. They say on TV, if you wear one of these, you can swim and ride a bike, and my little brother can't do either of those things."

Jokes

A man in Amsterdam feels the need to confess, so he goes to his priest.

"Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. During world war II, I hid a refugee in my attic."

"Well," answers the priest, "that's not a sin."'

"But I made him agree to pay me 20 guilders for every week he stayed."

"I admit that wasn't good, but you did it for a good cause."

"Oh, thank you, Father. That eases my mind. I have one more question."

"What is that, my son?"

"Do I have to tell him the war is over?"

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Mr. Samy-vellu went for the recent United Nations' Meeting. He
represented the Malaysian Prime Minister. All nations were
discussing about space exploration by the year 2003. Here are
some of the conversations:

China Delegate : 'By 2003, China will start their moon
exploration project.'

Russian Delegate : 'We too, we are going to explore the moon.
This time we will see to it that our cosmonauts will step on
the moon.'

George Bush : 'We the United States will also explore the moon for
the second time.'

Malaysian Delegate: 'By 2003, Malaysia will explore the sun.'

There was a long silence. Bush stood up and asked the Malaysian
Delegate: 'Isn't it too hot to explore the sun?'

Samy Vellu (after a long silence): 'We will do it in the evening.'