THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE (Celine Dion)
The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
To the night and the empty skies my love
To the night and the empty skies
The first time ever I kissed your mouth
I felt the earth turn in my hand
Like the trembling heart of a captive bird
That was there at my command my love
That was there at my command
The first time ever I lay with you
And felt your heart beat close to mine
I thought our joy would fill the earth
And would last 'till the end of time my love
And would last 'till the end of time
The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
To the night and the empty skies my love
To the night and the empty skies
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Friday, February 26, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Abortion in the ears.....Brilliant!
Abortion in the ears.....Brilliant!
This is a short story written by Dr Kishore Shah....he is a gynaecologist in Pune
and a very gifted writer....enjoy this extremely funny story.
and a very gifted writer....enjoy this extremely funny story.
My wife is an ENT Surgeon while I am a Gynaecologist, and we both practise in the
same hospital. This can lead to some complications, as I recently learned to my anguish.
same hospital. This can lead to some complications, as I recently learned to my anguish.
A General Practitioner rang me and told me that she is sending a patient of hers for an abortion.
Unknown to me, she had also referred a female with ear-wax for removal of the wax to
my wife.
my wife.
I duly informed the receptionist to send the patient right in as she was expected
(and expecting!)
(and expecting!)
As Murphy's Law would have it (and Murphy lays down the laws of our hospital), it
was but natural that the patient who wanted the wax removed from her ear, landed up
with me (while all the time I'm thinking that this is the lady who wants the abortion).
was but natural that the patient who wanted the wax removed from her ear, landed up
with me (while all the time I'm thinking that this is the lady who wants the abortion).
This is the conversation that I had with the patient..
"Please come in. Be seated." I said with a big smile (I always have a big smile,
when I am going to earn some money).
when I am going to earn some money).
The patient gave a feeble smile and sat hesitantly on the edge of the chair.
"Relax."
"Doctor, will this hurt a lot?"
"Not at all."
The patient relaxed visibly. "You know something, Doctor, we tried removing it at
home, but failed." I was shocked.
home, but failed." I was shocked.
"Thank God. Trying this at home can cause serious complications. "
"I first tried to remove it by jumping up and down, but it just wouldn't budge."
I smiled and said, "If it were that easy, who would need doctors?"
She gave a cute smile and said, "Yeah! My neighbour tried to remove it with
his finger, but the hole is so small that he used a hair pin."
his finger, but the hole is so small that he used a hair pin."
"Oh my God!"
"Yes! My mother even tried a matchstick."
My blood pressure was shooting skywards. I just sputtered without uttering a word.
"Tell me, doctor, how do I avoid getting this dirt inside me?"
I knew that it was an unwanted pregnancy, but calling it dirt was too much. I
replied a bit angrily, "There are tablets which can prevent this happening. Or you
could use protection at night."
replied a bit angrily, "There are tablets which can prevent this happening. Or you
could use protection at night."
It was the patient's turn to be confused, "You mean to say that it happens only at
night?"
night?"
I saw her point. "No! No! I meant anytime of the day, whenever you are in the mood,
you should use protection."
you should use protection."
She was even more confused, "It depends on my moods?"
Again I saw her point. "My mistake. You need not be in any sort of mood. It just
happens."
happens."
"My neighbour advised me to go to one of those chaps who sit by the roadside."
"You mean that pin man?"
"Yeah!"
This neighbour of hers seemed to be a very dangerous man. Besides using pins, he
was sending her to such quacks. The only safety he knew was among the pins. "You
were wise not to heed his advice."
was sending her to such quacks. The only safety he knew was among the pins. "You
were wise not to heed his advice."
"But I tried his other advice. He told me to put warm oil inside and wait. However,
that also did not work."
that also did not work."
This was getting more and more bizarre. Her neighbour deserved to be
locked up either in a padded cell or a barred one.
locked up either in a padded cell or a barred one.
"But have you taken your husband's permission?"
Now the patient looked confused.. "Do I have to take my husband's permission?
Because if you need his signature, he is working in Dubai . We have
not been able to meet for the last one year."
It was my turn to be shocked. I gave a sly smirk. It was one of
'those' cases.The pin-wielding neighbour seemed to me the usual suspect. I
reassured her. "No!No! The husband's signature is not at all needed."
'those' cases.The pin-wielding neighbour seemed to me the usual suspect. I
reassured her. "No!No! The husband's signature is not at all needed."
"However, I did inform him over the telephone."
Her husband seemed to me to be a very broad-minded fellow. I didn't
know whether to congratulate her or to commiserate with her. So I hastily turned
to other aspects.
know whether to congratulate her or to commiserate with her. So I hastily turned
to other aspects.
"Its good that you came in a bit early."
"Actually I wanted to come early in the morning, but I had some other
work."
work."
"Oh! I did not mean early today. I meant that if you had delayed this
removal, it would have started moving. Then it would have developed a heartbeat."
removal, it would have started moving. Then it would have developed a heartbeat."
The patient was staring at me wide-eyed as if watching a horror movie.
Looking at her face, I decided that she was not fit to listen to the grotesque
details. i decided to relieve her a bit. I said, "You will bleed a bit, but only
for a few days."
Looking at her face, I decided that she was not fit to listen to the grotesque
details. i decided to relieve her a bit. I said, "You will bleed a bit, but only
for a few days."
By now, the poor patient was trembling, "H-h-h-h-how much bleeding?"
"Oh, only slightly more than your menstrual period, and it will continue only for a
week or so."
week or so."
By now the patient was clutching her hair in her fingers and staring at me
wide-eyed. I told her soothingly, "Why don't you lie down on the examination table?
Remove your clothes and relax."
wide-eyed. I told her soothingly, "Why don't you lie down on the examination table?
Remove your clothes and relax."
That was the final straw. She didn't even wish me goodbye. I saw just a blur of
motion leaving my consulting room at top speed!!!!
motion leaving my consulting room at top speed!!!!
Wonder how things went with my wife who was landed with the pregnant lady wanting an
abortion?!?!?!
abortion?!?!?!
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Karl Rabeder gives away $4.7 million fortune
Karl Rabeder gives away $4.7 million fortune, says money stops you from being happy.
*By Adam Sommers
Wednesday, February 10th 2010, 6:09 PM
http://www.nydailyn ews.com/news/ 2010/02/10/ 2010-02-10_karl_rabeder_ gives_away_ 67_million_ fortune_says_ money_stops_ you_from_ being_happy. html
*"Dear working stiffs and other people who have no money: Stop trying to berich and get ahead in life. You don’t know how good you’ve got it."
*That is exactly the message from a businessman named Karl Rabeder, who is planning to move into a small cabin in Innsbruck, Austria, after giving awaya $4.7 million fortune he has spent a lifetime amassing, according to London’s The Daily Telegraph.
Rabeder grew up poor and thought that life would be wonderful if he had money. But when he got rich, he discovered that he was unhappy, so he’sgiving away every dime."
My idea is to have nothing left. Absolutely nothing," he told Telegraph.'
'Money is counterproductive – it prevents happiness to come.”
Instead, he will move out of his luxury Alpine retreat into a small wooden hut in the mountains or a simple dwelling in Innsbruck.
His entire proceeds are going to charities he set up in Central and Latin America, but he will not even take a salary from these.
"For a long time I believed that more wealth and luxury automatically meant more happiness," he said.
"I come from a very poor family where the ruleswere to work more to achieve more material things, and I applied this formany years,” said Rabeder.
But over time, he had another, conflicting feeling, according to theTelegraph.
“More and more I heard the words: ‘Stop what you are doing now – all this luxury and consumerism – and start your real life’,” he’s quoted as saying.
“I had the feeling I was working as a slave for things that I did not wish for or need. I have the feeling that there are lot of people doing the samething.”
*By Adam Sommers
Wednesday, February 10th 2010, 6:09 PM
http://www.nydailyn ews.com/news/ 2010/02/10/ 2010-02-10_karl_rabeder_ gives_away_ 67_million_ fortune_says_ money_stops_ you_from_ being_happy. html
*"Dear working stiffs and other people who have no money: Stop trying to berich and get ahead in life. You don’t know how good you’ve got it."
*That is exactly the message from a businessman named Karl Rabeder, who is planning to move into a small cabin in Innsbruck, Austria, after giving awaya $4.7 million fortune he has spent a lifetime amassing, according to London’s The Daily Telegraph.
Rabeder grew up poor and thought that life would be wonderful if he had money. But when he got rich, he discovered that he was unhappy, so he’sgiving away every dime."
My idea is to have nothing left. Absolutely nothing," he told Telegraph.'
'Money is counterproductive – it prevents happiness to come.”
Instead, he will move out of his luxury Alpine retreat into a small wooden hut in the mountains or a simple dwelling in Innsbruck.
His entire proceeds are going to charities he set up in Central and Latin America, but he will not even take a salary from these.
"For a long time I believed that more wealth and luxury automatically meant more happiness," he said.
"I come from a very poor family where the ruleswere to work more to achieve more material things, and I applied this formany years,” said Rabeder.
But over time, he had another, conflicting feeling, according to theTelegraph.
“More and more I heard the words: ‘Stop what you are doing now – all this luxury and consumerism – and start your real life’,” he’s quoted as saying.
“I had the feeling I was working as a slave for things that I did not wish for or need. I have the feeling that there are lot of people doing the samething.”
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Huang Fu and the Bottle of Wine Parable
Huang Fu and the Bottle of Wine Parable
Huang Fu was a very rich man who was deliberately tough on his farmhand, Hop. Huang Fu gave Hop a bottle and said, 'Buy me a bottle of wine.'
Hop, the poor farmhand enquired, 'How can I buy you wine with no money at all?'Huang Fu replied disdainfully, 'Anyone can buy wine with money. It takes real skill to buy wine without money.'
Time elapsed and Hop eventually returned farmhand returned with the empty bottle. He handed the bottle to Huang Fu and murmured, 'Enjoy the wine, please.'
Staring at the empty bottle with some dismay, Huang asked, 'There is no wine, how can I enjoy this?'
Hop replied to Huang Fu, with a straight face, 'Anyone can enjoy wine if there is some. It takes real skill to enjoy wine when there is none.'
Huang Fu made a choking sound but was unable to utter a word.
Huang Fu was a very rich man who was deliberately tough on his farmhand, Hop. Huang Fu gave Hop a bottle and said, 'Buy me a bottle of wine.'
Hop, the poor farmhand enquired, 'How can I buy you wine with no money at all?'Huang Fu replied disdainfully, 'Anyone can buy wine with money. It takes real skill to buy wine without money.'
Time elapsed and Hop eventually returned farmhand returned with the empty bottle. He handed the bottle to Huang Fu and murmured, 'Enjoy the wine, please.'
Staring at the empty bottle with some dismay, Huang asked, 'There is no wine, how can I enjoy this?'
Hop replied to Huang Fu, with a straight face, 'Anyone can enjoy wine if there is some. It takes real skill to enjoy wine when there is none.'
Huang Fu made a choking sound but was unable to utter a word.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
True Singaporean Spirit
True Singaporean Spirit A priest, a doctor, a rich businessman (all Australians) and a Singaporean were waiting one morning for a particularly slow group of golfers in front of them.
The Singaporean fumed... 'What's with those jerks?
We're waiting fifteen minutes between shots!' The doctor chimed in, 'It’s true, but I've never seen such poor golf.’
The rich businessman called out, 'Move it, time is money!'
The priest said, 'Here comes the Marshall. Let's have a word with him.'
'Excuse me, sir!' said the priest, 'What's wrong with that group ahead of us? They're rather slow, aren't they?'
The greens keeper replied, 'Oh, yes. That's a group of blind fire fighters.
They lost their sight saving our clubhouse from a fire last year, so we always let them play for free anytime.'
The group fell silent for a moment.
The priest said, 'That's so sad. I think I will say a special prayer for them tonight.'
The doctor said, 'Good idea. I'm going to contact my ophthalmologist colleague and see if there's anything that he might be able to do for them.'
The rich businessman replied, 'I think I'll donate $50,000 to the fire fighters union in honor of these brave souls!'
And the Singaporean said, 'Tiu nia seng, why can't these guys play at night ??!!
' .... now, that's the true Singaporean spirit!!!!
The Singaporean fumed... 'What's with those jerks?
We're waiting fifteen minutes between shots!' The doctor chimed in, 'It’s true, but I've never seen such poor golf.’
The rich businessman called out, 'Move it, time is money!'
The priest said, 'Here comes the Marshall. Let's have a word with him.'
'Excuse me, sir!' said the priest, 'What's wrong with that group ahead of us? They're rather slow, aren't they?'
The greens keeper replied, 'Oh, yes. That's a group of blind fire fighters.
They lost their sight saving our clubhouse from a fire last year, so we always let them play for free anytime.'
The group fell silent for a moment.
The priest said, 'That's so sad. I think I will say a special prayer for them tonight.'
The doctor said, 'Good idea. I'm going to contact my ophthalmologist colleague and see if there's anything that he might be able to do for them.'
The rich businessman replied, 'I think I'll donate $50,000 to the fire fighters union in honor of these brave souls!'
And the Singaporean said, 'Tiu nia seng, why can't these guys play at night ??!!
' .... now, that's the true Singaporean spirit!!!!
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