The Cab Ride !!

I got a call for a pick up...., I reached the address, walked to the door and knocked.

'Just a minute', answered a frail, elderly voice. I could hear something being dragged across the floor.

After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her 90's stood before me. She was wearing a print dress and a pillbox hat with a veil pinned on it, like somebody out of a 1940s movie.

By her side was a small nylon suitcase. The apartment looked as if no one had lived in it for years. All the furniture was covered with sheets. There were no clocks on the walls, no knickknacks or utensils on the counters. In the corner was a cardboard box filled with photos and glassware.


'Would you carry my bag out to the car?' she said. I took the suitcase to the cab, then returned to assist the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the curb.

She kept thanking me for my kindness. 'It's nothing', I told her. 'I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated'.


'Oh, you're such a good boy', she said. When we got in the cab, she gave me an address, and then asked, 'Could you drive through downtown?'


'It's not the shortest way,' I answered quickly.

'Oh, I don't mind,' she said. 'I'm in no hurry. I'm on my way to a hospice'.

I looked in the rear-view mirror. Her eyes were glistening. 'I don't have any family left,' she continued. 'The doctor says I don't have very long.' I quietly reached over and shut off the meter.

'What route would you like me to take?' I asked.

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator.

We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds. She had me pull up in front of a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.

Sometimes she'd ask me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

As the first hint of sun was creasing the horizon, she suddenly said, 'I'm tired. Let's go now'

We drove in silence to the address she had given me.It was a low building, like a small convalescent home, with a driveway that passed under a portico.

Two orderlies came out to the cab as soon as we pulled up. They were solicitous and intent, watching her every move. They must have been expecting her.

I opened the trunk and took the small suitcase to the door. The woman was already seated in a wheelchair.

'How much do I owe you?' she asked, reaching into her purse.

'Nothing,' I said

'You have to make a living,' she answered.

'There are other passengers,' I responded.

Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly.

'You gave an old woman a little moment of joy,' she said.

'Thank you.'

I squeezed her hand, and then walked into the dim morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life.

I didn't pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly lost in thought. For the rest of that day, I could hardly talk. What if that woman had gotten an angry driver, or one who was impatient to end his shift?

What if I had refused to take the run, or had honked once, then driven away?


On a quick review, I don't think that I have done anything more important in my life.

We're conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments. But great moments often catch us unaware-beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one.


PEOPLE MAY NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID, OR WHAT YOU SAID, ~BUT~THEY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.







Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance

Bombing in Indonesia Firday 24th July

Indonesia were bombings is normal News.On Friday 24 July - 2 Hotels in Jakarta were targeted, JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels killing 8 people & more than 300 people were wounded, mostly foreigner on weekends or on vacation.

In an similar incident in 2002, bombing at two night clubs on the island of Bali killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists.

Blame was taken by the Jemaah Islamiyah group which has tie up to Al Qaeda, Again Osama Bin Laden has a role to play. This group is involved in other bombing too.

Some other fact of similar incident are as follows,

In August 2003, the same JW Marriott Hotel that was attacked Friday was bombed, killing 12.

Australian Embassy in Jakarta was targeted in 2004, were powerful car bomb shook Jakarta's central business district, blowing a hole through the embassy's security gate, killing at least eight people and wounding about 168.

A year later, three suicide bombers targeted two tourist spots on the resort island of Bali. The bombings -- two at the cafes near Jimbaran Beach and one at a restaurant in Kuta's main square -- killed 19 people and wounded at least 132, according to hospital officials.

No doubt that Indonesia government has got some result & convicted few people & sentenced life time those were convicted.

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Profol a Powerful Sedative

Propofol, a powerful sedative has been recovered from Michael Jackson's home, raising stakes over the role of prescription drugs in the singer's death.

The medicine, marketed under the brand name Diprivan, was among the other drugs and "medical evidence" recovered from the singer's Holmby Hills mansion, Los Angeles Times reported quoting law enforcement sources.

Propofol is a powerful medicine, which is used to put people under anesthesia before surgery.

One of the most widely used IV drugs for general anesthesia, the medicine is extremely effective and available only to medical personnel.

Jackson died last Thursday after a suspected cardiac arrest. The toxicology reports, which will determine the cause of death, are still awaited.

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Space Walk

A pair of spacewalking astronauts plugged in some big, new, fancy batteries at the international space station on Wednesday (July 22), working out on a distant ledge. It was the third spacewalk in five days for the shuttle Endeavor crew. Veteran spaceman David Wolf and Christopher Cassidy, a newcomer to orbit, had four 9-year-old batteries to change. It was harder than it sounded.

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Plane Crash Video

A plane crashes and then collides with a car. The impact of the collision tore the bottom frame off the airplane and left it and the car in a nearby field. Miraculously no casualties were reported with the pilot suffering only scratches and the couple in the car which was hit suffering minor injuries. Police in the town some 30 miles southeast of Frankfurt in western Germany said the plane's pilot was performing aerial acrobatic manoeuvres before it struck the family's car, which was parked on an access road near the air field.

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Apollo 11 President John F Kennedy

This is a phenomenon speech by the President John F Kennedy for the Apollo 11 Mission.

40 Years ago, Man created a History by landing his foot on the Moon, it was dream come true for the Mankind. This gave a new hope to the Man, that each & everything that a human believes or dream is Possible, but that comes with the hard efforts & you have to give yourself top achieve the dream.

A rare Video.

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Total Solar Eclipse Video

This Total Solar Eclipse was seen in India , here a Beautiful Video were the Sun is covered part by part with the Moon & at last, Moon covers Sun & there is Darkness everywhere. Then there is a Diamond Ring which is really a rare site to see, & then Sun comes out with glowing Light.

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Total Solar Eclipse

Today is one of the day when people witness Sun in the dark shadow & the Diamond ring will follow the light of new era. Today’s solar eclipse is the longest of all the eclipse of the century. Next total eclipse is on 13-Jun-32.
At 6:05 am sunrise and within 20 minutes there was darkness for 6 minutes.


In ancient China, the solar and lunar eclipses were regarded as heavenly signs that foretell the future of the Emperor; predicting eclipses were of high importance for the state. Over four millenniums ago, two Chinese astrologers were murdered as they failed to predict a solar eclipse.
The ancient Chinese believed that solar eclipses occur when a legendary celestial dragon devours the Sun. They also believed that this dragon attacks the Moon during lunar eclipses. In the Chinese language, the term for eclipse was "chih" which also means "to eat". One ancient Chinese solar eclipse record describes a solar eclipse as "the Sun has been eaten".
It was a tradition in ancient China to bang drums and pots and make loud noise during eclipses to frighten that dragon away. Even more recently, in the nineteenth century, the Chinese navy fired its cannons during a lunar eclipse to scare the dragon that was eating the Moon.
India myth - Rahu, one of the most notorious demons of the Hindu myth, was rubbed the wrong way by the sun. Myth has it that Vishnu, God of all Gods churned the oceans to usher in peace. This was at the end of a bitter war between the Gods and demons. At this time, Dhanvantri, the fountain head of medicine,emererged with necter. This was too good for the demons to let go.Vishnu manage to get it across the Gods, but Rahu, disguised as a God tried to get some nectar for himself.The sun and the moon saw this happenning and informed Vishnu, who immediately chopped off Rahus head. Rahu lived on though bodyless, because he had managed a sip of the nectar. But he never forgave the sun or the moon and periodically eats either one up.

12 Reasons If you Love someone

Hello Friends,

TWELVE:
You talk with
him/her late at night and when you go to bed you still think of him/her.

ELEVEN: You walk
really slowly when you are with him/her.

TEN: You don't feel Ok when
he/she is far away.

NINE:
You smile when you hear his/her voice.

EIGHT: When you look at
him/her,you do not see other people around you. You see only him/her.

SIX: He/She is everything you
want to think.

FIVE:
You realize that you smile every time you look at him/her.

FOUR: You would do
anything to see him/her..

THREE:
While you have been reading this, there was a person in your mind
all the time.

TWO:
You've been so busy thinking of that person that you didn't
notice that number 7 is missing.

ONE:
You are going to check above if that's true and now you are
silently laughing to yourself. NOW MAKE A WISH! YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT
THE MOST....... *****


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Corporate Language

"We will do it"
means
" You will do it"


"You have done a great job"
means
"More work to be given to you"


"We are working on it"
means
"We have not yet started working on the same"


"Tomorrow first thing in the morning"
means
"Its not getting done...
At least not tomorrow !".


"After discussion we will decide - I am very open to views"
means
"I have already decided, I will tell you what to do"


"There was a slight miscommunication"
means
"We had actually lied"


"Lets call a meeting and discuss"
means
"I have no time now, will talk later"


"We can always do it"
means
"We actually cannot do the same on time"


"We are on the right track but there needs to be a slight extension of the deadline"
means
"The project is screwed up, we cannot deliver on time."


"We had slight differences of opinion"
means
"We had actually fought"


"Make a list of the work that you do and let's see how I can help you"
means
"Anyway you have to find a way out no help from me"


"You should have told me earlier"
means
"Well even if you told me earlier that would have made hardly any difference!"


"We need to find out the real reason"
means
"Well I will tell you where your fault is"


"Well... family is important, your leave is always granted. Just ensure that the work is not affected"
means
"Well you know..."


"We are a team"
means
"I am not the only one to be blamed"


"That's actually a good question"
means
"I do not know anything about it"

THIS IS THE BEST

"All the Best"

means
" You are in trouble"

Love Story

The love story of Ron and Edna.

Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean
they don't love you with all they have.
Ron and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital. One day while they were
walking past the hospital swimming pool. Ron suddenly jumped into the deep
end. He sank to the bottom of the pool and stayed there.

Edna promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled him out.
When the Head Nurse Director became aware of Edna heroic act she immediately
ordered her to be discharged from the hospital, as she now considered her to
be mentally stable.

When she went to tell Edna the news she said, 'Edna, I have good news and bad
news. The good news is you're being discharged, since you were able to
rationally
respond to a crisis by jumping in and saving the life of the person you
love. I have concluded that your act displays sound mindedness. The bad
news is, Ron hung himself in the bathroom with his bathrobe belt right
after you saved him. I am so sorry, but he's dead.'

Edna replied (you'll love this) .
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, 'He didn't hang himself, I put him there to dry. How soon can I go home?'

Were ever You Go

Hi.......... ....... Trust the fact???????? ??This is a real story of a young college girl who passed away last month in Chandigarh . Her name was Priya. She was hit by a truck. She is working in a call centre. She has a boy friend named Shankar.Both of them are true lovers. They always hang on the phone.You cannever see her without her fact she also changed her phone from Airtel to Hutch, so both of them can be on the same network, and save on the cost.She spends half of the day talking with shankar. Priya's family knows about their relationship. Shankar is very close with Priya's family. (just imagine their love) . Before she passed away shealways told her friends "If I pass away please burn me with my handphone" she also said the same thing to her parents. After her death, people cudnt carry her body, I was there. A lot of them tried to do so but still cant , everybody including me, had tried to carry the body, the result is still the same. Eventually, they called a person who know to one of their neighbours, who can speak with the soul of dead person, who is a friend of her father. He took a stick and started speaking to himself slowly.After a few minutes, he said "this girl misses something here." Then her friends told that person about her intentions to burn her with her phone. He then opened the grave box and place her phone and sim card inside the casket. After that they tried to carry the body. It could be moved and they carried it into the van easily.All of us were shocked. Priya's parents did not inform Shankar that Priya had passed away.After 2 weeks Shankar called Priya's mom.....Shankar :...."Aunty, I'm coming home today. Cook something nice for me. Dont tell Priya that I'm coming home today, I wanna surprise her." Her mother replied..... "You come home first, I wanna tell you something very important."After he came, they told him the truth about Priya. Shankar thinks that they were playing a fool. He was laughing and said "don't try to fool me - tell Priya to come out, i have a gift for her. Please stop this nonsense".Then they show him the original death certificate to him. They gave him proof to make him believe. (Shankar started to sweat) He said... "Its not true. We spoke yesterday. She still calls me.Shankar was shaking.Suddenly, Shankar's
Suddenly, Shankar's phone rang. "see this is from Priya, see this...." he showed the phone to priya's family. all of them told him to answer. he talked using the loudspeaker mode.All of them heard his conversation.Loud and clear, no cross lines, no humming.It is the actual voice of Priya & there is no way others could use her sim card since it is nailed.Inside the grave box they were so shocked and asked for the same person's(who can speak with the soul of deal perosns) help again. He brought his master to solve this matter. He & his masterworked for 5 hours.Then they discovered one thing which really shockedthem...Hutch has the best coverage.Where ever you go, our network follows!!!

Salty Coffee

He met her on a party. She was so outstanding, many guys chasing after her, while he was so normal, nobody paid attention to him. At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee with him, she was surprised, but due to being polite, she promised. They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything, she felt uncomfortable, she thought, please, let me go home. Suddenly he asked the waiter: "would you please give me some salt? I'd like to put it in my coffee."

Everybody stared at him, so strange! His face turned red, but, still, he put the salt in his coffee and drank it. She asked him curiously, why you have this hobby? He replied "when I was a little boy, I was living near the sea, I liked playing in the sea, I could feel the taste of the sea, just like the taste of the salty coffee. Now every time I have the salty coffee, I always think of my childhood, think of my home town, I miss my home town so much, I miss my parents who are still living there".
While saying that tears filled his eyes. She was deeply touched.

That's his true feeling, from the bottom of his heart. A man who can tell out his homesickness, he must be a man who loves home, cares about home,has responsibility of home. Then she also started to speak, spoke about her far away hometown, her childhood, her family. That was a really nice talk, also a beautiful beginning of their story.
They continued to date. She found that actually he was a man who meets all her demands; he had tolerance, was kind hearten, warm, careful. He was such a good person but she almost missed him! Thanks to his salty coffee!

Then the story was just like every beautiful love story, the princess married to the prince, then they were living the happy life...

And, every time she made coffee for him, she put some salt in the
coffee, as she knew that's the way he liked it. After 40 years, he
passed away, left her a letter, which said: "My dearest, please
forgive me, forgive my whole life lie. This was the only lie I said to
you---the salty coffee.

Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous at that time,
actually I wanted some sugar, but I said salt it was hard for me to
change so I just went ahead. I never thought that could be the
start of our communication!

I tried to tell you the truth many times in my life, but I was too afraid to do that, as I have promised not to lie to you for anything.. Now I'm dying, I afraid of nothing so I tell you the truth: I don't like the salty coffee, what a strange bad taste. But I have had the salty coffee for my whole life! since I knew you, I never feel sorry for anything I do for you. Having you with me is my biggest happiness for my whole life. If I can live for the second time, still want to know you and have you for my whole life, even though I have to drink the salty coffee again".

Her tears made the letter totally wet. Someday, someone asked her: what's the taste of salty coffee? It's sweet.
She replied. love is not 2 forget
but 2 forgive
not 2 c but understand
not 2 hear but 2 listen
not 2 let go but HOLD ON !!!!
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear. A real friend expects to always be there for you!ze