Sunday, October 26, 2014
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
My Neighbor
Date: October 2014
Location: Leicester, UK.
Dedicating this story to my lovely neighbor in Sweetbriar Road Leicester UK. My neighbor is in his 90's a lovely grandpa,
I lived next door to him in upstairs flat. So I have a chance to see my neighbor grandpa whenever he comes of his house and all the views from first fllor flat.. The flat I was living was part of a big semidetached house and it was almost dead silence in the house and the street where I
lived.
Everybody in that street has a fixed schedule after living in that flat for an year I know who comes and goes. Even though my neighbor grandpa is pretty old he
lives alone, his daughter comes every day with cooked dinner and his son comes
every morning with breakfast. Grandpa has only one outing a week
that is on all Sundays, a regular taxi man comes and he goes somewhere, which
was the usual scene for me when taxi man comes and gives a beep. After seeing
his routine for nearly a year I did n’t get a chance to say hello to him. He
got a calling bell but he can't hear it, so no point in trying that his kids
got their own keys to visit grandpa.
Once when I was enjoying snowing day
outside grandpa came out to bin his milk can, I felt that was the golden chance
to speak to him, I went near him and said hello, I felt he was comfortable with
me and asked me what I am doing in UK where I am from etc. That conversation
went on for 2 hours or more than that... For the first time in my life time I
felt like I can't find words to explain grandpa “what a Laptop is ...”. Grandpa
was an old world war veteran, who watches black white TV (1970 model) in 2013.
For him everything is B&W, he was not aware of inventions like PC /laptop.
He reads books old war novels and kept himself busy. Some chance encounters
with him made me close with him and I got to ask him where he is going alone on
all Sundays with the taxi man? On the first day I didn't get answer I ignored
him and I thought he must not have heard me.
After 2/ 3 months I saw him again, truth
was he heard me and he was actually waiting to tell me his love story on a
special occasion. For my surprise he give a ring in my calling bell. The bell
at that time of Saturday was very odd so I went down and to check who was that
and saw this grandpa in the door. I was living in first floor he said he can't
climb stairs so we walked little bit to the nearby park. Grandpa said it was
his wedding anniversary on that day and told about his wife, showed me an old
black white photo and said she is nursing home for past 4 years due to dementia
problems and he visits her every Sunday. She don't recognizes him as his
husband but he is visits her every Sunday to have lunch together. He still do
the same in October 2014. I moved my flat 1.5 years ago but met this grandpa
very accidentally on weekend he was pretty excited to ask me how my job and new
location is. The thought of penning down this was in mind for a
while, but when I saw him on Sunday I decided I should make an article for him now before it is too late.I
do have picture of grandpa but due to privacy issues I can't share it.
If you do something out of duty it will deplete
you. But if you do something out of love it will energize you.Marriage is a choice, even when it's not
going perfect. He is your best friend, you have history together, a million
laughs and inside jokes. You know him better than anyone ever will. He is your
happy and sad all balled into one place, because he owns your heart. Love is
worth all the good times and the bad, especially if he is still fighting for
you and your heart. ♥
Marriage does not guarantee you will be
together forever, it’s only a paper. It takes love, respect, trust, understanding,
friendship and faith in your relationship to make it last ♥♥♥
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Tip of the day
"If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, go out and sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures. Sweep streets like Handel and Beethoven composed music. Sweep streets like Shakespeare wrote poetry. Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will have to pause and say, here lived a great street sweeper who swept his job well.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Friday, October 17, 2014
17 Camels and a will
A father left 17 Camels as an Asset for his Three Sons.
When the Father passed away, his sons opened up the will.
The Will of the Father stated that the Eldest son should get Half of 17 Camels,
The Middle Son should be given 1/3rd of 17 Camels,
Youngest Son should be given 1/9th of the 17 Camels,
As it is not possible to divide 17 into half or 17 by 3 or 17 by 9, the sons started to fight with each other.
So, they decided to go to a wise man.
The wise man listened patiently about the Will. The wise man, after giving this thought, brought one camel of his own & added the same to 17. That increased the total to 18 camels.
Now, he started reading the deceased father’s will.
Half of 18 = 9.
So he gave 9 camels
to the eldest son.
1/3rd of 18 = 6.
So he gave 6 camels
to the middle son.
1/9th of 18 = 2.
So he gave 2 camels
to the youngest son.
Now add this up:
9 + 6 + 2 = 17 &
This leaves 1 camel,
which the wise man took back.
MORAL: The attitude of negotiation & problem solving is to find the 18th camel i.e. the common ground. Once a person is able to find the common ground, the issue is resolved. It is difficult at times.
However, to reach a solution, the first step is to believe that there is a solution. If we think that there is no solution, we won’t be able to reach any!
If you liked this story, please share with all. You might spark a thought, inspire & possibly change a life forever!
Monday, October 13, 2014
Friday, October 10, 2014
Monday, October 6, 2014
How to eat a cupcake ?
Eating a cupcake is much more of a mess nowadays, I can't say no to cupcakes at church, work or at friends house so when I eat a cupcake frosting sticks around my face and it was quite embarrassing. So here is the way how to eat cup cake with out mess and fuss :)
How to Eat a Cupcake, Like a Gentleman --- A YouTube Video
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Saturday, October 4, 2014
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