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Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Look for the Stars

A newly married woman insisted on going to the California desert so she could be near her soldier husband. The only place the couple could find to live was a rundown shack near an Indian village. The daytime heat was unbearable-105 degrees in the shade. The dry wind blew constantly, covering everything with dust. None of the Indians spoke English. The young wife was miserable.
Then she learned that her husband was going deeper into the desert for 2 weeks. So she wrote her mother and asked if she could come home. In her mother's reply were these words: "Two men looked through prison bars; one saw mud, the other saw stars." As the woman read those lines over and over, she decided to change. She would look for the stars.
She set out to make friends with the Indians. When they saw her genuine interest, they taught her weaving and pottery. She learned their culture. Then she began to study the desert itself-its cacti, Joshua trees, and seashells left behind by the sands of an ocean floor. Not only did she survive, she became known as an expert on the area and later published a book about it.
Are you in an unbearable, inescapable situation? Do you have a negative attitude? Like Joseph or this wife, you can change.
Look at the situation positively and make the best of it with the help of God. Who knows? You might end up writing a book.

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

India is Really Shining

Better to be a Lion in India than a Monkey Abroad


In a poor zoo of India, a lion was frustrated as he was offered not more than 1 kg of meat a day.
The lion thought its prayers were answered when one US Zoo Manager visited the zoo and requested the zoo management to shift the lion to the US Zoo.
The lion was so happy and started thinking of a central A/c environment, a goat or two every day and a US Green Card also.
On its first day after arrival, the lion was offered a big bag, sealed very nicely for breakfast. The lion opened it quickly but was shocked to see that it contained few bananas. The lion thought that may be they cared too much for him as they were worried about his stomach as he had recently shifted from India.
The next day the same thing happened. On the third day again the same food bag of bananas was delivered.
The lion was so furious, it stopped the delivery boy and blasted at him, 'Don't you know I am the lion...king of the Jungle..., what's wrong with your management?, what nonsense is this?, why are you delivering bananas to me?'
The delivery boy politely said, 'Sir, I know you are the king of the jungle .. but .. you have been brought here on a monkey's visa !!! '

Better to be a Lion in India than a Monkey elsewhere..

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Lungar Gupp IX

Hi Folks,
Its been a long time since I have posted anything under this caption. Well, let it not be said that this aspect of my blog is being neglected. So here goes :
1. It is believed that a whole lot of youngsters in our cadre (those who joined the Bank just 3 years back) have represented for transfers - which of course is not being taken too kindly in the Central Office. A few really deserving cases might also be put on the backburner owing to the deluge of requests. Transfers in less than 5 years of service (initially) are generally frowned upon by the powers that be. So 'Good Luck' to those who get their choice postings !!
2. One of our colleagues from Guwahati is all set to go to Thiruvananthapuram (from one end to the other), another from Chennai is all set for Bhopal whereas an old 'horse' (having run too many promotion races-like me) is going from Mumbai to Chennai. In the case of the first guy (someone who is more sinned against than sinning) it is pure BAD LUCK !!!(which seems to be dogging him all the time) and in case of the other two (smooth operators) they seem to have pulled the right strings (or struck the right chord in someone who matters).
If the above sounds like a puzzle - keep scratching your heads guys !!

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Facing the Storms

Hi Guys,
I thought I must share this mail forward with you all !!

A little boy walked to and from school daily. On one particular morning, the weather was questionable as clouds were forming and the sky was gray but the little boy made his daily trek to the elementary school anyway. As the afternoon progressed, the winds whipped up and the thunder and lightning began to roll. The little boy's mother was concerned that her son would be frightened as he walked home from school and feared that the electrical storm might harm her child. Following a roar of thunder, lightning would cut through the sky like a flaming sword!Worried, the mother got into her car and drove along the route to her child's school. On finding her son, she noticed her little boy was walking along just fine, but at each flash of lightning, the child would stop, look up and smile. More lightning followed and with each one the little boy would look at the flash of light and smile. The mother approached him in her car, lowered the window and asked him, "What are you doing?" The child answered, "I am trying to look nice, God keeps taking my picture!"
May God bless you as you face the storms that come your way.