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Sunday, September 06, 2009

Friendship - An Inspirational Short Story

Horror gripped the heart of the World War I soldier as he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle. Caught in a trench with continuous gunfire whizzing over his head, the soldier asked his lieutenant if he might go out into the "no man's land" between the trenches to bring his fallen comrade back. "You can go," said the lieutenant, "but I don't think it will be worth it. Your friend is probably dead and you may throw your life away." The lieutenant's advice didn't matter, and the soldier went anyway. Miraculously he managed to reach his friend, hoist him onto his shoulder and bring him back to their company's trench. As the two of them tumbled in together to the bottom of the trench, the officer checked the wounded soldier, and then looked kindly at his friend.
"I told you it wouldn't be worth it," he said. "Your friend is dead and you are mortally wounded." "It was worth it, though, sir," said the soldier. "What do you mean; worth it?" responded the Lieutenant. "Your friend is dead". "YES, Sir" the private answered. "But it was worth it because when I got to him, he was still alive and I had the satisfaction of hearing him say, "JIM........, I KNEW YOU'D COME."
Many times in life, whether a thing is worth doing or not, really depends on how you look at it. Take up all your courage and do something your heart tells you to do so that you may not regret not doing it later in your life... "May each and every one of you be blessed with the company of TRUE FRIENDS."
"A true friend is one who walks in, when the rest of the world walks out."

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Click Flick Prize !!

Ever since I have landed in Oman, I have been fascinated by the 'roundabouts' (large traffic islands at intersections and cross roads) over here. I have been clicking random photographs of these roundabouts all over Oman. A local weekly newsmagazine called 'Hi' conducts a monthly photography contest titled 'Click Flick' on different themes every month. Last month the theme was 'Roundabouts in Oman' and I sent a photo of the Salalah airport roundabout which I had shot during my visit to that place in July. I was pleasantly surprised when the results were declared on 28th August and I won the first prize - a brand new Olympus MEW760 digital camera. Here is the news item (click on the pics to enlarge) :

And this is the award winning photograph :

PS : There are already two claimants in the family for the 'new' camera!!