[chatting online with a former trainee today]
Trainee: Why did you leave the company?
Me: I was sick and tired of dealing with the unorganized crap that you have to deal with there.
Trainee: How are you now? Take care of your helath-that is more important.
28 December 2007
25 December 2007
Merry Christmas!
Now that I'm home spending Christmas with my family, I look back and truly appreciate the friends who have been there to celebrate with me in recent years.
17 December 2007
Maybe it was in Kerala?*
An American decided to write a book about famous churches around the World.
So he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to China.
On his first day he was inside a church taking photographs when he noticed a golden telephone mounted on the wall with a sign that read"$10,000 per call".
The American, being intrigued, asked a priest who was strolling by what the telephone was used for.
The priest replied that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10,000 you could talk to God.
The American thanked the priest and went along his way.
Next stop was in Japan. There, at a very large cathedral, he saw the same golden telephone with the same sign under it.
He wondered if this was the same kind of telephone he saw in China and he asked a nearby nun what its purpose was.
She told him that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10,000 He could talk to God.
"O.K., thank you," said the American.
He then traveled to Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Russia, Germany and France .
In every church he saw the same golden telephone with the same "$10,000 per call" sign under it. The American, upon leaving Vermont decided to travel to up to India to see if Indians had the same phone.
He arrived in India, and again, in the first church he entered, there was the same golden telephone, but this time the sign under it read "One Rupee per call."
The American was surprised so he asked the priest about the sign. "Father, I've traveled all over World and I've seen this same golden telephone in many churches. I'm told that it is a direct line to Heaven, but in the US the price was $10,000 per call.
Why is it so cheap here?"
Readers, it is your turn........Think .....before you see the answer...
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The priest smiled and answered, "You're in India now, Son - it's a Local Call. This is the only heaven on the Earth."
*Kerala's tagline is "God's Own Country"
So he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to China.
On his first day he was inside a church taking photographs when he noticed a golden telephone mounted on the wall with a sign that read"$10,000 per call".
The American, being intrigued, asked a priest who was strolling by what the telephone was used for.
The priest replied that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10,000 you could talk to God.
The American thanked the priest and went along his way.
Next stop was in Japan. There, at a very large cathedral, he saw the same golden telephone with the same sign under it.
He wondered if this was the same kind of telephone he saw in China and he asked a nearby nun what its purpose was.
She told him that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10,000 He could talk to God.
"O.K., thank you," said the American.
He then traveled to Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Russia, Germany and France .
In every church he saw the same golden telephone with the same "$10,000 per call" sign under it. The American, upon leaving Vermont decided to travel to up to India to see if Indians had the same phone.
He arrived in India, and again, in the first church he entered, there was the same golden telephone, but this time the sign under it read "One Rupee per call."
The American was surprised so he asked the priest about the sign. "Father, I've traveled all over World and I've seen this same golden telephone in many churches. I'm told that it is a direct line to Heaven, but in the US the price was $10,000 per call.
Why is it so cheap here?"
Readers, it is your turn........Think .....before you see the answer...
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The priest smiled and answered, "You're in India now, Son - it's a Local Call. This is the only heaven on the Earth."
*Kerala's tagline is "God's Own Country"
14 December 2007
Goa Story #2
I imagine everyone has been waiting with bated breath for the second Goa story. :)
As Liz said, there were plenty of things to get irritated about, but somehow we always managed to pull through by adding some humor to the situation. One of the more frustrating things for me happened on the evening boat cruise we took on our 1/2 day of sight-seeing. It's such great fun to be followed around the boat by a 15-year-old who, despite his lack of English, tries to hit on you. [And trust me, his English was bad: when he wanted to ask Liz a question about whether she had been to Kerala (where he was from), he faced her and asked, "And has she been to Goa?" (apparently, he didn't pay attention to that all important Pronoun lesson!) But, my favorite was when he asked me, "How is better? Kerala or Goa?" (And Malayalis pride themselves on their educational standards and their grasp of English!) :) ]
Luckily, Liz, in her uber-sneakiness, was able to snap a picture to remind us of it:
Unfortunately, by this point, he had changed out of his matching shorts (that were worn over his pants!) that prompted us to nickname him SuperBoy*!
*Many thanks to Mr. Texas, another tourist who helped us nickname as well as avoid SuperBoy!
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