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This is a snap from an email i received this morning from a friend of mine... She sends interesting forwards, I must say... Today's forward was about an artist elephant. As I read the last line which says " buffet of fruits and vegetables at the event.", I could not help thinking why not a full vegetarian buffet for the elephant? Unsure if elephants do not like cooked vegetarian full meal ( including sweets and icecream).. but just imagined this elephant eating a complete buffet meal as a treat for winning the event.... The lunch is held for just the winner at the play ground. There are trucks full of cooked rice, Drums of side dishes, Trolleys of rice mixed appropriately with the side-dishes. There are uniformed men standing at every counter to direct the elephant to the next food item. Every counter has atleast 5 people to help with the serving ,replenishing, and clearing the trolleys. The guest of the day finishes one complete round of the main course and moves ahead ...

I rarely tune in to T.V channels... This particular day when I was in one of those 'feel-like-doing-nothing' moods, I chose to switch-on the T.V. Four kids were praying in a temple, each asking for different things... One kid interestingly thought out aloud "Dear God, I know you are the Almighty and have great strength... then, may be you do not need this much of milk for yourself " and rushes out of the temple with the can of milk that was kept in front of the deity as an offering... The scene ends with the kids making Horlicks Shake and enjoying themselves.. :) This advertisement has a major thought which is controversial to even discuss here.. There is this practice of ' Abhishekha ' in Indian temples where people offer 'milk' to God. It is a mark of devotion to the good God for all that he has given and been and ' is-to-be' to people. Wonder why no one ever thought of this basic question.. God is the Almighty and so he may not need so much...

What does half-a-century mean to us? The phrase sounds great as compared to the number fifty which is half of a cent. Cent as in the number hundred and not the cent that denotes the lower denomination of a US Dollar. Wonder if we have ever cheered up about our score cards showing half a century back in school or college or even at work... We were never happy about half a century achievements as much as a century... Wondering aloud why?? :) The phrase is all about optimism. For a person who scores 50% in something, saying "half-a-century" makes it sound positive and optimistic and also inherently gives the pat-on-the-back that all of us sometimes need to come up in life. You might want to compare it with what it feels like to say 50%. Well, it doesn't sound bad either, except when some people add the unnecessary word 'just' to it. Let me spell it for you.. "Just 50%...". I am so glad that I have completed 'half-a-century' posts as dewdrop. :)

This is about the verse I remembered this morning.. Dates back to about sixteen years ago in school... Good Morning merry sunshine... How did u wake so soon... You've scared the little stars away and shined away the moon... I saw you go to sleep last night.. Before i ceased my playing.. How did you get way over here and where have you been staying?.. I never go to sleep dear.. I just go around to see... My little children of the east.. Who rise and watch for me... :)

If we can see the positive side then we are better off ........... This was a thought caught from a conversation with a friend... :) True... I realized that I could see the positive side of things.. Recently had a ligament tear and gained a lot of insight on things that I have not ever thought of.. Every one should listen to biology teacher... :) - I really didnt when i was taught on bones. Never occurred that ankle means a lot.. Every time you see a puddle of water on a polished floor you should take the time to arrange to have it cleaned dry. -I really didnt care too much till I got a ligament tear. It is okay to be patient. -After this ligament tear my patience has improved tremendously.. Wait at the doctors, wait for the auto, wait for the crowd to cross so u don't trip and fall...has taught me lessons on patience... You need not hurry up at all for things in life... -Well, I realised that I could not do things I want to do faster, because, my ankle did'nt permit me to.. an...