Italian with Grammar by Mark Twain

the entire short story is here

but this is my fav part just try reading it :)

"If I have had a had, or have wanted to have had a had, or was in a position right then and there to have had a had that hadn't had any chance to go out hadding on account of this foolish discrimination which lets one Had go hadding in any kind of indefinite grammatical weather but restricts the other one to definite and datable meteoric convulsions, and keeps it pining around and watching the barometer all the time, and liable to get sick through confinement and lack of exercise, and all that sort of thing, why--why, the inhumanity of it is enough, let alone the wanton superfluity and uselessness of any such a loafing consumptive hospital-bird of a Had taking up room and cumbering the place for nothing."

intresting stories from bbc

Women gear up for gaming invasion

Maths 'stuck in downward spiral'
"There were far too few numerically trained workers to teach their successors, while A-level entries had declined sharply since the 1980s."

In pictures: How the world is changing
the first one photo is amazing. reminds me of the quote "it is nice to go to a place which has not changed; to find out how much we have changed" (it is something like that)

it is all in the mind

Life begins at 90 from bbc

"Fauja's jogging skills were developed on an Indian farm in Punjab, and then at the magical age of 81, when he moved to the UK, his love for the sport became more "serious"."
...
"So any secrets to fitness? Fauja's training regime includes a daily eight-mile walk and run, no smoking or drinking, plenty of smiling and lashings of ginger curry. "
...
"So, having only run seriously for the last 13 years, when does Fauja think he'll trade in his spikes for a zimmer frame?
"When I die!" he laughs. "

it is never too late to start doing what you want :)

quote

To realize The value of ten years:
Ask a newly Divorced couple.
To realize The value of four years:
Ask a graduate.
To realize The value of one year:
Ask a student who Has failed a final exam.
To realizeThe value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a still born.
To realizeThe value of one month:
Ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.
To realizeThe value of one hour:
Ask the lovers who are waiting to Meet.
To realizeThe value of one minute:
Ask a personWho has missed the train, bus or plane.
To realizeThe value of one-second:
Ask a personWho has survived an accident.
To realizeThe value of one millisecond:
Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.
To realize the value of a friend:
Lose one.

Time waits For no one.
Treasure every moment you have.
You will treasure it even more whenyou can share it with someone special.

thought

dreams... they sometimes give us a different perspective on reality.

quote

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

After a while you learn the subtle difference
Between holding a hand and chaining a soul,
And you learn that
Love doesn't mean Leaning
And Company doesn't mean security.

And you begin to accept that
kisses aren't contracts and presents aren't promises --
And you begin to accept your defeats
With your head up and your eyes open
And with the grace of an adult,
not the grief of a child.

And you learn to
Build all your Roads on today
Because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain
For your plans.

After awhile you learn that even sunshine
Burns if you get too much.
So plant your own garden and decorate
Your own soul -- instead of waiting for
Someone to bring you flowers.

And you will learn that you really can endure,
That you really are special
And that you really do have worth.
So live to learn and know yourself.
In doing so, you will learn to live

- Veronica A Shoffstall

to india, with love us. since 1971 :)

Nixon's dislike of 'witch' Indira from bbc. but it there on almost all major news site

don't want to quote nething from there. it does sound funny :P