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There was a good old barber in Bangalore . One day a florist goes to him for a haircut. After the cut, he goes to pay the barber and the barber replies:

I am sorry, I cannot accept money from you; I am doing a Community Service.

Florist is happy and leaves the shop. The next morning when the Barber goes to open his shop, there is a “Thank You” Card and a dozen roses waiting at his door.

A Confectioner goes for a haircut and he also goes to pay the barber he again refuses to take the money.

The Confectioner is happy and leaves the shop.  The next morning when the Barber goes to open his shop, there is another “Thank you” Card and a dozen Cakes waiting at his door.

A Software Engineer goes for a haircut and he also goes to pay the barber again refuses the money saying that it was a community service.

The next morning when the Barber goes to open his shop, guess what he finds there……

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When I completed my schooling, I had nothing planned for future. By planned by I mean, I had thought of nothing big. I wasn’t a person with a particular huge goal in life. Ya I knew what field of study I was comfortable in, but nothing more than that. I was always more inclined towards the finer things in life. I loved nature and creativity. And that’s why, the only things I felt really strongly about, were helping out with the environment, compassion to people and to animals, and interest in music and writing. But I never pursued even these areas with a career point of view. Can’t say I know the reason… didn’t have the opportunity, or maybe I was just too lazy!

But today, I am a changed person. I still love these things… but today, I look at them from a different perspective. And today, I do whatever I can for these causes.

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This is one of those moments which makes you wonder – “Yeah, I thought it was great, but I didn’t imagine it would go all the way!!” Thats all I could think of when I heard the news. ‘Peepli Live’ will be representing India at the Oscars!

This comical satire on the plight of Indian farmers and farmers’ suicides which had appealed to the hearts of the Indian audience and made them roll with laughter, has managed to beat all other contestants in the selection of the Indian movie for the Best Foreign Film category at the Oscars. The Film Federation of India (FFI) committee in Chennai, selected this movie by débutante director Anusha Rizvi on Friday. “This movie was chosen because it depicts the stark reality about farmers in India but deals with it in a light-hearted manner,” said FFI president L Suresh, adding that ‘Angaadi Theru’ — a Tamil blockbuster that completed 100 days in most theatres it was screened at — was a close competitor for top spot.

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Friday night, I came back from office at 9.45 pm. Though I was tired after a rather loaded day, I had my spirits high since it was Friday and that meant the next two days were mine!! The weekend had come. Two days of relaxing and fun probably. “Probably” because the fun part wasn’t entirely my call. There were my friends and my cousin to be consulted for it as well.

Anyways, so it was about 10pm when I entered my flat to find my my cousin and 2 of my flat-mates already home. We had dinner as usual, and then sat down to plan the activites for the next two days. I usually am not much of a weeknd planner, but there were chores to be finished this time so we had to decide where to get the stuff we needed from, when to go blah blah!!

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After a long time, here something to cheer you up..

A mechanic was removing a cylinder head from the motor of a Harley motorcycle when he spotted a well-known heart surgeon in his shop.

The surgeon was there, waiting for the service manager to come and take a look at his bike.

The mechanic shouted across the garage, “Hey, Doc, can I ask you a question?”

The surgeon a bit surprised, walked over to the mechanic working on the motorcycle. The mechanic straightened up, wiped his hands on a rag and asked, “So Doc, look at this engine. I open its heart, take valves out, fix ‘em, put ‘em back in, and when I finish, it works just like new. So how come I get such a small salary and you get the really big bucks, when you and I are doing basically the same work?”

The surgeon paused, smiled and leaned over, and whispered to the mechanic…

“Try doing it with the engine running.”

Google admitted that it might have been mistakenly collecting samples of payload data from open (i.e. non-password-protected) WiFi networks. The issue came to light after German authorities asked to audit the data the company’s Street View cars gathered as they took photos viewed on Google maps.

Google said during a review, that it found it had “been mistakenly collecting samples of payload data from open networks”.

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Nokia, the world’s biggest cell phone manufacturer sues Apple Corp. after the announcement of the sale of the iPad Tablet computer in 9 other countries outside US.

Apple announces iPad tablet sale outside US on 28 May, and on 7 May the Nokia lawsuit come about patent infringement. Nokia has about 5 important technologies used for enhance speech to its credit, along with Data transmission and Antenna innovation for the compact devices, and Apple is using them in their iPad 3G and IPhone. The Cell Phone manufacturer also provided information about this case in their press release.

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These three words sum up the single, most evident and undeniable truth faced by human kind. Whatever you may do or say, whoever you may be, at the end of the day, the bottom line is, one day you are in this world.. and the next day you’re not; and that day, the lives of people connected to you may pause momentarily.. but before you know it, everything, and everyone goes back to normal. It has to.

You may have affected numerous lives, but in the end, when you leave this world, all that is left behind is your memory… a virtual concept. And I believe, the way people remember you, if they do, doesn’t depend upon the way you were related to them or the way you talked to them. It depends upon how you made them feel…..

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The very first memory I have of you is… you carrying me in your arms trying to quite down my wailing as ma and papa weren’t at home. I was 3 or maybe 4 years old…..

You tried everything; from candy to some rhymes to dancing infront of me… everything you could possibly do to make me stop crying.. but nothing worked. At last, you made me sit on our home’s outer wall and made me see in the direction where ma papa were supposed to return from…… and I quieted down.. expecting to see them any minute………..

That was the first of the many lessons you taught me…….. you gave me hope…

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Author : Cecelia Ahern

Remember some time ago I reviewed a book by this author named – “A Place Called Here”.. ? I promised you that over time I’ll be reviewing other books by her. And here I am fulfilling my promise. “If You Could See Me Now” is another beuatiful book written by Cecelia Ahern and just like all her other books this one has a magical touch to it.

The two central characters of this book include a young lady in her late twenties, unmarried and successful interior designer and a guy also in his late twenties who’s job is to make people smile. Now you’d say, that isn’t really work is it. As a matter of fact, it is for this guy, because he is an imaginary friend – someone who becomes visible to you only if you believe in miracles, and need emotional help and support.

Yes I was a little taken aback by the theme too, and to be honest, I didn’t know that one of the central characters was imaginary, or else I’d never have ventured reading this one. It would just seemed a little too kiddish. Only after reading through about 3 chapters was it made clear that the guy was an imaginary friend. I contemplated for some time, and then decided to give it a shot. Well guess what… it worked!!

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