…….I mean in a nutshell … by Vishnu Hathiramani vishnu@zpdee.net
“The secret of financial success is to spend what you have left after saving, instead of saving what you have left after spending.”
Updated Aug 31 [sorry for the delay]
Time flew so fast in the last one month.
We had several parties for the happiness of Vihaana, my granddaughter, born on June 4, my first. My wife Heena did a great job in arranging a 3 days AKHAND PATH ceremony at our home. Vishal my son and Parveen my D.I.Law. planned a party for about 200 persons. Card, souvenir gift, distribution, labeling, and selecting of the menu made them all busy including my wife.
Saw “Singh is King”. This has inspired me to push through with my 2011 plan to make a Sindhi Movie. Yep, you read it right. You will read more about it in my future columns.
Had to fly to Bangkok for a double wedding. Tiring yet fun.
Those who are planning to buy a desktop [laptop is good for young, believe me] should do it as soon as possible. The operating system Microsoft is promoting is VISTA. Believe me, this operating system has great programs and would take few weeks to learn most of the updates. Put a camera chip and within 5 minutes, you could download, save, and email it. I did a wise thing, by writing it down point by point my new discoveries instead of relying on memory.
The only negative part is that this O/S comes without Word and Excel, yet they call it VISTA BASIC. Misleading since to buy this Word and Excel program would cost you slightly below US$ 200. Frankly speaking, this was never explained to me by the sales lady. I asked her if there was word and excel, and she told me yes. She never mentioned that it is there good only for 2 months and as a trial only. I have sent a complaint letter and awaiting their response.
A friend has sent me these Elephant jokes. Is it because I am a HATHIramani?
What is the difference between an elephant and a flea? An elephant can have fleas but a flea can't have elephants!
How do you know when there is an elephant under your bed? When your nose touches the ceiling!
What do you call an elephant that flies? A jumbo jet!
What do you get if you cross an elephant and a kangaroo? Big holes all over Australia!
How does an elephant get down from a tree? He sits on a leaf and waits till autumn!
Why were the elephants thrown out of the swimming pool? Because they couldn't hold their trunks up!
What time is it when an elephant sits on the fence? Time to fix the fence!
What's the difference between an injured elephant and bad weather? One roars with pain and the other pours with rain!
What's the difference between an elephant and a piece of paper? You can't make a paper airplane out of an elephant!
What's the difference between an elephant and a banana? Have you ever tried to peel an elephant?
What's the difference between an African elephant and an Indian elephant? About 3,000 miles!
“The Lighter Side” has been send to me from a European country.
One woman told another: “My neighbor is always speaking ill of her husband. But look at me. My husband is foolish, lazy, and irresponsible; but have I ever said anything bad about him?” (Look who’s talking!).
Beautiful & stupid? A man said to his wife one day, “I don’t know how you can be so stupid and so beautiful all at the same time.” The wife responded, “Allow me to explain. God made me beautiful so you would be attracted to me; God made me stupid so I would be attracted to you!
There was a very gracious lady who was mailing an old family Bible to her brother in another part of the country. “Is there anything breakable in here?” asked the postal clerk. “Yes, the 10 Commandments,” the lady answered.
A depressed man went to see a psychiatrist and confided: “I feel like a dog.”
Doc: How long has this been going on?
Patient: Since I was a puppy, Doc.
George Carlin says: “We have more degrees and less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.” What do you say?
Jhule Lal.