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 14:53 | 12/Jul/2008
Tell Me Whom You LoveJohn Blanchard stood up from the bench, straightened his Army uniform, and studied the crowd of people making their way through Grand Central Station. He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn't, the girl with the rose. His interest in her had begun thirteen months before in a Florida library. Taking a ... more...
 00:31 | 8/Jul/2008
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 00:05 | 8/Jul/2008
                                                                                                                  Sometimes in life we think we don't need anyone. But sometime we don't have anyone when we need... So don't let your best buddies go ever...    more...
 20:59 | 5/Jul/2008
fairy  Down in a garden where fairies dwell,Lived a fairy named Annabell.But Annabell wasn’t like the rest’Keeping in mind,she always did her best.but try as she may,try as she might,Annabell never ever took flight.She would sit under a bluebell and flutter her wings.Always in wonder what each day would bring.Will I truely be able to fly?How will I... more...
 22:42 | 27/Jun/2008
what happens when Women keep waiting for perfect man???????????????????????? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ She will keep on waiting and waiting…. more...
 23:48 | 20/Jun/2008
  Rejection Lines (and what they actually mean)Top 10 Rejection Lines Given By Women(and what they actually mean)10. I think of you as a brother.(You remind me of that inbred banjo-playing geek in “Deliverance.”)9. There's a slight difference in our ages.(I don't want to do my dad.)8. I'm not attracted to you in 'that' way.(You are the ugliest dork... more...
 17:25 | 10/Jun/2008
        Dear Santa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!         Help him!!!!!!         cool eye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A happy one i guess     Dont get confused!!!!!!!!!!!! help his shoes!!!!!!!!! not him!!!!!!!!!!     more...
 00:31 | 9/Jun/2008
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 00:21 | 9/Jun/2008
   1. A policeman spotted a jay walker and decided to challenge him, 'Why are you trying to cross here when there's a zebra crossing only 20 metres away?'   'Well,' replied the jay walker, 'I hope it's having better luck than me2.Sherlock Holmes - Elementary Dear WatsonSherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go on a camping trip, set up their tent, and fall... more...
 00:09 | 9/Jun/2008
Appreciate what you have One day . . . a wealthy family man took his son on a trip to the country, so he could have his son see how poor country people live. They stayed one day and one night in the home of a very humble farmer. At the end of the trip, and when they were back home, the father asked his son, "What did you think of the trip?" The son... more...
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 LAUGHING HUMAN | 10:12 | 6/Jul/2008
Friends: (50)  | City: Guwahati  | Interests: music trekking re...
confused n lost!
APOLOGIES!First of all I would like to apologise to all my iland friends for not completing two of my stories...........I myself found them too boring to complete! What a waste of time---mine n everyone else who read those two stories...........so I sincerely apologise to all who read those. Anyway thanks to those who commented on those two also......  more...
 Dipankar Maj... | 18:26 | 11/Jul/2008
Friends: (18)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: Computer, Music ,...
Opinions - Watches..
"Opinions are  like hand watches.Everyone's watch  shows different time from others.But,Everyone believes  that their time is correct."   more...
 yellowflower | 19:43 | 8/Jul/2008
Friends: (170)  | City: Other  | Interests: To have passion, ...
Precious Gift
             When you came into my lifeThe whole world changed for me…The bond we shared when you were bornIs a bond that can never be tornYou added colors to my lifeYou were the rainbow of my eyes...When I held you close to my bosomI felt the warmth of our relationship….When you smiled at meMy joy knew no bound…When I heard you calling meNo other ...  more...
 A P | 14:59 | 18/Jun/2008
Friends: (7)  | City: Amritsar  | Interests: computers, books,...
My pots yet to boil
hi just another newcomer. finally found a place where i can write though i am not sure this wud be blogged and wud appear in the right place as a blog. so till i log off and go back and check i cannot be sure i have created my first ever blog. As the heading goes, i am just testing ground, read some nice articles, especially mira niar's and found t...  more...
 PINKI SINGH | 16:15 | 1/Jul/2008
Friends: (13)  | City: Bhopal  | Interests: dancing
blog
hi friends do you have any information about shahrukh if yes please write about him and send to me.  more...
 Vikas Kathunia | 12:02 | 10/Jul/2008
Friends: (83)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Surfing and Trave...
Funny--Shayari
=================================================So friends ready for a new fun again????? Here is  something for you.================================================= E K sher BY doctor=Hoon mai doctor jahan,meri wife hai nurse waha,Yeh kaisa julm sehna PADTA hai,mujhe apni wife ko SISTER KEHNA PADTA hai..     Jo sagar NE kaha lehron se, Jo ped NE ...  more...
 Meera | 15:45 | 9/Jul/2008
Friends: (32)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: photography, musi...
Girls are like fruits - Heartfelt
I would very soon leave the early twenties bucket. Feel sad but have no choice…I just don’t understand on what suddenly happens to the family members (including the maternal and paternal relations), peers and friends when a girl (I don’t like the word lady it makes me feel too old) enters into her twenties…What or which part of the physical appeara...  more...
 RAJEEV GARG | 14:50 | 10/Jul/2008
Friends: (155)  | City: HARYANA  | Interests: LISTENING MUSIC,O...
HOW TAJ CAME IN AGRA
  EMPEROR SHAHJAHAN WANTED THE TAJ MAHAL TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT BURHANPUR, WHERE HIS BELOVED WIFE, MUMTAZ MAHAL DIED BUT BURHANPUR WAS NOT DESTINED TO HAVE THE TAJ FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS,……………                                  SHAHJAHAN A GREAT MUGHAL EMPEROR SPENT A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF YEARS AS GOVERNOR OF DECCAN REGION IN BURHANPUR, A SMALL TOWN ...  more...
 jigyasa | 15:00 | 11/Jul/2008
Friends: (33)  | City: Ranchi  | Interests: Ghoomna
Heart touching quote.Simple words can express complex feelings.  more...
 honey | 20:33 | 8/Jul/2008
Friends: (23)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: music, singing,cr...
what is love at 1st sight? wi heard of it ,thought of it.bt all gone waste.  more...
 khushu Agrawal | 20:10 | 11/Jul/2008
Friends: (2)  | City: Allahabad  | Interests: reading books,pai...
everytime
TO give up a habit is  to avoid it ,not only at the u have decided , but every time it is offered to u.this proves resolutions r  not made to take but to carry.so this is not like pill s  to be taken to work for themselves,but r like neck- collars to be carried.up till now u have carried these habits & now u know these carry u .that is human nature...  more...
 keshav singhal | 18:21 | 10/Jul/2008
Friends: (320)  | City: Ajmer  | Interests: Learning, Reading...
Tumhare Liye ....
Dear Reader / iLander friends,I had posted one poetry in Hindi "Tumhare Liye ..." (Only for you ...) on 7 July 2008. A few iLander friends want me to write the same in English. So, I am posting its English version. These days I am learning 'Dutch' language, so I have tried to write the same in Dutch too. Dutch version is also appended below. Please...  more...
 kool friend | 22:09 | 9/Jul/2008
Friends: (8)  | City: Thane  | Interests: reading,watching ...
NEED TO HAVE SMILE NOW......
A VERY SMALL MSG.           "KEEP SMILE,DON'T KEEP MEDICINE"> 1) Girlfriend : And are you sure you love me and no one else.> Boyfriend : Dead Sure! I checked the whole list again yesterday.>> 2) Teacher : Which is more important to us, the sun or the moon?> Pupil : The moon.> Teacher : Why?> Pupil : The moon gives us light at night when we need it ...  more...
 Apratim Shaw | 10:54 | 9/May/2008
Friends: (123)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Reading, writing,...
Lesser Known Tales
Adam's Helpmeets (Excerpt from The Hebrew Myths by Robert Graves and Raphael Patai (New York:  Doubleday, 1964), pp 65-69.)Having decided to give Adam a helpmeet lest he should be alone of his kind, God put him into a deep sleep, removed one of his ribs, formed it into a woman, and closed up the wound, Adam awoke and said: 'This being shall be name...  more...
 PREETI BOSE | 09:33 | 7/Jul/2008
Friends: (689)  | City: Raipur  | Interests: Anything which is...
The Emperor
                        An emperor in the Far East was growing old and knew it was time to choose his successor. Instead of choosing one of his assistants or his children, he decided something different. He called young people in the kingdom together one day. He said, "It is time for me to step down and choose the next emperor. I have decided to ch...  more...
 Santosh K | 04:36 | 9/Jul/2008
Friends: (24)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: surfing,music,cri...
Jokes
Once 3 Sardars decided to go on a picnic.When they got there, they realized that they had forgotten the soda.The youngest Sardar said he would go home & get it if they wouldn't eat thesnacks until he got back.The other two agreed to wait patiently.An hour went by,Then a Day,followed by a week,a month,finally a year...the 2 Sardars said'oh, come on,...  more...
 Manu Nair | 22:37 | 11/Jul/2008
Friends: (565)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Writing,reading,s...
Olympics Should Get A Wider Coverage Too...
Since IPL & Cricket has taken the ‘Centrestage’, the ‘Olympics’ has been relegated to the background. It’s seen that almost 2 pages of the newspaper are dedicated only to cricket and there is not much information on the Beijing Olympics of 2008. Most people have no idea of when the Olympic Games are scheduled and which are the countries that are go...  more...
 rahul deb | 14:56 | 12/Jul/2008
Friends: (62)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: wild thoughts
gall bladder stones
u ask ur relative      why u getting admitted in surgery .  he may say going to get rid of his stones ,    and why isnt he tense abt it .   its because a new technique is available which will punch small holes in the abdomen  and the surgeon will put in a small tube called laparascope and take out the stones and the diseased gallbladder along with ...  more...
 leena | 09:25 | 11/Jul/2008
Friends: (98)  | City: Haryana  | Interests: litrature n philo...
CHECK YOUR OWN PERFORMANCE
HOPE ALL READERS WOULD FIND  IT  AN    INTRESTING  FACT  A little boy went into a drug store, reached for a soda carton and pulled it over to the telephone. He climbed onto the carton so that he could reach the buttons on the phone and proceeded to punch in seven digits. The store-owner observed and listened to the conversation: The boy asked," Lad...  more...
 Lucifer | 13:03 | 11/Jul/2008
Friends: (10)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Strangers, lighth...
Suffer
Things that resemble your colorsights that remind your fervori have affixed themwith torturous nailson the arch of my wristand your Elysian mindagonizing yetlucid-sweet remembranceand darling when the sound of torn fabricsand hissing mattressesarouse youin your empty gaze:take your handand blow a breath of my voiceon your most convinced fingertouch...  more...
 Rakshita Verma | 16:04 | 26/Jun/2008
Friends: (634)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: jokes, poetry, pu...
Dreamy Eyes
   Déjà vu was not new for Karan. He often dreamt of times that lay ahead. Or should I say his dreams came true. He didn’t know if they were messages from God for people around him or was it a blessing for him. But he often used the phrase; don’t dream too much, what if they come true. Nobody except people very close to him understood this.  As a k...  more...
 Amit | 12:52 | 7/Jul/2008
Friends: (289)  | City: New Delhi  | Interests: hayaa aur hayaat
searching....
Somebody told me on my Jo Hari window exercise that I am searching! (Jo Hari window is a behavioral model to help one figure out the perception of others about them)Someone's blog says that their interests are "Googling" :)So I thought that I will write some gibberish on this.Why are we searching?Why are we searching so often? (Indians do billions ...  more...
 prasanna sri... | 21:49 | 1/Mar/2008
Friends: (538)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: in everything
Jokes
Stewed Tomatoes A guy isgoing on an ocean cruise, and he tells his doctor that he's worry about gettingseasick.The doctor suggests, ''Eat two pounds of stewedtomatoes before you leave the dock.''The guy replies, ''Would that keep me fromgetting sick, Doc?''The doctor says, ''No, but it'll look realpretty in the water.''Respectfully Cheating Jack an...  more...
 Nischalson C... | 02:40 | 12/Jun/2008
Friends: (369)  | City: iland  | Interests: i am not that tal...
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OOPS! q: Sorry for disappearing... Hope you guys will like this one. enjoy | nischal  more...
 sahil banga | 13:55 | 26/Jun/2008
Friends: (250)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Music has seven l...
Gunguna sa khwab hai yeh
Gunguna sa khwab hai yehMeetha sa khwab hai yehGunguna sa khwab hai yehMeetha sa khwab hai yehJustajoo hai, tamanna hai ismeTanha sa khwab hai yehNeele shab ka intezaar haiKarwato ka silsila haiAdhura chaand hai, sitaron ki tauba hai ismeBechain sa khwab hai yehAnjaan sa ek kaafila haiPhir bhi khamoshi ka aalam haiHosh hai, madhoshi hai ismeBehka s...  more...
 Srinivasan P... | 22:59 | 7/Jul/2008
Friends: (116)  | City: Trichy  | Interests: Human Resource De...
Grandeur at the cost of decency
Yesterday I happened to see the latest creation of Kamalhasan - Dasavatharam. It is not fashionable to criticise such movies as it's a totally new approach to story telling and it's a crime to misunderstand a person like KAMAL. But I can't help sharing the pain I experienced when I saw the movie.There was no need to bring up the 12th Century rift b...  more...
 k v | 08:05 | 12/Jul/2008
Friends: (169)  | City: City of Destiny  | Interests: Art,Science,natur...
Do u think ur fat?
Now-a-days due to the changing lifestyle, and people trying to imitate the western culture it has become an obsession for people especially women to look slim.Media, heroines and models did have a major impact in this aspect on many. It is really sad to see the supermodels who are as thin as the people in the poverty stricken countries third world ...  more...
 febin joy | 17:32 | 5/Jul/2008
Friends: (451)  | City: Cochin  | Interests: Music, Drawing, P...
Hide and seek
Hi friends... Here is one more pic for u all... took this some time back... on a trip to Valparai along with a group of other photographers from a flickr group - "Malayalikootam". The location is near Athirappalli. Keralites must be knowing the place... :) Just thought of sharing with u all....Enjoy the weekend... have a nice time... febz  more...
 RAGHU IYER | 01:17 | 12/Jul/2008
Friends: (112)  | City: Ahmedabad  | Interests: Life
Whom should I Eat?
Whom should I Eat? I start my blog with this humble prayer to the God of Medicines, Dhanvanthari! You can recite this particular sloka/ mantra for your well being as well as for the well being of others! “Om namo bhagwathedhanwantharayeamrutha kalasha hasthaayasarva may vinaashaaythrailoka naathaayshri maha vishnuve swaahaa!” You can add “mama sarv...  more...
 ma ya | 21:26 | 21/Jun/2008
Friends: (247)  | City: Hyderabad  | Interests: watching cricket ...
zara si dil me.jannat
Yehhhh…Zara Si Dil Mein De Jagah TuZara Sa Apna Le BanaZara Sa Khawbon Mein Saja TuZara Sa Yaadhon Mein BasaMein Chahun TujhkoMeri Jaan BepanahFida Hoon TujhpeMeri Jaan BepanahWooooo Hhhhooo Ooohhhh Hooo… Zara Si Dil Mein De Jagah TuZara Sa Apna Le BanaZara Sa Khawbon Mein Saja TuZara Sa Yaadhon Mein BasaMein Chahun TujhkoMeri Jaan BepanahFida Hoon...  more...
 Sue | 02:13 | 25/Jul/2007
Friends: (502)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: relationship, bei...
Separation and Travel
 Traveling to distant places is perhaps one of the most exciting things that could happen to me. I enjoy traveling and visiting places. It has always been my dream and I coveted a job that would include travel once in a while. But strange how motherhood changes everything. I have to travel to USA for work, and whenever I have this opportunity, I st...  more...
 Sanjeev Verma | 23:16 | 7/May/2008
Friends: (208)  | City: Delhi  | Interests: Film, Western Cla...
Echoes of the Past
By Sanjeev VermaCinema—and I usually say this when the wife is out of earshot—is my first love. For me it’s cinema. Or films. Never movies. I painstakingly—and I am sure gratingly—object to even my nine-year-old son calling them movies. Why, he asks? Aren’t they synonyms—films, cinema, movies, et al? No they most certainly not. Movies, I maintain, ...  more...
 alpana | 14:51 | 12/Jul/2008
Friends: (318)  | City: NOIDA  | Interests: painting, reading...
Kahaan they aap Jab raat kal ho rahi thi barsaat Kahaan they aap Jab champa ki sughandh banaaye ek haar Kar rahi thi aapka intezaar Aankhein bichayey huayKhadi thi mein barandey meinKhulay they mere mann key dwaar Kahan they aapJab kal raat Ek suhaaney sapney mein kar rahi thi main Aapsey pyaar  Haath pakdey tumhaaraSaansosn mein samaa key aapkoLey...  more...
 Madhavan PK | 16:43 | 11/Jul/2008
Friends: (398)  | Interests: Books, crossword,...
The Song of Hiawatha
The song of Hiwatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is perhaps his best work.This one given below is chapter 10 detailing Hiwatha's Wooing of Minnehaha. Written in 1855, the poem is poignant. Have things changed from then to now. Read on. It is long but worth your while. The bold typeface highlight and the headings are mine.  Love SickAs unto the bow...  more...
 parthasarath... | 00:45 | 11/Jul/2008
Friends: (126)  | City: Kolkata  | Interests: poetry & literature
How do I forget you !
 How do I forget youI want to forget you!I want to stop my breathe!Life earlier and beyond!They are not the same! Not the same!Sun will not rise again!Moon will not light up the sky!There will be no sound or cry!Do I mean to live my life!Sun will burn the days!Moon will soothe the burn!Stars will wink again and again!How can I! How can I!          ...  more...
 A S | 21:53 | 23/Jun/2008
Friends: (423)  | City: Pune  | Interests: Food, Books, Movi...
Am off to Bangalore
Well folks, i am off to Bangalore tomorrow.  I take off at the unearthly hour of 7.50 a.m. which means that i have to leave my house at 6.30, while all of you'll are busy snoozing!! :(I will be in Bangalore all of this week.  (Come back on sat morning) and though i already have way too many outstation friends a few more can not hurt. :) so anyone w...  more...
 Reshma Thakkar | 16:13 | 28/Jun/2008
Friends: (2292)  | City: Mumbai  | Interests: Enjoying life as ...
EMOTIONS
Emotions cause you pain and they actually dictate behaviour to you.In other words when you are emotional you are no longer in control.For example, when you are excited you might think excitement is good.You cant actually think clearly.The emotion of excitement takes over and leads you to act.Its not always the best action that is born from exciteme...  more...
 RAVI GOVINDA... | 21:06 | 9/Jul/2008
Friends: (67)  | City: Bangalore  | Interests: Sports, Philosoph...
Being a Botany lecturer!
My kudos to Hrishikesh Mukherjee, who immortalised a Botanist (Dharmendra) not to be a nit-wit and proves that he is more worthier than prejudiced to be. Times have changed but the concept of a Botany professional hasn"t changed. Again hats of to the late Hrishikesh who I presume to be the only director in Indian cinema who has immortalised the rol...  more...
 Kumar Ahuja | 15:17 | 8/Jul/2008
Friends: (425)  | City: Mumbai(Bombay)  | Interests: I luv Making Frndz..
Wordz of an 8 month old Fetus
One fine morning, a lady (3rd time pregnant) hears a voice not known to her. The sweet little voice came from the fetus she was carrying.  “Of all these eight months I have been within you, I have seen you in pain; thrice you were admitted and advised bed rest. Doctors say your health is not in a condition to give me birth. You cannot go to work.I ...  more...
 no name | 16:39 | 1/Jul/2008
Friends: (164)  | City: smewer between reality n imagination !!  | Interests: lost.. in a world...
frnds :)
The friendship between a man and a woman which does not lead to marriage or desire for marriage may be a life long experience of the greatest value to themselves and to all their circle of acquaintance and of activity;but for this type of friendship both a rare man and a rare woman are needed. Perhaps it should be added that either the man or the w...  more...
 Prabod kumar | 06:24 | 4/Jul/2008
Friends: (61)  | City: Baroda  | Interests: reading, sleeping...
I Love this Doctor!!
I generally refrain from posting forwards in my blogspace. However, when I opened my mail this morning, I got one which I felt I should necessarily share with all my blog friends.. It is one which made me feel lighter about my heavier ( than most people) frame  I love this Doctor !!!  Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life; is ...