Math

The best mathematical equation I have ever seen:

1 cross + 3 nails -------- 4 given

Chicago

This is where I live...I found this article on Chicago and I thought I'd share it with everyone in case people wonder where I've disappeared. It is truly a wonderful city and I've never been in a place where architectural stories, designs scream from ever corner The bean ( sorry Anish) has to be seen to be believed. Whenever I take friends to see the city this is the first stop and we easily spend an hour before I drag them over to Grant park. I must mention that there are architectural tours on river boats which give you a 1 1/2 hour tour on most if not all famous buildings in Chicago. Most of these builldings are built on the Chicago river and the reason for this goes back when the river was heavily used for trade. But go ahead and read the article and get a sneak peek into Chicagoland. Chicago

Quote

"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."-Steve Jobs

Spoken like a true developer.

NFL season = crazy people

The NFL season has officially begun and for people like me who don't follow it will notice the increased amount of crazy people who talk about it. Don't get me wrong I like sports. I enjoy watching soccer and tennis but what I can't understand is golf and football. Golf cause it's **** boring to watch. Football cause I can't understand why it takes them that long to move across the field? But I've decided I will try and watch some of the games. Not sure how cause I don't own a TV. Need to find one or someone who has one who won't mind me cosing up on their couch to watch the game :)

NO !

It's kinda cute when kids say NO to little things. We then as grownups try to convince them to say YES and undertake that task..I've just realized that we should let them stand their ground sometimes. It may be useful when these angels join the BIG BAD corporate world. As of now I wish my parents encouraged me to say NO once in a while. I hardly say that word nowadays and my coworkers are convinced that it doesn't exist in my vocabulary..:(

Oh my God

Ever feel like an 18 wheeler keeps ramming into you every time you get up or whenever you hear some news. I feel just about that right now since I have to do stuff I really was trying to avoid. I'm trying to convey my feelings in a way that you can understand by coming up with any historical events that occured. Stay tuned to see what I come up with.

And we have a winner ............................! ! ! ! !

I watched the final match for the World Cup 2006 and I must say it was an amazing match. It seemed like a Bollywood movie with lots of masala for the viewers. As I was rooting for Italy ( I hate the French ) I was overjoyed about the outcome of the match. I remember watching the World Cup matches at home in Dubai at ungodly times like 2:00 am and then getting up for school the next day.

Christmas at Bethlehem

It's nice to hear that thousands of people decided to celebrate Christmas by coming down to Israel.

Memo's from a Child

Don't spoil me. I know quite well that I ought not to have all I ask for ... I'm only testing you.
Don't be afraid to be firm with me. I prefer it ... it makes me feel more secure.
Don't correct me in front of people if you can help it. I'll take much more notice if you talk to me in private.
Don't make me feel that my mistakes are sins. It upsets my sense of values.
Don't be too upset if I say "I hate you." It isn't that I hate you, but only that I need your attention.
Don't protect me from consequences. I need to learn the hard way.
Don't take too much notice of my small ailments. Sometimes they get me the attention I want.
Don't nag. If you do, I shall have to protect myself by appearing deaf.
Don't make rash promises. Remember that I feel badly let down when promises are broken.
Don't forget that I cannot explain myself as well as I should like. This is why I'm not always accurate.
Don't tax my honesty too much. I am easily frightened into telling lies.
Don't be inconsistent. That completely confuses me and makes me lose my faith in you.
Don't put me off when I ask you questions. If you do, you will find that I stop asking and seek my information elsewhere.
Don't tell me my fears are silly. They are terribly real and you can do much to try to understand.
Don't ever suggest that you are perfect or infallible. It gives me too great a shock when I discover that you are neither.
Don't ever think it beneath your dignity to apologize to me. An honest apology makes me feel surprisingly warm to you.
Don't forget how quickly I am growing up. It must be very difficult for you to keep pace with me but please try.
Don't forget I love experimenting. I couldn't get along without it, so please put up with it.
Don't forget that I can't thrive without lots of love. But I don't need to tell you all the time, do I?

A Parent's Prayer

O heavenly Father, make me a better parent. Teach me to understand my children, to listen patiently to what they have to say and to answer their questions kindly.

Keep me from interrupting or contradicting.

Help me to be as courteous to them as I want them to be to me.

Forbid that I should ever laugh at their mistakes or resort to shame or ridicule.

May I never punish them out of anger or spite or to show my power.

Help me, dear Lord, to demonstrate by all that I say and do that honesty does produce happiness.

Reduce, dear Lord, the meanness in me. And when I am out of sorts, help me to hold my tongue.

May I be ever mindful that my children are merely children and that I should not expect them to have the maturity and judgment of adults.

Let me not rob them of the opportunity to do things for themselves or to make their own decisions.

Help me to grant them all reasonable requests and give me the courage to deny them the privileges that I think may be harmful.

Help me to be fair and just and kind, O Lord, so that I will earn their love and respect and they will want o imitate me. This is the supreme compliment.

Amen.

Some time ago, a friend of mine punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight, and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy." He was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found that the box was empty. He yelled at her, "Don't you know that when you give someone a present, there's supposed to be something inside of it?" The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into the box. All for you, Daddy." The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged her forgiveness. My friend told me that he kept that gold box by his bed for years. Whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there. In a very real sense, each of us as parents has been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children. There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.

To be in your children's memories tomorrow you have to be in their lives today.

Making the decision to have a child is momentous it is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.
- Elizabeth Stone, Village Voice

The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent.