High Tide Days and Dates - Mumbai Monsoon 2010

Dear All,




Please find below the list of 26 High Tide dates for the coming monsoon.



Floods in Mumbai are attributable to simultaneous occurrence of rainfall and high tides. If, the rainfall is in excess of 200 mm in a day (24 hrs), Floods can occur anytime irrespective of tides. However, if there is moderate rainfall but the tide is in excess of 4.50 meters at the same time, the city of Mumbai is sure to get flooded.

அவசர‌த் ‌திருமண‌ம் அவ‌ஸ்தையாகலா‌ம்

பொதுவாக காத‌ல் ‌திருமண‌ங்க‌ள்தா‌ன் அ‌திகமாக ‌பி‌ரி‌வினை ச‌ந்‌தி‌க்‌கி‌ன்றன. இத‌ற்கு அடி‌ப்படை‌க் காரண‌‌த்‌தி‌ல் அவசர‌க் க‌ல்யாண‌ம் முத‌லி‌ல் ‌நி‌‌ற்‌கிறது.

காதலை‌ச் சொ‌ல்‌லி, ஒருவரை ஒருவ‌ர் பு‌ரி‌ந்து கொ‌ண்டு, ‌த‌ங்களது வரு‌ங்கால‌த்தை‌ப் ப‌ற்‌றி ச‌ரியாக ‌தி‌ட்ட‌மி‌ட்டு, ‌வீ‌ட்டி‌ல் பெ‌ரியவ‌ர்க‌ளி‌ன் அனும‌தியோடு நட‌க்கு‌ம் ‌திருமண‌ங்களை ‌விட, அவசர அவசரமாக த‌ங்களது ‌திருமண‌ங்களை நட‌த்‌தி‌க் கொ‌ள்ளு‌ம் காதல‌ர்க‌ள் ‌விரை‌வி‌ல் ‌நீ‌திம‌ன்ற‌த்‌தை ச‌ந்‌தி‌க்‌கிறா‌ர்க‌ள் எ‌ன்பதுதா‌ன் ‌நித‌ர்சனமான உ‌ண்மை.

இதனா‌ல் காதல‌ர்க‌ள் இருவருமே வேலை வா‌ய்‌ப்பு, க‌ல்‌வி போ‌ன்றவ‌ற்றை ‌தி‌ட்‌ட‌மி‌ட்டபடி அடைய முடியாம‌ல் ‌கிடை‌த்ததை‌க் கொ‌ண்டு வாழ வே‌ண்டிய சூழலு‌க்கு‌த் த‌ள்ள‌ப்படு‌கிறா‌ர்க‌ள்.

ஓரள‌வி‌ற்கு வச‌தியான குடு‌ம்ப‌த்‌தி‌ல் இரு‌ந்து வ‌ந்த ஆணோ, பெ‌ண்ணோ, ‌திடீரென த‌ங்க‌ள் வா‌ழ்‌க்கை‌யி‌ல் ஏ‌ற்படு‌ம் கஷ‌்ட‌ங்களை ‌திருமணமான பு‌தி‌தி‌ல் வே‌ண்டுமானா‌ல் தா‌க்கு‌ப்‌பிடி‌க்க‌ப் பா‌ர்‌ப்பா‌ர்க‌ள். ஆனா‌ல் அதையே வா‌ழ்நா‌ள் முழுவது‌ம் ச‌கி‌த்து‌க் கொ‌ள்ள முடியாதவ‌ர்களாக ஒரு கால‌க்க‌ட்ட‌த்‌தி‌ல் ‌திருமண‌த்தையே வெறு‌ப்பா‌ர்க‌ள். அடு‌த்ததாக தா‌ம் ‌விரு‌ம்‌பி ஏ‌ற்று‌க் கொ‌ண்ட தனது வா‌ழ்‌க்கை‌த் து‌ணை‌யி‌ன் ‌‌மீது த‌ங்களது கோப‌ம் ‌திரு‌ம்பு‌ம்.

மேலு‌ம், அவசர‌க் க‌ல்யாணத‌்‌தினா‌ல் இருவருமே த‌ங்களது பெ‌ற்றோ‌ர், உற‌வின‌ர்க‌‌ளி‌ன் ஆதர‌வினை இழ‌க்க வே‌ண்டிய ‌நிலை ஏ‌ற்படு‌ம். இதனா‌ல் மன‌விய‌ல் அடி‌ப்படை‌யிலு‌ம் த‌ங்களு‌க்கு யாரு‌மி‌ல்லை எ‌ன்ற பய‌த்தை ஏ‌ற்படு‌த்த‌ி‌யிரு‌க்கு‌ம்.

இதனா‌ல் காதல‌ர்க‌ள் இருவருமே வேலை வா‌ய்‌ப்பு, க‌ல்‌வி போ‌ன்றவ‌ற்றை ‌தி‌ட்‌ட‌மி‌ட்டபடி அடைய முடியாம‌ல் ‌கிடை‌த்ததை‌க் கொ‌ண்டு வாழ வே‌ண்டிய சூழலு‌க்கு‌த் த‌ள்ள‌ப்படு‌கிறா‌ர்க‌ள்.

ஓரள‌வி‌ற்கு வச‌தியான குடு‌ம்ப‌த்‌தி‌ல் இரு‌ந்து வ‌ந்த ஆணோ, பெ‌ண்ணோ, ‌திடீரென த‌ங்க‌ள் வா‌ழ்‌க்கை‌யி‌ல் ஏ‌ற்படு‌ம் கஷ‌்ட‌ங்களை ‌திருமணமான பு‌தி‌தி‌ல் வே‌ண்டுமானா‌ல் தா‌க்கு‌ப்‌பிடி‌க்க‌ப் பா‌ர்‌ப்பா‌ர்க‌ள். ஆனா‌ல் அதையே வா‌ழ்நா‌ள் முழுவது‌ம் ச‌கி‌த்து‌க் கொ‌ள்ள முடியாதவ‌ர்களாக ஒரு கால‌க்க‌ட்ட‌த்‌தி‌ல் ‌திருமண‌த்தையே வெறு‌ப்பா‌ர்க‌ள். அடு‌த்ததாக தா‌ம் ‌விரு‌ம்‌பி ஏ‌ற்று‌க் கொ‌ண்ட தனது வா‌ழ்‌க்கை‌த் து‌ணை‌யி‌ன் ‌‌மீது த‌ங்களது கோப‌ம் ‌திரு‌ம்பு‌ம்.

மேலு‌ம், அவசர‌க் க‌ல்யாணத‌்‌தினா‌ல் இருவருமே த‌ங்களது பெ‌ற்றோ‌ர், உற‌வின‌ர்க‌‌ளி‌ன் ஆதர‌வினை இழ‌க்க வே‌ண்டிய ‌நிலை ஏ‌ற்படு‌ம். இதனா‌ல் மன‌விய‌ல் அடி‌ப்படை‌யிலு‌ம் த‌ங்களு‌க்கு யாரு‌மி‌ல்லை எ‌ன்ற பய‌த்தை ஏ‌ற்படு‌த்த‌ி‌யிரு‌க்கு‌ம்.

ஒருவேளை இருவரு‌ம் ந‌ல்ல முறை‌யி‌ல் காத‌லி‌த்து ‌திருமண‌ம் செ‌ய்து கொ‌ண்டிரு‌க்கு‌ம் ப‌ட்ச‌த்‌தி‌ல் சுக து‌க்க‌ங்களை ப‌கி‌ர்‌ந்து கொ‌ள்ள வா‌ய்‌ப்பு ஏ‌ற்படு‌ம். ஆனா‌ல் ஒருவ‌ர், வெறு‌ம் காம‌த்‌தி‌ற்காகவோ, பண‌ம் அ‌ல்லது வேறு ஒரு தேவை‌க்காக ஏமா‌ற்‌றி ‌திருமண‌ம் செ‌‌ய்து கொ‌ள்ளு‌ம் ப‌ட்ச‌த்‌தி‌ல், அ‌ந்த பெ‌ண்‌ணி‌ன் அ‌ல்லது ஆ‌ணி‌ன் ‌நிலை எ‌ன்னவாக இரு‌க்கு‌ம். ந‌ம்‌பி வ‌ந்த இடமு‌ம் மோச‌ம் போ‌ய், பெ‌ற்றவ‌ர்களு‌ம் ந‌ம்மை ‌மீ‌ண்டு‌ம் சே‌ர்‌த்து‌க் கொ‌ள்ளாத ‌நிலை‌யி‌ல் அனாதை ‌நிலை‌க்கு அ‌ல்லவா த‌ள்ள‌ப்படுவா‌ர்க‌ள்.

எனவே, யாராக இரு‌ந்தாலு‌ம், காதலை ந‌ல்ல முறை‌யி‌ல் கொ‌ண்டு செ‌ல்ல தெ‌ளிவான ‌சி‌ந்தனையு‌ம், முடிவு‌ம் அவ‌சிய‌ம். அவசர‌த் ‌திருமண‌ம் அவ‌ஸ்தை‌யி‌ல் முடியலா‌ம். எ‌ச்ச‌ரி‌க்கை உண‌‌ர்வோடு செய‌ல்படு‌ங்க‌ள்.

காதலை மறுக்க மனம் தெளிவாக வேண்டும்

ஒருவர் தம்மிடம் வந்து தனது காதலை உரைக்கும் போது அதனை மறுக்க நமது மனம் தெளிவாக இருக்க வேண்டியது ‌மிகவு‌ம் அவ‌சிய‌ம்.

என்ன காரணத்திற்காக காதலை ஏற்றுக் கொள்ள முடியவில்லை என்பதையும் சொல்ல வேண்டும்.



ஆனால் ஒரே ஒரு காரணத்திற்காகவே காதலை ஏற்கவில்லை என சொல்வதில் ஆபத்து உண்டு. அந்த காரணத்தை நிவர்த்தி செய்து கொண்டு வந்து மீண்டும் காதலிக்கச் சொல்லலாம்.



எந்த காரணம் என்றேத் தெரியாது... ஒருவர் மீது நமக்கு காதல் வராது. வரவும் வாய்ப்பில்லை என்று தெரியும். அப்படிப்பட்டவர் நம்மிடம் வந்து காதலைச் சொன்னால் என்ன காரணம் என்று கேட்டால் குழம்பி விடக் கூடாது.

நாகரீகமாக அவரது காதலை மறுத்துவிடுங்கள். உங்கள் மீது காதல் வராது என்பதை தெளிவாக சொல்லிவிடுங்கள். ஏதாவது ஒரு காரணத்தைக் கூறி காதலை மறுத்தால், உங்கள் காரணத்தை உடனடியாக மாற்றிக் கொண்டு வந்து உங்கள் முன் நிற்கலாம்.



அது உங்களுக்கு தர்மசங்கடத்தை ஏற்படுத்தும். எனவே, காதலை மறுக்க உங்களுக்கு உரிமை உண்டு என்பதையும், இதுவரை அவர் மீது எந்தவொரு ஈர்ப்பு வரவில்லை என்பதையும் தெளிவாக சொல்லிவிடுங்கள்.



நீங்கள் என்ன சொன்னாலும், உடனே அவர் விலகுவார் என்று எதிர்பார்க்க முடியாது.



பல முறை கேட்டால் ஒரு முறையாவது நீங்கள் மனம் மாற மாட்டீர்களா என்றுதான் யோசிப்பார்கள். எனவே அவரை சந்திப்பதோ, பார்ப்பதையோ முற்றிலுமாக தவிர்த்து விடுங்கள்.



அவராக பேச வந்தால், என்னை தொந்தரவு செய்ய வேண்டாம் என்று விலகி விடுங்கள்.



நாம் நட்பாக பழகலாம் என்று இறங்கி வருவார். அப்போது, கொஞ்சம் புத்திசாலித்தனமாக பேச வேண்டி வரும்.



நான் நட்பு ரீதியில்தான் உங்களிடம் பழகினேன். எனக்கு சொந்தத்திலேயே நிச்சயம் செய்திருக்கிறார்கள். வேலை நிமித்தமாக திருமணம் தள்ளி வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது என்பது போன்று ஒரு பொய்யைக் கூறலாம் தேவைப்பட்டால்.



உங்கள் மீது காதல் இல்லை, வரவும் வராது என்பதை மட்டும் எப்போதும் ஞாபகப்படுத்துங்கள்.

ஒருவர் உங்களை காதலிப்பதாகக் கூறியக் காரணத்திற்காகவே நீங்கள் அவரைக் காதலிக்க வேண்டும் என்ற கட்டாயம் ஏதும் இல்லை. அது ஒரு உணர்வு. தானாக வர வேண்டுமேத் தவிர கட்டாயத்தின் பேரில் வரக் கூடாது.



அவர்களது வற்புறுத்தலாலோ, கட்டாயத்தின் பேரிலோ, வேறு வழியில்லாமலோ காதல் வரக் கூடாது என்பதை நீங்கள் முதலில் நினைவில் கொள்ளுங்கள்.

One-minute Graduation Speech

"OK, folks you got your degrees. Now you have to move toward other goals. If you don't have any, borrow the goals of the person sitting next to you. They're probably as good as any and, besides, true success is not always getting what you think you want but learning to want what you get. Perhaps the most important thing you can do is to prepare yourself to deal with unavoidable ups and downs and unexpected turns that are almost certain to scuttle the best-laid plans.




"Take control of your life by taking control of your attitudes. Remember, pain and disappointment are inevitable, but tough times are temporary. Persist with confidence that no negative emotion can withstand your will to be happy.



"Listen to both your heart and your head. Pursue your passions, but don't confuse feelings with facts, fun with happiness, or pleasure with fulfillment. Live within your means. Don't sacrifice a thousand tomorrows for a few todays.



"Be especially careful of choices that can jeopardize your health, your reputation, or your important relationships. Safeguard your integrity. You never know when you will need it.



"Finally, don't settle for a little life. Fill it with purpose and meaning and people worthy of your love and respect."

Fear of Love

"He who fears has not been made perfect in love" (1 John 4:18, NKJV).




By and large, we all need to love and be loved. But what we don't always understand is that some of us don't get the love we expect due to our fear to love and be loved. There might be somewhere in our past that hurt us and to love again could hurt us even more.



Here's Mary for example. She persistently accused her spouse of having interest with other women. Her husband's friendliness toward the opposite sex was misinterpreted by Mary due to her own fear.



Mary's fear developed in mind when she was very young. Her father left her mother and abandoned his family due to another woman. Deep down inside, Mary is afraid that she'll experience the same situation with her spouse.



However, Mary's husband loves her to death and had no plans of separation from her. He had no history of personal interest with any other woman either. But because of Mary's fear about her husband, her intense accusations were making him go away. And had she not realized and got counseling to overcome her fear, she may have devastatingly ruined her marriage and the love she needed and cherished the most in her entire life.



Quite often, the thing we fear, we make it to happen. However, if we recognize any unresolved fear or something that maybe hurting ourselves, we earnestly need to find professional and extensive help to overcome our fear and have a perfect love of our life.

Learn From Older Co-workers

In the workforce, there are older employees and you maybe assigned to work with one or a couple of them.




But just because you are younger, you should not have that attitude of superiority over your older co-worker. Learn from their multiple years of experience on the job and designated field. Deal with them with respect and show them ample humility.



The older employees may have been doing the job while you were still struggling to finish high school. As a younger colleague, it might be a tough pill to swallow but it's the trend. Although you may know what really needs to be accomplished within a day or so, it won't hurt to ask the older co-workers for their feedback or input. What you learn from them will help you become successful in your job instead of making them undermine your position in the company.



Keep communication open if you happen to work with an older employee. You have to make them understand how you like to work. Show interest and learn what's important to them to strengthen a good relationship.



If you have things in common with the older employee, the age gap will not matter. What difference does it make hanging around with older co-workers? They can be more fun and enjoyable to be around with so invite them to your party or for a happy hour after work or on Friday evenings.

A Formula For Success

"Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't all that. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because, remember, that's where you will find success." – Thomas J. Watson




As a boss of mine once said to me when I made a major mistake, "The man who never made a mistake never made anything." – Dick Innes

About Cucumbers - Who would have guessed?

1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc.







2. Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber. Cucumbers are a good source of B Vitamins and Carbohydrates that can provide that quick pick-me-up that can last for hours.






3. Tired of your bathroom mirror fogging up after a shower? Try rubbing a cucumber slice along the mirror, it will eliminate the fog and provide a soothing, spa-like fragrance.






4. Are grubs and slugs ruining your planting beds? Place a few slices in a small pie tin and your garden will be free of pests all season long. The chemicals in the cucumber react with the aluminum to give off a scent undetectable to humans but drive garden pests crazy and make them flee the area.






5. Looking for a fast and easy way to remove cellulite before going out or to the pool? Try rubbing a slice or two of cucumbers along your problem area for a few minutes, the phytochemicals in the cucumber cause the collagen in your skin to tighten, firming up the outer layer and reducing the visibility of cellulite. Works great on wrinkles too!!!






6. Want to avoid a hangover or terrible headache? Eat a few cucumber slices before going to bed and wake up refreshed and headache free. Cucumbers contain enough sugar, B vitamins and electrolytes to replenish essential nutrients the body lost, keeping everything in equilibrium, avoiding both a hangover and headache!!






7. Looking to fight off that afternoon or evening snacking binge? Cucumbers have been used for centuries and often used by European trappers, traders and explores for quick meals to thwart off starvation.






8. Have an important meeting or job interview and you realize that you don't have enough time to polish your shoes? Rub a freshly cut cucumber over the shoe, its chemicals will provide a quick and durable shine that not only looks great but also repels water.






9. Out of WD 40 and need to fix a squeaky hinge? Take a cucumber slice and rub it along the problematic hinge, and voila, the squeak is gone!






10. Stressed out and don't have time for massage, facial or visit to the spa? Cut up an entire cucumber and place it in a boiling pot of water, the chemicals and nutrients from the cucumber with react with the boiling water and be released in the steam, creating a soothing, relaxing aroma that has been shown the reduce stress in new mothers and college students during final exams.






11. Just finish a business lunch and realize you don't have gum or mints? Take a slice of cucumber and press it to the roof of your mouth with your tongue for 30 seconds to eliminate bad breath, the phytochemcials will kill the bacteria in your mouth responsible for causing bad breath.






12. Looking for a 'green' way to clean your faucets, sinks or stainless steel? Take a slice of cucumber and rub it on the surface you want to clean, not only will it remove years of tarnish and bring back the shine, but is won't leave streaks and won't harm you fingers or fingernails while you clean.






13. Using a pen and made a mistake? Take the outside of the cucumber and slowly use it to erase the pen writing, also works great on crayons and markers that the kids have used to decorate the walls!!

The Definition of Love.

What is the definition of love? For sure, it's a relative question, with a different meaning to each of us.

For some, the perception of love has been shaped by divorce, death, and other loss. An appetite created from the void of the aforementioned. For others, it's about birth, marriage, friendship. For many, it's affected by all of the above.






But children, in their innocence, define it differently. They use their simple words to convey a complicated emotion.






A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:






"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." Rebecca - age 8






When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth." Billy - age 4






"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other." Karl - age 5






"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs." Chrissy - age 6






"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired." Terri - age 4






Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK." Danny - age 7






"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss" Emily - age 8






"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen," Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)






"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate," Nikka - age 6






"There are two kinds of love. Our love. God's love. But God makes both kinds of them." Jenny - age 8






"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday." Noelle - age 7






"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well." Tommy - age 6






"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore," Cindy - age 8






"My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night." Clare - age 6






"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken." Elaine -age 5






"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford." Chris - age 7






"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day." Mary Ann - age 4






"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones." Lauren - age 4






"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." Karen - age 7






"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross." Mark - age 6






"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget," Jessica - age 8






Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry."

FATHER ....

A "father" is someone who:


motivates his child to learn,

develops a child's sense of humor,

holds your hand at the fair,

takes you to sports or dance recital,

makes sure you do what your mother says,

holds back your hair when you are ill,

brushes that tangled hair when mother is occupied,

lets you drink soda instead of milk for breakfast

but only if mother is not around,

calmly walks you down the aisle,

and assures you everything will be fine.





"HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE FATHERS, DADS OR GRANDDADS."

FATHER'S DAY ..... WORDS OF WISDOM

"It is a wise father who knows his own child." – William Shakespeare




"One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters." – English Proverb



"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection." – S. Freud



"The greatest thing a FATHER can do to his children, is to love their mother." – Anjaneth Garcia Untalan



"It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father." – Pope John XXIII



"My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me." – Jim Valvano



"My father had his struggles, was misunderstood by many (including myself), but he gave me what I believe was the greatest gift any child could ever receive - he took me to a church where I learned about God and His plan of eternal salvation through Jesus Christ, my Lord." – Dick Innes