information about laos_2="information about laos" Information about China? PLEASE HELP!! I searched everywhere and all the answers are different. PLEASE HELP!!?
1. How many provinces are there in China altogether? a)55 b)56 c)57
2.China is border with the following countries a)India, Pakistan, Bangladesh b)Burma, Korea, Russia c)Thailand, Laos, Vietnam
3.The First Emperor of China was____________ between 221BC to 210BC a)Qin Shihuang b)Tan Taizong c)Shang Zhouwang
4.What is pinyin? a)Chinese script b)Chinese phonetics c)Chinese pronunciation
5.What is Chinese characters? a)Chinese script b)Chinese writing c)Chinese pictograph
6.In Chinese language there are __ tones a)4 b)5 c)6
7.Chinese New Year usually falls in _________ and last for 15 days a)December b)January c)February
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1 China have 34 Provincial-level administrative units, 23 province (include Taiwan), 4 Direct-controlled municipality, 5 AR, 2 SAR 2 B, Korea is of ambiguous, N. Korea 3 A 4 B 5 B 6 A, Usually it is said Chinese have four tones and a 轻声/softly tone, softly tone is not regarded as a independent tone. 7 C, Note the word 'usually'.
From Thailand to Laos - A short video of my trip to Vientiane.
laos ngo="laos ngo" What paid work opportunities are there in Laos?
Preferably Vientiane. I am an experienced TEFL teacher but would prefer work with a development agency/NGO. Anyone any ideas?
Among the travellers, teaching job is popular. I hope some NGO,etc from Laos responds to your question. You might enjoy these resources which I have collected for you. In most cases, you might need to contact them instead of waiting for them to contact you. Just send them emails asking for jobs. Were you also looking for volunteer oppertunities, then the doors of the none profit companies will be more open for you!
Laos Society and Culture http://www.google.com/Top/Regional/Asia/Laos/Society_and_Culture/
Jobs http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/SiteIndex/Search/search?assetTypes=Job&keywords=laos&sid=74958643-6-EovuK http://www.teachabroad.com/Laos.cfm
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Travel tips and advices when you visit Sapa vietnam
It is most likely that Sa Pa was first inhabited by highland minorities of the Hmong and Yao groups, as well as by smaller numbers of Tày and Giay, these being the four main minority groups still present in Sa Pa district today. The Kinh (lowland Vietnamese) never originally colonised this highest of Việt Nam's valleys, which lies in the shadow of Phan-Xi-Pǎng (Fansipan, 3143 meters), the highest peak in the country.
It was only when the French debarked in highland Tonkin in the late 1880s that Sa Pa, or Chapa as the French called it, began to appear on the national map. In the following decade, the future site of Sa Pa town started to see military parties as well as missionaries from the Société des Missions Etrangères de Paris (MEP) visit. The French military marched from the Red River Delta into the northern mountainous regions as part of Tonkin's ‘pacification'. In 1894-96 the border between China and Tonkin was formally agreed upon and the Sa Pa area, just to the south of this frontier, was placed under French authority. From 1891 the entire Lào Cai region, including Sa Pa, came under direct colonial military administration so as to curtail banditry and political resistance on the sensitive northern frontier.
The first permanent French civilian resident arrived in Sa Pa in 1909. With its attractive continental climate, health authorities believed the site had potential. By 1912 a military sanatorium for ailing officers had been erected along with a fully fledged military garrison. Then, from the 1920s onwards, several wealthy professionals with enough financial capital also had a number of private villas built in the vicinity.
At the end of the Second World War a long period of hostilities began in Tonkin that was to last until 1954. In the process, nearly all of the 200 or so colonial buildings in or around Sa Pa were destroyed, either by Việt Minh sympathisers in the late 1940s, or, in the early 1950s by French air raids. The vast majority of the Viet population fled for their lives, and the former town entered a prolonged sleep.
In the early 1960s, thanks to the New Economic Zones migration scheme set up by the new Socialist regime, new inhabitants from the lowlands started to migrate to the region.
The short 1979 occupation of the northern border region by Chinese troops had little impact on Sa Pa town, but did force the Kinh (lowland Vietnamese) population out for a month.
In 1993 the last obstacle to Sa Pa's full rebirth as a prominent holiday destination was lifted as the decision was made to open the door fully to international tourism. Sa Pa was back on the tourist trail again, this time for a newly emerging local elite tourist crowd, as well as international tourists.
In 2006, the Chairman of The People's Committee of Sapa Province was elected to The Communist Party Central Committee as the youngest ever member (born in 1973).
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Laos, formerly known as the ‘Lao Peoples Democratic Republic', is a country that is located in southeast Asia; surrounded by countries like Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and China. This small, land locked country, considered to be one of Asia's poorest countries, boasts of traditions and a culture that dates all the way back to 1353 AD which was the time when the Lao Kingdom of Lan Xang was established. The country has had a rough past which included domination by Thailand and later becoming a part of the French Indochina. The economy of the country has flourished significantly since the government started encouraging privatization and opened up to private enterprises. The mountainous geography of the nation is also putting it on the world map as a destination for tourists seeking the thrill of nature and wilderness. Laos is known to attract not only those that love nature, but also those who love ancient places and backpacking across places like the gothic limestone karsts and the historic city of Luang Prabang.
Interesting Information About Laos
The earliest history of Laos can be traced back to a time, 50,000 years ago, when the first modern humans are believed to have come to Southeast Asia.
Chinese ancient texts dating back to the 5th century have mentions of a kingdom in southern Laos and refer to it as Chenla.
The myth of the creation of the Lao people can be read in the book called Nithan Khun Borom. It tells a fantastic story of the discovery of two gourds out of which came dark and light skinned people who later formed the peoples of Lao.
The kingdom of Lan Xang, established by Fa Ngum, was the first extended Lao kingdom and was established around the year 1353.
The reign of King Visoun, which began in 1501, is considered to be the golden era for the kingdom.
Towards more modern times, the kingdom was divided and came under the supervision of Thailand who was later replaced by the French in 1893.
Laos finally became independent on 19 July 1949.
It became a republic on 2 December 1975 and adopted its constitution on 14 August 1991.
Laos is a Communist state with the official language of the government being Lao.
The legal system of Laos is a mix of traditional customs, socialist practices and French norms and procedures.
The official currency of Laos is Lao kip (LAK).
The country is spread over an area of 236,800 sq km and has a population of 6,993,767 as of July 2010.
The country is rich in natural resources like timber, gypsum, tin, gold, and other gemstones.
The highest point in Laos is Phou Bia, which stands at a height of 2,817 m (9240 ft), and the lowest point is the Mekong River at a height of 70 m (230 ft).
The occupation that provides the maximum (about 80%) number of jobs is agriculture.
The main exports coming out of Laos are wood products, coffee, electricity, tin, copper and gold.
The months of May to November are the monsoon months in Laos which is followed by a dry period.
The best time to visit Laos is during the dry spell as the absence of the rains makes travel easy and the temperature is also an accommodating 15 to 38 degrees C.
As far as tourism is concerned, Laos is not an expensive destination to go to, and payments can be made with the Thai Baht or the US Dollar.
The culture of Laos reflects a heavy influence of the cultures of India and China.
Sticky rice, soups, chopped raw meat (Laab – a dish of finely chopped meat served with spices) and food gathered from the forests are common in the meals; especially in the rural areas.
Some minority groups follow the practice of sacrificing large buffalos. However, this practice is now being discouraged by the government.
The government maintains a strict control over the media in Laos.
An interesting thing that some people do when in Laos is to cycle from Luang Prabang to Hanoi; a trip that takes up to 15 days to conclude.
The main places to see in Laos are Plain of Jars, Pha That Luang, Pak Ou Caves, Wat Phu Champasak and Khone Phapheng.
Thailand's garment industry recovery 1-February 35% export growth
Thai Textile Industry Development Agency Huila, said the textile industry in Thailand has begun to grow from January to February 2010, textile exports rose 35% in Thailand, especially in fabric exports rose 30% on this year's overall export growth of textile industry hold more than 15% confidence, will not be worth less than 72 billion dollars.
Willard said, the Thai textile export growth markets include ASEAN and the EU, exports to these markets rose 50%, in particular the ASEAN market because of the ASEAN free trade agreement by the support of ASEAN countries to promote trade tariffs.
Willard said there are still a large number of investors investing in the construction of textile factories in Thailand to export to neighboring countries to be processed, such as Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. The reason is labor costs and transportation costs in Thailand is low, and the products of good quality, that the Thai textile industry should make more efforts to develop the ASEAN market.
Huíla, said ASEAN countries are ordered each year the total value of 180 fabric billion, while exports of ASEAN, Thailand fabric market value is only 15 billion U.S. dollars, there is still much room for growth. ASEAN countries ordered fabric from China worth over 10 billion U.S. dollars, if the Thai company can be adjusted to improve the quality of fabric to replace the fabric from China and Japan, will lead to a substantial increase in orders.
Thai Textile Industry Development Agency Huila said that although Thailand's textile export prospects, exports forecast up to 7.2 billion U.S. dollars this year, but there are a lack of domestic labor as much as tens of thousands of people, especially experienced textile engineers, for example, the shortage of textile dyeing industrial chemical experts and designers.
To this end, the textile industry to carry out human resources development agencies must step up training activities, scheduled for July 1-4 this year at the Bangkok International Convention and Exhibition Center (BITEC) held GFT exhibition will be held at the Young Designers Award competitions.
Thai Garment Industry Association, said Deputy Prime Kyrgyzstan, the current Thai operators to obtain a large number of orders, but the impact of a shortage of labor, the whole industry can not effectively improve productivity.
Sukit forecast, Thai garment exports this year, worth about 3.5 billion U.S. dollars, the overall value of Thai textile exports estimated 7.2 billion U.S. dollars.
Sukit that Thailand will continue to expand the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Asian market, forecast in the next 5-10 years will be an important export market, export quantity and order amount will be greatly, but there are a lack of Thai designers to the problem and the need to intensify Peixun.
Laos is a landlocked country borders by Vietnam, Thailand, China and Burma. More than half of the country are surrounding by forest and mountains. There are 6.7 million people in Laos. The official capital city of Laos is Vientiane which is the main business and government office areas.
It is easy to travel to Laos via boat, bus and plane. The most comfortable way is by plane through 3 major international airports which located in 3 main cities, Vientiane, Luang Prabang and Pakse.
Tourists, who come to Laos, can obtain Laos visa on arrival. It is very simple to get Laos visa on arrival in inland crossing, ports and Airports. It requires your valid passport, two recent photos, fill the Lao visa application form and pay USD 20-40 depending on your nationality. Lao authority will issue you a 30 day Lao tourist visa on arrival after you hand them all of the information needed. You can also receive Laos visa before you come to Laos via most Lao consulates and embassies abroad.
When you visit Vientiane, the capital city of Laos, do not miss Pra Thatluang Stupa, Wat Ho Prakeo museum, Patuxay monument, and Buddha Park also known as Xieng Khuan. These places are very interest sign seeing. They are the main places to attract tourists.
Luang Prabang is the most popular places to see in Laos amongst tourists that come from all over the world. Luang Prabang is the Ancient first capital of Lane Xang kingdom, the center of religious life in Laos and today the world heritage city. When you visit Luang Prabang, don't miss the city tour. It's very interesting sigh seeing. You'll see many old temples, formal loyal palace, National museum and one more thing you should see when you are in Lung Prabang is the night market that sells plenty of handcraft Lao products.
When you are in it would be best to learn to know a bit about Lao culture. When in Laos, try to do as the Lao do and remember; don't touch head, don't lose your temper with people and don't flash your fresh. The rest is about manners, shoes left outside, accepting hosts, greeting and not upsetting religious feelings.
When you visit Laos, it's always good to know some basic Lao words. Here are some Lao words you should know. People in Laos say Sabaidee for hello, Sabaidee bor for how are you, Khoi Sabaidee for I am fine, and Khop Chai for thanks you.
And then there were Five: a Take on Southeast Asia's Best 5 Unspoiled Places
The biggest continent in the entire world, Asia is nothing less than a display of everything and anything wonderful. With colors, cultures, traditions, practices and religions as diverse as the continent's awesome assortment of exotic animal species, this garden of numerous landscapes certainly has something to provide to satisfy any tourist. With its immense landmass covering 29.9% of the Earth's total land area, Asia is appropriately divided into 5 geographical regions- Southeast Asia, East Asia, Southwest Asia, West Asia and Central Asia- all offering a unique flavor despite being housed under one colossal soil.
Of all the Asian regions, Southeast Asia presents a very rich but similarly distinct experience to all vacationers. This part is composed of 13 beautiful countries, divided under the mainland and maritime categories. Mainland consists of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Peninsular Malaysia, and Vietnam. Maritime is made upof the islands separated from the main continent, such as Timor-Leste, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, East Malaysia, and Brunei.
If you do decide on a vacation to this region, it is highly recommended to travel in places that are well-preserved and unspoiled by widespread tourist trade, to genuinely experience the place. Here are the five best unspoiled travel sites in Southeast Asia that you shouldn't pass-up:
5. The Bach Ma National Park in Vietnam – Developed in 1991, the national park that showcases its richness in floras and faunas houses 233 species of birds and 55 species of mammals, and even a broad vegetation array of more than 500 plant species. Because of its verdant forest that covers an area of 22,031 hectares, the park is considered as one of the biodiversity centers of Indochina. Tourists have been visiting the place since the 1930's, when French colonials constructed a hill resort to enjoy their summer away from their humid plains. With this kind of history and scenery, having a trip in this park where tropical monsoon and sub-tropical forest combine their natural elegance is always enjoyable.
TOP 4: THAILAND (Sukhothai) - Name translated as "the dawn of happiness," Sukhothai is an historic and small city based at the lower northern part of Thailand and 427 kilometers north of the capital, Bangkok. The city is a popular tourist spot offering a blast-from-the-past feeling of olden times of Siam, the ancient name of Thailand. Sukhothai Historical Park manages the preservation and refurbishment of the historical temples and monuments of the circa-13th Century A.D province. The ideal way to enjoy the awesome views of this city is by leasing a bike or a motorbike, while traveling to the parks and the fresh market in which you can check out the scrumptious Sukhothai noodles at the street.
TOP 3: CAMBODIA (Siem Reap Province) - Known as the provincial capital, Siem Reap is nestled at the northwest of Cambodia. The name, which means "Siam defeated," reminds Cambodians of the historical clash between the Khmer and Siamese. Providing travelers a glimpse of their ancient temples, the town is only 7 km from Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport and accessible by boat and bus from the country's capital, Phnom Peh. Vacationers must never miss the famous travelers' spots: Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom that show the beautiful history of Cambodia and are now recognized as one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites in the World.
TOP 2: INDONESIA (Kalimantan) - Kalimantan is made up of a portion of Borneo Island and 73 percent of Indonesia's area. Known as Indoneasian Borneo, Kalimantan is well known for this rich biodiversity and outstanding views incomparable to other Asian countries. Trekking enthusiasts would enjoy to go to Kayan Mentarang National Park and reach the top of Apokayan Highlands. In this part, trekkers and hikers can encounter friendly orangutans, proboscis monkeys, unique-looking birds, and even the odd sun bear. The urban village of Sungai Mahakam offers travelers a glimpse of a river village and a day at the floating markets.
TOP 1: PHILIPPINES (Cuyo, Palawan) - The well-preserved and historical place of Cuyo in the island of Palawan, Philippines has a population of less than 20,000 people. Featuring a provincial life during the Spanish invasion, some of the very well-maintained ancestral houses and old-age chapels and churches became travelers' favorite photo subjects. With a perfect tropical weather and warm-hearted people, many vacationers fell in love with this alluring place. Vacationers mostly visit Cuyo during October to March, and it is best to gear up and windsurf, before taking a leisurely stroll to the market and tasting the prominent sweet cashew nut brittle made by locals.
In our Q410 Pharmaceutical Business Environment Ratings, Cambodia is last of the 17 pharmaceutical markets surveyed in the Asia Pacific region, with its situation unlikely to improve in the coming months. Transparency International rates the country as the fourth most corrupt in Asia, with only Laos, Myanmar and Afghanistan faring worse. Failure to address these structural issues will bode poorly for long-term growth and development.
Additionally, Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh said on August 24 2010 that the government's decision to introduce competition laws in Cambodia has been deferred. He said the government will wait until 2011 to consider whether to implement the legislation, although a finalised draft version has been completed. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)'s member states have been given until 2015 to comply with regional guidelines on competition policy. We are concerned that failure to meet the deadline may deter foreign companies from expanding in Cambodia as they await the finalisation of the competition laws.
In positive news, a US$5.9bn action plan that covers the development of physical infrastructure and trade facilitation in five Mekong countries (Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar) was approved in August. Cham Prasidh said on August 26 that Cambodia and Laos may get the most financing support for infrastructure development when the countries start implementing the plan in October. We believe the plan will lead to a significant increase in trade between the Mekong countries over the coming years and speed up economic development in Cambodia.
A decade of economic growth and political stability has allowed Cambodia to begin to tackle its underdeveloped healthcare system. Measures such as health equity funds, a new social health insurance system and the use of nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) have begun to reduce inequalities in the system. The public health budget has grown in line with economic growth. However, per capita health expenditure remains low and around 60% of healthcare costs are paid out-of-pocket.
Cambodia's pharmaceutical market was calculated to be worth KHR711bn (US$172mn) in 2009. In 2010, we calculate that pharmaceutical expenditure will reach a value of KHR815bn (US$194mn). BMI forecasts drug consumption to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.8% in local currency terms and 11.04% in US dollar terms over the next five years to reach a value of KHR1,185bn (US$291mn) in 2014. Our long-range forecast is for the market to reach KHR1,901bn (US$475mn) in 2019, equivalent to a CAGR of 10.3% in local currency terms and 10.7% in US dollar terms over the 10- year period.
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lao tour_2="lao tour" In a 2-day Sapa tour, what are the must see villages around Sapa? Are they Cat Cat, Lao Chai, Ta Van?
You should visit Cat Cat and Lao Chai - Ta Van where are popular tourist places. If you have time you should visit Ham Rong Mountain, Ta Phin Village, Bac Ha market instead.
More information about Sapa: Sapa, nestling in a beautiful valley on the border with China, is northwest Vietnam’s most colorful destination.
Vivid green rice terraces are sculpted into the mountain sides while in the fields H’mong and Dao women work dressed in colorful traditional clothes.
At the end of the week the H’mong, Dao and other ethnic minorities trek into town from the surrounding countryside to trade goods at the weekend markets in Sapa, Bac Ha and other small towns. Here they sell silver jewellery, traditional embroidered fabrics and authentic articles of hill tribe clothing at the markets.
Sapa and its environs has some of the best trekking in Vietnam and there are many ethnic minority villages that can be reached in day treks from Sapa or for a real hill tribe experience it is possible to stay overnight in local villages along the way. The scenery is spectacular, especially in spring and autumn when the skies are clear and blue, and the people are welcoming. Dominating the Sapa skyline is the peak of Vietnam’s highest mountain, Mount Fan Si Pan, rising to 3,143m above sea level. Hill-tribe markets in Sapa area
Nothing can prepare you for the riot of color and activity at the regional minority markets that can be found dotted around the Sapa region. Make sure you've brought enough film or your camera's batteries are fully charged, as they are a photographer's delight!
Pha Long Market - Saturday From 6 am to midday Very rural market, ethnic groups include, the H’mong, Tou Zi, Pa Zi and Tou Lao. Along the road can be found several Nung and Mong villages, often consisting of traditional houses constructed with baked earth tiled roofs.
Can Cau Market - Saturday Saturday morning 6 am to midday In the middle of paddy and corn fields. Visitors are generally H’mong groups from highland villages. The local H’mong are the famous variegated or Flower H’mong due to the intricate and colourful nature of their costumes. Travel is often made by horseback as a way of carrying the heavy loads to and from market.
Muong Hum Market - Sunday Every Sunday from 6 am to 1 pm. This market is the biggest cardamom market in the region, pre-dating the French and serves as a meeting point for the ethnic groups living in the mountains; including the Giay, Dao, White H’mong and Ha Nhi. Those who live in the upper reaches of the mountains such as the Mong or Red Dao come down to sell specific products such as cardamom and mountain plants. In Muong Hum, it's worth taking a sip of the local brew - here it's paddy rice brandy from the Dao village of San Lung. It's become quite a famous tipple.
Muong Khuong - Sunday Every Sunday from 6 am to 1 pm. Big market with a variety of ethnic groups, Mong, Dao, Nung and others, including visitors from as far away as China come to sell their products. Pa Zi women can be found selling traditional incense made from bark and resin of scented trees.
Bac Ha Market - Sunday From 8 am to lunchtime The biggest ethnic market in Lao Cai province. Here you will be able to find, buffaloes, horses, blacksmiths, saddlers, traditional medicine doctors, clothing and local artifacts. Frequented by H’mong, Dao, Tay, Nung and Phu La. Be sure to arrive by 9am as the market finished around lunchtime.
Binh Lu & Tam Duong Market - Sunday Every Sunday from 8 am to 1 pm. Binh Lu and Tam Duong market is located on the other side of Sapa, passing the 1900 meter Tram Ton pass, Viet Nam's highest mountain pass and considered the most beautiful stretch of road in the country. The town is bustling with activity as the local hill tribes gather for their weekly market day, amazing tribal markets in Binh Lu where thousand of Thai Kadai language groups such as Tai Lu, Tai Laos, White Tai, and H'mong - Yao group (black Yao, Yao Lantien..), Giay, Khomu.. comes to buy and sell their own produces.
Coc Ly Market - Tuesday From 7 am to lunchtime Off the beaten track. Several groups of Mong, Dao, Tay, Nung and Phu La groups can be found in this secluded mountain market. Return back by boat down the river Chay and marvel at the untouched natural beauty of the region.
Travel to Xieng Khuang Lao ຊຽງຂວາງ Khaen Solo by Jonny Olsen
lao tourism_2="lao tourism" Where to go hiking in China?
OK I currently live in China and am an experienced trekker having studied and worked within the Adventure tourism sector as a expedition consultant and trek leader. Of course I know some great places for trekking within China but I want to hear your ideas. I'm not interested in hearing about paved trails and obvious areas such as the Great Wall. Also your experiences with the attitude towards lao wai's camping and hiking in remote areas would be appreciated.
transportation in laos="transportation in laos" Trip To Laos And Cambodia?
I have plan to visit Laos and Cambodia. Any suggestions on where to stay ( cheap but decent accomodations ) in Vientine and Phnom Penh, the do's and don't of visiting these towns, nice places to visit and the transportation. Thanks
The information you need is here http://www.travelfish.org/ http://www.talesofasia.com
In Vientiane, stay in the nam phou area (unofficial name, but any tuk tuk driver will know what you mean). That's named after the big fountain and in case that doesn't work, ask to be driven to the Tai Pan Hotel (see map in link below) and walk around in the area to pick you a hotel or a guest house.
Fibertech Water Tanks - Nam Theun 2 Powerhouse, Laos. - Transportation (2/2)
vacation laos_2="vacation laos" is it a sin to eat dog?
i went on vacation to laos with my friend 2 weeks ago, and we ate in various places, but this one street vendor sold us some barbecued meat. it tasted good, i really didn't question it. after I ate it, my friend told me what it was , and thought my reaction was funny. i didn't throw up or anything, but i felt terrible. guilty even.
restaurants in laos="restaurants in laos" Favourite ethnic food restaurants in Edmonton??
I have lived in the city for a while BUT I didn't have a car until recently. I would like to know where you think the best ethnic food is in Edmonton so I can check them out too! So far two of my favourite places are Langano Skies (Whyte ave) and Buoalong Laos and Thai restaurant (on 97th street).
When I was a chef and worked there from 1982-84, my favorite was a Ukrainian place near the municpal airport and the hospital, I cannot remember the name and the first tme I had falafel was from a place on 102 St next to the Bay (Downtown) it was a small place.
Alot has changed, I have gone on to some of the Edmonton Restaurant review sites and it is incredible the selection now, alot of chinese buffets, like here in Toronto it is a big decison.
The Yamu Phuket backed by Ong Beng Seng in Singapore
Phuket, Thailand: Luxury villa and hotel resort, The Yamu, has secured financial backing from Singaporean investment group Hotel Properties Limited (HPL) and from the Thai KS Group in Thailand.
The news comes after construction of the Yamu Hotel was stopped during the recent economic downturn.
The Yamu, located on the East Coast of Phuket, was designed by Philippe Starck and is currently owned by Campbell Kane.
Now that finances are in place, construction will restart with the Yamu Hotel scheduled to open in early 2012.
Listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange, HPL was founded by business tycoon Ong Beng Seng and owns forty hotels in fourteen countries, including the Singapore Four Seasons Hotel and the Hilton.
HPL also owns interests in Four Seasons Hotels in Bali and Maldives, the Bangkok Metropolitan and the Hard Rock Hotel in Pattaya.
Como Hotels and Resorts, a privately held subsidiary of HPL Group, will manage The Yamu once completed.
The company is owned by Ong Beng Seng's wife, Christina Ong, and currently operates The Metropolitan and The Halkin Hotels in London, the Como Shambhala in Bali and the Uma Bali resorts in the Caribbean and Maldives.
Thai KS Group will also be investing in the project.
Owned by Eddie Kiasrithanakorn, Thai KS Group's primary business is Honda motorcycle parts in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos but the company has shifted its focus towards the hospitality industry within the last two years; taking ownership of Alila properties in Cha Am, Thailand, Luang Prabang in Loas and Hadahaa in the Maldives.
Author:
Rebecca Smith
About the Author
Rebecca is real estate journalist and sales director for <a href="http://www.phuketoceanvillas.com/">Phuket Ocean Villas</a><Br /><br />
Certain market conditions favor investing in real estate by using a No-Bank-Red-Tape method. The real estate market has been steadily declining since 2003 and has continued to decline through 2010. While many investors are crying foul market conditions others are reaping the rewards favorable for using the No-Bank-Red-Tape system of investing. The conventional method of buying real estate is dead for investing. The un-employment offices are full of un-employed realtors looking to put food on their table. I dare you to call 30 realtors randomly out of the phone book. Ninety percent of realtors today do not answer their phones and only ten percent have answering machines that actually take messages. These are the numbers that I have been going through personally. I occasionally look for realtors for selling my properties.
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If you decide to sell your acquired properties, you will need qualified buyers. The true artist will already have eager buyers ready to buy his properties with such favorable terms. You will need to familiarize your self with all of the creative methods real lenders (Banks) use to attract buyers. I don't use realtors for the simple reason that most of them do not take the time to educate them selves on all of the options available for conventional loans. Nor, do I want them practicing on my buyers. You must take the time to learn all the available convention methods used by creative brokers. Brokers use different lenders for different scenarios. They don't use the same lender for every deal. I put unqualified buyers into my properties based on approving them to close in one to two years from now. You will need to know the various lender qualifications so that you will have a strategy for closing your already flipped property. Always put together win, win scenarios only.
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About the Author
I have over twenty years of lender broker and creative real estate acquisition experience. I was also a loan officer for Nova Star before they went under. I have also owned and managed a construction company.
A few days ago, I made my first visa run to Laos, by bus.
Normally I go to Singapore to get a 60-day tourist visa, but the last time I went, they refused to give me a 60-day visa because I have an open e-ticket back to Canada. They now want a confirmed ticket, and will not accept an open ticket. This is stupid, if you ask me. I told the lady at the front desk that if the violence in Bangkok gets bad, I can phone Air Canada and be on my way next day, so an open ticket is much better than a ticket for a particular date. No dice. So I had to fly back to Bangkok and got the usual 30-day entry at the airport. The entire trip cost me 18,000 baht, counting hotels, flights, meals, taxis, etc. What a waste.
I did a couple of visa runs by bus to Cambodia, and find that a pain in the bum, since you only get 14 days and then have to do it again, and it costs 2000 baht each time.
So this time, I signed up for the bus to Vientiane.
I must say that the service by the visa run company was excellent; the bus (a 40-seater) was full, and it was the same comfortable bus they use for the Cambodia runs, with the same driver. The driver is relatively conservative, seems to be mindful of the fact he's got 40 farangs on board, and is as careful a driver as you would want.
The bus left PB Tower on Sukhumvit Soi 71 exactly at 8:30PM.
There was a pee break about an hour later at a service centre, and then another 2 hours later, and so on, throughout the night. These gave the driver a chance to relax a bit, which I thought was a good idea.
Unfortunately, I have never been able to sleep on a bus or airplane, and this trip was no exception. While my seat mate happily snored away the night, I sat there bleary eyed, shifting in my seat periodically as my bum got sore. I appreciated the rest breaks as well.
A DVD movie was played at the start of the trip, but after it finished, it was after 11PM, so no more movies were shown.
We arrived at the border early, before 6:30. I watched the sun come up. We had to sit around for a while until the border office opened, and then one of the bus company ladies got all our passports processed. She had previously collected them on the bus.
After being stamped out of Thailand, we took 3 mini-buses (vans) across the bridge (Mekong River) into Laos, where again we waited while the lady got our passports processed by Lao immigration. In less than an hour, we took the mini-buses into Vientiane, and arrived at the street for the Thai Embassy about 7:30 or 7:40 AM. There were already at least 200 people lined up along the sidewalk, and it was hot.
The embassy gates opened about 8:15 AM, and we all filed into the embassy compound. There was a ticket machine at the front, and we joined the queue.
However, our erstwhile visa run lady ushered us up the stairs into an air-conditioned area and handed out low-numbered tickets from the machine. Our numbers started around 95, whereas the people at the ticket machine were getting tickets numbered over 350. So I presume she had some contact in Vientiane who stood at the beginning of the line at the gates at an early hour, and then passed the tickets to her when she arrived an hour or more later.
The ticket numbers were called out over the public address system in both Thai and English, and repeated once: "Ticket number 37, please proceed to counter number 2".
I soon noticed that there was no pause in the number callout, the announcements came non-stop, and soon reached the 80s. We all rushed downstairs to the counters and were there when our numbers came up. But the numbers just kept on rolling by. Our lady collected our passports and tickets, and lined them all up along the counter, and then told us to go wait in the other building.
Over there, we found there were four more counters, numbered 3 through 6, but only one, counter 4, was active, and there were at least 100 people waiting, sitting on chairs. This waiting room was also air conditioned.
Again, the numbers were called out, but this time there were big gaps between, and there was a substantial pause after each number was called. When a number was called, a person went up to counter 4, received a paper receipt, and then exited stage left.
After every batch of 10 or 12 numbers, there was a 5 or 6 minute delay. That was when I noticed that the Thai lady behind the counter was printing out and then separating the receipts. Clearly, the passports and applications were being processed in the other building, entered into a computer, and then the receipt was printed in this building at counter 4.
After about 30 or 40 minutes, my number was called; I went up to the counter, got my receipt and exited. The guy next to me had a lower number, but his number was not called, so he got a little upset and went up to the counter, where the lady told him to wait.
I went out the exit, and there was my visa run lady collecting the receipts, and then ushering us over to one of the vans. My receipt had shown "60 days double entry tourist visa" and "fee: $0", so I was happy.
The van took us to a local restaurant where we had a Thai/Lao food breakfast or brunch of fried rice and whatever. This was free, paid for by the visa run company, but soft drinks were 20 baht extra.
In Laos, you can use Lao kip, Thai baht, and US dollars interchangeably. If you pay in Thai baht, you get change in Thai baht. If you pay in US dollars, you get change in Lao kip, which, like Cambodian currency, has very high denominations and no value. A Pepsi was 20 baht, which was reasonable, but no diet drinks were available. By the way, ATM machines in Laos only dispense Lao kip.
After brunch, we were taken by van to the hotel, which turned out to be quite acceptable, maybe 2.5 stars. There was no pool, just a room, but it was a big room, private bathroom, and cable or satellite TV with many Thai, a few Lao, and some movie channels, including HBO and Star Movies.
The bathroom was typical Thai-style, with no shower stall or bath, and a shower head on the wall. There was a flash water heater which worked, and the toilet worked. The towels were large, red, fluffy, and obviously new.
I had paid an extra 200 baht at the front desk for a private room. The visa run fee of 5000 baht includes a shared room (2 per room). The fee will increase to 6000 baht after the free tourist visa promotion ends June 5.
In bed by 1PM in the afternoon, I slept for several hours, got up, showered, watched a movie, then went out in search of dinner. I walked up and down the main street near the hotel, but there was nothing appealing. However, the office complex 20 meters from the hotel had a restaurant, so I went in there and found 5 other farangs from the visa run also there. The food was good, the prices were not expensive, and I was able to pay with Thai baht. The young lady behind the bar was probably the most beautiful girl I have ever laid eyes on, and I have been to Thailand off and on for 20 years. She made me wish I was 25 again.
Next day, I had breakfast at the same restaurant, and then around 1PM, we piled into the vans again and were taken to the border. There are a lot of "duty free" shops at the border. We waited about 45 minutes or so, and then the visa run lady showed up, and we all went through Immigration with the Lao border people just looking at us, not asking to see our passports, which the visa run lady had.
Back across the bridge to Thailand, where we waited another 45 minutes or so, then it was back on the bus for the return trip. Within an hour, we stopped at a restaurant, where we had another Thai meal, again free, soft drinks extra, 20 baht.
The return trip seemed much faster, as several DVD movies were played, which occupies the time and the mind.
We arrived back in Bangkok at 1:30 AM. You can get dropped off anywhere along the route; some exited at Ramkhamhaeng. I waited until the end, which is just beside Ekamai BTS station, where I quickly discovered that the BTS was closed. An 80 baht taxi ride later, I was home again.
Would I do it again? Definitely, yes. The whole process was pretty much automatic. The company took care of everything. You do have to book a seat in advance, though. One farang apparently called to find out the price and time, showed up and was angry that there was no seat for him. But he had not made a reservation, had not left his name or phone number, so was out of luck. Of course, he had left it until the last day of his visa, so he would have to leave the next day somehow and pay the 500 baht overstay fee.
To summarize: you leave at 8:30PM, spend a night on the bus. Then it's half a day waiting around, with brunch included. Check into the hotel, sleep a bit or, if you have the stamina, explore Vientiane. Not much there, though. Have dinner, sleep one night at the hotel. Next day, wait around for a morning or visit Vientiane, then bus it back to Bangkok, arriving about 1:30 AM.
If you want to do this yourself, the company I used was "Quick Thai Visa Run", 6th floor, PB Tower, Sukhumvit Soi 71. The contact is Phillip, who speaks perfect English, at 02-713-2498 (office hours) or 09-0245-255 (24 hours). They have a web site at www.ThaiVisaRun.com, but it hasn't been updated in a while, and only mentions their Cambodia run, not the Laos run.
About the Author
About the Author:
Douglas Anderson is the author of Speak Easy Thai [http://www.Thai-Culture-Publishing.com], an easy way to learn Thai vocabulary. The software runs on Windows PCs and includes Fundamentals of Thai Language [http://www.learn-faster.org/Thai], a 350-page eBook. Speak Easy Thai uses the Internet for updates, but does not require an Internet connection during operation.
More Thai resources at Learn Thai Faster! [http://www.learn-faster.org/Thai/]
Dien Bien Phu Vietnam tough bus trip to Muong Khoua and to OudomXay Laos (Sept 2009)-Part 1
ABRAHAM LINCOLN –"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts."
ABRAHAM LINCOLN –"The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time."
ABRAHAM LINCOLN –"With malice toward none, with charity for all, firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let's finish the work we are in."
ALBERT EINSTEIN –"I never think of the future. It comes soon enough."
ALBERT EINSTEIN –"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
ALBERT EINSTEIN –"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education."
ALBERT EINSTEIN –"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on |ind do nothing."
ALDOAS HUXLEY –" Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself."
ALEXANDER CHASE –"One who understands much displays a greater simplicity of character than one who understands little."
ALEXANDER POPE –"Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame."
ALFRED ADIER –"You cannot divide the individual, man is a whole human being."
ALFRED HITCHCBCK –"There is no terrqr in a bang, only in the anticipation of it."
ALICE WALKER –"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."
ANAIS NIN –"Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living."
ANAIS NIN –"People living deeply have no fear of death."
ANATOLE FRANCE –"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe."
ANDRE GIDE –"The most decisive actions of our life are most often unconsidered."
ANGELINA JOLIE –"I don't see people as different so I don't understand the idea of borders in this world."
ANITA BRYANT –"If homosexuality was the normal way, God would have made Adam and Bruce."
ANONYMOUS –" The difference between a flower and a weed Is Judgement."
ARISTOTLE –"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
ARTHUR C CIARKE –"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion."
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER –"National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right."
ATRISTOTLE –"At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst."
BARACK OBAMA –"The relationship between the United States and China will shape the 21st century."
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN –"Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security."
BIBLE –"When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers."
BIL KEANE –"A hug is like a boomerang- you get it bach right away." THOMAS CARLYLE –"A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge."
BING CROSBY –"Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow won't make it 'white'."
BJORNLOM BORG –"My suggestion is that we should first work to ensure the Third World has clean drinking water and sanitation."
BLACK ELK –"The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people."
BOB HOPE –"My idea of Christmas, wtether old fashioned or modern is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that."
BOB MARLEY –"I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together - black, white, Chinese - thafsall."
BUCKMINSTER FULLER –"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly."
BUDDHA –"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."
BUDDHA –"Everything is changeable, everything appears and disappears; there is no blissful peace until one passes beyond the agony of life and death."
CALVIN & HOBBES –"Life's disappointments are harder to take when you don't know any swear words."
CARLOS CASTANEDA –"We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye."
CHARLES CALEB COLTON –"Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, hell a fable."
CHARLES DARWIN –"A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life."
CHARLES KETTERING –"My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there."
CHARLOTTE CARPENTER –"If Christmas isn't found in heart, you won't find it under a tree."
CHUCK PALAHNIUK –"The best way to waste your life, is by taking notes. The easiest way to avoid living is to just watch."
CHUCK PALAHNIUK –"Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct."
CONFUCIUS –"Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments."
CONFUDLIS –"He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own."
DALAI LAMA –"In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher."
DALAI LAMA –"It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance."
DANISH PROVERB –"Bad is never good until worse happens."
DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE –"All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with t|at which laughs at all our knowing."
DAVID R HAWKINS –" We change the world not by what we say or do, but as a consequence of what we have become."
DAVID STEINDL-RAST –"Wherever we may come alive, that is the area in which we are Spiritual."
DENG XIAOPING –"Democracy is our goal, but the country must remain stable."
DENIS WAITLEY –"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude."
DESMOND TUTU –"We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose."
DON MIGUEL RUIZ –" The best path to happiness is learning to change as rapidly as life does."
DONALD KAGAN –"War has been more common than peace, and extended periods of peace have been rare in a world divided into multiple states."
DOUGLAS HARDING –"We are all more or less ill till we find by self-enquiry our oneness with everyone else."
EDWARD G RENDELL –"For my part. I make this pledge to all of you: The politics of division, of pitting east against west, urban versus rural, region against regih, and people against people wi5t have no place in my administration."
EDWARD GIBBON –"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know no way of judging of the future but by the past."
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT –"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
EMANUEL SWEDENBORG –"True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense."
EPICTETUS –"First say to yourself whal|you would be; and then do what you have to do."
EPICTETUS –"In a word, neither death, nor exile, nor pain, nor anything of this kind is the real cause of our doing or not doing any action, but our inward opinions and principles."
EPICTETUS –"Men are disturbed not by the things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen."
EPICURUS –"Do not spoil what you have by desiringwhat you have not; what you now have was once among th things you only hoped for."
EPICURUS –"Every good act is charity; A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world."
ERMA BONNBECK –"There's nothing sadder than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child."
F. FORRESTER CHURCH –"Religion is the human response to being alive and having to die."
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD –"It is easier to be wise for others than for ourseives."
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD –"Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay."
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT –"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
GARRISON KEILLOR –"A lovely thing about Christmas is that it is compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together."
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW –"First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity."
GEORGE ELIOT –" Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration? ,"
George W Bush –"The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war."
GILBERT K CHESTERTON –"A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying."
HAL BORLAND –"Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us."
HARDEEP PURI -"Nuclear weapons are an integral part of India's national security...pending...global nuclear disarmament."
HEINRICH HIMMLER –"The best political weapon is terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don't ask for their love;,only for their fear."
HELEN KELLER –"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."
HENRI B STENDHAL –"A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love."
HENRY DAVID THOREAU –"The world is but a canvas to the imagination."
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW –"The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service."
HENRY WARD BEECHER –"Faith isspiritualizedimaglnatibn."
HERMANN BONDI –"Religion divides us, while it is our human characteristics'that bind us each other."
HERNANDO DE SOTO –"Much still needs to be done to extend property rights to more people, especially the poor."
HONORE DE BALZAC –"A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows theopensea."
HONORE DE BALZAC –"The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the great whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition."
JACQUES ROGGE-"Your ability to organise will be on test during the Commonwealth Games."
JACQUES YVES COUSTEAU –"I believe that the national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence."
JAMES MONROE –"NATIONAL HONOUR IS THE NATIONAL PROPERTY OF THE HIGHEST VALUE."
JAWED ASHRAF QAZI –"They (militants) are well organised, and if the army takes action, they are able to hit back."
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE –"Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide."
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE –"Every existing thirifis born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance."
JOEY ADAMS –"May all your troubles lastastong as your new year resolutions."
JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER –" Say not you know another entirely, till you have divided ah inheritance with him."
JOHN BURROUGHS –"A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else."
JOHN D ROCKEFELLER –"Charity is injurious Unless it help the recipient to become independent of it."
JOHN DRYDEN –"Great wits are sure to madness near allied - and thin partitions do their bounds divide."
JOHN LE CARRE –"I don't think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great religions with impunity."
JOHN M RICHARDSON, JR –"When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened."
JOHN RUSKIN –"A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money."
JOSEPH ADDISON –"A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world."
JULIE ANDREWS –"All ioveshifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time."
KAHLIL GIBRAN –"God is the experience of looking at a tree and saying, ah..."
LAO TZU –"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage."
LAOTZU –"Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing."
LENOREHERSHEY –"Do give books - religious or otherwise - for Christmas. They're never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal."
LEWIS GARROLL –"If you do not know where you are going, any road will get you there."
LUDWIG ERHARD –"A compfomtse js the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece."
M KATHLEEN CASEY –"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."
MAYA ANGELOU –"There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you."
MOHANDAS K. GANDHI –"If your heart acquires strength, you will be able to remove blemishes from others without thinking evil of them."
MORRIE SCHWARTZ –"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in."
OPRAH WINFREY –"Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right."
OSCAR WILDE –"I like rnen who have a future and women who have a past."
OSCAR WILDE –"No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true."
PAUL CEZANNE –"The awareness of our own strength makes us modest."
PAUL M ELL –"They err who thinks Santa Claus comes down through the chimney; he really enters through the heart."
PAUL VALERY –"The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be."
PEG BRACKEN –"Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas."
PLATO –"By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward..."
PRANAB MUKHERJEE –"PSUs are the wealth of the nation, and part of this wealth should rest in the hands of the people."
PRINCESS DIANA OF WALES –"You can't comfort the afflicted without afflicting the comfortable."
R K PACHAURI –"If we do not act on time, all of us would become leaders and citizens of failed states."
RABBI HILLEL –"If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?"
RICHARD BACH –"Can mites truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, arent you already there?"
RIG VEDA –"Speak with one voice and make your resolutions with one mind."
ROBERT MUGABE –"Pleas remam in this country and constitute a nation based on national unity."
ROWAN WILLIAMS –"There's a lot of internal debate within the Islamic community about the nature of Sharia and its extent; nobody in thenright mind i think would want to see in this country (UK) a kind of inhumanity that's sometimes been associated with the practice of the law in some Islamic states — the extreme punishments, the attitudes to women as well and i think one of the points again that's come up very interestingly in recent discussion between Muslim and other legal theorists is the way in which in the original context of Islamic law, I quite often provisions relating to women are more enlightened than others of their day; but you have to translate that into a setting where actually that whole area, the rights and liberties of women has moved on and the principle, the vision, which animates the Islamic legal provision needs broadening because of that... So how does the law engage critically and intelligently — the law of the land — with the custom, the imperatives, the principles of distinctive religious communities? It's a large question, much larger than the question about Islam and i think it's a question which the Church can quite reasonably be involved in thinking about."
ROY DAVISON –"Our society is bathed in artificial light, and submerged in spiritual darkness. Everywhere there is light, except in the hearts of the people. Spiritual enlightenment is our greatest need."
SAHIR LUDHIANVI –"These gardens and the banks of the Jamuna, These turrets and these forts, These carved doors and walls, The turrets and niches; An emperor mocks the simple love of the poor."
SAICHI –"I am a happy man, indeed. I visit the Pure Land as often as i like; I'm there and I'm back, I'm there and i'm back."
SAMA VEDA –"If a person is constantly engaged in good actions then after sometime it becomes his habit and no amount of allurements and temptations can make him shun the .virtuous path. He develops a strong character and firm belief in his convictions."
SAMUEL JOHNSON –"Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off."
SHELBY STEELE –"As children we are all wounded in some way and to some degree by the wild world we encounter. From these wounds a disbelieving anti-self is born, an internal antagonist and saboteur that embraces the world's negative view of us, that believes our wounds are ustified by our own unworthiness, and that entrenches itself as a lifelong voice of doubt."
SHIVA CHALISA –"0 Lord, when I am in distress, neither my parents, brothers, sisters nor loved ones can relieve my suffering. I depend only on You. You are my hope. Eliminate the cause of this tremendous torture and bless me with Your compassion."
SHIVA PARMAR –" In my faith i develop a relationship with God and it makes me feel like a better person."
SHIVA PARMAR, ISKCON –"In my faith i develop a relationship with God and it makes me feel like a better person."
SIMIBAJAJ, TOI READER –"Did not your hand tremble/ As you planted that weapon of doom Did not your heart miss a beat/ When you witnessed the gory scenes of gloom Embrace humanity and learn to love/ You are no different from all other The stranger who died today, from your attack Might tomorrow, be your own brother."
SIVAPURI BABA –"Nothing remains the same in this world, and there can be no permanent rules. Study the conditions of life and choose your duties accordingly."
SMS GREETING –"Happiness is like a butterfly. u run after it, it keeps flying away. but if u stand still, it comes and sits with u. with best wishes."
SOREN KIERKEGAARD –"Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in life's relationships, just as the cold of winter produces ice-flowers on the window-panes, which vanish with the warmth."
SOREN KIERKEGAARD –"Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further."
SRI BHAGWAN'S MESSAGE –"Ideological differences are at the root of the violence that is robbing us of our sanity and endangering survival. When we become concerned with our own individual survival, with the survival of our group, our belief, we are being divisive and so threaten the survival of the whole. The violence and conflict we are witnessing is a dramatisation of the inner violence of humanity. We, are not individuals, separate. What happens to us happens to all of life. Physically we might live isolated in our secluded homes, screening our domestic violence from the rest of the world but psychologically we are inseparable from the whole of mankind. The poisonous fumes of our Inner turbulence seep through the collective consciousness of humanity. The violence within us... is the very source of danger and destruction."
SRI NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ –"Absolute perfection is here and now, not in some future, near or far. The secret is in action — here and now. It is your behaviour that blinds you to yourself. Disregard whatever you think yourself to be and act as if you were absolutely perfect — whatever your idea of perfection may be. All you need is courage."
SRI RAMAKRISHNA –"The guru is a mediator. He brings man and God together, even as a matchmaker brings together the lover and the beloved. A guru is like the mighty Ganges. Men throw all filth and refuse into the ranges, but the holiness of that river is not diminished thereby. So is the guru above all petty insult and censure."
SRI SATHYA SAI BABA –"Creeds, ritual, religion and different theologies are all derived from man's yearning for the vast Reality beyond and flow in the thousand different forms, fertilizing many fields, calming many communities, refreshing tired people and, at last, carrying people to the ocean of Bliss."
SRI SATHYA SAI BABA –"Detachment is a plant of slow growth; if you pluck the tender plant to look for the pods, you will be disappointed."
SRI SATHYA SAI BABA –"Embodiments of Love! There is Love in everyone of you. Develop that Love. Share it. Love is not one-way traffic. It is two-way, Give and Take. We don't need to go anywhere, if you have Love."
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR –"An enlightened person may not say "I love you so much". In the very presence, you can feel the love. That expression has not just happened in words but has manifested in matter. Now, where you sit, that place is filled with the vibrations of love. The sofa absorbs it. The chair, cloth, carpet, the entire atmosphere absorbs that love."
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR –"As child, you had noproblems; you foughtone day and made upthe next day But as yougrow, you get tangled,entangled...Without knowledgeand wisdom, we getentangled with eachother; our minds arefilled with hatred,aversions and cravings.Look into anybody'smind; there is feverishness about somebody, acraving for the future oran aversion for the past.With the comb ofwisdom and knowledge,we can promote orderin society.If everybody in societylives in the presentmoment, if we are ableto accept people as theyare, there will be noproblems, no strife. Wehave to have wisdom andknowledge; we have tohave awareness."
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR –"The need of the hour is a prejudice-free political system. Consensus can emerge only when politicians leam to drop prejudices of religion, caste and gender. To be able to drop prejudices, politicians need to widen thensense ofbelongingness. This can happen only when they are free from stress and they gain a spiritual perspective."
SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM –"The highest charity is refraining from violence."
ST AUGUSTINE –"Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature."
ST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM –"If there were no tribulation, there'would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer."
ST LUKE, THE GOSPEL –"For nothing is secret that shall not be made manifest; neither anything hid, that shall not be known and come abroad."
ST. AUGUSTINE –"Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering."
SUSAN SONTAG –"Interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon art. Even more. It is the revenge of the intellect upon the world. To interpret is to impoverish, to deplete the world — in order to set up a shadow world of 'meanings'."
SVETASVATARA UPANISHAD –"Meditate upon Him and transcend physical consciousness. Thus will you reach union with the Lord of the Universe. Thus will you become identified with Him who is One without a second. In Him all your desires will fmd fulfilment. The truth is that you are always united with the Lord. But you must know this."
SVETASVATARA UPANISHAD –"Thou art the dark-blue bird and the green parrot with red eyes, Thou hast the lightning as thy child. Thou art the seasons and the seas. Having no beginning, thou dost abide with all-pervadingness. Wherefrom all beings are born."
SWAMI NITYASWARUPANANDA –"Generally, when we restrain our conduct and appear calm, we do so with a motive. We want to give the impression that our thoughts and feelings correspond with appearance of our actions. This is insincerity and pretence and is assumed by one who is ignorant. It is the pretended calmness of an attached mind. This attitude is the greatest enemy of spiritual unfold ment, and creates more and more bondages. The wise one, however, is completely free from attachment. His actions are absolutely free from egoism and therefore motiveless. They transcend all limitations."
SWAMI PRABHUPADA –"One should not fast for some political purpose; the Gita calls it fasting in ignorance, and anything done in ignorance or passion does not lead to spiritual advancement. Everything done in the mode of goodness does advance one, however, and fasting done in terms of the Vedic injunctions enriches one in spiritual knowledge."
SWAMI SIVANANDA –"Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success."
SWAMI SUKHABODHANANDA –"People are as happy as they decide to be."
SWAMI VENKATESANANDA –"A man with a balanced mind is happy He remains unfazed in success or failure as he perceives in them nothing but the discharge of his duty He performs the appropriate action in the right spirit. In a way this is perennial success, uniting him to God."
SWAMI VENKATESANANDA –"Taking refuge in God itself is freedom from alii sin and sorrow. In Him I there is no sin and no sorrow, even as in the sun there is no darkness, God is bliss. Even the happiness we derive from prayer is merely the fruit of contact with Him. We should surrender ourselves to Him, to bliss. As long as our ego separates us from Him, we shall continue to be unhappy All the gross and subtle manifestations of this ego should be avoided so that nothing stands in the way between us and Him."
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA –"You Have The Power: All the powers in the universe are aleady ours It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark."
TALMUD –"Who takes vengeance or bears a grudge acts like one who, having cut one hand while handling a knife, avenges himself of stabbing the other hand."
TAMARA DRAUT –"Middle-income households have been coping by running up the credit card bill and draining the equity in their home — two safety valves that have all but closed."
TAO TE CHING –"Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires."
TAO TE CHING 32 –"Tao is eternal, but has no fame;/ The Uncarved Block, though seemingly of small account,/ Is greater than anything that is under heaven./ If kings and barons would but possess themselves of it,/ The ten thousand creatures would flock to do them homage;/ Heaven and earth would conspire/ To send Sweet Dew;/ Without law or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony."
TATTVARTHA SUTRA –"Perfect knowledge is attained on the destruction of deluding karmas, of karmas which obscure knowledge and perception, and of karmas which obstruct faith. With the absence of the cause of bondage, the annihilation of all karmas is liberation."
THE BUDDHA –"A kind man who makes good use of wealth is rightly said to possess a great treasure; but the miser who hoards up his riches will have no profit."
THE CAMP SYSTEM –"Mindfulness is simply the moment-by-moment awareness of life. But it's not always so simple. We so easily get caught up in our own thoughts and self-talk that we are scarcely aware of life as it passes us by This is very true of our eating. We eat meal after meal, snack after snack, barely aware of what we're eating and how much we're consuming."
THE MAHA MRITYUNJAYA MANTRA –"We worship Shiva — The three-eyed Tryambakam, Lord Yajamahe; Who is fragrant (sugandhim) and nourishes (pushti) and grows (vardhanam)all beings. As the ripened cucumber is automatically liberated — by the intervention of the "farmer" — from its bondage to the creeper when it fully ripens; may He liberate us from death for the sake of immortality. We pray to Lord Shiva whose eyes are the Sun, Moon and Fire. May He protect us from all disease, poverty and fear and bless us with prosperity, longevity and good health."
THE XIVDALAI LAMA –"Love and kindness are the very basis of society If we lose these feelings, society will face I tremendous difficulties; 'the survival of humanity will be endangered... Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival."
THICH NHAT HANH –"Hope is importantbecause it can makethe present moment lessdifficult to bear. If webelieve that tomorrowwill be better, we canbear a hardship today."
THICH NHAT HANH –"Looking into the mirror of the moon Suddenly i saw myself, And i saw you smiling, Blessed One. How strange!"
THICH NHAT HANH –"Looking into the mirror of the moon/ Suddenly saw myself,/ And i saw you smiling. Blessed One./ How strange!"
THICH NHAT HANH –"When we are mindful, we recognise what we are picking up. When wer put it into our mouth, we know what we are putting into our mouth. When we chew it, we know what we are chewing. It's very simple."
THOMAS CARLYLE –"The block of granite, which was an obstacle in the path of weak, becomes a stepping stone in the path of the strong."
UNKNOWN –"I lost a word yesterday, Unguarded, from my tongue; It slipped into the atmosphere — Then trouble had begun. A dozen others followed it; They filled the room with grief, No matter then what word was said, It could not bring relief. If only i had stopped that word Before it crossed my lips, My day had been a happy one—- And sweet with fellowships. I think i wasted yesterday, Hurt self as well as friend, Today i want to watch my words, And let not one offend."
UNKNOWN –"Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold — but so does a hard-boiled egg."
UNKNOWN –"representations of what historians believe is crucial to remember."
VACLAV HAVEL –"Genuine politics is simply a matter of serving those around us: serving the community and serving those who will come after us. Its deepest roots are moral because it is a responsibility expressed through action, to and forthewhole."
VERNON HOWARD –"While living in the world you can be inwardly detached from its sorrows to live with personal peace and sanity: The painful states of anxiety and loneliness are abolished permanently... You are at ease with yourself. You are not at the mercy of unfulfilled cravings."
WALT DISNEY –"All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize t when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."
WH AUDEN –"No man can do properly what he is called upon to do in this life unless he can learn to forget his ego and act as an instrument of God."
WILLIAM A WARD –"Flatter me, and i may not believe you. Criticise me, and i may not like you. Ignore me, and i may not forgive you. Encourage me, and i will not forget you. Love me and i may be forced to love you."
WINSTON CHURCHILL –"Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body It calls attention to an un-healthy state of things."
WOODROW WILSON –"Everybody knows that corruption thrives in secret places, and avoids public places, and we believe it a fair presumption that secrecy means impropriety."
WTS THACKARA –"We know our bodies arequite literally a flowinggarment of star stuffspun long ago in the heart of suns, themselves issuedfrom the river of energiespouring from the firstcosmic atom.Thinking of the potency ofthe universe-to-be stored in that primary atom, whyshould we not conceive ofit as a shining cosmic egg,as did the Orphic bardsand Hindu rishis? Or whynot also as the cosmic seedproduced by its predecessor universe, in turn theprogeny of its parent, andso on back into the very mystery of infinity?...To find our spiritualhome, we need not only a working knowledge of ourphysical universe, but alsoa chart of the innercosmos as well."
YAJUR VEDA –"0 man, thou hast wings of virtue and vitality, Establish thyself on the surface of the earth, Fill the firmament with thy radiance, Cover the sphere with thy lustre, Spread thy effulgence in all directions."
YOGA VASISHTA –"The brave and wise man, who intends to overcome his foes, must first of all strive to subdue the internal enemies of his own heart and mind, and the members of his own body..."
YORUBA SONG –"A stranger, however vigilant, cannot perceive a locality as clearly as an indigene. It is the attitude of the indigene to the affairs of his locality Which determines that of the stranger to the same."
ZIG ZIGLAR –"In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in. Unfortunately there are many people who stand in front of the stove of life and say, "Stove, give me some heat and then i'U put some wood in."
RUTH S PEALE –"Many people are confused because they see bad good lives full of comforts and conveniences. But, you see, to me that is a superficial expression of the good life. The good life is one in which you are at peace in your inner soul. When you are at peace with yourself and others, and when you have good habits of positive thinking and living, you can make each day a better day."
RUTH S PEALE –"When your mind is full of fear, doubt, and clutter, good ideas can't get through. You get your best ideas and make your best decisions when you're relaxed, open to impressions, and responsive to them."
S K GAMBHIR –"The Prophet said: "He is God's beloved who triesto do the most good to God's creatures." Lord Krishna said: "He is dear to me who is friendly and compassionate towards all."
SA 'D AL-DIN MAHMUD SHABISTARI –"What are T and'You'? Just lattices In the niches of a lamp Through which the One Light radiates. T and 'You' are the veil Between heaven and earth; Lift this veil and you will see How all sects and religions are one."
SAINT AUGUSTINE –"This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections."
SAM LEVENSON –"The reason grandchildren and grandparents get along so well is that they have a common enemy."
SAMUEL JOHNSON –"Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome."
SANIYASNAIN KHAN –"0 Allah, You are the Lord of the Universe, You are the Creator of everything, You take care of everything. 0 Allah, please take care of me. 0 Allah, have mercy on me."
SEAN McCORMACK –"What we don't want to see are future attacks emanating from Pakistani soil."
SEBI –"Satyam's chairman Ramalinga Raju stepped down with the confession that the profits in the company were inflated over the years, leading to wide gap between real and imaginary assets."
SHAKESPEARE –"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts..."
o SHANKAR DAYAL SHARMA –"If we look at nations around us, we can be proud of our resilient, living Constitution which has adapted over time, to changing circumstances, needs and requirements. Indeed, it has become a model for constitutions in other countries."
SHEKEL HAKODESH –"Kings may rule the world, but the wise rule kings."
o SIMI BAJAJ –"Did not your hand tremble As you planted that weapon of doom Did not your heart miss a beat When you witnessed the gory scenes of gloom Embrace humanity , and learn to love You are no different from all other The stranger who died today, from your attack Might tomorrow, be your own brother."
SISSELA BOK –"While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive."
SISTER CONSOLATA –"Where you hesitate between two courses of action, always choose the one which leaves you more alone, more in silence, more in love."
o SMS GREETING –"My wish 4 u Good start 4 Monday No hurdles 4 Tuesday No pain 4 Wednesday No anxiety 4 Thursday Great smile 4 Friday Grand party 4 Saturday Njoy fun 4 Sunday."
SOCRATES –"A great speaker is first a great person who happens to speak well."
SOREN KIERKEGAARD –"Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further."
SOREN KIERKEGAARD –"If i were to wish for anything, i should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of potential — for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints; possibility never."
SPANISH PROVERB –"He that has a good harvest must be content with a few thistles."
SPARRY NKAUFMAN –"In the darkness we can find light. In the confusion of seemingly senseless events, we can find meaning. In the absence of a dear one, we can continue to find happiness, love and peace of mind. We are belief-makers. Our ability to design and influence personal and shared experiences knows no bounds, m such a user-friendly universe, nothing is impossible."
SRI RAMAKRISHNA –"God has created the world in play."
SRI SATHYA SAI BABA –"God is the Sun and when His rays fall upon your heart, not impeded by the clouds of egoism, the lotus blooms and the petals unfold."
SRI SATHYA SAI BABA –"Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man only when he steps on to the spiritual path, a path where negative emotions have no use."
SRI SATHYA SAI BABA –"Red, black, white, blue, yellow, etc, are different colours. Add them to water. Is not water still one and the same water, despite the different colours. Just like that, the Atman or Brahmn is one. But the hearts it occupies, are different. It is one and the same Atman that runs through all the hearts. As for pain and pleasure, these are not the functions of Brahmn or Atman, but only of the hearts. To make the heart, a heart, is the function of the Atman or Brahmn."
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR –"A decision is required only when there is confusion. When there is no confusion, then there is no need of a decision... In you there is an actor and there is a witness. An actor is either confused or decisive, but the witness just observes and smiles."
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR –"In the presence of the Sadhguru:/ knowledge flourishes, sorrow diminishes, joy wells up without any reason, lack diminishes, abundance dawns, all talents manifest,"
SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR –"Inside, you are like a tree — barren in some seasons and at other times blossomed. Enlightenment is beyond seasons like an evergreen coconut tree that yields its fruit throughout the year."
ST FRANCIS OF ASSIST –"Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance."
ST THOMAS –"Live as if you are just passing by Gospel according to."
STANLEY LANE-POOLE –"He (The Prophet Muhammad) was one of those happy few who have attained the supreme joy of making one great truth their very life spring. He was the messenger of One God, and never to his life's end did he forget who he was or the message which was the marrow of his being."
STEPHEN CHEPLISKE –"Progress is made in the small, intentional steps, and chances are, you have more power than you think."
STEPHEN KNAPP –"The Old Testament, which is also extremely important in Christianity teaches many of the samej principles of spiritual development as found in the Vedic system. We can especially find these similarities in the processes of bhakti-yoga, mantra-yoga, and sankirtana, the congregational, singing of the holy names of the Lord. The teachings in the Bible about the holiness of the name of God and the need to congregationally sing God's name and praises are quite evident. This applies as much to the essential Jewish forms of worship and meditation as it does to the Christian and almost every other religious tradition."
SUFI WRITINGS –"Whatever with your heart you do desire, That is your God adored, undoubtedly; Whatever thing is in your heart always, That, you be sure, you shall attain, at last, If rose be in your heart, you'll be a rose; If nightingale, then that sweet singing bird. You are a part. God is the whole."
SUN MYUNG MOON –"Take responsibility for the most difficult problem."
SUPREME COURT RULING, 1986 –"The right to free legal service is a constitutional right 6} every accused person who is unable to engage a lawyer..."
SURYA DAS –"Our lack of compassion stems from our inability to see deeply into the nature of things."
o SUTRA OF HUI NENG 2 –"If you wish to find the true way,/ Right action will lead you to it directly;/ But if you do not strive for Buddhahood/ You will grope in the dark and never find it."
SVEN GORAN ERIKSSDN –"The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure."
SWAMI VEVIKATESANANDA –"Brother, you say there is but one way to worship and serve the Great Spirit if there is but one reli- gion, why do you people iffer so much about it?"
SWAMI VEVIKATESANANDA –"The above can be applied to religion, speculative philosophy, sociology, human relations and ethics generally. The ultimate reality is one; the sattvica person sees this, even though our eyes cannot perceive the grand unity, the sattvica knows intuitively that this unity underlies the diversity. Rajasic knowledge confers on this diversity not an apparent but a real existence. It enables us to realise that there are others, other paths and so on, and leads us to a 'live and let live' policy. Tamasic knowledge does not recognise any but its own point of viewBut there exist several points of view, not just one."
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA –"The will is not free — it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect — but there is something behind the will which is free."
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA –"The will is not free— it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect — but there is something behind the will which is free."
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA –"Two close friends sat by a pool. She filled the palm of her hand with some water, held it before him and said: "You see the water in my hand? It symbolises Love." As long as you keep your hand caringly open and allow it to remain there, it will always be there. However, if you close your fingers round it to possess it, it will spill through the first cracks it finds. The greatest mistake that people make in love is they try to possess it, they demand, expect... and just like the later spilling out of your hand, love will retrieve from you. For love is meant to be free, you cannot change its nature. If there are people you love, free them. Give, don't expect. Advise, don't order. Ask, never demand."
SYDNEY J HARRIS –"Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the power that be whether they are the powers that ought to be."
TAITTIRIYA ARANYAKA –"I seek the Lord of the Waters of golden appearance./ May he hear our entreaty and grant us a place of ablution./ Whatever food i have taken in the ouse of the wicked, whatever gift i have received at the hands of the crafty,/ whatever sin of thought or word or deed i have committed,/ from this may Indira, Varuna, Brahspati and Surya cleanse me again and again./1 have eaten or drunk to excess, or consorted with people of violent ways, may Varuna wipe it all away/ Thus, rid of impurity and evil and free from my sin, may i find liberation and pass to the world of the Lord of creation."
TAITTIRIYA UPANISHAD –"Do only such actions as are blameless... If at any time there is doubt with regard to right conduct, follow the practice of greatsouls, who are guileless, of good judgment, and devoted to truth."
TALMUD, BERAKOT –"A man should always incite the good impulse in his soul to fight against the evil impulse. If he subdues it, well and good; if not, let him study Torah...If(bythat)he subdues it, well and good; if not, let him pray upon his bed."
TATTVARTHA SUTRA –"Perfect knowledge is attained on the destruction of deluding karmas, of karmas which obscure knowledge and perception, and of karmas which obstruct (faith). With the absence of the cause of bondage, the annihilation of all karmas is liberation."
TAYLOR CAIDWEIL –"This is the message Of Christmas: We are never alone."
o THE BIBLE –"If you wait until the wind and the weather are just right, you will never plant anything and never harvest anything."
THE BUDDHA –"Association with fools as with an enemy is always productive of pain... Therefore, even as the moon follows the path of the constellations one should follow the wise, the intelligent, the learned, the much enduring, the dutiful, the noble..."
THE DALAI LAMA XIV –"If the situation or problem is such that it can be remedied, then there is no need to worry about it. In other words, if there is a solution or a way out of the difficulty then one needn't be overwhelmed by it. The appropriate action is to seek the solution rather than worrying about the problem. Alternatively, if there is no solution, no possibility of a resolution then there is also no point in being worried about it, because you can't do anything about it anyway."
'THE HOLIDAY SEASON' –"It's the holiday season And Santa Claus is coming back... And don't forget to hang up your sock 'Cause just exactly at 12 o'clock He'll be coming down the chimney Coming down the chimney Coming down the chimney, down."
THE TALMUD –"For the unlearned, old age is winter; for the learned it is the season of the harvest."
The very first principle of religion laid down by Lord Mahavira is Ahimsa — Non-injury to living beings — which must be observed very scrupulously and thoroughly, and behaving towards all living beings with proper restraint and control."
THEODOR GEISEL –"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells."
THEVEDAS –"On the spoken word, all the gods depend, all beasts and men; in the world live all creatures, the Word is the navel of the divine world."
THEXIVDALAI LAMA –"I feel that the essence of spiritual practice is your attitude towards others. When you have a pure, sincere motivation, then you have right attitude towards others based on kindness, compassion, love and respect."
THICH NHAT HANH –"Happiness is only possible with true love. True love has the power to heal and transform the situation around us and bring a deep meaning to our lives."
THIRUKURAL –"Fear the cunning friend who smiles sweetly to your face But conceals wickedness in his heart. Distrust whatever words may come from Men whose hearts are not in harmony with your own. While sounding like a good friend's words, A rival's words are readily revealed. o not trust an enemy though he bends low in his speech, For the bending of the bow forebodes nothing but harm."
THOMAS CARLYLE –"The beginning of all wisdom is to look fixedly on clothes, or even with armed eyesight, till they become transparent."
THOMAS CARLYLE –"The history of the world is but the biography of great men."
THOMAS HARDY –"Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change."
THOMAS HARDY –"Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change."
THOMAS PAINE –"Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true."
TOM CANTERBURY –"The trouble with referees is that they just dont care which side wins."
TOM KRAUSE –"Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose."
TOM ROBBINS –"Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business."
TOM STOPPARD –"It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting."
TORVALD GAHLIN –"He who believes that the past cannot be changed has not yet written his memoirs."
TS ELIOT –"One starts an action simply because one must do something."
UMA THURMAN –" It is better to have a relationship with someone who cheats on you than with someone who does not flush the toilet."
UNKNOWN –"Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have."
UNKNOWN –"Some traditions consider Mardi Gras as the Carnival period between Epiphany or Twelfth Night and Ash : Wednesday Others treat the final three-day period as being Mardi Gras. The day is also known as Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday, making the culmination of the carnival period before Ash Wednesday that signifies the beginning of Lent, a period of repentance, fasting and reflection."
UTTARADHYAYANA SUTRA –"Though others sleep, be thou awake. Like a wise man, trust nobody, but be always on the alert; for dangerous is the time and weak, the body Step carefully in your walk, supposing everything to be a snare. Bestow care on your life till you win the stake. Afterwards, you should despise it, annihilating its sins."
VEERAPPAMOILY –"Judicial independence will have no meaning if there is no accountability."
VICTOR BORGE –"Lafter is the closest possible distance between two people."
VICTOR HUGO –"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come."
VICTOR HUGO –"Inspiration and genius- one and the same."
VICTOR HUGO –"Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart."
VIMALA SUBRAMANIAM –"A special menu on new year's day referred to as Varusha Pirappu in Tamil Nadu reflects the nature of lifeexperience: A special rasam made with neem flowers is bitter; the payasam or milk pudding is sweet. And then you have the mango pachchadi, a dish that is sweet, hot, sour and salty, made of raw mangoes, jaggery, salt and chillies. Goddess Meenakshi is believed to have married Lord Sundareswarar on this day."
VINCE LOMBARD –"If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?"
o VIRGINIA SATIR –"We need four hugs a day for survival. We need eight hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth."
VOLTAIRE –"Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals."
VOLTAIRE –"Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need."
W EDWARDS DOMING –"Learning is not compulsory.. neither is survival."
o W T ELLIS –"It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air."
WALT DISNEY –"Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource – the minds of our children."
WALTER J TURNER –"Everything has a cause and for everything there is an effect."
WALTER LANG –"Anyconcept of one Person being superior to another can lead to racism."
WANYE W DYERS –" Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances. "
WAYNE DYER –"Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed."
WELSH PROVERBThree things givehardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food.
WEN JIABAO –"Running our own affairs well is our biggest contribution to mankind."
WILL ROGERS –"Politics ain't worrying this country one-tenth as much as where to find a parking space."
WILLIAM ALIEN WHITE –"am not afraid of tomorrow, for have seen yesterday and I love today."
WILLIAM BLAKE –"Man's desires are limited by his perceptions; None can desire what he has not perceived."
WILLIAM ERNEST HOCKING –"Only the man who has enough good in him to fee! the justice of the penalty can be punished."
WILLIAM FAULKNER –"Don't bother just to |e better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be bette than yourself."
WILLIAM JAMES –"The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook."
WILLIAM PENN –"The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy."
WILLIAM RALPH INGE –"A nation is a society united by delusions about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours."
WILLIAM S COHEN –"Terrorism is escalating to the point that [we] may have to choose between civil liberties and intrusive means of protection."
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –"As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the flre of love with words."
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –"Blow, blow, thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind, As man's ingratitude."
o WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –"Blow, blow, thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind, As man's ingratitude."
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH –"Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither."
WINSTIN CHURCHILL –"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm."
WINSTON CHURCHILL –"I have taken more out ofalcoholthan akohol has taken out of me."
WOODROW WYATT –"No country which has cricket as one of its national games has yet gone communist."
WWW.ANEKANT.ORG –"Anekantvad is a dynamic philosophy of life througlvwhich we can lead a life of partnership and participation, a life of friendliness and harmony, a life of nonviolence and equality."
YAJUR VEDA –"Obeisance to the God who is benevolent as well as terrible, who destroys beings and is their protector as well. Obeisance to the small and the puny, to the big and the aged. Obeisance to Him who is to be lauded with hymns and who is there where hymns do not reach. Obeisance to the redeemer, to the bringer of peace and happiness, to the producer of wellbeing and joy Obeisance to Him who is auspicious and exceedingly so."
YIDDISH PROVERB –"If things are not as you wish, wish them as they are."
YIDDISH SAYING –"Words should be weighed and not counted."
YODA –"Yes, a Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware of the dark side. Anger, fear, aggression; the dark side of the Force are they?"
YOGA VASISHTA –"Knowing the world to consist of consciousness, the mind of the wise man is rapt in the thought of his universality and roams free, seeing the cosmos as space in his own consciousness."
YOGA VASISHTA –"This world is a stage stretched out by the mind, its chief actor, and Atman sits silent as a spectator of the scene."
YOGA VASISHTA –"You are not the doer of any action here, 0 Rama; so why do you assume doership? When one alone exists, who does what and how? Do not become inactive either; for, what is gained by doing nothing? I What has to be done, has to be done. Therefore, rest in the Self. Even while doing all the actions natural to you, if you are un-ttached to those actions you are truly the nondoer; if you are doing nothing and are attached to that noh-doership, you become the doer!"
ZEN SAYING –" Sit quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself."
ZEN WISDOM –"A Zen Master had a disciple who was perpetually unhappy and dissatisfied. One day the disciple approached the Master and said, "Master, bless me too with your wisdom and help me find happiness." The old Master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and drink it. "How does it taste?" the Master asked. "Awful", spat the young man. The Master chuckled and then asked the young man to take another handful of salt and put it in the lake. The two walked in silence to the nearby lake and when the young man swirled his handful of salt into the lake, the Master said, "Now drink from the lake." As the water dripped down the young man's chin, the Master asked, "How does it taste?" "Good!" remarked the young man. "Do you taste the salt?" asked the Master. "No", said the young man. The Master sat beside this troubled young man, took his hands, and said, "The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains the same, exactly the same. But the amount we taste the 'pain' depends on the container we put it into. So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things. Stop being a glass. ecome a lake!"
ZIG ZIGLAR –"Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is."
ZIG ZIGLAR –"You are the only person on earthy who can use your ability.".
ZIGGY MARLEY –"God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone."
ZORA NEALE HURSTON –"But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think, and think about something other than the race problem."
About the Author
Dr. Ashok Kumar Sharma, M.A.(History); Certificate in Taxidermy(Madras); Certifate in Library Science (TOPPER-ML Sukhadia Uni. Udaipur,(Rajasthan) INDIA. Hobby: Cricket; Postal Stamp Collection and Collecdtion of Quotations since 1981.
