An Old Monkey Story With A New Ending

It’s an old story that we read in Class 3 but with a new ending.

A hat-seller who was passing by a forest decided to take a nap under one of the trees, so he left his whole basket of hats by the side. A few hours later, he woke
up and realized that all his hats were gone. He looked up and to his surprise, the tree was full of monkeys and they had taken all his hats.

The hat seller sits down and thinks of how he can get the hats down. While thinking he started to scratch his head. The next moment, the monkeys were doing the same.
Next, he took down his own hat, the monkeys did exactly the same. An idea came to his mind* He took his hat and threw it on the floor and the monkeys did that too. So
he finally managed to get all his hats back.

Fifty years later, his grandson, Sukhwinder, also became a hat-seller and had heard this monkey story from his grandfather. One day, just like his grandfather, he passed by the same forest. It was very hot, and he took a nap under the same tree and left the hats on the floor.

He woke up and realized that all his hats were taken by the monkeys on the tree.

He remembered his grandfather’s words, started scratching his head and the monkeys followed.

He took down his hat and fanned himself and again the monkeys followed.

Now, very convinced of his grandfather’s idea, Sukhwinder threw his hat on the floor but to his surprise, the monkeys still held on to all the hats.

Then one monkey climbed down the tree, grabbed the hat on the floor, gave him a slap and Guess!!! Said what???

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“You think only you have a grandfather !!!???”

Devil's staff

One day while walking down the street a highly successful HR Director was tragically hit by a bus and she died. Her soul arrived up in heaven where she was met at the Pearly Gates by St. Peter himself.

"Welcome to Heaven," said St. Peter. "Before you get settled in though, it seems we have a problem. You see, strangely enough, we've never once had a Human Resources Director make it this far and we're not really sure what to do with you."

"No problem, just let me in," said the woman. "Well, I'd like to," replied St. Peter, "but I have higher orders. What we're going to do is let you have a day in Hell and a day in Heaven and then you can choose whichever one you want to spend an eternity in."

"Actually, I think I've made up my mind, I prefer to stay in Heaven," said the woman.

"Sorry, we have rules..." And with that St. Peter put the executive in an elevator and it went down-down-down to hell. The doors opened and she found herself stepping out onto the putting green of a beautiful golf course. In the distance was a country club and standing in front of her were all her friends - fellow executives that she had worked with and they were all dressed in evening gowns and cheering for her. They ran up and kissed her on both cheeks and they talked about old times. They played an excellent round of golf and at night went to the country club where she enjoyed an excellent steak and lobster dinner. She met the Devil who was actually a really nice guy (kinda cute) and she had a great time telling jokes and dancing. She was having such a good time that before she knew it, it was time to leave. Everybody shook her hand and waved good-bye as she got on the elevator. The elevator went up-up-up and opened back up at the Pearly Gates and she found St. Peter waiting for her.

"Now it's time to spend a day in heaven," he said. So she spent the next 24 hours lounging around on clouds and playing the harp and singing. She had a great time and before she knew it her 24 hours were up and St. Peter came and got her. "So, you've spent a day in hell and you've spent a day in heaven. Now you must choose your eternity," he said. The woman paused for a second and then replied, "Well, I never thought I'd say this, I mean, Heaven has been really great and all, but I think I had a better time in Hell." So St. Peter escorted her to the elevator and again she went down-down-down back to Hell.

When the doors of the elevator opened she found herself standing in a desolate wasteland covered in garbage and filth. She saw her friends were dressed in rags and were picking up the garbage and putting it in sacks.



The Devil came up to her and put his arm around her.


"I don't understand," stammered the woman, "yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and a country club and we ate lobster and we danced and had a great time. Now all there is, is a wasteland of garbage and all my friends look miserable."

The Devil looked at her and smiled. "Yesterday we were recruiting you,



today you're staff..."

Difference between appraisal and resignation

A newly joined trainee engineer asks his boss "what is the meaning of appraisal?"

Boss: "Do you know the meaning of resignation? "

Trainee: "Yes I do"

Boss: "So let me make you understand what a appraisal is by comparing it with resignation"

Comparison study : Appraisal and Resignation

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In appraisal meeting they will speak only about your weakness, errors and failures.

In resignation meeting they will speak only about your strengths, past achievements and success.

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In appraisal you may need to cry and beg for even 10% hike.

In resignation you can easily demand (or get even without asking) more than 50-60% hike.

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During appraisal, they will deny promotion saying you didn't meet the expectation, you don't have leadership qualities, and you had several drawbacks in our objective/goal.

During resignation, they will say you are the core member of team; you are the vision of the company how can you go, you have to take the project in shoulder and lead your juniors to success.

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There is 90% chance for not getting any significant incentives after appraisal.

There is 90% chance of getting immediate hike after you put the resignation.

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Trainee: "Yes boss enough, now I understood my future. For an appraisal I will have to resign ... !!!"

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Some sweet extremes

EXTREME OF ISOLATION:
Two persons sitting side by side using emails to communicate with each other.

EXTREME OF COWARDICE:
Two persons fighting through emails.

EXTREME OF HELPLESSNESS:
Receiving no emails for a week.

EXTREME OF FRUSTRATION:
The email server being down.

EXTREME OF CARELESSNESS:
Writing a love mail and doing a ‘Send All.’

EXTREME OF ACHIEVEMENT:
A person sending email to a girl wanting to become friends and getting a reply.

EXTREME OF TIMEPASS:
A person sending email to himself.

EXTREME OF REPETITION:
Forwarding an email to someone and receiving the same email forwarded back to you by some one in the receiving chain.

EXTREME OF BROWSING:
You are swimming in the water tank and shout “F1 F1 F1?” instead of shouting “HELP” when u are unable to swim…

EXTREME OF MY FRIENDSHIP:
I always mail, u don’t.

EXTREME OF HAVING NO WORK:
You reading such mails.

LIVE A HEALTHIER LIFE ….…..STARTING TODAY

"When diet goes wrong, medicine is of no use; when diet is correct, medicine is of no need"


This is a famous saying that throws light on the importance of nutrition. We meet the doctor when in need but neglect the diet when we feel we are healthy!!!
The National Nutrition Week was celebrated from 1st to 7th September 2009, in India. During this week , people actually give more importance to the diet or food pattern that they follow. But this should not just be limited for a week, and this requires your effort for a lifetime…. starting now. The topic of Nutrition is an ocean. But we have a small blog on basic nutrition for our dear clients. Read along to know more…..


ABC-TO GOOD HEALTH

Aim for fitness

* Aim to manage your weight :Maintain a healthy weight for your height.
* Be physically active: Diet is the spark and exercise is the fuel. Without both, no fire and no results.

Build a healthy base

* Opt for a diet low in saturated fats and cholesterol. More the saturated fats and cholesterol, more the risk of heart problems.
* Limit your intake of sugars: Keep extra sugars at bay, for diabetes you do not make way.
* Prepare foods with less salt :Limit salt to maintain a healthy blood pressure

Choose sensibly

* Let the food pyramid guide your food choices: To be healthy and fit, do not reverse it.
* Choose a variety of grains and pulses : Colour your food right with yellow, brown and white.
* Fruits & vegetables: Add more colour to your platter, to make you fitter.

Food colour

FOOD COLOUR

Colour is an important constituent of food. When we think of an apple, our mind shows a nice picture of a red apple, grapes are associated with blue or green colour. Addition of colour to food gives an attractive and appetizing appearance and also enhances its acceptability.

Ancient people used natural ingredients like saffron and ‘haldi’ or turmeric to give a rich orange or yellow color to various foods. Other natural foods such as carrots, grapes, spinach, tomatoes were also used as coloring agents.

With the advent of food technology we now have a wide range of artificial food colours as additives. A food colour is a substance that is added to food or drink to change its colour.
You can make a palak paneer look greener or a Manchurian look bright red. Food coloring is used both in commercial food production and sometimes even in home cooking.

So what are the advantages and the disadvantages of these? This is something that you probably have not given a thought to.

The main and only advantage of the food colour is to make the food look more appetizing. When natural colours like turmeric are used, they are some health benefits too.

The disadvantages of using artificial food colouring seem to outweigh the advantages. The disadvantages may vary from the colours causing simple allergies to some heavy metallic colours that can be carcinogenic or cancer-causing. And more often than not even the safe food colours are used in excessive amounts to give the food a nice colour, which may be harmful. Some of the artificial colours can even destroy the nutrients in the food because of their chemical composition.

Synthetic Food Colours, also known as Artificial Food Colours, are manufactured chemically and are the most commonly used dyes in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. Some of the chemicals used may not be under permissible values and hence make the whole food colour unsafe.

Go Natural!!! Natural colourants are extracted from natural herbs and plant parts. For example kokam, beetroot and safflower form a very large source of natural coloring agents. Usage of food colours is not bad, but the right use of the right colour is most important. Use natural colours found in foods like greens, bright red tomatoes, white radish, and turmeric.

Did you know?
" Blue colour is believed to be an appetite suppressant. Your foods might not look appetizing when you eat from a blue plate. In the hospitality industry, blue plates are not normally used in food service”

Dozing at the desk?

Confession time. At some point in our working lives, we've all suffered from classic cases of afternoon slumps and post-lunch dips. What is it about these pangs that simply steers us away from work? Researchers have for long emphasised the benefits of a good sound sleep and feel it is completely natural for humans to want to go back to sleep about seven hours after they have awakened. It is widely believed that the human mind can be wholly attentive for a period of only 35-40 minutes at best, after which it starts to wander and slacken.

Robert Stickgold, an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, in a write-up in Harvard Business Review, even goes on to suggest that a few minutes of shut-eye at work could be good to combat the problem of lethargy. "Important memory processing occurs as you're falling asleep, and the brain appears to be tagging memories of unresolved problems for subsequent processing, he says. Even micronaps of six minutes not including the time it takes to fall asleep, which is about five minutes if you are really tired make a difference, according to Stickgold.

While catching up on some much-needed sleep at home is all very well, pro-napping policies aren't usually the norm in most organisations, and at times, are not always feasible. "Such plans are good for BPOs and fields like media and medicine that require long working hours, but not for organisations that entail eight-hour shifts. This is because our bodies can be easily attuned to put in those many hours, says Dr Rachna Khanna Singh, Lifestyle Expert and Psychological Counsellor, Artemis Health Institute, Delhi.

She attributes drowsiness to a host of stressrelated factors and instead of quick naps, suggests regular-moderate breathing exercises that release positive hormones and act as great stress busters. Diet plans and practices come next. Employees should stick to a designated time for all their meals and it would be a good idea to avoid fatty and fried stuff at the workplace. "Stick to raw salads and vegetables as they supply the much-needed nutrients to the brain. And that coffee will give you a temporary high, but the body is bound to feel sluggish eventually, she concludes.

SLEEP!! The missing mystery for Good Health

SLEEP!! The missing mystery for Good Health

You are doing your regular cardios, cutting down your fatty foods and sweets intake. Despite all this, you still feel burned out? Can’t drop those extra kilos? and Don’t have the energy to greet each day with enthusiasm? So what is that you are missing?

Sleep deprivation inhibit one’s ability to lose weight – even while exercising and eating right!!

Yes, it's SLEEP that’s missing in the puzzle. Sleep is essential as it is the time when our bodies replenish; repairing the mental and physical wear-and-tear we suffer during the day. However, our "24/7" culture has created a sleep-deprived generation. Cell phones, computers and television keep our brains stimulated. Resulting in fatigue, poor health and, surprisingly, weight gain.

Research shows that sleep regulates mood and is related to learning and memory functions. Not only will getting your zzzzzs help you perform well at work, but it is also a critical factor in your health, weight and energy level.

Food is also related to sleep by appetite and metabolism. This link between appetite and sleep provides further evidence that sleep and obesity are linked.

Sleep disorders occur for a variety of reasons. They can be caused by stress, medical problems and lifestyle changes.

Before Bed it’s Better to Avoid -
• Caffeine: is a natural chemical that activates the central nervous system, which means that it revs up nerves and thought processes. If you drink caffeinated drinks too close to bedtime, chances are it will keep you awake.
• Alcohol: Many people use alcohol to help them relax before bed, but the effect wear off and so they wake up in the middle of the night. Over time, alcohol-induced sleep becomes less restful, so sleeplessness will become a constant fact of life. I’m not saying you need to give up alcohol, but don’t use it like a sleeping pill; and if you have insomnia, I strongly recommend omitting alcohol for a few weeks to see if your sleep problem resolves.
• Large meals close to bedtime: when you lie down and try to sleep after a heavy dinner, your digestion will slow down, make you feel uncomfortable, and possibly keep you awake. It is recommended to eat dinner at least three hours before bed.
• Exercise: A good workout can make you more alert, speed up your metabolism and energize you for the day ahead, but exercise right before bedtime can lead to a poor night’s sleep. Thus properly timing exercise is necessary to maximize the beneficial effects. Sleep experts recommend exercising at least three hours before bedtime because body temperature is related to sleep. Body temperatures rise during exercise and it’s important to allow it to cool off before sleep.


Health is complex – if one part of the body suffers, you’re likely to see consequences in other areas of your life. Though diet and exercise are critical components of healthy lifestyles, it’s also important to remember that sleep is innately linked with our eating habits, our exercise routine and how we function on a daily basis. Getting proper amount of sleep each night is necessary to face the world with your best foot forward.

Sleep, along with good eating habits & good fitness routine is road to good health.