Take hold of every moment....

A friend e-mailed this to me and I thought it was something that was very true and should be shared...

TAKE HOLD OF EVERY MOMENT

A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package: "This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package."He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box. "She got this the first time we went to New York, 8 or 9 years ago. She has never put it on. Was saving it for a special occasion. Well, I guess this is it. He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothings he was taking to the funeral house, his wife had just died. He turned to me and said: "Never save something for a special occasion. Every day in your life is a special occasion". I still think those words changed my life.Now I read more and clean less. I sit on the porch without worrying about anything. I spend more time with my family, and less at work. I understood that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not survived through. I no longer keep anything. I use crystal glasses every day. I'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket, if i feel like it.I don't save my special perfume for special occasions, I use it whenever I want to. The words "Someday..." and "One Day..." are fading away from my dictionary. If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do it now. I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew she wouldn't be there the next morning, this nobody can tell. I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends. She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels. I'd like to think she would go out for Chinese, her favourite food. It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my time had come. I would regret it, because I would no longer see the friends I would meet, letters... letters that i wanted to write "One of this days". I would regret and feel sad, because I didn't say to my brothers and sons, not times enough at least, how much I love them. Now, I try not to delay, postpone or keep anything that could bring laughter and joy into our lives. And, on each morning, I say to myself that this could be a special day. Each day, each hour, each minute, is special. If you got this, it's because someone cares for you and because, probably, there's someone you care about. If you're too busy to send this out to other people and you say to yourself that you will send it "One of these days", remember that "One day" is far away... or might never come...

I have a new toy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In my last post I forgot to mention the latest addition to my range of toys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have now got satellite navigation for my car....which now means that the total retail value of the stuff in my car is well in excess of the actual value of the car!!!!!!!

Satellite navigation is brilliant... it means that now I can get lost faster the ever before....

To any of you who are thinking of getting sat nav here are some key tips:

1. GET A GOD DAMN CAR CHARGER FOR EVERYTHING TO DO WITH SAT NAV... it drinks a lot of juice and if it dies on you half way through unknown territory you're completly stuffed like err I was!!!!!!!!!!!
2. Check if there is more than one road with the name you're looking fo in the city.... as I've managed to end up in the wrong place cos of that!!!!!!!!!!
3. Don't follow it blindly as you may end up going down some one way streets... while its good it does have a few flaws.

On the whole it is a cool peice of kit, its especially useful in London as I can get around to various parts of London in less than half an hour which would have taken forever trying to use a map etc... You can get add ons to show points of interests (like speed cameras, petrol stations, mosques etc). It can also recalulate routes almost instantly if you go the wrong way.

Oh if you're wondering what I have its called TomTom... I have it installed on my super duper phone which is touch screen and its generally easy to use... I'm sure it can do a million and one things more..but I will probably never figure out how to use them as I'm as stupid as they come!!!

The one add on that TomTom could make is include a personal chaueffer in the price so I don't have to actually bother doing any driving and can just sleep...I'm gonna let TomTom have my suggestion and I eagerly look forward to buying the new upgraded version!

I'm back...I hope

Sorry guys...been busy with work and all...

Here's a quick update of my life while I've been away....

My car died... they quoted me £800 to fix a £400 car at which point I thought it was time to get a new car... I tried the public transport lark... but this was having seriously detrimental impacts on my beauty sleep, wallet and social life (well potential social life!!!!). I was forever missing thetrain or bus or tube and then had to wait ages for the next one!!!! But after a month of being Carlos (car less) I though it was good to become the slickster again!!!!

I've started the gym up again (well I went once last week) ... and shock horror... last night I actually cooked something healthy...rice with tuna and sweetcorn... and I used the left overs for lunch my god if I keep this up I'd be thin and rich!!!!

Rearranged my sisters wedding venue to somewhere that costs three times as much but its worth it cos I think she loves the place!!!! I just hope she appreciates the damage to my pocket!!!

Took my darling nieces (Farah, Faiza, Saima) out shopping for clothes (and somehow they seem to have become very mouthy!!!

Made the mistake of telling some sisters, nieces etc in London that stuff like khousa's in Leeds/Bradford were about a fraction of the price that they are in London... guess which pumpkin got lumbered with the task of buying about fifty pairs in different colours, sizes and styles for ten girls.... yep moi... with my lack of fashion sense and with no idea of girls tastes I've probably bought the wrong stuff or got all left feet!!! Anyway the shopkeeper showed some sign of concern that a random blok was buying about 50 pairs of ladies footwear... he probably thinks I've got some weird fetish.......

Went to see star wars and loved it but I'll post a review next time...

and that's it your more or less upto date if I've forgotten anything I'll let you know!!!