."Great Waves"

In the early days of the Meiji era there lived a well-known wrestler called O-nami, Great Waves.
O-nami was immensly strong and knew the art of wresting. In his private bouts he defeated even his teacher, but in public was so bashful that his own pupils threw him.
O-nami felt he should go to a Zen master for help. Hakuju, a wandering teacher, was stopping in a little temple nearby, so O-nami went to see him and told him of his great trouble.

-"Great Waves is your name," the teacher advised, "so stay in this temple tonight. Imagine that you are those billows. You are no longer a wrestler who is afraid. You are those huge waves sweeping everything before them, swallowing all in their path. Do this and you will be the greatest wrestler in the land."

The teacher retired. O-nami sat in meditation trying to imagine himself as waves. He thought of many different things. Then gradualy he turned more and more to the feeling of waves. As the night advanced the waves became larger and larger. They swept away the flowers in their vases. Even the Buddha in the shrine was inundated. Before dawn the temple was nothing but the ebb and flow of an immense sea.

-In the morning the teacher found O-nami meditating, a faint smile on his face. He patted the wrestler's shoulder. "Now nothing can disturb you," he said. "You are those waves. You will sweep everything before you."

The same day O-nami entered the wrestling contests and won. After that, no one in Japan was able to defeat him.

I managed just now enter here, let's see for how long! And if i manage replies and cmts.!! Even the main page of blog.UK appeared! So weird huh? HMM, this needs a JOKE to celebrate it
So:

.At The Dentist
A man and wife entered a dentist's office...
The Wife said, "I want a tooth pulled. I don't want gas or Novocain because I'm in a terrible hurry. Just pull the tooth as quickly as possible."

You're a brave woman said the dentist. Now, Show me which tooth it is.

The wife turns to her husband and says "Open your mouth and show the dentist which tooth it is, dear."

.A man and his wife were having an argument about who should brew the coffee each morning.

The wife said, "You should do it, because you get up first, and then we don't have to wait as long to get our coffee".

The husband said, " You are in charge of the cooking around here and you should do it, because that is your job, and I can just wait for my coffee."

Wife replies, "No you should do it, and besides it is in the Bible that the man should do the coffee."

Husband replies, " I can't believe that, show me."

So she fetched the Bible, and opened the New Testament and shows him at the top of several pages, that it indeed says:

"HEBREWS" .

GOOD MORNING 2you ALL, HV a nice coffe

."This tree
Is not only a tree
It is a freindly tree,
that is always watching over you.
This tree
Is not only a tree
It is a magical tree.
That makes miracles happen,
Hopes become realaties,
And nevers become alwayses.
This tree
Is not only a tree,
It is where everything started.
It is the tree of life".

-anonymous

.To all us, kk

.

1.He hath a killing tongue and a quiet sword.
-(William Shakespeare (1564-1616),

2.Taste is the common sense of genius.
-(Victor Hugo (1802-1885),

3.Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness.
-(Blaise Pascal (1623-1662),

kk

." A smile
is a frown turned upside down.
A smile
is painted on the face of a clown.
A smile
brightens a dreary day.
A smile
chases tears away.
A smile
is a gift that shows you care.
A smile
is priceless no matter where.
A smile
is the key to happiness.
A smile
a sure sign of success.

When you feel lonely in a strange place.
It helps to see a smile on another's face.
If there is any real magic around.
It is the silent magic of a smile's sound."

-Kurt Hearth

Let's Smile and Dance the Life despite all challenges, it's the only way to be stronger and win in LIFE

Yes!!! Sometimes, martial arts, even only personnal defence, can be dangerous...we can FLY! Just like that

."When Banzan was walking through a market he overheard a conversation between a butcher and his customer.

"Give me the best piece of meat you have," said the customer.

"Everything in my shop is the best," replied the butcher. "You cannot find here any piece of meat that is not the best."

At these words Banzan became enlightened."

i had read already this story twice but just now i got it so i posted it because it's so true!

Hmmm...this dog's must be think'g:
"What? there's nobody at home! So, now is my turn to netsurfing!" But well, reminds me some friends who have dogs and others who haven't but love to netsurf even while are almost sleeping hahaha!

.Recently, the Psychic Hotline and Psychic Friends Network have launched hotlines for frogs. Here is the story of one frog and his discussing with his psychic.

-A frog telephones the Psychic Hotline and is told: "You are going to meet a beautiful young girl who will want to know everything about you."

-The frog says: "This is great! Will I meet her at a party, or what?"

-"No," says the psychic. "Next semester in her biology class."

.Circumstances arose one day which delayed preperation of the dinner of a Soto Zen master, Fukai, and his followers. In haste the cook went to the garden with his curved knife and cut off the tops of green vegetables, chopped them together and made soup, unaware that in his haste he had included a part of a snake in the vegetables.

The followers of Fugai thought they never tasted such good soup. But when the master himself found the snake's head in his bowl, he summoned the cook. "What is this?" he demanded, holding yo the head of the snake.

"Oh, thank you, master," replied the cook, taking the morsel and eating it quickly.

.A man is walking down the beach and comes across an old bottle. He picks it up, pulls out the cork and out pops a genie. The genie says "Thank you for freeing me from the bottle. In return I will grant you three wishes."
The man says "Great. I always dreamed of this and I know exactly what I want. First, I want 1 Billion dollars in a Swiss bank account."
Phoof! There is a flash of light and a piece of paper with account numbers appears in his hand. He continues, "Next, I want a brand new red Ferrari right here."
Phoof! There is a flash of light and abright red brand-new Ferrari appears right next to him. He continues, "Finally, I want to be irresistible to women."
Phoof! There is a flash of light and he turns into a box of chocolates.

:b D

.For the Star Wars fans out there...

A Long time Ago, in a Galaxy far, far away..
-Luke: "You used to program."
-Ben: "I was once a software engineer the same as your father."

-Luke: "My father wasn't a software engineer. He was a custodian at Lockheed-Martin."
-Ben: "That's what your Uncle told you. He didn't hold with your father's ideals. He thought he should go to work. Not get a degree."

-Luke: "I wish I had known him."
-Ben: "He was a cunning object-oriented analyst, and the best systems programmer in the galaxy. I understand you've become quite a good hacker yourself. And he was a good friend. For over ten years the systems programmers created user interfaces. Before the dark times. Before Microsoft."

-Luke: "How did my father die?"
-Ben: "A young systems programmer named Bill Gates, who was a student until his mommy kicked him out of her basement, founded Microsoft and helped destroy the intuitive user interface. He betrayed and murdered the Macintosh. Gates was seduced by the Dark Side of Money."

-Luke: "Money?"
-Ben: "Yes, Money is what gives a programmer his resources. It's an exchange system created by human beings. It surrounds us. Works for us. Binds the economy together. Which reminds me. Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough, but your Uncle wouldn't allow it. He thought you'd follow old Obi-Wan on some damn idealistic crusade."

-Luke: "What is it?"
-Ben: "It's an object modeling tool. The weapon of a systems programmer. Not as random or clumsy as a lexical parser. An elegant compiler for a more civilized age."

1.The large family
Max was talking to Louie. “Did you know that I’m one of 18 children?”
Louie said, “No, I didn’t. Why do you think your parents had so many children?”
Max replies, “The problem was that my mum was hard of hearing. When mum and dad went to bed each night, dad would ask, “Do you want to go to sleep, or what?”
And mum would say, “What?”

2.The heat wave
One hot summer’s day in Golders Green, Jack Gold steps out of his shower and says to his wife, Hette, “It’s just too hot to wear any clothes today, honey. What do you think the neighbours would say if I mowed the lawn without anything on?”
Hette replies, “That I married you for your money.”

3.The lesson
Mr. Henry, the maths teacher, enters the classroom. The students are playing around after the bell. They are not in their seats. Mr. Henry decides to teach them a lesson.
He calls, "Ivan, name a two-digit number."
Ivan responds, "56."
Mr. Henry, "Why not 65? Sit down, you have a D minus. Peter, name a two-digit number."
Peter responds, "18."
Mr. Henry responds, "Why not 81? A D minus for you, too. Moishe, name a two-digit number."
Moishe responds "33."
Mr. Henry replies, "Why not.... Moishe! Stop these Jewish tricks at once!"

4.Advice
Morris says to his teenage daughter “There are two words I’d like you to drop from your vocabulary. One is ‘awesome’ and the other is ‘gross’.”
“Okay,” she replies, “what are they?”

5.Half Full or Half Empty?

To the optimist, the glass is half full.
To the pessimist, the glass is half empty.
To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

6.New Lyrics to Beatles Song - "Yesterday" :
-Yesterday,
All those backups seemed a waste of pay.
Now my database has gone away.
Oh I believe in yesterday.

Suddenly,
There's not half the files there used to be.
And there's a milestone hanging over me.
The system crashed, so suddenly.

I pushed something wrong,
What it was, I could not say.
Now all my data's gone,
And I long for yesterday-ay-ay-ay.

Yesterday,
the need for back-ups seemed so far away.
I knew my data was all here to stay,
Now I believe in yesterday.

1.A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

2.All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

3.Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

4.An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.

5.Be the chief but never the lord.

6.Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage.

7.By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

-Lao Tzu

Is this funny? killing bulls in an arena in Spain? is this Funny, cutting after all its suffer: his hear and tail as a trophy so after it with a hidden sword kill the bull? which fight'd so much for his life? is this FUN ???? are we in ancient Rome times? in Coliseu? That's why IM GLAD WHEN THE BULL IN FIGHT FOR LIFE FIGHT THIS STUPID SPNAISH GUYS IN THEIR ARENAS!OOH YEAAHHHH!

.An American touring Spain stopped at a local
restaurant following a day of sightseeing.
While sipping his sangria, he noticed a sizzling,
scrumptious looking platter being served at the
next table. Not only did it look good, the smell
was wonderful. He asked the waiter, "What is
that you just served?"

The waiter replied, " Ah senor, you have excellent
taste! Those are bulls testicles from the bull
fight this morning. A delicacy!"

The American, though momentarily daunted, said,
"What the hell, I'm on vacation! Bring me an order!"

The waiter replied, "I am so sorry senor.
There is only one serving per day because there
is only one bull fight each morning. If you come
early tomorrow and place your order, we will be
sure to save you this delicacy!"

The next morning, the American returned, placed
his order, and then that evening he was served
the one and only special delicacy of the day.
After a few bites, and inspecting the contents
of his platter, he called to the waiter and said,
"These are delicious, but they are much, much
smaller than the ones I saw you serve yesterday!"

The waiter shrugged his shoulders and replied,
"Si senor. Sometimes the bull wins."

P.S.: This is true, in Spain and in Portugal there are people who loves eat it after the bull been killed! Although, this happens more in Spain where they have Bullfights everyday or almost everyday; so yes this is a joke but it really happens, anyway let's laugh: kk

BULLFIGHT :

FARMYARD JOKES:

1.What do you give a sick pig ?
Oinkment !

2.What do cows like to dance to ?
Any kind of moosic you like !

3.What kind of bird lays electric eggs ?
A battery hen !

4.Where do milkshakes come from ?
Excited cows !

5.Why does a rooster watch TV ?
For hentertainment !

6.Why did the ram fall over the cliff ?
He didn't see theewe turn !

7.What is the easiest way to count a herd of cattle ?
Use a cowculator !

8.Why did the farmer call his pig 'Ink' ?
Because he kept running out of the pen !

9.What animal always goes to bed with its shoes on ?
A horse !

10.What do you call a pig with no clothes on ?
Streaky bacon !

11.What is the definition of a goose ?
An animal that grows down as it grows up !

12.Why is it called a 'herd' of cattle ?
Well, have you 'herd' the sound they make !

13.What did the lovesick bull say to the cow ?
'When I fall in love it will be for heifer' !

."The Buddha (is that one or multiple, theologically?)
sits at his total ease in our back garden
such as it is
in his plastic only partially disguised
pool, with today a white ranunculus
floating at his feet

he’s externally nicely moulded of fine concrete
and since the fig tree with its leaves
big enough to make yourself an apron of
though you’d need apronstrings, –
has been cut down, he’s emerged
from the shadow of it which made him
unpleasantly greeny-mouldy; but now the sunlight
has dried him into a light and Springy green
which is almost fluorescent and sorta floaty

he gives interest to the garden, makes a space
of his own and also makes the garden
shapely, a focal point or some such
decorator term. He seems very happy there
-perhaps anywhere; he certainly makes me happy
to see him; he wipes thought away.

It would be poetic to say that
he was already contemplating all peacefully
when dawn broke this day of solemn days,
the Good or Bad Friday depending;
but then he seems not to worry about time anyway
under his demure, downcast eyelids

but he’s so there he’s here, and was and is,
no mere garden ornament and whatever
he sees inside, it’s there in me too
as Emerson said of this sweet contemplation

what he makes of the events of this day
is certainly a question – just suppose he’d been there
discreetly in the crowd, saying nothing, just
contemplating the scene;
and the roving cameraman spotted him
and asked for a quote

big answers deserve big questions;
maybe this half-formed question
deserves more contemplation.
I’ll just shut up and go look at him again

as the evening light reflected from
the windows of the house opposite
bathes him in an intense sunset burst of glory
with no apparent source so that he
glows with a radiant promise of peace forever
to all men; a promise as Christ’s prayer-book
puts it so memorably –
past all understanding."

-Michael Shepherd

With a Big Smile and no tears i want to dedicate this poem to all who have been such great GOOD friends of mine during all this time in this lovely blogland kiki