The Ghouse Diary: McDonald

Showing posts with label McDonald. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Breakfast at McDonalds and John Conlee song

… Signs of senior citizen are surfacing in me, getting up at 4:30 in the morning is one of them. For the last three days, I had the urge to eat pancakes, resisted it, as I did not want to add anymore weight , Yasmeen promised my monthly quota of Paratha this Sunday, the Indian layered flat bread ( OK, Pakistani Paratha, because she is one) with Chicken Curry, a Malaysian favorite as well.

Well the urge to eat Pancakes was irresistible, and my scale showed me in my limits… 185 pounds! So I drove to McDonald's at 5:04.. walked in and heard the country song.. its 5:04... I was taken back for the coincidence.., I was the first and only customer till 5:45….then three fellow seniors walked in, as I was walking out.

They were playing old country… and I really like that song… so many times my heart got broken… I am only it for the love ..I was imagining myself ten years from now…. I had two pancakes, two hash browns (they substitute sausage for hash brown), scramble eggs and biscuits… and of course my favorite, McDonald’s coffee... darn the flavor and the aroma is delightful… sometimes I just keep the cup with a lid open and in the car and smell it... what do you do to enjoy your mornings?

I got this John Conlee song... got me going in the morning...and playing and replaying it...

There's something you got that really gets me going
It's hard to believe the way the feelings growing
Let me say before my heart starts showing
I'm only in it for the love
Enjoy it…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLChjZFfwOs

Let me know if you like this song

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Ques and lines

Cofee Line at McDonald
I have started coffee, and every day I am 6th or 7th car at the McDonald's drive drive-thru, even though I have changed the timings, am still 6th or 7th. What bugs me is when I don't see any one behind me in the line. Does that happen to you?

I do not drink coffe or tea regularly, but as I have been travelling a lot, I found myself catching up with McDonald's coffee on the road, at least it is consistent no matter where you go, you can count on it to be warm and fresh

INTRODUCTION

Mike Ghouse is committed to building cohesive societies and offers pluralistic solutions to media and to the public on important and complex issues of the day and is available to speak in a variety of settings such as schools, seminars, conferences, and places of worship, or the work place.

Mike is a frequent guest on Fox News, (The Hannity Show), and has been interviewed on nationally syndicated Radio shows along with Dallas TV, Print and Radio networks and occasional interviews on NPR. He is a member of the Texas Faith panel of Dallas Morning News and writes on issues facing the nation every week. He has spoken at international forums including the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions, in Melbourne, Australia, Middle East Peace Initiative, in Jerusalem, the International Leadership conference, in Hawaii, and in Washington

The Foundation for Pluralism champions the idea of co-existence by respecting and accepting the otherness of those different from ourselves. The World Muslim Congress is committed to nurturing the pluralistic ideals embedded in Islam. Heavily involved in both, Mike Ghouse is committed to building cohesive societies and has produced outstanding public events to bring Americans together of different religions, ethnicities and races on common grounds of building a safe and secure America.

He is a speaker, thinker, collaborator and a writer on the subjects of Pluralism, the interfaith movement, cohesive societies, Islam, India, hope and world peace. Over 1000 articles of Mike’s have been published worldwide and two books are poised to be released this summer. His work is reflected in 4 websites and 27 Blogs indexed at http://www.mikeghouse.net/
C
oncerned by the divisiveness, he saw the need to bring Americans together and founded America Together Foundation committed to building a cohesive America, indeed it is in response to ACT America which is bent on pitching one American against the other. We will be holding series of educational programs, conferences and workshops to address the issues that divide us such as Civil Right, GLBT, Quraan, Abortion, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, Racial Profiling and Stereotyping.

The Annual Unity Day USA is in its 7th year now, it is a purposeful event to bring Americans together, on this Unity Day, we the people of the United States of America of every faith, race, ethnicity, culture and background will gather to express our commitment to co-existence, unity, prosperity and wellbeing of our nation.

Thanksgiving Celebration is in its 15th year showcasing cultural diversity.

The 5th Annual Reflections on Holocaust and Genocides is to learn and to acknowledge and reflect upon the terrible things we have inflicted upon each other and commit to avert such tragedies. Through this event non-Jewish people have consciously learned about Holocaust for the first time, it was also for the first time that people of 14 faiths came together to join in to commemorate the Holocaust that commemorated within the Jewish Community for years. They are not alone anymore in their anguish, we are all in it together with them, and it is a Muslim initiative to effect a positive change.

The programs, seminars and workshops conducted by the Foundation for Pluralism have become a part of the America Together Foundation. While the Foundation for Pluralism continues championing the idea of co-existence through respecting and accepting the otherness of other, the commitment to nurturing the pluralistic ideals embedded in Islam through the World Muslim Congress continues.

Mike is a speaker, thinker, collaborator and a writer on the subjects of Pluralism, the Interfaith Movement, Cohesive Societies, Islam, India, Hope and World Peace. Over 1000 of his articles have been published worldwide and two books are poised to be released this summer. His work is reflected in 4 websites and 27 Blogs indexed at http://www.mikeghouse.net

To engage Mike in a dialogue, conference or a talk, write to Ghousespeaks@gmail.com and email dedicated for this purpose or you can call him on a short notice at 214.325.1916