Days in Life

2012

2012-01-01T00:31:00.000-08:00

Wow!!! New Year 2012 with new freshness and enthusiasm prevailing in my heart and with new goals and resolutions listed in an Excel spreadsheet :-P. Never have I listed resolutions like that, this year with a list of resolutions on Family, Self improvement, work, soceity, etc. Hoping to fulfill everything as days pass by.

Wishing everyone a healthy, happy and a successful New Year 2012.

The Royal Wedding

2011-04-30T07:13:00.000-07:00

Since my birth, I have heard about Lady Diana and always admired her beauty and fame. I was always interested in her family picture with her two cute sons Prince William & Prince Harry since my childhood.

Prince William and Kate Middleton were in news for their royal wedding this month. People around the world were interested in what Middleton will wear for her wedding. Same with me, I was curious enough on how grand their wedding would be.

The day before their wedding, I wondered how the couple would feel on their wedding tomorrow. Following Prince William in Twitter gives latest updates on him as he quoted “One wants to live like common people, one wants to do whatever common people do..." The grass is always green on the other side. 
That night I searched Internet for the wedding news, the wedding is everywhere in Internet. This made me watch Lady Diana’s wedding in YouTube at my night.

The next day in my office, I almost forgot about the wedding on my sickness. Returned home early from office due to my sickness and forgot to watch the news about the wedding. Late in the evening, I forced myself from my bed to the internet, to have a glimpse of Middleton’s wedding gown.

On watching the wedding video of the bride’s ride from the hotel to the Westminster Abbey along with her father in a Rolls Royce, with hundreds of crowd is simply royal.

Today, their pictures and news were everywhere. Picked another news from Internet that the couple came out of the Buckingham Palace hours after their wedding in Aston Martin eco-car driven by Prince William. This is unusual to the royals and learnt it is the idea of the Prince and it was very cute. The car is owned by his father and it carried a learner's board in front and a board with JU5TWED.

This wedding is as grand and royal to the wedding of Lady Diana & Prince Charles. Surely, a wedding of the century.

Tourism outside your place

2011-04-30T04:37:00.000-07:00

Woke up early and got ready to have the breakfast soon. All these were for just one reason - to enjoy the Allepey backwater ride in the houseboat. Long time dream of taking a cruise in a houseboat and enjoy the scenery along the backwaters. Stayed in a wonderful hotel on the shore of backwaters which forces you to take a motor boat whenever you feel like stepping out of the hotel.

Enjoying the morning scenery of the backwaters with coconut trees on the banks in the motor boat, during when a houseboat came near for us to switch to the houseboat for a wonderful ride. Enjoyed the entry to the houseboat and switched on the camera as the first thing like all tourists.

Banks of the backwater is filled up with nice concrete houses of the localities. It was around 9am in Allepey, also called as Alapuzzha in Kerala, meant for backwater cruises for tourists.

Pleasure to the eyes to watch the different kind of houses neatly painted with bright colours. The boat man took us through the village and pointed us to the small boats which belong to each houses for their daily commutation to the city via backwaters. Hundreds of houseboats thronged the backwaters in Allepey with tourists including Indians & foreigners which left the localities no different from their daily activities.

Could notice people coming out of their houses from their sleep and carry on with their daily activities like brushing the teeth, bathing, catching fishes and washing clothes in the banks of the backwater while the tourist enjoys the houses, activities of these people and numerous coconut trees.

Apparently, people travel across places in India & abroad from their home towns. People who actually go around places in their hometown with their cameras on, are very low. Considering the city I live in, I have not seen most of the tourist places for years and have very little collections of photographs of the city I live in.

Have you seen all the tourist places in the place you live in? How many of us have photographs of our town?

Glorious Win

2011-04-12T23:36:00.001-07:00

My eyes were drowsy after a heavy lunch on a weekend, but do not want to close my eyes as my thought was running over to switch on the television at 2:30PM. Never regularly followed the game the country loves after my school, but this particular cricket match is different.

It is the ICC World Cup 2011 finals with India vs Sri Lanka. Whole nation, media, Indian citizens across the world kept their fingers crossed to win the world cup this time.

Opened my eyes with a sudden thought judging it must be time to wake up to switch on the TV. Lazy to get up in a tiring sleep, looked at the watch and rushed towards the TV to know who won the toss. Little pessimistic over the toss with Lanka choosing to bat first.

Always not much interested to watch the other team bat, so opened my laptop and started browsing with a glance to the TV now and then for the score. With the Lankans struggling to get the ball to the boundary, started murmuring to get a wicket for every ball from the Indian bowlers.

My mother came after sometime during the end of the Srilanka batting and started following the score. We both were enjoying the match with the hope that Indian can get the score, that was when the Lankans screwed the hope of entire Indian fans in the last 5 overs with the high score of 275 to win.

All TV channels screwed the Indian captain of his decisions, making everyone worry about the world cup win. This drama glued everyone in front of the TV, giving way to hassle free traffic jams in the road, no crowd in the cinema halls and shopping malls.

Indians started playing with a great hope and power; disappointing the Indian crowd on the second ball to lose an important wicket, which might have made most of them to switch off the TV. :-) Another wicket on the crucial player shattered the hope of world cup at that point of time. I guess most of them would have started doing their own work to be away from following the score. My mother & I moved away from the television to carry on with our work but leaving it on for updates.

Neverthless, the captain sketched the true captaincy in the world cup with the glorious win which cannot be explained by words. It was around 11PM, before the last ball to win the second world cup for the nation, crackers bursted the sky with rocket, colors, noise in the neighbourhood. My mother screamed on the victory with the last sixer which made us run to the verandh to see the colorful sky with beautiful crackers bursting. The match made every individual shout with joy by becoming world champions.

Switched off the television after 9.5 hours and started to continue my sleep with the thought of the glorious win which I have seen after my birth.

Publish Post

Paa - The movie

2010-03-14T11:06:00.000-07:00

Watched this movie with English sub titles yesterday. Impressed with the opening of titles when Jaya Bachan told the entire cast crew. The movie revolved around a love story uniting Abhishek and Vidya after their break up.
Eventhough Amitabh acted who is affected by Progeria disease, the family and friends support shown in this movie was amazing. Twelve year old friends showing love and care to their friend Amitabh is so matured instead of teasing and bullying him as shown in ther movies at this school age.
Abhishek who is a politician in this movie shown as a young, well educated, truthful, with modern thoughts and caring for people. The way he confesses his truth about his personal life to the media and country men is amazing. Vidya is a gyneacologist and a caring single mother of the Progeria affected child. Portrayed as a strong woman who lives for her child and in a mentality not to disturb Abhishek's life and career worth appreciation. Amitabh, a intelligent, practical and a friendly school going student. Enjoys life with school friends, grand mom and mother.
Politician shown as truthful and open minded in this movie gives you an thought of how nice the country will be if all politicians work in the same way for the well being of the country. The character of a single mother of the Progeria affected child brings the spark of how a woman to be strong in her personal life and raising such a child with confidence. Amitabh, a funny, intelligent tall child who enjoys the company of his friends and the way he handles things to unite his mother and father is nice.
Overall, a must watch movie with not much sentiments, weeping and fights. :-)

Vandalur Zoo

2007-04-01T02:30:00.000-07:00

My office - during rains.

2006-08-09T04:35:00.000-07:00

Pondicherry

2006-07-03T01:18:00.000-07:00

Aurobindo ashram

Vinayagar Temple

Beach

Who do you like the most in this world?

2006-01-09T21:10:00.000-08:00

Just tell who do you like the most in this world.

New year

2006-01-01T20:21:00.000-08:00

Wish you all a happy new year 2006

My Likes...

2005-11-18T21:01:00.000-08:00

Tagged by Anbae...

Five movied I like the most

1.Bombay
2.Minsara Kanavu
3.Speed
4.Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
5.Baby's Day out

Five things i can never live without

1.God's blessings
2.Parent's blessings
3.Water
4.Loving and lovable people around me
5.Spectacles

Five Admirations

1.My mother
2.J.Jayalalitha
3.Kamal Hassan
4.Abdhul kalam
5.My neice

Five things I miss now

1.My mom
2.My Computer
3.Washing machine
4.Rasam Rice
5.Tamil Nadu

Last movie i borrowed to watch and still not given back

Nothing

Books I love

1.The Alchemist
2.The Zahir

Five people i pass this high fives to

1.Kalai
2.Awakening coma
3.Shining Indian
4.Vee-jay
5.Amutha

Diwali in train

2005-11-05T23:11:00.000-08:00

I never expected last year that this year Diwali i would be travelling in train.I had to catch my train on Diwali afternoon.So got up in the morning,after celebrating somewhat,went to the temple.My mother was telling it's high time you get ready and have your food.Till then i was browsing and checking my mails.Once i saw the time to get ready,had my food,that too in a hurry just like i am going for school.Just had a liitle amount of food and started for my new first job training.All my neighbours wished me for my career and I reached the railway station.Diwali is one of the days where we can see all people wear new dresses.My friend was there in the station,chatted for sometime and had a great time.Hmm,train started and it's was very worse to travel a long distance that too in Diwali and i could see some crackers burst and hear those noises very far.

I was thinking how my next Diwali would be.....

Diwali

2005-10-30T05:56:00.000-08:00

Wish you all a Happy Diwali!

Avvai Shanmughi...

2005-10-26T11:18:00.000-07:00

Mrs.Doubt Fire is the special movie in Star Vijay for this Diwali.Saw the advertisement of this today in the Star vijay tv with a Avvai Shanmughi song and showing Mrs.Doubt Fire.Wow! very funny.

How to prepare a plain rice?

2005-10-12T11:33:00.000-07:00

I was watching travel & living channel in the tv today.There was a cookery show going on.It's name is "Cooking with heart and soul".All the dishes is made by the same cook and her name is kim or something,sorry forgot her name.It was very interesting to watch the show because the materials she uses to cook is some unknown creatures.

A particular dish is made with some creature which is so fleshy,Oh! my god, the lady just sliced everything from it,removing each parts from it.I guess she must have been a pure science biology student and well versed at slicing animal parts.She removes eyes,thin skin membrane,etc apart.
Whack! I felt like vomitting.After slicing, it was like an octopus which she fried .The dish was well decorated and it merely look like an potato chips.

The next dish on the show --- can you guess???

It was with rice.I thought she is going to make a special dish with rice.Hmm to my surprise she just taught how to cook a "PLAIN RICE". I was about to laugh while watching it.

I used to watch cookery shows just to know how the cook handles the items and the way she cooks and I don't take notice of how to prepare a dish.But this show was very different ,you can see different creatures which you missed out in animal planet :-)

Sadist

2005-10-08T23:06:00.000-07:00

Have you ever come accrossed a sadist?

Whenever i see people undergo mental tortures to the extreme that they cannot do anything to come over the problem/tortures they undergo, made me to picturise the person who is the root cause of these tortures is a sadist.The same person sometimes seem to be happy with the people and get along well with them,crack jokes,dance,sing,....but sometimes try to do things which kills others mentally but very sure not physically.

These act brings a lot of hatred and curses towards the person that noone likes to talk and get along with them.I could also find that he /she seems to be a selfish person and living in this world just to eat and sleep.People living under him should not expect more than shelter &food.When they try to expect more than this,sadism goes high in his mind.

Is living in this world is just to eat and sleep?
Can he/she be considered as a sadist ?
What could be done to change his/her mentality?I personally feel nothing can be done to change their mentality unless someone does the same to them.

Once Most Wanted,Now...?

2005-09-25T02:08:00.000-07:00

Recently got an SMS which goes like this...."Don't forget to drink a cola after eating a cadbury chocolate...Why?Because worms are killed by pesticides....Issued in public interest."

One of the popular beverages company is undergoing a bad market since the presence of pesticides is found in the product.I could remember an article in the newspaper about the use of Coke&Pepsi as pesticide in the farms of Tamil Nadu.Farmers opinion on this---"cheapest pesticide".

Same trend for the cadbury company too once an worm was found in the cadbury chocolate.But later they advertised as purity,sealed,.......

But after all these issues,have the people stopped using these products?

What a Woman should have...

2005-09-16T23:42:00.000-07:00

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE
..enough money within her
control to move out and
rent a place of her own
even if she never wants
to or needs to...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE
..something perfect to wear if
the employer or date of her dreams
wants to see her in an hour...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE
. .a youth she's content
to leave behind...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE
..a past juicy enough that
she's looking forward to
retelling it in her old age....

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE
. .one friend who always makes
her laugh... and one who lets
her cry...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE
..a good piece of furniture
not previously owned by anyone
else in her family...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE
..eight matching plates and a recipe
for a meal that will make her
guests feel honoured..

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE
..a feeling of control over
her destiny...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW
. .how to fall in love without
losing herself...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
..how to quit a job,
break up with a lover,
and confront a friend
without ruining the friendship...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
..when to try harder.... and
when to walk away...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
..that she can't change the
length of her calves, the width
of her hips, or the nature of her
parents...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
..that her childhood may not
have been perfect....but its
over...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
..what she would and wouldn't
do for love or more...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
.how to live alone... even if
she doesn't like it...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
..whom she can trust,
whom she can't,
and why she shouldn't
take it personally...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
..where to go...
be it to her best friend's kitchen table...
or a charming inn in the woods...
when her soul needs soothing...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
..what she can and can't
accomplish in a day...
a month...and a year...

Thiruvasagam

2005-09-15T05:50:00.000-07:00

I bought Ilaiyaraja's Thiruvasagam audio cassette yesterday and was very eager to hear it.On the cover it was written"Hungary Symphony group & 120 singers".Totally 6 songs,5 songs sung by Ilaiyaraja & some.

The music is more of a western sort.Didn't imagine a thiruvasagam with this kind of music,but a different approach & some lines also sung by hungarian singers.

The song"Polla vinayen......"is excellent and a long one."Nama Shivaya Vazhaga.... Nanthanthal Vazhaga......"is the most touching lines in Thiruvasagam.

Some feel that Thiruvasagam composed with western music not much appreciated,doesn't have a divinity.But accolades to IlaiyaRaja for his effort.

This is a love story!

2005-08-25T08:57:00.000-07:00

Ithu Oru Kathal Kathai!(This is a love story!)-a serial in Star Vijay is a kind of different story compared to all other serials in the TV these days.This doesn't feature any feminist kind of characters which is the trend now.But same old traingle love concept featured with 2 men & 2 women which includes friendship,love,relation.

The hero character(in the picture)is been changed now,hmmm some resemblances can also be found between the two.Two girls with different thoughts ,different lifestyle,different fashion are also featured.

Sometimes it's irritating to watch because same point is repeated with different actions,different costumes,different situations but you can understand the story anytime you watch.

Unlimited sounds Limited

2005-08-24T08:51:00.000-07:00

Broadband Internet connection is advertised with a main caption as "UNLIMITED".Using broadband for more than 1 year still sounds limited , similar to a dial up but in a different way.

The corporate offered us 300MB as free upload/download for a month.So we tried to make our usage within 300 MB.Later they increased to 400MB,so we thought,"O.K let's use some more and take care that finally comes within 400MB.Rarely we cross the limit and pay for the extra usage.Then don't know what made the corporate to be more liberal and gave us 512MB.Yet the same story.....

Now 1000MB free upload/download.Happy to have 1000MB alloted but still limited to explore the World Wide Web.From the day 1 ,checking everyday for the usage and planning for the next day's usage...doesn't sound limited that too with a broadband?

My mother says"How much ever the corporate allocates us,still we feel limited and need more...." and laughs.That's true!

Train Journey after 9 years

2005-08-16T04:43:00.000-07:00

It's been 9 years since I travelled in train.Very hard to believe but true.Last week made my trip to mantralayam(in AP)in a tourist agency along with my parents.I stepped in to the Central Railway Station after 9 years to catch the Mumbai Express.Seeing the heavy rush in the station since it is a holiday time(Independance day holiday)& few more changes in the station, was happy to be there.My previous journey in train was an All India tour when i was studying 8th standard.

Once all the passengers(of the tourist agency) got into the train,there was some confusion regarding the allotment of berths in train.It was great fun looking at all the old ladies & their garrulous talks about the journey.The owner of the tourist agency is in another compartment who has all the tickets.The most funniest thing happened when TTR came.He demanded for the tickets but everyone kept mum & he was very patient to be silent for few seconds then shouted "Ticket keten enn moonchiyae partha enna artham?(What's there to stare at my face when i ask the ticket?)".Everyone bursted out in laughter including him.You can't resist laughing when you are among the old one's.

When we reached Mantralayam it was 12pm, so we went to the temple' annapoorna ashram.That building was donated by Naryana moorthy(Infosys Chairman)& Sudha Narayana moorthy.The interior of the building is very beautiful,clean & naturally the hall was bright with the help of sunlight.Then went to River Tungabadra,where the water level is raising because the dam is open.Around Mandralayam & it's near by places you can see thungabadra & lots of sunflowers in Andra Pradesh.

The next day made a visit to Ragavendra's temple,very beautiful & divine.Calmness is something you get in the temple.Then Hampi in karnataka is a tourist place which can't be left.But had suffered for some time due to bad roads towards hampi.One murmered that the area MLA has to taken through this road so that he realises how difficult to travel in it.But what's the use?

Going to different monuments built by the King krishnadeva Raya in this region is the most good experience in this visit.Half of the monuments are destroyed in the past.The city full of stones is the best word to describe Hampi.Many monuments build with three styles (HINDU,MUSLIM,JAIN).But don't know the reason why he built with these 3 architectures.Just had half a day time to visit Hampi which is not enough to see hampi.

The tour came to an end & reached the room at 2am & had to catch the Mumbai Express at 4.30am to chennai.It was Independance day,but spent whole day travelling to chennai.At about 1pm saw a national flag hoisted somewhere,but there's no buildings,no people around,just like a wasteland but happy to see the flag atleast there in this long journey.The journey was tiring but cherished good visit to Andra Pradesh & Karnataka.

Soup turned Rasam

2005-08-11T09:28:00.000-07:00

Soup turned Rasam

Have you ever tasted tomato soup taste like rasam?

I bought a tomato soup packet today thinking it is an instant soup which is in powderey form.Once i brought home and opened it ,i noticed it is in the form of a paste which has to be boiled and we have to use the entire packet(serves 5)immediately.

Once the soup is ready, it's taste is similar to rasam.It was also mentioned in the packet MTH SOUP "Rasam Style" which i didn't notice.No one will say that is a soup, pure rasam sold as soup in the market.

One use of that packet was we were able to prepare rasam for dinner.Even that's not good.MTH Soup "Rasam Style" never buy that product.

After so many days.....

2005-08-04T00:46:00.000-07:00

After so many days,today i went to my college to get my certificates.Travelling in the same college bus with new cleaner who questioned me "Which bus you belong to?".Thank god my junior answered him that i am an old student,he went back.Same old driver with same speed(not improved to drive fast),same old college buildings and same old menu too.Only few regulations have changed which i get to know from the juniors.

Speaking with the lectureres boosted my energy and made my way to the library to collect my credentials.After receiving the certificates,my eyes went through the words "First class with Distinction" made my heart feel happy.Happier after a long time.

Later i decided to leave the college and started my footsteps towards it.Saw my department by the side and made an entrance and met my old lecturer.They were happy to see me & obviously me too.

Atlast i had a glance to all(more than 10) those gigantic buildings,staffs,.... and felt happy that they made me an engineer.

Idle days

2005-08-02T05:38:00.000-07:00

My days have become much idle unable to tolerate the boring day times when all my friends go for work and my joining date is on october.Getting up in the morning without knowing how am i gonna kill the time till night.Boring cinemas,nasty smell when i open my house door where people lay roads just opposite to our house.......... really irritates.The result of all this is just an headache with which i prevail in the nights.

These days are not going to come again ,need to be enjoyed,but how??

Helmet needed?

2005-07-15T04:49:00.000-07:00

Helmet needed?
This is what these police women think about,eventhough the commissioner of police ordered his force to wear a helmet a couple of days before.

Feel of Roller-coaster in land

2005-07-11T23:51:00.000-07:00

A feel of a Roller-Coaster while travelling in auto one day.It was a very exhausting evening where a auto driver was threatening each and everyone in the road as well as the people inside in his auto.It was bad luck that i was inside that auto.No idea about what annoyed the auto man who was angry and drived the auto similar to a roller coaster drive.It was good that no one got hurt expect me who was not seated peacefully while travelling.This should not be the case of auto drivers who should take the people from one place to another in a safe manner.Hope the trend changes.

Days after college

2005-06-16T20:00:00.000-07:00

The days after finishing your college is something you cannot tolerate.Being idle all the time and waiting for the joining dates to work in the hot summer season is the time everyone undergoes.Some miss the college life ,some waiting to go to work, some trying for a job,some trying to do further studies,some getting married,...... these are the different situations when one completes the college.

It has become difficult to meet friends whom you have met everyday in college all these four years.Making a phone call,meeting them all have become difficult because each one is busy with something .Once we go to corporate world it would be difficult to meet friends,relatives,... but with a hope that we would meet our friends one day .