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Quotes Collection



வீரம்னா என்னனு தெரியுமா? பயம் இல்லாதது மாதிரி
நடிக்கிறது. 
Dr Kamal Haasan 

ஒனாய இருந்து
பார்த்தாதான் தெரியும் அதோட ந்யாயம் என்னனு!!!
Dr Kamal Haasan 

நீ வாழ்கைய ரசிச்சுட்டு இருக்க. நா அத தேடிட்டு இருக்கேன்.
anonymous

நீங்கலம் ஜைக்கனும்கரத மூளைல வெச்சுக்கிட்டு, இப்படித்தான் ஜெயிக்கணும்னு மனசுல வைக்கறீங்க, அதுக்கு பதில்லா, ஜைக்கனும்கரத மனசுல வெச்சுட்டு எப்படி ஜெயிக்கணும்னு மூளைல வைங்க. 
Moive: Ninaithale Innikum(2009)

ஒரு தப்புக்கு இன்னொரு தப்பு சரி ஆகாது.
Moive: Ninaithale Innikum(2009)

மறதி இந்த தேசத்தோட வியாதியா போச்சு
Moive: Unnai Pol Oruvan(2009)

கடவுள் இல்லன்னு எப்போ சொன்னேன்? அப்படி ஒருத்தர் இருந்தா தேவலாம்னு தானே சொன்னேன்
Dr Kamal Hassan,Dasavatharam


ஓடும் காலங்கள் உடன் ஓடும் நினைவுகள் வழி மாறும் பயணங்கள் தொடர்கிறதே. இதுதான் வாழ்கையா?
Selvaraghavan (Malai neram - Ayirathil oruvan - 2010)



இரவல் தந்தவன் கேட்கின்றான் அதை இல்லையென்றால் அவன் விடுவானா?
உறவைச் சொல்லி அழுவதனாலே உயிரை மீண்டும் தருவானா?

kannadasan

அழுவதும் சிரிப்பதும் உன் வேலை
நடப்பவை நடக்கட்டும் அவன் லீலை

Ayirathil Oruvan (2010)


அடி தேக்கு மர காடு பெருசுதான்
சின்ன தீக்குச்சி உசரம் சிறுசு தான்...
ஒரு தீக்குச்சி விழுந்து புடிக்குதுடி
கருந்தேக்கு மரக்காடு வெடிக்குதடி

Vairamuthu (Raavanan 2010)



உனக்கு அம்மானா புடிக்குமா?
அம்மானா யாருக்குதான் புடிக்காது,
பூனை நாய்க்கு கூடத்தான் புடிக்கும்.

Balakumaran (Pudupettai)

தண்ணீர் குடத்தில் பிறக்கிறோம்
தண்ணீர் கரையில் முடிக்கிறோம்

Vairamuthu (Rythm)


Friday, July 31, 2009

Kuttan's level of confidence

We have may times used the lines
"I am sure about this"
"i am very confident "
"i can assure u on that"....yup these just tell people that we are confident about something...but to what extent? maybe we can say " i am 100% sure about it", " I am very much confident"...


But today morning, my dear kuttan surprised everyone with his level of confidence...We had a small issue and while kuttan was concluding his suggestions/feelings, he said " I am 207.5% sure...".....LOL LOL :):):)
We dont know where from that 207.5% came!!!!!! Maybe our kuttan is trying to become a mass hero and having his own one liners!!!!!!!!

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Bored with the regular mechanical routine, i have started to take time off.....well what else i can do......i am penning down two stories....these are not short ones...and not a novel kinda of a thing...just writing...ll keep writing and when things come to better shape, will post them here....these two stories are completely independent of each other..so penning them down really gives me a great experience and time pass.....

hope i will finish this one along with the other song.....

let glory be with him

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

NAAI KUTTY soundtrack review

the first track by madhu balakrishnan, uthirathil......its really good, set in a gloomy mood and making use of traditional instruments (he he he, not as u think!!!) tabala, thara thapata for the background....madhu leaves his mark well..be the emotions that the lyrics demand or the perfection in the pronunciation of the words...WOW...a nice song. Somewhere in between this tune reminds me, the tune of the 80s and 90s raja's melocholic music...

seems to start with some vedic chant, the deva style kuthu music soon sets up the background :):):) I couldn't figure out whether this is a gaana or a kuthu song...WOW a beautiful SHIT....please stay away from this:):):)

The lyrics of any poem/song needs to be simple to reach a layman...but please dont pen down the way u talk,horrible - really bad word chosen to describe this song...forgive me for my lack of english knowledge, i couldnt find a better word to describe the atrocity committed in the name of lyrics, "yeppa patheno"...the worst trash i have heard in the recent years!!!!!!! i dont know wats wrong with the singers, seems some one poured a liter of olive oil in their mouth b4 the recording...horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A gana song that may rock the fm stations soon, "Jani walker" is ok when compared to the previous two tracks. quick one too....

unnikrishnan after a long time has lent his voice to the song "kola kolaya", seems he has lost his charming voice and it looks as though our unni has had great difficulty in singing this number!!!! AGAIN the lyrics are worse!!!!!

set on the tunes of kundrathile kumaranuku kondattam, kadhalile pengaluku gonna be a hit number....good ghana tune and a fast peppy number, the voice blends well with the pace of the music....

OVERALL naai kutty never gonna grow up!!!!!!!!!! would rate it 1/5.... that one is for the last and first track :):):):)

happy hearing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, July 27, 2009

A time gone by!!!!!

It was late Monday evening, a thin layer of water droplets were swirling down from the clouds. I decided to reach home b4 it comes down heavily...... I was half way, when the rains came down pouring heavily. I looked out for the nearest shelter. It has been nearly 7 months since i saw rains...and the last was a cyclone, which just left people numb....The bitter experience of the Indian summer urged me to get drenched:):) Drenched as much as i can!!!!!!!!!!

I slowed down a bit and drove happily, humming my favorite songs for the entire distance. As i went past the humans, who sought shelter under nearby shops, bus depos and trees....i felt a sense of ecstasy, a sense of joy, a sense of achievement, all the while, the lyrics of the song chinna chinna mazhai thuligal from en swasa katre hovering my mind.....

I know i would have looked like a clown to all the mortals who saw me driving in the heavy rain and singing crazily...alas, how can i expect them to understand my joy!!!! As i reached room, i took a bath and settled in my chair....I switched off the lights and sat there for few mins, rain was still pouring heavily....rup tup tap tap rup tup....very nice to hear, a good rhythm well maintained.......

I switched on my laptop and added few TMS songs to my play list. WOW!!!!!! In this chilling moment and dark room.......katru vanga ponen......ya kannadasan's lyrics and nice rendering by TMS with the maestro MSV bringing everything together...what else u want to enjoy this evening???? As time went by, i was lost in the past.....

It was during my tenth i guess, we had heavy rains back in my native. For one week it rained heavily...we were locked down in our homes....Paper boats always fascinated me and till date i like to make paper boats when i see rain:):)...that day was no exception. I did make a lot of paper boats. The highlight was that, my dad and grand dad too joined me :):)....my mom made beautiful sweet...yup home made sweets, along with kichadi for the evening tiffin.....after that, me mom and dad, stood outside and watched the rain....we watched the droplets coming down furiously, we watched the little birds struggling to keep themselves dry, we watched my paper boats getting sunk...we kept watching till it was late evening......all the while we talked, talked...talked...we kept talking.....

During my pre final hear, there were heavy rains for a month, that a bridge collapsed in the national highway, and roadways were of no use to reach our college. Those days were beautiful. Me vasan, bandu, manmadhan used to sit in the balcony of our hostel room and chit chat for long. We will buy good amount of biscuits, chips, whatever we were able to afford. mocking at each other......those were precious moments...

Those are TIME that has GONE BY!!!!!!


Here i am with the rain still pouring down...i am far better and matured ( i guess i can call myself to be so LOL), but i dont get to have my parents near me, i am unable to enjoy my mom's evening tiffin or drink, i have no granddad near me to keep mocking, i do not have my dad by my side to keep me engaged.....for a better tomorrow, for a bright future, for a joyful destiny, i and many have come a long way missing everything, hoping one day, we will have our mom and dad by our side sharing the joy, we taking care of our parents instead of they taking care of us......Or atleast will we get to be with our friends? those long chats, those yearnings to stay togethar to go places when we earn, to enjoy the summer and winter when we have enough to spend.....

In this IT world, as a friend of mine recently chirped in, we have become IT machines....no time for fun, no time for family, still we run behind in search of fame, money, dignity, to save our family.....yet we dont get to be with our so called family neither friends.....Will we get to enjoy the same again?????Staring at the questions, in search of an answer......Will our hopes and dreams come true? will it be too late to live our dreams when everything come together??????

Yup, another minute has gone by.....

Saturday, July 25, 2009

i am engulfed in a world of SOAP,AXIS,WSDL, C and JAVA....and its really keeping me busy....ll update my blog when i take leave from that world :(:(:(:(:(

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Few days back when i was talking to my mom, she enquired about the cost of the food in hotels. I was surprised because of her question, which came from the blue. When i asked why the sudden question, she told me calmly that the prices of cereals and grains have gone up!!!!!!GOOD GOD!!!! It was just a few months back, they shot up!!!!

So i started a bit of digging the web and to my surprise, the prices have indeed gone up by 20-30%. The reason why this has gone up???? It was hard to find out...So a bit more enquiry in the nearby annachi shops left me staring at the state government...yup, all the guy told me was "ரேஷன் கடைல கம்மிய கொடுகராங்கள அதான்" ("since the items are give at a very low price in ration hence the cost")

I was just confused. How come that could affect the price??? If at all government gonna give out such thins at the lowest possible price, they themselves would have bought it at a very low cost :):):)...I just discussed the same with my colleague who has a good knowledge on current affairs, i found out he too had similar experience.

Though I didn't get the relation, i did get some info from him. These low cost grains and cereals are imported from Burma. yup!! Burma. And recently not only INDIA but CHINA too has started importing in large scale from BURMA and hence BURMA has increased its price:):):)

So with all this data i came to the conclusion, coz of china, the prices of grams, cereals and grains
have gone up!!!!!!!!! இது ஒரு அந்நிய நாட்டு சதி!!!!!!!!! :):):)

update:
the cost of the grams were just 70/kg a couple of monhts back and now it is 100/kg....does that mean, only the earning member can buy it? And only if the person has a handsome earning, can he afford to have grams in his diet????? I thin going forward, we will end up with 100/litre for water....and our children will be left to live only with water as diet!!!!!!!!NO I AM NOT KIDDING!!!!


Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Let's face it - English is a crazy language.


In what other language do people drive in a parkway and park in a driveway?

Why does night fall but never break and day break but never fall?

Why is it that when we transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when we transport something by ship, it's called cargo?

Why are people who ride motorcycles called bikers and people who ride bikes called cyclists?

In what other language do thay call the third hand on the clock the second hand?

Why is it called a TV set when you get only one?Why - in our crazy language - can your nose run and your feet smell?

Sometimes you have to believe that all English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane:

If olive oil is made of olives, what do they make baby oil from?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian consume?

A writer is someone who writes, and a stinger is something that stings.

But fingers don't fing and grocers don't groce.

If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn't the plural of booth be beeth?

If the teacher taught, why isn't it also true that the preacher praught?

If harmless actions are the opposite of harmful actions, why are shameless and shameful behavior the same?

English is a language in which you can turn a light on and you can turn a light off and you can turn a light out, but you can't turn a light in;

In which the sun comes up and goes down, but prices go up and come down.

In which your nose can simultaneously burn up and burn down and your car can slow up and slow down, in which you can fill in a form by filling out a form and in which your alarm clock goes off by going on.

English is a crazy language. What is it that when the sun or the moon or the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible?; and why when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I shall end it?

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Definite moment....

May 6,2008. It was just another morning for me. But people were flocking around getting dressed up and keeping themselves busy even in the mess hall of our hostel. Many felt, they finally gonna find their destiny. It was just another company visiting our campus as part of the placement program.

Our room was always electric. Not in the sense we too were in the mood just like the others in the campus....we just had our usual routine. Each one of us got up, made fun of each other...kept mocking at the people who were busy with their placement preparations. The only difference that i am able to rember right now is that, me mokkai, kadalai and vasan took bath early. We were neatly dressed up. And to surprise of ourselves, we all were shaved clean:):):)yup...at least one of us (either me or vasan) in the room always badly needed a good shave!!!!!!!( yup kadalai can never be found unshaved, while for mokkai...."company secrets cannot be disclosed" LOL)

me vasan and kadalai left early to mess and mokkai followed us after sometime. That was because of his unusual, weird perceptions and ideas. To describe, how his ideas of basic day to day activities (bathing, brushing etc) can be weird, will require an entire post spanning few weeks to complete:):)...so just take my word....his was(and still is) the best weird custom and perceptions of doing things, i have come across till date(MOKKAI!!!! no offence meant here, if u are reading this:):)...TO ALL OTHERS, i must confess he is the most hygienic guy on the earth i have met till date)

I still remember we had vadai on that day, along with kichadi and idly too i guess...not sure...while everyone else was hurrying for the pre placement talks, we kept our cool, while i was busy counting the number of vadas i was having, vasan was busy mocking at kadalai who in turn was busy gulping down as much sambar and chutny rather than idlis and kichadi!!!!!

Mokkai joined in and he too had his share of fun mocking at vasan, for his beautiful hairstyle!!!! I am sure people would have cursed us like anything:):) The walk from our mess to the pre placement talk centre took 15mins. On our way we were joined by vasudevan...Even on that day vasudevan was not spared. We reached the building and to our amazement, the auditorium was packed.....GUESS WHAT!!!! just like any other movie theatre, friends from our department had reserved seats for us!!!!!!!!!WOW....people where busy preparing for placement, irked coz they couldn't get in...but with great calm, we made our way in:):):)

Just like any other pre placement talk, showcasing what they have achieved, and what they may achieve and after all if we join them whats in store for us!!!! All the while, we were giggling and chatting, least bothered about the presentation. Mokkai was the serious guy who made note of the irrelevant key points from the slide!!!!! Immediately after the pre placement talk we had the so called aptitude test....To put in layman words choose the best(desired) one (or rather do inniki pinki ponkey kinda...LOL)

It was just another class room, we chose our seats. Thonti, kadalai made sure they sat next to each other. While vasudevan was seated on my right, vasan and mokkai were lost else where. The much awaited test began. Thonti as usual decided to follow the inniki ponki style for the few and discuss with kadalai for the major half. somehow or the other, we completed and came out. It took them two hours to put up the list of people shortlisted for the next round. Almost most of us made it to the list except for few unlucky people...(i just realise now, it was a blessing in disguise for them!!!!)

We got ourselves ready for the interview round. While me thonti and kadalai were seated on one side, vasan and mokkai took the other. For two hours me and kadalai sat there giggling and mocking at all the people...finally vexed with the wait, we really needed some entertainment...my eyes were firmly struck on thonti...for one and half hours, we had the ultimate fun. After which, kadalai was called in, followed by thonti and then me!!!! Finally the interview was over. It was ten by then. I was sure i had lost it...After few chit chatting we decided to fill our tummy. We were sure, nothign was in the mess. So we reached our famous college canteen. The man in charge was already pulling the shutters. We grabbed the available biscuits and chips and came out. We were joined by bandu and manmadhan...once again the fun began....bandu was at this best and with manmadhan around, we just rocked....After the so called dinner, i decided to retire for the day. And so did others. But vasan didn't feel like sleeping so he persuaded us to wait for the result and hence we restrained from leaving fro hostel...

May 7,2008. We were still roaming....The temple, which was always populated by couples and lovers, was deserted....the ever busy office rooms were closed. That was the only time all through my college life, i felt happy to be part of that college...it was great to be there....It was 2am, when the results were anounced. All were asked to gather, from the first floor, the selected names were read. Each one of us mokkai, kadalai, me, vasan, viswanathan and finally vasudevan too were called out.

We were directed to our esteemed(or so was thought about) training and placement auditorium. Each one of us was handed the offer letter. True, One definite moment of our lives. It was 2.30 in the morning, we all signed the offer letter....


To be continued.....

Friday, July 17, 2009

poet in me!!!!!!

have started writing a few verse in praise of the lord...will let u know when i compelete it....

here is the start of the song...i have been tuning it too!!!ok ok i can understand your feelings...no bad words!!!!

ராமா ராமா ராமா ராமா
ராமநாமம் வருமா?
ரா ரா ராமா ரா ரா ராமா
வருவாய் ராமா

ராமா ராமா ராமா ராமா
ராமநாமம் வருமா?
ரா ரா ராமா ரா ரா ராமா
வருவாயோ ராமா


let me see how i finish this!!! let glory be with him....

Thursday, July 16, 2009

A beautiful saturday!!!!!!

It was late Friday evening, i was still sitting in my office. I had to leave for central to send off a friend. The train was at 1030. I casually strolled from my seat at 6th floor to the parking lot @ 1st floor. To my dismay the tyre was flat :):). Great start for the weekend. I took a bus and reached central...had my dinner, after the train took its leave, i reached my home. Thanks to a good old friend, who took the pain of dropping me in my home, and saved me a bus ride in the Chennai city @ 11pm :):):)

Saturday dawned....I had a restless night of sleep, thinking about my vehicle....I had two tasks in my hand
1) leave my friends vehicle for service
2) get my vehicle back

Morning around 7 i started from my room. I strolled to the nearest bus stop....i waited there for around 15 mins. Even that early, there was a thin layer of black coating adoring the sky....At last 5E came. He took me round the city and after 50 mins dropped me in madhya kailash. GOSH....its 8am. I had to wait there, to find some means of transport to get me further into the OMR road. Finally a share auto came. I was the first to get into it and gladly sat :):)

After me, a bunch of people got into the share auto...oops!!!!!!!!!!!slowly i lost my calm, i was crushed in the corner and i had enough space that met half my requirement!!!!! All of a sudden, the driver diverted from the regular road...reason!!!!!!he had no papers, and checking was happening in the next signal....Beautiful!!! what a comedy....he dropped me about 500 meters off from my destination. It was 830, and the sun was already laughing at me....

It took me 15 mins to cover the distance. I finally spotted my friend's vehicle....took it for service...it was 9.....I was already sweating, i did a regular check on my belongings. I usually carry with me three keys separately. One for my vehicle, room key and then my house key....confused with my room and house? well house key helps me to get inside the compound :):) while the room key gets me into my room :):), a pen, mobile and my wallet

After doing a thorough check, i realised, i have missed my room key. The irony was that, it was a big lock with 7 levers and it had no duplicate key!!!!!!!!!WONDERFUL!!!!!Desperate to get back home and to keep up with my other appointments, i took an auto to my office from the service station.


With uncombed hair and in 3/4ths and a shirt not washed for ages....passed through the security check...When i went through the reception, all eyes were transfixed on me....the security guards just gazed at me and then at my ID card...nothing more...i came near the lift. I don't know who gives weird security ideas to my office guards, the system is so stupid that the staircase are closed from ground floor to second!!!! and then open from third to the top!!!!

I dont know whatever they achieved by that, but that day i was embarrassed. just to climb one floor, i had to pass through a lot of eyes and reach the lift, and near the lift, there were hell lot of freshers, who were all neatly dressed, with an impeccably polished shoes...to top it all they all had a tie!!!!!!! And there in fornt of them, i was standing....he he he...what else i could do...i reached the parking lot and inspected my vehicle and checked if everything was alright....yes everything was alright except the flat tyre!!!!!!

I had to find a guy to fix my vehicle and it was already 930!!!!I enquired the nearby security....to my amazement he neither new english or tamil....I dont know what he thought after seeing my attire, instead of requesting, he demanded me to talk in hindi. OH BOY!!!! with my half baked hindi, i conveyed my requirement...he then told me something....from his words i perceived them to be directions to some shop...i concluded something opposite the road!!!!

Again, i reached the reception via the same lift...this time, there were few people...good god!!!! I reached across the road, i enquired for the shop....Well he too gave me directions "go to the opposite side, there will be a signal in the next 500 meters, there u will find a guy!!!"...good directions. 500mtrs of walking!!! I walked as fast as i could, reached the signal and found the guy...

He was pathetic. He had a khaki shirt and a black trousers. his body was full of grease. so were his shirts....I didn't know if it was the design or the trousers were torn, it had holes at many places. I reached office with him, walking all the way...now was the ultimate part.

I got him past the security clearance with heavy difficulty. Explaining to the chief security the reason. i had to take him via lift....bloody *&*&&!!!! I crossed the reception, there was a dead silence and none remembered to wink their eyes, "oh boy!!! this beggar has brought his company too to our office" i could sense them thinking....

I took the fella to first floor. He removed the tyre...then only i realised, i had to take this guy out and bring him back again!!!!hmmmmm...if i had to do then i definitely had to!!!!...The final time when we came in, people got used to us and by then they realised what was happening. After he fixed the tyre, i dropped him off at his shop and reached home!!!

1100Am. I had no keys to enter. I went around my colony and found a fella who could break open the lock. With his help, i broke the lock which irked my house owner!!!! I then bought a new lock....

1200PM. My team had booked for a movie that noon and it was for 1245PM. I knew it will take solid 30mins to reach the cini complex. Just then i received a call from one of my team mate requesting some support. I immediately turned on my laptop and started scanning the problem...1215pm...One more team mate took care of the problem. Now i had to rush.....

I started by 1225 and reached theatre by 0105pm :):) I forgot to get the tickets...SPLENDID!!!! 10mins, i took to get a duplicate copy. 0115pm. We were seated in the theatre:):) My team mates were really angry...he he he, how could have i explained them my adventures!!!!!!!! the movie got over by 0245pm. I was really hungry. Had a beautiful buffet lunch in the nearby saravana bhavan hotel. Reached home by 0400pm!!!! I slept like anything till 10pm. Got up, took bath, went to the nearby hotel had juice. Came back by 11pm. slept again.

WOW!!!!!!indeed a beautiful Saturday!!!!!!!

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

ninaithale innikum - 2009 - vijay antony - soundtrack

azhakai pookuthey

I have heard this tune somewhere...not able to figure it out...vocalists have tried to emote it...but they fail miserably....though the instruments seems to blend well, it fails to create an impact!!!!

pia pia

I think vijay antony likes do a rap, following his success in nakka mukka and aathi chudi, this too falls on the same lines....i am getting too tired after hearing things of the same tunes....i don't know, how well this gonna do...will this be another aathi chudi? need to wait and see....but definitely antony needs to think about doin some real music...

nanbanai partha

rendered by nenny dayal, i must say its slightly different...use of percussion seems to be good. This one looks ok...but again fails to impress the listener....

sexy lady

the song reminds me of the famous number from arindum ariyamalum....theepidika....overall a peppy number...it starts well, and well into the song, u no longer get the feeling to hear more....change of track!!!!!!!!!

kallori
nothing to talk about....just vanishes from your mind...a track for roughly 2 mins

allah
rendered by vijay antony, i must accept, this interested me a bit, again a rap kinda thing, sure to rock the charts in the coming months...a real peppy, funky track

natkal nagarnthu
lyrics look good. Rendering is good, still lacks the feel..a very tiny track though...

I guess, its time vijay antony really starts working on real music, rather than copying from west and north, damaging the ears with jarring music...would rate it a 1.5/5




Monday, July 13, 2009

Crossing the First 1000

Today my blog counter went past 1000!!!!!!!! Thanks to all the loyal followers and supporters who have made it possible....THANKS to u all again...Keep visiting, that will just keep me blogging.... :):):):):)

Writing the blog, i just started as a time pass, now literally blogging has become a mainstream event for me....I never thought, i would be able to write 53 posts in just under 80 days....

Hopefully i keep doin the same...and work on better quality posts....

Let GLORY be with him!!!!!

Sunday, July 12, 2009


“A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.”

Friedrich Nietzsche

(German classical Scholar, Philosopher and Critic of culture, 1844-1900.)

People refrained from calling him a lunatic at times. That was how he was perceived. Way ahead of many fellow humans, his intellectual thinking and analytical reasoning knows no bounds when he is in the mood for the game. Rarely people understood his arguments, for that matter expect for a privileged few, men around him found him incorrigible....

very lean, he was always a clown for many. People rarely took him seriously. His ideas in general blended with creativity were awesome. He has an impeccable knowledge in the fields of literary, science, technology and law....vodka, wine and likes of alcohol too.....his accuracy for events on the global stage along with the relevant data cannot be doubted...People never believed him, but i always had the faith in him....

Put in the wrong stream of studies, miseries engulfed him. He rarely cared to read and cared for people around him...That was how others perceived. But he always cared for others and debated on their problems and desperately wanted to find the solutions deep in his heart. There were days when this bloody fellow skipped meals for days together, just coz he was bugged down with some beautiful technical theory or fellow human's plight...

My relation with him had been one to cherish so far......Always there whenever needed, whether to pay for my food or to play pranks or to make fun of him to get my time going....We had shared beautiful days of fun and debacles...There were times when i had to pull him out of his doomed illusioned world, where he was portrayed as mediocre, useless and totally pathetic....Those were the times, that brought us close. I always believed him for his words and wished, he finds the right door.

During our campus placements, he was the one who coached us with his mock drills for various GD and interviews....There were days when we had roamed from tanjore to trichy with just 50 bucks in pocket...we always somehow found to keep us busy and happy...

All good things comes to he who waits.

Yes he had to wait for 6 long years to enter his dream world...to experience his world in reality....My friend though graduated with an engineering degree and found a job to keep him going, his desire to vanquish his portrait built in the minds of many, pestered him to persuaded the course of his desire....

He waited and with patience found the right one...IIT Kharagpur. Topped the entrace exams and cleared the PI and GD. When he called me a fortnight back to share his joy, my joy knew no bounds.....Pride had no limits..

That was a special experience, knowing your faith to be right, your prayers coming true, finding your best pal in the right place......

Beginning of his ascent.....Wishing Airavathan the best of luck.....Waiting to see him reach the epitome.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Its 1:15 in the morning...i dont feel sleepy....after browsing through all the unwanted and wanted websites, still i dont feel like sleeping...In the background was the melodic sound of Sowmya's voice. Yes the same carnatic singer Sowmya. The track is from Aachamundu Achamundu, tamil movie, nenjil dagam therumo....hmmm...it is really getting me to feel sleepy....

the background score by Karthik raja, and beautiful lyrics, rendered by a nightingale...WOW, still an expression way below.....Nice capture of emotions, be it love, hatred, fear, surprise, disappointment, joy..Seems the song talks about a relationship and yearning of a lady....

A real good one...i guess i am hearing it too late and misssssssssssed all the time so far....Take my word, a real good one...


Thursday, July 9, 2009

எம்.ஜி.ஆர் vs விஜய் - “யாவரும் இன்புற்றிருக்கவே அன்றி வேறொன்றும் அறியேன் பராபரமே”

came across this in one of the forum....wanted to share
வித்தியாசம் 1:

எம்ஜிஆர்: இலங்கை கண்டியிலே பிறந்தார். சினிமாவில் நடிக்கவேண்டி தமிழகம் வந்து சாதித்தார். தமிழகத்திலே திருமணம் செய்தார்.

விஜய் : தமிழகத்திலே பிறந்தார். இலங்கையிலே பெண் எடுத்தார். தமிழக மக்களின் பொருமையைச் சோதிக்க வேண்டி சினிமா பீல்ட்டினைத் தேர்ந்தெடுத்தார்.

வித்தியாசம் 2:

எம்ஜிஆர்: சினிமாவிற்கு வருவதற்கு முன்னர் நாடகங்களில் சின்ன சின்ன அதாவது பிட்டு பிட்டான வேடங்களில் நடித்து சினிமாவுக்குள் கதாநாயகனாகப் புகுந்தார்.

விஜய் : ஆரம்பம் முதலே பிட்டு படங்களில் தான் அறிமுகமானார். கேரளத்திலே ஷகிலா படம் எந்த அளவிற்கு போனதோ அந்த அளவிற்கு அதிரிபுதிரியாய் தமிழ்நாட்டில் ஓடியது இவரது படங்கள். அதன் முழு வேலையையும் அவரது தந்தைதான் கவனித்துக்கொண்டார் என்பது தான் இங்கே முக்கியமாகத் தெரிந்து கொள்ள வேண்டிய விசயம்.

வித்தியாசம் 3:

எம்ஜிஆர்: படங்களில் விதவிதமான வேடங்கள் போட்டு நடித்தார். நிறைய படங்களில் மாறுவேசம் போட்டுக்கொண்டு முகத்தில் மரு வைத்துக்கொண்டு பாட்டுப் பாடிக்கொண்டே வந்து உளவு பார்ப்பார். அந்த திரிலிங்கை ரசிக்காதவர்களே இருக்க முடியாது .

விஜய் : மாறுவேசம் தேவையில்லை. சொந்த வேசத்தில் நடித்தாலே மக்களுக்கு சிரிப்பு தான் வரும். சரி செஞ்சி தான் பாப்பமே அப்டின்னு “போக்கிரி” படத்துல போட்ட ஒரு போலீஸ் வேசத்த பாத்துட்டு, சிரிச்சி சிரிச்சி சிரிப்ப** நிறுத்த முடியாம ஏர்வாடிக்கு போன ரசிக கண்மனிகள் இன்னும் திரும்பவேயில்லை.

வித்தியாசம் 4:

எம்ஜிஆர்: இவர் படங்களில் அதிகபட்சம் ஒரு வில்லன் தான் இருப்பார். வில்லனிடமிருந்து கதாநாயகியை மீட்க குதிரையிலே துரத்திக்கொண்டு ஓடுவார். அது மட்டுமின்றி அதிவேகமாக ஓடிக்கொண்டிருக்கும் குதிரையில் ஓடிப்போய் தாவி ஏறிவிடுவார்.

விஜய் : இவர் படம் முழுவதும் வில்லன்கள் தான் உலா வருவார்கள். ஆனால் எல்லோரையும் மிக புத்திசாலித்தனமாக அதாவது எதிரியை முட்டாளாக்கிவிட்டு (நம்மையும் தான்) சமாளித்து தப்பிவிடுவார். கதா நாயகியை மீட்க மோட்டார் படகு, ஹெலிகாப்டரில் துரத்திச்சென்று மீட்டுவருவார். மேலிருந்து தாவி வந்து ஓடும் ரயிலில் சர்வசாதாரணமாக ஏறுவார். உஷ்.., இப்பவே கண்ணக் கட்டுதே!

வித்தியாசம் 5:
எம்ஜிஆர்: தன் அண்ணன் சக்ரபாணியை எப்படியாவது முன்னனி நடிகராக்க வேண்டும் என தன் படங்களில் அவருக்காக சிபாரிசு செய்தார். அதன் மூலம் அவரும் நிறைய படங்களில் நடித்து ஒரு சிறந்த நடிகராக உருவெடுத்தார். அண்ணன் மீது அவ்வளவு பாசம் கொண்டவர் புரட்சித்தலைவர்.

விஜய் : தன் தம்பி நடிக்க வருகிறார் என தெரிந்ததும் எங்கே தனக்கு ஆப்பு விழுந்துவிடுமோ என பயந்தவர். அவரை கவுக்க என்னவெல்லாம் பிரயோகிக்க முடியோமோ அதையெல்லாம் பயன்படுத்தி அவரது முன்னேற்றத்தில் பெரும்பங்காற்றிய வள்ளல். அந்த அளவிற்கு அவர் மீது பாசம் கொண்ட வரட்சித் தளபதி.

வித்தியாசம் 6:

எம்ஜிஆர்: இவர் படங்களில் இவருக்கு நண்பர்களாக யாராவது ஒருவர் தான் (சந்திரபாபு, நாகேஷ், தங்கவேல்) வருவார்கள். தலைவர் போடும் சண்டைக்காட்சிகளில் எல்லாம் அவர்களும் சேர்ந்து சண்டை போடுவார்கள்.

விஜய் : இவர் படங்களில் குறைந்தது 4 முதல் 6 நண்பர்கள் கூடவே வருவார்கள். ஆனால் சண்டைக் காட்சிகளில் காணாமல் போய் விடுவார்கள். காதலுக்கு உதவிசெய்யும் கருவேப்பிலை வேலை மட்டும் தான் அவர்களுக்கு.

வித்தியாசம் 7:

எம்ஜிஆர்: தன் ரசிகர்கள் கூட்டத்தில் அல்லது அரசியல் பொதுக்கூட்டங்களில் தன் வளர்ச்சிக்கு காரணமான ரசிகர்களைப் பார்த்து "என் ரத்தத்தின் ரத்தமான அன்பு உடன்பிறப்புகளே" என பேச்சைத் துவக்குவார்.

விஜய் : தன் ரசிகர்களை என்றைக்குமே மதிக்காத, கண்டுகொள்ளாத இவர் ரசிக கண்மனிகளைப் பார்த்து "டேய்...., பேசிக்கிட்டிருக்கோம்ல...., சைலன்ஸ்" அப்டின்னு கத்துவார்.

வித்தியாசம் 8:

எம்ஜிஆர்: இவர் படங்களில் எதிரிகளிடம் மாட்டி கொண்டு சிறையிலே அடைக்கப்படுவார். எதிரிகளின் அகழிகளில் அடைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள** சிங்கம், புலி ஆகியவற்றோடு சண்டையிட்டு அவைகளை அடக்கிவிட்டு தப்பிச்சென்று விடுவார்.

விஜய் : விலங்குகளோடு சண்டையிடுவது மிக சாதாரண விசயம் எனக் கருதியதால் இவர் மிசின்களோடு சண்டையிடுவார். நம்ம அலுவலகங்களில் சாதாரணமாகவே லிப்ட் எங்கயாவது மாட்டிக்கிட்டா கம்பிகளை வெல்டிங் வச்சித்தான் உடைத்து எடுப்பார்கள். ஆனால் தளபதியை லிப்ட்டுக்குள் வைத்து அடைத்து தண்ணீருக்குள் முக்கிவிட்டுச் செல்வார்கள். அந்த சமயத்தில் கூட அதை மிகச் சாதாரணமாக உடைத்துக்கொண்டு வெளியே வந்து பாய்ந்து செல்வார். இன்னும் கொஞ்ச நாளில் ஓடும் டிரைனை ஜல்லிக்கட்டு மாட்டை அடக்குவது போல அதோடு சண்டையிட்டு நிறுத்துவது மாதிரி சீன் வந்தாலும் ஆச்சரியப்படுவதற்கில்லை. எப்டித்தான் புதுசு புதுசா கண்டுபுடிக்கிறாய்ங்களோ!

வித்தியாசம் 9:

எம்ஜிஆர்: கத்திச் சண்டை, சிலம்பச் சண்டையில் மாவீரன். இவர் படங்களில் சண்டைக் காட்சிகள் அற்புதமாக இருக்கும். பாடல் காட்சிகளை இரண்டு கைகளை ஆட்டியே ஓட்டிவிடுவார்.

விஜய் : இவர் படங்களில் வாய்ச்சண்டை அதிகமாக இருக்கும். கார்களில் குண்டு வைத்து கும்பலாக வெடிக்கும் போது இவர் மட்டும் அங்கிருந்து கூலாக நடந்து வருவார். கப்பலில் இருந்து கயிறு இல்லாமல் குதிப்பார், பறக்கும் ஹெலிகாப்டரில் தொங்கிக்கொண்டே சண்டையிடுவார். இன்னும் கொஞ்சம் நாட்களில் தன்னை தாக்கவரும் ஹெலிகாப்டரின் வாலைப்பிடித்து மலையில் அடிப்பது போன்ற காட்சிகள் வரலாம். பாடல் காட்சிகளில் இரண்டு கையை ஒரு மாதிரி மேலும் கீழும் ஆட்டிக்காட்டுவார். இப்போது ஒரு கையை உதறிக்காட்டுகிறார்.

வித்தியாசம் 10:

எம்ஜிஆர்: இவர் தன்னுடைய ரசிகர்களுக்கு எவ்வளவோ மருத்துவ உதவிகள், திருமண உதவிகள் போன்றவற்றை செய்திருக்கிறார். ஆனால் இவர் செய்யும் உதவிகள் எதுவுமே வெளியே வராது.

விஜய் : இவர் 10 ஜோடிகளுக்கு மிக ரகசியமாக இலவசத் திருமணம் செய்து வைப்பார். ஏழைகளுக்கு இலவச தையல் மிசின், இஸ்திரி பொட்டி வழங்கும் நிகழ்சிகளும் மிக ரகசியமாகத்தான் நடக்கும். காரணம் இவருக்கு விளம்பரமே பிடிக்காது என அவர் தந்தை சொல்லுவார். ஆனால் அடுத்த நாள் இந்த செய்தி, படங்கள் மற்றும் “நான் செய்யும் உதவியை வெளியே சொல்லிக்கொள்வதே இல்லை” என்ற இவரது பேட்டியும் எல்லாப் பத்திரிக்கைகளிலும் வந்துவிடும். வேண்டா வெறுப்புக்கு புள்ளய பெத்து காண்டா மிருகம்னு பேரு வச்சானுங்களாம். இன்னும் முடிவு எடுக்கவில்லை "அரசியலுக்கு வருவது பற்றி ஆலோசனை நடந்தது உண்மைதான்'' நடிகர் விஜய் பரபரப்பு பேட்டி

In a mood for melancholy....

For a long time now, i have been wondering how common, the words friends and friendship has become. When i look at people who have been here for 40+years, their world is largely engulfed with their relatives, with their children...Building on a culture which has a great heritage, which has defined every relationship with a significant and well poised role, i rarely find people(40+ age) still in touch with their age old friends...... Of late, the theme of friends and friendship has taken the center stage in today's life...be it a movie, be it a new venture, be it a crime scene, be it a pop album....name anything and u will definitely have references for friends and friendship...

Why? Why we don't find our mom and dad hanging out with friends? inviting friends on occasions??? Does that mean they never had any friends? No absolutely not. everyone will agree with me, they had better friends, whose relations were better than what tom and dick have, who had great understanding, who were matured enough to understand the plight of other....but yet, we don't know them.....

" A best friend is one whose address remains when the
addresses are migrated from one address book to another"

Recently i came across the above one....They never had the sort of communication that we have today. At our disposal, we have emails, mobiles, social networking etc...But all they had was the government telephone system....A telephone in every twentieth home in a neighbourhood, that went blank for 20 days of the month....even a call across two districts were a TRUNK call!!!!!If at all they met accidentally, they failed to realise the other in front of them!!!! why? yup, either or both would have become bald, teethes completely gone, and few remaining hair in silver:):):)...

Unlike today, exchanges of photographs were rare....or they were a dream!!!! Today every family owns a digi cam...and photos are shared like anything over the web...but those were the times when even taking a photo was a great achievement and a poor man's dream!!!

When we sit and here stories about their friendship, their deeds, u can always find a gentle smile on their faces...a smile which can only be experienced.....

Today we have all sorts to communicate with our pals...yet some still restrain themselves from lending their hand across coz for their own personal reasons....the majority jell well...share their day to day activities....maybe we are lucky....

But few of us realise that our parents have crossed that age, have had many friends...we never listen to them, we just hold on to our friends, i mean no offence meant....how many of us ever bothered to treat our parents as friends? We have shared all our dreams, passions, likes, dislikes days and nights with Friends.....but how much of that we have shared with our parents? how many have patiently listened to their endless stories? we have listened to our friends' dream, passion, incomprehensible tales....have exchanged likes and dislikes, have we ever asked our parents for their likes and dislikes? have we ever sat next to them and taught them patiently the art of modern technology? have we ever planned to take them out on a dinner that had proved surprise and soothing for us? did any teaching session go without raising our voice????

they have come a long way sacrificing everything for us and yet we tend to ignore them during the important times of our life......they have done everything to spend there life with u, u being at the top of the world...not to see u from a distant, not to repent why they lifted u to such heights, not to yearn to be near you......don't dessert them when they really need you, after all they just like to see you at the top of the world, share the happiness and shoulder the gloomy moments...lets remember, they taught us everything....we ought not to get irritated coz they dont understand what we are trying to express....


A small thing for us would mean a lot to them....don't ignore them...they may be hesitant, impatient, rude, stubborn....but they are the ones who moulded our foundations....if not for them, we are not what we are today.....

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Over the weekend i was in my native....Getting back to where u belong always gives u a sense of pride, happiness, unfathomable memories. Its been six years since i had spent a good time roaming around the city..... every time, i had some work that always kept me busy from noticing the place...

The roads on which i had walked up and down, on which i had fell often riding a bicycle or a two wheeler, where we had played street cricket....It has all changed...rather things have transformed from the worse to a better state or vice - versa :):)...It was not a sudden change, it has changed and kept changing...

During this visit, i could not help but notice how much it has changed...the roads of thillai nagar are now a six lane road, the trichy railway station is more dynamic and electric with a hell lot of advertisement boards.....My favorite ice cream shop Michale's, is now spread across city...WOW a chain of Michales's.....

The roads that bored thin traffic is always jammed now...few automatic signals have come up in the mainguard gate area...A lot of places to shop, more electronic gizmo, garment shops...wow now trichy has few places to go on a shopping spree...A top class show room from SONY...factory outlet from ADIDAS and NIKE, a bigger music world, a bigger odyssey...what else....the malls are still coming up!!!!!

unlike the traditional trichy that i had known, i could see guys and girls roaming with the minimal clothing, that they can afford too :):):)...more of young couples roaming around the city....a lot of places for these people to hang out...and YA trichy is definitely loosing its charm....

Best known for famous temples around the city, everything is now commercialized....no more sacred temples....u need to see Regananthan in sri rangam? he will not give u an appointment that easily!!!!!!u need to be a big shot with a lump amount in your pocket, hands, mouths, ass wherever possible :):)

yup, it hurts when u realise this is not the way u visualised your native to be...alas fate has its way even for a place!!!! In the name of modernization, in the name of better life, in the name of better economy......the city is dying....just like any other city, humans no longer have a peaceful life unlike the old days....they run all day, to enjoy the life that they have for once...literally forgetting, they are missing the life that they wanted to enjoy.....

Is this the way our future is heading???!!!!!!


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Sunday, July 5, 2009

Cricket was a passion, long time back...those were the days, i had played cricket all through the day sans food...yup those were the times, i forgot my appetite for food, i was always outside, whether in a local ground or on the streets or in the river bed of cauvery, playing cricket....

I was nicked named மத யானை (ANGRY ELEPHANT)!!!!!!!!!! Yup that was how i used to play...i had never treated a ball with dignity....Everything was sailing fine...One fine day, we were playing in the backyard of my friend's house. The excitement got out of our hands and we decided to use the cricket ball...we had no gloves, no pads...well not even the important guard( now thinking about that, i think we were all lucky since we were not hit by the ball...)...

We normally play test cricket, yup that would have just one innings....on that day my team had scored nearly 300+runs, and i was on 99....it was too much for me, i just cut the ball too square....TINCH......a window shattered to pieces in the adjacent compound....i ran to my house like a criminal....

A old lady lived in that house...she came shouting outside...and i knew i was doomed for ever...My dad settled the account with ease by buying a new window glass......I never stepped out of my home for the next 4 days....for the first two days i was shivering and i felt i will be killed, if i go outside...i assumed people will flock around from all corners of my colony and beat me black and blue...i was worried deep inside me, i decided i had committed a grave mistake and i am sure to be punished...

My grand dad realised the happenings, he just called me on the 5th day and gave me the cricket bat...he just asked me to break all the windows that i seem fit to be punished and said he will take care of the problem...

As i returned back home that evening, my grand dad called me and advised me personally..."things will not always be easy....people will always not be near you to help u in all times...learn to face the music, so that either u can change the genre of the music or u can get used to the rhythm"....

A great teaching, that has helped me, to get me past few hurdles and pull my friends too out of great troubles.....

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Evergreen Neeta

It was early mid of June 2007, when my training started. yes the so called, corporate training that was supposed to get me going good in the organisation. We were given accommodations in business class hotels across the city. It was fun to get introduced to new people each day..

People had flocked form far and wide . The place was awesome and the entire experience was great. Every morning we had a free breakfast, which was a buffet. the thing which amazed us at the start became a place for competition, who eats more idlis, who eats more dosa, who has taken the highest number of vadas...

During the first week of our stay, myself and mokkai visited a nearby hotel for dinner. That is where we encountered the likes of krishnamoorthy. A chatter box to start with, he can easily irritate anyone and can bring down the roofs with his mocking.....Mokkai was not comfortable with him and we retired for the day earlier.

Next few days, i talked to him and good rapport was built. He introduced me to many other people....neeta was introduced to me by krishnamoorthy. We never knew he would be the victim of all our mocking then....he was a cool guy....but the way neeta and krishnamoorthy got introduced was really great...that is where it was decided, neeta would be victim all the time:):)
krishnamoorthy: நான் க்ரிஷ்ணமூற்ற்தி. உங்க பேரு என்ன? (i am krishnamoorthy,. what is you name?)
neeta: Jain and Jain !!!!!!!
krishnamoorthy was shocked....how come a man can have such a name!!!!!!
krishnamoorthy: எந்த காலேஜ்? (which college?)
neeta: நீட்ட!!!! (neeta)
it took gowtham a few mins, to realize that this fellow has interchanged the answers for the questions...that was the start and we have many such tales.....
the rhyme neeta neeta neeta....will always be heard for ever....capturing the greatest of our evergreen hero....

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

It was always a treat, for vasudevan, to eat at the expense of manmadhan...lets call him madan. During the initial days of out college life madan, vasudevan and marudha shared the same room in the hostel. Madan always brought a lot to hog on whenever he returned from home....

It was always a practice to pester madan to buy juices from our college canteen. Vasudevan had no other work, other than to pursue the same, day after day, evening after evening...One fine evening madan was busy with his friend benuka. Vasudevan was always good at spotting madan with the opposite sex. As usual, vasudevan interrupted the party.

Vasudevan: மச்சான் எனக்கு ஒரு ஜூஸ் வாங்கி குடு டா. (get me a juice da!!!)
Madan: உன்னகேல்லாம் வாங்கி தர முடியாது போடா.கைல காசு இல்லடா. ( sorry cannot get for u. I dont have money )
Vasudevan: என்ன மச்சான், எனக்கு வாங்கி தர மாட்டிய? (cant u get for me?)
Madan: போடா!!!!!!(get lost)

All the while madan had ordered two juices one for him and one for benuka....vasudevan lost his cool. The juice was ready. Madan took the juice and was happily walking towards the table where benuka was seated. As soon as madan placed the juice in front of benuka, vasudevan, proceeded. When benuka extended her hand to pick the glass, vasudevan was already ahead of her.

Madan's face turned red. Vasudevan gulped down the juice in one shot
Vasudevan: ஹாய்!!!!! மச்சான் தேங்க்ஸ் டா.....எனேகேல்லாம் ஜூஸ் வாங்கி தர!!!!! (hi!!!! Thanks for getting me a juice!!!!!)

What happened between madan and benuka, we have no history, but sure, madan would have lost his sleep that night!!!!!!
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