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Chief "gest"

I often have visited blogs where I used to see people posting different kind of posters or images where a funny one-Liner or a thing would be written which used to be incredibly hilarious and I used to think from where would they have got it from....Was it some kind of a trick or was it really Clicked????
And finally, while waiting for a friend near maduravoyal. It Happened....I saw something...Yes I did...I just had to click this one..Took out my phone and even though the 20 odd eye-balls kept giving me odd glances as to what this guy is upto, I really didn't care. Clicked it!! And even though it didn’t come out as I wanted it to,the damn leaves of a nearby branch came in the way, it wasn't that bad

Chief gest.... I mean, I make spelling mistakes but to eat away an "U"...just like that in a hoarding ..I would have been embarrassed if I were the chief “"guest" :P

Amazed!!!

i am amazed at myself today...i managed to fall down again and sprain the right ankle for the umpteenth time.but that is not what amazed me...this time i didnt cry.the last time i fractured my toe,i remember having wept a river.
in a queer way,i am proud of myself today...love makes u feel secure,no doubt, but it also makes you weak.
and being far away from the ones you love,makes you this rock which picks itself up and limps its way through a crowded street without holding onto any hand...thank god,i think i am growing up.
atlast.

TATOO

I have been secretly regretting deeply about something recently. No, its not my tattoo, but you are close, its actually about the location of my tattoo. It should have a been a little more higher up on my left shoulder joint, I have it on the arm now. I know there is no point in regretting about that since there is nothing I can do to erase or move it up from there, unless I am ready to spend a seventy thousand bucks on it, which I am not ready to. But I am trying to look at the bright side of it. I can make it look better by tattooing a little more just above it more closer to the shoulder joint. Actually there will be two good things about that bright side.
1) I can get some more tattoo, which is something I like.
2) I will have an explanation why I got one more tattoo when I have to explain to friends who do not understand why people get tattoo.
I just called up that tattoo guy yesterday. I would go there in a month or two, (well its not an urgency or priority, so it may lag again) but I have decided that I am not going to get that tattoo with the money from my salary, I am going to find another way to find a couple of grands over my salary to do it. I will update it here when I get it done, probably with a picture.

OH...KIDS!!!

Some days I wake up from my sleep and I feel sad. For no particular reason I feel so pitiful that I turn on some sad music and begin lamenting. Probably it was a bad dream or too much happiness! The reason for my sadness beats me. On one such day holding my distress in my head I went to purchase something at a local store. And right behind a 4-year old boy blitzed past me into the shop and squealed out the orders he had memorized.

Boy: "Uncle, 1 Bread Packet, Half Kg Salt, 1 Colgate Toothpaste and 1 Chocolate" (last one with a big grin!)
Shopkeeper: "You want me to deliver it to your home?"
Boy: "Yes. I will have the chocolate now".
Shopkeeper: "Where is your home?"
Boy: "We have a parrot near the gate!!"
Shopkeeper: "How do I get there?"
Boy: (Manoeuvring his hands deftly in the air) "Go like this, then like that, then like this, then run straight, then like that, then...".
Shopkeeper: "Hey, hey, hey... whats your number!"
Boy: "2615 Double 2 Double 5!"
Shopkeeper: "Not your phone number, Your house number or Door number!".
Boy: "I'll ask mom and come back" (and he darted away).

The Shopkeeper and I kept laughing. Oh boy! Kids are real fun. The sullen mood was no longer there. Parents usually fear sending their young kids out of home, but I advise them to do so often. They might possibly make some strangers day with their innocence!

DADA announces his retirement...

Sourav Ganguly has called finally called time on an incredible career that stretched over 15 years. But before he finally hangs up his boots he will play 4 test matches against Australia (at least two anyway). I know there has been a lot of debate over the past two years on whether Ganguly deserved his place in the team. And with all things connected with Indian cricket, this debate has seen its fair share of passion and emotions. But right now let us just hope that Ganguly can end a great career by doing well against the Australians. He deserves a farewell similar to what the Australians gave Steve Waugh.

He is going to be all fired up and I just hope that manages to put together some runs so that he gets to play the final test in Nagpur on merit rather than on sentiment. This is the first step in the dismantling on what is most probably the most celebrated batting middle order in cricketing history. Ganguly the batsman may not have contributed as much to that middle order as the likes of Tendulkar or Dravid or maybe even Laxman; but what Ganguly the captain did was to create an environment where these men could thrive. Its also easy to forget that it was under Ganguly that men like Yuvraj, Harbhajan, Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan and most importantly MS Dhoni took their first steps in international cricket. As Sanjay Manjrekar rightly put it- he gave India belief, and his cricket team perfectly epitomized the coming of age of India both as a nation and as a cricketing superpower. Ganguly also gave Indian fans some of our best moments- be it the incredible run to the 2003 World Cup final or the victories in Pakistan or best of all that incredible series in Australia in 2004. Amidst all this talk of his form, of his battle with Guru Greg Chappell, its easy to forget just how successful he made the Indian team- we hardly won away from India before him.

In the end, it will be great if Ganguly goes out the same way he came in way back in 1996- with a bang.

DO U THINK "UNCLE SAM" REALLY NEED`S A BAIL OUT??? WELL...I DON`T!!!

The whole world is on its happy feet since the federal govt. had announced a bail-out packaga for the banking jerks established in USA.The federal government is sending each of the citizens a $600 rebate. If they spend that money at Wal-Mart, the money goes to China. If they spend it on gasoline it goes to the Arabs. If they buy a computer /software it will go to India. If they purchase fruit and vegetables it will go to Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala. If they purchase a good car it will go to Germany or Italy. If they purchase useless crap it will go to Taiwan and none of it will help the American economy. The only way to keep that money in their home is to spend it on prostitutes and beer, since these are the only products still produced in US.Hope every american ass is doing their part.So by now you would be asking me why am i so happy about UNCLE SAM going to grave ... ???
Well...Probably we humans have a tendency to ridicule the top dogs....
God Bless You...God Bless America :)

Matrimonial...Matrimonial !!!

After getting so many threatening calls from my mother that I should help her in searching for a bride her elder sister`s son, I finally registered a profile in a matrimonial site to help him out. This is Ultimate...... I bet u can't stop laughing. These are profiles taken from $#@@*!.com (Can't write the site name here). These are actual ads on a matrimony site. Grammar and spelling errors have no place in a profile description as everything is straight from the heart. My comments are in italic...
Disclaimer: I am not responsible if you forget your basic grammar after reading this post..
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Hello To Viewers My Name is Sowmya , I am single i dont have male,If any one whant to marrie to me u can visite to my home. I am not a good education but i working all field in bangalore .. if u like me u welcome to my heart... when ever u whant to meet pls visit my resident or send u letter..

Thanks
yours Regards Sowmya ~*~

(Truly yours)
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i want very simple boy. from brahmin educated family from Orissa state she is also know about RAMAYAN, GEETA BHAGABATA, and other homework

(What Homework???)
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I am a happy-go-lucky kind of person. Enjoys every moments of life. I love to make friendship. Becauese friendship is a first step of love.I am looking for my dreamboy who will love me more than i. Because i love myself a lot. If u think that is u then why to late come on........hold my hand forever !!!

(The "just like heaven" effect)

i am simple girl. I have lot of problem in my life because of my luck. now i am looking one boy he care me and love me lot lot lot

(I don't know why but this is one of my favorites)

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i want a boy with no drinks if he wants he can wear jeans in house but while steping out of house he should give recpect to our cast

(by not wearing his jeans? What the hell...)
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HYE I AM A GOOD LOKING GIRL,WHO HAS THE CAPABILITY TO MAKE ANY BODY TO LOUGH.I BELIEVE IN GOD AND ACCORDING TO ME FRIENDS ARE THE REAL MESSENGER OF GOD. THE 3 THINGS I AM LOOKING FROM A BOY THEY ARE
1. THEY MUST BELIEVE IN GOD.
2. THEY HAVE TO LIKE MY PROFFESION
3. THEY SHOULD NOT GET BORED WITH ME WHEN I WILL TRY TO MAKE THEM LOUGH.

(all of us are loughing (laughing})
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whatever he may be but he should feel that he is going to be someone groom and he must think of the future life if he is toolike this he would be called the man of the lamp

(Fcuk... !! I am clueless, I feel so lost. Can anyone tell me what this girl wants)
Infact she doesn't know wat she wants ?.. ? ...? A LAMP ? ? ? )
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i love my patner i marriage the patner ok i search my patner and I love the patner ok thik hai the patner has a graduate ok

(I am again clueless but I liked the use of 'ok'. The person is Suffering from 'Ok-syndrome')
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iam pranati my family histoy my two brother two sister and father & Mother. sister completely married

(somebody please explain how to get married completely'?)
( Confused ????? )
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my name is farhanbegum and i am unmarried. pleaes you marrige me pleaes pleaes pleaes pleaes pleaes pleaes pleaes

(Height of desperation!)
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iam kanandevi. i do own businas.one sistar.he was marred.

(No comments)
(Plz for gods sake ask somebody's help in framing sentence )
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hello i am a good charactarised woman. i want to run my life happily.i divorced my first husband. his charactor is not good'. i expect the good minded and clean habits boy who may be in the same caste or other caste accepted ....

(but credit cards not accepted..???)
(Perhaps Debit Cards accepted ?.. Clean Habit's??????? Is there
anything like that.)
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I am Sharmila my colour is black, but my heart is white. i like social service.

(Zebra..???)
(Gosh!!!!!!!! she knows her heart color
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Hi, I am Sitalakshmi MBA , he should be superstar , loving, caring and daring.He should have big mustache, A person from south Indian orthodox family will be romba romba shwagatham..

Duhh…Veerappan is no more ! and MBA is your initials or degree??

I finally close the window and log on to orkut. I`m wonderin about the fate of my cousin-bro...

Were ignorance is bliss...

To what extend would you go to win a women's heart. Combing from what was given in yesterday's newspaper report, it seems the best tactic is to act pretty dumb.Pretty surprising, but the report says it work far greater trying to be a macho man. Well then, all the dudes out there flashing on their IQ's and EQ's should now think plain dump.
“But we’ve found that self-deprecating humor is the most attractive of all. It is a risky form of humour because it can draw attention to one’s real faults thereby diminishing the self-deprecator’s status in the eyes of others. "
So, now I got to play a new set of cards on my sleeve in my battle to win the hearts of my raging fellow dudette`s.....

WHACKO-JACKO!!!

Read this... "A pair of white briefs once belonging to pop superstar Michael Jackson are to be sold at auction.

The Calvin Klein underpants will be sold on internet site eBay with a reserve price of $1 million (£540,540).

The briefs are reportedly part of the evidence confiscated by police in 2003 as a part of jackson's child molestation trial, in which he was eventually cleared"

I mean, what the heck??I still wonder who'd want to buy them?....Buying something like a celebrity's underpants and then showing it off with pride to friends is the last thing a sane human would want to do!!
Seriously, the guy, must have done a hell lot of things with those underpants on and they must be stinking like shit!!

These celebrities would go to any extent to be in the news.First of all you molest a child, then, when you are somehow cleared of those charges for molestation, you go ahead and put those same briefs you used during 'the act' for sale!!???Who does that??

Its strange how , once you become a celebrity, specially in the west, you dont have to worry about your finances for the rest of your life.Just stay in the news, even if its for the wrong reason and your life is set.
Or else just go sell your underpants for a billion dollars....and you'd find some idiot who'd be ready to buy them!

And guess what??...They're being sold for $1million!!!I mean dude, so much for those stinky, yucky underpants???!! Oh i forgot something.....stinky,yucky and DESIGNER, Calvin Klein underpants!!!???
Well, for the one who buys it...'get a life loser!!GET A LIFE!'

Next thing you know, MJ might sell, used condoms(perhaps, priced 2 billion.C'mon they are MJ's after all!) and god knows what else!!.....lolz:P

seriously he's one whacky jackass!

BIG CIRCLE AROUND THE MOON

Two weeks before in Chennai, we were able to see a big circle around the moon, and it become the talk of the city. I managed to take a snap of the sky with the moon and the circle. But the circle is cut at the top and the bottom. And when I saw the snap in my camera, the circle was visible. But when I put that in my laptop, I am not able to see anything. So I used photoshop to change the color, brightness properties to show the circle very slightly. The next morning, newspaper THE HINDU had the snapshot which is really good (of course they have a better camera than me, lolz).

The ring is caused by conditions that are similar to appearance of rainbow. The rainbow is formed when light from sun passes through water droplets in the atmosphere and are split into colors like when a light passes through a prism. These rays are reflected from the other side of the droplet and what we see is the rainbow. Similarly here the circle is formed by refraction of moon light (light from sun reflected by moon) from ice crystals in the atmosphere.

ITS ALWAYS 2 THINGS

The last couple of weeks have been somewhat eventful..
Watched Dark Knight a couple of days in DVD ... I'm probably the millionth person you've heard saying this, but its brilliant. By far the best super hero movie I've seen, and I suspect it will retain that position for a while (until the sequel comes out).
Its been quite a while since I've watched a really good movie in a theater, and this sequel did the complete opposite of what most do.
Firstly I love the touch of realism Christopher Nolan has brought to the world of Batman, pretty interesting, especially since Batman's primary appeal is the darker side, as well as a comparatively realistic side (he's just filthy rich.. not from another planet or mutated because of a spider).
For the side-characters, the casting of Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman is just brilliant, I especially like the emphasis on Morgan Freeman's character... pulls Batman down just a little bit closer to being normal.
Don't expect the physics of everything to work out.. it is a superhero movie.
As for the three main characters... I felt even initially that the casting of Christopher Nolan was a stroke of genius. Aaron Eckhart seems to fit his part quite perfectly.
Coming to the much talked about part of the Joker... I must say, for once in life all the hype has been worth it. Despite all the build up I was still truly amazed by Heath Ledger's performance. Chilling and amazing, he brings that dark aspects of some versions of the comics right out there... The comics portray the joker as a nutty moron who laughs like an idiot. Here he's almost schizophrenic, intelligent and truly crazy.. his smiles are far more scary than they are funny.
Its a pity that his best performance turned out to be his last.
Heath Ledger for Oscar!

The storyline itself gets a little convoluted around the beginning of the second half, but even though its a long movie I must say I enjoyed every bit of it, and am really looking forward to the sequel to this.
Hopefully it wont disappoint.

On a completely different note, I learnt a valuable lesson too. Don't go somewhere with people who don't plan much if you intend to stick by a plan yourself.
I was convinced (with some considerable effort) to go somewhere, on a almost spur of the moment decision with a few friends, for a couple of days. I needed to be back, apparently they didnt really care. While there the assurances to get back got overturned as easily as the plan was made, and it resulted in me riding home in a random bus alone and quite angry, hoping to reach in time to make sure my day wasn't completely screwed up.
It isn't all that profound, I always felt many around me were "flakes", but its nice to put a profound spin to a little rant... haha...lolz

A Kiss Always Means Something...

Her : I'm sorry. Forget what happened. That will be best for us.
Me : Do you think that just a sorry will make everything go away?
Her : Well, all I can do is apologise for that night. Just forget what happened.
Me : What about the kiss?
Her : It didn't mean anything.
Me : A Kiss Always Means Something...

What did it mean?

World Cinema @ My Vision

I am a movie buff who always stick to movies that creates a deep impact on us. Well...to start with,I`m a GR8 GR8 fan of AL PACINO.The voice he has...folks,,, he rocks!!!I listen to blogs and websites that tells about the best part of world cinema.I have a keen interest in watching and getting to know about the movies that are considered greatest of all time and those that leaves a hard feeling in our heart. I don’t value films great by the way they do magic at the box office, but by the impact it creates on one and their ability to reach people ahead of age, language and culture.

This part of my blog is mainly to feed my inquisitiveness on the movies that are considered as global trend setters. At the international arena, today’s film market is dominated by hollywood where much importance is given to the technical aspects and special effects. My way of looking at movies is different. My thirst is on movies that are highly influential, that touches human emotions. What satisfies my thirst when i look in for a movie is the everlasting effect it creates in me.

Arguably movies made in Korea, Latin America, Iran, Italy stands out distinctly with global standards. What makes these movies to have such a distinct flavour? When noted incisively, such films indulge deep into heart and knocks up one’s feeling...

PLANET NIBURU & OUR VGN GROUND

It was a saturday evenin.I was in the ground to play with our so-called cricket team. "TIGER BALA" ( 1 of my teams creep ) who was sittin next to me while we were waitin 4 our turn to bat.It was the day where the whole world was talkin about that "BIG BANG 2".If someone in the CERN institute speaks about that...Y cant our own "TIGER BALA".This is how the conversation went on:

Bala:Machi...naalaiku ulagam aliyapogudunu solrangalay...ne enna nanaikra?
Me : um...Itha tha da avanuga 2000 la irunthu solranga...onnum nadakra maathri teriyala
Bala:Aama da vaelavetti illatha pasanga...BIG BANG theary romba mukkiyam ippo
Me : Oh...appo neeyum nambala pola
Bala: Illa da...world wil be comin 2 an end only on 2012 may 15th!
Me : Enna da comedy panra...vitta time kuda solluva pola
Bala:No da im serious
Me:How u are sayin it?
Bala:I heard of a planet called Niburu.Its gettin nearby our solar system day-by-day.By 2012 may 15,It wil come near our worls and cause major disaster.I saw the video in youtube.you also go and chk it out
Me:Neeyum kalambitiya da...ulagam azhiyum bodu azhiyatum...athukula ungaluku enna apdi avasaram
Bala:Seri ne poyu youtube la check pani paaru
Me:oh k paathutu paesra..(conversation ended)
The whole evenin i was thinkin about the same old niburu.I was used to hear these kinda stuffs but this was said 2 hav a proof.So i finished the game as soon & started to move home by lookin Bala with a mavaney-ithu-matum-ethavadu-mokkaya-irunthuchu-ne-gaali look.
Reached home and started to look for videos about that shithead NIBURU.There was a whole lot of videos startin from documents to advertisements on NIBURU.For a second,i taut Bala could be correct.Then i started viewin those videos.NOT BAD...they were all of the same genre...Horror...I watched about 10-15 videos about niburu and in all the cases they were just containing the videos of tsunami which rocked INDIA and some aftermath earthquake videos.I kept researchin the whole night without even havin my supper.ATLAST...I CAME TO A CONCLUSION...ALL THOSE WERE A SET OF F**KIN BULLSHITS...None of the video had proof that the planet would be comin near to our earth.
It was at that time i got came to know why nobody listens to TIGER BALA`S words in our team.After that,i was searchin for that genius to rip him off...Till now i hav`nt met hi.But the search is still on...

Saying one thing when you mean another

It’s the oldest story in the book in romance. I would say it starts around Kindergarten to third grade. Yes that period of time it is worst and we start to learn our potential in how to really mess with a persons perspective of love. Mind you at this point its puppy love so it’s a little easier not to die a melancholy death engulfed in a sea of love. But kids are just as brutal is not meaner.
The boy behind you pulls on your hair one day for some reason. It makes you mad and you call him a poo head or for those of us more advanced at around third grade a ‘dirty’ word. Two days later he sticks gum in your hair and calls you a name at recess. At this point your feelings are hurt but you don’t want people to know so you go home and have mom cut it out while you get angry. The taunting continues and you get frustrated one day and come home and explain to mom how Billy at school threw the ball at you today and how mean he’s been and she says quite simply, “That’s because he likes you.”, and you get your first taste of what the fuck, and how confusing is that in the dichotomy that is like/love.
As we have evolved into adults, mind you not grown-ups, I see it happen more and more on such weird and intricate levels I wonder how people cannot have grown past the taunting you bold face lying stage of this.
I am currently in one of those situations right now where every time I see a certain guy he plays the taunting game of I like you but I don’t. I want you more than I can ever tell you, but I am totally casual, we are just friends and I really am NOT staring at you from across the room. Worse over the guy just recently gave me a CD. Yeah it’s the oldest story in the book. I said “Hey do you have such and such artist I am having a hell of a time finding them and need some of their music”. Three weeks later I ask about said CD and he is still making it. In other words it’s one of those hidden meanings CD’s. Great, and I get it and it is. Wow very bold for him to put what he put on there because he is seeing someone else.
Saga continuing I see him stare at me every weekend but seriously folks, we are JUST friends. Just friends I don’t think so. It’s obvious we are into each other but we dance around playing third grader games an saying we’re good friends, but totally losing ourselves in each other.
Other examples of this age old conundrum besides my current boy issue is quite simply the ‘It’s no it’s you, it’s me”, phrase or other such niceties. I’m not angry with you I’m angry with me. It’s not what you did it’s the situation I am mad it. Rankly I think it’s time we get past this, but I know that as we grow older for some reason it just gets worse.
Playing this game with lovers, possible lovers, boy/girlfriends, wives & husbands is just messy. I think we all owe it to ourselves to be a little more honest.
Next time you are about to play the hair pulling game of saying one thing when you mean another please stop yourself. Think for a minute and just and for my sake at least, just tell whoever you are with the truth. It’s a lot less hurtful in the long run and you might actually get somewhere positive with it. If nothing else somewhere in India r abroad... I will be smiling for you, and that’s a damn good start.

Back in the Mix...

So recently I've been gettin into the whole groove of things, the dating scene, meetin new folks and that whole shabang. The whole courting phase is pretty fun and at the same time hectic. With round the clock work and a plethora of activities to do I'm finding it very hard to manage everything without some part of my life getting all out of whack.

The whole idea of dating is pretty cool... Getting to know someone (and their friends) better, exploring different places, and generally exposing oneself to different experiences. I find in my normal group of friends I tend to do the same things with them, but when goin out with new folks its a whole new world and a fun one at that. Some party hard, others work hard, and yet others do both hard (I'm still trying to figure out how those folks manage), but the sure thing is differnt people/groups do different things. It's exciting and very rejuvanting.

Then of course in the 'dating' scene its so hard to stay friends after you've deemed each other incompatible and then everything changes. Of course, most of the time ya stay friends but the communication dies down and then there are those few who cut you off and those who you have to cut off to make a point. There's nothin worse than a clingy desparate date! Exploring the sea continues... One always has to be optimistic that Mrs/Mr right is out there for everyone. It's just that magical moment where he/she deems you worthy for their kingdom. Then there are the relationships that pave the way to the final product. Players talk their way in but quickly leave, Infatuation is fun until you realize ur from different worlds, while Lovers can build an empire together.

Thank You Media

One day Bangladesh (which is no minnow having already defeated India once and more importantly Australia and PakistanIndia thrashes a lowly Bermuda and the news channels can't stop praising the event for the next 24 hours. Added to this the media and other personalities go gaga over Sehwag for thrashing a side which was easily the poorest in the World Cup. Maybe we should include him in the Indian cricket Hall Of Fame.

So where does it all lead. An upset is made into a disaster and a stroll in the park is presented as a magnificent triumph.The same story was wit the TWENTY20 world cup. Hail the media for adding spice to our life. I just can't imagine how boring our lives would have been without you folks. I tell you, the next time we have a religious riot, you guys will be the biggest instigators.. Thanks for that in advance.convincingly) defeats an insipid Indian team and the whole nation (or so it seems if you trust the news channels) is fuming. The sons of the soil are so pained that they wreak havoc on Dhoni's house. (One just wishes they do this to their local MLA's or councillors house post elections).

Attaboy Kamal

"Amazin...just amazin"....these was the first words that left my mouth when I finished reading Kamal's shortstory in Vikatan. "aNaya neruppu" is as good as it can get. I have always been a bit sceptical about Kamal's Tamil. He never seems to keep it simple. But his earlier column in Vikatan "Love Pannuda Mavune" seemed to prove me wrong. This one definitely mad me eat my doubts.

I actually felt very bad that I had not thought of this link between the mythologies. I fancy myself as an expert in the Indian Mythology. But this time I had to bow to the Big K. What is really interesting is Kamal's interest in Indian Mythology and religion, inspite of his claims to be an atheist( I personally think he is currently an agnostic and not an atheist.). Illayaraja claims that Kamal can quote easily from Divya Prabandham( a sacred work of the Vaishnavites). And what is really surprising is some of the best spiritual and religious songs in Tamil cinema have come in Kamal's movies.
Maasura Ponne Varuga( Thevar Magan), Sriranga ranagnathanin Patham( Mahanadi), Paartha Vizhi Paartha Padi(Guna), Anda Kandamani Osai Ketturuchu(Virumandi), Isiayil Thodanguthamma (Hey Ram) and the all time favourite Yaar Yaar Sivam (Anbe Sivam).
My only wish is Kamal be as original in movies as he is in his short stories.

Attaboy Kamal!!!!

Kattabomman & Single Vadai

What happens if after seeing Veerapandiya kaatabomman for the 50th time you go to Ratna Cafe and order one ordinary sized vadai....(and return 10.50 INR poorer)? You get to speak such dialogues......

"Malivana hotel endra ondru than illai ichennai maanagarile....Sarvana Bhavan ondru thaan arjaka costly endru ninaithen. Athu malivana hotel endru nirupithvittathu, emathu arumai hotel...velacherry 100 feet salayil ulla triplicane ratna cafe."

The most unjust legal system

I never realised how cruel the Indian legal system was. Two events then happened that changed my mind forever. I owe a lot to the TV channels for opening my eyes. Here were two men sentenced to jail. One for being in possession of illegal weapons like AK56(athu oru bayangaramana machine gun). And the other for killing a state protected endangered Chinkara and Black Buck. The former, on whom a 1.5 billion rupees industry depends upon, had to pay a hefty fine of Rs 25000. Poor Sanjay, can't imagine how he managed to save that large an amount from the paltry sum he gets for being the prime man in a 1.5 billion rupees industry. The media quite rightly kept harping on the billion rupees figure. After all in a capitalist democracy a person's worth depends on his/her wealth.

And Salman, poor fella was treacherously misled into thinking that shooting "voiceless" Black bucks was good sport. After all unlike the guys on the platform whom he drove over earlier, the Chinkaras and Black bucks wouldn't drag him to court. The bloody Chinkaras and Black bucks played foul. How was he to know that there were thinks in the world called endangered species, people like Belinda Wright, organisations like WPSI and laws against poaching. Poor Salman.

The perusu's of our land can go on and on about freedom fighters and kalapani and murky cells in Andaman. But can all those people's suffering compare with the sufferings (mental and physical) of these two men. How many times did Sanjay have to appear in court. Has anyone in India

It is yet again to the media's credit that it has been holding the spotlight on the inhuman sufferings of these entertainers, provoking some wonderful response from the chagrined public. One need just look at how the people of the nation have reacted to the state atrocities. I myself have been thinking of sending messages like these to people concerned. "Release Sanjay immediately. Is it Sanjay's fault that he possessed illegal weapons. If a poor man can flaunt a Bazooka on Screen, why can't he have a AK56 in his house. Throw the stupid communists out of the country?" "If Salmaan can't kill Chinkara Maan for fun...What the ***k maan?" What we need today are more such messages and letters, condemning such inhuman, soul wrecking injustice. We after all live in a civilised society. suffered as much as this man. Tell me what should poor Salman do...he is fined for driving over sleeping people, he is not allowed to kill black bucks and chinkaras, he is not allowed to call up on women and pain them. God forbid, he may be soon asked to start wearing shirts. Are we living in a fascist country? And think of the families. These two had sisters to look after. And worse still they had parents too. And as Sanjay pointed out, they are the lone "bread winners" of the family. Surely no one else in the country has so many issues to deal with.

Of female drivers

Have been driving in the city a lot these days. So I get to experience female drivers and their wiles 1^st hand. Contrary to popular belief only 10% of these whacko. Now before u start labeling me sexist, u gotta realize that where I am, that’s a compliment. Coz about 50% of the drivers here are whacko. They tend to think that giving a pass is like giving money. I couldn’t believe it when this geriatric bugger driving a god knows how old fiat, hogged the road in front of me for a full 15 minutes. Dint allow me to go frm the right or the wrong side. It was his good luck I was giving a lift to mom. If it had been a grp of my friends( some of em are local whackos, I try to avoid pillioning or taking a lift frm em), we wd have prolly driven him off the road.

Then there is the road hog, the guy with an suv driving at 20 kmph. I dunno why the bastards buy those vehicles. After this come the female drivers. All of them without exception have tried to overtake me, which is a bad idea ( I generally don’t let anyone overtake me). Just coz I am wearing a helmet does not mean I am also a slow driver. I was peacefully ambling along, when out of the blue this scooty thing comes and parks its ass in front of me. It dint help that neither of the females on top of that had a good one.

After that, I dint slow down for that trip. I thought that was the worst. But no. yesterday, while I was going to the city, some female on a scooty decided to dance around changing positions on the road to get past an obnoxious bugger on a suv. Hello? There is a que here lady, no ladies 1^st on the road. This dint last too long, was pretty close to where I had to go. I was about to take a left turn into the parking lot when I am almost hit by…. Guess what.. a lady driver backing out. Still, that’s only 10% of them. The rest drive peacefully.

The guys are mad. A lot are like the old bastard on the fiat, only I doubt most of them grow old to be like that...

Conversation of the Week

Babe of our college (ma juniour...she is from bombay) and I had a brief conversation.

Babe: I don’t speak Hindi. Never picked it up.
Me: In Bombay? You didn’t pick up Hindi in Bombay?

Babe: Even at home, I don’t understand what my parents say in Tamil.
Me: Oh. Okay.

Babe: I think it’s my face.
Me: Err?

Babe: I think my face tells people that I don’t know Hindi or Tamil. It’s in my face. I have a face like that.
Me: I don’t understand.

Babe: People have told me. My facial structure is like that. My face tells people I know only English. That’s why I feel very comfortable in London.

For a change, I am stunned and silent.

A FILM `BOUT SHOOTIN N BLOGGIN

Observe. Carefully. Vijaykanth shows you how to shoot your foot.

He then blogs about it. He doesn’t believe in desktops. Learn.

Inspired by the comments and feedback, he then proceeds to show how to shoot both your feet at the same time.

Tamil people, they were made for blogging... And shooting... But maybe some of them should stop making movies.

...lolz

On learning English

No power on earth can stop me from clicking furiously on headlines that say: "Learn to speak English in 10 days flat!" This particular story is about "Jacob Nettikkadan, a 68-year-old philologist," who claims to have perfected an especially fast way of teaching English. The gentleman is quoted as saying:

In 10 days, the learner gets 10 times more knowledge in the language because the method of constructing 1,877 types of sentences in English is through 1,877 usages of verb - one type of sentence based on one usage of verb.

Joy. If that's the kind of English they learn...

Coming to Climax?

No, I'm not making any untoward suggestion to you, dear reader, but merely proposing a geographical expedition. You see, there are eight cities in the US named Climax: in Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Alabama and Pennsylvania also have Intercourse, and I wonder if the road to Climax leads through there.

Now you know why we have so many Indians applying for the H1B visa every year. Land of opportunity my foot!...lolz

SO CUTE!!!

Am talkin about the print ads for Mozhi director Radha Mohan's next movie "Abhiyum Naanum".

So much for the idiot box…

I still remember the days when we had to buy our first color Television way back in the late 1990’s. I had done enough research as a kid with the brochures of many companies and had diligently worked on the specs (though I could not understand much, I still managed to choose the largest number among the choices…like a 29-inch compared to 25-inch, a 200 watt compared to a 100 watt). I was mentally prepared to buy a “videocon bazooka” with 200 watts PMPO. Whereas, my father was looking at a cost effective television that probably had just a picture tube and with no extra features at all (not even a remote). I put all my convincing abilities to test, explaining my father about why we require a television with a remote and a good sound backup but, on the contrary, he used to counter my arguments with a simple statement that “ what more do we want for two channels DD 1 and DD 2”. At last we settled for a “Solidaire 21 inch” after many arguments and brainwashing. Finally I was a proud son of the owner of a color television (with a remote control). I fancied myself sitting in front of the TV and watching programs all day and I also remember inviting my friends (most of them did not have TV at home) to watch “Chitrahaar” on Friday evenings. I would sit with the remote all the time and test peoples reaction as I switched channels at the very moment when everybody were engrossed in a melodious song or at the moment when a comedian is expected to crack a joke in the next nanosecond… and… as I switched they would boo with frustration…. it was fun… my father had refused to subscribe for a cable connection because he feared that I would not study and waste time switching between channels…. not that I was a class topper otherwise… but u know what? I still managed to see a few cable channels. If u are wondering how, then as most of us know fixing a cable connection is easy for a teenager in chennai…all you need is a blade and a safety pin…yes. I pulled the nearest cable wire that ran across my terrace and then a “little prick did the trick”. My childhood friend shebu, who was my accomplice would position himself in ma home and tune different bands to check the clarity of the cable channels. He would run out of the house every 2 minutes and look at the terrace and shout at the top of his voice “ I am not able to see anything” (most of the time he wouldn’t even care whether I listened to what he said) and then I would readjust the pin and shout back…the idiot box as we call now was not all that idiotic then. It was probably the only source of entertainment and it was also a status symbol to own one. A few programs that I remember which were my favourites on DD are super human samurai,alice in wonderland,hmm too (NCERT), Ramayan, Mahabharath, and many more….

My Learnings From Chak De!!!

1. Aim at your goal(Not just hockey goal). All other things will fall in place.
2. Be clear as to what you want and work towards it. Dont get satisfied or depressed by the small crests and troughs that come your way. You haven't actually achieved what you want.
3. Give your full attention to what you are doing.
4. Its courage and confidence that is required to eradicate hurdles and not physical strength.
5. You never know when one of your strengths will be helpful so much in a way that you wouldn't have expected.
6. Knowing your strengths is important. But the more important thing is to know when and where to put it to use.
7. You dont get a second opportunity always.
8. No one other than yourself can stop you.
9. Its oh k if you have made a mistake. But its not ok if you make it again.

I can elaborate on it and what led to these, but as I am not writing answer for a 20 mark question, I will put that aside. Any one who has watched Chak De will be able to relate to the above 9 points.

dats funny...

Found dis funny stuff wyl gettin some wishes granted by "god" google...seems nly after these kinda illustrations,our indian team a.k.a bcci team had started 2 show some signs of improvement by winnin the T20 world cup...lolz

Latest Methods to Cheat in Exam

This morning I got following forwarded message, very interesting developments and use of technology-

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Latest Methods to Cheat in Exam

Well, the conventional way of cheating is over! Let's look at the latest way !

1. Type out your notes in the computer:

2. Make sure to resize the font size 6:

3. Print out the notes with your own printer:

4. Make copy of the note using "toner based" photo copier:

5. Stick a layer of transparent adhesive tapes (eg:Scotch Tape) on the copied notes:

6. Cut them into strips according to the size of the adhessive tape:

7. Soak the strips in cold water:

8. After a few minutes, peel off the adhesive tape from the paper carefully:

9. You will be able to see that your notes have been transfered to the tapes:

10. If you are so lucky to have a clueless teacher, you may just bring the adhesive notes into the exam hall and stick it directly at the answer sheet

11. Alternatively, you may have to stick it on your pen before you go into the exam hall:

12. Or you may also stick it on your drink:

Good luck on your exam !

Life

Life gives us moments like:

Dynamic (running fan)
Static (dead fan)
Closed (window)
Bright (light rays)
Shadow
Black & White
et al…

However in totality, it is a colourful world as demonstrated in the following pic…

Hence, go out and demonstrate your love for this wonderful world…

Like this boy !!! LOL

Football vs T20 Cricket

Watch out, FIFA… ICC is gonna dent your profit margin in the days to come.

24th September 2007 was a special day for Cricket enthusiasts in particular and Sports Entertainment in general. It was on this day the inaugural 20-20 (T20) Cricket World Cup Final was played. India vs. Pakistan. Oh what a match. An edge-of-the-seat thriller. After so many twists & turns, India heaved a sigh of relief in the final over. They won the match by 5 runs.

Though the final is over, the real game (commercial) will start from here. Anyone who watched the Australia-India SF and the India-Pakistan final will confidently say that this form of cricket (T20) is here to stay and also gonna dominate the world sports arena.

Though Test Cricket is and will be the purest form of cricket, the format was a turn off from the entertainment angle. Its 5-days format and slow scoring rate did not attract the youth much. Today’s youth prefer more of dynamism and entertainment. Thus when one-day cricket was introduced, there was a kind of momentum building up around Cricket. A game, which was once played only in British colonies, started spreading its wings. Commercial world also started supporting one-day cricket in a big way. Then came the T20 cricket format and the first T20 World Cup. A phenomenon is born. Am sure T20 will be a hit (both commercial & entertainment value) in the days to come. It will develop as the most preferred form of cricket in future.

Now the Football - T20 analysis:
- increased entertainment value (every ball)
- less time (almost equivalent to football)
- more number of matches (ie more number of teams can participate)
- commercial slot between every over (which is not there in football)
- not much of on-field fights and fouls (gentleman game)
- even women feel comfortable watching & playing cricket (more audience for advertisers)

Few of the above points, shows that T20 cricket almost equals football in value terms and in some areas like advertisement, exceeds football. When advertisers get a chance to reach general public often, obviously they will prefer T20 to football. Accordingly more money will flow into T20 format and one fine day T20 will be almost on par with Football in reach and commercial value.

However one advantage that football will always have over T20 is its simple rules and almost nil operational expense (ie playing equipment) for the starters. However that may also get discounted over a period of time, with the flow of advertisement money to every nook and corner to promote T20 cricket in schools and villages. Though football is an easy, less expensive and most popular game; the day is not far when T20 will catch up with it.

Watch out FIFA, ICC shares are on the rise…