Prabhu n Ferrari

Did you know?

2005-05-26T22:52:00.000-07:00

1. That this is my last post in blogger?
2. That you have to update your link/blogroll/favorites etc to http://prabhukrish.net?

And like Sudhish says, dummies click here

Bye Blogger. Miss you!

Dragged

2005-05-26T05:01:00.000-07:00

This girl Shub brought me into this. It seems I have to answer these set of questions, and pass it on!
Okay here I go!

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:

Prabhu

F e r r a r i

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
Its either F e r r a r i or prabhu_ferrari

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
My smile , my flat(err ok..extremely close to being flat) stomach, my dimples ;-)

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
I don’t think I am unhappy with any part. I need the help of all parts to live peacefully. Taking no chance by abusing some part. What if it stops functioning? :-p

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
Vellore, North Arcot and Madras

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
Old aunties in weddings (They always ask when I am getting married :-L)

Indian Airlines hostess. No idea when she will drop the food on you L

Shopping with a girl

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
My nokia darling

My TV Remote

My Personal diary

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
Blue trouser, sacred thread and black spectacles (psst. Not just these 3)

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
Sincere

Sense of humor

Patience

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (in no particular order):
I can play the violin

I have directed a movie

I like Aishwarya Rai

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
Oara paarvai (Should I call it as fleeting glance?)

Long hairs!!!!!!

Ladies fingers :-D

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
Lie down in my moms lap

Watch a movie in Sathyam complex

Eat adai aviyal

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
Politics

Consulting for Sports Software

Script writer for movies

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
Cherapunji

New Zealand

Dominic Republic

THREE KIDS NAMES YOU LIKE:
Anirudh

Athithi

Ahalya

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
Watch wimbledon mens single final

Watch Chelsea play Man U at Stamford bridge

Watch a formula 1 race at belgium

THREE(make that more!!) PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW:

No I am not restricting to 3 people. Everyone who is reading this, please do take this test :-D

Either comment in this comment box, or please do pass me the link

Tale 2

2005-05-25T21:44:00.000-07:00

She is the daughter of a top doctor. She got through IAS by reservation quota. She is organizing a seminar on the upliftment of poor at the Leela Palace.

Tales

2005-05-25T01:57:00.000-07:00

I have been really impressed and inspired by Ammani's short tales. They are amazing!

Inspired by her, I am posting one here

Cyber Sex

They were having cyber sex, and he never knew she had two windows open.

Religious

2005-05-24T07:54:00.000-07:00

Sometimes when things dont go the way they normally should, I stay quiet and listen to very old songs. Thats a wonderful stress reliever. The song that has been helping me today is from the movie 'Thiruneelakantar'. Released in the year 1940. Lyrics and Music by the great Papanasam Sivan. Singer MK Thyagaraja Bhagavathar

This man had a golden voice for sure.

Dheena karunakarane nataraja neelakantane
Dheena karunakarane nataraja neelakantane
ninnaruL pugazhndhu paNiyum ennayum iRangi aruLum
mouna guruve dharane enai aaNda neelakantane
mouna guruve dharane enai aaNda neelakantane

I like this name meenalochini. My moms name is meenakshi :-)

meenalochini maNaaLa thaandavamaadum sabapathe
gnanigal manam virumbum neelakantane

I love the way MKT repeats 'mouna guruve'

mouna guruve mouna guruve mouna guruve mouna guruve
dharane enai aaNda neelakantane

aadhi andham illa harane aaaa
aadhi andham illa harane
anbar uLLam vaazhum parane
paadhi madhi vaeniyane paramesa neelakantane
paadhi madhi vaeniyane paramesa neelakantane

If you want to listen to this song, goto coolgoose and search for Golden Voice. All the famous songs of MKT are available :-)

Random Trivia abt MKT. The JYM Kalyana Mandapam in T Nagar Venkatanarayana Road was the house of MKT during his film days :-) And Maverick's wedding took place there. he he

thaniye thannan thaniye

2005-05-23T06:44:00.000-07:00

Somedays I get hooked to a single song and just cant get over it. For instance, I saw this song 'Thaniye thannan thaniye' from Rhythm last night.

thaniye thannan thaniye naan kaathu kaathu nindren
nilame poRu nilame un poRumai vendru viduven
puriyaadha peranbe puriyaaadha peranbe
thaniye thaniye thaniye

Right from morning, I have been listening to this song atleast 10 times !!!

October maadhathil andhi mazhai vaanathil vaanavillai rasithirundhen
andha nerathil yarrumillai dhoorathil ivaL mattum vaanavillai rasikka vandhaaL
andru kaNgaL paarthu kondoam uyir kaatrai maatri kondoam

This is another gem from the ARR-Diamond Pearl Combination. And this is my favorite line from the song. Wonderful lyrics!

rasanai onnum oru puLLiyil iru idhayam iNaya kaNdoam
naanum avaLum iNaigayil nila andru paal mazhai pozhindadhu

I didnt like the video of the song though :-(

ennudaya nizhalayum innoruthi thoduvadhai pizhai endru karudhi vittaL
oru jeans aNindha chinna kiLi hello solli kai kodukka thanga mugam karugi vittaaL
andha kanni pirindhu sendraal naan jeevan urugi nindren
chinnadhoru kaaraNathaal siRagadithu maRaindhu vittaaL
chinnadhoru kaaraNathaal siRagadithu maRaindhu vittaaL
meendum varuvaaL nambinen adho avaL varum vazhi therindadhu

Aaaha kavidhai kavidhai! Abirami Abirami :-)

Which song tomorrow?

Flying finn!

2005-05-22T19:57:00.000-07:00

Another disappointing weekend for Ferrari :-(
Schumi banged into the back of DC's car and lost his front wing. I think that pit stop cost him some positions.
The car is improving, but still Ferrari have a long way to go to compete for the podium positions. I think Ferrari didnt plan accordingly this year for the new rule changes. The same thing happened in 2003. But luckily in 2003, the opposition werent this strong!
All said and done, Schumi did drive a wonderful race under the circumstances. He Jean and Ross have tasted success for too long, that they will never be contempt with whats happening now. I expect Ferrari to be stronger after the next 2 races! Lets see.

Having said that, yesterdays race @ Monaco was one of the best races I have seen in quite sometime. Not only wheel to wheel racing, but also damn hilarious. I dont remember the last time, when I was laughing whilst watching the race!

First things first. McLaren had a very good car and Kimi drove it very well. This guy is damn good. Everytime I see him drive a car, it reminds me of a knife cutting through butter. So damn sleek. This is the difference a great driver can do to a good car. The one time wonder Montoya also hasthe same machinery. But where is he? I wonder if Ron Dennis made a mistake by signing up Montoya?

I loved the way Villeneuve and Massa fighting for positions. he he. I think Villeneuve has realised that he will be kicked out at the end!

But the best part of the race was the fight between Webber and Alonso. It was damn hilarious and I couldnt stop laughing. It was a wonderful sight to watch. The fist pumping mechanics of Trulli, Webbers mechanics. Wow. It was too good.

After a long time, I enjoyed a race that Schumi didnt win!

Next week, the European Grand Prix @ Schumi's home town (Guess he was born 50 miles away from the circuit). Lets see! Guess Ferrari will go for the heavy fuel load strategy till they sort out their performance issues!

Whatever it is, F1 is back at its entertaining best :-)

A request

2005-05-20T05:19:00.000-07:00

Dear Bengalis and Keralites,

This is a request from an Indian who loves his country. From now on, please do not vote for the Communists. All the communists need to be kicked out of the country!

Rarely, if our central government is trying to do something good then this communists threaten to withdraw support.

Have the communits done a single good thing to our country?

En iniya Tamil makkale,

I request you all to kick this DMK,PMK etc etc out of politics. DMK has changed from Dravida Munntera Kazhagham to Dayanidhi Maran Munnetra Kazhagham. Do I need to say anything about PMK and other jokers?

First lets kick out these people. And in next stage kick out ADMK. No regional parties required please :-(

Dear Kannadigas,

Dont you people think its high time Sleeping err Deve Gowda and his JD(S) to take a retirement. Please do not vote for them in the next election!

Decision made!

2005-05-19T04:17:00.000-07:00

First and foremost a big thanks to everyone who commented for the previous post.
Folks. I am really touched. Felt very good after reading all your kind words.

Ok. The decision is that I am going by my mind.

For the rationale behind this decision, click here

My heart was with this girl from past November. To be exact from 28th of November. What started as a casual interaction, became a very passionate affair. I just couldn't survive with her. As days went by she was taking a lot of my time.

Like all relationships, ours also hit the roadblock frequently. Misunderstandings etc . She had lots of mood swings, and I found it very very tough to keep my composure. Not that am blaming her, it is just that I couldnt be patient.

Adjustment is the main thing in relationship. But there is a limit to it. I was ready to marry her, but she wasnt interested. I tried explaining many times. But no avail.

I took this relationship very seriously. But I have no idea what she thinks or what plans she has for the future. How long can I continue like this?

I met Madman at this point of time, and poured out my problems. He smiled and asked me to move on. Not just he. I spoke with god of blog world Lazygeek as well. He also asked me to move on.

Thats when my best friend Maverick, introduced me to someone. I immediately liked her. Not that I am ditching my current. But things go on, and life moves on.

I tried to explain this to my girl! But she didnt show any interest, but is again wooing me towards her using her charms! Features is not the only thing. They are good, but only to some extent. But there is no commitment.

For me, there is nothing in life without commitment. This is a personal decision, but still I always ask the opinions of my dear friends Praveen and Uma. They also liked my choice and asked me to go ahead.

And so my dear friends, I have decided to move from my current girl to the newone my friends suggested

Wish me luck :-)

P.S. A big Thanks to Magix for his support!

Time to make a decision

2005-05-18T21:09:00.000-07:00

Many a times in life, we come to a standstill and need to take a decision to move on. No point prolonging further!

poarkaLam ange poovil kaayam inge
punnagai theeve uyirin uyilum enge
kaadhalenum poarile kalandha kaigaL engae
kaLvanae kaLvanae kaLavu poanadhu engaey
uyir karaindhu poanadhu engaey

Mind says go in the new direction! Heart says stay on!

Do I go by the mind, or by the heart?

pesa maRandhu sirikkiren pirindhum uyiraai irukkiren
paarvai indri paarkiren pagalil iruttaai irukkiren

Who's who

2005-05-17T00:33:00.000-07:00

Who's who in the bangalore blogging circle?

From left to right in clockwise direction

Shyam of gajabhuja funda
Madhu a.k.a Madman,
Rahul who feels life is beautiful,
Aditya the Truman,
Anand the Shelly fan,
Suman who is meeting Joe Satriani this weekend,
Sathish who finished the marathon faster than Kruba,
Krishna the techie wizard,
Shubh the maRa thamizhachi who doesnt know what a thillalangadi means,
Anita God mother of Indian Blogs,
Prabhu a Ferrari fan :-p,
Samuel whose photograph appeared on the newspaper,
Muthu Who tried to learn tamil, english, french and sanskrit and ended up searching for kaniyan poongundranar in french :-p
Kishore thamizhan who resembles a bengali babu ;-)
Arnab who smiles exactly like the smileys you get at Koshy's.

5 more people are missing from this photograph.

Kruba, Ambarish, Venkat, Bhaskar and Adel.
Will post their pics, if I get one :-)

Check out the video on Muthu's blog

Kinks of India

2005-05-16T19:45:00.000-07:00

I didnt know how to name this post. But I think I have named it better than TOI, for this article

This is a real life incident and the crux of the story is as below

"The unconscious exposure of body of a lady teacher during teaching could be an object of amusement for male students inside a classroom," observes Dr K C Satapathy, principal of DAV Public School at Chandrasekharpur here.

"Disturbed over its effects, the school has decided to make all teachers, irrespective of gender, wear an apron while teaching from the coming academic session. "

And guess whats the title of the article? Aprons for Exposing Teachers

No one can beat TOI when it comes to making even a simple stuff sound corny or kinky. And imagine their euphoria when it comes to reporting stuff like these.

Some more excerpts from the article I found damn hilarious are..
"Another benefit of using aprons, according to the school authorities, is that the teachers can save themselves form chalk dust. "

This is the best one

"The common dress system will also help curb competition among lady teachers for wearing costly sarees and garments, he argued."

Now let me come to the first 2 paragraphs of the article.

"Remember young Rishi Kapoor in Mera Naam Joker peeping at a sexy Simi Garewal emerging from behind the bushes after taking a bath.

The scene is certainly part of Bollywood folklore. And, if a principal of a city-based school is to be believed, such sensuous scenes could take place even inside a classroom."

God Save TOI Readers!

P.S. I fail to understand, why I was reminded of Little johnny when I read this article ;-)

Nice Meeting you!

2005-05-15T21:47:00.000-07:00

To all the blogger pals who turned up yesterday(@Bangalore Bloggers meet) and the bewildered onlookers(@Barista)

NICE MEETING YOU!

It was great fun, and had a wonderful time!

Detailed summary once Anita sends the participants(?) list and the pictures :-D

Update 1: Check out Muthu, Anita and Venkat's take on the meet

Update 2: Some pictures of the meet @ Muthu, Krishna and Anand's blog

2005-05-14T00:10:00.000-07:00

Hand signals
Guys and girls who are riding two wheelers. Ensure that you use hand signals while riding. Just now i witnessed an accident. A guy was riding his bike at decent speed. The right indicator of his bike was on for quite some time. He had forgotten to turn it off. And suddenly he turned towards the right. A car which was trying to overtake him hit him from behind. Luckily nothing happened to him. Minor scratches only.
After seeing that i felt it was a narrow escape. I feel it would be better if people can use hand signals even after the indicator is on. In india we have some cross roads every few metres. So even if you put the indicator on, people behind would not be in a position to know when you will turn. I feel it would be better and safe if you use hand signals.
Err. Trying to Blog from mobile. Hope it works

Fantasies

2005-05-12T08:13:00.000-07:00

I get wild ideas, when I am busy at work and there is a deadline.
For instance, right now I was thinking about my latest crush S.

Dont let your imagination run wild. Read on!

Here goes my fantasy.

I was busy working. Around 9 PM types. Suddenly a voice 'Excuse me'. I turn around and find my crush standing. She doesnt have the access card it seems (In our company you need access card to enter into every floor) and wants to get out. I didnt say anything and just smiled. Took her till the door, open the door for her and smiled. She said Thanks. I replied saying 'People call me Prabhu'. She said 'I am S'. We shook hands and then I bid her bye. Came back to my work place. Find a mail from client that their servers will be down for next 12 hours, due to some urgent maintenance. No work! Hurrayyyyyyyyyyy. I shut down my system and get out of office.

My thoughts still on S :-)

Sollamal thottu sellum thendral
en kaadhal devadhayin kaNgaL
Nenjathil kotti chellum minnal
kaNNoaram minnum aval kaadhal
oru naaLaikkuLLe mella mella
un mounam ennai kolla
indha kaadhalinaal kaatril parakkum kaagidham aanen

I start my bike, and get out of the building. I find my crush standing near the bus stop, waiting for bus. Its pretty late. I stop, ask her if she needs a lift. It took some effort to tell this with a straight face.

oh kaadhalin avasthai edhirukkum vendaam naraga sugam allava
neruppai vizhungi vitten oh amilam arundhi vitten
noyaai nenjil nee nuzhaindhaai
marundhai yenadi thara maRandhaai
vaalibathin solayile ragasyiamai poo paRithavaL nee dhaane

Without any hesitation, she agrees and sits behind. She stays at koramangala it seems and it was near my way home. Some 7 to 8 kms from office. Unlike a madras auto driver I take the shortest possible route to reach Koramangala. And while talking to her and at same time riding, I missed noticing a pothole. Thud!!! Luckily we didnt fall, and I retained balance. And in this commotion, she held my shoulder for support.

pengaLin uLLam padukuzhi enben
vizhundhu ezhundhavan yaar
aaLam aLandhavan yaar
karaiyai kadandhavan yaar

We reach Koramangala, and she asks me to stop near this 'New Shanti Sagar'. She thanks me once again. I said bye and when I was about to leave, she asks me 'Prabhu. Dinner?'. I smiled and parked my bike. We entered the restaurant. She ordered for Samosa, and I butter masala dosa. I asked her why she is having just samosas for dinner. She replied saying, she had heavy snacks in evening and wasnt very hungry. She was very cute and even the way she had samosa was very cute. Tissue paper in left hand, she used to wipe her lips after every bite and then wet her lips. Cute!

kaadhal irukkum bayathinil dhaan
kadavuL bhoomikku varuvadhillai
meeri avan bhoomi vandhaal
dhadiyudan dhaan alaivaan veedhiyile

Post dinner, I dropped her at home. Before saying bye, I asked
'S. Breakfast?'. She was taken by surprise. It took some time for her to understand what I hinted ;-) Then she gave a big smile and said. 'Ok. 7.45 tomorrow morning. @ Shanti Sagar'

End of fantasy :-D

Hmmmm. Ninaipadhellam nadandhu vitaal deivam yaedhum illai(If everything you think happens, then there is no god!) :-p

Bangalore Bloggers Meet

2005-05-11T04:26:00.000-07:00

Bangalore bloggers meet this sunday. May 15 2005 4 pm @ Barista St Marks Pls check Anita's blog for details.

-Prabhu

P.S. Thanks to Kishore for pointing out the day :-D

Where did the money go?

2005-05-11T01:55:00.000-07:00

Chelsea fans have been told all season money is the only reason we've been good this season . Look at the team details below. Courtesy BBC

Man Utd: Carroll, Gary Neville, Brown, Ferdinand, Silvestre, Fletcher (Saha 72), Keane, Scholes, Ronaldo, Rooney, van Nistelrooy.
Subs Not Used: Howard, Smith, O'Shea, Fortune.

Booked: Keane, van Nistelrooy.

Goals: van Nistelrooy 7.

Chelsea: Cudicini, Johnson (Jarosik 72), Ricardo Carvalho, Huth, Gallas, Geremi, Tiago, Makelele, Lampard, Cole (Grant 90), Gudjohnsen (Nuno Morais 86). Subs Not Used: Cech, Forssell.

Booked: Makelele, Lampard, Gallas.

Goals: Tiago 17, Gudjohnsen 61, Cole 82.

Att: 67,832.

Ref: G Poll (Hertfordshire).

Last night, the Man U team on the pitch was worth more than the one Chelsea fielded, so how does that work then?
How come Real Madrid with all of its money couldnt be at the top of la liga?

Move over Man U and Arsenal. We are here to stay at the top, without throwing Pizza's :-P

kurangu kaiyil maala

2005-05-10T04:42:00.000-07:00

I was watching KTV this weekend.

The song 'nalam vaazha ennalum en vaazhthukkaL' from 'maRubadiyum' was there.
Excellent picturisation of the song by Balumahendra. A single room with balu special lighting. When Arvindswamy sings
'Nilavinai nambi iravugaL illai.
viLakkugaL kaatum veLichathin ellai.
oru vaasal moodi maRu vaasal vaipaan iRaivan'

Revathy will be thinking about NizhalgaL ravi and on the verge of tears. Arvind Swamy trying to console her, and at same time hint that he is there :-)

I am sure Ilayaraja would have been elated when he saw the picturisation

I changed the channel to Sun Music and the song 'kaadhal sadugudu' from Alaipayuthey was playing.

Shalini and Madhavan. A newly married couple. The song was excellently picturised, showing the intimacy between madhavan and shalini. Excellent picturisation once again. Though the song was about intimacy. there was nothing vulgar in it. To borrow words from Tamil Heroines, indha paatu kavarchiyaa irundadhu. Aabasama illai :-D

No wonder ARR reserves his best for ManiRatnam!

Switched back to KTV. This time the song 'Ale Ale' from Boys.

Evlo arumayaana paatu. Hmmm. But Genelia was shaking her butt in the entire song as if some cockroach was stuck to it :-( Cha.

Kaduppu aagi TV off pannitu radio on pannina the song 'kurangu kaila maalai' from Mumbai Express. How apt?

It is really a pain, when an excellent song is screwed up while picturising. I really wonder what will be the thought process of the Music Directors, when they see such songs. Paavam.

So If I make a list of such screwed up songs then they will be
1. All songs from the movie 'KangaLal kaidhu sei'
2. iLamai enum poongaatru from 'Pagalil oar iravu'
3. Ale ale, boom boom from boys
4. Poove sempoove. Radharavi singing this song x(
5. Kaadhalenum thervezhudhi kaathirundha maaNavan naan
..and the list goes on!

Stage

2005-05-09T06:03:00.000-07:00

If all the worlds a stage, and we all are players, then who are the audience and where do they sit?

P.S. I read this in some site! En sondha sarakku ledhu

Thank you

2005-05-06T00:53:00.000-07:00

My Dear Blog Readers,

Thanks for your wonderful support, that my blog is reaching around 20K hits (pssst. I myself would have contributed for 1500, but what the heck). I wanted to write something, and dedicate it to everyone of you.

I thought I will write about Crush. This is one topic, which is universal and that spreads across borders, lines of control edjatra edjatra. I think almost everyone in life would have had atleast one crush sometime or other in their lifetime.

Dedicated to all of our past, present and future crushes :-)

Click here for full post

1987

I was in 6th class. There was this girl SLD in my class. She used to sit diagonally opposite me. And she used to sit next to my friend Murali. Next to me was Murali's crush RJ :-D I always used to goto Murali's desk for some doubts and vice versa. My class teacher applauded us saying that we were proceeding in right direction. This is how friends should help each other in studies. That will bring the best out of me etc etc. And you know what she did? She interchanged places so that murali and me sat next to each other :-( I dont exactly remember what happened after that. But somehow I lost interest in her. Enakku nenavu therinaj naaL la irundhu SLD dhaan ennoda first crush

1989

Miss S joined our school and she was our chemistry teacher. I think there was some special chemistry between us. I was the first one to question her on something about elements, and immediately she asked me to shift to the first bench. She was my class teacher as well. From then on, I had a major crush on her. Especially her eyelashes. Wow. I came to know she stayed close to my house. We used to start at same time in evening, and I used to push my bicycle and walk with her. She even came to my house once for that Navratri golu :-D I was heartbroken when got married the next year!!! Ippo nenachalum sirippaa varadhu

1992

This time I had a crush on my junior J. She had an amazing voice. That was the year 'Roja' released and she sang the song 'Chinna Chinna Aasai' in our school culturals. Not just me. Many of my classmates had a big crush on her. But I was lucky. My maths teacher used to call us home for IIT training. Actually IIT training started in 11th class itself and it was a 2 year training course. So many times, the classes were combined. He used to give us an exercise and teach the 11th students something and vice versa. I was the favorite student of my maths teacher Mr Suresh Kumar. And many times I used to teach the juniors. Needless to say I started talking to J. But the moment I started talking to her, I lost interest in her. No idea why. Ava innoru payyana sight adikaraa appadinu theriya vandadhu vera vishyam

1994

This was my second year in college. And I had enrolled for this GNIIT program @ NIIT. I was studying at Nungambakkam NIIT. 33/1 NH Road. Wow. It was a great time. In my batch there were around 30 people. And of 30, 20 were girls. We had a wonderful time. Most of the days, we used to bunk college and sit at NIIT only. Woodlands Drive-in was our favorite place. Everyday went there as a group. Eevryday one girl with me on bike. Too good. Girls from Ethiraj, Stella Maris, Queen Maris etc! Thats when I realised I can have multiple crushes at same time ;-)
Pasiyai marandhom peNNai kaNdu kavalai maRandhom peNNai kaNdu kavidhai maRandhom peNNai kaNdu. kallooori saaalai

1996

I joined MCA in DG Vaishnav. For COBOL there was a teacher called R. First day she came in a black saree and we all were bowled over *drool drool*. Once again I became the favorite student and after some stage, I even told her about my crush. She has become a very good friend now. Rather I would say Friend, Philosopher and Guide. Even now I tease her with that black saree :-p Nyabagam varudhe nyabagam varudhe

1999

I joined LnT Mumbai. Oh my god! What a time I had in Mumbai. I had been to mumbai many times during my childhood. But this time, I was bowled over by the beauties. Let it be railway station, bus stand, airport, market. Wherever I went there were girls girls girls. But too much of anything is not good. I dont remember any single crush in Mumbai :( Before I get to ogle at someone, someone else will pass by. Then I will be confused :-D Ore gujaals dhaan

2001

Pune. The best time of my bachelor life till date. Every weekend we(I had many friends) used to go for picnic. Let it be Mulshi, Sinhagad, Lonavla, Khandala, Loahagad etc etc. Thats when I met N. She was the heart throb of our pune office. I would say crush on N is the best I have had till date. I didnt make any effort to talk to her. For some 1 month or so, I just used to breakfast, lunch at the same time she did :-D Many times, we were in same group because of common friends. Then eventually we started talking and as usual I got to know she was engaged :-( Sigh!!!!Engirundhaalum vaazhgha

2005

The latest crush. This is for a month or so. Everyday I take a break for tea at 11 AM and 4 PM. Most of us do so. Thats when I saw this cute girl near the parking lot. Later I found her name to be S. She knows I ogle at her. And this was told to me by a common friend. Thats the reason for the Sixth Sense blog. And this S and the keyboard dancer are thick friends. I dont know when this bubble will burst, but till then its fun! Hey kuruvi. sittu kuruvi

Ok. This has become a very long post. Now time for climax and some gyan :-)

I have always felt that having crush is a great fun. No emotional attachment. I just like the beauty of the person. Starts there and ends there. And if it remains within this boundary it is fun. But once I start talking, that thrill goes away. Aaaha inba nilavinile oho jagame aadidudhe vilayadidudhe

Sixth Sense

2005-05-04T22:05:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, one of my friends told me that a girl can sense if someone is ogling at her :-D
Sixth sense it seems ;-) I dont know from where people come up with such thoughts!

Old ads!

2005-05-02T22:21:00.000-07:00

I was talking to one of my friends and we talked about gopal palpodi :-D

Is Gopal Palpodi still available @ chennai? Burma malaysia singapore ceylon etc il viRpanai aagum gopal palpodi. I still remember the ad and tune :-)

And talking of ads reminds me of these old ads also

'Aarogya vaazhvinai kaapadhu lifebuoy'
'Chandrika soap in inimai iyarkai aLikkum nanmai'
'Enna aachu kozhandhai azhudadhu. Woodwards gripe water kodukka sollu'
'Late aa vandha archana sweets oda dhaan varanum'.
'Horlicks. Appadiye chaapduven'
'Vandhaane vandhaane ekolex maaveran vandhaane'(Some pesticide ad)

And not to forget, the 'Jolly Advertising Ad'(was it anbu aRivippaalar Rani Somasundaram?) in movie halls preceded by stills on 'Mun seettil kaal vaikaadheer','Pick pocket jaagradhai' etc!!

Andha naal nyabagam nenjile vandadhe

Updated:
'Excuse me. Neenga endha college. Collegeaa naana. Mummmyyyyyyyyy.Santoor soap'
'Vajradanti vajradanti. Vicco vajradanti'
'Washing Powder Nirma'
'Ponvandu'
'Kalimark Trio Solo Bovonto'
'Gold Spot. The zing thing'

Road to Istanbul

2005-05-02T20:05:00.000-07:00

Today

Liverpool vs Chelsea @ Anfield
Live telecast in ESPN from 00.25 hrs

Tomorrow

PSV Eindhoven vs AC Milan @ Eindhoven
Live telecast once again in ESPN from 00.25 hrs.

Chelsea, fresh from their premiership success will be raring to go. Damien duff is doubtful, and it will cause them problems during counter attack. But having said that, Frank Lampard is in the form of his life. It will be a tight game.

And PSV have their task cut out. They are trailing Milan by 2 goals to nil. They need to score 3 goals, which I think is impossible against this Milan defense.

So AC Milan for sure is going to istanbul. Time will tell, whether it is the reds or the blues!

My predictions:
Liverpool 1 Chelsea 1
PSV Eindhoven 0 AC Milan 1

Ferrrrrraaaaaaaaariiiiiiiiiiiiii

2005-05-02T05:47:00.000-07:00

Picture Courtesy: Ravi

Saturday, I had been to Forum along with Ravi

We happened to find this toy shop, where they had miniature versions of all sports cars. Needless to say, I went gaga over the miniature ferrari.
It is remote control operated. (He said it had a digital antenna. I have no clue to what it means)
It can go upto a maximum speed of 30 km/hr). The remote has steering wheel, brakes and what not. The shop owner was a very enthusiastic guy. He took us to the parking lot, and showed us a live demo of the car. Needless to say it rocks!!It costs around 6950 Rs or something.

If someone wants to gift it to me, you have 2 months time. It is available in the 2nd floor of Forum Shopping mall, Bangalore. Okay?

P.S. Ravi has a short and sweet summary on bangalore bloggers meet. Please check his blog for the same!

aRindhum aRiyamalum

2005-05-02T05:17:00.000-07:00

Ok. Everyone was going gaga over aRindhum aRiyamalum. I thought I will listen to the songs.

Hmmm. Interesting! Tunes are good.

If you listen to many Yuvan Shankar Raja's albums there are many a songs which have excellent lyrics. And those songs are so pleasant to hear. Listen to 7GRC or devadhayai kanden or april madathil. But in this movie, the lyrics are a BIG let down. I am sure, the songs will be a hit.

But it wont be a classic and be remembered for days like his other numbers. And it definitely is not because of the tunes. It is because of the lyrics.

So I find it a waste of time to review the lyrics for such an album!

Blue is the color!

2005-05-02T00:36:00.000-07:00

100 years since the club was formed. 50 years since the championship was won!

CONGRATULATION CHELSEA! YOU ROCK!

Keyboard

2005-04-29T02:01:00.000-07:00

There is one(of many) cute girl in my office. One of my friends workplace is close to her workplace. Today when I went to meet my friend, I observed something very interesting.
The way she was typing. Somehow while watching her fingers hit the keyboard in a rhythmic manner, I felt that she was(or is) a dancer.

Most of the keyboards these days are very good. You dont need to bang the keys. A soft touch will do the trick. But still old habits die hard. I still see people banging the keys like crazy!

But this girl. Aaha. Slender sleek swift movements. Best was, when she wanted to type the *. I always press the right shift button and then the number 8(using my left hand). This girl, first pressed the shift key using her left thumb and the hand circled in clockwise motion, and using the left middle finger pressed the 8 key.

Kavidhai kavidhai!

P.S. I asked one of my friends to act as a model and re-do the same so that I can take a pic of it. But ava callsheet kodukka maatten poada sollittaa :-(

P.P.S. Listening to 'Oh kumaari srungaari' from Anniyan. Getting wild ideas for this song picturisation ;-)

Blogger Meet Summaries

2005-04-28T21:02:00.000-07:00

Ramya the celeb journo from THE HINDU, is coming up with an article on blogger meets
The maximum info she has received is from chennai blogger meets only.

Blogger pals from other cities, please do visit her blog and let her know of the blogger meets you have attended. To make things simple, she has some specific set of questions. Do answer them

Psst. Chances of your name(and the blog URL) appearing in THE HINDU are very high. Thats the carrot(as she says).

Anniyan-Lyrics-Review

2005-04-28T02:24:00.000-07:00

Anniyan songs from a lyrical point of view.

This is one of the most contrasting Vairamuthu album I have ever heard. 2 songs are top class, and remaining 3 are pathetic! Someone please tell me that Vairamuthu has penned the lyrics for only 2 songs. I will be happy :-)

For full review Click here!

oh sukumaari

Nice lyrics and excellent pronounciation by Shankar Mahadevan.
A song where only tamil is used. Vaeru mozhi kalappu illai
(Forget the crazy noises that HJ introduces in between)

oh sukumaari oh srungari
oh sukumaari yeh alangaari nee
oh sukumaari oh srungari eh kumaari nee
kumaari en kaadhal sikki mukki thikkirukudhu kumaari
en nenju vimmi vimmi pammi niRkudhu kumaari
en vaarthai kadal vatri vittadhe
naan thoatru poven endru anjiye
en thervai ellam othi vaikkiren

Excellent Imagination

en manam oru malaradi
malarukkul adithadi

indha kaadhal enna verum baarama
idhu veru kaalam illa garbama
oh!! kaadhalai maRaithaal ganam thaangamal
en uyir sethu poagum illaya
kaadhalai solli illai endru maRuthaal
kaadhale sethu poagum illaya

Rating 4/5

Iyengar veetu azhaghe

It starts with the carnatic song 'Jagadho dhaara'
After that the lyrics are in chaste tamil. No english words used, and no slang tamil words as well. This is my pick.
Nalla tamizh paatu kaetta trupthi kedachudhu!
But somehow I felt, Iyengar aathu azhaghe would have been more apt :-)

Iyengar veetu azhaghe
un poala azhaghi piRakkavum illai
inimel piRandhaal adhu nam piLLai
un poal chamathu ulaginil illai
kadhalan chamathu kaadhalil thollai
aRiyaaamai dhaan ingu perinbam anbe
kaadhalin vaguppil maaNavan dhaan paNdidhane

I liked this part in 1st stanza. Good choice of simple words and it is rhyming also.

magarandha podigaLai eduthu
adhil manjaL thangam konjam ittu idithu
thirukannam engum suNNam poosi vannam seidhaano
oru koadi pookkaL konDu jodi pookkaL seidhaano
un udhadu serndhaal poopadyaum vaarthai
nammudhadu serndhaal poopadayum vaazhkai
aLLi serthen undhan uyirukkuL anumadhi oru muRai

Subtle hint of sensual stuff in last stanza. Vairamuthu at his poetic best!

vaan mazhayil nanaindhaal payirgaL uruvaagum
aaN mazhayil nanaindhaal uyirgaL uruvaaagum
thayangaadhe thodangattum azhagiya thavaRugaL

Rating of 4.5/5

I think after thinking so much for the above 2 songs vairamuthuvin 'vaarthai kadal vatRi vittadho?'

andankaakka

Sounds like a folk song. Starting varNaNai ellam nalla dhaan irukku.
But somehow, I didnt like the way the singers have sung it

andankaaakka konDai kaari
achuvella thonda kaari
ayyarettu pallu kaari
ayira meenu kaNNU kaari
pooval oru kodu poatta saiva kaatu vettakaari

And the quality deteriorates as the song progresses
Sounds like Item number lyrics

kadhal pachoandhi
raavil poochaNdi
pachchai thanniyil otha paarvayil paththa vechaaNdi
dhe..thanni kudithaaNdi
un dhaavaNi thottendi
muththathaale vervai ellam suththam seyyendi

and stoops to rock bottom like this

hey chee po endryu eval seivaayo
aa oh hmm endre koova seyvaayo
inji morappaa iduppa paathu kasangi ponen di
eera udhattil soodu parappi isthiri poaden di

Remaining part of lyrics not worth mentioning!!!!

Rating 2.5/5

kaadhal yaanai

kaadhal yaanai varugira remo(or nemo??)
muththam thandha idathil muttum remo
ramp up remo ??????????????

algrebra ivan dhaegam
amoeba vaaga maarum
kong cobra ivan dhaegam
queen ellam thadumaarum

most of the song has some crap lyrics like this.
I will give it a rating of 1.5/5

kaNNum kaNNum nokia

Having english words in tamil songs is ok. Like 'Oh Maria Oh Maria' or 'April Mayile pasumaye illai'. In fact the lyrics of those songs were different and were throughly enjoyable. I think is the worst ever song written by vairamuthu

In this song, I think just for the tunes randomly some english words are used.
Rasgullah is good. Vatha kozhambu is good. But vatha kozhambu saadathukku rasgullah thottundu saapda mudiyuma?

kaNNum kaNNum nokia
nee koLLai kollum mafia
capuchino coffee aa
sophi yaaa

And in second stanza, literally pathetic lyrics. Oru 1 1/2 yeard old kid thathu bithunu pesara madhiri irukku.
If the music had been good, they could have better had it as an instrumental.

kadhalar dhinathil piRandhen
kaNgalai pidithu nadandhen
un idhayathil idaRi vizhundhen
azhaghaanen
kaadhalin pugaipadam idhile
hollywood movie yum idhile
america varai padam idhile
rusithene

I think the vairamuthu was watching national geographic, then CNBC then SunTV while penning the lyrics.

apple laptop peNNe
madiyil vaithu unne
viralgal theya konji
naan rasipaene
ennai octopus viralgalal surutti vittaai
oru atom bomb uyirukkul urutti vittaai

Thankfully HJ has composed the music in such a way, that it is heard to grasp the lyrics :-p
Rating -1/5

Overall rating. I will give 3.5/5 Just for the sukumaari and iyengar songs.

Rain

2005-04-27T02:38:00.000-07:00

Yesterday evening heavy rains lashed bangalore city

And todays lunch table discussion @ office was about rain :-) Not the seasonal rains during monsoon but the unexpected rains during summer!
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Gloom

Some people said, they felt very gloomy and down on rainy days. They said they didnt feel like working and no inspiration
Some said, roads are bad. Traffic jams, clothes dont dry. Cant go out etc etc

Romance

Most of the people said they feel very romantic. Ideal for a light dinner, romancing with better-half/girl friend etc etc

I dont know what rain has to do with romance

My team mates(everyone in my team except me are married :-D) leave office dot on time, on the days of rain ;-)

One of my friend proposed to his girl, @ marine drive mumbai when it was raining!! They are happily married and have a 16 month old son. Thats a different story :-)

Fun

For me it is fun. I love playing in rain.

I cant dance in middle of the road like this guy:-( It happens only in movies. But I found a better alternative. I love taking my bike and going on a ride when its raining. First few minutes, I get completely wet. Then its lovely. Cant drive the bike fast and visibility is also poor. My helmet has a dark glass and I need to keep it half open for the visibility. Dont get much road grip because of the wet surface. True. It is a bit tough riding in these conditions, but still the thrill is amazing. Especially the feeling when I stop the bike in between for signals. I dont know how to call it. It is something in between goosepimples and shivering. wow. Its fun. Somehow I feel that it shakes off all the laziness in me.

It is fun to watch small kids with colorful raincoats walking in rain. And it amuses me the way people ride the 2 wheelers.

Some dare devils tie some polythene on their head and ride their bikes like crazy. Some KD kaN1000s wear rain suits like neil armstrong and ride at 20 km speed.

And I am reminded of my days in Kothrud, Pune. I had a suzuki samurai.

I used to go in either the mulshi road or sinhagad road. Stop somewhere in the middle, have garma garam vada pav and tea :-) and continue with my journey. It was great and an amazing stress reliever!

Afterwards reach home, change and watch the rain from balcony!!!
I miss pune :-((

Sandhegam

2005-04-26T02:13:00.000-07:00

Thalaivi thalaivanai pirindhu vaadugindraaL. Aval irukkum nilayai 'Pasalai Noi' endru periyoargaL kooRuvar (ubayam: aga400)
Thalaivan thalaiviyai pirindhu vaadugindra pozhudhu, avanudaya mananilaikku edavadhu peyar uLLadha??

Hindiyil tanhayee endru kooRuvaargaL. tamizhil adhaRkku enna peyaro?

Who feels more cold?

2005-04-24T20:19:00.000-07:00

Or who feels the absence of heat more. Whatever way you put it. When I was studying at NIIT, or working I have always seen girls complain when the AC effect is more. And they say guys have buffalo skin and hence dont feel the cold. And blah blah blah. So I was under the impression that girls feel more cold than guys.

But if you have been watching tamil movies(or for that matter any indian movie), you will see that it is wrong. Almost 1 in 10 songs is shot in cold places like switzerland or new zealand. But the hero will be wearing jean, t shirt, pullover, jacket and what not. But the heroine will be wearing very less dress and parts of her err.. body will be visible as well. Wont they feel cold?

I remember one song from the movie velaikaraan, where thalaivar will be well dressed and dancing in kashmir along with amala. poor amala, she will be wearing that bharatanatyam saree and dancing bare footed(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Hmmm. I wonder!!

Invitation!!

2005-04-22T03:27:00.000-07:00

How much this word is misleading? I got a mail from one of my old pals with the subject as Invitation. Its been almost 2 years since I spoke to her. I was expecting it to be her wedding invitation and opened the mail. And the mail was an Invitation to join her friends network of Hi5.

Ada che!

Shopping and Color blindness

2005-04-19T20:56:00.000-07:00

Today morning, I was listening to Radio city. The RJ Vasanthi was asking the listeners, about shopping. And whoever called, Vasanthi was asking them what was the most essential thing for shopping. You know what were the responses? 'Patience', 'Bargaining Skills', 'Time Management(???)' etc. Till date I was thinking money is the thing that is required for shopping!!
RJ didnt stop there. She was referring to some places in chickpet and commercial street, which are good for shopping. I really pity the husbands of the wives who were listening to the show in the morning :-D

Shopping reminded me of my Pune days. In Pune my office was bang opposite 'Shoppers Stop'. There was this cafeteria there where they served delicious pasta and other stuff. Most of the days, I used to go there along with my friends for lunch. One day, my friend wanted to check on some pink tops. We went along with her to the ladies section. I found a nice pink top and asked her if she liked it. She turned looked at the top, and then shouted 'Is this Pink. You call this Pink? Are you color blind? This is baby pink'.
I was like 'Oh ok. Better to keep mouth shut'. I quietly asked to another friend wasnt that color pink. He also felt it was pink. Anyways, thats when I realised men are color blind when it comes to shopping. The extent to which women look for that RGB combination when it comes to dresses. Hmmmmm. Interesting when you are watching from a distance :-D

Ping please

2005-04-18T20:09:00.000-07:00

Blogger pals. Whenever you post something on your blog, please ping.

In that way, it is easier to note that your blog has been updated.

Danks

Hogenakal

2005-04-17T19:48:00.000-07:00

I had been to Hogenakal water falls this weekend. It was just 150 kms fromm bangalore, so we could cover the entire thing in a day.

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We started very early in the morning. Could catch a glimpse of sunrise near Hosur. It was wonderful.

This is the view from the hanging bridge. River cauvery, flowing in between these rocks. Some places it is as narrow as 10 metres and in some places as wide as 1 km.

There was this hanging bridge, atop the river. You need to pay an entry fee of 3 rs per head, and 20 rs for a digital camera.

There were around 12 waterfalls like this

and this.

This was the boat, in which we went. In tamil it is called as a parisal. (Coracle in english if I am not wrong.)

This was the place where the song 'chinna chinnai aasai' from Roja was taken.

It was very very hot, but still the boat ride was great fun. Water was for around 35 feet deep :-D and I didnt know swimming ;-)

This waterfall was too good. I couldnt take pictures, as went closer since I was worried about my camera.

The water looks green and dirty because of the rocks and greenery around it seems. But it was not stinking and was very very clean. Appearance is really deceptive

This photo is for magix. I saw a doggy literally cooling its heels ;-)

And one more. This fellow was so tired, he went into a deep sleep.

There was a cave in the middle. It looked lovely

I tried a bit of rock climbing as well. One slip and there I go, into water.

Mobile shop for snacks and cool drinks

This is the deadliest thing in hogenakal. All along, you will find kids from age of 3 to 5 standing atop the hill. They will jump from 20 feet high staright into the water, if you are ready to pay 5 rs. If you are interested, tell the boatman and he will signal to the kids. My god. What a risk they are taking :-( And i stopped my team mates from doing so. But couldnt stop the people from other boat asking the kids. Here is a snap of the kid jumping from the hill.

I found a pic of captain vijayakanth and took a snap. he he

There was a crocodile park nearby. Around 150 crocodiles were there. All looked deadly.

So thats it folks. A trip from sunrise to sunset :-) There are many more wonderful sceneries that I could not capture with my camera. I was wet most of the times, since I took bath in atleast 3 to 4 waterfalls. And in some places, we were so close to the water, I didnt want to take risk of spoiling my camera.

If you are planning to go here call up 04342- 25644 and ask for Suresh(Boatman). This guy is very very good. Tell him my name and he will help you.

Payal

2005-04-14T20:33:00.000-07:00

I really wonder why girls wear payal(golusu). True. That jal jal sound is supposed to be considered traditional. And in weddings and all they wear(or sport) it etc etc. Fine. Agreed!

But is it absolutely necessary to wear that in office??? It really distracts when you are busily working. I was discussing this Version Management with my team mate, and in the background this jal jal. It was tough to control the laughter too :-( Not just me. I observed the facial reaction of many people in our floor.

Girls/Ladies who ever is reading this. Take it as request. Wearing payal/golusu in office doesnt really impress a guy(Atleast me. he he)

Sanga kaalathula thalaivi thoattathula maan kooda thulli vilayaduvaanga. Appo avanga golusu podara saththam thalaivan kku innisaya irundadhu. Udane thalaivar andha golusu background music kku padayappa rajni madhiri paaduvaaru. Neelambari madhiri thalaivi aaduvaanga. Thalaivar poattila win panniduvaaru. Appuram oodal. oodal pin koodal. Ellam seri. But adhu andha kaalam. Time maaridchu.

Enakku oru pazhamozhi dhaan nyabagam varadhu. Yaanai varum pinne maNi osai varum munne.

puththandu nalvaazhthukkaL

2005-04-13T23:54:00.000-07:00

For people who cant comprehend what it means, it is my wish to fellow tamilians on our new year!

Doubt

2005-04-13T01:51:00.000-07:00

What is the right name for the instrument that is used for pressing clothes(Isthiri)?

Is it iron(some pronounce it as i-run) box?

Encounter-K Balachandar Climax

2005-04-12T01:04:00.000-07:00

Read Encounter first
Ok. Here goes the first of climax series :-p

Foreword: Be very careful, when you read this. If you get confused on the relationship between every character, I am not responsible :-D

K Balachandar Climax

Anand is shell shocked with what Sarika had just said. He goes and sits quietly near the lake. The place is bit crowded. There are vendors selling fruits and other eatables. Small children running here and there, couples holding hands and walking by etc etc. Suddenly someone places his hand over Anand's shoulder. Anand turns and is surprised to see his dad. Anand tells what had happened to his dad. his dad looks so serious and tells Anand its not possible. He says 'Anand. There is a secret, that I havent told anyone in this earth' and continues 'Twenty five years back, I was in Rajasthan for a field work. Since you and your younger sister were very young, your mom did not come with me. I stayed alone. And thats when I met Aparna. She was a maid at my house. One night, whatever should not happen, happened. And after 9 months, Aparna delivered a girl child. And that girl child is Sarika. Sarika's parents now have adopted her. She is not their child. After leaving Rajasthan, I have been trying to trace her for past few years. Your mom knows about it. I wanted to see Sarika atleast once before I die. Sarika is your sister son!'
Anand says 'Dad. I just cant believe whats happening to me. So much in a day, and I cant take it!!'
Anands dad says, there is more son. When I was in Rajashtan, your mom was very lonely here. And on one rainy night, you were crying due to fever. She ran to the medical shop to get a medicine for you. At that time, the medical shop chemist raped her and she got a son due to that. That son is none other than Rahul!!!
He turns and calls 'Mallika. Come here'.
Mallika draped in a blacksaree arrives at the scene. Anands dad says 'You said no to Mallika and stopped talking to her. She came all the way to Delhi to see if I recovered from heart attack. All this happened when you were in Germany and I had promised Mallika I wont tell you. Mallika had married one guy from chennai, and on the same day of her wedding her husband ran away. And that guy is none other than Rahul'.
Anand looks at mallika. She runs towards him, cries and hugs him. Anands dad says 'I think you should marry her'.
At that moment Rahul arrives, with a band aid on his head. He is in tears. He says 'Mallika forgive me. I was a fool to have ditched you. After we got married, I thought I will convince my parents. that didnt happen and I married Sarika. But I have not been a good husband. I met with an accident now and it was Sarika who saved me. I think I will go back to her, fall in her legs and ask her to be with me always'.
After this, Anand and Mallika marry each other, Rahul and Sarika live happily. And the servant maid Aparna joins Anands dad, with the permission of Anands mom. All ends well and everyone happily lived thereafter!!!

Afterword: So the encounter between everyone ended out to be a good one in the end ;-) I know logically Sarika and Rahul are brother and sister. But Balachandar movie :-D You should ignore such things :-p

Encounter

2005-04-11T07:27:00.000-07:00

Nov 1999

Anand a sentimental and emotional guy joined Lala & Lala Infotech Mumbai. It was his first job. There were some 60 odd people, who joined with him. All from different parts of the country. Anand was slowly getting used to the fast placed life of Mumbai. He was missing his friends and family very badly. Many a days in the evening he used to walk all the way from office to home(some 6 kms).
Since Anand was a trainee, he wasn’t allocated any machine. And there was a machine in the office library, which had internet access. Whenever there was a break during training, he used to rush to the library for checking/sending mails to his near and dear. And most of the time, there will be another trainee Mallika in the library. Mallika and Anand got into an agreement. Those days, internet connections weren’t that fast. So Anand and Mallika used to open 2 browser windows. In one window, Anand will open his mail box, and in another mallika will open hers. They had a good agreement that each other wont peep into others mail box.
This went on for quite some time. And one evening Mallika saw Anand avoding the company bus and walking down the road. She jumps out of the bus and joins him. Since they all were staying in company accommodation, their houses were in the same building (Different apartments). Anand looks at her smiles and says nothing. It was a lonely highway, with thorny bushes at both sides. There was a long black water pipe that was there for the entire stretch. At some places, water was leaking and gushing like a fountain. The slum children used to play around that. They keep walking for some distance. Then Mallika breaks the ice and asks him why he is dull and all. Anand says he is home sick. Mallika tries to console him saying, this is bound to happen to everyone. And what he will do if he goes abroad and all. Then they keep talking on a variety of subjects and reach home. They have dinner together that night!
And from that day onwards they were together most of the times. It didn’t take very long for Anand to propose to Mallika, and she readily accepted. Life was full of roses for Anand and Mallika for the next 2 months.
Mallika had a room mate, Sarika. Sarika was a very cheerful girl. She became the best pal for Anand. And it was to her, Anand first confessed about his feelings for Mallika.

Jan 2000

The training came to an end, and each person was posted to different locations. Mallika's location was Chennai, whereas Sarika and Anand got Mumbai. For the next days, Mallika and Anand were feeling very bad. It took sometime for Anand to regain his senses. And he tried to console Mallika by saying that, he will visit chennai once in 3 months. And this is only a temporary separation.

The first 2 weeks was like hell for Anand. Every direction he turned, he was reminded of Mallika. He called her almost daily. Slowly Mallika and Anand accepted reality and started focussing on their careers. They got e-mail access and that was a welcome relief for them. And one fine day, they both decided to break the news at home. They did and as expected met with negative response from both the houses.

Apr 2000

Days went by, months went by. Mallika was able to see some light at end of the tunnel. Her dad and mom finally agreed. But in Anand's house, there wasnt much change. In fact it became worse. Anand's dad had an heart attack, and this was attributed to the bad luck of Mallika. And to the shock of Anand, his mom fell in his legs and asked him to forget Mallika, for the sake of his dad. Anand was shattered. He hugged his mom, cried and promised that he will forget Mallika.

When Anand broke this news to Mallika, she didnt believe him first. Then she was very upset and bitter at him. She asked him very practical and logical questions like 'If you were not so sure if your parents will agree, then why did you propose to me?', 'If I say I will commit suicide, if you don’t marry me, what will you do' etc. Anand had no answer to any of her questions. Here was one guy stuck in between his parents and the girl whom he loved. He stopped talking to Mallika. Mallika was hysterical. She used to send him hate mails, call him around 10 times a day. But Anand seldom responded or did anything.

July 2000

After a while, Mallika slowly started recovering. All this while Sarika was very upset with Anand. She was under the impression, that Anand had ditched Mallika just like that. And she was so upset, she stopped talking to Anand. This was a double blow for Anand. He had enough. One fine day, he called Sarika and poured his heart out. And at the end he cried over the telephone.

August 2000

Sarika's attitude towards Anand immediately changed. She was very loving caring and affectionate. And she tried to be with him, at the given opportunity. They both became pretty close and slowly Anand was getting back to his normal self.
Sarika's parents were looking for an alliance. Anand was more thrilled than Sarika. He used to check the photographs her parents sent and tease Sarika.

One fine day Sarika met Rahul and agreed for marriage. The marriage took place in her native Jaipur, Rajasthan. Anand went some 3 to 4 days before the marriage. He voluntarily took some tasks and helped Sarika's dad in arranging for the wedding. And during the reception, Anand gifted them a package tour to goa.

September 2000

Anand's project was nearing completion. One day, his manager called him and said that he has been short listed for a trip abroad. He had to go to Germany for a 2 year assignment. That’s what the doctor had ordered for him. Back from a love break, it was like a new beginning for Anand. He grabbed the opportunity and went abroad

December 2004

Anand came back to India. He had been to india, for 2 to 3 times. But he used to go straight to his home town and get back. He was back in Mumbai after 4 years. Anand felt very nostalgic entering the mumbai office. He still hadnt completely got over Mallika. The pain had gone, but the scars were still there. He was doing his level best to evade the topic of marriage at his home.

The first thing Anand did was to look out for Sarika. They were in touch through mails initially and as days went by the frequency reduced. Anand didnt mind that. He accepted the fact that Sarika had better priorities in life, and he didnt want to disturb her. But once in Mumbai, he was very eager to meet her.

He couldnt believe his eyes, when he met Sarika. She was looking very tired. Dark circles around her eyes. The moment he saw her, he knew something was wrong. That evening, he asked her if they can go somewhere. Sarika hesitated for sometime and then agreed.

It seemed that Sarika's marriage wasnt a success. Rahul was not that much interested in her. He was career oriented, and all he wanted was money. Sarika said that many a days, he never used to come home. Stay in office and get the overtime money. Many trips abroad, leaving her alone. He didnt want to take her, because it will be costly. Sarika was very upset. She had no one to turn to. Even her in-laws were money minded. Later Sarika realized, Rahul had married her just for the sake of status symbol. Sarikas dad was a famous businessman in Rajasthan. He was a granite dealer. And Rahuls family gained a lot because of this marriage, through Sarika's dads contacts. It was more of a business deal rather than a marriage.

Anand felt really sorry for her, and didnt know what to say. He just put his hands over her shoulder and tried to console her. Sarika started crying. She cried real bad. It looked like a dam had burst. Anand was very patient and quiet. When he was in depression, it was Sarika who brought him to normalcy. Now she is suffering. And as a good friend, it was his duty to cheer up.

From them on Anand, tried to be with her during lunch and tea breaks. Slowly a smile returned to Sarika's face.

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February 14 2005

Valentines day. Sarika wanted to be with Anand that day. Rahul as usual was busy. They went to a restaurant called Namaskar in Thane. Its a beautiful restaurant facing the lake Talao Pali. Sarika very casually broke the news. She wanted to divorce Rahul. Anand was shocked. Before he could respond to it, Sarika looked at him in his eye and asked if he can marry her.
Anand was speechless. He had not expected this. He told her, he needs sometime.

Once the dinner was over, he was getting back home. The evening was too much for him. He hadnt recovered from the shock. He was not aware of what’s going on around him. He walked for a very long distance away from home. All of a sudden he heard lots of noise and people running around him. He turned and saw a guy running and 3 policemen chasing him. Anand wanted to move to the side but it was too late. The policeman fired a shot at the guy running, but the bullet landed straight in Anands heart.

Next day, there was an article in times of india. 'Software Engineer killed in Encounter'.

P.S. Ok. This is my version of the story. Now will from the **** thing, I will post different endings. Like if K Balachandar handled the climax, Ramanarayanan handled the climax, SP Muthuraman handled the climax etc etc :-D

Good One :-)

2005-04-10T23:53:00.000-07:00

Blog Template changed

2005-04-09T22:22:00.000-07:00

Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.

I cant delete the above line or this post. Then haloscan will stop working :-(
So trying to scribble something here ;-)

Nothing. I have changed the blog template. A template that is very simple. More importantly this template can coexist with both IE and Firefox. Thanks to blogskins

Happening Place

2005-04-08T03:04:00.000-07:00

Have you heard of this phrase 'Happening Place in Town'.
In Bangalore, its the Brigade Road. In chennai, its the Besant Nagar beach
and in Pune its 'FC Road/MG Road'.

When you are new to the city, almost everyone points you to visit these places. I have been to these places many a times, but never understood what the term happening means.

What do people do in happening places?

Young guys and girls are found at these places. Either single or in a group. What they do? Walk from one end of the road to the other. Cross over to the other side of the road, and walk back to the starting point. Cross
the road to this side and start again. Do this for some 4 to 5 times.

Guys do that so that they get to watch poor girls(Read as girls, who have no money to buy dresses). Either their jean will start 1 inch below where it should actually start, or the t shirt ends 1 inch before where it
actually should end. And guys. Most of them with sleeveless t shirts, to showcase their arnold like body. But its sad to see that they arent like the austrian arnold s. But like the srilankan cricketer russel arnold!
And everytime a girl or a group of girl passes by, the guys hand will goto his head for weaving the hair (This action resembles a military salute). If they had been in the army, their superiors would have been really proud of these blokes.

Every week you go, you will find same set of people with different costumes. Like the forest department allocates a number for the trees, police can allocate numbers to these dudes and babes. If a Munusamy or bangarappa or some patil goes to these places, he becomes a dude. And similarly a muniyamma or karupaayi becomes a babe.
I fail to understand what is the pleasure one gets by doing this. Yes, beautiful babes are a sight to watch. Then what? Seldom do I see, a dude trying to make an approach to talk to any of the babes. Whats the point of
gaping at them time to time, when you are not going to talk to them?

I would rather prefer to goto some garden restaurant, for a candle light dinner!

But onething for sure. It is really funny to observe what these people are doing. And I pity the shopkeepers. For the amount of crowd that comes in only 10 % enter the shops and only 5 % of that 10 % actually buy something!

When I called one of my dude friends last week to Bandipur, he said 'Mad or what? Who will go all the way to watch elephants and monkeys. Instead come over to brigade road. Lets hang out till evening and then go pub hopping. Learn to enjoy life(????) buddy.'

Road to hell?

2005-04-07T06:19:00.000-07:00

I have no clue what our government is upto. Is it absolutely necessary to have a bus service, with the Militants threat?

True that people across the border find this convenient and cheaper to travel by bus. But apart from that what does everyone gain? There are more losses than gain.

Everyday, the guards at J&K need to be extra careful about these buses. Even for the inaugural run there were two bomb attacks. Provide extra security, make sure that no militants infiltrate. Worse. What if some militants kidnap the bus and ask for some prisoners to be released? Like what happened with that fatso militant. Forgot that bloody rascals name , who escaped to Islamabad when an Indian Airlines passengers were taken as hostage.

The present government at the centre is spineless. And doesnt have the guts to combat the terrorism. There was a law called POTA and they happily withdrew it, for coalition purposes.

Naxalite activities on the rise in Andhra and parts of Karnataka.

We can cope up with poor economy. But not with militants and terrorists. Damn these selfish politicians!!

Champions League- Round 1

2005-04-07T05:27:00.000-07:00

1st Leg quarter finals results

Liverpool 2- Juventus 1
PSV 1 - Lyon 1
Chelsea 4 - Bayern Munich 2
AC Milan 2- Inter Milan 0

Bayern Munich will come out all attacking in the second leg. But can they get that crucial 2 goal difference? Sounds very tough looking at the current Chelsea form.

AC Milan's semifinal berth is all but guaranteed.

Juventus got that crucial away goal. Can they sneak through with a 1-0 victory?

Nothing to say about PSV or Lyon. It was an evenly contested match. Atleast the score line says so!

I found round of 16 matches more interesting than the quarter finals. Nevertheless, I dont mind waking up at odd hours of the night to watch these matches.

UPDATE: Those who missed the matches, can check the goals here. Thanks to Maverick for the link!

Mumbai Xpress-Music

2005-04-06T02:10:00.000-07:00

What was Ilayaraja thinking when he composed Vande Mataram?
Or What was Kamal thinking.

I listened to two songs. Vande Mataram and Kurangu Kaila Maalai.
Is the movie music really tuned by our Maestro!!!!!

Was Ilayaraja too preoccupied with TIS and other stuff!! Was Kamal, completely preoccupied with screenplay and movie making that he forgot about the music???

IR and Kamal combination has always been great. Who can forget the great songs of Aboorva Sagothrargal, Michael Madana Kamarajan. Or the excellent BGM in Pushpak?? These are comedy movies.

Needless to say about the other movies. Leave the old movies. Wasn't Virumandi too good??

A big let down. Mumbai Xpress music is a big let down :-( A big disappointment for Kamal and Raja fans

Last but not the least. Vande Mataram! What on earth was that? Making school children giggle and increase or decrease the pace of the song in random???

I hope atleast the movie turns out to be good!!

Ottagatha kattiko

2005-04-05T23:02:00.000-07:00

Ottagatha kattiko
gettiyaaga ottiko
vatta vatta pottu kaari

Check out more on Penelope Cruz and her latest flick 'Sahara' here

Sleep

2005-04-05T03:46:00.000-07:00

I always enjoy sleeping. Rather I would say I enjoy falling asleep in the following ways

1. Monday evening come back early from office. Cook a light dinner, and have it before 8.30. Watch TV for some time, and fall asleep in the hall itself.
2. Saturday afternoon. It should be raining heavily outside. Around 2 PM, watch some movie in Sun TV and doze off to sleep listening to the rain
3. Should wake up at some 3 AM or so. Look at the watch, and feel happy that I can sleep for some 3 to 4 more hours and sleep :-D
4. After a tiring day in office. Have dinner somewhere on the way itself, reach home by 10.30 PM or so. Change, have a quick shower and hit the bed.
5. Saturday night during winter. Be awake till 3 AM or so, watching something or other in TV. Eye lids should become so heavy, that I cant stay awake. Switch off TV, cover myself completely with blanket and sleep.

The list goes on, but am feeling so sleeeeeeeeeepy now. Will update remaining later *yawn*

Cool Pants 2

2005-04-04T22:48:00.000-07:00

Remember? I had written about this cool pants from Van Heusen.
Today I got a courier from these guys :-D advertising about the cool pants stuff ;-)

If they give some discount it would be good. Guess Maverick also received this courier!

Bandipur

2005-04-03T07:17:00.000-07:00

Had been to Bandipur this weekend. There is a wildlife sanctuary at Bandipur. Myself and some of my colleagues went there. Actually our clients are there from Sweden, and they were very much interested in venturing into the jungle. This place is around 190 KMS south of bangalore, on the bangalore-ooty route.
Read on!

(Please Click on Every picture to get a bigger one)
***Day One**************
The resort is there right at the beginning of jungle. Lots of greenery, and very silent. It is a must visit place if you want to relax over a weekend.

We reached there by around 12 in the afternoon. Had lunch and rested for a while. The jungle safari started at around 4 PM. There was this special jeep, which takes you inside the jungle. This is the water hole, where the tigers usually come to quench their thirst it seems. We waited here for quite sometime, to check if a tiger is there. Our bad luck. Didn't find any :-(

But there were many peacocks.
During monsooon, they spread their feathers and express their joy. Now they were happy to fold it and keep it intact.
This is the sort of roads, that we found inside the jungle. Some of them had tiger pug marks, and elephants marks as well.
There were many different types of deer inside this forest. I would have seen atleast a 1000 deer in the past 2 days.
There was this huge samba deer. And it seems, it licks the sand every evening. Mainly to add salt content. And this particualr deer wasnt scared of us, and was very happy to pose for photographs.
It was slowly getting dark, and there was more activity. All the wild animals were trying to get back to their den or whatever. But they were too quick and it was very tough for us to capture them. We saw wild boars, the giant malabar squirrels, monkeys, elephants. And also many birds like woodpeckers, kingfisher, blue jay and many more.
This is the jaw bone of a dead elephant. We clicked many more photographs and called it a day

***End of Day One*********

***Day Two**************

We set off early in the morning, hoping to see some more elephants and tigers. We took a different route this time. We reached a place, where Karnataka ended and Tamilnadu started
In between the mountains, a river flows during monsoon time it seems. This place looks very very beautiful. No pollution, lots of fresh air and breeze. Nature at its best. There was a cloud cover and look at the skies, at 10 AM in the morning
The forest guard said, we can get down from the jeep and take some pictures. Otherwise, we were not allowed to get down from the jeep till the end of safari.
he he. (Psst. I sat in the driving seat only for this photograph :-D)
My Norwegian friend wanted to take a snap with me.
He has promised to take me to deep woods in Sweden and Norway sometime ;-)

Then the forest guard took us through a road less travelled. The sun was out by this time, and the sky looked lovely

When we were about to leave, I saw a huge elephant. Initially he was standing quiet at a distance.
We took some photographs. All of a sudden he started running towards us angrily. Oh god. It was so scary. I was almost within touching distance of his trunk, and the last thing in our mind was to take photographs :-D

We checked out from the safari and started back for Bangalore. On the way, we found many trees with red flowers. It looked really beautiful

We changed our plans and decided to goto a bird sanctuary called Ranganathittu for bord watching :-D
It was a very hot day, and this Mr Buffalo was trying to chill out in the lake along with his friends.

What am I a Ferrari fan, if I dont have a red Tshirt?

This place has amazing birds. It definitely is not the season, but I spotted so many birds.
You go on a boat ride for some 30 hr and get to see so many birds. Lovely. Do visit this place when you get a chance

I caught this fellow just in the right timewhen he was flying over us.
There was some community gathering happening I guess.
This bird was very happy in stretching its wings and giving a good pose for us
Hope you enjoyed the snaps folks. Reached office by 7.30 in the evening. Took 1 hr to upload and blog the snaps. Dead tired now. Bye :-)

Blogger Problems!

2005-03-31T19:31:00.000-08:00

What has happened to BLOGGER?

Somedays back, the comments section was not working. That problem is not fully solved. Okoay we have haloscan to solve it.
Now, for past 1 week creating new posts is becoming a big problem. Blogger hangs frequently. Or throws some crazy errors :-(
Is it the sign of blogger crumbling due to huge traffic?
Are they planning to upgrade to a new version and live testing is going?

No clue. So I feel it is better to have a backup. Is there any way of porting the archives to some word document or html pages? Need to explore that and start taking backups.

And find an alternate site to blogger like typepad or blogdrive. Need to check it out!

Saurav Ganguly

2005-03-31T04:12:00.000-08:00

"I guess, by this time almost everyone of you would have received the Saurav Ganguly mail. I too laughed at it, when I read it the first time.
But later, I felt guilty. The same Saurav who was looked upon as a hero last year, has become the joker. Tell me. Hasnt anyone faced failure in their life?
Apart from Don Bradman, who is so consistent??? Even Viv Richards had failures in his career.
Assume that you are working somewhere. You commit some mistake. And you repeat the same mistake after some days. Would you be happy, to see your name and the mistake in the company bulletin??
The same Anil Kumble who was made fun of some years back, is now the darling of nation. Life has come a full circle for me.
Trust me. I dont have anything against these cricketers. Nor am I a big fan of any of them.
They are also human beings. Just because they are celebrities, does it give a right for everyone to make fun of them and their personal lives?
So what I feel is
Indian Cricket Board- Full Crap
Indian Cricket Team- An average team, which is going through a rough patch.
Indian Cricket fan- A dumb and selfish person, with no memory and who doesnt understand what the word sport means
Indian media- Well I dont want to use abusive words in my blog!!
So in life, you should take that failures as stepping stone for success. But when it happens to a sportsmen make fun of him, laugh at him and exchange mails. Too good!!"

For once I agree with IndiaTimes

Mumbai Xpress

2005-03-30T19:38:00.000-08:00

Guys,

Check out the Mumbai Xpress site. I flicked this info from Guru's blog

Its really cool!! Just cant wait for the movie. Hope it releases the same day in bangalore.

Picture Courtesy: Indiaglitz

Checklist

2005-03-30T05:06:00.000-08:00

Checklist for next few days

1. Wednesday. Team dinner @ some good restaurant.
2. Thursday. Dinner Party @ friends place
3. Saturday and Sunday. Trip to Bandipur along with clients

Bottomline: Need to buy Gelusil

Update: Missing the 3rd race of the season as well :-(

Scream Please :-D

2005-03-29T04:31:00.000-08:00

Angry?
Had a rough day?
Want to shout at somone?

Please do in this comment box ;-)

Bloggers Meet-Pictures

2005-03-28T00:10:00.000-08:00

Here are the pictures taken from the bloggers meet .
Updated with captions ;-)

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Praveen waiting to eat the dosa

Magix. This cat also drink milk? Definitely it does

Hot bajji *drool drool*

Two penny and the lean dude

Ramyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Karthik talking to sophia. The astrologer lady and pani puri guy at the background

TP Dude and Joshi

Morphues saheb and periyavaaL ravages

Myself and Nirenjan

'Hi Sophia, says Murali' whilst magix wonders 'Oh! You can use mobile for talking apart from sending sms also huh?'

Joshi and Karthik waiting for someone?

Ferrero Rocher folks!

Please send this photo to Sania Mirza!

Soaku Vijay and Praveen

Morpheus and Ravages

Chennai Bloggers Meet-Update

2005-03-26T01:55:00.000-08:00

The bloggers meet did happen. 13 people attended it ;-)
Detailed updated post lunch. Pictures tomorrow. Its taking ages to upload pictures from my house. From office it will be pretty fast :-D

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Jamabajar jagu reports on the bloggers meet

Periyavango. Thaaimarungo. Ellarkum jaggu salute kodukaraan. Nethu bulogger meet madras la besant nagar beach aandai nadandheechu baa.
Cooreeeta 6.30 manikku namma nirenjan appala vijay mohanty vandhu irundhaango. Namma Nirenjan ayyaru vootu puLLai pola keedhu. saadhuva nidnhukinu irundhaaru baa. Vijay annachi kku damil theriyadhu. Oriya aaLaame avaru. Nalla soakka smile panraaru baa.
Poana photo la poattundha maaRi anga ore couples nga. Adha yaen kekkara naina. Orae gilma dhaan. Naanga vera pasangaLa pootoma. Orae bejara poodchu.
Andha nerathula namma magix um praveen um entry koduthaanga baa. Indha magix paya keeraane. Blog la immam periya thillalangadi. Aaana paaka high iskool payan madhiri keeran baa. Adhu ennavo kaila oru phone vachikinu full meeting vilayadikine irundhaan baa. thaanave sirichikiraan. Vayasu pasanga. Adhaan naangaLum kandukkale.
Ivanavadhu parava illa baa. Praveen keerane. Avan andha doordarshan la madhiyam poduvaangaLe. award padam. Adhula vara hero madhiri keeraan. avan face expression vachi onnume puriyala. sirikaraana illai nakkala 'poda vennai' solraana..illai..anga keera figures daavu adikaraana. onnume piriyale baa.
Appala Twin Penny appadinu delhi aaLu vandhaaru baa. yabba. Namma SJ Suryah thoathaaru baa. Annathe full aa matter topic dhaan. Chinna pasanga neLiyaraanungo. oohooom. Annathe kaNdukave illaiye. oru vazhiya avara contrrol panradhukull full tired aa poodchi. Mount Road la manal lorry ya reverse la oattina effect. Thalai suthidichu.
Konja nerathukku appala namma Kartik kannan um avaru briend joshi yum vandhaanga. Namma Joshi sir romba soft type. Avlova pesave illai. Smile pannikine irundhaar. Thailand poaraarame annachi.
Kartik annachi paavam. Gujili nnga varum appadinu romba edhirpaarthu vandhu irundhaaru poala. Oru gujili kooda illaya. Nondhutaaru paavam.
Indha nerathula namma Ravages sir um Morpheus annachiyum vandhaanga. Namma Ravages sir pathi sollanuma? Top blogger india la. Evlo periya aaLu. aana romba simple baa. saantha soroobi. jolly aa pesaraaru.
Morpheus annachi sirichikine irundhaaru baa. Nalla gallatta pannaaru baa ellarayum. Aana onnu solren machi. Kaaram pasu kitta kooda paala karandhudalam. Namma morpheus annachi kitta irundhu informasion collect panradhu mudiyadhu kannu. Meeting mudiyara varaikku paer kooda sollalai na paathuko.
Kadasila namma magix friend murali vandhaaru. Red color t shirt, thoppi ellam poattukinu soakka vandhaaru baa. Saalaman paappyya aduthu ivaru dhaan baa. Boys vs Girls topic dhaan ivarukku moochu paechu ellam.
Engineering padikaraaaram. Nalla puLLai.
Summa naanga ellarum intro koduthikinu pesi kinu irundhom. Appa indha Sophia ,Sangeeta appadinu rendu ponnunga phone pannaanga baa. Meeting kalandhukka mudiyala. Manchikonga. Ellarukkum hi sollunga appadinu sonaanga.
Konjam iruteeedichu. Oru olli uruvam periya bag oda nadandhu vandhikinu irundeechu. Yaaru nu paatha namma lean dude arvind. Immam peiya thalai mudi baa avarukku. Namma tmil pilm heohini kooda immam thalai mudi kedayaadhu baaa. Adhoada inna soakka, mudiya madchi kondai poatukiraar baa. Annachi killadi kittu. Mahabalipurathula eedho sooting irundeeecham. Adha mudicheetu nera inga attendance koduthaar thaleevar. Semma jolly party baaa. April 1st anniku edho party keedham(?????) Ellarayaum vaango vaango appadinu kooptaaru baa.
Indha nerathula oru pichakara kezhci entry kodithichu baaa. Kai regai paakaren. Unga ellarukkum seekram kannaalam aagidum appadinu solichu paa aaya. Adha oatti vittutom.
Oru mukkiyamaaana aaaLu innum meeting kku varale appadinu naanga ellam waiting la irundhom. adhaamba namma hindu journalist Ramya AVanga correta aapesla irundhu kelamba solla vera edho velai vandhiduchaam.
Idhuve vera yaaravadhu irundha sorry solli escape aagi irupaango. Aana namma ramya madam appadiya? aapeesla velai mudchi kodthu appala inga aajar aagitaanga paa. pullarichu poachu..
Udane naanga ellarum avanga nindhukinu irundha ice cream kadayaande poanom. Anga poye avangala isthukinu bajji kadayaandhe poanom baa.
bajji kadai aaLu semma kaedi kaN1000. namma magix thambiya paathu ukkarunga boss appadinu sonaarunaa paathukayen. Appuram anga ellarum kundhikinu moLaga bajji saaptom baa. Supera irundeechu.
Summa solla koodadhu. Namma madras auto meter madhiri soooda irundeechu bajji.
Appadi ippadi bajji saaptu veeti kadhai pesikinu irundhom. Time 9 aaiduchu. Ellarukkum vaNakkam sollitu meeting mudchu vachen baa naanu.
Ellarum avanga avanga vootanda pootaanga. Indha magix payyan ennayum praveenayum planet yumm kku ittaandhu oru dosai appala cool drink vaangi koduthaan paa. Adhu innamo theriyala. Kootam maranju pona appuram magix payalum pravenum innama koovinaango theriyuma...Evanavadhu nambuvaana idha?
yaedho. Meeting nalla badiya mudinjeechu baa.

innoru gilmaa matter theriyuma. besant nagar la neraya azhagaana figures naaya nadthi kootindu vandhu irundhaango. Naanum praveenum figures aa kandukinu irundhom. Magix naaya kandukinu irundhaan. payalukku naai naa avlo ishtamaam.

sei baa..avlo dhaan meet matter. immaam type senju kai novudhu. naaleki photo podaren. seriya? vudu joot

devuda devuda

-J.Jaggu

LATEST UPDATE @ 9.30 PM IST:

English version of summary has been posted by Praveen, along with pictures.
Please check http://pravunplugged.blogspot.com

Bloggers Meet - Location

2005-03-24T06:59:00.000-08:00

Now that some more people(apart from me) are interested in this meet, lets really plan for it :-D
Where shall we meet? Besant Nagar Beach is a vast area. So where?
Lets meet here

The place identified by that red arrow :-) Please be there by 6.30 PM IST(Indian Standard Time, not Indian Stretchable Time)

OK?

P.S.

Code word for the meet.

Question: Sarakka indha kaila irundhu andha kai kku maathina enna aagum?
Answer: Sarakku namma kailaye irukkum

Mercedez Bull ?

2005-03-24T03:03:00.000-08:00

I saw this vehicle, and more importantly the painting.
These are the things that struck me

1. The Bull reminded me of the Basketball club Chicago Bulls.
2. It has been converted to a Hindu :-D
3. It is on drugs :-(
4. It has become the Mascot for Mercedez Benz

Madikeri Pictures-Part 2

2005-03-23T01:49:00.000-08:00

Bloggers Meet @ Chennai

2005-03-22T21:04:00.000-08:00

Tamil

Anbudayeer. varum panguni maadham padhimoondram thedhi, sanikizhamai maalai aaRu maNi muppadhu nimidathil, iNai thaLathil irundhu thabaal seibavargaL sandhipadhaai periyorgaLal mudivu seyyapattu uLLadhu. Chennai Besant Nagar kadaRkarayil sandhippadhu mudivu seyyappatu ulladhu. Aagave thaangaL thangaL ishtamithra bandhukkaludan vandhu aaram amara ulaavi, sitruNdiyai uNdu sellumaaRu paNivanbudan kaettu koLgiRen.

Madras Tamil

kaNNu. vara sanikelamai besant nagar beach aande ella buloggers um kandukalaamnu keerom. coreeta 6.30 manikku angu vandhudumaa. vandhu konja neram kundhiko. appala naashta thunttu, ellarayum kandukinu poirumaa. vudu joot :-D

English

Friends. We are planning to have a bloggers get together this saturday. i.e. 26th March 2005. We are planning to meet @ 6.30 PM near Besant Nagar beach chennai. Please do attend it! Not necessary that you should be a blogger to attend it. Everyone is welcome

Please drop in a mail or call me @ +919886310801 in case you are planning to come.

P.S. International bloggers can join us through telephone

UPDATE 1:
Agenda for the meet
Bhajji saapta appuram tea/coffee kudikalaama? (or) Tea Coffee Kudichittu bhajji saapadlaama?

Honeymoon couples

2005-03-21T22:51:00.000-08:00

I recently went to Thalai Cauvery along with my parents. We stayed at Madikeri which happens to be a honeymoon spot. And this is what I observed :-P

A couple is a honeymoon couple if

1. The girl cannot walk without the help of her guy, even if the road is as smooth as a formula 1 track (Vice Versa)
2. A guy is seen smiling, when his wife is shopping
3. A girl will admire at her guys intelligence, even if he says 1+2=3 :-D
4. Couple who order more in the restaurant, but eat very less
5. While travelling in a bus,train or flight the girls head automatically gets stuck to the guys shoulder.
6. Pose for photographs, lightly hugging each other. And the guy kinda hugs his wife, like holding a fragile object

Please add more to the list from your experiences ;-)

Madikeri(Coorg) trip photographs - Part 1

2005-03-21T04:34:00.000-08:00

Folks,

I am trying to post atleast 2 or 3 pics in a line. But only per line is coming :-D
And clicking on each image will show you a bigger version of the same pic ;-)

-Prabhu

All the best!

2005-03-18T00:39:00.000-08:00

Schumi Thalaiva,

All the best for qualifying and race. Looking at friday timings, it is clear that Ferrari is struggling for pace. Itj ogay. We have 17 more races. Let all your bad luck, get over in Sepang. Try to finish in some points. That will do :-D

Looks like I wont be able to watch this race as well. Am planning to spend my weekend at Madikeri and Thalaicauvery :-)

All the best Thalaiva!

Good one

2005-03-17T21:25:00.000-08:00

Tell me and I'll forget.
Show me, and I may not remember.
Involve me, and I'll understand.

- Native American Proverb

Champions Leagues- Quarter Finals

2005-03-17T02:54:00.000-08:00

The draw for champions league, will be held at Nyon, Switzerland at 11 GMT tomorrow.
Teams left in the fray are Chelsea, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Lyon, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Juventus and PSV Eindhoven.

I would like to see Chelsea vs AC Milan, Inter Milan vs Lyon, Liverpool vs Juventus and Bayern Munich vs PSV.

Lets see, how it turns out!!

DRAW

(Maverick updates as it happens from UEFA headquarters at Nyon, Switzerland.)

Quarterfinals draw:

LIVERPOOL v JUVENTUS
AC MILAN vs INTER MILAN
LYON v PSV
CHELSEA v BAYERN MUNICH

1st legs 5/6 Apr; 2nd legs 12/13 Apr

Semifinals draw:

CHELSEA/BAYERN v LIVERPOOL/JUVENTUS
LYON/PSV v AC MILAN/INTER MILAN

1st legs 26/27 Apr; 2nd legs 3/4 May

Cool Pants

2005-03-16T03:35:00.000-08:00

Semma hot machi!!! The summer is on and the mercury is rising all the time. With such a climate, what would you like to wear?

Well...here's something from Van Heusen. Introducing 'Cool Pants' from Van Heusen which uses the same technology used by astronauts of NASA to cope with extreme temperatures in space. As you feel floating in space, read more about the technology that is used to achive this.

'Cool Pants' will keep the wearers cool in summer, although the temperature outside may be pushing the very limits of thermometer. The fabric is treated at a molecular level by a special technology called Smart Fabric Technology, the patented technology from US-based Outlast Technologies. The technology in the trousers has the power to absorb coolness from the atmosphere and retain it. As a result when when the wearer steps out into a much more warmer environment then earlier (say an air-conditioned office) these trousers release all the coolness back to the person. Sounds great, isn't it? Van Heusen claims that the trousers retains the unique property through for at least 35 washes.

Here's another interesting thing to note. The 'Cool Pants' technology works similar to rechargeable batteries and they need to be charged in an airconditioned environment for them to take on the heat.

Priced at Rs 1,599, 'Cool Pants' are available in ten different shades and come in various fits.

With 'Cool Pants' on, I hope one can feel more comfortable and confident in anything one does as they are being looked after under the surface.

I was on air!!!!

2005-03-14T23:36:00.000-08:00

In Bangalore, there is a private FM channel called as Radio City. Every evening at 8 PM, there is a program called as Top 8 at 8, where they play 8 songs based on user requests.
I have sent many sms, mails till date. No use. Yesterday I sent a message 'I just returned from Bangkok. It is a hot place. Please play a song from the movie Murder'.
Nothing happened for 5 mins. Then I received a call from the Radio jockey Daraius. wooo hooo.
He told me that he will put me on air in 5 minutes times. He said, I can be naughty but not vulgar :-D
That 5 minutes was like ages for me. Atlast I was on air. And this is how the conversation went on
'Hi Prabhu. How was Bangkok'
'It was great! Bangkok is a hot city'
'Why?'
'Girls there are very poor'
'Prabhu. My hands on the disconnect button'
'oh oh. Okay. Digital Cameras are very cheap there'
'Again. My hands on disconnect button'
'Forget it. Play a song from movie Murder'
'Why Murder? Was it because the movie was shot in Thailand?'
'Yes. And I am a fan of Mallika Sherawat'
'Sure. Thanks buddy. Thanks for being on air'
'Thank Daraius'

Then they played the song 'Dil ko hazar baar' from the movie Murder. he he. It felt nice being on air :-D

Blue is the color!

2005-03-13T20:48:00.000-08:00

I Prabhu Krishnamurthy, hereby pledge that hereafter I will wear only blue color dress on Mondays(the Mondays I work :-D).

Really?

2005-03-13T05:11:00.000-08:00

The Mallika story. Replace mallika with some err..Sheetal. A leading criminal lawyer from Mumbai. Remove the swimming pool scenes, etc etc. Then re-read the same story? Would anyone of you believe that it is fiction???
Thats the reason I cast Mallika Sherawat :-D I will make sure that, every story I write from now on will have some celebrity. he he

Eventful Trip- Final Part

2005-03-12T00:16:00.000-08:00

First Part

Mallika and me reached the hotel. We got into the lift and realised that both are staying in the same floor :-) We stepped out and bid each other good night. I watched her walk, swaying her hips as if she is on the ramp.

I entered my room and just lied down on the bed for some time. Was feeling very numb. I still could feel her delicate perfume all over my body. And seldom do I get chances in lifetime to use the bathtub :-)

God knows, for how long I was in the bath tub. Guess I might have dozed off then and there. I heard the door bell ring. At this time of the night? I called out. It was mallika. I quickly changed and opened the door. She was wearing a blue denim short and black color sleeveless top. Needless to say, she looked ravishing.
'Sorry to disturb you. I just couldnt sleep.' and looking at my wet hair she said 'Looks like you had a nice bath'.
I mumbled 'Yeah'. We sat next to each other in the sofa. She held my hand and said

'I just dont understand what I am doing. In 2 days you are going to get back to bangalore. I should be in Mumbai. I have met many guys. But with you its kinda different. You are cute'
'Thanks Mallika. If it is different for you, think of me. I have always ogled at your movies and pictures. And here I am sitting next to you, having spent the entire evening roaming around with you. I still am not sure if it is real'

She just said 'Hmmm'

Then I said 'Well. I have been thinking about this right from the return trip.'
'oh god! Please dont say you are in love with me. Pleaseeeeee' and she giggled.
'Shut up. Let me complete. It is amazing to interact with you, go around places. But at the end of the day I am a normal software engineer. You are a celebrity. Though I like you, I really wonder if I should be in touch with you after reaching India'
She said 'Come on. Dont say you will forget me once you get back'
I said 'No. I wont forget. All I am saying is lets not talk'

She came close to me, looked at me on the eye and asked 'Why?'

'See. Once you get back, you will be busy with your schedule. Your life is completely different. I just cant maintain a relationship. I dont even know what type of relationship it is between us. Definitely it is not friendship, and neither can it turn into something romantic. I think, you liked the way I treated you as a normal person. Thats it. Good. We met. We had a great time. Lets end it nicely.'

'Prabhu. I fail to understand, why you are talking like this'

'Madam. I am very practical. Once I reach bangalore, I will always be thinking about you. May be try to meet you as and when the opportunity arises. It is very difficult to maintain relationship with a celebrity. And tomorrow if I watch some movie of yours, and hear some comments about you, it will really disturb me. And most importantly, you definitely will not have time.'
'Hmmm. What you say is also true. But do we need to define a relationship. Cant we just be like this?'
'Oh yes. We can. But for how long? Get back to your room, sleep and think peacefully when you get time. You will understand what I am trying to say'

She stood up, came closer to me, and kissed me on my cheek. Then she said

'Bye Prabhu. It was really nice meeting you'
I said 'Same here' and shook hands with her. She left and I hit the bed.

Next morning, I woke up around 10 or so. Mallika had left a note for me, along with a bunch of flowers. The note read
'Prabhu. Had a great time yesterday. Thanks for everything! May god bless you-Mallika'.

1 week later...

Here I am, at bangalore watching the song 'Bheegi Hont tere kaisa dil mera lage ab fiza aaaah mujhe tan tera.. ' from the movie MURDER on channel V.

"If some things are better left unsaid, then maybe they too are better left undone."

****The End****

Shabana Azmi

2005-03-10T19:13:00.000-08:00

I saw this picture in yesterdays Deccan Herald. I never thought Shabana Azmi still has some fire left in her :-p

From left to right: Shabana Azmi, Waheeda Rehman and Konkona Sen

Eventful trip

2005-03-10T00:45:00.000-08:00

My flight was at 10.15 PM, on 1st March. Tuesday. I was cribbing, that I had to travel by Indian Airlines. Anyways I was bit lucky. Due to the heavy rush, I got my ticket upgraded to the business class. First time abroad, and me travelling by Business Class :-) I boarded the flight at around 10 PM.
Business class seats are too good. So spacious and comfortable.
After some 5 minutes, one beautiful woman came and sat next to me. She was wearing a saree, and it took some time for me to realise that it was none other than Mallika Sherawat. I did'nt want to over react. So just smiled at her, said hello and kept quiet.

I could sense many people gape at her. But she handled everything very gracefully.
Flight reached chennai in no time. But the halt there was for around 45 minutes. Neither of us could sleep, since there was some sort of disturbance.
I mustered some courage and asked her 'Would you like to exchange the seats?"
She said "Oh yes. Thank you very much! I was wondering how to ask you"
(No. While changing places, she didnt fall on me, and her hair did'nt get stuck on my shirt button")
There was some problem, with the AC. And it was very cold. She covered herself, with her saree pallu. How badly I wanted to take a picture of that. I was wearing a blazer, and I could have offered that to her. But what if I end up with cold and fever. I had an important meeting next day. No risks! But i did help her. I called up the hostess and asked her to provide extra blankets to mallika. Mallika was very glad. She thanked and slowly we started talking. I introduced myself to her, and we were talking generally.
The flight started from chennai atlast. I was very hungry, since I had forgotten to have my dinner. The hostess brought nice tasty oothappam, vadai and sambar. Mallika was trying to have oothappam with tomato sauce. I asked her to try it with sambar. She liked it I guess, because I didnt see her touching the tomato sauce later on.

I dozed off to sleep. After sometime I woke up with a start. I heard some strange noise. Mallika was crying. Her whole body was trembling. I didnt show any reaction. Maybe she wanted some privacy! I just switched on my laptop, and started watching some video songs. There was a random playlist, and all of a sudden 'kaho na kaho' from the movie Murder started playing. Mallika saw it, wiped her tears and asked me
'Can I watch this song for sometime?'
I was too glad and offered her the laptop. She returned it to me, after the song and told me
'Thank you. It helped me cheer up. Thanks Prabhu'.

Thats it. I dozed off to sleep, and when I woke up the flight was about to land in Bangkok. When the flight landed, I said bye to her :-)

Next days were too hectic, and I actually forgot that I had met Mallika. Friday evening, I came back to the hotel. It was bit humid, and I went to the pool. Had a good time. Felt kinda relaxed and was feeling great. Suddenly, I heard a splash and turned to see. Oh god!!!!! It was mallika again. I couldnt believe my luck.Even she was surprised to see me.It seems, she was also staying in the same hotel. What a coincidence!!!she looked so gorgeous and I was awed by her presence.
She asked me what happened?
I told "Actually, I havent seen any glamorous celebrity in a swim suit. That too at 2 meters distance."
She giggled and asked me 'Oh. Okay. Then shall I change and come in a saree?' and started laughing.

Then we went back to our respective rooms. I had a nice long bath. I just changed and switched on the TV. Chelsea vs Norwich city match was going on in ESPN. Actually I wanted to roam around Bangkok, but was sort of bored. Didnt feel like moving out of the hotel room.

Phone started ringing. It was Mallika :-)))))) She wanted to know what I was doing in the evening. I said nothing. She asked me if we can go somewhere. wow. Why is god so nice to me?

We decided to meet in the lobby in 5 minutes time. I rushed to the lobby. She was there right on time. She was sporting a white top and blue jean. Very little make up, but she was looking lovely.

She asked me where I wanted to go, since I had never seen Bangkok. I told her that I wanted to visit the Golden Buddha temple. Her eyes moistened!
'What happened mallika? I said something wrong?"
She looked at me in the eye and said 'You are the 1st person to ask me to come to a temple. Everyone else says come to hotel, nightclub etc etc. Thanks Prabhu. It feels great!"

We went to the tempple and had a great time. She told me about her childhood, and how much of a trouble she had. She told about her friends, the way people look at her etc etc!

Then we went for dinner. By mistake we entered a sushi(japanese) restaurant. God. The food was so different, and I just could not have it. But ambience was very good. Would anyone believe if I said that I had candle light dinner with Mallika Sherawat?? I took some snaps along with her. Memories of life time :-D

We came out of the restaurant very hungry. Luckily we found a MacD near the Sala Dieng station. Had a burger each and felt much better. Time was around 9.30 PM. We went around the Silom road. It was so crowded, and we both were holding each others hands while walking down the road. We did little bit of shopping.
Time flew away and it was around 1 A.M. I didnt feel like talking anything. Neither did she. She just rested her head on my shoulder, and were holding each others hands.
The taxi reached the hotel by around 2 A.M.
And then...

To be continued :-D

Clean and Safe

2005-03-08T23:57:00.000-08:00

In Bangalore, almost every hotel has a vessel containing hot water. And the spoons, forks are placed in that hot vessel. It is really a good thing, and chance of infections are very less. I have seen them change the hot water once an hour or so.

Only flip side is the spoon is so hot, the ice cream immediatel melts :-D

Life in Bangkok

2005-03-08T06:49:00.000-08:00

This is the railway station for the sky train. They are too good, and does help in reducing the traffic jams. Bangkok was famous for its traffic jams it seems.

This is the Phrom Phong railway station

This is how the train looks like from outside

And from inside ;-)

Bangkok has 2 wheeler taxi's as well. Here are 3 such bikes, along with the drivers. They have a separate dress code

And some college bus. Forgot the name of the college. Guess magix and praveen would love to have such a type of college bus

This is the famous Silom Road. It looks so deserted in the day time, but this is the place where maximum night clubs are there. Too much of activity beyond 9 PM :-D

Cloud Nine

2005-03-07T20:19:00.000-08:00

adhoa mega oorvalam
adhoa minnal thoranam anbe
idho kaadhal oorvalam
idho kaaman urtsavam inge

ore naaL azhaghiya mugam paarthen
idho naan uyirinil unai serthaen vaa

P.S. I clicked this pic, from the Indian Airlines flight. This was somewhere above the bay of bengal at around 7 AM Thai time :-)

Thai Royal Treatment

2005-03-07T06:55:00.000-08:00

Let me admit. I was bowled over by the Thai hospitality
I reached Bangkok airport by 5 AM on 2nd of March,2005. I was pleasantly surpised to find a person holding a card 'Volvo Thailand welcomes Mr Prabhu Krishnamurthy'.
He took my luggage and we reached the car park. A mercedez benz was waiting for me :-)

Though it was pitch dark, I couldnt resist asking the guy to take this picture

When I reached the hotel, 2 guys promptly came towards the car. One guy opened the door, and other guy picked my luggage. A room was already booked for me(Royal Princess Hotel). I reached the room within 5 minutes.

A posh single room all for myself ;-)

And just when I entered the room, I got a call from the GM, Volvo Thailand. It was around 5.45 AM in the morning and he called to check if I was comfortable and needed anything.

Next morning, the general manager from Volvo Thailand came to receive me. Once again, a pleasant surprise was waiting in store for me. In the office entrance, they had kept a board saying 'We welcome our special guests Peter Winstedt and Prabhu Krishnamurthy'.

I was taken around the entire office and introduced to all top guys

This just is not all. Infact these people are our clients, and the way they treated me was absolutely amazing. Hats off to them!!!

Some photographs from Thailand

2005-03-07T00:25:00.000-08:00

Here are some snaps I took in Bangkok, Thailand. Since it was a very busy trip, I spent very little time on sight seeing. But I had a great time!

Me @ Volvo, Thailand

The green car. It is a taxi. Toyota Corolla!

The roof of golden buddha temple. All gold

The Democratic square

The Royal Grand Palace

The Pillar of Bangkok-a temple

Terminal

2005-03-05T10:56:00.000-08:00

My flight is at 5.45 AM Thai time. I reached the airport at 12.30 AM(Thai time) itself, since I didnt want to disturb my friend at 2 AM

100 baht for 1.5 hrs browsing. So I will try to blog as much as possible :

Canon Digital Camera

I got a new Canon Digital IXUS 430 . Initially I was planning to buy Canon Powershot A85.

It costs around 19,995 Rs in India. I was getting it for around 12,500 baht. That is around 13600 Rs. The best part was, apart from the low price I was getting an additional deal of 128 MB card for free. Start reading with bated breath.

Bill was made and I made the payment and everything was done. When I was about to buy the camera, I noticed something odd. I asked why the pack seal is broken. The saleswoman said, this was the last piece and she was giving me the one from display. I was aghast. They had kept the model on display for gods knows how long. No clue, how many people came and fiddled with the buttons. I said no. Then they started cancelling the bill :-((

At that moment, I looked at this camera IXUS430 and asked them the rate of it. It costed some 600 baht more. So totally around 14200 Rs. I said ok, and made sure they packed a brand new piece. I had never checked this model before, but opened the user manual and read the features.
4.0 megapixel camera with 32 mb card (additional 128 mb for free).
I asked him to give me some discount, because of the A85 mess. That guy said no discount, but he gave me an additional 128 mb card, which I can use for the camera as well as my Nokia cellphone to store mp3 :-D

Okay. Now let me tell you something that threw me off guard.

1. In Thailand, every tourist who buys good more than 5000 baht gets the VAT(Value Added Tax) refund. So I will be getting 1046 Bahts back :-)
2. I checked the price of model Canon Digital IXUS430 in india, right now.I was thinking it to be around 22000. You know what? In India this model costs 34,495 Rs :-o

So by one stroke of luck, I have saved 20000 Rs. Aint it great????????????????

Will start posting photographs pretty soon!

For the features of Canon IXUS 430, please click here

allo

2005-03-04T23:57:00.000-08:00

Hi people,

how ale you all? thith hach been successful tlip fol me. me come back and blog abt it thoon. thaaathaa..:-)

GMail on WAP

2005-03-02T23:36:00.000-08:00

Guys, check out www.gmailwireless.com
courtesy: Jacky

Looks like we can check gmail from wap. This is a great boon for people like who depend on wap a lot ;-)

Sony P73

2005-03-02T21:35:00.000-08:00

Folks. Am planning to buy a digital camera from thailand.
This Sony Cybershot P73 is costing around 9K. And with 128 MB card, it comes to around 12K.

Is it a good deal? I dont have that much time to browse and check the rates. It would be great if you can suggest me
1. If this is a good deal
2. Can I go for this model(I dont want a hi-fi camera. A normal digital camera with good resolution(picture resolution) is enough.

Alternative to doodle-board

2005-03-01T20:20:00.000-08:00

I reached thailand safely. Kinda funny trip(our immigration people and indian airlines hostess). Will blog about it later.

Dont wonder about the title of the post. Am really getting irritated with this doodle-board thing. Can people suggest some good alternatives?

F2005 - Launch

2005-02-28T21:19:00.000-08:00

Picture Courtesy: Maverick

Rising!

2005-02-28T07:03:00.000-08:00

No. This has nothing to do with the Aamir Khan movie nor any corny stuff!!!!

My first trip abroad and am too damn excited;-) Even though I know it is going to be a very very tough trip business wise, am planning to enjoy every moment of it.

My energy and enthusiasm level is rising :-)

Doodle-Board :-(

2005-02-27T22:23:00.000-08:00

Doodle-Board has vanished from everyones blog. And the site doesnt seem to work either :-(
So my dear doodlers, please drop in a comment here till the doodle thingy gets fixed :-)

Updated. Doodle board is working fine now

Thailand

2005-02-25T03:33:00.000-08:00

Folks,

Am going to bangkok, thailand on a business trip. Any ideas on good places to visit in and around Bangkok? And whats special in Thailand? Someone told me that orchid saplings are famous there.
Any pointers?

Are sportsmen not Indian?

2005-02-24T19:10:00.000-08:00

I read this deccan herald article. It was really shameful. Narain Karthikeyan cannot have the tricolor logo on his helmet, when he is riding a formula 1 car. New flag code it seems!

In the same country, we have an italian ( a person who refused to become an indian citizen for some 8 to 10 years) as a head for the oldest indian political party.
And the railways minister happily disrespects the national anthem.

In what way Narain Karthikeyan, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly, Sania Mirza, Anju George, Malleswari damage the indian flags honour by sporting it on their gear?

You know, sometime 2 weeks back, I was watching this Narain Karthikeyan driving a jordan car. And it was so heartening to see him wear a tricolor helmet.

It is really disappointing. This new flag code from a very patriotic(????) union government :-(

Smile Please!

2005-02-24T04:22:00.000-08:00

In Case no one smiled at you today.
Hold on!

Indian Railways Rocks!!!

2005-02-23T08:59:00.000-08:00

Guys,

Goto www.irctc.co.in and check the message the greets you

"

IRCTC The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) is a public sector company set up and fully owned by the Ministry of Railways. The IRCTC has been incorporated under the Companies Act 1956 and has its Registered Office at 9th Floor, Bank of Baroda Building, Sansad Marg, New Delhi 110001. This company has been formed to function as an extended arm of the Indian Railways to upgrade, professionalise and manage the catering and hospitality services at stations, on trains and other locations and to promote domestic and international tourism through development of budget hotels, special tour packages, information & commercial publicity and global reservation systems under the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding between IRCTC Ltd. and Indian Railways dated 12.04.2002.

DUE TO MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES, SITE WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TILL WE REGRET THE INCONVENIENCE CAUSED."

:-))

The last line takes the cake. I wish they regret the inconvenience caused very soon

I see she see

2005-02-23T06:59:00.000-08:00

Can eyes talk this much?

It all started some 6 months back. This girl N joined my office. Those days my office cafeteria food was good, and I used to have lunch there along with my friends. One particular day I was standing in the line, waiting for this rumali roti. I heard 'Excuse Me' and turned back. There this girl N was standing, and she wanted to take an extra spoon.
She was fair, bit plump, and very cute. Expressive eyes! I had no clue to who she was. Thats it. I completely forgot about her.
One week later, I saw her in my floor. My GM was introducing her to some project manager. She got her workplace and it was some 3 to 4 cubicles away from mine. Everyday we used to cross each other. The ladies loo was to the right of my cubicle, and the gents loo to the left of hers :-)
One day it so happened that when I was going to the other side, she was coming towards my side. We (and ofcourse our eyes) crossed! It happened for 3 times that day. Call that timing!!
The 3rd time, I saw that she bit her lower lip to control her smile. Coool. She was also thinking the same as I was.
From then on, I used to have direct eye contacts with her. I never smiled, nor did take any initiative to talk to her. This is very unusual of me. If I find someone interesting somehow or other I get to talk to them. Or I create opportunities ;-)
I started hating days when there used to be no office. I didnt want to talk to her, nor do anything. Just look at her. Thats it! We had a common friend AK. It so happened that one by one, all of my lunch partners went abroad. I was left alone.
One day AK saw me having lunch alone, and she joined me. I was talking to AK and having my lunch. After sometime N joined us. AK introduced us to each other. And we just smiled.
From then on, we used to have lunch together. We sit in the 1st floor and the cafeteria is also in the 8th floor. AK used to sit in the 7th floor. So everyday during lunch, AK used to call me and call N as well. I used to get up from my place, go near the door. Looking at me, N will follow suit. Both of us will take the same lift and reach the 8th floor. Just exchange of a single smile. Nothing else. I think after the first few days, N understood that I wont talk to her and at same time wont stop looking at her.
This was an interesting situation for both of us. We both longed to look at each other and smile. Sometime in the middle I had taken a break and gone to mumbai for 10 days. AK told me that N asked her around 4 to 5 times, where I was and when I will be back.
And boy wasnt I glad, when I came back and saw her face.

I dont know whats going on! Everyday I keep thinking of her, after I reach home. I smile whenever I remember something. I take care of my appearance very well these days. And whenever I wear a new shirt, I cross her cubicle more often. And same with her. Her eyes will tell whether she liked it or nor :-)

Staying all alone, it really helps to have such a crush. For all known reasons, she might get married tomorrow. Or resign and go away. Whatsoever. It doesnt matter. I dont have any special feelings. Its just a crush. And this is one main reason why I dont plan to talk to her. What if she turns out to be a boring person with great looks. Or vice versa. The charm and thrill will go away. It will never be the same again!

P.S. This is an imaginative story. Just felt like scribbling something

Hi

2005-02-21T02:52:00.000-08:00

Hi :-)

2005-02-18T19:48:00.000-08:00

malai oram veesum kaathu manasoadu paadum paatu kaekkudha kaekkudha?
aararo paadinalum aararo aagadhamma
sondhangaL thedinalum thandhai thaai aagadhamma
ennoada thaai thandha paatu dhaanamma

Middle Finger Smiley

2005-02-17T06:41:00.001-08:00

There are smileys for almost all emotions. But I have been searching one for the middle finger :-D
Someone really irritates you, and you want to show the middle finger. How do you e-do that?

Here it goes Ladies and Gentlemen,

The Middle Finger Smiley

,,I,,

P.S. Am not showing middle finger to any of you. Please dont be offended :-)

Media Hype

2005-02-16T21:15:00.000-08:00

I feel Times Of India is causing great damage to the World Environment. By printing crap news, thereby wasting paper (How many trees are destroyed).

Here is a sample article

Look at the title. Karthikeyan not far behind Schumaker. Now who on earth is Schumaker?
Ok leave that!

The way they have projected the article, it is like narain is closing in on schumi. Even a person who has watched just 1 race in life will know how much 2.5 seconds difference means.

If you read the fine print it is 2.5 seconds on the best lap. So if a race has 50 laps, Karthikeyan will be 50*2.5 which is equal to 125 seconds.

That means he will finish the race 2 min 5 seconds after schumi finishes.

I am in no way ridiculing Narain or the jordan. Given the money and facility they have, they are trying to put up a brave face and are doing a exceptionally wonderful job!

But this newspaper's article will unnecessarily raise the hopes of many people in India. And this will put additional pressure on Narain.

Last but not the least. 13 people tested in the Catalunya circuit and Narain finished 12th. Thats the ground reality.

Rain Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-02-16T00:00:00.000-08:00

The best thing about bangalore is its climate. Whenever it becomes too hot, immediately there is a shower and the temperature drops down considerably.

For the past few days, the temperature has started soaring over here. How I wish it rains either today or tomorrow.

Rain god, in case you are reading this, you very well know what to do ;-)

Picture Courtesy: pdphoto

A thought!

2005-02-14T04:13:00.000-08:00

I got a mail today. Imaginations running wild! Whats wrong with being single?

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Boys are like apples on trees. The best ones are at the top of the tree.
The girls don't want to reach for the good ones because they're afraid
of falling and getting hurt. Instead they just get the rotten apples
that are on the ground, that aren't as good, but easy. So the apples at
the top think that there is something wrong with them, when in reality,
they are amazing.
That is why we just have to be a little patient and the right girl, the
one who takes a chance to find the good, right apple, will come
someday... Send this to all the boys who you know are at the top of the
tree. So Guys if u are alone...this means that u r on top..........!!!!
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Love all!

2005-02-13T20:57:00.000-08:00

I hereby wish you, your family, your watchman, electrician, plumber,servant maid, milkman, newspaper man, LPG Gas agency guy, vegetable selling guy, grocery shop owner, cobbler, barber, mechanic, landlord, tenant, bank cashier, ATM watchman, bank manager, petrol pump staff a very happy valentines day!

P.S. I had been to the bangalore air show yesday, and this is how the IAF wished the viewers a happy valentines day :-) Picture courtesy : Deccan Herald

Ferrari Prayer Club

2005-02-11T06:31:00.000-08:00

From now on, when I need to pray for my friends, near and dear a special e-prayer session will be organised :-)

Folks, lets pray for magix, praveen and their friends. Their exam results around the corner :-)

Dear God,

Please make these guys pass and get good results.