Monday, January 28, 2008

Rowthiram Pazhagu

Little bit controversial yet catchy… The title of the post says it, which means ‘Practice Anger’… Isnt it crazy?

I recently became fond of sensible talk shows and Vijay TV’s ‘Neeya Naana’ is one of the front runners… Yesterday’s topic was all about Anger with 2 sets of people (ofcourse, one set are short tempered and others were totally against this) and lotsa points discussed makes real sense... surprisingly, short tempered people got their reasons which is certainly not 'bluffing outta anger'... this made me think about my vision on anger and here we go....

I used to be a highly short tempered guy once specially during my college days …. I get pissed off and yell at mates wenever they pick the micky outta me or bully me at my appearance or not following up the time wen we plan to go out or blab la bla….



Later realized (well, after my college days) that I was such a fool to get anger over those poor souls wen I have lot others to go mad over……

However, now I am most comfortable now settled as almost patient for everything with respect to friends and colleagues front…. Anger is one dangerous feeling that may drag any one to any extent as that is the only point were people have no control over the words or actions…..But… I strongly agree with the words ‘Practice Anger’ as I some how feel man with out anger is like a dumb..to be honest, I really admire whenever sreesanth delivers a beamer or a body line to Symonds or hayden and just stare at em with fulla burning eyes…. The position as a pace bowler needs that sorta aggression and anger to keep them charged up and on track…. I also read from articles that he is not that sorta angry boy out of the field …infact he is too friendly with all.. what more u need???

I never really support this nasty habbit as anger is the one bloody weak point that will push many talents to darkness…. But a controlled anger is always necessary to get things done and stay out of many possible troubles that a calm man often faces… one straight forward example is getting your work done with any customer service department…. Normally these guys try their best to put those calm chaps on hold and get those angry people sorted first…. As they don’t want to lose any customers… absolutely right(from the customer’s view as well) wen things are going fine… but see in the case if you are not happy with the company’s service or the product has some fault which requires the executive to come and attend or repeated requests for something????? You cant be calm all the time… you need to show your frusturation (ofcourse, only through anger) and get things done at the quickest span…..

The Sydney test cricket (India Vs. Aus.) match for that matter…. India shooked the so called Don’s of Cricket (Australia) by showing their anger defending Harbajan singh…. Some people deserve to get paid back and anger in those cases is the best way to express.. not those diplomatic smiles…. Why do u think most of Indian cricket fans like the captain who removed his jersey and jumped out in agrression when India won the series against England in England…. Cant you see the anger in the eyes of Gangully when he did that with Tit-for-tat feeling (done what flintoff did in india when england won the series earlier)…. Anger is good when showed at right time in the right place….

“If you are checking the integrity of my game, you shouldn’t be in this room”, People of his own country started to hate him when a journalist questioned Ricky ponting on his sportsman spirit…. This is one of the worst and a completely non-professional way of showing up an anger and he very well deserves the hatred of most of the world inspite of being one of the top class players in the skills front…..

My conclusion is Never be a dumb claiming yourself calm and polite person…but also, never allow anger climb on your head to push you down…. I learnt a lot on this habbit in my 27 years of living experience in this planet and I know I still have to learn a lot and practice my controlled anger…. : )

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Dream for ages….

When am young I dreamed of lot and most of em got vanished as its more of a dream with out any sense… well, just a desire and no practical use for me or my surroundings…. Rather its only waste of time or waste of money…. But I always cherish those… few to list are my dream for CBZ bike some how ended up with unicorn… though am happy with this bike still my dream haven’t come true….

Another such is my dream desktop…. Stylish cabinet, big monitor, gigantic hard disk space, fully supporting system for any sorta games, breath taking speakers, blab la bla

I finally got it true… being a grown up boy for some reason, I need to answer the question “Why the hell in the world you got such a posh desktop when you have a laptop that satisfies your basic needs?”…. point… I need to answer…. I cant be kiddish to all and I need to sort out my list…. Does the list make sense.. I DON’T CARE… am I being totally irresponsible bloke heading towards nothing…. Well, trust me I may get back ; )

The list (why the hell in bla bla bla?)

- Firstly, I want to make efficient use of my other room in the house which is mostly untouched during the season where only my wife and me living alone

- Gaming, I use to religiously follow all the games that comes out during my high school times…prince of Persia, F1 racing, dave, Mario, wolfenstein 3D, NFS still filled up in my mind…. I just want to get back to my gaming hobby…I read somewer that gaming constantly will keep your mind sharp and increase your reflex… again it depends on wat sorta games you play… my recent favourites are NFS (racing), Age of empires (Strategy), House of dead (Action), Snooker 147 (Board), Cricket (Sports) etc….

- Internet, One of the essential needs at home nowadays…. When comes with my desktop with huge HD space, I would love to download lots of games, movies and other softwares.

- Movies, One of my all time favourite hobby…. And with my big 24 inch monitor and sound blaster card… watching downloaded movies will also be an awesome experience

- Work, Well…. Couldn’t digest isn’t it? I some how feel am slogging loads of time in the office in recent past and I need to find some way to balance (parallely, I need one more excuse to buy my desktop)

- Above all, the pleasure of using a desktop is absolutely chilling compare to the clustered, compact and irritating laptop where the usability of laptop puts all my sitting-on-a-computer fun in to a complete jeopardy.

Abba, managed to sort out the reasons for the desktop…. Smart aye… !!!!

I got the whole cpu assembled in our traditional Ritchie Street, Chennai Where I found breaking deals with all the components and got it assembled all at my home… Herez the absolute kick a** config. That makes any computer lover go excited…

Processor : Intel Core 2 – 2.66 Mhz. (Performance man.... top brand.. top speed)
RAM : 2 GB (Internet, parallel processing... u cant do better)
HDD: Seagate 320 GB (space bigger than a house)
Video Card : Geforce 8200 GT - 512 MB (Gaming freaks.... worship this)
Sound Card: Creative Sound blaster 5.1 (i love this part too)
Monitor : Dell wide screen 24 inch (the front runner of my long time dream)
Speakers : Creative inspire 2.1 (Sound cant be more crisp and clear)
Sleek sports cabinet :) (Look matters a lot for me)

I got everything and just need a proper long weekend to start off my gaming spree !!!!

Friday, January 11, 2008

Orayyy Bongu !!!!

Ha…!!! This is exclusive post for tamil folks… it’s a popular attempt normally made by any mimicry/imitation experts…. The recent spur is on the famous controversial game of India Vs. Australia happened in Sydney last week and herez my imagination unleashed….



The following are the characters involved in the game…. I have compared them with famous movie characters+actors

Ganguly – ‘Thirumalai’ vijay
Kumble – ‘Sethu’ Vikram
Dravid – Poornam viswanathan
Bucknor(umpire) – Senthil
Dhoni – Gowndamani
Ponting – TR
Benson (umpire)– ‘Gajini’ Surya
Sutherland (Australia cricket comitee head)– `Billa’ Ajith

Scene 1:

When Dhoni took the catch of Symonds bowled by Ishaan sharma and bucknor ruled that as ‘Not out’.

Dhoni (Gowndamani) : Dei bonda thalaya ‘How is that’ da
Bucknor (senthil) : Not out annayn…
Dhoni : Dei gokka makka venaamda… methi pattay saavatha out koduthudu
Bucknor : Athu outayy ilaynayyy… athepdi koduka mudiyum
Dhoni : Ayoo intha kaatu panni imsa thaanga mudiyala yaarachum avana kondutu poi aaprica zoola vitutuvaangada

Scene 2:

When dravid was given out by bucknor even though he haven’t nicked the ball to keeper.

Gilchrist : How is that???

Bucknor (Senthil) : (Eating banana) he he he outunayyy….

Dravid (Poornam viswanathan) : dhdhdhdh eeeswara…. Ithenna akramam antha kaduvul mela satyama ithu out ila…. Thayava seithu enna aada udungoo run kooda adikamatayn ingayae nikkarayn… thirumba pona avaaa ellam senthu enna adichayy konnuduva… please uturungoooo

Bucknor: athellam mudiyathu annay avanga thaan vazhapzham vaangi koduthaangalay appa neenga thaan outu…kelambunga seekiram

Dhoni (Gowndamani): (being angry in the pavilion) enna udra… ivana antha vaazha pazham prechnai vanthapay pottu thalli irukanum…. Ivana appavay kondu poi ethachum kaatla vitutu vanthiruntha ivlo prechnai vanthirukuma….. paaru stadium vaasalla pichai eduthu porai biscuit thinnutu iruntha naai naatamai panuthu….neee vaadi veliyala unaku en kaila thaan karumari….!!!

Scene 3:

When Ganguly edged a ball to Clarke but the catch wasn’t clean.

Australia team : How is that???

Benson (Surya) : Enna nadathichi ippa .. well… Ponting neeyachum sollupa…ennachi

Ponting: Yei Benson… nee aagatha tension… ganguly koduthaan catchu… mudinji pochu matchu… ethavena maranthuko….. out koduthutu kelambiko…ye tandanakka ye tanakunakka

Benson : Appa out…. Dei kelambuda….

Ganguly (Vijay): Anna…. Enangna avar kittta poi naa outaanu ketutu out kodupeengalana… overaaa therla…. Avaru enna extra rendu wicket koduthu aadava sollida poraaru athuku enkita straightaavay out koduthurkalaamay na….. dei ponting… vaazhkai oru vattam inga jaikaravan thopaaan thokaravan jeipaaan…. Atha nee koodiya seekirathula purinjipa….

Ponting: hahaha… machi ganguly!!! Atho paaru nagma… kindi tharuva upma…saaptu veetlayae ukkaruma… Australia kitta vendaama…!!!


Scene 4:

When the match is over and India was all out.

Kumble (‘Sethu’ Vikram): (Looking at bucknor) manasu valikuthu da… ovvoru thadavayum nee oruoruthana out koduthu koduthu anupum bothum ippavachum nee adanguva nu naa amaithiya irunthayn paaru … athaan thappu… inimelaachum intha velaya vitutu veetla poi chicken biriyani thinnutu paduthu thoongu… illa naa poga maatayn… ingayaee irunthu substitute playerskum out koduthutu thaan povaynu sonaaaynu vai….(he looks around and pulls one stump…then places it near bucknor) orayyy kuthu thaan !!!!!

Scene 5:

James Sutherland addressing media.

Journalist: How can you win a match in this manner?
Sutherland (Ajith): Australian cricket varalaara konjam puratti parunga athu namaku kathu koduthathu onnay onnu thaan…. Win pannanumna evlo bongu venaalum adikalaam… evana venaalum kalaaikalaam… evlo venaalum asingasingama thittalaam…..

Sreesanth (‘Kaaka kaaka’ Suriya) watching this on TV in India : Bongadikarathulayum, ellarayum moraikarathulayum naa periya expert ila aana bonguna ivana (Ponting) maari thaan adikanumnu enaku thonichi…. Adutha matchla avana vachikarayn…!!!!