How good is Singapore ?.... Visit KL !!!

I was so excited and desperate to go on a weekend break to KL (kualalampur)… Lifez getting so monotonous with overloaded work….This is more a observation log than a travelogue abt the new place and trip…

I made my plans well in advance… Its gonna be coach (posh bus) trip to KL… It’s a first class coach provided enough room to park my long legs comfortably … the 10 inch lcd tv, meals on board made life so comfortable as good as a business class flight journey… however, the extreme pain is while waiting near the cause way point (the exit point of Singapore through road) made it quiet irritating .. the tv will be switched on only after the singapore emigration and Malaysia immigration… We (the passengers) all got down to finish up the emigration work and got back in to bus….

The two countries are connected by a 1 km bridge over the sea with their check points on either side…. Sooo that means we gotto get down again after crossing the bridge to finish up Malaysia immigration formalities which means more pain ahhhhh… however, the system is quiet organized as there are n number of vehicles crossing the border every day…. Then I got back and set for a long 5 hours odd journey… the route was quiet scenic with Malaysian vegetations on the way.. but I still only love my scenic rich Bangalore – Chennai route ….. hahaha

I still haven’t found any big difference… I found the price of drinks and snacks quiet cheap wen we stopped for a 10 min. toilet break… reached the majestic KL just 2 kms from the famous twin (petronas) towers and headed to the hotel…. The next day set out for a short hang around…. The taxi guys are not firm believers of meter system.. its more a show case item for them… (I found the auto guys are more generous with their meter in Bangalore) since I have no idea abt the place I have to accept their offer for 10 Ringgits to reach twin towers and he was not even driving for 6 mins… The streets are ok here and there considering the area being posh.. however, wen u go out of the city-posh area you can find the real KL there… so dirty ahhh….

As soon as I kept my leg outside the taxi I found this guy approached me and gave a sarcastic look… ‘Sir, Rolex watch’, he showed that glittering look alike of Rolex… I straight away ignored with a humble ‘No’… ‘Sir, its original’ …ayooo raama…. Leave me yaar…. I wanted to go to the sky bridge that connects the two towers… gosh ! the tickets are limited and normally it will be sold out early in the morning like 8 am…. Wat the ???? I was so disappointed and took few snaps from outside.. then entered the posh shopping mall and found all damn things costlier than Singapore Suntec city mall… Isnt that supposed to be cheap here ??? Eh???

Later decided to go to KL tower which is the worlds 3rd largest communication tower…. 10 Ringgits again for the taxi… couldn’t afford to bargain with out knowing actual distance… the driver refused to switch on the AC as the place is quiet near… What ‘kodumai’ is this….man petrol is quiet cheap in this country yo…. The observatory deck in KL tower is quiet catchy … well maintained and I managed to have a glimpse of the whole city and found its well surrounded my hills… Then got out and hung around for an hour to take few snaps of the tower.. the temperature is same as Singapore but since the place is away from sea, I managed to have reduced sweat with a mild breeze every where…

This time I took a prepaid taxi to Pudu raya bus terminus where I am supposed to take my return coach… The cost is 14 ringgits… and for 20 mins drive…. The driver dropped like 300 meters before the bus terminus stating the over traffic road… I can compare the scene with old paris bus stand in chennai… all garbages, dirty, quarrels and horn sounds… then entered the most scary building called bus terminus… as soon as I got in, I was mugged by several travel agents offering trips to various parts of Malaysia at cheaper cost…

I found extremely hard to find the counter for my agent… not many speak English and I don have a clue abt malay… oh my ….. the place is so damn crowded and It took like 10 mins to find my counter in the middle of the human jungle… then I got my platform and bus number… proceeded to platform…. I would rate my lovely Chennai-koyambedu bus terminus as 123 times better one for its infrastructure facilities, clean toilets, organized bus traffic handling and etc… this international bus terminus is close to crap and I cant wait to get out….

The bus left 45 mins late and reached the check point in 5 hours from that point… quickly finished up the immigration in singapore and I opted to get a local bus from ther to my place as I live quiet close to the Singapore border (like 5 miles)… I had a lovely back-to-home feeling even in the local bus and cant wait to hit the bed… and know wat ?.... till date I was hating this Singapore and all on a sudden this looks like heaven…. However, nothing beats life in India when it comes to livng comfort .... ;)

மாதா, பிதா, குரு, ~நல்ல நண்பன்~, தெய்வம்

'Mother, father, teacher, good friend and the almighty'

The line literally drawn tears almost from every one in the cinema… I was all excited to see the much awaited movie, Kuselan. I am aware that this onez is not focused on thalaivar but the hype created was so much that audience was expecting a typical thalaivar movie… I still haven’t watched the original ‘kathai parayumbol’ but I guess mamooty wudnt have got such a huge focus in the Malayalam version…

P.Vasu typically tried to deliver his mix of masala in this ‘supposed to be classic’ one… however, I wasn’t impressed with this movie for such a slow screen play… The music is close to crap… the comedy scenes are not appealing rather the comedy element itself is far away for the crux of the story… overloaded comedians like Livingston, vadivelu, santhanam lots others are like too much sugar in coffee which spoiled the taste… for me, prabhu is a useless character with full of over actions….

Thalaivar exceeded the expectations in terms of acting… I never felt myself heavy in any of the other movies in world cinema…. The closest I felt was in Thenali in the scene where kamal Hassan described his pathetic past to the interview… and in the kannada movie 'Mungaru malay' where the hero compares himself with the villain for the reason that they both have lost thr love and treated him gracefully after a fight...

Kuselan is a wonderful classic movie (if u eliminate those irritating comedy scenes which doesn’t fit) and reminded his aarilurunthu arubathu varai…. The last 20 mins of the movie is all that one shouldn’t miss… I was totally embarrassed to see those tiny tear droplets in my eyes when the movie is over… and the reason is one name ‘Rajinikanth’… no one could have acted with utmost perfection like he did…..

The story is quiet straight forward… its all about how the famous numero uno actor found his child hood best mate in an unknown hamlet…. Right from scene 1 I was charged but the slow-non appealing screenplay let my excitement down and I was literally waiting for the finish… but but but… I need to tell again that the last 20 mins was top class and the credit should only go to the thalaivar and am sure with out him the movie is hopeless…

Pasupathy continued his class performance from veyil and this guy got immense talent but thalaivar literally overtaked pasupathi with his experience and class act… Lemme jolt down the minuses of the movie….

- nayanthara – total waste of space .. just a glam doll to satisfy the glam lovers
- bunchy comedians (and the comedy scenes) again a element to add for the sake of it
- screen play – too slow and not-so-practical scenes
- music – ayoooooo …. Total disappointment
- hype – unavoidable when thalaivar is slated to appear but this is the party pooper

The pluses are quiet straight forward, its just the thalaivar and pasupathi… as a whole ‘don’t miss last 20 mins’… (doesn’t matter even if u manage to watch just the last (20 mins) bit)… also, make sure u got your hankie ; )

Lost

‘Bhaiya Chaai !!!’ the boy shouted on through the windows. Amidst a dream, I was. ‘Uhhhh’, I opened my eyes shooking my head. ‘Man, what a dream… I was in a cruise some where in a European Sea… With my girl friend… Hmmm !!!’. I am still cherishing. ‘You *****, its 8 o clk already… wake up man, its Monday today’, My friend yelled at me. ‘Oh my….. yaaaa… lemme get ready, 10 mins’.

A typical Monday morning in Mumbai, I should say. I suffered all my life to get to this point. Born to a middle class family, my dad took all the efforts to make me to get in to an Engineering college in Chennai and I managed to come out with loads of obstacles. Worked in all useless positions in various companies, finally managed to get in to this prestigious software company in Mumbai. I can’t take my desires out being an average fun loving youth. Miles to go before I could take over completely. I am still working hard to get settled. Its been 4-5 months since I shifted to Mumbai and joined this company. Working hard, harder and to the hardest to get a name and strike a career.


So far, so good. ‘Hey, got ready ? I will leave the key in doors. You get ready and come as you wish’, my friend with no patience. ‘Hey hey… wait… am ready you vennai…. Mannn I can’t take the keys. I will be late tonight. Loads to finish up in the office bro’, all the office tasks came in to my mind.

I joined this company as a contractor and it’s a deal. I made up my mind to deliver the best and be a permanent employee in 6 months time. I took up all those extra responsibilities in the office. Wasted most of the nights in the office working ‘reckless’. Yes, I need to some how get permanent, some how get a good package, some how get a decent flat in Chennai, some how get a onsite chance, some how make my morning dream come true, some how….. uhhhhhh… getting late… ahhh….

I finished my half bath. ‘Quick, drink the tea. Lets eat once we reach the office.’ my friend on a caring tone. He is one good chap who cared me well when I was in need for the most in all the times. I quickly sipped the tea to finish it in the record time of 23 secs. ‘Okiee dude, lets go’, I was rejoiced with the half milk, 30% water, 20% old tea extract that I had just now. The room iam staying is like slightly bigger than a crow’s nest. Its Mumbai, you cant afford much. I am yet to be permanent and get in to a flat.

‘Shall we get an auto? Its late already.’ I asked my friend. ‘Do you think you are a PM or some one, now shut the **** up and walk fast’, he yelled again with angry tone. The humidity killing me ah, I should first get a bike once I become permanent. Can’t run in this scroaching sun every morning. ‘Hey lets cross the railway track, no need over bridge man. I can’t sweat more’, I pleaded and my mate agreed with me too. We got through the bushy area to meet the railway tracks. Mumbai is known for its busy metro rail network. But people normally don’t bother to take bridge to cross the tracks as TIME doesn’t wait for any one to cross on their own slowness.

There were around 5 set of tracks as my place is a junction. So, more distance yo. I need to cross all the tracks to the other end and get in to the road and then gotto catch a bus to have 15 mins. travel to reach my office.

This is was never easy as the walk from my room to bus stop normally takes 20 long mins. Probably 12-15 mins if I do a brisk walk by avoiding the overhead railway bridge. I quickly jumped in to the tracks and jumped across one by one. ‘Hey watch out da, train approaching’, my friend warned me. I managed to cross it quickly but something striked on my back when I did so called safe landing after the last track jump. I don’t know but I cant think what happened. I need to catch the bus now.

My friend was running ahead of me. I was following him worried about my office work. ‘Machi, wait da I feel weird’… He dint bothered. He kept running like a stranger. ‘Dei… I am calling you idiot… Stop’.. He still didn’t bothered to turn back. I am not sure about what is happening, why the hell he is ignoring me. I thought I can go slowly. He got the keys anyway. Let me walk slowly.

I suddenly saw some one running towards me. May be he wanna cross all the tracks to the other end. But he is coming straight in front of me. I was like scared as he gonna hit me any time. But he came too close before I react. And suddenly, I never thought that will happen. He ran towards me he got in to my body and kept running crossing my body. How the hell this happened? What the F**K is happening around me ? ‘Nooooooooooooooo’ I shouted at top of my voice. No one around bothered to look at me. Every one was going towards the track with an obnoxious look.

I turned back and saw a crowd. I just went near. I saw it and shocked. It was ME, lying down dead. I was shouting at the crowd ‘Hey look am here. Am here. I don’t believe this’, no one bothered. I felt some thing at my back head. I touched. Blood !!!

Did I, .…………………… 'LOST' my life ?


Foot note:

The above is a true incident happened to one of my very good friend a year ago. I still can not forget the day we cremated him. He was the only son for his parents. The family was relying on him. The scene was 100% devastating. It was sheer carelessness that ended up with a full stop in the chap’s dreams and his family’s expectations on him. I guess I don’t need to write down on the value of ‘LIFE’.

Centurion me

Oh wow !!! am in my 100th post…. This post will be a minor recap of landmark posts I made earlier… I attached the links as well for your reference : ) here we go….

My very first post

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

This onez the kick off… I was laughing myself as its very silly with no much info… jus a pic. And a small desc. To show I started engaging myself here…

http://aravindhindia.blogspot.com/2006/03/hi.html

Long time no c... ;)

Monday, March 27, 2006

So jobless and spending my time mostly on the blogging… surprised that I have made like 11 posts in the same month I started blogging… all are just status updates hahaha… this post was little different describing the cinema and ofcourse with the status update…. So far it looked like I am writing a diary.

http://aravindhindia.blogspot.com/2006/03/long-time-no-c.html

Coorg Trip !!!

Monday, April 24, 2006

This is my first decent blog which I liked myself…. So refreshing to read this again as this kindled lotsa old lovely momories on the trip we had….

http://aravindhindia.blogspot.com/2006/04/coorg-trip.html

Mission: Unplanned Freak out !!! :-o

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

This time its an adventure post… I was really happy I put my adventure trip in writing…. I can never forget this experience and my frnds too…

http://aravindhindia.blogspot.com/2006/06/mission-unplanned-freak-out-o.html

Route No. 11 (A Short story)

Friday, October 13, 2006

My very first attempt to write a story… I always loved to write a good long novel but realized I need more training… to start with this short story, I just took a piece of a morning in a typical Software engineer’s life… my friends appretiated this by calling me… that was a surprise : ) More important…. This was my 50th post… hahaha it took only few months to complete my 50th post but 2 years to complete 100th post…

http://aravindhindia.blogspot.com/2006/10/route-no-11-short-story.html

Being Citizen.

Thursday, November 30, 2006

This is one of well appretiated article of mine… I never expect this to come out so well.. my frnd infact forwarded this to his mates… I was so elated when he said this… I wanted to be more practical than being a typical critic….

http://aravindhindia.blogspot.com/2006/11/being-citizen.html

****_-_-_- Time chaser ride -_-_-_****

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

I always love my Bangalore-Chennai drive… specially in the early morning.. now rite time to show up ; ) this memory always there to cherish..

http://aravindhindia.blogspot.com/2007/04/time-chaser-ride.html

10 degree heaven

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Was always kept writing and I thought of giving a short break to write and put some pics and let the pics do the writing… it’s a lovely Kemmanu gundi trip I had with my office mates…. Must visit place..

http://aravindhindia.blogspot.com/2007/08/10-degree-heaven.html

Jillunu oru Cricket !!!

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

On the lighter side of the life… this post is a kind of Chennai – 600 028 (famous cricket movie in tamil) adaption and its all about a tough match we won with our local cricket team we had… the joy is boundless…



http://aravindhindia.blogspot.com/2007/08/jillunu-oru-cricket.html

Beat this --> "An" adventure !!!

Thursday, November 29, 2007

This is one helluva adventure I ever had in my life… I din intend to write this big but the content is sure worth the size I have written… the most dangerous trip I ever had and it took like 1 week to finish writing this post…

http://aravindhindia.blogspot.com/2007/11/beat-this-adventure.html

Uncle

Thursday, March 13, 2008

First time I tried to write a story from my life by putting myself on the shoes of some other character in the story…. It was much appretiated by my friends and I really love to read this my own post though it was a totally embarrassing story for me….

http://aravindhindia.blogspot.com/2008/03/uncle.html

What the …!!!!.

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

This was the worst experience… I cant stop laughing myself when I went to one of the world famous actor and asked him ‘Are you Mr. Kamal hassan’… hahaha… roadla poravana kooptu kalaicha maari irunthichi.. hahaha…. BTW, this was my first blog after shifting to Singapore….

http://aravindhindia.blogspot.com/2008/04/what.html

Avatar spree

This time it’s the movie review… and the movie is none other than the much hyped DASAVATHARAM by Dr. Padmashree Kamal Hassan… I watched this movie 2 weeks back in the only Cinema in Singapore that shows Tamil movies. The most pathetic part is that the cinema don’t have online or phone bookings on top of that no DTS or special equipments.. its more a sort of village cinema with basic facilities to pass through the govt.’s basic standards requirements criteria. Highly pathetic and totally irritating for 10$ that u pay… moving on !!!

I was damn curious to see the movie purely due to the hype created for it… Kamal Hassan is one of the few actors/technician who attracts general audiences with his unique approach to the movie… Though I am not a ardant fan of him, I appretiate his talent in many movies… Few are…

Anbay Sivam – The best to say that the god is with in human
Salangai Oli – His olden master class
MMKR, Kathala Kathala, PKS, Panchathanthiram Etc.. – Comedy block busters
Kuruthipunal, Hey Ram – Classic reality

The list goes on.. lets get in to the focus of the topic….

Again, Kamal outclassed all with his core acting talent… but I felt he acted quiet too many characters which I felt not needed when I looked for the first time… later I realizd those characters are needed and appretiated the theme and story…. As the name suggests the movie is all about 10 avatars that does ther bit to save the world… if you have seen the movie, the avatar and description are as below which I found in a discussion board…

1. Krishna avatar - Vincent PoovaraghavanLord krishna is actually a dalit, he is dark-skinned [shyamalam]. He saved draupadi when she was being violated and he was the actual diplomat in mahabharatham. Lord krishna dies of an arrow striking his lower leg. Now look at how vincent was introduced.. he appears when asin is about to be molested and he saves her like draupadi. Vincent is the dalit diplomat, fights for land issue [soil issue to be exact] and dies from the metal rod striking his leg. Oh even five of vincent’s men are drugged at P. Vasu’s.. sounds familiar???

2. Balarama avatar - Balarama naiduThis is an easy given. as the name suggests and the role personifies you can easily get it.

3. Mathsya avatar - Ranagaraja nambinambi is thrown into water in an act of trying to save lord from being thrown into sea, though vainly. what more clue do you want?

4. Varaha avatar - Krishnaveni paattiDuring the mukunda song, krishnaveni paatti does varaha avatar in the shadow puppetry. The frame freezes on it for a second. there is the clue. Moreover, in varaha avatar lord actually hides earth so as to protect life forms. Here too krishnaveni hides the germs - life form inside the statue so as to protect.

5. Vamana avatar - Kalifulla khanremember in vamana avatar, lord vishnu takes the vishvaroopa, that is the giant form! Hence the giant kalifulla here symbolises vamana avatar.

6. Parasurama avatar - Christian FletcherParasurama is actually on an angry killing spree and killed 21 generations of the particular kshatriya vamsa. Hence the real KILLER… Guess what thats what our Fletcher is! He comes around with the gun [modern upgrade for axe] and kills everyone around. I have to check if he kills 21 people though.

7. Narasimha avatar - Shingen Narahashifirst of all the name itself is a play on the words singam [means lion in tamil] and narasimha [the avatar being symbolised]. Lord Narasimha manifests himelf to kill the bad guy and he also teaches prahaladha. In the movie, he shows up to kill the killer fletcher! and is also a teacher.. Lord Narasimha had to kill the asura with bare hands and hence the martial arts exponent here.. get it?

8. Rama avatar - Avatar SinghLord Rama stands for the one man one woman maxim, kind of symbolising true love.. Here Avatar portrays that spirit by saying that he loves his woman more than anything and wants to live for her.

9. Kalki avatar - Govindaraj RamasamyAs you know, the hero in kaliyug can be none other than the Kalki avatar!!!

10. Koorma avatar - BushThis is the most loose adaptation I couldn’t clearly comprehend. But if you look at the real koorma avatar, the lord is the turtle/tortoise that helps in stirring the ksheera sagara and bringing out the amruth. This essentially creates war among the devas and asuras. Similarly today Bush facilitates war between you know whom… May be Kamal also indicates that this avatar is a bit dumb like the tortoise…

There are few positive and encouraging (to new movie makers) points handled in the movie

- The concept is the key and the way they modernized the 10 avatars is an awesome idea
- Balaram Naidu is my favourite who acted brilliantly with perfectly needed humour to his character.. hats off
- Climax was awesome with the sentence ‘ Kadavul ilainu naa solalai aana irunthiruntha nalla irunthirukum’
- I am thinking wat more I could tell but nothingz standing in my mind… hahaha

The story is ok… the concept is great… the 10 avatars of kamal acted wonderfully as it is no surprise… 1-2 songs are hear’able… but I felt the following ‘letting down’ factors…

Make up:

Fletcher, Singh and few are ok… though I wont say marvelous and all… but the kaifullah and Paati were irritating… I can see the glare in the face and it clearly shows it’s a make up (did they paid that make up guy from Hollywood properly ?? or his name was projected for name sake ?) Gosh !!!

Music:

I have no idea why A R Rehman is not pinned in for this amazing concept… HR music is uniform one normally… this movie has only average songs… am sure there are lots of in-state talents like yuvan, vidyasagar, harris jeyaraj, ilayaraja who can do much much better than this…. I am not sure about the idea of bringing this useless musician….

Non-Racy Screen play:

There was many points in screen where the screen play wasn’t appealing at all… Firstly, Govind starts the movie with his speech which is at 100 mph speed and moved to 12th century sets before a lay man could realize wat he is speaking about… then all those Govind- Asin comedies which doesn’t fit well to the intensity of the problem.. If this movie is about some concept and a classic they should have excluded this non-geling comedy … if they wanna project as an entertainer, the research for the movie is not required. Silly scenes like the bullet takes away the singh’s cancer, nimbi character overacts to show he is body builder, paati being hyperactive at the age of 95, govind travels to India over the courier box so easily etc.. could have been avoided

Stunts:

Every one (hero, villan, heroine) jumping in the movie as they like… ironically, all the time they are doing safe landing…. Am not sure this is a lollu sabha kind of comedy or a serious stunt… Its deftly not convincing.. The pleasing stunt was the Japanese and fletcher fighting in the climax (its top class infact)… no other managed to capture my attention….

Visual Effects:

I seriously cant understand whats so amzing in this movie on visual effects… is it like I expected too much to match the perfection in Hollywood like spider man or mask …?? The visual effects in independence day was better even it was taken long long ago… did they forgot that thre are better softwares to get realistic visual effects…. The initial scene where nimbi is taken to immerse in to the sea was crap… the tsunami set wasn’t a catchy one though the effort was immaculate to get that scene…

K S Ravikumar:

Doesn’t look like a ravikumar kind of movie… had he went on a vacation once the movie started? Or he changed all his style of directing to go with other big heads involved in the script… no idea la…. I can see ravikumar only in the name in credits but no credit to him at all…

Oh man am going over the limit already.. the disastarous size of the post was not my intention but I was worried that too much of money went in for this mixed reviewd movie… this is supposed to be a mega hit movie for the money, concept and kamal but lots of factors had jumped in to spoil the output and overall my review is ‘OK movie to watch once’

Fried rice? Its Macau Express

For a Ovo-Lacto-Veggies like me food is not a easy life… Specially when you are out of India... Am in Singapore for quiet sometime and I have to say that food being a major problem when ever I go out…

One fine day I discovered this place Macau Express near the Expo. In Changi… Though the restaurant is famous for its seafood dishes, I can spend anything to get this lovely yummy yummy Macau Vegetable fried rice… Infact, this is the only vegetarian food one can get in that restaurant... however, its still a unique item…The place is really really far from my home situated right on the other end of the island…near to the airport…

First time I have been with my mate looking for some change in my food cycle and I accidentally got in to the restaurant with out any expectations… my mate, who had prawn fried rice also appretiated the quality of the food. Later, I went with my wife when we were on our way to rcve our guest to the airport…. My wife liked it too… later again I went with my family to ther…I started this habbit of rcvng and sending off ppl in airport having this as a key reason ; )

The ambience is just like yet another restaurant but the food factor is awesome… The vegetables are quiet fresh and the rice is golden fried on butter nicely mixed with other fried rice ingredients from Macau… Please don’t underestimate the typical Chinese chilli sauce pots laying on the tables… one should respect the spice factor in that god damn sauce and consume as little as you could… else u need to roar all day and keep regretting for the mistake… I love to have a cold coffee with milk on the side which really adds the flavour to my perfect dinner…

How to get there?

For Singapore residents,

Alight at Tana Merah MRT get the train goes to Changi airport… Alight at Expo for a 4-5 mins walk to Macau situated in the food court…

For International folks,

Get whatever flight that goes to Singapore Changi Airport… catch the train to Tana Merah MRT…. Alight at Expo….

So dudes....

If (veggie_lover = TRUE)
IF (fried_rice_lover = TRUE)
Must_to_eat = ‘Macau Vegetable Fried rice’
Optional = ‘Scrambled egg on the fried rice’
Drink = ‘Any cold drink with milk’
Endif
Endif

Mobile Photography

Oh heyyy... managed to save some time to update this space... moving on with my photography styles, i attached few pics taken recently of my N73... i call this as mobile photography as

• -i still havent got my dream Sony H50 Camera yet
• -its easy to get my mobile any wer i go as it is always in my pocket
• -easy to use in terms of technology and giving the needed work only to my creative brain

Only 'Nuts' can seperate us:

This one is taken in the Jurong Birds park in Singapore. I patiently waited for around 15 mins to get these 3 cute things to face in one direction and get my cam in the right position and click with out any shakings...

Dead Leaf adds the life:

This one taken on the way to the Merilion park in Singapore. I saw the climate is so perfect for this scene. Also, i was embarassingly waiting for the crowd to clear a bit as i needed in the picture. The leaves here and there had been the integral part of the decoration.



Parking Zone or a Space Station:

Full credits to the interior design skills of the people. It is just a car parking lot and i was totally perplexed with the blue light gives a kind of space station effect. Also, the inhabbited atmosphere triggered me to click.

Red Rules:

I always like the colour RED in few models (cars). This one is my uncle's and i got the urge to click this purely coz the petrol stations in this country wont give a damn if u use mobiles inside. Also, the colour of the car is the real flavour.

Traditional is my way:

The intresting fact about this duck is that they live with only pair through out its life. Its called the Mandarin Duck and many chinese couple have this in their house. Why not ?? Click.. Click..

The Maestro of the Universe

Although am an Ardant fan of A R Rehman, i always cherish the mind blowin melodies of the Maestro genius, the chap who caught many minds with his mesmerizing melodies.. the one and only Ilayaraja... I managed to download few of my favourite ones from the immaculate list of Ilayaraja's achievements.

Rasathi Unnai - Vaithegi Kathirunthaal
En Iniya pon Nilaavay - Moodu Pani
Ada Uchanthala Uchiyila - Chinna Thambi
Akkarai Seemai Azhaginilay - Priya
Andhiyilay vaanam - Chinnavar
Engayum Eppothum - Ninaithalay inikum
Entho poovilum vaasam undu -
Kaathal Kavithaigal - Gopura Vasalilay
Aasaya Kathula Thoothu vitayn - Johny
Kalyaana Maalai - Puthu Puthu Arthangal
Kizhakku Sivakkayile - Seevalaperi Paandi
Koondukulla - Chinna Gownder
Kulaluthum kannanuku - Mella thiranthathu kathavu
Madai thiranthu.. - Nizhalgal
Mannil Entha kaathal indri... - Keladi kanmani
OruRajaVanthanam - MounamSammatham
Oru Iniya Manasu - Johny
Pachai Malai Sami onnu - Idhu namma aalu
Ponmalai pozhuthu - Nizhalgal
Poonkathave.. - Nizhalgal
Poove Sempoove - Solla thudikuthu manasu
Theme - Punnagai Mannan
Rasave Unnai Nambi - Muthal Mariyathai
Saathimalli - Azhagan
Sangeetha Swrangal - Azhagan
Thagida Thagida - Salangai Oli
Thooliyilea - Chinna Thambi
Uara Therunchukitean - Padikathavan
Vaan Pole - Salangai Oli

All are golden bits.... If you have heard it before, you would know it yourself.... The saddest part is that i am still searching for my chord that connects my laptop to mobile only then i can have time to hear the songs (when i travel) :'(

Yet another Birth day !!! (Soltaaru paa..)

May 20, 2008
Age++;
I completed 27 ...
(periya athisayam.. buffalo kooda thaan varusha varusham vayasaaguthu)

Cake cuttings at 12
Usual smiles, Unusual embarrassments
(unaku cake vaangitu vantha bayka nenachaa sippu thaan varuthu)

Not much gifts…
As not much(dudes) around in this part of the world
(irunthutaalum …!!! Comedy panaatha da)

Phone calls then and there
‘Many happy returns of the day’ from every were
(‘many happy returns of the day’ nu sollama ‘happy christmas’ naa solluvaanga)

Mails from all corners
Online chats for a quick wish
Anticipated ones from few
Surprising ones from few
A good lot to make my day
(venaamda…)

Office work is the same
Here, no one knows even my name
One gentleman managed to wish me
Of course, the one who informed him is ME
(makkalay parunga evlo kevalamaana vishayatha evlo perumaya solraanu)

Moving on with the tradition…
Temple visit with family is the fashion…
(Kavithayaaama….Thu….)
Good long dinner in Saravan Bhavan
Thinking as if the day is Heaven
(Enna kodumai Sir ithu !!!)

Yet another Age++
(Vendaam unaku technicalaa pesa varaathu….)
(abba mudichitaanya)

- By Me (Comments by ‘virtual’ Gowndamani)

Human Irony

Hurray… I managed to deliver my next post on the blog space in too short span…. That much 'vetti' here….

This happened few minutes before I posted this…. I was chatting with my good friend and the conversation went like this….

Friend : hi dude…
Me : Hi da… waz happening??
Friend : donno da..the world looks different
Me : i feel like u r getting psyched day by day
Friend : Hmmm…
Me : Why da??
Is it coz of the serial blasts in jaipur ? or
Is it coz of the earth quake rocking china ? or
Is it cos of cyclones in Myanmar ? or
Friend : No da…. My team is not performing well in IPL matches
Me : Hahahaha !!!!

I suddenly remembered this dialogue in one of the TV serials I watched long back…

‘Indiavum pakistanum cricket velaadina makkal seriousaa paakraanga … aana seriousaa sandai pota makkal velayaata paakaraanga….’

This means, if nations play sports people watching it seriously holding their nerves but when same nations fight, people watching it sportingly with out giving a damn…

Ofcourse, I am one of those ‘people’…. May the force be with us !!!!

Disclaimer : I din mean to embarass that poor chap (my friend), am blogging this with his concern as even i wudve reacted the same way wen my team loses in IPL so badly.... so guys, u can talk the same way to me with out having this at your back of the mind... 'enna kodumai sir ithu... ithunundu matter solla ethana disclaimer poda vendi iruku'....!!!

Volcano, Fireu Laa… Tornado, Puyalu Laa… !!!

The man is Ilayathalapathi….

So many posts man… how come I haven’t posted some scribbles on my favrte style icon… I once don’t like this chap during his earlier movies… he was infact one of my most hated film underdogs… but all till he revamped himself and came out well after the movie ‘Badri’… until that point I used to hate his appearance and silly masala acting…

I am sure by now so many are laughing at me with this crazy taste… for some reason most of the dudes in my circle hates him till now and the reason being his on screen gimmicks and ‘so called’ useless acting… talk to my hand ; )

The top most reason I admire him is basically with his next door boy outlook and reckless dancing… very fortunately most of the songs are good hit for him… He is not on the track of Kamalhassan or surya or vikram who pulls the crowd with their class on acting and performance… any one who puts an effort like they do can achieve it … but to my opinion, very few has the ability to pull the crowds (masses) with their stylish outlook and appealing on screen attitude…. Thalaivar (the superstar), ajith, danush, etc… I don mean they are not good actors but they have this extra attribute of mass-attracting-chemistry that others unable to fetch….

I don wanna exaggerate by telling he is thisu, thatu, this & thatuuu and all.. It is just that feel-good factor that one get lookin at his favrte star on screen…..i am certnly enjoying it… from Badri till Kuruvi : ) Few of his best appearance that I enjoyed are

Badri – for the Z-tyle and songs

Tirumalai – He had the best onscreen look in this.. Top notch Dance, cool madras tamil dialogues and racy songs… even the action…. Dialogues like ‘Potti keetha’……..’Arasu, vazhkai oru vattam ….ithula jaikaravan thopaan thokaravan jeipaan.. koodiya seekirathula itha purinjipa’ Are just catchy ones… I always love to watch the song ’thaam thaka theem thaka’…

Thullatha Manamum Thullum – The only movie in my rating wer he dominated a bit with acting more than his other abilities with out showing his usual style and all… warm movie to watch… the melodies are really mind blowing with him on screen…

Gilli – Perfect direction by dharani who used thalapathi well (action, comedy and dance)

Sivakasi – Though nothing new or the fact that it is a usual masala movie let the movie down, I liked his dance again in this one…. This one was cool

Bad guy : Un per ennada
Hero : Sivakasi
Bad Guy: Ennada oor pera solra
Hero: Athu vedi seira edam
Bad Guy : Appa ithu...
Hero : (after a hercules stunt) Vedikara idam….

Tamilan – Good projection of him as a matured person… Super star himself appretiated his action on the court scene where he says to the police man ‘Kanjiku vali ilathavan pichai edukaraan athu avan thala ezhuthu… ungalukenna kurai’ … I should say he did the best to deliver it in the most insulting and political way…. Tht movie deftly induced a bit of social sense on me….

Pokiri – The best movie I would rate for his cool tough guy appearance though I have a reservation on over violence in the movie. ‘Oru thadava mudivu panita en pecha naanay keka maatayn’… …’nee padicha schoola naa headmaster’…..sema cool… !!!

Kuruvi – Proper masala again… I guess one of very few non-remake movies that did well… this movies specially got good comedy in the first half…. Thalapathi worked out physically but doesn’t suits well for him…. Had a telugu movie outing feeling at the end… mixed opinions though… hats off to the director (Darani) again

Ofcourse, lotsa movies that I din like includes pudiya geethai, atm, all the old movies before the poove unakaaga…. But managed well to get my admiration with other good ones and average ones… However, I would love to see him as a villan or a anti-hero kind of guy though the mass followers of him would no way welcome this..... Infact am framing a story (though i kno it cant go any further from my own blog) with him as a hero and hope to put it on my blog space one day :)

Turtlish Life

There is a small fountain in my work place which I will go through many times in a day… I always take time to peep in to the mini pond like thingy around that fountain… Therz a couple of gold fishes and a turtle in that…

As a person not prone to much of a Turtle viewing, I admired with that turtle sight…. My philosophical brain triggered me to write this post… that turle always swims along the walls of that pond looking for a way to get out of that place…. Poor thing… with only 5 senses, it is not aware that therz no way out of this mini world of him… however it keeps swimming from one end to the other end hoping to get out…. When the chaps transfer him to some other place, it feels happy (thaz how I interpret) for the initial few periods and get back to the same search-for-way-out…

Compared this to the typical life of a software enggr…. We keep worried about current projects with factors like no recognition, less pay, no onsites, poor work environment and stuffs… once switched the project, again expectation multiplies and again search happens… when moved to new company again the initial period will keep you good… later the same thing happens…. When moved to new country and get in to new job, again it will refresh all your worry factor variables to 0 … later the search continues…

Apparently, what keeps you alive is the initial period which makes you happy to live… the human intelligence lies in finding the suitable shift where this initial period is quite long…. I remember one good old movie where south Indian james bond, Jaisankar mentioned “vazhkai oru thedum padalam” (life is a big board of searching spree) where ppl keep searching for their future….

Pretty ironic to see any human being happy with current life… so, rather trying to convince yourself, keep searching for that place where you have good long initial period you can enjoy and once u are done, start the new search…. This is probably the use of 6th sense and make the complete use of it to keep life exciting one :)

-- Swamy 'Aravindh'aanantha ;)

China Kaaram

Oops !!! Lifez getting busier… and I couldn’t find a good set of duration to post … just managed to grab few mins to test my fast typing and instant framing skills…

Last night was really boring and I thought…Why not…. Let me have a chinese dinner…. I tried to ask in the most simplest English I could to that Chinese guy as I wanted a vegetarian noodles kinda stuff… he got a hint ‘Vegetarian’ like a meta tag… ran inside got his menu and showed me the item straight away.. ‘Mixed vegetable noodles’ it says… I said yes straight away… I wanted the dish to be spicy… and I managed to deliver my thoughts.. he said yes with a smile….got a can of soya bean milk and found a table…

Later the guy got the plate fulla noodles… I was almost dieng out of hunger and so this hot and lovely noodles bunch looked yum yum… I took a bit with the fork and found the taste is seriously not bad… but couldn’t recongnize much as the dish was too hot (temperature)…then I found this red chilli chutney kind of sauce on the table… I took a spoon to add flavour to my dish… it was tasting awesome and spicy… slowly after few mins I realized that the chutney is terribly hot and the dish has a gravy inside whch is again hot… I got rid off the red chillies to my best but couldn’t get the benefit much…

I slowly felt the intensity of the hour…. The inner temprature started rising up… the whole restaurant is air conditioned but I still sweated crazy… I couldn’t control… for some reason, I get tears even for mild hot dishes and this time u can guess… I took 4-5 tissues jus to wipe off tears and 1 dozen tissues to manage my runny nose… but amidst all these I was still enjoying the food… but the spicy hottish attitude of the dish kept increasing exponentially… by the time I finished it I was half burnt yo…. I kept drinking soya milk then and ther but no help….

I took more half dozen tissues to clean my whole bloody wet face…. Was totally embarrassing to eat like a kid…. Its only noodles am eating… later I came off the place but felt like my lips and throat are still in some burning charcoal…. I ran for some drinks … all wayside shops are closed and I cudnt manage… I found a drinks vending machine in the corner… oh good…. I just had a quick look in the display.. all drnk cans well arranged… ‘Milk coffee’ oh wow… I wanna drink anything with milk to cool out my tongue… I took the drinks can and bloody hell… I din noticed that I pressed ‘HOT’ button for the drinks and it delivered hot can of milk coffee… bull shit… this is wat ppl say ‘rubbing salt on the wound’…. I again shedded few more bucks to get wat I wanted… this time I took 1.5 secs to make sure that am pressing COLD MILK COFFEE… oh yes finally I drank the drink to jeopardize the agony !!!! : - )

What the …!!!!.

‘Aravindh am going for lunch.. you wanna join ?’ My friend called me … hahaha surprisingly coz its me who always calls my mates for lunch.. this time its wierd…. Anyways… am in the phase of changing my life style to come out off frequent breaks that I take to more reduced breaks in an attempt to increase my concentration towards my career progression……

‘Oh well its 12.30 already…. Why not… lets go’ I followed him gracefully… we were discussing about business, work, movies, politics blab la bla….. and my mate showed some scene where I was taken by a sheer shock…. He showed me Mr. Kamalhassan…. Oh my…..

I was surprised… but first I was doubtful as he had long beard (i think for the next movie marma yogi get up) and looked really really short… I thought some one resembles him.. coz he was roaming around the nike showroom alone carrying his bags…. How can such a VIP be roaming alone like this… anyways…. This time I decided to come out of my ususal shy syndrome towards the people I never met…. Come on da.. u can do it.. just go and talk.. after all he is your most admired personality ….

‘Hi… Sorry… ahh…Sorry.. hmm.. are u mr. kamalhassan ?‘….. as if am gonna propose some girl… I managed to deliver the question with 100 hickups and tick tocks… ‘Ya’ thaz wat all he replied and kept walking like he acts in serious action movies…. ‘Dude.. come on I am not raguvaran or naasar (villans) am your fan… you cant go away like that’ …. My IT ego haven’t allowed me to go further and talk to him any more… I just walkd back to my friend and said ‘Yeah.. he is the one but not comfy to talk to his fans’…



It took around 15 mins for me to get convinced that he is an actor and more than that he is a world famous personality and he deserves his own loneliness to do some shopping… am sure he wud have come across…. 100 million fans like me bugging him all his life… ok Aravindh now go finish ur lunch and get back to business…. Ofcourse, blog this as well : )

24 hours of spiritual fantasy

This time its not trekking but unexpectedly yet another adventure trip…. You cant always unplan all the trips and expect it to be enjoyable… The (un) royal pilgrimage started on last Thursday night… we were anticipating a lengthy period of outing as the next 3 days were holidays and the place TIRUPTHY is famous for its overflowing crowd on holidays….

We booked a quails and it has to be white board as we got to cross the border… (yellow board vehicles should pay 3000 rs. Tax on the state border---enna koduma sir ithu) apparently this will be an expensive transport for us even though we hired a white board cab…. It took around 7 hours to reach as its night time, raining and the roads are narrowly narrow… we reached the foot of the hill around 1 am… realized that the 50 rs. Payment ticket counter will open only at 5 am in the mrng… the irritating scene was that there were 200-300 ppl already formed the queue … we had no patience to wait… as few of us had contacts with the authorities in the temple, we had a confidence that we can get through some how… so we started to walk to the top….





The walk was yet another for me as I visited the place several times by walk… my friends had a mixed feelings of excitement, devotion, agony, pain etc…. We reached the top like 9 am… (hehehe we slept for 2 hours in the pavement in the middle of our walk) then one of my mate’s cousin working in the temple pushed us inside the free darshan queue around 12 afternoon… we were put in the cage for around 9 hours (yaaa lions should be caged, innit?) that was our time to get good long sleep… but the pain was heavy as the wait frusturated us more… the whole mountain is full packed with pilgrims from all over India (mainly from south)… I don’t remebr wen I last went on a free darshan queue and this time I properly seen the other side of India… the gang was mostly lower middle class and lower class people and few had no idea about paid ticket and ended up in the free queue….

I can very well listen to those typical quarrels happening here and there…. But am in no mood to enjoy those as I was desperate to finish up the darshan and leave the place same night…. The cages are opened at 9.30 pm … and the people cant wait to get themselves ahead…. All started running mad…. Hahaha.. few peoply were swearing at others like ‘Why the hell these people are mad and running like soldiers for war’ but the funniest part is they were one among those front runners…. Ofcourse, human irony… one cant complain…. Every one has this…

The queue was moving at snail’s pace and we finally managed to finish around 1 am … then a bit of food …then on our way back to Bangalore…. I will list out the key points to be noted/learn in this trip…

- The whole trip turned out to be totally hectic with our lack of planning and this wasn’t exciting or funny like our usual trekking… this is supposed to be more a spiritual trip and we should have our comfort with proper planning….

- The travels guys were cheeky in their tariffs… we paid bloody 1000 bucks on top of our estimation with their stupid rules that wasn’t fair at all…. We cant argue much and we paid the amount he asked for.

- It was raining on most of the way we walked… although we enjoy the rain, I haven’t this time as it was not a fun tour or I wasn’t in that mood to enjoy other stuffs apart from the darshan… but my advice would be to carry a rain gear all the time when you have to walk…

- The food was lavishing and awesome like always with andra food….. I just loved the 6-7 idlis, 1 dosa and a lemon soda that I had in the middle of our mountaineering ;)

- Good opportunity to see various levels of people at one place… all mostly fighting for their privacy in that totally undisciplined public place… (am sorry am not blaming any human for this… as I mentioned, its human irony… am no different)

- Never ever in free darshan queue again in my life…. I normally wouldn’t mind the difficulty that I encounter in any temple visit .. this time it was extreme and testing..

- the smell of the ladoos near the temple, the sound of the balaji songs, the well formatted streets, unorganized crowd, the scenic view of surrounding hills… will make feel ecstatic….and nudge one to come again and again….

- the darshan was awesome and I feel the energy in me when I had the full view of my favourite lord of seven hills…. After all I feel more privellaged to be a hindu and a devotee of balaji as I feel the good things happening in my life is pushed well and maintained by this supreme force… If you are an aethist I would still recomed you to visit this temple to realize the changing energy levels in you ( nothing super natural… pure science)

Here is the video clip made by mate to shortly present the whole trip in a nutshell of pics :)

Uncle

I am 14 years old living in our same own home all the years right from my birth. Just like any other young man of my age, I love sports too. I play variety of them with football being my favourite. Recently my street mates and me planned to clean up the small ground in the end of the street and make it a proper badmitton court so that we don’t have to look for one far away every time.

I took the initiative and made the plans with my mates. We splitted and collected money from all the residents in the street. Some didn’t bothered and some encouraged us and some wanted to play with us once the work is done. The uncle lives opposite to my house is one of that kind. I knocked the door aiming for 10-20 rs. fund but taken by surprise to see him given me 100 bucks with out giving a second thought. ‘Good work chaps, do call me when you start playing and I will be glad to join you’. I was happy to see the generosity in him.

We further collected money from all corners and managed it well to clean the ground, fix the poles, buy net, rackets and shuttle corks. All done and we kicked off with a small knock out tournament. It was fun and I was specially happy. I felt like the king of the ground and I started inviting the donors one by one. My opposite house uncle showed his pleasure and he even had his own pair of rackets. I was very happy as all the rackets we had were useless.

I took him to the ground and all my mates were happy too. We greeted the uncle and offered him a place to join our doubles knock out tournament that we conduct every day with the available number of participants. Today we 8 people were there. Handy enough, we made teams quickly. Uncle is the only adult in our whole gang. He looked a sort of nervous and tensed, I cant make out. I allotted the worst player in our gang to him as I anticipated that uncle will compensate the over all efficiency. I joined one of the other chap of my own age and skill. There were these 2 10th standard guys always stay in same team and they play for their school too. One more team formed with 2 8th standard guys. All set and were ready.

The first match was between the uncle’s team and my team. The other chaps will do the umpiring part and the cheering audience. The atmosphere was electric and lively. I am enjoying every second. ‘Uncle, you do the first service’ I ordered him. ‘Its ok, you start’ he gave a gentle smile but chaos in his face. I did the service and uncle cant manage to take it. ‘Uncleeee missed the first take in his career here’ the so called commentator/opponents screamed and I felt pity on the uncle. I thought he is not as good as I expected. The next service went to his partner and he messed up too.

‘Uncle’s team is in trouble’ again commentators started to embarrass uncle. This time my service to uncle and he smashed the cork back to my face with in a flash. ‘Oh… uncle got his form and rocking’ these commentator idiots are hyping everything. The game went on and we were no match for the uncle. Finally we lost in a huge difference. I however enjoyed and din bothered losing to an adult but I cant see the fun of winning on uncle’s face and I cant think of a reason. He should be proud to win with having a worst player in our gang as his partner.

The next game was between those 10th std. guys and 8th std. guys. Obviously these athletic well strong big guys crushed the 8th guys to death so quickly. ‘Here is the finals between the uncle’s team and the 10th guys team’ the commentators thinks that they are speaking for world cup finals. Me took the referee position to avoid fights. Uncle was giving all those crocodile smiles here and then. The match started ‘Uncle serving… oh no ! uncle’s partner cant take the return smash from the opponents’ the commentators were fully charged despite the loss against the 10th guys in previous match. Uncle tried to play his best to win but the 10th guys were challenging. ‘Match point serve for uncle’ my mate shouted. I liked uncle’s game and he is doing well but he is still worried inspite of having good lead. Oh ya, he won the tournament and we all wished him. He took the wishes with simple thanks with out expressing much. My mate murmered to me ‘He thinks he is roger federer’.. I laughed and answered ‘Roger is tennis champ’… he din speak to me after that but I got what he actually meant.

We all invited uncle for next morning’s play. ‘Yeah, I will definitely be there’ he answered in a tiry tone. I never seen him again after that day and we all are still surprised to know the reason.

-- The End --

Dear readers,

I guess you would have guessed who would be the uncle, played a ‘KEY’ role in the above extract. Here are the reasons why the uncle never ever showed a happy smile all over the story and never turned up to that ground ever again.

-Uncle expected atleast 2-3 adults of his age in the ground and unfortunately all were kids.

-Uncle was always feared about his image ‘What if the uncle loses the game to kids’

-Finally, uncle feels that he never heard so many ‘uncle’ in his life as he heard in that ground. Pity man, that 10th std. guy looked like only 2-3 years younger than him and even he called him as ‘UNCLE’

So my dear fellow age mates. Next time you go play with kids, make sure you don’t have this uncle syndrome that might take the night’s sleep out of you.

With best regards,

The Angry ‘Uncle’.

Oh, Wow !!!

I never usually intend to put forward messages or external links in my posts.... however, i cant stop refering this one.... feel-good-factor for chaps of my kind.... my kind??? waz that??? chk out the link ;)

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/regular-blogging-could-improve-your-social-life/60468-11.html

Jalaluddin Mohammed !!!

It all started with the news that coverd the controversy in the movie ‘Jodha Akbar’…. Lets get to the controversy later and focus on the context of the post… I slightly rembrd few points about this chap Akbar which I heard during my school days…. The controversy talks triggered my curiosity to know akbar’s proper history…

Way too amazing, I had a wrong impression on mughal rulers known for their barbaric attitude towards the country were ever they rule…. Actually they were but akbar was a little kinda exception on this… son of humayun, father of salim (Jehangir), husband of Jodha bai (Rajput princess)…. Akbar captured a significant role for himself in the mughal era by living his own way of life…. Herez the list that impressed me on his life…

…though akbar was born in sindh, he was taken to afganistan by his dad humayun… he was a mere fugitive that time and he grown up in afgan soil with out any education… he spent his childhood in learning to fight, hunt and those sorta stuffs…

…Akbar got in to the throne at his age of 13 and straight away went to the Warfield when they fought against hindu warrior hemu… akbars chief minister baram khan was known for his thirst to conquer whatever he finds.... this drived him to go nasty and kill the king (Hemu) in brutal manner… however, history (the movies and books) says akbar wasn’t keen in killing people to conquer the land…

…akbar took the responsblts once he became the grown up king… he then started to respect the people irrespective of their race or background… he took off the pilgrimage tax and non muslim tax that he had on hindus in his empire… many mughal rulers din like him as he is being so liberal and spoiling the reputation of the mughals…

…known for being a shrewd politician, he married rajput princess to prevent political problems and this made him to be more unique in the well of mughals…. He let his 3rd wife (jodha bai) to practice her own religion in the mughal’s palace… infact, she had her own mini temple inside the palace in her area… akbar was infact attracted to her more and more…

…though he is an illiterate, he had extreme passion about gaining knowledge and so he had many scholars in his court and they read out the books for him … akbar himself wrote many books with the help of other literates in his court… he always appreciated talented chaps in his kingdom who excelled in management, poems, writings, intellectual skills, fighters etc…. akbar himself is a master of many… hunting, carpenting, entertainment, writings etc….

…he is the only mughal who later gave up his non-veg. eating habbit to show his attachment with Jainism… he had setup a chamber to encourage talk shows on various religions… he even encouraged aethists to come out with their views…

All the above points are purely my research outcome and only based on these, I admired this one and only unique mughal ruler who wanted some real peace and harmony in his kingdom….however, I visited few sites that totally bashed akbar and his slaughter house to kill hindus…. I some how feel it’s a kind of faked one….i am not sure though…

These above points made me extremely curious to watch much hyped ‘Jodha bai’…. The trailor of the movie made an impression of a full fledged action movie of a mughal emperor… however, the movie is mostly dominated by the love and romance between the rajput princess and the sehensha….

It’s a warm and pleasant movie for those who likes love movies …. An intrstng piece of art work for those who keen on the technical wonders that one can make in the movie (editing, camera works and stuffs)… an intrstng not-so-famous bit of history for those who wanna know wat exactly happened…

a r rehman once againd proved his talent with the BGM and songs…. The choreography was mindblowing in ‘Azeem-o-shaan’ song… the melody of ‘Jashn-e-bahaara’ still echoing in my mind…. Hrithik, lived as a akbar in the whole movie…. I wonder if akbar would have been this fit… am not much of a ash mad and so I don’t have any comments on her in this movie….

Jodha Akbar…… from my view is an excellent product to enjoy once and nothing much to excite (or mourn) about….

On the Off… Is it God or GANGULY?

Being an ardent fan of Cricket and a religious follower of matches wat ever Indian Cricket team plays against, I guess I got every reason to make this post on my favourite cricket player in my country team…. Its none other than the DADA himself…

I used to admire him at his debut season for his charming appearance and the way he grew himself to stabilize his position with the team… but now I like this man for his well crafted mix of attitude, skill, bravery and ability to excel with the responsblties on his shoulder… character gets better with experience and he is no exception…(ofcourse, am talking about cricket only & not those useless off the field controversies/speculations on him… thaz not my concern as well)

Let me list out the best on this-cat-will-drink-beeraa (puriyala?? intha poonayum beer adikumangra maari) looks chap that made me to have him as one of my favrts in the sportsmen list….

- his class, he has the honour of being a partner of tendulkar in opening the game and adding the most tons… his mind blowing strokes on the offside will tell you the reason… he is such a sweet timer of the ball and a master physician himself who is good at speed and angle of reflection ;)

- attitude, this is the most admiring part of him… some may call him arrogant or indisciplined but I seriously love him for his attitude that he shows to the opponents… not much of sledging…. He just shows his anger with his skills and only after he wins against those bloody opponents who raised his BP… remember? the way he stripped his tops and waved to the English audience conquering the England series in their own soil…. He was waiting for that moment and he just represented/reflected all his countrymens raging intentions… the empire of his own class

-charm, he is one amazing cricketer with a charm on his appearance all the time… he shows up very well wen hez tensed and a pretty emotional guy which I would say, increasing his charm as a person…

- Responsiblty, the way he handles his respnsblty shows his maturity as a senior player… obviously he is one of the most successful captain for india and ther can be no debate on this… the way he handles the pressure is seriously admirable…the only hiccup he faced is the loss of form in the middle and again, he came back like rajnikanth with hit over hits… however, he was off the track being emotional and kept his head quiet and calm all the time since hez back….

Ganguly is a very useful hand for winning any match… though he is know for being a batsman of his own class, he is a golden arm bowler who rise to occasion… I still remember the sharja cup were India played 5 ODIs against Pakistan and won 4 of em…. Dada got the man of the series by scalping 2 wickets in each parallely hitting around 40+ average…. Sachin mentioned him as a ‘Golde arm’ in the final presentation….

He was a man caught with lots of off field issues and even though its disappointing its none of our (fans) business to think about it as it is his personal side… for me wat matters is how he is with the team and country… the most disappointing news that BCCI could ever let out is the dropping of the inform dada from the most imprtnt CB series in Australia…. Sure this is a shock one to whole country….

On an attempt to promote the young Indian team funda, the country lost the much needed experience to handle the immaculate task India facing at the moment… the ongoing series is turning out pathetic purely due to the lack of experience….

See the first match against Australia which India won… the total (160) was peanuts and India should have won convincingly with bonus point (by finishing it in 40 overs… crap, they just suffered and thanks to Dhoni who showed some character to win the match by giving out everything… yesterday’s match (India V. Srilanka) was absolutely pathetic display of the inexperienced Indian team…. May be these matches are learning curve for the youngsters but at the cost of losing ‘on-the-hand’ games…??? Had ganguly was there (irrespective of opening or in the middle order), the win is always achievable combined with the exp. Of sachin , dhoni along with the fired up talent of youngsters….


If India loses the tournament, I would strongly comment with out any reservation that its because of omission of the inform, experienced ganguly… this is totally unfair to a player who contributed more than his potential all over his career with Indian team… I some how losing my intrest these days with these stupid decisions from the selectors… all I can do is show my anger only in this post…. !!!

Photograph

There is nothing better that made me feel so pleasant and warm straight in the morning than seeing my photographs (that I clicked when am in good clicking mood) printed in the office magazine with my profile in it…. the magazine was dropped at my desk last night just like they (the office) did for every other employees. I was taken by sheer surprise as I totally forgot that I sent my creations as entries for the editor team…. My joy knew no bounds… I never thought the team will recognize my pics… as I guessed there would have been ‘n’ number of entries to fill up those 2-3 pages exclusive for photograph works….

Photography is an alien word for me still…. But I always love to tickle the creative part of my brain limiting it to just ‘my abilities’… and I am always aware that I am not achieving anything with that as there are 1 billion better photographers at any part of world…. Still I like this Jack-of-all feeling not restricting my hobbies to one or two for the sake of filling up my resume : )

I may read or surf through few of the photographic techniques wen I find time (ofcourse at my office) …. But never been so keen as I like to keep myself unique with my skills (skills????)…. My hunt is still on the perfect camera aiming to grab when time comes (means, I don’t have enough money yet to buy a costly camera with all features)…

Though I love this hobby, I have a big aversion to this carrying camera stuff as it most of the times doesn’t allow me to enjoy the scene completely… the main hassle being handling the camera safely… specially when I do trekking or when click pictures over the water or during the rain…. I should always make sure the equipment is safe from any sort of hazard…. Pain !!!

As a kind of healing, I got my mobile (Nokia N73) with 3.2 mp lens which partly satisfies my needs to ‘click on the go’ and ‘easy handling’ issues…. By this I was able to take more pics and name it myself as ‘Mobile Photography’ …. He he he…. Here I attached few of clicks off my mobile….

Aravindh's Angle:

The Highway:

Cute Monster:

Beauty of the sunset:

Standing Tall:

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…. : )

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 !!!!

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…!!!!