Yet another Bunch

Its been all tired run last weekend and had a chance to click the unclicked part of Singapore with my mate visited me from Banglore.... Here is the exhibition....

Mysterical Underwater World:

The above one is taken in the underwater world and i couldnt recall the name of this creature... Looks like the grandad of aliens just out of an UFO.

The Show is just about to begin: (Sentosa)


Sales Team on a break : (Sentosa)

The Bubble Jump : (Sentosa, Opp. Butterfly park)

Try and Freeze my wings : (Butterfly park, Sentosa)

2 Weeks are 2 Short 2 Live:

Who am i : (Unknown plant in Pulau Ubin)

What lies beneath : (Aimless trekkers in Pulau Ubin)

Miles to go.. Miles to go... : (On the way back from Pulau ubin Island)

H2O in Detail : (On the ocean outside Pulau Ubin)

Don’t you compare

If you were doing any Sin yesterday (Feb 24, 2010) Don’t worry. You won’t be punished. God was busy watching Sachin making a world record.

A truly awesome moment to see that its Indian (once again) making history with the bat. I felt happier than when I saw Yuvraj Singh made six sixes in a single over.. a bit more exciting than watching Sehwag scoring 300 at will in tests… Equally delightful as India won the inaugural T20 world cup….

200 was always never easy and you gotto watch how he made it look like a walk in the park… The next immediate sentence I saw in many sites are ‘Anwars 194 was a better one given the toughness to reach that score in those cricketing era were team reaching 300 is literally winning score’…. A 100% stupid statement….

Anwar is a good batsman. No Offence but comparing a mole to mountain’s achievement is so absurd. Here is the comparison thingy to underline the flawless achievement made yesterday.

Anwar got a runner in 19th over and the team score is around 320. Means, after 20th over Anwar’s concentration was only to hit and stay cool with out bothering much about anything else happens. Tendulkar played whole 50 overs running for himself and for others took teams total to 400 and tendulkar did it at an age where many of them watching the match with their grand kids (exhaturated out of frusturation ) ; )

Anwar was lucky with 3 drop catches. Tendulkar showed the youngsters how to bat with out giving a chance.

Anwar scored against a below par Indian bowling attack with bowlers like joshi, kuruvilla, Prasad and co. Tendulkar scored against bowling machines like Steyn, Parnell, Langeveldt and co.

Apart from the 194, Anwar never scored above 150 in any other match. The master blaster got 5 already under his belt and still more to come.

If I gotto be unbiased with the comparison I can give credit to Anwar as he scored this in the away pitch. Still, Chennai crowd is known for supporting good game unlike eden gardens known for crazy about Indian win. So, I don’t see a big credit factor.

The verdict is ‘Though Sachin is known for his keen eye to personal records attitude, it always served the purpose of lifting the nations image in international arena and therefore like any other Cricket mad Indian, I am happy that the first 200 in this format is achieved by the one who exactly deserve than any other cricketer in the world.’

The upcoming special moments will be fifty 100s in test, fifty 100s in ODI and eventually hundred 100s in International cricketing career.

Back to Reading ways… ; )

Firstly, don’t be puzzled with the title of the post. The reading here has nothing related to studies or exams or anything that a typical Subcontinent dude can think as ‘Sensible’… The reading here describes the pure passion of admiring the authors skills in terms of innovation, narration, description, style, imagination etc. I was so admired by many people here in Singapore who gives good preference to reading especially in trains… I thought why not….

I started off reading few books like world is flat, the earth is my butt, the 2 states and now the most recent one was the Namesake by Jumpa lahiri.. This particular book Namesake is too good in its own merit. Firstly, the author an American-indian even though sticks to American vocabulary, used a lovely narration that makes a reader to feel the protagonist’s pain all over. Another highlight is that this is the only time I have studied a book and watched the movie made of the same book entirely. I must confess, the stupid thing I have done by watching the movie and I guess any book reader will agree that a movie can never match the book when it comes to same story. The obvious reason being the imagination of the reader is more vivid than a movie watcher. When you read you can imagine the characters, places, events as the power and versality of your imagination takes. However, when you watch, the imagination is all limited to the visuals you got infront and that makes you dumb at times….

The Namesake is the story of an Indian family migrated to USA and the transition between these 2 worlds starting from 1980s through the eyes of weirdly named boy called Gogol. The typical Indian parents, the American culture the son grows in, the weird name, life-of-uncertainty every thing grips up the story and gives enough fuel to the author to entertain the readers and make them immersed in emotions. I also felt its important and suggest this to any first generation immigrant parents to any country outside india. Probably, this book gives the insight of what the kids may feel when they grown with a Indian family in a non-indian surrounding.

As the movie is concerned, it’s a big let down and no wonder it’s a flop inspite of having the all classic star cast in the movie. I understand you can not fill everything in 1.5 hours time but may be as I read the book, felt the movie is super fast and skipped important events covered in the book.

As a whole, The Namesake is must to read and better not to watch.

A ‘One in Thousand’ Indeed …

Ok. I thought I wont but I some how need to share my review on the recently released ‘Ayirathil Oruvan’ which attracted super extreme reviews on either side of the scale from -10 to +10. Selva ragavan always have a good respect in my classic directors list. His Kadhal Kondein and 7G Rainbow Colony is still on my favorites and selvas best ever. So, naturally, I was hoping a good show.

A lovely treat until the end of first half. A sense of Deja-vu prevailed in my mind as when I had equal feeling of thumbs-up and oh-f***k factors blipping until the end forming a perfect sine curve repeatedly for every 10 minutes for the entire second half. Rather getting admired for all good things about the movie, I was desperate to clear my confusions on the history and facts. How big were chozha dynasty? How big were the pandiyas? Why the hell is the tamil so ancient ? How old is Tamil itself ? etc etc etc…..

Firstly, let me share my research outcomes before analyzing the movie. The Chozhas were one of the huge empire that spanned across south east asia from South india, Srilanka, Andaman, Malay Archipelago, Vietnam etc.. Their periods were way back like 1000 years ago. From what I have researched, they were shrewd kingdom interms of expanding the boundaries and showed no mercy to other kings when it comes to capture the lands. However, they were pioneers in fine tuning the life style of the chozha period and shapped up the art, crafts, tradition, culture, architecture of what is presently called as South India. Pandiyas were native South Indians who ruled with Madurai as the base. They are equally talented in terms of arts and literature where Chozhas had ther base in Tanjavoor.

Till date, the cities Tanjavur & Madurai are famous for Architectural wonders and Tamil Scholars. This intresting fact interested me to know my blood too. Just was so curious to know if I belong Karthi gang or Reema Sen gang in the movie ;) and ironically, with the information I got, I am mix of both.. My dad and his family totally belonged to trichy (Ruled by Naickars from Pandiya kingdom) and my mom’s are from Tanjore (Chozhas regime) and so I am a confused end node blogging some were in sout east asia belongs to the trail of chozhas (I might be sick with accuracy of my scribblings here but u can still vaguely trust me)

Next, on the language Tamil, First thing I wanted to clear off is that Sanskrit and Tamil have no relation to each other. Sanskrit is mother of European languages and many Indian languages, but Tamil is not in that 'Indian' languages list derived from Sanskrit. You can confirm this from the following link (a research report by auroville language labs)

http://www.aurovillelanguagelab.org/Research/A%20Comparison%20of%20Tamil%20and%20Sanskrit.htm

However, Chozhas considered both Sanskrit and Tamil equally giving equal respect. Infact the best scholars in their era were equally good in both languages. Needless to mention, both these languages are part of the worlds oldest classical languages sharing the status with Arabic, Hebrew, Greek, Latin Etc. The modern tamil (when I say modern tamil, this is considered as tamil spoken in Barthiyars period which is like 50 years ago) borrowed lots of words from Sanskrit and thus confuses many to the statement ‘Tamil is derived from Sanskrit’

The spoken tamil used by chozha gang in the movie is absolutely pure with no Sanskrit words mixed and when I researched further was amazed to see both these languages existed way before 5000 BC. Ironically, Sanskrit is not spoken since few decades back during the British rule. However, you can see there are still some similar words shared between these 2 languages from way back and the explanation quoted was very much understandable. In the age old period, the languages are made from the sounds. For eg, amma (means mother in tamil) formed as many animals (including human the 6 sensed animal) cries the same word and you shouldn’t be wondering why some other language is using a similar word.

Getting back to the movie, Selva spent quiet some time in researching the history in South and scripting a lovely follow up from the uncertainty the history has put, ‘A part of Chozha gang detached from Tanjavore and hiding some were’. An innovative script from Selva but its not convincing to see too much blood and vulgarity jus coz the story plot requires some dark reality. For me, this is one big movie I will never recommend to Indian women or children for their tender heart… Karthi is making us think that this is his 100th movie or something with his flamboyant expressions and cool-dude dialogue deliveries. However, he could have avoided the paruthiveeran influence by changing his look up and tamil accent. 'Atho antha paravi pola' remix is pleasant to ears.

Reema sen is the center of attraction with her out of the box characterization…. Graphics are pathetic.. I know good graphics demands more money but for Selva’s talent along with super good actors, he should have kept graphics to minimum and spent the resource/time/money on screen play… Though gladiator scene suited for the story, the graphics doest impress… The highlight of the movie which I never seen in any other was the exact Tamil they used for Chozha gang… Remember, tamil like few Indian languages is entirely contrasting when it comes to written and spoken…. I guess the black and white tamil movies created an incorrect image that the spoken tamil is same as the written tamil in olden days and this movie created a shock when we saw the spoken tamil is completely different in olden days and it is still so pure…

In summary, AO may not be for masses but surely a brave attempt to take the Tamil cinema to next level. Had the blood spill, vulgarity and length of the movie reduced, would have attracted all sections of audience.

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The Chetan Chronicles

A Lovely end to the year of 2009 with the awesome movie that made a record collection. Its ‘3 Idiots’ infact 3 smart idiots who stole the weekend of many Indians at the moment all around the world. I was always an ardent fan of the perfectionist called Ameer Khan.. even though my love for his movies only started after ‘Lagaan’ and continued with Dil chahtha hai, Tare Zameen Par etc… Sometimes, as a person I am a bit disappointed with controversial activities which is more of degrading himself to a person of his caliber… It is understandable that You can not be a 99% perfect human or a Rajnikanth…. To be most popular and equally modest…. ; )

The other person who is in line to lose the respect is the India’s best selling author Chetan Bagath…. I always cherished every moment reading his books… I so far have managed to read all his 4 books which is a big achievement for myself for my poor reading standards…. I mananged to see the movie ‘3 idiots’ on the ultimate day of 2009 with my mates here after hearing its adapted from his first and famous book ‘five point some one’… I was waiting to watch the movie longtime as I can imagine the quality work if giants like ameer, raju hirani and the book of Chetan combines….



No doubt, the movie is absolute spot on with the racy screenplay, pleasant college atmosphere, peppy music and ameer khan above all…. One thing I find wicked with Indian movies for a long long time …. In 1960’s ace actor MGR used to just paste a moustache or a mole to change his look up… In 2009, madhavan did nothing but just shaved his mush and changed the hairstyle to show his 10 years back flashback in his college days…. Watch ‘Curious case of Benjamin button’, you can see same Brad pitt taken in atleast 5-8 get ups ranging ages from 10-60 and you cant guess if he is Brad pitt or some other actor…. I am only being a rude critic here inspite of the movie’s (3 idiots) subject is the theme & screenplay but not make ups… He He He !!! (Manufacturing defect)

The biggest and only let down in the movie is the super hero image of Ameer khan which he got himself… Here are the reasons

- Don’t even think u can get away by being a wise crack and give a shock to your College senior’s private part and get away with your rest of the life in college. Unless you don’t have a private part…. Boss, in ragging, its seniors who should rule anywhere in India…. Wat happened in movie is just a mild version of heroism which doesn’t insults viewers intelligence…. Thaz all

- Going and doing what your heart says is a great thing that Indians are missing.. I agree, but imagine if you are pathetic with your photographic skills and what if you lose your studies and career on your pursuit of being a great photographer with out possessing even a beginner skills…. For me, there is a thick line of difference between talented and interested… Ideally, madhavan should have taken up the job and tried his luck with photography instead dumping up his career right from the beginning… I wouldn’t agree he cant be intrsted in studies otherwise he cant pass through engineering….non-practical end for maddy here

- Don’t assume if you are 100% honest in your job interview you can crack on anything… specially when you have attitude problem…. How many of us will dare to try that…. Its seriously not practical…

- Rancho (Aameer) can possibly do anything in this movie… he is just a super man…. Given a choice any tom dick and harry would love to be a Rancho… but I can bet my pay on the fact that its tough to spot even 1 in 1000 with a character like that…. Its not practical again….

- The professor is such a hypothetical character…. I know there are lots of weird psychic professors in india but not mad enough to pressure a student to suicide level and still not correcting himself…. He is a human being after all…

The major reason for the movie’s success is Rancho’s super hero image, intelligent but a comedian professor, the extra talented friends but suppress ther talent only to project protagonist’s image, the locations and more importantly the engineering jokes used all over the movie…. Sure Raju Hirani is genius…. But I loved his Munnabhai series better insense of blending message with light hearted fun…..

Alright… my point of the post is different… I am not sure why Chetan Bhagath degrade himself claiming the credits/royalty/whatever from the makers of 3 Idiots when his book (Five point some one) is far better classic than the movie… I guess he disappointed his fans by his act of even responding or creating the controversy that sprunged up as a rift between Chetan and Raju Hirani…. Chetan never used the above mentioned let down reasons in his book as his book was far more realistic considering the backdrop of an IIT institute…

My feed back of the movie is, an awesome entertainer for a common man…. For Chetan Bagath’s fans, don’t try to compare the movie with book and take sides… they both are different at their own merits….

For those confused people who are fan of Raju Hirani, Amir khan and Chetan Bagath, Jus add another post to your blog and confuse readers too…. !!!

பயோ டேட்டா

குமுதமா இல்லை குங்குமமானு தெரியல ஆனா எனக்கு இந்த பயோ டேட்டா பகுதி ரொம்பவே புடிக்கும். நானும் அது மாறி முயற்சி பணலம்னு இத எழுதறேன்.

என்னை பத்தி நானே .... படிங்கோ படிங்கோ !!!

பெயர் : பிறந்த போது அரவிந்த் ( இப்ப மட்டும் நீ என்ன மைகேல் ஜாக்சன் நெனப்பானு நீங்க கேக்கறது தெரியுது )

வயது : காலேஜ் பசங்க மச்சின்னு கூப்டலாம்... ஆனா எதிர் வீடு பய்யன் UNCLEனு கூப்டறான் .....

குடும்பம் : இப்போதைக்கு முக்கோணம் (நாம் இருவர் நமக்கு ஒருவர்)

வசிக்கும் நாடு : மதுரைக்கு இணையாக தமிழ் போற்றும், சிங்கப்பூர்

உத்தியோகம் : பெருமையா சொல்லிக்கற அளவுக்கு தமிழ் வாத்தியாரும் இல்லை... கௌரவமா சொல்லிக்கற அளவு விவசாயமும் இல்லை.... எதோ கம்ப்யூட்டர் கூட இபோதைக்கு காலத்த ஓட்டறேன்.

படிப்பு : தமிழ்ல்ல பிடிக்காத வார்த்தை
ஹர்ட் வொர்க் : இங்கிலிஷ்ல பிடிக்காத வார்த்தை
வெட்டி அரட்டை : எல்லா மொழியிலயும் புடிச்ச வார்த்தை ( ஹி ஹி எப்புடி Rhymingu)

உயரம் : சத்யராஜ் விட கூட

எடை : நமீதா விட கம்மி (எப்புடி)

பொழுது போக்கு : புகை படம் எடுப்பது, ப்ளாக் எழுதுவது, படம் (கேவலமா இருந்தாலும் ) பாப்பது, எதுக்கு போறோம் எங்க போறோம்ன்னு தெரியாம காட்ல அலையறது (Trekking எப்படி தமிழ்ல்ல விளக்கறதுனு தெர்லபா ), நீச்சல், Kayaking

விளையாடுவது : டென்னிஸ், கிரிக்கெட், ச்நூகர்,

சமீபத்திய சந்தோசம் : சிங்கப்பூர், அச்யுத்

நீண்ட நாள் சந்தோசம் : தமிழ் பற்றோட இருக்கறது

சிறந்த மனிதர்கள் : பகுத்தறிவு பாராட்டிய ஈ.வே.ரா, அன்னை தெரேசா, ரஜினிகாந்த், இந்திய ராணுவ சிப்பாய்கள் (தயவு செய்து இதுல கேப்டன் சேத்துடாதீங்க !!!)

தமிழனின் பெருமை : 'ஆஸ்கார்' ரஹ்மான், படிக்காத மேதை காமராஜர், அப்துல் கலாம், திருவள்ளுவர்

கடவுளை பத்தி : பாராட்ட பட வேண்டிய நம்பிக்கை

வெறுப்பது : இன/ஜாதி வெறி, Dictatorship (இதுக்கு தமிழ்ல என்னனு தெர்ல), அறிவுரை சொல்றேன்னு ஒரு மணி நேரம் மொக்கை போடறவங்க, திறமையை தொலைச்சிட்டு திமிர் மட்டுமே வச்சுகிட்டு அலையற 'இளைய' தளபதிகளும் 'தம்மா துண்டு' சூப்பர் ஸ்டார்களும் ... இன்னும் நெறைய ...

மறுக்கா மறுக்கா பாக்கற தமிழ் படங்கள் : அன்பே சிவம், அந்நியன், பாட்ஷா, நாயகன், கர்ணன், தமிழன், மற்றும் பல ...

ரசிச்சி செய்றது : வேலை நெறைய இருக்கும் போது ப்ளாக் எழுதறது, பொதுவான எதிரியபத்தி ( வேற யாரு மேனேஜர் தான்) தோஸ்த் கிட்ட திட்டி தீக்கறது, அடுத்த வருஷம் எங்க ஊர் சுத்தலாம்னு இப்பவே திட்டம் போடறது...

இதுக்கு மேல எழுத முடியல .... இதுக்கே கண்ணா கட்டுது .... பிழையை பொறுத்து படிச்சதுக்கு

நன்றி நன்றி நன்றி !!!

Sing Facts !!!

Being too long in Singapore for a quick adaptor ;) I found this country too perfect to suit my style but with numerous weird/funny/giggling/crazy stuffs around the country drives me mad at times… Here are intrestng notes on Singapore…. This might be usefull for anyone getting here for short/long term stay….

Law : The law is here is by par one of the most strictly followed in the world.. Not jus major crimes but even tiny bits…. Isnt that sounds funny that if you don’t flush your toilet in the public place, you pay 500$ provided you get caught… Now where the hell is the CCTV cameras hidden ??? Other wierdos like you cant possess or sell a chewing gum, no littering, no jay walking (crossing roads with out signals) etc… Caning is most common punishment for any above average crimes (like pick pockets, loan sharks etc..)…. Remember Captains words ‘Thandanaigal kadumai aakinaal thaan kutrangal kurayum’ ; )

Tourist attractions : No way …. I am totally blanked out checking out cool places for tourists… The word cool has no meaning in hot and humid Singapore… for tourists, on my personal opinion, birds park is ok for its shows and well maintained outlook… Sentosa is a good change…. Nothing else is worth for an outsider travelling all the way to jus tour around…. Shopping should be attractive here but again not worth travelling all the way… may be one can have this as add on if they decide to tour around Malaysia... for me, Malaysia is a better tourist destination… but deftly not for living/safety standards etc…

Cost of living : Deftly not cheap at all… Still more than 50% of the population survives under 2500$ per month income… even though the economic balance is not as worst as india suffers, the cost of living is still a bit high for the 50% population…. However, the tax and cpf here are attractive enough to keep the dudes entertained as long as they live here…

Life style : Many are cruising towards the western way of living.. however, found many families still would like to stick with the conservative living with all the needed harmony to mingle with other races too… truly Singapore !!! if you plan to develop your career path as a gangster, dada to Don.. .you better be ready to P***S on your pants… sooner or later, the govt. will find you out to make u an offer that you cant refuse ; )

Activities : Now, this is the 2nd best part (did I told safety is the first) I like about Singapore… Cricket, Badmitton, Tennis, Kayaking, Trekking, Hiking, etc… you jus name It and I will show a place with in easy reach from your home in Singpore…

Transport : well connected Train network (ofcourse no match for the complexity of Indian railway network) and buses juggling, you will never be puzzled…. The taxis might be a bit expensive but strictly/accurately metered fare is something to cherish…

Hang outs : Pubs and dance floors are cheesy here (from what I heard) may b I am not intrsted any more… but bowling and snooker are my favourites (not getting time these days) … mostly get myself into Indian movies (in GV/Rex/Cathay/Jade cinemas) which u can spot in 2/3 km radius anywhere…

As a whole, the comfort of living in Singapore is subjective to the individual’s needs and intrests (any where in the world for that matter)… bear in mind, the hot & humid climate most of the year and strict laws sometimes p**s u off…

The Godfather of many movies !!!

Thanks to god for making me watch this movie before I die… I know I am over exhaturating but cant help avoid this sentence… No wonder ‘The Godfather’ is preserved in Americas top 100 movies ever made list…. I was having not much intrest to see this movie as am not a big lover of black & whites and specially b&w classics….. But my mate wanted to watch it so badly and I was surprised… So last Friday after office, we got this DVD of Godfather I and watched the same night… I slowly got in to it and totally enjoyed the whole 3 hours of watching an amazing piece of classic made in 1970s….

The plot is very much orthodox for the modern days… but, this is the father of all gangster movies ever made…. The story is simple… a person who doesnt really belong to the land originally, had immigrated, then become a don for reasons and established an empire…. The screenplay is what to be noticed and my favourites all were the amazing dialogues all the time in the movie…. I struggled quiet tough to understand the flow , so many characters and many many emotions.... being a person, too weak to grasp, took help of My mate who seen the movie like 1 million times, cleared all my spot doubts to enjoy the movie better…

Some of the dialogues made me feel ecstatic are…

‘Don’t move Hagen, if I want you to be dead you will be dead already’

My father made him an offer he couldn't refuse. What was that?Luca Brasi, held a gun to his head, and my father assured him, that either his brain or his signature would be on the contract.

‘Remember, who ever arranges a meeting between you and your enemy is your traitor’

‘The cop, mcclusky is in sollozo’s payroll’ (Sollozo is a drug dealer)

"Fredo you are my older brother and i love you so much,but never take side with anyone against the family ever"

‘when michael is going to shoot the police captain & the dealer, some one good has to plant that gun. Because, i dont want my brother only coming out with his d*** in his hands’

‘Do you spend time with your family? Good, beacuse a man that doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.’

‘Only don't tell me you're innocent. Because it insults my intelligence and makes me very angry’

The expressions of Marlon and Al pacino was top class competing each other. It was only Al Pacino’s 3rd movie after 2 minor ones. This gave him a huge lift in to his career… One should deftly watch this to understand how quality extreme a movie cud be with a peanut budget…and a bunch of well talented…

Now on the lighter side, I have noticed that many Indian movies was influenced so badly by this movie… some were massive hits again and some were massive S**TS… Here are some…

Sarkaar : Nothing hide and seek they credited Godfather movie in the title show up… This was a huge hit though a copied one…Good work by RGV, amithab and Abhishek

Nayagan : Most of the plot actually… Nice tweaks here and there to make the tamil version looks intresting…

Baadsha : Other goons kissing the don’s hands… and the Don’s life style (like be always serious, talk always smart, think always clever etc..) I love this movie only for thalaivars style and deftly not the story or plot…

Annamalai : Rajni’s sisters husband will be the traitor.. In tamil, rajni jus punished and let him live but in Godfather there is one justice ;)

Puthupetai : Again, most of the plot… Specially when Danush marries some other girl inspite being committed to one already

Ullasam : Raguvaran shoots the 2 enemies in a restaurant by getting a gun from first aid box

The list is endless…. Surely, they all should send a portion of the profit to the makers of the godfather… now, I can not wait to see part 2 of the trilogy.

Vintage Tendulkar !!!

Whoa !!! Its worth watching the match waking up till 1 AM inspite of a critical day in office the next morning.

Sachin was at his best when he crossed the 17K runs mark and on his pursuit to 175 his best innings ever when chasing a target. I am not a big fan of this chap as atleast 1 million times he annoyed every one around with his nervous 90s and selfish approach to the game to accumulate runs. However, record is a record and no one had achieved this feat in Cricket and I can not see any one even closer for atleast next few years (provided Sachin retires today) He is deftly India’s proud and neighbours (u kno whom I am referring to) envy….


Rolling back… . it was 1998 April 4 I guess (Sachins bday) Sahara cup and India Vs. Ausralia… I can still rember one of the best memories I got on watching cricket. There is a reason for remembering this.... it was my TamilNadu Professional Course Entrance Examination the next day morning.. I jus finished 12th Std. that time (ippa varaikum nee urupdiya vera enatha kilichanu soldra unga mind voice kekuthu)…. So frusturated with board exams and entrance exams preperations … was waiting for the slog n study days to get over soon… and I cant curb my feelings to watch the match …. My parents gave up after few attempts to keep the house quiet and force me to study for the next days big game….

I thoroughly enjoyed the night throwing away books for one last time…. On the couch whole night watching Sachin belting Kasprowicz and Gillespie so badly that they can never forget for next few months… Those were the days (typical philosophical start punch rite ??) where the whole team is driven by Sachins knock and relatively he messes up lot in chasing the targets specially when its above 250 mark… and he got what possibly could be indias worst batting stretch for a long time aroudn him… to me players like jadeja, nayan mongia, srinath, Prasad were a complete waste of space and money being so useless with batting efficiency….

Later, showed good progress under the dynamic Ganguly… now in safe hands of Dhoni.. arguably the best captain for any cricket team… best captain because he shows the results having a team and balancing the politics part well too with the needed attitude towards the game…. Azharuddins era was jus a run on the mill show producing jus the meeting-the-expectation performance and later when Tendulkar took over, it was unfortunate for him that he got possibly the worst Indian XI line up with another-bunch-of-waste-of-spaces like debashis mohant, abhay kuruvilla, thiru kumaran, harvinder singh, reetinder singh sodhi etc…

Yesterday (Nov. 5) was a literal memory 10 years back with all those flury… infact this was a better one… his stamina was totally impressive for a grand dad of sport… Wish him to accumulate more and more … hopefully to retire from cricket when he is at his peak and hopefully, before he dies ;)

Krishna Leela !!!

Disclaimer: The characters involved in the following drama are purely ultra-super-science fictional. Any resemblance of any characters living or going to live will be an amazing co incidence.

Drama Begins,

At Home, Bangalore, Sunday Night, 10 PM:

So Tensed. Can I do this ? I never did this at all…. Oh my !!! What atrocity is this ?? I never had this feeling ever before in my life…. ‘Kanna Pennu, Ponnu, Pugazh.. itha thedi naama po koodathu nammala thedi athu varanum’ (Man should not be behind women, wealth and fame… its supposed to be vice versa)… Rajni’s so famous dialogue ringing on my head… thaz because its my ring tone (I have this bloody habbit of having thalaivar dialogues as my ring tone for crazy reasons)… ‘Halo….Yeah… No…Havent slept yet…. Yaa…. 6 AM is it… ok … sounds cool… ya.. count on me… bye sweet heart’… Back to confused-over-confusion state… Why should I do this??? Well …. Thaz it… no point in thinking over and over… I have decided … am leaving in the mrng….

At Bus Terminus, Bangalore, 4.30 AM:

Uhhhhhh…. So cold… never got up at this freaky time… my goodness cant believe am doin this… The hot ginger tea at this time will be awesome…. I slowly searched for a 5 rupees note with still a no-one-should-spot-me here prayer in my mind … though I know am not doing anything stupid…. After all, its my life… I sipped the tea as slow as I could… There is a bus leaving every 15 mins to Hosur and probably ideal to catch the 4.45 Bus…. Heard the bus honking up and quickly bottomsuped my tea and rushed to bus… good I got this monkey cap… I can cover up my face with the mist as excuse….

At Hosur Railway Station, 5.50 AM:

Thank god… the train haven’t reached yet… you can always bet on the Indian railways and the timing perfection…. And for bad reasons ofcourse… The tongue urged for another tea… what if I missed the train… god no…. ‘Aniyayatha kanda summa irukaatha summa adichu thool kelapu’ (Never tolerate anything bad jus go and blast) hehehe… another ring tone… again Thalaivar… hehehe…. ‘Ya … oh good… I have reached already… S3 is it ??? cool will catch you… nahh don’t come out.. I will be fine’ I cancelled my plan for tea and started anticipated the train.

At Hosur Railway station, 6.10 AM:

‘Were you waiting for long ?’, The caring words from her throat flowed like jog falls

‘Nah…Jus 5 mins… was a perfect plan’, I just shrugged my shoulders

‘I told you this is stupid idea.. .Am coming to Banglore anyway So why should you come all the way here ?’, now this time she pretends like caring… after all she initiated this and well I got motivated ofcourse.... however, we share equal responsblty for this meet… god !!! girls!!!!

‘Hey Relax…’, Am acting good…’You don’t know about our gang… we never plan things… and we always like such thrills and adventures… You know what once we wer almost in the middle of naxals in a deep western ghats and still got away… this is nothing’… I added spice to that useless incident happened long back shamelessly…

‘Is it ???’, is she acting or really surprised ???? god I girls !!!!

‘Hey hope no one knows am here though… otherwise I will b screwd up so badly that I need to arrange for my own cremation’… I was acting (acting???) feared to keep her smiling….

‘Is it?’, she smiles….’ What will happen if your friends finds out ? after all we gonna get married soon’, She is so innocent….

‘You don’t know how much I tortured my other gang members in their courtship period…. It’s a long story’…. I can now feel the pain

Phone rings and she went mad hearing thalaivar’s voice as my ring tone…. I gave the totally-shameless-flirty-smile and took the phone…

‘Hey…. No da… I cant… am busy today…. Me??? Ofcourse at home man…infact am in toilet… not feeling good… iam on leave today… you guys carry on’…I was casually handling the call from my friend… and then the shock came….. from other side

‘MR. RADHA KRISHNAN, IF YOU ARE IN TOILET THEN WHY AM I HEARING THE HORN SOUND OF TRAIN AND TEA COFFEE SELLERS VOICE INSIDE THE TRAIN ?... DUDE I WILL CATCH U IN THE OFFICE FOR THE REST OF THE STORY…BYE !!!’

Drama Ends.....


As you can guess, the rest is history…. The story isn’t over yet… The once so called affected gang member of MR. RADHA KRISHNAN got the news from the person who called MR.RADHA KRISHNAN and blogged this incident for his self satisfaction some wer thousands of miles away from Banglore in the title ‘Ridiculous Radha Krishnan’ and the contents almost same as this post……

Locked in LIPS

Having the absolute pleasant time for past 3 weeks being back to Chennai for reasons to cherish…. Managed to meet my mates yesterday and one place we always don’t miss to visit whenever we are in Chennai… ‘Lips’ our favourite Ice cream shop in Chennai… I know there are few other famous shops but we are so very attached to this shop since our college days…

The shop is located in Annanagar, near Roundtana, near Krishna sweets… If you are an ice cream lover and wanna spend some time with friends for a good laugh in not-so-posh environment, then Lips is the place… Over 100s of varieties and each one is so filling and mouth watering… This place is in my hearts as visitng there often rekindle the memories 8 years back…




The icecream float on a rosewater soda…. I never ever had this in any other country.. may b am not aware of it in other countries… but am sure wont be as affordable as Lips affords…. The taste of Nutty mania (vanilla scoops filled with nuts and flavours) is absolutely matchless…

Though am not supposed to shower myself with icecreams considering the health factor against the age and other problems around the globe, this once in a while fun is always hard to resist…. I suggest this place to any ice cream lover visiting Chennai….. : )
Few other places i would enjoy eating ice cream in chennai

- Arun Ice cream, Besant nagar (You pay based on the weight of the icecream)

- Creamy Inn, Near Ega Theater, PH Road

- New Yorker, Gemini

No Hagen Dazz or Baskin Robins can really match these ; )

How Stupid, It was only Cricket last 28 years !!!

Life in Singapore is/was a real eye opener in many aspects…. Specially, in terms of sports…. I initially formed a cricket intrst group and some how lost intrst in that…. Later, got in to badminton with the other dudes living in my area…. Badminton was fascinating as well but the indoor courts were quiet expensive… We still played enough and I was taken by a shock to noticelosing 4 kgs in jus 2 weeks of my rookie play…



Off late we discovered there is a tennis court in our office back yard and its so cheap that the money is close to negligible…. My mate and me decided to give a go …. I am hopeless in this game and he had the needed exposure to start.. however, we both wer crazy abt fitness and adventure… we cracked off and got a couple of racquets… the first time I even touched a tennis racquet… so stupid… I din even try the game and I alrdy spent 110$... CONFIDENCE

2/3 weeks back we started off and it was an end to end fun show to whoever watchd us playing that day… the crktng instincts forced me to play boundaries instead of cribbing the hitting instincts…. The ambiguous reflex made me hit all 4’s and sixes instead of placing the ball with in the court… 3 balls over the fence and many of em to the neighbour court… man I thought I wasted 100 bucks….

The next day was ok as we got 2 other mates with us and surprised to see I improved my show with a ratio of 1:10 shots in the court… and We gradually improvised but I was rather too late to pick the game up and with too bad stamina, I was only fighting hard to stay alive until we finish…

In recent days, my focus was more on the serves… mentioning about serves, I love the rule that allows one fault for every time we serve…. This allowed me to try crazy methods of serving… every time I serve I will try 1 million kmph speed in my first attempt and in that 1 out of 1 zillion times get through… I will be too happy to c atleast 1 or 2 in a day get through at the lightning speed…. The feeling of getting the ball placed in that speed and get back a point was awesome…

The other thing about Tennis, the court… for all the time in past, Tennis for me was too posh game and I never thought I will ever play this game in my life… The court here is absolutely awesome with rubber cork grip and gives a playing-in-stadium feeling… I dunno if these things made me love Singapore…

The last thing I wanna mention is Cricket…. No wonder almost 80% (ignore the figure 80%... I know 64.4% statistics are wrong) tennis dudes doesn’t like playing cricket and call it as stupid… I realized the work out I recvd after 1 hour tennis … I can honestly compare to 1 day’s crkt interms of calorie burnt… however, I always love cricket for the good mix of skill, power, strategy and sledging involved… I will never ever stop watching the game though….

Urge to Explore and Passion to Click

Oh well... its been quiet strenuous, hectic and so so so stupid that i couldnt concentrate much apart from work for a long time and now i was so desperate to get out sme wer and do some thing non routine... Today is Sunday and i still have to work this morning as for the obvious reasons in any consultant's life....Managed to finish the office bit early for the planned visit to St. Johns Island in Singapore... This is for some reason not so famous but deftly a worthy break... Lemme try and explain so to make this post usefull for any Singapore Resident's advantage...

Get the Red line (North South) to Marina Bay Station... get out of it and catch Bus no. 402 to Marina Souther pier... My mate and me took a disastarous decision to walk to the Pier as we thought its only 2 stops away.... We always had this fun of taking the longest possible route to any destination and unwillingly worked this time as well... It was a nasty 40 mins walk but so rlved after having a lovely look at the lone building (Pier) on the shore....

Pain again... The next/last boat from Pier is at 5 PM (the timez 4 PM now) and we got roughly about 15 mins in the St. Johns island to explore and thaz it .... Holy Christ !! (Oops... Enna kodumai Saravanan) We thought we will get back and come again some other day but i din wanna waste the day.... So we took the boat confidently knowing its gonna be a shorter than the anticipated length of fun.... the climate was so apt for my photos.... got in to the buisness straight away clicking with the blend of technology (D90) and imagination (Me yo!!).....

I honestly liked the serene view of the sea and the anchored ships all around... There are two other islands around called as Kusu Island (What the....) and Sisters Island.... but din get a chance to drop and walk.... managed 15-20 mins manuovering in St. johns island... looked like a perfect place (am exaturating though) for a day break swimming, camping, hang around get lazy and get relaxed.... The humidity was still a pain....

I am sure we left about 60% of the place un explored but i made up my mind to re visit the place some time in future... The return was once again painful as we gotto catch bus back and we got down near Tanjong Pagar MRT thinking that could be Raffles place... means we need to transfer train to red line after a stop and then around 40 mins travel....

I stored my so called 'photography' in orkut album and anyonez welcome to visit if you got enough time and needed patience... catch u soon with my next post !!!

Taxi Taxi !!!!

Managed to find time to blog and this time its about the Taxi drivers in Singapore. I have already written about Auto drivers in Bangalore, Taxi drivers in Malysia but this one is quiet contrary to the earlier themes on driving service for public. In my limited exposure to the non-Indian part of the world, i should insist and say 'The Singapore Taxi drivers were the best'.




Last week i got in to a taxi from office to home after hard days work. The following are the shocking facts about the best taxi drivers in the world ( i don mean the driving talent.. i meant the attitude and the system itself)



- The earning per day of an average taxi driver is just around 60$ provided if they drive atleast 11 hours a day.



- The average earning of the taxi driver in Singapore is around 2000$ which is below par for the cost of living here in Singapore. That too they need to work atleast 6 days a week forgeting almost 100% of their social life.



I know there are other hard working skilled workers who earn even lesser but my point is, in most of the countries the taxi/auto drivers are at their best in terms of earning against the hardwork which means pain to public. Contrastingly, the public here appreciate the Taxi service but the poor Drivers dont get much of the benefit from the govt. they deserve. The Tax and other statuatory payments are a overload for them and they are worried as most of the public thinks they earn bloody lots of money. Few of the quotes i heard from the drivers are



'People dont mind spending 10$ for a flipping coffee but mourn a lot about travelling for the same amount comfortably in an Airconditioned Taxi with the quality of service'



'I feel like am living a machine life driving all the time i am awake and still getting peanuts'



'I would have prefered to be in China selling Tea rather driving Taxi in Singapore where no one bothers about our welfare'

Singapore should hold the credit undoubtedly for emphasising such a law were at any point of time a Taxi driver should never ask for even a cent on top of the meter charge. No taxi driver can say 'No' for any destination in Singapore asked by public unless they are changing shifts. On top of this, the Service from heart is matchless. But Show some Sympathy for this Nation's Pride.


I dont know what i wanna achieve writing this here but I just felt they deserve more than what they are getting in terms of recognition and reward. I just need some space to say 'I Agree'.

I am 28 today....!!!!

19/05/2009 : 7.30 pm
I know iam turning 28 in 4.5 hours.... here is ARavindh's Irony... will wake up until 2 am if its chennai match in IPL and no hope for anything else... i shd keep myself awake till 12 as i know i wont be sleepin at that time... Idea !!! got tickets for the movie PASANGA for 9 pm and then out to shopping with my mom and wife... all is well as the shopping bill is well with in the boundary...


19/05/2009 : 11.45 pm
Out from the cinema... thoroughly enjoyed and a must watch movie... all about kids from their view.... a lovely BGM by James vasanthan... a good break for me too.... Oh boy !!! i reached home and as 'so called' surprisingly the cake is ready at home for me.....



19/05/2009 : 11:59 pm
I helped my wife placing the candles in cake, lighting the candle in cake, cut the cake myself... had a piece myself and in to my laptop.... i was expecting phone calls from some wer (i dunno who will care to call me at 12 am singapore time) still i was expecting.. bly me !!! spoilt indian kid me....


19/05/2009 : 12.10 am
ahhh !!! none called me yet... so i went online and quiet warm to see few messaged me in orkut... my bro came online and asked me to call him.... he picked the shit outta me once i called him 'un bday ku neeyae call panni wish panna solriyae.... kevalama ilai !!!', a perfect jackass me... is it april 1 or may 20 ???...


20/05/2009 : 9.45 am
got up with utmost hesitation as i am took off that day and really wanted to have a good long sleep... Indian hindu ladies, u beauty... no matter wat is the occasion u wanna start with a temple visit.... and concentrate more on special poojas than the actual prayer.... anyway i din make any argument though am a bit agnostic about these.....


20/05/2009: 11.30 am
gobbled another piece of over night cake with icecream ... crash the bed and slept crazy for 4 bloody hours... quiet a number of calls on an average of every 30 mins during my sleep time ... stilll answered like a fresh one and continued sleeping... after all i get these many calls only once in a year...


20/05/2009: 7.45 pm
sitting on my couch... watching rajasthan vs kkr and bloggin in my laptop munching cookies with tea.... oh well a pleasant day ... bday is all an excuse for my day off and chill out.. !!!!

சென்னை Chennai Super Kings !!!

Oh man ... this is fun..... jus 2 or 3 tamil dudes in the team but i still love the team Chennai Super kings in the IPL giving the toughest fight in every game they play... as Dhoni always never cares about the results.... A year back, i never thought this tournament will be a far from imagination super hit thing... thanks to ICL who were the primary boost factor.... I understand there is no much Chennai thing in this team apart from the owners... however, i love the team jus coz they represent my CITY.....




Its fun to see all the rivals in world T20 teams rub their shoulders each other and planning a strategy to turn down their own country men.. its all happening in the Indian Premier League.... I am trying best to spend my all evening with any IPL match happening .... but my fate, i am held up with work most of the times.... i seriously hate this...

Like any other average chennaite, i support CSK from my heart... however, my other preference in semi finals will be banglore, hyderabad and kolkota... well kolkota is now out of the tournament but every one else is strongly competing each other raising good funds for already rich BCCI.... Few of the (Indian) players impressed me this season so far are

Yusuf pathan - brimming with confidence and getting more n more consistent

Suresh Raina - A deadly attack from the top order... again a consistent one

Jakati - The goa jewel... A lovely spinner for this format .. unfortunately, not in world cup squad

Yusuf Abdullah - a consistent yorkerer but been belted harshly off late.. poor one

R Jadeja - Another young talent a totally worthy allrounder ... well suited for T20

Rohit Sharma - What is he ? When i think he is useless, he rises like a phoenix

Dhoni - Ofcourse getting clever every game



There were few let down factors too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Sehwag - not an impressive knock yet...further, a handicapped chap now

Laxman - better stick to tests dude

Uthappa - only in patches

Asnodkar - was a big fan of this tiny wonder last season but a total mess this time



Over all, i feel Indians are very well getting a good practice for the upcoming T20 World Cup and ofcourse, the favourites to win the title...

for now, am enjoying the crucial encounter between csk and kings XI punjab ... my team out ther belting out the bangra dudes so ruthlessly taking the total to 68/1 in 7.3 overs.. thanks for the rain for stopping the play so i can blog :)))

Read and Write !!!

Yesterday I happen to view my favourite show combined with my favorite topic. Its Neeya Nana, a talk show in Vijay TV and the topic is ‘Should the Tamil people know to read and write their Mother tongue (Tamil)’. The sense of Déjà vu always prevails whenever I think about this issue and there fore I have managed to sit and watch the whole 1.5 hours show.

There were 2 groups.. Obviously, one supports and others oppose. I was strongly with the group who supports the topic. I found this whole show useful and observed interesting extracts. Doesn’t matter if its tamil or hindi or telugu or any language… You have all rights to learn any language considering the communication needs involved in the era of globalization. However, there should be no way you can link these reasons to know your mother tongue to the extent of reading and writing. Learning to read and write your mother tongue is the pride factor and not make-money issue.

I found few of my friends feels posh if they say ‘I am a tamil dude but no clue to read and write… therz no point’… I jus feel pity on them…. Coz, the top countries in electronics like japan, china, korea etc… they all learnt the whole technology through their own language…. They din even know what is mean by electronics … I mean the term in english…. They can excel so well coz they can communicate and study the whole technology through their own language and that made them to understand things so clear which no other language can teach em….

The next basic problem of ‘why people don’t know to read and write tamil’ comes from their parents… I understand their concern on their kids to know English better to survive anywhere in the world… agreed… that doesn’t mean you should ignore the mother tongue… even kids choosing second lang. as hindi or French jus for the sake of getting good marks in high school… so kiddish… Learn any number of languages… that’s healthy… but don’t ignore your own language… thaz shame !!!

To be honest, I took hindi as second language from my Standard 9 (purposefully avoiding French as it was a non-indian language).. However, I studied Tamil from primary till 8th Std…. In my middle school, I managed to learn both hindi and tamil parallely… thanks to the school having made this mandatory and my parents encouraging me to learn both… However, in Tamil Nadu, I blame it mainly on the society which ignores Tamil … rather, they prefer other languages instead of Tamil for their kids… on top of it, scoring good marks in Tamil is most toughest thing… its coz the language got so many letters and complex grammer… Think of Iruketta ethir marai peyar echam… you go mad… I agree… but if u give me 2 situations where

I got good feed back when I did a marvelous (English) presentation in my work place that might lead to good rewards and

the other situation being my Japanese friend embarrassing me for not knowing to read and write my mother tongue and I can not spot any of their countrymen in that factor……
I feel the later one will impact me than the pleasant first situation….

The highlight of the show is the German dude who was there and spoke such a lovely tamil for his background was a stunning eye catcher…. When asked, what made you to learn this language… he answered in tamil, ‘See, I came to Chennai to preach Christianity but I was so fascinated by the language history and the heritage… that now made me to learn and am currently working on translating Thiruvasagam to German… The language has so much beauty and knowing mother tongue well is the only way you know your people well…’ I dunno, his words landed as sphere…

I am in mid 28 now.. I know many of the readers of the post are just parents or will be parents in near future as most of them being in my own age group… my request is that don’t let your mother language (not necessarily Tamil) become an extinct when it comes to reading and writing… lets set up a proper platform for the next generation so they wont complain us telling ‘my parents never encouraged me’… again, am not against any other language but the pride of knowing your mother tongue ‘well’ is immaculate….

D90 Rocks !!!

oh man... i couldnt believe my eyes.... i neva thought i will love my new camera that made me to get up at 5 to capture those serene lake side view of the Selator reservoir.... am slowly getting addicted myself more with photography and the learning curve was never sharper without my new worlds best Nikon D90..

For me, photography always comes with awesome power of imagination.... the passion to imagine... the patience to wait for the right mix of light and the scene...... a bit of technical knowledge with the equipment and the intrst to innovate..... you dont necessarily need an expensive camera to get the best pics.... a point shoot is still good enough....

I always refer to kenrockwell website for my photography/camera/accessory advices.... honestly, that is one big place where i got lots of theoretical knowledge on photography and handling the equipments.... here are some extracts that i learnt from kenrockwell, fellow photographers and my own experience...

never expect a perfect picture in your first shot..... for me atleast.... some times, i wait wait wait and click atleast 10-12 snaps to get a single perfect one (atleast to convince myself) the following one is the example

This is quiet contrary to my attitude... try not to be embarassed if u wanna snap thing that u come across all on a sudden... i always feel reluctant... some how all on a sudden i strike with an idea when i was checking my frnds nikon d40... i thought for 5 secs... decided in 2 secs... and clicked this snap in next 30 secs time....

Some of the snaps might look best when you further edit it.... i am not with the idea of tampering with ones true image... however, jus to unleash the innovation i try out few like these...

If you got a photo link or orkut gallery, dont upload all the pics you have taken... try and sort out only the best ...also, try and keep the pics as unique as possible... repetitive pics sometime makes the surfers boring thing.... if you don get any pics that convince you dont upload any... wait for the moment... some times u get only 1 or 2 out of 100 that really satisfies you.... and that will boost your confidence when you go for a shoot next time....

Try and find an appropriate caption for your pics... be it a description of the place, a poetic line, a humorous pick ... anything that strikes ya mind.... this will create the intrst with the viewers.... after all, photography is primarily for others to see and ofcourse, for you to cherish....

I have collected all the special clicks of mine in my orkut photo space.. you can search for my id aravindhindia@gmail.com and add me as a friend before you can see....or u can try clicking this link.. http://www.orkut.com/Main#AlbumList.aspx?uid=5890502207803063523 am not sure if this works... :)

Neva been ...

Neva been so much work

Neva been so much sports

Neva been so much excitement...

Am all busy last few weeks since my come back to Singapore... The life dramatically turned just opposite.... The new client am in are so demanding... (kadaseela ennayum vela seyya vachitaanga)... lead to challenge my time management ability.... very much unwillingly, my wife is the ultimate sufferer as i never stay home most of the time....

Luckily, i got this cricket and badmitton goin on in parallel... picks the (work work) stress off from me.... adding to the flavour was the worst flu i ever had in my life.... it sticked to me for a complete one week and the whole life was busy, painful, exciting, adventorous bla bla all on a sudden....

In between, my passion for photography and badmitton is increasing exponentially ... together am confused as am getting all good things at one time and no clue of how to manage to the best....

uhhh... am still confused... what did i intend to write on this post???