The New Godfather : Unleashed !!!

Here is the new Godfather in town ive met last week in a granad occassion. He was all style, substance and oohhh scary too :)

‘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.’

'If anything in this life is certain, if history has taught us anything, it is that you can kill anyone'

'It's an old habit. I spent my whole life trying not to be careless. Women and children can afford to be careless, but not men'


We're both part of the same hypocrisy, senator, but never think it applies to my family.

Do me this favor. I won't forget it. Ask your friends in the neighborhood about me. They'll tell you I know how to return a favor.

Save your anger... save it. Until you are old enough... and the time is right... then you shall take your revenge.

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

I'll make you an offer you can't refuse

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Ulu Ulu !!!

Few things that your heart craves for when you are so stressed out at work


- drizzle splashing on ya face straight from heaven with cold breeze
- riding high speed boat on a river with only jungle surrounded
- eat eat eat a lot in the jungle
- enjoy standing on top of the mountain with the serene view of valleys around


It was a more than expected joy trip last weekend arranged by my company to a totally untouched and unspoiled natural ecstasy in Brunei. Here is the travelogue for your information and pleasure.

Started late afternoon from the small town of Seria (where we living at the moment) and we (40 ppl) met at the Empire (7 Star) hotel in the capital Bandar . That’s our first transport out of 5 stop overs.









We parked the car in hotel and hopped over the bus arranged for us to take us to the Kampong Ayer (River Village). Its my first time ever going beyond the airport in Bandar. The view of the river village was a first time for me. The place is called as venice of East as it has the similar setup but Asian way. So the bus was our second transport to reach the river bank.



Few quick clicks here and there to cherish and then jumped in to the water taxi that can carry 20 ppl at a time and cruise through the river at highest speed possible. We slowly dimmed away from city outlook to travel-in-the-middle of jungle feel with only trees and plants on either side… click click click The ride was around 45 mins long and the sky started to open up slowly with the marshalling rain drop soldiers. That’s our 3rd transport which is from Kampong Ayer to Temburong town.

The heavens opened up completely now once we reached the Temburong town jetty. Now, that’s a proper village and very much pleasant sight. We hopped in to another bus (our 4th transport) from the river bank to another jungle river bank. Now, the planz to split in to groups of 5 each and take these adventurous looking long boats (the 5th and final transport) This was the highlight of the trip as it’s the open top boat and cruising up the hill against the river stream all perfect for my clicks.

The Resort is all bliss along the river bank after another 40 mins ride where no other means of transport is possible to reach there. Since we are 40 ppl, we completely occupied all the suites in the resort. The resort had cinema, pool, lovely lounge with karaoke facilities etc. The evening was leisure like singing, playing, swimming etc. The next morning we got up at 4.30 AM for the sunrise trek to the top of the hill. Being Trek lover, I enjoyed each step to the hill encountering hanging bridges, steep rocks and stairs as well.. sweated ridiculously due to the atrocious humidity. However, the hill top was a colder and all worth sweating for.

Klaus and me were partners for the final canopy walk on top of the hill. Getting in to the construction as the last 2 to enjoy more sun light that uncovered mist partly to give us the sight we waited all long for.

Later, we walked back down and its not tough to guess the amount of breakfast I swallowed once we reach the restaurant back. Amazing food and still digesting it ;) After food was few more photo shoot sessions with in us. Then, jumped in to the river for water rafting, kayaking and free swim. The current of the river is far heavier than I thought. I tried this violent attempt to cross the banks but it was the toughest swim I ever made. Here is the the map of my mini adventure.

Then, we went to a water falls near by. Ive been to atleast 1 million falls in India but the unique thing about this one is I wasn’t wearing my crocs so I have to walk bare foot over the stones and rocks to reach the falls. Another lovely experience was the fishes right under the falls. They all are Dr. Fishes which jus attacks your leg as a gang and eat all the dead cells out of ya.. All tickling was fun to watch every one laughing madly with out bothering about any embarrassment : )

As conventionally said, the rest is history ; ) The photography as usual updated in my facebook/orkut. Shame, I couldn’t get my family in such a serene outing

Tweeting Spree !!!

I was always worried I couldn’t spend time on blogging due to the busy life am hogged in at the moment. I was observing my friends new found micro blogging revolution called TWITTER… I wasn’t so fascinated initially as I thought am blogging anyway and waz the point in micro blogging …

After few months, eventually, I signed up for a new twitter account and started cracking… initially was a bit funny but later got excited to follow some of the celebrities like yuvraj singh, sachin tendulkar, lalit modi, hrithik roshan, Mahesh babu etc… Feels great to see words hand typed straight from them…



As far as me tweeting is concerned, I feel it a sort of quick scribble diary… I always wonder how can I blog if I want to give a quick sentence like quick movie review, songs review, sports anticipation, wat am thinking etc., etc., Twitter is quiet handy…. Also, a sort of stress reliever for me…

And finally, here is my twitter link and will b happy to see any of u guys over there…

http://twitter.com/aravindhindia

long live the new communication entity : )

Port of Glamour !!!

Back again after a stressfull month. I gotto fly frequently for all these 6 months (work/personal Demand)... Last weekend i was carrying my dude (Nikon D90) with me and thought i should definetly capture this pleasant thing which always nagged me in Terminal 2 of Changi Singapore Airport.

I was amazed by the point perfect maintanance these guys do for every corner in the airport. There are quiet a few airports in the world which makes the stay more pleasant and extremely comfortable but Singapore always tops my best rankings. Here are the visual spleandours combined with the same redundant imagination of mine :)

You can check all these pictures with better clarity either in my orkut or facebook :)

I am all evil taking pics at airport instead sitting worried and talking to my family. Thanks to them for still being kind enough to shower the love as they always do inspite of my 'What to say' :(

I wont miss you Changi ( and my family ofcourse) !!!!

Bomb Shell Brunei

Quiet long time in this space (will i ever stop saying that..!!) I am in a fascinating land of nature called as Brunei. Here are some first hand information about Brunei before i move on....

- Incase if you got it wrong, Brunei is not a middle east country. It is very much is South East Asia next to East Malaysia in the Borneo land.

- The land is roughly 8 times bigger than Singapore. However, not even half of Singapore population is. You can imagine how beautiful the place will be.

- For people like me tired watching concrete jungles, Brunei is a welcome relief as the houses are well spaced and independent. The streets are still clean, the country over all is quiet safe and deftly nice place to live with family for a while but not much malls or hang outs like in Singapore

Here we go, this morning ive been on trekking with around a dozen of my work mates and it is sure a topic for me to scribble on... I have not been trekking for a while and i wasnt sure if i will be fit enough but it was a testing time for all the 3 hours when am climbing the mountain

The place was all nothing but pleasant in early morning with cold breeze and the climate is wet. Its quiet close to the airport in the capital city and the mountain stays as a perfect place for quick trekkers staying around.

We begun our walk around 8.15 am and it was not scary at all until we reached this steep path to climb mountain. We started feeling the heat gradually as sun rising.




We worked out hard to reach half way point and i was wondering should i really go. Man some points in life where you really feel like getting older and this is one good benchmark. Specially when you are with a group of young and strong dudes who feels working out is part of their everyday life.

The view points are quiet fabulous. I even felt its better than few i visited in Singapore like Sungei buloh, Pulau ubin. However, nothing can beat McRitchie reservoir in Singapore for the long lovely trail circumfrencing the reservoir.

The Empire hotel view from one of the view points really made me feel worth struggling :) I love this place so much. I should stay in the hotel for atleast a night for the sake of the lovely beach view atleast.

And finally, the group ive been with is just amazing. I am the newest addition and found excited to see quiet a few photgraphy enthusiasts too. Shame, i didnt carry my Nikkon D90 from Singapore and therefore i am forced to snatch these pics from other dudes camera.

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.

In an attempt to prosper !!!

Hey all... I have come across a writing contest where i need to script a short story on families... The topic is prettry dry though and i am not much of a family writer too and creating a fiction on this is even more challenging.... However, i wanted to give a go trusting my narrating abilities....

Moving on, this contest is mostly driven by taking the votes of readers (you guys)... With all due respect to your busy time, i kept the book short to just 6 pages. Request your 45 mins time to complete the whole process...

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Good luck me !!!

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.