Hi

jax, Your point is true. But the fact of the matter is that, there are issues which are delicate enough to be addressed like other normal issues (in an "Indian" sense). If u r interested I'll send the link to that article to ur postmark ID. Its available in their website as well... I have quite a lot of things to say about all that is in that article. You read that and tell if I can post everything I feel about it in this blog. You'll understand, that will not be possible...!!!

Hi all

As my net connection was down yesterday, I was unable to particiapte or post anything. Rini, read your comments, I have posted mine too. Read them and reply there itself. Kicha, I don't think that anything is taboo in the modern day. The more people understand things, the more mature they become. If we are bound by things that are not to be spoken off, those things have no reason for existing at all. More later.

reply to jax and reg. pitha magan

to jax, ok da. i ll do according u said. Pitha Magan i do agree what sri told. everyone acted very well. as sri told, if u take scene by scene, that movie is really superb, in each scene everyone acted very well. if one scene vikram acted very well then in the next scene sivamainthan overtook him and at the end of that scene laila come and make her mark. so if u consider the entire film as scene by scene, sure everyone ll like it. this movie will score high marks, if it is shown in SunTV super scenes. by this time everyone could understand what i m trying to say. yes it is. if u see it as a entire movie, then from the next time u wont go for anyother Bala's movie. Psycho paiyan, kevalama padam pannirukkan. i went to this movie on the very next day of deepavali with my sivakasi gang. this is not only our comments, this was the comment by most of the people who saw with us. everyone murmured only like that. bcos i took my bike out of the theatre and waited for one of my friend in the roadside, one family came out of the theatre also stand nearer to me and waited for someone. everyone in that family gave similar comment like what i told, then my friend arrived there and told "dei machan oruthan intha padam supernnu solranda". then uncle(head of the nearby standing family) told "yaaruppa appadi solrathu, antha punniavanna konjam parkanumnnu sonnaru". bala took this movie for only the five or six persons whom sri mentioned. he gave them a very good chance to act and they too did well. but if u ask what is the story??????? nothing is there? its very boring? and u cant imagine a girl like laila from a village. family girls can be bold, but they should not fight with rowdies in the road. reg. vikram character - u can not imagine a person like him in the real life. bcos he was not born and brougt up in forest, but he behave like that. i can appreciate only one thing, that is surya's acting and characterisation, both are good. apart from that nothing is there in the film. this is only my view, but u can consider this b4 going to that movie. but my friend in chennai told that Pithamagan is a box office hit. so it seems more people hav Bala's view, if suppose u have Babu's(hihihiiii myself) view then dont go to that film.

Bala's Pithamagan

Yesterday I saw Pithamagan directed by Bala. Really superb movie. Vickram, Suriya, Laila, Sangeetha(Rasika) lived as the concerned characters of Sittan, Sakthivel, Manju, Gomathi. Suriya's comedy are reality fantastic. Vickram does not have a dialogue to speak. I did not see these sort of acting from Laila in her previous movies. Manobala and Karuna's comedy superb. Illayaraja has composed heart throbbing music and background Score. Each and every credit goes to Bala only. "Don't fail to see Pithamagan once"

Hi

Got to read an interesting article in y'day's Times of India. But it feels sad, that I will not be able to share my views on the article nor give a link to that article. The reason is... that article is written about a societal taboo...!!! something which has a negative halo attached to its head... and I'm not sure how many would really see the other side of things. I do wonder why some things are considered to be such "bad" to even talk about, while they are nothing but a component of life... In the recent times, things have changed a bit.. but such things are still looked upon with "disgust" and "fear" ...

Net Vistas

I was surfing the net to get some articles about some geniuses. My Brain lamp lit up and I searched about Thomas Alva Edison and about his inventions I hope you read "Alice in Wonderland" in your schoolteacher. But I thought about Lewis Carroll. I am surprised to see that he was a great Mathematician as wellCaroll Everyone likes Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse isn't it? I thought about Walt Disney and his family Disney I love A.R.Rahman Music. I heard "Ennaku 20 Unnaku 18 "Songs. Splendid, Superb are the two words to comment on that. He currently orchestrated for a Chinese film too. To see more on this Rahman

Jax ur id: xavierroy@postmark.net is that right...? tell me...i have sent the invi...but if still u did not receive that....oops! may be the blog father has to see to it Mahen

urban legends...

Dear Vijay, If you have got the message through e-mail, then you have been a subject of mail hoax. This is a classic case of an urban legend. In case, you are ondering what are Urban legend is? click here. The legend is mainly sent to induce agoraphobia. In case you reeive such mails, please delete them. Don't forward them. For a fair account of what constitute an urban legend, visit The Urban Legend Archive. If anyone still has doubts about the Aids virus, visit these links. An interesting point in the forward was "a healthy victim could survive about 5-6 years". That is totally wrong. People can survive (and have also survived) with AIDS for more than a decade before succumbing to it. Any way, the first thing you do on reaching Mumbai is spread fear among us, da. The first line of your post is a good pointer. I am reproducing it below with my emphasis on th post.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Bye for now.

alert

> > "What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are > > tiny matters compared to what lives within us" > > This happened in Paris. A few weeks ago, in a movie > > theatre, person sat > > on > > something poking that was on one of the seats. When > > she got up to see > > what > > it was, she found a needle sticking out of the seat > > with a note > > attached > > saying: > > You have just been infected by HIV". > > > > The Disease Control Centre (in Paris) reports many > > similar events in > > many > > other cities recently. > > All tested needles ARE HIV Positive. > > The Centre also reports that needles have been found > > in the cash > > dispensers > > at public Banking Machines We ask everyone to use > > extreme caution when > > faced > > with this kind of situation. All public chairs/seats > > should be > > inspected > > with vigilance and caution before use. A careful > > visual inspection > > should > > be > > enough. In addition, they ask that each of you pass > > this message along > > to > > all members of your family and your friends of the > > potential danger. > > Recently, one doctor has narrated somewhat a similar > > instance happened > > at > > the Priya Cinema in Delhi to one of his patients. A > > Young Girl engaged > > and > > about to be married in a couple of months was pricked > > while the movie > > was > > going on. > > The tag with the needle had the message "Welcome to > > the World of HIV+ > > family". > > Though the doctors told her family that it takes about > > 6 months before > > the > > virus grow strong enough to start damaging your system > > and a healthy > > victim > > could survive about 5-6 years. The girl died in 4 > > months, perhaps more > > because of > > the " Shock - thought". We all have to be careful at > > public places, > > rest > > God > > help!

views and updates

Though this chapter may seem insignificant, it deals with how I evaluate whatever that is around me. It also represents my capacity to love as well as who or what attracts me. Read this very short chapter. Ram and Manny, I still haven't received the invitation mail. I checked yesterday and I checked today. Sorry, no invi there. Try resending it. Yes Kavi, I've been hearing it daily for the past week. Still I'm not bored by it. Will let you know when I find the answer. Kicha your article, "Dogmatic vs Pragmatic" was interesting in the sense that you are trying to show are they necessary. You might get different answers.

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy; the mad daughter of a wise mother. - Voltaire

The question that would have to be answered is that "Do you life your life as you wish to live it?" or "Do you live your life as laid by others?" A pragmatic approach to life would be really a wonderful way to live life, but it would also mean that we have to remove traces of humanity within us. A dogmatic way of life also has this side effect of dehumanising us.

When the human race has once acquired a supersitition nothing short of death is ever likely to remove it. - Mark Twain

More on this later...

To Jax & More..

Read all the blogs now. Just curious to know 'R u hearing the song she..everyday'? Found out the reason y u like the song so much? Post it if you find.. I want to hear that song out of curiosity. Vijay babu called me tonight. It's a surprise for me.I am in office till now. Writing one article to put in infy knowledge shop.It's in half way..have to research and have to finish it up by tomm. One more News..I got net access today..for project purpose. Hope I will read all the blogs everyday..I mean .. read every article or I can really enjoy all the blogs. No blog from sindu and valli...How are you. Meet you soon in next blog.Bye.

Dogmatic vs Pragmatic

Just a few thoughts. Would like to hear from all. Do you feel the "norms" and "practices" laid down in our ancient scriptures would find relevance even today. One easy reply is, some of them are relevant while others aren't. But to delve more into this... should we follow something just because it has been laid down in our scripture... one example.... these are the days when women crave for an identity for themselves rather than just playing second fiddle to their hubby and taking care of cooking and confining to kitchen. One step they take for this, is to have a career for themselves.. and for quite a few of them marriage is no deterrent to their career... But we have some old quotes like "vinaiyey aadavarku uyirey... manaiyurai magalirku avvaadavar uyir" .. dunno if the words are right.. but what it says might be evident.. for men, their work is the life's purpose.. while for the women servicing their hubby is the life's purpose... Traditional dogmatism is not just confined to the aspect of women and marriage... but in our daily life too... there are also things which directly impact our attitude on life and towards other beings.. like belief in "fate", superstitions like "raaghu kaaalam" (an inauspicious time), studying planetary positions (astrology) trying to know what "could be" good for the future... Are we being plagued by unncessary fuss about life and living with such things... Does it mean that one does the right thing if he forces his wife "not to work" suppressing her interests, just because an ancient scripture says so...?? Does it mean I might fail in an exam just because I started from home for the exam in a raaghu kaalam... Do the "planetary positions" really impact on what I do everyday or where I end up 10 years from now or whom I marry (studying horoscopes).. ?? Do I really need to care about them.. or be more rational about my life and go about what I feel is most suited for "my" life... what impact choosing either of it would have on me and my future...

Animal Magnetism

The story behind O'Rielly covers Animal Magnetism : Making O'Reilly Animals The animals on the covers of O'Reilly books are a hallmark of the brand, making them instantly recognizable on bookshelves throughout the world. Edie Freedman (now O'Reilly's Creative Director) was hired to design the first book covers. She thought the books had the strangest titles--sed and awk?--that evoked images of the popular fantasy game, "Dungeons and Dragons." Read Edie Freedman's account of how the animals e ended up on O'Reilly books. Since the late 1980's, when I designed the first O'Reilly Animal covers, I've been deluged with questions from our customers about how I choose the animals. People have all sorts of theories about why a specific animal is chosen for a specific topic. Even the authors of the books ask questions--some authors have been upset with my choices because they think people will think they are as fat as a hippopotamus, or as silly as a blue-footed booby. I never reveal the reasons behind my choices, but I can assure all interested parties that there is always a reason. (No, I'm not going to tell you here, either.) When I was first approached by O'Reilly to propose new covers for their books, I was immersed in the VAX/VMS world of Digital Equipment Corporation. I had heard of UNIX, but I had a very hazy idea of what it was. I had never met a UNIX programmer or tried to edit a document using vi. All of the terms associated with vi, sed and awk, uucp, lex, yacc, curses, to name just a few, sounded to me like words that might come out of a popular game called "Dungeons and Dragons." I developed a mental picture of the UNIX programmer as a "Dungeons and Dragons" player. As I started to look for imagery for the book covers, I came across some wonderful wood engravings from the 19th century. The strange animals I found seemed to be a perfect match for all those strange-sounding UNIX terms, and were esoteric enough to appeal to what I believed the UNIX programmer type to be. When I presented the first animal covers to the people at O'Reilly, they were a bit taken aback. "But they're so ugly!" said one. "No one will want to pick these up!" said another. "They're scary!" Tim liked the quirkiness of the animals, and thought it would help to make the books stand out from other publishers' offerings. Today, the O'Reilly animal brand is well known all over the world. We've learned all sorts of things about the animals from our readers and authors. One author desperately wanted to have a boll weevil on his book cover, so he sent me a pile of information about boll weevils, carefully pointing out all of the reasons why the boll weevil was the perfect animal for the topic. I ended up using it for his book, Oracle Web Applications. Once in a while, because we have limited information about some of the engravings we use, we'll make an error identifying an animal. Our readers are always eager to straighten us out. I once misread the caption for the engraving of a monkey and told the colophon editor that the monkey was a chimpanzee. We got an avalanche of mail from readers informing us that chimpanzees absolutely do not have tails! I also hear from readers who have phobias about certain animals, particularly spiders, snakes, and cats. The husband of one reader complained about our use of a spider on and in Webmaster in a Nutshell. Spiders terrified his wife. He went through the entire book and put white tape over the graphic on the first page of every chapter so she wouldn't have to confront the spider. Another customer sent angry email telling us he'd never go to one of the pages on our web site because it had a snake on it. Because it was our "How to Order" page, we changed it. On a more somber note, working with the animal engravings has made me much more aware of what is happening to our environment. Many of the animals that appear on our covers are endangered--the tarsier from Learning the vi Editor, the lorises from sed & awk, the Victoria Crowned Pigeons from lex & yacc, and the Florida panther from Java Foundation Classes in a Nutshell, just to name a few. At the time most of the engravings were created, in the last century, these animals were plentiful. Perhaps our use of animal images on our covers will encourage people to work harder to save the species that are still sharing the planet with us. Think about these thoughts.... (Creative & Innovative) Cheers

An attempt at poetry

Here is my attempt towards poetry. Just a small change from writing prose. Leave your comments there, not here.

to rini

Yes, Ranjini, the comments part is autogenerated by an external site. You cannot edit the comments you have posted but, you can always add another comment saying the correction. Take a look at the blog again for my comments on your comments. As for your query, Let me try, because I have to sift thru almost six months of blog entries before I can give you any answer.

from Rajesh........

when i had mailed rajesh yesterday y he is not bloggin these days, this is the reply i got....... ******************************************************************** Paamara makkalukku en karuthu olunga poi seranum enbatharkaaga thaan naan ippa bloggerla karuthu solrathu illai.blogger makkalukku ellam naan overra karuthai solitein so inimei en karuthu ellam thevai illai. intha blogger makkalukku en karuthu eppa romba mukkiyama thevai padutho appa correcta vanthu karuthu soluvein eppa varuvein epadi varuveinnu yaarukkum theriyathu aana kandippa vara vendiya timela kandippa varuvein bye rajeshprabu.G ******************************************************************** Jax can u let me know how many times rajesh has blogged? Especially the no. of times in which he has told a 'karuthu'.....

to jax

cant i edit the comments i had posted on ur jaxsays blog? and how did u add the comments part? is it a javascript which u got autogenerated by some blog enhancement providers?

thoughts

Kicha, a personal blog is what it says, a personal view on things. But it can also be wide open. It can contain things like, say, a few links I come across, my thoughts on general issues. It need not be 100% personal in nature. As for interactions, we have several commenting systems available. They allow people to write what they feel about your post. But it is a double edged sword. You might be surprised to know how many of them read your blog. As long as you keep it interesting, people will come, read and know more about you. Think of a personal blog as a personalised marketing machine. You're advertising yourself to the world. My experiences with All in a day's work! has taught me a lot of things. I have a person asking if the Vijay Babu mentioned here is the Vijay Babu he was searching for (It wasn't). I have developed an interaction with a web designer based on one of my post. He wanted to know why I had mentioned that his demo was not suitable for viewing in IE 5.5. The possibilities are enormous. It depends on how you use it. Ram: look at the comment on Quod scripsi, scripsi.

Hi

Its catching up... each one coming up with a blog of his own. Somehow, I don't feel like starting my own blog atleast for now and rather prefer posting to "common" blogs like this one. But, I do feel some sort of outlet to record our feelings on issues of personal or common interest is a novel idea. But what discourages me is perhaps my "perceived" laziness that makes me feel I would really not go about expressing myself the way I would like it be... further, it has predominantly a one-way flow of thoughts that would not give me the "other side" of things... and would only make me focus things in "my" perspective alone everytime... though a personal blog is meant for flow of thought as "I" see it... I feel, I always like to hear the other side of it too, which may not happen if I start a personal blog. And I might get bored seeing only my name there everytime with no one telling what he/she feels on my views... These are some things that move me away from starting my own blog.. however, I love posting to common blogs like this one... and may be start my own, when I overcome those notions I have... might take time, though...

Thoughts

yes "father" (blog), you are absolutely right on new blogs, and mine is a personal one which will have slow promotion after having quite a huge content... by way.. rt. now I couldnt schedule a strict timeline.. will do soon, tnx for the advice. also, how to go for commenting systems in blogs... (pl. provide free consultancy) yeah we have been already given an invitation to u in postmark id. for VVS. nice to read ur identity, very curious to know about the person identifying u. Rini, ur elite essays are also good... flashing the voices of my English Ma'am. Jax, Mentations is based on thoughts Cheers

My Identity continues...

The third chapter of my identity has been put up at Quod scripsi, scripsi. This chapter mostly deals with my sensitivities and perceptions (mental processes). There are still a lot to come. Rini, I'll tell you about the origin of "My Identity" when all chapters have been put up. It was not written by me. I guess this month, Quod scripsi, scripsi will deal mostly with articles about myself. Last month was mostly about what I was feeling, my moods and emotions. Next month will be about... Wait till next month. Manny & Ram, get a commenting system in your blogs da. It'll be very useful and save time too.

New blogs!!!

Good to see a lot of individual blogs coming up. As a 'blog-father', I feel it is my duty to help the new blog-starters.

1. Keep updating: One problem I faced was keeping the blog updated. Since "All in a day's work!" was constantly kept updated by others, I didn't feel any difficulty. But when I started one individually, I ran into a lot of troubles keeping it updated.
2. Stick to a timeline: Decide that you'll update the blog regularly. It can be once a week or once a day or time-permitting, even twice or thrice a day. But stick to it.
3. Promote it: It was wonderful to see Manny promoting VVS on msitmmb. Ram's Thoughts is more of a personal blog á la Quod scripsi, scripsi. So you can't expect the latter two to be promoted actively. But promotions will help. By the way, It is also good to see reciprocal links between the blogs.
4. Listen to the experts: More important, listen to what the experts say. Get their advice and heed it. Because the next time, I won't be giving free advice. It gonna cost you a little bit.

Good Luck! guys.
Ram, Is "mentations" based on Lamentations?
Manny, Still awaiting for my invitation to VVS.

Do you know this...

Ever wondered where management blurb comes from...! Simply employ the 'MBA Buzzword' writing method. There are three columns of words involved, as follows: 0. balanced 0. management 0. contingency 1. total 1. organization 1.hardware or S/W 2. integrated 2. reciprocal 2. projection 3. compatible 3. monitored 3. time-frame 4. synchronized 4. digital 4. concept 5. optimal 5. modular 5. programming 6. responsive 6. transitional 6. mobility 7. functional 7. incremental 7. capability 8. parallel 8.third-generation 8. flexibility 9. systemized 9. policy 9. options Just select any three-digit number; then use the corresponding buzzwords from the above grid, e.g., 257:'integrated modular capability.' Don't worry if it doesn't make sense to you; it won't mean anything to anyone else either, but they all will think you're just smarter than they are so they won't say anything!! You can then propose 'systemized monitored options' (939) to achieve 'optimal transitional flexibility' (568) OR ‘synchronized modular capability’ (457) to achieve ‘integrated reciprocal mobility’ (226) !! It’s funny how the blurb hangs together...

Here is Mine

Look into Thoughts Cheers

my id

Hi Manny, You can find my id in the Contact link of the blog. I wonder who the "Varuthamilla Valibees" will do? Currently caught up in learning semiotics. So I'm unable to post any interesting news or links. Bye.

Thanks to Varuthamilla Ramgopal for bieng the first member to join the VVS (Varuthamilla Vaalibar Sangam)... Welcome Varuthamilla Ramgopal....welcome.

URL of varuthamilla Vaalibar Sangam

Hi, This is the URL of Varuthamilla Vaalibar Sangam... http://dontcareguys.blogspot.com I request our blog father Mr.Jax also to join this blog. Dei send me ur ID da...i forgot jax. Your guidance is needed...after all you are my blog father...haha. Mahen

Varuthamilla Vaalibar Sangam

Hello....Naan Varuthamilla Vaalibar Sanga Thalaivar pesuren... machaans... I have started a new blog spot. This is for us guys... The name of the blog is "Varuthamilla Vaalibar Sangam" (In English: Don't Care Guys Association"!!!!!!!) Hope the name itself conveys the blog's description...ha ha. so i need to send invitations to all varuthamilla vaalibars machi... i request all guys to send post your correct mail IDs so that I can add them as members... c'on and I welcome all Varuthamilla Vaalibars to join the blog group. Mahen

Identity of Jax!

Good man, but then who gave u the report? Is it by u or by somebody else on u. If it was by somebody else, then i need to appreciate that person for being a so keen observant and being able to write so comprehensively. If it was by u on u, great effort! I do see very few people who have such a clear understanding about themselves as yours. It was a photograph of ur personality and ur ability to comprehend it shows the clarity of your understanding! Then that Kayboard by Canesta is some thing really good and would really make us feel so good on use that even i had started dreaming of using it! About Urban life many English poets of 19th, 20th century have produced so many masterpieces. One of them is a poem called "The wasteland" by T.S.Eliot. hope some of us might have read it or heard about it. Though i found the poem so symbolic and difficult to comprehend, i could decipher little of knowledge from one authentic source. All can have a look at it Post your views on that too! What kicha back to forma? Good ya. And ya sriprasath, it was a good piece of info. on Merc. Manny konjam aratha palasu, that chat or conversation, coz its roaming in mails as forwards. ok guys see u later bye for now

I, me & myself

I have put up the second chapter of "My Identity" at "Quod scripsi, scripsi".

Thaaanga mudiyala...

dai manny... unakku vandha forward la pera maathi... unakkum ramkum nadandha chat'nu engalukku kaaadhu kuthariyey... yennada... vela onnum illaya office la... romba free'a irundha sollu.. naan unakku edhavadhu vela tharren...

Technical Troubleshooting...

Here are some conversations that actually happened between me and Ramgopal one day... Ramgopal: "You've got to fix my computer. I urgently need to print a document, but the computer won't boot properly." Mahendran: "What does it say?" Ramgopal: "Something about an error and non-system disk." Mahendran: "Look at your machine. Is there a floppy inside?" Ramgopal: "No, but there's a sticker saying there's an Intel inside." !!!!!! Mahendran: "Ok, now click your left mouse button." Ramgopal: (silence) "But I only have one mouse." Ramgopal: "Excuse me can I use this disk? It has a hole in it. Mahendran: "Do you have 3 1/2 inch diskettes?" Ramgopal: "No, I only have 3 of them." Mahendran: "I need you to right-click on the Open Desktop." Ramgopal: "Ok." Mahendran: "Did you get a pop-up menu?" Ramgopal: "No." Mahendran: "Ok. Right click again. Do you see a pop-up menu?" Ramgopal: "No." Mahendran: "Ok, sir. Can you tell me what you have done up until this point?" Ramgopal: "Sure, you told me to write 'click' and I wrote 'click'." Ramgopal: "Now what do I do?" Mahendran: "What is the prompt on the screen?" Ramgopal: "It's asking for 'Enter Your Last Name.'" Mahendran: "Ok, so type in your last name." Ramgopal: "How do you spell that?" Ramgopal: "I received the software update you sent, but I am still getting the same error message." Mahendran: "Did you install the update?" Ramgopal: "No. Oh, am I supposed to install it to get it to work?" How was that... Poor Ramgopal...Poor Hughes... haha. Mahen

Thanks da

Thanks da machaan... But right now i just can do one good thing... Pray sincerely for that link to remain alive till the time when i want to write my business plan... But for that, I cannot get into writing a business plan now for my IntelliNet Corporation machi...haha...(afterall it is a startup (idea and not a company as such)...) BTW...recruitments are on for IntelliNet (But, dont worry!!! company is yet to be started) Mahen

a dream come true

I've dreamed of this, and now it is amazing to see it in action. I wonder how much it would cost? And Manny, here is a little bit of advice as you proceed on your Fortune 500 highway. A long time ago, I got a comphrehensive report on me. The first chapter is put up at "Quod scripsi, scripsi"

thinkin about it

Urban Life, no words to describe it. Full of hectic pace, people rushing by, cars whizzing past, there is no time for people to be people. You find extremes - people rushing past an accident victim and people rushing to help them. Strangers, that's what we are. To ourselves. To others. At times, strangers to our own kith and kin. But would you trust a stranger? Read the article. It was an eye-opener. I have always been fascinated by the phrase "Random Acts of Kindness". I don't remember where I first heard or saw it. A search revealed quite a few interesting links. Here is a short summary:

Kindness Defined and or Explained by Chuck Wall, Ph.D. An act that positively influences the life of both the giver and the receiver is a kindness. It doesn't have to cost money or be difficult to perform. It can be spontaneous (random) or premeditated. It can be as simple as a smile or a thank you, and as complicated as starting a non-profit organization to benefit those in need. Kindness has four working parts: dignity, respect, compassion, and humility, If you have all of these things for yourself, then you will be able to share them with others. If we reach out with dignity, respect, compassion, and humility, we are likely to feel it being returned. Actively seeking out opportunities to assist others will naturally bring a certain amount of warmth and feeling of self-worth to each of us. It feels good to help others and others feel good knowing someone wants them to help. "Consideration" and "helpful" are words often used to describe a kind deed. Kindness is what you define it as, rather than what someone else thinks you should believe it is. I suggest all people actively attempt to live by my phrase, "Today I will commit one random act of senseless kindness. Will You?"

Get ready to commit one random act of kindess. But before that, take a moment to read the rules of cricket. I'm still listening to "She". still searching for answers...

Great people and Wrong Decisions...

Hi all, here are some of the stories of great people at times making wrong decisions about great personalities (like me)... Candidate for a news broadcasters post was rejected by officials since his voice was not fit for a news broadcaster. He was also told that with his obnoxiously long name, he would never be famous. He is Amitabh Bachan. A small boy - the fifth amongst seven siblings of a poor father, was selling newspapers in a small village to earn his living. He was not exceptionally smart at school but was fascinated by religion and rockets. The first rocket he built crashed. A missile that he built crashed multiple times and he was made a butt of ridicule. He is the person to have scripted the Space Odyssey of India single-handedly- Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. In 1962, four nervous young musicians played their first record audition for the executives of the Decca recording Company. The executives were not impressed. While turning down this group of musicians, one executive said, “We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out.” The group was called The Beatles. When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, it did not ring off the hook with calls from potential backers. After making a demonstration call, President Rutherford Hayes said, "That's an amazing invention, but who would ever want to see one of them?" When Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, he tried over 2000 experiments before he got it to work. A young reporter asked him how it felt to fail so many times. He said, "I never failed once. I invented the light bulb. It just happened to be a 2000-step process." A school teacher scolded a boy for not paying attention to his mathematics and for not being able to solve simple problems. She told him that you would not become anybody in life. The boy went on to become Albert Einstein. Last but not least... A young bright youth not recognised by Indian IT giants and Corporates started a small outfit which is going to be one maong the top 10 Fortune 500 companies in the world and the youth is none other than Mahendran (CEO, IntelliNet Corporation). (FYI, IntelliNet is yet to be started and looking out for some ilichavaayans to invest) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mahen

She...

Having heard the song for over a hundred times in the last two days, I cannot still explain why I feel touched every time I hear it. FYI, I did not write it. It is a song from the movie, Notting Hill. The song was sung by Elvis Costello. Though the title of the song inspired me to write a story. Rini might remember the story. Coming back to the song, I cannot comphrehend what is it in the song that touches my heart, the lyrics or the emotions they evoke or the visions they bring. I'm still searching for the answer. Good to have Kicha back with us.

Hi

Hi All, I'm back after a prolonged illness... Last sunday I was almost travelling. I was feeling feverish that morning and went to the doc and got a few tablets. But nothing seemed as bad until I was standing at the railway station. It was almost time for the train's arrival when I felt something wrong with my stomach. I felt nauseated and dizzy and couldn't stand for long... I decided to skip journey and went back home... and slept. That midnight I started to shiver with a very high fever too... After trying my best to keep warm with kambli / hot water etc., next morning I went to the doc and got an injection... next 3 days I was in bed with the medications. And things slowly started improving around thursday. I'm feeling quite better now. But feeling very weak as well.. because of the injections and the tablets. Hoping to go a bit earlier than usual today.

my mobile no.

this morning i reached safely here in mumbai. please note down my mobile no. 98192 35632. -vijay

Shifted...

Rajesh and Bala have shifted thier room after staying in a place for one and a half months. They asked to help them. For my part, I helped move am empty water bottle and an useless book full of Reliance India Mobile coupons. Hope they stay here for atleast two months.

a few news

Hi all, Good to hear that Vijay is making his way to Mumbai to start a new chapter in his life. Valli, your last sentence, "Good Homer sometimes nods." Was it Homer Simpson you're talking about? Still waiting to hear from Sindhu about her Diwali. Read an interesting topic in today's newspaper about Diwali in India, Guy Fawkes day in Britain and Halloween in the US. All three have fireworks as a major aspect in thier celebrations. An coincidence? Take a look at these wallpapers. Wonderful! I guess it's time to make a few changes to the blog. I hear a few groans of 'Oh no, Not again'. Well this time, I'm not gonna make any radical changes. Just a few tweaking here and there. BTW, Valli or Sindhu, do you have access to a Mac machine? I would like to see how the blog looks in a Mac. If possible, send me a screenshot. Due to a severe cold, I bunked work yesterday. So I have a lotsa catching up to do today. Bye and have a nice weekend,

Hi, Good day! Vijay Babu left chennai...And he has become a vennai...ha ha..yes..Poor guy...Going to mumbai left alone in the great city... I went y'day night to Central station. ajayan is also in chennai but he cud not makeit up to bid adieu to vijay as he had to finish off his meeting...(ellam neram...munnadi ellam namakku send off kodukkurathu thaan full time job...ippo he was not able to turn up even...busy with his work...immm it happens...) Thanks valli. In fact even I was also amused and its this discussion of saambaar saatham that opened my eyes and let me know that there is another name for saambaar saatham (Bisibelaabaath). I shud thank rini also for this great innovative dish...ha ha... Vickkykku Kannalam, Vickkykku kannalam, Virudhunagar Vickkykku dhadabudala Kannalam... (kavithai elutha try panren...dont mistake me...rest of this kavithai will be posted in my next post). Kavithainnona kavitha nyabagam varudhu... Infosys is becoming a Call centre...u know that... Yes...Kavitha is becoming a call centre agent... haha...whenever u call her over phone you may get the following response from her... " imm...sollu...ippo thaan on site call attend paani kittu irunthen..." or she may also start with the following note... "imm...sollu...naan onsite call'kku wait panni kittu irukken" so if anybody wants a call centre job...plz contact kavitha, C/o Infosys, sholinganallur. nothing more gentlemen and ladies... Mahen

oh oh overflowing blogs

It took an hour for me to read the last three day's blogs. That was awesome!!!..... Welcome Sri Prasath.... Pleasant shock!!...Vignesh Prabu's mrg....who's the gal?.... adhu enna?, Vicky maatikittaan, vicky paavam????....nadakattum, nadakattum....innum 3, 4 yrs dhaan indha paechu ellam.... Diwali was great here....friday night, we had the Indian community function with a delicious dinner. Saturday, we went out for a small picnic sort of a thing, with a few of our friends & came back to our place, & we all spent the rest of the day together till 1.00A.M in the night....cooool..... Manny, I really enjoyed....."We mostly discuss abt sambaar saadham"..... This week was quiet hectic for me.....with my mid term exams, meetings with my advisor, work load.....God, i was waiting for friday.... Kavi, i thought i told you guys abt my work....I'm developing a software for The Kentucky Board of Landscape Architects, a government agency here in Lexington. I work in VB.net & Access. What the company has now, is a bunch of unnormalized, inflexible data, with very little automation.... My boss is a 56 yr old, charming lady.......she calls me Valley(For that matter, everybody here calls me so)..... I give her weekly updates & so i either work at home, lab or at office......I carry my zip disk where ever i go..... I'm also helping one of my proffs, with our department's website. We are trying to modify the existing website, to reflect to the current scenarios. Today i'm home early, I took the car with me. Should go pick up Ganesh in an hour. Need to prepare dinner too. hey Ram, what are those snaps?...rini mattum anuppi vaikkira?....ellarukkum anuppu, illai yahoo photos la upload pannu.... Enna xavier, en annan na pathi ippadi sollura??.......Ram kku arivu ellam nirayavae irukku....But Good Homer too sometime nods!!!

mumbai payanam

tonight 10.15 i m starting to Mumbai in Mumbai mail. ranjini i liked ur blog reg., behaviour, character and personality. but really i dont understand the Being u mentioned in the personality.

Mercedes Benz

The Mercedes Logo The "Mercedes" name was registered right back in 1902, but at that time there was no logo or trademark to accompany it. The idea for the 'Star' logo came when Paul and Adolf Daimler, the two sons of the company's founder (and then in charge of the business) remembered that their father had once used a star symbol in his family correspondence. Their father, Gottlieb Daimler, had been technical director of the Deutz gas engine factory from 1872 until 1881. At the beginning of his employment there, he had marked a star above his own house on a picture postcard of Cologne and Deutz, and had written to his wife that this star would one day shine over his own factory to symbolize prosperity. In June 1909 the company registered both three-pointed and four-pointed stars as trademarks. Although both designs were legally protected, only the three-pointed star was ever used. From 1910 onwards it began to appear at the front of the cars as a design feature on the radiator. The three-points of the star were supposed to represent Daimler's ambition of universal motorization: "on land, on water and in the air". Over the years the logo evolved, to include the 'Benz' laurel wreath, and then, in 1923, the three-pointed star enclosed in a circle was registered as a trademark. Since then it has changed little, and is now a powerful symbol and integral part of the Mercedes-Benz brand.

Ada paavi.......

Ada paavi, inime ethaachum anupinaa olunga nee eluthinathaa illa vera yaarodathaannu mention pannu ya. no probs let my words of praise soon become true. Ofcourse u too can write like them. And sujatha is not a great writer but ofcourse unique coz of his flare for writing things which are more scientific which very few writers almost none are popular. Some are good, but not all of his works. For me a writer when he attains a level in writing should be able to produce stuffs which are of better or equally good quality and not less than that. If i start feeling so, then i dont feel like getting back to the writer with the same interest as i did earlier but never shun him totally too with the hope that he might produce something better than that. Recent days i felt a sag in his writing and it double up when i read a story of his recently. At the same time, i read Srirangathu Devathaigal in Kumudam or vikadan i dont know and was impressed by his mild strokes of humour and lauded the lifestyle of their fun filled way of living in those days at srirangam except for the last story in the series. Yes when i read the stories, i felt it was true and almost could take me to those days. But then the last one failed to. dint know y! more after lunch.......

More for jax...

Jax i think, u dint get what i exactly meant. See its going to be from one of the articles which interests others other than the usual fun stuff.. Again i too feel that implementing is time consuming. but then when u have done enough to create a blog with much sophistication, i think doing this will take a day or so more.And i think its not going to be much difficult if u just cut the first para and paste it and provide a link to that blog. It will remain permanent till another interesting article pops up. since u visit our blog daily and has got admin rights, u can do it in minutes time since u need to fiddle with the template to post it permanently till next change. More over Recent posts gives me the list of titles which has happened in a week. But it doesnt give me the content and prompt me to read. Where as what i am talking about is like reading those few lines must prompt every one to read and in the end it should let them leave with a feel of having read something good as i felt in the end, after reading the down posted article. So that was my idea. That article on sun is again not as expected. Summa summa bhaya muruthaatha. This is also a very old news. Have u heard of elnino few years back. Its much based on such natural calamities on Earth due to celestial changes. and having a solar flare is not new to us too. Get me some thing new original and fresh! And even if i keep blogging, then thats all i too will loose my job one day. But never mind, by that time i would have got another one! Dear jax, i am not a fairy to grant all the wishes u have. But surely i will put a request to Santa to grant all ur wishes come true this christmas. By the way started anticipating christmas or u too are feeling like Vijay and manny as they felt towards Diwali....... Source of that BCP article is not known as it came as a forwarded message from srini. So i cant help u out even this time! Raama, nee engagement kathai solliye thapichittu irukka. Sari parava illai poittu vaa. and snaps 500k kulla anupina download panna vasthiya irukkum. sariya. sorry vijay that day when i was chatting with u, there was a disconnection and so couldnt proceed further. anyway All the best and happy journey ya.

A few clarifications

The post at "Quod scripsi, scripsi" is not a poem and it is definitely not mine. It is a song titled "Can't fight this feeling any more" by an artist named Reo Speedwagon. The title would have said it all, "The way I feel". This song and another song keep popping up in my mind so often that I start humming them unconsciously. The link to a story I sent you is again not my story. It was written by Humphrey Hawksley. The link was a special preview of the first chapter of his latest book, "The Third World War". BTW, Sujatha is a great writer. I definitely cannot write better than him. It is true that I haven't sent any stories to you. The truth is most of the stories I have are half written. I lost interest midway or I am thinking of an ending. I'll try to put up my earlier stories online soon. So the first victim is Vicky. I can't say if I would be able to attend the wedding. But if I do and also Ramgopal turns up, I'll kick him for you. Ram why don't you put it online in your Yahoo account and send us the link (don't forget to give us permissions) like your thangachi Valli had done earlier. Thangachi irrukkure mulla alluvukku kudda annanukku illa.

Just

Yeah jax, U r saying right... but it seems u r chasing someone......... S Rini, its not fair from my part in the friendship focus by abstaining for your marriage that too on a holiday and paying a visit even in a working day, Any way let me wait and see what is going to happen. But, please do remember I made on time for your engagement (working day). Reg. snaps I will get u the best jpegs in a zip(around a MB) to ur office inbox.... BCP article is good.... plng. to call kicha by noon, let u know later... one more point for vijay's querry is that, we are matured enough to maintain balance (to some extent) between ordinary day and a festival day........... Yeah MDGs are really scintillating, but what efforts are taken towards the same.......... I think the time period is also very low compared (just 12 more years for 8) to the goals. coming to empty space, put something let me comment later (hahahahaha ) sorry too busy to break head...... Cheers

To Rini and few more links

I guess you are mentioning the Sideblog when you are talking about "empty space". The "Sideblog" is actually another tiny blog. To put up gists of posts is time consuming. That's why we have post titles. You can use the post titles to highlight your post, example your earlier post "Behaviour, character and personality" or the one before that "Suggestion for empty space". They really were meaningful. We can use them effectively. The only detrimental factor is that javascript is used to pull the titles from teh blog posts and put them under the Recent Posts sidebar. So if some one uses & or an apostrophe, it throws up errors and also the post title does not appear in the Recent Posts sidebar. Other than that, I feel that the title serves the best purpose in highlighting the post. More on the butterfly note, read about the danger of the Sun. Also be careful, blogging can get you fired as this person recently came to grief. Ranjini, Kicha is still feeling sick. He'll be coming to Bangalore only on Sunday. BTW the mail you forwarded to me, I couldn't understand a single word of it. What is the job for and what are the requirements. There were some skill sets required that I have never before heard of. Anyway, I'll try to pass it on. Were you able to change your email options in Yahoo? You can get me anything from this list. My usual question, where did you get it from? Please mention the source whenever you put up an article. It is always useful in case I need to get background information on the article. It was quite interesting to read and quite thought provoking too. The link to Rajini's fan site is to show that art and appreciation of art is universal. But I doubt how many of us would be able to sit through a Japanese film without knowing the language. I don't seem to find a theatre where they show movies by foreign film makers (other than English). I would really love to get my hands on the following movies:

• O Brother, Where art thou?
• Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai or any of his other movies
• No Man's Land

Anyone able to find a copy of the above movies, kindly get a copy for me.

3 MB ya?

Its too heavy for my inbox and will block the entire traffic. u can chunk it to less than 1 mb and send us ya. be it HSS celebs or Pondy trip. And i welcome one more poet! ya Jax i read ur poem at ur jaxsays blog and found it good! By the way dint u write any stories in recent days and one more thing, the story which u had sent us some time back, i could not read fully. The story which starts at Indian PM's residence. can u resend me again? Is it a thriller? and by the way these days thrillers are not very thrilling with much twists and turns. Recently i read one sujatha's story. Hope all of us know Ganesh & Vasanth. His prime detective characters. It was a detective story and the story was so dull that in the end there was a billow of disappointment of having read a kothu kathai. Yes, the end of the story was so plain and i wonder how sujatha could write like this and it has got a place in Vikadan's Deepavali malar. That time i felt, even jax would have written better than him! So send me some interesting story which i havent read till date or the story which i have missed. Though got lots of work, my mood is kharaab and so dont feel like working only.

Behavior, character and personality

Behavior, character and personality are distinct levels in the evolution of the human being. When people display nice behavior, we say they are presentable. At the next level, when they have character, they can accomplish something. At a further level, being endowed with ‘personality’, they can create something original. Let us first examine behavior . Behavior is superficial and comes through training. It is a channel through which a man expresses himself. The energies for behavior come from the vital emotions, whereas the energies for character come from the mind. The vital energies are short-lived responses to a situation. The ordinary man who is popular with everyone behaves well, has polite manners and does not criticize anyone. He is very presentable in society. But if this is where his growth has stopped, he cannot accomplish anything in the ordinary sense of the word. When a person has developed character, he can accomplish something by himself. Character is organized in the mind. It has a memory and never forgets. When the essence of the vital experience which is behavior is received in the mind and organized well so that the mind accepts that as its central direction, then it becomes character. A man with character fits into that level of society to which his character has risen. If he has a noble character or a weighty character, he may be a philanthropist or a CEO. If he has a character but his nature is small, he can organize and raise a family successfully. When the mind comes into play, it generally acts on an opinion or bases itself on an idea. It tries to understand and begins to think and organize itself. The vital does not think, it responds to the situation, but the mind listens to an idea. On the basis of this idea, the mind organizes its values. The mind gives its sanction to certain behaviors which it has accepted as right. This behavior then becomes a pattern. The essence of that pattern is based on respectability, on social values. The mental understanding is based on the idea that what is valuable must be respected. Once the mind accepts this, every behavior will be directed by that characteristic. If a mother teachers her child to be polite to his grandfather, the child does not know it should also be polite to his uncle. If the child’s mind, which is capable of understanding, receives the essence of this pattern of politeness towards elder relatives, the pattern becomes continuous and his mind accepts it as a general direction. A person with a mere behavior can follow instructions, but he cannot think on his own, whereas character comes from the mind and enables the person to carry out a task with self-direction. What is personality? Character is necessary to achieve something in society, but when something has to be created anew, personality is needed. Where character may hesitate to attempt something completely new, personality will not. Personality can accomplish something original, whatever the field is. Personality is deeper than character. It does not confine itself to an organized expression as character does. Character needs the support of the social and psychological milieu. Because mind is a narrow organism which functions on thought, it draws its values from the general level of thought in the society. Something in the person feels safe in that climate and then the mind understands, the heart is able to be enthused about that understanding and the body is able to work. Usually when mind has to think of something original, it begins to shake. Personality cannot be centered in the mind. It does not care whether anyone else has attempted a certain work before. It has the initiative to start a fresh work in a new field. Personality does not require the extraneous support of the social sanction. After it has understood and the mind has consented, it has the imagination to give a mental emotion to that consent. Once the mind is able to visualize something in its own imagination, the heart does not hesitate to release its enthusiasm for the accomplishment of the work. The support for the work comes from the Being which is above the mind. If the mind is clear and the Being supports, it doesn’t need the support of the society. That is the difference between character and personality. Character is an efficient mental organism functioning within the social fabric of accomplished levels. Personality is an energy which comes from the Being, able to understand on its own, be enthusiastic on its own and be a trail blazer for the society. Whether the field is in literature, or scientific discovery or in industry or in founding a college, this is the basic difference between character and personality

Suggestion for empty space

Jax that site on Rajini is in Japanese i believe and so its not loading properly and even if it loads also i dont think its possible to understand. Think u might have sent us to make us aware that there are websites of rajini by japanese which is a very old news to me. And that link on butterfly......... Sari kadi. Yarru adhu ippidi time waste panni ivalavu aaraaichi panraangannu theriyala. But the site on UN Millenium goals is scintillating! Hei vicky is younger to me atleast by two years manny. and so i felt too early. Hope u guys to have a good time at his marriage. Ennadhu ram is cominga? he dint come for my wedding and now he is going to go for vicky'sa? Ram this is not acceptable. ponaa othai thaan solliten. by the way ram did u contact kicha? has he come back? how is he now? he hasnt posted even a single blog till date. seems to be so sick. Hei Jax we can put in that empty space few lines of some interesting blogs. For eg. a gist or some punch lines of the discussion in our blogs. What do other guys say? coz putting a review or some good articles might demand more space where as this gist or punch lines is more short and sweet. Moreover such good articles can be posted directly on blog itself if its a forwarded one or a link can be established for such things. So lets reserve that space for something interesting . As an attempt i will post in my next blog an article which grasped me very much by its simplicity in explaining abstract things in such a clear cut manner. And jax u can use the first para of that artcile as the highligh of the article and put it in the empty space which also acts as a gist of what the article is all about! A link to the actual blog will follow at the end of this highlight ........ This is my idea jax and to implement is in ur hands. Ok others, do tell jax, what else can be put. bye for a moment to cut copy paste the article which i read in next blog

Hi

Welcome sri, atlast u logged in...........ah!!!!!!!!! OOPS, bad login...... Jax, What they r conveying from the butterfly site, I couldnt understand anything, coz I am reading in between lines of the events, and trying to grasp something quickly, can u provide a gist in the blog. Rini, which snaps u want immdtly, diwali_hss_celebs I have zipped nearly 3 MB, other one Pondy tour yet to arrive.......... Ganja, naanum irukaen nnu soollitu poriya..............fine........ Cheers

Thanks for overwhelming Response

Dear Friends, Thankyou very much for your overwhelming welcome and wishes! Manny has pointed out has rightly that I cannot trouble Jax too much for adding 1 more id. That was a lesson for me. I am happy to announce Manny @ this moment that I had successfuly closed the id vsriprasath_chat@yahoo.com to avoid any more future problems. So no troubles, no worries! Manny! I saw Boys 3 times due to technical features involved in that film. I admire Shankar's ideas, thoughts and his love towards film career. Shankar struggled in the tamil film industry for 11 years, Vickram 14 years, A.R.Rahman 7 years to get a break through! Don't think I am advocating these people. These are generic lessons we should learn. The best way to reach people is media, films, TV ads. Ok no boring again! You may face tougher time with ur Superiors/Boss. I have Translation Software for you people. Suppose your Superior/Boss says "I totally agree with you" means " I totally disagree with you" "You are Right! But... " means "Even if you agree! I don't care" "I didn't have time to go through your mail and I can't understand what u said" means "I don't know to access the e-mail software" "We have an opportunity" means "You have a problem" "Convince your client for this deal" means "Hell with your Client" Ok guys and gals! Meet u again! Sri Prasath Venkateswaran

We all wud have heard about "God Fathers"... but now I hereby add crown to Jax by giving him the title "Blog Father". Namakku ivlo goals irukkunnu ivlo naal enakku theriyave theriyathu my dear blog father....nenjai thottuteenga ponga... che...intha blog'la emoticons ellam illa...illatti namma expressions innum nalla sollalaam...enna naan solrathu??? Ok dears, i will be on leave and will get back to work on monday only. Till then bye and I request our Blog Father (Jax) to take care of our blog and bloggers...ha ha. Mahen

Welcome

Welcome to the blog, Sri. Good to hear from Ganesh after a long time. Meanwhile, if you are a Rajini fan, this is a must visit. As Manny had said, we at time get to discuss about things like goals, whenever we are not discussing about Bisibhelebhath or Rava Kesari.

And Sri enna ithu Technological Challenge is frightening, threatening'nnu ....athu ithunnu ethetho solra...!!! Hope he shud have a wrong notion or in other words a high hyped thoughts about our blog activities... I mean somebody wud have told him that techy discussion is encouraged (of course it is) in our blog... But Sri, dont get fooled... we will most often discuss about how to prepare Sambar saatham (Bisibelabaath in new terms!!!) ha ha... so come out with some recipes too.

hi

hi all, nice to read the deepavali expereinces of some. then annan Pachai Pachai Sri welcome to the blog. bye

Welcome Sri

Vanthuttanya...vanthuttann....!!!!! welcome Sriprasath...but one thing da...here in blog we cannot keep on adding more Ids of yours as you r used to with the messenger...(!!!!) so keep this in mind sri... poor jax will have to send separate invitations if you want multiple Ids (of yours) to be added...ha ha... Apram Boys padam paathu sri romba affect aayirukkannu ninaikiren...RAC...Ticket...Train'nnu solli irukkan...(FYI dear bloggers: Diwali annaikku veetukku call panni Boys padam Paathiya da'nnu kettan enkitta...ha ha...avan moonu murai paathanam...enakku pidikkala da'nnu sonnen...but avanukku romba pidichirunthatham...ha ha...so probably...antha "friendship enbathu RAC...." song thaan avana romba affect panni irukkumnnu ninaikiren). BTW...myself, vijay and Ram has planned for vickky's marriage...Vijay is going to mumbai this friday and since he will be in his initial days of induction into PCS, he said that he was not sure abt the plan. But he said that he will make it up to be there on 12th. And, ranjini..how can u say that this is too early for him yaar...when u, valli, sindhu, and vinitha were able to marry, then y not vickky??? this is really not fair on your part ma... Mahen

My first Post

Hi, Greetings to ALL! Since a long time I was quarelling with Xavi, to reserve a berth in this group. I though it will be RAC, but finally I got a berth for travelling in this train. I thank all who responded to my mail. Technological Challenge, it is the phrase which frightens u and me day to day. I read an article in which how top tech companies invent technology and how people experiment the same! Here are some samples. Compaq is considering changing the command "Press Any Key" to "Press Return Key" because of the flood calls asking where the "Any" key is. A Dell technician advised a customer to put his troubled floppy back in the drive and close the door. The customer asked the tech to hold on, and was heard putting the phone down, getting up and crossing the room to close the door to his room A customer was asked to send a copy of his defective diskettes. A few days later, a letter arrived from the customer along with the photocopies of the floppies. Hope u enjoyed! till then! Bye! Sri Prasath Venkateswaran

what?

Really.......????? Its too early for him and i think even the month of April is far away to fool us. Pooor girl! by the way, it seems many of us had a grand diwali except few like vijay, manny.... Ofcourse i did have a great time with dresses pouring from all sides along with wishes. Ya Diwali collection was around 2500rs/- Need to plan to spend it properly. Since i have got a bit of work, i couldnt blog and will keep in touch later. jax thanx for helping me change my mail delivery options for the group. Ram post the snaps soon and can send us soon. till then bye

Vickkykku Kalyanam...(contd...)

Hi all, as I said earlier, Vignesh prabhu is getting married with his cousin (athai ponnu) on 12th Nov. he will invite all thru our msitmmb soon. This is an expected but immediate arrangement it seems. and the interesting thing is that both vickky and his brother is getting married on the same day and that too his brother's bride is none other than the sister of vickky's bride... really interesting... hope to c all boys soon in V'nagar

updates....

Shocking news!! Everyone likes butterflies. But you should know that they are very dangerous. Read on for more information. BTW, Kicha is still sick. He had called this morning. He'll be back on Monday. I have added Sriprasath to the blog. If you have some time, read Quod scripsi, scripsi and leave you comments there, not here.

Yes...it is

s manny, I forgot that... He called me but I was not at home... I think he might have called me to convey the same... anyway hoping to catch him online... But Nov. 12th its quite difficult for me to get leave, as just now I had 2 days leave. le'me try...

Vickkykku kalyanam

Hi all, One (probably a shocking but true)news... our vignesh prabhu is getting married on 12th of november 2003. Ijust got this message from him...this might be an unexpected news to many of u. but some of the boys may not feel so and I expected this to happen ... got to go and i will post the details soon in the evening Mahen

Adding to vijay's point ...

BTW...Vijay has said that he has lost something....which he had in his school days... Yes machaan...for me too... i too have the same kind of feeling that u have as if we lost something... May be we wud hav lost our good friends (!!!!!) and unfortunately we ended up getting into all new contacts in our UG and more precisely in our PG...(diyounnnnnn!!!!!!!!!*!*!!**!*!*!) The kind of bad and bitter PG life...(ha ha ha...) may be the reason which wud have made you feel so. ok da past is past...hereafter dont spare any efforts to make your life full of joy and surrounded by good ppl.(Like me). Mahen

Diwali Damakkaa!!!

hai all, fine and had nice time after a short gap at native. Sriprasath called me up and conveyed his wishes, from him only I came to know about kicha's ill health... but I thought he would have reached blr by this time... Jax, any idea when kicha will be back.. howz he feeling now... Jax, do add sriprasath to our blog members.. and let him / me know once its done... Actually, Oct 18 - 19 I was slightly not feeling well.. something iritated me.. might be diwali fever... by Oct 20, really I got Fever, I tried 6 Paraceatamol.. and half filled stomach...gud, it saved nine.... I have booked tickets to (oct 22 -> ngl) and fro (oct 27 -> blr), but a shocking news, That I have to stay and go next day... coz of some delivery etc... somehow I convinced the PM (project manager) and made alternatives for my position... had a nice trip in Volvo (Imported from Japan) really a fantastic trip in A/C bus with 150 Rs/- more from actual fare.. just 12 hrs journey (798 Km in Indian Roads).. really enjoyed well with Boyz film (I slept coz I have already watched). Yeah, coz of the tension on the day of my journey at office, I couldnt find time to read blogs too. we had floor decoration for Diwali, our Floor stood second.. will post snaps soon... Our chidambaram tour snaps are ready & is in courier section.. will post them as soon as it reach me... Congrats vijay for ur step towards a new challenging envt (Career, Climate, Culture, Food & Language: Mumbai PCS). Coming to ur question, I have the answer, but I am not sure to what extent the same will convince you... Gud man, u purchased a week b4, I purchased a day b4 that too only a shirt for formality... Yeah I watched most of the debate, "Just we have come to know that these are yet another day which acts as a family get together, but in childhood these days are time to relish away from study, no pressure from teachers / parents the whole day, moreover new dresses only during festivals / functions... but now.. we can get dress rt. now also if needed.. those days need is not the criteria but function is the criteria, nowdays viceversa" Kavi, since strugling with gr8 responsibility and placing little effort I couldnt find time to post, although I read often.. moreover there is no matter to be posted. Manny yet to read your links.. will come to both discussion (Marriage & Religion later).... enna da.. pillion seat free ah??? irukooo??? hmmm irukatuumm... Valli, Sindhu, how about ur diwali celebs... Rini, how was urs... During my stay at native, talked to Ganesh, Rajesh, Rohini, Sindhu, JK, Shoba... all conveyed their wishes to all... Cheers

Diwali Hols

Hi All, Hope everyone enjoyed this hols..What happened to kicha? Not feeling well. Today morning just I was wondering why there is no Good Morning mail from kicha. I came to chennai sunday afternoon itself..'coz I forgot to book the return ticket and in last moment I didn't get any tickets in bus or train.So I preferred Day journey. It was too boring on sunday evening..I was alone in home. Then just started with all the housekeeping work pending. My roomi came in the evening..Then we went out for shopping..had dinner outside. Valli..How is your job going? I didn't see any blogs about your experience..I might have missed that also..I am not sure. Expecting all your blogs soon...

deepavali celebration

hi all, hope everyone enjoyed deepavali very much. thalai deepavali, rendam deepavali, irupathi munam deepavali, irupathi nazham deepavli, irupathi anjam deepavali,... yellam eppadi irunthathu. regarding myself, i enjoyed a lot. but comparing to deepavalies which came during my school/college days, i havnt enjoyed that much. y it so? i asked myself. during that days i start counting days for deepavali well before 2 months. like the world cup starting day counting in ESPN/Star, i used to start counting like 70 days to go, 55 days to go, next month this day it is deepavali, only two weeks to go,.... like that i used to start purchase dresses one month before the deepavali. usually in our town all the dress shops start deepavali sales exactly one month before the deepavali. only that time they start advertising. but in my house we buy dresses before that. but for this deepavali i only bought dresses 2 weeks before, and also i bought it in 2 days. why it so? i lost something? i m searching reasons for that? if anyone hav similar sort of feeling then pls tell me if u find reasons. i ll blog once i found the reasons. btw, has anyone watched patti mandram in Sun TV on deepavali day? it is related to what i said above. i ll blog all these things soon.

Hello!

Hope everyone had a wonderful diwali! Kicha spoke to me today morning, He is still sick. so he'll be on leave for a week. He said he'll try to blog if possible.

Happy Diwali

Hi all, Diwali Wishes from Ganesh & Valli. Wish you all a happy & safe Diwali.

Happy Diwali..!!!

Wish you all a very Happy Diwali... I'll be going home tonite... heard the weather is not so good in many parts of Tamil Nadu... nothing different in Bangalore too... last 2 days I was down with high fever and diarrhoea... and feeling better today... its an erratic weather here... y'day morning it was raining heaviliy... then there was 3 hrs of bright sunlight in the afternoon with virtually no clouds on the sky.. and in the evening it started raining again... at the moment, the clouds and the sun are playing hide-and-seek...

Happy Diwali

Hi All, Wish you all a very happy Diwali!! I am going home tomm evening. Hope Rini is going home today. What about sindu and valli....U are going to take off on Friday or what? Ram no blogs from you? When you are going home?? Have Nice Time!! Bye

A few notes

This year Diwali seems to be quieter than usual. Maybe the ban on the decibel level ratios is responsible or have people woken up to the fact that their hard earned money is going up in smoke. Those who didn't read today's newspaper. Surely, here is a good reason to get married soon guys. Read a description of avial and sambar, as described in the New York Times.

One of her classics is avial, a ragout of vegetables, in which she uses matchstick-size pieces of carrot, cucumber, green beans, drumstick (long, ridged pods from the moringa oleifera tree, rich in vitamin C, with a delicate flavor resembling that of asparagus), kovakka or little melon (a kind of gherkin) and brinjal, a longish eggplant. First she boils the vegetables with green chilies. Then she adds a mixture with the texture of oatmeal, including turmeric, coconut, garlic and cumin, along with home-made cow's-milk curd and kari leaves (highly aromatic and widely used in Kerala, these are often confusingly called curry leaves in the West; they look like basil leaves and taste of citrus and bell peppers). Sambar, a lentil and vegetable stew, makes use of two unusual spices. Asafetida, a resin taken from the rhizomes of giant fennel, is admired in Kerala for its earthy scent when fried in oil, and fenugreek seeds are liked for their bitter caramel flavor. Together with tamarind, a souring agent, chilies and coriander leaves, they give the stew intricate layers of flavor.

Interesting to read the different names that the foreigners give to Indian dishes, trying to findsimilarities between thier food and ours. Try figuring out what sourdough crepes are? Anyway, Have a wonderful Diwali, guys and gals, at home or not?

my views...

Interesting to read the essays that Manny had posted. here are my views: Mankind has always been fascinated by religion. As someone said, it is the opium of the mind. A short look at the number of religions in the world will baffle the mind. So many religions, so many views... Add to this mixture, a large heapful of mythologies, you get a totally confusing volatile potion. But after understanding many mythologies, it is possible to point out several similarities between the mythologies, be it a greek, egyptian or matabele. So all I can understand is that there has been a common origin for the beliefs. The question is where? Africa (as scientists say), Ancient Persia (according to Judeo, Christian, Islamic and Hindu myths), Mediterranean (Greek, Egyptian, Atlantis). That's one question for which no one has been able to give a correct answer. But as George Bernard Shaw said, "There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it."

Hi all

Hi hi hi... Quite for a short while I have not blogged anything... Not because that i should not....just lack of more free hours to rest myself and share things with u all. But am used to read all ur blogs... Then happy to know that vijay has got into PCS. But at the same time I lost my sleep for the past few months...the reason being many in number but very specific about one thing...nothing but all chennai guys getting placed in good cos. First Ganesh into CPL Ajayan got into Eveready... Then Rajesh into Godrej... then Vijay into PCS... ipdiya pona enna aagumo therila...haha as a result I was not able to bear these shocking news one after the other in a very short while of abt 2 to 3 months...(Just kidding) (Just kidding'nnu bracketla pottathu summa oru formalitykkaga naama solvom illa...athukkaga...but really i lost my sleep over this matter...ha ha) Anyhow...Congrats boys...have a nice time ahead in ur new jobs ...(dei...ithu vayitherichaloda solra all the best da. unmainnu nambidateenga...) and my life is going cool...and hey one thing I forgot to tell to u all.. I have bought a brand new Hoodibaabaa...Caliber 115 bike for me... Riding my days fast in my Hoodibabaa...(Note: My bike's pillion seat is still vacant...) Ok then...nothing more. mates. Bye Bye. Mahen

Mommy...! He's Got My Job

Hi mates, An interesting article on the new restrictions laid over the H1B visas for foreign pros. US is no more a country which will dictate terms to others especially for countries like India and China...and the "son of the soil" story no longer helps them... Read more... Regards, Mahen

new addition

Hi all, If you go to to the bottom of the sidebar in the blog, you might find a new title called "sideblog". Tell me what we can use it for. Will post my replies to the two topics soon, Bye.

Were Krishna and Jesus the same person???

Dear mates, My wishes for a happy diwali... On the eve of this festival, I came across an article abt Hinduism... Worth knowing the whats of our great religion and makes me feel something good about my identity... if u have time have a look at this link Also, a bit of news that i found was as follows... "Some liberal religious historians have raised the possibility that stories of Jesus' birth, ministry, execution, and resurrection were copied, at least in part, from Krishna's life." To see what they say in its entirety abt this issue have a look at this link Ur views are welcome... Regards, Mahen

An interesting article...

The flight to India The jobs Britain stole from the Asian subcontinent 200 years ago are now being returned. by George Monbiot Britain's industrialisation was secured by destroying the manufacturing capacity of India. In 1699, the British government banned the import of woollen cloth from Ireland, and in 1700 the import of cotton cloth (or calico) from India. Both products were forbidden because they were superior to our own. Now the jobs we stole 200 years ago are returning to India. Read full-story

Hi

Its history in the making..!!! Kavitha posting her blog all by herself...!!! Anyway.. nice to know that u r able to get some time to browse and post... I'll be starting home on thursday night for diwali... and at work.. am doing some programming with.. guess what... COBOL and CICS... Yep..!! some mainframe stuff... no... not moved from my good old .NET ... but this is an initiative to integrate mainframes with microsoft technologies.. and I'm starting with the mainframe part of it and have to look at ways of integrating it with .NET so that we could get a real-time processing (rather than batch processing) with mainframe in the picture.. And yet to see views about that topic... I too am thinking on it...

My Diwali plans!?

Hi, Congrats Vijay Babu....iyyo pavam Mumbai! Xavier...I'll try my level best to make it...but cannot assure you....cos next weekend is Diwali...anyway can you tell me the exact place of the ITMA fair in Birmingham. Rini, as Valli said i dont have the same enthu as it would have been in India... My Mother-in-law sent me a silk saree and Boomi on his behalf got me a couple of trousers and jumpers...planning to take off friday afternoon to prepare some sweets ....have a party - not the sort that i would love to go....There is a huge Indian community in Leicester and they have fireworks...planning to go and watch it. Boomi's friends are coming down to our home for Diwali...so hoping to have nice time... I never imagined that Bulb will be such a big kozhi, at the same time prooving that she is a Diana as well! Kicha, we are not certain of how long we'll have to stay...as u said one yr is over...and our visa is getting expired by jan 2004....probably v'll get it extended for another 6 months or so... gud topic for discussion...will pour in my thoughts later!

Congrats Vijay

It's Nice to get to know from vijay that He got an offer in PCS. Congrats!! For Diwali..This weekend I went for shopping. I got a saree for Amma and a shirt for Anna. I got a plesant surprise from my brother for this diwali ...he got 4 chudi's for me. Yet to see all that. This time I am eagerly waiting to go home. Today..Just now got cleard all the doubts about today's work from my onsite coordinator and we started our work. Have to deliver it by tomm morning...So I will be in office till 10 or 11..today. I met bala and vijay saturday evening..Had Nice time with them..(Vijay note..I didn't say to all that you gave me a treat on that day)... See you all in my next blog..

Remember my link in earlier post on a house designed with CSS. I got a mail from the site's designer. I am reproducing it below.

Thanks for linking to my demo! Not sure what you mean by "Please don't view it in Internet Explorer." though. Works perfectly in IE5/Mac and IE6/Win. -- Chris Hester http://www.designdetector.com

Good to here that Vijay has entered PCS. Congrats, da.

i m joining Patni, mumbai

hi, i pleased to inform u that the poor Patni Computer Systems did a blunder by offered me a job in one of their Mumbai office. so i m going to join there next month. i ll update u shortly with more details regarding it.

an interesting topic

Kicha, an interesting topic for discussion. I'm eager to know what the others would like to say about these, especially our married ones. I'll post my comments later. But before that, everyone take a look at this and tell me your comments. Please don't view it in Internet Explorer ver 5.x. View it in IE 6 or Netscape 7 or Mozilla or FireBird.

Hi

jax, feel free to use anything... and about the chat in blog... how personal is a "personal" chat... am sure there was nothing "personal" in that chat, that I have "revealed" to the world... its more a sharing of "something funny" that went on between two people... I intend to propose a topic for discussion... this was going on since morning in our BB.. so just felt like knowing what all of us have in mind too... This is was the post in our BB which started it all... Here goes... Drop in your views if u find the topic interesting... Hey dear guys and gals ….. This is not a silly question. It’s very tough to answer. Easy it may seem, but given a second thought it could raise a big debate. What according to you is the right age to marry? Is it in the early twenties, when you are full of the so called “josh” or should it be in the late twenties, when u have gained experience of how to handle life. Whatever you may feel right, may feel absolutely wrong for another. Doesn’t matter though, coz it’s always free to express your opinions. Now the importance of the topic – Why should it be a concerned issue? If you must have read last Sunday’s supplements of Times Of India, you will agree that yeah… people do choose career prior to family. And when their career is all glory, they turn to family. But then its too late. Either there aren’t too many books on the shelf, or you may havta pick what you get, not what you want. On the other hand, we also see cases where kiddos fall in love and marry right after college. They don’t realize the responsibilities and duties involved in a married life, and often end up in disasters. Many a time, the not so forward Indian parents come in between, and they set a deadline, which could be as late as 30 or could be as early as 20. Now again, the average Indian youth, doesn’t have the guts or doesn’t feel it proper to stand up for their choices especially, when they are against the parents. Some may call this discipline, some may call it orthodox, some may call it obedience, some may call it fear. Tis not easy to bring a trend among a social culture. And very often, the beginners of the trend are often branded as the maggot in the apple. Open your views, and let’s see what the Bulletin Board has in mind. Keep the ball rolling

my thoughts...

Bon Jour, Kicha, that was really an interesting chat transcript. Since when have you taken over Rajesh as a chief Kozhi catcher, Kicha? But is it ethical? is a question that I would want to ask everyone. I know there was no illwill meant. But what if two persons are having a personal chat and one of them puts the chat transcript online? Just my thoughts... Kicha, my comments on what you sent: Wonderful. Can I use a part of it (especially the 2nd and last paras) in any of my stories. I'll give the proper credits for it. Can I? Those who didn't know what I am saying. You'll know soon. It has been a long time since we had a long discussion on the blog. Anyone giving out topics, please let us avoid rehashing old topics once more. Let us discuss some new things this time. As for movie reviews, I watched "LOTR-TTW" on DVD a couple of days back. It is amazing to see how a movie becomes more interesting when you watch it on a DVD. I was unlucky to miss it on the silver screen. Waiting for the next installment to be released in December. As for books, I am currently reading "The Sons of Fortune" by Jeffrey Archer. Those who have read Archer before might understand this story would contain, the twists and turns etc. which reminds me. Hey Sindhu, where are my books. Does Vinod have them? If you have not yet read any of Archer's books, start with "Not a penny more, not a penny less". You'll love it. I am still trying to get my hands on "The Avenger" by Fredrick Forysth. The librarian has asked me to collect it tomorrow. So I have to complete reading "The Sons of Fortune" by tonight. Other than that, I'm waiting for my project to be completed by today.

Hi

Valli, I've seen "Bend it like Beckham" 4 times, and "Mr. and Mrs. Iyer" twice... Konkana Sen, who played the lead role also won the National Award for "Best Actress". After so much... America is just waking up to these movies... the country is becoming as dumb as its president... why don't u people kick out that dumbo... Sindhu, how long still to go in ur stay in UK... Its been almost a year, ain't it... any plans of returning home... Rajesh seems to be travelling a lot.. no posts for quite some time from him... and Manny too...

Interesting chat

Hey Kicha, had a nice time laughing......So finally did she understand that you were playing the fool around, or is she still expecting ur arrival on 22nd???? Happened to watch two wonderful movies last week......one was "Mrs & Mr Iyer".......An Indian movie.....The hero's nativity is said as Bengal, & the heroin's is from TamilNadu....So they communicate in English, with tit bits of tamil & hindi inbetween.....& for our convinience, we get close captions when the dialouge is in Hindi or Tamil.....The whole movie is about a journey, from the deep south to Calcutta.......It was simply wonderful..... The other movie was "Bend it like Beckham"......an Indian(Punjabi) family in London tries to raise their soccer-playing daughter in a traditional way.......Her dream is to play soccer professionally like her hero David Beckham.......Does her parents allow her to chase her dream or ties her with family values and stuffs??....This is the whole stroy about...The director is Gurinder Chadha(who's given one another hit..."Bhaji on the beach")...This movie was a sleeper hit in England.....a late pick up....but recieved an overwhelming response.....Now, picking up speed in America too......Don't ever miss a chance to watch these wonderful movies...... Kicha, so at what time u'll be at my home?....this week end we are celebrating Diwali, right????........

Kozhi of the century..!!!

Chatted with "Bulb" Packialakshmi today.. an extract of the chat transcript... ............... rpackialakshmi: tomm going to mdu after 15 days rpackialakshmi: where are u? kichili: New york rpackialakshmi: what rpackialakshmi: New york??? kichili: yes... rpackialakshmi: means? kichili: will be here for 1 more week... rpackialakshmi: where are u now? kichili: New York... now only... kichili: its 7AM here... kichili: just got up.. and came to check mail... rpackialakshmi: !!! rpackialakshmi: hey when u went pa rpackialakshmi: me too trying for foreign job............ kichili: came on 3rd and will be back to Bangalore on 22nd rpackialakshmi: oh short term......... rpackialakshmi: am so sad rpackialakshmi: y? kichili: yes.. just a small consultancy work... rpackialakshmi: howz the climate kichili: very cool.. it seems next month it'll start snowing... but i'll leave before that... kichili: this weekend am going to valli's house... 3 hrs from my place kichili: valli and myself are planning diwali celebration this weekend... rpackialakshmi: ok rpackialakshmi: Advance Happy diwali kichili: same to u... kichili: i'll be in mdu for diwali rpackialakshmi: thanz rpackialakshmi: ok rpackialakshmi: get me chocholates from there kichili: ok.. will do that... rpackialakshmi: thanks rpackialakshmi: then....... rpackialakshmi: what is famous there kichili: tell something small.. that I can carry... kichili: there will be "assorted chocolate boxes" here.. will get that for u rpackialakshmi: dress rpackialakshmi: or any costume rpackialakshmi: any modern dress rpackialakshmi: i will pay for u Comment: I couldn't bear it laughing any longer. kichili: do u know one thing....???? rpackialakshmi: what kichili: i've never seen a bigger kozhi than u...!!! rpackialakshmi: what rpackialakshmi: kozhi means kichili: kozhi means YOU rpackialakshmi: is it hen kichili: yes rpackialakshmi: why kichili: u r proving to be a bigger kozhi than I thought... rpackialakshmi: i dont know the character of hen rpackialakshmi: buy something for me rpackialakshmi: i will get from u on diwali kichili: i'm telling u r a FOOL... atleast now do u understand..??? rpackialakshmi: why rpackialakshmi: am i did anything wrong kichili: yeah... u did everything wrong... rpackialakshmi: what rpackialakshmi: why u said new york rpackialakshmi: is valli is in new york kichili: no... kichili: u r kozhi.. so u'll believe anything... .............. Happy laughing...!!!

links

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sorry

Dear Rini. I didn't get what you want properly. You want an article on CSS, right? I'll let you know after some time. I was on leave yesterday. And guess what my boss is off to Dubai for a week.

Diwali

Hey Rini, I'm feeling so sick Rini...I wanna get chudi or saree for me too......But, poor me, I've just got a pair of Van Huesen Trousers and shirts. However i still have one unused silk saree....new in box....Persian blue (If I'm right)....... We have two functions here, conducted by the Indian community......we'll be going there.....we have planned to go to a temple, with our friends.....we don't have a temple, in Lexington......need to travel to a nearby place....one and a half hr travel....90 miles.....We have also planned to make some sweets, one dish per family(Kinda Potleg)......will sure be speaking with our parents & bro's..... But inspite of all these, I feel, i'm missing something terribly.....the festive mood, the sound of crackers, flooded readymade showrooms, busy bakeries, my quest for chudis 'n sarees.....everything...... But this is far far more better than last year's Diwali......It was a friday......Ganesh went to office asusual......I hardly knew one family here....who were also far away from our place.....I was not that confident about my cooking experinces....So I did'nt try out anything new or different......I was afraid of deep frying also at that time(I had this problem for a long time....I've witnessed two deep frying accidents....one to my mom & the other one, to one of my aunts.Though now I'm very comfortable)......I was crying the whole day, so depressed.....nobody around me....Finally, i was okay in the evening, when i got dressed up, in my new silk saree & Ganesh took me to that one place whom we knew..... This year, Bless me, we have so many friends around us.....we have plans to celebrate it together.....Hope we'll have a great time together......

My senior is off to KL!!!

Hi guys, i will b free for the next few days. Coz as usual my senior has gone onsite to KAulaLumpur(KL). Dont know when he will be back. but might not be less than a week. Hei jax can u send me the link which gives intro to CSS? I would like to go thru it now. so send me stat.

My senior is off to KL

YA my senior has gone to offsite. so kicha u can call me if u r free. Dont know when he will be back but i have got some work too. And jax send me the link which contained that intro about CSS stat.

BREAKING NEWS...

B R E A K I N G    N E W S ... Catching a train to Crewe? Call Bangalore British train travellers will be forced to call Bangalore to find out the time of their next connection at Crewe or Clapham Junction, under a secret plan to save up to £10m by shifting Britain's national rail enquiries service to India. Read full-story

Diwali Purchase!

Yes, this weekend, Srini surprised me by getting a sari for Diwali. He had already got me two chudi and now one more sari. Its in Maroon color with embrodery in the palloo section and with small buttas. Good it looks on me. What guys how about u people? Esp. Valli &Sindhu, ennadi panna poreenga? Planning to try some new sweets? New outfits? And sindhu, going to spend sometime at home. Good mam, BTW r there plans for u people to come to India sometime later? Y not much of blogging these days? ok guys, nothing more interesting. Will share if something crops up. Till then bye

good to hear that

Dear Kicha, Good to have you back. I've been troubled by a project for the past two weeks. Not much work for me literally. All I have to do is co-ordinate the proceed and it driving me nuts. I hope I can get the project completed by the next two days. BTW, Sindhu, if you could visit Birmingham again sometime between the 22^nd and 29^th of this month, visit the ITMA fair. There if you can locate the pavilion of Lakshmi Card Clothing there, spend some time to take a look at a video presentation going on at their stall and then tell me how it was. Was my work for the past two weeks worth it? Can you tell me? Planning to work again? Somehow, I managed to install Windows XP, Windows Me, and Windows Server 2003 (in that order) on my machine. My Visual Studio .NET installation went fine, except that I need to activate my software through the net and I don't have a net connection at home. I'm still wondering what to do. Damn Microsoft and their stupid activation scheme. I realize I have to find a way to crack that stupid activation hurdle. Anybody willing to render their services?

Back to form...

Hi, My system is fine now... and am online in Yahoo messenger and MSN (this is for Kavi alone)... the exciting world of internet is open to me...

Hi

Hi, System still off the network. The support people here are too slow. I've escalated the request. Hope something will be done atleast today... couldn't do much y'day because of this...

Tough to Follow

Hi... Have a look into Procra Also Pareto... All the very best.

My Boss is off...

Hi, Hope everyone had a gud wkend.... Great to hear from Kavi after a long time.....yes kavi as u said it's very difficult to manage ur worklife and family in one-go.....but a lot depends on ur life partner! Xavier...i read the piece of story in the link.... it was well-written, narrative and simple in language.... Most importantly I was able to visualise things....it has a great take-off....but the momentum can be fine-tuned a bit...a few sentences can be rephrased....like... "The soldiers seperated...." other than these it was really great to read....kept me intact until the end... this weekend we went to Birmingham along with one of Boomi's friend....a new shopping complex was opened recently called 'Bull Ring'....had the usual set of shops that we find all over UK.....everything under a single roof.....it was so much crowdy like T.Nagar Ranganathan street....but the interesting part was a shop called ' selfridges'...it has everything and anything u need for a house...clothes, books, music Cd's, bags, cosmetics, decorative items, electronic goods,entertainment and what not....it even had a restaurant....English, Chineses, Itlalian.......just amazing but a bit messy as well! Watched ' Bad Boys II ' in a nearby cinema complex...horrible movie...it was dragging on, on and on.... oops...i forgot to tell one more thing.....I have resigned my job....right now i'm under notice period...so will work until the end of this month!....looking forward to staying at home for some time before my next assignment!...Boomi is just waiting for the d-day.....so that nan oru nalavadu Boomi ya torture pannama thaniya samaikarthukku.....

Yipppeeeeeee...!!!!!!!!

Hi, I'm released from that stupid project. From today am at my good old place. But still, yet to get back to full form. My system is still giving problems connecting to the network. Once it gets sorted out, I'll be back to full form...

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hi all, sorry that i could not blog for quite some time.i will try to blog often in the future. i felt vey bad that i could not accompany ram, murtu & sinoop for the last 2 days of their stay here in chidambaram. i will soon post the snaps in the group. ranjini enjoyed ur expereinces in chennai. bye