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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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