@lantic Ocean

I have seen Atlantic ocean in map. I remember days when I always get confused with atlantic and arctic ocean and wrongly fill the maps. But, now I can easily.

Last weekend I had a good time pass. On saturday, I washed my clothes and after that I got tired, lifting wet clothes from the washing machine is not as easy as you think. I spent later part of the day watching some tamil movies(holy crap!). And inthe evening we started planning for the next day(ithukku mattum korachchal illai). We planned to go to hampton beech. I have heard lot about American beaches. So, with enthusiasm we started on sunday,by 12:30 After noon. If it is some other place, then we would have started little bit later than noon :-P. We took a print out of the map, courtesy: the googlers. And it has mentioned that it is 20 minutes from my place. We caught the NH, I was the navigator and my friend was the implementor (athaan driver). After 20 minutes, I was not able to correlate the map and the road. We were lost!! We took the next immediate Exit and were bit relieved from the highway traffic. The road ended suddenly, and there was only one liquor shop. ada paaveeegala (vivek tonele), liquor shoppukku oru exitaa!!

(ramanaa stylele)
motham portsmouthle 3 million per vodka adikkuraan
athula 2 million per raawa adikkuraan
athula 1 million per mail-in rebatela adikkuraan......

hmm, now, I got how the american government has enough cash.

Our chase for next exit started immediately. And my map is not showing where we were!

After a long struggle we went to hampton beach. The time was 2:30 PM. The climate was very cold. (atlanticlna chummava??). To our surprise(and disappointment) kannukku kulirchiya ethume illai.

But the view was amazing! Calm as our weekday besant nagar(ithu konja overu)! only the sound of the ocean, and some birds. I love beaches and was very much excited to walk in the beach, after a long time.

Here are some snaps, which we took during our beach walk. (and of course, comments on side)



Wow!!, super foto graphy.



ai, vellai kaakka, who said "varumayin niram sivappu?"



ka(adha)l vettu! everywhere, lovers are same! I remember seeing ka(adh)al vettu
of mookkaayan and mookkayi at azhagar koil.(one of the favorite places for lovers in Indian philadelphia)


(last, but not the least, itz me boldly facing the currents of atlantic).












In my horroscope it is mentioned that I will see a BIG break in my life, after I visit all the 5 oceans (hey, wait a minute, how many oceans are there? is bay of bengal an ocean?, geo-graphyle namma konjam weak). ok, my journey of ocean is continuing, I am going to Visit pacific ocean next weekend. Yeah, I will be travelling to California for "nandri therivikkum thirunal". (thanksgiving day, in American language).

Figures!

Figures!! The thing that most interested me right from my school days and even now it is interesting me. Hey, dont mistake figures for babes, but it is all about digits. I like playing with figures and I observed one peculiar property of palindrome numbers, during my school days. Actually, I observed it during my college days. As you know I am currently in a place where colleges are called as schools,
I am using the same notation ;-), when you are in rome, become roman :-P.

Coming to the matter, this is what I observed: A palindrome integer of even length will always be a multiple of 11. If it sounds obvious to you or you dont like playing with figures, then press the "X" button on the right-top corner.

11, 1221, 1441... are some examples of even-lengthed palindrome numbers. A number is a multiple of 11, if the difference between the sum of the digits at even position and the sum of digits at odd position is a multiple of 11 or 0. Take 385 for example, (3+5)-8 is zero, hence multiple of 11.

Now, let us see palindrome numbers. If the number of digits is odd, then the number of digits at odd position will be more than that of even position, and also "odd digit set", and "even digit set" will be with unequal digits, hence it cannot be a multiple of 11. In even length case, the digits at odd positions will be same as the digits at even positions. so the difference will be zero and hence it will be multiple of 11.

Lo-Fi

These days I am seeing lots of "high five" things in blogosphere. I used to write "my favorites" in slam books, right from my school days. And I am tired of writing favorites. So, for a change I am writing things that I dont like.

Low fives:

Worst movies I've watched:

a) Kalki (heights of "abhatham": same story as "sindhu bairavi"
but I liked the later. KB forgot that he has already
directed one movie with the same
story)
b) mein hoon naa (last hindi movie that I watched in theatre)
c) aa aaH (sema kadi except for the heroin and songs)
d) enter the new dragon (junkest movie)
e) Lord of the rings (it was like raama narayanan's movie)

Five things I can live without:

a) mouse (I mean competer mouse)
b) non veg = goat, chicken, crab, pigeon, shark, prawn, rabbit...
c) moustache
d) girl friends
e) GOD

Heroines I DONT like:

a) deivayanai
b) jyothika
(sorry, my count over heroines is just two ;-))

Actors I DONT like:

a) vijayakanth ( I am losing the attributes of a maduraian)
b) murali
c) arnold (I consider him as my rival :-P, kela "bolt"tula nammaloda rival, he he he)
d) prasanth
e) TR

Celebrities I DONT like: (ellam "stomach burning" thaan)

a) Michael douglas (zeta zones)
b) Tom cruise (penelope cruz)
c) Ajay dev khan (kaajol)
d) pierce brosnan (*.*)
e) salman khan (aish, katrina)

Believe me, it has taken more than an hour for me this to compile. if I have written "high fives", then it wouldnt have taken more than 10 mins.

Five people whom I DONT like to pass this tag:

jagan
maduraiarian
kalai
mazhai
div

Happy blogging!!!

Interesting facts!

Got a mail full of facts!, I am posting excerpts of that mail, which interested me:-)
(with some comments from me within braces)

The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. (then I am wondering how kushbu made it to sound like "I love you", oru vela "love" is injected in blood?)

The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it's already been digested by a bee.
(but our "honey"s are not so easy digests ;-))

It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it (if we consider inflation rate then I think there is no big difference between the figures)

The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting

Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death (oh, thats the reason why ghosts have long hair and nails!!)

Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die (looks like most of them are keeping it safe :-p)

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair (Oops, my hair is full of metals)

Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil)

Last but not the least:

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.

Good lyrics

(This blog is related to kollywood, if u dont know about it, keep your fingers crossed for my next post).

I love listening to songs, and I used to gather information about the lyrics, singers. Now a days I am listening songs on wire, because I dont have the MP3 versions in my laptop.musicindiaonline.com is my favorite music portal for tamil songs. It has got good variety of songs, very well indexed on movie names, singers, musicians...

Yesterday I was browsing through the site for "Nizhalgal" songs.(one of my favorites tunes). I was literally shocked to see the lyrics writer of "Poongathave.." song. Can you guess who it is? Is it Kannadasan? No, no. Is it Vairamuthu? No, it is "gangai amaran". I never thought that "gangai amaran" has contributed to good songs via lyrics.

Some of my favorites are written by him and few are:

poongathave - nizhalgal
aasaiya kaathule - jhonny
kaatril varum geetham - jhonny
oru iniya manathu - jhonny
snow reta i love you - jhonny
en iniya pon - Moodupani

And the following gives a very good subset of his contributions as a lyricist.

http://www.musicindiaonline.com/l/26/m/lyrics.1378/

I know he has composed some good music also, but not able to find it out.

United States of America

Its the second time I am visiting United states, after 2 and half years of my first visit. I was longing for such a trip, since I got bored with bangalore and I wanted a change. The result is a two months trip to US.

This time it is New hampshire state, portsmouth. When I told about the state name and place, to one of my friends in UK, he was surprised, because he has seen the same state and city in the UK map. Hmm, there were days when Americans copied things from Britains, like what we (indians) do from Americans, these days. The weather is very cold and I am able to manage with my winter clothes, but I am used to this weather condition in madurai, chennai.. ;-)

The 16 hrs of journey thru lufthansa airlines was really hectic. I had a feeling of travelling in TTC... hectic, really. But the view from Top of the world was amazing, and I got a window seat to see those.

Landed here on last monday, Once again things started looking new to me.The driving style, ground floor notation, switches..... and a lot. u know wat I mean, right??? ( this is one of the most commonly used phrase here).

Everyone on the road is saying "Hi/Morning" to me. If we do the same in Bangalore, thats it we will be keep saying for ever!

First day was good, get to know about my new manager, colleagues... our manager took
us to an India restaurant. I am surprised to see him liking Indian foods. I saw the menu card, the price was shocking!! I ordered one stuffed roti and channa masala, that costed 15 $. My mind started doing the conversions, 15 * 45 equal to....and I stopped doing the calculation, knowing that I will not be paying the bill today, and the boss paid!

Second day we went to a chinese restaurant for lunch. I ordered one soup (miso soup) and tofu dish, thinking that it will be good. And my boss ordered something similar. The food was really pathetic,and my boss really enjoyed whatever he ordered. At that time only I understood the reason for my previous day "surprise". Jesus christ, he likes all the crap!

These days life is getting better since I have started cooking in my kitchen, cooked parathas, tomato rice, dal....and I never thought that I can cook such tasty food.

The winter is about to start here and the leaves are falling down. Each tree has different color than the other and it is very beautiful to see. I forgot to bring my camera and missed to capture the photos!

People say New hampshire is famous for the "change of color of leaves" and infamous for its bad weather during winter. Hope the winter will not be as cold as I am expecting.

கஜினி - ஒரு சிறப்பு பார்வை

மதுரை சிந்தாமணி டாக்கீஸ்:

அடியேனும், நண்பனும் சேர்ந்து "கஜினி" படத்துக்கு சென்றோம். 5 நிமிதம் கால தாமதமானதால் கொஞ்சம் சீன்ஸ் மிஸ் ஆயிடுச்சு. முதல் பாகம் நன்றாக இருந்திச்சு. இரண்டாம் பாகம் கடியை போட்ருச்சு. படத்துக்கு ஏன் அவ்வளவு கூட்டம்னு தெரியலை. நாங்க "கதை"க்காக தான் போனதுன்னு பொய் சொல்ல மாட்டேன். போனதே "அஸின்"ஐ பார்க்கத்தான். வேற எதுக்கு?

சரி, படத்தை கொஞ்சம் அலசுவோம்:

அ) படத்துக்கு ஏன் "கஜினி"னு பேர் வச்சாங்ன்னு தெரியலை. எனக்கு தெரிஞ்சு முகமது கஜினி, இந்தியாவை 17 முறைகள் போர் தொடுத்து, 17 முரைகளும் சூரை ஆடிற்கான்**.

ஆ) ஏன் இரண்டாவது வில்லன்னு தெரியலை. தமிழ் படத்துல இது எல்லாம் சகஜம் தானே ஃப்ரீயா உட்ருவோம்.

இ) கதை நல்லாதான் இறுந்துச்சு. "ஸ்க்ரீன் ப்லே" = சொதப்பல்.

ஈ) படம் எடுக்கிறப்போ 15 நிமிஸத்துக்கு ஒரு தடவை இயக்குனருக்கு கதை மறந்துடுச்சு "கோலி வூட்ல" ஒரே பேச்சு.

அஸினை பத்தி ஒரு வரி டமில்ல சொல்லனும்னாம், "She has done a wonderful job dude".

கஜினி - யாரவது ஃப்ரீயா கூட்டிட்டு போனா, ஒரு தடவை பார்க்கலாம்.

** - வந்தார்கள் வென்றார்கள் (மதன்)

Coincidences

I got a chance to read a post last week; the post was about "coincidences" and "god playing dice". I see things as mere coincidences, instead of playing dice. But it is difficult for us to see things as coincidences, since we always think of probability and possiblities of the events.So sometime it makes us to think that Someone is controlling us and is responsible for this coincidence. Isnt coincidences, only?

I remember one good coincidence, that happened in my college. There was a very nice chap, funny guy from our batch. He became a very good friend of mine. In hostels, each year students will be allotted new rooms. during my third year I got one such room and the room number was 23. Surprisingly the number was same as that of the registration number of good friend.

When I read that post, I remember this coincidence that happened in my college. That night I travelled to cyber city(athaan namma madurai) by bus. More surprisingly the seat number was 23. I didnt realize even while booking, and only after I got into the bus.

I started applying my school maths and calculated probability of all these events and ended with 4.6 * (10 power -6) which is almost zero :-).

No one cannot play dice to end up with these coincidences.

Absence of mind

These days my brain is hesitating to work :-( and presence of mind is slowly disappearing.. I remember one funny incident which gives clear picture of "my state of mind".

It was the time when RPG cellular was taken over by AirCell, and I was one of the high priority customer for RPG, I used ot say "kicha speaks RPG". (hope chennai aalungan remember this caption "chennai speaks RPG).vishayathukku varren, I thought of checking balance for my prepaid connection. I dialled a 10 digit number (saw that in a banner), automated enquiry systems. I think mistyped one of the digits and one lady picked up:

lady: hello
(after hearing her voice)
me: "is it aircell automated voice system?"
lady: no, it is not.
me: "oh sorry, i thought it is automated system".

and hung up the phone. Only after hanging up the phone, I realized it.

one more incident: i have a friend (jagan) beside me in office. one day he asked me my access card. i dont remember what i was thinking, I gave him my debit card. the saddest part the same happened again within a month..

ippadi vaazhka odittu irukku...

"1 comments"

When I opened my page in the morning, I was happy to see "1 comments" for my previous post. irukkathae pinnae, it was a lengthy one.. later got disappointed to see that it was a spam. but the comments are good, "you have a great blog here. I'm definitely going to bookmark you". ... I want to stop these junks.... F1..F1..

Dhada vs Me

By looking at my previous blogs, and my previous talks about our indian
cricket team, you might be guessing that I am a die hard fan of Ganguly.
Yes, your guess is 100% right. Now, you should be thinking that I dont
know anything in cricket!. no, you are wrong.

I have played plenty of cricket during my college days (most of the time,
with tennis balls). I heard that westindies cricket players practice with
tennis balls. This discouraged me from playing with circket balls, instead
play (practice?) with tennis ball. Coming to the point, I remember a period
where I got "duck out", continously, five matches. Should be a record in
our gang.. Now, you might have got the reason why I liked ganguly ;-).
Whenever I got out for no runs, I walked from the pitch telling to myself
that, "Form is temporary, class is permanent". I think it is not required
to explain my "form" and my "class".

I am posting the only FWDed about Ganguly: (In fact, this is the only
mail I have ever received about ganguly, supporting him).

1:Ganguly is the most successful captain for India as his record of 19
test wins[out of that 9 overseas] which no other captain of India has ever
acheived.The funniest part is before Ganguly took over as captain India
had only 13 overseas test wins in the history since it was playing test
cricket

Ganguly -9 overseas test wins
India [before Ganguy as captain]- 13 overseas test wins.What a record
guys?

2:You people say Shewag,Shewag ,who grommed Shewag,it is our beloved
Ganguly who spotted the talent and promoted Mr.Shewag to opening slot.
But when cricket masters said how can shewag open in a test innings
it is our captain who backed Shewag and nurtured his talent.It is
not only Shewag other members like KAIF ,YUVRAJ, PATHAN, BALAJI,
NEHRA, ZAHEER are all grommed by our dadha.

3:Lets not forget when Flintoff threw his T-shirt and went for a
stroll in Wankhade Stadium, we timid Indians were mute spectators for
that Insult.But it is the guts which Ganguly possess which made him to
shout and retort to Mr.Fintoff in the balcony of Lords.I was proud to
be an INDIAN because of dadha. Which Indian captain will have that guts
to retort like Ganguly as he did in LORDS. Can GAVASKAR,TENDULKAR,
Azharuddin ,or even dravid have guts to do that. Never.It is this
guts which makes Ganguly so special.He is a man of GUTS.

4:Ok I can't understand why people make such hilarious statements about
our dhadha.Have we lost the series,no ,pakistan just squared the series.
Thats it. Lets not forget pakistan lost the series to INDIA in their home
soil.If India would have lost the series , my god Ganguly would have been
burnt to death :-) See if Balaji might have stayed for 6 odd overs and
saved the match then I dont think so, such statements would have been
made about our dhadha. We would have praised our team and the focus would
have not been on Ganguly.

5:I accept the fact that he is out of form, tell me which batsmen is not
out of form Even the greats Sachin,Lara,Richards had rough patches.
So give some time for our dhadha, he is prince of Calcutta, definitelty
he will rise to the occasion.

Let us wait for the dispute to settle down, let us hope he will continue
as captain.

Lateral thinking

Can anyone form a story over the following statement?

"I got married, and I cancelled the credit card".

I have already got two. Let me see how mine matches with others..

Chappell Vs Ganguly

looks like the issue is getting hotter.

http://in.rediff.com/cricket/2005/sep/23gang.htm

arasayalla ithuvum sagajam thaan... not sure how much true the above is.

Good morning

Starting the day with a bad stock market collapse (dont ask me how much I invested in stocks!).

Got a good forward from my friend, thought of sharing with you...

The most selflish word "one" letter word - I - avod it
The most satisfying "TWO" letter word - We -Vuse it
The most poisonous "THREE" letter word - Ego - Kill it
The most used "FOUR" letter word - Love - Value it
(50 kg taj mahal?)

The most pleasing "FIVE" letter word - Smile - :-), keep it
The fastest spreading "SIX" letter word - Rumour - Ignore it.
("u" in rumour is british style?)

The hardest working "SEVEN" letter word - SUCCESS - Achieve it
(it always succs)

The most enviable "EIGHT" letter word - JEALOUSY - D is tance it

The most powerful "nine" letter word - Knowledge - Acquire it.
(it is not "nine" thaara)

The most essential "TEN" letter word - Confidence - Trust it.

A fwd with a message.

Chappel clarifies

http://in.rediff.com/cricket/2005/sep/19greg.htm
http://in.rediff.com/cricket/2005/sep/20ganguly.htm

arasiyalla ithu ellam sagajam thaane ;-)

நாவலோ நாவல்!!

பல நாட்களாகவே, பிலாக்கை அப்டேட் பண்ண வேண்டும் என்று நினைத்து கொண்டு இருந்தேன். அலுவல் வேலை அதிகம் இருந்ததால் ஒன்னும் அப்டேட் பண்ண முடிய வில்லை :-(.

கடைசியாக அடியேன், "பொன்னியின் செல்வன்" படித்து முடித்து விட்டேன். கதையில் முடிவு இல்லாதது கொஞ்சம் வருத்தம் தான். இன்னும் ஒரு வருத்தம். "வந்தியத்தேவன்"ஐ, கல்கி ஏன் கதா நாயகன் ஆக்கினார் என்று தெரிய வில்லை. எந்த வேலை செய்தாலும் உருப்படியாக செய்யவில்லை. ஆழ்வாற்கடியான் இல்லை என்றால், வந்தியத்தேவன் கதி அம்போ தான். அதே போல் "குந்தவை"யின் மதி நுட்பத்தை சரியாக விளக்கவில்லை. எனக்கு பிடித்த பாத்திரம் கரிகாலன் இறந்ததும் கொஞ்சம் வருத்தம் தான், ஆனால் எதிர் பார்த்தது. மத்தப்படி கதை நல்லா தான் போச்சு.

Thalaivar joins 10000 club

Yesterday, Ganguly joined the 10,000 Runs club, the elite club, in ODI.
he has played almost the same number of matches as tendulkar and far better
than inzamam, in reaching this score.

His image is shattered because of his poor performance in few previous matches,
I am seeing a sign of recovery from the set backs.

more news at:

http://in.rediff.com/cricket/2005/aug/03gang.htm

Taking over

Oracle has acquired 44% of i-flex stocks.

http://www.rediff.com/money/2005/jul/25oracle.htm

I would like to know the difference between the take over and acquiring majority of
stocks. (or both are same).what would be the difference b/w the people soft and this
case, as for as oracle is concerned. will it get full admnistrative, authoritative
control in both the cases?

anyone knows the answer please comment...?

Just for salary hikes ;-)

'nother senior executive has put his papers in Wipro, after vivek paul.

http://sify.com/finance/equity/fullstory.php?id=13902758

are they putting papers, just for salary hike ;-)?. (from an engineering point of view).

Jesus born in 4 B.C.?

Jesus born in 4 B.C., does not this sound like a fallacy? Yes, Jesus was
born in and around 4 B.C, not in 0 AD or 0 BC. It took centuries to
accept BC/AD concept worlwide..so when they calculated the birth of
jesus, it was 400 centuries ago.

I found this fact(?) interesting and the following link gives a detailed explanation.

http://www.gotquestions.org/BC-AD.html