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Public Display of Appreciation

2011-04-19T08:03:00.000-07:00

Had an interesting conversation with my wife today about why Indians do not explicitly clap or appreciate when they see Indian solders walking beside them in uniforms. Clapping and extending their thank you to the US Marines when they pass by them is one of the nicest things I found in Americans, and we both were really sad and felt bad that we haven’t seen an Indian do it or have done it ourselves to an Indian solder in India. It will be so nice to acknowledge that the sacrifice they make is not gone unnoticed.

It’s not that we do not have any respect for them, I feel so proud/respectful if I come to know of a Brigadier, or a Major, Naval officer, Air force, any NDA graduate, IAS or an IPS officer. But why aren’t we publicly displaying that respect? And that’s when we both realized that, in India there is no public demonstration of emotions anywhere. Although the PDAs are getting popular in cosmopolitan cities, 90% of India is super private when it comes to expressing their emotions and affections. We are actually not rude people, we are little private with our feelings. Now this feels so much better.

But as I mentioned above, it will feel so nice to extend a token of thanks to a person who is sacrificing a lot for your survival. It will make them feel that all the sacrifices they make are not gone unnoticed. If public display of affection can get popularized so can public display of appreciation.

Jai Hind !

Kathirikai Koodai ye kondu vadi...

2009-11-16T07:50:00.000-08:00

Koodi le oru veedu..

Veedu le oru madi..

Madi le oru lady...

Avalum nanum Jodi...

Kudi...

Vilayadi...

Ande Katirika Koodiya kondu vadi...

I dint know I missed Huntsville

2009-09-09T13:08:00.000-07:00

Recently, I had an opportunity to visit Huntsville, AL... For some reason, thinking about seeing those streets and places felt very happy inside me. My wife said, I was jumping like a kid. And I was really surprised to learn that I feel like that towards a place that

I really wanted to escape from, 5 years ago. It was like visiting chennai for the first time after missing it for

1 and half yrs.

Well the drive itself was fun. I was driving on I-24... I remember that scary drive sitting

in the back seat with Jaygopal from Atalanta after seeing Boys. I remember him saying “Look for the sign “ALABAMA FIREWORKS” and you have to take the next exit after that and drive straight to Huntsville. That US 72”. Well guess what, Alabama Firwork is renamed as Alabama Tennessee Firework company and they removed the banner from that exit. I also remembered Mahesh explaining how I-24

passing through TN then a small bit in GA and back to TN in his own style.

It was fun to drive around the country side. Believe it or not, I was really

happy to see the speed board reading “max speed

70mph”. Entering Huntsville was totally different feeling, there used to be a construction area just before we enter Huntsville on US 72 and it becoming I 565. Well in 5 yrs time, the construction has been completed and right after the point, we could see the whole of Huntsville city.

Then US72 got converted to I565. As I drove I saw the exit signs reading, “Exit 17 jordan lane”, “Exit 15 Sparkman dr, Bob Wallace dr, Old Madison Pike”. Took Exit 15 and went to Sparkman

dr, and entered UAH. O M G.. the feeling was unbelievable. Nothing had changed. Took a curve beside the duck pond and left into VBRH and EB parking lot.

Nothing has really changed, the university looked just the same.

Remember there used to be a smell of the plant near the place where you keep the cycle, that was still there. I still remember Manish taking me and Paddu to EB for the first to meet Swathi

and I smelled that smell for the first time. (I was disappointed to discover that swathi was a male at that time). Remember the sound of the loose metal on the stairs, the door handle sound on the second floor, when you try to open it. Well first time, I was really happy to hear those sound. I cannot explain how these silly things could make you smile. I really loved the moment.

I just breezed into the EB hallway and looked at the faculty list. It was very nice to read some

familiar names on the board Dr. Gaede, Dr. Kulik, Dr. Milenkovic, Dr. Javono, Dr. Yoo. And guess what, Dr Adami is still the chair. That gave a

confidence that, the department also couldn't have changed in these years. Took some pictures in front of each labs, esp the EB lab where 90% of Yahoo messenger communication had happened in whole of Huntsville. Met Dr. Yoo, Dr. Milenkovick, Dr. Gaede. I always known Dr. Gaede as the person with great memory. Well here is the proof, she remembered my full name and called me with that before even I introduced myself to her. I was surprised and I was

happy. While exiting the EB building, there is phone that students can use. I don't even have a count on the number of calls I made from the courtesy phone from EB.

Came out of EB, just walked around the material science building and checked my balance in ACU. They gave me an interest of $1.02 for the $25 I had when I left Huntsville.

Opposite to ACU, they built a big football ground for chargers and they have also built a parking lot opposite to UFC. Those house on the street beside Math Department building (Madison or Morton Hall .. couldn't narrow down which one was that), they are all gone. They grounded all of the house.

Drove to Quail Point, and saw the first apartment I rented (1-C). Also

visited the famous Kathi-Koothu spot. Schlotzsky's Deli, thats a name you wouldn't have heard after leaving Huntsville. The Quiznos where Bala, Mahesh and Parthan used to work. Off campus book store where we used to buy used books. Remember that Taco bell that was near NCRH, that got moved next to Off campus book store. It was interesting to see the names Suraj imports and Namaste Plaza. Vinny's got renamed to Masala and India Palace is now Sithar.

Then I drove to Tech-Hall, Met Dr. Dan Rochowiak. He dint remember my name, he never did, but he did recognize me. I saw the parking lot outside and remembered Manoj and Mahesh praising America for building Parking lots and even trees in the third floor (they thought it was the third floor but came down to the first floor, being fooled by the LED

buttons in the tech hall elevator). Remember that Mechanical department computer lab, I bet there would be quite a big community of people who would have accessed internet from there.

Next stop Sherwood Park. 6106 Karen Dave Dr - That was the first place I stayed after landing in this country. Visited 6322, 6320, took a look at the rocket and space shuttle. Saw that shortcut path on Winn Dr to Tech hall Via Boing. Drove a little distance on 256, went to the Walmart we used to go. They built a Mall opposite to that. It was nostalgic.

For some people, Huntsville is a bad memory, and some don't even want to remember that

it was part of their life ones upon a time. But for me, Huntsville did teach me a lot. It though me to live alone, thought me to be fun, thought me to be independent, thought me to drive cars and to wreck it the next day, even better it showed how scary a real life could be.

After 4 hrs of roaming in and around the city, the excitement did subside a little and my wife

was already in “Could we leave now?” mood. Well that 4hrs, I was super excited, happy, smiling and I did miss the Rocket City. Whether its waste of money or time, I don't care, I feel like its worth a trip.

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Short Stories

2009-03-30T12:48:00.000-07:00

Inspired by Viswa's short stories skill, I am planning to write short stories too...

These may be the stupidest stories you ever read... or even might be ok for you to grasp it...

whatever ... I have decided to throw away my thoughts into a story...

So BEWARE ;)

DASAVATHARAM does not live upto its Hype...

2008-06-13T06:19:00.000-07:00

Its an ordinary movie with Kamal in 10 different getups. The story is not an extraordinary story for the HYPE given. The main concentration of the movie is Kamal's performance and the make ups. One has not disappointed even a single sec, but the makeups are not that impressive. That stops from giving the full thumps up. Indian and Avai Shanmugi makeups were better than some of the other makeups. The makeups for the Villan, Japanese character doesn't suite at all. Its clearly evident that its a made up character. Doesn't look natural. Kamal has lived as that character, but the make does not support him at all. They needed some final touch, they looked as a half boiled food. So Kamal's effort is not totally appreciated by the naked eye.

The movie also lack in screen play. 3 of the 10 character seems to be inserted for the sake of making records... the story could have lived without them. Asin character is so stupid. She shouting and claiming "perumal" is important than the people who are dieing in an accident seems to be more annoying and totally unnecessary. She running away with the Perumal idol in the climax when some one is short dead, makes us feel "WHY? WAT A CRAP?".

The Graphics part are not that realistic. Its seems like some one superimposed animated movie and real movie together. Its not bad, its awesome compared to any other movie in Indian film industry. But, the Hype spoils it again. For the hype given as the best technically sound movie ever made in the world, tends to expect all these perfections. And the rope stunts. if you cannot do it well you shouldnt do it. It spoils the effort you put in it. Also the dialog's, the scene when the villan kamal asks the Japanese guy do you remember Heroshima, and the Japaneses responds saying remember Pearl Harbour.. makes us feel... "CHai....." .. These could have avoided...

If you expect the movie to me an ordinary Tamil movie, you will have a visual treat. But if you go with the expectation from the Hype given by the movie makers, you will be disappointed like me. Kamal's performance is extraordinary. The movie is made in a decent manner. No fooling people. No One man army stuffs. Everything and anything has reasons in the story. No masala effects. No unnecessary songs and duet. Just a normal movie. they did not think the audience is a fool. Kamal wanted to take a movie like that and he did it.

The comedy in the first half by the Andra CBI officer, Balram Naidu...is hilarious. Sad that he just comes for 30 min of the whole movie. The way he acted as president Bush, man thats hilarious too. He dint stop pulling Bush's leg. Heard that kamal wanted to screen the movie to President Bush, would have been interesting how he would have taken that. The Villan, Flitcher character... kamal has done is so well... the fights and stunts are awesome. He has acted like a real trained hitman. My best role was the 12th century Kamal, Rangarajan Nambi. Man the scene was really awesome, but it had no relevance with the story. I have no clue why was this added to the story. The Japanese character had relevance with the story, but he was part of the story only for the climax fight, Which was truly and really nice. The Vincent character again has no relevance with the story, but Kamals dialog delivery is awesome. The old grandma character, man that old lady had one big hand ;). The 8 foot tall man character.. i have no clue Y he always talks as his tongue been cut... The Punjabi character was really good again, he did well as a Punjabi, but Y did he come in the movie, No clue. In the climax, his cancer been cured by a bullet short by the villan kamal, seems to be too lame.

As such if you see the movie without expectation, it will be good. The Hype spoiled the effort put in the movie. All together, DASAVATHARAM is not a total disappointment, Yet disappointed.

Google Videos stoped buffering from middle...

2008-01-27T20:11:00.000-08:00

Google videos was so fun and people take the hard work to rip up latest Indian movies and uploaded it for others to watch them.... the best thing i like abt google was... with the simplest way possible they would provide all the features they could... Most of the online streaming sites would not allow scrolling the track bar... but google video allowed it... we could click anywhere in the track bar and it will take 1 min or so to start buffering from that point and then they start playing...

But now... if their player does not have that point buffered (grayed) u cannot play it.. it wouldn't buffer from the middle... this kind of sucks... more than that... the video would start from the first... esp when u r trying for full screen in the middle of the video.... it starts playing again from the beginning of the video.. this kind of sucks big time and very annoying too.

I don't know if Google had really changed it like this or its some setting in my computer that does that.... I tried from my office computer as well as my home computer.... it has the same result...

I would really vote for google to roll it back....

Computer Game Addictions...

2008-01-27T08:26:00.000-08:00

It was 1996 my dad brought me my first computer. Right from then I have this gaming addiction and most of them were just cricket games... It all started with Ashes 95 and NFS.

Then came the big one and long lasting one.. Brian lara cricket… in 1998… I played it till 2002… mean while there was Quake, Half-life and Solitaier … I have seen couple of my friends been to fantasized by age of empires and prince of Persia… but I was more into sport games and war games… Am still so…

Then came the trend of online gaming… Yahoo Pool game, Yahoo chess, Yahoo this, Yahoo That, then Cricket 2004 … I am playing it for the past 4 to 5 yrs now… Then Party Poker, Then NBA 2005…. Then Xbox fever… again went for all sport games… NBA, NFL, Poker, FIFA, Call of duty, max pain, …….

Now after got so bored of playing them again and again …guess wat is my next addiction… Stick sport… There is a online flash game site… StickCricket and StickBaseball… I just keep playing that in my every free time…I know it’s the worst form of computer games… but u never know people... wat u would get addicted too…

Indian Matrix

2008-01-24T07:53:00.000-08:00

Indian cinema are becoming worst day by day... while these tamil and telugu movies are switching to these meaning less one man super hero Mass movies, Bollywood have become the biggest copycat of Hollywood movies... The movie patner was a copy of the movie Hitch (dialog by dialog.... )... they take ideas from 2 different movie ... mix then along with romance and 4 songs + 1 item number... there it is --- there come a bollywood movie... These guys would stop only if some one sue them big time....

Here is and example of how bollywood movies are big copy cats....

http://www.mojoflix.com/Video/The-indian-matrix.html

Crumble Tofu Tasty Pasta

2008-01-21T08:05:00.001-08:00

Recently, I made pasta sauce … and it turned out to be good too… it took just 15 min …I named it as Crumble Tofu Tasty pasta… ;)... Thought I would let every one enjoy the recipe…

Stuffs needed…

2 Tea spoon of Olive oil, hand full of Basil Leafs, Frozen Mix Vegi (if u r comfortable, you can go with fresh vegi’s too…) mini chopped bell peppers… u can have all colors of them like green, yellow, red mixed together… Chopped red onions, 1 can of diced tomatoes, green chilies, salt, pepper, some spices( I used Indian spices like Garam masala) , nice Cal white Wine (if u have it) , big slice of Tofu (the amount is your wish), Half Lime, and finally the rotini or the spaghetti style pasta.

First boil pasta in hot water….

Chop couple of basil leaf, green chilies and fry it with the red onions and olive oil… till the onion turn into golden sizzle color. Now put the peppers fry again. Now Crumble the tofu and fry it along with the onions and peppers. Now squeeze the half lime and pour some water… (you can use your wine instead of water if you like them)…when this boiling and trying to absorb all the liquid… pour the diced tomato can in the pan… mix them nicely… now add your spices and salt to it… (You can also add chili power if you like it to be spicy). Let it cook for some time…

Mean while filter the pasta and keep it separately. Now mix the pasta with the sauce which is cooking in the pan…. That’s it your crumble tofu tasty pasta is ready…

You can cook the mixed vegi’s with pepper and salt separately and serve the pasta with them or if you have crunchy Italian bread… you can serve with that… Now lit a candle in the middle of the table eat it with your girl friend with a glass of the left over white wine on the side…

Taare Zhameen Par

2007-12-23T09:04:00.000-08:00

Nice movie..... it was good drama.... i really liked it... Aamir's first attempt in direction has turned out to be good... he has really done good job... It has more sentiments and I have no shame in telling I had tears watching them.

But its not a movie for college students to go an enjoy .... All together my one word abt the movie is "AWESOME"...

Dumil Dumil Dumil = = = = = = = = =>

2007-12-22T07:20:00.000-08:00

Last week I went to gun range shooting... man it was fun to hold the latest gun and use them. we had goggles and head phones kind of thing to avoid the outside noise... just like movies. We first started with 2 mm meg and then went to 9 mm... the 2 mm was ok but 9 mm was WOW...... It was heavy, even loading the meg was very tiering.... then the shooting... it just moves up after shooting and push u back if u not steady... controlling that is and aiming the target needs real talent... Out of 100 shots (50 with 2 mm and 50 with 9 mm) i finally found 14 middle wholes..... infact there was just 92 wholes all together.... ;) 8 missed the target.... but it was fun....

If u have a girl or a date ... the date gets the shooting free on Friday evening... so people who want to try it double up.... Hey unlucky ones don't worry its just $45.... we will save it in the future... ;)

www.gunsnh.com
www.bostongunrange.com

My name is BILLA

2007-12-20T09:36:00.000-08:00

Billa 2007 was good... Ajith did not do over dialogues and the costumes were really appealing. Nayantara looked good but her role did not have much attention... Sri priya in the original Rajini's Billa movie had a better role than her... I liked the fight between Sharuk and priyanka chopra in Don 2006. Namitha should stop acting in glamor role... Man... She is FAT.... and Nasty and trying to become the next Shakila ka.... She is no more glamorous.... i feel like throwing up when i see her in those short skirts or so called "sexy" appealing dress... And I personally feel they shd have considered some one who is much fit for the role of "DSP". Y should Tamilnadu Police always be with Fat Belly.... and calling Prabhu with same old the name "DSP" doesnt look so stylish.... and dint fit with the style of the m0vie...

The most talked car chase scene dint look that great as they mentioned it ... it was ok...

Well Ajith looked good in this movie .... Like he looked in Valle and Mugavari..... The scene when he says.. "Ande Vel Murugan ku Aaru thale.... aana Nan Orey thale..." would make his fans go whooo.... I also liked the way they took the story line... Dint mess up like SKR's Don and also does not have all those sentimental drags in the climax... the screen play was good and all the scenes were logical. All together to a "Tamil movie" standard its a stylish movie... it will definitely not be a flop... but still not enough to knock the global gate...

Sleepy Mondays

2007-12-10T10:15:00.000-08:00

Have you ever felt that Monday morning sleep is not enough... because i feel it every Monday.... I am always late on Monday morning to my school, college and now to office ..

I even thought of a poem on sleepy monday ... but it sucked... so i am putting it on this blog...

I am that person who always says my mom .... "after 5 min mom...pleasssssss" ..
even when u r in deep sleep.... the count goes down to 2 min the next time she comes and wakes you up... I know if I don't get up the next time I will get a slap in my butt... or a mug full of water splash in my face... so i will wake up the moment i hear her coming near my room...

While I was writing this blog on a Monday morning... friend of mine changed her gtalk status to "If you want to sleep long... wait till your death - Ben Franklin "
WOW it almost looked like she just read my thought.... those words immediately changed me from a sleepy head to brisky pant....

How Tamil and telugu Movie affect Cricket

2007-12-06T08:27:00.000-08:00

Recently I was watching the Indian Cricket League Adv on You tube... The funniest of all was the adv for Chennai Superstars... The captain of the team is like the hero... they have all big cut outs of him with garland and drum music been played on the side... During the toss ... the coin flips to heads... but our captain hero calls tails.. then the coin automatically flips to tails...

Then the first ball.... Our hero just stops the ball in Mid air and asks the crowd "Where You want it?" (Note the English) .... The crowd answers " Outside" .. our hero signs them to be little more louder (In those acts our captain hero looked like Chirenjeevi) .. the crowd shouts "OUTSIDE"...

So he hits a massive hit where the ball flies outside the stadium....

"Anything is possible"

Jujupi....

Full Kalai machi.... Made fun of whole south India.... It all started with Rajinikanth and Chirenjevee...
Manathe vaagitange.......

but it is definitely hilarious...

here is the You tube link -

1. Chennai Superstar... Hilarious
2. Kolkotta Tigers... I seriously like this one... this one was very good...
3. Hydrabad Heros..... good
4. Delhi Jets... Was Ok....
5. Chandigar Lions... Wat a load of crap...
6. Mumbai Champs... WT_?

Go Tommy Go Go Go !

2007-12-04T07:44:00.001-08:00

He did get lucky yesterday when the Baltimore Ravens defense gave him a hard time.

1. The Time out called by the ravens head coach when Tom was 4th and 1 at 1:45 reaming in the 4th quarter...
2. The penalty at 4th and 5 with 55 sec on the clock
3. Plenty of penalty by the ravens ........

and the ravens also got unlucky ... when they caught the ball just 3 yard line away from the touchdown when there was no min remaining on the clock...

but Tom cannot throw the ball better than that... The throw was perfect in line...

Still the winning streak for patriots just continues and they are still unbeaten...

Go Tommy Go Go Go ... !!!
Go Tommy Go Go Go ... !!!
Go Tommy Go Go Go ... !!!
Go Tommy Go Go Go ... !!!
Tommy.B.Boy

Rajinikath Vs Kamal

2007-11-17T08:28:00.001-08:00

The general complaint on Rajinikanth is that he does not dance well... his dance does not speak for his fame.... and Kamal Hasan is always know for his spectacular dancing skills...

Recently I was watching videos of some good songs of yesteryears...

Rajinikanth's hit song - Assai Noor Vagai

Kamal Hasans's Hit Song - Meegam Kottatum

Rajinikanth ... as expected did some exercise and style walks in the name of dance....
Well Kamal also didn't do it good.... he was just running here and there ... doing ring a ring a roses with an umbrella.... thats it... Meegam Kottatum is supposed to be one of the good fast beat song... not only this... "Ellamai Edo Edo" from sakala kala vallavan.... that was legendary fast beat song.... and he dint do that good in that either.... I am not telling Kamal is Bad.... All I am doing here is defending Rajinikanth....

Diwali Movie Reviews

2007-11-17T06:54:00.001-08:00

OM SHANTI OM - hmmm OK
Azhlagiya Tamil Magan - Thu
Vel - KGGRRRRRRRR Thu ....

Johnny B. Goode

2007-11-15T07:21:00.000-08:00

Lately I have been developing interest towards Rock songs... and got impressed by some of old classic rocks... one would be Johnny B. Goode by chuck Berry...
(Actually speaking the truth... I was impressed by the Mike.J. Fox's version in Back to the future..)

Wat ever ... i like this song... here is the lyrics ...

Click here for the You tube Video...

Way down in Louisiana town in New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy name of Johnny B. Goode.
He never ever learned to read or write so well
He could play the guitar just like he's ringing a bell.

Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go Go
Johnny B Goode

He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
And sit beneath the trees by the railroad track.
the engineers used to see him sitting in the shade,
strummin to the rhythm that the driver made.
People passing you know they stop and say
Oh my that little country boy could play

Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go Go
Johnny B Goode

Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go
Johnny B Goode

Well his mama told him one day you will be a man,
And you would be the leader of a big old band.
and people gonna come from miles around
To listen to you play till sun go down
Maybe someday your name gonna be in lights
Saying Johnny B Goode tonight.

Go Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go Go
Johnny B Goode

Go Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go Go
Go Johnny Go Go

Happy DIWALY....

2007-11-08T19:52:00.000-08:00

Today is Nov 9th 2007.... and its diwali.... Happy DIWALI to all Indians....

Che... I miss the fun .... Diwali lagium, Ganga snanam, Early morning fight with my cousins of who would be the first to burn the first cracker of the day, New dress, 100 wala, 1000 wala, lakshmi vedi, atom boom, saram, Pattimandram, new movie release review, super sapadu... Diwali batchanam, sweet distribution..... phone call wishes from friends and relatives...

Man i miss the total fun...

It been 5 full years since I haven't celebrated Diwali with my parents... some time I feel like che wat a life !!!

Chicken Omlet....

2007-11-01T19:47:00.000-07:00

Recently I noticed this in a menu of a restaurant..

CHICKEN OMLET.... dude... thats like eating the whole family... ;)

Have mercy dudes....

Hey which one do u eat first..??? CHICKEN OR THE EGG??

Mt. Washington

2007-10-29T18:19:00.001-07:00

Trick or Treat

2007-10-29T15:53:00.002-07:00

This is the funniest incident happened in my first year in US. 5 years ago... I was in Huntsville, AL ... At the Quial point Apartment # 1C.. It was Halloween and it was around 7 PM. One of my room mate was cooking and he was with his usual house costume (bunion and pale dhoti (supposed to be white).

Then the door knocks ... "knock knock......" then my room mate goes and opens the door thinking its one of my other room mates..... I was sitting in my living room trying to do my home work... then I heard the chorus voices "Trick or Trrrrrrrrreat" ..... then he said .... "O Thank you"

I was like ... "WAT???"

I walked towards the door and this wat had happened... only this time the camera is outside the door....

4 kidz... one with a witch costume, one with devil, one as an angle and another was a superman walked towards 1C apartment... they knock the door knob... "Knock Knock.." then the door opens and my room mate comes with his pale and white costume... and the kids shouts "Trick or Trrrrrrrrreat"..... and there it is.. My room mate picks a candy from the bowl with a smiling face and says... "Thank you"....

ha ha ....

Then the kid actually turns towards his mom and his mom says... "O... YOU have to treat them with candies..!!!" and gives a griming smile...luckily we had around 10 kit kats that we took from the candy bowl at our work...

Man that was Funny and embarrassing...

Free Red sox tickets in Craigs list

2007-10-26T08:31:00.001-07:00

I was looking for Red Sox tickets in Craigs list yesterday... I saw this title on the screen.. i was so curious to know who will be this guy who sells it for free when the bleachers tickets are whooping to nearly a grand...

This is wat the posting looked like

" I have an extra ticket for the Game 2 of the world series at the Fenway park. I am looking for the luckiest girl who is going to watch the game with me tonite and enjoy the victory after the match. These are really good seats and who cares wat... its the world series game... The girl should be within Boston area if she needs a pickup otherwise you have to travel on your own. This offer ends by 6PM today so approach me immediately... Its on first come first serve basis...

I am 25 and some what good looking guy...

Hey This is WORLD SERIES...."

MAN >>> he is trying to get a date on Craigs List....

I wonder how people can think ....
looks at key points in his post .... Luckiest girl, Enjoy the victory after the game...
And he says... some what good looking guy then he says... THIS IS WORLD SERIES....

This guy is funny...

dude.... I know who you are.... You are a Dog... and probably don't follow baseball and luckily got a ticket for the game... on a big bid...

room pootu yosipange poole eruku..... very talented....
Epadi da.... ungalale ondi modiyadhu...

World Series Tickets at the Fenway park

2007-10-23T07:19:00.000-07:00

Redsox won the ALCS 2007 and are going to play the world series against the Colorodo Rockers from Wednessday... So I was thinking of watching a game and tried to buy the tickets from stubhub yesterday ... and can you guess wats the price of the tickets... ????

$1350 for a ticket that was $40 in regular pre season match... and $850 for the ticket which was $23 (bleachers).... I was astonished and it was hard to believe if any one would buy a ticket for that price... you believe it or not... 30 min later... those 10 $1350 tickets were down to 2 and 25 $850 were all gone... I was just watching the computer screen for 10 min with my mouth WIDE OPEN...
(APADIYE NAN SOCK AAITEN)

$850 - that was a little more than my two months salary 5 years ago... when I was working partime as a student for my university library in Alabama... WOW.... i guess they are not Redsox fans they are Redsox freaks... Tomorrow it will be a stadium full of freaks...

You know... The bleacher tickets in Colorodo is $250 + Air charge $230 + Hotel for a day and food $100 = $580 ... even if two redsox fan fly there it will be cheaper than watching the game in FENWAY PARK....

HEY THATS THE CHEAPEST FAIR I AM TELLING>>>>
the costliest tickets are 10500, 17800, 19500, 20589 DOLLARS..................... I want to see the person who buys those ticket......

Infact I have seen Redsox fans tenting infront of Fenway park three days in advance for the Game 1 of the world series... 3 days... in cold, in sun, day and nite... they literally have verizon wifi on their laptop, a heater to keep them warm, Small boyz rolling in their sleeping bag in the streets near the fenway park... Already the Q has increased till the Kenmore station ...

Well if you ask me... the cheapest and easiest place to watch your RED SOX Game is your living room couch...

If its Rajinikanth in INDIA... its Red Sox in America...

My Click-Flicks

2007-10-22T06:37:00.000-07:00

Fall colors are just B E A utiful ... esp in the New England area. Yesterday I roamed around with my camera to shoot some of these natural beauty. All yellow, orange, purple colored leafs... on the side of the two way lanes was simply awesome... They are still to become more beautiful...

I always wanted to shoot a pics which is very artful, looks like an awesome wall paper, just like from those professional photographers.... Well after seeing the pics I took i feel like I have a long journey....

I took my camera and went to a trail near a lake... and was shooting the scene where you have a clear stand still lake with these colored trees on the banks. There was another person beside me who was shooting these stuffs... So i started to talk to him...

Me: Its beautiful ...!!
He: Yep.. It is...
Me: I am Badri
He: I am Rohan...
Me: I shd have come where there is more sun... These flashes just spoils the beauty of the picture...
He: I am here for a long time...
Me: Nice....

Then he turns towards me fully and I see the One foot long lens attached to his SLR....
AAAAAAAAAAAAAA............................. Ade pavi... Avan ne....

Wat ever.... I don't know what he is... but I seriously need some lessons if I want to improve on my photography..... May be practice will perfect me... Hey like I always say to my college exams... "There is always next time dude..."

Lets kick the Indians butt

2007-10-21T18:07:00.000-07:00

WHOO ... HOOO... It does not look like what it sounds....Its not the Indians from India ;) ... Its the clevland Indians. This is the first year I started to watch and learn baseball and since I am in the land of Fenway park... Here am I ... Slowly becoming a Redsox fan...

Today is the American league championship series game 7. Redsox came from 3-1 to play their 7th game in Fenway Park... Would they win this?? I want them to... Its their home game and ofcourse "The Important" game too...

Daisuke Matsuzaka, The 103 Million Dollar man, did flunk in his previous game... he is the first rookie playing the 7th game of the ALCS... definitly the pressure is on but I still have confidence on him. And for big papi and Manny... its doesn't matter who is pitching... I am confident the ball is going to swing over the green monster to take Redsox to the world series against the Colorado Rockers...

LETS GO RED SOX....

Chumma Adhurudhu le...

2007-10-19T10:09:00.000-07:00

I don't know the reason... I don't know why... I don't know what is in him but I am a great fan of Super star Rajinikanth... in spite of there being great actors like Kamalhasan. Its just not the case with me... but almost every person from south India ..atleast those under the age of 35 are a great fan of this star. He had acted great in many movies in the past, but recently he has been acting only in mass movies... Again people of south India for an unknown reason - will not accept a genuine movie by this star.... they will accept only mass movies from this super star.

Well Madam Tussade's museum of London has offered to host a wax statue of Super star Rajinikanth. For that they have asked a request letter signed by all his fans in order to give them confidence that hosting his statue will be beneficial to them...

So some of the Fans are collecting votes and making people to sign the letter which request his statue..

I feel this is stupid... All these Rajini fans are stupids... WAX Statue for Rajinikanth??? for wat ... Just doing some Gimix on the screen....

So you know wat I did ...

I went and voted for him ..... mine is 4866th signature... ;)
HEY I AM A DIE HARD FAN OF HIM...

If I ever fly to London... I would definitely include his wax statue visit as one of the item in my "Things to See in London" list .. in fact it will take priority number ONE...even Lords and Buckingham palace would be after that...

If u r a Rajini fan... I am sure you will do the same...
Its not stupid... its the Super star magic...

Click here To vote...

To be or not to be

2007-10-18T18:53:00.001-07:00

Some one I know did remind me on this yesterday. The above poster is there with me for the past 14 years. When I was in my 9th grade I saw this poster in one of the Archie gallery and immediately bought it. I used to admire this baby in the poster --- so cute, sweet, so confused of wat to do...;) man i laugh at this poster every time i see it ...

I have used this to subside anger, subside my grief, subside my sadness, subside my jealousy... When ever i see this i just laugh and forget wat ever happened... and proceed forward... This is an awesome piece of photography.

Here i am 14 years later... grown as "A Man" still having this poster in my bed room... This may be stupid, may be kiddish, may be even gayish .... DUDE wat ever... I Like it...

Ekjactly....

2007-10-18T06:44:00.001-07:00

Goods Mornings

Where is the going??

Preety: Kam per ja rahi hu!

Baibs --- What did I tell abt womens the working...

Sorry

Ekjactly...

Where is the Husbands...

Preety: Sorry

Ekjactly...Where is the Husbands.. The Nicks...

Preety: O... The Nicks -- So raha hai !

Wife Workings Husbands Jerkings...

Preety: A.. Sleeping...

Both the same....

You Tube Video of Ekjactly

Worst part of the JOKE

2007-10-18T06:28:00.000-07:00

IS EXPLAINING THE JOKE....

I always have to do it. I dont know if this is a mistake on my part by not telling the joke properly or others by not able to understand my joke... I know these are real good joke... but SOMETHING IS MISSING....

It happens to me for every joke i tell... i shd stop telling jokes now....

Worst than that... Some time i will finish telling the joke and obviously explain it... but still they would remain as a statue... then i myself have to take the initiative and tell them "And thats the joke..." and they laugh for that....

Some one I knew did console me... "End of the day you atleast make some joke"

You know wat i am thinking... I shd have a recorded voice along with me every time...
where bunch of people just laughs... "ha ha ha ha ..." like in one of those sitcoms ... (in some of the evening shows.... ) where people will be telling jokes and bunch of people in the background be laughing on that immaterial if its a joke or not... (something like Nyandi Dharbar)

Enne kodumai sir edu....

Mailless Friday policy

2007-10-16T11:54:00.000-07:00

Last Friday morning when you open the Yahoo home page you would have seen this adv for Mail less Friday... They wanted one day of the week to be mail less ... so they actually planned to do more phone call meeting or straight interaction on a round tables... whether they are full time or consultant...

They wanted to do so that they interact with the people directly and develop good relation and terms with their fellow employees...

NICE.... but you know I had a Mailless Friday too... Not even a single email ... May be nobody wanted to interact with me on Friday... I am enjoying mail less Friday even without the policy existing in my company... ;)

NOTE: I know wat do u guys think... This doesnt mean I was totally free... I had phone calls and meetings...and my own job to do on that Friday... ;)

What does depressed non Alcholic men do???

2007-10-15T10:25:00.000-07:00

Just a thought...!!!
When men are alcoholic and if they are depressed... they Drink a lot...
Or if they just smoke... they just smoke box and box of it..
But when men r not an alcoholic nor a smoker...
and when they r depressed....what do they do..???
THEY EAT LOTS N LOTS OF JUNKS FOODS.....

Think this scene in your mind...
A guy is depressed.... on a monday evening ..sitting in the bottom of his couch... watching a ball game on his 40 inch HDTV - still with his office formals... just loosened his tie and his sleeves.. has a taco bell challupa on the right hand, Nacho cheese on the side... Hot Papa jones Pizza...opened in front of him... with garlic sauce on a small cup... + Chill 2 liters of coke bottle opened beside him... You might even see a big family size bag of Doritoes or Jalapeños chips packet opened wide like a dead fish...

Man thats funny ----

Men are like clay....

2007-10-13T07:44:00.000-07:00

Men are like clay ...
Women are like hard stones...

Men can be easily molded in any shape..
Women have to be carved into shape with lots of patience, hard work and accuracy...

Men can adjust to any situation...
Women are just difficult in this department.

When men read this post they might either think its true or its stupid...
But when women reads it they will always think with a counter argument ...Like "True they are always clay minded" bla bla bla...

No wonder they are complicated.

Ekjactly....

2007-10-10T12:19:00.001-07:00

can you guess wat this means...

Kicks of the Ghost - Dont understand talks....

ha ha ...
it means ...

Latho ki booth... Batho se nehi mantha....

Abirami !! Kavithai Kavithai - padi...

2007-10-10T12:12:00.000-07:00

Chennai 6 lac 28 has this wonderful kavithai... Which makes me laugh every time i here it...

Marathale erguthu kai ....
Marathale erguthu kai ....

Thoonge teve Pai..
Thoonge teve pai...

Ne maatum OK sonna ...
Ende karthi un kal adi nai...

Mokkaya eruka...
Spot liye ennuoru kavithai eruku...

Mount road le Anna saaale...
Rajinikanth Moratu kallai....

Enjoy the You tube video

Javed Miandad Vs India

2007-10-06T18:25:00.000-07:00

This may feel its a over dose of Cricket information... but this match can never been forgotten by any Indian cricket lovers...

Do u guys remember the last ball 6 by Javed ----
Click here

ODI Cricket World Cup Finals

2007-10-02T11:09:00.000-07:00

Here is my post to all cricket lovers...

These are the greatest moments of each of the winning team...

Here is the WIKIPEDIA information about the 9 Cricket World cup finals happened till now along with some video highlights of the final match.

Year : 1975
WINNER : WEST INDIES
MOM: Clive Lloyd
Winning Captain: Clive Lloyd
Click here for the complete details
Match: World cup finals
West Indies and Australia
Result: WI Bet Aus by 17 Runs
Highlights:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5

Year : 1979
WINNER : WEST INDIES
MOM: Vivian Richards
Winning Captain: Clive Lloyd
Click here for the complete details
Match: World cup finals
West Indies and England
Result: WI Bet Eng by 92 Runs
Highlights:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Year : 1983
WINNER : INDIA
MOM: Mohendar Amarnath
Winning Captain: kapil Dev
Click here for the complete details
Match: World cup finals
West Indies and India
Result: Ind Bet WI by 43 runs
Highlights:
Part 1
Part 2

Year : 1987
WINNER : AUSTRALIA
MOM: David Boon
Winning Captain: Allan Border
Click here for the complete details
Match: World cup finals
Australia vs England
Result: Aus Bet Eng by 7 runs

The Winning Moments

Year : 1992
WINNER : PAKISTAN
MOM: Wasim Akram
Winning Captain: Imran Khan
Click here for the complete details
Match: World cup finals
Pakistan Vs England
Result: Pak Bet Eng by 22 Runs
Highlights:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5

Year : 1996
WINNER : SRI LANKA
MOM: Aravida de-silva
Winning Captain: Arjuna Ranathunga
Click here for the complete details
Match: World cup finals
Australia vs Srilanka
Result: Sri Bet Aus by 7 Wickets

Its important to note that The Team SRILANKA had won just 4 matches prior to this tournament.
Also this was the first WORLD CUP FINALS which was won by Wicket margin.

The Winning Moments

Year : 1999
WINNER : AUSTRALIA
MOM: Shane Warne
Winning Captain: Steve Waugh
Click here for the complete details
Match: World cup finals
Australia vs Pakistan
Result: Aus Bet Pak by 8 Wickets

The Australians came from nowhere. They deserve the cup.

Sorry guys couldn't get any video of the finals. But I will be updating it ASA I get it. Meanwhile enjoy the 1999 World cup carnival

The Carnival

Year : 2003
WINNER : AUSTRALIA
MOM: Ricky Ponting
Winning Captain: Ricky Ponting
Click here for the complete details
Match: World cup finals
India Vs Australia
Result: Aus Bet India by 125 Runs
The Biggest margin of victory in a World cup finals.
India with the top form of the century couldn't withstand the attack of Australia's
Highlights:
Magical Moments of WC 2003
Part 1
Part 2

Year : 2007
WINNER : AUSTRALIA
MOM: Adam Gilchrist
Winning Captain: Ricky Ponting
Click here for the complete details
Match: World cup finals
Srilanka and Australia
Result: Aus Bet SRI by 53 Runs
Highlights:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
The Winning Moments

The Boss - Motta Boss...

2007-10-02T08:09:00.000-07:00

If u have seen Shivaji-The Boss (a recent blockbuster hit by Super star Rajinikanth) you will really enjoy this music. The talk of the movie was the Motta Boss getup. And the most wanted ring tone is the background music played in that sequence. Here is something for the A.R. Rahman and Rajinikanth Fans...

Click Here for the song

That how you raft

2007-10-01T11:51:00.000-07:00

Look at me in the pics... And thats how u raft ;)

That was the number 4 without knowing swimming. We were 8 of us… I was wondering we go in two different boats, but for some reason we all sat in the same boat… since I had done rafting previously I was asked to sit in the front and lead the show…. DAM people… Most of them in that 7 were really dum people… they don’t talk to me… and there was no force on the water was not that fast either, so all together it was real boring 3 hrs of rafting.

Well I had gone to one in Tennessee, one in Smokies and one in Richmond Downtown. Well the one in Tennessee and Smokies were awesome. There was class 4 and 5 and it was awesome rafting. Well the Richmond one is also boring as the last one but what can we say, it’s the only river that runs over the downtown were you can raft. It was interesting that we rafted inbetween the tall buildings.

Atomic structure of Crack Cocaine

2007-09-28T11:36:00.000-07:00

The three most popular things that people drink a lot - Water, Coffee and Beer.

There was a mug at the MIT coop which had the atomic structure of Caffeine on it. It was very interesting. I bought it. Now I drink my decaf coffee with that mug.

Here is the atomic structure of Caffeine.

Then I was thinking of doing the same thing with the other popular drinks… H2O does not sound that fancy. Kids who study 6^th or 7^th grade will buy that because that will be the first time they will see and hear about the structure so they will be fancied towards it…

The next step is beer. Atomic structure of Beer? Does it have one? Well, I don’t know about that but I am pretty sure every drug has an atomic structure and so do the cracks… well here you go… here is the atomic structure of crack cocaine… it will be a good business to sell beer mugs with this structure on it… it will give a gig + freak combination in you… If u see any one selling so.. dude thats my idea.. i will sue them dawg...please let me know...(i will give u share ;) )

No wonder the phrase “Search it Online” has become “Google it”... Awesome…

Atlast a Tech Blog by me

2007-09-27T11:41:00.000-07:00

O ya... I have a blog space for my Tech Post...
http://techipost.blogspot.com/

Ya ya... Nothing on it... but things are coming soon....

They won the Twenty 20 … So wat ??

2007-09-26T11:32:00.000-07:00

I personally feel Twenty20 is a good move by the ICC. ODI is a whole day event and Test --- it’s a 5 day event… most of the people would sleep between the over 15 to 35. I personally would feel bored in those overs unless it’s an important or a great game. So 2020 can revive those fans who like cricket but doesn’t have the patience to watch. So cricket can be followed like any other game…

Most of them aren’t even aware that Indian cricket team lead by Mahandra singh Dhoni won the Twenty20 world cup. Its good to know, especially after that huge blow out performance by the same team against the Team Bangladesh early this year.

Right from the kapil dev’s era.. Indians are particularly better in the Slogs. When the whole match is about the slogs then it was a sweet pie for them. Well Indians were never the best slog bowlers, but the bowlers did a good job in this tournament. Sreesanath's, RP Singh's and Pathan's stump uprooting wickets were stunning and fun to watch.

India and Pakistan met in the Twenty20 world cup finals (Some tell me its been fixed since ICC lost lot of money as these two team were kicked out of the world cup first round early this year). This has been a dream match for every Indian who loves to watch cricket. Its just not only in cricket, in any game (like hockey). Any movie in which they show cricket.. it will be unanimously India Pak match in a qualifier or finals. So this is absolutely a great match what so ever. When the word World championship pads with this match, the thrill just increases…

Pathan did an excellent job with the ball and they did win with a nail biting finish. It was good to follow in cricinfo.com… it would have been definitely better to watch the match live. I can understand the celebration to be with crackers, throwing T-shirts, waving the flags, Going on a open top bus to wave at the people…. Fine… but 3 million USD to the whole team is too much to do. Its 120 cores of Indian rupees. People are you gone crazy? In every foreign movies, if they show India.. They will show some unshaved beggars in the banks of the Yamuna river near the Taj mahal. They still see India as the poorest nation in the current world. I have ones seen an author writing “Germany to India will now buy things” … They consider India in the lowest end… we have to change their views about India. Spend money on people improvement, the standard of living’s improvement. 3 million $ on just 16 people doesn’t going to do any good for the nation.. If the Team India wins… It’s the word “India” shd be paid importance not the word “Team”..

This is Y these people play one match is an extraordinary fashion and flunk the other in a super extraordinary way… BCCI stop this foolishness.. Its just 20-20!! your own stars doesn't accept it as a form of cricket... its not even a ODI world cup... What a waste of money !!!!

My Lunch at O’Naturals…

2007-09-26T10:57:00.001-07:00

O’Naturals is a restaurant near my work place. It’s a nice restaurant. They make fresh breads, salads and soups. They taste good too. Their 5 spice china, Greek salad, Balsamic blue salad, Vegi lentil soup are my favorite. So I almost daily end up eating there. But there is a problem that I am embarrassed about eating there.....

I usually get up late. So I almost everyday skip my breakfast. So I feel hungry rt around 12 PM. I think its normal for any human being. So I go to this restaurant, I see only Mommies around.

There will be long line of ladies with some carrying their kind who is shouting “kkkaaaa…. Guuuuuu…. Gaaaaaa”, some have two kids .. one on the stroller and another one standing beside them.. and she will asking that small boy who doesn’t even know how to answer “Honey what do you want today… macaroni cheese or carrots…?” .. There will be another women who is half pregnant with another cute kid beside her doing “ring a ring a roses” with himself … then there will be some grani with some tube in her nose and a walking stick… then another old lady calling that tubed grani .. “Mom… How are you… Its been a long time…wait let me join the line with you in the back” ..(WTH? You see your own mom after a long time being in the same town..)… There will be whole bunch of line with ladies carrying salads (with dressing on the side.. not mixed on it), carrots, macaroni, Milk, Orange juice on one hand and holding their kids on the other.

Out of all.. the people who server will also be girls… right from the person who cut the bread or change the trash till the billing section… For a second I would be like “did I enter a women locker room??” That’s the point I always get embarrassed…Don’t guys fell hungry at 12 PM or Don’t the guys eat salads and soups for lunch… Y is it I am the only male in that mob?

I have to make my own lunch everyday or If I wait for 1 more hour.. the office hungers would come to fetch their food… so I can catch up with some men there… for that to happen I really have to get up early and have a breakfast every day… or I should go by 3 PM so that those Mommies can take their Happy Full stomached “Gu Gu Ga Ga” kids home and take them for a nap.. So that I would just have to deal with the counter girls… (Which is some time fun to watch…;) )

Techi post

2007-09-25T13:09:00.000-07:00

Friend of mine was telling he was going to create tech blog. He was mentioning that, big companies when interviewing you would ask what have you done towards open code communities, or do you have a tech blog for you to share your knowledge with others...

Well thats a good questions... I want to do one.. Not because I want join the biggies... but this may in the future help myself and also others ... No one has a great remembrance of what they code. They would code it in a sample project and keep it aside in their hard drive.. and when they need it they would spend at least 10 min in finding where they actually stored it... and when they move places... I dont have to mention it... I guess keeping a tech blog is a good practice for yourself..

Well now that google account is free... wats the worry in creating a new one... i can spend some of my Movie and TV watching time on this ;)

My Boss did the funniest thing…

2007-09-25T13:05:00.001-07:00

My Boss owns an aircraft. Lately when he was flying, on of his engine failed and he crashed over a Soya bean field. He said Soya bean are the best breaks better than those hi-fi disk breaks available in the market. They got stuck in his wheels and slowed the aircraft way before it should have. Well then comes the funny incident. The cops, fire fighters and the ambulance were there and they asked him to taxi the aircraft to the airport which was 5 miles away. My Boss actually taxied the aircraft through a residential area. People were taking pictures and telling their kids “Look that’s one such incident that you might never see in your life” … then took the Interstate and then took the exit towards the airport… It would be awesome to see an aircraft taxing on an Interstate beside you ;)

I Like Rahul !!

2007-09-12T08:04:00.000-07:00

I accept that Sachin is the super star.... plays extremely grt, the legend... but still Rahul is my Fav. It mainly because of his style...

I lost interest in cricket after the terrific knock out of the Indian team from the first round of World cup early this year. I was so frustrated...

They have to understand, its very tough to watch cricket.. its a whole day event... people has to forgo their work, sleep, sit patiently and watch the match and if they flunk such big time its obvious that people loose interest... (hey i am big time fan of cricket.. even when the match fixing incident happened.. i stood for the rest of the team.. i am not the guy who curses when they loose and praises when they win.... i had confidence even when they lost to Bangladesh... but loosing to Srilanka in such a big margin (without a fight) frustrated me...)

But recently I was watching this highlight of the 2 ODI against England... man... Dravid's style of batting is worth mentioning... Wow ... i felt like i want to watch cricket again... it was awesome... Yes... Sachin knocked 99 in that match.. he was awesome... he has his own style... and well Ganguly is back... (i got to mention that... before ganguly used to play as a regular left hander... but now his style looks like he has been forcing it ... it just does not look natural... yes he hits runs... but his style is shabby, I have better style than him) Dhoni (i dont know whether he see's the ball or not... he just swings the bat like my nephew) ... Yuvaraj is ok too...
But still nobody can match Rahul's style... not even Azar nor VVS Lakshman... The only better stylish player in the world i admire other than Dravid is Ricky Ponting.

If at all I will watch a cricket match again it will be only because of my star Rahul Dravid...

I got to pay attention....

2007-09-11T08:56:00.000-07:00

When ever i buy any T-shirt... i just check the design, then the size and then the price... but there is some incidence which says "I got to pay more attention" to whats written on the T-shirt...

I have never paid attention towards them.... unless i am looking for a specific one... Like i need some redsox tshirt, or something...

One day i went to Wal-mart and there were T-shirt for $4... i wanted a t-shirt to ware it at home... so i picked two colors... and then went to counter, brought it, and stacked them in my closet... Yesterday after taking a shower in the evening... i went to take one of the T-shirt... I put it on... and looked at the mirror .... It said " DAD I love you always...." WTF? who brought these stuffs home.... Apparently it was me... i fell so frustrated as these T-shirts are adding up my age... went and pulled the next T-shirt from the stack.... and it said... "I always need you. You shd always walk with me Grandpa...." O MY GOD.... THIS 'NT HAPPENING TO ME....

Wat a moron... I got to pay some attention from now... i had been super bad in that ...

Russel Peter...

2007-09-09T06:59:00.000-07:00

I went to this Russel peter show this Friday nite. I have watched his videos in youtube, but seeing him doing his comedy in live was a different experience... It was at the comedy connections in the Quncy market. Me and my friend booked the tickets really way before, so we almost got the seats very next to the stage. I liked the set up there.. it was like a restaurant setup but a little crampy... The seats were so closed that its very odd for two single boys to sit together... ;)

Me and my friend were looking around, checking if there are other single "2" boys around... fortunately we were able to spot couple of them in the corner... the next problem is... since we were next to the stage, this guy Russell would definitely pick us since he is fond of Indians.. again we were fortunate enough to have a African American with an Indian girl rt beside us... WHooo... we had a close one...

But the show was totally hilarious.... had a real good time...

Gaming Week end - MEMORY

2007-09-06T11:43:00.001-07:00

This labor day week end, GK had come over from California... Wow Hell a week end... It was more a gaming week end... to be frank atlast we did something like Yo Yo guys... SWEEEEEET

GK is one great man who traveled across the coast in more time than my India travel... (If u ask him he says DONT FLY DELTA....) well wat can we say... every one has their own choice of airlines which they recommend not to fly... and all of them come in the list...

That delayed our plan by one full day...

This guy has become diet freak... he wouldnt take rice, he wouldnt drink pops, he wouldnt eat ice creams, he wouldnt eat cheese on the salads, no fries, NO Juice only water... Enne kodumai saravanan...

wat ever...

we went to Stamford, then took the train to NYC... The wish list of GK were
1. Visit Liberty state park
2. Go on the Double tucker BUS...
3. Walk into Macy's store...
4. Walk into Apple's store...
5. Eat at ESPN Zone...
6. Buy Bargain items in CHINA TOWN
7. Walk in the Central Park...
(Ennedu edulam... Siri pulle taname eruku...)
Mine was tasty and simple... Eat at Saravan Bhavan

We ended up doing just 3 of GKs list...
After visiting the liberty state park... we went on the Double tucker bus, and then started to walk in the Downtown area... took some snaps in the TSq... then try to eat at the ESPN zone... the problem was they had only dead meats... Stupid of the nonsense of the idiots..
after fighting and compensating with some of the diet restrictions of GK we ended up in TGI...

Then we crashed on the bed in a hotel... next day... its the US OPEN DAY... This mighty friend of mine turned out to be a fiend of mine... I was suggested not to ware my RedSox cap in NYC but never informed that my half bald head is gona tan up in the sun the next day... well wat to say... we still enjoyed it...

Then next day... Went and visited Harvard, MIT... finally we studied in there... but this time it was just a piece of paper rolling on the ground... Then the BIG GAME... PLAY BALL...
WHOOOOOOO>>>>> Lets go REDSOX...
Wat a game... couple of Home runs over the green monster... Hi score game... Awful flunk by the reviver's...and a good nail biting win... I am starting to become a redsox fan with these guys making to the playoffs this yr.. Hope they take this spirit till the finals...

This week end ... both of us relished and enjoyed .... With days flying fast, with roads taking different route... we don't know if we will have this moment later... even if in some weired case we had it... this will still remain MEMORY

FLAW in back to the Future

2007-08-25T08:09:00.001-07:00

You should have seen this movie at least 1s now.. Well I have seen this many times now. With number of time HBO repeats this you should have seen it at least 50 times now.

In the second part Marty and the Doc goes to the future to save Marty’s son’s life. Marty buys a sport book which he thinks he take it to the past and do a little bet and get some money. But the Doc just stops him and throws the book in the trash. Old Biff from the year 2015 takes the book and hands it over to the young biff in the year 1955 without Marty’s and Doc’s knowledge and comes back. Which changes the present (year 1985). Marty’s father is been killed by Biff, his mother marries Biff and the whole hill valley town is ruined.

The FLAW:

The moment when the old biff from the future goes to 1955 and gives the book to the young biff in 1955 the time would have taken an alternate path. So the Biff should have returned to the alternate 2015 and not actual 2015. In that alternate path, Marty’s father is dead and his mother is Biff’s wife. And the city is ruined. When old Biff’s returns as well as when Marty, Jennifer and the doc leaves 2015 it would be the actual 2015 and not the alternate 2015. Marty’s father and mother will be still in Marty’s house …

We and BABA (Ghatham Ghatham...)

2006-10-05T13:11:00.000-07:00

The most funnest incident happend in my life....

Born in Tamilnadu you cannot escape not being a Rajinikant’s fan. And the hype did grow up after his super hit padayappa. So the much Hyped movie Baba was releasing in Atlanta and we were 30 students who planned to drive 4 hrs to see the movie… we just did not stop with that. 30 full bags of shredded papers, turbans like thalivar, imported governor BIDI… printed T-Shirt with the photo displayed above ….

After driving 4 hrs we waited in theater for 3 more hrs because of the delay in brining the print. Then the movie started… rt from the time they showed the certificate …we started the shouting.. No one was able to here a single dialogue… infact there were people shouting back to us asking us to shut up… but that’s not enough for a Rajini fan…

Then comes the intro song in which our hero is introduced for the first time in the screen… every one of us were on our feet…. Then thalivar made this awful noise… ”BBBBRRRRRUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAA” in a lady voice… I was like… “enna da avare BBBRRRUUAAA n rar…” every one stopped shouting… more n more when the movie went on… we started to slide down in the seat... some of them even changed the t-shirt after the first of the half... End of the day… it was the worst movie taken in the history of big stars…. The screenplay was not good, the direction sucked, the heroine looked old, out of all… My hero was a zero….

Enne kodumai sir edu....

Is My Room Mate a good Cook?

2006-10-05T13:05:00.000-07:00

I have been with so many different room mates since i left my parents to till date....
I want to talk about how my room mates cook.....

Its been ages since I was planning to update this blog…

been a bit buzy.. been lot lazy…wat ever… here it goes…

It was July 29^th 2002… rt after my fresh graduation …. Came to Huntsville, AL to do masters… WOW wat a life. Some fun, some struggle, some laughs, some studies…. Started to learn how life could be. Made me little mature, changed my life and bla bla bla

Well thats not the topic…

I flew with my room mates in the same flight. We were 7. We took one 3 bedroom appt. and the fun started….

1s one of my room mates promised he would cook. So we let him to keep the pressure cooker. It 20 min past and we dint here any whistle. When I asked him whether he kept water in the cooker… he asked me “What water?” … he did not keep water in the cooker nor with the rice…. We switched off the stove and waiting in the corner of the house with covers for the cooker to burst off… we were lucky we just ended up with the melted valve and blanked cooker base with burnt rice… This was just his start. I shd mention his specialized dish… Tair samiya….all he did is… boiled noodles with some chopped onions in 2 gallons of butter milk…. And he made us to eat that …. DAMIT…. Well I have to admit it… he improved his cooking skills after...

Another 3 guys said that they don’t know to cook. All three of them ended in learning how to cook sambar…. Interestingly it was only sambar. And it took more than 1.5 yrs for them to learn that. Two of them were good. Their sambar looks and tastes like sambar. But the other … man I got to tell you guys this… end of 2.5 yrs… still he just knows to cook sambar which looks like a big bowl of dal paste. (Well he cooks rice in the rice cooker).

The fried rice specialist: The first time he made it … we were like man he has some skills though it tasted little different than the other fried rice. Then he made the same thing the second time… we were like.. hmmm.. then the third time in a row… we were like “come on” …. 4^th time AGG… 5^th… AGGGGGGGGGGGG 6^th… THAT’S IT.. U R DONE BOY… THIS HAS TO END… U HAVE TO STOP THIS…. Unfortunately that dint do the trick…. 2.5 yrs …. We have just ate his watery, awfully tasted, over cooked fried rice in his cooking turn. We did take a look how he does that well this wat he does… he take some rice puts in the rice cooker.. along with some frozen mixed vegetables, then some spices like garam masala.. then some salt… 2 cups of water for every cup of rice then an extra cup for the vegi…(that extra cup causes the water effect and over cooking)…. Well I have to mention the rita’s….. man…u will see onions and tomatoes in the rita bigger than the size of a grape tomatoes…. Some times u will see some unbaked green peppers too in the same size…

I have heard some people are worst in cooking… its not because they would get it… its because they don’t want to get it…. And have seen some from that herd….

Me and my Cars….Part II

2006-10-05T13:00:00.000-07:00

2^nd Car VW Jetta

She looks totally cool from outside. Just One Long drive….

Speedometer needle runs till the MAX… may be the fastest German car ever built… No fix for it… have to replace the speedometer. So as a result… I won’t know the speed… I would have to judge the speed approximately and tail some one ;)
Gave for a oil change at wal-mart… suddenly one fine day.. oil tank started to leak…Coolant tank too…… Oh No!!… Not again….i don’t know what this walmart guyz do… ur oil tank get dried up very soon after their oil change…it happened to couple of my friends too.. so watch out when u give for service in Wal mart…
The tiers were so worn out…they look smooth and plain…
Suddenly the check engine glow… and no one can find out what the code actually ment….

Y Only Meeeeeeeeee ......?

3^rd CAR… NEW ONE…..

I was fed up with Old cars… so went for a brand new car… she looked grt… with all the jalsa toyz on her… 3 weeks… just 3 weeks…. My history began…

Skid on a snow… Hit a Pit… Flat tier on a wonderful Snowy day… with feels like 0 deg F outside…I don’t even know where to put the Jack. Had to replace a new tier… 400 bucks..
One Syco Pat… Keyed the whole body …. WTF? It was lot fun to look on a body full of white color scratch on a brand new car….
Left it at the car with the body shop.. they parked it underneath a tree… a branch of the tree fell on my windshield…!

Looks like my cars are very fond of bringing me problems….if not they them self….some one else force them….

Hope this doesn't cont.....

Me and my Cars….

2006-10-04T14:06:00.000-07:00

Till date I had 3 cars…. All of them did give me some sort of a problem… even if its a new car .. some one else made it come….

Felt like I will write them up…

1^st Car was a Mazda Mx6 1991 model…

One of my friends had it for no 4 years. No accidents for 12 years..
I brought it for 1000 bucks… Black in color, long, .. looked like a old Lincon cars…

Started learning how to drive a car only with that… wanted to take for long drive… (40 to 50 miles… and even 20 miles is a long drive for me and my car at that time…). I came home after a tiered day of work. There were about 10 of them in my house along with my room mates… Among them were a guy who crashed his car 2 days ago and his girlfriend. Every one were making fun of them for loosing their car and suddenly the guys girlfriend walked towards me… and said the following….

“Enne badri…Car vaangitonu timura? Naalike un car nattukunu niike…!!”

She told it for fun...but I will never forget those words… because It really happened… "Nattukunu Niduruchu..." I my car took for the Long drive I mentioned…. I don’t know wat I did…I missed a lane… and instead of break I pressed the gas and I flew out of a interstate into a shopping complex, tearing a fence apart. I noticed no one was there… and the car was still running… so I put the reverse gear and wanted to get out of that place… but the car did not move…. When I looked out of the window… I saw two of my front wheels rolling in front of the car with the rod connecting them…then the rear wheels were folded into two halves. Water leaking from the front .. the number plates and the bumper were lying aside. My roommate paddu made this Karagatekaren Tune when I left my house… When I came back home it was in much worse condition…

Then after a months … I fixed the car… spending almost the same amount for which I brought the car. Then slowly problems started to pop up…

Side mirrors were down…Cops pulled me for that
One head light won’t glow…Cops pulled me for the second time.
At nights there won’t be any light on the dash.
AC won’t work.
Axel had a bend…
Alignment need to be done…
One fine day the Oil tank dried…(oil started to leak… I used to fix up every Sunday evening to fill the oil tank.. cause the next Sunday the oil tank will be empty)
Then the coolent…
I have never seen such a disaster pull over for a tier… heard of flat tier … first time I experienced and saw no tier… The driver side whele tore into 5 layers of black rubber strips…

Dai Aaniye piduge vendam da….!

To be Cont…..

Mei Shayar Tho Nehi !

2006-10-03T11:38:00.000-07:00

Dostho..!

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Ek Sher sunata hu bade dhyan se suno
Ek Sher sunata hu bade dhyan se suno

Mujhe Sher nahi aata kisi aur se suno
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Jise Dil Diya... Who bagi Kisi Aur se...
Jise Payr Kiya... Usne dhakka diya bade jor se

Dil Kahatha Hai ... Karle Kud Kushi Abi!
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Lekin Mann Kahatha hai..Rukle ..Koi Anjani hai tere gali!!
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Samajke tujko Eak aam ka Ped....
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Ese nehi Samje tho.. Hey Mere Seth.. Es Duniya ka tu Koi Kaam Nahi...!
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