Life is to Enjoy

Really after a long time I felt that I wasted 2:30 hours in my life. After I joined my work, this was the real time I felt that. I am referring to the new release ATTAGASAM. No futher comments regarding the film. Watched BABA yesterday for the 4th time. Really a gr8 movie that one should never miss. I also got a chance to view the still of my GOD (Mr. Rajinikanth) in CHANDRAMUKHI. That still is more than enough to prove that this film will be a super dooper hit without any millimeter of doubt.

Ya, Kerala are the "Santhosh Trophy" winners for the year 2004. Tell me really how many of us follow football religiously as we do cricket in India? (even I dont do that). After the poor performance of our cricket team with the Aussies, I lost a bit of interest in that game. I was just wondering around 2 P.M. today as to what shall I watch in T.V. Until I had the ESPN and STAR sports connection, I followed EPL and Spanish Liga to some extent. Now for more than a year, we people in chennai are void of those channels. :-) Only choice we had was to see DD sports. I am very happy to see such a hard fought game for the trophy between Kerala and Punjab. Kerala did it with 3-2 in the extra time. First half started with a bang with Kerala scoring the first one at 7th minute. Then that remained the score till half time. After the break was the real cruicual game started. Punjab bounced back with 2 goals in quick succession at 3rd and 6th minutes of the second half. They then tr...

Hi all, it has been 1000 accesses to my blog by today. (Not actually, u can count out my own vists which would approximate to around 100). I really dont know if my counter works well or not. But a 1000 for my blog is indeed a greater achievement. Thanks for one and all who made this possible.

Pooja holidays... and its time to celebrate for me. Went to 3 movies on 3 days. (Dad says "Dai nee collge padikkumbothellam ozungaa irunthiye da... ippo enna aachu?). I really donno. I saw 7GRC, Ladder 49 and M Kumaran. 7GRC was given a big hype by my friends and I thought it would be nice. But it was a bit of disappointment for me. Didnt expect that one to end in that way. The climax was so boring and intolerable. I couldnt sit in the cinema hall for too long. Those so called "love" scenes in the hotel was just too comic and irrelevent for me. Ladder 49 is one of the verbal conversational films I admire after a long time. Its really a good movie explaining the life of a Fireman. I initally thought John Travolta might be the hero. But it wasnt to be. I would suggest people who like verbal conversation films to watch that movie for sure. Finally M.Kumaran.... My favourite ASIN starrer. Really an emotional movie which loses track after interval. Until Nadiya is ...

SARDAR in ARABIA A Sardar, a German and a Pakistani got arrested consuming alcohol which is a severe offense in Saudi Arabia, so for the terrible crime they are all sentenced 20 lashes each of the whip. As they were preparing for their punishment, the Sheik announced: "It's my first wife's birthday today, and she has asked me to allow each of you one wish before your whipping." The German was first in line, he thought for a while and then said: "Please tie a pillow to my back." This was done, but the pillow only lasted 10 lashes & the German had to be carried away bleeding and crying with pain. The Pakistani was next up. After watching the German in horror he said smugly: "Please fix two pillows to my back." But even two pillows could only take 15 lashes & the Pakistani was also led away whimpering loudly. The Sardar was the last one up, but before he could say anything, the Sheikh turned to him and said: "You are from a ...

I was there witnessing India trying to overhaul the Aussies on Saturday, the third day of the second test match between the two teams. It was a fantastic atmosphere. I knew getting tickets would be tough. Hence me and my group of friends were there at 7 AM sharp at the ticket counter. Believe it or not there were about 20 people before us in the queue already for the 9:30 AM starting game!!!!. The feeling was just too good and I am unable to find words to explain them. I bought a bus conductor whistle on friday evening itself. On going to the stadium we also got some PIPIs (hope u ppl got it). I got a TRICOLOUR and stated cheering India in a full swing from the first ball. The first and last session of the day belonged to India. But the middle session was fully dominated by the Aussies. We had quite a few aussies in our stand supporting their team. We had got several rythms and beats going along throughout the match without any decrease in decibel level... Overall it is my third e...

I was after a long gap in my life played a traditional game of "Thaaya kattam" (game of dice) with my cousins and chithappa. Indeed it is a game of chance. Just spent some time in analyzing the game. How great our elders are in creating such a game with the laws of probability. We had played some two rounds of this game. It was such a serious tensing games will all Nandus and Sindus (small kids) around. It was as if we were playing a world cup final (too much exaggeration????). It was really nice. As expected, I was in the losing side both the times.

Today I had a visit to Palani Hills and got darshan of our family God ("kula theivam" pa) "Murugar". Since my Chithappa ('chacha' in hindi) is a DE in telephones, we could get a VIP pass and have a very closer darshan of one of my favourite Gods. It is "Krithigai" today which is one of the special days for Lord Muruga. We performed Abishekams with panchamirtham, milk, tender cocunut and curd. This is a special ceremony we do regularly atleast once in 2 years. Great that we combined this time around with my vacation. Had a great time with my vacation ending today. So will be back to normal ways from tomorrow( does that mean by blog rate will reduce????. Hoping no. :-)).

Its been very long since I blogged. I am on a holiday at Tiruchi (my hometown) and relaxing myself. This has been my first vacation since I joined my work last year. Really last two days (today and yesterday) were full stress relieving for me. Guess I needed this break badly but I coulnt realise that I needed it all because of the care and love I got from my parents and friends. This is a city of holiness.... lots of small temples... virtually all streets have a Ganapathy statue.... I feel that I miss a lot of this in my city life. City life is full of work and enjoyment. Here its a little different. All Jigudies here are really really humble. Infact I would say that these people will have a greater boys look if they come to Chennai. Most importantly Jigudies here wear "Paavaadai Thavani", a traditional tamil wear. I really feel being a native of Tiruchy, I missed a hell a lot of things here. I was taking full rest here for two days and was relaxing (doing the best thin...

Today is the wedding day of my parents. It was indeed a great day for all 3 of us. My dad did prepare lunch for a change today. It was a gr8 lunch I had. We then had the dinner in one of the near by hotel (restaurant for me!!!). This day these days coincides with the WTC incident in US. For them in US it's a BLACK day. Ha ha... it's only for them. Definitely not for me. Well next year it would be their 25th anniversary. These are occasions in life one should never miss out. And to my attitude, which is "Life is to Enjoy", I would be doing injustice to my attitude if I missed such an occasion. :-)

Well it was thrilling two weeks of sporting in Athens this time. My two eyes were not enough to witness all the games and actions that happened in the Olympics. Although I missed a major portion of the action in TV, I used to see a one hour of variety sports from 10 PM to 11 PM in TV. Thats the only time I could see them. But I enjoyed a lot. The spirit was never missing in the sportsperson's heart. One worry I have is that of the performance of the Indian crew at Athens. Well I am not gonna write against them or for them. I just wanna mention that I expected a lot from them. Hats off to Major Rathore for the face saving Silver medal at Athens. Long live Olympic spirit.

Just saw some gr8 actions in Olympics today. The sportspersons, the fans, the flags of different countries... oh it needs a whole day or even a week to explain it. Lemme put in all that I saw in these small paras. I could feel the pressure on the sportspersons to perform well. Every time a person wins, they noy only get medals, awards, recognition etc... but most importantly they get thier National Anthem sung and their National flag to be risen.... One could feel their body language which carries the entire nation's responsibility and expectation on their shoulders. The fans... I saw a cycling race today and it was won by an Italian. After the game was over, the winner was taken for an interview along side of the road. I saw a hardcore cycling fan just listening to the winner's talking in a manner that he started chewing his bubble gum in full tension and full speed. He was more excited and thrilled than the actual winner. I could feel that the fan was more happy that his...

This was one of the excellent forwords I have read ever and just couldnt resist sharing it. Subject: Vir Sanghvi in the Hindustan Times Infosys and the Middle Class Vir Sanghvi July 25 I don't often use this column to say good things about my friends but I'm going to make an exception this week. Part of the reason is that the friend in question is now, deservedly, nationally famous. But mainly, it's because of the things he represents and the values he embodies. I first met Nandan Nilekani in 1980 because he was going out with a friend (and colleague) of mine - they have since married. At the time, he was a young IIT-trained engineer working, if I remember correctly, for Patni Computer Systems. It was clear then that Nandan was very bright and that he would go far, but none of us, including Nandan himself, realised quite how far he would get. As the years went on, I watched his rise with admiration. The gutsy decision to strike out with a few colleagues and s...

I am a regular follower of cricket. This happens to be one of the reasons for not blogging for the past two weeks. Half a month break from blogging is too bad. I know I would lose some of the keen followers of my blog. But it was that cricket that made me to sit besides the TV and not do any of my regular Sunday activities. I Should have learnt a lesson atleast from the defeat of India against Pak. But still u know, I am a true lover of cricket and I watched the full of finals without missing a single ball to see India going down to SL. Too bad to give a reason for not blogging. But one interesting thing to note is that we people at Ambattur have started playing cricket in the Sunday mornings. Its keeps us relaxed and focussed thru the next week that follows. Interesting changes have happened in the world of politics in India. The Left parties have started giving pressure to the Congress led government. Dr. Manmohan has no other altenative but to keep his fingers crossed and p...

I felt very sad when I heard about the fire accident that happened in KUMBAKONAM school. That was really a worse, if not the worst, accident I have heard in my life. We have lost 80+ future pillars of our country. This cannot happen anymore. I just could not bear the scenes I saw on television. I just cant explain these things in words. These emotions cant be expressed in words. I pray God for those little kids' soul to rest in peace. Amidst all such tensions and emotions, I just spotted that Sun TV played a little politics out of this incident. This TV just listed all the major fire accidents that happened from 2002 till date, meaning the fire accidents in the current Government's period. I mean these politicians never seem to understand the public's feeling on this incident. They are very much concerned about their vote bank even in this very sad incident. The structure of that school very much resembled my school in Pondicherry, SDA HSS. Even that schoo...

All of us might have have heard about the virus attack that happend to a software giant's network last tuesday. Since that was a public ltd company, this was made as a public news. But, the media took this news as a tool for making thier business run better.... A local tamil daily here made jokes out of this matter. And the hieght of comedy on this matter was that when it was discussed in a private FM radio which I was fortunate(or rather unfortunate?) to hear. They had an SMS contest based on this matter by asking people about how would they avoid virus attacks in their computers. The choices given were.... (really freaky) 1) Make ceremonies to God and prevent it. (in tamil, "Mandhirichi Vibuthi Kungumam Poosuvingala?") 2) Will u feed antibiotics thru injection 3) Will u spray pesticides over your computer....(amazed???, well i was) As far as they are concerned, they are finding the funny part and thats fine. But, this should be done when such major atta...

I am sure most of us are aware of CAS (Conditional Access System), where people are urged to buy a STB(Set to Box) to view the selected pay channels they want to view. The hardest reality of this system is that it was implemented in Chennai last September and it is still under trial. I dont know wheather it is a hit or a flop. But either way, the trial period should be over by now. So the Government should have enough statistics to prove either the success or the failiure of this new system. Insted, the system is being extended and extended and.... I am one of those eager chennaiite waiting for the removal of this system or on the other side, implementation of the same all over India. The real thrill in this trial comes when there was a situation of implementing this in the northern metros. Since most of the Hindi channels are pay channels, this was not possible to be implemented due to public support. Hmmm so does that mean the Government treats people from different ...

This was one of the toughest if not the toughest week I ever had in my working life. I couldnt even attend a marriage reception of my collegue. It was too tough for a non-techie like to live upto the expectation of the tough techies of the software industry. Hmmm life is like that it seems. I was not at all enjoying this week. Well as far as I saw it, I took it as the harder way of enjoying life. I would love to explain what problems I faced in my work area, but I am not supposed to discuss those. I heard some 3 songs from "7/G Rainbow Colony". All three were really good. Seems Yuwan Shankar Raja reserves some beautiful tunes especially for Selvaraghavan films. Something similar to what ARR does for Manirathnam. I also saw the trailer of the same. Seems the film will be in the lines of "Kaathal Konden". Expecting the release of the same.

It was indeed a great time i had watching the film BAASHA on sun tv. I am not sure how much times i watched the movie. But each time I watch it, its as though I watch it the first time. Really good movie in which my "thalaivar" lived and not acted. All the punch dialogues of the film are really cool and useful for the life. So I can proudly say that I didnt waste this sunday evening ;-). Got some hectic testing works to do from tomorrow. So I am getting ready for the same. A very good inspirational movie to see before starting any work. I remember watching the same film in our 5th semester at the time when K tv was started. Venki and sandy, remember watching the film in the home next to yours as uncle was out of station? It was study leave for us. In the name of group studies, we escaped from our house and watched that film till 11:30. After the film was over, we did a "post mortem" on the same and then what else? We went to sleep. We never touched t...

Machi Sundar... many more happy returns of the day. We had a great party today. Thanks for the treat buddy. I enjoyed it a lot. With his influence, i also got a chance to visit the "ANANTHA VIGATAN" press today. It was a really cool experience. The way they make their weekly to be printed and distributed allover the world makes it even more amazing. I agree that there are even better weeklies famous in this world. But it was my first experience to see a press. Oh man, it seems they produce about 1 lakh copies of the weekly per day. We also went to "THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW" the movie. We were struggling for the past 2 weeks to see that, but couldnt get the tickets. Finally it was today that we had a chance. Too cool boy. Really nice. Seems it is a weekend of party for me. I had a "PROJECT" party with my collegues yesterday. Had a full fun in the friday evening. Sometimes i feel proud that my motto "Life is to Enjoy" is always right f...

Yup, Radio has regained its fans yet again thanks to some of the private FMs that have started in the last 1 year or so. Well i was one of those radio fans until we gave cable TV connections to home (it was in 7th STD). Being a Tamilan, I used to her "VIVITH BHARATHI" station and "CEYLON" station more than anything else. These two stations are the one that provide variety of songs those days (not sure about now. any updates guys?). Those ads that come in the radio are still popular and are even played now in the FMs that have come up. Especially my favourite ones are GOPAL "PALPODI"(toothpowder), LIFEBUOY(i even heard ringtone of this ad in my collegue's mobile) and VICCO VAJRADHANTHI. Especially the VICCO product, i never ever heard of them changing their way of advertising. But still its a big hit. These three ads remind me of my BOSS' words "Standards are Standards, U can never Change them". So are these ads standards of the Radio...

No No. This topic is no way related to a movie banner or something else. I just wanted to share all the guidance i got in my life from my parents and of course share a general opinion on parents and their expectations on children. This is one of the really tough topics to discuss in a real life scenario. I say this because, the base for any person to come into this world is his/her parents. Many top people always say that their success is primarily due to the suppourt from parents. They are 100% true in my view. A simple example, which every one of us would have undergone is here. We have crossed the stage of class 10th and 12th in our life(I guess most of u would have ;-) ). Those are really critical period in a person's life to build his career. We hear from many top rank holders about how long they study in nights upto say 10 or 12. But WHO is the person that puts coffee for the child and keeps it besides to make him/her study? In my case, I am an early morning s...

India has got a new PM in the form of Dr. Manmohan JI. Its a very special moment in a country's history. I just had a glimpse of his swearing ceremony and also the swearing of all cabinet ministers. A very interesting point to note is that TAMIL NADU, my state, has got about 12 Ministers in this new Government formed. Six among the 12 are cabinet ministers. I was just wondering why was this happening? Just then i resalised that this state had a major role to play in terms of no. of seats in the Government formed at the centre. Dr. Manmohan has also got some credits to his being the PM. One, he is the first to become a PM from PUNJAB and two, He is the first PM from a minority community. These two facts impressed me a lot and hence i took time to blog about this topic. Although being a very small citizen of this country, I wish Dr. Manmohan all the very best and all the best lucks to him in order to fulfill the dream of our beloved President A.P.J. Abdul Kalamji...

As promised in my last blog, i discuss on the qualification needed for software industry in the present world. I disclose at this point of time that it is purely my vision on the industry and nothing to do with pointing against other's opinions. Most of the companies while recruiting freshers only prefer ENGINEERING graduates to any other arts or science grads. I just had to do some sort of analysis before i blogged about it and indeed did some ground work for the same. I contacted some of my college and school friends who are now working in various MNCs as software engineers/programmers/analysts etc... Sunny, My friend, as i said in my previous blog is a Math grad. When a Software company calls for freshers, it is a clear point that they mention "Candidates with excellent academic records and aptitude and attidue are needed". But they still stick to the point that they need only ENGG grads for those posts. If at all they need other grads, they specify the...

This topic doesnt discuss about the weather condition in chennai nor do i have any intentions at this point of time to discuss about it. Then what else is this blog about? Its about introducing one of my friend who has cultivated in me the drive to become a software engineer in my life as a first step. This might seem strange as what else would have i aimed for? Well my aim was to become a SE (Software Engineer) when i finished my 12th. But no further steps were taken on my behalf for that. Only my Dad (thanks a lot for your push on me dad) wanted me to realise the importance of life a bit and he forced me to join a course in NIIT. Well it was 2 years long and when i was in the midst of 6 months after joining i lost half of interest. When it was 1 year down the line at NIIT, (it was at the end of third year in my engineering), the total interest was almost gone. It was for a new set of subjects and class timings me and my friend SUNDAR K (referred as SUNNY in title) cam...

Well this is one of the most interesting topic i wanted to blog and share with you all. This is the reality behing my success (this word is restricted to my getting of bachlor's degree and nothing more at this point of time). So what was the real secret behind my pasing of BE successfully especially when some tougher subjects came along from 5th semester? As i have mentioned in my previous posting below(who gave the idea to blog), it was from the 5th sem that me and venkatachalam (hereafter will be referred as venki in my future blogs) were doing combine study consistantly during our end semester exams although we were of different departments. We refer to our friends about our study time as 4 to 6. Usally each of our friends would assume it as though we would study from 4 P.M. on the day an exam ends and till 6 AM on the day of the next exam. But actually the reality is different. We would start the study only at 8:30 PM in the evening. hardly it would have moved to 15 m...

Well if you were wondering who gave me this idea to blog, he is Venkatachalam Ramakrishnan . well click on his name to go to his blog. just go and find out from there who he is. i need not describe him any more than that. We were college mates in our esteemed Institute - JAYA ENGINEERING COLLEGE . we both resided at Ambattur during our college days. We are 2003 pass outs. Actually we were friends only while travelling in bus until 2nd year. Sandeep and Venkat were really close. well, Sandeep is also our college mate and stays at Ambattur. We started to get closer only in our 5th semester when i, studying BE-ECE and he studying B.Tech-IT, had a common subject called DSP-Digital Signal Processing (great, i remember the full form of the subject). Actually many thanks has to go to Sandeep who actually gave the idea for us to get combined and study togather.....(venki agreed?) Then, after that, each semester, eventhough we had no common subjects, we used to ...

A bit puzzled at the title? well thats an indication of my profession to some extent. This whole title and next few of them will be something to describe about me. Well the name for the blog is kept as "LIFE IS TO ENJOY". i am a firm believer of this phrase. Whatever we do in our lives ultimately is to be happy and enjoy our stay in this world. Ok let me get back to my title once again. "HELLO WORLD". well i am a software engineer and so, while learning several programming languages (did i really?) the first program would be a display of HELLO WORLD. so, i followed the same principle here. "So, what will be the motto of starting this blog?" will be the question in for all the people reading this. i asked this to myself several times before actually planning to write it. the answer i could tell to myself (and now to you) is "Let me start first, then decide on the motto". this is because, throughout my life i was so inconsistant...