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Pattiyal - A review

I saw pattiyal last saturday. It is really a worth watch movie. All so more for Arya. His acting was outstanding. Bharath also had shown a lot of maturity in acting. Towards the later part of the second half, the movie resembled "Pithamgan" a lot. Arya simply makes you feel good and entertained throughout the movie. He constantly tries to avoid Priya, his opposite in the movie. The way he tries to do and the spontaneous reactions give really make us to think that this man has some potential to deliver. Hats off to the director for having chosen such a heavy subject but handled most of the movie in a very light manner. He also deserves a pat for having tried to reduce the violence to maximum extent possible. But no way is this a non-action movie. Those who strive with sentiments, please avoid watching this. overall I would rate this at 7 points in a scale of 10.

Did You smell what Sriram was cooking?

Not for a moment I was talking like the wrestling star Rock. This blog is quite big and you can read it when you have time. I involved myself in cooking today. No, please dont think what I did was for a normal day's cooking. It was time for doing yearly ceremony to my grand father called as "Thevasam" in tamil and "Shrartham" in typical Brahminical language. Now the interesting question could pop up "What was I doing in cooking for Ceremony? Why should I do involve?". The answer is simple. No one was there in my home to help out my mom. My dad popped into home today morning @ 5 from Mumbai and had to rush to office immediately for urgent work. He had to be back by 10:30 AM for doing the ceremony. So who else is left? It was only me. My mom really is great. The situation of last year's ceremony was no different from this year's. But the only villain this time is the tennis elbow (Athaan namma Sachin Tendulkarukku vanthuchhe athe thaan) problem m...

Sweet Saturday

It was a long time since I spent a saturday fully at home. I got up at 8 AM, lazily brushed teeth, sat in front of the TV. Started playing my Sony Music system with a filter coffee. It went on till noon. I applied oil to my head and was sitting for about an hour relaxed with music. There was one more tea at around 10:30. Then finally decided to take bath after the first 2 rounds of F1 qualifiers were over. at 12:15 it was time for lunch. After filling my belly (for those who havent seen me, I am a very slim guy), it was time for a little nap. Since India didnt perform well in today's match, I decided to sleep but not before seeing the intro scene of my Thalaivar's film MURATTUKKALAI. Once I was back from my sleep, I tuned into TV again to see KAATHALIKKA NERAMILLAI a classic comedy movie directed by veteran director Shridhar. If you are a comedy movie lover and have never seen the movie, I feel pity for you. Once the movie was over, I had to go away to reserve tickets for my pa...

When Travelling long is the only option...

If you are one of those unfortunate souls who have to travel about 3 hours a day to reach your office and come back, dont worry. I am one among you. I travel approximately 3.5 hours a day to and fro office. Then why this blog? I am in a mood to suggest what all activities that can be done when you travel. If you are not using comfortable means (like office bus) to travel then the suggestions given below are of no use to you. Pick up a pocket radio: This is one of the most important thing one should never forget especially if you are a music buff. As I am in Chennai, I have previlage of 4 FM stations to which one can tune and listen to one's favourite music. Start grouping friends: Make sure you have got a good group of friends who travel atleast 2/3 of the distance you travel. Note that have a group of friends so that you may catch hold of atleast one each day to have a chat, discussion, debate and some games. Try catching a girl/guy: This is what most of my collegues do. They star...

Voice chatted in Yahoo for the first time

For the first time in my life after a big pressure from my Chithappa Mr. Venkat and my Mama Mr. Natrajan. They are in Dubai and Maldives respectively. They had been voice chatting for almost an year now and they were telling me to join them. But I wasnt aware of the usefulness and goodness of this facility. I had a great time chatting with them today and they were really happy chatting with me. I am a dear to both of them. I was finally moved by one of my friends who said "Hey you are a software engineer and you should be using and knowing all the latest facilities in computes". I just thought if I was lagging behind the trends as I had gone into the good old mainframes. Hats off to Yahoo for such a tremendous service! If you are reading this and still not using this service, please try and explore it. Its great!

Car vaangalio Caaru

The car vendors might very soon be coming to the roads of our country and sell their cars just like vegetables are sold. It has become that much easy to buy a car these days. You get easy loans, with on the spot approvals etc. But the point is, where is this leading to? As far as I see heavy traffic, accidents, loss of time, fuel, energy, and quite a few other things. The most cruel part is people buying hi-fi AC cars with booming music systems without knowing to drive. Most people prefer self driving and think putting a 'L' board would project them badly when they drive the car. You can definitely feel this pinch if you are a 2 wheeler driver in Chennai. Sari, ivvlo buid up thideernu ethukku? Atlast my dad has bought a car and from today, I have to get all the above scoldings when I travel in that or drive that. So be ready da Sriram. Unna asaikka innoruthan poranthu thaan varanum. Evan evvlo thittinaalum naan kandippa vandi otta poren.... Orampo Orampo Sriram vandi varuthu......