Masquerading the Unicorn

2010-04-22T11:36:00.001+05:30

Indian Media, stop using millions and billions, we do have something called lakhs and crores !!

2010-03-28T22:30:00.001+05:30

bob dylan has such a wonderful voice !

2010-03-28T21:40:00.001+05:30

i did not know i could vote for the BBMP Polls with a Passport or a PAN card...#BBMPpolls

2010-03-24T08:18:00.001+05:30

using ping.fm as a google chrome extension...

Time Waster!

2009-01-06T08:38:00.001+05:30

Ice Breaker is a nice physics based time waster. Try it out here.

Ice Breaker

The aim of this game is to get the Vikings(quite some time since I heard this word. I think the last time was in Asterix and the Normans) back on board where they belong. You can cut through ice with the knife(mouse).

Lets see a demo of me trying (desperately) to clear this level.

Anyway you must have got the gist right. The first levels are easy and then gets tougher and more frustrating.

Anyway enjoy wasting your time.

(Via: DownloadSquad )

Aamir Music!

2009-01-05T23:49:00.001+05:30

Got to know about this films music only after reading reviews. All the songs in the album are very beautiful. Phas Gaya takes the cake for being the best song. You can read a better review from here.

Milliblog Aamir Review

This guy Amit Trivedi inspires from AR and does not lift from Korean songs to become popular.

I also read his Dev.D is nothing short of brilliant as well.Got to listen to that next.

Anyone got any idea about the movie Aamir?

Happy New Year !

2009-01-05T06:31:00.001+05:30

Happy New Year to one and all. Well 2009 has come even before I could get a hang of 2008. 2008 had been an eventful year for me. I experienced feelings from extreme happiness to average happiness. Anyway I hope to make this year more productive and useful . No that is not a resolution, because if it is , its going to end in 2 days.

So without much ado (drum roll) – “ Let the fun begin”.

p.s – I noticed a trend of “I”’s in my post. So just to balance things out – “ Lets hope this year sees the people of this world peaceful and happy”.

Virtual Haircut

2008-12-11T05:02:00.001+05:30

Hi,

The future of sound looks err.. sounds amazing. Hit the link to find out.

p.s – headphones a must.And its worth the pain.

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=22913

The technology is called binaural.

Exams almost done!

2008-12-10T20:35:00.001+05:30

My exams are in the verge if getting done and I am more than excited about travelling US of A. I am going to Pittsburgh and hopefully other places as well.

I have been holed up for the past 4 months in one place a k a Clemson and it has been driving my sanity to ridiculously low levels. Finally freedom !

YouTube goes HD!

2008-11-21T04:50:00.001+05:30

YouTube has added support to HD videos now, the really clear video format.

Watch this video to know the difference between your pixelated YouTube life to the the future.

The video is called

“Where the Hell is Matt? “

Love the Tonga scene and the improvisation of the dance(of sorts!) in Gurgaon . Also watch out for NASA Zero gravity.

Love the free flowing spirit of the video. Enjoy!

Update : Apparently linking just gives me normal quality. Click on the video to go to the YouTube website and click on “ watch in higher quality” for HD 720p goodness.

Gmail Themes

2008-11-21T04:18:00.001+05:30

Gmail has just become the best online email provider from the being the best email provider. :)

It added theme support. Waiting for iGoogley like artist themes.

30 themes to choose from.

Look in your Setting page , you should find a Theme tab now.

Now, Google can I get themes for Reader?

The Final Inch

2008-11-20T01:45:00.001+05:30

Hi,

Google continues to surprise , now in a more humanitarian way.

Watch this video for more info:

Waiting for the movie.

I Miss You Da

2008-11-06T06:38:00.001+05:30

There are always moments of epiphany when you listen to ARR's work. This song from Sakkarakatti (people unanimously agreed that it was the worst movie ARR accepted) suddenly jumped onto my iPod playlist and I have got stuck onto this song. I hated this song initially (liked only the a-mani bit! :) and now its going non stop. Chinamyi is slowly creeping into my all time favorite singer list. :).

p.s - the problem with this being that if you listen to this song with desktop or laptop speakers it might not hit you the way it hit me. Go for in-ear headphone( have Creative EP 630) at the least or some hifi ridiculously priced speakers to enjoy the madness.

Between now and then

2008-10-10T05:03:00.002+05:30

A lots been happening the 3 months and while it was not enough to make me ‘not blog’ , I was pretty lazy. The month after the successful Visa Interview(oh damn!) life was moving in a frenzy, I did not feel like I was leaving something behind and I was more excited than feeling bad. After all the blowing money for dresses , suitcases and what not (my mom called it the equivalent of a marriage shopping), I booked the ticket for Aug 7 2008 early morning. Four of us - Renuka, Ajay, Deepak and yours truly were leaving to US of A. Friendship day passed on Aug 3 and I still wasn't feeling bad. My friends thought(I think) I was heartless.
..........
Never before has so much emotions, feelings hit me at the same time.I hated my intentions , my dreams , my wishes, all - to study in the US. The moment Ajay said those cruel words - "This is it guys" (when the flight left Bangalore) , I knew it was not ever going to be the same, I lost the umbrella and I was totally responsible.
I have to say that if I had come alone, this post would have never materialized because I would have been in India. I would have taken the next flight from Frankfurt to Bangalore and not had a iota of regret about it.
I am not sure if this is a common thing among people or not but I was so surprised at myself for sobbing like a child for the whole Bangalore – Frankfurt flight (here I have to mention Renuka, she was a dear) and I am still not ashamed of it.
After a lot of self consoling that I would go home for every holiday in the US, I reluctantly pushed myself to Clemson.

………….
Clemson

The first day in US was too hazy to forget.
One of my baggage did not arrive and I was hoping that it was strong reason to go back to India.
Well it did not matter ,it arrived the next morning.
The next week was just about completing formalities and looking for assistantships and jobs.
Futile at both. Homesickness increases. The weather was nothing like the pictures. Homesickness increases.
Life was negative.
Talk about a learning curve.
I was out in the open and no umbrella.
Time moved as on as it always did, met some wonderful professors and found a topic I was interested in .
The sickness slowly started dwindling away. But I still miss home and the food.

………
This post might have sounded philosophical and cribby. I am sorry if I bored you more than I could have. I just wanted this off me and I want the umbrella !

The Green Blog

2008-10-09T23:31:00.001+05:30

I have arrived in the US and i think the only worthwhile thing(no offence) which has happened to me after coming here is my encounter with a subject called ‘Sustainable Building’ . It is a super thing and I am totally passionate about it (at least to my previous likings). So i have started another blog (yup another one – You read it right) about my views and news about anything Sustainable in buildings or otherwise.

http://sloshedgreen.blogspot.com/

Coming Right Back

2008-10-09T23:25:00.001+05:30

For all my fans who don't exist and for the readers who don't exist as well , I just wanted to say that I am back. So another era for inane blogging begins.

America ..Here I come!

2008-06-26T22:01:00.001+05:30

Visa approved.

Me in Guinness Books

2008-06-18T23:40:00.001+05:30

By downloading Firefox on download day I became a part of the Guinness record .Here is my proof: here

Kudos to Firefox

2008-06-18T23:28:00.001+05:30

This post is just to say a huge thanks to Firefox for making a boring thing(aka IE) as browsing into such a beautiful experience.Hope you guys have it good as you turn 2 to 3.For newbies Firefox is the coolest browser around(I heard Opera is catching up) and if you are still stuck around with Internet Explorer maybe this is the time you make the switch.

GetFirefox

Converting Word Docs to PDF

2008-06-18T12:46:00.001+05:30

Hi,

This post is about converting word documents to PDF .

What is PDF?

Well I know its something to do with portability,basically helps you keep the document structure independent of the software,anyway this is how wikipedia says it -

The Portable Document Format (PDF) is the file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 for document exchange. PDF is a fixed-layout format used for representing two-dimensional documents in a manner independent of the application software, hardware, and operating system. Each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a 2-D document (and, with Acrobat 3-D, embedded 3-D documents) that includes the text, fonts, images, and 2-D vector graphics that compose the documents.

Ok I did not get it completely as well.

Anyway back to the crux ,how do we convert Word docs to PDF ?

Get a PDF writer, say CutePDF

You can download it from here : http://www.cutepdf.com/download/CuteWriter.exe

Once you install it ,it automatically lists itself in the printer drop down box in the Print Dialog of the word document(as a matter of fact it lists anywhere in your system which uses the printer).

Screen-Shot :

Now just print it i.e Click OK

Now you would get :

Save it as PDF file and you are set to go.

Hope this helped guys(and KD).

The jazz about RSS

2008-06-18T12:26:00.001+05:30

I was always intimidated by the Internet(I still am!).With the amount of data present in it you could very easily get frustrated in trying to get information you want.So what do you to keep tabs on your favorite topics all across the net?

Enter RSS.

Actually this has been there for a long time ,I just started understanding how it works recently.

So how does it work?

Once you subscribe to a site’s RSS you need not visit that site anymore instead you would get the news or articles delivered onto your reader.Reader can either be online or offline.

Why does this work for me?

My interests lie in tech ,gizmos ,music,some celebrity blogs ,Google,Photoshop/GIMP tutorials.So instead of visiting 50 different web pages everyday to get the latest news ,I get it all in my reader – centralized and aggregated - more so ad-free.

Ok I like where this going ,so how do I set this up?

Let me put it in steps:

1.Find what you would be comfortable with ,online readers or offline readers?.I prefer the online reader : Google reader simply because it is simple (:)) and it integrates into my other Google services.So you set up your account by visiting Google Reader or if you still want to use other readers ,you can find it here

2.Now you need to go the web sites you visit regularly(the last time) and find this symbol(see below) or RSS (sometimes blogs use ATOM) or something similar .

Some examples :

This is the standard RSS symbol.

or in firefox(please tell me you use this browser only) ,it would be located in the address bar.

or in some web sites you would find it like this :

So you get the gist right? – Just search for something in the site which says RSS ,Subscribe or ATOM or that symbol.

Ok assuming you got it right till here the next step would be

3.CLICK IT

Ok now if you are using firefox you need to change the setting a little before clicking it.(Sorry)- this step is to make things faster later on.

Go to Tools –> Options –> Applications and then do this : – firefox 2 users ,it might be a little different(let me know if you have a problem)

Click Ok

And now CLICK IT.(the symbol or RSS text)

Now firefox user would get this screen

Click the appropriate link and then you get this screen in your reader.

And that is it!

Keep doing the last 2 steps ,that is click the RSS icon and then add it to the reader for all your web sites(mind you some web sites actually don’t have a RSS feed,you can find this type of sites if you don’t find the RSS icon in the firefox address bar).

So you get all the news from different web pages delivered to you in one reader as and when they are getting updated.

Also other things can be done in Google Reader like adding tags and folder organizer (see my screen-shot ).You can also see your trends and share items with your friends.

Keyboard Shortcuts are a must if you become an avid reader.Ping me or Google it for the list.

Play around with the other settings to get the hang of it.

Ok now I got something,but how do I mass add RSS feeds ?

Well the feeds are usually XML files so you can find a conglomerate of them in the file called OPML(just Google for OPML )So you can just import an OPML file into your reader by going to the Manage subscriptions settings and a set of feeds get added into your reader.You can also backup your feed lists by exporting your feed list into an OPML file .

To start things off you can add my feed list .

Here is my OPML file : http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/5/1050279/google-reader-subscriptions.xml

Download this and just Import this file into you reader .

For more info on RSS ,you can check the wikipedia article here

Hope this post helped!

Song of the Day - Potu Vaitha

2008-06-18T10:55:00.001+05:30

Another Ilayaraaja great from the movie Idhayam.Personally I did not like the movie as much(movie was a superhit!) but the songs were top notch.This song was also sung by K J Y (IR-KJY combination was so great that would be a common feature in this series)

Song Highlights :

The Simplistic arrangements.
The first flute interlude.
The violin interlude is really good with the symphonic arrangement giving ample support.

Video :

Thanks to the uploader

Song of the Day - Poomalai Vaangi Vanthan

2008-06-14T12:04:00.001+05:30

Today's Song of the Day is from the movie Sindhu Bhairavi.It is a amazing movie by K Balachander .It also won multiple national award for

Best Actress - Suhasini

Best Music Direction - Ilayaraaja

Best Female Playback Singer - K S Chitra

The movie's music had a predominant carnatic touch.Most of this movie's songs were brilliant but today' song of the day is :Poomalai Vaangi Vanthan

Song Highlights :

The soul of this song is K J Jesudas(according to me the greatest singer ever in India,forgive my ignorance if any) - His rendition is just too good.
The interludes ,both the violin and the flute is mesmerizing.
I love the first line too much - Poomalai Vaangi Vantha , Pookal Ellaya (He bought Flower Garland ,But No Flowers)
Ilaiyaraaja - Period

Video :

Thanks for the uploader

Would You be a Live Organ Donor ?

2008-06-14T11:22:00.001+05:30

Technorati Tags: Polls,Personal,Live Organ,Donation

Read an article in the Hindu today about New York planning to follow in the steps of Spain and would start donating live organs.

So what is Live Organ Donation ?

In case of an accident apart from the mandatory ambulance ,a special ambulance would also arrive at the scene and would ascertain the situation to see whether the injuries are fatal or not (this I think would hurt many people morally).Then, if the accident indeed leads to fatal injuries, the live organs in the body are removed and used for the people in immediate need of the organs.

Apparently in the US everyday 18 people die due to insufficiency of organs.So in a country like our India ,with our infamous population the number might hover around a 100.So I ask you :

Personally I would not mind it and I am completely for this.Simply because for people like me(i.e who want to help but not knowing how to do it properly) this would be an ideal opportunity to do something for this world,alive or not. Of course this is my opinion you can tell me yours in the comments.

You can read more about this here.

Googling a Windows Error Message

2008-06-13T08:33:00.001+05:30

How often have we got this dreaded generic screen error message or similar.

I mean its Windows(you cant hate it people) ,so expect a lot of screens like this.

So how do we solve this one.I mean we always have the mother of all encartas and encyclopedias - GOOGLE !

So feeding the error message into Google would solve us right?

The problem is sitting and typing it would be worse than the problem itself!

So here is what we do : Copy it ! That is it CTRL+C the error message and paste it into notepad CTRL+V.

Voila!

That is it ,now use this in the google search and HOPEFULLY your problem might just go away!

Hope this helped guys!

Song of the Day - Rayile

2008-06-12T22:32:00.002+05:30

Hi All,

Today's song of the day is from the movie Five Star,directed by Susi Ganesan and produced by Mani Ratnam(anything even concerning his name would warrant a look in!!).The song in question being Rayile.I heard this today in the iPod almost maybe after 2-3 years and it was still so damn fresh(it got a five star immediately,no pun) .

Song Highlights

The song has a beautiful intro with the humming and strings.
Unnikrishan just rocks.
A beautiful medley of both slow and fast tempos - just like a train(aka rayile)
Wonderful interludes.
Song picturing top notch - especially the train pulling scene

Wonder why the music duo(Parasuram Radha)did not continue composing.

Watch the video of this glorious song.

Thanks for the uploader

Murphy's Laws

2008-06-12T11:59:00.001+05:30

I have always been a ardent fan of Murphy's Law due to its uncanny resemblance to what happens in my life. It also helps in me getting a different yet humorous (humor always gets me up!) perspective of life.

Some samplers

If anything can go wrong, it will - (this is the most generic law)
If you need 6 buttons, you will find 5 in your button box.
Everything always works in your home, everything always fails on location

Lots more like this.

Hope you enjoy them!

You can find more here.

New Design!

2008-06-12T00:36:00.000+05:30

Hi All,

I hope you guys like the new theme .There has been some changes ,actually,many of them.

The twitter widget is back(Yippee! to micro blogging ).

My blog has got a new favicon(fav-eye-con).If you don't know what this this ,this is the icon which appears next to my blog name in my tab(in firefox).The icon is a weird looking picture of mine(its my blog isn't it!).

The labels which was boring in the initial design is now replaced by the label/tag cloud.It looks basically like a cloud(duh!) of words with the label which occurs in many posts getting bigger and darker(here my Reviews Tag would be the biggest because I have many Review posts).

A Quick Link Widget is also added.I have added this for a experimental purpose so it might or might not end up in my blog.

Anyway finally but not the least my theme turns back to black ,my favorite color.

If you guys feel that somewhere the blog or the blog design sucks(something has got to!) ,feel free to post your comments.

Daily Blogging

2008-06-11T17:43:00.001+05:30

Hi All,

I am going to try to make blogging a daily thing now.I feel too much of my life is drifting away without anyone taking notice of it (Biographies Anybody?).So will try to compress most of my day's experience into my blog .Will post everything and anything which comes across my mind.I have also decided to let go of my old style of writing where every sentence ends with more than 5 full stops.

Wishing myself all the best!

Kuruvi Adichitayan Ya!!!!!!

2008-05-04T00:16:00.004+05:30

Kuruvi Movie Verdict - Protect ur sanity when u can...stay away from it ....really far away...

p.s - movie does not warrant more words or time...

Changes!!!

2008-03-30T10:46:00.002+05:30

Hi all(???)....
just some changes in the blog layout......some useless widgets were removed....and the Dilbert widget was added.....if ur new to Dilbert ur missing it.....u shd love the cynical nature towards the corporate culture esp if ur part of one !!!!!!!
also if ur planning to so some business with me(hitman,cocaine et al ;)...u can click that 'linked in' button on the right .....

tats it.....

Funny Takes!!!

2008-02-07T22:15:00.000+05:30

well.....had gone to buy some buns for home.....and this was the notice put in that shop....

- 'The prices of the raw materials have gone up BECAUSE we have increased the rates of the items in the bakery'

well the mistake was found and duly an 'as' was added and the 'because' was removed .....well i dont mean to offend anyone but i did not know that bakers could change the economy of the market.... :)

Wanted!!!!

2008-02-07T09:46:00.000+05:30

Hit the link to see the best(weird) wanted photo ever......
LINK

in tech news....

2008-02-05T14:25:00.001+05:30

could google be buying yahoo and monopolize the internet...????

read the article at Google Operating System ???

whats more cooler is the kandasamy picture in the post.....

i just realized....

2008-02-04T09:08:00.000+05:30

that i despise eating non-veg and i have decided to go GREEN!!!!

An Inane Post

2008-01-28T22:50:00.000+05:30

Hi,
this is like going to be a very personal and an ofcourse an insipid post.......so if u have an interest of reading (some ppl are just plain crazy...)....u can go on.....

y is this personal ???
coz i just want to make a commitment.....and while watching so many of the uber cool IBM ads.....its time to DO something...and not talk......so writing it somewhere(my blog!!!) is like my progressinon towards 'doing'!!!!

so here goes ....
1.) i am gonna collect the civil related software by this week....
STAAD,ANSYS,MSP and Primavera!!!

thanx if u reached upto this line..... god bless ya!!!!

Well Done Novak!!!

2008-01-27T17:51:00.000+05:30

Well......the final b/w tsonga and novak was as good as it gets.....was a lil different not finding federrer or federrer in one of the sides of the court ...nevertheless the match was entertaining....pump fists and blood curling shouts was the order of the day.....in the end it was the persistence of the tall lanky serb to embrace consistency and take the title from the new sensation Tsonga....... actually m not a fan of novak and was actually feeling a lil dissappointd when he won.....but at what he said at the presentation about the crowd actually wanting tsonga to win and and he said he will still love them(crowd!!).... was just too too good......he just found another fan.....

Kallori Movie Review - Realistically Slow!!

2007-12-08T23:56:00.000+05:30

Watched Kallori(college) movie today....Overall ....movie is OK !!!
Movie is based on the massacre of the 3 college students in Dharmapuri District(shown in the movie as somewhere in Andhra for political reasons).....The movie has a tragic ending of course.....
The director has added a romantic track to make it a commercial film ....... the hero(main protagonist) although he looks like not...plays the part really well....the movie is very realistic ...as in the characterization is very very good!!!Tamanna (as a Bishop Cotton Blore student) plays the contrasting 'fair' character to the T.
While the the charatcers are mostly underplaying for the realistic touch there are some scenes where the characters overplay...the scene when Tamanna says she does not want to go to Birla Academy is like super duper dappa !!!!
The movie is certainly a snail !!!! it struggles to catch a flow!!!! .....
Comedy in the first half is fresh....while it is exposed a little tad too much esp the twins character!
Music is good....June July and the theme stick on!!!! ....background score is really good!!! but there is a KAdhal hangover !!!
Cinematography is sufficient!!!
While the movie is good for its no Star cast ...the movie could have been better.Its a sensitive issue and it has not been exploited......
Well the director has to be commended to take a movie on such a topic ....to make sure that ppl still remember that stupid idiotic insane incident which happ....and the supposed convicts are still being tried!!!
But i still want to come out of a theater happy and not sad......Kadhal ...Kallori....i hope he makes the next movie atleast based on the triumph of human spirit and the not about the lack of it.

my dieting plans(future included) goes kapeet!!!!!

2007-12-06T22:08:00.000+05:30

m sure god has an agency running to make sure all my dieting plans go down the drain....this time i think he threw his best shot at me ...so if i survive this one i m through!!!!

what he did was - OPEN A CORNER HOUSE 5 MIN FROM MY PLACE .......corner house corner house corner house(he plays real bad!!!!)

what i did - i did not survive 5 min( :) ) .... m sure i was one of the first customers ..... Chocolate Mint Sundae (with nuts of course) .... here i Come!!!!!!

posting with a stylus

2007-12-03T00:47:00.000+05:30

Hi
Trying to make a blog entry with my stylus in my new mobile ;kind of works fine this entry took approx 3 min; i love my mobile ;) ,

Akbar-Jodha Trailer(HQ)

2007-11-11T15:42:00.000+05:30

The music is ridiculously brilliant

ATM Muzik Review!!

2007-11-07T00:53:00.000+05:30

Well this is the review of the music of the latest Tamil movie ATM - Azhagiya Tamil Maghan..the review might be late coz of work commitments...but it kinda let me get drenched in the music before I formed an opinion about it .

Cut to the chase...

1.)Ellaappugazhum - A R Rahman
Initially when the samples released...ppl were talking about the start being the best intro ever for Vijay..they werent kidding...its really got the punch.....maybe not a 'oruvan '..but nonetheless the 'munnnal munnal' is top notch and when ARR goes 'nee nadhipola ' bit is really inspiring.....i have no technical expertise in music etc etc ....so being laymanish....the first interlude..with orchestral music seemed like a bit from a Hollywood flick....(JA effect eh???).....the stanza is modestly good enough...nothing giving me goosebumps....until 'Hey thozha' comes back with a bang.....the second stanza is a turntable....ARR rendition goes completely different esp when he says 'thooki podada';the sound effect as in something getting thrown is cheeky....then the pitch changes with the chorus with ARR also joining them in a completely novel way of singing the song.....it seemed exaggerated at first....but with repeated hearing...it sticks on...!!!!

2.)Ponmagal Vandaal - Aslam & Ember Rap
By starting the song from the middle of the original song was surprising(ARR touch!!)....i loved the beat of this song..not too fast..not too slow..just a nice,feel good pace....Aslam does a nice job...the song turns to the better when the rap starts....the lyrics are not rapid-fire ...(thank god.)... the old bit was nicely interspersed with the new rendition..and the asymmetry when TMS goes Vaa first time with an echo and w/o echo the second time was all ARR!!....the last rap bit was also neatly done....Diamond of the album.
niceties - the tanglish rendition of the old bit,the 'oh yeah' bit by the female,'she is so fine in diamonds' rap bit....
p.s - i have just heard the original song vaguely before...thanks to ARR ,bharathan and chetan m going to listen to the original again ....and about who composed this song....if ARR takes credit for this song in the main inlay...he would have approved of the remix...(which is enough 4 me!!!)....coz no one other than ARR fans is gonna see the credits section!!!!

3.)Nee Marilyn Monroe - Benny Dayal & Ujjayinee
The best start for a song in the movie..was so much in smile when i listened for the first time..esp the 'kurrr' part... :) ...had to be my ringtone.....but then after that the song goes down a beaten path .......the mashup of english and tamil lyrics...have heard this kinda of songs so many times from ARR so many times......the computerized bit...all seem reminescent.....i like ARR experimenting even if it sucks big time(who am I??)...i think ARR has proved that he is the best in 'western meets indian' kind of music...so some more experimenting in this genre would be OK....interludes match up....nice song !!!
niceties - 'oooh oho',chess board bit,
did not like - the wicket- mixie bit by the female

4.)Valayapatti - Naresh Iyer, Ujjayinee & Madhumitha
Super start with an italian kinda music....and then get the female sing about nadhaswaram ....get some wierd voice and then get some old song kinda music....and make naresh iyer sings in a different tune to the female gets me all worked up and super confused.....this song is the pick of the album for its motley of musical facets.....the interludes are the the pillars for this song..with a lot of alaaps making me go crazy......the stanzas are super duper......
with the the inclination of the word super coming in my while writing this...The song is SUPER!!!
niceties - the kalyani et al bit,the kalpakkam - hormones bit....

5.)Kelaamal Kaiyile - Sriram Parthasarathy & Saindhavi
The nostalgic start with Saindhavi was nice..but that music bit which followed did not excite me...but again the next bit with that nostalgic(i love nostalgia!!!) lyrics with a nice made-up voice is what which makes this song tick...Sriram does what is expected...the interlude bit with the female voice humming reminds of some english song(just reminds me)....stanza just manages(maybe not...still dicey!!!) to keep up with that first bit(the oldish keetu rasitha padal part)...the 'kokilam' was a worthy addendum(paradox???)to the song....

6.)Maduraikku Pogathedee - Benny Dayal, Archith & Dharshana
I thought this is gonna be the weak spot of the album when i heard the samples first...thought it was the same shankar mahadevan kinda song..but was this song a surprise???...ARR goes back to his folk composing days...(i still miss an album like uzhavan or KC)...song little reminscent of SOK kummi adi esp the start....the nadhaswasrm bit is good...the interlude was agin top notch....the stanzas of this song alone make it a must listen....MUST LISTEN!!!
niceties - 'maapilai than singam','thera-thera','dumm dumm','indiran-chandiran'
did not like - the female laughter when it goes maarghazi..it sounded mechanical...

Finally the album is a must for all ARR fans and all non-ARR fans (did i miss anyone??)....the album is completely enjoyable...after a long time maybe(RDB??)....My quench for a classic in Jodha-Akbar just spiced up!!!!!! :)

A R Rahman Ringtones!!

2007-11-04T01:28:00.000+05:30

A collection of A R Rahman ring tones(mp3) for your phone...its been edited out of the BGM collection !!!!Click the blue thing to download!!!
password : asintrisha

A Long Hiatus!!!

2007-11-04T01:00:00.000+05:30

Its been a long long time since i blogged for a variety of reasons....lots been happening but nothing warranting a blog entry....
Of the top of my head ..... celebrated my parents birthdays....i resigned from wipro(in notice period now!!!)....India played consistently(:|) to win T20...Google kept surprising me ..Ferrari does a miracle...and the last and the least as well....i worked like crazy.....
proof for the last :|

i just realized

2007-09-06T22:48:00.000+05:30

I just had ..just had to post this song....its gotta be the most nicest song ever written...it echoes my thoughts about this 'evil hungry' world.... :).....m gonna post the lyrics first...thanx Lennon....

Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And NO RELIGION too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

New Orkut Vs Old Orkut

2007-08-28T23:06:00.000+05:30

Well my orkut look has changed to the new one.....(its been happening over the past weeks to all of us...)....
and well do i like it???...not much...nothing has changed....except maybe the eye candy stuff(i love eye candy!!!)......i mean the old look was very boring and used to...but it was nevertheless easy to navigate...even the new one is easy to navigate....but the changes are not radical as such..and i would have loved to see more features rather than just gloss...one minor thing i think the coolness ,the sexy and trusty quotient makes more sense now!!!

Anyway, if orkut is listening i have a wish list...
1.)Manage Communities should have a unjoin button next to it..(rather than going individually and unjoining...shuddering at the memory when i had almost 70 communities in the beginning...just for ishtlye).
2.)Unlimted Photo Uploading/Viewing - not just feeds....many ppl dunno what to do with this....
3.)Atleast 5 different templates for the look and feel...(i want black....black...black)
4.)A private scrapbook or atleast an encrypted one..as in there should a encrypt checkbox while posting a scrap ...visible only to the postee and the poster ( :)sorry!!!)...i think this would be cool!!!

will update if i get a brainwave later!!!
[update : i hit a brainwave!!]
5.)A shout ...stating ur status aka twitter style..and it should shareable across friends..
[update:another one!!]
6.)The profile photo should be gif enabled as in animated and all that!!!
..if anyone has some more wishes pls do lemme now...

Wierdo Sightings!!!

2007-08-28T16:02:00.000+05:30

all comments would be moderated!!! :)

anyway taken @ Mittal Towers ,MG Road.

Shrek 3 - Finally a worthy Sequel

2007-08-19T13:37:00.000+05:30

I Love animation movies..they are clever ,cool,cute and always have a happy ending...Shrek 3 is no different..its a wonderful movie with the parody thread(as usual)running all across it...The dear ogre has played(animated) the part to a T..so has everyone else..of all the sequels this year this is the only sequel which quenched my expectations...maybe the only ordinary thing(relative) was that the novelty factor was missing...(3rd part ...so obviously)....The movie touches a lot of issues...from the cliched bad turn good act...women empowerment...underdog...and yeah paternity as well....!!
Verdict - Yeah!!You gotta not miss this one!!
p.s - waiting for Shrek 4...

Drum Jam...

2007-08-15T21:47:00.000+05:30

Well i have never been to any kind of jam(music i.e) in my life before...decided i wont be missing many more in the future...yesterday Aj told me to check out a band called Drum Jam on their website...they were like having a Jam today...so we decided to go along..and my cousin bro tagged along...
We were late (Aj was early)....but not late enough to sit in the sun..just managed to get a good seat inside the tent...all of us were given drums of different kinds and shapes...and whilst we were waiting for the organizers to organize something..(duh!!!).. we were drumming to our sivamanish rhythms... :).... it started...some dude called robreto(dunno ...for sure!!!)...started telling us cues to play differently..it was nice...i mean for a no-go drummer(i.e me)... could follow...so then we started creating symphonies after that...oops exaggerating...i mean we were split into groups impromptu..and told to play different beats and rhythms...oh almost forgot Vasundhra Das is also a part of this group...this continued with some vocals from Vasundhra Das...man she is good...and some tv coverage...(was this the original reason???...sorry for being a skeptic)...and after a 2 hr intense experience...i just have to say it was EXHILARATING..

p.s - my hands are broken...and i took 4hrs and 15 min to write this post...

photos to follow!!!

Birthday Celebrations!!

2007-08-15T21:22:00.000+05:30

Celebrated Preetha's birthday today...nothing unusual ,as in almost a week late..... :) .went to her place around 6:30 i think...cut the cake...each one of us pulling each others leg...fun...with Aj taking the brunt..... :)....sujith as usual did his Houdini act the moment he entered....atleast he came....su pulled out at the last moment...vodko not reachable...well...after aj and sujith left...we had some chat.... and came home...and blah..and blah...

We Have Changed our Names!!!

2007-08-14T08:22:00.000+05:30

My Dad originally Palanisamy now Payee (pie-eeee)
My mom originally Porkani now kiyee(ki in kite and eeeeee)
My Sis originally Preethi now PP.
My bro-in-law originally Naren now naen(Na-yen)
My Cousin originally Narayanasamy now naasaee (naa-s-eee)
and Me originally Prashanth now banth(baa-nth)\

Courtesy/Concept/Envisioned/By/Source - Swathi

I just Realized...

2007-08-04T09:23:00.000+05:30

i Love the song eels- i need to sleep.... have been listening it non stop ....its a very very sad song(not sad SAD..but nice SAD...)..super cool lyrics.... its from the OST of shrek 2.... listen or see it...

Audiophiles :for non-broadband users let it load for sometime....

Videophiles(not org vid)..

Some more Awesome Vids From Chennai60028

2007-08-04T07:58:00.000+05:30

No Comments..pls watch it....(p.s - will understand it only if u have seen the movie).

Poem of the year....

2007-08-04T07:54:00.001+05:30

Hilarious...!!!!

Funny..real Funny!!!

2007-08-04T07:46:00.001+05:30

This is really really funny...an IR classic ....and edited beautifully in the movie....

Love the way he(has acted fabulously in the movie) adjusts his glasses...and the music overlay when rockers raghu comes....like i said awesome editing.... :)..enjoy..

Ebrahim Saheb Street- A Foodies delight

2007-08-04T06:23:00.000+05:30

A couple of weeks ago, my friend and I were roaming around aimlessly (like we always do…. No sense of direction, whatsoever!) And found ourselves in the back alleys of Commercial Street. The name sounded familiar… Ebrahim Saheb Street… I think my mother would go there to shop for intricate embroided dress materials… (Why I am even talking about embroidery.?!?) Anyways, the surprising thing about the street in reference is that it has a large number of roadside eateries with a large variety… from jalebis, to churmur chat and the quintessential South Indian delicacy, Idlis and Dosas. The street reminded me of the “Parathe Waali Galli” in good ol’ Dilli, only much M-U-C-H smaller… (Sorry dilli wallas, if I have offended you…. Just a mild comparison…. I might be wrong…. Very wrong)

The only thing that amazed me was that I hadn’t heard about these Idli and Dosa joints before, being a Bangalorean all my life (Shame!!). We decided to start the proceedings with the soft Idlis and some chutney (very hot!). In no time we had gobbled up about half a dozen of ‘em….. We then went for a Dosa with generous amounts of clarified butter and dollops of white butter thrown in at the end…. I must say, the Dosas were indeed good. We also tried a Dosa with onions thrown in and oh…. Not to forget the vadas that acted as fillers while waiting for the dosas! Quite a meal for a hungry twosome…. The important thing is, we didn’t spend too much money and the food was a zillion times better than the thrash which is dished out in those stinky “Darshinis” (I despise those places…. Why is the sambar sweet, for cryin out loud?). People, who are paranoid about eating on the street, don’t worry, because, I am pretty sensitive too and it didn’t throw my bowel movements outta gear….. ;) For dessert we wound up at Bhagatrams, made famous by their DELICIOUS Gulab Jamuns and Gajar Halwas…. I think I have been going to Bhagatrams for as long as I can remember…. The gulab jamuns taste just the same… I hope it stays that way….

To wrap things up, I will go with three out of Five for the Dosa joints at Ebrahim Saheb Street (We didn’t explore too much though). I think the next time, I will make it a point to try some jalebis at a shop close to the Dosa place….

(PS: My next review: Veena Stores, Malleswaram)

p.s - review by AJ

2 Weeks!!!..phew!!!

2007-07-22T21:36:00.000+05:30

Hi..its been a long 2 weeks ...with a lot of birthdays.. movies...and a farewell.....just recounting them...

2 saturdays back....
Angie got a seat in the Pondy university....Msc...so all of us..(i,e the ISC gang..)...went to see her off....it was a kind of a renunion..atleast...met one of my school friend after some time... went to Chungs in new BEL road ...went late as usual..and ms punctual was kinda angry with me....and then we orderd like crazy and then wasted like crazy...it was not a soap story kind of a farewell...but nevertheless....was kinda !!!!....Adieu... angie and suhaib
bittu & deepak

The following monday....
Prologue - Two weekend days of non stop action....farewell...friends at home....buying gift at brigade...loafing in brigade....eating at ponnusamy's......so basically...blue..a real blue monday morning..

Sleeping sound at 7:15 am...Sam calls up and tells me to bunk...i tell him not possible ..i will get screwed at office..and then i GET UP.....i call him back at 7:30 and tell him i am bunking....yay!!!...so we decided to go to forum...u know the de facto was that he wanted to give his bike for service near that place.. :) ..so we leave around 11:00 with the 'jobless su'(in retrospect.....'2 weeks later job in waiting su')...went to forum...and did the most obvious thing..window shop.....and then harsha the bob met up...while we were having coffee at CCD....ha d toffee coffee(will tell sam to give review of that :) ...time at 1:00 pm...so while all this was happ...preetha acting sick....to leave office in the afternoon...and then surprise surprise....Nithin had bunked office already ..talk about friends...so all of us reached...went to a restaurant..Popsy's i think....ok food!!....then ..yeah almost forgot...we were planning to go for a movie...Sivaji....after finding that it was houseful in forum......went to the faithful mukunda...and my god it was also houseful....bought the tickets in black....150 bucks..i already watched the first time for 500 ....so u know...anyway all of us watched the movie.. ..they all came home after that......thats abt the day!!!!

su,sam and harsha
and me...
no me!!
ONLY ME!! ..and sam

The next day....
My parents were married 29 yrs ago on this day....so celebrations...i did not buy anything for them..kinda feeling sheepish....so had a nice dinner with my family and cousins....chap...chicken..mutton...rice..lip smacking!!!...
family crowd

Friday the thirteenth....
My sis..when she was born...was also born on friday the 13.... :) ...nice satan..oops sis i have..so i gave her the gift.....a nikon s200... she was happy..but my bro-in-law was even more...went to dinner...mukaal chinese...the food was really good....so was the prices... :)...anyway it was a huge crowd...from family to friends... anyway Happy Birthday Sis!!!

Saturday the 14th..
Decided to go to the consultancy that day...finally....aj and myself went Chopras..these guys seem ok...professional enough.,...but aj hero still skeptical.....anyway got quite a bit of information....still have not started working on it..... and then we went to have snacks...and boy what a feast we had... we went to abraham sahib street(m not sure if this is the name of the road..anyway its the parallel road to comm street !!)...we had plain dosas....and then idlis and then onion dosa interspersed with vadas here and there(aj shd give review of the place!!!)...and then we went bhagathrams for the quintessential jamoons...next picked up rajesh and all of us came to my place...boys sleep over party....watched chennai 600028 yet again...its a crazy movie...lot of things to review...

The Sunday Trip..
Oh btw...friday was also su's birthday....so the rule prevails....hehehe....so sunday was treat day...so we all decided to go to 9th mile dhaba...after a lot of confusion....went there by 3:30 ....only to find that the place was only buffet that day...and that too for an exhoribant price...
and that too only upto 4:00....so bleep...next went reliable green park dhaba on jakkur road...was completely full..but some dude went and flicked chairs and table from the next hotel(just kidding...but seriously!!)..and so that was settles..but imagine having a rain literally stop ur lunch...:|.... anyway she decided to play it cool...so had a nice lunch(we were hungry!!!) ..no treat of course...got postponed...(i dont think it will ever happen :( )....and then back to nandans house...cut the Cake for both ganu and su...and then played cards till evening...and then left home..... appaadi!! ....

Yesterday
Watched Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix ...nice movie...little dark and slow..but nevertheless...nice movie...the headmistress was too good...and too damn true...!! :)...

and ..yeah....phew!!!!

Rendezvous With Nature..

2007-07-02T00:41:00.000+05:30

The famous sunday trip was planned today...we decided to go to melkotai....had been to this place a long time ago...and i wanted to go there....and also know why mani 'sir' has got such a predeliction to this place....

The Trip!!!
We started around 9:30....two cars for 6 people..bad idea...fun and comfortable at first ...but about the economics...it was a real crap idea...no more abt it !!....anyway enetered mysore road..at 10:00 ... broke our fast at lokaruchi (ok restaurant..but the only decent place int that road!!!..)....and then took a right from mandya circle towards melkotai...(36k frm there!!!)...and then it started...The weather was just too good...cloudy ..not so gloomy...cool and breezy ,almost windy....the route was completely desserted...just wheatgrass on the road..cows and a water stream (personally thank god for all this...esp the desserted part!!!)...just the odd vehicle...we wanted to stop everywhere and take photos.. :) ... we reached by 12:15...
Confusion galore...we missed nandan's car (very easy to....just blink ur eyes!!)...and they went to some temple..and we went to some temple...we had the darshan...nice temple(its in the city and not on the hill..).....and then nandan on his 'searchin for us' endeavor...found us...!! and finally we ended up scolding him telling him that this was the main temple... :) ... and then went to the 'main' temple (on the hill)..parked with difficulty...(yes!!! yes!! ...parking problems!!!...)...climbed some real steep(read cruel) steps...and then enetred the temple...nothing like the other temple..it had some sheets in the rock...kinda diff...and then just went exploring the place ..and then found a dude near the entrance to the cave...

Cave..
I am claustrophobic...but that did not deter me from going inside the cave...it was fun at frst ...dark and trying to grope around..hoping to find someone...u know filmi style... :)....anyway it was ok....and then it started getting narower...narrower!!....i am not thin..but i am not fat...so u know narrower directly translates to trouble..anyway crossed that hurdle with some difficulty...(from my friends that is...)...and then immd what do we find???...and even narrower passage... .. paranoia sets in... with lot of self assurane that i wont die of choking in a room filled with friends who make obscene jokes at u .. i cross that as well...u have to real flat to cross that...and move like a slug...and then the ordeal was over...phew...

Pillars.
This place is very famous ...it comes in many movies..dalapathi..lot of scenes and rakamma song....padiyappa...the famous theerpu place...it comes in other movies as well...its actually a nothing place...just 4 pillars coming out of nowhere..going nowhere......but still...its got some kind of atttraction to it...and then we climb to the top of it...and then boy...the wind...it just blew us away...literally....i was struggling to keep my feet....and after all the photos..we left..not b4 mom nature gives us somethin to remember the place...a drizzle ..more like a water spray out of barbers water bottle....
The concept of a cloudy..windy...cool day with a tryst of that spary..just was too too good to digest...

the nuetralizer...
If u ever plan a gr8 trip to somewhere...and want to actually come back...make sure u dont hit mysore-magadir oad in bangalore at any time b/w 4-9 pm..its awful..and can have detrimental effects on ur sanity....

Catch the photos @ : Click Here

I just Realized...

2007-06-22T15:14:00.000+05:30

that its fun and simpler to be Pessimistic....why??
Quoting some wise dude...-"............people either verify that you were right all along or you are pleasatly surprised".....this patch actually works for me...but the trick is not overdo the pessimistic thingy...as in become overtly or overly depressed or make it contagious...(sin! sin! sin!)....it works only if its not contagious ..... for starters try it for the 'Expecting my marks' situation.....if it does not work...you can throw all kinds of abuses at me.....or ....forget it ....it may actually not work ...... :).....

New Feature!!!

2007-06-22T14:49:00.001+05:30

Hi ...
I have added another widget 'Blogs I Dig' ...these are some of the blogs i visit....read ..and enjoy...!!!!Check it out..its in the right sidebar....
Anyway as usual thanks to her
...:)

OMG ! Lewis Hamilton!!!!

2007-06-20T08:57:00.000+05:30

This guy is just going places ...!!! Winning a race in F1 itself is no mean thing..to finish on the podiun in all the 7 races so far...that too in your debut season...being the first Black driver in history to take part...the youngest in the present set of drivers..the youngest ever...the list goes on!!! i am a big fan of Micheal Schumacher ... including his antics.....so if this dude continues in this pace...Schumi might soon be eclipsed....No one expected him to do so well...inclucing him....so i just hope he never lets the fame and paranoia around him get into his head...Let the honeymoon of sorts continue...there are stil 10 more races to go!!!!

p.s - Poor Alonso!!!

Pirates Of the Carribean : At Worlds End - A Biased Review!!!

2007-06-03T16:02:00.000+05:30

Watched Pirates yesterday..the final installment....and i should say was quite a disappointment....That too for a POTC afficianado i felt the movie was boring....I Still like the movie ...will watch it in the DVD (all 3 continuously....also i need subtitles for the 3rd!!!)....Johnny Depp and Gregory Rush was the only saving grace ......

The marriage of Orlando and Keira (whatta babe!!!).....was hilarious....i missed this kind of fun in the movie..which was so much in abundant in the earlier versions....Even the climax ..which was touted very good...failed to excite me!!! the whirlpool scene created by Calypso(btw what is she in the movie....i did not understand anything about her other than that she was betrayed by Davy!!)...Nothing much worth mentioning!!!
This year has seen two sequels fail ...i just hope the dear ogre does not meet the same fate...
Shrek 3 here i come!!!!

It Just gets Better!!!!

2007-05-12T11:24:00.000+05:30

Google just became a part of my blog...so for all your searches(which i know is a lot!!!)....you can come to this part of cyberworld henceforth....this gives you a fantastic reason to make this page as your homepage(angie!!!!).....and guess what my blog can tell time as well.... :)......lot more to come!!!!!

Hear My Blog!!!!

2007-05-06T10:04:00.000+05:30

Hi...
I have tried to incorporate music onto my blog....lemme know how this feature is....This track is from the movie Deepavalli...music By Yuvan .....Starts beautifully with a violin...and then there is a mesmerising piece by veenai(i think...) ....and then the guitar.....listen and gimme a feedback!!!!

Thanks to her..

p.s- its a music- bar just below the Blog Archive section on the RHS of the blog!!!!

Calendar Archive

2007-05-05T23:20:00.000+05:30

New Feature!!!!
Check out the calender on the right hand side of the page...its a cooler way to show off my archive....every time i post that particular day would be colored.....so easier to view my old posts and wonder how you missed to comment to those wonderful posts ... :)...
Thanks to him or her

Anyway buzz me on this....

SandCrap+AlienCrap+SpiderMan2 = SpiderCrap 3

2007-05-05T22:40:00.000+05:30

Watched Spiderman 3.........the first installment was really good...the second one was ok...so by the thoery of extrapolating the third one is bad!!!! the fallacy was to introduce too many characters...it had a tad too many!!!!The villans had no substantial roles ... just animated sequences!!!!
Sentimental scenes and romantic scenes in great movies are often felt and never noticed...thats the problem..... you know a movie is srewed when it starts getting all mushy and boring....thats exactly what happens in the movie...
Pluses (yes there are).....Action sequences(fx is top notch).....Comedy Scenes....some were really good...
From hearsay i think this the the last of the Series..hopefully...toby mcguire was good ....but Kirsten Dunst looks like his Aunt and his aunt looks like his Grandmom.....

If you are planning to watch this movie...dont wear your thinking cap and go...actually dont go with any sense of expectation...just go dumb....you may like it!!!!

Jaunting Devanahalli!!!

2007-05-05T12:38:00.000+05:30

hi...
We decided to got out on May day ...as usual the bedlam associated with our planning became evident ..it started the day before itself...AJ and myself were planning to go to some Resort ..so we decided upon Dharamshi Resorts...and as usual some were free in the moring and some were free only in the evening...so ..you know...blah blah...CANCEL!!!!....then i told AJ to come the next morning for swimming....and as luck would have it the pool management decided to paint the pool only on that day.....then off to the badminton court....the luck continued...it was crowded....realle crowded...!!!! then came back home....played cricket in my verandah with my cousins....and then Nandan ,Nithin and Trupti came to my house at 12:30....then slowly everyone were here by 1:30 ...we had lunch in Ginger Greens near my place....the food was ok!!!but then the multi-million dollar question still was not answered....WHERE????...then vodk0 suggested some place....and we actually listened to him and took his directions..(we are gutsy people!!!)....The place was really good..serene and calm ..it was windy and little chill..it was not all that scenic...but which place is near a city...!!!....it was Jain temple ...as opposed to the Buddha Temple as told by Vodko....:)........all in all it was a nice trip.... catch the pictures @ http://frames4life.blogspot.com/

Bye!!!!

no more Calvin!!!!

2007-04-12T12:18:00.000+05:30

Well this is just to tell that there will be no more Calvin Strips in my blog...because the last thing Bill wanted to have was some cheap rip-offs of his unbelievable strips to be posted on the some random blog or website...and as an advice please dont read Calvin from the net ..pls buy the books...and keep the indomitable Spirit of Calvin soaring!!!!!

Nandan's Birthday!!!!

2007-04-12T12:13:00.000+05:30

We celebrated Nandans birthday on the day of HIS birthday ....finally!!!!!We decided to meet up at golconda near marathahalli at 7 :15 ....but then when have we ever synced time with time....so by the time everyone came it was already 8:30....and btw innovative multiplex to corner house is no mean walk!!!
While Nithin Preetha Prabhakar and myself were waiting for the rest of the gang to come we deiced to chk out another restaurant near Corner House called Spice garden....but then as we got closer..we realised it might not a good proposition to go to into the hotel...as we were not sure at that time who was paying the bill and also(as) the place had a pool :)We suggested Preetha to go and check out the rates (i know this is cheap..but still...) and come..but she refused..wonder why....she is experienced in all this...beats me???...
Then the rest arrived...After the customatory happy birthdays and the 'HIs' we finally went to Golconda for it was more reliable and we knew the place(read rate!!!)....After occupying the center-most table and making a lot of commotion we made Nandan blow the candle and cut the cake....Then Prabhakar with his usual slip of the slunge...made one of the most glorious if not the graetest slips of all time....hahaha...
We ordered the food....it was bloody spicy ...most of the stuff...from the Zabardast Chicken to the Chimney Chicken..everthying was really really hot...and one tip pls dont have orange juice from this place....it sucks!!!!Then Nandan paid the bill (damn!!! we should have gone to Spicy Garden!!)...then it got late...already 10:30 ...so we i.e Preetha ,Vodko and Myself left in an Auto....and my god...it was the most exciting auto trip ever....it had a blue light inside ...giving it an eerie feel...and that dude who drove the auto was some Auto racing freak....after Preetha got down...he drove like crazy and i thanked my lucky stars once i reached home.....TATA!!!!

Blogging in office!!!

2007-04-02T13:16:00.000+05:30

Hmmm....was just checking how it would be to blog from office!!!! not bad!!!
Anyway yesterday i opened an another blog(yeah!!!) .... this blog is just for photos and videos ...can chk it out at : -
http://frames4life.blogspot.com
Cheers!!!!

Nandi Hills Kolar and Garuda Mall!!!!

2007-04-01T23:14:00.000+05:30

Today was no different ...it all started as a trip to Nandi Hills ...even though it is a cliched destination for bangloreans.....its been a while since i was there(i cant recall when i went there)....then the trip plans metamorphosed to Kolar - Kotilingeshwara with just me and Nandan ready to go there (we always are ready !!!!)..... then the plans was interspersed with some suggestions to go for the movies ..again with the votes divided on Mozhi or Mungaaru Male screwed that up!!!! then finally we cohesively(phew!!!) decided upon Garuda Mall....
We reached there no idea what time!!!! Then went to the Scary House ...its gotta be the biggest joke in the mall....its not even a wee bit scary...the only time i felt apprehensive was when i was stuck between the door and 3 devils (expecting brickbats here!!!!)....
Amoeba was our next pitstop.....i always loooovvvvv places where i can rekindle my childhood........jacked Sam in Air-Hockey.....i had a blast there....
How can one live without food....so thats where we went after that....was totally confused to eat...so took the easy way out and had a bit of everythin from everyone (thanks guys!!!)....
We kinda got bored after that ...so back to my House!!!!!
Suddenly out of the blue somebody(think su!!!) came with this plan to celebrate Aj's birthday ...I love Sweet chariot cakes....so went there and bought a cake for him...anyway all this being obscure to the Birthday Boy....and then came back home....and cut the cake in my house with my parents....with the usual 'Happy Birthday to You' song....(this i think is again a instance of childhood rekindlement..) and then we took him to the terrace to flex our calf muscles against his butt...we were modest!!!!
Then again as usual..we started talking about College days(we always do this ..the same topics ..the same jokes..we dont ever get bored...atleast me!!!)....and then we end up getting nostalgic and start planning our next trip...
Was quite a Sunday!!!!

Sorry!!!

2007-04-01T00:41:00.002+05:30

Well i there has been a small technical adjustment to my blog...and it is undergoing a sea of changes...so sorry for the inconvenience caused....the vids present earlier will be posted later...
gimme a feedback on the layout...as usual brickbats and accolades welcomed!!!!

Water reVu !!!

2007-04-01T00:39:00.000+05:30

Well...posting a review of Water ..this review was done by one of my friend called AJ (no..not the Backstreet Boys Guy!!!...but close!!!)...its a really neat review ...here goes...

Water- a review:

Water, the third part of Deepa Mehta’s elements series and Canada’s foreign film entry to the Oscars, is a story set amidst the widows of Benares. The film, which was supposed to be shot in Benares itself about seven years ago faced much criticism, and the sets destroyed by Hindu extremists was later shot in picturesque Sri Lanka with a different set of actors.

The film is set in the 1930s colonial India, amidst the rising power and popularity of Gandhi and opens with the young Chuiya being widowed after her much older husband dies, a husband she does not recognize or a marriage she does not recall. She is, almost immediately, sent to a widows’ home by her parents, an act which makes your heart go out to the young Chuiya. The widows’ home almost immediately, changes after her arrival in a way which makes the widows question their faith and their way of life. The Sri Lankan girl Sarala, in the role of young Chuiya is adorable and she breathes life into her character. The film also captures the lives of other widows namely Lisa Ray as Kalyani and Seema Biswas as Shakuntala. The Lisa Ray track is your quintessential love story, wherein the rebellious widow finds solace in her love interest, played by John Abraham. I think, this track has helped portray to the foreign audiences the much romanticized image of India. John Abraham has done justice to his Gandhian character, Narayan and Lisa Ray is promising. Seema Biswas is in her usual best, and she plays her middle-aged widow role with ease. All credit to Deepa Mehta, with her amazing ability to make even the smallest characters stand out. For example, the character of the ladoo loving Bua, is beautiful and makes you laugh and cry at the same time. The downside is that the movie is a little sluggish in certain places and the scenes play out slowly which makes you lose interest. But this shouldn’t hold people back from watching this wonderful film. Personally, I thought 1947-Earth was a better film. Screenplay and Cinematography are excellent and the editing is crisp. All in all, this is the story of a group of strong willed women, essentially like the Indian woman and this is where the film scores on originality.

I don’t know why I am making this point so late in the review but here goes… The background score and songs composed by maestro A R Rahman are speechless haunting. Lyrics by Sukhwinder Singh are ideal and he should write for more films.

All said and done, this film is a huge loss for India and the Hindu extremists made a huge mistake by hampering the shoot. So, it eight out of ten for Deepa Mehta’s Water and two thumbs up for her courage to tell the story of the plight of widows. Lastly, hats off to the little girl Sarala for being this little powerhouse of talent playing a role which is truly difficult to play.

:(

2007-04-01T00:37:00.000+05:30

An average weekend with an even average dosage of fun would give me Monday morning blues which would make me even want to quit office sometimes...
so what happens when you go to a trip to Coorg in the weekend with your friends for 3 days....it shifts the blues by one day and an heart wrenching pain of missing your friends...i really really don't want to go to office today but constraints make me do otherwise.....i really don't want to go for trips esp small ones for this reason...its too damn depressing.....i either miss my family or i miss my friends....my life's a mess!!!!!

Wipro Sparks...

2007-04-01T00:25:00.000+05:30

Hi...
had gone to the Wipro Sparks last Saturday with some of my friends and i should say it was one of the most boring affairs i had gone through.....they played a dumb cricket match....and even dumber football match which was decided by a toss(A FINAL?????).....i think naming the event Spark was a big misnomer...was at least hoping that the Quiz finale would be entertaining(Harsha Bhogle was the quiz master)...well thanks to great acoustics and broadcasting equipment.....they made sure my hopes went down the drain....
the food stalls were beautifully organized that i could analogize (m not sure if this word exists!!!!) it to a fiasco....for a crowd of 20000+ they had one(yeah 1) corn(new health freaks food!!!!) stall.....
i did not bother to wait for mandira bedi and Sonu Nigam....i had enough....

been quite a while.....

2007-04-01T00:23:00.000+05:30

hmmm...
to make sure my zest for posting continues...i may even stoop to mundane and trivial topics....well
first things...i got a new mobile...and surprisingly for a nokia fan (for a long time...) i bought a sony ericcson..i really have to say that the nokia is a wee bit weak when it comes to the mid-higher end of the mobile spectrum....the sheer amount of features that SE offer are way over Nokia....added to Nokia's woes are its terrible stability..i had a 3230 and i say it was an experience....
m gonna talk about some mobile jargons here...so it may get a lil borin...anyway m not as tech as u think..so U may follow...
Firstly i love the dedication to black...(i loooooooooovvvvvv black!!!!) ....and with its orange touch it really strikes a awesome look......then comes the newly integrated flash menus....boy this menu style is a real joy...but the options are limited and to expand it u need to do some really borin stuff to your mobile whch was not worth it on a new mobile...the camera was lil dissapointing ..even though 2MP might suffice it had that grainy finish which is so uncool...the light option was blinding..literally!!!!...it really could make someone go blind...its way to powerful...no idea what ppl in SE thought we were going to do...work in Mines?????? hmmm..sound quality..this is where SE scores over Nokia crazy....the speaker is good(not as good as w550i) but the real action comes when u listen with the headphones(a real cool one...it goes into your ears...seriously )...final verdict...if u want a small neat phone with loaded features and a little steep budget this is the phone...the W810i....
Posting a pic!!!

muZik RevU : Pachai Kili MuthuCharam....

2007-04-01T00:21:00.000+05:30

I dont know the meaning of the title...but i know one thing that if in the year-end count down if a song from this movie does not come first...the song that eventually comes first must be one helluva song...(read Sivaji..)....

1.)Unn Siripinil - Soumya Rao
The song starts with the tune which is being played in the trailor....the humming is sure to be the next ring tone for the season...Soumya rao...donno who she is but sure has got a soft mellifluous voice....esp the part when she goes oru murai ella....is really nostalgic...Nice feel good song....
percentile rating - 70%

2.)Kadhal Konjam - Naresh Iyer
Accordin to me the weakest track in the album...Naresh Iyer rendition being a lil different...good to know he is getting offers other than from Arr camp......it feels like Hariharan was suppsoed to sing this song...anyway not my favourite song...
percentile rating - 30%

3.)Karu Karu - Karthik,Chris ,Naresh Iyer...
The song starts with a cliched beat....never giving u an idea that its going to be rock song....
...another apprehension i have is that i donno how Mr Sarath Kumar is going to lip-sync these songs...i am sure its going to come in the background..it would be disastrous to see him do that ..Song is good...but still waiting
percentile rating - 50%

4.)Unnakkul Naan - Bombay Jayshree & Madhusree...
Song of the year...might be early...but the song is really really awesome....i am actually short of superlatives to describe the song....expect another partha mudhal (this song is better than suttum vizhi accordin to me....)reaction from this song from the audience ...i dont whose lucky mascot is who.... Harris or Bombay Jayshree....
look out for...the violin interlude....the hola re chorus in the second stanza(i luuuvvvvv subtleities(no idea of the spelling!!!)!!!!!!!)....and btw the madhusree version sounded better to me...
percentile rating - highest

p.s - forgive the gramatical errors...

muvee REVU : Pokkiri Experience...

2007-04-01T00:20:00.000+05:30

Saw pokkiri today......
Movie is all about action...violence and all the gore which is consequential....
shd say...the movie is very stylishly shot....u really really feel sick when ppl die (and thats a lot of ppl in the movie...)...they could have avoided the silly graphics ....
Asin would mean a song in the movie....and btw she is insanely beautiful....
i saw more of Prabhudeva in Vijay ..from the dance to the acting it was all prabhudeva ....
hmmm...even though the choreography was good....it kinda got repititive.......
the song Vasantha Mullai was cool........and dola dola was much better in telegu....
Vadivel almost gives u the sore thumb of the movie with his comedy.....but i think he made it up with the ghajini parody....man that was too too good......
Verdict...nuthin...just watch it if u have nothing else to do....simple....

kraZy KiyA rE!!!

2007-04-01T00:19:00.001+05:30

what could be worse than a 2 hour travel from electronics city to home everyday???
...An accompaniment of the song Crazy Kiya Re from Dhoom 2 evryday on radio....this song really really sucks...and gets on my nerve...

Scrap Everyone : Orkut

2007-04-01T00:15:00.000+05:30

If you want to know how to scrap everyone In Your Frnds List in a single click....read on...

Step one:if you dont have Firefox ... Download Firefox and install it from here...getFire

Step rendu: IF the above step did not make sense press Ctrl+r 10 times and browse through the other posts...

Step theen : You would have to install a plugin called GreaseMonkey(lets you run Javascripts on your browser)..you can get it here..getGM

Step 3.5 : Click here to install the Script
(link courtesy:rkutrix.googlepages.com)

Step nalaku:Then click here...Miracle...(you need to be logged into Orkut)

If any issue crops up pls do tell me...

Enjoy Scrapping

Calvin Pop!!!!!

2007-04-01T00:14:00.000+05:30

Hi..

oh.....i miss those days.....

muVee Revu : Guru

2007-04-01T00:11:00.000+05:30

I really think Mani should not have taken Nayagan for every movie i watch of his ..i try to measure with that all time gr8....its not fair on him....but isnt everything in this world relative.....Coming to Guru....its a well made film...but certainly not his best.....evrything about the movie seemed to be right except the feel of the movie....i.e i did not get the usual goosebumps after coming after his movie..

Story-wise the movie was brilliant ...it cleverly avoided all controversies it COULD have attached itself to....

On a negative thought...the Mallika Sherawat number was totally inappropriate....it looked like it was cramped into the movie..which already had a "stuffed with songs" first half...Vidya Balan was terrible....no not her acting..she was extremely good for a nothing role....Another disheartening thing was the usually reliance ..er reliable Arr background score...other than Jaage Hain it just did not strike a chord... I actually expected the movie to be visually great but Rajeev Menon did nothing more than what his younger contemporary's are doing now...(that is the problem with a lot of expectations.)Choreography sucked....seriously....picturisation of songs also did not measure up..(mani's worst enemy :Mani)

Enough of bashing...Songs were really gr8...m actually one of the exclusive Ek lo Ek Muft Song Fan Club member....The introduction of Maddy ..the whole sequence of scenes just b4 the intermission were cult stuff(Ab Jr saying No one can stop him...was fantablous)....Aishwarya was gorgeous so was her looks(lucky........)....The Kids singing Jaage Hain was one of the most touching moments of the movie....Also another aspect of this movie was the juxtaposing of the characters in such way that they were against each other but still like each other was a master stroke from mani...the only ubqitious good thing about the movie was the persona of Ab jr.. he carries the movie on his shoulder(maybe the only mani movie..)..ITS HIS MOVIE...WATCH IT FOR DHIRUBHAI er...GURUBHAI

Photo-Scope!!!!

2007-04-01T00:09:00.000+05:30

hmm...this photo was not taken in a Single Lens Reflex camera...talking in terms of 35mm equivalency it would fall into the category of wide-angle lens but almost bordering fish-eye lens...the 67/645 mounter usually used in Pentax cams did not take any siginificant part of this photo..the depth of the image was about 3 million light years....

p.s-----b4 ppl from the photography community send an assasin to kill me for murdering their jargons....this photo was taken with a standard digi cam pointing towards the setting sun... its still a beautiful photo....and btw this was taken in Coorg at Raja's Seat at 6:03 p.m....

Strip of the Day!!!!

2007-04-01T00:06:00.002+05:30

er...!!!!!Cartoon Strip of the Day

i unconditionally agree with this.......

BSNL Rocks....

2007-04-01T00:06:00.001+05:30

2Mbps bandwidth and 2.5 gb dl limit ...man thats huge....experincing the thrill of hi-speed internet....i was downloading at 166 kbps today morning...that means you can dl 40mb in 4 min.....or better you can dl a movie in less than an hour....with this BSNL really goes light years away from the private players.....only downside to the whole thing is that...they dont offer this to the UL900 plan....(was planning to shift to that plan...) ...anyway its a good deal....thanks Maran and a big hellllllllllooooooooooo to 2:00 a.m....

Statutory Warning!!!!!

2007-04-01T00:02:00.001+05:30

I've been planning to write a blog since it had become a rage...but some people(simply me!!!!) just dont have the knack of controlling their thoughts into one streamlined flow (after 3 different statements.. i came up with this..!!!!)....still will try my best.....this is my third (hopefully not futile)attempt to write a blog... ...i am planning to have a regular columns as well (in terms of the rules of CalvinBall!!!!)....and btw dont forget to post ur comments.....coz i hope to write a better blogs than this in the future...Cheers!!!!!