arranged love marriage?

Yahoo answers! and what does it answer for the above question? One person has to say this

arranged marriage - murder ||| love marriage - suicide

arranged love marriage - allowing someone kill you... lol!

posts are brief and am not writing that frequently... nothing suspicious, just been too lazy... will start writing soon...

UTAH

i wanted to write about my UTAH trip a while ago but then was too lazy to write. Moreover my blog for some reasons needs to much of editing with respect to HTML, anyways. . .

We ssn'ites had planned for the july 4 weekend to meet in Salt Lake city in utah. I was looking forward for this trip as i was going to meet bharathi after 4 years. The trip was fun and something to remember and cherish.

We all flew from different parts to SLC on 30 jun. (Deepak, ghuru, sai, bharathi, narendran, pradeep , joshua and myself)

bharathi from seattle,deepak from chicago, sai from chicago, narendran from san antonio, ghuru from sunnyvale, pradeep from cedar rapids , me from la and joshua was in slc.

we were there for four days and for the four days it was like in college again. we did white water rafting, ATV, camping and hiking. It was so refresing, thanks a lot guys for making it happen.

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Clothes and shoes were strewn along the tracks. -BBC

may their souls rest in peace

get direction - india

I forgot to mention about MSN maps in my last post. It is amazing, guess what? I can search route from guindy to avadi in Chennai.

There is a problem when searching routes in India, poor thing doesnt know the names of small roads and hence says take left/right on the "local road", still this thing is coool and not to mention the amazing picture quality of "birds view" of places in US.

msnMaps

Desi version of Amazon? Claims to have a lot of titles! Old and new books for sale online. Check it for yourself

Daily News and Analysis is Mumbai based site and targets youth. Section to voice yourself and the news is exactly what I want, unlike what I wrote in Tsunami post

Want to send family in India photo? This is a nice site, but I was told the courier at times gets delayed, but the prices are catchy

mp3

Now that I have more than a gig space in my mobile, I have started listening to music more than before. The songs that I listen repeatedly are :

1. Fanaa (Mere haath mein, chand sifarish, chanda chamke)

2. Krrish( Main hoon wo aasman, pyar ki ek kahani)

3. Rang de basanti ( loose control, khalbali)

4. Patiyal (kane vittu kan imaigal)

5. Swadesh (yeh jo des hai tera)

6. vetayadu vilayadu ( karka karka, partha mudhal naale)

7. Parijatham (onai kandanae)

8. Bluffmaster (bure bure boro, say na say na)

9. Gajini (sutrum vizhi sudarae, ranghola)

10. kaka kaka( uyirin uyirae )

11. Indian ( pachai kiligal, telephone manipol)

12. Johny (aasaiyai katrula thoodu)

13. Mila thirandhadhu kadhuvu (ora sanam )

14. Nizhalgal (poo kadhavae )

15. Boys – all the songs

16. Ayudha eluthu ( yakai thiri, oru unmai sonal )

17. Alaipayudhey (pachai nirame)

Almost all of the above mp3 can be downloaded from here

when tsunami strikes

I guess I already wrote something similar to this before, but time and again I get frustrated by the media and n number of news channels show casing biased news. Yes! Today the media in India has grown into a power which is capable of challenging people whom it was not able to a few years back, but on the flip side, coverage is becoming more and more biased, either political affiliation or geographical boundaries.

Remember tsunami, when a calamity of that scale occurs, what people expect is medias’ unbiased coverage. Two leading private channels in Tamilnadu were more focused on the political affiliation than the issue at hand.

Political parties however diverse their ideas be, should have come together to bring immediate relief to the victims. Political parties and media are just capitalizing the needs of day worker, the proof being, a govt. being elected just because it promised color tv. I am not against any party here, but just imagine how the party catapulted itself.

Man there are other basic needs, leave uninterrupted power supply, I dont know how many villages even have electricity, and metro city like Chennai doesnt have enough water!

Now coming back, what has happened to the people once the cameras were packed? What happened to the relocation and promised relief measures? May be its the hyenas time to cash in the situation!

Time for contractors to take control of the situation, tenders being given to the favored ones and no one knows about it! Now all this happens in Tamilnadu and just three days after tsunami struck, I read times of India and the main headlines was about a issue in Pakistan. Headlines is fine, I was not able to read news about tsunami in its entire first page! I had to select "states" page and in that "chennai" and there I found a news about this. Why this discrimination? Are they running short of reporters? Was this news not important for the people there?

I open Hindustan times, just to see a UK model posing for a photograph in the first page. Hmm thousands of lives have been lost and this paper is celebrating with model fotos.

All these things just increase my hatred towards media and other ignorant Indians.

audio blog

this thing is awesome! u dont have to sit n type... just call the number, record and refresh ur blog!

but the only drawback is, the number that they have given is a US number, so guys in india i guess will have to wait some more time before this happends there too! thnx to sp

Fanaa Review

Fanaa! First half of the movie is nice! though u would feel that you have seen a similar scene before. I liked the movie for its shaayari n modest emotions. There is one particular shaayar in which amir goes ' kahin kudh ki nazar na lag jaye, allah ne appko nazar hi nahi di'

kajol is blind in the movie n amir soluraaru 'un kanne un melai patudunu kaduvul unuku kanu paarvai tharala'

[+] kajols’ acting (good to see in her true form)

[+] Amir, he has performed with ease

[+] Subhaan allah song

[-] Second half has a bit of unwanted masala

[-] Second half looked a bit senseless

If u like n understand the shaayars' then probably this is a must watch!

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For the long weekend had been to Yosemite! it’s a nice place, giant trees, fresh air , fresh water… the trip was refreshing and gave us a much needed break.

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Was wondering if it is good to be selfish ??? I have not been able to be like that!!! But some people survive being one! it is all the more disturbing when you get affected Probably I should learn how to say a 'NO' or show my disgust right in front of the person, Whenever I wanted to do this, always I would wonder what if the other person gets hurted! hmm anyways

gabdain of andhra....

i couldnt control myself....

tagged

1.Grab the book nearest to you, turn on page 18 and find line 4. Ans. ATLAS SHRUGGED -ayn rand "can we have any security or plan everything"

2.Stretch your left arm out as far as you can.& catch air? Ans. Grabbed some junk papers

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV? Ans. Don't remember..(have no tv)

4. Without looking, guess what time it is? Ans. 330

5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time? Ans. 328

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear? Ans. Panic alarm of a car

7.When did you last step outside? What were you doing? Ans. Morning... was tlking on the fone..

8.Before you started this survey, what did you look at? Ans. SP..

9.What are you wearing? Ans. tshirt n shots..

10.When did you last laugh? Ans. After while talking to sai n joshua..

11.What is on the walls of the room you are in? Ans. Poster of 'POLAR EXPRESS' n 'The Prefect Man'..

12.Seen anything weird lately? Ans. hmm...i dunno..

13.What do you think of this quiz? Ans. fun..

14.What is the last film you saw? Ans. M1-3..

15. If you became a multimillionaire overnight, what would you buy? Ans. i need some time to think on this..

16.Tell me something about you that I dunno Ans. pass....next q pls..

17.If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do? Ans. I would change where India i will ship it to europe..

18.Do u like to Dance Ans. Yeah but...i dunno to ..

19. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her? Ans. arpita..

20 Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call her? Ans. sonu..

21.Would you ever consider living abroad? Ans. yeah!..

22.What do you want GOD to say to you when you reach the pearly gates? Ans. missed u!..

n i am tagging..

pk, gopalan, bharathi, deepak, marutham n badri..

gabdain in hollywood

Watched United-93 and MI-3…. No comments about the first one…it’s a one time watch and was pretty heavy for me….Lets talk about MI-3, I never knew there was Gabdain (Mr.VijayKanth) in Hollywood.

The movie has everything that a typical tamil movie has emotion, romance and comedy…but wait a minute! MI’s are supposed to be action movies , yeah! Just that action is similar to our gabdains actions…and hence comedy.

The movie has everything but story!!! Things I learnt from this movie

1. Any thing that can be inserted into key hole of a lock can open the lock (wire, pen refill …)

2. You can take your computer and laptop to any place and do weird things (roof top, bus, van and control machine guns and guns firing tennis balls…)

3. To blow the fuse of a high tech device that is implanted into your brain, you should electrocute yourself( namma gabdain rumba naal moonadi transformer vedika vechaaru theriuma..andha madhiri)

4. Gabdain is everywhere…!!!

In short this movie is hug hug hug bang bang bang….

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Its been 2 years into blogging…!!!

impressions

Unai Kandanae Mudhal murai… Song from ‘Parijatham’…plays in my mind---as the horizon gives way to my first glimpse of Grand Canyon… wow! It is one of those places which are really worth the fame. Grand Canyon holds its place in the list of natural wonders and a special place in my heart. I had been to GC and Las Vegas over the long weekend (I know it is too late…was just lazy to write) GC is 460 miles from here and las vegas 290 miles from there and whole trip was around 1300 miles, and best part was we started only Friday evening, coz we wanted 2 of our other friends to join us and they were working that Friday. The trip was tedious especially driving all that distance, but I reckon it was worth it. Coming back to GC.. despite its dryness, it tugs at my heartstrings like little else can… it is one place where you have to be, to feel it…no pictures or motion pictures can actually capture the true essence of the place. So if you are in south west US…try to make it to GC. Right: Thats Sunset at Grand Canyon. About Las Vegas---nothing to say, as I slept the moment I entered the room and woke up only at the check out time.. we reached vegas 2 in the night n I was dead tired. Friends went around vegas n I guess other than clubs n casino’s there is nothing much there.

are these people running out of names??? thats a road on the way back to LA from Los Angeles. All the fotos are from my mobile and i guess they wont be all that clear.



I am planning to move my blog to wordpress soon...

inbha thunbham

thnks to marutham The topic ‘inbha thunbham’ hmm… just wondering where to start…?

Ok will start with one of the part time job I did while doing my masters… used to get up at 4 in the morning and cycle 3-4 kms and do a cleaning job… yes! a cleaning job… man it used to be painful… I guess nawaz will be able to relate to…coz we both used to go together…

The schedule was something like this… wake up at 4 - 4:30, put on our gears (oldest possible dress and a helmet) and cycle to the work place (building meant for refugees)…used to sign in and start work at 6 in the morning. Trust me it was not easy, being tall has its own disadvantages, I had to clean the ceiling… ok anyways… we used to do this till 3 in the afternoon (of course with a lunch break in between). Then cycle back home have a nice shower and go to university at 17:30 … university used to be till 21:30, come home , cook something, eat, sleep and wake up at 4 again… wat is ‘inbham’ in this??? Money getting credited every week…

The next would be working night shift in 7-11… though it was not as tiring as the cleaning job, but it was boring and you were not supposed to sit down whole through the night… you can find my 7-11 experience here… actually was wondering what n all part time I have done while at aus Dish washing Cleaning Distributing junk mail Worked in 7 – 11 Worked in a sri lankan shop Worked in Australian post In a way, I feel that these things actually make you both physically n mentally strong..

Of course my list will always have the lovely ssn days… man those were the days of my life… those were the days of ssn…sigh! ---

n i would like to tag nawaz sudharshan bharathi sathyus sathyapriya bharathi barti

There is some problem with the blogger these days, the alignment is not proper and I am adding the line breaks et all myself n hence the crapy appearance so please bear with me. I don’t know if that’s blogger issue or template problem.

Was feeling bored and decided to watch some Tamil movie…was browsing through the net and came across this site. The deal is pretty ok, they charge $10 for a month for SUN TV. No! I am not a fan of sun TV, the money is worth for the news and the clarity is pretty good too… the timing is US central time… and guess what?? In the week days I get to see all the tele-serials when I reach home…grrr…

Half heard news…Mr.k has announced ‘vana tholaikatchi peti’ for everyone!!! Err.. whaat ???Man where are we heading? I seriously don’t understand the election gimmicks.

Watched patiyal few days back and my verdict, it’s an ok movie… same old masala movie with a different director and actor… Btw any good movie released???

foto recognition

Pkarthick has mentioned in his blog about foto recognition software... i thought it was not a easy job, this software does a decent job. You first need to upload your foto, it automatically detects the faces present in it; and the free version actually gets a closest match of a celebrity from its database...

This is wat i got ... aprom enna inga naan orae scene dhaan!

Of late as my friend rightly pointed out, I am also getting into the habit of writing too few a mails and with too little content. I wouldn’t blame my work schedule (yes! the amount of time spent at office is more than at home)…I am just lazy to type a mail…I realized that I don’t even chat much!!! I log in only once or twice into the messenger…

I presume a lot of people are doing the same! Do we think that everyone is email-able ??? and we need to mail them only when it is needed??? The fact that I have been proactive in my groups, and there are people who are worse than me makes me feel even worse… College days now looks like a distant past, I don’t even have a clue about the whereabouts of few people in my class… was this bound to happen??

I know everyone has had a special feeling for college friends, and when we separated we always thought that the chain will remain intact no matter what, hardly four years and I already see it breaking up… but at least I am happy that I am still in touch with a lot of people…I wish that we are email-able, callable and chatable …. Here is a list of my college friends, who have shared my ups n down and still in touch Nawaz, bharathi, ghuru, deepak, gv, thirumathi, suresh, vetri, selva and susi….this a list of those people, whom probably I will never forget! You wake me up at midnight and say ‘nawaz’; even if I knew 100’s by the same name… the first person to ring the bell would be this guy…
others who have been close to me or rather I have been close to:
Sai, narendran, jk, gopalan, ilango, arun(aluku), alex, gautham, ramya, barthi, kavitha, naveen, thiaga, pradeep, shyam(bulb) and sham….i hope I haven’t missed anyone…. I guess that’s too much of senti….
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here is foto i took at a temple near by...n i guess thats the max i have smiled for a foto!!hmmm...!

tagged again

Tagged by pk…
So here is my version

Movies I would like to watch over n over
1.dil chatha hai 2.nayagan 3.Terminator –II 4.Matrix –I
5.Mauna Ragam


TV Shows
Shows on Nat geo and Discovery

Favorite food
1.chapathi (only when mom makes)
2.Fried chicken noodles ( wangs kitchen)
3.chicken teriyaki (Subs) 4.puliyodharai and chips
5.thalicha curd rice

My Greatest Victories
Never thought on those lines till date…

I hate
Ego clash (This is really bad…)
people who put up different faces….

Great Personalities I would like to dine with
1.captain (want to see what he eats…hee hee)
2.of course with my long list of fans (Jlo, Angelina jolie, asin, amrita arora…) they have been waiting for long time now… so you know
3.definitely a romantic candle light dinner with that ‘someone special’
I would like to tag none…

banking system

Washington Mutual, that’s my bank! Almost all the desi’s around have an account in it and y not? It has a scheme for desi’s 1.No minimum balance 2.No monthly fees And I bet these two things are enough for a desi to open an account, but hey it has catch, is doesn’t have a concept of net transfer!!!! (So basically you use the netbank to see the statement) At first I thought this feature was missing only in this scheme, later found out the bank itself doesn’t have this facility! So even if you are a premium customer of WAMU, your netbanking will not have this feature…. So how do I transfer money to someone here??? Use cheques!!!! and you pay for the damn cheques!!! (how developed…) When asked the banker about this problem she says there are two ways to transfer money 1.Pay the person a cheque (really innovative guys… I never knew about this system huh! ) 2.Your name should be added to the account to which you are trying to transfer money (wowie- so I add my name to all the accounts to whom I think in near future I will transfer money!!!) Bharathi says Bank of America has net transfers but then, it is only between accounts of bank of America!!! (That’s better but still…) hmm... banking.................india is better mobile...................india is better publictransport...india is better(getting into one is a different question... atleast the damn thing exists)

just another post

was tagged by ponna long back... finally am writing... am gonna write about mom ofcourse! what i like about her... very understanding, caring and know what i need every time. i like anything she prepares (to be specific i like her chappathi n porotta) happy belated womans' day .. i know it is too late! -- --- --- --- ---- --- ---- --- -- last week had been to universal studios... its quite close to where i live... the place was good, but i guess kids would enjoy more... one ride that was good there was something called jurassic ride or dinosaur ride... and a 4-D show of shrek was good too! It is worth a one time. Saw 16 block last week, a ok ok movie...

thats one the way back home from tustin! the only place where i found some green stuff!! hee hee

some more foto to upload soon

ticket!

Already got the first parking fine…actually I never knew about this great (spell it absurd) system. We were given a parking a sticker, which we always placed on top of the dash board. We had hired a Chrysler convertible, and one day tried driving without the top… I very diligently placed the parking (tag or sticker or whatever it is) inside the dash and forgot to place it back on the top. Next day the car was missing…the car was inside the parking area meant for the apartment and the only way, one can go inside is with a remote!!! The car was towed from the parking lot of the apartment and the reason the sticker was not on the dash… I never in my dreams thought that, the sticker was needed inside the lot also… hmm… I would understand if this thing had happened in public parking place or we had parked the car outside the premises…. Doesn’t make sense to me at all coz 1. You can get into the place only if you have a remote to open!!! (No key lock at all) and for the remote also you pay! 2. The possibility of tailgating is minimal and even if it happens then, I don’t see the need for it to be towed away!!! Hmm… you park in your place and still pay a hefty amount. ------------------ ------ -------- ----------- ---------- ------------ ------------- -------------- ----------- ------------ ---------- i wanted to introduce this cutie next door...

he is choooo chweeet!!! and a real entertainer

he cant say 'l' so he says.... " i am no szeepy" or "i am szeepy! i go papa home"... he took nano pod to a mobile fone and started to talking holding it like a mobile... "hi... wazzup". I will keep talking about this guy the whole day... thats how much i am impressed.

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loads to write n post will do it soon