Colossus of Chaos

I'm a father now

2010-11-21T06:34:00.000-08:00

Playing with my baby is great..
Sense of parenting with its inherent anxiety is greater..
Suddenly, my parents appear the greatest in my eyes now..

Espanol Bonanza !

2010-07-11T14:46:00.000-07:00

Not very often you get to support a team that wins the world cup. Particularly for me, who always supported the second most favourites.
A double pleasure - I was telling someone yesterday that Forlan should be the Golden Ball winner.

Nothing Called Ideal under Sun

2010-07-10T09:10:00.000-07:00

If you are my friend, you would have heard this at least thousand times from me already. Hear it one more time.
There is nothing right or wrong under Sun..

That's 'one' trip !

2010-05-24T09:52:00.000-07:00

Visited Salem this weekend to attend both Yokesh's(Gundan) and Pradeep's(mappaan) wedding.
Reached Salem on Friday evening and I was the only one there from our class. Pradeep came with his wife. At least he came. That was the only hour I spent with someone in the next 20 hours to come.
Slept well for about 9 hours. [Thank God I did that this night].

Got up around 10; Had breakfast; went out around 1pm; had something to drink; lunch - a mutton biriyani at Mangalam; watched Irumbu Kottai Murattu Chingam - very decent movie for the expectations I had; Jaffer/Manokar/Sandy came at about 5PM; picked me from the theatre; Salem club; reception at 7pm; dinner at 8pm; chatting/mokkai till 10pm; party till 12pm. Myself and Jaffer reached the hotel by around 1pm and about to fall asleep by 2pm; Man 'okar came; screwed up the night; I haven't seen many ppl trying to move a wall to create more space; I haven't seen Hercules lifting a television either; Haven't seen someone sleeping naked on a bed on which I slept last night. It was one night to remember though; Somehow managed to spent those 2 hours and took bath; Caught a Coimbatore bus at 5AM - thanks to Jaffer, to catch the flight to Hyd at 10.30AM

Another World Cup. Another debacle.

2010-05-14T04:39:00.000-07:00

There is a saying in tamil, "Suya buthi irukanum; illa sol buthi irukanum"

Dhono has neither, damn his gut feel. All the 7 batsmen(except Raina) were useless. 3 mediocre bowlers can't win you any match.

Ok.. Its an indian captain after all.!

2010-04-25T11:58:00.000-07:00

Dhoni (may be) deserved it, just for that innings against Punjan scoring 17+ runs in that last over off 4 balls.
Raina - of course dropped twice. Still had to make it count. Did well.
Sachin - strived as well as he could.

Strategy - that was lacking in Mumbai Indians team.

Anyways, a team that went to semifinals in all seasons deserve to win.

Kazhudhai thenju katterumbanadhu..

2010-04-24T22:37:00.001-07:00

2006 - I have a bike. To buy some grocery, I walk to the store that is about 200 metres away from my home.
2009 - I have the same bike. To buy the same grocery from the same store, I go on Bike.
2010 - I have the same bike. Now I have a car. To buy the same grocery from the same store, I go on Car..

Should the title be - "Arpanuku vaazhvu vandha artha raathrila koda pidipaanam"..

Take a Bow Warneyyy!

2010-04-05T10:57:00.000-07:00

Thats why he is the greatest cricketer/captain ever in my book..

Is it possible to improve on perfection?

2010-04-01T11:12:00.001-07:00

Another day.. 66 off 20 balls.. this time fewer mistakes(no bowling) and a man of the match award..

Is it possible?

2010-03-26T12:25:00.000-07:00

Hitting 59 runs off 14 balls with 9 sixes, 3 singles, 1 two - is fun.
But conceding 28 runs off a single over - 2+1wd, 1wd, 1wd, 5nb, 1wd, 1wd, 1, wicket, 6, 6, 0, 1 is not fun..

But its all fun this time..

என்ன சொல்றது .. !

2010-03-12T10:46:00.000-08:00

இனையர் இவரெமக்கு இன்னம்யாம் என்று
புனையினும் புல்லென்னும் நட்பு

I leave it here..
This is for you da..
only because you said you would come back

VTV - One Roller Coaster ride full of Romance

2010-03-07T06:46:00.000-08:00

If you haven't watched, GO WATCH IT.

Seems very hard to make an out and out romantic film. May be, ManiRatnam knew this and rightly kept the marriage almost at the interval of Alaipayudhey.

I'm not putting my observations as positive or negative.
Lot of movies, we put ourselves in the lead roles and love being in that role, but the comedy scenes are the ones that resonates with us. This is one movie, you really see yourself there. 75% (if not more) of the scenes unbelieveably/unknowingly/unarguably resonated very well with what happened in OUR life.
As every scene goes by, you tend to expect more and more and more romance on the screen and you are not totally disappointed. At some stage its like a roller coaster ride - every scene betters the previous that you start anticipating something wrong is going to happen, but you get proven wrong.
There was no 'Chimbu'. It was just Karthik - its me, you, that guy, the guy next door, the guy that you heard about two weeks ago. There was no heroism. If the girl I love is going to get married, I would undergo exactly the same feelings if I were in that wedding church.
It is not easy to woo a girl. Then, It is totally impossible to woo that same girl if she has nothing for you before you start woo'ing. More, nobody can woo anybody.
I bet, you will think of your flashback while watching this movie more than 5 times and you will miss the next few scenes.
Trisha, more than Chimbu has lived in that role. That character was created that way. Beautiful, controlled yet expressive, genuine yet not open enough, lovely yet not loving. Girsl when they lie are beautiful. Same girl when she speaks the truth and expresses that she had fallen in love is extremely beautiful. Of course again, nothing beautiful than a girl that just fell in love. Look at this scene when Trisha glances an anxious look at Chimbu from the first floor balcony. You get blanked out Man!. thats pretty much the reaction from Chimbu.
I can see this scene all day..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi3JH9SoNVE
The same beautiful girl when listening to chimbu and then while saying "I hate you" turns her face to complete pale. Thats a sign of a girl who doesn't know how to react.
The entire film is just one single flow. No side tracks.
The comedian who is the producer was very spontaneous with casual dialogues and reactions. Look at this reaction when Trisha reiterates that Chimbu and Trisha were to be friends..
I would have loved more if this movie runs for only 2 hours. Not a real slow movie; But you feel some scenes were repititive, there were reasons to it.
I would have loved even more if it was a happy ending. Gautam didn't kow what Karthik, the director in VTV knew. Five years down the line, we might forget this film for this one reason. Alaipayudhey will still be remembered.
The film starts with Chimbu being a light hearted, carefree, whats that word in english..?
Trisha starts as an intelligent, assuring, clear headed fella and then she was casted to have waited for a chance to come out of self imposed restrictions.. Leaving her character to different interpretations.
The last 10 minutes spoilt at least 30% of my roller coaster ride experience. Otherwise, this is up there with Alaipayudhey..

Even otherwise, this is one good movie that portrayed the immature/inconsistent 'love' so beautifully that I now think there's nothing wrong about it.

Good or Bad, this is a MUST WATCH film

Ipdithaan poitruku

2010-03-05T11:50:00.000-08:00

Not a fan of Trisha; But that girl in the yellow sari has the glit and the tinkle in her eyes;

Andhi vaanam maraikkum manjal,
...
maalai nilavin maragadha manjal..
ellam thangum undhan nenjil

Orey Surya's reaction dhan po! (when he meets Sameera reddy in vaaranam aayiram). decent print download panni vachrunkaen.. After alaipayudhey nu solra level ku expectation.. will give my review on Sunday..

Indha pakkam enada na, nammalunga australia, spain nu adi vaangitrukanunga..

IPL III vera next week start agudhama..

Nothing Less Than Sheer Greatness

2010-02-24T09:23:00.000-08:00

If there is one Man who can make the billion Indian hearts happy that's Sachin. Not even God.. just give it a thought..

Such is the Man's greatness.
If there is one Person in India whom you can't have any reservations against, then it is this Man. We have reservations even against Gandhi..
Nobody can have any emotions except admiration on Him. You don't even tend to envy Him for that matter - you know there's no point.

Its just not the greatness on His shots; the way He conduct Himself when He gets out; when He gets a bad decision;

Whats unacceptable is ppl today mortalize Him by comparing with other contemporary mortals.. Hey Ram.. andha arpargala manichudu...

Few reasons why ARR didn't reach with VTV

2010-02-22T10:24:00.000-08:00

Read/Heard quite a few reviews about VTV songs that except Hosanna, other songs are only ordinary..

1. There are no songs of the genre Shakkalakka baby/taxi taxi/lose-control/Maathi-Yosi/
2. All the tunes are not catchy, rather little slow/complex that it is difficult for ppl like me to chorus with the song - not that I can sing along with many of his other songs
3. ARR seems to take Kamal's path these days.. His choice of playback singers are apparently self-centric. Most of the songs match his style of singing.. that low/high spikes..
4. You can't visualize the songs by any stretch of imagination..
5. He begs to differ from the niche music and prefers to set trend.
6. These days our ears got tuned to what ARR last left doing.. may be 6-7 years, if not a decade ago - 'the harris jeyaraj brand of music'

I still like them and am on my i-pod all day. I'm sure it will only get better after seeing the videos.. Gautam Menon has this knack of picturing/generating enough chemistry in romantic songs unless that little super star screws up.. Trisha - can't do any harm to that, I believe(I'm not a fan of Trisha); appears interesting in those Saris.

Man, I can hear all day - the beginning hum in Mannipaaya

Disclaimer : That guy has won Oscar/Got nominations for so many awards. Would be unwise to say I don't like his work..

Getting Older suddenly

2010-02-08T01:30:00.000-08:00

Oh man.. I can't take this transition

Five Years in all calendars

2010-01-27T02:24:00.001-08:00

This is for you Hosanna.. Ho-Sorna

I'm Back --> I'm married

2009-11-23T08:29:00.001-08:00

Last few days, I have been answering two ppl everyday about my marital status..
-- just startetd interacting outside of my team these days.. cross team collaboration..

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2009-11-05T09:11:00.000-08:00

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He is the best.. no words to praise him
http://colossusofchaos.blogspot.com/2008/08/sachin-is-best.html

A thing of beauty is a joy forever

2009-09-09T02:01:00.000-07:00

Nothing beautiful on earth than a girl who just fell in love.. a glance and you are gone.. that's a second to live for.. isn't it?

[P.S - only based on my past experience]

No better genre than a male solo on love failure.. this song is one of my favourites particularly watching Nayanthara in the song.. [Oh Baby - Yaaradi nee mohini, for my future reference]

The 'thing of beauty' comes later in this movie when Nayan falls in love with Dhanush.. But there was no song..

This one is one of my favourites too.. -
http://www.dhingana.com/play/aisa-kyoon-hota-hai-songs-aisa-kyoon-hota-hai-song/MTIyOA%3D%3D

The ANNIYAN inside me

2009-08-16T08:18:00.000-07:00

08/16/2009 5.45 PM: IIIT ATM
Parked my bike and stood in the queue. 2 guys before me. As usual I left space for 2 persons in the queue and stood behind. [there's a big history why I do that.. Usually/90% of the times, someone coming later would stand ahead of me in the queue, thinking I'm a fool. So when my turn somes that someone will try to enter and I have always succeeded in stopping that queue violation. Same happened this time.. I enjoyed that silly pleasure. yaarkita. huh.. ]
Entered an invalid pin and I couldn't withdraw the money. This idiotic HDFC bank reduces the amount I entered from the daily withdrawal limit even if I enter a wrong PIN. big bulb. so i couldn't withdraw.. silently came out of the ATM.

08/16/2009 6.00 PM: Kondapur ATM
Parked my bike. Saw another guy in white T-Shirt parked just beside(only after I had parked). The sunday market was really crowded. It was hard to find a parking space. I walked casually to join the queue. My position was 2 to start with and I left two places gap. This white T shirt fellow came and glanced me and stood ahead of me, just after the first guy in the queue went inside. I noticed that white TShirt had "Hyderabad Police" emblem/logo. Things got interesting.. I was sure police guy would go next. Me and ATM security exchanged looks.. [Should I stop this guy? Man he is a police.. so what .. rules are rules.. all that running in my mind]
Then came my turn and this guy went inside. I stopped him.. "hello boss, maine pehle aayaa." He turned back and looked at me as if I was a dog and started inserting his ATM card.. I shouted "Fuckers".. I reall shouted. Asked the security if he wouldn't stop this.. he said "police, sir".. Frustration to the core.. My mind went blank.. aahhh.. All this happened in just 5 seconds.. Quickly I came down to the parking... Started my bike.. put the side stand.. reached this fucker's bike.. Started releasing the back tyre's air.. Man, does it take more than 30 seconds to release 50% of the air inside a tyre.. ? I never knew this.. my heart sounded like a RX100 silencer.. Finally reached that threshold.. that bugger can't drive his bike now.. Checked he didn't come out yet.. Kicked away his bike.. took off immediately.. went staright to Miyapur[may be this police could somehow follow me and find my house.] roamed around for 20 minutes.. and reached my home...

Was that a stupidity?
Could I have awaited 'my next turn' in the ATM?
Should I have run into the ATM and occupied my earned position?
Should I have only kicked away his bike?

I'm not able to resist certain frustrations like this. Particularly when I feel I'm weaker. that was no way an attempt to correct him.. I know nobody can't wash this guy.. But I was 200% happy thinking that the next time when he jumps a queue into the ATM, he will have an eye at his vehicle.. He would come to know I was the one who did that.. atleast a second, he would think, "oh man, I should have gone after him"..

I could do nothing when this happens to me in a petrol bunk, because I can't come down from my bike and fight anyone.. This time I did something that I'm really proud of. Soemthing I would tell my grandchildren 30 years later.. Had that police caught me, this wouldn't have been very sensible..

Didn't I say this?

2009-05-21T08:05:00.001-07:00

In fact I did before a single match was played in this season.
http://www.cricbuzz.com/component/latest_cricket_news/Story/14488/chennai-favourites-for-the-title:-warne/

what the heck man !

2009-05-11T11:12:00.000-07:00

Are you not the most sensible person in the world?
Doesn't it hurt when you let yourself down?

Is motivation the word.?
Is being less motivated a luxury?
Or some false sense of accomplishment makes you less motivated?
And there is nobody to question you.

These fucking Rajastan Royals adding more fuel to the fire.
suhh suhh appaa .. Mudiyala..

Nanum pathu naala gym poganumnu plan panraen.. nadaka matingudhu..
Matha ellathukum time kedaikidhu.. ithuku matum illa..
i-pod'ku onum korachal illa..

BTW, Sarvam songs are good. How is this for a beat .. ?

Warney mania !

2009-04-23T12:11:00.000-07:00

Watching my first IPL match live this year.
Warne bowling to Ganguly. (My two favourite players)
Unbelievably tense situation.

AND I'M SHOUTING, "WARNEY, GET HIM OUT!" :-)

I haven't seen Don Bradman playing cricket.
But if ever there was a genius, that is Warney and none else.
You can't compare him with anybody.
No Sachin, No Lara, No Ponting, No Murali, No Kumble.
He's the Rockstar!

Two reasons for this post ??

2009-03-31T09:13:00.000-07:00

1. Gambhir deserves a mention here.
2. Its been one month since my last post..

Freedom of ...

2009-03-01T09:17:00.000-08:00

Speech -- This Saturday I was at ICICI bank, Kukatpally. The bank manager was a lady and was collecting the requisition forms from customers. Their token system was not working that day. There was so much of crowd; I submitted my form and I was told my turn would come approx. after 90 minutes. there was an educated old man having some problems with the bank. He started asking so many questions at that lady manager and she tried her best to explain him that she couln't make any call in that regard and they had to abide by the bank's regulations.. bla bla and all that.. This old man started reasoning all over again.. Suddenly, from the crowd jumped in, a middle aged, little on the heavier side, man consoling the old man "This is ICICI bank sir, not SBI. They will only cheat customers, They won't give you any explanation. They will just increase the EMI". It was amazing how he could utter such words standing in their premises and waiting for his turn. It was not brave, rather ugly. And that lady manager didn't even speak a word in reply. I have seen lot of these middle aged men uttering some useless/absurd/adverse comments and get away like that. If I were that bank manager, I would have certainly thrown him out.

Speech + Action -- During my last journey to Chennai in train, there were a bunch of eunuchs getting into the train just some 2 hours before we reached chennai. In that second sleeper coupe, I was the only young man; others either ladies or old men. I immediately sensed I would be their target and I tried to avoid eye contact, pretending to see away through the window. They didn't leave me as one of them came near me, pinched me on my cheeks. OK ! I SURRENDER. Took the ten rupees I kept ready to avoid such things ASAP. Gave it. "Thanks", said that fellow and added "Saigaalam call panraen. Paesalam. Bye" (Will give you a call in the evening). That was something. All the ppl around me started laughing at me. Even I was laughing at that. the very thought of that incident makes me laugh even now.. It was too much to handle for me..

Flashback Part1

2009-02-22T07:29:00.000-08:00

Well the occasion was VP Mahendran's marriage. But that didn't even contribute 10% to the reason why we all went to Sivagangai last week.

I started on wednesday evening. Boarded Charminar. My company was Sidney Sheldon's Rage of Angels. Ok, I'm not a regular reader. I read only while travelling. Reached Chennai at 8.45am. Chackai(Prasanna) came to pick me. Fucker, he ditched me as he didn't take off on that thursday. I spent one day in his home controlling my rage, continuing my 'Rage of Angels'. Boarded a bus to Sivagangai at 7.30 pm. Reached Chackai's home at 5.15 am. Had a filter coffee, you know in that Brahmin style. Slept for some 2 hours. Got ready by 8.15 am.

Kamal came to pick us in his bike. He called Chackai and said he forgot the route to Chackai's house. Tell you what, It is literally 50 yards from Anita's house. Dei Kamal, how could you ever forget that? Ok forgiven. So we managed to ride through the bad roads(courtesy: underground drainage system) to the mahal.

Already out there in the Mahal, EM...mu(M Karthik) waiting for us with a big thoppai. He was the recently married guy in our gang uptil then. So new thoppai..

Kamal : Ennada EMmu, ethana masam? un wife a pregnant akuvanu paatha, nee ipdi ayitiyeda..
EMmu : Mudhala namma maapi, apram VEETUKKARAMMA..
We : hehehe..
(Well, EMmu was a typical 21 year old bony guy when we last met)

Ok, Now in the marriage hall. VP was always a fat fellow after schooling. Kavitha, in school itself we presumed. (Note, 'we').

Kamal : where is Thusthu(Pandi) and Kumban(Kumar)?
Chackai : They called last from Poovandhi at 8am, so they would come only at 9.30 am.
Me : Let me call them. Dei, Kumar, seekrama vaa, pandhi mudiya pogudhu..
Kumar : ok da,, wait panunga.. vandhurom..
EMmu : Namma, gapla oru dhuma poduvomda..
(Everytime we meet after a gap, we will have to bear the fact that someone would have newly started smoking/Drinking. This time, it was EMmu)

On a related note, Long back, probably in 2002.
Kamal, Me, someone else, Sheikh were smoking in our old college ground.
Kamal : Ennada Sheikh, nee innum dham adika aarambikalaya..
Sheikh : Dei illada kamalu, naa vitutaenda..
Me : dei.. hehehe .. dei.. Nee eppa aarambicha, ippa vidradhuku. kadasiya namma June la pathom, ippa september. Appa nee adikala. indha 3 masathula nee start panni, apram quit vera panitiya.. too much da..
All of us : hehehe..
Sheikh couldn't tolerate this insult and started smoking the already over cigarate from Kamal. He finished till the bud. Till then he was hailed as "Bud" Sheikh.

Coming back, we all honoured EMmu's offer to go out and smoke. EMmu fo a change, started all these after his engagement.

Pandi and Kumar arrived. Ate the food at the mahal. All the guys were focussed on Aruna, the bodybuilder as they refer. She was another school classmate of ours. We were all commenting on her. At some time when she and her mother were leaving, we were crossing them. She introduced me to her mother (Believe me, I know her mother and he mother knows me, when I was around 9, I had been to her house and she had come to my house as well). My friends as usual were abusing me for that so called 'selfish talk' of mine. All in the game.

Chackai : dei, epidra VP kavitha'va correct panina?
Me : serious'a enakum theriyadhu machi..(I pretty much utter this same dialogue, when it comes to facts. I have a bad memory)
Pandi : Ada, ellam andha revenue stampla dhan machi start aachu..
Pandi started explaining... VP, supposedly had sent pongal/New year greeting card to Kavitha when we were at our 11th std. To be in the safer side, he also sent one to Narmatha(There is a breakpoint here, we will come back to this later, let’s call this as BreakPoint1). one of the girls had complained to one of us that VP sent those cards with the revenue stamp pasted on it and that they had to pay the fine to the postman to collect the cards. Ayyo Ayyo.. Pandi's theory was, VP had stolen these revenue stamps from his father and assumed those stamps would work.

Pandi, however admitted that he was the peacemaker in this chaos and set things up for VP and Kavitha.. Once Pandi called Kavitha’s home number and told VP wanted to talk to her. From then it started. Pandi then called VP one day to play cricket. VP declined only to escort Kavitha in the bus onto her hometown. VP was caught redhanded by Pandi. Apparently, VP escorted Kavitha sitting in the back seat. All these were news to us.

BreakPoint1:
Me : Ennada Kamal, un Thangachchchiii epdi iruka? (For all those who don’t know that was Narmatha)
Kamal : Ava carrying da.
Me : Thai maman nee, seer seiya polaya?
We : hehehe..
Kamal for a long time, I think from our class X, has been suffering this.
Pandi : dei Vishnu, unmaya sollu, nee Narmatha’ku konjam naalu route potila?
Me : hehehe..
All of them : Dei solar..
Me : Aama aama, adhu oru trackla poikitudhan irundhuchu.. Apram, Naan vera pakkam commit ayitaen…. (I know, there was more to it)
Chackai : Indha k****n, oru dhadava enayum ganeshayum thaniya PSGla thaniya vitutu, Narmatha kuda suthitu irudhanda..
In my college final year, there was some cultural, for which I invited Ganesh, Chackai, Narmatha. Narmatha was all set to come along with her friends. I goofed up at the final moment, but didn’t help. Ganesh/Chackai paid 300Rs fine for overspeed on the way to PSG only to see me entertaining her.. Hence, his polambal here.

Alright, we then started planning about booze. Me, Kamal, Pandi once long back boozed in our college mandapam. Pandi was a newbie then.
Kamal : Pandi, aniku orey omlette dhan.
Me : Amamda, naa kuda aniku, mayilsami’ku badhila malaisamy’nu solitaen.. aana, pandi anathi yeduthutanda..
Chackai : neengalam, EMmu anathi pakala..
Me : Dei, EMmu roommbbmba anathuvan polada.. (Once I suffered while on call)
EMmu : Naa pandi oru beerkula illa.. Aniku prasanna roomla konjam overra poiduchu..
(From this point, EMmu always argued that he was the number one in everything. Be it, vomiting after booze/smoking the most number of cigarettes/drinking a bottle of maaza in a gulp/licking the lime pickle. I think he was ready for even pissing for the longest duration. )
Me : pudhu kudikaranla, apdidhan irupan..

Then we fought with VP to get the hotel room key and went there…

To be continued…

Flashback Part2

2009-02-15T07:56:00.000-08:00

Part1 is yet to come. This is in reverse chronological order. I have an enormous part1 that needs some editing.
Visited Coimbatore this weekend. Went to Airport via Avinashi Road (of course). Crossed Peelamedu..
That NMB
That College Gate
That Hostel Gate
That IT LAB 'capsule elevator'
That Tech Pillaiyar
That Boomerang
That Blue Bell - We both used to walk the talk till Blue Bell; Have something to eat;Come Back..

At Airport, I met SatyaRaj. Asked him to say that famous 'thagadu thagadu' dialogue, 'en characterey purinjaka matringa'. He was the same as we was on screen. He laughed the same way as he did on screen. Almost talked for 30 minutes.. Coupla clippings to put here..
me : Sir, neenga SatyaRaj dhane?
SatyaRaj : Kandu pudichu potinga ! Namala avlo seekrathala kandu pudika mudiyadhu. (He was in his original getup. Big Bald)
me : hehehe..
....
me : Sir, unga comedy chancey illa? Sema rowse Sir..
SatyRaj : Ada ennapa ! Naa oru hero pa.
me : hehehehe...

This song often lulls me

2009-02-02T05:58:00.001-08:00

Nadhiye nadhiye - rhythm (for my reference)

I can't see Federer crying

2009-02-02T04:59:00.000-08:00

Federer is one of my role models for more than his tennis skills. This guy usually doesn't show any emotions which is always a sign of a confident man. This guys doesn't change his game no matter what the situation is. I remember, he saved a match point in last Wimbeldon finals with his backhand topspin shot. I just can't believe how you stick with that shot when that is not working for you. This happened last night too. Obviously, thats why he ruled world tennis and now ruling the hearts of tennis fans.
But last night, you could see in the fifth set just after losing his service game, he got vexed. Too much to take for all federer fans. The match was full of glorious rallies. Unfortunately, me being a federer fan, I couldn't appreciate any well played points, because Nadal was winning all those super points.. Federer's problem is very very simple. He knows he can beat Nadal or anyone in the world for that matter. I think he should forget this fact for sometime and play like he is unseeded.

Nadal on the other hand has grown tremendously as a player. He has consciously reduced his aggressive manners and developed his skills on surfaces other than clay. His angles are absolutely unbelievable and intimidating.

I have seen federer cry only after winning a grandslam. Don't know how many finals he will have to wait. Sometimes I think I should learn tennis and beat Nadal. (revenge,, revenguu)

Pokiri - Asin + Nayanthara = Villu

2009-01-28T06:05:00.000-08:00

Nothing new in this movie. Terribly boring. So many stunts by Vijay but nothing to admire. PrabuDeva's direction sucks.. Vadivelu's comedy one step more..
Overall a paid ass paining experience if you watch in theatre
To me, Jalsa was better (there were two heroines)

I'm a Bugger Boy, I'm a Bugger Boy

2009-01-21T07:50:00.001-08:00

I file bugs, I resolve bugs, I close bugs, I read bugs, I eat bugs, I count bugs, I think bugs, I breathe bugs.. Ahh Ahh (read as Kamal shouts)

Haiyo Haiyo..

2009-01-19T01:14:00.000-08:00

Listening to this song last few days.
Couldn't resist dancing even in my chair.
But invariably dancing like how Vadivelu did in this song..

Salute to Smith

2009-01-07T09:19:00.000-08:00

Smith on his last tour to Australia was criticized and teased by almost every Australian. (indha.. roadla poravan varavanla nu solvangala.. andha madri).. Particularly by Warne. He called Smith a boring captain.. SouthAfrica somehow held onto a draw in the first test at Perth. Lost the second test at Melbourne. Declared both their innings in the third test at Sydney only to lose.(The irritating Ponting's Nets session test). Then I thought, Poor Guy ! Probably Warne's comment provoked Smith to be more aggressive. He managed to get out consistently in 20s and 30s.

The return tour of Australia in South Africa wasn't different for Smith. But the ODI series was awesome though. He scored a century and a quick 90 off 55 balls in the famous 434 chase.
And then the world cup. As usual, south africa was thrashed.

But this tour was really different. Australia managed to lose from winning positions. South Africans didn't choke for a change. Smith was terrific. He battled a sever elbow injury from the first test. Was doubtful for the second test only to entertain the Australians with some hope. Batted out the australians. His intentional shots to the third man fence between the two gully fielders, between second and third slip fielders. Only Purists can even admire.

Final test was the ultimate. South Africa lost, but Smith has won all hearts. Australia started celebrating prematurely after the fall of steyn. Here comes Smith.. What a scene. Ricky Ponting might have pissed on the pitch itself.. Man, he is a tough guy. Entire Sydney on its feet and saluting Smith. Australia somehow won. Care a damn. I'm a fanatic fan of Ganguly, but I certainly know if Ganguly was in Smith's position, he would have been in Calcutta on the final day of the test.

Sporting heroes are the real heroes.
Smith will be a ~140 matches/~12000 runs player at the end of his career..

Night-watchman

2008-12-14T08:20:00.000-08:00

Myself and my wife (poor lady) watching the match. Sehwag got out for 83 runs chasing England's 386. Gary Kirsten did mention that India might review the batting order for the second innings mainly because of Dravid's poor form. I told my wife that Laxman would come at number 3. Much to my surprise, Dravid came out to bat. I was yelling Dhoni as I usually do. My wife tried to explain me "Perhaps, Dravid was sent out as a night-watchman to negotiate the 5 overs remaining in the day".

Its Dravid's turn now to face something like what Ganguly had to during his famous MAGGI times. Man, his bat/hands have become repellent to the ball. When he fields, he is determined to catch only bump balls and when he bats he is determined to come across the line and use his pads.

Hero

2008-12-10T10:08:00.000-08:00

Someone said Vishnu is a hero today and so I'm happy :-)
Whenever I hear this song, inadvertently I start smiling and feel good .. feel like a hero.. Today, the other way.. listening to the song now...

God! Give my India better Statesmen

2008-11-27T11:58:00.000-08:00

No words to express my discomfort, my grief, my helplessness and above all my anger. Over the last 2 years, bomb blasts have happened in atleast 10 different cities in India. What the fuck is this goverment doing? Two months back, there was a warning e-mail from IM that Mumbai's targeted. Dec 6th is around the corner. What else you need to tighten your security?

There was a victim who already lost 6 of his family members and 2 other family members fighting for life. Two historic setups distorted. If a building next to Gateway of India is under seige, what do they think of our country? Tomorrow, history will read that in 2008, England cricket team flew away to avoid any casualties to them.

ATS chief was shot, not in a gun battle, but while on a car. It was absolutely unprecedented, but absolute lack of expertise; under-estimation by every damn responsible officers/ministers/intelligence agents/police.. The first shot started around 10 pm wednesday. The NSG arrived only after 7 hours. Were they sleeping uptil then? The terrorists have enough ammunition to stand for 27 hours as I speak. How did they manage to carry that much? Were there none who saw them carry out into the hotel, from the dinghy, on the road?

What the fuck is Shivraj Patil doing other than changing his clothes thrice in 5 hours amidst bomb blasts? -
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=fcrtkr8w4Tg
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=1uDK3el8ih0

When I listened to the victory speech by Obama, I was really pumped up. If a victory speech could pump you up like that, Certainly an inspirational speech of resurgence could be much better than what our Prime Minister managed. It was such a lacklustre speech and unpopular that it didn't make it to the youtube yet. There was absolutely no integrity, no commitment in it. Shoudn't he evoke and unite all the indians though his speech? He is not the kind of leader India needs today. Certainly not Manmohan Singh. I don't expect him to do a Winston Churchill, but he could have done a Lal Bahadur Shashtri.

God,
give India better leaders,
give them more power,
make them use for the right cause,
give Indians safety,
leave these terrorists no successors,
hang Shivaraj Patil,
move pakistan to Africa if not to America and
make India a two party nation

I'm very confident the indians no matter how our leaders are will really be united further after this massacre and progress towards the above goals.. Yes we can..

Jon's all over the moon

2008-11-20T04:07:00.000-08:00

What a day.. ! hope to see many more of these..

Sakkarakatti - Melodramatic love story

2008-11-01T09:17:00.000-07:00

No Soul. No Romance.. No drama. No life. Songs of ARR are shot pathetically.. full of poor graphics, flying witches, fishes inserted into songs.. The "melody" MARUDHANI is the worst.. Even the much hyped "TAXI" is flat. These new directors with ultra-rich producer fathers should be banned.. Not sure why it took 2 years to film this story. Ofcourse, the heroine deserves a mention. Everyone in the story claims the supporting actress was better than the heroine. She is plain in every sense.

Invariably you start disliking some songs after seeing their video.. The one playing now (Iru Kangal seiyum - for my reference when I look back after 30 years) might have escaped. I liked this song when I first heard it in 2003 and have never seen the video till now. That may be the reason why I still like it. Not sure if many have even heard this song.

Blessing in Disguise??

2008-10-28T08:48:00.000-07:00

I don't believe in this blessing in disguise. Even those who want to go to heaven, don't want to die.

Avan Poitaan.. Singapore Poitaan..

2008-09-16T02:24:00.000-07:00

Ganesh is in Singapore now. Mailed me today that he lost his mobile at his desk.. He is happy that he finds AC everywhere except on Road..

Memorable weekend

2008-08-26T09:32:00.000-07:00

Had a really 'quality' ?? time with my friends.. With ultimate mokkai s and some good ones..
Two such were
1. Saran interrupting Rajesh whether his friend got a job through his Girlfriend
2. Arun conceding 4 runs to Ravi in that small field

Guys, Update the list if I missed some.

Shopping

2008-08-17T10:58:00.000-07:00

When I want to shop, The odds of going to the store for a pair of sandals and coming out with only a pair of sandals are three billion to one.. When we go, they are six million to one.

Sachin is the best

2008-08-16T00:25:00.001-07:00

When he moves well in the crease, he makes some amazing shots look very simple. The bat just looks like a Scalpel in surgeon's hands. These shots, I bet, no batsmen can play even in their prime best.

Just noticed, Sachin doesn't seem to have such all that stylish look on his shots.. His defence has it though. Good high elbow.. Otherwise, he just depends on his forearm, wrists and bat. He plays the on-the-rise shots beautifully. Other batsmen, when they are playing well, they drive these on-the-rise shots to extra-cover. These shots invariably look pretty. But Sachin would play them sligtly squarer which is a very tough shot to play. Oye Ponting, You can play them only in nets.

Ranbir is impressive

2008-08-16T00:22:00.001-07:00

Ranbir Kapoor is very stylish, smart, hot and sexy.. Easy choice to have got casted in this film bachna ae haseena.. Well, Ranbir can't be a software Engineer and still be Ranbir Kapoor..

epdi irundha naa ipdi aayitaen!

2008-06-27T23:58:00.000-07:00

Have been visiting GYM for some 10 days now.. I mean working out. throughout last week I weighed consistently between 70.2 - 70.4 KGs. Well, I thought it would take some time to get into the groove and I would start losing weight perhaps from next week.. Oh my God.. I weigh 71.2 now.. Disappointment.. I'm running atleast 2Kms a day.. mudiyala.. there come some girls, particularly one who wants to disappear I think.. she runs for almost an hour.. Ofcourse, she has tasted the success and hence continuing.. yep :-), yep she looks hmmm..

I never wanted to look big but aerobic fitness is all I'm after.. there were times when I wanted to gain weight and couldn't.. all those 'akamalas' couldn't help either.. epdi irundha naa ipdi aayitaen!

Ode to Prabumathi

2008-06-20T13:25:00.000-07:00

Absolutely unacceptable to lose you. what the fuck is this life all about.. someone said that you kept saying that you hadn't enjoyed much after schooling and that you would start enjoying life after your PG.. shit man. shit.. Till this very minute, I'm not able to accept this. too much.. we both have never got around well with each other and that was for most to see. we have had so much pride and pleasure in defeating each other.. so much of unspoken cold wars.. . Actually, I envied you on innumerable occasions.. You are undoubtedly one of the reasons for what I'm today.. You made me mentally stronger.. there were times when I literally struggled to count my hours at school because of you and your gang..quite a few times I found myself helpless.. I must confess that you won most of the battles.. You were a complete package like me(not better than me, I still feel).. there were times that you had gotten under my skin and there were times I had cursed you.. too much for that age.. so many people mediating.. and a few people encouraging the fight.. complaints to teachers/principal.. And I'm pretty sure, still many of our schoolmates are unaware of all these and they would be surprised if they read this.. I knew we both were bad doing all those.. and I was the most affected that I scored poorly in my Xth.. Of late, we managed to be hi-bye friends.. To some of my close friends, I still used to refer you as my sole enemy..Yes, at some point perhaps in our XI we shook hands and decided lets forget the past.. But today, you have become a past.. machan manichidra.. We never could have been good friends.

I have never sold me uptil now

2008-06-03T10:00:00.000-07:00

Not really a crib. may be .. may be I need to change the title to 'why should I sell me twice'!

I think many people that I know has this confusion and I got a reasonably good answer now. Not sure if I'm clear with that answer.. Atleast 3 of my managers uptil now have told me that I should cultivate the habit of selling me.. 'get more visibility'.. I believed 'showcasing your abilities or accomplishments or whatever' looks ugly. And my main reason being 'why should I sell more than once. Haven't I sold enough in my every round of interview'..

So I was having a conversation with my manager on this topic, who kept failing in his attempts to convince me that I should sell myself somehow.. Normally I don't speak much in my 1:1 with managers.. this time was an exception.. my manager cracks good PJ's very spontaneously.. he was due for one in such a long conversation.. he listened very quietly for a change and answered 'you had sold you for only salary X. and if you want us to hike your salary, you gotta sell again'. I started laughing and thats a very fair point. Now, Somehow I need to learn to sell me again, then again and again ! Enna koduma vishnu idhu..

Kannuku maiyazhagu

2008-05-29T08:45:00.000-07:00

Code ku Bug azhagu..

Why on Earth this Job !

2008-05-16T04:35:00.000-07:00

I test poorly and I program terribly.. And the fact that I need to read a lot of tutorials, articles and bla blas for my job makes it even harder. Because I'm a very bad reader too. At the most I read cricinfo pages. Now some of my friends' blog. Nothing excites me in my job.

Just when I started getting familiarized with C (of course, only after 3 years) I had to quit programming in C. The guy next to me here looks like a stupid, he talks the same way. One day he asked me for some help (he must be really stupid, isn't he ?) . Man, he showed me a tool that he had developed for a month or so. Certainly it is of no use to the team/me/him.. But he says these things excite him. Fuck off ! just Fuck off ! ok.

Its quite amazing how I manage everyday at my office and go to home and happily watch IPL :-). (IPL illama oru post huh !) I have 3-4 deliverables to be completed by EOD today. But, I have absolutely no idea of completing those. Neither do I have any sense of accountability.

ada pongappa.. naa kelambraen veetuku!

Wonderful Wilkins !

2008-05-04T03:01:00.000-07:00

I miss Allan Wilkins' commentary these days.. He should have been in IPL. He has very good sense of humour and he has always been entertaining.. Once in an one day match where this guy Mascarenhas scored five sixes off the last 5 balls of their innings, India chased pretty decently all along and needed some 12 runs off the last 5 balls.. Ravi Shastri in his usual mode of pulling people onto their seat edges.. Wilkins says "From here Ravi ! England scored 30 runs".. Ravi shashtri started laughing.. So was I.. Atleast both of us lost the focus on the match.. India won though..

I watched the highlights of the match only for these words..

I like Ian Chappel's commentary too.. He is very australian .. Very harsh.. Comments as if he was scoring century in every innings he batted and captained Australia to victory in all of them.
It was raining sixes off yuvraj's bat in the T20 semifinals.. Here goes Ian Chappel.. "Boy, he's got a wonderful willow.. I wish I had this willow those days". as if Yuvraj played a defensive shot and the ball sailed over the stands..

Every now and then Harsha Bhogle finds himself in a tight corner when he partners with Ian Chappel. Harsha was trying to prove that Ponting grassed the catch but still appealed for a catch ( this is the famous Sydney test).. Harsha goes this way "yep, here it is (showing us the video of that catch).. watch closely.. Ponting made everything right to get to the ball off Dhoni's Bat/Pad... but he grassed the ball.. he gets up and now appeals.. Since he grassed the ball, the appeal can't be for the catch.. Harsha thinks .. pauses.. But Its a very strange way to appeal in for an LBW (Ponting standing almost at short cover.. diving and having taken the catch)".. As usual I was laughing at harsha's humourous comments..
Chappel after a while "Saying that Ponting was not in control of the ball is all Rubbish. Harsha"..
Harsha retreats as usual in this own diplomatic way..

MS Sucks ! Google Rocks !

2008-05-03T22:15:00.000-07:00

MS has withdrawn the proposal to acquire Yahoo!. No Initiation of Proxy Battle.. nothing.. Jerry.Y told Steve.B - Just GTH!

Shahid vs Saif

2008-04-26T00:30:00.000-07:00

I'm a big fan of this couple Shahid and Kareena(well before Jab we met got released). Happy to see the chemistry between Saif/Kareena flop big time in Tashan..

Obsessed with limelight

2008-04-26T00:25:00.000-07:00

Sreesanth is..
Otherwise why would anyone cry in the centre of a cricket ground when all his teammates shake hands with one another celebrating their victory..
Harbhajan again ! culprit or victim?

Leaving Early Nowadays

2008-04-25T06:10:00.000-07:00

Thanks to IPL. Here goes the teams I support in this League of Champions in the same order..
1. Kolkata knight Riders - Obviously for Ganguly.. Sharukh is also there..
2. Mohali - I don't like Dhoni.. If not for Dhoni, Yuvraj would have been the captain..
3. Rajasthan Royals - Shane Warne - He's the best !

Till this minute, I was a little hesitant to publish this list.. as I know these teams are not the favourites of the tournament.. After seeing Warne finish off the match hitting 16 runs off 3 balls.. why not ! After all this is my Blog..

Still, Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Dare Devils are the favourites.. I hope the Australian players leave IPL for the West Indies tour.. Dhoni sucks.. Chennai super kings alongwith..

I don't want to see these players playing cricket anymore.. atleast 20/20.. Wasim Jaffer.. VVS Laxman.. Mohammad Kaif.. Venugopal Rao (namma Venu).. (list may expand next week)

One more failure

2008-04-19T02:14:00.000-07:00

Jon : Romba hotta irukala iniku?
Sorna : Aama ! Ice cream kudukava.. (sometime back I bought some vanilla icecream..! Stored in refrigenrator)
Jon : Vena.. Kissan juice kudu..
Sorna : edhadhu cold and strong a kudikanum pola iruku..
Jon : Beer ! :-) Aama pa Beer kudikalam.. (Vicks action 500 Ad madri)
Sorna : Beerla gas irukadhula..
Jon : Adhella onnum kedayadhu.. nalla gas varum.. indha veyiluku nalladhaam..
Sorna : ___________ ( Censored)
One more failure in persuading her.. How many more ?

Jalsa - Sakka Mokka

2008-04-19T01:45:00.000-07:00

Couldn't find any justification to the title. Four scenes, just four scenes..
1. Pavan Kalyan fighting seriously. here comes a bad guy.. behind him is a Sumo sized big car almost fresh from showroom.. Pavan Kalyan punches.. this guy misses.. Big sound and the car is thrown into pieces.. just the engine remains.. Idhu kooda paravala.. indha scene ku kai vera thattranunga .. mudiyala..
2. Illena gives a diagonal Romantic look at a guy.. was not bad.. whats that diagonal look.. ? watch the film.. ellam nammaku therinjadhu dhan.
3. Climax - thousands of rowdies enter into a stadium as if there is an IPL inaugration function going on...
4. "sa re ga ma pa dha ni sa .. Karo karo zara jalsa.." aaha enna karuthu.. namaa kavignar Vaali thothutaaru..

Caution : Illena ku aasapatu pogadhinga makkaley !

Jon Parambarayil Oru Blog

2008-04-11T23:37:00.000-07:00

Inheritance is the Second strongest possible coupling between Classes, The strongest is Friendship.

This statement means nothing to me at this minute.. Just to justify the title I have chosen for my Blog, let this be my first post..