Hi guys,

Long since I signed into wordpress.. Anyways I’m not goin to take much time now..

Yesterday I watched Poi solla porom movie.. Basically I’m not a movie buff, but part of project party I went to this movie. You must have heard about the story line of the movie through papers and friends.

 

While watching the movie I felt “Yes. It is good. Can be watched once”.. But, once I came out of the show and lookin back at crap movies and how directors unable to give stories spice up other things, this movie appeared to be brilliant. Kudos to the director, cause he shaped the story very very beautifully and had enough twist in the simplest of atmospheres. Really good movie..Worth spending some amount .. cause it does it’s prime job just entertain .. and doesnot  leave you in a frenzied state..

Meet you all later..

Tc and enjoy life guys..

Ravi

P.S Some assignments from Aravindan are pending.. I hope I come back and finish it soon.

Disclaimer: When I mean guys or he , it is not written with gender-bias.

Tagged by  my dear, Logic Thala .

Last movie seen in a theatre:
Sivaji.. Btw I dont go to theatres much.. cause partly  I”m lazy and also  I’m strongly influenced by movies..so i’m quite picky abt them.. I like Kamal’s movies though)

What book are you reading?
The last read book was “The Lady and The Monk” by Pico Iyer… Such a beautiful book.. I lost in Japan.. truly mesmerised by the beauty and innocence of the lady described in the story.. Then I started this book.. “Search:” I dont remember the complete title..It was about Google’s birth and development… Nice one…In the midway I had to return it cause someone else reserved it.. Eager to read tht once again..

Favourite board game:
 I dont know wht’s a board game.. but my favourite game is Dias Tennis..which is played below the board .. DT rocks.. Cheers and HI to all the DT Players

Favourite magazine:
Sportstar (English) and Thuglak(Tamil)

Favourite smells:
The smell of new books..Got this habit revived from Ragesh, .. Also the mann vasanai (copied from Revs’s tag .lol ) …. Then nascent Jasmine may be..

Favourite sound:
Ball hitting middle of cricket bat as well as smash in TT/DT

Worst feeling in the world:
When someone asks this question and tries to bring back bad old time.. I allow who’s taking this tag to skip this question..

What is the first thing you think of when you wake up?
I dont know..I’d be awake atleast 20 mins before I get up from the bed..lol 

Favourite fast food place:
Honestly dont know many of them .. But yes I’m more specific on what i have

Future child’s name:
Will be decided on consutlation with my wife .. [Claps please ]

Finish this statement, “If I had a lot of money I’d…”
I’d be in a golden bed, surrounded by armoured guards, costly medicines and other nutrient foods.. but I’d be gasping for breath .. So I always try to make sure I’ve enough but never a lot of money with me..

Do you drive fast?
Mostly..

Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
NO!

Storms – Cool or Scary?
Cool

Do you eat the stems on broccoli?
No

If you could dye your hair any colour, what would be your choice?
Red.

Name all the different cities/towns you have lived in:
Chennai and chennai only living..

Favourite sports to watch:
Table tennis , Cricket, Dias Tennis , and on .. Almost everythin..

One nice thing about the person who sent this to you:
A precious guy..  A brand of his kind.. None can match his character and ability.. Extremely lucky and honoured to join hands with him right from cutting the EECS II UT .. I can add-on..  Personally I expect him to be a politician ..Ok va thala ? [:D]…

What’s under your bed?
Dust

Would you like to be born as yourself again?
Any choice is ok

Morning person or night owl?
Morning

Over easy or sunny side up?
I dont eat eggs (If its related to eggs–Thats what i got when i googled for the phrase) [thanks to thala for such research]

Favourite place to relax:
Either my home’s terrace or the local playground..

Favourite pie:
None

Favourite ice cream flavour:
Nothing specific

You pass this tag to –
Ragesh ,

Pravin R.B, [Long  time since he wrote]

 Swetha Venkatesh, [A chance to take this and tag others ..dont miss it ]

Aravindan  [My first tag for him ]

(If you can tag yourself that will be great too)

Of all the people you tagged this to, who’s most likely to respond first?
I’ve asked Ragesh if he’d be free and then only I’m completing this post. I still dont strongly believe he’ll complete .. Family man has lots of commitments.. Hope Ragesh does it.. [This is a fine test of whether he's a family man or a single person..lol.. ]

Vijay TV under STAR channel group has grown as a fierce competitor to the SUN group which has been a monopoly in Cable TV atleast in South India for almost a couple of decades. The primary shows which raised the stature of the Vijay TV were although mostly  adopted from the Hindi channels, has been a welcome change  for the audience who’ve been bored with movies and serials.

Although the change is laudable, I feel shows involving public esp. “Neeya ? Naana ?” broadcasted on Sundays may face a daunting ask. The show’s interest as I felt was to clear the misopinions between conflict minded people and try to establish harmony in general. This is fairly good job and may not have improved lives of many but atleast few.

 Now the point is if Vijay TV has concerns to cater to the society’s growth and to itself, then why not take up public issues such as pollution, garbage collection, education , health etc. and discuss the issues with people on one side, and the corresponding authorities and politicians on the other side.Something similar to the CM interview in the movie “Mudhalvan”. I dont know if this idea hasnt  struck the Board of Directors of Vijay TV.Or if they’ve intentionally stray off hot issues so that they grow without any problem to anyone.

Whatever may be Vijay TV’s plans, its not too far when people will ask the question “Does VIJAY TV really care for the interests of Audience?”.. If so I openly welcome that..

Ofcourse I’m not the investor to persuade Vijay TV to do such a show, but then if Vijay TV people have real guts and social interests they’d take the risk. Its certain that if they take this risk they’ll reach the top in no matter of time.

Its first year bday to my blog.. Really good and great to feel..

Its great I chose my blog’s bday since its a more peaceful and no work kind of day as colleagues and superiors giggle and smile throughout the day. And dont over analyse your work.. So that way its been great..

So much in the mind goin on.. I’m uncertain to write them all now..

Anyways if I’ve somethin to write.. this will be the top priority for life time..

 P.S. Its still Feb 14 somewhere.. so I’m not minding the date this post is published..

And for this special day I promise my readers the quality of the posts in terms of content and grammatical clarity is going to be good.

Thanks to all visitors who’ve been kind to me and my blog.. Once again thanks a ton people. .. Have great time and I wish all the very best to all.

100.. This is the figure(no.of days) I’ll reach very soon as I’ve started using Chennai Metro rail to my work. Its been highly comfortable and pleasant to me. I wanted to state few facts which may not have been brought to the limelight by the media.

We all know that women enjoy special compartments for travel and the quality matching that of a first-class compartment.

The train stops at each station so that the ladies compartment is boardable taking hardly few steps after getting down from the stairs. If you think this is for only one compartment its not so.

The space between the first and second ladies compartment is almost equal to the distance between the two staircase leading (in opposite direction) to the platform.So this means they need’nt or minimise the amount of walk/run to catch train.

And about the third ladies compartment, its not that distant from the rear end of the train..And its easily reachable from   a crossing or pathway closer to the station.

Another service, which I think is also quite vital for long distance travellers in Metro Rail, is the placement of the first ladies compartment following a second class compartment. Its strategic from the health point of view that the noise of engines/horn is definitely minimised/not heard for them. So it adds nothing to their stress and that’s one reason I guess women work more comfortably..[And I think  they deserve more work ..Just kiddin.. ]

I dont know what other hidden services are offered to them..But I’ve mentioned only few..

I hope women supporters take a note of this and praise the Indian Railways and thank them as a noble gesture to reap more benefits.

———————————————————————————————————————— P.S.  A question may arise “Dont first-class male travellers enjoy the same facilities and services ?”.. But cost ratio between them is quite a remarkable one..

Although the facility is available, women still board already crowded the second class compartment only to make a dozen of guys travel footboard in the train. I’m not saying its the only reason.Still its one among them [.. altleast have been for me].. Its a bit unlucky.. But I hope everyone will travel comfortably in future, making use of the facilities available..

Catching train without running seems to be a miracle and has to be marked down as golden days in 2k8 for me… That day was not a golden day once again..

Myself and colleague after tired of running in the table tennis match and hurriedly catchin the schuttle,…managed to find two seats easily..But though they were not closer to window..

Two  brothers of age 11 yrs approx.. were seated near the window.And next to them was my colleague..And their bags were on the seat next to me..And adjacent to the bags was their father , gazing through the window in the dark to somehow eat time in the travel..

My colleague was busy with his i-POD and I too wanted to start my first PGW reading.. The young boys were busy talking about somethin related to Tamil Movies.. (I dont remember this exactly).. I started focussin on reading PGW.. The book was compelling and I’ve wondered why my fellow blogger used to mention tht people see her as a moron when she reads PGW  with giggles while the fellow commuters look at her perplexed….

“Sigh.. I too caught the infection from her “.. I thought.. I wanted to stop reading it cause I dint want to hear any comments from guys who are a decade younger than me..And more so cause I seemed in a formal dress like a delegate..

To much of my chagrin came the Biscuit seller who has made kalaais of my colleagues in earlier journeys.. but luckily there was the twist..

The elder brother of the two boys started itching his father’s thigh to buy biscuit for him..[For people who dont have much exposure to local train journeys.. the biscuit sellers sell home made ghee as well as cashew biscuits.. at times Elaichi flavored ones too]..With this biscuit seller coming closer towards our seat, the itching of the boy grew to pulling his father’s trousers and then he now stood and came closer to his father’s face pleading to get the biscuit.. I thought this boy might next get his hands into the father’s pocket.. But to his chagrin the seller moved away from us..And father remarked a comment that “You’ve already taken a full packet of biscuit..I cant buy..I’ll get it tom only..”.. The younger boy now came to support the elder one stating “The seller wont come tomorrow..”.. The father replied..”Its ok..We’ll get it day after tomorrow “..

I dint know whether to smile or to take pity at the boys..Soon my colleague opposite to me understood the situation and turned his ears from i-POD to this interesting play.. He quickly understood this.. And he tried to calm down the boy by asking his name , school , class and their place of living..The boy replied promptly and immediately turned again to his father for the biscuit..My colleague commented “Theliva irrukkaan “..[means "He's clear on what he gets" ]..

Their destination was coming shortly and they started moving from their seats..The biscuit seller luckily for the relentless guys , came on their way and the boys managed to get money for a couple of biscuits..A fair end to the tale..I was happy that I was entertained as well as the boys got what they wanted..

That was not the end though..A young lean guy (will call as  Mr. L) who appeared to be a worker in some construction site replaced the window seat occupied by the relentless boys..Little did I thought it was my turn to entertain someone else..

Mr.L after getting mild kalaais from the biscuit seller , got a couple and ate them to give some energy to his tired looking face.. Meanwhile I closed the PGW as I felt my back was stretched today like anything .. I was feelin bit tired but I was not able to sleep..I tried to close my eyes and lean back on the seat..

Halfway to the home.. The train halted at Tambaram station and a couple of officers , one lady and one man who appeared to be in early 40s , sat adjacent to my colleague and me..I opened to check out whether I’ve crossed extra distance… But happily I was not even closer to my destination…

As the train started moving on, I once transcended back to the relaxed state by closing the heavy eye-lids..Meanwhile the lady has took out an orange from her bag and started peeling the skin of it.. The aroma of a good orange when you’re hungry made me to open eyes with such intensity tht I dint care to look at anythin else other than where’s the orange..And am I at home takin orange ?..sadly no..This was not my home .. It was hard for me to close my eyes as the strong smell refused to move away from nose and the colour of orange was compelling..

I tried to avoid the lust by gently turning the gaze towards Mr.L.. Wonder what he said /did..

He smiled at me with a single hand covering over his mouth..I tried to smile back and now started shifting the gaze to my friend’s i-Pod.. After few secs when I again looked at him, he has stopped smiling ..And this is the best and simplest kalaai (yes.. its an ORANGE KALAAI)..I’ve had in my life..I was caught redhanded for trying to enjoy the smell of someone else’  orange..

I just cant forget this for my life.. And I do feel you can try this one to someone whom you’d like to kalaai.. and tht too effortlessly..

P.S : ‘Kalaai’ is a latest slang word in Tamil language which means sarcastic yet kinda nose-cut without hurting anyone ..

Time was running out.. Monday morning.. A bright day.. A movie on Sunday evening on DD Tamil made me forgot the science chart creation allotted to me.. It was 7.30 am.. Somehow managed to draw only the outline of the turtle and the crocodile from the book. Thought of filling it sketches in few minutes..

Monday is meant for twists especially lazy boys.. ..Tht day was nothin extraordinary to remain normal for me.. Searched in the bag lying in the corner of the room.. As expected no sketches were there..Everythin was safe in my bench inside the classroom ..

But lazy guys dont give up easily .. that’s their fault.. They either solve the problem or make it worse..I found out the watercolor box..And gave a colouring with it..Time was the only enemy on my mind..

As usual when I was about to finish, my brother gave a twist by spraying few drops from his hand before he pulled on his schoolbag and started to the school.. Before I began to complain he complained to my mom tht it was time for school and I was defaulter on last friday itself.. As usual got the scoldings and rolled up the chart ,started towards the school after a hurried bath and half the amount of normal breakfast.

Rolling up charts early proved to be vital as I entered into the school campus just before the doors were closed..Yet another day of adventure successfully completed ..

After few hours of classes I was asked to submit the chart..The fear of gettin scolding was there..still I dint bother much having faced so much.. ..

The science teacher saw the chart and asked so doubtedly whether I was the one who drew the diagrams..I was really not able to fathom whether it was sarcastic or due to surprise..

Luckily it was out of surprise only..And she lauded me for drawing neatly[???]..Honestly it was the not the best I’ve drawn for my life.. And I myself dint get satisfied for a not so good drawing..Although she said it was good and now she started sketching the outlines of the diagrams…

The outlines made it look really neat and I never new the word “synergy” existed (literally and figuratively).. It was truly amazing to see the transformation of somethin raw into a beautiful work..She had the hindsight to see the beauty behind a rusty drawing..It was good for myself to earn some praise that too on a monday ..[Probably the pleasing twist on Monday ].. That day was definitely memorable as she never again took class for me till my end of schooling ..

Time was running out.. Monday morning.. A bright day..

[this is after 12 years approx.] This time no chart to prepare.. Still time was the one kicking on me to start for the job early..Luckily my brother was on leave and he dropped me early to the railway station.. I was planning to catch the first compartment [ A double twist for a guy who catches last compartment running or even misses them at time too ] ..

As I was trying to plug the earphones into my ears , the teacher was sitting there.. I was baffled as to whether I’m goin to school or to office.. The announcement came from railways dept tht train will arrive shortly..

Back to reality..I moved towards her.. [I'm not that enthusiastic to meet my teachers and enquire about them generally..as most of them I've met got moved out of my school/coll as fast as they came in].. I greeted the great teacher and she too recognised my face but failed to identify my name..This is in itself is a remarkable feat for me..

She enquired how and what I were doin now.. she was impressed about my acads and current job..I’ve never seen such a happy face resulting from my work/word..Was it a thanksgiving day for me..? I feel it was absolutely perfect and I thanked her through my genuine looks and words..It could be even said as yet another remarkable day of my life..

While I was enquirin about when she shifted to a better school, she was calling another girl and telling her tht I’m her student and my current job etc.. Luckily she was my classmate who remained silent till she completed and told her tht we were classmates..

The train arrived ..The teacher wished me good luck for life and  started heading towards the Ladies compartment..I thanked her and looked around for my classmate/colleague[now]

As said monday is never short of twists , the colleague was seated in the Ladies compartment while my teacher was just entering it..I look bemused.. And as usual the train started moving.. And once again I caught the last compartment of the train running ..but my heart was floating inside my eyes..protected against the dusty little wind of the paced train and shining against the bright sun..

First of the random rumblings ..

1. Thought of writing about 2k7 an important year which seemed longer for me than anythin else in my life.. Cause  I Got good exposure to people out there.. And travelled the max .possible distance and through every transport (leave out water mode transport).. Cant say it as a milestone.. but something new ,infact contrasting to a guy who never bothers to move an inch out of the home , and who never bothers for food or water when he finds a place  to play with his bournvita bat and a torn tennis ball.. 

Addin more to 2k7 was meetin my wellwishers in their place and gettin their genuine wish for my life.. Dont even know if its possible to meet them ever cause of the distance and their work in life.. Still no probs.. That’s the property of a good thing u come across in ur life…

2. Bloggin was somethin never in my mind , a year back.. But my blog is somethin through which I’ve some ways to show to the world that I’m internet and computer addicted..

3. Started primarypositrons.wordpress.com with a motive.. I got myself burntout for putting immense efforts in developing it.. I feel as if I’ve expected too much.. One valuable lesson I learnt for myself..

4. Thought of  this punch/mokkai/quote whatever u call it..

“Marriage is the only suicide where a man ties the knot for his death around another woman’s neck” .. just for fun.. no experience and all..

5. Wishing myself, you the reader for reading my writings and atleast conveying to me that there’s someone gracious to accept these scribblings.. a very prosperous and (may be luxurious ) happy new year

Meetcha in 2k8..

Ravi aka BOB

Well , people who know me, will wonder why I’m putting the above question.  I’m yet to start my work in life but I’ve chosen a topic which is remotely out of scope for discussion at this age..

Ok ..Do you think that I’m trying to explain about what I’m planning to do after 60 years of my birth.. Well sorry …

The 60 years here I’m goin to talk is wrt to the period since we got Independence ..I’m definitely not goin to talk about how Independence was achieved and how important was it to get Independence..

I dint know much about our position untill I came across the special edition of The Hindu discussing the achievements of these 60 years of India and the future expectations from people in each field on the eve of 60th anniversary of Independence day..[Dont ask me what I'm goin to do in IT field.. We'll have a separate post on it later..]..

I was actually amazed to see interesting information from my area of interest,Sports in that special magazine.. It was hard to digest for me  on that day to find that Indians qualified for FIFA World Cup quarter finals and they were not allowed to play the match cause Indians played with barefoot at that period.. [I'm not sure of why they were not able to play.. but they dint lose and came out of the tournament.. Forgive me for the reason that I couldnot remember the year of that event]..I’m sure you are expecting Hockey next.. But I dont have much to put about the national sport.. All I can say from what I read at that point is that Indian Hockey had its own blooming period.. The decline of the hockey and the blooming period of Cricket occurred almost synchronously that the latter knocked out the other.. I think enough on this matter..

So back to our topic.. what’s are we goin to do now for the country having discussed football, cricket and hockey ..? Are we goin  to go to the football and hockey stadiums with banners cheering Baichung Bhutia, the football team captian or the Hockey team in your city directly or atleast switch to the DDSports when such matches are broadcasted ?Or are we goin to  surf internet from our mobiles to get updates on live scores of these matches ?

I neednt say the answer for this..Its definitely NO from a majority of guys who are reading this.So what’s the plan? We may not be interested in encouraging cricket or tennis but definitely we must not discourage the effort chronicled by great people in other sports field.. This applies exactly to the other fields Indians have made marks in History like literature where we’ve a Noble laureate [and only one nobel laureate]..

So whenever we search for the guy who encourages or discourages a field , be it sports , literature or any other such things, we tend to quote “MEDIA” as the conspirator for the raise of Cricket and/or film industry and decline of the rest..  Well its absolutely correct.. But on what basis the conspiracy plan contrived ?

Its based on what we talk and what we seem as our enjoyment.. As I’ve mentioned in my post “THE PATH TO WORLD CHAMPION”, the powerful guy makes his gang to think him alike and the gang most of the times without choice accepts his/her  doctrines ..

Ok back to our business.. I dont have a huge list in front of you about what’s to be done after this 60 year layoff period..

Its a simple sentence which you think over whenever you come across the good food you eat , the good water you drink and the good dress you wear.. and so on..

1.”Encourage good media and only good media”

2. And most importantly “Dont blindly go beyond someone, literally and figuratively”

I dont say there’s bad media out there.. But they are forced to focus on useless film media matters and other things which can only waste your time in this fast paced life, purely because you buy their paper or switch to those channels just for fake enjoyment everyday..I dont think anyone would enjoy inside when a fake scandal about a filmstar hits a paper or the TV screens..So the gimmicks of these guys can only mislead the concept of real enjoyment for a human being ..

Beyond papers , coming to blogs and sites, we generally read mostly pages who write either fake or genuine but funny experiences…Its high time we also visit tech blogs [incase one doesnot visit techblogs].. Nothin is needed for a blogger than a hike in the hits and comments .

Finally , we conclude by having a look at the mantra of the future.

“Encourage good media and good media only” 

P.S. Guys I was trying to find the name of the Indian Hockey Team’s present captain along with Baichung Bhutia.. In vain I was not able to.. “Joaquim Carvalho”, the Indian Hockey coach was the only name I was able to find from Google search .If I were to Google for the Indian Cricket Team’s present captain then you’d be commenting openly “Are you from Jupiter ?” ..SO this is the real time scenario when we face a loss of knowledge due to biased focus on society..

I dont know if I’m successful in convincing you to think about the changes one need to make for oneself, but I’d like to thanks a lottttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt for encouraging good mediaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa …….