The most disgusting act by a person could be putting that fake smile on their face. I know you hate me for what I am and I ain't here expecting that fake smile of yours!
I wonder what goes through a person's mind when he fakes a friendly smile. It shows!
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Heartfilling
Have you ever handled a 50 ft Anaconda all by yourself? I would die even if you try to make a cartoon character out of me and leave it to the beast.
I was put to some thing similar.
No, not the anaconda, dinosaurs...leave those to Spielberg. I was given a mammoth Toyota Sienna on my second only drive on US roads. All I asked for is a mid-size car and was upgraded to Sienna. My friend was very happy that he gets to drive the monster.
I was, probably, scared to shit.
But then I had to handle it. I cannot believe that I handled it for 300 miles or so. Then the charger for the GPS was not working... so we went to Avis to get that fixed. And there stands a shock beautifully dressed as Chevy Uplander.
Worst things were yet to come... I thought to myself.
And yeah the trip to Niagara and NYC was awesome. NYC hasn't lost its charm one bit. But surprisingly the crowd in time square was meagre. Spending 1:00 am to 2:00 am at NYC is a bliss!
I was put to some thing similar.
No, not the anaconda, dinosaurs...leave those to Spielberg. I was given a mammoth Toyota Sienna on my second only drive on US roads. All I asked for is a mid-size car and was upgraded to Sienna. My friend was very happy that he gets to drive the monster.
I was, probably, scared to shit.
But then I had to handle it. I cannot believe that I handled it for 300 miles or so. Then the charger for the GPS was not working... so we went to Avis to get that fixed. And there stands a shock beautifully dressed as Chevy Uplander.
Worst things were yet to come... I thought to myself.
And yeah the trip to Niagara and NYC was awesome. NYC hasn't lost its charm one bit. But surprisingly the crowd in time square was meagre. Spending 1:00 am to 2:00 am at NYC is a bliss!
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Mini India
If any one misses India and wants to see a miniature of it... wants to stand in a "B" shaped queue if you might want to call it a queue... Wants to relive every bit of Indian life....
......Pls plan to be in Niagara this weekend. I know a huge number of people gonna be there this weekend, given its a long weekend here in the US. Any ways its gonna be fun. If you are there this weekend, you will probably find hell-a-lot of Indians and sure you would find me as well.
I am excited... ciao!!
......Pls plan to be in Niagara this weekend. I know a huge number of people gonna be there this weekend, given its a long weekend here in the US. Any ways its gonna be fun. If you are there this weekend, you will probably find hell-a-lot of Indians and sure you would find me as well.
I am excited... ciao!!
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Corporate Cocktail
If you had stepped out of India some 10 yrs back and haven't been there for past 4 yrs or so... We welcome you to the new CORPORATE Chennai!
Corporates are every where and in every business. They ventured in to IT, Chennai saw a change in lifestyle. People started making more money and now it has managed to create a rift between the IT people and non-IT people with the latter blaming almost everything, even if their dog falls ill, on the former. Increasingly, these days, tamil movies have taken a dig at people working in IT industry. They portray people as being paid big money for doing nothing. I might have to get in to "Mudhalvan" (tamil movie) style of challenging them to be working on a tight-deadline-die-and-finish-it project at least for one project.
The corporates then moved to Shopping malls, we saw big malls coming up in Chennai. These were fun! Time pass... time pass and then there were some serious buyers as well. To add to it they then stepped up to the cinema halls. Come "Multiplexes", which Cheran in his last movie says is only for the well-to-do people. With multiplexes and malls and big, classy and well done offices, the outlook of Chennai started changing drastically. Then in to retails... Reliance has taken over the retail world.
But then they moved in to an important area.... HEALTH CARE. Yup the hospitals. Good is that we have got brilliant hospitals with all international facilities. You can get any thing done with out even thinking about going abroad to get it cured.
But its more painful to see these hospitals with state-of-art facilities operating on a Eureka forbes style "fix-the-target-and-do whatever-it takes-to-achieve-it". Personally, I have gone through the experience.
Please do not get me wrong. I am not here saying that doctors shouldn't be making money. I am not a dumber! But when corporates enter a field, the focus is on making money. The profit margins turn in to a bigger balloon and I am sure that doctors out there would also agree when I say this.
One big chain of hospitals on old-mahabalipuram-road in chennai has only one way of treating the customers (yeah the patients)
1. Take ECG
2. Take X-Ray
3. Scan
4. Blood test
5. Urine test
With all this, let me find out why you have a high fever. One of my close doctor friend agrees that they are compelled to do what they are doing. These hospitals are fixing targets for each of the in-house doctors and their renumeration is tied to the target.
Now you might want to consider doing a "MBA" after your Masters in the medicine field. With corporate hospitals doing this to the health care, people are slowly moving away from these hospitals.... Once I was rushing this employee of a small mechanical lathe shop to a hospital. He was bleeding badly as he had his hand crushed in the machine. The only thing he said in the state of pain is "Please do not take me to that premium private hospital. Take me to 24-hrs hospital (govt run)"
Can doctors out there do something abt this?
Corporates are every where and in every business. They ventured in to IT, Chennai saw a change in lifestyle. People started making more money and now it has managed to create a rift between the IT people and non-IT people with the latter blaming almost everything, even if their dog falls ill, on the former. Increasingly, these days, tamil movies have taken a dig at people working in IT industry. They portray people as being paid big money for doing nothing. I might have to get in to "Mudhalvan" (tamil movie) style of challenging them to be working on a tight-deadline-die-and-finish-it project at least for one project.
The corporates then moved to Shopping malls, we saw big malls coming up in Chennai. These were fun! Time pass... time pass and then there were some serious buyers as well. To add to it they then stepped up to the cinema halls. Come "Multiplexes", which Cheran in his last movie says is only for the well-to-do people. With multiplexes and malls and big, classy and well done offices, the outlook of Chennai started changing drastically. Then in to retails... Reliance has taken over the retail world.
But then they moved in to an important area.... HEALTH CARE. Yup the hospitals. Good is that we have got brilliant hospitals with all international facilities. You can get any thing done with out even thinking about going abroad to get it cured.
But its more painful to see these hospitals with state-of-art facilities operating on a Eureka forbes style "fix-the-target-and-do whatever-it takes-to-achieve-it". Personally, I have gone through the experience.
Please do not get me wrong. I am not here saying that doctors shouldn't be making money. I am not a dumber! But when corporates enter a field, the focus is on making money. The profit margins turn in to a bigger balloon and I am sure that doctors out there would also agree when I say this.
One big chain of hospitals on old-mahabalipuram-road in chennai has only one way of treating the customers (yeah the patients)
1. Take ECG
2. Take X-Ray
3. Scan
4. Blood test
5. Urine test
With all this, let me find out why you have a high fever. One of my close doctor friend agrees that they are compelled to do what they are doing. These hospitals are fixing targets for each of the in-house doctors and their renumeration is tied to the target.
Now you might want to consider doing a "MBA" after your Masters in the medicine field. With corporate hospitals doing this to the health care, people are slowly moving away from these hospitals.... Once I was rushing this employee of a small mechanical lathe shop to a hospital. He was bleeding badly as he had his hand crushed in the machine. The only thing he said in the state of pain is "Please do not take me to that premium private hospital. Take me to 24-hrs hospital (govt run)"
Can doctors out there do something abt this?
Monday, May 12, 2008
Heartless Honor
Talk she did to a british soldier Paul
May her soul rest in peace...
Some where in Iraq, barbarians prevail!!!!
Read Here... More painful is the way she was killed!
May her soul rest in peace...
Some where in Iraq, barbarians prevail!!!!
Read Here... More painful is the way she was killed!
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Gift..
What a lovely Mother's day gift for my mom... Sourav sizzled with a 57-ball 91 with 5 sixes!
And my mom hates him these days!!
Happy mother's day to moms all over the world... you people rock!
P.S: Every one might have had a gud akshya trithiyai last week... But as luck would have it my chain putukkuchu. I am on look out for sponsors... any takers?
And my mom hates him these days!!
Happy mother's day to moms all over the world... you people rock!
P.S: Every one might have had a gud akshya trithiyai last week... But as luck would have it my chain putukkuchu. I am on look out for sponsors... any takers?
Friday, May 9, 2008
A fancy meet
For some reason Dush, Barjun Singh, Gaswant Singh, Ladoo Prasad, Vanmohan and Gramadoss are in one place discussing the Indian economy.
Ladoo: I think the good performance of the railways has a lot to do with India's rising economy. With this, every Indian should buy cows. I will take the fodder contract
Barjun Singh: I have a plan ji! We will introduce reservation system here. Backward class cows will be sold first.
Gaswant Singh: This is ridiculous. I think we should confiscate money from all cricketers and build a cement factory
Barjun Singh: 33% reservation for women in employment ji!
Gramadoss: Women going to work is against ancient tamil culture. I strictly condemn this proposal of Barjun singh.
Gaswant Singh: Due to all this money, food prices are increasing.
Dush: With improving economy, you guys are demanding more nutritious food and you are eating lot. This has caused food price to increase in the US.
Gramadoss: aaaaaiii... Dush has spoken ill abt tamil culture and Indian culture. we should stop screening all the hollywood movies.
Ladoo: Vanmohan ji... what is your response?
Vanmohan: (Zonia ji... Can I talk?) According to Bongress high command, we can resolve this issue amicably.
Dush goes out for a smoke...
Gramadoss: Mr.Dush has to learn few things from Rajinikanth. Being a leader of a extremely powerful country. He is giving a wrong example to others.
Dush: I heard that Mukesh is building an awesome house in Mumbai
Barjun singh: Yes ji. First 6 floors are RESERVED for parking.
Ladoo: Barjun ji... can't you talk any thing other than reservation ji? Yes Mukesh house is gud. I cannot build from the revenue railways is generating
Vanmohan: Ladoo ji... revenue generated by railways is not your money.
Ladoo: Then who will enjoy all the money?
Gaswant: We should give employment to all poor people in India with that money.
Dush: I think over all India's health care has also improved.
Barjun: Yes ji. We have reserved 43% of mortuary space. In the rest 57% - 23% is reserved for women and the other 34% is open category.
Gramadoss: Mr.Dush... my son is the health minister and because of tamil culture only our health care has improved.
////****Dush leaves frustrated.****////
Gramadoss: Vanmohan... please support us for one more seat in Rajya sabha from Tamil Nadu.
Ladoo: No Vanmohan ji... I will not hand over Raliways department.
Vanmohan: Ministries are part of Lok Sabha Ladoo ji.
Barjun: I have an idea Gramadoss ji. We will create reservation for Rajya sabha members. We will allocate 15% for MPs from Tamil nadu.
Gaswant: Poor people should be brought in to politics. Some party should invite poor people. Some one should take care of them.
Vanmohan: Gaswant... why? Your party can take care of them right?
Gramadoss: That apart, I think we should ban Dasavatharam movie.
Barjun: Why?
Gramadoss: Dasavatharam is not a tamil name and Kamal is not glorifying tamil history...
and the conversation continues....
Ladoo: I think the good performance of the railways has a lot to do with India's rising economy. With this, every Indian should buy cows. I will take the fodder contract
Barjun Singh: I have a plan ji! We will introduce reservation system here. Backward class cows will be sold first.
Gaswant Singh: This is ridiculous. I think we should confiscate money from all cricketers and build a cement factory
Barjun Singh: 33% reservation for women in employment ji!
Gramadoss: Women going to work is against ancient tamil culture. I strictly condemn this proposal of Barjun singh.
Gaswant Singh: Due to all this money, food prices are increasing.
Dush: With improving economy, you guys are demanding more nutritious food and you are eating lot. This has caused food price to increase in the US.
Gramadoss: aaaaaiii... Dush has spoken ill abt tamil culture and Indian culture. we should stop screening all the hollywood movies.
Ladoo: Vanmohan ji... what is your response?
Vanmohan: (Zonia ji... Can I talk?) According to Bongress high command, we can resolve this issue amicably.
Dush goes out for a smoke...
Gramadoss: Mr.Dush has to learn few things from Rajinikanth. Being a leader of a extremely powerful country. He is giving a wrong example to others.
Dush: I heard that Mukesh is building an awesome house in Mumbai
Barjun singh: Yes ji. First 6 floors are RESERVED for parking.
Ladoo: Barjun ji... can't you talk any thing other than reservation ji? Yes Mukesh house is gud. I cannot build from the revenue railways is generating
Vanmohan: Ladoo ji... revenue generated by railways is not your money.
Ladoo: Then who will enjoy all the money?
Gaswant: We should give employment to all poor people in India with that money.
Dush: I think over all India's health care has also improved.
Barjun: Yes ji. We have reserved 43% of mortuary space. In the rest 57% - 23% is reserved for women and the other 34% is open category.
Gramadoss: Mr.Dush... my son is the health minister and because of tamil culture only our health care has improved.
////****Dush leaves frustrated.****////
Gramadoss: Vanmohan... please support us for one more seat in Rajya sabha from Tamil Nadu.
Ladoo: No Vanmohan ji... I will not hand over Raliways department.
Vanmohan: Ministries are part of Lok Sabha Ladoo ji.
Barjun: I have an idea Gramadoss ji. We will create reservation for Rajya sabha members. We will allocate 15% for MPs from Tamil nadu.
Gaswant: Poor people should be brought in to politics. Some party should invite poor people. Some one should take care of them.
Vanmohan: Gaswant... why? Your party can take care of them right?
Gramadoss: That apart, I think we should ban Dasavatharam movie.
Barjun: Why?
Gramadoss: Dasavatharam is not a tamil name and Kamal is not glorifying tamil history...
and the conversation continues....
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Miss!
Marriages are made in heaven. But marriage dates are, in all probability, fixed in consultation with my project manager. At least for people who I know of and more importantly people who know me. Looks like they have my calendar in their hands before they fix up the dates. All those days when I am in chennai doesn't seem to matter at all.
My mail box has been viewing more wedding invites approximately from the time I came in to the US. The day I stepped in to the US one of my friends was getting married else where. Its been like 4 marriages in the past three months or so. And more marriage invites are coming my way. Its acceptable if I chose to live in this country... But as people might want to have it, every thing happens in the short period when I am here away from home town.
The fun.. friends... festive mood... oh am I not missing some things really beautiful?
My mail box has been viewing more wedding invites approximately from the time I came in to the US. The day I stepped in to the US one of my friends was getting married else where. Its been like 4 marriages in the past three months or so. And more marriage invites are coming my way. Its acceptable if I chose to live in this country... But as people might want to have it, every thing happens in the short period when I am here away from home town.
The fun.. friends... festive mood... oh am I not missing some things really beautiful?
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Raz strikes again!!!
Bear with me.... another tag!! Raz - I did not want to disappoint you and hence proved ur statement "Naan tag panna ellaarum somberi kazhudhaingha"
1) Last movie you saw in a theatre?
This is the killer question... Kuruvi! nominated for Oscars - Scariest movie!
2) What book are you reading? - I have been trying to - I have Mahatma Gandhiji's autobiography in hand.
3) Favorite board game? - Carrom, Chess
4) Favorite magazine? - I don't read magazines.
5) Favorite smells? - Smell bfore the rain, petrol, masala vadai, pakoda
6) Favorite thing to do in weekend? - Hang out! Any day!
7) Worst feeling in the world? - Ignored by your close friend.
8)What is the first thing you think of when u wakeup? - Pray every one gets the good things they pray for. Really!!!
9) Favorite fast food place? - Murugan idly kadai, Any kai yendhi bhavan
10) Future child’s name? - Girl - not thought of yet; Boy - Dhyaneshwar.
11) Finish this statement --- 'If I had a lot of money' - Period.. the thought of it is awesome.
12) Do you drive fast? - Some times.
13) Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? - Hmm... With pillow!
14) Storms -- Cool or Scary? - It's cool. Love the stormy day.
15) What was your first car? - Hot wheels!!
16) Favorite drink? - Mango drink, Long Island Ice Tea.
17) Finish this statement --- If i had the time i would.... - Give it to others!!
18) Do you eat the stems on broccoli? - Whuaaaaaaaack!
19) If you could dye your hair any other color, what would be your choice? - I am very protective of my hair!
20) Name all the different cities/towns you have lived in? Lived only in Chennai... been to Boston, Dallas, NY, London, Malaysia
21) Favorite sports to watch? - Cricket
22) One information about the person who sent this to you? - Every body reading my blog knows her!
23) What’s under your bed? - Prashanth..the I am!!!
24) Would you like to be born as yourself again? - If I don't like who else can take my birth?
25) Morning person or night owl? - Night owl!!!
26) Over easy or sunny side up? - Very very easy.
27) Favorite place to relax? - Beach, Play Flute, Music!
28) Favorite pie? - Never tasted!
29) Favorite ice cream flavor? - Caramel!! Yummy!!!
30) Of all the people you have tagged, who is the most likely to respond first? - None. So no tagging!
1) Last movie you saw in a theatre?
This is the killer question... Kuruvi! nominated for Oscars - Scariest movie!
2) What book are you reading? - I have been trying to - I have Mahatma Gandhiji's autobiography in hand.
3) Favorite board game? - Carrom, Chess
4) Favorite magazine? - I don't read magazines.
5) Favorite smells? - Smell bfore the rain, petrol, masala vadai, pakoda
6) Favorite thing to do in weekend? - Hang out! Any day!
7) Worst feeling in the world? - Ignored by your close friend.
8)What is the first thing you think of when u wakeup? - Pray every one gets the good things they pray for. Really!!!
9) Favorite fast food place? - Murugan idly kadai, Any kai yendhi bhavan
10) Future child’s name? - Girl - not thought of yet; Boy - Dhyaneshwar.
11) Finish this statement --- 'If I had a lot of money' - Period.. the thought of it is awesome.
12) Do you drive fast? - Some times.
13) Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? - Hmm... With pillow!
14) Storms -- Cool or Scary? - It's cool. Love the stormy day.
15) What was your first car? - Hot wheels!!
16) Favorite drink? - Mango drink, Long Island Ice Tea.
17) Finish this statement --- If i had the time i would.... - Give it to others!!
18) Do you eat the stems on broccoli? - Whuaaaaaaaack!
19) If you could dye your hair any other color, what would be your choice? - I am very protective of my hair!
20) Name all the different cities/towns you have lived in? Lived only in Chennai... been to Boston, Dallas, NY, London, Malaysia
21) Favorite sports to watch? - Cricket
22) One information about the person who sent this to you? - Every body reading my blog knows her!
23) What’s under your bed? - Prashanth..the I am!!!
24) Would you like to be born as yourself again? - If I don't like who else can take my birth?
25) Morning person or night owl? - Night owl!!!
26) Over easy or sunny side up? - Very very easy.
27) Favorite place to relax? - Beach, Play Flute, Music!
28) Favorite pie? - Never tasted!
29) Favorite ice cream flavor? - Caramel!! Yummy!!!
30) Of all the people you have tagged, who is the most likely to respond first? - None. So no tagging!
Suicide and Mass Extinction
Police are arresting people who are going to theatres with the intention of watching "Kuruvi" starring Vijay. It has been legally announced as an attempt to suicide.
If the movie is dubbed in 12 regional languages...it might lead to mass extinction #8 (#7 - is my car driving)
Kuruvi...Kuruvi... adichaa... Kuruvi Kuruvi... Nadichaaa.... Kandraaaaaaaaaaaaavi!
Sun TV style... Kuruvi... Kandraavi!
If the movie is dubbed in 12 regional languages...it might lead to mass extinction #8 (#7 - is my car driving)
Kuruvi...Kuruvi... adichaa... Kuruvi Kuruvi... Nadichaaa.... Kandraaaaaaaaaaaaavi!
Sun TV style... Kuruvi... Kandraavi!
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