The Pacific Ocean at its best

Its awesome to have a date with pacific ocean on a warm sunny day...This is what we ended up doing recently.

Pacific ocean is a thing of beauty to watch especially with the sunset. This is one occassion when you feel you were a good photographer capable enough to freeze what is in front of your eyes:-)

An unwanted break!!!

Its been a looong while since i last updated this blog now. Lots n lots of things seem to have gone by and it would have been wonderful had i continued to jot them down... I guess , these are some actions from people like me which are better not explained!

Life hasn't been the same any more....Sooo many changes, all so wonderful. The pen is out now and with all floating things in my mind, these pages should reflect a lot more stuff going forward, or atleast i hope to.:-)

Obama Presidential Campaign - Vote for a Change!

Some Good One Liners

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small package.

A smart man covers his ass, a wise man leaves his pants on.

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

Alcohol is not the answer, it just makes you forget the question.

Anything good in life is either illegal, immoral or fattening.

Anything you lose automatically doubles in value.

Children in the dark make accidents, but accidents in the dark make children.

If everything seems to be going right, you obviously don't know what the hell is going on.

Awesome Tamil Rap 'Madai Thiranthu'

This is one of the best Tamil Rap songs i have heard till date...Two Thumbs up!!!

The way this video has been shot is also quite interesting, starts of in a barber shop with four people talking about the Illayaraja's song 'Madai Thiranthu' from Nizhalgal and ends with an Kalaignar like voice saying 'Kalai - Manithanaaga pirantha ovvoruvanum alli alli parugavendiya amirthamadaa athu'. The album is called Vallavan and is surely going to be a chartbuster.

My curiosity grew by leaps and bounds to listen to the original sound track 'Madai Thiranthu' after falling for this Remix song...I am now glued onto the original as well!

Short Span Attention Theater...

It took me a while to recognize him...Guess what, tats Jon Stewart 15 years ago hosting a show called Short Span Attention Theater on Comedy Channel...Jon has steadily climbed up the popularity charts and is considered to be the best among current breed of anchors.

Here's the Crossfire episode video below in which Jon appeared...Rather than cracking jokes for what he is known for, he criticized Crossfire and similar shows for partisan hackery and sensationalism.

Part of the transcript from this show...

STEWART: You're doing theater, when you should be doing debate. ... It's not honest. What you do is not honest. What you do is partisan hackery. ... You have a responsibility to the public discourse, and you fail miserably.

CARLSON: You need to get a job at a journalism school, I think.

STEWART: You need to go to one. ... I'm here to confront you, because we need help from the media and they're hurting us. ... I watch your show every day. And it kills me. It's so -- oh, it's so painful to watch, because we need what you do. This is such a great opportunity you have here to actually get politicians off of their marketing and strategy.

CARLSON: Is this really Jon Stewart? What is this, anyway?

STEWART: Yes, it's someone who watches your show and cannot take it anymore.

CARLSON: What's it like to have dinner with you? It must be excruciating. Do you like lecture people like this or do you come over to their house and sit and lecture them they're not doing the right thing, that they're missing their opportunities, evading their responsibilities?

STEWART: If I think they are.


Few weeks later, CNN axed Carlson as well as canceled the show Crossfire.

9066 Internment : Let History better not Repeat itself!

If given a chance to erase some of the doings from US History, Executive Order 9066 would probably be one of them (or)
I am at least inclined to believe it to be this way!

This internment was approved on 19'th Feb, 1942 by Franklin Roosevelt allowing Military commanders to exclude people of Japanese ancestry from California, Washington and Oregon. Its scary to even think of what these Japanese Americans who were citizens had to undergo on this land. More than 120,000 men, women and children were evacuated, confined in isolated, fenced and guarded internment camps!

The only solace to this incident was when Ronald Reagan apologized for this internment on behalf of US Government in 1988. Reagan agreed to the fact that these actions were based on racial prejudice and war hysteria.

My question being, what is the guarantee that History DOES NOT Repeat itself? After all this is the same country that reelected a president who went on war for fuel and had a vice president who almost hunted down his own friend!!!

Madurai Uppu Kandam Chicken kootu...

You know what...Some of the finest dishes have the most simple and basic ingredients is what i seem to realize more and more:-)
I got to have this awesome Chicken dish at Nanda's place and it just blew me off! Hats off to this recipe style and some great cooking by Nanda!

Now to mix n match, this dish can be treated as an spiced version of Mexican 'Sizzling Chicken Fajita' or even the Ethiopian 'Ye Doro Tibs'. Each of these dishes are in a class of its own. Trust me, If you haven't relished on these dishes yet, you don't know how good Chicken can taste!!!

An Old Lal'etan Scene...

Not sure which movie this is from...This is what Lal'etan tells Jagathi in response to Srinivasan to prove he is from states - Funny stuff!

"How many kilometers from washington DC to Miami beach..?"
"ha!ha!ha! I am the answer...Kilometres and Kilometres.. in these days of degenerating decency of Miami beach to Washington DC when diplomacy and duplicity become interchangeable from complicated America to America!!"
"You talk too much...I kick your face and get out...You talking nonsense in the house of my wife mother and father!! Uncle him send out..outhouse..go..go away.."
"Go away stupid....In this house of my wife and daughter, you will not see any minute of the today....
get out house...Erangippodaaa"

Launching Comedy Time!!!

Here is a collection of few good Comedies from Tamil Cinema...Sit back, Relax, Have Fun and Let me know your Inputs on this site!

http://CineComedy.blogspot.com/

Is Ignorance Really a Bliss?

We had a little debate if Ignorance is really a Bliss as we move forward in life... I continue to look at this with amazement.

There have been lot of instances where i wish i could have been a little more ignorant... I would have felt more like a child than like a man and i guess, it helps being a child at times lookin at things in awe and not with words that substantiate every stance!

There are umpteen other instances where i wish i had been a lot less ignorant that could have done a world of good... or does this stem from the belief in my mind tat experiences make a man which in other words mean, exposing yourself to a learning process that makes you more infallible!

Gautham'n Kili SappuChaaram!

Does Kollywood feed the press or Does the press feed Kollywood...I guess its the symbiosis of Press and Kollywood that ends up making you the prey!

Lets Look at the scenario...There is a beautiful movie made in Hollywood called 'Derailed'. Not many get to know of this movie including me and i don't spend a dime to watch it. On my way to India, I do end up watching this movie on Singapore Airlines flight while i casually browse thru' different channels and get completely engrossed in one of the first scenes of this movie. A few years later, a hotshot director from Kollywood gets inspired by this script and makes an Tamil version of this movie. To my surprise, the press is gung ho about this movie and this is what one of the leading cine review websites wrote:

"A seasoned stylist director has come out with an emotional thriller drama that is path breaking and gutsy within the commercial format... This is one of the best films that Kollywood has dished out in recent times. What makes the film so interestingly relevant is the fact that such a tragedy could strike anyone in the pulsating day to day city life."

Inspite of the n different failed attempts to break my mindset tat Kollywood cannot raise above the low standards they have set for themselves, i decide to take a chance once again to be a critic. May be, its not appropriate on my part to expect sooo much from a Kollywood movie. May be, it wasn't appropriate to watch the Original version and then watch the Kollywood version. May be, its just not right to expect Kollywood to change!

My 2 cents, Its a great thing that Kollywood is open enough to experimenting unusual story lines...but to do full justice to such a script, Kollywood needs to Cut -The-Crap as well.

The Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates death battle

This is a real funny animation...You have to ignore the occasional hard language though!

Just Another Day...

This Valentine's Day was supposed to be very very special...After all, I found my soul mate and officially, this is our first V Day together!
However, circumstances haven't been kind enough... I will be spending this day like just another day as i continue to hold my breath for the day my soul mate will b rite next to me!


I don't understand why Cupid was chosen to represent Valentine's Day. When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon.
~Author Unknown

Zeni & Bowling

This Friday nite out was good fun...Zeni seems to be steadily rising on the popularity charts. The wait time today was about 20 odd minutes or more, but it was well worth the wait. We all relished upon the Ye Doro Tibs, Sambusa, Yemisir Wot and everything that was dropped onto our plate:-)

It was bowling time after dinner as we opted out of it last weekend. We managed to get a lane on Homestead bowling alley this time. I managed to score my career best 181 in our second game...It felt nice and it would have been even more interesting had Satish been a spectator to this great game!

Funny dig @ Microsoft

I wonder if Microsoft can ever build one tenth brand equity of Apple...Mind you, Apple isn't a small niche company anymore.
Going by numbers, Apple has one fourth market capitalization as compared to Microsoft!!!

This New Year was Special...

What can i say... The word 'New' will continue to resonate in my mind in the days to come. A new life(with a partner:-), A new home, A new client, A new city and lots of new responsibilities:-):-)

This New Year was a total family event...Its been 7 years since i got to be with my parents on this day. The plan was to watch a new Mammooty movie 'Palunku' just released at the old renovated Carnatic theatre near Townhall. The movie, screenplay etc was engrossing all the way but for the last 30 mins i would say. As my dad was not to keen on staying outside home late at night, the plan was to grab dinner and get home early enough before the crowd goes berserk in new year celebration. After some research, me and my brother had finalized a buffet restaurant at Hotel City Tower for our dinner plan. More than the food, it was a family outing together and i wanted to ensure that my parents feel special at the end of the day/year.