MOJITO

azhagana neram adhai nee than koduthai..
azhiyadha sogam adhaiyum nee than koduthai..
kan thoongum neram parthu kadavul vandhu ponadhu pol..
en vazhvil vandhe ponai… yematram thangalaye…
penne nee illamal… boologam iruttidhthe..

one of the under-rated song i say..

Ketta paya sir ivan..
One of my favorite scene in my most favorite movie.

Its almost 3 months since i quit Motorola. This is a post about the happenings in my new company ala what ramak posts as "I didnt say this"

To start of, it took me just 1 week to start playing TT here. It took little lesser days than that for one of my colleague to say to another colleague,
KK: don't give backhand to Arun ra, he always hits.
Me: (To myself) you moron, are you sure??
Sadly, by the end of same week, the same guy said "your backhand shot is too weak man". hmm. as vadivel says in majaa, "epdithaa takkunu kandupidikkaraangalo!!!"

Yet another bulb. This time, it was from my onsite cordinator. I was chatting with him in skype
Me: You are OOO for next 4 days right, will you check mails in your vacation?
Him: No, i wont.
Me: Doesnt matter, i will still mail you if i am terribly struck somewhere.
Him: hmmm, ok.
Me: ok, that was suppose to be a joke. I have bad sense of humor.
Him: oh, ok. now i got it.

The director of my ops called me for 1 on 1 meeting. In the middle of the conversation...
He: Work wise what is the difference you see between your previous employer and here.
Me: I had always worked in maintenance projects before coming here. At some stage it was more of a headache to see and understand others code and fix their bugs. Here i am writing my own code and iam happy about that.
He: (blank)
Me: Now, i have the luxury of putting my own bugs so that people will scratch their heads later. ha ha ha..
He: ha ha(Thank God he laughed)

The most important thing here is that there are only 2 girls in the whole company. So, you wont be surprised by the kind of words the guys choose here. Some samples.
1. If he can do it, y cant u. Is he born with iron balls or what???
2. Come bitch, we are getting late for the team meeting.
3. How long are u planning to rub the balls of that feature. Make sure it doesn't become pregnant. atha mudichitu adutha feature start pannu da. (My manager to me).
4. Do you dare, if you have balls, win me.

Exactly... If Federer is an Indian. Most of the sports column in Indian newspaper on Monday would have carried titles similar to

• Federer should Retire.
  
• Federer has past his prime. He should play in domestic tournaments.
• Federer is on the wrong side of 20. He should work on his fitness.
• Federer should quit Tennis. He can make a good career in Bollywood.
• Nadal vitta savaal. Federer mugathil terror.
  

In my humble opinion, Indian media always works in the extreme. Either they praise someone to sky level or thrash them like anything. I still cannot forget the article which claimed Raina as the next Tendulkar just after Raina made a match winning fifty. He wasn't even 20 matches old then. There is a long list like this. let me stop here.

I thought of quiting blogging for sometime. Not because i joined a new company but i ran out of topics. No one is tagging me. I am not as gifted as Jagan or Ramak to blog instantaneously. IPL is going on and i just wanna make use of it.

There are good bowlers, there are bad bowlers and there is Andrew Symonds. Sehwag belted him for 30 runs in an over. That was fun. Symonds made justice for the high price paid for him with a century in the next match. Man, he ran into fate again. Warne hit him for a four and 2 consecutive sixes to win a thriller for Rajasthan Royals in the same match . How is that for a change a fellow Aussie smashing another. I loved it. Warne rocked . He is a fighter.

Its all happening at the IPL. Harbhajan doesn't want to be left behind. He proved that he too is a fighter. He reportedly slapped Shreeshanth. Again, how is this for a change. A fellow problem-maker hitting another. You cant keep these two out of controversies.

There wont be many people who doesn't pity Laxman. Poor Laxman, nothing seems to go right for him in IPL. Don't be surprised if Laxu is dropped for the next test series based ob his 20-20 form. You never know how BCCI selectors think.

I was informed that i write long posts. So, i will stop here. Lastly, are Ganguly and Ponting childhood friends by any chance? They seem to be like that in the ground some say.

Tagged by Ramak. http://odyssey-intoxicated.blogspot.com/2008/02/ten-things-id-like-to-do-before-i-turn.html

Ten things I'd like to do/have before I turn 35

1. A talkative wife. None of my family members are talkative. I am very bad in initiating conversations. Other members are not that good in it either. I always find my house to be a silent place. I want my house to be noisy. Now its too late to increase my conversation skills. So, the only way to make my house noisy is to marry a talkative girl

2. Pick a fight with a hefty guy in a bar and thrash him physically just because he verbally insulted a friend of mine who accompanied me. And, ofcourse end the fight with a punch dialogue.... I know.. i know, i watch a lot of movies and i am a proud filmbuff.

3. Have a separate room for myself with a expensive high end music system. Because, from my childhood days i wanted to own a good music system. But, what my parents could afford then was a outdated 'National Panosonic' tape recorder.

4. Candle light dinner with my childhood crushes.

5. Better memory in remembering places. I have good memory regarding people, incidents etc. But when it comes to places i always fail to remember.

6. Play a 15 over match atleast once in a international ground. Doesn't matter if don't get a chance to bat. I just wanna bowl an over and beat the bat of a good batsman all through the over.

7. Better patience while answering my mother in phone when she asks the same questions repeatedly everyday.

8. More responsibility to me in family functions. I am the second youngest of all my cousins. I never get a responsible job during these family functions. But, i do enjoy lot of privilege of being younger than all but 1 cousins.

9. Jagan, Ramak, gayathri.. you got a company here.. I too wanted to be fit. Add-ons would be to look younger than 35 at 35.

10. Submit 2 patents.. !!! this is the limit.. i will stop here.


Things that i miss or i never had or i lack.
1. College/School life
2. Summer vacation
3. Singanallur Cricket League, Singanallur Football League, siruvani water
4. Punctuality
5. care a damn attitude.
6. clear eyes.
7. Driving licence
8. Breakfast
9. wit
10. good hairstyle

Last Sunday i watched the Filmfare Awards function. ShahRukh and Saif Ali Khan hosted the show. They were really hilarious. Everytime they were on the stage, they made fun of someone or other from the film industry. There were some self-damages too. They didnt spare anyone. Everyone right from AmitabBhachan to Ranbir Kapoor was there in their hit list. It was nice to see such a award function which is totally different from the ones that happen in TN. In Tamil Award fuctions you can see nothing other than the host uttering heaps and heaps of praises on actors. Even if there were some mockery on actors, then that would be in the most lightest way possible.

I would love to see a tamil award function similar to the recent Filmfare. How would it be if Ajith is the host and makes fun of Vijay's remake movies or Vijay taking a potshot at Ajiths pot belly. Rajinikanth making fun of Kamals frequent kissing scenes or Kamal making fun of Rajinikanths multiple layers of makeup in sivaji. Wouldn't that be fun??

Will they??.. wont they???And yeah, its official now. The South Africa sucessfully choked again in the World Cup in the way only they could. They lost to India in the U19 World cup final.

Indian Cricket is going great guns this week. For a change the Indians did not stumble in the finals. There is something to do with the lucky as* Dhoni. Everything is falling in place for him.

By now you must have realized my desperate attempt to write this post with bits and pieces of some random crap. To keep up the tempo, here follows a random video. Watch the first half of this video..


P.S: Ramak, i haven't forgotten your tag.. i will write it sometime..

core dump + Fix - Not Working + Midnight + bugged up + Winamp->Add Folder(All Songs) + Shuffle + Karuthamma song = This post..

andhi neram vandha thalayellaam yeNNi paaru
aadu maata saerthu yengae veettil yaezhu paeru

aaru yengae aaru ada poadaa vetkka kaedu
mazhai vandha thaNNi oadum
maru naaLae vandi oadum

I surrender... Right now, i cant remember a better lyrics than this written for any song.

One of the singer in this song is Bharathiraja. That's really a news to me. On any other day i would have laughed if someone had said that Bharathiraja has sung a song. ..voila.. but not today.

Ponting stood his ground after nicking a ball to Dhoni. He caught an edge of Dravids bat, but after the ball pitched. Before his teammates started celebrating, he said that he hasnt taken the catch cleanly. That's good,fine.. appreciated. But the honesty didn't stay long. In the 2nd innings he grounded the ball in the course of taking a catch. But, still he went on to appeal. Again in the second innings he swore to umpire that Clarke took Ganguly's catch cleanly when Clarke's credibility is already at stake.

Having done all these, he comes out in the press meet and says Aussies played with spirit, sportsmanship, blah blah.. This is a typical case of "kekaravan kenayana irundha KR Vijaya Kondayil KTV theriyumaama".

Ponting went ahead and even asked "are you questioning my integrity?". .. hmm.. phew...Look who is talking about integrity.

Its once again evident that the Aussies become crybabies whenever they are pushed to the corner.

• Mcgrath did it when he sensed that west indies might fightback and chase the target in 4th test in Antigua. He sledged Sarwan and most importantly got back what he deserved.

McGrath: "What does Lara's d**k taste like?"
Sarwan: "I don't know, why don't you ask you're wife"
A fitting reply from Sarwan i would say. Eventually Australia lost the test match. A killer punch it was.

• Ponting did it when England were kicking the shit out of them in the 2005 Ashes. He childishly complained to the referee that England were very frequently substituting their players when fielding.

• And now, they have did it again by claiming false catches, standing ground after nicking, complaining about Harbhajan to match referee.
  

Not to forget the poor Umpiring decisions by Steve Fucknor ooops. Bucknor and Benson. I don't know when was the last time Bucknor went for an eye/ear medical checkup. This particular comment in cricinfo says it all about the poor umpiring.

"If Steve Bucknor walks the streets of Mumbai he would not be alive after an hour."
A comment on a TV debate in India in the aftermath of the Sydney Test. The remark received warm applause

Albeit India played badly in their second innings, but their efforts in the first innings deserves atleast a draw which was denied by you know who all.

Overall, Justice, fairplay, integrity, sportsmanship was gangraped by Ponting, Symonds, M Clarke, Bucknor and Son of Ben(Benson).

Opinions and Points to ponder after my trip to Chennai last week.

• Thalapakat briyani tastes atleast 10 times better than the Hyderabadi briyani.

• Dosa/Pongal/Sambar in Coimbatore Annapoorna tastes better than Chennai Saravana Bhavan

• Its totally unfair that people in chennai get to watch about a dozen tamil TV channels and hear around 10 FM's while we ppl in hyderabad are left with just 2 TV channels. But, for the moment, hydi ppl have the upper hand as no sports channel is there in their cable TV package. Fm radios are their ultimate source for Ind Vs Aus cricket match scores.

• Some New year resolutions cannot last for more than 30 minutes.

• 4 movies can be watched in a space of 20 hours.
• Billa - Only style, no substance. Ajith does a ramp walk in every alternate scene. Nayan was the Cynosure of everyones eye - Fashion redefined. Didnt find the movie interesting as i have watched Rajini's billa many times and SRK's don already.
  
• Kalloori - The screenplay was gripping. The casting was almost perfect. 2 songs were good. But, where is the story boss.
• Oram Po - Bigil, Supply, Son of Gun.. if you wonder what, these are the name of the characters in the movie. Son of gun (villain) was good. A different movie.
• Vel - The movie was not as bad as i expected.

• There is lot of 'Virundhombal' to be reciprocated to my chennai friends from my side.
• Hareef resemble inzy in this pic.. what say??