Once Again; Yet Again...

Seems like i have made it a yearly habit to update this blog!! Hmm... Too bad; try i might i am unable to give any regular shots at this. Yet, as usual, i give this promising thought  of being regular from now... this feeling lightens things up!!

There are a number of reasons;  procrastination being the key... ;) And obviously sometimes there is so much happening around and at such speed, you don't really have the patience to write. And then there were times so little was happening, i got bored to write, cos i didn't really feel like!!

I found this graphic story board on Procrastinating on the internet. Thou this is all about starting a diet and nothing to do with Work; its funny... cos honestly this represents exactly the way most of us  try starting a diet schedule!!

Particularly with all the most delicious and omnipresent food stuffs, it requires a great sense of mental challenge & balance to start a Diet :)

Whatever.... the past few months have been awesome, what with the Commonwealth Games 2010 and the ongoing Asiad. The air around has sure got sporty & exciting!!

Come On!!... No Spams :(

Guess what?? Least did i expect, my return to this blogger page after a long long reaalllly long time would start with a blog on spams :(

But yeah... "Spammers are Crazy". Seriously it is kinda ridiculous to see your mailbox contain a spam message :( It is boisterously sickening to even look at them, leave alone the deleting it require (.. maybe i am lazy!!)

Boy!! What a waste of time, energy and insight.. more so what a waste of the cyberspace!!

Whatever!! This plea will sure go unheard by the spam junkies.. nevertheless.. STOP SPAMMING PEOPLE... there is already a WHOLE LOAD of Junk that needs cleaning!!

My Ramblings on World Cup ’07 - Is any game worth a Human Life??

Oops... It was nothing more than SHATTERING to describe India's exit from the World Cup!!

Goodness!! With all the ads which could spice up the winning spirit, it was lynching to see the Blue Team defeat. We hardly saw the fateful match... preferred to sleep & dream of a victory.

But then thinking deeper, this hardly affected me or anyone I knew, more than just one day of some depressing feeling, cos it was obviously known that the TEAM never really seemed a single, spirited aggressive side. They looked absolutely like a bunch of talents, each playing their own game!!

Yes... Ppl have got to carry on with Life, & exams & tensions & happy moments too ; ) And Team India was not probably good enough for the Super Eight!
Seriously, I did not expect a World Cup, but I just can't believe we couldn't make it to the Super Eights, the Bangladesh win over the South African Chokers gives a mild joy that well... after all India REALLY lost with a Team which beats World No.1!!

Some thing else which probably played a greater role for our mild acceptance of defeat has got to do with late Mr.Bob Woolmer!! It is pathetic to kill a person for jus a game!! It was a crunching, irritating feel I got while reading abt the role of bookies & betting!!

But one big Big Relief… at least my poor sore eyes were saved from excessive TV & sitting like crazy in the wee hours of nite!!

Sachin Tendulkar…
I will always associate the game of cricket with Sachin! No matter how he played, plays or may be playing again!!But seriously he has NOT been playing at all!! Too sad & too
depressing!!

Well.. Sachin might Retire, Sachin might be checked out of Team…But I would hardly loose my first thought of him! Boy… will never stop remembering those lovely sixers!!

Well… now we almost have reached the final stage of this World Cup Edition which seemed too long… almost never ending with too many dramatic twist… God… Thank God it is drawing to a close!!

This ones better to be forgotten asap… just like the football world cup 2006!! My God… I still feel terrible to ever have seen the beautiful Argentina getting out of the Cup! They seemed so good to be a Team : (

Okie well…I guess I wld be seeing the Sri Lanka & Aussie final this Saturday!! Australia is such a Fantastic side, their players look like Soldiers & knights, so powerful, so gallant, so brave, so fine & so noble!! They play like they were moulded for this game in heaven!!
Every time I see Hayden… I cant quite help remembering Super man!!

But all said and done… I am so Bored!! Really BORED to see Australia Win again and again and again and again and ……Pls give all a Break… Let for a change some one else take the
Cup Home!

It is highly improbable… but I think with jus a little luck who knows may be the Lankans can win!! They got such fine bowlers … wat with Murali, Malinga, Vaas, etc etc…


And my Special All The Best to 4 players I admire so much!!
They tend to inspire U so much:

• Adam Gilchrist
• Mc Grath
• Kumar Sangakara
• Michael Clarke

Well… But to me it makes not much a Difference… And as all noble hearts [ahem ahem… he he ; ) ] will wish… May the Best team Win!!

Yipee... Back 2 this Blogging 'duty' again!!

Last post has been too long back... Somewhere during October. Been a long time & lots of stuffs have taken shape.

The biggest test however has been the rock strong endurance of something i was forced upon... Goodness!! I hate to do forced upon stuffz. Itz kinda too sickening & shameful to pretend & exhaust one self doing what seems so boring...

Hey... that was jus one stuff & it got past : )

Now on to Christmas Spirit... Yeah bloggy!! The most dearsome Christmas ever to have. What food... never stopped coming! And What fun & with all the people & all the singing... Santa was sure at my Home that night & Baby Jesus sure slept to our melody tunes : )

Then New Year... No Resolutions of course... Daily resolns R more believable ; )

The the beautiful Sunny Pongal! The festival some how touches all r chords cos it is the most Important festival 4 my Oor!!

Then... Wow.. Something Mee so proud to say... Yes The Republic Day of the Democratic Country of India!! With Putin adding the brilliance & charm being R guest and with one of the noblest of ppl on Earth - Dr. Kalam it was a day that cannot be challenged!

The Parade as always was as smart as ever... the Indo Russian collaborative exhibits were cheery & the entire purpose was so meaningful, so commendable... it set all the nerves pounding with pride. Our soldiers r so great! India is so cool!

But the Best thing to clap about all is.... The smart love & expressive warmth of our President!! Yes... He made sure he was standing & saluted every marching contingent... despite his age or his position...!! 

These simple yet most thoughtful expressions make him one of the most noblest one on Earth... and What morale it pipes up : ) Your Gestures Rock Dr.Kalam. May God Bless ya Mr.President... the first person of our country... We R so proud of ya : )

Birthdays…

WoW!! As a kid it used to be planning for 2 months.. I find it so amusing today, how my count down to the grand finale… which is of course my birthday… “Just a birthday”, would begin 60 or some times even before 90 days.

And the very thought would make my adrenaline super active..

Today, it means just another day on the calendar… well may be a day significant for me cos I was placed or put on earth on this very day… Wat else?.. yeah it is special, again,” jus for me”.

Then, as a kid all of us wld practice for skits to be performed, party games, songs, return gifts, etc. Whosever B’day it is, wld be the central character… hero to be more precise in our very earlier and amateurish beginnings.

And for a generation which grew up watching, cartoons of Fairy Tales, Tom & Jerry, Mickey series, He- Man, Dennis the Menace, Super Human Samurai... our lives were filled mostly with Disney characters. 

I still think they are the Sweetest of animations and colors and feeling!!

Wen I was in standard 5, it was my B’Day and we decided to perform “Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs”, cos jus before few days Cindrella was done!.. and u guessed it right, I was undoubtedly Snow White… cos it was “My Happy Birthday” as I used to crazily pipe around for weeks and months.

Today, I can hardly believe that we little kids did it all by ourselves, with even dialogues prepared by us on papers… Believe me… No akka’s or anna’s or any body older was asked for help. Our tiny world was filled with such creativity… I still wish to get back to those days!!

Gifts were expected, but of course our dreams or expectations abt it were extreeeeemely simple, minimal ! It was colors and shapes that attracted all of us more. Anything different was considered extremely precious and saved deep down our treasure troves .

FF>>>2006
Like wise, this time that special day of mine came by… I greeted it with a “Oh yeah, yes my Birth day”… No planning at all!! But there was something more significant for millions of ppl around the world attached to this day… for this year! Yes… a beautiful festival warm with lights, lamps, crackers, SWEETS, colours and embracing.

Generally this day is filled with greetings… lot of ppl make it a point to greet people in their life…

But to me…. It happened to be a day with Soooooooooooooo many Surprises, I hardly even imagined. Let me tell, in short, it was simply The Best Happy Birthday in the Whole World. 

My God!! I still can’t figure out … but I was simply on the phone or my mobile the whole of the day! In Life the best things are good will and wishes… and when they flow in aplenty what
Would you do? God Jesus… I just can’t even find words to put… 

All my kiths and kins gave their wishes... and gestures to show their care was done in different lovely ways…! The best part, some unexpected wishes, surprises, etc….

 It seems so hard to believe how people u have met jus a few times before take time to wish ya… Jus Amazing!!

I cannot possibly ever explain in words the beauty, warmth, wonder and the magic that happened on this special day of mine… but jus one thing again…. IT WAS THE BEST BIRTHDAY IN THE WHOLE WORLD…. Sooooooo Magical!!!

Be Peace… It isn’t Tough!!

From recent experiences… I started getting a superb and clear understanding of “People who Ridicule others and People who allow themselves to be ridiculed!!”

But my understandings of ppl who constantly have this habit of ridiculing others are those:

• People who are Miserably ridiculed by others in higher positions at workplaces, within family or friends
• People who want to create a false air of pride about themselves
• People who self image a range or classy casualness abt themselves.

But the ultimate Fact is these people are Mere Pretenders who Act what they R Not!!

Because again of my understanding of really really great and honourable people:

They hardly ever try to put a scene

They don’t define false ranges btw ppl

They are down to earth, easy to talk with

Simple and Humble

Are broad, wise and honest!

So …

Be good, Do Good

If Ridiculed,

Care a damn for it!!

In turn u r providing a distraught fellow being some “pleasure”!

Here are some wat simlar words of a well knwn preacher from wat I remember,

Peace is Our Orign

Peace is Wat we Are

Peace is Our Death

We are Peace

Peace comes from Within Us and RULES US!!!!

Forlorn Times does Happen!!

To most people… 

Words r jus wat comes out of the mouth
But actually they are a powerful lot
In times of fun, left ignorned
But sometimes or most other times
It can shatter the thickest strings
Never to be fastened again!!!

Helloa Bloggy's

Christmas is back... of course! The best time i had was back at school. My Choir and stuff... coolest things. Miss them lots.

Well.... Good News... I finally read, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!! I cried for Dumbledore. Couldn't help it... his was such a majestic, wise and awesome character to look up to... feels kinda hard, for he will not be coming in the next book!!

Well.... things are going fine!

Made a programme on adoption for this week. Envisioned a programme on Christmas celebrations for the next week. 

Planning to attend the St. Louis schools celebs. Well.... lets see, i have to first visit the field and ask for permission. Okay Bloggy's Make Merry..... until next!!

Alls Well and so Mee is back!!!

Helloa to meri Blogger's Park :)

Some Glad News (jus for me... ha ha):

1. Vivek Oberoi's new movie "Home Delivery" has released ( i don care whether it hits or flicks or watever) . I am glad is has hit the screen!!

2. Bill Gates in Chennai!!! My heart thumps three times three greater than ever... A man whom we read abt almost at least once a month on a minimum scale at Home India?!? FABULOUS...

I was jus watching this progm on NDTV... Infosys Technologies Mr. Narayan Murthy and Mr. Bill Gates were on this wonderful show with Mr.Pranoy Roy... AWESOME

3. Lots more!!! (lazy to type... ha ha)

Other News

The Rains.... Personally i have enjoyed the rains... but i understand and see the sufferings of my hundreds of bro's and sis's ... That was cos of the Depression "Baaz" and the earlier nameless ones. The Depression "Fanoos" is predicted for today..... lets see?!!

Back again as ever!

Yes, this is MEE back again... One look at my blog after so long, and i jus felt like typin somethin. My new semester has begun... actually a lot of change has taken over me.. i have started feelin REAL wierd abt life at large..Time is flying fast.. REALLY!

And between last time i blogged and now... there has been a complete change in my perception abt everythin.. i will talk abt it some time later cos rite now i am forced to go ahead with my assignment work to be submitted tomorrow. This one is abt protocols...

Gateway '05 - A National level short film competition!!!

My long absence from the blogosphere is accounted to this. Well... it is the very first time my Department of Media Sciences, College of Engineering, Giundy, Anna University is conducting such an event. This would now follow every year.

Combined Effort:
There was no dearth in helping hands. Gateway '05 was a grand success because of the help and participation of all the members of the Society of Media Sciences. Almost everyone were doing something or the other.

Exposure:
To me and a few others this experience was definetely very enriching and purposeful. We managed to bring out a publication titled " Media and Disaster ". It was a great moment for all of us when this book was released. We also had a seminar on the same title following the release.

Some of the eminent media persons who contributed their expertise to our book are as follows:

1.T. S. Subramanian,

Senior Assistant Editor, Frontline, Chennai

2.Alok Verma,

Executive Producer, TV Today Network Limited, Delhi

3.N.S. Issac, Deputy Director General, AIR, Delhi.

4.K.P.Sunil,

Vice President, Jaya News, Chennai.

5.Vijay Grover, Chief of Bureau,

Zee News, Chennai.

The other contributors are:

6.Dr. R. Sreedher

Director, EM2RC, Anna University, Chennai.

7.Dr. K. Banumathi,

Co - ordinator,

Hindu Media Resource Centre,

MSSRF, Chennai.

8. S.Shanthi,

Lecturer, Department of Media Sciences,

Anna University, Chennai.

9.R. Subramani,

Lecturer,

Department of Media Sciences,

Anna University, Chennai.

Myself along with 2 other friends were the STUDENT EDITORS of the book!!!

Celebration:
Now its time for celebration as we have seen weeks of "real" hard-work, which has to a great extent resulted in the successful completion of the Gateway Awards '05.

Indian New Year

This year started on a sad note, Tsunami having created an unforgettable havoc within a matter of ten minutes, leaving thousands in a trauma, difficult to overcome.

Today I sit at a comfortable position at home typing letters to form words, but I know around the world at some parts there is untold suffering going on. But yes… just like we cope with things and always try to go on with life… the days go by… fast, REAL fast, at least in my life…. so much has already happened.

Unity – World Over

One real happy thing is the whole world getting together TO HELP. Isn’t this what we need… a simple thing… for all to live with peace… the whole world would be happy!!! And We … The People – closer, friendly and happy – without despair.

The Tsunami Minutes

I had a personal story of the Tsunami, I was not at stake… but five of my cousins and my dear uncle were. They had gone to this wonderful beach surrounded by fishermen hamlets near our place, played running and catching with the waves, getting themselves completely drenched.

This was happening for nearly 2 hours, when my uncle called out to them saying that it was getting late for breakfast (he actually thought of his sister, one of my aunts cutting Cauliflower to make breakfast. This had happened before they started out to the beach). 

In order to go home soon and please my aunt, my uncle who was on his morning walk pulled and persuaded my cousins out of the waters and told them to dry themselves. They took this opportunity to play Frisbee. Now they were about 10 feet away from the shore and standing in a circle. Luckily, the youngest of my cousins who was facing the sea found the wave suddenly rising differently. Shouting “Daddy Daddy”, he started running. 

My uncle immediately called out to my cousins and told them to run towards home!!!. When these people were running they turned back once and lo!!… the waters were just touching their feet. A boat on beach was chasing them from behind and they saw huts in the fishermen hamlets being washed away. They just ran, ran and ran till they reached home. 

Puffing and panting my cousin called me. He said that the waters were just rising and coming into land, “something like The Day After Tomorrow movie. We are evacuating and coming to your house”, he said. Initially, we thought it to be something to do with global warming.

Fate – Did I miss something I could have experienced?

On that fateful day actually I was supposed to go to the beach with my cousins… but as usual I had slept late not even bothering about the morning earthquake. Then my other cousin who was also to go along with me to the beach and myself felt it was too late to go ahead with plans and we where ironically discussing about Global Warming and how people don’t bother to sit and care nature. 

Well… this was when I got my cousins call and then followed flash news in TV, which became headlines and world headlines.

December Debuts…

December comes and so does new beginnings, another debut with my blog… an effort to revive it.

December Jottings:
A most welcome month. Christmas season, the joy and excitement it brings along within everyone is wordless. In school, we would get the air of Christmas right from the 3rd week of November.

Being in the school choir, everyday we were bound to cut 2 classes. It really used to be cool. They would call the choir students over the common announcement speaker anytime our master was free. And sometimes it would come as a relief while attending periods where teachers ask Questions, especially when you are totally unprepared and wondering when your turn to answer would come. Can never forget the anxiousness in the Chemistry classes.

Then, we would go to a huge serene auditorium with a most striking picture of Christ in the middle of the stage and start singing and practicing…. Oh what a holy mood we would be immersed in! 

In this context, I would definitely have to mention the most friendly, encouraging and committed sir ever, to guide us. He was our music master, Mr.Solomen Nesakumar.

Not only the choir, we would have all kinds of activities for the season… competitions, celebrations, Christmas decorations and wishes between classes and also the Chris mom, Chris child gifts. One December, when I was in 9th class I guess, I got 4 shades of nail polishes from my Chris dad!!!

Then, there would be a hustle and bustle in choosing our Christmas costume. At last we would end up wearing the brightest, colourful, funky frock or skirt that could ever exist for the season!!!

Christmas
A time for giving and forgiving!!!
A time for peace and joy!!!

And for new beginnings!!!

Tight... very Tight indeed!!!

The last two days were very tight for me.... cos there was so much to do and so little a time.

There is a work going on in my house and all things are on the bed and floor. Every room is spread with stuffs which catch my attention everyday..., but most things have caught my attention after a very long time bringing some fond memories, some exciting memories, some surprising and funny memories and also some disgusting memories... everything lying piled up puts in my brain some nostalgia.

Well... my house has been this way for the past entire month, but I somehow put up with it. Now... it is time the work is over and the most tedious work according to me is all set to begin... ARRANGING.

Arranging my things and keeping my room neat is by itself a big work for me... imagine now we have to arrange my entire house!!! Let me now get going... time is getting tighter and tighter... i have to do lotsa work.

It has been a really long while since i blogged... there were so many other distractions in my simple life. More than all the other reasons, it was also my laziness and complacency.

Well.. now that i am back to this... lets see how regular i am gonna be.

These few months ... my absence from the blogging world would definitely not have made a big difference cos i know i have been really irregular all the way.

But i definitely have grown a bit more wise and my knowledge base should have increased.. or so i pray. I met and came across people from various walks of life and it was a very enlightening period in my life.... many characters, many ideas and many experiences.

Expected things did not happen as i expected and totally unexpected things just happened out of the sky! But all turned out to be gloriously good!!!

Hellooooo Bloggies!!!

This year has had a great start.... and hope it has much more pleasantries to give.

I am back to business... and i am happy today, cos i hav at last changed my font size which was really so dull to read. Well... according to me, blogging is to write about happenings!!

The Mylapore Festival.... revival of our old traditional art forms:
The other day i had gone to see this fest, actually i was forced to it.... but it felt Really Great to have been there..... had i not gone, i would hav missed something very dear...
There was:-

• A street play-done by Chennai street play theatre artists (most of them are social workers)
• A skillful art of dancing while beating various drums (doing rolls along with the drum and other gymnastics)
• An amazing art of dancing while balancing on long sticks (done by a group of men, coming from a village)

#I felt these performances were simply incredible#

Tribute to my Tree….

I can sing long odes to you my friend…
I can think numerous possibilities, in which I could have saved you,
But that precious moment has passed….
The moment of truth lingers, with its cruel smile!
Whatever I do now…
You will never come back…
The feeling makes me shiver…
But you will always be where I stand…
In my thoughts and in my heart…

It was a lazy afternoon today... first day of my semester holidays and i was lying flat on my bench, listening to an audio-story, least bothered about what was happening around. The doorbell rang... somebody came... i did not bother to even getup, still listening intently to the story... wilderness overshadowing everything!

Then... my mum and my house maid went hurrying to the balcony... my mum said something loudly and hurried downstairs... They had felled a really thick branch of our most loved tree.... I jumped from my bench and ran over... Oh God!!! I could hardly bear to see the sight... It was like I lost my most precious thing... this was one of the trees my grandpa planted... it has been there for more than 50 years!

It is a very rare tree!!!... a beautiful tree. I was in tears. Its branches touch my balcony. I always used to think this tree as something my grandpa left behind as him. I used to shake its branches as if it were my grandpas hands... many a times I have whispered joyous as well as sad things to it. It has seen every season of my life. It used to look over the progress of every activity in my house as if my grandpa was watching over and shake its head in approval.

...as my mum questioned my watchman... the reason came to light and it makes me feel even worse. Instead of cutting just the extra twigs... this dumb watchman and the tree killer (feller) had cut the entire thick bark... now my tree will never come back!!!

He said numerous sorries and apologies but... Will my vibrant, beautiful, green tree... a sight of unknown joy ever come back... will it?

I hate him forever...
What to do now??? The truth has to be accepted.... but I cannot.... my tree... it will never come back... I want it back...

***Why should the principle of life be... to lose certain things, which we would never get back???***

My Special Day...

Yes... it was the day i was born, yesterday.... it was a really nice day... this time, i had wonderful moments!!!

I was preparing for my Computer practicals.... and to me it is a more serious thing that i should be good at Comp. languages... and so i had a simple but splendid birthday!!!

All my near and very dear ones... living really very far, wished me well!!!... and their thoughtfulness and blessings.... added more spirits of joy. The 2 calls I really expected from Coimbatore came real early, adding to my mirth!!!

Well.... i did cut my Birthday Cake and everything.... but i was having my Comp practicals on mind. Those who know me well... know how Robotic i become once at Comp.lab.

So...this is to THANK all the people who wished me.... to those who did not, but thought about me.... to those who forgot... and also to those who don't even know me!!! It is just that I'm happy :)

Beatification of Mother Teresa...

I simply loved every moment of this event. I watched every second of it on the television, despite the fact that i have an assessment and an assignment to be submitted tomorrow.

The atmosphere at St.Peter's Square was filled with divinity. Pope John Paul II, is really a very inspiring person, whose Global thinking is admirable. The entire event was very serene and holy, filled with the mystical choir music, transporting everybody into a world of peace, joy and happiness.

The Indian-ness in the event was also very warm. All cultures at the magnificent St.Peter's Square in full joy to support the Saint hood being given to Mother Teresa is a hope to the World.

I love Rome....an amazingly magnificent place.

Me with the flow of days.... :)

The days have been flowing since i blogged last.

Well... a lots been happening... assessments, assignments.... Some interesting, exciting events were our visit to a Television Station, some Quizzes and other competitions.... the most coolest of them being our College Culturals AGNI!!! Hey...we won a first prize in Dumd C!

All these with the reading of Order of Phoenix! I really felt more upset than Harry, when Sirius had to die. Sirius was the character i admired, pitied and liked so much, next to Hermione.

During AGNI, we were asked to report to a hall called "X-Hall" in the Electrical department (God knows what connection X has with electricals). This hall is a truly amazing hall with thick teak benches that rise steeply up... quite out of ordinary. It gave a really enchanting effect.

Seriously, I have been to a number of colleges or any organisation for that matter... but this hall was cool. It is basically a Presentation Hall. It made me think I was in a Hogwarts classroom or rather.... on the high stands waiting for a Quidditch game!!! Hurrah For the Gryffindors!!!