Fun Run

I did the fun run fr BBC children in Need charity. I was interested in doin this riht from teh day I received an email about this. We had to run as a team of four (relay) and so I had to look out for 3 more. 2 others at work were interested but finding teh last one was a bit difficult.Atlast just 48 hours before the run the other guy confirmed. I filled up the aplication,colected the money and paid at the fitness centre to get the kit. Yesterday we assembled at the venue at around quarter to noon.I was about to run the second lap and I kind of sprained my foot jus the day before. I was in no way ready to opt out blaming the pain. I was confident taht I would eb able to run and I made it aswell. Though I wasnt running very fast I was bale to complete teh 1.1 lap in 8 mins 33 sec which is ofcourse not fast. One of my colleague who is a regular runner completed the lap in 5 mins 33 secs.
In the evening a karoke was organised with our next door company.We had a good time there and had few drinks and nibbles.

Weekend Galataa!

On Saturday I pormised to drop one of my friend from Cambridge to Hounslow. Having bought a car here I am trying to exploit every opportunity to drive on the motorways and long distance. I called one of my roomies tempting him about the food in Southall which is just 3.5 miles from Hounslow.He was also thirlled to have good non veg dishes in Southall.

After taking a bunch of printouts for the route in google maps with exact street location we started at aroung half past one in the afternoon to pick my friend up who has to leave to Hounslow. We took the motorway M11 to London and when we reached the end of the motorway (M11) the map that we had and the round abouts didnt match.We were confused and headed in the wrong direction.We then enquired the route in a petrol bunk, a supermarket to find the correct way. I dorve to central London by taking a wrong route.

Luckily we took my other roomie's map book and we tried to navigate the way using that. Atlast we reached the desired destination at around seven in the evening. We had good Biriyani,Naan,Channa masala and some sweets there, dropped my friend in his new accomodation and then started the way back home. The way back home was pretty easier and straight forward so we did not have any problems.
We reached hoem at around quarter past 10. It was a good experience but I should fully understand teh route before lanning for a long trip.

Different Me!

Last night I was a bit confused or annoyed with some happenings in office so planned to go out for a drink with my roomies. Went to Monkfield arms to have a beer and Chicken caesar salad The food was good and we planned to hang out for some time in the city. We drove to the Cinewrold here in cambridge though not very sure of watching a movie. It was the eve of one of my roomies' 5th wedding anniversary so he was ready to treat us with an Icecream.
So as all of us agreed we bought the tickets to watch a movie 'SAW 3'. I bought 2 scoops of Rum n Raisin Icecream thinking that it would be a bit mild and tasty as it is in India.
The movie started with horrible scene of a guy cutting his own shacled leg to escape from being killed by a bomb blast. The opening scene was very horrible.Slowly I started gulping my Rum n Raisin Icecream and felt the 'kick' of the Rum..when I almost completed it I satrted feeling Dizzy,sweating inside and felt nauseated. I was not alright for few mins but the kick then gradually came down. Then watching this movie was the next horrible thing. There was a scene where a doctor was cutting the patient's skull and drilling holes to release the pressure inside. The patient is a crucial murder planner..believe me it was really horrible..wasn't much interested in the story line though. So after about an hour and a quarter we werent able to sit there and we came out and drove back home.

Back Again!

I am back again to post a blog after more than a month. Many Changes since then. I bought an used car. Rover 214Si. It's good though a bit old. I drove from Cambridge to London with my friend on Diwali. The dirve was smooth an we didnt have any problem. I still have to learn most of the U.K traffic rules and regulations. I have to take some lessons from a driving instructor soon so that I can ppear for the Driver's license test.

Day before yesterday the U.K Home office have announced a lot of changes in the Immigration rules for both new applicants as well as extension apllicatnts who are already in the U.K. The direct impact is I have to take IELTS by atleast mid of January. I am trying to listen to lot of BBC radio programmes and interact with a lot of Britons so that I can follow their accent without any problem.

I would like to enroll for a yoga or a mediation programme to control my anxiety and lack of patience. I have to control my emotions and also be a bit patient.

I have been working out in the fitness centre for almost a month now. So I start a bit early from home in the morning and go to the fitness centre which just few buildings away from my office.

Networking!!!

Met me old colleagues in the nearby pub as planned earlier and had a good discussion about telecoms,economy,continental europe,britain,america,India. Ended up about Indian culture , marriages and the software engineers in India. I felt good that I was able to make good friends here though not Britons here in teh U.K. We planned to mee agian next week. It's good that I am kinda of gettin the views of ppl from other countries and gettin to know what they think about everything.

PUNTING

After 3 months of staying in cambridge and seeing the Cam rver for many times only today I got an opportunity to PUNT. It was PUNTING day in office ( it seems this is celebrated every year in my office) and as I am a new starter here I joined them for Punting. Infact I havent started talking to many people @ office so was a bit reluctant to ask for a lift when ppl. started early from office today to punt and barbecue. When my manager asked me if I could join for the barbecue I immediately agreed. Actually I was waiting for someone to ask me that. So didnt have the fun of punting in the eveing but atleast enjoyed punting the way back.
I am really impressed on the way the English people enjoy their life. This cam river is very beautiful and it was fun to punt. Actually I didn't punt the boatbut I paddled with the oar. I got to talk to a lot of new people and this is my first opportunity to get to know more abt my colleagues. Initially when we started to punt we didnt do it well ,we were going in a zig zag manner and every othe rpunt overtook us. But later, after quite some time we got the tctics and were able to over take others. There were native english ppl (cambridge ppl) who were really experts. Also few of our BIG bosses who have come to cambs for meeting us joined the punting activity. On the whole it was a lot of fun with punting,barbecue and beer and was a good opportunity for me to enjoy as well a get to know people. Will try to post some snap

Change is Constant!

I remember writing this phrase when I moved to Motorola. Now again in another American MNC, with all good facilities I am a bit satisfied. I always felt better working for a big MNC. This feeling of satisfaction and also the pride when you say to whom you work for has made my mind and heart feel very happy many a times. I always liked to take up more responsibilities and felt happier when my outlook calendar is filled with meeting/deadlines/schedules.
But someimes I a bit lazy too ;) I am trying to prepare for an exam and I am really trying a bit hard to concentrate more and make less errors. But I am not sure if my compentency is English language and grammar is atleast at an average level. When I tried to answer few questions and found myself to be in deep pits w.r.t grammar I felt very bad.
I am searching for ways to improve my language. Instead of reading Fictions I will start reading books that would definitely hep me in achieving my goal.
My next post may be about my new NOKIA 6280 whih I bought a week back.

Chennai!

I am an ardent fan of chennai. Though many people complain about its climate , I see the beaches and the culture in chennai. My eyes will always search for the word chennai in the news.
I was very happy to see these two news items :

1. World Bank has opened an office in Chennai.
2. Nokia to double its workforce to 7000 in chennai.

Isnt these two news wonderful.

You're Special

I didnt wan to blog today! But the thought of you made me feel how I missed you! I wish you were here with me...Every time when I joined a company you made sure that you were there to wish me and pray for me..With tears in my eyes now I say that I really miss you and tomorrow before I join the new job I would give you a call and get your blessings..
You sacrificed so many things for me and faced so much of troubles and pains in life and yet had the confidence that we would live happily one day! Your hopes didn't go waste .. I am there for you by all means...You're the one who always think about me and I am not sure why I am not able to pour out my feelings when I meet you..but next time when I meet you I think I would definitely pour out and will definitely try to keep you with me. I might have been rude sometimes but I really feel sorry for that.
I am expectign the clock to tick tomorrow morning so that I can call you to hear your sweet words which I would like to hear always.

I MISS YOU MOM....

Entrepreneur

Today I had a dicussion with my roomies about the basic qualifications/necessities to start a business. The topic was actually started by the other guy who was asking us what are our future plans and the topic started with that.

I putforth my views about starting a business is :

1. An urge to start a business and make money. Generally anybody would be interested to make money but when talking about business and managing a company one has to have business acumen and dedication in what he does and also should be aware of the risks.

2. An entrepreneur need not have an indepth technical knowledge or in out knowledge if the product.It is essential to have the idea of
a. how the product is produced/manufactured or made and the processes involved in that
b. how his product is different from his competitor's product
c. his business goals to succeed.

3. It is always not necessary to have an MBA degree to start a business but some basic knowledge on how to manage would help.

4. Later when the business grows he can learn (by doing an MBA or hiring appropriate people) so that things do not go out of control.

5. If the person is really interested in becoming an entrpreneur he would think of every possible opportunity to become one.

Your comment/additions are welcome.

Arvind

Munbe Vaa

Munbe vaa en anbe vaa
oonae vaa uyire vaa
Munbe vaa en anbe vaa
poo poovai poovai

Naan naana ? kaetaen ennai naane
naan neeya ? nenjam sonnathey
[Munbe vaa....]

Rango rangoli kolangal nee pottai
kolam pottavar kaigal vazhiya
valaiyal sattham
jal jal
rango rangoli kolangal nee pottai
kolam pottavar kaigal vazhiya
sundara malligai sandhana malligai
sindiya punnagai vannam sindha

a ah ah ah ha haha

poo vaithai poo vaithai
nee povaikkor poo vaithai
mana povaithu povaithu
povaikkul thee vaithai
ah ha ha...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUTb8jVJANI

A very melodoius romantic song...
and have heard this for more than 20 times in the past 2 or 3 days..

The song is good but not one of the best from Rehman.

Sillunu oru Kaadhal...

Unarchi Thendral....
Jus saw the movie after waiting for so long..almost a week after the release...Suriya,Jo and Bhoomika has done a good job.. Suriya and Jo's family scenes looks real.. and they could have put a new child ( with less overacting) instead of the the avitaa masala kid...
I really liked Bhoomika in this movie .. The love and affection between a husband and wife is shown well and I cant understand , when they love each other so much Jo shouldnt have hidden her feelings (abt Aishu) but anyway the way the director has taken is also good and is different.

I think Suriya would have felt this movie as his rehearsal to his marriage and family life.
The sone Munbe vaa is too good and also kummi adi.
I wish I could watch this movie in theatre, being here I am not sure if I would really get a chance.

When you dont have work !!!

Here are the list of things that you can do when you don't have any work in the office /when you are on bench/ when you are on notice period and no work is assigned to you :

1. Read the NEWS in all online news papers and sites and update your knowledge on current affairs.

2. If you are preparing for any exam (unofficial and for career or personal growth) collect all the materials from the net and archive it.

3. Read blogs to feel relaxed and to drive away sleep.

4. Spend some time in the cafeteria chatting with friends.

5. Plan for tthe activity in the evening or the next day.

6. Complete all your personal works that has to be completed. Make a note of them and put a tick mark once they are done.

7. Collect the information about the place where you are planning to spend the next vacation.

8. Login to Gtalk/Yahoo/MSN and keep in touch with old buddies. This would be the right time to do this as you can chat with them when you are busy.

9. Keep thinking creatively on how to spend time effectively.

10. Keep checking with your manager if he/she can assign some work to you so that you need not do all the above.

-Arvind

Virus!!! Backdoor.Coreflood

Yes..my laptop is infected with this virus!...I tried last night to kill them..but they want a strng antibiotic..have pronted out some removal procedures from the symantec site..have to try removing them soon to keep me connected... And also I shouldnt visit those sites that I visted day b4 yesterday which was the cause for this virus..

Perception..

Stolen one...

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.
They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.
On their return from their trip, the father asked his son,"How was the trip?"
"It was great, Dad."
"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.
"Oh yeah," said the son.
"So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.
The son answered: "I saw that we have one dog and they had four.
We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and
they have a creek that has no end.We have imported lanterns
in our garden and they have the stars at night.Our patio
reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.
We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields
that go beyond our sight.We have servants who serve us,
but they serve others.We buy our food, but they grow theirs.
We have walls around our property to protect us, they have
friends to protect them."
The boy's father was speechless.
Then his son added, "Thanks Dad for showing me
how poor we are."
Isn't perception a wonderful thing?

This is a wonderful one and thought how we are just seeing what we dont have and keep wanting things but forget to enjoy what we have...

Jo - Surya...

Hey..this not a still from Sillunu oru kadahl..Surya ties the knot..As like other Jo fans I am envying Surya....

M S Subbulakshmi..

I am a grest fan of Mrs(late).M S Subbulakshmi..born in a brahmin family I had a very good opportunity to listen and enjoy her mesmerising golden voice....an off late I started to listen to more carnatic songs...and in the next hgeneration I prefer to listen to Nithyasree Mahadeven's voice...her bright bold voice makes me feel light..2.5 years before I was not aware of teh famous Thyagraja Keerthnais..and I jus bought a Thyagaraja keerthanais sung by Nithyasree..I started loving those songs and am listening to those so often...I am listening to those songs sung by different artistes..MS,Nithysree and Maharajapuran Sanatham..
I love to listen the "Jagadaranandakaraka"..yes the same song which was shown in "Anniyan"...
and whoever sang that I am loving that raaga..not sure what raaga it is it..and also the alapanais ( I hope that's what they call it as ..all those sa,ni,pa...etc)....
I have to develop my taste and knowledge in this area...

Makkal Thol(l)aikatchi

Here is the next political party founder with a new satellite channel in Tamil Nadu...Yes, the Pattali Makkal Katchi now has its own satellite channel "Makkal Tholaikatchi" - according the records they say that there are share holders..but GOK..
Captain Vijaykanth..pongi ezhunga..come on...I hope the next would be captain channel...
Makkal Tholaikatchi was inaugurated by our CM MK , Dayanidhi Maran,Anbumani Ramadoss were also present at the function...
I think these days (even in olden days) politicians earn more (indirectly) and dont even pay IT..we f***ing Software engineers pay a lot of tax which goes to somebody's bank account....
I am planning to start a political party in few years..how abt this?

Naan Pesa Ninaipathellam.....

Posted in Metro Blogs..like it a lot and felt like what I wanted to say..but I am not a good poet..and I also I was not born in Srirangam...

சென்னைஎனக்கு நீயும் ஒரு அன்னை
உன் வசம் ஈர்த்தாய் என்னை
நான் பிறந்ததோ திருவரங்கம்
அது என்னுள் ஓர் அங்கம்
ஆனால் வளர்ந்ததோ உன் ஆசை மடி
அதனால் இந்த பந்தம் தொப்புள் கொடி
நீ வந்தாரை வாழவைக்கும்
கலாசாரத்திலும் சிகரம்உன்னை பிரிந்தாலோ ஏற்படும் ஒரு வித தவிப்புஅது உன் மேல் இருக்கும் அன்பின் பிரதிபலிப்புஉன்னிடம் வந்து சேர்ந்தாலே ஒரு நிம்மதிசலனப்படும் மனதில் ஆழ்ந்த அமைதிஉன் புகழ் திக்கெட்டும் பரவட்டும்உன் பெருமை உலகெங்கும் மலரட்டும்
சென்னையே உன்னை காதலிக்கிறோம்சென்னையே உன்னை ஆராதிக்கிறோம்சென்னையே உன்னையே ஆதரிப்போம்

To My Gurus...

Thanks to all my teachers for what I am today! Happy Teacher's Day!
I wish I could meet few of my favourite teachers who were with me during my happier moments to share my happiness and to motivate and support me when I was not doing well. There few teachers whom I cant forget in my life for supporting me and encouraging me. Thanks to all of them. I would mention thier names here :

1. Mrs. Subha - CSE
2. Mrs. Srimathi - CSE
3. Mrs. Nagamalar - CSE
4. Mrs. Mini K Nair - English
5. Mrs. Annathai - Tamil
6. Mrs. K P Latha - Maths
7. Mr. Adalarasan - Maths
8. Mr. K Mani - Tamil
9. Mrs. Neeraja - Biology
10. Mrs.Usha - English
11. Ms.Vidya - Physics
12. Mrs. Sujatha - English.

Thanks to all. I would definitely try to meet them and take their blessings and I hope a few mentioned in the list above will definitely remember me.