Giving IT Back

Rlaely Azaimng

ruffriderb4u@gmail.com (senthil) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:13:00 +0000

The Paomnnehal Pweor Of The Hmuan Mnid

I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg.

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Amzanighuh?
sitll tarainwg toughrw minblgo

Some of you would have already come across this peculiar finding from the Cambridge university. But its still worth putting down in here as i found it as a chat status of one of my senior system analysts sitting at UK. Romba naala itha paathu amaze aayiruken. Now the turn is urs ppl.

Avatar - a must watch movie

meenakshi.syam@gmail.com (Meenakshi) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:18:00 +0000

Hats off to James Cameron... What a classic movie!! I have never watched Titanic in theatre and beleive it or not I myself want to watch Avarar more than once in theatre which suprises myself coz of the interest that I show on movies... I must say I was blessed to watch the movie in IMAX on the second day itself :).

The technology in it makes you feel wowww... The movie has so much in it for every minute that you hardly take your eyes off the screen unless your eye hurts of course :P It had proper mix of emotion, action, fiction and message.

The most lovely thing was even though it was purely fictional they conveyed a practical message which should make every human being think of the harm that is being created because of him/her.

Love, pain, action, views, natural fiction everything was simply awesome....

DONT MISS TO WATCH IT ON 3D SCREEN

PS: I am going to watch it for second time tomorrow :P

Comedies :) (I donno how to name this :P)

noreply@blogger.com (Shanthee) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:51:00 +0000

No intentions to hurt ppl...... Jus t to laugh at old times again :)

Dear students...

Please note the following instructions on the graduation day...

1. The registration started on 9.00 pm and end with 1.00pm.The registration held in our department library.Students couldnot make registration after the time limit.It includes seatno, mess token.Accourding to the given seat no students are seated in the quarangle.

2. you can get the robe at hall A121.The amount is Rs.150 for Deposit and Rs.50 for rent.Total Rs.180/- . Inside the quadrangle candidate should seated with the robe without wearing the robe students should not be permitted.

3. Candidates can take photographs with robe in Hall A119 & A120. The time is at 9.00am to 3.00pm and after ceremony upto 9.00pm. Individual/ personal photography is strictly prohibited in the Quadrangle.

4.No candidate will be permitted into the Quadrangle after 4.00pm.

Regards

M.Alamelu
(Tutor)

Dear students...

Those who have not send the confirmation letter for the participation of graduation ceremony,please send it on or before 1.6.2009.

Regarding

M.Alamelu
(Tutor)

Dear students..

Their some changes on previous send mail.The date for students who are doing projects in banglore is on 19th and 20th as beacause 21st is an saturday.

mail you for further details..

Regards...

M.Alamelu

Dear students...

1.The second review date is fixed for college projects. The confirmed date is on April 3rd and 4th.

2. Please prepare the reports (coomon to all) .In the Report add the logo page, upto what you have done for the second review.Before submitting ur report get signature from ur Internal guide.

3. The date is fixed for Banglore projects its on - March 20th and 21st. Please inform with your company guides befor it self.

4.The students who are doing proj in new delhi and secandrabad have no On-site review.
Instead of that they will reviewd on third or final review. The clear Infor. will conveyed u latter.

Regards

M.Alamelu (Tutor)

Dear students...
This is a kind information for students who are doing projects in thecompany. The second review has decided to conduct on end of this month, before that weneed your clear details about your company, so for it is helpful for on-site membersto reach the correct location at correct time.
//second review has decided by itself to conduct itself
//our clear details
// why do the oinsite members need the address they r doin project there itself
// So.. you people, send your full & correct address of your comapny, with yourproject title and your mobile number, regarding your Industry guide name also.Ineach batch every member has to give your contact number it is necessary.Immediatly Sendthese information in a word document on today or tommorow it self.
On-site Members :
Banglore : Mr.B.Magesh , Dr.K.R.Chandran //poor man !!! his name is V.Mahesh
Chennai : Dr.T.Hamsapriya
Madurai : Mr.R.Sowndarrajan // darr -like tearing of cloth soundarrajan
Date to be visit on : // kya english hai
Banglore : may be on 20th march (confirmed tommorow it-self)
Chennai : On 20.3.2009 (confirmed)
Madurai : On 28.3.2009 (confirmed)
Courtesy : Jeff :P

i dont understand who is better, Alamelu or sharmi.. :P

THE FIRST AND THE LAST

noreply@blogger.com (HARI) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:54:00 +0000

I hope tis ll b 1 more typical post of mine.. :) Many of us don't know the importance of first and last.. Scholars said.. t words first and last are always special and imp in tis world and in our life.. There s a famous quote, "the first breath of a man is his birth.. and the last breath is his death.. " depicting their imporatnce.. In day to day life, we see ppl remembering 1ly t first and last person of any act, no matter how many times t same got achieved again and again in between.. v don remember t second person who reached Everest as ppl always pin point to Tenzing when talked abt tat peak.. so, regardless of wat we do.. its really interesting to know its first and last occurence.. tis post is to dig all those firsts ans lasts.. but i want to narrow down t hunt 1ly to our college life.. Down s a template of first and lasts that we came across in our college.. Pl use the template below and everyone do comment.. If u cant recollect, leave it as blank.. Start to remember those in ur future..

SPAN : From first day to last day of college.

NOTE : If you find some more interesting firsts and lasts, pl free to add up yourself.. I limit myself for these 10+1.. so, pl don't ignore these..

TEMPLATE:

NAME :

GUY YOU TALKED (in our class)
First:
Last:

GAL YOU TALKED (in our class)
First:
Last:

FRIEND (in order)
First:
Last:

FOUGHT WITH (person)
First:
Last:

SPEECH (in front of class)
First:
Last:

MOBILE NO
First:
Last:

MOBILE MODEL
First:
Last:

RESTAURANT
First:
Last:

FILM SEEN
First:
Last:

GAME (OUTDOOR)
First:
Last:

LOVE (optional)
First:
Last:

Proud to be a Citrite

meenakshi.syam@gmail.com (Meenakshi) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:54:00 +0000

Hey people :) Long since I even dropped into this URL :( But I must confess, I got to read only Senthil's. Now I understood why he has sent such a desparate mail!! -> This would have applied if I had posted this a week back when I intended to :P

The actual reason of not being able to drop in was increase in number of travels back and forth and helping new joinee's training[people do note this point just helping :)] adding on to existing work pressure. Wish one day was free at office as Senthil says!! I get up on every non-Tuesday/Friday hoping that the day will be little free and that I will be able to do some of my long-pending personal works. But damn it!! Somewhere or the other work jumps from say heaven :). These exceptional Tuesday's and Friday's are days on which we get weekly builds and bless them I hardly get time to eat on these days!

So going on to the actual content of the post, what Citrite signifies is a person working @ Citrix :) What makes me proud to be there is the fact that exactly one year before I was an apprehensive attendee of the session calling everybody in the vicinity a 'Sir'! Only a sir coz my team was all guys when I entered and beleive it or not now it has 7 girls including me, which is more the number of guys[6] :) Just one year past I am the host of the same session to my juniors. I must really accept that this company has the ability to shape people so well.

I took few sessions on basics of Perl and other product related sessions. If anybody is interested in learning Perl, I will share the presentation.

Hope all of you ppl already know this. Peria's joining has increased our batch size here to 3 :) max in any dual company I guess :) We beat our rivals RSA :)

Past few days went in breaking head for preparing few PPT's and updating few both for my work and for helping in training. And why is this helping coming into picture is because the new joinee's temporary mentor is quite close to me :) Called Gopal - he is a tamilian too :) Our team when spilt revolves on a single centre point on head of a Kannadiga - not equally balanced though. One side with 9 tamilians including the manager himself. And on the other 3 north Indians.

And well earned couple of hours for everyday were spent off the PC on a Jeffrey Archer's novel - The paths of Glory. Before starting the novel, not much aware of my mistake - wrongly referred Jeffrey's book to our beloved Jeffrey as "The glory of paths" :) A very good novel for anyone who has a bit of interest in climbing. I am still skeptical on the fact that it was Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay were the first the set foot on Everest's summit, yes I do beleive George Mallory succeeded in his attempt. But poor him to die sadly. Overall a good realistic novel.

At last oru vaaram poradi draft ready panni post panni mudichuten :) :)

400 Days at Reckitt Benckiser

ruffriderb4u@gmail.com (senthil) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:37:00 +0000

Its been quiet a journey and i request each one of u to do this bit and take us thru a virtual tour of ur stint at the firm that u re presently acquainted with for the tenure u have spent. I am sure, however good or bad, you guys surely would have something to recall and relish just like how dumb our class was, but still we managed to find the tiny portions of fun quotient in it.
It was November 27th, 10 days post the date on the offer letter I stepped into the Global Service Center of Reckitt Benckiser India Ltd. Since then there have been so many adventures and roller coaster rides. There have also been extremely boring days where i do nothing but toggle between my chat window and blog window and at times hindu.com ;) Tenure at Reckitt is of 2 forms: 1st as a Project Trainee and then as a Management Trainee currently. Its all been based out of Gurgaon/Delhi office. The office I work for is called as the GSC - Global Service Center, which is basically like a Infrastructure, application development and support team for the business guys who in turn use this application for buying and selling stuff. This is a very mundane definition. But, yes, this is what my office is meant to be - a back processing/IT center for the company.
The underlying fundamental in our work culture is - people drive technology and we are not Technocrats. Ithu thaan punchline. Atha revolve panni thaan work assignment and stuff. I was given a training on Technology X and Technology Y on the 1st two weeks. The 3rd week I was put into a Technology Z which is apparently the product of Big Bulls Firm ABC. I went in and came out thru many doors of that application and today i support it globally and administer it for all users. Around 2000 users and atha base panni support, troubleshooting and developments. Atha thavara intha journey la I was also put into another vertical D which is basically revolving around Technology S. Then athayum ukanthu from scratch oru Top Gun kooda work panen. Not much of contribution as he himself is a show stopper - so learning opportunities less.
Irunthalum i am part of that team also. Now that Top Gun has reported for his marriage and i have taken over the application and vertical for the interim and i am kind of messed up as i am not an SME like him in this. Paravala - still surviving thru doing back 2 back shifts and extremely impossible working hours. Naan sonaal yaarum namba maatinga. There would have been atleast a Quarter that I would have spent my nights in the office - meaning a 24 hour bombshell.. I walk in at 10 and walk out the next day morning 7.
And, not for a surprise, its not just me who does these things. There are a set of driven people whom i work with who do the same. Ippo after all these days i have been pulled into a 3rd technology JKLMNOPQRSTUV - the abstract abbreviation itself is so big as the application is the business critical Tier 1 app.:) atulayum konjam konjam kai vituruken. Lets see - athu thaan yen future endru predict panren. But who knows - its been a crazy journey with a particular fun fact - There has been not a hour of the day that I have not been in office. :)

Lil Memoirs from Back Then

ruffriderb4u@gmail.com (senthil) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:41:00 +0000

Not long since we all got together and settled in as a team. When this happened, there were apparently many sleepless nights and lots of heated discussions and discoveries of known stuff going on.. Reinventing the problem wheel and we were literally fuming furiously :) Thats where IT-R was born. The Rebellions. Well, its not as hasty as it sounds. Its just a small group of jugheads who sat together and came to an agreement that an enemy to an enemy is our friend. As simple as that.

But slowly we picked up pace amongst us and it before we could realise we gelled in as a proper final year set :). wah wat a pleasure to know that u can walk into class and not dream about when to get out of it. It seriously was a turn table for me as this was kind of reincarnation of a college life which almost dipped deep down misery lane.

But yes, on the brighter side we guys did some great internal work. We cracked all our stress (Dunno from where :)) through computer peripherals such as switch, hub, lan cables which enabled us hard core gaming... Almost every other nite to the snack bar as a big bunch of buffaloes for nite drench :)... Going out in time table order to Kaiyendhi bhavan / Ganapathy mess / Leiden / occasionally Boomerang & Arunachalas :) for dinner.. Eat like flood hit victims :)... Then the most unforgettable part was the sleepless nites we spent before internals where we would look at Meenakshi/Karthika's notes in complete awe and amazement :) That we did sit thru so many classes, yet grasp so little.

There was also one day that i would like to especially recall. This was a particular weekend where there was a sudden surge in the weather conditions and our star sportsmen changed their minds about the game that was gonna be played in the last minute. And before the champs could make up their mind, it started to drizzle.. Then all idiots locked their PCs and rolled out to the small ground with the FOOTBALL. Waah.. unforgettable. Us vs. Sandwich fellows who already were playing. Then we challenged them like Vadivelu as our head count was low. But who cares, "We are the unleashed tigers in hunt of its prey" was the attitude. And so was the attitude with Rain. It poured real hard on us and so did we up the tempo in the game. It was such a wet hot game :) We had Kini, Hari, Arun, Bharat, Arul and Jeffrey was with his books then I guess :)

P.S. Dont ask about the score or the end result. All i remember was my mobile phone was squirking water like a pump after the game.!

My Last day in Villa Angsana...Hopefully I negate this statement very soon

ruffriderb4u@gmail.com (senthil) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:56:00 +0000

The last one week has been so beautiful and colorful that i indeed came out of all the office and personal trauma and drama which i was indulged in when i was back in delhi. Who knew this, when there is a 360degree fast forward in your life and u enter a completely different zone in this world.. so does ur mindset and thought process. Adengappa yena oru maayam, office la amarnthu mandayai pozhakum alavuku velai irukum bothellam ithu mathiri shift of paradigm kidaithal apadi thaan arumai aaga irukum..

Aayiram thaan irunthalum, yen veedu oru Islamic country il irukindrathu.. But the poor mind doesnt bother about the people, culture, language or surrounding when it comes to home. Home sweet home endru yen koorugirargal.. Veedu kaadil irunthalum athu oru athisaya poonga.. That's the neural network within us :) After all Malaysia is a country that u guys shld write down in ur wish list of places to visit. Apdi mudivu seithal yenaku oru phone podungal, i ll set up a royal carriage service and surprise for u :) yen endral ithu yen ooru yen veedu.. :)

There are several beginnings to this story. How did i land up here out of the blue? Wat were the athiradi actions that had taken place in between sitting in delhi and now sitting in my Kuala Lumpur house and drafting this post? Wat made this official trip the welcoming break i was waiting for? All beginnings lead to the same end.. A long story short.. I am here on a paid holiday endru sollalam :D but yen boss serupaala adipaar.. Athunaala i shall not commit that statement.

There are some thrilling stories behind this armageddon 7day trip. shall put them out in the coming posts. Coming back to the basics, the trip was extremely fabulous and above all i spent a quality time with my parents and bro who apparently have a very good point that its been 2yrs and 8months since i came home last :).. I return 2 my 2nd home happily today with all the items on my Bucket List checked :D. This is wat u call an ecstatic feeling. It was a one week crash course to reviving the Goodie Goodie senthil ;)

My novel journey – part 1

noreply@blogger.com (HARI) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:37:00 +0000

I don’t know how u guys gonna respond to it.. v are already in a drowning boat.. :( Lets all try to fix the hole :) I make my fix with tis post :)
I dunno how to start wit t post.. All I want is to share few moments of my journey wit Chetan bagat’s novels.. some may feel weird.. bcoz in one of my older comments.. I hav mentioned that I don’t read books and t two novels I read in my life are Scarlet pimpernal and Tom sawyer… yeah that was true.. but now t case is different and read 3 of his novels :) :) I have to really thank this guy Chetan Bagat for bringing out this change in me.. His first novel “5.someone”, t story is abt 3 IIT guys.. There are many reasons why I started reading this novel.. Few are,
1. Aamir’s next movie 3 idiots is based on this novel.
2. One of my friends ridiculed me for not reading tis novel.
3. And moreover, the lead character’s name in the novel is Hari.
I completed this novel in 2 nights.. I wish 2 share my first night’s experience (with t novel),
I started this “five point someone” at around 9.some pm after dinner.. though I listed out many reasons, I really started this one to kill time.. :) but on contrary the story enthralled me and pulled me into it.. I neva felt like that bfore.. I felt like watching a movie in that book..:) I wanted to know the next and next… and finished three 4th of the book at around 3.some am t next day.. I really don’t want to close that.. but I have to go office t next morning… I kept alarm at 6 am, knowing that I won’t get up at 6.. after some hours… slowly I was opening my eyes.. tat sound was intolerable..:(:( I want to cancel the alarm and throw my cell away.. I took my cell with my half eyes open.. oh shit!!! That was not alarm.. tat was my cab driver calling at 8:45am for pickup.. f..k:( he had already given me 3 missed calls.. :(:( I called him back and asked him to leave telling him that I was not feeling well :( then I started getting ready for office.. I hav to spend 50 bugs for auto.. on each-day when I miss my cab.. I finally got one after denied for residency road by 4 autowalas.. I started at 9 30, reached office at 10:10.. I was thinking abt the novel in 2hourly basis, that is thinking once in 2 hours.. abt the remainder portion.. I returned back early that day to finish 5.sum1, I started at 7 and successfully completed tat around 10 pm sacrificing my dinner on that day.. :(
I could rate 10-10 for this novel.. I shared my novel experience with my sisters and few of my friends.. they cudnt believe me.. as they know tat I am a book-repellent :) Few months later, my sister presented me “3 mistakes my life” book.. bcoz of my new novel interest.. it had 3 friends.. alike 5.someone.. but t plot is different.. t book is mainly abt cricket and religion.. chetan used some real incidents like guj bhuj disaster and india-Aus match... though this novel fulfilled my expectations.. I cant get t ecstasy in his first novel.. except for the climax chapters.. which are really adrenalin pumping.. I completed tis book in 3 nites and 1 afternoon.. no funny reminiscence to remember wit this novel :( In part 2, i shall discuss about chetan's recent flick "2 states". catch u soon :) :)

Mahjong Solitaire - (上, shàng; and 海, hǎi)

ruffriderb4u@gmail.com (senthil) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:49:00 +0000

Up, On or Above the Sea. This is what Shanghai literally translates too. A more poetic name for Shanghai switches the order of the two characters, Hàishàng (海上). Leaving behind its strong history in politics and growth during the Song Dynasty, Shanghai is the largest city in the People's Republic of China and serves as the business port of China. So it is basically the Mumbai of China. It is also more commonly known as Paris of the East and the Queen of the Orient. It is also at the mouth of the Yangtze River delta and it stands divided by the Huangpu River as 2 places - Pudong and Puxi.

Which brings us also to the highlight that China's International Airport at Shanghai is called PUDONG. I was so complacent as the climate only 7 degrees when we landed ground and what a coincidence - the first hoarding i saw outside in the dark was HITACHI :).. He he, this brand is most familiar to our generation as it holds a good position in the electronics market as well. But the true face of the presumed climate was exposed the moment we stepped outside the building to board the Audi coach which awaited the arrival of our 6 member team. I was smoking haze and it was stupendously cold - not because of the degree centigrade, but bcuz of the chill breeze which wud freeze u alive if not properly protected with 3 to 4 layers of clothing.

It was not a drastic change as Delhi is equally cold except for the rain with strong wind. I was all prepared for the 5 day journey in similar lines - had my monkey cap ;) jerkins & pullovers. The Audi drove us for an hour into the city to reach the Nanjing Road East where our EAA - GSC Conference was being hosted in the Le Royal Meridien hotel. I should admit, it was by far one of the most impressive contemporary landmarks i have come across. It featured great panoramic views and located in the heart of Shanghai which made it convenient to roam around Nanjing pedestrian street and 10 minutes walk to THE BUND - shopping area by the river.

Now to the rooms, phewwww.. Exotic is the only word which should be used to describe the rooms in there. For those of you who know prashanth (Our year Placement Coordinator), he was my twin sharing roommate. Room 2211 was sparkling, glowing, glossy and upscale. Solla varthai illai. Everything about tat place was cozy. Apram yena, odi poi bed la kuthuki aaramichathu thaan nyabagam iruku. The next thing in my conscience was waking up to the alarm ring from the lobby stating its time for breakfast. Ha ha, ithu allava vazhkai.. Ithu mathiri royal service nobody wud have got even when they were a mummy's lil baby. Hmmm.. apdiyee poi bath tub la ukaantha naan 40 mins kaluchu oru awesome body massage aana feeling oda veliya vanthen. Yena oru vazhkai ada maanida.!Then a day of awesome discussion about the East Asia and Global Service Centre colloboration and operational challenges. Forget about all that, come to the breakfast. Buffet spreadout to the extense of a hallway. All varieties of food.. continental, asian, chinese, western, suburban, fruits, deserts, seafood, pastries, baked, fried, grilled, boiled, steamed.. ella vithamana cuisines.. ellathulayum oru kai vachu pathutu resumed back to the objective of the conference :) - the meeting. Lunch was also equally well organized. Then after a quiet good start we had the evening hours planned for a Crash course to China living.

Kung Fu training
Calligraphy writing
How to make Dumplings
Seasons and Food - the healthy way of living.

In the night, the 6 of us from GSC assembled together to prepare ourselves on hand to be able to align ourselves for the presentation our Area IS Director - David Downs was going to present to us the next day. Late nite we crashed. The next day a similar routine and towards the end of the day we were split into 2 teams - 1 Global ERP and Customer Service & Delite. I belonged to the 1st team. We did the brainstorming and after that session I was asked to assist the 2nd team in making their presentation with all the beautification, animation and movie making. 14 of us, ellarukum information modules split panni kuduthutu i was sitting with a colleague who assisted me to construct the actual ppt from the modules produced by the other guys. All 14 of us got together in 1 room and it was great fun and team spirit to see such enthusiasm.

Next day was the actual presentation. I had actually transitioned to the other team for presenting the slides as well. It went really well and I had been given the opportunity to the opening slides and concluding ones. Delighted David was. Hope we stuck the right chord. Then the rest of the day after the PPT was cool, Karaoke night.. dance floor.. dinner with the team and back to the hotel. One of the 6 guys in us is getting married in December. So we threw him a bachelor party.

The next day midday a full body massage was arranged in the Spa closeby. Athuku apram yenala oru bone kooda move panna mudiyala - apdi oru thookam ilukuthu. Room poi super ah oru thookam potutu we assembled back in the evening and went for a discussion which was triggered post presentation the previous day. Atha mudichutu we all went for a proper traditional road side Vegetable Fried Rice dinner 2 streets away from the hotel. Super aana oru finding athu. All the 6 of us had an awesome dinner for the most economical of costs - 4 RMB per big bowl of fried rice. Amazinggg!

The ultimated day was left only for shopping and we went to the copy marked in Xing Wang Emporium. Gokka Makka shopping, bargaining and suthufying. It was awesome. Antha oru shopping experience pathi separate oru post eh eluthalam ;). U must the quality of stuff u get there and u can bargain like crazy. No problem of language as all the negotiations was done via the calculator ;). Company kudutha ella Forex money um athula sutti thalliyaachu :).. Back we were, 10 pm China time in the airport for boarding AI - 349 back home. A befitting climax was that the dinner in Air india was splendid and it made me drool that I requested for another hot pack and had twice the amount of listed dinner menu :)

FUNNY MAIL

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:33:00 +0000

I got a mail from i friend which i thought was too funny. so i decided to share it with u. Here it is.....

One day while walking down the street a highly successful
Human Resources Manager was tragically hit by a bus and she died. Her soul arrived up in heaven where she was met at the Pearly Gates by St. Peter himself.

"Welcome to Heaven," said St. Peter. "Before you get settled in though, it seems we have a problem. You see, strangely enough, we've never once had a Human Resources Manager make it this far and we're not really sure what to do with you."

"No problem, just let me in," said the woman.

"Well, I'd like to, but I have higher orders. What we're going to do is let you have a day in Hell and a day in Heaven and then you can choose whichever one you want to spend an eternity in."

"Actually, I think I've made up my mind, I prefer to stay in Heaven", said the woman

"Sorry, we have rules..."

And with that St. Peter put the executive in an elevator and it went down-down-down to hell.

The doors opened and she found herself stepping out onto the putting green of a beautiful golf course. In the distance was a country club and standing in front of her were all her friends - fellow executives that she had worked with and they were well dressed in evening gowns and cheering for her. They ran up and kissed her on both cheeks and they talked about old times. They played an excellent round of golf and at night went to the country club where she enjoyed an excellent steak and lobster dinner.

She met the Devil who was actually a really nice guy (kind
of cute) and she had a great time telling jokes and dancing. She was having such a good time that before she knew it, it was time to leave. Everybody shook her hand and waved goodbye as she got on the elevator.

The elevator went up-up-up and opened back up at the Pearly Gates and found St. Peter waiting for her.

"Now it's time to spend a day in heaven," he said. So she spent the next 24 hours lounging around on clouds and playing the harp and singing. She had great time and before she knew it her 24 hours were up and St. Peter came and got her.

"So, you've spent a day in hell and you've spent a day in heaven. Now you must choose your eternity,"

The woman paused for a second and then replied, "Well, I never thought I'd say this, I mean, Heaven has been really great and all, but I think I had a better time in Hell."

So St. Peter escorted her to the elevator and again she went down-down-down back to Hell.

When the doors of the elevator opened she found herself standing in a desolate wasteland covered in garbage and filth. She saw her friends were dressed in rags and were picking up the garbage and putting it in sacks.

The Devil came up to her and put his arm around her.

"I don't understand," stammered the woman, "yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and a country club and we ate lobster and we danced and had a great time. Now all there is a wasteland of garbage and all my friends look miserable."

The Devil looked at her smiled and told...
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"Yesterday we were recruiting you, today you're an Employee"

100 hundred 100 hundred :) :)

noreply@blogger.com (Prathi) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:14:00 +0000

hi...

the 100th post 2 appear...
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so diff 2 copy n paste :) :)
u ppl carry on ya work....

Slice the Bread when its Freshly Baked

ruffriderb4u@gmail.com (senthil) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:19:00 +0000

War of the sexes... As we had some serious discussions in one of our previous posts about male chauvinists and female dominance. I felt this is a widely controversial area which wud rather have most masala compared to the existing topics of heated discussions. As of today, I see no point in looking back at yesterday. Because yesterday seems highly contradicting and impossible to believe. If I tell you women of the Indian Household were once not allowed to speak in the public and abandoned from talking to another man looking at his face into his eyes post their marriage - wud u even think bout convincing yourself on that fact!

As seemingly absurd it is, so much true also ! The irony behind this is that, when you look closer you would realise that probably things are upside down today. All men are tied down to cooking and cleaning and have no say against his lawfully wedded hubby. Anybody who opposes this are free to go to news stands and magazine stores and pick up a Anantha vikatan, kumutham, India today or Thina thanthi and digest this truth. Not a single magazine has ever missed passing a non chalant joke over Indian men facing the trauma of being kitchen grounded or wife's commandment. Well, ladies and gentlemen thats wat we are currently looking at... 'War of the sexes' where does the term originate and in what sense?

"War of the sexes" is a phrase in plain English, it's beyond guessing when and where it started. The actual war, that is, the conflict between sexual roles, began when the first caveman said, "No, I'm not going to start the fire. You know how to do it, and it's your turn." Or his mistress said, "You hungry, you cook!".. In a more modern context, it usually involves confrontation in the battle for women's rights, such as the right to vote, or wear pants, or receive equal pay.

Whenever these conflicts are to some degree settled, new ones begin, for genetic reasons will start a new combat in this never-ending conflict. Here are some very modern realizations which would probably inflict and pitch well on those male chauvinists who still think they are the main cause of 360 degree planet earth spin and every woman who boasts she is the prime center of this globe and that every man is of no good unless he bumps into the magical woman....

"What would men be without women? Scarce, sir .. mighty scarce." -- Mark Twain

"A woman may be able to change the world, but she will never be able to change a man." -- Amy Snowden

"Behind every successful man is a surprised woman." -- Maryon Pearson

"In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman." -- Margaret Thatcher

"Men are like a deck of cards. You'll find the occasional king, but most are jacks." -- Laura Swenson

"Woman was God's second mistake." -- Friedrich Nietzsche

NOESIS

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:03:00 +0000

no·e·sis (n-ss)

The cognitive process; cognition.

[Greek nosis, understanding, from noein, to perceive, from nous, mind.]

sounds intriguing isn't it? yep i too feel the same . i am still awe struck about this , so i decided to share my thoughts on this , noesis.Before i share my views i draw inspiration from the lost symbol regarding this topic and am forced not to share certain things regarding the book as it would be a spoiler for those who didnt read it.

Earlier I had written about the post , the power of mind , if anyone recalls , where i had discussed about positive thinking.this post can be considered as a refined version of 'the power of mind'.

man has managed to solve many puzzles regarding his evolution.He is scientifically advanced, but what he does in the process is to forget that everything which he is proving scientifically now has been told by the sages and scholars centuries back, in a language which the lay man can understand .

This is where religion and prayer,team work etc come into picture.We have heard of persons bending forks by continuously staring at them or some persons who heal the sick by placing their hands on them ,or of persons like lance armstrong who battled cancer successfully.it all deals with energy and its relation to thought.

Why do we say as the going get tough the tough get going.It all deals with energy that is generated because of out thought.

We say people fought cancer to be alive again.How is that possible? Its their thought their will to survive that has generated energy powerful enough to modify the orientation of diseased cells into normal ones.

We also would have heard of amirthanandamayi who blesses people by hugging them. its through the hug she transfers the positive energy.

People have totally mis-understood the concept of temples and prayer. why were they formulated?

Imagine if an individual by his thought can generate energy that can modify the cell orientation imagine masses coming together with same common and positive thought . how much effect and energy would that generate.The same goes with negative thought.But where does the concept of religion stand now? terrorism? religion is being used exactly the opposite of the very purpose for which it was created, generating negative energy in the form of terrorism.

One way of infusing negative energy in the body is what we call as BRAINWASHING:)

But using out thought to generate positive energy is easier said than done. It requires much effort . There comes meditation.thats the way people harness the power of thought.

Now an interesting question arises.If thought can generate energy that affects the physical world thought must be having mass. How do we prove it ?

"KELVI KEKAKURATHU EASY ANSWER SOLLURATHU THAAN KASHTAM"

If thought has mass thee the human mind(not the brain),the soul associated with it must have mass?

Time will provide answers.

there is a branch of science called noetic science which deals with all this .You can google for "intention experiment " and read about experiments conducted related to this field.The lost symbol has also referred this book.

After all this arises the mega question that has been haunting minds for years together,WHO OR WHAT IS GOD?

I say,God is the positive energy generated out of our thought , which makes things happen:)many people may be skeptical of what i say. many unanswerable questions will be popped up.all those questions will be answered during APOCALYPSE :)

Apocalypse-

meaning: Great or total devastation; doom. Even the bible speaks about apocalypse ,that we interpret as "END OF WORLD"

Apocalypse (Greek: Ἀποκάλυψις Apokálypsis; "lifting of the veil" or "revelation") is a term applied to the disclosure to certain privileged persons of something hidden from the majority of humankind. Today the term is often used to refer to the end of the world (or Armageddon), which may be a shortening of the phrase apokalupsis eschaton which literally means "revelation at the end of the æon, or age".-source wiki

So the root word of apocalypse means -unveiling or revelation:)

apocalypse is not the end of world but the day where all our ignorance will be shed , when humans will move from dark to light :)thats when all men will become gods or god like i.e the apotheosis of man:)

Apotheosis (from Greek ἀποθεόω, apotheoō "to deify", later the Italian gióvino, "to be made divine"^[1]), refers to the exaltation of a subject to divine level.

p.s the things regarding apotheosis and apocalypse were the info which i got from lost symbol.

SOME PICS FROM INDIA AUS MATCH

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:45:00 +0000

crowd frenzy @sachin century

shane watson @ boundary

crowd watchin in stunned silence, aus reach 350

sachin and sehwag batting

Sachin is misplaced

meenakshi.syam@gmail.com (Meenakshi) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:17:00 +0000

It was yet another terrible loss!! I am unlucky, I dint watch Sachin's awesome innings, and got this update on phone from Rogers who saw the match live!! What an honour, I seriously envy him. You go to watch an Indian match live and your super hero hits 150+ who will ever be so lucky!!

Ever since people started speaking that Sachin was not a match winner I used to jump about and fight telling he has done his duty by hitting so many runs where did your other hero's vanish when Sachin was putting so much effort. And that is a true fact, how many of us can really forget seeing Sachin crying so many times and breaking down so many times. He is simply a genius, but I feel he is totally misplaced. Hardly have people stood beside him and given the support that ought to be given by a team.

When a single player puts in so much effort and scores nearly half of the target, how the hell can he be blamed for not playing a match winning innings?? No way he is a reason for India losing. Where did the so called awesome batting of the prided No.1 Batsman Dhoni go??

Indian team is not worth Sachin...

Sorry Rogers I took the pleasure of starting this first, but please do update your experience :)

The incident that shook my life completely

noreply@blogger.com (Prathi) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:54:00 +0000

Hello all...
I dunno whr to start this but i wan u all to b aware of this.
Its abt my dad....

There was this day when my mom n dad went happily to my neighbour's daughter's wedding reception and came back home at night. The next day was normal with my dad getting ready for the office n mom preparing b'fast n lunch for him... Jus then he complained of having ache in his shoulder. N as always he gave self explanation that y'day's dinner might have caused bit of gas problem.
He started walkin, but after taking few steps he was not able to walk further and thought of going back home ( the greatest mistake which he din make ), but his cab came so he went 2 office.
But after reaching the office, he was not able to do ath. So his manager compelled him to go to hospital, which i know he wudnt hav done if nt for his boss. ( Usual act of evry parent). So he called my mom to take his medical book n come 2 hospital.
( our town has only GH n no private hospitals) .
After a clear examination, my dad was made to admit and they said that it was a general check up. And till that time no doctor came to visit. My mom thought there was no necessary to call any1 for help. To say, she s a very bold woman. But at late afternoon, she called one of our close frnds jus for help.

In the mean time, they took, ecg and xray and scan for dad. He was ok by then. He went to bathrooms thrice walkin and then was relaxing. By evening, a doctor came to visit, he then told my mom to call some one for help. My mom was confused, but she did call the uncle. My dad again stood up to go to bathroom, jus then a nurse came rushin in and said him not to. And the doctor immediately gave reference to chennai appollo . It was evening by then. The uncle too came for rescue.

They set off in an ambulance. By dad was speaking normally and at night asked my mom n the uncle to go and have their dinner and then they proceeded. By the time they reached appollo it was 11. And dey took my dad in stretcher and when they called him for some question he was numb. They called his name repeatedly but no response.
The doctors immediately put some injection and gave shock treatment for quite some time before they came to know he was alive.
In the meanwhile, a doctor took my uncle out of earshot of my mom and asked him to arrange for an ambulance coz dey thought my dad won b alive and he cant b brought back to life again.
It was his first severe attack. To exactly say second, coz doc said he had a minor attack when in travel.
I dunno wat to say, if it is by means of God's grace , my dad made it.
Then the regular treatment and they did angioplasty ( they put a small stent inside the artery to let blood pass through ). And he was finally out of hospital after some 3 weeks and now he s leading a normal life.

Now let me list out the mistakes that happened during the procedure which resulted for his attack.

1. The doc in GH, they knew the variation in ECG but neva revealed it to my mom. If dey had done it, she wud hav taken him immediately to appollo and this wudnt hav become this complex.
2. when they identify such variation, the patient is not allowed to walk , coz it means he gives more pressure to his heart which risks his heart attack
3. The doc shud have given an injection immediately after identifying the variation in order to release the pressure in heart, which dey neva did in GH.

N not less my dad. He had BP and doc gave him tablets in which he happily left over a tab called 'ecosprin' 5 yrs back which is very necessary not for BP but for the heart. It is used to purify the blood coming to heart.

If any 1 had been correctly followed, now v won b in such a mentality of fear each and evry day. U dunno guys, each n evry day if my parents don pick up the phone the fear that sweeps through me is like . i dunno how to say. Even if i go home, if my dad fails to snore i wake up n look at him and in the morning if he wakes up late, i ll go n check in his room for his breath.

I neva intended to write this post, but the recent incident when one of my dad's collegue died . He was jus 39, leaving his 2 chilren, 1 s in 1st std n another in 7th. His wife was mentally affected coz of this. His youngest child was nt even aware dat his dad died and was playing in his funeral.

Now i wud like to take things seriously. Let me tel the symptoms of heart attack.
- It is not always necessayry to have a pain in heart
- He ll b suffering from fever and diarrhoea for 1 weeks time
- Pain in shoulders and spinal

N its growing enormously with the IT field with no physical work to do and stress at large amount. SO in case you find any person with these kind of symptoms, ask dem nt 2 b lethargic.

First marriage in my friends circle

meenakshi.syam@gmail.com (Meenakshi) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:43:00 +0000

Wow the most awaited weekend was showing itself up, but for the tons of office work to be done before leaving it was a brilliant beginning. Must say so much of work also gave it a good start :) I was planning to leave office by 9.30 to take my bus at 11! Yes that is how careful bangaloreans must be. And I was pushed to work till 9.27 as I wont be having any form of internet access over the weekend.

Kudos to irctc tatkal I had to book a sitting bus in last minute, which I thought would be a great spoiler, but I was blessed with a sound sleep that night to my own astonishment, yes I really slept in a sitting bus! First time ever in my life I suppose, thanks to Citrix for the heavy work :)

I was taking a bus to Madurai, which was 2 hours away from Dindukkal, I was off to the place which a partial reason for my name - My father was working in Madurai when I was born. I was born on Meena rasi too, so they decided to give me this name :) My cousin brother has currently positioned his tent in Madurai. We both expected me to reach the place by 9.30 or so, and to our shock and surprise I reached by 6.30 -> GOK how the KPN driver managed, thank God I slept off!

He had two kids[girls], was looking forward to have a great time with them as they already knew me very well as my brother stayed for nearly three years just next street to us. But alas they were sleeping when I went. Had dosa for a good change I was not the maker :P [I have started cooking and must say that it is not very tough :)] then those sweet buddies got up. It was really awesome to hear them call me "Athai", I have ever and will ever long for not having an athai :( Athai is father's sister. My father's side family is much restricted to my father and his own brother and my grandmother's own brother family. My grandfather used to say that his brother's and all were bad people so they used to stay away from them, whatever it was I dint have an athai to hear "அத்தை மடி மெத்தையடி ஆடி விளையாடம்மா" :(

Then I had a sound sleep :) then a heavy lunch. Then playing with those kids again :) Around 3.30 finally I decided to start and my brother dropped me at bust stand and I took a Govt bus, with seat near the door, wow I was very lucky.

The travel was unforgettable. "மண்வாசனை" was ever lingering with fresh rains having played with it and more joyfully willing to come. The path was so serene that I was feeling totally peaceful, no laptop, no shecheduled tasks, no coding, no accomplishment of targets. This was really beauty. Either side were hills and few more taller ones allowing them to be called small mountains. There were so many of them. The series went on and the final hill or mountain seem to be the sky itself. The blissful blue colour that they took gradually was a perfect match to the sky blue.

The mail glory creator was adding on to the ecstasy, the Sun, it luminously decorated the clouds. There was a stong beauty competiton between the sky, the sun, the hills/mountains and the clouds and finally putting myself as judge "together it was heaven :)".

Such a journey at this hectic period of life was an ice breaker. Surely it was a must and it proved to be much more worthful :)

At last I reached the place and was off to madapam, it really felt good to witness first marriage among our friends circle. There was Yaazh showing all sings of a girl ready for reception, she looked strikingly beautiful. And slowly everyone came and we had a great time together enjoying every moment of the ocassion, with so much of care given to us by Yaazh's parents. And the next day came with the marriage ceremony getting over -> there blossomed Mrs.Yaazhisai Parthiban, it is indeed a very significant day for her, the next afterwhich her entire lifestyle would change.

Then back to Madurai, enjoyment with my brother kids :)

Altogether the trip was simply awesome.

PS: You might have wondered why the whole post was full of text with no photos. This was a blow, last time when I went home I forgot to get back my camera :( But must say these images shall never leave my mind. Everything will ever stay captured there :)

Life is neva like wat v wan

noreply@blogger.com (Prathi) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Hi all...

Am peeping into the blog after a loooong time.. Don ask me y... :) .. Its a secret...
R v all content wid v hav now? I am nt. I din mean the money or d env v r in, but our life.
I dunno how many know this, I don like computers and this IT field . 'Completely sickening with a bunch of good for nth ppl sittin in front of comp, typing in endless lines' . this was d opinion i had when i was in school. Till 12th i neva worked in a comp ( To mention except in 7th n 8th where v had compulsary classes in school . I managed to score well B- :) ) . I neva attended math entrance class. Used to skip it always, say parents dat i hav other works sit n sleep in class.

But when d entrance results came, it was a major shock to the entire family. I din make up to any of the govt medical college missing it by points. May b fate was so.
First attack that changed my life completely.
Till date am cursing myself for not scoring well enough to get into medicine which i longed for from my childhood days. To say my father was the reason behind it. I disappointed him very much.

Next the hunt for engineering college. Myself and my father used to have heated discussion over which college to choose. I want to do electricals or electronics. I some how like the electrons and protons :) , may b my physics teacher played an imp role in it. Again, fate din play fair. Second attack. I din get in ECE or EEE in anna n PSG. So took IT in PSG.

Not a day passed without me mourning for wat position i was den. I neva get the code. Neva understood the greek and latin ppl used to teach in the name of programming language. Atlast somehow i passed in eth and got the degree in hand.

Now the job. Though i earn, this is not wat i want. This is not the life i expected and longed for. Simply to say there in no meaning for my life now. Even if i want 2 do highers, i simply cant. Coz d sub doesnt interest me.

Somehow i developed interest in drawing. But work n work n more work. U eventually forget eth else.

N there goes. Life continues like this foreva.

:)

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:43:00 +0000

This poem was nominated by UN as the best poem of 2008, written by an African kid

When I born, I black

When I grow up, I black

When I go in Sun, I black

When I scared, I black

When I sick, I black

And when I die, I still black

And you white fellow

When you born, you pink

When you grow up, you white

When you go in sun, you red

When you cold, you blue

When you scared, you yellow

When you sick, you green

And when you die, you gray

And you calling me colored?

Century !!!

noreply@blogger.com (HARI) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:25:00 +0000

This is our 100th post.. I wanna take yo a statistical journey in achieving this feat...

Here are some of the statistics of our blog so far...

Total number of posts created so far : evryone knows that.. 100

Total number of posts published out of that : 91

Month with maximum no. of posts : May (30)

month with least no. of posts : June (6)

Total avg no. of posts every month so far : 16 per month.

the above info can b straightaway glimpsed from the blog.. but to take it into more detailed one..

peep down..

Contribution of our authors

On contribution order, only for 91 published posts..

senthil : 27

Jeff : 24

Meenakshi: 13

prathi : 11

Hari : 9

shanthee : 5

peria : 1

karthi : 1

sindhu : 0

lovelin shillu: 0

Post with maximum no. of comments:

Like the flowing river - Jeff : 57 comments

Post with minimum no. of comments:

WAKE UP CALL - Jeff : 2 comments

Go For It !

ruffriderb4u@gmail.com (senthil) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:00:00 +0000

Economic Crisis.. Credit Crunch.. Global Recession.. GDP Decline.. Subprime Mortgage Crisis.. Deflation.. Financial pitfall.. Stock market plunge.. Worldwide Economic Depression.. Unemployment and Foreclosures........ All these terms are related to the current scenario the planet around us is facing. The general slowdown in economic activity and Production units measured by Employment, Investment Spending, Business Profits, Household Incomes all fall during this crisis.

Moment of truth and comedy behind tragedy being that we are also one of the victims. Losing jobs and Fighting for the next one is no different from our situation. Its just that we luckily have got the back seat in this roller coaster ride and suffer less compared to some of our friends who once thought that they were also in safe hands, but unexpectedly ended up waiting indefinitely for this storm to pass through, so that they can also achieve the plans they had walked in with into PSG Tech. Taking nothing away from this twisted scene, do you guys remember the hassle we all went through for our placements. The butterfly effect, nervous interviews, nailbiting final rounds.. Ellam irunthum jobs kidacha niraya peru innum waiting queue la infinite ah deadlock situation eppa mudiyum endru aavaludan kaathirukaanga.

We shld all be grateful to the supernatural forces that the company we've enrolled for is in a half decent state and we all have been taken on board. Atleast we guys were gifted enough to see that many companies and had the opportunity to walk in and walk out of that placement office with more or less good chances, but look at our predecessors... They have very limited options and more than manageable competition to get through. So I would cal myself and my clan of Freedom Writers LUCKY :D

So the ideal thing to do at this point of time is to gather vast experience with some good exposure in the journey and await the doors to open wide in a couple of years and pursue what we really wanted to or fascinated to. To start off life, this is not bad at all. So, however much you had to compromise, suffer, struggle and bare with the uncomfortable cumbersome experiences we might have to go through as part of this new job and tough sharpenings in the name of learning I would say pull yourself together to stay calm and composed. Tell yourself "Excellence is not a singular act, it is when you unrealizingly dedicate yourself to swim through the problems and break through the obstacles to reach the other end of the tunnel and look back in glory to tell yourself "..You deserve it and its only the beginning to many more of such mind blowing arduous adventures..." !

Rather than complaining about the problems surrounding the bee hive. We can look at it with some optimism ... "Nammala nambiyum inniku oru job and rewarding remuneration is waiting.. So we are worth something and we are destined to prove ourselves.." Lets take this up in defiance and nail each one of our difficult circumstances we face everyday as part of our job and raise to the occasion. After some retrospection I would assert that we repronounce the term "DIFFICULTY" as "CHALLENGE" in our dialect.

And also, taking this opportunity.. I would suggest all of us interact by exchanging some valuable information of what we do... Wat's the job nature and wat technology do we use to empower the project we are working on.! The kind of R&D involved in ur work and al the experimentations and learnings that came along. Above all, Who Am I - I aaaaam SpiderMan. Athu than illai, wat is ur designation exactly nu sollunga

Reincarnation - may be true !!!

noreply@blogger.com (HARI) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:24:00 +0000

Reincarnation is nothing but rebirth. But before going into my concept, I want to brief u about human development and variation based on chromosomes. Every human is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, that is 23 from father and 23 from mother. These 23 chromosomes are selected randomly from the father and mother. Even scientists couldn't determine the logic behind that.

A child born with 46 chromosomes is coming from 92 different chromosomes from father and mother. So, a father can produce C(46,23) - (combination) different sperm cells and similarly a female can produce C(46,23) different ovum cells. C(46,23) value is 8,233,430,727,600 (8.2 trillion approx).

Since a zygote is formed by the fusion of sperm and ova. The total possible outcomes are (square of 8.2 trillion). A couple can produce these many number of different children but not beyond that. Tis s answer for the question, why children born to same parents look different?

The human body is made up of proteins - body builders. the proteins are formed based on the chromosomal arrangement. It determines the shape of the nose, hair, internal organs, etc., so to be born again the same sequence has to reoccur. This is also the concept behind cloning (making a backup of yourself).

But it can also happen naturally, Our ancestors called that as reincarnation. The time of reincarnation is again unpredictable. It depends on the pair that fuses to form a new life. But after a very long period of time, the chromosomes will definitely repeat its sequence. But no one will know that they are born again. I am pretty much sure that our body would have already existed in this world.

In some Indian culture, people used to say that a person can have a total of 7 lives. It can also b true, as the time difference between two reincarnation is huge. May b t earth can get destroyed before the 8th cycle. can b 2012!!

If cloning is going to get authorized, then it will create drastic changes in the society. "Memory transfer + cloning" can create true replicas (both physical and mental).

Navarathri @ my home

meenakshi.syam@gmail.com (Meenakshi) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:41:00 +0000

Should have been posted before long :( but still want to share a few pics of my home golu :) The last pic is of kalasam. After keeping this the golu should not be disturbed for ten days.

Why Did I Fall in Love

ruffriderb4u@gmail.com (senthil) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:22:00 +0000

No 9'o clock calls.. No weekend shopping... No expectations on valentine's day... No romantic dinners... No surprises... No anticipations on Birthday / Valentine gifts... No presumable ego.. No anticipation or anxiety on being passive.. Basically no pressure... "Kya love story yaar.. Band Bajgaya" endru ninaika vendam. Infact this is one of the most wonderful relationships i've ever encountered. If you have a partner qualifying all these parameters with contradicting equations then it means that u've actually found yourself a perfect match from Monster.com ;)

Every relationship has a scale of peak expectations which need to be fulfilled to avoid disaster recovery. The way this works is, when the relationship is fresh, bright and refreshing the levels of expectation is barely low because none of us want to take the other for granted or put too much pressure on the other. So there is a large buffer space that is shared... Leaving apart the philosophical end.. Lets get back to the story. A disco, A dare, A Pile On, A Post Pile On, A Touch, A Kiss, A Fresco, A New Year's Eve, A Party.. And all these between 2 very light hearted minds which find a great sense of common things alongside with barely any emotional atyachaar or any apprehension. Can you believe it, the coin has always been biased and the dice is always loaded. We always tend to build up or pile on unnecessary premonitions and make promises to ourselves in the name of love. One day, when these never-made promises dont materialize we start feeling insecure.

The moment the human mind gets insecure, it's pattern of behavior explodes so drastically that we make blunders which would seem stupid from one's own judgement 10 minutes later. So, coming back to the story... The 4th week... An Ambition, A Job, A Trip.... Whilst all this, they meet... Just to find out how nervous is the other one to declare what they had in their minds. Lets just pause here and go back to Laila Majnu, Heer Ranja, Romeo Juliet... All these love stories are built of emotions, strong bonds, passion, abiding trust... Well, all this is fit for tales and good for nothing today. Not for the Aam Janta - The Mango PPL.

BREAK UP !! Long distance Relationships dont work.. Relation wears out.. The bond fades out.. Calls unattended.. Mails not responded.. More pressure and more anguish.! We need to do it - YES BINGO !! Both of them in unison.. Here it goes - wht was it, fidgety 2 minutes. The cat was out of the bag and so was all the uneasiness and rigidity.. See, thats what good relationships are made of - being frank, forthright and blunt with no degree of artificiality in expressions or thoughts..

If it had been a harsh, hurtful, awkward breakup with polished statements and refined thought sharing, then the story wud have been "Mooooving on with life"..But surprisingly and excitingly both of them having shared wat was exactly what they wanted they get even more comfortable with each other.. But, eventually time and space separates them - not their minds.! Since cooexistence is imperative they tend to blend in with their present days and date different ppl. 1 gets all what he wanted in life - the perfect job, the beautiful life and plenty of money and the other - did wat all she was passionate about, exploring things and reinventing herself.

Shouldnt the story end here. They both have moved on and they have made complete individuals out of themselves... The beauty lies there, like all graphs they also have a down followed by an up.. Their lives slowly start to deteriorate. Life loses its color, the flavor and the essence. It becomes monotonous. They have everything but cumulatively nothing. All material things start to sulk and at one point of time they get lost and drowned.

Now, the question is why???????????????????? Show me what you've got guys.. Things are pretty evident. Not a single flaw so far, but why do they still feel incomplete and where has the drive in them gone?

The story ends with cheers and blushes.. A Happy Ending. But I shall reveal that once we fill the dotted line blank for the question above.