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2009-06-09T06:46:00.000-07:00

There are times when you jus feel happy just to witness an historic event... The occassion is even more special when your idol is a part of that history....It was for me and for other thousands of fans around the world when Roger Federer won his 14th grand slam...And what a way to reach the mark....Winning his first French open title thus completing career slam; only 6th in the history of open era tennis to do so...

The records go on... like 15 of last 16 grand slam finals and 20 consecutive grand slams semi finals... But it is not just about the records....it is his love for the game more than anything....and the humility that accompanies it....the way he gracefully executes his game...vehement blows with a touch of tenderness.... The way he fought in every round of the French Open...he is like a great motivation to looot of people including me...It is just a privilege to be witnessing the great player arguably the "greatest" player in action...

David Foster Wallace reflected the above and more in his excellent tribute to Federer, "Federer As Religious Experience" with an insight into the future of tennis past Federer's retirement:

You should have seen, on the grounds' outside courts, the variegated ballet that was this year's Junior Wimbledon. Drop volleys and mixed spins, off-speed serves, gambits planned three shots ahead; all as well as the standard-issue grunts and booming balls. Whether anything like a nascent Federer was here among these juniors can't be known, of course. Genius is not replicable. Inspiration, though, is contagious, and multiform and even just to see, close up, power and aggression made vulnerable to beauty is to feel inspired and (in a fleeting, mortal way) reconciled.

2008-11-17T13:26:00.000-08:00

A Night to Remember....

There are moments in life which you carry with you forever...The concert in Delaware day before yesterday was one such...The greatest reward for a band or for a musician is the appreciation the people give...Not every show does a band get a standing ovation....

The Oct 11 show in New jersey was also well recieved...but due to poor audio engg the first half show was a mess...though we got out of it and made the 2nd half of the show great, the shadow of the first half loomed large on our heads...we needed one opportunity to break out of it...we did it in the TAGDV (Delaware) show and we did it in style....

The show scheduled to start at 7 PM started at 9 PM, thanks to some lengthy speakers who were eager to get their share of people's patience...They tested our patience too..but I think we owe a little thanks to them bcoz the more they made us wait, the more we were pumped and eager to rock...so when "finally" it started we went through 19 songs NON-STOP in one amazing flow....there was stunning energy frm all the singers n instrumentalists....the flow was so gr8 we did not even bother to stop n get ourselves introduced...of course who would want an introduction when music is all the identity there is...

The show ended shortly before the hour n minute hands met...It was amazin how people stayed till the end of the show and even after we were done the crowd jus stood there applauding and giving a standing ovation...elated is not the word...that is when a greatest sense of achievement sinks in and you feel happy to be just a part of the entire thing how big/small your contribution is....

our official blog: http://blog.jerseyrhythms.com/

Other Videos of the concert @ http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=151701B035CEB386

Looking forward for another such experience at Harrisburg this coming weekend...

2008-10-28T12:50:00.000-07:00

Its been a long time since I put in a post...my last entry was after Fed lost Wimbledon...Not that it had anything to so with my not writing though....Too much of work and too much of making "a mountain out of a mole" things took up most of my time during last couple of months...Well now having addressed most of my professional commitments for now I have some time in my hand left so I am using to write this post...of course both time and the hand...Here are some crucial updates from my side since my last post

- Roger won the US open...yeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhh!!!
- fell in love
- my parents came down to visit me....
- Trips to Niagara, NYC and DC with mom n dad....gr888 time...
- work pressure mounts...
- fell out of love
- my first concert in NJ...second in US (1st was in NYC)
- Project delivered successfully under tremendous pressure....
- way back into love...
- mom n dad left bak to India (miss em a loooot :( )
- managed to get rice....(to those who dont know too much of demand for rice here)
- celebrated Diwali with friends....

Well u can count out the ones with "love"...jus added them as fillers...else the list seemed small...

2008-07-06T19:25:00.000-07:00

The King...Forever...

Words falter...A battle that lasted for 4 hrs 50 mins and as the cruel gameplan of fate unfolded, the world witnessed the defeat of the greatest tennis player ever who ruled the Centre court...I really did not watch the match completely, to be honest I could not...I had to deliberately switch channels just to avoid witnessing the defeat...

Roger Federer - The name rules tennis courts..Even the players idolize Him...His play is flawless...He is a champion even though he lost today...The fact that he battled 2 Championship points and fought to win 2 sets with tie breakers proves the material he is made of...This loss just proves one thing...That he is a human...Noone denies that...But he is the King and shall reign forever as one...Afterall one lost battle does not prove otherwise...

2008-06-23T12:19:00.001-07:00

Dasavatharam...

Firstly let me put in a disclaimer that I am not a movie critic and have no intentions of putting down someone else's hardwork. Having said that, I take the liberty of penning my opinions of the movie Dasavatharam as a regular movie watcher.

Before I could say anything else, hats off to Kamal for daring such a movie. His performance is excellent in the whole movie especially in the roles of Poovaragan, Balran naidu and to some extent in Fletcher's role. The voice modulations, accent and body language are more than impeccable. The other roles I felt were overkill mainly Kalifullah, Patti and Avatar Singh, aleast the make up part of it.

Kamal as an actor is brilliant as ever and has put in a great deal of hardwork. It is evident from the way he has metticulously portrayed each role with great attention to minute details. That is all the more the reason why I feel he should have restricted himself to that area which he does the best. Agreed he is a great script writer and director which he established in movies like Hey Ram and Anbe Sivam. However just because he is all over the movie in 10 different roles it is hard to do justice to each area and there he fails.

The movie starts with Kamal's speech about Chaos theory. To be honest I got the wind that the movie is based on the theory before I actually watched it and had built an expectation. May be that is the reason for my disappointment but then again I was prejudiced. The 18th century nambi is tied to Vishnu idol and drowned in the sea. People say this is the initial condition for chaos that resulted in Tsunami in the last scene. My question is the role of Nambi in that. I feel Nambi's presence or absence neverthless would have resulted in the idol being pushed in sea. So the significance of that role is not justified.

Chaotic systems are dynamic systems which evolve dynamically with the progression of time and are sensitive to the initial conditions. Having defined that, my question is what is the chaotic system under question in this movie. Tsunami?? In that case the movie just shows the initial condition of the Tsunami (if you can accept that an 10 feet long idol can cause plate tectonics to change to trigger an earthquake and eventually a Tsunami). After that nothing in the movie really shows the evolution of that chaos. To make it simple, none of the events happening in the current state of the movie per say affects the happening of Tsunami. We cannot just say its chaos just because it is sensitive to the initial conditions as many dynamic system (tending to infinity) can be built based on mathematical model which can be deterministic and need not end in a chaos.

The events that go on with present day Kamal seem to be more a stochastic system rather chaos. Even if it can classified as chaos what is the relation between the Tsunami and this. Just that the time of both these chaotic systems converges which more simply can be referred as coincidence. There are such loose ends which is little haunting considering the intellectual movie maker Kamal is.

Again I'd like to reiterate that it is one of the good movies released in the year (not just because others were bad) and a very brave effort. But the screenplay is too soggy and is surfeit with complications. Though Kamal's 10 different roles were innovative and a treat to watch one fails to understand the rationale behind doing so with such a storyboard.

2008-06-20T09:01:00.000-07:00

Walking in the rain on a drizzly evening

First drops of rain hitting the ground,
Like jets of silver lilting down,
People around rushing for shelter overhead,
I start out my stroll in the beauty ahead.

Heavy droplets of rain falling with verve,
Yet so gentle not to make me wrench,
Like the care of a mother this rain descends,
Even in the might, its love transcends.

Through this runny curtain with head high,
Tiny droplets kissing as they drop-by,
With the trees swaying in the occassional wind,
The black clouds making the vista much more adorned.

Each droplet in itself purity personified,
Despite the humble sources from it has been drained,
These waters from heaven fervent to cleanse,
Dirt in air, land and minds alike.

Walking through this bliss of harmonious chords,
I feel like wordsworth, just without the words,
Realize there are miles before I sleep,
But I'll take a minute, for this moment to seep...

2008-05-22T10:35:00.000-07:00

Mood Kaapi....

I am one great personification of mercurial interests on the face of this earth...My interests shift between poems, technology, books based on time...even in books I oscillate from Relativity to Robin Cook...

Having said that my latest pick is carnatic music although I should admit music has been my one greatest love throughout....Carnatic music as opposed to common notion is a delight to learn...It has so much intricacies in it that you might be overwhelmed at times or worse demotivated....However it is arguably one of the best schools of music...

Coming to the topic under study...I was listening to Mood Kaapi orchestration by Illayaraaja yesterday and obviously I was very much heaved into it...Kaapi is a raaga derived from the Melakartha raaga called Karaharapriya...The whole family of raagas branched out from Karaharapriya are very expressive and has that emotional touch...

The signature of the raaga is S R2 M1 P N3 S.. S N2 D2 N2 P M1 G2 R2 S...In Raaja's composition I hit across a particular alaap of swaras which goes something like R R G R M G R G G M G M G R...I found this not right as according to the signature of this raaga, G should not follow R and M after G...However considering the novice I am in carnatic music I am not sure if my judgement is right...I doubt if Raaja has diverted from the raaga which is not unusual in film music or is the pattern right....Any inputs will be greatly appreciated....

2008-03-24T20:59:00.000-07:00

Mouna Ragam Theme sequenced...

This is one of my most favorite compositions...a beautiful composition by Illayaraaja...Excellent chord progressions...My attempt to recreate it..

2008-03-20T10:04:00.000-07:00

Of Audio interfaces n MIDI....

I am not sure how helpful this stuf will be for everyone but am pretty sure someone out there is desperate to get this done...so for that sake and to avoid anyone from going through sooo much pains that I went through am gonna elaborate on how to get audio outta MO...

MO6/8 are the line of synthesizers from Yamaha with pretty good features...It has one of the best sequencers I have seen...All said once you are done with sequencing a song you would want it to be transferred to your PC/MAC....Here is where you will have the problem...The USB interfaces in MO synthesizers are not capable of transferring audio data...The only output you can take out of the USB port is MIDI and that won't be good enough if you want the exact replica of what you sequenced on your keyboard...

The one main feature missing from MO that is present in MOTIF is resampling...In MOTIF you can resample your song or pattern to a wav file and tranfer it from the USB port....However I have found couple of work-arounds to get the exact song as it was sequenced to your computer...

First, you can record take the phones output and give it to the Line-In of your system...Using a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) you can record the sequenced data from line in....The second option if you are not a fan of analog recording MO does have a digital output....Jus hook up a co-axial cable and plug it to the SPDIF Input of your sound card...But note not all the sound cards will have SPDIF In....

Worse is if you have a laptop, chances are the onboard sound card will not have a Line in....I had the same problem...How do u overcome...2 ways...One is buy an audio interface (M-audio has some pretty good ones for not so high a price)...or if u wanna notch it up a bit buy an external sound card..I bought an Audigy 2 NX and the recording below was through it...u have additional advantage of having a 5.1 DTS splitter in my case :)....

Happy recording....

2008-03-19T20:11:00.000-07:00

My First from MO....

My first sequencing and recording effort from my MO6...had to go thru a lot of stuff to get this to the system...'ll elaborate in a later post...its version 0 without proper mixing jus raw sequenced track....

The recording setup...:)

2008-02-25T12:58:00.000-08:00

Nothing

I think the creativity bug's bite has healed offlate coz I am spending so much time to think of writing something and end up without anything...My mind seems to be in a steady state of void without much fluctuations (not to be mistaken with yogic state)...So much that I couldnt get a topic for my blog entry and gave it nothing after spendin more time than it needed....

All said one could write about something as I am doing now coz there is no such thing as nothing and nothing in itself could mean lot of somethings...Anything and everything can be something and sometimes something can become everything....I know this won't make an ounce of sense coz it doesnt to me...

My this state can be attributed to the sole reason of striving for individuality....May be I am over ambitious to create a mark for my individuality and there by failing disastrously....I always dream of writing without thinking much....It should be more like a poetry and poems dont come when forced...According to me words should flow like a melifluous tone or like tranquil stream trivial but at the same time glorious in its own sense...

Talking about glorious I have come to realise that everything in this world has a reason to exist however small or large they might be..At the same time everything might not be exactly what it seem to be...If you start wondering the realms are limitless....Scientifically speaking Hydrogen is a highly inflammable gas....where as Oxygen supports combustion but not in itself combustible or else one spark n the whole world might blow up....yet the mixture of these two gives an anti-flammable energy more commonly known as water...same is the case with Sodium n Chlorine which are highly toxic to us humans...even in minute dilutions it can be fatal...but still the combination of these two becomes a vital part of our gourmet..nothin but common salt....

I can go on...but I think I made my point...There is no major conclusion as such if you are looking for one and it was never the intention of this blog...jus that there is a reason for everythin...the reason you exist...the reason you are reading this...

2008-01-31T10:22:00.000-08:00

Freedom of Expression ??

I have been wondering if Freedom of expression includes the Freedom to dress according to your wish...That of course assumes the fact that the dress actually sheathes the region it is supposed to...If so then some of our so called political leaders should be put behind bars for intruding into the democratic right of a citizen say Shreya Charan..

I read this story couple of weeks back about Shreya's inappropriate wear causing lots of wear n tear and I really did not know how to react...I kinda wondered is Shreya's attire the most pressing national issue today coz it seems to be so by the way some people are reacting....To all those guys I would like to say just one thing "Dude..get a life"....

As per their statement it is against Hindu culture...I dont think there are any references to the way we should dress anywhere in our vedas...Besides I would like to pose a question to these guys who are taking Hinduism for their support, Do you really follow all the Dharmas Hinduism talks of...As far as I remember Hindu religion just talks about how you should lead your life and you people dont seem to follow the important ones atleast..2000 or 3000 years ago there werent pants, shirts or even for that matter sarees...

Besides who made you guys "cultural cops" proclaiming to clean up the society...if you have so much free time it 'd be good if you did something better like feeding the poor, bolstering unfortunate or educate unsupported children rather than ogling at shreya, analyzing her dressing and tell us where it is revealing (like we dint know already )...

2008-01-22T11:35:00.000-08:00

Stars...

Stars as believed by some are known to influence course of life, astrologically speaking...I also have started believing in it the only difference is that they are not quite the same stars...I watched the movie Taare Zameen Par (Stars on the ground) couplea days back....I guess now you know which stars am talkin abt...

For those who havent watched the movie its about a kid who has difficulty in reading and writing and how he overcomes his inabilities with the help of a teacher...

The movie is a beautiful rendition of a poetic ode on a boy's difficulties and how he manages to win over them...I can be honest when I say its been a long time since I saw a movie which excelled in all parts like direction, screenplay, music, lyrics and importantly acting....The kid Darsheel who has done the part of Ishan has simply lived the character...As a matter of fact every actor in the movie dont seem to be acting...Its like thats wat their innate characters are to start with...

The music and the photography add beauty to an already elegant poem...Hats off to Aamir for his great direction and Amol for his great script...the movie is fulfilling in all aspects...I find it difficult to express the overwhelming feeling I felt towards the end of the movie which in a way in itself is an insinuation to the strength of the movie...

For people who havent watched the movie go ahead and watch it if you want to get in touch with your inner self...I wouldnt be overstating if I said that the movie is a heartwarming tale that can radically revolutionize the way you see things...

2007-12-21T06:40:00.001-08:00

Hawking's Paradox...

I know the title of this blog might be plausible...just to clarify things I am not gonna write about Black Hole Information Theory or more famously known as Hawking's paradox..Much has been said and written about it for 30 years whn this was published by the great physicist Stephen Hawking...Although I cannot deny that this has nothing to do with it...

I usually write when something inspires me...Stephen Hawking is one man who never ceases to amaze me...Despite his physical inabilities he uses every day to make a mark in the fields of quantum gravity n black holes...Recently I found out the fact that he solved the paradox immediately after he recovered from pneumonia which almost proved fatal to him...the fact that even when he was sick and close to death his mind did not stop working...A real genius...one of a kind...

2007-10-28T09:05:00.000-07:00

Pyar ki raah mein....

My first attempt at writing Hindi..

प्यार की राह में बिखरा नहीं मैं पल बर,
देखा जो तुम्हें एक नजर जाग उठा मेरा जिगर |
हर पल मेरे ख्वाबों मैं तू,
जीना है मुझे सपनो में क्यों ||

2007-10-11T11:30:00.000-07:00

உயிர்துளி.....

பனித்துளியாய் பல மணித்துளிகள் கறைந்ததடி உன் கண்மணியில்,

துளித்துளியாய் வந்து விழும் சாரல் என் மனதில்,

ஒரு துளியும் உன் விழியில் வருவதனை கண்டால்,

தளராத என் மனமும் துவண்டிடுமே....

2007-08-28T09:23:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life... You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will someday.

A beautiful line from American Beauty....I havent cn the movie completely and so dunno the situation in which this appears...but it expresses the exact same emotions I have towards music....

2007-08-27T08:18:00.000-07:00

Itz bn quite a while since I wrote somethin....Hv bn busy with lots of things and besides tht dint hv anythin inspirational to write...But hv found one...a big one or rather one of the biggest ones....LOVE...

I was never a huge fan/supporter of Love before marriage though i didn't have anything against it as well....I just had a neutral feeling about it...It was like if u Love someone get married to him/her...if u dnt hv plans for tht dnt do it...thts my principle....

having said all tht therez a tremendous change in perspective I see Love thanks to one of my friends...The guy happens to b my friend although I dnt knw the girl...No lemme rephrase that...I havent met the girl but yes I know her....therez a phrase called selfless love which I thought i could see only on the paper but these people showed it to me...

I know there has bn some probs off late....It is not fair on my part to reveal the cause of the prob but lemme safely say that its a factor outside these two...the way these two are going through pain to keep others happy I dnt know what to say...Beyond tht they want the other to b happy even if they are going thru hell...

I wish I could share couple of the girls messages...they were so touching tht it stung me the instant I read it....They manage to impart some amount of pain from the heart tht created it...I wuld hv bn happy if tht could hv dwindled her pain atleast by the same amount...But unfortunately, as much joy it gives Love hurts more...

I apologize to the two whom I had written about for I hvnt sought their acquiescence to write this...I really dnt have any business knowing/expressing my thoughts about others Love and pain but its just that I wanted to put my feelings in some form...This is my way of prayin to God to put an end to their woe...

2007-06-08T13:50:00.000-07:00

Geeky Stuff

I have recently started using SONAR Cakewalk for my recordings. Cakewalk is an amazin Sound synthesis software with some excellent features. Previously I had used Cool Edit Pro (now known as Adobe Audition) and FL Studio (earlier known as Fruity Loops)...Cakewalk kinda integrates some features of the above. SO I went for SONAR.

But it was not easy to use it. The first time I opened it on my laptop(IBM T43) I was shocked to see an error "Soundcard not supported". I selected "Use anyway" option (like I had any other choice) and started the software. But due to the soundcard issues I was not able to mix down the project into mp3 or to any other form.

So what did I do?? I bought Creative Audigy 2 NX USB sound card. It is darn costly but considering the features and the sound quality it gives both in Playback and Recording it is worth the money. Now I integrated my laptop and the sound card and the horizon is broadened. I am opened upto Soundfonts and MIDI processing with this. I do have to start recording though...My next target "MAudio Pro" - The best Sound card available in market.

2007-05-15T12:29:00.000-07:00

Lucky 13
Nothing can be written to glorify a mother or motherhood. So I won't attempt to. The best thing that has happened to not only humans but all living things...Mother..

So heres wishing "Happy Mothers day" to my wonderful mom and all the mothers and to all the children dont restrict your celebration jus for this day...

2007-05-10T12:59:00.000-07:00

Baatein...

Its been quite sometime I actually wrote somethin for a post....Hv bn more busy with my other keyboard than the one on my laptop....:)..To keep in touch and just for the sake of it I though I'll write a post...

I am that kinda person who just cannot write when I want to...I mean have tried to but I don't quite get the flow...If something that inspires me or influences me it will definitely be on my blog....More the intensity better the post...

One such thing that inspired me recently was ofcourse music...Heard one Beautiful song from Cheeni Kum "Baaten hawayen" for which Illayaraaja has given music to...You don't see Raaja giving music to many Hindi movies...The director Balakrishna happens to be a huge fan of him and so it has happened...Good for me n many others....The song is jus too gud to be explained by words...outta world...heard it cont for 4 times the first time heard it....

The tune of the song "Kuzhaloothum" from a movie called "Mella thirandhadhu kadhavu" is reused. You don't see Raaja reusing anything...But this is worth it...Man 20 yes later also the music is apt for the time...Yeah the backgrounds and the interludes are changed...but still it does not sound like a remix even to me who has listened to the old song some thousands of times....

The first interlude is completely western classical... no composer in India can even think of composing on the same level in Western classical as hez done...Jus awesome...to be frank the second interlude was a lil disappointing initially coz of the first ones influence....usage of percussion n overdrive....very unlike Raaja...But he manages to give back the beauty with a excellent piano solo befre the lead....

I named the post "Assorted" initially thinkin I'll jus mention ths song and talk abt other things...but jus couldnt stop....Listen to the song...You'll appreciate the post then....

2007-05-08T20:20:00.000-07:00

Kadhalin Remix....

My attempt to remix my old song Kadhalin Padhayil...Have used the same tune with some enhancements but have put in completely new preludes and backgrounds includin bass tracks...this is the prelude part of the song....

During the recording session....:)

2007-04-26T08:14:00.000-07:00

Kadhalin Padhayil (On the path of love)....

To the best of my knowledge this is my first full fledged composition...I filled in the lyrics in Tamil...Not tht am not comfortable writing in English, but the song has Tamil influence on it Thanks to Illayaraaja...Have tried vocal harmony for the first part of the song...can say it came out better than I expected..

The tracks of the songs undrewent loooots of changes...I dont think this even is the latest version but this is the one I got...I am in the process of re-engineering this song with different bass tracks and the interludes...Will probably improve the tempo the song as well...Coming soon...:)

2007-04-20T09:09:00.000-07:00

Reservation - Death of the Merit System

It was the day of my counselling for Engineering colleges. The guy behind me in the line ended up in a Anna Univ and I did not. The reason was just simple. I belonged to Forward Caste and he did not. It has been more than 6 yrs since the event took place..The memory is still green in my mind.

Years have passed and I moved on from my Engineering to my job...The lesion had began to ebb...Now the government has inflicted a new one...It wouldnt be exaggerating if I said I was completely blown down for couple of days after reading the news of new reservation policy by our Government...A glimmer of hope when Supreme Court put a stay on the bill in late March. Even then you can't savor the moment...TamilNadu govt calls out for a bandh opposing SC's judgement (like the current 69% reservation is not enough)...i didnt know to laugh or cry...

It really hurts not as a forward caste element but as a rightful citizen to see the governments short sightedness...I feel a a tinge of joy when I see the dollar value weakening against the rupee...On one side India is growing rapidly on economical front in the global backdrop...But things like these worry me about the future of deserving umpteen teens and future of our country which is in their hands...

Where is this country heading to? I am not some religious chauvinist against backward people nor am I completely against reservations..there should be reservations for well deserving students who cannot afford a degree...Not some son of a rich industrialist who neither will value the degree and worst takes up the seat of an eligible cadidate...

The bottomline is the canonical form of reservations should be based on economical mileu and not caste structure. reservation should really benefit less fortunate people, to unearth hidden diamonds and not compromise a well deserving student and a powerful India. Jai Hind!!

2007-04-19T09:20:00.001-07:00

Talkin Love

One of my first and favorite compositions...there were many comments on the mood of the song..I remember one of my friends commenting that it flaunts pathos...But to me its talkin love... Thats the reason I didnt want to add in lyrics to this song...coz if I do so Love will be confined to only one language...Since Love is universal I used the universal language..."Music"

This creation was done during my early days of experimenting in music...In that context it is raw and needs refining..Nevertheless it is closer to my heart...Mebbe coz I got all the tracks in one shot...I didnt hv to re-record any of the tracks...n also I used G- Minor Scale for this song which happens to be my fav as well....

2007-03-21T10:10:00.000-07:00

Stopping by the Woods.....

Most of us would have come across this Wordsworth's work sometime in our academic phase...As good Wordsworth is in painting the nature's scenic with his words its hard for us esp in India to feel how it feels like...The main reason is most of us have not weathered a rough cold weather and that too with snow...So that is why snow was a wonderful and an experience I was looking forward to...

Man can never define natures rules and set it limits...When everyone thought it would snow in December it created sunny evenings with cozy temperatures and when summer should have started in March it is snowin...I dnt knw if the phrase "cats n dogs" can b usd for snowin like we use it for rainin...but thn u mus hv got an idea of the intensity...

It was last Friday n the snow storm started in the mornin...it was by far the heaviest snow fall this winter season...it was a "solid" pour down (literally ;)) for the full day...Inspite of tht I went to office n understandably the office was like a haunted palace....takin out a handful of ppl here n thr the office was empty...now the return trip was fun...it strted snowin heavily n the roads were not cleared n cab which I took was skiddin all the way...

For a normal person reachin home was the major concern...not to me...I reachd home n went to starbucks (one major coffee shop chain here) which was some gud 6 to 8 mies with the snow still fallin...man that was one gr8 experience...seein snow everywhere...

nature sure has a way of showin what purity means...so immaculate n white...itz like the whole earth was immersed in white paint...poets have always compared girls to he moon...actually snow would also serve a gud metaphor for a girl...pure, calm and when u take it in ur hands it jus shy's (melts) away but leaves a trace even after gone... I am not sure if my words do the justice of expounding the full feelin...but guess if even Wordsworth cant wat am I??

2007-03-14T10:18:00.000-07:00

3.14
pi...the one number that represents both simplicity and complexity...It remains till date one of the important figures in the world of physics and for mathematicians...The number is important to me for one more reason...3.14 or 14th March -Birthday of the girl who loves me unconditionally and taught me to love...My niece...

Shez the first person who I have seen her growing up from a baby...The main reason is that I was the youngest in the family and didnt really get a chance to babysit...To be honest have never been comfortable around babes..oops sorry babies....But thn this kid changed it all...Its amazing how such a little being can show so much love...

For some reason I dont know, I am her fav person...My sis says she'll wake up from sleep to talk to me when she hears me on the phone...She turns 4 today and know what she wanted for her B'day when I asked her...She said "I dont want anythin...I jus want you to be here"....God wht am I doin here??!!!!!!

2007-02-23T18:53:00.000-08:00

Science and Religion

One of the most intriguing conversations I had ever had....Myself and my close buddy Sujay (or SuJ as he calls himself these days) have a reputation of some outta of world conversations...and believe me the below conversation is outta world...i mean literally too...posting this with his full consent..read on...

Sujay: wanted to ask this.. saw anbe sivam rite
Ram: yup
Sujay: train crashes.. boy suffering.. timely blood by maddy.. then he dies
Ram: hmm
Sujay: maddy ponders abt this
saying " what kind of design is this "
thats a very very deep Q
Ram: yup I remember
culdt agree with u more
Sujay: i mean i cudnt think of any thinnest thot of answer
Ram: illada its really deep
I mean we really are not tht big enough to get answers for these da
Sujay: he suffers and dies of young age.. ok we can call karma
true.. but was jus pondering
Ram: how do u define karma?
wat we think as right might be wrong
n vice versa
Sujay: based on what u do in prev birth (thats what gen opinion says rite)
Ram: yeah it is
Sujay: karmic rights and wrongs arent human based rite ?
Ram: yup
I mean itz all the purpose of your life
Sujay: matrx style
Ram: actually ur blog on Saddam made me to think this
u never knw wat Saddam's life intent was
Itz not tht I support him or anythin
Sujay: hahaha.. in fact my mom's spontaneity on hearing his death.. naan bit adichitaen ;)
Ram: :)
but seriously therz a possibility
Sujay: of him going 2 heaven ??
Ram: no I dnt want him 2
but the thing his tht might have bn his purpose in life
i mean u knw the story of Ravana rite
Sujay: yeah.. jus 1 mistake in his whole life
Ram: which led to many of his mistakes
Sujay: now I get it what u trying 2 say
Ram: like desecrating Hanuman, abandoning his brither
etc
Sujay: i will paraphrase
the kid in anbesivam;
his purpose is to show maddy what life is and in turn make maddy realise his purpose
Ram: mebbe
but tht might not be his sole purpose
Sujay: like he had his positive karma during his death bed helping maddy get more +ve karma ?
Ram: tht we might nvr knw
Sujay: hmm.. none knows actually
Ram: yup except for the enlightened ones prob
Sujay: some complex design which will actually have some meaning not comprehensible to 99% of humans
Ram: yup perfect
ultimately it might be like a serious of knots...but by jus pullin one out we might get the thread straight
Sujay: most of ppl going for search of the ultimate truth thinking like this rite ?
Ram: I hope so
this is the beginning though
but once u clear one knot everythin might fall into place
but thn its again one way of thinkin
Sujay: this atheists communities dnt think abt these
show me God..Show me God....
Ram: actually am quite intrigued
yeah
my dad said he watched some show on some crap channel where they had this debate
Sujay: vijay tv-da.. even i mentioning that
Ram: hmm
I c
Sujay: torture ..
enna comedy-na even the theists.. even they dint have sufficeint pts
example of theists POV : can see air, oxygen.. god is like that
de 3rd std level-da
Ram: lame
actuala machi offlate am watchin this Science channel here
excellent da
Sujay: hmm
Ram: full cosmos, black hole
seriously excellent
u wnt even change channels
wuld u believe I watched cont from 12 to 9 once
avvlo interestin
Sujay: 9 hrs !
cool
Ram: yup
everytime i c tht am convinced of a Supreme being da
Sujay: i thot me awing at the creator is
the diversity
Ram: yeah
ennana the big bang explains everythin frm the start if time
Sujay: diversity of ppl, thots, blackholes, univ
Ram: yeah exactly
but whn it comes to wat happnd before our physics fails
coz ideally all the matter now in this univ was created outta nothin..
Sujay: lots of counter-theories to bigbang rite?
Ram: yeah
but tht is the widely accepted one da
Sujay: hmm..yeah..
Ram: n frankly me 2 accept tht...coz all other theroies hv failed to explain many features
Sujay: hmm
Ram: many features of today's universe
thr was this program of wht univ is made of
Sujay: hmm
Ram: how many dimensions n stuff
they say tht univ is made of minute strings somethin calld String theory
but it culdnt explain one feature
Sujay: but string theroy failing in some aspects is what i read somehere
yeah
Ram: so now they say univ is made of minute elongated tubes
Sujay: hmm
Ram: I was kinda remninded of our sayin Thoonilum iruppar thurumbilum iruppar
we cannot even explain the basic question of how we came into existence
how can we explain God
Sujay: this is a prevalent logic rite.. some asteroid r something crashing into earth
some chemical reactions
n creation of 1st bacteria .. n he usual evlotion theory
Ram: amino acids..athellam ok
but am askin the ultimate question
Sujay: but "life"
Ram: how 'd the asteroid come...how were the planets born
Sujay: oh ok
Ram: itz an accepted theory tht everythin is born outta star
Sujay: but how star ?
Ram: yup
whn the universa started with a big bang
all the matters were thrown out n frm that day on universe has bn expandin
initially the univ entered into a cosmic dark age for abt 2 billion yrs
Sujay: hmm
Ram: thn first stars were born
Sujay: hmm
Ram: durin the death of a star supernova resulted in planets n other heavly bodies
Sujay: but the beginning for all these is the Q
Ram: yeah the main Q is how 'd the first stars come into existence
Sujay: for us not to find this out only God has this theory that Time machines cant go back
;)
Ram: :)
or mebbe hez tellin us all the time n we r simply not lookin at the right place
Sujay: yabba cant imagine the magnitude of stuff da
Ram: too bis
big
Sujay: hehhehheh
gud one !
Ram: really
actual wht u say is gud point
everythin is k..asteroid came n hit
amino acids chemical reaction
all fine...
Sujay: hmm.. read it in one of Dan brown
Ram: lightenin struck
Dan brown??
Sujay: this theory da.. asteriod hitting earth n life comes
Ram: no am askin which book?
Sujay: one stupid book of dan brown da
Ram: I dn remember readin in any of his works
Sujay: u read all 4 ?
Ram: yup
Sujay: de.. ithu.. some astriod in arctic circle
Ram: deception point?
Sujay: yeah..
Sujay: k back 2 what u were saying
Ram: yeah
they say life happened as a result of thousands of coincidences
Sujay: thousands is so small number
Ram: yeah mebbe shuld have put millions
Sujay: so miniscualr worth of creation that is WE, can see so many coincidences
Ram: isnt this an emphatic proof
of existence of somethin greater
Sujay: thats my sole Q
i mean sole answer to the Q
does God exist
see 1 small example
our face is some 5sq inch area eyes, nose, ears mouth thts it
think abt the umber of ppl on earth so far.. trillions
r 2 ppl similar....see the pernuation and combinations
I cannot handle
Ram: too much
actually the way Science is advancing today every new discovery bolsters this
black holes, Singularity, Time Travel, Parallel universe everythin
Sujay: s.. r ppl ie scientiest short of Qs
90% of scienties are hard core theists
Ram: yeah..I go by the greatest mind
Einstein
Ram: he said Science and religion are not diff
Sujay: both searches same
means r diff
200 yrs 4m now.. ther will religion only in txt books.. but faith in God will increase
specifically hinduism.. as a way of life..
Ram: yup
u said it
Sujay: ther will be temples.. where ppl go n pray..
Ram: :)
Sujay: i personally feel that is enuf..
well, enuf is very dicey term
Ram: Einstein "The most beautiful and most profound experience is the sensation of the mystical. It is the sower of all true science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their primitive forms - this knowledge, this feeling is at the center of true religiousness."
Sujay: machi.. seems a summing up of what we discussing ;)
Ram: yup :0
:)
Sujay: eintein sonna thaan nambuvaanga
Ram: the crux of our discussion in 5 beautiful lines
appo kuda doubt than
Sujay: hmm
?
Ram: people have swelled up egos
they dnt wanna b proved wrong the thing that they have thot is right their whole life time :)
Sujay: hahhaha.. true true
ppl who cant accept reality.. will try to change the reality
Ram: yup u said it
first let them understand general Theory of relativity
then we 'll explain God to them
Sujay: i mean i get what u saying
if u can undertsand a man;s creation
HTF u gonna understand HIS creation
Ram: perfect
Sujay: so many disturbing Qs also da
Ram: like
Sujay: why evil ? y natural disasters ?
y tsunami..?
one which disturbed me the most is " kumbakonam fire tragedy where 30 odd or 60 kids fumed to death
Ram: seriously...
Sujay: i cried..literally after reading in vikatan
i mean..vikatan has written in such a way to kindle emotions..
but seriously whn we think of it
Ram: ofcourse da...the very first Q we get is y??
y kids who dont even have the discreetion of Good from bad
Sujay: yes.. athvum vikatan;s specific incidents poduvaan.. 1 kid wanting 2 save another n bot dying...like tht..
appaaa.. ennala control-a panna mudiyala
Ram: hmm
Sujay: kids man !!
gen we have this hear rite
till 5 yrs of kid.. god speaks to the kids
i mean i have seen it kinda personally.. have seen vivek n rohini grow
Ram: hmm yeah
Sujay: i mean. when they r kids they cry n goto sleep
within seconds.. they sleep n actaully laugh
kandippa god's intervention illaiya enna ???
u mite observed that in samhita also rite?
Ram: 100%
really cannot even come up with a slightest of idea
Sujay: life is.. i mean, undefinable
Ram: yup
too many things and layers
but eventually tied to each other
I mean we r less than an insignificant speck whn compared to the universe
Sujay: do u think humans or evolved humans some may be 1000yrs 4m now will able to untie the knot
Ram: I really doubt da
Sujay: hmm.. same here
i mean i dont want to
Ram: itz too huge da
I mean even today there r saints who realize things
Sujay: if somebody is able to untie the knot and find God and..
Ram: but thn even if they teach us, everyine has to have the maturity to understand things
rather shuld I say spiritual maturity
Sujay: universal truth.. then He is God..
Ram: yup
thts wat Advaita is
Sujay: our basic truth lies on the fact that nobody is above r at par to God
Ram: true...but a part
Sujay: all saints realisation, I belive is, that u cant untie the knot ;)
Ram: I dnt knw :)
am not one
Sujay: hhhahha.. jus said it in lighter sense
Ram: :) but if you see Saints have had mystical powers
Sujay: but thats all not now rite ?
Ram: mebbe
not in the ppl who show they have though
Sujay: yeah.. thats my pt.. God or God thru saints wont show miracles
they dont have 2 show..to prove that they r God..
Ram: not necessarily....
Sujay: means
Ram: takin the liberty to reword ur sentence
Sujay: hmm
Ram: they might display miracles but that will not be for their material needs
like fame or money...u can take the eg. of Sri Ragavendra or Shirdi Saibaba
Sujay: u r echoing my thots basically
they r sent by God to make some realisation..
Ram: Abyuktanam Adharmasya thadathmanam Smrijamyaham
Sujay: thats what they say.. atharmam thalaithookum podhu Kadavul wil make us realise
Ram: exactly
Sujay: have I written what u said in sanskrit?
Ram: almost
Sujay: i mean, man.. good coincidence
Ram: as always :)
Sujay: i had the same thot but cudnt frame it
xln plz
:)
Ram: Atharmam thalai thookum pothu Naan avatharippen...I'll incarnate whenever Adharma increases in the world(Lord Krishna)
Sujay: thats not almost da.. 100% i thot the same
Ram: gr8

2007-02-23T08:44:00.000-08:00

Irony so called "life"

The thought process was actually triggered by a mail chain spawned by my friends....The discussion was basically about the good ol days we had durin our coll. times....We were reminiscing those times....

Itz bn close to an year since I set foot in the country of stripes n stars....Even after this stay here I am happy that I stick to the saying "Janani Janma Boomischa Swargadhapi gariyasi" (Your motherland is analogous to heaven)...With no offence to anyone to be frank I have never bn a big fan of uncle Sam and neither did I have a strong desire to come here ...

The money is good here, roads are neat, no pollution but still there's some 'x' factor thats missing over here...Some people might deny this but guess thts subjective..So sayin I'll keep the arena closed for any debates coz I realise am diverting from my topic....I am still reminded of the times I spent over there with my parents n friends....Somehow our lives are spent mostly in thinking about future or recollecting our past...Hardly does anyone live in the present day and present moment coz of the simple reason is tht itz so darn hard....

Time not only moves mercilessly but also with haste...we have been successful in life in our own ways...have almost reached the place of what we dreamed of bein in the college days...but now after reachin tht place wanna go back to the ol' times....how ironical and i guess that justifies my label to this blog...

But guess all good things must come to an end...or else those times wouldnt get the worth they deserve...but the natures best way to relive those moments r the memories...the memories we'll carry with us for the rest of our lives...To quote one of my friends "Time moves but memories don't"

2006-12-14T11:19:00.000-08:00

Quarter Century...

Quater century, Silver Jubilee whatever u may want to call it....25 years of my life I have spent wondering what to do and learning how to do.....But shuld accept life has treated me pretty well in these years.....But I guess the imp question is how I've treated my life for which frankly I really don't know the answer....

To me I am still a kid at heart...guess its a problem with the youngest in the family they always remain a child no matter how much they grow up.....I've taken life as it came and to the day I dont look back and feel that I made a wrong choice or decision (culd've studied a lil harder though)....

God has given me whatever I should get and I dont have to mention that his timing has been immaculate....Well who knows better than him ;).....

2006-12-12T11:59:00.000-08:00

காதலின் பாதையில்.......

காதலின் பாதையில் போனதில்லை என் நெஞ்சம்,

கண்டேன் நான் உன்னை, பின்புதான் உயிரினுல் ஏதோ நடுக்கம்,

ஏனோ ஏனோ என் கனவில் வந்து,

என்தன் நிஜத்தை கலைத்து சென்றாய்.

பாலைவனம் போல் வறண்டிருந்த நிலையிலடி என் நெஞ்சம்,

பசுமை தரும் நதி போல் என்தன் நெஞ்சில் உன் தஞ்சம்,

காதல் கடலில் நானும் இன்று விழுந்ததென்ன,

உன்தன் அழகின் வெள்ளம் என்னை இங்கு கொல்வதென்ன,

உனை நினைத்து உறக்கம் இல்லை,

கனவினிலும் உன்தன் தொல்லை,

உயிர் கொண்டு, மனம் வென்று,

உடல் மட்டும் விட்டுச் செல்லும்.....(காதலின்)

2006-11-29T13:48:00.000-08:00

Here comes nother post...Its kinda hard to realise that itz goin to be half year since I came to the US of A....Six months is really huge time but I shuld say it has gone past pretty fast...So fast I'm able to reconcile only a few substantial events...Last week was one such....visted my cousin bro @ Connecticut and I shuld say it was a real gud weekend....He has twin daughters around 7 yrs old and I was simply amazed by their maturity....The questions they ask are too much...real cute kids....Miss em already...

The weekend was also remarkable in the context that I finally decided to buy me one of the greatest pleasures....Ordered one of these babies and cannot wait to put my hands on it.....

2006-10-17T14:17:00.000-07:00

'Fall'ing in Raaja's music

Its been pretty long hibernation but its definitely different from the normal one...For the fact that I have waken up from the hibernation in winter(or atleast winter so near)...This hibernation can be attributed to my laziness to write (though I love writin) and also that I dont talk much about anything other than Music..
This post also has music in it...
Its been more than 3 months now since I bid adieu to my family n friends at Chennai airport...To be frank I am still a lil nostalgic n cannot get India outta my mind...One thing I really enjoy is the short bus journey from my home to office...It usually takes me 40 mins to get to the office and all through it I have Raaja's music to accompany me...Watching fall colors with Raaja's music in the background...wow no words to describe the feeling....

2006-09-16T10:33:00.000-07:00

US Open Finals

2006-08-03T16:33:00.000-07:00

Of freeways and diet cokes

A software engineer life's never complete without an onsite trip....Its like an universal mantra...Many people crave to be at onsite for various reasons ranging from Money to adult channels.
I never was really desperate for onsite but my friends kept on pressing me to ask my Manager abt that...For that reason and to make my presence felt i walked upto my Manager and had a lil talk. I didnt quite take that talk seriously but guess what my manager did....I was asked to get ready to fly and fly i did after some confusions..

I sort of expected some miracle to happen when i come to US...But after comin here I'm feeling very much like being at Chennai....That can be attributed to the fact that the place where i live is flocked by our guys and the climate now is scorchingly hot...there are certain things that stands out though like the roads, cleanliness and the courtesy stuff that people here show...Itz like ppl smile at u when u r taking a walk down the road... everythin is damn organised and neat...All said n done this place is also on mother earth...People talk as though they have jus arrived at Vaikuntam...oh thats Heaven in hindu terminology....

The one thing i hate the most is people here comparing everything with the related equivalent in India...Like sayin this would have taken a long time in India...people there are so rude....the traffic theres is so unorganised...this n that...dude if u like this place so much jus keep it 2 u...dont go on bringin India in the picture for each n every damn thing n demean it....If people like u come n settle here whoz there to set things rite...Everyone wants to be in a clean contiguous but no one's is ready to clean up the mess.....dont forget u r here coz of India and no matter what u've become in ur life ur sweetest and most cherished days will be the days u had spent in India....

I was talkin with my friend about this(hez bn here for more than 2 yrs) and only thing he said was people change...I really hope I dont...No matter how much this place offers me I would really like to b back at the bosom of my motherland...The warmth that provides is more than anythin else....Know wat guys this blog itself will bolster me doin this...If someday i find myself changing I would prob read this post of mine and hit the back of my head with a little smile...

2006-05-15T22:15:00.000-07:00

Lord of the Tomes

I'm not an avid reader of books...atleast used to be like that...I've been bit by this bug off late after i came to work here in Chennai...The main reason being i didnt have an idiot box in my place and to pass time i had to capitulate to Books...Now I've become what u might call a Book "freak" averaging abt 2 books /week....I've even gone to the extent of completing two books in a day....

The average of mine started to decline a month back when i decided to read critically acclaimed "Lord of the Rings"....Please note that i'd seen the movie version of it more than once...Okay now about the book...There's a note at the back of the book sayin "There are two kinds of people on earth...Those who have read Lord of the Rings and those who are going to read"...Man believe me its one heck of a book...u can call it an epic....

The author has done everything for the book from creating an entirely new world to inventin a language...The prologue and the initial parts of it might be on the slower side but once u r thru the half of the first part its pretty much fast...For a book of such volume it is appreciably quick and the occurring of events is pretty interesting....

One thing that captures your attention is the exhaustive description of the landscapes and meticulous portrayal of the scenics...And for people who have not read the book or seen the movie the book has only a handful of Men characters...You 'll come across many kinds of races like Elves, Dwarves, Ents, Orcs, Trolls etc....

You will also find maps of Middle Earth the place where the story is supposed to be happening....Drawn to scale...If you have the habit of reading books give this book a chance...you'll appreciate it...u jus need a lil bit of patience to start with......

2006-05-12T21:58:00.000-07:00

Beauty Redefined

One of the rarest marvels of nature,
I really doubt its replication in future,
Truely i see a great artist in God,
For such a beauty as u,He has made.

How long do u propose to live here forth,
For i didnt know angels do live on earth,
I see in u beauty itself personified,
And ur eyes making it much more glorified.

I really wonder if this happening is verity,
For if it is so,its truely my serendipity,
'coz first time I witness a real beauty,
Which has turned my "blithers" into a poetry???

Beauty as yours on earth is rare to find,
However rarer than it is a beautiful mind,
For if you lack that inner beauty,
Its just like rain falling into the sea.

As years roll by,one day you'll see,
You'll not be pretty you used to be,
For all the beauties have had the same end,
Thats the message the history sends.

However there's one alternative i can say,
To make your beauty live all the way,
Make your mind benevolent towards all,
This 'll make ur beauty into an immortal.

Bolster others to make them grow,
This 'll make your soul to glow,
Taking this path you shall sow,
The reaps of which 'll make beauty bow.

2006-04-23T23:24:00.001-07:00

Illayaraaja's One Man Show : Gathering of His devotees
I was fortunate to be in One Man show - Illayaraaja's Concert held here in chennai...I was there from around 6 to around 11 pm when it ended but i wished it would carry on...I hardly could see the happenings on the stage from where i was sittin...But the aura of his presence was enough to make me sit for 4 hrs without having food or water considering the fact that i didnt have lunch and a frugal breakfast...
The show was held in grounds of a school in Royapettah...The event organising was not upto the mark...there were some mess ups like when Raaja made his entry there were fireworks display...nothins wrong abt that but a sensible person would like to hear Him singin rite that too after an hours wait...But these guys go on blasting fireworks for more than 5 mins within which the audience got bored and a bit irritated...The sound engineeering was bad considering the fact that the orchestra was of Lakshman Shruthi....Could hardly hear Bass guitar for all the songs and that too when songs like Naan thedum were played....Overall we people at back could not hear the first few songs properly and people got so irritated that they started shouting saying to increase the volume and this volunteer comes n says theres a problem with the mid speaker....Highly frustrating shuld say...
Comin on to best part of the show...Of course it was Raaja....he sung for around 3 hrs continuously breaking in the middle jus to give some anecdotes...but for 3 hrs he didnt leave the stage was standin on the stage till the show ended around 11 pm...Man at this age would you believe it...The show started with a devotional number from Bhavatharini and after couple of devotional songs Raaja made his entry...He sung Janani to begin with...no points for guessing...after that it was pure Raaja's magic...Raaja(from Agni Nakshathiram), Thendral vandhu, Ilamai enum poongatru, Naan thedum, Nila athu from Nayagan(raaja called Yuvan's wife to sing with him for seconds and she did) were some songs...expected Poomalaye but was missed though the orchestra played karoke track in the beginning...
Few lyricist like Mu.Metha, Pazhani Bharathi talked abt Raaja...he stood unfazed by all the praise...He is created to create music and thats what hez doin...brilliantly....He rendered 3 versions of Maanguile...jus for fun....and when abaswaram Ramji(MC for the show) asked how yuvan would compose for the same song he gave a version which was hip and would have def caused a sensation if it featured in an album...
Above all these things the people present there were not jus mere fans...It was a gathering of His devotees(including myself)....I've never seen or known a MD been called Thalaiva and who commands so much Love and respect from his fans...You cant see this kind of loyalty to anyone else and it is a proof of his miracle...Any music director can have fans but to have followers u gotta b Isaignani(Musical genius)..And He is one...only one...

2006-02-14T09:09:00.000-08:00

A very looooong time since i put my first post....More than what our government suggests to have between two children i guess...Well to be frank even writing this blog has taken me a very long time...i started it on Feb 14th hoping to give my bite on the lovers day but it so happened i got busy working and its the next day now....anyways as far as I'm concerned everyday shuld be a Valentines day and assuming that you all would concur with me i will continue to talk abt The day....
To start with, they say Valentines day is just to represent Love in any of its form...But frankly speakin i couldnt find a card which didnt talk abt the relationship you know what....To be candid I never was able to understand this whole concept of LOVE(Love as in the relationship between whom we term as lovers)....Dont jump to conclusions that I 'm a part of Bajrang Dal or somethin spreading anti-Love messages....It is that one of my friends raised this point in a middle of discussion....say 'm in love with a gal who I know for more than a year...How does that gal gain more importance than a friend who I've known for more than 10 years....
But then I dont think everyone who loves will fall in the bucket i just referred....Hats off to the exceptions and I sincerely hope they dont remain just abherrations....Fortunately or unfortunately I havent felt this harmonal surges on seeing a girl till now...Though i cannot deny that i didnt have those minor waves of crushes now and then...or rather always;)...My friends would be able to give a more eloborate insight i guess....
Okay as an ending note i dont think this made some or any sense at all as it didnt to me...Just wanted talk about something so talked about the thing that keeps the world moving or should i say spinning(guys 2)....Anyways guys dont get offended by this blog in any sense as i told before i'm very much for Love and valentines day...Just remember to love your parents and friends....Hail LOVE...

2005-10-19T01:54:00.000-07:00

A huge chunk of topics came to my mind on the eve of genesis of my blog...Honestly this is the first time 'm writing a blog though writing is not new to me....My writing these days have ranged from little craps to reviews and i take pleasure in writing....Dont get misled by the word "pleasure" . It is not that 'm a hypocrite who enjoys seein people suffer...i really do like writing whatever it is about....So i thought why leave out bloggin...So here i am writing one....
Ok comin back to where i started...My mind was inundated with lo's of thoughts as to what is to be the subject of my first blog...You say daily events...Naaah....I belong to the huge mass of population who talk, plead and reproach the Charles Babbage invention...u guessed rite...I belong to the great community of Software Engineers....People in this field know how eventful our days are...There is hardly anything interesting that happens in our day to day affairs unless some new girl has joined our team(Interestingly has happened today ;) )...
I'm a music freak and love to listen to music....When i say love i really mean LOVE....espescially Illayaraja's music...If i had been fortunate enought to attend his concert in chennai last week no doubt my first blog would have been about it...But my destiny was otherwise so couldnt make to the show...
Then thought of writing about books...Some how that too didnt work out...On one day when i was travelling to my office the climate was dark and gloomy abt to rain...was too good (i deliberately used the word "travel" coz my office is around 25 km from my place)....So i thought why not write about rain...But that day i was too tied up with work and so no bloggin...this climate being cool and good doesnt happen very often in Chennai esp at 9 am...So the next day my motivation was lost...
Hey what do u know i can c that i've already written a blog abt.... blog abt what to blog....ironic...interesting(?!!!)...iritating...whatever u feel that is how I'm....So that is "BLITHERS" for you .....