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Got my Samsung Galaxy S2
I was very happy with my old phone. Don’t even remember the name but it was Nokia’s first color mobile in India. My wife and colleagues would insist me to change it, stating that even office boys had better models. They were right. The lift operator had a much better one. But I was never impressed by mobile phones. They were meant for calling and that was it. Also the battery life was pathetic in most modern phones. I was used to charging once a week. Finally I told her that if I start looking for a phone I would …
Continue readingSehwag – The Machine The Man
In the ongoing India-Srilanka-New Zealand, India won their second match comfortably after losing by 200 runs in their first. They got the bonus point as well. The only sour point was that Sehwag who batted brilliantly ( and patiently) was cunningly denied a century by the Sri lankans when Randiv deliberately bowled a no ball. Sehwag hit that to 6 but according to ICC rules the match ends when no-ball is called and hence he was left behind at 99. Post match he was inquired about it and I thought he would mock saying anyway he hit it to 6 …
Continue readingUsure Poguthae – Raavanan Song – Tamil Lyrics
இந்த பூமியில எப்ப வந்து நீ பொறந்தஎன் புத்தி குள்ள தீ பொறியை நீ வெதச்ச அடி தேக்கு மர காடு பெருசுதான் சின்ன தீ குச்சி ஒசரம் சிருசுதான் அடி தேக்கு மர காடு பெருசுதான் சின்ன தீ குச்சி ஒசரம் சிருசுதான்ஒரு தீ குச்சி விழுந்து துடிக்குதடி கருண் தேக்கு மர காடு வெடிக்குதடி உசுரே போகுதே, உசுரே போகுதே ஒதட்ட நீ கொஞ்சம் சுழிக்கயிலே ஒ மாமன் தவிக்கிறேன் மடி பிச்சை கேக்குறேன் மனச தாடி என் மணிக்குயிலே அக்கற சீமையில் நீ இருந்தும் ஐவிரல் தீண்டிட நெனைக்குதடி அக்கினி பழமின்னு தெரிஞ்சிருந்தும்அடிக்கடி நாக்கு துடிக்குதடி ஒடம்பும் மனசும் தூரம் தூரம் ஒட்ட நனைக்க ஆகல மனசு சொல்லும் நல்ல சொல்ல மாய ஒடம்பு கேக்கல தவியா தவிச்சு உசிர் தடம் கெட்டு திரியுதடி தைலான் குருவி என்ன தள்ளிவிட்டு சிரிக்குதடி …
Continue readingThe Marathon Match @ Wimbledon
We casually browsed Wimbledon.org to see if Federer is up to another fight and what do we see.. an 8 hour long game with 40 all. Not the deuce, 40 games each between 23rd seeded Isner and Mahut. They had continued after bad weather stopped play the previous day with 2 sets each. And as we looked on the 5th set went for a long time before it closed at (can you imagine) 59 all due to bad weather again. The next day they went on to play till Isner won it at 70-68. Amazing match and we watched it …
Continue readingNew York [FT]
New York was not as tempting as say a ‘Niagara Falls’ or ‘Great Wall of China’ but the Statue of Liberty symbolizes USA and hence it was sort of an item somewhere in the list that needs to be ticked, whether it is worth the effort or not. So on a Friday night at 11.30 PM I decided to go ahead with the plan. Another colleague was to join me and we were to start next morning. I slept that day at 01:00 AM and woke up again at 5.15 AM. We left at around 6.20 AM. I drove for …
Continue readingThe Niagara Falls (FT)
When there were talks of me going on an official trip to Canada, the first thought that sprang was – will I get time to go to Niagara falls. Along with Grand Canyon, Niagara falls was there on my list of ‘must-see’ in US. The scheduled date of travel was somewhere in January and there was a consensus that Niagara might be frozen during that time. Eventually a lot of things happened and my travel got pushed to June. Not only that, the travel destination changed from Canada to Andover. Still the falls was not out of plan as there …
Continue reading3 Idiots
The film is fun and made me laugh aloud a lot of times with its excellent comedy. The songs are amazing. My favorite was ‘Behete Hawa..’ but who can stop singing ‘All izz Well’. Aamir and co have acted well. Aamir does justice to a college going student look. The social message is good and Aamir should be praised for the way he handles such subjects. A strong message in a beautifully sugar coated movie.The film is not without its share of, shall we call it cinematic loopholes. I don’t understand what is a professor to do if his students …
Continue readingThe King
Anand was once again crowned the King of Chess but not before having to fight a challenging Topalov till the end (12 round that too with Black pieces). The win was sweet considering that Anand had to travel on road for more than 2 days (because of volcanic ash the flights got canceled). Hail the king !!
Continue readingMoving to Blogger
In the turn of events my earlier blog engine ‘Tabulas’ had to be shut down. I had to find a new host and ended up with blogger. The only problem is that while Tabulas allowed me to have my private diary (private posts) as part of my blog, here I might end up with another blog just for that (not very nice). Hopefully it will be added to blogger at some point of time. I am moving all my public posts for now especially the popular ‘Expense Organizer’ and ‘Tax Planner’ tools.
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