Train Journey & We

Its always an exciting experience for us (me & my hubby) with train journey. Our last journey to my native was quite interesting… here it goes

The train departures from Bangalore Cantontment station at 9.40, but it usually comes late atleast 10 to 20 mins..

It is 8.45 at home..

V: “seekiram kilambu.. auto vera kidakanum … “
Me: “ivlo seekiram kilambi enna seiya porom.. station la poi pora varra train ellam vedikkai paarkanum”
V : “adhellam parava illa kilambu”

We catched auto ard 8.50 & reached Rl. Station by 9 sharp.

He was checking with Coach num with our E-ticket.. got confirmed its Coach 10, and kept back the ticket in his pant pocket (note: he actually slipped it down unknowingly instead of putting in pockets). We reached near Coach 10 and found a place to sit.

He was again checking the tickets for seat num… oops its not in pockets (the best thing I like with him is no tension.. COOL baby).. he went back to search in the same place where he checked for Coach num.. Alas it was not there.. came back and said since it was E tickets he will go to some Browsing Centre to get a printout of the same…

9.10 started from Rl.station catching an auto. Me sitting alone…
9.15 call to V.. V saying “yes yes reached a Browsing centre… will take printouts & come don’t worry..”
9.25 call from V saying “took printouts yet to move… will start in mins in the same auto”
9.30 a train is marching towards station… heartbeat is getting high.. Thank God its Thirupathi express…

9.35 Call from V saying “am on the way..”

9.40 V came smiling towards me…

Our train was actually late that day and hence we ended with good finish story..

Not sure how to write experiences or incidents very interestingly… but when you experience such thrilling moments, you feel like sharing with everyone… :) am done with my job.. :D

we had similar experiences manyatimes.. but I dont want to bore you :)

Google - the best company to work for - Fortune’s Report

Google is considered the best company to work for in USA, says Fortune. It was not in any top positions in previous years, but its number 1 now.

Got a chance to watch a video on work culture in Google, really AMAZING. People playing around, Gym, volley ball court, and the topnotch is you can bring your pets if your co-workers don’t mind. Interesting right??? You will love to work in such companies if you too watch the video. The founders Larry & Sergey in an interview were saying “we kept the company in the way we wanted to”

The work culture, environment is more important nowadays and you can see many MNC companies (in particular IT companies) are ready to do whatever employees want. Employers want the employees to work happily, which they believe will generate more revenue.

Happy Valentine's Day

Its Valentines’ Day.. and here is some valentines’ day special lyrics (my very favorite lyrics) ..


HINDI Film: Laagan (with English translation)

O re chhori, o ri chhori, maan bhi le baat mori (Oh girl, believe my words)
Maine pyaar tujhi se hai kiya, ho (I have only loved you)
Tere bin main jeeya to kya jeeya (Without you, what life have I lived?)

No drop of rain, no glowing flame
Has ever been so pure
If being in love can feel like this
Then I'm in love for sure

Sun sun le sajan rahe janam janam (Listen lover, birth after birth let us remain)
Hum prem nagar ke baasi (In the city of love)
Thaame thaame haath, rahe saath saath (Grasping each other's hands, let us stay together)
Kabhi doore ho na jara si (Let there not be any bit of distance)
Chaloon main sang sang teri raah mein (I will walk with you in your path)
Bas teri chaah mein, ho oh oh oh (With only longing for you)

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Tamil film: Thotti Jeya

Uyire en uyire ennavo nadakuthadi
Adada intha nodi valvil inikuthadi
Oh oru nimidam oru nimidam enai nie piriyathe
Enatharugil nie irunthal thalai kal puriyathe
Nijam thane kel adi ninaivellam nie adi
Nadam adum poochedi nie ennai par adi


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Tamil film: Azhagiya Theeyae … Vizhigalin aruginil

Alai kadalaai irundha manam thuli thuliyai sithariyathae..
Aymbulanum en manamum.. enakethirai seyal paduthae
Vizhi kana mudiyatha matram

Joyous Memories

As I said in my first post blogging is not that easy as I thought. When you want to write something on what you think it doesn’t come out in the same way as you think. Many a times I wonder how fast this mind (brain or whatever you call) works (thinks, calculates, remembers, stores,.. ). :D

I feel the writing skill is so important, I see people who speak well don’t write better, or atleast not able to convey what they actually wanted to… now keep all this aside… we will get back to some joyous things..

Somedays back we had been for a trip to Kerala.. think we went the perfect time to enjoy the climate. Munnar - when I spell this word, all the memories comes back.. its really such a good place to take rest from your machine life… as it is said “god’s own country” you really feel the essence of it. : )

Here is a picture (serves as my desktop background : ) )taken with our SONY Digi cam

Right to Information Act

Recently I read an article in “Anandha Vikadan” (one of my favorite Weekly issues) on “Right to Information Act”. It is a fundamental rights for the citizens of India. Being a democratic country we all have rights to know how the government functions.

I don’t want to blog more on this, since there are chances I would provide inadequate info for readers. So here is a good link to learn on this.. http://www.ndtv.com/rti/faqs.asp

Internet & EMails in Life

“Want to send gift to my friend through rediff”
“Did you mail the updates to your TL?”
“Remind me to pay credit card bill through net today”
“my friend Anitha mailed me today, she is in Norway it seems”
….

You would be hearing such dialogues in your day-to-day life, especially if are in IT industry. Did you ever imagined such a world some 12 years back?. I would say “not at all”, the word “Boom” best fits here : )

Nowadays I rely on Internet on many things. Some days back while I was looking at sky I got doubt on what is difference between mist & fog and thought “tomorrow should Google with this”. I am not sure I would have gone to some library to find on this, if WWW doesn’t exist. See how WWW has changed us. And now we are in a world where you can get everything on your desk.

Emails in my life

I have been using emails

To say hi.. miss you.. and similar messages to my brother..
To send resumes during my job search
Stay connected with friends abroad
….

Suddenly got reminded of a credit card Ad

“There are Some Things Money Can't Buy. For Everything Else, there's Mastercard...” :)

Cotton Candy (Panju Mittai in Tamil) and me

Are you crazy about cotton candy?, then you can join hands with me, (we can have a fan club) am so crazy that I never move to next shop whenever I see a cotton candy shop. My favorite place to have Panju mittai is cubbon park. My legs stops walking once I see the shop in the entrance (its good they have it in the entrance) and I get one Panju mittai which I eat all the way till we find some good place to sit. I like the puffy shape, the color.. and the taste yummy.. yummy… J

Sometimes I wonder why people always bet for dairy milk chocolate. If someone asks me to bet I would prefer cotton candy (of course, if there is more chance to win). In college days we bet for dairy milk, whenever I win I get the chocolate, taste a little and share the remaining with friends. This is not the case with Panju mittai.. very rarely I ask “do you want to taste?..” when there is only one candy in hand :D

Here is a good link to read about its story Cotton Candy history

I think such things in our life keep us going!

Pi (Pie) in Trignometry

Did you ever know why do we use 3.14 for the value of pie π in calculating area, circumference of circle ? Trust me till yesterday I didn’t know it. Today I was just surfing on topic “Indian Mathematician” (he.. he.. little more interested with Maths, though not like Jyothika in Kakka Kakka .. M.sc., Maths IIT)

Thanks a lot to Wikipedia from where am learning more and more (obviously improving my knowledge level). An interesting fact about Wikipedia is about its related topics. For instance when you read something related to India you can find to links “Taj Mahal”, “Hinduism” “Sanskrit” and many such things related to India, which helps in easy reading and better understanding.

Back to pie π value I never thought Trignometry has these much stuffs behind the Pie value. With help of wikipedia and www.themathpage.com I learned a lot on this.. .. (pie value evaluation) Isoceles triangle, ½ Sin ǿ, chord, adjacent side… everything with trigonometry. I was thinking if we were taught in this way in schools no one would say “oops Trigonometry.. that’s the one I hate yaar..” Themathpage is great website for all, very clearly explained on theorems, calculations, equations.. so now I can say why do we use π value in calculating circumference and area of square with which many other formulas are derived.

hmm.. I too can blog on subject related topics.. :)

Ego in Marriage life

I have been wondering why people say they have a bitter experience after getting married, especially after “Love Marriage”. Is it because of the “Expectations not met” or is it the result of “untrue love”?

Guys always enjoy the song “September Madham..” from Alaipayuthey. Though it says about problems in “Love Marriage” maily about Ego clashes, Mani Ratnam has clearly explained the power of true love in that film. I especially like the dialogue said by Madhavan’s house owner “Vittu kudukanum paa. Vittu kudukanum..” which will help for peaceful & happy life (not only for “Love marriage”)

So what I mean to say is “No Ego.. No worries”

September Madham and October Madham...

my next post will be about the song "September madham" from Alaipayuthey

How many MASKs do you have at home??

Yoga
Children
Traffic
Marriage

All these topics came up when I thought of blogging. But I wanted to write about MASK. Am I saying about the film MASK.. may be!!!…

The film Mugam by Nasar will clearly elaborate on the topic am about to write. It is such a good film that everyone should watch to know and realise where we are heading to. Its not so easy for people to be themselves at all places. It is quite natural and we start wearing MASK (cover ourselves and show untruth face). As the days goes we end with several number of masks one at office, one at home, and one with neighbors and finally we lose our own identity. And the question who am I actually arises. Are we here just to wear all these Mask, hide ourselves?? At some instance you find people liking YOU WITH YOUR MASK and not the ACTUAL YOU..

So how many MASKs do you have at your home??

More to blog on this...

hmm....

Blogging is not as easy as I thought... trouble started from choosing the blog URL.. tried every combination and tired :( and atlast realised its better to have my own name which will help in many ways in my blogging... (reason in future posts..)