Most Delicious Breakfast

Crispy ghee-roasted dosas, delicious chutneys ,that flavor of sambar , with the aroma of the coffee-brew upon the air - the most appetizing,satisfying morning meal. :)

Taking the bait of 'The Hunter'?

Willing to risk walking to the trap of 'Vettaikaran',for the extremely beautiful Anushka. Prayers needed.

Quote Flash

Grudges disappear between the best of friends.

Like the morning mist,without traces.

Like the drop of water,lost in the lake.

Like the pinch of salt,dissolved in the sea.

Could the dark clouds block out the rays of the sun,forever?

Unnodu naan kanda bandham,

Mannodu malai konda sondham.

Kaainthaalum,

Adi eeram minjum.

Eeram!

One day left for the semester exams,which starts off with Software Engineering.

Half a day of trying to read through the textbook,planning to finish @ the rate of 2 chapters in an hour and a half, but ending up with only 30 pages done at the end of the day,can be quite depressing. Its always a battle,especially with the Software Engineering textbook,between the Book and You,or rather your ability to ward off the Sleep demon- Inevitably,its the Book that wins.Ultimately. It is just a question of how long you can resist the comfort of dozing off with a textbook in hand.To make matters worse(sleepy),the sky is overcast.

"...when collecting productivity metrics for projects,be sure to establish a taxonomy of project types. This will enable you to compute domain-specific averages,making estimation..."

Your mind begins to wander, the music in the background begins to fade out, new voices enter you head, you are amongst a crowd cheering Sachin as he gracefully dances down the ground and lofts Hauritz for a 6,you hi5 with your fellow-cheerers,you are jerked awake.

You look at the wall clock,quickly calculating the approximate time that you dozed,and get back to the book with renewed vigor.Time passes.

"......Smith argues that any level of this structural hierarchy can be described by no more than 10 use cases...."

Your mind again begins to wander,you remember some funny use cases,Tamanna runs before you, you are lost. You wake up later to see an hour has passed,and you are way behind schedule.

F1.Help.You send texts to your friends querying their status. The previous battle was lost,you start fresh with the hope that you can win the war.You start all over again-coffee , water,pacing,and a movie.

Thats how i ended up watching Eeram movie,lasting 2:46 hrs. And it was a good movie,definitely worth a watch. A tad slow in the second half,but i wont complain seeing the circumstances that led me to watch it. Some great dialogues ,camera shots, neat performances ,the suspense element,and a subject as dry as Soft Engg(almost 700 pages of pure theory),makes Eeram a good watch.

Now its 12:10 a.m.,again off to fighting my battle.

p.s: Really,people with insomnia can out try this textbook. Worth a try,mate.

FTS.

This was the week when a student actually understood that his college is a for-profit-money-plundering-n-thieving-organisation.

"Its jus good business",he could almost hear them saying it aloud.

And he lost his money.

p.s: What can a student do about an ill-mannered,egoistic,drenched-in-self-importance n arrogant administrator-in-charge responisble for students' welfare,who also does not know/understand the concept of 'respecting people',leave alone respecting students.

p.p.s: He cant do anything,even express his views straight,because he knows he can be screwed big time,as his degree is in line.A Revenge saga for not being subservient to the Lords of the System (little Gods,they think of themselves) would follow. FTS.

Congrats to Rahul,Bala n the rest of CSE cast :)

(Saaral - Tamil Drama,part of The Theater Week)

'Vaadipatti Vyabari' ,based on 'Merchant of Venice', was a hit. The crowd was entertained,and the judges happy. Kudos to Rahul for the direction,screenplay,script,n dialogues(phew,this is some list!),and good job of adapting it to a Tamil village setting :) with a social message. Nice performances by the supporting cast, especially- Gokul as MuthuPandi(Shylock),and Deena as Anthonio (Antonio),Siva as The Naatamai (Judge),replete with the sombu, white thundu,n veshti-shatai, Prakash as the Naatamai's 'TakeHold' (allakai or edupu :) ).

Of the several creative elements in the show,the following dialogue appealed to me:

"Nyayam enbadhu oruvanin thanipatta karuthu! Oruvanuku nyayam endru thonuvathu matroruvanuku nyayamagavendum endru avasiyam illai! Enave,theepai vazhangum bodhu nyayam mattum allamal manidhavimana thayum karuthil kolla vendum!" .

(Justice is relative to the person. What appears as just to a person,need not necessarily be just to another . So,when delivering a judgement, humanitarianism should also be considered. That is universal! )

Great job, guys!

"The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga wins Booker Prize 2008".. WTF!!

Or in the words of Balram Halwai's ex-employer's wife Pinky Madam,

"What a fucking joke."

Struggled to get past the 50-page mark.

(After 45 pages of egotistic talk, the protagonist says "So,I'm sick of talking about myself , sir." Ass. It made me sick too,plus bored me almost to death)

Insipid n Cliched. Hated the tone and style of narration. Factually so many things incorrect,or rather interpreting things in a way that is quite the opposite of how it was meant. (for eg : Gods like Hanuman,the half-monkey,half-man God, are hoisted upon us,so that we servants would work with infidelity to our masters (also implied,is servitude). WTF!). Fake .

This book is probably for those who are ignorant,and does not know the deeper meaning of India. For those westerners,who'd go "wow...India is so backward!". Aravind Agida's 'The White Tiger' doesnt appeal in any way,or makes you ponder or evokes self-inquiry,or any emotions infact,except of course, the feeling of boredom.(In stark contrast to Sir V.S.Naipaul's accounts on India -An Area of Darkness(1965),Wounded Civilization(1975) .Heavy Writing. Weight-u!)

Didnt bother to cross the 100 page mark.

Lame narration. The first book ever that i'm abandoning halfway through- congrats Mr.Adiga..you have this distinction. Salutations.

What a fuckin joke.