Happy New Year,...!! Welcome 2010..!!

Happy New Year...!!!

That's all I'm going to post today. A whole new year is about to start (or has already started for some of us), so let's just forget everything and celebrate. It's well known that learning to leave some things behind and moving on has a lot of benefits and very few to no drawbacks, so... Enjoy 2010.!

PS : New Year's Day… now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin break them as usual.

Cheers,

Sudhan

I See You,Pandora - Avatar Review

I See You, Pandora..

I must admit that this movie is very outstanding and marvelous. It combines a special effect with great nature along with great sound effect and wonderful plot. You will be stunned for two and half hours, even though i must say it's kinda boring at the first 10-15 minutes. Once the story started, you will see another world where Avatar are becoming the main characters in this movie. You will see lots of strange (and cute) animals on this movie along with many other plants which was very astonishing. Others objects, such as waterfall, forest, and many others were also combined with special effect to make them extraordinary.


The story is about someone who was asked to be a spy in order to find information about special resources, but in the end betrayed the army and joined the Na'vi people to fight back as he has decided to become one of them in a sacred ritual since he already fallen in love with one of Na'vi people, Neytiri.The Na'vi have a saying, "I see you," which goes beyond the visual. It means I see into you and know your heart.As audience, we seamlessly cross the species boundary and root for the aliens to succeed against the childish arrogant called humans


I enjoyed the movie. The ending is especially poignant. The visual effects are spectacular and a lot of the production techniques are a first in the craft of movie making. For that alone, the movie is a must see.


I thought the audience would applaud madly at the end of the film. They didn't. Were they exhausted by the film's running time(161 minutes) ... or were they grumpy over having to root for blue aliens over their fellow humans?

Fallen in love with Pandora,
Sudhan

No No .. I don't Know Hindi....

Whenever my friends joked around in Hindi, I used to laugh along without knowing  what it could be. It took a year or two  at office, however, to be able to figure out when I was the butt of the joke sometime. I have offended India’s national language plenty of times in the past, just by speaking it with my I’m-sure-what-I’m-saying-makes-sense attitude. Since I grew up in the southern part of India, I had no real exposure to Hindi and as a result there was no necessity for me to learn it. It was when I joined Infosys-Mysore that I first decided to pick up what seemed to be a very simple language.

I had moved to Mysore where a lot of the colleague population spoke Hindi at home, and most of my Cricket team mates spoke in Hindi during our rides to the Cricket grounds. So I bought a book that promised to teach its readers spoken Hindi in 30 days. I was pumped and naive, and went about learning the language with vigor. After a couple of days, I decided to watch a Hindi movie to see how well I had picked it up. After watching 5 minutes of Om Shanti Om, I turned off the TV, closed the book and decided that I had better things to spend my time on. My uncle might have learnt Hindi by watching Amitabh Bachchan movies (10 a month, though I bet he was exaggerating) but I knew that this technique wasn’t going to work for me. The only Hindi I picked up from the celluloid were movie names and using phrases like ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham (Sometimes Happiness, Sometimes Sadness)’ and ‘Mujse Shaadi Karogi (Will You Marry Me?)’ in regular conversation would have been disastrous.

Later that year, I went to Pune with my colleagues on a official trip. My Hindi speaking friend taught me how to say ‘I do not know Hindi’ in Hindi (Mujhe Hindi nahin aati). According to him it was the most important line to know for a tourist. In hindsight, he couldn’t be further from the truth, because the shop keepers there are always on the lookout to rip off anyone who can’t speak Hindi. My limited knowledge of Hindi, however, did not stop me from haggling. While my friends were conventional in their approach, “Bees rupay nahin, Dus” (I can’t give you Rs.20, only Rs.10), I took my approach to a much higher level - “Kal Ho Naa Ho, bees rupay nahin, dus.” (There might not be a tomorrow, so I can give you only Rs. 10).

Currently, I have reached a stage where I can understand most of what my friends say when they speak in Hindi with their expression also, but I do not possess the guts to reply in the same language. With Guts, i can say the below sentence, "Ek Gowme Ek Kissan Rahathatha (Raghu Thatha?!)"..

Yes, i am living in India and having friends who are pundits in Hindi. but I Don't Know Hindi.!

Cheers,
Sudhan.

Will Happiness also give pain...??

The worst type of sadness is the one caused by a happy moment. One that you see everybody around you jumping up in excitement while all you want to do is to go a dark corner and stay there alone for some time. The interesting thing is that this happened to me quite often lately. I could go through all the cases, but I'll only mention the latest: yesterday my elder brother got engaged!

Isn't this great? A brother that many times said that he would never get married seems to have found his love and now, after about 2 years together, is engaged! What makes all this sad? That should be very evident: I never met the girl. I talked to her on the phone once for 10 seconds when I wanted to talk with my brother (she kept trying to be nice to me and I bluntly interrupted her asking to talk with my brother). It is scarry that I'm becoming this other person, distant from what is happening with my family. Yesterday I wished I could drop everything I have here at office and move back to my native...

I wished I had a lighter note to end this... Maybe "MY BROTHER IS ENGAGED!"

Cheers,

Sudhan

அவர்களும் மனிதர்கள்தான் ...!!!!

இந்த விஷயம் ரொம்ப நாளாகவே என் மனதில் உறுத்திகொண்டிருந்தது. இன்றுதான் அதை பதிவு பண்ண ஒரு சந்தர்ப்பம் வாய்த்திருக்கிறது. என்னடா இன்னும் விஷயத்தையே என்னன்னு சொல்லாம பினாத்திகிட்டு இருக்கானேன்னு சபிக்கறதுக்கு முன்னாடி சொல்லிடறேன் இது பாலியல் தொழிலாளர்களை பற்றியது.

அப்பப்ப தினசரிகளில் அழகிகள்(?) கைது அப்படின்னு கட்டம் கட்டி படத்தோட செய்தி வரும் அதுலவேற நம்ம தொப்பை போலீஸ் போஸ் கொடுத்துக்கிட்டு நிப்பாய்ங்க. அப்பத்தான் யோசனை வரும் அந்த பாவப்பட்ட அழகிகள் அப்படி என்ன குத்தம் செஞ்சிட்டாங்கன்னு இப்படி போட்டு மானத்தை வாங்குரானுகண்னு.

மும்பை கமிஷனர் ஒருவர் கூட ஒருமுறை சொன்னார். மும்பையில் இருக்கும் ஆண்களில் 60% பேர் பிரம்மசாரிகள் அவர்களுக்கு பெரும் வடிகாலாய் இருப்பது பாலியல் தொழிலாலர்கள்தான். அத்தொழிலை நிறுத்தினால் வீதியில் போகும் குடும்ப பெண்களுக்கு அது ஆபத்தாகிவிடும் என்று.

அப்படி உடல் அரிப்பெடுத்து சுகத்துக்காக அலையும் மனிதர்கள் மத்த குடும்ப பெண்களிடம் சில்மிஷம் செய்யாமல் தடுத்து அவர்களின் அரிப்பை தீர்த்து அதற்கு கூலியை பெற்றுக்கொள்கிறார்களே அதுவா பெரிய தப்பு? எதற்கெடுத்தாலும் போரடும் மனித உரிமை, மகளிர் அமைப்புகள் ஏன் இவர்கள் அவமானபடுத்துவதை மட்டும் பெரிதாக கண்டுகொள்வதில்லை என்று தெரியவில்லை

என்ன அவங்க வேற வேலையிருந்து அதை பண்ணாமய இந்த தொழிலுக்கு வராங்க. எதோ வயித்து பொழப்புக்கு வேற வழியில்லாம் இதை பண்ண வேண்டியதா இருக்குது. இதில்லாம வெறும் உடலைக்காட்டும் டான்ஸ் மட்டும் செஞ்சு குடும்பத்தை பார்த்துகலாம்னா அதுக்கும் அரசாங்கம்(மும்பை) ஆப்பு வெச்சிருச்சி. டான்ஸ் பார் தடைக்கு அப்புறம் பேட்டி கொடுத்த பெண்களெல்லாம் "எதோ உடம்ப மட்டும் காட்டி பொழப்ப பார்த்துகிட்டு இருந்தோம். இனி உடலை விக்கிறதை தவிர வேற வழியில்லை" என்று சொன்னார்கள். டான்ஸ் பார்களின் தடைகளினால் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட பெண்கள் 5000 கும் மேலயாம். எதோ கமிஷன் தகராறுல மும்பை அரசாங்கம் அவங்க வயித்தில அடிச்சிருச்சு.

இங்க தமிழ்நாட்டுல என்னடான்னா மாசக்கடைசியில் கேசு கிடைக்கலியா அவங்களை பிடித்து உள்ள போடு என்கிறமாதிரி கொதறிவிடுகிறார்கள். இதற்கு ஒரே தீர்வு இதை சட்டரீதியா அங்கீகரித்துவிடுவதுதான் என்று நினைக்கிறேன். கூடவே ஒரு லைசன்ஸ் முறையும் கொண்டுவந்திட்டா அவங்க சம்மதிமல்லாமல் தொழிலுக்கு அழைத்துவரப்படுகிறவர்களையும் காப்பாற்றி சம்பந்தபட்டவங்க மேல நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கலாம். எந்த அரசாங்கம் தைரியத்துடன் இதை செய்யப்போகிறதென்று தெரியவில்லை. பார்ப்போம்?

 -- சுதன்

Web Counter - Mirage or Real..??

கணினித் தொழில்நுட்பம் தெரிந்த நண்பர்கள் முன் இந்தக் கேள்வியை வைக்கிறேன்.

என் வலைப்பதிவை எத்துணை பேர் வந்து பார்வையிடுகிறார்கள் என்பதை அறிய இலவசமாக வழங்கப்படும் சேவையான web-counter தளத்திலிருந்து இலவச மென்பொருளை என் வலைப்பதிவில் பொருத்தினேன். அது என்னடாவென்றால் சென்னையில் ஆட்டோ மீட்டர்கள் சூடுவைத்து ஓட்டுகிறார்கள் என்று சொல்கிறார்களே அந்த மாதிரி ஓடுகிறது.

ஒவ்வொரு முறையும் refresh செய்யும் போதெல்லாம் சமர்த்தாக ஒரு நம்பரை கூட்டிக் கொள்ளும் அந்த மென்பொருள் பத்துநிமிடம் கழித்து வந்து பார்த்தால் குறைந்தது 30 முதல் 40 எண்களைக் கூட்டிக் கொள்கிறது. அந்த இடைவெளியில் அத்துணை பேர் வந்து என் வலைப்பதிவை பார்வையிட்டு சென்றிருப்பார்களா என்று ஐயமாக இருக்கிறது.

கொஞ்ச நாட்கள் முன்  ஆரம்பித்த என் வலைப்பதிவை (அரசியல்வாதிகள் மேடைகளில் எதிர்க்கட்சிக்காரர்களை திட்டி முழங்குகிற பாஷையில் சொன்னால், முந்தா நாள் பெய்த மழையில் நேற்று முளைத்த காளான) கிட்டத்தட்ட நானூறுக்கும் மேற்பட்டவர்கள் வந்து பார்த்திருப்பார்கள் என்று நம்ப என் மனம் மறுக்கிறது.

'வேண்டுமானால் என் வலைப்பதிவிற்கு வா. பதில் சொல்கிறேன்' என்று மிரட்டாத, தொழில்நுட்பம் அறிந்த நண்பர்கள் இதனை விளக்கித்தருமாறு கேட்டுக் கொள்கிறேன்.

FYI - எனக்கும் கணினி தொழில்நுட்பம் ஒரு அளவுக்கு தெரியும் ... ஆனால் , இது எனக்கு விளங்கவில்லை ...

Cheers,
Sudhan

Who do i want to be..?? !!???

I'm not sure who I want to be, but I'm sure that whoever it is it isn't me. But that's typical, and somehow healthy. You shouldn't always be happy about who you are and what you know and do, because this way you won't get anywhere. The joy comes from the journey, they say, and not from the destination. I coudn't agree more, but sometimes it's funny to argue with myself about something that I did and I shouldn't have done. I won't get into too many details, because this may scare some people. I'm not into scare tactics.

Today was a good day, though. I worked and then came home to go and look for a printer. My father is trying to convince me to buy one, mainly because he has some things he wants to print. Very typical...

Alright, let me stop here and go to sleep. It's almost 1 am and I have a long day ahead...

--Cheers...,

Sudhan

When i ask 'how's your life'..?

Usually in Instant Messenger chats ( I use only gtalk these days) i open the conversation with
“hi

how’s life?”

I rarely chat these days. I ask this in order to get along with the conversation. If the person on the other end just says

“fyn…” or “life is good…”

The conversation is broken. I hate it like hell…

What do u say...??

--Cheers,

Sudhan

Forced Feelings

It seems anywhere I go I'm being forced to do something I don't want.They all claim different things but they all want me to do something to make me better.Little do they know that it's killing me on the inside anytime it's brought up.

Not realizing that, they continue to ask me to do so.

But there asking change to them forcing me more and more.

Never know what's next to be in store.

If I can't do it I can't talk normally and probably can't eat either.

They would never understand why I don't want to.(thats what really surprising me.!!)

Sometimes no matter how much I explain they don't care.

They want nothing more than to have the power over me to kneel down.

Wanting to scream that I need help in there eyes.

But at times I just want to leave.

Not wanting to believe everyone surrounding in my world.

Each night I feel like praying to be taken away.

Off to another land is what I would like so that I wouldn't have to worry.

When things go back to "normal" will things really be any different.

I doubt it, this shit will still go on because we'll never get things back.

I never wanted to see this day but it seems that everyone is coming down on me.

I don't want anything to do with a world like this.

--Sudhan.

PS : People who read this will think 'What problem this guy has.? '. Even i don't know about the source of my problems. Its because of love failure, Work and Friends. Anything could be...!!!

I know, i chose this world. I need to  enjoy with this. But, to be frank, i want to let my feelings out. Thats why I'm posting here. After all, its my place to say anything under the sky and above the Earth.

Not a great week - Boring

Another week is gone and there isn't much to talk about. Yesterday I read a article about experience of phone interview from net that I didn't quite like. The person who wrote had some knowledge about the subject that company are interested in, but she had some major language difficulties that would give her a very hard time when it came to work in the company. Sometimes even I can't really grasp what is being discussed in the middle of the meetings, because of the speed people think and the concepts they are able to throw at you without even stopping to think for a minute. But I may be wrong, let's see... She should have been invited for an on-site interview and maybe company'll know the result.

The end of a tough weekend, where not much was actually done, is never something you are eager to have. This is my story this weekend. A very tiring weekend, but not very productive.

Let's see what else I can talk about... Work is going alright. I've been mainly writing documents and sending it out to people and, so far, people have been liking them. I actually had two very good conversations today with some people from the team that helped me a lot to understand where we were going and what I have to do next. There is only one thing I have to say about it: there is lots of work ahead, but once it is working, it is going to be great!

More to the personal things... Uhm... Yesterday there was a party at the building I'm living right now. Good food and conversations. If I was a little bit more "courageous" I would  have had more fun, but I guess that's the way I am, and I sort of like it.

The weather here is getting colder and wetter. This evening it was kind of nasty. Lots of wind, and a little rain. Perfect for you to catch a cold! Especially because lots of people from my team have come down with a cold this week, and today my office mate was feeling pretty miserable. I'll keep taking my vitamins, eating a sleeping well.

Cheers,
Sudhan