LA's just too much and too big ..i always thot madras was too big until i saw bombay .. and now LA..Hv not got lost until now..hope i dont..! o, am suddenly reminded of morpheus' words "I do not believe its a matter of hope, general; It simply is a matter of time"..Maybe relevant context for my situation!
Had just 20 hrs sleep this whole week..! Not tht am working too hard, in fact i return home at 5:30 in the evening..the problem is tht i get up at around 4 in the morning everyday..and b'coz theres all this sun tv and stuff here, i sleep late! Watched some megaserial..as usual, funny!some kolangal i think..
Rooting for lakers took some time away this week..As usual Kobe, the entertainer,my fav was in full flow in 3r qtr..I dunno if my analogy is right but i find somehting similar b/w Kobe and Lara..Both r genius' and at times they seem uninterested in what they r doing..But both of them entertain like none other in their sport..Hack-a-Shaq was not a complete failure but has not been good enuf to win a game..lets c..
Other things, internship going on ok..not bad..boss' russian; looks like tht typical brilliant russian guy..Paavam, inime avar pozhappu kashtam dhaan! Daily 6:15 am to 3:30 at office..Never used to sleep anywhere less than 9 solid hrs in Knoxville and now this !
But anyways, thoongi thoongi idhu varaikum onnum kazhatala..Idhu epdi irukku nu paarpom..!
Hv to watch ayudha ezhuthu some time here in the theaters..atleast for maddy and surya.!
Was reading Anandha Vikatan after long time..saw tht Chimbus next heroine is ...any wild guess...boy, this' wilder than u think..Mandira bedi..! Bayangaramaana jodi dhaan..!
Summer special tamil movies la koothu kaathurukku nanikaren!
Varta

The last 1 week has been exacting actually..Spent long hours on the microscope and the lab in general..Thot of wrapping up all academic work by thursday..Alas! I dint save my microscopy images !! I almost went mad..Then, decided tht enuf was enuf and thot of doing something constructive and suddenly thot of getting the driver license friday morning first thing..On hari's insistence, i got a seniors car to practice (tho i thot i was good enuf to get pass the exam w/o any practise)...How wrong i was!!! My thursday nite practise was horrible, to say the least..The worst part was a cop caught me for speeding!! Only after he saw tht i had only a learner's only and was practising to get a proper one, did he advise me and let me go...I was real tense...Braked when i had to accelerate..over-braked when i had to brake..Did both extremes..Tht senior friend Kalyan deserves some kinda Peace prize for putting up with my practice and sitting thru all of it..I went to bed tht nite almost sure i was going to screw it up..Next morning, kalyan took me to the exam center and told me to practice..Again, was driving pretty rash, sudden brakes et al..A li'l better than previous nite but still pretty difficult to pass was a foregone conclusion..Enter the d-time...i dunno what got over me, atleast for most of the first half, i was driving real smooth..I'd never driven like tht b4 and am not sure if i'd drive like tht hereafter..Then got a little carried away and screwed up the 2nd part a li'l bit but yeah finally, GOT THE LICENSE ! Then, went to college, met my prof and was discussing a few things abt my internship plans..A few courtesy calls and after tht, headed home..Hari made some good sambar, was pretty hungry..downed the sambar rice with tea!!! Then, spending time with hari a bit as another 3 more months without him hereafter..My internship in LA is for 3 months until mid-aug..
Reached LA today..as always, the city is alive and kicking..nothing like madras though!
Hv to get some arrangement for vanpool fixed up soon as i need to get started form monday onwards for this summer internship..Boy, lots of work 2 do..Feel like sleeping..Jetlag! - 3 timezones maan -- from Charlotte to LA is no easy task..!!Will catch up soon..Until then, zzzzzzzzzzzz

This is as stupid as an article can get..Writing with no inside information...more informed articles appear in the Mylapore Times..!

Manmohan as PM would be a good thing..But then, the choice of FM is now tricky..Pranab Mukherjee vs P.Chidambaram vs J.Ramesh, the last considering that he can get an RS seat....Whoever it is, they should be well-guided as Dr.Singh is the PM ..

Other things, India-Pak cricket teams awarded best teams for promoting goodwill was real good news..Schumi again world sportsman of the year..I mite stop watching F-1 is he's going to continue like this..Its boring..Better to watch golf !!

I think Sonia, apart form all tht sacrifice stuff written all over, thinks she doesnt have it in her what it demands to b PM! She has not proven her intellect as yet but has revived the party thru her stature and her emotional intellect only.Atleast, thts wat i think..

Guess the future should be interesting....

Guess i've given my bloggie too well-deserved a rest!
Time's just flying (as if its not obvious!)..I would be leaving for LA in a week and b4 that, I need to work a lot for a conference presentation - My prof is suddenly evincing gr8 interest in me sending abstracts and preparing posters, just when my summer hols have begun ! Hmm..Cant complain abt that..If it gets selected, should be gr8..
I think the Lakers can make their die-hard fans a hearT patient..I almost switched off the TV when Duncan slotted tht 2-pointer in the dying seconds..Out came Derek Fisher with that miracle..It was incredible - the support for Fisher in the next Lakers home game..PPl's tishirt read "Fish for Pres" Heehee...I think they now have a good chance of winning the title..I wud want them to meet Kings next..
Amma washed out in TN...!!But gez this was a blessing in disguise for her..I think she'll get her act pretty soon in order to win the Assembly elections..Felt bad for Rajni as none of his influence really worked..Gez he would not enter politics for quite sometime hereafter..
Have to get driving license sometime this week..Pretty important..Cant delay any more..Got the learners..

Varta

Ctrl-Alt-Del for Chandrababu Naidu - goes the headline in rediff ..Sensex fall of abt 250 points is attributed in part to his defeat !! Nasscom issues a press release saying his defeat wont affect IT .. I think he's achieved something going by all this headliners! May b a bit hyped though..I felt he'd traded the crux of rural livelihood -agriculture for IT a tad too much !
I think if the Rajini factor works this time and helps influence voting patterns in PMK strongholds, and he does make a difference, its only a matter of time b4 Thalaivar jumps into the bandwagon..I guess hes kinda being real careful abt what he does and is studying general mass psychology w.r.t politics b4 coming in .... He's pretty wary of what happened to Shivaji though i think rajini's mass popularity and appeal far outweighs Shivaji's....Thalaiva..seekaram pa..Cant wait!

Saw ThirudaThirudi y'day -- 1 heckuva horrible movie..Only nice part was Manmatha Raasa (was waiting for tht song all along!) and the fact tht i got to see tiruchi which reminded college times..Otherwise totally stupid movie..Mebbe ran well coz of the Dhanush feelgood factor!! So much for feel-good factors and luck!

Exams got over friday n was jus out for the most part of last 2 days..Had been to a place which's supposed to b the most hip kinda spot here on friday nite... It wasnt bad tho..i had a headache which got worsened with all tht Heave hip-hop number tht were played there..Head almost split tht nite!
Watched a tamil movie y'day after a long time...Mounam Pesiyadhe..I kinda liked the movie but dint understand how it was a hit in madras..Considering the pysche of the avg movie-goer, i thot it wud've been an average if not a flop movie..
Today, hv 2 more in store..1of which is thiruda thirudi..Jus going to hv a summer blast with all these tamil movies which i've missed for a long time..English and Masala-less logic(!!)can take a backseat for some time i think !!heehee..
Went to a movie today..some 'eternal sunshine..' stuff..forgot the full name in fact..Was a drag at times, though my friends liked it..I guess it was an attempt at making a different kindof mvie ..dint like it much tho..Then saw the Lakers get into their own against the Spurs though at 75-61, i was a little scared in the 4th quarter as lakers started giving me a feeling of insecurity..

I think Ashwin's blog is getting interesting nowadays..am very much know nothing in all this philosophical stuff n looking fwd to all his forthcoming blogs which he's told me would b in this regard..

Elections in TN..shud b fun i gez..Lotsof drama, intense at that ..missing out on all tht superfun!

Ravi

Well, those photos of Iraqi prisoners was very gruesome..
But, y wud US soldiers want to take snaps of something like that when they know there is a lot of attention on iraq. When some1 knows he/she is being watched, no 1 would resort to such stuff normally and have documentary evidence of the same..Am a little confused by this..Beats me !

J.Lo was real fun y'day in Will n Grace..The best part was she started out on giving some marriage advise to the new couple and then said "O..who am i kidding" - poking fun at herself
Friends gonna get over..all these nice sitcoms coming to an end i guess... hmm..
Currently humming to Jenny from the block tune ....long since i heard this 1..got hold of it 2day !

cya

My friend was telling me he saw autograph and it was pretty good..Its quite a while since i saw any tamil movies..Was also thinking of my favorites till now..lemme list 10 in that order..
1. Anbe Sivam
2. Agni Nakshathiram
3. Kadalora Kavidhaigal
4. Thalapathi
5. Iruvar
6. Thillu Mullu
7. Unnaal Mudium Thambi
8. Oru Kaidhiyin Dairy
9. Amaidhipadai
10 MichaelMadhanaKamaRajan

Done with all the shifting..Was a li'l tiring..The new apt is pretty good, well furnished etc but its more like a hotel when i compare it with my earlier place..Cant crib 2 much though..Hv to get along..
Was talking to my friend Ashwin abt how ppl fake stuff and how both of us wished every1 or atleast most ppl were a li'l more less pretentious....Kinda interesting stuff 2 talk to..i like to especially talk on such stuff..as they say, enakku vambu nalla vendi irukku !
Vetti vambu!
Nothing much going on except for an assignment and a project..As regards the assignment, BRUTAL's the word ! 2 much !!!

Was wondering on 1 more thing today..dunno y i thot abt it..Was thinking of the indian rupee appreciating a lot against the USD..This could prove bad for the exporters in india i thot..Am not sure if they would hence bring pressure on the central financial agency in india to stem any further rise of the rupee ! Hope my economics doesnt stink !!!

Tata

Will b shifting 2 another apt this weekend, which's closer to school..Shud b useful i guess, being close to school, atleast coz of the fact that i wont miss as many classes hereafter(certainly no blaming the bus service if i'm late to class hereafter)...
Some of my friends hv got the F-1 ticket for the indianapolis GP in June..I gotta c what i can do..As of now, my summer plans look like a blur ! Hv to check on that..
Besides, jus following lotsa election stuff..I think its evenly matched b/w bush n kerry here..As for india, i think lotsa masala happening..Dharmendra - feel sorry for him..his election stuff is in tatters..! TamilNadu - again, is highly unpredictable as usual i gez...Hv to c what Cho's opinions r on this regard..He influences in a small way, quite a few middleclass urban ppl in their voting, i wud tend to think...
Nothing elz besides..Another sem coming to an end, another week of pressure( i gez am hyping MS a tad too much !)....
Cheerz !

For those who havent read this already..

This particular para personifies Ganguly
"Ganguly is that kind of man - when it comes to opinions about the Indian captain, about what he means to the team, about his strengths and weaknesses both as a batsman and as a leader of men, we find that the middle ground is so thinly populated as to be almost irrelevant. We love to inhabit extremes when making judgements on Ganguly. "

This' so very true..I, for one, have got into heated arguments with friends on this topic..the best part being that the number of ppl were almost always equally divided on this issue..
I think Ganguly is the best thing that has happened to Indian cricket for a long time...True, Sachin was a great thing to happen but that was an individual thing ..Look at the number of players Ganguly has brought out - Viru, Yuvi, Kaif, Nehra and now Balaji..He backs them to the hilt and tries to make sure that they are in the best frame of mind - And mind u, each 1 of the above mentioned has at some point helped India win ... When India was in Australia, Ganguly did not ask the selectors - 'Can i have murali karthi'..He said 'I want Murali Karthik'..! Now, thats the sorta person u need at the helm..(The fact tht karthik did not meet expectations is another matter altogether)..
Ganguly's act of tossing the ball to Sachin to get the last wicket in the third test made me like the 'Prince' all the more....
Iam hoping tht ganguly will be consistent with his batting hereafter..He's a player who can unsettle the opposition (we saw tht in ample measure in SouthAfrica..god, tht was gorgeous)..Afterall, when he hits sixers off spinners, thats one of the better sights in cricket rite now ..!

He's done it ...!! The Prince..

My favorite player is back to form, AND IN STYLE ! There arent many other ways u could stamp ur authority better !! Way to go, LARA ! Go, sink 'em..

If salim malik were really not guilty, i feel real bad for him ! Azhar on the other hand, is having a good life i guess..hez started some event management consultancy in hydrebad..Malik cant dream of such things though in his place..!!
Longish weekend this..playing cricket n sleep take over in such times....
Another interesting tidbit is tht Gates is losing his richness ranking positions to other europeans etc 'coz the dollar is falling...hehee..
For those who dont read hindu, this article was xcellent..Nirmal shekar's writeups make gr8 reading....
Nothing elz much going on..Chal..cya

Whew..! not had enuf of sleep 'coz lost 1 hr due to standard time being restored..(!)..
Saw Virumaandi in the weekend..Pretty ok movie i thot..The villain was pretty impressive..Where was he all this while?
Apart from that, ..F-1 is turning out 2 b a bore..I am a loyal f-1 fan but my interest's waning partly 'coz ferrari keeps on winning and also 'coz my fav team McLaren dont seem 2 really race this yr..Jenson button is taking a dig at McLaren technology.Now this is as bad as things can get..They r missing Mika sorely now..The point is if they develop such a car, wud montoya really join them?..
Following the match 2 an extent..Dont hv any idea as to wat Sadagoppan ramesh's doing rite now....I cant think of another player who's been time n again traumatized by the selection committee..Feel real bad 4 him !

Was trying to compile a program today when i was reminded of this funny incident while in Shanmugha...
Disclaimer: All shanmugha faculty are not as knowledgeable as the below-mentioned..

We were doing our c++ lab in 3rd sem..1 guy got 14 errors in his code and so called the lecturer to help debug..
Lecturer vandhaar,paathaar, pethinaar ! He deleted all lines which contained errors in the code and re-compiled it..It showed 3 errors this time..U must've seen the victorious smile on the lecturer's face ! Adengappa..! Indha oru pethalukku ipdi oru punnagai..
His leaving comments to the student - It's now upto u to reduce the remaining 3 errors..!

Adhe lecturer , another time... For 1 guy, the program showed no errors but dint execute properly..Prompt came the reply from the pethal lecturer - "printer cable seriyaa connect aayirukka pa".... What a kidney, oops..brain..

College was a laugh-riot...thanx 2 ppl like the above who made it possible !

It is that time of the semester when everything is due..!
friendsku kadan, professorukku assignment, advisor ku project report, room uku rent,
And en manasukku nimmadhi..Aala vidungappa..M.S seriyaana kadi!

I jus stumbled on this article which infact was from our univ itself
Warren Buffet is incredible..Must b 1 of the biggest extroverted businessmen( oops..read tycoon) around..
My interest in doing an MBA is only growing..I had planned that i would do it part-time after i get a job here(which BTW is not 2 easy )
But i somehow feel that the intensity that is there in a full-time MBA program is unparalleled..
I saw this rating sometime, not sure if its accurate enuf..Owens school,my friend in Vandy, tells me is pretty good..Lets c how things go..

Ravi

Today, missed my Imaging class..dint feel bad though.! The class is anyway getting uninteresting..Atleast had some interesting dreams as i slept within the sweet confines of my home sweet home!
The rest of the day, when i dint sleep, ARR with his Faanah..caused enough trouble in that i had to listen to the song atleast once every half hour compulsorily.! Things r getting out of hand !!

Ravi