Anbe Anbe...

Anbe Anbe...

This is a program aired by Sun music everyday from 6 P.M to 7 P.M and the speciality of this program is its exclusively for lovers !!! and that makes it lil interesting...(Atleast i thought so !)

There were two anchors who were very funnily dressed..(Sponsor for costumes: Pothys Readymades)... Couldnt watch them continously for even 5 mins coz the colors they were wearing were very very jazzy(Ramarajan thothaan)....but tried and watched coz i had nothing better to do...!!! and in those few mins i watched there were many interesting callers...and one of the conversation went on like this.....

Caller : Hello..anbe anbe-vaa ?
( Me:illa...sun thalaippu seidhigal..call pannittu ennada kelvi???)
anchor 1 : Aaamanga..sollunga ..unga perenna ? epdi irukeenga ?

Caller : naan nalla irukenga...en peru sathish.....neenga epadi irukeenga maha ?!
(Me: Oh..'maha' compere panraandha ponnu peraa??....edho katna pondati-ya koopdara madiri koopdara...pera short panni hmm... )
anchor 2: sollunga sathish....neenga enna panreenga ?
(Me: unkooda phone-lathaan pesaraan...vetti pasanga..vera enna pannuvaanga..neenga indha maadiri programs paneenganna...?)

Sathish : Naan...+1 padikaren..... ambathur-lendhu pesaren..
anchor 2 : Oh..+1 -aa..very good
( Me:idhula enna 'very good'??? naanumthaaney padichen !#@@*!)

Sathish : mm..naan amudha-nra ponna love panren....
( Me: sandhosham..nalla love pannnu..needhaan next year state
first rank !!)
anchor 1: apadeeeyyyyyyyyyya....hmm amudha enna panranga
( Me: I.A.S-a padipaanga...adhey classla padipaanga...illa +2 padipaanga minji pona !)

Sathish : Avanga +2 padikaraanga...
( Me:adapaavi....nejamaavey va da ?!!!!?!)
anchor 1: Oh..amudha ungala vidaperiyavangala..?
( Me: Kandhupichitaaya..kandupidichitttayaaaa) veetlatheriyuma.?.. (Me: en ?nee poi solla poreeya???)

Sathish : illa...theiryamathaan lovepanrom...
(Me : 'Ivan thandhai ennotraan kol enum sol'.. thirukural theiryama gyabagam vandhuduchu :( )
anchor 1 & 2: oh...apadeeya...sari..unga kaadhal kai kooda sun music-oda vaazhthukkal...enna paatu venum amudha-kaaga?

Sathish : enakku...'marupadiyum' lendhu 'nalam vaazha ennalum en vazhthukal' paatu venum ..( Me: en? amudha padutha padukaiya irukaangala??? velaiya paaruda...padichi urupudu da..)anchor 1 &2 : ok sathish..ungalukkagavum..unga kaadhali amudhakkagavum...indha super paata

Good Old Barber

There was a good old barber in Bangalore . One day a florist goes to him for a haircut. After the cut, he goes to pay the barber and the barber replies:
I am sorry, I cannot accept money from you; I am doing a Community Service. Florist is happy and leaves the shop.

The next morning when the Barber goes to open his shop, there is a "Thank You" Card and a dozen roses waiting at hisdoor.

A Confectioner goes for a haircut and he also goes to pay the barber he again refuses to take the money. The Confectioner is happy and leaves the shop.


The next morning when the Barber goes to open his shop, there is another "Thank you" Card and a dozen Cakes waiting at his door.


A Software Engineer goes for a haircut and he also goes to pay the barber again refuses the money saying that it was a community service.

The next morning when the Barber goes to open his shop, guess what he finds there......


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A Dozen Software engineers waiting for a free haircut... with Printouts of Forwarded mail mentioning about free haircut!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Priceless!!!

A guy woke up at home with a huge hangover. He forced himself to open his eyes, and the first thing he saw is a couple of aspirins and a glass of water on the side table. He sat down and sees his clothing in frontof him, all clean and pressed. He looks around the room and sees that it is in perfect order, spotless, clean. So is the rest of the house. He takes the aspirins and notices a note on the table.

"Hey Honey, breakfast is on the stove, I leftearly to go shopping. Love You!"

So he goes to the kitchen and sure enough there is a hot breakfast and the morning newspaper. His son is also at the table, eating.

He asks, "Son, what happened last night?"
His son says, "Well, you came home around 3 AM, drunk and delirious. Broke some furniture, puked in the hallway, and gave yourself a black eye when you stumbled into the door".

Confused, the man asks, "So, why is everything in order and so clean, and breakfast is on the table waiting for me? I should expect a big quarrel with her!"

His son replies, "Oh, that! Mom dragged you to the bedroom, and when she tried to take your clothes n shoes off, you said , "Hey !!!!!!! Leave me alone! I'm married!"



Moral

Breakfast -- Rs. 100.00

Self-induced hangover -- Rs. 2000.00

Broken furniture -- Rs. 20,000.00

Saying The Right Thing While Drunk - PRICELESS!!! !!!!!!!!! !

Giggle from Google!!!

Okay - go to Google maps,
choose 'get directions' and
try going from New York to Glasgow.

Don't abandon at line 23 (even if you can't stop laughing)

Hahahahaha...

Change the world...

I am becoming lazy day by day. The simple reason is, I can't even sit down and write my own blog. All I can do to cover it up is posting one more forwarded message as my blog. Go ahead call me a cheat and at the same time enjoy the post!!!

When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world.

I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change mynation.
When I found I couldn't change the nation, I began to focus on my town.
I couldn't change the town and as an older man, I tried to change myfamily.

Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself,and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family. My family and I could have made animpact on our town. Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world.

"Great words for reflection if we rashly attempt to change something orsomeone else other than ourselves!

Don't Blame and complain Others........

Female Brain or a Male Brain - TEST

This is a forwarded mail which I got from my friend in orkut. It was really interesting and I want you people to experience it. Have fun!!!

This is called the quick eye exam!
Quick Eye Exam... This will blow your mind...!

Count the number of F's in the following text in 15 seconds:

FINISHED FILES ARE THE
RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC
STUDY COMBINED WITH THE
EXPERIENCE OF YEARS

Managed it?

Scroll down only after you have counted them!

OK?







How many?

Three? (You r definitely male!!!)

Wrong, there are six - no joke!

Read again!

FINISHED FILES ARE THE
RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC
STUDY COMBINED WITH THE
EXPERIENCE OF YEARS

The reasoning is ...

The MALE brain cannot process the word "OF".

Incredible or what?

Anyone who counts all six F's on the first go has a brain of a Female

You can test this by asking a Guy/Girl near you to work it out.

Beauty...

The height and weight of an American college girl is 5'4" and 170 Pounds on average. This is what I read in the local newspaper a couple of days ago. But she is definitely not one of those common girls. She will be around 5'8" and would weigh approximately 120 Pounds. She was seated right before me in the bus which I took from work to home. If you ask me to describe her in one simple word, I would use the word "BEAUTIFUL".

It was one of those really hectic days where I would be running between the two campuses for my job and classes. After a really tiresome day of work, I took a bus to get back to home. To my surprise the bus was not full. Only 25% of the seats were filled up which is very rare case because it will be full almost all the time. Maybe because of the snow storm many students might have bunked the class or came to the school by their car. Whatever it maybe for others, it was really a good day for me.

The moment I sat in the bus, I saw the most beautiful girl I have even seen after landing in this land of opportunities - USA. She said "HI" to me with a sweetest smile she can even put on her lips. I was so much drawn towards her beauty that I almost forgot to say a HI in return. It should have been almost more than 7 seconds before I said HI to her. She was gorgeous. Yes, gorgeous. She almost laughed when she heard me saying HI so late. But she controlled that, instead she smiled at me which took my breath away for a second. Almost 95% of time when I was sitting in the bus, I was looking at her. Since I don’t want to look her continuously for a long time, I need to turn my focus away from her now and then which consumed the rest 5% of time.

She was white and blond with a sharp nose. I would compare her sharp nose with the tip of the pyramid. She was wearing a simple but stunning earring which was enjoying its place in her ears. She always had that cute smile on her lips all throughout her travel.

Again she is one of those passing angels. But after seeing her I had a different thought about all those good looking girls. I was wondering how lucky their boy friends are and at the same time how miserable they are. Yes, imagine how all those boy friends would feel if they see everyone starring at their dear ones. It’s really terrible. But luckily I am not one of those good looking guys to get those beautiful angels. Good for me :)

Funny America!!!

Hey!!! I got this video through one of my new friend's blog. Its really funny and I couldnt imagine people coming up with such crazy answers when they are asked some straight forward questions. But it could even be a made-up video to look funny. Whatever it maybe I bet you will laugh your ass off.

Funny picture or am I stupid???

Take a look at this picture. What do you think about this picture??? Is it funny or crazy or stupid or some nonsense... But let me tell you what I had in my mind when I posted this picture in my album in orkut. When I first saw this picture on the net, I laughed and enjoyed it to a great extent. For me it was one of the many funny pictures available on net which makes people laugh the instant they see the picture. I assumed that the guy in WHITE shirt is having a relationship with his friend's partner without his knowledge. And I guess this is what most of people think when they see the picture.

But just a couple of days back, my friend asked me in what context I had that picture in my profile. The thing which I was surprised me was when she told me that she thinks that I have a bad image about girls after seeing this picture (What a crap!!!). The reason for such a misconception is because she read the picture completely in a different way. Here I want to stress the word COMPLETELY because I never even dreamt that such an idea could be drawn from the picture.

She thought it is one of those pictures which portray women or girls in the wrong way. Yes!!! Can you believe this??? But this is what she told me. In addition to this she also thought that I had some real bad experience with girls in my life and that’s the reason why I have this picture in my profile (What nonsense is this!!! I hardly had girls in my life to come to such conclusions). But the real thing which surprised me was the way she looked at this picture because I never thought anyone could think on the serious side about that which I always felt funny.

Also she has got all the freedom in this world to say her view and it’s neither my fault to ignore such an idea which can be drawn from the same picture. This made me thrilled and surprised to see how different people in this world look at things around them. Certain things for some maybe serious whereas for others it maybe just a practical joke!!!

Whatever it maybe, I have decided to knock off the picture from my profile because I don’t want to be imagined as a guy against girls or whatever nonsense it may. I am just thinking whether the picture is funny or am I stupid to ignore the other side of the picture???

I hate AR RAHMAN...

Why I hate AR RAHMAN!!!!These r some reasons why I hate rahman to the core...

1. Everytime his music releases ... I gotta spend money on each and every DVD/CD released by him in all languages because I cant miss his music for anything in the world.

2. Waste lots of time listening to his music again and again because I can never get satisfied with his music.

3. Waste all my morning time reading crarefully each and every news about him on net again and again for the fear of missing a BGM, a yuotube video, a rapidshare link, a review/blog/article.

4. Hate him because I like his music so much that I dont get time to listen to other MDs music and appreciate their music as some people can do.

5. Cry out loud when somebody says my man has lifted a tune ... and then try to cool myself after somebody explaining why its false accusation.

6. Have to bear the fact that in this 100+ crore country(India), the only music thats worth listening is ARRs and subconsciosly wishing that there are more ARRs who can make listening to music a pleasure ...

7. Save my pocket money so that I can buy IPOD/BOSE speakers etc because I know hearing his music on those is a whole lot divine experience ...

So see, we can also hate ARR and his music... :) !!!

PS: I got this post from an die hard fan of ARR in orkut.

Rahman at work

Recently when i was viewing the videos in youtube, i came across this small clip about ARR. I was really thrilled and excited to see how ARR composes music. He simply rocks...

Rahmanism...

Its been a while since i scribbled something in my blog. I wont say that i was really busy and wasnt able to write anything, the real reason is that i didnt get anything interesting to write about. Just getting up in the morning after about ten snoozes in the alarm, taking shower in half sleep, skipping breakfast and running for the class with minutes left and then doing assignments and thinking about the exams and other financial worries. OOpps!!! it was too much for me because i didnt expect life over here in US will be this different from what i had in India.

But now iam bit thrilled and excited and the main important reason for me to write this blog is A GIRL. Yes, its a girl!!!. Hey hey dont think too much guys, it isnt my girl friend or as a matter of fact i havent even seen her or even talked to her or even i who she is, what she is and i dunno anything about her. The thing which really surprised me is her interest towards music.

Asusual, i was Orkutting for nothing and thats when i saw a blog's link in AR Rahman's community. When i browsed and read through her blogs i came to know about her interests in music. SO, you can ask me whats the big deal about this. Everyone are interested in music. Yes, thats true.But this female is a bit different. She really enjoys what she hears and thats very fairly evident from the way she has expressed in her blogs and for sure I havent seen anyone else like this other than me. SHe is one of the millions and millions of fans of AR RAHMAN. Also she only knows hindi and not tamil. But she has explained about the tamil albums of ARR as if she knew the language and the culture quoting even the lyrics of the song. Thats really amazing. Also latter i came to know that she was a Pakistani settled in US.

For many of you this may not be a surprising thing but for me its AMAZING. Its the power of music. It has the ability to blend people and culture. And those who can do this can be considered as a true human according to me and AR Rahman is one among them. He is film music composer and he does it for money but still he has that magical tool inside him to make others feel what he is trying to say. Thats the real true music.

BEST EXPLANATION EVER !!!

This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain andsuffering that I have seen:

A man went to a barbershop to have hishaircut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a goodconversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said:

"I don't believe that God exists."

"Why do you say that?" asked the customer.

"Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving God who would allow all of thesethings."

The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respondbecause he didn't want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in thestreet with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmedbeard. He looked dirty and unkempt. The customer turned back and entered the barber shop againand he said to the barber:

"You know what? Barbers do notexist."

"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber."I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!"

"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist becauseif they did, there would be no people with dirty long hairand untrimmed beards, like that man outside."

"Ah, but barbers DO exist! That's what happens when peopledo not come to me."

"Exactly!" affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOESexist! That's what happens when people do not go to Him and don't lookto Him for help. That's! why there's so much pain and suffering in theworld."

How is it??? :)

90/10 Principle

I got a forwarded mail from my friend long time back which i didnt care to read till now. But today when i read it i realised that the fact it dealt was true.. I hope you may also enjoy and learn something from it and so i am posting it here...

Discover the 90/10 Principle.
By Stephen Covey, Management Guru

Have you read this before: Discover the 90/10 Principle. It will change the way you manage your life.

What is the 90/10 Principle? 10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react. What does this mean? We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us. We cannot stop the car from breaking down. The plane will be late arriving, which throws our whole schedule off. A driver may cut us off in traffic. We have no control over this 10%. The other 90% is different. You determine the other 90%.

How? By your reaction. You cannot control a red light, but you can control your reaction. Don't let people fool you; YOU can control how you react.
Let's use an example. You are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just happened. What happens next will be determined by how you react. You curse. You harshly scold your daughter for knocking the cup over. She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your spouse and criticize her for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. A short verbal battle follows. You storm upstairs and change your shirt. Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and get ready for school. She misses the bus. Your spouse must leave immediately for work. You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school. Because you are late, you drive 40 miles an hour in a 30 mph speed limit. After a 15-minute delay and paying fine, you arrive at school. Your daughter runs into the building without saying good-bye.
After arriving at the office 20 minutes late, you find you forgot your briefcase. Your day has started terribly. As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse. You look forward to coming home, When you arrive home, you find a small wedge in your relationship with your spouse and daughter.

Why? Because of how you reacted in the morning.
Why did you have a bad day?

A) Did the coffee cause it?

B) Did your daughter cause it?

C) Did the policeman cause it?

D) Did you cause it?

The answer is D.
You had no control over what happened with the coffee. How you reacted in those 5 seconds is what caused your bad day. Here is what could have and should have happened.
Coffee splashes over you. Your daughter is about to cry. You gently say, "It's ok honey, you just need, to be more careful next time." Grabbing a towel you rush upstairs.
After wearing a new shirt and with your briefcase, you come back down in time to look through the window and see your child getting on the bus. She turns and waves. You arrive 5 minutes early and cheerfully greet the staff. Your boss comments on how good the day you are having.
Notice the difference? Two different scenarios. Both started the same. Both ended differently. Why? Because of how you REACTED .. You really do not have any control over 10% of what happens. The other 90% was determined by your reaction.

Here are some ways to apply the 90/10 principle. If someone says something negative about you, don't be a sponge(don't absorb). Let the attack roll off like water on glass. You don't have to let the negative comment affect you! React properly and it will not ruin your day. A wrong reaction could result in losing a friend, being fired, getting stressed out etc.

How do you react if someone cuts you off in traffic? Do you lose your temper? Pound on the steering wheel? (A friend of mine had the steering wheel fall off!) Do you curse? Does your blood pressure skyrocket? Do you try and bump them? WHO CARES if you arrive ten seconds later at work? Why let the cars ruin your drive? Remember the 90/10 principle, and do not worry about it.

You are told you lost your job . Why lose sleep and get irritated? It will work out. Use your worrying energy and time into finding another job. The plane is late; it is going to mangle your schedule for the day. Why take out your frustration on the flight attendant? She has no control over what is going on. Use your time to study, get to know the other passenger. Why get stressed out? It will just make things worse.

Now you know the 90/10 principle. Apply it and you will be amazed at the results. You will lose nothing if you try it. The 90/10 principle is incredible. Very few know and apply this principle. The result? Millions of people are suffering from undeserved stress, trials, problems and heartache. There never seem to be a success in life. Bad days follow bad days. Terrible things seem to be constantly happening. There is constant stress, lack of joy, and broken relationships.
Worry consumes time.

Anger breaks friendships and life seems dreary and is not enjoyed to the fullest. Friends are lost. Life is a bore and often seems cruel. Does this describe you? If so, do not be discouraged.

You can be different! Understand and apply the 90/10 principle.
It will change your life!!

AR Rahman...

Yesterday while browsing through the communities in ORKUT, I came across a comment about the Mozart of Madras – AR RAHMAN. The comment was a new music director who has hardly 10 to 15 movies under his belt has overcome the achievements made by AR Rahman( What a crap??? ). I was really shocked when I read this line. I know even people who are reading this blog too would be shocked. The funnier part is that the music director only composes music for Tamil movies and not for any other language.

Let me give you a small information about AR Rahman’s career…

Allah Rakha Rahman (born on January 6, 1966 as A.S. Dileep Kumar in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) is a hugely popular Indian film composer. He made his debut in 1992 with Mani Ratnam's Tamil movie, Roja (Rose), which was subsequently dubbed into many languages. Yodha marked his debut in Malayalam, also in 1992 and Ram Gopal Verma's Rangeela (Colorful) (1995) was the first Hindi movie to have Rahman as the music director. He is a recipient of the Padma Shri, which is one of India's highest civilian national honors.

From Time.com :

In 2002, enlightenment struck again. I saw — heard, rather — the West End show Bombay Dreams. Like Chess, it had music by a composer who had written (and sometimes performed) dozens of pop hits. Indeed, A.R. Rahman is not just India’s most prominent movie songwriter — in a land of a billion people where movie music truly is popular music — but, by some computations, the best-selling recording artist in history. His scores have sold more albums than Elvis or the Beatles or all the Jacksons: perhaps 150 million, maybe more.

Rahman received more international attention with this article in the TIME magazine. Rahman's first movie album Roja was listed in TIME magazine's TOP 10 Movie Soundtracks of all time; source. According to BBC Rahman is reported to have sold 100 million records world-wide.

In 2000, Rahman's annual income was estimated to be around $4 million (Rs.180 million) from worldwide endorsements and royalties dating back to Roja (1992). According to Rediff.com, rights for his Tamil album Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) were sold for an astonishing record sum of Rs.22 million. This record, for Tamil cinema, still remains unbeaten six years hence.

In addition to influencing western audiences, Rahman also impressed eastern audiences with his music so much that he was tapped by Chinese director He Ping to provide music for the Chinese film Warriors of Heaven and Earth in 2003 IMDB. The music of this film was very much appreciated in Asia and in India.

On May 23rd 2006, a two-disc album soundtrack, titled Introducing A.R. Rahman, was released by Times Square Records, featuring 25 songs he composed from Tamil film soundtracks spanning 1993-2001. The compillation soundtrack was very well received upon release.

On July 16th, 2006, Rahman performed to a sell-out crowd at the 26000+ capacity natural amphitheatre, Hollywood Bowl along with noted Indian artists such as Sukhwinder Singh, Hariharan, and Sadhana Sargam, as well as American performing groups Raagapella and Global Rhythms. This was the first time that a world music performance at the Hollywood Bowl was sold-out completely.

The soundtrack of Spike Lee's Inside Man (2006), features the song Chaiyya Chaiyya from the Hindi film Dil Se, directed by Mani Ratnam.

The soundtrack of Nicolas Cage's Lord Of War (2005), features the instrumental piece "Bombay Theme" from the Tamil film Bombay, directed by Mani Ratnam.


A.R. Rahman has won the following awards:

National Film Awards (India)
1993 - National Film Award for Best Music Direction - Roja
1997 - National Film Award for Best Music Direction - Minsaara Kanavu
2002 - National Film Award for Best Music Direction - Lagaan
2003 - National Film Award for Best Music Direction - Kannathil Muthamittal

Filmfare Awards (India)
1995 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Rangeela
1998 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Dil Se
1999 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Taal
2001 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Lagaan
2002 - Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Saathiya
2002 - Filmfare Best Background Score - The Legend of Bhagat Singh
2004 - Filmfare Best Background Score - Swades

Zee Cine Awards (India)
2000 - Zee Cine Award Best Music Director - Taal
2002 - Zee Cine Award Best Music Director - Lagaan
9 South Indian Filmfare Awards
6 Times Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

A.R. Rahman has been nominated for the following awards:

Laurence Olivier Awards (UK)
2003 - Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best New Musical - Bombay Dreams

Dora Mavor Moore Awards (Canada)
2006 - General Theatre Division - Outstanding Musical Direction - The Lord of the Rings musical

Artists claimed to have sold 100 million records or more :
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AC/DC Australia 70s-00s Hard Rock
Aerosmith U.S. 70s-00s Hard Rock
A. R. Rahman India 90s-00s Classic (Soundtracks)
Barbra Streisand U.S. 60s-00s Vocal/Pop
Barry White U.S. 70s-00s Pop/R&B
The Beach Boys U.S. 60s-90s Pop/Surf Rock
The Bee Gees Isle of Man/Australia 60s-00s Pop/Disco
Billy Joel U.S. 70s-00s Piano Rock
Bon Jovi U.S. 80s-00s Rock
Brenda Lee U.S. 50s-60s Pop/Country
The Carpenters U.S. 60s-80s Pop
Céline Dion Canada 80s-00s Pop
Charles Aznavour France 50s-00s Pop
Cher U.S. 60s-00s Pop/Rock/Disco/Dance
Chicago U.S. 60s-00s Pop
Creedence Clearwater Revival U.S. 60s-70s Pop/Rock
David Bowie UK 60s-00s Rock/Pop
Deep Purple UK 60s-00s Hard Rock/Heavy Metal
Dionne Warwick U.S. 60s-00s Pop/R&B
Dolly Parton U.S. 60s-00s Country/Pop
Donna Summer U.S. 70s-00s Disco/Pop
Duane Eddy U.S. 50s-80s Rock
Eagles U.S. 70s-00s Rock
Engelbert Humperdinck UK 60s-00s Pop
Fats Domino U.S. 40s-00s Rock/R&B
Fleetwood Mac UK/U.S. 60s-00s Rock
Frankie Laine U.S. 40s-00s Jazz/Pop/Gospel/Country
Garth Brooks U.S. 80s-00s Country
Gene Autry U.S. 20s-90s Country
Genesis UK 70s-00s Progressive Rock / Pop Rock
The Jacksons U.S. 60s-80s Pop/R&B/Disco/Rock/Soul
John Denver U.S. 60s-00s Folk/Rock
Johnny Hallyday France 50s-00s Pop
Johnny Mathis U.S. 50s-00s Pop (Traditional)
Joni James U.S. 50s-60s Pop (Traditional)
Kenny Rogers U.S. 50s-00s Country
Lionel Richie U.S. 80s-00s R&B
Luciano Pavarotti Italy 60s-00s Opera
Mariah Carey U.S. 90s-00s Pop/R&B
Mireille Mathieu France 60s-00s Pop
Modern Talking Germany 80s-00s Pop/Dance
Neil Diamond U.S. 60s-80s Pop
Patti Page U.S. 40s-00s Pop/Country
Perry Como U.S. 30s-00s Pop
Phil Collins UK 80s-00s Soft Rock
Pink Floyd UK 60s-00s Psychedelic Rock/Progressive Rock
Prince U.S 70s-00s Pop/R&B/Funk/Soul/Rock
Ricky Nelson U.S. 50s-80s Pop/Country
Rod Stewart UK 60s-00s Pop/Rock
The Rolling Stones UK 60s-00s Rock
The Royal Canadians Canada 30s-50s Pop (Big Band)
Stevie Wonder U.S. 60s-00s Pop/R&B
Status Quo UK 60s-00s Hard Rock/Blues
Tommy James U.S. 60s-00s Rock
U2 Ireland 70s-00s Rock
Vicky Leandros Greece 60s-00s Pop
Wei Wei China 80s-00s Pop
Whitney Houston U.S. 80s-00s Pop/R&B/Gospel/Soul
The Who UK 60s-00s Hard Rock


Now I don’t think I need to give anything more than this to prove AR RAHMAN is a living legend not only India but even across the boundary.

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I am again struck with what to write in this blog. The reason that I am not able to choose on a topic is that there are so many interesting things happening around me and I am not choose one out of that lot. Ufff… really struggling. Anyway I will tell you what I did all day. Its 12.17 AM right now, it was a busy morning for me. I got up at 9.20 for my 9.30 class, had a quick shower and ran all the way to my class. Luckily my professor was bit late and I was able to make it. (He is very particular about being in class on time, that’s why I was in hurry)

The class was really great. He is such a nice professor and the way he teaches the subject is really amazing. The main important thing about the American professors is that they give you a lot of freedom in the class (hey did I tell you people that I am from India, sorry I forgot that one). The education system over here is far different from Indian system. In India its mostly a the teacher who dictates things to the student and the student follows it but here its interaction from both sides. The respect the teacher gives to the student is unbelievable. The student can come in and walk out whenever he wants, he can sit in whatever position and style he wants, he can drink, eat and sleep in class.

All these things should only be a surprise to guy like me because in my college the rules are completely different from what I am witnessing over here. But still I didn’t find problem copping up with this system as I was mentally prepared for all these things. The next most important thing is that the final minutes studies which I used to do in India will never work out because the final examination accounts for only 25-30% of my final credit.( Believe me, I was shocked when I heard this!!!) The rest depends on the monthly exams, quizzes and homework. (Who will give marks for homework in India??? What crap is this!!!)

But this is how the educational system functions. Also I am supposed to two projects right in my first semester itself (Ohh god!!! Please help me out). The toughest thing is that my professor said that the project should be original and not extracted from someone else (Have I ever done anything on my own??? Just kidding…) To tell you the truth, I am really excited in doing all these things and I am looking forward to do my best.

Ohh no, once again I have started to write about something and I ended up writing something. I know I am really bad at writing blog, but wishing that I would improve next time. (This was my thinking right from the first blog which I wrote… He He He)

New World...

After a long gap, I am writing this blog. Its almost four months since I wrote my previous blog. I really don’t know why I had such a long gap. Maybe you can even tell that I have lost my interest in writing blogs. Again if you ask me why, the real answer is I DON’T KNOW. Its not that I am busy or engaged in some kind of activities but the thing is I didn’t have anything interesting to write about. Then you can ask me whether I have come across something really good to write this blog. The thing which I am going to share over here may not be exciting for you people but it was really a adorable one for me.

I am now living in the city of Lincoln in Nebraska state of USA. I came here on 10th August. It is just a calm and nice little place to live, but nowhere near Chennai or any other busy cities in India. The most important thing is that you can hardly see people on the roads even on the working days. Then imagine for yourself on the weekends. But where as if you enter the N 23rd street where we Indians are staying, it’s a different scenario all together. Due to the Indian population in this area, an apartment over here is called as BHARATH VILLA (How is it???)

Once in this Bharath villa, almost all the apartments were occupied by the Indians. But now the Indian population has come down a bit. Ohh nooo… I have not told you why I have come to USA. I am really sorry about it. I have come here to do my MS in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering. Most probably I will finish my course in 2 years. So getting back to the topic of Lincoln, the exciting thing about this place is my university. University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It is a very big university and has got great infrastructure to support its student.

I have to tell you about the Indians over here in USA. They are not the typical Indians which we are used to. They are completely different and very helpful. I have to stress the word HELPFUL. It is not just to praise them blindly but it’s the truth. Also one more important thing is that they have more patriotism than the ones back home. When it comes to religious part, once again these people beat the people back home. Today, it is VINAYAGA CHATHURTHI. I was really astonished to see the preparation made by people over here. The pooja went in a very professional way.

And do know what all they made for Prasatham??? Just check out the list… Puliyotharai, Kolkattai, Ven Pongal, Sakara Pongal, Sundal, Panjamirtham, Lemon Rice and some salads... These are the things which my mom makes during vinayaga chathurthi. One more important thing is that when it comes to cooking, the guys rock and beat the girls. They cook like a professionals and it tastes great. I am lucky to have such a room mate. Also I am learning a lot from him about cooking.

That’s all for now I guess, but soon I will write about my first bizarre trip to USA. And you could even call it a night mare. Ya, that’s how it was.

Its Election Time In Tamil Nadu...

Its election in Tamil Nadu, Pondichery and West Bengal today. As usual we have been forced to hear the promises declared by all the political parties for the past two month which was just to capture power and would never make it in reallity. This is not happening for the first time or for just the past few elections, this has been the trend right from the first election after INDIA got freedom from BRITISH. When i was around 16, i learnt that my country is been ruled by culprits and crminals, i was really taken back and was really worried. But the thing which dissappointed me the most is when i learnt that everybody knows it and no one was worried about it. What a CRAP is this!!!!

I dont know much about the political parties and leaders of north India but i know few things about Tamil Nadu leaders. The two greatest rivals of all time: J JAYALALITHA-AIADMK and M KARUNANITHI-DMK. Both have there own strenghts and weakness. For me these two parties are the only parties which can respected as political party. When you look at other parties like MDMK, PMK, BJP, Congress, BSP, LDMK etc etc can never be considered as a political party and they switch sides every election. They choose their side not based on number of seats allotted to them nor based on the policy of their coalition nor based on the leader. But simply based on the money given to them. Cheap politicians!!!

As in every election, i witnessed new comers in this election too. First and the most expected is VIJAYAKANTH's DMDK. He is one of the famous cinestar of tamil film industry and he has given many successful movies in 25 years of his film carreer. In this election he is contesting in all 234 seats throughout the state. But the saddest thing is that he didnt get the response he was supposed to get. When you look back at the history of this state, it was mostly ruled by ADMK or DMK, both of them didnt do anything big for the state. All that they did was building their own assets. Nothing else!!! So thats why i thought we should better give this new comer a chance, but many didnt agree with my view.

And the next new face is LOK PARITHRAN, a party started by the IIT students. I couldnt believe my ears when i first heard this news some few months back. But later when i read in newspapers and in TV i was raelly thrilled and shocked. I thought students in IIT have gonet mad to start a political party but then they are trying something new and fighting for our nation. So even if i didnt support them, i should not critize them. So i decided to shut my mouth.

And i was excited about this election for one more reason. Because i am 18 years and i am ready to cast my first vote in my life. But to my luck, my name was not in the voter's list and so i could not cast my vote.(How unlucky i am!!!) Anyway nothing much to worry about it as there is not going to be any big change in the state who ever comes to power. Also i feel that the huge money used for election itself is waste!!!

You Have Got Mail - The Movie

Yesterday i saw the movie "YOU HAVE GOT MAIL". I know its a pretty old movie and most of you would have seen and enjoyed it but only yesterday i got a chance to see it. To describe the movie in a single word - "EXCELLENT". Tom Hanks played the role of a big business guy who starts a big book shop -FOX BOOKS- in New York. Just a couple of blocks away from this bookstore, Meg Ryan runs a 42 year old small bookstore. Due to the opening of the new bookstore, the bookstore of Meg Ryan is forced to shut down.

But both Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan are good friends through internet by exchanging regular mails but the main important thing is that they dont know each other's identity. They never talk about personal things nor sex. They talk about general things like books, music etc etc... And finally they fell in love with each other but in a more romantic and dramatic way. The most important thing about this movie is that i never felt that i was watching a movie which was not of native language ,i.e, i felt like watching a tamil movie. Yes, i never felt the nativity difference.

The main reason for this may be because of both Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan who were really great on screen and had a great chemistry between them especially when they fight. One cannot label it as a romantic movie or drama or comedy because it has a mixture of all those in it. This was the real good movie i watched after RANG DE BASANTI. Most of the movies never affect me in anyway after watching it and there are very few movies which have a great impact on me. And now this is the first english movie which gets into that list.

Most of ManiRatnam's and Shankar's movie always affect me for a longer period of time. If you had seen me some 5 years back, i would have watched all the movies within a couple of weeks of their release. So you can imagine, how crazy i have been about movies. But these days i have become very choosy about the movies which i watch. The main reason for this is the quality of the movie has gone down drastically. Most of the movies are just a brushing work of some old ones. Its really irritating to watch the same story again and again.

But still good movies are produced now and then. And the movies which i am eagerly waiting to see are DA VINCI CODE(which i think would be released in third week of this month), SIVAJI(Shankar-Rajini-AR Rahman-AVM combo) and GURU(a ManiRatnam movie). I am damn sure i would be enjoying these movies to the core.

Blogger's Blog...

Its really interesting to see that writing blogs is becoming famous with evryone. Recently one of my college mate joined the club of bloggers after seeing my blogs. The way people write their blogs are really differnet and varies quite drastically from one person to other. So far i would have gone through some hundreds of blogs but till now i havent seen anyone having similar style. There are many interesting blogs and most of them contain facts, jokes, about people, world happenings, people's daily happenings and many more. Out of these i always like the ones in which people talk about themselves. Thats tht reason why i started my blog writing something about myself.

Just by going through a person's blog, you can guess what type of a person the blogger could be. To my surprise all those blogs which i have read are written my EXTROVERTS. I am 100% sure about it. Please dont ask me how i can be sure of that. One of the recent blogs which i enjoyed was the one which had something about DA VINCI CODE. The blog contained data(or facts) which the blogger said that it was printed in the book due to some problems. But the data it had really shooked me for a second. It may even be true!!! Though if anyone does not believe in the facts told in that book, i am sure they would have enjoyed the book for its
excellent story and suspense and the bottom line is, it is an great FICTION story.

In another blog which i read exactly three days before was about a guy's love. It was really great fun to go through the blog. The guy was in love with his college mate but unfortunately she was his senior.(Ohhh!!! what a sad moment). But still he didnt loose his hope and was looking for her and after a year he got in touch with her and became one of her close friends. Though his friends stressed him to tell her his LOVE, he hesitated. It was that girl's final year of college and it was the FAREWELL day and on this day he decided to tell her his love. But there was a dramatical end to this love story. When the guy went to propose her, she introduced the guy's brother as her LOVER. Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!

I dont know whether that was a real story or he wrote it for fun but it was really fun reading that blog. The way he described the girl and his love was really great and enjoyable. I am sure there would be thousands and thousands of love stories like this written as blogs all over the world. The more important thing in writing blogs is getting a feed back from the reader after going through the blog. It would really encourage you and
even some of your ideas will be questioned and gives you a chance to tell others and defend your thoughts and ideas. But for me, i dont see many reading my blog. Maybe i am not good enough to attract people.

I too wanted to use all those Hi-Fi words in my text to add something but i would loose my originality. No i dont want to lose it!!! But still i feel that from the few comments which i get now and then, i can gain something and improve things.