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Elephant Ride

2008-08-06T04:05:00.000-07:00

Elephant one of the largest mammals is like one of the gentle creature around in this planet. A ride on the elephant is a very enjoyable and I am sure that most of us might have gone for a ride on the elephant. Well my elephant ride is with a blue elephant now. Blue Elephant whats that ??? Well Louis Gerstner Jr called IBM an elephant ,so now most of you would have figured out that the elephant ride is about my 15 day experience with the Big Blue.

Rewinding….

Nearly one month back I was still bustling around to get my papers right for TCS. When a call came like a bolt out of the blue sky (Well I guess my association with BLUE has jus started).It was from IBM asking me to come for a written test. I immediately packed my bags with books and started for the garden city .I cleared the written test and interview and the moment came when the interviewers came into a room and said congrats u are into IBM. I was flying in the air.

Back to ground zero now fast forwarding to present….

Its now 15 days completed in IBM. It has been a great experience so far. I am given a laptop and working in a department which develops one of the leading UNIX based operating systems in the market. Well the freedom the work culture here is amazing. One would never want to leave this place. Well like all companies the life for a fresher begins with a induction program which deals with all inside knowledge u need to know about IBM. IBM’s legacy and how a baby elephant became the BIG BLUE JUMBO.I would say this one of that kind of place where you will join the league of INNOVATORS.Well my transition has been smooth so far and lets see what is coming around. WORK IS WORSHIP AND MANAGER IS GOD :-)

Butterfly Effect

2008-06-18T06:14:00.000-07:00

Hello folks I'm back after a long hiatus in writing my blog.Well I was fortunate to watch Ulganayagan's latest creation Dasavatharam. I was dumbstruck seeing the technical quality ,the screen play,kamal's getups ,the story and the list goes on.Wait wait this is not a review of the great movie but this is something related to the movie(spoiler:I have revealed the plot).After coming back from the movie I still did not understand what a butterfly was doing in the opening scenes of the movie.Well thats the central theme 'butterfly effect'.To tell in a single line the small variation in initial conditions of a dynamic event has a great impact in its eventful result.Is it confusing ? Well the theory says that a flap of a butterfly might well change the initial conditions for occurrence of a tornado by stopping it or changing the direction or even changing its speed.Still more confusing? Here we go again let us consider a ball set on top of a hill it might run down in any direction that depends on the initial conditions.So now in the movie Dasavatharam which is about chaos theory the events like the immersion of the 12 century idol can be taken as an initial condition for the occurrence of tsunami(chaos) and thus the plot.So in the movie thus from Govind's perspective the idol was just part of the chaos theory but from Aandal's perspective its GOD's will at which the events have happened.So next time when the butterfly flaps remember some thing might well be on its way.

Tour Diary

2008-02-23T04:28:00.000-08:00

After a long deliberation I have penned down a few pages from my Tour Diary.As I flip through my Tour Diary the latest is the trip to Sivagasi and Thalavaipuram.We had planned to goto Ramesh's sister's marriage and planned a single day trip to sivagasi via Thalavaipuram.The trip had a lots of firsts the crucial being the mass bunk (something rare in CSE dept).Well the trip began with its share of confusions.Me and Ambi were at different bus stations and the hostel group was still on its way.The third of the trio was still stranded at the bus stop waiting for the rarest bus species(S1) which tricked him and had to seek assistance from his father to get himself to the bus station.After a few inquiries we learnt that we were at the wrong bus station.Soon we got to Singanallur to pick the bus to Madurai. With a careful inspection of the buses standing there we decided to get into one of them because it had satisfied our basic requirement(it had TV!).Soon the bus began and so was our first leg of our journey.Unfortunately terror striked belying all our hopes, the TV did not work!.So we had to resort to other forms of entertainment.Within few minutes the co-passengers slept but the day for the HEXA had just began.We were bringing the roof down with our comic timing.The bus went along and as it neared semapatti our Guide was perpexled ,he was still expecting Dharapum. We quickly updated our Guide that he had fallen asleep.It was morning four when we reached Madurai.We had a cup of hot tea except our Guide who took a cup of milk.Guide again had a lapse of concentration, alarm bells rang, we now realised that we had the responsibility of guiding our Guide safely to his home.I feel every thing needs a break in life.The rest continues in the next post.BREAK........

Nano Technology

2008-01-10T05:00:00.000-08:00

When I was figuring out the meaning of technology this is what I ended up 'an application of science' to be in short, to add to that I found this 'Economics is a branch of social science'.So then an application of Economics can also be called a technology right.So lets take this we produce some thing at a low cost and expect to sell the item in large numbers in a market that is often driven by competitive pricing.So now you might be wondering why I am telling all this as most of you might be knowing it.One such application is the NANO the new car from the stables of TATA MOTORS. My initial reaction to this car, when it was announced long back was that it might be more like a share auto,but I must confess that this one is not of that kind .I am sure it will give sleepless nights to other automobile companies especially the Maruti Udyog.I am extremely astonished by the fact that Ratan Tata has taken this challenge and has come out extremely successful.I Salute him and his team.Tatas have once again proved that the word TATA means TRAILBLAZERS.Having talked about the brain behind the project lets now shift the focus to the brain child.The design of NANO looks stylish,it claims a mileage of 20kmpl.The most important point is the price 1Lac that makes it a value for money car.The new kid on the block is sure to rock! This will surely be a car with both MASS n CLASS.The only problem with its launch is that will there be space on the road to drive it ? Lets see.

I'M BACK !

2008-01-02T08:15:00.000-08:00

Its been long time since I last posted in my blog, then all of a sudden a bulb glew over my head and here I am trying to revamp this blog.All along in search of good ideas I could not write much(Being lazy does become an obsession and finds good reasons for not doing anything).While writing this I have got this one, look at it Being lazy or not to be is a transitive state it might change upon the intervention of external or internal force or both.Hmmm now I understood one more thing thathuvum sollaradhu evlo mokkae nu. Ok so folks in the coming weeks I don know what might happen rain or no rain ,election will be held in pak or not whether Ultimate Star will announce the name of his next project but one thing is sure the post on this blog will be rocking(How was the punch? wait the finishing touch) and one more thing I have got to tell I'M BACK!

What do I do next?

2007-08-10T02:13:00.000-07:00

Many people in the world at some point might wonder what to do next in their life,I am not an exception to this, starting from writing assignments to deciding the career. Well when do u get this thought when you have too many things to do or nothing. I was confounded three years back as to which stream of engineering I might join and also the institution. But then as God has said in Gita what ever happens, happens for our betterment. Since joining engineering I am still not able to resolve what I am going to do and in the tide of time I am moving with it.I began blogging which gave me some sense of achievement but then the question again prompted what shall I write next. At the height of this I am also wondering as to what I am going to write this post.Thats when the bulb glowed which showed the path of PayPal.Well for those bloggers wondering what to write next, here is the solution.If we register ourselves with this website then we are given opportunity to write sponsored reviews for the products they give us thus earning money for ourselves.Thats all I heard of it so I am still trying to find more about it. But there might be a big traditional drawback in this, that is we might not get the question what do I do next. This is a drawback since questions such as this make us explore and find new things rather than sticking to what we have or know. But since the offer is a bit tempting let me try this may be something great may be in store for me.

Caught in a Mystic World-Maya

2007-07-28T02:44:00.000-07:00

Maya has often been a word which pops up in Hindu mythology,which most often refers to the materialistic world.But this Maya,is in itself a kind of a different world.Well it is the animation software with which you can create anything and everything only your creativity and off course your computer specification are the limits.Talking of Maya, it is one of the wonderful software package I have ever used kudos to the creators of Maya.This software has a wide range of functionality which can make all of you who are using it a Walt Disney.Just imagine we can create our own animation movie in our house.You will be the director ,camera man ,script writer ,screenplay, dailouge writer etc(In short U can emulate TR).So now the question may arise why caught in Maya ,Well there lies the irony that so huge the software but unfortunately did not get the adequate time to really explore this one and master it.Ultimately did worthless assignment as a part of the curriculum and now story is over with the lab test.So why then write about it may be your next question, well I just wanted to share my thoughts abouts this amazing software.One important point, do make sure you have a compatible system which should ideally have 1GB RAM and a compatible processor.So I wish happy animating with Maya and till I meet you in my next post,from the world of Maya Its Lights Camera Action!!!!!!!!!!

Yenna Koduma Sir idhu ?

2007-05-24T05:38:00.000-07:00

So after a huge break this is my first posting. Well all these days I was busy doing nothing in my house except for the usual eat watch and sleep. It was the second day of the first test between India and Bangladesh, I was franticly searching for the channel that was telecasting the match and i finally ended up with Raj TV. Kudos to RAJ TV for telecasting the match live and the good thing ends there. I really geared myself up in the cosy sofa and the match started, then struck disaster,the commentry was in tamil. Oh my god it was really painful for my ears .Some of their tamil translations like "vaal attakarargal" for tailenders, "vetti adugirar" for cut shot are simply terrible to hear. The height of their stupid commentating was that when they mentioned the Bangladesh players as Pakistani and calling a no-ball a wide. Their commentary was more like what comes in the radio where they shout loud when a boundary is hit to bring that visual effect to the listeners.This made me go completely upset and adding fuel to fire was Mortaza who was hammering our bowlers. So finnaly decided to watch the match briefings in the news channels .I think Raj TV has wasted the oppurtunity because NEO sports comes only in few places so they could have used this as a great oppurtunity to raise their trp ratings but unfortunately the commentators have let them down.

The Other Side of Success

2007-02-11T21:47:00.000-08:00

In my school days history class( I never slept in that class) used to be one of my favourites because it really inspired me when I read or listen about the greatest heros of the world. So even as I start writing this blog I am still awestruck by the work of the great heros. In the movies we watch the hero becoming a huge billionare from a humble background in just one song but there stops the comparison.Life is not a place where we sing and immediately become rich (except for the singers).But then how do we get there, thats where the journey from our fantasy lands begin to the real world. So the secret of the success is hard work coupled with perseverence. We need to shed our childish image and wear the armour and take sword to begin our journey as a warrior .Wait wait I said that we should become a warrior only in the sense that we need to devolop that attitude. I again said a warrior because he never fears defeat. In your journey to succed we must remember one thing that this world celebrates only the winners and shuts the door on the losers.

I think most of us might know actor Vikram. Yes he is the man who was the awesome pithamagan , the daring Anniyan and not to forget the relentless Sami.Today we all know him as an established actor and celebrity.But we often forget to know how he got there. He was in the industry for more than ten years trying to establish himself but noone turned at him, but after taking huge pains he did sethu which proved to be a huge hit and then there was no looking back for him.

The journey called LIFE is a battlefield , the moment we enter this world every day is a struggle. So be a warrior and fight every day, in this contest result does not matter much but competing does. The result will always come but at times might get dealyed ,don worry because hard fought victories are always sweet. So what are u waiting for jump into the battle field and be counted.

Prepare yourself to face the pain because "Without pain there is no gain".

The Great Indian Jigsaw Puzzle

2007-02-07T06:07:00.000-08:00

As the title says this about one such puzzle, but wait its not your regular number crunchers its pretty simple. This is how the equation goes 15 men = World cup constraint: with the expectations of more than a billion (which also includes yours truly) at stake. Ok lets be more simple it is about the selection of the 15 men (Men in Blue off course) who would take the flight to the Caribbean to regain the lost glory.Well now lets go into the serious matter.The problems faced by Team India are many and the most important of it is the need for a stable lineup.For the past year and a half we have been having many new players wearing the India colors and playing in almost n number of positions, so the result is that only very few victories to cheer about but a lot of problems to ponder about.Lets begin with openers.We have tried so many of them but now the final result (Experimentation still continues) seems to be that we might have the inexperienced Robin and the Prince Of Kolkata taking their guard first on the field.The problem here is that Robin who has smacked the pedestrian Windies attack ,will he be able to play well on the slow tracks which does not suit his style of batting in the Caribbean ?So my choice for the slots of openers would be Sachin and Sourav(arguably the BEST opening pair in ODIs ), because they have got the experience and yes they are a right left combo.

As we come one down we must discuss about the this very unlucky person who has loads of experience in the county cricket, played really well in South Africa and only to find himself being dropped.Yes it is Dinesh Mongia.He is a left handed batsman who has got good technique to handle both spin and pace ,also a useful leftarm spinner and finally a good fielder.He can not alone play the anchors role but also a useful bowler on those slow tracks.He my choice for number three.

Coming to four and five the automatic choices are Dravid and Yuvarj. So lets go to the next slot.If we play 7-4 then we can have Viru at six.This is because he is a good batsman but he his problem arises when fieldes are close .Being an aggressive batsman he does give the opposition chances but at number six the risk is reduced because then the field will be more spread out.Coupled with his aggressive stroke play he is also a useful offspinner.Since the tracks in the Caribbean are slow , he will definitely be a useful bowler.Not to forget he is a brilliant fielder.

Dhoni is my automatic choice for keeper.But I feel he should be careful with his timing on the slow low wickets.

As for bowlers the spinners will be Jumbo(Anil Kumble) and Bhajji(Harbajan Singh).The fast bowlers would be Zaheer,Irfan and Ajith.Now for the reserves it would be Dinesh Kaarthick,Sreesanth and Kaif. Well before I conclude many might wonder why Kaif, but I feel why not Kaif.This is because he is a good batsman ,a brilliant fielder and finally a team man.Many times in the past he has batted at No 7 and played exceptionally.He even played well in the last tour to West Indies but only to find himself being dropped.

So this is my solution to jigsaw puzzle but I don't know what will be Mr.Vengsarkar's solution which off course is the solution that really matters.What ever be the case the last thing I have is
"Ooh Aah India Aah yaa India!"

Can Team India Survive a thrashing at home?

2007-01-21T08:42:00.001-08:00

The four match one day series between Team India and the Windies begining today will prove to be very important for both the sides with World Cup just round the corner.For India after their disastrous African safari will be facing another strenuous test against the visitors who have had the better of us for the past one year. India would love to open with Sachin and Saurav but then there is a big hole to be filled in the middle of the lineup.India 's bowling woes continue with the bowlers being taken to cleaners more often than any other team in the cricket world(Excuse Zimbabwe and Bangladesh) . With Sehwag and Pathan going off color in South Africa , The Wall has a lot to think about the team composition and its balance.

The man to watch for India would definitely be the Prince Of Kolkata. His strong comeback against Proteas has made the expectation to go up in the Indian Cricket fraternity about his batting in this series. Let us all hope that Team India do well.

Coimbatore roads getting a facelift

2007-01-14T07:21:00.000-08:00

Some of the arterial roads of Coimbatore are getting a face lift thanks to our Mayor 's efforts.In many parts of the city the roads are being relayed and this has slightly disrupted the traffic for acouple of days.The roads include a stretch of D.B.Road ,BrokeBond Road and few more other roads.

The people of Coimbatore have some good news to cheer about ,the possibility of having a monorail or Skybus system in the city.