Merry xMas

Merry Christmas !!!

Ok, now i am trying my level best not to be too emotional. How do you feel, when you are in a country where you get a lot of festival holidays, especially when you don't celebrate those. Well, actually this year, its was kind of fun, on diwali, i got up in the morning, had my ganga snanam [For whatever reasons, taking bath on the diwali day, is like taking bath on pure ganga water & its a belief that the ganges will flow in the water tank at people's house. I wonder how this will work out in places like chennai where water is scarce most of the times & ofcourse, if you are in another country like me, how will the ganges link through the ocean to come through the tap of my house at California!]
I kinda drifted from the topic uh, it happens too often to me. Ok, on the day of diwali, i just had my bath and went to the office as it it was another day, while, Back home, people were celebrating with hearts.
Now comes the Christmas, a festival celebrated in a grand manner, by my fellow Paradesi's [When Indians = Desis, others = Paradesis], they have four days of holidays. What am i going to do? You Guessed it right, Eat, sleep & watch movies. Atleast thats what i did, but planned a lot of other things.


This week, at the local tamil community, they screened Thalai's Billa. Due to some reasons, i was not able to join the other people & watch it on theater. That was a sheer luck. I watched it on the net and was really tired. I was thinking on when this is going to get over. The only icy satisfaction was Nayan.
The hindi remake of Don, even though was the same story, had a twist at the tail, but Billa was too much a xerox with replaced icons.

There were some things to enjoy though

Antha Muruganukku Aaaru thalai, aana naan ore thalai.

The Billa taatoo [If you are in my frequency, you will know where to find this!!]

Nayan

Billa...."Old was Gold"

I should say, this is really my opinion. Most of the sites have rave reviews about this movie. Opinion differs....

Oram Po.

I can't resist to mention about this one. The opening scene was really wonderful. You should watch the opeing scene and you are sure to enjoy it. One of the different movies where you will not see hero or heroine in the starting reel. A nice entertainer. The store is outlined on the life of Auto Drivers at chennai. Pooja is wonderful. Arya suites well into the role. Its a piece of cake for Lal and he has done justice. I usually forward the songs, so no comments on the music arena.On the whole, a complete masala entertainer for a tired software engineer to watch & enjoy.

Oram po..podu oru "O"

Myth, i Thought!!!

Myth, i Thought!!! Before reading this article on the web, ofcourse.

Man, marriage and money
http://lifestyle.in.msn.com/fashion/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1145216

He’s got the look. And the personality. But how heavy is his purse? Yah, time maybe changing, but it’s still a man's wealth, not looks, which remains the 'key for marriage'

London: Planning to settle down? Pester your boss for a pay hike because it is your income and wealth which your prospective better half would be looking at before tying the knot.

A team of international researchers has carried out a study and found that a man's riches, and not his looks, are the most important if he wants to get married, 'The Daily Telegraph' reported today.

Although there have been many lab based studies that have suggested that women are drawn to men of high status, power and wealth, rather than just looks, this new study has provided hard evidence of the marriage market in action.

The researchers came to the conclusion after analysing a survey of more than 20,000 American men, based on historical data collected in 1910 -- which suggested how when males were in short supply, for instance in the wake of the World War I, women're happy to put up with poorer partners.

And when men were commonplace, women're in the driving seat and became correspondingly more choosy, driving a bargain for the richest and most powerful men, with the marriage prospects of a male pauper being "drastically reduced".

"Little research within evolutionary psychology, so far, has considered how the market influences individual decisions. Here we show that if men are abundant, this will influence the market value of their desired traits, that is, women can demand more.

"This aspect, namely individual decision making as a function of the mating market (local abundance or scarcity), has been relatively neglected within the literature on human mate choice," lead researcher Thomas Pollet of the Newcastle University was quoted as saying.

சிரிக்க மறந்த மனிதருக்கு,மிருகம் என்று பெயர்

What is it when a man talks dirty to a woman?
Sexual harassment.

What is it when a woman talks dirty to a man?
$3.99 a minute.

Nope, this is not meant to harass anyone, just sharing the Laughter of the day......

There goes another one


There's a senior citizen driving on the highway. His wife calls him on his cell phone and in a worried voice says, ''Herman, be careful! I just heard on the radio that there was a madman driving the wrong way on Route 280!''

Herman says, ''I know, but there isn't just one, there are hundreds!''

Nice way to Quit drinking ....

A man walks into a pub and says, "Give me three pints of Guinness, please."

So the bartender brings him three pints and the man proceeds to alternately sip one, then the other, then the third until they're gone.

He then orders three more and the bartender says, "Sir, I know you like them cold, so you can start with one and I'll bring you a fresh one as soon as you're low."

The man says, "You don't understand. I have two brothers, one in Australia and one in the States. We made a vow to each other that every Saturday night we'd still drink together. So right now, my brothers have three Guinness Stouts too and we're drinking together."

The bartender thinks it's a wonderful tradition and every week he sets up the guy's three beers as soon as he enters in the bar. Then one week, the man comes in and orders only two. He drinks them, then orders two more. The bartender sadly says, "Knowing your tradition, I'd just like to just say that I'm sorry that one of your brothers died."

The man replies, "Oh, my brothers are fine - I just quit drinking."

தவமாய் தவமிருந்து

Your parents have been, feeding, protecting and giving you the studies & knowledge through out their life. Isn't it your duty to protect & give them a happy life during their old age?

Unlike other places, where people love their pets more than their blood, we indians respect the relationships. Thats our specialty.

The Indian government, for some good reason, thought through in the same lines. Do you believe that?

Thinking of abandoning your parents? Don't!
Becoz, there is a chance that you will end up behind the bars for atleast a couple of months and that too with an unbailable offense! oooooh. Mera bharath mahaan.

Way to go......

Just in case, if the news goes offline [Such news are prone to go in bins soon.....]

Thinking of abandoning your parents? Don't!

New Delhi: Children who abandon parents in their twilight years may face three months' imprisonment and cannot even appeal against the punishment.

A bill passed by Parliament today will ensure that elderly people are taken care of by their children failing which they would face penal action.

"The bill provides for a jail term of three months if children do not look after old parents. The penal provision is meant to act as a deterrent," Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Meira Kumar told Rajya Sabha.

Kumar said children cannot go in for an appeal. "This has been done deliberately as they have a lot of resources which the old people do not have," she said.

Later, the Rajya Sabha passed the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Bill, 2007 by a voice vote.

The statement of objects and reasons of the bill says though the parents can claim maintenance under the CrPC, the procedure is both "time-consuming as well as expensive", and there was need to have simple, inexpensive and speedy provisions for care of parents.

The bill has a clause for punishment to those who abandon their parents or relatives whose property they have inherited or would get as their legal heirs.

The bill, already passed by Lok Sabha, provides for setting up of a tribunal in each district for helping the old in distress.

It also has a provision for establishment of old age homes which, the Minister said, should be the last resort for the poor and the childless.