last day - me a SANTA CLAUS

warm send off from Big blue

A warm send off was organised by my team. They gave me a gift and some glowing tributes(I was flattered :) ). But then I know I deserved none. I didnt work hard. I didnt prove myself out there unlike other freshers.

I do know that I have put in some patches. But I enjoyed putting them. nyways, I sign off with this and will be deleting my Mozilla from My desktop now.
Have to return my ID-card :).

Hell's kitchen beckons me.

Bye Bye Big Blue

Its time to say adieu to Big Blue. I have always respected and loved my alma-matter. I learnt many a thing here. Assertiveness(and how u attain the quality),Teaming, prioritising work, IBM's busines strategy (the bet it has placed on SOA and its core-competency - BCS),core files,PPC architecture.

Looking back I always wanted to work in Linux over RiSC machines. Two days ago I had a chance to speak with LTC guy who actually works on kernel modules dealing with PPC machines. Memories arose at that point. What would have happened if I was put in LTC after my training ? Would I have learnt linux kernel very fast ? Would I have always remained techical ?. Its interesting to think about that question "if it had happened that way ". I have always believed only simple things work in life. "c", "unix (console) and now RISC ( I hate IA-CISC's)- this is going to be the future.

Guys look out for SOA - IBM is rising its head. The way it leverages its multiple business units spread across hardware,software,services,research and produces value to the clients is amazing. Lets see whether I ll get to work at IBM - BCS.

For the past two days I was busy searching about consulting profiles at IBM. Had a chance to ponder about its advantages and disadvantages. I should give a serious thought on it.

This will be my last post for the next few weeks( may be months as well).

wait when nothing works(esp in love)

This is an arbit post. So better be prepared for this one. Be it love, pacifying anyone or whatever patience is the gr8tst virtue. I remember many incidents which I messed up and my father used to clear the mess; by patience. I was out to convince my cousin abt something. She never got convinced. Till then my father was sitting silent and seeing me. The next day he convinced her. I couldnt believe that. I cried, I scolded,I did everything. She was adamant. But my father used the ACE called patience. I never had that card with me. That was during the teens..... now I have improved leaps and bounds(NO comments r invited on this :D)..... I have seen "n" love stories not getting accepted initially. But then patience gets them the reward. Ppl say "work when nothing works". In love "wait when nothing works"....Thathuvam number :506.......
The perfect boy : gal story was(note the past tense...future may be he he ... :D) a flop because of "patience"(the story is an author's figment of imagination).
Actually comments are invited for this post.........................

Iniya pirantha Naal Vazthukall

This is the age where two day friendships are called as "rock solid friends". I would like to know an adjective which we can use to qualify our relationship spanning 21 years... I always loved seeing you eat non veg. That deft handling of meat; Its sad that U turned a veggie. I acknowledge your presence in my life(it says all), your contributions to my "share" (you know what it is). I can add more but both of us know that words are meaningless. Advanced Bday wishes da Kawa@SenDHil@Hrithik@Kaadu.

The RED and the SUN or the RED SUN ???

Ladies and Gentleman,
Presenting you the wily fox kalaignar, the next CM of TN(as i predicted earlier b4 the exit polls in the blog..come on guys ..acknowledge my foresight). The way he turned the elections around, the way he set the agenda will be the lessons which AMMA will be pondering for few years. From the latest reports I see that DMK has won 103 seats. Now adding 14 of the LEFT, it gets 117 out of 234. I do not want the Congress to join the power. Its amazing for congress to get 34 seats. Congress is like US..wherever it goes,it creates a bloody mess.
Chennai is no more DMK fort. DMK losing 7 out of 14 seats in Chennai is a bolt out of blue-sky.
Notable ppl in the assembly : MK( the king himself), sve.sekhar, vijaykanth.

The worst part is an economist and a friend of Mk lost in T-nagar or triplicane(donno which one). I guess we need few intellectuals in the cabinet.
As far kerala is concerned, the rout was expected. The pleasant surprises were "icecream-kutty" and "karu-Muru" gang (Copyright : names taken from someone else) losing heavily. VS will be leading the govt.
So VS and MK ( two 80 years+ ) in power. Lets see what is in store for them and for us.....

musings on music

The whole weekend I was listening to Isai puyal ARR songs. Fortunately My hard disk got detected in Roomie's desktop. Earlier we tried hard but failed. But somehow Saturday when I tried for the last time, it worked. Since the room has 5.1 speakerset, I wanted to hear Thiruda thiruda, sangamam etc etc in it. When I heard "thee thee" song in it, it was purely bliss.
So here comes my list of rahman's best.

1- Thee thitthikum - thiruda thiruda - purely bliss
2- Minnale Nee - May madham - The violin strings which begin the song
3- Kannalane - Bombay - First time I loved hindustani vocals
4- Anjali Anjali - Duet - Infact all the songs in the film
5- seignore seignore - kannathil muthamittal- I love this one.vellai pookal in this film too
6- aathangara marame - kizakku cheemayale - Look out for lyrics. vairamuthu at his best
7- ithu than kaathal - puthiya mugam - lyric -"i said there was no god until i saw my mother"
8- sowkiyama kanne - sangamam - classical bliss. Nithyasree special
9- pachai nirame - alaipayuthe - he he ...this will be for shalini..Though rahman rocks
10 - Ishq bina - Taal -- another rahman hindustani special

Couldnt include Vande mataaram,roja,Indira in it. They are stunning albums as well.

Again album's like Baba will be in the worst category. There is no way he will be coming up with another album like Thiruda Thiruda. We have seen his best. They say that he has matured a lot and he is experimenting with new sounds,new instruments. But My only observation is this... Those days I liked his album from the word go. But now I dont. Sometimes even after listening for 3-4 times I cant bear that sound. Thats it.

CNN - IBN coverage on elections

Had a chance to view Ibn's programme on "what prevents TN to be the number 1 state?". The panelists were N.Ram, Cho, Jayanti natarajan,suhasini and two more guys. Rajdeep was giving facts
- The second most industrialized state
- The Second most literate state
- The state which ranks third in attracting FDI
- The most urbanized state in the country (around 50 % of us live in towns)
Ram was reflecting my views. He was telling that state has to go a way forward in attaining kerala's social indicators and must attract more manufacturing industries (thats what gives employment to semi skilled labourers).
Another interesting fact which the panel put forward was about the election commission's decision to conduct elections in a single day to all 234 constituencies. The panel were unanimous when they related with law and order in the state. The panel also agreed on the fact that religious tension doesn't exist in the state.
Cho was on form yesterday when he cracked jokes....
The panelists were explaning how the mid-day meal scheme was a grand success(inspite of world bank objections)
Iconic tamilians put forth by the panel
Abdul kalam, kamarajar, periyar(suhasini's choice and my choice too..), M.S.Swaminathan, bharathiyar
surely the programme should have boosted the brand image of the state.

ayyo da !! Endhu oru glamourrrr........:D

read the topic in bhavana style ( like in swapna koodu.....)

2 days for the election

Two days to go after which there will be erratic water supply.
Two days to go after which there will frequent power cuts.
Two days to go after which the voter will realise there is nothing called free lunch.
Two days to go after which petrol and diesel prices will be increased by central govt.
Two days to go after which Srilankan govt will be given arms by the Indian Govt to fight LTTE (they havent decided it rite now keeping the elections in TN in mind )
Two days to go after which the drama where both voters and parties act, will be over.
Two days to go after which Muthuvel karunanithi will be back to power(my prediction).

das das ...nandita das das (sing it like das das ..chinnapa das)

Happened to read a blog which nandita writes. She is a maverick, not the usual dumb bollywood actress with big features(or small or whatever)but little or no brains and an amazing actress. Who can forget the stellar roles in azaghi and Kannathil Muthamittal. Simran would have put lot of efforts for her role in the film while Das comes in the last 15 minutes and takes away sizable chunk of credit. Whenever I tell someone that dusky gals are a turn on and when they confront me on that, I just utter her name. Bingo ! I dont get any replies after that. Isnt she a turn on ?!!!!

The Failing of a State

if u guess that Im going to speak about TN, sorry u have mistaken. Im just giving my random thoughts on how maharashtra is failing. The congress govt gleefully came back to power with free electricity, 2700 ruppess per quintal for cotton- promise and they didnt stick to any of them. Infact they reduced the support price to 1700 from 2200 and the CM deshmukh is shamelessly saying that the price was fixed by govt of India!!!!.Then why the F*** he shuld be chief minister of State. Every policy can be fixed by central govt and bureacrats can implement them.More than 400 suicides in Vidharbha alone this year; Malnutrition deaths in Thane (pretty near to mumbai) District. All these in a state which was leading in 1980's and 1990's. Misplaced priorties are pretty much a factor. This is what happens when the base is not as strong as the top. By base I mean the social sector indices. What happens when a state performs pretty well in industries and neglects its education and health ??? I would call it a Maharastra syndrome. It gives rises to fundamentalists who say that problem exists with the outsiders or Muslims. The inference I made for the above problem is based on the logical fact that economic inequalities(due to industrialization) and lack of political awarness( due to education) breeds fundamentalists. Now that fundamentalists are in power, the issues they place b4 people is Ram and not roti. RR patil(NCP) is not an exception. NCP based on maratha community is trying to play the card as well... Dance bars and the Wardrobe malfunctioning have become more important than electricity crisis. The debts of state are more than 1 lakh crore...
I m sure that the same thing will happen to gujarat as well. The base is pretty weak... I just hope that we dont fall to the same prey. As long as the competitiveness of Tamil Nadu is almost at the top of national level, we are in a right direction. Misplaced priorities like Tamil- classical language, kushboo issue will die a natural death. This elections have been interesting for me from one perspective. Will DMK deliever on its election promise. I have decided to place my bets on DMk returning back to power.
p.s : Came to know that PSG tech has got an open software group recently..... gr8 news..have to dig more for further info :)