Slumdog - The real Indian slum

Slumdog Millionaire is one of the best movies I have seen in recent times. It shows the exact life of a real Indian slum and the difficulties he has faced in the life. The movie goes on like this . A slum from Mumbai(Jamal) participates in the “Who wants to become a millionare” and goes on to win the show. While the squeeze is put on Jamal we are inundated with flashbacks to his childhood to see how he came to his current predicament. As a child Jamal grew up with his brother Salim and mother in the slums of India and the boys underwent harsh treatment largely sometimes because of his faith. Unspeakable horrors confront both boys and those images and pent-up fears/hostilities have a clear impact on their teen years and adult lives. Love, romance and lust also enter into the equation as a young orphan named Latika seems to leave an indelible impression on the lads, and older grown ups as she ages. Full of violence and tense moments Slumdog Millionaire comes up a winner, turning out to be one of the best movies of the year. And to add flavour to the movie the background score is also good. The movie is worth a watch in theatre. So please spare some time and watich this movie in theatre as soon as possible.

Space not enough

Yippe upgraded my system once again and this time it is the Harddisk that got some attention. I bought a new 500gb harddisk. With this upgrade only my motherboard and the processor are the same since i bought my desktop around two years back. Think this is the last update that is being done to my first PC since I am having plans for buying a laptop next. This is my configuration as of now

• Intel Pentium 4 3.06 Ghz ( this was the best when I bought my PC two years back though I know that it has been outdated a lot now)


• 2 GB DDR 2 RAM


• 830 GB Hard Disk ( 500+250+80 a total of three HDD)


• and not but not the least a 7300 NVIDIA Graphic card

Even this huge space is not enough for me as it is getting filled fast. Think it will take at the most a month to fill out this new hard disk. Can any of the readers spare me some space in your hard disk. :) (Rombha overa irukko.. free )

Free atlast

Exams are over atlast. This has been the most hectic and the longest exams ever in the history of Anna University. The prolonged duration for the exams was due to the reason of the NISHA storm that attacked Tamil Nadu. My exams started back in November 7. Today is December 23 and it has taken 46 days for writing 6 exams ( Enna kodumai saravan ithu :( ) Intha paala pona NISHAvinal enga dept north india tour got cancelled. I have been dreaming all these days in the last semester about enjoying to the core in the tour. But ippadi nadanthu poche.. Enna panrathunu theriyala. Still cant come back from the dreams of Simla and Kulu Manali. Have around ten days holidays and have planned to spend the holidays by sleeping and watching movies all the time. Hope most of the readers are having a wonderful holiday season. Merry Xmas to readers.

Do I really look like them?

With exams almost over and one month holiday for one exam that is due in two days it was very boring. So as usual I was surfing over the internet when I came across this interesting website. If you provide them with a photo of yours then they will tell you are like which celebrity. And for me it came Johnny Depp( Unmailaye antha kalai theriyutho.. Unakkulayum ennamo irukuda karthi). Now tell me do I really look like these personalities?

Photo session

Came back to hostel from home as it was boring to be alone in home. Celebrated a couple of my friends birthdays and also enjoyed a photo session in my friend's brand new digital camera. Here are some of the pictures.

Poppi told that the digicam had autosmile detection ... so tried that

A casual still

Here comes the birthday party at night. The birthday cake

The B'day boys cutting the cake with fear. Posing as though they are going to fire crackers :)

B'day boy 1

B'day boy 2

Bumps for the B'day boy

Nothing special in the picture other than the water drops. This is to show the clarity of the camera lol.

150 Questions

Fun Time... Dont Panic at seeing the title.

Its pretty simple though. Not as scary as I thought either! You just have to skim through this list here and bold the ones that you have done.

Simple right? You don't even have to use your thinking power ;) Just some memory power is all you need! :P

Just select the ones that you have done before you turned 30!

And considering I have a long time to go 30 - hopefully I should be able to pick up a few more from here!

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink

02. Swam with dolphins

03. Climbed a mountain

04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive

05. Been inside the Great Pyramid

06. Held a tarantula

07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone

08. Said “I love you” and meant it [Of course to friends ;)]

09. Hugged a tree

10. Bungee jumped

11. Visited Paris

12. Watched a lightning storm at sea

13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise( happens most of the time)

14. Seen the Northern Lights

15. Gone to a huge sports game

16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa

17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables

18. Touched an iceberg

19. Slept under the stars

20. Changed a baby’s diaper

21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon

22. Watched a meteor shower

23. Gotten drunk on champagne

24. Given more than you can afford to charity

25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope

26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment (Happens a lot of times - esp in classes when a serious lecture is going on :-|)

27. Had a food fight

28. Bet on a winning horse

29. Asked out a stranger

30. Had a snowball fight

31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can

32. Held a lamb

33. Seen a total eclipse (On TV)

34. Ridden a roller coaster (At our own MGM Dizzee World!)

35. Hit a home run

36. Danced like a fool and didn’t care who was looking

37. Adopted an accent for an entire day

38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment [This happens pretty often, right?]

39. Had two hard drives for your computer

40. Visited all 50 states

41. Taken care of someone who was drunk

42. Had amazing friends

43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country

44. Watched whales

45. Stolen a sign [??]

46. Backpacked in Europe

47. Taken a road-trip

48. Gone rock climbing

49. Taken a midnight walk on the beach

50. Gone sky diving

51. Visited Ireland

52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love

53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them

54. Visited Japan

55. Milked a cow

56. Alphabetized your CDs

57. Pretended to be a superhero

58. Sung karaoke

59. Lounged around in bed all day (Love to do this He….He…He)

60. Played touch football

61. Gone scuba diving

62. Kissed in the rain

63. Played in the mud

64. Played in the rain

65. Gone to a drive-in theatre

66. Visited the Great Wall of China

67. Started a business

68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken

69. Toured ancient sites

70. Taken a martial arts class( did karate classes.. .Brown belt in karate )

71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight

72. Gotten married

73. Been in a movie

74. Crashed a party

75. Gotten divorced

76. Gone without food for 5 days

77. Made cookies from scratch

78. Won first prize in a costume contest

79. Ridden a gondola in Venice

80. Gotten a tattoo (one of those stick on ones which we used to get with bubblegum)

81. Rafted the Snake River

82. Been on a television news program as an “expert” ( Have been in a local channel once but not as an expert)

83. Gotten flowers for no reason

84. Performed on stage

85. Been to Las Vegas

86. Recorded music

87. Eaten Shark

88. Kissed on the first date( Havent gone a date so far :( )

89. Gone to Thailand

90. Bought a house

91. Been in a combat zone

92. Buried one/both of your parents

93. Been on a cruise ship

94. Spoken more than one language fluently

95. Performed in Rocky Horror

96. Raised children

97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour

98. Passed out cold

99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country

100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over

101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge

102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking with the windows open

103. Had plastic surgery

104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived

105. Wrote articles for a large publication

106. Lost over 100 pounds

107. Held someone while they were having a flashback

108. Piloted an airplane

109. Touched a stingray

110. Broken someone’s heart

111. Helped an animal give birth

112. Won money on a TV game show

113. Broken a bone

114. Gone on an African photo safari

115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears

116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol

117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild

118. Ridden a horse

119. Had major surgery

120. Had a snake as a pet

121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon

122. Slept for 30 hours in a 48 hour period

123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. States

124. Visited all 7 continents

125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days

126. Eaten kangaroo meat

127. Eaten sushi

128. Had your picture in the newspaper

129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about

130. Gone back to school

131. Parasailed

132. Touched a cockroach (Yup Have done in biology class)

133. Eaten fried green tomatoes

134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey

135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read

136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

137. Skipped all your school reunions

138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language

139. Been elected to public office

140. Written your own computer language(Have found it difficult to even write my own programs..)

141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream

142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care

143. Built your own PC from parts

144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you

145. Had a booth at a street fair

146. Dyed your hair

147. Been a DJ

148. Shaved your head

149. Caused a car accident

150. Saved someone’s life

And those who are willing to do this on your blog do it and present the link here. Awaiting some nice replies to this post

Home after six months

Due to the hectic rains that slashed the state my exam got postponed and so I had to leave my hostel to home after a long time. It was around six months that I went to my home and so was eager to go there. The journey was by train and something was telling me that this journey is gonna be a completely unforgettable one. Yes it turned out be unforgettable one but not in the way I thought (Nan vaaranam aayiram padam pathuttu athula vara samerra reddy mathiri yarachum oru ponnu namakku kedaikkumnu nenachaen  ana nadanthathu ennamo vera). Nanum manasa thalara vidama thedi pathaen but onnum sikkala . So after getting dejected I slept off. I will tell you what actually happened that made me write this post. I had booked an e-ticket for the journey and it had asked for a verification of the identity of the person. I too showed the driving license to the TTR and he too accepted it. After reaching my town while getting out of the station a man came and asked for the tickets. Pothuva namma oorla tickete check panna matangale ippa ethukku panranga apadinu nenachaen. Then came the headache. After showing the ticket when I was about to leave he asked for the identification and when I provided it he had a glimpse of it and said that it cannot be accepted. I was shocked. He told that it was not original and that he cannot have allow without paying the fine. Nanum namma oor thane lanjam vangittu vitruvanganu nenachaen. I gave as many reasons as possible and could not find him come into my way. I wasn’t alone there were a couple of other people too who were like me. Some of them tried to bribe him and leave but he didn’t accept. Nan nenachaen ‘ enna kodumai saravanan ithu ooruku 6 masam kalichu varom varappave selava?’ . Atlast I gave him a lame excuse that I didn’t have the money. All he said that he will give the slip and I had to pay the fine in court. I cursed myself and him and then asked him what the fine was. He told that it was the ticket charge plus 250Rs. (Ada pavingala tickete 400rs ithula plus 250 veraya?) Seri poi tholannu I gave him the money and left the place. The lesson I learnt is to take original identifications with me and the money I paid for it was more than 1000rs. That meant that I had paid more than double the charge for reaching the home. So friends atleast you don’t do this mistake. Neengalchum thirunthugapa . Catch u back soon .

Purchase

Hi readers. Sorry for the delay. I was a bit busy with my exams(k..k... i see that you are getting angry..) I got one of my exams rescheduled because of this cyclone and this has changed totally all of my plans. As my exam got postponed i decided to go shopping and buy something with the money i earned first on my own. Guess what. Yup i bought a Manchester United jersey, a original one for 1100 rs. It would be better if I listed down the items I purchased

• Manchester United Rooney jersey


• Manchester City Robinho jersey


• Real Madrid Raul jersey


• Bluetooth tongle


• 2 gb Ram for my desktop


• external hdd


• and not but not the least a set of headphones.

Am planning of buying a couple of more jerseys and I will update you with my next purchase soon. Till then bye..bye...