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Several Self-interest groups and Tamil Institutions in Toronto are celebrating Tamil Week 2005.
See:
http://domesticatedonion.net/blog/media/files/tamilvaaram-bro.pdf
What is the theme behind this logo? What do the colors convey? How is it relevant to Tamizh? Wud somebody answer?
thro’ http://www.domesticatedonion.net/blog/
It had been 25 years, since my parents got married. 26th June, 2005 was a special day for my family. I had been home to celebrate the occasion. I personally didn’t get any gifts from B’lore. My Bro, Asok Kalidass, surprised me having got 2 gifts; one for him and the other for myself to present. My mum had a special present from our cook here. Ladies are exceptional. We got sweets, purchased clothes and roamed out – all the celebration we had. My Grand parents blessed my folks for long life and good health. It appereared good to me when they knelt down together to my grand parents. A rare sighting in these 24 years.
The times had been both good and bad for them. There had been quarrels, conflicts and arguments in these years. Not to forget the cheering moments and joyous gatherings, they had. Moods being up and down is a part of their life. Tolerance and Sacrifice had been their greatest virtues. Even the demanding situations kept them united. Let the love for each other last for their life.
Silver has been reaped. Gold is sowed this season. Let the couple live up their aspirations.
How do you begin tackling big projects that take on messy, undefined problems?
1. Avoid Analysis Paralysis
2. Question Every Decision
3. Bring in the Outliers
The Prototyping Model of SDLC is nothing but Points 1 & 2. We in our projects follow them a lot. Putting down something that is understood gives a good relief and comfort. This model believes in ‘do-review-do’ procedures, highly effective and gives visibility.
The 3rd one is totally unacceptable. Its like creating a mess to clear-up the mess?
The Sun in Chennai fried (oil-less) me totally during my visit to it in the last week. The Suns in Coimbatore and Bangalore were better. I have already got some rashes around my left hand index-knuckle. This is because I’m reactive to pollution and sensitive to UV rays. The Skin therapist had advised me to avoid the 9am-4pm Sun. But inevitably I had to go out in that time.
The Sun in Chennai witnessed most my of outings. Owing to this, my rashes got intense and drove me into trouble. In addition, I got Sun burns around my neck which made me to experience a burning sensation whenever I sweated. Even worser, the skin beneath my pinnae and the upper part of the neck got hardened to resemble the skin of a Buffalo. This analogy just refers to the texture and not the color.
When in the Sun, I got roasted and while in Shadows, I got soaked with Sweat. The Salt from my Body precipitated and stayed on my arms, cheeks, neck and forehead. You are not supposed to wipe-off the Sweat, as Sweat is secreted to cool the body and if it is cleaned-up what happens? It’ll again Sweat. You are unknowingly triggering a cyclic reaction and the only produce will be a ‘dirty-stinking hankie’.
I’m slowly recovering from all my skin complaints. The Sun in Bangalore is showing sympathy and mercy towards me. Yesterday, the Max temp was 29 degree celsius while the Min was 21 degree celsius and there were some showers. The monsoon is yet to begin. Cool isn’t it?
In case if u have missed – Chennai Meetup – Part 1 is here
I was still sleeping. The chillness of the AC woke Arvind at 6. He switched it off and then continued sleeping. Later he told that even a 25 degree celsius would cause the floor to go so cold that it’ll make us feel bitter when stepped on. Thangam was motionless in his sleep. 3 of us were on the same bed. No worries, nothing happenned. I was the last to get-up. Sunday for me started late at 9:00am.
We took bath and got ready to have some breakfast. Arvind’s mom had to go to office (IOB). This time Arvind’s dad had to prepare us food. PlainDosai-EggDosai-IdlyPodi-Thovayal combination was our intake. Then called up Nal for the day’s plan. Also I was asking Arvind’s dad for the route to Nanganallur. Wanted to meet my friend who resides there. Getting to know the buses to take, I left for Nanganallur.
The Other guys gathered and got into a ChettinaduHotel for the luncheon. The place was Nal’s choice. Not very crowded and they have got into a seperate dining room. Their order was mostly sea food. I was in Kodambakkam station and Nal came to pick me to the hotel.
We had one new person with us. It was Sasi (the God). Man, he had put lot of fat and flesh. I noticed his tummy growing out. He had chubby cheeks, rosy skin, bluie eyes…. ok I’ll stop here. He spends most of his free time in FWding SMSes and composing ring tones in his mobi. If your mobi inboxes are empty and needs some filling, do subscribe with Sasi. He had improved his way of talking. The modulation index had significantly reduced.
One person who had escaped from all the fun was Nags. He had gone to his Sis’s house on the previous night. Nags was the same as seen right from college. One change could be – Nice-Neatly-Groomed hair. He had trimmed off all the curls but the curls in his GreyMatter are still intact. There are facts to prove, read on. We were extremely happy that he had applied for 2 (individual) patents. His research and development is towards building the World’s Fastest ADC. Did u say wOw? I said it to myself. 9to9 will be his normal work timings at TI. Got a house in B’lore, brought his parents there and well settled. Expecting a travel to Texas in another few months. So thats about him.
The other guy was Gokul. We didn’t know where he went. But returned in the evening with a perfume and miniature-digicam. Your guesses on who would have gifted are most welcome. Gokul had both losses and gains. Our photos showcase them. If you have any problems in pronouncing Proper Nouns esp Names, pls get in touch with Gokul. He’s well experienced. He had shown lot of enthusiasm and spirit throughout our trip. The aspect of liveliness came from him. Shall we call him the Hero?
Prompted by the banners of Sathyam Theatre, boasting to have a Digital Movie Projection System, we wanted to experience it. ‘Mr&Mrs Smith’ was running, but couldn’t get hold of the tickets. The next choice was Abirami. They were showing ‘Ullam Ketkume More’. Seemed there were more than 1 heroine. Again the same fate – no tickets.
So the next hang-out would be? Spencers. I was with Pachai and his new pulsar. At somepoint in our way, Pachai took a different route and we missed the other bikes. In every signal, Pachai struggled to move the vehicle. He levers the 1st gear, raises the accelerator, releases the clutch – damn the bike halts with a jerk. The vehicles behind honked and was roaring in my ears. I understand the pains in becoming ‘Definitely Male’.
We rejoined with others at the Spencers.
Spencers is really really huge. There were shops for all kind of articles/clothing/eatables. It has been built in 3 phases and I have never seen such a mall before. There were sign-boards at every corner saying ‘MoreShops ->’ This concept of ‘more’ is related to usability. You would have noticed Google using ‘more>>’. SonyEricsson mobiles come with ‘more’ buttons.
Siva & Nal got us some milk-shakes from FoodWorld. StrawBerry-Vannila-BlackCurrent were the flavours. We sipped and sat staring at the iPod showdown in the center-place. Then we roamed – going by escalators-staircases-verandas. Pachai shopped for his biking-gear. Thangam got a pair of full-n-half sleeved t-shirts for his gym workouts. Nal too got one. Siva went traditional and got a kuruta.
Meanwhile Pradeep and Gans went in a hunt for MuthuKumar. He is our friend from the Civil Dept. When in college, he was in the nearby hostel rooms. He joined us and continued roaming. We got into LandMark – just gazed thro’ the racks. I saw a lot of crowd in tamil book sections. You cannot witness such things (not for tamil but for kannada) in B’lore. Siv got some cards for his colleagues. It was Nal’s B’Day on the next day. We took a card for him too. We then crowded near the music-cd section. The ACD of ArindhumAriyamalum is worth to own – just 65 rupees.
We came out of LandMark to see MTR IceCream parlour. Everybody wanted softies. Our hosts got them too. While I was enjoying the IceCream, to my surprise, I saw SoniaAggarwal at the nearby Scullers shop. I couldn’t believe, yes I didn’t. She was the shop girl, but looked strikingly similar. I pointed her to many of our guys, all in vain, nobody agreed. Consoled myself saying, ‘Kaakai ikku than kunju pon kunju thane’ We signed our wishes on the card we bought for Nal and gave it to him. You’ll stumble across this photo in my flickr account.
Sasi insisted on a visit to the MusicWorld. We pushed ourselves in. There were various artists, genre & lang. The music was loud and inviting. Seemed Pachai did a move, which I missed out. Many were chewing about it when we came out. There Rajini’s photograph was kept along with the other great musicians. That appeared inappropriate.
We came out of Spencers and headed towards Arvind’s house. We had to collect our baggages before we reach the station. The train to B’lore was at 9:30pm. We hurried ourselves in Arvind’s car. His dad was driving. The radio in the car was playing Suryan FM. It was Vijay’s interview for the success of Thirupaachi. Time was running short – we need to have dinner and Thangam had to meet his friend who is doing medicine and has a shift in the GH. Somehow both happened and we were in our seats. The TTR came to verify the tickets. We took our positions to sleep. B’lore came at 4:50am and woke us in the middle of our sleep.
With a content of meeting our friends, we reached home. Those 2 days went like a jiffy, Chennai guys kept us engaged. Thanks a lot ppl. Hoping to plan for more and gather frequently.
Hy’Bad would be the next – Sujai and Thenali prepare yourselves.
