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The last few days has been full of katchi podhu kuzhu kootams, anaithu katchi kootams etc all in office
For a moment i thought i’d got into Anna Arivalayam which is nearby Not to mention some work which made me regret the two days off i took
Enna panradhu Nai vesham potta kolachu dhaaney aganum??

Today was refreshing and thanks to Karthik, i’ve been having a great time with WIKIMAPIA.

Find out what Wiki has to say about Wikimapia.

Ofcourse i spotted my home. And oh, i tried Bangalore too.
Coimbatore and Madurai sucked:(
Trichy was one of the better covered places among the smaller towns..

Enjoy and have a great weekend!

we are sitting on a time bomb which will explode soon, or maybe it has already started.

Folks,

my heartfelt thanks to each one of u for yr get well soon wishes….i’m still at home nursing my damaged foot but then idle mind is PK’s workshop.

So I’m starting a new series so that others can laugh at my expense.. ofcourse not all of this is true but its not total imagination either It’s an exaggeration of a situation i was in sometime back.

Arisi Uppuma Software India Limited

He is in his office working sincerely, for a change. It was lunch time and that was one of the reasons. He ku gratitude adhigam.

Soru podara company ku oru naalaiku 1 hr avadhu work pannalena enna manusnhan nu feeling vandhirum.

His existing company, for now lets keep it as Kotsu Software Ltd. (Name parthuttu don’t imagine to be a Japanese or Korean company. Arisi uppuma Kotsu combination nalla irukkum nu peru vechen:D)

He has been working there for the past 2 yrs. In this situation he gets a call in the office landline

He: Hello This is He from Ui Design team.

Hello, He epdi irukeenga? Ennai therilaya? Naan dhaan Kadhir pesaren?Pazhaya HR…

He: Hello Kadhir epdi irukeenga? Rombo naal achu..?
Neenga engey Uppuma la dhaaney irukeenga? Epdi irukku? 6 Months irukkuma neenga poi?

Kadhir: Supera poittu irukku. Aprom ungalukku epdi pogudhu?

He: Hehe as usual dhaan.. ungalukku thaan theriyume!!! poittu irukku…

Kadhir: He aprom unga team la Sathya, Saravanan yaarum illaya?

He: Ellam saaptutu dhum adikka poirukaanga! Namakku dhaan adhu kooda theriyadhe….

Kadhir:Enna He virakthiya pesareenga?…. Why dont u seek a change?

He: Change na? Vera opportunities a? Hmmm..

Kadhir: Neenga onnu pannunga, idhai pathi office landline la pesa vendaam, en mobile number tharen adhukku call panna mudiyuma?.

He: He notes down the number. Comes out of the office building. Goes into a quiet corner and calls Kadhir’s mobile

Kadhir: Hello He, oru super opportunity irukku. Immediate a onsite pogalaam. Long term.. naan guarantee tharen…ungalukku evlo varusham experience?

He: 3+ yrs..

Kadhir: Ahaa dharalama podhum unga skillset la dhaan naan aal thedittu irundhen… Namba pasanga sathya, saravanan yaarayavadhu pidikalaam nu irundhen.. ungalukku luck,, neenga call edutheenga….

He: Enna madhiri work Kadhir?

Kadhir: neenga pannitu irukara adhey design velai dhaan…

He: Enna domain Kadhir? BFSI? Not that He cared for domains and sub domains.
Edhavadhu kekkanume?

Kadhir: Cha cha adellam indha TCS madhiri jujube pasanga panradhu.. namba range vera!! Defence

He is shocked… Defence? Defence related software ellam pentagon la dhaaney pannuvaanga? Oh My God!! He was thrilled to the core on the prospect that he was going to see pentagon for real… Enna oru chance da He.
In his mind He was already flying in the air… Not knowing that he will be rudely brought back to earth soon…

He: Interview eppo kadhir?

Kadhir: Super speed a irukeengale? Modalle unga resume anupunga .. client kitte anupichuttu oru varthai ok ana udaney interview date solren….usualla telephone interview a dhaan irukkum….

He decided to go for the interview.

Elders always say Sani Bhagwan comes and catches us at the precise moment. For He Sani bhagwan came through that dreaded phone call…

The first Oops is that me and mom met with a small accident y’day while coming back from a temple in ECR. Nothing too serious but the doc has to take the tailor avatar and do a dozen stitches in my left foot.
The problem is it bleeds if i walk. Looks like i will be confined to my room for the few days..
Amma is relatively better. Need to investigate if her pain in the back persists…

The other oops is that i am in office on a sunday for some political reasons Politics illadha office ellam office a? Since we are an MNC we engage in international politics
The last oops was the Germany-Sweden match y’day.. It was as if only one team played the match. Naane goal potruppen andha madhiri easy penalty ellam miss panni.. ennatha solla…:(

Oops i promised my mom that i will stay off blogging and computers for a few days and take complete rest..

Habits die hard

Today, i took an interview in our office. I dont know about the candidate but this being only my second interview as an interviewer (The first interview was in my previous organisation and it was long after we decided to hire that fellow anyway :)) and so i was obviously a bit edgy..

I was not sure what sort of questions to ask. My senior backed out at the last minute saying he was not necessary if i am in…
I was keen not to scare the person yet wanted to get the relevant answers from her…

Question (me to the candidate looking at her CV):
“You have mentioned client-server concepts, what exactly do you mean by that?”

Answer :
“Sir, the clients will come up with work and we are supposed to finish the work and send it to them..

Question (me, now have i not told before that i am innocent?)
“OK? so..”

Answer:
“Thats it sir”

Question: (a bit taken back by this)
“So, this is what you mean by client-server concepts?!!”

Answer:
“Yes sir”

What i would never understand is, how the hell did i maintain a straight face and why in the world did she ever mention this in her CV? !!!

On one hand you have a guy who says The world is flat.–> click here for Thomas Friedman’s interview

One the other we have a great mind who maintained that getting flatter will not take us in the right path and who always said ’small is beautiful’ mostly, if not always …He may be gone but his ideas and philosophies reverberate in every thinking individual till date…click here for EF Schumacher’s interview

I’ve been thinking really deeply about these things today and no wonder its beginning to rain in chennai

And those of you who are particuarly jobless, please read both these interviews..

For now, my vote is for EF schumacher…stay tuned for more on this….

Jaya TV features some very good carnatic music based programmes early in the morning. Oh, I realize ‘early in the morning’ is such a relative and subjective phrase so let me be more precise - I guess it’s from 6.30 to 7 AM IST. Sometime back they even featured the Cleveland festival that RS so eloquently wrote about.

Today morning in one of the episodes, I could see some school kids performing brilliantly in violin and mridhangam. And me invariably turns happy and envious whenever I see such young prodigious musical talent for obvious reasons. My knowledge in carnatic music ranges from 0 to -273 in a scale of 1 to 10:)

But hey, that would never prevent me from naming my favorite carnatic music album. It’s got to be THE CLASSIC by Unnikrishnan. It needs no introduction to any who is introduced to classical music. It’s almost as popular as some of the film albums and for very good reasons.

First, the structure and content would, by and large resemble a film album. It has about 10 songs and none of them exceeds 10 minutes - which is good because it means you are saved from lengthy Alaapanas. Knowledgeable carnatic music lovers should excuse me here but for me lengthy alapaanas are a huge turn-off. Invariably I find the singer and the co-performers in an ecstatic state during an alapaana and people like me begin to think about matters of critical importance like Asin’s next movie.

Secondly, the album has numbers like Paluke Bangarumayana, Kelathi Mama Hridhaye and Vandanamu which any music lover can enjoy irrespective of his background.

The third reason, I guess, is Unni’s melliflous voice and his popularity after his Ennavale in Kadhalan. Experts like Subbudu crib when seasonsed carnatic musicians turn to film music for some quick buck. Their ground is that, essentially a carnatic song is different from film song in content, style and pace and hence the singer’s voice gets disturbed. That may be true but this trend does have its benefits. I don’t think I would’ve bought this album before ‘Ennavale’. How many people knew about Bombay Jeyshree before “Vaseegara…”? Not many I would suppose. So middle-ground albums like THE CLASSIC make people even like PK to listen to carnatic music. I wish more such albums gets released and identified. I also request readers to let me know if they come across any…

Talking about music and we cannot be far off from KJY, can we? If you have time please do go to Raaga.com >> Malayalam songs section>> select a film called Aaram Thamburaan >>and listen to one number called Hari Muraliravam and let me know:)
AWESOME is the only word i can think off..

PS:
Abba!! rombo nalaiku aprom oru urupadiyana post pottachu :p

(Title changed thanks to dinesh)

Adapted from a conversation with a fellow traveller in the chennai bound Kovai Exp. this evening..

He1: oru boat… nadu kadal.. adhile vaiko, JJ, MK, EVKS, thiruma, ramdas, dayanidhi maran, thiruma ellam poittu irukaanga…

He2: hmm..

He1: appo thideernu tsunami varudhu…

He2: acho aprom..

He1: yaaru thapipaanga sollu…

He2: Tsunami vandhu epdi thapikaradhu.. aduvum nadu kadal la….??

He1: hahaha madaya sandhoshapadu… Tamil Nade thapichudum da :))

(Apparently this is supposed to be one therdhal kadhai told by K Bagiyraj to the audience. Ofcourse his version obviously will not have names like MK, DM etc..
those are my humble contribution )

For readers’ benefit, this is how the samarthu, saadhu, innocent “ulagam sutrum vaalibhan??!!” looks like…

i shot this in our own marina sometime back. Sea-food lovers your expert opinion will be appreciated. i just hope u dont call this crap
It was moving here and there so could not frame it properly…

f/7.1, 1/3200, 300mm