Day 6 Rapid City, Mount Rushmore

Now the gang gets bigger, Satheesh, Vivek and Naren landed around 1' O clock and we didn't waste any time and started driving towards Omaha. They all were hungry and wanted to have their dinner and almost all smart phones were searching for places to eat. It was almost 4 am when we stopped at a restaurant and it looked like where all the truckers would eat. We ordered  food and when it arrived to the table it looked like 10 persons meal. It's not that we ordered more, it's the quantity that they gave us was huge. V & N has introduced me to the app (app allows you to check-in the places that you have been and credit points for that) and then the fun part starts. Literally I was checking in every exit along the highway and I reached 100 points in no time. On the way we stopped to take few pictures of sunrise and it was one the memorable sunrises I have seen recently. Mists covering the corn fields and as soon as the lights started coming up the mists were moving was a beautiful scene to watch.

After we entered into SD we stopped at a rest area and the west coast guys were surprised by the way it was constructed including the dog playing area. Still Tennessee beats all of them. We started driving at I-90 west and the was so beautiful. All the ranches and Hay bales along the road was pleasing to watch ( some of the windows screen savers might have been take from here) . We stopped at a restaurant for food at 11ish and had a good meal. Everyone was watching our table since we were little louder but most likely the reason they were watching us was we looked like aliens in that area. V is a vegetarian and wherever he asked something in vegetarian all looked like Really??? But he always manages to find something to eat no matter where we go.

While enjoying the ride on I-90 we reached Rapid City 2 hour earlier than we had planned. We reached RC around 2ish and went to our Friend Senthil's home and met his Family. In our car we had more luggage's than free places to sit, so we decided to take his SUV and go to Mount Rushmore. It was a familiar place for me, but this time the weather is good and we got more time to take a hike around that area and able to get some close shots of the presidents. We also took the tour that the ranger has offered and we were getting more history lessons. On the way back we were able to witness Senthi's skillful driving and also found a place to camp that night. Though we know about Senthi's hospitality we didn't expected so much food that they have prepared for us. Chicken, Deer, Biriyani and also marinated chicken for BBQ. Completely overwhelmed and for Vivek it's was just a sub from Subway  and few corn's.

We had so much of fun at the camp site like talking about lot of old stories. While enjoying good food and no one has felt any tiredness though we were driving for the whole day. We know we had to leave early to reach Yellowstone next day but that didn't stop us having fun till mid night. The weather was pretty cold but it was not bad enough to stop of our sleep.

I only took few photo's this day and here are those few,

Next day towards Yellow stone and everyone has a biggggg expectation for that place.

Day 5 Kansas City

It's tough to remember all the things which happened few days back. I should have at least wrote the post in my mobile and posted it later. Anyways I didn't do that and let's test my memory now.

We checked out the hotel and picked a coffee at the lobby in star bucks. Problem with star hotel is you are not allowed to any work and expected to give tip everywhere. The previous night the self-garage parking was full and we had to use valet parking and we spent few minutes to search for change to give it to the guy who took the car to the front. The guy even asked us whether we need a change and It turns out he didn't have for $100 bill. Anyways we were able to find some change and hit the road earlier. We stopped at Waffle House for breakfast and the place was interesting. Though the food was good, we did see a person who keeps smoking one after another till he leaves the place. So in Midwest you are allowed to smoke or the law was not imposed properly. 

We are on the road again and I was booking a camp at yellow stone thru phone and no need to explain, how hard it would be to spell my name and address. This time though it's not just the name, it's about the dimension of our Tent and Vehicle (and they needed the exact measurement) and it took few minutes to figure out all and book the camp site.

We reached Kansas city around 3pm and went straight to the world war I Memorial and this place was something unique. If somebody wants to know the history and weapons used in WWI then this is the place you should be. The memorial also has a tower which offers a good view of Kansas City Sky Line and I don't think there is another place which offers a better view than this.

After the memorial visit we went to Toys R US to buy toys for our friends kid who will be visiting the next day. When we came out of the store there was a Mongolian Fired dish restaurant which welcomed us without the welcome board. Almost all of them were there for dinner and we were there for lunch. As per plan we will take a nap till midnight so that we can keep continue driving as soon as others join us. We decided to park our car at WWI Memorial since it offered a good view for photography and forced him to go there and take a nap. At 9 pm the ranger has asked us to take the car out since he had to close the door. We went to Wal-Mart and bought a cover for Roof Rack and loaded some of our luggage's to the top after making some space for the guys who will be joining us that night. They reached around 1 and we picked them up and the fun continues.

Some of the photos taken during Day 5.

Day 4 Indiana, St Louis

Was able to leave early from the camp and soon we were crossing the Indiana border. One thing was clear by driving thru these states, Corns are everywhere from Tennessee till Missouri. On I-64 west highway we took exit to have a breakfast and we spotted restaurant called "Red Wagon". Till the last minute we didn't think we were going to have food there but it has somehow pulled us in. One of the best potato fries I had and the restaurant completely renovated with the farming feel everywhere. Some old photos of John Deer vehicles from early 1900's from a Farm field and some animal miniatures and the place really looked like a small museum. Who would really need a museum or history from restaurant, we needed a good food and we got more than what we expected. I highly recommend that place to anyone who happen to be in that area.

We reached St Louis just before noon and straightaway we went to "Gate Way Arch" park. This place is something unique and one should experience it. We could even feel that Arch was shacking little bit when we were up 630 feet and I don't think lot of people who were up there has noticed it. The view of Missouri river bed and the St Louis city was breath taking.  We even ended up watching a movie about Louis & Clark and now we know the history. We were already at the park for more than 2 hours and decided to have a lunch at one of the famous place in st Louis which was highly recommended by one of our friend. The place is called "Pappy's Smoke house" at Olive st and it was awesome. We got corn fry as one of the side and it was really good. We highly recommend this place and no.of people who are coming to that restaurant even on Tuesday is a taste that speaks for itself.

Have taken few pictures of down town and we were in a dilemma whether to move out of the city for camping or stay in the city and check out the night life. We decided to stay and able to get a room in Hyatt for so cheap (Courtesy PriceLine bidding) but the night life was calm like dead street or something (may be because it's Tuesday) . At least we get to enjoy a star hotel now and I can keep you all updated. :)

3rd Day - Tennessee, Kentucky

While we were driving towards Nashville and as the time approaches midnight we checked in at a motel which was 40 miles away from the city. One of the place that we wanted to visit in Tennessee was Jack Daniel's (JD) distilleries. We had to drive one hour back in the opposite direction the next day because we have missed the exact location of JD the previous night. JD was interesting place, during the tour the guide allowed us to smell whiskey which literally let our brain float for few minutes. During the tour there were some interesting facts shared about JD and one thing which really surprised me was that the Distillery is super simple. Also do you know that the place where JD is located is Dry County. :)

Since we had to do some catch for the 2 hours that was already lost, we did not to stop at Nashville city and decided to camp when we neared the sunset. We also had a plan to cross Indiana state, so we had to take slightly off route than what was initially planned and luckily we were able to find a good camping spot at "James Auduban" state park, KY. This state park was just off the highway and it's easily accessible and also power plug and water supply provided at your camp site. This park also has Cabin's, Golf Course and Museum though we didn't had a chance to check them out I would recommend to stay at Cabin if you happen to be in that place.

After 3 hours of good sleep I couldn't sleep anymore for some reason, so i used that time to plan for next few days trip including camping plan in Yellow Stone(YS) . I am so excited about YS and can’t wait to see Bison's, Deer's, Elk's and hopefully some Bear as well.

Few pictures from day 3,

Stay tuned for more news from St Louis on my next post.

Day 2 - Atlanta

Reached Atlanta last night and stayed at our friends room. Wakeup so late (off course no breakfast) and had lunch at famous south Indian Restaurant. Went to Coca Cola factory tour and the highlight of it was the "Taste It" section. The famous drink from Italy (Beverly) was the stand out and I can still feel the taste after 12 hours. The fun part was standing next to the fountain machine and watching people's reaction when they had the first sip of that drink and I don't think anyone else had the second sip. It brought so much of facial reaction from everyone and It simply brought nothing but laugh.

Few shots from Atlanta,

We drove to Nashville, TN and on the way we crossed Alabama border searching for dinner place but we ended up having dinner in TN.

BTW, Tennessee's visitor center was one of the best I have seen in the country and Georgia might be the dirtiest state I have seen so far.

Will try to post tomorrow activities as well. 

First Day, FL

Landed on Tampa 25 minutes earlier and when I picked my package my friend(Kamal) was already waiting in Chevy Tahoe. As planned we were heading towards St Petersburg Pier. We just missed the last entrance into the pier building, so we couldn't  get to the top of building. However we were able to see the good view of the town down. Here is the view,

It's already 1 am and I didn't have dinner since I was in a rush to catch the flight. So we stopped at i-Hop . We skipped the Tampa skyline view and headed towards St Augustine. ( I didn't have much expectation for the city but that is about change in few hours). Also I didn't know that we have to pass Orlando on the way and we stopped on I-4

East free way to catch the Orlando welcome sign.

It was 4 am and we both were feeling sleepy and we were just one hour away from St Aug and we managed to reach without falling sleep. We stopped at Gas station and had coffee and headed towards the Fort (CASTILLO DE SAN MARCOS) for sunrise. One of the best places I have visited for the Sunrise and I highly recommend it for any photographers. While I was taking pictures My Pilot Kamal was in deep sleep. I did two circles of the Fort with different views and I had to let few Misquotes bite me (I am still yet to recover from all the itching happened during my Maine trip, courtesy Baxter park Black Flies) . I was able to verify the location of the Sunrise with the Park staff who just reached there and I was also able to get some history about the Fort. I wasn't sure it's just because of our Trip, from the Fort on all weekends they used to Fire the Cannon's but just for this week it was cancelled for some safety audit. :( Anyways I was quite happy with some of the pictures that I was able to capture and it was 7:15 when I closed my shutters. I wasn't exactly sure about the color of the car but I did check few Tacho's which are in the same shade to find my Pilot. Unfortunately I couldn't find him, so I had to wake him up by calling his mobile to find that he was just near and I was just walked by. He has parked just opposite to bright sunshine, so we decided to take the car to the beach and the next two hours was just a flash. We woke up at 9:30 and had a nice shower at the beach. I don't even remember when was the last time I went into the ocean, but this one was really nice. The weather changes so quickly here, it was raining heavily for few minutes and then blue sky started coming and my Friend told me this Florida for you (which make me to think that NE is not the only place where the weather is not predictable). Anyway's we were enjoying it, after the shower we went to an Irish breakfast place and spent next few hours walking across the streets of St Aug. Few pictures,

Now I am typing this while we are 20 miles away from Georgia and hoping to post this tonight. I will make sure I will keep the coming posts short and please stay tuned for the coming days.. :)

Cross Country Trip

It's been ages since I've visited my own blog and finally i am planning create posts about my cross country trip. I don't think i would have started this if no one has asked me to write. Thanks to the ones who asked and if it's not good don't blame me. :-)

To manage time effectively i am typing this while i am on a train towards the airport. Oh, for people who don't know my plan below the is map that we are planning to cover in the next 10 days. 

Exiting right ? :) 

For the first time i am renting a lens along with ND filter and i hope i take pictures for the rental cost. I am going to land in Tampa around midnight and planning to stop by at few places to take skyline pictures of Tampa. I Will post my pictures as soon as i can spend sometime on my computer. So stay tuned.. :)

Crazy thinking...

I’ve been thinking different things at times. I wanted to keep my brain active when I don’t have much to do at work. Below are the two questions which came to my mind. I just thought of sharing it with you and get some answers too..

I was reading some share profits in “Google Finance” and I saw 10% raise on a share. Then this question came to mind, Say if your asset is increasing by 10% on each day or transaction and in the next day the 10% profit will get added to your asset. The same sequence continues for every day or every transaction. How many days or transaction are needed to make the initial asset double?? Will that be same irrespective of what the initial amount is or will it varies? If you didn’t understand the wording of my question here is an example, your initial asset on day one is 10 and it’s increasing 10% on each day and how many days will it take to make your asset as 20? Does the number you come up with is same for any asset? In other words, Is it same for 100, 132213, 1243242?

My second question has come to mind this morning, we have seen many dual role movies where the hero and his son, or the hero and his dad will be the same guy and looks exactly the same. Have you come across any real incident like this? First of all is it genetically possible? If it’s not possible then we have been fooled by our cinema world for a long time just for the sack the hero wants to do a dual role!

Now you guys might have guessed how boring I am.. :)

BTW, for the first question the answer is 8 times and it’s 15 times if the increase is 5 % and it’s 9 times if the increase is 9 % and it’s same for whatever the initial asset is. I hope my math is not wrong!!

Please somebody answer my second question..

என் தாய் மாமன்!

சின்ன வசுல இருந்தே நான் கேக்கறதெல்லாம் வாங்கி குடுத்தவரு!

எனக்கு துணி எடுத்து குடுக்கறதுல இருந்து தீணி வாங்கி குடுக்கறவரைக்கும் எல்லாமே பார்த்து பார்த்து பன்னுனவரு!

என்னோட இன்ஜினியரிங் கவுன்செலிங் முதல் காலேஜ் பாக்கற வரைக்கும் கூட வந்தவரு!

இன்னும் ஞாபகம் இருக்கு, நான் என்னோட பனிரண்டு வயசு வரை அவோரோட பேர சொன்னது இல்ல, எனக்கு அவர்மேல அவளவு பயம்...

அடிக்கிற கைதான் அணைக்கும்னு சொல்லறமாதிரி, என்ன அதிகம் அடித்தவரும் என்மேல் அதிக பாசம் கொண்டவரும் அவர்தான்..

என்னோட அப்பா என்ன அடிச்சது கிடையாது, ஆனா என் மாமா அடிச்சா மட்டும் ஒன்னும் கேட்க மாட்டாரு, ஏனா என் அப்பாவுக்கு தெரியும் என் மாமாவை தவிர வேறு யாராலும் என்னை அவ்வளவு செல்லம் குடுத்து வளத்திருக்க முடியாதுனு!

தொழில்ல எவ்வளவு பணம் போனப்ப கூட நான் இருக்குறேன் உனக்கு என்ன வேணும்னாலும் என்ன கேளுனு சொன்னவரு..!

இன்னிக்கு உயிரோட இல்லேங்கிரப்ப அத என்னால நம்ப முடியில..

நான் அவர கடைசியா பாத்தது எட்டு மாசத்துக்கு முன்னாடி, அப்போ கூட அவர்கிட்ட அதிகம் பேசுல.. கடைசியா என்ன பாத்துட்டு போனப்ப என்னானு சொல்லாம கண்ணுல கண்ணீரோட போனாரு!!!

இதெல்லாம் நடக்கும்னோ என்னவோ, நாம இதுதான் நம்ம அக்கா மகன கடைசியா பாக்கரதோனு நினச்சு அழுதாருனு தெரியில..

எனக்கு எல்லாம் பாத்து பாத்து பண்ணுன அவருக்கு நான் ஒண்ணுமே பன்னணுது இல்ல.. கடைசில அவரோட இறுதி சடங்குல கூட கலந்துக்க முடியாம போயிருச்சேனு நினச்சு அழுக மட்டும்தான் முடியிது... எந்த ஒரு பலனுமே எதிர்பார்க்காம எல்லாம் பண்ணுன அவருக்கு நான் ஒரு கடனாளி என் வாழ்க்கை முழுவதும்!

Raavanan

It's not the best of Manirathnam’s I’ve watched and it could have been the worst, but it’s not just because of the camera work and few of the spectacular scenes like Aiswarya’s jumb, final fight on bridge, and the last scene AR’s background voice. One of the worst dialogue's I have seen in his movie and it's none other than Suhasini. It was definitely tough subject to show on screen but he could have done it better. I didn’t feel watching Mani’s movie and I was disappointed. Santhosh sivan has done a splendid job and it’s one of the best camera work I have seen in Tamil movie and just for his work you can watch this movie once more.

Back to work - When?

This is the first time I took a long break from my work and literally still it’s continuing. I went for a vacation to my home for three weeks and I had to extend it for one more week since I got typhoid during that time. It helped in one way that I could stay in home with my mom and dad for longer time. But now it’s really driving me crazy since I got a disease which may transfer to others, so I have to get the medical clearance before I go to office. Luckily I got an appointment on a first day and the doctor asked me to take some tests and it’s supposed to be ready in two days but still I am waiting for the result to come.

To find out whether my report is ready I’ve called my doctor this morning and the reply is a big NO. After I had cut the call, immediately my doctor called me and said, “I forgot to say you that you have to take few more tests, so can you go to the Lab and call me back?”. Bad luck, I went to the Lab which is couple of miles away from my home, on a normal day it’s an easy drive but when you have a record high snow it’s really difficult. After a slippery drive I’ve reached the lab only to see a board which says “We are closed due to the weather, Sorry for the inconvenience”. Bad luck becomes Bad luck², now I don’t have an option except waiting till the next day for few more new tests.

I don’t know have an idea when I am going to get the report, until then I can’t go to the office which is really making me lazy and lonely, that too after spending a month with my family.

Movies

Weather has spoiled our X-mas plans and it’s also spoiling our new year plan, we didn’t have much choice than going to bowling and movies. I’ve seen few movies and here they are,

Twilight (The New Moon)

For the sentiment and lack of pace I was thinking that this movie has been copied from some Tamil movie. I could relate few scenes with Kadal Konden, but the sets and other stuffs are great and most of the people are liked. Even though I am not a big fan of vampires I didn’t hate this movie. But I won’t recommend watching this..

Blind Side

I always like the movies which are brought from the real story and this is one among them. Everybody has acted well and it’s a huge hit here. I believe everybody wants to help others like Sandra Bullock did in this movie and that could be one reason all liked it. “Big Mike” and the kid have acted so well and off course Sandra was too good.

Invictus

“I am the captain of my soul” is the famous dialogue of this movie. It’s a real story of Nelson Mandela and his countries Rugbee team winning the cup. As always, Morgan freeman’s acting was too good. He is perfect to play the Nelson Mandela’s role and Matt Damn didn’t have much to do except his South African accent. The movie is so slow but it’s worth watching to get to know the few characteristics of one of the legends of this era.

Sherlock Holmes

Until I was stepping out of our room to go to this movie I didn’t know that, there is a story book called Sherlock Holmes and which was so famous. The movie has started little slow and it was getting interested as it progressed. The science has played major role in all the investigation. The amazing thing was the set to bring back the 18th century in the screen, which was too good except that nobody is alive today to say whether the 18th century is same as the one which is shown in that movie. I wish I want to be intelligent as Sherlock Holmes and as I said it’s just a wish.. :)

And finally the Avatar,

Even in a dream you can’t imagine the visual effects of this movie.. It’s the best graphics that I’ve ever seen and I heard that the director was waited for the technologies to get advanced to take this movie. That could be one reason why it took 10 years to take this movie. Kudos’s to the visual effects team who brought the directors visualization in the screen. Again in this movie I tend to relate to a Tamil movie were love and sentiments and climax fight and only kuthu songs were missing. And also the believe of god in other plant which makes us stupid. In fact the climate has been tried in Tamil long back as “கூடு விட்டு கூடு பாய்றது!”. This movie is a delight to watch in I-MAX with 3D and it’s already breaking the records and it will break all the records sooner.

That’s all I have watched in the last few weeks and wish you happy New Year to all. I am greatly exited about my trip to India next week.

It's not what it's looks like..

From the day I knew about cricket and till today I never stopped to follow cricket when India is playing. This post is related to yesterday’s match, when India was in a position to win the match and everybody was expecting sachin to get hundred and that didn’t happen at the end. It has created some controversies regarding Dinesh Karthick didn’t rotate the strike to sachin instead he was hitting four’s and even one six too.

When I was looking into the below picture I didn’t watch the highlights yet, and I was trying to think what sachin is saying to DK. This what I came up with,

இது ஒரு கற்பனையே, யாருடைய மனதயும் புண்படுத்துவதற்கு அல்ல!!!

ST:ஏன்டா ஏன்????? உன்னைய யாரு போரு, சிக்ஸ்னு அடிக்க சொன்னது....??? அடிக்க சொல்லறப்ப யாரும் அடிக்காதீங்க,

DK:அண்ணன் அது வந்து..

ST:என்னடா வந்து போயி, அதான் அடிசிட்டயே,,,,

ஒருத்தன் மொதல இருந்து குருவி சேக்கரமாதிரி ஒன்னு, ரெண்டுன்னு சேத்து வெச்சா, நீங்க கடைசில வந்து வின்னிங் ரன்

அடிச்சிட்டு போயிடுவிங்க!!!!

DK:அண்ணன் , நான் வந்து சும்மாதான் தொட்டேன், ஆனா அவன் வேகமா போட்டதுனால அது போர் போயிடிச்சு!!!

ST:டேய், ஓடிப்போயிரு இல்லாட்டி என்கிட்ட மிதி வாங்கப்போற!!!!!

The real story is,

DK was not happy that he got the four in the final ball and it was not an intentional shot and he was apologizing to Sachin while walking back to pavilion. As our hero sachin never think about his personal milestone though few people say he plays for himself. After watching the highlights I can say that sachin might have told him, “don’t worry about it, it doesn’t matter”.

So “it’s not what its looks like”.

Memorable November

It’s a special month for me, because it’s my birth month. Because my birthday falls in November I remember more than 20 birthdays of my friends which falls this month. It’s just not only the birthday's it’s also close to 10 marriages which I’ve missed this month. So it’s been busy month for most of the people, who I know, and it’s also a holiday season here, and almost everybody has something to do than their normal routine stuff.

I should have bought many things for this thanks giving day deal, but didn't buy anything except spending money in Indian restaurants all around the east coat during our 4 day trip. I have bought a new D-SLR camera few weeks back and I am trying to find how to use it properly and still I am learning. Since I could remember many people birthday’s this month, one day I tried to remember the names of my classmates from my school days whom I never had touch after I left school.

Below is the list of name that I could remember, in case if I think about this in the future, at least I have a list to verify. I also tried to remember their nick as well but I don’t remember most of their nick names so i tried to remember few things about them, Like Tom Hangs says in "Saving Private Rion" movie. We should think about the content to remember the peoples' face.

Ramesh – Ponni

RuthraMoorthy – Karuvayan

Ramachandran – Thatha

Boopathy

Saravanan

Prakash – I get to know that this guy is in Las Vegas now.

N Yuvaraj – Gundan

T Yuvaraj

T Karthi – He sings the katukuyile manasukulle full song from thalapathy movie during my 5th std.

B Karthi

K D Karthi - KD

Santhosh – Velliyangiri

Kumar

Babu

Sivakkumar

Thiyagarajan

Viji

Chandrasekar

Murugesan

Bhasakar

K R suresh

Jeevanantham – Who brings lot’s of sweet from his store

Jegatheesan

Raja – Brings paroto from his hotel.

Murugesan

Santhosh – Item

Ravikumar

That’s all I could remember now and if I get to know some more I will update this list and who knows, one day I will try to find them.

பிடித்த பிடிக்காத, ஒருவர்!

மீண்டும் ஒரு தொடர் பதிவு, சாமின் அழைப்பிற்கிணங்க!

ஒரு வார்த்தையில் காரணம் சொல்ல முயற்ச்சித்தேன்!

1. அரசியல்:

பிடித்தவர்: அன்புமணி - புகை

பிடிக்காதவர்:கருணாநிதி- நாற்காலி

2.எழுத்தாளர் - தெரியாது

3.இயக்குனர்

பிடித்தவர்:மணிரத்னம் - தரம்

பிடிக்காதவர்:பேரரசு - குப்பை

4.நடிகர்

பிடித்தவர்:கமல் - ஆர்வம்

பிடிக்காதவர்:விஜய் - அதிகப்பிரசங்கி

5 . இசையமைப்பாளர்

பிடித்தவர்:ஜேம்ஸ் வசந்தன் - புதுமை

பிடிக்காதவர்:தேவி ஸ்ரீ பிரசாத் - கூச்சல்

6. விளையாட்டு வீரர்

பிடித்தவர்: விஸ்வநாதன் ஆனந்த் - அடக்கம்

பிடிக்காதவர்: தெரியாது

7. பதிவர்

பிடித்தவர்:சஞ்சய் காந்தி - விவசாயம்

பிடிக்காதவர்:தெரியாது

எனக்கு தெரிந்தவரை விதிகளை மீறவில்லை என்று நினைக்கிறன்!

அழைப்பது,

சுப்பு, பிரபா, தங்கம்

விதிமுறை..

1 . பிடித்தவர்களும், பிடிக்காதவர்களும் தமிழ்நாட்டிற்குள் இருந்தாகவேண்டும்.

2. அழைக்கப்படுவர்களின் எண்ணிக்கை குறைந்தது இருவராகவும், அதிகபட்சம் ஐவராகவும் இருக்கலாம்.

3. பிடித்தவரோ, பிடிக்காதவரோ கண்டிப்பாய் பிரபலமானவராய் (தற்போதைய) இருக்க வேண்டும்.

4. காரணம் தேவையில்லை, விருப்பம் உள்ளவர்கள் சொல்லலாம்.

ஒரு விவசாயின் புலம்பல்!

தந்தை மகன் உரையாடல்!

மகன்:எனங்கப்பா எப்புடி இருக்கீங்க, மழை எதாவது பேஞ்சுதா?

தந்தை: நாங்க நல்ல இருக்கோம், நீ எப்புடி கண்ணு இருக்குற?, மழை ஏதும் காணோம், வயக்காட்டுல அவுரி போட்டிருக்கோம், தோட்டத்துல நெல்லு நாத்து விட்டிருக்கோம் , ஆத்துலயும் தண்ணி இல்ல, அணையிலும் தண்ணி நாப்பது அடிதான் இருகுதாம, இந்த வருஷம் வயலடிச்சு நெல்லு அருக்கறதுக்குள்ள நாக்கு தள்ளி போகும் போல!

மகன்: ஆத்துல ஊத்து போட்டு தண்ணி பாச்ச முடியாதுங்களா? பம்பு செட்டு வெச்சு பாக்கலாமா?

தந்தை: பம்பு செட்டு எல்லாம் வெச்சா முட்டுவுளிக்கு (முதலீடு) கூட கட்டாது, எதோ மழ வந்தா பாக்கலாம், இல்லாட்டி இந்த தடவ அவுரி காஞ்சுபோக வேண்டியதுதான்!

இது ஒரு தொலை தூரத்தில் வாழும் மகனுக்கும், விவசாய தந்தைக்கும் நடக்கும் உரையாடல்!

பருவ மழை பொய்த்து போகும் போது ஒவ்வொரு விவசாயின் புலம்பல் இது.. !

வருடம் முப்போகம் விளையும் தஞ்சை தரணியிலே ஒரு விவசாயி எலிக்கறியும், அது கிடைகதவர்கள் உயிரை மாயிப்பதும் கொடுமையிலும் கொடுமை.

ஒரு கிலோ அரிசி 30 ருபாய் கொடுத்து வாங்கும் பொதுசன மக்கள் முதல், விவசாயிடம் நெல் கொள்முதல் செய்யும் தரகர் வரை எல்லோரும் சுவையான உணவு உண்ணும் பொழுது அந்த விவசாயி மட்டும் எலிக்கறியும், ஒருவேளை கஞ்சியும் குடிப்பது வேதனை தரும் விஷயம் அல்லவா?

சுவையான பலகாரமும், புத்தாடையும் அணிந்து தீபாவளி கொண்டாடும் பொழுது எத்தனை பேர் இந்த துரதிஷ்ட விவசாயியை நினைத்து பார்த்திருப்போம், வானம் மிளிரும் பட்டாசு கொளுத்தும் பொழுது எத்தனை பேர் நினைத்து பார்த்திருப்போம் இது ஒரு விவசாயின் வெள்ளாமையில்(உழவு) நெருப்பு வெயிக்கும் செயல் என்று?இனிய இந்தியாவில் எத்தனையோ கிராமங்கள் பட்டாசு வெடிக்காமல் அமைதி தீபாவளி கொண்டாடும் போதும் நகரத்திலுள்ள நாம் மட்டும் ஏனோ அதை நினைத்து பார்க்கவில்லை !!

ஊருக்கெல்லாம் படியளக்கும் ஒரு விவசாயி, தன் மகனை படிக்கவைக்க முடியாமல் , தான் பார்க்கும் விவசாயத்தையும் தொடர முடியாமல் தினம் தினம் உயிருடன் சாகும் குடும்பங்கள் ஏராளம்.

எப்படி ஒருவரின் கல்விக்கு உதவுவது உண்ணதமோ, அது போன்று ஒரு விவசாயின் துயர் துடைக்க உதவுவதும் உண்ணதமே!

பங்கு சந்தையில் முதலீடு செய்யும் நீங்கள், ஒரு மாறுதலுக்கு ஏன் ஒரு விவசாயியை நம்பி முதலீடு செய்யக்கூடாது?

தங்களுடைய முதலீட்டை திருப்பி தர விவசாயி தன் உயிரை குடுத்து பாடுபடுவான். லாபம் பெற்றால் தங்களுடன் தனது பெரிய பங்கை மகிழ்வுடன் பகிர்ந்து கொள்வான்!!

இயற்கையின் சீற்றத்தால் அவனால் தங்களுடைய முதலீட்டை திருப்பி தர இயலாவிட்டால் அதை பெருந்தன்மையோடு விட்டுகொடுங்கள்!

Sister

From my childhood onwards I was so jealous about my mom and my uncle’s (mom’s younger brother) understanding. My mom will support him like anything and the same way he also did. They used to have some fights but it won’t last long not like mine and my brother. My mom used to tell stories about their sibling relationship which I was amazed in many times.

The kind of support one is getting from his sister is almost like from their parents. May be I am feeling this, because I’ve an elder brother with whom I always had fight till we stayed together. I‘ve almost lost the touch with him, like speaking to him once in a month and it’s extended to once in a quarter and now I don’t remember when was the last time I spoke to him. We never had any close or long relative whom we can call as a sister and we never studied in co-ed till our collage and we never had a chance of experiencing the relationship of a sister. To be frank I didn’t even know how to speak to a girl (even today :)) when I joined the collage, and I can count the words that I spoke to the girls during the first year.

It was never an easy chat with any girls with whom I have talked with and most of the time I had created a bad impression like “he is rude”. I am sure that I had hurt many girls without even knowing that I was hurting them. I have made few people to cry, it’s not because I wanted to be like that, it’s because I never knew how I should treat a girl. But I should be happy and lucky enough to say few of them have understood me and I am having a good relation with them. They used to correct me if I do anything wrong and I should be thankful to them. I should say they made me to understand the life better, because it’s not going to be easy when you don’t know how to treat the half of the world. I won’t say I am very soft person who can make a very good friendship with girls, still it’s going to be hard and I can assure that I will be very careful not to hurt anyone.

It’s from my own view and understanding from my family that, it’s really hard to find a breakup in brother-sister relation and even if it happened because of the circumstances they have very good respect within them which others won’t understand.

I write this post to thank each and every one of the sisters whom I have been with and I am proud of saying that I have lot of sisters who have helped me to live the life better and I respect them for that. I also want to apologize to all if had hurt you and if you read this post please forgive me. I hope that I will get the support from my sisters forever …:)

BTW, this is my 100th post..

Money

Which makes people laugh, enjoy, cry and at the worst, inducing them to giving up their own life in the sense of suicide. I have heard of some incidents where people have killed themselves because of not paying their loan back or when people had belief in somebody and finally they have cheated them, like that. I am not sure may be if we take a survey when people are going for decision of killing themselves, Love-failures will come first and then the Money laundering or any type of fraud which is related to money. The issues which are related to money will be happening in a rich family and which you won’t see normally in the poor families because they don’t have enough money do these kind of stupid things..

In some cases, if you admit somebody with the series condition in hospital and you are keep spending money, and at the end you are going to loose all your money and the person’s life whom you have admitted. There was a real incident which took place in Coimbatore when I was studying in college. One family from my village has admitted their mother in a series condition and she was surviving in ICU for three days and finally she was dead in the fourth day. I saw her on third day evening or may be the fourth day morning, her family told me that “Doctors are saying she is recovering well and we have to pay 50 thousand for some treatment”. They have already paid couple of lacks and also they did pay the 50k and after they paid the amount within an hour they came to know that she is dead.

They were asked to pay the remaining 25k and take the body, after some intervention from some rich people they finally allowed them to take the body out. But after 6 months they have received a court notice saying that there is case against them for not paying the money for the treatment that they have had for their deadly mother. What a bad situation one can imagine, after spending so much money and you couldn’t save his mother and weather her memory lies in their life or not, they have to pay their bill and spend money like this for their entire life.

Is this the purpose of money? Please think yourself, and don’t let the money run you instead you run the money.

Fired..

It’s a word which usually appear in the headline for past 1 year to 6 months and still you can hear this word somewhere here and there. Being in an IT I’ve seen people got fired and left the office in front me and it’s happening everywhere. He/She might have worked for decades and the time allowed for them to vacate the office is just 30 minutes, few of them might have stayed in the same cube or office for the whole period and it really hurts their feeling. It’s not a bullet which is always being shot at non performers, sometimes it will be aimed at an issue raiser, a problem maker or a risk maker (or the one who takes the risk). I know people who have worked for 24X7 and still they got fired and sometimes people who used to cover their subordinates will also get into this list. I am assuming that people used to have a scale and keep watching you and when you go out the boundary that’s it, you are gone. In some cases the management might want to fire somebody but they can’t because of their dependability.

During that situation if you go out for vacation for a week and if the other people can able to handle the situation without you, it’s like a putting a paper without even giving any notice and also without getting any offer in your hand. After the vacation if you comeback you can just pack your things and go back to home. The reason people are getting fired is because of the financial situation, company has to reduce their expenditure to survive in this bad situation. We can’t blame them because we are getting fired but at the same time they way they are handling the people could have been better. Are you getting the same respect as you hired when you get fired????

World Hunger Worsening

Today we have a plenty of problems to discuss in the world and I certainly believe, this is one of the top most priority that everyone should think or care about. Global hunger is worsening and it’s a serious issue which needs to be handled quickly and sensibly. I always try to find mistakes in the political system, politicians, and service oriented employees or for that matter everybody except me. Sometimes I used to think there is something wrong in me or something which I need to correct before I speak about others. Wasting food is one among them which I have to change and I urge everybody to change. Below is the chart which explains the story of world hunger.

I born and brought up in a village where farming is the main source of income and I still remember my dad used to insist us, not to split the rice outside the plate or waste even a rice while we eat. As he is a farmer he knows the value of a rice and also he knows the effort to bring that rice to home in the current environment, where there is no rain for a whole year or there is a flood which washes out everything. I used to hear from some of my friend’s that in Qur’an it’s mentioned, that “There is a name written in each rice to whom it belongs to” and I believe there is No Name where it’s called as WASTE.

We as a common man, who should take the responsibility of not wasting food either it could be in home or in restaurant. Just think about the thousands and thousands of people who die everyday due to hunger and try to change the habit of wasting food as much as you can. There is also one more point which I wanted to stress out here is, the usage of plastic. Always try avoiding the use of plastics at the maximum as you can. It’s just not for you or your health, it affects the whole environment which intern directly affects the farming.

Instead of thinking or debating about whether a new bill has to be passed to avoid plastic or to reduce the hunger just think that there is something which you can do to save the world or the future. There is a say in Tamil which is being used in most of the common man conversation's

"மனுசன் ஓடி ஆடி உழைக்கறது எதுக்கு, இந்த ஒரு சான் வயத்துக்காக தானே?? ".

So, Please waste sensibly.