AHAMED NISHADH

V Awards - Unveiling of the Finalists [FULL SHOW]

2012-01-13T01:56:00.000+05:30

Like ive stated in my previous posts, V Awards is an awards ceremony to award the volunteers of Sri Lanka. The first part of the ceremony which is to announce the finalists was held on the 5th of December 2011 at Stien Studio's in Ratmalana in a very glamorous event. The Grand Finale of the ceremony is coming up next weekend on the 21st of January 2012 which is hoped to be a even bigger event.

For all those who couldnt make it to the event or want to view the event, the full video of the event has been uploaded onto YouTube by the organizers and ive also embed it in this post below for all those who want to watch it.. So watch the show, enjoy it, appreciate the efforts taken, inspire yourself through the stories of the many volunteers and give back to the society what you can give.

Furthermore, If you would like to come and watch the event yourself, the go and register yourself at http://www.iyv10srilanka.com/grand-finale/ and you will receive a invitation upon availability and your confirmation of participation.

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V AWARDS - UNVEILING OF THE FINALISTS

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Hope you all enjoyed the show and took a lesson or two from the stories that were mentioned.

Adios!!

Happy New Year 2012

2011-12-31T12:12:00.000+05:30

Merry Christmas

2011-12-25T00:20:00.001+05:30

UN Volunteers, V-Force and V-Awards.. A Journey Begins...

2011-12-09T19:42:00.001+05:30

If you've been watching Sirasa TV, Channel One MTV or Shakthi TV or listened to the radio stations also owned by the same network over the past few months you would have seen or heard about V-Awards. A one of a kind and also the first of a kind event in Sri Lanka this is. V-Awards, like the tagline says for itself "Shinning a Light of Those who serve in Silence" is an event which is an awards show that was organized to honor, support, say thanks, encourage and to bring out those people around the nation in Sri Lanka who have served in silence to serve the people without thinking of their own personal benefits.

A joint effort by the International Year of Volunteers +10 National Steering Committee and News 1st along with many other partner organizations such as the UN Volunteers and others was V-Awards. Hundreds of applications were received from various parts of the island nominating many individuals who have done tremendous work in terms of volunteer service and from these applications, 26 were short listed to be the best of the lot.

Come, December 5th 2011.. its International Volunteer Day 2011.. and best of all, its the 10th Anniversary of the IVD since it was started way back in 2001.. and so like everywhere in the world, here in Sri Lanka also, plans were drawn up to celebrate the day in style and this time it included having the V-Awards Announcing the Finalists show too...

V-Awards Announcing the Finalists show was a veeeery grand event held at the Stien Studios Ratmalana, which boasts as one of the largest ever in South Asia and owned by the MTV / MBC Networks. With a large amount of guests including VIP's, nominees, their families, friends and everyone else, the event was a resounding success. First the 26 shortlisted nominees were felicitated on stage and then the shot list was brought down to 15 finalists who were announced one by one with a surprise factor coming in where a volunteer from the V-Force shadowing them awarding them with the certificate and im proud to say i was also one of those who awarded one of the nominees. In addition to all these, other events such as entertainment items and what not were performed to make the event a huge success.

While I was talking about the event up there, you would have noticed I had talked about a V-Force.. even the title of this post says so.. And im sure if you didnt knw abt it all this time, you would be wondering what exactly the V-Force is.. to tell you a bit about it, the V-Force is a group of volunteers who have joined up to volunteer themselves for these projects and probably many more to come in the future. There are almost 300 members in the V-Force and around half of them played a part in the V-Awards show too...

To be honest, volunteering is not something thats new for me. Since long time, ive been helping out with projects on my own just so that the others feel that they have an extra hand in their team to support them. Ive been part of the Red Cross in school level and also participated in many CSR projects done during school times and continued the trend into uni life too with joining the student club as a volunteer and working in events.. Once i heard about the V-Force and the UN Volunteers thing thru an event that was supported by the V-Force, i always wanted to join in... and so thru a V-Force website i submitted by application to join and thus started receiving updates on events being held and stuff.. I badly wanted to participate in many of these events but never was able to due to the work load i had with lectures and stuff but when the V-Awards update came i was determined that i atleast be part of this and get started with this.. and thus started my role in V-Force.. ive worked in a V-Force event for only two days but its been fun.. to see the different kinds of people who come in to join hands for worthy causes.. its good to see it.. especially youth coming together.. means a lot.. a whole lot more in a country like Sri Lanka just after a war has ended...i just hope this V-Force doesnt break up and stays strong and grows in the years to come and i be part of it...

There is a quotation that i remember reading somewhere which says "If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours".. this is probably the basics of volunteerism... you can have all the money in the world but you will lack happiness. volunteer yourself to make someone happy and see yourself smiling too.. Just like Mr.Heenbanda (finalist of V-Awards) said in his AV on the V-Awards day... "money is nothing. i do not take money for what i do.. i do it for personal satisfaction. the smile on another persons face when they feel good just keeps me running".. this is true volunteerism..

to leave you with, i attach a picture gallery of the V-Awards event held last week and also a news coverage clip of the V-Awards...

Created with flickr slideshow.

Just like Marion Wright Eddelman said.. "Service is the rent we pay for living.".. so... HAVE YOU PAID YOUR RENT???

Adios!!!

SUBA - A DRAMA OF REALITIES | MEMORIES

2011-12-07T19:37:00.001+05:30

Its been almost two and a half months now since we as a team performed Suba, a drama of untold stories and realities that happen and its been a great experience for us all... with no video coverage of the drama done, but having an excellent photography coverage done by some of our own photographers who gave us almost 500 photographs of before the event, the event and post event i decided to make a video of the best of the 500 lot so as to serve as a memory in the years to come.. if you missed watching suba or was not part of Suba, you can take a look at this video and see how much fun we had during those few weeks....

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im just hoping that we be able to do yet another drama like this soon....

ADIOS!!!

Why This Kolaveri Di?????

2011-11-17T17:49:00.001+05:30

so once every now and then, there comes a song that will hit the audience like a storm.. and here is one such song from the upcoming movie "3". Directed by Aishwarya Dhanush starting Danush and Shrutti Hassan. The song why this Kolaveri penned and sung by Danush himself has deep meaning in it altho its said in a funny way.. chk it out and have fun..

Hello Boys.. I am Singing Song..
Soup Song.. Flop Song..

Why This Kolaveri Kolaveri Kolaveri Dee?
Why This Kolaveri Kolaveri Kolaveri Dee?
Why This Kolaveri Kolaveri Kolaveri Dee?
Why This Kolaveri? Dee..

Distance'la Moon'nu Moon'nu
Moon'nu Color'ru White'tu
White'tu Background Night'tu Nigth'tu
Night'tu Color'ru Black'ku

Why This Kolaveri Kolaveri Kolaveri Dee?
Why This Kolaveri Kolaveri Kolaveri Dee?

White'tu Skin'nu Girl'lu Girl'lu
Girl'lu Heart'tu Black'ku
Eyes'su Eyes'su Meet'tu Meet'tu
My Future Dark'ku..

Why This Kolaveri Kolaveri Kolaveri Dee?
Why This Kolaveri Kolaveri Kolaveri Dee?

Mama, Notes Eduthuko..
Apdiye Kaila Snacks Eduthuko..
Papapa Papapapa Papapa Pa Pa..
Šeriya Vaasi..
Šuper Mama Ready.. Ready 1 2 3 4..
What A Change Over Mama
Agaim Mama.. Nøw Tune Change'ju..

Kaila Glass'su.. Only Ènglish'sa..
Hand'la Glass'su
Glass'la Šcøtch'chu
Èyes'su Full'la Tear'ru
Èmpty Life'fu, Girl Cøme'mu
Life'fu Reverse'su Gear'ru
Løve'vu Løve'vu Oh My Løve'vu
Yøu Šhøw Tø Me Pøw'vu
Cøw'vu Cøw'vu Køzhi Cøw'vu
I Want Yøu Here Nøw'vu
Gød I am Dying Nøw
Šhe Is Happy Høw'vu?
This Šøng'gu Pass Tø Bøys'su
We Døn't Have Chøice'su

Why This Kølaveri Kølaveri Kølaveri Dee
Why This Kølaveri Kølaveri Kølaveri Dee
Why This Kølaveri Kølaveri Kølaveri Dee
Why This Kølaveri Kølaveri Kølaveri Dee

Fløp Šøng..

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Adios...

EID MUBARAK - HAJJ 2011

2011-11-06T22:41:00.000+05:30

ICC WORLD T20 CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012 - SRI LANKA | LOGO

2011-10-31T19:21:00.001+05:30

Ra One - A Personal Review

2011-10-31T17:51:00.000+05:30

so its that time of the year where movies from India start bursting into the market... yes Diwali... the time when usually big time movies from india are released while a few less fortunate small timers also release... so among all the movies released for Diwali 2011, was Ra One... India's most expensive film after Endhiran which has a similar theme and was released almost a year ago during the same time...

so after much hype about the film, the songs were release a month or so ago and as expected was a commercial success.. Chammak Challo by Akon was probably the best song... while a few more songs like Criminal and Dildara were my personal favourites.. and with that came the movie on Diwali day...

although i did not have the privilege to watch it in a theater, i was able to grab a pretty decent rip of it off the internet coz i badly wanted to watch it.. and i should say, i wasnt disappointed at all.. it was a pretty decent movie.. although there were pre movie reviews and rumors which stated that it was a copy of the movie Endhiran, i certainly disagree... the story was although on a similar theme, was different.. it was a different concept, a different technology if it may be said and also different setting and environment...

one thing i would praise about this film is the technicality of the film.. the graphics, the VFX, the sound engineering were very very very much better compared to other indian sci-fi movies.. it can be said that some technical errors done in endhiran have been carefully corrected in Ra One...

many of the scenes in the movies were kinda a copy from other movies like endhiran, spiderman, superman, batman and tron as far as i can identify but it was with a difference... not an exact copy but similar to it.. altho endhiran did not show much of the technical aspects of making the machine, Ra One addressed that problem by explaining what the technology is etc which give the movie a different sense..

apart from this, SRK's acting in the first parts were good.. the places where he talks in tamil adds more humor to the movie..

a word or two must be said about the music and sound of the movie.. pretty good music.. songs were awesome.. also the tamil version of the songs were excellent it should be said.. loved the music.. especially the BGM of the film.. excellent.. love the "paiththiyakkara paiththiyakkara" background music.. plus other music.. suits the movie perfectly...

it should be noted that SRK took some pretty big risks considering this movie and needless to say, they have all paid off well.. getting Akon to sing... getting south indian Super Star Rajinikanth to play a 2 min cameo in the movie, prinyanka chopra, sanjay dutt doing cameos have all paid off very well.. especially akon and rajini..

all in all it should be said that the movie is a pretty good commercial entertaining movie and a must watch.. i can safely say that Ra One has taken the 2nd big step after Endhiran to make sci-fi and technologically advanced hollywood range movies...

go and watch it..

Adios!!

HAPPY DIWALI

2011-10-26T11:31:00.002+05:30

WISHING ALL MY FRIENDS OUT THERE

A HAPPY DIWALI

Assignment, Drama's, Exams, Sleepless Nights and Life

2011-10-18T21:45:00.000+05:30

so so so.. its been more than a month since ive posted here and i think it is time now to post something and update this blog of mine on things happening around and with me in the past month or so..

With ramadan coming to an end at the end of August, it was time for assignment submissions, exams and what not in the academic life to come along as the semester was coming to an end.. but this time, the fun started in a different way.. that was with Thomian Fair 2011.. the most awaited fair in Sri Lanka held every few years was back.. and this time bigger and better than the last time when it was held 7 years ago.. it was a fun filled event with a packed crowd and being one of those people who helped in what ever way possible for the fair to become a success, im proud of myself for what i did in addition to having all the fun with friends.. but like they always say.. when good things happen, sumthing will try to ruin it.. oh yes... its assignments.. even during the fair, there was this assignment submission that had to be done.. and like always, what ever the obstacle may be, the assignment was done on time and then it was fun all nyt long at the thora fair.. it was a fun filled affair and after all the rumour stating that the thora fair will be a failure due to happenings in college, the organizing committee proved them wrong with a fair that can be called completely successful and for that i congratulate the organizing committee for a job well done and for giving us a chance to meet old friends and say to our grandchildren in the future that i was part of Thora Fair 2011... (FYI if anyone of you want to see pictures of the Thora Fair, its available at http://www.stcmloba.org/thomianfair_gallery.php)

well probably by now, you know that for me, personally doing assignments is a fun affair for me.. and right after the thora fair began the fun. submissions, submission and more submissions.. phew.. i would say.. september has been a month that i cannot forget for very many reasons.. some of which i will tell you in this post but seriously.. september 2011.. gosh.. one month in my life that i will always remember..

so with all the submissions.. the presentations.. the documenting process.. and the road trip around colombo after which having lunch at 7pm (thasi, shohan, hirosh, dilshan will remember this day all their lives) and what not, it was time for some extra curricular activities too.. and this time, it was time for me to step into a unknown territory for me.. ive been involved in various different extra curricular activities but this was the first time i was involved in a drama.. and not just one.. but two dramas and probably more in the future..

SUBA - A drama written by Ms.Marini de Livera of the APIIT Law School was a drama about one girls journey to fight the violations of human rights and human trafficking in Sri Lanka... from the first day of practices we had for the drama up until now, its been fun being part of this production.. students from APIIT Business School, Law School, and School of Computing and Foundation Classes all came together to put up this production.. althought it was done on a low scale with a small script with very little help and extra props and stuff, the drama was a resounding success in terms of putting up a good show and various other aspects.. new friends were made.. new skills were brought out.. new experiences... and boy.. this was fun.. and i mean it.. the event was held at the Lumbini College Hall..

although we had a very limited audience, we had fun.. we enjoyed ourselves in doing what we did. with all the little misunderstanding, arguments, breaking down sessions and oh yeah, assignments, it was finally a first class performance in terms of saying amateurs did the acting.. i myself acted in the role of a politician in this drama which was the first time i acted in a drama in years.. although in every damn practice session we had i never got my lines correct, when it came to the final show, thanks to all mighty god, my lines were perfect.. :)

all the fun we had during the times we practiced for the drama.. all the little sacrifices made for the success of the drama.. gosh... it all paid off very well.. and seriously hats off to all my friends who acted in the drama.. (netha, bena, mandy, mad, charith, bimba, kani, janu, mili, benja, dinushi and everyone else) ive never seen such a perfect drama being put up after practicing in such a short time.. and also to the backstage crew for a wonderful job done in the backstage.. and now with Suba Preview done.. its time to take it large scale.. and if things go right.. we hope to do a much better and bigger show of the drama sometime soon..

with that done, next up was SDP submissions.. and no.. i do not wanna talk abt it.. all i will say is that im happy with the outcome of the assignment and thats the last i will have to do sumthing like that... may be the assignment was a bit challenging due to certain constraints that we had to go thru in addition to the drama we had to perform..

so exit SDP and enter Curtain Call 2011.. the annual inter apiit drama competition 2011.. and once again i played a part in the drama.. this time from the back end as a backstage crew of the William Gotshot drama.. and gosh.. the fun we had with this drama too.. it was epic i would say.. although this was much smaller with a cast of 6 members and a crew of 6 members.. this was a drama for all those involved to remember..

so with weeks of practicing, and after being virtually dead after suba (which was jst 4 days earlier and SDP submission which was jst the day b 4.. it was time to pull the socks back on and back to old skool on planning and implementing a successful event.. and oh boy yes we did.. hats off to shohan for a wonderful job in planning the backstage and for the crew for implementing it perfectly and for the cast (deshan, netha, bena, mad, mandy, janu) for doing a very good job with the acting... also it shud b noted that we were also placed 3rd in the competition (altho i personally feel we shud have come 2nd.. but then.. as thomians we accept wat is best). also congradulations to Deshan for being the best actor in the competition.. seriously i enjoyed watching him acting and especially falling :P:P:

all in all.. it was a day full of fun and yeah we all enjoyed it.. and yet another exhausting day and a week comes to an end... of course, weeks after it all finished, we all still talk about it and the friendships made still remain strong.. personally i would like to thank the people who called me into the drama for suba.. coz that got me starting in this area too.. now im all ready for backstage at any drama.. or for that matter, i dont mind a lil acting too.. ;)

well with all that coming to an end.. the semester too has come to an end.. and that means exams.. as usualy exams were like eating a piece of cake for me.. and then the last day of the semester and for the first year.. it was fun going arnd colombo with the set was fun...

so its that time of the year where the class is broken into different classes.. although there was sooo much that happened during the past one year at apiit, i sincerely say that i would miss the class as a whole big time.. being the class rep i jst had a link with almost everyone in the class.. and now im gonna miss that. hope the new class will be pretty much the same as it was before..

and also next up is SAC elections for which ive decided to contest this year.. elections coming up next week and campaigning starts tomorrow so busy week ahead.. lets c how i can fair at an election.. not that im gonna stop working if i loose.. :P:P:P

and once again, jst gotta say that the past two months some wonderful things have happened in my live and im soooo greatful to god for all that.. i just hope that things work out properly in the future too...

so long for now... got sum TV shows to watch nw dat holidays have started...

Adios...

EID MUBARAK

2011-08-30T07:51:00.002+05:30

EID MUBARAK TO YOU ALL!!!!!

Productive Ramadan | Animated Video Tips

2011-08-24T00:26:00.000+05:30

so... its 22 days of fasting have passed by and we are on the eve of the 23rd ramadan... time goes by very fast doesnt it?? pretty fast i would say.. this year around ramadan has been pretty good.. way way much better than the previous years i would say.. many reasons.. probably coz im spending it with some new set of friends or the lower work load and plus some other very specific reasons which are better not to be told out.. so yeah.. ramadan has been good.. and with around 8 more days to go, time to start designing the e-card i guess.. hope to make an awesome one this time too like last year..

so.. coming to the main topic of the post.. its been 22 days.. and have we all ever thought about what we have been upto in the past 22 days?? how many prayers we missed?? what good deeds did we do?? etc? so many things to consider during fasting isnt it?? ;)

well today, was at APIIT and a friend introduced me and a few others to this set of YouTube videos called the Productive Muslim videos.. this is a set of vdos buy a few guys with the intention of spreading islam in the correct way and in a much simpler way.. so with ramadan, these guys apparently came up with a series called the Productive Ramadan Animation series.. which is a series of a few vdos.. animated vdos.. very short. 1 min max.. saying sumthing in such a way that hits u ryt on the head and makes u realize ur mistakes..

pretty gud set of vdos so thought of sharing it here so that you guys can also chk them out.. click the Read More button below to chk out the vdos and pls do learn a lesson from it and do sumthing at least in the next 8 days k!!

got something on my mind that i need to write about.. will write on it once i finish my research on that topic.. should be this weekend insha allah.. so till then, enjoy the videos..

hope you enjoyed the videos and learnt a lesson from them...

Adios!!

காதலித்து பார்....

2011-08-06T07:03:00.001+05:30

kaathaliththu paar.. காதலித்து பார்... which roughly translates into "try falling in love with someone" a poem by 6 times Best Lyricist Indian National Award winner "Kaviperarasu" Vairamuthu..

this poem is about how you feel and what will happen to you when you fall in love.. as always Vairamuthu has expressed the feelings that happen in a way that any normal person who is not even in love will understand the feelings...

you may be wondering why I have posted this song and written a post on this song.. well its nothing except for the fact that certain events happening around me are coinciding with this poem.. i can see how my friends are doing and when relating them to this poem see how much of this is true..

the lovely verses that Vairamuthu has penned just expresses the feelings and situations exactly as it is in a common generalized form... certain verses say exactly what can happen.. for example the last few lines which go like காதலித்து பார். சொர்க்கம், நரகம், இரண்டில் ஒன்று, இங்கயே நிச்சயம்.. which means "Try to love someone... you can experience heaven or hell in this world for sure" which is true upto 99.99% i would say.. gosh.. the things that certain people go thru after falling in love is just pathetic at some times and also i feel sorry at sometimes for them..

so for all those who are in love.. who were in love.. and especially for all those who are planning to fall in love.. i dedicate this poem to you guys..

below ive made some lines into italics to say that they are some of the lines that touched me most!!

காதலித்து பார்,

உன்னை சுற்றி ஒளிவட்டம் தோன்றும்,

உலகம் அர்த்தப்படும்,

ராத்திரியில் நீளம் விளங்கும் ,

உனக்கும் கவிதை வரும் ,

கையெழுத்து அழகாகும்,

தபால்காரன் தெய்வம் ஆவான் ,

உன்பிம்பம் விழுந்தே கண்ணாடி உடையும் ,

கண்ணிரெண்டும் ஒளிகொள்ளும் ,

காதலித்து பார்...

தலையணையை நனைப்பாய் ,

மூன்று முறை பல் துலக்குவாய்,

காத்திருந்தால் நிமிஷங்கள் வருஷம் என்பாய்,

வந்துவிட்டால் வருஷங்கள் நிமிஷம் என்பாய்,

காக்கை கூட உன்னை கவனிக்காது,

ஆனால் இந்த உலகமே உன்னையே கவனிப்பதை உணர்வாய்,

வையிற்றிட்கும் தொண்டைக்குமை உருவமில்லா உருண்டை ஒன்று உருளைக் காண்பாய்,

இந்த வானம், இந்த அந்தி, இந்த பூமி, இந்த பூக்கள் எல்லாம் காதலை கவரவிக்கும் ஏற்பாடுகள் என்பாய்,

காதலித்து பார்...

இருதயம் அடிக்கடி இடம் மாரித்துடிக்கும்,

நிசத்த அலைவரிசைகளில் உனது குரல் மட்டும் ஒளிபரப்பாகும்,

உன் நரம்பே நான் ஏற்றி,

உனக்குள்ளே அம்பு விடும்,

காதலில் திரைச்சீலையை காமம் கிழிக்கும்,

ஹார்மோன்கள் நைல் நதியாய் பெருக்கெடுக்கும்,

உதடுகள் மட்டும் சஹாரா வாக்கும்,

தாகங்கள் சமூத்திரமாகும்,

பிறகு கண்ணீர் துளிக்குள் சமூத்திரங்கள் அடங்கும்,

காதலித்து பார்...

பூக்களில் மோதி மோதி உடைந்து போக உன்னால் முடியுமா,

அஹிம்சையும் இம்சையை அடைந்ததுண்டா,

அழுகின்ற சுகம் அறிந்ததுண்டா,

உன்னையே உனக்குள்ளே புதைக்கத் தெரியுமா,

சபையில் தனிமையாகவும்,

தனிமையை சபையாக்கவும்,

உன்னால் உண்ணுமா,

அத்வைதம் அடையவேண்டும,

ஐந்தங்கள் இடைவெளியில் அமிர்தமிருந்தும்,

பட்டினி கிடந்தது பழகியதுண்டா,

காதலித்து பார்...

சின்ன சின்ன பரிசுகளில் சிலக்கமுடியுமே - அதற்காகவேனும்,

போலன்களை வர்த்தி புதுப்பிக்க முடியுமே - அதற்காகவேனும்,

ஆண் என்ற சொல்லுக்கும்,

பெண் என்ற சொல்லுக்கும்,

அகராதியில் ஈரத அர்த்தங்கள் விளங்குமே - அதற்காகவேனும்,

வாழ்ந்துகொண்டே சாகவும் முடியுமே,

செத்துக்கொண்டே வாழவும் முடியுமே - அதற்காகவேனும்,

காதலித்து பார்..

சம்ப்ரதாயம் சட்டை பிடித்தாலும்,

உறவுகள் உயிர் பிரிந்தாலும்

விழித்துப்பார்க்கையில் உன் திருக்கல் கலவுபோயிருந்தாலும்,

ஒரே ஆணியில் இருவரும் சக்கனச்சிளுவுகள் அரயப்பட்டலும்,

நீ நீசிக்கும் அவனோ அவளோ உன்னை நேசிக்க மறந்தாலும்,

காதலித்து பார்.

சொர்க்கம், நரகம், இரண்டில் ஒன்று,

இங்கயே நிச்சயம்..

காதலித்து பார்..

Hope you guys liked the poem.. i would like to leave you all with a quote which goes like " Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion."

Adios!!!

கள்ளிக்காட்டில் பிறந்த தாயே!!!!

2011-07-15T23:31:00.003+05:30

its been a hell of a day today... and after certain incidents that happened today, and listening to this song, just touched me really so well.. i just appreciate this song soo much now... so i thought of writing a post on this song and my thought on this..

all of you guys by now probably have heard this song.. its a very popular song now and with the acclaimed lyricist Vairamuththu winning an Indian National Award for this song, it jst go even more hit!! after a very long time, Vairamuththu had come of with a very touching and nice song.. all his songs are awesome but then there are certain songs of his that just strike the right cord to everyone... this is that kind of a song..

at first hearing this song sounds like a boring song.. but then listening to the song with the lyrics, it just makes you appreciate the song, as well as the lyricist.. what you appreciate even more after listening deeply to this song is your mother and most of all your own life..

there is no doubt that Vairamuththu is the best out there.. but then in this song.. the way he has lyricized the song... the way he says how much of a pain a mother endures to care for her child jst gives the song the extra bit of support needed to touch the listeners..

first you can listen to the song and then go thru the lyrics of it posted below and then ill tell you what i think about it all...

கள்ளிக்காட்டில் பிறந்த தாயே
என்ன கொல்லோடசி வழர்த்த நீயே
முல்லுகாட்டில் முளைச்ச தாயே
என்ன முள்ளு தைக்க விடல நீயே

காடிக்கும் காடு குரிவிகும்
எந்த புதரிலும் இடமுண்டு...
கோடிக்கும் அடிக்கும் குளிருக்கும்
தாயி ஒதுன்கதான் இடமுண்டா?.
கரட்டு மேடையே மாத்துனா
அவ கள்ளபுளிஞ்சி காஞ்சி ஊத்துனா
கரட்டு மேடையே மாத்துனா
அவ கள்ளபுளிஞ்சி காஞ்சி ஊத்துனா

கள்ளிக்காட்டில் பிறந்த தாயே
என்ன கொல்லோடசி வழர்த்த நீயே
முல்லுகாட்டில் முளைச்ச தாயே
என்ன முள்ளு தைக்க விடல நீயே

ஒலவு காட்டுல வேத வேதபாஹ்
ஒனகரடுல கூழ் குடிப்பாஹ்
அவாரன்-குலையில கை துடைபாஹ்
பாவமப்பாஹ்.....
வெளி முள்ளில் அவ வேரகேடுபாஹ்
நாழி அரிசி வச்சு ஓலையரிப்பாஹ்
புள்ள உண்ட மிச்சம் உண்டு உசூர் வழர்பாஹ்
தியகமப்பாஹ்...
கிழக்கு விடியும் முன்ன முளிக்குராஹ்
அவ ஓலைக்க பிடிச்சுதான் தேரகுராஹ்
மன்ன கிண்டித்தான் போலைகிராஹ்
உடல் மக்கிபோக மட்டும் ஒழைகுராஹ்

கள்ளிக்காட்டில் பிறந்த தாயே
என்ன கொல்லோடசி வழர்த்த நீயே .....

தங்கம் தனி தங்கம் மாசு -இல்ல
தாய்ப்பால் ஒன்னில் மட்டும் தூசு இல்ல
தாய்வழி சொந்தம் போல பாசமில
நேசமில்ல ...
தாயி கையில் என்ன மந்திரமா
கேப்பகளியில் ஒரு நெய் -ஒழுகும்
காஞ்ச கருவாடு தென் -ஒழுகும்
அவ சமைகயில..
சொந்தம் நூறு சொந்தம் இருக்குது
பேத தாயி போல ஒன்னு நெலைகுதா??
சாமி நூறு சாமி இருக்குது
தாயி ரெண்டு தாயி இருக்குதா??

கள்ளிக்காட்டில் பிறந்த தாயே
என்ன கொல்லோடசி வழர்த்த நீயே

now listening to the song, Vijya Prakash has sung this song with so much passion and love that the song just gives you the feel and makes you listen to it over and over again.. while writing this post i think ive probably played the song around 10 times by now..

like i said before, Vairamuththu has written this so awesomely.. saying how precious a mother is.. how much a mother goes through.. the pain, the sorrow, the hardships all in the name of giving her child a better life... its simply awesome......

in this song, ive got two favourite lines or rather verses.. the one which says தங்கம் தனி தங்கம் மாசு -இல்ல, தாய்ப்பால் ஒன்னில் மட்டும் தூசு இல்ல, தாய்வழி சொந்தம் போல பாசமில, நேசமில்ல... which translates to Pure Gold is not adulterated.. like that only the mothers milk is the purest food... there is nothing compared to the love of the mother... just says it all doesnt it..

and then comes சொந்தம் நூறு சொந்தம் இருக்குது, பேத தாயி போல ஒன்னு நெலைகுதா??, சாமி நூறு சாமி இருக்குது, தாயி ரெண்டு தாயி இருக்குதா?? which translates to you may have a hundread relatives, but is there a relative to you like your mother.. there are hundreads of seperate gods out there.. but is there two different mothers?? which again says it all.. as in.. in our young lives, we tend to thing of our mothers as you know just another person.. and think that friends are all that we need.. but there there are times where even your bestest friend may look and just wait while you need help.. friendship is just a relationship that we humans create.. but the relationship between a mother and a child is what god creates.. and that is why it is so special.. never can a mom giv the same affection and love she gives to her child to another child.. even if she had adpoted the child as a infant and raised the child all her life, she will still nt feel satisfied... that is hw strong a mothers love is..

listening to this song just gives me one message.. appreciate your life.. and appreciate your mother... coz you may be having a successful life out there but you should remember than you mother had gone throught so much pain so raise you.. be thankful to that.. even if your mother is someone who abandoned you at an early age, know that he bore you for 9 months and brought you out safely into this world before leaving you.. so appreciate that..

with that said, i feel like listening to the song again.. so ill leave you with a quote by Terri Guillemets which say "I love my mother as the trees love water and sunshine - she helps me grow, prosper, and reach great heights."

Adios!!

Google + | Google's Yet Another Attempt at Social Networking

2011-07-09T00:33:00.002+05:30

Its been almost a week now since Google, one of the biggest tech company in the World and the Market leader in Web Search launched their next attempt at Social Networking.. Google Plus..

most of you guys out there might be wondering why I said "Yet Another Attempt" in my title.. well this isnt the first time for Google.. as far as my knowledge goes and as far as I found out, Google's first attempt at Social Networking was way back in 2004.. exactly 11 days before the now famous Facebook started.. this service of Google was launched under the name Orkut. its been 7 yrs nw since they launched and its actually been doing pretty good.. Orkut hasnt captured the world over but surely has captured two of the largest markets Brazil n India from where they get majority of the 100million+ users.. Orkut is pretty much doing good.. I too had an account in there.. but I dont remember the last time i logged into that thing except before writing this post to check on whats happening there.. its nt bad. still hav the profile pic that i uploaded for the very first time... layout's pretty neat.. but only god knows why Orkut failed to capture the world's attention..

with that said, 6 yrs after launching Orkut, Google attempted yet again to break into the Social Networking market which was now mostly dominated by Facebook with the launch of Google Buzz in February 2010. Pretty neat feature to embed the social networking with the email service of Google's email service, Gmail. But then that was a total failure. Wonder who designed the Buzz architecture but who ever that was seriously damaged Google's reputation regarding data privacy with all the controversy that poped up after the launch which led to the service ending up as a flop although google never stopped the service but just continued with it just like it did with Orkut..

with all that going on the world from Google, rumors started spreading in early 2011 if im not wrong about a new and improved Social Networking service from Google that would pose as a real threat to Facebook. And loadz of information started leaking out at various times about this so called "awesome" social networking service.. but true to their word Google kept their word saying it was not a new and separate social networking service, but it was just adding a "social layer" to their existing services along with a few new features.

now lets talk about Google+ and what are the pro's and con's of google+ and what impact an google+ have on social networking.

firstly it should be noted that the service is from Google.. what is it that Google cant do on the web.. Google pretty much controls at least 50% of an average computer user's online time... search, email, video.. name it, they got it.. and like the the CEO of Google said at a press meetup sumtime back, Google+ is not a separate social network service but a "social layer" to existing google services.. pretty much what happens here is that all google's existing services will be connected together and brought under so a person who uses more than one service is connected to the other at all times.. it is said thru research publications that an average user spends at least 30 mins a day on facebook.. but this is not going to be the case with G+.. since users dont have to specifically be on one domain to be using the site.. work on your email, do your web search, organize ur calendar or even work on your documents and still be connected to your social network... while typing an email on gmail, if your frnd posts sumthing n tags you on it, u immediately get a notification and you dont even need to leave your email page coz its simple as that to just get a small popover in your browser and view it and close it and continue with your work. this way users are probably going to spend hours on G+..

one thing that many people dont realize is that Google is not anymore a "Search" only service. Google its more than that.. google is a service provider with loadz of services.. this is a major disadvantage for google.. the fact that people or rather noobs still dont know what google is exactly about.. pretty much same case with microsoft.. many think its only the operating system but no one knows that microsoft even has a freaking download manager software..

now with that said, and with the launching of G+, it is true that Google is gonna have a tough time trying to get the message out there clearly on what exactly G+ is and in what way it is unique.. ive personally read quite a few articles abt G+ but no one seems to have noted the fact that G+ is a social layer rather than a social networking service. almost 99% of them say its a social network and its not so different from facebook but look at it from a different angle.. this is gonna be a big advantage for google, provided that people out there understand the concept properly. be honest to yourself.. would you waste 30 mins of your life on one site doing pretty much what can be done there only.. or do what you want on 10 different sites and still be connected to your frnds? i would prefer the second option and many working people would also prefer the same..

on the other hand, now a days most of the social networking site namely facebook, myspace, linkedin all have a very very very complicated layout. for example on FB, if you want to create privacy settings, u pretty much need at least 4-5 hrs to get everything arranged.. get ur frndlists made.. then understand what each setting is in the privacy settings page.. n then make all that.. its too messy. an average user will rather leave the profile open than wasting time on doing all the settings or get sum1 who knws all that to do it for them (FYI ive done privacy settings for so many frnds so i knw wat im talking abt).. linkedin if u c, its totally messed up.. u dont knw where each thing is.. only good and simple social networking service ive seen out there upto now is Twitter. simple. easy to use.. n awesome.. i dont think some of G+ features seem to b having a FB + twitter combination with their own flavour added..

and next.. be fair... what ever that can be done on a social networking service is already 80% or so out there.. if you cant call G+ being copycats.. i mean calling G+ copycats n copying from FB is lyk saying the english alphabet can be patented to one person.. i mean.. english is a language which millions or rather billions use.. and its jst different dialects n accents of it our out there.. same thing with social networking.. its a service.. anyone can come up with the service.. but what matters is how it is differentiated.. after all, FB cant call themselves innovative can they?? after all Mark Zuckerberg hijacked an idea off the Winklevoss twins when in College.. so its not innovative of Mark but its a crime and then settling the case for undisclosed amounts..

i read in one article saying that FB has 500 million users and that it will take ages for G+ to pass FB's user base.. and another i read saying that G+ has already passed FB's userbase since G+ is jst a social layer n that all google accounts are eligible to activate it and that google has almost a billion accounts.. i actually kinda agree with the second theory.. G+ already has millions of users.. its jst a matter of google publicly allowing all google accounts to switch on the social layer.. and my bet is that at least 75% of those accounts will activate it.. so that makes it doesnt in..

in addition to that, one big advantage that G+ has is Android.. Google's own mobile operating system.. running in over 1000 different products and used by more than 100 million ppl and with a growth rate of 500000 every day.. with the OS, google has the potential to add G+ to the OS jst lyk wat Microsoft is nw trying to do with Live Services n Windows 8. done that and the user base will increase even more provided that the users buying the new devices are not google account holders. with platform in hand and a powerful brand in hand its just a matter of bringing out the right products to make it a hit in the market.

with all this said, a clear judgement cannot be made.. FB is at its peak at the moment.. 6 yrs after it launched, now they are with 750million active users.. G+ is just less than a month old and still in trial testing period.. and within that period itself there is probably a million or close to that number of users in there.. only time can tell if G+ is successful or not as there is a looooot of scope for G+ in terms of development n growth as said above.

as my personal verdict, i find G+ more easier to use and also interesting.. may b becoz im bored with FB or rather im used to google products.. but one thing that attracts me more to G+ and other google services is the simple n elegant design..

with all that said.. i think its time to go and watch G+'s growth and see what impact its gonna do in the web. it may take some time.. but then accept the fact.. its taken 6 yrs for FB to get 750 million users.. give atleast 4-5 yrs for G+ to see if G+ will remain as G+ or will become G-

and if anyone out there want G+ invites, comment ur email address and ill send one to you..

have a nice day then..

Adios!!

An Update on Life Happenings in the past few weeks

2011-06-22T21:45:00.000+05:30

so its been quite a loooooong time since I blogged and so I decided to take some time off today and put something up.. well jst to say that yeah im still living... and yeah im still having a straight mind.. and to just put out some stuff that's been happening in my life..

well its been some hectic time during the past few weeks.. submissions, study sessions, exams and the list goes on and on and on... sigh.. surprised that I got thru all that and still standing straight with a clear mind..

with the end of the World Cup 2011 and the IPL also starting and taking up much precious "study time" of ordinary students that too came to and end jst to start the SL tour of england... and its been cricket.. cricket.. and cricket all along.. and simply love it..

and so wats happening with my education.. nothing much.. had some hectic weeks with back to back assignment submissions.. and then presentations... thank god it all went well... and all because i had a pretty awesome set of team members... and like always, everyone worked together.. best part was in one of the presentations my system shouldnt work but it miraculously worked god knows hw.. and then the exams.. seriously i have a problem with studying for exams.. will write a separate post on exams and studying for them later on.. but then was able to manage the exams in a pretty easy way except for one last subject but still im hopeful of getting gud grades..

and with that starts the event organizing... one thing i love to do except for meddling with computers.. my former job of organizing events at college n nw, thanks to the Student Activity Club of APIIT, im able to continue with that here too.. and simply loving the experience so far.. first event coming up this weekend and so hope it will be a resounding success.. then the second event comes a few weeks later and hope thats also a pretty big success...

and along with all this, the 3rd semester also starts.. Java, SDP, Networking, Telecom.. hope this is gonna be a good semester too.. first 2 sems were awesome.. hope to finish the 3rd sem the same way.. and thanks to my good frnd n brotha Rifaz at APIIT for helping out with the assignments..

and some pretty good movies out too during the last few months.. Fast Five.. another awesome movie in the series.. love the races n the tac-tics.. then came Kung Fu Panda.. OMG!!! love that bloody movie.. Jack Black shud b awarded with the best voice over for a animated character coz he plays it sooo damn well.. and the scriptwriters.. gotta give them all the bloody awards... a must watch these 2 movies are..

any way.. so long upto now.. got loadz more work to do.. got Age of Empires 3 today.. gotta chk that out n c if my gaming skills r still intact... its been almost 5yrs since i played a game with so much seriousness.. gotta see wat can b done nw..

so long now..

hope u guys have an awesome time..

Adios!!

HAPPY VESAK!!!

2011-05-18T15:39:00.001+05:30

Rio 2011

2011-05-07T22:35:00.000+05:30

ok so when i say Rio im pretty sure no one out there is gonna get the impression that im talking abt Rio de Janeiro where the FIFA World Cup is to be held in 2014 but im talking about the box office hit movie Rio!!!

few days back i had the privilege of watching Rio... and what can i say.. it jst fulfilled my expectations for a good animated movie after a long time..

the graphics was awesome.. a nice storyline.. and the music just mind blowing... the comedy... the way the film has been made all just proves that animated movies can also do a good job..

basically the movie is about an endangered bird who is taken to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to mate with the female of it and the adventures that the bird goes thru in the city of Rio...

its amazing at certain times to see what love can do you see.. true love also exists in animals.. not only with humans this movie shows.. but we all know the bitter truth that true love is very rarely seen in humans these days compared to animals... what animals do at times to protect their loved ones... altho the movie is a comedy movie, it also gives a deep meaning or rather a lesson out to everyone...

the movie at start is kinda boring.. i would say the first 10 or 20 mins.. but then after that you wont even realize that the time is passing coz it gets sooo interesting...

so without dragging much, jst telling u.. go and watch the bloody movie... but watch it only if ur into comedy, animation and some fun!! lyk action movies only?? this is definitely nt for u..

so my rating for this movie is 7/10... 3 reduced for certain mistakes here n there n for certain logical contradictions... but then overall, its a family entertainer.. go and watch it!!

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

2011-02-16T17:26:00.000+05:30

With just 2 days to go for the most prestigious cricketing event in the world almost all preparations have been done.. The fans have already gone crazy... Not a single day passes by without the media talking abt it.. yes my friends... its once again time to celebrate.. once again its time to enjoy... the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is back.. and this time its being held in 3 places where cricket is second to no other sport.. India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh!!

Its the largest cricketing event in the world. All the best teams in the world compete each other for that one cup!!! for that moment in history to record themselves that they have won the world cup!!!

So whats so special about this world cup that everyone keeps talking about it.. well the obvious answer is that its the damn CRICKET WORLD CUP!!! well other reasons are many...

If the 2007 World Cup was known for its controversy surrounding the "mysterious murder" of the Pakistan Team coach after the team got kicked out in the first round, the 2011 World Cup will be known for its pre event build up.. a host getting sacked, the biggest stadium in the 3 host countries being stripped of the right to host the most important game, plus so many other issues but this is not the time to talk about it.. so lets forget it. past is past and its time to forget it and go ahead with the future and what lies in it..

looking at the teams, this time 14 teams will be competing.. all the 10 full member nations plus 4 others who qualify thru a qualifier tournament. Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand, England, South Africa, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Canada, Ireland, Netherlands and Kenya are the 14 teams that will compete for the Cup that Counts.

The last time the World Cup was played in the sub continent, it was the SRI LANKAN team that won the tournament in 1996. And most cricket commentators, writers and analysts have predicted India or Sri Lanka to win the tournament this time!! reason being the these two teams know the conditions of all these grounds better than any other nation and can adapt to it very easily.

So the hype is all up. Especially in Sri Lanka.. almost every musician has made a song in support of the Sri Lankan team for the World Cup. Various kinds of song, most of it are good but very are really good.. I personally have a collection of 20 different songs now.. and more are coming out every day.

in addition, Colombo has been all dressed up. hoardings all around Colombo. banners hanging everywhere.. all the local media are fully pumped up. articles, interviews, special segments all go out every day.

and best of all the people.. the Sri Lanka people... everyone except a very very few want the lions, the nations champions, the Sri Lankan cricket team to win again!! and the prediction is that, they will!! after all, it is the Sri Lankan Cricket Team!!! the best team in the world.. the team that holds the most number of records in international cricket. the team that has produced some of the best cricketers in the world. the team that from no where came on to win the Cricket World Cup back in 1996.

it was in 1996 under the leadership of Captain Cool Arjuna Ranatunga that Sri Lanka won the World Cup for the first time. That moment in history will never be forgotten by any Sri Lankan Cricket Fan. The final match that was played between Sri Lanka and Australia can be watched over and over again without being fed up. The team in 1996.. a team no one ever dreamed would win the World Cup came on to win the World Cup.

can Sanga who is also called Captain Cool and his team do the same thing again this year?? my belief is yes. they can. Sri Lanka has the right team to do it. and they CAN do it.. its jst a matter of executing the game plan properly and doing your duty properly.. one mistake is what it takes to loose a game..

apart from all this, this World Cup is going to be extra special for one other person and all his beloved fans around the world!!! and its non other than Murali!!! the greatest bowler in the world!! Murali has said that the World Cup will be his last tour as a member of the Sri Lankan team and after the World Cup he is going to retire from International Cricket. so its yet another reason for SL to win the World Cup.. to give murali the farewell he deserves.. in Murali's first World Cup they won it.. and now its his last World Cup and lets win it and give the worlds greatest the best farewell any cricketer can get!!!

with that said its time to wrap it up... GOOD LUCK TO THE SRI LANKA TEAM!!!

now its time to start getting ready to watch the matches.. hoping to go and see the SL v Aus match live too... lets c...

be safe.. enjoy cricket!!

Adios

Group Works, Group Study, Projects, Submissions, Presentations... one busy month!!!

2011-01-15T13:50:00.000+05:30

hey there to all...

firstly let me wish all my tamil friends out there a VERY HAPPY THAIPONGAL!! sorry guys.. have been sooooooo busy that i couldnt make a card this time...

now back to the topic.. JANUARY 2011!! WHAT A MONTH THIS HAS BEEN!!!! damn... started off with project submissions... first day after holidays, its submissions!!! so how do we enjoy the so called "holidays" of "one week" eh?? n e way with that off, another submission a week later.. a day later, a presentation.. another 2 days later another submission AND a presentation... now next week another submission but thanks to our dear lecturer that has been postponed by 5 days!! <phew!!!>

any way.. it has all been a fun experience.. after all the "halabaloo" jst b 4 da holidays which was from 24th to da 2nd.. the holidays kinda went smoothly with v gathering up at almost every1's house for a group study or group work sessions.. thasi, tiffi, mine, tabi, maliths... hmmm... missed da other's houses... in the name of group study all da fun v had... of course we did study.. not forgetting that... helping each other with our projects... personally i would like to thank Dulz n Thasi for da help given to me in da NML project.. it was jst the perfect definition for "Sharing and Caring"

its been 3 long weeks... sleepless or less sleep nyts... 8-5 at APIIT.. then again from 9pm-2am online doing da work.. gosh.. today was da only day i slept so much.. havnt slept so much in da past 3 weeks... nw feeling soo relaxed.. n its only perfect that i shud take a rest for a day or two n then start on the final assignment due on da 25th.. its C Programming.. my fav subject this semester.. so lets hope all goes well...

and then in addition to the submissions, presentations... damn.. another thing.. i just learned that you dont need to freak out so much when preparing for a presentation.. reasons being .. hope thasi, tabi n dulz learnt dat too.. coz they were da most freaked out ppl abt da presentation...

and in addition to all this, the weather!!! damn... i cant believe that it was almost 15 C on da 12th... it was FREEZING!!! N'Eliya went down to almost 6 C!!! i wonder how in the world ppl say that the world is experiencing Global Warming when its actually becoming more and more cool!!! i havnt switched on the fan in my room in the past two days!!! its soooo cold!!! and then the floods in the central, north central and the eastern parts of the country... almost 800k ppl displaced.. 50odd lives lost upto now.. its all happening this month!! its all happening!!! lets hope that it all just returns to normal soon!!

so long for now... meeting up with friends today after sometime...

enjoy the day then!!

Adios!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2010-12-31T23:31:00.000+05:30

At the end of the year

Thanks for those who hated me,
They made me a stronger person.

Thanks to those who loved me,
They made my Heart Bigger.

Thanks to those who were worried about me,
They let me know that they cared about me.

Thanks to those who left me,
They made me realize that nothing lasts forever.

Thanks to all my Friends...
Who supported me throughout Year!

WISHING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY A VERY

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

be safe and have fun!!!

Adios!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

2010-12-25T15:10:00.001+05:30

WISHING ALL MY FRIENDS OUT THERE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS

Enjoy!!

Adios!!

Choices in Life

2010-12-16T00:17:00.000+05:30

hello there to you all again..

this post is not completely what I write but then something that struck me... Its an email that I got, but then it just touches your heart you know...

It shows that a choice that you make may make a thousand people unhappy but one person happy... a person who would never get another chance.. that i would say is worth more than satisfying a thousand other people!!

read on and give your comments...

WOULD YOU HAVE MADE THE SAME CHOICE IF YOU WERE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION????

At a fund raising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question:

'When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does, is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do. Where is the natural order of things in my son?'

The audience was stilled by the query.

The father continued. 'I believe that when a child like Shay, who was mentally and physically disabled comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child.'

Then he told the following story:

Shay and I had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, 'Do you think they'll let me play?' I knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but as a father I also understood that if my son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps.

I approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not expecting much) if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and said, 'We're losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning.'

Shay struggled over to the team's bench and, with a broad smile, put on a team shirt. I watched with a small tear in my eye and warmth in my heart. The boys saw my joy at my son being accepted.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three.

In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as I waved to him from the stands.

In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again.

Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat.

At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game?

Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible because Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball.

However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher, recognizing that the other team was putting winning aside for this moment in Shay's life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least make contact.

The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed.

The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay.

As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher.

The game would now be over.

The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman.

Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game.

Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the first baseman's head, out of reach of all team mates.

Everyone from the stands and both teams started yelling, 'Shay, run to first! Run to first!'

Never in his life had Shay ever run that far, but he made it to first base.

He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled.

Everyone yelled, 'Run to second, run to second!'

Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to the base.

By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had the ball . the smallest guy on their team who now had his first chance to be the hero for his team.

He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher's intentions so he, too, intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman's head.

Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home.

All were screaming, 'Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay'

Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted, 'Run to third! Shay, run to third!'

As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were on their feet screaming, 'Shay, run home! Run home!'

Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam and won the game for his team

'That day', said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, 'the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world'.

Shay didn't make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making me so happy, and coming home and seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!

AND NOW A LITTLE FOOT NOTE TO THIS STORY:

We all have thousands of opportunities every single day to help realize the 'natural order of things.'

So many seemingly trivial interactions between two people present us with a choice:

Do we pass along a little spark of love and humanity or do we pass up those opportunities and leave the world a little bit colder in the process?

A wise man once said every society is judged by how it treats it's least fortunate amongst them.

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now after reading this, what is going on in your mind??

just sit and think for a minute... how many times have you acted in a similar way??? every day we encounter people who are less fortunate than us.. but still do we care about them?? do we think for a minute if there is ever a way for us to change their lives so that they can live a better life??

it all depends on the choices that we make.. the story above.. i dont know if its true or not.. but then what matters is what is being said by the story. how those other boys treated this boy Shay.. one team could have refused to let him play.. the other team could have took him down and been the hero themselves.. but what ever the age they may be, the thought that they got in their mind. that is what is unique in here....

with that said, leaving you with this final saying which I always say... "Life is all about living. You Have to live to experience the way life is but be warned that living is not an easy thing to do in your life."

have a great day...

Adios!!

Sri Lanka and Porn

2010-11-18T00:15:00.000+05:30

hey there...

well might be wondering what exactly this post is all about eh?? it also something out of the box from the kind of posts that i post..

well nothing much.. in the recent past there has been a lot of talk in SL about porn or rather pornography... especially internet porn. of course i dont think i need to tell you what porn is eh? if you dont know then its better that you stop reading now and go and find out what porn is and then come back.

well all this "halabaloo" in the country started if im not wrong last year.. when the government decided to start banning porn websites in Sri Lanka as they apparently wernt good for the Sri Lankan culture and etc etc.... and starting this year the police along with the TRC have started banning porn websites... that too in batches of 50 or 100... good.. very good... then there were news reports during last week where local porn actors and actresses were identified and their photos published on newspapers and apparently few of them were arrested by the police with public help..

good.. very good.. BUT.. lets get to the point. why ban porn in Sri Lanka. And is there any use in it? how effective is this measure?? what are the impacts?? lets discuss...

first.. why BAN porn?? good question.. but the answer is they never banned porn now.. pornography as long as i know was always banned in Sri Lanka. In this country where culture and traditions are valued more, i guess no one would appreciate the idea of two unknown teenagers or young adults having a private moment eh?? its true that its not their business but then hey.. we live in Sri Lanka!!! we always think of others and assess if what others are doing is correct or not ryt!! we are not in US or UK when by 15, guys n gals leave their parents and find their own place to stay!! we live in SL where even at 30 or 40 you still live with your parents!! so i guess porn wasnt supported since old ages and has always been banned.. except that like in every other matter, the law was not looked upon very much! no one cared about the law. so it flourished!! after all, we Sri Lankans do have a reputation to copy foreigners and their cultures dont we?? so we try to do what they do. Porn may be legal in those countries but then here down in SL, to my best knowledge it isnt... so the question of why banning it is answered..

now that we know that porn is banned.. is there any use in it?? well i mean yes there is a use... try to build a better cultured society eh?? but do we really care?? i mean this is similar to drugs... yes its banned.. but then isnt it in circulation or being used by the people?? i mean, seriously.. think abt this.. is banning a thing the solution to this kind of viral problem?? drugs?? did the ban help?? rather it keeps growing!! same theory here.. guy who was visiting one website all these time may visit 20 other sites after one site is blocked as he found new ones.. so any use in banning it?

in my personal opinion, this banning porn websites story is just a make up story.. i mean banning isnt going to work. these stuff are what should be taught morally. yes it is true that every person would go thru that stage where he/she gets the interest.. its human nature.. but then to control it.. thats wat needs to be taught.. morally.. parents.. school.. elders.. tell the kids what these are.. why these are wrong.. priests and pastors.. tell the gathering why these are wrong.. explain to them the situation and what the impacts of these will be in the context of a SRI LANKAN society!!! make them understand.. then this will stop naturally.. instead of this, we in this society think that even talking about this is a sin!! when schools try to educate children, parents go mad and start protesting.. THIS IS BASIC EDUCATION!!! THE CHILD NEEDS THESE TO UNDERSTAND THE FUTURE!! we live in a society where all these stuff like rape and abuse is at a high level.. 76 year old grandfathers raping their own grand daughters... what is this?? did the grandfather learn all this by watching porn 60 years ago?? what cow dung is this!! if the grandfather and the grand daughter had been taught about this, both would have known the impact. the old guy would have known its wrong while the girl would have known how to identify the situation and escape from it!! but what do we do?? stop people teaching these.. god!!! wonder how exactly this is going to help!! make your own decision!

next lets talk on how effective these measures are.. i mean seriously.. do you believe that banning a few sites is going to work?? according to a new item published on Ada Derana website 2 days back, it says that the Police n TRC have taken measures to ban 800 (eight hundred) websites (http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=10626). I did a simple research on the internet.. nothing much.. just to find out how many porn websites are there on the internet. you probably would be surprised at the number if your not a person who is much into how the internet works.. the number is.. 4200000 ( four million two hundred thousand) according to a research done sometime back. probably in 2009 i guess. this accounted for 12% of all the websites available on the internet.. and the 800 sites we have banned in Sri Lanka accounts to only 0.019% of the 4.2million sites.. in addition to this 2500000000 (two billion five hundred million) EMAILS containing pornography is sent EVERY DAY!!! 42.7% of all internet users access porn!!! and banning EIGHT HUNDRED sites?? are we joking or what?? who is fooling who?? who is the police and the TRC trying to impress by giving this news items on banning "few" websites??

furthermore.. banning sites.. is this practical?? i mean will the ISP banning a website result in the user not being able to view the site?? of course not!! the user still can view the website.. a simple search in Google for a "proxy browsing" will turn up thousands of websites from which you can access banned websites.. so whats the use of banning this?? decide for yourselves..

impact? lol.. do we even need to talk about this topic?? clearly we can understand that this is just a measure taken to please some people.. not in the common interest of people. first think practically.. in Sri Lanka, less than 50% of the population have access to internet. out of that 50% only around 25% would probably be watching porn on the internet. and whats the use of banning these sites when they still have 4 million other sites that they still can access??

guess its time to start thinking eh???

think think... at least lets hope we can make a change in the future!!!!

Adios!!

P.S. go to http://internet-filter-review.toptenreviews.com/internet-pornography-statistics-pg4.html if you want more statistics on internet pornography. all the above used stats were taken from there!!