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Ethir Neechal - Boomi Enna Suthuthey Guitar Chords

2013-02-13T08:40:00.004-08:00

Here is the guitar chords for the song 'Boomi Enna Suthuthey' from the movie Ethir Neechal. Anirudh Ravichander has given his best once again and the album is top on the chart already. This song is one of my favorite from the album and here I'm sharing the guitar chords of the song. Happy guitaring.

Fm                Bbm
Boomi Enna Suthuthey
Cm    Fm
Ooma Nenju Kathuthey
Fm    Bbm
En Munnadi Sukuran
Cm Fm
Kaiya Katti Nikkuthey

Fm                   Eb
Damage Aana Piece'su Naane
Ab Bbm
Joker Ipo Hero Aanae
Fm                    Eb
Kaanja Mannu Eeram Aanaen..
Ab            Bbm
Saanja Thoonu Nera Aanaen..

        Fm                  Cm
Hey Ennoda Paeru Seeraanathu
        Fm                    Cm
Hey Ennoda Paatha Naeraanathey
        Fm                   Cm
Hey Zero'vum Ippo Nooraanathey..
Fm                          Fm       Cm
Nooraanathey..

        Fm                  Cm
Hey Ennoda Paeru Seeraanathu
        Fm                    Cm

Hey Ennoda Paatha Naeraanathey
        Fm                   Cm

Hey Zero'vum Ippo Nooraanathey..
Fm                          Fm       Cm

Nooraanathey..

Fm                     Bbm
Santhu Pakkam Pogalaam
Cm Fm
Panju Mittai Vaangalaam
Fm                         Bbm
Beachchu Pakkam Pogalaam
Cm          Fm
Ranga Raatinam Suththalaam

Fm                              Cm
Vaazhka Mella Mella Okay Aanathey
Ab    Eb
Jodi Vanthu Ippo Jolly Aanathey
Fm                            Cm
Bike Ride'du Kooda Happy Aanathey
Ab        Eb                    Db
Kaalam Vanthathey Gethu Aanathey..

Fm                              Cm
Vaazhka Mella Mella Okay Aanathey
Ab    Eb
Jodi Vanthu Ippo Jolly Aanathey
Fm                            Cm
Bike Ride'du Kooda Happy Aanathey
Ab        Eb
Kaalam Vanthathey Gethu Aanathey..

Fm                     Bbm
Engeyo Pogum Kaaththu
Fm                                Bbm
Ipo En Jannal Pakkam Veesum
Fm                           Bbm
En Kooda Porantha Saabam
Fm                         Cm
Ipo Thannaalayae Theerum..

Fm                   Eb
Damage Aana Piece'su Naane
Ab Bbm
Joker Ipo Hero Aanae
Fm                    Eb
Kaanja Mannu Eeram Aanaen..
Ab            Bbm
Saanja Thoonu Nera Aanaen..

Fm                Bbm
Boomi Enna Suthuthey
Eb Fm
Ooma Nenju Kathuthey
Fm    Eb
En Munnadi Sukuran

Eb Cm    Ab    Db    Eb
Kaiya Katti.. Kaiya Katti.. Kaiya Katti Nikkuthey..

Kadal - Elay Keechan Guitar Tabs

2012-12-21T11:58:00.000-08:00

A.R.Rahman songs are always the best. 'Elay Keechan' from Mani Ratnam's Tamil movie Kadal couldn't be rated any lesser than "exceptional". This song would make you move to its snappy country style guitaring. Rahman is the best in composing songs which would have simple loop repeat over and over again yet sounds amazing. This song has a guitar loop which goes on till the end of the song and learning that would make you learn the complete song. And this is the guitar tabs for the song..

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B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------5-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------5--------------------5----------5h7----5--------------5-------------|
E----3--------------3----5/7-----------7----------------------5h7----------7----------|

e------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------5-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------5--------------------5----------5h7----5--------------5-------------|
A----3--------------3----5/7-----------7----------------------5h7-----------7---------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai [Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi]

2012-12-21T11:32:00.000-08:00

This song has always been my favorite. Its Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai from the movie Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. Roopkumar Rathod's amazing singing has given extra life to this song. The song itself has got some magic within which could make anyone feel good. It was one of my friends who wanted me to sing this song as she thought my voice suits best for this song and yes, it came out well. Thanks to her. It was a real tough song for me and i think i have given my best. Though i couldn't get even close to Roopkumar Rathod's awe-inspiring style of singing, at least my voice could get close to his (RR fans would kill me for this lol. I was referring to my husky base voice and nothing else.). My Hindi might sound funny as I don't speak Hindi nor could follow the accent. So please excuse my funny Hindi accent. Please let me know your valuable feedback and comments.

Pani Da Rang Cover

2012-12-21T11:06:00.000-08:00

Ppl. This is my casual try on the song 'Pani Da Rang' from the Bollywood movie Vicky Donor. A very romantic song which could easily get into you the first time you listen to it. This video was born during our night out at Joseph's. He got the idea of recording it when i was casually playing the song (he might've fallen under the "i-loved-it-the-first-time-i-listened-to-it category just like me :P). Just after a quick run through, i started playing while he was shooting it with his awesome DSLR. And here it is... BTW, that's his classical 6 strings...

Yenna Solla Yethu Solla [Manam Kothi Paravai]

2012-06-10T02:29:00.000-07:00

This is my next track "Yenna Solla Yethu Solla" from the movie 'Manam Kothi Paravai.' Who wouldn't admire Vijay Prakash's amazing style of singing? I just wanted to try out the song and i did.

When most of my friends worry about not going out on a trip very often, I fall under the (un)fortunate group who go on a short journey everyday! Nah. Im talking about my office here. I will have to travel a 2 hrs short journey to, and 2hrs from, my office everyday. So tiring, yeah!

I've not made much friends in the bus cuz most of them would prefer 'having a wobbly sleeping' over 'talking and getting to know each other'. But there is one unfortunate friend of mine who happens to be my college junior, who accompany me and we would talk about stuff that would never let us feel the rush of time. I stumble upon this "Yenna Solla Yethu Solla" song when she played it on her phone, and then kept playing that song in repeat mode till the song completely got into me. Vijay Prakash's amazing style of singing made me wanna try the song out. And hence done. :-) Thanks to her for playing that song to me (though I could've stumbled up on the song on the radio later, this post wouldn't have come now! :P)

This song's got D.Imman's signature all over it. The song kinda brings up "Mayna Myna Nenjukkule" song from the movie 'Myna' when listening to "Yenna Solla Yethu Solla" song. May be because of the beat. An amazing song anyways.

Hope you like the track. Please don't forget to give your comments and valuable feedback. ;-)

Thuli Thuliyay (Cover)

2012-04-21T14:00:00.000-07:00

Who would not want to listen to Shankar Tucker's songs in repeat mode in their PMP? I do. I loved this song the first time i listened to it. Vandana Srinivasan's mesmerising voice, her amazing singing and of course, Shankar Tucker's A-W-E-S-O-M-E music, all mix together so well to give out a track that would make you wanna listen to it over and over again.

I happen to stumble upon this track on YouTube just a week ago. The song kept me listening to it everyday until every cell in my body absorbs this song and makes me feel good. I so wanted to make Thuli Thuliyay cover and finally here it is...

Click here to download mp3

I've used FL Studio to compose the track, Audacity for effects and mixing and a basic desktop mike for recording. So track quality will be poor. Please listen to it and share your valuable feedback and suggestions.

Yuvvh- Nenjodu Cherthu (Cover)

2012-04-08T14:12:00.000-07:00

This is my cover of the song "Nenjodu Cherthu" by Yuvvh. One of my friends posted this song on his Facebook wall on the first day of its release and I happen to stumble upon it. I instantly fell in love with the song and the visuals and hence i wanted to give it a try. Hence i came up with this. I know I've made a lot of mistakes in my singing but still it was just my try (I'm not a professional singer! Duh!!).

I've used a basic desktop microphone to record the song and I've mixed tracks using Audacity. So please bear with the quality. Im planning to buy a studio mike and that day is not too far away ;-)

Click here to download Mp3.
Click here to download karaoke (Guitar Version)

Hope you like it. Please listen to it and share your valuable feedback.

**************POSTING CHORDS UPON REQUEST***************

------D#m----------------C#--------------G#m--------------A#m-----------

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B--------------7---------7\6-----------------------4---------6-------6-----------------|
G----------8------------------6------------------4--------------6-----------------------|
D-------8-----------------------6------------6---------------------8--------------------|
A---6----------------4-------------------6----------------8-----------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Nenjodu cherthu, pattonnu padan

Pattinte eenam neeyanu

Kaanathe kannil, ariyathe nenjil

Viriyunnu chitram, neeyanu

D#m A#m C#

Nee varu, ee pattin raagamai

D#m A#m C#

Nee tharoo, ee chitram varnamai

D#m

Hridayam thookum pranayama

A#m

Nalki njanum nila sandhye

B C#

Thirike nanayum mizhikal, nalki neeyum engo maanju

D#m C# G#m A#m

Nenjodu cherthu, pattonnu padan

D#m C# G#m A#m

Pattinte eenam neeyanu

D#m A#m

Kananai mohangal chirakadikkumbol,

B C#

Snehathin kaattayi nee enne thalodi

D#m A#m

Mizhiyile mozhiyilum ninmugham mathramai

B C#

Kanavile kannilum nin niram mathram

G#m A#m G#m A#m

Maayalle akale akale akale

D#m C# G#m A#m

Nenjodu cherthu, pattonnu padan

D#m C# G#m A#m

pattinte eenam neeyanu

D#m A#m

Chollanai kavyangal ezhuthiyathellam

B C#

Nin chundil pookkunna hindolamayi

D#m A#m

Aazhiyum maariyum nin swaram mathrameki

B C#

Ninavile nizhalilum ninte nishwasam

G#m A#m G#m A#m

Thedunnu arikil nee innivide

D#m C# G#m A#m

Nenjodu cherthu, pattonnu padan

D#m C# G#m A#m

Pattinte eenam neeyanu

D#m C# G#m A#m

Kanathe kannil, uhuhooohuhu…

D#m C# G#m A#m

Viriyunnu chitram, uhuhoohuhu….

Pickle Boyz- Sila Ponnunga Podra Scene'u Thaangala (Hasinithanam)

2012-04-04T09:49:00.007-07:00

This is our next song called "Sila Ponnunga Podra Scene'u Thaangala (Hasinithanam)." This song bloomed out of one topic that my friend Harish and me JUST HATE- "Hasinithanam". Its the name we christened for girls who act a little too much/pamper themselves that's pushed a little too far. Simply, their histrionics.

Click here to download Mp3

The character "Hasini" in the movie Santhosh Subramaniam is one of the best examples of the type of girls that the song is targeted at. And hence the name "Hasinithanam." Being a software professional, there are hundreds and hundreds of Hasini-s we notice everyday (we sustain everyday!) to make a song about. It was during one of our coffee breaks that we've decided to dedicate a beautiful song to all the Hasini-s around the world. Soon after, Harish started penning the lyrics and I started composing the track and that's how the song was born.

This song was all set to release back in December 2011. But since due to certain reasons there's been a very long gap. But this long gap helped me understand how girls really feel about the song. This song was played to few of my friends, both boys and girls. Few of them appreciated the effort of coming up with a song dedicated to all Hasini-s around the globe. Few boys were really really excited of the fact that finally a song has come up telling everything about Hasini girls. Few girls could not accept that the song wasn't about all the girls but only the few Hasini girls that everyone come across everyday. And hence we've put up a disclaimer note stating that the song ISN'T about all the girls but the Hasini girls.

There's never really been any hard work in penning the lyrics as its just about the sort of girls we see everyday. I think the lyrics and the music mix so well bringing out what it really intends. HURRAH!! Pickle Boyz have finally made the song. Here it is.

Hope you like it. Please post your valuable comments.

Again! Its not about all the girls in the world but the few over-dramatic/melodramatic girls a.k.a "Hasinithanam."

Will the earth cease to exist after 2012?

2012-01-19T01:18:00.000-08:00

Most of my friends' this year's resolution is to freak out as much as they can cuz they believe that this year is gonna be their last year for the earth to exist, after which, the globe will shatter to pieces (such dumb friends i have!) or cease to exists. Humiliate them not cuz they do not want to take a risk on that noticing all the drastic changes that happening around but an opinion like that is just a mere joke, me thinks.

The recent inventions and discoveries suprises me a lot. Lately, I stumbled upon an article on disproving Einstein's theories in The Week magazine. E=mc2- The formula which we all have been using for years have been disproved by scientists. Further more experiments have been followed to claim Einstein was wrong. E=MC2 has been the only reason for me to scrape through all my physics papers. I used to breif out what E was, what "=" was, what M and C was and why C was squared, who Einten was, about the apple which fell on his head with which he came up with the law of gravity etc for pages and pages. And yes of course it was all from my head and not from the books. Disproving the only formula i know in physics makes me feel a little thick.

Einstein's theory was that no particle can travel faster than light. But scientists have discovered that neutrinos can travel faster than light and with that, they have also discovered that it is possible to travel back in time. Humans percieve things by the reflection of light. You see a person and you can see him by the light reflecting from his body reaching your eyes and hence you are able to see him. If neutrinos are claimed to travel faster than light, it is possible to travel back in time. Imagine the 'neutrinos powered' you can run fater than light, and when you stop and one point and turn back you see yourself running. Since the neutrinos are faster than light, you travel faster than the light and that you perceive things by reflection of light, you can see your our self running behind as light travels slower than neutrinos. Kinda funny to understand the notion but if everything falls in place and things's been proved, anything can happen.

If its proved that its possible to travel back and forth in time, then I have so much to change and to design my future. It makes one feel a magician! I wish scientists slog a little more on investigating our earth's length of life!!

"Morning cold"- in Chennai as well !!

2012-01-16T20:05:00.000-08:00

I got up in the morning and for a second I thought if i were in Bangalore. I was telling my friends in Banglore that I was gonna visit them. And when I woke up, the morning temperature took me aback that for a second it made me think that my friends have abducted me to Banglore until I took my thinking cap off. When I was traveling in my office bus, for a moment, the trembling code served a reason for popping another question up my head- that if I were sick. Thank God I'm not. Cuz everyone was sunk into their seats to warm themselves up. Feels really good to come up against a temperature like this once in a blue moon as Chennai is meant for scorching your skin. I request all Americans to visit Chennai for sunburns, cuz it could really burn your ass off.

I thank God for a wonderful morning but I'm not sure how my task of the day would change it to as I'm working in an IT company- you never know how worse things have turned out until you realise it, cuz when you realise it, its always worse!

Thank you Pongal

2012-01-16T09:20:00.000-08:00

This Pongal has been the one important reason for everyone to reach home early after office. I plump myself in my office bus for two and half hour journey everyday till i reach home after office. I have three office buses of my route running at different times which gives me a choice to choose the one which my work coerce me to. In bygone days, I used to board the 6:30pm bus which drops me home at 9:00pm. And then when i exert myself for my mundane project, sitting in front of the electronic idiot box, oblivion to what the hell is happening around and then all of a sudden I get to look at my watch and realize its time for me to leave, I started boarding the 7:30pm bus which drops me home by 9:45pm-ish. And then when my project gives me a screwed up issue which i need to get it fixed to avoid abhorrent reprimands on status calls the next day from someone who'll have sunbath in the beaches of US of A to make him not look pale or pigment-ally challenged, I started boarding the 8:30pm bus which drops me home by 10:30pm-ish. No matter what, the traffic on the roads of OMR at any given time will be the same as there are thousands of other I-dont-have-a-clue-on-what-the-hell-is-happening-in-my-project IT schleppers just like me. But today was unconventional and fresh. The roads seems to give a "black carpet" welcome for all IT buses pushing aside the traffic, which got me home unbelievably early. This happened in the morning as well. Reached office very early. But that's just not what we want yeah?

Thank you Pongal. I hope you come once a month on different names.

Pasi Edukkuthu.!!!

2011-10-20T14:41:00.000-07:00

The usual preamble- I'm posting after a long time (duh!). Reason- I've been in a very major accident which almost took my soul to the heaven's gate. Maybe God was not expecting me then so He put me back down to earth. He gave me a second life. Im so thankful to Him to have given my life back. At the hospital for a month, at home for another. Been through a lot physically and mentally. I'm confused as to why God has designed my fate to shuffle between the extremes. He made me recover so fast that surprised the doctors. May be for someone who has been in the same accident I've been in, he would need 3 months bed rest at the minimum. I was OK in just 2. Maybe that's God's way of balancing equations. I'm OK now but it takes a little more time for certain injuries to heal.

Two months off office was a little sombre. Apart from the usual work, office was always fun. There was one very good friend of mine who never lets you know the rush of time when you're with him. We had a lot of good time together. It was one afternoon when i called him for lunch through my office communicator and he gave me a weird reply which gave birth to the song Pasi Edukkuthu. The lyrics just bloomed over our funny chat and the lyrics was so funny that we wanted to make a song out of it. I composed it using FL Studio. Please listen to it and leave your comments.

Sajith Pasi Edukuthu by Sajith
Click here to download

Song: Pasi Edukkuthu
Lyrics: Harish, Sajith
Music: Sajith
Singer: Sajith (please bear my singing!!)

Lyrics:
Pasi edukuthu pasi edukuthu oyyala
Vayiru girru girru'nguthu girru girru'nguthu thannale (2)

Oru mani ayidichina..
Oru mani ayidichina kannu rendum theriyala
Kaiyum kaalum odala
Ada vaayum pesa mudiyala

Ellathayum vittu puttu canteen poga thonuthu
Purse'il ulla kaasu eduthu thooki vesa thonuthu

Pasi edukuthu pasi edukuthu oyyala
Vayiru girru girru'nguthu girru girru'nguthu thannale

Oru mani ayidichina..
Oru mani ayidichina thala thongi poguthu
pasi kaatha adaikuthu
paarva mangi poguthu

Koncham kuda mudiyama nazhuvi nazhuvi poguren
Patcha thanni kudichu puttu pasiya theerka paarkuren

Pasi edukuthu pasi edukuthu oyyala
Vayiru girru girru'nguthu girru girru'nguthu thannale

My encounter with a star!!!

2011-05-26T03:14:00.000-07:00

The below pictures might give you a bit of a surprise and makes you raise your brows asking "How!!?" :P
Read on to know how and where I met him..

Your friends and team mates would be as much happy as you are on your birthday only for one reason- Treat! Treating someone on his/her special occasion has become a custom now. My team had asked for a combined treat from everyone who had their birthdays last month. And also during the recent appraisal process, people who have been promoted were on the list as well. So all together, there were 11 victims for the day!

After intense research, we decided on Aloft, Sholinganallur. The hotel was really good with its ambiance and atmosphere so pleasing (It had to be! cuz its a 4 star hotel!!). While we were scoffing with our complete concentration on the food, there were commotion and camera flashes all of a sudden. As we were lost in gulping down scrumptious food, we took our eyes off the plate wanting to know who it was. To our surprise, its one of the leading actors in Bollywood Mr. Amir Khan with his family and two bodyguards. As i went forward to take few snaps, his bodyguards stopped me asking me to give him some privacy take pics after he dines.

As people started to throng towards Amir wanting to take a snap with him, the hotel officials moved him to another private spot which was on the other side of where we were dining. Though we were able to see him we couldn't go near him as his bodyguards stood there as barricades. I think some girl from my team spoke with one of the bodyguards and expressed her wish to take a snap with him and she was asked to wait till he dines.

After all it wasn't an excuse he gave to dine peacefully but he did spend some time to take few pics with him though he had to go for a shoot that night. Everyone who came there for dinner got something to put up/brag about on Facebook- "Me with Amir Khan!!" My intention of taking a pic with him was for the same reason as I'm not a big fan of his but like him as an amazing actor.

There would've been a fight between me and the bodyguards if it was A.R.Rahman instead of Amir. I'm pretty sure I would've done anything to have a chat with him, take a pic with him and to get an autograph from him. And that not for showing it off to friends but as a simple wish of a big big fan of his. I wish i get an opportunity like this with superstar Rahman next time. ;-)

In the pic: That's me and my team mates with Bollywood star Amir.

Tick tock on the clock!

2011-05-17T03:15:00.000-07:00

It seems like just a couple of months since i joined Cognizant but the reality surprises me- Its been almost a year and a half. Time seems to fly in the blink of eye that most of the beautiful things in life have the air of being missed. The run of time is descried at some instances in life like when you skim through a marriage album your work didn't allow you to attend, looking at some of it you exclaim "He's grown up so fast! He was just a kid when I last saw him;" "Oh, She is no more? When did she pass away?;" "What? He is married now?" "Who is she? Wasn't he married to another............. so on.

I've been always curious to know the reason why time runs so fast. I rescheduled my calender and gave priority to "analysis of the run of time" over "day dreaming." To understand it better, I'd broken down the analysis into smaller parts- from hours to years. (Disclosure: I'm not so good at math. If the figures are wrong........ Well...... huh.... don't mind. Just read on!!)

24 hours makes a day in which I work for 9 hours. It takes 4 hours for traverse, to and fro. Which is 9+4=13 beautiful hours is eaten up every single day. The rest 11 hours is further eaten up in 7 hours of sleeping. That give out a residue of just 4 hours everyday and that is been used to gear up to another day of oblivion.

7 days makes a week and the above said routine goes on for another 5 days that leaves 2 days in a week- weekends. (Wow! Just getting my tongue around the word "weekend" gives me all smiles.) Now after going through 4 hours-left-over-fun shitty routine, weekend appears longer. But not long enough to enjoy. Saturdays and Sundays appear just to let me know that I'm still alive. It makes me wanna earnestly beseech God to make weekends have 42 hours each. Life seems like a drag when you were asked to slog even on Saturdays!! Weekends run like a flow of water. So fast, so quick!!

One thing which buck me up when broadening the analysis on months is for that one day which will make any employee super happy- salary day!! This reminds me of a forward mail in which a picture, relating to the tale of the tortoise and rabbit, depicts how "money comes in like tortoise and goes out like rabbit." That's true in a way. We patiently wait for the end of the month, for that one day which makes us feel that we are rich (as the above quote describes, it doesn't take too long for the money to fritter away!!)

As this sequence of the above said is unvaryingly followed throughout the year, and summing it all up:

24 hours - 9hours slogging - 4 hours travelling - 7hours snoozing = 4hours/day. [4 of 24hours]
4hours x 5days/week = 20 hours/week excl. weekends. [20 of 120 hours]
20hours x 4weeks/month = 80hours/month excl. weekends. [80 of 480hours]
80hours x 12months/year = 960hours/year excl. weekends. [960 of 5760hours]
That means I get only 40/240 days time to rejoice in a year?? What would you practically do with that?

Everyday we wait for the day to end; everyday we wait for the week to end; every week we wait for the month end, for salary; and every month we wait for the year to end, for a hike/promotion/etc. And then i realised that it was i/me/myself who wanted the time to run fast so that i could rejoice my 40/240 days a year!! I would've mentioned in most of my posts that i will have to balance my work life with my personal life and though it sounds easy, there is a minute barrier which stops me and projects out the barrier like a great wall of China! And its pretty obvious that for someone to write a post like this wouldn't have had the ability to balance his work life with his personal. Well, there is time and I'm gonna start utilising my 40/240 days/year to think of how to get things straight and gonna spend as much time as i can, if possible (is this the barrier??)!! ;-)

The quote i just came across while writing this post. Sounded apt to this so putting it up:

WE ARE NOT HUMAN BEINGS GOING THROUGH A TEMPORARY SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.
WE ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS GOING THROUGH A TEMPORARY HUMAN EXPERIENCE.

She is the best in the world!!!

2011-05-08T23:45:00.000-07:00

Today is one of the days to honour the person responsible for your existence. Mother is the reason for what you are and who you are. Not very often do we think of gifting something to our mom until its her birthday (and not very often do we think of writing a post about how wonderful of a person your mom is! :P). Mother's day has been a day to commemorate motherhood and has been an occasion to make her "extra" happy. I bought my mom a party handbag and made her that "extra" happy. (Well, bigger the earnings, bigger the gifts! I wish i get a salary hike!!!) I usually surprise her by keeping the gift in the kitchen (a place where every mother's day starts!!) so that when she wakes up in the morning and goes to kitchen, the joy she gets when she sees gift wrapped up all good with her name on it, and the moment of excitement when she opens it up, its just priceless! Never give your mom a moment to frown but make her smile forever with joy!

Happy mothers day to all!!!

Rebecca Black's Friday- The top of all!!!!

2011-05-02T00:21:00.000-07:00

For the past two weeks, the top trending topic on the web has been Rebecca Black and her hit single Friday. The track has gone viral over the net and has become an overnight sensation. Its video has 110 million clicks on YouTube and both Black and Ark Music, its record label, had received $20,000 from YouTube's revenue-sharing program. The song was No.39 last week and its jumped to 19 on iTunes chart. It also entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 72 and rose to 58 the following week. The song is considered as one of the Hot 100 songs. So what's so special about this song? The song has gained universal popularity...... negatively!! Yes, the song is considered as the "Worst song ever" on YouTube and received harsh reviews and responses. The offbeat lyrics in the song makes it sound eccentric and exasperated almost everyone who saw/heard the video/song. Even me. The song is 'loved to hate' by people on the net. Numerous parody videos have been uploaded on YouTube that making a parody video of it has become a trend. After the song gained much popularity, ABC TV went to interview Rebecca Black. After the initial congratulatory wishes, Andrea Channing, the interviewer, started off by asking how she felt about the harsh comments that people have given for her song and also read out few jarring comments right at her face for which Black was a little emotionally shaken, of course. But she was bold enough to respond that she do not care about the harsh comments and that she took things positively. "Friday is the worst song ever that even dead people are complaining" was one of the comments. Black, in the interview, said that the worst comment she came across was "I hope you cut yourself and I hope you get an eating disorder so you’ll look pretty, and I hope you go cut yourself and die…" After stating this, she expressed her wish to sing a duet with Canadian singer Justin Bieber. LOL!

American Idol former judge Simon Cowel, who is familiar for his blunt, sarcastic comments, has recently commented that he likes her as a person who has gotten so much publicity in just one week. He also expressed his wish of wanting to meet her.

Me thinks that for a song to top the chart (or at least sound listenable) all the elements of the song has to be given equal importance- voice, lyrics, music and all other technical aspects. The song fail to impress the audience if even one of the elements just mentioned is not up to the mark. Friday lyrics are so hilarious and she was crowned as the "lyrical genius" in few social networking sites. The excessive use of auto tune work in the song left a question in the listeners mind wheather Black is really a singer. To check how her voice would sound without auto tune, Channing, in her interview, asked Black to sing Friday without the aid of auto tune. She was not bad after all. Rebecca sensed her intention and responded that she is "not the best singer but also not the worst singer."

I hope her next song is a "good" Friday! :P

PS: I've been writing this post for a week now since I haven't found much time to finish it off at once. So this post is a week old and hence few information in the post may vary. :P

A stupid black mark on my index finger...

2011-04-13T13:34:00.000-07:00

If its every citizen's duty to participate in the decision making that happens every five years, then count me in. I cast my vote today despite knowing the fact that its not gonna make any difference. All i needed was a mark in my finger to prove that i have done my duty as a citizen. I must mention that I was lucky to have my name in the polling register cuz there were few people who fought a losing battle with the authorities as their names were not in the list. Eventually they exited the way they entered cursing both the authorities and the politicians. Too bad that the EVM does not have an option for a blank vote. If it had, i guess half of all the votes would've been a blank vote. The other half, of course, would've been casted to any politician whose bribe amount per vote rate scaled up. My facebook status for the day was this

"Do I have to vote for the prosperity of the already opulent politicians or for the attractive inducements they've promised?? Cuz I don't see an option to vote for the good of our country!!"

As soon as i updated my facebook status, one of my friends commented on it asking me to cast my vote under 49-O. 49-O is a rule which states that a valid voter need not vote if he doesn't want to. Text of the Rule 49-O from wiki

"49-O. Elector deciding not to vote.-If an elector, after his electoral roll number has been duly entered in the register of voters in Form-17A and has put his signature or thumb impression thereon as required under sub-rule (1) of rule 49L, decided not to record his vote, a remark to this effect shall be made against the said entry in Form 17A by the presiding officer and the signature or thumb impression of the elector shall be obtained against such remark."

He believed that if the majority of the vote is a blank vote, which is 49-O, then the contending parties will be disqualified and the state will be under the Governor's rule for six months. And after six months, election will again be announced but with new candidates. I made him understand that whatever he believed was just hoax. He suggested me to vote under 49-O but little did he know about the fact that the EVM does not have an option for people to cast vote under section 49-O and to do so, the individual must inform the presiding officer about his/her disinclination to vote.

The election period is the time when the rivalry between the ruling party and the opposition party reveals more truth about all politicians. During the election campaign, all that is needed for a politician is a mike, henchmen to extol him and some liquor to start a verbal attack on other politicians. Me thinks that a special drug is formed when liquor and enthusiastic praises mix so well that would make any politician high enough to blast about anyone. For instance 'Karuppu MGR' Vijayakanth can be taken as an example. I assume that most of them would've known about how Vijayakanth campaigns as it was "flash news" on Sun TV and Kalaignar TV. Check out how Vijayakanth blabbers, how Vijayakanth loses cool and thrashes his own candidate and an angry Vijayakanth.

If Vijayakanth has a serious drinking problem Vadivelu, Sarathkumar, Kushboo, Singamuthu and others have different problems. Everyone seems to have taken election campaigning as an opportunity to blast their competitor in their respective fields. Its also fun to watch their cheap way of fighting live on television. Thanks to the media.

The video clip that was recently telecasted on Kalaignar TV as a video campaign that shows two women impersonating Jayalalitha and Sasikala was the height of cheapness. The clip shows the two maliciously planning to take over the throne and cease all "good deeds" and systems that Kalaignar established followed by clips of Kalaignar arrested, Murasalimaaran laid down after being "attacked" by cops, Shankaracharya arrested etc. The video indirectly conveys a very clear message- "I beg you. Please vote for me."
This is one of the DMK election songs!

It is everyone's duty to vote. If compulsory voting system are brought to effect in which everyone has to vote else they are subjected to punitive measures, I don't think it would make any difference as people would come to vote in mere fear of paying fine or being imprisoned and would not vote for the betterment of the country. Gone are the days when people know nothing about anything. But since we have a very powerful weapon called "Internet" everything is literally in our fingertips. Just a few minutes with the keyboard and everything is right in front of you in your computer screen. Just a few taps on my keyboard and i was able to find these useful sites
About 49-O.
The conduct of election rules.
Everything about our very own politicians.
(and lots of YouTube videos of course!)

I referred Internet as a weapon because it is very useful, but equally harmful. Just imagine that you create a page in facebook that contains "your views" about a politician and one of his staunch followers get to see that and finds you? The chances are very less but do you want to take a chance on that?

People really hope that one day everything will change. But according to me that day never comes. Politicians' blatant fight to take over the throne pretty obviously shows that its not out of their interest to make the country better but to become rich. Rich by swindling lakhs of crores. I think that makes a person more than the word "rich" actually means. Today i cast my vote to yet another craving dog that wants power and money. I cant reveal my vote as it violates the secrecy of the ballot. ;-)
Another five years for another stupid black mark on my index finger...

World Cup 2011- Tigers defeat the Lions.

2011-04-05T04:02:00.000-07:00

Words are just not enough to extol India's triumph over Sri Lanka. The match was a rollercoster ride for all cricket fans with their expectancy dancing up and down the scale. I thought that the probability of the Indians winning the match was unthinkably less when the Sri Lankans sweeped the ball off the ground in the last five overs. My hope totally evaporated in the air when Mallinga got rid of both Sewagh and Sachin not very long after the match started. 275 was not an easy score to chase but the Men In Blue played extraordinarily well and made history. It is after 28 years that Indians are lifting up the World Cup and was a proud moment for every Indian. If it wasn't for Ghambir, Kholi, Yuvraj and Dhoni's cautious play, Indians would've missed the chance of lifting the world cup and would've left all cricket fans look on the black side forever. Malinga's boisterous enjoyment when he sent Sewagh and Sachin back to pavilion vanished when Dhoni was to hit 4 runs from 11 balls. Dhoni finished the match with his magic shot- the helicopter shot.

There were moments in between the match when me and my friends were in total despair of winning and the seething anger resulted in switching off the television and went out for a walk to ease off the situation. One of my friends went nuts that he asked us to sit just the way we were sitting when Gambir hit fours so that he will hit fours again. He started swearing and went bonkers when we disobeyed him or disregard his superstitious believes. The plummeting Indian performance made him stroll to a temple in the vicinity and made an intense prayer for like 15 minutes. It was fun to watch his antics.

Overall, the match was as best as it can be with ecstasy and expectations equally mixed up giving out the best result. The whole team, especially Sachin, deserves the cup.

Ever wondered about getting rich (or more richer) in just one night? It happened with the Indian team with all money flowing in and swanky gifts from various sources. Of course, they deserve it all.

One thing that bothers me is the fake cup controversy. When they can award numerous prizes for the team, why isn't it possible for them to give 25 lakh at the clearance and get the original cup? That was a little too unwise. And about "Poonam Pandey daring to strip naked in the Indian team dressing room" matter, all i want to ask her is "Lady, are you nuts?" She must be the whore of the whores to have announced such a disgusting thing (Uhh.. disgusting is a strong word. Hmm.. May be it can be replaced with 'not that good'? LOL!) My personal opinion is that, she can strip naked and get some money for the act without having to announce it publicly (the video will be on the net within hours and the dent in her reputation is all the same!) She must've thought that the stripping-naked-in-the-Indian-team-dressing-room thing would be cool, but she should've thought about how the people in India will take it. I would definitely like to know what Shiv Sena want to say about it? Can we expect a video of her beaten up real bad?

Anyways, My hearty wishes to the Indian team who fought the war well to get what they deserve. Special thanks to Indian team coach Gary Kirsten. The celebration all over India was amazingly wonderful with people bursting crackers with full zeal, people proudly waving the Indian flag and the patriotism factor on the eve of April 2nd was a little too stronger and was good to feel. It was an amazing show after all. Whatsoever, Now that the IPL starts from 8th, all eyes turn to that!

PS: Do not confuse the "Tigers" with the Bangladeshis as they are commonly referred as in cricket. A sensible person can understand whom am I referring as Tigers here in my blog as I'm talking about a match between India and Sri Lanka. I chose to refer Indians as "Tigers" because its our National Animal for God's sake! Duh! (I wrote this postscript because one of my brainy colleague saw the title while i was writing this post and asked if I was writing about a match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Grr.!!)

World Cup 2011- India Vs Pakistan- Magnificent!

2011-03-30T23:38:00.000-07:00

Before the match:
The big fuss about the India-Pakistan match seems to be growing every second and the excitement seems to be never ending. Restaurants, lounges, showrooms have all put up LCD displays and projector screens making it possible for everyone to watch the match. Cognizant prevised beforehand that employees will never gonna miss the most significant match of 2011 World Cup and might take an off from work. So they've put up LCD monitors in all cafeterias that telecast Star Sports non stop. Undoubtedly, India-Pakistan match is regarded as the biggest "rivalry" in this World Cup 2011 and is quoted as the "Mother of all matches." The expectancy and eagerness among Indian cricket maniacs and everyone in my company is at its core with everyone checking their watches every 5 minutes wanting it to tick faster. The move was satisfactory as not many in my office took an off because Cognizant has enabled everything to watch the cricket match live. Encouraging the cricket spirit, Indian and Pakistan supporters (there weren't any for Pakistan!) were allowed to wear team jerseys and it was blue everywhere. 1:30pm and the cafeterias were jam packed already. Hope the Men in Blue will not let us down!

During the match:
Even if the building was on fire, people give a damn about it as far as it doesn't interrupt the live telecast. People were glued to their seats; rest were standing and the cafeterias were crammed that for a second it felt like the room was flexible enough to accommodate so many people. Loud hurrahs and roaring was obviously for the Master Blaster whenever he appeared on the screen that could be heard from miles away. I could see people sitting at the edge of their seats watching the match live and parallely praying for India to win. As soon as the match started the excitement meter begins to dance up the scale. People so want Indians to win this match as it was not just a game, it was war! Me thinks that people wont be much gleeful when India wins the World Cup as much as when it defeats Pakistan.

The cheer was loud enough to break the decibel meter when Sehwag comfortably hit each ball across the boundary line. The enthusiasm ceased as soon as Wahab Riaz sent him off the ground. Sachin was lucky enough to hit 85 after four lives until Saeed Ajmal caught the ball. As the match went on, people didn't really like the progression of the game and started to lose hope when Yuvraj Singh went back to pavilion hitting nothing. 260 was a decent score after all. Unfortunately, it wasn't for Pakistan. In the end, People already started bursting crackers and howling around when Pakistanis were to hit 30 runs in 6 balls. Misbah-ul-Haq played really good but it wasn't good enough to win the match. Indians contained it very well and was a great match after all.

After the match:
Celebrations were colorful and for a second, it looked like a festival. Thousands of people jumping and howling on the road as Indians entered into the finals. Crackers went on for so long till it woke up everyone who was sleeping (the oldies!!) Youngsters went around in bike holding the Indian flag celebrating the victory. It all subsided later after 11:30pm.

Hope the Indians defeat Sri Lankans and would win the World Cup 2011. Thankfully, the finals is on Saturday Apr 2nd. Guess everyone will want to watch it with their big friends gang that will make it more exciting and exhilarating. Two days to go and the clock ticks......

Pics: Office: Eveyone standing for the National Anthem.	Office: Crowd in Cafeteria -1
Office: Crowd in Cafeteria -2	Celebrations (from Google)
Celebrations (from Google)	Office: Crowd in cafeteria.

One step forward.

2011-03-29T09:17:00.000-07:00

Like tides in the sea slowly reaching the shore that subsides into the cold beige sand, today yours truly have steadily but successfully completed one astounding year in one of the world's faster growing companies- Cognizant Technology Solutions (ironic eh? That's what made it to the top!) Completion of one year means that my probation period is over and I'm a permanent employee of Cognizant. Looking back one year behind, there used to be moments of uncertainty in comprehending my future, an unclear vision of what lies ahead. Torrents of question falls on me like freezing rain that each drop of it tore through the pores of my skin for which the answers, again, were insoluble. I'm kind of a person who takes things easy, who thinks the world is not gonna end today and I still have more time left to accomplish any task. Take-it-slow policy is what i follow and it helps me in many ways, though I'm not sure if it helps others. If you had read this post of mine, you would have a picture of what it is for me to be an employee of a company like Cognizant.

Three months of an amazing life in the Cognizant Academy (a place where trainees are technically and professionally groomed) was the best ever. My friends list extended limitlessly when was in the Academy that each and every minute of my stay there was fun. After been put in business unit, things have changed the way it used to be as most of us were scattered across India. The bonding that the Academy groomed between friends were still thick and strong that we'll have a conference at least once a week to update ourselves to know what is happening with each other.

For your office hours to be easy going, your team have to be fun. My new team is much convivial than the previous one and fun to be in for i believe that its the team that really converts one from 'trainees' to 'experienced' and if its not absolute, he is a trainee forever.

There were days when uncertainty prevailed; life had become a question that I felt like walking blindfolded in an already dark place; facing reality had come almost indistinct; when the biggest imperfection in life, being unemployed stuck hard like a bullet, Never really had imagined of myself being in one of the top IT companies in the world as these CMMi level 5 companies weren't in my list in the first place throughout my job hunt during the recession period. But after all, the improbability of me becoming an employee of a well reputed organization apparently wasn’t too big for my boots and I'm proud to be called a Cognizant employee. Hope the upcoming years that lie ahead teaches me lot of stuffs morally and technically that all success comes my way and prosperity prevails.. ;-)

Century!

2011-03-28T03:23:00.000-07:00

This post is just to let everyone know that this is my hundredth post! ;-)

Aadukalam- Otha Sollala (Karaoke)

2011-03-27T02:51:00.000-07:00

This is the Karaoke of the latest hit song "Otha Sollala" from the movie 'Aadukalam' composed by yours truly (originally composed by G.V.Prakash). This song was a hit soon after its release. May be because of its "kuthu" genre or Velmurugan's voice or for the composition itself, the song was on the Top 5 hits just few days after its release. When I listened to the song, like everyone else, i liked it too. And after listening it a few times, thought of making a karaoke of it. I composed it using FL Studio 8. I've used the beat samples from the song and made the rest from FL Studio 8. Cutting out a loop from the song wasn't difficult for me, but to cut out loops without vocals was pretty tough. So I cut the basic beat sample into different slices using Edison and placed it appropriately to make it sound original. When you hear the "Onnu Sollaama Usuradhottaaya Manasa Inike Vachha Seenum Ittaaya.." line, the beat you hear was sliced up into many pieces and patched up together to sound like original (In the original song, you can hear the vocals over the beat and its kinda impossible to separate both).

Like I usually say, I've tried my best in replicating the original song by making a karaoke of it. Please listen to the track and give your valuable comments and feedback.

Click here to download.

Please leave your comments..!

-S

IDentity!

2011-03-21T00:04:00.001-07:00

There used to be a time when a guy falls for a girl and if he wants to know about her- her name, where she lives, her profession, her phone number etc, the guy probably have to exert himself vigorously in finding at least one of the listed above. If you and the girl you're dotting on are working in an IT company, things are simpler. From busting your gut to know her name, today all you have to worry about knowing is her Employee ID. From just a click of a button, you behold her complete profile right on your computer screen. There is this friend of mine who fell for a girl and even before logically being curious to know her name, he was more curious to know her employee id. For a moment i was stumped considering the ease of the situation. Well, one has to be. Just a six figure number (differs!) called an employee id can give you information about anyone in an organization. Name, phone number (very important!), business address, home address, email id, her job title and what not? Now that every company has a chat application, the primary move of approaching a girl becomes more easier. PING! Hi. -Hi. Im...blah blah blah. To dig a little more into her personal profile, there is always Facebook, global database for people's information. Like trying to know her employee id, in Facebook, its all about worrying whether she accepts your friends request or not. Accepting friends requests is access to her personal stuffs. You get to know more about her- like her friends, or whether you both have any common friends, her interests, her hobbies, her latest photos (you can save it and drool over!!) etc. Getting to know each other has become as easy as falling off a log.

It was long back when you fall for a girl, talk to her, get to know her, understand each other, and everything seems like a long process. Today, things are made very simpler by 'social networking,' a concept that is followed in almost every organization for a better rapport and for easier communication between employees. Its good that it also serves as an intimacy notion. LOL! Whatsoever, Making a girl fall for you does require a special wooing skill that people like me are not really blessed with!! *Heaves*

Zzzz Grrrrs!!

2011-03-16T04:47:00.000-07:00

I think i will be able to turn the sky green; I think i will be able to walk on water; I think will be able to sneeze with my eyes wide open; I think i will be able to do everything what Rajinikanth could; except for one thing- getting up in the morning and jog. On the contrary, there is one guy in my office who never misses jogging every morning, no matter what. I tried to be 'him' for just one day and had set alarm at three consecutive time around 5 am, with a hope that it might wake me up. No. Even the repeated raucous hooting of the alarm failed in walking me up. Kept snoozing the alarm every time it rang and resumed my sleep. I'm still not able to find out if its my mind that automatically tells me to snooze the alarm or my hand, unconscious to my senses, gropes for the clock and shuts its off. There was this one time when i was so close to accomplishing my task. I woke up every 2 hours to check if its 5am and then dozed off when it actually was. I need to invent something that wakes me up in the morning, something like a clock that sprays cold water on face instead of ringing (I wonder not even if I wipe the water off my face and resume my sleep!)

Its been a routine for me to get up at 6 in the morning and do the brushing-bathing-dressing-eating in one hour and catch the bus at 7. Now to wind the clock needle back one hour than the usual time might take a little long to take effect. I wonder how longer would that 'long' be??

Tsunami in Japan.

2011-03-11T03:39:00.000-08:00

The news was a bombshell when one of my friends told me about the massive earthquake that destroyed most of Japan. 8.9-magnitude earthquake shook Japan erupting a violent tsunami. It was so powerful that it sent ships crashing to the shore. I read in the news that the water level was equivalent to the small houses in Japan and the it engulfed most of it. Its discovered that the earthquake was Japan's largest in 140 years. Russia and Indonesia, Central American countries like Guatemala, El Salvador and Costa Rica and the U.S. state of Hawaii were all hit by it in the late afternoon today. The causalities count is not yet announced but after a forceful tsunami that washed most of Japan, the count is expected to be a little high. People are in shock across the globe after hearing the news and all TV channels are busy updating latest news from Japan. It was found that the tsunami hit Tokyo the most, one of the 47 prefectures in Japan, having a population of 30 million people. Authorities said that another tsunami is expected to hit in a few hours. When i was searching the latest news about the incident, there was tsunami alerts in Google home page warning people that another tsunami is expected because of the shock wave that the earthquake in Japan caused. This is a terrifying news to everyone and i wish that the impending tsunami just sink into the earth and NEVER erupts.

Here are some latest devastating pics: