King of pop as he was rightly called was the winner of 13 Grammys, and the son in law of Elvis Presley (one of his marriages was to Lisa Marie Presley). MJ's gone, to a much better place, cos the earth wasn't in his favor since 2001. He was in and out of controversies. I liked him before he experimented with vitiligo and later. I loved "Bad" and "Dangerous" beyond words. Scream by he and sister Janet Jackson was definitely a shout of their feelings.
I liked him in my own way. But, just that it was hard to see talent and controversies apart. To me, they were chapters of the same book. They were never two books. When I had to finally judge the book, I had to judge it on the whole. [Exempli gratia - Eddie Murphy, who had his shares of ugly linen]
When acquaintances who disliked KOP flood messages of RIP, how sad they feel that a talent is lost and how fanatical fans they were, it makes me remind of the books "The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger" or "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Mark Haddon" wherein faking was abhorred.
When you have decided to like someone whole-heartedly, love them. Cos you never know when they're not gonna be around. There's absolutely no point in loving them later. This goes for celebs as well as your loved ones back home. Tsk Tsk.
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Friday, June 26, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Voted... and made it count?
I had my march to the polling booth, had my finger marked and voted. Talking of the elections. The media tried to prop up more awareness than they had in the yesteryears. Right from the jagore campaign to TOI's full first page advertisement about "Making your vote count".
Also, there were a few advertisements splashed on the newspaper reading "Make your vote count. Show your marked finger to avail 25% discount on the bill". Apparently by one of the food giants "Dhaba Express" [It is unfortunate to think that one has to lure people, by such perks, to make one vote].
There are enough problems already. The common ones being : Voting machine problems, Voter bribing, Voters name missing; of the many. It occurred to me today that one must not give room for anyone to cast a "Forged vote". How do you do that? Educate people? Conduct workshops and campaigns??
NO.
Just wake up early enough, walk up to the polling booth and cast your vote before someone else does it :D
When it comes to voting, I believe, the uneducated at least go by what their heart says. But the educated man keeps thinking of all the pros and cons of a candidate from N different points of views.. Ultimately ending up in saying "Why should I vote? Anyway another corrupt big bellied bully is on the way". Yeah, many a time I felt the same too. But, today I did make my vote count. Just because, I did not want anyone taking advantage of "my NOT voting" and using the opportunity to cast "Forged votes".
The poor turnout of votes, so far in the other Metros, stunned me. As the cliché goes : Small drops of water, make a mighty ocean.
Of course, who knows what the voter turnout would be in my city?
The future's not ours to see... que sera sera!
Also, there were a few advertisements splashed on the newspaper reading "Make your vote count. Show your marked finger to avail 25% discount on the bill". Apparently by one of the food giants "Dhaba Express" [It is unfortunate to think that one has to lure people, by such perks, to make one vote].
There are enough problems already. The common ones being : Voting machine problems, Voter bribing, Voters name missing; of the many. It occurred to me today that one must not give room for anyone to cast a "Forged vote". How do you do that? Educate people? Conduct workshops and campaigns??
NO.
Just wake up early enough, walk up to the polling booth and cast your vote before someone else does it :D
When it comes to voting, I believe, the uneducated at least go by what their heart says. But the educated man keeps thinking of all the pros and cons of a candidate from N different points of views.. Ultimately ending up in saying "Why should I vote? Anyway another corrupt big bellied bully is on the way". Yeah, many a time I felt the same too. But, today I did make my vote count. Just because, I did not want anyone taking advantage of "my NOT voting" and using the opportunity to cast "Forged votes".
The poor turnout of votes, so far in the other Metros, stunned me. As the cliché goes : Small drops of water, make a mighty ocean.
Of course, who knows what the voter turnout would be in my city?
The future's not ours to see... que sera sera!
Saturday, March 14, 2009
The impossible interview.
It has become a matter of fact for the graduates to hold a naukri or monster account. I'm no different and I have my daily dose of mails pouring into my mail box.
Most of which, after screening, goes to deleted items.
Today, I had an email from British Petroleum Company Plc (UK).
It read "...join one of the world biggest Oil and Gas... blah blah...We received your CV. It was sent to the office of the Recruit Team for screening. Your qualification has met with BP first Round of recruitment, therefore you have been sent our company's Application Form and Terms and Conditions for your kind view"
Today was no different, I had to delete it. I had to cringe while deleting it as it offered 65k GBP, but alas since the interview was held three days from now in London I had no choice but to delete ;(
Before I deleted the email, something caught my eye. First was the "Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form" and the second was more interesting than the first "POLICY STATEMENT ON THE RECRUITMENT OF EX-OFFENDERS"
The Application form said :
BP is committed to the fair treatment of its staff, potential staff or users of its services, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, responsibilities for dependents, age, physical/mental disability or offending background.
Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of your offenses.
I am awed! I have only watched movies that show the lives of offenders (who might have accidentally committed the act) being put to waste because of the criminal record.
I pray (a) that the crime and criminal activities on earth reduces
(b) that more people learn to embrace the emotions of the EX-offenders who have now turned on a new leaf.
Most of which, after screening, goes to deleted items.
Today, I had an email from British Petroleum Company Plc (UK).
It read "...join one of the world biggest Oil and Gas... blah blah...We received your CV. It was sent to the office of the Recruit Team for screening. Your qualification has met with BP first Round of recruitment, therefore you have been sent our company's Application Form and Terms and Conditions for your kind view"
Today was no different, I had to delete it. I had to cringe while deleting it as it offered 65k GBP, but alas since the interview was held three days from now in London I had no choice but to delete ;(
Before I deleted the email, something caught my eye. First was the "Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form" and the second was more interesting than the first "POLICY STATEMENT ON THE RECRUITMENT OF EX-OFFENDERS"
The Application form said :
BP is committed to the fair treatment of its staff, potential staff or users of its services, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, responsibilities for dependents, age, physical/mental disability or offending background.
Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of your offenses.
I am awed! I have only watched movies that show the lives of offenders (who might have accidentally committed the act) being put to waste because of the criminal record.
I pray (a) that the crime and criminal activities on earth reduces
(b) that more people learn to embrace the emotions of the EX-offenders who have now turned on a new leaf.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
A quick look at Jan-Feb
In a non-chronological order, let me stroll through whatever my poor memory remembers
Hats off Madrasi!
The 12th of January AR Rahman made us proud by winning the Golden Globe awards for "Jai ho" penned by "Gulzar" sung by Sukhwinder Singh (of ALL people).
Congrats Ms Mirza!
Sania and Bupathi won the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open in Melbourne, beating France's Nathalie Dechy and Israeli Andy Ram. Making that Sania's first Grand Slam.
Mixed-doubles is considered passé, consequently asking the poor girl to concentrate on her fitness and singles.
Tnx for the hoRRor movie!
RR of Satyam proved that God won't help even though you donate millions of gold bullions. Some indigestible statistics: 321 pairs of shoes, 310 belts and 13 cars including Mercedes and BMWs. I'm not gasping or sighing. As a matter of fact, what he is is immaterial to us. Anywayss it's interesting to know obsessed people exist.
Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Where is the recession tonight?
(I you have heard where is the party tonight, you'll know how to sing this) Why are we taking of recession "now" when recession has been news for the past twelve odd months?
The answer is three letters - IPL "Indian Premier League".
Where is the recession when people are ready to buy Andrew Flintoff at and Keith Pieterson at $1.55 million or why even more?
Good luck to the GAMEblers!
MN Srinivasan of India Cements, better known as the famed owner of Chennai Super Kings who bought MS Dhoni at an exorbitant sum (6.58 Crore rupees) last year, proved again to be a worthy contender buying Andrew Flintoff at 7.55 crore Rupees that is said to be higher than his base price (4.63 Crore Rupees).
Bangalore Royal Challengers settled with Kevin Pietersen at 7.55 crore Rupees, helping Vijay Malya feed his hurt ego (ego hurt from the disastrous play of lady Luck with his team in last IPL). Though cheer-leading tops the glamour quotient of IPL, Malya knows that even imported cheerleaders can neither help cricket nor luck.
Good luck ol'man!
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world
Hats off Madrasi!
The 12th of January AR Rahman made us proud by winning the Golden Globe awards for "Jai ho" penned by "Gulzar" sung by Sukhwinder Singh (of ALL people).
Congrats Ms Mirza!
Sania and Bupathi won the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open in Melbourne, beating France's Nathalie Dechy and Israeli Andy Ram. Making that Sania's first Grand Slam.
Mixed-doubles is considered passé, consequently asking the poor girl to concentrate on her fitness and singles.
Tnx for the hoRRor movie!
RR of Satyam proved that God won't help even though you donate millions of gold bullions. Some indigestible statistics: 321 pairs of shoes, 310 belts and 13 cars including Mercedes and BMWs. I'm not gasping or sighing. As a matter of fact, what he is is immaterial to us. Anywayss it's interesting to know obsessed people exist.
Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Where is the recession tonight?
(I you have heard where is the party tonight, you'll know how to sing this) Why are we taking of recession "now" when recession has been news for the past twelve odd months?
The answer is three letters - IPL "Indian Premier League".
Where is the recession when people are ready to buy Andrew Flintoff at and Keith Pieterson at $1.55 million or why even more?
Good luck to the GAMEblers!
MN Srinivasan of India Cements, better known as the famed owner of Chennai Super Kings who bought MS Dhoni at an exorbitant sum (6.58 Crore rupees) last year, proved again to be a worthy contender buying Andrew Flintoff at 7.55 crore Rupees that is said to be higher than his base price (4.63 Crore Rupees).
Bangalore Royal Challengers settled with Kevin Pietersen at 7.55 crore Rupees, helping Vijay Malya feed his hurt ego (ego hurt from the disastrous play of lady Luck with his team in last IPL). Though cheer-leading tops the glamour quotient of IPL, Malya knows that even imported cheerleaders can neither help cricket nor luck.
Good luck ol'man!
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Hard of reading??
The phrase "Hard of hearing" has nothing to do here. I'm inclined to say "Hard of reading" when I read perfectly illegible handwriting. Now "Spencerian Penmanship" (or simply cursive writing) is taught from Kindergarten, in spite of which people fail to write legibly.
In my teens, I have often wondered "What's with the Graphologists?", "How do they claim to analyze people by mere handwriting?" and many more alike questions.
Today find it easy to analyze them*: They* are hopelessly lazy (to correct the way they hold the pen).
According to me, good handwriting is no feat. You just have to correct the way you hold your pen. Pay a little more attention to the curves and lines (beauty!) and if you don't want to put in an extra effort not even God can help you.
Wisecrack: Not everyone is Da Vinci, but every child can draw. It is only when a child grows-up, it yields to the way of the world and learns to say: "Ooooooh me?? I can't draw!"
Ditto for singing, dancing et al.
Didn't you sing "Baa-baa-black-sheep" once?
sighs.
Talking about handwriting again, I was scared of writing neatly.
I may sound crazy unless I explain the adage. The Tamil saying goes like this:
"Kaieluthu nalla irundha, thalaieluthu^ nalla irukkathu"
which translates to "The one who has a good handwriting, will not have a good future".
Yeah. Apparently coined by the man with the worst handwriting ever.
However, this saying scared me to death(then). Today I know that even if the whole world writes neatly, it is not going to tackle the Economic depression (pessimistic cackle)
Twist the above saying and voila! you have this
"Kaieluthu nalla irundha, thalai eluthu nalla irukkum",
this is the other adage, contrariwise. Sans doubt written by someone like me, who prefers good hw to sad ones.
Totally unrelated.
Before I forget let me tell you two more similarly constructed adages, which work vice-versa
"Valathu kann thudicha, nallathu nadakkum" :
when your right eyelid quivers, good things happen.
"Ethathu kann thudicha, nallathu nadakkum" :
when your left eyelid quivers, good things happen.
"Valathu kann thudicha, kettathu nadakkum" :
when your right eyelid quivers, bad things happen.
"Ethathu kann thudicha, kettathu nadakkum" :
when your right eyelid quivers, bad things happen.
L.O.L.
Actually amongst the 4 sayings, it's hard to tell which is original and which is made up ;)
A few sample handwritings :)
That of a teen, ached girl. Anne Frank
Men who made their mark - MK Gandhi, Orville Wright and LDVinci (respectively)
* ones with bad handwriting.
^ thalaieluthu - The future written on one's forehead by Lord Bhrama.
In my teens, I have often wondered "What's with the Graphologists?", "How do they claim to analyze people by mere handwriting?" and many more alike questions.
Today find it easy to analyze them*: They* are hopelessly lazy (to correct the way they hold the pen).
According to me, good handwriting is no feat. You just have to correct the way you hold your pen. Pay a little more attention to the curves and lines (beauty!) and if you don't want to put in an extra effort not even God can help you.
Wisecrack: Not everyone is Da Vinci, but every child can draw. It is only when a child grows-up, it yields to the way of the world and learns to say: "Ooooooh me?? I can't draw!"
Ditto for singing, dancing et al.
Didn't you sing "Baa-baa-black-sheep" once?
sighs.
Talking about handwriting again, I was scared of writing neatly.
I may sound crazy unless I explain the adage. The Tamil saying goes like this:
"Kaieluthu nalla irundha, thalaieluthu^ nalla irukkathu"
which translates to "The one who has a good handwriting, will not have a good future".
Yeah. Apparently coined by the man with the worst handwriting ever.
However, this saying scared me to death(then). Today I know that even if the whole world writes neatly, it is not going to tackle the Economic depression (pessimistic cackle)
Twist the above saying and voila! you have this
"Kaieluthu nalla irundha, thalai eluthu nalla irukkum",
this is the other adage, contrariwise. Sans doubt written by someone like me, who prefers good hw to sad ones.
Totally unrelated.
Before I forget let me tell you two more similarly constructed adages, which work vice-versa
"Valathu kann thudicha, nallathu nadakkum" :
when your right eyelid quivers, good things happen.
"Ethathu kann thudicha, nallathu nadakkum" :
when your left eyelid quivers, good things happen.
"Valathu kann thudicha, kettathu nadakkum" :
when your right eyelid quivers, bad things happen.
"Ethathu kann thudicha, kettathu nadakkum" :
when your right eyelid quivers, bad things happen.
L.O.L.
Actually amongst the 4 sayings, it's hard to tell which is original and which is made up ;)
A few sample handwritings :)
That of a teen, ached girl. Anne Frank
Men who made their mark - MK Gandhi, Orville Wright and LDVinci (respectively)
* ones with bad handwriting.
^ thalaieluthu - The future written on one's forehead by Lord Bhrama.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Reality shows - Dreams, Drama & English.
With a large number of reality shows up on list, one gets to hear a few words often. Every channel you change to shows someone (of course talented one) who is "mind-blowing".
Mind-blowing, mind-blowing and more mind-blowing. (!)
Secondly, though the comments given can by stereotyped. I found "this" amusing or should I say appalling?
Some xyz judging a dance would invariably say -
"Nice song selection. Energy levels were good initially.. but towards the end sudden drop in energy levels. Why? (camera zooms the paavam faces of contestants) . Anywayss on the whole your performance was flawless."
Flawless. gasps. Flawless? I mean, wasn't a drop in the energy level a flaw? Or may be the meaning of flawless is having "less flaws"?
I don't know that. Same applies to words like impeccable, improvisation(Alas! improvisation has nothing to do with improvement) and so forth.
Stance #3. Tears are a way of communication, considering them a language, I write : The person who hasn't fared well would (should!) cry. No matter what. After all if they fail to cry, they are provoked until they do.
I'd follow their way and say: "Too much of Drama, senti-bunti sobbers, attitude. On the whole fantastic!"
Being true on the inside I shouldn't forget to mention, cut all the crap and you really find some superbly talented people and most definitely a good platform(like never before) to showcase talent.
So why not "Fantastic"? ;)
Mind-blowing, mind-blowing and more mind-blowing. (!)
Secondly, though the comments given can by stereotyped. I found "this" amusing or should I say appalling?
Some xyz judging a dance would invariably say -
"Nice song selection. Energy levels were good initially.. but towards the end sudden drop in energy levels. Why? (camera zooms the paavam faces of contestants) . Anywayss on the whole your performance was flawless."
Flawless. gasps. Flawless? I mean, wasn't a drop in the energy level a flaw? Or may be the meaning of flawless is having "less flaws"?
I don't know that. Same applies to words like impeccable, improvisation(Alas! improvisation has nothing to do with improvement) and so forth.
Stance #3. Tears are a way of communication, considering them a language, I write : The person who hasn't fared well would (should!) cry. No matter what. After all if they fail to cry, they are provoked until they do.
I'd follow their way and say: "Too much of Drama, senti-bunti sobbers, attitude. On the whole fantastic!"
Being true on the inside I shouldn't forget to mention, cut all the crap and you really find some superbly talented people and most definitely a good platform(like never before) to showcase talent.
So why not "Fantastic"? ;)
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Occupation - Pre-Employment?
THEN.
June 2008
I made the most of my holidays after degree, thinking...
a) I won't have spare time when I start working
b) I have had 20 years of education. I deserve a break.
Mom agreed to it (surprisingly!). It was okay to wake up late (by late I mean 11 AM) and it was okay to surf the net for hours at length, it was okay to meet friends whenever you want!
Life was bliss.
I deserved it. Didn't I slog through my Engineering(I indeed had my share of fun as well)? Didn't I work hard during Post-Grad?
Life was bliss.
Until...
NOW.
Oct 2008
Of recent, every other form I have to fill up has a column saying "Occupation". What do I fill in there?
Student (I'm no more one!) or a short explanation of Lehman brother's Bankruptcy and the downward-spiraling economy of the US affecting my date of joining? Well, I don't have enough space in the latter case. After all is "unemployed" an Occupation?
If application-forms give me nightmares, you should know what the highly specialized species "Homo sapiens" do. Every other curious Aunty asks me -
X : "How is work ma?"
me(feeble voiced) : Aunty, I haven't got my DOJ yet.
X : You aren't trying anywhere else?
me : No Aunty, I thought I'll wait. I've to wait only for a couple of months.
Is it going to be just another couple of months???
To wait or not to wait. That is the question.
June 2008
I made the most of my holidays after degree, thinking...
a) I won't have spare time when I start working
b) I have had 20 years of education. I deserve a break.
Mom agreed to it (surprisingly!). It was okay to wake up late (by late I mean 11 AM) and it was okay to surf the net for hours at length, it was okay to meet friends whenever you want!
Life was bliss.
I deserved it. Didn't I slog through my Engineering(I indeed had my share of fun as well)? Didn't I work hard during Post-Grad?
Life was bliss.
Until...
NOW.
Oct 2008
Of recent, every other form I have to fill up has a column saying "Occupation". What do I fill in there?
Student (I'm no more one!) or a short explanation of Lehman brother's Bankruptcy and the downward-spiraling economy of the US affecting my date of joining? Well, I don't have enough space in the latter case. After all is "unemployed" an Occupation?
If application-forms give me nightmares, you should know what the highly specialized species "Homo sapiens" do. Every other curious Aunty asks me -
X : "How is work ma?"
me(feeble voiced) : Aunty, I haven't got my DOJ yet.
X : You aren't trying anywhere else?
me : No Aunty, I thought I'll wait. I've to wait only for a couple of months.
Is it going to be just another couple of months???
To wait or not to wait. That is the question.
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