more here !!

Before reading this, Read Machi's marriage report here ..

Voice of 'Sundeep' :: Ordeal at Trichy Bus Stand ::

On the return trip of about 10 members of the group, with confirmed return tickets on Pallavan (no, it was Guruvayur Express !!).

This confirmed train tickets was done b'cause someone (Huf.. Is't me ???) from the group would only travel by train, perhaps they had forgotten those memorable college days when everyboby used to travel by bus, (PLA, NNL, via trichy etc) .. (You know, I was travelling in PLA only on that Saturday, to & from my home !!)

But unfortunately this confirmed return ticket was for 20th Feb. 2005, 00:30 hrs and we realized that if we were to travel on Sunday (actually Monday!!) 00:30 AM the ticket had to be made for 21 Feb 2005 00:30 hrs.

Thanks to KD (read Jack of all Roses) for having messed all this up to top this all he confirmed me that he had booked the ticket with the right date on it. (follower Ranjith, booked rest of the tickets and so many verifiers!!)

After doing all this the culprit (Chumma da ! Don't get tensed !) had booked a bus ticket for himself thus escaping all the ordeals standing at Trichy Bus Stand at 1:00 Am and trying to find means to reach Chennai. Hadn't he done this his plight would have been totally different.

With no other option left we boarded a ramschackle bus and somehow reached Chennai. (bus, without few windows .. but, ultra-fast and on time)

Well all in all it was a magnificient experience of machi's marriage.

Please do not read in between lines for I don't bear anything against anybody.

Also do not make the same mistake with the date when the time crosses 00:00 HRS.!!!!! (Good learning ! second time .. first one is date .. now time ?? let me see !!)

By,
Sundeep.K.V

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Voice of 'Singh' :

Not intentional though but guyz believe me it was not funny but irritating in the late nite when tired ...

Trip was gr8 otherwise...

Chithuu - You are capable of doin one more new job man : "Sir, Madras - Madras : 250 Rs....". Be thankful to Dhana for that.

By,
Rajasingh Sudalaiyandi

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Voice of 'Prabha' :

First we all should thank our maccchi .. b'coz of whom we all could meet, enjoy and really a memorable moment.

After a long time we all ( i mean all), came out of our routine and felt that there is something other than work and that is friendship.........machha...summa illley da...na satyama soluren... aftercomming back from marraige for two days ....i am dull at work ... jus thinking of that day.....

I hope we will continue this tradition of meeting ...in rest all of us marrages....( illey na ...paaaaru)....

By,
Prabahar Natarajan

Machi's marriage !!

After a loong time .. great get together @ a nice function.. Yes, after the last year's Kodai trip, again it was time to meet & share .. now, it was Machi's turn to quit the "GREAT Bachelor" status !!!

This is the first time, I'm posting the messages from my friends directly (as like in Group Blog!, but here on be-half of hem, I myself post here.. here n there edited/aligned few stuff..)

Report By 'Jay' ::

This is a short report on our mannaru group chairman's (Machi-MK) marriage on Feb. 20, 2005 @ Trichy.

The events started with traditional "Ponnu Azhaippu" on Feb 19 Evening and a spl. Pooja @ near by Temple by the couple.

Sherwani !
Originally uploaded by dreamz.

Few of our friends reached Trichy [yes, I too reached on time!] at this time and made their presence felt by Cheering MK who came in "Sherwani" ...

(Shervaani ?? sorry .. if i am wrong.. i am week or weak in english; anyway let it be "vaani")

[Buddy, I know about you da, let's keep it as 'Sherwani']

Post dinner, few of us became Nice Guys and you must have decoded the dialogues that were in air then .....

It was late night 1.00 pm/early morning 1.00 am; Chithu and me started the spl. help on "Thamboola Pai" preparation where in I was slow to open the covers and do a good job. Chithu was at his best ..... (as usual, he's GREAT na !!)

It was almost 2.30 am early morning that we got in to a 'deep' discussion with our Great 'Vacchu' & K(ar)D and by luck we finsihed the same by 3.15 am without conclusion as usual...

[Chithu : Vachuu escaped this time too !! vetti !! but one thing need to appreciate is the changes in KarD, didn't get tensed much and shared many useless things after loong time .. but as usual, there was hot discussion from Vachuu, even sent SMS to me in mid-night about the looong call of KarD .. still .. not answered ???]

At 5.30 am it was a good morning call from Raje, who was in complete formals even while travelling (machi : voon kadamai vunarchikku alave illayada ..?). At the sun rise , it was a time for us to do final make up touches for MK by painting / brushing /.... ( oops ... believe Beautification is a 6000 crore industry as per KPMG and it is toooo skin sensitive !!!!!!!)

[Chithu : Jus' 'hai' to 'Rajee', without even opening the eyes .. then, call from 'anna' .. followed immediately the entry of 'Kathir' .. funny thing .. strong hit on 'Joe', thought it was 'Sarapi' .. Sarapi escaped from Kathir in the early morning.. got ready !]

Time of Good moments :

Don't be hurry to imagine that MK finished the rituals ... It was time for me to finish breakfast... ( he he he he he...) (Dei JK, you have attended so many marriages for sooru da.. don't u have vetakam/ maanam ???) .. (thatz cool comment da machi .. Jay vetti paiya !!)

Around 8.30 MK had another round of Pooja and on return was given a Metti ...

Comments from mannarus : -- Its time for 'Metti Oli' hereafter and not any other channel.... (MK, I pity u.. you are going to miss your fav. NDTV ...)

(PS: In order to maintain the decorum of this post I have written it as NDTV. But i will not tell others that you prefer FTV !!) .. (woooveee ... What's in that ?!)

KarSakTHI
Originally uploaded by dreamz.

Then came the final moments of MK's long waiting .... "......Maangalyam .. Tahnthunnaane..........."

Yeah... We declared "Machi Maatikkitan" ...... (Nostalgic trip to Raje's marriage when 'Sethu' started this shouting!)


[I was busy in capuring all these nice moments .. really it was a tough job for the fotographer in the marriage functions ..]

Let us wish KARSAKTHI "All the BEST" !!

Kavithai !
Originally uploaded by dreamz.

Spl thanks to chennai friends who co-ordinated for the Vinyl board Display and a Good Kavithai..

(many of us are good Kavis !!!!! )

Do click the image to read the Kavithai in Tamil .. Okey Cool.

"Rajmohan J" did a good JOB of 'Maappillai Thozhan' and was at his BEST, while collecting gifts and making Machi looks beauty.

GOOD EVENT of the DAY ::

We had the 'Anbagam' kids to have a snap with MK and then they had a good lunch at the Mandapam. Machi, a spl. thanks to you for inviting them K Raj / Sasi / Ramesh : Splecial thanks to you people for the Co-Ordination.

Another GOOD EVENT of the DAY ::

Mannaars & Kids !
Originally uploaded by dreamz.

After the lunch, we (few of us) accompanied the kids to their home and we were impressed by the progress in construction work.

Spl. thanks to Ranjith and Rajmohan who made the journey wonderful for those kids..

Finest moment in Anbagam :

We were just becoming the witnesses of the good work co-ordinated from our Trichy based friends on the construction front.

I am really proud of our group doing such activity for the benefit of people in need.

[I was very much happy to be there with the kids with you all !!]

When we were travelling our "Rajee" was quick enough to realize that the Summer in Trichy is going to be very tough and these kids are going to suffer without slippers ....(on those days we really felt that it is too hot to go out...just think about these kids walking to all places without slippers... Hope you understand the difficulty .... )

'Rajee' made a quck contribution to buy slippers and I promised him that the others --who are all reading this report -- are kind enough to fund to finish the plan RAJE !! , thanks to you again.

Rajmohan & Ramesh : Advanced thanks to both of you to execute this.

So before you wind up this report, Let us soon execute what Rajee has started .

Ippadikku
'Jay' ...
(PA to Chariman, Mannaarus Group)

Note : Depending on the occasions, the Chairmen will change, but I will remain as PA , so that I can take more commisions consistently ... ha ..ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaa....

In this line, the next guy to be the chariman of the board will be Nachi on June 10, 2005 !!

[In-line colored comments by Chithu !]

A Day !!

This day .. today .. Jus' another day .. thought like that only ..

mmm.. anyway, "My Hearty & Happy Valentine's Day wishes to ALL" !!

:: காதல் ::

அன்றோ "நம்மவர்" பலர் ..

வெள்ளயனை வெளியேற வேண்டும் என்றனர் ..
ஆங்கிலம் அறவே ஆகாது என்றனர்..

ஆனால் இன்றோ "என்னவள்" நீ ..

"வாலண்டைன் டே"-க்கு வாழ்த்து வேண்டும் என்கிறாய் ..
"வெள்ளைக்கார" முத்தம் வேண்டும் என்கிறாய் ..!

இதுதான் காதலோ !! ??

: சித்து ..! :

To read & understand it, but not in Tamil .. ??

:: kAthal ::

anRO "-nammavar" palar ..
veLLayanai veLiyERa vENdum enRanar ..
Angkilam aRavE AkAthu enRanar..

AnAl inRO "ennavaL" nI ..

"vAlaNtain dE"-kku vAzhththu vENdum enkiRAy ..
"veLLaikkAra" muththam vENdum enkiRAy ..!

ithuthAn kAthalO !! ??

: chithu.. ! :

Today came across a cool site (from a fwd. mail!) 4MinutesPerDay.com.. Check-out the archives collection .. Lovely Love Expressionssss ..

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:: LIVE WELL .. LAUGH Often .. and let your heart fall in LOVE with the BEAUTY in each day ! ::

Net Roam !!

Jus' roam around the web ..

[#]. "Singlehood today is a choice?" a happy, free one @ OutlookIndia [login req.]. Lot of thinking while read about that ... even lot of Qns. sparked too ?? Mmmm let me see ...

[#]. Toyota makes lots of money and is overtaking General Motors to lead the world's car industry. What is the secret of its success?. Toyota Secrets @ The Economist

[#]. Interesing but even funny site ... more about sleeping in airports here ..

[#]. Web Based Reader from CNET @ News Burst ... but I like "Bloglines" .. simple and soo cool !!

[#]. Your own handwriting on your computer ! @ 'create font'

Welcome Baby !!

Today .. God blessed with new member addition .. yes, New entry to my family .. Happy .. cute Baby Child to my elder sister ...!!

Welcome baby to my family and the World !!!

Wish you Be Happy & Enzoy ever !!

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:: When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. - James Matthew Barrie

Me here !

What happened ?? Why didn't blog for looong time ..?

Mmm .. nothing .. What to say ? as usual, It's (What ? my life !!) going .. Let me see !!

Leaving now with "Impossible is nothing" !!

Cute pair !!

Cute pair !!
Originally uploaded by dreamz.

Mmm .. I saw this drawing poster in opposite flat's hall wall ..

Clicked during Karthika's B'day function .. !!

Cute one !!

Location : Karthika's Home, Chennai.

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Rose Rose ?

Rose Rose ?
Originally uploaded by dreamz.

Snap taken from the rose plant in my balcony ..

Jus' Chumma clicked .. some cracks in the back drop wall .. Ohh !!

Location : My Home, Chennai.

I'm Alive !!

Mmmmm ... Mmmmm ...
I get wings to fly
Oh, oh ... I'm alive ... Yeah

When you call on me
When I hear you breathe
I get wings to fly
I feel that I'm alive

...
...

When you bless the day
(When you bless, you bless the day)
I just drift away(I just drift away)
All my worries die
I know that I'm alive

I get wings to fly
God knows that I'm alive ..

[CELINE DION's "I'm Alive" complete Lyrics]

Thiruttu Raascal !!

Following the horrific trend of calling the loved (!!) one as..,

• "Azhagaana Raatchasi" ..
• "Kaadhal Pisaasu" ..
• "Azhagiya Asuraa" ..
• "Saithaane Saithaane" ..

what else, neXt ??

now it's the turn of 'Thiruttu Raascal', song from 'Ajith' starrer the new tamil movie 'JI' sung by 'Shrilekha Parthasarathy & Mano' and music composed by Vidhyasagar.

God Save Tamil lyricists!!!.

Long Break !

Long Break from Blogging .. nearly a week .. Don't know ?

Y'day was PONGAL, nothing spl. to me, yet another day or festival day ?? .. but, finished in a new way in new place this year .. Anyway .. Wishing All a HAPPY PONGAL - INIYA PONGAL NAL VAAZHTHUKKAL .. !!

From Net Roam ..

>> Crowd Compiler, Computer software which produces images of the temporal crowd ..

>> Fotos : Happened to see some amazing fotos taken using 'Composite foto technique' @ Flickr .. My favourite snap pick @ 'foto', with amazing expressions .. Cool !!

>> Sony's 4 GB Memory Stick Pro media will be available in March for about $900. (??)

>> Search : Jux2 another search engine, but combiles the searches from Google, Yahoo & Ask Jeeves and give an consolidated statistics and comparison ..

>> Joke : A guy brings his dog into the vet and says, "Could you please cut my dog's tail off?" The vet examines the tail and says, "There is nothing wrong. Why would you want this done?" The man replies, "My MIL is coming to visit, and I don't want anything in the house to make her think that she is welcome!"

>> Music : "Uzhagathil ulla Chitravadhaikellam chella peyar vaithal - Kaadhal" from Kaadhal Music Review.

>> Song :

" Vizhiyum vizhiyum Nerungum Pozhuthu ..
Valayal Virunbi Norungum Pozhuthu ..
Vasathiyaga Vasathiyaga Valainthu Kodu ..."

A nice song from new tamil movie from 'Sathurangam' sung by 'Madhu Balakrishnan, Bonnie and Harini' and the music composed by 'Vidhyasagar'.. playing in the BG now .. Hot saturday afternoon (??!!) ..

ஜனவரி ஜனவரி ஜனவரி ஜனவரி ஜனவரி

Blogs !!

last week happened to check few of my friends blog .. it's really nice to see their blog ..

Karthi's life - an open book! Can't believe ?? Hey really so nice, esp. your morning dream blog .. anyway do continue your writting .. expecting lot more about your experience & interesting life there @ Belgium .. Also, do register (Believe, You did that ??) with your match making and try for a perfect match soon .. yenna okeya .. you only taught about the databases & related technology whichever a little bit I know now, my first Guru (mentor!!), in the current corporate ..

JSara's Link Blog ! he started as Group blog with his friends .. (I too wrote one!).. but, now changed as Link Blog and posting some good technical web links, mainly database & web development related stuffs .. he was one of the early blogger using blogger ..(!!) ..

RRaj's Sadugudu, hey Why didn't you blog after the first one ??.. I know, wherver you go, you only tops in all .. lot more things you can share (including ur match search & technique!!, which JSara missed to share.. ha ha), as usual I'm ready to comment !! (What else I can do ??)..

Ranjith's Rain Drops ! Hey dude, it's really good to see that you to have time to blog (@least now-a-dayz .. but, now I'm blogging from your notebook only, What to do ??) .. blogs with daily blah blah .. management stuff and more ... expecting lot more .. keep going buddy ..

and 'NakshathraLokam' ..

I'm regular vistor of all the above blogs .. expecting lot more interesing stuffs from all the blogs and also from others ... stopping here now ..

".. Valayamal Nathigal Illai .. Valikkaamal Vaazhkai Illai .."

A nice melody song 'UnakkEna iruppEiN', from the movie 'Kaathal' sung by 'Haricharan' and composed by 'Joswa Sridhar' is playing in the BG in notebook .. eXcellent lyrics Na.Muthukkumar .. (rite??)

Forget it!

An interesting point from Tom's 60 TIB's (This I Believe), here's that,

Visa founder Dee Hock said it best: 'The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get the old ones out.' Every enterprise (and every individual) needs a formal (written, for starters!) Forgetting Strategy. We must be as forceful and systematic about identifying and then dumping yesterday's baggage as we are about acquiring new baggage.

(Message: Learning = Easy. Forgetting = Nigh-on-impossible.)

Blogging from Ranjith's 'DELL Laititude D600' Notebook in Mannaar's palace Balcony .. Cool & RelaX .. The Great (Is't so ??) SUNDAY Evening .. nice soft breeze here now ... (but, notebook is little bit hot !!)

Welcome ???

New Year start ... Let's see how it's going ?? (Yet another year with ... ??

Be like a child; see the world with wonder and excitement and welcome the new dawn.

Welcome ???

Links !

• Worldwide Earthquake Activity site @ [ Link ].
• Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre bulletin @ [ Link ].

Anniversary !!

Yet another year in my current corporate completed and starting another BRAND NEW YEAR from today. "Happy Anniversary" !! ..


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:: You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. -Les Brown ::

Tsunami !!

Sad .. 'Tsunami' [meaning wave in port, in Japanese] hits Chennai and many parts of coastal region of South INDIA.. Worst time ..

About 'Tsunami' & 'Indian Ocean earthquake' @ wikipedia

Morning Sky View !

Morning Sky View !
Originally uploaded by dreamz.

eaRly morning 'Sky view' snap from our flats !! (Mannaars!!)

nice 'foto' with good color combination .. Wow !

But, mostly missing such a natural views in the mornings ;-< .. need/try to get back soon ??

Location : Chennai, INDIA.

X-mas Card !

X-mas Card Front View !
Originally uploaded by dreamz.

X-mas Card signed!
Originally uploaded by dreamz.

Received a nice Card for 'Christmas, New Year & Happy Holidays' from my Japan Colleagues .. Cool greetings from them .. Happy to see all of their signatures too, Great !!

At Christmas time, and throughout the coming year...
May ur home & heart be filled with the Christmas Spirit.
Sharing the blessings Of Christmas with love
for this Christmas and always, Happy Holidays !!

Yoshi-san, Shinya-san, Yumi-san, Sako-san & Marimi-san .. 'Happy Merry Christmas' to all of you & your family ..