On a personal note..

What's my fathers day present? "Up" the Movie, in 3-D!!! What I don't understand with Disney is, why make a cartoon movie with sad theme. Nemo, Toy Story, WALL-E and now Up. Man, I am all chocked up!!!

A great novel by Cho. In his own way, Cho gives an excellent narrative on Hinduism and Caste System. A must read.

Roaming around 3 parks in Orlando with 3 Kids - Torture; Can't move my body!!!!

I made a bold resolution that this year I am going read as much Tamil Book as I could. The problem is getting Tamil Books in US. So after much search, I found Udumalai.com. Looks like a decent website. I ordered some books through the website and I even talked to the owner who was pretty helpful. Hope I get the books soon. Here is my initial list of Tamil Books, Hopefully I could read them all. 1. Thayumanavan - Balakumaran 2. Aasaipadu - Jaki Vaudev 3. Mugathil thelitha saral - Iraiyanbu 4. Moha Mul by T.Janakiraman 5. En Charitram by Dr.U.V.Swaminatha Iyer 6. Ponniyin Selvan by Kalki 7. Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidharkal by Jayakanthan 8. Arthamulla Hindu Matham by Kannadasan 9. Palveedhi by Abdul Rahman 10. Unnal Mudiyum Tambi by Dr.M.S.Udayamoorthy 11. Ramayanam by Rajaji 12. JJ Sila Kurippukkal- Sundara Ramasamy 13. Ki Mu Ki Pi - Madan 14. Engay Brahmanan - Cho

Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.

Wonder how much more bad luck one can take? Getting tired and getting irritated.

இனிய பொங்கல் நல்வாழ்த்துகள்‏ அன்புடன்,

After a promising start this year, Tamil Nadu lost its Ranji Semifinal match against UP continuing its age old tradition of losing at the big stage? At least Balaji came back strong this season and couple of other Tamil Nadu batsman had a great year. Upset, but not dissatisfied.

Happy New Year.

Of all the airport I have gone through Baltimore has something unique. As if being a brown man trying to get through the security clearance at the airport is not bad enough, every time I walk through the metal scanning device it beeps. Well, everyone knows what happens next, 4 or 5 people come rushing in and ask me to step aside. They then pat me down, exploit my manhood, and ask questions which are totally irrelevant. Don’t take me wrong I am not complaining, they are doing their job so it never bother me (expect one time when I went with my kid, that’s a different story). But Baltimore is different, as always it beeped when I walked through the metal scanning device, but to my surprise, they had another image scanning device, and this is a modern day miracle I tell you. You step in; it scans your body for any foreign object and badabing you are out of there. It was nice, instead of a 6 foot man exploiting your unmentionables. Makes you wonder why they don’t have it at every airport;...

Last Friday, my brother turned 40. Can’t believe that he is already 40, time is just flying by!! My sister in law gave him a surprise party, lot of my relatives were there at the party, and it was nice. He even got a BMW coupe to trick his mind to feel younger :)). Never to be undone, I made a last minute trip to Washington DC just to be there at the party. I think everyone was pleasantly surprised. The trip was hectic, but worth every minute.

OMG!!! I don’t think there was ever a Will Smith movie this bad.

There were many such riots, there were many such killings, I lived right in the middle during riots in Madras but for some reason, this carnage in Mumbai has affected me more. May be time will heal; may be my life will move on, but somewhere in my heart there is voice which screams at me that I better not forget. Better not forget where they come from, better not forget the religion which feeds them, and better not forget the environment which nourishes them. I feel a beast is growing inside. I did try to appease the beast; I did try to rationalize with the beast. I tried the statement from our political leader, “the terrorist won’t win.” Who am I kidding; they have won the game fair and square. My mind went through the teaching from Jiddu, Buddha, Vivekananda, & Gandhi but the more I think, the more it screams. The beast now questions my religion, my faith and my honor. I feel powerless to see my brothers and sisters getting killed for no reason of theirs. May be...

My son turns 7 today. I feel as if it was yesterday that I was holding him in my arms. 7 years just flew by, but it was filled with wonderful memories. Happy Birthday, Anish!

You open the door one day, you find a beautiful flower. You think to yourself, “Is there anything prettier than this?” You get ready to pick the flower, and flourish it. You want to keep it close, you want to keep it safe, and above all you want to keep it for yourself. At that moment, your mind points out that you are going kill a life. You argue that it will die anyhow. Your mind replies, “At least let it live its life with glory. Let there be many more like you, who could enjoy its splendor, its beauty and its presence”.

My Son - Daddy, Are you voting? Me - Why? My Son - You have to vote for Obama? Me - Why? My Son - Have you ever seen a brown President? Me - No. MY Son - I want to see a brown President. Me - Color doesn’t have anything to do with presidency. Who ever is capable and who ever the people choose, gets to be the President. My Son - You know nothing Daddy.

I was a guy who contemplated the idea of returning home after my first month in US. This October, I am completing 10 years, that's pretty impressive indeed...

Who ever came up with the phrase "மனம் ஒரு குரங்கு" is freaking genius...

My boss is a nice guy, but he is new to IT so he totally at loss in an IT meeting. My colleagues all understand this, so each and everyone takes advantage of him. For example, if a project requires X amount of time and Y amount of Dollars, the projection from my colleagues are always X+10 and Y+10. I should have played it safe and kept my mouth shut, but being a guy who is screwed up in his head, I confronted him and told him that he should take a deeper look at estimates and projects as a whole. Now, what do you think happened? Here is sequence of events over the last 1 month. a. My boss came to me and said he going to raise my salary by 4 percent. b. He informed me that, it’s acceptable to aim high in life, but asked me not to step on others on my way. c. He questioned why I need an MBA and PMP to do my current job d. He asked me not to leave my job in the middle of a project. e. My colleagues took offence of what I did, and thus everyone giving me a cold shoulder. Do...

After 2 months of hunting, finally moved in to a new house. Settling in.