The Censorship of India..

I have a lot to say to Mr. Sibal about this Censorship bill. So I have to take some time to write all the things (which I really cannot do in the day) so I want to leave you all with a thought..

Dear Sibal,

How about spending some time to google the Indian map? You get 3 versions of our map right? One from China, claiming that Sikkim as theirs. The world map claiming the crown of Jammu and Kashmir is part of Pakistan and our own version where we do have the crown of J&K and Sikkim. So, before you go all out to thrash Anna's movement of Lokpal bill and censor all the blogs, posts, videos, etc., kindly contact all these men and women exploiting our Map and ask them to use the correct version. Then you can wag your things in India about censoring our thoughts.

To be Continued...

Pray for Anna !!

Anna Hazare ji has broken his 3 day fast because of his high fever and BP. Please pray for his speedy recovery and for the victory of Jan Lokpal Bill.

 

Source: Reuters

Really worried as to what is happening in India. Less people turn up for the event. Please India, do not stop now. We are only half way through.

My Gift from Santa...

I got a gift from (believe it or not) from Santa!! It is a beautiful drawing of a Disney Princess painted by another adorable little Princess!!

Winter Wonderland..!

Looks like I am stuck in Bay area for some more months (or years!), so no white Christmas for me.. So when my friend said that she and her family are going to the Winter Wonderland, I decided to tag along. Though there were no snow, the lights were splendid! Hey, what is Christmas with out the lights? At time I think that Christmas is their form of Festivals of Lights like our Diwali.. And now I have a brand new HTC Evo Design, I was more than happy to click away at the lights and what else can I do than adding them here? So please bear with me for the next 40 something pictures. There is no other substance in this post.

The Lights were designed to look like fireworks falling from the sky..

Lights looking like Cherry Blossoms. Pity that I did not capture a close up picture.

Entrance to the Winter Wonderland.

The big Shoe house.

I think this is a Valentine Arch.

Mayan Pyramid

Eiffel Tower

Have no idea as to what they are. But they were pretty cute.

If I remember correct, it is a Russian Cathedral.

Statue of Liberty and Golden Gate Bridge (I think)

Taj Mahal

Big Ben

Pirate Ship ?

Princess Palace

My Birthday!!!

I am a December Baby and a pure Sag.. During my childhood days, I do not remember me having a birthday cake as my parents did not believed in it.. My birthdays (my star birthday) started with a hot shower and a trip to temple and lots of sweet.. My date of birth was more like flurry of wishes at midnight (after my 9th standard), new dress to wear to school (the only day we were allowed to wear color dress in school. College was a different issue, it was more like looking the most beautiful of the place), distributing chocolates to class mates and friends, having a fun time in all..

After I came to Buffalo, NY., my cake tradition started. Here I am now, celebrating my third birthday in USA, a lot of things have changed.. I did not go to a temple on my birthday as I was either reading for my exams or was sleeping soundly as I had pulled an all nighter the day before. Also, new dress on the birthday sounds laughable now. And I dont want to spend my birthdays alone anymore. I wanted some trustworthy friends around me who cared. Well, I got my wish :)

My current land lady has become one of my best friend I ever had and I am so so so glad that I moved in with her. Believe it or not, she knows what to say when I am sad, mad, happy or what not.. So, last Sunday, she was baking a cake to practice and I was sitting in the kitchen, tasting the ingredients. Half way through, she suddenly mentioned that I cannot eat it after she finished baking as she would be saving the cake for my Birthday. My mind froze. That was the first ever time someone is baking me a cake. I wanted to skip over and give her a big hug but hey, my mind was really really numb. So I just sat there looking at the cake being baked.

And it turned out really delicious..

The best part? It was completely gluten free! It even had a hint of rum because of the fermentation of brown rice flour used in it.. I simply loved it and would have finished the cake had I not already been stuffed with her mom's lovely cooking. To say least, I feel as if my dear friend, her daughter, her mom and dad has brought in a refreshing change in my monotonous life. I am grateful for that.

Last but not the least, my friend is maintaining a Gluten-Free blog and has been updating seriously tasty recipes for some time now.. Please visit her blog and show her some love..!

http://glutenfreefusion.blogspot.com/

Copy Cats!!

This entry is going to be a long one and will be frequently updated. And this is almost entirely for Tamizh people. Basically I am going to post the Tamizh songs and tunes copied from other language songs, tunes, scores and even cartoons. And the films that have been copied from other language films. And I an going to list only the films that never revealed to public that it was a straight lift from another film. Without much ado, I begin...

Note: I do not own any of the following songs, albums or movies. I have merely linked it from the Internet. When ever I realized that I linking from an official channel, I have mentioned the channel name right below the video. If you recognize your video here and feel that I have not given the due credit, please leave me a comment so that I can give you the credit or replace it with another link.

1. Original: 'Whistle Song' from Robin Hood cartoon

    Tamil version: 'Pa pa pan pa' song from Theiva Thirumagal

2) Original: 'Run away' by The Corrs

Tamil Version: 'Nenjodu Kalanthidu' from Kadhal Konden

3) 'Lord of the Dance composed' by Ronan Hardiman

 

From 1:08 to 2:30

Tamil Version:'Minnalai Pidithu' from Shahjahan.

4) Original: 'God rest ye merry gentlemen' by Loreena Mckennitt

Tamil Version: 'Etho ondru Etho ondru' from Lesa Lesa

5) Original: 'Get Down' by Back Street Boys

Tamil Version: 'Oh nenje nenje' from Mugavari

6) Original: 'All Rise' by Blue

Tamil Version: 'June Ponal' from Unnale Unnale

7) Original: 'Can I have this dance' from High School Musical 3

Tamil Version: 'Kaiya Pudi' from Myna

 

Source: Youtube (EROS Entertainment)

8) Original: 'Unfaithful' by Rihanna

Tamil Version: 'Unakena Naan' from Kadhalil Vizhunthen

8) Original: 'Smack That' by Akon ft. Eminen

Source: Youtube: AkonVevo

Tamil Version: 'Minnalgal Koothaadum' from Pollaathavan

Very apparent from 0:42

9) Original: 'The Scientist' by Coldplay

Source: Youtube: Emimusic

Tamil Version: 'Neela Vaanam' from Manmadhan Ambu

10) Original: 'Hit you with the real thing' by Westlife

Tamil Version: 'Karu karu vizhigalaal' from Pachaikili Muthucharam

11) Original: 'Holla Holla' by Akon (Freedom)

Tamil version: 'Oru Murai' from Muppozhuthum Un Karpanaigal

 

Source: Youtube: Vegamusicofficial

12) This one is weird. New Tamil song copied from Old one.

Original: 'Unnai arinthaal, Nee unnai arinthaal' from Vettaikkaran

From1:00 to 1:30 and from 2:10 to 2:40

Copied Version: 'Macarena' from Kushi

From 3:00 to 3:30 and from 4:35 to 5:05

My life with Grey's..

I know that I will not be the first blogger to blog on Grey's. But I wanted to do it anyway. Mainly because I feel that the drama set in Seattle Grace is closely associated with me. If you see the viewer's comments about the show, you will understand that I am not alone. Almost everyone who is a fan of the show has one character with which they closely relate to. Be it Yang, Grey, Stevens, O'Mally, Shepherd, Burke, Bailey, Karev, Webber and I am just starting. When I first saw the show, I just felt them reaching out and making a connection with me. They are all beautiful candidates- No doubt! But they defy the usual rule that good looking people always have it easy. They go through their fair share of mishaps, heart breaks, joy and misery.

The first crew of main characters. From Google Search.

 They too loose their sleep, work long hours, look like shit when they working double shift and loose their loved ones, win over the people they love, go through confusion, face problems and everything else we all go through in our day to day life. And the biggest thing that draws me to this show is how they manage to blend the technical and medical stuff with their day to day life and give it to people. So we get to watch a show we like and learn some great medical things in the process. Personally, I learnt a lot about medicine (well, more about diagnosis) and got to see how a ER in a hospital might look. And who ever is penning the script, the wise cracks and the catchy phrases for the show, I would like to meet you sometime in my life. 'Cos many of your work had not only made me double with laughter but had also given me the strength to push through my difficult times.

I have gone through times when I had little or no sleep while some ba*****s where trying their might to screw up my life. Every now and then I end up in a situation where I had to fight like hell to stabilize my stance. And through all these experiences, one phrase from Grey's Anatomy, uttered by Meredith stayed with me:

'Maybe we like the pain. Maybe we are wired that way. Because without it, I don't know; maybe we just wouldn't feel real. What's that saying? Why do I keep hitting myself with a hammer? Because it feels so good when I stop.'

How true!! Only the people who have struggled in the past or are struggling now will get this one. And just for this quote, Shonda or who ever wrote it, I would like to meet you. And I would like to let you know that it is terrible enough that you guys take a summer break, but a long winter break is too much too bad. Eagerly waiting for the Jan shows. Oh yea, I have attached some more pictures of the main crew below..

Another shot of the first main crew. From Google Search.

First crew of the show.

 

Current crew of the show. From Google Search.

 As for who I relate with in the show, it is Dr. Yang..

Last but not the least, here is the link to the list of quotes and funny phrases in Grey's Anatomy:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413573/quotes