BOOKS 2006.

The year 2006 marked my highest growth in Litreary litreacy..or i have been deceived into thinking lyk dat.Although i hated to concede to the fact that i am an Amatuer reader,my choice of books was really naive.I was lyk a radio which cud tuned to a deired frequency.So if ppl go gaga abt some author,i ll be among the firsts to procure a copy of dat book without digging deep into what wud suit my taste.Moreover my reading habits , b4 this year were actually a part of preparations for higher competetive exams.So tat more or less,took the lyf dat reading habit wud have instilled.....
But miracles do happen.I changed my attitude towards books,and reading books became more of a pleasure giver than a regular had-to read-to-crack-cat types...

So here are the pick of the chunk in 2006.

1984 by GEORGE ORWELL

This has been and will be one of the greatest novels ever written,in my personal view.This depicts in front of ur eyes wat one calls an Orwellian form of governments and the effects it has on the people.It was also more, like a prediction of how 1984 would be in 1948.Winston,the main charecter in this book,tries to fight the opressive world around him where even thoughts against the governments wud send you to the deepest of hells.


"TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD" by HARPER LEE

Not for nothing did this book get the coveted pulitzier prize.This is a absolute masterpiece.This is something of a classic american novels.In this Harper lee tries to tell the story of a local attorney trying to defend a "coloured" felon charged with rape and attempt to murder against the society which is completley against it.It is filled wid subtle humour and beautiful things which emerge from a child s inference abt coplex issues.Atticus Finch the leading charecter in the novel has entered into the books of ppl who often need an example of a good man.A splendid read.


IDLE THOUGHTS OF AN IDLE FELLOW by
JEROME K JEROME

The name of the book more or less sums up this review.It s not a novel exactly,it is just a bunch of essays,whose contents are more or less comparable to ur daily lyf,if you are a genuine idler.It is packed wid humour which is a Jerome K Jerome charecteristic.
His riveting wit(if i may say so) catches u off gaurd more often than very often.

Others worth a mention

ICON by Fredric Forsyth

A Prison Diary by Archer

Footer Part-II

The first part contained my feelings abt the world cup.Now this entry is more less an EPL related one.For as long as 2 years,i wanted Man Utd(My fav club) on the top of the table.It never really happened.What ppl said was something of a MAN U-is gone-and Chelsea-is-the team- kind.
In fact in August it appeared like dat.The premierships big spenders had strengthend their arsenal wid the lyks of Andiry Shevchencko(one of my fav strikers),Micheal Ballack,Ashley Cole and many others.
As for Man Utd the transfer window was more of an out goers one than the incoming one,the signed budding England Midfeilder Micheal Carrick for a whopping 18 mil and sold their Goal machine Ruud van Nistelrooy,and the vaccum left by his departure was not filled.So b4 even the seaso started ,i cud hear strange shouts asking where are ManU s goals gonna cum from.Time wud be the answer i thought.
And it was.A Frenchman named Louis Saha stepped up to the occasion to replace R v N,only to score the opening goal for ManU in that season and thereby revive his goal scoring touch,dat was established at Fulham b4 he moved to Man U.He was continously on the scoresheet and proved pundits wrong by being more than equal to Ruud van who???
Chelsea had their teething problems , wid Sheva trying to adopt to the English style of game and failing many a time.Their very second match ended in an agonizing defeat.From dat tym on
Jose Mourinho must have known English Football is never the same every year and Man U are no push overs.Man U steadily gained Strength and Elegance to end the year on a high note.Finishing 6 pts clear at the top of the table,wid Chelsea s hopes of retaining the title all but over.
I am mentioning here only abt Chelsea and Man U...wat happend to the others,u may wonder...They are simply outta Man U s wa y and are way behind,to say the least.Arsenal lost ground due to the absence of Thierry Henry and lack of xperience in the side.Liverpool,i dont have a say,bcos i dontt think they are even worth a say...
So as i am hoping dat Man U will regain the title,i am just putting forth some ket pts in Eu soccer 2006.

• The Old lady of Italian Football,Juventus or Bianconeri were relagated to Serie B due to their involvement in Match fixing and handpickin referees issue.Inter were given the scudetto while AC Milan were docked pts , although the FA allowed them to play in the Champions league and saty in Serie A.
• Real Madrid s perfomances are no better than their earlier perfomances.Despite having taken advantage of the crisis situation in Juventus.
• Just by the look of it,it appears that there is no team in the French league dat cud catch Lyon.They are defending their title for the tenth consecutive tym and sitting pretty at the toppa the table.
• Crazy things happened this yea in the champs league as Man U and Benfica were drawn together agian,and so were Chelsea and Barcelona.

Summary of this Footer Year Part I

Soccer has always been an integral part in my lyf....I have this funny habit of attributing everythng that has been happening to me to seemingly frivilous soccer events,more so.
The year 2006 had a lot to do with soccer than many other political,geographical,mataphysical,and u-name-it!! stuff....
So i jus go back as far as i can and bring out some or all of my thoughts on Soccer in 2006....

First up,FIFA WORLD CUP 2006....
This world cup in my view ,was not all that surprising as compared to its earlier edition but it didnt fail to entertain.

THE MOST ENTERTAINIG TEAM:
GERMANY
Final Pos: 03
The wud have been star playa

M.Ballack
The happened to be star playa

L.Podolski
THESE MADE THEM THE MOST ENTERTAINING TEAM:

• Hosts of the tournament,they had to escape rotten tomatoes and Eggs,in front of visitors
• A squad which more or less contained Youth
• Spirit instilled by Klinsmann
• Attacking intent and a Total football oriented approach

Runner-up:Argentina

Close third:Ghana

Worth mention: Cote d ivore,Czech republic

THE DARK HORSES:

ITALY

Final Pos: 01

The wud have been star player:

God knows who???

The happened-to-be star playa:

Fabio Cannavaro

THESE MADE THEM THE CHAMPIONS:

• The team spirit,the thirst for victory
• Never-say-die attitude
• Slick passing and sensational defending
• LUCK

Runner up: France

Close third: Australia

Worth mention: Ecuador,Switzerland

THE MOST UNLUCKY TEAM:

Ivory Coast

Final Pos: didnt merit one unfortuantely.

The wud have been star playa:

Didier Drogba

The happend to be star playa:

A.Kone

THESE WERE THE ILLLUCKS:

• Group of death
• Bad ref against holland

Runner-up: Czech republic

Close-third: Switzerland

Worth mention: Spain,Mexico

World cups new finds :

1. Fabio Grosso
2. Frank Ribery
3. Solomon Kalou

World cups Golden dust bin:

1. Frank Lampard
2. Ronaldinho
3. Pauleta

Best veteran:

1. Zinidene zidane
2. Luis Figo
3. Dwight Yorke

Best Youngster:

1. Lucas Podolski
2. Christano ronaldo
3. Cesc Fabregas

Best Goalie:

1. Gigi Buffon
2. Jens Lehmann
3. Ricardo

Best Coach:

1. M.Lippi
2. J.Klinsmann
3. L.F.Scolari

Worst Coach:

1. Carlos Alberto Perreira
2. R.Domenech
3. S.G.Ericksson

Best Substitute:

1. M.Materazzi
2. M.Allback
3. A.Lennon

Villains:

1. F.Barthez
2. J.Pekerman
3. W.Rooney

What became of my favs???

Andiry Shevchenko:

Not much to talk abt...That is wat happens wen u r the lone cusader in yo team.

Micheal Owen:

Injured and out.I dunno wat went wrong in the first two matches

Pippo:

Kept the bench warm for most part of the World cup....Scored a precious goal against the Czechs

Ronaldo:

U ll get on the scoresheet invariably,no matter how bad ur situation is.....The best finisher in the world still...

Petr Cech:

Brilliant!!!.....but u r team let u down mann...

Riquelme:

Became the best playmaker in the tournament.

R.Kovac:

Unlucky again!!

That was the world cup for me.....

My Top TwENtieS: PART I

This is my top twenties part I...

This would contan the top twenty movies that "i saw " in this year fer the first tym.This may or may not include the 2006 new releases.The movies are spread across many languages(Thanks to CIFF).

1. The Shawshank Redemption




2. Pulp Fiction




3. Pirates of the carribean:The curse of the black pearl




4. The Motorcycle diaries




5. Schindler's List




6. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind




7. Crash




8. Seabiscuit




9. The Usual suspects




10. Schichinin no samurai




11. Der Untergang




12. Million Dollar Baby




13. Pilkarski poker




14. The Bridge on the river Kwai




15. The Guns of Navarone




16. Enemy at the Gates




17. Hum Tum




18. Vettayadu Vilayaadu




19. Akkare akkare yakkare


20. Arindhum Ariyaamalum

Off we go! into a part for which i cant wait to write............I HATEd,HatED,HatED these movies..the top ten hated one s

1. Paramasivan


2. Amrithadhare


3. The Uncut Family


4. Dhill


5. Kabhi Alvida na kehana


6. DON


7. Sillunu oru kaadhal


8. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas


9. Kicking and Screaming


10. The Limb salesman

The Week that it was!!!

Come december there is alwways something happening in chennai....

Last year it was the Champions trophy Hockey of which India was a part..and the difficult part to digest was that india finished last in that.I was there to view those "hard to digest" moments.

This year it was the CIFF(Chennai International Film Festival).

A wonderful week awaited by all movie enthusiasts in the city.It was scheduled to happen from 16-22 Dec and it did happen as scheduled except that i cudnt make it to that fest frm 16th to 19th because of my Hyderabad trip.!!!

So on the 19th, the greatest movie enthusiast in the world(at least in Chennai,ok!! at least in my street,ok !! at least in my house..come on!!) me,got myself ready to jus have a ride thro all those movies that were supposed to be screened.As many as 100 movies were screened in three screens(WOODLANDS,WOODLANDS SYMPHONY,and the FILM CHAMBER).

Albeit the mediocre nature of the screens barring the last one,which was exceptional(probably bec thats were celebs watch movie previews!!) they had raised their stds for the occasion.I was able to watch some 10 movies or so completely and was able to get the glimpse of some two three.That was a wonderful experience besides appearing on the TV(DD) to offer my valuable comments abt a movie AMRITHADHARE(Kannada) which i personally considered "FUK ALL!!!"

The things that fascinated me the most were

The no of quality cinema viewers in Chennai.man!! they are a lot.

A ful house is not wat u d expect if u go for somethin lyk this in Chennai.But it was otherwise and i was amused at the number of fellow movie enthusiasts in Chennai.

The shameless directors and their assistants who came all the way to that place ,to see

if they cud steal an idea or two for their movies.And the manner in which they conceded it.

and

The indefatigable spirit of the D D team...who were there throout the fest...waiting witha camera and microphone.

KUDOS CIFF for such an attempt.

AAnd frm now on, no matter wat happens to me, I ll try to be their fer CIFF.

cheers

MISNOMER

NO MORE BUDDHA ONLY FOOTBALL

A passionate soccerphile me(wannabe???!!!) decided to take a ride at a book on my favourite sport and my most passionate thing on earth.Unsure of which one to start with and without any previous consultations or suggestions,i jus picked one of the lot.The title of the book read "NO MORE BUDDHA ONLY FOOTBALL" and authored by Chris England.

So an unknown of book by a seemingly unknown of author will be the last thing with which u wanna spend ur holidayzz wid..Ok i thought...it wud be worth a try..i picked it up!!!

Just by the looks i was able to judge that it was about football and more importantly about FIFA WORLD CUP 2002.... This was a WC dat i wasnt able to view fully owing to skool pressures and the exit of big guns and of all the teams GERMANY found their way to the finals...So there we go into the book...i was off and running.And i was hooked on to it like a football to the legs of Ronaldinho.

This is basically the dairy entries of Chris ENgland during his visit to JAPAN for offering his EXPERT comments(yeah!!) to a radio programming in talkSPORT.He gets tickets to all the England matches and ekes out tickets fer some matches from here and there for some other matches.To my dissappointment the book was more of a tourist s wxperience than a WC review

containing less football than i expected.But the humour and riveting wit kept me going.

An English him,was naturally pushing England fer the world cup and has coverd those matches

expertly and offers comments in the same way any Indian wud have offered for a cricket match

having India as a playing side.His coverage is more pro-English is wat i personally feel..

and they are,if anything to go by..only one part of the story.His hate fo the premier clubs in ENGLAND in fact convinces me intoo not supporting any of the English clubs.

His experiences in Japan...man!!! the are jus too cool...but my concentration on the footballing part has cut my words short about the other part of the book.

ok! enough talk!!

i am quoting few of the lines in this book that i found really impressive.

• After quoting a poem written by the Korean ruling party leader he coments

"IMAGINE TONY BLAIR WRITING A POEM ABOUT ENGLAND BEATING GERMANY IN MUNICH-HE D NEVER BE ABLE TO SHOW HIS FACE AT ST JAMES PARK"

• In England vs Brazil quarter final brazil win a free-kick in a dangerous area,then..

"RIVALDO,ROBERTO CARLOS AND RONALDINHO STAND OVER THE BALL,AND YOU WOULDNT WANT ANYONE OF THEM TO TKAE IT.DOESEN'T LUCIO FANCY A GO???"

and there are several other lines that captur ur heart right away!!!

A book,a comical one worth a try fer any soccerphile...

CHEERS

MISNOMER

Johnny English!!

Watching this movie was one of my long term desires...cudnt watch it due to unavoidable circumstances,finaly i allocated spl time fer this: the moment i knew it was gonna premier on
STAR MOVIES.
Rowan Atkinson!!!the mere mention of this name is like a garranty fer a fun filled 2 hrs are so...
I was expecting nothing less...although the movie was a little disappointing towards the end,the usual " SCREW logic fer a comedy" thumb rule mus be applied ter get everythin outta the movie.
The movie starts wid the restoration of stolen jewels beongin to the Royal famiy by a certain agent one or sumone...that agent dies and in his funeral all other agents who were his direct sub ordinates die due to one moment of briliance by Johnny English,an agent himself..
So, since he is the only one left ,the govenment has little choice but to assign him the job of protectnig the jewels which are to be handed over to the quenn at a dinner organised by a French magnate.But mysteriously the jewels vanish and the case of finding them is assigned to Johnny.His pursuits ter find out the thief is the rest of the story....
Rowan Atkinson acting!!!man i am at loss of words to xplain abt it...the scene in which he describes the facial features of the "wud have been " intruder speaks volumes abt the way that guy has been acting....the end is not as impressive as the beginnings,where u ll invariably laugh
by the minute elapsed.And that fella who comes as his sidekick Ben miller has done a good job.
In all it was a fun filled two hrs(although less than what i had expected)

A FEW GOOD MEN

NEVER get fooled by the title is sumthin nthat i ve always learnt in my years of movie watching....so by the name all i cud gather is that it is sumthing abt a bunch of ppl who r good....
but at the end of the movie...u ll be damn sure that there are a few good men...but who all???

COLOMBIA PICTURES
A FEW GOOD MEN
paints the picture of the illegal code of conduct that is prevalent in the US defense forces and the effects it can have.Boasting a galaxy of stars it doesnt disappoint by one bit....
The movie has Tom cruise,Demi moore in the lead and Jack Nicholson(jus overthrew Al pacino as my fav actor).It al starts when a marine is about to be harmed by two other marines..As it later turns out,the victim dies and the two marines face the song but they claim that they just followed orders and it was not bcos of any personal reasons.Tom is a lawyer from harward working with the Navy and is being selected by the Navy to represent both of those marines.Demi moore also is seriously intrested in this case so much that she joins hands wid tom to free the marines.The ordes were not regular orders but a military code of discipline which is completely illlegal but is still followed just for the sake of discipline.So the marines find them in deep shit bcos the navy denies any knowledge of giving any direct orders.Now it is a question of whether Tom will win the case and make public the crazy code that these ppl follow..that is for the viewer to watch.
Although Tom and Moore occupy most of the screen time it is Jack Nicholson who steals the show with vintage perfomances.His perfomance in the climax can be compared with Al Pacino s one in Scet of a woman..what an actor!!! the dialogues were excelent,any wannabe defensee wud luv these dialogues(particularly of Jacks)
As mentioned earlier i am still not thro with who the good men in this movie really are.For me it was Jack and his bunch of marines who follow the code and seve it wid pride.My dad thought it was Tom and the gang..wateva it is worth every second that u r gonna spend on it..

Mobile communication and MAAVADU!!

well i am,as u ppl kno a student of ECE(E'tronix and Comm) engg....
so after clearing almost five of my eight semesters i pause to think
"WHat have i really acheived???" then i read that sign in my mind,which i am sure is
"DESPAIR"...it says "Hard luck dude, u have not acheived much.."

A proud to-be an Indian,me was jus contemplatin the reasons to have not acheived anthing,wen my rhythm was disrupted by a certain sound..ya!!!it was my phone ringin'....
well i had no option but to pick it up...it was my dad on the phone...
he said
"call ur mom and ask her if she cud come down to grannys pace for lunch wid u..ur comin in ne case!!!"
ME:
"call her???what do u mean....i am in the house and mom s gone to temple.."
DAD:
"ya!! on her cell...the number is...."
ME:
"mom has a cell???..."(noting the numbers with disbeleif)
so i call mom up and tell wat dad wanted of her...
she then asked me to call granny and say that she cud not cum but dat i will get her the books tha she promised she d give....
..now call GRANNY..wat s dat....i thought granny s house does not have a fone..."
"no she s gotta cell..call her on dat...."
"am i hearing wat i am hearing now???"
"ya....and here s the no...."
so i next cal and Granny picks up..
she was lyk
"no problem..but don ferget to message ur aunty abt ur arrival"
..."hmmm!!! k sure!!!"

so now guess wat
my aunt has a mobile....

this Electronics and Communication at it s very best..it jus cant get ne better.....
ppl who went gaaa abt seeing a guy having a cell phone abt 15yrs bck ae proud owners of cell phones...and yo! guess wat...it has bcom more of a radio updationg regularly wat has been happenin....
crazy!!
so the indian inside came and said
"thers no fault wid u dude...much of bull shit in E tro and comm have already been acheived and thers very litchle left...so change track and goto a field u can acheive sumthin!!"

FIVE DOWN THREE TO GO!!!!

U ppl surely will be knowin wat i am talkin abt....so with(out) much difficulty i have passed(or i will) 5 of my 8 sems of excruciating Engg.....
So now ppl ask me wat have i learnt al these dayzzz....welll i ponder fer a few moments and say "NOTHING AT ALL!!!" except the fact that "Elecronics is tough!!!!"
This sem ended on a low note as i fucked my last paper all ends up!!!..an easy paper,dat it was,
was meant to be a blessing for ppl lyk me....The best take advantage of dat...and as u cud predict i didnt...
This semester was one of the most memorable semesters...we had just abt everything in this sem...from formal prize winning cerimonies to strip-tease to ambitious team formation to aimless Grass smokin...man it was one heelluva semester...

KEY POINTS THIS SEMESTER PRODUCED

• The first day @ downs,no paawer and had to sleep on slabs and stuff...
• Sincere first few dayzz in front of the comp and trying to maintain a balance between C++ and CAT
  

• "Khoda ropo!!!" and the skolarship tests and D-CAT s and sincere CAT preps for the fist few dayzz
• CHANDRASHEKHARAN and project attempts wid prasanna
• The Bihari connection
• "Tumko hum first yr se dekh rahe hain" and "tum pshyck ho kya???"
  
• The day b4 microprocessor xam.(phew!! no power nd no sleep)
• Those sleeps after beakfast
• MAN UTD s dream run this season
• The "Abhey! hath!! " and the "Thej Kumar" fylum
• Donning the quiz master
• Trying to avoid Tamil accent
• anggg...the 24 hr power day
• NELSON s RUN
• NELSON s RUN and rahul s reaction
• The Marine drive
• The diwali rockets
• ManU Benfica and Chelsea Barcelona
• 22 and a half in INDUSTRIAL 'TRONIX
  
• nd the crazy record writing day and MICROPROCESSOR mein D-
• and effecive ways of tym pass wid ORKUT...
• SINGHSTUD the name sayzzzz...
  

BACK 2 BLOGGING!!!

Excuses are like POLITICIAN s Promises,easy to listen to but hard to beleive....
but this excuse that i am gonna give is not that incongrous...cudnt blog all these dayzz coz of xams(a sad storY )...
se me jus bck ter bloggin wayzz agin....