Wednesday, March 30, 2011

I still believe he could'n board the train

It all happened in three to four minutes, but gave me a life time experience. It was in the Chennai Central station. I was in the Charminar express, I was checking my mails on my laptop with the MTS data card connection inside the train. A man in his mid-40’s well dressed, obese and Tamil looking crossed me. He came back and said “excuse me in Telugu” (I found the meaning to the sentence later), since I din understand, I said “I din understand” (in Tamil). He said “can you do me a favour” (in Tamil with tears). I was taken aback and asked with concern “yes, tell me what’s it”(Tamil). He said “I lost my purse while I was coming from Coimbatore to Chennai on the inter city express, I need to reach Nellur, its 140 rupees for a ticket, so can you borrow me 140, I have asked my manager to come to the station, he will bring the money, as soon as the station comes I will get you the money” (Tamil). I was confused, doubtful and feeling pity. He din give me time. It was very quick and fast, seeing my doubtful face he moved forward and approached the next guy saying “ I feel ashamed to do this, but I don even mind to give you my watch till you get back your money”. I was in a pretty good mood that day, and on the top of it my philosophy that “ what if this guy is not lying, I would miss a chance to help someone in need”. I took out the my wallet, I could find two 100 rupee notes. I gave them, with a pride. He took the money and said “I just need 140, I will take the ticket and return back the 60 in ten minutes, please wait” (Tamil, with a happy and shame full face). I said, “ its ok give me 200 when you reach ur place”( Tamil, with a generous attitude). Its been two days ever since this incident happened. He never came back to return back the money. I was so fucking stupid, but still, I still wanted to believe that he was telling the truth and he got caught in the crowd while he was buying the ticket and could’nt board the train.
But if he has lied, I still liked the way he asked, and his effort to dress so well suiting the situation, and his acting. It was quick, fact and good dialogue delivery. I loved his acting.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Real 'Incredible' S



Check out the new HTC Incredible S, i'am sure it's going to a big hit. HTC has taken care of every design issues they had. It's slim, sturdy and comes with 1 GHz CPU.It looks some where closer to a well designed Ipod touch.

The Internet Movie Script Database

One of my friend had sent me the link of a site, IMSDB it's really good. It's a data base of screenplays. Cool site

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Wannabe Creative

Most often, taking up longer time to finish a work, spending money on the least important of the most useless thing, growing long beard and hair, looking constantly at the empty roof and doing things which are understood only by aliens, self intoxication of unknown substances like sewage remains etc...... are considered as the inspiration for creativity or the proof of being creative.

Something, somewhere, somehow, somewhat are the most common words that will come out of a creative person.
It will look as if, he is really not sure about what he/she wants, but he/she knows exactly what he/she wants.

Dictionary of a creative person, some words with meaning.

common man - ass hole who does not understand us.

copying - inspiration
good - bad
bad - taking bath
taking bath - what's that
what's that - i have never heard of such thing

Tips to piss off a seriously creative person.

1. Give him/her a time frame
2. Give him/her a budget constraint.
3. Give him/her some healthy food to eat.
4. Ask him/her about their inspiration.
5. Tell him/her that you completely understood his/her work.
6. Put some beautiful painting on the roof.
7. Take him to a barber shop (only for men,) because most of the creative women have very short hair.

Questioning a creative person is the most interesting thing to do. Creative guys hate questions, because they consider themselves as the sole owner of questioning the world. If you want a creative person to turn into a murderer, ask him 7 question continuously one after the other, with a interval of 1 minutes between each question. Highly creative guys will turn into murderers before you go into the 4th question, thats the sign of extreme creative mind. But in some very rare cases, you will feel like killing your self thrice by drowning in the drop of tears that pour out of your eyes, on the second answer for the 3rd question you asked, these are the deadliest of the deadly creative minds.I LOVE THEM

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Aliens and Antarctica

I don know how, but i was and is obsessed but two things my whole life Aliens and Antarctica.The one person or a group of people i wanted meet is Aliens and one place i want to visit before i die is Antarctica. Antarctica is possible i suppose, but aliens I am really not sure. All those movies made in the 70s 80s and 90s about how the world will look in 2000 looks very funny now, because 2011 looks no different from 1997. In those movies where they had shown that we will have transport systems which can fly and the clean cities with complex shining fly overs have still not appeared. Movies and novels which have stories about future have always been overplayed with imaginations or may be the writers wish, but nothing changed. I wish the same to happen and not like 2012 and the new movie world invasion, so that i can visit at-least Antarctica,may be meeting aliens is a risky business. If you aliens are listening to this by some sort of capturing transmissions from earth, my message is 'please don invade us, we are nice people, may be we can teach you on how to cook tasty Biryani and Pizza and you can teach us on how to convert water to fuel, lets be friends, that will help to fulfill my wish to meet you guys'

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Living with Chronic Illness, a guest article by Eric Stevenson

From one perspective, chronic illnesses are actually indicative of advances in modern medicine – conditions which used to be fatal can now be effectively managed for many years. However, this thought may be of limited comfort to people who must go through life facing a chronic disease. Preconceptions and misconceptions about the nature of living with illness abound, especially among those who have never suffered or had to watch a loved one suffer through a lengthy illness. The “think positive” rhetoric endorsed by survivors and support groups alike may be helpful, but it is useless to attempt to simplify the experience of living with a disease down to “if you think you’ll feel better, you will.”

Elizabeth Holtzman at the University of Massachusetts writes, “There is a spectrum between the two choices of perfectly healthy to hopelessly ill.” Many people see only the extremes of the person entirely resigned to illness or the positive face many sufferers put on in public, not the struggle inherent in everyday life. Some chronic illnesses are highly visible, necessitating the use of wheelchairs or other apparatuses which many people immediately associate with impaired functioning. However, many illnesses are not, and there may not a simple lab test to determine who is suffering from these diseases. Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) are two such conditions. Because they must be diagnosed from clusters of symptoms rather than testing for a specific antibody or genetic marker, they have historically been misunderstood either through confusion with other disorders or dismissal that “it’s all in your head.”

This phrase is especially painful to those trying to live with the symptoms of fibromyalgia or CFS. These symptoms may be manageable, but they also may be actively debilitating, and sometimes the sufferer is put in the unfortunate position of having to defend the reality of her symptoms, or even the existence of the condition itself. Both CFS and fibromyalgia affect far more women than men; though the cause for this is not currently known, the gender imbalance has made it easier in the past (and, occasionally, in the present) for a male-dominated health profession to dismiss these illnesses.

Even when a disease is commonly recognized and overrepresented in the male population, it may go undiagnosed and therefore untreated for long periods of time. For example, symptoms of mesothelioma – a rare cancer which is found in disproportionately large numbers in construction and factory workers and navy men – are nonspecific and similar to those of other, less serious lung conditions, meaning the cancer often goes undiagnosed until the later stages. Obviously, a fatal disease such as this is significantly different from living with a chronic disease for many years, but some of the effects on emotional health can be the same: depression, uncertainty about the future, and feelings of isolation.

In rare cases, a usually fatal disease can become a chronic disease. While the median survival rate for this type of cancer is 9-12 months, some people have lived with it for much longer. Scientist and author Stephen Jay Gould lived with Mesothelioma Symptoms for 20 years before eventually succumbing to a different type of cancer altogether. Australian author Paul Kraus has a similar story; he was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 1997 and is still alive and healthy. Though it is important to maintain a realistic perspective on one’s health, it is also helpful to know that some – though very few – people have beaten the odds.

There is no single best or “healthiest” way to deal with a chronic or fatal disease. Managing the emotional consequences can be every bit as difficult as managing the physical symptoms, sometimes even more so. The American Psychological Association offers general suggestions, such as remaining connected to friends and family, keeping a daily routine, and paying attention to other aspects of one’s health. For those with a friend or family member dealing with illness, it is important to remember that some of the most difficult consequences of the disease may initially seem invisible. Every individual with a chronic illness is just that – an individual – and needs to be treated as such.

About the author:

Eric Stevenson is a health and safety advocate who resides in the Southeastern US.
For questions or comments about this article please feel free to contact him directly at epicsurvivor@gmail.com

iPad2 on Techradar, will it reach India this year

Check out the iPad2 review on techradar.

But it's quite sad that it will reach India in 2012 when iPad3 will hit the market, till then buy the stuff from grey market.

Mesothelioma and the hope on humanity

On 1st march someone mailed me asking if they can write a guest article on my blog on Mesothelioma. I thought it's those usual spams of posting links which will lead to some google ad. Still i mailed them back asking them to send the article so that i can post it. To my surprise he sent the article. The article is quite informative on the unknown disease. I was surprised that he din mention his contact link, though he sent he mentioned his mail id. I have written back to him to send his profile link to post the article. I will post the article once he sends the links to his profile. I think, its still rains even after so much of hush hush on global warming, because of some good souls like him living on this planet. I got back my hope on humanity.