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Pirated Kuruvi DVDs seized - further news

2008-11-27T17:50:00.003+05:30

Chennai: Two of the four persons whom the police arrested (initial report) for allegedly selling the pirated CDs of the movie - "Kuruvi" starring Vijay, committed suicide while being in police custody.

Police have retrieved a suicide note in which the deceased points out that it was a very big shame to them as they were caught selling the pirated CDs of the movie - "Kuruvi" and that they would not have taken the extreme step if they had been arrested for selling CDs of any other actor including Vijaya.T.R.

The four accused were initially booked under the section 456789 of Indian Penal Code (causing mental disorders and imbalance to people by making them see/hear/feel highly volatile contents or malicious contents).

The police swung into action following reports from mental asylums, which had been facing a sudden high-inflow rate for the past few days. The new-comers had been seen shaking their heads with their hands spread-apart (typical Vijay-style).

A cop under the condition of anonymity, says that the arrested persons had solicited to the police to showcase the episode to the media as if it had been a pirated CD of Kamal/Rajinikanth film and not Vijay's film as it would be of great insult to them.

Call Auto

2008-07-23T17:44:00.003+05:30

Sounds interesting!!!!!
I just called them up to enquire about the whole-stuff...

The service which is available between 7am and 7pm, is charged at Rs.6/- per km + Rs.40/- as call-centre charges.

I feel this will be useful if we have to take up auto for long distances...
Say for 10kms, you will have to spend Rs.100/- only (10*6 + 40), which is damn cheap.
If we take a normal auto, we can never get a bargain like this...

I can come to my office (Nanganallur to Mylapore - 13kms) @ Rs.118/-. I can't even dream of this rate if I use the normal auto even after displaying my bargaining talents to the best!!!

One minus point is that we have to call them up 1-hour prior to our starting time, which I felt is a bit high. Half-an-hour would sound ok to me...

Ok... Lets see how well it reaches!!!!!

Abusive language usage by ICICI tele-caller!!! :-(

2008-07-16T17:32:00.004+05:30

I received a call (from 044-4358 7551 on 16/7/2008 at 12:48pm) asking if I would like to have ICICI-Platinum credit-card to which I replied saying that I would not be interested in that. To this, the caller started shouting at me using abusive and foul language.

The point to be noted here is that the call was not actually directed to me and it was directed to one Mr.Roberts, who might have used my number before I started using it. Though I answered the caller saying that its a wrong number, he didnot take heed of that and started using nasty abusive language.

Though I lodged a complaint through ICICI customer care service, I felt like lodging the complaint by personally meeting the concerned person. I immediately contacted the Chennai-Santhome branch and the Chennai-MountRoad branch (going to both the branches in-person) to lodge a personal complaint only to get some vague responses and its-not-me kind of reply from many of the employees.
And now, I just met the Branch Manager of Chennai-Santhome branch (Mr.Stanley) and have given him a compalint in writing.

Just hoping that some positive step be taken against that fellow.

Got a MP3 player!!!!

2008-03-16T00:18:00.004+05:30

Got a mp3 player atlast!!!!!

Thanks to Srini, who came back from the US last week.... I was having a casual chat with him some ten days back thru' G-Talk and he was telling he is returning to India in a couple of days... I immediately browsed and got a mp3 player and asked him to get it for me...

Got a decent Creative Zen mp3 player. A 2GB one with a 2.5inch screen... Looks great and clarity (both sound and video) is amazing....

Hearing "How to Name It" by Ilayaraja in the player.....

The maestro has made the violin to talk!!!!

When itz time to pack up!!!!

2008-02-06T17:02:00.000+05:30

I am writing this post just to tell you about a shop - "Wahab Stores" in Mylapore.

I thght this info abt the shop will be useful to many ppl who wants to pass on things thru' some person to their relatives/frnds staying abroad.

I had some things to be packed and sent to the US (to my sis) thru' one of her frnds and I got to know abt this shop. And, I visited this shop today morning with all things to be packed. There were some four bottles (plastic ones) and some other pouches containing all sorts of pickles, powders and pastes...

I was really delighted by the way the things were packed. They were neatly packed and sealed in airtight pouches. All the items were double-packed. The packing was such that there was no space for the bottles to move too... It was a job very well done and now I can pass on these things without any worry.

The cost was also very cheap considering the protection the things were given - cost for packing the bottles was Rs.30/- and the other stuff was Rs.20/-. The shop also provides courier service to foreign countries.

This shop is located at Luz Bazaar - exactly opposite to the Mylapore MRTS Railway Station. Its a very small shop - but u cudnt miss it coz itz very much infront of the station and there are boards displayed saying "Packaging done here" etc. Phone number: 044-24952750.

Trying to be back.....

2008-02-04T17:52:00.000+05:30

Itz been more than an year since I posted something here.... I had lots of ups and downs during this period - mostly downs... The last post of mine was a mere flop bcoz I was hopeful of something and at the end-moment it went upside down.... Might be I was a bit tooo eager to write a post abt it....

I changed companies (mind it... companies) - and really got pissed out bcoz of this..... And now, I have stepped onto something, praying that everything goes well....

I am planning to start posting regularly from now on... But not sure how much it wil work out, bcoz I hav tried this many times but in vain....

k.... Thats it for now.... As I said, I wil try to keep posting....

Cheers

After a looooooonnng time......

2006-12-17T18:44:00.000+05:30

Itz been a very long time since I wrote something here. Oops!!!! Almost 8 months!!!!! Too long a gap. I feel like scribbling something.

Life is, perhaps was juz moving on, without any interesting things happening. It was juz going to office, coming bac late in the night, seeing some TV and sleeping.

And yeah.... my sis and her hubby had come to India and so, I took a two-week off and had been to Kovilpatti and Chennai. It was a nice trip - a gud break from the mundane life.

And after coming bac to Pune, it was - (refer paragraph 2, as I cannot type the same thing again!!!)

And let me now giv u the reason why the word - 'was' is written in bold. There r some things happening around me, making me smile and enjoy. Thou' I hav not received anything in hand yet, I am confident itz going to turn out to be a wonderful new year for me.

So, watz the thing happening?? I will post it once everything getz finalized.

Bye frenz!!!!

Vijay ne ulloo ban gaya!!!

2006-04-18T03:59:00.000+05:30

You know what time it is when I am typing this post??? Its 03:20am. Wondering what the hell I am doing at this time?? The answer is - Am at office - Working!!!!!

Yeah!! I am working in night shift for the past 25 days as my project is in a crisis situation.

It all started one fine day – the 21st March. I had told Vasanth that I would call him that night. Then came the storm. My TL came to my seat and told about the project situation and that my help is needed during the night hours. I was asked to work for another team for some time until our project is back in shape. I went home that day by 7pm and took an hour rest. With a hard feeling for not being able to call Vasanth, I came back to office by 9o’clock and from then on it is………………… Vijay on night shift!!!!!

I worked from 21st March to 29th March after which I went to Chennai for 3 days.. A terribly short visit. I came back to Pune on Sunday, the 2nd April by 7pm and then I was in the office by 9pm.

I am a guy who would say the glass is half-full rather than saying half-empty!! So, I took this in a positive way and was thinking – ‘Wah!!! What a life!!! Morning- had breakfast and great, special lunch in the afternoon made especially for me by my dear mom in Chennai. Had evening snacks in the flight. Then had dinner in Pune and working in the night!! Wow!! This life is great!!

From then on, I had been working continuously for 13 days – all during the night. I used to come to office by around 8pm. Then I would get to know the status of work during the daytime from my colleague-friend. Will go and have my dinner and then start my work by around 10. The work goes on till 8 in the morning. And some minor requirements allow me to go out of the office only by around 9:30.

I celebrated my b’day in the office. There were phone calls pouring in when the clock struck twelve. But work was also pouring in at the same time. But I shld mention, that my frends here made that day a great one for me that evening.

After a long 13 days non-stop work, I finally asked and got a day’s off yesterday. My roomies welcomed me back for the night-sleep at home!! After almost 25 days I had a great sleep (in the night) at my home.

Working in night shift is not so difficult for me. The only thing that is difficult is the inability to sleep during the daytime. I sleep hardly for four to four and half hours a day. I wake up by around 3pm, cook for myself, eat, watch TV for a while and then start again to office.

I came to office today after a day’s off yesterday and now I don’t know how long this will go before I can get a day’s off again!!

Forgot to mention – the meaning of the title is Vijay has become an Owl!!

A match that rewrote history!!

2006-03-13T14:01:00.000+05:30

A post from me after a long, long time!!! I was wondering all these days on what to write. Should I write abt the life here in Pune? Should I write about the TV we bought here? Should I write about my trip to Chennai last week? Lots and lots of confusion... And finally when I saw the match between the mighty Australians and the talented South Africans yesterday, I decided this should be my post!!!

What a match it was!!! I am elated to witness a match, which many of my friends in Chennai would not have watched due to Conditional Access System (CAS) over there. A total of 872 runs being scored in a single match!!!! What more can a crowd of 32,000 people sitting at the Wanderers expect? The same crowd witnessed the last world cup finals where Indians were not able to chase a total of 359 posed by the Aussies.

We were watching Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting’s merciless batting. He scored a massive 164 of 105 balls, which included 13 fours and 9 sixes. He surpassed his own previous best (7 sixes) for the number of sixes he smashed. The immediate comment from my friends and me was that South Africa would succumb to the pressure mounted on them.

The Australians were cruising with a massive score. They had already scored 361 by the end of the 44th over. There was this bowler named Roger Telemachus who was asked to bowl the 48th over of the Aussie innings. The ‘good’ bowler bowled four consecutive no balls, one of which was hit for a six, one for a boundary. He conceded 15 runs of the four no balls. At the end of the over he had conceded 28 runs, which was as if rubbing a deep wound with the hot chilly powder!!! The Aussies posed South Africans a target of incredible 435 to win.

The South Africans batting started as a laughing stock with a blow to them as Dippenaar got out of a superb delivery from Bracken. ‘Will the South Africans at least put up a total of 300?’ was our thought. In came Gibbs. Together with his skipper, he hit the ball to all corners of the ground. Ponting was trying all strategies to stop him but in vain. The score was already 190 for the loss of just one wicket at the end of the 22nd over. Unfortunately Smith gave a regulation catch to Hussey and got out. But this did not stop Gibbs from his merciless charge. At the end of the 30th over the score read 279 for the loss of just 2 wickets.

From then on, wickets were falling down regularly but the score was shooting up too. Gibbs got out after scoring a mammoth 175 runs that came from 111 balls. Boucher stood up in one end when his teammates came in and went out on a regular basis.

From a point in the game where 35 runs were required from 20 deliveries, South Africans made a tremendous come back by closing in on the required runs to 13 from 12 balls. Brett Lee had seven runs to defend in the last over of the innings, and South Africa had two wickets in hand. Hall hit a four and got out in the next delivery smearing the ball into the safe hands of Clarke. This resulted to a situation where 2 runs were required in 3 balls with just one wicket to spare. Will Ntini save South Africa from losing this great one-dayer?

We were sitting with fingers crossed. For us, its not that Australians should lose the match. The only concern we had was South Africa, after showing such a great spirit, should win the match as it would be the prize for the effort they had put in.

Never in the last 10 overs did any one of us moved from our places as we thought it might prove to be a bad luck for the SAFs (Silly, isn’t it?). We were watching this game as if India is playing against Pakistan!!

Ntini was lucky enough to deflect Lee’s best effort to the third man and run for a single, which tied the scores. It was left to the lone man, Boucher who was standing out there in the middle for a long time crying to his men to stay with him. The next ball saw Boucher seal the deal by hitting a four over the mid-on.

Our joy knew no bounds. We were jumping, shouting, and hugging each other. The next thing we all did was to call up our parents and friends there in Chennai to tell them the unbelievable news.

The world champions would never have had thought that after breaking a world record that stood for ten years, the record would again be broken within another three hours. This loss also meant that they have lost a bilateral series since June’02. Click here to see the score card.

I am not sure whether I could see such a breathtaking match again in my lifetime. But I am sure that each and everyone watching the match would have gone home only after pinching himself to remind what they witnessed is neither a dream nor a drama.

A salute to the great effort by the mighty South Africans!!!

Vasanth

2005-08-03T21:07:00.000+05:30

This post is my emotional outburst as my dearmost friend,Vasanth is leaving to the US.He is going to pursue his MS in Telecommunications at the famous Illinois Institute of Technology. The saddest part is that I will be the most unluckiest friend for not being able to give a personal send-off when he departs from Chennai on 8th August.

I wud like to tell u all abt our relationship... which is definitely more than juz being friends..

Our paths crossed when I joined Saraswati Vidyalaya,Nanganallur for my 5th standard.He was studying in the same school from his KG classes. We both, with some more guyz (Ashok, in particular.He is working with CTS after finishing his B.C.A) used to take our bicycles and roam about in Nanganallur.

There are numerous incidents to be told.. But that wil make this post endless. I will put out a few incidents, that wud be quite intersting.

Then, from the 6th standard to the 10th, we were in Sri Chakravarthy Matriculation. They were golden days in our lives. Never will we forget the hide and seek game played around Vasanth's home. There was a Gauva tree in Vasanth's home. Vasanth wud climb this gauva tree and go to the upstairs when we start the game. And when the catcher is still trying to catch the other people, he would come down thru' the same gauva tree and shout- "All Safe"....Oh God.. Again the same catcher- again the same cycle..

We have played cricket at all the grounds in Nanganallur, in front of and in the terrace of all our friend's homes.

Then.. we joined Prince Matric. for our higher secondary. Again both were in the same class-Computer Science Dept, sitting next to each other. It was always my dream to beat Vasanth in the marks, till my 11th standard. And finally, I succeeded to score more than him during the 12th-quarterly exam. Great effort by me - huh..

I would never forget our English madam (Ms.Shuba) referring us as the twins of our class. Anyone who comes to Prince wud refer it as a hell- but it was really a gr8 school for us both and our gang, who enjoyed to the core.

After our 12th std, we both joined CSC for C & C++ classes. Me with my family had went for a trip to the Andamans and so I was unable to go to class for 10 days. Vasanth, as was deprived of a company, did not go to class for those 10 days. When we went to class after my return, we were questioned for our absence for which I told the exact reason. When Vasanth was asked,... think of a possible reply he could hav given...

"Mam,Vijay went to the Andamans.So I did not come!".

This reply was so spontaneous that the faculty was spellbound and started laughing.

We were so lucky that we joined the same college-Sri Sai Ram Engg. College. But we were in different departments-myself CSE and Vasanth-ECE. But he still remained my closest friend. No one could ever become such a friend to me as Vasanth is. We would share all the department secrets with each other. And the secrets with us wil remain secrets. None of us have ever opened up any of the secrets, till date.

We did not hide anything from each other. Whatever happened, I used to tell him and vice versa.

Many of u mite not be knowing of the great singer-Vasanth. He used to sing in the Sai Bhajans. But he was soooo shy that he did not sing in any of the college events. After many debates between me, my friends (Anitha in particular, my another closest friend) and him, finally he sang in college in the 3rd year. I was sooooo happy when he sang during our college culturals in the troop.

Not only these 4 institutions, we were in the same tution centres during our 10th to 12th stds. We were in the same computer centres during our 12th and post-12th period. We were in the same driving school to get our car-driving licence during our post-college period.

Our record "12years-in-same-institutions" came to end last June-17th when I joined Mahindra-British Telecom without him. And he will join IIT without me.

I feel very sad to leave this guy, who is not only a friend, but also a philosopher, guide, care-taker etc. etc. etc.. I dont know when I will meet him again. Thank God that the present communication facilities makes us atleast virtually bonded.

This post mite look a bit-big.. But to me, itz only the size of a single-cell taken from the body of a big dinosaur.

Iam going to miss Vasanth a lot.

Vasanth, I miss u very much da..With ur patience and talent, you will shine bright in your life.

Friends never say Good-Bye..

Life at Pune!!

2005-07-12T21:26:00.000+05:30

Hi friends.. Though itz obvious tht a blog shld be in an informal way.. this post of mine will be in the most informal way as Iam running out of time and am browsing at a cyber cafe at Pune..

hmm.. Itz been gud here in Pune(except for the tests tht MBT keeps)..

As u all know,I joined MBT on 17th June and had 2weeks of Behavioural training.. I got a gud name amongst my classmates and also from the faculties..As there are two Vijays... they hav started referring me VB(VijayBalakrishnan)..

Then came the thunders.. On 4th(as soon as the behavioural training was over) we had a entry level test on C++ and DBMS. The results came today and I have scored 17/30 in DBMS & 32/50 in C++. So my overall aggregate is 61.25% (I'm made to calculate % even after finishing my bachelors!!!!)

The tech training started on 5th and we have Java,VB,Unix,SQL,Oracle,SoftwareEngg., and Verification,Validation and Testing(VVnT). In each of the papers, I hav to score 50% minimum for a pass and then overall aggregate should be more than 60%.. Out of these 9 papers I mentioned, Iam permitted to take 3 retests,in case one fails.. If one fails in the retest too, then he wil be sent with due honours to his home.. If one fails in the 4th subject, he wil also be sent home.. :((... My Java module is going on now.. The full of Core-Java + Swings + JDBC + Networking + etc + etc... all in 7 days.. But the faculty is really amazing..

k.. I'm now staying in a rented house along with AshwinMurali, Viswa, Shankar and Guru. Our college Lalitha ad three other Chennai gals stay in a house very near to ours. So we all go for dinner together and r having a galla time..We usually hav only Chappatis for dinner... We hav become a regular customer of a hotel..

Believe me... last week 11 of us went to the hotel and ate 86 chapattis.. The owner then came and said "chappati katam ho gaya"..

Iam at present not going to MBT.. The training is at a centre called CMC Ltd.

Nothing more to pour into this now.. I miss u all very much.. I miss this blogging very much...

Vijay

Does Deepa Have a Look Alike??

2005-05-21T05:18:00.000+05:30

The title of this blog might look funny. K.. I'll put it like this. Its said that there are 7 people in earth who like exactly like one another.. So I think I have come across the no.2 of an entity. The first entity is named R.K.Deepa.

Yeah... Yesterday, me and my cousin were roaming in Nanganallur. He wanted to make a call to his friend. So we stopped in front of a bakery-cum-fone booth. I was waiting in the bike outside the shop while my cousin went in to make the call.

This is where the gr8 thing happenend.. As I was watching all the bikes and cars vrooming on the road, there came a cute gal in a bicycle. She stopped in front of me and locked her cycle. When she turned,I had a glimpse of her... And...

It was Deepz..

Am i right?? No... She cannot be Deepz as she is in Madura..But a replica of Deepz?? Yeah..

She must be a high-schooler (not more than tht).. A white pretty face with round eyes, mild and calm walk ensuring tht both herself and the earth doesnt feel the pain of her walk.. She was having jasmine flowers (malli poo) in her long hair..

This gal (let her be "Deepz Junior"), as I said, came in a bicycle (a Ladybird) with a basket attached to the handle-bar.. This immediately reminded me of the day at Kodaikanal, where Deepz insisted on a cycle-with-basket when we went to have a jolly-cycling around the lake.. Deepz wanted it coz she had to keep her handbag and camera safely.. (but,itz a different story tht the jolly-cycling turned into a horror track..).

The moment Deepz Jr. went into the cabin to make an STD call, I took out my cell and started messaging Deepz to tell her abt her look-alike.. I cudnot hide my excitement tht I was explaining all this to my mom the moment I reached home..

Mite be.. this is what Prof.Alex McLeewan of MIT, Boston says as the "Concept of Look-Alike faces" in his "Theory of Resembling People, Characters and Behaviours"...

Hey Guyz and Galz....

2005-05-18T12:12:00.000+05:30

Finally itz me,Vijay into the world of blogging...Iam alwayz a regular reader of blogs posted by Mini,Deepz,Rajesh and some other guyz.... And now am into it...

Being new to this world, Iam totally clueless on certain things... I'll get all things sorted out in a week or two. An amateur like me will take atleast some time to compete with professionals in the field of blogging.. As Rajesh has posted in his first blog, literally I dont know on what I could write(rather type).. But I pray tht this should not be the case in the days to come and lemme post something gud..