Readers i need your help

Singaporeans readers gather and vote for my friend for Best Designed blog. This is a very close friend of mine and I am doing my best to get him to win this.

Bryan’s Angels http://bryansangels.ohitsuji.com/

This is my friend’s blog and it has been nominated for best design. His blog is about his 2 pet parrots which he teaches tricks and the videos of those tricks are updated in this blog

Please vote for him here : http://sgblogawards.omy.sg/finalists/?blogCat=design

But sadly the voting is only for Singaporeans as it will require your IC number (identification card number). But in any case please visit Bryan’s blog.

One interesting fact I have learned this competition site is that there are 7 bloggers for every 10 internet users in Singapore.

PS: I am not doing for the treat he promised if he wins. But because voters also stand to win travel packages to Bangkok, Vietnam and luxurious resort accommodation package in Puket. it is a win- win so please vote

Dasavatharam!

This is not a spoiler and if you had not watched the movie you can still go ahead and read. It is my trailer about the movie.
The movie lived up to all the hype it created. The performance exceeded the expectations. I now know why Kamal uses KS Ravikumar to direct the movies that he has attempted something special eg. avai Shanmugi. The screen play was more than perfect and I enjoyed the camera angles that were used. I would say it was the kind even Steven Spielberg would have been proud of.
All actors in the movie did their roles with no over-acting everything was perfect.
The graphics effects were the kind would expect in a Hollywood film.
And the universal hero Kamal gave an Oscar deserving performance. I have no other words to express his performance, simply the greatest actor in the Indian movie industry.
My rating for the movie: 11/10

My good and bad luck – thank god, I am alive.

Since young I always taught that my death is on the roads. Today I went very close to that.
After our lesson at our institute my classmates and I decided to go to Spencer’s for dinner. We were 4 people and we had 2 bikes. So the plan was to go there by bike. All of us were not wearing helmets, I know it is a hazard but I didn’t make a big fuss about it.
Soon the bikes set off with me sitting in the back seat of one of the bikes. With one bike trailing another we set off to Spencer’s which was not to far away. As we approached Spencer’s there was a group of police rallied on the road catching road offenders. Having seen that the bike in front knew that he was not wearing a helmet and going is a prohibited speed. With little consideration for the bike behind the front rider made a quick deceleration. Caught by surprise my friend,bonny, did his level best to come to a quick stop but it was not enough.
As a result our bike skied out of control and throwing both of us backwards. Wearing a haversack with my laptop I was unable to roll and break the fall. I fell face first but used my arms and looked up to prevent any injury to my face. During my fall I somehow found the confidence that I will not be badly injured and tried my best to hamper my fall with my hands. With my face looking up my chin graze on the road.
Soon I came to a stop and got up by myself. My initial taught was about bonny, had a big scratch on his arm and knee. Soon the police rushed to the scene. Both bonny and the police man gave me a bloodshot stare. Suddenly I came to my senses that I was bleeding profusely from my chin. The police called for an auto and asked to be rushed to the nearest hospital. My head was spinning. All that was in my mind was bonny and how he was. He was not in the auto, he was coming in his bike. As I went to the hospital I was sent to the emergency ward.
My first question was, please give me a mirror I want to see if I have disfigured my face. Thankfully nothing on my face but an awfully big cut on the underside of my chin. It took a number of stitches and I was done. The scratches on my legs and arm were superficial. Just as I ws done with the stitches bonny showed up. He gave me an assurance that he was alright and that gave me a peace of mind, thankfully he was not badly injured.
Although this was a tragedy, I thank bonny for his presence of mind to do what was right and prevented, what could have been a far worst unthinkable tragedy. Thank fully for us there was no speeding vehicles behind us, if not we would have been on the news.
I know my mother does not read my blogs, and bro if u are reading this please keep it away from mom, dad and most importantly grandmother.
Just as I am finishing this post my Anastasia is running out and I the pain is kicking in please god give me the strength.

Bloggers meet

Firstly, I am very sorry for the late post. The bloggers meet was last week and it was my first. I must say it is something that I will remember for a long time. It was a fun experience seeing so many people gathered to make new friends and finally meet the owners of those interesting post.

There was only a few who I could recognize, they were namely Anju and Shalini. All thanks to indiblogger team to organize such an event which went on entertainingly from the beginning till the end.

Chennai climate

When I first arrived at Chennai on the first of May it was the beginning of the “agni Nathchatiram” aka heat wave. Officially the heat wave ended a week ago but there was not a distinctive change the Chennai heat. Each afternoon when I come out of my institute for lunch I would be greeted by gusts of hot air coming from streets. But I didn’t experience this heat in my uncle’s place in Pondicherry and Sirkali, even during the heat wave the other parts of India was relatively cooler then Chennai (just my observation.)
Why is Chennai so hot?
Based on my observation, I would say it is the lack of trees. In the village areas there are more trees then houses. Every house has a few mango trees and some other trees to provide shade. But in Chennai were the price of land is very high, it is more economical for the landlords to rent out the little piece of land they had to tea stalls rather than to plant a tree which would pay no rent. The buildings get heated and they themselves radiate heat. The wind that flows through the buildings is converted to waves of heat.
Due to the busy life in Chennai no one got the time to plant trees and maintain them. The government cannot just stop at instructing their people to plant trees, they should take the matter in their own hands. First they should convert the little bush they have on the road dividers to trees. How much difference is the little bush gonna make in beautifying the roads?

I would like to take this opportunity to thank my blogging friend Shalini for aiding me with information about Chennai. Your advice came at the time when I was in the verge of abandoning my Chennai trip. Thanks. Thanks to all my friends in HBFites (my institute) , for making me feel more at home and showing me around Chennai.
Minus the heat, Chennai is a fun place to live in. I will be attending the IndiBlogger bloggers meet in Chennai later and hope to make more friends. If you are attending please don’t feel shy to say hi to me!

Marina beach

Last week I went to Marina beach. I went there in the evening when the summer sun would not be so scorching. I was really surprised to see so many people there. The place was buzzing with mobile nuts stall and ginger coffee stalls and little toy stalls. In Singapore I have drank “Teh Aliah” which is milk tea with ginger. But coffee with ginger I have hot tried before. I am not a huge fan of coffee but this one was remarkably good. I loved the atmosphere and the coffee. One game stall that attracted me was the air gun shooting stalls. The balloons were so closely packed and the shooting distance was so short. How hard can it be to shoot a balloon? I guess they have to make provisions for the range of the air guns. But in any case I am sure it will entertain the kids.

As of now I have not been bargaining with the auto drivers. Whatever they ask I pay. How should I bargain? Reduce 10Rs? 20Rs? In Thailand 50% works but here I have no clue!