The 81st Oscars

Hugh Jackman did justice to the show with 10/10 performance in the show. Mind you this is wolverine we are talking about, jumping around dancing and singing along. The Oscars this year was one to remember. 2009 is the year of the underdogs.
The look on Brad Pitt told me he was expecting a big sweep for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", and the odds were also looking his way. But it was not meant to be, the underdog “ Slumdog millionaire” beat all odd and became the top dog, winning 8 of 10 nominations. Where Of Benjamin Button won three Oscars and has tied the record for the most nominated film not to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.



After watching the Oscars I knew I had to watch the movie (yeah lazy me have not watched it till then). I can say the movie totally deserved to win in every department it was nominated for.

My man AR Rahman has done it for India with 2 Oscars. Although the credit for best soundtrack will be shared by M.I.A as well for her “paper planes” song which was mixed with the award winning “O.. Saya”.

Nonetheless India bagged 3 Oscars for Best original Score and best original Song by AR Rahman and best sound mixing by Resul Pookutty
AR Rahman made all Hindi speaking Indians and Tamil Speaking Indians proud by mentioning versus in both languages. I only understood “ Yella Puzhalum Erivanukae!” which means “ All fame to god him alone”. The Speech that I found most memorable was from the first Oscar that was presented to India. Which was to Resul Pookutty, and he said
"I dedicate this award to my country. This is not just a sound award but a piece of history that has been handed over to me," a beaming and emotional Pookutty said while dedicating the trophy to a billion Indians.
"I come from a country and civilization that gave the world the word that precedes silence and is followed by more silence. That word is 'Om'. So I dedicate this award to my country,
That one really touched my heart.

Sparks of Wisdom : Finish Strong

This video is shot but it told me a message that i will never forget.
Nick Vujicic is a hero, he may not have limbs he has more strength than any of us.
so my readers, felling down is not failure, staying there is.

Tsunami Houses

As many of my readers would have known that I have spent much of2008 in India to finish my Cisco certifications in CCNA and CCVP. Having lived there for so long also gave me the opportunity to visit my relatives.
My relatives live near the coastal which was hit by the Tsunami. I took this opportunity to so look at the tsunami hit areas and what is being done for the victims. I was surprised to see how much the Indian government was doing to aid the community that live close to the sea.
The tsunami might have hit the world in 2004, and still 4 years on tsunami houses are being built. All the financial aid that India received is being transformed into housing with proper sanitation facilities, water supply, Disaster Shelters, even a building to provide free medical care.. I took some pictures to show my readers and potentially the world that the money they donated has been put into good use.

This street which holds all the Tsunami Houses is called the "Tsunami Street", Many generations later they will not forget the impact of the tsunami.

Below are pictures i took to show you guys.

The tsunami houses


This is the Information Center, Should there be a tsunami threat, this center will inform the public.

Medical Center where immunizations will be provided.


The Multipurpose disaster shelter.


The tsunami street

Sparks of Wisdom

Growing Old is Compulsory.
Growing Up is Optional.

- Unknown writer.

Happy Valentines day!

Happy valentines day to all my readers!

Sparks Of Wisdom

If you fail to plan,
You plan to fail

Its Tag time again!

Rules:
It's harder than it looks! Copy to your own note, erase my answers, enter yours, and tag ten people.
Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real...nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.

1. What is your name : Vasanthan

2. A four Letter Word : Vase

3. A boy's Name : Vikram

4. A girl's Name : Veronica

5. An occupation : Vet

6. A color : Violet

7. Something you'll wear : Vest

8. A food: Vegetable Biriyani

9. Something found in the bathroom: Veet (it’s not in mine, this was a tough one)

10. A place: Venice

11. A reason for being late : Very slow bus.

12. Something you'd shout : Vaa! (come in tamil)

13. A movie title : V for Vendetta

14. Something you drink : Vodka

15. A musical group : Velvet Underground

16. An animal : Viper

17. A street name : Valley Road

18. A type of motor : Volvo

19. The title of a song : Viva Las Vegas – Elvis Presley

I'll like to tag, Simha, Arvind and Shalini.

Sparks Of Wisdom

Success

"Great results are achieved only by Great patience, great courage and Great attempts."

- Swami Vivekananda

My Best Friends's wedding

I took a huge break between my last posts and now I have 2 posts is quick succession. I have been out of ideas on what to post. Then I decided to post on what I have been out to. I just arrived from a lengthy stay in Chennai. I had to rush my arrival to Singapore to attend the wedding of my 2 best friends. Avtar Singh and Simha Jastol.

Their wedding fell on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and also Republic day of India, the 26th of January. Just before I decided to come back to Singapore, I got a pleasant surprise. I had won a 7 day hotel stay in Goa for 2. Although the validity if for a year, I will not have enough time to go to Goa for the getaway and make it for my friends’ wedding. I gave away the price to my friends in Chennai and decided the wedding was most important. I can go to Goa anytime.

It was the first Sikh wedding I have ever been to. It was simple and short, unlike the Hindu wedding. It was held in their temple prayer area in front of the “Guru Granth Sahib” , as the priest sang the marriage mantras , a projector was set up with translations in English of what is being performed. That made the wedding more meaningful. This was the first wedding I knew what was happening. I have attended countless weddings without understanding what the mantras meant.

In short wedding was the most beautiful wedding I ever attended. I wish the newly weds a very happy married life ahead.