When Harry Met Sally

We had the screening of When Harry Met Sally at our office, as a Valentine's Day special (Vaazgha AdventNet!). Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan were so endearing and the dialogues were so clap worthy. But my fav. is Meg Ryan & Tom Hanks - You've Got Mail. Anyways had fun watching the movie.

The movie's Wiki link.

The lunch SCENE at Deli was an absolute riot;-))))... No wonder
"I 'll have what she is having" is celebrated as one of the American Film Institute's top 100 quotes.

Cool Cool Cherry

The Net tells me Feb is National Cherry month in US.

Some amazing frozen cherry pictures to beat the sun in chennai (The Water melons are already out in the streets of chennai - signalling the arrival of summer).

These are frozen cherry trees in a place called Ceres which is 140km from Cape Town, South Africa. [from Digg]

RONGMON

The 33rd National Games, starts off today at Guwahati [of course under heavy security, but atleast something concerning the entire nation is happening in the North-East, I hardly find any official event happening in that region.]

Now, what is the mascot?
RONGMON - The Rhino

But nothing beats the evergreen popular Appu - The Elephant (1982 Asiad Games in Delhi)..Wonder why the other mascots didnt catch up with Appu?

Hope.. there are some stellar performances from our sportspeople. And for a change, people get to talk something other than cricket.

And hey, there is a decent website for the games http://www.33rdnationalgames.nic.in/index.htm

Hair Ishtyle

Of late, many people around me have started experimenting with their hairstyles - the popular one being Hair Straightening. Bingo! the majority of them are Guys; that too when Chennai is still conservative in trying out different hairdos and dresses.

Lot of effort seems to go into that transformation process. First, you need to grow your hair to a certain length to have that wavy straight structure (they look really funny in this period -sample photo attached). When you have decided that the length is enough, you have to sit through a grueling 3-4 hrs session in a parlour (You better choose a good parlour, if you want to avoid a trip to thirupathi) Now its not all over. You are given scores of to-dos on maintenance & lot of in-house conditioners to maintain that look. Now, the maximum you can have this hairstyle is for one year...then the entire process continues.

Have a look at my cousins - they have this 1970s retro look-(they are going to roast me alive for publishing their photo.. taken specially in sepia tone..he! he! )

Neriya paeru ippadi than thiriyiraangho!!

Protests by People

Real life incidents can be more blood curling than the most dramatic scenes in movies.

Santhosh - Alpha and Omega recounts his near-death experience and why he felt like taking up the gun. [via Desipundit]

The intro

"I always wondered why people turn violent,why they want to kill somebody,knowing very well that it is going to ruin their life as well. Life gave me a first hand experience to explore the answer or should I say that enlightened me with answer. "

This blog accurately reflects the rowdies and politicians' nexus. Shame on those involved.

Another observation: If it weren't for this blog, people would have believed the "Protests by People" news in the Newspaper. I guess most of today's "news" would fall into this category.

Tambaram - the history behind

Dr. Gift Siromoney's article throws light on the long history behind the Tambaram area (Chennai outskirts)

"About 200,000 years ago people of the Old Stone Age (Lower Paleolithic Culture) roamed about Tambaram.
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Around 300 B.C., there were people of the Iron Age living in Tambaram area and they built their burial monuments in the form of dolmens and stone circles which are called Megaliths5 (big stones). Fine examples of such Megalithic Monuments can be seen about 100 metres east of the Great Southern Trunk Road near Guduvancheri railway station.
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The historic period proper begins with the Pallava kings and the earliest of their stone inscriptions is found in Pallavaram (Pallava puram) in a cave temple excavated by Mahendravarman I (600-630 A.D.)
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Pulikesin II was the famous Rasthtrakuta king who defeated both Harsha of North India and Mahendra Pallavan. Narasimhavarman I who succeeded Mahendravarman I waged battles against Pulekesin and defeated him at Manimangalam which is only about 8 kms. west of Tambaram. This is mentioned in the Kuram copper plate inscription,7 the Tamil part of which is written in a script which is a mixture of Pallava Grantha and Tamil. Near Guduvancheri there is now a small village called Nandivararam (Nandi puram) which must have been named after the Pallava king Nandivarman whose praises are sung in Nandi kalambakam. "

Catch the rest in the article. Good read!

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