<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142</id><updated>2012-01-29T01:53:09.918-08:00</updated><category term='harisree'/><category term='movie'/><category term='college-life'/><category term='tags'/><category term='govt'/><category term='church'/><category term='trips'/><category term='crossword'/><category term='society'/><category term='drive'/><category term='cricket'/><category term='sports'/><category term='religion'/><category term='bachelor-wish'/><category term='textbook'/><category term='fun'/><category term='kid'/><category term='Favorite'/><category term='football'/><category term='friend'/><category term='Christian'/><title type='text'>Yet Another Software Junk | മറ്റൊരു പാഴ്‌ജന്മം</title><subtitle type='html'>If I were Thomas Alva Edison, you might be still in Darkness.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>250</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-3912147212101175365</id><published>2011-11-22T23:18:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-22T23:20:16.875-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mullaperiyaar !</title><content type='html'>ഡാം തകര്‍ന്നാല്‍ അതോടുകൂടി കരാറും കഴിഞ്ഞു.മലവെള്ളപാച്ചിലില്‍ ഒരൊറ്റ മലയാളി മരിച്ചാല്‍ പിന്നെ, ഒരു തുള്ളി വെള്ളം തമിഴ്നാടിന് കൊടുക്കരുത്, പുതിയ ഡാമില്‍ നിന്ന്. കൊടുക്കാന്‍ മലയാളികള്‍ സമ്മതിക്കില്ല. അപ്പോള്‍ എന്താകും ? 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കാണാന്‍ പറ്റി.  ഉം... ഒരു മലയാള സിനിമ എന്നു നോക്കിയാല്‍ ..കൊള്ളാം... പക്ഷേ എഴുത്തുക്കാരന്റ അവകാശവാദങ്ങള്‍ കാണുമ്പോള്‍ ഇതു പോരാ‍...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;എന്തോക്കയോ എവിടെയോ മിസ്സിങ് ആണിതിനു്...കാമറ ഫോക്കസിങില്‍ ചില സ്ഥലങ്ങളില്‍ പോരായ്മ മുഴച്ചു കാണാമായിരുന്നു.   ‘നീലി‘യ്ക്കെന്തു പറ്റിയോ ആവോ (ഇനി തിയറ്ററുക്കാര്‍ വല്ലതും കട്ട് ചെയ്തോ എന്തോ)... ഒറിജിനാലിറ്റി വളരെ കമ്മിയാണ്... കയറുകെട്ടി ഇറക്കാനാണോ മൂന്നു കൊല്ലം ഇവര്‍ പണിയെടുത്തത്‌?!. പഴശ്ശി രാജ രാത്രിയില്‍ ഒറ്റയ്ക്ക് പോയിട്ടുള്ള പ്രകടനം ‘മാത്രം‘  മതിയായിരുന്നു സായിപ്പിനെ മൊത്തം തോല്‍പ്പിക്കാന്‍. രാത്രിയായതു കൊണ്ടോ എന്തോ തന്റെ പ്രിയപ്പെട്ട വെള്ള  കുതിരയുടെ ഒപ്പമല്ല പഴശ്ശി ഒറ്റയാള്‍ പോരാട്ടത്തിനു പോയത്‌.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;കുറിച്ച്യരിലും വെളുത്തു തുടുത്ത മോഡലുകള്‍ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു... ചുമ്മാ..ഒരു നയനസുഖത്തിനു ഇരിക്കട്ടേ എന്നു കരുതികാണും. ആദ്യത്തെ ഒളിപ്പോര് തീര്‍ത്തും പരിതാപകരം. പോട്ടേ... കുറിച്ച്യര്‍ ഒരു പക്ഷേ അത്ര നിപുണര്‍ ആവില്ല.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;പാവം കുങ്കന്‍ ...ചെറുപ്പത്തില്‍ ഉച്ചകഞ്ഞി ഇല്ലാതെ വിഷമിച്ചു പോലും!!!  1980നു 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കൊടുത്തിട്ടുണ്ട്‌... പുല്‍മൈതാനത്ത് (300 പട്ടാളക്കാരുടെ) ബൂട്ട് ബീറ്റ് അത്രയ്ക്കു കഠിനമാകുമോ എന്ന സംശയം ബാക്കി.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;വെള്ളം ചോദിച്ചു ചുരിക ഒളിപ്പിച്ചു കടത്തിയ സീക്വെന്‍സ് എനിക്കിഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടു. അതുപോലെ തന്നെ പഴശി രാജയുടെ എന്‍‌ട്രി സീക്വെന്‍സും ഇഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടു... ഇടച്ചേന കുങ്കനും കൈതേരി അമ്പുവും തലയ്ക്കല്‍ ചന്തുവും  കഴിഞ്ഞേ പഴശ്ശി രാജയ്ക്ക് ഇടമുള്ളൂ ഈ സിനിമയില്‍! ഇതു ശരത്‌കുമാര്‍- ഹരിഹരന്‍ സിനിമ എന്നു പറയുന്നതാകും കൂടുതല്‍ യോജിക്കുക എന്നു തോന്നുന്നു...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;അല്ലെങ്കിലും തോറ്റ ഒരു രാജാവിന്റെ കഥ ഇത്രയെങ്കിലും വിജയിപ്പിച്ചെടുത്തല്ലോ... അതു തന്നെ അഭിമാനത്തിനു വക നല്‍കുന്നു.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-5500428638625918373?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/5500428638625918373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>30</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-1776845775662420455</id><published>2009-11-10T04:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T04:03:41.726-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun'/><title type='text'>കൂട്ടായതീരുമാനം</title><content type='html'>അവളുടെ തീരുമാനം അവന്‍ അംഗീകരിച്ചാല്‍ അത് ...കൂട്ടായതീരുമാനം.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-1776845775662420455?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/1776845775662420455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=1776845775662420455&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' 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ദിനത്തോടനുബന്ധിച്ച് പ്രസദ്ധീകരിക്കുന്നു.   &lt;a href="http://dictionary.mashithantu.com/" target="_blank"&gt;പുതിയ വിലാസം&lt;/a&gt; സന്ദര്‍ശിച്ച് നിങ്ങളുടെ അഭിപ്രായങ്ങള്‍ അറിയിക്കൂ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://dictionary.mashithantu.com/"&gt;&lt;img class="aligncenter" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/Su0oKxZBSSI/AAAAAAAAAcw/dsh4s90tXZc/s400/newkuppi.jpg" alt="" width="243" height="117" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://fre-ebird.blogspot.com/"&gt;ഉണ്ണികൃഷ്ണന്‍ കെ.പി&lt;/a&gt; യാണ് ഈ പുനഃപ്രസദ്ധീകരണത്തിനു ഊര്‍ജ്ജവും ആത്മാവും നല്‍കിയത്. റൂബി ഓണ്‍ റെയില്‍ എന്ന നൂതന വെബ് ടെക്കനോളജിയാണ് ഇതിനായി ഉപയോഗപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നത്‌.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;പുതിയതായി കൂട്ടിച്ചേര്‍ത്ത സൌകര്യങ്ങള്‍ പരിശോധിക്കാം&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.  ഗൂഗിളിന്റേയും മൊഴിയുടേയും ട്രാന്‍സ്‌ലിറ്റെറേഷനുകള്‍ മഷിത്തണ്ടില്‍ കൂട്ടി ചേര്‍ത്തു.  മഷിത്തേണ്ടിന്റെ ട്രാന്‍സ്‌ലിറ്ററേഷനും കീ ബോര്‍ഡും ഒപ്പമുണ്ട്. ഏതാണോ താങ്കള്‍ക്കു സൌകര്യമായി തോന്നുന്നത്‌ അതുപയോഗിച്ച് മലയാളപദങ്ങള്‍ ടൈപ്പു ചെയ്യാവുന്നതാണ്.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. ഏതൊരാള്‍ക്കും മഷിത്തണ്ടിലെ പദങ്ങളുടെ അര്‍ത്ഥം മാറ്റം വരുത്തി കൂടുതല്‍ കൃത്യത നല്‍കാവുന്നതാണ്. അതിനായി ലോഗിന്‍ ചെയ്യേണ്ടതു പോലുമില്ല. പദങ്ങള്‍ പരിശോധിക്കുന്നവര്‍ അനുവധിച്ചാല്‍ മാത്രമേ പുതിയ അര്‍ത്ഥങ്ങള്‍ മറ്റുള്ളവര്‍ക്ക് ലഭ്യമാവുകയുള്ളൂ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. അര്‍ത്ഥങ്ങള്‍ ശരിയാണോ തെറ്റുണ്ടോ എന്നു ഉടനടി ഏതൊരാള്‍ക്കും മഷിത്തണ്ടിന്റെ പിന്നണി പ്രവര്‍ത്തകരെ അറിയിക്കാവുന്നതാണ്. അതിനായി പച്ചയും ചുവപ്പും നിറത്തില്‍  തള്ളവിരല്‍ മുകളിലേക്കും താഴേക്കുമായി പിടിച്ചിട്ടുള്ള അടയാളങ്ങള്‍ കാണാം. അര്‍ത്ഥങ്ങളില്‍ തെറ്റ് കണ്ടെത്തിയാല്‍ ‍ ചുവന്ന തള്ളവിരല്‍ അമര്‍ത്തുക.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;സാമ്യമുള്ള പദങ്ങള്‍ ഒന്നു കൂടി നവീകരിക്കാനുണ്ട്. അടുത്തു തന്നെ പഴയ നിഘണ്ടുവില്‍ ലഭ്യമായിരുന്ന എല്ലാ സൌകര്യങ്ങളും പുതിയതില്‍ ഉള്‍പ്പെടുത്തുന്നതായിരിക്കും. അതിനുശേഷം പഴയ സൈറ്റ് നീക്കം ചെയ്യപ്പെടും.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;മഷിത്തണ്ടിന്റെ പുതിയപതിപ്പിലേക്ക് &lt;a 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bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;വാശി...ഒന്നൊന്നര വാശി&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“എന്റെ മോന്‍ ആവശ്യമുള്ള ഒരു കാര്യത്തിനും വാശി പിടിക്കില്ല” എന്നു എന്റെ അമ്മ പറയും... ചുള്ളത്തി ഉദ്ദേശിച്ചത്‌ ഞാനൊരു അനാവശ്യ വാശിക്കാരനാണെന്നാണ്. പക്ഷേ മഷിത്തണ്ടിനെ സഹായിച്ച രണ്ടു വാശികള്‍ ഞാന്‍ പിടിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്.&lt;br /&gt;ഒന്ന്) വലയില്ലാത്ത മീന്‍ പിടിക്കുന്നതു പോലെയാണ് കമ്പ്യൂട്ടര്‍ ഇല്ലാതെ കമ്പ്യൂട്ടര്‍ എഞ്ചിനിയറിങ് പഠിക്കുന്നത്‌. അതുകൊണ്ട് കമ്പ്യൂട്ടര്‍ വാങ്ങി തന്നില്ലെങ്കില്‍ ഞാന്‍ ഇനി കോളേജില്‍ പോകില്ല. സീമന്ത പുത്രന്റെ ശാഠ്യം കണ്ട് അപ്പന്‍ ചില്ലറയല്ല പകച്ചത്‌. മച്ചാന്‍ പകരം ഒരു നിബന്ധന വെച്ചു. വാങ്ങി തരാമെന്നു പറഞ്ഞിരുന്ന ബൈക്ക് തരില്ല. പകരം കമ്പ്യൂട്ടര്‍. അങ്ങിനെ ഒരു ടീനേജുക്കാരന്റെ ബൈക്ക് എന്ന മോഹം അവിടെ ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചു.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;രണ്ടാമത്തെ വാശി) വരമൊഴി എഡിറ്റര്‍ കണ്ടിട്ടും അതില്‍ ബ്ലോഗ് ചെയ്യില്ല എന്ന ശപഥം. കാരണം ... നാണാവില്ലേടാ നിനക്കു വേറെ ആണ്‍പ്പിളേരെഴുതിയ സോഫ്റ്റ്‌വെയറും വെച്ച് ചവറ് എഴുതാന്‍‌ എന്ന മിഥ്യാഭിമാനം. നഷ്ടം എനിക്കു തന്നെ. കഷ്ടപ്പെട്ട് ഇം‌ഗ്ലീഷില്‍ ബ്ലൊഗിങ്. പക്ഷേ അതു ഗുണം ചെയ്തു. വരമൊഴി പതിവായി ഉപയോഗിച്ച് രസം പിടിച്ചിരുന്നെങ്കില്‍ മഷിത്തണ്ട് ഉണ്ടാകുമായിരുന്നില്ല.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;മലയാളത്തിലെ മികച്ച സംരംഭങ്ങളില്‍ ഒന്നായ വരമൊഴിയുടെ സൃഷ്ടാവ് സിബുവിനേയും, മൊഴികീമാന്റെ സ്വന്തം രാജ് നേയും സര്‍വ്വോപരി അഞ്ചലിഓള്‍ഡ് ലിപ്പി എഴുതി മലയാളത്തിന് ഇന്റര്‍നെറ്റില്‍ ഒരു കുതിച്ചു ചാട്ടത്തിനു വഴിയൊരുക്കിയ കെവിനേയും ഇത്തരുണത്തില്‍ അനുസ്മരിക്കുന്നു. സന്തോഷ് തോട്ടിങലിന്റെ ഡിക്ഷണറിയും സ്പെല്‍ച്ചെക്കറും പരാമര്‍ശിച്ചില്ലെങ്കില്‍ ഈ അനുസ്മരണയോഗം പൂര്‍ണ്ണമാവില്ല. നിങ്ങള്‍ തെളിച്ചിട്ട പാതയിലൂടെ മഷിത്തണ്ടും നടന്നു വരുന്നു.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;അതുശരി, ഡിക്ഷണറിയും സ്പെല്‍ച്ചെക്കറും ഉണ്ടായിട്ടും ഈ ചെക്കന്‍ പിന്നേയും അതു തന്നെ ഉരുവിടുന്നതെന്ത് എന്നു നിങ്ങള്‍ക്കു തോന്നാം. എന്തിനും ഏതിനും സോഫ്റ്റ്വെയര്‍ ഡൌണ്‍ലോഡ് ചെയ്ത് അതു അപ്ഡേറ്റ് ചെയ്യുന്ന രീതിയോട് എനിക്കു യോജിപ്പില്ല എന്നതു തന്നെ കാരണം. എന്തും ഫ്രെഷ് ആയി നെറ്റില്‍. എവിടെ പോയാലും നമ്മോടൊപ്പം ഉണ്ടാകുന്ന ഇന്റര്‍നെറ്റ് ഉപകരണങ്ങളോട് എനിക്കു താത്പര്യം. അതുകൊണ്ടാണ് മഷിത്തണ്ട് ഇന്റര്‍നെറ്റില്‍ മാത്രം എന്ന തത്വം നടപ്പാക്കുന്നത്.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;മഷിത്തണ്ടിന്റെ ലിപ്യന്തര ഉപകരണം&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;javascript നോട് പൊതുവേ താത്പര്യം ഇല്ലാത്ത ഞാന്‍ അതുപഠിച്ചു ;എന്നുപറഞ്ഞാല്‍ ടൂട്ടോറിയല്‍ നോക്കി പകര്‍ത്താന്‍ പഠിച്ചു എന്നു പറയുന്നതാകും കൂടുതല്‍ ശരി. ഇതിനോടകം 150k javascript code എഴുതിയിട്ടും ആ സ്ഥിതിക്കു മാറ്റമൊന്നും ഇല്ല. compiler construction എന്ന വിഷയത്തിലെ recursive decent parser എന്ന തരം ‘കുന്ത്രാണ്ടം’ മഷിത്തണ്ടിനു വേണ്ടി ഉപയോഗിക്കാന്‍ തീരുമാനിച്ചു. കാരണം വേറെ ഒന്നും അല്ല. അതാണ് എനിക്കു എളുപ്പമായി തോന്നിയത്‌. അങ്ങിനെ മഷിത്തണ്ടിന്റെ ലിപ്യന്തരണ (transliterator) ഉപകരണം ഉണ്ടാക്കി. 2006 നവം‌ബര്‍ 1 ന് കേരളപിറവിയുടെ സുവര്‍ണ്ണ ജൂബിലി ദിനത്തില്‍ അതു പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിച്ചു.  [&lt;a href="http://mashithantu.blogspot.com/2006/11/blog-post.html"&gt;ലിങ്ക്&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;അങ്ങിനെ ആദ്യകടമ്പ കടന്നു കൂടി.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(തുടരണം എന്നുണ്ട്, നോക്കട്ടേ)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-3087455750649188673?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/3087455750649188673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=3087455750649188673&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/3087455750649188673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/3087455750649188673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2009/09/2.html' title='മഷിത്തണ്ടിന്റെ പിന്നില്‍-2'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-1099878159780524927</id><published>2009-08-19T23:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-19T23:51:16.643-07:00</updated><title type='text'>മഷിത്തണ്ടിന്റെ വിഡ്‌ജറ്റ്</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://mashithantu.com/public/banner/"&gt;മഷിത്തണ്ടിന്റെ വിഡ്‌ജറ്റ് &lt;/a&gt;ഇപ്പോള്‍ ലഭ്യമാണ്.&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;br /&gt;താങ്കള്‍ക്ക് താങ്കളുടെ ബ്ലോഗില്‍      നിന്നു തന്നെ മഷിത്തണ്ടിന്റെ വിവിധ സേവനങ്ങളിലേക്ക് എളുപ്പം      എത്തിച്ചേരാവുന്നതാണ്. നിഘണ്ടു ഉപയോഗിക്കാനും പദപ്രശ്നത്തിന്റെ പുതിയ മത്സരം      തുടങ്ങിയോ എന്നറിയാനും‍ ഈ കുഞ്ഞുപകരണങ്ങള്‍ നിങ്ങളെ സഹായിക്കും.     &lt;p&gt;ഇഷ്ടപ്പെട്ട      വിഡ്ജെറ്റിന്റെ വലതുവശത്തുകാണുന്ന എച്ച്. ടി.എം.എല്‍ കോഡ് പകര്‍ത്തി നിങ്ങളുടെ      ബ്ലോഗിലോ സൈറ്റിലോ ചേര്‍ത്താല്‍ മതി. നിങ്ങളുടെ വായനക്കാര്‍ക്കും ഒരുപക്ഷേ      അതുപകരിച്ചേക്കാം.      കൂടുതല്‍ ആളുകളിലേക്ക് എത്തിച്ചേരാന്‍ മഷിത്തണ്ടിനു കഴിയുകയും ചെയ്യും.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mashithantu.com/public/banner/"&gt;http://mashithantu.com/public/banner/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Blogger&lt;/b&gt; SetUp          &lt;br /&gt;1. Login-&gt; Layout -&gt; Page Elements         &lt;br /&gt;2. Add a gadget         &lt;br /&gt;3. HTML/JavaScript         &lt;br /&gt;4. type mashithatu on "Title"          &lt;br /&gt;5. Paste widget code on "Content" box         &lt;br /&gt;6. Save (widget)          &lt;br /&gt;7. Preview/Save (template)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;WordPress&lt;/b&gt; SetUp         &lt;br /&gt;1. Login-&gt; Appearance -&gt; Widgets         &lt;br /&gt;2. Drag&amp;amp;Drop "Text" to SideBar         &lt;br /&gt;3. type mashithatu on "Title"         &lt;br /&gt;4. Paste widget code on next box         &lt;br /&gt;5. Save (widget)         &lt;br /&gt;6. 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Yacc ഇരിക്കുന്നത് ലിനക്സിലും. മാത്രമല്ല, നൂറു വാക്കിന്റെ നിഘണ്ടു വച്ച് ഒന്നും ചെയ്യാനും സാധിക്കില്ല. പണി പിന്നേയും പാതിവഴിയില്‍ ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുക മാത്രമല്ല ഇതു എനിക്കു പറ്റിയ പണിയല്ല എന്നു മനസ്സിലാകുകയും ചെയ്തു.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;പിന്നേയും എന്റെ കമ്പ്യൂട്ടറില്‍ കുറെ മൌസ് ക്ലിക്കുകള്‍ വെറുതെ കിലുങ്ങി. ബ്ലോഗിങ്ങിനായി മാത്രം. അങ്ങിനെ ഒരു നാള്‍ ആ സത്യം മനസ്സിലാക്കി. മലയാളത്തിലും യുണികോഡ് വന്നിട്ടുണ്ട്. ആശയുടെ ഒരു പുല്‍നാമ്പ് എന്നിലും വീണു. പരിശോധിച്ചു നോക്കി. കൊള്ളം വരമൊഴിയിലൂടെ ഭംഗിയായി ടൈപ്പും ചെയ്യാം. തുടങ്ങിയാലോ എന്നു ‘കൈകള്‍ ‘ എന്നോടു മന്ത്രിച്ചു.  പക്ഷേ തലയും ഹൃദയവും ഒരു പോലെ എന്നെ വിലക്കി. രണ്ടു തവണ പരാജയപ്പെട്ടവന്‍ ഇനിയും വേണ്ടാത്ത പണിക്കു പോണോ എന്നു തലയും, ചെയ്യുന്നതുനു മുമ്പേ അതിന്റെ എല്ലാ വശങ്ങളും പരിശോധിക്കാന്‍ ഹൃദയവും മൊഴിഞ്ഞു.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;വശങ്ങള്‍ … എങ്ങിനെ ആളുകള്‍ക്കിതു ഉപയോഗിക്കാന്‍ കാണാന്‍ കഴിയും? യൂണികോഡില്‍. എന്തില്‍ കാണിക്കും? ബ്രൌസറില്‍. കാരണം ? അതു വിന്‍ഡോസിലും ലിനക്സിലും അതു പ്രവര്‍ത്തിക്കും.  ഏതു തരം പ്രോഗ്രാമില്‍ ? (എനിക്കു ഒട്ടും താത്പര്യമില്ലാതിരുന്ന) JavaScript, php  എന്നിവയില്‍. ഇഷ്ടമില്ലാത്തവയില്‍ എന്തിനു ചെയ്യണം. എന്റെ ഇഷ്ടമല്ലല്ലോ പ്രധാനം; കാര്യം നടക്കണ്ടേ?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;എന്തായിരിക്കണം ആദ്യപടി? ഒരു ലിപ്യന്തര ഉപകരണം (translitarator) .&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;രണ്ടാമത്തേത്… ഒരു വലിയ നിഘണ്ടു. വലിയത് എന്നു പറഞ്ഞാല്‍ ഒരു 20,000 വാക്കുകളെങ്കിലും ഉള്ളത്‌.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;മൂന്നാമത്തേത് … ഒരു വേര്‍ഡ് പ്രോസെസ്സര്‍.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;നാലാമത്തേത്… ഒരു സ്പെല്‍ ചെക്കര്‍&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;അഞ്ചാമത്തേത് ..ഒരു പരിഭാഷകന്‍ (translator).. ഉവ്വവ്വേ! ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് നേരെ ചൊവ്വേ പറയാനറിയാത്ത ഞാന്‍ തന്നെ ഇങ്ങനെ പ്ലാന്‍ ചെയ്യണം.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2009/09/2.html"&gt;തുടരുമായിരിക്കും&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;-YaSJ  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-3633748741785491474?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/3633748741785491474/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=3633748741785491474&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/3633748741785491474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/3633748741785491474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post.html' title='മഷിത്തണ്ടിന്റെ പിന്നിലെ പ്രചോദനം'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-1597034310466564924</id><published>2009-07-21T23:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-21T23:05:14.281-07:00</updated><title type='text'>പുതിയ പദപ്രശ്നം : വിഷയം സിനിമ</title><content type='html'>മഷിത്തണ്ടില്‍ പുതിയ പദപ്രശ്നം മത്സരം സിനിമ വിഷയമായി തുടങ്ങിയിട്ടുണ്ട്.&lt;br /&gt;പങ്കെടുക്കൂ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://crossword.mashithantu.com/?id=CW/2009/SET-0005"&gt;http://crossword.mashithantu.com/?id=CW/2009/SET-0005&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-1597034310466564924?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://crossword.mashithantu.com/?id=CW/2009/SET-0005' title='പുതിയ പദപ്രശ്നം : വിഷയം സിനിമ'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/1597034310466564924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=1597034310466564924&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/1597034310466564924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/1597034310466564924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post_21.html' title='പുതിയ പദപ്രശ്നം : വിഷയം സിനിമ'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-660452075566019414</id><published>2009-07-10T07:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-10T07:55:35.230-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crossword'/><title type='text'>ഇനി പദപ്രശ്നം അതിഥികള്‍ക്കും</title><content type='html'>മഷിത്തണ്ടിന്റെ &lt;a href="http://crossword.mashithantu.com/"&gt;മലയാള പദപ്രശ്നം&lt;/a&gt; റെജിസ്റ്റര്‍ ചെയ്ത ഉപഭോക്താക്കള്‍ക്കു പുറമേ അതിഥികള്‍ക്കും കളിക്കാം. പക്ഷേ അവര്‍ക്ക് മത്സരങ്ങളില്‍ പങ്കെടുക്കാനോ കളി സേവ് ചെയ്യാനോ സാധിക്കുകയില്ല.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;തെറ്റായ കളങ്ങള്‍ ഉടന്‍ തന്നെ അടയാളപ്പെടുത്തുന്നതു കൊണ്ട് “check" ബട്ടണിന്റെ ആവശ്യം വരുകയില്ല. ശരിയായ കളങ്ങളുടെ പശ്ചാത്തലനിറവും (background colour) തെറ്റായ കളങ്ങളുടെ പശ്ചാത്തല നിറവും വ്യത്യാസപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നത്‌ ശ്രദ്ധിച്ചാല്‍ മതിയാകും.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;നിര്‍ദ്ദേശങ്ങള്‍ തന്ന  സുഹൃത്തുക്കള്‍ക്കു നന്ദി.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-660452075566019414?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/660452075566019414/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=660452075566019414&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/660452075566019414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/660452075566019414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post_10.html' title='ഇനി പദപ്രശ്നം അതിഥികള്‍ക്കും'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-2555437297571831456</id><published>2009-07-06T00:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-06T00:18:52.298-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crossword'/><title type='text'>മലയാളത്തില്‍ പദപ്രശ്നം</title><content type='html'>പദപ്രശ്നം ഓണ്‍ലൈനില്‍ കളിക്കാന്‍ മഷിത്തണ്ട് സ്ഥലം സജ്ജമാക്കി കഴിഞ്ഞു.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://crossword.mashithantu.com/"&gt;http://crossword.mashithantu.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ഏവര്‍ക്കും സ്വാഗതം.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;പദപ്രശ്നം കളിക്കേണ്ടതെങ്ങിനെ&lt;a href="http://mashithantu.com/blog/?p=44"&gt;(?)&lt;/a&gt;  ഉണ്ടാക്കേണ്ടതെങ്ങിനെ&lt;a href="http://mashithantu.com/blog/?p=73"&gt;(?)&lt;/a&gt;   എന്താണ് നിയമങ്ങള്‍&lt;a href="http://mashithantu.com/blog/?p=56"&gt;(?)&lt;/a&gt; എന്നിവയെല്ലാം മഷിത്തണ്ടിന്റെ ബ്ലോഗില്‍ ചേര്‍ത്തിട്ടുണ്ട്.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;കളിച്ചു നോക്കിയ ശേഷം നിങ്ങളുടെ അഭിപ്രായം അറിയിക്കുമല്ലോ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;നന്ദി, ജോസ്മി ജോസ്, താങ്കളുടെ പി.എച്ച്.പി പ്രോഗ്രാം കൊണ്ട് സൈറ്റ് മൊത്തത്തില്‍ ലളിതമായും വെടിപ്പായും കിടക്കുന്നു. ഇതിന്റെ പിന്നില്‍ പ്രവര്‍ത്തിച്ച, പ്രോത്സാഹിപ്പിച്ച, നിര്‍ദ്ദേശങ്ങള്‍ തന്ന, പദപ്രശ്നങ്ങള്‍ ഉണ്ടാക്കിയ എല്ലാ സുഹൃത്തുക്കള്‍ക്കും മഷിത്തണ്ടിന്റെ നന്ദി.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-2555437297571831456?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/2555437297571831456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=2555437297571831456&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/2555437297571831456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/2555437297571831456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post.html' title='മലയാളത്തില്‍ പദപ്രശ്നം'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-5025572492389662835</id><published>2009-06-23T21:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-07T03:33:15.536-07:00</updated><title type='text'>പദപ്രശ്നം</title><content type='html'>ഇതൊരു കളിയാണ്. പണ്ടു മുതലേ ബാലരമ പോലെയുള്ള ബാലമാസികലൂടെ പിച്ച വച്ച്, മാതൃഭൂമിയില്‍‌ കളി തുടര്‍‌ന്ന്..., പക്ഷേ ഇപ്പോള്‍ ഒരിടത്തും മലയാളത്തിലുള്ള പദപ്രശ്നം കാണാതായി. അതിനൊരു കമ്പ്യൂട്ടര്‍ പതിപ്പ്‌ നല്‍‌കാന്‍‌ മഷിത്തണ്ട് തയാറെടുക്കുന്നു.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;താഴെകാണുന്ന വിലാസത്തില്‍‌ മലയാള പദപ്രശ്നത്തിന്റെ ഓണ്‍‌ലൈന്‍‌ രൂപം നിങ്ങള്‍‌ക്ക് അടുത്തു തന്നെ ദര്‍ശ്ശിക്കാവുന്നതാണ്.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://crossword.mashithantu.com/"&gt;http://crossword.mashithantu.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;പദപ്രശ്നം നിര്‍‌മ്മിക്കാന്‍ അതു കളിക്കുന്നതിനേക്കാളും പ്രയാസമാണ്. പദപ്രശ്നം തയ്യാറാക്കാന്‍‌ താത്പര്യമുള്ളവര്‍ &lt;a href="http://mashithantu.com/blog/?p=56"&gt;ഈ നിബന്ധനകള്‍&lt;/a&gt;ക്ക് അനുസൃതമായി പദപ്രശ്നം നിര്‍‌മ്മിക്കൂ. സൈറ്റ് റെഡിയാകുമ്പോള്‍ മഷിത്തണ്ടിന്റെ സോഫ്റ്റ് വെയറില്‍          കൂട്ടിച്ചേര്‍ത്ത് ഉടനടി കളിക്കാവുന്നതാണ്.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;നിങ്ങളുടെ എല്ലാവരുടേയും സഹകരണം പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കുന്നു.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-5025572492389662835?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/5025572492389662835/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=5025572492389662835&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/5025572492389662835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/5025572492389662835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-post.html' title='പദപ്രശ്നം'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-8589629686010225437</id><published>2009-06-01T22:25:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T01:46:18.199-07:00</updated><title type='text'>morning smile</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SiS3R62qguI/AAAAAAAAASc/VRfSPfoQwl8/s1600-h/Hannah%40choondi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SiS3R62qguI/AAAAAAAAASc/VRfSPfoQwl8/s320/Hannah%40choondi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342596576452444898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;ഈ&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;ഒരൊറ്റ&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;ചിരി&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;മതി&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;അവളുടെ&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;അമ്മയ്ക്ക്&lt;/span&gt; 10 &lt;span&gt;മാസം&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;ചുമന്ന&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;വേദന&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;മറക്കാന്‍&lt;/span&gt; !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-8589629686010225437?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/8589629686010225437/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=8589629686010225437&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8589629686010225437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8589629686010225437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2009/06/morning-smile.html' title='morning smile'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SiS3R62qguI/AAAAAAAAASc/VRfSPfoQwl8/s72-c/Hannah%40choondi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-809069491489289018</id><published>2009-01-26T20:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-26T20:58:00.900-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Parent's Wish</title><content type='html'>Every parent might be expecting something from their children. In my case, my dad wanted me to don the cap of a Civil Engineer. Hmm... I was able to fulfill his wish, but with a slight change, a computer engineer instead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I am in his shoes. A father of a baby girl. What would I wish... my daughter to be. A Computer Engineer like me? Lead Architect of Mashithantu Malayalam Works? "heir to my throne, defender of my kingdom." (Priam-Troy). Whenever she throws a blank look, my relatives laughs at me saying that she is thinking about Mashithantu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Should I dream of making her a Doctor (may be the first one in our family) or a Business Analyst/CA like her uncle/aunt? or a Pharmacist like her one and only one ammayi (sister of her father). or A high school teacher like her great grandfather?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Basically I don't dream any of these. I don't mind if she doesn't choose computer field, or will be happier if she choose to become Bio/Nano technology specialist or even an agriculturist. What I can do maximum is that give an introduction to all these fields and let her choose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okie... that is a polite way of dreaming about our children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I've a dream about her. It is a simple one. I want to see that she drives &lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/05/i-forgive.html"&gt;Samson &lt;/a&gt;Thrissur and bring it back to Bangalore. I am not sure whether I can keep Samson healthy for next 20 years. So a variations of the dream are.... fly a helicopter in the same route or simply bi-cycle 600 KMs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her father didn't had a chance to fulfill many of his &lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/03/on-penultimate-year-of-bachelor-ship.html"&gt;wacky dreams&lt;/a&gt; and now he himself think that he is too old to try those adventurous acts. :(  Anyway, he has his own excuses like every other lazy guys- 'No Time'&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-809069491489289018?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/809069491489289018/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=809069491489289018&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/809069491489289018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/809069491489289018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2009/01/parents-wish.html' title='A Parent&apos;s Wish'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-229026546691621266</id><published>2009-01-12T19:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-12T19:16:36.539-08:00</updated><title type='text'>മലയാളം നിഘണ്ടു - ബീറ്റ12 പുറത്തിറക്കി</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SWwHdfBNcuI/AAAAAAAAAIM/_MFIzIMHZDQ/s1600-h/mashi_dec.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 80px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SWwHdfBNcuI/AAAAAAAAAIM/_MFIzIMHZDQ/s400/mashi_dec.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290611865377665762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;കൂടുതല്‍ കാര്യക്ഷമതയോടെ കൂടുതല്‍ തെറ്റുകള്‍ തിരുത്തി മഷിത്തണ്ടിന്റെ പുതിയ പതിപ്പ് പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിച്ചു.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;നിര്‍ദ്ദേശങ്ങള്‍ തന്നും കൂടുതല്‍ വാക്കുകള്‍ കൂട്ടിച്ചേര്‍ത്തും സഹകരിച്ച എല്ലാ ഉപഭോക്താക്കള്‍ക്കും നന്ദി. കഴിഞ്ഞ 120 ദിവസത്തിനുള്ളില്‍ നിഘണ്ടുവിനെ പ്രയോജനപ്പെടുത്തിയവരുടെ എണ്ണം 20249 ല്‍ എത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു. നന്ദി!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-229026546691621266?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://mashithantu.com/malayalam-dictionary/nighantu.html' title='മലയാളം നിഘണ്ടു - ബീറ്റ12 പുറത്തിറക്കി'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/229026546691621266/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=229026546691621266&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/229026546691621266'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/229026546691621266'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2009/01/12.html' title='മലയാളം നിഘണ്ടു - ബീറ്റ12 പുറത്തിറക്കി'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SWwHdfBNcuI/AAAAAAAAAIM/_MFIzIMHZDQ/s72-c/mashi_dec.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-4033872658448752365</id><published>2008-12-31T02:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-31T02:53:26.634-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New Year gift</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SVtObm6fj5I/AAAAAAAAAIE/PhCFC-ScaoI/s1600-h/kunjianila.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 387px; height: 355px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SVtObm6fj5I/AAAAAAAAAIE/PhCFC-ScaoI/s400/kunjianila.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285904823858728850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Baby Girl... She is happily crying all the time. Feel so happy when I heard her crying sound for the first time. I am not so sure that how would I feel while I hear the same sound in the night.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-4033872658448752365?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/4033872658448752365/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=4033872658448752365&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/4033872658448752365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/4033872658448752365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-year-gift.html' title='New Year gift'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SVtObm6fj5I/AAAAAAAAAIE/PhCFC-ScaoI/s72-c/kunjianila.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-8841226954624696401</id><published>2008-10-12T10:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T11:05:41.725-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mashithantu New Version</title><content type='html'>മഷിത്തണ്ട്  &lt;a href="http://mashithantu.com/malayalam-dictionary/nighantu.html"&gt;നിഘണ്ടുവിന്റെ &lt;/a&gt;പുതിയ പതിപ്പ് പുറത്തിറക്കി... ഇംഗ്ലീഷിന്റെ അക്ഷരത്തെറ്റ് തിരുത്തല്‍ ഭാഗം കുറച്ചു കൂടി മികച്ചതാക്കി എന്നതാണ് എടുത്തുപറയാവുന്ന മേന്മ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ഇന്റര്‍ഫേസിലും ചില മാറ്റങ്ങള്‍ കാണുവുന്നതാണ്... &lt;br /&gt;1. English-&gt;Malayalam തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്താല്‍ ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് പദങ്ങളുടെ മലയാളം അര്‍ത്ഥം കണ്ടു പിടിക്കാം.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Malayalam-&gt;English തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്തതിനുശേഷം മലയാളം പദങ്ങളുടെ ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് അര്‍ത്ഥം കണ്ടു പിടിക്കാം.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ഉദ്ദേശിച്ച പദം നിഘണ്ടുവില്‍ ലഭ്യമല്ലെങ്കില്‍ അതിനു താഴെ കൊടുത്തിരിക്കുന്ന സാമ്യമുള്ള പദങ്ങള്‍ ശ്രദ്ധിക്കുക. അതില്‍ double click ചെയ്താല്‍ അവയുടെ അര്‍ത്ഥം ഉടനടി ലഭ്യമാവുന്നതാണ്.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Quick Links എന്ന ഒരു വിഭാഗം പുതിയതായി ചേര്‍ത്തിട്ടുണ്ട്. പുതിയ പദം ചേര്‍ക്കുന്നതിനും മറ്റും ഈ വിഭാഗം ഉപയോഗപ്പെടുത്താം&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-8841226954624696401?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/8841226954624696401/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=8841226954624696401&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8841226954624696401'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8841226954624696401'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2008/10/mashithantu-new-version.html' title='Mashithantu New Version'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-6565122581500594774</id><published>2008-09-08T02:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-08T05:54:34.718-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ഇലയിട്ടു... ഇനി മഷിത്തണ്ടിന്റെ സദ്യ</title><content type='html'>ഓണം വരവായി... മഷിത്തണ്ടിന്റെ ഒന്നാം വാര്‍ഷികവും . അതുകൊണ്ടു തന്നെ ഒരു സദ്യ തന്നെയാവട്ടേ എന്നു കരുതി...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SMUfclLROYI/AAAAAAAAAFw/kAoPOV80NfY/s1600-h/onamwish.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SMUfclLROYI/AAAAAAAAAFw/kAoPOV80NfY/s400/onamwish.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243631917018986882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;വളരെ ലളിതമായ യൂസര്‍ ഇന്റെര്‍ഫേസുകൊണ്ടു ഇല.... 58,000 വാക്കുകള്‍കൊണ്ട് ഒരു സദ്യ... ഡബിള്‍ ക്ലിക്ക് എന്ന ഒന്നാന്തരം പായസം... സാമ്യമുള്ള പദങ്ങളാല്‍ കറിക്കൂട്ടുകള്‍... ഈ ആഴ്ച 2300 പേര്‍ ഈ സദ്യ ആസ്വദിക്കുമെന്ന് കരുതപ്പെടുന്നു...Visit &lt;a href="http://mashithantu.com/malayalam-dictionary/nighantu.html"&gt;mashithantu.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;പോസ്റ്റര്‍, ആശയം : ശ്യാം പി. എം.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-6565122581500594774?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/6565122581500594774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=6565122581500594774&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/6565122581500594774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/6565122581500594774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2008/09/blog-post.html' title='ഇലയിട്ടു... ഇനി മഷിത്തണ്ടിന്റെ സദ്യ'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SMUfclLROYI/AAAAAAAAAFw/kAoPOV80NfY/s72-c/onamwish.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-8220042361352094177</id><published>2008-08-07T20:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-08T02:54:42.075-07:00</updated><title type='text'>മഷിത്തണ്ട് നിഘണ്ടുവിന്റെ 10 ഭാവങ്ങള്‍</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://mashithantu.com/malayalam-dictionary/nighantu.html"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SJvFo4-SVGI/AAAAAAAAAD4/CM-Dd1BIEL0/s400/Mashithantu3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231992698400035938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SJvF2v7WzoI/AAAAAAAAAEA/5K-7JjAJZoU/s1600-h/dictmode.PNG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SJvF2v7WzoI/AAAAAAAAAEA/5K-7JjAJZoU/s400/dictmode.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231992936489995906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;1. ഈ നിഘണ്ടുവിനെ ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് നിഘണ്ടുവാക്കാന്‍ "English Dictionary"  എന്ന റേഡിയോ ബട്ടണ്‍ അമര്‍ത്തുക. തിരിച്ചു മലയാളം നിഘണ്ടു ആവശ്യമെങ്കില്‍ "Malayalam Dictionary"  എന്ന റേഡിയോ ബട്ടണ്‍ അമര്‍ത്തുക.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. ഇതില്‍ 58,000 മലയാള പദങ്ങളുടേയും  24,000 ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് പദങ്ങളുടെയും അര്‍ത്ഥം ലഭ്യമാണ്.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SJvGTXlBAcI/AAAAAAAAAEI/JL3tt3yjRec/s1600-h/words.PNG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SJvGTXlBAcI/AAAAAAAAAEI/JL3tt3yjRec/s400/words.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231993428170047938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. ഏതു പദത്തിലും ഒന്നു "double click" ചെയ്താല്‍ ഉടനടി അതിന്റെ അര്‍ത്ഥം ലഭിക്കും. സ്വയം "Dictionary Language" തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കാനുള്ള കഴിവ് ഇതിനുണ്ട്.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SJvHPjT2QoI/AAAAAAAAAEY/72EbO_b7FVY/s1600-h/spell.PNG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SJvHPjT2QoI/AAAAAAAAAEY/72EbO_b7FVY/s400/spell.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231994462111416962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;4. "സാമ്യമുള്ള പദങ്ങള്‍" (Matching Words) എന്ന വിഭാഗത്തില്‍ താങ്കള്‍ ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്ന പദത്തിനോട് വളരെ അടുത്ത് സാമ്യമുള്ള പദങ്ങള്‍ പ്രദര്‍ശ്ശിപ്പിക്കുന്നതാണ്. ഒരുതരം Spell Checking സംവധാനമാണിത്.  അറിയാവുന്ന വിധത്തില്‍ ഒരു പദം type ചെയ്തതിനു ശേഷം 2 സെക്കന്റ് കാത്തിരുന്നാല്‍ സാമ്യമുള്ള പദങ്ങള്‍ കാണാവുന്നതാണ്. അതിനു ശേഷം ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്ന പദത്തില്‍ "Double Click" ചെയ്യുക.  ഉടനടി അതിന്റെ അര്‍ത്ഥം കാണാവുന്നതാണ്&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. ബ്രൗസറില്‍ ഗൂഗിള്‍ സെര്‍ച്ച് ബാര്‍ ഉള്ളതുപോലെ മഷിത്തണ്ടിന്റേയും സെര്‍ച്ച് ബാര്‍ ഉള്‍പ്പെടുത്താവുന്നതാണ്. ഏതുസമയവും ഏതു പദത്തിന്റേയും അര്‍ത്ഥം കണ്ടുപിടിക്കാന്‍ താങ്കളുടെ ബ്രൗസറിനെ സജ്ജമാക്കുന്ന സംവിധാനമാണിത്... കൂടുതല്‍ വിവരങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് &lt;a href="http://mashithantu.com/blog/?p=13"&gt;ഇവിടെ &lt;/a&gt;സന്ദര്‍ശിക്കൂ...&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SJvHy04NNSI/AAAAAAAAAEo/O0J-JWtIdd8/s1600-h/searchplug.PNG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SJvHy04NNSI/AAAAAAAAAEo/O0J-JWtIdd8/s400/searchplug.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231995068122740002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. മഗ്ലീഷില്‍ റ്റൈപ്പു ചെയ്യാന്‍ ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടനുഭവപ്പെടുന്നെങ്കില്‍ മലയാളം കീ ബോര്‍ഡ് ഉപയോഗിക്കാവുന്നതാണ്.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SJvHlWmGTkI/AAAAAAAAAEg/gcRQEBqnuAo/s1600-h/keyboard.PNG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SJvHlWmGTkI/AAAAAAAAAEg/gcRQEBqnuAo/s400/keyboard.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231994836655427138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SJvIV7Ck33I/AAAAAAAAAEw/ekfBIghxKPI/s1600-h/add_words.PNG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SJvIV7Ck33I/AAAAAAAAAEw/ekfBIghxKPI/s400/add_words.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231995671072268146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;7. പുതിയപദങ്ങള്‍ ചേര്‍ക്കുവാനുള്ള സംവിധാനവും ഇതിനുണ്ട്. പുതിയ ലോഗിന്‍ ഉണ്ടാക്കേണ്ട നൂലാമാലകള്‍ ഒന്നും ഇല്ല.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. ഒരു പദത്തിന്റെ അര്‍ത്ഥത്തില്‍ താങ്കള്‍ തൃപ്തനല്ലെങ്കില്‍ അതിന്റെ feedback രേഖപ്പെടുത്താനുള്ള സൗകര്യവും ഒരുക്കിയിട്ടുണ്ട്. പദത്തിന്റെ അര്‍ത്ഥത്തിനു താഴെ കൊടുത്തിരിക്കുന്ന "No" എന്ന ബട്ടണില്‍ അമര്‍ത്തിയാല്‍ മതി. പദങ്ങളുടെ അര്‍ത്ഥം ലഭ്യമല്ലെങ്കിലും ഇതേ സംവിധാനം ഉപയോഗിക്കുമല്ലോ? ഈ നിഘണ്ടുവിന്റെ വളര്‍ച്ചയ്ക്ക് അതു സഹായകമാണ്.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SJvI7tpf2lI/AAAAAAAAAFA/VPW1Ajl7UDA/s1600-h/nobutton.PNG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SJvI7tpf2lI/AAAAAAAAAFA/VPW1Ajl7UDA/s400/nobutton.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231996320312449618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. മലയാളം അക്ഷരങ്ങള്‍ വായിക്കാനറിയാത്ത എന്നാല്‍ മലയാളം മനസ്സിലാക്കാന്‍ കഴിയുന്നവര്‍ക്കായി പദത്തിന്റെ അര്‍ത്ഥം Manglish ല്‍ കാണുവാനുള്ള സൗകര്യവും മഷിത്തണ്ടില്‍ ഒരുക്കിയിട്ടുണ്ട്. "Display in Manglish" എന്ന ബട്ടണില്‍ അമര്‍ത്തുക.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SJvKMrsdyDI/AAAAAAAAAFI/VAbGc5po5UM/s1600-h/manglishdisplay.PNG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SJvKMrsdyDI/AAAAAAAAAFI/VAbGc5po5UM/s400/manglishdisplay.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231997711357429810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. ഒരു പദത്തിന്റെ അര്‍ത്ഥം ലഭ്യമായിലെങ്കില്‍ അതിനോടൊപ്പം ചേര്‍ത്തിട്ടുള്ള Hints പരിശോധിക്കുക. ഒരു പരിധിവരെ യഥാര്‍ത്ഥപദം കണ്ടു പിടിക്കാന്‍ അതു നിങ്ങളെ സഹായിക്കും. താങ്കളുടെ സംശയങ്ങള്‍ ഉടനടി തീര്‍ക്കുവാനായി മഷിത്തണ്ടിന്റെ user group ഉണ്ട്. അതിലേക്ക് ഒരു e-mail അയക്കുക. വിലാസം: mashiusers [at ] googlegroups (dot) com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-8220042361352094177?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/8220042361352094177/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=8220042361352094177&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8220042361352094177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8220042361352094177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2008/08/10.html' title='മഷിത്തണ്ട് നിഘണ്ടുവിന്റെ 10 ഭാവങ്ങള്‍'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/SJvFo4-SVGI/AAAAAAAAAD4/CM-Dd1BIEL0/s72-c/Mashithantu3.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-7497913665617090217</id><published>2008-07-30T09:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-30T09:26:46.815-07:00</updated><title type='text'>മഷിത്തണ്ടിനെ നെഞ്ചിലേറ്റിയവര്‍ക്ക്...</title><content type='html'>നന്ദി...!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 വാക്കോ അതില്‍ കൂടുതലോ വാക്കുകള്‍ക്ക് അര്‍ത്ഥം മഷിത്തണ്ടിലേക്കു ചേര്‍ത്തവര്‍... 60ല്‍ കൂടുതല്‍!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4200ല്‍ പരം വാക്കുകള്‍ മഷിത്തണ്ടില്‍ ഇല്ലെന്ന് ചൂണ്ടികാണിച്ചവര്‍ 2300ല്‍ കൂടുതല്‍!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;നിര്‍ദ്ദേശ്ശങ്ങളും അഭിനന്ദനങ്ങളും ആശംസകളുമായി 127 കമന്റുകള്‍! &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;കഴിഞ്ഞ മൂന്നുമാസത്തില്‍(മാത്രം) മഷിത്തണ്ട് ഉപയോഗിച്ചവര്‍ 12032 പേര്‍[ip-address]!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ഒരു ദിവസം മഷിത്തണ്ടിനെ ഉപയോഗപ്പെടുത്തുന്നവര്‍ ശരാശരി 340 പേര്‍!&lt;br /&gt;മഷിത്തണ്ട് സേര്‍ച്ച് പ്ലഗ്-ഇന്‍ ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നവര്‍ ദിവസം ശരാശരി 45 പേര്‍!&lt;br /&gt;1900 വാക്കുകള്‍ ദിനംപ്രതി മഷിത്തണ്ടില്‍ തിരയപ്പെടുന്നു.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;58200 ല്‍ പരം മലയാളം പദങ്ങളും അവയുടെ അര്‍ത്ഥങ്ങളും!&lt;br /&gt;24700 ല്‍ പരം ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് പദങ്ങളും അവയുടെ അര്‍ത്ഥങ്ങളും!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ഈ സംരംഭം വന്‍വിജയമാകുവാന്‍ കാരണം നിങ്ങളുടെ പ്രോത്സാഹനങ്ങളാണ്...നന്ദി...നന്ദി... എല്ലാവര്‍ക്കും നന്ദി.. നിങ്ങളുടെ പ്രതീക്ഷയ്ക്കൊപ്പം ഉയരുക എന്നതാണ് ഞങ്ങളുടെ അടുത്ത കടമ്പ. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;മഷിത്തണ്ടിന്റെ 9ആം പരീക്ഷണ പതിപ്പ് ജൂലായ്-27നു് പ്രസിദ്ധപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു. നിങ്ങളുടെ നിര്‍ദ്ദേശങ്ങള്‍ ഞങ്ങളെ അറിയിക്കുമല്ലോ!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-7497913665617090217?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/7497913665617090217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=7497913665617090217&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/7497913665617090217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/7497913665617090217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-post.html' title='മഷിത്തണ്ടിനെ നെഞ്ചിലേറ്റിയവര്‍ക്ക്...'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-7776468394521497339</id><published>2008-06-28T01:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-28T20:56:39.009-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='textbook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='govt'/><title type='text'>മതമില്ലാത്ത ജീവന്‍</title><content type='html'>ഇപ്പോള്‍ കത്തി നില്‍ക്കുന്ന വിഷയമായതു കൊണ്ടു ഇന്റെര്‍നെറ്റില്‍ നിന്ന് പുസ്തകത്തിന്റെ സ്കാന്‍ ചെയ്ത കോപ്പി വായിച്ചു. വളരെ ലളിതമായ അവതരണം. മിശ്രവിവാഹിതരായ മാതാപിതാക്കള്‍ മകനെ സ്കൂളില്‍ ചേര്‍ക്കാന്‍ വരുന്നു. അവരുടെ മകന്റെ അപേക്ഷാഫോറത്തില്‍ മതം രേഖപ്പെടുത്താന്‍ വിസമ്മതിക്കുന്നു. നമ്മുക്കു ചുറ്റും നടന്നു കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്ന സംഭവങ്ങള്‍ തന്നെയാണു് മിശ്രവിവാഹവും മറ്റും. വലുതാകുമ്പോള്‍ അവന്‍ അവന്റെ ഇഷ്ടമുള്ള മതം തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്തോട്ടേ എന്നാണ് കൂട്ടിചേര്‍ക്കപ്പെടുന്നത്. ഇതില്‍ മതനിഷേധമുണ്ടോ?  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;എന്റെ സംശയം... അവന്‍ എങ്ങിനെ ഒരു മതം തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കും എന്നാണ്. ഒരു മതത്തിനെ പറ്റിയും അവനു പറഞ്ഞു കൊടുക്കാതെ അവന്‍ ഏതു തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കും? മതേതരത്വം എന്നു പറഞ്ഞാല്‍ മതം ഇല്ലാത്ത അവസ്ഥ എന്നാണോ? ഏല്ലാ മത വിശ്വാസികളും ഒരുമയോടെ ജീവിക്കുന്ന ഒരവസ്ഥയില്‍ എത്തിചേരാന്‍ എല്ലാവരും ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നു. മതമില്ലാതായാല്‍ എല്ലാവരും സൗഹൃദപരമായി ജീവിക്കുന്ന ഒരവസ്ഥ എത്തിചേരുമോ? സംശയമാണ്. [കണ്ണൂരിലേയും മറ്റും ഒരവസ്ഥ വച്ചു നോക്കിയാല്‍ രാഷ്ട്രീയ പാര്‍ട്ടികള്‍ ഇല്ലാതായാല്‍ ഒരു പക്ഷേ കേരളത്തില്‍ സമാധാനം വരുമെന്നു തോന്നുന്നു.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;എന്നിട്ടും എന്തേ മതം വേണ്ടാ എന്നു പറയുന്നു. എന്തിനു മതത്തെ തള്ളിപറയുന്നു. മതം മനുഷ്യനെ മയക്കുന്ന കറുപ്പാണെന്നു് പറയുന്നവരാണ് കമ്മ്യൂണിസ്റ്റുകാര്‍. അതു പക്ഷേ പറച്ചിലില്‍ മാത്രം ഒതുങ്ങുന്നു. അവരുടെ മക്കളെ മതം വേണ്ടാ എന്നു പറഞ്ഞാണോ വളര്‍ത്തിയത്. ഇവര്‍ വല്ലവരും മിശ്രവിവാഹത്തെ പ്രോത്സാഹിപ്പിച്ചിരുന്നോ? അവരവരുടെ ആശയങ്ങള്‍ പ്രാവര്‍ത്തികമാക്കിയവരാണ് നമ്മുടെ മന്ത്രിമാരെങ്കില്‍ ഈഴവ മുഖ്യന്റെ മക്കള്‍ ഈഴവരെ തന്നെ വിവാഹം ചെയ്യില്ലായിരുന്നു.  ഒരു മന്ത്രിയേ അങ്ങിനെ വഴി തെറ്റിയിട്ടുള്ളൂവെങ്കില്‍ പോട്ടേ... ബാക്കിയുള്ളവരില്‍ എത്രപേര്‍ അവരവരുടെ മക്കളെ ഈ ആശയപ്രകാരം വളര്‍ത്തിയിട്ടുണ്ട്?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;എന്നിട്ടും എന്തേ ഈ ആശയം കേരളജനതയുടെ തലയില്‍ കെട്ടിവെയ്ക്കാന്‍ ഇവര്‍ വെമ്പല്‍ കൊള്ളുന്നു.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ഒരു മതവിശ്വാസിയും അതിനേക്കാളുമുപരി ദൈവവിശ്വാസിയുമായ എനിക്ക് ഞാന്‍ ശരി എന്നു വിശ്വസ്സിക്കുന്ന നല്ല കാര്യങ്ങള്‍ എന്റെ മക്കളെ പഠിപ്പിക്കാന്‍ അവകാശമില്ലേ? അങ്ങിനെ അവനെ പഠിപ്പിച്ചില്ലെങ്കില്‍ അവന്‍ ചോദിക്കില്ലേ? എന്തേ അച്ഛന്‍ എന്നെ ഇതൊന്നും പഠിപ്പിച്ചില്ല എന്ന്. ഞാന്‍ പഠിപ്പിക്കുന്നതിന്റെ എതിരായി സ്കൂളില്‍ മതം വേണ്ട എന്നു പഠിപ്പിക്കുമ്പോള്‍ അതു മതനിന്ദയായേ എനിക്കു കണക്കാകാനാകൂ. ഒരു പോവഴിയുള്ളത് സര്‍ക്കാര്‍ സിലബസ്സില്‍ കുട്ടികളെ പഠിപ്പിക്കാതിരുന്നാല്‍ മതി. അങ്ങിനെ എത്ര മതവിശ്വാസികള്‍ക്ക് സ്വന്തം മക്കളെ ചിലവേറിയ മറ്റു സ്കൂളുകളില്‍ പഠിപ്പിക്കാനാകും? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;വലുതാകുമ്പോള്‍ ഇഷ്ടമുള്ള മതം തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്തോട്ടേ എന്നു പറയുന്നു. തിരിച്ചായാല്‍ എന്തു കുഴപ്പം? വലുതാകുമ്പോള്‍ അവനു വേണ്ട എന്നു തോന്നുകയാണെങ്കില്‍ അവന്‍ മതം ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചോട്ടേ? ഒരു പക്ഷേ അതു പാര്‍ട്ടി മാറുന്നതിനേക്കാളും എളുപ്പമായിരിക്കും. ഉദ്ദാഹരണത്തിന്... CPM ഇല്‍ നിന്ന് BJP യിലേക്കോ തിരിച്ചോ പാര്‍ട്ടി മാറാന്‍ ശ്രമിച്ചവരോട് തിരക്കിയാല്‍ മനസ്സിലാകും ഇതിലും എളുപ്പത്തില്‍ മുസ്ലീം മതത്തില്‍ നിന്നു് ഒരാള്‍ക്കു് ഹിന്ദുവാകാമെന്ന്.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;എന്റെ അഭിപ്രായത്തില്‍ മതം ഇല്ലാതാക്കിയതു കൊണ്ട് ഒരു പ്രശ്നത്തിനും പരിഹാരമാകാന്‍ പോകുന്നില്ല. ഈ ലോകത്തിലെ എല്ലാ പ്രശ്നത്തിനും കാരണക്കാര്‍ മതങ്ങളല്ലല്ലോ? കണ്ണൂരിലും നന്ദിഗ്രാമിലും ആളുകള്‍ മരിച്ചു വീണത് ഒരു മതവും പറഞ്ഞിട്ടല്ലല്ലോ? എന്തു പ്രത്യയശാസ്ത്രമായാലും അടിച്ചൊതുക്കാന്‍ നോക്കിയാല്‍ അത് കൂടുതല്‍ ശക്തി പ്രാപിക്കുകയേയുള്ളൂ.... അതു ഇപ്പോള്‍ കമ്മ്യൂണിസ്റ്റുക്കാരായാലും മതവിശ്വാസിയായാലും വ്യത്യാസം വരാന്‍ വഴിയില്ല.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ഇനി ഒരു പ്രസക്തമായ ചോദ്യമുള്ളതു്... ജനങ്ങളാല്‍ തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കപ്പെട്ട ഒരു സര്‍ക്കാരിനു അവരുടെ ഇഷ്ടത്തിനനുസരിച്ച് അവര്‍ക്കു നല്ലതെന്നു തോന്നുന്ന കാര്യങ്ങള്‍ വിദ്യഭ്യാസ പാഠപുസ്തകത്തില്‍ എഴുതിചേര്‍ക്കാന്‍ അവകാശമില്ലേ? അങ്ങിനെ ഒരു കീഴ്വഴക്കം ഇപ്പോഴില്ല. ഇനി അതു തുടങ്ങിവച്ചാല്‍ ഉണ്ടാകുന്ന ഭവിഷത്ത് എന്താണെന്നു വെച്ചാല്‍ ഒരു പക്ഷേ... ക്വിറ്റ് ഇന്ത്യാ സമരം ഒറ്റു കൊടുക്കാന്‍ വല്ലവരും ശ്രമിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ടോ എന്ന ചോദ്യത്തിനുത്തരം കണ്ടു പിടിക്കാന്‍ വിദ്യാര്‍ത്ഥികള്‍ നടക്കേണ്ടി വരും... ഇന്ത്യ-ചൈന യുദ്ധത്തിനിടയില്‍ ബംഗാളില്‍ നടന്ന ബന്ത് ഇന്ത്യന്‍ സൈനികരെ സഹായിക്കാനായിരുന്നോ അതോ തടയാനായിരുന്നോ എന്നു കണ്ടു പിടിക്കാന്‍ കുരുന്നുകള്‍ ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടും. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;അവിടെ കൊണ്ടു പ്രശ്നം തീരുമോ.... അടുത്ത അഞ്ചുകൊല്ലത്തില്‍ ഭരണം മാറുമ്പോള്‍ പഠിക്കേണ്ടി വരുന്നതു ഒരു പക്ഷേ അടിയന്തിരാവസ്ഥയെ പറ്റിയും സിക്ക് കൂട്ടകൊലയെ കുറിച്ചാകും. സത്യാവസ്ഥ കുട്ടികള്‍ അറിയുന്നതു നല്ലതല്ലേ എന്ന ചോദ്യം ന്യായമായും ഉയരാം. മറ്റു കുഴപ്പമൊന്നും ഉണ്ടാവില്ല...  സമരങ്ങളെ പറ്റിയും രാഷ്ട്രീയ കൊലപാതകങ്ങളെ പറ്റിയും ചൂടുള്ള വാര്‍ത്ത കണ്ടു കൊണ്ട് രാവിലെ ഉണരേണ്ടി വരും.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ഈ പാഠപുസ്തകങ്ങള്‍ പിന്‍വലിക്കുന്നതിനെ പറ്റി എനിക്കു അഭിപ്രായമില്ല. കാരണം ഞാന്‍ അടക്കം കൊടുത്ത Tax കൊണ്ട് അടിച്ചെടുത്ത ഈ പുസ്തകങ്ങള്‍ വീണ്ടും അച്ചടിപ്പിച്ചാല്‍ അതിന്റെ നഷ്ടം എനിക്കു തന്നെ. [കാല്‍കാശ് Tax കൊടുക്കാത്തവര്‍ക്ക് എന്തു തല്ലി പൊളിക്കാം... ആര്‍ക്ക് ഛേദം?] ചെയ്യേണ്ടിയിരുന്നതു് ഇതിനു മുമ്പായിരുന്നു. രഹസ്യമായിട്ടല്ല ഒരു പാഠപുസ്തക ചര്‍ച്ച നടത്തേണ്ടതു്. സ്വന്തം രാഷ്ട്രീയ ആശയങ്ങള്‍ പ്രചരിപ്പിക്കാന്‍ എതൊരുവനും അവകാശമുണ്ട്. പക്ഷേ അതിനു പാഠപുസ്തകങ്ങളെയല്ല ആശ്രയിക്കേണ്ടതു്. എന്തോ... പാര്‍ട്ടി സ്റ്റഡിക്ലാസിനൊന്നും ആളെ കിട്ടുന്നില്ല എന്നു തോന്നുന്നു.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;പാഠപുസ്തകത്തെ അനുകൂലിക്കുന്നു പ്രതികൂലിക്കുന്നു എന്നു്  പറയാന്‍ ആര്‍ക്കും പറ്റും. അന്യനല്ലേ [അന്യരുടെ മക്കളല്ലേ] ഇതൊക്കെ പഠിക്കുന്നത്. എനിക്കെന്തു ഛേദം അല്ലേ? പക്ഷേ എത്ര പേര്‍ക്ക് 'മതമില്ലാത്ത ജീവന്‍' എന്ന പാഠഭാഗത്തിലെ ആഹ്വാനം ഉള്‍ക്കൊണ്ട്  മകനെ ഒരു മതത്തിലും ചേര്‍ക്കാതെ ഒരു ജാതി റിസര്‍വേഷനും കൈപറ്റാതെ വളര്‍ത്താന്‍ സാധിക്കും? മക്കളുടെ കാര്യം പോട്ടേ... മതം മനുഷ്യരാശിക്ക് ആവശ്യമില്ലെന്നു പറയുന്നവരാണല്ലോ ഈ പാഠപുസ്തകത്തിനെ അനുകൂലിക്കുന്നത്... എത്ര പേര്‍ ഇന്നു മുതല്‍ വിശ്വാസം ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച് മാതൃക കാട്ടും... നാളെ മുതല്‍ എത്ര പേര്‍ അമ്പലത്തില്‍/പള്ളിയില്‍ പോകാതിരിക്കും?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;അങ്ങിനെ ചെയ്യാന്‍ ഒരുക്കമുള്ളവര്‍ക്കു മാത്രമേ ഈ പാഠപുസ്തകത്തെ അനുകൂലിക്കാന്‍ അര്‍ഹതയുള്ളൂ... അന്യന്റെ മക്കളെ 'മതം ആവശ്യമില്ല' എന്ന പഠിപ്പിക്കാന്‍ എന്തൊരു തീക്ഷണത? സ്വന്തം ജീവിതത്തില്‍ പ്രാവര്‍ത്തികമാക്കി കാണിക്കൂ സഖാക്കളേ&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-7776468394521497339?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/7776468394521497339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=7776468394521497339&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/7776468394521497339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/7776468394521497339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2008/06/blog-post.html' title='മതമില്ലാത്ത ജീവന്‍'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-5528642532232847493</id><published>2008-05-20T22:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-20T22:31:58.723-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Beta8 released</title><content type='html'>This time we proud to announce the spelling suggesting capability of our Malayalam Dictionary. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may test this word:  &lt;a href="http://mashithantu.com/malayalam-dictionary/nighantu.html?word=നിര്ദെഷം"&gt;നിര്ദെഷം&lt;/a&gt; (maglish equivalant: nirdesham)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope that you found the word നിര്‍ദ്ദേശം in the matching words (സാമ്യമുള്ള പദങ്ങള്‍) section. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Try &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;nirdosham &lt;/span&gt;too. Surly you will find നിര്‍ദ്ദോഷം in its matching words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy our new interface and user friendly tips.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are new to this dictionary, follow this &lt;a href="http://mashithantu.com/malayalam-dictionary/nighantu.html"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tail: Happy Birth Day to my brother, Raju. &lt;br /&gt;Though he is younger to me, he taught me a great thing by his life. it is nothing but the meaning of an English word - perseverance.&lt;br /&gt;So dedicating this release to him on his birthday.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-5528642532232847493?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/5528642532232847493/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=5528642532232847493&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/5528642532232847493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/5528642532232847493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2008/05/beta8-released.html' title='Beta8 released'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-5251708989062960171</id><published>2008-04-22T18:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-22T19:01:22.257-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mashithantu Nighantu Beta7</title><content type='html'>This beta release a mile-stone for Mashithantu Nighantu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Search Plug-in&lt;br /&gt;This will make Mashithantu more reachable to the user. In other words Mashithantu Dictionary is always ON in your browser. All credit goes to Manoj K Mathew who &lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2008/03/malayalam-dictionary-beta-6-ready.html"&gt;popped-up&lt;/a&gt; from somewhere and finished the work in lighting speed. Read more about Search Plug-in here (&lt;a href="http://mashithantu.com/blog/?p=13"&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Short cut to the word. Read more &lt;a href="http://mashithantu.com/blog/?p=23"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;3. New synonym and antonym dictionary.&lt;br /&gt;Last but not the least.&lt;br /&gt;4. We have took the first successful step to Malayalam Spell Checker...&lt;br /&gt;Try these words &lt;a href="http://www.mashithantu.com/malayalam-dictionary/nighantu.html?word=%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D" word="'%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D"&gt;മലയാളത്തില്‍&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.mashithantu.com/malayalam-dictionary/nighantu.html?word=%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%99%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%86"&gt;തെങ്ങിന്റെ&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.mashithantu.com/malayalam-dictionary/nighantu.html?word=%E0%B4%88%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%86"&gt;ഈശോയുടെ&lt;/a&gt;. Our software can recognize it's root word. In short, Mashithantu Database is empowered by a virtual Database of 4,00,000 words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tail: Happy BirthDay to my അപ്പച്ചന്‍ ; the man who taught me &lt;a href="http://bible.nishad.net/index.php?book_id=42&amp;amp;chapter_id=9&amp;amp;verse_id=62#62"&gt;Luke 9:62&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;"No Man, Having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ആരംഭശൂരത്തത്തില്‍ മുമ്പനായ എന്റെ, തുടങ്ങിയ പണി പാതി വഴിയില്‍ ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുന്നവന്റെ, ശീലം കണ്ടു കൊണ്ടാകണം അപ്പച്ചന്‍ ഈ വചനം ബൈബിളില്‍ നിന്നു തപ്പി കണ്ടു പിടിച്ചത്. Hats off to him.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-5251708989062960171?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/5251708989062960171/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=5251708989062960171&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/5251708989062960171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/5251708989062960171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2008/04/mashithantu-nighantu-beta7.html' title='Mashithantu Nighantu Beta7'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-8851974229917206611</id><published>2008-03-26T21:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-26T21:30:44.171-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Malayalam Dictionary -Beta 6 ready</title><content type='html'>New features:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- facility to read Malayalam in Manglish.  We hope that those who don't know to read Malayalam font but understand Malayalam  may use this feature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Enhanced Malayalam Keyboard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- a better front page.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- much better matching-words-algorithm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- a few more words added&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and of course  a few bug fixes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are new to this dictionary, follow this&lt;a href="http://www.mashithantu.com/malayalam-dictionary/nighantu.html"&gt; link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(This post was supposed to post on Easter Day; the release date)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-8851974229917206611?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.mashithantu.com/malayalam-dictionary/nighantu.html' title='Malayalam Dictionary -Beta 6 ready'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/8851974229917206611/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=8851974229917206611&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8851974229917206611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8851974229917206611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2008/03/malayalam-dictionary-beta-6-ready.html' title='Malayalam Dictionary -Beta 6 ready'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-877252794664857542</id><published>2008-03-09T08:21:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-09T08:21:52.281-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ഇപ്പൊ എല്ലാം ശാന്തം</title><content type='html'>കണ്ണൂര്‍ ശാന്തമായി തുടങ്ങുന്നു... ബഡ്ജറ്റിലെ കണക്കിന്റെ കളികളും  എല്ലാവരും മറന്നു കാണും എന്നും വിശ്വസ്സിക്കുന്നു.... 'നികൃഷ്ടജീവി' എന്നു വിളിക്കാന്‍ ആരെയും കിട്ടിയില്ല... പുതിയ ഭൂമി വിവാദങ്ങളും കിട്ടിയില്ല... കേരള ജനതയുടെ ശ്രദ്ധ അരിയുടെ വിലകൂടുന്നതിലേക്കും മന്ത്രിമാരുടെ കഴിവുകേടിലേക്കും തിരിഞ്ഞു കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്നു... രക്ഷപ്പെടാന്‍ എന്തു മാര്‍ഗ്ഗം ?  ഒരു മൂന്നുനാലെണ്ണെത്തിനെ തട്ടുക തന്നെ... പറ്റിയ തട്ടകം കണ്ണൂരും !!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-877252794664857542?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/877252794664857542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=877252794664857542&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/877252794664857542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/877252794664857542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2008/03/blog-post.html' title='ഇപ്പൊ എല്ലാം ശാന്തം'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-7203624192723032297</id><published>2008-02-24T22:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-24T22:11:35.663-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Beta5 Malayalam Nighantu</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="entry"&gt;      &lt;p&gt;Adding a Malayalam Keyboard to the site…! you may click it to get the Malayalam letter you see.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Also you may note a difference in the suggestions box.  Along with the meaning of a word, you can see matching words too.  you may double click on it to get its meaning.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Enjoy our Beta5 version of  Malayalam English Dictionary [&lt;a href="http://www.mashithantu.com/malayalam-dictionary/nighantu.html" title="Malayalam Nighantu"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;](Please Refresh your browser to get the new version)&lt;/p&gt;Tail : Happy BirthDay &lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/06/one-second-envy.html"&gt;Ranjit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-7203624192723032297?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/7203624192723032297/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=7203624192723032297&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/7203624192723032297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/7203624192723032297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2008/02/beta5-malayalam-nighantu.html' title='Beta5 Malayalam Nighantu'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-5362455131250251265</id><published>2008-02-12T11:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-13T02:44:54.550-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun'/><title type='text'>Shaving</title><content type='html'>(scene : He is shaving)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She: why are you using shaving cream while shaving?&lt;br /&gt;He: make shaving smoother and avoid scratches in the skin.&lt;br /&gt;She: that I know; what I am asking is... why &lt;b&gt;you &lt;/b&gt;are using it?&lt;br /&gt;He: what?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dedicated to all those have less 'romam'(hair) in his face&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-5362455131250251265?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/5362455131250251265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=5362455131250251265&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/5362455131250251265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/5362455131250251265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2008/02/shaving.html' title='Shaving'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-1693118968325853457</id><published>2008-02-07T10:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-07T01:30:15.349-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bellandur Lake</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/R6k6rN3XHPI/AAAAAAAAACk/00FZNyfBRLI/s1600-h/Picture+052.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/R6k6rN3XHPI/AAAAAAAAACk/00FZNyfBRLI/s400/Picture+052.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163722961887632626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is this? Ice Cubes? You might be wondering that this lake is at northern pole !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you happen to take a short cut from HAL Airport to Bellandur Junction, you will never forget this lake and the bund road. The first reason is the stinky smell as soon as you enter to a small bride over lake side river. The village men wash their buffaloes, cows etc in this lake side area. And I guess, they have no shed for their cattle. so they dump cow dung on this lake. What you see in the picture is a kind of foam formed due to a bit heavy stream of water from the lake to this river.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/R6k7K93XHSI/AAAAAAAAAC8/xh58bDEwXJI/s1600-h/Picture+041.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/R6k7K93XHSI/AAAAAAAAAC8/xh58bDEwXJI/s320/Picture+041.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163723507348479266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second things is the beauty of sky at evening, mist spread over the lake and of course a cool breeze...and how long this lake would be here in Bangalore? As long as someone thinks 361 hectare is good enough to start an industry!!! Somebody says that there exists a small lake in Koramangala. Now it is a sports village residential layout. [&lt;a href="http://parisaramahiti.kar.nic.in/lostlakes.html"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;]. Did anybody see it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/R6k64t3XHQI/AAAAAAAAACs/YXHn1fuIDOo/s1600-h/Picture+037.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/R6k64t3XHQI/AAAAAAAAACs/YXHn1fuIDOo/s200/Picture+037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163723193815866626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/R6k7Ad3XHRI/AAAAAAAAAC0/HHhO5dgPV48/s1600-h/Picture+053.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/R6k7Ad3XHRI/AAAAAAAAAC0/HHhO5dgPV48/s200/Picture+053.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163723326959852818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Third reason is that you can escape from Marathahalli signal and Samson's odometer indicates that this short cut saves 2KMs.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-1693118968325853457?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/1693118968325853457/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=1693118968325853457&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/1693118968325853457'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/1693118968325853457'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2008/02/bellandur-lake.html' title='Bellandur Lake'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/R6k6rN3XHPI/AAAAAAAAACk/00FZNyfBRLI/s72-c/Picture+052.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-36281474732663221</id><published>2008-01-26T08:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-25T19:28:58.404-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Malayalam Dictionary Beta4</title><content type='html'>Publishing new Beta version for Mashithantu &lt;a href="http://mashithantu.com/malayalam-dictionary/nighantu.html"&gt;Nighantu&lt;/a&gt;... with &lt;a href="http://mashithantu.com/blog/?p=10"&gt;double click feature&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you will enjoy!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Republic Day !!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-36281474732663221?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/36281474732663221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=36281474732663221&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/36281474732663221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/36281474732663221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2008/01/malayalam-dictionary-beta4.html' title='Malayalam Dictionary Beta4'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-8161270328985908934</id><published>2008-01-13T07:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-12T18:08:30.875-08:00</updated><title type='text'>On my BirthDay,...</title><content type='html'>...In this late twenties ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am experiencing the meaning of a word for the first time in my life... perseverance !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the result is ... a Malayalam &lt;a href="http://www.mashithantu.com/malayalam-dictionary/nighantu.html"&gt;Nighantu&lt;/a&gt;. For the last one year, myself and my crew were involved in this mammoth effort and  still need to travel a lot before we sleep.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to all who supported us through their time, efforts, suggestions, editing etc!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have a Nice day!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-8161270328985908934?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/8161270328985908934/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=8161270328985908934&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8161270328985908934'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8161270328985908934'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2008/01/on-my-birthday.html' title='On my BirthDay,...'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-1512945649111875003</id><published>2008-01-01T19:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-01T20:02:45.963-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy New Year</title><content type='html'>New year... New look...  New blog... and New Server !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yup, Mashithantu Nighantu server is upgraded with 40% faster  loading mechanism and added a new blog. Also optimized its interface to load faster with a cool new look.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check its new blog &lt;a href="http://mashithantu.com/blog/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and new look &lt;a href="http://www.mashithantu.com/malayalam-dictionary/nighantu.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-1512945649111875003?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/1512945649111875003/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=1512945649111875003&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/1512945649111875003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/1512945649111875003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2008/01/happy-new-year.html' title='Happy New Year'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-5785587126415984343</id><published>2007-11-28T04:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-02T23:11:12.698-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mashithantu Nighantu Beta3</title><content type='html'>Beta 3 is up and running now; but I am down with fever :-(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to all who take time to express their dissatisfactions through a single click.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/R1Opx2Hd06I/AAAAAAAAABg/-_qB_-O9x-4/s1600-R/unsatisfied.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/R1Opx2Hd06I/AAAAAAAAABg/teazJ3LyMjo/s400/unsatisfied.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139638273565381538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've got more than 300 such clicks and able to understand what a user expect from a dictionary better. Your feedback helped us to fine tune our searching method.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please check this Malayalam English Dictionary&lt;a href="http://www.mashithantu.com/malayalam-dictionary/nighantu.html"&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt;. and please click this button if you are unsatisfied. Thanks!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-5785587126415984343?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/5785587126415984343/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=5785587126415984343&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/5785587126415984343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/5785587126415984343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/11/mashithantu-nighantu-beta3.html' title='Mashithantu Nighantu Beta3'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/R1Opx2Hd06I/AAAAAAAAABg/teazJ3LyMjo/s72-c/unsatisfied.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-8843110119841126628</id><published>2007-11-02T14:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-11-02T05:00:19.960-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SFI എന്നാല്‍... ഒരു GEC യന്റെ കാഴ്ചപ്പാടില്‍</title><content type='html'>ഞാന്‍ ഒരു GEC, TCR ലെ മുന്‍ വിദ്യാര്‍ത്ഥിയാണ്.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SFI  എന്നു കേട്ടാല്‍ ആദ്യം ഓര്‍മ്മവരിക, കോളേജിന്റെ പ്രധാന ഗോവണിപടിയില്‍ എല്ലാവരേയും എതിരേല്‍ക്കാന്‍ പാകത്തിനു പ്രദര്‍ശിപ്പിച്ചിരിക്കുന്ന സമരാഭിവാദ്യങ്ങള്‍ ആണ്.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;രണ്ടാമതായി ഓര്‍മ്മവരുന്നതു, SFI യുടെ Exam Fee കൗണ്ടര്‍ ആണ്. തികഞ്ഞ ഉത്തരവാദിത്വത്തോടു കൂടി വിദ്യാര്‍ത്ഥികളുടെ improvement/suppli പരീക്ഷ ഫീ ശേഖരിച്ച്, സമയാസമയങ്ങളില്‍ യൂണിവേഴ്സിറ്റിയില്‍  അടച്ച്, വന്‍ സേവനം കാഴ്ചവച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട് ഈ വിദ്യാര്‍ത്ഥി സംഘടന !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;മൂന്നാമതു... സമരങ്ങള്‍ തന്നെ! കോളേജില്‍ വന്നുകയറിയാല്‍ ആദ്യം അന്വേഷിക്കുന്നതു സമരമുണ്ടോ എന്നാണ്. ഇല്ലെന്നു കേട്ടാല്‍ കുറച്ചു വിഷമം (മടി പിടിച്ചു പോയില്ലേ). പിന്നെ കുറച്ചു ദേഷ്യമാണ്.. ഹോസ്റ്റലില്‍ വെള്ളം വരുന്നതിനോട്... മെസ്സിലെ ഭക്ഷണം കഴിക്കാവുന്ന പരുവത്തില്‍ കൊടുത്തതുകൊണ്ട്... പെട്രോളിന്റെ വില കൂടാത്തു കൊണ്ട്... കൊല്ലത്തോ ...atleast  കൊയിലാണ്ടിയിലോ  ഏതെങ്കിലും ഒരു സഖാവിനെ ഒരുത്തനും കൈവെയ്കാത്തതു കൊണ്ട്... 'പ്ലൂട്ടോ' യെ 'നവഗ്രഹ'ത്തില്‍ നിന്ന് പുറത്താക്കാത്തതു കൊണ്ട്... അങ്ങിനെ പലതുകൊണ്ടും ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;പിന്നെ ഓര്‍മ്മയിലുള്ളത്... wipro കാമ്പസ്സ് റിക്രൂട്ട് മാമാങ്കമാണ്. വന്ന ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥര്‍ കണ്ടതു കൈലി മുണ്ടും ചുറ്റി, ടൂത്ത് ബ്രഷ് കടിച്ചു പിടിച്ച്, ബക്കറ്റും കൈയിലേന്തി നടക്കുന്ന 'ഒരു കൂട്ടം വിദ്യാര്‍ത്ഥി' കളേയാണ്. (ഒരു കൂട്ടം വിദ്യാര്‍ത്ഥികള്‍ എന്നേ പറയാവൂ എന്നു ചങ്ങനാശ്ശേരി സംഭവം എന്നെ ഓര്‍മ്മപെടുത്തുന്നു). പാവം സീനിയേഴ്സ് ..അവര്‍ക്കു പോയി!. സോറി വന്നവര്‍ വണ്ടി കയറി പോയി.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;റാഗ്ഗിങ്ങ് ഇവര്‍ക്കു നിഷിദ്ധമാണ്... ഏതേങ്കിലും സംഭവം പുറത്തറിഞ്ഞാല്‍ മാത്രം. അല്ലെങ്കില്‍ ഇവര്‍ക്കു മുന്നിലും നടക്കും ഈ പറഞ്ഞ സംഭവം (ഹോസ്റ്റലില്‍ മാത്രം കേട്ടോ)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ഇനി ഇലക്ഷന്‍ ജയിക്കുന്നതെങ്ങിനെ എന്നു നോക്കാം !&lt;br /&gt;അത്യാവശ്യം ജയിക്കാനുള്ള വകുപ്പ് ഇവര്‍ക്കു തന്നെയുണ്ട്. പക്ഷേ ചെറിയപേടിയുണ്ടിവര്‍ക്കു... തോല്‍ക്കുന്നതു് സ്വപ്നത്തില്‍ പോലും ചിന്തിക്കാന്‍ കഴിയാത്തകാര്യമാണ് സഖാക്കള്‍ക്ക്. അപ്പോള്‍ എന്തു ചെയ്യും ! ഭീഷിണി പ്പെടുത്തുമോ? no no no. സ്ഥനാര്‍ത്ഥിയെ ഭീഷിണിപെടുത്തിയാല്‍ എതിര്‍പാര്‍ട്ടി ഇളകിവശാവില്ലേ? ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;അതുകൊണ്ടു സ്ഥാനര്‍ത്ഥിയുടെ പ്രിയ മാതാവിനെ കണ്ടു ഒരു പരാതി പറയും. "അല്ല ചേച്ചി... കൈയും കാലുമില്ലാതെ നമ്മുടെ പയ്യനെ കാണാന്‍ വല്ല ഭംഗിയുമുണ്ടാവോ ?" .സംഗതി ക്ലീന്‍ (എന്റെ അടുത്ത സുഹൃത്തിന് സംഭവിച്ചതു ആസ്പദമാക്കിയാണ് ഈ വിവരണം )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;പിന്നെ ഓര്‍മ്മവരുന്നതു എന്തു നല്ലകാര്യങ്ങള്‍ കോളേജില്‍ നടന്നലും അതിന്റെ ക്രഡിറ്റ് സ്വന്തമാക്കിയാല്‍ കൊള്ളാമെന്നുണ്ട് സഖാക്കള്‍ക്കു. എന്റെ ക്ലാസ് മേറ്റിന്റെ അനുഭവത്തില്‍ നിന്ന് ഒരേട് ഇവിടേ കൂട്ടിചേര്‍ക്കട്ടേ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;കോളേജിലെ placement cell വളരെ 'ഭംഗിയായി' അതിന്റെ 'കടമ' നിര്‍വഹിക്കുന്നതു കൊണ്ടു നമ്മുടെ പാവം പയ്യന്‍ ഒരു CD  ബ്രോഷര്‍ എന്ന പുത്തന്‍ ആശയം കൊണ്ടുവന്നു. അതിനായി കഷ്ടപ്പെട്ട് കോളേജിനെ highlight ചെയ്യാനുള്ള matter തപ്പി കണ്ടു പിടിച്ച് റ്റൈപ്പുചെയ്തു കയറ്റി ഒരുവിതം തയ്യറായി വന്നപ്പോ... പയ്യന്‍ സഖാവാണ് എന്ന ഒരു ശ്രുതി പരന്നു തുടങ്ങി... അല്ലെങ്കിലും എല്ലാ പുത്തന്‍ ആശയങ്ങളും സഖാക്കളുടെ തലയിലല്ലേ പിറക്കാന്‍ വഴിയുള്ളൂ. ഇനി ഇതു എല്ലാ കമ്പനികളിലേക്കും CD copy ചെയ്തു കൊടുത്തു അവരെ ഇംപ്രെസ്സ് ചെയ്യണം . പയ്യന്‍ കണക്കുകൂട്ടി 500 copy എടുക്കാന്‍ കൊടുത്തു. കഷ്ടകാലത്തിനു കോപ്പി ചെയ്ത കംമ്പ്യൂട്ടരിലെ virus എല്ലതിലും കയറി പറ്റി. കോളേജിന് വന്‍ നഷ്ടം. പിന്നെയുണ്ടായ സഖാക്കളുടെ 'സ്നേഹപ്രകടനങ്ങളില്‍' പ്പെട്ടുപോയ പയ്യന്റെ സ്ഥിതി കഴിവുള്ളവര്‍ക്കു ഊഹിച്ചെടുക്കാന്‍ വിട്ടുകൊടുക്കുന്നു.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;എന്തായിരുന്നു ഞങ്ങള്‍ക്കു വേണ്ടിയിരുന്നതു?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. ഒരു placement cell ഞങ്ങള്‍ക്കുണ്ടായിരുന്നുവെങ്കിലും അതുമൂലം ഒരു ജോലി ലഭിക്കുവാനുള്ള ഭാഗ്യം ഞങ്ങളിലധികം പേര്‍ക്കു സാധിച്ചിട്ടില്ല. ഇതിന്റെ പ്രവര്‍ത്തനം കാര്യക്ഷമം ആയിരുന്നെങ്കില്‍?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. പലപ്പോഴും പല ഡിപ്പാര്‍ട്ടുമെന്റുകളിലും ആവശ്യത്തിനു അദ്ധ്യാപകര്‍ ഉണ്ടായിട്ടില്ല. അതിനെതിരെ ഒരു പരാതി അയക്കാന്‍ പോലും ആരും മെനക്കെട്ടിട്ടില്ല.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. കംമ്പ്യൂട്ടര്‍ മ്യൂസിയം എന്ന് പേരെടുത്തിട്ടുള്ള ഞങ്ങളുടെ ലാബില്‍ 386 മഷീനുകള്‍ വരെയുണ്ടയിരുന്നു. Pentium -4 എന്നു മാത്രം കേട്ടു ശീലിച്ച ഇന്നെത്തെ തലമുറക്കെന്ത് 386 അല്ലേ? 386 കാണെണമെങ്കില്‍ GEC,TCR സന്ദര്‍ശിക്കാം .  (386 മഷീനുകള്‍ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു എന്നതു ഞങ്ങളുടെ ലാബിലുണ്ടായിരുന്ന കംമ്പ്യൂട്ടറുകളുടെ എണ്ണമാണ് എന്ന് തെറ്റി ധരിച്ചവരുടെ അറിവിലേക്കു... pentium വരുന്നതിന്നു മുമ്പ് 386,486 എന്ന ശൃംഗലയില്‍ കംമ്പ്യൂട്ടറുകള്‍ ലഭ്യമായിരുന്നു)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;അത്യാവശ്യമുള്ള ഒരൊറ്റ കാരണത്തിലും ഇവര്‍ സമരം ചെയ്ത് കണ്ടിട്ടില്ല.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;രാഷ്ടീയ പാര്‍ട്ടികളുടെ പിന്നമ്പുറം കഴുകാന്‍ മാത്രമാണെങ്കില്‍ എന്തിനീ വിദ്യാര്‍ത്ഥി സംഘടനകള്‍?&lt;br /&gt;ചങ്ങനാശ്ശേരിയിലേതു പോലെ പോലീസുകാരനെ പോലും കൊലപ്പെടുത്താന്‍ പാകത്തില്‍ ഗുണ്ടകളെ വാര്‍ത്തെടുക്കാനോ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;അങ്ങിനെയെങ്കില്‍ എന്താണ് KSU വും ABVP യും?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ഒരു കൂട്ടര്‍ ഇട്ട ഖദര്‍ ഷര്‍ട്ടില്‍ ഒരു ചുളിവുപോലും വരാതെ ഇലക്ഷന്‍ ജയിക്കാന്‍ നടക്കുന്നവരാണ്. മറ്റു കൂട്ടര്‍ ഞങ്ങക്കും കൈയൂക്കും ചങ്കൂറ്റവും ഉണ്ട് എന്ന് തെളിയിച്ചേ അടങ്ങൂ... !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;നിങ്ങള്‍ പറയൂ ... കാമ്പസ്സുകളില്‍ രാഷ്ടീയം വേണോ?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-8843110119841126628?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/8843110119841126628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=8843110119841126628&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8843110119841126628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8843110119841126628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/11/sfi-gec.html' title='SFI എന്നാല്‍... ഒരു GEC യന്റെ കാഴ്ചപ്പാടില്‍'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-8638494765286067804</id><published>2007-11-01T00:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-31T11:33:25.950-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mashithantu Nighantu - Beta2</title><content type='html'>It is Nov 1st. 51st &lt;i&gt;Kerala Piravi&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So here goes our simple contribution to our mother tongue... &lt;a href="http://www.mashithantu.com/malayalam-dictionary/nighantu.html"&gt;Malayalam Dictionary &lt;/a&gt;(Beta-2)  .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Dictionary contains 25000+ Malayalam words with its meaning. Please choose Malayalam Malayalam English Dictionary mode and type manglish in the input box. You may also try English Malayalam Dictionary mode and get the Malayalam meanings for 7000+ English words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My sincere thanks to those people who stand solid behind me. See their list&lt;a href="http://mashithantu.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-post_25.html"&gt; here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may search Malayalam words using "&lt;i&gt;Google Search&lt;/i&gt;" button embedded in the site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See the Beta-1 announced by Thiruvonam Day &lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/08/malayalam-malayalam-english-dictionary.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-8638494765286067804?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/8638494765286067804/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=8638494765286067804&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8638494765286067804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8638494765286067804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/11/mashithantu-nighantu-beta2.html' title='Mashithantu Nighantu - Beta2'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-7583777049995228495</id><published>2007-10-19T04:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-19T04:52:24.335-07:00</updated><title type='text'>HP under bomb threat</title><content type='html'>I think somebody want to go home early on this &lt;i&gt;pooja&lt;/i&gt; Holidays. His Manager might not approved his leave or so. What will he do? He called up on to HP office and placed an 'info' : "somebody planted a bomb at HP building, Bagmane tech park, Bangalore".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now security official are leading the original fire 'drill'. Many people left their precious car in the parking slot and ran away for their life. Many drive out with their vehicle and created a long traffic Jam in the Lake Side road. (it may lead to block the fire force)   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;when I came out of the  office building with my bike I saw all chicks in the building setting their eyes on our building to see a original bomb blast.  I felt like a gate picketing during my college days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I am safely blogging at my home. Not at all sure whether our building actually blasted or not. However my office phone is working and remote login to my desktop  is also working. (FYI I am not working for HP and I am not going to my home town tonight)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-7583777049995228495?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/7583777049995228495/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=7583777049995228495&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/7583777049995228495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/7583777049995228495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/10/hp-bomb-threat.html' title='HP under bomb threat'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-7522501842102339375</id><published>2007-10-18T04:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-18T09:34:59.046-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Life is like that - Part 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/08/life-is-like-that.html"&gt;Part I : Life is like that !!!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take a closer look at my criteria to choose my wife.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Long Hair&lt;/b&gt;: Like all men I like all women with long hair. At my teenage, I set my eyes on the girls who have long hair reaches their knee. But unfortunately I couldn't find many. In fact, their number can be counted in my finger. In my Graduation Days, I reduced my expectation. What about the hair touching their buttocks? Still I found difficult to see such a Girl. ehh... Today's girls are lazy to maintain their beautiful hair. Then I became Normal. Set my mind to accept a girl with short hair that reaches the half of their backbone. At the end I married a Girl whose hair hardly touches her shoulder ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Computer Graduate&lt;/b&gt;: While I completed my graduation in Computer Science, I can not even think about a lady other than computer stream. She may not be able to adjust with a junk software engineer. It is a normal expectation, right? B.Tech in CS or MCA or even BSc Computer science were seemed okke to me. But… I married a Civil graduate who has a very less interest in Computer Science and Software Engineers !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sacred Heart School&lt;/b&gt;: In my school days, I happened to visit Sacred Heart School for a competition and impressed by the beauty of school and of course the chicks walking around. And I scared even to dream BIG to marry such a girl. My wife is a product of same school and I walked into St Mary's college, Thrissur along with my wife to visit her old teachers. Hence fulfilled the dream of St.Thomas' College alumni.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Specs&lt;/b&gt;: I have no problem to marry a girl with specs. But my father doesn't like specs. He never ever showed such a girl's photo to me. My wife wears specs all the time. She purposefully wore specs in her proposal photo though her father didn't allow her to wear the same @ marriage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Virtually Rejected&lt;/b&gt;: What is that ?&lt;br /&gt;4 years (flash) back… My cousin was in his search for a life partner. He got a proposal from Thrissur and my father got assigned to get more details about the girl's family. It was very easy for him to collect the data. The report about the family was A++ . Whenever my father says good things about a family I become curious to know more ;-) Who else in the family... and what they are doing etc ... My brain was particularly looking for the details of their daughters (around 4-6 years younger to me). Yup… as I expected this proposed girl has two younger sisters. One is exactly 4 years younger to me and other one was 8 years younger.&lt;br /&gt;"So father what is her 'younger' sister doing ?" - I inquired.&lt;br /&gt;"She is studying @ GECT, I guess Civil" - He seemed to be less interested.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ohh Civil !! It didn't take me a sec to reject her in my mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And yeah... I married the SAME GIRL now :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ha ha... My life is like that !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;തലവര :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contd…&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-7522501842102339375?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/7522501842102339375/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=7522501842102339375&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/7522501842102339375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/7522501842102339375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/09/life-is-like-that-part-2.html' title='Life is like that - Part 2'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-8090489378199985221</id><published>2007-10-07T23:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-07T23:45:52.783-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ദീര്‍ഘദര്‍ശികള്‍</title><content type='html'>"കേരളം ഒരു ഭ്രാന്താലയം" എന്നു മുന്‍പേ മനസിലാക്കിയ സ്വാമി വിവേകാനന്ദന്‍ വളരെ വലിയ ഒരു ദീര്‍ഘദര്‍ശി തന്നെ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;നാറാണത്തു ഭ്രന്തനോ... മുഴുവന്‍ കേരള ജനതതേയും പ്രതിനിധാനം ചെയ്യുന്നു. "വാട്ട് കേന്‍ ഐ ഡു ഫോര്‍ യു" എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു ദേവി എന്തിനും തയ്യാറായി വന്നപ്പോള്‍ ആ ഭ്രാന്തന്‍ മൊഴിഞ്ഞു... വലത്തേ കാലിലെ മന്തുരോഗം ഇടത്തേ കാലിലേക്കു മാറ്റാന്‍ !! എന്നിട്ടു മൃദുവായി ഒന്നു പുഞ്ചിരിച്ചുപോലും... തനി പൊട്ടന്‍ തന്നെ!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;നമ്മളും അതു തന്നെയല്ലേ ചെയ്യുന്നതു! എല്ലാ അഞ്ചു വര്‍ഷത്തിലും നമുക്ക് ഒരു വരം കിട്ടും ... വോട്ട് ചെയ്യാന്‍ ... അപ്പോള്‍ നമ്മള്‍ നാറാണത്തു ഭ്രന്തനെ പോലെ മഹത്തായി ചിന്തിക്കും... എന്നിട്ടു പൊട്ടിപ്പൊട്ടി ചിരിക്കും. എന്നിട്ടു ഇപ്പോള്‍ വലത്താണു ഭരിക്കുന്നതെങ്കില്‍ ഇടത്തിനും അല്ലെങ്കില്‍ മറിച്ചും കുത്തി, പഴയ മാറാപ്പും ദുരിതങ്ങളും തുടര്‍ന്നും പേറി ജീവിതം ഹാപ്പിയായി കൊണ്ടുപോകുന്നു !!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-8090489378199985221?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/8090489378199985221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=8090489378199985221&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8090489378199985221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8090489378199985221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-post_07.html' title='ദീര്‍ഘദര്‍ശികള്‍'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-7940650315832803848</id><published>2007-10-05T00:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-05T00:32:18.101-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ചേനത്തണ്ടന്‍</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;ഈ തരം പാമ്പുകടിച്ചാല്‍ ഒരു പ്രത്യേകതയുണ്ടു്... കടിയേറ്റ ഭാഗം തടിച്ച് വീര്‍ക്കും. കുറച്ചുനാളുകഴിയുമ്പോള്‍ ആ ഭാഗം പൂര്‍വ്വസ്ഥിതിയിലാകും. പക്ഷേ... എല്ലാ വര്‍ഷത്തിലും ഇതേ സമയത്ത് കടിയേറ്റ സ്ഥലത്ത് പിന്നെയും തടിച്ചു പൊങ്ങും. കുറച്ചു നാളു കഴിയുമ്പോള്‍ അതു പഴയപടിയാകും. ഇതു ഇങ്ങനെ മരണം വരെ നീണ്ടു പോകും.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;offnote:&lt;br /&gt;സ്വാശ്രയ കോളേജു പ്രശ്നം തത്കാലം കെട്ടടങ്ങിയിരിക്കുന്നു... karanataka യിലുള്ള seat allocation  കഴിഞ്ഞു കാണും ! ഇനി അടുത്ത കൊല്ലം ഇതേ സമയം ഇതേ സ്ഥലത്തു ഇതു വീണ്ടും പ്രത്യക്ഷ പെടുന്നതാണ്... കാത്തിരിക്കുക.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-7940650315832803848?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/7940650315832803848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=7940650315832803848&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/7940650315832803848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/7940650315832803848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-post.html' title='ചേനത്തണ്ടന്‍'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-5165667702101867538</id><published>2007-09-26T11:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-25T23:17:51.132-07:00</updated><title type='text'>YaSJ mood.</title><content type='html'>I am not getting any mood to write blogs. whenever I gets sometime, I spent it on this നിഘണ്ടു (&lt;a href="http://www.mashithantu.com/malayalam-dictionary/nighantu.html"&gt;Malayalam dictionary&lt;/a&gt;). I don't know much about HTML, Javascipt, PHP etc. But this dictionary is all about these languages. Need pretty a lot of efforts on searching Google 'God' and get the tutorial, Cut/Paste and Test. Besides that whenever my wife see me on laptop, she says... mar ja (hindi). she extends her angry against all computer engineers...  "computer sicks"... they can live without food, water, and electricity(!!!). At the end she adds..."Do you want some coffee or tea my dear?" :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another motivation is to spent time on this extra tedious works is the "counters". It shows 600+ users in less than &lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/08/releasing-soon.html"&gt;one month&lt;/a&gt;, in search for 1240+ words. Among those 600, 70+ users found this online site using Google. They badly want the meaning of some Malayalam words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apart from this, this dictionary was my dream before 6 years itself. And I am very happy to see that it is reaching to its final format. And some people are keen to see its performance. Thanks to all who supported me through their helpful hand and motivated me though their kind words directly and indirectly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Offnote:&lt;br /&gt;I hope that I can release its completed version within two weeks.&lt;br /&gt;Umm, I have to send my wife her home for two weeks.  (എല്ലാ വിജയത്തിന്റെ പിന്നിലും ഒരു സ്ത്രീയുണ്ടാകും മോനേ ദിനേശാ...)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-5165667702101867538?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/5165667702101867538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=5165667702101867538&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/5165667702101867538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/5165667702101867538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/09/yasj-mood.html' title='YaSJ mood.'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-3878444435976129424</id><published>2007-09-13T21:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-17T23:54:59.472-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Life is like that!!!</title><content type='html'>Let me begin with my trysts with the competitive exams: Kerala Engineering Entrance exam. It was outright rejection on the first attempt itself. (With the rank I managed to grab, I was only eligible for Production Engineering, that too somewhere in North India. The situations forced me to spend one year at my home town, Thrissur. Dedicated to studies, sports, movies and a few social activities (mainly renovation of our local library).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That was a wonderful year!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was light at end of the tunnel. I successfully got through the exam and managed a CSE seat in our great GECT. When I turn back, the year 1996-97 was unforgettable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I’ve written many times before, I’ve struggled a lot to get a good job. I have been rejected by many interviewers. I lived with a broken heart through those times. Two years… jobless in Thrissur…But, I’ve enjoyed these years too, I would say :-) Finally I landed with a job in an Chennai MNC. Again, prior to my date of joining I was invited by two more companies, that too with better offers. Anyway, I didn’t bother much to reject their offers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where were they for those two struggling years?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I grew up! Destiny has chosen me to wear an interviewer’s hat too; Interviewed – 12; Selected - 2; Rejected - 10.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Further grew up. Started thinking about my marriage. To reduce my parent’s burden, I thought of helping them out. Ha… here is one... In my company itself. Looks pretty, with an innocent look. I wrote a letter to her. What about a chit-chat? She declined my offer politely… “Hmm... I’m not interested and do not misunderstand me”. Ok.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had to seek my parents’ help. Tick tick tick… here comes one. A typical Thrissurian. + She looks very innocent and polite. She said… OK… lets go hand-in-hand, shoulder-to-shoulder. Wow… It took me more than 3 years to find a job. but in less than 3 months, I found my girl. Cool... isn't it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every thing is settled now. Here comes a letter from a girl: “May I occupy the vacancy of your better half, if available?” And she puts forward very simple, logical conditions to live with her. She also looks pretty, simple and straight forward.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Really… I was shocked. First time a lady took an initiative, and found that I am a good human being to live with :-)... But she was too late. Searched for the mail I have received from my old crush who rejected me, made some changes, added “where were you two months back?” and send it to this lady.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The End.(ശുഭം)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My life is always like th... whenever I search for something; it will go away from me. But will come to me some later time, may be with a lot better add-ons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Delayed Response is not Denied Response"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/09/life-is-like-that-part-2.html"&gt;Contd…&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-3878444435976129424?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/3878444435976129424/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=3878444435976129424&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/3878444435976129424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/3878444435976129424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/08/life-is-like-that.html' title='Life is like that!!!'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-7960202733518489202</id><published>2007-08-31T02:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-31T02:44:18.520-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Missing this</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/Rtfg0_5hh1I/AAAAAAAAAA4/PxDISi5nMh0/s1600-h/hcl_07_onam.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/Rtfg0_5hh1I/AAAAAAAAAA4/PxDISi5nMh0/s400/hcl_07_onam.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104795903758272338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I were there, I could be part of the winning combination again. Congrats to Bijoy, Raveesh, Bibin, Greeshma, Lookose and Team! Theme... 60 years of Independence, HCL's Transformer initiative. The team was successful to merge both theme to a &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;kathakali&lt;/span&gt; face.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/08/we-did-it.html"&gt;Link to my last Onam @ CODC3&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-7960202733518489202?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/7960202733518489202/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=7960202733518489202&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/7960202733518489202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/7960202733518489202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/08/missing-this.html' title='Missing this'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/Rtfg0_5hh1I/AAAAAAAAAA4/PxDISi5nMh0/s72-c/hcl_07_onam.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-2308775650965453537</id><published>2007-08-30T23:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-31T00:06:17.738-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Banglore traffic</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;A thought by Ashwin :&lt;a href="http://ashwin-krishna.livejournal.com/10232.html?view=13560#t13560"&gt;The 50th Pillion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In short: Share your vehicle space to  others.  Or do not use 4 seater car for singleton use.If possible, use company transportation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;A Chennai solution&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Divider all over the road+ Traffic police + Good automated signal system.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;A Singapore  Style solution:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Private Car tax : 250%.&lt;br /&gt;And they provide luxury buses(plenty of them).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tail: If Tata's 1 lakh car hit on road...?!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-2308775650965453537?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/2308775650965453537/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=2308775650965453537&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/2308775650965453537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/2308775650965453537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/08/banglore-traffic.html' title='Banglore traffic'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-4071278571779169391</id><published>2007-08-27T04:05:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-27T19:30:00.276-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Malayalam-Malayalam-English-Dictionary-Online</title><content type='html'>Just a few words about this &lt;a href="http://www.mashithantu.com/malayalam-dictionary/nighantu.html"&gt;മലയാളം നിഘണ്ടു&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may type Manglish patterns to search for the meaning.  Please make use of Manglish Keyboard provided in the site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Find meaning" to get the meaning of Malalayam words you typed.&lt;br /&gt;"Count" button is for counting the number of letters starting by what you typed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Offnote: it was my dream 6 years back to build a dictionary.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-4071278571779169391?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/4071278571779169391/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=4071278571779169391&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/4071278571779169391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/4071278571779169391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/08/malayalam-malayalam-english-dictionary.html' title='Malayalam-Malayalam-English-Dictionary-Online'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-3408169496473066398</id><published>2007-08-26T07:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-26T07:36:48.577-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Releasing soon...</title><content type='html'>...a Malayalam Malayalam English Dictionary on Thiruvonam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mashithantu.com/malayalam-dictionary/nighantu.html"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/RtGK_f5hhyI/AAAAAAAAAAk/EVdF7cCvO5k/s400/Mashithantu.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103012676286646050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-3408169496473066398?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/3408169496473066398/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=3408169496473066398&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/3408169496473066398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/3408169496473066398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/08/releasing-soon.html' title='Releasing soon...'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/RtGK_f5hhyI/AAAAAAAAAAk/EVdF7cCvO5k/s72-c/Mashithantu.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-1306231359726520906</id><published>2007-08-21T10:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-20T22:54:20.113-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kid'/><title type='text'>Kid's policy</title><content type='html'>Kid is famous for his policies/arguments in his big family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a summer vacation. Kid and his cousin was playing പാമ്പും കോണിയും (Snake and ladder game) in the hall. As usual Kid's Grandfather took his umbrella and was ready to leave home for opening his shop. He asked Kid's cousin to close/lock the front door after he leave. So obedient cousin stood up and started walking to door behind Grandfather.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kid was disturbed between the game and shouted towards the cousin: "നില്‍ക്കടാ അവിടെ (Stop)", he continued, "Why should you obey your grandfather".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All aunts, uncles, cousins present in the hall were stunned ! How dare the Kid to shout these nonsense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kid made his stand clear, "Did our grandfather ever obeyed our words?!!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A smile appeared in his grandfather's face. and also awarded a "coffee-byte" while he returned from his shop.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-1306231359726520906?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/1306231359726520906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=1306231359726520906&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/1306231359726520906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/1306231359726520906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/08/kids-policy.html' title='Kid&apos;s policy'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-6844275841553517307</id><published>2007-08-16T04:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-16T04:08:28.612-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='football'/><title type='text'>Jun FC</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/RsQvcf5hhxI/AAAAAAAAAAc/rmLyUTWhb_c/s1600-h/KF-5s-JunFC-008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/RsQvcf5hhxI/AAAAAAAAAAc/rmLyUTWhb_c/s320/KF-5s-JunFC-008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099252844735858450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Quarter finalist on "The Cup" &lt;a href="http://www.sptindia.com/kingfishercorporatefootball2007.htm"&gt;KingFisher 5-a-side corporate football&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beat CGI, Herman Miller, PMC Sierra ; lost against HP in the quarter final.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-6844275841553517307?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/6844275841553517307/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=6844275841553517307&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/6844275841553517307'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/6844275841553517307'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/08/jun-fc.html' title='Jun FC'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/RsQvcf5hhxI/AAAAAAAAAAc/rmLyUTWhb_c/s72-c/KF-5s-JunFC-008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-8882140951637658380</id><published>2007-08-15T11:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-15T09:29:20.143-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christian'/><title type='text'>Virginity</title><content type='html'>One year back I had a decent fight with an atheist. She is doctor and a Christian too. She don't believe in Virgin Mary. Whether she believe it or not, it is none of my business. But I failed to understand her reasonings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her reasoning : "A woman can't deliver a baby without intercourse". (Yeah even cloning require a male's interference)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My doubt : "Then how was the first human born?" (കോഴിയണോ കോഴിമുട്ടയാണോ ആദ്യം ഉണ്ടായതു?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All atheist "believes" in evolution. It says that intercourse by two monkeys resulted in the begining of human being era. That too millions of years back. Even they don't know 'how many million years?'. They are just guessing. they are just believing so. no proof.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They says that their great grandfather is a monkey.We 'like' to believe that our great grandfathers are Adam and Eve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The most funny thing is that Human being have 46 Chromosomes, and the apes have 48 !!!? One can't be a descendant of another!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"sansar main bahuth kuch cheesam hain jo insane ke samaj ke bahar!!"(Dil chahta hai).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even a doctor don't know how a human life starts. If they knew, no couple would be without children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Independence Day!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-8882140951637658380?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/8882140951637658380/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=8882140951637658380&amp;isPopup=true' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8882140951637658380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8882140951637658380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/08/virginity.html' title='Virginity'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-7904847207812333702</id><published>2007-07-24T10:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-20T22:54:47.665-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kid'/><title type='text'>Uncle's treat</title><content type='html'>On that morning Kid &amp; his whole family were very happy. 'Kid's Uncle got a job in a Bank!' Kid and his cousins forced their uncle for a treat. How could he reject his nephews' wish? But he was in trouble because he had no pocket money. He had just got his first job. No custom of pocket money existed at that time in the whole family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However he had a collection of coins in his &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;kudukka&lt;/span&gt;. He saved his money by several means.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Daily source&lt;/span&gt;: By walking 3-5KM every day he saved 5 paise bus charge (That was the student concession at that time). 5 + 5 =10 paise per day (up and down journey)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Deputation source&lt;/span&gt;: Grand father had a general store. Once in a while he used to sent his younger one there on the pay of one Masala Dosa plus tea. So it was a chance to save precious 50 paise by avoiding tea. He could also save 2 Rs by avoiding Masala Dosa. 'But some people live for food'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Application Form Source&lt;/span&gt;: Had sent many applications for Job. Some applications never reached it's destination point.(saved 1 Re each)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So he packed all his scheduled 6 nephews + unscheduled 3 younger cousins to Hotel Bharat for his grand treat. Kid and gang lavishly ordered Masala Dosa, Vada etc. When Kids were going on ordering something, uncle was calculating the remaining money in his pocket. At one moment he realized that he had no more money for the tea or coffee for all. Kids were fastly approaching the finishing point of Dosa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So he arose. Before Kids think about tea, he said "No money for Tea yaar". He continued, "while waiter ask for tea/coffee just say you don't need". and understandable Kids agreed with his suggestion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After a while waiter came and inquired about beverages.&lt;br /&gt;Uncle started asking one by one...&lt;br /&gt;"Gince, do you want coffee ?... no!",&lt;br /&gt;"Joe, do you want coffee ?... no!"&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;All Kids said 'NO'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then comes the million dollar order from Kid's Uncle !&lt;br /&gt;"well .. coffee for (other) 4!"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-7904847207812333702?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/7904847207812333702/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=7904847207812333702&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/7904847207812333702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/7904847207812333702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/07/uncles-treat.html' title='Uncle&apos;s treat'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-4652677822304043595</id><published>2007-07-13T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-17T03:22:57.294-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christian'/><title type='text'>"അവര്‍ക്ക് വീഞ്ഞില്ല"</title><content type='html'>അപൂര്‍വമായി മാത്രം സംസാരിക്കുന്ന ഒരു പ്രധാന കഥാപാത്രമുണ്ടു് ബൈബിളില്‍. യേശുവിന്റെ അമ്മ തന്നെ!Passion of Christ ന്റെ പൂര്‍ണ്ണത ആ അമ്മയുടെ പ്രാധാന്യത്തില്‍ ഊന്നികൊണ്ടാണ്(IMHO).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"അവര്‍ക്ക് വീഞ്ഞില്ല" എന്ന വെറും രണ്ടു വാക്കിലൂടെ ആ കുടുംമ്പിനി പറഞ്ഞു പ്രതിഫലിപ്പിക്കുന്നതു് വളരെയധികമാണു്.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. ഒരു കല്യണ വീട്ടിലെ ദയനീയ അവസ്ഥ വളരെപ്പെട്ടന്നു് മനസ്സിലാക്കി കൊണ്ടാണു് അമ്മ ഇടപ്പെടുന്നതു്. വീഞ്ഞു തീര്‍ന്നു പോകുക എന്നതു ഒരു യഹൂദ കല്യാണ വിരുന്നിനെ സംബന്ധിച്ചിടത്തോളം കുറച്ചിലാണു്. അവസരത്തിനൊത്തു ഉയര്‍ന്നുക്കൊണ്ടാണ് ഒരു കുടുംമ്പിനിക്കു വേണ്ടുന്ന ഗുണം മാതാവ് പ്രകടമാക്കുന്നത്. "ആവശ്യങ്ങള്‍ കണ്ടറിഞ്ഞു് നിറവേറ്റുക".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.മറ്റൊന്നു് മകനിലുള്ള വിശ്വാസമാണു് പ്രകടമാക്കുന്നത്.സ്വന്തം മകന്‍ ഒരു അദ്ഭുതവും കാനായിലെ കല്യാണവിരുന്നിനു മുമ്പ് പ്രവര്‍ത്തിച്ചിട്ടില്ല. എന്നിട്ടും ആ അമ്മയ്ക്ക് മകനില്‍ പ്രതീക്ഷയുണ്ട്. അവന് പലതും ചെയ്യാന്‍ സാധിക്കും എന്ന വിശ്വാസവമുണ്ട്.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.ഇതിലും ഉപരിയായി, മകനെ അവന്റെ ഉത്തരവാദിത്വത്തിലേക്ക് തള്ളി വിടുകയാണ് ആ അമ്മ ചെയ്തത്. മകന്റെ പരസ്യജീവിതത്തിന്റെ ഉദ്ഘാടനമാണ് അവിടെ പിന്നീട് നടന്നത്. "എന്റെ സമയം ഇനിയും സമാഗതമായിട്ടില്ലല്ലോ?" എന്ന മകന്റെ ചോദ്യത്തിനര്‍ത്ഥം ഗ്രഹിക്കുവാന്‍ ആ അമ്മയ്ക്ക് വലിയ പ്രയാസമൊന്നും വേണ്ടി വന്നിട്ടുണ്ടാവില്ല. "പീഡാനുഭുവങ്ങളിലേക്ക് ഇത്ര നേരത്തേ എന്നെ തള്ളിവിടണമോ?"എന്നായിരിക്കും യേശു ഉദ്ദേശ്ശിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ടായിരിക്കുക.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just random thoughts!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-4652677822304043595?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/4652677822304043595/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=4652677822304043595&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/4652677822304043595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/4652677822304043595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/07/blog-post_11.html' title='&quot;അവര്‍ക്ക് വീഞ്ഞില്ല&quot;'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-2555454955728939953</id><published>2007-07-02T21:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-02T21:31:29.831-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ആര്‍ക്കു വേണ്ടി?</title><content type='html'>"മുതലാളിത്ത വ്യവസ്ഥയില്‍ മനുഷ്യന്‍ മനുഷ്യനെ ചൂഷണം ചെയ്യുന്നു. കമ്മ്യുണിസ്സത്തില്‍ തിരിച്ചും". ഇതു തികച്ചും ശരിയാണെന്നു തോന്നി പോകുന്നു.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;നിഷ്ക്രിയമായ പ്രതിപക്ഷത്തോട് പുച്ഛമുണ്ടെങ്കിലും  സമരത്തിന്റെ പേരില്‍ പൊതുമുതല്‍ നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നില്ലല്ലൊ?!! അത്രയും സമാധാനം.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-2555454955728939953?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/2555454955728939953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=2555454955728939953&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/2555454955728939953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/2555454955728939953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/07/blog-post.html' title='ആര്‍ക്കു വേണ്ടി?'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-5024326732829347537</id><published>2007-06-26T20:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-26T08:33:29.022-07:00</updated><title type='text'>OS installed</title><content type='html'>System seemed to be alone. (Genesis 2:18)&lt;br /&gt;System has got bored.&lt;br /&gt;So System started a blog named YaSJ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;System has &lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/03/on-penultimate-year-of-bachelor-ship.html"&gt;a few wishes...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;System &lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/09/george-vs-henry-8471374.html"&gt;drove 640KM&lt;/a&gt; up-n-down.&lt;br /&gt;System has a plan to &lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/07/7th-wish-himalayan-treck.html"&gt;trek Himalaya&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So System Developers (His parents) got worried.&lt;br /&gt;They suspected that System had gone mad.&lt;br /&gt;They decided to install an OS to control the system.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One fine day (June 10, 12:05 Noon) they installed a lovely OS to the system.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People say that the OS act as a utility program initially!&lt;br /&gt;Later it upgrades itself as a powerful Operating System.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, the system wakes up with a bootstrap coffee (1) every morning :-)&lt;br /&gt;This OS (at least for now) shows great patience to get along with this semi hot-tempered system.&lt;br /&gt;OS puts a significant effort to make system's environment clean and tidy.&lt;br /&gt;On the other hand, system tries in its best way to live in a kitten's basket!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This OS particularly dislikes &lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/06/oops-samson-did-it-again.html"&gt;Samson &lt;/a&gt;while growling at 50KMPH or more. System often gets a shoulder press to reduce the speed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OS developers gifted a few gold collection at the time of installation; hence this OS showing no particular interest in Gold now!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;System suspects that OS has got bored of System's PJs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;System developers are eagerly waiting for the System to make an [il] legal pointer access that brings up an OS seg-fault; Yeah System is ready to wait 9 months to get a core-dump ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dedicated to all dirty minds!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Foot-note:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(1) Feel free to use Coffee and Kiss interchangeably.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-5024326732829347537?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/5024326732829347537/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=5024326732829347537&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/5024326732829347537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/5024326732829347537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/06/os-installed.html' title='OS installed'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-8106779392350445075</id><published>2007-06-05T09:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-20T22:54:47.665-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kid'/><title type='text'>A child's mind</title><content type='html'>What will a sixth std kid does, if he gets a 10Rs as pocket money? Many choices! Sometimes it might be buying a few ice-sticks;a grand treat to his friends. And enjoy walking down the street, near to paddy field, watching the kotti(heron) flying, crossing the railway track- lovely old days of no worries!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One particular fine evening of a summer vacation(summer of 89), this particular KID happened to cross the railway track nearby along with his friends. Suddenly a dirty idea came into his mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Why can't we put a trap for the next train? and make it skid!!"-KID&lt;br /&gt;"Are you mad... 100s of people might loose their life?"- one objected&lt;br /&gt;"No man.. it will be nice to watch a train skid; it would be a lovely show in our entire life. Nobody is going die" - one supporter.&lt;br /&gt;"Will it skid down on us"- an afraid voice.&lt;br /&gt;"Are we fool to stay near the railway track to allow train fall on us?" - KID&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Ok... what kind of trap we are going to set?"- a thrilled voice.&lt;br /&gt;"Did you see that banana peels?" - Kid&lt;br /&gt;"Yes... are you going to put that one on the railway track?" - a surprised voice.&lt;br /&gt;"it must be a sexy idea" - big applauds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All kids agreed and thrilled to see a train fall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plan A:&lt;br /&gt;- one kid should watch the surroundings, and signal if railway watch man or somebody appears in the scene.&lt;br /&gt;- one should go near to railway track and set the 'trap'&lt;br /&gt;- one must watch the arrival of train.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plan B: if somebody comes, run through the small street after that signal post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plan C: if anybody get caught, don't reveal rest of the gang.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What a well planned mission. Kids themselves feel that they are James Bond!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;KID set the trap and returned successfully.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everybody was eagerly waiting for next train. after 15 minutes, everybody's patience lost and decided to return. Everybody were sure about next day news paper title: "Train skidded near Thrissur Railway station; found a banana peel in the track".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While returning back home, a black ambassador stop near kids.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was the family of one kid in the gang. They are going to railway station to pick kid's uncle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Eda... My uncle... my uncle... he is coming... coming in the...", his voice broke. Tears broke into cheeks! His family has no idea about why he was crying. They thought it was the tears with joy and anxiety to see his uncle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The moment the car left, KID and gang fly towards the railway track to remove the banana peels. Luckily no train came till then. Everybody was happy! they saved the life of their friend's uncle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While returning with joy, one kid said: "We must try it on a Goods Train".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-8106779392350445075?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/8106779392350445075/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=8106779392350445075&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8106779392350445075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8106779392350445075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/06/childs-mind.html' title='A child&apos;s mind'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-1571194438026126923</id><published>2007-05-31T07:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-30T19:30:35.315-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sports'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cricket'/><title type='text'>0-0</title><content type='html'>Do you ever remember your practice matches? We do remember one of our practice session.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A word about my local cricket team, ppcc (PattaParanmbu Cricket Club). Being a very small team we never won a title. but don't underestimate us. We were a regular visitors to semi finals. Once organizers recognized us as the best(fighting) team in the tournament (which was not a scheduled award). Major teams nearly smelled the taste of mud while playing with us, several times !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have no star batsman...naa bowler. average age of the team :17. no giant figures. Still we won matches !!! How!!! We play offside well :-) none of our opponents aware about this fact. They keep on bowling offside. we enjoyed it well. Who will dare to bowl leg side if the batsman confidently fencing even offside balls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May be we have got courage or you may say winning equation from this particular practice session.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our home ground is pretty small, so that we could play only one side. Yeah...we choose to master offside. On a fine evening, Varghese-our manager cum player, brought a new bat !!! wov...but it was a bit heavy one compare to our normal playing bat. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We started a 10 over game with 6 member team on either side. We won the toss and elected to bat without a second thought. Of-course ..new bat... new start :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First ball, the batsman couldn’t move his bat. I was on the non-strikers end and wonder why ?? the ball was not so fast. Second ball kissed the bails off !!! 0 for 1 (0.2 overs) &lt;br /&gt;Third ball takes the middle stump :-( 0 for 2 (0.3 overs). Here comes our best batsman cum captain with determination not to donate his wicket for a hat trick. 4th ball, beats the bat but luckily missed the stump. I was wondering, what happen to Danex, our captain. It is not easy to beat him. He looked at his bat unbelievably, twisted the bat once, took his guard and practice a bat movement for the previous ball. 5 th ball, he had tried to cut it to the square, but ball came into rest on keepers gloves. 6th ball, pickets his off stumps !!! ohh man. Now we are in trouble. 0 for 3 (1 over)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now it was my turn; exchanged my old bat to new; draw an imaginary half-circle on my front; ready to play front foot. A kind of defensive mode ! Danex gave me a warning to study the bat. Yeah..it is heavy ! but is it that much to worry about ? I didn’t get what he was said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First ball, felt like a lollipop, decide to cut it to the fence. But … beaten !! haa ..why more to explain, on the third ball, I was caught behind :-( There is ghost in the bat !!! we couldn’t turn the bat when we require it. Score board: 0 for 4 (1.3 overs). 4th ball, haa Josmy arrested the ball by his bat. And he rose his bat and waved like he got a century ! A huge clap from the pavilion. He was the first batsman among us who at least touched the ball ;-) 5 th ball, he was caught and bowled by Anoop. Score board: 0 for 5 (1.5 overs). Hence score board was zero, opponent allowed to bat our lastman on his demand. Yeah..he want to face the ghost in the bat ;-). 6th ball, he smash the ball with full confident. All are searching the ball on boundary line. But keeper happily showed his inner glove. It seems ball was laughing at us. Last man also couldn’t live more than a ball. Scoreboard: 0 for 6 (2.1 overs).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We were too ashamed of ourselves; no team ever all-duck on this ground. We have got a new record. We know…just one single is enough to finish the game. Or at least a wide will kill us as well. But Danex’ captain-mind arose like a phoenix bird. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If the ghost is there in the bat, it will be still there !!! If we were all-duck, we can kick them all out for same score. This is our ground !!!  May be we can not win… but we can make a tie !! fight !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah.. he is correct. Why can’t we try for a tie. If one worse thing happens to us, why can’t we give the same fate back. Danex toss the ball towards me. Me !! first over? I was doubtful. He whispered – “No wide”. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He set two slip fielders, assign himself for close fielding, and one near to the bowler's end. No boundary line, no gully !!! All set … Batsman stretch his body in an outside half-circle and hold his bat horizontally; kind of warning to Danex that he is going to smash the ball… a kind of silence spread over the field. Everybody can hear the beats of their heart. Tick tick tick… I looked at my captain… He shout in an aggressive sound “Off cutter buddy”, it was just to threaten the batsman.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That moment I started the lineup and as he shouted …an off cutter.!! Within a split second, batsman smash the ball; but it just kissed the bat and a great catch by Josmy, our safehands. Then everything else was history in our home ground. &lt;br /&gt;Second ball, pickes the leg stump, 5th ball... an off stump, 6th ball a plum return catch. Score board : 0 for 4 (1 over)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next over: Danex took the ball, assigned Josmy to close fielding, 2nd slip moved to 1st slip, me on gully and the fielder nearer to bowler's end moved to square boundary. Nobody questioned him why he require a gully and a square boundary. His first ball picked an off stump, second ball to the close fielder. That was a terrific catch too. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Score board 0-0. An unbelievable tie!! All duck !! unforgettable innings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;End of the story: we never use this bat again for our tournaments, but we used to master the off cuts using the very same bat. Yeah…it was equivalent to face a terrific off-cutter.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;And I would say Rahul Dravid has a lot of things to learn from local team captain. He should learn how to inspire his team members, how to adapt into the situation, and how to inject confidence and fighting mood to the bowler.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-1571194438026126923?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/1571194438026126923/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=1571194438026126923&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/1571194438026126923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/1571194438026126923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/05/0-0.html' title='0-0'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-3992743113309833764</id><published>2007-05-21T21:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-21T21:48:13.388-07:00</updated><title type='text'>White Hair</title><content type='html'>...My body is getting old :-(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"AGE is an issue of MIND over MATTER. &lt;br /&gt;If you don't MIND! It doesn't MATTER." - Aaro oraal. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No black-dye; No hair colouring; this is what I am !&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-3992743113309833764?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/3992743113309833764/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=3992743113309833764&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/3992743113309833764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/3992743113309833764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/05/white-hair.html' title='White Hair'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-9220248763733733668</id><published>2007-05-16T19:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-16T07:13:01.264-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Attitude</title><content type='html'>This evening, while I was walking towards my "cube" [at office], I saw a 6 feet tall "white" guy carrying a laptop with him. With in a split second he said "Hi" and continued walking on his way.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He doesn’t know me or vice-versa! He may be a visitor or may be a client or may be CEO of the company or just a ordinary employee like me. He is an American [say] and I am an Indian… he is white, I am black… But nothing stopped him to say a "Hi" to me with a very warm, pleasant smile. One can not resist himself from saying a "hi" back. I feel very happy. My heart filled with a lot of joy and got energized for continuing work!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moving forward I saw a mallu. I knew that he is a mallu, I guess that he also knew about my "mallu" blood too! So I thought to implement this "Hi" technique to make him pleasant. But he may not want that HI. He just moved his face to another direction and walked away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;haa... what a complex people we are !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We want to live at Los Angeles… want to get salary like him… keen to wear Coat, tie and shoe like him… want to imitate whatever he says/does. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When we will follow him in his attitude towards fellow colleagues… attitude towards work… attitude towards nation… attitude towards life?!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-9220248763733733668?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/9220248763733733668/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=9220248763733733668&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/9220248763733733668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/9220248763733733668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/05/attitude.html' title='Attitude'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-7776263132653796418</id><published>2007-05-07T11:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-08T21:33:19.840-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Human Identity</title><content type='html'>How to identify a person? Finger Print ?!!  (widely using by Police department to recognize people in a quickest way!!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have a better mechanism too... DNA test!!! (An absolute, unique test to identify a person.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Question is... when a person gets these identities?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finger print acquires by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetus" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;foetus&lt;/a&gt; baby in 10 days !! ( that means before a mother knew that she is carrying...imagine). DNA... Just in a day !! (still faster, haa). yeah a new, unique human being is growing up with all necessary identity on its mother's womb!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How many such Human Beings are getting killed every day? &lt;a href="http://www.abortionno.org/Resources/fastfacts.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt; 1,26,000 !!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who is killing them? Brutally!! Their Mother (or who else)? If a mother fails to love her child...?!! we are in a dirty world of selfishness. Money, comfort, social status... FUC/&lt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How many dead during Tsunami on Dec 26,2004 ? &lt;a href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/28/tsunami.deaths/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;1,69,752&lt;/a&gt; (Just a few more!!!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Haa we are facing a silent tsunami every day !!! Do you want to be a part of it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;yeah..I got what (some of) you are thinking about? population?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are so much worried about it, I am afraid that you will be killing yourself to reduce the population (one less !! ain't it good?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Value the human life...and save next generation Abraham Lincoln or &lt;a href="http://geniusblog.davidshenk.com/2007/03/how_to_bake_a_b.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;Beethovan &lt;/a&gt; !&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-7776263132653796418?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/7776263132653796418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=7776263132653796418&amp;isPopup=true' title='20 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/7776263132653796418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/7776263132653796418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/05/human-identity.html' title='Human Identity'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>20</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-116376019617951066</id><published>2007-04-30T15:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-01T22:46:07.655-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun'/><title type='text'>First Question</title><content type='html'>Author believe that with out C programming language he can not live. Fact is that he didn't complete(even started) any great work in the same. hence he himself called YaSJ. Now his parents is in a search for a partner for him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The problem is... how to kick start a talk with that girl.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After a round of discussion, 'budda dakkal' (TCR version for old people, means parents!!!), might ask 'YaSJ': "We guess you have something to ask/talk to the girl, havn't you?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reply:"Yes ofcourse" (a bit worried YaSJ)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What should I ask?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;what about a 'viatnam colony' style "entha peru"(what is your name?).&lt;br /&gt;or what about "Shobha, Shobhayude perenthaaa?!! (Shobha, what is your name?)&lt;br /&gt;No no ..it is all old fashion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway made sure in mind that I will never ask "evidaa veedu"(where is your home?) standing right inside her home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So decided to chat with my cousin. Here it goes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cousin: "nee oru thamaasha paranju thudangu... "Hotel aanennu karuthi oru vridhan..." ormayille?&lt;br /&gt;Reply: "Done"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cousin: "college-il line undaayirunno ennu chodhikkedaa.."&lt;br /&gt;Reply:  "undayirunnu ennu paranju kettu enthinaa veruthe alle!!!"&lt;br /&gt;Cousin: "Yaa yaa"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reply: "entrayaa mark ennu enthayaalum chodikkilla"&lt;br /&gt;Cousin: "ayyo thirichu chodicha nee kudungum"&lt;br /&gt;Reply: "athaa... pinne serious ayyi enthenkilum chodikkano?&lt;br /&gt;        njan bhayankara serious aannennu chumma thonnikotte"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cousin: "pinne randu C/C++ questions chodhikkeda... vivaram undo ennariyande?&lt;br /&gt;Reply: "there you are...I have prepared one, very good question"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;here it goes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"How to reverse a string in place?"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-116376019617951066?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/116376019617951066/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=116376019617951066&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116376019617951066'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116376019617951066'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/11/c-do-you-have-it-in-you-my-friend-dai.html' title='First Question'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-8948612891050743793</id><published>2007-04-22T02:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-22T22:38:47.745-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Stand up clap, King Lara !!!</title><content type='html'>His long innings proves that He is the King.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A glance through his test cricket career...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quadruple - 1 (400) to quash Matthew hayden's 380&lt;br /&gt;Triple    - 2&lt;br /&gt;Double    - 8&lt;br /&gt;Century   - Whenever team in need - 19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;World Record for the most runs in an over 4,6,6,4,4,4 vs Robin Peterson of South Africa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IMO he is technically perfect than Sachin (God of Indian Cricket!!!); since no one could get him in a similar ball.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-8948612891050743793?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/8948612891050743793/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=8948612891050743793&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8948612891050743793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8948612891050743793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/04/stand-up-clap-king-lara.html' title='Stand up clap, King Lara !!!'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-2586905967899362004</id><published>2007-04-20T10:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-19T22:18:18.629-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Morning walk</title><content type='html'>Bangalore !!Famous for gorgeous girls. Nowadays I am not even bothering to visit MG Road or Brigade Road for “Chick hunting”.They are right in front of me, in flocks. In the company, near my apartment, they are everywhere :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have noticed those 3 cute girls walking down the lane near to CV Raman Nagar; they talk like dolls. Do the dolls ever talk? I don't know.On the other day, I found them near BEML gate, carrying a bag on their shoulders…they looked like school girls. Is there any school near by?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The way they enjoy their walk reminded me of my “good old” school days. No tension about anything… Just take the school bag, ping my friends on the way to school, form a group, talk about whatever we like, pour comments on the girls walking to Infant Jesus Girls (only) High School. Those were “fun packed” life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Does this girl belong to any college or something? Oh… who cares? Yesterday, I met one of them in my company itself. Wow... she is not a college girl. “Charmmam kandal praayam thonnilla. Santoor aaryirikkum upayogikkunnathu”. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other thing I noticed about her is that the way she ogles at men. And she is a half-mallu too!!!.  I appreciate her interest in morning walk to company...around 3KM ..may be more. Among those techies who are lazy to walk, she is an exception. Nice girl. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The story doesn’t end here. Mallu girls might be a centre of attraction everywhere! While sipping an orange juice on the terrace, we (a gang of mallu guys) saw her walking near to the Bagmane lake! Then one guy, he is a “Polymath” (Walking encyclopedia) described about her day-to-day schedule. Lunch at Punjabi dhabha or cafeteria, evening walks to the lake with some boys and chat-items on their money. So, I’ve added her "morning walk" to update his database. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The most surprising info about her (for me) was that she is an intern in our company. Just a final year UG student of some college. $H!T... I overestimated the magic of Santoor soap :-)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-2586905967899362004?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/2586905967899362004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=2586905967899362004&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/2586905967899362004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/2586905967899362004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/04/morning-walk.html' title='Morning walk'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-6761259807640081897</id><published>2007-04-19T02:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-19T02:34:00.615-07:00</updated><title type='text'>May Her soul rest in peace</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.orkut.com/Scrapbook.aspx?uid=7532880825063317819"&gt;Minal Panchal' scrapbook&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;30,000+ scraps says samething "God bless", and it is ticking on every millisecond !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Got this link from &lt;a href="http://jocalling.blogspot.com/2007/04/life.html"&gt;Jo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An Indian student of the university who was caught in the shooting is missing, according to inputs from the student community in Virginia’s largest university... &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1917967.cms"&gt;More&gt;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-6761259807640081897?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/6761259807640081897/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=6761259807640081897&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/6761259807640081897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/6761259807640081897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/04/may-her-soul-rest-in-peace.html' title='May Her soul rest in peace'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-110907060104609592</id><published>2007-04-11T21:44:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-30T09:42:59.946-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sports'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='football'/><title type='text'>Budda ho gaya re !!!</title><content type='html'>The best part I am enjoying in Bangalore is Football only. Once, I was a proud player of Red FC in Chennai. Here, only the name has changed…Jun FC. The passion, aggression and enthusiasm remain the same. We play twice a week on a semi grass ground.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today, when we reached the ground we saw a bunch of teenagers occupied half of the ground. They impressed us quickly…hmm... they play pretty well. Since we didn’t have enough players to form two teams, we made a proposal for a match with those teenagers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Ok Uncles we are ready", they all were game for a match. Ha ha ha. they reminded us of the fact that we are getting old! They were right in one way. We are a bunch of 7 guys with an average age of 27. And, they all were around 15 years old.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Playing with a group of teenagers of same enthusiasm and unlimited energy was not so easy. They have proved it. After 15 minutes the ball possession was 15%- 85%. They rushed to our goal post regularly with their entire team (leaving the Goalkeeper) and in the same pace they returned to their posts as the ball moved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They might have found it difficult with our heavy bodies so, they couldn’t charge us anyway. They were helpless with their 45Kg  weight against our 80-100Kg and with considerably strong build. Yeah… We could control 6 of them but, other two were very fast. Moving like a rocket...running like a bull... changing the direction like a rabbit. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They really made us feel that we are getting old. Though we managed to tie the scoreboard with 3-3, their game was wonderful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next week, we faced them again. This time, we showed them what is the meaning of maturity and experience is. We were sure that we can not beat them in the speed. So we played with a good game plan. We wore the jersey of Argentina. Quick Short Passes!!! We frustrated them a lot with this trick. We raid their goal post through out the game. 12 shots to the target, Converted two of them. Again a tie with 2-2. but this time we stand with our head straight :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-110907060104609592?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/110907060104609592/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=110907060104609592&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/110907060104609592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/110907060104609592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/04/budda-ho-gaya-re.html' title='Budda ho gaya re !!!'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-7956978496553480494</id><published>2007-04-06T03:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-06T20:20:01.887-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christian'/><title type='text'>Kiss of Judas Iscariot</title><content type='html'>This is about 3 kisses. While going through Jesus’ life we can see that he had accepted 3 types of kisses.         &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;One was an obvious thing, kiss from his mother!&lt;br /&gt;Second one from Judas Iscariot!&lt;br /&gt;Third one from Mary Magdalene!&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;All these kisses are different from one another. You can not kiss Jesus like his mother did. Christians never dream to kiss Jesus’ like Judas. All that we can do is a kiss like Magdalane! To seek forgiveness! To say Sorry ! To get permission to follow Him!&lt;/p&gt;This blog is not big enough to describe the real depth and breadth of biblical aspects.&lt;br /&gt;Yet I am trying to say a few words about Judas!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In my childhood, I had a doubt about Judas’ Kiss!!!    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Why should Judas betray Jesus with a Kiss? &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;My father is a great teacher of mine. In his point of view…&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Jews [priests] afraid to catch Jesus on day time, while Jesus’ followers are with him.So they planned to catch him on night.”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;“So why Judas? Why can’t Priests go ahead and catch him?”, Always I am an interrupter ! (thokkil keri vedi vekkuka ennu parayum !!)&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;“Jesus is a typical Jew…with mustache and beard... even he might looks like Peter or Andrew. Jews wears a scarf. So it is not so easy to identify Jesus among his disciples at night. So Priests want a man who knows Jesus well.”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Why kiss then” – A genuine doubt right?&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Yeah… it is a very good code, isn’t it? If Judas points out Jesus with his finger, do you think that other disciples would leave him with out trouble. While kissing Jesus, other disciples never get a clue about a betrayal”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;“He has many disciples…why Judas?”, I want to just confuse my father.&lt;/p&gt;“yeah…he handles the money for poor and all. It is easy to corrupt a greedy man!! In Bible you can read about Judas quotes about money” [&lt;a href="http://www.newadvent.org/bible/joh013.htm"&gt;John &lt;st1:time minute="29" hour="13"&gt;13:29&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Good Friday !!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-7956978496553480494?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/7956978496553480494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=7956978496553480494&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/7956978496553480494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/7956978496553480494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/04/happy-good-friday.html' title='Kiss of Judas Iscariot'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-4382184673624830466</id><published>2007-03-30T18:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-30T06:46:52.242-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='college-life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friend'/><title type='text'>Baang !!</title><content type='html'>On a lazy Saturday evening at TCR, I thought of roaming around with David (Yamaha CruxR). No reason to ride upto Town Hall and take a 'U turn' !! as soon as I reached the swapna theater junction, someone aroused my college memories. He walks like my pre-degree friend. yeah..same height, same gait. but his hair is more brown now?!!!. But his face is not visible at that angle. Is it him?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ohh may be somebody else. why should I get into a situation of making a mistake. what should I ask him ? "are you my college friend?", his answer might be "entha college friendine kanda ariyille? chumma number irakkalle?!!" (Istam, one of my favorite Malayalam movie, style)   ("Can't you identify your college friend, don't mess with me")&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah ... since I was in a cool mood, I didn't want to mess with anybody. hence decided move on. after a few meters, David stopped. and asked me !!!&lt;br /&gt;"Why can't you mess with him. if it is him then ?"&lt;br /&gt;yup he is correct, let me try then.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By that time that person overtook me. He didn't talk to me. Then he might not be my friend. "David, you confused me, saala". But... his walking style!!!.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I decided to 'mess' with him.&lt;br /&gt;"Excuse me... Are you ..." He turned back !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Baang its him !!! after 11 years !!! Antonio George !!! he is in front of me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"you are too fatty buddy", he can't believe his eyes. ohh that is why he couldn't recognize me. [ I was just kind of skeleton at that time, thanks to Chennai food with a lot of oil/gee.] He was returning home from Town Hall Library. He is a great reader !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May be just 3 phone calls we made in these years. Other 8 calls couldn't connect him.(We should have been use NOKIA then). Funny thing is I couldn't find him at Orkut. But found him on a Sarkkeet (roam around ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though 11 years have gone by,it never felt like we were apart for so many years. He is always in my very little memory. Some friendships might be like that... No phone calls, No chit-chat, No Orkut, No face to face meetings... still they might be nearer to your heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A lot to tell about him; but scrapping only a single thing.&lt;br /&gt;This person injected a craze for English movies. Prior meeting him, I have seen only two English movies BenHur and Ten commandments. He gave me a list of 14 movies which includes Mackenna's gold, Predator-1, Terminator-2, Indiana Jones Series, Home Alone series, The Mask, Schindler's list. With in two week I had strikeout 12 from that list.  I couldn't find remaining two anywhere :-(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only two people were there to help me avoiding the boredom of my St.Thomas' College life. Other one was Joe Francis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, how could we resist ourself to enjoy Dosa and red chutni  from Hotel Gopi.  Still same quality,  same refreshing smell. Whenever I remember my Pre-degree days, I do remember &lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/12/verandah-principal.html"&gt;Room 101 on Bell tower&lt;/a&gt;, Hotel Gopi and of course Prof P C thomas' tuition center where we baptized "everyday" for two year; no left turn; no right turn; don't look at girls; don't talk; don't be late . what a jail yaar. But it has a significant role on what I am now :-)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-4382184673624830466?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/4382184673624830466/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=4382184673624830466&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/4382184673624830466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/4382184673624830466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/03/baang.html' title='Baang !!'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-2846086835688679139</id><published>2007-03-26T15:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-26T04:00:59.149-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Home Page</title><content type='html'>When I moved out from my old company, I have forgot to backup the bookmarks from Mozilla FireFox. Hence lost a lot of links.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So developed a new page with full of bookmarks. :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are interested, you may make it as your default home page.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mashithantu.com/bookmark-home.html"&gt;http://www.mashithantu.com/bookmark-home.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drag the above link onto your home button.  &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/RgUY-u98ANI/AAAAAAAAAAU/AdadLXm0Fz8/s1600-h/homebutton.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/RgUY-u98ANI/AAAAAAAAAAU/AdadLXm0Fz8/s400/homebutton.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5045466423577280722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also let me know some more interesting webpages to visit.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-2846086835688679139?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/2846086835688679139/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=2846086835688679139&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/2846086835688679139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/2846086835688679139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/03/home-page.html' title='Home Page'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_mAyo5jD2QFA/RgUY-u98ANI/AAAAAAAAAAU/AdadLXm0Fz8/s72-c/homebutton.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-1979196239813799683</id><published>2007-03-22T01:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T21:31:41.234-07:00</updated><title type='text'>To Reduce weight  - follow an easy diet</title><content type='html'>Drink two cups of water before meals; Try it for two months.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;its working !!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-1979196239813799683?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/1979196239813799683/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=1979196239813799683&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/1979196239813799683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/1979196239813799683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/03/to-reduce-weight-follow-easy-diet.html' title='To Reduce weight  - follow an easy diet'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-8561905569713535891</id><published>2007-03-13T02:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-26T02:20:03.861-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friend'/><title type='text'>commitment</title><content type='html'>It was my last week in Chennai… Just thought of visiting a few friends and say the last BYE.  Finishing my assignments with the previous company, with relieving and experience letter in hand what else one will do other than roaming around. Needless to say, I was in a total lazy mood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As soon as I reached&lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/10/kodai-soothing-experience.html"&gt; our hero's &lt;/a&gt;house, I sat down in his bean-bag (laid down to be specific). I always loved that comfortable position with &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lay%27s"&gt;'Lay’s&lt;/a&gt; (Pepsico’s Junk food)’ in one hand and the TV remote in other hand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I wanna lazier" I whispered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"No… you just can't" He dismissed my idea :-(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Why??", I just wondered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"ha ha ha..it requires some essential qualities which you don't have"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Poda,  I have been sitting idle for almost one month like many other Indians. ...Not doing anything at all !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Umm..Gimme an answer for this", he shot a question at me. (Any life-line hain kya?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Can you glue on to this TV watching useless programs all the time?" (That time, we didn’t had any TV @ D-16, our room)&lt;br /&gt;"Can you simply eat such junk pizzas round the clock?"? (out-of-syllabi question, from where this pizza came to picture?)&lt;br /&gt;"Can you sit on this Bean bag for around 8 hours without moving your butt?" (Need I sit so long to prove...I am lazy?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He concluded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"That is why I am telling you...this is not an easy job. You need planning, determination and above all, whole hearted commitment!!!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Key to be a LAZY man, WOW!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-8561905569713535891?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/8561905569713535891/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=8561905569713535891&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8561905569713535891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8561905569713535891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/03/commitment.html' title='commitment'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-5142611748863452275</id><published>2007-03-06T15:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-06T02:25:09.126-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I am what I am</title><content type='html'>I saw these words (or similar words) in many Orkut profiles and blogs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few thoughts...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The moment you start using Talcum powder, you are not what you are (you are yearning for a better face) ;-) Is it hard to agree?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The moment you dye black/brown your hair, you are trying to imitate somebody else…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The moment you start thinking of hair-fixing, you are proving that you are not ready to accept the real “YOU”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you using lipstick? (Girls, pardon me…) You are hiding what you are…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Admit who you are or what you are... and be proud of it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tail: "Make-up inum oru limilt okke illedai" - Udayanannu Thaaram&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-5142611748863452275?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/5142611748863452275/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=5142611748863452275&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/5142611748863452275'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/5142611748863452275'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-am-what-i-am.html' title='I am what I am'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-32653597417376692</id><published>2007-02-28T17:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-04-19T23:30:51.155-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christian'/><title type='text'>Behind your enemy line</title><content type='html'>Enemy can find out even a minor mistake in you; Your friend may be ready to adjust with it, hence missing a chance to correct it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who is better?  ...Enemy gives you a chance to overlook your limitation, hence you may improve !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your mind will be sharp while competing with your enemy. it brings out the best in you !!! So accompany your enemy ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Kill your enemy, even if he is your brother" - a 5000 years old philosophy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Love your enemy, pray for them" - a 2000 years old one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See the current one : "Forgive your enemy, but remember his name ;-)"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-32653597417376692?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/32653597417376692/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=32653597417376692&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/32653597417376692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/32653597417376692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/02/behind-your-enemy-line.html' title='Behind your enemy line'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-8371687701894939791</id><published>2007-02-21T12:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-20T23:22:46.887-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Favorite'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drive'/><title type='text'>A stitch in time saves NINE</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;ഇതു&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;വെറും&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;ഒരു&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;പഴഞ്ചൊല്ലല്ല&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;… (It is not just a proverb...) it is the truth.&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;I had a lot of chance to 'stitch'… but I didn't.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;Result:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/06/oops-samson-did-it-again.html"&gt;Samson&lt;/a&gt;’s break down in the middle of Inner ring road. A payback for neglecting Samson's thirst for petrol. In another way, a miscalculation of his mileage in this heavy traffic. Now what to do? Need to find a petrol pump. nammakku chodichu chodiuchu pokaam (let us ask somebody)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;One auto driver told there is a petrol pump in a KM. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Though I was a little suspicious of his advice, decided to follow a veteran. Anyway I am new to this place, may be one is there near to those software companies that can be seen at that place.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;1st stitch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt; &gt;&gt; Push Samson (A heavy, long cruiser called Avenger) for around 1 KM.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;After dragging him around 400m I was tired. 'Colorful birds' crossing the roads every now and then, were throwing pathetic glance,&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;caused more hurt. Poya maanam thirichu kittumo :-( Enquired again about the petrol pump... somebody said I need to travel till Koramangala signal!!! Seems logical (matching with my knowledge base)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;So took an auto.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;2nd stitch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt; &gt;&gt; Rs. 30/- for auto to reach nearest pump and got 1/2 ltr &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Problems didn't stop here.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Even after drinking enough petrol, Samson was refused to start. ohh I got it. Residue dust particle in the filter (or even a chance for an air-gap). The engineer in me arose!! ( Vendatha panikku pokandannu appachan paranja kelkoollillo)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;3rd stitch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt; &gt;&gt; Suck the petrol from the tube connect to the engine.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Phew... a mouthful of petrol. What a dirty feeling. He refused to start again. Oru kullukkavum illa.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;4th stitch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt; &gt;&gt; Call-a-friend for help (Maanam aa vazhikku kappallu kayari). After a 'non-stop' laugh, he suggested the same. And to get a mechanic.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;5th stitch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt; &gt;&gt; Search for a bike mechanic&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;As per auto vaalas, street sellers direction I successfully located a Bike garage. aaha..it was just in front of where Samson broke down. Senior Bike mechanic ordered me to bring the bike there :-(&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;6th stitch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt; &gt;&gt; Drag my dear Samson back to the first position.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Another problem, Garage is on the other side and there is no gap in the median (though there is a sign board says a gap-in-the-median). So I have to either go and take U turn down the flyover or cut through the median.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;7th stitch &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&gt;&gt; Cross through the median.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;It is very heavy buddy (180KG; his manual says). However I managed to lift him up to the median and cross the road. and handed the 'patient' over to the 'doctor'.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;As I said the problem was with his air-filter, he sucked the petrol from the tube that too without his mouth. (He made use of engine itself to suck it) Just matter of 1 minute. Everything back to normal. It hurt a lot. An engineer from GECT, don’t know the very basics of a motor bike (&lt;b&gt;8th stitch&lt;/b&gt; &gt;&gt; on my ego, false self pride ...)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;"10 Rs."- he billed. Oh… just 10 Rs...I was ready to give 50 Rs. atleast. I wasted around 2 hours just for a 10 Rs. problem!!! &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;"Bhayya petrol bahuth kammy hain... fill it ASAP", his advice.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;9th stitch &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&gt;&gt; immerse Samson in petrol&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;This could have been done while I take the same route in the morning and save these many stitches&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;Tail:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;This is the first time I have been trapped in the road… after around 12,000 Kms of riding experience with David and Samson!! &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Yup… first experience cherishes for long time.&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;similar topic: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/05/i-forgive.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;I Forgive&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:navy;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-8371687701894939791?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/8371687701894939791/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=8371687701894939791&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8371687701894939791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8371687701894939791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/02/stitch-in-time-saves-nine.html' title='A stitch in time saves NINE'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-1581632112713256317</id><published>2007-02-19T22:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-19T22:20:37.853-08:00</updated><title type='text'>God's own country...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;....Devil's own people !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;            &lt;a href="http://www.harthal.com/"&gt;http://www.harthal.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-1581632112713256317?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/1581632112713256317/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=1581632112713256317&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/1581632112713256317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/1581632112713256317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/02/gods-own-country.html' title='God&apos;s own country...'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-7315513394826309026</id><published>2007-02-14T05:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-24T05:06:06.395-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friend'/><title type='text'>എന്തൊരു ഐശ്വര്യം</title><content type='html'>The moment I stepped out of my previous company ... My Project Leader (now 'OLD' PL) got a promotion… Now he is an Associate Project Manager!! (I doubt if his hidden agenda was to kick me out)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The moment I vacated my room in Chennai... My (old) roommate got an assignment in Dubai. (He was desperately looking for a project around two weeks) And other room mate became a UI Designer and got promoted to another level.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The moment I (crash) landed in Bangalore... The immediate business day was declared as a Karnataka Bundh!!! (I was supposed to join on this day)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What to say more... The moment I joined this company ... My (present) roommate's project got closed and laid off (technically) :-( !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And here everybody is asking why this company got less profit in the last quarter?&lt;br /&gt;Business Analysts, Financial experts, and Sales forecasters are searching for an answer. They are trying to figure out what went wrong in their departments!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would say… The problem is in the HR dept ;-)&lt;br /&gt;Yeah...The HR guys have offered me a job in the last quarter.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;footnote: If anybody is interested to join me on my new 2BHK fully furnished flat, let me know ;-)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-7315513394826309026?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/7315513394826309026/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=7315513394826309026&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/7315513394826309026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/7315513394826309026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/02/blog-post.html' title='എന്തൊരു ഐശ്വര്യം'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-953237291261855859</id><published>2007-02-13T06:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-13T06:52:39.295-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='movie'/><title type='text'>GodFather(Malayalam) Vs Hulchul (Hindi)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thilakan"&gt;Thilakan&lt;/a&gt; was born on a wrong place, so as other mallu actors !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The face expression at the time when he realizes that his younger brother is going to marry his family enemy is unbeatable. Seems that &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Shroff"&gt;Jackie shroff &lt;/a&gt;was even afraid to give a try !!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-953237291261855859?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/953237291261855859/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=953237291261855859&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/953237291261855859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/953237291261855859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/02/godfathermalayalam-vs-hulchul-hindi.html' title='GodFather(Malayalam) Vs Hulchul (Hindi)'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-8682306033084195092</id><published>2007-02-07T19:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-07T19:37:18.256-08:00</updated><title type='text'>EOLed on Feb 2nd</title><content type='html'>a LWD mail...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;സ് നേഹിതരേ...&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;മനോഹരമായ ഈ HCL അങ്കണത്തില്‍ ഒരു വേദിയൊരുക്കിത്തന്ന HR ഭാരവാഹികളോട് നന്ദി പറഞ്ഞു കൊണ്ട് ഞാന്‍ തുടങ്ങട്ടെ...  ഈ വളരെ ചുരുങ്ങിയ കാലഘട്ടത്തില്‍ എന്നോടൊപ്പം സഹകരിച്ചു പ്രവര്‍ത്തിച്ച എല്ലാ സഹ നടീ നടന്മാര്‍ക്കും എന്റെ ഹൃദയം നിറഞ്ഞ നന്ദി ഞാന്‍ രേഖപ്പെടുത്തി കൊള്ളന്നു !!!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;ഇവിടെ എല്ലാവിധ പ്രോത്സാഹനങ്ങളും നല്‍കി മികച്ച പ്രകടനം കാഴ്ച വയ്ക്കാന്‍ എനിക്കു പ്രചോദനം നല്‍കിയ anthomas നോടുള്ള എന്റെ നിസ്സീമമായ സ് നേഹം വെറും വാക്കുകളില്‍ ഒതുക്കാവുന്നതല്ല; Full  തന്നെ വാങ്ങികൊടുത്തേ മതിയാവൂന്ന്.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;എതോരു കാര്യത്തിനും എന്നോടൊപ്പം മുന്നിട്ടിറങ്ങിവരാന്‍ സന്മനസ്യം കാണിച്ച Rave നോടും നീലുവിനോടും എന്റെ കടപ്പാട് എടുത്ത് പറയേണ്ടതാണ്. (വെറും പൈന്റ് പോതും)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;ഈ കാലയളവു മുഴുവനും ഒരു കലാലയ ജീവിതം പോലെ ആഘോഷിച്ചു തീര്‍ക്കാന്‍ ഒപ്പം നിന്ന ലൂക്കൊച്ചനൊടും ഗ്രീഷ്മ-ബിജു ദമ്പതികളോടും നന്ദി പ്രദര്‍ശിപ്പിക്കാന്‍ ഞാന്‍ ഈ അവസരം ഉപയോഗിച്ചു കൊള്ളുന്നു.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;ഇവിടെ ഞാന്‍ കണ്ട എടുത്തു പറയേണ്ട മറ്റു സവിശേഷത നമ്മുടെ ഓണാഘോഷങ്ങളും അതിനോടനുബന്ധിച്ചു നടത്തപ്പെടുന്ന പൂക്കളമത്സരവും ആണ്. CODC3 ക്കു എന്റെ എല്ലാ വിധ ഭാവുകങ്ങളും നേരുന്നു.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;ഇവിടുത്തെ ജീവിതം ഒരു കലാലയ ജീവിതമായി തോന്നിയതില്‍ വലിയ അത്ഭുതമില്ല. sanbalas, Sajith Oduvil, Nithya, Manoj,Hitesh, Roshan Lal  തുടങ്ങിയവര്‍ കൂടാതെ കുറച്ചു Seniors ഉം ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നതും എല്ലാത്തിനും ഉപരി എന്റെ bunch mate ആയിരുന്ന bijchand ന്റെ സാന്നിദ്ധ്യവും വീണ്ടുമൊരു college life  നേടിയെടുക്കാന്‍ എന്ന സഹായിച്ച ഘടകങ്ങള്‍ ആണ്. (offnote:ബിജോയേ...കളഞ്ഞിട്ടു വാടൈ...!! ;-)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;College- ഇല്‍ പഠിക്കുമ്പൊള്‍ പോലും ഞാന്‍ ഇത്രയധികം football കളിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ടു എന്നു തോന്നുന്നില്ല. Binny George , Deepak Jose എന്നിവരെ ഇത്തരുണത്തില്‍ സ്മരിക്കുന്നു.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Johns, Bijoy Thomas, Manoj x 2  തുടങ്ങി പേരെടുത്തു പറയാന്‍ ഞാന്‍ തുനിഞ്ഞാല്‍ "നിര്‍ത്തടൈ നിര്‍ത്തടൈ ..." എന്നു നിങ്ങള്‍ പറയാന്‍ സാധ്യതയുള്ളതു കൊണ്ട് മാത്രം ഞാന്‍ നിര്‍ത്തട്ടേ !!!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;ഇനിയും പല സ് റ്റേജുകളില്‍ ഈ പരിപാടി അവതരിപ്പിക്കാനുള്ളതു കൊണ്ട് തത്കാലം വിട വാങ്ങുന്നു.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;ഭാസുരമായ ഭാവിക്കായി  ഭാവുകങ്ങള്‍ നേര്‍ന്നു കൊണ്ട് ഭവ്യതയോടെ, (ശൊ..എന്റെ ഒരു കാര്യം )&lt;br /&gt;ജോജു.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-8682306033084195092?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/8682306033084195092/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=8682306033084195092&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8682306033084195092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/8682306033084195092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/02/eoled-on-feb-2nd.html' title='EOLed on Feb 2nd'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-116953428443975362</id><published>2007-01-22T22:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-23T01:26:09.703-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><title type='text'>I am not John F. Kennedy !!!</title><content type='html'>"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." -JFK.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Am thinking ... If I was not born here... my country could have saved a lot of money.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;My primary education: &lt;/span&gt;Wow!!... It was almost free for me!!!&lt;br /&gt;Still I don't know what integration is. :-(&lt;br /&gt;(Alla..ithokke padichittu njan enthu nedi? enthinenne ithokke padippichu?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;My B.Tech Education:&lt;/span&gt; I (Err...my Dad) had spent only Rs. 10000/- or less including books.&lt;br /&gt;But if I start calculating the amount spent for me to acquire a Graduate degree... fuzzy !!!&lt;br /&gt;See the infrastructure of Govt.Engg. College, Thrissur. Divide it with number of students.&lt;br /&gt;Count the Lab equipments and its maintenance cost.&lt;br /&gt;Count my Professor’s/lecture’s salary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And What I offered to my country? Nothing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;My Social Awareness: &lt;/span&gt;If I don't throw waste papers and never spit on the roads, My country could have spent lesser amounts on the cleaning army.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; If I have a clean and healthy habits... My country needn't invest  huge sums on healthcare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each time when I buy a cheap DVD (just Rs. 30 ) carrying three Indian Movies, I am nailing the Film industry here and I am not bothered about it. The rumors has it that this money is going to fund anti social elements/terrorists. If I didn't born, I wish :-(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had spent so much time watching cricket. My unnecessary craze on this lazy game killed many other sports in the country. At least I could have spent more time with my mother on purchasing something from market, or helping her. huh!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I were a responsible driver, with a sense to avoid mad rush in traffic jam, it could’ve saved considerable time for many other people on the road.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am not daring to measure the amount of food I've just wasted; but I am sure that if I do care my country will be surplus in its resources.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am sad... Not a single Indian has got benefited from me.&lt;br /&gt;I am living for myself, for my family. I am selfish :-(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whatever talent I have ...I am using it only to curse my country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh... JFK... my salutes !&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-116953428443975362?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/116953428443975362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=116953428443975362&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116953428443975362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116953428443975362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/01/i-am-not-john-f-kennedy.html' title='I am not John F. Kennedy !!!'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-116840780986025581</id><published>2007-01-09T21:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-09T21:43:29.886-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fear of death?!!!</title><content type='html'>Have you ever had a strong feeling of fear at a time when you are shifting to another city?  You might be surprised to hear that I am girded with a strange aura of fear following my decision to shift to the Garden city of India. Yes…I am moving to Bangalore… Sorry it is Bangaluru (or something ) now. That is the difference might be. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was not the same city that it was  4 ½ years back while I was hunting for a job. It was a lovely city then. Now, soaring skyline and the resulting pollution has changed the face of the city.…city of terrible traffic jam… cost of living is so high that even motivates common people for robbery … may be they will kill people for a few bucks … Heard that traveling at night is dangerous… even for men !!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Haa… Now I realize the value of Chennai… I was never afraid to live here… one reason is that the (metro) city life here ends at 9. Then City Police takes the control of roads… They are proud to roam around in their brand new Hyundai Accent donning square sirens just like the LAPD(Los Angeles Police Dept). They might stop you in the middle of night and enquire… "what are you doing in this odd hour…go home…”. I was really annoyed to hear such interferences to my personal freedom. I was not aware that they are making my life secure.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Fear… it might be born with me… take simple examples …&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Before coming to Chennai I was afraid of the scorching Chennai heat… what will happen if my skin turns black ;-)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;While I got admission to Engg. College for computer Science … I thought…Is it possible for me to understand the working of a Computer?... I was afraid about the micro processors…chips…blah blah… &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;May be most funniest fear is …&lt;br /&gt;4th std boy to his classmate: "Man… from 5th std onwards we need to follow a time table… is it possible for us to follow this…what will happen if some other teacher comes to take her subject and what will happen if I don't have the textbook of her subject?"&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;silly silly things… but I am better than my old pal who usually get confused to wear his shoes. He usually takes 5 minutes to decide which shoe to wear first …right or left?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-116840780986025581?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/116840780986025581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=116840780986025581&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116840780986025581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116840780986025581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/01/fear-of-death.html' title='Fear of death?!!!'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-116764814404596253</id><published>2007-01-01T01:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-28T04:33:29.231-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Quest for money ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;A best friend of mine told me about making money in parallel.  It  looks good. It is kind of a referral scheme. You may say..it is a Money chain  too !!! it is all up to you&lt;span class="717002010-01012007"&gt;r&lt;/span&gt; view. Anyway  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;this&lt;/span&gt; 'money-chain' is legal in India.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He demonstrated how I am going to  make money...how the company is working out...what are the pitfalls ... is it  legal or not... how simple/complex it is...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Truly I&lt;span class="717002010-01012007"&gt;'ve &lt;/span&gt;made my mind to join this chain. പണം  എന്തായാലും പുളിക്കില്ല. Only thing that make me think&lt;span class="717002010-01012007"&gt; in&lt;/span&gt; reverse is 'time'. I had to spend time to  find capable/interested friends and introduce them to this network..so simple.. all  software engineers are capable to join this network.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is not so tough  to find time... if your real intension of life is making money !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I have no specific intension to be a rich man.&lt;span class="717002010-01012007"&gt; Also&lt;/span&gt; I have a few unfulfilled dream&lt;span class="717002010-01012007"&gt;s !!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="717002010-01012007"&gt; ...that  needs hell a lot of time. The Dream is nothing but a&lt;/span&gt; Malayalam Spell  Checker. it requires minimum 6 months (if my mind didn't fluctuate.) + I have to  spend minimum 20K. എന്തിന്ന്&lt;span class="717002010-01012007"&gt; ? (&lt;/span&gt;for what  ?&lt;span class="717002010-01012007"&gt;). M&lt;/span&gt;ay be many madness are &lt;span class="717002010-01012007"&gt;still &lt;/span&gt;not mapped against a hospitalized  treatment :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tail: Last five years I am wandering to implement this one... still reached nowhere. What a fool, undedicated, usual Indian I am :-(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-116764814404596253?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/116764814404596253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=116764814404596253&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116764814404596253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116764814404596253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/01/quest-for-money.html' title='Quest for money ?'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-116762094611135984</id><published>2006-12-31T19:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-01T18:05:21.470-08:00</updated><title type='text'>രണ്ടാമൂഴം</title><content type='html'>ഒരു വടക്കന്‍ വീരഗാഥയുടെ... പെരുന്തച്ചന്റെ... തിരക്കഥാകൃത്തില്‍ നിന്നു ഇതിലും കുറഞ്ഞതു പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കാന്‍ പറ്റില്ലല്ലോ !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ധര്‍മ്മത്തിലെ അധര്‍മ്മങ്ങള്‍ വളരെ ഭംഗിയായി വെളിപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു കഥാകാരന്‍ :-) ഭീമന്റെ ദൃഷ്ടിയില്‍ പുരോഗിമിക്കുന്ന ഈ കഥയില്‍ യുധിഷ്ഠിരനേയും ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണനേയും ഇടിച്ചു താഴ്ത്തിയതു മനഃപൂര്‍വ്വമാണോ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"ഒരു വിനാഴിക, ഒരു വിനാഴിക മാത്രം, മനസ്സില്‍ ഹസ്തിനപുരം ഭരിച്ചു സ്ഥാനത്യാഗം ചെയ്ത രാജാവ്".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;എല്ലാത്തിലും രണ്ടാമനാവാന്‍ വിധിക്കപ്പെട്ട ഒരുവന്‍ !! മന്ദന്‍ എന്നു ജേഷ്ഠന്‍ മാത്രമല്ല ..എല്ലാവരും വിളിക്കുന്നു...സ്വന്തം അമ്മയും... ഹ ഹ... കുരുക്ഷേത്രയുദ്ധം ഒറ്റക്കു ജയിക്കാന്‍ കഴിവുള്ള മന്ദന്‍ !!! ഈ മന്ദനെ ശരിക്കുപയോഗിച്ചു ദ്രൗപതിയും ;-) വെറും രണ്ടാമൂഴത്തിന്റെ പേരും പറഞ്ഞ് !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ആലപ്പുഴ-ചെന്നൈ എക്സ്പ്രെസ് മൂന്ന്‍ മണിക്കൂര്‍ വൈകിയാണു എന്നെ വീട്ടുപടിക്കല്‍ ഇറക്കിയതെന്നു ഞാന്‍ മറന്നു... ആ യാത്രയില്‍ കൂട്ടുകരില്ലാത്തതിന്റെ ഏകാന്തത ഞന്‍ അറിഞ്ഞില്ല...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;എല്ലാവര്‍ക്കും എന്റെ ഹൃദയം നിറഞ്ഞ പുതുവത്സരാശംസകള്‍ !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/837/950/1600/859274/is_it_MT.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/837/950/320/773813/is_it_MT.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ഇതു എം.ടി തന്നെയല്ലയോ?!!! ഗോവയില്‍ നിന്നു മെല്‍വിന്‍ ഒപ്പിയെടുത്തത്...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-116762094611135984?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/116762094611135984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=116762094611135984&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116762094611135984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116762094611135984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2007/01/blog-post.html' title='രണ്ടാമൂഴം'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-116727698319914088</id><published>2006-12-27T19:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-24T05:06:06.396-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friend'/><title type='text'>Shakkeela</title><content type='html'>&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Can you imagine a rendezvous with Shakkeela?    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;A flash back… &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;After &lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/06/5lonely-tough-times.html"&gt;failing a series of interviews&lt;/a&gt;, my friends insisted that I should improve my English. So I thought...ok just give it a try then!!! ini athinte poraayma &lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;venda&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Joined a Spoken English class and found that speaking English is really interesting. Since everybody around didn’t know much English then, I didn’t feel shy to speak Queen’s language. My Thrissur accent fuelled with ‘Formula 1’ fast speech caused no one to notice any grammatical mistakes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;There I met two girls from Vimala college, Solly and Riya (For namesake). They were considerably cute and smart !!! within no time all boys in the gang changed their seats near to them !!! ചക്ക കൂട്ടാനില്‍ ഈച്ച വന്നിരിക്കണമാതിരി !!&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;They wonder that I am from GECT, the college near to their college! And I wonder that they clearly identified one known personality in my class!! For my classmates… in her description... he always wear a red T shirt means… bright color T-shirt. Always around girls… once he had an injury in his right leg… he had a bullet :-) And she didn’t forget to a give him a compliment … “He is handsome too”.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Anyway, as part of making conversation (to improve our language ..OK)&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;“What is your father… your hobbies… the story you liked the most… your favorite hero… blah blah …&lt;/p&gt;Once I asked Riya by chance “Your mother’s name ?”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Surprisingly she refused to say… and promised that she will reveal it at the end of the class. Since her home is nearby she invited us to her home after the farewell party. &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;And she introduced her mother to us… “enthu chaiyanna ente pillere …ente &lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;peru&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; Shakkeela ennannu!!” (What to do guys…my name is shakkeela). I was not sure whether her face was filled with shy or angry then?&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;What did we do… happily returned home and declared we met shakkeela :-) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-116727698319914088?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/116727698319914088/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=116727698319914088&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116727698319914088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116727698319914088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/12/shakkeela.html' title='Shakkeela'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-116585784347717792</id><published>2006-12-19T07:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-18T23:29:42.680-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bachelor-wish'/><title type='text'>if wishes die ..you dead</title><content type='html'>On the way to Goa…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To accomplish my &lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/03/on-penultimate-year-of-bachelor-ship.html"&gt;4th wish&lt;/a&gt;… We were passing through a lush green paddy.&lt;br /&gt;Our Toyota MUV(1) steadily at 80 KMPH… a cool breeze through my hair, road is marked with White lines, a kinda sailing experience ….but it didn’t last for long. The road conditions were soon changed to “men at work” mode. I felt like riding a horse. More precisely I felt like I was sitting on an ACV(1), the same desert motor Brad pitt drives in the movie “Mr and Mrs Smith”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wish ..if I could ride it. !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But in India, I just can’t imagine driving such an ACV and I have no genuine intention to go on-site like my friends do. So What to do?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Within no second Indian model of same vehicle came to my mind. TRACTOR !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wish to drive a tractor… preferably in a paddy field… I dream a bit more….&lt;br /&gt;Ride a tractor in MY paddy field.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Compared to all other my wish… I have no idea how to fulfill this wish…neither I nor my relatives/friends own a paddy filed. I’d never even sat on a tractor in my life. But still, I wish !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes I wish to be a farmer for at least an hour!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;subnotes:&lt;br /&gt;(1)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;MUV:: Multi Utility Vehicle ; here Toyota Qualis :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     ACV&lt;span style=""&gt;::  &lt;/span&gt;All Condition Vehicle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-116585784347717792?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/116585784347717792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=116585784347717792&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116585784347717792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116585784347717792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/12/if-wishes-die-you-dead.html' title='if wishes die ..you dead'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-116623583019904012</id><published>2006-12-15T18:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-24T05:06:06.397-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friend'/><title type='text'>തമ്പുരാന്‍</title><content type='html'>വളരെ അപൂര്‍വമായി ഞാന്‍ ഓര്‍ക്കാറുള്ള ഒരു classmate ഉണ്ടെനിക്ക്...ഈ Chennai യില്‍ തന്നെ. സുജീഷേ ക്ഷമിക്കൂ... മിക്കവാറും സമയം ഈ ചങ്ങാതിയെ കാണാന്‍ പോലും കിട്ടാറില്ല. പിന്നീടാണു മനസ്സിലായതു ആശാന്‍ ഒരു hotel നടത്തുന്നുണ്ടെന്ന കാര്യം. എപ്പോഴോ ഒരിക്കല്‍ എന്നോടു സൂചിപ്പിച്ചിരുന്നുവെങ്കിലും 30KM അകലെയുള്ള അവനെ ചെന്നു കാണാന്‍ എന്തുകൊണ്ടോ ഞാന്‍ മെനക്കെട്ടില്ല എന്നു പറയുന്നതാവും ശരി.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'റെജിമകന്‍' ഇവിടെ land ചെയ്തിട്ടുണ്ടെന്ന വിവരം പ്രസീദ് എന്ന അറിയിക്കുകയും എന്നാ പിന്നെ സുജീഷിന്റെ ഹോട്ടലില്‍ നിന്നു അത്താഴം തട്ടാം എന്നു ടിയാന്‍ തീരുമാനിക്കുകയും ചെയ്ത പ്രകാരം ഞങ്ങള്‍ അങ്ങോട്ട് വച്ചു പിടിപ്പിച്ചു. എന്തായാലും o.c യില്‍ കിട്ടുന്നതല്ലേ എല്ലാത്തിന്റേയും ഗുണനിലവാരം പരിശോധിച്ചു കളയാം എന്നു ഞാന്‍ ഉറപ്പിച്ചതിന്‍ പടി മനസില്‍ തോന്നിയതെല്ലം order ചെയ്തു ലാത്തിയടിയിലേക്കു പ്രവേശിച്ചു.  അതുകൊണ്ടാവും മുമ്പില്‍ കൊണ്ടു വച്ച ചപ്പത്തി,പൊറൊട്ട, ചിക്കന്‍ ഇത്യാതി സാധനങ്ങള്‍ ഞൊടിയിടയ്കുള്ളില്‍ ആവിയായത്. പുറമെ പുട്ടും കടല കറിയം ഒന്നു പരീക്ഷിച്ചു നോക്കി. കൊള്ളാം.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;എല്ലാം കഴിഞ്ഞപ്പോഴാണു കപ്പ മീന്‍ കറിയുടെ കാര്യം മച്ചാന്‍ സൂചിപ്പിച്ചതു. ഇനി ഇപ്പൊ ഇതു അകത്താക്കാന്‍ 30KM വരേണ്ടെന്നൊര്‍തു എന്ന ഒരു plate ആയിക്കോട്ടെ എന്നായി ഞാന്‍. "എടാ മച്ചു നിന്റെ പണ്ടെത്തെ capacity ഇപ്പൊഴും ഉണ്ടല്ലേ..." പാവം പ്രസീദ് !! അവനെന്തറിയാം ? (അവന്‍ കൊച്ചു പയ്യനല്ലേ!!!:-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;എല്ലാം കഴിഞ്ഞപ്പോള്‍ മനസിനൊരു സമാധാനം!! സ്വന്തം classmate റ്റിന്റെ hotel ലില്‍ നിന്നു മനസ്സിനിഷ്ടപ്പെട്ട കുശാലായ ഭക്ഷണം. രുചികരമായ ഒരു സദ്യ ഒരുക്കി തന്ന സുജീഷിനോടു എന്റെ ഹൃദയം നിറഞ്ഞ നന്ദി !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Address: &lt;br /&gt;Thamburan-The Kerela Restaurant,&lt;br /&gt;near Satyam IT Highway,&lt;br /&gt;Sholinganallur,&lt;br /&gt;Chennai-600119&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-116623583019904012?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/116623583019904012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=116623583019904012&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116623583019904012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116623583019904012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/12/blog-post.html' title='തമ്പുരാന്‍'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-116403067507349374</id><published>2006-12-12T19:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-12T19:56:09.653-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='college-life'/><title type='text'>Verandah Principal</title><content type='html'>You might’ve heard of St. Thomas’ College, Thrissur!!! In my Pre-degree days (Circa 1994) it was the only men’s college in the town. So the first agenda of election manifesto of all parties were nothing but building a bridge to St. Mary’s college (a famous women’s college just 200 m away from the college). Our college was notorious for the student’s strike too. Frankly speaking, I should thank student leaders who made sure at least one strike per week. Yet our college produced rank 1, 2 or 3 in Engg / Med. entrance exams. “No. of ranks were directly proportional to no. of strikes”-just an unwritten law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This college was famous for its state-of-the-art labs, which are modern enough to compete with those of IIT’s. Sorry… as pre-degree students we didn’t go anywhere near those labs. But heard that many equipments were in its “തട്ടിന്‍പുറം” (store). I remember that Science block was much stuffed with stinky smell of chemistry lab. But the college never produced an Einstein or Newton as far as I know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who cares!! take a look at the Art block. It produced a lot of poets, politicians (Quite a few Kerala leaders), script writers …etc…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I don’t care that too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I remember only one room in the college. Room no 101. The only class room with 7 doors in our college. Lucky boys... You might be jealous of us. What a facility to bunk the class to catch a movie. Oh… I forgot to mention, this college has no vast campus, no greenery .. btw, why a college without girls need all these stuff? But we were blessed with 5 theaters in the 2KM radius. (now, 8 I guess). So no wonder if you could see your lecturer near to you and don’t be afraid. They will not interfere in your business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok back to room no 101.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seven doors. Enough to tempt a teenager to slide through !!! isn’t it?!! but stop being jealous of us. Three problems were put us in a difficult situation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First one was … all lecturers know about this facility. And they make note of the guys sitting at the door side. (override rule ..choose the penultimate position on the beginning of the class. And swap the position just after your lecturer read the ‘edge’ sitters)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second. Room 101 is on the first floor. On whatever matter ..you have only one exit to downstairs which is right in front of the class lecturer. ( override rule. ‘Bribe’ your classmate on the other side to make some noise or to misbehave to disturb the focus of lecturer from the exit door.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Third..sure.. I will revisit. Let me complete the facility of room no 101. And my first day at room no 101.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did you know what a simple pendulum is? I am sure that your professors took the example of a real clock with pendulum… Am I correct? But our lecturer never used this example. They simply invite us to the bell-tower. Yes you may choose any one of 7 doors to reach at the window of bell tower. In fact room no 101 is in the bell-tower!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The advantage of this window is nothing but the road infornt of it heads to St Mary’s college and the right side road leads to Prof.PC Thomas’ entrance coaching centre. Did you get something?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yupe… We just stand there and watch the ‘birds’. You may see hundreds of simple pendulums in motion!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, the first day in the college … yes first day in Room 101 :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A group of 100 teenagers...who don’t know much about a pre-degree college… eager to wait what is going to happen… suddenly our lecturer appear in the platform and all of a sudden everybody got up and said “good morning” to the first lecturer we ever saw in our life. (what we saw in the school were just ‘maash’ and ‘chechers’)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway the lecturer didn’t bother to wish us back. Ohh…valya poss (serious guy). And he started drawing a table ..What is he doing? He started writing Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri in the first column. Suddenly a few of us got the clue? They started doing hullabaloo. Each one of us joined the party. (5 minutes later we heard the same warm welcome from nearer classes too)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes.. later he better known as “Verandah Principal”, in charge of scheduling time-table for the pre-degree students, very vigilant to catch class-cutting students, always roams around the Verandah of the college. He made sure that the ‘defaulters’ are getting enough punishment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So concluding … our third bottle neck was to flee away from the sight of this VP.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-116403067507349374?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/116403067507349374/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=116403067507349374&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116403067507349374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116403067507349374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/12/verandah-principal.html' title='Verandah Principal'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-116486484413650997</id><published>2006-11-29T21:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-29T21:34:04.166-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Timeout</title><content type='html'>Current Status:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  FORMOUT_TIME(Sachin_10) &gt; PATIENCE_TIME(self)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-116486484413650997?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/116486484413650997/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=116486484413650997&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116486484413650997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116486484413650997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/11/timeout.html' title='Timeout'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-116401975378155488</id><published>2006-11-20T02:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-27T19:08:04.263-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Airtel Magic</title><content type='html'>Day &lt;b&gt;17&lt;/b&gt;: Yeah it 'was' '&lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/11/chennais-fastest-they-claim.html"&gt;that&lt;/a&gt;' day!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; Called the agent.&lt;br /&gt;His colleague took the phone and said he was on leave.&lt;br /&gt;Remember his colleague says ..he is on leave ..through his mobile !!! (Airtel Magic)&lt;br /&gt;Evening : the agent called me back.&lt;br /&gt;He said that he will be coming to my flat with the telephone.&lt;br /&gt;Another Airtel Magic; The employee on leave is working!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally got the connection.&lt;br /&gt;wait..it is not broadband but :-(&lt;br /&gt;Just Airtel land line connection !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah but he didn't forgot to give me promise that he will bring the modem that day night.&lt;br /&gt;(May be modem was so heavy to bring along with the phone!!!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Day &lt;b&gt;18, 19&lt;/b&gt;: Escape from Airtel mania ..I was on home...lucky me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Day&lt;b&gt; 20&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;I decided not to call Airtel this day. Lets check whether they call me or not.&lt;br /&gt;Surprisingly I got an email from Airtel : "welcome to Airtel family" (another Airtel Magic)&lt;br /&gt;Reply : "which family? for what ? I didn't get your broadband connection yet"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aahaa no phone call any way!! what a service!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Day &lt;b&gt;21&lt;/b&gt;: It is for me. So I should took care myself. I made a call to that junk guy.&lt;br /&gt;Want to see another Airtel magic !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I got a reply like this... "hello ... who is speaking? "&lt;br /&gt;Eda paavi 'you' don't know me? I am the same person who is calling you 4 times everyday for last two weeks!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course he promised me that I'll be getting their great DSL connection the same day. poor me; waiting for it for the whole day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"hello Hello..."&lt;br /&gt;1st try... 2nd try ... 3rd try...&lt;br /&gt;The first time in my life I started hating AR Rahman for his Airtel music. Whenever I call these junks I get the same tune.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally got another sales guy... after hearing my story he gave some manager's number ..he called up one of his PL and checked my database. found that my sales agent is belongs to another manager. he connected the respective PL.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said a lot of sorry + 'I' understand+ I'll correct + I'll send.&lt;br /&gt;And he requested for time till next day &lt;st1:time minute="0" hour="16"&gt;4PM.&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;br /&gt;yes granted ..whatelse I can do?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Day &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;22&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6PM : no calls yet&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;st1:time minute="0" hour="20"&gt;8PM&lt;/st1:time&gt; : I made a call to that project Lead;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;again promises… sorry… etc…&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;എന്തിനധികം  പറയാന്‍ ...അവസാനം എന്റെ റൂമ്മില്‍ ഇന്റെര്‍  നെറ്റ് ഉണ്ടായി. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;22 days around the Airtel world !!!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-116401975378155488?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/116401975378155488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=116401975378155488&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116401975378155488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116401975378155488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/11/airtel-magic.html' title='Airtel Magic'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-116373863914879165</id><published>2006-11-16T20:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-29T19:27:59.636-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Chennai’s fastest ..they claim</title><content type='html'>Day &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;: Submitted the application through an Airtel sales guy.&lt;br /&gt;Day &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;: Waiting for Day 5 to use “The Great Airtel” Broadband connection.&lt;br /&gt;Day &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;: count down 2&lt;br /&gt;Day &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;4&lt;/span&gt;: count down 1&lt;br /&gt;Day &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;5&lt;/span&gt;: count down 0.&lt;br /&gt;Where is the connection? Ok… lets call them.&lt;br /&gt;He said that my address proof was not complete&lt;br /&gt;(What the hell he was doing for the past two days... I wonder)&lt;br /&gt;Handed over BSNL postpaid bill.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Day &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;6&lt;/span&gt;: A call from Airtel.&lt;br /&gt;Application/Address Verification done.&lt;br /&gt;Assigned the phone number. Oh.. So fast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Day &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;7&lt;/span&gt;: A call from the same sales guy; said my BSNL bill was old.&lt;br /&gt;(what he was looking for while I handed over the bill? )&lt;br /&gt;[a query appeared in masala-mail-group in the company about airtel.&lt;br /&gt;Suggested this agent’s number.(I feel sorry now; his “Day-1” started)]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Day &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;8&lt;/span&gt;: collected the complete rental agreement.&lt;br /&gt;Where is he? Nobody there to collect it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Day &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;9&lt;/span&gt;: Hello Hello…ohh man ..pick up the phone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Day &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;: Let’s try from somebody else’s phone.&lt;br /&gt;He picked up the phone and wondered hearing my voice.&lt;br /&gt;Claimed he was on leave.&lt;br /&gt;Ok.&lt;br /&gt;He came and collected the "address proof" . I didn’t bother to ask him the purpose of this one&lt;br /&gt;after verification is already done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Day &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;11&lt;/span&gt;. Where are the wiring guys as he promised the previous day ?&lt;br /&gt;Try to reach him. No answer. 1…2…3…4…calls. No reply.&lt;br /&gt;Day &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;1..2…3…..4……5……6……calls. No reply.&lt;br /&gt;Got a call from him; said that the Airtel DP box in my building has 6 connections&lt;br /&gt;and 3 were already assigned.&lt;br /&gt;Why can’t he assign 4th one to me?&lt;br /&gt;That’s the problem … he said that the box is not working!!!&lt;br /&gt;Ahhh… what the other 3 persons are doing then.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Days &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;13&lt;/span&gt;; he promised he will send the person today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Day &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;14&lt;/span&gt;: 1…2…3… calls.. No reply&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Day &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;15&lt;/span&gt;: Already fed up; or I forgot to call him after giving endless tries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Days &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;: He called; send the wiring person. 2 and half hours wiring works.&lt;br /&gt;(unlike what he said it is a matter of 1 hour).&lt;br /&gt;Still no Telephone ..no modem. What to do with just wires? To hang myself to death?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Day&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt; 17&lt;/span&gt;: yeah it is today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By a frustrated Future Airtel user.&lt;br /&gt;PS: My first Business with Airtel !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Part II =&gt; &lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/11/airtel-magic.html"&gt;Airtel Magic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-116373863914879165?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/116373863914879165/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=116373863914879165&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116373863914879165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116373863914879165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/11/chennais-fastest-they-claim.html' title='Chennai’s fastest ..they claim'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-116367650534442656</id><published>2006-11-16T03:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-16T20:45:44.493-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><title type='text'>Frustrated Indian</title><content type='html'>I was searching for a reason ..why India is not progressing towards ‘developed’ country!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It didn’t take much time to get an answer. Yeah it is in my blood too. Laziness !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Indians are bright, intelligent, educated and Indian economy is fairly good shape. Still one thing is missing “Hardwork” I am not expecting people to work for the nation. But why can’t they work for themselves?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the software industry, engineers are aware of the health problems ahead in their life. I don’t think that an IT engineer can lead a normal/trouble free life after 35. Everyone knows the importance of regular exercise. Still you won’t see much people in Gym, outdoor/indoor games, Yoga etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The common reason is ..”I don’t have time to do all these”. [a very good reason to hide their laziness] Yeah they have to work in the night/overtime. They forget that they are missing their life itself for ‘money’. Noone ever gets this life back with the money they have earned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At least Be selfish !!! Don’t wait others to do your work. You can not buy health with your wealth. So spend a bit time to stretch your body.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All mallus are familiar with a saying&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“സമ്പത്തു കാലത്തു തൈ പത്തു നട്ടാല്‍&lt;br /&gt;ആപത്തു കാലത്തു കാ പത്തു തിന്നാം.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apply it in the same in health too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes invest something in your fitness now.&lt;br /&gt;You may breathe well in your old age.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-116367650534442656?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/116367650534442656/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=116367650534442656&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116367650534442656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116367650534442656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/11/frustrated-indian.html' title='Frustrated Indian'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-116339296153647586</id><published>2006-11-15T00:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-15T06:33:30.133-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fun'/><title type='text'>ബഗുകള്‍ പലതരം</title><content type='html'>[Use IE to read this post properly. You may use &lt;a href="http://www.geocities.com/jojujohnc/almy/index.html"&gt;Mashithantu&lt;/a&gt; to write back.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;വിവിധ തരം bug കളെ പറ്റി ഒരു അവലോകനം.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;ക്ഷത്രിയന്‍ ബഗുകള്‍.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"ക്ഷത്രിയന് സാവു കടയ്യാത്" - വിജയകാന്ത്, തമിഴ് സിനിമാനടന്‍.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;വളരെ അപൂര്‍വമായി കണ്ടുവരുന്ന ശക്തികൂടിയ ഇനങ്ങളാണിവ. ഒരിക്കല്‍ system ത്തില്‍ കടന്നു കൂടിയാല്‍ പിന്നെ ഇവറ്റകളെ തല്ലിപുറത്താകാന്‍ ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടാണ്. ഒരു തരത്തില്‍ അല്ലെങ്കില്‍ മറ്റൊരു തരത്തില്‍ അവറ്റകള്‍ പൊങ്ങി വരും. മിക്കവാറും അതിന്റെ പുറത്തു work ചെയ്യുന്ന എഞ്ചിനിയറുടെ വാര്‍ഷിക appraisal ഇവറ്റകള്‍ കാരണം കുത്തനെ താഴെ പോകാന്‍ സാധ്യതയുണ്ട്.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;സദാം ബഗുകള്‍&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;ഇവരും ഭയങ്കരന്മാരണ്. ഒരു വ്യത്യാസം മാത്രം. ഇവരെ കൊല്ലേണ്ട വിധം എല്ലാ ബുഷ്-കള്‍ക്കും അറിയാം. പക്ഷെ അവരെ തൊട്ടാല്‍ തൊടുന്നവന്‍ വിവരം അറിയും. അതുവരെ മാന്യന്മാരയിരുന്ന ഒരു പറ്റം bugകളുടെ ആക്രമണം പേടിച്ച്... "ഇപ്പൊ കൊല്ലും... കൊല്ലാന്‍ പോവുകയാണ്" എന്ന പല്ലവി ആവര്‍ത്തിച്ചു കൊണ്ടിരിക്കും. ഇതു Manager മാരെ തൃപ്തിപെടുത്താന്‍ ഉതകുന്നതായതിനാല്‍ പല engineer മാരും ഈ വഴിക്കു പൊതുവെ രക്ഷപെടാറുണ്ട്. വിദഗ്ദഭാഷയില്‍ {Technically speeking} ഈ ബഗിനെ close ചെയ്തു എന്നു പറയും.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ചാവേര്‍ ബഗുകള്‍&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ഇവര്‍ പ്രത്യക്ഷപെട്ടാല്‍ engineer റുടെ തലയെടുക്കാനുള്ള ഭാവമായിരിക്കും. CAP case എന്ന ഓമനപേരില്‍ ഒരു report number ഇവര്‍ക്കുണ്ടാവും. CAP case എന്നു പറഞ്ഞാല്‍ engineer രുടെ 'തൊപ്പി' തെറിക്കാവുന്ന case എന്നര്‍ത്ഥം.ഗതി കെട്ടാല്‍ ഇവരെ hardware issue ആയി പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ച് ഒഴിവാക്കുന്നതാണ് സ്വതവേ കണ്ടു വരുന്ന ഒരു പ്രവണത.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;അഭിമാന ബഗുകള്‍.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ചില ബഗുകള്‍ അങ്ങിനെയാണ്. അഭിമാനം പണയപ്പെടുത്താന്‍ ഇവര്‍ തയ്യാറല്ല. ആദ്യം അവറ്റകള്‍ തന്നെ ശരിപ്പെടുത്താന്‍ നിയോഗിച്ചിട്ടുള്ള engineer രുടെ പേരു നോക്കും. engineer രെ ഇഷ്ടപെടാത്തതു കൊണ്ടോ എന്തോ അവര്‍ സ്വയം അങ്ങു തൂങ്ങി ചാവും. ഇതു അതേ പടി manager റോട് പറയാനുള്ള നാണക്കേടു കൊണ്ട് ..."ഓ ആ ബഗ് unreproducible അയിരുന്നു" എന്നു കാച്ചും.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ഓല പാമ്പുകള്‍.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;വരുന്ന വരുവു കണ്ടാ തോന്നും ഇവന്‍ മൂര്‍ഖന്റെ അടുത്ത ബന്ധുവാണെന്നു. അടുത്തെത്തി കഴിഞ്ഞാലാണു മനസിലാവുക ഇതു വെറും ഓല പാമ്പാണെനന്‍. ഉടനെ തന്നെ അതിനെ ചുള്ളി കമ്പ് കൊണ്ട് തല്ലി കൊല്ലും. Junk ചെയ്യുമെന്ന്.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;മച്ചാന്‍ ബഗുകള്‍&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ചില ബഗുകള്‍ അങ്ങിനെയാണു. മച്ചാന്‍ മച്ചാന്മാരാണ്. ഒരാളെ കുഴിച്ചു മൂടാന്‍ സാധിച്ചാല്‍ മറ്റവന്‍ താനേ കീഴടങ്ങും. ഇവര്‍ Duplicate bugs ആണെന്നും ചില വിദഗ്ദ പക്ഷവുമുണ്ട്.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;അടികുറിപ്പ്:&lt;/strong&gt; ഈ ബ്ലോഗ് അടിച്ചുകയറ്റി കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്നതിനിടയില്‍ വീട്ടില്‍ നിന്നു ഫോണ്‍ !!!&lt;br /&gt;"എടാ ഞാന്‍ ഒരു 'പേരുവിവരപട്ടിക' അയച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. നിനക്കു താത്പര്യം തോന്നുന്ന പെണ്ണിന്റെ പേര്‍ പെട്ടന്നു തന്നെ എന്നെ അറിയിക്ക്. ഞാന്‍ പെണ്ണിന്റെ വീട്ടുകാരുമായി ആലോചിക്കാം !!"&lt;br /&gt;ആഹാ... എന്റെ ജീവിതത്തിലേക്കുള്ള ബഗ് തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കാന്‍ ഒരു കനകാവവസരം !!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-116339296153647586?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/116339296153647586/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=116339296153647586&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116339296153647586'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116339296153647586'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/11/blog-post_15.html' title='ബഗുകള്‍ പലതരം'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-116339269430746689</id><published>2006-11-12T20:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-24T05:06:06.398-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='trips'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friend'/><title type='text'>Goa sans ‘Sameer’</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/palolam-tree.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/320/palolam-tree.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have you ever watched a movie 4 times at a stretch in 24 hours? I did.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DCH was the last one I watched in such a passion (First two were Manichithrathazhu and DDLJ)&lt;br /&gt;And one dialog stuck in my mind is…&lt;br /&gt;“apna bag pack kar. Mein sid ke saath khadi me thera inthezaar karronga”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We - Myself, Bijoy, Melvin, and Vikas couldn’t think much to plan a Goa trip the moment we saw the movie. But we landed up in different parts of the country after passing out from the college. Palakad, Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai. We never happenened to see together for 4 years after our graduation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now we three are in Chennai and one in Bangalore. So our heart were beating fast as the Deepavali long weekend was approaching. By character, my classmates were already put name to us. Nobody ever took time to name Vikas as sameer. And our the main headache was to arrange truck for his return trip… :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suddenly, the plan was changed with a happy news …Vikas got engaged with Roshni on Deepavali Sunday. So we cancelled the truck booked for him.!!! And Anoop joined us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Needn’t tell much about Goa. But a few things to point out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/shack-view.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/400/shack-view.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Goa is a place very much like Kerala with Beautiful beaches. And never miss Palolem beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sun, Sand and plenty of Skin !!! what else you want? The sunset @ Palolem is an extraordinary one.  Also you will get a fairly good sun rise too !!! (Palolam is a curved beach). You may live in shack which is facing the beach. What about a ride in fisher men boat to see Dolphin island, Butterfly Island and Honeymoon beach? Oh… you want to fish? Get up early and go with them. Only your laziness to wakeup early will be there to block you!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember one thing. Don’t be in hurry. Everything is slow there. Surprisingly I took 2 and half hours to finish a scoop of rice!!! (my min speed to have a full meals is just 10min). It is very nice to enjoy the shore with a cool sea breeze on your hair. No wonder why these story writers are spending their time with sea. But for us reason might be different. Put a cooling glass to hide the moments of your eyes and simply sit down there. You will never aware about the time machine :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/where_is_she.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/200/where_is_she.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;where is she going &gt;&gt;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Foreigners are less complex than what we think. They just say “Hi How are you” unlike we keep our face serious. They wear two pieces while relaxing in sand is just to differentiate their skin with sand. Otherwise ‘bloody Indians’ might walk over them. Sorry the bloody Indians attitude is not from them. It is common in the restaurants. Only Indians could think like so!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Frankly I got a bit bored up with Goa. May be because of two reasons.&lt;br /&gt;1)    I don’t have any girl friend or spouse or whatever.&lt;br /&gt;2)    I was already relaxed. In the sense my work rarely demands busy schedule.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In short, Do not plan Goa trip much before. Are you held up with some dirty job? Did you finish any hell release? wanna some peace of mind?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes that is the right time to fly Goa. Don’t forget to call your girl friend too :-)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-116339269430746689?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/116339269430746689/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=116339269430746689&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116339269430746689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116339269430746689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/11/goa-sans-sameer.html' title='Goa sans ‘Sameer’'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-116235755996142465</id><published>2006-10-31T21:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-10-31T23:21:47.326-08:00</updated><title type='text'>അവസാനം...</title><content type='html'>...ഞാന്‍ അതു ചെയ്തു. എന്റെ സ്വപ്നം. (ക്ഷമിക്കണം. സ്വപ്നതിന്റെ 10 ശതമാനം മാത്രം.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;മഷി തണ്ട് -ന്റെ ആദ്യ 'അവതാര'ത്തിലേക്കു സ്വാഗതം. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;YaSJ യുടെ ജന്മനാലുള്ള മടിക്കു വ്യക്തമായ സാക്ഷിയായി... ഒരു &lt;a href="http://mashithantu.blogspot.com/"&gt;മഷി തണ്ട്.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;B.Tech ജയിച്ചു പുറത്തു വരുന്നതിനു മുന്‍പെ എനിക്കു ചെയ്യാന്‍ കഴിയുമായിരുന്ന ഒരു 'യന്ത്രം ' ഞാന്‍ ചെയ്തു തീര്‍ത്തതു... 5 വര്‍ഷത്തിനു ശേഷം മാത്രം !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;എന്റെ സ്വപ്നം ഇനിയും അവശേഷിക്കുന്നു. ഒരു spell checker !! നമ്മുടെ മലയാളത്തിനു വേണ്ടി. അതിന്റെ ആദ്യപടി ഇവിടെ തുടങ്ങട്ടെ !! Manglish -ല്‍ നിന്ന് മലയാളത്തിലേയ്ക്കുള്ള ഒരു തര്‍ജ്ജിമ 'മ്രുദുല യന്ത്രമായി' {translating software}!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ഈ blog 'മഷി തണ്ട്' editor ഉപയൊഗിച്ചാണു എഴുതിയതു. See the source file as comment.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-116235755996142465?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/116235755996142465/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=116235755996142465&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116235755996142465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116235755996142465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/11/blog-post.html' title='അവസാനം...'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-116013857271117751</id><published>2006-10-10T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-17T04:11:20.167-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='trips'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friend'/><title type='text'>Kodai- a soothing experience</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/road2kodai.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/200/road2kodai.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just thought to log our Kodai trip last weekend. Here it goes; a crisp description.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We, Bijoy-Raveesh-Manoj-Deepak-Gopan-Myself, packed our bags and headed to  Kodaikanal last Friday. Since it was my 4th visit I was not particularly interested in Kodai Lake, Boating, Suicide Point, Pillar Rock, Garden etc. This trip was a 3-day trip unlike my first 3 One-day trips.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/kodai-prabhatham.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/320/kodai-prabhatham.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As usual we started with Cycling. Circled the lake once and went to a tea shop from where we ordered masala-tea. Frankly at that time only we came to know that the masala tea we had before were not at all masala tea !!! That night we set-up a camp-fire. Unfortunately politics came to our discussion and it almost spoiled the night. later we recovered with an interesting topic: First Crush.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next day morning we took our cycles and traversed unchatered paths uphill. We touched some dead end in 45 minutes but return journey took only 2mins. free fly in the cycle downhill. And went to check out most-necessary-facility in any hill station, Suicide Point ;-) Unlike other visits we were unable to see the beauty of the valley from the point due to heavy fog. Then we headed forPiller Rock, Same fate; couldn’t see it. Nobody worried about it. We were looking for a football ground. Yup… it is the common factor binding us together. We used to play football during the weekdays.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/piller%20rock.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/320/piller%20rock.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Due to heavy traffic block/Jam we reached the pine forest only by 2pm. As usual we walked through the unknown paths and surprisingly we reached at the 'top' from where we could see the Piller Rock from the backside!!! plus a view from the point which is 200m above Suicide point. and off-course one can easily take his life from that height too :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From there we walked down through another route where we heard a huge noise of crowd. Hence reached the Guna-cave (named after Climax of Kamal Hassan's movie, Guna). It is a terrific point. It is a must see place even if it is a one-day trip. Then we had tried to go to Berijam lake, but it required permission to enter the forest. So, moved back. Next was Cockers walk, spent one hour peacefully. Then to Cottage. camp-fire again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Manoj-lake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/320/Manoj-lake.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Next morning everybody woke up early (early means 7'o Clock) and checked out the bungalow and went to the forest office to get permission for entering to forest. Sadly they told Mondays andtuesdays visitors are not allowed to visit the 'jungle'(hindi). [Why? Is it to help the ‘them’, Sandal wood mafia?] But it is India yaar. Just bribe… you will get permission to do whatever. So we waited for the IFS officer. Surprisingly, he allowed first 20 which included us too. (off-course others had to bribe the guard).Also IFS guy was waiting for some big guns. Who cares chotta-chotta (Hindi) 'thuppakkees'(Tamil).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would say one thing. If we didn't show our patience, we would have missed the best part of our journey. So bang to Berijam lake. It was totally a refreshing and new experience. After reaching the lake we further walked for one hour around the lake. Nobody other than we six. prakruthiyumayi izhuki chernnu oru manikoor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/berijam%20lake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/320/berijam%20lake.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Returned back to our Tevera. Found that our driver got severe fever. Why worry. We have a 'taxi' driver in our gang. Who else... Rave the great !!! Yup comfortably reached back in Chennai at 3.30AM (Oct3, 2006). In summary, we escaped from Chennai hot sun for 3 days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-----some (fun) moments (may not be interesting for you :-) -----&lt;br /&gt;Tharagal palarum undayenkilum Raveeshanu thaaram. (Hero of the tour : Rave!!!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While creeping into the forest we saw a Tamil board in the shape of a tiger: "enkaleyum vazhaka vidunkal".It means "Let us live". But Rave's definition was different: "kandille machanu kazhikkan onnum kittiyittilennu" (Tiger wants you as a prey ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deepak, after seeing the lake, planned for a usual movie shot. He requested Rave’s shoe for fish-a-shoe from the lake. And he suggested not saving Rave even if some crocodile attacks, but just make movie; Rave-fight-with-crocodile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Berijam_lake%203.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/320/Berijam_lake%203.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Troop observed an utter silence while Rave handed-over wheel to Manoj, another ‘rally’ driver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It seems whole Kerala was there. “Maari nikkada mundakkal sekhara”… “Mundokke-yulla sekharanayaalum… Mundokke illathe sekharanayallum ..maari podai”… Interpretation for the famous Mohanlal Dialog by another cycle gang.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also whole ‘company’ was there… met a North-Indian gang on the way. Heard that a Tamil gang on another part of Kodai. Bijoy met his PL and I met my Manager on the way. We again met him(He is managing Rave too ;-) on the Cockers walk.&lt;br /&gt;Rave’s immediate reaction …(to Manoj) “ Suresh and family, ..decent aavu… decent avvu (be decent) …”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/berijamlake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/320/berijamlake.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another remarkable moment...&lt;br /&gt;background: Gopan was recently engaged, myself is planning to look for a partner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rave (to Bijoy) : Eda…. (seriously…) Lets us  discuss something….&lt;br /&gt;Bijoy: Enthonnu..(what ?)&lt;br /&gt;Rave (to Bijoy) : "..about your future Wife…."&lt;br /&gt;Bijoy : "hmmm.." (seems so happy)&lt;br /&gt;Rave : "So let us start thinking about it..."&lt;br /&gt;(poetically)&lt;br /&gt;...Aval enthayirikkanam ...? (what she should be ?)&lt;br /&gt;...Aval aaraayirikkam ...?      (Who she should be?)&lt;br /&gt;...hmmm... (watching Bijoy closely and keeping a hand distance)&lt;br /&gt;...Aval Aarude-yayirikkanam … ;))!!!? (Whose she should be !!!?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyhow he escaped from Bijoy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------------------photo of the day-----------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/oldman-reading.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/320/oldman-reading.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Old man with a cigarette in one hand, book in another hand. He is reading the most sensational novel of the century, Da-vinci-code in the cool, calm atmosphere. See the dog near by.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-116013857271117751?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/116013857271117751/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=116013857271117751&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116013857271117751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116013857271117751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/10/kodai-soothing-experience.html' title='Kodai- a soothing experience'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-116003060898959507</id><published>2006-10-05T21:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-05T22:07:03.696-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><title type='text'>Brothers-in-arms</title><content type='html'>Part 1: &lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/09/mother-in-law.html"&gt;Mother-in-law&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I paused with a question.&lt;br /&gt;Should I give  full mark to my mother or to my aunts or to my grandma for making peace in the family?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may give 10 marks to my grand ma, 60 marks to my mom and aunts. To where the rest of marks going to?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;30 marks go to my father and his brothers. Why?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They did care their parents more than anything else. They found more value in paying attention to them rather than playing Cards. They never even hesitated to halt helping their kids in their homework, the moment they hear a call-of-duty from their parents. In another way, they taught their children a good lesson through their own act. It is nothing but "Obey your parents". It was fun to see that they were choosing the shortest path to reach Grandpa in no time. I still remember my father (even at his 40s) running down the slippery wooden stair-case is like sliding down. I may even compare with that of the style of son-and-father-relation in 'God father' (Malayalam Movie).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I always observed an utter silence whenever my Grandpa indented to speak. You may see one example from this page. &lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/06/george-10.html"&gt;(George +10)&lt;/a&gt;. No one ever spoke to my grand father louder than his voice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ee abhyaasagal (chittakal) kandu kondu kayari varunna pennu enginne avare dhikkarikkum?&lt;br /&gt;(How can a new bride disobey their parents-in-law after watching all these discipline?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One event.&lt;br /&gt;Sahikkettu (after bearing a lot of firing) my mother hesitated to obey my grand mother (to do something). Mom clearly told to my father that she will not do those for her. Surprisingly my father didn't say any word and went out and completed what his mother asked his wife to do. and returned back. and asked her politely. "If this women were you mother, did you disobey her?...if you found difficulty to obey this old woman let me know I'll do it for you".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He successfully balanced his wife and his mother!!! Baseline of successful married life :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From where he could have learnt all these things? (Might be continuing...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Footnote:&lt;br /&gt;How could you say your children to obey you without yourself obeying your father?&lt;br /&gt;How could you say your wife to respect your parents without yourself respecting your parents?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-116003060898959507?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/116003060898959507/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=116003060898959507&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116003060898959507'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116003060898959507'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/10/brothers-in-arms.html' title='Brothers-in-arms'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-116003087246486662</id><published>2006-10-04T23:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-05T00:00:01.190-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Deserved better treatment</title><content type='html'>I was a ardent cricket fan two-three years back. But now, I don’t know where the hell my passion for this game has drained away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I still remember a few matches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The crowd was roaring in the gallery when one man danced down the crease for a six.&lt;br /&gt;People say that he ‘is’ the God in square cut.&lt;br /&gt;He forced the habit of celebrating each wicket taken in a fascinating way of forming circles.&lt;br /&gt;He showed the urge for victory.&lt;br /&gt;He is the most successful captain for the team till date.&lt;br /&gt;He supported the new fellows hence cultivated the Team India.&lt;br /&gt;His record says he is the 4th in world-highest run-hunter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yup He is Sourav Ganguly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May be he is out of form. May be better players are in queue for ‘Team India’.&lt;br /&gt;But I am shocked while reading the news “The doors are closed”.&lt;br /&gt;I am ok with that decision because new talents will get a chance. But what shocked me was the description “Former Ranji Captain Sourav …..blah blah”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He is not just a former Ranji Captain. He is the one who build the Team India. He is THE FORMER INDIAN CAPTAIN. He decorated that post more than any one, I would say. Just because he put the Indian team to the regular habit of winning matches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tail: If his name were Sachin he would be still in the team.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-116003087246486662?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/116003087246486662/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=116003087246486662&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116003087246486662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/116003087246486662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/10/deserved-better-treatment.html' title='Deserved better treatment'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-115924416053723912</id><published>2006-09-25T21:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-05T22:42:05.223-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><title type='text'>Mother-in-law</title><content type='html'>Once I asked my mother "How could you stay with your mother-in-law for 19 long years!!!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I continued "Did you effectively treated her as your mother?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"NO Never...she is my mother-in- LAW only". Her answer suprised me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"My mother might be ready to forgive me, if I did something wrong..she might be ready to forgive me ..if I ignore her..." She explained "..But this woman is my mother-in-law only... So I never want a mistake from my side... I cared her more than I did for my mother". She continued her theory. She was sure that her mother-in-law used to get hurt easily it seems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was not easy to live in a huge family. I had witnessed her struggles. She might got firing from my grandmother for not replacing something in place. The same thing might be in use with somebody. But in Grandma’s point of view she saw my mom taking it. Now, it is neither in my mom's hand nor in the place!!! or my mother don't know where it was either. Obviously she got mistaken. Also Grand Ma was very particular about using oil in kitchen. If she found slightly over use, who ever last used it got the punishment. Real root cause might be somebody else!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reason for firing might vary for different issues from not ironing grandpa's shirt to giving extra something to the servants. It might be my mom's fault or somebody else’s fault. No matter... all daughter-in-laws has to share their part of punishment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I even fed up with the ration system in the big family. x number of soaps, y number of bar-soaps, z number of ABC etc per family per month. I had waited till 9th to get a full egg !!! it is a kind of 'CMM level'... 9th std and above get full egg. 3rd and above get half egg others get 1/4th etc. this list may extend to a couple of pages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All of these may happen round the clock everyday. Still nobody said a word against Grandma. She (mother-in-law) treated her daughter-in-laws equally. Otherwise with a thinner physique my grandmother can not control her seven daughter-in-laws in a raw. That too different types of women. She could be a great manager ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Were my mother and aunts fools to obey a woman in 60s (even she couldn't walk fast)? Can't they ignore her? Can't they fight with her? Were they so dumb?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They (1) tolerated for the peace of their husbands. Their children. More over, they cared her age. They had a simple theory too... "&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"&gt;Without two hands you can not clap.... to make a sound&lt;/span&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can we give full mark to my mother or to aunts or to grandma for making peace in the family? (&lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/10/brothers-in-arms.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;to be continued...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Footnote:&lt;br /&gt;(1) 'They' is a general term. There are a couple of exceptions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tail: Thought of my cousin motivated me to scribble down this.&lt;br /&gt;She is living with her husband (who is a single-ton son of his parents) in a rented house. It didn't take even 7 months to separate her husband from his lovable parents. Pennerumbittal ennu kettetteyulloo (If woman decides!!!). Avalu aare kandu padichathanavao? (From where she learnt to do this?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But frankly, I have no wonder !!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"&gt;How can you expect a woman to obey/respect her mother-in-law if she is not even obeying/respecting her own mother?!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-115924416053723912?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/115924416053723912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=115924416053723912&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/115924416053723912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/115924416053723912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/09/mother-in-law.html' title='Mother-in-law'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-115882996225674122</id><published>2006-09-21T22:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-21T22:32:23.493-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><title type='text'>Vidheyar : Subservient ones</title><content type='html'>(If you get time, try to watch a classic Malayalam movie 'Vidheyan'- A Mammootty film.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While I was watching Ind vs WI (DLF cup; tri-nation series; Ind-WI-Aus), an advt. popped up with a famous face. He claimed that there is no pesticide in his favourite-cola-brand. He verified all the work of their factory and seemed satisfied and he randomly choose a cola-bottle and he took a sip with his 'head up'. I expected this advt. much earlier :-) [and if they really interested, I have a better one]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whom should I believe to?, the experts who tested the soft drink and shocked India 2 or 3 years back or this 'Vidheyan'?. After all, I hope that common man will distinguish this advt. from the declaration of their matinee idol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I remember a Cricket series Ind Vs Eng, Year 2002 I guess. A couple of England players got sick during the match. And I don't know ...after that particular event all the England players started using the cola imported from Singapore (or Malaysia?).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHY?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If my memory is correct, A newspaper reported that the employees of American embassy are using non-Indian colas (I don’t know the authenticity of this news). If this is true....?!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My question is…WHY?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When people will get to know that this Cola-company’s are just doing their ‘business’. I guess a single Hindi movie ‘Corporate’ is not enough to open the eyes of Indians. But they coolly described the dirty-business-tricks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now US government itself is forcing India to check on this cola-ban.  They threatened Indian Govt. that they will not invest further in India, if we didn’t use their Cola products again. I have no surprise in this move.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But what surprised me is that another ‘Vidheyan’ even dare to say that&lt;br /&gt;“Test the breast milk, you might see the pesticide!!!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enthoru Vidheyathwam (What a subservience)?!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the great movie of this 'Vidheyan' is still running in packed house in a Mumbai theater even after 500 weeks (10 years) !!! I wonder when these people will have a Vidheyathwam to their fans?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-115882996225674122?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/115882996225674122/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=115882996225674122&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/115882996225674122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/115882996225674122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/09/vidheyar-subservient-ones.html' title='Vidheyar : Subservient ones'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-115883572310389682</id><published>2006-09-21T03:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-21T03:48:43.106-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wanna subscribe?</title><content type='html'>If you are interested in what I am writing, you may subscribe to this blog through Feedblitz. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have to provide your email address and you will get a confirmation mail immediately. confirm it by clicking the link they provide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whenever I write something in this blog, you will get an update through mail :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;form method="post" action="http://www.feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?AddNewUserDirect"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enter your Email&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="EMAIL" maxlength="255" size="30" value="" type="text"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="FEEDID" value="102186" type="hidden"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input value="Subscribe me!" type="submit"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Powered by &lt;a href="http://www.feedblitz.com"&gt;FeedBlitz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-115883572310389682?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/115883572310389682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=115883572310389682&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/115883572310389682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/115883572310389682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/09/wanna-subscribe.html' title='Wanna subscribe?'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-115795734279843354</id><published>2006-09-17T06:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-21T04:00:39.543-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drive'/><title type='text'>George Vs Henry : 847/1374</title><content type='html'>&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;At last my dad surrendered to my wish. Hence, completed &lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/03/on-penultimate-year-of-bachelor-ship.html"&gt;the third one in the list&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Henry-george.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/400/Henry-george.png" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Longest ever drive in my life. 847 KM (previous record reads 160KM).&lt;br /&gt;Dad scanned all the gutters in the road but he missed the &lt;i style=""&gt;Mannuthi&lt;/i&gt; junction, from the turn which leads to my home… :-) &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;On the way we witnessed a dog attacking a bike rider (Pollachi-Vadakkumchery route) and saw a fox too in the same road ( rather I should have call it a forest).&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;I admire my mother and sister patiently spending all these days in the Car, just for my craze!!Or are they craze too?!!Hats-off to my brother for 503 KM drive and his previous record was just 40 KM !!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;And Thank GOD for the safe return. (It is not my merit that no crazy truck drivers crash my car.)&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Here goes my Bike ride. &lt;a href="http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/05/i-forgive.html"&gt;Chennai-Bangalore&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-115795734279843354?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/115795734279843354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=115795734279843354&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/115795734279843354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/115795734279843354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/09/george-vs-henry-8471374.html' title='George Vs Henry : 847/1374'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-115710769150823726</id><published>2006-09-04T20:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T21:13:14.696-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><title type='text'>They build the Nation !!</title><content type='html'>Wishing a Happy Teacher's Day to all my respected teachers, especially my class teachers from 1 to 10.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;std 1 C Rosily teacher&lt;br /&gt;std 2 B Annama teacher&lt;br /&gt;std 3 A Kathrina teacher (amazing capability to teach)&lt;br /&gt;std 4 A Kathrina teacher (my father influenced HM to move myself into her class)&lt;br /&gt;std 5 D Davis mashu.&lt;br /&gt;std 6 B Annie teacher (rarely she was known by that name)&lt;br /&gt;std 7 C Limcy teacher (she was very pretty and very good/dedicated/young teacher; I guess, She was the only one without a nick name)&lt;br /&gt;std 8 C Maggi teacher&lt;br /&gt;std 9 C Chinnma teacher&lt;br /&gt;std10 A Susaanth mashu (the person who forced his students to think)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but my all time favorite teacher is Malathi teacher. She taught us Malayalam in her fabulous way. Her story telling capabilities were highly impressive. Through her I knew Mahabharatha and Ramayana in its passion. She broke the ice of 'vrutham', 'alankaram' etc like tough things. Some teacher's presence motivated us to study their subject. No wonder why I hate Chemistry from 9th onwards. No wonder why it became one of my favorite subjects after Prof. K P Antony’s lecturers. No wonder why we (B.tech classmates) love Prof. Radhakrishna and Vrinda Madam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Surprisingly I was also a teacher. Couldn't I motivate my students? Couldn't I influence them to study programming? Apart from making my lectures interesting, my main focus was to create a Linux oriented culture through out the department. It was the-best-page in my life. A handful of good students!!! Amazing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love all my teachers. I can not forget two teachers for their contribution to my programming skills. yup... our favorite&lt;a href="http://pramode.net/"&gt; pce&lt;/a&gt; and prof. Manoj Kumar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello Teachers!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teaching is the best profession in the world as far as I know. You are the best person to guide the youth of India. You are THE person to show the value of values to your children. Do not afraid to take responsibility to set a good culture. Your students will follow you. The future of India is in your hands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All the Best.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-115710769150823726?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/115710769150823726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=115710769150823726&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/115710769150823726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/115710769150823726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/09/they-build-nation.html' title='They build the Nation !!'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11615142.post-115710585672699929</id><published>2006-09-01T03:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-06T03:52:13.926-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Free Free ...!!!</title><content type='html'>"Hey good opportunity for u guys......hurry up... Ericsson is distributing cell phones for free over the internet to compete with Nokia .. blah… blah...please cc Smith to track your mails".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Frankly, I am fed up with this kind of messages. Those guys who forward these mails are working for good companies with very good salaries. Still they expect a free mobile :-( Once I replied back to my friend. "Let me know if you get a mobile in two weeks like they offer". He gave me an instant reply. "I know I will not get it. But… (kittiyalo?).No extra effort man... just forward it..thats all". He wants to try his luck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Couldn't they find the marketing trick in this? Free Publicity. Smith@Ericsson dot com might be laughing at us :-( OC-yil kittiyaal Acid-umm kudikkaruthu. (Don't drink Acid, it being available free of cost).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had forwarded this kind of mails a couple of time... but enikkoru pullum kittiyilla (I didn't get any). So I learnt from experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A funny SMS: (It is enjoyable Only if you know Malayalam)&lt;br /&gt;"Do you want a Nokia7980 for Rs1500 with hutch sim card and life long free sms and free local call for 30 min? log on to this website ... www. nokki irunno ippo kittum.com"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apart from joke... Do you know why you are getting spam mails? This is how your mail ids are spreading across the globe without your knowledge. So folks, please stop this non-sense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Final word: No Miracle is going to happen, if you just forward "send this to 10 people within the next 10 minutes".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---Edit---&lt;br /&gt;Adding more:&lt;br /&gt;...Bill Gates is sharing his fortune....When you forward this e-mail to friends, Microsoft can and will track it (if you are a Microsoft Windows user) for a two week time period.For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay you $245.00.....&lt;br /&gt;Try your luck !!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11615142-115710585672699929?l=yasj.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/feeds/115710585672699929/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11615142&amp;postID=115710585672699929&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/115710585672699929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11615142/posts/default/115710585672699929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yasj.blogspot.com/2006/09/free-free.html' title='Free Free ...!!!'/><author><name>yetanother.softwarejunk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204797869678316780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/837/950/1600/Joju-bin.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
