Sunday, March 30, 2008

Rahul Dravid 10000 runs

I am a great fan of Rahul Dravid.I take this opportunity to congratulate Rahul Dravid for achieving the feat.He is rightly called "THE WALL".How many times he has saved India by his cautious batting.If you look in to the records were there were big partnerships,you can take it for granted one name will be Rahul Dravid.
In my books he is the most Consistent, Reliable and Dependable batsman.

Some say he is playing for his personal scores.I strongly deny because when he made 10000 runs in ODI , he didn't even lift his bat after achieving the record.He modestly said that runs will come if you bat on.

I once heard in his interview that , if you come to the crease, plan to face the next ball, don't ever plan to bat for 50's and 100's.if you play with the merit of the ball, by defending the good balls and send the bad ones to the boundary, runs will come automatically.

Rahul Dravid has scored 10,000 runs in both form of cricket the Test match and the one dayers.so there is no point in telling that he is fit for test matches only.

He is a good person by heart, and what is lacking in him is the aggression as a captain.he simply expects every one to perform at their best as he does, this policy does not work most of the time. As a captain he should be a blend of aggression as well as soft. Mahindra Singh Dhoni is a best example for a good captain.

Rahul David is the 6Th batsman to achieve this feat of 10,000 runs in the test Cricket next to Brian Lara,Sachin Tendulkar, Australia's Allan Border and Steve Waugh and Sunil Gavaskar.

He has made 5 double centuries ,most by a Indian Batsman.

He has made 25 centuries in total.

He has scored centuries against all test playing nations.
Australia(2),Bangladesh(2),England(3),New Zealand(4),Pakistan(5),South Africa(2),Sri Lanka(1),West Indies(3),Zimbabwe(3).

I wish Dravid to continue to perform like this for the years to come.


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Saturday, March 29, 2008

Virendar Sehwag - Test Career a Review

Virendar Sehwag is the only Indian Batsman to score over 300 runs in the Test Arena.A fastest triple century by any batsman in the history of Cricket.

He has equalled Australian Don Broadman and Brian Lara by scoring second triple century.

He has surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record at Chepauk Stadium ,Chennai by hitting a triple century, a record that was prevailing more than a decade.

He is able to hit big centuries because he is a free flowing batsman. his strike rate is excellent mostly 90+.

He has a Test Average of 90 runs against pakistan, a proud figure for any batsman.

He has a test average of 50+ over all

But honestly he is not consistent.if he is, he would have scored 5 double centuries or more like Dravid.he is no doubt a threat to the opposite side but out of 10 , he gives his best only 3 times. Most of his best batting comes when he has a threat that he will not have a place in the team if he does not perform.In simple language he is complacent.

Hope many readers will have a different opinion.

If he delivers 100% every match sincerely he will surpass 400 hundreds runs record by Brian Lara and will also make Team India more powerful.

To my knowledge , he should be a better batsman than he is today.he needs to be more consistent, that is the need of the hour.

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Friday, March 28, 2008

Seventymm (70 mm) - not up to the mark

I am a member of 70 mm. For those who do know what is 70mm. It is india's largest movie Rental company.They provide cd's and dvd's at your door step. This blog is not just a review but my experience

Positive's of 70 mm
The membership fee and the rental fee is nominal.
Members have access to their movie database online.http://www.seventymm.com/Home/Welcome.
Free home delivery and pick-up
Over 15,000 movies
14 different languages
Across 6 cities in India.
DVD's are original print so the out put is excellent for viewing.
You can create a online queue so that they can send the movies one after the other.
There is a referral program, if you introduce a maximum of 6 people ,you will be able to get few dvds free every month as long as there subscrition is active.
You can hold 2 vcd's or dvd's for a maximum of 15 days.

Not So Positive's of 70mm

Mostly they do not have a better collection of VCDS and DVD's.They have VCD's and DVD's which is released either 6 to 8 months old.

Even if you create a queue, when ever you ask them most of the time the vcds or DVD's are not available.they say it is in circulation.

Most of the time when ever we ask our favorite videos ,it ends up in a situation that we need to be satisfied with the videos that they offer.i am member of 70 mm for more than 4 months now.I am facing the similar situation most of the time.If at all the video is available it is available in the VCD format and not in the DVD format.For people who have a latest home theatre facility they have to be satisfied with the vcd format.

My subscription is valid for next 3 months.if things to do not change.I have decided to close my account.

To be honest 70 mm service is not upto the mark as per my experience.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Cricket - South Africa tour to India (Mar08 - Apr 08)

South African Cricket team is touring India. They will play 3 Test Matches.

India and South Africa has played 19 test matches between themselves. Out of which 5 matches were played in India and 14 matches were played in South Africa.South Africa has a upper hand by winning 9 matches out of 19 , 4 won by India and 6 were drawn.

The First Match is played at Chennai between March 26'th - March 30'th.

The Second match will be plyed t Ahemadabad between April 3'rd - April 7'th

The Third Match will be played at Kanpur between April 11'th - April 15'th

The 11 Players for the First test are as follows.

South African team comprises of G Smith,N McKenzie,H Amla,J Kallis,A Prince,AB de Villiers,M Boucher,M Morkel,P Harris,D Steyn,M Ntini


Indian Team Comprises of RP Singh, S Sreesanth, *A Kumble , Harbhajan Singh, S Tendulkar , S Ganguly , VVS Laxman, V Sehwag , MS Dhoni, R Dravid, W Jaffer

If Sachin scores 171 runs from this series he will over take Lara and will become the highest run getter in Test Arena. if he scores 218 runs he will be the first person to achieve 12,000 runs in the history of test cricket.

First time , to my knowledge the match that is played in India is not telecasted in Doordarshan.Play is telecasted through Neo Sports.



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Sunday, March 23, 2008

Interesting Quotes

Good Decision comes from Experience But, Experience comes from Bad Decision.
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Don't Keep your dreams in your eyes, they may fall as tears.keep them in your heart so that every heart beat may remind you about your dream.
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When you think 'NOT NOW', Success becomes 'NEVER.' But as soon as you think 'WHY NOT NOW', Success surely will become 'YOURS' - Martin luther.
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CHANGE is the philosophy of life. CHALLENGE is the aim of life. Try 2 CHALLENGE the CHANGE & Never try 2 CHANGE the CHALLENGE
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What is success ?Success is...........When your Signature becomes an Autograph.
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Life is like a Book: Each day a new page with adventures to experience, lessons to learn & good
deeds 2 replicate
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When you have faith in you, you truly get liberated, and the key to unlock your potentials
is placed in your hands.
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A good plan of today is better than a great plan of tomorrow.
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Look backward with satisfaction and look forward with confidence, you will succeed.
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Being a good person is like being a goal keeper-no matter how many goals we save, people will
remember only the ones we missed.That's truth about life!
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Waiting 4 opportunity is lazyness.
Missing the opportunity is foolishness.
Creating the opportunity is intelligence.
I know you are intelligent, NOW, PROVE IT 2 WORLD.
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We are all born in this world for the special purpose none of us are waste. So don't be a
prisoner of past always be a architect of your future.
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Separation is a wound that no one can heal.But remembrance is a gift that no one can steal..Keep memories intact. :-)
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Life does not give guarante to you, but gives lot of chances to you.
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'SUCCESS is never PERMANENT" "FAILURE is never FINAL''.So always do not stop trying until your "VICTORY" makes a "HISTORY"...!!
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Don't aim to be a slave in heaven, atleast aim to be a king of hell.-Alexander.
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Better give ur hand to someone who will never let u alone... Rather than holding a hand which is
not open for u..Live life the way it comes.
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Victory is not the property of brilliants... Its the crown for those who bow them in front of Hard
Work & Confidence - ADOLF HITLER.
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"In tough times u will always find two hands eagerly waiting 2 help u & those hands will be at
the end of ur own arms"-John F Kennedy.
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"There is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem."- Harold Stephens.
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Be confident, Because Every Failure is Having Some Positive Feedback For Example Type Word "rejected" in Dictionary Mode. See-What-you get..
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A blind Girl asked Mother Teresa: "Can there be anything worse than losing your sight?"She replied: "Yes. Losing ur VISION..."
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Look backward with satisfaction and look forward with confidence, u will succeed in ur life!Be bold when you lose, be calm when you win.
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"Train your mind to acquire silence because if the mind is silent there is a great possibility of clarity in thoughts".
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''Happiness keeps U sweet, sorrows keeps U human, failure keeps U humble, success keeps U glowing, but only ur efforts keeps U going towards SUCCESS".
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If you wait to be happy, you will wait forever. But if you start to be happy, you will be happy forever.
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Future is not what we discover tomorrow.!But it is the result of what we do today...!Do d best in present.

Note :- Quotes recieved from friends through sms



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Saturday, March 22, 2008

Scorpio M-Hawk a Review.

To Buy a Scorpio is my life time dream.for the past 5 years i am after it.Till date i am not able to make it.But I will definetely buy one and post you in this Blog.

The idea behind this blog is that i just want to share the features of the latest Scorpio M Hawk.
Scorpio M Hawk is the latest vehicle in the Scorpio Product of Mahindra.it is priced approximately about 10.65 Lakhs on road.It takes about 1 month waiting period to get the vehicle delivered.currently there is no discounts for the car.

Scorpio M Hawk is available in different colors, White, Turf Green, Java Brown.

In Chennai as far as i know 40 to 50 Scorpio M Hawk is running on the road as of date.Majority of them are White Coloured.

There are few exciting features that attracted me.

1.In high ways one can set the accelerater at a constant speed. it means you need not keep pressing one leg on the Accelerator always. this is highgly helpful when you are travelling in Highways.when you find any obstacle in the road u can press either the brake or clutch to bring the system from Automatic mode to manual mode.

2.You can play your mobile memory card or your ipod with the Audio System that is provided along with the Vehicle.(Audio System comes along with the Car)

3.The Reverse sensor in the vehicle, if you want to take reverse, in general we need to look back ,here with the reverse sensor you can view the center mirror inside the car and take reverse.When the light glows in green it means there is no obstacle in the hit range.if the color turns to yellow it means you are approaching a obstacle.If it turns red it means it is better to stop as you would hit something if you still go back.

4.The doom lights are brilliant if you travel under a tunnel, the light of the vehicle enhances due to the latest technology.

5.The Wipers are also automatic. you need not switch it on if it is raining,it cares by itself.depending on the intensity of the rain , the speed of the viper increases.

6.The Scorpio has got Anti Braking System (ABS).which makes driving in Scorpio a childs play.Now you have more control on braking.

If you have money , go for it.

It's a Neighbours Envy Vehicle.

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How to view Online Videos un interruptedly ?

Currently there are 13 million video content that are available on the web. This will reach 131 million by 2010 says a report from technology research firm. \
Well are you watching youtube and other online videos on the net?.

Are you worried that you are not able to watch the video un interruptedly due to your internet connection speed.Generally when you view a video two things happen, one you will view the video and the next is that the next portion of the video is downloaded on the back ground. generally the video download should be faster than the video you are viewing, only then you will have an un interrupted view. when your internet connection speed is very slow or at the peak time. the download rate will be very slow so you cannot view the video un interrupted.

To overcome the following you can do the following. Install Real Player in your system. When you have succesfully installed the software . try viewing the online videos as usual.
when the video starts running on the page . move your mouse on the video , you will find a blue button with the real player logo and it reads "Download this Video". See the image above.

Click the link, it will start saving the video in your hard disk. in the mean time you can still watch the video from the web page or close the page and try to view another video. The video that you are saving will be saved on the back ground. there is no need that the web page has to remain opened till the video is downloaded.

Similarly you can download 5 or 6 videos on the same time. there is no limit for the number of vidoes that can be saved on the same time. once the videos are downloaded you can view the same from real player.The video runs normally with out any interruption as it is running from your hard disk.You can even delete the videos if you dont want them.

Hope this Blog helps.

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VoWiFi the future of mobile phones

Mobile phones with cellular and WiFi radios are the future.to Understand what is VoWiFi one should know what is VOIP and WiFi.

VOIP is Voice over Internet Protocol.It is a facility where people across the globe can talk to others using Internet. The cost of telephony is cheaper compared to the existing mobile phone charges.

WiFi is Wireless Fidelity. It is a term used for a set of wireless standards for local coverage.Wifi provides low cost internet accross wireless network.The areas where you can access wireless network is called WiFI hotspots.

The advantage of Wifi is easy to setup and its cost is minimal.If you go airports and railway station you will find a wireless network. to be more clear if you have a laptop with WiFi facility and if you are in a airport or a railway station, if you need to check your e-mails you dont need a manual internet connection. WiFi solves the problem.

The latest in the Tele Communication is the merger of Voip and WiFi. it is called VoWiFi. This stands for Voice over wireless fidelity.This simply means Wi-Fi based VOIP services or it can be termed as wireless based VOIP system.

VOIP over WiFi (VoWiFI) has great potential in reducing telephony costs.

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Friday, March 21, 2008

Importance of Today -March 21'st 2008

Today the March 21st 2008 has to many importance.

Holi is celebrated through out India today.

Today is also Panguni Utharam (பங்குனி உத்தரம்) for Hindus.

Good Friday for Christians.

Milad-Un-Nabi for Muslims.

It is new year day for Parsi's.

More over it is full moon day (பௌà®°்ணமி), so it is the day when hindu devotees go to Girivalam (கிà®°ிவலம்) at Thiruvanamalai.

To the best of my knowledge i have never seen festivals of three religions celebrated on the same day.if any one reading this blog remember few occasions like this before let me know.


It is also World Forest Day.Vodafone is conducting contest on the eve of world forest day.capture a great scenary,sent it as MMS to mms.tn@vodafone.com and you could win exciting prizes as well.

The most important for us is it is a Govt Holiday .

Holiday for 3 days in a row (Friday,Saturday & Sunday).

Enjoy !!!



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Thursday, March 20, 2008

Video that made me cry ?

Yesterday , i recieved a e-mail from my friend.I just watched it and i could not control my tears.

The title of the video is Randy Pausch reprising his Last Lecture.

You can visit the video by clicking the Link

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Who deserves Help ?

My day starts with a prayer to the Lord asking for 2 things.

1.Never give me a situation to ask for a loan from any body
2.Never give me a situation to say that i am helpless when some one is in real need

I have been pondering for few weeks and months about who really deserves help. I am talking about financial help.If some one comes to you asking for a loan.think about the following before you really help him/her.

well, there are many financial instituations that are available in humpty numbers if some one needs financial help.there is a common saying that it is not money that determines the world there are VISA and MASTER. i am talking about credit cards. so there are Personal Loans, Home Loans,Car loans ,Over Draft Loans and credit cards and what not.

Then why should one ask us for a loan. Think about it, A bank gives loan to person only if he fulfills certain basic norms. he/she should have a job, a pan card , and few other details.If the bank determines that one is not eligible for a loan that means it believes the person cannot repay.

So you have to double think before you give loan to any one , because you are not helping him, you are putting him in to more trouble later.he will not be in a position to pay you, to pay you he will have to buy a loan from another source and this scenario will continue till he cannot afford to meet the expenses.

If you are really concerned about the person who is asking you for a loan,sit with him and ask him what is the loan for , if it is to pay for another loan,dont give, because to pay you back he will have to depend on some one else, this process will never end, instead ask him to earn money to meet his expenses.Earn means, if he is getting 10,000 he should plan to earn another 5000 by means of some work or business. This is the best help that you can do any body.he/she will be thankful to you when they come out of their debts.

If you give money with out reasoning , i can tell u 90% of the time your money will never come back. slowly you will not only loose money but also the friendship.

Think about it.

post your opinion as you will be paid for it.click the button "Get Paid to Review my Post" for the same.

Honestly i need your opinion as it will not only save your wallet but also your friendship.

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Is Standard Chartered Listening ?

Well this is my experience with Standard Chartered I would like to share my views with my online friends.

I have a credit card with standard chartered and it is about 2 years old now. Almost Every month i will recieve a call from standard chartered or from their Associates stating that my relationship with the bank is excellent,my payment terms is good (yes it is) so i am eligible for a personal loan based on my credit card. They ask only for a Photo and a Identity proof, thats it.One of their person will come and pick up the document. i will get some verification calls from chennai or Bangalore.The beauty of all is that in next 2 weeks time i will recieve a letter from the bank stating that i am not eligible for the loan.

The sad story in this is that , i will recieve calls from the bank every alternate month stating that i am eligible for a loan, when ever i tell them that i have not recieved loan last time, they say that the problem has been fixed , my credit score is excellent,as usual in next 15 days i will get a letter stating that my loan is rejected.

This story has happened to me not once ,not twice ,but 5 to 6 times in a year. I think they are making fool of me.the worst thing in this is that i have never approached the bank for a loan,it is their call.if i am not eligible why should they call me . why do they waste their time and mine.
Is it done by the staff for their monthly survival ?, i know that each employee has a quota of personal loan submission, but it is really irritating at times and also the faith in the bank is slowly vanishing.

Is Standard Chartered listening .....

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

GREENPEACE International

Well,I was walking out of my bank yesterday after noon.i was stopped my some college students who were in to some compaign.I came to know that the guys name is R Ramesh a MSW Student. he said he is a volunteer of GREENPEACE. As i was quite busy i told him to hand over any palmplets if any. When i reached home , i slowly started reading the news material , I came to know that GREENPEACE is an Organisation working on Global Warming.

After reading the same , i decided i need to do something. This blog is for them.As usual 100's of people will know about GREENPEACE through this blog.

I came to know that this organisation is working for more than two decades globally and six years in India.

G Ananthapadmanabhan is the Executive Director, Greenpeace India.

I found few quotes which are really touching, here we go.

"We simply cannot predict the ecological effects of genetic modification. GM Forces evolution to take place in one generation rather than hundreds."
-Samuel Epstein

"The cadmium contained in a single mobile phone battery can contaminate about 60,000 litres of water."

"Each year ,three times as much rubbish is dumped in to world's oceans as the weight of fish caught."

"Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees,then names the streets after them."
-Bill Vaughan

"We are about half a century away from being ecologically and economically bankrupt because of global warming."
-Andrew Simms

"The advent of changes in global climate signals that we are now living beyond the Earth's capacity absorb a major waste product"
-Anthony McMichael

"It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity."
-Albert Einstein

"There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe,and it has a longer shelf life."
-Frank Zappa

I also came to know they are working on the following areas.
Eliminate Toxic Elements
Save Turtles
Save Whales
Choose Positive energy - a comprehensive renewable energy policy
Say No to Genetic Engineering
Save our seas
Sustainable Agriculture
Protect ancient forests
end the nuclear age
say no to war
and manymore ....

All readers please visit http://www.greenpeace.org for more info and involve yourself with GREENPEACE.

after all we have only one PLANET !!!

Think about it....

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What is KPO ?

KPO is Knowledge Process Outsourcing.
BPO is the current trend , the next to follow is KPO.

KPO will rule the next decade.

BPO is Business Processing,KPO is Knowledge Processing.

What is more interesting about KPO is that India will have 70% of the KPO business by 2010. that means a lot of people will get employed.The reason being India have more think tanks ,intelluctals available at a competative labour rates.

No more India will be considered as a IT- koolies. as KPO is about Knowledge and expertise.The whole worlds has already turned to India for their Business needs.

The bottle neck in KPO is that there will shortage of supply to the demand.by 2010 we need abt more people in the KPO segment ,but the current scenario will only supply 30% of the need of the hour.

If any one reading this blog is a student and planning for the future.have a eye on KPO jobs, because it gives 30% more pay than a BPO Job.

KPO Jobs will be more entertaining , thrilling and more challenging as it is about knowledge.

KPO will cater services not only in the field of Information Technology but also in variety of fields like Research and Development, Equity, Financial, Market Research and many more.

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