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SMS Trainer

Published on April 4, 2007 in Just for Jolly and pastime. 0 Comments

If you are sms junkie and will like to check your texting speed, test with James Trusler’s sms trainer. Try and beat the record of James Trusler, the Australian text message champion and two time world record holder for fastest text messaging.

Was trying with predictive input on and bang came the next test message.

A true texter does not use predictive text. If you are using predictive text then this message is for you. Please turn predictive text off and start training!!!

sms trainer

Sivaji – Songs review (leaked songs)

Published on March 25, 2007 in General stuff, Just for Jolly, movies, music and pastime. 16 Comments

Disclaimer : This is a personal opinion of the leaked songs of the much hyped tamil movie Sivaji. May have spoilers. The author is no way related to the persons who released the songs on the internet. The author is not a die-hard Rajnikanth or A.R.Rehman fan. So, expect spoilers. And one last thing, if you are looking for the links to download the songs, I am sorry! Try elsewhere.

India is out of the cricket world cup 2007. What next? Sivaji Sivaji, the output of Superstar Rajnikanth and director Shankar combination is making news now. Music is by A.R.Rehman and as always expectations and stakes are high. Latest news is that four songs of the movie Sivaji, are leaked out and doing rounds on the internet before the official launch of the songs. Rumours are spreading across the internet with some saying that the versions released are scratches and the final version is nowhere near to the leaked ones.

Rajni movie, news about leaked songs, media speculation, hype and rumours tempted me to listen to them. Who wants to be left behind? The four songs I listened to were of good quality (192 kbps , 44 khz mp3 quality).

Here is my review of the leaked songs. As always with every A.R.Rehman film, the songs does not stick to the mind immediately. But are catchy, after hearing them twice or thrice.

Sahara pookal poothatho

Unwritten law - Every Rajni movie should have a melody song shot at a foreign location.

I guess this song sung by Udit Narayan must fall into the category of Baaba kichu kichu thaa, Konja Neram konja neram and the like. This song is a mellifluous one and I have started humming it since I heard it the first time. It’s been long time since one heard Udit Narayan singing a Tamil song the Tamil way. Thanks to Rehman for making it happen. ;-) Hope that the song is shot well with Rajni not dancing the way he did for Baba kichu kichu thaa song. :-P

Poompaavaai aambal aambal, Punnagayo Mouwal mouwal (vaa ji vaa ji vaa ji, en jeevan nee Sivaji)

The track by Hariharan and chorus has some and good lyrics in Tamil (Vairamuthu?). I think it is time for me to buy a good Tamil dictionary.;-) Sample lyrics (easy ones).

Male : Adi Nettail Nilavey, Rettail Thimirey

Nenjai Mutti kollu

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Female : vaa ji vaa ji vaa ji, en jeevan nee Sivaji (twice)

Oru Koodai Sunlight

Sivaji song

This number made me laugh the first time I heard it. :mrgreen: Are we in India or at US? Why should one have a RAP song that too in a Rajni movie? Did Rehman forget the BABA RAP? Leave RAP to the westerners. They are good at it. Let us do what we are best at. Rehman, notorious for his late night recordings might not have left the singers out for nature call. One can feel it when the singers try really hard under the cover of rapping. In tamil slang we say it this way when a singer tries to hard. :-P

இந்த முக்கு முக்குறான்

intha mukku mukkuraan

One consoltaion is that Rajni’s smile is included in bits at certain instances of the song.

Theme Music

Is this the real theme music? I doubt it.

Overall the music is good. One need to wait for the official audio launch till the April 4th and give the final verdict on the music. sivaji And also watch the movie to see how Rajni has danced in style.

Tid bits

Was going through a Tamil weekly and it was mentioned that punch dialogue in the movie is “ji, Sivaji” and Rajni says this is in different voice modulations and it might resemble ”Bond, James Bond”. And adding to this, music will be blared and voices shouting ji sivaji in the background with DTS effect. I think it is a festive treat for all Rajni fans.

Mac OS X 10 Vs Windows Vista

Published on March 6, 2007 in Just for Jolly and videos. 3 Comments

Weekly off so had long time to kill. Was going through videos in youtube and this one video made me laugh for a while. If you have had hands on experience on the Mac OS X 10 and Windows Vista, you will enjoy the video.

8th Pass vs SSLC Fail

Published on February 23, 2007 in Humor and Just for Jolly. 3 Comments

Balaji and I had a pretty short argument about the number of calls we receive in our mobiles on a daily basis. Balaji has 20 contacts and I have 250 contacts. I get around two to three calls per day whereas he gets one or two per day. The argument surrounded on who is worth using mobile and this reminded us of the famous Koundamani – Senthil joke. (Excerpt is from the movie Gentleman).

Senthil – Annae! Naan 8th pass annae. Neenga SSLC failu annae.

Koundamani – Dei naan SSLC da!

Senthil – Pass perusa Fail Perusa?

Koundamani – !@#$$%%

This put us in laughter for a while.

Originally duplicate

Published on February 12, 2007 in Gadget and Just for Jolly. 4 Comments

Recently, I bought a new Nokia 6030 and gave my old Nokia 2300 to appa. I gave the headset which came along with the N6030 to Appa and retained the old headset with me. The old headset had been my buddy for the past one and half years and I have used him to the max. I used to shuffle among the FM channels with the cute remote in the headset. On Friday, he disappointed me and stopped working. headset I tried all my level best to repair him but found that he is gone and cannot be used anymore.

I decided to buy a new Nokia Dual Headset HS -7 and here is my experience on the search for the headset. Balaji used to say that buy at the local shops to encourage the local entrepreneurs and don’t go for big shops in TNagar or elsewhere. He bought his new mobile at one of the local vendors. I followed suit and went to the same shop and asked for a original Nokia Dual Headset HS -7 and the boy at the shop told me that it will cost Rs.350 for an original one. He brought a small piece of pouch which had a headset with the name Nokia but it had faded letters and I immediately found that it was a counterfeit one. Here is the conversation.

Me : It does not look like a original Nokia headset.

Boy at the shop : Are you looking for that original Nokia Headset? If so, It will cost you Rs.450 and you need to check out in showrooms.

Me : !@#$$% (asking myself) What is the difference between original Nokia headset and that original Nokia headset?

I tried in a Nokia priority dealer and they did not have a stock of the one I was looking for. Finally I tried to enquire a shop at Tambaram. The guy at the shop told me that he can get me the headset but it will cost me Rs.650. When I asked him to show me the headset, he told me that I need to give him Rs.650 and he will tear open a new Nokia 6030 box in front of me and give me the headset alone. I was shocked to see his response and left the shop immediately. There was another shop keeper who asked me to go to the Nokia Factory to find the headset I am looking for. I have a few questions in mind after the search.

1. What will the guy, who promised me to tear open the box, do to a new customer who buys that phone?

2. Why does not Nokia beat these counterfeit products by selling the original ones at nominal rates?

Till my search for the original headset ends, I am left handicapped without my headset and with un answered questions.

Happy Birthday Song

Published on February 9, 2007 in Just for Jolly, people and videos. 2 Comments

Happy birthday Umesh

Dog’s world

Published on January 28, 2007 in humanity, Just for Jolly and life. 3 Comments

Yesterday morning, on my way to home from office after a good week of night shift, I hit a dog while riding my bicycle and fell down. I took the cycle from the cycle stand and after a couple of turns there was a dog who was ferociously barking after something and did not notice me. I did all my best to apply the brakes but my cycle did not halt and hit him in the stomach. He was thrown a few yards away. And there he stood up barking ferociously again. This time his subject of attraction was I. All this long, I was there down with my hands filled with mud and my jeans drenched up a bit with the stagnated water in the near by pot-hole. My butterfly type handle bar in the cycle changed to a new figure which I cannot comprehend with my little knowledge in geometry. Whatever the dog thought, he went away barking for a few seconds and did not bite me. There is a Ayyappan temple near by and an adjacent flower shop.The lady and the man, I assume them to be the owners of the flower shop, helped me wash the pant and my hands with the hand pump. The man went ahead to say that I was lucky enough that the dog did not bite me and also I might have escaped a big accident. He showed the temple and went on saying that Ayyappan saved me. I did not disappoint him saying that I don’t believe in God or religion and instead thanked him for the gratitude and expressed how I felt bad for the dog.

On normal circumstances, I would have cursed the dog, pelted stones or cursed the government for the poor road conditions. But this time, I really felt bad for the dog . The first thing I asked mom when I reached home was “Does it pain for dogs when they are hit by vehicles? I have seen them whining away and not showing any pains after a while.” She gave me a glare and might have thought that I got a few screws loosened after this small accident withstanding the cycle.

Me : What happened in me that makes me to feel for the dog?

My Alter-ego : singing the Padayappa song,

நேற்று வரைக்கும் மனிதனப்பா , இன்று முதல் நீ புனிதனப்பா

Translation

You were a human being till yesterday

Today on, you are What a man!

Me : grrrrrrhh!

P.S. :- Umesh writing about dog and I quoting the song and line from the movie Padayappa consecutively for the second time in a week is all co-incidence.

What a man!

Published on January 23, 2007 in Humor, Just for Jolly and people. 7 Comments

Sajeesh is my colleague and a avid movie fan like me. He is such a lively character that he makes one laugh with the jokes and one liners drawn from the films. Name a thing, he will have a joke or a scene from the movies substantiating it.
Recent one we use is the one liner What a man! from Padayappa. If you watched Padayappa, this one particular scene never goes unnoticed without laughing where Abbass quips in with this line when Rajnikanth shows his physique. If you ask Sajeesh about it, he will say that the Abbas never had the line to say in the original script and when the camera turned towards him for the shot, he blurted out this line spontaneously and the director left it along while editing. Sajeesh also goes on to explain that the director left it alone because he did not want to trouble Rajni with a retake. A funny explanation.

Now if someone does a simple thing or a gesture, he turns towards me and says What a man! .

P.S. :- This post is intended for pun and to be taken in a lighter sense.