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Weird things I do

Published on October 18, 2006 in blog, pastime and people. 11 Comments

I am tagged by badri. So, I have to shout about six weird things I do or did. Most things I do seem weird to my friends and family. Pretty tough to pick six. Will try….

I don’t hesitate to sing irrevelant of the location I am in. I love my karaoke sessions at home where I mute the TV and sing songs. Gayu and mom are always the mute spectators to the show.
I like to grow long hair (Dhoni style) during summer and cut it short during winter. Mom always complains about this.
While I was in college , used collect a lot of film song books ( paattu book or பாட்டு புக்) and sing songs with my friends sitting at the last bench. Have a few of them with me now.
I used to read novels and stories on the eve of important university exams.
I don’t hesitate mixing up food and eating them at one shot. ie; I mix up Sambhar, Rasam and curd rice together and eat at one shot. Dad always complains that it will end up in a chemical reaction. Who is a chemical engineer ?
I wear sunglasses while I ride a bi-cycle. (This does not seem weird to me. I mentioning it here as I get a few strange looks from people).

I here by tag the following souls.
Umesh
Shikha
Deepak

Publicity monster

Big FM

Published on September 25, 2006 in Just for Jolly and pastime. 7 Comments

One more FM added to Chennai’s airwaves. It is none other than the Reliance ADA (Anil Dhirubhai Ambani) owned Big FM. Frequency is 92.70. Tune in and enjoy.

Welcome to gallery.karthickraghavan.com

Published on September 20, 2006 in blog, General stuff, Internet and pastime. 2 Comments

I have hosted a new sub-domain under karthickraghavan.com. It is going to be my online photo gallery. It is Karthick Raghavan’s gallery. Have used Gallery 2.0 as the photo management software. Thanks to Balaji, I have made it. have planned to update it as an when I find time and pictures. Do check it and let me know how it has come out.

Jungle book

Published on September 19, 2006 in blog, Humor, Just for Jolly and pastime. 8 Comments

Who will forget the jungle book? One of the most viewed Indian TV series for children of 1990s. If I still have my memory cells working, I would say that it was aired in DD1 (Doordarshan National) on every Sunday at 11.00 AM. There we were sitting in front of the TV for the next half an hour unmoved. I used to sing the title of the jungle book series by heart that time. All the characters in the series tied us up in front of the TV every week. The series was fictional and had a lot of interesting lessons of life. I did not know it as I was kid then. Now that I watched jungle book after a long time in a DVD, I realize it. Salute to Rudyard Kipling for such a wonderful story. I have listed out some of the characters I remember below.

Mowgli – the small boy with his boomerang tied up in his underwear and he happened to be the hero of the story.

Baloo – the bear

Bhageera – the black panther

Shere Khan – the tiger

The one I like the most was Baloo – the bear. He was really cute and always protected Mowgli. Which character do you like?

Here is an Odeo of the title song sung by me.

Thanks for putting up with my harsh voice. I apologise if the lyrics is wrong. It will be great if you can sing the jungle book lyrics for me. I will display it here and will have people rate it. Game?

Firefox and Orkut

Published on August 28, 2006 in Computers, google, orkut, pastime and people. 2 Comments

I stumbled upon a small extension for firefox which helps to scrap in Orkut. Install the orkut scrap replier using small window extension. Login to your orkut account and navigate to your scrapbook. Left click on the photo of your buddy and scrap it all the way. Happy scrapping!

You are not tagged? Weird!

Published on August 27, 2006 in blog, pastime and people. 4 Comments

My Alter-ego: Umesh is tagged.

Me : huh?

My Alter-ego : So is Balaji. Are you not tagged?

Me : What do you mean by that?

My Alter-ego: Have not you read Shikha’s comment about the online game “Tag you’re it” ? What are you waiting for?

Me : Yeah! What am I waiting for?

Here I am tagged ….

I am thinking about…

How to make people accept the concept of no religion, no caste and no differences?

I want to…

talk less and work more. It is too difficult.

I wish…

I had a car. It’s really difficult to commute for hours together in Chennai’s transport system.
My life partner is a singer.

I hear…

to Ilayaraaja’s music all the time.

I wonder…

how people are put up with me?

I regret…

no regrets as of now.

I am

half God and half animal-like.Like the verse in the Aalavandhan movie song “kadavul paathi, mirugam paathi”.

“கடவுள் பாதி மிருகம் பாதி கலந்து செய்த கலவை நான்.”

I dance…

when I am alone at home.

I sing…

Ilayaraaja’s songs all the time.

I cry…

at times.

I am not always…

silly.

I make with my hands…

a small paper boat. That’s the level of skill I possess.

I write…

at karthickraghavan
mails (my work makes me write more than a hundred daily).

I confuse…

when I am confused..

I need…

a partner in life who can take me as who I am.

And finally…

I am tagged.

Things that keep me from crashing

Published on August 25, 2006 in life, pastime and people. 5 Comments

I thought of writing about this very long back. Here I am, after a long thought on this. Given below are the list of people and things thet keep the parts in my machinery running. If not, I would have joined a lunatic assylum long back.

A big mug of Filter coffee. (too good when it is made by mom).
A stroll down Marina beach once in every two months.
Listening to Chennai’s FM Radio stations.
Second show movie at Ambattur’s one and only Rakki theatre. (once in a month atleast).
Daily quarrels with Balaji. (Balaji took the honorable seat after Gayu’s marriage). I miss Gayu and our killu fights
Long SMS chats with buddies. (as long as SMS stays free)
Ilayaraja‘s Music.
Balaji and Umesh‘s daily jottings.
Chennai‘s heat. I can survive hot conditions. I hate cold climate.
Internet.
Not to forget my family and friends who are put up with all my idotic talks and tantrums.
My job and my salary.

Oops! The list seems to go on like Sindbad’s tale in Daily thanthi.

What are the things that keeps you going. Share them!

Airtel Super singer

Published on July 13, 2006 in Humor, Just for Jolly, music and pastime. 7 Comments

I commute to office by train and it takes around 2 hours to reach Tambaram (where my office is) from Ambattur (where my home is). I kill the time either listening to music or reading a book. One fine evening, on my way to office, as usual was listening to songs on radio. The train was not much crowded and I got myslef a corner seat. I usually have the habit of singing songs when I commute by train. singer Getting myslef seated in the corner, I started singing with great fervor and was facing the window all the while. I did not want others to spot me singing.

Few minutes passed and I was at peak singing along with Hariharan. Radio mirchi was airing anbae anbae from Jeans which happens to be one of Hariharan’s best and I was really into it. The train had stopped for signal which I had not noticed. There was a pat on my shoulder and I turned around to see a elderly passenger trying to convey something to me. Took my headphones off to hear him. (original conversation was in tamil).

Old Man : ” thambi! what’s your problem? Is there anyway I can help you with? I have been watching you from the park station and you have been trying to do something with your headphones on. Please do consider other people travelling with you.”

Me : “%*@$$##!!!”

Off he went in the next station. I had a strong feeling that the other passengers were smirking at me. Switched the radio off and continued my journey quietly.

Next evening I was at home surfing channels. Airtel super singer aired on Vijay TV, hosted by Chinmayi, caught my attention. A good programme to search for voice talent. The winner gets a chance to sing in Harris Jeyaraj’s (a well known music director) tamil flick. Hopes of me becoming a super singer started glimmering again! When I told the above incident to one of my friends, she said that certain people and certain things in the world can never be changed and I am one of them. I asked her the following question and got a great response.

Me : Hey! Can I become a super singer?

She : God only knows!

hehe!