11-11-11

Wanted to write something on this date (11-11-11). Ok here it is, dedicating this to U_A



You know I can't smile without you
I can't smile without you
I can't laugh and I can't sing
I'm finding it hard to do anything


You see I feel sad when you're sad
I feel glad when you're glad
If you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile without you


You came along just like a song
And brighten my day
Who would have believed that
You were part of a dream
Now it all seems light years away


And now you know I can't smile without you
I can't smile without you
I can't laugh and I can't sing
I'm finding it hard to do anything


You see I feel sad when you're sad
I feel glad when you're glad
If you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile


Now some people say happiness takes
So very long to find
Well, I'm finding it hard
Leaving your love behind me


And you see I can't smile without you
I can't smile without you
I can't laugh and I can't sing
I'm finding it hard to do anything


You see I feel glad when you're glad
I feel sad when you're sad
If you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile without you

Dont be serious, Be sincere

Nice message, got it as fwd message from one of the colleague

KPCVSS 97 Batch Meetup

So that's our 12th std picture right above. How many of you remember all the names of our class mates here? I definitely do. I remember a group of us went to the Anna nagar Tower and we did speak about life after 10 years and that we should all meet up. Can you imagine its been 14 years since we all met together as a group?

I'm sure all of us would have made some friends in college, then in our work place and very few are in touch with school mates. I dint have many friends in college nor in work place, atleast not
close. We guys Anees, Karthik, Karthikeyan, Rajsekar and T-Senthil are still in touch. Randomly bump into few others like Ashok, Amarnath, Ravindar, Rajesh. Some of the others are in touch in email like Mahesh, Rajesh Krishnan, Vijayaraghavan, Athreya. We used to go to the School Alumni meeting hoping that we could see some old friends but we used to see the same faces.

Have you ever thought, how would it be if all the guys meet up? It would be really fun to know each other what they are doing currently and to share the good old memories. So I was thinking of getting the contact of all and organise a small get together. So the next question goes on ... "Who's in???"

I know many of you might be outside chennai, even abroad. But I'm sure you guys might have some plans of coming down to chennai. When I say meet up, its not tomorrow but lets plan something realistic like say Jan 2012. We can change the date time place based on the majority's choice. I'm fine even if it is in 2013 as long as every one plans it out.

My first choice would be to meet up in School during the Alumni meeting which happens every year during republic day. It would be good fun to go around the school, the classes where we used to sit. I swear, its really great feeling. You should check out the pics in Karthik's album

http://www.orkut.com/Main#Album?uid=17816449212830867860&aid=1202811213

But we can change different venue if many of you decide to meet up outside. I guess by now most of us would have been married and so we could meet up as family or just bachelors. Choice is again based on majority.

So waiting forward to meet up. Reply with your name, email, contact as a comment

Money is yours but Resources belong to Society

This is my post almost after a year and a half... I have been thinking of getting back to the blog for quite some time and again fighting to find the right article and the time. For time being, to keep the blog moving here I post an article that I got as a Fwd Message.

Germany is a highly industrialized country... It produces top brands like Benz, BMW, Siemens etc. The nuclear reactor pump is made in a small town in this country. In such a country, many will think its people lead a luxurious life. At least that was my impression before my study trip. When I arrived at Hamburg, my colleagues who work in Hamburg arranged a welcome party for me in a restaurant.

As we walked into the restaurant, we noticed that a lot of tables were empty. There was a table where a young couple were having their meal. There were only two dishes and two cans of beer on the table. I wondered if such simple meal could be romantic, and whether the girl will leave this stingy guy. I noticed that there were a few old ladies on another table….When a dish is served, the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would finish every bit of the food on their plates. We did not pay much attention to them, as we were looking forward to the dishes we ordered. As we were hungry, our local colleague ordered more food for us.

As the restaurant was quiet, the food came quite fast. Since there were other activities arranged for us, we did not spend much time dining. When we left, there was still about one third of unconsumed food on the table. When we were leaving the restaurant, we heard someone calling us. We noticed the old ladies in the restaurant were talking about us to the restaurant owner. When they spoke to us in English, we understood that they were unhappy about us wasting so much food.

We immediately felt that they were really being too busybody. "We paid for our food, it is none of your business how much food we left behind," my colleague Gui told the old ladies. The old ladies were furious.

One of them immediately took her hand phone out and made a call to someone. After a while, a man in uniform claimed to be an officer from the Social Security organization arrived. Upon knowing what the dispute was, he issued us a 50 Mark fine. We all kept quiet. The local colleague took out a 50 Mark note and repeatedly apologized to the officer.

The officer told us in a stern voice, "ORDER WHAT YOU CAN CONSUME, MONEY IS YOURS BUT RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS IN THE WORLD WHO ARE FACING SHORTAGE OF RESOURCES. YOU HAVE NO REASON TO WASTE RESOURCES.´”