Values of Life

There are lots of values of life like being honest,kind…..so on. Am just explaining a few

Sacrificing things:

                         

                        Sometimes when we wish something to happen or something to get but there are certain situations we sacrifice for others. May be in a situation when we compete with a dominant person, we tend to sacrifice something to avoid argument. am not telling about assertiveness or aggressiveness but in certain situations one has to sacrifice for others. The other person who has won might be in great pride. But the person who sacrificed has a good heart and maturity compared to other person. God is always there and watches our action. What you sow, you will reap. So don’t worry you have sacrificed. You will gain something bigger.

Forgiveness:

                            It’s a very good quality not every one will have that attitude. When some one says sorry, it’s good to forgive and give them another chance rather than keeping in our mind.

                       Forgive and Forget

This may be applicable based on the act others did, but we can forgive others when they did some silly things and later they feel sorry for what they did rather than taking revenge.

Egoless:

               We may feel others need to respect us of what we are and we may not get may be due to certain situations and other person would have done this with out any intention.

We should not be feeling ego and rather should think in others perspective. am not saying we should be with out self respect. But analyze the situation rather than coming to an assumption.

It’s really hard to live with out being getting angry, with out feeling jealous and ego. But patience is the key.

 Some qualities to practice

Ø      Don’t compare with others

Ø      Be content of what you have

Ø      When you get anger, be patience and calm down

Ø      Silence is gold

Ø      Learn to say Thank you and sorry

Ø      Don’t feel bad when you sacrifice, feel proud of your self.

Disclaimer:

These are my random thoughts .I don’t say I have or don’t have these qualities.

Vadivelu's Dialogues

1. Evlo neram than valikatha mathriye nadikirathu.
2. Evlo adichalum thanguvan,ivan romba nallavanu sollitanga ma...
3. But antha dealing ennaku pudichuthu..
4. After all  30 crores loss ma
5. you are my best friend ma
6. cool down!! cool down !! cool down!! Be happy
7. 4 pieces not enough what to do
8. why blood? same blood
9.  sing in the rein iam sooying in the rain,i want more in the rain
10. Building strong basement weak
11. sinnam konda singatha sirayula adicha athu cellaye sethichidum paravalya?
12. Enna vechu comedy kemady pannalaye?
13. Intha alaguku mela extra alagu sertha antha ammukutti ennaku thanae
14. inga pathukonga nanum rowdy thaan
15. appa trisha ovda valkai,trisha voda engada vaalthen?
16. starting ellam nalla thaan iruku anna pinishing sariyilla pa
17. enna nomam manna,krawthaka!!!!
18. Kattathuraiku kattam sariyila
19. Enaku kovam varathu,athan varathunu solrenla ,enn ethurpakringa
20. athu ponna masam
21. innuma  intha ooru nambala nambuthu,athu avanga vidhi
22. annan, varumbothu kuchi mittaiyum kuruvi rottiyum vangitu varen
23. oru ilanyan oru elanchai kaiya pudikilam,idhu valibha vayasu
24. annan kilicha kodu idha thanda kudathu
25. mallaka paduthu vittatha partha enna sugam,enna kaathotam
26. unna maligai saaman vangituvara solrapa
27. eppavum thodave matinga,inaiku mattum angaye vaa....
28. aarambame villangama poguthu apram ranam ranam ha agidum,yaruku?,yaruko
29. Boss adutha operation,adutha operation ennaku thaan.
30. sshappa ippove kannakatuthey
31. Ohh baby,believ me
32. Etho karumbu machinela matna mathriye oru peeling
33. Thangaluku theriyatha sattam illai
34. nee entha jillavuku ponnalum vidamaten
35. ippo aluthathu naan than
36. neenga adichathuku appram entha adiyum thangura oru shakthi vanthuduchu da,appidi oru adida athu
37. you stupid of the idiot of the...........nonsense

First Snow

Today morning when i got up,i was so much excited to see the snow fall:-).
Felt as if i was in a dream world.

Chitti Robot Dance Showcase

I like this dance very much,Aishwarya had danced equally gud and of course awesome music

Shawshank Redemption

                        I never watched Hollywood movies that often, though i watch some award winning movies and must watch movies, after knowing about Shawshank Redemption,the no:1 movie in the IMDB movies list. I decided to watch it. I dint hear the story from any one, just read the one line story line and started to watch it. What a movie!!!!!,it has an amazing story which is emotional and inspirational. Once we start watching the movie, we will get involved along with the characters.
                                        The story starts like this Andy (Tim Robbins)will be convicted for murdering his wife and her lover, though he confesses he is innocent there will be no proper evidence and goes through the evil prison life. He does art works which is his hobby and does finance work inside the prison to keep him engaged. After some twist and turns the audience will come to know that he is innocent and he is been in the prison for twenty years at this point it will surely melt the heart of who ever watches this movie.
                                        Every one including the audience will think that he will commit suicide and we will be eager to know what happened to Andy. Andy manages to escape from the prison digging a tunnel from the prison room. He only had a small rock hammer, the person his friend who gave this hammer had thought that if he digs the walls using this, it would take 30 years to escape. Actually he had given the hammer before some 20 years ago, Andy used to dig some portion of wall daily and hide the whole by sticking a big poster. This shows how much hope he had. Its truly inspirational and I got goose bumps.Oh man!!!!
                                          Finally I was praying the movie should end happily and as per my wish it had a happy ending :-)

It’s an touching movie! No one should miss it.

Broccoli Pattani Fry

I tried a new combination,it came out pretty decent,so sharing the recipe :-)

Ingredients:

1. Broccoli-1/2 cup (cut it along with few portion of stems)
2. Green Peas-1/2 cup
3. Onion-1
4. Tomat0-1 and 1/2 (finely chopped)
5. Garlic-4 pods(Chop it lengthwise as fine piece)
6. Chilly powder-1 tsp
7. Pepper Powder-to sprinkle
8. Salt-To taste
9. Fennel seed-1 tsp
10. Garam masala powder-1/4 tsp
11. Oil

Method:

1. Heat oil, and then add fennel seeds, gram masala powder and garlic.
2. Then add the onions and fry for some time and add the tomatoes and mix it continuously.
3. Add broccoli and peas and stir for a min.
4. Add chilly powder, salt and sufficient water so that the broccoli and peas will cook nicely.
5. Cover the lid and cook till done. Add little pepper powder according to taste and stir and cook for a min in a low flame.
6. Garnish it with finely chopped coriander leaves.
7. Broccoli pattani fry is ready to serve J

Patio Pictures

We have a wonderful patio where,birds and other creatures comes to visit it.When ever i get a chance,ill never fail to click it.

This is a turkey

Back to my Country

                                                 I came to US six months ago and now its time to go back to my country and to start my routine activities. I had lots of memorable moments during my stay and I want to cherish those moments forever in my life time. It’s not that I don’t like to go back to my country but I also miss this place. If I go back to my country I can see my parents, sister, my in-laws, my friends and all the relatives back again and I wanted to go back to my country. For six months it has been a wonderful time taking care of my family, cooking and being a typical house wife. I really enjoyed those moments more than anything but as the day passes I started to miss my country as well. I have never thought ill come to US in my life time. I am not saying coming to US is a great achievement but it’s an opportunity to see new places, meet new people, and experience new climatic conditions and to compare the life style. I was so thrilled to experience different weather and lifestyle and I am equally thrilled to go back to my Country,It’s always happy to be in our own country without worrying about visa and live independently.

                                                    I mainly wanted to come to US just to have a break from the normal monotonous life and I desperately wanted a break from my routine life to take care of my kid and concentrate more towards my family and I want to experience as a house wife and a good time came and luckily I got sabbatical leave from my work. I know how much I struggled for the leave, that’s the only fruitful favor I got from my company working these many years. Before I leave I wish I could see the snow fall as well, don’t know whether I will see. Keeping the fingers crossed. Out of the new places which I visited I liked the Chicago trip very much, where I got a chance to meet my colleague and a friend. He has taken very good care of us,i take oppurtunity to thank him and. Thanks for my sister in law for arranging a wonderful Lake Chellan trip.Time has come I need to go back to my country and start my routine activities again. This time I have new challenges and I have to work hard for it, cherishing the happy moments with me. I will miss centennial lake very much, when ever I felt bore or sad ill spend time having a sight of the still lake. This is one of my favorite spot. I thank God for giving me this opportunity in my life and special thanks to my husband.I also thank friends over here who have helped us to settle the family initially.

Dino Facts

Dinosaur is an animal which lived some million years ago. Paleontologist discovered using the fossils. This was the fact which I know all about dinosaur. When I came to US

I was amazed to know there are various types dinosaur. All I learned from neighbor’s son. Most of the kids here have craze for dinosaurs. Here are the few dinosaurs which are popular among kids and which i know,there are A-Z types of dinosaurs which you can explore.Each type lived in certain time period like Triassic,Jurassic  and the Cretaceous time periods.

Amargasaurus:
Look at the spike in its spine.

 Stegosaurus::

Appearance: It had a plate likes spike running around its spine
(we don't have stegosaurus toy @ home :-))
Triceratops:
Its a herbivore
Indentification:It has a three horns in its head and looks like today's rinosaur.

T-Rex:Tyrannosaurus rex also know as T-Rex was one of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs that ever lived. We have seen this in jurrasic park movie.

 Brachiosaurus:
 Its a herbivore and it has a long neck so that it can reach leaves in the trees.

Hope you  enjoyed seeing the funny pictures of dinosaurs posted by me.

Navarathri Special

When i say navarathri,the first thing that comes to my mind is Sundal :-).I still remember my childhood days ,we used to go to Girija mami's house and have a look at the golu,for each golu they used to display a creative thing like park,railway station etc and eat delicious Sundal.Navarathri is a festival celebrated for 9days.First three days for Goddesses Durga,the next three days for Goddesses Lakshmi and the last three days for Goddesses Saraswathi.The 9th day is the Saraswathi pooja,i like this festival very much where we used to workship books and the tools which help us in our daily life.Even if i have exams i will not read in this day:-) and the 10th day is Vijayadhasami which means victory.If we do anything on his day it will sure be a success.This festival also helps to socialize with others where neighbours use to call to their home for golu. Here is the pic of Saraswathi pooja 2010  celebration.

I Love Pizza

When i tasted pizza for the first time,i dint like it and i felt as if eating chappathi(Indian flat bread :-)),but after eating couple of times i started to love it and now i could not stop starving for pizza.I thought i should stop this some how.After heading to gym couple of times(for the first time in my life history) i know how difficult it is to reduce 150 calories.I am not weight conscious but it is a sign of improvement :-)

Eating cheese pizza's weekly once is not good at all,if there is not much of activity.When i thought of ways to stop this starving,a movie came  to my mind where, Manorama hangs a live chicken and eats rice,assuming to eat kozhi kulumbu satham and S.Ve.Sheakar goes one step ahead and he hangs a picture of it and eats rice :-).I am going to go even a step ahead and  i am going to imagine pizza and eat wheat bread.I have this idea but not implemented it :-).Still i like to have pizza when i go out:-)

Fall Colors in "US"

Fall season is the transition period from summer to winter.It occurs in the period beginning of September to mid of December.During this season all the leaves starts changing its colors , gradually it will fall of and this is the sign that winter is going to start.Eventually all the trees shed its leaves and it will be leafless,so that they can bare the weight of the snow ,when the snowfall starts.I have taken pictures of fall colors in my apartment complex.

Eventually all the trees will shed its leaves

Awesome pic :-)

Its dry leaves all over the place

Top 15 things Pranav would do after reaching India from US

I have read lots of top 10 things Indians would do after returning from US,then i thought what Pranav (He is my 2 1/4 years old kid) would do and the result is this post :-)

1.Asks for a stroller to go out.
2.Says lake looking at kulam and kuttai.
3.Asks for yoplait.
4.Says "Zee" for "Zed".
5.Asks for a play area.
6.Sings Incy wincy spider.
7.Tells "Wee" while sliding from the slide.
8.Smiles at fellow walkers and says hi.
9.Tries to see grass and lawns.
10.Searches for rabbits and ducks.
11.Tries to find Toyota,Cadillac,BMW and Nissan.
12.Tries to find Target stores.
13.Asks for bath tub.
14.Asks for Super Why,Dinosaur train and Dora.
15.Expects his dad to be back from office at 5:30 pm.

Mushroom fry with garlic

I had this recipe at my friend's house and i asked for the recipe from her.This is a simple and easy recipe and it requires no chilly or masala powder and it can be done in 15 mins

Ingredients

1. Mushroom-1 small box (cut mushrooms lengthwise as thin slices)
2. garlic-3 to 4 pods (chopped)
3. Onions -1/2(big onion) finely chopped
4. salt-To taste
5. water-To sprinkle

Method:

1. Heat the pan and add little oil
2. Add garlic and fry and add the onions and continue to fry till it becomes translucent.
3. Add mushroom and fry for a min 
4. Add salt and sprinkle water and cover the lid,let it boil for 10 mins in low flame.
5. Stir it once and continue cooking till the water drains completely
6. Garnish it with finely chopped coriander leaves

You can try this same procedure using broccoli instead of mushroom also.

Be Courteous

I want to a share an incident which took place and it made me think.Myself,my husband and our kid, we were returning from a vacation and we have to travel in a bus and it was night journey and it is a long journey.All of us were waiting for the bus.It was cold night and every one who was waiting there were expecting for the bus.Finally the bus came and there was a huge rush and all of them where in a mind set to catch the seat,finally we managed to get seats,we had couple of shoulder bags. All of them who are traveling in that bus kept their bags near their foot.But the person who was sitting in the seat before us kept his bag under his seat,which means his bags where extending till our foot and we cant keep our bags.He kept his bag in this way so that he can wide spread his foot and sit comfortably.My husband requested him saying "can u please move your bag?".If i was in this situation i would definitely move the bag,if some one would request for.That guy is a north Indian guy,he doesn't seem to bother about anything and he said "I would recommend you to find some other seat".
                                                              We finally managed to get some other seat,But the person who was sitting behind this guy had a difficult time keeping his  bags and he adjusted keeping his foot on top of his bags.The guy would have thought he is smart and he had achieved something but his actions are noted down and he will get back in return.I am not like anniniyan,to give punishment for his actions from garudapanjangam.This may be a simple issue,but we have to share and adjust at least for these simple things and be courteous to others.Even if we are not helping others at least we should not trouble others.

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.
-Francis Bacon 


Lets learn to be courteous!!!!!!!!!!

Corn and Mushroom Biriyani

I have tried this and it came out good as like in restaurants.You can refer this video but its from Telugu channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoI7nhSbyi0

Common wealth games 2010

Though there are lots of issues in organizing and arranging for facilities for the players.At last a good start  was given

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IcVei8qfQU&feature=player_embedded

Enthiran !!! SUNthiran

Iam a big fan of Rajini and Shankar and iam waiting to watch the movie Enthiran.But  the recent hype given for this movie is too much.SUN pictures,we know about their media and publicity,we saw that from vettaikaran to thillalangadi,they will show the trailer every 1/2 an hour and they announce the movie results in SUN news itself and in top10 movies all the sun pictures movie will be in no:1 like vettaikaran,theeratha vilayattu pillai,sura,thillalalangadi..etc and the good movies wont come in the list at all or they will say intha padatha nama thevaiyana allavuku alasitathala adutha idatha pidica padatha pakalam and the good movie will be in 10th position.These things and all we have seen and for enthiran they went one step ahead.
                                                                                                                              Recently i was shocked to see one program in T.V it was "Enthiran Trailer Release" ,i have never seen any thing like this happened for any movie.They will be showing all the people running on the streets and all the people woke up early morning to see enthiran trailer release and they are creating such a big hype after all its a movie ,even if its a good movie,no other producers will be showing such a programs or give such a big hype.Are they thinking tamil audience as a fool.If its a really gud movie it will be surely super dooper hit and such programs are unnecessary and now they are telecasting a program called "Enthiran release ulagengum" and in this people will be waiting in theaters for tickets doing paal abishegam for their hero.May be it rajini's rasigargal doing this...even some hero's are insisting not to do such things and take care of their family.Media people have the responibility to show audiences that these acts are not going to gain anything for them,but in this case they are telecasting all the things done on the theaters like doing paal abishegam for the hero and people are pulling chariots and they are doing pooja's in temple and breaking 108 coconuts ,tonsuring their head,putting name of the movie in their hairstyle and that too they are showing all the things done from state to state in India and also all over the world.Tamil people will encourage all good movies and its a step ahead for tamil movies history,i agree this, but no body will encourage such hype and such programs being telecasted in T.V.Are they thinking audiences as a fool.After all its movie ,but they are telecasting this repeatedly as though its a makkal nala thittam and asking comments from C.M and showing Enthiran thamilaga makkalin deepavali as headlines.

Ultimate highlight is they are asking for "D.V.D's of enthiran celebration in your region and we will telecast it in coming weeks"

Enough its Enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                                                                                          

How to stop kids from sucking their fingers

My son is 2  1/4  years old.He has the habit of sucking his fingers,while sleeping,gradually he started to keep his hands while watching t.v,while sitting idle and when he got bored.We tried lots of methods but all went in vain.We thought we need to some how stop this habit.Its better to stop before the period when milk teeth falls,because when they suck in that period the tooth will start to grow in the direction where the root was and the roots direction will be changed according the position they suck their fingers and also it can cause some speech problems.We some how finally succeeded in our attempt.Here are the methods we tried.
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Action1:We tried to put gloves in his hand.
Result:He kept the gloves for some time and started to remove it.
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Action 2: We tied a kerchief around his hands
Result:He kept for some time and later he tried to remove the kerchief
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Action 3: We tried to stick adhesive tape around  his finger
Result: He tried to peel it of and during night he voluntarily started asking for the tape,he however removes it after some time.
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Finally we implemented this method,of course  we browsed a lot for it
We started saying "You have become a big boy,big boys wont suck their fingers",we started saying whenever he sucks.gradually in 2-3 days he completely stopped that habit.
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Hurray !!!!!!! we did it !

Quote of the day

“The best way to avoid disappointment is to not expect anything from anyone”

when we expect some wish to happen and if it happens,we feel happy and when it doesn't happen we feel sad and most of the time desires wont be fulfilled.Instead of worrying for those,its better to be desire less and not expect anything from any one,by this way we can be at least not worrying for silly things

Clean City

When i came to US for the first time with my husband.I was amazed to see how clean the surroundings are
and how they are following rules like following the traffic rules ,waiting for the pedestrians to cross.Standing in the queue while getting in the bus,shops,restaurants.I wish this has to be implemented in my country too.I remembered a quote said by our father of nation

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
  --  Mahatma Gandhi

 yes i am going to follow these when i go to my home town.
 

Tips to Manage Kids in Plane

I know how dificult it is to manage kid,while on board.I have faced it,here are my few ideas i can think of
It will be helpful for person traveling alone with a kid 

1. You can take ipod ,loading their favorite songs and rhymes.Make sure you have charged it fully.
2. Take their favorite toys,which are small and handy
3. Take their favorite books depending on child's age.
4. Make them sleep,most of the time.
5. when they get bored of all these things ,you can divert them saying stories.
6. Try getting aisle seat,while getting boarding pass,since you need to go restrooms often to change diapers for the kid.
7. If the child starts crying and not consoled for any of these,you ask for a candy from air hostess,but use this as a last asthiram.