Friday, March 19, 2010

Hail Future star”Sam Anderson”

One of the famous names that got tagged into the minds of all youngsters was “Sam Anderson”. It all started with his movie “Yaarukku Yaaro (Tagline: Step nee Step nee Step nee??!!??)” through which he became so famous amongst the youth of Tamilnadu. My friend, after watching this movie, became a huge fan of him and he even told me that he is the future star of southern film industry. I was so eager to watch his movie. My friend downloaded the movie from internet and gave it to me. The film starts with a religious intro song praising Jesus by the lead heroin. That first scene itself made me realize how the film would go for the remaining 2 hours. The protagonist is an automobile engineer who is still jobless. He rescues a girl from some thieves and there comes the next song. It’s worth spending hundred bucks to watch the hero dancing. He is so graceful in his dance that even a 2 year kid will throw tomatoes at him. He had no moves and his express is “static”. When you see those expressions you would feel like giving two slaps on his cheek. The heroin introduces the hero to her father who apparently owns an automobile showroom. The hero gets some of his automobile designs to show to heroin’s dad. Even I was better in drawing. Director has absolutely no idea on what to show for the car design in the movie. My guess is that the director has borrowed his kid’s car paintings as designs and has portrayed it in the film. If I was the heroin’s father I would have asked the hero to give those designs in the 1st standard drawing competition. The same old story line, heroin falls for hero and there is one more song. Like all films there is a twist in the tale end of the story when a second heroin turns up to be the hero’s college friend with whom he learnt designing in Germany. She eventually comes to woo the hero and asks him to come to Germany along with her and she promises to get him a good job. Which heroin will the hero choose, is the climax of the story? On the whole after watching this movie, I imagined the hero’s face for a while and started laughing. No one can make a film as bad as it can be, Kudos to the director and no once can have such a great acting skills than the one and only hero of the movie “Sam Anderson”. Its not even slapstick B grade movie, it’s even worse than that. Whenever I see his face I start laughing thinking of his dance moves and the acting skills and the best part was after the post release the hero, Sam Anderson, has questioned everyone that “What exactly is wrong in his acting and dancing skills”. My question to him is “What exactly is right in his acting and dancing skills”. On the whole this is a film, only for youngster, that’s worth watching for nothing. If you are so jobless in life and if you feel you need some piece of B grade worst slapstick comedy, this is the right movie to watch. For some more fun try checking out his videos in Facebook and the comments given by his fans. Watch out for his next movie adventure. I can’t wait for another laugh riot.

Life of an Assistant System Engineer

The work life in an IT industry is always hectic and so is the work pressure. As soon as a year of my joining I realised how difficult it is to survive in the field and computer became a part of my life. I spent more hours with computer than anyone else. My eyes used to turn out so reddish that I had to opt for eye wear to sustain the computer radiations. I felt like days becoming hours and hours to minutes and minutes to seconds. This was my weekday life. But weekends it’s always party time. Weekends I go out with my friends to some good movies or we planning for some tours. Karting has been my new passion. Month twice or thrice I go for Karting with friends. Once or twice in a month to pubs, trekking are some of the hangouts that I do in weekends. I have always wondered what IT guys do with lot of money. Now i can understand it much better. Even though there is more stress in IT field, as is in other fields too, but there is even more happiness in this field – reason IT pays you really well than others. That’s why all the IT workers including me follow the policy of work hard party harder!

Monday, March 8, 2010

Make Mother's Day Meaningful With Flowers

If there is one charming and poignant modern day tradition it has got to be the Mother’s Day, celebrated in honor of that extraordinary person in everybody’s life. It goes without saying that every mother deserves a special tribute on this wonderful occasion. So how does one show the heartfelt adoration towards our moms, that too with an appropriate gift? To me nothing is more delightful than a lovely bouquet or a captivating flower arrangement that is sure to enchant her. Flowers Mothers Day go hand in hand, and nothing could be a more fitting present.

The fact is that flowers convey much more than words can say. And if you still must buy a pricey present for your mom by all means do. The market abounds with classy Mother’s Day paraphernalia. From cosmetic sets and designer jewelry, to gift baskets and spa vouchers there is no dearth for choice. The best part is that flowers can easily complement a thoughtful present. Top it up with an eloquent card to express your appreciation, and you have a Mother’s Day winner. Shop for exquisite Flowers Mothers Day, and show your mom you care.

Best way to promote your business

There is no better way to improve your business that through direct contact. This was the concept that my uncle always had. He started his small scale business of helping students study abroad and arranges for financial loans for the student from different banks. He started this business without any investment. He first opened his office at his home itself and marketed his business through word of mouth and he also made cheap business cards and pamphlets to promote his business. His business started to grow in a small and study manner and then he also made some webhosting for his business in the name of dollarspounds consultant. I managed to design his webpage and get a domain for his business and after four years of his hard work, his business has improved really well and he now has his own office in the centre of the city with four members working under him and now has tie ups with lots of universities and banks to help the students pursue what they want. He has also opened up branches in different cities. Even after growing so much in business he still feels the word of mouth is always the best way to promote the business.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Banish The Gloom With The Right Lights

Every home needs adequate lighting and there are different types of lights for different applications. For instance ambient light would be best to light up an entire room while study rooms and kitchens may need specific lights depending on the task at hand.

Deciding appropriate light fixtures for each of your rooms can be a challenging task. For instance, you can use lighting accessories or attractive chandeliers to decorate the living rooms. Striking accent lights work well to highlight an artwork, while kitchen light fixtures should be unobtrusive and provide coverage to every countertop, the stoves and the shelves. There are a wide range of lighting styles to choose from featuring top manufacturers, and there is bound to be the right light to suit your purpose and budget. So shop for great fixtures and light up your living space!

Akanksha - Desire

It was during our final year in college where there was a department level cultural festival – Akanksha which means desire. This name was suggested by me and my friend. It was one of the biggest inter college festivals for us as it was our last year in college. We gave all our department guys with custom designed Tshirts to be worn on that day. We also made huge vinyl banners of our cultural event name, promoting our cultural festival to all the colleges. We had also given a formal invitation to other colleges to participate in the festival. We planned and had some very interesting events on that day. We also invited a special celebrity guests to make our cultural event more interesting. The day arrived and we expected a decent crowd for the event. But it turned out to be even bigger in number and to our surprise; the event was aired in our local television channels. Our cultural festival turned out to be one of the memorable festivals that our college witnessed and we have made this festival as a benchmark for our juniors. With this festival, our small college turned out to be one of the popular colleges in our city.

Friday, March 5, 2010

GM for you?

Genetic engineering constitutes the second industrial revolution. The first one involved physics and went hand in hand with colonialism. The present one involves biology and is being accompanied by globalisation. Biotech is in fact the most revolutionary of all revolutions.

So far, right from the making of stone tools to landing on the moon to the development of the internet, humankind has been arranging and rearranging building blocks provided by nature. Now it has become possible to modify these building blocks themselves.

Other dimensions :

This development is unprecedented in human history and raises questions of ethics and consequences. So far, questions of ethics have pitted man against man. Now it is humankind against nature. Any meaningful discussion on genetic engineering cannot be confined to its science; it must incorporate the other dimensions also.

Plants owe their characteristics to their genes, which they inherit from their parents. Since ages, it has been possible to cross-breed closely related varieties. Such exercises have been carried out in the fields and have involved evolutionary timescales that are reassuringly large. It has now become possible to quickly change the genetic composition of a plant, working in the lab itself. Genes can be added or silenced. They can come from totally unrelated sources: other plants, microbes or even animals.

Is GM safe?

The Nobel Prize winning geneticist Brenner notes wryly that most scientists are unwilling to say that GM is completely harmless lest they be proved wrong in their own lifetime. GM crop technology may in fact be un-testable, on methodological grounds. Scientific analysis pre-requires that the system under investigation be isolated.

But it is manifestly not possible to isolate GM from the non-GM. The pollinators such as the birds, bees, butterflies and wind move from one agricultural field to another unmindful of whether a conventional crop is being grown or a modified one.

Europe sees no benefit in plant biotech and is not ready to take risks.

It is curious that battles over a new technology are being fought by the U.S. and Europe in the corridors of the WTO instead of in labs and seminar rooms.