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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Misconceptions

I came across this interesting post about childhood misconceptions in one of the blogs(post).And my childhood misconceptions flashed across my mind. I have kinda short term memory loss (I cant recollect anything clearly,but this doesnt stand for laws,concepts and formula....education ruined my brain!!)!Still,i will try to drain down some thoughts(wouldnt it be easy if we had a pensieve,so that we can dig our head into it and recollect everything which happened) :(..

I thought that the world is composed of many hemispherical bubbles.This bubbles are what we can see as sky meeting earth at horizons(not literally).i thought the world was within this bubble!
Later , at age of 8 or so,I thought India is the world.At that time,I think i had come across India map only.And i mostly imagined world as wrapped by India,like we see fat men zoomed on screens so they occupy the whole screen.
I was mis-taught that each star represents someone.I felt a lump in my throat whenever a star fell as shooting star,which meant to me that that person had died.
I thought that the water flowed from bay of bengal to arabian sea through our streets,when there were floods.I thought this was to equalize the water level in both seas.I think this was during my 4th std.
I thought that whatever that is happening to me have already happened and Im sitting somewhere with my wife and watching these as recorded tapes in VCR(those day,there was only vcr)
I thought that there are people below my house who were in the past and if we go down,we can see dinosaurs and people from the past.
I dont know the difference between boys and girls till 9th standard.In my 5th-6th std,i stepped into girls toilet many-a-times(bcos it was near to my class :D) not knowing the difference and was threatened by my friends that they will throw me into the dark room if i did it the next time :D
I thought that all girls I see would be my future wife and they're waiting for my proposal .I feel ashamed to say this that I was in this foolish thought till my 10th standard.:(
Before my age of ten,I thought that people would come through wires and perform in my TV.
I had a worst of the worst misconception.Even I used to laugh at this thought of mine.But im not going to put it here ,cos its related to .....:D

I think we can make this misconceptions list as tag and I tag everyone who reads this.I look forward to read other's misconceptions during their childhood.

Rise of T20

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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Tag Tag

Instead of discussing my boring life here or criticising the not-so boring life of others,I thought filling up a tag is easy and de-stressing.I picked this tag from another blog and thought this is easy to complete .

1. I've come to realize that my last kiss..... I neither had opportunity nor a girl to kiss! :(

2. I am listening to... sound of rain!(its raining outside!!)

3. I talk... seldom.Thats why no one likes me!
4. I love... my parents and my life!

5. My best friends.....are definitely those who I got as friends in college!

6. My first real kiss... never happened!(aargh,why they repeat something that is hard for me to do)

7. Love is... what my parents show to me and to my brother!

8. Marriage is... definitely an arranged one for me and I think I can love my wife,not the other way!

9. Somewhere, someone is thinking... of somebody!

10. I'll always... be thinking of scenes and enacting them secretly (not even my parents knows this)

11. The last time I really cried was because... I got to lose my interview due to crowd while travelling to company alone!(i grow somewhat restless while im all myself in crowds,may be in bus or in train...I dont like myself to be in crowds :D )

12. My cell phone ...always sleeps..stirred by forwards from friends sometimes!

13. When I wake up in the morning... I hear tamil songs ,preferably ilayaraja songs!

14. Before I go to bed... I think of scenes to be included in my yet-to-be not yet decided! :P

15. Right now I am thinking about...completing this sentence.
16. Babies are... cute,beautiful yet I didnt had chance to play with them for past 3 years..cos my cousin is no longer a baby now!

17. I miss... my college friends! :(

18. Today I... was laughing maniacally while reading chronicwriter blog.

19. Tomorrow I will be... going to my college(well,its not my now ,im alumni there :( ) with my friend !

20. I really want to be... missed by someone other than my parents!

What an idea,sirji!

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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Dhobara mat poochna!

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Phoenix

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Friday, July 17, 2009

50th post :D

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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Vanangaman

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15 Books tag

So,filling my blog with words after a long time.I came across this post "My 15 Books tag" and thought of listing my 15 favorite books too.This list is not sorted out based on my most favorite to least or best to better.Im just listing out whichever book i remember the most.

Lord of rings(the fellowship of ring,the two towers and return of king) by J.R.R.TOLKIEN: Thought of reading the three volumes in a single-go,so took the biig 1200 pages LOTR book and spent nearly a month reading it.The font size is nearly half that of the normal font size used in almost all other novels.I thought I had to put spectacles while finishing the book.But once you start reading it,you will be glued to it. The pace picks up after gandalf meets frodo and tells the story of ring.(btw,the film and book differs in many places).This book is classic.
Jurassic park by Michael crichton : The book made me feel that the movie(based on this book) directed by spielberg is not so great as i had once considered. Everything(i meant the scientific facts) in jurassic park is well explained in this book,which the film lacks. This book had many thrilling scenes than the film and im still a fan of malcolm effect.
Doomsday Conspiracy by Sidney sheldon : The only book of sheldon ,the plot of which i still remember.bcos all his other books seemed to have same style of plots.But this book was completely different.The hunter becoming the hunted concept was new to me when I read this book.And i read the book twice cos I loved the pace.
Angels and demons by Dan brown : The first novel i ever read.Im not used to novels till i finished my school and was very poor in english too(This post is an example).But a friend of mine introduced me to lending library nearby and im still lending books from there to read.
Digital fortress by Dan brown : The twists he lays for NDAKOTA is exciting.felt like watching a film while reading it.
Prey by micheal crichton : If you want to read science thriller,then go for this book.You would feel short of breath when you're reading the pages where the forman takes the crew outside the lab and returns back with some spray(i forgot!).
Alchemist by paulo coelho : 'You dont need to wander or go beyond the seas to achieve your dream.The key to success can be in your own place'.This is what I learnt from alchemist.The shepherd finds his treasure in his own place.Or I should have misunderstood the inner meaning in the book :( !
Timeline by michael crichton : I like sci-fi's more and so I read all of crichton's except disclosure.I related myself much to andre marek in this fiction cos he too loved history like I do.
State of fear by michael crichton : One book you shouldn't miss. try reading it once.Though some may feel its boring,it has real science . The first novel to come with graphs and references.:D
Andromeda strain by michael crichton : This book made me think about the ways in which evolution can take place.Interesting book for science lovers.
Lost world by michael crichton : the sequel to jurassic park.Malcolm comes alive in this book.In JP,he is left dead in the park.And in this book,he is said to have survived but with broken legs.Again many interesting things like gambler's ruin,animal behaviors,evolution,etc.
Sphere by michael crichton: The book which deals with psychology of people in underwater habitat. If you read crichton book,you can get entertainment plus knowledge.thats his speciality.
Vanthaargal Vendraargal (வந்தார்கள் வென்றார்கள் ) by Madan : covers from gengis khan invasion to the last mughal emperor bahadur shah zafar.A must read for history lovers.
Five point someone by chetan bhagat : You can laugh and feel when you're reading this book.the first time I came across a interesting concept of delivering few chapters from eyes of other characters apart from protagonist in this book.
A brief history of time by stephen hawking:You should be highly patient while reading this book.Contains a lot of info's that you had to constantly refer physics book or ebook or net while reading this. And takes a lot of time to grasp hawking's view.I had headaches everytime I read this book.So placed this at end of list.