<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260533823961462296</id><updated>2011-07-07T16:52:41.461-07:00</updated><category term='sophomoric life'/><category term='olympus fe280'/><category term='page 13 hook up'/><category term='chetan bhagwat'/><category term='campus life'/><category term='Flicking'/><category term='egmore'/><category term='Rajinikanth'/><category term='wifi'/><category term='volvo ocean race'/><category term='IPL'/><category term='enquiry'/><category term='iim'/><category term='end semester'/><category term='photos'/><category term='madras'/><category term='Bermuda Triangle'/><category term='Trawling ban'/><category term='MIT'/><category term='sholay'/><category term='joker in the pack'/><category term='elections2009'/><category term='studyholidays'/><category term='fisherman'/><category term='internals'/><category term='kerala'/><category term='movie reviews'/><category term='firstblog'/><category term='communism'/><category term='laloo prasad yadav'/><category term='goshree bridges'/><category term='train jouney'/><category term='ragging'/><category term='odomos'/><category term='spellings'/><category term='kochi'/><title type='text'>Manik Blogs</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Manickam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12317560545172835549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/TBevBK7I9EI/AAAAAAAAAuA/Vkq6UWw796c/S220/n600887007_1657.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>14</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260533823961462296.post-7103904541478047724</id><published>2009-11-27T09:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-27T09:22:42.713-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='joker in the pack'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chetan bhagwat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='page 13 hook up'/><title type='text'>"joker in the pack"'s 13 th page hook up</title><content type='html'>I ve always encouraged indian authors ergh..not directly jus by reading their books, that to in delhi paper backs, jai ho 2 piracy.a joker in the pack happens to be one f this kind .inspite of it being a small book, it took me more than ten holiday days to finish it . all thanks to the 13 page ,where i was stranded for more than eight days , thats the page when Mr shekar verma hooks a girl .wat s her name i forgot wait ill google it. yep, anoushka , c mon man i accept every book or film about college life a girlfriend s a mandatory commodity but i thought an IIM pass out would have thought of something different.After eight days of DEEP thought i came to a conclusion that love in college is possible only in films n books(ironically two of my frnds got tagged "commited" after i finished the book..) .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SxAEWttUfyI/AAAAAAAAAnc/zv5emIBXo5I/s1600/Joker_in_the_Pack_Front_Cover.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SxAEWttUfyI/AAAAAAAAAnc/zv5emIBXo5I/s320/Joker_in_the_Pack_Front_Cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408827940745281314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Believe me the book was so guessable . at first i thought Chetan Bhagwats five point someone was worst but sorry chetan u ve lost the spot 2 Neeraj Pahlajani and Ritesh Sharma. after reading it, i thought the book s been binded with the wrong cover , phew, i counldnt pick out even one instance when mr verma donned the costume of "joker in the pack" . then comes the 100th page when poor verma finds another guys pic with caption "my sweet heart " in "her" social networking profile hehe fck orkut &amp;amp; facebook .n the reason behind the break up was attributed to dwindling contact between the two, oh ya tata docomo was not there at their time . verma ji this is wat happens to a "page 13 hook up.." .&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1260533823961462296-7103904541478047724?l=maniacmanick.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/feeds/7103904541478047724/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1260533823961462296&amp;postID=7103904541478047724' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/7103904541478047724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/7103904541478047724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/2009/11/joker-in-packs-13-th-page-hook-up.html' title='&quot;joker in the pack&quot;&apos;s 13 th page hook up'/><author><name>Manickam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12317560545172835549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/TBevBK7I9EI/AAAAAAAAAuA/Vkq6UWw796c/S220/n600887007_1657.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SxAEWttUfyI/AAAAAAAAAnc/zv5emIBXo5I/s72-c/Joker_in_the_Pack_Front_Cover.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260533823961462296.post-8523511268172888470</id><published>2009-09-25T11:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-26T20:29:46.940-07:00</updated><title type='text'>"Black and white"-a short film</title><content type='html'>Well for the intra college culturals. the only event me n my frnds always watchout for is the short film making event. last time around the &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k3Cmgk8-cU"&gt;movie3218&lt;/a&gt; was about a guy lossing his new cell phone(which is rampant in our hostel) and how the story unfold to find the culprit(thats me).it had many a pitfalls like improper dubbing(so this time v had no dialogues,gr8 alternative),poor picture quality(thanks to my cam) and disgusting location(our hostel..)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;k leave the past come 2 present,this year after a brief brain storming it was decided that v do something about 26/11-national integration...see it for youself and comment on it.&lt;br /&gt;the judges gave us the second prize(numerically speakin 1st ,as both the top teams got same scores)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-b876fd279731e545" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v14.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Db876fd279731e545%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330356346%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6E8D434C60A2825885193DB66808EA2483EE3CC9.2D72D4FBB67EA0C44CF004A855337B59AC6B2C3%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Db876fd279731e545%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D_qHR12zaW0ow8ttzke8s9MOFrCg&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v14.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Db876fd279731e545%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330356346%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6E8D434C60A2825885193DB66808EA2483EE3CC9.2D72D4FBB67EA0C44CF004A855337B59AC6B2C3%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Db876fd279731e545%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D_qHR12zaW0ow8ttzke8s9MOFrCg&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well you cant find me in it as i din act in it.thanks to cup elango, for his special class which stopped me from doin a small role i was given in it.&lt;br /&gt;for ppl who din read the credits properly here s a recap&lt;br /&gt;Director :Anand Kumar&lt;br /&gt;Actors:&lt;br /&gt;Arjun(the guy who changes his suicide plans in beach after saving a guy in beach with flag in hand)&lt;br /&gt;Sri Vishnu(the lanky boy who dies after jumping into the water to fetch the flag taken by the tides)&lt;br /&gt;Ravishankar,Siddharth and Vignesh(the three other guys along with vishnu in the beach celebrating india s victory)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1260533823961462296-8523511268172888470?l=maniacmanick.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/feeds/8523511268172888470/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1260533823961462296&amp;postID=8523511268172888470' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/8523511268172888470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/8523511268172888470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/2009/09/well-for-intra-college-culturals.html' title='&quot;Black and white&quot;-a short film'/><author><name>Manickam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12317560545172835549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/TBevBK7I9EI/AAAAAAAAAuA/Vkq6UWw796c/S220/n600887007_1657.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260533823961462296.post-3564142624734852008</id><published>2009-06-18T04:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-18T05:25:51.287-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rajinikanth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Trawling ban'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bermuda Triangle'/><title type='text'>why is rajinikanth..."Rajinikanth"</title><content type='html'>how can i be tagged a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;tamilkaran&lt;/span&gt; without a single post tagged &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;rajinikanth&lt;/span&gt; in my blog...&lt;br /&gt;so here v go....&lt;br /&gt;1.When &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Rajinikanth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; does &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;pushup&lt;/span&gt;, he &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;isnt&lt;/span&gt; lifting himself up, he s pushing the earth down..&lt;br /&gt;2.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Rajinikanth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is so fast ,he can run around the world and punch himself in the back of the head..&lt;br /&gt;3.The &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;bermuda&lt;/span&gt; triangle was &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;bermuda&lt;/span&gt; square before &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Rajinikanth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; kicked one of the corners of..&lt;br /&gt;4.There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Rajinikanth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; lives in Chennai...&lt;br /&gt;5.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Rajinikanth's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; every step creates a mini whirlwind, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;huricane&lt;/span&gt; Katrina was result of a morning jog..&lt;br /&gt;6.If you google search "&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;Rajinikanth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; getting kicked" you generate zero result.Its just &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;doesnt&lt;/span&gt; happen.&lt;br /&gt;7.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;Rajinikanth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; once ate an entire bottle of sleeping pills.They made him blink.&lt;br /&gt;8.Outer space exists &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;beacause&lt;/span&gt; its afraid to be on the same planet with &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;Rajinikanth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;Rajinikanth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; gave &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;mona&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;lisa&lt;/span&gt; that smile.&lt;br /&gt;10.The only thing that runs faster and longer than &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&gt;Rajinikanth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; are his films...&lt;br /&gt;11. 30 feet wall &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"&gt;seperating&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"&gt;Rajinikanth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and the bad guy. how will he shoot him.. He has two guns? this is &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"&gt;wat&lt;/span&gt; happens..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/Sjovo4nfoAI/AAAAAAAAAlw/lAY-VzrZBgo/s1600-h/rajinitoon.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 286px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/Sjovo4nfoAI/AAAAAAAAAlw/lAY-VzrZBgo/s320/rajinitoon.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348639886895194114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS: ts Plagiarised .&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Fishes have Trawling ban... Human brain has Summer vacation.&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1260533823961462296-3564142624734852008?l=maniacmanick.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/feeds/3564142624734852008/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1260533823961462296&amp;postID=3564142624734852008' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/3564142624734852008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/3564142624734852008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/2009/06/why-is-rajinikanthrajinikanth.html' title='why is rajinikanth...&quot;Rajinikanth&quot;'/><author><name>Manickam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12317560545172835549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/TBevBK7I9EI/AAAAAAAAAuA/Vkq6UWw796c/S220/n600887007_1657.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/Sjovo4nfoAI/AAAAAAAAAlw/lAY-VzrZBgo/s72-c/rajinitoon.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260533823961462296.post-2804338994224001739</id><published>2009-05-12T22:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-12T23:56:19.500-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MIT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='campus life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elections2009'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='odomos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='movie reviews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wifi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='IPL'/><title type='text'>fOuRth sEm FiNdIngS....</title><content type='html'>After a long speel of blogo-hibernation(i jus coined that word...).. I am back to writin rubbish...well the wi fi hot spot in my college is also a mosquito bitin hot spot.. and the DNA structure of MIT mosquitoes lately got the immunity to surpass  layers of this&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SgpjxQv91SI/AAAAAAAAAlA/5_V2a8K7ZFI/s1600-h/GAME_04.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SgpjxQv91SI/AAAAAAAAAlA/5_V2a8K7ZFI/s320/GAME_04.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335186406534665506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;to chusify my B+ blood ,therefore inspite of havin a laptop i was away from this sphere for a semester.&lt;br /&gt;May be when i enter the college gates for next sem ,ill have net access in the hostel itself thats wat &lt;a href="http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/12/stories/2009041257470100.htm"&gt;hindu says&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;Here are some of my fourth sem findings....&lt;br /&gt;#1&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SgpoJKEs60I/AAAAAAAAAlI/HxiArcAsxYY/s1600-h/images.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 118px; height: 122px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SgpoJKEs60I/AAAAAAAAAlI/HxiArcAsxYY/s320/images.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335191215105960770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;this guy thanks Vodo fone for makin zoo zoo's and allegedly blocked all sites streaming zoo zoo ads..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/Sgpoc4ZccQI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/2FDI8eOiKOg/s1600-h/zoozoos.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/Sgpoc4ZccQI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/2FDI8eOiKOg/s320/zoozoos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335191553958506754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;so if you wanna watch 'em tune into set max in between IPL...everythin come with a price..&lt;br /&gt;#2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SgpqNyp3CuI/AAAAAAAAAlY/QpdWvL-X_i4/s1600-h/star-voting-10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SgpqNyp3CuI/AAAAAAAAAlY/QpdWvL-X_i4/s320/star-voting-10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335193493741964002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I am a first time voter but couldnt vote because poll dates in Kerala clashed with my sem exams...at first i thought "ox shit" one vote wats gonna make a difference but after seein this pic.... i found that Election gives you full right to tell"f**k you.."...so atleast for this GO and VOTE... i 4gt today s last phase f polling na.. anyways next time...&lt;br /&gt;#3&lt;br /&gt;After seeing "Ayan" a surya tamanah starrer....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SgpstECzXJI/AAAAAAAAAlg/LfywLD7Mers/s1600-h/ayan_07.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SgpstECzXJI/AAAAAAAAAlg/LfywLD7Mers/s320/ayan_07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335196230009183378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I found that there are two ways of making a movie -BLOCKBUSTER...&lt;br /&gt;1.Make a good movie with masala,action, songs etc etc etc...&lt;br /&gt;2. sell it SUN pictures....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1260533823961462296-2804338994224001739?l=maniacmanick.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/feeds/2804338994224001739/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1260533823961462296&amp;postID=2804338994224001739' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/2804338994224001739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/2804338994224001739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/2009/05/fourth-sem-findings.html' title='fOuRth sEm FiNdIngS....'/><author><name>Manickam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12317560545172835549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/TBevBK7I9EI/AAAAAAAAAuA/Vkq6UWw796c/S220/n600887007_1657.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SgpjxQv91SI/AAAAAAAAAlA/5_V2a8K7ZFI/s72-c/GAME_04.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260533823961462296.post-5348754324523728896</id><published>2008-12-12T07:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-20T23:03:56.106-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kochi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='olympus fe280'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='volvo ocean race'/><title type='text'>Volvo ocean race...</title><content type='html'>Before i went 2 the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;volvo&lt;/span&gt; ocean race village in wellington island,&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Kochi&lt;/span&gt;. If u asked me &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;wat&lt;/span&gt; that was i would have told u its auto major &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;volvo&lt;/span&gt; s some exhibition 2 display its trucks, cars(courtesy:orkut albums of numerous friends). And they bought all these things via ship so ocean race.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Wateva&lt;/span&gt;, the truth is that &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;volvo&lt;/span&gt; ocean race is&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Harnessing the natural elements of wind and wave power.Using every source of energy to the maximum.Always looking for the perfect sails and course to steer by.In order to push the boat forward more efficiently that the competitors.A good example to live by.&lt;/span&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anecdotes....&lt;br /&gt;-They ve been racin every year since 2000-2001.&lt;br /&gt;-Race spanning for a time period of 9 months.&lt;br /&gt;-7 teams in their yachts battling against the odds to be the best.&lt;br /&gt;-each team with 11 crew members.&lt;br /&gt;-this is the 1st ever Asia stopover...Another feather in the cap of Kochi....&lt;br /&gt;To begin with, the 7 teams started off from&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Alicate&lt;/span&gt;(flagged of on oct 11'08),then&lt;br /&gt;Capetown&lt;br /&gt;Cochin(flagged of on 13th dec '08 )&lt;br /&gt;Singapore&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Quingdo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Ria&lt;/span&gt; Di &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Janiro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boston&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Galway&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;Gotemburgo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;Estocolmo&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;Stockolm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;St &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;Petersburg&lt;/span&gt;(chequered flag expected on 25 june'09)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My pictures will speak the rest...&lt;img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/AKHIL/LOCALS%7E1/TEMP/moz-screenshot-2.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/AKHIL/LOCALS%7E1/TEMP/moz-screenshot-3.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/AKHIL/LOCALS%7E1/TEMP/moz-screenshot-4.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/AKHIL/LOCALS%7E1/TEMP/moz-screenshot-5.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/AKHIL/LOCALS%7E1/TEMP/moz-screenshot-6.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SUYJpADVCPI/AAAAAAAAAeo/lBonUJ5N8oA/s1600-h/select_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SUYJpADVCPI/AAAAAAAAAeo/lBonUJ5N8oA/s320/select_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279918213131733234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;All yacht s lined up in wellington island...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;Erricson&lt;/span&gt; 4 stood the 1st in leg 2 between Capetown and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;Kochi&lt;/span&gt;..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SUYacdHW5_I/AAAAAAAAAf4/yuggXg6NYeI/s1600-h/select_10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 257px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SUYacdHW5_I/AAAAAAAAAf4/yuggXg6NYeI/s320/select_10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279936689292634098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;here are some &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;intresting&lt;/span&gt; tag lines or "punch lines" (&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;colloquially) that i clicked in race village...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SUYJqKBniDI/AAAAAAAAAfA/QX__atfqrg0/s1600-h/a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SUYJqKBniDI/AAAAAAAAAfA/QX__atfqrg0/s320/a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279918232988780594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SUYJqSSJzlI/AAAAAAAAAfI/8JWeZfY-ads/s1600-h/a1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SUYJqSSJzlI/AAAAAAAAAfI/8JWeZfY-ads/s320/a1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279918235205619282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SUYLNm5OJsI/AAAAAAAAAfg/eKRC9PWIMD0/s1600-h/a4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SUYLNm5OJsI/AAAAAAAAAfg/eKRC9PWIMD0/s320/a4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279919941545240258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SUYLNT2OSsI/AAAAAAAAAfY/5fA3-cbWCnc/s1600-h/a3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SUYLNT2OSsI/AAAAAAAAAfY/5fA3-cbWCnc/s320/a3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279919936432392898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SUYLNAYySII/AAAAAAAAAfQ/vj76Ar9rfgo/s1600-h/a2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SUYLNAYySII/AAAAAAAAAfQ/vj76Ar9rfgo/s320/a2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279919931208648834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;At last amidst the exhibition of volvo trucks, passenger bus etc etc...&lt;br /&gt;I saw this....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SUYXFvz-RuI/AAAAAAAAAfo/UUxTWob9VBA/s1600-h/m_PC120068.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SUYXFvz-RuI/AAAAAAAAAfo/UUxTWob9VBA/s320/m_PC120068.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279933000639727330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those who din understand wat this is... These are moped clothes.. also a part of the  exhibits.. i guess..&lt;br /&gt;at last...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SUYJp_ZlBbI/AAAAAAAAAe4/4RWYifR5eiA/s1600-h/select_12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SUYJp_ZlBbI/AAAAAAAAAe4/4RWYifR5eiA/s320/select_12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279918230136489394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1260533823961462296-5348754324523728896?l=maniacmanick.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/feeds/5348754324523728896/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1260533823961462296&amp;postID=5348754324523728896' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/5348754324523728896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/5348754324523728896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/2008/12/volvo-ocean-race.html' title='Volvo ocean race...'/><author><name>Manickam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12317560545172835549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/TBevBK7I9EI/AAAAAAAAAuA/Vkq6UWw796c/S220/n600887007_1657.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SUYJpADVCPI/AAAAAAAAAeo/lBonUJ5N8oA/s72-c/select_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260533823961462296.post-2036497466520712770</id><published>2008-12-12T06:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-15T01:02:43.452-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kochi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='movie reviews'/><title type='text'>rab ne kyun bana di aisi jodi...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SUJ7OChB9tI/AAAAAAAAAeY/LA2z8hbcJBs/s1600-h/14817323_RabNeBanaDiJodi_330x234.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SUJ7OChB9tI/AAAAAAAAAeY/LA2z8hbcJBs/s320/14817323_RabNeBanaDiJodi_330x234.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278917194355439314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Rab ne bana di jodi....&lt;br /&gt;Crap..&lt;br /&gt;Anushka Sharma s hot...&lt;br /&gt;Sharukh.. hmmm lets c.. Buda ho gaya thu sala...!!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1260533823961462296-2036497466520712770?l=maniacmanick.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/feeds/2036497466520712770/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1260533823961462296&amp;postID=2036497466520712770' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/2036497466520712770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/2036497466520712770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/2008/12/rab-ne-kyun-bana-di-aisi-jodi.html' title='rab ne kyun bana di aisi jodi...'/><author><name>Manickam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12317560545172835549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/TBevBK7I9EI/AAAAAAAAAuA/Vkq6UWw796c/S220/n600887007_1657.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SUJ7OChB9tI/AAAAAAAAAeY/LA2z8hbcJBs/s72-c/14817323_RabNeBanaDiJodi_330x234.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260533823961462296.post-2194983666767822997</id><published>2008-12-04T21:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T21:29:05.930-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MIT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='campus life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='olympus fe280'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='studyholidays'/><title type='text'>study holiday n "SOMEONE.."</title><content type='html'>one hydrogen atom smiling at another hydrogen atom 1 Astonomical unit away from the place u r readin this n then they fuse to form helium ,wow wats that???? nuclear fusion biddu..energy released-&gt;sun light s emitted n this takes 8 secs to reach room no 3218,birla hostel,MIT madras.&lt;br /&gt;first rays woke me up, i saw my cellphone twas 6:03 behind that varanam ayirum surya(wall paper) was shouting "...engaluku early morning pathu mani..",then i don wat happened zwwing suddenly all i remember was the alarm ringing like mumbai blast ka gun shots on my ears n then woke up to realize twas 8 :30 . wondering whether getting up at 6 was a dream or reality.. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;rab janne&lt;/span&gt;.Still half asleep i jumped from the top of my double decker bed came out 2 the corridor, the view of the road connecting entrance n college was perfect&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SToHHVPu8HI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/g5gikw_VAUM/s1600-h/m_PB260275.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SToHHVPu8HI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/g5gikw_VAUM/s320/m_PB260275.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276537735961571442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;first year gals n of coarse some guys(who were invisible 2 me) were happy to be back in college it seems, after three day ordeal at home  which would have turned into an island,thanks to &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Nisha&lt;/span&gt;. A German medicals new finding states that watching gals for 10 minutes a day will "reduce" the probability of a guy having heart attack by half...wow.. but poor things, ill bring them to my college they ll change that "reduce" to "increase." phew.. hehe.BUT but someone was an exception ya someone,mauve salwar black bag with a drafter. Suddenly a frnd of mine kept his hands on my shoulder n told "on munjiku idhu overa therlla...?""#^&amp;amp;$%%^",turned back she was outta my horizon.I was back to my senses, 80 hours from now they ll feed me into a Colosseum inside which there will be 10 small cubs after wining them over ill get 2 marks each, then big hungry lions(1 compulsory,others have option) which will fetch me 16 marks.So brushed ma teeth did all things i was ought 2 do, then left for the mess to see empty bowls the clock was reading 9:45 .Headed to canteen in my night pants itself,canteen was almost empty b coz all guys except 1st years had study holidays. Was sitting n having my dosa plaintively,juniors were trickling in for their break n someone was one among 'em yep the same someone,she went to the juice corner n i followed(a sheer coincidence).To heavens despair, all lecturers from my department came in, group was headed by my FA, oh gosh moral policing-never talk to gals-night pants-Hunger thirst everything ran away"&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Bagho bagho..."&lt;/span&gt;dropped the plan of havin the juice ran out,&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;drizzling,&lt;/span&gt; n reached hostel.&lt;br /&gt;twas 12 noon..&lt;br /&gt;sat in ma table-took-the syllabus book noted down wat to study n started off, it was raining tigers n lions outside.. suddenly someone started spreading the rumour that the next exam is also postponed b coz all parts of madras s under water,gosh.The whole afternoon followed by the better part of dusk was filled with discussions about mumbai blast-torrential rains- exams rescheduling-NSG etc etc n very few studies.Night came- had my dinner, started studyin- power went off ,f**k it.Back to square one, now i understood the meaning off this message i got last day...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Mozart made music under night lamp&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Abraham Lincoln studied under street light&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Picasso painted using lantern.......&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;what the hell were these guys doing in DAY TIME........?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;any guesses wat they did...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1260533823961462296-2194983666767822997?l=maniacmanick.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/feeds/2194983666767822997/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1260533823961462296&amp;postID=2194983666767822997' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/2194983666767822997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/2194983666767822997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/2008/12/study-holiday-n-someone.html' title='study holiday n &quot;SOMEONE..&quot;'/><author><name>Manickam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12317560545172835549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/TBevBK7I9EI/AAAAAAAAAuA/Vkq6UWw796c/S220/n600887007_1657.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SToHHVPu8HI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/g5gikw_VAUM/s72-c/m_PB260275.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260533823961462296.post-8330092877702773083</id><published>2008-11-06T06:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T21:08:25.052-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='internals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='end semester'/><title type='text'>end sem s round the corner.....!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SRMA5xLkP8I/AAAAAAAAAeI/3K0nV8eKRpw/s1600-h/studying.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SRMA5xLkP8I/AAAAAAAAAeI/3K0nV8eKRpw/s320/studying.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265553381780635586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;no posts in my 6 post old blog b coz sem 3 gonna close n its author is in the process of damage control of his internals, busy with pracs n goin nuts...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1260533823961462296-8330092877702773083?l=maniacmanick.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/feeds/8330092877702773083/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1260533823961462296&amp;postID=8330092877702773083' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/8330092877702773083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/8330092877702773083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/2008/11/end-sem-s-round-corner.html' title='end sem s round the corner.....!!!'/><author><name>Manickam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12317560545172835549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/TBevBK7I9EI/AAAAAAAAAuA/Vkq6UWw796c/S220/n600887007_1657.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SRMA5xLkP8I/AAAAAAAAAeI/3K0nV8eKRpw/s72-c/studying.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260533823961462296.post-5345244279305130504</id><published>2008-10-09T11:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-10T06:37:00.504-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='egmore'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kerala'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spellings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='olympus fe280'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sophomoric life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='madras'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='train jouney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photos'/><title type='text'>inklish mis spelt #1,2,3....</title><content type='html'>Well my post no:5(thats the previous 1...)had 2 pics..which fetched a considerable attention 2 the blog... so i thought of makin my photographs as USP f my blog watsay.. so this post we ll c "post on photos"... jus like "palace on wheels"... hehe...&lt;br /&gt;well wat promted me to write about "English mis spelt" is the journey in Trivandrum madras mail.&lt;br /&gt;zwwing... Chennai central.. IST 1720. Inspite of comin 2 hour 40 minutes before departure i was unable to get a seat in general compartment . All in vain, b coz I was standin in queue like a dumbo...(moral of the story..neva stand in q when it comes 2 gettin in2 train...survival of the fittest is the matra).Erst while,the whole compartment was fully packed with packin fraction almost reachin 100%. Biharis(i assume...) were rulin the roost, which made me recheck whether the train ive boarded is indeed trivandrum mail or not. I just asked this to an old manin his late 50s sitin in the side seat(which i was eyein 2 conquer aftr he left). He answered with a smirk "ammam, indha vandi tvm dha podhu..". I took a sigh f relief n wondered wat made this much biharis go to Kerala from TN,that to all men, didnt no the meanin of the word "Bath" or else they had "thanilla gandam"..wateva i thought. The announcement had come...tin tin tin "payanigallin gavunuthukaga vandi yen 6402 platform no:6 ill irundu porapatapogiradhu...".my knees,thighs whole body was painin like hell aftr standin for 2 1/2 hours.then suddenly mere dimag ki bathi jaal gaya and i asked the smirkin old man "where are you gettin down...". He gave me a glare and told Katpadi.. ha then i made some stupid action which passed on the info that i need the seat aftr he left..Now i was a proud sophomore who was goin home in a very short notice with an open ticket, with minimum luggage(a bag pack) n above all a seat from katpadi..woppie.As of now the old man gave me 1 eighth of the seat.. i sat n started messagin, mean while this smirkin old man was readin wat i was typin it seems..aftr an hour or so when i asked him "inum evallo neram agum.." he replied one n a half hours n struck a conversation with me..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Smirkin old man(S0m)&lt;/span&gt;:u software guys have ruined everythin rt from indian culture to english speelings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Me &lt;/span&gt;:wat made u think I m a software guy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Som:&lt;/span&gt;u go home with a single bag,enquire whether this is the rt train or not aftr u get in2 it , send 100 messages per minute...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Me &lt;/span&gt;:&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(I randomly selected a travel bag from the rack n pointed)&lt;/span&gt;I m not a software guy..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;wierd way to prove that im a sophomore&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Som:&lt;/span&gt;oh is it.. anyways y is this generation kiling english like this..?(like wat..?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Me &lt;/span&gt;:I don no... may be thats b coz we have the luxury of runnin a spell check where ever necessary..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Som:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(puzzeled)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;may be he din under stand wat spell check was&lt;/span&gt;..&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;wateva&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;then the conversation(he was talkin i was listenin..) between &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;me&lt;/span&gt; n &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Som&lt;/span&gt; ranged from laloo s railway success to 123 nuke deal to train and bus routes between katpadi - madras and many more.&lt;br /&gt;Katpadi station came he bid goodbye n left..leaving the rest 7 eighth for me...&lt;br /&gt;he also left an idea for a post in ma blog......unknowingly..hehe&lt;br /&gt;n here I am with 3 pics,as of now to show the world that college guys/gals are not the only ones kiling english......&lt;br /&gt;#1 taken in Egmore railway station.. check out weelars&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SO5TQtp_5vI/AAAAAAAAAd4/LB9Cs4OWXTo/s1600-h/m_P3150046.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SO5TQtp_5vI/AAAAAAAAAd4/LB9Cs4OWXTo/s320/m_P3150046.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255229361786709746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;#2 this 1 also clicked in egmore railway station with a different but wrong again..its wheelrs this time&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SO5TC0SG6MI/AAAAAAAAAdw/zLO4NCoAhJo/s1600-h/m_P3150043.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SO5TC0SG6MI/AAAAAAAAAdw/zLO4NCoAhJo/s320/m_P3150043.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255229123047385282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;#3 taken in Valley Of Flowers,Uttar pradesh(i guess..)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SO5TZsNZHgI/AAAAAAAAAeA/RncZJT2lUBQ/s1600-h/m_vally+of+flowers.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SO5TZsNZHgI/AAAAAAAAAeA/RncZJT2lUBQ/s320/m_vally+of+flowers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255229516017114626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS:this a "thudar kathai" literal transilation continuous story.. In this context....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                                                          .............to be continued as soon as i click somethin mis spelt&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1260533823961462296-5345244279305130504?l=maniacmanick.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/feeds/5345244279305130504/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1260533823961462296&amp;postID=5345244279305130504' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/5345244279305130504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/5345244279305130504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/2008/10/inklish-mis-spelt-123.html' title='inklish mis spelt #1,2,3....'/><author><name>Manickam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12317560545172835549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/TBevBK7I9EI/AAAAAAAAAuA/Vkq6UWw796c/S220/n600887007_1657.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SO5TQtp_5vI/AAAAAAAAAd4/LB9Cs4OWXTo/s72-c/m_P3150046.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260533823961462296.post-447392747191548917</id><published>2008-10-08T09:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-08T10:40:10.540-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kerala'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kochi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='olympus fe280'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='communism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='goshree bridges'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fisherman'/><title type='text'>meen karan who told me to fish off...:)</title><content type='html'>After a long spell of acting a passive blogger here i am back 2 blogging. U ve heard of photoblogs but this is a photo post... a post with pic(s)..:) well this tym when i went home,Kochi( thanks to ghandhi s mom n dad for bringin him 2 lyf on 2nd october and moon for the oct 1 ramzan hol... n i don no whom 2 thank for bringin these 2 holidays on a wed n thu so that i can bunk my solid mechanics class on fri and go home...),i was sittin plaintively when my eye caught the glimse of the olympus fe280 digi cam- my moms gift for school to college transition plus my b day. So i thought y not medle somethin with my new gadget. Started walkin towards the Gonnabe Vallarpadam ship terminal site keepin in mind the numerous "yellow capped construction worker at work" i can shoot but all in vain when i wnt there i saw this RED RED RED... not blood, cpi ka flags. Strike hartals bandhs-&gt;Kerala is heartland for all these...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SOzqm7o3soI/AAAAAAAAAdg/HPMnsTrUq90/s1600-h/m_P1040157.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SOzqm7o3soI/AAAAAAAAAdg/HPMnsTrUq90/s320/m_P1040157.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254832819799569026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Took a U turn with my digi cam still smellin new.en route i saw a meen karan in his small boat,initiated a coversation with him about the three new Goshree bridges that connected mainland Ernakulam,Bolgatty island n Vallarpadam island with Vypin which took feery boats off the waters .&lt;br /&gt;At last i asked him a question (i don no whether it was rite to ask him that..)"how was your catch  today..."&lt;br /&gt;he replied  "meen poi..." literal transilation fish off... he was tellin me to fish off i guess...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SOzu5kJ_82I/AAAAAAAAAdo/8zMmfNPihq8/s1600-h/m_P1040092.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 318px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SOzu5kJ_82I/AAAAAAAAAdo/8zMmfNPihq8/s320/m_P1040092.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254837537960096610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;then i took this pic n fished off.............&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1260533823961462296-447392747191548917?l=maniacmanick.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/feeds/447392747191548917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1260533823961462296&amp;postID=447392747191548917' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/447392747191548917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/447392747191548917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/2008/10/meen-karan.html' title='meen karan who told me to fish off...:)'/><author><name>Manickam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12317560545172835549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/TBevBK7I9EI/AAAAAAAAAuA/Vkq6UWw796c/S220/n600887007_1657.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SOzqm7o3soI/AAAAAAAAAdg/HPMnsTrUq90/s72-c/m_P1040157.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260533823961462296.post-924297506084941240</id><published>2008-09-11T19:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T21:09:01.522-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MIT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enquiry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='campus life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sholay'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ragging'/><title type='text'>Enquiry Personified....!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SMvxdsQwVuI/AAAAAAAAAdI/uaf4lJ292kI/s1600-h/ragging.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SMvxdsQwVuI/AAAAAAAAAdI/uaf4lJ292kI/s320/ragging.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245551683403011810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ragging...Oxford dictionary defines it in this way..&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;rag&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;  • &lt;b&gt;noun&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:Arial narrow;"&gt;Brit.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;1&lt;/b&gt; a programme of entertainments organized by students to raise money for charity. &lt;b&gt;2&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:Arial narrow;"&gt;informal,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:Arial narrow;"&gt;dated&lt;/span&gt; a prank. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;  • &lt;b&gt;verb&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;b&gt;ragged&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;ragging&lt;/b&gt;) &lt;b&gt;1&lt;/b&gt; make fun of loudly and boisterously. &lt;b&gt;2&lt;/b&gt; rebuke severely. &lt;/p&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;wat... programme 4 raisin money..???I din no that till date .Anyways... As a coin has 2 sides it has both adv n disadv. Accordin to me raggin is an mandatory thingy in a college student life. It makes a guy face hostile situations,here I may sound like a 2nd year guy who is jus givin reason for this mischief but as a matter f fact When I was in my 1st year also i had the same perception-outcome-&gt;Got ragged many a tyms.Seniors made me do a Cabre in front f a place called hangar(in my college) at 12 o clock midnight, made me sing a mallu song, shoot at aeroplanes in sky n commuter in land(obviously..) when they took me to a bridge near airport , some f 'em gave a very nasty look.&lt;br /&gt;And then comes 2nd year, when we become the so called seniors time 2 rag muhuhahah....&lt;br /&gt;but its difficult 2 rag other when compared 2 bein ragged..As a mater f fact i neva thought f raggin but some f my freinds told "gethu kaga rag pannanum da...."(literal translation from tamil... just for showin that u are senior u should rag...).&lt;br /&gt;Rules For Raggin...&lt;br /&gt;1.Neva rag a guy in college premises...&lt;br /&gt;2.Dont call wat u do raggin. call it an intrection r somethin...&lt;br /&gt;3.Callling ur names when juniors r around s dangerous..as this names can reach the ears f authorities...&lt;br /&gt;"This is Crime which is ought 2 b done without being caught...&lt;br /&gt;or u can also put it this way its not a crime until u get caught....wateva"&lt;br /&gt;But once u get caught finished punishment ranges from suspension to de-bar from college-&gt;career over-&gt;life bloody pissed off... u feel like shoutin the f word.....&lt;br /&gt;I m not joking anyways... there are 2 -3 guys being penalised for this so called offence yearly in my college.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;phew... all this b coz i was called by the dean for "Enquiry On Raggin..."&lt;br /&gt;It was a nice experience though.. al2 gether 6 guys were called for this...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 by 1 ,6 guys were called into deans room n were interrogated .&lt;br /&gt;Inside Deans room 4 souls-&gt;Dean,2 assistant wardens n warden.&lt;br /&gt;I was the last one to be called in..&lt;br /&gt;----------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;creeek(door opens.. I go in)&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Assistant &lt;/span&gt;wrdn&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;wats ur name&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;n no:????&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;easy question i answered them with ease...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Assistant &lt;/span&gt;wrdn&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;:wat happened two weeks back...&lt;br /&gt;very tough one 2 weeks back many things happened inflations hittin 12+%,NSG guys brekin their head to give INDIA waiver on 123 treaty, blast in afganistan( i think this is default when v consider a weeks span f news.. heheh..),oh 4gt this raggin ka enquiry so he ll b concerned with some thin of that genre...so I told nothin happened...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Assistant &lt;/span&gt;wrdn&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;:wat...#$%&amp;amp;^&amp;amp;(he gave me a expression as if I told him F is not equal to mass into accelaration in inertial frame of reference&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;...)&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;U R telling that u did not rag...&lt;br /&gt;i told yes sir i didnt rag....the most foolish answer i could have given&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Assistant &lt;/span&gt;wrdn&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; 1&lt;/span&gt;:that clearly means that others ragged..&lt;br /&gt;not necessarily i thought...n said the same..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(at this point of time all the other 3 heads turned this side....)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Warden(jumpin off from his seat):&lt;/span&gt; U have ragged n i have the evidence...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dean(as if he s begging..)&lt;/span&gt;:Tommorow there is a high level meetin in the university's senate&lt;br /&gt;regardin abolishon of ragging.If u accept ur mistake here ill give u some waiver on punishment.say, ull be only removed from the hostels if the enquiry goes 2 univ senate they ll defenitely debar u..(it was as though he was strikin a deal with me...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;wtf.... kuch be kiye bina zayya mil rahi hey, bahut nainsafy hey..kaliya style&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;**&lt;/span&gt;..(with out doin crime being punished)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;either these guys dont no to enquire or else they are doin a bakra on me...&lt;br /&gt;wateva i told this n i quote&lt;br /&gt;"Sir, I have not ragged n I no that I cannot comment on other fellow students. If u have the evidence then use that find the culprit.Right now u are wasting ur time n my time by conducting this enquiry which is gonna lead us no where..."&lt;br /&gt;In the mean time &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;assitant warden 2&lt;/span&gt; started readin news headlines...."6 Anna university students imprisoned for raggin...".. I felt like laughin...seriously...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Warden(looks like a tamil comedian senthil)&lt;/span&gt;:U r expelled from hostel get lost....&lt;br /&gt;I started geetin bored of hearin all this heavy heavy dialogues delivered as though they r doin a comedy scene...&lt;br /&gt;(all 4 heads together doin some kusur pusur***,heads blossomed)&lt;br /&gt;the atmosphere was as though some1 was shoutin"natama therpa solu..."****&lt;br /&gt;then dean told "u r warned as f now, n if anyother charges comes up on u ull be penalised severerly..."&lt;br /&gt;again creek(door closes....)&lt;br /&gt;dish dish dish(background score...)&lt;br /&gt;------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;PS:&lt;br /&gt;*-asstnt warden no:1 is a mechanics guy so mechanics n all.......&lt;br /&gt;**-..bahut nainsafy hai...famous dialogue from a random &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;hindi film sholay...meaning its very unfair..&lt;br /&gt;***-kusur pusur means... pretendin to talk some secret stuff when another guy who is not supposed to hear it is standin the near proximity but eventually hears it... hehe&lt;br /&gt;****-"natama therpa solu..." its also a famous dialogue but from random tamil movie called "NATAMA..."which means change the judgement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1260533823961462296-924297506084941240?l=maniacmanick.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/feeds/924297506084941240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1260533823961462296&amp;postID=924297506084941240' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/924297506084941240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/924297506084941240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/2008/09/enquiry-personified.html' title='Enquiry Personified....!'/><author><name>Manickam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12317560545172835549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/TBevBK7I9EI/AAAAAAAAAuA/Vkq6UWw796c/S220/n600887007_1657.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SMvxdsQwVuI/AAAAAAAAAdI/uaf4lJ292kI/s72-c/ragging.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260533823961462296.post-777145232552994291</id><published>2008-06-22T08:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T21:09:37.220-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MIT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='campus life'/><title type='text'>Hell In Disguise...My College...n the way i got there</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SKZ5OO4rTMI/AAAAAAAAAbM/oWZzJNWs0bg/s1600-h/1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SKZ5OO4rTMI/AAAAAAAAAbM/oWZzJNWs0bg/s320/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235004902285724866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well to begin with I flicked this title from a status message of a college frnd(phew.. the correct beginin 2 my 3rd post as my 2nd post s about flickin...!!!). Yep true my college is hell. well ive not ben 2 hell no1 has ever been there n stayed 2 talk abt the exp but its expression as u all no. A place u don like at all is "hell".Well let me start 4m scratch it all began well before I gave my 12th exams n started preparing for entrance exams. All 2gether i applied for 9 entrance exams (quite a large no) mind u all were for enggineerin.And then came the dreadful 3 months thats from april till june.This the phace which every1 goes through( allmost uncertain about ur future) greed 2 get in2 a college which ull never make it to,trauma,sleepless nights,repentin on ur decision that u should put an extra effort while fillin those f**kin OMR sheets durin exams,after geetin a preety decent percentage of 90%+ in ur cbse exams u feel that its waste.Then came Tamilnadu counsellin(my saviour...) they decided 2 scrap the entrance so only board marks up 4 consideration, but twas not a bed f roses as i thought it would be... but it had more thorns.TN gives out 69% reservations for reserved categories.n the rest 31% is also not fuly for FC's(its open merit any 1 can grab it my son), and to add more ghee into the burnin fire in my stomach cbse guys r literally shooed away 4m tn state councellin state syllabi guys are given enormous marks compared 2 cbse counterparts so 1 more hurdle.At this juncture i just wanted to run away smwhere far, shout at all politcians that "Go n f**k urself for the sky high reservations they give" but "LIFE IS NOT ALWAYS FAIR..."(smtimes u feel its never fair when it comes to ur case). These r testing times i said to myself.Then against all this odds i made it to the councellin hall(that dreadful day) in CEG(college of enginnerin,guindy)Anna university's main varsity.&lt;br /&gt;I had civil in the same college,and Production in Anna university's MIT varsity(madras institute of tech).The soul that accompanied me in2 the coucellin hall was ma uncle (moms bro..) he told its my life i was 1 2 decide. I dont no wat happend, before submiting the choice my 1st preference was civil but at that split second it changed 2 Production(n i repent upon that decision till date).......&lt;br /&gt;vroom to the first day at MIT campus-&gt;(the college where Abdul kalam did his aeronautical engineering) .Thats the day when all my expectations about a college atmosphere came crashin down, felt the earth beneath me slippin off(not exacly.... just exaguration hehe)-twas a eerie atmoshphere like daily classes, marks for attendance, teachers moniter u like dogs,no unnecessary chattin in canteens,no bunkin classes, not even a proper lecture hall complex which gives u a college kinda feel, no basket ball court,no internet centre,no wi-fi,horrible hostels with water available only for 3-4 hours a day.Then smthing made me feel that there s no problem crying over spilt milk. I ve got 2 spend the next 4x365 +1(b coz a leap year comes) days here...&lt;br /&gt;A government college function exactly like the government(beuraucracy at its maximum..) everyone rt from the electrician to clerk in hostel office to department HOD to cashier in bank throw WEIGHT like anything.Got to bribe the electrician with 20 bugs for repairin our fan within 24 hours otherwise 1 more f**kin sleepless night, 100 Rs to watchman for breakin the glass in my room durin my birth day celebrations. The hostel watch men also gives account for the bribe I quote "20INR for keepin his mouth shut b coz v were celebratin Birth day(an ofence), 30INR breakin the glass(fine),50 INR for replacin it before warden sees it".I dont want to talk about mess food, may be ill devote a special post for that...hehe lolz. At last before I sign off i would like to tel that nothing in college makes me feel good except for my friends... If any MITians come across this blog do leave a comment.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1260533823961462296-777145232552994291?l=maniacmanick.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/feeds/777145232552994291/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1260533823961462296&amp;postID=777145232552994291' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/777145232552994291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/777145232552994291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/2008/06/hell-in-disguisemy-collegen-way-i-got.html' title='Hell In Disguise...My College...n the way i got there'/><author><name>Manickam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12317560545172835549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/TBevBK7I9EI/AAAAAAAAAuA/Vkq6UWw796c/S220/n600887007_1657.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SKZ5OO4rTMI/AAAAAAAAAbM/oWZzJNWs0bg/s72-c/1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260533823961462296.post-603981639720061154</id><published>2008-06-19T22:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T21:10:09.043-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MIT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Flicking'/><title type='text'>Flickin every now n then...!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SFtFdTORz0I/AAAAAAAAAa8/7ON0qUYXaZo/s1600-h/2125942630_7587c43b9b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SFtFdTORz0I/AAAAAAAAAa8/7ON0qUYXaZo/s320/2125942630_7587c43b9b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213837363290165058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SFtEq648gcI/AAAAAAAAAa0/eY50dXVYgPM/s1600-h/spaceball.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SFtEq648gcI/AAAAAAAAAa0/eY50dXVYgPM/s320/spaceball.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213836497764778434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here I am aftr startin my Blog successfully (I am using this word because I ve done it more than once... phew u mite b confused na...) Two Blogs in this site which was abandoned aftr 0 views n 0 comments for more than 4 months so i got bored n started one in WORDPRESS that too in vain.. hehe lolz.. So lets see how this blog is gonna change things.&lt;br /&gt;Well to be frank i should be ashamed of things that I am gonna reveal in this post.. "Flickin things"&lt;br /&gt;to give a fancy touch to the word Robbing (not exactly in all context).. My first Flickin experience was way back when I was 12 r 13 (dont no exactly) I flicked a whole lot of "Joker" cards from 4 decks of Playing Cards so to be presice i stole 4 Joker cards hehe. I was very Proud n all but never on my deadliest dreams did i think that ill be caught but i was.. earth beneath me slliped off. My Mom Standin In front of me like Hitler.. ho that sight scares me even now. Then I got all beating the usual rehabilation programme hehehe lolz. I supressed the want to flick until I came to college. Right from the tym i ve entered college i ve never bought a PEN . Whenver I want one I go to the so called "Co-op s" in our hostel some fool would definetly 4gt his/her pen while writin the reg no. "Flick it" - thats wat echoed in my mind. Right now I m in my 1st year sem hols so within a span of a year rt from Pen, Shampoo packets(which has earned me a name "Garnier Fructis" among many a guys in my hostel),stapler, pro circles, mobile charger,film cd's...u name it i flick it. But hostel life has sucked a whole lot 4m me.. so the list of my things which some nerds flicked also sky high.. my ES 991 calsi, a new NIKE shoes, Iron box.... so for keeping the cosmic law intact i flick n flick till i drop.. Hey pals share ur flickin experience while u comment on the blog..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1260533823961462296-603981639720061154?l=maniacmanick.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/feeds/603981639720061154/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1260533823961462296&amp;postID=603981639720061154' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/603981639720061154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/603981639720061154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/2008/06/flickin-every-now-n-then.html' title='Flickin every now n then...!!!'/><author><name>Manickam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12317560545172835549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/TBevBK7I9EI/AAAAAAAAAuA/Vkq6UWw796c/S220/n600887007_1657.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/SFtFdTORz0I/AAAAAAAAAa8/7ON0qUYXaZo/s72-c/2125942630_7587c43b9b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260533823961462296.post-8060197807009000555</id><published>2008-06-19T10:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-19T21:32:49.615-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laloo prasad yadav'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='firstblog'/><title type='text'>1st Post.</title><content type='html'>Well here goes my very 1st blog. Since this is ma 1st post ill introduce maself. My name is Manickam. Doin my under graduation in Madras aka Chennai. Well as a matter of fact wat promted me to start a blog is the fact that Even Laloo Prasad Yadav has started bloggin so I thought "Y not me.......!!!!!!!" strange rt.. I also thought the same. The blogs name "Sharpest knife in the drawer" also doesnt have anythin to do with me n all this expression sounded kwel to me so.... here goes my 1st post f the blog "Sharpest Knife In the Drawer..."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1260533823961462296-8060197807009000555?l=maniacmanick.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/feeds/8060197807009000555/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1260533823961462296&amp;postID=8060197807009000555' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/8060197807009000555'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1260533823961462296/posts/default/8060197807009000555'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maniacmanick.blogspot.com/2008/06/1st-post.html' title='1st Post.'/><author><name>Manickam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12317560545172835549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oRNI3I_SPHU/TBevBK7I9EI/AAAAAAAAAuA/Vkq6UWw796c/S220/n600887007_1657.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
