How to become a Rocket Scientist?

There is this website called www.facebook.com. That's the place where I was stuck all these days, not finding time to post anything on this space. I'm not complaining. Facebook is really a very good concept. It's a phenomenon. I had the opportunity to get in touch with almost all the long gone friends. Last week, I received a friend request from one of my school friends who was studying with me from first standard till 8th Standard. Well, till the end of first term in 9th standard, to be precise.

I do not know when we actually started speaking to each other at school. But then, when we were in 4th or 5th Standard we were close buddies because of one thing that we had in common - WWF.

Every Friday, the talk in the class would be about the main event in WWF that we watched last evening. No matter we had Mid-Term Tests (It was called Unit Test, for us) or exams, we still watched it, never missing a single episode. While I was a big fan of Stone Cold Steve Austin, Sharath was that of The Rock. We used to do this "If you smelllllll.... What the Rock is Cooking!" standing on the bench and holding a 'virtual' microphone on the hand, in the classroom.

Then we entered the Teens.

VIII B, first Row (First Column, actually. They called it Row back then) Second Bench,  English Period.

There was a Poetry Recitation going on. Yes, you are right! Recited by the class Princess who is the pet to every teacher. So, obviously we tried to play the spoilsport. Sharath started making this Buzzing sound with his mouth closed. I started Buzzing too. Then we waited for a second, looked at each other, nodded our heads and started playing our composition together. When the teacher had a doubt, we cut the noise abruptly. This was going on as a cycle for three times. The fourth time, the teacher caught me giggling and I was sent out of the class!

We were a notorious gang back then. We had done enough mischief to cherish for a lifetime. Right from playing cricket to breaking the windows of a house, just for the sake of a small bet, everything was so much fun! Sharath was this perfect teen boy who breaks the street lamps with just one attempt with great accuracy. He rarely misses his target.

I remember an incident that happened during the first term in 9th standard. It was a free period. For those of you who do not know what a free period is, it is a classroom session where the teacher comes to the class and sits without doing any work. There are different types of free periods. Oh wait! This is out of our syllabus. Let me get back to the incident!

I and Sharath were sitting together in the last bench. My friend created paper rockets and we were discussing upon the targets. We chose the boys in the first bench as our target. My friend, known for his accuracy flew the rocket to each one of the boys, one after the other. It landed on their heads, as planned. The first bench boys threw the rocket back to us. To my bad luck, all of them landed on me. I got furious and threw one of the rockets back to them.

But... it landed on on our teacher's well made hair bun!

Today I spoke to Sharath:

"Hey dude.. How are you man?"
"I'm fine da. How about you?"
"I'm good. Very long time isn't it? What do you do these days? Where and what did you study?"
"I graduated with Masters degree in Physics. Currently I'm a research fellow in ISRO... Rocket Science!"

And... we both laughed!

Money Does Matter

Disclaimer: This story is original and purely a work of my imagination. Resemblance to any person, name, location or personal experience is purely coincidental. No content of this story is intended to hurt anyone’s beliefs or emotions.

“Appa… I’m going to the RTO office to apply for LLR.”

“ Dae… Take some extra cash with you. You’ll need it.”

“ It’s okay pa. Doesn’t matter. I have 200. More than enough.”

Ashok left to the bus stop to board a bus to the transport office. He just wrote his 12^th standard examination and was waiting for the results. Instead of dying out of boredom at home, he thought of practicing driving and obtain a driving license before he joins college. It was a busy Monday morning in the Regional Transport Office. There were people queuing up the stall to buy various application forms. After a long wait, Ashok finally bought the LLR application form and went near the lawn so that he could sit comfortably and fill the form.

He carefully filled in the application form. He took his old bus pass from his wallet to verify if he’d written the appropriate address. He verified it twice and was almost done with the application form. He took his eyes off the paper and his gaze fell on a girl…the girl…the girl of his dreams. Slim, fair, beautiful! She had sparkling eyes that could make him write a million poems. Ashok was looking at her with awe.

She was sitting on the lawn. She wore a black trouser and a white kurti. The neck of the kurti was meticulously embellished with beautiful craft work, adding beauty to beauty. Her soft slender neck was carrying a thin gold chain, which she would caress with her lips then and there. She kept her montex ball-pen on her lips after filling up each blank on the application form. Ashok wished he were that pen. On every single move of her pink lips, Ashok experienced a cool breeze on his face. A strand of her hair kept falling on her face and she would slowly place them behind her ear. Ashok never believed in ‘love at first sight’ until he saw her.

 “I’m on Earth just to lead the rest of my life with this angel” thought Ashok.

Ashok closed his eyes and started praying.

“Dear Mr. Pillayar,

I haven’t prayed anything sincerely since childhood. Nor have I offered anything to you for lighting my life with success and happiness. I’m so obsessed with this girl since the moment I saw her. She is the best girl you’ve ever sent to Earth. She is so beautiful.

Today, I have a sincere prayer for the first time in my life. I want that girl to come to me and talk. Just for a moment, today. If this happens, I would dedicate 108 coconuts to you, tomorrow. Promise!”

He opened his eyes. The girl was walking towards him. He couldn’t believe that it was happening. He pinched himself…yes it was happening in real.

“Yes!! She is walking towards me. This is going to be the happiest moment in my life!” Ashok said to himself.

“Perfect for my height.” He thought.

“Thank you Pillayarappa!”

 She came close to him.

“Excuse me?”

“Yes.”

“Anna! Ainooru(500) roobaiku change irukuma?”

The Most Addictive Morphine

The much awaited drug is finally out in town. Researchers have found out that this would be the most opted drug of the year 2010. So far, many people across the globe experienced the essence of the promotional product. The makers of the drug had finally decided to release their product officially and the government has given them a green signal due to its increasing demands not only amongst the youth, but also among the elder ones. Researchers have predicted that if its usage goes at this rate, in a week’s time, even the kids would be consuming it heavily on everyday basis. A group of people protested against the legalisation of this drug. However, when they were fed with a pinch of it, they literally gave up and started a campaign in favour of it.

“I experimented with these ingredients for the past few years. It allured me. I finally made up my mind to go ahead and prepare the drug. We’ve worked really hard on this. I hope the people like it,” humbly says the Chief Chemical Engineer in spite of having wonderful feedback on the promotional release of one of the products. The package is named as “Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa.” There are basically 7 products. The product named ‘Hosaana’ is already very famous among everyone.

Folks! I was really waiting for the official release. I’m literally crazy about all the 7 products launched. But, I’m addicted to one product called ‘Aaromale.’ The ingredients were mostly metal and soft rock which is my all time favourite. A new catalyst has been used here. This is the most addictive drug I’ve ever consumed. Though it’s an Indian product, it has much better essence than a foreign morphine. I think most of you would get addicted to 'Mannipaaya' and the title product. Yeah! It is a known fact that this Chemical Engineer’s product is accepted worldwide and is critically acclaimed. Not to forget the two international awards bagged by him. This is the first product which he has made for our requirements after receiving the awards.

Like always, the package is made for a roller-coaster ride.

“The ride is almost ready. Additional patch up works are left. Hopefully, the ride will be ready within a month’s time. It’s my dream to work with this Chemical Engineer. It has come true now. I hope the riders get the experience of lifetime,” says the Chief Engineer of this project.

The package is available in stores now. Buy it and experience life in heaven. Let’s see how the morphine and the roller-coaster have a combined effect... SOON!

P.S. No offense intended on anybody or anything indirectly or directly.

P^2.S. Buy original CDs and watch the movie in theatres :)

x

15/1/2010

Avatar 2010

I have to tell you about the most influential movie which I watched recently. Yes! AVATAR! The movie about which the whole of earth is talking.

You must've read and watched a lot of reviews about the movie. The amount of technology and visual effects involved in the film is tremendous and the 3D effect takes you into pandora. Usually, in any Alien Vs Humans kind of movie, the aliens are always considered as villains while this movie shows it the other way.

I don't wish to get deep into the storyline of the movie. Even if I do, believe me, it's not going to reduce the thrill for the people who haven't watched the movie yet. There is a moon called 'Pandora' where there are living creatures resembling the humans(in certain characteristics) and they are called the Na'vis. Humans try to invade Pandora.

What makes it different from the other fantasy movies?

I correlated the Na'vis with the tribal human beings of the ancient civilisations. The Na'vis believed that there is a link between all the living organisms in their world and that that is their responsibility to preserve and protect. This was the case with most of the earlier civilizations. I would like to share one scene of the movie where the male lead hunts a prey and then the female lead tells a prayer verse that the Eywa(their Almighty) would take care of the prey after its death. This kind of belief is still prevalent among human beings even now. Yes! It is still being practiced in Islam every time they kill an animal for food.

Bondage with other living beings

Most of you might've known about this. Naturalists say that the growth of a plant is better when we talk to it. It was an Indian who discovered that plants too had life. Dr.Jagdeesh Chandra Basu.

I definitely appreciate Mr. James Cameron for his intensive research for this film and ending up in a masterpiece like this. Hats-off Sir. I am your biggest fan now. I wish I were a Na’vi :(

My Perception on AVATAR

I don't mind repeating the golden words... This is the most influential Hollywood film I've ever watched. This movie made me think about a million things. Firstly, The Copenhagen Summit. 'If people are not of your kind, do not bias them. Master-slave technique should never be applied in this case.'

The movie portrays the ignorance of the human creed. I personally feel that we were sent to earth by god to preserve the ecology. We didn't give importance to nature as much as we gave to the development of destructive technology. We went against the law of nature in all aspects. We don't love our nature anymore.
There are a lot more issues pertaining to this.

How do we fulfill the wishes of the Supreme Power?
There is no way that we can fulfill his wishes. Everything is out of our hands. But, we must take some steps in a best possible way to preserve nature for a few more centuries at least.

Avoid plastics.
Use public vehicles as much as possible.
Plant trees.

One can keep on adding points to this list. Why not take a resolution for new year as ‘I will try to preserve mother Nature in the best possible way’ ??

I wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year. My next post would be in 2010 only. Until then, BYE.

P.S. I have just given my perceptions. There might many facts and figures pertaining to this. I welcome all for a discussion in the comment forum.

P.P.S After having done so much of analysis and research on a movie, I think I deserve to work for Mr. Cameron. Don't you? :D