தமிழ் & සිංහල NEW YEAR!

இன்று புதுசு. நாளை பழசு.

பழசை கொன்று புதுசை கொண்டாடுறம்.
பழசுகள் செய்த பாழாய் போனவை புதுசு

வரிஷங்கள் வந்தன. மாசங்கள் போயின.
வாழ்கையின் வருத்தங்களும் வசந்தங்களும்..
வாரங்கள் வந்தன. நாட்கள் நீண்டன.
வந்த மாற்றங்களும் சமாதானமும்.

வந்தவை வரமாக.!
வாழ்கையில் இருள் நீங்க..!
மதி கொண்டு மனிதன்
கருனை நிதி கொண்டு கடவுள்
கடந்து வந்த வாழ்வின்
கஷ்டங்கள் நீக்க...!

வடக்கையும் தெற்கையும்
கிழக்கையும் மேற்கையும்
கத்வுகள் திறக்க.!
சாந்தி சமாதனம்
சர்வமும் சமமாக..!

புது வரிஷத்திலை புதுசா எதாவது நடக்கட்டும்.

I wish everyone a peaceful, healthy and happy தமிழ் & සිංහල new year.

A.R.Rahman conferred with Middlesex University degree

OMG! Guys, I'm thrilled! The musical god, A.R.Rahman is going to graduate with me:P! I can't wait to see him. This is the best news for me this year.... wooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwww.....!!

A R Rahman is on the receiving end. After the honorary doctorate offered by the Anna University, Chennai for his achievements in the field of music, now it is the turn of Middlesex University, London.

The Mozart of Madras has been identified for an honorary degree by the reputed Middlesex University, London. The degree is likely to be conferred on the maestro on the day of the Graduation Ceremony to be held at Middlesex University in London in the month of July this year. Mr. Joe Victor, Regional Director of Middlesex University met Mr. A.R Rahman and Mr. T Selvakumar Co-founder & CEO of KM Music Conservatory in Chennai, regarding this issue.

KM Music Conservatory & Audio Media Education was launched in the month of July last year. Their main goal is to train Indian students in Western music performance, Composition and Music Technology so that they can compete in the international arena. They are also working towards forming their own symphony orchestra consisting of its own musicians.

Talks are on with the Regional Director South Asia of Middlesex University, London, for academic recognition for the Bachelor of Arts Honors Program for Music Composition and Music Performance. This will be a three year program the first two years of which will be at Chennai at the KM Conservatory and the final year in London. The course is likely to start from January 2010. The eligibility criteria to avail this degree would be a pass in twelfth standard and one year training in KM Music Conservatory Foundation Program.

Things get a bit crazy. Help please..

Things get a bit crazy. I have been given an individual project to finish within a month and I have three more coursework and a test to be done. My life's getting crazy. For my individual project, I need to interview people with speech impairments. I'm trying to find someone to interview and to finish this off.

Yesterday, I was talking to one my friends about my project and about meeting someone to get an interview recorded. So, me and my friend went to his cousin's place to meet one of his relatives who has some problems with his speech, and finally end up meeting a guy who can hardly hear anything clearly. He is from Zimbabwe and he speaks very funny with too much of filthy words, though he can not hear anyone clearly. His normal talk is like African-American rappers, so I asked my friend "he looks white and he can't hear a thing, how's he doing this rap?". He told me that he uses a special equipment to watch TV which was the only useful information for my project on the interview. He was telling us a nice joke of Chris Rock, I just found on youtube and watched. He says...

" You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy,the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America’s Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn’t want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named Bush, Dick, and Colon. "

Ah.. the whole point of this blog post is, getting help from you to collect information and other useful stuffs for my individual project. My individual project task is to develop a very cost‐effective Human‐Computer interactive system to help people with speech impairments. Please comment or mail me, if you konw someone who has problems with his/her speech.

Credit Crunch

Dear friends. A thousand apologies, I couldn't post anything useful last 5 months. Now, I'm doing computer science in middlesex university and I'm quite busy with doing coursework, studying, cooking on my own and with my works. New place, new people, multicultural environment, new rules, new regulations, new lifestyle and new challenges kept me away from my regular things. But, now, I'm getting used to it and really like it; doing things own my own. Initially, when I join this university, I had to struggle a lot to know the rule and act according to the regulations and to get a job. Here in London, now it's pretty difficult to get a good job and they say it's because of the "credit crunch".

What is it? Whenever they say this phrase, I act as if I know the word. I asked about this from some of my friends, they told me about it what they think, but not even close to the truth. Then, I started googling about it in the Internet and I found that it isn't a solid concept or clear-cut thing to explain. It's a name for a problem and its roots. I try to explain about it as accurate as possible and I put some links below for further reference.

The main idea of credit crunch is reduction in availability of loans or credit crunch is a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers. I guess from what I studied by reading all these webs, unplanned lending causes credit crunch. I seriously don't know how it affects job market. I guess, companies face problems when there is no lending from bank and they couldn't afford to pay salary for its employees.

Times news paper clearly explains : http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/money/reader_guides/article4530072.ece

some of the other links on this area of study:

http://www.creditcrunch.co.uk/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_crunch

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6993980.stm

Why Are We Alive?

Last night, I was suffering from fever and stomach ache and I was thinking about our lives. It does not make any sense for me.

We are born
We grow
We drink
We grow
We eat
We grow
We smile
We grow
We cry
We grow
We laugh
We grow
We stand
We grow
We listen
We grow
We speak
We grow
We think
We grow
We read
We grow
We write
We grow
We communicate
We grow
We learn
We grow
We face exams
We grow
We fail
We grow
We experience
We grow
We experiment
We grow
We expect
We grow
We plan
We grow
We succeed
We grow
We collaborate
We grow
We earn friends
We grow
We make enemies
We grow
We help
We grow
We get help
We grow
We dream
We grow
We imagine
We grow
We love
We grow
We are loved
We grow
We hate
We grow
We are hated
We grow
We care
We grow
We are cared for
We grow
We feel
We grow
We take responsibilities
We grow
We face challenges.
We grow
We get advice
We grow
We graduate
We grow
We work
We grow
We earn money
We grow
We feel lonely
We grow
We marry
We grow
We ****
We grow
We become parents
We grow
We care for our children
We grow
We make them stronger
We grow
We make money for them
We grow
We get older
We advise
We get older
We see them marry
We get older
We feel lonely
We get older
We see our spouse die
We get older
We loose hope
We get older
We die

Something is there which we don't have any idea about. We better find it, rather than working hard lifelong just to die. Comment your ideas below.

Know your Mobile phone

Friends! This is a very useful and interesting post as we all use cell phone very frequently in our day-to-day life. Actually, My immediate boss at my previous work place, mailed me these mobile secrets. I just post the mail here with his permission. Please read fully and experiment/try/check these in your phone. Your comments will encourage me to do more, so please...

Would you like to know if your mobile is original or not?

Press the following on your mobile *#06# and the international mobile equipment identity number appears. Then check the 7th and 8th numbers:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7 th	8 th	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Phone serial no:	x	x	x	x	x	x	?	?	x	x	x	x	x	x	x

If the Seventh & Eighth digits are 02 or 20 this means your cell phone was assembled in Emirates .

If the Seventh & Eighth digits are 08 or 80 this means your cell phone was manufactured in Germany.

If the Seventh & Eighth digits are 01 or 10 this means your cell phone was manufactured in Finland .

If the Seventh & Eighth digits are 00 this means your cell phone was manufactured in original factory which is the best Mobile Quality

If the Seventh & Eighth digits are 13 this means your cell phone was assembled in Azerbaijan.

THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELL PHONE COULD DO

There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies.

Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival.
Check out the things that you can do with it:

1. EMERGENCY
   The Emergency Number worldwide for **Mobile** is 112 . If you find yourself out of coverage area of your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. **Try it out.**
   
2. Have you locked your keys in the car?
   Does your car have remote keys? This may come in handy someday.
   Good reason to own a cell phone:
   If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other 'remote' for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).
   Editor's Note: *It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!'*
   
3. Hidden Battery power
   Imagine your cell battery is very low , you are expecting an important call and you don't have a charger. Nokia instrument comes with a reserve battery. To activate, press the keys *3370 # Your cell will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your cell next time.
   
4. How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?
   To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone:
   * # 0 6 #
   A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. when your phone get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.

CD50/6V/Battery powered - table fan motor-cycle:P

Today, in the morning, I was on my way home with my friend from Jeya Book Shop. As we pass Vajira temple, a woman was riding a lovely scooter smoothly without any noise. It's an electric scooter.

Trend is changing, time has come to throw away our fossil fuel vehicles and switch to a new technology which is electric-motor-engine. Particularly, It's new to Sri Lanka.

I thought of making a bicycle, electric motor - fixed, when I was in chavakachchari. Actually, I tried it once with my "CD50/6V/motorbike-battery" and with a small fan-motor. I don't care whether you believe this or not, but I did. I didn't know how to fix an accelerator for that. So, I had to pedal my bicycle first, then I had to switch on the motor. As I switch on the motor, it will have an impact on the bicycle and it'll start to move in a constant speed. I rode it couple of weeks like that and finally burnt the fan's motor coils and ruined my motor cycle battery. Till I came colombo, I had to use the bike without a battery.

That's all about my Jaffna electric-bike story! So, let me come back to the point. The electronic bike I saw in the morning was "e-max 70". My friend wanted to get details about the bike at MotoLanka, so we went to Motolanka Limited and checked some electric motorbikes.

My friend acted as if he is going to buy that bike then & there to the sales assistant. The sales assistant told us to give it a try. Both of us circled the shop twice in the bike, showed an unsatisfied facial expression and came home. Probably, He will never allow us inside anymore.

It's a really nice and smooth bike.

• Very economical - 65 cents per km.
• 6 months battery warranty and 2 years for motor.
• Maximum speed 60 km/h.
• 8 hours battery charge - 70 km to 90 km.
• Environmentally friendly.

My view is that it's just a new modified modern version of my
"CD50 6V Battery powered - table fan motor-cycle" :p