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Mr.See and Mr.Soar were old friends. See owned a saw and Soar owned a seesaw. Now See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw before Soar saw See, which made Soar sore. Had Soar seen See's saw before See saw Soar's seesaw, then See's saw would not have sawed Soar's seesaw. But See saw Soar and Soar's seesaw before Soar saw See's saw, so See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw. It was a shame to let See see Soar so sore just because See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw.

All about Nine

There is something special with Number nine.

We have nine planets in our solar system. (nava graha)

We celebrate nava ratri for worshiping nine forms of Shakti/Devi

In Mathematics one can play many tricks with number nine.

When I did schooling, I was asked to answer a question. How many nine's are there in range 1 - 100. I counted the numbers in mind and gave answer as 11. (9,19,29,39,49,59,69,79,89,99) . Note : here we have two nine's in 99. I was sure that I have given a correct answer, but I was told, I'm wrong. Yes. I had missed out 9 more nine's (90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98). Correct answer is 20.

From that moment, I do not like the number 9. Not just 9 but also 99 as it prevents the name of getting cent percent by one mark..

Recently I came across a clock which uses number 9 alone to show hours from one to twelve. Each hour is computed from three nine's and the mathematical notations. Image of it is shown below . (picture got from google).



But I get one question. Why the transgenders are referred as nine in tamil movies? Anybody of you have an answer for it?

Though this post is talking all about nine, this happens to be the tenth post in my blog..

--Dhanesh Amma

சன் குடும்ப விருதுகள்

தலைப்பை படித்ததும் நம் மக்களுக்கு புரிந்துவிடும் இது என்னவென்று. வெளி நாட்டில் இருப்பவர்களுக்கும் ஓரளவு புரியும் என்று நினைக்கிறன்..

மக்களை சீரழிக்கும் சீரியல் , தங்களுக்கு தாமே புகழாரம் சூடிக்கொள்கின்றன.

சினிமாவில் கூட, சிறந்த நடிகர், நடிகை , காமெடியன் , குண சித்திரம் , வில்லன் என்பதோடு முடிந்து விடுகிறது.. ஆனால் இங்கு அம்மா , அப்பா , மாமனார் , மாமியார் , தங்கை , அண்ணன் என்று குடும்பத்தில் என்ன என்ன உறவுகள் உண்டோ அனைவருக்கும் விருது..

இது பத்தாது என்று மக்கள் எஸ்.எம்.எஸ் மூலம் வோட்டிங் செய்ய வேண்டுமாம்.

( நம்ம மக்கள் தேர்தல் என்றால் வாக்களிப்பது இல்லை. தட்டு தடுமாறி ஐம்பது அல்லது அறுபது சதவிகிதம் வருது, பேசாம இந்த எஸ்.எம்.எஸ் முறை கொண்டு வந்தா நம்ம தேர்தல் கூட இரு நூறு சதம் வாக்கு வரும்ல...)

இந்த டான்ஸ் போட்டி , பாட்டு போட்டி ன்னு ஒரு சேனல் ஆரம்பிச்சதும் எல்லா சேனலும் அதையே பேரை மாத்தி ஆரம்பிச்சாங்க.. சீக்கிரத்தில் இதே போல எல்லா சேனலும் அரம்பிச்சுடும்னு நினைக்கிறேன்..

ஒரு கலைஞனுக்கு ஆஸ்கார் வாங்க ஆசை இருக்கும் , ஒரு விளையாட்டு வீரனுக்கு ஒலிம்பிக் மெடல் வாங்க ஆசை இருக்கும் , ஒரு விஞ்ஞானிக்கு நோபெல் வாங்க ஆசை இருக்கும்..

இனிமேல் இந்த அழுவாச்சி சீரியல் நடிகர்களுக்கு, குடும்ப விருது வாங்க ஆசை வரும்..

இதை பற்றி இன்னும் எழுத ஆசை தான்..

அதுக்கு சம்பத்தப்பட்ட சீரியல்கள் மற்றும் அதை சார்ந்த விருது நிகழ்வுகளையும் பார்க்க வேண்டும்..

வெறும் விளம்பரம் வாயிலாக இவ்வளவு தான் எழுத முடியும்..


-- தானேஷ் அம்மா

சூரியக் காதல்

நிலா பெண்ணிற்கு
சூரியன் மேல் காதல்..

வெப்பத்தின் இருப்பிடம் கதிரவன்
குளிர்ச்சி தருவது நிலா...

இருவரும் நேர் மாறானவர்கள்
ஆனால் காதலுக்கு தான் கண் இல்லியே...

எதிர் துருவ காந்த அலைகள் போல
இவ்விருவரும் காதலால் ஈர்க்கப்பட..

நிலா சூரியனை சந்திக்க
சூரியக்காதல் சூரிய கிரகணம் ஆனது..

--சென்ற மாதம் வந்த சூரிய கிரகணம் தந்த பாதிப்பால் விளைந்தது இது.

3 IDIOTS - Re(My)View

This is my first attempt in writing a review rather it is my view. It is not a movie review as i am not going to write anything about the directorial , editorial , filmatography, etc..

If you are a IIT or NIT passout, there are two characters, who will have occupied your mind after seeing the movie.

* Professor - Virus (Boman Irani)
* Book worm - Silencer (Omi Vaidya)

These two actors have done their part well.

I guess every college will have at least one professor like the one depicted in the movie and most of the batches will have one such book worm.

The movie covers the line , "Don't decide on your child's future and force on them"

A Kid - Whispering secret

How do you whisper a secret???

*Go near the concerned person
*keep your mouth near the person's ear
*Cover your mouth so that other dont read ur lips

one such sample is the picture below




This is not the same with kid. Here I refer the kids who are not eligible for play school even. ( less than 2.5 years)

When you whisper a secret to the kid and ask them to convey the same to others,
they will run and convey the secret to them.

They do not know the purpose of secret and how you whisper to their ears.

Hence they whisper with their cheeks touching your cheeks, keeping their hand near their mouth whisper to the world..

If you cannot picturize what i mean here, try the same with a kid and have fun.

-- Dhanesh Amma

Whirlpool - Fully automatic washing machine issues

Last new year time (Jan 11, 2009) we got a brand new Whirlpool fully automatic washing machine.

Generally a word is there that "The product works well within the warranty period". Washing machine worked well for a year for us.

Two weeks back, one fine Saturday... the machine went dead while the tub was getting filled with water. I started the initial investigation on the power cable to check if switch off happened due to loose connection. Bad luck :( cables were proper. Then troubleshooted again after half an hour and found that machine powered on. It was again working for about three minutes and then went dead again. I did not lose hope. tried again after sometime and machine started and went dead in few minutes.

Hmm... it was like a Mario game, getting life and going dead again.. but only three chances of life.. Washing machine did not start after that.

Booked a complaint to whirlpool customer care. The executive gave me a good news that warranty is for 2 years for washing machine and not 1 year as i guessed. Ah.. a relief to some extent. Yes. We are not sure , if that damage is covered under warranty.

The service executive called us and arrived in three hours (Whirlpool customer care service is good. I mean the part of job in accepting complaint and sending the executive)

The investigation result was Washing machine PCB is gone. The fellow told It will be replaced tomorrow (Either him or some other executive will come and do the job). Next day no one arrived. We then wanted to know if the complaint was updated and checked with customer care again.

The telephonic executive accepted our query and informed, they will do the need immediately. Another service executive called in three hours and got the details about model number and the number of buttons on the PCB etc. to bring the replacement part. We were desparate to get it repaired as we had a weeks clothes to be washed.

Bad luck again :( The executive came with a wrong piece. There was misunderstanding and the board he brought did not have option for warm water wash.

He made a call and confirmed that spare part is not in stock and we had to wait for one more day. The same executive arrived after two days with the spare part and fixed our problem.

Main problem for the PCB repair is water.
Following could be the possible causes for the PCB problem.

1. Either water might have reached while placing the wet clothes (we cannot avoid wet clothes where we have small kids)
2. Power off while the washing machine is on with warm water wash (The water while cooling down builds moisture inside)
3. Frequent power fluctuations.

The executive informed us that fully automatic washing machine will have frequent problems and the repair cost is also high where as semi automatic is problem less and also the spare parts cost is also less.

The statement is true to some extent, however the frequent problem comes in because of improper handling. Reason for improper handling is proper instructions are not provided at the shop where we buy the washing machine.

For example whirlpool gives a demo once we get a new washing machine. During demo we are asked to buy a stand (1000 Rupees) and cover (550 Rupees). Without the cover warranty does not apply.

If this is the case, why don't they add these parts to washing machine while buying and add it to price? When we buy a washing machine for 15.5K we can afford to spend 1.5K for the stand and cover.

If you do not wait for the demo and start using the washing machine and skip the demo operation you are probably the loser to know the information about stand and cover.

They also state that if we use salt water , warranty does not apply. Are we going to wash clothes in sea water? Even the chennai metro water is hard. In this case why are they selling a product where the warranty cannot be applied ? Lot of questions peep in, but if we are lucky enough in addition to our proper handling, the product we buy will stay with us for longer.