2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is doing awesome!.

Crunchy numbers

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,800 times in 2010. That’s about 4 full 747s.

In 2010, there were 21 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 27 posts. There were 71 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 53mb. That’s about 1 pictures per week.

The busiest day of the year was June 15th with 23 views. The most popular post that day was Oru kaadalanin avasthai….

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were twitter.com, en.wordpress.com, ossareh.wordpress.com, lynette707.wordpress.com, and indijava.in.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for karunya university, karunya poochi, my village life, karunya, and panai maram.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

Oru kaadalanin avasthai… May 2010

2

Java Code Conventions in Eclipse March 2010

3

Missing my village life July 2010
2 comments

4

Karunya Poochi March 2010

5

Photos of India 100 years back November 2010
1 comment

Photos of India 100 years back

Cool names of my friends

I was just thinking of my friends and I found that there nick names where were really nice than there real names among us. So just thought of listing out the nick names of our friends.

• Anatha Kumaran – MLA, bucket
• Staline – Kokku
• jayant – pin2, pintora
• jebin – body
• sasi kumar – chini
• soosai rajesh – six
• Prem kumar – annur ambani
• Praveen – ooty
• Nirav – Paanai
• Aditya – padaiyappa
• Joshua – kozhi
• Sankar – kaka
• Ruben Raj – Boxer
• Rajesh  – Manaparai, manthiravathi
• Nirenjith – Daddy
• Binny singh – Bluff
• Sedhu Bhai – Maddy
• Richardson Arundoss – Tirunelvelli Don,Anderson
• Jai Keerthi – Sombu, Jai bhai

• Jeetu – Kundan
• Valliappan – yettappan, manmathan
• jerry david – soriyan

Post as comments the missing name and also if possible the reason y they are called by these names.

Pathinettu

What is this “Pathinettu”? It means number 18 in Tamil. It’s an old massive structure that moves as fast as a snail. It’s the name given to this entity. It’s nothing other than the old bus which comes to Kadambankulam twice a day. Why is it so important to Kadambankulam? The answer is so simple; it’s one among the two buses that come to my village. I remember this bus since my childhood. It started its service a way long back. That is why I guess I never know when this bus service started. And the other bus which comes to my village started its service when I was a child. I still remember how people welcomed this bus when it started its service to my village. They wore garland and fired crackers to welcome this bus when it came to my village first.

This bus is from Vallioor to Koodankulam. When the nuclear power plant started in koodankulam I expected our government to leave a new bus. But it dint happen. Whenever there are new buses released by government we expect they would change our bus. But they are only making the case worse. The bus doesn’t have unmoving parts. All the parts in it moves. I mean all the bars, seats etc etc.

Once, it was the only public transport to my village. Students used to take this bus for two reasons. First reason is the free bus pass provided by the government and the second reason is that it is the only bus which comes in that time. This bus will come almost empty to my village and when it leaves my village it will be full.

There were times when guys used to bunk classes if this bus hasn’t come to pick them to school. Now things have changed a lot, yet the bus has not changed. It is still the same old structure which comes twice a day.

Bus No – 18 has become the part and parcel of my village.

Miss the days when I traveled in this bus.

Software Husband

Husband : ( Returning late form work ) “Good evening Dear, I’m now

logged in.”

Wife : Have you brought the ring ?

Husband : Bad command or filename.

Wife : But I told you in the morn…

Husband : Erroneous syntax.

Wife : What about my new blouse ?

Husband : Variable not found …

Wife : At least, give me your Credit Card, I want to do some shopping.

Husband : Sharing Violation. Access denied …

Wife : Do you love me or do you only love computers or are you just being

funny ?

Husband : Too many parameters. Abort!…

Wife : It was a grave mistake that I married an idiot like you.

Husband : Data type mismatch.

Wife : You are a useless nut.

Husband : Default Parameter.

Wife : What about your Salary ?

Husband : Access denied. File in use…

Wife : Who was in the car this morning ?

Husband : System unstable. Press CTRL + ALT + DEL to Reboot

EMT Memories

It’s EMT time now. One year has passed since last EMT. Time moves so quick. It was full of fun last year during EMT. This year there are just memories about them. For friends who don’t know what EMT is: EMT (Evangeline Memorial Tournament) is a South India level sports tournament conducted by Karunya University every year in the month of September. It’s the only fun filled event for Karunyans.
Last year EMT was packed with loads and loads of fun. The fun starts from the preparation for the EMT itself. It’s a tradition to design and print a department t-shirt every year. Since we missed this fun in the third year, we dint want to miss it in the final year. T-shirt design started much early and was printed and was out on the EMT day.

Final CSE C 2010

Next there is a compulsion to work for EMT to earn non-academic credits in our college. Since many of us lacked credits, we were forced to do some work to earn credits. That was left for the juniors to work and we get the credits.
Next fun is in cheering the teams for the match. “Sasi Kumar” from our class played for volley ball team representing Karunya. Cheering our boys and shouting like thunder to encourage them is another fun.
Next fun is in the food court. I don’t think we forgot our Sankar and Nelson matter and also the Kakka matter. It’s was all fun. Now they are just sweet memories of our college life. Those days are never going to return. Those moments are cherished forever in my life.

Final CSE C 2010

My encounter with the evil spirit

It was around one year back that this event happened. It was a normal day, I don’t remember if anything strange had happened that day. It was about 9 p.m. I used to sleep alone in the first floor of my house. Let me explain the design of my house. First floor has two bed rooms, a toilet, a hall and a balcony. One side of the hall has a swing. I used to sleep in one of the bedrooms. I used to sleep there since our house was built.
The swing was a latter addition to our house. I had never slept in the swing. I had the desire to sleep in the swing in the hall for a long time. That night I decided to sleep in the swing. I took my pillow and bed sheets from my bed and moved to the swing.
I used to have my dinner and move to the first floor quickly to message my girl friends because no one will be there to disturb me. I lay down on the swing and started messaging one of my girl friends. A normal conversation went on between us. Usually her last message would be “Good night. Sweet dreams”. But that night it was kind of strange. It read “Good night. You will get devil dreams tonight”. The actual reason for this message was that I was playing with her saying that Trisha came in my dream the previous night.
It was time for me to sleep. I am from a village and people usually sleep by 9 pm and wake up early to start their work in their farm. It was around 10 pm. It was high time for me to sleep. I never thought I would have a nightmare that night. I had a good sleep. In the midst of the sleep I had a dream.

The dream went like this. In the dream I am lying on the same swing and a lady is moving towards me. Let me explain her. She was a woman of normal height; a bit pale, in white saree (which is the default dress for devils in Tamilnadu). She bent towards me and held my knees strong to the swing. At that very moment I understood that it was a dream and the next thought in my mind was “Sugan wake up, it’s just a dream”.
What happened then was really a shocking thing. I was not able to wake up. The thought which was going in my mind was “Wake up, it’s just a dream”. But I couldn’t. Then I started doubting whether it was a dream or it was a real devil in front of me playing pranks with me. I struggled a lot to wake up. I shook my hands and legs to wake up, but in vain. After a few minutes of struggle I woke up. None was there. I moved to the place where I usually sleep and had a sound sleep. I won’t say it’s just a dream. It’s a nightmare. Might be its some kind of mental trauma or something like that. But it was my first experience with the evil spirit and wish it will be the last one too. After this incident I never dare to sleep in that swing again.
When I shared this incident with my friends, I learnt that some others also have had few experiences like this. Do you have one? If so post it as a comment.

Missing my village life

Yesterday when I was having sandwich here in Mysore Infosys campus, I thought back of my childhood days in my village. I used to go to temple every day evening to collect “Arasam pazham” a fruit from the peepal tree (Ficus religiosa). We used to collect it and prick it with a stick and take home. I got reminded of those “Orange mittai”, which we get for 5 paise, and how we mixed them with fruits and made it a mixture and ate. Those were the golden days of my life.
One day, one of my friends, who is also from a village, and I started discussing about our village life. I started telling him how we used to eat when we were kids. I used to go to my aunt’s home and there in the front yard everyone will gather bringing food from their home. We will sit in a circle and share food (At times even with Rani-our family dog).

Kadambankulam

My village Kadambankulam has lots of “panai maram” (Palmyra palm – Borassus flabellifer). The main occupation of the people in my village depends on these trees. In my grandma’s home, it’s a routine for her to go and collect the mangoes and cashew nuts from our farm. We used to accompany her to the farm, which is located in the foot hills of Western Ghats. We used to see monkeys, snakes and peacocks there. It was a kind of wildlife safari by walk. And then we would have “pathaneer”, a liquid product from palm tree. Those days are never going to return back. We had also gone into the forest to pick “naaval” fruits (Syzigium cumini). I can get these fruits even now in cities but the excitement of going into the forest to get the fruits fresh will never come back.
If we are there at our grandma’s home, there will be lots of food to eat. There will be all kinds of products from palm trees.
• Pathaneer
There are two different flavors for this drink. One is by adding noongu and the other by adding mango to it. There is also something called maalai pathaneer.
• Noongu
The one we get in cities is the one we throw without eating in villages. They don’t have the real taste.
• Thavun
If the seed of palm tree is made to germinate, a white substance is found inside the seed which is called Thavun. If it’s too ripe we call it as kanji thavun and I like it the most.
• Panangai
They put the fruit of palm tree in fire to cook it well and then cut it into pieces.
• Panang-kilangu
When the seed germinates the root forms an edible substance called panangkilangu.
Fishing in the pond with the small children, grandma’s kilangu kootu, chow mittai – they used to tie it in the hand like watch and children used to lick it. Missing them all…
This is the list of sweets which I enjoyed in my childhood days but I am missing them now.
• Thaen mittai
• Ural mittai
• Kal koona
• Illantham pazham
• Suthu mittai
• Palli mittai
• Jeeraga mittai
• Inji mittai
• Kadalai mittai
• Appala pori
• Pori urundai
• Orange mittai
• Aasai chocolate
• Pulippu mittai
• Kuchi mittai
• Bubble gums, which will have the cricketers’ pictures
• Caramilk chocolate – with red, blue covers
• Lacto King chocolate (the old ones had better flavors)
• Panju mittai
• Thaengai mittai
• Kuchi ice i.e Ice lolly (Paal ice, Semiya ice)

If I had missed something pls comment them

Cute Answers by School children

KIDS IN GRADE SCHOOL THINK FAST

TEACHER: Why are you late?
WEBSTER: Because of the sign.

TEACHER: What sign
WEBSTER: The one that says, “School Ahead, Go Slow.”

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TEACHER: Cindy, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?

CINDY: You told me to do it without using tables!

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TEACHER: John, how do you spell “crocodile?”
JOHN: K-R-O-K-O-D-A-I-L”

TEACHER: No, that’s wrong
JOHN: Maybe it’s wrong, but you asked me how I spell it!

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TEACHER: What is the chemical formula for water?
SARAH: H I J K L M N O!!

TEACHER: What are you talking about?
SARAH: Yesterday you said it’s H to O!

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TEACHER: George, go to the map and find North America.
GEORGE: Here it is!

TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS: George!

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TEACHER: Willie, name one important thing we have today that we didn’t
have ten years ago.

WILLIE: Me!

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TEACHER: Tommy, why do you always get so dirty?

TOMMY: Well, I’m a lot closer to the ground than you are.

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TEACHER: Ellen, give me a sentence starting with “I.”
ELLEN: I is…

TEACHER: No, Ellen….. Always say, “I am.”
ELLEN: All right… “I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.”

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TEACHER: “Can anybody give an example of COINCIDENCE?”

JOHNNY: “Sir, my Mother and Father got married on the same day, same
time.”

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TEACHER: “George Washington not only chopped down his father’s cherry
tree, but also admitted doing it.

Now do you know why his father didn’t punish him?”

JOHNNY: “Because George still had the ax in his hand.”

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TEACHER: Now, Sam, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?

SAM: No sir, I don’t have to, my Mom is a good cook. *

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TEACHER: Desmond, your composition on “My Dog” is exactly the same as
your brother’s. Did you copy his?

DESMOND: No, teacher, it’s the same dog!

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TEACHER: What do you call a person who keeps on talking when people
are no longer interested?

PUPIL: A teacher.

Ways to identify an indian

1. Everything you eat is savoured in garlic, onion and tomatoes.

2. You try and reuse gift wrappers, gift boxes, and of course aluminium foil.

3. You are Always standing next to the two largest size suitcases at the Airport.

4. You arrive one or two hours late to a party – and think it’s normal.

5. You peel the stamps off letters that the Postal Service missed to stamp.

6. You recycle Wedding Gifts, Birthday Gifts and Anniversary Gifts.

7. You name your children! in rhythms (example, Sita & Gita, Ram & Shyam, Kamini & Shamini.)

8. All your children have pet names, which sound nowhere close to their real names.

9. You take Indian snacks anywhere it says ‘No Food Allowed’ ..

10. You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving someone’s house.

11. You load up the family car with as many people as possible.

12. You use plastic to cover anything new in your house whether it’s the remote control, VCR, carpet or new couch.

13. Your parents tell you not to care what your friends think, but they won’t let you do certain things because of what the other ‘Uncles and Aunties’ will think..

14. You buy and display crockery, which is never used, as it is for special occasions,which never happen.

15. You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen table.

16. You use grocery bags to hold garbage.

17. You keep leftover food in your fridge in as many numbers of bowls as possible.

18. Your kitchen shelf is full of jars, varieties of bowls and plastic utensils (got free with purchase of other stuff )

19. You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (and travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes).

20. You own a rice cooker or a pressure cooker.

21. You fight over who pays the dinner bill.

22. You live with your parents and you are 40 years old. (And they prefer it that way).

23. You don’t use measuring cups when cooking.

24. You never learn how to stand in a queue.

25. You can only travel if there are 5 persons at least to see you off or receive you whether you are traveling by bus, train or plane.

26. If she is NOT your daughter, you always take interest in knowing whose daughter has run with whose son and feel proud to spread it at the velocity of more than the speed of light.

27. Your wedding gifts are mostly in cash with a one rupee coin added to the note in a cover.

28. If you don’t live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you’ve eaten, even if it’s midnight.

29. You call an older person you never met before Uncle orAunty.

30. When your parents meet strangers and talk for a few minutes,you discover you’re talking to a distant cousin.

31. Your parents don’t realize phone connections ! to foreign countries have improved in the last two decades, and still scream at the top of their lungs when making foreign calls.

32. You have bed sheets on your sofas so as to keep them from getting dirty.

33. It’s embarrassing if your wedding has less than 600 people.

34. All your Tupperware is stained with food color.

35. You have drinking glasses made of steel.

36. You have mastered the art of bargaining in shopping.