இளைங்கர்களுக்கான சுஜாதாவின் பத்துக் கட்டளைகள்

1. ஒன்றின் மேல் நம்பிக்கை வேண்டும், ஏதாவது ஒன்று. உதாரணம் கடவுள், இயற்கை, உழைப்பு, வெற்றி இப்படி எதாவது… நம்பிக்கை நங்கூரம் போல. கேள்வி கேட்காத நம்பிக்கை. கேள்வி கேட்பது சிலவேளை இம்சை. நவீன விஞ்ஞானம் அதிகப்படியாகக் கேள்வி கேட்டு இப்போது தவித்துக் கொண்டிருக்கிறது.

2. அப்பா, அம்மா இரண்டு பேரும் வேலை சொல்வது பல சமயங்களில் கடுப்பாக இருக்கும். ஒருமாறுதலுக்கு அவர்கள் சொல்வதைச் செய்து பாருங்கள். அவர்கள் கேட்பது உங்களால் செய்யக் கூடியதாகவே இருக்கும். பொடிநடையாகப் போய் நூறு கிராம் காப்பி பவுடர் (அ) ரேஷன் கார்டு புதுப்பித்தல் இப்படிதான் இருக்கும்.

3. மூன்று மணிக்குத் துவங்கும் மாட்டனி போகாதீர்கள். க்ளாஸ் கட்பண்ண வேண்டி வரும். தலைவலி வரும். காசு விரயம். வீட்டுக்குப் போனதும் பொய் சொல்வதற்கு ரொம்ப ஞாபக சக்தி வேண்டும். இந்த உபத்திரத்துக்கு உண்மையைச் சொல்லிவிடுவது சுலபம். இளமைக்காலம், ஒளிக் கீற்றைப் போல் மிகவும் குறைந்த காலம், அதை க்யூ வரிசைகளிலும் குறைபட்ட தலைவர்களுக்காகவும் விரயம் செய்யாதீர்கள்.

4. நான்கு பக்கமாவது ஒரு நாளைக்குப் பொது விஷயங்களைப் படியுங்கள். பொது விஷயங்கள் என்றால் கதை, சினிமா, காதல் இல்லாதவை. உதாரணம் – யோக்கியமான செய்தித்தாள், மற்ற பேரைப் பற்றிக் கவலைப்படும் பத்திரிகைகள் அல்லது லைப்ரரியிருந்து ஒரு புத்தகம்.

5. ஐந்து ரூபாய் சம்பாதித்துப் பாருங்கள். சொந்தமாக உங்கள் உழைப்பில், முயற்சியில், யோக்கியமாக, மனச்சாட்சி உறுத்தாமல். அடுத்த முறை அப்பாவிடம் ஆயிரம் ரூபாய்க்கு ஷர்ட், சுடிதார் கேட்கும் முன்.

6. இந்தச் தகவல்களை படிக்கும் நிலைமை பெற்ற நீங்கள் இந்திய சனத்தொகையின் மேல்தட்டு ஆறு சதவிகித மக்களில் ஒருவர். அன்றாடம் சோற்றுக்காக அலையும், வசதியில்லாத கோடிக்கணக்கான மக்களைத் தினம் ஒரு முறை எண்ணிப் பாருங்கள்.

7. வாரத்தின் ஏழாவது தினமான ஞாயிறன்று என்ன செய்தாலும் காதல் பிஸினஸ் வேண்டாம். காதலுக்கு ரொம்பச் செலவாகும். மனம், வாக்கு, காயம்(உடல்), எல்லாவற்றையும் ஆக்கிரமிக்கும் தீ அது. பொய் நிறையச் சொல்ல வேண்டும். வினோதமான இடங்களில் காத்திருக்க வேண்டும். இந்த வயதில் நாசமாய்ப்போன படிப்புத்தான் உங்களுக்கு முக்கியம்.குறிப்பு: பெண்களை சைட் அடிப்பதும், கலாட்டா பண்ணுவதும், அவர்களுக்கு கர்சீப் முதலியன ரோடிலிருந்து பொறுக்கிக் கொடுப்பதும், உபத்திரமில்லாத கவிதைகள் எழுதுவதும், காதலோடு சேர்த்தியில்லை.

8.எட்டு முறை மைதானத்தை சுற்றி ஓடினால் எந்தச் சீதோஷ்ணமாக இருந்தாலும் நெற்றி வியர்வை அரும்பும். எதாவது தேகப் பயிற்சி செய்யவும். கடிகாரத்துக்குச் சாவி கொடுப்பதோ சீட்டாடுவதோ தேகப் பயிற்சி ஆகாது. எதையாவது தூக்குங்கள், எதையாவது வீசி எறியுங்கள். உங்கள் உடலில் ஊறும் உற்சாகத்துக்கு ஓர் ஆரோக்கியமான வடிகால் தேவை. ராத்திரி சரியாக தூக்கம் வரும். கன்னா பின்னா எண்ணங்கள் தவிர்க்கப்படும். ஒழுங்காக சாப்பிடத்தோன்றும். பொதுவாகவே சந்தோஷமாக இருக்கும்.

9. ஒன்பது மணிக்குள் வீட்டுக்கு வரவும். மிஞ்சிப் போனால் ஒன்பது மணி இரண்டு நிமிடம். ஒரு மணி நேரம் பாடம் அல்லது புத்தகம் படிக்கலாம்.

10. படுக்கப் போகும் முன் பத்து நிமிஷமாவது அம்மா, அப்பா, அண்ணன், தங்கை யாருடனாவது பேசவும் (பேசுவது என்று சொன்னவுடன் காதலியுடன் என்று நினைக்க வேண்டாம், நான் சொன்னது குடும்பத்தினருடன் மட்டும்). எதாவது ஒரு அறுவை ஜோக் அல்லது காலேஜில் நடந்த நிகழ்வுகள். சப்ஜெக்ட் முக்கியமில்லை. பேசுவது தான்.

இந்த பத்தில் தினம் ஒன்று என்று முயற்சி செய்து தான் பாருங்களேன்..

Facts about India - Part 2

India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.

When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization)

The name 'India' is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu.

The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name 'Hindustan' combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus.

Chess was invented in India.

Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India. 

The 'Place Value System' and the 'Decimal System' were developed in India in 100 B.C.

The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The shikhara of the temple is made from a single 80-tonne piece of granite. This magnificent temple was built in just five years,  (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola.

India is the largest democracy in the world, the 7^th largest Country in the world, and one of the most ancient civilizations.

The game of Snakes & Ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called 'Mokshapat'. The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices. The game was  played with cowrie shells and dices. In time, the game underwent several modifications, but its meaning  remained the same, i.e. good deeds take people to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births.

The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in 1893 after leveling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.

India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.

The largest employer in India is the Indian Railways, employing over a million people.

The world's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The Father of Medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.

India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus, attracted by India's wealth, had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by mistake.

The Art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh over 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word 'NAVGATIH'. The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word 'Nou'.

Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the Sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. According to his calculation, the time taken by the Earth to orbit the Sun was 365.258756484 days.

The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century, long before the European mathematicians.

Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus also originated in India.Quadratic Equations were used by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10*53 (i.e. 10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 B.C.during the Vedic period.Even today, the largest used number is Terra: 10*12(10 to the power of 12).

Until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds in the world

(Source: Gemological Institute of America).

The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982.

Sushruta is regarded as the Father of Surgery. Over2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones, plastic surgery and brain surgeries.

Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient Indian medicine. Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism,physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts.

India exports software to 90 countries.

The four religions born in India - Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world's population.

Jainism and Buddhism were founded in India in 600 B.C. and 500 B.C. respectively.

Islam is India's and the world's second largest religion.

There are 300,000 active mosques in India, more than in any other country, including the Muslim world.

The oldest European church and synagogue in India are in the city of Cochin. They were built in 1503 and 1568 respectively.

Jews and Christians have lived continuously in India since 200 B.C. and 52 A.D. respectively

The largest religious building in the world is Angkor Wat, a Hindu Temple in Cambodia built at the end of the 11th century.

The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the world's largest religious pilgrimage destination. Larger than either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million (US) to the temple everyday.

Sikhism originated in the Holy city of Amritsar in Punjab. Famous for housing the Golden Temple, the city was founded in 1577.

Varanasi, also known as Benaras, was called "the Ancient City" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C., and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.

India provides safety for more than 300,000 refugees originally from Sri Lanka, Tibet, Bhutan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, who escaped to flee religious and political persecution.

His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, runs his government in exile from Dharmashala in northern India.

Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.

Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.

Source National portal of India.

Happy Independence day !!

Facts about India - Part 1

India is set to emerge as the world's third largest economy by 2030, according to a Standard Chartered global Research study.

By 2030, India will be at number three position with an economy of $30.3 trillion. While China will be the topper with a $73.5 trillion economy, the United States will be ranked second at $38.2 trillion, says StanChart.

India could be 8.4 times bigger than it is today, while China is estimated to grow 4 times bigger and the European Union and the US 1.7 times, by 2030.

StanChart said that within India there is often a hesitation to anticipate the ability of the economy to grow at a faster pace.

The Indian economy is the world's tenth largest in terms of nominal GDP and the fourth largest in terms of purchasing power parity.

India is likely to grow faster, on average, than China over the next two decades.

India is the seventh-largest country by area and second-largest by population and most populous democracy in the world.

India is likely to become the world's fastest growing economy in 2012. India's GDP per capita will quadruple from 2007 to 2020, according to Goldman Sachs.

India's average quarterly GDP growth was 8.40 per cent from 2004 to 2010, hitting a high of 10.10 per cent in September 2006 and a record low of 5.50 per cent in December 2004.

Around 25 per cent of the world's new workers will be Indian in the next three years. The average Indian is nearly 20 years younger than the average Japanese.

Over half of India's population is below 25 years. By 2020, the average age of an Indian is expected to be 29 years.

India is today the world's most preferred destination for outsourcing. Half the world's outsourced IT services come from India.

Seven of the world's top 15 technology outsourcing companies are based in India.

India now has a record number of 55 billionaires, according to the Forbes 2011 world billionaires' list.

India's telecommunication industry, the world's fastest growing, added 227 million subscribers during 2010-11.

Industry accounts for 28 per cent of the GDP and employs 14 per cent of the total workforce. In absolute terms, India is 12th in the world in terms of nominal factory output.

India ranks second worldwide in farm output. Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry, logging and fishing accounted for 15.7 per cent of the GDP in 2009, employed 52.1 per cent of the total workforce.

India is the second largest producer of rice in the world after China. Andhra Pradesh is the second largest rice producing state in India with Uttar Pradesh being the largest.

India is the largest producer in the world of milk, jute and pulses. India is also the second largest producer and the largest consumer of silk in the world.

As of 2009, India's total proven oil reserves stood at 775 million metric tonnes while gas reserves stood at 1074 billion cubic metres.

India is the fourth largest consumer of oil in the world and imported $82.1 billion worth of oil in the first three quarters of 2010.

India had an installed power generation capacity of 164,835 megawatts (MW) as of 2010.

Thermal power contributed 64.6 per cent, hydroelectricity 24.7 per cent and other sources of renewable energy 7.7 per cent, and nuclear power 2.9 per cent.

India meets most of its domestic energy demand through its 106 billion tonnes of coal reserves.

India has the world's third largest road network, covering about 3.3 million kilometers and carrying 65 per cent of freight and 80 per cent of passenger traffic. Container traffic is growing at 15 per cent a year.

There has been a dramatic increase of almost 162 per cent in the remittance that India receives from overseas Indians over the last eight years, according to the World Bank.

While India received nearly $21 billion from overseas Indians in 2003, the figure jumped to $55 billion in 2010.

Six low-income states - Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh - are home to more than one third of India's population.

India has the largest number of post offices in the world.

Enough with numbers and capability, lets get down to history - Facts about India - Part 2

Social drinking club

While the widely accepted culture of social drinking is to drink casually and not get drunk, the indian perspective is entirely opposite - to get insanely drunk. Social drinkers are also known as occasional drinkers. They don’t have a reason to drink, they just drink when they feel like it. They drink for every occasion - bored/success/failure/irritating boss/exams/no occasion to celebrate. The advantage of these people is that you put them on a godforsaken island, where you don’t get anything they can stay well - no crave for liquor or you take them to the bar two times a day - they will give you company and still do well - they don’t crave for liquor after that.

Social drinking clubs gets organized every other day. They don’t go to a bar/discotheque to get drunk. They are guys of simple taste with the intent of not getting drunk, they choose one of the pal’s place. Every one of the social drinker has a truck load of friends - all known the same way through various group therapy sessions with different clubs - to accompany them. Every club is comprised of one or more of these types of people.

The guzzler - Famous for his capability. He can gulp down a barrel. Everytime you call him, get one for this fellow alone. The expenses get high because of the barrel. Also you need to make sure he knows the toilet - He just can’t keep on fuddling, right ? Once he is done with the loo, he is afresh and starts over again. He can keep on drinking for two continuous days without getting tired and he won’t feel a thing about hunger/vomit. All you need to do is pour him the drink- Cheers !! He will be happy holding a ever smiling face. Also you can find this guy being part of every club known to you. He goes anywhere, everywhere to hone his skills.

The spewer - Equivalently famous like the guzzler for the same capability. He pukes every time he drinks. The problem with these guys is that they get high soon and they don’t have control over themselves they keep on drinking/eating and at the end, everything comes out the way they went in. He too needs information about the loo, and some one to take him there, otherwise you will see this guy searching the closet lid to open, which is already open. He can manage from there on. Height of vomiting can be experienced when you go outside to drink with him.

The self feeder - This guy is one of the silent fellows. Nobody drinks without food or side dish. This guy sits close to the good dishes and surrounds himself with everything. There will be pandemonium in the house after few rounds, but you don’t have to get confused or panicked searching your place, you can do so with the help of this guy. He will be sitting silently in a blissful state with a beatific smile and happiness, savoring every moment of eating the food while drinking. Even when he is high, his senses cannot be ensnared, you cannot cheat him by eating his share or give him something saying as chicken. Believe me, you will get a bad beating if you do that. He can compromise anything even a drink, but not the food. His sole pleasure lies in eating while drinking. Make sure you get everything extra to compensate this guy.

The blowhard - The loudmouth, braggart who brings on competition in the field. He is all jubilant to beat his record before everyone commences. There is no fun without this guy. He brags about his skill of drinking that he is capable of beating anybody on stage. After one or two rounds, he is all high with his eyes almost closing him and says- “I can hold much longer, dare to compete with me ???”. The guzzler “Okay buddy relax !! Its not a beer drinking competition, here’s another round. I will get it for you”. Guzzler, after having emptied almost half the barrel, takes the bottle breathes heavily to focus on pouring the drink without spilling, both his eyes fixed on the glass, gets the mixing done and turns around to find loudmouth lying on his sides, hands and legs cuddled. Period.

The bad mouth - This guy is one of the reason fights begin during the drinking session. Everybody calls him the saint, polite, saint like and timid in nature, when he is in normal state. Few rounds of booze - ecstasy - “WTF !! @#$%@#$ #$%@#$ WTF!! @#$%@# %^&**&”. He will spit out the meanest words possible scolding everyone available in the vicinity. Get into a conversation and kiss respect to your ancestors a goodbye. Going out with him, while he is fully drunk is strictly not advised. You might get into a brutal fight.

The narrator - Ever seen someone prattling over something after a drink. Yea !! This is the guy. He is the story teller. The more he drinks, the more gibberish the talk becomes. Further more drinks, you will be watching him talking to the wall or to closet in the toilet and the mirror sometimes. He knows no limits to how much he drinks. If the paladin and this guy are already acquainted, the battle begins. Along with the bad mouth, it becomes a world war at the place.

The paladin- Enough intro has already been given about this guy. Few rounds and there will be chaos. He takes whatever he gets in hand to beat someone. Nobody mocks him or pulls him to any conversation that interests him. Sometimes he wouldn’t have been involved in the conversation, the narrator and the bad mouth would be seriously bull shitting and this guy comes out of nowhere for no reason to beat them to pulp. The newbie and the teetotaler would be spell bound and dumbstruck. He gets wild and goes out of the house at 2 AM walking all over from adambakkam to adayar.

The newbie - In every session, a new bie pops up. He is so interested to drink or he totally detests them, but at the end he will be drunk. When he is interested, the enthusiasm has no limits that he drinks up everything available on the desk. All hooked up, he will end up puking all over the house. When he detests them, with all the pandemonium going over the house, he will be forced to drink with paladin pouncing and bringing him down. The others sit over his hands and legs and the bad mouth, sitting on his belly, ready to pour the drink. He shouldn’t waste right ? So once you hold the nose, you open the mouth and there goes the drink. You get a hard blow if you spit it out.

The teetotaler - This guy is an exception to the gang. He is the one who wonders every moment about what is happening. Sometimes he will be pulling off a fight, getting the paladin into the house at 2 AM, putting the newbie to relax/sleep, bringing some senses to the narrator, who is speaking to the mirror for past half an hour, helping the spewer vomit properly and last but not least, he is the one, who prepares bed for everyone to lie down, cleans up everything after every guy is down. He will be so tired that he will be sleeping on the veranda. The guzzler would have drunk till dawn leaving the main door open and kept the bottle close to the teetotaler. With the bottles beside him and the whole room a mess, the teetotaler is finally woken up by the landlord.

Billa 2 - Is it worth the watch ??

Yes, despite many mixed or negative reviews, it is definitely worth the watch. If you ask whether the movie is enthralling enough to keep you dumbstruck and weighs beyond the expectation - no it fails in the end, particularly the last half an hour, but it is not just the last half an hour which decides how good the movie is. It definitely lies somewhere between an average and above average movie.

What makes the movie special ? Prequel movies are new to tamil cinema, first prequel movie ever made and it will stand out among other movies for that. We might not see another prequel movie, especially in tamil cinema. Movies without songs, romance, duet, comedy and flamboyant stunts are hard to come and this is one among them. There are few more things to ponder about why it gets beyond average.

Plot:
We have all seen Billa and there is nothing new to say about the plot. Its all about the dark past behind the Don - David Billa. A refugee from srilanka comes to tamil nadu and takes over a drug cartel and becomes the don. The overall plot is the adaptation of Alpacino’s 1983 classic Scarface - a slow paced drama.

Characters:
Ajith - ruthless, silent, stylish performance, handling the guns and girls with ease. Without him, the movie would be a complete toss. Vidyut Jamwal, having earned a filmfare award for best male debut last year, had done a good job as Dimitri. Yog Jappee (Ranjith) - played his part well. Bruna Abdulla and Parvathi Omanakuttan - Both the roles lacked clarity and importance.

Screenplay:
The entire first half has been neatly adapted - from character portrayal to sequence of events - in ajith’s style. The second half also goes on well till unakullae mirugam song. Only after that the screenplay gets all ittery jittery. Ajith goes on a killing spree, more violence gets involved, very loosely connected scenes till the end without any suspense or twists and turns, the scenes seem to be mercilessly chopped and attached. The scene where Parvathy omanakuttan gets killed becomes yet another killing in the movie - it has no impact. At the end the audience lose their patience and Chakri Toleti proves himself to be a rookie.

Cinematography plays an important role in the movie. Brown tint - dark past of the Don - Unakulle mirugam’s graphic style picturisation - pure innovativeness - R D Rajasekhar has done a brilliant job. Yuvan’s BGM and songs were good, but could have been done better by the director. Stephen Ritcher’s simple hand combat stunt sequences are new and nice to watch. Ee Raa Murugan’s dialogues are philosophical and impactful one liners.

Verdict: 7/10

Top signs that indicate you should start your exercise regime

This is what happens when you don't exercise regularly or you stop intermittently for a break. If you already have a paunch - level infinity - then you shouldn't bother reading this post, yet it will remind you back of those good old days when you had a flat abs and how you managed to grow it this big.

Day 1: Your abs look flat. Don't over imagine yourself having a 6 pack its not even close to 2 packs.
Day 5: Flat abs become bulged a bit
Day 10: Woww !! You have a paunch and chubby cheeks :). Congratulate yourself !!
Day 30: Traveling in a bike against the wind, you could see a pot belly.
Day 60: Your paunch starts tingling all the way you walk.

Day 1: Hot climate - Chennai - May. Your shoulder to lower abdomen gets squeezed traveling in a car with seat belts on.
Day 5: A little bit relaxed above your abdomen - feels comfortable right ? ?
Day 10: Furthermore relaxed and you don't get sweat stain on your shirt above the abdomen.
Day 30: You have a gap between the seat belt and your upper abdomen, it extends to your shoulder.
Day 60 : Your car seat belt doesn't strain your upper abdomen, chest or shoulder anymore.

Day 1: Your new black berry pant fits perfectly.
Day 5: You struggle to put it on.
Day 10: You hold your breath and squeeze the abdomen to put on the pant.
Day 30: The button blasted when you loosened your stomach and sat on a chair.
Day 60: You have hard time pulling your pants up your thighs.

Day 1: With the slim fit T-shirts, you flex your biceps often to show off.
Day 5: The T Shirt gets tighter in the middle.
Day 10: You are holding your breath to make yourself look slim with the t-shirt when you move and you let it out when you sit.
Day 30: Before you flex biceps with your slim fit T-Shirt, your paunch gets all attention, being flexed all day to show off .
Day 60: Your slim fit T- shirts doesn't fit anymore.

Day 1: You sleep with your face down easily.
Day 5: You can see the stomach protruding even when you lie flat.
Day 10: Mild symptoms of snoring.
Day 30: Its getting difficult to breath when you lie face down.
Day 60: You look like a sand mound - side view.

Day 1: Your gym member ship card lies on the table drawer.
Day 5: It comes out when you are searching something else.
Day 10: It goes down to the floor, when your responsible servant tries to keep it safe and remind you of it.
Day 30: It expires and goes to the dustbin.
Day 60: You have no memory of going to gym or having a membership card.

Day 1: You have a hard time holding the plates when you eat watching the TV
Day 5: Still the same
Day 10: You can rest the plate on your abs intermittently
Day 30: You spill less when you place the plate on top of your belly.
Day 60: You are doing great, eating with plates on your belly.

Day 1: You wear a 32 sized pant and it fits perfectly.
Day 5: You wear it holding your breath.
Day 10: You buy a new blackberry pant - size 34.
Day 30: You buy a new blackberry pant - size 38.
Day 60: You have a wide variety of new pants with different sizes in the wardrobe, yet nothing fits.

Day 1: I need to take a break from exercise.
Day 5: I will take two more days and round it up to a week
Day 10: I will take four more days and round it up to two weeks
Day 30: I have to start over in few days time.
Day 60: You feel hungry when you feel like exercising.

Day 1: You keep alarm to avoid breaking the sleeping pattern
Day 5: You wake few mins late.

Day 10: Strong are those who snooze the alarm, stronger are those who wake up with the first sound of alarm, strongest are those who wake up without alarm.

Day 30: You are weak, you wake up few hours late.

Day 60: You never bother to set the alarm to wake up earlier for exercising.

Here's something for motivation or to start over - 10 insane body transformation

Exercise regularly. Don't take a break, if you are facing an exercise rut, read this.

How to get out of an exercise rut ?

Doing the same workout every day or a few times a week maintains your cardiovascular health. However, as you get fit, your body becomes more efficient at doing the same exercise regimen. To burn calories at the same rate, build strength or boost your endurance, add challenges to get out of your exercise rut. Changing your exercise routine and integrating aerobic, strengthening and flexibility work targets muscle groups in new ways and keeps your workouts interesting.

Step 1

Create new short-term exercise goals to shift you out of your exercise rut. If you want to burn more  calories, tailor your workouts to include more aerobic activity. If high-impact exercises bore you or injure you, consider a resistance exercise such as swimming.

Step 2

Set your workout to music. During your warm-up, uplifting songs with less beats per minute give you time to stretch and breathe deeply. As you enter the more intense part of your exercise routine, put on music that energizes you. 

Step 3

Integrate speed or strength intervals to spike your heart rate to keep your workout interesting and challenging, and to burn more calories. Apply a 30-second speed interval every five minutes. Jump rope, do footwork and box a punching bag, dash uphill, run up stairs, sprint, do jumping jacks or jump up from a deep squat several times.

Step 4

Conclude your workout with a twist. Strengthen your muscles, lubricate your joints and keep your heart rate raised with a few cycles of the yoga sun salutations. Spend at least 10 minutes doing the poses and using your full range of motion. Contract your abdominal muscles while stretching and bending to strengthen your core muscles.

Tips and Warnings

• Warm up for your workouts by walking or slowly jogging. Cool down to help prevent injury and stretch your muscles for tomorrow’s workout. 
• Continue your yoga stretches, but slow down the pace to lower your heart rate. Hold some poses longer, inhaling on the effort and exhaling on the release.Speak with your doctor if you have medical concerns about the effects of your exercise program.

Source: Livestrong.com

Nanban - All is well !!

Lot of movies have been remade in tamil cinema for decades. From MGR to Rajinikanth everybody has acted in a remake films, but what’s different in those movies was the actors exhibited their own style of acting in the remake movies. Rajini movies in the 80’s and Billa 2007 are typical examples of actors delivering their own style in remake movies. Sometimes these remake movies have surpassed their originals. Nanban is a remake of ‘3 idiots’, one of the record breaking block busters of indian cinema. There was much expectation for ‘Nanban’ for two reasons, it was going to be directed by Shankar, one of the best film makers in Tamil Cinema, and Vijay was to be cast in the lead role. Many believed the duo would deliver something better than 3 idiots. Manoj Paramhamsa handled the camera and music by Harris Jayaraj.

Plot:

Nanban is about two friends embarking on a journey in search of their friend, who changed their lives during college days. Panchavan Parivendan sees everything in a different manner and believes  in two things - learn to gain knowledge and application rather than for marks, excel in what you would like to do and success will be yours. Pari joins engineering for his sheer passion with machines. He befriends two people Venkat Ramakrishnan, an aspiring wildlife photographer who ends up in engineering to fulfill his father’s dreams, and Sevalkodi Senthil, who studies to get a job and holds the responsibility of reliving his family from poverty. Virumadi Santhanam aka VIRUS , the dean of the college, is a firm believer in the present educational system and believes success is achieved through marks and getting placed. Pari encounters consistent tiffs with virus as their study approaches clashes and the story revolves around how he inspires his friends to achieve their dreams and changes virus’ mind.

Characters:
Vijay - Panchavan Parivendan - apes Aamir khan from beginning to end with few faltered attempts to deliver in his style. Jeeva - Sevalkodi Senthil - is fantastic and Shrikanth - Venkat Ramakrishnan - couldn’t match upto to Madhavan’s performance in the original. Sathyan couldn’t deliver what Omi vaidya gave us while the individuality of Sathyaraj - Virumadi Santhanam aka VIRUS - is lost in imitating the Virus role, all we could see is Boman Irani in screen. Ileana is too puny to get etched in our minds once the movie gets over. Though Ileana had performed well, her appearance made her role unnoticeable.

The problem with Nanban is that it is an exact replica of 3 idiots from screen play to character portrayal and everybody has tried their best to ape their roles. Manoj’s camera is simple and Harris Jayaraj could have better copied the songs as well with Aska Laska, an exception. Background score is pathetic and no match to the original.

Movie is altogether good with the story and everyone who haven’t watched ‘3 idiots’ will enjoy it to the core, there is no question about it, but what baffles me is Shankar’s imagination. After delivering a good sci fi movie to tamil audience, he has delivered us a photocopy of bollywood movie. With two good actors, Vijay and Sathyaraj, Shankar could have altered the storyline or at least he could have come up with a different portrayal of the two roles and delivered us the content in a different manner which would have been more enjoyable. Ultimately he got the message delivered without altering the storyline. Wonder what stopped him from thinking, but the same output would have come if Director A.Raja had took the movie and it is quite disappointing to see one of top directors delivering us such a movie.

Verdict: 6/10

Top Movies 2011

Best movies of the year

• Aadukalam - Bagged 6 awards in the national scene and deserves a place here.
• Mayakkam enna - True to its tag line, the story revolves around Karthik Swaminathan (Dhanush) who aspires to be a wildlife photographer and how he achieves his dream despite all the shortcomings in his life. Richa gangopadhyey deserves a special mention for her performance in the movie as lead actress.   
• Mankatha - Despite few logical loop holes, this became the biggest blockbuster of the year. Good performance by Ajith. 
• Vaagai Suda Vaa - For taking us back to the 60’s.  
• Engeyum eppodhum - Excellent message and screenplay by Saravanan. Despite this being his debut film, he has handled his part well intertwining the 4 characters with a gripping story running back and forth. 

Movies that achieved the cult status:

• Aaranya kandam - Neo noir type of movies are new to tamil cinema. Definitely first and best of its kind in 2011. A daring attempt by thiagarajan. 
• Azhagar samiyin kudhirai - A courageous attempt by suseendhiran to make a movie with an unconventional hero and a horse. 
• Mouna guru - Riveting crime-thriller with excellent plots-twists and characters. The best part about the movie is Shantakumar’s screenplay which never falters and delivers a complete film with no logical leftovers. 
• Payanam  - One of the impressive movies of 2011. Taut thrillers are a rarity in tamil cinema and Radha Mohan had delivered one of the finest with a neat plot and awesome gripping screenplay, making audience move to edge of their seats at right moments. 
• Yudham Sei - Director Mysskin’s delivery for 2011. These genre of films are untouched in tamil cinema. Despite blatant errors, clever twists and convincing characters makes it one of the best.