Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Ironic's!!


A dejected Hardward university drop out, started a small company by purchasing the technology for 50 US dollars. He, in turn, revolutionized the way computer is seen and used-Bill Gates

Youngster lost the job, defeated in 6 elections, failed in all the businesses, lost the girl, had a nervous break down and people thought he would just never make it- Abraham Lincoln

The Vice President of Columbia told him that he was never going to make it in the business. - Harrison Ford

His first book was rejected by 12 publishing houses and sixteen agents. - John Grisham

Turned down by a recording company saying "We don't like their sound and guitar music is on the way out" -Beatles

Was told by his father that he would amount to nothing and be a disgrace to himself and his family - Charles Darwin

Told by a music teacher "as a composer he is hopeless" and and during his career, he lost his hearing- Beethoven

Was told that "he couldn't sing at all" -Enrico Caruso

Fired from a newspaper because he "lacked imagination and had no original ideas" - Walt Disney

Were told by Publishers that "anthologies didn't sell" and the book was "too positive"-
Rejected a total of 140 times. Chicken Soup for the Soul. It now has 65 different titles and has sold over 80 million copies all over the world.

Told by a teacher he was "too stupid to learn anything"- Thomas Edison

Failed the sixth grade - Winston Churchill

Wasn't able to speak until he was almost 4 years old and his teachers said he would "never amount to much" - Albert Einstein

Did poorly in school and failed at running the family farm - Isaac Newton

Was not allowed to wait on customers in the store he worked in because "he didn't have enough sense" - F. W. Woolworth

Was cut from the high school basketball team, went home, locked himself in his room and cried - Michael Jordan

Producer told her she was "unattractive" and could not act - Marilyn Monroe

This book was rejected 18 times before it was published. It then sold over one million copies the first year-Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach

Auditioned for All My Children and got rejected, producers ridiculed her as - Julia Roberts

Dropped out of junior high school. He was persuaded to come back and was placed in a learning-disabled class. He only lasted a month and then dropped out of school forever- Steven Speilburg

First product was an electric rice cooker, only sold 100 cookers (because it burned rice rather than cooking).- Sony Corporation

God did not give you enough???????????

Ever thought life is boring or nothing is inspiring enough? read this!


she was born into a large family -- she was the 20th of 22 children! Her parents, were honest, hardworking people, but were very poor. Her father worked as a railroad porter and handyman. Mother did cooking, laundry and housecleaning for wealthy white families.

she born prematurely and weighed only 4.5 pounds. Again, because of racial segregation, she and her mother were not permitted to be cared for at the local hospital. It was for whites only. There was only one black doctor in Clarksville, and the family''s budget was tight, so her mother spent the next several years nursing her one illness after another: measles, mumps, scarlet fever, chicken pox and double pneumonia. But, she had to be taken to the doctor when it was discovered that her left leg and foot were becoming weak and deformed. She was told she had polio, a crippling disease that had no cure. The doctor told her mother that kid would never walk. But they would not give up on her. She found out that she could be treated at Meharry Hospital, the black medical college of Fisk University in Nashville. Even though it was 50 miles away, her parents took her there twice a week for two years, until she was able to walk with the aid of a metal leg brace. Then the doctors taught to do the physical therapy exercises at home. All of her brothers and sisters helped too, and they did everything to encourage her to be strong and work hard at getting well.By the time she was 8, she could walk with a leg brace. After that, she used a high-topped shoe to support her foot. She played basketball with her brothers every day.

Three years later, her mother came home to find her playing basketball by herself bare-footed. She didn't even have to use the special shoe
They took her to all the sports meet in near states to make her happy. Once she told her father that she want to participate. Just for making her happy, he talked with authorities and they allowed her to run as the 11th participant. It took her big pains to finish, but enthralled crowd just kept clapping until she finished. Poor girl was all in tears when she finished after a long time. Her life took a head turn from there. She participated in all the events she could and finally after two years made the biggest achivement of her life-she finished as 9th. Family cuddled together and cried seeing this and this incident gave her the necessary spark to lighten up the life.

A track coach encouraged her to start running. She ran so well that during her senior year in high school, she qualified for the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. She won a bronze medal in the women's 400-meter relay.

In 1959, she qualified for the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome by setting a world's record in the 200-meter race. At the Olympics that year she won two gold medals; one for the 100-meter race and one for the 200-meter race.

Then she sprained her ankle, but she ignored the pain and helped her team to win another gold medal for the 400-meter relay

You know who is this girl? Its none other than Wilma Rudolph who went on to become the greatest athlete ever in Sports history.



How far can we stretch the words "determination" or "inspiration" or "hardwork"?!

Monday, July 5, 2010

My Favorite!

Hi Guys, I will be posting some facts or stories or incident which I found as interesting. Of course, all of them are from the books I read or news papers or TV channels, Just wanna share with you all those things acting as a collector. Here comes the first one and my favorite.

Every News paper, I wish, has an Editorial Section, some like Hindu even have Editor's response session on queries from readers. While Hindu's is interesting, I often feel that same feature in other daily's are mostly dump and robotic. And Even in Hindu, I feel that Editor response is in very "Professional" or "diplomatic" manner , mostly none of them are from the heart. Newspaper should not be diplomatic or pragmatic in their nature, instead they should act as a mirror. If you have any doubt on how an editor and his response should be, pls read the incident below, its undoubtedly the greatest editorial in News paper history.

Sun newspaper had, I am not sure whether they have now, a QA page before. This was considered as a major feature in the daily and people from all over the world participated in this for getting exact and extra information on any particular topic.


Eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York's Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history's most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies, and other editorials, and on posters and stamps
*******************************************

"DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.
"Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
"Papa says, 'If you see it in THE SUN it's so.'
"Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?

"VIRGINIA O'HANLON.
"115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET."

VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except [what] they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.

You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.

No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.


*******************************************

Francis Pharcellus would have been in great dilemma for sure. He can neither break child's hope nor can he put unscientific/unproven facts and wat a response he gave.

Cheers

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Nostalgia

Huh,not in a mood to write,to be frank. I was waiting for an urge to write and I got it very late yesterday.I got a call from my old friend,Rajeev and its a good topic for a blog.


We were thick and thieves as friends. Always together and in a very good understanding. but god has created this world and human mind quite beautifully,rather amazing, that its the tears and pain that last in our mind than the good times we had.same with me and rajeev.

When i look back,none of those good memories comes in to my mind,strangely. We had a small tussle when we were about to leave the college and it shook me apart. because I never thought we will have a disagreement ever. It resulted in some heated arguments and bad words.I was bit angry and disappointed at that time.


Now I am not. My relation,did i had a relation???, with Jenny taught me so many lessons with human mind. Now i know very clearly that people dont cheat each other. Its just the situations and perceptions that make everybody to react in a particular way. Once I learnt this, I am happier than ever. Now I dont get disappointed for anything. I am just happy.

And he deserves to be written because after that small issue, he contacted me several times,even though the time gap was getting bigger. We spoke and drank with the same warmth and love we had and I just feel like nothing happened between us. When he called me yesterday,it was a nostalgic trip for me. I was not listening what he was speaking to me,I was just walking down the lane and i could not help lighting a cigaratte.

this blog is for him,a man whose ego does not stop him from saying that some body is good. I love you,man,for what you are.


I just have two lines for you.

"The world closing in
Did you ever think
That we could be so close,like brothers"

yeah,I still remember the song "Winds of Change". This blog may appear too dramatic for anybody,I am sure,not for you.

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Hyped Stars

This blog entry can be accused of one filled with hatred and prejudicism. Well,it is. but the fact remains the same even if you remove these elements from this.

Kamal Haasan is the world's most over rated actor. Take any of his films,the so-called-Classics,you can find either he is wearing a mask or an irritating over-dose of make up. He does really well in comman man roles,but never does it nowadays. Of course,he is a good actor. but there is a difference between a good actor and a genius actor.Kamal falls in the first actor. Most of his films are shops selling his personal agenda and thereby kamal,the star overtakes kamal,the actor.You take any,you will find this.An actor who is really in the dangerous levels of self admiration and confidence.Who else can create a film like Dasavatharam and boost himself of doing ten roles? and see his explanation. Its about chaos theory,it seems. An experienced actor who does not know that audience does not care about the underlying theory than the film.He is remaking 'A wednesday' now and I am sure that he will make it a big mess by showing his literary skills and watchout for another piece of Self-boosting. I truly agree that it will be a master piece,but masterpiece of what?boredom.think and I love feedbacks.



Director Shankar-A man who does not know that film is not about the visuals. Films are all about the situations of the characters,but this fool does not seem to know that. He has only one topic,tat is corruption,forgetting that he is corrupting the Cine field. Be it Muthalvan or Shivaji,the content,scenes and everything is same,except the actors. Lavish scenes and locales,'brahmandam' fight scenese and Out of the box ending sums up a shankar film and he is called as master craftsman.craft?wher is the craft here?i also can make a film with Rajnikanth and still make it run.shankar sir,better watch some good movies and please understand that its an art,its not a display thing.

Director Bala-Man who is known as heir of Balachander. I just want to ask 1 question to Mani Ratnam. That how he named this fool as Balachander's heir. Balachander's films are really classics,dealing with human minds,their lives and their situations. and see this guy's. central character will be a psychic who wont have any emotions. yes,His protaganists are good actors,but their performances can only be rivalled a log of wood. Be it Pithamagan or Sethu or Nanda,central character is the same. Just repeat this,change the surroundings,tats his mantra and comes will really crap.leaving the audience in his favorite state,psychic. Hey buddy,just watch any one of Balachander's movie and I am sure you will search for a rope,not just to hang,but to hang urself on Balachander's underwear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Smitten by love.

I wrote my first blog long back. I could not continue it further because of two reasons,I am confused on where to start as I have stayed in so many different places in the last 8 years and secondly,more importantly,I was busy with my serious-but-can be-misunderstood-as-silly love affair.I dont know whether I holds most of her time or she holds most of time,but the result is same.She is on a tour for 1 week and i am totally free with a unexpected loneliness and desparation. Now I got a never-wanted break and here i am with my second blog.

Its not a continuation of the first,this will just let the readers know who am I or What i am as of now. today I just want to write something which may ease me. Infact,I want to shout this so that I am back to my normal mental condition. I never understood the word "smitten" before and now I truly realize wats that thanks to my relation,"can I call it as a relation",i will say my experiment with a girl.

156 days on the trot.and finally I am free for some time. I always believed that height of anything is the negative or opposite of the same thing,just like old saying "height of the sound is silence".infact,i wanted to take a film on the same subject where the heroine and hero hate each other so much that after a certain level they can only love each other,love being the maximum of hate. but I never expected this to happen to me.

I met this girl online and chatted something silly and started playing games with her. I enjoyed it as I was able to guess so many things correctly and she used to get surprised. I said to myself "hey arun,here is a lady,single,with so much free time,u can take ur chance". started of as a fun and enjoyed it for some 1 month.at that time I used to lie a lot with her and daily we fight. she twice said me "goodbye for ever" and even blocked me.Total rejection of my fun-plans after a good initial response shocked me and I pledged that I will make her my close friend and then rejects her totally saying that i was joking.

But god or lady fate has different plans always.we both were irritated with so much each other and beyond a level,we could not continue that and became friends.to my biggest surprise,i realized that I am smitten and bitten by love or watever it is.I felt like I was swimming the pond of hate and i reached the shore of admiration and love and affection.and for the information of the readers,i just got a message from her saying that she is fine and suddenly thought abt me.can she hear my calling?i am not sure.

but I am not under any depression as so many people say. even though it can be a branded as a super failure,i learned so much and developed some character which I never had. I learned that I cannot give up in this race and just hung there when everything went bad for me. God tested me so many times,had to hear somethings which no lover will bear,but i just kept it going. Arrived at new my own theories of making a relation.I learned that I should not allow me to be ignored.So I always made sure that either its going through a good patch or we are at logger heads.when i dont have anything to say,I made her sad and disappointed by indecent perverted behaviour,just to make sure that i am always in the lime light,cant be ignored. you know what,this worked wonders for me. people always say feelings canot be forced. I forced it,eventhough sometimes it caused huge setbacks.I started realizing that if we go with total conviction and huge passion,world will set itself.after a certain point of time,i knew that whatever be the situation,its for my good.I even tested it with my friend and said that I am going to call her from my mind and if she replies with in 20 minutes,then nobody can stop me. To his surprise,mine as well,she messaged me suddenly without any reason. It can be interpreted as coincidental also,i know that. Well,who cares wats the reason?

for all the lovers out there,go ahead with the passion,without thinking that it will take you somewhere,get driven by the sheer thrill,you are gonna enjoy.

huh,a terrific sleeping pill,right?now i am free. I can write watever i want now.after a sleeping pill,you need a hot coffee.

watch out for next blogs in recent days,some of them are
1)acquaintance with a prostitute
2)New comer in the room-stephen raj
3)infactuation in the form of Java
4)Law College Mania
5)Xius Technologies and some business magnets
6)namma bangalaru and Madiwala stories
7)Madam ho to Aisi
8)Homos in the Hostel,Jai ho!
9)Counsellor
10)Chromepet sucks!
11)Omniscience technologies
12)Mr Unknown and nude shows

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Ente Kathakal or My Stories.

Helo Guys! LOOKING BACK
Everybody will have a story to tell, their story. I'm not a writer. I'm just sharing some incidents which I felt as very funny.
None of these characters r fictional. Everything for real. In this real story u can find each and every emotions and feelings. As reality is always fictional, I am not editing any of the incidents or dialogues. Readers pls adjust with the vulgar content and bad words as most of the guys including the author uses the worst of the languages under pressure.
Also,dont get irritated as most of the incidents took place while we were drinking.Its purely accidental.Its not a blame game also. I am just writing down some of the things which comes to my memory and worth writing.
Its not a biography. I am just narrating what all happened in my and my friends(enemies also) life. Its not in order. So when I am talking abt something which is the result of some of the incidents happened long back, I will help you with flashbacks.
All these r from my perspective and I have the full responsibility.
Main Characters of this Epic Drama other than me r
Sofinia Wong (some of you will be able to understand who is this,not all,because its a new actor,I have placed her first because I am most truthful to this lady,like a naked man) Arun Mathew Known as Mathai******* I have stayed with him in almost all the places of south India,for so many years,no need to explain more Xius Technologies,a great company where everything happens except technology. Dennis Antony known as Denny or Dennichan (my close buddy and big story himself.) **** sulthan bathery is a district in Kerala,a province in India and story of dennis in full Sanjay U (*** a funny guy and one of my close friends) Jobin Joseph or Jobinji (Guinnes World Record Holder for talking continously for 25 years) Rony K Thomas (Angry young man,known as ronichan or macrony or muthala or ..............or ...) ******* muthala means crocodile Ricky John,Raveen,Ajo,Sunil,Rahul and all the CCubed guys Rajeev P.R (Provides the Action part of the story and close friend of CM Sir) Anish Raj B.S (Known as Aneesh Annan when he is present and Pongan when he is not) ********* Annan means big brother,Pongan means big fool Unknown(famous for VikasBhavan special nude shows) ******* VikasBhavan is a government office Manoj (Known as Kallambalam John Abraham) Azeem (one of the leading advocates in ?) Josettan( this guy is a fan of Lion,I dont know why) J.K Nalini-She was a teacher of mine and much more to me Raj-This guy stayed with us for 1 week. I still dont know from where he came,wat he is and where he went.I still dont know why we all cried when he left because he is a total stranger who lived with us for 1 week and became so close. Sindhuja -a girl who was 2 years Junior to me in my engineering college and to whom I said "I love you" more than 10 times Annie Ruby Jacob-I said " I love you Annie" next second I saw her,still dont know why I did that Nazarin fathima-my friends sister,was my dream girl once.
There are so many people who I missed. its because all the above people r connected to me everyday. I will introduce all others when the article starts in respective sections.
and a lot more like kurukkan,valiyan(yes,"farter")......................................................................................................
FPRIVATE "TYPE=PICT;ALT="
Locations:TVM,Kottayam,Cochin,Palakakd,Batheri,Calicut,Manjeri(3000 Autos),Tanjavur,Bangalore,Mysore,Chennai ... and Guangzhou.
I have missed out some another characters,thanks to my memory.I will introduce each and every guy individually when time comes.
So Watch out for the story with
* Full of Action
* Cheat
* Fights
* Violence
* Fraud
* Romance
* HomoSexuals
* Sexual Harassment allegiations (even abt me, oh my goodness!)
and Lot more.
You might have read " Love in the Time of Cholera".The name of the story is "Life in the time of UnEmployment" or ente "Joliyillakala kathakal".

by
Arun Nair.