Sunday, January 6, 2008
Friday, January 4, 2008
Movie Lyric which i loved most in recent past
Song of Hope in the recent tamil movie Katrathu Tamizh:
Mudhal Murai Vaazha Pidikuthey
Mudhal Murai velicham pirakkuthey
Mudhal murai murindha kilai ondru pookuthey
Mudhal murai kadavu thirkuthey
Mudhal murai kattru varukuthey
Mudhal murai kanavu palikuthey
Translation to English
First time, i feel like living
First time, i can see light
First time, flower blossoms from broken branch
First time, door has opened
Firs time, i can feel the fresh air
First time, i can feel the dreams are coming true
Mudhal Murai Vaazha Pidikuthey
Mudhal Murai velicham pirakkuthey
Mudhal murai murindha kilai ondru pookuthey
Mudhal murai kadavu thirkuthey
Mudhal murai kattru varukuthey
Mudhal murai kanavu palikuthey
Translation to English
First time, i feel like living
First time, i can see light
First time, flower blossoms from broken branch
First time, door has opened
Firs time, i can feel the fresh air
First time, i can feel the dreams are coming true
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Market Outlook - Jan 08
I predicted that Dow would top out around 14000 levels in December and it had topped out around 13800 and it is back to 13000 levels yesterday.
I also predicted that DLF, IVRCL for upward rally for Dec 07 which materialised. My other prediction of Reliance and Amararaja have not materialised.
Jan 08 would be a tough month and bulls would find it hard to take it beyond 21k levels. Dec 07 was extremely strong due to strong all round rally in stocks and the buyers were mainly Insurance companies than MF or FII put together.
I feel that some of the stock prices shows irrational exuberance so I predict correction in Sensex from 20500 levels to 19000 to 19300 levels for Jan 08. If at all the bull rally continues, it will have resistance at 20800 levels for Jan 08.
I also predicted that DLF, IVRCL for upward rally for Dec 07 which materialised. My other prediction of Reliance and Amararaja have not materialised.
Jan 08 would be a tough month and bulls would find it hard to take it beyond 21k levels. Dec 07 was extremely strong due to strong all round rally in stocks and the buyers were mainly Insurance companies than MF or FII put together.
I feel that some of the stock prices shows irrational exuberance so I predict correction in Sensex from 20500 levels to 19000 to 19300 levels for Jan 08. If at all the bull rally continues, it will have resistance at 20800 levels for Jan 08.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Srilankan tour photos
Do check out the following links for photos of my Sri Lanka tour. Ensoi.
http://www.flickr.com/gp/50378337@N00/1w956J
http://www.flickr.com/gp/50378337@N00/115Pmw
http://www.flickr.com/gp/50378337@N00/2YRMF7
I wish you all a happy and prosperous new year !!!
http://www.flickr.com/gp/50378337@N00/1w956J
http://www.flickr.com/gp/50378337@N00/115Pmw
http://www.flickr.com/gp/50378337@N00/2YRMF7
I wish you all a happy and prosperous new year !!!
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Back to Work
26th December 07
We are back to serious work after a tour. I forgot to bring the USB for my camera. So, pls visit in first week of Jan 08 for link to srilankan tour photos. Would also have a post of credit for people who took us around. Pls bear with me until then and enjoy the fist test match between India & Australia.
We are back to serious work after a tour. I forgot to bring the USB for my camera. So, pls visit in first week of Jan 08 for link to srilankan tour photos. Would also have a post of credit for people who took us around. Pls bear with me until then and enjoy the fist test match between India & Australia.
Travelogue - Chennai to Colombo Part 7
Travelogue - Chennai to Colombo Part 7
25th December 2007
We started our day around 7am to a hill station called Nuwara Eliya. We drove out of Kandy and realised that the Kandy river encircles the town on one side and the town is covered by mountain on the other three side. We drove through a well maintained hill road and all the way and reached the hill town by 9:30am.
The town Nuwara Eliya means the city of lighting and the lighting is supposed to have caused by Hanuman when he burnt the parts of Lanka during the rescue operation of Sita. Lot of sri lankan tamilians work in plantations. I saw them with Viboodhi or Sandhu Pottu (Sindoor), sighted some small temples, VEL tamil movie poster etc.
I bought dust tea packet, had some Ulundu vada, tea in Niwara Eliya and transacted in tamil throughout. This small hill town also has one golf course, horse race ground.
We circled the lake once before leaving the town to a place called Hatton. Our interest was mainly to see the place called "Kitulgala" where the classic movie Bridge on the River Kwai was shot.
The road to Hatton was not great but motorable comfortably. When we came down to Hatton around noon, we also a construction site for Hydro Power plant near a huge waterfall. We realised that we climbed one site of mountain through Kandy and came down through another side !!!
We had lunch at a rest house at Hatton and drove down to Kitulgala. We sighted a board guiding the place where the movie was shot before the real town of Kitulgala. We stopped the car and entered the jungles. Only one person can walk and others have to follow through the path and sighted some houses. One boy came and showed us the place.
We were bit surprised by the site and tried to recollect the move and chatting sometime. Water level was quite low during our visit so we could co-relate briefly. We left from there after taking some photos around 2:45pm and saw some river shafting being promoted on our way to plains.
The drivers were quite patient on the hill roads and does not make many horns and give side regularly for vehicles which tries to speed up without battling an eyelid.
We reached Colombo through Avissawella and Highlevel road (A4) by around 5pm or so.
Our romance with rain lasted for some 500Kms of our travel out of total 900 Kms and our trip came to end peacefully.
25th December 2007
We started our day around 7am to a hill station called Nuwara Eliya. We drove out of Kandy and realised that the Kandy river encircles the town on one side and the town is covered by mountain on the other three side. We drove through a well maintained hill road and all the way and reached the hill town by 9:30am.
The town Nuwara Eliya means the city of lighting and the lighting is supposed to have caused by Hanuman when he burnt the parts of Lanka during the rescue operation of Sita. Lot of sri lankan tamilians work in plantations. I saw them with Viboodhi or Sandhu Pottu (Sindoor), sighted some small temples, VEL tamil movie poster etc.
I bought dust tea packet, had some Ulundu vada, tea in Niwara Eliya and transacted in tamil throughout. This small hill town also has one golf course, horse race ground.
We circled the lake once before leaving the town to a place called Hatton. Our interest was mainly to see the place called "Kitulgala" where the classic movie Bridge on the River Kwai was shot.
The road to Hatton was not great but motorable comfortably. When we came down to Hatton around noon, we also a construction site for Hydro Power plant near a huge waterfall. We realised that we climbed one site of mountain through Kandy and came down through another side !!!
We had lunch at a rest house at Hatton and drove down to Kitulgala. We sighted a board guiding the place where the movie was shot before the real town of Kitulgala. We stopped the car and entered the jungles. Only one person can walk and others have to follow through the path and sighted some houses. One boy came and showed us the place.
We were bit surprised by the site and tried to recollect the move and chatting sometime. Water level was quite low during our visit so we could co-relate briefly. We left from there after taking some photos around 2:45pm and saw some river shafting being promoted on our way to plains.
The drivers were quite patient on the hill roads and does not make many horns and give side regularly for vehicles which tries to speed up without battling an eyelid.
We reached Colombo through Avissawella and Highlevel road (A4) by around 5pm or so.
Our romance with rain lasted for some 500Kms of our travel out of total 900 Kms and our trip came to end peacefully.
Travelogue - Chennai to Colombo Part 6
Travelogue - Chennai to Colombo Part 6
24th December 2007
It was a cold night and we found difficult to sleep. Some how we managed to wake up to chirping of birds, wake up call of crow and found misty sky everywhere. It completely changed by 9am and sun light was out on full swing.
We started our day with Buddha Temple in Kandy where the relic of Buddha was kept. Good crowd and we took a walk around the temple. The structure was very good with indian pillars and kerala roof on the top of it and kind of tibetian finish to it. We liked the temple very much.
There is also a Museum attached with the temple which showcases the history. The entrance fee is LKR 250 + 150 for camera (around 4 USD).
We again went to the small hill above lake which we visited on 23rd night and had a good view of Kandy town. We came down and went on with official work by 9:30 or so and came out around noon.
The sun was shining bright and town was bustling with activity. It was like any other indian town. Platform shops, traffic jams, narrow road. It was funny to see one road cutting the railway track in the heart of city and the gate was manually operated !!! We walked fully to get some lunch and did some shopping at Laksala (government owned craftmaker like Poompuhar or Cauvery) for Souveneirs. Clothing shopping was not that impressive in kandy. We had buffet lunch at Diwan Hotel.
We finally drove down to see the University of Peradeniya which was like one huge IIT campus. The difference was landscapes, widely placed departments. The best part was kandy river runs through the campus and it has one rail way station too connective Colombo. Very spacious campus and it has green look and the terrain was hill. The campus also had one church, mosque and hindu kovil !!!
We sipped tender coconut on our way back and it was not having much of sweet taste. Bit disappointing when compared to our expectation :)
24th December 2007
It was a cold night and we found difficult to sleep. Some how we managed to wake up to chirping of birds, wake up call of crow and found misty sky everywhere. It completely changed by 9am and sun light was out on full swing.
We started our day with Buddha Temple in Kandy where the relic of Buddha was kept. Good crowd and we took a walk around the temple. The structure was very good with indian pillars and kerala roof on the top of it and kind of tibetian finish to it. We liked the temple very much.
There is also a Museum attached with the temple which showcases the history. The entrance fee is LKR 250 + 150 for camera (around 4 USD).
We again went to the small hill above lake which we visited on 23rd night and had a good view of Kandy town. We came down and went on with official work by 9:30 or so and came out around noon.
The sun was shining bright and town was bustling with activity. It was like any other indian town. Platform shops, traffic jams, narrow road. It was funny to see one road cutting the railway track in the heart of city and the gate was manually operated !!! We walked fully to get some lunch and did some shopping at Laksala (government owned craftmaker like Poompuhar or Cauvery) for Souveneirs. Clothing shopping was not that impressive in kandy. We had buffet lunch at Diwan Hotel.
We finally drove down to see the University of Peradeniya which was like one huge IIT campus. The difference was landscapes, widely placed departments. The best part was kandy river runs through the campus and it has one rail way station too connective Colombo. Very spacious campus and it has green look and the terrain was hill. The campus also had one church, mosque and hindu kovil !!!
We sipped tender coconut on our way back and it was not having much of sweet taste. Bit disappointing when compared to our expectation :)
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