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Pamban Bridge. A man made architectural marvel .I took this snap sitting on the doorsteps of the compartment holding my Canon Rebel XT in one hand and other on the door. A thrilling experience so did I board the bus? nope this time...its the train..of course it was the one I boarded on March 21st 2008 , on my way back to Chennai from Rameswaram There was a little tussle with the TTR .I had forgotten my PAN card which was the primary identity for the online passenger tickets . I was having an identity card which was useless and the argument ended futile and in the end i paid a penalty of 1200 INR. nevertheless this train got me an identity as an amateur photographer... among the 11 winners of the Best Vacation Photos co-sponsored by Cleartrip and ZOOMIN ..the above picture you see was short listed for the final 11 from thousands...

22 Aug 2008,Friday 12°55'1"N 80°13'50"E 3.50 pm 70...60..50..40..30..20..crashhhhhhhhhhhhhh..a minor accident.veh no : TN-07 P 5312 ...the victim skidded off the road by braking on the rubble and sand that collected on the road due to rain the prev day, but he escaped with second degree burns in his right calf which was tangled between the brake lever and engine.Luckily it was near the T shop and it happened @ the shoulders of the OMR road . Within seconds there were people to help him out and took him to the company med centre... The guy who skidded was none other than me. I started off 3.45 to reach office @ 4 pm. It was a bit unusual time, i generally used to go around 5 pm to office. It was a coincidence that i thought i wud complete this blog after my work on friday n jus uploaded the picture Bfore that this had happened. It was on the card always..the road being rough exactly near the entrance and 2 days back, @ the same spot ...

I am going back to the post few days back.... Its good to continue with that today. Being a friendship day... I thought it was time for me to meet my old friends..and especially Buvana....she had gone to 3rd standard by now and she looked so cute in today's dress ..and thank GOD for those wonderful ART drugs and some good hearts..around the world..which had made all those marks on her face vanish away..and she looked so fresh with lots of energy...dancing to the same rhyme..(how can I forget that..its song which always keeps me in an upbeat mood..)...joined by Anitha who has moved on to 4 th standard... Anita had lots of games loaded for GK , Arvind and Me. with her tiny fingers she was able to depict spider man by joining her thumb and index fingers and placing them on her eyes. I was like speechless it was so cute , and I was jus admiring the beauty with which she was narrating all funny happenings of her school. Lots of PJs she shared I thought ne...

பட படன்னு பறந்து செல்லும் வண்ணத்து பூச்சி ஒரு வண்ணத்து பூச்சி! அதில் அழகழகாய் நிறத்தை மட்டும் பாரு அந்த நிறத்தை அதில் பூசி விட்டது யாரு! முட்டையாக நான் இருந்தேன் கருவிலே.. சிறு புழுவாக ஊர்ந்து வந்தேன் இலையிலே.. என்னை சுத்தி கூடு. நான் கட்டிகொண்ட வீடு! படுத்திருபேன் காத்திருப்பேன் நாட்கணக்கில் பின் இறக்கை வரும் பறந்திடுவேன் உயரத்திலே !!!! young girl buvana's dream .. a [+ ] ve dream of flying high with fluttering wings.. which is already in chaos... she is unaware of.. I heard this song first on January 18th 2008..it was my b'day...a day of mixed...events.... note: i donno who the author of this rhyme is...but the song means lot to me...