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Exercise for a Cause #GoGreen :)

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Among the ingenious things that we do hoping our videos go viral (but not a single one actually does) you can add this one too.

This is an exercise video we created along with two cute animated cartoons to promote the cause of #GoGreen. (Read: To promote the cause of our virality :P)

Although the video shows us repeatedly exercising, we actually did it only once. Since it’s a GIF, the actually 6-sec video keeps repeating on the loop giving the impression that we exercised for a long time

Is it worth taking the risk to travel to far-off places?

With so much negativity being portrayed all around the earth (especially by the media outlets) should we still embrace the world and its people? Is it worth taking the risk to travel to far-off places?

If that sounds like a difficult question, consider this –

NASA’s Hubble has just uncovered the farthest star ever seen. It’s called Icarus and it’s hundreds of thousands of times bigger than our Sun. What’s more interesting is, it’s located effing FIVE BILLION LIGHT YEARS away from the earth.

Do you even realize the significance of the last statement you just read? If you travel at the speed of light (which is theoretically impossible – as of now) you’d still take FIVE BILLION YEARS to go somewhere near that star.

Suppose, let’s assume that scientists manage to discover (or steal one from aliens) a spaceship that can cover one-billion light years in one year (highly impossible, but still…), and suppose YOU are chosen as the ‘LUCKY ONE’ to travel in it.

You’d still take five years to reach somewhere near that star. Now, suppose you have reached the star and have taken a selfie with it. To be able to share that on Facebook or WhatsApp, you’ll still have to wait for five more years.

Now, even if you manage to reach the earth without any communication failure or spaceship malfunction, you’d still not have much to show. Chances that people (especially near and dear) might think you’ve taken a selfie with our sun sitting somewhere on the terrace of your house, perhaps on a solar eclipse day, instead of that star located five billion light years away are very very high.

Besides, how interesting would a dark sky with stars and one big sun in the background look? So, as you might have realized by now, there is no point in making such an ardent journey.

That’s why, dear readers, I am telling you to drop your inhibitions, pack your bags, catch a Lufthansa (they are sponsoring a contest for which this blog post was written – so don’t even think of taking another airline) and GOOOO

Rama Bhakta Anjaneyar Temple @ Kolathur/Madhavaram

So today being Rama Navami we went to the Rama Bhakta Anjaneyar Temple at Kolathur/Madhavaram. Actually, we are not very sure about the area as the address (Roja Nagar) seems to appear in both Kolathur and Madhavaram. Anyway, this Google Maps link should guide you better with the location.

This is a small Temple but has a nice Anjaneyar statue installed on the top. This Temple also has Rama, Sita & Lakshmana idols, a rarity in South India. On the day we went, we were pleasantly surprised to see a Lady Archagar doing the puja and Harthy. I think it’s a good sign of progression.

One more thing we noticed – here, unlike most Temples, they don’t let visitors to light small agal-velakkus (oil lamps) but instead, they have a large lamp where the visitor can buy and pour the ghee/oil. I guess this Temple management wants to be different

The Great Escape!!

Rainy day.

Snowey mountain.

Three bombs coming right at Ramya.

Can she slide downhill fast enough to escape from all of them? Watch the below-embedded short video (thriller) to find out

Selfie Inside Rolls Royce Phantom :)

I know all of you are already jealous reading the title. So, in your own interest, please exercise extreme caution before deciding to proceed

McDonalds Introduces RICE in India (Chennai)

McDonald’s, a very popular restaurant across the world for its burgers, wraps, nuggets & fries, has introduced –you won’t believe it but we actually ate it– RICE in India. OK, they’ve not yet launched it across India, but they have very much launched it in all their 16 outlets across Chennai.

It seems Chennai is the testing ground for this product. If it succeeds, they may launch rice in their other stores across India. Let’s hope it does.

Before you go all wide-eyed, you’ll have to know that glocalization is nothing new to McD. They have previously launched products like Kebab burger in Hyderabad, Potato wedges in Bengaluru, etc. Even rice is available in certain countries of South East Asia.

But launching rice in the capital of rice kingdom should be an interesting experience for them, I guess. For now, they have launched two flavours –

Veggies & Cheese Rice (Rice topped with veggies like peas, carrot, American corn, zucchini tossed in cheese cream layered with herbs)
Beans & Gravy Rice (Rice mixed with peas, carrots, chickpeas, kidney beans, tomato gravy with basil, garlic & pepper)

Both these rice varieties are available in Veg & Non-Veg options, priced at Rs. 119 & Rs. 139 respectively.

We ate the veg one, of course. Personally, my favorite is Beans & Gravy Rice. Actually, this is a bit spicy and combined with lemon juice it tastes great

My Digital Valentines Day Gift to my Wife

This year, I thought of giving a digital video greeting card as a gift for Valentine’s day to my wife. So I made the above video.

Jokes apart, I am shortly ordering a handbag for her from Amazon

Why is the Rush Hour at 11 A.M. in Chennai??

This is something I am not able to understand. While the rush hour is generally between 8 A.M. to 10 A.M. in the mornings at most places, in Chennai, the RUSH HOUR seems to be at 10 A.M. to 11 A.M. and sometimes it extends up to 12 P.M. in the NOON also.

If we assume that most offices would open between 9 – 10 O’Clock in the morning, the rush hour ought to be 8 – 10 O’Clock, right? The maximum traffic ought to be at that time right?

But I’ve often noticed maximum traffic between 10 and 11 A.M. in the city. Are people supposed to reach their offices after 11 or what? If there are such offices, let me know – I’ll want to start working there NOW

Sri Kannika Parameswari Temple Kumbabishegam @ Tiruppatur (Jan.’18)

The Kumbabishegam (Consecration) of a South Indian Temple – Sri Kannika Parameswari Aalayam was celebrated grandly over three-days (Jan. 26 to Jan. 28 – 2018) at AVS Thirumana Mandapam, Chetty Street, Tiruppatur (Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India).

I went to the ceremony and made the above-embedded event slideshow highlighting some interesting photos and moments of this Temple Consecration ceremony.

The main event, Kumbabishekam was held on Sunday, 28th January 2018. Since it’s the inception of an important Temple in that area, there was a huge crowd present on the day of the Kumbabishekam.

The management – Tiruppatur Arya Vysya Samajam did a good job of organizing the entire event in a grand way with 14-Yaga Kunta pooja, arranging for meals and amenities for guests, and even arranging for a Drone Camera (via Raja Clicks Photography) to cover the event.

They arranged for the Kumbabisheka theertham to be sprinkled on the crowd via a piped long-range water sprinkler. There were poojas that involved cows, horses, elephants and hold your breath – even a snake!!

First Indian (Tamil) Space Movie: Tik Tik Tik

OK, let’s admit that Tik Tik Tik is not the first Indian movie set outside the earth – in the space. Two earlier movies, one Tamil movie starring MGR and one Hindi movie were primarily set in the space, way back in the 1960s. Two more films, Chanda Mama Door Ke and Aamir Khan’s biopic on Rakesh Sharma are also set in space, but they are yet to be made and released.

In the meanwhile, the Kollywood Padam Tik Tik Tik starring Jayam Ravi and Nivetha Pethuraj should get the honor of being the first Indian movie set (predominantly) in space with genuine and believable Computer Graphics + Sets all done in namma Chennai by namma makkal.

It seems 170 technicians worked round the clock to complete the project within 5 months! As per the Wiki page, 80 minutes is the duration of Visual Effects scenes in this movie.  Ain’t that cool