Interesting Facts !

• The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
• The military salute originated during the medieval times. Knights in armor used to raise their visors to reveal their identity, and the motion later evolved into the modern-day salute.
• The Mills Brothers have recorded the most songs of any artist: about 2,250.
• The minarets of the Taj Mahal in India are angled at 88 degrees outwards so that they would not collapse into the structure should an earthquake occur. Read more after the break...

• The minimum number of darts that need to be thrown to complete a single in, double out game of 501 is nine.
• The Miss America Contest was created in Atlantic City in 1921 with the purpose of extending the tourist season beyond Labor Day.
• The model of King Kong used in the original movie was only 18 inches tall.
• The modern Olympic Games were held in the first time in 1896 at Athens and were then followed by the 1900 Paris games. The winter games were added in 1924.
• The mola mola or ocean sunfish lays up to 5,000,000 eggs at one time.
• The Mona Lisa, by daVinci, is 2'6" by 1'9".
• The Mona-Lisa, now hanging in the Louvre museum in Paris, is valued today at $100,000,000.
• The monastic hours are matins, lauds, prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers and compline.
• The Montreal Canadians of the mid-1950s are the only team to win five straight Stanley Cup championships.
• The Monty Python movie "The Life of Brian" was banned in Scotland.
• The moon actually has mirrors on it. They were left there by astronauts who wanted to bounce laser beams off them, so that the distance to the moon can be measured.
• The most abundant metal in the Earth's crust is aluminum.
• The most collect calls are made on father's day.
• The most common blood type in the world is Type O. The rarest, Type A-H, has been found in less than a dozen people since the type was discovered.
• The most common disease in the world is tooth - decay.
• The most common injury in bowling is a sore thumb.
• The most common street name in the United States is Second Street. First Street isn't first because many times the designation is replaced with the name Main Street.
• The most expensive book or manuscript ever sold at an auction was The Codex Hammer, a notebook belonging to Leonardo da Vinci. It sold for $30.8 million.
• The most expensive movie memorabilia ever sold at an auction was Clark Gable's Academy Award for It Happened One Night. It sold for$607,500 on December 15, 1996.
• The most expensive painting ever sold at auction was Portrait of Dr. Gachet by Vincent van Gogh. On May 15, 1990, Ryoei Saito paid $75 million for it. He followed up that spending spree by paying the second-highest price ever, $71 million for Au Moulin de la Galette by PierreAuguste Renoir, just two days later.
• The most frequently seen birds at feeders across North America last winter were the Dark-eyed Junco, House Finch and American goldfinch, along with downy woodpeckers, blue jays, mourning doves, black-capped chickadees, house sparrows, northern cardinals and european starlings. 
• The most searched thing on yahoo.com every year is p0rn.
• The most snow accumulation in a one-day period was 75.8 inches at Silver Lake, Colorado, in April 1921.
• The most used line in the movies is "Lets get out of here."
• The most widely accepted legend associated to the discovery of coffee is of the goatherder named Kaldi of Ethiopia. Around the year 800-850 A.D., Kaldi was amazed as he noticed his goats behaving in a frisky manner after eating the leaves and berries of a coffee shrub. And, of course, he had to try them!
• The most widely culticated fruit in the world is the Apple.The second is the Pear.
• The motto for the Olympic Games is Citius Altius Fortius. Translated, it means Faster Higher Stronger.
• The mouse is the most common mammal in the US.
• The movie As Good As It Gets is called Mr. Cat Poop in China.
• The movie Quo Vadis had 30,000 extras.
• The Museum of Modern Art in New York City hung Matisse's 'Le Bateau' upside-down for 47 days before an art student noticed the error.
• The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.
• The nail of our middle finger grows the fastest and the nail of our thumb grows slowest.
• The name "Uncle Sam" for the U.S. came from a person known as Uncle Sam Wilson of Troy, NY, who supplied food for the U.S. army in the war of 1812.
• The name for Oz in the Wizard of Oz was thought up when the creator Frank Baum looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z.
• The name for the middle part of the nose (the part that separates the nostrils) is called a chaffanu.
• The name 'Intel' stems from the company's former name, 'Integrated Electronics'.
• The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
• The name of the dog from "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" is Max.
• The name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box is Bingo.
• The name of the first airplane flown at Kitty Hawk by the Wright Brothers, on December 17, 1903, was Bird of Prey.
• The name of the Russian space station, Mir, means "peace."
• The name Santa Claus is a corruption of the Dutch dialect name for Saint Nicholas Sint Klass.
• The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan". There was never a recorded Wendy before.
• The name Wendy was made up for the book 'Peter Pan'. It came from the author's friends, whom he called his "fwendy" (friend)
• The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.
• The nation of Monaco on the French Riviera, is smaller than Central Park in New York. Monaco is 370 acres and Central Park is 840 acres.
• The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
• The national dish of Scotland, haggis, is made of the heart, liver, lungs and small intestines of a calf. It's then boiled in the stomach of the animal, and seasoned with salt, pepper and onions. Oh, and don't forget to add the suet and oatmeal.
• The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced in 1978 that it would alternate men's and women's names in the naming of hurricanes. It was seen as an attempt at fair play. Hurricanes had been named for women for years, until NOAA succumbed to pressure from women's groups who were demanding that Atlantic storms be given unisex names.
• The national sport of Nauru, a small Pacific island, is lassoing flying birds.
• The Navy SEALs were formed in 1962.
• The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.
• The nearest relative of the hippopotamus is the common pig.
• The Netherlands is the lowest country in the world. An estimated 40% of its land is below sea level.
• The New York City Chamber of Commerce is the oldest chamber of commerce in the United States. King George III granted a royal charter for it in 1770.
• The New York phone book had 22 Hitlers listed before World War II .. and none after.
• The New York Yankees have won the most champoinships (26 times) in their respected sport (MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL) for any professional sports team.
• The Nile catfish swim upside down.
• The number 111,111,111 multiplied by itself will result in the number 12,345,678,987,654,321.
• The number 2,520 can be divided by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 without having a fractional leftover.
• The number 37 will wholly divide (no decimals) into 111, 222, 333, 444, 555, 666, 777, 888, and 999.
• The number of atoms in a pound of iron is nearly five trillion trillion: 4,891,500,000,000,000,000,000,000.
• The number of cricket chirps you count in a fifteen-second span, plus 37, will tell you the approximate current air temperature.
• The number of possible ways of playing just the first four moves on each side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
• The number of times a drowning person will rise to the surface depends on how much air is in his lungs. He could rise once, twice, or five times. Or not at all. Obese people will stay afloat longer than skinny people because fat contains air molecules.
• The number of triplets born in the US in 1994 (4,594) was more than triple the number born in 1971 (1,034), an increase attributed to older age of the mothers and the use of fertility-enhancing drugs and techniques.
• The number of VCRs in the United States grew from 52,565,000 in 1987 to 86,825,000 in 1997, a 39.5% increase.
• The numbers "172" can be found on the back of a US $5 bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln memorial.
• The numbers 111 222 333 444 555 666 777 888 999 are all multiples of 37.
• The numbers on opposite sides of a die always add up to seven.
• The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosy is a rhyme about the plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores ("Ring around the rosy..."), these sores would smell very badly so common folks would put flowers on their bodies somewhere (inconspicuously), so that it would cover the smell of the sores ("...a pocket full of posies..."), People who died from the plague would be burned so as to reduce the possible spread of the disease ("...ashes, ashes, we all fall down!")
• The Oblivion ride at Alton Towers has a G-force of 5. Thats higher than the G-force of an average NASA take-off!
• The occupations of the three men in a tub were butcher, baker, and candlestick maker.
• The odds against a royal flush in poker are exactly 649,739 to 1.
• The odds of being born male are about 51.2%, according to census.
• The official definition of a desert is any land that where more water evaporates than is acquired through precipitation.
• The official name of the St. Louis Gateway Arch is "The Jefferson National Expansion Monument." The Gateway Arch looks taller than it is wider, but it is exactly 630 feet by 630 feet.
• The official sport for the State of Maryland is jousting.
• The official state song of Georgia since 1922 has been "Georgia on My Mind".
• The Ohio river forms at the confluence of the Allegheny and the Monongahela.
• The oiuja board was invented by Isaac and William Fuld, and was patented July 1, 1892.
• The oldest "cricket" match was played between the USA and Canada in 1844.
• The oldest continuous comic strip still in existence is The Katzenjammer Kids. It first appeared in newspapers in 1897.
• The oldest exposed surface on earth is New Zealand's south island.
• The oldest goldfish lived for 14,795 days.
• The oldest living thing in existence is not a giant redwood, but a bristlecone pine in the White Mountains of California, dated to be aged 4,600 years old.
• The oldest man-made building of any kind still existing is the central edifice of the 4,600-year-old mastaba (a tomb for kings) built at Sakkara, Egypt. It was created to honor King Zoser, the first ruler of the Third Dynasty.
• The oldest musical instrument is probably the flute. It's been discovered that primitive cave dwellers made an instrument from bamboo or some other small hollow wood.
• The oldest person to live was Jeanne Louise Calment, she lived for a whopping 122 years until she died of sm0king related complications. Don't Sm0ke! 
• The oldest recorded document on paper made from fibrous material was a deed of King Roger of Sicily, in the year 1102.
• The oldest tennis court in the world is the one built at Hampton Court in 1530 for Henry VIII.
• The oldest works of art are pictures of animals found in caves in Spain and France. They have been dates as far back as 18,000 years ago.
• The olive branch in the eagle's right talon has 13 leaves.
• The Olympic Games were held in St. Louis, MO. In 1904, the first time that the games were held in the United States. 
• The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.
• The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
• The only animals that can naturally sleep on their backs are humans. No other animal actually does--apes usually sleep sitting up and leaning on something.
• The only big cat that doesn't roar is a Jaguar.
• The only bird that can fly backwards is the hummingbird.
• The only bird that cannot fly is the penguin.
• The only bone in the human body not connected to another is the hyoid, a V-shaped bone located at the base of the tongue between the mandible and the voice box. Its function is to support the tongue and its muscles.
• The only bone not broken so far during any ski accident is one located in the inner ear.
• The only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica.
• The only countries in the world with one syllable in their names are Chad, France, Greece, and Spain.
• The only difference between brown eyes and every other colored eyes is that brown eyes have more pigment.
• The only dog to ever appear in a Shakespearean play was Crab in The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
• The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
• The only father and son to hit back-to-back home runs in a major league baseball game: Ken Griffey, Jr., and his father, Ken Griffey, Sr., both of the Seattle Mariners in a game against the California Angels on September 14th, 1990.
• The only food cockroaches won't eat are cucumbers.
• The only jointless bone in your body is the hyoid bone in your throat.
• The only loss Packers' coach Vince Lombardi ever suffered in the postseason was to the Philadelphia Eagles, 17-13, in the 1960 NFL championship game.
• The only member of the British House of Commons who is not allowed to speak is the man called the Speaker of the House.
• The only MLB team to have both its city's name and its team name in a foreign language is the San Diego Padres.
• The only mobile national monuments in the United States are the cable cars in San Francisco.
• The only one of his sculptures that Michelangelo signed was the "The Pieta," completed in 1500.
• The only painting by Leonardo da Vinci on permanent display in the United States hangs in the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. It's a portrait of Ginevra di Benci, the wife of a politician in Florence.
• The only president buried in Washington, D.C. proper: Woodrow Wilson, who was laid to rest in the National Cathedral.
• The only president buried on the grounds of a state capitol: James Polk in Nashville, Tenn.
• The only President in office to weigh less than 100 pounds was James Madison.
• The only President to be head of a labor union was Ronald Reagan.
• The only presidents buried together: John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams are in a basement crypt in Quincy, Mass.
• The only real person to be a PEZ head was Betsy Ross.
• The only repealed amendment to the US Constitution deals with the prohibition of alcohol.
• The only rock that floats in water is pumice.
• The only state allowed to fly its flag at the same height as the U.S. flag is Texas.
• The only three non-Presidents pictured on U.S. paper money are: Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill, Benjamin Franklin on the $100 bill, and Salmon Chase on the $10,000 bill.
• The only time the human population declined was in the years following 1347, the start of the epidemic of the plague 'Black Death' in Europe.(I dont know these are really true or not, i got this mail in my Mail Box, Just enjoy)

 

I Am What I Am

This is personal touch about myself!

Joe in common most of the people love to describe me as SHORT GUY!

It has hurted me a lot many times, went by I turned back and asked myself “what’s wrong in being Short Joe” & this statement has given confidence within me that you can Live and cross any hurdles in life. I always used to tell myself “Joe, You are a special person born in this world, don’t under estimate that you are short”.

Yes I have struggled in many things small things, I cannot drive any sport bike with height seats, cannot hold the tall holdings in unit trains, stand tiny when I am with my friends.  

Many call me Shorty to tease you but Some as a friendly pal, Few with love and care. Now why should I care about that so called “Many” I should think about those “Some” and most importantly the “Few” who call me with Love and Care. Those are my parents and my close friends who have understood me and have seen the tallness inside me and in my physical appearance. I really owe them my friendship and my relationship.  

Over the years of stress and agitation I learnt to develop a strong Attitude against the all odds and motivate myself. Recently with reference to this updated a status in my Facebook wall “People who have high and unnecessary attitude, deserve Standing Ovation of my Middle Finger !”

“http://www.facebook.com/djoephilip/posts/10150170260899105”

Many asked who that person was; well that was someone special, BTW I will not tell who the person is and most important that status is for the people who has the attitude to have a negative thought about me, that status of FB is an advance reply for you.

“I am What I am” is the statement which I like the most ask me why because I always motivate myself and tell you are what you are. Be yourself and you can do wonders. And I have succeeded in many things.

Unfortunately I am facing this hurdle even in ma work phase not in ma company but with my new business clients, people consider me that I am short and young I don’t have the guts to take up some big business challenges but as namma Ms.Dhoni, Captain of Indian Cricket said he wanted to prove a point in the Finals which gave him the WC, I too want to say now to all the world, through this blog that I too want to prove a point that Yes, I am short so what I will achieve something strong in life, which I may or may not achieve but will come to some respectable stage at some point and people who have negative attitude towards me will look me standing tall in my career. I don’t want to hurt anyone, but will prove them something that oh their short known guy has achieved something good, I hope that day they will be proud of me that day.

Most important thing I am not also making statement with any kinda over confidence, arrogance or egoism but with little self motivation and self belief that I can do it.

Since being a single child to my parents I have been lucky enough to develop self motivation and self belief from my childhood that I can do it and have did it so far also confident that I can do it in future.

Whatever to make the long story short, this is what I am and my take of “I am What I am” according to me.

So what are you? Folks one thing I just want to tell you, don’t never bother about your negatives whether it may your physical appearance, your beauty or whatever, everyone are special pick out your special thing out of yourself and unleash it. I am sure people will owe you.

Would like to repeat the same statement as I do in most of the statement hope I dint bore you. Hope you like this post.

Cheers and Thanks for your support. 

Regards 

The picture depicts my various stages of my Life, all through my Life I have been smiling and cheering many till date, Hope i continue to do the same !! 

Aadukalam

An awesome Madurai Suburb movie! Dhanush and Vetrimaran has once again hit the “Bull’s Eye”. Dhanush has acted a turning point movie in his career.  Director has presented the whole movie revolving around a gang who are the champions of “Cockfight” in their locality.

K.P.Karuppu (Dhanush) is a gutsy and role as a pakka Madurai lad is the main highlight of the movie. He is the left hand and the mentee of Pettaikaran (Jayabalan). He is the jockey of their game and had golden arm. In all the game Karuppu used to play the lead and he wins every game. They were the champions in this game. Eventually tamil traditional movies has Love scene in most of the film. Dhanush is paired with Irene (Taapsee). His innocence in the loving scenes was the highlights of the movie. His dance step for “Otha Sollaala” had a true Choreographer and Director’s touch. Dhanush dint took up too much of extra-ordinary fights, he fought simple and real kicks. He dint fly and all in this movie. The role of Karuppu was total RAW and he has really took huge effort to present himself as a Local Lad. Dhanush as K.P.Karuppu has done 100 % justice to his character.  

Irene (Taapsee), a sweet bubbly character is an Anglo-Indian girl, who is disturbed not only heart of Karuppu but hearts of all people who came to watch the movie was simple in her role as a debutant. She was so simple down to earth dint had great opening scenes. She initially refused Karuppu’s love but in the later part of the story fell in Love with her. At the end came out of her house and flew away with Karuppu.

The other two main roles were Pettaikaran (Jayabalan) and Durai (Kishore). Pettaikaran’s role was a treat to watch. The village gang leader’s roughness, egoism of age and “Prestige Issue” was portrayed in him in a damn right manner. Durai (Kishore) right hand of Pettaikaran has acted yet another special role after Pollathavan.

Rethanasamy(Naren) and Dhavasi did the justice to their role.

Story:

The story revolves around two main criteria “Cockfight” followed by “Prestige Issue”.

Rethanaswamy and Pettaikaran were opposite team mates in the Cockfight and Rethanaswamy had never won a single game against Pettaikaran, because his cocks were trained to its best. Rethanaswamy for his caste and mother’s compulsion had to host the “Cockfight”. His cocks lost all the game against Pettaikaran in the initial rounds, though they were given tablets. After few lose, he brought special rough cocks from Bangalore, and Pettaikaran got feared of watching its roughness. Karuppu in the earlier part of the game dint killed his cock which was instructed to be killed because it was lost win one game. He brought that Cock and said he is gonna send that Cock for fight. Pettaikaran’s ego started at that point of time. He was not happy that his juniors commanding him and telling what is Right and what is Wrong. But in the battle Karuppu’s cock won the battle 3 times and Karuppu won a whooping amount of around 3 lacs. Karuppu gave the money to his mentor but he rejected it. Karuppu’s victory makes his mentor bitter and jealous, as he is crowned the new king of cockfights. This creates hidden animosity in Pettaikaran who plots for the downfall of Karuppu leading to a riveting climax.

The story changed all of sudden and revolved only among Pettaikaran, Karuppu and Durai. Pettaikaran played a game by making a story that Karuppu’s money was lost which Karuppu gave at one situation. Pettaikaran induced a fight between Karuppu and Durai for a Cock fight. Meanwhile Karuppu’s mother passed away. Before the game Durai’s cocks were killed, he suspected that it would have been done by Karuppu. Pettaikaran sent Karappu with a knife for his safety to meet Durai which he changed the plot to Durai that he is coming with Knife to kill him. The climax thus ended when Karuppu came to know that the real culprit was his own mentor Pettaikaran. Pettaikaran to save his egoism slashed his throat.

Dhanush and Taapsee flew away in a truck leaving behind everything for a safe and new life.

The story’s another main co-hero was G.V.Prakash, his background score and the Yathe Yathe...song lingers in your mind even after you leave the theatre. The rooster fight in the interval point is the major highlight.

Vetrimaran’s hardwork for almost 3 years has given him the reward. Every once in a while comes a film touch both heart and mind; films that make you surrender completely to the power of the experience. Aadukalam lives up to the expectation that the film carried and the credit goes to Vetrimaran whose research and hard work shows on screen.

Aadukalam in short is "A winning rooster" 

Vivek !!

Vivek – Gem of a Character.

I donno how and why I got to know this character? And also donno why God made me close to him!!!

I know this crazy fellow for the past 2 years. We got to know because of my P.G. college. My PG college life rules were almost like a Jail but I was happy because of the friends I got, one of the leading folks was Mr.Vivek.J

We dint got close all of a sudden over night, but instead slowly we got close because of the evening special classes then followed by the main break through was 8^th November 2009. Guess what it was my Birthday celebration, alas I found it was Vivek’s arrangement. Really I was moved to tears when I got to know about that. Then few trips like Vandaloor zoo visit and Sirumalarghal Orphange visit made us further more close.

Apart from that our major participation together started with our College symposium. We both were the Event Managers, and then we the organizers for Queensland trip and the College Farewell. The last two events were the major ones which we both worked together and specially with same wavelength.

One of the most memorable trip of my life was our Kodaikanal Trip. Really those 4 days we enjoyed a lot together with our friends. February 24^th 2010 was another memorable day for us, Sachin’s 200 and College farewell , we both together.

Most important highlight of our friendship is our WAVELENGTH !! Which I feel is always the most important which every friendship needs and we have 100 outta 100 in that sense !!

Then he is a party animal, if it comes to food he will grab it with both the hands.

OK!! Enough of our sharing, let’s give the testimonial about my dear friend Vivek.

Vivek is a semma jovial character. I Bet you guys, you will not see such a fellow in this world. He is all-rounder in many ways. If it is on the spot drama he will be the director, if it is trip he will be the organizer, if it is dance competition he will the first to dance, he and his “belly dance” is the special of all. I admire his calculating speed; he and his calculator may compete for the Limca book of records that much speed. He is real cool character I have ever seen. His photographic poses none can beat. He is a NON-STOP Entertainer.  Where ever you go he will never mind about the surroundings and will be entertaining of the folks. These are the main reasons why I am binded with this fellow. 

Apart from that studies, if it is Application oriented none can beat him. He is an average all-rounder in studies like me in that perspective.

Coming to the special character, you CAN BELIEVE HIM A LOT. I have experienced in many ways. Till now What I am, Who I am , and What’s happening with my personal life he knows it. He stood with in my personal bad times and consoled me. He may look silent and calm but will stand for you if he is your friend. He is the brand ambassador for the word “Trust Worthy”. He will help to  the core but I bet guys he would have told any one that he has helped so and so person. He never shows off that I did that or I helped and all. Silent Helper but a True one. 

In girls side, he is real gem. So far I donno whether he has seriously fell for any girl. He doesn’t get distracted and fall for them. Really his real time girl is very lucky to have such a genuine guy as her hubby.

He is a real talented character, innovative, hardworking, quick response in work, straight forward. I am sure he will reach great heights one day in his career.

Truly I don’t know why he likes me? I don’t know am I worth being his friend? Whatever may be he likes me, that’s it!! I am happy for that no more questions!!

 I don’t know how I will repay his debts for his friendship but I can say one thing I can repay by giving my eternal friendship to him.

I am blessed to have such a friend in my Life!!! I bet you guys if Vivek is your friend you will have Non-Stop Entertainment & will eternal friendship !!!!

What else one can expect from a true friend !! We have so far had no misunderstandings, either we expect will have in future too. I might have hurted in some ways or other, if I did so Vivek sorry da mappi !!! I am blessed to have such a true friend like youuuuuuuuuu !!!!!!!!

I am sure you will send a add request to my buddy. I will send you his FB link you can add it, but he will accept if you are to his range.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1125754834

Lemme finish it up here.

I hope our friendship goes in the same way – close and with true sharing till we breathe our last breath.

Love you Vivek !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

NANBAEN DA

Testimonials !!!!!!!!

Well this is new label; I will be posting testimonials about my friends in this!

Right from my School to PG friends all will in my list. Even If I would have known him for only few days he/she will be in the list.

So who will be the first ???

Wait and watch !!!

So here we go !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2-J-0-O-1-E-0

 Happy New Year Folks!

Joe in 2010 A Retrospect!!!!

2010 was yet another fantastic year!!

As every year, it started with my family and of course in a Holy Place with God’s Blessings THE CHURCH!!!

It was a great turning point of the year because I stepped into a new stage of my life, yes its CAREER STAGE. I have started my career as a Business Head in an advisory services company. I am really thankful to God that he gave me a wonderful opportunity. Apart from that loads of tours and hangs were there of course with friends and family. Rare meetings, ups and downs, more have shared below.

I am just sharing the Best of the events of 2010!!

Family:

When it came to family, it was a special year. June 14^th 2010 => Dad and Mom’s Silver Jubilee Anniversary, really I was very happy for them and just prayed and wished that they should continue their Journey in the same way. Health wise Dad and Mom was absolutely good and they did kept good health.

But the special event happened was my Chithu’s Marriage. It was a great gathering which happened on my Birthday Nov 8^th. Almost all the family members turned out for that day; really it was a blessed and a memorable day. Highlights => Kutties running around, new dresses & responsibilities. http://djoephilip.blogspot.com/2010/11/chachus-marriage.html

My kutti bro Michael has grown up and has become very naughty, he has started to talk very much and has gained many friends and surroundings. Apart from that Uncle is doing well and Chithi’s Ph.D is progressing in a very good way.

One of mama has completed his dream project of building a planned home. I was part of the house warming ceremony it was really a happy moment in our family.

Professional:

Professional Life was a huge turn around in 2010. The year starting I was pursuing my MBA project, and in the month of April 2010 I completed my project and ran away to Nellai. Then in the month of June my Final Sem MBA Viva and then followed by results were out with good percentage, I was little upset because my Student Life was over but I was very happy that I got rid of the hell Jail College. I guess in the month of August myself and friends Vivek and Vijay went to college to collect the certificates and said big bye bye Vanakkam to the Jail.

Coming to the break through it was in my Career. It stated on June 24^th 2010. Yes, I got a call from my Business Mentor suddenly one fine night in the month of May stating “Joe, where are you? When are you coming to Chennai? Let me know when you come want to meet and tell one important thing in person.” After I was back from my tour I went there and he told me “Joe here is an opportunity for Business Head would you likes to take up?” I bet how many of you will get such an opportunity. I really Thank and Appreciate my Boss, VJ and Abi who paved the way for my career in some or other way. Business life so far has gone good and particularly in the month of December 2010, lots of things happened, many big projects have paved the way for my Company, just have to organize my activities and grab the opportunity lying ahead of me. “Rome Was Not Built in a Day” so I have to keep feeding my hard work and routine work with strategies to build the Rome. Year end I am wrapped up with loads of project, I am happy that 2011 will fetch me more $$ out of those projects.  I am learning new things in Business and would like to be a learner always.

Social:

Well to be honest this dint turned out to be fruitful year compared to the last year, but may be one good thing I did, was donated fees for two students of Municipality School, Tambaram from the money which was remaining from the Farewell money of the college. Since I was one of the contributors of little money with pride I can tell I did something good in 2010, but it gave me only some satisfaction. Hope in 2011 I actively participate in something good.

Tours / Trips & Hang Outs:

The Farewell of Feb 24^th 2010 really turned out to be an unforgettable day in my life. Last Movie of my college life followed by Sachin’s 200 which gave the right toast to the Student Life.

Then the great Kodaikanal Trip with my PG friends, don’t want to bore you already I have posted about it, for those who dint read check out this link, http://djoephilip.blogspot.com/2010/06/kodaikanal-trip.html.

Le Pondy trip was yet another memorable trip with my School folks. Check out the link, http://djoephilip.blogspot.com/2010/11/le-pondy.html.

Then alas few hang outs and get together with School friends in Al Arab, and with UG Friends in Restaurants were there of course, and also some hang outs in Nellai again with School Friends, catch out for pictures in my album.

One of the most precious trip was my Jessy Chithi yes it was a wonderful day with Benjamins, http://djoephilip.blogspot.com/2010/07/24-hours-with-benjaminss.html.

A rarest meet was with my Bro KK, met him after nearly 11 long years. It was a very special day for me.

Apart from this few movie hang outs were also there for Enthiran 1^st day 1^st show with gang and then Boss Movies were some of the major hang outs.

Last hang out this year was in Aneesh’s home in the month of December. He is blessed with a beautiful girl baby Akshara, we all folks assembled in his home and continued by that a Party. Wow it was a great night, semma sapaadu, koothu , roaming, driving etc.

Few plans with my School friends were dropped out because of my Work Schedule. I was little upset over that.

Friends / Surroundings & Social Networking:

Well as every year goes the count of Friends kept increasing at a steady rate. There was a huge disappointment from one of my friend. The turnaround decision he has taken shocked me and he also broke my Trust. I will never forgive him for my Life time for sure. Don’t want to tell anything more in public forum.

Apart from that another friend of mine whom I had a big difference of opinion got rejuvenated back into my life. I was damn happy for that.

Still awaiting for a breakthrough for my one of my close PG friends & few close friends who are looking for a change in their Career. They are always in my prayers for a good start at least in the year 2011.

Then last Facebook, brought a big change in my life. FB tuned up my life in such a way that I started sharing about my happenings rather others asking Wass Up Joe !!!!!!!!! Well FB is obviously meant for that. Usuage of ORKUT has reached to extinction.

Personal Life:

As the heading suggest, it will be personal, but there was a huge turn around in my life. Stepped into a wrong step but recovery was fast. Guys if your guessing something fishy then you are wrong. My close folks, Vivek, Pradeep, Dinesh^2, Dhilip knows about it. It was my friend Vivek who said “Mamz, the best is yet to come”.

But I am still continuing to be SINGLE!!!!!!! Trusting I will continue to be Single.

Hobbies and Interest:

Hmmm was not able to concentrate much on my Photoshop this year, but Blogging was active atleast once in a Month with some interesting and some Nonsense posts was sure on the Blog Page.

Coming to my Love, The love for Woods and Strings was very high. I have learnt fast this year to play my instrumental babe. Now I am able to change all the Chords to damn speed, yet to give the Grade exams in May 2011 and learn Notations.

Highlights / Key Events:

Surprise Birthday Party in native; really it brought tears into my eyes that night. http://djoephilip.blogspot.com/2010/11/blessed-birthday.html.

Apart from that my Career break through was another break through. Visited Nellai twice this year and during the first visit stayed for nearly a month, really enjoyed a lot this time out there in nellai.

Yeah alas owned an android babe after 5 years. For more info check out this  http://djoephilip.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-name-is-scorpio-and-i-am-not-car.html

Key Focus in 2011:

Profession will and should take the lead role in the upcoming year; huge projects are ahead I have to organize it careful with Strategies to make it happen. It will happen with Mentorship of my Guru, Blessings from my family and relative, wishes & Cheers from friends like you and alas God’s Touch.

It’s too early to hunt for a girl, but my Ninju, Jessy Chithi’s and Hepsi Akka are urging because they want a get together, but it all depends on God’s plan.

Then to be honest have to reduce my Weight well that will be a difficult task to do that.

Coming to Friends I have to maintain the same momentum to the maximum possible with them, every other friend is getting busy day by day, so don’t know how far things will turn out in the coming future.

To summarize it was 2010 was yet another great and blessed year for me, but the best is yet to come!!

Hope Aal Izz Well in the upcoming year 2011!!!

I owe you all for  your support, wishes, love, tags, comments etc. etc  in the year 2010, expecting the same from you all in the upcoming year 2011.  

Happy New Year folks!!!

My First Theatre Experience

How to start ?? Ok, how many of you remember your first big screen movie? I bet very few will remember but I remember very well.

Guess what would have been the movie? It was Jurassic Park folks! I was in 3^rd Grade, when Jurassic Park hit the big screens. Hmm if I am not wrong the theatre was Natraj Theater Delhi.  I was never been to theater before that I was totally thrilled to go and watch a movie in the big screen. I never knew the movie too will be thrilling lol!

We guys were taken to theatre from School for the movie. All guys were made to sit in a single row. Well the movie started and we guys having fun, but the real thrill started in the middle of the movie. Hope you all remember the Car Scene when the Dino come near the break down car and peeps into the window. I was really pissed off; myself and my friend Hariyank went inside the Theatre Seats in fear. After few minutes only we came to our seats. Apart from that really enjoyed the Dino and direction of Spielberg. The whole movie was action cum thrill packed but for me it was real a nostalgic experience.

(This was the scene I was referring to you folks)

The movie ended and when I returned home, both Mom and Dad were very eager to hear my reviews about my first experience of the Big Screen. I shared my experience with full of enthusiasm. Dad still said the first dialogue of mine was “Daddy I saw a big T.V”

I don’t remember much what happened in the movie but just remember some glances of the movie and what happened on the day.

This may be a short post but just thought of sharing with you folks.

Cheers for your support and comments. 

Tips For Staying Young !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!