Coding my Dreams

               As another step in fighting the global warming, some social welfare organization have come up with the initiative of switching off the power for about an hour on May 3rd in Hyderabad. They also have put up some simple suggestions of tackling the global warming which everyone can easily follow. I totally support their initiative and i'm planning to avoid using unnecessary power for the entire day. On the similar lines of making people aware how computers and other electronic devices have changed the life of an individual (be it good or bad), shutdown day is happening on the same day and i have already decided to participate. I thought I'll spend my day watching tv or roaming around for the whole day but now I'm planning to do something that will bring wellness to the society we live in.
               I always insist people not to waste anything be it power,water (but who listens:) ) or whatever even it is cheap / or you can afford it easily. Most of the people i have seen are too careless and say what will it cause by saving few drops of water or power consumed by tv for additional half-an-hour. But my concern is that why to waste anything if we don't need it because there will always be someone somewhere benefited even by the meager resource we say. I sometime get very disappointed and angry seeing even the well-educated people don't understand these things / they think they don't have time to think about these things. They should feel it is everyone's responsibility to make our earth, a beautiful place to live in for our future generations.
              I request the readers of this post - try to correct at least two or three of your activities that you feel might save our fast depleting resources. Some of the things i do generally are
1. Turn of the computer monitor whenever I'm not using it. ( If you are not using anything that consumes power (though it is very less), switch them off)
2. Turn of the vehicle's engine in the signals.
3. Close the water pipe completely. If you see some pipes leaking, try to close it completely or report to the concerned person who will take care of that.
4. Whenever I stay in a  hostel/rooms, make sure to turn off the light and fan when you leave the room.
5. Try to avoid using vehicles when you can reach there by walk .

              Another small thing that causes a huge impact on the air pollution is the under utilization of a vehicle. I mean, I call two people starting from a same nearby area and destined towards the same place using two cars is under utilizing the resource. You don't need to find people who are going to the same place as you are every time or go with a stranger, but if you and roommate are going to your workspace which is located nearer, just co-ordinate among yourself and go.

I know, together definitely we can fight global warming and save our EARTH!!

Found this in one of the orkut communities when i was damn bored on the weekend. There were other hundred discussions about Kadalai (meaning flirting in tamil) but this was interesting.  Some of the interesting types of kadalai (people are so creative!!) from the community

Broadband Kadalai
Yecha Kadalai
Cycle Gap Kadalai

and some with explanation also!!

Pottu kadalai--flirt for 2 minutes
Varutha kadalai--Flirt obnoxiously until da ppl around notice dat..
Sotha kadalai--gal theenks eeet eees bad idea with thees guy...
Masala kadalai--flirt n fight n flirt n fight...sometimes get physical..both flirt as well as fight..
Masakkadalai-- flirt and forget the wurld
Thirutukadalai--flirting with pal's steady gal :)
Muthunakadalai--flirt with "aduthavan pondaati"

I know there must be hundred more types!!

Here comes the good news for tax payer's like me. Finance Minister P Chidambaram has raised the tax exemption limit to 1.5 lakhs from 1.1lakhs. And some calculations(which I obviously don't understand!) says people earning more than 5 lakhs per year can save upto Rs.50,000 per year!!More info here.

It's great news for all the bloggers from Hyderabad. Indibloggers has arranged for a meet for the Hyderabad bloggers on March 1,2008. It's good change for everyone to meet other bloggers from Hyd and apart from that, it is only a start! They are promising to have more in the future. Microsoft has offered to host this meet and not to forget, there is session on LiveWriter!!
So, what are you waiting for? Don't miss it if you are in Hyderabad.

This will be my last blog in this year and as others I'm also eager to know what time has got for me in 2008. Though we wish others for a successful/colorful/ fantastic and etc etc.., if I think for 5 minutes closing my eyes, a sort of unexplainable fear fills my mind as every year passes by, I am growing old, my responsibilities increases and many such things. But I understand life is all about taking it as it is and all we can do is to hope for the best and do our work without expecting anything.

The year 2007 like all other years I have passed, was a good year for me and  a little special for me because, I started to earn and  live on my feet. Apart from that, it was normal like all other years. But still some of my wishes (on the lighter note !!) didn't come true or to put in the correct way, I didn't take needed actions to make them come true. As I don't believe taking resolutions on new years which I know keeping it up is out of our hand and I can't even keep-up for a month, I start my this year also without one.

As I'm typing this blog, my gmail pops-up saying 'so and so has written you a scrap' and if I see, everything is 'Wish you a happy new year' or similar wishes and down, it's written 'To Scrap all your friends, click here'. I don't believe in wishing people like this.If we truly want to wish someone, we should atleast spend our time to go to their profile and wish them. Though this hardly matters, these small things will make them feel that we truly care for their life..But again, it's all upto to one's belief and time..:)