Thai Pusam at Batu Caves, Malaysia

Thai Pusam at Batu Caves, Malaysia

Thai Pusam at Batu Caves, Malaysia

Thai Pusam at Batu Caves, Malaysia

Thai Pusam at Batu Caves, Malaysia

Thai Pusam at Batu Caves, Malaysia

Good idea to display breakfast / lunch / dinner

good display

In Bangalore ITPL I saw the restaurant people displaying their menu items like the above picture. Its very easy for the visitors from different state … with out asking for the menu from the suppliers … directly they can say the item no and pay the bill to get their food … fantastic idea .. my only worry is, is those sample food will be wasted? … who knows ?

Buying a silk saree in festival season

Today we went to Chennai Silks, T Nagar, Chennai  to buy a silk saree fro my  wife. Due to the festival season the shop was completely decorated with bells and dolls …. every where lots and lots of xmas and new year greetings from Chennai Silks to it’s customers. The moment we entered in to the shop, there was asanta toys wishing you. My son go excited to see that. Some small kids were  trying to pull the bag from Santa  …that’s why they specifically placed an sales man to protect Santa from naughty kids.

In front of the gate itself there were three to four guys standing to help us. They will askyou what kind of products you are looking for and then they will guide you to the respective floors. We went to the kids section and bought some dresses for sisters. Then we moved to silk Saree section.

There we saw a doll with a dress worth of 20,000 INR. I hope that dress was too heavy to wear. The Sarees were ranging from 2000 rupees to … almost o1,00,000 rupees. Every where we were able to see the dady’s were trying to entertain their kids and all the mums or sisters …. busy in selecting the Saree .. I mean making the sales man tiered before they choose a Saree or vacate the place without buying any thing.

First we went to the 2000 rs silk Sarees section. There were full of female sales women. Some of them are polite and some of them were talkative. My wife picked the wrong girl … I saw she was murmuring about the customer who were asking her to show again and again to select the best Sarees. My wife completed a full stretch. we decided to move to the next section ranging from 3000 rs to 6000 rupees.

One lady was asking a saleswoman, “I am looking for a particular green color silk Saree (Pointing a lady already selected a green Saree and was standing in the queue to pay the bill), do you have another one like that ….  another aunty handed over a Saree to a salesman and said “Young man, It took an hour to decide this Saree. Keep it in a safe place. I will go to the other floors and finish my purchase. After that I will pay for all the things I have selected”

The 3000 to 6000 range and above ranges where completely covered with salesmen. They have the patients to open and show each and every Saree , make some flits, and asking the customer to check in the mirror, …. I hardly notice a salesman missing a sale. At least one Saree they where able to sell.

Finally my wife bought a kanjipuram silk Saree. I was so happy that the bill was less than 5000 rs.

Happy X-mas and a very happy new year my dear friends.

Ten tallest towers in the world

In Malay Language : Sepuluh menara tertinggi di dunia

Top ten tallest towers of the world

1. CN Towers Canada, 553m – 1976
2. Ostankino TV Tower Russia, 540m 1967
3. Oriental Pearl Tower China, 467m 1994
4. Borg-E-Milad Iran, 435m 2003
5. Menara KL Malaysia, 421m 1995
6. Tianjin Radio TV Tower China, 415m 1991
7. Central Radio TV Tower China,386.5m 1992
8. Kiev TV Tower Ukraine,385m 1973
9. Taschkent tower Uzbekistan,374.9m 1985
10. Liberation Tower Kuwait,372m 1996

Kuala Lumpur Tower / Menara Kuala Lumpur / The KL Tower

In all of the we have visited Menara KL Malaysia in 2005. It was an amazing experience. My uncle came from India to see my son. We went there with few of my friends.

Other name for this building are

• The Kuala Lumpur Tower
• The Menara Kuala Lumpur
• The KL Tower

An antenna  placed at the top of the building for communication purposes. This KL tower is the fifth tallest freestanding tower in the world. The roof of the pod is at 335 m .

The rest of the tower below has a stairwell and an elevator to reach the upper area, which also contains a revolving restaurant (bit costly – but once we have to try this restaurant), providing diners a beautiful view of the city.

Architect: Kumpulan Senireka Sdn. Bhd.

Chinese Lion Dance in Malaysia

சிங்க நடனம் சீன மக்கள் மத்தியில் மிகவும் பிரபலம். சீன சிங்க நடனம் (பாரம்பரிய) சீன நடன வகைகளில் கடினமான  ஒன்று. சிங்கத்தின் அசைவுகளை (நடக்கும் விதம், காதுகளை ஆட்டும் விதம், வால் ஆட்டும் விதம், முடியைச் சிலிர்க்கும் விதம்) சிங்கம் போன்று உடையணிந்து பாசாங்கு செய்வதே சிங்க நடனம் ஆகும். பொதுவாக இரண்டு சிறந்த  சிங்க நடனத்தை ஆடுபவர்கள் ஒரு சிங்க உடைக்குள் இருந்து ஆடுவார்கள் .

Chinese lion Dance in Malaysia - சீனப் பண்பாடு

ஒருவர் தலையை பிடித்துக்கொண்டு முன்  இரு கால்களுமாக, மற்றவர் உடல் போன்ற போர்வைக்குள் பின் இரு கால்களுமாக சேர்ந்து ஒரு சிங்கமாக ஆடுவார்கள் .

Chinese lion Dance in Malaysia - Lions are collecting oranges from ground

சிங்கத்தின் தலை கண்களையும் வாய்களை திறந்து மூடும்படி செய்யப்பட்டிருக்கும்.

Chinese lion Dance in Malaysia - Dancing on the poles

உள்ளிருந்து முன் தலைப் பகுதியை ஆட்டுபவர் கைகளை அசைக்கும்போது சிங்கம் வாயைத்  திறந்து மூடுவது போல இருக்கும். இசைக்கேற்ப தாளத்துடன் சிங்கம் அங்கும் இங்கும் அசைந்து ஆடும். கால்களின் ஒத்திசைவு, இரு ஆட்டக்காரர்களின் ஒத்தசைவு இங்கு முக்கியம். உயரமான கம்பிகளில் லாவகமாக சிறிது நேரம் ஆடியபின், திடீரென கிழே விழுவது போல் பாசாங்கு செய்வது மிகம் மெய்சிலிர்க்க வைக்கும் ஆட்டமாகும்.

Chinese Lion Dance in Malaysia - A man is geeting an orange from the Lion

ஆட்டத்தின் முடிவில் சிங்கம் நிறைய ஆரஞ்சு பழங்களை சுற்றி நிற்கும் சிறுவர்களுக்கு கொடுக்கும். ஆரஞ்சு பழங்களை ஒருவருக்கு கொடுத்து வாழ்த்து சொன்னால் அந்த ஆண்டு நிறைய செல்வம் (thangam) பெருகும் என்பது சீனர்களின்  ஐதீகம்.

Chinese lion Dance in Malaysia - After the dance got over, boys are busy in packing those poles and other instruments

Amazing banana pattern

banana - yellow and green bananas in a same bunch

First time I saw banana’s in a same bunch looks different in color. Usually in my area, if a small kid talks too much … people used to comment them like …. “Ripe in young age” … (I am look for some interesting Tamil proverb) …

பிஞ்சிலே பழுத்தது (பீப்பா)

முதல் முறையாக இந்த வாழைப்பழ கொத்தை பார்த்தபோது மிகவும் ஆச்சர்யமாக இருந்தது. எங்களது ஊரான இராமநாதபுரம் பக்கம், சிறு வயதிலேயே அதிகம் பேசும் குழந்தைகளை பிஞ்சிலே பழுத்தது என்று திட்டுவது உண்டு.

Lalbagh Botanical Garden, Bangalore, Karnataka

Lalbagh Botanical Garden, Bangalore, Karnataka

My dad brought us (Myself and my brother Jacob Inbaneson) Lalbagh Botanical Garden, Bangalore, Karnataka in our school tour. That time I was amazed about the tall trees …. every where green grasses …. chill climate … After a long time a couple of week back I went there with my brother in law. After we finished our sight seeing … after we had a average meal in front of the garden … I took this pic.

Unexpected snacks for cows

More. foy you at Madippakkam, Chennai. Three cows had an unexpected snacks.

Last evening I was waiting near “Paathala Vinayagar Temple”, Madipakkam to receive my son from school. A man came out of the More dot for you – super market and placed a packed grapes box and a carry bag full of at least 10 kg rice. I was noticing it, and wondering if that bag has vegetables means … definitely there will be a problem … because that complete madipakkam keelkattalai stretch is full of cows. My son’s school van came ..I crossed the road and helped him to get down … it took less then 15 seconds …God only knows from which side these cows came in to picture …. they were having an unexpected rice … snacks … I informed the gatekeeper of that store … he came there with the man who bought that rice .. they struggled a lot to save some rice from those cow .. there were managed to save 25% of the rice …

Note: Don’t leave anything in St.Thamos Mount – Keelkattalai bus route. Beware of cows.

Back to Chennai from Bangalore

Back to Chennai. Almost 20 days of my official trip ended today and I reached our Chennai in Sadapthy express from Bangalore. Due to some maintenance work .. the complete Central station has started diverting all the trains to Egmore.

Last night itself, I cleared my bill with travels quarters, booked the taxi, and packed my luggage. And in the evening we attended our friends reception in Fortune hotels located opposite to SAP labs, Bangalore … we greeted the new pair and had a good dinner. Morning I gave a lift to one of my friend to Bangalore City Junction.

I will be writing on this 20 days Bangalore life … soon …

Who is jeya mama/uncle?

jeyamaama

Jeya is my friend and we used to call jeyamma …. because my son alan calls him like that … We wonder how come alan got scared of Jeya … so started using that an advantage .. and when ever alan refused to eat food, or drink water / soup … we will pretend like make a call to Jeya … immediately alan say don’t call jeya .. I will have the food … still now he thinks that jeyamma is a police officer / jeya’s family is a police family ..