Italy

Do you know what "ITALY" means. It means "I Trust And Love You".

Anagrams

Here are some anagrams that I'd collected over the years.

A Decimal Point = A'm A Dot In Place
A Domesticated Animal = Docile, As A Man Tamed it
A Gentleman = Elegant Man
A Shoplifter = Has To Pilfer
A Telescope = To See Place
Achievements = Nice, Save Them
Action Man = Cannot Aim
Actor Sylvester Stallone = Very Cool Talentless Star
Animosity = Is No Amity
Apple Products = Support Placed
Apple, Inc = Epic Plan
Astronomer = Moon Starer
Astronomers = No More Stars
Austin Powers = Power Us Satin
Barbie Doll = Liberal Bod
Baseball = Babes All
Beavis and Butthead = Thus, Be A Bad Deviant
Belgium = Big Mule
Breasts = Bra Sets
Bruce Springsteen = Creep Brings Tunes
Chemistry = Shit, Me Cry
Christina Aguilera = Ugly Satanic Hair
Christine = Nice Shirt
Christmas = Trims Cash
Clint Eastwood = Old West Action
Clothespins = So Let's Pinch
Comfort Is = Microsoft
Confessional = On Scale Of Sin
Conversation = Voices Rant On
Dancing With The Stars = Winners Had Tight Acts
Darling I Love You = Avoiding Our Yell
David Letterman = Nerd Amid Late TV
Debit Card = Bad Credit
Debit Card = Bad Credit
Desperation = A Rope Ends It
Dick Cheney = Needy Chick
Dormitory = Dirty Room
Election Results = Lies - Let's Recount
Eleven Plus Two = Twelve Plus One
Elvis = Lives
Evangelist = Evil's Agent
Flamethrower =  Oh! Felt Warmer
Frito Lay = Oily Fart
Funeral = Real Fun
Garbage Man = Bag Manager
Gene Simmons = Immense Song
George Bush = He Bugs Gore
George W Bush = He Grew Bogus
Goodbye = Obey God
Graduation = Out In A Drag
Guinness Draught = Naughtiness Drug
Hot water = Worth Tea
Howard Stern = Retard Shown
I Hate School = Oh! So Ethical
Ipod Lover = Poor Devil
Jennifer Aniston = Fine In Torn Jeans
John Mayer = Enjoy Harm
Justin Timberlake = I'm A Jerk But Listen
Ladybug = Bald Guy
Laxative = Exit Lava
Listen = Silent
Madonna Louise Ciccone = One Cool Dance Musician
Margaret Thatcher = That Great Charmer
Mel Gibson = Big Melons
Microsoft Windows = Sown In Discomfort
Microwave = Warm Voice
Mother-in-Law = Woman Hitler
Narcissism = Man's Crisis
No Admittance = Contaminated
Pre Calculus = Call Up Curse
Presbyterian = Best In prayer
President Bush = Burnished Pest
President W = Newest Drip
Princess Diana = End Is A Car Spin
Ronald Wilson Reagan = Insane Anglo Warlord
Saddam Hussain = Humans Sad Side
San Francisco Giants - Fascinating, No Scars
Santa Monica = Satanic Moan
Schoolmaster = The Classroom
Sherlock Holmes = He'll mesh crooks
Sheryl Crow = Her Slow Cry
Shower Time = Where Moist
Slot Machines = Cash Lost In Me
Snooze Alarms = Alas! No More Zs
Spice Girls = Pig Slices
Statue of Liberty = Built To Stay Free
Stupid Girl = Drips Guilt
T.S. Eliot = Toilets
Television Programming = Permeating Living Rooms
The Apple Macintosh = Machines Apt To Help
The Cincinnati Reds = Indecent Christian
The Country Side = No City Dust Here
The Earthquakes = That Queer Shake
The Eyes = They See
The Meaning of Life = The Fine Game Of Nil
The Morse Code = Here Come Dots
The Simpson's = Men's Hot Piss
The Titanic Disaster = Death, It Starts In Ice
The United States Of America = Attaineth Its Cause, Freedom
Tom Cruise = So I'm Cuter
Vegetarian = Ate In Grave
Waitress = A Stew, Sir?
Western Union = No Wire Unsent
Year Two Thousand = A Year To Shut Down

My Cat

I've already written about my cat and posted some pictures also. I knew that cats are sociable animals and then I found out something about them that I did not know before. They are also resourceful.
My cat was mewing a lot yesterday and so I got up to see what it wanted. It led me to the kitchen where there was a bucket of water. It went to the bucket for a drink and found that it could not reach the surface of the water to lap it up. But the water was just far away for it to reach with its paws. So it reached down with its paw, touched the surface of the water, wetted it and  then licked it to get the water off the paw. Resourceful, wouldn't you call it?

Trip To Tiruvarur

Went to a place called Tiruvarur in Tamil Nadu to visit a cousin of my wife who is working there as a Chief Educational Officer. Another two cousins of my wife came along. We reached there on 27.12.10 morning and then went to a place called Vailanganni to visit the Shrine of the Virgin Mary. You can get details about the three appearances of the Virgin Mary at this link. Even during the days when the festival is not being held there will be quite a good crowd where Christians, Hindus and Muslims can be seen.
We were there for the whole evening and got home only at night. Here are some pictures that I took on that day. The views of the church are not the original church that was built. This is a new one.

The view of the front and side of the church

 

Me, My wife (on my right) and my wife's cousins

My Wife (Green Saree) and Her Cousins

 

Eateries - The Round Ones Are Called Bondas And The Others Are Vadais 

 

 Dolls, Key Chains and Artificial Flowers On Sale

 

 Crabs and fish ready for cooking. The crabs can be had dry fried or in a gravy. The fish are cleaned, salted and pasted with spices ready for frying or cooked in the form of a sauce.

Shells, Decorative Item and Decorative Items In The Form Of Cashew Fruits and The Protruding Nuts.

This is a place where hair is given as an offering to the Virgin Mary. The "Hair" is misspelled as "Hire".

The next day we all went to a lagoon near a place called Muthupet, some 60 km. from Tiruvarur for a boating ride on the lagoon. We had to take our food along and we were accompanied by some of the staff of my wife's cousin who, as I said before, is the Chief Educational Officer of the region. A slight drizzle played spoilsport on our outward journey and so we held umbrellas. There are a few outposts on the lagoon where people can have their meals. We went to the third one where we had our meals. The rain become heavier and the boatman and the some others made a make shift tent. We returned drenched but after having a good time.

Here are some pictures that I took.

On The Way To Muthupet Lagoon

Starting out in the rain

The lagoon with a view of the watchtower and rest shed

Sand being quarried from the lagoon bed and loaded on to a bullock cart

The Rest Shed

At the rest shed

The boat

The makeshift tent being set up

The return

Cat

Not exactly a "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" but a "Cat On A Warm Sunshade". Not mine but looks very much like mine. It was basking there, I thought it was mine and when I called out it got up mewed and left. Felt sorry to have disturbed it. This was taken on the 26th. Dec'2010 but I couldn't post it because my hard disk crashed and then I was not well.

Death

Only yesterday there was a wedding. Death comes silently.

A Christmas Carol

Had a good weekend. Went and saw an adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" featuring Ebenezer Scrooge. For a story that has been told a number of times, the adaptation was good and the settings were simple with a lot of Christmas Carols thrown in. The acting on the part of Scrooge was exceptionally good for a young man of 47 years. The singing was also good.