உஷா-பான சிகிச்சை | Water Therapy

ஆறு டம்ளர் (1.5 லிட்டர்) சுத்தமான தண்ணீரை தினசரி குடித்தால், டாக்டர், பரிசோதனை, மருந்து, மாத்திரை, ஊசி எதுவுமே தேவையில்லை... வியாதிகள் பறந்தோடி விடும். நீங்களே சுயபரிசோதனை செய்து கொண்டாலன்றி, இதை நம்பமாட்டீர்கள்...

"Water Therapy | வாட்டர் தெரபி" எனப்படும், இந்த சிகிச்சை முறையால், தலைவலி, ரத்தக் கொதிப்பு, ஹைபர் டென்ஷன், ரத்தசோகை, மூட்டு வலி, தசைவலி, தலை கிறுகிறுப்பு, இருமல், ஆஸ்துமா, நெஞ்சுச் சளி, டி.பி., மெனிஞ்சிட்டீஸ், சிறுநீரகக் கல், அசிடிட்டி, வாயுத் தொல்லை, சீதபேதி, மலச்சிக்கல், சர்க்கரை வியாதி, கண்நோய், மாதவிடாய் பிரச்னைகள், வெள்ளை அணு குறையும் பிரச்னை, பெண்களின் கர்ப்பப்பை, மார்பகப் புற்றுநோய் என, மொத்தம் 31 வியாதிகளைக் குணப்படுத்த முடியும்.

அதிகாலையில் எழுந்தவுடன் பல் விளக்காமல், முகம் கழுவாமல், 1.5 லிட்டர் தண்ணீரைக் குடிக்க வேண்டும். எத்தனை கிளாஸ் தண்ணீர், 1.5 லிட்டர் ஆகும் என்பதை, முன்னமே அளந்து வைத்துக் கொள்ள வேண்டும். இந்த சிகிச்சை முறையை, "உஷா (அதிகாலை) பான சிகிச்சை" எனப் பெயரிட்டு அழைத்துள்ளனர் நம் முன்னோர்.

ஒன்றரை லிட்டர் தண்ணீர் குடித்து முடித்தபின் தான் பல் விளக்கி, முகம் கழுவ வேண்டும். தண்ணீர் குடிப்பதற்கு ஒரு மணி நேரத்திற்கு முன்னும், பின்னும் ஜூசோ, வேறு எந்த உணவோ சாப்பிடக் கூடாது. முந்தைய இரவில், மது அருந்தியிருந்தால் இந்த சிகிச்சையை மேற்கொள்ளக் கூடாது.
உங்கள் ஏரியாவில் சுத்தமான குடிநீர் கிடைக்கவில்லையென்றால், நீரைக் காய்ச்சி வடிகட்டி பயன்படுத்தலாம்.

எல்லாம் சரி... ஒன்றரை லிட்டர் தண்ணீரை, ஒரே நேரத்தில் குடிக்க முடியுமா என்ற சந்தேகம் வருகிறது அல்லவா... குடிக்க முடியும்! இரண்டு, மூன்று நாட்கள் திண்டாட்டமாகத்தான் இருக்கும். ஆனால், "சித்திரமும் கைப்பழக்கம், செந்தமிழும் நாப்பழக்கம்" என்பதுபோல், பழக, பழக சுலபமாகி விடும்.
ஆரம்பத்தில், நான்கு கிளாஸ் தண்ணீரை அடுத்தடுத்து குடியுங்கள். இரண்டு நிமிடம், இடைவெளி விட்டு, மீதமுள்ள இரண்டு கிளாசை குடியுங்கள். இவ்வளவு தண்ணீரையும் குடித்தபின், ஒரு மணி நேரத்துக்கு இரண்டு, மூன்று முறை சிறுநீர் கழிக்க வேண்டியதிருக்கும்... கொஞ்ச நாட்களுக்குப் பின், சகஜ நிலை வந்து விடும்.

சோதனை செய்து பார்த்ததிலும், பயிற்சி செய்ததிலும் கீழ்க்கண்ட வியாதிகள் எத்தனை நாட்களில் குணமாகி உள்ளன என்று, கண்டறியப்பட்டுள்ளது...
* மலச்சிக்கல் — ஒரு நாள்
* அசிடிட்டி — இரண்டு நாள்
* சர்க்கரை நோய் — ஏழு நாள்
* ரத்தக்கொதிப்பு, ஹைபர் டென்ஷன் — நான்கு வாரம்.
* கேன்சர் — நான்கு வாரம்.
* டி.பி., — மூன்று மாதம்.

ஆர்த்தரிட்டீஸ், ருமாட்டிசம் நோய் உள்ளவர்கள், காலை, பகல், இரவு என, மூன்று வேளையும், உணவுக்கு ஒரு மணி நேரம் முன், ஒரு வாரம் இச்சிகிச்சையை மேற்கொள்ள வேண்டும். பின்னர், காலை, இரவு என, இருவேளை மட்டும் மேற்கொள்ள வேண்டும்.
இந்த சிகிச்சை, மனித உடலை சுத்தப்படுத்துகிறது. புதிய ரத்தம் உடலில் உற்பத்தியாக உதவுகிறது. இதற்கு ஆங்கில மருத்துவத்தில், "ஹெமட்டோ போயிசிஸ்" என்கின்றனர். இந்த சிகிச்சை பெருங்குடலை சுத்தப்படுத்தி, நன்மை பயக்கிறது. சுத்தமான ரத்தமே நோய்களை குணப்படுத்தி, மனிதனை ஆரோக்கியமாக வைத்திருக்கும்.
— இவ்வாறு அதில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

"அலோபதி டாக்டர்கள், ஒருவருக்கொருவர் தமக்குள்ளே ஒத்துப் போக மாட்டார்கள்... அவர்களிடம் இருந்து, அர்ச்சனை கிடைக்கப் போகிறது உனக்கு..." என, இதைப் படித்து பார்த்த லென்ஸ் மாமா கூறினார். ஆப்ட்ரால் தண்ணீர் தானே... செலவு கிடையாது; முயற்சித்துப் பாருங்களேன்...

Credits: To my friend, for this message. 
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Lyrics, I Loved.. [3]

தெய்வங்கள் எல்லாம் தோற்றே போகும் தந்தை அன்பின் முன்னே..
தாலாட்டு பாடும் தாயின் அன்பும் தந்தை அன்பின் பின்னே..
தகப்பனின் கண்ணீரை கண்டோர் இல்லை,
தந்தை சொல்மிக்க மந்திரம் இல்லை,
என் உயிரணுவின் வரம் உன் உயிரல்லவா..
மண்ணில் வந்த நான் உன் நகல் அல்லவா..
காயங்கள் கண்ட பின்பே உன்னை கண்டேன்...

#Na. Muthukumar for Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga

Journey begins.. [Part4]

Alas! Stepped into United Stated of America through NewYork City. Neil Armstrong would have the same feeling as mine, when he stepped on the moon. JFK International Airport looked literally huge, with flights continuosly landing and taking off one behind the other restlessly! Cleared the immigration and border security checks, where they REALLY allowed me to stay in US for next 6months!! You will know this is THE check point to decide whether you can enter into US or not. You will feel for sure that VISA is just a hall ticket kind of stuff to undergo this immigration checks. Collected the baggages and took a train inside the airport to domestic terminal to board the next flight to SFO. A short 2 to 3 mins trip. I felt the odour of US. Everywhere and everything looked clean, neat and disciplined. I wish I could see such India sooner!

Again got 3 hrs of transit time in NY, half of which went in these security checks and boarding to the next flight. It's already 6 PM, need to board the flight to SFO at 7PM. Finally got some time to catchup some friends in US and checked the possibility of meeting them. After chatting for some time with them and I found its time for the next flight. Signed them off and boarded American Airlines to SFO. Last flight for the day with 6hrs of journey! Journey continues from east coast to west coast of US.

#My First Journey to USA [May 7-13, 2012]

Journey begins.. [Part3]

Huge flight, with 2+4+2 seater. I chose an aisle seat on a 2 seater side as the journey is around 14 hrs and it's easy to move out without disturbing anyone.. But unfortunately I ended up sitting near the window again, upon on the request of a 40+ yr old gentleman saying he ll be moving out to lavatory very frequently. I could not deny his request, atleast a respect to his age! Finally we came to a deal, that we both share the aisle seat for sometime each! But the fact is, I didn't sit in aisle through out the journey to NewYork. I didn't find a need to sit either as it gave little more comfy than the previous fligh. After the same safety routines, the crew started serving breakfast again. But it's the perfect time to have it. Had some yellow rice with hariyali  mutter and paneer, again along with the default ones' that comes with the pack! Couldn't resist the hunger yet! There rose the demon!! Yes, fed a chicken burger to the hunger demon..  And then I was feeling good!  

Then browsed some movies, there were several box office hits like 'Sherlock homes', quiet older ones', but worth watching again like 'The beautiful minds', some anims for kids, like 'Shrek', and even regional movies in Tamil, Hindi, Chinese, Korean, Sinhalese, etc.. totalling 200+ movies!!, a huge collection, and they name it as 'E-Box'.. Hmm.. Kind of felt sleepy, though started watching some movies randomly hear than there. However, I lost fighting the sleep. Just hearing some musics on my iPad, felt asleep soon, may be for 3 to 4 hrs, I dono, but had a comfortable sleep finally. 

Almost half way on Atlantic, gave a breath taking view of the ocean, through the window. Blue sea and blue sky mixed with white snow like clouds and icebergs looked fresh and beautiful.  The whole flight inside gave an effect of midnight, with night lamps and no open windows. Actually it's mid day over Atlantic. The moment I opened the window, is just like enlighting the whole flight with lights from blue moon!! Dint get much time to enjoy the view on Atlantic, as I felt I might be disturbing the people sleeping nearby with such a bright light from outside. So captured the moment in cam, and back to candle light dinner kind of ambience by the dropping down the shutter. 

Back to the square, started watching the movie "In Time" and they played some games over there, and then watched one animation movie, with some eatable like fresh fruits and juices on the fly! 14hrs of journey went just like that. Really dint feel the pain of travelling for such a long time.  Three  reasons I can state for it is, good companion nearby, who doesn't bother me much, perfect sleep initially, and things to keep myself busy with, like movies, musics, games etc.. and of course eatables too! Did I forget to say that I had food with lamb steaks too?  Yummy! Good one for lunch.. Almost there at JFK.

#My First Journey to USA [May 7-13, 2012]

Journey begins.. [Part2]

I should say there was no expectations on air hostess as the flight is operated by Etihad Airways, the primary airways of UAE. Just got into the AirBus-320 and seated next to the window. I don't say it fortunate or unfortunate either to get that seat, as I don't  know how far sitting on the aisle would have made a difference! Believe me seriously,  who ever designed the flight seatings for economy class, should be a dwarf!, have not met peoples at 6ft in height. Literally a very bad design ,I would say, for such a long tiring journey!  The old fashion of crew members explaining the safety features are now digitalized and are played on 7" LCD screen before each person. It's a boring session for frequent flyers but worth listening to them again by just considering the value of life! The flight took off from the ground. 

It's was still 5'O clock in the morning, and I was feeling sleepy.. Who won't feel, after the whole night fight for boarding the flight?! Somehow managed to browse through the list of movies on the LCD meanwhile the crew started serving breakfast. Ya, so fast for the breakfast at 5AM, but to be true, I was hungry too. Unfortunately, I didn't give my meal preference, in which case they will apologise when your preference is not available.  You need to manage with the rest of available items. But, don't worry, you will be fed enough, literally!! I preferred for asian veg meal, as I was already enlightened by my best buddies  not to go for  non-veg as long as I was comfortable with the travel.. Luckily it was available and she gave me some stuffed paranthas and sabji for them. Yummy!! Along with these, there always used to be default items which includes  a baked bread with butter and jam, a juice of preferred choice, and sometimes a chocolate bar. After having all these, I wished to have a cappuccino, but thinking of the fact that I need to sleep, I skipped it. Took a little nap, may be for about 2hrs with disturbances here and there due to small place over there, woke up just half an hr before landing in Abu Dhabi.  The first 4hrs of journey was almost over.. It was awesomatic to see through the window!!

It was waves of sand all over, and on nearing the airport, perfection in planning the city can be seen. The roadways resembled like those diagrams that we drew in engineering design subject with scale and pencil, and it's stunning view to see from the air.  Saw a huge structural looking like a indoor stadium may be, a star fish shaped, red in colour with Ferrari logo on the top! Leant that was a indoor theme park! Missed to take a snap of it! Should try on the return journey. Let's see. Finally the flight landed in Abu Dhabi international airport, kind of new and very neat airport i would say. What you can see everywhere is a sign reading "Turn it Off". No wonder they have those signs, as it's one of those city preferring to use petrol instead of water! Yes, they mean it! "Save Water". Dint go anywhere, dint  see anything other than what's on the terminal sidewalls while waking to the gate to board the next flight to JKF. Informed home that I was safe there in Abu Dhabi. Checked time then and It's 8:45AM.. 3 hours of transit time flew just like 3 mins over there!! May be the flight was delayed!! Lost tract of time!!  All set to board Boeing 767 to NewYork! Woohooooo!!! 

#My First Journey to USA [May 7-13, 2012]

Journey begins.. [Part1]

All started well with family saying good bye for my first US business!! trip. It gave a kind of gifted feeling, when the whole family including kiddos around 8's and 10's, travelled miles in the midnight to wish me on my first trip, abroad. I really owe them a lot.. Little tough early morning, at 4 AM around, to keep yourself awake to board the flight to Abu Dhabi. Huh! Dint I say you?, its a multi transit flight, one at Abu Dhabi and other at JFK before landing in SFO. The journey to US begins!!

#My First Journey to USA [May 7-13, 2012]

Lyrics, I Loved.. [2]

அதிகாலை பூக்கள் உனை பார்க்க ஏங்கும்,

அந்தி மாலை மேகம் உனை பார்த்தே தூங்கும்..

உண் கண்கள் தானே விண்மீன்கள் தேடும்,

உன்னோடு வாழ்ந்தால் வரமல்லவா..

கனவுகள் தருகிறாய்,

கவிதைகள் தருகிறாய்..

உறவுகள் தருகிறாய்,

உயிரிலே...

#Na. Muthukumar for Thandavam

Lyrics, I Loved.. [1]

As life goes on, I'm starting to learn more and more about responsibility.. 
And I realize that everything I do is affecting the people around me.. 
So I want to take this time out to apologize for things that I've done, 
And things that haven't occurred yet, 
And things that they don't want to take responsibility for..

#Akon - Sorry, Blame It On Me.

Navigating in iTerm2

Configuring the navigation and deleting word on iTerm2 

1. GOTO ITerm --> Preferences --> Keys
2. Click on Add button (+ symbol) at the bottom to add a keyboard shortcut.
3. Set the preferred Keyboard shortcut for the operation being performed.
4. Set the Action as "Send Escape Sequence" or "Send Hex Code" depending upon the operation's code (Codes given below for each action)

Codes To Move a Word:

Left: Send Escape Sequence 'b'

Right: Send Escape Sequence 'f'

Setting up Keyboard Shortcut (Sending Escape Sequence)

Codes To Delete a Word:

Left: Send Escape Sequence 'd'

Right: Send Hex Code 0x1b 0x7f

Setting up Keyboard Shortcut (Sending Hex Code)

Tips: The following shortcut keys worked well for me!

• For Navigation: option(alt) + left/right
• To Delete a word right to cursor: option(alt)+d
• To Delete a word left to cursor: option(alt)+Shift+d

Note: Make sure the shortcut keys that you are using for these does not get overridden in  "ITerm-->Preferences-->Profile-->Keys"

Useful Apps on MAC

1. ITerm2 - One impressive alternative for MAC in-built terminal. You will simply fell for its elegance!
2. Alfred - Your apps/file/folders are just a click away. The best way to discover(!) whats' in you system and where , and to execute certain system commands.. Try it!  Available in AppStore.
3. Jumpcut - Massive Clipboard to ease copy-paste multiple things simultaneously.
4. The UnArchiver - Much needed one for unzipping things.
5. Evernote - My Favorite notebook or dairy I can say it. Cloud based. So no worries of your device change. 
6. Dropbox - Drop your file here to share/store it easily on cloud.
7. Transmission - Alternate for uTorrent lovers. Simple, but they claim specially made for MAC!!
8. Chicken of VNC - Works well for MAC, if you need to view remote machines virtually.
9. Sublime Text2 - Simple notepad. Theme based. You can try xPad too, instead.
10. AppCleaner - MAC simply deletes the app on uninstall. huh! You can use this for cleaning up related file on uninstall.
11. VLC - Much needed for movie lovers. Who cant' be one?!
12. tree/wget - You will miss these on MAC terminal, if you are familiar with linux. Get "tree" from here and "wget" from here, and just place them in "/bin". You get it!

Share Your Mouse and Keyboard

Here is a quick way to share your keyboard and mouse between the systems you are working with. Also, you get a common text clipboard so that you can easily share the texts between the systems.

Download:
Synergy Binary 1.3.1

Linux Configuration:

section: screens master_system: slave_system: end section: links master_system: right = slave_system slave_system: left = master_system end

Note: You might miss the ':' after the screen names in the 'section' part.

Starting in Linux: (As Master)
synergys --config <conf_path>/synergy.conf

Starting in Linux: (As Slave)
synergyc --config <conf_path>/synergy.conf

Starting this way in Linux will run Synergy in silent mode, so that you don't get any logs in the terminal to debug. You can always turn the verbose on while starting the server just with '--debug <level>' option. Make sure you start the Synergy as root user in Linux.
To learn about more options use 'synergys --help' or synergyc --help'.

Windows Configuration:

Configuring Windows as Master

Configure Windows as Slave

After Configuring in Windows, just click on "Test" Button to confirm whether the setup is working properly or not. Set the log level accordingly to debug the error. Once you confirm its working fine, close the test and just start synergy.

Few things all CS students should do!!

1. Buy your own domain name.
2. Install an Apache web server and configure it in a non-trivial way, e.g. to serve multiple domains.
3. Install WordPress and have your own blog. Write blog posts regularly. Write well. Good writing is a critical skill to master in this profession.
4. Run your own web site at home or in a hosting company.
5. Write at least one complete LAMP web app, preferably two — one where P=PHP, the other where P=Python.
6. Have your own [physical or virtual] server on the cloud.
7. Install VMWare or equivalent in order to boot up your laptop with more than one OS.
8. Configure your home DSL router so that you serve a web site or other kind of server from your home machine / laptop to your friends.
9. Use a packet sniffer to learn about the network requests your computer does to your favorite game server.
10. Make contributions to an open source project.
11. Write an app that uses at least one of the popular Web APIs, like Facebook Connect or one of Google’s.
12. Use Google AdSense on your web site, and make money just by virtue of attracting traffic.
13. Compile a complicated open source project from scratch, like OpenSim orMatterhorn. 
14. Read works of literature and, besides enjoying the ride, pay close attention to how the author tells the story and makes use of words. Your programs should be as carefully written as those works of art! 
15. Get yourself involved in a software project where requirements are bound to change halfway through — that’s about 0.01% of homework projects and about 99.99% of real world projects, so find one of the latter kind. Finish the project with patience and the ability to take criticism in a constructive way.
16. Write an application using map-reduce. Run it on Google app-engine or amazon EC2.

Courtesy:Tagide

Difficult Questions and Different Answers!

Question and the Answers given by some IIM and UPSC candidates, oh! sorry, current Civil Service Officers!

Q: How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?
A: Concrete floors are very hard to crack! (UPSC Topper)

Q: If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men to build it?
A: No time at all it is already built. (UPSC 23 Rank Opted for IFS)

Q: If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples and three oranges in the other hand, what would you have?
A: Very large hands.(Good one) (UPSC 11 Rank Opted for IPS)

Q: How can you lift an elephant with one hand?
A: It is not a problem, since you will never find! an elephant with one hand. (UPSC Rank 14 Opted for IES)

Q: How can a man go eight days without sleep?
A: No Probs , He sleeps at night. (UPSC IAS Rank 98)

Q: If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?
A: It will Wet or Sink as simple as that. (UPSC IAS Rank 2)

Q: What looks like half apple ?
A: The other half. (UPSC – IAS Topper )

Q: What can you never eat for breakfast ?
A: Dinner.

Q: What happened when wheel was invented ?
A: It caused a revolution.

Q: Bay of Bengal is in which state?
A: Liquid (UPSC 33Rank )

Interviewer said “I shall either ask you ten easy questions or one really difficult question.Think well before you make up your mind!” The boy thought for a while and said, “my choice is one really difficult question.”

“Well, good luck to you, you have made your own choice! Now tell me this.
“What comes first, Day or Night?"

The boy was jolted into reality as his admission depends on his answer, but he thought for a while and said, “It’s the DAY sir!”

“How” the interviewer asked, “Sorry sir, you promised me that you will not ask me a SECOND difficult question!”

He was selected for IIM!

10 Principles for Peace of Mind

1. Do not interfere in others’ business unless asked.
2. Forgive and forget.
3. Do not crave for recognition.
4. Do not be jealous.
5. Change yourself according to the environment.
6. Endure what cannot be cured.
7. Do not bite off more than you can chew.
8. Meditate regularly.
9. Never leave the mind vacant.
10. Do not procrastinate and never regret.

A True Epic, College Life!!

At the end of twelfth standard, you are forced to take the supposedly most important decision of your life, ie, your career path.Its not a very difficult decision to make,for two kinds of people-those who are clear in what they want, and those who have no idea about what they want. The former choose their path and be happy, while the latter either go with the flow or let their parents decide. This story is about the remaining majority, who fall in a separate, indefinable category.

Somehow, most of the students in this group end up in engineering colleges, especially the B grade ones. Your life takes a total U-turn when you end up in one of those hostels.You definitely feel homesick initially, but with time your life is filled with Independence, new friends, fun and what not (though you got to adjust with the so called food provided in mess).College life is divided into two : the real college life, and the hostel life. While the former is filled with sleep inducing lectures by highly irritating lecturers, the latter is filled with unlimited fun with friends amidst yucky food.

The first two years pass by and before you realise,the fun you have in hostel slowly but surely rubs over to classes as well.You are usually one among the last benchers and are a nightmare for the staff.Gradually,you get so attached to your friends that the weekends where you usually went home to visit parents are taken up by trips to every place in and around the state.Exam times are filled with sleepless nights of preparation and bit preparation.Your parents dont understand what a CGPA means and how it is calculated (how will they, when you yourself dont?), and assume that their son is doing well in college. You, in the meantime, huff and puff to be a 7 pointer (decent enough).

Third year comes, and every staff you meet reminds you about the placements at the end of the year and threaten you if you dont behave. Friends around you become a little bit more serious in life for sake of placements. Placement season starts and you end up in one of the IT majors in India.

But its at the beginning on final year where life takes a real U turn.History repeats itself and you find yourself at the same state you were in before joining college - You again dont know what to do in life. Again, the smart ones who know what to do work towards that, and those who have no idea dont give a damn. For you though, its decision time. You weigh your options.

Option 1: CAT - ruled out.Reason :too tough and too ambitious.(As goundamani says in one of his movies:'idhu Raja Anna Malai puram(read as IIM in our context) poradhukku moonji alla, Kannamaapettai pora moonji dhaan idhu').

Option 2: GATE-ruled out. Reason:Requires work experience and too difficult.

Option 3: Join the company you got placed in - keep as back up.

Option 4: IAS-ruled out. reason :Again, Raja anna malai puram.

Option 5: GRE.

GRE..MS..US..sounds perfect! The US of A! All of a sudden, you feel a burning desire to do something worthwhile and end up in the states. You know seniors who you thought will never make it in life currently doing MS in the states.Seniors who never thought beyond local tasmacs posing in the hi fi pubs and clubs in US.You get to hear the (mis)adventures of the guys there.Girls, pubs ,clubs etc etc..everything is easily accessible!And you end up with an MS degree too! The whole idea seems great.A not so tough exam and you are in one THE most happening places in the world.USA..USA says your heart and you collect information about the process to end up in US.

Finally you too have an ambition in life and decide to give your best.With full enthusiasm, you buy the most important book in your life- the Barron's GRE.You sneek it past your hostel-mates (who would go shouting across the hostel corridor 'machaaaaaaaan ivan GRE elaam padikaraaan daaaaaaaaaaaaa' if they get to know) and enter your room and open the book. A cursory glance through the book and you can feel your desire and ambition falling down from Dodda betta to Coimbatore. 3600 words, for a guy who doesn't read the papers and doesn't read novels! W T F?! How on earth is it possible, says your mind.Don't give up, says your heart.You decide to give your heart and soul to GRE preparations.Almost every free time you have is dedicated to the never ending word lists 10 Words at a time becomes one page at a time which leads to one word list at a time.The journey from Abase to Zephyr is like a train journey from Beach to Chengalpet; its long, never ending,sleep inducing and highly irritating.There are many stages where you sit and wonder if its worth all the trouble.You imagine yourself as a software engineer in a year's time.

'aah..software engineer..i'l have all that i want.. money,respect,friends,parties etc ..one year la bike vaangi, oora suthi, weekends movie paathu, 3 years la car vaangi, oru veedu vaangi, veetla paakkara ponna kalyanam panni jammunu settle aaidalaam..adha vittutu GRE,TOEFL,VISA,MS,US,Assignments,Research,Funding,RA,TA etc...idhelaam unakku thevaya??', says your mind.

But all you have to do is imagine yourself with a Black chick on one side and a white on the other to get that driving force to get back to barrons.You fix dates for mock tests and model exams instead of fixing dates with girls.

"Machi ivan overaa poraan.. ivana inime engayum koopdaadha..ooty dhaan vara maatengaraan ok..but oru movie kooda varala nu solraan? romba over..adhaan place aagitta la..aprom enna?..America pora moonji a paaru".You learn to ignore such encouraging words from friends.

You even carry your barrons to your hometown and go to your terrace to study.You see an LKG kid, your neighbour, with a book in hand.

"What are you reading kanna?", you ask.

"English uncle.A for apple , B for ball,C for cat", says the kid.You dont even feel bad that the kid called you an uncle. You look at your book which reads :

abase v.: To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade.
abbess n.: The lady superior of a nunnery.
abbey n.: The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.

You dont know whether to laugh or cry.You force yourself to overcome all this.So much for USA!

The day arrives.The exam starts off with the essay section where you are asked to write about your favourite place in the world.'AAH..perrrrrfect start to the exam', you think, and start crapping all you know about New York and USA until the system itself throws a warning asking you to STFU and proceed with the next question.You are over the moon when you see a 1300+ score on your screen!

Friends :"Congrats machi..inime namba oor suthalaam!".

You:"No da.. TOEFL irukku padikkanum".

Friends:"Podaaangu !@#!%$#&^&#!!

The whole routine starts again.TOEFL TOEFL says your heart. A comparitively easier exam, though the longest and most irritating one you've ever faced.

Results come out and you get a decent score.Second hurdle crossed!

Friends:"enna machi..atleast now will you be back to normal senses?".

You:"No da..SOP ezhudhanum".

Friends:"Podaaangu !@#!%$#&^$^*$%%^$%%&#!!


Third stage: SOP. Statement of Purpose. You browse the internet and get to know that SOPs

1. Should be original.
2. Should not be an autobiography
3. Should say about your projects
4. Should say why you want to join the university and why the course. etc..

You say to yourself. "WTF purpose? USA is the purpose!". But sadly, you cant put it that way and you end up spending the next few weeks drafting your SOP.

Friends:"enna machi..atleast now will you be back to normal senses?".

You:"No da..Recommendation letter vaanganum".

Friends:"Podaaangu !@#!%$#&^$^%$@#%@%$^%^#@!#$%^$%%&#!!

You run behind the very staff you sat at last row and kalaaichufied 2 years back.Its pay-back time for them. The very idea of you going to US makes them go 'rotfllmao'.One of them sweetly says "dont worry child, i'l give you a good reco. After all, India needs real independence na??".You smile sheepishly and manage to get decent recommendation letters.

All set.You decide on 5 universities, and send in your applications.Finally you are free. an entire semester dedicated to preparations for US.So much effort.SO many sacrifices.So many insults.So much at stake.The semester holidays are over and your final year 'project' starts.You are more worried about your US applications though.

One by one, the results come.

Reject.Reject.Reject.Reject.

Your hopes come down CRASHING!Friends, parents and everyone you see console you and ask you to keep hopes alive.You suddenly find yourself visiting temples. So much for an admit, eh?

"Machi..got to know that the results are out da..check yours..will pray for your admit", says a friend.

You rush to the internet center.Nervous,excited and desire. You pray to the allmighty and login to your mailbox.

2 unread messages.

1st one from your classmate in college:

From: Kaandhaari
Subject: Marriage invitation

You decide to open it later and see the 2nd one.The most important mail of your life.

From : State University of New York
Subj:regarding MS program

you close your eyes and you click on it.

Dear *******,
         Thank you for your interest in the MS program of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo. We received over 1000 applications to this program, and many deserving students could not be admitted due to limitations of class size. We sincerely regret our inability to offer you admission to our MS program at Buffalo.

You read it again as tears roll down your cheeks.Silence, shock and depression.

"Why the hell did i even have an ambition? i was happier without it!"

Your friends help you come back to senses.Thank god for creating friends.

Then you remember the 1st mail from Kaandhari.

You open it with a blank mind and read the content :

Hi all,
          I'm getting married to Raman on 5th august this year in ABC kalyana mahal at Tirupur. I will be settling down in New York, USA with my husband after completing my 3 arrears :). Please find attached the marriage invitation and do attend the wedding.
Thanks,
Kaandhaari.

So easy isn't it? 'If only i was a girl'.Completely outraged, you do the only thing you can. Login to Facebook and update your status!!

"DAMN YOU - AMERICA MAAPPILAIS"!