Saturday, November 22, 2014
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Monday, April 21, 2014
Growing old Gracefully
Here is what I read in A Blog - http://www.withjustabitofmagic.com/growing-old-gracefully
This is a list of a few of the things that I’ve noticed about growing old.
- Wrinkles are inevitable no matter what lotions & potions you slather all over your face. I’ve tried a lot and those damn wrinkles never go away.
- Your metabolism takes a major nose dive. This means that when you’re young you can eat anything you want all day (like a king size Reese’s peanut butter cups & Clearly Canadian water or Diet Coke for breakfast) and it doesn’t do anything whereas when you get older you have to merely lick a Reese’s and there an extra 5 lbs on your thighs.
- Femstache. Yes, it is a real thing and it’s terrible. I’ve often seen women out there who have a stray hair or more and wonder what was up with that… did they shave it or something? What I didn’t realize is that it’s part of getting old! Yea… I’ve found one of those stray, dark hairs! It scared the hell out of me too.
- Dressing suitable for your age…. this makes me very sad. I realize that I’m not a 20-something anymore… hell, I’m not even a 30-something. But I can and should still be able to wear what I like as long as I don’t look like a street walker, right? I kinda like those Miss Me jeans but my kids told me I can’t wear them…. those and a few other things because I’m too old. I’m sure not ready to turn in my regular jeans & pants for the high-waisted, elastic at the waist, no back pocket grandma jeans! I don’t think I’ll ever get to that point… and if I do I would hope that one of you would would shake some sense into me.
- Gray hair is also inevitable and with dark hair it really stands out. I will admit that I am vain and will color my hair till the end of time to cover it up! My hair is thick and course and if I let it turn gray I’ll look like that crazy witch with the bobby pins flying out of her hair in the Bugs Bunny cartoons.
I’m not really clear what it means to grow old gracefully still but what I do know is that I have experienced everything in that list in the past couple of years and it sucks… big time. I hate the idea of growing old, turning gray, and letting things just go their own ways because I know that if I try hard enough I can hold it off for a while long or at least hide it really damn well.
What do you think about this growing old gracefully thing?
Are you just accepting all the things that come with age?
How are you battling age?
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Monday, April 7, 2014
FUN - all the way !
Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting. Well, for example, the other day, Tejay my wife and I went into town and visited a shop.
When we came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket.
We went up to him and I said, 'Come on, man, how about giving a senior citizen a break?' He ignored us and continued writing the ticket. I called him an “arsehole” . He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having worn-out tires.
So Mary called him a “shit head”. He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. Then he started writing more tickets. This went on for about 20 minutes. The more we abused him, the more tickets he wrote.
Just then our bus arrived, and we got on it and went home.
We try to have a little fun each day now that we're retired.
It's important at our age.
When we came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket.
We went up to him and I said, 'Come on, man, how about giving a senior citizen a break?' He ignored us and continued writing the ticket. I called him an “arsehole” . He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having worn-out tires.
So Mary called him a “shit head”. He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. Then he started writing more tickets. This went on for about 20 minutes. The more we abused him, the more tickets he wrote.
Just then our bus arrived, and we got on it and went home.
We try to have a little fun each day now that we're retired.
It's important at our age.
Keep smiling.
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Monday, March 24, 2014
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Friday, March 7, 2014
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Health care providers’ handbook on Hindu patients
This handbook, the Health Care Providers’ Handbook on Hindu Patients, covers a similar range of topics and aims to inform health care providers about of the religious beliefs and practices of Hindu patients that can affect health care.
The handbook has three sections:
• Guidelines for health services
• Hindu beliefs affecting health care
• Additional resources
Here is the link to the BOOK
Down Load it & read !
The handbook has three sections:
• Guidelines for health services
• Hindu beliefs affecting health care
• Additional resources
Here is the link to the BOOK
Down Load it & read !
Retirees to lobby against rollback of benefits
Here is News of interest !
Last month, retirees from across the globe gathered at the hill town of Orrius, near Barcelona, for the first-ever Congress of Trade Union International of Pensioners and Retirees (TUI P&R), under the auspices of the World Federation of Trade Union (WFTU), to discuss common concerns and chart out a way forward.
Full story here
Retirees to lobby against rollback of benefits - The Hindu
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Thursday, February 27, 2014
IT REBATE FOR DONATIONS under section 80 G of the Income Tax Act, 1961
Here are some useful information
" Donations for charity come under section 80 G of the Income Tax Act, 1961. This section has classified charity funds under various heads, each of which give the donor a different kind of tax rebate. However, please remember, that for all charity donations the deductions are made directly from the gross total income of the assessee.
" Donations for charity come under section 80 G of the Income Tax Act, 1961. This section has classified charity funds under various heads, each of which give the donor a different kind of tax rebate. However, please remember, that for all charity donations the deductions are made directly from the gross total income of the assessee.
The contributions for charity fall under two broad categories :-
A) Those where the total sum donated is deductible from the assesse's gross income. These donations would be more beneficial to you, in case you wish to donate for charity.
B) Those where only 50% of the amount donated will be deducted from total income....Read more here "
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
Friday, February 21, 2014
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Monday, February 17, 2014
Sharing files, pictures, Video clips - Dropbox.com
Take a look at this pictures by just clicking here
Another Group Photo is here
If you want to know more about Dropbox, please click here
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Please send me about you
Dear Class Mates
This is a request to send me any of these as part of email attachment to me
Maito:thorapadi@gmail.com
i) your recent photographs - showing YOU active
ii) Write article of interest to all of us - your class mates
iii) what are your plans for the year 2014 ?
I shall publish here in this blog and inform you
best wishes
M.SundaraRajan
http://thorapadi.wix.com/homebiz
This is a request to send me any of these as part of email attachment to me
Maito:thorapadi@gmail.com
i) your recent photographs - showing YOU active
ii) Write article of interest to all of us - your class mates
iii) what are your plans for the year 2014 ?
I shall publish here in this blog and inform you
best wishes
M.SundaraRajan
http://thorapadi.wix.com/homebiz
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Friday, February 14, 2014
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Here are two surveys to participate
One on Health Care
and another on who entertained you the most !
Please suggest topic for setting up the POLLS !
You can also set up POLLS in ge64?
I tried but didn't succeed !
Hi Ramki, please put one @ ge64 and let me know how to do it!
Khadir : Take a look..you suggested this !
and another on who entertained you the most !
Please suggest topic for setting up the POLLS !
You can also set up POLLS in ge64?
I tried but didn't succeed !
Hi Ramki, please put one @ ge64 and let me know how to do it!
Khadir : Take a look..you suggested this !
Survey on Health Care
Monday, February 10, 2014
Notable alumni of College of Engineering Guindy
Notable alumni of College of Engineering Guindy
- Verghese Kurien, architect of Operation Flood and India's White Revolution and winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award and the World Food Prize[16]
- Upendra J. Chivukula, American politician[17]
- J. Mohan, Dean - School of Engineering Technology, Trades and Aviation, Confederation College, Canada
- A. C. Muthiah, Indian industrialist and ex-President, Board of Control for Cricket in India[18]
- Akkineni Nagarjuna, Indian film actor and Producer[19]
- Raj Reddy, Turing Award winner, Professor at Carnegie-Mellon University[20]
- S. Somasegar, Senior Vice President, Developer Division, Microsoft[21]
- Krishnamachari Srikkanth, former Captain of the Indian cricket team and the Chairman of the selection committee[22]
- P. S. Veeraraghavan, director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre[23]
- Krishna Kumar Natarajan, CEO Mindtree limited
- S. Durgaprasad, Co-Founder, Director & Global CEO, Bahwan CyberTek Group
- Raj Bala, CTO Cognizant
- Ravi Jagannathan, American economist & Chaired Professor, Kellogg School of Management
- V.M. Muralidharan (Mike), Chairman, Ethiraj College Trust and Global COO, Bahwan CyberTek Group
- Ravi Ruia, Essar Group[citation needed]
- Crazy Mohan, Tamil comedy actor, script writer and playwright[citation needed]
- Mendu Rammohan Rao, Dean Emeritus, Indian School of Business[24]
- Nawin Sona, Municipal Commissioner, Amravati[25]
- Gopalapuram Parthasarathy, diplomat and author, former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Australia and Myanmar[26][27]
- Koshy Varghese, Associate Professor in IIT Madras
- Kal Raman, COO of Groupon and Founder of Global Scholar
- Lingaram Jagadish Kumar,1st honorary member of CCI
- Vellanki Rama Rao, Board of Road and Buildings, For the state of Andhra Pradesh.[28]
- Kutraleeswaran, Marathon swimmer, The youngest Arjuna Award winner
- Dr.S.Manikandan, Scientist, Electronics and Radar Development Establishment, Defense Research and Development Organization, India
- Shankar Arumugavelu, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Verizon Wireless.
- Bhargav Sri Prakash, Entrepreneur and Hedge Fund Manager
- Rajkumar Bharathi, Classical singer and music composer
- Raj Vattikuti, Founder of Vattikutti Foundations
- Raaghav, on screen, is film actor and television personality in Tamil Nadu, India [29]
Sunday, February 9, 2014
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Saturday, February 1, 2014
Here is mail from Jayaraman !
jayaraman vaidyanatha veejai42@gmail.com
10:03 AM (22 hours ago)
to me
my dearest of the most dear , dear , dear , ( always singing again and again oru naal podhuma
song , the moment he sees my face , repeatedly in pondichery and at alumni center ) sundara rajanjee ,
as advised in your mail, i am sending you the test mail.
kindly , you may acknowledge my test mail .
eagerly awaiting your response ,
Sincerely yours
Picture
( V.Jayaraman )
Hi Jaya
Nice to see your mail & thank you
You are already member in the blog
Go ahead and start posting !
Sign in with your gmail account and login !
http://ceg1964.blogspot.in/
regards
M.SundaraRajan
10:03 AM (22 hours ago)
to me
my dearest of the most dear , dear , dear , ( always singing again and again oru naal podhuma
song , the moment he sees my face , repeatedly in pondichery and at alumni center ) sundara rajanjee ,
as advised in your mail, i am sending you the test mail.
kindly , you may acknowledge my test mail .
eagerly awaiting your response ,
Sincerely yours
Picture
( V.Jayaraman )
Hi Jaya
Nice to see your mail & thank you
You are already member in the blog
Go ahead and start posting !
Sign in with your gmail account and login !
http://ceg1964.blogspot.in/
regards
M.SundaraRajan
Mail from Swaminathan
kschami@gmail.com via yahoogroups.com
to GE64
Dear Sunderarajan,
Yes I saw the photos and videos...nice serence envirnment but like you said where is the ocean ?!...Did you take a walk along the sea shore?...nearby?
Another option for presenting the photos in chronological or event based sequence is to make a slide show movie using Windows movie maker (not DVD maker) with audio commentary to sync with the speed of the slide show and upload the saved .VLC file to Youtube ...like I did in this Yelagir video for which I used a cine song (and got a potentilal copyright issue notice from Google!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRDnNqCP2Ls
Thanks for your efforts in sharing and providing technical support.. hope all will take the time to learn how to directly post in your blog site or the slide in the e_souvenir to make things easier for every one
I spend most of the mornings in the sun walking, exercising or meditating... Dr. Mercola's finding that apart from Vit-D, sun exposure also increases Nitric oxide production which relaxes blood vessels seems to be true ...will confirm it with practising it and taking measurements to prove it to myself though I would have preferred to achieve that without medication
Regards
Swaminathan
to GE64
Dear Sunderarajan,
Yes I saw the photos and videos...nice serence envirnment but like you said where is the ocean ?!...Did you take a walk along the sea shore?...nearby?
Another option for presenting the photos in chronological or event based sequence is to make a slide show movie using Windows movie maker (not DVD maker) with audio commentary to sync with the speed of the slide show and upload the saved .VLC file to Youtube ...like I did in this Yelagir video for which I used a cine song (and got a potentilal copyright issue notice from Google!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRDnNqCP2Ls
Thanks for your efforts in sharing and providing technical support.. hope all will take the time to learn how to directly post in your blog site or the slide in the e_souvenir to make things easier for every one
I spend most of the mornings in the sun walking, exercising or meditating... Dr. Mercola's finding that apart from Vit-D, sun exposure also increases Nitric oxide production which relaxes blood vessels seems to be true ...will confirm it with practising it and taking measurements to prove it to myself though I would have preferred to achieve that without medication
Regards
Swaminathan
Friday, January 31, 2014
Ocean Spray - Nice campus - but no Ocean !
The gate to go to the Sea Shore is locked up
Only in the mornings stipulated timings..you can see Ocean !
Nice place to relax ?
The Beach may have been cordoned off due to security concerns ?
There is free wi-fi internet connection...while it works well at times in the rooms,
the connectivity is weak most of the time ; does not connect outside the rooms most of the time.
the connectivity is weak most of the time ; does not connect outside the rooms most of the time.
Room Lock works very well ; at times you need Hotel staff help to open the room doors!
The room has high tech swich board..to control on-off for fans, a/c, lights LED TV !
The room has high tech swich board..to control on-off for fans, a/c, lights LED TV !
Bath Rooms are excellent..granite flooring..TAKE CARE ..DON'T SLIP !
Thursday, January 30, 2014
why are you not posting to this blog yet?
Following classmates are already agreed by blogspot for posting
Please go ahead post your pictures, videos and comments !
If you encounter any problem, mail me to thorapadi@gmail.com
here is a sample for your profile too !
- Mr.Jayaraman
- Mr.Swaminathan
- Mr.Damodaran
- Mr.Venkatachalam Ganapathy..
Please go ahead post your pictures, videos and comments !
If you encounter any problem, mail me to thorapadi@gmail.com
here is a sample for your profile too !
Posting Video , Pictures and text to this blog
Dear Classmates
You can directly post and is easy - subject to Blogspot Policy
Adult content on Blogger, including images or videos that contain nudity or sexual activity - NOT ALLOWED
Please mention your name, as we know it in those good old days for recollecting you !
Please follow these steps:
i) Create your gmail account, if not done already
ii) send a test mail to me at
thorapadi@gmail.com
iii) I shall request Google to invite you as one of the Contributors and give you access
iv) you can start posting text, pictures and Video clips
v) Video clips takes lots of time to upload ; you can shorten the time by first uploading to youtube and then
bring it up to this blog or anyblog for that matter
vi) Please feel free to mail me, if you got issues on uploading
Please read comments under each postings - put down your comments too for other classmates to read !
You can also share in soical media
Best wishes
M.SundaraRajan
www.primaryinfo.com
You can directly post and is easy - subject to Blogspot Policy
Adult content on Blogger, including images or videos that contain nudity or sexual activity - NOT ALLOWED
Please mention your name, as we know it in those good old days for recollecting you !
Please follow these steps:
i) Create your gmail account, if not done already
ii) send a test mail to me at
thorapadi@gmail.com
iii) I shall request Google to invite you as one of the Contributors and give you access
iv) you can start posting text, pictures and Video clips
v) Video clips takes lots of time to upload ; you can shorten the time by first uploading to youtube and then
bring it up to this blog or anyblog for that matter
vi) Please feel free to mail me, if you got issues on uploading
Please read comments under each postings - put down your comments too for other classmates to read !
You can also share in soical media
Best wishes
M.SundaraRajan
www.primaryinfo.com
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Cheers from our Dear Friends
Such an evening was on the 25th Jan 2014, that
we could not but cheer up !
we could not but cheer up !
Prof. M Anandakrishnan - Chairman, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur - Chief Guest @ Inauguration
Dr.Ananthakrishnan the Chief guest of the Day suggested some useful things
He wanted everyone to prepare a write up of about two pages highlighting major achievements and share it with others, Think about contributing to the College Funds ...
He also gave a valuable advice " at Pondichery, do not exceed the limits"
Dr.Jagadesan remembered how our classmate Audimoolam was managing Lbour at Ashok Leyland..and about Dr.Ramani designed TVS Two wheeler..has Patents to his credit..
Dr.Sadasivam spoke about being precise in words, writing and in deeds !
Classmates Kadir, Thukaram, Padbanaban, Paramasivam , Audimoolam were there to conduct the Inauguration
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Monday, January 27, 2014
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