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Toastmasters – a great organization for personal development

Before you get any funny ideas let's get to know what it exactly is! What is Toastmasters? From a humble beginning in 1924 at the YMCA in Santa Ana, California, Toastmasters International has grown to become a world leader in helping people become more competent ...

There has been rain, hail and snow at the same time in UAE!

We all miss the rains here in UAE. It's because being from the subcontinent, we are used to the rain. Riding on bikes, with no helmet on, crossing puddles of water, surviving open drainage, with buses happily spaying us with a mixture of rain water, sewage, mud, rose petals, jasmine ...

The “freaks” are out gymming!

Riyaz asked me the other day wat the term GYM really meant. Nowadays when we say the word gym, it usually means something to do with weights and treadmills! Let's find out what it is according to Wikipedia. The word γυμνάσιον (gymnasion) ...

Why do we shout in anger?

This is a nice forward I got some time back. It's worth reading. A saint once asked his disciples, 'why do we shout in anger? Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?' The disciples thought for a while, one of them said, 'Because we lose our calm, we ...

Beware of fraudulent Job Companies in UAE

This is very disturbing news. Every now and then we find people taking advantage of people's misfortunes. The same is happening now when a lot of people are losing their jobs and are suffering. Quite a few job recruitment companies have sprouted in UAE and playing with people's life. Desperate ...

A 3D virtual world – Second Life. Simply Amazing!

By chance I came to find this site. I was reading an article about the future of the web and where it will be ...say in the next decade. It should be anyone's guess that it will surely NOT be anything that it is today. What we are living right ...

எனக்கு ரொம்ப நாலா ஆசை.

எனக்கு ரொம்ப நாலா ஆசை. என்ன ஆசை தெரியுமா? தமிழில் எழுத தான்! இப்போ தான் சான்ஸ் கிடைச்சது. எவ்ளோ ஈசியா இருக்கு! ஹ்ம்ம்ம்ம். இந்த சுத்த தமிழில் பேச ரொம்ப கஷ்டமா இருக்கு. சோ நான் back to non சுத்த தமிழ்.  hahaha. எனக்கு என்ன எழுதனும்னு தெரியல அதுனால I am சாரி! நெக்ஸ்ட் டைம் ந கண்டிப்பா வேற எதாவுது ட்ரை பண்றேன் . இப்போதிக்கு நன்றி ...

Tamil/Hindi Search Engine – chhotugoogle.com

Have you ever wanted to search in Tamil or Hindi and never found a way. I just stumbled across a news article in The Hindu today and found something quite interesting. There was this article on a search engine for Tamil and ...

One thing your boss doesn’t want to hear!

This is certainly one of the questions employees dont want to hear. If you are really planning for an early retirement, this is the right thing to suggest! lol Cost Cutting Method I