February 2009 – Balamuthu's Blog

JAI Ho Rahman

Rahman, our very own A.R.Rahman has finally did it.

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He bagged two Oscars for best original score and original song (with gulzar). His acceptance speech was awesome and I’m happy that he talked in Tamil in the end.

Before coming, I was excited and terrified. The last time I felt like that was during my marriage. There’s a dialogue from a Hindi film called “Mere paas ma hai,” which means “I have nothing but I have a mother,” so mother’s here, her blessings are there with me. I am grateful for her to have come all the way. And I want to thank the Academy for being so kind, all the jury members. I want to thank Sam Schwartz, I/D PR, all the crew of Slumdog, Mr. Gulzar,Raqueeb Alam, Blaaze, my musicians in Chennai and Mumbai. And I want to tell something in Tamil, which says, which I normally say after every award which is ella puhazhum iraivanukke: “God is great.” Thank you.

And for the second award for The Best Original Song “JAI HO” acceptance speech,

I just want to thank again the whole crew of SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, especially Danny Boyle for giving such a great opportunity. And the whole, all the people from Mumbai. The essence of the film which is about optimism and the power of hope in the lives, and all my life I had a choice of hate and love. I chose love and I’m here. God bless”.

Love you Rahman…..

T-Shirt Quotes

I listed some of the T-Shirt quotes I hv heard till date.

It’s really funny to read these… Hv a look and leave a reply if u hv any interesting quotes too…

o Save Water…Drink Beer

o Smile, it’s the second best thing you can do with your lips.

o I’m the person your mother warned you about.

o I Never Finish Anythi

o Hey…. I smiled just now but that was not meant for u

o Out of my mind… Back in five minutes.

o Do not disturb I’m disturbed enough already.

o If you see me getting smaller, I’m leaving.

o I’ve never ever ever ever ever been in denial!

o I’m simple. It’s complicated.

o I don’t have a license to kill. I have a learner’s permit

o The trouble with real life is that there is no danger music.

New Google Ocean Takes Google Earth Beyond the “Dirt”

Exploring the oceans no longer requires a wetsuit.

Ocean in Google Earth, which launched today, builds on the free, popular 3-D mapping software Google Earth by allowing users to navigate underwater in unprecedented clarity.

New “layers” to the satellite-based software include topographic maps of the seafloor; locations of shipwrecks and algal blooms; and even maps of the tiny phytoplankton that provide the bulk of the ocean’s food chain.

Within the layers, users can explore multimedia features that combine data and maps with videos, quizzes, and other interactives.

The new fish-eye view—accessible via a free upgrade—aims to provide a public platform for users to talk about the oceans, said John Hanke, director of Geo Products at Google. “It really is a means… [of] raising geographical awareness of oceans and … the pressures that are being put on life in the ocean,” he added.

Into the Blue

The idea first came to well-known marine biologist Sylvia Earle at a conference in Madrid a few years ago, when she addressed Hanke during a presentation.

“I just blurted it out,” Earle, a National Geographic explorer-in-residence, recalled. (National Geographic News is owned by the National Geographic Society.) ”

I said, I hope someday, John, you’ll finish [Google Earth]. You’ve done a great job with the dirt, but there’s all that water out there—the world is blue.”

Seventy-two percent of the Earth is covered by oceans. For More News >> Courtesy: NGC