The demise of the legend, the one and only, the King of Pop, Michael Jackson shocked me like all his fans around the world. His songs, dance, music videos, looks.. he is simply the best. A complete music entertainer. I still think that his music videos are the best and evergreen. I normally do not watch or buy any music videos, except for Michael Jackson's. His Thriller, Beat It, Billi Jean, Dirty Diana, Bad, Smooth Criminal, Dangerous, Man In The Mirror, Will You Be there and many many more...he is the best. His moonwalk, breakdance.. wow.. simply awesome. I got a chance to watch his History advertisement in TV 14 years ago where he will lead a contingent of soldiers and the helicopters will remove the veil of his statue (I think it was shot in Belgium or Austria).. that was really awesome.
Michael Jackson is a great loss to the world and music entertainment.
Here are some of his music videos (from YouTube)....
For more.. do visit the youtube the music stores near you.
Peace.
Best regards.
Kumaran RN
Friday, June 26, 2009
Michael Jackson, The King of Pop, The Legend, The One and Only
Toungue Twister
I like tongue twisters and here are some of them for you to enjoy too :-
1.If you understand, say "understand". If you don't understand, Say "don't understand". But if you understand and say "don't Understand". How do I understand that you understand? Understand!
2.I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the Wish the witch wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.
3.Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds.
4.A sailor went to sea to see, what he could see. And all he could see was sea, sea, sea.
5.Purple Paper People, Purple Paper People, Purple Paper People
6.If two witches were watching two watches, which witch would watch which watch?
7.I thought a thought.But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought had been The thought I thought, I wouldn't have thought so much.
8.Once a fellow met a fellow In a field of beans. Said a fellow to a fellow, "If a fellow asks a fellow, Can a fellow tell a fellow What a fellow means?"
9.Mr Inside went over to see Mr Outside. Mr Inside stood outside and Called to Mr Outside inside. Mr Outside answered Mr Inside from Inside and Told Mr Inside to come inside. Mr Inside said "NO", And told Mr Outside to come outside. MrOutside and Mr Inside argued From inside and outside about going outside or coming inside. Finally,
Mr Outside coaxed Mr Inside to come inside, then both Mr Outside and Mr Inside went outside to the riverside.
10.SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS ON THE SEA SHORE , BUT THE SEA SHELLS THAT SHE SELLS, ON THE SEA SHORE ARE NOT THE REAL ONES.
11.The owner of the inside inn was inside his inside inn with his inside outside his inside inn.
12.If one doctor doctors another doctor does the doctor who doctors the Doctor doctor the doctor the way the doctor he is doctoring doctors? Or does the doctor doctor the way the doctor who doctors doctors? "When a doctor falls ill another doctor doctor's the doctor. Does the Doctor doctoring the doctor doctor the doctor in his own way or does The doctor doctoring the doctor doctors the doctor in the doctor's way"
13.We surely shall see the sun shine shortly. Whether the weather be fine, Or whether the weather be not, Whether the weather be cold Or whether the Weather be hot, We'll weather the weather Whatever the weather, Whether we Like it or not. Watch? Whether the weather is hot. Whether the weather is Cold. Whether the weather is either or not. It is whether we like it or not.
14.Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely.
15.A flea and a fly in a flue Said the fly "Oh what should we do" Said the Flea" Let us fly Said the fly "Let us flee" So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
16.If you tell Tom to tell a tongue-twister his tongue will be twisted as Tongue-twister twists tongues.
17.Mr.See owned a saw.And Mr.Soar owned a seesaw. Now See's saw sawed Soar's Seesaw Before Soar saw See, Which made Soar sore. Had Soar seen See's saw Before See sawed Soar's seesaw, See's saw would not have sawed Soar's Seesaw. So See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw. But it was sad to see Soar so sore Just because See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw.
Best regards.
Kumaran RN
Friday, June 12, 2009
Mantra to Improve and Fix the Finances
I learnt this mantra during my visit for a session last month. It is quite a powerful mantra when meditated upon with discipline. I am slowly getting to see miracles happening around me and my financial situations improving.
Do take note that god will only help those who help themselves. Just by siting and doing nothing will not fix your financial challenges. One has to work on them and try to find the means and ways to get them fixed. Such mantras, especially this, and meditations help one to work and search smoother. It follows the universal principle of Law of Attraction. When working on this meditation and uttering of the mantra, do take note that consuming vegetarian diet as far as possible and having good and positive thoughts, and belief (on this mantra) goes a long way.
So, if you are interested, do practice this mantra and see the changes happening for yourself :-
This mantra is by Dattatreya Sivavababa. He is a siththar sage. For more information on him including his previous births and his other sayings, do feel free to visit his website : http://www.sivababa.org/
Best regards.
Kumaran RN
Google E-Book : "THE UNSPEAKABLE TRUTH"
The following is a google e-book entitled : The Unspeakable Truth". It documents the genocides suffered by the Tamils in Srilanka. The details are interesting and hope the UN and the other counties, including those that supported the Srilankan government during the massacre, could read the book and decide as to whether the Srilankan government is guilty of human rights violation and war crimes :-
http://www.pagegangster.com/p/2Lweq/
Best regards.
Kumaran RN
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Article : "Malaysian Indian Background"
I received this article as an email a couple of days ago. Interesting piece of history and statistics about the Indians in Malaysia. Here is the article :-
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Malaysian Indian Background
From: MpKapar's Blog
To understand the Indian Community in Malaysia we have to reminise the history of this country. Between 100 BC-1400 AD, the Indians arrived in Malaysia and with their arrival, Malaysia's culture changed dramatically. Indians initially sought the Malaysian peninsula in search of the mystical "Land of Gold". Although their discovery of this mystical land of gold proved to be elusive and futile, the Indians did not leave, but continued their search for gold, spice and aromatic wood. In addition to trade, the Indians introduced Hinduism and Buddhism to the peninsula, thus bringing temples and other cultural traditions from India. Semblances of some of the Indian cultural influences may be seen in certain aspects of a traditional Malay wedding ceremony for example.
Local kings in Malaysia also adopted and incorporated what they considered to be better aspects of Indian government practices into existing structures, resulting in "Indianised kingdoms". The second wave of Indian immigrants to Malaysia came in the early 20th century when the British brought them to meet the demands of the labour force in the colonial public services and private plantation sectors. While the bulk of the South Indians comprised Tamils who were employed as labourers and rubber tappers in the plantations, the Sri Lankan Tamils and Malayalees held supervisory or clerical positions. Of the North Indians, the Punjabis mainly formed the police force, while the Gujaratis and Sindhis were involved in businesses (mostly textiles). Despite the exodus of South Indians back to India after independence and the racial riots of May 1969, the Tamils still constitute about 80% of the total Indian Community.
The Malaysian Indians, who number about 1.8 million or 7.5%, are not a homogenous group. They are divided on the basis of language, religion and place of origin. The overwhelming majority of Indians are Tamils 80%; followed by North Indians, mainly Sikhs, 7.7%; Malayalees 4.7%; Telugus 3.4%; Sri Lankan Tamils 2.7%; Pakistanis, including Bangladeshis, 1.1%, and the others 0.4%. As far as religion is concerned, Hindus number 81.2 %, Christians 8.4 %, Muslims 6.7 %, Sikhs 3.1 %, Buddhists 0.5 % and others 0.1 %. These cultural and religious differences, no doubt divide the Indian populace but it must be pointed out that over the years, they have developed an Indian identity over and above their primordial loyalties. The policy of the Malaysian Government to club them together as Indians both for political and administrative purposes has further provided a flip to this process.
A notable feature of the Indian Community has been its waxing and waning socio-economic profile. In 1970, 47% of the Indians were engaged in agriculture of which 74% were in the plantation sector. With the country experiencing rapid economic expansion and diversification of the economy in the last 30 years, many plantations were converted for other commercial uses, including that of the construction of luxury homes. As a result, these uprooted Indians migrated to urban areas and joined the squatter population.
ALIRAN, a local monthly journal, provides some statistical details of the correlation of these migratory patterns with the increase in the crime rate.
a)For example, 40% of the serious crimes in Malaysia are committed by Indians;
b)There are 38 Indian- based gangs with 1,500 active members;
c)During the last three years, there has been a 100% increase in the number of Indian gangsters;
d)Indians also record the highest number of those detained under Emergency Regulations and banished to Simpang Renggam Prison.
e)In Kuala Lumpur, 15% of the squatters are Indians;
f)They claim the highest suicide rate;
g)41% of the beggars and vagrants are Indians;
h)20% of the child abusers are Indians and they also make up 14% of juvenile delinquents.
Looking at the ownership of corporate wealth,
i) In 1970, Indians held only 1% of the share capital in the limited companies,
ii) While the Chinese controlled 22.5 %;
iii) Malays 1.5 %
iv) Foreigners 60.7 %.
At the turn of the century:
a) Indians owned only 1.5 %,
b) 19.4 % for Malays
c) 38.5 % for Chinese.
The Indian Community is concentrated in the western states of Peninsular Malaysia namely Selangor (Kuala Lumpur separated to form the national Capital), Perak, Johor, Negeri Sembilan, Pulau Pinang and Kedah. The primary reason for this concentration is due to the fact that most plantations were developed in these states during colonial era and it remained the same until the early 1980s. While composition of the state
level population of Indians to a certain extent remains the same, there has been redistribution from rural to suburban and urban parts of the state as a result of these migratory patterns.
This geographic redistribution may have contributed to the problems faced by the Indian Generally, there was a major demographic change in Malaysia and this has had a direct impact on the Indian Community. The 2000 Census show that the proportion of urban population had increased to 62.0% from 50.7% in 1991. In the case of Indians 79.7% are in urban Centers and only 20.3% in the rural areas. Although at the national level Indians comprise only 7.7% of the population or 1,736,700 people, there are five States with a higher density of Indians. These are Selangor (14.6% - 604,400); Perak (13% - 274,100); KL (11.4% - 153,400); Penang (10.6% - 142,000) & Negeri Sembilan (16% - 138,200). Indians are the second most urbanized Community in Malaysia after the Chinese.
Due to the lack of affordable housing, a majority of them found houses in squatter areas and low-cost flats near industrial locations in the Klang Valley and other urban Centers in Peninsular Malaysia. The shift from rural to urban Centers has had a dramatic effect upon this section of the Indian Community. The new environment poses many new challenges. Urban communities are more diverse in comparison with their rural counterparts. These changes caused the loss of authority and leadership in the Community to deal with the challenges faced in the new environment. here has resulted a major contrast between plantation and urban life for these displaced communities. Work patterns have changed from normal routine plantation work with fixed working hours to shift work in factories. There is also a marked absence of extended families and neighborhood Community. All these have affected family and Community lives. In urban squatter areas, there is distinct lack of public facilities such as Community halls and childcare facilities.
Due to the nuclear nature of the family in the urban squatter areas, the growth of dysfunctional families is rampant resulting in poor parental supervision, domestic violence and lack of conducive home environment for child development and growth. The new social squatter environment with its inadequate public facilities is not conducive for human development especially when compounded with social risks such as drugs, gangs and crime-related activities. The problems are further exacerbated by the poor academic achievements of children from these communities. Underachievement
is the major issue and there is a high dropout rate at the secondary school levels.
Presently about 40% of Indian workers are Production Workers whereas only 15% remain as Aricultural Workers. Over the years significant portions of the Indian Community have been subject to such labour and social mobility
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Best regards,
Kumaran RN
Monday, June 1, 2009
Dress-Changing Magic Trick.. Wow !
The dress-changing magic trick.. this act that appeared in one of the segments of "America's Got Talent" show, is really impressive especially the last portion. Here it is.. enjoy :-
Best regards,
Kumaran RN
