haiti earhquake

A black Tuesday:
Haiti is a French-speaking Caribbean country. On January 12, 2010, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, with its epicenter 16 miles offshore west of the capital city Port-au-Prince, which was devastated. Thousands of people were killed; the Presidential palace, Parliament and many other important structures were destroyed, along with countless homes, businesses, hospitals, schools and shantytowns.
Countless number of bodies are still being recovered, 100 hours after the quake. Numerous children have lost their lives. People who are injured are lying amidst corpses. This is the worst ever earthquake in two centuries. There has been tremendous amount of destruction in the capital of Port-au-Prince and the surrounding areas. The International Red Cross estimated that about three million people were affected by the quake and about million people feared dead.
According to the US Geological Survey, The quake, which struck about 15km (10 miles) south-west of Port-au-Prince, was quickly followed by two aftershocks of 5.9 and 5.5 magnitude.
The first tremor had hit at 1653 local time (2153 GMT) on Tuesday.
Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere and has suffered from lot of calamities like hurricanes and storms which killed many people.
Several countries and non-profit organizations have started to pull together aid efforts for Haiti, where the International Red Cross estimates 3 million people may be in need of help.
The United Nations on Friday appealed for 562 million U.S. dollars to help the victims of earthquake in Haiti. The UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated 25 million U.S. dollars towards the appeal. The Red Cross Society has released more than $10 million in funds for relief efforts to the victim of Haiti.2010 has not stated off well for the people in Haiti, but the calamities of nature are not man-made. Nothing can be done to prevent natural calamities. A great tragedy in the history is being passing, and only our prayers can help the Haitian victims .
1.21pm
sunday
17-1-2010

kARiShMa ArOrA..wHeRe arE u?

I had a very cute friend... named karishma.. she meant everything to me.. she was one bubbly bubbly gal wid whom I shared all my secrets.. there was nothing that she did not know about me..Three years back.... she fell sick one day... all of us thought its something normal.. but she had an ailment... something which could not be cured...n one day 31-8-2008 , at 5-30 am I received a text msg from her mom saying she was NO MORE.. i felt that was the end of everything .. i did not know how to react or what to do.. that day i was participating in my school sports day..It is the most unforgettable day of my life..I missed someone whom I never ever wanted to miss.!! she was the only one of my kind.. she was younger to me by a year!! she was the most beautiful flower in the garden of my life and god snatched her away from all of us.. wherever u are karishma .. however u are..we all will always miss u foreva and ever.. RIP :(

I miss ScHooL

I wonder how days are flying soo fast!!!.. I was actually waiting for schooling to end soon.. n wanted to start college life.. seldom did I realize what a pain it would be.. I really wanna get back to school.. in that uniform with neatly combed hair now unlike how im right now...!! I wanna wear blue and white ribbons.. n black shoes!~!!! ***t I miss all that so much .. Now in college.. Im free to wear anythin but for t-shirts.. though all this is fun .. I miss whatever we did at school.. the exams we wrote.. canteen fun ( though t was de worst canteen in the world!!) But.. whatever we do life has to move.. we cannot be sitting like frogs in the well!! n my course is such that I ve to explore the world.. learn new things..!! its actually very interesting though t is strenuous right now!! Im sure these days will also fly in no tym!!

3 idiots

What I felt after watchin the movie..
Lemme begin with the +ve aspects:
The movie was a good entertainer.. nice way to begin 2010 I should say.. There were some scenes were all of us literally burst into laughter n a couple of scenes were many ppl burst into tears- scenes like when rAju jumps off the third floor..Boman Irani's acting is laudable.. Aamir looks like a young boy- does not look like he is more than 40..He has lost his six pack abs :( n does not have bulging red eyes( i think he managed to stay away from drinking :P) Maddy has become an uncle now, but still suits the role!! Sharman is the only one among the three who is actually the right age of a college student !!
SCENES WHICH WERE DISAPPOINTING:
1-There were TOOOO many scenes shot with underpants.. n in the washrooms.. which actually was not reqd one bit.. especially the top angle shot of the 3 idiots about the discussion of how to handle VIRUS's decision of shifting Sharman to Omi Vaidya's room.. it was ABSOLUTELY NOT NECESSARY AT ALL.. who would like to look at middle aged men showing off all private parts of the body in public? There were other scenes too like the ragging part!!!
2- The DELIVERY scene was the worst ever in bollywood cinema... even saawariya scenes were better compared to that one..There was no need of making Aamir Khan do the deliver of his girl friend's sister !!! argggghh...
3- The scene were Aamir and Kareen admit Sharmaan's dad in the hospital was absolutely silly!


The movie was a mixture of Dil Chahata hain, Vasoolraja MBBS .. and FPS!!
The shooting locations were excellent- Ladakh- the car ride was just amazing.. the closing shot in the beach was amazing and Aamir being Wangdu was a good one!!
Producer
Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Executive Producer / Co-Producer
Anil Davda
Director
Rajkumar Hirani
Star Cast
Aamir Khan...... Rancho... (Phunksukh Wangdu)
Kareena Kapoor...... Pia
R Madhavan...... Farhan Qureshi
Sharman Joshi...... Raju Rastogi
Boman Irani...... Viru Sahastrabudhhe
Mona Singh...... Mona
Parikshat Sahni...... Farhan's father
Javed Jaffrey...... Rancchoddas Shyamaldas Chanchad
Akhil Mishra...... Librarian Dubey
Rahul Kumar...... Millimetre
Omi Vaidya...... Chatur Ramalingam (Silencer)
Rajeev Ravindranathan...... Ragging Senior
Sanjay Lafont...... Suhas
Achyut Potdar...... Engineering lecturer
Amardeep Jha...... Raju's mother
Farida Dadi...... Farhan's mother
Jayant Kriplani...... Head interviewer
Arun Bali...... Shyamaldas Chanchad
Supriya Shukla...... Doctor
Atul Tiwari...... Minister
Ali Fazal...... Joy Lobo
The songs were just too good..Saawand Kirkire's lyrics were very meaningful...

ALL IZZ WELL has become a punchline now- n is the status msg of many ppl on social networking sites and also the begining of many e-mails!!
The movie is really making a lot of money .. Chetan Bhagat's name should have been mentioned in the beginning itself.., Though the movie is not fully his story its roots are from FPS and CB deserves to be credited .. The controversy created was kind of silly and the way Vidu Vinod Chopra behaved was very DIRTY!!
The movie has already made over a 3C and is still running house full!!
It was a nice one on the whole:P :)
9.06 AM , 16 January 2010

yen uyir tozha

yen uyir tozha..

unnai pakamal en idiayam thudikiradhu..

nee yenge iruka yendru alla.. ni epdi irrukai yendru!

kavithai kavithai :P

idiayathil yethanai sumaigal ...

yethanai baraanagal yellathiyum porumaiaga thangu gindral ival..

apaozhudu konji pesinom..

aanal ipozhudu erindhu vizhigirom..

anda deivam vera yaaraum illai

nam thaai daan

yay!! first achievement

hmmm..

Today is january 2, 2010 and this is the first time I am venturing into something like creating a blog.. ive no clue about wat blogging exactly is though im 18(pretty bad):) anyways.. better late than never.. i can always learn as it has no age bar!! so i wanna explore............. did a 2 week project at TOI ... had fun.. it was very nice... holidays became hectic.. but .. still learnt a lot .. cant forget all reporters n ppl at TOI.. goinh for a baby's first bday tom with karthik n varshini!