Ooty - Wow Experience in Ooty

Cool Cool Ooty, Wow what a experience we had in Ooty, it was rush to Ooty, no body had the knowledge that i was taking them to Ooty, only the day before i reached kovai , i informed my Sister and parents about my plan.

We started early in the next day morning, i had been to kovai before for small period in the span of three years. I have not gone to Ooty even once then, just because i wanted to go to Ooty only by the 150 year old Jungle Queen (Steam engine train).

it was my eager to go to Ooty through the Jungle Queen we started early by 4.00 am in the morning from Sulur, reached Thottabetta by 5.30, unfortunately my ticket for first class A/c was not confirmed and fortunately, since we were there at 5.30, we got seat in un-reserved compartment. We occupied the window seats.



Jungle Queen started by 7.10 in the morning after the Nilgiris reached thottabetta. it was a long journey 4.30 hrs in total. Jungle queen stopped in many location to fill up the water. It was very good experience travelling in that train, Wow you will enjoy the nature a lot and the train, Since it is a steam engive whenever the train enters a cave you have to close the windows else you will wet for sometime with the heat generated from the Steam engine.

You must have heard lot about the Jungle Queen, She travels steap in the hills, with the unique clip like track, which it holds to climp through the Hill.

Vote for TajMahal

After 2000 years now it is our turn to select the New Seven Wonders of world. Initial Wonders of world were decided by ancient Greeks with lots of pain, among them only Pyramid of Giza Stands till now. Others were destroyed to natural disasters.

Egyptian Pyramids : More than 4000 years ago Oldest of the ancient wonders and the only one surviving today.Served as tombs for Egyptian Pharaohs

Colossus of Rhodes : 305-292 BC 32 meters (105 ft) high bronze statue of the sun god Helius. Destroyed by an earthquake in 224 BC

Hanging Gardens of Babylon : 6th century BC Series of terraces of trees and flowers along the banks of the Euphrates. Built by Nebuchadnezzar II.

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus : 4th century BC Tomb of Mausolus built by his widow. Destroyed by an earthquake before the 15th century.

Pharos of Alexandria : 270 BC The world's first known lighthouse at the entrance of Alexandria harbour in Egypt. 122 meters (400 ft) high. In ruins by 15th century.

Statue of Zeus at Olympia : 5th century BC 9 meter (30 ft) high wooden statue of Greek god Zeus covered with gold and ivory. Designed by Athens sculptor Phidias. Destroyed by fire in 475 AD.

Temple of Arthemis at Ephesus : 6th century BC Marble temple in honor of goddess of hunting and the moon. Rebuilt in 4th century BC but destroyed by Goths in 3rd century AD

Tajmahal is now considered as one of the Wonders of world, others include

The Pyramids of Egypt,
The Great Wall of China,
The Eiffel Tower,
The Leaning Tower of Pisa,
The Statue of Liberty, and
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

Click here To see complete list of wonders of world

This status of TajMahal might be lost !!!. Yes Swiss-based, for-profit corporation called New Open World Corporation (NOWC) is conducting a survey to select New Seven wonders of the world. It was started since September 1999, By November 24, 2005, 177 monuments were up for consideration.

Though Taj Mahal made it to the top 21 Contenders on Jan 2006, it is now in 10th position and results are to be released on 07.07.07 in Lisbon, Portugal, in the Estádio da Luz, Benfica's stadium. Possibly Taj might loose its position, if you wish to Vote for the new Seven Wonders and preserve its dignity, please visit www.new7wonders.com. and vote for Taj, It is Free.

HSC (+2) Exam Results

Hi Friends,

Today - HSC exam results are out, Some of my neighbours and others called me enquired for the results.

Unfortunately most of the servers were overloaded, it took lot of time for me to search for different websites broadcasting the results.

I just wanted share those websites with you guys, Just in-case this will be help full for you.

Here are the some of the website board casting the results.

http://www.results.sify.com/
http://www.winentrance.com/winwin.asp?collegeid=http://dge3.tn.nic.in
http://www.chennaivision.com/exam.asp
http://results.nic.in/
http://tnresults.nic.in/

Here is a another guide for exam results, Though it has old information, it is still usefull.

http://www.indianchild.com/exam_results_india.htm

Sister and her Husband

"STR"oke - Letters to remember

Recently i got a mail from my friend regarding Stroke and how you can identify it, indeed an important thing to remember.

As i was reading that mail i remembered my uncle who suddently fell down unconsious and every boby around him thought that it was because of High blood pressure, After taking him to hospital only they found that it was stroke, do you know the result of this delay ? One side of his body is not functioning, now he is under going pysiotherapy treatment, still he was not able to act like before, indeed very sad incident which shook the entire family.

This incident made me putting the mail in this blog, hope it will be usefull to everybody who comes across my blog.

Following is the mail

STROKE:

Remember
The 1st Three Letters... S.T.R.

My friend sent this to me and encouraged me to post it and spread the word. I agree. If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks. Seriously.. Please read:

STROKE IDENTIFICATION:
During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken
to the hospital - (at 6:00 PM Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke
at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke,
perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some don't die. They end up in a
helpless, hopeless condition instead.

It only takes a minute to read this..
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE
Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps, STR.
Read and Learn! Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.

Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke
by asking three simple questions:

S * Ask the individual to SMILE.

T * Ask the person to TALK to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (I.e. . . It is sunny out today)

R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

NOTE:
Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke. If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call the ambulance immediately !! And describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 persons ; You can bet that at least one life will be saved.