Money Taking Tricks

How do you carry cash and carry it safely? தொன்று தொட்ட காலத்திலேர்ந்து நிறைய வழிகள் கையாளபட்டிருக்கிறது. Here's one stop shop on some of the popular methods.

Some of us have almost moved totally away from carrying cash and started using plastic - Visa power, கடன்காரன் cover (monthly statement), நாம poor - others can follow some of these good old methods that are still prevalent and effective.

Disclaimer: Methods mentioned here are for reference only and you are responsible for your/your belongings safety. The author does not necessarily vouch/prefer any methods mentioned below.

Method #1. This one is applicable for guys only and in the last decade or so this is followed only by a selected few. First thing you need is to buy several கோடு போட்ட, நாடா வெச்ச underwear. If you are unclear on how this looks like, watch ராஜ்கிரண் movies. These underwear come with pockets on both sides, so it doesn't matter if you are a lefty or right hander. This is considered one of the safest method to carry cash in the 70s and 80s when men used to wear வேஷ்டி all the time. The way you take money out of the underwear pocket is as follows:

• Lift your leg (right or left depending on where money is) so your chest all the way to your stomach and your thighs are at 90 degrees and your leg is forming a shape like number 7.
  
• When you do the step above, your வேஷ்டி, if tied properly, will slide on either side of your leg.

Tip: If you are showing your தொடை to others, you have done the above 2 steps correctly.

Method #2: This one is also applicable for guys only, however there is a derivative method that is applicable to ladies only, which is not discussed here. This method requires some planning and is applicable to only those who still have not transitioned to ready made shirts and still buy shirt piece at Kumaran silks and go to local tailor for காஜா and stitching. Before the tailor starts his work, you need to let him know that you need a உள் pocket. This உள் pocket is stitched on the inner side of the shirt right behind the outer pocket. IMO, this method is effective only for carrying cash from one place to another. If you actually want to use the money in உள் pocket outside, there are a few constraints like you should be wearing a உள் பனியன் and make sure that உள் பனியன் does not have any ரவா தோசை style holes to avoid any embarrassment.

Method #3: This method is applicable mostly for ladies, however this can also be applicable for guys who still uses leather office bags and carry cash in them. As with all methods, this requires some planning too. When you buy a handbag, make sure you check for an inner chamber and most importantly the inner chamber should have a zipper for open and close. This is in addition to the zipper that takes care of the bag's main opening. If there is no inner chamber, it's a no-go. The cash carried in the inner chamber is considered extremely safe and thief proof and this popular belief is due to the following reasons:

• the thief does not always snatch the whole bag or it is difficult for thief to snatch the whole bag that has an overall dimension of ஒரு அடி நீளம், முக்கா அடி அங்குலம் .
• Even if the thief opens the bag somehow, he always looks for cash inside the main chamber and if he does not find any valubles tells himself "Oh my God, no cash, wrong bag" and simply moves on without checking the inner chamber.
  

Method #4: This one is again applicable mostly for guys who carry a rectangular bag (about the length of a toothbrush and height of medium size powder டப்பா). This bag is usually carried in கஷ்கம் which is considered a hard place to snatch a bag. This method is not so popular since it requires some arm power and armpit deodorant. This method was the most popular method employed by "cash" மாமா in the 70's and 80's கல்யாணங்கள். The easiest ways to identify these மாமாs in the கல்யாணம் are as follows:

• மேல் துண்டு, கஷ்கத்துல பை, அலைபாயும் கண்கள், ஒரு நிரந்தர tension
  
• He will be the only மாமா who will take his bag to the restroom

Method #5: This method is perhaps the mother of all methods mentioned above and is universally regarded as the safest method for carrying cash, jewels etc by both men and women. Our good old மஞ்ச பை. If you are going to bank locker, மஞ்ச பை எடுத்துண்டு போ. If you are bringing cash from the bank, மஞ்ச பை எடுத்துண்டு போ. This is really the one and only thief proof device to carry valubles that man has ever made. These bags are cheap and have built in thief repellents. The thief somehow gets mesmerized by these மஞ்ச பை and never attempt to steal the person.

So what's the purpose of this post? அட்வைஸ் and blog free-ங்கறதால எல்லோரும் குடுக்கறோம்/எழுதறோம். How about both in one package:

In this economy, we need money making tricks, since I don't have a magic pill for that, here's a piece of advice. சம்பாதிக்கரதோட, சம்பாதிச்ச பணத்த காப்பாத்தறது ரொம்ப கஷ்டம். Hence the post. வுடு ஜூட்.

சாதாரண மனிதனின் சில சாதாரண கேள்விகள்...

நானும் மெனக்கெட்டு positive and open mind-உடன் தான் பார்க்க நினைத்தேன், ஆனால் நானும் சாதாரண மனிதன்தானே, அதனால் எனக்குள் எழுந்த சில சாதாரண கேள்விகள். I am talking about Mr. உலக நாயகனின் recent interview on Vijay TV.

படத்தில் தாடி எதற்கு என்று யாரோ கேட்க - மக்களிடையே தாடி வைத்தவர்கள் எல்லாம் ஒரு மதத்தை சார்ந்தவர்கள் என்றும், தீவிரவாதிகள் என்றும் ஒரு பொதுவான கருத்து இருப்பதால், அது தவறு என்று சுட்டிக்காட்டவும், கண்டிக்கவுமே தாடி வைக்கப்பட்டது என்று உணர்ச்சி பூர்வமாக பதிலளித்தார். Brilliant and excellent reply. Here's my small problem - the same உலக நாயகன் was ok generalizing that theists are slave drivers (read Rs.910) and would go to any extent to even kill a person.

அடுத்த கேள்வி - உலக தரத்திற்கு தமிழ் சினிமா எடுக்கவேண்டும் என்றால் என்ன? - உலகத்தரம் என்றால் என்ன? அமெரிக்கர்கள் ஒரு தரம் வைத்தால் அதை அமெரிக்கா தரம் என்று சொல்லுங்கள், இந்தியர் ஒரு தரம் வைத்தால் அதை இந்திய தரம் என்று சொல்லுங்கள். உலக தரம் என்று எதையும் சொல்ல முடியாது. Ok Mr. UNK, உலக தரம் என்று ஒன்று இல்லையென்றால், உலக நாயகன் என்ற பட்டத்திற்கு என்ன அர்த்தம்?

Next question was on "Saving தமிழ்"- சில பார்ப்பன பெண்மணிகள் சாப்டாச்சா என்பதை ஷாப்டாச்சா என்று பேசுவது போல... - very nice Mr.UNK, பார்ப்பன பெண்மணிகள் உங்கள் மீது கோபிக்க மாட்டார்கள், கோபித்தாலும் கவலை இல்லை என்று தானே இப்படி ஒரு பதில்? "ல்" மற்றும் "ள்" பேச கஷ்டப்படும் உங்கள் திரை உலக சகோதரிகளை ஏன் உதாரணத்திற்கு எடுத்து கொள்ள வில்லை?

On belief in different things in life - I believe in a few institutions like family which will never go away since family means unconditional love, but marriage comes with conditions, it's not like love from father, mother, brother etc - Alright, I am confused, முட்டை இல்லாமல் கோழி எப்படி and vice-versa?

Dhoda, உனக்கேன் இவ்ளோ கேள்வி என்று என்னை கேட்பவர்களுக்கு - நானும் ஒரு Common Man, ஒரு Common Man கேட்க நினைக்கும் கேள்விகளை தான் நான் கேட்கிறேன், என்னை போல் நிறைய Common Man இருக்கிறார்கள், எனக்கு கேட்க தோணியது, நான் கேட்டேன். அவ்வளவுதான். Wait a second, this style of answering looks familiar.. Oh my God, I need a break.

Look at me...

Disclaimer: I am NOT against Facebook or it's authors, I am just sharing my experience on some of the crazy things that people do using Facebook.

Recently, I have received quite a few invites from friends and families to join Facebook. This is the only thing that I am still hesitant to take a plunge. I could be wrong, but most of the Facebook that I am reading are aimed mostly at one thing, pictures and self proclaimed message "I am cute/cool" or "I did this". For the most part, the daily Facebook updates are almost always aimed at sending the same message mentioned above over and over again.

I guess for starters, you should be an ardent fan of talking about yourself and more importantly very interested in others knowing about you. Have you seen நம்ம வீட்டு கல்யாணம் in Vijay TV, where TV stars were so thrilled and all enthusiastic to talk about their marriage in front of the camera? One should have a lots of eagerness and high optimism on viewers to show that kind of enthusiasm. Most of the Facebook entries fall in this category, "My trip to Niagara", "Lovely London" types.

My wife, though doesn't post any in Facebook, is a big fan of logging in every now and then to check out on her friends who live in other continents. One of the entry that she shared with me was from her friend who wrote "My cute little son is so sick today and I don't feel like doing anything" with a picture of sick child. I mean, how artificial that is? First of all, the person had the time to take a picture of her sick baby, spend time online to post the message etc. She probably have not heard காக்கைக்கு தன் குஞ்சு பொன் குஞ்சு.

The other entry that I read recently was how my friend was so busy with his project that he couldn't take a break for a week. Apparently he had the time to update his Facebook with a looong post. The immediate feeling you get is "Dhoda!"

To be honest, all of us like spotlight, virtual வம்பு through Facebook, vent outs through blog etc, but posting pictures everyday and Facebook தற்பெருமை will get people bored after a while.

Unnaipol Oruvan - Movie Review

I have seen A WEDNESDAY at least 3 times and I still have the movie in my DVR for easy/quick view again. When I read Kamal was going to remake Munna Bhai MBBS, I chose NOT to watch Sanjay's Dutt's movie and waited for Kamal's Vasool Raja MBBS and it was worth a wait, for me at least. Unnaipol Oruvan though was a huge expectation and I always had the fear that the original will be hard to beat.
The core part of the movie and vast majority of the scenes are direct lift from the original. There are a few changes made for the local audience and most of them fit well. Mohan Lal is possibly one of the best choice for the Marar role and how well he played the role to perfection. His dialogs are peppy and his acting brings an immediate respect for the role. The 2 dedicated policemen under Marar were absolutely brilliant. Lakshmi's character started off well, but turned into an unnecessary intervention later. The movie's biggest plus is the punchy dialogs . Shruti Hasan's music is just adequate.

Now to Kamal and his role as common man. As always, this role is cooked too much to make it look perfect and in the process the "common man" looked way too much artificial. Kamal's super fluent accent English, tech-savvy behavior and his detailed explanation on his plans does not go well with the "common man" image. Even some of his body language like the scene where he wipes his tears with the pistol is not something that you will see a common man do. I guess there are ways you can argue and define a "common man" to defend Kamal's portrayal. Naseerudin Shah brought simplicity to his role and did not depend on too much antics to keep the audience interested. His dialog delivery though purposeful had a little bit of stutter and natural hesitation. Also, the little flashback in the Hindi version helped us to connect with the true emotions of the character. IMHO, it was hard for me to connect and empathize the "common man" in Unnaipol Oruvan.

Finally on the movie itself - I think this is an honest attempt in doing something different from the usual masala that Tamil cinema is so heavily dependent on. Kuselan was a sincere attempt by Rajini to go away from the norm, but it failed miserably due to it's reluctance to stick to the original (and P Vasu too), but Unnaipol Oruvan comes across as a brand new concept for Tamil cinema and hopefully our younger stars follow Kamal and cut down on heroism and punch dialogs. Unnaipol Oruvan is a rarity for Tamil cinema and is probably one of the best movies in the recent past.