I have a pretty interesting story of a chess game, played between me and my friend. Parthz and I were online, and we had nothing better to do. So we decided to play a game of chess. The first game went smoothly, where Parthz was thinking a lot and losing his time. So I was always putting pressure on him to make his next move. He eventually got disturbed and didn’t think well as much as he would have liked and ended up loosing the game.
But he requested for a second game and came back with vengeance. His moves were so fierce that I lost my bishop and knight so early. Then he moved his knight inside my area, and soon my king could take only 2 steps. He was about to win...
That’s when I started an off topic conversation with him. I talked to him about the latest Ltte attack in Sri Lanka and he was sucked into the conversation. He was discussing with me on how this stupid war is affecting the country. So much into the topic he made a lot of mistakes in his chess. He didn’t see me pawn targeting his bishop and my knight on his. Very soon he lost his mind and quit the game.
Lessons Learnt...
1 - I see how the war in Sri Lanka has affected the people even after leaving.
2 – Its hard to fight back someone with vengeance.
3 – Everything is in the mind of the individual. Make Ur mind strong, u can achieve anything.
4 – Being smart doesn’t mean u cheat!!
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Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Monday, May 14, 2007
My Changi Experience
Singapore Changi Airport is recognised as one of the best airports in the world. With over 80 airlines serving more than 180 cities in over 50 countries, Changi Airport has established itself as a major aviation hub in the Asia Pacific region. When Terminal 3 begins operations in 2008, Changi Airport will have an annual handling capacity of more than 64 million passengers a year.
OK...now don’t yawn!! This article is neither a publicity campaign nor a stastical analysis of the airport. But if u are interested u can find out more details @ http://www.changiairport.com/. My Changi Experience is about my working experience in the airport as a part time customer service agent. Though I’ve worked there for only 3 weeks, I enjoyed it the most and had lots of interesting incidents, which I would like to share with u all!!
The first good experience for me was my uniform. The only thing that differs me from the co-pilot is that, I have one gold bar on my shoulder comparing to his three. Of course they have their cap and their coat, but they hardly wear it. I had this wonderful experience of small kids talking to me thinking that I was the captain, and some Non-English-Speaking people identifying me as the captain. It was very funny.
Arrival Controlling is another interesting aspect of the job, where u stand at the arrival gate, greet the passengers and give them directions or help them board their next flight. When passengers step into Singapore they see us first, and they are pretty excited or on a hurry to catch their next flight. The best thing about these passengers is that they speak English in an accent which is different from mine, or else they might speak a completely alien language. The most interesting and challenging part is to provide these passengers, with the information they are looking for. It is usually easy if the passengers are Caucasians. These whites don’t ask too many questions and are mostly English speaking and friendly, and understands the procedures well. Handling people from Japan, China or other non-English speaking people are very interesting because they talk to me in their own language thinking that I am a linguistic expert, and expect me to help them. Idiots...can’t they see my colour?? What I do is, I answer them back in Tamil, and give hand signals and directions. It might sound lame, but they usually get it!!
Indian passengers are always intriguing and interesting. For one thing they speak in their normal funny accent which is enough to keep me laughing for the whole day. And there are few who try to speak with American accent, and not getting it properly, resulting with the birth of Indian-American accent. It’s the most funniest. The irritating thing about them is that they want to ask every single thing to double confirm, and they have lots of comments to make too. The fascinating thing is that u can see India’s influence all over the world. I had flights from Beijing and San Francisco packed with Indians. I get to see lots of Thailand, and Indonesian passports with Indian names, but most of them are not Indians. India...incredible India!!
Now the Sri Lankans!! Yesterday I had a very happening flight from Sri Lanka. Minister of Justice, Mr Dilan Perera was on a transit to Singapore, attending some meeting in Seoul. I’ve never seen or heard of him, but this guy is arriving on my flight, and I was supposed to amend his hotel voucher to stay in the transit hotel. I was a bit tensed before meeting this guy, but apparently he was so gentle and friendly. An interesting fact was that he travelled in the economy class of Singapore Airlines. After that, I saw a guy with a shirt and pants and having a bag on his shoulder. He looked familiar, and a closer looked confirmed that he was Upul Chandana, A Sri Lankan Cricketer. I went to him and was like “Mr. Upul Chandana, can I help you??” He passed me his boarding pass and asked me where the gate was. I checked his name to confirm that he was the real guy. I gave him directions in English first, which he didn’t seem to have understood, then I switched to Singhalese, and still he was a bit confused. Its funny isn’t it, for a person who has travelled a lot to play cricket can’t find his own way in an internationally acclaimed airport! This so far my wonderful experience at the Changi, i'll share more, once i experience....
OK...now don’t yawn!! This article is neither a publicity campaign nor a stastical analysis of the airport. But if u are interested u can find out more details @ http://www.changiairport.com/. My Changi Experience is about my working experience in the airport as a part time customer service agent. Though I’ve worked there for only 3 weeks, I enjoyed it the most and had lots of interesting incidents, which I would like to share with u all!!
The first good experience for me was my uniform. The only thing that differs me from the co-pilot is that, I have one gold bar on my shoulder comparing to his three. Of course they have their cap and their coat, but they hardly wear it. I had this wonderful experience of small kids talking to me thinking that I was the captain, and some Non-English-Speaking people identifying me as the captain. It was very funny.
Arrival Controlling is another interesting aspect of the job, where u stand at the arrival gate, greet the passengers and give them directions or help them board their next flight. When passengers step into Singapore they see us first, and they are pretty excited or on a hurry to catch their next flight. The best thing about these passengers is that they speak English in an accent which is different from mine, or else they might speak a completely alien language. The most interesting and challenging part is to provide these passengers, with the information they are looking for. It is usually easy if the passengers are Caucasians. These whites don’t ask too many questions and are mostly English speaking and friendly, and understands the procedures well. Handling people from Japan, China or other non-English speaking people are very interesting because they talk to me in their own language thinking that I am a linguistic expert, and expect me to help them. Idiots...can’t they see my colour?? What I do is, I answer them back in Tamil, and give hand signals and directions. It might sound lame, but they usually get it!!
Indian passengers are always intriguing and interesting. For one thing they speak in their normal funny accent which is enough to keep me laughing for the whole day. And there are few who try to speak with American accent, and not getting it properly, resulting with the birth of Indian-American accent. It’s the most funniest. The irritating thing about them is that they want to ask every single thing to double confirm, and they have lots of comments to make too. The fascinating thing is that u can see India’s influence all over the world. I had flights from Beijing and San Francisco packed with Indians. I get to see lots of Thailand, and Indonesian passports with Indian names, but most of them are not Indians. India...incredible India!!
Now the Sri Lankans!! Yesterday I had a very happening flight from Sri Lanka. Minister of Justice, Mr Dilan Perera was on a transit to Singapore, attending some meeting in Seoul. I’ve never seen or heard of him, but this guy is arriving on my flight, and I was supposed to amend his hotel voucher to stay in the transit hotel. I was a bit tensed before meeting this guy, but apparently he was so gentle and friendly. An interesting fact was that he travelled in the economy class of Singapore Airlines. After that, I saw a guy with a shirt and pants and having a bag on his shoulder. He looked familiar, and a closer looked confirmed that he was Upul Chandana, A Sri Lankan Cricketer. I went to him and was like “Mr. Upul Chandana, can I help you??” He passed me his boarding pass and asked me where the gate was. I checked his name to confirm that he was the real guy. I gave him directions in English first, which he didn’t seem to have understood, then I switched to Singhalese, and still he was a bit confused. Its funny isn’t it, for a person who has travelled a lot to play cricket can’t find his own way in an internationally acclaimed airport! This so far my wonderful experience at the Changi, i'll share more, once i experience....
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Hello World
Vanakan, Vanthanam, Namasthe, Namaskar, Ayubowan…oh and hi for making the trouble of clicking on my blog and started reading all these nonsenses.
Well first of all, i used to be a DVD player which only reads only good stuff. I only read very famous books, mainly because i am not much of a reader, and only good books keep me hooked to them. After seeing my best pals, parthz and juna, starting a blog, i was intersted to follow them, but the proper time didnt come. After buying a laptop and surfed through most of the good stuff in the internet, i felt like sharing my thoughts to the world, like my friends. But i hope my views of the world and life will be far different and intersting than theirs. So as it happens, i have upgraded my self to DVD-R/RW.
To be frank, i really dont know what i am going to write on my blog, or how often i am going to update it. But as far as i know there is going to be some stuff on my blog, and no matter what it is, it will be interesting. IF NOT………….(it might be boring).
While trying to find a name for my blog, i came across this word "Pandemonium". It means devils place. So u know what to expect….
Well first of all, i used to be a DVD player which only reads only good stuff. I only read very famous books, mainly because i am not much of a reader, and only good books keep me hooked to them. After seeing my best pals, parthz and juna, starting a blog, i was intersted to follow them, but the proper time didnt come. After buying a laptop and surfed through most of the good stuff in the internet, i felt like sharing my thoughts to the world, like my friends. But i hope my views of the world and life will be far different and intersting than theirs. So as it happens, i have upgraded my self to DVD-R/RW.
To be frank, i really dont know what i am going to write on my blog, or how often i am going to update it. But as far as i know there is going to be some stuff on my blog, and no matter what it is, it will be interesting. IF NOT………….(it might be boring).
While trying to find a name for my blog, i came across this word "Pandemonium". It means devils place. So u know what to expect….
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