Last week I got a mail from Bank of America, informing me about a prize scheme if we deposit cheques via ATM. I think they are encouraging the use of ATM’s, so that they can avoid long queues in the bank. In no way the ATM’s can match the services of good looking female tellers. Even if it is a deposit of $10, I always prefer teller service. I don’t mind waiting in line for even an hour ;-) Can an ATM replace the ever smiling, how was your day at office enquiry, and other such things?! You know what; Bank of America should understand their customers better. Just get rid of those female tellers, people will automatically start using the ATM’s.

Movie of the week: Over the Hedge – It is a real good one if you need an hour and half of just entertainment.

ஜோர் : தமிழ் படம்னு எது கிடைச்சாலும் போதும், பாப்போம்ல :- (

தங்க மகன்: Couple of weeks back the DVD print ditched us, it got stuck after an hour. To compensate for that disappointment, we watched it twice this week. Listening to the songs after a long time and got addicted again. My search for தம்பிக்கு எந்த ஊரு is in vain. Both the rental shops here don’t have it, sigh…

Don’t know why suddenly got into தலைவர் movies.

அழகாய் இருக்கிறாய் பயமாய் இருக்கிறது & திருட்டு பயலே: Good in pieces.
திருப்பதி – One among the great comedy movies I have seen in recent months.

MI III – கொஞ்சம் hi-tech-ஆன Captain படம். அவ்வளவு தான்.

Saw Dishyum again, in DVD ;-)

And on Tamilnadu election results: I somehow feel that this government may not serve its full five year term :-(

This is about Verizon DSL service. Last Friday I received a DSL kit from Verizon. A note on it said, we’ll not charge you until it is activated. When I was out of home, my friend got a call saying that Verizon will charge as soon as the kit is shipped. What the f**k, I haven’t even ordered for a DSL ?!?! I just checked whether the service is available or not through their customer service few weeks back. I need to call the customer service to cancel. After lot of redirection, the whole cancel process took almost an hour. Who invented this IVRS? May that guy’s ***** cease to work when needed. Then I did one more foolish thing. I said I would like to register a complaint. Oh my god, I got redirected again, this time to a manager. He said – “my sincere apologize”. Otha.. Who needs his apology; I already lost an hour of my working hour. I disconnected and got back to work. And I need to send the DSL kit back within a month else they’ll charge for that. What do these people think? My whole day got f**ked up.

In Seattle, Sun comes out once in a blue moon ;-) Apr 22nd was one such day.We decided to check out this year's Tulip fest.Though my jaws didn't drop as last year, it was wonderful again.





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Tulip fest 2004 post here...

It’s been almost a month after I visited few areas of Olympic national park. I was tied up with some work as well as laziness which prevented me from writing a blog post or to post some pictures. Now that I have beaten them to death, I am back. Took the car in ferry from Edmonds to Kingston and drove further. First pit stop was at Port Angeles. There is one disadvantage with the GPS enabled car. When searched for nearest restaurants it gave us results of the restaurants in Canada. It’s true that Canada was near but still Visa illama ulla poona sulukku eduthuda maattanga :-( After having breakfast in Port Angeles, headed to Rialto Beach. On the way we stopped at this beautiful lake called Lake Crescent. There was not much wind that day so the reflections of the mountains in the lake were awesome.



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Next place was Rialto Beach. It was a kind of deserted place, with very few people visiting that day. The warning message in the entrance left everyone pissed off. It read – “Tsunami warning – This place is expected to have a Tsunami in the near future” .Needless to say that we left the place much earlier than we planned.



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Then went to Hoh rain forest. There were lots of stats informing that it receives highest rainfall compared to most other places. The guide there compelled us to go a trail called hall of mosses. It wasn’t that good as it was drizzling. They rightly named the place ;-)




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