Friday, November 21, 2008
My Mom irritates me
We wanted to find out what naughty things the kids makes irritates the Moms the most. At the same time how could our Moms irritate the kids?
We interviewed few Moms and their Kids to know about the same. Of course did not disclose what we heard from the Mom to the kid and the kid to the Mom.
Nirmal, a class 9 student's Mom says,
She doesn't like if the boy skips the exercise in the mornings [ Exercise in the mornings ??!?? Let my Mom doesn't know this. She is still struggling to get me out of bed in the mornings.]
The other that that irritates her the most is that talking back. [mmm... Most Moms would have this complaint I believe]
Now its Nirmal's turn.
His complaint is that,
She does not know to cook vegetables [ Aunt, I am sorry that your son said this.]
She always force me to go to tuition [ Nirmal, if not do you study at home?]
When I watch TV, she turns it off. [ believe me, that's what I wanted to tell about my Mom too.]
Karan, a class 5 student's Mom says,
The boy fights for silly things. [ Hope my Mom didn't hear this]
Karan surprised me by saying, he likes every thing about his Mom [ really !!!]
Abhinav a +2 student's Mom says,
He refuses to drink milk
The other one that irritates me most is that he talks a lot over his cell phone [ Dad too would get upset. He has to pay the bill, right]
Abhinav says I get irritated when she doesn't pay attention to what I wanted to convey to her.
Also she upsets me by spending lot of time talking with her friends/neighbours [ mm... Mom then you have to stop that first]
Sankar a class 8 students Mom says
Too naughty and runs out to play most of the time.
Sankar
Nothing [ Nothing or no comments]
Saturday, June 7, 2008
திருஞானசம்பந்தர்
திருஞானசம்பந்தமூர்த்தி நாயனார்
கட்டற்ற கலைக்களஞ்சியமான விக்கிபீடியாவில் இருந்து.
திருஞானசம்பந்தமூர்த்தி நாயனார், தமிழ்நாட்டில், சைவ சமயத்தவர்களால் நாயன்மார்கள் என அழைக்கப்படும் அறுபத்து மூவருள் முதல் வைத்து எண்ணப்படும் நால்வருள் ஒருவராவார். இவர் கி.பி. ஏழாம் நூற்றாண்டில், சீர்காழி என்னும் ஊரில், பிராமணக் குடும்பத்திற் பிறந்தார். இவரது தந்தையார் சிவபாதவிருதயர், தாயார் இசைஞானியார்.
இவர் மூன்று வயதுக் குழந்தையாக இருந்தபோது, தந்தையாருடன் கோயிலுக்குச் சென்றதாகவும், அங்கே குழந்தையைக் கரையில் அமரவிட்டுக் குளிக்கச் சென்ற தந்தையார், சிறிது நேரம் நீருள் மூழ்கியிருந்த சமயம், தந்தையைக் காணாத குழந்தை அம்மையே அப்பா என்று கூவி அழுததாகவும், அப்போது உமாதேவியார், சிவபெருமானுடன் இவர் முன் காட்சி கொடுத்து ஞானப்பாலூட்டியதாகவும் சொல்லப்படுகிறது. குளித்துவிட்டு வெளியே வந்த தந்தையார், பிள்ளையின் வாயிலிருந்து பால் வடிவதைக் கவனித்து, அது குறித்துக் கேட்கவே கோயிலிலுள்ள இறைவனைச் சுட்டிக்காட்டித் "தோடுடைய செவியன்" என்று தொடங்கும் தனது முதல் தேவாரத்தைத் திருஞானசம்பந்தர் பாடினார் என்பது தொன்நம்பிக்கை.
Friday, May 9, 2008
facts
- How many districts the Tamil Nadu state , in southern India is divided into
2. All of us know that Olympics 2008 is being conducted in Beiging, the capital city of China on 18,Aug. How many of us know when and where was the first Olympics conducted?
The first Olympics was conducted in Olympia of Greece in the year ....
The Olympic torch is lighted from here and is taken all over the world.
3. Word Earth Day? Why one such is needed?
Earth Day is observed on two days, held annually during spring in the northern hemisphere, and autumn in the southern hemisphere. These are intended to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the Earth's environment. The United Nations celebrates an Earth Day each year on the March equinox, a tradition which was founded by peace activist John McConnell in 1969. A second Earth Day, which was founded by U.S. politician Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in in the late 1970s, is celebrated in many countries each year on April 22.
About Tamil Thatha
உத்தமதானபுரம் வேங்கடசுப்பையர் சாமிநாதையர் சுருக்கமாக உ.வே.சா சிறப்பாக தமிழ் தாத்தா) ஒரு தமிழறிஞர். பலராலும் மறக்கப்பட்டு அழிந்துபோகும் நிலையிலிருந்த பண்டைத் தமிழ் இலக்கியங்கள் பலவற்றைத் தேடி அவற்றை அச்சிட்டு பதிப்பித்தவர். இருபதாம் நூற்றாண்டின் தொடக்கத்தில் தமிழுக்குச் சேவை புரிந்தவர்களுள் உ. வே. சாமிநாதையர் குறிப்பிடத்தக்கவராவார். இவரது அச்சுப்பதிப்பிற்கும் பணியினால் தமிழ் இலக்கியத்தின் தொன்மையும், செழுமையும் எல்லோராலும் அறியும்படி வெளிக்கொணரப்பட்டது. உ.வே.சா அவர்கள் 90 ற்கும் அதிகமான புத்தகங்களை அச்சுப்பதிப்பதித்தது மாத்திரமன்றி 3000 ற்கும் அதிகமான ஏட்டுச்சுவடிகள், கையெழுத்துப்பிரதிகள் ஆகியவற்றை சேகரித்தும் இருந்தார்.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
About blogs
A blog (an abridgment of the term web log) is a website, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. "
Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic.The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (artlog), photographs (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), audio (podcasting) are part of a wider network of social media. Micro-blogging is another type of blogging which consists of blogs with very short posts.
I have my own blog too www.from-mybackpack.blogspot.com/.
The soft copy of this magazine is also available as a blog http://kidzmagzine.blogspot.com/
Jokes
Little Johnny's teacher asks, "What is the chemical formula for water?"
Little Johnny replies, "HIJKLMNO"!!
The teacher, puzzled, asks, "What on Earth are you talking about?"
Little Johnny replies, "Yesterday you said it was H to O!"
democratic
My civic book says India is a democratic country and one of the Rights of the citizen it mentions is Right to follow any religion. But students are denied admission in some schools if the religion they follow is different from the one the school follows. If schools descriminate students based on relegion how the future generations are expected to live in harmony.
Know your English
Let us see some interesting things about vowels in English. All of us know that a, e, i, o, u are the vowels.
Try putting consonants together and attempt to read the word.
For ex, pt. Does it mak any sense reading it?
Now try inserting vowel.
pat
pet
pit
pot
put
Hope you'll admit that the words makes sense to read, each word taking different pronounciation and different meaning.
Many of us may not have noticed that these vowels have two sounds.
A takes sounds a as in apple and ae as in ape.
E takes sounds e as in english and eh as in egg
I takes sounds e ( a very short e) as in ink and i as in kite
O takes sounds o as in poll and oh as in on
u takes sounds u as in use and uh as in us
Is there any word in english that has no vowels in it?
Yes,If we refer to words that lack "true" vowels (a, e, i, o, and u), the answer is that a number of them do; among them are: hymn, rhythm, myth, sylph, and syzygy (the alignment of three celestial objects). These words contain the so-called semivowel y and none of the true vowels.Words without vowels:(more wanted)
(i) rhythm
(ii) crypt
(iii) fly
(iv) pry
(v) cry
(vi) try
(vii) dry
(viii) fry
Wouldn't be interesting to have a word with all vowels in it?
The only word with all the vowels in reverse order is subcontinental.
Impact of TV and Computer games on Kids
What parents say about it?
Joseph, father of two boys of age 8 and 4 says,
Kids are hooked to TV and hence they lack physical activities, have less interaction with others and lack helping tendencies. Also they do not concentrate on their food. Continuous watching of TV and playing with computers affect their eye sight as well. Above all none of these are informative.
Shanthi, Sivaraman's Mom says,
The after school hours of the kids are almost occupied by either TV or computer games. My biggest concern is that this has impacted their reading habit and also these less informative companion of them influence their behaviour as well. Kids are addicted to these programs and games and react in a crazy manner when they are denied access or interrupted.
Padmavathi, mother of Naveen says,
Watching TV affects their studies and playing out. Kids do not show interest to know about day to day life. Playing in computer sitting closely to it affects the eye sight. The programs and games on wrestling make them to fight at home and with school and hence they find it difficult to maintain friendship.
Srimathi, Swami's mom says,
The kids getting back from school immediately start watching TV programs and they get involved with the characters they watch. There are so many informative stuffs to learn from computers but he kids use computers only to play games.
Intro
Who - We are kids. We are friends. We are students just completed our 7th standard. We, here refers to Sivaraman, Swaminathan, Naveen.
Why - Me, Sivaraman wrote few topics and sent to 'The Hindu' expecting it to get published and was deeply disapponted when my writings did not appear in the daily. My Mom consoled me and said that the contributors to 'The Hindu' huge and hence the chances of getting your stuff published is less. And she asked me why should you wait for some one to print yours? You can run your own magazine. The agreed to that because I thought I would be great to have my own magazine and i beleived it won't be hard to do so because I am already writing in my blog. I took this idea to my friends Swami and Naveen and they agreed to join hands with me in this.
What - We are kids. So obviously what we would be writing things useful to kids. As there are not much magazines around for kids, we would see that we are providing interesting as well as informative stuffs for kids.
Frequency of release - once in a month.
Intended audience - Kids of course and age group 6 to 18. Parents and teachers can learn what kids can do, what they expect from adults and also can learm some secrets about kids.
Language - Bilingual(English/Tamil)