Ambimama - India

I observed several days back on the building of Burj in the Discovery Channel. It is the tallest building in the World and many engineering companies from all over the World gave a nice and satisfying report of the construction. But recently the Dubai authorities offer minimal response after lift passengers’ problems.

The report:
It’s one thing being stuck in a lift between floors in a relatively small skyscraper like the Empire State Building. It’s another when it is the tallest building in the world, the recently opened 828-metre Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai.

A group of 15 passengers, hoping to see the view from the observation deck on the 124th floor of the 160-floor building, were reported to be terrified, some hysterical, after they were stranded for 45 minutes on Saturday.
Visitors reported the sound of a crash “like a small explosion” and the sight of smoke billowing when the lift failed. Questions about how it happened - and why staff were so slow to react - have been met with only a minimal response.

Tourists on the observation deck who heard the crash and the noise of breaking glass coming from the lift shaft say they reported it to security guards who at first said nothing was wrong. The passengers were eventually able to escape using a ladder dropped from the observation deck into the lift shaft.

Fox News has reported that this is the second time a lift has got stuck since the grand opening of the Burj Khalif tower on January 4.

However, inquiries in Dubai about the incident elicited only very sketchy answers. The tower’s management company said only that the observation desk was now closed due to “maintenance upgrades”, while Dubai government authorities admitted only to “an incident”.
It was treated as a non-story by the state-run media in the city-state of Dubai, still shaken by last year’s debt problems and the $10bn rescue in December by their oil-rich neighbours Abu Dhabi. As a result, the tower, originally called the Burj Dubai, was suddenly renamed the Burj Khalifa in honour of Abu Dhabi’s ruler, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan.

I read daily many things on Paper and the Net. Now a days I feel News readily available to all and not worthy of reporting. I have the liberty to post anything – not the News. But the News has sometimes interesting things to write about. Reading books and getting lost into it also makes my writing come to a total halt. I cannot write about the topics I read as it will be interesting to read and I cannot write about the book or the topics the book has it.

But I must write to my readers and I will do it.

I had always loved games like cards. Cricket playing was always in the backyard of my house. And that too after India won the World Cup in 1983. It was all due to my health problems. I wonder even if I had good health I would have played outdoor games! It was all due to poor exposure to games and not due to economic issue. The parents did not encourage or understand that games also a existed as a means of life and earning.

Now there are great opportunities for those engaged in games. In India playing Cricket pays now. And youngsters have ample opportunities in other games too.
So Playing Games is not for health or fame now! It pays you heavily!

I visited one of my friends in West Mambalam. It is famous for the mosquitoes and still the problem exists. He uses a giant spray for mosquitoes and sleeps in an air conditioned room. He cannot sit during the evenings in his veranda which he used to do during the last several months. Mosquitoes have suddenly increased in Chennai. Mosquito repellent does not seem to work here.

K.K. Nagar mosquitoes are smaller in size and are less active. One needs to use only the mosquito repellents. The electronic bat comes in handy. Chennai is suddenly full of mosquitoes. And the climate for the past few days is also chill. Theer are only two types of Mosquitoes in Chennai city - the ones that bite and ones that bite cleverly.

When I am not able to talk in the public, many people talk to me. This does not bring me any credit, but shows how people love me and would like to share their opinions with me. I was suddenly asked to speak today! I was expecting to speak and all night I was preparing myself to talk. It was only for 10 minutes and i was free to choose the topic. But when i went to the stage I was blank an could not even talk for two minutes.

Public talking is a skill and though I have failed, I will learn it. It requires a open heart and the will to talk.

After the event, I was apologetic that I could not open my mouth. People said it does not matter. I must improve I agree and will open my mouth, sure in future!