B’day Parties 2008 – Part 1

Feb 24th: Shiyamali – Shy (Shiyamali) wanted to celebrate her b’day in an orphanage. Myself, Kav (Kavin), Nit (Nithya), Pri (Priya) and Shy went to an orphanage called “Guild of Service” at Anna Nagar. There were so many children there. We shared gifts, chocolates, colour pencils, etc. We spent time with those kids and they were very happy to be among us. We actually interrupted them in the middle of a movie, yet they were happy to spend their time with us. It was so nice being there.

May 21st: Hari – I along with Ro (Rohan) and Kav bought a gift (a game CD of ‘Indigo Prophecy’) on the previous day. Ro and I decided to make it a surprise and we put 4 layers of newspaper around the CD. We stuck in inside a case and also put lots of tiny bits of papers in it. We wrapped the case with another 4 layers of newspaper and put it inside a box. We filled the box with crushed dry leaves (from my garden) and wrapped the box with another 4 layers of newspaper and finally a gift wrapper. We had great fun when Hari was trying to open it out. He was frustrated when he spotted the dry leaves and he threw them all over us.

Aug 4th: Inc – I was a little busy on my b’day after college and hence I couldn’t meet my friends. On the following day I was called to Nit’s house to give the print-outs of TAGS that I had taken. I went there along with Ro. Suddenly Pri, Kav and Hari came there too. I wasn’t surprised about Pri or Kav as they visit Nit often. But it was Hari that surprised me. He had never visited Nit before and he would have surely told me if he was coming there. It was clear to me that my b’day party was planned. The cake was cut but it was all in my face before I could eat one. The clever Ro stole a little cake to eat before it was applied on me. A confession session was held where I got to answer every question they ask. Had a great time!

Aug 13th: Nit – I wanted to avenge Nit for my b’day party was her plan. We decided to surprise her. Pri went to Nit’s place first and took her out. At this time Me, Kav, Ro and Shy went to Nit’s house placed the cake and the balloons and we hid inside Elsa’s room. When Nit and Pri entered we surprised Nit. But a better surprise awaited her. We had invited her childhood friends Indhu and Prashanth which really surprised her. Only this time, the cake was on everybody’s face. We all had a great party and a very good (very boring according to Nit) confession session.

B’day Parties 2008 – Part 2

Jun 26^th (Aug 14th): Ro – Me, Hari and Kav called him up in the middle of the night and wished him for his b’day. Poor Ro! We didn’t celebrate his b’day at all. We just visited him like we do always. We were planning to give him a surprise when he goes to board his ship which was due very soon. But it was postponed to Aug. I got Ro a guitar book and Hari got him a DVD full of games. I neatly wrapped both the gifts with lots and lots of newspaper and finally a gift wrapper. On the day of his departure we told him bye and when he was almost about to enter into the airport we gave him the gift. He was very happy as he least expected it. Later on he called me to my mobile after reaching his destination and conveyed his happiness for the gifts.

Sep 2^nd: Pri – As usual me, Kav, Hari and Shy met at Nit’s place. We all then went to Pri’s house to give her a surprise. The front door was opened. As Nit advised, I clicked on the calling bell and hid. Just as Pri was coming out I screamed “Surprise”, only to my surprise that she wasn’t surprised. She had seen us coming already and Nit had actually tricked me. Anyways, the cake cutting party was followed by face cream party. And it was the third cake that Pri had to cut that day. How Lucky! We then went to the terrace and had Pri’s confession session.

Nov 25^th (Dec 14^th): Kav – Another late celebration. As we all had exams we decided to celebrate Kav’s b’day late. And we knew he could easily guess. Hence we decided to celebrate a week after exams. We had asked Arun to visit him earlier and take him upstairs and keep him busy with computer. I along with Hari Nit, Pri and Shy then went to his house silently (with the help of Kav’s sis). We lit the candles on the cake, filled the balloons with water and silently went upstairs. We all stood quietly behind him and all started to sing, “Happy B’day”, which gave him a huge shock. We then made him blow the candles. Here was a little fun. Those were relighting candles. You blow them, they light up again. Poor Kav! Not knowing that, he tried blowing it again and again. Finally when the candles burned completely the cake was cut and was applied on the faces! But the fun didn’t end there. After washing our faces, we went to the terrace. There we threw all the water balloons on him. Adding more to his surprise we had a mini holi. We put the holi powder on everyone but Shy (she really didn’t want it). A little confession session from Kav ended our party of maximum surprises.

My Theory

*~*Disclaimer: The following theory is put forward all by myself. The contents may or may not be true. *~*

I hope you would have read my previous topic, ‘How Old is Everything’. There I explained how the age of the Universe was estimated to be between 11 to 18 billion years. In this topic I’m not going to tell you that the Universe has a limit or that there is a perfect boundary for the Universe but I’m going prove that one cannot see anything in the Universe beyond a particular range which could form an invisible boundary.

Before explaining my theory let me start with the basics. I hope you all would have heard of the term ‘Light Year’. It is the distance traveled by light in one year. Now imagine you see a star which is 10 LY (Light Year) away. The light from the star that you actually see was produced from the star 10 years ago. It has taken 10 years for the light to travel from that star all the way to Earth. Based on this there are three possibilities on whether you can see a particular star.

1. Now let us imagine a star which is 10 million LY away. If the star was alive 10 million years ago then we will be able to see the star at present as the light produced from the star 10 million years ago would reach the Earth at the present time. I hope there is no doubt about that.

2. Now let us assume that the star (10 million LY away) was not present 10 million years ago. Let the age of the star be 1 million years old. Though the star does exist at present we would not be able to see it from Earth because the light of the star will take 9 million more years to reach Earth.

3. Now let us imagine that a star (10 million LY away) did exist 10 million years ago but it does not exist at present. Let us assume that the star died about 5 million years ago. Yet we would be able to see the star. Only after 5 million years we would be able to see the star die from Earth.

My theory is based on these three points. Once you understand these three points, you would be able to understand my theory.

Coming to the point, let us assume that the Universe is 1 billion years old and there was no source of light before that. Let us assume that there is a star 1 billion LY away and that it was present right from the beginning of the Universe. Then we can surely see that source from Earth. Now let us assume that there is a star which is 2 billion LY away. We would not be able to see it because the star was not present 2 billion years ago. Since that was before the birth of Universe, there was nothing in the universe at that time. Hence we can see nothing beyond the range of 1 billion LY since there was no source of light at that time. Thus our range of sight is only up to 1 billion LY is all direction.

Therefore I conclude that though Universe does not have a definite boundary, it certainly has a limit beyond which nothing can be seen, whether or not something is present. And this limit is given by the age of the Universe. Hence every second, the limit is further extended by 1 light second (3×10^8 meters). Hence every year, the limit is extended by 1 LY. Is this what the scientists say that the Universe is expanding??? Or is it just a coincidence???

The object within the white circle is the farthest object ever discovered. Abell 2218 is a tiny galaxy at a distance of roughly 13 billion LY from Earth

Here is another point I have discovered. Using the above theory one can say that the limit of the universe is approximately the age of the universe itself. And one cannot see anything beyond this range from Earth. By theory of relativity, it can also be said that the Earth is in the center of this boundary or relatively Earth is at the center of the Universe.

My Theory

*~*Disclaimer: The following theory is put forward all by myself. The contents may or may not be true. *~*

I hope you would have read my previous topic, ‘How Old is Everything’. There I explained how the age of the Universe was estimated to be between 11 to 18 billion years. In this topic I’m not going to tell you that the Universe has a limit or that there is a perfect boundary for the Universe but I’m going prove that one cannot see anything in the Universe beyond a particular range which could form an invisible boundary.

Before explaining my theory let me start with the basics. I hope you all would have heard of the term ‘Light Year’. It is the distance traveled by light in one year. Now imagine you see a star which is 10 LY (Light Year) away. The light from the star that you actually see was produced from the star 10 years ago. It has taken 10 years for the light to travel from that star all the way to Earth. Based on this there are three possibilities on whether you can see a particular star.

1. Now let us imagine a star which is 10 million LY away. If the star was alive 10 million years ago then we will be able to see the star at present as the light produced from the star 10 million years ago would reach the Earth at the present time. I hope there is no doubt about that.

2. Now let us assume that the star (10 million LY away) was not present 10 million years ago. Let the age of the star be 1 million years old. Though the star does exist at present we would not be able to see it from Earth because the light of the star will take 9 million more years to reach Earth.

3. Now let us imagine that a star (10 million LY away) did exist 10 million years ago but it does not exist at present. Let us assume that the star died about 5 million years ago. Yet we would be able to see the star. Only after 5 million years we would be able to see the star die from Earth.

My theory is based on these three points. Once you understand these three points, you would be able to understand my theory.

Coming to the point, let us assume that the Universe is 1 billion years old and there was no source of light before that. Let us assume that there is a star 1 billion LY away and that it was present right from the beginning of the Universe. Then we can surely see that source from Earth. Now let us assume that there is a star which is 2 billion LY away. We would not be able to see it because the star was not present 2 billion years ago. Since that was before the birth of Universe, there was nothing in the universe at that time. Hence we can see nothing beyond the range of 1 billion LY since there was no source of light at that time. Thus our range of sight is only up to 1 billion LY is all direction.

Therefore I conclude that though Universe does not have a definite boundary, it certainly has a limit beyond which nothing can be seen, whether or not something is present. And this limit is given by the age of the Universe. Hence every second, the limit is further extended by 1 light second (3×10^8 meters). Hence every year, the limit is extended by 1 LY. Is this what the scientists say that the Universe is expanding??? Or is it just a coincidence???

The object within the white circle is the farthest object ever discovered. Abell 2218 is a tiny galaxy at a distance of roughly 13 billion LY from Earth

Here is another point I have discovered. Using the above theory one can say that the limit of the universe is approximately the age of the universe itself. And one cannot see anything beyond this range from Earth. By theory of relativity, it can also be said that the Earth is in the center of this boundary or relatively Earth is at the center of the Universe.