Trip again

Me going to Vellore in a short (?) vacation. leaving Hyd today. No tickets were available in Sabari express (cos of Ayyapaa maalai season). So, going to Thirupathi by train and going to Vellore by bus. will be back on 25th of this month. Again am on leave till 31st. utilizing all my to-be-elapsed CL/PLs :D

Anyway I will be coming office for attending aerobics from 26th-31st. Veetla phone problem sariya pochu. so I can blog from home too after I come back :-)

kandippa 2 cinema'aathu theatre poyitu paakanum :p yehhh.. ok ok ok.

byeee. take care everyone.

J

Bangalore trip!

First of all, sorry for not informing you guys abt this. The trip was not confirmed till Friday evening and I was busy after that, so couldnt write abt it here.

Finally, utilized the offer that we got in Flashback :-)

Major events:

Saturday
* 10am - 1pm Hyd - Blore flight journey (formalities, boarding, flying, reaching Blore)

* Amma's first flight journey :-) so she was scared most of the times.

* 1pm till night - relatives home. quite boring Ahh. en'daa vanthomnu irunthathu. couldnt call any of my college friends too. missed my close ones. Felt bad for not getting any of your contact numbers too. vaanginaalum call pani iruka mudiyathu. oru maathri distant relative. didnt feel comfortable calling from their home or coming out to make a call.

Sunday
* Morning - Got accustomed to the environment and started feeling good. The climate was AWESOME. Blore guys, u r sooo lucky I should say :-) OMG such a nice climate. All trees, konjam drizzling, quiet atmosphere. Heyy I stayed in SadhaShiva nagar. anybody from that place? landmark'na -- Sir C.V Raman road, near IISC. theriyuma?? I particularly asked for all the landmarks, so that i will quote here :p

* Evening - went out for shopping. Commercial road. apram avangha car'la apdiyae M.G. Road, Brigade road, Vidhaan choudaa (??) elaam paathom. travelled through Yeshwanthpur, Malleswaram areas.

Monday
* morning - again chatting with ppl at relatives house.
* Went to Iyangaar's bakery and got some eatables (yummy) :-)
* Got "Elaki" type of banana. soo kutty and sweet :-)
* 3'o clock - left my relatives place.
* 3.3.0 to 4 - Kempfort (spelling correcta?). Very niceee :-)
* 4 - 6 - Blore to Hyd flight formalities and journey.
* Amma was comfortable in the return journey :-) and me too got used to other formalities.

Overall, the trip was good.

engha elaam ponaeno, my eyes were looking around the ppl and wishing if I could see some known person :-) seriously, I have seen (ppl in Blore) Vikki's, Ferrari's, Nithya's photos. so yaaravathu therinjavangha poraanghalaaanu paathutaeee irunthen. hhmm :-)

sari, will post some pics if possible.

tataaa :-)

Naveena Kanaku

Another fwd, found this funny as Puthiya Thathuvams :-)







Have a nice day !!

J

Puthiya Thathuvams

Got this fwd today. hehe :-)

Train evlo vegama ponalum,
kadaisi petty kadaisiyadhan pogum…”

Cellula balance illana call panna mudiyathu....
Aaana....
Manushanukku call illana,
Balance panna mudiyathu....

Bus poita bus stand angayae thaan irukum
aana cycle poita cycle stand koodavae poogum.

“FILES NA OKKANTHU PARKANUM AANA
PILES NA PARTHU OKKARANUM”

Vaayala “naai” nu Solla mudiyum
aana…
Naayaala “Vaai” nu solla mudiyuma ???

KOKKARAKO KUMMAANGO!!!!

update:

arisi kotina vaera arisi vangalam
pal kotina vaera pal vangalam aaana
thael kotina vaera thael vanga mudiyadhu...."

Caru kulla tyre inrunthaa adhu stephni,
adey Nambha maela antha trye erinaa, nambha chatni !!!

MANDAIYA POTTA “DIE”
MANDAILA POTTA “DYE"

Rusk

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=rusk

u know ryt? I brought a box full of rusk to office today. Generally I get fruits. I feel konjam hungry after my workout in the evening. I will be craving for food by then. When I get biscuits from the snacks counter at office, the tamil folks here make fun of me "nee edhuku aerobics panra. immediate'a atha compensate pannidra" nu :-)

Reminded of these "rusk" which I used to have when I was in school. So, got from the bakery nearby last week.

hhmm ippa enna matter'naa, atha ennalaa saapda mudiyalai :( Grrr its very crispy. so romba satham varuthu. fruits saapdra maathri quiet'aa saapda mudiyalai. And to my embarrassment, enaku atha saapdanum vera thonitae iruku and i am just conrolling myself :-). onu eduthu, paadhi odachu, apram konja neram (silent) chew panitu (till the crispiness disappear), apram saapdren LOL :D

Tasting really yummy :-) ok continuing this process ;-)

world is beautiful :-)

Hai hai hai hai :-)

I am back. enghayum pogalai. chumma back with a good mood''nu solla vanthen ;-) Things are good. Amma kooda elaam sariya pochu. ippa orae close aayitom :-) orae konjalssss :-). Everything/everyone around me seems good. The world is sooo beautiful. Nice to live this life!!
elaam namma paakara paarvaila thaan iruku la? u know this story in Mahabharatham. Dhronar'kum Dhuruyodhanan kum etho karuthu vaerupaadu, reg paandavargal. Dhronar wanted to prove that paandavargal are good. So, Dhuriyodhanan kita "intha ulagathula ethanai nallavan irukaanu paathutu vaa'nu sonaar" and Dharmar kita "intha ulagathula ethanai kettavan irukaanu paathutu vaa'nu sonaar". Dharmar came back and said "en kannuku oru kettavan kooda thenpadalai"nu. Same time, Dhuriyodhanan vanthu "en kannuku oru nallavan kooda theriyalai"nu. nice no?
ennamo, when I was wondering about my change in moods in the couple of days, I remembered this story.

okie, enough of stories :-) Hope you are doing good! take care and enjoy ur day :-)

J

Hmm

Sorry for the bad post early in the morning. Just want to take this bad feeling out of my system and want to start with my work. What to do if the close ones (ur mom) hurt u? I have been trying my best to make the ppl (my family esp) around me feel happy but they are hurting me soo easily. I am not able to digest that fact. how can u hurt someone who lives for u, do things for u, adjust with u etc etc. I really dont know.

Whenever she hurts me, I used to shout back if there is no mistake on my side. Or keep mum and get the scoldings if the mistake is mine. Nowadays, I am trying to control my temper (me basically a short tempered person) and am trying to be quiet if she hurts me. She is taking that as an advantage or probably she thinks that she is right and hurting me with her words :( I dont want to argue with her and validate my point and end up in crying only. Its ok if I am at home. If it happens in the week days, esp when I start to office, its affecting my work (and the whole day). I am going down (this is one of the reasons for this post) and I hate that.

I dont know wat to do. I tried talking to her to know the exact problem but in vain. I tend to get (even) hurt if the other person is happy. Generally I dont want anyone getting hurt cos of me. I want to make everyone around me happy and inturn feel happy. But how can one be so kind all the time? How can I adjust all the time when the other person is not co-operating? Even I want to live peacefully like any other person in the world.

Its not like happened once or twice and me exagerating stuff and posting this. I am not that dumb as someone who does not understand the parents value or their feelings towards kids blah blah. I understand all these things and Ah ennamo. Me reached the peak of sad feelings today morning and office'ku auto'la varappa thaana kanla thani vanthudthu :'( Tried to start my work but couldnt. thought i would write here.

I want to turn the comments off for this post as no one can undertand this feeling unless u experience this...but then its ok..

anyway...let me sit tight, take a deep breath and proceed this day. One's personal stuff should not affect their work. I just want to keep this stupid sad feelings aside and enjoy my work. Its ok to get back to that sad feeling after my work hrs.

Ah, somebody teach me how to compartmentalize the mind.

Update: Forgot to mention this; people are taking me for granted :'(

U know?

People who come from US after their onsite assignment (even for a short duration), start saying "u know, u know" in each and every sentence. vera vaarthai edhuvumae kedaikalana, they say "u know". inaiku kaalaila ennamo dhideernu idhu thonuchu -- "unaku vaarthai theriyalana, ethuku ethir'la irukavan kita 'u know, u know' nu kaekarenu" LOL :D

u know why?

Iniya Deepavali Nalvaazhthukkal :-)

http://archies.indiatimes.com/ecards/images/cards/flash/diw059.swf

(headphones on please. nice music (Veena) in the background)

Anbudan,
J.

Mobile

My sis lost her mobile today. Office'ku bus'la porappa. Nokia 2600; hutch prepaid connection.
she has one kutty handbag only. so she herself wondering how one could open and take it out without her knowledge. she is feeling terribly bad and crying over phone. chinna ponu paavam.
enaku ennamo avlo kashtam illai :-) see, I am improving my attitude :p Generally, avaluku onum aagala illai. cell thaanae, vera vaanghikalam maathri naan cool'a iruken.

my mom is also feeling bad. when I was cheering her up, she got angry and abrubtly hung the call X-(. "eppadi kashtapadamaa iruka solra?" nu kaekaraangha. hhhmm.."sari poi ukaanthu azhu"nu sonen. phone'a vachutaangha.

anyway, my sis tried to reach her mobile, ring pothu, but udanae cut aayuduthunu sonaa. cell thirudinava(n) inum switch off pannamaala vachu irukaanghanu me wondering. enaku ennamo veetlayae enghayo irukunu thonuthu.

Guys, what should one do if they lose their mobile?

Thanks,
J.

Recent fav songs

I am listening to these two yummy telugu songs since sterday. Gosh! continuous'a play panitu iruken..am enjoying :-)

my recent fav songs in Telugu:

Neetho Cheppana (Athadu) -- S.P.B and Chitra (http://www.raaga.com/channels/telugu/movie/A0000501.html)

Nenunenugalene (Manmadhudu) -- S.P.B. Charan http://www.raaga.com/channels/telugu/movie/A0000260.html

Dumbs, Vikki -- give a shot. sare na? :-) Others too, Telugu puriyanumnu avasiyam illai. enakum fullaa elaam Telugu theriyathu :p but I do enjoy the music in these songs a lot. esp the flute piece in the second song, Charan's voice -- ellamaae :-)
You shall try the other songs in Athadu too..decent ones.

sariiii tataa :-)

Cheers!
J.
update: am sorry, ignore the flute piece. athu intha song illai :p

(Music) Instrumental class !

Am feeling fresh, brisk, rejuvenated now :-) Habbaa..enkita iruka ketta pazhakamae ithu thaan. irunthaa apdiyaee sogama irupen..illana gudhichutu irupen hehe :-) oru balanced state'la iruka maaten :p

Anyway, me and my close friend here at work are planning to join some music instrumental class in near future. namaku pidichatha kathukum pothu inum nallaa irukum la? ennoda fav 'music' thaan. Whatever feelings I have, I always want to listen to songs or intrumental ethuvenumnaalum kaepen. very soothing, warm it would be. paattu payithiyam naan :-)






mm enna instrument kathukalaam -- guitar, violin, veena ....?? ellaamae pidikara maathri iruku :p

chumma kaekren, which one do you like?

Have a lovely day all of you :-)

Cheers!
J.

Feeling down !

I am feeling down often. sometimes with reason and sometimes without any reason. People/things around me seem to be fine but I am feeling down :( I am not able to concentrate on my work :( some sort of fear feeling is occupying my mind/heart most of the times and I hate that :'( I have been trying to overcome this phobia since few months by listening to good quotes, reading books, talking to ppl who encourage me etc. whenever I do that, I feel better. After sometime I am losing that courage.

I know that I am in a better position than thousands of ppl in the world. I should be happy with watever I have..Being aware of all these things and still feeling bad -- thats not good ryt? -- I hate myself :(
uff..horrible..
me trying to come out of this feeling by listening to songs, blogging, reading SL posts blah blah...my concentration level is diminishing day by day..I used to work _well_ before..I am not doing these days or I am not satisfied with my work..I come with loads of energy to work..but when i leave home, I am not having _that_ satisfaction these days....hhmm :(

some problem with me??? :-)

ppl, what do you do when you feel down?. Feeling bad is different. I am feeling soo low/down or watever, during which I get a feeling that I am not capable of doing anything, or I think I am doing bad at work, or I keep mulling over as to how to get out of this etc etc...hhmm :(

ok anyway,...take care ppl....Have a good week ahead!

bye,
J.

Flashback Pics !

http://manadhinthedal.blogspot.com/2005/10/flashback.html

Vijay Aadhiraaj on the grand dias ..




My uncle (first from the right side)






First time posting pics in my blog! Exciting :-)

Enjoy,
J.

This is life !

Got this fwd sterday..I liked it!

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**THIS IS LIFE**
When things don't go right,
When there is no ray of light,
And its too hard to survive,
Tell yourself - Go on, THIS IS LIFE!


When there is no friend,
When life is on the dead end,
When world is not a paradise,
When your confidence dies,
Tell yourself - Go on, THIS IS LIFE!


When there is competition to face,
When you are lagging behind in the race,
When you've lost faith in God,
When you're betrayed by a fraud,
Tell yourself - Go on, THIS IS LIFE!


When others don't respect you,
When you're not amongst the admirable few,
When for a question, you can't find a solution,
When all you're sure about, is confusion,
Tell yourself - Go on, THIS IS LIFE!


When your destination is miles apart,
When you don't know where to start,
When all you see around is pain,
When your hardwork is in vain,
Tell yourself - Go on, THIS IS LIFE!


Even though all this happens
just have faith in self & face the life
with smile,
things will surely change one day
because as said "THIS IS LIFE"

Watchman :'(

Our apartment watchman expired day b4 yesterday night :( ippa nenachaa kooda kanavu maathri iruku :(
last week relatives kooda veliya poyitu varappa, avara paathen. As usual, auto'ku pay panrappa elaam he used to see us near the gate. After the Dussera hols, I havent seen him. Friday morning, my Amma said that he was ill and admitted in Osmania hospital. servant maid sonaanghanu sonaangha. Appo I didnt take it seriously. Thought chumma etho odambuku pola and he would be back anyway'nu.

Saturday morning, Amma and myself were talking abt our watchman. Appo sonaangha, that he has got his first heart attack nu. konjam seriousaa irukaar'nu. I thought of going to hospital and see him. ippadi nenachutae balcony'la irunthu veliya paathutu irunthen. keezha oru naalu peru ninutu irunthaangha. I had a hunch that something related to our watchman only. I came inside. paatha my mom started talking to them. Telugu language problem'naala Hindi'la amma was asking. And I heard the reply as "marthae" ennamo. enakum hindi theriyaathu. I came outside and we called our sis who speaks Telugu well and she asked them. same reply. "Naidu sachu poyaeru". Oh no!! my mother started crying then. my mind went totally blank. Everything looked like a dream only. same kinda feeling happened when I heard my father's demise (six years back). ufff Hmmm.

My sis and myself rushed to the groundfloor and enquired the other guys (laundry guy, drivers ellaam). Naidu'va ooruku (Vijaywada) eduthutu poitaanghanu sonaangha :(
He is young only. 39/40 yrs thaan irukum. Entha age'la heart attack varuthunae theriya maatendrathu.

Dussera'ku money kaetu irukaar. Since we were busy with the relatives, my mom forgot abt that and she told me on Friday that we will have to give the money. kadaisiya kodukavae illai. Amma'ku athae kashtam :(
I came inside the room and literally cried for sometime. eppadi azhugai vanthathunae therla. antha blank mind appo thaan pochu enaku :(

eppavumae office'la irunthu late;aa thaan poven (~10.30 or 11pm). Vanthathum "Naaidu Naaidu" nu thaan koopduven. He used to say "Maa osthaanamma". Avara inimae paaka maatomnu nenachaa, kanla thani varuthu ippa kooda :'(

3 years'aa theriyum avara. Avarkita thaanae ellaa flat related problems;um soluvom. hhmm. aniku fullaa maathi maathi ithayae dhaan pesitu irunthom.

Hmm ennamo. next minute enna aagumnu theriyaatha vaazhkai. la?

Anyway, let his soul rest in peace !!

take care ppl!

bye,
J.

Flashback

Kirtilal Jewellary had organized this program called "Flashback" in Hyderabad. Saw the brochure in our office notice board and got the tickets last week. ennoda Mama, maami oorla irunthu vanthu irunthaangha (Dussera hols). so avangha + naan, my sis attended this function @ Shilpakala Vedika, Madhapur, hyd.

Veliyala entrance'la irunthu all Tamizh makkal _only_. soo nice to see all our makkal :-) namma oorla irukara feeling. 6'oclock aarambika vendiya function. 6.45 varaikum stage was empty. moreover we didnt have any idea of wat the program is all about. so porumayae poyidthu.

oru 7'oclock, "Vijay Aadhiraj" voice mike'la kaeka aarambichathu. happa function start aayudthu ! ok, program enna'na, 1960's, 70's, 80's, 90's -- intha stage'la vantha movies, songs oru recap maathri. antha antha season costumes'la makkal vanthu ponaangha. konjam songs'la irunthu oru 3/4 lines'ku dance aaditu, apdi pochu..generally college skit maathri vachukongha. And oru oru era change aagara gap'la, Shalini (playback singer) vanthu avaloda songs paadina. it was too good. kai thatii thatii orae kai vali vandhudthu :-) college'la enjoy pannathu elaam gavanam vanthathu.

And there was a lucky draw too. so apdi time adjust pannaangha.
my uncle was making fun when we wrote our names in the ticket and put in the lucky draw box. Third price etho 3 peruku pochu. 2 nd prize announce panra time. 2 second prizes actually. flight ticket (Kingfisher airlines) from Hyd - Blore - Hyd (for 2 I guess, need to confirm). oru 2nd prize, oru payanku pochu. And it was the time to pick the second one. The chief guest came and shuffled the box a lot. we were LOL ing to see that, made fun of that and thought someone is going to get. The chief guest handed over the paper to Vijay aadhiraj and he announced the name of the winner. U know wat, U know wat? It was my Uncle's name..yehhhhh.. we all were stumbled for a moment. Whew!!! we were seeing each other and couldnt believe our eyes (ears actually :p). He read the name again and read the address too.....Yehhhhhhhh :-) My uncle went and got the gift. nicee no? :-)

Btw, my uncle has asked me to utilize this offer hehe :-)

lemme try to post some of the pics.

Totally had a nice time last saturday :-)

byeee,
J.

contact lenses

am planning to go for contact lenses. Today we had eye checkup at work. So, fortunately got a chance. They had a trial offer (disposable lens) and I utilized it. morning'la irunthu evening varaikum, lens poattutu irunthen. yehhh it was good :-) first konjam kannula irritatingaa irunthathu. apram pazhagidthu. nice feeling. but generally athuku neriya care eduthukanum maathri thonum mm?. adhanaalayae lens podaama irunthen.

adhaan inaiku update. koodiya seekirathula I will get one for me.

neengha yaaravathu use panreenghala? whats ur advice? :-)

byeee!

Boooo :-)

Just checked Krish's last comment in the previous post LOL :))

Gang,

epdi irukeengha? Lot of (good) things happening in life. So, me kinda busy :-) will write in detail once everything gets over. Appapa blog pakkam varen. Missing u all :(
ellarayum nenachutae thaan irupen. Hope things are fine at your end.
munnadi elaam weekend'aathu blog panra maathri irukum. ippa cos of the phone problem (Tata indicom makkal vanthu paathutu elaam poitaangha), i am not able to do that. athaan neriya gap vanthudthu. weekdays sutham, mudiya maatendrathu. hhmm

sari nothing, chumma hi sollalaamnu thaan.
take good care of urself.

I will be coming here whenever i feel like and write something. So please keep visiting ;-) (dhoda :-))

Thanks,
J.

Good quotes - 1

Think like a man of action; Act like a man of thought.

Lonavala - pics

Gang,

I have uploaded few pics in flickr.com

here is the link

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36702598@N00/

not sure if this is the way i can point u to the pics. just a try..

btw, flickr didnt allow me to upload further. I got a message saying that i have reached the limit for the month :(
inum konjam photos iruku...i will try uploading them later..

sari, pics eppadi irukunu sollungha :p

tata,
J.

update: I just tried the above link; its directed to the 2nd page of the pics. I have few more photos uploaded there. how to let others see all pics? help!

I am back :-)

yehhhh had a lovely time :-)
Ferrari - Chikki vaanghitu vanthen ! apram neengha sonna places almost cover panom. like it was there as a part of our plan; sight seeing ellaam. And neengha sonnathunaala, I felt soo comfortable, like munnaadiyae elaam paatha maathri, I was telling my friend that I know this place, abt chikki and all hehe :p Thanks :-)

trip pathi detail'aa weekend ezhutharen and pics'um upload panren. btw, "Add image" in the toolbar is not working for me. how do i post pics in my blog? help help !!

tata
J

Trip

Yehhh :-) inaiku evening Lonavala kelambarom :D

I am kinda excited abt it :-) nethu night packing elaam mudinghuthu.
Generally, travel panrathu, places paakrathu elaam enaku romba pidikum :-) and this time i am more excited cos:
* first time, enaku company koduka oru friend irukaangha. eppavum trip poromnu sonaa, i will e happy, but angha pona apram I wont have anyone to accompany me; I used to feel all alone and horrible'a irukum. ippa apdi ilai :-)
* first time ennoda camera eduthutu poren. neriya photos "naanae" eduka poren :p

Hoping to have a 'nice' time. me back to work on Monday.
Ok. vanthu trip pathi blog panren :-)

u guys have a nice weekend :-) Be happy !!
tata

Cheers!
J

Priyasakhi

sterday ethavathu padam paakalamnu, cd eduka naanum ammavum ponom. Sachin, Priyasakhi irunthathu. naan Sachin edukalaamnu sonnen. Amma thaan, "illa priyasakhi pudhu padam. athae edukalaam"nu. ethunaalum enaku ok. so Priyasakhi eduthutu vanthom.

vantha udanae, en sis "edhuku intha padam eduthutu vantheengha" thitinaa. Anyway we started watching that movie and orae romantic scene scenaa irunthathu first 1/2hr to 40 min. Amma orae thititae irunthaangha. me and sis were LOL :))

ithuvae naangha antha movie eduthutu vanthaa, udanae amma "mm intha maathri elam padam paarungha. appa thaan nallathu"nu thituvaangha. hehe...maanam pogum...naethu athu maathri onum sola mudiyalai, cos avangha thaan antha movie edukalaamnu sonaangha :)) sema comedy veetla.

Sadhaa athula "Mama" nu vera koopduvaa, avangha amma Aishwarya va. so, engha amma'va naanghalum apdi "Mama, Mama" kooptu oatitu irunthom.
Had fun watching the movie at home :)

konjam scene'la dialogues were ok. mathabadi enna nala irukunu therla. chuma oru vaati paakalaam.

Vanthuten :-)

Ahaa, namma blog pakkam vanthaalae mood nalla maaridthu :-) how nice :-) entha expectations'um illama, namma nenaikaratha ingha kottitu poyidlaam. and poor good souls like you would read that and respond. i am not kidding. I have been feeling soo bad since last week and busy at work too. so, blog panna mudiyalai, and didnt read others' posts too. veetla vera net adikadi disconnect aaguthu. so, weekend'um blog panna mudiyalai. today, luckily inum connect aayitu iruku. adhaan.

so how u guys doing? hope things are fine at ur end.
thanks for checking my blogspot.

enna post panrathu'nu yosikaren :-) sari modhala oru hi post podalaamnu thaan idhu.

:-)
J

Chips

Today I feel like eating banana (naendhram pazha) chips. u like it? Ah, naan evvalavu koduthaalum saapiduven..avloooo pidikum :p

potato chips kooda pidikum but my fav is banana chips. Athuvum Kerala'la irunthu vaanghi varathu (rarely by my mallu friend) inum soopera irukum. melisaa nalla seithu irupaangha. Oh yummy yummy :-) ingha Hyd'la kedaikarthu preparation avlo nalla ilai. "Hot chips" shop'la kedaikarthu nalla irukum, btw :-)

Krish's call

Note: indha post saturday'vae ezhudhinen. net problem'naala anupa mudiyalai. posting now..

idhanaal naan thangaluku therivapathu ennavendraal Mr.krish Hyd vandhu irukaar :p and he is leaving today. He actually mailed me abt his Hyd trip. I gave my contact number. we couldnt meet, sari atleast call panunghanu sonen. So nice of him, sterday evening enaku call panaar. Thanks, Krishna :-)

Bloggers meet elam solrappa, ennoda blog friends ingha yaarumae illaenu thonum. Ah, nethu andha aekam konjam pochu :p oruthara avangha ezhuthu moolama first therinju, apram avangha face, voice elam antha ezhuthuku map pani paakarathu, wow, its a nice experience :-)

Wishes

I could not blog sterday. late'aa wish panaalum paravalaenu thonuchu :p

Happy Friendship Day !! :-)

Blog panna start panna apram, there is a lot of difference in me - what I was and what I am now; Its soo nice to have you folks :-) Special thanks!

take care...

Have a nice week ahead !

Varumai

ingha Hyd'la "makkaaa choalam" season. correct'a mazhai kaalathula, soodaa, salt + lemon thadavi saapida nalla irukum. last week, naanum ennoda thangayum, engha veetuku kitta oruthar vandi'la vachu vithutu irunthaar. so, vaangha ponom. Enghaluku suda vachutu irukappa, eppa saapidilaam maathri naan athayae paathutu irunthen. Appa, oru amma, 2 kutty pasangha, antha vandi kita vanthu ninaangha. I didnt concentrate much on them. antha kutty payan, antha vandi kaarar kita vilai kaetutu irunthaanu mattum therinjuthu.
Vikkaravar, "onu 5 rs"nu sonaaar. Apram andha family moved from that place.

enghaloda Choalam ready aayudthu. As soon as he gave, I started eating one. Apdiyae paesitae andha place'la irunthu move pannom. Appa marubadiyum antha kutty payan'oda voice. "2.50 ku idhu kodupeenghalaa"nu antha vandi kaarar kita kaetutu irunthaan. avar illaenu solitaar. so antha kutty payan left the place. Immediately, ennoda sis kannula thani. She started crying and told me 'Cha, paaren, avangha amma'ku 5 rs koduthu atha vaangha mudiyala. aana antha payanuku atha saapidanum pola iruku la. cha paavam la" she kept repeating those words and crying. OMG!

hhmm naan first'ae gavanichi irunthaa, avanukum onu vaanghi irupen. Atleast neeyaathu soli irukalaam la'nu en sis'kita sonen. Hmm. anyway, ippadi thanaku vendiyathu kedakalana thanae antha payanukula oru undhudhal varum. Veetu kashtatha purinju avanum ozhungha life'a munnaeruvaan'nu en sis kita sonnen.

Beautiful Song !

Eppavum songs kaetutu thaan work panuven. Last 1 month'a orae pudhu song list thaan continous'a kaetutu irunthen.

Yesterday, chumma oru melody list (eppavo create pannathu) kaekaalamnu nenachen. Antha list'la I have this song "Vaa vaa, anbae anbae" from Agni Natchathiram. OMG, wat a lovely song !!! enaku munnaadiyae intha song pidikum. But nethu kaetappa, dont know why, I just loved this song :-) Yesudas and Chitra's voice, words, music ellaaam like, oh nectar ! yummy yummy :-)

Y - Yesudas, C - Chithra

Y:
Vaa vaa, anbae anbae
kaadhal nenjae nenjae
un vannam, un ennam
ellaamae en sondham
idhayam muzhudhum enadhu vasam

C:
Vaa vaa anbae anbae
kaadhal nenjae nenjae

first stanza:

Y:
neelam konda kannum
naesam konda nenjum
kaalam dhorum ennai chaerum kanmani
poovai inghu choodum
poovum pottum yaavum
mannan endhan paerai koorum ponmani

C:
kaalai maalai raathiri
kaadhal konda poonghodi
aanai poadalaam
adhil neeyum aadalaaam (2)

Y:
nee vaazhathaanae vaazhgindren naanae

C:
neeyindri yaethu poovaitha maanaae

Y:
idhayam muzhudhum enadhu vasam

C: (vaa vaa ..)

second stanza:

C:
kannan vanthu thunjum
kattil indha nenjam
kaanalala kaadhal ennum kaaviyam
andrum indrum endrum
undhan kayyil thanjam
paavayalla paarvai paesum oviyam

Y:
kaatril vaanghum moochilum
kanni paesum paechilum
nenjamaanathu undhan thanjamaanathu (2)

C:
un thoalil thaanae poomaalai naanae

Y:
soodaamal ponaal vaadathoo maanae

C:
idhayam muzhuthum enadhu vasam

Y: (vaa vaa ..)

Oh Lovely Lovely !!

:-)
J

mmm

Ungha arivurai padi, naethu poatta post'a azhichuten. ungha comments paathathum romba bayanthuten :( Ahhh, eppa thaan intha phobia ennai vittu pogumo :'(

avloo risk'aa enna? anyway thanks guys !

Ufff...

J

Thaai Paasam !

"naethu nadantha poati'la (competition) second prize vanthuchu. inaiku paatu poati'nu solitu poyirukaan, inaiku enna prize vaanghitu vara poraano!", enraargal perumai kalandha magizhchiyodu !

ippadi than pillayai patri en amma'vidam tholai pesiyil sonnathu, ennoda paati (70 yrs). avangha sonna payan, ennoda Mama'virku vayathu 48 !!

Mama office'la yearly once intha maathri competition irukum. ennoda Mama'vum participate panuvaangha. naan chinna vayasila irukum pothu'laernthae theriyum.

ippa, last week, paati'ku phone panrappa, intha dialogue. me & sis were LOL when my mom told us abt the phone conversation. Later, enaku thonidthu, "evvalavu vayasaanaalum ammaku pillai kozhandai thaanae" :-)

wat u say?

J

OMG !!!

evloooo naal aachu blog pani...ufff....velai velai velai :-). Thanks guys for visiting my blog :-). generally me busy with work and konjam mood'um poyidthu. After seeing ur comments, i felt bad for not blogging. Ahh, sorry. weekend kooda office vanthutu irunthen :(

ohh, forgot to tell u, had a horrible time today with releases and my stupid class again :(. hhmm. tension'la thala valiyae vanthudthu. veetuku polaamnu nenachen. sari apdiyae blog pakkam vanthu oru periyyyaaaaa HI sollitu polaaamnu thonuchu :-) u guys are sooo nice :-) I like all of you a lot :-) illa generally, naan post pannathaappa kooda vanthu check pannatha paathathum, me got senti...

ok, will write something tomorrow and ya its been a long time since I visited ur blogs too. dho varen :-)

Hope things are fine at ur end !!! take care :-)

tata
J

Profession & Health

I felt jealous when I saw my aerobics (Yoga today) instructor today.

we hardly get time (or give priority rather) to take care of our health. If I have some work to do or if I am not satisfied with my work I did since morning, I dont attend my aerobics class that day. I used to feel that I should not waste time (1 hr huh) in the physical workout and sincerely do my office work.

But look at the ppl whose profession is related to health (aerobics/gym/yoga instructors). They are paid for their work and they maintain/take care of their health as well ryt?.

orae kalula 2 maangaai kadhai. good no?

selfish post thaan. vera engha poi naan solrathu :p

Hyderabad-il oru Mazhaikaalam

Mazhai kotto kottunu kottuthu paaru inghae :-) (oru old song idhu - I dont think ppl know this song)

Yesss, kaalaila irunthu mazhai peithu kondae irukirathu. Ultimate climate. wooo hoo :-) Ah, car la nalla sathama songs poattu, oaetitu ponaaa sema jollya irukum. athu elam mudiyathu ennala :p so etho aezhaiku aetha ellurundaiya, engha veetu jannal pakkathula ninnu, veliya peiyara mazhaiya vaedikai paathutu iruken :-) Chance'ae illai. suppperrr climate :-)

suda suda coffee kudichutu, suda suda Dosai saaptu, me enjoying my saturday :-)

athae mood'oda oru post podalaamnu ingha vanthen :-)

Chumma thought of listing down all "mazhai" or "water" related songs which I like ..

* Mazhai Mazhai - Ullam kaetkumae - my latest fav song - Unni krishnan has done a great job.

* Nadhiyae nadhiyae kaadhal nadhiyae - Rhythm - Awww falls elam supera irukum.

* Chinna chinna aasai - Roja - again camera work - whewwwww antha song stanza'la oru 'parisal' (boat) porathu kaatum podhu, mela irunthu focus pani irupaangha. nalla irukum

* Thanga thaamarai magalae - Minsaara kanavu - SPB voice ultimate ..

* Sotta chotta nanaiyuthu Tajmahal - I like Sujatha's voice in this song. IOIIO - Manoj gavanam vanthathu. apdiyae un gavanumum varuthu LOL :))

* Silendra theepori ondru - Thithikudhae - Again sujatha - nice melody.

* Annakili nee vaadi en kaadhal seeteduka - 4 the people - Jessie gift - Bharath, Gopika - nalla irukum.

* Mun paniyaa, mudhal mazhaiya - Nanda - SPB again - my all time fav song !

apdi list poyitae irukum. Generally intha maathri nalla climate'la paatu kaeta soopera irukum la :-)

Yaan petra inbam peruga ivvaiyagam :-)

J

chippu post :D

chippu = siripu (etho padathula vadivel ipdi solluvaan.)

intha ioiio payan S.Ve. Sekhar pathi solitu irunthatha paatha udanae, sila jokes thonuchu.

S.V: "ungha jaathaga padi 4 varusham naayaa alaiveengha".
X (bayanthutae): "apram?"
S.V: "athuvae pazhagidum"

X: "naan Tanjavore'la irunthu varen. appapa enna veyil enna veyil..."
S.V: "itha solrathukaa Tanjavore'la irunthu vandheengha".

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And few jokes which I read long back in Aanandha Vigadan or Kumudham

Patient:"Doctor, enaku vara vara intha Gnyabaga maradhi rombba jaasthiyaa pochu"
Doctor: "ethana naala iruku intha vyaathi?"
Patient: "endha vyaathi?"

in the same lines ...

Patient: "Doctor, enaku oru 10 naala chinna vishayathuku elam romba kovam varuthu"
Doctor: "ethana naala intha prachanaenu soneengha"
Patient: "Modhalayae solrappa enna da panitu iruntha"

me LOL :))

byee,
J.

P.S joke puriyalana ennai kelungha ;-)

karuthu

mind (one version):

in school: "cha eppa thaan school days mudiyumo. college ponaa ippadi maangu maangu'nu year fulla padikara velaiyae irukaathu. exam kita padichaa pothum. college thaan better."

in college: "hmm velai kedaikara varaikum padichaaa pothum. velai seirathu onum kashtam irukaathu. sambalam vaanghitu nalla jollya irukalam. job thaan better."

ippa class edukarappa: "adada, audience'aa irunthaa evlo nalla irukum. summa pesarathu kaetutu poyitae irukalaamae. audience'a irukarthu thaan better."

mind (another version):

next day vera class attend pannapa: "Ahaa, class edukarthae thevalai pola irukae. ipdi question kaetutu jollya avan paatu ennamo pesitu irukaan. namma evlo neram thaan gavanikarthu."

in office: "Cha, enna pozhapu ithu. kodukara velaiya epdiyaathu mudichae aaganum. illana inoruthan senjitu per vaanghitu poiduvaan. oru oru naalum risk maathri irukae ingha. college'la evlo jollya irunthathu. nammaala mudinjatha padichutu ennamo nalla irunthom."

in college: "Hmm enna padikanumnae therla. evlo refer panna vendi iruku. school'na ithu thaan padikanumnu teacher evlo azhaga mark pani koduthuduvaangha. ingha chumma topic mattum solitu poraanghalae."

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ithanaal naan thangaluku solla nenaikarthu innana (sutham + madras tamizh :p)

"Ikkaraiku akkarai pachai".

apram ungha ishtam. hayoo ethana kallu vara potho therla. anyway me: LOL :))

byeee,
J.

P.S FYI if you read this post carefully, the second version of mind is just the opposite of what my mind has thought in version 1. purinjutha? ;-)

When

do you blogroll someone (say x)?

1. when I see that x has blogrolled me.
2. when x is reading my posts/leaving comments regularly.
3. when I like x's writing style/interests.
..
..

me #3. And whoever in my list, I have blogrolled them first and then avangha pannaangha :-). So, me just curious to know on wat basis ppl blogroll someone :-)

Timely help !

This post is dedicated to all the kind souls who have dropped in their comments for my polambals . Thanks a lot guys. post panrappa kooda I havent expected that I would get this much of supporting/encouraging words.

Class romba nalla pochu :) I handled it really well than I expected. mudicha apram oru satisfaction irunthathu :) Monday aniku iruntha tension, bayathoda poyirunthaa, therinjathu kooda sodhapitu vanthu irupen. nalla velai, I posted here and u helped me :) so nice of u !

edutha 2 class pathi oru nakkal post podalam maathri iruku ippa mood :p

will do it sometimes. me leaving for the day. B-)

cu later

J

Dumbs - I wanted to put a "nakkal" note in the previous post saying "Dumbs, as you have requested I have posted this one in English. mariyathaiya comment panu :p". Hhmm I didnt do that. apdi nakkal panna, ennoda mood correcta makkal'ku theriyathu'nu ;-). anyway thats ok.

Encourage me please :(

Gang,

Could someone give some encouraging words?

I will have to take class for freshers who joined my company recently.The thing is that I have a phobia talking infront of the crowd (stagefear), that too about a subject which I am not familiar with. The worst thing is this is not the first time I am taking classes, I have been doing this for the couple of years.

In a way, I feel good that I have been asked to do continuously forthe third year but stupid me, everytime I feel like I am taking class for the first time and I am SCARED. me restless since I got the calendar request from the HR.

Ahhhhh...please someone respond to this polambalsss.

I know this is a good oppurtunity etc etc, even then I feel bad, scared :'( :'(

Took another class today (for 1 hr) to the same group and I dont feel comfortable with the audience. That made my mood still worse. How would I take class for the whole dayyyy with this kind of ppl.

Last year it was a polite batch (they left me comfortable even when they asked questions). but today, ppl seemed to be soo harsh and asked so many things in a rude way...I did answer them for whatever questions I could and asked them to refer something for few questions....dont know, they sounded rude to me atleast :'(:'(

J.

train koothu ...

ippo ooruku porappa nadantha koothu ithu :-)

train time 3.50 pm at Nampally station. veetla irunthu station poga almost 1/2hr aagum. last minute'la pack elam pannitu, kadaila sweet elam vaanghitu kelamba 3 aayudthu. inimae kelambi oru velai traffic adhigama irunthaa, avlo thaan.
Me: "ethuku risk, Secunderabad station poyitu aeridlaam ma"
Train angha 4.20pm ku varum. secuderabad stn pogavum athae 1/2hr thaan. but then apdi ipdinu late aana kooda paravala. 4.20pm was ok for me.

naan tension party. Amma got tensed after seeing me ;-) Amma'nala luggage elam thookitu nadaka mudiyathu. so kutty bag mattum thaan edukara maathri plan. naan thaan suitcase, oru periya bag elam thookanum. ofcourse, porters irupaangha. aana station ulla pora varaikum I will have to take care. athuvum illama amma'yum tholaikama paathukanum ;-) illa, engha amma apdi vaedikai paathutu oru bayam illama varuvaangha. alert;a elam iruka theriyathu. so chumma engha amma'va kindal panuvom, naanum en sis'um. like veetla luggage elam count panrappa, bag elam paathu "1 ,2, 3 .." apdiyae amma'va kaati, "4" apdi :-)

anyway, ipdi tensiona kelambitu stn poyaachu. platform kaeta, 2 sonnangha. paatha, bridge mela aeri eranghara maathri. Amma'ku ipdi kaal keezha vacha udanae auto vaikanum :-) nadaka avlo hesitate panuvaangha. oru porter vanthaar. sari'nu avarkita koduthutu, pinnadi'yae ponom. bag'la jewels vera, so I was very careful to follow the porter :p amma nidhanama varaangha.
"kongham aagandi, aagandi" (kongham wait panungha) solitae poren. steps'la vera etho work nadanthutu irunthathu. condition was very bad. portar elam thookitu poratha paathalae kashtama irunthathu. naan badrama erangarathu paathutu + amma'va paathutu irunthen. Third ac engha irukumnu porterku theringhathu. so angha poitaar correct. Happa.

General'aavae romba carefula irupen travel panum pothu. like verifying platform, train name, my name in the list, ticket'a 10 vaati irukaa irukaanu paathu :p. So, first platform correct'aanu paaka, mela enghayathu antha "2" nu pottu oru dabba hang pani irukaanghalaenu thedaren, kaanom. ooops. anyway paravala, neriya makkal irunthaangha. Usual announcement vera "chennai vellavarisina Hyderabad express 2'aam no platformlo osthudhi" yo ennamo :-) oru train'um vanthathu. oru 10min nikkum avlo thaan. athukula, amma, luggage elam board pannanum. so train apdi slow aayitae pothu, AC single tier, AC two tier, AC 3 tier paathen, Ah damaal, namma compartment nu vega vegama kitta poi aeriyaachu. seat no 61, 62, (middle and upper) my bad time, naan aerina pakkkam, 1'la start aachu. thirumbi erangi elam era vendaamnu, apdiyae other end'ku ponen.

paatha oruthar avar things elam upper berthla pottutu irunthaar. naan medhuva "upper berth is mine". udanae avar "thats ok madam, will see". I thought it was ok as I was in the plan to exchange one of my seats with the one having the lower berth (amma'kaaga). so avarae vanthu valaila vizhunthutaar'nu manasukulla sirichen :-)

ivlo tensionla erinathu, AC'la kooda verthu kotichu. ufff. Vega vegama bag elam keezha poattu, chain elam katti, uff appa settled. Ammaku pakkathula oru ponu, oru kutty payan. romba ammaku kita ukaanthutu irunthaangha.

Me: nee ozhungha ukaanthutu irukiya? antha ponna kongham thalli ukkaara solu"

Amma'va AC'la kootitu pora oru vidhama perumai kalantha medhapu. Ivlo naal kashtapattu irukaangha. intha maathri ponnu nalla irukarthu nenachu amma perumai padarathu paaka enaku oru santhosham :-) (irukarthula thapu illala?).

Amma (manasula iruka santhoshathoda): "illa da, naan ozhungha thaan ukaanthu iruken"

Me: AC nalla irukaa. un place chill'nu irukaa. nalla ukaaru ma. ilana intha pakkam variya?

Amma: smiling :-)

apram enamo pesi sirichutu irunthom.

ivlo koothu adichutu, ticket eduthu paathen. pakkathula irukaravum paakraar. Shocked. tension aayiten.
That guy: how come you are also having 61.
Me reminded of Nithya's journey. Ada kadavulae, en ipdi sothikara'nu irunthathu.

Me (paavama but veli kaatikama romba bold'a): This is AS2 ryt?
That guy (romba thimira): No, this is AS1.
Oopsssss !!!
Me: ohh. thats ok. no problem. Amma namma adutha compartment ponum.
Amma: oh sari. eranghi eranuma?
Me: illala apdiyae ullayae polaam. iru kongham nerathula polaam.
That guy (tamizh puringhuthu pola): its better to move now itself. train move aana apram kashtam.
oru polite'aavae sollalai.

Me (manasukula): enghaluku theriyum. neengha velaiya paarungha.

Amma romba innocenta paathutu irukaangha. ponnu'ku ennamo problem vanthudthaenu :(

Hmm chain elam unlock panitu, me started walking to the next comprtment. Angha iruntah attender kita "ithi AS2 kaadha?" 2 times kaetu confirm panitu (:p), door open panna, Grrr again starting from seat no 1. marubadiyum nada. 61 varaikum. apdiyae oru vazhiya vanthu ukaanthutom.

By then train started moving. This time, chain elam podalai. kongham neram ukaanthutu irunthom :-) 2 perumae tired.

Again ulla oru bayam, correct trainla thaan aerinomaanu. cos I havent seen the train name, platform number angha ilai..so...ohhh heart beat elam adhigam aayudhtu. naan aanathu ilama, ammakita vera medhuva soli, avanghalum "hey enna vilayadriya. ethuku bayapadrathunu ila." apram medhuva "apdi irunthaa enna panrathu?". ithelam romba medhuva pesitu irunthom. cos yaarkaathu theringha maanam poga pothunu :p

naan apdiyae ezhunthu nadaka aarambichen. enghayathu train per ulla ezhuthi irupaanghalaanu :p just kidding. was looking for someone to clarify my doubts. nadanthu apdiyae doorkita vanthen. Attenders, antha blanket elam eduthutu irunghaangha.
ivangha kita "intha train chennai pogumaaa"nu kaeta enna nenaipaangha.. "ivlo periya ponnaa iruku, train kooda paathu aeralayae"nu nenachuda poraanghanu vera asinghama irunthatu :p

Ding! idea. (romba budhisaali thanama) Slowly I asked that person "train eppudu Chennai ki elthudhi" (train eppa Chennai pogum. hehee ithu epdi iruku :-)). Avar kita irunthu reply varathukula manasu elam tap tap tapnu adikuthu. "intha train angha pogaathae"nu solida poraanghanu.

Avar: "Podhuna 6.15ku elthundhi madam" (kaalaila 6.15ku poidum madam)

Me (manasula): Aala vidara saamy. train eppa ponaa enna. Madras'ku ponaa pothummm :-)

Rest of the journey was quite good :-)

Peace,
J

I am back :-)

Had a nice time at my home town esp at Paati's place. neriya relatives'a wedding'layae paathutom. so avangha veetuku elam pora velai micham ;-) habba ithukae neriya travelling thaan. athaan kongham tireda irunthathu. 3 days periyappa veetla elam apdi pochu. paathu paathu pesa vendiyatha irunthathu ;-) mm amman koyil ponom.

Next 4 days Vellore. Wow, heaven, heaven !! Mama, Mami, Paati elam orae gavanipu. how sweet they are. I felt very comfortable there. veetla iruka maathri irunthathu :) nalla rest. "arinthum ariyamalum" movie, exhibition (that bigg aplam saapten :-)), chumma shopping ipdi pochu. haan, saapadu, happa paatiku thaan ponnu, paethi mela evlo aaasai :) nalla saaptalum, "enna sariyavae saapda maatendra"nu avangha anbu thaanga mudiyalai :-)
oru oru naalum oru special item. vadai, bajji, fish kozhambu, fish fry (my paati is expertttt), chicken oru naal, snacks Ahaaa :-) (Vegeterians, sorryy abt the nv list)

haan, periyappa veetla kooda special gavanipu. summa solla koodathu, saapadu vishayathula mattum ellarayum nalla gavanichuduvaangha. Kuzhi paniyaaram, groundnut chutney - superrr combination. evlo per veetla ithu seivaanghanu therla. ennoda oorla ithu famous.
2 weeks no workout. ippa ellathukum sethu pannanum ;-)

Totally had a nice time. seekirama pochu vacation. Hyd vanthathum, orae flyover, traffic elam paathathum, pudhusa enghayo pona feeling :( set aagarathukae, itho inaiku varaikum time eduthukiten.hhm. officela work vera neriya. Grrr. sari panalam pannalam ;-)

ok take care everyone :)

byeee,
J

Sorgamae endraalum ...

athu nammoora pola varumaaaa...ada ennaadu endraalum, athu nam naattukeedaagumaa :)
pala dhesam muzhudhum pesum mozhigal Tamizh pol inithidumaaaa :-) :-)

Yaehhhhh naan ooruku poga porennnnaee...nalaiku evening train. Chennai exp 4'clock. actually Vellore and Gudiyatham ponum (hey anyone from those places???).
paatha Sabari (orae train via Katpadi) la ticket ilai. So namma madras'la kaal vachutu, apdiyae angha irunthu poratha plan :)

8th - 15th leave naan. oru kalyanam attend panitu apdiyae paati (ammaoda place) veetuku poi stay pannanum. Ah, angha enaku pidicha "amman" koyilku ponum. apram relatives veetuku elam chumma flying visit :) we too have some good ones. so avangha kita elam nalla pesitu varanum.

ok me leaving the office now. pack pannanum. nalaiku chumma vanthu 1/2a day kongham etho velai panitu, apdiyae lunch'oda escape aayiduven ;-)

will miss my blog and my blog friends :(
take care everyone.

oorla irunthu yaarkaathu ethavathu venumaa??? :-)

tata,
J.

Uravugal ...

Last saturday, I woke up pretty late as I was too busy on Friday for a release. I felt soo relaxed when I slept on Friday for all the work I did the whole week in the absence of my PL and directly reporting to the Director (my PL's boss). I came to the hall and saw my amma sitting there near the phone with a sad face. She slowly started "ippa thaan periyappa veetuku phone pannen". I said "ohh, enna sonnaangha. ozhungha pesinaanghala???"

Ok, if you are thinking wats so special abt the call, here is the story behind - The marriage alliance which came for me last month, there was a misunderstanding between our families (mine and periyappa). As always, we were the victim. As my periyappa family is well settled, they generally raise their voice and command us. They asked the groom's family to come down to their place (my native) for which those ppl said "no" for some reason. So my periyappa and periamma treated that as their prestigious issue and unmercifully shouted at us by saying this to my amma - "naangha elam avangha veetuku poga maatom. nee venumna un thambi'ya kootitu poi elam pesi mudi. apram phone pani solu." we were really shocked, well not really, as we know their behaviour. But then, intha maathri kalyana vishayathila konjam enghaluku supportive;a irupaanghanu nenachom. cos they are not going to spend even a rupee. Ellam naan(gha) thaan paathuka porom. athuku chumma oru thalamai kaavathu panuvanaghanu nenachom (nenachutu irukom).
Ah, me not very concerned abt this but ammaku "appa illathathunala, periyappa elam eduthu senjaanghanu per edukanum. chumma ithungha paatu ennamo panraanghanu yaarum nammala thappa solla koodathu". But hhmm namaku theriyuthu aana avanghaluku yaar puriya vaikarthu. Will they ever change?.

Anyway, so this has happened two weeks back and there was no communication between us after that. Now, we are going to our native place this week. And we are forced to stay at their place only. so we have been discussing at home, when to call them, wat to speak to them without hurting them or getting hurt by them (this is true). poonaiku yaar mani katrathunu !! Hmm seyaatha thappukaaga bayapdrathuna ithu thaan.

me - "ohh, enna sonnaangha. ozhungha pesinaanghala???"
Amma: "ozhungha thaan pesinaangha."
naan: "enna sonna intha alliance drop pannathu pathi".
Amma: "naanaa onum start pannalai, avanghalae kaetaangha. athu ennachu nu. naanum onum theriyatha maathri "ethu"nu kaeten. athuku periyamma, "athaan neeyaaa ponnai kootitu poi un thambi veetla kaatrenu soniyaee".
pause - actually, since they said that they wont be going, my amma has planned to visit the groom's place with her brother (my maama). Hydla irunthu thaniya poga ammaku bayam. my sis exams irunthathu. so needless to say, naan thaan ammava kootitu ponum. ipdi aarambichathu thaan intha topic. kadisila, they are saying like this. This sounded very bad to my amma and she struggled to talk further. But then she samalichufied and said "we dropped that.".
periyamma - "YYY???"
Amma - "athaan neengha poi pesa maatenu soliteenghalae ka. aarambathulaya prachanai irukarthunala vendaamnu solitaa (me)".

Then my amma did not allow to talk abt that further and started saying abt our visit to their (my native) place. actually ennoda athai ponu wedding 'kaaga porom.
Amma - "naangha intha week varom. Yashodha akka (avangha veetla thaan marriage) veetuku vara soli irukaangha".
periyama udanae dhadaaladiyaa : "En angha poreengha. nera ingha vanthudungha. veetla saaptu apram polaam."
Amma - "sari akka. varom."
then usual nalam visaripugal.


Amma to me : "avangha entha meaningla sonnaanghanae theriyalai. appolaenthu manasu aruthutu iruku". she started crying.
me: "vidu ma. avangha avangha paavam avangha avanghaluku. en thaan ipdi avangha pasanghaluku paavam saekraanghalo".
Note: intha maathri neriya vaati avangha hurt pani irukaangha. athaan intha maaathri statement from me :(
Amma: "illa, avanghaluku elam irukarthunaala thaanae ipdi namma pesina kashtapaduvaanu therinjae pesaraangha. en ipdi irukaangha??"
me: (munnadi nadanthathu elam gavanam vanthu, orae thondai varaikum kashtam adachutu apdiyae) silent.

Hmm...
apram we came back to normalcy (athu generally nadakum - kongham neram azhuthutu, apram apdiyae kindala maathi, pazhaya nelamaiku vanthuduvom) and my amma was saying "kutram paarkin sutram illai. chummava sonaangha. inum angha pona piragu ennavellam nadaka poratho. GOK !!"

Engha veetla ellarukumae sense of humour kongham jaasthi. athanala thaan intha maathri aalungha irunthaalum vaazha mudiyuthu :))

Mozhi patru !!

Ellarukum avangha mozhi mela patru/piriyam/kaadhal/veri athigama irukum. matra mozhigal mela abiprayam, nesam irukalam. enakum apdi thaan. I generally like or appreciate other languages and never complained or badly criticized about it. Entha vishayathalyum, athula iruka nallathu mattum eduthutu, michatha pathi I dont care - ppl, work, friends, relatives etc etc.

One guy (North Indian), recently joined our company. avanum, ennoda other colleague (who is friend of mine. naanum, avalum thaan lunch onna saapduvom) 'oda friendum were colleagues. So this guy used to join us during lunch time. As always, company, projects pathi elam ozhungha avanuku sonnom, first few days. Then I came to know that he did his Eng in REC Trichy. oru naal, naanum ennoda friend (she is a mallu and knows tamizh too) um were talking in Tamizh. Hmm ivan irukaanae neriya time Englishla thaan pesipom - avan thaniya feel panna koodathunu.

This guy asked us whether we were talking in Tamizh. I said yes, and asked him whether he can understand the lang (Since he studied there for 4 yrs). He immediately said no and also added that "somehow I dont like that language". ennoda face apdiyae maara aarambichidthu. I politely asked him "why". He said "I dont know. The Tamilians in the hostel used to talk so loud and I hate that sound, language. also thats difficult to learn" he said that for second time. Ahhhh apdiyae avana paakavae enaku pidikalai. Kovam apdiyae medhuva aeritae pochu. apdiyae nerves elam react panra maathri. And now he added that "collegela iruka mallus speak very gently. so I am ok with that lang". The other girl felt happy (Grrrr). He also added that "The girls used to speak tamizh in a soft way. anyway I dont like that language." Ahhhh apdiyae oru kombu irunthaa avana adikalam maathrii irunthathu. I stopped my conversation with him and lunch mudichutu poiten.

Appolaenthu avan eppa elam lunch join panraano, appa elam kadupa varum. enala onumae panna mudiyalaenu, ennoda iyalamaya nenachu kovam varum. Usually I cannot argue with ppl, if at all I do, I will end up crying only :( so I avoided talking to him.

ippa oru 10 days munnadi, he joined us for lunch again. Somebody else started a topic, vera ennamo pesa poi, marubadi Tamizh pathi vanthathu. enaku appavae ulla orumaathri iruku, intha _payan_ ethavathu solla poraan. athae maathri he did. This time I couldnot control myself. Immediately I said, "dont say bad about my language atleast in front of me." Wheww ! He got tensed and asked me "oh y r u a tamilian". Dei, yaara paathu enna kaekarenu sollalamnu nenachen (vera ennamo elam green greena thitalamnu kooda nenachenu ;-). sari sari ethuku athellam :-)

Ah, appa thaan theringhuthu. namakula antha mozhi patru epdi oori poyirukunu. Ella languagesum purinjukarthu kashtam. But ethayum rasikalam la? athuku puriyanumnu avaisiyam illa la?

Vaazhga tamizh :-)

Anbudan,
J.

Its friday :-)

"Ah enna velai enna velai. naan oruthan, epdi samaallipen" - remember Goundamani's dialogue in Chinnathambi? :-) apdi thaan pochu intha week. QA release onu. afternoon thaan mudinghathu.
happpaa, examku kannu muzhichu padicha maathri iruku. night late'a poyitu, morning seekiram vanthuten officeku. Aha, velai elam mudichaalae oru satisfaction thaan la? :-)

Hmm ennoda blog'a miss pannen first time. ennamo anadhayaa vittutu pona maathri irunthathu. En iniya blog nanbargalae, epdi irukeengha??? :-)

aanalum, appapa micha blogs elam padichutu thaan irunthen ;-) ethavathu compile panrappa, I get time. so apdi :-)

friends' mailsku elam reply pannen ippa thaan. sari, apdiyae officela irunthu escape aagaren :-)
will try to write something tomo or sunday.

Have a good weekend guys !!

take care,
J.

enaku oru unmai therinjaaganum ..

Blogrolling - Can someone explain this? well, naanum konjam padichu paathen. but avlova puriyalai or sariya padikalai I dont know. When some X is blogrolling your site, then whenever you update your site (post something or comment), will the X be informed of that?

I also dont understand why people inform/ask permission when they blogroll someone's site. The bloggers give read permission to the world ryt. Then why asking/informing them before blogrolling. neriya per comments'la paathu iruken. Even Me - you informed me after you added me in your list ryt? enaku appolaenthu kaekanumnu nenachen. athaan intha post.

Whatever I have in my blog is chumma I listed down the blogs which I read often or like reading. avangha permission elam kaetu irukanuma enna? :p

romba sillya etho kaekrenu mattum puriyuthu but paravala namma nanbargal thaanaenu post panren. no kindals ok? :-) kindal pannaalum paravala, please explain.

J

kana kandaen ..

naan illai :-) K.V.Anand (Chellamae director). intha movie songs kaeten. I like this song, "moolai thirugum". It starts with a thirukural "kaalai arumbi ...". Music is too good. Srinivas voice is awesome ! music by our melody pugazh 'Vidhyasagar'. first time kaekrappavae sila songs thaan pidikum. antha maathri intha song enaku irunthathu. Music (beats) in the other song "Chinna chinna sigarangal .." is also too good. Thippu has done a good job.

FYI - http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/movie/T0000671.html

Ensoy,
J.

Gnyabagam Varudhae ..

My sis' exams are going on. enaku leave'naala, I took her to the examination centre. athu oru school. angha class rooms, notice board, school timings, board, teachers elam paatha udanae enaku ennoda school, college gavanam vanthudthu. ennoda sis exam mudiyara varaikum (3hrs) I had to wait outside. So I was thinking about my exams in school and college. Romba college pathi gavanam vanthu, athu marubadi kedaikaathaenu aekam vanthudthu. hhmm :'(

last minute varaikum padichutu irukarthu, calci, pen elam eduthutu porathu, ennoda T.No, yaar enaku munnadi pinnadi examla ukkaruvaangha, ennoda place cross pani poravangha elam "All the best" solrathu, exam ezhutharappa water provide panrathu, additional sheets vaangharathu, few guys (SK, u remember, Kishore, kozhandai anand, sivaprasad :-)) romba seekiram exam mudichutu porathu (atha paathalae naan inum mudikala'nu first elam tension aayidum) veliya vanthu answers discuss panrathu, my project, my _first_ and _last_ exam in the college, farewell, Ahhh, all my college daysssssss, I miss u !!

Lonavala

First time I heard this word today. There was a mail to all of us saying that the company trip for this year has been planned and the place is "Lonavala". mail paatha udanae kushi. enghayo kootitu poga poraanghanu :-) Our company does this for the employees. Every year we go somewhere during the pooja hols. intha year konjam munnadiyae iruku. When I joined, the strength of the company was very less. ippa 3 times adigam aayudthu. First year enghayum pola cos of some reason. 2'nd year we went to Vizag. Whew! I just love that place. Beach elam romba clean'a supera irunthathu. Next year Blore - Golden SPA resort ku. place was ok but veliya enghayum poi enjoy panna mudiyala. antha resort roomla irunthutu, saaptu + kongham games organize pani irunthaangha. so it was not that much fun for me. swimming pool irunthathu. so swimming theringhavangha elam fulla "thani" la irunthaangha. enaku mudiyalai :( ennoda close friends angha irunthathunala, thappichen. 1 day fulla avanghaloda suthitu enjoy pannen :-)

And, last year Goa ponom. Again beach. Wow, beach la nikarathu thani sugam :-) chumma manal'a ukkanthu paakratha irukatum, kaal nanaira alavu thanila nikaratha irukatum, or kongham ulla poi inum nalla nanairathu (oh, this I have tried in Goa only; generally avlo thooram poga maaten) ellamae rombbba pidikum enaku :-) Oct'la ponom. Decemberla Tsunami paathutu, naan angha ninutu irunthathu nenachu paathen. happa Scary !!

Anyway, so this time we are going to this place "Lonavala" - more here http://www.hillstationsinindia.com/west-india-hill-stations/lonavala.html

cool no? :-) I was already happy today cos of something else and this mail came in the afternoon. avlo thaan. I feel like singing "woooo lalala woo hoooo lalala ullalala lala" :D

u guys know this place?

Ah I miss my friends whenever I go for any company trip. enaku offficela avlo close friends ilai. College'la thaan. avangha kooda ponaaa thaaan mastha irukum :-) Hmm company trip poyitu vanthappram chappunu irukum. enjoy panreno ilayo, next time mail varappa, enghayo porenu nenachu I will start feeling happy :-)

Anyway I will be going in Aug only. inum neriya naal iruku :-)

Ok, have a good weekend :-) BTW, enaku monday holiday. so 3 days weekend. jolly jolly :-)

tata,
J.

Nuvvu osthaavantae naenu odhantaana?

Ah, I am not scolding anyone :). Dumbs, (if you are reading this) u got the meaning ryt? Anyway, this is the title of a telugu movie which I saw recently. Guess who is the directory? (South) India's Michael Jackson, Mr.Prabhu Deva "gaaru" (telugula mariyathaya solren pa ;-)). Hero - Sidharth (Boys fame), Heroine - Thrisha.

officela iruka telugu makkal intha movie romba nalla irukunu sonaangha. Prabhu devaku aada thaan theriyum, ivanuku en intha direction velai ellamnu manasula nenachen (Prabhu deva fans - no offense meant. enakum avana pidikum BTW :-)).

paatha padam 100 days. apdi enna thaan irukunu I went with my mom and sis to Hyd's gigantic Prasad multiplex theatre.
Movie went really cool. namaku therinja subject thaan, but good screenplay, songs, dance (sollavae vendaam). 21/2 hrs nalla pochu jollyaa :-). Trisha tamizhla vida telugula kongham nalla nadikaraanu thonuchu. I like almost all songs in this movie, particularly "Adhirae Adhirae" (singer - Jessie gift), "Niluvadhamu Ninu Epudaina" (singer - Karthik) and "Aakasham" (fav SPB).

Ah, Telugu is also a sweet language. "Sundara telugninil paatisaithu" - oru tamizh kavingar, Telugu'va azhagana mozhi'nu soli irukaar la :-)

Nakkals:
ithae movie tamil'a edutha enna per vaipaangha - "nee varena, naan vendaamnu solluvenaa?" :-)
I am reminded of this skit played in our college culturals. Few hindi movie titles they have translated to tamil.
"Hum aapke hain kon" - "naan unaku enna venum"
hayoo I forgot the other titles hhm

:-)
J.

Indru oru thagaval ...

Do you know/remember "Thenkachi Ko Swaminathan"? Yes, the Gentleman who used to say "Indru oru thagaval" at 7.40 am in all India radio. 5 min thaan solluvar.For those who dont know him - ethavathu oru kadhai solitu, athula irunthu oru karuthu soli, kadisila oru joke soli mudipaar. School padikarapa, daily kaepen. cos ennoda Tamizh Ayya (Sarathkumar illai ;-) - we used to call our tamizh teacher as "Ayya" and Hindi teacher as "Ji" - cha oru vaarthai vidama movie per'a pochu ippa hehe) avaroda period la ennai "indru oru thagaval" solla soluvaar. so athu mathri enaku pazhakam.

Appo start pannathu thaannu nenaikaren. I narrate well (ppl say so :p). Cinema, Function, Party ipdi ethuva irunthaalum, aarambathula irunthu end varaikum onu vidama soluven.

ippa the same gentleman is doing "Indha naall iniya naall" in sun TV everyday at 8.55am. Again for 5 min only. Last month I think, I was watching this program and he talked abt possessiveness. Somehow I liked it and wanted to blog also. oru kadhai sonnar.

Here it is ..

oru aaloda veetla etho fire accident. Avar veliya irunthu orae kathi kathi azhutu irukaar. At that time, his first son came to him and said "Appa, namma veeta nethae orutharku vithutom." Immediately, the father started smiling and was happy. appo his second son came and said "Appa, annan nethu orutharku vikkalamnu soli elam ready panitaan. but inaiku thaan naan documents elam ready panalamnu soli inum vikkalai." Now again this father started crying.

Then Thenkachi Ko Swaminathan continued saying the karuthu from this story. He said, "Eppo antha aal avanoda veedunu nenachano appa avanuku varutham irunthathu. atha porulai ezhanthiduvomnu bayam, kavalai irunthathu. Eppo avanodathu illaenu nenachaano, appa he was happy". ithula irunthu puringhuka vendiyathu, ethuvumae nammalodathu kedaiyathu.

Again, Geethasaramla iruka mathri "Ethai nee eduthu kondaayo, athu ingirunthae edukapattathu .....". Athae maathri namalum irukanumnu.

It may sound silly to someone but atha kaetutu naan kongham think pannen. I just applied my possessiveness with my friends, family, job, my place at work, my monitor, my keyboard etc etc (see how many 'my's). Ah, nijama ithellam ennai vittu poga koodathunu I feel always. Mostly friends'oda thaan romba possessive, insecured feeling elam. Avangha vera yaarkoodavathu close aana, nalla pesina elam enaku kovam varum, sandai varum :p

kashtamnu therinju en namma apdi feel pannanum? ethuvumae/yaarumae eppavumae namma kooda iruka mudiyathu la. so y holding them tight and feel bad later when we lose them. Hmm.

Anyway, just felt like writing this.

bye folks.

P.S Me, ivlo seekiram ungha advise kaetu blog panuvenu nenaikala la? :p

SK's wedding, get-together story - Part II (End)

Friday April 22nd:

Thursday night thoonghavae rommba late aayudthu. we were talking abt the reception, ppl and the next day wedding stuff. SK was too tired by then. But then we got up early (4am). elarum kelamba aarambichom. we have planned to leave the mandabam by 7.30am so that we could reach the church in time. That was soo nice to see SK in her wedding saree with lot of jewels, bangles, crown and veil :) typical christian bride !!

we both went to the dinning hall, quickly grabbed some food. we got into the decorated AC car (Yeah, privileged me to accompany the bride :)). Kishore was in the other car. His sis accompanied us and SK's brother was with kishore. Our car started first. I sat in the front seat.
The The morning climate was good, for us it was cool indeed cos of the AC :) Gosh! roads in Chennai are pleasant; I had never been to the nice roads like the ones we travelled through the other day. Probably I havent visited many places in chennai; Whenever I think of chennai, I remember the hot dry ones without the trees.

Anyway, that was a smooth ride in the car. we reached the Besant Nagar church by 8, I think. Kishore's car has also reached. Church'la Mass (is this the spelling? not sure) nadanthutu irunthathu. so we had to wait outside. I got out of the car, so that our mappillai could sit inside the AC car ;-). People started coming for the wedding and there was a big crowd. Our guys (who came for the reception and stayed in the hotel) have reached. I was eager to see few more college ppl. Whew!! Niruban and gang had come and orae satham aarambichaachu :) I met Lawrence (RT), Desigan (Auto), Gopi (PT), sankar (PT), Mahesh (PT), Narendra Sastha (Only junior who turned up for the wedding).

Allwyn (PT) came with his usual smile and commented Kishore for his formal dress "Machaan, ipdi irupenu therinjha kongham late'a vanthu irupen da" :) Kishore suthi orae crowd. None of them were close to me, so I was very quiet and simply watching all those funny stuff. Our class guys SK, Prakash and Sugu got mingled with the gang.

Mass mudinghathu. SK iruntha car apdiyae church entrance'ku vanthathu. Ellarum ulla poga aarambichom. God! the Church was soo serene. Some song was played aloud and that was sooooooooo nice to hear; refreshing !! orae bakthi feeling after seeing all these. Nice !
I have heard of all those formalities but first time, church'la wedding paakren. As always, bible padichaangha 2 perum. SK read it soo nice. oru oru vaarthayum theliva, it was soo nice. Kishore epdi padichu irupaanu unghalukae theriyum (mannichuko Kishore :p). sari sari, but then, he tried and did a good job only :-)

Meanwhile someone distributed the atchadai (arisi) to the people around. After completing the oath, traditional thaali katrathu nadanthathu. Everyone stood up and blessed the couple. Yeah, that was a bit senti moment too !!

Ah, the wedding was over and few guys gifted the couple there itself. SK's parents and I were rushing back to the mandabam as we would have to receive the couple there with the aarathi and all. I could see the busy Chennai outside unlike the morning calm one. we reached the mandabam and did all the formalities. SK and Kishore were on the stage, and again there was a queue for the photo session, gifts etc.

Rukmani and her husband came for the reception. avanghaloda naan photo eduthen. Rukmani, antha photo anupareenghala enaku? ..kongham neram irunthaangha. Hey, I met Balakumar, Baburaj and Lakshmi Narayanan. Good to see u guys :-) Nagavel, RK irunthaangha. Ah, namma Sivaprasad kooda vanthaar. busy man. half-a-day permissionla vanthaar. oru Hi solrathukula avanuku hahhhaa. naana, Sivaprasadnu kooptadhuku, "enna chollu" nu siruchutae keezha guniji, mela paathu (remember his style?) Sivaprasad, u reading this??? :)

Who else did I meet? Reception vida neriya per irunthaangha wedding;ku. As we did in the reception, the whole college gang of ours were ready near the dias for the photo session. By then, relatives were busy there. So we were requested to wait for sometime. Ofcourse, we cant ask the relatives no :) friends can wait !!

Kishore apdiyae vervaila nanaju poi irunthaan. Just imagine wearing coat, suit and all in the SUMMER. apdi thaan SK;ku pattu saree kooda irunthu irukum. athaan ppl were making fun of Kishore. Ah, ellarum stage mela ponom. Niruban (on behalf of all) gave some gift to SK and then they gave 1 rs and 50 paise as a gift to Kishore :)

we had lunch together. Time has come. naan kelamba vendi irunthathu. Renuka hostelku shift pannanum naan. Many of our guys left. SK, RK, Prakash, Raaja (Prakash friend - pratheep u too know him no?) and myself were there. appavum enaku oru nappaasai, enghayathu veliya polaamnu. Prakash was too tired and he was simply cribbing :)Main;a prakash thaan engaluku recreation :) Thanks praks :)

romba ipdi naan kaetutu irukappa, SK had come up with some plan (namma SK eppavum panuvaan atha :))
like enkooda vanthu hostela bag pottutu, apdiyae ethavathu theatre vara maathri and he asked RK and prakash to book the tickets. Prakash othukavae ilai..naan roomku ponum ponum solitae irunthaan. (like Kamal in 16 vayadhinilae, "santhaiku ponum blah blah"). avana samathanam panrathukula pothum pothum aayudthu. finally we compelled him to accompany us. aprama ok sonnaan :)

apram Kishore, SK'kita elam solitu kelambitom. SK, naan kelambi thiruvanmayur poyitom. Renuka, naan, SK, hostel terrace'la pesitu irunthom. Ah, that was soo nice talking to SK :) romba comfortable'a..so nice of u SK :) oru maathri classmate, vera yaaro apdi elam thonalai. romba nalla pesitu irunthom :) Ofcourse, this is applicable to most of our class ppl :)

Ok, then we got a call from Prakash asking us to come to satyam theatre. RK ticket book pana poraannu. intha lazy payan Prakash kooda polai. Thanks RK, unnala thaan aniku padam paathen :)
Note: Prakash has requested me not to disclose everything so ssshhhh :p

apram jollya pochu..like padam paakrathu confirm aayudthunu hehe :) SK, naan, Renuka autola kelambi Satyam theatre ponom. RK ticket vaanghitaan. I wanted to see Thalaivar's movie in theatre. But he got for Mumbai Express. Ok that was also fine for me.
Prakash, Raaja vanthaangha. SK wanted to leave inbetween as he got an appointment with the dentist the same day.

So, we all set now.

Romba munnadi thaan seat kedachudhu. Movie was hilarious. Hey, RK oda ithu thaan first movie paakren. Hayoo, avan epdi sathama sirikaran. He was totally involved in the movie. apram thaaan solran "naan eppavum ipdi thaan. sentiya irunthaalum, comedya irunthaalum fulla involve aayiduven"nu..too much !!!

Interval timela SK kelambitaan. apram movie mudinghathum naan, Renuka hostel thirumbi vanthaachu :)

And and and..avlo thaan..kadhai mudinghu pochu :) ellarum veetuku pongha :)
ok, naanum kelambaren...varta (Thalaivar style'a !!)

Have a nice weekend and a nice week ahead !!

byeee :)
J.

SK's wedding, get-together story - Part I

I had been to SK's wedding last week. Needless to say, I had a good time there :) Happa, evlo nall ithukaga plan pani irupom (myself and SK). whole week naan leave potaachu. started packing my things on monday. Tuesday evening train from Hyd. yeahhh wedding mood appavae vanthaachu :-). My journey was peaceful unlike Nithya's (so sad, Nithya). Reached chennai on wednesday morning. my brother came to receive me in the central station. Called SK to inform that I have reached chennai. she was sleeping by then (6.30 too early no :-)). Ava veetuku vazhi ela kaeten. Thank god, my brother said he would accompany me. avanuku office irukum, so vara mudiyathunu nenachen. But he said, "ivlo periya bag thookitu epdi di thaniya pova". achoo, so sweet of him. That was soo nice to hear those words. ivlo caring;a avan pesi ippa thaan paakaren. kutty payana avana paathutu, ippa kongham periyavan aayitan.

Ok, let me write abt wednesday stuff later. I just now mailed my classmates about the reception and gettogether that happened on Thursday. I will post this for now.
I have written this keeping my class mates/friends as audience. So, other ppl who read this may find confusing/boring. Apologies !!

Here it is...
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Its really nice to recollect the time that I have spent in chennai :-) ezhuthalamnu nenaikarthae aasaya iruku :-)

ok here we go ...:-)

Thursday April 21:

By 12.30 pm, Kishore'oda aunty & uncle came to SK;s place. pen azhaipu. Kishore;s brother had accompanied them. SK oda naan kooda iruthen. we reached the mandabam in 15min. vera yaarum mandapathula ilai. so naangha apdiyae pesitu irunthom. we were waiting for the beautician to come and start her work. I was incharge of jewels and other stuff. so orae jaakrathaya I was handling things :p. 4.30pm was the time they have decided for nichayathartham. 7'oclock reception.

SK ready aarathuku elam panitae I was saying that our college ppl would be coming shortly. I was quite excited, I should say (sollavae vendaam :p) to see everyone after a lonngg time... Meanwhile, all formalities were done for collecting the reception saree, nalangu and all. ipdi busya poyitu irukappa, SK, RK and Kishore came to our room. yeahhhh SK vantha udanae oru periyaa Hiiii. RK was smiling all the time. romba quiet'a. appavae namma pasangha paatha santhosham enaku. Again I was busy with SK. yaarayum apram paakalai. I was near the stage to help her. So, yaar vanthaanghanu elam paaka mudiyalai. stage kita irunthu appapa I was seeing the seats at the back and entrance whether I could see some of our guys. I could see RT saravanan, Kapilkumar and Kalyankumar (oh I forgot this guy's name and I asked kapil). Ahaa namma class inum kaanomae'nu irunthathu. Already few ppl (whom I thought I would meet) varamaatanghanu theringhu pochu. this includes Sevi and CK. chacha.

Time ennanu gavanam ilai. Lot of people came and there was biggggg queue for wishing the couple. Side'la irunthu gift elam vaanghi vachutu irunthen. After sometime, one of SK;s relatives took incharge of gifts. Renuka (RT) came by then. happa I got a company :p. I asked her to be with me and help me helping SK. SK, Kishore were busy saying thanks to ppl and for the photos. I was with Renuka, again sitting in the first row and chatting. Suddenly yaaro pinnadi vanthu thala mela kai vachaangha; I turned back and that was prabha. she came with her parents. Nice to see her after a long time. usual visaripugal nadanthathu. Still I didnt see anyone other than SK and RK. Sugu varuvaanu theriyum. avanum kaanom. After sometime, RK and SK came to my place. I was asking them why ppl didnt turnup till now. RK said few had come. Charu, Nagavel elam vanthu irukaangha. I turned back and saw Charu talking to someone. Oh ! Charu was looking awesome in her saree. I didnt expect her at all. Thought she was in Japan so varamaatanu nenachen. ethirpaakathavanghala ivalum onu. Nice to see her.

Ok coming back to the story, remember I said that she was talking to someone; enaku orae doubt; kalyana mandabithula, charuku yaara theriyum. ivlo seriousa pesitu irukaanu. Slowly I asked RK, "athu yaaru"nu. RK sirika aarambichutaan. He was saying "SK, paaruda athu yaarunu kaekra"nu.. Achoo enaku oru maathri aayudthu. yaaro romba theringhavanghala I am asking nu mattum theringhuthu. apram SK sonnaan. hhmmm Guess who? that was our Prakash. Hamma, I couldnt believe my eyes. I want to say something, but I will have to use unparliamentary words, so let me do that offline :D. athaan, totala change aayitan prakash. (Praks, hope u dont mind :-). nee engha, epdiyum maila padika porathu ilai. la?) Immediately, vega vegama I went there, Charu ku hi solitu, Prakash'a nalla otitutu mm nalla iruntahtu :-) apram neriya, vera department makkal thaan irunthaangha. nadula namma paambu irunthaar. sollavae vendam, Nagavel orae professionala irunthaan..sorry sorry irunthaar :-) Ah, matha dept makkal kongham per name vera enaku maranthu pochu :p face mattum gavanam iruku. achoo ithanala oru vaati naan oru koothu vera pannen (sankar, u remember??) so I played a safe game by saying hi and asking general questions without calling them by their name.

oops!! haan, ingha I should say abt Dinakar babu (Illamaran, batchee, nee avana ippa paathiya??) ah, ellarum apdiyae irupaanghanu nenachutu irukarthu thappu. This guy has put on lot of weight. etho pazhaya face kongham theriyuthu. oru kuthu mathipa, prakash'kita "ithu antha keyboard vaasikara payan thaanae"nu kaeten. udanae ivan "dei, unnai harmonium vaasikara payananu kaekra da iva"nu kooptu solitaan. I remembered that this guy;s name starts with "D", apram somebody told his name. apram I met senthilmurugan, hari (auto), Murugan (aero), Govindarajan (aero again). ellarukum oru hi. apram Velurajan paathen. collegela iruntha mathriyae irukaan. Infact kongham per apdiyae thaan irukaangha. no change. SK fair aayitu irunthaan. Singapore thaniya (!?!) SK??? :-)

Ok, coming back to the story, the queue was over and our guys were ready to get on to the stage. ellarom senthu gumbala erinom. woo hooo :-) There I saw Sugu (avlo late;a vanthaaan). Yaehhhhhh fulla college mood :-) ellarum photo eduthu (Ah, I remembered the time when we used to take photos at the end of Intecho and all). keezha kongham per ukaanthu, oruthar oruthar place pidika elam try panuvom la.. Ohhh that was the ultimate time :-) sweeeeet. (FYI - photos elam vanthudthu SK sona. eppa upload panuva therla). ipa photovum iruntha, itha padikarappa atha paatha nalla irukumm maathri iruku enaku :pathaan, photo elam eduthathum, elam senthu nalla satham (O) potu Yaehhhhhh :-) whole mandabamla irukavangha apdiyae paathutu irunhtaangha :-) MIT Zindabad !! :-) Then we had dinner together. apram kongham neram naan, RK, Nagavel pesitu irunthom. Prakash;a appapa ottitu (that was fun :-). next day, wedding apram engha polaamnu pesitu irunthom. elarum enghayathu pona nalla irukumnu thonidthu enaku. but elarkum apdi thonanum la. anyway chumma plan pannalam pannalam mattum solitu irunthom. people started leaving and only our guys were there in the mandabam. Nagavel, SK RK elam next day churchku varatha sonaangha. And Sugu, Prakash elam hotela stay panratha irunthathu. I was talking to charu for quite sometime. Then to sugu, prabha. apram roomku poiten.

mmm ok not bad, I covered the reception part :-) I will continue the wedding stuff in my next mail. aniku nadanthathum nalla irunthathu :-)

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ok same again, wedding stuff in my next post.

tata,
J.

'kalloori vaasal'il naan....

uh, how should I start or where should I start? Great people (SK and Nithya) have commented on the previous post. Thanks a lot, ladies :-). ennai honour panna maathri irunthathu. And that has really encouraged me to continue my writing.ok let me not think more and more to make it more intellegent or impressive. i think, apdi ethuvum nenaikama, ezhutha aarambikanum. appa thaan I can be myself and write my feelings. illana, sothapadivenu nenaikaren :D

ok, coming to the title - kallori vaasal. Came to chennai (think that was my second visit to chennai, antha 17 yrs la :p) with my mom. my appa didnt come with us (thats a different sad story). Amma is a graduate, so chennaila padichathunala, she knows the place. My amma has got a close friend over there - Rani. I call her 'akka' only. U know, I am basically from a small town (town'ae small place thaan, athu enna small town ;-))...so no aunty, uncle business. School friends'oda amma elam kooda, we call 'akka' only :p. Ok, coming back to kalloori vaasal - this Rani akka has taken us to the Anna University for the counselling (we were the first batch attended this). Everything was new to me. There was a large crowd and most of the people have come with their fathers. orae malaipa irunthathu ellamae. I got scared to see the students and the parents with their serious faces :(. That was the second day of the counselling and I was in the second session (10.30AM, I still remember). Before we entered the hall, people started saying that all seats in Anna university got over, this, that etc etc. we were also seeing the display which showed the status of seats in all colleges. then ellamae pudhusa, bayama irunthathu !!! entha college kedaika porathonnu. Only one person was allowed with the student. so amma came inside. She was also afraid but didnt show out. I could see from her eyes :'(

Few educated ppl in our family had advised us about the good course and colleges. So amma and I started looking at the display if we could get one from our list. Hhmm..Thirupathi, devasthaanam paaka pora maathri, we were asked to be in the ground floor for sometime, then another room, then another one. By that time, we have lost few colleges and courses. Meanwhile, we changed our decisions after discussing with the parents who were with us and things went on. There we met Z and her father :-) Little did we realize that we would become _close_ friends in future :-) and I think Z's father was talking abt a dept in AU which we had in our list too.

Finally we were at a room from where we would be getting into the final room. And even in that last room, we kept moving from the last row to middle one, and then to the first one .... Happaaa, athukula number of seats got reduced and that was really thrilling. we should also have 2/3 options in our hand..hhmm..Finally there were 3 seats in the course which we planned to take. Ah, we got into the computer room. The moment came - one person got the DD and entered my details. Heyyyy I got my engineering seat in AU !!! I was on cloud nine. It was around 2pm, I think, when we completed all formalities. Z's father came out and talked with us. He said, "2 perum orae department kedachu iruku" we both smiled and introduced ourselves :-). we left the place and Ahh I felt so relaxed..plus 2 mudicha palanai naan anubavichuten :-) inimae padikarathu, fees elam adutha vishayam. I was happy that I could go home and tell my relatives, my friends, my teachers that I got so-and-so college !!!!Everybody felt proud for me. "Ah, unaku angha kedachudtha" apdi elam.....:-)

When I write this, I remember the movie "kushi". The directory, Surya, movie aarambathula, 2 kozhandaingha kaamichutu, intha 2 perum epdi onna seraanghanu thaan kadhainu. chumma moviela thaan ipdi elam nadakumnu nenachen. ippa I could relate that with my friendship with Z :) engha iruntha naan, engha iruka Z oda ivlo close aanenu :-). Well, this holds good with all the acquaintances and close ppl we get, no? Huh, God creates chances for us to meet the ppl we need :-) Great !!

Ok, will write the things happened in college, ppl I met, how few have become close etc etc :-)

J.

me this week..

I am not feeling well since this sunday. Somehow got physically sick, which made me mentally sick too. I was not in a mood to come to the office on Monday (hhm for me changing the team). I thought that I would get a mail on Monday but my good/bad luck, I didnt get any. But for my surprise, the QA sign off got postponed cos of last minute problems (chachacha). For the past 3 days, I have been planning to leave the office early, but I couldnt do that. I could not attend my aerobics sessions also (oh seekiram odambu sariya ponum !!). But thank God, I am not able to eat much (rice or snacks or sweets which add calories) cos of this bad cold and fever, so compensating somehow :p.

Monday has gone this way. I didnt mail anyone (though I had to reply for my close friend's mail, I didnt do). when I was busy fixing (with no mood) the LMP (last minute problem) for the sign off, I got a mail from my close friend, Z, saying that she was feeling bad for something. Had it been a casual mail mail, I would have replied the next day morning. But it was not. So, I had spent time composing a mail saying this and that to console her. Ah, meanwhile, I got another mail from her saying that she was feeling ok and she asked me to ignore her last mail.. adipaavi :-) ..anyway I felt happy for her and finished my reply to the previous mail and sent her. Even I was feeling bad for my fate - to work this much hard when I was sick. Had someone talked to me in a friendly way, I would have cried out. I have no one here :(. anyway let me leave this topic.

I left the office by 10.45pm and I badly wanted to talk to my friend, N. I was a bit scared that he might have slept by then. Scared? Not really. Even he is really busy with his work these days. He will also feel tired like anyone and might have slept by that time, So I thought I should not disturb him. Hmm, but then I called him. Ah ! he didnt sleep. Even he was on his way back home. Auto;la pora time thaan I could talk to him. I did that. I felt better after doing that :-). When I was about to end the call since I reached home, he told me about the marriage proposols he has got from his relative. I didnt feel much by then and I told him that I would call him tomorrow. I had my dinner and went to bed. I was thinking about the phone conversation and suddenly felt that N would have felt bad (but actually he didnt) for me not responding properly when he said abt the proposals. So I thought I would message him. I did and expected a reply from him. But stupid guy, he didnt see the message.

Tuesday - still I was sick. I got up very early cos of the climate. I felt cold in the morning. I had nothing to do. The only option for me is to message my friend (poor guy :-). I have sent an SMS and again I was waiting for his reply. The clock had striked 6 when i messaged him. I saw 6.30, 7, 7.30..hhm no reply from him...He used to scold (advise rather) me always to get up early in the morning and he always says that he wakes up by 6/ 6.30. My bad luck, he woke up very late..hhm...so I didnt get any reply. And I slept after that. I was feeling very tired. My mom was asking not to go to the office. Even I was thinking of informing my pl. But I thought, ppl may postpone the release if I am not there. So I have managed myself to start to the office, though a bit late. I came to the office by 12.30. After doing some work, I wanted to call my friend again. I did talk to him properly for sometime. Some conversation made me feel bad and I started talking in my usual way and spoiled the mood. cha..he said he would call me after sometime and asked me to disconnect,....I felt really bad for myself. Immediately I mailed him and asked sorry for watever happened, and started my work. Hmm I was not able to work properly. I started checking his inbox to know whether he had seen my mail so that I could expect a reply...He did after sometime...hammaa...then I started feeling mentally ok, but my body didnt cooperate to continue my work......,.I went very late this day too....I tried calling my friend again, but he didnt pick up my call...When i was having my dinner at home, I got a call from him....Heyyyyyy I was happy and talked to him for 10 min i think...My sis has also talked to him....ennamo I felt good after his call..atleast for him to return my call.

Wednesday....today - Still the release has not happened....hopefully it happens in another 2 hrs or so....but now, I have nothing to do for that..QA team has to do something....Evening I have a meeting abt the team change...so from tomorrow onwards I will be put in a new project....I will have to acquaint myself :'(....anyway ippa, this minute I am freeeeeeeeeeeeeee. It has been really a longggg time, Man.....eppavumae velai rommmbbbbaa irukum. Shortage of resources in my team. I got to do all, almost everything, hhmm. Eppavumae busy';nu solla enakae oru maathri irukum, aana thats true. Ippa inum kongham documentation work pending. But then creative services team is not free to take up this task. I just need to help them doing it. So, athaaan, I thought I would mail my friends. Appa thaan reminded of my blogspot. Handle create pani 2 months aachu. So chumma I wanted to try whether I could write something. Ahaa I did it :-)

Will try writing something interesting later...

P.S Please pardon my English and the way of writing. This is my first attempt. I am trying to improve myself anyway !

my first blog

I just wanted to start writing my thoughts somewhere. Came to know about blogging from my friends and also felt good to read the stuff they have written. Huh, I created one for me (yeahhhh !)...New Yearku ithavathu ozhungha paniten...let me try to put down my thoughts :-)