weird statements

Couple of days back, I saw a notice in front of an house saying "For Sale by Owner". Owner thaan pa sale panna mudiyum, vera yaaravathu panna arrest pannida maataangha :-)
I am not sure, there should be a reason la. propably, sale by agency or whatever. so clarify panna apdi poadaraanghalo ennamo.

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Today, I was saving the messages from the customer support in the online banking page. "Save" nu click panathum "Your message will be saved" nu oru msg box. naan udanae "pinna, delete aa aagum" :-) etho doubta solrathuku badhil, "Your message is saved" nu solalaamnu thonuchu.

Idhuku poi alatikalaamaa

Okay, for me, clothes shopping is a tedious process. I had always my sis/mom doing that job for me. Verum cash pay panrathuku thaan naan poven :p And now in US, buying the non-familiar (for me) stuff like jeans, tops or pants or whatever modern dress is still more tedious. I dont have any friends at my place, so I have to find out all the details myself. Well, it was a nice experience. First time, I did my shopping in K-Mart, NY. The US dress parameters are different, so I spent some time to find out the size that fits me. I didnt feel comfortable to ask someone about how to find ones own measurements. US la elaam veetlayae elaam therinju varuvaanghala..namma poi kaeta, kevalama paapalaanghalu elaam orae thayakam. But I had no choice. I pushed myself to ask a girl out there near the fitting room. She was kind enough to explain things. ppl are really helpful here, nowadays I just go and ask things if they are not clear.

okay, I gladly noted down all the details, so I dont do the process all over again. Thought I was done and I am gonna refer this everytime. To my surprise, the size varies according to the cloth material type. like, the tracks size is different from the regular pants. Another point is, the S, M, L, XL corresponding to the numbers, like 12, 14, 16 etc varies from shop to shop. If KMart clothes show XL for the size 14-16, Sears has that for L. idhu theriyama, once I got something and veetuku vanthu paatha, dhola dhola nu iruku :-)

Intha maathri experience vanthathunaala, I made a point that I should 'try' every cloth that I buy. Last week Sat, we both went to Sears and after 2 hrs of selecting and trying stuff, we were at the billing counter at 9pm. the shop closes by 9.30pm. sema kaal vali 2 perukum. The girl out there has billed everything and put in the cover. She then told us abt Sears card. First I was ok with getting the card, so the girl entered the same in the comp. Later I changed my mind after hearing that there will be monthly charges, so the girl immediately cancelled the already entered information. marubadi enter panalaamnu paatha, enghaloda cover'a kanom :(

There was another counter very close to ours where another person just paid and left the place. Looks like he took this cover too unknowingly (?!). ingha yaaru thappumae ilai, so couldnt blame anyone. antha sales girl paavama paakra. Since she cancelled the billing, she was not of help to get the things again. Ughhhhhh..adhu oru extreme feelinga irunthathu. not only clothes, we spent considerable amount of time selecting sunglasses for me. And, for the clothes, though I remembered where I picked the stuff, mostly they had one piece in each size. so totally kadupala irunthen. Yaarayumae thappu sola mudiyathu, so you cant even yell your disappointment and overcome it. enaku kanla thani vanthuduchu :)

Aaana, A mattum "Laugh at the absurdities of life". nammalala onum panna mudiyatha vishayathuku varutha padakoodathunu solitu, onumae alatikaama marubadi went to get the things.

Pink eye

namma elaarum "Madras eye" dhaan kelvi patu irukom. Adhu US vanthaa, "Pink eye" aa maareechiba :D

After having a fun day on Sunday, I slept happily. Suddenly, I felt something fell into my right eye, it started itching and woke me up. I got scared and immediately rushed to the mirror and was shocked to see my eye. It turned completely red, swollen and started tearing (naan azhalai, kannu azhathathu--idhu epdi iruku:D). konjam neram atha paathutae iruken, the other eye too got affected and turned red. Thookam elaam complete'a poyidthu. I washed my eyes with cold water but no use. it was burning and itching. Odambuku elaam ethavathu vanthaa thaan, namma veeta vita (parents and family) ivlo thooram irukomnu bayamae varuthu.
bayathula moolai elaam velayae seyalai. konja neram amaidhiya yosichu paatha thaan, adhu "Madras eye" symptoms nu strike aachu. Thookathula irunthathaa or bayama nu theriyalai, "namma thaan US la irukom, Madras eye epdi vara mudiyum"nu yosika aarambichen. how dumb I am :D oru few secs la there was white discharge in the eyes and that confirmed the infection.

My mind started thinking and did the following; evlo fast aa yosikuthu mind :-)

* Doctor kita nalaiku appointment vaanghanum. Whether its covered in the insurance and if not, how much there are gonna charge?

* I checked my medical kit whether I got the eye capsule from India; paatha hhmm no I didnt.

* nalaiku doctor kita ponum. namma oor'na poi comfortable a "Madras eye vanthiduchunu" sollalaam. ingha enna solrathu" :-) I know all these sound silly, but I thought abt all these in a few secs the other day :(

* I went to comp and googled for "Madras eye" and read the symptoms. Yes, thats exactly what I have now. There I got the word "conjunctivitis"--medical term for "Madras eye" and now googled for "conjunctivitis USA" ..LOL :D appa thaan "pink eye" pathi therinjuthu.

* Seriously, appo varaikum "Madras eye" ennamo namma colloquial 'a use panitu irukomnu nenachen. It has a MEANING.

So I was all set then. oru thunda kann mela poatutu thoongiten :-)

Morning, I was comfortable explaining to the person whom I talked to for getting the appoinment. Went to the clinic and got some eye drops. Actually enaku vanthu irukarthu, bacterial infection thaan which is milder than the madras eye (i.e viral infection). Doctor told me that it could be the spring season allergy as this is the first time I am here in US.

anyway, I am ok now.

Nagaichuvai

Whenever I am down or angry, munaadi elaam azhugai thaan irunthathu :-) ippa konjam budhi velai seiya aarambichu iruku :-) so azharatha last'aa vachukanumnu nenachutu iruken. these days, I pray God or play music or work out/walking or read books (last method :p) and, and I recently added watching comedy clippings to this list. This is making wonders really. I searched for Vadivel comedy on Friday, and watched his comedy in Vaathiyar and Thalainagaram movies :-):-) Few stuff made me ROTFL and I will post abt that later.

Laughter - seriously, it reduces the stress, anger immediately and creating a light heart. kovapadra or kashtapadra matter elaam jujubee ya poyiduthu :-) I know its proven scientifically, but experiencing it with the awareness in the mind, is making the subconscious mind responding to it fastly.

romba kozhapitanoo :D anyway, here is the couple of jokes that I watched today (net la thaan) in "Naagalum Vivekungo" show telecasted in Vijay TV.

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Nurse: oru 1/2 hr munnaadi vanthu irunthaa kaapaathi irukalaam.
Man: 1/2 hr munaadi vanthu irukalaangha. aana accident nadanthae 10 nimisham thaan aaguthu.

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Nurse: oru 10 nimisham late aa vanthu irunthaa kaapaathi irukalaam.
Man: enangha solreengha?
Nurse: aama sir, Doctor 10 nimishathula kelambrathaa irunthaar.

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:-)

J