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Joy, the pup!

2012-01-22T20:36:00.001+05:30

I love him.. tat's Joy.. http://t.co/47KafHmh -- JayanthyG (@JayanthyG)
He s just 5 months old.. :)

Test post

2012-01-22T11:09:00.001+05:30

POSTING FROM MOBILE..

A week gone by

2012-01-17T15:11:00.003+05:30

Its already a week since the start of this new year!
This is my 2nd new year celebration after shifting to this new place!
Somehow I'm adapting to this place.
But deep inside I'm missing my very own place!
The place I lived for the last 23 years!
The place I've known since day 1!
Change is inevitable they say!
So this year I am going to enjoy my moments here in this place!
Hey you are not going to be new anymore! :]
Cherish them and add them to my memoirs of the already existing ones! :)

Also, about the resolutions I thought of writing one in each post! :)

Resolution #1: Keep in touch with my friends regularly!

I started it on the eve of New year! :D
Not bad, everything seems nice and refreshing in the initial days!
But truly came to know so much in this 1 week.

Calllllzzzz!
I'm definitely missing my phone and the contacts in it much more. I messaged a few of my friends and also spoke with a few. Fought with a few and teased a few. But couldn't really sleep much that day. There was something blocking my mind for most of the night. :| Way to start the 'Fresh' year!

An expected call but YES it came very late!

Got a call from an unknown number on 1st Jan. I was trying to recollect the number, but no hopes.
So I answered the call only to find the voice very familiar. I was so happy to speak to Deee after ages! My friend, brother and mentor! Where was he so long? But great to talk to him on new year! Took time to fill each other with lots of stories and updates from each other's life. That's when it all hit me! And at that, very hard! :(
He met with an accident before a year and suffered a minor head injury. He dint bother much about it then, trusting his helmet! But he suffered from severe head aches for the next few months and finally fainted one day. That's when he made up his mind to visit the doctor. Very soon he came to know that there was a blood clot and a very critical one and cannot be easily operated on. He was 45kgs when I last met him - when he came home to invite us for his marriage. Even then, my father had warned him to drive home safe. Deja vu!
My evening was totally changed!
He is just 36kgs now. I can't even imagine how weak he is now. The high dosages and regular scans are making him so damn weak. For all that he is going through now, I can just ask for one thing, God, please o please help him!

Engrossed!
We owe you lots!
What more should I say!
College days and bus moments were more amazing because of you bhai!
You're casual manner and down to earth behavior has helped us learn much.
You were not just a brother but an excellent mentor.
A guide, a protector, a sensible person!
We are sincere admirers of your carefree attitude!

God, help him handle all the pains he is going through.
God, give his family the strength to put up with his tantrums now and then and vice-versa.
I don't know how to align my prayer!
All I can ask you is to give him back to us in One Piece!

All we can say is Just take care bhai!

Sincere prayers for you from
M
S
M
and Me!

Warning - Long Post ahead!

2011-12-23T18:27:00.002+05:30

The start of 2012 marks great events in the family. Well I've included this as an important thing for me! Till date I haven’t set resolutions because

1. I do not want to torment myself for the whole year if I don’t follow it – precisely cant end up feeling like a loser.

2. The more resolutions I make/take the easier I forget them.

3. A resolution as I’ve heard from others is difficult to keep up as it takes self-reminders many times and not a teeny bit of procrastination.

4. I’m not going to add resolutions like not-talking to this list as things have changed a bit over the couple of years. So looks like I’m already on it.

5. And my 1km smile as I am nick-named by my school friends doesn’t really appear that frequently lately. So, am not sure if bringing that back is on the list.

But this time I am ready for the trial-and-error to happen so that I’ll have something worthwhile to do for the whole year and also write about it by the end of 2012! :p Truly this post is a reason for the, ‘what did I do the whole of 2011?’ post. I am still thinking hard to jot down things that I did in 2011. Well, that’s definitely going to be a tough one (I have another post to talk about the past) nevertheless the excitement on planning my resolutions is keeping my mind occupied now.

The whole point of writing it – that’s to keep a check on what I’m doing. I visit my blog more often than I visit my, well other things! With new additions of so many things this year I think I need the whole of 2012 to sort them according to priority in-order to keep up with all the nice things happening around me.
The concept of losing ‘The Charm’ – Well, did it exist? :p

Of late nothing seems to interest me. I can write loads of I wasn’t like this before a couple years blah… blah stuff. But I don’t want to start with that because I was doing all over well, 2010 and 2011. Being misunderstood is one thing that is such a pain in the …. Well, but to act like everything is at its best is no good either. But to take into account what my current mindset is about all the things happening around me that should make/give some sense.
People Person – Was I? Will I ever remain that?

I’ve been thinking about this for a reasonable time. Now really it’s the time to reason it out. I’ve loved people (damn! I am already writing it like it is over!). This could be because I’ve never had to do so much thinking before I started talking to them, any, for that instance. Unraveling mysterious people usually takes some-time and I loved it because I had met very few people of that genus. Most of the people I know were effusive, so it was always easy to handle such people because I was one among them and not really belonged to the over-sensitive crowd. Things changed over time though. Most of the people I met were so much of the talk-less kind and that they gave me a chance to rant and took the position of listening, which to an extent made me uncomfortable not only was it that way, the worst is this - I started taking responsibility for their mistakes. The great person that I am! :p It’s all so clear now. OMG, I was in outright turmoil for so many months that I did not give myself a chance to explore my problems even 10% chances that I gave for the other people who dint really give a damn about me. People giving me ‘Oh-so-you-did-it’ look and staring pointlessly – what the hell was I even thinking during all those times? OMG, I hurt so and so, I should clear it. Damn, how easily the other was ready to blame me and walk out of it like nothing really happened! To see all this with eyes wide open I can see me there wandering pointlessly with a different picture going on in my head!

I am going to shut that over-time voice inside my head which is constantly annoying me and getting the worse of me pretty easily. I’ll punch you right on the face if u dare show yourself again!

Let go of people – Sometimes this is needed.

Whenever a person who has hurt me in the past or a person who I’ve longed to talk with appears, I so damn rewind everything and am playing all the tracks of what happened. Can be called common, that’s what mature people (respect) call it but trying to still hold to that people without their interest is definitely going to hurt me more. In this period where people come to you only when some work has to be done and nothing else but you have a pretty good liking for that person who do you think has the problem here? See people with what they do only for that day. But still I do not prefer to be with people who don’t show respect to other people’s feelings and will continue to do so. Reason – gradually you will become a senseless person who is ready to say things for the sake of it. Withdraw from them if you don’t encourage such behavior. People who want you in their life will definitely make efforts to keep you in their life.

Do what you like – Anytime, Every-time! Don’t expect applause and recognition immediately.

To achieve what you want you have to be consistent in it for it to happen you should not be pressurized. Expectations tend to grow every-time. To cope up with achieving it, we have to do all our tasks with the same outlook (ready to receive credits and criticisms) we started out the first time. With added experience discover the elements that can please the audience for standing by you during all times. Start expecting and you’ll be mentally disturbed and will not have the fun in completing the task.

Reading this after a few months maybe even after a few days may make me think I was in suspended mode for I don’t know how long.

Supposedly you were looking for Resolutions – well, got a week’s time and I am yet to decide the one’s I’m considering taking.

Time-turner

2011-12-21T16:11:00.001+05:30

Things were easier when all I had to do was to go to the barber shop to get a hair-cut,
Things were easier when I had to purchase dress only during occasions,
Things were easier when I dint mind about wearing a comfortable dress ‘n’ number of times,
Things were easier when the shopkeeper had manners to give back even 10p,

Things were easier when sharing with peer was fun,
Things were easier when people really meant ‘Sorry’ and ‘Thank you’,
Things were easier when friends took efforts to call each other regularly even from landline,
Things were easier when fights were just a moment’s separation,
Things were easier when people accepted each other’s stupidity and still accepted them for whatever they were,
Things were easier when love, affection and passion preceded money,
Things were easier when the whole family lived in a single room and yet not once complained about space,
Things were pleasant when all I had to do was to wait for all the family members to sit down to eat without watching TV,
Things were easier when playing/fighting with cousins’ dint involve cruel intentions,
Things were easier when the fights with friends were just a day’s matter,
Things were easier when friends were more of an extended family,
Things were easier when ‘The mask’ was just a name of the movie!

How SAFE is our vehicle??

2011-12-09T12:44:00.001+05:30

It requires more than just cleaning the Logo #JustSaying

The road ahead was completely dark. The sudden free flow of air made me realize that the bus was on Chennai bypass. The routine 1.3 hour travel was unusually comfortable. This was just coz the bus was not much crowded today. Maybe people had better reasons to stay at office than the ones in the bus. But this definitely made us the “few” people who saw the blazing incident that made the Chennai bypass unusually bright. Our bus never halted once in the bypass except for the following reasons: Accident being the major reason and fights between owners/drivers of two vehicles, thereby causing unnecessary traffic in the usual travel route. These things gave us a better idea of grasping what exactly happened in a very short time. So this really helps in many scenarios, people can call the ambulance if there is not one in their vicinity to help emergencies. But what I had seen was very unusual (at-least to me till then). The burning of garbage in huge amounts was pretty usual in that region. But a car on fire, well that was the first time I saw it LIVE! It shook me to a great extent. But I wanted to know some details about the incident before we crossed that place. I saw a police man accompanied by another local guy (maybe the driver) trying to evacuate the spectator vehicles from that place to prevent any further trauma. I couldn’t find anybody inside the car, for that instance anything in the car! No seats, not even the steering wheel! The only concern though was to know if there were any serious injuries to anybody travelling in it. By looking at the on-going activities, I was able to make a wild guess there wasn’t coz the doors of the car were not open. And the car was not even in the middle of the road. Once the bus crossed that section there was all talks and quick messaging to all we know. There were a few people who had placed a bet by then considering it to be a NANO but it happened to be INDICA. So bets forgotten and they now concluded that this was from the same Bye-Bye Company anyway! That was when a friend of mine told me about many other CAR BURNING incidents across Chennai. This has become such a common thing here. In a couple of days he also showed a photo from a newspaper of a car in flames near Guindy! On searching about this, I found enough number of videos telling reasons being AC Failure. Who knows with the high voltage petrol price there must be some annoying things happening in the petrol bunks! Maybe another list of petrol bunk scams might be out in few months.

Aren’t the cars made according to the weather conditions also apart from road conditions? #JustAsking.

By any chance the automobile industries have changed their car standards as SAFETY OFF PEOPLE to match the ruling government. But it’s high time people start looking for their safety than their status. Probably a reason to go back to much more convenient and fit and safe transport means.

It would be great to know the true reasons before somebody takes a movie on this!

R.A.N.D.O.M.N.S.T.R.E.S.S

2011-10-04T15:51:00.001+05:30

I'm dreaming!
I'm dreaming big!
People often say one should work hard to get what they want
I'm here
Physically present - staring at the monitor
Mentally present - in my world, planning to get what I want in a way I want.
Does this at all indicate something! That I don't know.
When I think i'm working hard on getting things right,
I only know I'm draining myself for what I wouldn't want otherwise.
I want to explore.
I want to photograph even the smallest of joy and beauty of my world.
Well, I almost explore the joy and beauty in the 55 seater bus everyday.
I love(d) travelling. But never once did I think I will be sitting with other hens in a cage!
Day dreaming!!!!!!! :S
Okay I am just damn tired! I dont want to fall asleep in the next few mins. Hence a post!

I know i am supposed to finish my set of checklists by the end of this week,
I am already feeling sleepy the moment I see them!
To complete the whole list within tis week's time, I'm going to forgo so many good things that life has to offer!

1. My mom's nicest preparations!! Should distribute it tomo and friday! Just a tupperware of well made lunch is making me dose like anything!
2. 3Psychs.com's wordzapp - Well, I wanted to be a part of the daily score list! That's not gonna happen for the rest of this week! I know people will touch new horizons by the time I'm back to the app. Tat's ok!
3. Long lunches - when not the same amount of lunch why the same time for it!
4. Messages - My phone met with an accident last week and went into a coma. So I am currently in the process of bearing with borrowed mobiles(though i am fortunate to get a good touch phone as borrowed! :O but still I am not very interested) and not so patient to copy all nos to sim. Anybody who msgs me, don't worry if u dont get a reply. I just dont possess a phone which i am comfortable enough to use. Anything I try to do with it, it calls my parents. :| Its worse than my sister!
5. Never drink coffee, it doesn't work for you!

Good things that I have to include to make my weekend pleasant

I had to think for quite sometime to write this down.
1.But the very first thing that has come to my mind and the one thing I should not give much thought about for the next 2 working days..
Long leave for my sis from tomo. And she called up before a few mins just to highlight it more than required!
2. Work and write down notes that would help me to finish my work rather than gazing at the Windows or outside the window.
3. In order to deal with the talking part, I have to start listening to music. Set a reminder to charge the mp3.
4. No cosy conversations or simply no conversations over the phone for the two days. Don't think you can tempt me, I'm not falling for it! Not this time, definitely!
5. Drink water, it works better! :)

5 is enough!

Coz I never miss on my sleep! So fine time to stop the post!
And this is random rambling to stay awake!
Sorry reader, if you happen to read this as my first post!
I am crazy! But this is the craziest post!
Well atleast I am awake now!
Got to finish!

Presenting before you, My Past life Analysis..

2011-09-30T14:48:00.002+05:30

Found this website in a random blog.
Pretty interesting.
But not sure why am I the poison manufacturer! :S If there's some good thing about this, fine then. (I am not aware though! :|)
Stop cursing me!! I really dont know the ingredients also! ;)
I love the implanting hope in people part! duh!

From http://www.thebigview.com/pastlife/

Here it is!!

Your past life diagnosis:

I don't know how you feel about it, but you were female in your last earthly incarnation.You were born somewhere in the territory of modern USA South-Center around the year 1450. Your profession was that of a chemist, alchemist or poison manufacturer.
Your brief psychological profile in your past life:

You always liked to travel and to investigate. You could have been a detective or a spy.
The lesson that your last past life brought to your present incarnation:

You should develop self-love and ability to implant hope into hearts of people. Ambition is not everything. True wealth is buried in your soul.

Verdict:

Definitely there are a few things i can relate to! Love the profile part! Amazing resemblance of that two things I love till date! :) I think now I know why I loved playing Hide and Seek! :P

Cooking Chronicles

2011-09-01T17:12:00.003+05:30

Cooking Disaster #1

How Hakka Noodles became Akku Akkua noodles!

Oru deivam thanda Poo! :)

2011-07-23T18:01:00.001+05:30

Super Excited!!

I just came by to drop a very small post to say that I am really super happy coz my cousin sister gave birth to a boy baby on the 11th of July! :D
I'm his aunt(athai), though i've kinda :P threatened her to make him call me only akka(didi,elder sister!! :P)!! and now this is super special!! :D :D
Saw him on Skype only today! Wow, cant wait to make his cheeks more pink by pinching him!! :D :D
This is a special post to welcome the first baby in our family! :)

Welcome Vinay!!! :D :D

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-07-04T18:16:00.000+05:30

When I expect something and it doesn't happen the way I think it should, I get pissed off. I can't immediately think of the mistakes and correct it the next minute.
Jut gimme a break! I don't want to be the most nice person on earth to all of you! And YES I get totally annoyed if you're trying to act like you're the most amazing person on earth - 0 defect! Crap me!
I don't give a damn who you are! Just stop annoying me!!
And yes if I'm asking you to do something do it properly! Don't act bloody biased! I'll kick your a** the moment I see you(if its within the next half an hour),well I don't really hold grudges(just a nice way to say iamsufferingfromshorttermmemoryloss).

#LeaveMeAlone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amidst Memories!

2011-04-22T13:33:00.000+05:30

Amidst memories!!

Moments of mixed emotions,

The pain in my heart is growing,

It has left me crying,

Every tear shed blossoms,

manifolding a beautiful garden of times spent together,

Years of learning and growing together are the special pages in my book of life!

To Fish, With Love

2011-04-10T20:51:00.003+05:30

Wrapped all nice is a gift that will be shared with Love to our dear Meenu!!

She is Special!
An affectionate creature!
A lovely creature!!
She scolds me!
She fights with me!
But she has never made me feel lonely!
Her smile defines the kind of person she is!
She is known for her memory as well, doesn't forget a place she has been to or heard of!
This fish is so much like a cat! Never leaves anything unexplored!
Our sweet database during our college days!! :)
She is special!! :)

Just praying that we will always be as close as we are today!

P.S: Mermaid!! :P You know the reason Mundakani!! :P

With Love,
Mal, Saranya and Me!!

Best business moments with RYL Inc's digital voice recorder

2011-02-25T23:02:00.002+05:30

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Imagine screwing up the best moments in personal life..

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Attending project calls everyday can be tedious. Especially capturing every single detail conveyed by the client is equally important as implementing it. Understanding the requirements during the very initial phase can be a little confusing. It would be nice to have any help with recording so that we can re-listen to every detail and frame the points conveyed by the client in a precise and impressive manner. That's when i came across this sleek digital voice recorder, a very proficient mini voice recorder for recording phone calls, business talks and even cell phone talks. I will very easily term this as one of the best telephone recorder, the reason being its advantages which are precisely the need at the moment and that too with high level quality,

- Automatic Telephone Recording ON/OFF via Telephone adaptor

- Secret Recording with No LCD Display and Vibration on Recording On & Off

- Large LCD size and good visibility

- Recovery of Erased files by mistake

- File Management by recording date and time

- Hearing Aid Function

- Recording Compatible with every telephone & cell phone

This efficient recorder is from Record Your Life Inc. a professional manufacturer of security products and an assured user-friendly manufacturer. Its features are so interesting yet simple that any person can use it more efficiently. One such interesting feature is automatic telephone Recording On/Off via Special Telephone adaptor. I can't stop with just this feature. The next big hit would be the recording time - 260 hours!! :) Varying playback speeds. Big letters on the display! VOR Recording at its best!

Best deal is that it comes with earphone, battery pack, manual, USB cable and a metal clip.

The features that I have mentioned here are just a few.. Check out the amazing features of Digital Voice Recorder 510 Plus for yourself and have stress free meetings! Such an advanced voice recorder is a real boon to every sector!!

What's on my mind??

2011-02-20T09:13:00.001+05:30

Somehow neglecting my blog does not really make me happy even when I try all kinds of excuses. When I really want to convey my deepest feelings or thoughts, I've noticed that I do not post it in FB or twitter but do it endlessly in this blog of mine! Yes, this indeed is called a journal for its very purpose of sharing my thoughts and I write here when I feel 140 characters are merely not enough to convey my sheer source of enjoyment or sadness...
And the current reason to blog is.....
That one thing which I am in need of!! And that one thing which I have to prove that I can manage to keep it safe! Its that one thing which I will miss if I dont use it for a day! :(

I have finally laid my eyes on it!

But for now, I believe I've laid my eyes on the right thing!
But the very thought of 'it' makes me happy!! So I guess its right!! :D :D
But will I get it???
I love its look!
Its got the bold look with bold features! :D
If i dont talk, I chat!! :D I want to make it as write! :P
But keeping it safe is a doubt!

Yes, its the Blackberry Bold.

My history holds no good when it comes to mobile phones! I don't want to call myself careless, but, but, my DAD tells me that!! Phew! So, my chances of getting a new phone is very less!! :( Still, one fine day I'll manage to convince my dad for this phone with the first and foremost assurance that I will not drop the phone! :| (This is gonna be damn difficult for me!!!) I always buy phones for its features - yes!
convenience - Yes!
But crucial of all, is the ability of the phone not to dismantle itself every time i drop it down! :| My nokia brick model was my best so far!! :D I loved it!! But since I talk lots, my phone was not able to withstand and it broke down! :( Well, I did get other phones.. If the status of the ever best brick model was this, what do you think is the status of the other phones!! Reading this do not think I am a careless person! I am not one!! ;)

When I can do all things I like using this phone, then what I require is the Phone!! :) Maybe I can tell him, if he gets me a phone, i'll reduce my talking speed and my talking as such!! :D He should be real happy about this!! Dad, please please!!! :D :D :D

Thinking of all possible reasons to convince him!! :D

Troublesome Thirteen!!!

2011-01-14T21:29:00.000+05:30

13th January 2010.....

I was totally furious......
I started late from office. I reached home by 11.30PM. This happens once in a while! I was wild for one reason, the last time I ate something that day was at 2.00PM... The most frustrating of all was I had to provide support for a install happening during the PST hours.. To the best of my knowledge, I knew it was not going to take more than an hour's time, or at the max 2 with all possible delays included! But but but, I hit my bed only at 4 in the morning!! :'( I woke up sometime around 1 or 2 in the noon, did nothing but was very tired... My day was kinda ruined!! :(

13th January 2011......

I thought of starting today by 3 along with Priyanka but all in vain!! :( She started but I had to complete some last minute work and planned to start by 4, actually much before that... I started as planned!! Mostly my second plans work much better!!! I was in the Mcity bus stand by 3.55PM.. I took the first bus till Guduvancherry, where I waited for more than 20 mins with a hope to take a bus straight to Vadapalani... But every other route bus was there!! :( Finally got into a bus till Tambaram.. Waited in Tambaram for another 20+ minutes.. Then got into a bus till Kathipara!! :( Finally got into a bus till Vadapalani at 6PM! :( No seat to sit! That took almost half an hour for me to reach Vadapalani bus depot! :( Over crowded bus, annoying kid - he was yelling all through his journey, over loaded bag, almost empty purse... :( I had to spend close to 100 to reach home!! :( Bad bad!!! :( :( Neva waited for such a long time for a bus in so many yrs!! :(

Just relaxed a little after reaching home!! :)
Now going to annoy my maami (aunt) - its pongal and its rangoli time!! :D :D

Hope this '13' sickness drops right here!!

Happy Pongal to all!!!! :)

Kalyaana Maalai - Part 2

2010-12-21T17:56:00.083+05:30

I had ample time to walk to the bus stop today, i walked slow admiring everything, that i used to glance in urgency every other day.The chill morning comforted me, making me forget the tension that prevailed for quite sometime. I reached the bus stop. I said a Good morning to my bus friend and started a small chat before the bus came. The bus arrived in a minute's time. I boarded the bus and sat in the single seater, my usual place. Just 3 day's left for my big day and here is all that i could think of.... The bus started, so is my journey to my world..

Back to where I was about this proposal..
Manadhil pala ennangal odikondae irukindradhu,

Irundhum edho onru solgiradhu ellaam nanmaikey!

I had a thousand thoughts about this proposal. He is not in India and I have to go and stay there after marriage. My family knows how I spent my 7 months in Mysore!! My friends tease me till date, "maapala veli oora, maatinaan di avan". Moreover, I need to quit my job, but I have a lot of commitments. His parents are well-educated, so they wouldn't mind if I work. But they do not reside in Chennai. Before I could unravel many things, my parents asked me for my decision. What decision do they want me to make, so quick... Huh, I was not in a position to say YES. Not even a NO. My mom immediately asked me,
Mom: "What da, why are you so dull?"
Me: "Looks like things are happening very quick. I don't know what to say"
Mom:"They are waiting for our decision. They are interested in coming home. If its OK with you tell da."

Me:"Ok, let them come. Let things happen for good."
Mom: "I will tell achan da, he will inform them. This sunday Ok la?"
Me: "Amme, just 4 days left. Next week! Next week!!"
Mom: "Mol, will ask them the dates da"
Way to go!!!
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Sunday: 4.00 PM
@ Home

I was all set to welcome them home with a Coffee. They said they'll be here by 5.00PM. His mother is a retired teacher. She'll definitely be a perfectionist. 2 sisters, both married and settled in Chennai. They'll also be here. I was in a blue saree, not my favorite color, but my mom always says it suits me well. My sister and I were talking, actually she was trying to relax me... Well, the time was 4.50PM. And we heard a car stop in front of our house. I was suddenly nervous. When my parents went out to welcome them, I went to the pooja room and said my small prayer.

They were in the hall by the time I came out. I smiled and said a Hi to all! (OMG, So me, to say a HI to elders!! Thought i made a mistake there.) But they smiled and in minutes we were in a good conversation. His sisters spoke really well, his father was a bit silent, his mother spoke well too. Time for the parents to talk and sort things. I was in my room with his sister's kids.. I am always fond of kids and all the four of us (2 kids, my sis and me) enjoyed in the room... By the time they left there was some kind of mutual connection between both families. Kind of satisfied. The kids liked me... The sisters were pleased. But uncle (His dad) jus smiled. They left and the very next day they called and told my parents that they liked me and they are keen on moving to the next level. My parents were super happy.. I liked the family but if i had a chance to talk to him ,it would be even more better. Just then my mom came and told me, "mol, this is his phone no, he will call you tomorrow it seems."
I was totally shocked.. :O I was just thinking!! Parents are super-fast these days!
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I got a call the next day morning,Monday, when I was in Office, I was loaded with work, I just spoke for 10 minutes and told him that i will call in the afternoon during lunch. I knew I shouldn't have done that. But still, I couldn't avoid it. Well, I got a call during lunch. I spoke with him and asked a sorry. He was Ok with it but asked me to mention to him priorly about when to call next..

Yes, I finally accepted this proposal.

We spoke now and then and finally our marriage dates were decided. Just 2 months from now. And our engagement was this weekend. Already things were running at a high speed for me, now, i have no words to say..
We were finally engaged, yes, only I am here!! I conveyed all the details to him. I am comfortable talking to him now.. 30 days left...
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Unudan pesum ovoru muraiyum,
ennai naan tholaika villai endraalum,
indha ninaivugal enaku pudhiyavai, iniyavai.
Idhu pol idharku mun unarndhaillai
Unnai naan padathil (photo) thaan mudanmurai paarthaen,
Kalyaanathin munnaal varai adhuve enaku thunai.
Irundhaalum ennaku therindavaraikum nee thaan en seri paadhi
idharku muzhu needhi
Yen mana amaidhi.
Evalavu bayangal ennule unnudan pesuvadharku mun,
ippozhudu agandradhu en bayangal,
thelindhadhu en mugam,
Kalyaana kalai enbadhu idhu dhaano!
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I smiled and got down from the bus and walked to my cube. Invited my friends and colleagues.. Spent some good time with all!
Leaving office with a happy face!!
3 days to go! :)

Kalyaana Maalai... Part 1

2010-12-14T11:38:00.002+05:30

Back to the routine weekend, time to sit down and check out the list of "Interested" alliances after my mom has been telling me to check this for the whole week. Sometimes it gives me a slight comfort to think that my parents don't know to check emails. It doesn't last long anyway. I climbed out of my bed and walked to the kitchen to check my mom's mood to proceed with things for the day. When i told her a Good Morning, the first thing she told me was,

Amme: "Mol, check the email and tell me da, I need to talk with achan and inform your maama about it.."
OOOOh! Working 5 days in office doesn't really tense me this much. But checking the list of alliances really does!! :|
Me: "Seri amme, will do it in sometime."
On saying this, I walked out of the kitchen.
Amme:(warning tone) "If achan comes he'll ask me, get this done quick da"
Me: "OOOOK!!"

I turn on the system and switch on the Broadband modem,this will take sometime, will get a pen and a paper.. I go into my room to take these and my phone is ringing, my sister is sleeping, she'll curse me for this, I need to attend it asap. I take the phone, silence the ringing, walk out taking a book in hand and answer it.
Caller: Good morning!!
Me: Hey good morning di! :) How surprising you've awake so early?
Caller: Told you na, going out today di. Can you do a help di?
Me: Tell Jay.
Caller: Can you check whether IRCTC is opening di
Me: Will check and call you di. Turned on the system just now, it'll take sometime.
Caller: Ok di. You inform it to laks di. I am starting now. I'll send your number to her, she'll call you. Don't mind di.
Me: No probs di. She'll call na
Caller: Yes di. Ok Bye! Take care!!
Me: C ya di..

Back to the system in the corner of the hall. I keep the mobile on the table next to the monitor and open Mozilla Firefox to check my yahoo mail and in another tab i open the IRCTC site.

(Beep)
Msg from Jay, Laks number, irctc login,password. Gave ur no to her, she'll cal in 10 mins! TC!

Alright!! First, I type the username and password and click on the login button, then i'll move to my work. Opened my yahoomail to check the list, here it goes, I have to check 15 profiles today. Nice start,this is going to pull lots of time with achan and amme taking down every possible detail so that they can call and talk. I glance at the first person's profile, my phone is ringing, some unknown number, must be laks, i move to irctc and check it, before attending the call, it was throwing some error. I attend the call,
Caller: Hi, laks pa
Me: Hi! It is throwing error for me pa.
Caller: No probs. I have asked two other friends of mine to check.
Me: Ok, If at all it opens, i will msg you.
Caller: Ok di. Thanks. I will call later di.
Me: Ok di. Bye

Alright, I just glance the mails to find the current location of each and every alliance before calling my mother. She will definitely accept any place if the horoscopes match(No chennai at all). But it is difficult for me. Amme come here. She sits in a chair next to me and we check all the profiles, she notes all and asks for horoscopes. I download all the attachments and give her the print outs of it. She immediately calls our family Josiyar and fixes an appointment in the evening. I am free to go now, I finally go and check the irctc site and its still the same. I close it and msg laks about it. Before shutting it down, i just ask my half-sleepy sister, if she wants to use the system. She comes to life immediately and responds YES. I have never got a quicker answer from her for anything else. FB, Orkut, what else is needed to wake her at ten!

Its almost 7 in the evening and achan and amme came into the hall talking something. So, like a kid waiting for the exams to be postponed(never have i prayed this extensively for any of my exams also) I was just sitting on the sofa but dint want to ask anything to them. Couldn't remain silent as well.. Amme came and told that there was one alliance that matched and that we are going to call them and ask other details. I couldn't bite my teeth much harder, I dint know what to say for a moment, I just told, call them and ask ma, we'll talk about this later! Amme was like, mol, we'll call and talk da. Achan called them and spoke with them, they spoke really well, looked like good rapport was built. I was a bit nervous. Amme spoke and she was very happy. I was totally out of control now, coz i was sure this is going to end well. Achan and amme came and asked,
"mol, when can we ask them to come home"
Me: "You decide that, what do you want me to tell amme"
Amme: "What da, you are not interested in this is it?"
Me: "Nothing like that! It is all happening quick ma"
Amme: "Mol, nothing is wrong da. Achan spoke with maama, he said he'll enquire about him and tell us all details"
Me: "Can't I stay here after marriage? Wont we be here in Chennai after marriage?"
Amme: "Mol, we'll see da. We'll see how this is going da"
Me: "Ok ma"

Thousand thoughts rushing my mind about this person, so new and i am not sure what I am going to tell. I am trying to ease myself. Never expected this weekend to be a beginning of a different phase in my life. Phew, my palm is wet. Krishna....

(To be continued....)

Much awaited

2010-09-28T17:39:00.000+05:30

Mood: Satisfied! :D

Much awaited blog design.

I've been waiting for months to get this done. I saw this blog design before months in another blog and wanted this exact design for my blog!! There are still a few changes to be done! The blog feed and the comments part. Other than that the rearranging of the Widgets!!! :D Trying to get the smiley work done for this blog!!! Couldn't really get the sitework done. It was throwing errors constantly. Need to get the work done asap! Phew! Atlast found a design that i really liked!!

A tale of two buses

2010-08-16T20:07:00.003+05:30

“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.”
-- Jawaharlal Nehru.

Personal time is something i've longed for right from my school days. No family, no friends, no strangers, none at all. Only me! All alone in a not-so-familiar place. Or maybe even in any one of the rooms in our house,if this is what i get. Never in my lifetime till my college days was I ever alone. People, people everywhere!!! But still I managed to convince my dad to join in a college that was 40 kms away from my house, so that i could spend the that time as a solitary traveller. I wasn't imagining the best of things to happen in my bus, except for ragging,even that dint happen! :(

But, I happened to find my soul sisters out there!!! And that's the end of my i-will-try-to-be-silent-hereafter oath to my mom!!! :D Not a single day were we silent after that. There were situations where we've fought!! Those are the times we took to realize our mistakes. College bus was total fun. We 5 gals(J,Mal,Meens,Reje and Jay(Me)) enjoyed our travelling thoroughly.. These are the memories that will be cherished forever!! J's favorite path used to be the avadi junction! All the greenary and the lovely curve of the roads!! The bustle on the roads were comparatively less as the annoying noise of the horns used to be from bus drivers doing it on purpose to overtake and irritate the other!! We did everything from playing name,place,animal and things and DumbC to drawing EG sheets in the bus to discussing some GD topics now and then!!! Huh, Missing those dayz!!! All our fights are also memorable, esp the one on J's bday!! Sorry J! We had lotz a plans but everything was spoiled coz of our craziness!! :(

These memories keep re-iterating like some slogans in my mind when i moved to MCity(The place where i work).. Travelling 2 hrs to and fro with not a soul to talk to made me feel extremely lonely.. 3 out of 5 were placed in the same Organization! We became best of pals during our training days in Mysore! Finally came the posting, 2 of us(J and Me) in Chennai and the one gal,Mal in Pune. We had some hope as some of Mal's pals were in Pune then. Whenever we spoke, one thing was very clear. We had other friends but nothing the same as our group. I found many ways to pass the time in the bus! (For almost a year, i dint sleep in the bus!!!). Used to watch the taking off and the landing of flights here @ Meenambakkam airport (I used to crane my neck to see it and I still love watching it!). I dint mind craning my neck to check out the flights, coz there was not a soul to bother me when i do that(fast asleep!! :D).. What more freedom can you get!!! We gals started "conferencing" to get rid off the annoying travelling time.. But not all of us were free and half our talks used to be amidst of interruptions!! So we used to msg each other but otherwise started spending the time on our own!! But that's when i kept seeing so many things that I am not tired off til date!! When the bus is on top of the Meenambakkam bridge, I love watchin the amazing scene where the flight takes off and a train crosses the thrishool station jus on the road parallel to the airport!! The DLF, Olympia building, people crossing the road even when the cop shouts at them! Some cops bribing the Lorry drivers shamelessly, an old-couple walkin and talking near the k.k nagar park! Huh, in life atleast at some point of time we need to be alone to really learn certain things! Self-realization happens at that point!!! The travelling and the thinking continues!!!! :)

Goa - A Venkat Prabu Holiday

2010-02-08T12:30:00.000+05:30

Date: 6th Feb 2010

Place: Abirami Mega Mall,Purasaiwalkam

Theatre: Swarna Sakthi

Movie: Goa

Show Time: 11.45 AM

It was a Shankz B'day and so Bharath,Skay,Karthika,Saranya,Am ru,Shahida and Myself went to the entertainer movie,Goa. The screens had the now famous TV artist Gautami with a non-synch voice singing for her new mega serial Abirami! :( After some ads finally I finally heard the Sound rising in the theatre and opened my eyes to see one of the CH-28 guy dancing with his lady to a folk song.. Lemme come to the movie,

The first half and the opening for the guys along with their dad's was good. Imitation plays a vital role in these movies and that's indeed the interesting part especially in a Prabhu Venkat(PV) Movie as he brings it in the right places in the movie n it works out pretty well. The definitely most interesting character s Jai and his 'estadinary' english that brought claps every single time he spoke. Especially his version of "Samikannu kanna sami kuthings"!!! was the best. There were some good entertaining moments in the movie. I would not call the entire movie a entertainer. The second half was a bit draggy coz i thought the movie was almost over and I was wondering about the posters of sneha and suddenly she comes in the screen trying to get her handbag from Prasanna, evalo twist pa??? But definitely the unexpected characters brought in some extra life to the audiences to give some extra claps for the new entrants:P

The few mins entrants Prasanna, Simbu and Nayan had a greater impact than Sneha, even with a song for her. Her character as a entrepreneur was different but did not make a big impact on me.

Bringing in the movies hitch and Oceans 11 just made me think of those movies and the plot for sometime! :) Though the plots were a good thought, getting the jewels back was definitely vaibhav's good work! :)

Premji definitely bagged the title 'hero' in this movie along with his australian girlfriend. Only Premji and Melanie looked like a real pair.

Jai and Piyaa's on the screen romance was good. Off the screens I have no clue. :P Their screen presence was good and youthful.

Vaibhav looked like a macho man and ended up doing the comedian character.

The makeover for all the 3 guys was good. All the 3 looked smart.

The best character in the movie was definitely performed by Sampath as Danny. OMG, he has 'acted' well. The others just played a real life role! Atleast more like it. But Sampath was indeed the star performer. Aravind n Sampath's role was different as gay. Hope they dont live the character :)

The behind the Screen scenes are always interesting in a VP movie and those were good! :)

Overall review: An entertainer after a tough week! :)

All the songs were good! :)

A weekend special definitely not a extended holiday! :)

Do you read Books?

2010-01-31T19:47:00.001+05:30

Reading books is something everyone would have done at least once in their life time.. For some its a Hobby and for some its a way to while away their time. Some like reading a E-book and many like reading a hard cover book.. Reading is pleasure anyways! I came across BookSwim, the first online book rental library service which lends you all the latest best sellers and so definitely this is an A- Class opportunity to make the best use of all the books provided by them.

Happy reading! :)

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Republic Day Wishes!

2010-01-26T13:12:00.002+05:30

On our 61st Republic Day I would like to write about a person who I met on few occasions of staying at my uncle's place when I was a small gal. They were the so-called neighbours. This guy I think must be a couple of years older than me. I dont have clear memories of that person's face but I remember the deeds he has done till date. He usually takes my cousins with him to the terrace to salute the tri - colored heart warming flag twice a day after singing the National Anthem with utmost patriotism. And for the time I stayed at my uncle's place, I was also a part of that group which I felt was indeed worth participating and remembering. All the four of us walk up the stairs to see the flag being hoisted in the mornings and brought down in the evenings and stand there to salute that and sing the National Anthem and then say Jai Hind and then walk back or sometimes we play there in the terrace for some extended time.. I remember that person for almost every Republic day and Independence Day and have always considered him to be one of the best human and Indian I've met so far. But at the moment he is a host in Vijay TV and was the winner of One of the seasons of KPY(Kalaka Povadhu Yaaru) and is also a better dancer. Good Luck to you. Hope you are still the Same patriotic kid(person).

Wishing all the Indians a Happy Republic Day. Try watching the programs that give you more and more freedom thoughts. Have a wonderful day and see if you can take an oath on this day and keep up that. Coz this day is indeed one of the most Important days in Indian History and our free lives!

Unanswered.............

2010-01-23T00:08:00.001+05:30

Past.... A way we lived. As my travelling time is almost 4 hrs to and fro, I have all the time in the world to check out the road outside my bus. The wackiest thoughts are about the number of turned over cars,lorries, sometimes even tractors and any other vehicle lying on the road in a dismantled position covered by blood and flesh. Every time I find any vehicle along the side of the road in an awkward position then it is a symbol of accident. The high roads has more to it. The sides of the National Highways and State Highways are mostly covered by a lot of bushes and thickened by trees. When you look into the depths of those sides you'll find some vehicle that had met with an accident long back. Losing some of my mom's cousins in a car accident has made her avoid such scenes on the highways whereas my mind opens up for these inquiries. I know this must be weird. Right from my college days I have been seeing stuffs like this and so accidents for instance has become a part of daily routine and nothing more.

But when I was contemplating about these minor and major road accidents the only thought that was constantly revolving in my mind was 'Were they with their family after a happy outing/trip?' 'Did they ever know that this would be their trip straight to the gates of heaven/hell?'

There are so many other questions left unanswered...........

Who are we to blame in an accident?

Do the stressed life style add to the increase in accidents?

Is accident a mistake every time?

Why people don't dare to show any kind of humanistic disciplines even in the scenes of accidents?

When people are curious to see accidents why are they not curious enough to help?

Why are a lot of school vans meeting with accidents now-a-days?

Why the hell do we need money and power when it is of no use to anyone?

Why on the face of the earth are people running behind money and power?

Is money worth without the power?

Is power worth without money?

Why do people spend their life and soul for the sake a small appreciation?

Why people who try to be perfect mostly end up having a trauma?

Why on earth am I thinking of all this??????????

List continues..

Why is it always easy to ask questions than to find answers??

WHY???

Luck by Chance - Lottery!

2010-01-10T20:12:00.000+05:30

Do you believe in bare luck?
Or can we call it absolute luck?

It is all about luck or should I call it fortune,even that's something that I am not pretty sure about when I ponder of luckydraws or in simple terms Lottery is gambling as they are called by any man on the face of the earth!
How insane people can get over money surprises me when people end their lives in gaming hells and horse races and bumper prizes, i'm aware of my pretty short list. I've read in novels about gaming hells but I've personally seen people building castles in the air and having the best of discussions about what will they do if they happen to win the lottery atleast this time. Why don't these be banned again forever so that people can start believing in the work they do and start living in reality rather than get themselves hooked in the most unreliable offers. The money some people spend over getting lotteries(remember, you can also receive them by post) definitely makes people like me to think how the hell can people spend money in such undisciplined fashion. Sometimes I feel like calling them losers but something makes me think that some people who don't know how to cover their myriad debts try their hands in stuffs like this thinking either of these possibilities:either god is on their side or should the luck permit, they can live debt free. This thought makes me curse them more. Trying their luck once in a while is atleast acceptable. But depending only on it, is something that I wish to call as mere stupidity!

Lord! Save these people and make them understand the need to save money instead of spending it wild enough on things that are of the least importance.