Tagged by Raz
Name 10 of life's simple pleasures that you like the most and then pick 10 people to do the same (optional). Try to be original and creative and no to use the things someone else has already used.
1. Singing out loud
2. Enjoying simple lyrics that convey big meanings with a teardrop trying to pop out of my eyes
3. Returning a powerful smash back to the opponent much to his surprise, in Table Tennis
4. Getting a batsman bowled with my slower ball in Cricket
5. Eye contact with cute-looking girls
6. Teasing my dad
7. Sleeping in broad daylight with comforter and heater on(sorry Raz- had to say this)
8. Utilizing the snooze button in my watch alarm to the maximum
9. Getting teased by my sister
10. Saying "Yes" to anything and everything my friends plan to do
I tag-
Shy, MJ, Nostalgia, Sri and Siva - do it if and when you guys find time...
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Friday, April 14, 2006
Iniya Thamizh PuththaaNdu NalvaazhthugaL!
Am so getting used to making last minute posts. April 14, 2006 is history throughout the world except in the Pacific Time Zone of USA and in parts of the East Pacific Ocean(which is actually the west end of the world...interesting). Still, somehow i manage to make it in time.
Here's wishing u all a very happy tamil new year!
anaivarukkum yen iniya puththaaNdu nalvaazhthugaL!
I decided to give myself a small gift on this day. So, i gave birth to this tamil blog of mine. I hope to get the support(read comments in the new blog) of all the Tamil readers out there and those who are even remotely interested in this beautiful language.
keep visiting...
Here's wishing u all a very happy tamil new year!
anaivarukkum yen iniya puththaaNdu nalvaazhthugaL!
I decided to give myself a small gift on this day. So, i gave birth to this tamil blog of mine. I hope to get the support(read comments in the new blog) of all the Tamil readers out there and those who are even remotely interested in this beautiful language.
keep visiting...
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Courage...
Will I ever be able to do something like this?
Mizaz said when the fire broke out, Javed managed to come out safe from a burning tented enclosure but went back to help those trapped inside.
Anida, his mother, said, "Javed saw six kids were stuck in one corner of a tent and so he went back inside the burning enclosure to save them. He tore a part of the synthetic cloth that was used to make the outer cover of the tent to make way for the children."
No one knew then that Javed's presence of mind and exemplary act of bravery would save so many lives but claim his own.
May his soul rest in peace...
thanakkena vaazhbavan irukkayil iRakkiRaan
piRarkkena vaazhndhavan iRandhumae irukkiRaan
Mizaz said when the fire broke out, Javed managed to come out safe from a burning tented enclosure but went back to help those trapped inside.
Anida, his mother, said, "Javed saw six kids were stuck in one corner of a tent and so he went back inside the burning enclosure to save them. He tore a part of the synthetic cloth that was used to make the outer cover of the tent to make way for the children."
No one knew then that Javed's presence of mind and exemplary act of bravery would save so many lives but claim his own.
May his soul rest in peace...
thanakkena vaazhbavan irukkayil iRakkiRaan
piRarkkena vaazhndhavan iRandhumae irukkiRaan
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Monday, April 10, 2006
An evening away from my bedroom
Isn't it ironical that "bedroom" and "boredom" are anagrams? hmmm...
S called me at around 2pm on Sunday and said he'd drive down from Irvine along with his GF "R" at around 6pm. I was more than happy to say "sure". After all, we had met only once in the last 4 and a half years and got to spend only about 12 hours together then. He wanted to go out for dinner and spend some time here. It was a pleasant surprise cos one wudn't have associated S of the yore to pay friendly visits by driving 140 odd miles to and fro. He wanted my roommates to join us too. I thought "right!" and told him, "I'll ask them". As expected, one of my roommates had to iron his clothes and the other one was not feeling well cos he had slept at 3 am the previous night!
S and R arrived just past six. I was introduced to R by S and then I introduced them to my roommates. One of my roommates was going to the temple and we thought we'll join him too(hattrick for me- that too friday, saturday and sunday!). We then dropped him at home so that he could iron his clothes peacefully and then headed to the San Diego downtown. It's been four weeks since i moved to this place and this is the first time i got a chance to go there, thanks to S for that. Seeing the downtown from the ground was certainly worth the hype i had gotten twice before, when I had seen it from a few thousand feet above the ground, although the fact that it was all dark by the time we got there is a pity.
We went to "Sea Port Village", which was a cool place. We had dinner at a restaurant there(forgot its name- "Sea" something). To my surprise, there were "three" vegetarian dishes and i chose Thai noodles. They ordered shrimp, fish and Margarita. So, i had to be content with my food and pepsi!
We soon got into discussions about our college days. It was great to remember those golden days. S was telling about the problems they were facing. R's iyer dad wants an iyer maaplai for her. She was telling me that they are kind of "ok" now, after seeing his photos(er- how?) and all. They are going to India in July to face the music. Goodluck to them!
S was also telling me about J- about how J had fallen in love with a chat friend of his, who was equally mad about him apparently, about how he went to Canada to see her parents and about how she never spoke to him ever since he returned! It was a depressing story. I feel that online relationships are becoming banal these days. hmmm...anyways, J's moving on and is thinking of getting married in December. He's another nice chap. Deserves a lot better in life. Hope it works out well for him.
So, S and R saw my depressing life...yeah, my roommates. They wanted me to come to Irvine(LA) every weekend on Friday night after work and leave sunday night. It was so nice of them and was hard to say no to. Let's see. If not every weekend, am thinking of going there atleast once a month until i find some "friends" here.
They left SD at 11pm. Before leaving, he gave me a card. It made me feel nice. He has changed quite a bit and i am sure R must have made a significant contribution to this cause. Left me feeling a bit jealous. What on earth am i doing being single at 26? where are you, my girl? ;)
S called me at around 2pm on Sunday and said he'd drive down from Irvine along with his GF "R" at around 6pm. I was more than happy to say "sure". After all, we had met only once in the last 4 and a half years and got to spend only about 12 hours together then. He wanted to go out for dinner and spend some time here. It was a pleasant surprise cos one wudn't have associated S of the yore to pay friendly visits by driving 140 odd miles to and fro. He wanted my roommates to join us too. I thought "right!" and told him, "I'll ask them". As expected, one of my roommates had to iron his clothes and the other one was not feeling well cos he had slept at 3 am the previous night!
S and R arrived just past six. I was introduced to R by S and then I introduced them to my roommates. One of my roommates was going to the temple and we thought we'll join him too(hattrick for me- that too friday, saturday and sunday!). We then dropped him at home so that he could iron his clothes peacefully and then headed to the San Diego downtown. It's been four weeks since i moved to this place and this is the first time i got a chance to go there, thanks to S for that. Seeing the downtown from the ground was certainly worth the hype i had gotten twice before, when I had seen it from a few thousand feet above the ground, although the fact that it was all dark by the time we got there is a pity.
We went to "Sea Port Village", which was a cool place. We had dinner at a restaurant there(forgot its name- "Sea" something). To my surprise, there were "three" vegetarian dishes and i chose Thai noodles. They ordered shrimp, fish and Margarita. So, i had to be content with my food and pepsi!
We soon got into discussions about our college days. It was great to remember those golden days. S was telling about the problems they were facing. R's iyer dad wants an iyer maaplai for her. She was telling me that they are kind of "ok" now, after seeing his photos(er- how?) and all. They are going to India in July to face the music. Goodluck to them!
S was also telling me about J- about how J had fallen in love with a chat friend of his, who was equally mad about him apparently, about how he went to Canada to see her parents and about how she never spoke to him ever since he returned! It was a depressing story. I feel that online relationships are becoming banal these days. hmmm...anyways, J's moving on and is thinking of getting married in December. He's another nice chap. Deserves a lot better in life. Hope it works out well for him.
So, S and R saw my depressing life...yeah, my roommates. They wanted me to come to Irvine(LA) every weekend on Friday night after work and leave sunday night. It was so nice of them and was hard to say no to. Let's see. If not every weekend, am thinking of going there atleast once a month until i find some "friends" here.
They left SD at 11pm. Before leaving, he gave me a card. It made me feel nice. He has changed quite a bit and i am sure R must have made a significant contribution to this cause. Left me feeling a bit jealous. What on earth am i doing being single at 26? where are you, my girl? ;)
Sunday, April 09, 2006
Saturday, April 08, 2006
Monotony
Life has been REALLY monotonous ever since i moved to San Diego. The first week was the most interesting- staying at a friend's place, driving a brand new PT Cruiser, eating out, getting used to the job environment and such cool things...so u can imagine the plight since then.
Moved into a 2-bedroom apartment with two others. Both of them goto bed at 8:30pm on week days and at 9:30pm on weekends, making me feel guilty about sleeping "late" at 11pm. During grad days, 1 am was the earliest i went to bed, barring very very rare exceptions. Wonder how one moment people are young and the nano-second they start working, they become old. For all those worrying about not getting jobs and not being able to work...take my word- "working sucks"...not exactly because of working but because of all the revised schedule. Take ur own sweet time before facing the inevitable.
Contrary to popular belief, eating out has reduced a lot. I even carry lunch to office, which surprises even myself! Going to gym and temple are the two great pastimes here.
At last, i got something to talk about today. Went to the temple last night(it's just past 12 now) cos they had Ramanavami celebrations. That i would have been there otherwise too is a different issue. There I saw two beautiful girls(girls with sweet voices are known as "beautiful" in my dictionary!) singing Carnatic songs. The temple was full of people and i was forced to take a seat. I'd have stayed anyways, for the only other choices were going to the gym or cooking. So i took my seat at about 7:30pm and finally got to stand up at 10:30 pm to join the crowd in giving the artists a big and richly deserved standing ovation. Ranjani and Gayatri- the sisters, sang very very well. I found out only a minute ago that they are not as amateur as i initially thought they were. More info on them can be found at http://www.ranjanigayatri.com/ - kudos to them. Not for a single second did i feel like even stretching my legs during the 3 hour performance. It was absolutely engrossing to say the least. They are on a US tour now, singing in Cleveland this Sunday(tomorrow) and travelling to other places after that. As usual, i was lost in the crowd of Carnatic zealots talking about all the ragas n stuff.
I used to be part of SABHA(http://www.uc.edu/groups/sabha/index.html) during my grad days. Like most others who were there, i went to the orientation only cos they provided free pizza. As luck would have it, i ended up being the treasurer for that year and got the friendship of a few amazing student artists and got to meet a lot of renowned performers. We had a big SABHA family then. It was fun. The concerts were great and instilled in me an interest for Indian Classical Music. I was and am not comfortable with the theories, but listening to Carnatic music is a delight, more so if the song is in tamil. Learning it for 7 years, albeit against my will and with zero interest, did not hurt at all.
Cooked Maggi at 11pm and had it for dinner along with two bananas. Things are back to normalcy now. Winamp's singing "Maerkae Maerkae", roomies are into their 2nd quarter of tonight's sleep and i am feeling guilty about staying awake...
Moved into a 2-bedroom apartment with two others. Both of them goto bed at 8:30pm on week days and at 9:30pm on weekends, making me feel guilty about sleeping "late" at 11pm. During grad days, 1 am was the earliest i went to bed, barring very very rare exceptions. Wonder how one moment people are young and the nano-second they start working, they become old. For all those worrying about not getting jobs and not being able to work...take my word- "working sucks"...not exactly because of working but because of all the revised schedule. Take ur own sweet time before facing the inevitable.
Contrary to popular belief, eating out has reduced a lot. I even carry lunch to office, which surprises even myself! Going to gym and temple are the two great pastimes here.
At last, i got something to talk about today. Went to the temple last night(it's just past 12 now) cos they had Ramanavami celebrations. That i would have been there otherwise too is a different issue. There I saw two beautiful girls(girls with sweet voices are known as "beautiful" in my dictionary!) singing Carnatic songs. The temple was full of people and i was forced to take a seat. I'd have stayed anyways, for the only other choices were going to the gym or cooking. So i took my seat at about 7:30pm and finally got to stand up at 10:30 pm to join the crowd in giving the artists a big and richly deserved standing ovation. Ranjani and Gayatri- the sisters, sang very very well. I found out only a minute ago that they are not as amateur as i initially thought they were. More info on them can be found at http://www.ranjanigayatri.com/ - kudos to them. Not for a single second did i feel like even stretching my legs during the 3 hour performance. It was absolutely engrossing to say the least. They are on a US tour now, singing in Cleveland this Sunday(tomorrow) and travelling to other places after that. As usual, i was lost in the crowd of Carnatic zealots talking about all the ragas n stuff.
I used to be part of SABHA(http://www.uc.edu/groups/sabha/index.html) during my grad days. Like most others who were there, i went to the orientation only cos they provided free pizza. As luck would have it, i ended up being the treasurer for that year and got the friendship of a few amazing student artists and got to meet a lot of renowned performers. We had a big SABHA family then. It was fun. The concerts were great and instilled in me an interest for Indian Classical Music. I was and am not comfortable with the theories, but listening to Carnatic music is a delight, more so if the song is in tamil. Learning it for 7 years, albeit against my will and with zero interest, did not hurt at all.
Cooked Maggi at 11pm and had it for dinner along with two bananas. Things are back to normalcy now. Winamp's singing "Maerkae Maerkae", roomies are into their 2nd quarter of tonight's sleep and i am feeling guilty about staying awake...
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
THE Bond...
Nagesh, a 70 year old in the movie "Rhythm", says this to his wife...
"idhu oru sowriyam di enakku. enna thittinaalum nooRu roobaa kudutha maadhiri sirichukittae vaangikkaRa"
("this is a convenient thing for me. how much ever i scold you, you take it all with a smile, as if i gave you a hundred rupees")
"idhu oru sowriyam di enakku. enna thittinaalum nooRu roobaa kudutha maadhiri sirichukittae vaangikkaRa"
("this is a convenient thing for me. how much ever i scold you, you take it all with a smile, as if i gave you a hundred rupees")
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