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Friday, March 03, 2006

Suthi suthi vandheega...


Idhu enna oor-ne puriya mattengudhu...all I see are tall buildings crammed up in every little space you can get, and theru ellam edho oru periya maze madhiri set panni vachirukanga..No wonder the lady Rowling who wrote Harry Potter could think of all those mazes and magical portkeys for transportation! Inga irukara kuzhappamana roads-ku portkey irundhadhan destination poi sera mudiyum! Probably she had desired for such magical stuff, pavam, aasaiya ezhuthula kottitanga!

The first day to work, one of my colleagues had picked me up from the railway station..oh yeah, neenga edho UK trains ellam sophisticated-a on time-ku varum-nellam dont imagine, first day-ve aniyayathuku 30 minutes track repair, congestion adhu idhu-nu delay pantanunga :( Seri anyways, first day office-ku colleague help-oda poi serndhutten.

The second day station-lerndhu velila vandhen, and nethu avan sonnadhu kadhula replay aayitirundhadhu, 'It is very confusing, Usha, you'd get lost in this place..but dont worry, you'll soon get used to it' (Edhuku, tholainju poradhuka?), but that 'naan' factor convinced me saying I can find the correct route. Dinosaur-ku theriyuma Dosai perumai-nu sirichukitte velila vandhena...heart attack!! Ayyo! Indha idam naan nethu parkave illaye! Seri ok, memory-la slip aayirukum-ntu I proceeded only to find myself in a strange street..sema kulir vera. Eppadiyum tall building dhane, engayavadhu horizon-la theriyum-nu suthi partha ellame tall buildings!

After I had walked for some 20 mins, I realized I am going nowhere and started retracing my steps to the station and luckily adhu easy-a irundhadhu, it only needed a short memory retrace...appuram thirumba angerndhu started another search for my workplace..seri andha kadhaiyellam venda, but all I wanted was to reach my workplace fast coz of the kulir..when I eventually did, ennoda main 3 sensory organs were frozen that I was so scared that they might break!

Enna ooruda idhu!! Weather sariya illa, road kuzhappama iruku...and here I start rambling...

21 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

idhu unakku theriyaadhu nu naan sollavarala, irundhaalum.....Best way to remember any route is to write landmarks in a piece of paper in the correct order......a rough sketch would come to gr8 help wen we are new to a place.......& hoy, trains angayum late aadhaan pogudhaa- kalakku !!! aana anga late aa odinaalum latest aa odudhe ! inga late aa odinaalum wastest aa illa odittu irukku !!
anyways Ensoy :-)
Cheers,
GJ

4:17 AM  
Blogger logic said...

ennatha solvenungooo..

Ni london pathii appadiya ennoda GF email padicha memories....

and careful Usha yes u might get lost there.after a month may be u will get used to it

7:35 AM  
Blogger kuttichuvaru said...

hmm... alaiya vittuttaanga pola irukku?? nejamaave ooru confusingaa illa namakku talent kammiyaa?? he he....

10:18 AM  
Blogger Ajay said...

/Dinosaur-ku theriyuma Dosai perumai-nu/
what logic...

8:32 PM  
Blogger paurna said...

enna da idhu.u say like this and my brother who has been there for the past 30 months doesn't miss an opportunity to praise london.

espcially the tube,my bro,told me are the best part of uk.may be ur experience is just an aberration or may be my brother is lying.

1:37 AM  
Blogger neighbour said...

"Dinosaur-ku theriyuma Dosai perumai-nu " -- pudhu mozhiyooo pathaayarthu onnu

pudhu oorula thulanchu pogardhu yellam oru matteraaa.. naan ethanai thervu chutheeerukaaen..

idhuyellam oru experience thaan..

I can give you one suggestion.. eppadiyum neega pora ooruku map irukum.. illaina google maps oru printout eduthu vachukoonga.. romba use fulla irukum.. (Main road, kurkuku sandhu , muchanhti yellam theriyara maathiri)

8:31 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

ithuku thaan harry potter mathiri high level-la books padika koodathu... hansel and gretel level-la padichiruntha olunga poirupeenga.... Dinosaur, dosai enna combo... kalakitteenga

1:18 PM  
Blogger Ramesh said...

megam kottatutum. snow peiaatum.. apdinu paatu paaditae office cut adichittu jolly-a sutha vendiyadhu thaanae..

love birds padathula vara vadivel kadhai madhiri irundhuchu .. lol ..

3:26 PM  
Blogger Jagan said...

ninga enna S/w profeesional ah ? antha effect neraya theriyuthu ;-)

8:08 PM  
Blogger Known Stranger said...

though i find everytime difficult to read your post as you use english and tamil in "jugal bhandi " yet i like your articles every day.

1:21 AM  
Blogger shree said...

reminds me of 'thulladha manamum thullum' movie's comedy - mylaporekku map pottu kattuvare oru comedian... :) anyway, office poi sendhiya illaya?

2:44 AM  
Blogger KC! said...

GJ, map-a?!! Geography-la naan low marks vanginadhe map-aladhan..so map enaku parama vairi!! enaku therinja landmark UBS dhan, aana adhu kadaiseela moolaiku moolai iruku andha area-la! I mean 2-3 offices!

Veda, u r right, unfortunately namma autowalas madhiri aalunga inga illa :(

Logic, naan improve aagite varen, ippo ennoda office-oda adutha theru enaku theriyum :D anyways, thanks for the advice..

KC, yarai parthu enna varthai sonnai...pidi saabam, engirundhalum oru naal ange tholaindhu poi idam thedi alaya kadavadhu!!

Ajay, same logic as Kazhudai and kalpooram..adhai yaravadhu question paneengala?

Neighbor, che che idhellam matter-nu naan sollave illa, this is just recording an average human's experience, avlodhan :)

Ranjith, adhellam yaaru? edhavahu thitareengala??? and same answer as to Ajay for you, hmpfffh!!

Ramesh, second day-ve office cut adicha thitta matangalo??

Jagan, that's right, me a typical IT professional - a confused soul!

Vaishnav, thanks a lot! Your latest poem was toooo good!

Ammu, US naan ponadhilla, been lucky to visit other places..and andha places vida London kammi range dhan..

Shree, vandhu serndhutten..ippolam correct-ave vandhu seraren!

8:05 AM  
Blogger KC! said...

Paurna, welcome here..London tube-la nethu ponen..thongals of UK dhan..I think London is more like India except for the roads when compared to other countries...oh yeah, bribes pathi enaku theriyadhu :)

8:08 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hansel and gretel....bread crumbs.. kindergarten.. athuku apporom na books padikala

2:17 PM  
Blogger BZ said...

Hey, funny! :)

Wait a few months, then you will realize how clear things actually are ;)

8:38 PM  
Blogger kiraN said...

wats tht cartoon character name, appearing in ur every post??

1:03 AM  
Blogger vishy said...

appo appo ippadi tholangu porathu nallathu dhan... intha sakku la ora suthi parunga..

9:03 PM  
Blogger Kirukal said...

Hey Usha! My first time here...this is not a comment about your post but the blog as such...I love all the song titles you have given your posts!!! Romba puthumaiya irruku!! Nice job!

9:37 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

so wats the latest from london?

womans day wishes...

7:15 AM  
Blogger KC! said...

Kiron and kirukal, welcome here.

Kiron, the character is Calvin from Calvin & Hobbes.

Kirukal, thanks :)

8:32 AM  
Blogger kiraN said...

thnx Usha.. :)

10:26 PM  

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