Saami varudhu saami varudhu...

Naan movie review ezhudara type ellam kidayadhu, aana nethu naan partha unnadhamana padathai parthuttu I just could not resist writing about it, avalo kodumai!!

Santosh Subramaniam parkalamnra idea-vodadhan nethu theater pakkam ponom, but counter kitta ponappuram, my kuttisathan made a sudden entry and decided it wanted to watch Arai en 305-il kadavul. Oru pandara review padichuttu adhai nambi indha padam sema comedy, imsai arasan troop-nu nambi ulla poi utkarndhom.

Mudhalla oru opening line varudhu Milky Way pathi, that is the only funny line in the whole movie. Idhukaduthu madras mansions pathi oru documentary 10 mins-ku kattitu appurama characters varanga. Theriyamadhan kekkaren, main characters-ku flashback madhiri avanga chinna vayasu photo kattina ok, mansion manager-kum tea kadai nair-kum flashback photos thevaiya? Podha kuraiku santhanam-oda flashback snaps-la nethi-la super naamathoda kattitu, his name in the film in Rasu!! Photos-laye film kadathiduvangalo-nu bayam definite-a I could not resist.

Aduthu "kadavul" vara scene - indha rendu heroes-um kudichuttu "oru appanuku porandhirundha vaa"-nuvangalam, udane kadavul daaing-nu vandhuduvaram (btw, kadavuluku enga oru appan, krishnar, ramar-nu ovvoru avatar-ku oru dad, appuram Buddhar, Jesus and all other incarnations had dads, so obviously God as a whole has a lot of dads, and a lot of moms!) Idhai vida enna kodumaina, to prove that he is God, God shows himself in different forms. Kadavule!! PrakashRaj as MahaVishnu??!! Iraivaa!! PrakashRaj as Buddha??!! Saami!!! Seriously, Mahabarath, Ramayana-nu kadavul veshathula nalla kalaiyana dheiveegamana mugama parthuttu, idhu nijammave kodumaidhan!! It looks more like some therukoothu where the guy, who'd be a bad drunk and has his eyes swollen and all that, dresses up as some God.

Oru matter theriyuma ungalukku, kadavul-kitta oru device irukumam, andha device irundhadhan avaruku power-am, and appodhan avar kadavulam. Even more amazing is the fact that it can be charged using our electric outlets! Cool, eh? Adhai pocket-laye pottutu suthuvaram kadavul, obviously with no problem in this world in which he knows that there are cheats and troublemakers (in his own words).

Indha mukkalamum unarndha gnanigal ellam padichirukkom, so we'd expect God to be knowing the future too, right? Coz, he is the one who decides our fate/future or whatever it is. Idhellam therinja kadavul, thankitterndhu andha device-a indha manida pasanga thiruduvanga-nu theriyamaye iruparam :)) And indha device pona udane none of his magic works!! And the film breaks for the interval with these two guys standing on a satellite (?!) calling up Kanja Karuppu's dad with a surprisingly clear signal!!

Mudiyalainga, idhuku mela engalala mudiyala, so intermission-oda kadavul angerndhu kuttisathan-a thorathi vittutar, ennai nambadha makkal ellam inga iruka vendamnu!

dhratshai thinbavan budhisaaliya..pazharasam kudippavan kutravaaliya??

Sila per therinje thappu panvanga, romba sila per unknowingly niraya thappu panvanga.., naan definitely first category kidayadhunu ooruke theriyum ;) Aana I am not sure if I had encountered a sillier experience than this.

Naan Bangalore-la parthundha first job vittutu, I went to Chennai to work for 4 mths, and then got back to Bangalore again (angadhan periya thappu panten). A few days after I joined this company, my colleagues brought this huge white bottle and gave it to me. Naan erkaneve curiosity kills the cat case, so idhu enna kevalama phenyl bottle ellam kodukareenga-nu ketten. Adhuku they replied that it was concentrated fruit juice, and showed me the contents..inga paaru fruit ellam iruku-nu.

Naan seri ok-nu ennoda hotel room-ku eduthuttu ponen. I took a glass and poured out the juice, and kudichu parthen. I could not even take one gulp, it was so damn bitter. Engernedhu kandu pidichanga ippadi oru kasakkara juice-nu I was cursing the colleagues that night and slept.

Next day, office poi oru kaduppoda andha colleagues-a parthuttu (nera thitta mudiyadhe, dhanam kodutha dog-ai pal pidichu partha kadichidadhu?) I started working. Evening vandhadhu, and I went back to the hotel, and anikku-nu parthu enaku thookame varala..

So I sat up on the bed and started watching tv..when my attention went towards the bottle (tv-la program nalla illana naana poruppu?). I thought "what the heck, idhai theerthaganume, so eppadiyo kudichu mudichudalam-nu I started drinking it watching the TV. Athaadi, enna bitter!! Glass glass-a kudichu I was like, man! eppadi idhellam fruit juice-nu kudikkaranga-nu polambittu I sorted out things, made sure I got everything ready for next day and went to sleep (the time was almost 1 AM)coz my dad was coming the next day to bring my scooty and other stuff.

Next day morning, my dad came to Bangalore, kaalaila avarai pick pannitu I brought him to my hotel. My dad came in, was very impressed with the hotel facilities. "Nalla iruke room, ur company must be very good..." and his voice trailed off. Ennada achu appa-ku thirumbi partha, he was holding this white bottle in his hands and looking at me. "Ennapa, that is a fruit juice, but naan theerthutten nethu night-e"...I was just thinking en appa ippadi parkarar-nu when he said "ada kazhudai, Bangalore vandha udane white wine ellam adikka arambichuttiya??!!"

I definitely didn't like the way my face went then...

Rukmini vandi varudhu...

Iniku at work, people were discussing about clearing the driving test in London...and about how certain areas have higher pass rates. As usual, I started twirling my tortoise to the time when I tried for my license..

Appo naan college 2nd year, and I had gotten the license for my scooty some 6-8 mths ago. Naangadhan irukardhai vittutu parakkardhuku aasai padara jenmanga illaya, so I was aspiring for a license for my bro's bike as well as my dad's car - edhuku adhellam mattum azhaga damage aagama irukanum? - and my dad was giving me driving lessons.

I kind of learnt riding the bike easily, aana indha car iruke car, ennai padadha paadu paduthi eduthudhu. Street end compound wall-lerndhu ennoda veetu gate varaikum ellathaiyum car-ai taste parka vachittu, I learnt well enough (pinna appa school headmaster range-ku violence-la irangina?) to drive myself to the Marina and have advanced(?!) technical training. I had a problem though, the car jerked to a stop at times when I tried changing the gears - the car wasn't good enough for my speed ;)

En appa taught me driving, yes, but he did not teach me the hand signals people use while driving. The D-day arrived, and I was promptly present at the Ashok Nagar test center.

First was the bike test, naama girl ache, 8 ellam poda sollamattanga-nu dil-a poi nindhen. Munnadi irukara aalai 8 poda vachanga, and when my turn came, he looked at me and just when I was waiting for him to spell some easy test, he asked me do an 8 around two small circles! :( I wasn't really confident, but I did manage to do it and pass the test (vazhga bike, valarga chennai driving mode - for training me for all this!).

Next came the real test - I was waiting in the car ready to drive when the officer said go - clutch release panni accelerator press panradhula enna periya matter?-nra dhairiyam enaku...andha manushan pakkathula vandhar, seri vandiya start pannitu stop it after 2 feet-nar. I did, and 2 ft-la niruthitten (1st gear mela podave illa :D)

Then this guy came to the window, and asked me "right-la thirumbanumna enna panveenga?"..I happily switched on the indicators and told him "front-layum back-layum eriyudhu parunga"..oru kevalamana jandhuva parkara madhiri he looked at me and asked, "if the indicator isn't working?"

Naamadhan sonna udane takku-nu purinjikkara bulb ache, I insisted that the indicators are working. 'Idhoda ellam maradikka vendiyiruke'-nra thought blatant-a theriyara expression-da, "I meant WHAT IF?"-nar. Naan udane cycle ottara nyabagathula put my hands out of the right side window and looked at him with a triumphant expression.

Then came the stumper, "left-la thirumbanumna eppadi signal panveenga?" I thought real hard and stretched my hand to the passenger side window and said "Ippadidhan!" :D Appo enaku puriyala en avar face marudhunu...he was like "Hello, ippadi kai kattina eppadi ottuveenga?"-nu sema kaduppayittar. Ulla en appa, "illa Usha, ippadidhan signal kattanum"-nu solli koduka arambichar - ada appave, idhellam killi killi car otta solli koduthiye, appo solla koodadha??

"Seri, nera poi left-la cut panni reverse eduthu thirumbi vaanga" appadinar. I started the car, took a left and when I changed the gear to take a reverse, the car jerked to a stop. Andha mahaan-uku BP eridum-nu therinja udane, I started the car real quick, took a reverse and when I tried going forward, edhira innoru jandhu vandhu I got tensed - and ofcourse, the car jerked to a stop again :(

I didn't even want to look at that guy - he was almost looking like Durvasar, showing anger as if I was his disciple who he had placed a lot of hopes on and I had totally shattered his dreams - namma manam poradhai edhuku naamale kannala parkanum? Now, don't ask me if I did get the license :D

Italy II - nadhiya ada venice nadhiye!!

The next day, we had to leave for Venice, so mudhal naal night we all decided to get ready by 4:00 and leave for the airport coz we had our bus by 4:30. Since I and my pathi were the "somberi" ones, adutha naal avamana pada koodadhunu seekirama ezhundhuttom (but we still got ready only by 4:10 :D). Seri ivangalai kootitu pogalamnu roomku poi kadhavai thattina...kadhavai thirandhu "enna usha, whats the matter"-nranga!! "Hey time 4:15!!"-nu sonnapuram they realized that they had not adjusted their watch to Italian timezone :))

Oruvazhiya ellarum kilambi we took a cab to go to the busstop, and luckily 4:50 bus-la engalai ethittar andha driver. So then we set off to and reached Venice..nallavelai, there was no trumpet for an early arrival. We found the hotel and checked in by 10:00, and had the train by 11:00 to Central Venice. 1 hr-la kilambanumnu avasara avasarama kulichu saptu we were getting ready. The time was 10:45, when our friend knocked the door and said her husband had just gone in to take the shower. Kuttisathan suggested that we leave without them coz the next train was only by 1:00, and that they can join us later...ok, vera onnum panna mudiyadhunu we left.

Kittathatta odi poi train pidichappuram kuttisathana thideernu attack pantu edho oru vellai uruvam mind-la nuzhainjudhu..and started saying "It was really bad of you to leave them like that"-nu. Ennada idhu vidhyasama kural kekkudhe-nu I got demotivated, and Santa Lucia reach pannapuram, we decided to wait for them (which meant naanga 2 hrs railway station-laye irukanumnu). Serinu random-a station pakkathulaye suthitu, we went to the station by 1:15, verified the platform with the assistance counter, and stood outside that platform. Train vandhudhu, aana enga aalunga varala!! Idhu ennada vamba pochu, train pidika cash illama thavikarangalanu we panicked. Ok, call pannalamna I didn't bring my mobile..so oru Internet centre thedi pidichu, I searched for her mails to me, but unfortunately none of them had the mobile number!! Ok, hotel number kandupidichu call pannalam-nu we found the hotel number, got off the net and called the hotel up. Roomku connect pannappuram we realized they had left the room.

Andha vellai uruvathai curse pannite we decided we'll start going around because they are most probably at Central Venice by now. Oru ferry eduthu, we went to a few attractions and finally reached St. Mark's square. Venicela irukara padhi attractions indha square-ladhan iruku. Anga irangi enquiry counterla attractions pathi ellam visarichuttu main area ulla nuzhayarom.."hey usha!"-nu oru kural. Yarudanu partha, tholainju pona enga friends!! Apparently, they had arrived 30 mins after we arrived by taking connecting trains and had started going around. By now the kuttisathan had started a fight with the vellai uruvam...ofcourse, with all my support.

After this we visited the attractions from the outside - our friends had already gone into a couple of attractions by the time we came to the square - and then took a gondola ride. Seri galatta, my hubby was capsizing the boat whenever he moved, and the others were too damn scared. At one point, ATM-la poi cash withdraw pannanumnu when he tried getting off the boat, naanga almost venice thanniyoda bottom-aye parthuttom :)) Adhu enna venice-la ore bridge bridge-a iruku ella therulayum? The gondola ride took us through some streets, and all streets had atleast a couple of bridges. Ofcourse, vera eppadi avanga neighbors visit panvanga, illa kadaikellam povanga :D The pic shows George Island which is in Venice.

So that ended our venice trip, and we retired to our hotel for the night. This time we don't have to sleep less coz the train was only by 9:00 to Pisa.