Eh kuruvi...Chittu kuruvi...

Oru punyaatma had asked for a blog on Kuruvi, and it so happened that the next day I did go to the cinemas to watch it!! I know this is a very very late blog, to the point of coming after the movie has been trashed in the theaters. Aanalum, naan parthadhe late-nradhala I suppose this can be forgiven.

Yaarupa adhu kuruvi mattamana padamnu sonnadhu?? Ippadi oru entertaining and knowledgeable padam naan mudal muraiyaga tamil cinema-la parkaren! Idhanala naan evalo vishayam kathunden theriyuma?

First introduction scene, just amazing!! Evalo perku namma oorla, accelerator/throttle udainju pochuna wire-a izhuthu vandi otta mudiyumnu theriyum? If you had watched the scene with the sole objective of seeing vijay win in the race, I pity you ;) Next time you don't have to panic if your accelerator messes up! All you need to do is to remove the obstacle, take the wire and use your teeth and keep handling it while driving. Now, another thing is, you got to keep your teeth strong to be able to do this. Palvali irundha work out aagadhu. Ore scene-la rendu lessons, vera yaralayavadhu mudiyuma??? :))

Secondly Manivannan's situation: Indiala adimaithanathai ivalo large scale-la mass-ku puriyara alavuku yaralayavadhu eduka mudiyuma? Sila pala oorla slavery iruku-nradhai namaku puriyanumnra ore nalla nokkathoda Tamil and Telugu characters vachi kaati irukanga...idhai yaarum endha oorla ippadilam 500 perai 3 per control panni vaikka mudiyumnu kekka koodadhu. It is to improve your awareness on worldly matters, another general knowledge fact gained!

Aduthu vijay's Mask of Zorro type adventures: Vijay pora athanai buildinglayum terrace-la kayiru thongudhu note paneengala? Naalaiku unga veetuku rowdy-nga vanta, how on earth are you going to escape? So ye ignorant masses, learn to have a rope hanging from some beam on your terrace, so you can escape under stressing situations (with the added advantage of impressing a girl from the opposite terrace!). Ella veetlerndhum kayiru thongina, you can even do a tarzan style escape!! How adventurous will everyday life be if this were to happen! ;)

I can't help writing about the mirror stunt, villian vandhu parkarache edhira vijay and trisha therivanga, but the moment he shoots, it will be a mirror just reflecting vijay and trisha standing in front of it. How realistic!! St.Gobain's glass kelvi patrukeengala? Adhula ippadidhan nizhal edhu nijam edhunu theriyama crystal clear-a irukum, isn't that a good advertisement for a world-class glass? (Whoa Whoa! please dont ask me why the villian didn't appear on the mirror, if it were really a mirror; it's all physics known only to the director, I suppose. But I am sure if we learn it, it will be another valuable lesson :)) ).

Seri podhum, romba pugazhndhutten ninaikaren, my appreciation will go for pages if this continues...so niruthikaren. Aana, the next time someone tells me kuruvi is a bad movie....

En pennenru pirandhayo...

Namma oorla mattumdhan chumma pora ponnai pidichu vambuku izhuppanga pasanga-nra oru wrong notion-oda I have spent all these years-nu recent-adhan realize pannen. Ofcourse, we have all read in stories that this kind of eve-teasing/pranks happen in all countries, aana naan adhellam merely avanga community-kulladhan irukum, nammalai madhiri vera countries-lerndhu vara makkalkitta katta mattanganudhan ninaichitrundhen.

Recent-a oru naal naan pattuku work mudinju road-la poitrundhen. There was some traffic jam on the road, or people were waiting for the green signal. Naan super-a paraaku parthutte nadakkara case - en appa ellathaiyum observe pannanumnu sollirukarakkum ;) - so that day was no exception, nallave paraaku parthuttu nadandhutrundhen.

On one such radar scan, I noticed 3 guys in a white van on the road. Window pakkathula irundha aal/payyan (indha oorla yaar enna age-ne puriya mattengudhu, erumaikada madhiri irukaravan ippodhan 15 vayasu aagudhu-nran, sema sleek-a dress pannitruka lady says she is 45) was watching me, and I could sense that he was telling something to his companions about me.

The next second I averted my eyes and started walking ahead, not wanting to draw trouble if any. Oru 4 steps dhan nadandhirupen, I heard a voice to my left "Excuse me!!" from the van. Aaha Usha, edhuku koopidaranunga ivanga-nu I looked at them, and the guy was showing a map and asking me if I can help them find directions. Seri, naatuku naalu nalladhu pannanumnu yaaro periyavanga sollirukanga-nu I went near the van.

When I went near the van, edho oru patchi told me not to get too close - evalo cinema-la parthirukom, van-la ponnai izhuthu pottu thookitu poradhai ;) and though it does sound adventurous, reality-la thappikardhu is not an easy joke - so oru 4 feet thalliye ninnunten, edhavadhu kokku makka nadandha kooda appadiye escapeit.com pannidalamnu. Since I stood a little away, this guy had to stretch his left arm to show me the book, and his right hand to show me some place to which I was supposed to help him with the directions. All I could see was that he was showing some dot on the map and asking me, and when I was about to look at it closely, his hand shot outwards to touch me saying "this dot is you!!"

Thankfully (to my brains, that is) thalli ninutrundhadhala I was able to scurry off from that place, with them laughing inside the van like lunatics....ada paavigala, enaku munnadi oru aal poitrundhan, enaku pinnadi kooda sila per vandha madhiridhan therinjudhu, ellaraiyum vittu ennai enda vambukku izhukareenga?? Oru mudivoda dhan ellarume sutharanga pola iruku naatla..ennai partha avalo makki madhiriya theriyudhu?

Ok, ippo thodardhula what big deal, it wasn't something severe-nu kooda one can argue, but I suppose it is part of Indian mentality that we don't like some stranger touching us. Also, enaku innum kooda puriyala if this prank was coz I am of a different color or if it was for my gender or just because they wanted some bakra to play a prank on. Either ways, inimel yaarukum help panradhilla-nra oru top-class policy-a follow panradha decide panten :)

Un panam panam...en panam panam

Me back from Spain!! And just so you know, Spain sema super, it is a sunny and exciting country to be in - reminded me of my Aussie days :D Spain now comes into my list of favo countries, that had just one element - Australia.

Ok, back to my kodumai this week...I can't say it was a week's kodumai actually. Naan ippo ethanavadhu company-la iruken-nu enake theriyadhu, andha range-ku vanara jandhu madhiri thavitruken :D Aana long long ago bangalore-la oru company-la serndhu first time thanni, sorry, concentrated fruit juice adichene (and also a wicked April fool joke by kuttisathan), andha company vittu 2.5 years achu..and I had been praising about that company's release procedure to everyone I meet.

The current company I work for does some background check on the earlier companies (paavam, evalo company-nu check panvanga pavam), and following the check on the "thanni" company, I got a mail from the finance team saying my PF is still with them. Ennadhu, en PF panam enkitta illaya?? Padupavi pasangala, indha background check nadakkalana en panam ambo-va??

Seri ok, ippovavadhu sonnangale-nu I started my muyarchi of getting this money in December.

December - Mudhalla form anuppu-nanga, but evanuku inga PF number-lam theriyudhu? That too 2.5 yrs ago? Idhellam mail-laye anupa koodadha, I had to ask for it before I could send the form. Indha form post pantu I was asking my mom everyday if any cheque had come..and avanga pavam, postman-a daily kettu verupethitrundhanga.

January - Wait panniye Jan end varaikum vandhutten. Idhu ennada vamba pochu-nu I mailed them before I left for India for my vacation. Oru chinna nambikkai, naama London varardhukulla kidaichidumnu, but naama enikavadhu easy-a edhavadhu vangi irukoma?

Feb - India, and didn't have the brains to contact them :D

March - I got back to London, and I still didn't see any trace of the money. Seri-nu call pannen, and the finance admin said my form was still being checked. Naan enna patent vangardhuku invention details-a submit panniruken, indha range-ku check panranga? And the next day he wasn't even picking up the calls! Mail anupinalum badil anuppa mattenranga, call pannalum edukka mattenranga, enna ulagamada idhu-nu when I was thinking, oru pazhaya colleague advise pannan, "paaruma, ippo financial year end, so niraya velai irukum avanuku, nee april beginning-la contact pannu"-nu. Seri ok, ivalo naal wait pantom, we'll wait more appadinu vittuten.

April - I called up this guy again. Naanum oru 10 times call panni irupen, and everytime either the consultants haven't checked or they were on holidays! Adhu eppadidhan en panamna 1008 check panranga, illa leave podaranga-nu therila enaku :)) And then came the bomb - I called up 2 weeks ago and he says, "Usha, I haven't got your form at all"!! Dei, konja naal munnadidhane form check panranga-nu sonna, ippo form-e illa-nra??? Thalaiezhuthe-nu I sent a soft copy of the document. Doc anupparacheve sollalamla, PAN number venumu? Anuppina appuram he sends another mail asking my PAN details. Serinu adhaiyum anuppinen...and no answer at all for the next 2 days!

MAy - Naan Spain poittu thirumbiyum vandhu kooda no mails...and I called up today, and he picks up the call and says "yeah tell me Usha" - grr...naan enna oor kadhai pesardhukka call pannen? - and before I could answer, he uttered the magical words - "your cheque is ready"...Woohoooo!!! Adhu seri, cheque ready achu-na won't a person even call or mail that it is ready? Seri ok, I've got the money anyways, and I also got my reimbursement today for an exam I took...ellarum enaku panam tharanga!!! :D (and I got a £1 as part of a deal I had with a colleague, eppolam avan swear word use panrano, appolam kuttisathan-ku £1 hee hee)