"Vetti" veru vasam...

I sometimes hit the gym, just sometimes. Onnu enga apartment gym out of orderla irukum, illa I will be. And when both of us are in good order, thats when the moon is blue and I hit the gym.

So naan appadi oru super dayla arambichu gym poitrundhen, appo thideernu there were a few black kids that started using our gym. Its against the rules for outsiders to use our gym, aana indha pasanga paatuku varuvanga, sandoshama work out panvanga, poitte...sorry ponadha naan parthadhilla. And engaloda receptionist alias security leaves at 7, and these kids enter at the same time.

One day I and a friend of mine were using the gym until 9, appovum andha pasanga anga dhan irundhanga, and we left. Ennadhan panranga indha pasanga nu sema curiosity enaku, but naama erkaneve adi pattu midhi padara case, thevaya idhellam nu vittuten. That day, I had left behind my keys in the gym, so I went back to the gym to get it. 9PM ku mela the fob won't work on the sensor (programmed-ama!!), so I had to knock at the door to get one of the kids to give my keys.

Knock panna....oru payyan varan..adhuvum eppadi, just shorts-oda :-o ivan shower roomlerndhu varan, seri ok pavam veetla thanni prachanai polanu ninaichitruken...another boy comes out in a similar attire from the same room!! (Vara vara parents ellam jadhi madham ellam use panni kadavula vendikardhuku badhila ponno payyano opposite sexla partner vachitta podhumnu vendikanum pola?!)

Indha gym multipurpose idam aaradhukulla kapathuvomnu next day I went up to the bulky receptionist and told him, "Dude, kanda pasanga kanda nerathula kanda vishayathukellam gym use panranga, can you please take some action?"

And the dude said "Why don't you call the police? I don't stay a minute after 7"!!

Yov, idhuku action eduka vendiyadhu nee ya, ivalooo periya udambai vachutu, receptionist/security nu per vachitu, edho atha vaiyum kamal rangeku dialogue vidarane..-nra kadupu enaku, but still

"I'll call the police, but can you be here when they come? These kids can't be coming in without access, right?"

"No no, you call the police and tell them what it is"

Kashtam, and I left it there. And the same week, our car got lost.

Ippo, ivar panra vetti velaiku ivaruku assistant vera indha apartmentla. Avanai edhavadhu ketta, the boss has to answer-nran, indha "boss"-a ketta, "you have to ask the management"-nran...idhai solradhuku anga oru notice board pathadhanu yosichitruken..

Manidhan enbavan...

Enaku konjame konjamavadhu facebook mela respect irundhudhu, atleast people gather together, share opinions on things, politics discussion ellam nadakudhu nu, but now yosichitruken enakellam idhula id thevaya nu...

Konja naal munnadi I had a cartoon done by me uploaded on FB. Adhu nijamave maha mokkai cartoon (obviously naan varainja vera epdi irukum...) but still was uploaded. Now indha cartoonala ulagathuku naan edhuvume solla varala, and andha cartoon onnum avaloooo periya cartoon illa...but it got loads of likes and comments, and remarks about the finishing etc. Seri sathiyama enaku finishingna ennanu theriyadhu, but atleast oru mokkai cartoon potta kooda fb people are magnanimous enough to appreciate it. Ok, that's a score for FB.

Yesterday I had a serious cause..ada nijamave serious cause! I wanted to know which Indian NGO was genuine for organ donation registration. In the UK, nhs offers the registry (NHS Organ donor registry, if anyone ever reads this and is interested), so there is no problem with registering. Enaku sema doubt, naama India poitomna inga register pannadhu useless ayidum, so angayum lets registernu I decided, but when I googled there were a lot of orgs that offered registration.

Naamadhan romba romba clever (?!) ache, so en decision ellam correcta irukadhu, so oru 4 perai kettu we'll decide nu I posted a 2 liner on FB asking if anyone knows of any genuine org in India for organ donation. Seri namma contactsla  there are a few people, atleast 10 of them will know and respond nu I was expecting. Guess what, I had exactly, and exactly 1 suggestion pointing to Mohan foundation!!

Cartoonku comment podaranga, live updates ku comment podaranga, poonai kutty walking pochu na kooda comment podaranga makkal, but for a good cause no one knows the answer, or don't have the inclination to respond - strange! Damaal, damaal, damaaaal nu niraya explosion kekkudhu mandai kulla, maybe I should try posting this as a celebrity? Will I get a response??

En veetula naan irundhene...

Ippo konja naala veetla irukardhala at times I get way too bored, especially when nothing interests me. Seri indha anda sarasaramum panra mukkiyamana timepass namalum pannalamnu I decided, and that was...browsing. Browsing ellam long since gone, infact browsernu onnu idle-a irukara ore pc/laptop is mine, ofcourse along with PCs that are in a state of repair!

Anyway, endha topiclayum interest illana enna panradhu? Go to standard sites like facebook/email/worst case tech humor sites like thedailywtf.com. But idhukellam poi kadi dhan I got..

First this facebook..problem enna na namaku romba therinjavanga either iruka mattanga, irundha post poda mattanga, appadiye pottutanga na you can't relate to it! Seri mathavanga ellam enna panranga nu partha, half of them run their families on FB :-/ Or atleast treat it like a personal diary! I don't see what interest I get out of knowing they had a herbal tea, or that it tasted divine, or that they are tired and want a glass of milk...ada pavigala, unga familyku solla vendiyadhellam engaluku sonna what do we do? And then there are brahaspathis that post pearls of wisdom like "Speech is silver, and silence is Platinum"! Enna oru super thathuvam, but that should mean this post shouldn't have been there in the first place! And indha madhiri chappai mattersku oru 20 like, 20 comments etc! Idhukudhan oru arivaali appove ennai kettar, "nee ellathaiyum fbla poduviya" nu, lol how right he was, it does get boring! Even worse is getting friend requests from people who have no idea who you are!

Enna kodumaida saravana, idhuvavadhu facebook, but why would you get add requests on linkedin from people you don't know?! Seri atleast en professionlerndhu friend request ketta kooda ok (adhuve why I have no idea!), but chartered accountant, real estate, non-IT folks lam kooda podaranga?! Idhula LinkedIn wants us to know who visited our profiles in the last 90 days...odadha movie ku ticket collection evalonu kekkarangalam :))

Thankfully I am not on twitter, orkut, google+ etc, irundhirundha this post would have gone longer!

I suppose enaku mattumdhan this problem, everyone else does seem to enjoy fb-ing/browsing/emailing :-/ Ok back to my self analysis...

Aazhvarpettai andava..vettiya pottu thandava

Oru dharmamum mahabharathil illayada! appadinu padanum poliruku, after watching Mahabaratham in Vijay!

Iniku am in a very cynical mood ninaikaren, aana seriously indha mahabaratham fulla dharmam dharmam nu koovi koovi vikkarangale, adhu engadhan kadaila irukunu theditruken! Ofcourse Mahabaratham has sown seeds for scientific advances like IVF. Kadavul la arambichu munivargal varaikum pora varavangalai ellam kooptu kooptu kuzhandhai vangikaranga ladieslam idhula (?!) no one seems to be the right heir.

Anyway back to dharma - mudhalla this swayamvaram, enna ivalo comedy panranga andha matterla? Indha Amba ponnu yarayo love pannumam aana adhai sollama swayamvaram vaipangalam. Adhudhan kodumai na, indha Beeshmar payyana kootitu pogama ivare adavadi adichu ponnungalai thookuvaram! Ayya swayamvaram na  ponnungale choose pannikardhu, neenga poi namma payyandhan choice nu sollikardhu illa!!

Aduthu Draupadi! Madam, if you and your dad want a specific person, why not call him directly or stick a 100 posters around your country asking for him? Idhuku oorpatta princes call panni, adhuku selavu panni, podha kuraiku oruthanai insult panni...why this kolaveri? Avangalukellam enna vera velaiya illa, for all that time they can be trying for another girl!

Seri Draupadi gets married and goes to Pandavas' house, where Kunti says "Share what you got" without even looking at what they got. Theriyamadhan kekkaren, how much time will it take to explain to her that it is a girl? Mom soltanga-nradhukaga nijamave people share the girl?! :-o Ada atleast Kunti should know right?

I don't want to cite the entire Mahabaratham, there are a lot of such incidents but what I don't understand is, we are told to learn our virtues from epics. But idhula adichu thookaranga, teacher student-oda virala kekkarar, oru ponnai 5 per katranga, vari vazhangara karnan gets insulted and killed, mathavanga time ellam waste panranga but they get victory at the end...ketta trivial athumeerals for the greater good nu simple answer solduvanga :) I suppose namma oor political parties madhiri, who is the better of the worst nu parthu win panna vachitangalo?!