tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192269552024-03-06T20:36:35.562-08:00Kodumai da saami!!Things that amuse/irritate me in my day-to-day life are the ones that make my life interesting. This is the real me minus all professionalism and diplomacy that I wear everyday.KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-8039479555363898592014-03-21T17:12:00.001-07:002014-03-21T17:12:41.479-07:00"Vetti" veru vasam...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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?!)<br />
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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?"<br />
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And the dude said "Why don't you call the police? I don't stay a minute after 7"!!<br />
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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<br />
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"I'll call the police, but can you be here when they come? These kids can't be coming in without access, right?"<br />
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"No no, you call the police and tell them what it is"<br />
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Kashtam, and I left it there. And the same week, our car got lost.<br />
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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..</div>
KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-7599472634128222132014-03-13T07:45:00.000-07:002014-03-13T07:45:00.096-07:00Manidhan enbavan...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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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...<br />
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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.<br />
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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 (<a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CC4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.organdonation.nhs.uk%2Fconsent.do&ei=6b4hU9vVHsOUhQeahoH4Dg&usg=AFQjCNG5gtTvex6WHfbu66AX5XwvMCEYjA&sig2=Uye8IO2i9dNhjlzUEcWTSw&bvm=bv.62922401,d.bGQ" target="_blank">NHS Organ donor registry</a>, 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.<br />
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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!!<br />
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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??</div>
KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-5094075723610472972014-03-12T09:00:00.000-07:002014-03-12T09:00:06.741-07:00En veetula naan irundhene...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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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!<br />
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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..<br />
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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 "<span style="color: blue;"><i>Speech is silver, and silence is Platinum</i></span>"! 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!<br />
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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 :))<br />
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Thankfully I am not on twitter, orkut, google+ etc, irundhirundha this post would have gone longer! <br />
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KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-30885607831307425922014-03-06T07:17:00.000-08:002014-03-06T07:17:31.794-08:00Aazhvarpettai andava..vettiya pottu thandava<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Oru dharmamum mahabharathil illayada! appadinu padanum poliruku, after watching Mahabaratham in Vijay!<br />
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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.<br />
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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!!<br />
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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!<br />
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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?<br />
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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?! <br />
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KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-86627392165100442562013-01-29T07:18:00.001-08:002013-01-29T07:18:50.897-08:00Oorana oorukulla unnai pola yarumilla....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Usually oru manager na pudhu initiatives edunga, naan encourage panren nu solvanga. Naan inga serndha pudhusula my project got over, and thought edhavadhu useful-a panlam, ada kurainja patcham will make my life easier here nu yosichu I suggested using source code control. Yeah you heard it right, in 2012, when sourcecontrol is the norm of the millenium, I was suggesting to start using it. Idhukaga I put up a proposal doc, even a ppt to stress the reasons. Ideally enaku idhuku vizhave eduthurkanum, but I wasn't too greedy and expected atleast an approval at the very minimum. But guess what I got? "That's waste of time"!!! Please thookellam pottukadheenga, coz naan innum uyiroda dhan iruken ;-)<br />
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Seri adhudhan ok, pudhu initiatives venam, atleast chumma irukara timela en sondha velai ellam parthukalam nu I thought. So ennoda doc appointment, milkman appointment, newspaper karan appointment edhavadhu schedule pannitu indha manushan kitta poi "can I work from home as this appointment needs to be met?" appadinu paavama ketta, "Since your appointment is by 1:30PM, why don't you come to work and leave by lunch" appadinrar :( Yov, oorla irukara athanai perum wfh nu edho panrangale, adhu en naan panna mattum ungaluku pidika mattengudhu? Idhellam kooda ok, "ennoda flight to India is by 5PM, can I wfh?" nu thaniya kooptu paridhabama ketta, "you be at work until lunch time and then leave, obviously you'd have packed the bags the previous evening" appadinrar !! Ulagame flight kilambara aniku wfh dhane pannum, I mean atleast whoever I know do just that!!<br />
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The above ellam kooda poruthuppen, aana scaring me from behind dhan sathiyama thanga mudiyala...naan enna school kuzhandhaiya? Thideernu pinnalerndhu vandhu pesuvar, just to startle me, and given that my desk faces the wall, ennala pinnalerndhu varardhai kandu pidika kooda mudiyadhu! The joy he gets out of making me jump up from my seat, adadadaadada, enna siripu ethanai sirippu....grrrrr..I'll stop here, mudiyala, azhudhuduven!<br />
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Usually I don't meet up with friends, appadiye thappi thavari meet panniten-na adhu ennoda ella factors-ayum (adhavadhu idam porul eval kuttisathan) cover pannina the meeting happens nu artham. And trust me, idhu varaikum indha ella factors-um have never come together well. So I have never met up with friends.<br />
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Ippadi sandoshama irundha ennai, well ofcourse why let me be happy nu oru nallava yosicha. That nallava is Shuba, yeah yeah adhe butterflies ponnudhan. One fine day she called me up, and said lets meet up the next day. Onne onnu sollunga, yaravadhu namma ooruku vandha mudhalla veetuku varuvanga, right? Outright-a first meete lets go out and roam this place-na koopduvanga? "Machi, kilambi vaa machi, Bath poi nalla suthalam" -nu oru invitation!<br />
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Seri, namma friends vera eppadi irupanga, nammala madhiridhane irupanga nu I started looking for trains to her station, and we finally zeroed in on a train that leaves by 8 AM from central london. Naan night train site ellam parthu perfecta ennoda travel plan pannitu thoongitten.<br />
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Next day morning I woke up by 5:30AM, and got ready and left by 6:30 for the local railway station. Almost 2 mins late aayiduchu nu oru little marathon odi station reach pannina....there was a huge tape covering the entrance of the station!! (For those who asked me all these days if the kodumais are over, here goes!) Dei paavigala, nethu site-la ellam closed ne podalaye da nu mind scream pannikitte velila oru nallavar kitta "enunga na, indha stationlerndhu innoru stationku eppadingna poradhu"-nu ketta, avar "kannu, ipdiye road-a cross panni andha pakkam bus pidichu po" appadinu anupitar :( And the bus was by 6:57 AM, leaving me just 1 hr to get the train from central london to Bath. Neenga kekkalam, en adutha bus pidika koodadha nu, this the only bus that reaches in 1hr 50 mins, the other buses take 2.5 hrs and are spaced at 1hr :( :( and considering it gets darker by 4PM here....<br />
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Shuba-ku call panni sonnen, and the arivali madam suggested taking a bus to Bath...aana engerndhu indha bus ellam kilambudhu nu she doesn't know :-/ Seri chola dynasty makkalkellam Internet poi serala innum paavamnu I browsed on my phone, and guess what it said, 5 hrs to Bath!! £*&£*&%£(&$£) appadinu avalai asingama thittitu I boarded the 6:57 bus and headed to the interim station.<br />
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Bus andha station reach panna udane next mini marathon odi underground station poi, was at the platform for the next possible train to central london. Andha train came on time, and I was calculating the time...seri 10 mins time irukum to find the train on the other platformnu yosichite irundhen, appo perfecta the train broke down! :)) Ada paavigala, andha train pidikave vida matteengalanu kadupaga arambicha udane, thankfully it started. Seri ippovavadhu Internet vandhirukum chozhargaluku nu Shuba-ku sms panninen, "machi endha platformla train start aagudhunu paaru". Next minute oru call, "Naan breakfast saptutruken, so can't check"...grrr, idhoda vitrukalam, koodave "machi, tension aagadha machi, nee pidikanumnu irundha andha train-a pidippa" nu philosophy vera...GRRR...higher decibel-la &*£&$£*&$*"&$)( thittitu I hung up.<br />
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Anyways, the train reached the central london station with 10 mins to spare...oh, I forgot to mention that I didn't get my tickets either, stationla vangikalamnu vittuten. So another mini marathon (trust me, ennai olympicsla vitta Indiaku niraya medal vangi tharuven, edhulanu don't ask) to the platforms...and I spotted a couple of railway officials. Adhula oruthar kitta poi (8 mins left) "guru, Bath pora train endha platform guru" nu ketten. Avar udane pakkathula irundha aal kitta, "Bhai, which platform does Bath train go from?" nu kettar. And the other guy said "hold on a min while I help this kid" nu soltu, oru 10 vayasu payyanuku vazhi solla arambichutar. Yov, 10 vayasu payyanlam en thaniya varan, poi appa ammava kekka sollu nu I wanted to shout, but as always thitta theryama parthutrundhen :( I kept on lamenting I have got only 5 mins (5 mins left) when finally he sent off the kid, and came with the awesome response of "Oh I don't know"!!!!<br />
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Ada paavigala, idhuka ennai wait panna vacheenga nu marupadiyum odinen, odinen station-in orathirke odinen...bayam vera, with just 2 mins, ticket vera illa....but eventually I boarded the train with just a minute to spare :D :D and poruppa I checked with the pantry lady that they do sell tickets on the train.<br />
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The train started, and started chugging away. Naanum porumaiya wait pannitrundhen, for the ticket inspector to come. The first stop went by, but no sight of the inspector....enada idhu nu naane went in search of him (gandhi porandha manla porandhuttu....), but the pantry lady told me she didn't know where he was, and that I can buy tickets after I leave the train...ada, idhu romba super arrangementa iruke nu thalai-la adichukitte I went back to my seat and resumed waiting. Kadaiseela my station arrived, and still I hadn't purchased the tickets...<br />
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Irangina udane Shuba came running :), after all this is the second time we are meeting in life ;-) hugging bugging ellam mudichutu, I was trying to find the ticket counter (I know I know...it is very annoying) and finally came out of the station because the bays were open without a ticket!! And am still waiting for the ticket inspector to this day.....;-)</div>
KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-81582214687529459472012-03-12T10:24:00.006-07:002012-03-15T05:10:22.132-07:00Otta otta otta test mudiyala...<a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRigZRTXdS3nwhy0-gWzUEI2U1nX7F0fc_SnzQrinyxml41hI_S"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 234px;" src="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRigZRTXdS3nwhy0-gWzUEI2U1nX7F0fc_SnzQrinyxml41hI_S" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />cha, i think the time has come for countries to recognize and appreciate the indian mentality and bend things based on that :( ennanga space-e bend aagudhu, rules bend aaga koodadha??<br /><br />all this for a stupid driving test!! Neengale sollunga, does chennai have roundabouts? or does tamilnadu have roundabouts - verum traffic signal dhane iruku? appo andha oorlerndhu varavangaluku roundabout concept varadhunu freeya vida vendiyadhudhane? Oor fulla roundabout vacha oru manushan, sorry manushi enna panva?? Driving test fail dhane aava? :(<br /><br />So there, I went for the driving test and according to my instructor, got the best examiner the world could possibly ask for...and idhayum sollanum, my instructor just wanted to get me off her car, supposedly romba kodumai padutharenam avangalai :D adhanala she was praying all possible Satans (she is an atheist) that I pass this test.<br /><br />Naanum seri ok, naama engangayo drive pannirukom, alpa Londonla panna mattoma (micha edathula no roundabout I forgot) appadinu car eduthen...mudhal 10 mins nalla pochu, easy manouvre, left edu, right edu-nutrundhanga. Appuramdhan thideernu the supernatural powers decided it isn't worth watching a non-adventurous exam. Examiner sonnanga, neeye direction parthu indha area pakkam po nu, so naanum ottite ponen and I must have missed the direction board somewhere, that I got confused which way to go in the roundabout. Idhu normal dhan, but what is not normal is that I had gone through that route 10 times and I knew which exit I should take. Yet, kadaisi nimishathula andha exit illainu naane decide panni nera poitten - ada adhu kooda parvallainga, I went into the road and attempted to continue onto a private walkway a.k.a the area's towncenter :(<br /><br />Aaha, nammalai kolai pannadhan vandhiruku idhunu decide-e pantanga andha examiner, she started yelling "turn turn turn", and paavam kathiye uyir poida pogudhunu I turned the car into another street. Marupadiyum konja neram romba boring-a pochu drive, and she said I want you to do this route. Indha "this route"-nradhum naan 10 times attempt paninadhudhan, so one would have thought it was cakewalk. But since it happened to me, and it happened to be the test, I happily drove into a buslane that was marked 24 hours :)), and I had known it wasn't allowed. Idhuku mela andha paatiyala mudiyala, avangale steered into the adjacent lane :)) <br /><br />See, I understand road-nu irundha van varum, lorry varum, cycle varum, en poonaikutti kooda varum - aana en idhellam en driving test podhu varanum? And especially when I had just started the car thinking not one vehicle is around, and suddenly dart in like some vittalacharya movie? <br /><br />Anyways, the patti decided I don't read road signs (nyayamdhan, signboard-e parkalana vera enna solvanga), I don't observe well (thanks poonaikutti, cycle, van) and that I am bent upon killing her (which I don't understand, do you?)..and now my instructor says she wants to rip my head off :(KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-86795147263380282022011-12-08T07:04:00.000-08:002011-12-08T08:18:53.000-08:00Why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri dudes?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtRvLimLsa-WMpFcYT7GbiMCL-dZh6c4vacjX91Z17nPmDado_CVmeCSBRx2KFhc0dglEoml0AFDx_5AmyH3uI2bCVob4jnAVbbtd5OqxJNfjrxIr41cXVXT6QnBWA023eFHIl/s1600/bored.bmp"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 80px; height: 80px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtRvLimLsa-WMpFcYT7GbiMCL-dZh6c4vacjX91Z17nPmDado_CVmeCSBRx2KFhc0dglEoml0AFDx_5AmyH3uI2bCVob4jnAVbbtd5OqxJNfjrxIr41cXVXT6QnBWA023eFHIl/s320/bored.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683792749343882194" /></a><br />Oru 2 weeks munnadidhan padichen, velai parkaravanai vida vettiya irukaravanuku dhan stress jasthi nu, which seems to be so true in my case!! Irukaravanukudhan oru velai, illadhavanuku aayiram velai is something you can't be proud of saying :(<br /><br />I was a busy person just 3 weeks ago, running here and there for a project, doing something (which should be translated to utter nonsense but which nevertheless counted as work) and attaining piravi payan. Ippo project mudinju pochu, and enaku adutha project assign-um pannala, and here I am wondering what exactly to do!!<br /><br />Naanum different things try pannen - books padikardhu, chat pannardhu, facebook parkardhu, google sites test panradhu, chess padikardhu, email pannardhu - don't you think these would be enough to engage a person? I finished 4 books in 7 days (!!), apparently people I chat to have work (en enaku mattum?), facebook has less posts from people I know, google sites took probably half a day, chess gets a bit too much of knowledge which en kutty brain can't handle, and how many can you email in one day?<br /><br />Naane ennada pannalamnu yosichu yosichu mandai kaayarenna, inga irukangale brahaspathigal, everyone makes it a point to tell me I am not doing anything! :( Nethu poi deputy manager kitta poi solren I had been working late nights last week, so friday wfh panren nu, and that guy tells me "adhan nee day-la work panradhe illaye nu" $*&%$*(&%*($ Ivangalam nightla work panrangala? Or are they at work by night? Naan mattum en day and night rendu velaiyum office resourcea irukanum? Idhula oruthan nakkal vera, nalla velai pannunga-nu - naan book padichitrundhenama!! PM solran "needhan onnum panradhilla la, indha vetti velaya pannu"nu, giving me some complete inexplicable nonsense work!<br /><br />Sathiyama solren, it is hard to be not working, than to be actually working. Why can't they just give day offs to people who don't have anything assigned, rather than make them an object of ridicule? :(KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-63264443147988732582010-07-11T10:05:00.000-07:002010-07-14T22:35:23.323-07:00Naan adicha thanga matta...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTq4ucGNBbTtsM36rxR6gHJI_gFvkX0hoY6RDoNCfAJ8R8My-RoJsKeTovvLz6FPcvT-LHa-jNgtruePxaOdkWkqHJBUpzrj1Q7lIFBaxbRv0Q4TUMy39fFWtKLtyM6fxbJ8B/s1600/exam.png"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 191px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492701945530352594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTq4ucGNBbTtsM36rxR6gHJI_gFvkX0hoY6RDoNCfAJ8R8My-RoJsKeTovvLz6FPcvT-LHa-jNgtruePxaOdkWkqHJBUpzrj1Q7lIFBaxbRv0Q4TUMy39fFWtKLtyM6fxbJ8B/s320/exam.png" /></a><br /><div>Oru oorla ivalodhan test-ne irukadha? How can someone spend a lifetime of tests? Idhu aniyaya kodumaiya iruku, when you are in your school, you do a lot of exams, go to college, face the entrance exam and then go on and have exams...appuram velaiku ponga, udane 3-5 rounds of interviews...ada idhellamdhan thangaromna client interviews!! Ada seripa, ivalo test ezhudittome, inimel nimmadhiya irukalamna, driving test varudhu...appada mudichomna udane there is a settlement test. How much can a human take??<br /><br />Citizen kooda illa, after all oru Permanent Residency-ku evanavadhu exam ezhudhuvana? Believe me, I have started disliking this oor...I was preparing for the test for the last one week, and here are some sample qs I saw in the practice tests:<br />1. What do people eat for christmas<br />a. Chicken b. lamb c. Turkey d. Beef - Excuseme? Am I supposed to know this? Ovvoru veeda poi kekkanuma, are you sure you only take turkey?<br />2. Do people eat real eggs for easter? - che che, Matave mattangale, aniku fulla real eggs thodave mattanga, thotta oomachi kannai kuthidum...&%£^%£&^%$$$</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This made me think, namma oorla oru citizenship test vaikkanum, ada yaarum ezhudalana atleast inga embassy-ku depute aagi varavangalavadhu ezhudhattume?!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>1. Oru autokarar left indicator potta, endha directionla auto pogum</div><br /><div>a. Right b. Left c. Straight d. Neither, it stops at a signal</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>2. Which Vijay movie is the worst</div><br /><div>a. ATM b. Villu c. Sura d. Kuruvi</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>3. If you see a road dug up (until you can see fossils), it is because of</div><br /><div>a. Telephones dept. b. MWB . PWD d. EB</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>4. Oru class-la paper arrow parkareenga, it is most likely</div><br /><div>a. Thrown by students at teacher</div><br /><div>b. Thrown by boys at girls</div><br /><div>c. Thrown as part of science project</div><br /><div>d. Neither, it was done to test the quality of paper</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I have more ideas...aana this might most probably reduce the population to zero-nradhala, I'll stop here. Indha madhiri ideas kodukka you are most welcome, and naan ippo indha madhiri kelvi ketta eppadi ennai madhiri ivanga muzhikkaranga-nu imagine panna poren :D And please don't insult me asking if I did pass the exam :D</div><br /><div></div>KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-60537558641899638562010-06-14T13:04:00.000-07:002010-06-15T07:35:38.001-07:00Pottu vaitha "ebay" thittam...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKYxL8kq2QBZhm30UC32MQxmp39kbWlZkcTMP3cXr9l5_fPgS3XSB7IeGtzUk9qkxq94r83E32WGFLIjnIJpz79SyB7nE7UMk-J7blEiO_W-2BnQYwxMt5mNfKeouGyBTV_6KN/s1600/sell.png"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 149px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 198px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483008981422730962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKYxL8kq2QBZhm30UC32MQxmp39kbWlZkcTMP3cXr9l5_fPgS3XSB7IeGtzUk9qkxq94r83E32WGFLIjnIJpz79SyB7nE7UMk-J7blEiO_W-2BnQYwxMt5mNfKeouGyBTV_6KN/s320/sell.png" /></a><br /><div>I suppose most of us are part of ebay - adhavadhu ebay-la vanguvom, vippom - and adhulaye<br />jeevanam nadatharavanga ellam we have seen...aana, ebay-la evalo per emandhiruppom? :D This post is all about our "experience" in ebay...<br /></div><br /><div>Naanga Sony Bravia, Sony Bravia-nu oru 32" TV vanginom, and we had used it for almost 3<br />years now...TV-ya mattum vittu vaippanen-nu kodumai devadhai-ku oru chinna manavarutham. So veetla TV pathina oru discussion vandhadhu, and oru nallavar (ennoda bil) innoru nallavar (ennoda smarter half) kitta, "un TV-ya naan en £500 koduthu vanganum, adhai vida £200 mela potta enaku pudhu TV-ye kidaikkumla"-nu solli tholaichuttar. Naangadhan sura porandha oorla soru saptu, singam porandha oorla saaru kudichu, endhiran porandha oorla<br />educate aanavangalache...seeru kondu ezhundhu ebay-la we put the TV up for £500.<br /><br />Idhula enna comedy-na, there were other listings for 1 yr old tvs for just £85 :D, aanalum naanga suraa...singam...endhiran...ellam-nradhala godha-la appadiye irangittom. Aana nambikkai mattum thuli kooda illa enaku, evanum nambi vanguvan-nu :D </div><br /><div><br />The next day, I was at work, and andha rendavadhu nallavar sent me a mail saying someone<br />had actually purchased the TV for £525!! Idhu ennada vichitrama iruku, how can someone<br />buy a 3 year old TV for £525 when there are tvs selling lesser than that? apapadinu I was<br />getting so confused. But I should also admit that we were very excited.<br /><br />Seri, indha vanginavan kadhaiku varuvom for a background - this guy had asked for same day delivery, and offered to come and collect it in person. Namma aalu solittar, that he will deliver it and asked for his address and stuff - and had also mentioned that he will deliver it as soon as he gets the payment. Mr. X had called up and assured a paypal transaction although not immediate, and had mentioned that he is waiting for his wife to come home and that he will call up with the address once everything is in place.<br /><br />Naan office-lerndhu veetuku varardhukulla the TV was sitting packed - the deliveryman ;-) was enthusiastic about the whole thing.<br /><br />Naangalum wait pannite irundhom for that call, and it did come - not from the bloke, but from some lady. This lady started hurriedly explaining that she didn't buy the TV from us but that she got a mail saying she did. Idhu ennada golmal-nu ivar egira arambichar that they have committed to buy and that we have packed the tv!! Appuram dhan ava solra that some guy had hacked her id and had bought 6 TVs and was collecting the TVs from the sellers' residences!!! Ofcourse, with "promised" payments! And she was calling up everyone to warn them!<br /><br />Adangokkamakka! Konjam emandhirundha enga TV-yum out-a? Infact, Ravi even called him<br />after this call from the landline, coz he was disconnecting the mobile calls - and this guy replied saying there is a problem with the payment and that he is still working on it!<br /><br />So now the TV is still there at my residence, any takers for £500? ;-) </div>KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-37517295200215843972010-06-02T16:23:00.000-07:002010-06-02T17:00:13.596-07:00Ennai yaarenru enni enni...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGod9XHuGm9kO5cdJsSq0pNb0M1tJsrDgT2OuqcL3_BbVQ5JfKRur4P-Hp3LY1DYPj4PdaRDMDl4mWMfGyPA2MWnRSObsTecrvDEvlfAnyZUweWWNyjPNVIhPjcY-CpCY40sNC/s1600/angry.png"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 119px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 99px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478330433830245042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGod9XHuGm9kO5cdJsSq0pNb0M1tJsrDgT2OuqcL3_BbVQ5JfKRur4P-Hp3LY1DYPj4PdaRDMDl4mWMfGyPA2MWnRSObsTecrvDEvlfAnyZUweWWNyjPNVIhPjcY-CpCY40sNC/s320/angry.png" /></a><br /><div>Sila pala pengal irukanga indha oorla, namma oor Namitha madhiri..appadi ennadhan sappiduvanga therila, they'd be so damn huge and you'd be scared to have anything with them. Oru naal naan paatuku en sil-a kootikittu pram thallite poi bus erinen, and this lady boarded the bus as well. Pakkathula vandhanga, vandhuttu she kept staring at me - she was having a pram too. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Namakku mind reading theriyum-nu edhavadhu thappa purinjintungala-nu therila, naan romba surusuruppa started saying I can't push my pram any further and that I don't have space. Suddenly she started saying "Do you think you are smart (he he, naama dhan smart-ku extreme opposite edhuvo adhudhan-nu ooruke theriyume ;-) ), you just stood in the front and boarded before all of us!"...Idhu ennada vamba pochu, naama bus stand-ladhane erinom, adhukaga 0.5kms thalli nikkaravangalai ellam vandhu erunga erunga-nu allow panta eruvanga bus-la? :D Namma oorna kerchief pottu seat-e eduppom, iva enna idhuke scene vidara-nu think pannikite I told her "It is not my problem..".</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Angadhan vidhi heehaw heehaw-nu donkey madhiriye sirchudhu...ennada sathamnu when I looked, this lady was shaking the pram violently (adhavadhu avanga pram-ku space kidaikka try panrangalama). I was literally shocked, ennada idhu ulla oru kuzhandhai iruku...adhuvum nammadhache-nu thamizh thaikulam madhiri tension aagi...illai illai sword ellam edukkala..I warned her "you better not do that, it is a baby inside", and the lady didn't want to listen.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Seri, naamadhan Shilpa Shetty-oda oorache-nu non violence practise pannalamnu I went up to the driver (idhuku nadula she almost crushed me against the seat when I tried to walk past her) and told him this lady is behaving like a nut (adhaiye konjam diplomatic-a sonnen). And andha punniyavan edho school teacher favorite student-a warn panra madhiri angerndhe kural koduthar :-/ and this lady somehow had settled her pram somewhere and found a seat too.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Enakka sema tension inga, enga melaye kai vachittiya nee-nu Prakashraj range-ku yosichitte vandhen. Finally I decided I'll take her snap and go to the police (please ennai kekkadheenga, indha makkan yosanai ellam unaku mattum eppadi varudhu-nu) and when she got off the bus, I took her snap :D Unfortunately, andha Nameetha madam ennai parthutta - and all hell broke loose.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>She came rushing to me and tried snatching my mobile...dho da, yaar phone-ai yaar vangardhu-nu naan adhai maraika try panna poga, she snatched my handbag and rushed out of the bus. Idhu ennada naai pidikka poi nari kitta mattina kadhaiya pochu-nu I got off the bus, and asked her to give my bag back. By that time, she had opened my handbag, and had started searching for the mobile too :)) When I wanted the handbag back, she wanted me to delete the photo I took, which I obviously refused to. Idhuku nadula sila perku time aagi, they wanted to resume their journey, and duly got my pram off the bus for me (rommmmbbbba nallavanga ;) )</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I finally decided I'd rather have my handbag back, and said I'll delete the photo. Andha manga pannu pannu-nu yell pannite irundha, but when I took my mobile out, she wanted to snatch it from me! Idhu ennada thollaiya pochu-nu I told her I am not doing anything unless she backs off a bit and gives me my handbag. Avalum vera vazhi illama oru Solomon Pappaya-vai vachikittu bag kodutha.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>En nerathai parunga, I took the mobile out and checked the snaps...and the snap just wasn't there!! Aaha, indha mobile-a indha viral-aladhane azhuthinom-nu mathi mathi I was looking, and the Namitha was losing patience. I tried telling her that the snap wasn't there, and she wasn't willing to believe me. (Naan video mode-la camera-va vachittu click panna snap-a varum, voice dhan varum :( adhu enakum strike aagala, avalukum puriyala). Idhula she even challenged me to call the cops, and I asked her to call up saying she'll snatch my phone if I took it out. Mudhalla she said she doesn't have a phone, thideernu ullerndhu oru phone varudhu :)) - and yet she didn't want to call the police herself. So instead she made a mistake.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>She snatched my handbag (again!) and started running....enaku sema sirippu, idhu ennada loosu manga-va iruku, chumma namma handbag-aye thookitu odara-nu :)) Appodhan my sil brought me back to senses, "hey odunga, get your handbag!!"-nu sonna udane, Ajith/Surya/Vikram/Vijay ellarayum thorkaddikkara speed-la odinen, and she was running in front of me. Podhadha public-ku :)) to gather around? I shouted "help, she is running away with my handbag" and caught up with her, and she in turn ended up almost breaking my fingers. Inga I could not even engage in a physical fight coz she was Namitha's cadre, naama oru chappai figure vera :( so I had to resort to some other means to pull her down. Indha cycle gap-la public enga rendu peraiyum suthittanga. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Now the scenario had completely changed, it looked more like she had stolen my handbag and started running-nra madhiri aagiduchu :)) and people had started consoling me saying "don't worry dear, just leave this place"-nu...and even asked me if I want to call the police. Viduvoma naama, it was my kid at the end of the day, so I flagged down the police van determined to get this lady pay for what she did, and the cops enquired us separately. Since the public was in my favor, apparently they were talking to the cops instead of her talking, and the cops made her apologize to me for what she did. I still wonder why she didn't want to call the cops....</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Naan pannadhu ethically right or wrong, is something I don't want to get into - but what I could not digest is the fact that people behave a little violent when it comes to trivial stuff like space in a bus! </div>KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-42231858145392311642010-04-07T04:14:00.001-07:002010-04-07T05:25:59.911-07:00kaathirundha kangale...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH9VjhDqEXTO-gzfQw47BZOw4pJBxIDP272JVEkp7Ayz-7IDSMDdRWbzuxzvlseXWRpkBuBo5SjDisfDxo2fa7YV1a-WAzdz1HqSjPuQWwcszvOR4r2Ge_olUFJLAKHXMc57uq/s1600/cal.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH9VjhDqEXTO-gzfQw47BZOw4pJBxIDP272JVEkp7Ayz-7IDSMDdRWbzuxzvlseXWRpkBuBo5SjDisfDxo2fa7YV1a-WAzdz1HqSjPuQWwcszvOR4r2Ge_olUFJLAKHXMc57uq/s320/cal.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457352475728411010" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; ">edhavadhu rule iruka-nu therila, ladies-na handbag-a kailaye vachukkanumnu...I normally don't carry a handbag, nangalam irukardhai jeans/coat pocket-la vachikanum, adhaivida jasthiya irundha shoulder bag eduthukkanum-nra category. Imagine having to carry a handbag that constantly slides off your shoulder or hangs on your wrists while you are struggling to keep your hands inside the pockets to protect them from the cold! Maha thollai pidichadhu indha handbag-nra vasthu.. </pre><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Idhellam en solren-na, I had to take the handbag out to go for the loooong weekend outing (fri-sat-sun-mon -na chummava). I took both the original and the duplicate keys for the house, and decided that I'll give one of them to another person in the group just so we are safe when we get back. Aana adhai naan kadaisi varaikum pannave illa. We all went to Cornwall for a stay and visit the Eden project. Indha Eden project edho eco-friendly project, aana romba easy-ya nyabagam vachikkanumna remember the hemispherical architecture in Sivaji's Sahana song? Adhe madhiri oru architecturedhan ingayum, and adhu ulla they maintain the Mediterranean and Rainforest plantations. It was fun and enjoyable, but all that until the day we left. </pre><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Naan romba poruppa kilambara aniku, started cleaning up everything - fine edhuvum pottuda koodadhe cottageku - and was busy the entire morning. Ellam ready pannitu we packed and left. We were a group of 8, 5 adults and 3 kids, so egapata luggages were stowed in the cars. Andha cottage erkaneve oru narrow passage ulla irundhadhu, and after we got to the main road, my sis-in-law from the car in the front called up and asked if we had remembered to take the buggy. As the entire world knows, naanga adhai marandhuttom :D So we went back through that narrow road and got it and returned. </pre><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Oru 70 miles vandhiruppom, something suddenly struck my mind that I am missing a "vicious" thing - the handbag. Mudhalla handbag-ladhan onnum illaye, who cares what happens to it-nu vittuten...appuramdhan nyabagam vandhadhu that the keys are in it!! None of us had the mood to drive back, nor did we want to break the lock - £150na chummava? </pre><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Theriyamadhan kekkaren, have you taken the buggy-nu kettavangaluku have you taken the handbag-nu kekkardhuku nyabagam varadha? Illa ella luggage-um stow pannome, handbag-a nyabagama eduthu vaippom-nu stow pannavangaluku thonadha? And who on earth can remember this trivial piece of bag, called the handbag? Yaar kandupidicha indha vasthu-va? </pre><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Right now, we are temporarily at the sis-in-law's place (ofcourse, I am angry with her at not reminding me ;) ), and waiting for the keys to come in the courier...</pre></span>KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-55921260911681374422009-08-03T12:33:00.001-07:002009-08-23T11:11:51.134-07:00Ponmagal vandhal...I<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9PIzJ1b88Fmnb4OyAky9OAxy8GUqZg_sMMYwUJxK3aEjfbaD7xC4v6h9et0CSi3HWVJGv4TdWazkoO9q50EY9OgGCAOja5xmwvY1w6EgfU9JzN0mJ2yqgQ0i06JyYhSZu_eV/s1600-h/calvin.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372921756456260466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 147px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 188px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9PIzJ1b88Fmnb4OyAky9OAxy8GUqZg_sMMYwUJxK3aEjfbaD7xC4v6h9et0CSi3HWVJGv4TdWazkoO9q50EY9OgGCAOja5xmwvY1w6EgfU9JzN0mJ2yqgQ0i06JyYhSZu_eV/s320/calvin.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>It all started the day I decided to test if I was pregnant using a pregnancy stick and found that I was. Andha it-nradhu vera onnum illa, ennoda eternl kodumaidhan. Ofcourse, being pregnant-nradhu nalla vishayamdhan, aana andha perla nammalai padutharanga paarunga, iraivaaa!!<br /><br />So yeah, mudhalla en eyes correct-adhan velai senjudha-nu verify panradhukaga blood test koduthen. Edho namma oor-na immediate-a doctor vandhu "congratulations, neenga pregnant-a irukeenga"-nu solvanga...but my UK, no way! Test result ketta, sorry, neenga pregnancy stick-aye rely pannikonga, we don't send such results-ntanga!! Ada paavigala, idhuku blood enya edutheenga?<br /><br />So mukki thakki 12 weeks kazhichu monitor-la oru kutti paapa partha appuramdhan I believed I was pregnant..trust me, enaku sathiyama naan pregnant-a irundha madhiriye therila - absolutely no symptoms like we see in movies, vomit pannitu vantu "he he naan muzhugama irukken"-nu sollite vekka paduvangale - nothing like that. Namma kid koodava nammalai ippadi pannanum-nu yosichitte I was crossing each month having pregnacare, horlicks, and podhakuraiku I even got a heartbeat monitor... ennai indha timekulla almost Anjali paapa madhiri wall pidichu walk pannu-nu solladhadhu dhan kurai, avalo slow-va I was instructed to walk!<br /><br />Then came the seemandham, adhula edhuku nose-kulla thanniya vidanumnu therila - that was what became the kodumai for me. The vadhiyar said "valadhu mooku" and my husband interpreted it as valadhu kadhu and let the water in my right ear, and the priest got confused and said "illa illa, idadhu" instead of saying it should be the nose, and I got the water in my left ear. Now the priest was sure to say "mooku" but forgot to mention it is the right nose, and I got the water in my left nose :( and finally everyone came to my rescue (idhuku mela enna rescue??) and the water was given rightly to my right nose.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Ippadilam pregnancy dhan pochuna, the final months were even kodumai-ful...</div>KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-89236476414856747822008-12-08T08:00:00.000-08:002008-12-08T09:11:41.508-08:00Moonrezhuthu moonu show-vum parthadhu needhandi...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_nrPnkLlvUIK40nCTK2C6uFrByiaPJAQNBz7aecu3pYTeaRkjhtqE9SEI_Rwq_B1EFOlol1kVcEiBKbfmRE5KMzEyl9gyNGcrSL0fmUtxbuw2mxJHKIKML0IfSYJv9833WLo/s1600-h/repeat.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 196px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_nrPnkLlvUIK40nCTK2C6uFrByiaPJAQNBz7aecu3pYTeaRkjhtqE9SEI_Rwq_B1EFOlol1kVcEiBKbfmRE5KMzEyl9gyNGcrSL0fmUtxbuw2mxJHKIKML0IfSYJv9833WLo/s320/repeat.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277464223979323922" /></a><br />Do any of you belong to the category of seeing logic behind all scenes in a movie? And watching a movie umpteen times? And rewinding a scene despite knowing it byheart if someone talks while the scene is playing? Appadilam irundha, I am dedicating this blog post to you. <br /><br />How many of you watch a movie umpteen times? I am not a great fan of movies, appadi edhavadhu padam parthen-na I watch it just once, however good it is. And yaravadhu 2-3 times oru padathai parthale I start criticizing them, evalo thadavai dhan indha padathai parpeenga-nu. Adhuvum oru padathai masathuku rendu thadavai partha ok, illana varathuku 2 thadavai kooda ok, but daily 2 times? Gr..<br /><br />Seri padathai niraya thadavai parkareenga ok, avalo thadavai parthu scenes by heart aayirukum - do you still rewind a scene if someone talks while the scene is playing? Grr...<br /><br />Idhellam ok, padathula vara scene-ku can you explain the logic behind each triviality? If so, dhayavu senju enkitta ungalai identify pannikadheenga, naan theevira kolai veri-la iruken. Indha pallikoodam-nra movie pinnala irukara sila logic examples-a tharen paarunga, idhellam kettu I am looking for the address of Thangar Bachaan, andha manushanai kette aaganum, idhellam avare yosichirupara-nu :-/<br /><br />Naren doesn't cry in this movie, he'd bend his head low in some sad situation. "Idhu ennada idhu, Naren doesn't seem to know how to cry, en ippadi emotion-e illama nikkaran?"-nu ketta, "Illa usha, avan enna irundhalum collector-la, a collector is supposed to be self-composed and calm (?!), adhan avan endha scene-layum overreact panna mattan" !!!<br /><br />Adhai kooda vidunga, oru scene-la Naren, Thangar Bachan and Seeman reunite after a long time - 3 perum appadiye sandoshathai pizhinju juce-a koduthitrupanga namakku, and when the entire cast is looking at this, the car driver would be looking somewhere so intently. Ennada ivar mattum unnatural-la nikkarare-nu yosicha, there comes the logic - adhavadhu collector-oda driver will be part of police-am, and police are supposed to be alert oblivious to what happens around them-am!! Indha kalathula police ellam college-la nadakkara adithadi-ya kooda reaction-e illama parkaranga-nradhu unmaidhan, adhukaga edho black cat range-ku avangalai ethardhu over-a therila??<br /><br />Thangar bachan overreact panradhu avar villager-nradhalayam, collector-nradhala mattumdhan Naren niraya idathula intelligent-a irukaram...ippadi scene-ku scene Thangar bachan kooda logic yosichirukka mattar. To threaten me to do anything, this dialogue seems to be sufficient: "ippo nee sapdala-na naan pallikoodam pottu parka arambichiduven" :(( Idhuku bayandhe naan ellam time-ku panniduven..<br /><br />If you are any of the above, I dedicate the blog post to you, aana onnu - yarume comments-la logic solradhula enna thappu-nu ketka koodadhu, andha kodumai eppadinu enakudhan theriyum.KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-61947127102829988982008-11-02T13:12:00.001-08:002008-11-02T13:52:32.859-08:00Parthu parthu kangal poothirundhen...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZRVLaidqfYf101paX35efM_MNK-vG7_AqraPLrfH3kiFDZGk-jmecvPrAKDaCuPgA4PJbZcLeKOKfzjwoXhRzd4hkbRz8j6MHS7v7mwqZwzdKONI_6ii6nwUaOrz_hSf-RFGT/s1600-h/tv.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 199px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZRVLaidqfYf101paX35efM_MNK-vG7_AqraPLrfH3kiFDZGk-jmecvPrAKDaCuPgA4PJbZcLeKOKfzjwoXhRzd4hkbRz8j6MHS7v7mwqZwzdKONI_6ii6nwUaOrz_hSf-RFGT/s320/tv.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264181180100830066" /></a><br />Naan pattuku Jeffrey Archer-oda latest book padichitrundhen, and my weekend was going good. Until I saw the latest comment on the last post. Seri, pandhayam movie nalla movie poliruku, recommendation ellam varudhe-ntu I spent the next 20 mins ransacking the house to find the misplaced DVD, under the pretext of cleaning the house (appadidhan saaku solli irundhen, for the ransacking process) and dropped the "cleaning" process once I found the DVD.<br /><br />Mudhalla oru kutti payyan varan, and first scene-laye avanoda expression ellam parthuttu "oho, indha payyan psycho-va mara poran poliruku"-nu ninaicha, kadaiseela nammalai psycho aaka attempt pannirukanga movie-la :( Ennadhan SA Chandrasekar padama irundha kooda, there is a limit to idolize Vijay - mudhal scene-lerndhu andha payyan Vijaydhan en udal porul aavi-nra range-ku veedu katti, sorry samadhi katti (namakudhan) adikaran.<br /><br />Prakash Raj could have done better in selecting a movie, ennadhan villian oru third rated heartless criminal-a irundha kooda, chumma ovvoru scene-kum oru aaloda kazhuthai keeritrundha? Ivalo easy-na naan koodadhan daily oru 3 perai pottu thallitruppen ;), namakku mattum podaradhuku aal illaya enna?<br /><br />The kid grows and becomes Nitin Satya, aama Nitin, neenga nalladhane irundheenga? Why this attempt at becoming an action hero with a non-existent storyline? Ivar nera Prakash kitta poi naan unga loyal fan-nu solvaram, udane prakash raj ivarai uyirai vidu-nuvaram, and once he acts as if he is ready for it, Prakash immediately adopts him into his inner circle!! Oru minister-oda inner circle-la serardhu ivalo easy-a? Either SAC must have lost his senses, or he thinks we have lost our senses!<br /><br />Innoru absurdity is the love affairs that Prakash's sisters have. Prakash apparently is totally against love, but yaaravadhu thangai-ya kolai panni parthirukeengala? Ella padathulayum lover-a pottu thalluvanga, appuram sister kadhai thani track-la pogum...inga ennadana, ivar rendu sisters-ayum pottu thalla ready-a iruparam, coz they are in love. Ayya saami, heirs kooda illadha oru person ippadi close ones-a vetti thalra insanity-a naan idhuladhan parthen - ofcourse, it all adds up to the one fact that the movie was trying to tell, that Prakash Raj is a senseless idiot. But adhuku yaravadhu comedian-a villian-a potrukalamla?<br /><br />The climax is even worse, nitin prakash-a miratti, prakash nitin-a miratti, mathi mathi nammalai miratti...kadaiseela when I was almost thinking this movie is going to last till the next morning, Radhika Prakash-a pottudaranga. Ammani, idhai mudhalliye pannindha naanga ivalo ratham koduthiruka mattomla? Padam mudinjappuram every part in me was bleeding and all I could do was to thank Radhika and go to bed.<br /><br />Idhula naan logical problems ellam solla arambichen-na it will take more time, which this movie does not deserve really. Aana onnu decide panten, inimel yaravadhu edhavadhu movie parunga-nu recommend panneenga....prakash raj madhiri naanum oru kathiya vachittu sutha vendiyadhudhan!!KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-15391684805320501192008-09-26T12:47:00.000-07:002008-09-26T14:58:40.197-07:00Enge theduven...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVKt5RVGHjSeImsem3b0bShGu1R0rS2kgog7TQrBIEsOaZYl7fsxCT8OOWSxytknxHGlfPSn9_oa1NOyLW0docH1gl-LVoK2fntG6WQ6v2l3KWx5_qy8zjbvZmipTMFoBKyOdI/s1600-h/wap.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVKt5RVGHjSeImsem3b0bShGu1R0rS2kgog7TQrBIEsOaZYl7fsxCT8OOWSxytknxHGlfPSn9_oa1NOyLW0docH1gl-LVoK2fntG6WQ6v2l3KWx5_qy8zjbvZmipTMFoBKyOdI/s320/wap.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250452741911683410" /></a><br />Was trying hard to write a post, aana veetla net illa :( Now that it has come, I'll start visiting blogs and writing some if I can :D<br /><br />En amma complain pannitrundhanga naanga velilaye kootite poga mattenrom-nu (kadhaiya keteengala, naan inga imsai paduthalam-nu kootitu vandha, velila kootitu poganumam!), so we decided to go to a safari park (amma animal lover-ama) on Saturday and then windsor castle, stonehenge and Bath on Sunday.<br /><br />We rented a car for the trip, took along wih us a couple of friends (who happen to be a couple as well). First day kilambinom, and went to the safari park. Nyayama sollunga, safari park-na singam puli ellam velila suthum, naama carla window-va close pannitu parkanum, right? Pakkathula tiger nadandhu poitruku, en amma window-va open panni parkanumnu adam pidikaranga (?!) One of our companions commented "vitta neenga puliya pakkathula kooptu rasam sadham ootuveenga poliruke?" which reminded me of the way my mom brought up our dogs - endha oorlayavadhu naikutti-ku paruppu sadham, adhoda ghee kalandhu koduthu parthirukeengala? <br /><br />So yeah, safari park ellam mudichuttu we drove back with a lot of wrong exits on roundabouts, driving on the buslanes etc (round about parthale nervous aara alavuku aayiten, ethanai thadavaidhan sutharadhu girivalam madhiri?). <br /><br />The next day was quite similar in terms of driving, and Windsor castle-la namma Tipu Sultan crown/possessions ellam parthu vayitherichal pattutu, we went to Stonehenge. Aniyaya idam adhu, naalu kallai kotti vachuttu tourist spot aakitanunga!! So ellam mudichuttu we returned to London, dropped off the friends and veetu kitta park pantu, we retired for the night.<br /><br />Kaalaila I thought I'll clean up the insides of the car before returning it, and key eduthuttu ponen. Car kitta poi remote press panren panren, the car didn't open up. Ennada idhu-nu thirumbi poi I told my better half that I can't open the car. He went next, and I got a call in a couple of mins - "enna Usha, car-a kanom??" I was shocked, idhu ennada vamba pochu, 5 mins-layeva thookitanga car-a appadinu. Then I went downstairs, and the car was standing right there. "Ennapa idhu, idho nikkudhe namma car"-nu ketta, adutha shock - "Usha, that's not our car, ours was a Ford Fiesta, and this is something else"<br /><br />Ada iraiva, evanoda car-ayo open panna try pantoma, edhavadhu cc-tv la record achuna namma gadhi? appadi-nra thoughts-a ignore pantu we started looking for the car, and well, it just wasn't there! Pochu da, raavoda raava thookitanunga-nu yosichitrukache, I had a sudden thought - what if it was towed away? Seri, pakkathu veetai keppomnu ketta, the lady there confirmed that it was towed away the previous night :( Thappa park pannitomam - night-la yaruku parking boundaries ellam kannuku theriyudhu?? Err...actually naan adhai gavanichen, aana I didn't think that was a problem....until I now saw my guy staring at me :D<br /><br />We spent the next half hour trying to figure out which company had towed away the car (padu paavi pasanga, oru notice koodava vittutu poga mattanga?) and ended up paying £260 - idhuku tholainje poirukalam, it would have just cost us £100!KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-68245987014560766692008-09-11T06:38:00.000-07:002008-09-11T10:01:19.931-07:00En pirandhai magale....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GIeMvk1MdlTjwG0dxJxbzVl5Y6VYAm1Nqa6DqEmpAd9raD9-HN0jGWUACTXpmkEk1OJ4Kv5HrYycNP5ktoWQFjPWSVI1XTV21DE1F4UqyohVIa5bnnZwZBYz_sDn7kHPOyFq/s1600-h/owe.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GIeMvk1MdlTjwG0dxJxbzVl5Y6VYAm1Nqa6DqEmpAd9raD9-HN0jGWUACTXpmkEk1OJ4Kv5HrYycNP5ktoWQFjPWSVI1XTV21DE1F4UqyohVIa5bnnZwZBYz_sDn7kHPOyFq/s320/owe.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244809849893827186" /></a><br />To all that are concerned about my absence, illa illa, kc-ku onnume aagala...just that there are a lot of personal things going on like shifting houses (naanga ellam navagragam madhiri, idam mathitte irupom ;) ) and having parents coming over etc etc...adhanala veetla samaikardhuke time pathala (well, naan samaikaradhe oru movie durationku pogum :D). Thanks for asking, just saw all the comments and oru pulambal polambidalamnu vanten ;)<br /><br />Right now it is my mom's turn to stay with us (after I tortured my mil to some extent - indha sani dasai sani dasai-nu solvangale, adhai turn eduthu anubavikkaranga). The first thing my mom said when I called her here was "paavam inga rendu kuzhandaigalum - adhavadhu en anna-vum anni-yum kuzhandaigalama - enna panvanga naan anga vanta?", does this by any remote chance mean that she gave birth to only one kuzhandai, and the other one happened to be born as kottan?? Idhu ennanga aniyayama iruku, naan 6 varushama have been alone under the pretext of working away from home, appolam ennai yarum kuzhandai-ya ninaicha madhiriye nyabagam illaye?! <br /><br />Veetuku oru maram valarpom madhiri, veetuku oru bekku valarpomnu enga kudumbathula oru pazhakkam iruku. It just turned out to be me in mine ;) For example, naan school padikkara timela edho oru yearla coffee prices just shot up, so my dad introduced a new rule that we should drink milk and no more coffee. Seri, appa soltare-nu naanum kaalaila evening ellam paal-ai mattum kudichitrundhen. I used to have the habit of locking myself in the bedroom and study, and one fine day I happened to come out for something else...and guess what, hall full-a coffee vasanai!! Ennada idhu, naamalam milk dhane kudikarom-nu ellar kaiyayum partha, everyone had a tumbler with coffee inside!! Till this day, I don't drink coffee :( but coffee addicts ellam partha thittama vidardhe illa ;) vayitherichala vera enga kottardham?<br /><br />Idhellam kooda ok, naan Bangalore ponappuram I had to put up in a PG and anga saapadum seriya irukadhu, and since I was alone, kind of fell into the bad habit of working late at work and having food at untimely hours. Seri namma amma-va konja naal kooda vachukalam-nu call pannina, she tells me "Illama, naan varardhu kashtam, kuzhandaiku (?!) time-ku sapdalana acidity varum, romba kashta paduvan, naan enna panradhu?"...idho da, engaluku mattum udambu enna iron-laya seinju vachirukanga, sapdama irundha kooda onnum aagama irukardhuku?? <br /><br />Andha kuzhandai mattum porandhadhulerndhu ippo kalyanam aagi nalla post-la irukara varaikum kuzhandaiyave iruku, naan eppadi mudhallerndhe kuzhandaiyave illa? Now you know why I am a kuttichatan ;) <br /><br />But all said and done, now is my turn - pazhiku pazhi rathathirku ratham - vara vaichittomla, torture arambichuda vendiyadhudhan ;)KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-76800525783168725652008-07-15T11:49:00.001-07:002008-07-15T13:29:45.161-07:00akkam pakkam..serial illa poologam vendum!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj43L8lRYyGptx7W8TGxwqsOXp0pDSPqenjb_IEUB56GPSu0Fy_e_ofr3bn7LepXrJorQk1Fa79AAp1NIfCl_e6SGq5PXr7tLoQZYPpmaVA3HjV7-i3vyjqk9KwIcjcgfrijOii/s1600-h/tv.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj43L8lRYyGptx7W8TGxwqsOXp0pDSPqenjb_IEUB56GPSu0Fy_e_ofr3bn7LepXrJorQk1Fa79AAp1NIfCl_e6SGq5PXr7tLoQZYPpmaVA3HjV7-i3vyjqk9KwIcjcgfrijOii/s320/tv.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223326344329799250" /></a><br />Naan oru thappu panniten...idhuvaraikum chinna vayasulerndhu seyyadha oru mega mistake I made, and regretting it a lot. Perusa onnum illa, theriyama last few days-a rendu tamil serials parka arambichutten. Iraivaaa...why and how on earth do people get the patience to watch the serials, that too seriously and devotedly?<br /><br />Mudhaldhu was Kalki..yabba saami!! Mudhalla that title song - kalki kalki needhane kalki...theriyamadhan kekkaren, does anyone go to another person and say neenga neenga neengadhane neenga? Like Usha usha, needhane usha?? Enaku theriyadha en per? <br /><br />Next, adhu eppadi sema vidhyasama situations varudho therila. Not sure how many of you watch it, but for an instance, this varsha-sunil couple. Divorce panvangalam, and the lady will join her ex-husband's office, and once when the peon has to go on an urgent personal work, he'll come to this lady and ask her to serve food to the MD (her ex-spouse)!! Endha oorla the peon goes to a staff member and asks him/her to do his job?? Podha kuraiku lunch hourla utkarndhu indha lady-a ella staff-um kindal panvangalam...endha corporate world-la publica rag panvanga??<br /><br />Another example is a couple who are separated coz the second wife, who is a doc, didn't save the life of the first wife during her delivery. Andha husband kalki kitta solvanam, my wife/ur sister was murdered by this lady-nu, udane avanga parvallanu mannichuduvangalam. For god's sake, we are not avatars, we are humans, atleast a little anger?? Just an iota?? It's her sister!! mmhmmm...naanga porumaisaali, ellathukum appadiye silent-a poiduvom :)) Can't talk abt all the characters, but indha porumai is testing my porumai!!<br /><br />Adutha serial was Simran chinna thirai. En podhadha kaalam, I started watching this series where she is the amman (mummmyyyyyy!!) Simran thappum illa, namma thappum illa...aana munnadi vandha amman padathai ellam eduthavanga thappu - KR Vijaya madhiri oru nalla smile, or meena madhiri periya kan that can show anger, or ramya krishnan who can show expressions and dance baratanatyam well - ippadilam parthuttu idhula edhuvume illadha Simran-a amman-a partha?? Andha amman-oda framed pic-la irukara face-a vida chinnadha iruku Simran face :(, doesn't morph well.<br /><br />Idhoda kadhai pathilam perusa onnum solla mudiyadhu, namma nagathamman, kaliamman madiri inna pira films-oda adhe kadhaidhan - minus the divine appearance. Aana onnu, oru villian kaila gun kodutha, evalo azhaga sudanum? Namma OAK Sundar, edho 5 vayasu kutti paapa kitta diwali gun kodutha madhiri kannai maraichikittu sudarar :)) This is worse than what I did in my 10th, stalling the entire street's traffic under the pretext of trying to burst crackers.<br /><br />Ok ok, kalki time...me going to have some fun time..KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-7425874873847443552008-07-04T09:54:00.000-07:002008-07-04T10:54:08.608-07:00Satti suttadhada...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy2568pnIDdCpzF0p0tTNVpe5V7MZ69UAjYd_OcYo-xQN5yVkDSp3Xr3vlb6j-UKLlGwFzzARlH4YYTWTmzldMLyA7Sr16Cb9GgG2Fosky3sPrevK5pPc3Vqm3gglvp1Vs83gK/s1600-h/duh.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy2568pnIDdCpzF0p0tTNVpe5V7MZ69UAjYd_OcYo-xQN5yVkDSp3Xr3vlb6j-UKLlGwFzzARlH4YYTWTmzldMLyA7Sr16Cb9GgG2Fosky3sPrevK5pPc3Vqm3gglvp1Vs83gK/s320/duh.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219218645036903586" /></a><br />Naane edho nimmadhiya namma blog-ayum edho sila per padikaranga-nra alpa sandoshathula ithanai naal was leading my humble life, adhuku ore oru statement-la oru periya idiya pottu udaichuttanga sila nallavanga....<br /><br />Recent-a naan rendu nalla padam (ada nijammadhan, they were a lot better than most of the recent films that come out in tamil) parthen - kaalaipani and Silandhi. To quickly pass a comment, given the fact that these were done by newcomers, they are worth watching once. Ok, I am not talking about these films now, although I'd have liked to if I had watched them earlier. But indha padam parthadhaladhan andha periya idiye vandhudhu.<br /><br />Padathai parthoma, velaiya parthoma-nu irundhirukalam...I, as usual, en thiruvayai thirandhu told my friend that I had watched these films and said they were good. Now this friend suggested I write reviews of these films. Ada, ingayavadhu naan ok-ntu soltu decent-a ignore pannirukalam, but again naama...vayai koduthu mattikama...romba kashtam, so I said "illa, these films are quite old, ippo ezhudina nalla irukadhu"-nu.<br /><br />Ingadhan arambichudhu ennoda eye-opener session...<br /><br />Friend: parvalla, nee enna ezhudinalum padippanga, so nee ezhudu<br /><br />Me: Adhellam kidayadhu, kanda crap ellam padippomnu yaarum agreement sign panradhilla (being actually stupid enough to think it was a compliment)<br /><br />Friend: its ur perception that they are interested, people don't care what the topic is.<br /><br />Me; ??!!!! (falls after experiencing an acute heart attack - indha vayasula heart attack thevaya enaku?)<br /><br />Idhu thevaiya enaku? Ippadi kettu vangikkanuma naan? Inimel ninaippiya nee nalla ezhudara-nu?? Ninaippiya nee makkal virumbi padikaranga-nu?? So blog varardhuku romba naal aagudhe-nu epovavadhu yaravadhu by any remote chance yosicheenga-na, indha eye-openernala naan nallava aayiten-nu ninaichukonga!!KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-16718918116924759952008-06-18T04:07:00.000-07:002008-06-18T05:19:39.481-07:00Enge theduven nalla doctor-ai enge...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih-o-V_eu49o4XC6hD0BfU9tmtJ7Cp9od9hjTshRkuZb1foU-yujIATN9dB7LN9HgZLImai7wn2ASYttb9MFRyylFN3JMXOVWGA9cuOtVPA3GmliA-3R07FjblWkSWk9yB4Tfi/s1600-h/wait.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih-o-V_eu49o4XC6hD0BfU9tmtJ7Cp9od9hjTshRkuZb1foU-yujIATN9dB7LN9HgZLImai7wn2ASYttb9MFRyylFN3JMXOVWGA9cuOtVPA3GmliA-3R07FjblWkSWk9yB4Tfi/s320/wait.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213195116622260882" /></a><br />Yaaravadhu inga UK GP's kitta treatment eduthirukeengala? Iraivaa...ippodhan I came back from a doctor's appointment, and boy, did it test my patience!!<br /><br />Most of us would have been to a doctor in India, and from what my experience tells me, they have the facts at their finger tips..even a blood test report takes a max of 1/2 a day. Ada, kurainja patsham oru senior doc-a udane consult panni solduvanga, illaya?<br /><br />Naan 5th of June aniku poi blood test koduthen getting a referral from my GP, normal testsdhan, for sugar, rubella, adhu idhu-nu. And being an Indian, I expected the results to come in my hands the same day...and imagine my surprise when they told me that the results will be sent in 7 working days!! Theriyamadhan kekkaren, edhavadhu adhula serious-a irundhu, immediate-a treatment tharanumna enna panvom? Just wait to know after 7 days and hit the panic button late?!<br /><br />Seri ok, procedural hazards-nu adhai categorize pannitu vittuten. The results came in 7 days, and I got an appointment for today to go over the results. I got inside the doc's room, and he is just staring at me blankly (ada iraiva, andha receptionist solla kooda maatala edhuku oru appointment-nu?) and I had to tell him it is for my blood tests. Then came the stumper - "who prescribed these tests? I have never seen you here"!! Aaha, namakku ippo identity crisis veraya? Appuram andha monitor-la utkarndhu ovvoru test-a parthu, he started telling me the results.<br /><br />At one point, he suddenly got a doubt (doubt?!) as to whether something was right or not. Now, there is no senior doc concept here, it is a clinic, and we are at the mercy of this GP to know what is what, and even if I want to go to the hospital, he has to refer me! Avlodhan, then started my wait to know what it actually means.<br /><br />Mudhalla thalaivar computer-la search pannar, pannar...pannar...pannar...and he didn't get what he want. Infact he told me what he was searching for, and we had searched for the same thing in Google right after we got the results and found the answer at home a few days ago! Adhai solli kooda parthen, aana andha manushan thannoda NHS search-ladhan parpen-nu kept on searching for it.<br /><br />After about 15 mins, he decided to resort to his books and went upstairs to get them. Once he got a couple of them, he searched the appendix of the first book for 10 mins, and finally having found it in the index, realized that it is in Part 2 of the book, which he didn't bring downstairs (grrrrrrrrrr). And now, he didn't want to go upstairs again, so he started his computer search again :((<br /><br />By now, I had read all the posters inside the room and could recite blindfolded where each poster was and what it contains. Finally, he gave up his search, and decided to go by his knowledge (ayya, idhai mudhallaye panna koodadha? vettiya ithanai neram inga irundhene?) he said, "don't worry, it's all normal"!! Ada paavi manusha, idhuka ennai 1 hr wait panna vachu ennoda memory capabilities ellam exercise panna vacheenga??<br /><br />I have decided to become a GP myself, enakum book appendix parka theriyum, and above all, I know how to effectively do a Google search!! What other qualification do I need?KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-79814989604918084532008-06-05T12:34:00.000-07:002008-06-05T13:14:17.590-07:00Ennaatha tharuvenungo...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6AF16Ud2Exscpcs6JgBwEH0UUoJcBBrX2nf3e7XAbOZtzXTQ0P8i6Dzy2RQysLKgLdqwi0fkzu5Lrcgb1cRw_FLl_uNY54PWZQIBkEypipIIrkKNMmQnfGZwb1O5USY2eHL7/s1600-h/gift.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6AF16Ud2Exscpcs6JgBwEH0UUoJcBBrX2nf3e7XAbOZtzXTQ0P8i6Dzy2RQysLKgLdqwi0fkzu5Lrcgb1cRw_FLl_uNY54PWZQIBkEypipIIrkKNMmQnfGZwb1O5USY2eHL7/s320/gift.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208491005385203442" /></a><br />I don't understand who introduced the culture of expressing affection by giving a gift :-/ Ada...birthday-na poi wish panna pathadha? Oru surprise gift thandhe aaganuma? Idhai endha kaalathula introduce pannanga therila, these days it doesn't feel whole if we can't gift someone with something.<br /><br />Mathavangana kooda ok, romba close makkaluku choose panradhukulla oru mandai kudaichal iruke....it goes to the extent of giving you a high BP when you can't find something that would justify the surprise.<br /><br />I think guys are more lucky, nammaluku vangi tharanumna they can choose from a wide variety of things like dresses to jewellery. But naama enna panradhu? I mean, what can you get a guy? I got into this fix with my husband this time. They got only 3 kinds of dresses - t-shirts/shirts/jeans. Adhula kooda variety kidayadhu, so ethanai thadavai can you get shirts/t-shirts? Seri adhu vendamnu perfume, bracelet ellam mudicha appuram I just could not guess a new thing!! They don't use cosmetics, you can't get them more jewellery, erkaneve nalla mobile irukkara manushanuku what else can you get? Edho girls-na teddy bear/jeans/skirt/t-shirt/shirt/saree/salwar/sleeveless/short sleeves/long sleeves (nammalukudhan idhulaye niraya designer wear/models ellam kidaikudhe!)/jewellery/cosmetics/more jewellery/more more jewellery....evalo iruku?? Why on earth are guys are so cursed that they don't have variety?<br /><br />Seri ok-nu I purchased a blue tooth headset...adhula best brand thedardhukkulla naan patta paadu!! I finally got one hoping to all Gods that he likes it. That nice salesperson didn't want to offer me a refund just in case, so all I got is this or some other in lieu of this. Iraiva iraiva-nu vendikitte when I presented my husband with the gift on his b'day, he liked it (Wooohooo!!))<br /><br />Aana, ellame seriya nadandhutta how will the kodumai site grow? The next day he tried to charge it, and it never got charged even after 12 hrs!! Idhu ennada vamba pochunu poi salesperson kitta ketta, he tried with another kit and even that didn't work!. And he started marketing another brand to me..dei, dei...adangu da, edho irundhu irundhu idhai pidichiruku-nu solrar, adhaiyum enda kedukareenga?? So I insisted on getting the same brand, and finally got one after a week, and it worked superb and my husband was so happy!!<br /><br />Vetri vetri-nu oru naal perumai-la kokkarichirupen, the next day he just does not want to use the kit...it gives him the earpain :( Now no refund, only a bluetooth headset that my husband does not want to use, and me...KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-47783608943593644152008-05-23T04:39:00.000-07:002008-05-23T14:53:20.168-07:00Eh kuruvi...Chittu kuruvi...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_naFNutq9hs252TKlzPJUtR1nwQrabySKNqWJgVE5or90IdFLiFCEcQ1KuqEjitp-JM5HoYKgSc1tP4-9VyC0v_19wnF9sZhNCVa6IOPtge0eUrz3GxP-tipMd-seHzcp-Ahs/s1600-h/movie.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_naFNutq9hs252TKlzPJUtR1nwQrabySKNqWJgVE5or90IdFLiFCEcQ1KuqEjitp-JM5HoYKgSc1tP4-9VyC0v_19wnF9sZhNCVa6IOPtge0eUrz3GxP-tipMd-seHzcp-Ahs/s320/movie.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203550963412563602" /></a><br />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.<br /><br />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?<br /><br />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??? :))<br /><br />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! <br /><br />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! ;)<br /><br />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 :)) ).<br /><br />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....KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-75331445539999143672008-05-15T06:46:00.000-07:002008-05-15T14:57:18.362-07:00En pennenru pirandhayo...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaYQ9w-4B9o8efyG2bfwqSPmcDfur-the7AXnqrMUng6C81dQ4qFitMDf2QWIF63hhBP9YQpx77mfjU2oYnQzOPd87TbwYeNFy7GY9P_x30URnSRUwQcpsJzUN8MQKraiPk3s/s1600-h/weenie.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaYQ9w-4B9o8efyG2bfwqSPmcDfur-the7AXnqrMUng6C81dQ4qFitMDf2QWIF63hhBP9YQpx77mfjU2oYnQzOPd87TbwYeNFy7GY9P_x30URnSRUwQcpsJzUN8MQKraiPk3s/s320/weenie.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200628469152099042" /></a><br />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.<br /><br />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. <br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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!!"<br /><br />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?<br /><br />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 :)KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-17424637962647565802008-05-07T09:29:00.000-07:002008-05-07T13:27:22.442-07:00Un panam panam...en panam panam<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKi0kh00VuKNF7aJP-bJsTB6r2TQ650E9eDUD_NjxZVcFLKy-glNyltvH59TrKIlYHpM5vz5cUnNWojrgq_JfgIQ0NqN-6kgb6qgj8TKM2SsS3MZ_hY6nPP-d7tpGwVMHebqu/s1600-h/money.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKi0kh00VuKNF7aJP-bJsTB6r2TQ650E9eDUD_NjxZVcFLKy-glNyltvH59TrKIlYHpM5vz5cUnNWojrgq_JfgIQ0NqN-6kgb6qgj8TKM2SsS3MZ_hY6nPP-d7tpGwVMHebqu/s320/money.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197674768756996754" /></a><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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??<br /><br />Seri ok, ippovavadhu sonnangale-nu I started my muyarchi of getting this money in December. <br /><br />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.<br /><br />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? <br /><br />Feb - India, and didn't have the brains to contact them :D<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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! <br /><br />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)KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19226955.post-59693432904155580902008-04-23T11:46:00.000-07:002008-04-24T01:57:53.749-07:00Saami varudhu saami varudhu...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNvWvqTjVl366bINbvf8LlR16uXqQTCdbLQiJhVLqNn93qa_shEOsa_Htd7mcvVFt9xUZtJZZwkHDqIveyvz6IP260EOmeANlaL462auxbdcY2xS_THRI_fWBg2ZyW3AO6v3w/s1600-h/garbage.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNvWvqTjVl366bINbvf8LlR16uXqQTCdbLQiJhVLqNn93qa_shEOsa_Htd7mcvVFt9xUZtJZZwkHDqIveyvz6IP260EOmeANlaL462auxbdcY2xS_THRI_fWBg2ZyW3AO6v3w/s320/garbage.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192559384603814530" /></a><br />Naan movie review ezhudara type ellam kidayadhu, aana nethu naan partha unnadhamana padathai parthuttu I just could not resist writing about it, avalo kodumai!!<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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). <br /><br />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!!<br /><br />Mudiyalainga, idhuku mela engalala mudiyala, so intermission-oda kadavul angerndhu kuttisathan-a thorathi vittutar, ennai nambadha makkal ellam inga iruka vendamnu!KC!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14256531925800315237noreply@blogger.com13