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En Diary Kuripugal Athiyayam I--Kaletil naan kadantha vantha santhoshangal
Intha valaipoo matrum varapogum valaipookal ennoda vazhkaiyal nigzhandavai, naan nigzhathiyavai matrum ennai migavum baathithu ennai matriyavai...ethai padithu, poruthu, ungal karuthukalai therivikumaaru vendukiren....
intha valaipoovai thamizhilum, angilathilum kalanthu ezhuthi ullen. enendral sila nighazhvukalai sila mozhiyil than semaiyaaga eduthuraikkka mudiyum..en ezhuthukalil ethenum sorpizhai irunthal manikka vendukiren enendral naan intha erandu mozhigalilum koncham WEAK
Kadavul en munne vanthu oru varam tharukeran enna vendum kel endral, naan en vazhkaiyil enaiyum meeri santhoshamaaga kalitha antha nimidathukku poga aasai paduven
let me take u all to those moments in my life that i will cherish
1981 Dec 7: ethu than naan avatharitha naal..chennai healthcenteril munthirikottai thanamaaga oru matham munnathaagave ulagathil kuthitha naal(muthalil en thalai vanthatha illa en mooku vanthatha endra charchai innum poi kondu than irukkirathu..en ammavukku treatment kodutha doctorai thedi konda irukiren)..oru vitha bayam, oru vitha unairchiudan pirantha naal..apozhuthu theriyavilla ippozhuthu purikirathu
1984 Aug: en appavin kaalkalai katti kondu naan azhutha naal..kaaranam en appa Delhikku poikondirunthar 5 yearsukku transferil..andru choclate kooda kasanthathu
1985: muzhu varudamum pidikkum..en kollupaatiyin bootha kathaikalum, nilaachorum innum en ninaivil
1991 May 21: en vazhvin muthal limelite..my cross-thread ceremony, i was the center of attraction..that was the only day where all my relatives from my great-grandmother, periammas, mamis and chithis on my mother side to my periappas, athais et.al assembled.after this day i havent seen such a huge assembly of my relatives. and being the center of attraction in such a huge crowd for 2 days is a great thing for a 9 yr kid
1994: naan muthal muraiyaaka medai kacheri paniyathu, bayamillamal 2 mani neram violin vasithu en muthal sambalam Rs 100/-
1996 May: en 10th standard result vantha naal..enna mathiri average student, half-yearly, pre-board examsil fail aana student 87% vangarathundrathu oru periya success story than..all thanx goes to my mom & dad who were there with me till the end
1998 Aug: first day in my college life!! a totally different environment, a new life, a sense of freedom and foreboding, meendum pirantha anubavam.
1998-2002: en college life muzhuvathum, naan santhosha padavum azhavum kidaitha tholgal..(if i had reborn and taken another path ithe tholgal enakkku kidaithu irukuma endru enakkku theriyaathu)..naan potta VEKKUkal, panna tholaigal ellame oru thinusu
2002 April: naangal kaloori padippai muditha neram. vidai petra neram, koncham sogamaanathanalum a great moment in my life
2002 Dec 29: Naan Pattam Vangiya naal..(naanum oru thozhil nutpa elayar aana naal)
2002-2004: en MBA naatkal,padipil kammi oor suthuvathil niraya kavanam seluthiya naatkal. matra classmates girlfrnds sight aditha kaalam..namaku oru girl frnd illaye endru ekam oru pakkam, nala velai thapithom endra santhosham oru pakkam
2004 June-2004 Dec: en nanbanudan Chennaiyil ulla athanai restaurants kalil kazhitha naatkal.kaasukum thanikkum difference theriyaatha naatkal
2005 Jan 23: MBA pattam, University rank..7th cloud..
ethuthan kaalsuvadukalil naan kadanthu vantha ennayum meeri santhosha patta moments..i pray to GOD to give me an opportunity to relieve these moments once more....
intha valaipoovai thamizhilum, angilathilum kalanthu ezhuthi ullen. enendral sila nighazhvukalai sila mozhiyil than semaiyaaga eduthuraikkka mudiyum..en ezhuthukalil ethenum sorpizhai irunthal manikka vendukiren enendral naan intha erandu mozhigalilum koncham WEAK
Kadavul en munne vanthu oru varam tharukeran enna vendum kel endral, naan en vazhkaiyil enaiyum meeri santhoshamaaga kalitha antha nimidathukku poga aasai paduven
let me take u all to those moments in my life that i will cherish
1981 Dec 7: ethu than naan avatharitha naal..chennai healthcenteril munthirikottai thanamaaga oru matham munnathaagave ulagathil kuthitha naal(muthalil en thalai vanthatha illa en mooku vanthatha endra charchai innum poi kondu than irukkirathu..en ammavukku treatment kodutha doctorai thedi konda irukiren)..oru vitha bayam, oru vitha unairchiudan pirantha naal..apozhuthu theriyavilla ippozhuthu purikirathu
1984 Aug: en appavin kaalkalai katti kondu naan azhutha naal..kaaranam en appa Delhikku poikondirunthar 5 yearsukku transferil..andru choclate kooda kasanthathu
1985: muzhu varudamum pidikkum..en kollupaatiyin bootha kathaikalum, nilaachorum innum en ninaivil
1991 May 21: en vazhvin muthal limelite..my cross-thread ceremony, i was the center of attraction..that was the only day where all my relatives from my great-grandmother, periammas, mamis and chithis on my mother side to my periappas, athais et.al assembled.after this day i havent seen such a huge assembly of my relatives. and being the center of attraction in such a huge crowd for 2 days is a great thing for a 9 yr kid
1994: naan muthal muraiyaaka medai kacheri paniyathu, bayamillamal 2 mani neram violin vasithu en muthal sambalam Rs 100/-
1996 May: en 10th standard result vantha naal..enna mathiri average student, half-yearly, pre-board examsil fail aana student 87% vangarathundrathu oru periya success story than..all thanx goes to my mom & dad who were there with me till the end
1998 Aug: first day in my college life!! a totally different environment, a new life, a sense of freedom and foreboding, meendum pirantha anubavam.
1998-2002: en college life muzhuvathum, naan santhosha padavum azhavum kidaitha tholgal..(if i had reborn and taken another path ithe tholgal enakkku kidaithu irukuma endru enakkku theriyaathu)..naan potta VEKKUkal, panna tholaigal ellame oru thinusu
2002 April: naangal kaloori padippai muditha neram. vidai petra neram, koncham sogamaanathanalum a great moment in my life
2002 Dec 29: Naan Pattam Vangiya naal..(naanum oru thozhil nutpa elayar aana naal)
2002-2004: en MBA naatkal,padipil kammi oor suthuvathil niraya kavanam seluthiya naatkal. matra classmates girlfrnds sight aditha kaalam..namaku oru girl frnd illaye endru ekam oru pakkam, nala velai thapithom endra santhosham oru pakkam
2004 June-2004 Dec: en nanbanudan Chennaiyil ulla athanai restaurants kalil kazhitha naatkal.kaasukum thanikkum difference theriyaatha naatkal
2005 Jan 23: MBA pattam, University rank..7th cloud..
ethuthan kaalsuvadukalil naan kadanthu vantha ennayum meeri santhosha patta moments..i pray to GOD to give me an opportunity to relieve these moments once more....
Friday, March 18, 2005
Fiction and History
Last week i and my frnd Santhosh were discussing about Amarar Kalki's "Ponniyin Selvan"...he was of the opinion that it doesn't warrant the hype of a great epic associated with it...though i didn't fully agree with it, i too think that sometimes we give so much hype to certain things which when faced with reality fails short of its expectation..since the topic is something different i will stop digressing...though Ponniyin selvan fell short of the hype the work of Amarar Kalki should be very much appreciated, his research into the topic is very vast and expansive..he had recreated the entire era and had given a very realistic picture of that period in history, which even highly experienced archealogical experts couldn't project!!!!
there are certain writers in the modern times who have this gift of recreating history and enthralling readers with their true account of a particular time/place, for once Fredrick Forsyth's "ICON" was one good read where the author takes you into the heart of Moscow and his "THE DAY OF THE JACKAL" is too good a read.. another stalwart in this area is Ayn Rand..her work "WE THE PEOPLE" gives a true state of Russia during the period of revolution and birth of Communist movement..her account of the travails faced by the Aristocratic families through the eyes of a young and ambitious upper class girl who wants to make it big in Communist Russia is potrayed in a very realistic way..
though these are all works of fiction, the pains the author takes to recreate history and project it in a very realistic way is very much commendable.......
there are certain writers in the modern times who have this gift of recreating history and enthralling readers with their true account of a particular time/place, for once Fredrick Forsyth's "ICON" was one good read where the author takes you into the heart of Moscow and his "THE DAY OF THE JACKAL" is too good a read.. another stalwart in this area is Ayn Rand..her work "WE THE PEOPLE" gives a true state of Russia during the period of revolution and birth of Communist movement..her account of the travails faced by the Aristocratic families through the eyes of a young and ambitious upper class girl who wants to make it big in Communist Russia is potrayed in a very realistic way..
though these are all works of fiction, the pains the author takes to recreate history and project it in a very realistic way is very much commendable.......
Saturday, March 12, 2005
Whats with all the NOISE!!
i cant understand y ppl make so much ado abt nothing inorder to earn their share of fame and fortune. i cant find a single good blog where there is something written for the sake of writing and not for the sake of adulations and limelight..evolution has been stunted when it comes to sense of morality in writing
will it ever change??
will it ever change??
Monday, November 15, 2004
ALL Of a Sudden
sudddenlly there has been a lull in the blogging community..those who update they r not
worth reading and those who r worth reading dont update..is this lull indication of a storm or is
it aftermath???
Need an sudden immediate response
worth reading and those who r worth reading dont update..is this lull indication of a storm or is
it aftermath???
Need an sudden immediate response
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
Behind every Successful Man......
yesterday myself and my colleague were having a discussion about women's lib and its consequences. being a woman herself she alleged me of Male chauvanism and qouted the very old adage "Behind every successful man there is a woman". with due respect to some of the supportive women i would like to point out the misinterpretation of this wonderful adage...the adage was originally meant to caution every man abt women's nature..sure women fall in line only for successful men...i haven't seen any woman go behind an unsuccessful man... i would like to put forth a classic example in support of my theory.. i knew a guy in my college who found his "TRUE LOVE" there and after his "fall in love" process implementation he achieved phenomenal growth..everyone said it was bcos of the girl he loved, i too agree with tht, if he didn't improve then his "TRUE LOVE" would have found another "TRUE LOVE"....
Being aware of the truth is better than somebody else making you aware..
Being aware of the truth is better than somebody else making you aware..
Thursday, September 23, 2004
Can i use May please???
people have totally forgotten the existence of usage of the word "MAY" in the
english language except for the month "May"....
noticing people even so-called big bulls replacing can for may is disgusting..y
dont ppl understand the difference between the two...one involves one's
capability while the other is one's requestition.ppls should have had english teachers like i had to drill this fundamental
usage of words into their muddy heads
english language except for the month "May"....
noticing people even so-called big bulls replacing can for may is disgusting..y
dont ppl understand the difference between the two...one involves one's
capability while the other is one's requestition.ppls should have had english teachers like i had to drill this fundamental
usage of words into their muddy heads
Thursday, September 02, 2004
Patriotism or Hypocrisy
August 15, 1947, 0.00hrs...
trumpets were blowing, people were marching through the streets, sweets were distributed, tricolor was hoisted high its the time to enjoy..its our independence day..
August 15 2004, 0.00hrs..
everyone is in deep sleep, some snoring others tossing around,
August 15 2004, 8.00 hrs..
i was going to get vegetable s for my mom ( i dont feel helping in household chores is a prestige issue for guys) when a small kid living in the flat opposite my house came running to me and gave me a tricolor to pin it on my shirt as he had done so..i took it but refused to pin it, well the kid had to go disappointed....one of the not so young not so old (around 35yrs) person who was watching this scene came to me and asked tht question that enraged me to such an extent it made me loose my cool on the middle of the road..this is wat he asked " y did u refuse to wear the flag ? r u not patriotic?" the next thing he said was even more ridiculous " look at us we r wearing the flag cos we are patriotic" (this is a rough translation of wat the man said and meant).. i was so enraged i couldnt think properly on the road..but the moment i took control i started rolling with laughter at the exhibition of ignorance frm tht person ( he is working as a Software engineer who has recently returned frm USof A)..
wat does it mean to be patriotic?? is it just pinning the tricolor on independence day?? how many Indian know the time duration for our National Anthem? how many of us know who wrote Vande Mataram?? well we dont try to find out anything abt our country but just celebrate independence day as any other festival like Diwali or sankaranti..this is the most ignominous thing to do to our nation...in my view this amounts to hypocrisy and not patriotism cos we pin the tricolor today and fly off the next day to US of A or UK or anyother damn country in the atlas rather than stay here and fight ( this is not to point finger at any one..this is a personal opinion)..
in my view patriotism is to do with the kind of attitude ppl show towards their country, towards their ppl and so on and so forth and remaining things are either hyprocrisy or total bullshit.
wow i think i'll put it to rest.. cos i would have stirred quite a lot of hornet's nest..i just wanted ppl to know the difference between the two...
P.S: hope this is not read by any politician (or wannabe politicos)..even then I say GO TO HELL!!!!!!
trumpets were blowing, people were marching through the streets, sweets were distributed, tricolor was hoisted high its the time to enjoy..its our independence day..
August 15 2004, 0.00hrs..
everyone is in deep sleep, some snoring others tossing around,
August 15 2004, 8.00 hrs..
i was going to get vegetable s for my mom ( i dont feel helping in household chores is a prestige issue for guys) when a small kid living in the flat opposite my house came running to me and gave me a tricolor to pin it on my shirt as he had done so..i took it but refused to pin it, well the kid had to go disappointed....one of the not so young not so old (around 35yrs) person who was watching this scene came to me and asked tht question that enraged me to such an extent it made me loose my cool on the middle of the road..this is wat he asked " y did u refuse to wear the flag ? r u not patriotic?" the next thing he said was even more ridiculous " look at us we r wearing the flag cos we are patriotic" (this is a rough translation of wat the man said and meant).. i was so enraged i couldnt think properly on the road..but the moment i took control i started rolling with laughter at the exhibition of ignorance frm tht person ( he is working as a Software engineer who has recently returned frm USof A)..
wat does it mean to be patriotic?? is it just pinning the tricolor on independence day?? how many Indian know the time duration for our National Anthem? how many of us know who wrote Vande Mataram?? well we dont try to find out anything abt our country but just celebrate independence day as any other festival like Diwali or sankaranti..this is the most ignominous thing to do to our nation...in my view this amounts to hypocrisy and not patriotism cos we pin the tricolor today and fly off the next day to US of A or UK or anyother damn country in the atlas rather than stay here and fight ( this is not to point finger at any one..this is a personal opinion)..
in my view patriotism is to do with the kind of attitude ppl show towards their country, towards their ppl and so on and so forth and remaining things are either hyprocrisy or total bullshit.
wow i think i'll put it to rest.. cos i would have stirred quite a lot of hornet's nest..i just wanted ppl to know the difference between the two...
P.S: hope this is not read by any politician (or wannabe politicos)..even then I say GO TO HELL!!!!!!
Saturday, July 17, 2004
9-5 bug and the Dog Leash!!!
well its been so long since i have written..its all due to the 9-5 bug and the Dog
Chain..well until the last week i used to enjoy my life like there's no tomorrow..but now i have landed in something that is worse than i could ever imagine ..to cut long story short i have been thrust with a 9-5 job..i basically dont like to stretch even my small finger for anything and now i'm here stretching all my 20 fingers....i've been hit by the 9-5 bug and to compound it all the people i work for have put a dog leash around my neck(i'm talkin abt my id card)..i had ridiculed most of my frnds who are working in leading software companies abt the way they have their icard around their neck but never in my life thought tht one day
i would be in tht position..i've been made to eat my words and eat i did....guys it really is bad on my part to ridicule u, now i know how a dog feels if its put on leash, i've become a member of SPCA and especially towards dogs..and to add to my woes everybody here is breathing down my neck saying "Do this Do that" and i'm not allowed even a single minute rest, they r not even considering the fact tht i'm a fresher and its just a week since i joined...well its useless to wait for Microsoft or Linux to do something about this bug, i think i have to do somethin abt it myself (with some help frm my frnds!!!!)..[i dont like to work for someone.i want to be my own master]
Chain..well until the last week i used to enjoy my life like there's no tomorrow..but now i have landed in something that is worse than i could ever imagine ..to cut long story short i have been thrust with a 9-5 job..i basically dont like to stretch even my small finger for anything and now i'm here stretching all my 20 fingers....i've been hit by the 9-5 bug and to compound it all the people i work for have put a dog leash around my neck(i'm talkin abt my id card)..i had ridiculed most of my frnds who are working in leading software companies abt the way they have their icard around their neck but never in my life thought tht one day
i would be in tht position..i've been made to eat my words and eat i did....guys it really is bad on my part to ridicule u, now i know how a dog feels if its put on leash, i've become a member of SPCA and especially towards dogs..and to add to my woes everybody here is breathing down my neck saying "Do this Do that" and i'm not allowed even a single minute rest, they r not even considering the fact tht i'm a fresher and its just a week since i joined...well its useless to wait for Microsoft or Linux to do something about this bug, i think i have to do somethin abt it myself (with some help frm my frnds!!!!)..[i dont like to work for someone.i want to be my own master]
Sunday, July 04, 2004
Thank U and Mention Not!!!!!
i had this experience while returning from my college by TamilNadu
Express..i was sleeping in my berth while at vijayawada somebody woke me up and requested me to shift berths as there was a girl with him and she couldnt climb up ( that idiot shifted me to the upper berth).. as kind-hearted as i was i immediately obliged.. the girl thanked me for that and as was my custom i acknowledged by saying "Mention Not" and then came the funnniest part!! she looked at me preplexed and asked me to repeat what i said..i think she couldnt get what i said or she was not used to mention nots!!!! this caught me offgaurd and made me sit up and think in the middle of the night as to the correct reply for a "Thank U".. i spinned my grey cells or what was left of it after a tedious week after project to research a solution (best possible) for it....well in my research i found that different people prefer different acknowledgments for that word...
these are some examples :
well a Briton of High Class will say "Its a pleasure" when he is confounded by this word that too by a beautiful Lady.and any ordinary Briton would say "Mention Not" for a reply and that
was what we had been drilled to say in our primary..our English Teachers Mrs.Kamakshi and Mrs.Sulochana had drilled us like anything to say "mention Not" whenever somebody said Thank Q.. and we were supposed to practice saying it among ourselves while we borrow something or my friends to do some favour for me..
well coming to the next country the Americans usual word of ack.. would be "u r welcome" or "anytime"...now coming to the desi version..we indians are habituated to saying "No Problems" or to put it in the words of today's youth "No Probs"!!!!. well
as far as my knowledge goes No probs or No problem for that matter is said whenever some say "Sorry"...but only in India u find the same reply for two different queries and that too when the queries are poles apart..well i just managed to say NO PROBS to that girl for which she presented me with a very beautiful smile of hers in the middle of the night..but i'm still confused as to what should be said ??? and now i have this big concern about where the language is going in this cul-de-sac of hip and hop world of today..."QUO VADIS ENGLISH"....well is this concern a futile one in a land where there is still some alienation towards this foreign language???
Express..i was sleeping in my berth while at vijayawada somebody woke me up and requested me to shift berths as there was a girl with him and she couldnt climb up ( that idiot shifted me to the upper berth).. as kind-hearted as i was i immediately obliged.. the girl thanked me for that and as was my custom i acknowledged by saying "Mention Not" and then came the funnniest part!! she looked at me preplexed and asked me to repeat what i said..i think she couldnt get what i said or she was not used to mention nots!!!! this caught me offgaurd and made me sit up and think in the middle of the night as to the correct reply for a "Thank U".. i spinned my grey cells or what was left of it after a tedious week after project to research a solution (best possible) for it....well in my research i found that different people prefer different acknowledgments for that word...
these are some examples :
well a Briton of High Class will say "Its a pleasure" when he is confounded by this word that too by a beautiful Lady.and any ordinary Briton would say "Mention Not" for a reply and that
was what we had been drilled to say in our primary..our English Teachers Mrs.Kamakshi and Mrs.Sulochana had drilled us like anything to say "mention Not" whenever somebody said Thank Q.. and we were supposed to practice saying it among ourselves while we borrow something or my friends to do some favour for me..
well coming to the next country the Americans usual word of ack.. would be "u r welcome" or "anytime"...now coming to the desi version..we indians are habituated to saying "No Problems" or to put it in the words of today's youth "No Probs"!!!!. well
as far as my knowledge goes No probs or No problem for that matter is said whenever some say "Sorry"...but only in India u find the same reply for two different queries and that too when the queries are poles apart..well i just managed to say NO PROBS to that girl for which she presented me with a very beautiful smile of hers in the middle of the night..but i'm still confused as to what should be said ??? and now i have this big concern about where the language is going in this cul-de-sac of hip and hop world of today..."QUO VADIS ENGLISH"....well is this concern a futile one in a land where there is still some alienation towards this foreign language???
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