Waiting for the perfect man... ?

Well, don't. hehe... you don't want to end up like that, do you? [I hope I haven't incensed any guys out there!! ;)]

Pssst....

VettEEEs updated.

Ondra renda kelvigal...

'iru vizhigalum vizhigalum inaindhana… iru imaigalum imaigalum thigaithana…'* idhula slight doubt enakku… adheppadi iru vizhigal/imaigal… kanakku thappa varudhe… shouldn't it be two pairs of eyes… assuming that our hero/heroine/whomever are not visually handicapped, idheppadi possible? (* - the opening lines of the song 'Yaaridamum' from 'Thotti Jaya') ***************** Indha 'VITOMINE - Active clothing for men' apdinu city la anganga hoardings iruke… (by Chennai silks, I guess…) adhula irukara model namma* Arya-va? (* Hehe… I just wanted you to note the usage of the phrase 'namma Arya'.. avlo dhan... ;) Last week 'Ullam Ketkume' patha after effects… :D I still haven't seen 'Arindhum Ariyamalum' yet. 'Life-a waste panreenga, Madhu', V said wistfully yesterday… Hmmm….) ***************** Captain-oda movie 'Perarasu' eppo release agudhu? ***************** And about my struggle with the template to remove those spaces, I'll forever be indebted to Vijai for pointing out to me that the problem was only with Firefox. There are no spaces when viewed with IE. (I wasted 3 hrs on this and might have spent more, if not for him! Avanoda style-laye sollanum na, 'Nandri hai'… hehe…)

Phew....

Aaargggh... I've been spending close to 2 hours on this new template tweaking it like crazy. For a person who does not have any clue about html, it's a pretty arduous task. I would have thought I was doing considerably well, if not for these two irritants - * see the 'Pages I frequent' list in the sidebar? It's got no padding to the right. And I'm clueless as to how to stop the words from entangling themselves on the right edge, as obviously, this list is picked up from my blogroll. (I'm making a mental note to check blogroll soon.) I have also removed the HP excerpt for the same reason. Will have it back as soon as I figure out a way to do this. (Or if I give up in the process.) * and there's this huuuuge space after my blog, before the comments. And this happens with the first post on the page only... happening with both the main and the archive pages. Irukara space la pudhu blog-e ezhudhidalam poliruku... Oh, by the way, how does this new template look? It's not my goal in life to keep changing my template every week, but then, I saw this on someone's blog and fell in love with the template. And you see where it's led me. I'm yet to make it exactly the way I want it to be.... but I'm almost there. If any of you have any clues about the above two problems I'm facing, kindly let me know. Comments on the template are welcome. I, for one, think it looks cool and is pleasing on the eye. (Krish, indha dhadavayum nee edhavadhu sonna en template pathi, adi vanguva.)

vettEEE updates...

Okie, there's one more story on the vettEEEs. Ellarum ennoda soga kadhaiya kelunga, idho inga. Jolly-a oru kalyanathuku pona naan, epdi sogame uruvana madhri veliye vandhen-ngradhu dhan kadhai. And Krish had advice on how to handle the war I wage every morning. Hmm... oru official advisor range ku ayitu varan, la...? Anyways, with his permission, here's a part of our chat yesterday : Krish : i jus read ur post ..hilarious me : which one? Krish : i suffer frm the same problem me : morning blues? .... Krish : but i found a remedy re Krish : if at all u get up Krish : see Krish : u get up rite me : of course i do... i don't die in my sleep.. Krish : say at 7.30 Krish : then ur brain will have a struggle goin on between 2 sides Krish : one will remind u to work Krish : one wud want u 2 sleep me : there r no 2 sides... me : only 1 me : :D me : seri.. so Krish : so wot u do Krish : when its battling me : ditch both and sleep? Krish : make it a point to get up and run to bathroom and wash ur face me : haha! Krish : dont even think me : hmmm... Krish : ur sleepy side will always win if u dont do it Krish : i have found this me : hmmm... me : seri, will try it 2m morning.. Krish : after that if u start sleeping no one can save u me : vera vazhiye illaya? Krish : no way ;) Okay, I didn't try it this morning, as I actually woke up at 6:30 AM. Nethu naal polambina polambal-la, some internal alarm was set nu nenaikaren. aar-rai mani ku thaana ezhundhutten. So,I haven't had a chance to try this today. Will try this sometime next week, Krish!! And oh, I almost forgot to mention Raam's comment on the 'Ada Raama' post. Here it is : Raam: well, you pretty much described the incident the way it was.. Except for the fact that i was a little surprised that nee enna avalova vaarala nu ;) Kavala padadha, nanba, innum evlovo iruku life la... unna vaarama enakku thookam varuma, sollu?

Monday morning blues...

I hate monday mornings... Well, on some occasions like today, I hate tuesday mornings too. Heck, I hate every morning... every single one of them - when I'm forced to wake up mid-sleep, that is... I mean, what sort of a time is 6:45 to wake up? Muzhichukara time-a adhu...? Endha kevalavadhi ipdi kalankaarthala ezhundhukara pazhakatha kandu pidichano... kai-la kedachan, samadhi dhan. And if I ever get hold of the chap who said that 8 hrs of sleep is enough for an average human being, I'll stone him to death. Seriously. Okay, I'm not prone to such violent reactions all the time, think what you may, but when my alarm rings at an ungodly hour - 6:45 to me is a just little past midnight - my first reaction (after turning off the damn alarm) is indeed to strangle someone. Realising that it's not exactly possible, my reaction switches. I want to roll over to one side and sob. Yes, you read that right. S o b. Enna dhan office irundhalum, avanga month-end la decent-a pay pannalum, I'm forced to think - is all that effort equal to the sleep I lose every morning? Okay, I do make up for some of it during the weekends by refusing to open my eyes till it's well past 11 o' clock, at the minimum. Still, what's the point in sleeping all through the weekend - I'd have given anything under the sun to have been able to sleep this morning. If it had been, say, Raam calling me at 9 or smth on a saturday morning, I would have had no hesitation whatsoever in saying 'Naan thoongittu iruken, phone-a vei'. And I'd be back to my slumber the next second. But there's no way around coming in to office, is there? Unless they let me WFH, of course. I'm seriously going to ask my manager as soon as he gets back from the US about this. You should see the kind of WFH mails these onsite chaps send - 'Gotta take mom to the dentist. Will work from home.' Neenga nadathunga pa... nadathunga… ellarum nalla irunga... But then, coming to think of it, why does the entire world have to wake up at 7, be ready by 8 and rush to school/college/work by 9? I mean, why do we have to kill ourselves? Why can't we just set a decent, more comfortable pace for ourselves? Forget the normal mornings... there are times when we go on trips somewhere... supposedly vacations... and we're rudely awakened by someone, who informs us that if we aren't ready in half-an-hour, we'd miss the sunrise. 'Damn the sunrise. Naan sunset pathukaren, it'll be just as beautiful' nu sonna kekka mattangale... There was a time when I was up, ready, off and waiting at 4:30 AM.. Can you believe it? 4 :30 AM, for a sunrise? Okay, I concede it was one of the best I've ever seen (atop the Tiger hills at Darjeeling )... Hmm… seri, I'll actually go further and say it was THE best I've ever witnessed… irundhalum, naalrai mani... ippo nenacha kooda azhugaiya varudhu... (deep breath) Trust me people, I'm not a professional cribber or anything. I know I'd give Huthas a run for his money at this rate.... but I usually hate to crib. But for a nightbird like me, and a certified sleep-lover, waking up at unholy hours is THE limit.

LOL...

Writing about Chennai's heat, Praveen says "Ramar mattum vanavaasathukku Chennai area-la engayavathu poi irundha, Bharatan seruppu kaettathukku adhalaye piyya piyya adichirupparu! Seruppu illama nadantha half boil dhaan!" And about Captain's entry to politics, he says "Kaveri prechanai-a theerka, Karnataka CM-a he will meet, will meet, meet. " Hahaha... indha payyanoda kusumbu-ku alave illa!

More blogrolls... and blogs...

Just blogrolled Praveen and Neha.... Praveen, cos I have been visiting his site for quite sometime and I find his blogs too damn funny... and Neha, cos she's one independent, assertive girl... It's truly a pleasure to see people like that, who don't mince words... Just read her very angry post... I understand exactly how you feel, girl!! And the new blog I'm talking about is this. Well, I had originally intended to pen down some of my college memories here (and a little bit of school stuff too)... It's too fresh in my mind and too good to be forgotten... I'm sure no one from BIST 2K2 EEE (it has now become Bharath University) can help smiling when reminded of some of these incidents... Honestly, we had an amazing college life and it just had to be chronicled somewhere... So, well, I have begun to write it down. However, I might not be the only person to write these stories... Raam, Aarthi, Bhargavi and Ramya have all shown enthu and might join in sometime... So, for that reason, it's a new blog here. Oh, btw, here's what you can expect there - * I shall try not to 'damage' anyone's reputation... But then again, I decide the level of damage... (so, you don't have much of a choice, Raam) :D * I shall frequently choose to have selective amnesia. * I will try to write amusing, funny and in general memorable incidents. No serious stuff.... Just written the first post... Slight-a ennaye damage panra madhri irundhalum, it's ok nu ezhudhi iruken... :D

Appadi podu!!!

'Avan seriyana poruki... seruppala adikanum' - One girl in my van said to another, this morning, the 'avan' in question being director S.J.Surya!!!! I vehemently agree.

My favourite tamil lyrics

I have finally begun jotting down the lyrics of my fav tamil songs. I don't listen to much of English, and I don't understand too much of Hindi. Tamil, being one language I can really appreciate, I will be posting lyrics of some of my fav tamil songs. And this is where you can find the lyrics. Of course, I'll be blogging on this page everytime there's an update. I've added the lyrics for 'Thavamindri Kidaitha Varame' from 'Anbu'. This is an awesome song, with some really good lyrics. Hariharan and Sadhana Sargam have done such a great job on this one. I must have heard this a thousand times, but I saw the video for the first time on TV last sunday. And now, I wish I can get hold of the movie's director and give him a good kick, a real good kick.... on second thought, several kicks. I mean, how mad/bad can someone possibly get? Just look at these lyrics, I'll explain why I'm furious in a moment... 'vizhundhalum un kannil kanavaga naan vizhuven.... ezhundhalum un nenjil ninaivaga naan ezhuven.... madindhalum un moochin sootal madiven.... pirandhalum unaiye dhan meendum serven... ini un moochai kadan vaangi naan vazhuven...' and just look at this... 'kai korkum podhellam kai regai theyyatum'... Hariharan and Sadhana Sargam apdi urugi urugi paadi irukanga... all the director had to do was to ask the lead pair to walk hand-in-hand or just look at each other or smth... instead, he's got them dancing... Can you imagine? Dancing, for heaven's sake!! Okay, they didn't exactly hop, skip and jump... but swaying away to glory in a shower-cum-God-knows-what clad in white, in the middle of a pathetic set is not exactly my idea of a perfect picturization for this song.... The music director and the singers probably cried their hearts out after seeing this video (if they were unfortunate enough to undergo the torture, that is). I can go on ranting about the horrible sets in the song and the worst picturization ever, but I'd better stop, and save my breath for better things. Anyways, let that not deter you from listening to the song (which I'm sure you can find somewhere on the net), or having a look at the lyrics. Trust me, you'll love it.

Feedback time!!!

Barely weeks into writing my blog, I've been receiving feedback, comments and advice from people. Deepak's comment was the worst of the lot. He began -"hi M.... read ur B... its very N... but at T... it S..." huh.... and then, he went on to add cruelly (quite typical of him, I might add), "blog = not always..ur personal diary.. appo appo.. ulaguthukku therinja vishayam kooda eludhalaam". I think I should mention here (to all of you), that I wanna keep this blog light-hearted and I won't be writing much serious stuff in this - at least, not until it affects me in some way. (And let me also mention that this is not a news website or a public forum or a discussion board. Nor will this blog contain temperatures of the day or news tickers. And 'Ulaga vishayangal' will not be discussed here until I deem it necessary.) Kris had some useful feedback for me. The first was the template. I was aware of the strain that the white on black was causing, but I was too fond of the template to change it. So, I promised myself I'd change it after the first person complains and well, Kris promptly did. And apart from the template, we discussed about RSS feed. I had no clue what RSS was, even though I had enabled it for my blog. Kris was patient enough to explain its relevance to my life. More importantly, he didn't react with a 'You mean you don't know what RSS is?', but simply went on to explain. Thanks for that, buddy! Vijay had some good words of appreciation - "u have a good writing style, Madhu" and some general advice too - "write abt general stuff.. u will have fans". Thanks for that Vijay, but I honestly intend to just jot down whatever I feel. I'm not gonna deviate from what or how I wanna write, just to bring in people here!! :) Sathish had some good words of appreciation too - "nee nijama romba nalla ezhudara... You can be proud about it.." (Gee!!! Mez the shy gal....) And he had some very important advice about the chair - "u know.. andha madiri problem vanduchina.. andha chair-a pakkathu chair kuda maathitu, gum'nu poyiduvoam.." [:D] I had to explain to him that I didn't have the heart to change it with my friends' chairs! (I must admit here that I greedily eyed one of the chairs in a Manager's cube, right next to my cubicle. 'C! Anga rendu chair irukku... visitors kaaga... yaarum illa cube la... naan ippo silent-a poi maatha koodadha?', I asked and he answered 'Koodadhu', much to my dismay.) And, oh! Raam had the nicest things to say. We were chatting as he read my blog, and he mentioned that he was reading 'Swami and his friends' and went on abt the stories - "the english is great - with the perfect Tamizh Brahmin kadhai .. with a few thamizh words here and there etc. Unnoda blog padikarabodhu, you make it sound like that." (Aaaahhhh..... I'm floating.... Help me get my feet back on the ground, people!!!). Raam also had two other pieces of advice - "you know, for dialogues, you can still use thamizh - the exact sentence what a D,P,M says... but otherwise, you can set the tone / situation in english and I am sure you'll have a lot more fans like Vijay, me etc :) ". Hmmm.... The other thing was he wanted me to keep up the tempo and keep writing - "Don't lose the enthu after sometime, Madhu... Keep it up!". Will do, Raam :) Thanks to everyone for all the comments!!!

Huh???

'Algebra ivan dhegam... Amoeba-vai uru maarum..' 'You wanna salsa... take me to uppa'????? I'm stopping with this... am not writing down any more of this crap on my blog!! But honestly, what the dash is all this? (Ok, I can actually somehow accept amoeba... but what's with algebra and his dhegam...????)