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Drop in ur email address so that I can share the news with ya! You should have got an email from me already :)

Just a note to say that I am alive to bug with more posts!

I know its been a real long time bugging my blogger friends. Days just passed by like any thing. Life has never moved so fast earlier. Hm.. What do I bore my friends about this time??? Yeah. Its about an interesting movie that I happened to see recently - 'Up in the air'. Its not a new movie though, may be i saw it only recently. Oh yeah..I know ..I have been watching a lot of movies lately and I am also aware that my friends had been teasing me about it. So i just thought its better i admit it myself. At times when you really wanna kill time, this is what you do. Try it urself and you will understand is what i challenged my friends :P

Well, coming back to the movie. Its a very nice movie which is about three characters. 1. A person who does the job of firing people. 2. Young gal who is trying to computerize the firing job. 3. Woman who passes by and grabs the second main role in the movie is what i felt about this third person.

Its a movie which makes you realize that - what you are paid @ work is not gonna live with you forever and if you don't make the right decision at the right time then the right decision might be a wrong decision if made at the wrong time :P Not bad, I have confused enough! :D Mission accomplished!

Apart from all these, George Clooney is a good looking guy (dude :D ) to stare at, so I just decided that whatever the story might be or however the movie might be I watch it till the end :D

Well message thats conveyed in the movie : 1) Never break up with any one over SMS and 2) Whatever you might do, if you dont make your boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife feel that you are caring and concerned about that person, who knows, he/she might not be with you any longer emotionally and physically :P

You feel that I am exaggerating? Then why dont you watch the movie yourself and let me know what the message is? ;)

C Ya TILL I bug you guys the next time!

Wisdom of Our Fathers

Effort of resurrection: After a very long time trying to catch up with the world that I was missing so far. I happened to read couple of books in the past few months which include ‘Wisdom of Our Fathers’. The book inspired me to write a review about it.
Pages: 275+
Title: Wisdom of our Fathers
Author: Tim Russert

The first few pages explain how this book came into existence. Tim wrote a book titled ‘Big Russ and me’ in the year 2004 which carved way for this book. The later chapters are collection of letters that were written by the readers of the first book. Tim has taken great effort in categorizing the letters from the readers. Publishing all the letters is no big deal but choosing the appropriate title and presenting it in a way that’s readable and enjoyable takes a great deal of time and effort. Also the book doesn’t restrict the views only by sons but as well daughters. For some strange reason when I started reading this book I was expecting more contribution from the Sons of the Fathers than from the Daughters, but as I flipped couple of pages and reached to the chapter -‘Daddy’s Girl’ I was proved that my presumption was wrong.

There is one chapter ‘Loss’ in the entire book which I really didn’t want to read. While reading this chapter eventually you will notice yourself laughing out loud with wet eyes. May be I would categorize it as the most sentimental pages in the book.

Choice of the words and the subject are pretty good that you will not feel like laying the book down. I would say the most difficult task while jotting your thoughts is when you try to explain a relationship that you cherish/cherished with a person who is intimate to you by heart and soul. It is even more difficult if it happens to be with a person to whom you have high respect and unconditional love. As I have noticed, in this book this most difficult task was made so easy. All the contributors have explained their natural feeling about their father which includes both the positive and negative aspects with ease. This would be the highlight of the book since the book doesn’t speak just about Perfect Dads but also about the dad’s who had their own weaknesses and who also contributed to the disappointment of the family at some point in life and still they are the best for their kids. May be I would say ‘The prerequisite to be loved is not being the best but being yourself’ in any relationship.
There are two chapters which I really enjoyed reading- ‘Being there’ and ‘Loan’. ‘Being there’ explains that a kid doesn’t expect anything more than a father’s presence at any circumstance. All that it matters to a kid is the very assurance of ‘being there’. ‘Loan’ epitomizes that what seems minor to one can be monumental to the other. Sounds absurd? May be you have to catch hold of the book to know more.

On a final note, this is a book which should be a must read for all the Fathers and for all those who has/had a father-son/daughter relationship. If you do not fall in either of the above two categories then feel free to ignore, it’s just waste of time. ;)

On a serious note, Tim the Book is indeed a tribute to the Fatherhood! Thank you for such a great contribution. I Look forward to read the book ‘Big Russ and Me’ pretty soon.

Dads are always great. My personal opinion is I should be really lucky to get a dad for being there always and for being supportive in all the decision that I make. Dad has never stopped me from doing anything rather he would explain the Pros and Cons and leave the final decision as mine. When you are given the liberty to make decision on your own you will eventually be more responsible than ever. And I would always love to show off that My dad is the best. Love you Dad!

Have i come with a tag "You wanna sit in this seat?"

On the way back to Bangalore from Chennai, a girl was sitting in Coach C2 Lalbagh Express and was talking in phone with one of her friends. There came a blushing young lady who asked "We have come for our honey moon. He is sittng there and my seat is here. Do you mind swapping the seats?". The girl promptly responded, "No problem" despite of the fact that she wanted to say "Yeah I am single and I have come alone so i can sit where ever you want me 2". After couple of minutes, there came another lady who requested "We have come with our new born baby and it would be too difficult to manage the baby all alone. If you dont mind can you sit over there so that I can have my hubby be seated with me". Again despite of the fact that she wanted to say "Yeah I am single and I have come alone so i can sit where ever you want me 2", the girl sat in the pointed place.

After settling down in the new place, she continued the conversation with her friend in the phone again. There came two old ladies, who said "We are elderly people and we have come alone. She is my sister. It will be comfortable if we can sit together." The girl jumped out of the seat and asked "Whats your seat number please?" Both the ladies said "Thank you so much. God bless you!" in unison. One of the lady said "There is a lot of change in the present generation. They are unlike us". Friend on the phone said "Please tell them that you will also get married one day or the other and you will also have your honey moon and you will also become old and tell them you will handle them at that point of time!"

Wondering if the girl has come with the tag "You wanna sit in this seat?"

Negative Emotion come in series?

I was happy today for some strange reason which made me wonder about some thing else. Last time when I was down I remember that my brain accumulated all the reason for me to be more bugged and sad. It was more like my brain said, "Hey you are feeling bad for just one thing that happened. Here! I would gather all the things that has happened in the recent past to feel even more bad or worse!"
Why am i not feeling the same way when I am happy? Why cannot I recollect all the good things that has happened and be even more happier? I feel that negative emotions come in series where as positive emotions come all alone. Is this only to me or do you feel the same too? I am still wondering..........

While I am typing this post my mobile was buzzing and when I shared this with my friend, I was told "Why the hell do you have to waste time when you are happy by thinking some thing weird like this?" May be he is right ;) Thats all for now. Tata..

P.S: I am bored of giving reason for not updating the blog! This time let me leave it to the imagination of readers as why I didnt update for a long time :D
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Me and My bus Experiences!

Snorrrrrrrrr...Snorrrrrrrrrrrr......

Scene 1 (Office Bus While going back Home)

Me: Hey Hi R....

R: Hi Ponnarasi...Hows u ?

Me: Yeah I am fine.. Long time no c?

R: Yeah I have been to U.K for a short term project....How have you been? Hows Chennai by the way...

Me: Yeap..Good so far. Have been to Chennai this weekend after two long weeks.. : ) I am very sleepy today. Incase I dose off please wake me in our stop....

R: Yeah Sure ..I dont get sleep in the bus :(

After a short conversation ...Snorrr..Snorrrrrr....

Me: Eyes wide open...Sees Mr R sleeping next..Hello R...I guess we have missed our stop.

R: Ah...... yeah..You are right.

After explaining to the driver to stop saying we missed our stop.

Driver: I am told not to stop any where other than the stop....

Scene 2 (At Cafettaria)

J: Pons I need one full Kachori..

Me: No... Lets take one and share di.. I wont be able to finish in 10 minutes

J: No di..I need one full..I am very hungry

Me: Errrrrrrrrrrr... Ok!

J: Hello Slow eater... Eat fast... We have few minutes for the bus.

Me: Thats why I told to take just one.

J: Ok di.. See you tomorrow..

Me: Ahhhhhhhhhhhh..... U ditcher! Get lost.. Bye!

After finishing the Kachori, calling to another friend in the bus. Catch a seat for me..I will be right there now.

Bus friend: Yeah ...You can take your time and catch a seat after an hour in the next bus :D

Yet another 'mokka' post. :D Will try to put some sensible posts in the near future.... Just wanted to update the blog after a very long time. :) Share your bus experiences as well :D to make the post more interesting! :)

Dummy

Dummy

Dummy

Dummy

Your Vows please ;)

Licence to Wed
A movie which makes you understand what to expect in life after marriage. Me being a supporter of Love marriages, have always been thinking that only love marriages are nothing less than perfect, this movie has made me think in a different dimension. This is not a statement which conveys that the movie has depicted the negative sides of a relation between two couple who has expressed their willingness to live their rest of life together but has also depicted the corrective measures to be taken when a relationship is likely to sink.

The first half of the movie goes around with the prior statement of mine in the above sentence and the rest of the movie with the latter statement. Heroine’s family members play a major role in conveying that a commitment like marriage not only requires the understanding of the couple but also the sociability that’s developed with either of the family members by the couple.

(Hero – Ben and Heroin- Sadie) Robin Williams plays an effective role but his sense of humor in this movie is not as impressive as in his other movies. May be it is justifiable because of the subject of the movie and the role he played as well. Nevertheless the message that his role conveys is highly effective and it does make a profound influence on the way you look at marriage. For all my friends who have recently got engaged and few others who have got married, Badri and Indu, Senthil and Mrs Senthil, Jagan and Jhansi, Dinesh and Mrs Dinesh,Senthil and Preethi, Aditi and (Aditi’s Fiancée) *Aditi, sorry di :D Name aprama unkita ketutu edit panren*, Revathy and Shankar. I wish an incredible journey with a wonderful partner.

Special wishes to Sanjayan and Uma who are gonna celebrate their 1st anniversary in the near future :D

Actually who are likely to get engaged list’um podanum but pinnadi pala pin vilaivugal santhikka neridum enbathal pona poguthunu podama vidren :P Purinjukka vendiya nanbar nanbigal enoda nalla manasa purinjukongapa! :D

Few inspiring vows made by the guy from the movie:
1) I promise not to check out your hot sister
2) I promise to clip my nails (once in a while)
3) I promise to give you a hug whenever you are down
To make it more inspiring and interesting, comment your vows as well. : D Who knows you might get your so called wonderful partner after reading your vows here :P

Know about me- Tag!

Tagged by Raj In the 8 Facts about Yourself, you share 8 things that your readers don’t know about you. Then at the end you tag at least 8 other bloggers to keep the fun going. Here are the rules.
RULES : 1) Each blogger must post these rules first.
2) Each blogger starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
3) Bloggers who are tagged need to write on their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
4) At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
5) Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

Know about me:

1) I am Ponnarasi :D Ithu yarukkum theriyathu ila ;)

2) I am crazy about knowing people's sunsign and trying to know them with respect to the sign. On a related note, I am a piscean! :D

3) I am basically a vegetarian but I am turning out to be NV offlate :D (Which I have told to my family as soon as I tasted Chicken :P)

4) Might buy Vodka or Gin in the near future. Not to taste but to keep it safe and use it in the far future :D. No questions will be entertained regarding this point . I assume Appa and Anna are following my blog posts :P If possible update to Amma as well! ;)

5) Earlier I used to get angry very soon but these days I have become so dumb that I am not getting angry even in cases where I am supposed 2 get angry :( Lack of Salt in hostel food :P

6) Sometimes even on seeing people for the 1st time I will hate them for no reason. I know this is bad :(

7)I am known for entering in to Men's toilet in college and in Office :( absent mindedly. :( I am threatened to write this. No questions will be entertained :D

8) Unable 2 recollect any further point :D Will be updated later if i get any...

I would like to tag:

Badhri,Vasanthan,Sanjai,Raghs,Gundumama,Manoj,Vidya, Sachin,Protector,Kuttibalu, Shiv,Sudhakar,Priya,Raj.

I would like to tag more people but I am not sure if every one would invite tagging them :) So let me know if any1 is interested in getting tagged :)

Tataaaaaaaa!

Its about nothing but me!

Its about nothing but me!

Hello,

This post is just a small update from my side :) There were lot of friends who were really concerned about what I am upto having been disconnected from the Virtual world for quite sometime. Joined Wipro (Hyderabad) in the month of Jan and hence the sudden vanishing act! The place (Hyderabad), the people and the office are all good so far. Last weekend have been to Charminar and Shilparamam. Have planned many other places as well for the coming week. Wipro had culturals last weekend which took place in People's plaza and we had a real great time.

Things that I wanna pen down jus for tha sake of reading after years to cherish these memories..

1) 1st Day I was not given the access card but the id card alone and without the access card I was trying to swipe in like a fool. After a long time, one person came and told, your card is not recognised and check if you have access card. Till then I didnt know there is a card behind the id card :D

2) Wending machines can be used without paying :D Hehehe.. This is one thing that really fascinated me! I badly wanted to make a note of this because as years pass by these might be something thats very usual in life. : )

3) 1st time being away from home has both good and bad experiences :D

Hostel life is too good. Got acquaintance with lot of people and its good to see people with various culture and lifestyle. :D Chatting till 2 or 3 about what happened in the day, who spoke what, who did what, in between arguing, fighitng and teasing is all total fun :D

I feel there are lots and lots to share while I talk over the phone with near and dear ones : ) .. Each and every second has millions of incidences to be shared. :D In short life is happening and kicking :D

I still remember that I have some pending tags to be written which I promise to do it very soon. Thank you for the awards from Shalini, Kutti Balu, Sudhakar and Melanie.

p.s:1) I cautiously avoided the bad experiences like being home sick, food, too many responsblities (which I was not really prepared of :( ) etc :D Atha pathiye oru post potudalam :P

2) By the way let me know how the lay out of the blog post is since this is a new way, I am trying to make a post.

Ippothaku avlothan,

aprama kandukren

tata! : )

Have a good day!

あけましておめでとう!

Have been tagged by Shalini, Sudhakar and Kuttibalu. I am clubbing all the tags since all the tags are New year Resolution tag.

Honestly I didn't take any resolution this year.. I wanted to acknowledge the tag and hence the post. May be after making such a tag I might want to accomplish those. So I guess I must be thankful for being tagged :D

I would like to tag

Gops
Neo
Raj
Priya
Sanjay
Raghs
Aravind
Seths
Ghost Particle
Scudie
Vickram
Shiv
Raj
Mystery
Prasad
Padmapriya
Vasanthan


Any one willing to take this tag kindly let me know. Yarayathu tag panna maranthrunthalum remind me... Would tag you with pleasure! :)

A very happy new year!

Cashing big on dreams!

For the first time a book inspired me to blog about it. If you are a person who would not want to spend time in useful reading then this is not the right book. If you are a person who wants to be in a dream world but not ready to have a dream of your own, then again this is not the right kind of book for you. There are so many people with different attitudes which everyone of us have come across but if you want to see a book which has a right attitude then this would be the apt book. Yeah, this is a book which expresses its own attitude in a subtle manner.

The author has mentioned about his personal and professional life with exact mixture very cautiously . It cannot be categorized as an autobiography completely and the book has managed to give a satisfactory read on the management side as well. Nice guide for young entrepreneurs.


The initial chapters deal with precise idea on setting your dream and the possible ways to approach it. The later chapters deal with the obstacles the author faced to realize his dream. The decline in his professional life after reaching the top-most designation in his entire career is very well explained. The way he managed to hit the correct balance between the professional and personal life is more inspiring and challenging. The author without much effort has explained the failures or the unexpected happenings which served as stepping stones that he came across. Many anecdotes make us realize that failures are not just for us but for great industrialists too. It makes us understand that the greatest achievements overshadows the greatest failures at some point in life. A few lines from the book would explain my above statement.

"Deven, I have been listening to heaps of praises about you for over two years. It looks like they were just baloney. I fought for you right up to Jack Welch. Now you have the guts to tell me that you want to quit. Go back and work on a blue print of making YMS sourcing the best global sourcing operation in entire GE and deliver min 8% productivity every year consistently. You have all the qualities in making this happen. I will give you four weeks to come back with your plan."

Apart from all these the author has also thrown some light on the country Japan, Japanese culture, language, tradition and the Japanese community. He has introduced a few words in Japanese along with English translation which makes the read more interesting. A few words that were very impressive which I could not forget are.

"Honne - is what you would actually say, do or feel. Tatemae- is a more logical answer or a view that you say or show to please the other. "




The author has taken great effort to speak his mind and heart with the right proportion. The above image might serve as a supporting fact for the above statement of mine.



Crystal clear facts:

• Not the most spoken about book ( I was greatly appalled to see that the book had only one reader in a social network for books.)
  
• Leisure read and not a book that demands serious attention.
• 100% satisfactory read.
  

Author : Mr. Deven Arora
Pages: 162
Price: Rs 150

Most stupid questions people usually ask ;)

I was reading few age old mails that was in Unread list and i happened to see this nice mail. While i was reading was ROTFL :D and i actually scared people at home. Got reminded of this old post of mine as well. Read when you are totally idle like me and enjoy the read. I have added few incidents that I met with and i will be happy if i come to know if i was not the only one :D who got/gave such bulbs :P

1. At the movies:When you meet acquaintances/ friends
Stupid Question:-Hey, what are you doing here?
Answer:-Well, it's so hot , there were no cool cabs
so I thought i'd watch some advertisements in
the cool comfort of the theatre.

2. In the bus: A fat girl wearing pointed high-heeled shoes steps on your feet

Stupid Question:-Sorry, did that hurt?
Answer:-No, not at all, I'm on local anesthesia.. ...
why don't you try again or should i try this
time."

3. In our college canteen during Infy training session while i was eating chocobar,

My Classmate: Pons, can you give your lab note book i need to copy the reading.

Me: (Interestingly licking dripping ice cream from my hand) Didnt hear anything actually and didnt notice him also!

Other friend: Yey Prady is asking you something. Pls come out to the world.

Classmate: You are eating ice cream huh?

Me: Huh! No I am licking the ice cream.

Actually he blew it to the whole class that I was licking ice cream than eating it!

4. At a funeral:One of the teary-eyed people ask

Stupid Question:-Why, why him, of all people.
Answer:-Why? Would it rather have been you?

5. At a restaurant:When you ask the waiter

Stupid Question:-Is the "blah blah blah" dish good
Answer:-No, its terrible and made of adulterated
cement.We occasionally also spit in it.

6. When a friend announces her wedding, and you ask

Stupid Question:-Is the guy you're marrying good?
Answer:-No,he' s a miserable wife-beating , insensitive
lout...it's just the money.

7. When you get woken up at midnight by a phone call

Stupid Question:-Sorry. were you sleeping.
Answer:-No. I was playing cricket for India at
Sharjah and just when you called Salim Malik
was betting with me that Pakistan would
win. What do you think?

8. You are smoking a cigarette and a cute woman asks

Stupid Question:-Oh, so you smoke
Answer:-No, it's a miracle ...........

it was a chalk and now it's in flames!!!

9. In the temple,

School friend: Saami kumbuda vanthiya

Me: Illa parotta vum pooriyum sapdalamnu vanthen

Engirundhu vandhayada!

Everything appeared like tiny ants moving actively here and there. Meenu had the feeling of looking at Google map that most of the time she prefers to do in free time. All that she could see clearly was water and land. Having been the first time in air borne she was looking at everything with amusement like an excited kid. The air hostess came nearer to her and offered a tray full of chocolates and other preliminary things as usual. As soon as Meenu saw that she was reminded of the whole lot of instructions and precautionary that was told by Imran starting from what to eat and what not to eat, when to step down of the plane, where to go for exchanging money till the time she has to go to bed. Immediately she was also reminded of her mom’s words while waving good bye in airport, “Meenu, make sure you don’t skip breakfast how you used to do here”. “Yeah yeah ma. I will take good care of myself. Not to worry”. And her dad’s usual asserting tone “Be cautious and don’t forget to give a call from France and also after reaching America” . “Ok pa, after food 2 tablets for Amma and one in morning for you pa”. As she was thinking about all these tears rolled down her cheeks. With the same speed she wiped off her tears she wanted to wipe off the missing thoughts and decided to take a nap. She just followed the others who was also going to America mechanically and realized that she has landed United States of America.

Tring tring……..Tring tring… Cling…..“Alo,amma. Meenu. I reached safe ma. Tried appa’s mobile and it is not reachable. You inform appa when he comes for lunch. Took the medicines ma?”. “Yes appa gave me before he left to office.” “Ok ma I will call after getting settled. Love you ma!”. She was quite confused if she has to call Imran about her reaching safe. Meenu was greatly surprised by her change in the past few months, especially having been with Imran in the same project and having been spent most of the time together both at office and after office hours. She feels she is very happy being with Imran. Whenever Imran says he is suffering from Arthritis, her heart wants to say “I want to be with you and give all the comfort I can and I want to take good care of you”. She then consciously realizes it is not something that a friend has to say. With all these thoughts she grabbed the phone from the desk and dialed Imran’s number. His ring tone Unakkul naaney urugum….. was heard and “Dai Meenu, why so late? Was everything comfortable? Where are you now?” She was quite surprised as how he guessed right it was her and then thought may be seeing the ISD number he would have guessed it right. “Hm..Yeah, am safe and am at my friends place. Just now called home and then thought of calling you. How is Romeo & Juliet? Have they got accustomed to your place?”. “Yes, they are just fine and I am totally responsible for them. Don’t worry!” “Ok Imran, have a good day. I will talk to you later”.


“Meenu you forgot to logoff your messenger account. Some message from Imran has popped in the screen. Are you coming?”. “Ya Kalai tell him I would buzz in another hour.” Having been away from home very often for studies Meenu never felt home sick but the long distance did make her feel a little odd. She is a kind of person who has a lot of friends always around her. Meenu comes out of the kitchen and announces to her friends “Kodumai is ready. Please come to the dining for animal testing!”. Followed by giggling sound, Kalai replies “Won’t be worse than our kodumais da”. After dinner Meenu gets hold of the only laptop there in the room. In her buddy list Imran appears online. As she types “Oi Meesakara!” there pops a message “Meenu I have to go out in couple of minutes, will wait for another 5more minutes, if you don’t turn up by then, I will call you tonight by IST time”.

Meenu: Escape aagatha…Inga than iruken.

Imran: Adi kalli. Were u here all these time?

Imran: Ok ok …wait a second. I got to tell you something right now. The whole day was horrible. I am very much afraid as how am going to spend every day without you. Invariably my eyes peeped in your cubicle whenever I passed by your place and when I ordered things in cafeteria, I ordered for two persons. And for every Vodafone or my other friends SMS I thought it was you. Sounds dumb???? Yeah yeah apram than nenachen nammala pudicha oru saniyan US poirukuda athaan am feeling like missing something nu. :P Ni rumba methagatha! :D

Meenu: Hahaha hehehe hohoho…Unakku theva da ithellam. Did you ever respond to my calls properly? Or did you ever come in time whenever I called you for coffee? Nalla iru! I wish to hear more like this as days pass by! :P

Imran: Hm…Did you call Ravi there? Sollu enoda friend’nu kodumaya gavanichipan ;)

Meenu: Oi I wanted to tell you something else, Arthiritis ku illa etho operation panna sari’a poidumam. Shall I ask for more details? Will you be considering this?

Imran: As of now, I have other commitments in life. Thanks da anyways. Don’t waste time on it. I am financially very much occupied for few more years.

Meenu: Seri seri. Un puranatha cha sorry Quran aramichidatha ;)

Days pass by and Meenu makes it a practice to call her parents once in every two days. Even when she was in India Meenu just had very few time to spend at home and with family. Meenu and Kalai while on their way to the nearest grocery shop, “What a pleasant climate!” says Meenu. “Hm. Amam” replies Kalai. “Imran kooda ipdi than he just doesn’t enjoy his life. He is always worried about something or the other. I wish I take control of his brain one day *winks*” says Meenu. “Excuse me. I did agree it’s a good climate and whats the comparison all about now” asked Kalai. “Meenu I want to talk to you about something very important.” “Sollunga paati” “Don’t get offended Meenu. I just want to share my views about the relationship between you and Imran”. As soon as Kalai finishes her verse, Meenu becomes more defensive and says “It’s just like any other male and female friendship. Whats about it!”. “Hm..I feel you are talking about him more all the time. It’s like you are waiting for opportunity to speak about him and you enjoy every moment of talking”. “Kalai I can understand your concern but I am not a kid. I am 26 and he is 35. So I know about all these. It’s just unadultered friendship. Quit the topic now.” After reaching home, Meenu is lost in thought and surprised as why she became all the more defensive and vulnerable to the topic that Kalai started. She was not quite sure if she was missing Imran just as the way he confessed to her. But she was also sure about not sending any wrong signals to Imran. She was not sure if she has to consider what Kalai told seriously. She was not quite sure if she has to give a serious thought about it as well. Being the only child to her parents she never had any sibling to discuss her mind. And she thought of bringing the same topic back to the surface with Kalai. Next day from Meenu’s office she types a quick mail to Kalai.

“Kalai, I am sorry for being rude yesterday. I think I have something to discuss with you. Can you spare sometime this evening? I feel you are the right person for me to talk both my heart and mind next to Imran. Yeah yeah, I typed Imran. And it’s about him I want to discuss few things Kalai : )” As per plan Kalai and Meenu meets in the car parking and spends some quality time together and then heads home.

“Meenu you got a call from Imran and he told you to give a call in skype once you are back” says one of her room mates. After freshening up Meenu calls Imran. “Amma kitta solren iru unga ponnu anga U.S full’a suthittu irukka velaye pakka matengranu”. Meenu says ”Solli than paaren Mr.Meesakara! Sollu but next time veetuku ulla vidalanna enakkum athukum sambandam illa…hehehe.” “Apdi vera nenappa, solli Aunty nambida poranga paren. Ni India varumbothu Unna than sekka porathilla. Apram adaikalam thedi enkita than varanum. Solliten ” “Dai Imran, I had a thought while I was thinking about Romeo and Juliet today. I will tell what it is later. Before that how are they? Are you cleaning the water twice every day? Fishes are very sensitive. Please nalla paathuko : ( ni varushathukku oru naal kulikra maari athungala naara vidratha pls…Hehehe.” “Neram di neram, en solla maata! What is the thought that you wanted to share Meenu?” I had an imagination that Romeo is telling these lines to Juliet…

“Nee thediya pothu un arugil naan illai,
Nee thoongum pothu unnai thaalata naanillai,
Aaanal nee ninaikkum pothu un manathellam naan iruppen”.

Epdi iruku Imran?? Imran asks, “Should I use my brain and answer?” “Aaaha aramichutan da. Enna solli thola!” “When did Romeo miss Juliet or vice versa for this kavithai to make sense? They are always in the same tank right infront of my bed. They have never departed from the moment they were bought, right? Romba yosikama intha kavithaya ketta very romantic and very well felt by heart and written.” “Santhosam Imran. Un kitta poi soneney!” “Dai Meenu loosu, seri iru..Juliet wants to say something back to Romeo. Do you want to know what it is?” “mm..Sollu” says Meenu.

“Ninaivodu than pesa mudiyavillai..
Kanavodu pesalam enral,
un ninaivugal ennai thoonga viduvathillai”

“Are they sleeping in different rooms Imran? To my knowledge you are very stingy to provide each of them a fish tank, apram epdi intha kavithai?” asks Meenu. “Vidu Meenu vidu, Adikadi ni valaravey illa’nu prove panra. Un room mate yarathu iruntha koopdu kavitha solli madakka mudiyuma pakren *winks*” “Oh padipa padipa, Inga unaku Maami vela pannava vanthen naa??” “Udaney murungamaram eridatha : ( I am not that badly hitting girls dear. Paathi kelavan naan ;) evalum thirumbi kooda paaka maata!” “Oh rumba varuthamoooo” “Ithu othu varathu vitruvom antha pecha!” “Po po ni yevalayathu nenachu kanavu kaanu, naa kelambren. Vela iruku neraya. Aprama pesren. Tata” “Ok marakkama un room mates ellarayum ketatha sollu. Orutharayum vitratha! :D ” “PODA Kezhava, I am loggin off!”

Imran was sure that he likes Meenu even more than a friend. All that it mattered to him was how compatabile Meenu would be for his society and his family & friends. As far as only both of them are concerned Meenu is perfect for him. But he was not sure about his parents and Meenus parents view about them getting married. Months pass by and Imran’s mobile sings Unakkul naaney ring tone. Seeing the ISD code Imran attends with so much happiness and its not Meenus voice but some other girl saying She wants to talk with Imran about her friend Meenu. Imran gets all the more tensed and enquires “Is Meenu alright? Where is she and who is this?” The lady voice says “Yes she is doing great. This is Kalai her room mate.” After a 45minutes conversation Kalai says “Let Meenu not know about this right now and disconnects the line”. The next day Imran decides to meet Meenu’s parents at her home.

(To be continued…)

Apdinnu potta enna kola paniduvanga Imran and Meenu ;)

Story continues....

Imran visits Meenu's parents and explains that their daughter likes him and he is craving to get married to their daughter Meenu. Kindly consider our wishes and Meenu has still not yet given any reply, I assume she is waiting to consult with you or is reluctant as her decision might hurt her parents. All that I could say now is 'Unga ponna en ullankaila vechu pathukaapen!' This is my card, you can call or come to my place any time.



Kalai's conversation with Imran the other day triggered all these. "Imran, Meenu is these days very different. She is so much worried about her future. One day when I asked about you, she told me "Kalai many a times when Imran says he is not well i have felt very bad and had wanted to be by his side. Ni ketapo enaku kovam vanthuchu nethu than i was thinking about these Kalai. Not just this many occasions I have found my dad's replica in him. I always have dreamnt that my guy should have atleast some features of my dad. I really saw appa in him. In short i feel a day is not complete if i dont talk with him or talk about him and i feel my life would be incomplete without him in it said Meenu." I shoud say I was happy that Meenu realised her love for you and something else is stopping her from expressing her love towards you. I think its my responsibilty to let you know about it. Let Meenu not know about this right now and disconnects the line."

P.S: 1) I wish a very happy married life to Padma and Karthik :)
2)I wish a very Happy married life to Ash and Sarin who are going to be wedded very soon. :D
3) Kavithai is not mine. Got it as SMS forward.*Updated*

Disclaimer: 1)The characters, events and the story picturised in this post are purely fictitious and are not intended to reflect the life of any individual(s). Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead or to any real events is purely coincidental.
2) Girls minds are elusive. So unless and other wise they explicitly tell that they are in love do not make any assumptions unlike in the above story.
3) Each of our lives are different so dont try any of the above tactics in your own lives, it may or may not suit our lives.

Dire need of awareness??

I happened to read a very interesting article

In continuation with the above article, Famous columnist, Iain Murray in National Review commented that "The prize should have been shared with well known peace campaigner Osama bin Laden". And the same journal decided to title its anti- environmental blog as 'Planet Gore'. Above lines are few intro's so as not to leave the readers in a maze. I am entitled to thank Mr Gore for being involved in a controversial subject and there by indirectly inspiring me to read about him and his works (Greenpeace, Global Warming, Climate change etc).

This post is gonna be totally different from the rest of mine :) I am going to place the facts and then I may or may not conclude what am trying 2 convey! In short understanding whichever way is your choice...

Layman Facts:

• Recent poll by BBC says "Only 47% in India believed that climate change was a human induced problem, whereas in U.S, China the awareness rating is higher".
• USA despite of being the world's biggest per capita emitter refuses to ratify the Kyoto Protocol.
  
• China being the second biggest emitter in the world has started taking measures to increase their renewable energy upto 15% by 2020.
  
• Even if the all the countries take steps towards the right path the warming would be 1.7 to 1.9 degrees Celsius average. Experts has set 2 degree Celsius as absolute max after which we have every possibility to go from a serious impact on climate change to catastrophic impact on climate change.
  

Technical Facts:

• Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the gas most significantly enhancing the greenhouse effect. Plant respiration and decomposition of organic material release more than 10 times the CO2 than released by human activities, but these releases have generally been in balance during the centuries leading up to the industrial revolution. Since the industrial revolution amounts have increased by 30%.
  
• Greenhouse gases such as CO2 and methane are increasing, so too is aerosol in the atmosphere, from human made sulphur emission. These small particles reflect back some of the sunlight and hence act to slow down the cooling.However where carbon dioxide can remain in the atmosphere for 100 years, sulphate aerosols only last a few days and can be easily removed by rain (acid rain). Therefore they only temporarily mask the full effect of CO2.

What can we do to slow down this warming?
As copied from the link above...

By sharing technologies, experience and resources we can hopefully lower the greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the threat of global climate change. Choose clean energy options where available, such as wind, solar and wave power, these do not emit greenhouse gases and are renewable. Individually, we can recycle material, insulate our homes, take public transport and think about energy efficiency in the home.

A balance is needed between the needs of the living and our obligations to future generations.

Enna solla varanu thaney kekreenga! :D
We hold a very huge & answerable responsibility in not spoiling the present environment and providing better environment for the future along with the fact -Economic growth of our country is also essential.

P.S: Any post related to green peace, global warming, climate change or anyway related to this topic kindly let me know through gmail. I would be very glad to link up here in my blog as suggested by couple of my friends. This is just a step towards 'not being naive', so as to falsify BBC report which said majority of India is unaware of global warming & its consequences!

Sources: 1) Worth watching Video U dont have 2 read ;) Just watch the video!

2) BBC trying to educate

3) Whats Wikipedia saying!

Other Related blogs:

1) What is Raja saying!
*Updated*

2) What is Gundumama saying!
*Updated*

Vanden Vanden meendum naaney vanthen. ;)

Last few days had been using ‘Am busy’, or ‘am quite occupied now’ or ‘Am having quality time with my family’ very often. Quite a lot of friends got damn pissed off with my sudden vanishing act and I thought, me updating about what I was busy with would be apt at this time.

1) Brother and his family had come down to India and we had a real great time together. I have a smart, adorable nephew who is 5years old who taught me to Whistle but I didn’t get it and taught me to show ‘I love you’ in sign language and so on :D . The dinner with all the family members, movie watching, outing and overtime chats in the night were all just great and cherishable.

2) Had shifted our home to a new place. The shifting work was so damn interesting. By looking at the speed of our work, dad kind of got annoyed with us (me, sister and brother). After getting a small ‘archanai’ from dad we all decided to really work on shifting. Having been away for almost more than a year, there were so many things to discuss, tease and bully around in short ‘siblings talks’. Finally we stayed up till 2’o clock in the night and finished with the packing.

3) Getting accustomed to a new place and getting to know things around in the new house were both enjoyeable and bugging (at times). ;)

In the above said process there were so many noteable incidents among which I will share the one that really appalled me.

While me and my sis went to one of the Private Banks to do a task, we were made to wait and there was a long queue there. All of a sudden my sis who was waiting in another queque popped before me and said “Turn ur face and stand” I didn’t understand what she was trying to do. But then she again insisted and said “Turn!” and maneuvered me to do so. I didn’t like the way she treated me and asked what the reason was, after which she told me that the guy who was standing in front of us was taking pictures using his mobile. I said don’t make assumptions and before I could complete the sentence this guy dropped his mobile and we were shocked to see my picture in his mobile. I was thrown aback seeing that. I usually get angry with sis saying don’t be over cautious about everything. And I really felt bad for having taken very light when sis 1st told me. I waited till the errand in the bank was over and went to that guy and told “I don’t like my picture being stored in any strangers mobile. Kindly delete that.” He was very much embarrassed when he dropped the mobile. I assume he did delete : ( But I just learnt don’t take others words very light.

4) Am hammering these while am in travel with our family through Tambaram,Dindivanam,Panrooti,Neyveli,Gangaikondasolapuram,Jayamkondam, Kumbakonam,Tanjaore,Pudukottai,Tirumayam,Manamadurai,Madurai. We went to a temple called ‘Thiruvanaikaval’ which is in Trichy. I would recommend people who get amused with good architecture, sculptures should visit there. Will try to upload some photos sometime later.

5) Finished a novel ‘Seduction by design’ and while I got little bored with listening to music I just thought of asking for the Lenova from Dad and pouring my thoughts and there by updating my friends who got very angry for me not giving any contact number and for not keeping in touch these days :( Due to the above reasons kindly excuse my absence .Yours sincerely… Ponnarasi. Hehehe..Kidding.. Leave letter eluthiye pazhagi pochu ;) Jokes apart! Makes oneself feel good when getting to know that you were being missed and your absence was felt :) Hm.. Ipothaikku avlothan.. C ya in next post..

Note: Look out for a funny incident that happened few days back in the updated version of the same post. Am being threatened that this story will be made public soon :( Thought me telling my version earlier would be better.... Hehehe... Kindly dont bother if u didn't understand.. :P

Jeremiad!

You are expecting some forward mails or some quotes looking at the title? I don't have any of them here. Something more interesting than those! Yeah! Realistic feeling when life really sucks! It is the time when you get reminded that you forgot to sleep while you were mulling over something. And sometime around 3AM you get a SMS popping in the mobile conveying that your replies were indifferent asking if things were alright. And you have few mails asking explanation for the act of disappearance and not responding to their calls or mails or messages. Of course all these puts a smile in your face at least for a moment for some of your friends who bothers about you. But still what good is it gonna make to things that you are bothered about? You eventually realize that its high time you learn to cry with out tears, time to learn to cry without sobbing. Because you don't like crying in front of others! Anyways am glad that i was being cared about despite of me trying to act normal. To certain others who think "Hey! Were u pissed off. But u never sounded that way when i spoke with u" then its time to appreciate that am adept @ pretending. And to the rest who really didn't realize that i still exist in this world, I agree that there are 1001 other useful and important jobs for you to look after. Friends who have been telling that "am with so much of positive energy", "R u doing anything related 2 HR, u sound more like a relationship expert ", here is the other side of me! I am not all that I sounded always! May be how people take things to their heart really differs from person to person. And thats what sensitivity is defined as.

By the way am not looking for any sympathies or empathies here. And more importantly any en queries about this post by any means will not be encouraged. After all no one is ever happy and no one is ever sad! Intention of this post is just to use my dear blog as a source for venting out my emotions.