Friday, November 28, 2008

See-Saw...

Tired of rough tides
Knocked up by tough decisions
In the forgiving cloud
Running between thuds
Watching the mountains
Remembering the fountains
I let it go
Wondering so
Life is all about
Giving with no doubt

Came back from the memories
Holding the pleasant ones
Came back from the past
Leaving the tough ones

Feeling rejuvenated
Looking refreshed
With sizzling energy
Towards relieved synergy

Exploring the unknown
Life goes on...

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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Deadly Critic...

If I remember correctly, the number of times that I have criticized on anyone or anyone's work is very less. Even though I feel like criticising sometimes, I just let it go and leave it as it is. But for the past few days, I am so into this mood after watching few shows.

1. I watched the prize ceremony of the show Maanada Mayilada. When great dancers like Suchi Bala and Lokesh had to bag the third prize and innovative athma like Gokul and Kavi had to get out without anything, I was so shocked to see the comedians Aarthi and Ganesh bagging the second prize. I admit that they are good at comedy but this was a dance show. They hardly danced in most of the episodes and all they did was a funny performance to enlighten audience. IMHO, this in turn will degrade the other dancers morale. I am totally against this judgement.
2. The famous on-going criticisms againt Raginishree, the popular singer of Super singer. When it comes to performance, people should accept critisicms as how they do for favoritisms. There were few singers who were really good but had to be out of the show when they did not perform well in a particular episode. But this lady has been given chances repeatedly irrespective of her poor performances.
3. The most recent one is on the Jodi# 1 semifinals where Tinku and Santhoshi did exceedingly bad :) but judges admitted them to the next round after some kasa musa talk among this TS jodi and the judges. Similar kind of great showmanship was shown between Simbu and Prithivi last time and this time it's TS jodi's turn.

I wish the performers in #2 and #3 get out of the show soon since they do not deserve it. But if they go beyond the next rounds, it's either luck or their hardwork to come out well. Lets wait n see...

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IPL, Drooling factor and SK

While I was grazing through news today, I saw this face. Hmm..He's not Sharukh Khan as anyone would have guessed it from my title. This guy who was compering in the IPL matches and everytime I see him in TV or online replays, I used to drool thinking whoz this guy? None of my friends knew his name or his identity when I asked them and here he is now in the news site on doing a show about men :) Ha..ha..Then I started reading the details of his show out of curiousity. And I started remembering how smart he looked in his red shirt when he was anchoring the IPL match and conversing with Krish Srikanth. Being a fan of cricket, I would not have missed even one IPL match and when you have another factor like SK being the host of the highlights, I did end up in watching lots of highlights rather than the actual matches. And I did claim as the time constraint though :) BTW, SK is Samir Kochhar :) Now, it's all your duty to google him and find how he looks (esp. girls) Just be tall and well dressed...Tats my main drooling factor, sorry it's to be drooled upon factor :)

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Saturday, November 22, 2008

Eating...

When it's overwhelming joy or when it's frustration to the core, I do not feel like eating at all, although it happens very rarely :)

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

The dreamboat

Happiness in its extremity
Shows beauty in its entirety

I listen to songs
I feel the melody in it
I watch the nature
I feel the beauty in it

I hop...
I jump...
I sing...
I giggle...
I dance...
I dream...
I nod...
I twist...

I do everything in haste
Not considering it as waste

I feel the bliss
Not sure to miss

Even in shower
I can see its power

I don't know whether God exists
But I know this exists

Greagious amidst the lonely
I call it as 'love and love' only!!!

Towards the shore float
That's my dreamboat :)

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The 'BULB' stories - 1

I don't know how and where to start. People think I am not-so good writer although I write blogs frequently as my journal pad, and yet I am here to prove that am so unworthy to write one such to you. Usually things flow easily when I wanted to write something realistic but here I am blocked and don't know how am I going to put one before you. Sorry for the usage of 'I don't' lines a lot here because seriously 'I don't know'. When you said that 'Ka...' word, I dint know why you were saying that, that time. It was unusual. Although I din't know why it happened, I kept thinking of that 'Ka....' word that you told. Then I totally forgot that incident until I saw you again and remembered the 'Ka...' word. When I saw you after a year, I was murmuring 'Where were you these days?' You don't know how much I missed you and how much I missed seeing you across my street and the smile that I used to give whenever I see you. Did you realise that and that's why you said the 'Ka...' word again when we met each other in India after a year? I know that I am going to miss you again after I am back to US. Will you come with me and be there whenever I need to see you and feed you? Hey..KaKame...vandhu 'Ka..Ka' nnu solli dharisanam kuden :):) The first time being a dark night day @ US when I saw you at the roof top of neighbourhood and you sounded something but I made it as Ka bcoz that's wat you are known for. Second time was during my vacation in India :) I came to know that you are becoming an extinct species here and wanted to blog about you - Tribute to the Kakaas...

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Monday, November 17, 2008

July maadham...

One of the songs that I like the most. I don't know how many songs like this goes into my 'one of the songs that I like the most' list. I cannot say what's that makes me feel great about the song except that it makes me feel happy and I enjoy singing along with it. Anupam's husky voice in this song and the legend SPB's casual and flawless notes is great! The subtitles and the jodi's dance in this video makes it greater though :) Watch it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypXWf-WK-Ps

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Sunday, November 16, 2008

Go Green...

Got this as an email fwd. Thought it would be helpful for everyone who reads it and hence putting it in my blog:
http://green.yahoo.com/blog/the_conscious_consumer/6/say-no-to-antibacterial-soaps.html

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Friday, November 14, 2008

The 'Bicycle' memories...

I still remember
  • its unique color
  • its texture
  • the first ride after a year my dad yelled at me for not learning it
  • the first fall
  • the style of driving it hands free
  • the shy out when guys from the street look @
  • the breathtaking essence when going on the upper curves
  • crying out aloud when sis denies to give it for a ride
  • asking mom continuously whether I need to go to the shop to get something for her (so that I can go on that)
  • going out doubles and sometime triples
  • punctured out in tuition center
  • tyre bursted out on the midway (Was I too plumpy? ;)
  • teased with a classmate although I did not go for a ride with him (Don't know still what was the story behind - Probably he punctured it :))
  • of never handling the brakes (I was tall enough to stop it with my legs :))
  • Appa argued for not getting the top brand called BSA SLR
  • the early morning rounds
  • speeding out with friends being a hobby (dint get a ticket though :))
  • the keychains that I collect to lock/unlock it
  • that it was the old modelled, not so beautiful Hercules when most of my friends owned the gorgeous 'Ladybird' kinds
  • McMillan is the one who invented it! :)
Note: The picture is deceiving; It's not what I owned :)

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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Dedicated to ????

It's not different or difficult to name a person whom you want to dedicate a song to. This happens in most of the satellite TV shows but seeing the Super Singer relationships episode moved me into a different zone. Although I see it with utmost interest every other day (passionate about music being a reason), this episode somehow makes me feel that everyone who has sung so far has done it very well. I could not even point out a person and say that he/she did badly. Is it the songs or the singers or their dedication to a person whom they wanted to, made a difference? Without a sense of doubt, most of them dedicated to their moms and gave them a gift which made them move into tears (moms can easily do it, u know? ;)) and I feel they deserve it. In few cases, it was a dedication to sisters. In some cases, it was friends and in some, it was relatives. I was wondering if at all this has happened to me, I would have been in a baffled situation. In most of the cases, it was only through my self motivation, I have done it. So, it would not have been a surprise if I had said 'It's me whom I wanted to thank and gift to' (though it sounds crazy). But if I was given a second option to choose a person other than me, I would have gone for this person who has motivated me atleast to some extent. It's Saranya, a friend of mine who I know only for 4 years. She encouraged me to sing in a wedding reception which was a futile attempt :) But she keeps encouraging me still without knowing the aftermath disaster :) Two days after her 2nd wedding anniversary, I would like to dedicate this song to her :) She was about to make an attempt on this song few days ago and hence I figured out this would be the song that she would have heard number of times recently and hence putting this as a dedicated one :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CApQcVAYWHs

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

The 'Englipish' speaking woman in me :)

When I look back @ it, I don't know whether I have a 'collar thookividum' feeling or a 'watz in it?' feeling but I wanted to write about this. During childhood, being in a English nursery or primary school dint make any difference to me when i was compared to a kid studying in a municipal or corporation school. I have never spoken Englipish words except for the English exams and preparation where my dad used to have a stick in his hands and I render all the spellings and pronunication in a jiffy and run away to play. This did not change even after I was put into the High School. The situation became worse being in an English medium Govt. School where I learnt the most coveted words like 'Eh bulla', 'Endi', 'Saniyane', 'Erumai', 'Naye' (All those words of honor) but stood out first in English exams (as well in Tamil too :)) Good that there was no spoken english or oral tests in Englipish, otherwise I would have been repeating the same class for years by failing in those. I was afraid when my dad put me in the most popular Matric school in town which had the significant number of Englipish speaking students but it was not so and although my coveted tamil words did not come out, Englipish words also did not. Then put my foot forward in College where speaking in Englipish (termed as peter vudrathu) was an offense amongst the student crowd, I did not even try, making that as a reason. There boomed a real problem with respect to Englipish talking when I was out of college. Used to cruise through all the aptitude exams easily but fail in the personal interviews where I would have to rehearse a sentence before putting it forward. And there I was waiting for few months before luck clicked my way to be in a bigger organisation. Everyone thought I was calm and hence I did not talk but I knew what that was. I had to rehearse atleast 10-12 times before I speak to anyone and sometimes I ended up like how a thikku-vai girl would be. Few people could not tolerate and asked me if I belonged to a Tamil medium school when I was shattered to pieces. There was a well wisher for me there who gave me an idea to start a Englipish development team and I came up with flying colors doing that. The same person who asked me if I was from a Tamil medium school came to me the very next year and said he cannot even come closer to my Englipish speaking skills (in a positive way though :)) And now here I am speaking with the nativites of US of the A with an accent (very rarely though) with ease. No hurdles, No rehearsals, No mutterings, No murmurs and here I am writing blogs in English. Wat can I call it? ;)

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Monday, November 10, 2008

Songs 2 the soul...

There are very few songs that can touch the soul and the heart. To me, these three are the best that fits aptly into this category. In the order that I like, here are those:

Vellai Pookal - I have always thought ARR can sing only songs of high beats but this song in particular has proved me wrong. A song that can rip the hearts apart with its wonderful meaning. It's only available in bits n pieces in the movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTnzIMngPIs

Sutrum Vizhi - A bharathiyar song; Great rendition by Hariharan; A Hariharan - AR.Rehman combo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_bVG1fluw8&feature=related

Uyirum Neeye - Only few years after this song is released, I came to know about it. Another great song and I feel very relaxed and moved when I hear this song (Not sure why?:)) Unni - ARR combo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NovCNFS1O1M

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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

ET


Got this pic from a friend and loved the words and the way it has been written. When I read the first few lines of the ad, the entrepreneurial dreams stuck me and as I always enjoy dreaming, this did not stand different.

Courtesy: The Economic Times

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Sunday, November 2, 2008

The Musical Mazaa....

After a very long time, I had a chance to talk to someone on the musical musings. It was my friend, who is a great singer with whom I had a conversation with. We were listing out few songs one by one and I thought I would listen to those songs once I hung up the phone. I did what I thought of. Here is the list:

Thanga Thamarai Magale
Azhagana Ratchasiye
Vaa Vaa Anbe Vaa
Thendral vandhu theendum podhu
Sreeranga ranga naadhanin - Not my choice :)
Sirpi irukudhu
Azhai kadal vizhigalil - Song by a blogger - My choice though :)
Eera nizha
Kalyana Thenila
Kaadhal Kavidhaigal padithu
Idhazhil kadhai
Nee oru kadhal sangeetham
Un Parvayil
Innum ennai enna
Endhan nenjil
Nee pathi Naan pathi
Keeravanil
Naan thedum sevandhi
Kuliruthu Kuliruthu
Pothi vacha malliga mottu
Kaadhalin Dheepam
Thendral vandhu ennai thodum
Thedum kan parvai
En iniya pon nilave
Aanandha Raagam
Vizhigalil Aruginil
Ini naanum naan illai - My choice :)

We did miss lot of songs that we like but these are the songs that came to our mind at that moment. The nuances of the song, which lines are the best, how did the male/female singers sung the song in particular pallavi/charanam - We did talk a lot about it and I felt so happy in listening to these songs after a stint. Each song has its own beauty...

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