A weekend with KK & Bombay :-)

I loved the weekend ...Especially the lazy sunday spent switching channels playing
my favourite movies ... "Kandkukondein Kandukondein " and "Bombay"

Atleast now TV channels are being sensitive enough to play the right kind of movies at a time like this .Movies which promotes peace & dialogue.Watchin Bombay gets me angry, so angry with people who have still not woken up to realise all this blood shed is cruelty and no one will win a war.Such a strong message from the movie and every scene during the mumbai riots makes you emote.some of the best scenes like
One of the twin asking a Unac if he is a hindu or a muslim and what it means by that ? The response is amazing -both are ways to reach god .From casting a muslim (Naser) as a Hindu extremist and a Hindu (Kittu) as a Staunch Muslim itself, Mani Rathnam has brought in national integration - i would say !

And the highlight of the movie is some of the songs which are so thought provoking -
Yuthathai niruthu and malordu malar engu...
And even the song poovukkenna poottu kaatrukkenna roottu has some amazing lyrics that i fall in love with everytime i listen to it ..

"soalaikku enna oru kavalai eppoadhum paravaigal azhuvadhillai
sooriyanil enrum iravu illai eppoadhum sorggaththukkuth thadaiyillai
kaanaththaanae kangal kanneer sindha illai
maegangal manvizhundhu kaayangal aanadhillai
vaazhaththaanae vaazhkkai veezhvadharku illai
pollaadha jaadhi madham iraivanum sollavillai
vellaththaanae veeram kolvadharku illai
kaiyoadu kaisaerththu vaanaththaiyae thottuvidu

Aravind samy takes your heart away when he brings out all his anger and partiotism
when talking to the Religious (Political ) leaders and his friends who gets into the riot madness ... He immediately reminds me of his another patriotic act from Roja
where he puts off the burning indian flag by jumping on it ..watte scene that was :-)


And yet apart from all these , you have some enjoyable ,fun scene with the couple's romance and with their children coming in -It's cute & adorable.

When it comes to Kandukondein Kandukondein - i love the character Meenakshi (played by Aishwarya) I see so much of myself in her ..She never lives in a real world , always dreaming..is blunt and honest , adores Bharathi and sings about her impossible wishes like "Inre varvendum Deepavali pandigai ,nalay verum kanavu -naan en nambanum -Naan nattathum roja inre pookanum"

Sounds so like moi ... I dreamt ,dreamt & dreamt .....and then just like her ,Reality hit me hard and made me realise that it is okay to dream but be prepared get hurt as much ...The story revolves around this family of 2 sisters (other actress being Tabu who is constantly reffered to as unlucky woman) and then Ajith , Mammooty & Abbas appear as well playing their part ..Some angry scenes of Mammooty are too gud ..Rajeev Menon is a class apart ..making a movie where every scene delivers class and makes ur eye want more ...Such is the beauty of the locations & photography ..And such lovely costumes ,bright colours and well stitched Pavadai ,thavani -Aish has looked her best in these costumes.Lyrics for most of the songs melt you heart ..

"Kanna moochi ena da ..Kanna -naan kannadi porul pola da" ,
all the gals would relate to it -as men only know to break ur heart :-(

Enge enathu kavidhai -kanavile ezhudhi madiththa kavidhai
Sad song expressing the disaapointment of a broken heart ...

I just enjoyed wtahcing these 2 movies and overall ..Loved the weekend ..And thanked the SUN TV network for being so nice this time else you know these people, they would play a romantic thriller or a superstar movie totally unrelated to Independance on August 15th !!! So i did not expect them to play a partiotic movie which talks about religious conflicts when we are going through simliar attacks right now!!

Kudos to SUN TV network , hope we get to watch more meaningful films through the IDIOT BOX in the future too :-))

Yo Yo...

Oh... i would call it my Yo Yo syndrome ..

Suddenly i feel happy , and then sad and then gloomy and then moody
and then what not ..Varied moods and feelings :-P
That is why i call this a Yo Yo syndrome as my moods are like the YO YO toy ..
going from one extreme to another..

Guess many people do go through this but for me it's worse these day ..
I just don't feel like doing anything ...i keep looking at the window in my office
and watch the trees ...then i realise i have some work to do ...forcing myself to
complete the tasks ..i do ...quickly finish it off and back to gazing at the windows

Wonder how everyone handles that phase in life ..when you don't feel like doing a thing .... dunno what i need to pep me up ....what ..what ..what ??
Trying to listen to a lot of my favourite songs n stuff but doesn't help :-(

I wanna break free and only Kelly clarkson comes to my mind now ...
Her song which was my obsession at one time ..BREAKAWAY

Na na na ..na !!!

Verse 1:]

Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I'd just stare out my window
Dreamin' of what could be
And if I'd end up happy
I would pray

Trying hard to reach out
But when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I prayed I could breakaway

[chorus]
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky
And I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget all the ones that I love
I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway

[Verse 2:]
Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get on board a fast train
Travel on a jetplane, far away
And breakaway

[chorus]
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky
And I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
I won't forget all the ones that I love
I gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway

[Bridge:]
Buildings with a hundred floors
Swinging round revolving doors
Maybe I don't know where they'll take me
But, gotta keep moving on, moving on
Fly away, breakaway

[chorus 2]
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
Though it's not easy to tell you goodbye, gotta
Take a risk, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget the place I come from
I gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change
And breakaway

Breakaway
Breakaway...

My connection with Animation.....

I love movies and especially animated movies ...
If i remember well the first animated movie that i saw on a movie hall was "Cars" .I literally fell in love with it ....The attitude F1 race car who thinks he is god and his realisation about true love & life happens when he sees his downfall ...Human characters could not have brought out that emotions so well that those animated characters brought on to the screen !!

It was awesome ..especially when he falls in love with the girlie car and takes a drive down the road with a view of the waterfall ..i still remember that scene so well being the romantico viji :-)

Then i watched "Happy Feet" and my heart ached for the Dancing Penguin when he failed to win over his gal because he could not sing like the traditional lot of penguins..

Then came "FINDING NEMO" which tops my favourite movie list..though this should have been the movie that introduced me to the animation world ..i got to watch it very late ..It was almost 2 years back when i visited my friend in mumbai ...we caught up with the movie ....I literally prayed that Nemo's dad should find NEMO ..He was just an adoring father and NEMO takes your breath away when he gets stuck in the fish tank pipe .....Animated movies to me are "Characters filled with emotions that translates the magic of imaginary things that can bring life to the screen" ....A real beauty !!

Recently i borrowed a DVD from a colleague who sent us mails saying he was inspired by an animated movie ...that was the terrific "Kungfu Panda" . I cant forget that day ..i was at an all time emotional low and decided am gonna get over it by watching this DVD.....My sister to accompany me ..could not have asked for more ..

It was an evening filled with laughter ..The PANDA makes u laugh till your stomach aches ..he was so cute that i wished i had one pet like him :-) Such a nice movie with inspirational message ....The difference lies in how you see yourself -Nothing's impossible !!!

I watched some scenes repeatedly... how he tries so hard to visit the grand kungfu ceremony, feels ashamed that he cant see his toes - his tummy is so big and how he learns the martial art being the very himself !!!

Finally , i wanted to see "THE LION KING " which so many people often mentioned in their animated movie list .I happily delegated the job on downloading the movie to my kiddo sister ...The dedicated kiddo sis also did that and we got to spend another exciting evening with "SAMBA" ....Samba looked so cute as a cub and his proud dad "Mufasa " -Another nice character in the movie ....I loved this movie too (This goes without saying by now)....i loved the Elton john musical in this movie and i kept humming " Hakuna Matata" all the time ...Music on this movie is mesmerising !!

I know this is just a few that i have watched till now..But that's kool as... Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, i have more to catch up on my list of ANIMATED FUN:-)

Feeling of HELPLESSNESS !!

After following the news completely on mumbai terror attacks , reports and forwarded mails on bashing politicians and media ...phew ..don't we have better things to think /talk about in life ,Definitely not !!

Guess i was so disturbed watching the whole episode on the mumbai terror attacks , that i dreamt of being chased by the terrorist in a jeep ..they are firing and i manage to take the stairs of a building ..then i dunno if i reached inside the building or was shot ..as that is all i remember from my dream ..

When i woke up , i felt horrified ..wondered if only a dream can make me loose my guts , imagine being a hostage or being attacked in reality..i cant imagine !!

What surprises me the most is ignorance and behaviour of majority of the people ..
many of them i spoke to know politicians over look a lot of things including LTTE / Caste based riots for the sake of getting the votes into their kitty ...and they are still in favour of them / vote for them :-(

Wonder when all of us will wake up and realise what we are doing to ourselves?
everyone knows the politicians are looting public money ,hardly interested in common man and we stay put with all this ?? why ??

Look at the plight of our ministers ...SAD is not the word ...!!
Ex Home Minister has the audacity to say .."these kinds of small things do happen in big cities" ..it sounded worse than a movie dialogue to me ..Does he even know what he is saying being in a responsible position ...Thank God , he was fired !!!

Media on the other hand publishes/telecasts everything and anything for the sake of TRP's ..huh ..I was watching the coverage on TV last nite -how we are getting geared and preparing our airforces etc ..Is this a breaking news ?? don't they have common sense ...??
the whole world is watching us including the guys who will plan the next attack...
And the same reporter on TV gave the news that the LET head were watching the coverage on TV and guiding /updating the terrorists inside TAJ and Oberoi on the NSG's movements ....what a pity ???

After so much has happened and that will happen in the future, are we still going to put up with all this and stay quiet??

I am so tired of saying ..i can only pray ..high time i got over the feeling of helplessness and ACT upon it ..I really wanna do something to contribute to PEACE !!

How many are willing to join me ??And what should we do .?? Any ideas???

Living Buddhism

where do i begin to tell you ? If i started to write on this topic -i can go on for pages ..the first time i heard Nam Myoho Renge Kyo when i was 21 years old .It's been a long journey till now ..more than 7 years into living Buddhism ..i can only say i am glad !! Whether it was the group prayer sessions or the social initiative like the earth charter or peace exhibition , every event and activity helped me grow.

I actually did not take Buddhism seriously until i met a lot of young people like me joshed up and full of positivity sharing their experiences being in the Buddhist practice .Some of them not only spoke great things but they actually emitted so much goodness and joy around them.I thought ..why not give it a shot ..as i did not have anything to loose but a lot to learn !! The more i read about Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism -my faith towards Buddhism deepened...Timely guidances from Dr Daisaku Ikeda -Sensei(as we fondly call a Guru)were fascinating to read ...I wondered how someone who is a spiritual leader is able to address issues of a person like me who was just in her 20's !!

He is such a practical person and his writings are dated forever ..am sure it will carry relevance for the future generations too.Believe me ..he had answers for the weirdest possible questions about life , love ,marriage, work ,parents ,friendships and even Sex...He addressed the most common problems people face in day today life
he encouraged every individual through his writings.. he spoke tirelessly about peace & how to practice it ...what makes me look up to him is "He walks the talks"

one of the most valuable lesson i learnt from practising Buddhism is "I AM RESPONSIBLE " for whatever happens to me in my life and no one else is !!
This is indeed a great lesson which helped me realise ..whether it was friendships turning bad ya work going the unsatisfied way ..I was responsible and i can turn around the situation if i act upon it .

My most memorable moments of early Buddhist days would be the study meetings that happened every Wednesdays at my place :-) ..Every Wednesday rain or shine -we , a bunch of young gals gathered at my place to read various Buddhist books on interesting topics like ..Karma, changing your karma, ninth consciousness etc..Am sure i took all the learnings very seriously as i can imagine ..people who i did not like when i met them the first time are my best of friends today...if it was not for Buddhism ..it would not have been possible .Buddhism teaches you to respect human beings as they are , it helps you understand everyone has some goodness ..
Makes you forget the grudge,overlook the hurt & hold on to the goodness of self & others ..sometimes it is very difficult to forget the hurt and move on being normal with people who have wounded us.. as we say "Am human ,not a saint" ..but the struggle lies in trying to achieve that state ...Of all the valuable lessons Buddhism teaches me ..the most invaluable of all which i really hold as a value for my life is


"Buddhism teaches you to be happy & live a joyous life irrespective of the troubles that will surround you from time to time"

And that is what i try to practise through living Buddhism "To be happy & joyful -No MATTER WHAT !!

Friends....

Friends....they have rocked the world with their outstanding show on television
I hooked on to them only in the recent past .can you believe this "A show that can have you hooked on after a decade on t.v ..that's friends for you"

Rachel,Ross,Monica,Joey,Chandler & Phoebe -these are not unfamiliar names to those who follow the show .But for those who don't know them, They are the characters on the show . I laugh my gut out watching the show. It's an interesting sitcom ever produced on television till date and what more -they were successful commercially too
From a person who was never a television addict or a comedy lover ..Friends changed me completely . on watching the show regularly ..i started to yearn for friends like that ...I do have some of them who are pretty close to me ..but guess u need to be more blessed to live in together with friends and enjoy those small things in your daily life ..!!

It's amazing to see a lot of emotions,friendship apart from the comedy .And that typical British humour here and there ..sometimes i wonder what did i miss that am unable to get the joke :-( , Now it's become easier as hubby dearie has gifted me 2 of the seasons (the old ones) which has subtitles ..he he he :-)

The most beautiful thing about this show is , it is so realistic .There is no drama in it and all these actors are so natural .They live the character and all of them play their part well .No one over shadows the other .If you watch all the episodes keenly , you get to see all of them equally irrespective of something crucial happening in one of their lives .Credit goes to the script writer and the director for managing that so well. Am sure six of them would have become great friends through this show.You can relate so much to most of the stuff happening in the show as you feel like it is happening next door or in your life !!!

what comes to my mind when i think of them - a quick intro to the Friends !!

Ross - Who can make you laugh just with his funny expressions!!
Rachel - The Babe
Monica - Cleanliness Freak
Joey -The Flirt
Phoebe - The Singer who has a dry humour
Chandler -The Funny Guy..

Oops..how can i forget the famous title track of this show ..
"I'll be there for you"
I can't stop dancing to this when i hear it ..shoop ,shoop ,shoop !!

My Mohammed Rafi

"MOHAMMED RAFI " I would not have known about him or about his great music if it were not for Appa. He had such huge collection of Rafi 's and old hindi ,tamil film songs.I remember the big gramaphone that we had in our house in trichy ..and the numerous number of records that we play on the gramaphone to listen to the songs

So many times , whenever amma questions him on the fortune he has made for his growing daugthers , appa would jokingly say " Look at the beautiful and infinite number of musical records and my precious gramaphone Jaya-These are the pricelss fortune that i have collected for my daugthers "

Well ..appa was rite .. !! They are priceless to me ..The music that they made me listen and the interest for good music /songs that he passed on from his gene to me .
And the most valauble asset i cherish till date is my introduction to Mohammed Rafi.

Mohammed Rafi mesmerises me ...the only this i regret about being born in 1980, is the fact that the same year took away Rafiji. How i wish i could have seen him once in my lifetime ...The more i listen to his songs , the more i fall in love with him
so many songs ..He trained us to identify Rafi's voice. Keerthi & I used to compete is telling him which one was Rafi and which was n't him ...Infact , he also made us know the great lyricts of those years ..Majrooh Sultanpuri , Sahir Ludhianvi,Shailendra ..and the best of music directors S D Burman, O P Nayyar, Ravi ,Madan Mohan , Naushad,Shankar Jaikishan,Lakshmikant pyarelal and many others of yester years ..Anyone who composed for a Rafi Song and we ought to know them .There was some sense of achievement when we answered appa coprrectly in those little quizzes he had for us when a Rafi song is being played . And how i cherish those days ...Whether appa had money or no ..He had lots of peace within himself ..I guess it was all the magic of Mohd Rafi .I feel like as if Mohd Rafi is a family member .We talk so much about him ... Even today ...i talk to my sister about Rafi songs ...i keep yacking about Rafi to my husband .

Rafi saab's songs are haunting ...like that song in the movie night in london .. "Oh My Love-Nazar na lagjaye "..That songs lingers in my mind for hours together after i listen to it ..even now when i think about it ..i can hear him sing .......

One song that i could die for is " Chand mera dil , Chandni ho tum ..Chandi se hai door ..chandhni kahan..." ...watte song .... I have tears in my eyes when is ing that song ...i feel like a man and wish i could sing it for a woman like how he did ..it is that beautiful indeed... and some of the peppy ones like "baar baar dekho" , "Yahoo ..", "Taarif karoon kya uski"," Aaj kal tere mere pyaar" and the ever melodious .. "Teri aankhon ..ehsaan tera , chaahoon ga mein thuje, jo wada kiya ho ,mein gaon tum sojaon.." ...my gosh..the list will be endless if i started to list them ..All i can say is ...he is a wonderful singer and a good humab being ...something that touched me when i read about him ...

"Rafi sang for many lesser-known composers as well. Once, when a minor composer, Nisar Bazmi (who migrated to Pakistan in early 1960s), did not have enough money to pay him, Rafi charged a fee of one rupee and sang for him"

"Rafi preferred to take one time fee for each song and that was the end of it. But in later part 1950’s Lata wanted film producers to give her a certain percentage of Film’s profit as a royalty for her songs. Rafi did not like this idea and never demanded royalty from the Film Producers"

What more can i say ..to know this great guy who is my favourite singer is too good a human too ...He ought to be as good music can only emerge from good souls and am sure you will agree after listening to "Kiya hua tera wada ...oh kasam ...oi radha"....here i enclose the song for those who dont know Rafi or have not listened to any of his songs ...Go on ..Listen and connect to your soul !!!

Retro Rocks

Blog's name says it all ..
If you still did not get it , go on and read more ...!!

An evening that was eagerly awaited by me as i managed to get those tickets for this show only after asking many number of people that i know .And everyone wondered what was actually happening in Music Academy on the 16th evening .There was even a mention of there has been so many enquiries to get them the tickets for that show..

Well....even i was amazed to know that so many fans of Old Hindi music existed in mamma chennai :-) As they say music has no boundaries ...i witnessed it too last evening

Music Academy was filled with fans who were restless to listen to their Rafi,Asha & Kishore's magical melodies ...Show started off with a quick introduction to all the four singers "Srinivas, Anuradha Sriram,Chinmayi & Naresh Iyer " ..
Srinivas started the show with a dedication to one of the pioneers of Hindi music ..(i am not very sure of his name as i do not follow much of the 50's Hindi songs except if it was RAFIJI....The it was Anuradha Sriram's turn ...
she stole many hearts with her sweet stage presence ..She is too good on stage ..
She knows how to entertain the mass audience who are all from different age groups.
Most of them were from aunts , uncles & many from the older generation too..It was heartening to see so many paatti ,thaatha's taking out time for themselves ...No wonder some of us still LOVE HINDI SONGS,HINDI CINEMA & HINDI STARS..were it not for our parents who groomed us and made such wonderful ,meaningful music a part of our lives .I loved the songs from the GOLDEN ERA ...60's & 70's

I grew listening to MOHAMMED RAFI SAAB.He (his songs)can make me cry , make me laugh,make me romantic , sad and what not ...all emotions ..he is got that in him ..VOICE OF GOLD which makes my soul feel so good & connect with magic...
Yes..that's the word..MAGICAL ...it was a thorough magical evening filled with moments of magic that i experienced esp when Naresh Iyer came on stage..not because he was the eye candy but he sang most of my favourite Mohd Rafi's songs ...

"Ehsaan tera oh ga muj par...tumse mohabbat ..hogayi hai ..teri ..pal ko ki chaan mein rehne do ..."

Well..i cud have made mistakes in my hindi here ..but i don't care ..i will try again n again to get that right ..i guess i can even put some of my north indian friends to shame in terms of knowledge that i have in Old Hindi Cinema songs vs them and if it is RAFI's -U name it n i will know it

Srinivas picked up a lot of Kishore da's songs .Best was "Gaatha rahe , mera dil ...
Tuhi meri manzil " and of course he rocked along with Naresh for "Mehobboba Mehbooba " from Sholay ....as i was listening ..some scenes of Helen shaking her hip in her unique style and the ever daring Amjad khan ..all of them flashed across my mind .Anuradha Sriram did her bit so well..she was so bubbly and gave the retro feel even in her costumes ....(she changed at least 4 times i guess)

She sang some of her favourite songs and dedicated 2 them to her mother ...
and then she even performed a little bit of Kathak for one of her songs ..
And she looked like a doll when she sang & twisted a bit for Geeta Dutt's "Mera naam chin chin choo ..baba chin chin choo"
..She pulled along Chinmayi for my favourite "KAJRA MOHABAT WALA" ...and the fantastic lines..i wish Anuradha Sriram sang it ..as Chinmayi voice was not loud enough for that .... "Duniya hai mere peeche , lekhin mein tere peeche "

If i had to talk about Naresh Iyer , i can write another blog !!!

He was so brilliant ..when he sat down ..for "PARDHA HAIN PARDHA"...he was adorable
he was so humble mentioning how great he felt about being with seniors ...and i should make a mention of this ...Kudos to Srinivas for not being egoistic at all as i cud not have imagined any other senior singer doing a Chorus bit for a new comer ..He happily sang the chorus bit for Naresh on the lead for PARDHA song!!!!

Then of course ..all the four joined together to rock the floor & audience for NONE OTHER THAN RAFI HIT " AAJA AAJA " followed by JAI JAI SHIV SHANKAR !!!

It was indeed a Magical Evening !!!

RETRO ROCKS !!!!

With You .....

My very first Poetry Attempt :-)))




I feel like a queen when you care
I feel like a woman when you romance
I feel like a child when you pamper
I feel like a wife when you stare
I feel like a bird when you give space
I feel like an idiot when you fight
I feel like am on top of the world when i realise "YOU ARE ALL MINE"

A decade spent at WORK !!

10 years of working... "That is a decade" exclaimed Keerthi ...my darling sister ,who is just going to step in to the corporate world. I can't believe that time has gone by so quickly.... yo yo ...i have completed 10 years at work .

I still remember my first interview where in i just walked in to that place which fascinated me ..a industry that was so glamorous for a small town girl like me to be a part of .And behold ..i jus did it ..i snatched that job quite easily as if i had the graduation from hotel industry .As evey other colleague of mine had slogged and spent a few lakhs to get in where i got in that day ....


"THE RESIDENCY" ..a three star hotel with all the five star amenities .... I joined as a Front office Assistant .. How can i forget ..SOMA THALUKDAR who taught me all about my job ..She was a darling who was daring !! My other seniors at work dreaded her while she was such a sweetheart to me ...She helped me understand every procedure at front office, she taught me to even dress up well , how to tie a SAREEE..Imagine a buddhist teaching a tamil girl how to tie a saree ..i bet that can happen only in the hotel industry !!!

Front office team -Joe,Abhishek ,Jeeva,Gayatri,Bridget,Srini,Pramod,Mohan,Manikandan & now the new entry -Vijaya Meenakshi.

The duo lobby managers-Ashok & Murali , GRE -Sharmila & Mr Magesh Iyer-THE BOSS !!

My first job is where i found so many things that i cherish till date ..
Firstly ..it was a job in need ..i dunno what would have happened to be if i were not in that job ..It also taught me how to dress up , how to be professional ..
It was almost like a school which trained me to be an excellent worker.

Vani -My trainer ..she was a darling ..i enjoyed her training sessions . She inspired me to become a trainer actually.. I adored her style of talking & the way she interacted with people ..Just too good..Something i learnt from her -"No one is small!" She addressed even the bell boy with so much respect and used a lot of please & thank you with them too...I learnt it then and still practice it in my life

Vincent -My Best Buddy .As i write about his name itself , there is a smile in my face .He is the best buddy anyone can ever have .You know how we became friends..OMG ..it's so filmy !!
One day , i was just picking up my uniform from the laundry section and he was also there .He gave me some attitude look (that typical ..am one of the SENIOR).
I ignored and rushed in to the locker . I changed in to my uniform & headed to cafeteria ..He was right there again giving me the same look again ..i was so irritated .I also heard him comment about my walk ..if i remember ..he told me it was so unlike a woman's walk ..(i walk too fast..) I did not bother ... i guess it was during my induction that he was being kind to me explaining what happens in his arena ..F&B Service department. I remember he was in room service and insisted i called him "CAPT VINCENT " and not just by his name .The days passed and we got to know each other better.The enemity transformed itself it to beautiful friendship that i have still not found with anyone after him :-( There are way too many fond memories that this best friend of mine has left for me in my life .He not only became a friend to me ..he became a dear friend to my family .Mom & sister adore him.
He is a good human being who spread happyness & laughter whereever he was !!

Things took a turn in my life and i landed up in chennai again testing my luck by walking to ITC Park Sheraton for a job & I GOT IT :-) Initially chennai scared me ..
But now u ask and i tell you ..CHENNAI HAS GIVEN ME MY LIFE BACK
The best thing about the new job was, the hotel took care of my accomodation aswell .
I still remember the GOYALS FLAT and the five long stairs that we had to climb to get into our floor :-(

I felt like an alien in chennai then .There was no warmth in the people i met .
In my locker , my women colleagues gave me only plastic smiles but their expression asked me "Who the hell are you & why are you here". Some of the guys took soft corner for me and i guess it is only natural ..when u r in your 21, big guys like to play the protective heroes....some of them helped me settle into the new place & job .I learnt this place is way too different from the cocoon i came from ..

Front office Team :
Anup,Anil,Ajeya,Albert,Louis,Srini,Nishitha,Namit,Santhosh,Mark,Priya,Dinesh
Reservations : Jaideep & Kumar

Managers :Shoba,Pooja,Nina,Subbu,Paddu & THE BOSS- MR NEGI

It was only fun , fun , fun & fun that i experienced the next 2 years .I left that job with my career's best achievement which was a "BEST EMPLOYEE OF THE HOTEL " award .I won this beating thousands of people working out there in just 2 years.

Pooja -Who introduced me to Buddhism is someone i am still in touch with and someone who became my boss again :-))
Shoba -The sweetest person i have ever met in my professional life

I quit park sheraton to join the murugappa groups merely for the MOOLAH .After a few months in that company i realised this is not what i wanted in my career ..The shortest span of my career was here when i realsied the money is not as important as the job satisfaction as else i should have stayed there ..I had everything ..a great designation ..weekend off privileges & a typical 930- 530 office timings .Still i chose to walk way as i felt ..i was literally doing nothing there ...

HUTCH - It was then a young company ...a few months old in chennai .Though i attended the interview for a different profile , i landed up in Pooja's team .( the same reporting manager i had at park sheraton) This job was a challenging one .Coming from a service background, targets was something i have never heard of .I did not feel i was working for customer service..i felt i was in sales as my job was to retain those customers who were leaving Hutch. It became challenging and there was a day when i even cried because i felt this job was being too tough on me...i recouped myself and after a while things changed .I did audits, i handled backend and somehow i came out the field retaining profile . I was much happier and my dream came true when my company sent me to MUMBAI for a training .It was my dream to stay in a star hotel and flash my visiting card at the front desk to check in ...As i started my career as a front office assistant and i always dreamt that one day ..i too , will be able to stay in a star hotel and do this check in as a guest !!I stayed in the OBEROI HILTON TOWERS which was over looking the marine drive ...
The hotel was so grand & luxurious that i wished i worked there :-)

My Hutch Colleagues : Sudha, Ajay, Marooff, Karthik, Yuvaraj & Naresh

Some of them who were fun to be with :
Kinni,Pinky,Usha ,Bhumit,Glen,Kishore,Julie,Saranya,Balaji,Ayesha,Manish,Inder
Prem,Subbu, Anu, Sim, Priyanka, Mani,Shetty,Kannan,Madan,Nita,Parveen & Col Gogate

Back from mumbai , after a few months , I got this big offer from Apollo Hosptials
as a profit centre head to run a new centre for them . I gladly joined them only to know it was a difficult place to work for .I had a culture shock in the new place as average age of an employee in this place was 35-40 . Whereas all my previous jobs esp Hutch i worked with people who were mostly 20!

From their thinking to behaviour to work ,everything seemed too slow for my pace.And the work place was filled with back bites and loads of politics
But then i did manage to become a lotus in this muddy pond. I rose above the obstacles and beautifully began the journey at Apollo .From getting the right furniture to staffs and doctors for the centre I set up "THE APOLLO HEART CENTRE " and successfully ran the operations and within a year , we had the breakeven after which they have seen only the profits.

Some of the wonderful people i met at Apollo ..

George Eapen -More than a CEO ,he is my GODFATHER !!
Preetha Reddy - I adore her dynamism
Rochita - Someone who gave me & helped me handle tough situations
Rakesh Gopal -A great agruer & a good friend
Joshua - Such a nice colleague to work with
Karthik - My worst critic who was a catalyst for my growth!!

And this journey in my career continues, shall continue probably for another 2 decades !!!

Dedicated to "Subramaniya Bharathiyaar"

First i came to know of him from my School (tamil)text books .We had some of his poems in our poetry section and i remember how all of us just memorised them to earn those marks in the complicated examinations ..

As i grew up , i realised his writings are too good to just be read & memorised for those mere marks .From then , i developed a keen interest for BHARATHI & his writings
He wrote about freedom fights, women empowerment,spirituality ,nature & what not ??

Some poems (now they are also released as songs )that fascinated me towards this mushy young poet were ..

Kakkai siraginile nandalaala ,nindham kariya niram thondruthaye nandalaala...
Theeratha vilayaatu pillai , kannan theruvile pengealukku ooyatha thollai..
vellai thamarai pooviliruppaal , veenai seiyum oliyiliruppal..
vidudhalai , vidudhalai , vidudhalai ...Manadhil uruthi vendum.

Most importantly ...some lines that i read & memorised in school were these

"Achamillai Achamillai ,Achammenbadho illaye ..uchi meedu vaanidinthu veezhugindra podhilum , achamillai achamillai...achammenbadhu illaye"

When i read this poems related to freedom movement ..i feel the goosebumps in me :-)
even now ..as i write this ..i fondly recollect how i used to shout instead of reading out this poem way back them when i was 12 :-P
As a true patriotic child , i used to feel the poem & read it aloud and got those goosebumps everytime i sang the national anthem too !!

Even today , i get sentimental when i sing our anthem and sometimes ..tears run down my eyes .Somehow that is a special feeling that i cherish!!!

Let me come to the next one ...

"Vettukulle pennai pootivaippom enra vindhai manidhar thalai kavizhndaar..
Naatayum pengal aaluvom enror thalai nimizhndaar"


How true this is as on 21st century ,we are ruled by a Woman President ..(though she is no way close to what Bharathi dreamt of ..how his Pudumai Pen should be..May be that is a women like "ME" -Watch out , am not kidding here )

Imagine what all a women went through those days .Thank god i was not born in that era.. i cant imagine following those stupid rules some of which are followed even today.Wonder what gave Men the right to stamp over women ..actually blame it on some women too ..why didn't they stand up against it then & there ..Am sure the girl children who watched them would have learnt it too ..instead they learnt how to be submissive and accept all the bias towards women.

Back to my BHARATHI.....

One day very curious to know more about him , i googled on him ...i also have a collection of his poetry ..a kutty book that i gifted to myself .
Suddenly , i will start reading them ..I hope ,very soon i get to read it regularly .

I was so thrilled to also know that one of his publication journal was named "Vijaya " ..he he he (It's my first name-so koncham alpa santhosham)

For some of you who wondered why subramaniya bharathi had that style (Turban & a thick long moustache )..during his trip to northern india, he met a sikh in kasi and that inspired him to wear a turban .

And i can't leave without penning some more of my favourite lines from his songs ..

Thinna pazham kondu tharuvaan ..
Thinna pazham kondu tharuvaan ...Paathi thingindrapodhile , thatti parippaan ..
Watte beautiful explanation of the naughty Krishna's Leelai !!!

No one can ever explain it better ...

And the one on TOP OF MY LIST -"Chinna siru kiliye kannamma , Selva Kalanjiyame .."

Kannathil muthammittal , nenjam kalveri kolluthadi
Un kannil neer vadinthaal , en nenjil uthiram kottuthadi
sollum mazhalaiyile,Kannamma thunbangal theerthiduvaai,
mullai sirippale , en moorgam thavirthiduvaai
marbil anivadharkke -unnai pol vaira manigal undo?
seer petru vaazhvadharke -unnai pol selvam perithum undo ??

This is a beautiful song about Mazhalai selvam...meaning children.He takes the reader to the world of parenthood in this song ...such beautiful narration of a parent enjoying his best blessing in life

This song fascinates me to the core that i was just thinking not being a mother yet if i have enjoyed this song so much ..what if i had my own little one ..?

Probably ..This would become my favourite LULLABY for him/her

How my heart breaks...

I dunno why i am made this way ..Bloody Emotional !
Sometimes i wonder how so many out there are able to cope up with things that happen to them which i can't even bear seeing or listening to it ....
Am sure they are not as sentimental as how i am .....

My dear friend once told me " Don't wear your heart on your sleeve "No wonder ..people can just hurt me so easily ..blame it on me :-(
How does this happen ? why ..Does it mean that i am so weak or does it mean that i value every relationship so strongly that when it show it's demonic face,i am unable to bare the reality ...Is it so bad to think with your heart , speak your heart and do from your heart ...?? May be it is bad for the heart ..as i let it break every time i speak from my heart .How i wish i could use the brain instead and save my heart .

No wonder ...every poet focused so much on this stupid heart as you feel the pain when it aches :-(

How many heart aches everyday ? every second? i don't know .....

But i know when my heart aches ,mostly when my dear ones HURT ME ...
sometimes ....when i see the orphaned animals especially the dogs on the road :-(
sometimes ...when on my way home -walking upstairs to my house and i see that old woman ( i think she is my watchman's mother )sleeping on the ground floor entrance ..(Imagine -That space is not even the size of my bathroom !) sometimes when i meet those hungry little children coming up to to me begging and all i would be able to afford was a one time dinner or a pastry ....every time when i watch the news of so many girls being raped ..sometimes when i see the breaking news on bomb blasts and the ever increasing number on lives lost ....and most of the times my heart aches when i think of how i am unable to share my happiness with my appa !

Chennaiyil oru Mazhai Kaalam !!

Whooaaa....i am seeing this downpour after ages !!
Guess it was in 2005 that we had something close to this ..non stop showers ,so much water all over the roads .....all this can be irritating but what's nice about mazhai .....so many i say ..!!

It's a pleasure to feel the rain drops on ur palm :-) and then ..lower the window glasses and take a drive in the beach ...looking up straight at the sky ..that rain drops on your face ...wow...watte an experience ...it's like that chinna chinna santhosham :-) ...looking out of the car window and feeling the showers on ur head ...i feel like singing "Rain drops keep falling on my head...la la la ...."

Suddenly ,a list of snacky comes to mind ...i recollect how i demand amma to make
hot pakoras or bajjis and get me also a hot cup of tea ...Sitting in the balcony ...i would just enjoy the scenery and the weather !!
Missing it :-((

And the most important part....this die hard romantic , filmy viji would also start singing nice mazhai songs ...he he he !!

Let me start a collection of Mazhai songs now...

1.Mazhai varuthu ...kudai kondu vaaa...
2.Vaan megam ...Poo poo vaai thoovum
3.Oh ho ..megam vanda tho ...
4.Mudhal Mazhai
5.Chinna Chinna ,thooral enna
6.Barso Re megha megha
7.Bheegi Bheegi raath o mein, meeti meeti bathon mein
8.Bheegi Bheegi raton mein..phir thum aao..
9.Sun sun sun barsaat ki
10.Tipu Tipu barsaa paani
11.Aankhon hi aankhon se jal ne do sara...

And my all time favouriteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee from "Dil to pagal hai "

Koi ladki hain , jab ho hasti hainnnnnnn ..BAARISH HOTI HAIN ..Chunar chunar chun chun ..This song is picturised so well .The meaning of the song completely revolves around the RAIN ..You feel so nice watching it and as u keep watching you feel like dancing in the rain ...Lots of kids dancing to shaimak davar's steps and the ever graceful madhuri dixit & karishma kapoor add beauty to it .....

Now...my time has come to dance in the rain :-)

And your turn to watch the song :-P




Happy showers are here again ...!!!

My Golu Visits :-))

Golu ....The word itself reminds me of Sundal, Songs ,dolls & temple visits..
Being the rebellious girlie , GOLU is one of the few traditional customary practice that i enjoy or would like to follow as GOLU makes me HAPPY !!!

My Phone received a lot of SMS invitations for GOLU visits while i managed to do only 2 visits .Both the visits made so glad and it was a fun filled experience...
The First one being a visit to a dear colleague and second one to my best buddy ...

Let me talk about the first one ...

Firstly , i became this little girl who was so excited as i was visiting the Finance Minister's House for GOLU :-P ....We were a bunch of young gals (let's forget that am a woman now ..he he he ) who were from different religions .It almost looked like there was unity in diversity ..There was even a girl from OMAN and i am sure this was as alien to her as how their customs are to us .Then there were a few tamil ,then some malayalee gals ( i bet ,you cannot miss a malayalee in any common gathering, they are everywhere).It was so wonderful to be back to return to a gang of girls visiting someone for GOLU ...This has happened only when i was kiddo .I was all excited to see the nice arrangement , the natural plants amidst which some dolls of farmers farming were also there .Then of course,Lord Rama ,Seetha ,Krishna & Radhe who make their presence in almost all GOLU's .I loved it when a gracefully aged aunty started explaining to me on the Rama & Seetha's trip with Guhan's help as i had almost forgotten this by now ..All i remember in Ramayana was how Seetha asked for the Deer , How Rama doubted her ...Only this !!

I enjoyed the story telling & listening part , then came my turn of enthusiastic singing ..i also got some compliments (not bad ..am a bearable singer ) ..I rendered my favourite bhajan on Krishna "Yashodai Nandagopaalane" ...This song has become a part of me as i have taken so much liking towards Lord Krishna. Not sure if it is because he is so naughty or notorious but i wonder how i even like the flirtatious traits in him :-P

Then we had this pretty young malayalee girl render a song on "Guruvayoorappan"
Did u notice that all young girls seem to like Lord Krishna ??? he he he :-)
After the songs the perfect host, Srinidhi gave us the GOLU gifts and flowers.
Again this little kiddo popped up from inside me and as soon as i left the house , i opened my gift bag eagerly ..i found some pretty chain , earring , the traditional kum kum ,chandan ,mirror & comb ..nice fancy bindis, lip stick and a dazzling finger ring... I was even caught when one of my friends walked by asking what i was up to checking out some stuff like a girl looking at a candy !!! i proudly exclaimed
"This is my GOLU GIFT " .

Wow , watte experience ...!!

The next day , i managed to visit my Friend Shefali for GOLU and there again i was in awe with the dolls esp the Marapachi Bommais .She had dressed them so cutely with traditional pattu dhoti,angavasthram for the boy & pattu paavadai -sattai for the girl.Then i found two more of them at the corners. She had a nice Dakshinamoorthy idol at the centre . When i got too enthu about some of the dolls , the possessive her told me "They are Gods ,dont touch them" ..Again i knew the kid in me had peeped out .After admiring the dashaavatharam idols, i spotted the idols representing Rama,Seetha -Guhan ,Vadai -Paati -Crow & Fox story ..it was taking me to the childhood when i was told all these stories by elders.
Here again i learnt a part of the Ramayana where Hanuman goes to bring a Shiva Lingam to worship and how seetha built one out of MUD as they were getting late to leave the place. I was also told these 2 lingams exists as on date in Rameshwaram ..This destination captured in my memory instantly to the "Wish list -Places i need to see ". After a long catch up on our own gosspis & girlie stories , I promptly received the Vethlai ,Paakku and left home.

I realised i enjoyed these two GOLU visits ...They left me in total awe and excitement.They have inspired me to do my own GOLU for next Navratri . I hope i would manage that well and learn by then some more good stories from Lord Rama & Krishna's life . Let me get geared to play the perfect host for NAVRATRI GOLU -2009 !!!

THE IDIOT BOX !

No wonder , they named it IDIOT BOX ...i really feel like yelling at it sometimes calling that name ..ha ha ha !!
I never knew even some close relationships get affected because of this IDIOT !!!
Yo yo , am talking about none other than the so called "T.V"

This IDIOT BOX can become a problem between Husband and Wife,Mother and Daugther,
Anyone and Everyone. Wonder how ??? here are some life examples..

The typical me gets so annoyed with my husband when he is so much more interested in the idiot box than ME !!!! It happens ..can u believe? The third person in our lives is that IDIOT BOX who creates so many issues .Before i know it , tables turn and i cant' believe sometimes even he feels the same way.One day ,I was so surprised
with myself that i was happily watching TV when he was sharing something very important with me ..i was not listening..Oh No !!! This is what actually happens:-(

Another typical home scenario is when am with amma around ......She is so eager to see me in her house now that i am married and she does not get to see enough of me
Those rare moments , what i happily do i glue to the Idiot box and not listen to wat she says...Instead of spending those precious moments with her i become this one big potato couch .Little did i realise it can hurt her as much as how it hurts when someone avoids you !!

This IDIOT BOX keeps you so glued to him that you loose focus on your closed ones ...
We are happily watching TV and not listening enough to the conversations around us or not noticing how much our closed ones are longing to have us listen to them ..

It's time we realised that humans are more important than this stupid IDIOT BOX :-P

Time to celebrate -My World turns one :-)

oh yeah ...i am celebrating...
I started writing from August 2007 and before i knew it , it has been a year

One way , am so happy that my blog got me writing what i think ...
All my blogs are my own thoughts and opinions ...
Sometimes i have thought about writing out of imagination..
but then guess that is not my style .Somehow , i have taken a liking
towards expressing myself, my opinions through my blog & i love this...

I always wanted to be a journalist more specifically a reporter ...
One day, i was catching up on a long conversation with a colleague on
my career ambitions .She was an active journalist herself some years ago
and she encouraged me to start writing for MSN and that's how my writing
journey started ... When my first article was published on MSN contribute ,
my joy knew no bounds ..i was elated !!!

All my articles got published in MSN contribute and this was a boost to start my own blog .I wanted to keep writing without restrictions & approvals ,
that is how "MY WORLD " was born :-) and today she is 1 yr old :-))

Happy Birthday Dearie !!I hold you close to my heart and will never ever abandon you .... Shall keep writing forever:-P

Karma?

Well...i wonder what kind of creation is human being ...
who created us ? and why do i get that feeling of helplessness all the
time i see someone in rags,someone begging or someone beaten up
Sometimes i feel the same way when i meet really aged people at tough jobs .
My heart aches when very elderly men come seeking for business...
Wonder how they handle tough jobs at this age ..and have to run around
in spite the rising mercury , meeting young people like me to get business for their companies ..sometimes i feel sorry to say no to them!!
then i wonder ..is this sympathy wrong ?? may be yes !!!
i need to see more of the enthusiasm in them that has not changed in spite the old age rather than sympathise with them ...

How nice it would be if everything in this world seemed so perfect ...
no beggars ...no one slogging for business etc...
but then ...may be there is a reason why everyone is in that kind
of stage in their lives ...

I had my lesson one fine day ..

We were on a drive and at one of the traffic signals ...i noticed a man begging ...!!
The usual sympathetic me pestered my husband to reach out and offer the beggar something ...As he was more concerned about getting ready to go with the green signal ...i reached out and quickly offered few rupee coins ....
the next few seconds..i regretted what i did ...!!!
i could not believe that guy who was legless and begging on roads
could not understand my compassion instead teased me ...he merrily sang
.. "Dhoom machale" and he had spoken something that i failed to hear as the car went away from him ....only when my husband reminded me that he was teasing me,singing & mentioning .."let's go out" .....i realised how foolish i was
to feel for people like these !!!
no wonder it is said " Wherever & whoever you are ...It's your Karma"
He must have surely been an eve teaser in his previous birth and has accumulated such bad karma ....that he is begging on roads today ....and all i saw was may be a little of his nature ...this was my lesson learnt this week :-)

BOMBERS -What do these barbarians want ?

How i wish i could meet one of these guys in person and get
to know what they really want ??? wondering is it going to be possible for me
to have a dialogue with them / him / her ..
This keeps me wondering if i would apply my Buddhist's philosophy then ..
no way .... i don't have even the slightest of respect for these ANIMALS !!!!

Blasting a city ,killing innocent lives gives them what in return ?
I really dont understand the sadist intention behind any of these acts ...
We are all getting used to news everyday on bomb blasts and terror
attacks...are we all becoming insensitive or getting habitual about all that's
happening around us...??

I still remember the days in Coimbatore when i first experienced news on bomb blasts & terror attacks in the city .I was too young & protected to even witness anything
We only heard news about which shop was blown up and how many were killed
Every evening , I eagerly awaited my brother's return home to narrate me the story on whatever he saw through the day .I had my school holidays and i was not allowed to go out then ...but then little did i know how terrible it is for the people
who experience it ..loosing their loved ones in attacks like these ..
i was no more young and innocent to understand what cruelty and terrorism
is by 2001.....when i saw papers carrying photos of Daniel Pearl's execution ..
A horrific act by the people who in the name of religion brought shame to their own religion and put their fellow members of faith too in shame ...as every muslim has been looked at with an inquisitive eye as and when the numbers increase on the terrorist attacks ....

sometimes even i wonder if there is something wrong in the teachings or which version of the Quran talks about jihad war ...or who has misinterpreted the understanding ....a lot of questions on my mind ...when i read through the names of the terrorists ..as most of them are doing all this in the name of Islam...
sometimes i do nag my muslim friends to get me these answers ...
but i am sure i wont know how their heart aches when people generalise their
community and make it synonymous with terrorism ...am i contributing to it too ?
well..that is not my intention but i hope i do make my friends understand that

Intention is to really understand what is driving them to do all this ?
Why do they bring in their religion when they do something like this ?
What do they achieve after a bomb blast ?

Is it the teaching ? money ? blind faith ? power? then what ?...who knows the answer for this question ? I wonder... and i wish i get the answer soon ..............

Happiness

Happiness seems to be the word these days that everyone is fond of ..people are craving endlessly to be happy and trying to find umpteen number of ways to achieve it
well ..is it so complicated to be happy ?
i questioned myself so many times..
sometimes i wonder why it is so difficult for us to be happy ..just happy !!
Here i found many answers to this question ...
Actually its not that difficult .....seriously!!
Life is too short to be spent on worries and fears , living in jealousy
envying thy neighbor ,chasing material wealth and living in anxiety

There are many little things that we can feel happy about, just that
we turn a blind eye to all those things we can be grateful for ..
It's all about counting your blessings, being optimistic
and having the courage to face the unpleasant circumstances
From a bird chirp to a soothing music , everything can contribute to
our happiness ....but then again all this boils down to where we
depend upon for our happiness and where we look to derive it from
That's the biggest mistake we do ...we are constantly on the look out
of our happiness in something , some where or someone ...
But actually its in everything , everywhere and inside us ...
We fail to recognise that we only can make ourselves happy and
that only we know what can truly make us happy ..is it not??


It's a personal experience ..that i keep (even today ) relying on
someone/somewhere/ something outside me to keep me happy and look for the
things that gives me those little moments of jumping up with joy ..

Then what happens ....Alas ...!! I realise all those little moments
are only little ..because u know u cant keep jumping all the time :-)

Happiness is not necessarily the act of looking great ,
declaring joy or appearing to be so for the rest of the world
...but its more the feeling from inside ,that only you know !!

I get reminded of this song all the time when i think
about happiness "Don't worry ,Be happy "

And that is what i wanna say to everyone out there ...
DON'T WORRY ,BE HAPPY !!!

Happiness Always !!!!

Sunday noon wasted....

It's a Sunday noon and all i want to do is break free and relax ..
but then yes ,we have plans to see a play which we guess is all about Samrat Ashok. so i pushed myself to getting ready on time knowing that my hubby will go mad with me running late as he is one perfect punctual man in everything.As usual the lazy me was doing some last minute work at my own pace , getting some good stares from him on delaying him like it has always been...

We left home at 4.10pm for a show that was to begin at 430pm
Reaching the venue just on time and doing all the catching up
with his buddies ,we went n to the hall ...though a little
stunned with a few heads visible .Me is getting in to a strong
analysis as to why there is less crowd..Is it because of a wrong timing
for the play ? 430 on a Sunday afternoon in this hot summer .
I am not starring or sponsoring the programme ..let me turn off my thinking box :-)

Its been a while , almost 5pm and we were hoping they start the play ..
there comes the apology announcement, that they are sorry for the delay and they would start the play in sometime ..

My husband sighed at me as if he realised it was not worth going mad with his wife for delaying the departure to actually end up waiting in this hall !!!
well..that is my hope that you realised it dear...!!

Finally it began and i could not help but laugh along with my husband
for his wits and comments .The play enactment by most of them on stage left us in splits -We come here looking for the Samrat Ashok which was an EPIC but all we could see was very bad acting & pathetic delivery of dialogues and some pretty young girls dancing ....

Well i understand it was a dance drama play ..but can someone tell me
if they had those kind of hip hop shakes in ASHOKA'S times !!
Blame it on the choreographer ?? Play Director?

It was only half an hour since the play started and we made a silent walk out
I guess that was much better than laughing at the guys of Samrat Ashok !!!

Marital Bliss

Cloud Nine ,seventh heaven ,top of the world....ooohh la la
and what else can i use to express this marital bliss

Sharing ,caring ,fighting,arguing ,spending time
with someone i love dearly in wedlock is the most
beautiful part of my life....how is wish this bliss is
an eternal bliss that can go on !!!

Love is so beautiful and life with your love
is the best thing that can happen to you ...
Yessssss......am madly in love :-)
with myself , my husband & this married life !!!

Life transforms itself when i have this new
little girl in me peeping out for love ..
and the cute little boy coming out & giving me
all that in adundance ....

Life is beautiful by itself & marriage adds more value to it !!!

I want some more......

Day begins...wake up and hurry up to get to work on time ...
Have a quick bath...breakfast...and there its already time
to leave ..else i would be running late :-O

Time is jus not enough ...thats what i keep thinking ..

Reach work ..and there a pile of papers at work awaiting
my arrival eagerly :-P

Start the day with a big smile , with the hope in my heart to make it
a great day at work...

meetings ..meetings...phone calls ....follow ups ..
what next ??

Time for a break :-)

Quickly ..call up my dear ones ....again wish i had some more
time to catch up ....but work's calling ...Get back quickly ....
work work work ....!!

yippee ..time for lunch ..another break:-))
hog hog...

Back to work work work ..feeling a little sleepy tho ....(oh how
i wish i could sleep )

yippee..Its evening already ..

When you realise you are done with work ...
you are jus drained & all you wana do is break free..
But then you also wana do the things you like
and meet the people you like ....

Get to do all that ...and again same wish ...
oh ..i want some more of this ....(wish i had more time !!)

Coffeee..ya chat ya 30 mins catch up....all done and time to go home..

Am home and all i wana do is sleep sleep sleep !!!!

My day is over and before i sleep .....i wish

I want some more of this ....!!!

some more time to listen to my amma
some more time to talk to my lil sis
some more time to spend with my beloved
some more time to connect to myself
some more time to call up my friends....

Well...i feel like an oliver twist asking my master
for some more ....not food , but time !!!