But somethings last for a lifetime...

The first being LIFE itself....which i, and am sure some close frends have come to value more than we did earlier.

With the real close shave we had with the Grim Reaper(death) yesterday, i know it for sure that somethings like frends....and the memories associated with them will, at the least, last for our lifetimes.

Here is to narrate the incedent, 'cos i dint find any as yet in my buddies' blogs -

With the exception of the eccentric and a trifle unfathomable J and the workaholic BK, it was the gang of Ranga, Giri, Chetana, Vidya, Andy, Suri, Viswa(last minute extra fittings) and u'r truly who took up the wierd idea of visiting the beach pre-dawn and walloping in the waters until the sun came up. Though intimidating, I succeeded in the task of pulling up everybody from thier stupor before 5am on the, now-in-history, 26th of December. Unusually, Ranga who said he wudn't make it, called back for a pick up.....so no plans changed but for a glitch between when he said he wont come n when I did pick him up from his place. The effect of a proper pasting from his mom din't even last for a few minutes before all of us set on the ride of lives to the Beseant Nagar shores.

With the cranky happenings of the wee hour, Suri n me dfntly agreed that no police wud have doubted our Giri wasn't inebriated....he was on a high singing 'antha naal muthal intha naal varai' among other olden goldies in his coarse morning vioce. Everyone not reaching there together created but a flutter of 5 mins. After which all were in the mood, Giri again providing the spice with his supposed 'mouna - viratham', reasons for why he embarked into it known only to the Almighty...not even himself! With no idea of frolic into water in mind, i was the first to pull up my pants knee-high venturing into the inviting, salty, not-yet-glittery sea water.

But again, with the gang assembled there...peace wudn't have had a chance for more than few second. Suri, as expected, started it all with a premeditated push of me from behind, propelling me face-first into the water! Jus needing a reason to venture into water, he timidly agreed to my threats of pulling him alongside me....and atleast I, was as far as into the sea as where I wudn't have even imagined, in my earlier visits to the great watermass! And again, it din't take much time or effort to pull in Ranga also...with only Giri being allowed to continue his strangest of strange viratham.

Thinking and writing about all these...jus gives me the creeps, 'cos when all this was happening, we clicking scores of snaps (the one's for posterity) was when there happened to be a globally serious, literally earth-shattering quake that went 10kms deep (one-fifth of the total 'core' that we read in geaography). We had a whale of a time - Ranga, Suri and me being inside the waters for almost an hour, when actually the gargantuan tremor was sending shock waves at us!!! We not having an iota of idea wat was happening elsewhere....jus dismissing Suri's comment on some message he got from a frend informing him of a earthquake somewhere, not even bothering to laugh at it!

All had not ended with all of us boarding our bikes....there was yet one of our, shud i say popular, classmates to meet on the road, jus outside the beach. Now, with everyone agreeing that it wasnt' the best of the possible reunions, we drove bak home without a clue that we had actually run away from Death....missing the 10mts Tsunami water-walls, that shattered a whole coastline, by jus 10 or 20mins !!! We wudn't have had a 'mayir-yezha' chance if we had been were we were, a mere quarter of an hour ago!

Even the mention of great tremor measuring to 8.5 on the scale, in the news dint hamper our spirits...! All of us were heading to the long awaited Satyam theatre show, movie being the irreplaceable Gowarikar's 'Swades'. Half way thru the movie atleast most of us wud have gotten a call on the mobile from various patrs of the country, inquring about our status in Chennai....not one of them having a clue how near we were to the waters that sprang as high as three-stories of a modern building!!!

The visit to the temple with Girish gave me immense inner peace and strength, and the final touch was produced by a bus' stereo system bellowing 'yaar yaar sivam; nee naan sivam' at the Koyambedu bus stop!

As i was telling J, all this is going to take atleast a coupla weeks to sink in, but all i can think of is... some frends and the memories associated with them are here to stay....to last atleast for a lifetime . . .

Dreams i like to dream............

Dreams

Everyone has dreams

Come true, just a few

Dreams of gold and riches

And houses and cars new

It hurts not, to dream

Yet hurts to see 'em shatter

But dream I did anyways

My spirits, it did not deter

Dreamt of kisses and cuddles

And pillow talks

Of beaches at sunset

And moonlight walks

Simple dreams they all

Yet hard to fulfill

It matters not to me

Dream on, I will

Everyone has dreams

Come true, just a few

But all of mine did

The day I found you

.................

that was one gr8 original piece by my latest buddy, Ms.V (though she gots loads o other names)!

have lots to talk abt dreams........but all that, i keep for the comments......!

pour 'em in ppl!

the "outlaw let it out" into a "square space" wondering "wat do i right" and got "caught at midwicket", he being a "last word freak" !!!

jus wanted to see how it looks to get all our blogs into a one-liner....

to give an elaborate listing -

J's blog - www.lastwordfreak.blogspot.com
Ranga's - www.caughtatmidwicket.blogspot.com
Giri's - www.girish.squarespace.com
Mine - www.watdoiright.blogspot.com


but y am i writing this down...i donno! n i hate it when am always being vague in my blog....not that i cud conjure up anything that might attract more than a 100 comments........but i aint lost faith. 'cos there is lots to talk n lotsa them to talk with.......only now am i wondering wat to talk abt this time!

when in Chennai this time around, did a very crazy thing, as ususal. went to the beach at 12pm noon.....wattosay?! had me thinkin all nonsense bordering on genius.......felt like the whole sea belonged to me! and if something can humble me anytime.....it wud be a visit to the sea!

Ranga when ur here....we'll have to chunk out atleast 5hrs startig from 5pm on one day to be in front of the splendourous Elliot's beach...k?!

waiting for this 1 week to end, though it might possibly be more than that before we meet!

Chennai.....here I come !!!

Cannot remmeber being under such tremendous pressure to post......! Pressure from everyone who knows i write a blog! someone else in the same position would have felt - 'i have been bad in not posting for so long' ....but ha! not me! jus like i was telling one of the pressurising souls - how cleverly i have named my blog! every writer has his block....and sometimes in these cases has some reason not to write a blog....but with me it happens like, most of the times i dont see a reason to write! also...not an excuse, but if i need to say something and i find it there already in one of the other 3 blogs i visit by default, i dont feel like putting it down in my own again! ......see a point there?!

Anyways this entry is not about y am not writing for long periods....it is about the present few weeks during which i have to stop n think to actually realise where i am....Bangalore or Chennai! It is not easy as u might think.....'cos the sensation of 'jet lag' is lots when one is jus in n out of working in night shifts and sleeping like a log.... flat on his face !!!

Jus a day to go when i am off to Chennai for the 3rd time in jus under 2 weeks.....the reasons being very wierdly wide ranged..... attempted burglary at home...!, meeting hell a lota people who actually r waiting to see u....., and the last n now reason being jus that i have a few days off on 6-7-8 Dec on which days i dont have a clue what i might do being in B'lore.......

so Chennai !.... here i come! Nowadays my Chennai sojourns go at frentic pace....breakneck speed....'cos before i realise am back in Bangalore....getting ready to go back to Chennai again! cranky right! but thats all i have been doing the past week.......and have come to expect lots out of each trip nowadays......mebbe 'cos dont want to miss the good things...pack 'em all when its possible...........!

Relish list:

1. Sooper cappuchino with doughnet - Giri on one side an Andy on the other on GN Chetty rd.....with strange behaving couples all around.......

2.High voltage narration and script editing session along the Burkit road with RR before reaching Saptagiri for a higher voltage dinner! THA!

3.Mindblowing composing sessions at Giri's place....though as jus a spectator! Exhilarating!

4.All those delicacies that come to ur lap....when ur jus whiling away time in front of the TV!

5.Jus the feeling of being home......!

Can i ask for more from a single visit? n now to think that i missed those Spencer plaza visits with my cousin in the morning, and plate of 14 idlis in Saravana Bavan with her brother....! Wow man!

Ranga.......nee vada! namma adikkarom koothu.........

Chennai-a oru kalakku kallakkarom!!!! THA......Shoore!!!!!!