Felt recently......had to write some thing on this famous line!
Nowadays wherever i go n meet whoever i knew earlier always seem to discuss trivials n get back to this topic....the most essential truth of humanity.........'PAIRING UP' ;-))
This now, has somehow led me to strongly believe in that marriage in India is an 'institution'. So much goes into the event, being very unique in a person's life on this side of the Meridian that makes it very special.
Most of these self proclaimed 'level- headed' people have got that someone to settle down with.....or thats how their claims go! 'Aayiram kaalathu payir' ivlo seekrama aruvada aayiduchcha? Not very interesting.....
Ennamo! Am always ok to play the waiting game....! [if it is going to be my decision! ;-)]
already see ppl reading here smiling to themselves.....
Saturday, November 06, 2004
Friday, October 15, 2004
kidnap a street-orphan....donate to orphanage!
This was an absolutely natural/dumb theme, some askew mebbe tired minds, conjured up last week! And then, it was decided that this wud be my next blog....not that it has to do anything with wat this log is abt!
I found out that when anyone is searching for a house...in this land of the ever greedy Scrooge's, it sure happens that the person faints before all is over, and that too, if he gets a place to live that he is looking for. Anyaayam! I sound this harsh 'cos i was shown some s**thole, where even a pigeon wudnt care to do it, n 4k bucks was the amount quoted as rent! It took REAL patience and some nomadic, unrewarding efforts and all the will power i cud muster to come to a reasonable decision.
Finally we(here me n bull) did decide on a place to live....though this 1BHK not being worth the amount we going to pay as rent!
As someone commented - 'So! Balaji? back to college life?huh?'....n i replied sayin-'college vera, vaazhkai vera...college romba secure environment! inimey thaan theriyum!'
So a whole new phase of life lies ahead....not much different from that lead by close-estranged frends in foriegn lands......feels lonely in the real sense for the first time!!
I found out that when anyone is searching for a house...in this land of the ever greedy Scrooge's, it sure happens that the person faints before all is over, and that too, if he gets a place to live that he is looking for. Anyaayam! I sound this harsh 'cos i was shown some s**thole, where even a pigeon wudnt care to do it, n 4k bucks was the amount quoted as rent! It took REAL patience and some nomadic, unrewarding efforts and all the will power i cud muster to come to a reasonable decision.
Finally we(here me n bull) did decide on a place to live....though this 1BHK not being worth the amount we going to pay as rent!
As someone commented - 'So! Balaji? back to college life?huh?'....n i replied sayin-'college vera, vaazhkai vera...college romba secure environment! inimey thaan theriyum!'
So a whole new phase of life lies ahead....not much different from that lead by close-estranged frends in foriegn lands......feels lonely in the real sense for the first time!!
Monday, October 04, 2004
Of Zoos, Eating and Speed-riding!
The long awaited arrival of Saravanan did finally come on the cold morning of 2nd October.
When returning back from picking him from the statition, just around the ususal corner near my place i saw 'that' couple as i have been doing now for almost an year and a half....jus confirming from Saro that it was 7:30 sharp indeed! talk about commitment! thats wat actually drew me to 'em, atleast take a peek every morning dot at 7:30am and feel assured 'they' met today!
Ha...! LOVE!!!!
anyways...this trip was long awaited 'cos it was to be made duing Bull's(Karthik-Wipro) bithday weekend, but that dint happen. So the whole itenarary was left to be planned by Bull and as expected...nothing was for sure on 2nd morning. But some loon had suggested to Bull that we go to Bannerghatta Zoo rather than on a long drive to Nandini Hills 'where there isn't even a tea stall' - as Bull put it.
Even the ride along the potholes with some roads in between to Bannerghatta was fun because of the distance and those cuddly couples on Pulsars, who we kept givin a gud race with our Splendor n Libero's! And u reach there after a wretched ride is when u find out...most people around here take it to be a serious place to be visited in the weekends! Only going around the place n coming back outside do u realise, u had been amidst a couple of bushes with fences around them called 'Zoo'....damn! it is a small roadside garden compared to Vandalur or even the Mysore zoo i had visited few years back! It was so uninteresting there that we only took a total of six-seven snaps going around the whole place! Which zoo do u reach-go around the place-and pack up in just about 2 hours, which exactly what we did!! And sure we were hungry like hell... No specific place in mind led us to the convivial 'Krishna Kafe' in Koramangala...where this definitely sooper 'kalyana saapaadu' after long time, had us all lumbering along to the bikes, each of us passing around the bike keys and with it the burden of riding in Bangalore traffic after such heavy lunch! What else to do next?...heading straight to Bull's place - the nearest one to where we ate - and falling asleep like a polar bear on its belly was logical! But again Bull had different plans for us...and got all the cursing for it later. We watched 'Kudaikkul Mazhai' - the new Paarthiban film - and were drained beyond our sane abilities to do anything after the pathetic ordeal!
All that was Saturday and returning back home was a big relief. So Saro n me thought unwinding by watching 'The Village' would be best! Ten minutes into the movie both of us found out we were famished and had to sleep! Not to mention that the movie was of no help to revive us from that state! And the movie still remains to be seen! It has to be mentioned here that when retuning the cd back first thing on Sunday morning, there was this guy outside the shop asking how the movie was. I said- 'i am yet to watch n so dont know!', to which he gave a bewildered n sad look saying - 'I've watched it 4 times n still dont know what it is about, atleast thought u cud tell me!!!". Have to verify that one!
Sunday dint present any surprises as i like 'em, and so we had to head back to the always crowded MG/Brigade corners. Food at RR was tedious with some old friends-new faces n some nonsense talk going around. All plans of returnin back home to finish watchin the movie also went for a toss as new plans came up from the new faces! atleast the ones spared from the plans cud catch up with unadultrated 3 hours of sleep! We got up watching 'Shrek' on movies and then it was farewell time....! Had a good weekend though, after a long time....!
Got hold of a copy of 'Are u afraid of the dark'...so possibly something to post a comment on J's blog in a few days time??
When returning back from picking him from the statition, just around the ususal corner near my place i saw 'that' couple as i have been doing now for almost an year and a half....jus confirming from Saro that it was 7:30 sharp indeed! talk about commitment! thats wat actually drew me to 'em, atleast take a peek every morning dot at 7:30am and feel assured 'they' met today!
Ha...! LOVE!!!!
anyways...this trip was long awaited 'cos it was to be made duing Bull's(Karthik-Wipro) bithday weekend, but that dint happen. So the whole itenarary was left to be planned by Bull and as expected...nothing was for sure on 2nd morning. But some loon had suggested to Bull that we go to Bannerghatta Zoo rather than on a long drive to Nandini Hills 'where there isn't even a tea stall' - as Bull put it.
Even the ride along the potholes with some roads in between to Bannerghatta was fun because of the distance and those cuddly couples on Pulsars, who we kept givin a gud race with our Splendor n Libero's! And u reach there after a wretched ride is when u find out...most people around here take it to be a serious place to be visited in the weekends! Only going around the place n coming back outside do u realise, u had been amidst a couple of bushes with fences around them called 'Zoo'....damn! it is a small roadside garden compared to Vandalur or even the Mysore zoo i had visited few years back! It was so uninteresting there that we only took a total of six-seven snaps going around the whole place! Which zoo do u reach-go around the place-and pack up in just about 2 hours, which exactly what we did!! And sure we were hungry like hell... No specific place in mind led us to the convivial 'Krishna Kafe' in Koramangala...where this definitely sooper 'kalyana saapaadu' after long time, had us all lumbering along to the bikes, each of us passing around the bike keys and with it the burden of riding in Bangalore traffic after such heavy lunch! What else to do next?...heading straight to Bull's place - the nearest one to where we ate - and falling asleep like a polar bear on its belly was logical! But again Bull had different plans for us...and got all the cursing for it later. We watched 'Kudaikkul Mazhai' - the new Paarthiban film - and were drained beyond our sane abilities to do anything after the pathetic ordeal!
All that was Saturday and returning back home was a big relief. So Saro n me thought unwinding by watching 'The Village' would be best! Ten minutes into the movie both of us found out we were famished and had to sleep! Not to mention that the movie was of no help to revive us from that state! And the movie still remains to be seen! It has to be mentioned here that when retuning the cd back first thing on Sunday morning, there was this guy outside the shop asking how the movie was. I said- 'i am yet to watch n so dont know!', to which he gave a bewildered n sad look saying - 'I've watched it 4 times n still dont know what it is about, atleast thought u cud tell me!!!". Have to verify that one!
Sunday dint present any surprises as i like 'em, and so we had to head back to the always crowded MG/Brigade corners. Food at RR was tedious with some old friends-new faces n some nonsense talk going around. All plans of returnin back home to finish watchin the movie also went for a toss as new plans came up from the new faces! atleast the ones spared from the plans cud catch up with unadultrated 3 hours of sleep! We got up watching 'Shrek' on movies and then it was farewell time....! Had a good weekend though, after a long time....!
Got hold of a copy of 'Are u afraid of the dark'...so possibly something to post a comment on J's blog in a few days time??
Saturday, September 25, 2004
why a victory means so much...!
to even those who are least related to the actual victory!
that was a reference to the splendid victory of the Windies over the Pommies in the ICC champs trophy! I said least related 'cos i dint want to mean those uninterested but it wasnt even the Indians playin the finals, but still me n mother had a bet on the cup-winner.... n WI did really well to get where they got to!
Jus few months ago - Ganguly, as he often seems to be doing nowadays, stupidly said - we are the 2nd best team , those really capable of posing serious threat to Aussies'.....n in real no time of a month look at the possibilities this Champions trophhy has revealed....! England, i thought, cakewalked to the final beating the Green-baggies without any serious threat and when everyone almost knew it was a forgone conclusion that WI would only be the second best in this Trophy...they come up trumps with true grit...n excellent cricket!
So now that England beat Aussies n got beaten by WI, does it mean that here we have the new best team in the world! Cant be.... but the difference between the top six ODI teams (as per ICC)- Aus,Eng,NewZ,Srilnk,SouthAfr,Pak followed by Ind and WI is getting closer n closer!
So atleast we know this win will be a real boost to the next World Cup scheduled in WI, n the way players are shaping up in each n every team...cricket in the coming days promises to be real exciting!
And vaangada Aussies- veetla vechukkarom ungala! Already Gilly seems to have started the usual pre-match banter aussie eshtyle.....
eager for the thumpin to start!
that was a reference to the splendid victory of the Windies over the Pommies in the ICC champs trophy! I said least related 'cos i dint want to mean those uninterested but it wasnt even the Indians playin the finals, but still me n mother had a bet on the cup-winner.... n WI did really well to get where they got to!
Jus few months ago - Ganguly, as he often seems to be doing nowadays, stupidly said - we are the 2nd best team , those really capable of posing serious threat to Aussies'.....n in real no time of a month look at the possibilities this Champions trophhy has revealed....! England, i thought, cakewalked to the final beating the Green-baggies without any serious threat and when everyone almost knew it was a forgone conclusion that WI would only be the second best in this Trophy...they come up trumps with true grit...n excellent cricket!
So now that England beat Aussies n got beaten by WI, does it mean that here we have the new best team in the world! Cant be.... but the difference between the top six ODI teams (as per ICC)- Aus,Eng,NewZ,Srilnk,SouthAfr,Pak followed by Ind and WI is getting closer n closer!
So atleast we know this win will be a real boost to the next World Cup scheduled in WI, n the way players are shaping up in each n every team...cricket in the coming days promises to be real exciting!
And vaangada Aussies- veetla vechukkarom ungala! Already Gilly seems to have started the usual pre-match banter aussie eshtyle.....
eager for the thumpin to start!
Thursday, September 16, 2004
Robbed!
Have been robbed offlate of a favourite pastime......!!!
Those who know me will have for sure guessed by now what am talkin abt...! What does a man yearn for? Good food - or mebbe some food to eat and a good rest after that.....so if u r not still able to make out what am talkin abt......the night shifts that i have been doing now for almost 3 weeks have taken a big toll on my SLEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bliss is another word i choose to describe what i think i have lost offlate....not that i dont get to practise this fav pastime of mine....but the effect and fulfillment of a night's sleep is surely n sorely missing..! it jus has become on of my routines rather than something i used to enjoy earlier.....
n to think that in few days time this damned shift goes around n will have to be in office at 6:30am in the morning is intimidating enuf! yuk! Even losing some sleep i can stand! but to get up THAT EARLY in the morning is one thing i wud give anything... not to do!
onnum illa....all i think of sayin is .....wanna get mad?? try not sleeping for coupla days....atleast i have been driven so for a few weeks now! :-(
Those who know me will have for sure guessed by now what am talkin abt...! What does a man yearn for? Good food - or mebbe some food to eat and a good rest after that.....so if u r not still able to make out what am talkin abt......the night shifts that i have been doing now for almost 3 weeks have taken a big toll on my SLEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bliss is another word i choose to describe what i think i have lost offlate....not that i dont get to practise this fav pastime of mine....but the effect and fulfillment of a night's sleep is surely n sorely missing..! it jus has become on of my routines rather than something i used to enjoy earlier.....
n to think that in few days time this damned shift goes around n will have to be in office at 6:30am in the morning is intimidating enuf! yuk! Even losing some sleep i can stand! but to get up THAT EARLY in the morning is one thing i wud give anything... not to do!
onnum illa....all i think of sayin is .....wanna get mad?? try not sleeping for coupla days....atleast i have been driven so for a few weeks now! :-(
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