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ஆரஞ்சு ஒளி மைல்காட்டியில்

25,000 கி.மீ. பார்த்ததுமே பரவசமடைகிறேன் நான்...

தொடு கைபேசியெடுத்து புகைப்படம் எடுக்கிறேன்...

முகநூலில் பகிர்கிறேன்...

நண்பர்கள் கை உயர்த்தும் பொத்தானை அழுத்துகிறார்கள்...

“You are high on Road ;)” விமர்சிக்கிறாள் பணித்தோழி...

சுதாரித்து விழித்தபோது

மைல்காட்டியது 25,000.3 கி.மீ....

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புன்னகைத்து தலை நிமிர்கையில்,

திடீரென நிறுத்திய ஒரு கனரக வாகனத்தை

வேகமாக விரைந்து முத்தமிடுகிறேன் நான்...

25,000.5 கி.மீ....

என் வண்டியின் இயந்திரம் பெருத்த ஓலமிடுகிறது...

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குருதி வழிந்தோடும் ஓர் சாலையோர்த்தில்

உயிரிழந்து கிடக்கிறேன் நான்...

யாரோ ஒரு குறுந்தாடி இளைஞன்

இதை படமெடுத்து பகிர்கிறான்

“Fatal accident in OMR” என்று!!!

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th is considered as worst (superlative for bad) luck in west. There had been 2 Hollywood movies with that Title one way back in 1980 and one more recently in 2009. I remember even in Huckleberry Finn there was a mention on Friday the 13th being a baddddd day.

2012 is an interesting year. We have three Friday the 13th, this year in the months of Jan, April and July. I cant remember anything majorly untoward happenning these days. But it is interesting to see how Kollywood our most extravagant and yet utterly superstitious industry has reacted to this phenomena.

All Movies release on Friday as a generic norm. so what happenned on these two days:

Jan 13th. We had two movies set for release, Vijay's Nanban , and Maddy's Vettai. But these did beautifully dodge this without once mentioning this as a reason for the change. Nanban realsed on Thursday and Vettai on Saturday. This did turn out to very positive for Nanban, For example on Thursday and Friday, most big theatre were running Nanban on maximum or all of its screen which could have helped it mass up a huge amount of collection. Sankar tackfully said that it was a startegy to enable the family get seats on the opening day by releasing a day early. If he seriously meant it, need to see when his next movie releases.

April 13th - Udayanidhi stalin probably went his grand daddy's way to defy this stigma. As of now, OK OK doesnt seem to have had a dooms day inspite of the reportedly poor performance by the Hero and solely riding on Santhanam for the entertainment factor and Brand Rajesh.

Hopefully, July 13th is more entertaining and has more movies to look out for. Well there are many more months to go for Dec 21, 2012 the end of Mayan's calendar but until then keep us entertained Kollywood.

Am i missing something?

I started this post by writing about something that i don't know and scrapped it in the middle since i felt like doing injustice to myself. So i thought of writing whatever pops up in my mind may be a crap but telling it out of my heart :)

I played volley ball today with couple of volunteers this evening and feeling so ease at heart though i did goof up a lot. To my surprise, i was able to play little better than how i used to play. Not sure if it's because the air in the ball was perfect or i played it with little involvement or i longed for some event like this. Anyways i felt good after playing it though i was on the losing side twice or my team lost because of myself ;)

One more thing for me being happy is that i had positive pranic (energy) home food (hadn't had one in last 4 days) nicely prepared by some volunteers at isha outreach office close by my work.

Games.. meditation... delicious dinner.. what else you can ask for in this universe?!!!

Veg Briyani, hot dosas with podi n tomato sabji, also cold slice.. Damn good.

I also tried something new today by adding curd in Podi.. lol... not bad.

Okay... talk to topic...

At moments, i used to ask myself this question - "Am i missing something?" and try to logically resolve that i am; but my inner experience of what i have been experiencing is so tremendous though i cannot scale up to my volunteering experiences, which were completely fulfilling since i used to give myself totally (not always) into what i do without any expectation and that was truly wonderful.

Now i am unable to get into complete action since i attach an expectation to it though i work for something for noble cause. So i pull up my questioning mind, get back to work most of the times just doing what is needed - checking if i am doing everything correctly, taking stock of what i am doing, what is the output and when i need to follow up - this works in a way.

Though i do not do something which i can boast about, which my mind always tend to do - i have been doing something which i hadn't done before (i knew i am playing the trick again). I think that this would be fine in sometime - hoping to get clarity & strike balance in i have to do what i have to do and what i love/long to do.

I definitely miss Chennai - my caring friends though most of them don't like what i do/tell me directly that they don't like it, my family (missing them at present and would miss them often during travel), corporate team in Chennai - where i used to volunteer for inner engineering programs, ego that i can drive anywhere/anytime (now crossing every street inch-by-inch in Coimbatore looking for directions as wandering stranger). This helps me to keep me quiet most of the times and understand the beauty of being homeless and unsettled.

I know I am nuts and have to be fixed up fast :)))))) He is working on it...

How to ???

I typed in "How to " in the google search box and usual it gave me a dozen options. I am listing them down in order. Well, this means that these are the most searched how to's in the world but seems very very starnge to me...

1) How to Kiss (Why in the worly anybody would look that up in the web!!!..I cant imagine what kind of instructions they are looking for)

2) How to download Youtube Videos (Well, this definitely is the most sensible of the lot... But even i know of some simple way to do it)

3) How to get Pregnant (Well, this sounds a no brainer to me.. we havent got a biilion people in this country without this knowledge :P)

4) How to Reduce Belly ( ok fatso, eat less and exercise..no fancy pill is going to work wonders on you !!!)

5) How to delete Facebook account ( Mark Zuckerberg watch out!!!)

6) How to Find Rajinikanth ( I love this one!! thalivar is simply great!!!)

7) How to create a website (must be some stupid non techy like me :P)

8) How to lose weight ( the fatso's back)

9) How to reduce weight ( Here he/she goes again :P)

10) How to Impress a girl ( On Valentines week, Im surprised this come in rank 10. Looks like more guys have figured it out and moved on to better things like no. 1 and no. 3 on list)

For those who are trying to figure out the life in your 17" monitor. Switch it off and step out, do some mistakes, fall down, dust yourself, get up and keep going. There is just no better way to experience the world and truly live your life.

Back With a Bang!!!

For anyone who has had a RSS for this blog..is sure gonna fall out of their seats!!! YES!! I noticed that I last posted on Valentines day, 4 years back. I am going to break the zinx by posting on the 13th... (Hopefully:P), as I couldnt wait one more day for that....
Just to brief on the 4 years that wizzed past between my last post and this one!!.... I grew 4 years older ofcourse, went to a B'school (http://www.spjain.org/), lived on cloud nine, did a lot of stupid wonderful stuff, landed on hard reality of graduating without a job in hand in peak recession, came back to India, joined the bandwagon of an IT company and pushing ever since...thats the long and short of it... more in detail soon... and ya...Happy Valentines day to all those who are Single :P

எச்ச வினை

காக்கைகள் தின்னுமென வைத்த பிண்டம்..

எறும்புகள் சிறிது தின்று விட்டால் என்ன நோகும்?

வந்து தானே செல்கிறாய்;

ஏன் வெந்து போகிறாய்?

காண்பதில் கொள்வாய் நீ மயக்கம்;

வாழ்வதற்கு மட்டும் என்ன தயக்கம்?

My Rendezvous with life

This was an adventure I got into inadvertently and today, am so glad I did.It was a long weekend for me. With an intention to persuade my folks to come on an unplanned holiday with me, I threatened them that I would go alone if they didn’t come. Surprise….surprise….surprise….they let me go alone.So I ended up in Pondy, one afternoon after a three hour lone journey in the bus from Chennai. After a late lunch, I started hunting for the hotel rooms, only to find out that the whole world was celebrating their long weekend in Pondy L. After a series of unsuccessful check ins, in a number of hotels in person and over phone, spent a couple of hours brooding over my predicament in the beach.After a small stroll and a little prayer, went in to check with the park guest house, despite the ‘House Full’ board outside and the watchman’s discouragement. The reception confirmed these statements and said there is no room available. Sad and dejected, I was walking back to the door; suddenly the guy in the reception called me back and asked me what the purpose of my visit was. I said ‘Holiday’. He stared at me for a second and said “I have a room at the back and it costs and Rs.100/day” (I thought I was dreaming!!!!)Checked in and was jumping out of joy. It was a Sunday, so went out to window shop in the Sunday Mal and a few hours in the beach and a few more in the moonlight in the guesthouse’s park overlooking the beach and what a bliss it was!!! Life just couldn’t have been better.The next day I with the aid of a map, which I could read very little, (John Gray was quite right about women not being able to read maps) and a hired vehicle which I was able to manage better. Visited the Ashram and the famous Ganesh temple early in the morning and had a good darshan. With some guidance and misguidance, my first stop was at chunnamar beach club. Here I got to spend an hour in the paradise island in the beach, playing in the water, sand, swing and taking photos. It was a nice boat ride and had become quite well versed in taking my own photos with my camera. I also spoke to strangers for a few long shots. (Women travelling alone… be cautious who you strike a conversation with… Let it be a woman, couple, family or worst a respectable elderly man.)Had lunch with a couple of friendly strangers. Back to room. And then to Auro beach in the evening. Spent some more time in the same set of activities. After handing over bike, went around to shop and for a walk in a park opposite to Raj Bhavan. Couldn’t go to Auroville as it was a government holiday and was closed. Tired and happy I went to bed early, listening to the beautiful rain outside.D day. Like all good things come to end, this was a day to pack up and leave. After a sumptuous breakfast in a beachside table in the guest house, packed up and left for a park for a photo session and then to Auroville to visit the matri mandir in an auto.Heading home after a heavy lunch and with a heavier but happier heart. What a holiday it had been?