pink , java, long-time-no-blog. :P

aunt reminded me of my blog. hence this post. thank u athai :P

• say 2 weeks back, we were watching "kandukonden kandukonden" on TV. gud ol grampa came up to me and pointed to aishwarya rai, .. "Ramba has become thin". it took me a bowl of puliodarai to smother my laughter :P

• san's new cinderella shoes :D
  

• spent close to 3 hrs with my adorable 2 cousins :-)

• waiting for the important arrival :-) (gramma)

• suchi's OSP (One Second Please) act, was a delight. :P gosh, i cant stop laughing about it
  
• our paper presentation :-)

• our praaject :P

• ------ our seminar with one Mr.Aravind. they way he expected us to do a new thing without ANY practice and the way he stupidly spoke about "dedication and passion", wanted me to yell at him " how about singing some swarams of kalyaani ragam, i ll sing ONLY ONCE, you should repeat EXACTLY WITH NO MISTAKES........ otherwise, get out". GOSH. WAT A CHARACTER.

• in my opinion, under pressure, you cant expect anything out of me. rate it as very bad crisis management or that i cant handle stress or that i am even fit for nothing. as often said, "i am wat i am". i do wat i like. i do wat i think is gud for me and for everyone. else i will shut up.

• never-ending supply of chocolates. (jumping in glee)

• JAVA CLASS. :D .... cheetos and i have FUNNNNNNNN sitting in front of our systems :P

• cheetos' tamil is "improving" by the day (rowdism kaatara nu neneppu vera)

• dave gave me some swami pix . and taught me a bit of vedic math.

• coffee shop thookified from college :(

• hoping for a more hi-fi coffee place inside college :P

• ok, so san has this pink file with some disney princess characters on it (snow white, cinderella, belle, sleeping beauty, jasmine and ariel) . we tried asking boys if they could recognize them. BELIEVE ME, ALL BOYS RECOGNIZED ONLY JASMINE, becoz she has black hair. hence we conclude, boys love black hair .. :D
  

• week of e^3 over :D
  

top floor

subtle acts of kindness.

a warm hug can alleviate all pain.

a kiss on the forehead reminds you that you are being loved.

the mental transformation from a child to an adult has been testified. . . or rather, i chose to believe it only then.

there are priorities in life. "mine, are none of your business" , is the attitude, unfortunately.

hope remains.

Me decides to decide on things.

alacrity is always welcome.

lesson i recently learnt : when u miss someone special to you , and u yearn for some good times/a few beautiful words or even an inkling of remembrance, it hurts when u realize , "he/she doesn't even think of u".
-hard, plain truth.

people change, friends change, attitudes change. love remains.

oh yeah. love, as in LOVE. there is only one form/type of love. and it is just LOVE.

the taste of Amma's Alu Kofta is still lingering in my tongue.

lastly,

(rose)

a HAPPY rose :-)

ME LOVES ME

maestro!

great.

sigh. sometimes, the most difficult person to understand is urself.

Ilayaraja ... he more than manages to create this tiny spark in my heart, to rejuvenate mind, body and soul and the world i know. he shows me what love, affection, devotion, innocence are.... and exposed me to a lot of other inexplicable emotions.

i have begun to understand music better than i can judge people... including me.

:)

so long!

i am cool.

discoveries/inventions in the recent past:

• found an old notebook full of silly poems written by Yours truly, when she was about 6 or 7 :P ah! letting imagination loose.... the delight of every child :)
  
• invented a new hair-do called "SPEED -BREAKER HAIR-DO"
• found a single red anklet :) yay! it looks so quaint n beautiful.
  
• invented a new dish. i just mixed a few of this n that and hey presto! a new dish. ok. it was a bit of kara sev, corn kernels, lime, choppped onions topped with some sweet chutney n coriander sprigs. ok it sounds very very ordinary. but i was delighted :P
  
• discovered i haven't grown any taller in about a year :D HURRAY!

what an exciting life :\ :P

i am the princess of my own kingdom!

rejuvenated. over lunch. with 2 of the most wonderful people i've ever met, in life. i forgot all about the plate and its yummy contents. i was savouring every moment of joy, laughter and 'feeling light'.
---- absence felt. dearly felt.

mixed emotions. random thoughts. mind working incessantly.

life is like an odd-looking patchwork quilt that takes the oddness of every bit of cloth used, to make it look beautiful when they are all sewn up together. and i am avoiding those sardonic eyes... quizzical about the appearance of the quilt, to embrace the warmth of it.

prayers. prayers. and more prayers.

God bless us all.

20-20

i am a BIG GIRL NOW. :O .... ULP!!!!

suchi, sandy and sharon, ... the fledgling , is learning. :-) thank u for the 20-20 .. i will treasure them for sure .... u girls are the best..

thanks for the fun :-)

u know, when friends are around, it's fun to grow up... together.
i believe in a salubrious life.... friends to obviate it, being the power boosters.

i don't think it would be right anymore, to be querulous and keep morosely reminiscing childhood, when i could look forward to growing up and.... get done with life, and be happy, finally.. to hoot "what a ride that was!" :-)

after all, it a whole big universe around me, everyone grows up....

Vijay sir told us, "no matter how old one is, there is a child in him.. forever" ..

now that keeps me going....

:D

the wone and wonly Chennai

this has been a week of all sorts. but i have grown stronger in my decisions. i despise atheists.

but for our symposium, i would not have discovered some parts of Chennai i never thought, existed. and Chennai means Madras. Madras is synonymous with many lovely things. some of them are... Marina, Pondy bazaar... (i will go on n on).... hmmm.... late arrival at Chennai. i should have been here all my life. nevertheless, i am happy to spend college life in the best place on earth.

u don't even need a lot of money to discover Chennai... the REAL Chennai. what would my stomach become of, if it were not for Murugan Idli ? Sharon and i often park ourselves in there.... eat until its like we cant eat for another week.... thoroughly enjoying ourselves... relishing every drop and morsel of food.

that nadaswaram kacheri in Krishna Gana sabha i went to, made me feel like a fool. how did i ever miss out on such brilliant stuff until then? the mellifluous sound made me feel so warm and soothing ... i kept talking about it to everyone i met.. for 2 or 3 days. and believe me, no one called it "mokkai". all i felt bad about was... when thousands swarm into Chennai for Saarang and its concerts and stuff... only a handful turned up for the nadaswaram kacheri.... with quite a number of foreigners.. u dont find many good nadaswaram vidwans these days, u know? they will become extinct soon, i fear.

i was hungry for exposure in the arts and thought... when i landed here. and.. today... i can say... "yes, i confirm it.. and it has groomed me into what i am, today"... this statement only reflects optimism in me.. and not that i am gloating over it :P

awesome people... brilliant happenings....... :) :)

i must say.... pray, do not mistake me for a flirt... the "typical" Chennai college-going thair-saadam boy, has the most fabulous attitude ever... u can forever keep learning from him.
but hey, those typical chennai college-going thair-saadam girls are bloody smart too... (why didn't i arrive earlier??? :D )


the secret of success???




THAIR-SAADAM :D :D :D :D

i am finally becoming a fan of thair-saadam... triplicane parthasarathy kovil thair-saadam... its out of place... but i cant help mentioning the puliyodarai and akaaravadisal u get as prasadam.

proud and happy to be an atom of the brilliant atmosphere of Chennai.

so long!