Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Random Thots

Being married allows you to enter a secret adult club.. 50 year old aunties will tell you personal secrets!!! Other older married women will discuss periods,cycles, babies, labor and certain other gross details.. I dont understand how being married makes you privy to extremely personal, unrequired details!!! But this weekend we met up with another couple we did fun stuff, played games D played cricket and the girls beat boys at Sequence..Thanks to the R and S..

I keep thinking of funky things to write about on the way to college. Entire blog posts form in my head and then today when I sat down to write blankness happening!!!

Most people who know me would say I accost and haunt people. I talk a dime and dozen, won most extempore (excuse if typo) competitions and generally an extremely talkative human being!! I think I am the most un -techie person ever. I can probably code to save my life but beyond that I cant code. Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuut I jus discovered (courtesy my EA mid-term) that I am a techie. I think technically and write technically about non - technical aspects. I keep thinking that under grad is party time.. Where we (read I) blunder our way through, gaining life experiences.. Who knew that somewhere along the way something actually sticks.. SVCE Zindabad!!!

Watched a new Tamil movie after a long time. Its called Anjadhey. It was directed by a guy with a strange name. Anyways, if I want to be all "in" about it I could say,it was different, it had interesting camera angles, and very natural setting.. But I wont. It was a story that existed since the very famous "mera paas Maa Hai". There were no camera angles to speak of. There is a scene where the entire time the camera is showing people's feet. You know, I think that was different for the sake of being different. Prasanna had a horrible wig and Fab India kurtas. I din't know gangsters wore kurtas from FabIndia. The lead guy looked/acted like Surya from Kakha Kakha. Some assumptions are very drastic. You know there is one thing I did like about the movie. It had just one song. Atleast, strange named director guy realized that songs take away from the story in this movie. But anyways, I think the cast and crew tried something different and if people liked it then kudos to him. And for the record I think natural lighting should be left to PC Sriram and ManiRatnam movies.

Reading a book called 'Blink'. An interesting read and explains a lot of things. But beware read only if interested in non-fiction. There is hardly any story in it.

I tried thinking of a conclusion. There isn't any. Just covered the last few weeks of existence. Reading, socializing, movie-ing and in case you missed it mourning over my mid - term grades. So for the lack of a conclusion..
Thodarum!!!

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Chiku Bukku Tagged

Rules:

1. Put your MP3 player on shuffle
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write the name of the song no matter what. No cheating!

IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY?” YOU SAY?
Adhi vo Alladhi vo - Annamayya..
OK!!! God's Residence..

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Nandi Konda - Geethanjali
spooky!!! wtf?? I haunt ppl??!!! In a strange sense maybe coz I used to study well at nite and I was born in the nite!!!

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Boss's life - Snoop Dogg,50 cent
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My husband loaded this song in my i-pod so I guess!!

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Century lo kotte vaise madhi - Aditya 369!!!!!
When you want something all universe conspires to give it to you.. With a mid-term on Monday I am writing this post..Shows how many centuries I am gonna hit!!!

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
Say Na Say Na - Bluffmaster
To get married???!!! Or to steal!! Donno.. Kinda weird..

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Ossa Ve - Happy
My motto is a crass lil known 'gaana' song from a semi- hit Telugu movie!!!

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Orru Deivamthanda Poove(Male) - Kannathil Muthamital
haar haar haar.. God's gift to them.. I sure hope so.. Was expecting loose penne( i must be honest)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
A Whole New World Instrumental - Alladin
Okie..No comments!!!

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Naatu Saraku - Puthokotail Saravanan
Y are all the crucial questions lil known 'gaana' songs from flop movies.. If you don't know this song or never heard of it..totally fine!! Its that unknown

WHAT IS 2+2?
You and I - Jalsa
maybe 1+1 but 2+2 donno!!

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Its the time to Disco - Kal Ho Na Ho
Dedication to Pasha and Families

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Sunta Hai Mera Khuda - Pukar
My God listens to me!! Very appropriate so contended.

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
If its another gaana song I am gonna give up, I swear.. OK here goes.
Emi Sodhara - Tolli Prema
My life is a confusion na.. Naaku Kopam ostondi..Kinda like the time I got Catch 22 for the book I resembled most..

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Entrentum Punnagai - Alaipayuthey
Fair enuf.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Chalore Chalore - Jalsa
We are gonna be travelling all our lives!! I donno..Hope not.

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Papa Kehte They - QSQT
I swear this is true. I am not making it up.. haar haar

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Considering I am already married,it should be did u dance..but anyways..
Happy Days - Happy Days
Would not have minded dancing for this..But hadn't released back then.

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Theme Music from Bombay
Was hoping it wouldn't be another gaana song..

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Kattu Kuyilu - Dalapathi
Dancing around boghi fires. or thalivar.. considering its neither donno..

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Natpinule - Kadhal Konden
Ok!! I don't get it though

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Suvvi Suvvi Seethalamma - Swatimuthyam
D loaded this into my ipod.. Not sure how it relates to my frnds.. Dancing with pots near a river!! Maybe falling into Pykara falls..

WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS?
Chiku Bukku - Gentleman
Okie!!! Fun!!


Fun... Nandita tagged me.. I tag ttgiant and ne!!!

Friday, March 07, 2008

On Feasting and Fasting

Before people accuse me of pilfering a title. The book is Feasting,Fasting. And for those of you haven't read it. Please do so(free publicity for Anita Desai).

Hindu families check the stars and the moons and various other planets before giving their child his/her morsel of solid food.And they call all and sundry and the sundry's friends and family.

When a friend visits abroad or when we need to go visit somewhere we check out the food available or carry loads of podis and avakais and appadams and vodiyams and goodness knows wat else. My parents had an exchange student from Minneapolis and that boy came with a whole suitcase of food.Mac and Cheese(first time I heard of it),loads of frozen food, chocolates and gum.

Weddings,funerals,engagements,birthday parties all revolve around food. The chunk of a wedding budget for the grl's father is the wedding meal.And they each have their special set of food. Telugu ppl serve Boorulu and Pulihara at weddings and Tamilians serve Boorulu at funerals. Caused a bit of quandry at my wedding. Birthday parties need cake. Engagements just need grand food period!!!

If we want something real bad we are advised to give up our favorite food.Amavasya,Pournami, Ashtami, Navami, Sunday, Saturday, The day the sun rises in the east at 4.45 am we give up solid food. Or maybe a meal. Most people I know who give up a meal hog big time on the other meal with tiffin. I thot the concept was you eat light or eat nothing or something.. If there is a pooja, festival, wedding at home then you need to chill till the pooja was over.. I for one could never do it.. So, I was snuck food when the pooja was going on. At my wedding folks found a work around for me.. Cereal isn't solid food. Its almost just milk.. So its ok.. And so Kellogs Wheat Flakes( I don't think they have it here in the States) it was..

Why does our life revolve around food..What to eat?? What not to eat?? What should I eat to shed the pounds?? What shud I eat if I need to control diabetes?? What did I do to get diabetes.. I mean besides being born into a family where its hereditary..??

Folks, shud excuse me if they wonder what the hell I am trying to talk about.. See the thing is I am learning to write management memos for my class(yeah the one where I am passing time!!) and they need to be absolutely to the point. And my blog is about having no point watsover. And my brain is just unable to make the transition fast enuf from that to this and vice versa.. Quarter life crisis, I guess..

In conclusion, Anna Datta( annam provider, need not jus be annam..watever one eats) Sukhi Bava(live well)

Oh!!Oh!!Oh!! In second conclusion, do any of you folks remember the scene from Nuvvu Nakku Nachav where Venkatesh prays to God for his dinner..Check it out..Hilarious.. and the non-golt blog readers check out the similar scene from Parent trap!!!