La La Land..

I woke up at 5 (the earliest I have done in this month) to my mobile shouting H.Jeyaraj’s “Adiyae Kolluthey”.(Must be another dedicated, nicely deceived copy of an English song, but doesn’t matter as long as they sound good. :)). Me, being against people waking up early, even had a second thought to return to hibernation, but chose otherwise. Dad out on his everyday pre-morning walk and mom still in her slumber, I got dressed silently (Ayyo! Kulichitu than!) and sauntered off to the KKN bus stop.


The street lights, winking at the dark illuminated my water-logged route(courtesy of a downpour the previous night). Home-lost dogs still wandering around the area late-night (or early morning) posed a dangerous threat to any by passer and I am no exception.I somehow managed to reach the bus stop in one piece (phew!) and waited for any 77B bus to arrive.

I got down from the almost-empty deluxe bus and walked into Arapalayam bus stand, not sure of how long its gonna take.A loudspeaker on a telephone line supporting stand announced its last call for passengers to board the bus leaving shortly for *****. Bingo! I got onto it and squeezed into the only remaining seat on the LAST ROW(ingayuma?!?)

“The Airtel number u r calling is currently switched off”, that s the way its been from morning. Its been a busy week. And a bad one too. Too many things going the wrong way. My mobile suddenly erupted and I wondered if my futile attempts have in some way done their bid. Maams calling! Hmmmm Spoke to him for about 3 mins, lying about my location. I plugged my headset Into my handset ( ;) ok control!), immersing in melodies, till I got down at Cart Road.

There she was waiting for me (as promised). ;) Oddly elegant and stunning for her young age. My relationship with her is a special one, one that dates back to the best days of my life and caches priceless memories! Whenever i had been with her, its always been fun n frolic. Describing her is a herculean task even with the most beautiful adjectives of the language. Ah! My! I m in love! I have fallen in love with her! And I know she loves me too like anything! Though my Dad doesn't approve of her, there is nothing he can do to disconnect this gossamer but alluring connection. No matter how i am, i know that she will give in to my tantrums and accompany me wherever i go.
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Yes! there she stood. The gyspsy type jeep that is to take us uphill to Kodai!


Well my 'gang' comprised of Sindhu, Swathi, Kavi, Nive, Seenu and Madan maams and Anu along with her lovely, “disciplined” ;) children Sri and Akshara. A complete Engineer, A domestic engineer (home-science Swats calls herself that way ;) ), A trying-to-be-a engineer, two teenagers and two kiddos watched by a homemaker. Tats almost one of every genre of people we have!


I climbed aboard to a warmth welcome. The trip uphill was dented by nausea, apparently the journey taking a toll on all our bodies. However in Kodai, the whole scenario was to be changed. The nauseated, enough-of-this-trip feeling transformed into a fervent, fun ride. We made our way to Pillar Rock and Suicide Point and also some exotic place surrounded by tall, packed fir trees. There was a slight drizzle all along and mist about ½ mt high along the ground. The climate was so cold, urging people to hug their loved ones and making singular nouns remember their pronouns. Now I understood why Kodaikanal is Tamil Nadu’s preferred honeymoon spot.


“The Airtel number u r calling is currently switched off”! Duh! We were supposed to go downhill the same day, but I had fallen so much in love with Kodai and never wanted the trip to end. The drizzle turned into a heavy downpour, and a wicked smile lit up all the pretty faces of my gang. And if they were thinking what I was thinking, we could be in for a treat. By faking stories of a landslide and roadblock to all our parents, we were finally allowed to stay for the night. Hurray! And exactly my mobile started singing synchronous to our uproar and cheering. Akshu answered it and spoke in the most cutestest way in which only a few could manage. I spoke to Dad and made arrangements for the suddenly planned night cap at Kodai. The rain suddenly ceased, and a post-rain Kodai was even lovelier. We went cycling around the lake in the freezing weather, and not to mention those Ice creams!.. Heaven! The next day we ventured through Bryant Park and Coaker’s Walk. And by the time we were supposed to be moving downhill, none of us really wanted to leave. It was all like a dream, which started on a normal note and the excitement, kept mounting throughout.Guess its all coming to an end now.. hmmm..

*1 Message recieved*

Dei Sem holidays la Kodai polaama? Enna solra? Plan pottu ellarum Povom da..

The Dream continues!! ;)

Enna Koduram Sir Ithu??

It wasn't until a few days before i came across this nutter.. Folks, this aint any lollu sabha spoof (they are better than these ppl i guess!) or any comedy track in a movie.. it is indeed a lead hero and heroine romancing their way through a duet.. See it again if you hadnt had a good laugh in a while..

Cat'toons

In the cartoon world, almost every creature created by “god”, has had its moment of glory in history. There s not a single living creature which hasn’t donned the role of lead actor in a cartoon creation. Ranging from Dogs, Dinosaurs to Cat fishes and Mosquitoes every possible thing that u can imagine have been heroes in their own way. (I think I can watch a mosquito whole day rather than a Ramarajan or a Vijayakumar! Uh!) Even though there is a superfluous list of animals to chose from, it is always cats that has impressed me the most.

Super Sleuth Sylvester, which has very little ;) trouble catching Tweety, Speedy Gonzalez and Wile.E.Coyote is the first ever cat to compete with Scooby in solving mysteries. Sylv has unfortunately always ended up on the losing side of the game, failing to catch its prey. However this conceited feline with its sloppy, stridulating tongue is just “desthpicable”!


ThOMas is perhaps the most dim-witted, brainless, goody goody cat u will ever come across, but an artiste in his work and with his charismatic comedy, mass wreckage caused in company of jerry just makes us go gaga over him.


There are very less arrogant, sardonic species even in homo sapiens as Mr. Garfield, the sluggish, selfish, rotund, gingerbread cat. His Sarcastic nature, and disrespect for humans and dogs are strangely hilarious. I have always pondered over a phrase in tamil, “thimiru edutha naye”.. well if one knew Garfield that would have surely been rephrased.


Few Garfield Dialogues I cam across in a site..


1. I'm a creature of habit ... All the bad ones


2. Jon: You get the house filthy, and I clean it!
Garfield: Ah, the delicate balance of nature.


3. Jon: It's a beautiful morning!
Garfield: Wake me in the ugly afternoon.


4. Jon: Having a girlfriend changes everything, Garfield. The ways things taste, the way things smell. I'm gonna have to change my socks more often.
Garfield: Especially the way things smell.


5. Garfield: Hey, Jon, what's new?
Jon: My life stinks.
Garfield: I said what's NEW?




6. Jon: Why don't you ever listen to me?
Garfield: Huh?
Jon: Why don't you ever agree with me?
Garfield: That's not true.
Jon: Why don't you show me any respect?
Garfield: I do... bonehead.
Jon: Why don't you ever show affection?
Garfield: Catch me around a mirror sometime.
Jon: Why don't you cause me so much grief?!
Garfield: Because I'm a cat.
Jon: And why do I still love you anyway?
Garfield: See previous answer.


And there is also T-Bone and Razor (not to mention Ms.Briggs ;) ), a kids sensation and very popular among teens too. They substantiated the fact that cats can fight justice equally well as any ___man could.. Phew! the Swat Kats can kept me glued to the telivision set everyday after school..


Well, in a way to say, anthropomorphism has always been perfect to felines.And maybe that is also the reason why rats (Stuart, Jerry, Ratatoullie( I dunno its name), Mickey) have always been heroes, to amuse people with a different breed, cos cats are so human'ish!

“Sufferin’ Succotash!”

Enna Koduma Sir Ithu?

From the days of Thyagaraja Bagavadhar and P.U.Chinappa, Tamil Cinema has always been a attention grabber among movie lovers. Known for their sound budgets (less compared to Hindi and definitely more than Malayalam, where even a petti kadai owner could become a producer!) and sensible acting (T.Rajendhar, Vijayakanth - an exception) tamil movies have always reigned superior in the south. Melancholic melodies, dazzling N.Indian chicks, gravity-defying stunts and feet-tapping tunes, we have seen it all. However it wasn’t until last week I realized that this illustrious industry has had its hiccups too with boring subjects and awfully illogical, lowww bugdet movies.


I was lazed up on the sofa, switching from one channel to another just to see some 40+ old lady crying at the gloomy state of her daughter’s life. Man! soaps portrait people in the real world as dull, dim, brainless, stupid and anything that’s not bright. They make veterans look like novices. Why doesn’t any political party include “banning serials” in their campaign assurances? Doh! Well coming back to the bigger screen, I accidentally happen to stumble across some breath taking ;) scenes from a stupendous movie of the early 90s.

~Kathai alla Kasmaalam~


The hero is a farmer (with an ageing mother of course!) and he has problems (Vaaikal Thagararu) with a rich capitalist,who happens to threaten him to give up his land for the sake of building up some industry.(an IT park?) And yeah u have guessed right, the rich capitalist is also the father of the heroine. The heroine has endured through higher studies (B.A-higher studies?! ) and is an arrogant and haughty young woman. The hero teaches her a few lessons from his book and transforms her into a “kudumba pangu ulla ponnu”. She falls in love with our hero instantly. They also manage to squeeze in a “romantic” song, where two sunflowers happen to brush one another which means the Hero has kissed the Heroine.. oooh! ;) (Mr.S.J.Surya, this a movie too and these people are lovers too! )


Later, the heroine’s dad comes to know of her love life and all hell breaks loose. He threatens his own daughter and suceeds in making her end her love relationship with the handsome hero,(which she does it with a gallon of glycerin in her eyes) ,at the cost of which he promises to spare the hero’s life along with his land. And yeah somehow, the villain is also responsible for the death of two kelavis so closely related to the hero!


Now for that breathtaking scene I mentioned earlier.. the heroine goes to a solitary seashore temple on a dark evening and prays to god to solve all her problems. Suddenly, out of the blue, her half-saree catches fire from a nearby oil-lamp! Oh my god! The heroine of all the things she could have done, takes off her clothes as fast as she could (of course,the cameraman focuses on the sky at the moment ) and jumps into the sea, only to realize that she doesn’t know even the A B C of swimming. (Uh!) The hero is having his usual 9PM stroll in the seashore, looking out to save drowning girls in the sea. (what is he? A life guard or something?) The hero on seeing his lady love struggling against the waves, jumps in and brings the comatose heroine to the shore. The cameraman focuses on the sky again (now whats his problem!) and the sun rises. The heroine finally comes around, and throws her arms around herself in protection realising that she is wearing the hero’s dress. On a nearby pillar, facing the opposite direction is our hero who delivers his one line dialogue “nee nenaikura mathiri inga onnume nadakala.” What crap! I dunno what happened to the producer of this movie and how he accepted the script in the first place, when even an infant Steven Spielberg would have spat on it!


Enna Koduma Sir Ithu???


Also the melodramatic T.R and his super-son Simbhu is one of the most laughed at sights by today's teenagers. Few of his videos which marked his brand in tamil cinema, showcasing his multlingual prowess and also the reason why anyone in Tamil Nadu, who recitates nursery rhymes are described as T.Ragenderistic!