TRIBANGA rhymes with TRICHANGA

2006-07-10T21:58:00.000-04:00

Saw Superman with mum dad bro and an uncle few days back
here are the reviews:

Mum:
Yenavo angedhu parandhu inga varan, ingedhu parandhu anga poran!
According to her the whole story is, Lex Luther was trying to build a beach house in Manhattan and Superman was trying to stop him.
hehe

Uncle:
The villain is a mottai who is talking too much!!! He will never be able to take over Man-hat-tan (pronounced to rhyme with Gun-cut-ten) hehe
the uncle was at a consensus with mum about the annexation of manhattan as being the plot behind the story ;)

Dad:
khorrr.....zzZZZZZZ
(mum was embarrassed and had to punt above subject in the knee to prevent the snoring from drowing out the digial movie audio)
hehe

Me:
Superman was hot hot hot
heroine was mediocre ;)
i liked the older movies better...

Bro:
It was cool but then the older ones are better.

2006-06-15T09:59:00.000-04:00

Jokes at the table

My mum had just gotten back from work and she said that she was too tired to cook. I’m sure she had known all along where she had wanted to go out to eat but when my dad asked her what she wanted to do, she paused a bit and thought about it and finally came up with what we knew she was going to suggest right from the beginning. She wanted to go to the Indian restaurant. Big surprise! Anyway, I was sick of going to the Indian restaurant by this time because that’s where we had been going every single time we went out and it seems that stomach pains were starting to become routine. The food wasn’t good there either. Hoping not to have to go through it again, I pleaded with my dad logically stating that we should try a different cuisine because that’s what eating out was all about anyway. It seems that I was mistaken. So after refusing to go and using various other tactics to change my parents’ mind, I found myself in the car, driving them to the dratted Indian restaurant.

We reached after a ten minute drive and then were seated. I knew what I was going to order even before I looked at the menu as usual, while my parents took a while to decide. So after we had placed our order, my dad was mentioning how everyone was uniform right from the moustache down to the shoes. It seems that Indian waiters find it necessary to sport a moustache for who knows what reason, because they all sure had it. Must be some sort of unwritten agreement that everyone look so identical so as to be able to confuse the customers. Then after a while we saw this man who for starters did not have a moustache and was not wearing a tie! On top of that, he wasn’t wearing a white shirt and black pants. He was instead sporting a yellow shirt, brown pants and a rugged visage. Next he placed the item that we had ordered on the table next to ours much to the surprise of the customers seated at that table. When the confusion had been sorted out, my dad mused upon whether he was the owner’s wife’s brother or owner’s sisters husband to be able to disregard the unwritten codes! This statement cracked me up and I was trying to suppress my shrieks of laughter without success. Then in the midst of all this, I choked on my food and spit everything out right onto the table because I was laughing so much. But the choking incident quickly put the laughter to a stop. And then after that I made the wise decision not to put anything more into my mouth. So I guess the moral of the story is that you should make sure you go to a restaurant where everyone is wearing the same thing, so that it does not give chance to make such hilarious jokes.

2006-06-04T00:39:00.000-04:00

Tribute to Shantaram

After being captured by this compilation of such beautiful words, my faithful words elude me now at the completion of this magnificent book Shantaram. I have finished with Shantaram. I think I am finished with Shantaram. The special phrases I marked down are running around in my head, each vying for the spotlight in the abyss which is my mind. Yet no quote can take precedence over the other. For all are equal in measurement of wisdom and beauty. Read this book if you have the chance to and listen to what these words speak of. You will find yourself enthralled and absorbed by the magnificence that is so surely exudes.

2006-05-20T06:00:00.000-04:00

This is for you

You still make me laugh

2006-05-19T20:56:00.000-04:00

Kaapi Konfusion

I put in three heaped spoons of kaapi podi
I press down the powder with the bottom of a tumbler
I put in the kodai on top of the podi
I pour in the amount of boiling water that my mum specifies
But somehow...

I keep messing up the filter coffee 'degaucktion'!!!

Is it the end of the world??

Any advice? :)

2006-05-12T20:18:00.000-04:00

This quoting can only mean that I have started upon the treasured Shantaram...

~I've learnt the hard way, that sometimes, even with the purest of intentions, we make things worse when we do our best to make things better~

2006-05-12T14:07:00.000-04:00

This is a beautiful song. just listen to it if you can. the words dont have to make sense, but you will realise that the music makes you float. see what it does to you.

Aqueous Transmission

I'm floating down a river
Oars freed from their holes long ago
Lying face up on the floor of my vessel
I marvel at the stars
And feel my heart overflow

Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river

Two weeks without my lover
I'm in this boat alone
Floating down a river named emotion
Will I make it back to shore
Or drift into the unknown

Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river

I'm building an antenna
Transmissions will be sent when I am through
Maybe we could meet again further down the river
And share what we both discovered...
Then revel in the view

Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river
Further down the river

I'm floating down a river
I'm floating down a river
I'm floating down a river
I'm floating down a river

2006-05-06T07:56:00.000-04:00

Done with school for now
Am going to be spending most of today driving home people!
But I will be driving towards home cooked meals and wonderful weather, so I dont mind!!!

:)

Update:

I am at cousins house now. Will be going home after a few days. Me and my cousin are going to spend some time together. As for the home cooked meals...well, that will just have to wait a bit.

But we did make an amazing cake and had some good home food as well!

2006-05-04T15:36:00.000-04:00

ok this is an amazing post by anjali...she wrote this in july, when we were all in india last...i was going through her blog and when i came across this post, i just wanted to share it with everyone because as she says, it is one day that i just wont forget!!! it's hilarious!

July 05
day i cant forgett.....
Today i jus had probably de most awesome day ive had in years.....it was one where i did de silliest things ever....things u did as a kid...things dat u arent sup to be doin now...cos well we're all grown up! lol

The location?? well none other than the ever sooooo amazinngggg Besi beach in chennai, india. Its jus like the super hotspot and THE place to be for anyone living in chennai. the people???....well 2 of my closest friends...girish n anu...and 2 other damn goood friends...charu and nilesh...and this guy who i spoke to for the first time ever...even though he used to be in skool with me wen i was in chennai, Atri and his super hyper dog simba. LOL

It started off with me going to Barista's waiting for anu and girish to come...and i checked de counter out to see wat looked like de tastiest thing to eat. and well i had 7 people behind de counter sayin..."how can i help u mam" and well superly flattered with that treatment...i asked for a chocolate chip muffin. very sweetly he heats it up and brings it to my table...saying "here u go anjali,hope u like it" (yes they have a tendency to ask u for your name at all these coffee shops in chennai to make it more personal i guess). it smelled awesome...and i strated digging into it..and well i kept diggin...it seemed like i was trying to cut a stone with a fork bt i finally got around it and put the first piece in my mouth...and well DISGUSTING!! dat was de worst muffin ive ever had, girish arrived by den and we promptly made our way to "Planet Yumm" (i realllllyyy don kno who came up with dat name....makes me roll my eyes too, but its a nice place lol). we were then joined by anu and charu, to realise a while later dat atri was at the beach walking his dog...so we decided to go meet him. In the mean time nilesh comes on his bike...which is he like OH SOOO PROUD OF. lol

We started walking across de beach and de merry-go-round guy is screaming away...to attract absolutely anyone he can to get those 10 bucks out of....and seeing us well he seemed to be screaming louder...."waange waange". and well atri comes up with the amazing idea of actually going on them...and as if she was jus waiting for someone to say dat...charu jumped at the opp and she's like lets do it...hehe and before we knew me n anu joined in too. Mind u this is one of those hand turned merry-go rounds meant for kids under 12. so he made 4 of us (anu, charu, girish, me) sit on opposite sides to balance de weights LOL...hehe and de ride began. I have to admit it was loadssss of fun. hehe, and well half way thru it started POURINGGGG and de called it quits and started running for shelter. By the time we actually got there, we were drenched wet and it had stopped raining. So we decided to go back. and now anu gets de thought dat....well she wants to ride de horses on de merry-go round instead of the chairs. LOL and we all get on em again. And well this time atri and Simba joined us tooo...and atri very casually voiced his concerns abt him being scared dat simba mite puke on him, LOL. But as de thign started moving...hehe seemed like atri was de one having problems rather dan simba. hehehehe. At the end of it, the merry-go-round dude made 100 odd bucks out of us..offcourse being super polite, he said simba's ride was complimentary hehe.

And very weirdly...half way through the ride it started raining again..and we started running back for shelter and yes u guess rite...by de time we got there it had stopped raining. We den walked down to a road side joint called Frankie's...and well i decided not to eat any....but well that stuff was sooo good, i ended up nicking off anu and charu's share of it. hehehe. I don kno abt de hygiene (im still ok by de way) but i mean dat stuff tastes aweeesome. Anyways after we finished with dat, anu, charu and atri (and simba) made their way home, which left nilesh, girish and myself....The 3 of us made our way to Fruit shop...which is like this juice joint which is built in a house...pretty neat place..and u get aweeesome juices there. LOL. So we went there and ordered our drinks. We were all drenched wet and with the AC n fan runnin on fullblast....we were all getting goosebumps. So nilesh being THE MAN, gets up to go turn de fan off...and well he accidently switched de lites' of the area where the made the juices off, which made de manager guy come running to check up. Well no he din get blasted..hehe those guys are quite sweet hehe he jus turned de fan off and turned de lites back on again and left.

Once we finished de drinks, de question was how i was gona get home! Nilesh was gona drop girish off on his bike..and well i literally did not have a way back home. So nilesh comes up with the ignenous idea of going triples (which is illegal by de way, and we'd get fined a fortune for it). So we decide to go via de back roads and go triples as far as we can....rite through which nilesh jus cud not stop crying about how cold it was..hehe LOL and he nor cud he stop breaking at every turn, which made de rest o feel like we were gona fall off (it was funny for him suposedly). Neways we got to de main road...and left girish there...who had to well keep waling for a bit until nilesh dropped me and came back for him.

And well de last of it...wasnt all that interesting....jus had one amazinggg bike ride, which i havent had in yearssss. lol. Basically was this completely stupid but SUPERRRR AMAZING day. hehe. And well nilesh is jus hands down de funniest guy ive ever known. im still laughin thinkin abt the silly stuff he says and does. THAT was defn a day in madras im never gona forget. lol

2006-04-16T14:20:00.000-04:00

Plans for a ride

I just had the funniest conversation with Charu. As it stands, she will be picking me up from the airport this time. And my gigantic amount of luggage, well we will be putting one box under her seat and the other one in between her legs in the front…you know, there is that little clip that you can hook stuff onto. Anything else that we have to carry will be on our shoulders and laps. The image of it was just hilarious. Just imagine it…and you will know what I am talking about. Just wanted to share this with you guys.
Any suggestions?

2006-03-28T15:24:00.000-05:00

the only test is the test of time

2006-02-22T08:26:00.000-05:00

the ripples are calming

the water almost healed from the rock you cast

2006-02-01T21:03:00.000-05:00

Awareness

My friend works as a nurse in the hospital part-time. It may be inferred therefore that she has told me several stories of what goes on in the sparkling rooms that smell of antiseptic. Moreover she works on the cancer floor. And this is evidence to the fact that she is brave.

There are children there and she says some of them are really young.
There are women there she says that are but twenty years of age.
My heart goes out to them. My friend is very strong willed and I commend her for her selfless and gracious heart. I wish I was able to help people as she does. I just don’t think I would have the courage enough to face the children. I would want to hold their hand. But I would want to touch their heart. She tells me that the patients talk about anything and everything. They talk about the life they have lived. It doesn’t matter who you are, they will share with you intimacies that may seem a trifle delicate and you yourself may be embarrassed to hear it. But what does it matter. They have cancer.

And that is why I want to bring to light something very important. Even though there is not much awareness of such issues at the school or college level in India, I think that if possible you should get yourself examined for cancer. 1 in 9 women are diagnosed with breast cancer. And men can get it too. It can be anyone of any age ranging from 18 to 50. An alumni from our school (VM) was diagnosed with it. My grandmother was diagnosed with it and passed away as a result.
It could be your friend.
It could be you.
I looked it up today. They give you a list of symptoms online. If you think it is in any way applicable to you, please act.
I want you to be able to do something about it

before

too

late

I dont want to lose you

2006-01-29T10:23:00.000-05:00

I look without, I dream

I look within, I realise

2006-01-08T08:23:00.000-05:00

Car Music

I don’t know about you but I have noticed that seemingly trivial things have the uncanny knack of spreading warmth and elation within oneself if significant to them. If you are at a loss as to what I am talking about, I think you could refer to a list of these type of things as part of a single email chain, that must have been forwarded around the world starting in 1997 that include the likes of taking a hot shower, eating chocolate and if I remember right, taking a hot shower while eating chocolate or maybe the other way around, I cant be sure. But what I mean to say is that, in truth such things certainly have the power to heal and perhaps evoke feelings of enjoyment and calm in a sorrowful but usually joyous heart.

I will relate to you one such incident. I usually like to listen to the radio when I am driving. I guess I just like the music they play on the one particular station. The habit with me is that if the radio is playing one of my favorite songs, then I just wait in the car till the song is finished and then I get out. Anyway my mum and I were on the way back from a trip to the mall and our favorite song started to play as we entered the garage. I had been telling her how much I missed Madras, and was asking her about plans for the summer already. We were listening to the same tamil movie songs tape we had been listening to for the last two years. I guess I can say with some certainty that these songs are our brief connection to Madras. I had parked by then and I glanced toward my mum. She usually just gets out of the car and heads toward home. But this time she said that she wanted to wait till the song finished! So we just sat in the car and listened to the song. No amateurish crooning from either of us, just the music. And I felt a bond between us. It just felt really nice, that she wanted to just spend some time sitting and listening to some music with me. I also felt that this had some connection to Madras and probably how both of us longed for it. Then I was also led to believe that the music had soemthing to do with it and it was a good feeling. I just thought this would be nice to share. Any similar stories welcome…we can call it senti hour or something. On the same note, I miss Madras. I can’t wait for the summer when I can see everyone again.

2005-12-21T08:35:00.000-05:00

I came across an essay written by T.E Hulme who was a modernist. He was well known as a critic and philosopher in the twentieth century. I have included an excerpt below. I found it pretty amusing:

On Romanticism and Classicism

“The classical poet never forgets this finiteness, this limit of man. He remembers that he is mixed up with earth. He may jump, but he always returns back; he never flies away into the circumambient gas”.

“You may say if you wished that the whole of the romantic attitude seems to crystallize in verse round metaphors of flight. Romantic poets are always flying, flying over abysses, flying up into the eternal gases. The word infinite in every other line”.

2005-12-09T20:36:00.000-05:00

"Have All Beautiful Things Sad Destinies?"

And then to myself...

"What I see is nothing -
I want what it hides - that is not nothing"

-Jean Rhys
(Wide Sargasso Sea)

2005-12-01T09:58:00.000-05:00

Proverb

~This too shall pass~

2005-10-29T02:37:00.000-04:00

Tribanga....Am in!

2005-09-24T12:12:00.000-04:00

give me some time and i will put something up...am just getting started