Ramya BD celebration

It was a surprise BD celebration for Ramya on the 19th sept, in Bose's house....Jeyaram has really made it as a surprise party, and, i believe, Ramya still wondering how was it possible...the cake was eggless, so managed to eat some of it too...it was a nice evening, though missed singh and dhanam...

Enjoyed the nice crispy (virudhunagar) parota prepared by Uma. had the same parota for the next morning too...not that Uma did not want to waste it, just that i liked it more than dosa...

was indulging in to Bose's investment calculations, detailed and scientific (should i say mathematic??)...you see, you never know how people get expertise in different areas...a chemical engineer talking about economy in detail...

later were discussing, the software for Ramya's apparels business...hope i can work on it more...

sunday (18th sept) fetched naveena from hostel and she was staying in our home till this morning (23rd sept)...

Sunday night went out for dinner and ....oh boy....i guess people are not interested in cooking on weekends anymore...long gueues, even to get a seat in velachery restaurants....thinking of good old days, when my mom used to cook 5 different dishes (we are 5 children for her) every day. not sure what motivated her to do that every day....i guess, she believed that is how life should be lived...in fact, she has strong views about each and everything in life...it became apparent to me only when she visited singapore (when she was walking fine, still)...for ex, she likes prawn and she likes மெது வடை....in singapore, they combine these too and i thought she would like it...she did not touch it at all...she never believed in bread and jam as food (for that matter of fact, most of us in kovilpatti do not believe that) and she always get worried that when i tell her i had bread and jam for the breakfast...it is very dishearterning to see such a strong person not able to do her own things on her own...i can not even imagine, how she would be feeling now...who said elderness is second childhood?

had h1n1 vaccines yesterday...its cost was 600 rupees per head...imagine, entertainment instruments like TV is freely distributed to the people and life saving drugs are not in reach for people...

new house - vasal kal

Today, in the grand residency we had the small pooja for the வாசல் கால் fixing. Only myself and manju. Pooja done by the carpenter. house is getting shape now. ninth floor is in progress for the structure. hopefully, everything will be completed before mar'11.

Monday morning

அழகான மழை வாரத்தின் முதல் நாளில் ... மழையை பார்த்து கொண்டு இருந்தால் மனதும் நனைகிறது...வாழ்க்கையின் சுவாரசியமான நிச்சயமற்ற தன்மையில், மழை கொண்டு வரும் நம்பிக்கை வாழ்க்கையை ரசிக்கவும் செய்கின்றது...

இயற்கைதான் எத்தனை அழகு? அந்த அழகுகளில் இருந்து மனிதன் தன்னை அந்நியப்படுத்திக் கொள்ளும் முரண்பாடுகள் நிறைந்ததுதான் நகர வாழ்க்கை.

இன்று மழையில் சிறிது நடை போட்டேன் Tidel Park அருகில் உள்ள மரங்கள் அடர்ந்த பகுதியில். நீங்கள் அடையாரிலோ அல்லது Tidel Park அருகிலோ வேலையோ அல்லது படித்தோ கொண்டிருந்தால் கட்டாயம் சில நேரம் ஒதுக்கி film city அருகில் வாருங்கள். நகர அவசரத்தில் நாம் இழப்பது என்ன என்பது நீங்கள் அறியலாம்.

Ganesa Chathurthi

Busy this morning (11th sept), helping manju for the ganesha pooja...went to beach in the evening to leave the ganesha...otherwise lazied around in the afternoon...was watching few movies...one is "kalavani" and the other one is "Goa"...finished the day watching "aviator"...after three movies in a day, i would like to say "tamil movie has a loooooooooooooooooooong way to go"....

"Inception" next on the list...will write about it after watching it...

I happened to watch "Rashoman", the chinese version, in singapore (do not ask me, when it was dubbed in chinese)...it is merely chinese subtitles...a chinese collegue helped to translate for me...i was dumbstruck after the movie...looking for the english subtitled one...let me know, if you can find...why i started talking about rashoman is, i read the "auto-biography" of Akira Kurosawa. he has written that "ஒரு ஜப்பானிய மீனுக்கு ஜப்பானிய ஆற்றிலேயே நீந்துவதே இயல்பாகவும் பொருத்தமாகவும் இருக்கும்".

Tamil movie makers do not seem to understand that...the only director who has been impressing me lately is "vasantha balan"...Ankkadi theru and Veyil stands out from the crowd.

tamil posting

எனது முதல் தமிழ் வலை பதிவு. முயற்சிகள் தொடரும்.

My First Blog - Money does not buy everything

Thought of starting recording my life. It is not just the day to day happenings, but also the thoughts around it....

Start with day before yesterday (wednesday 8th sept '2010)...went to the hospital for manju, though nothing much to do there, as a responsible husband, i had to kill my time there...had to go to office after the hospital visit (though the time is already 8 pm)...thought of having a light dinner (now a days can not tolerate hunger) and went to a roadside shop for hot idlis...after eating saw a child (around 6 years), begging for money...he was with out shirt...just a half trouser...normally i do not encourage them...but this time, after my stomach full, i thought of giving some money...when i reached for my purse, he said "do not want money...please buy me food"...i told him, i will give him enough and asked him to eat anything like...his answer was shocking "they do not let me buy things in shop"....money does not buy everything...true?