2009

Days pass on like a wind, some were breezy, and some were messy.

So soon another year came to an end. If I want to rewind my memory to see what I have done in the past year and what am I going to do in the coming year….

Well this was a year with lot of learning’s, not technically though.

Every day, every happening leaves us a lesson. Few of which we carry forward and many of which it’s better if we leave behind.

Forgive and Forget may be easy to say, very tough to follow.

Everything that happened should have reason, maybe I am not wise enough to understand it.

Like never before I have found myself very confused in many occasions

Life is tough if you are honest, but still I will put up a fight.

Lesser the expectations!! Lesser the disappointment.

For everything that did not happen today, I have a tomorrow to wake up and do it in a better way.

There is no one who can love you better than YOU. Be happy for what U R.

There is no one who can care for you better than YOU, Care for your health.

Love yourself, spend time for your interests, after all life is so big to regret and sit back for what has happened already.

If given a chance to redo anything in the past year, I would better opt to do Nothing.

Always Hope for tomorrow. Which will definitely be a Better Tomorrow!!


Happy New Year!!!

And Another Tag...

Here goes..a tag passed on by Annam

1.Grab the book nearest to you, turn on page 18 and find line 4?

Have picked up Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol from LandMark and that's the nearest book to me currently

And the 4^th line on pg 18 is

“The Capitol's massive footprints measures more than 750 feet in length and 350 feet Deep”

Yet another historical mystery

2.Stretch your left arm out as far as you can & touch air?

Ok stretched n caught the air..but I cant fall in love with it like this ;)

3.What is the last thing you watched on TV?

AXN la “Breaking the Magician Code”

4.Without looking, guess what time it is?

Hmm should be arnd 11:45 AM

5.Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?

Its 11:36 AM :( Konjam miss)

6.With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?

T.V sound, washing m/c sound , opp building construction work going on..sooooo noisy arnd me :(

"satham elladha thanimai ketean!!!"

7.When did you last step outside? What were you doing?

Last weekend went to S.Ve Shekar's Vaal Paiyan Play

[ I work from home..so only on weekends I step out :( ]

8.Before you started this Q&As, what did you look at?

Vera enna gmail dhan :)

9.What are you wearing?

Chudi

10.When did you last laugh?

Before sometime reading Vikatan jokes

Jolly Vaali is rocking :)

11.What is on the walls of the room you are in?

Aaniyae adika kudathunu solitaru house owner..so all blank :(:(

12.Seen anything weird lately?

Neriyaa ehda solla..

13.What do you think of this quiz?

Quiz aa ?

14.What is the last film you saw?

Unnai Pol Oruvan – Good one

15.If you became a multimillionaire overnight, what would you buy?

I would like to own a library of books and DVD's :)

so a big house with a huge collections of Books and DVD's

16.Tell me something about you that I dunno!

Hmm there are lots...

I had a passion for singing :)

17.If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?

I would like to have every people lead an equal life..there shud be no more line of separation as Rich n poor. Everything should be available for all :)

18.Do you like to Dance?

Oh yes :) but whn no one watching !!

19.Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?

Asra or Indra

20.Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?

Hmm Sidharth

21.Would you ever consider living abroad ?

Yes , if got a chance

22.What do you want GOD to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?

A welcome note which ends with a transfer order for me to back to earth :)

Back!!

Its been quite sometime that i turned towards my blog.
Having a too tough time with work at office. coming back to phase off late.

My Google Reader is piled up with tons of unread posts..i hope to clear them off this weekend.

Had been to bangalore for 15days and meeting the friends was very refreshing :)
Awaiting my next chance to go there and enjoy the climate again.

Catch you all sooner..

Have been Tagged by Annam ..will do it sooooooon :)

Tagged..

நான் எழுதற முதல் Tag...எழுத அழைத்தவர் நம்ம பாசமிகு அண்ணன் Gils


அழகு என்பது என்ன? நிரந்தரமானதா?

மனசு சந்தோசமா இருக்கும் போது பார்கற எல்லா விஷயமே அழகா இருக்கும். அது நிரந்தரமானதானு கேட்டா , கண்டிப்பா இல்லை நாம இருக்கிற சூழ்நிலைய பொறுத்து, நமக்கு வேற வேற விஷயங்கள் அழகா தெரியும்..பத்து வயசில அழகா தெரிஞ்சது, இருபது வயசில மாறிடும் :)

காதல் மனிதனுக்கு அவசியமா?

காதல் இல்லாத மனுஷனே கிடையாது. ஒரு ஆண்-பெண் க்கு நடுவில வருவது மட்டும் காதல்னு சொல்லிட முடியாது, கண்டிப்பா எல்லார்க்கும் எதாவது ஒன்னு மேல காதல் இருக்கும்..புக்ஸ், சினிமா,கிரிக்கெட், பைக், கார்,பணம்,சாப்பாடு(?அட அப்படி கூட இருக்காங்க)...இப்படி எதாவது மேல அளவு கடந்த ப்ரியம் இருக்கும்...

"காதலே கனவுக்கு வழிகாட்டி....கனவுகளே நாளைய விடியலின் சுவாரசியம்"

So..காதல் அவசியம்தான்

கடவுள் உண்டா?

இருக்கலாம்.

"கெட்டவங்களுக்கு ஆண்டவன் நிறைய கொடுப்பான், ஆனா கைவிட்டிடுவான்

நல்லவங்களை ஆண்டவன் சோதிப்பான் ஆனா கைவிடமாட்டான்" அப்படின்னு சொல்லறாங்க

சில சமயம் நல்லவங்களை ரொம்ம்ம்ம்ம்ப சோதிக்கும் போதுதான்..உண்மையிலே கடவுள் இருக்காறான்னு சந்தேகம் வருது.

பணம் அவசியமா?

கண்டிப்பா பணம் தேவைதான்..எவ்வளவு தேவைங்கறதுலதான் குழப்பம்..

நம்ம தேவைகளுக்கு தகுந்த அளவிற்கு பணம் சம்பாதிக்கணுமா?

இல்லை நம்ம சம்பாத்தியத்துக்குள்ள தேவைகளை அடக்கிகனுமான்னு புரியாம ரெண்டும் மாத்தி மாத்தி துரத்த ஓடிட்டு இருக்கோம் !!

இந்த டேக்கை நான் எழுத அழைப்பது R.Gopi ...என் ப்ளாக் படிக்கற மத்த ஒன்னு ரெண்டு ஜீவனையும்...Gils ஏற்கனவே எழுத சொல்லிட்டாரு :)

Not an Eventful Week

Well the last week wasn't quite eventful
Just usual work went on...

Weekend was boring too...had slight fever (confirmed its not H1N1 :) ) so din go out anywhere..was at home asusal watching movies .

The weekend list goes as

A Walk to Remember (2002)




A nice love story...Love changes a person in many ways...Do you have a list of things to do before we die? Is there someone in our life who would help us in getting those ? Gently potrayed love story..watch it.

The Killing (1956)




A well planned robbery..goes for a toss because of a woman , a very old movie nice editing which keeps us glued to the screen...but i dint like the climax which was predictable

Meet Joe Black (1998)

What happens if "Death" wants to personify as a human being ?
Death Falls in love :) (whoever it is Love has its own way to seduce ;) i guess )



It was a very long movie , 3hrs..not many would like this movie.
Anthony Hopkin was on his best in this movie.
Brad Pitt and Claire Forlani were good too
I just had these thoughts while watching this movie ( since movie was very long..u can do ur own thinking meantime )


In the journey of life we have many people who were close to us or who had impressed us in many ways ..but who is the one person whom we wish to see or talk to for the last time in our life....do we have words for it..what would we ask them or what would we tell them..What is the one last word you want to tell to the world

Can we wave goodbye to them happily knowing that we wont able to see them at all?

Sometimes we had our ups and downs.
But we're all together and you're mine for a night.
And I'm going to break precedent and tell you my one-candle wish:
That you would have a life as lucky as mine,
where you can wake up one morning and say, "I don't want anything more."
...Sixty-five years...
Don't they go by in a blink...

------- William Parish (Anthony Hopkins)

To Kill a Mocking Bird (1962)



The movie is about a father and kids their pranks on summer vacation, a neighbor who is mentally ill. The father (Gregory Peck - who won Oscar for this ) is a lawyer by profession defends a black man on a rape case against him.

Apart from this story line..there were many more little good things in the movie..which made it very moving.. A must watch movie

There ends the movie list of the week so far..

It rained for 2 days in chennai n sun is Shining bright again.
whoever calls me tells "oh its raining here ..is it not raining in chennai ?"

:( :(:(

Happy Independence Day ...

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better

We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made!" --Albert Einstein


If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India!" --French scholar Romaine Rolland




India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border!" -- Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA



India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most astrictive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only!" --Mark Twain

Let freedom never perish in your hands.

Will you burn me or bury me ?

My brother is doing a part time job in a company , he comes home and works until very late..most of the time i sit with him to give company, i will be watching a movie on my laptop while he works and we would be having some usual chit chat talks. Or sometimes we keep the FM ON in our mobiles and listen to some ever green classics of Illayaraja.

He is a person who catches cold often or i should say verrrry often.

The other day i slept arnd 1 PM and he was still working..i was awake after sometime by sound of someone shivering ...i woke to see my brother cuddled in his bedsheet n shivering..

I muttered to him " y cant u switch off the A/c if u r feeling cold"

He said he was not getting sleep and din want to wake me up by switching off A/c..

It was his next qn which made me laugh n wake n sit on bed

"Akka, will u bury me or burn me if i am dead"

I was silent for a few mins and said "I will probably toss a coin and see..if heads i will bury u else burn u and by the way u wont die of just cold..if thats the case u would have been a zombie by now'

"Podi" tats all he could tell among his continuous cough

then both of us started laughing and all sleep gone..

Gave him a tablet n turned offf A/c , switched on FM and continued our chit chat..it was when we heard suprabatham we realised its 5:30AM n we havent slept..then went to sleep..

Lucky guy he slept till 11AM next day i had to wake up by 7:30 for my work..

(Tats me n my brother on the snap above....)

Truth..Is it so difficult to hold on ?

How far would you go to keep up a truth.

What all would you loose to hold on to your words?

How many of us would do that ?



Nothing but the truth is the story of a reporter whose article revealed a coverted CIA agent, The reporter is asked to reveal who her source was by the Govt. Did she tell the govt ? or she remained loyal to her source.

"WITH GREAT PEOPLE THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRINCIPLE AND PEOPLE"



When you stand up to a principle its not immediately but in due course of time you come to know the real color of people around you..

At some point you realize there is no one to come along with you, its just you and your principle fighting for survival.

Are we still ready to hold on to our thoughts and words even if everyone walks away from us ?


The movie had a real good and surprising ending..

As time goes by..

You must remember this
A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh.
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by.

And when two lovers woo
They still say, "I love you."
On that you can rely
No matter what the future brings
As time goes by.

A nice song from the great classic Casablanca.

Right blend of artists , story and music made this movie a wondeful classic.
Beautiful Ingrid Bergman is torn between her love for two men.

How many times in our life do we wish to have a magic within us which would
make us available in 2 or more places at a time.
Oh i too wish to be in my hometown enjoying the happiness of being with my family, at same time i want to be there in my office working...i love my work too..,
i even want to be reading sitting in a library 24*7, be in my TV room watching all movies
But looks like one person, one life is not so enough to do all.There are so many things in life which interests us and make us feel we need to be with it always..

Everything cannot happen always...we are many a time put in a situation to sacrifice some part of it..



"U are part of his work the thing that keeps him going,
If that planes leaves and you are not with him, u 'll regret it
May be not today , May be not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of ur life"

---------- Humphrey Bogart (Casablanca)


Love is a real pain when you loose it..

Wonderful movie..

Never Late than Ever - 1

Sarah was waiting in the reception hall of Crazy cuts Advertising Agency. She was a bit nervous. There were 3 more people to be interviewed before her. She just stepped aside to have a glass of water. Was feeling little comfortable after drinking it. She was called in for the interview after 15 minutes.

She entered the room and 3 people were seated in the interview panel.

She greeted them and took the chair.

One of them started off with the standard question,

"Yes Sarah, could you tell us something about yourself ? "

I am Sarah and i have completed my B.A in Arts & Music from the Govt College chennai..

she continued about her interest in painting and also handed them a portfolio of her work..It was circulated amoung the panel and they look impressed seeing her work.

Anything else do you want to tell about you Sarah ? well something about your schooling,about your parents, sister or brother, where do u live..anything else ..asked one of them.

She paused for a minute and continued..

I was not lucky enough to have more people in my life , I don't know who my parents are.., I was brought up by a mission, i studied in the Mission school and i was offered a scholarship for my degree in the college.

She was silent after this...

The other person in the panel began..well lets talk something about the work ..so why did you choose to work in a Advertising agency ?

There was a brightness in her face, i have a passion for drawing and working in an Ad agency would help me quench my passion and also I can make my living...and that is the reason i chose this profession.

There were few more general questions to her.

"Sarah could you please wait outside for sometime, we would let you know the interview feedback in couple of minutes .", the elder one in the panel said.

she came out and sat in the reception hall. Though she was feeling positive about the interview, she had to wait for the results.

And after 10mins as expected, she was selected for the post of Design Assistant and she could join from the next day.

she thanked them and left the building. Happily she took her bus to the hostel.

Vivekananda Mission Hostel - the place she saw all her happiness and sorrow, everyone there had a different story for themselves. But under a single roof they learnt to be happy for whatever they have been blessed with.

Sarah went to her friend brindha's room told her all stories from morning till now , listened to her stories. They both attended the evening prayer in the prayer hall and then ate dinner, went for a small walk within the hostel ground. Sarah was exited about her new job , she felt so great that she is going to start a life on her own, she is not anymore sponsored by someone for her food, clothes or education. She had good sleep that night.

Next day morning she woke up fresh and started getting ready to office. she took out one of her favorite Blue color salwar from her cupboard, she always felt happy wearing that.

She reached office sharp by 9AM , she was asked to sign few papers to finish her joining formalities. Then she was introduced to Ms Megha to meet rest of her team.

Megha was friendly, she asked Sarah about her and took her to their cubicle. She introduced her to the rest of the team. It was a team of 5 people.

Apart from Megha , there was Ranjan, Kishore ..they were all Design engineers and Mr Nandhan was Design Manager who manages the team. All seemed to be quite friendly.

"And Sarah..the other person in our team is Ravindher and he sits in the adjacent cubicle"..Megha told and was walking towards that cabin.

Ravindher was eyeing his laptop and was reading something.

“Ravi” ..Megha called

he din move his eyes from the monitor

“RAVI” ...megha was bit louder this time..

ya megha..ravi responded looking into the monitor.

I just came to introduce sarah, she has joined our team today.

hmm..OK.

megha sighed and left the place, without knowing what else to do sarah followed her.

“Ravi is always a bit strange, just dont mind about it..” said Megha

Nandhan and Kishore were talking as where to allot a seat for sarah, Nandhan was planning to give sarah a seat next to Ravindher as there was a free place after Mani their previous design analyst left.

Kishore mocked at Nandhan, "I guess Mani left the job because he was alloted a seat next to our dear stone Ravi."

"Hey come on man , dont scare sarah now"..Nandhan said , "sarah dont worry, u take the seat in that cabin , if u have any issues come and let me know i will swap your seat with kishore."

All started laughing. Kishore ran to his seat as if someone is going to snatch it.

Sarah went to that cabin, she was given a new laptop and documents which briefed about the company , policies and about her work.

Ravi did not turn once to her side. First time she felt very lonely even in the company of an other person. He was busy into the system.she slightly peeped into his system. He was reading a famous weekly magazine on the net.

Oops is this what he is busy at ?

sarah nodded her head and turned to her computer.

Few minutes later, she could sense someone staring at her. she looked up.

Ravi had turned his chair to her side and was looking at her. His laptop was closed now .

He din bother to take his eyes from her even after she looked up.

She tried to smile and was about to say hi..he stood up from his chair and went out.

One week was over , since sarah had joined. she started getting along with the team. she joined them for lunch and coffee breaks.

Meetings were held alternate days to discuss on the ongoing projects and the expected ones.

Ravi was missing in most of the meetings or he would enter when the meeting was about to end.No one in the team bothered about him nor do he bothered about others.

Sarah and Megha had come to coffee shop. Each picked up a cup of coffee and sat in the table.

Megha started..so sarah how do u like the team and work.

hey..i haven t started any work yet...yes i like the team...but i really feel bored sitting inside that cabin, Ravi has not yet spoken one word until now to me.

Yeah , i know, Ravi is always like this he never talks, never bothers about anything. He has his own way of doing things. But believe me he is a very nice person than many others here. He never talks behind anyone, a very genuine person.

They walked back to their place after coffee. As usual Ravi was reading something in his laptop. sarah turned back to see him again. "He never talks behind anyone" , megha's voice echoed over her mind.

he never talks in front only , where in the world is he going to talk behind. sarah smiled to herself and sat in her place and started reading about their new upcoming project. Nandhan has told her that she would be working on it with someone.

"I do talk to people " , she heard a strong and sharp voice. Surprised she turned to see who it was.

Ravi was sitting on his table facing her. He lifted his eyebrows a bit and gave a smile at her.

"Well..No..i was "...sarah stammered for words..

Ravi got down from his table and walked out.

Did i think out loudly, sarah wondered. Why did he tell like this ?

Next day , she did not see ravi in his place, her eyes turned around for every 10mins to see if he is in.

suddenly , she sensed..why am i looking for him ?

she tried to concentrate on her work. Would he be ill ? where does he stay ? does he has a family ?

Oh God , why am i curious ? is it because i dont know anything about him ? or for what ?

the day went on for her with full of ? ????????? in her mind.

Ravi came in after lunch.

He did not talk anything as usual.

Why cant I start a conversation? If he is not talking should i also be like him ? sarah thought.

what can i ask him ? something about him or about work.? which might he prefer to answer ?

when sarah was framing question in her mind.

Sarah, would you like to join me for a coffee ? Ravi asked.

she was surprised and she just nodded her head.

she followed him to the coffee shop, they picked their coffee and sat in a table. He was so seriously drinking the coffee as if it was the most important work in his life. He did not utter a word until his last sip of the coffee.

So, you liked your seat ? Finally he spoke. she just smiled back.

You might have heard from others in the team , that seat is a punishment seat. He laughed out loud. you know something , no one dares to sit there. He was silent for some more time , he was watching outside the window. It was slightly raining outside.

His mobile beeped for a reminder. He checked it and told Ok come lets leave, its time for meeting. While walking back, sarah thought so he keeps reminders for the meeting but never attends it. what a person is he ?

Meeting was on the new project. It was going to be for a new client and on a much bigger budget for the first time. Nandhan briefed about the project. They have to design an Ad for a popular car.

( To be continued ...)

After a Gap..

Its been quite sometime since i blogged...No big or false reasons as no time..its mere laziness.

will be moving my posts in tamil to my wordpress id

http://alwaysdrmz.wordpress.com

will continue to use this blog for my posts in english..

i hope and wish to blog on a regular basis....let me see how much of it i do...

Writing In...

Started my scribblings in

http://alwaysdrmz.wordpress.com as well...