GLEAMS UNRAVELLED

Then
It was then when a friend was much ‘in need’ to listen to my most interesting (also boring) story. The wait starts from the time I reach college, awaiting my friend, only to bunk the class and talk in the canteen.Catching up no time to complete it, we chat online after returning home and sending sms and still passing bit papers during class hours and completing the story the next day!

Now
With a high speed LAN or wireless connection in office, I login to find my friend online.
And even before opening to tell her a hi, her status changes from “Available” to “Idle”.
The wait continues for the status change and once attained, the reply I get on buzzing is “BRB- Be Right Back “and the status cycle repeats.

Friend: i am back.
Me: wait for 5 minutes.


PS: Written after my friend logged out, when the 5 minutes wait time ended 45 minutes ago!!

PG - The thought that strikes on hearing this is not Post Graduation but Paying Guest.The no of Paying Guest accommodation can be found more than the number of houses in Bangalore.

“Guest” – a term highly valued right from the age of Thiruvalluvar who quotes “Virunthombal” meaning “Hospitality” -Taking care of guest at one’s place.The kind of privilege treatment given to a guest at one’s place is known to all.What if the same guest comes, enjoys all the honors and also pays ? Royal Treatment !!

If you have such a mindset about PG .Come on ! Wake up. Eat Britannia and Think better !! :)

In spite of paying, the guest doesn’t get proper treatment. More than the owner, the maids in these places show their dominance over the PGs. They neither give a proper response when you ask to switch on the motor nor even lend an ear when you ask for something.My friend has shifted to the 3^rd PG in 3 months. And the food’s taste has gone only from bad to worse. You are lucky if you get good roomies [So what’s in my case ? lol]

I stay in a pg. I share my room with three girls and a few cockroaches and ants too :)

There are a few pg accommodations where an apartment is shared between 6 or 8 and home made food is provided with all facilities. And also goes the other extreme where even a kitchen is made into a room and shared between two people. Business tactics :P

But pgs are much safer and secure for girls compared to rented apartments.A pg where you are provided with food (intolerable at a very few times though) , maid to clean the rooms, good roomies to adjust, and in a good area nearer to your office , then believe me you are in the right place.

If some of you think of shifting to a house because of the some of the below reasons, then here are a few things you can re-consider .

BAD FOOD

The food will be far better than putting all our pain(after returning from tiring office work) in cooking and getting something worse than the present one prepared by maid.

COCKROACHES

Cockroaches doesn’t know if it’s a PG accommodation or its an apartment. Even my friend who stays in a posh apartment has this problem. This is nothing to do with pg owner or your room.

SPACE INSUFFICIENT

If you need space, go to terrace.

Note: Warren Buffet stays at a 2 bedroom apartment which he says is enough for his family.

NO SIGNAL

The problem is with the service provider and not with the room.

Switch to Vodafone ;)

POWER CUTS

This happens not only with your pg accommodation but anywhere and everywhere in any city. Check out ‘The Hindu’ page 2 for more news on power cut regrets everyday.

COMPLAINTS

If your PG owner took two days to change your bad tube light to a good one. Stop thinking. We would have taken a week to first track down the electrical shop ourselves.

Enjoy maadi !!

Moving to a new place never meant SO MUCH to Me. Yeah it’s all-new.With lots of advices and wishes I am set for moving on! :)

SET?? Ahem. This cannot be from tip to toe true .I have no mood to move on! I am just lazing around in my home, and now its all very tough!

Packing to an out-station for tours and trips just stopped with taking up all necessary stuffs like dress, paste-brush-soap, comb, etc. But now the list seems to be completely long including vim, surf, hanger, clips, clock, etc., etc. Why not it includes my passions –Books and Music.

I make sure my mp3 player is loaded with all my favorite collections, my pen drive, digital camera and its battery charger is in. Call Me a Technical Savvy! I wanted to have a video I-pod (will get in august probably).

Name it Technological Development!

I read an article in today’s paper classifying youth into two categories - those who are equipped with all tech gadgets & gizmos and the second “the wannabe’s”. Yeah! Technical gadgets seem to have taken over our life and define self and no exceptions are made for me.

Moving to one of the advanced cities (read: Bangalore) in India, I don’t know how it’s all going to be for me. Catching trains or buses to come home during the long awaited weekends has already become my nightmares! The climate in Chennai is cool (!!) and I assure everyone that this is how Bangalore is going to be. Assurances apart but I WILL miss home like hell (understatement!!) and why not my good ol’ Chennai!

So keeping this post short and will get back to you with my musings at the new city sooner!

I still couldn't give a reasonable answer to people as to why I blog .
And even now I don't find a reason why I am hitting my screen with all these letters when it is time for someone (of course that's ME) to have a good night sleep. I am keeping up the good English grammar in my write up :)

I sometimes wonder. Yeah I just keep wondering. I couldn’t myself make out what I mull over.Myriad of thoughts seem to subsist in my mind at the same time, leaving me baffled. I haven't watched Thalaivar's movie yet I wake up on a Saturday and find an sms "The BOSS is rocking". Then someone tells me its not all that great.Another friend tells me its not Rajini's movie its Shankar's movie.
Whatsoever the case may be why should I probably take space to put up them?

Soon after my exams I wanted to write about my 4 years of college, but I dint. "Bloggers block" I haughtily call it as, but up to what extent has the block affected me.Or at times I can iterate my status to be "busy ". I am really busy speculating about nothing at all.

The clock in my room shows 5.30 and my system time is 1.23 pm and I don't even know the actual time. It is only a little nothing that I have in my mind made me write this blog. I just start this blog wanting to tell about something but my mind wavers. I wonder if I have to write about my new job or about my college life or about anything at all. I just open my window to look at the starry sky. And yea I am wondering who is looking at then same star from elsewhere. Impressed by the message,
"When you are missing me try to look at the star in the sky,
Even though we are not in the same place we may be looking at the same star"

I wonder I should have been familiar with all the theories in science. I still make reminders for making some phone calls and I haven't done them yet!I have mixed feelings as to how my work is going to be.I wonder about the communities on orkut- "not all relationships have names"(??)
And quite weird is "nobody knows I am crying" and if you are a part of this community, then everyone probably knows you cry. Silly.

1 year and 2 months at blogspot and I still don't write anything sensible huh?? To sip a cup of coffee is all my desire right now but I know how traumatic it is to do that .I haven’t gone nuts. Should have I gained more general knowledge or more knowledge on movies or on politics or on music or on literature or on. The list goes on ..

Unclear thoughts and incomprehendable memories ..

I wish I wrote posts like "I sat there looking at the sea and it was beautiful".
Now I accidentally hit my mobile. I had almost forgotten its existence and the time is 00:32 and I have some excuses to be awake now .My system time is 2.24pm. I am still clueless. I leave this post incomplete. when I was almost done with this blog there was some crash and Microsoft Word quit unexpectantly and it is then that I realized how meaningless it had been to my system too but then found it as Rescued Document in My documents .Its worth my time and pain !

Prologue: This one was written for a contest !

Come South, here I am welcoming you to a city of diverse ethnicity, the alluring metro CHENNAI. 20 years in this city has marked a great difference not only in me but also in anyone who loves the place not only as city but also as a mother. A city with amenities like Multiplexes, Shopping malls, and Food courts, beaches, and lots and even lots more. Chennai offers you world class living milieu.

Wanna drive on a lane that is traffic-free as in the US, then take a drive down the IT corridor leading to the ECR driveway. Wow ! Chennai rocks.

Jaded of the serene drive ,get into the city ,explore the congested areas of Chennai . Mount road , Kathipara junction , T nagar – This is Chennai making you have a amusing drive in high traffic .Experience and have fun !

So now are you dead beat of self –driving . So why wait ? Get into an auto, share auto or bus .Experience the bitterness of life. Fight with the auto driver for the high fare. But still amidst all these , our chennai autos get you to the desired destination in time and your work is done !

Are you a software engineer , earning in thousands .If you are swaggering that you have only hundreds and dollars and credit cards in your purse , then why don’t you try “One day bus travel “ Get into one of the MTC buses , give your hundred or fifty for exchange of a ticket . The next word that comes out of our conductor is “Change ??” So if your answer is No, now be ready .Our conductor is to shower his abuses on you . This is Chennai helping you to experience every little thing in life.

Whacked of work all through out the week.So its Sunday and where to head ??

Chennai is famous for its Beaches. So go to the beaches of Chennai either Marina or Elliot’s or those on the ECR. Grandeur of beach or Garbage of Beach – you can enjoy both in Chennai.

IT parks, Tech parks ,Food courts , Cultural events , music festival , traffic diversion , flyover construction – The one place with all these and anything you want . Thats my Chennai. Love ya chennai.

“God created men first. So that means men are superior “. “ There is a need for trial before perfection. So obviously women are a cut above and perfect than men “ – This is how the story of “Unnale Unnale” – a film by Jeeva begins. After creating much waits, the film has hit the screen on Tamil New Year.

The spat between who is superior is carried out through out the movie by Karthik (debut Vinay) and Jhansi (Sadha). “Love at first sight “ still being adopted in Tamil movies is no exception for Karthik to fall in love with Jhansi. Their love blossoms with much of Jhansi’s doubts and expectations troubling Karthik who loves to enjoy his life.

So at one point of time they both take their own roads.

Karthik is sent on an assignment to Australia where on his trip he meets Deepika (debut Tanisha) who is friendly, bubbly and too cool for a gal. Jhansi and Deepika work for the same firm. The triangle love story begins here when Deepika falls in love with Karthik.

With not much twists and turns Jhansi still never lets her ego go off, but goes off from Karthik.

The story tries to adopt many scenes and portrayals from some bollywood movies. Raju Sundaram and Srinath whose glimpse in the first few minutes of the movie along with the hero make us conjure up the three friends of “Dil Chahta hai “ – The same funky, cool guys who ever like to have fun and hang out with girls.

Jhansi’s portrayal in the movie as a solemn, somber girl and Karthik asking her to smile and live life every moment creates nostalgic reminiscences of “Kal ho na ho”.

Cast and Crew:

Sadha has no role in the movie other than fighting, arguing with karthik or staring at the camera irately. Tanisha who has done her part well needs some applause, but Kollywood is not the right place for her. Vinay doesn’t create a sense amidst the audience that he is a debut, the music of Harris Jeyaraj and picturization of songs and scenes shooted at Australia are good. “June ponal “ definitely needs a good round of applause.

With an out of the blue climax, though a normal one, the film with rich scenes which doesn’t stay in our minds after 3 hours could be described as “A fad not worth for a movie. “

I had been thinking of writing about this for a long time .But dint.Now since i am not occupied with anything else,i am writing this. Its worth my blog page ..lol.And on much demand i have used the names of the people involved.

Characters - JU (JANGI) , Olive (Lavs)
Minor characters -Gul ,Div ,Subhi ,JC
Characters potrayed in this incident are absolutely non-fictious. They have two hands,two legs and whatsoever qualities needed to be human-beings.
Some words on the characters before i move on:
The most happening person in my class JANGI-Became popular as "JU gal" after "Those 9 hours" . Sorry,revelations has limits.
Olive -named so because she likes someone like 'Brutus'- Miss.Laughing Beauty of my class.Tell her the worst joke,she will laugh for ten mintues.

JU has SCOOTY PEP . Sorry the name reads so.But it is just an engine surrounded by some metal guards.It has starting trouble.You will never know when this so-called-vehicle(SCV) will stop .And if you are a co-rider ,then definitely you have to be ready to get down amidst heavy
traffic because of some problem in the SCV.[Experience of DIV and GUL].It has headlights but they do not glow at night (not in day either).There is something called a brake which a vehicle should have.But tis SCV will stop only if you go and hit somewhere.You can turn on the ignition and sit on the SCV to reach your destination. And Olive gets lift till Guindy on this SCV.Sometimes Gul also joins them.Triples on SCV.Sad story .
This incident took place in the last week October.The day before Olive's birthday.

Parking Lot
Olive -hey jangi i have to go home early today .Tomorrow my birthday na,so i have to go and do some shopping.
Jangi-Why worry when you come with me..[Thats the biggest worry]

Ju and Olive riding .Suddenly a big pit.. Olive notices that before JU.
Olive- Jangiiiiiiiiiiiii....
Jangi's immediate reaction- She turns back to find out what is wrong.
Jangi(trying to face Olive) - What??
[next only sound]
SCV is lying on one side.Our Heroines -JU and Olive on the other side.Both of them laughing together.But Olive starts to have tears.Now as per the rules of the roads in Chennai,some third party comes for help.SCV is being lifted and placed in a corner.Olive is asked to relax.Now Olive searches for JU.. [enge?? enge??]
JU is still lying in pit .What is she doing??JU is messaging SU... [wow~~Now is SU gonna appear in the scene?] nah !! :( :(
JU endures sever damage in the knee .She has had wounds and scratches
in legs and hands.Same case with Olive too.

That night my cell beeps. Its a message from Subhi.She rarely has balance to message from her mobile.
subhi-"Hey JC ,Jangi and lavs met up with accident"
me-"oh what happened?"
she narrates me.Then i call up JU . and to my suprise i got her line .After "those 9 hours" JU's line had been difficult to obtain.
me- Hey what happened .You met up with accident? how ? how are you now?
ju- hahahahahaha..
She did nothing other than laughing.Then narrated something.After some 3 days JU and Olive make up to college.And i repeat the story to everyone who asks me,teasing JU and Olive.They keep laughing.Now everything is fine. 4 days left for end semester exam.

Now JC on wheels. Riding her Scooty .NO, this is not SCV .Its quite perfect. And what happens??Yea,i met up with an accident on the Velachery Main Road. lol.and i too fell in a pit .The road was wet and slippery and velachery main road is worse during late evenings.[goddamn velachery road]And got wounded up in knee and worst,in my chin too.I messaged JU saying the 'co-incidence' . or to tell that her prayers have been fulfilled.Then my phone keeps on ringing.Ramya calls and showers her utterly concern over me.JU calls .. She laughs and laughs ..Subhi calls..Div&Gul msg and scold me for careless driving..
Olive's msg- "hey you also fell down like us.. hahahahehe. You are not able to open mouth too huhuhu:) :D :D "
Reply- Undisclosed.

The groundnut of my class calls up and then spreads the msg to all .Now i turn up for end semester exam (managed to walk till exam hall).Everyone inquires about accident and health.After exam,renamed as "BOLT" by Ramya's 'you-know-who' [Sorry ramya ;)].And i took the Velachery road after that only twice. Managed to take my stride along the IT highway .
And i even gave a treat for this accident !

When I told Ramya that this is going to be my blog for the day, she asked me if its "Unanswered questions or answers" .Readers with the same confusion ,its the answers which i haven't answered to the questions so far.And yea to people who don't know Ramya,its better you don't know ! lol..

And i am totally jobless today .Had nothing to do other than publishing this post.

Some questions from people really sound obvious that i never reply to them.
Listed below are some samples.

I am online in YM and suddenly a window pops out asking..

[sender-undisclosed]:"Hey JC you alive ?"
"how can i be online if i am dead ?? "

Now i get into the sms. Annoyingly interesting sms i should mention.

sms1-"hey you there?"
my reply- where? (but i ve ne'er replied this)

msg1 to 'class' - "ethics portions chap 1 according to syllabus.Its unit 1,2 acc to Mike martin book"
reply 1- There are two books -white and green and topics arent the same.Which one are you referring to? [hmm sensible qtn!]
my reply- the green one
msg2 to 'class' - hey ppl,if you have green book its chap 1 and 2 .If its white or some other color book pls refer to the syllabus and check out the topic for yourself.
reply2- From the '$%#%#%' of my class.
hey i have green book ,which chapter to study?
Unanswered ans - Censored (really )
reply3- Hey i have white book and all topics are different.So cancel tomorrow's test
Unanswered ans - sure darling...What job on this earth have i got other than doing things you say??

XXX - why so much portions for tomorrow's test?
Unanswered ans - Because i prayed to offer 108 coconuts at the temple if the portions are this vast .. [my usual terms-to be simpler -' venduthal']

And some more questions : Merely fun..

Ramya - Why is ascendas/beach/T nagar so bloody crowded today?
My usual stare!! What else could i offer to the Great Lady.

Geethu - JC .. Are you free ??
"In what context should i take this question. Be specific ..lolzz.."

Aish - hi,are you messaging from someother number? sent:11.45 pm
"I dont message from my no itself. why would i do from someother number"

Some more answers:
Why did you delete your orkut account?-No reason !!

Why do you write blogs?-Because i like them

People wont be interested when you write about issues involving you -Its my wish, my blog page and i can write anything i want to.You people can stay away if they aren't interested.

Why doesn't your sms count get over for the day?-Its because i don't sms [silly!]

Some more unanswered - still unanswered..lolzz :)
what classes have you cancelled for tomorrow?
will abcd professor come to class tomorrow?
Will we definitely have assessment tomorrow?

If you do not get a reply from me its either one of the following:
1)I dint get or read your message yet !
2)I dont have balance to reply or there is some network problem !
3)I dont like to reply you!
4)I dont like you !

So i guess the Unanswered answers are revealed.

"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep"

I dint know how to blaze a trail of my blog. So I have started with my favorite lines of Robin Wood.

And for all the people out there, if you aren’t apprehensive about my blog I m least perturbed. This is my own web page where I can post all the crap I want to, not for you to read wasting your time and whining later telling why do I write stuffs like this. Others move on!

Wanted to blog about “2006 in a glance”. Even jotted down points to be included in it but I was bogged down with yet another thoughts after my New Year celebration. No I was not partying. I celebrated my new year with the kids at KAAKUM KARANGAL orphanage at Thiruvanmiyur. I sought after to write about the orphanage (also old age home) and my time there, how I felt, rather how the inmates of the home felt and ways to improvise. But then again stuck up with my activities. It would be quite a mirth if I said they were related to my academics. Okay. I concede that I was also with some other errands like orkutting (bah!! Jobless am I?? ), Watching movies endlessly on TV and dvds. My dvd player is almost howling. Turning out to be a movie buff!! Right now humming “tere bina” from Guru (after effects of watching that film??)

Now I must also put in the picture what else I did. I have joined as a volunteer in an NGO called “DREAM INDIA2020”. Sounds fine I believe. I am in a few communities in orkut like “chennai social work “, “ help orphans”, etc., (don’t come and ask me if Mother Teresa’s blood is in my veins) and I had started a thread about my new year’s orphanage visit in those communities. The next day I check my inbox, I get a mail from an anonymous person introducing himself as Dream India2020 volunteer and requesting details about the orphanage I visited. I feel elated. To tell more about Dream India, this project mainly is implicated with the upliftment of the rural children. Dream India originated from fervor of a few youngsters and it spread therein across many cities in India and Chennai is no exception in the list. Right now Dream India is associated with helping the rural kids with their education, teaching them basic maths and English. It also helps to provide impetus and encouragement to the needy who are striving hard to live but still manage to study. Most of the volunteers are young college-goers and IT professionals and they aim to make a change. Talking to one of the volunteers, he said he had the inspiration from Dr. Kalam’s vision. A few people from my college are already volunteers and asking them how they got to know about this and their answer was “Orkut”. Now you understand why I was busy orkutting??

For long I had been thinking that orkut is really a waste of time though I was initially engrossed in it. But then in due course of time lost inquisitiveness and suddenly through orkut many things happen. “The real happiness comes from living your life for others”. These are not my words but of Amitabh Bachan’s in the film “BLACK”. And yet another notion from the film “RANG DE BASANTI “ tat youngsters can change the nation. Well I know many of us love these movies and do accept the thoughts so is Dream India, heading towards fulfilling Kalam’s vision with active youngster’s soul as its spirit and making MIGHTY INDIA where “EDUCATION TO ALL” has been achieved.

And now I become conscious that there are
“Miles to go before I sleep
And miles to go before I sleep”