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There is one(of many) cute girl in my office. One of my friends workplace is close to her workplace. Today when I went to meet my friend, I observed something very interesting.
The way she was typing. Somehow while watching her fingers hit the keyboard in a rhythmic manner, I felt that she was(or is) a dancer.

Most of the keyboards these days are very good. You dont need to bang the keys. A soft touch will do the trick. But still old habits die hard. I still see people banging the keys like crazy!

But this girl. Aaha. Slender sleek swift movements. Best was, when she wanted to type the *. I always press the right shift button and then the number 8(using my left hand). This girl, first pressed the shift key using her left thumb and the hand circled in clockwise motion, and using the left middle finger pressed the 8 key.

Kavidhai kavidhai!

P.S. I asked one of my friends to act as a model and re-do the same so that I can take a pic of it. But ava callsheet kodukka maatten poada sollittaa

P.P.S. Listening to ‘Oh kumaari srungaari’ from Anniyan. Getting wild ideas for this song picturisation

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Anniyan songs from a lyrical point of view.

This is one of the most contrasting Vairamuthu album I have ever heard. 2 songs are top class, and remaining 3 are pathetic! Someone please tell me that Vairamuthu has penned the lyrics for only 2 songs. I will be happy

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oh sukumaari

Nice lyrics and excellent pronounciation by Shankar Mahadevan.
A song where only tamil is used. Vaeru mozhi kalappu illai
(Forget the crazy noises that HJ introduces in between)

oh sukumaari oh srungari
oh sukumaari yeh alangaari nee
oh sukumaari oh srungari eh kumaari nee
kumaari en kaadhal sikki mukki thikkirukudhu kumaari
en nenju vimmi vimmi pammi niRkudhu kumaari
en vaarthai kadal vatri vittadhe
naan thoatru poven endru anjiye
en thervai ellam othi vaikkiren

Excellent Imagination

en manam oru malaradi
malarukkul adithadi

indha kaadhal enna verum baarama
idhu veru kaalam illa garbama
oh!! kaadhalai maRaithaal ganam thaangamal
en uyir sethu poagum illaya
kaadhalai solli illai endru maRuthaal
kaadhale sethu poagum illaya

Rating 4/5

Iyengar veetu azhaghe

It starts with the carnatic song ‘Jagadho dhaara’
After that the lyrics are in chaste tamil. No english words used, and no slang tamil words as well. This is my pick.
Nalla tamizh paatu kaetta trupthi kedachudhu!
But somehow I felt, Iyengar aathu azhaghe would have been more apt

Iyengar veetu azhaghe
un poala azhaghi piRakkavum illai
inimel piRandhaal adhu nam piLLai
un poal chamathu ulaginil illai
kadhalan chamathu kaadhalil thollai
aRiyaaamai dhaan ingu perinbam anbe
kaadhalin vaguppil maaNavan dhaan paNdidhane

I liked this part in 1st stanza. Good choice of simple words and it is rhyming also.

magarandha podigaLai eduthu
adhil manjaL thangam konjam ittu idithu
thirukannam engum suNNam poosi vannam seidhaano
oru koadi pookkaL konDu jodi pookkaL seidhaano
un udhadu serndhaal poopadyaum vaarthai
nammudhadu serndhaal poopadayum vaazhkai
aLLi serthen undhan uyirukkuL anumadhi oru muRai

Subtle hint of sensual stuff in last stanza. Vairamuthu at his poetic best!

vaan mazhayil nanaindhaal payirgaL uruvaagum
aaN mazhayil nanaindhaal uyirgaL uruvaaagum
thayangaadhe thodangattum azhagiya thavaRugaL

Rating of 4.5/5

I think after thinking so much for the above 2 songs vairamuthuvin ‘vaarthai kadal vatRi vittadho?’

andankaakka

Sounds like a folk song. Starting varNaNai ellam nalla dhaan irukku.
But somehow, I didnt like the way the singers have sung it

andankaaakka konDai kaari
achuvella thonda kaari
ayyarettu pallu kaari
ayira meenu kaNNU kaari
pooval oru kodu poatta saiva kaatu vettakaari

And the quality deteriorates as the song progresses
Sounds like Item number lyrics

kadhal pachoandhi
raavil poochaNdi
pachchai thanniyil otha paarvayil paththa vechaaNdi
dhe..thanni kudithaaNdi
un dhaavaNi thottendi
muththathaale vervai ellam suththam seyyendi

and stoops to rock bottom like this

hey chee po endryu eval seivaayo
aa oh hmm endre koova seyvaayo
inji morappaa iduppa paathu kasangi ponen di
eera udhattil soodu parappi isthiri poaden di

Remaining part of lyrics not worth mentioning!!!!

Rating 2.5/5

kaadhal yaanai

kaadhal yaanai varugira remo(or nemo??)
muththam thandha idathil muttum remo
ramp up remo ??????????????

algrebra ivan dhaegam
amoeba vaaga maarum
kong cobra ivan dhaegam
queen ellam thadumaarum

most of the song has some crap lyrics like this.
I will give it a rating of 1.5/5

kaNNum kaNNum nokia

Having english words in tamil songs is ok. Like ‘Oh Maria Oh Maria’ or ‘April Mayile pasumaye illai’. In fact the lyrics of those songs were different and were throughly enjoyable. I think is the worst ever song written by vairamuthu

In this song, I think just for the tunes randomly some english words are used.
Rasgullah is good. Vatha kozhambu is good. But vatha kozhambu saadathukku rasgullah thottundu saapda mudiyuma?

kaNNum kaNNum nokia
nee koLLai kollum mafia
capuchino coffee aa
sophi yaaa

And in second stanza, literally pathetic lyrics. Oru 1 1/2 yeard old kid thathu bithunu pesara madhiri irukku.
If the music had been good, they could have better had it as an instrumental.

kadhalar dhinathil piRandhen
kaNgalai pidithu nadandhen
un idhayathil idaRi vizhundhen
azhaghaanen
kaadhalin pugaipadam idhile
hollywood movie yum idhile
america varai padam idhile
rusithene

I think the vairamuthu was watching national geographic, then CNBC then SunTV while penning the lyrics.

apple laptop peNNe
madiyil vaithu unne
viralgal theya konji
naan rasipaene
ennai octopus viralgalal surutti vittaai
oru atom bomb uyirukkul urutti vittaai

Thankfully HJ has composed the music in such a way, that it is heard to grasp the lyrics :-p
Rating -1/5

Overall rating. I will give 3.5/5 Just for the sukumaari and iyengar songs.

Yesterday evening heavy rains lashed bangalore city

And todays lunch table discussion @ office was about rain Not the seasonal rains during monsoon but the unexpected rains during summer!
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Gloom

Some people said, they felt very gloomy and down on rainy days. They said they didnt feel like working and no inspiration
Some said, roads are bad. Traffic jams, clothes dont dry. Cant go out etc etc

Romance

Most of the people said they feel very romantic. Ideal for a light dinner, romancing with better-half/girl friend etc etc

I dont know what rain has to do with romance

My team mates(everyone in my team except me are married :-D) leave office dot on time, on the days of rain

One of my friend proposed to his girl, @ marine drive mumbai when it was raining!! They are happily married and have a 16 month old son. Thats a different story

Fun

For me it is fun. I love playing in rain.

I cant dance in middle of the road like this guy:-( It happens only in movies. But I found a better alternative. I love taking my bike and going on a ride when its raining. First few minutes, I get completely wet. Then its lovely. Cant drive the bike fast and visibility is also poor. My helmet has a dark glass and I need to keep it half open for the visibility. Dont get much road grip because of the wet surface. True. It is a bit tough riding in these conditions, but still the thrill is amazing. Especially the feeling when I stop the bike in between for signals. I dont know how to call it. It is something in between goosepimples and shivering. wow. Its fun. Somehow I feel that it shakes off all the laziness in me.

It is fun to watch small kids with colorful raincoats walking in rain. And it amuses me the way people ride the 2 wheelers.

Some dare devils tie some polythene on their head and ride their bikes like crazy. Some KD kaN1000s wear rain suits like neil armstrong and ride at 20 km speed.

And I am reminded of my days in Kothrud, Pune. I had a suzuki samurai.

I used to go in either the mulshi road or sinhagad road. Stop somewhere in the middle, have garma garam vada pav and tea and continue with my journey. It was great and an amazing stress reliever!

Afterwards reach home, change and watch the rain from balcony!!!
I miss pune :-((

Thalaivi thalaivanai pirindhu vaadugindraaL. Aval irukkum nilayai ‘Pasalai Noi’ endru periyoargaL kooRuvar (ubayam: aga400)
Thalaivan thalaiviyai pirindhu vaadugindra pozhudhu, avanudaya mananilaikku edavadhu peyar uLLadha??

Hindiyil tanhayee endru kooRuvaargaL. tamizhil adhaRkku enna peyaro?

Or who feels the absence of heat more. Whatever way you put it. When I was studying at NIIT, or working I have always seen girls complain when the AC effect is more. And they say guys have buffalo skin and hence dont feel the cold. And blah blah blah. So I was under the impression that girls feel more cold than guys.

But if you have been watching tamil movies(or for that matter any indian movie), you will see that it is wrong. Almost 1 in 10 songs is shot in cold places like switzerland or new zealand. But the hero will be wearing jean, t shirt, pullover, jacket and what not. But the heroine will be wearing very less dress and parts of her err.. body will be visible as well. Wont they feel cold?

I remember one song from the movie velaikaraan, where thalaivar will be well dressed and dancing in kashmir along with amala. poor amala, she will be wearing that bharatanatyam saree and dancing bare footed(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Hmmm. I wonder!!

How much this word is misleading? I got a mail from one of my old pals with the subject as Invitation. Its been almost 2 years since I spoke to her. I was expecting it to be her wedding invitation and opened the mail. And the mail was an Invitation to join her friends network of Hi5.

Ada che!

Today morning, I was listening to Radio city. The RJ Vasanthi was asking the listeners, about shopping. And whoever called, Vasanthi was asking them what was the most essential thing for shopping. You know what were the responses? ‘Patience’, ‘Bargaining Skills’, ‘Time Management(???)’ etc. Till date I was thinking money is the thing that is required for shopping!!
RJ didnt stop there. She was referring to some places in chickpet and commercial street, which are good for shopping. I really pity the husbands of the wives who were listening to the show in the morning

Shopping reminded me of my Pune days. In Pune my office was bang opposite ‘Shoppers Stop’. There was this cafeteria there where they served delicious pasta and other stuff. Most of the days, I used to go there along with my friends for lunch. One day, my friend wanted to check on some pink tops. We went along with her to the ladies section. I found a nice pink top and asked her if she liked it. She turned looked at the top, and then shouted ‘Is this Pink. You call this Pink? Are you color blind? This is baby pink’.
I was like ‘Oh ok. Better to keep mouth shut’. I quietly asked to another friend wasnt that color pink. He also felt it was pink. Anyways, thats when I realised men are color blind when it comes to shopping. The extent to which women look for that RGB combination when it comes to dresses. Hmmmmm. Interesting when you are watching from a distance

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I had been to Hogenakal water falls this weekend. It was just 150 kms fromm bangalore, so we could cover the entire thing in a day.

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We started very early in the morning. Could catch a glimpse of sunrise near Hosur. It was wonderful.

This is the view from the hanging bridge. River cauvery, flowing in between these rocks. Some places it is as narrow as 10 metres and in some places as wide as 1 km.

There was this hanging bridge, atop the river. You need to pay an entry fee of 3 rs per head, and 20 rs for a digital camera.

There were around 12 waterfalls like this

and this.

This was the boat, in which we went. In tamil it is called as a parisal. (Coracle in english if I am not wrong.)

This was the place where the song ‘chinna chinnai aasai’ from Roja was taken.

It was very very hot, but still the boat ride was great fun. Water was for around 35 feet deep and I didnt know swimming

This waterfall was too good. I couldnt take pictures, as went closer since I was worried about my camera.

The water looks green and dirty because of the rocks and greenery around it seems. But it was not stinking and was very very clean. Appearance is really deceptive

This photo is for magix. I saw a doggy literally cooling its heels

And one more. This fellow was so tired, he went into a deep sleep.

There was a cave in the middle. It looked lovely

I tried a bit of rock climbing as well. One slip and there I go, into water.

Mobile shop for snacks and cool drinks

This is the deadliest thing in hogenakal. All along, you will find kids from age of 3 to 5 standing atop the hill. They will jump from 20 feet high staright into the water, if you are ready to pay 5 rs. If you are interested, tell the boatman and he will signal to the kids. My god. What a risk they are taking And i stopped my team mates from doing so. But couldnt stop the people from other boat asking the kids. Here is a snap of the kid jumping from the hill.

I found a pic of captain vijayakanth and took a snap. he he

There was a crocodile park nearby. Around 150 crocodiles were there. All looked deadly.

So thats it folks. A trip from sunrise to sunset There are many more wonderful sceneries that I could not capture with my camera. I was wet most of the times, since I took bath in atleast 3 to 4 waterfalls. And in some places, we were so close to the water, I didnt want to take risk of spoiling my camera.

If you are planning to go here call up 04342- 25644 and ask for Suresh(Boatman). This guy is very very good. Tell him my name and he will help you.

I really wonder why girls wear payal(golusu). True. That jal jal sound is supposed to be considered traditional. And in weddings and all they wear(or sport) it etc etc. Fine. Agreed!

But is it absolutely necessary to wear that in office??? It really distracts when you are busily working. I was discussing this Version Management with my team mate, and in the background this jal jal. It was tough to control the laughter too Not just me. I observed the facial reaction of many people in our floor.

Girls/Ladies who ever is reading this. Take it as request. Wearing payal/golusu in office doesnt really impress a guy(Atleast me. he he)

Sanga kaalathula thalaivi thoattathula maan kooda thulli vilayaduvaanga. Appo avanga golusu podara saththam thalaivan kku innisaya irundadhu. Udane thalaivar andha golusu background music kku padayappa rajni madhiri paaduvaaru. Neelambari madhiri thalaivi aaduvaanga. Thalaivar poattila win panniduvaaru. Appuram oodal. oodal pin koodal. Ellam seri. But adhu andha kaalam. Time maaridchu.

Enakku oru pazhamozhi dhaan nyabagam varadhu. Yaanai varum pinne maNi osai varum munne.

For people who cant comprehend what it means, it is my wish to fellow tamilians on our new year!