Tis my b'day....

I intended to publish this post @ 12:45a.m in the morning ( n be true to the tagline of my blog, ie blow my own trumpet)but due to some technical glitches in blogger i cldnt.
i m quite happy that i cldn then.
as i write this i m looking @ the beautiful bouquet @ my workstation along with a cute card all the way from Gurgaon.Thanks a lot Pooja, Manjusha, Ritika, Pallavi, Ruchi and ....Balaji ( frm Chennai, to take all the effort to place the flowers b4 i reach office). It really made my day. I feel like a Princess.
How I wish I had a data cable right now so that I can transfer this beautiful pic as an adage to this post.

THE END- an ode to my period of bliss!!!

My mom n sis r back, marking a fullstop to my brief period of bliss. As promised i m gonna rate how i fared in my litmus test.(c my prev posts)

First of all staying alone in Chennai is not really like staying alone in Gurgaon or in Vizag or in ne of the other places that i hav lived,simply bcoz my family(or a part of it) has been staying here for 10 years now. n almost everybody knows me.

My colony is like my extended family.wanna proof?????
these r the sample queries that I was bombarded with in the mornings, jus when i was literally counting every passing sec lest I did miss my 9:07 BEACH(FAST) EMU.

yenna aachu neth light romba nerama eranjuta irundatha? (wat happnd, the light was on for a long time?)
:when was it off?? ( i m of the habit of sleeping late in the night, or rather early in the morning, say 1 am n my sis likes getting up early (say 3-4), so practically the lights r always ON.

whom were u talking with y'day night in the balcony o’er the phone.
:hell man, most of my hours in the house r spent talking to my mom r o’er the phone, that is when i m not reading or watching TV (ok sorry!!! i realized i don talk that much)

what were u doing in the terrace y'day night?
: i njoi strolling in the terrace or swinging in my balcony n thats what i do even when my mom’s around.

why didnt u buy milk y'day? u r not taking care of ur health.
: cmon u expect me to finish 1litre of milk in a day, when i m there only @night.

wat happnd u r not eating well. When ur mom returns she will remark that “u hav lost ur wt;-(”
:acc to my mom, I m perennially losing weight

I noticed u were late/early from the office yday.
: kindly define whats early n whats late n what do u call correct time.

oh y'day u washed ur clothes…. u went for shopping ?? were u @ ur fren’s place??what did u have for b'fast?? …. N the list goes on.
To b v frank i didnt have to step into kitchen for more than 4-5 days. For all the other days my generous Aunties were there to take care of that dept.
I was so confused to c so many utensils in my house that one day i ventured to return all of it with my kai vannam, but unfortunately (fortunately) 2 of my fav aunties had gone out 4 the weekend. So they cldnt taste my dishes, but the rest did n I m not saying nethig further

Now I m forced to wonder was I really alone???? (but touch wood I m blessed to hv such a wonderful extended family).

Of treats and get-togethers

Last week has been a v happening one. It all started off with a get together of my college-mates ( our second in as many weeks!! n we term it as “reunion”;-) ) on Saturday.
Location: Abirami Mall,(it was a welcome change from the usual beach) this place was v crowded n the hall was not v impressive.
Agenda: movie - “Vettaiyadu villayiadu” (hunt n play) followed by a late lunch.
It was the first tamil movie that I watched after returning to Chennai n it was worth the money. I watch movies n appreciate performances but I am not a fan of ne actor but “Kamal Hasan” is an exception (the reason being he is a gr8 performer netime n everytime ;-))
The movie was fast paced, slick n technically perfect although there were minor glitches here n there. It was the best in recent times. ( I will probably talk abt the movie in my next post)

There were 2 birthday treats in my office and a lunch party in the office sponsored by me n few other frenz ( reason: I got promoted as Senior Software Engg). Somethin abt the lunch
Location: “Dhabha Express” – I was expecting it to be a Punjabi affair. Although the ambience was made to appear so , but the strong presence of chinki(or were they bengali!!) stuck out as a sore thumb. The vegetarian dishes were so-so. In the NV side I was terribly upset by the fish items. The only consolation was the chicken made dishes. We also got to meet Prithviraj( Jaya TV “Sawal”). I was literally scared to see his coloured, straightened knots of hair.( it’s a true sawal to c him in person)

To end this gr8 week it was my close fren Sunitha’s bday. We had a gr8 time together.
Now I am looking fwd to the forthcoming treats : both my frenz Priya n Sunitha r heading to UK. Hey r u listening, no combined treats.

Home Alone

My sis’s exams are over n her 2 months looooong vacations have begun. So she n my mom have decided to njoi her achievement of becoming 20% doctor by making a visit to my Dad in Delhi. Wow!!! I am alone @ home from today . The house looks so serene n calm.

I have been fortunate, to be blessed with such wonderful moments, throughout my life, every now n then. I love my family v much n njoi staying with them but I also love solitude. I know the first thought that wld cross everyone’s mind in such situation – “njoi ur freedom” . But my parents have already given me enough freedom. Then what’s so nice in staying alone. Now these are the things I love to do now n will do

1) When I am with my mom, most of my time @ home is spent talking with her, leaving v little time for me to be with myself. I njoi sitting in the jhulla in my balcony n keep swinging the whole night(or atleast half night, I seriously don’t want 2 scare away our apartment watchman).that’s what I am gonna do t’row night.
2) Our parents take care of us so v well, I always like testing , if I am able to take care of myself in the same way. This might sound quite ridiculous, but I am sure given a chance v wld usually get lazy n forgo all the small details that we were so particular when someone else was there to do for us. (eg: can u cook ur food exactly the same way in which u keep telling ur mom to cook, r u ready to iron ur dress that was neatly stacked in ur wardrobe just bcoz there is a small crease in the shoulder amidst ur morn rush, I guess u get what I am trying to say )
3) One thing that my mom doesn’t like is “ reading books well past midnight” n I am gonna do exactly the same, read “WE THE LIVING” tonight.(well its already midnight).
4) Most of all, live ur day to day life in such a way that no on knows that u r “HOME ALONE”. It might sound like point 2, but that was more abt “me” this is more abt “what others think of me”

Will let u know abt my xperience n also how I fared in my litmus test @ the end of this bliss.

A clear definition

I live in an apartment n my flat is close to the play area (or rather plainly open area). As with many colonies, we have a sizable population of kids, but mind u, they r a bunch of the smartest in their age-group.
While they r there in the apartment, most of their waking hours r spent in this play area. They play, do their home-works, study, dance, sing, eat, fight, discuss(sometimes even politics) n god knows what not in this adda of theirs.

Now if I had to ask u to define algebra. What wld u say?

Chances r there u wld start with

well…..,/

it is nothing but….,/

hmmm.. ,/

its…..,/

or even simply “algebra is a branch of maths”

This is what a 7th std girl had to say without any hesitation to a 6th std boy who was inquiring abt Algebra ( I guess his next chapter in Maths happens to be algebra):

“ numbers la vidukathai sozhrathuthan algebra” (tamil) –translates to
“riddles in numbers is algebra”
how v true!!!

I was highly impressed by this plain, no- nonsense definition.