Before it Happened…

Before it happened…

“Things were very different before it happened.. I wouldn’t have dared to call HIM that before it happened..leave alone going out with HIM… “

These were the lines in some supposedly wonderful novel that one of my younger friends was reading…. where an American middle school gal fantasizes and recounts the wonderful moments spent in company with her newly found boy friend Joe … the “it” happened supposedly refers to their first kiss.. (grrrr)..The “call him that” part eh?? seems she started calling him jo darlinggggg after that…(grrrr) the going out??? Phew! as usual a romaaantic candle light dinner replete with violinists and accordionists ( I dunno if a word like that exists.. but who cares.. I dunno wat a guy who plays the accordion is called)
dressed in black and white playing the gals favorite tunes… (grrrrrrr).. jus when I was turning to quit the place… she loudly exclaimed… woooooow howwwww romantic!!!!! swa… wat do u think of it?

On the bessst of the spring evenings… when everything around is soooo beautiful and the birds are singing in the air and there are butterflies everywhere (I dunno y I gave this example) …but wat am actually trying to say is that I am no where even close to being romantic!!!!!!!..And worse.. I was jus back after a tiring two days at office and a meeting with our HEAD.. the MAN!! And an even tiring project team outing with HIM!I had nt heard a word of what she had been reading and saying.. I jus came back to my senses when I heard my name being called…She asked again.. wat do u think of it swaaa… AND That was the biggest mistake she ever made! Absent mindedly I took the book from her and went through the two lines…

Since I was so pre-occupied.. I read it hastily and started off with what I thought…

Yes things were very different before IT happened… IT has made a great difference to our country and our lives…Infact IT has made such an impact that the ministry has set up a special committee comprising NRIs to look into ITS promotion and growth in all pockets of the country and outside. We Indians are currently the best in IT!!!! I said proudly…..She looked at me horror-struck!!! not knowing wat a blunder I had made… I had understood “IT”( Information technology) for “it”( The kiss) while reading in a hurry!!!

but I hadn’t finished yet…

I went on… . YEAH DUDE!!!! Outside office I wouldn’t have dared call him that… he is almost 54… A man I respect and revere… but within office premises…. Everyone calls everyone like that.. so u tend to get used to it…..

Poor gal! Her jaw dropped!!!!! Eyes popped out as much as they cud!!! Her hand went and shut her mouth tight!!!!!

How would she ever know I was actually referring to this completely UN-INDIAN culture in our IT companies.. of addressing our superiors, mentors and even the elder most of our CO-Workers by their name … I was actually telling her how I call even our HEAD who is 54 and a man soooo senior and respected by his “Name”… unlike our Indian practice of saying SIR…

I was not done yettt….

It was great fun going out with HIM… wat a lovely time we had.. never knew he could be so much fun… the songs.. the food… everything was excellent!!!!
That was the END!!!!

While I was actually referring to our project outing where our HEAD had sung for us and had been such gud fun… she went arounddd screaaaming and yelling that I had gone for a candle light dinner with my new darlingg boyfriend who is 54 years old!!!!!muhahahah…!
And it took me quite a while to convice the others of the truth phew!!

 

TAGGGED…!!!

Last movie seen in a theatre:

Hmmmm… i think “Horton hears a who”… It was cute Speciallllly hortonnnn! loved him!

What book are you reading?

Memoirs of Geishaaa… been reading it for ages now… jus not getting to finish it!!!

Favourite board game:

Used to love playing monopoly and scrabble.

Favourite magazine:

Readers digest, India today

Favourite smells:

Hmmm.. i looooove smelling EUCALYPTUS oil!!! mmmmm!!!!

other than that… anything with a hint of sandalwood… !!!

 Favourite sound:

The sound of waves crashing into the shores…

Worst feeling in the world:

I agree with Rags.. When you are accused of something you didn’t do..

and .. i hate it when ppl talk behind the back.. TALK me dudes TALK me!!

What is the first thing you think of when you wake up?

Oh nooo… i shudnt miss the bus today…!!!

Favourite fast food place:

“Vishranti”–in besant nagar…  i will probably get the most frequent visitor award if they ever decide to give one..

Future child’s name:

Always plan ur future nu sollirka… adhukkaga ippdiya… !!!

Finish this statement, “If I had a lot of money I’d…”

Probably go on a world tour..

Do you drive fast?

Verrrrryyyy fast… !!

Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?

LOL noooo!

Storms - Cool or Scary?

Cool. . . . if it doesnt wreck too much havoc

Do you eat the stems on broccoli?

no brocolli no stem

If you could dye your hair any colour, what would be your choice?

Burgundy

Name all the different cities/towns you have lived in:

Madurai and Chennai

Favourite sports to watch:

Cricket and Tennis

One nice thing about the person who sent this to you:

Rags - recently rechristened Raggy-Baggy: Great friend, techie to the core, helpful, recently failed the dare to spend a day without using lol and hee hee.

Swe - One of my bestest pals with her ever increasing list of mashed potatoes(plzzz ask her wat it is), all in all a really sweet gal

What’s under your bed?

def not the picture of some good looking hunk….  A pair of old skates!(sigh)

Would you like to be born as yourself again?

SUREEEE!

Morning person or night owl?

Very much morning.. anything more than 11 30 is MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

Over easy or sunny side up?

??????

Favourite place to relax:

Elliots Beach - Besant nagar!

Favourite pie:

Sweetie pie,Cutie pie…;P ( Dont go grrrr…. dont u like being called one??)

Favourite ice cream flavour:

Chocolate!

You pass this tag to –

Sai priya

Swetha (my sis)

Of all the people you tagged this to, who’s most likely to respond first?

I think sai… currently slightly vetti i believe…

 

Swat’s Career Guidance Class!!

The Bright morning chennai soooriyan…a sparkling colgate white bus.. some peppy songs to start the morning making u goaaahaa( modulation — anything u can imagine.. even vadivelu’ style sometimes) ..a lovely drive along the ‘road mosttravelled’ ( yes the iT highway)… a few kisses here and there (i meant to the other buses in front… ;))…then into “THE”place( ppl call it oppice) …a brisk walk to the block along the well directed pathways.. u jus cant walk slowly.. its almost like ranganathan street.. they make the road for u… then up the lift or stairs… a quick cup of coffee or tea ( if u have skipped breakfast) and then finally into the comfort of ur cubicles… next come the routines.. checking ur daily dosage of mails.. and then start.. the calls… the documents… the mails… the codes.. the tests… the mails.. then the codes.. the calls… the mails… lunch… mail… codes.. calls…
Not a day has gone by without me hearing one of my colleagues say… life is soooo boring yaaar… it really is… when we were jus discussing abt other lucrative career offers here’s wat we came up with!!

1) Dont like sitting in the same place the whole day? know the nooks and corners of chennai thanks to vagabonding during college days? speed thrills??? faan of rajinikanth? have 60,000 rs? look gud in khakhi??? well… besstu thing to do.. buy yourself an auto or even better a share auto! the latest way to make quick bucks in chennai! the other day.. i mustered the courage to ask an over friendly auto anna how much he makes per day…  he jus replied…romba ille ma… oru 900!!! i almost fell outta the auto… thats more than wat i make!!! 900*30 = 27000??? i was jus praying to godd he shouldnt ask me the same question…he went on to talk abt how he makes four trips along the it highway and thats enuff for the day.. 2 in the morning.. 2 in the evening.. the rest of the time looking after his other businesses??? other wat????? i did not hear a single word after that.. AM QUITTING!!!

2)All u gals here.. hmmm… even guys… no special skills required… know a  a few friendly shop keepers… ??? hmmm… the local grocery owners will do… oh.. wat??? spencers daily and nilgiris??? great!!! can rake up a few thousands that will fetch u a  few good grinders capable of grinding idly or dosa batter…can find a friend’s small litle house to put the grinders in…??? thats it!! its gonna rain moneyy!!! yes jus buy the required grains.. the grinders make the batter… put them in the smallest packets u can find… think of a good name… &%^$%^ dosai maavu or idly maavu!! supply them to the shop keeper uncles…and then hire a person jus to deposit the money in the bank everyday!! The revolutionary item of last year that has completely stopped women in chennai from doin the only physically draining activity they used to do.. grinding batter…and completely wiped out the sales of the ever so popular “SOWBHAGYA WET GRINDER”tin tin te tin… the smallest packet sells for 18 bucks and every household claims of buying atleat 3 packets a week!!! think think….

3)The third most profitable business in besant nagar specially… however requires some speial skills… u would need to apprentice for a week under a korathi( gypsy) ammae or ayyan for which u wud need to do a bit of convincing… maybe dress like one of them.. or act like u r impoverished… or even better… guys some of these gals are reall cute!!! apprentice for abt a week… jus to know how they string those colorful beads together… and once u are pro… start a shop near the beach.. shop??? no no… absolutely low investment…a few hundreds to correct the policeman on rounds.. a small mat… a hurricane lamp.. which will prevent customers from spotting the small manufacturing errors…and a minimum price of 40 for anything they touch… atrociously costly?? don worry.. there will still be buyers!!! dont believe me??? every gyspsy on the streets of besant nagar has 4 branch offices!!! in and around besant nag of course.. each managedby one member of the family.. they have dedicated overseas clientele.. ( yes nris and forigners find it special) most of them own a slim motorocker while i still have a dabba nokia 1600… and above all.. i saw two of them at the atm yesterday withdrawing a huge bunch of 500 rupee notes… i swear!!

4) Still looking for OPTIONS??? hmm… get together a group of gal friends who can cook a bit… maska your gramma and mom… ask them wat dishes are special for each festival.. write it down… start learing to make them.. dont groan… jus a few weeks.. or if u can hire ppl to do it for u.. great! for instance if krishna jayanthi is coming up.. learn the cheedai first.. similarly if ganesh chathurthi is coming next. learn the kozhukattai… done??? jus one advertisement in local newsaper that “krishna jayanthi — festival package!!” is on offer! any price u can think of!! ppl will jus keep calling… gone are the days sweets were made at home for festivals… no body has the time they claim.. but the real fact is… nobody knows to make them!so wat?? everyone knows to eat!!! so assure quality and u are assured offers in good quantity!!

So hurry up.. giddie up… thank me for the free career guidance class and decide fast!! 1 2 3 or 4???

 

Selling happiness??

Ooooh! its been quite a while since i have written the last post… am beginning to feel outta touch and rusty already!!!Seems like my comp’s mother board  decided it was time it stopped working and sent my blogging skills into hibernation!But nooo! I wont give up!! So here i am blogging from the browsing center!!

 Well… honestly i’ve been to the internet cafe only a handful of times before and i dunno why.. but i hav always thought it to be one of “those” dingy places full of shady characters doing some mischief or the other..

 But rite now i realise how wrong i was…

 As i write…I have a really interesting array of people co-browsing..people across all age groups.. cast.. creed..and  sex.. ! Almost looks like a deliberately chosen “sample” for  experimenting the effect of some drug or some psychological tests those geeky professors perform to check the efficiency of the method..  

 The noisiest of the lot are a cute old couple..(the maami is decked in the traditional nine yards saree and the maama in perfect veshti sattai..) who are voice chatting with their daughter married to a software engineer in the US.. They are excitedly looking at the first pictures of their new born grandson who is named “sanjay”!! the look on their faces.. the excitement.. their joy.. priceless… and infectious too!! 

The next is a mom talking to her daughter who is doing her M.S in some university in US… Now this conversation was something we ppl are really used to hearing.. the lady advising her daughter how she shud keep her room neat..tellin her to apply oil to her brown hair to prevent it from turning red.. dictating recipies of various dishes..tellin her to visit the temple on vinayaka chathurthi thats jus coming up and so on.. and finally the ” missing u a lot ” part and the tear that trickled down her cheeks as she said good byee bought tears to my eyes too..

 Then the youngest of the browsers.. a cute little mallu kid who wanted to browse the net for information on repitiles for his project the next day.. he spent most of the time accusing the browsing center owner that his computer was useless because yahoo search  was apparently not returning “enough information”!! ha ha ha!!! the owner then decided it was time he taught the kid a thing or two and so after a few mins i heard the guy muttering a thank you and hopping away happily with his print outs!! 

And last but not least a good looking young man sitting right next to me and pleaaading sorry after sorry to his girl friend for not chatting with her the day before!! the poor guy!!!of course after a lot of pleading and consoling and an awful lot of love u da s. she finally agreed to forgive from.. atleast thats wat i can read from the pink of the guyz cheeks…

 phew!!! my opinion bt internet cafes has sure undergone a sea change!! It seems soooo  full of life!! It seems like this magical place where “happiness” is being sold. Atleast thats wat i felt looking at the faces of the “happy” grandparents.. mom.. lover.. and the kid !!! The internet is truly lighting up lives!!! Am already looking forward to my next trip to the internet center!!!  Am sure you would agree toooooo!!    

 

Best Friend??? Who’s that???

Yesterday evening i was jus hurriedly walking home after alighting the cognizant bus. It was raining and i wanted to avoid the “hachchooos( I mean catching cold)” bcoz it has jus about settled in that i am not a coll student anymore and a day’s leave means  “loss of pay”.L As i walked i saw two cute little heads cuddled under an umbrella. I recognized one of them to be a kutti gal who lives in my colony. She smiled at me and introduced the other gal as her BEST FRIEND! I gave her also a smile and walked on.

As i walked my mind got stuck on those two words…” best friend”.. What if the gal had asked me “akka who is your best friend??”…. My mind was racing!! whom would i hav said??Aaalll those faces that had even once smiled at me and whose hands had waved at me these two decades were one after the other appearing in attendance order!! Five minutes into it and  i still did not have an answer!!! It was then that i understood that the problem was not that there was NO BODY who had been “best friend”. The problem was that “EVERYBODY” has been best friend!! (so all u guys out there calling me your friend pat yourself on the back and say “good job”!!)

Well… that set me thinking.. Wat parameters do ppl use to decide who is a best friend??will they go grading???  amount of care shown -20 marks.. no of times they have made u smile-20 marks…  and so on??? or..  maybe the person shud hav fished u outta trouble?? well… all friends always do that..dont they??? maybe they shud console u when u are down and out.. well again, all friends do that.Why do u need a “best friend” for that..?!.Maybe they share common interests?? Obviously ! don’t we know birds of a feather flock together?? So among the birds how will they decide??? hmmm… mozhi style some bulb will suddenly burn bright or some bell will ring eh??? Or some poorva janma bandham will resurface and a stranger will suddenly turn best friend??? And haven’t we heard so many stories and seen so many movies where “best friends” turn into “best enemies”?. Well.. if your so-called “best friend” cant forgive you and stop fighting with u… who else will?? So were they really “best” friends before fighting then???

I was still thinking… in coll we were a gang of six…and not for a million pounds would i be able to give one of them a point more than the other. They all seem equal before swa’s eyes!!! (sounds like some civics lesson… all citizens are equal before the law!! Hee hee )  Similary my school friends gang.. there too the same prob! Leave alone grading them. How am I gonna compare them with my coll friends and decide who is better?? And finally among them… one best???  Phew!!! My head sure is spinning!!

Am i the one who is not able to understand the “concept” of a best friend or is everyone else jus pretending???  welll….. folks!!! I know u must be thinking.. “apppaa!!! how many questions will she ask??”. So for your good I decide to stop here.

 But my dear friends I must say.. The coveted post of “swa’s best friend” still remains unoccupied and I make an announcement here that any body who answers all the above asked questions satisfactorily shall automatically be recruited into that post!!! So All the best dudes and dudettes!!!!

  

 

Smriti ki Smriti…

 It was around 6:30 pm one evening and I was all ready dressed in my usual joggingpants and tee shirt getting ready for my evening stroll to the beach. The sun had almost set and the sky above was a violetish pinkish dark bluish mix. The sea breeze had jus set in and painted a pretty picture for a nice walk.I live opposite a school which is second home to around 25oo kids. As I opened my gate to leave I heard a muffled sob.

I jus turned around to see a cute little pony-tailed kid dressed immpeccably in crisp navy blue skirt and an “ujala” white shirt standing all alone in the darkness. All kids seem cute to me usually but this one was definitely one of the cutest I had seen till date with her rosy pink cheeks and olive like eyes. I could’nt somehow bear to see such a sweetie pie in tears and so started walking towards her to see if I could be of some help. I had jus about moved a few yards when she started wailing even louder!! waaaaaaaaaa !!!she wud go!!! Do u look that scary swa?? I asked myself.. but realised that she had actually cried due to fear of a huge street dog that was walking beside me.. Phew!! Thank god!! I walked up to her and tried to be as akka- like as possible and calmed her down saying..” He is called chocolate.. He won do anything.. He is  very friendly..”(though I am shit scared of that dog myself and have been chased by it a zillion times before!!!) I knelt down and asked y she was waiting. The kid replied that no one had come to pick her up. Jus then it struck me that the school usually closes by four and that the kid had been standing there braving hunger, thirst, darkness, loneliness and above all huge street doggies!  All alone for over two hours.!!

  I took her home and gave her something to eat. She then regained control over herself and became a little calm. It was then that I started my quizzing session. I asked her what her name was.. She replied that her name was Smriti. Then I asked her what her  parents did and the kutti kid  replied that both were working in “computer company”. Software professionals she meant.Then started her story!! Both parents came home really late. So her servant usually picked her up from school, took her home, gave her something to eat, and kept her company till she finished her homework and watched tv. She would sleep by around nine and her parents would not be back by the time she slept! So she would see her parents only the next morning!!! wat???? seeing one’s parents only the next day??? And imagine the mornings!!… mom wud be busy preparing lunch.. the kid wud be groaning to go to school..then wud hurriedly have a shower and gulp down the breakfast… then the dad wud drop her off to school on the way to office…when in the world would they even talk to each other???…

Imagine not having anyone in the house when u get back from school.. no one to listen to the little child’s stories of the day.. how her teacher gave her a star in her notebook for writing neatly.. how some boy pulled her ribbons.. wat all dishes her friends bought for lunch… how fat her english teacher looked…well… i could’nt but help feeling really sad for her.. But then…I had work to do now… I thought maybe her parents thought the servant would have picked her and did not know this had happened. So I looked up her identity card and found her mom’s cell number…I called her and told her that her kid was at my place and she should pick her.. and I was flabbergasted angered and shocked to hear the reply I got.. ” Oh I forgot! the servant said she would not be coming..” was all she said without even a slight hint of remorse!! I jus did not know wat to say…!! I  jus hung up and waited for her to come and pick the kid. Just as I expected she was this chic looking young mom driving an innova and without a word of acknowledgement she jus ushered the child into the car and took her away… “the poor kid” i thought, as i waved her goodbye…  

Dunno y but this really saddened me.. In the rat race for money modern day parents seem to be forgetting little kids who require their attention and not their money. If our generation had missed out on the virtues and values of a joint family our next gen seems to have forgotten wat a family is all abt!!!! The irony of the whole thing was.. Smriti ki hi smriti nahi rahi toh kiski smriti rahegi unhe??? They forgot to remember!!!

 

I’ve been Tagged…

Ravikumar has  tagged me. so here it goes…

Favorite Color:Black

Favorite Food:mommy’s food

Favorite Month: august of course! thats when gr8 ppl like me were born!

Favorite Song :
Hindi : lots of ‘em but a special fav would be “ek ladki tho dekha tho..”

Tamil: Too many to mention here

English:I want it that way(BSB) 

Favorite Movie: I have a prob.. i dont remember movie names

Favorite Sport:cricket and tennis

Favorite Season: monsoon

Favorite Day Of the week: friday.. so comforting to think of the next two days..

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Chocolate

Favorite Time of Day: Evening

8 CURRENTS
Current Mood: Upbeat

Current Clothes: Black shirt blue skirt

Current Desktop: tour photo of the six of us..(sat,pri,raji,nirmala,swe,me)

Current Toenail Color: natural

Current Time: 1:00 pm IST

Current Surroundings: an absolutely messy room

Current Thoughts: cant someone clean it up for me

6 FIRSTS

First Best Friend: first and still.. ajitha my once upon a time neighbor

First Screen Name: swathi

First Pet: chintu heeee heee

First Piercing: the usual ear piercing when i was one
 

First Movie: sorry memory failure

6 LASTS

Last Cigarette: I don’t smoke.

Last Drink: Had pine apple juice with kittu charan and arc at fruit shop

Last Car Ride: A wonderful drive along the beautiful golden quadrilateral project highway off vizag

Last Movie Seen: 300

Last Phone Call: priya called to say she was comin home

Last Book Read: Reading the wings of fire

Have You Ever Broken the Law: jumped the signal a couple of times. Nothing serious.

Have You Ever Been Arrested: No.

Have You Ever Been on TV: yeah a couple of times

Have You Ever Lied:  generally try not to

Have You Ever Kissed Someone You Didn’t Know: Not yet.

Thing You Can Hear Right Now:

naresh iyer crooning kadhal konjam.. (pachaikili) and a crow cawing its head off sitting on my window sill

Thing You Can’t Live Without: Dunno.Generally try not to get too obsessed with anythin

Thing You Do When You’re Bored: watch some movie probably

4 PLACES YOU’VE BEEN TODAY: till now my gramma place and the local grocery store.
 

3 PEOPLE YOU CAN TELL ANYTHING TO: Cmon.. it depends on what the “anything” is..

2 CHOICES

1. Black or White: Black 2. Hot or Cold: Hot

1 THING YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE: i havent really given it a thot.. will let u know

 

Being Twinzzzzzzzz:)

 

 

Ever seen two identical looking similarly dressed kids trot about the streets hand in hand?? yeah am talking about twinzz!! Ever wondered how life would be if u had someone who looked exactly like you following u around everywhere??? well courtesy having a twin sister who looks almost like me and having spent twenty years of my life so far being one of two twins i think i can offer u a little peek into “our lives”…  i mean “life being twins!!”

How is it like being twins???? This is probably the question i’ve been asked most no of times in these twenty years and am sure all those twins out there would definitely nod in agreement.. We twins have always been a subject of fascination to young and old alike. well… to all those who want to know how it is.. the answer is.. its fun unlimited!!!

So here am going to give u a little peek into “life being twins”.There are two sides to any coin and this one’s no exception..

Well lets be positive and start with the plusses…

If u are born with a twin u can literally assume u have been granted a free license to confuse people.. u will almost automatically do it.. Who are the main targets???

Kutti kids… generally below ten who wouldnt have seen too many twins before.. new comers to your colony( especially someone who is lost and trying to find some address..)

new teachers who’ve jus joined school or college and have’nt been warned about you… and ooold paatis and thathas.. and relatives who havent seen u in a looong time..

Well wat all one can do?? Anything! practically anything to drive them crazy… With kids its generally the who’s who game.. What ever means they devise to identify u and call the correct name.. they’re always wrong!! hee hee ..With the paatis and thathas.. hmmm.. With old age generally comes poor vision and forgetfulness…and who better to take advantage of it than us twins?? Paatis invariably catch us doin some mischief and when they report it to the parents they mostly tend to give the wrong name.. and if u are the one who’s acually done the mischief…. wat more can u ask for??? Escape!!! Fleee the scene bfore they realise!!! With the teachers its always fun.. the moment we hear there’s a new teacher who’s joined school “operation confuse” will begin! Go to the staff room and ask the teacher some doubt.. after ten minutes send ur twin and ask her/him to ask the same doubt!! And when u are asked y u came again.. flatly deny!!(if possible ask some friend to testify that u were with her all the while).The look on the teacher’s face… priceless!

Twins usually get along really well with other pairs of twins. So if there are around four to five pairs of twins in the same place they are sure to gang up and have some fun!!

hmmm.. wat else?? twins generally tend to have a real lot of friends. In fact i have wondered at times whether a lot of people would have actually been my friends had we not been twins. Another interesting thing being twins is that u will almost

magically be the center of attraction wherever u go. U jus don have to do anything. But u will still be attracting a lot of on lookers!! Some people will actually go to the extent of making the two twins stand next to each other and start peering into their faces spotting differences trying to find the smallest moles or a differently shaped tooth or a scar!! This is when it tends to get a bit irritating! Another thing with twins is that they are expected to do the same things and the same way. If one sings he other is also expected to. If one likes pizzas the other is also expected to. C’mon guys we are different people!! Associated with this is the aspect of comparisons! If one of the twins scores a few marks less than the other or does’nt do as well as the other.. thats the end!! She/ he would spend the next few days answering questions as to why the other one got the better of her/him!! why cant they jus leave the poor one alone?? Nevertheless its great fun!! U have someone u can share everything with right from your clothes to books to friends!! There are other advantages too.. U can easily getaway with your twin’s identity card if you have lost yours, U can use your twin’s license till you’ve got yours.. U can even ask her to attend classes and exams instead of u if u are the daring kind!

Another thing being twins is that people tend to ask a lot of annoying questions at times! the first thing being “are u twins??” (what else do u call two people who look exactly alike??) We can understand your amusement and fascination when u look at two people looking exactly the same.. but imagine us.. especially if its a new place where we dont know most people,  every second person would give us one of those “looks” and ask the same question..” are u twins??” then there is this eternal question that ppl ask..” who is more evil of the two??” (is it some kind of a rule or wat??) and even if i really am the eviler one am certainly not going to admit it!! Ask me and i will say its her and vice-versa!! so y ask at all?? Then there is this one about the clothes.. when we are dressed alike people come and ask.. why are u guys dressed alike?? to show u are twins eh?? And when we are dressed different ppl say..” hey why dont u guys dress alike yaar?? It would be fun”!! (what do u guys actually want ???)  This is another one.. ” if i kick u now will ur sister in antartica feel the pain??” phew!! how can she?? They always seem to assume we have some psychic or telepathic connection.. no am sorry we dont!! and finally this one’s the best…” are u gonna marry twins???” well… all I can think of is “is’nt there enough confusion already??” JJ

    

 

Wat Next???

Hey all!!!!  Its yet another scorching summer day in chennai. Its supposedly study hols (hee hee haa haa).Only two subjects this semester. So as thala rajini says… “jujubi”!! Call it over confidence, call it complacency… or even simpler.. call it laziness and procrastination. Whatever the name, studying is  simply outta question.

So what next?

Someone once said ” only dogs and mad men” will roam out in the streets of chennai during the months of April and May!! Me a Dog?? No.. Am homosapien.. And mad???  Not yet…  So I would rather prefer staying at home! And so the pending shopping trip is postponed yet again..

 So again wat next?

 Hmmm… sleeping?? naaa… I just woke…(ya around 10:30). Its hardly been an hour  and a half..My day has just about begun .. So this  option  too is  rejected!

Then again wat next??

 How about some tv ?? well… even though I am pretty much at ease understanding    hindi, english, tamil, telugu and kannada, all i get to see on weekday  afternoons are  sob stories, women wearing all kinds of pretty kanjeevarams crying to their hearts content or scheming wickedly to spoil their sister-in-law’s plans.. or off the late the malini ramaaanis and the valayaaas showing off their exteremely “wearable” collections.. or worse.. videos of beheadings and cold blooded murders in college campuses.. phew!! is there peace in this world?? grab the remote!!! switch it off!!

so yet again.. wat next???

A Newspaper??? well.. the last page is wat i almost automatically turn to… oh no… a month and a half since India’s world cup debacle… and  people still playing the “blame game” .Hmmm….front page??? “The mp trafficking racket”!!Noooo….!!  a bit too demoralising to start the day with..

so am back to wat next???

 Wat about a magazine??? all front pages bearing the abhi-abhi concluded ash-abhi  wedding saga…. worthless details spanning from how many minutes each of the “saath phere” they circled saath saath took.. to the number  of flowers that decorated the “bachan parivar home” to how many minutes kajol and ajay spent with the newly weds.. to which car amar singhji came in… who cares ???????

 whoosh…  back again to wat next????

hmmm… how about writing a blog??? well sounds nice… for a beginner like me around a page should do rite??? But…. Oh god!!! I jus about made up my mind and I realize I ‘ve crossed a page already!!! Here ends my first blog and as usual am back to “WHAT NEXT???????” hee heeeJ