Quarter Century...

Quater century, Silver Jubilee whatever u may want to call it....25 years of my life I have spent wondering what to do and learning how to do.....But shuld accept life has treated me pretty well in these years.....But I guess the imp question is how I've treated my life for which frankly I really don't know the answer....

To me I am still a kid at heart...guess its a problem with the youngest in the family they always remain a child no matter how much they grow up.....I've taken life as it came and to the day I dont look back and feel that I made a wrong choice or decision (culd've studied a lil harder though)....

God has given me whatever I should get and I dont have to mention that his timing has been immaculate....Well who knows better than him ;).....

காதலின் பாதையில்.......

காதலின் பாதையில் போனதில்லை என் நெஞ்சம்,

கண்டேன் நான் உன்னை, பின்புதான் உயிரினுல் ஏதோ நடுக்கம்,

ஏனோ ஏனோ என் கனவில் வந்து,

என்தன் நிஜத்தை கலைத்து சென்றாய்.


பாலைவனம் போல் வறண்டிருந்த நிலையிலடி என் நெஞ்சம்,

பசுமை தரும் நதி போல் என்தன் நெஞ்சில் உன் தஞ்சம்,

காதல் கடலில் நானும் இன்று விழுந்ததென்ன,

உன்தன் அழகின் வெள்ளம் என்னை இங்கு கொல்வதென்ன,

உனை நினைத்து உறக்கம் இல்லை,

கனவினிலும் உன்தன் தொல்லை,

உயிர் கொண்டு, மனம் வென்று,

உடல் மட்டும் விட்டுச் செல்லும்.....(காதலின்)

Here comes nother post...Its kinda hard to realise that itz goin to be half year since I came to the US of A....Six months is really huge time but I shuld say it has gone past pretty fast...So fast I'm able to reconcile only a few substantial events...Last week was one such....visted my cousin bro @ Connecticut and I shuld say it was a real gud weekend....He has twin daughters around 7 yrs old and I was simply amazed by their maturity....The questions they ask are too much...real cute kids....Miss em already...

The weekend was also remarkable in the context that I finally decided to buy me one of the greatest pleasures....Ordered one of these babies and cannot wait to put my hands on it.....

'Fall'ing in Raaja's music

Its been pretty long hibernation but its definitely different from the normal one...For the fact that I have waken up from the hibernation in winter(or atleast winter so near)...This hibernation can be attributed to my laziness to write (though I love writin) and also that I dont talk much about anything other than Music..
This post also has music in it...
Its been more than 3 months now since I bid adieu to my family n friends at Chennai airport...To be frank I am still a lil nostalgic n cannot get India outta my mind...One thing I really enjoy is the short bus journey from my home to office...It usually takes me 40 mins to get to the office and all through it I have Raaja's music to accompany me...Watching fall colors with Raaja's music in the background...wow no words to describe the feeling....

US Open Finals

Of freeways and diet cokes

A software engineer life's never complete without an onsite trip....Its like an universal mantra...Many people crave to be at onsite for various reasons ranging from Money to adult channels.
I never was really desperate for onsite but my friends kept on pressing me to ask my Manager abt that...For that reason and to make my presence felt i walked upto my Manager and had a lil talk. I didnt quite take that talk seriously but guess what my manager did....I was asked to get ready to fly and fly i did after some confusions..

I sort of expected some miracle to happen when i come to US...But after comin here I'm feeling very much like being at Chennai....That can be attributed to the fact that the place where i live is flocked by our guys and the climate now is scorchingly hot...there are certain things that stands out though like the roads, cleanliness and the courtesy stuff that people here show...Itz like ppl smile at u when u r taking a walk down the road... everythin is damn organised and neat...All said n done this place is also on mother earth...People talk as though they have jus arrived at Vaikuntam...oh thats Heaven in hindu terminology....

The one thing i hate the most is people here comparing everything with the related equivalent in India...Like sayin this would have taken a long time in India...people there are so rude....the traffic theres is so unorganised...this n that...dude if u like this place so much jus keep it 2 u...dont go on bringin India in the picture for each n every damn thing n demean it....If people like u come n settle here whoz there to set things rite...Everyone wants to be in a clean contiguous but no one's is ready to clean up the mess.....dont forget u r here coz of India and no matter what u've become in ur life ur sweetest and most cherished days will be the days u had spent in India....

I was talkin with my friend about this(hez bn here for more than 2 yrs) and only thing he said was people change...I really hope I dont...No matter how much this place offers me I would really like to b back at the bosom of my motherland...The warmth that provides is more than anythin else....Know wat guys this blog itself will bolster me doin this...If someday i find myself changing I would prob read this post of mine and hit the back of my head with a little smile...

Lord of the Tomes

I'm not an avid reader of books...atleast used to be like that...I've been bit by this bug off late after i came to work here in Chennai...The main reason being i didnt have an idiot box in my place and to pass time i had to capitulate to Books...Now I've become what u might call a Book "freak" averaging abt 2 books /week....I've even gone to the extent of completing two books in a day....

The average of mine started to decline a month back when i decided to read critically acclaimed "Lord of the Rings"....Please note that i'd seen the movie version of it more than once...Okay now about the book...There's a note at the back of the book sayin "There are two kinds of people on earth...Those who have read Lord of the Rings and those who are going to read"...Man believe me its one heck of a book...u can call it an epic....

The author has done everything for the book from creating an entirely new world to inventin a language...The prologue and the initial parts of it might be on the slower side but once u r thru the half of the first part its pretty much fast...For a book of such volume it is appreciably quick and the occurring of events is pretty interesting....

One thing that captures your attention is the exhaustive description of the landscapes and meticulous portrayal of the scenics...And for people who have not read the book or seen the movie the book has only a handful of Men characters...You 'll come across many kinds of races like Elves, Dwarves, Ents, Orcs, Trolls etc....

You will also find maps of Middle Earth the place where the story is supposed to be happening....Drawn to scale...If you have the habit of reading books give this book a chance...you'll appreciate it...u jus need a lil bit of patience to start with......

Beauty Redefined

One of the rarest marvels of nature,
I really doubt its replication in future,
Truely i see a great artist in God,
For such a beauty as u,He has made.

How long do u propose to live here forth,
For i didnt know angels do live on earth,
I see in u beauty itself personified,
And ur eyes making it much more glorified.

I really wonder if this happening is verity,
For if it is so,its truely my serendipity,
'coz first time I witness a real beauty,
Which has turned my "blithers" into a poetry???

Beauty as yours on earth is rare to find,
However rarer than it is a beautiful mind,
For if you lack that inner beauty,
Its just like rain falling into the sea.

As years roll by,one day you'll see,
You'll not be pretty you used to be,
For all the beauties have had the same end,
Thats the message the history sends.

However there's one alternative i can say,
To make your beauty live all the way,
Make your mind benevolent towards all,
This 'll make ur beauty into an immortal.

Bolster others to make them grow,
This 'll make your soul to glow,
Taking this path you shall sow,
The reaps of which 'll make beauty bow.

Illayaraaja's One Man Show : Gathering of His devotees
I was fortunate to be in One Man show - Illayaraaja's Concert held here in chennai...I was there from around 6 to around 11 pm when it ended but i wished it would carry on...I hardly could see the happenings on the stage from where i was sittin...But the aura of his presence was enough to make me sit for 4 hrs without having food or water considering the fact that i didnt have lunch and a frugal breakfast...
The show was held in grounds of a school in Royapettah...The event organising was not upto the mark...there were some mess ups like when Raaja made his entry there were fireworks display...nothins wrong abt that but a sensible person would like to hear Him singin rite that too after an hours wait...But these guys go on blasting fireworks for more than 5 mins within which the audience got bored and a bit irritated...The sound engineeering was bad considering the fact that the orchestra was of Lakshman Shruthi....Could hardly hear Bass guitar for all the songs and that too when songs like Naan thedum were played....Overall we people at back could not hear the first few songs properly and people got so irritated that they started shouting saying to increase the volume and this volunteer comes n says theres a problem with the mid speaker....Highly frustrating shuld say...
Comin on to best part of the show...Of course it was Raaja....he sung for around 3 hrs continuously breaking in the middle jus to give some anecdotes...but for 3 hrs he didnt leave the stage was standin on the stage till the show ended around 11 pm...Man at this age would you believe it...The show started with a devotional number from Bhavatharini and after couple of devotional songs Raaja made his entry...He sung Janani to begin with...no points for guessing...after that it was pure Raaja's magic...Raaja(from Agni Nakshathiram), Thendral vandhu, Ilamai enum poongatru, Naan thedum, Nila athu from Nayagan(raaja called Yuvan's wife to sing with him for seconds and she did) were some songs...expected Poomalaye but was missed though the orchestra played karoke track in the beginning...
Few lyricist like Mu.Metha, Pazhani Bharathi talked abt Raaja...he stood unfazed by all the praise...He is created to create music and thats what hez doin...brilliantly....He rendered 3 versions of Maanguile...jus for fun....and when abaswaram Ramji(MC for the show) asked how yuvan would compose for the same song he gave a version which was hip and would have def caused a sensation if it featured in an album...
Above all these things the people present there were not jus mere fans...It was a gathering of His devotees(including myself)....I've never seen or known a MD been called Thalaiva and who commands so much Love and respect from his fans...You cant see this kind of loyalty to anyone else and it is a proof of his miracle...Any music director can have fans but to have followers u gotta b Isaignani(Musical genius)..And He is one...only one...

A very looooong time since i put my first post....More than what our government suggests to have between two children i guess...Well to be frank even writing this blog has taken me a very long time...i started it on Feb 14th hoping to give my bite on the lovers day but it so happened i got busy working and its the next day now....anyways as far as I'm concerned everyday shuld be a Valentines day and assuming that you all would concur with me i will continue to talk abt The day....
To start with, they say Valentines day is just to represent Love in any of its form...But frankly speakin i couldnt find a card which didnt talk abt the relationship you know what....To be candid I never was able to understand this whole concept of LOVE(Love as in the relationship between whom we term as lovers)....Dont jump to conclusions that I 'm a part of Bajrang Dal or somethin spreading anti-Love messages....It is that one of my friends raised this point in a middle of discussion....say 'm in love with a gal who I know for more than a year...How does that gal gain more importance than a friend who I've known for more than 10 years....
But then I dont think everyone who loves will fall in the bucket i just referred....Hats off to the exceptions and I sincerely hope they dont remain just abherrations....Fortunately or unfortunately I havent felt this harmonal surges on seeing a girl till now...Though i cannot deny that i didnt have those minor waves of crushes now and then...or rather always;)...My friends would be able to give a more eloborate insight i guess....
Okay as an ending note i dont think this made some or any sense at all as it didnt to me...Just wanted talk about something so talked about the thing that keeps the world moving or should i say spinning(guys 2)....Anyways guys dont get offended by this blog in any sense as i told before i'm very much for Love and valentines day...Just remember to love your parents and friends....Hail LOVE...