Hi ppl a big hiiiii to all of u... well it has almost been a month since i wrote my previous post... in case if any of u were wondering wat held me up so long , as the blog title says it was a BOOK(to be exact it was a single book in 4 parts)... To describe it just as a book would be totally undermining it..... It was a lifetime experience reading it..... I was actually transported to that world completely and soon they became a subject of my dreams as well;-)))))
Fine guys i just dont wanna prolong my blah blah blah abt the book without mentioning its name... it is a historical tamil novel 'Sivagamiyin Sabadham' by Kalki(a well known author)..... Its a really really famous book(it might ring a bell somewher for most of u)...
From what i had written so far u might hav concluded that im a great fan of tamil books... well the fact is im now bt nt previously(i knw im confusing u all too much... he he he:-))) bcos it was just the 4th tamil novel i hav read so far , inspite of my love for books... Now to go on to how it all started(that is my passion for reading tamil books).... I was reading only english novels for many years, when one fine day just 4 months back my father asked me to try 'Ponniyin Selvan' , a novel written by the same author 'Kalki'...
I always had the feeling that tamil novels would be very cosmetic and descriptive that would interest only Grannies... But i was proved wrong very soon... i was really taken aback by the excellent narrative style of the author... and then decided to read these kind of books more n more... from then on i was craving to read all works of Kalki especially SS and finally got hold of that a fortnight back... its needless to mention tat i had no time for blogging, browsing n all tat after it.. Even going to office was irritating those days:-(((((( Was satisfied(infact elated) only after i read it...
Well now next, contrary to all ur expectations, im nt gonna write a review of these books... im no good to do tat either.... All i would say is it portrays the life of ppl during the early pallava-pandiya-chola-chera period in tamilnadu(i knw it would sound good to mention the year here bt well im nt writing a history book to do so:-))))))))))) so explore it out urself.... ) Both are real stories portrayed with some elements(appropraite amount) of imagination....
Well i hav said enuf abt the books... to give a finishing touch, if u are a person interested in all these historical stuff, then dont even pause to think, get hold of them immediately.... believe me u will thoroughly enjoy it...
Even for those who felt this whole blog was just meaningless nonsense, u can also give a try... Weird experiments now n then wont hurt much....
Ok guys well nw its time for me to go hunting for the next work of Kalki...(so dont wonder if i disappear for a month again:-)))))))) meanwhile u ppl either decide to ignore all this blah blah or trust me n go find the books( i knw i knw u would hav already opted for the second... hav fun reading:-)))))))))) do share ur comments as well after reading them:-))))))
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Exploring new things
After coming to Hyderabad my desire to explore new things in life has risen quite a lot.... It might be partially bcos of my present diversifying interests(may be ;-))))))) and partially or in fact 75% bcos im totally vetti with nothing to do here especially in weekends... My option of going home frequently is also spoilt bcos of the distance criteria... so no way other than thinking and implementing strange things....
One such thing that i hav started recently is MUSIC classes.... wait wait i knw most of you would hav already imagined me with a guitar in my hand... but oops ur wrong.... im into KEYBOARD not guitar (so definitely varanam aayiram has nothing to do with this present venture of mine:-))))))) Actually to be frank im not a person who s too much interested or passionate abt music... my whole intention of starting this was to goto some class and to find some way out of this monotonous lifestyle.... Hmm bt even then the implementation part of this idea has taken almost 3 months.... we enquired abt t place n all tat stuff nearly 2 months back... bt only Last sunday we went for our first class...
Oh i forgot to mention an important thing... i even hav company for these classes(jo and prasanna)... And that explains the 'we' part of it tat i hav mentioned... Both of them equally vetti and bored like me... Jo and me are into keyboard... while Prasanna has decided to go in for Guitar... he has vowed to go on with it until he is able to play Nenjukkul Peithidum Mamazhai;-))))))))) Thank God Harris jayaraj is not aware of all this....
Well now coming to my class, it was actually different... tats the real word to explain hw i felt abt it... i hav nvr been aware of anything in music earlier... nt even an ounce of it... so the experience was totally new... tat master told us regarding notes and keys and all such stuff... it was just an hrs class and it was infact nice and interesting:-))))))))) I enjoyed doing it and hav even decided to buy one keyboard very soon and start playing at home...
So beware ppl another A.R. Rahman is already taking shape...
And your requests to listen to my playing would be addressed on first come first served basis:-)))))) So hurry up and book your slot soon before its too late;-))))))
One such thing that i hav started recently is MUSIC classes.... wait wait i knw most of you would hav already imagined me with a guitar in my hand... but oops ur wrong.... im into KEYBOARD not guitar (so definitely varanam aayiram has nothing to do with this present venture of mine:-))))))) Actually to be frank im not a person who s too much interested or passionate abt music... my whole intention of starting this was to goto some class and to find some way out of this monotonous lifestyle.... Hmm bt even then the implementation part of this idea has taken almost 3 months.... we enquired abt t place n all tat stuff nearly 2 months back... bt only Last sunday we went for our first class...
Oh i forgot to mention an important thing... i even hav company for these classes(jo and prasanna)... And that explains the 'we' part of it tat i hav mentioned... Both of them equally vetti and bored like me... Jo and me are into keyboard... while Prasanna has decided to go in for Guitar... he has vowed to go on with it until he is able to play Nenjukkul Peithidum Mamazhai;-))))))))) Thank God Harris jayaraj is not aware of all this....
Well now coming to my class, it was actually different... tats the real word to explain hw i felt abt it... i hav nvr been aware of anything in music earlier... nt even an ounce of it... so the experience was totally new... tat master told us regarding notes and keys and all such stuff... it was just an hrs class and it was infact nice and interesting:-))))))))) I enjoyed doing it and hav even decided to buy one keyboard very soon and start playing at home...
So beware ppl another A.R. Rahman is already taking shape...
And your requests to listen to my playing would be addressed on first come first served basis:-)))))) So hurry up and book your slot soon before its too late;-))))))
Saturday, June 13, 2009
My visit to CBE
Hi ppl im back.... well the one interesting/ different thing tat happened this week was my quick visit to cbe.. The whole purpose of this visit was to attend Abi's Sister's reception. Both of us(me and Ramya) werent able to get leave for more than 1 day here...And we wanted to attend it... So we had no other choice than to make the trip in 3 days... that is (911*2) km in just 3 days... and we dint travel by flight also;-))))) so nw u can imagine hw tiring it would hav been..
Well to go into the details... v started in the famous Sabari express, the only direct train that connects cbe and hyd on friday afternoon... though i hav a passion for travelling, i hate this particular journey.. its nearly 20 hours...and we would get totally bored up and pissed off... i usually carry a book with me for this travel... bt this time it so happened tat i couldnt get one... and so wat else me and Ramya were just wailing away our time chatting chatting all the while... v chatted so much that we got bored of each other;-))))))))) one nice thing here was tat the climate was cool throughout... of course the coin has both sides... and so the bad part of it was as always the train food was awful.... dry chapathi with a tasteless sabji... But we had no other go than to eat it:-((((((( Then we finally did reach the great CBE at 9 the next morning... and as always my mom had prepared a delightful breakfast for both of us... hmmm it tasted awesome especially after that bad chapathi... it always does... there s no equal to home food... is it nt???!!!????
Fine now coming to the purpose of this visit, "THE RECEPTION"... yep we decided with other girls from Blore to start around 6.30 for the reception... and surprisingly, believe me ,we almost made it... the reception was total fun and i felt like being back in college again... the usual chat, ootals and all tat stuff... the guys came with a big gift pack... though we kept pestering them they refused to reveal wat was inside... so i was damn sure it was some silly thing ;-))))))) Then as our class always does, we went to the stage as a group and wished the couple... after a long time we went like tat so it felt good....Then we had a yummy yummy dinner... Hmm the chattering went on for a while... bt by then the time was 9.30... and we were the only ppl there except the family members... so we had to leave:-(((((((((( oh mine i forgot to make a mention abt the heroine of tat place Abilasha.... She looked gorgeous, all set to become the next bride;-)))))))) Leave her, ppl who came there were all so well dressed tat we looked totally out of place there...
Our return journey started on sunday afternoon:-((((((( this time we dint get a direct train and had to goto Blore and then from there to hyd... first part of journey thro train and 2nd thro bus.... always the cheer quotient would miss in the return journey.... moreover this was a very short trip so obviously tiredness added to boredom.... nothing much to say abt it... hmm ya v reached back safely on monday morn at 9 and even managed to goto office that day...
Though the whole trip was damn tedious, both of us felt very happy and became very nostalgic after it... It was sort of a getto( though only 20 of us had come) and it was nice... thanks to Abi for keeping the reception on saturday... the main reason for the high turnout ratio.... and here i do want to make a mention abt hw different everyone seemed to me nw as compared to coll days... its just a year... bt i felt the difference(in terms of both appearance and attitude) in most of them ..... dunno hw many ppl felt the same abt me;-))
Well the crux of this story is that i became aware of hw monotonous and mechanical my life now has become... and hw badly i miss my coll days... golden period of life.... In coll i had always thought earning and living independently would feel great... bt definitely no , its nw tat i realise, ther s no equal to coll life.... im sure u ppl would agree with me.... dont you??!!!???
Well to go into the details... v started in the famous Sabari express, the only direct train that connects cbe and hyd on friday afternoon... though i hav a passion for travelling, i hate this particular journey.. its nearly 20 hours...and we would get totally bored up and pissed off... i usually carry a book with me for this travel... bt this time it so happened tat i couldnt get one... and so wat else me and Ramya were just wailing away our time chatting chatting all the while... v chatted so much that we got bored of each other;-))))))))) one nice thing here was tat the climate was cool throughout... of course the coin has both sides... and so the bad part of it was as always the train food was awful.... dry chapathi with a tasteless sabji... But we had no other go than to eat it:-((((((( Then we finally did reach the great CBE at 9 the next morning... and as always my mom had prepared a delightful breakfast for both of us... hmmm it tasted awesome especially after that bad chapathi... it always does... there s no equal to home food... is it nt???!!!????
Fine now coming to the purpose of this visit, "THE RECEPTION"... yep we decided with other girls from Blore to start around 6.30 for the reception... and surprisingly, believe me ,we almost made it... the reception was total fun and i felt like being back in college again... the usual chat, ootals and all tat stuff... the guys came with a big gift pack... though we kept pestering them they refused to reveal wat was inside... so i was damn sure it was some silly thing ;-))))))) Then as our class always does, we went to the stage as a group and wished the couple... after a long time we went like tat so it felt good....Then we had a yummy yummy dinner... Hmm the chattering went on for a while... bt by then the time was 9.30... and we were the only ppl there except the family members... so we had to leave:-(((((((((( oh mine i forgot to make a mention abt the heroine of tat place Abilasha.... She looked gorgeous, all set to become the next bride;-)))))))) Leave her, ppl who came there were all so well dressed tat we looked totally out of place there...
Our return journey started on sunday afternoon:-((((((( this time we dint get a direct train and had to goto Blore and then from there to hyd... first part of journey thro train and 2nd thro bus.... always the cheer quotient would miss in the return journey.... moreover this was a very short trip so obviously tiredness added to boredom.... nothing much to say abt it... hmm ya v reached back safely on monday morn at 9 and even managed to goto office that day...
Though the whole trip was damn tedious, both of us felt very happy and became very nostalgic after it... It was sort of a getto( though only 20 of us had come) and it was nice... thanks to Abi for keeping the reception on saturday... the main reason for the high turnout ratio.... and here i do want to make a mention abt hw different everyone seemed to me nw as compared to coll days... its just a year... bt i felt the difference(in terms of both appearance and attitude) in most of them ..... dunno hw many ppl felt the same abt me;-))
Well the crux of this story is that i became aware of hw monotonous and mechanical my life now has become... and hw badly i miss my coll days... golden period of life.... In coll i had always thought earning and living independently would feel great... bt definitely no , its nw tat i realise, ther s no equal to coll life.... im sure u ppl would agree with me.... dont you??!!!???
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
My first anniversary at GE
Oops,I cant believe tat my professional life is 1 year old... It seems like yesterday tat i joined here at GE... bt its been a year,definitely a very eventful year, my first year away from home ;-)))))))
Well today is a memorable day for me... guess y??? im celebrating my 1st anniversary at GE(obviously at Hyd) today... ok u might think tat all ppl do this... wat big deal... ya i felt the same when i started to office today morning... bt many surprises were in store for me at office... when i reached my place there was a balloon there with words "Congratulations" on it... i actually found tat childish;-)))))Then when i opened my mailbox, there were many mails from my manager, leads and friends all congratulating me on 1yr completion... all the usual stuff... then v had a team meeting at 10.30... i entered the room with boredom as usual( i havnt attended a single interesting meeting at office so far;-)))))) My team is of size 28 and my classmates Ajay and Dinesh also belong to t same team... only 5 min after the meeting started tat v realised tat its agenda was to congratulate us for the wrk we did this year... it was nice... made us quite happy... our manager gave us 3 gifts... and i gotta a flower vase while other 2 got clock...All this does not sound too exciting is it not!!!!!!!????!!!!
well nw comes the real thing which made this day great... after gifts wer distributed our manager told the entire team tat some friend of his is gonna share his thoughts over phone... i thought its gonna be some person( most probably a softskills trainer) who s gonna narrate a story or some inspirational event... he put the phone on speaker.... guess wat????!!!! it was my father speaking... he said he was really happy to speak on tat occasion n wished me success... never mind his words... his voice showed his excitement and happiness...he was really really happy.... it was a great moment... really great one:-)))))))))))) i was very moved.... similarly Ajay's and Dinesh's fathers spoke too... n they wer also as happy and excited as me... But my father called in first and so i was the lucky one who got this call as a total surprise gift(as for others they knew their fathers would call after mine was over) Later i learnt tat my manager n 1 tamil guy at my office took the pain to call all our fathers in the morn n had asked them to call back during meeting time...
I knew hw happy my father would hav been when my manager spoke to him n asked him to call.... tat made this day vry vry special.... after the meeting i conveyed my hearty thanks to manager for giving this great moment for both me n my father :-)))))) I shall nvr forget this day for years to cme and its alwys gonna occupy a spl place in my life...
Oh, this blog has become a very senti one... forgive me if it was boring guys... bt guess its kind of good to hav this senti one as my first blog... is it not????!!!????
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