Muranpaadu: May 2005

Friday, May 27, 2005

Adding agony

The above picture shows Creative speakers, a new addition to Raj’s chattels. No need to say that this is going to increase the agony of my roommate. To understand why, read my previous post. Now we have two volume controls and when he reduces the level by few points after few seconds I reinstate it. For sure I am going to be beaten unto death one day!

We have a long weekend so will be staying away from net till Tuesday. Will be roaming around downtown.

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Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Getting crazy @ nights

Everything was fine till I had only one mp3 CD. The one I had for few months was late 90’s Tamil hits. We used to listen to them during night time and it’ll go on till my room mate switches it off (after I sleep).Couple of weeks back we wrote few 80’s collections from my friend. And one among them is SPB solo hits of 80’s.Man do I need to utter that the songs are phenomenal? Here starts the problem. I have this bad habit of singing, despite the fact that my voice is terrible (that’s not my problem).Settling on the decibel level is itself a Gordian knot. After playing the SPB solo, I blurt out the same during midnight. I know that I am making it a hell for him. But I could not stop. Even Lazy has ranted about this here. If you look at the songs chain then you’ll believe it is harsh to stop. It starts with ‘Nilave vaa’ and then ‘Mandram vantha’ etc., All mesmerizing songs. Roommate’s situation is like that of S.Ve Sekar’s in ‘Payanangal Mudivathilai’. And when ‘ilaya nila’ song starts this guy’s blood gets boiled. I don’t know who among the two are living dangerously.

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Monday, May 23, 2005

It is Greg Chappell

Greg Chappell has been appointed as a coach for Indian cricket team at a cost of 175K USD per annum! Let us wish that he brings more professionalism to the team.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Who could be the next Indian cricket coach?

Four strong contenders – Greg Chappell, Tom Moody, Mohinder Amarnath and Desmond Haynes. Chappell is known for his cricketing brain. Amarnath is one of the tough people to deal. Remember his famous statement – “Selectors are bunch of jokers”. Haynes a great batsman during his era. Indeed a very tough decision for the selection panel on May 19th. My choice is Moody because:

Young - could serve us well on long-term.

Good fielder - Might insist/train team members more on that.

In touch with the job - currently handling a county side.

Chappell and Amarnath are stronger in technical aspects of the game. This thing might work against Moody. Looks like Chappell and Moody are close in the race. Let’s wait for the results and justification. Do they ever list out the reasons for selection?

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Thursday, May 12, 2005

Kolkatta to PPM

Unsure of what is PPM? Wait don’t search for PPM in google. That is Pallipallayam, a village near Erode! My friend is going from Kolkatta to PPM after a loooong time. This post is my visualization of what would be the scene there during this trip. When he is about to enter the stairs of his home he would find few fine breed of goats. In the doorway some well home grown hens. Each one might weigh around 2 to 3 kg. After seeing this he will give a Jack smile J . The goat & hen count will get considerably reduced for his breakfast. By the time he finishes his breakfast his mom would call for lunch. Without vacillation he will continue his lunch! And now it’s the turn for fish & other flying birds. After this he would feel like an African Buffalo suffering flatulence problems. A good sleep will be disturbed by evening masala Tea. Evening will get killed with Cinema or friends. His grandma will say that he has gone thin. She would blame on others evil eye is the reason. Poor grandma, she is not aware that this lad’s eye is the reason for most Indians thin composition. All 15 days the same schedule will be strictly followed! Erode people be cautious, the food-chain is totally kaput. He also promised to treat the friends back home. Any guess what he would treat with? 1 by 2 tea at the bus stands corner shop?!

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Oops forgot to update my weekend movie list!

This weekend spent time with movies which had strong messages in them. Of course they claim all movies they make have strong message, which is not true. Ok let me give a one liner about the message. If others who watched those movies earlier also got the same message then I am happy. If you missed the message then watch it again!
Manmathaleelai – Crew: Kamal. Sex is nothing but flesh. This was depicted after two and half hours of sexy scenes!
New – Crew: SJ Surya + Simran. Importance and caring nature of mother/motherhood. Ya true this is the message I got after watching this movie.

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Monday, May 09, 2005

Autograph

Sun is at the sky centre and you feel dog-tired. Wait please don’t seal your eyes this post will bring back your lost reminiscences. I am an IT pro (?!) sitting in front of this idiot box and trying to bring my life and Autograph Chenthil’s life in sync. I hope no one opposes. Even if you oppose I never mind. Ok let me go to the tenth std section first. Though the school had girls, they were all in an island. I mean they had separate classes. Even going near by the classes was restricted. I am still looking for the person who came up with this noble idea. You all know why. So what this effectively means is there is no Kamala character in my life. Next section is fascinating college life. I am not sure whether Chenthil did his UG or PG, I did both. Moreover I didn’t go from state to state, just a shift to next nearest town. UG was in a Men’s college. You cannot have Lathika here. In PG we had girls, at least that’s what the names indicated (no offense intended). Though there was no language hurdle still I hardly spoke to them. Read it is a never spoke to them. Might be because no one looked like Lathika (once again no offense intended). Next comes the city part. I didn’t struggle much for job as Chenthil did. Common thing in both people’s life is - in work place - “செவத்த செவத்த குட்டிகளா இருக்காகளே ஏன் பங்காளி பெத்தாங்களா செஞ்சாங்களா?”. And in work, I worked as if the office has only keyboards and monitors (Few females helped me in spite of this). I presume most people thought that I have shifted my room to the cube I worked! So Divya’s part is also missing. Hello readers are you following me? I hear yes, good. So God didn’t smile at me as he did in Chenthil’s life. So my story is sadder than his and I strongly sense this has brought lot of tears from you. Oh marriage part is missing right? I am still young so that might take few more years. ”ஆண்டவா அது நடக்குமா?!” If any Tamil film director wants to direct this story then please go ahead. No no it won’t be that good if I act as a hero, try Cheran again.I understand that this has inspired you to write one such stuff.

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Wednesday, May 04, 2005

Satisfying weekend

Whenever I get an opportunity to watch movies on weekends here, I prefer comedy movies(my previous experience is here...). Last weekend provided me with an ideal opportunity. Encouraged by one of my friend, we explored for good movies from yesteryears. After scrutinizing we settled with Velaikaran and Galatta Kalyanam. Hope most people remember Galatta Kalyanam! It’s a story about the struggles of a person, who looks for three bridegrooms in order to marry his lady love. All three brides have certain hilarious conditions that need to be met by the bridegroom. The whole plot was screen played via comedy spice. Though there were few flaws it was comprehensively enjoyable. One other friend screamed at us - What u guys are watching a black and white movie on a Saturday night? Lost your nuts are what? Poor guy! Thinks that boozing is the only way to enjoy weekend! Next afternoon we had fun watching Velaikaran. The fun would have doubled if the DVD version edits all the K.R. Vijaya scenes.

And to end the post here is the link about much needed question to be answered (via Chennai online).Why we need girlfriends? It is up to you to make your mind up whether it is a crap or precious. Please tolerate the infuriating pop ups and flashing ads in Chennai online.

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