An Ode To My Dearest Friend....

Dark were those days,

Gloomy was the sun..

My life was crazy..

And it was missing all the fun.

I was a nervous wreak,

who couldn't handle a thing.

There was a break in the sky,

And an angel fell from within.

Then I found you dear,

Bless the day we met.

I felt the day clear,

and I knew it was for the best.

Your smile so sweet,

so genuine, so bright..

It kept me going

Through the darkness of the night.

You were always there for me,

I could count on you.

You had something special,

which i found in few.

You were there when i was down,

Helped me cope my sorrow..

Always put on a smile

Reminding me of a better tomorrow.

You helped me to love my life,

Nursed me through my strife.

You made me realize,

I had it in me, to win the prize.

There were times, when we fought

Times when i was distraught.

Through thick and thin,

we kept the friendship alive, through the din.

This friendship we share,

Is precious to me.

I wish it could be like this

as long as it can be.

This friendship is so precious.. so rare..

let's hold on to it and each other,

Lets not let this slip away,

For there wont be another.

Will always be there for you, buddy.

~ Sailor

Words hurt more than Stones

Whoever said that "Sticks and stones can hurt me, but words cannot" must have been born dumb. Words hurt.. They do hurt the most when it comes from someone whom you love and admire, someone from whom you care for, someone from whom you had so much expectations.

Why do we have this?? - This unexplained sorrow, where things looks depressing, unfamiliar and unwished for. This unexplained period of loneliness where everyone seem to be far and the whole world seems recluse.. Is this me or something else?? I don't know for sure. Looks like a musing that has come a long way.

Words do have an impact.Starting from the class room bully to the corporate honcho,everyone depends on this phenomena to gain control over us. The words from Simon and his colleagues in the recent idol, may or may not have an effect on the contestants. Those words may or may not goad them for a better performance or worse, but it did help in bringing in large audiences to these shows. People love to laugh @ other's fallacies, but don't bother to look into themselves.

Friends may become foes just becoz someone had something bad to say about the other. Mis-communication is the main reason for this debacle. The inability of the person to look at himself from the other's perspective also leads to misunderstanding and thereby loose words. Words set aloof are more dangerous than loose canons.

In this internet age, where a message can be sent across several continents at a moment's notice, communicating wisely is the order of the day. And when it comes to friendz, one must be as careful as to be treading on egg-shells.. You never know when the next onez gonna crack.

Thank God for ThanksGiving

Thanksgiving was celebrated with much pomp and vigor across the nation…. A day when most families unite to re-ignite the good old days and to cherish what they had… I celebrated Thanksgiving with a new family… A family, where every individual is a character on his own… where every member is a member of some other family, but someone who brings in something unique and something rare into the family… I celebrated Thanksgiving with my new friends…

Going on a road trip for 4 days, with people whom, I met hardly half-an-hour ago was not what I had in my mind... I, like all people, felt that a trip would be worth its weight in gold, if it’s composed of like-minded people... People, who shared common thoughts and common ideologies…. And if the trip is with folks of the fairer-sex, people should have some common aura between them… After this trip, I guess, that’s one more ideology to be dumped… one more idea pushed aside as a thing of the past.

It was an exhilarating experience, which left me enriched and enlightened... Perhaps, the words used here could not describe my actual feeling… The trip started with me and three other girls, one of which,Nithya, is a very good friend of mine…. I end this trip with a new friend added to my list,a person, whom I believe, would go on to make a big difference in all of our lives… The charm and the guise, the managerial ability and the caring attitude, the maturity in their actions, the clarity in their thoughts left me searching for words…

The road to Grand Canyon was long and winding and so was the traffic on the express-way. The queue seemed larger than the largest anaconda and moved slower than the oldest tortoise on the planet. After what it seemed as an eternity, we finally reached Flagstaff. An over-night, rather after a small siesta, stay we got back onto the free-way… Finally after close to 20 hours of excruciating drive and stay at the hotel, it was bliss… A feast to the sore eyes… Like a kid, lost in a candy store… I clicked my way to happiness… Being naïve, I tried to capture the entire beauty of the Canyon into my small sony-cyber shot camera.

To quote Aristotle, "In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous". Time stood frozen.. For sometime atleast.. It was the second time for me.. Nevertheless.. it was an experience that everyone needs to have once in their life time.. The sunset was an event that left me enthralled.. Soon it was time to bid adieu.. Adieu to one of those monuments, which has stood the test of time..

The way to San Francisco, was fantabulous.. A night at Bakersfield, treated along with a sumptuous breakfast and we were on our way.. All this time, the girlz were having their usual rheotoric fun :D.. It was Thanksgiving and the girlz were missing all the shopping. The nights were spent turning the internet upside down for the best deals, and the days were spent sleeping in the car.. The trip looked like a long-pajama party.

Finally.. after 12 hours and 900 miles, we arrived at SFO. Arriving straight at the wharf, we had a majestic view of the Bay Bridge. In the fading lights, the Bay bridge looked majestic. After a bit of shopping, it was time to have some fun. The 3D show was awesome.. The thrills and frills of the ride, with the cool glasses..

It was time to settle for the night.. and we got ourselves a suite.. Kudos to Sharmila, who managed to keep every member of the team, always full and happy, by properly managing our food assets. Thats one place where we saved a considerable figure on our expenses .. Talk about a good deal..


The next day brought us into SFO.. A vibrant city, with a unique style of its own. A city known for its software companies and the desi population inherent in it. We started the day with a visit to the temple. The temple at Livermore,filled, our hearts with content and our stomachs with delicious indian food. We bumped into a friend who gladly agreed to accomadate us for the night. Then,it was a wild dash back to the Wharf. We missed the cruise which we were supposed to go. But we caught the next one.The cruise was fun and cold. The girlz were grinning from ear to ear, with their teeth chattering in the chill weather. We went around the bridge and the Alcatraz. Alcatraz or the rock, attracts more people now, than when it was constructed :D

Our next destination .. Japanese Tea Garden. We got lost in the downtown and we landed on the Lombard, the most crooked street in the world. Driving on those crooked streets spent shivers down my spine. It was as if i was seated in a game car in a roller coaster, except for this case, it was real. To add some icing to the cake, the car was running low on gas. We transformed ourselves from mere computer programmers to expert map readers, in just a couple of minutes, esp Priya, who plotted the way for us.Eventually, Japanese tea was too sweet and too cold for us.

Last day.. The day began with a visit to the bridge. The bridge bore as a testament to the awesome spirit of the city and the unrelenting quest of man to modernize his life. It began to drizzle and thats when the fun quadrapuled. To quote Alice Hoffman, "When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure."
Never had i being out in the rain with my friends on a bridge.. It was freaky and fun.. Eventually we managed to get ourselves back into the car, wet but.. content.


We finally, gathered ourselves and started the journey towards Los Angeles. We stopped for lunch in the midway. It was dark by the time, we arrived in LA. Nithya had to catch a flight and after that the rest of the girlz, had to be given a ride home.It was an awesome trip and i hated to see it come to an end. The tour may have ended.. but not the spirit of the group.
Friends may be apart.. but the friendship isn't...

Thank GOD for Thanksgiving

V for Vendetta.. V for Vetti

vi veri veniversum vivus vici... (or rather by By the power of Truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe" -- Faust?) ..
This season of lights, has downed the lights of atleast the cine-loving folks in TN.. Our film makers, are perhaps, following the foot steps of Ekta Kapoor(famous for her uninhibited use of "K") are now using "V".. Varalaru.. Vallavan.. Vaataram.. Vaathiyar.. Veyil..Vetaiaadu Velai aadu.. Whew.. Seems that the Producers and the directors are using the same astrologer for naming the movies.. Guess they are of the idea that V might be the short cut for Victory....

Wish, they had used the same thinking and planning strategy , they used for naming the movie, in making the movie. Varalaru for starters.. (Or should i be calling that as "God Father") was it intended to be a funny movie or was i the only person who found it funny.. The film had sort of, multiple heroines, with apparently no villain.. The director should be reminded that a movie should have a story line.. or atleast something which goes with common sense.. Ajith should be commended here for his excellent performance in the film though.. But.. I, for one, strongly agree to the idea, that Ganguly and Ajith must be close relatives.. Both are struggling now.. with no end of the tunnel to be seen..

Vallavan... I wanted to see Simbhu's performance in this home-direction movie.. If the rumours of him, ghost-directing manmadhan is true.. then Vallavan should have been a block-buster.. It starts with a fizz.. and ends without even making a bubble... He prances around with girls who are older, heavier, stronger and i guess, smarter than him, making a mockery of the film.. He chooses a girl, who is attractive, smart, suave and sexy.. whom, all his friends and family find to be attractive.. He then dresses up like a stupid ugly guy and goes around proposing her.. When the girl does not reply, he questions her philosophy..

He says, love should not be based on the outer appearance of the person.. He wants a good-looking girl , but he wants the girl to accept a stupid looking person.. Hows that for logic???
I guess, he is all out to make a loose of the audience.. His loosu penne.. is good only on the music front.. The film, now should run on the shoulders of the wonderful music by Yuvan ( thanks to the FM ppl here )

And speaking of "V", who can forget Vijay Kanth.. His latest venture "Dharmapuri".. I,seriously, could not understand the director's claim of making a movie here.. Either he should have been day-dreaming while making the movie or he must have assumed that the audience have a IQ less than his.. <which explains his creative thoughts of using a plate as bullet-proof shield). The use of computers to view his latest image is an old idea.. but.. having to use an astrologer to find his whereabouts.. it beats everything.. Hats off to the person, who had that brain-wave..

Vetaiaadu Velaiaadu.. was good in the first half.. and dragged its feet during the second half..it had all the ingredients of making it to classic thriller movies... but it was a huge let down in the second half...Vaathiyar and the other V's.. I have not seen them.. but..i dont expect a better fare from them either.. it might be a huge market.. but the ware's are the same..

All said and done, i still , dont understand why our movies can't be better.. Why can't they have a story that does not defy common sense and hero's who dont defy Physics ( hope that Einstein did not turn in his grave ).. Why can't they give us something better???

Vetti aah.. Veeraapa.. Verumenae Vishayame ilama.. Veembuku oru movie yedutha eppaddi????

vi veri veniversum vivus vici...

Uyir

Uyire..

En Vaalvil nee...
En Vasanthathil nee..

En Manadhil nee..
En Muuchil nee..

En Kannil nee..
En Kaanal Neerilum nee..

En Kanavil nee..
En Kavithailum nee...

En Sumaielum nee..
En Suganthathilum nee...

En Yenathil nee..
En Yeluthilum nee..

En nenaival nee..
En nitharayil nee..

Aanal..
Yennadi ennodu mattum illai nee?????

Mayakam

Kavithae..

Un Azaghai paarthean..
Mayangi ponnean..

Un Arivai paarthean..
Veyanthu poonean..

Un Manathai paarthean..
Magilnthu poonean..

Un Siripai paarthean..
Sidarip poonean..

Un Sinthanai i paarthean..
silaranthu poonean..

Unnai paarthean..
Urugpi ponnean..

Nee illai endrai..
Naan eranthu poonean..

Frustrations...........

Here I go again..
I tell Myself...
I wouldn't think of you....

Some day...
someday u will be close to me..
someday u will talk to me..
someday u will look me in the eye..
someday u will be mine....
yeah... someday when moon will outshine.. the day u will be mine..

I keep scribbling..
Reams of papers...
Nothing stops this luv of mine..
Wish i had the courage to tell u this..

If U r not the one for me..
Why does my heart feel this way???
If U r not the one for me..
why does my hand fit yours???

If U r not the one for me..
Why do i keep seeing u in everything i see???
If U r not the one for me..
Why did your heart return my call???

I may not know
whats right..
But i mean it.. when i say..
I will be there for u.. whenever... wherever..
U will always have the Best of me..
It aint matter to you..
But its the atom of my life..

I am happy that..
U were a part of me..
For sometime..
Heaven was on earth..

Hope that Someday u will have the same feelings..
And u will mend the broken pieces...

Travesties of modern life

Aah... The travesties of modern life...
The faux pas occured, when i joined the IT industry. Lured by the high returns offered by the industry, the profile of the company, the high growth rate offered and the places where I will be sent to work..
But at the cost of what?Working in a Project, one typically ends up spending more than 10 hours a day at his desk.. besides the added agony of wading through the traffic.. GOD's must be really Crazy..I have been hardly seeing my parents.. I have to work for looong hours peering through tons of lines of codes.. Personal life takes the back seat.. And to add icing to the cake.. I have to travel Onsite...
Far from the people with whom i have spent some of the most glorious moments of my life.. Far from the friends, who can put their life on the line for me.. Far from the people.. who made a difference in my life.. Far from everyone, i know.. trying to peer through tons of lines of codes..Thats the Irony of travelling onsite.. We might always want to travel... But not at the cost of losing our near and dear ones..
It all boils down to the thing between your ears...
"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change. -Confucius"....
I would rather say .. "Only the stupid change .. The wise will remember.. what they were before"..Life is just beyond living.. Its just as simple as "loving to live it"..Will be missing all of my friends..