Evano oruvan vaasikiraan...

I've never been greatly attracted to the idea of taking up tags or passing them around. But this one has proved too difficult to resist! Thanks to King Vishy, who threw it open to everyone, here is my first tag ever! :)

The tag:

All you need is your music player in the shuffle mode and your ability to press the 'next track' button. Each new track is the answer to each question.

Sounds exciting, right? However, being discouraged by the limited number of songs in my current play list, I’ve been postponing the activity for quite sometime now. I probably assumed this is not going to be a fun thing to do. But after I started out, to my surprise, I found myself getting disappointed that the list of questions is not as lengthy as I would have wanted it to be.

Anyways, here are the questions, the answers that were given by windows media player and my comments.

If someone says "is this okay?" You say?

Iyyayo - Paruthi Veeran (adadey.. starting'la ye sagunam seri illaiye...)

What would best describe your personality?

Dailamo dailamo – Dishyum (or should it've been 'Dilemma dilemma'?)

What do you like in a guy/girl?

Nenjam ellam kaadhal - Ayudha Ezhuthu (of course, that is only one of the several criteria; *blushes*)

How do you feel today?

Arjunar villu – Gilli (oh wow! I didn't know wmp could read my mood so efficiently.. I’ve been longing to go on a really looooong drive, alone though! :P)

What is your life's purpose?

Ulagam pirandhadhu paasathukaaga - Title song of 'Annamalai' serial (I guess I should reserve my philosophy on this for another separate post ;))

What is your motto?

Madai thirandhu paayum nadhi alai naan - Remix: Yogi B & Natchatra (dey.. note pannunga da.. note pannunga da!!)

What do your friends think of you?

Pudhu maapilaikku - Aboorva Sagodharargal (dey.. idha ellam note pannaadheenga da!! :D)

What do you think of your parents?

Piya boley – Parineeta (very glad that I got this recent favorite of mine as an answer to this question! :) but I am sure my parents make a cuter couple than Vidya Balan and Saif :P)

What do you think about very often?

Track 13 (oh no! I wish none of the Watcrixians out there were reading this! ;) Anyways, the song was Poovey poochooda vaa from Poovey poochooda vaa)

What is 2+2?

Pathukulley number onnu sollu - Vasool Raja (I know you are not going to believe this; so couldn't I!!!)

What do you think of your best friend?

Ennai pandhaada pirandhavaley - Ullam Ketkumey (I am not sure if wmp is talking about her or her or her or.. ok ok, I’ll stop! :P)

What do you think of the person you like?

Dhaavani potta deepavali - Sandaikozhi (sutham! :-/ indha kaalathu pullainga dhaavani pottutaalum.. ada ponga boss!!)

What is your life story?

Uyire en uyire.. ennavo nadakudhadi - Thotti Jeya (enna nadakudhu nu 'discover' panradhukulla life um katham.. story um katham :D)

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Track 14 (perhaps I want to be 03B214 throughout my life! :) hmm.. I can only wish! This time, it was the same ‘Poovey Poochooda vaa’ in male voice :))

What do you think when you see the person you like?

Kandaen kandaen kaadhalai - Pirivom Sandhipom (aagaa.. oru group’a thaan kelambirukaainga pola…)

What do your parents think of you?

Enakku piditha paadal – Julie Ganapathi (now I know why this song was composed twice.. in male and female voices! :) Shiva and Niru, stop gritting your teeth! You cannot deny the fact that I’ll continue being the chella pillai at home :P)

What will you dance to at your wedding?

Keladi kanmani – Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal (‘...naan potta poo maalai manam saerka villai…’??? :-O )

What will they play at your funeral?

Manjal veyil – Vaetaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (this probably would be an attempt to make me get up alive again… all those close to me know very well how much I love this one :))

What is your hobby/interest?

Ulundhu vidhaikaiyila – Mudhalvan (boo hoo! I can’t imagine myself doing that even when I’m in the craziest of moods!)

What is your biggest secret?

Pehlaa nasha - Jo Jita Wohi Sikandar (aye! ippo nee enna solla varra?? ;))

What do you think of your friends?

Kabhi alvida naa kehna – KANK (ada ada ada.. paasakkaara payabulla!!)

What should you post this as?

Evano oruvan vaasikiraan – Alaipayudhey (as any blogger would do, I’m posting this with only that hope in mind! :D)

That’s it! Whoever created this tag deserves a lot of back patting! For my part, I pass it on to Mutated thinker, Krithi, VMSR Vignesh, Prabhujipmer (if it doesn't affect the flow of his lovely novel), Bohemian girl, Tej and anybody else who is interested!

Happy listening! Happy writing!!

… And happy commenting too!!! ;)

Top Watcrix buns!

Over the past week or so, I have been either having too much time on my hands or have gotten too obsessed with memories of my college years... Result: Another Watcrix post! :)

If you are not a Watcrixian, this post might not make an interesting read!

Others.. Here we go! These are some of the most unforgettable Watcrix 'bun'ny moments I'm able to recall. Let me know if you remember other such incidents.

Towards the end of a demanding and hectic AMI laboratory session:
Sabari sir: Time's up!! Now you can all disperse.. Except roll numbers 10 to 13.. stay back for viva.. (checks with his register) yes, 10, 11, 12 and 13!
Madhan: (mutters) Phewww.. Aala vidunga da saami (slams his record book shut, gives a sarcastic look at Lissy and gets ready to pack up)
Sabari sir: ...and also 14!!
Madhan: ??@#$%^&*!!


During Arun.B's treat at Hotel Wellington:
Thulasi: "La-naavum varaadhu.. Sha-naavum varaadhu.. peru mattum Subramanya Bharathi.." Hah, idhu enna padam?
Valar: Thulsi.. Thillu mullu, Thulsi!!!
Thulasi: :-/ "Indha oru eli, rendu eli, moonu eli....."
Valar: (before Thulasi could complete the question) Agni Natchathiram, Thulsi!!!
Thulasi: "Aal venum, uyiroda venum...."
Valar: Ramana!!! :-P
Thulasi: Dey macha, enna kaetaalum correct'a solraa da! :-(
Senthil: "Indha edathula neenga 'epdi' nu kaekanum ma..."
CL: (fully excited) Heyyyy, Gilli!!!
Thulasi: Ey oru nimisham! Adhu enna, Senthil kaeta mattum badhil anga irundhu varudhu.. enna nadakudhu CL?
CL: (blushes amidst aaaah's and ooooh's)
(the hall becomes almost silent after a few minutes)
Sarah: He ha ha ha (distinct, inimitable 'telephone mani pol' laughter)
Thulasi: Ayyo sirikkiraa da.. I like it.. very match! :D (read in Koundamani's style)
CL: Thulasi, indha dialogue 'Naatamai' dhaaney?
Thulasi: Naan kaekaliye..
CL: !!##%%&%
(Background music: toiyyyonnggg..)


A never-ending Biochemistry class on a sultry Friday afternoon; Deepa Edwin ma'am is in the process of explaining an important pathway, facing the blackboard. All of a sudden,
Madhan: (unconsciously hums aloud) tinuku tin din.. tinuku tin din.. tinuku tinuku tinuku tin din..
Ma'am: (turns back startled) Now, who was that? Is this a class room or what?
Whole class: (silence)
Ma'am: I WANT TO KNOW WHO THAT WAS!!
Whole class: (silence and indifference again)
Ma'am: If you are not going to tell me, I'm not going to continue with the class.. (throws the duster on the table)
Thulasi: Ma'am, sound came from this direction only (points towards where Arvind and Ram are seated)
Ma'am: I knew, Arvind only would have done that.. nobody else! :-/
Arvind: (eyes popping out) Ma'am!! Naan pannala ma'am (gives a cold look at Madhan)
Madhan: (enakkum-idhukkum-sammandham-illa kind of expression)
Ma'am: Ah ah.. Don't act too smart Arvind. I knew it was you. Better behave properly.. atleast inside the classroom! If you are not interested, you can tell me and leave the class.
Arvind: (goyyaley!!)


Sometime in the first year.. In the classroom, before some teacher's arrival:
Thulasi: (whispers something in Senthil's ears and grins sheepishly) Hey Swathi, Swathi.. Senthil endha oor nu unakku theriyuma?
Swathi: (in a hyper-voice) Theriyaadhey.. Yen ma?
Thulasi: Avan kitta kaelu yen..
Swathi: (with a twist in the tongue) Senthil Prasad, where are you from?
Senthil: Huh? Podi!!
Swathi: Uwwwhat?
Thulasi: Hey puriyaliya? Avan 'Bodi' ya dhaan konjam style'a sonnaan.. (with a tighter twist in the tongue) You know, when he was in London, New York, abroad...
Swathi: Grrrrr...
Senthil: @!!#$%*#$ (ada paavi makkaa!!)


In the middle of one of those typical downstream processing lab hours:
Lissy: Enga? adhukkulla arattai adikka poyaachu?
Madhan: Summa paesitu irundhom pa.. Yapppaaa...
Lissy: Experiment pannanumey, sign vaanganumey nu konjam aachum akkarai irukka unakkum mottai-kum? Ella work-um naaney panna vendi irukku.. :-/
Madhan: Seri vidu.. panniralaam...
Thulasi: (interrupts the conversation) Why da Maddy.. oru poruppu venaam? Work pannaama vetti kadhai paesitu irukka nee? Paavam da Lissy... ella vaelaiyum avaley panraa..
Lissy: Podhum! Idhu enga batch ku ullukka nadakkura vishayam.. Neenga poi unga kazhuvura vaelaiya paakalaam!!!
(Background music: Darrrrrr...)
Thulasi: :-O
Madhan: :-P


Department library! Bio-informatics mini project presentation! Turn of batch 2 (Arun.B and Ulti) to present their proposal! {Half an hour earlier, a huge fight for a computer had taken place between this batch and batch 3 (Chandana and Prasanthi) Batch 2 badly wanted the system to 'check' their slides and make 'important modifications'; after a lot of heated argument, eventually batch 3 had to give up!}
Ulti: (Title slide in the background: Flowering genes database) Good afternoon everyone. First of all, I thank all of you for giving me this golden opportunity to present our proposal for the project "Flowering genes database"
Chandana: (whispers) Hey iru dee.. slide la enna dhaan panni irukaanunga nu paapom..
Ulti: ('Objective' slide in the background) The aim of this project to create a database for flowering genes which has not been created so far.
Chandana: (whispers) Ogay.. next.. next..
Ulti: ('Methodology' slide appears in the background) Coming to the methodology, it consists of 3 steps: 1.Collection of flowering gene information 2.Processing of the information 3.Creation of flowering gene database
Chandana: (mutters impatiently) Oho? aprom?
Ulti: ('Milestones' slide in the background) The milestones have been set like this. Step 1 will take 1 month. Step 2 will take 1 month and step 3 will take 1 month...
Chandana: (grits her teeth angrily) Daaai.. matter ku vaa da!
Ulti: (to Arun.B) Next slide please! ('Thankyou' slide, with the picture of a colourful flower, flashes on the wall) Thankyou all of you.
Audience: !!!!!!!
Chandana: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (mavaney, settha nee!!)


And this was during a bioinformatics theory class.. Lissy's seminar under Levan sir's supervision.. well, you can imagine the liveliness of the scene then.
Lissy: (wiping chalk dust off her fingers).......and other bio-informatics tools have been developed for the analysis of gene fragments....
Senthil: (in the last bench, opens the chit from his chris mom, reads the words "Dear Senthil, ask some doubt to Lissy. Love, Your Chris mom" and instantaneously shouts out...) What do you mean by analysis of gene fragments?
Others: :-O
Lissy: (looks around unbelievingly, struggles for a while to identify from where the voice came; struggles for a longer while to give an answer) Analysis of gene fragments.. means.. we should find out know? whether the gene fragment is expressing or not or overexpressing... that is called.....
Senthil: (immmmmediately again) How is it analysed?
Others: :-OOO
Lissy: ...hmm.. for that analysis.. hmmm.. vandhu.. they use laser light and from that... (venaam.. valikudhu..)
Senthil: What does laser do? :-P
Others: :-OOOOOO
Lissy: :-X (venaam.. azhudhuruvaen!)

Dude, this one's for you!

It's that time of the year..

..when you begin your 'countdown' several days or even weeks in advance!

..when you take the life out of me, reminding me that I have to wait for 11 months to enjoy my birthday while yours is just around the corner!

..when you start your non-stop bantering that the entire world celebrates the day of your birth.

..when you go up and down every bakery frantically, looking for the 'best' chocolates to distribute to your friends.

..when your activities are too much for me to bear; I am tempted to steal atleast half a dozen of these chocolates..

..when you, for some obvious reasons, leave all the gifts and cards you received, on the big sofa in the hall for days together :P

..when you bask in the warmth of everyone's attention but pretend to remain unaffected!

..when I am 22 years old and you are just 23!

..when you (assume you) look extra-smart even though you are getting extra-old.

..when you have countless reasons to celebrate and I have only one-- YOU!

Happy birthday, Chiva! And many happy returns!!

Vizhiyil.. Un vizhiyil..

The lyrics that have been haunting me, of late:

Kannodu kan serum pothu.. paarvaigal engey pogum?
Kanney un munnae vanthaal.. en nenjam kuzhandhai aagum!!


Vizhiyil.. un vizhiyil.. vandhu vizhundhaen andha nodiyil..
En ethirgaalam nee dhaan endru.. uyir sonnadhey!

Vazhiyil.. un vazhiyil.. vandhu nadandhaen andha nodiyil..
En vazhi thunai nee dhaan endru.. nizhal sonnathey!

Unnodu vaazhnthida dhaaney.. naan vaazhkiraen;
Un kayil ennai thandhu thol saaigiraen ooh…thol saaigiraen.. (Vizhiyil..)



Idhu varai.. en irudhaiyam.. indha unarvinil thadumaaravillai..
Mudhal murai.. indha ilamaiyin sugam unargiren.. naan pookavillai..

Kudaiyodu naan ponaen, mazhaiyinil yeno nanaiginraen..
Kadigaram irundhalum kaaladi sathathil mani parthaen..

En thanimaiku, thanimaigal nee vandhu koduthaai!! (Vizhiyil..)



Siripilae.. un siripilae.. sirai adaikiraai, naan meela villai!
Uravugal.. ondru sergayil.. enna aagiraen endru theriya villai!!

Unnodu naan pesum ovvoru vaarthaiyum inikirathey..
Uraiyaadal thodarndhaalum.. mounangal kooda pidikirathey..

En kanavukku, kanuvugal nee vandhu koduthai!!



Vizhiyil.. un vizhiyil.. vandhu vizhundhaen andha nodiyil..
En ethirgaalam nee dhaan endru.. uyir sonnadhey!

Mm.. Hmm.. Vazhiyil.. un vazhiyil.. vandhu nadandhaen andha nodiyil..
En vazhi thunai nee dhaan endru.. nizhal sonnathey!

Unnodu vaazhnthida dhaaney.. naan vaazhkiraen;
Un kayil ennai thandhu thol saigiraen ooh…thol saigiraen..

:-)

Pain. Pain in its most brutal and naked form. Pain that seems to be nowhere close to subsidence. Pain that is all-consuming. Pain that holds me back from thinking where to look for relief.

I am tired...

I am tired of doing what I have to do.
I am tired of dreaming about what I want to do.

I am tired of missing a hearty laugh.
I am tired of sporting that fake smile.

I am tired of judging people.
I am tired of being evaluated.

I am tired of speaking, without knowing what I believe.
I am tired of remaining dumb.

I am tired of retrospecting the past.
I am tired of contemplating the future.

I am tired of the day.
I am tired of the night.

I am tired of the madding crowd.
I am tired of being all alone.

I am tired of songs of praise.
I am tired of carping criticism.

I am tired of all responsibilities.
I am tired of my impulsiveness.

I am tired of not being myself.

The right time to say..."Oh shit!!"

Many a time do things happen contrary to what you expect.. Many a time does everything seem beyond your control.. Life, after all, (atleast for me) is made of complaints, laments, sighs and moans. And during these circumstances, there can be no better way than screaming 'oh shit!' to vent out the heat!

-You're on the window seat while traveling by bus; You look on, as another bus overtakes yours, only to find your favorite movie being played there!

-You slog from 9am till 6pm and your boss takes no notice of that. You start orkutting at 6.05, he/she walks in to ask, 'so, how are things going on?'

-You join an almost static serpentine queue and the bank closes for lunch when it's your turn at the counter!

-The credit balance of your mobile is pathetic; you call up someone, calculate time all the while during the conversation and when you disconnect.. the call summary is 5 minutes 1 second!

-Your dad wants to discuss something important when you are in the middle of a merry telephone conference with the nicest of friends.

-In the exam hall, you curse yourself for having wasted time at the snack bar the previous night; the question paper has everything but what you have read!

-Your hostel room is as messy as it can ever be; your parents drop in saying they wanted to give you a surprise.

-There is a ruthless downpour on the (only) morning you had decided to walk to office, dressed in a natty white shirt and black trousers!

-You are charged 5paise even for local sms!

-You are out gardening and the telephone rings; you race to the hall to pick it up, hitting yourself against the door on the way.. not attending to your bleeding toe you say 'hello'.. but all you hear is the dial tone!

-You write a blog entry after ages and when you are about to publish it, a friend reads it and remembers having read exactly similar stuff elsewhere!

Oh shit!!!