Uninvited guests

The spark to write this blog is quite strange and you will find it at the end of the post. But whom do I call as uninvited guest? zoom., zoom , zoom back to the past.

My Tryst with the unwanted guests happened when I was a kid and on visit to my Grandma's place in Tirupati. One morning there was a huge commotion and the dialog happened like this :
Next door aunty: Mana intiki ee-roju ochindi. Beep.. beep.... (silly not the Big boss types beep for adult content - I didnt understand Telugu that time)
My Grandma: Avunu aunty e- sanivaaram mana intilo kooda anthe ....

In brief they are discussing about someone who came but who came and what happened? anyway had to go urgently to backyard.. most important place to start the day is behind there... I will find out later about that.

I was walking through the room just next to gate towards backyard , was shocked to see a .... my god.., how do I say that .... it was a total shock to me....
how can it be...........
it was a monkey inside the house.....

I could only  think of Deer karate (the art of escape at the sight of danger) and ran back to front side of house. My aunt cooly said its as though a daily routine and I took her as my escort...

It was really funny when a similar thing happened in Hyderabad few years ago., and the maruti took a chapati from our dining table. Dunno what he did for sabji though...Its a different story that we used maruti's name as though he was at our disposal to make our son eat,sleep,drink milk etc etc.,

Next incident  also happend when I was a kid and was in my friend's house. since its anyway not my house I could nt really complain about the unwanted visitor but I was feeing suddenly something soft at my foot... I liked the smoothness but barely realised that it was Ajay.. Ajay chased me from gate to hall to first bedroom to next bedroom to kitchen and that Ajay left me only after my friends mom intervened.. Ajay ?? it was next door dog., I still follow Deer karate at the sight of any dog.. even so called harmless ones... ஏன் நாய் அடிப்பானே....எதையோ சுமப்பனே....

Next visitor was in hyderabad. I was attending a con-call with US folks. It was about 10.30 in night., The call went on for about 45 minutes. when I came out I was shocked to see my wife clutching my son and sitting tight on floor. A Bat was batting its way in the hall round and round.. dunno why she was so polite not to disturb my meeting but she had been like that atleast 15 minutes., Poor thing...Few shoo shoo with a towel did the trick and saved my face.. (may be the bat got bored and wanted to try someother house) ....

Next one was in the UK. This time it was a mouse.. we realised that if he is let aloof that night he'd make us pay for half the household bill since our house had the landlord's artictic sofa,curtains,wall hangings and everything the mouse would like to bite .., we were faced with situation of having an uncatchable mouse and we were not even armed with  Masal vada and traps. Luckily the bakra just got into the carpet which we rolled and disposed him off...

Now coming to the inspirational incident due to which you are tested of your patience of reading this crap ., It was in singapore and happened yesterday. This one was a in between Fly and bee.. we can call it Fly-Bee.. it was hovering around in our bed room. I took a  cloth rolled it into ball and tried atleast 20-25 throws at it.. anyway if I attempt a offstump ,definite leg stump will fall. such a accuracy could nt work with fly-bee.. as he was so small...my son was giving instructions, ..let him settle in a place... dont make noise etc etc., but after many futile attempts , I gave up at last... only to be shaken by my wife in middle of night... she showed something on floor.. there he was.... then came the moment of glory...... had him covered and threw out....

PS: If there are some SPCA volunteers who think I am punishable by law., I come under juristiction of one and only the following address.,
 13,Valluvar Road,
Dubai kurukku sandhu
Dubai bus stand
Dubai

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என்ன ரொம்ப நாளா ஆளை காணோமே , Blog  update ஆகலையேன்னு வந்து பார்த்து / எழுத சொல்லி பாசமா மிரட்டின  நண்பர்களுக்கு நன்றி .

இந்த gap -ல   எது அநியாயத்துக்கு வளந்திருக்கு? ஒண்ணு விலை வாசி, ரெண்டு as usual corruption , மூணு - வேற என்ன நம்ம Facebook  தான். Its a highly effective contagious,Excellent tool that has best features from email/orkut/picasa album sharing. Having said that its now mandatory to have an facebook account , without with you are not considered a computer literate netizen.

என்ன மாயமோ என்ன மர்மமோ தெரியல நண்டு சிண்டு மொதல் பெரிசுங்க வரைக்கும் சூப்பர் ஹிட். முன்னால எப்பிடி கடுதாசிலேந்து   email  க்கு  மாறினமோ இப்போ நாம email லேந்து Facebook க்கு   மாறியாச்சு . யாரப்பா ஈமெயில் அடிக்கறது .

அதான் காலைல பல் விளக்குதல் , பே** தல், காபி குடித்தல் ஆரம்பிச்சி நாய் குட்டி போட்ட photo  வரைக்கும் ஊருக்கே நம்ம ஜாதகம் அத்துபடி ஆச்சே  .

அது நிற்க, இதுல நடக்கிற சில அக்கிரமங்கள் மட்டும் உங்கள் பார்வைக்கு :

1 . அது என்ன "A new fortune cookie has been delivered to you. Click the cookie to find out what it says!" அப்பிடின்னு என்ன அது டெய்லி அக்கபோரு ? இத்தனை cookies உள்ள தள்ளிட்டு  ஏப்பம் தான் உடனும் .

2 .  உஷாரா ஒரு 10 வருஷம்  முன்னாடி எடுத்த photo வ   profile  photo வா  போட்டு ஊரை ஏமாத்த   வேண்டியது....நேர்ல பாத்தா தான் தெரியும். (கலி முத்திடுத்து!!) .

3 . ஆமா அந்த farmville  அப்பிடினா என்னப்பா? நாம நெஜத்துல வாங்கற எடத்துக்கே வேலி போட கை வரல, இதுல நம்மள இந்த விளையாட்டுக்கு  கூப்டு வேற இம்சை .

4 . இது தவிர இன்னும் ஒரு கொடுமை :
"How innocent are u?
xxxx -   took How innocent are u? quiz
My Result: 95% " .. உங்கள பத்தி எங்க கிட்ட கேட்டாலே சொல்லிடுவோம்ல ? அதுக்கு என்ன ஒரு "quiz" ...

5 . இப்போ தான் போனா மாதிரி honeymoon photos எதுக்கு வெளிய உடறீங்க? ஓ எல்லாம் ஒரு விளம்பரம் தான் இல்ல .... அரசியல் வாழ்க்கைல இதெல்லாம் சகஜமப்பா .....

6 . எல்லாத்த விட இது சூப்பர் .. "At what age will you die? ., " இதுக்கு  challenge வேற ?

7. பொண்ணுங்க சம்பந்தமே இல்லாம தத்து பித்துன்னு எதாவது status message போட்டாலும் ராப்பகலா follow  பண்ணி "like " போட ஒரு 100 பேரு , கமெண்ட் அடிக்க ஒரு 50  பேரு. ஆன இதுவே பசங்க கஷ்டப்பட்டு  , ரொம்ப முக்கியமான விஷயத்த போட்டா கூட கண்டுக்க நாதி இல்ல . என்னை கொடுமை சார் இது ?

8 . ஆமா அது என்ன "like " button மட்டும் குடுக்கறது?  "dislike " பண்ணனும்னா நாங்க எங்க போறது?

அட போங்கப்பா!!! நீங்களும் உங்க facebook ம் .

PS : Facebook Rocks !!  Pages of updates in a day by so many friends is not possible even in dreams without facebook.. Hats off to this innovation... !!! What an IDEA Sir ji !!

செம்மொழியான தமிழ் மொழியாம்

செம்மொழியான தமிழ் மொழியாம் - என்ன அருமையான பாடல் !!!! . மலேசியாவில் சிங்கம் படம் பார்க்கும் பொழுது கண்டு மலைத்தேன் ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsB7kZ4EG2Y&feature=related


PS: கணேஷ் ரொம்ப நன்றி ... மறுபடியும் ஞாபகம் செய்ததற்கு ....

What bloody just like that ?!!!!

I think it was 2004 . Hyderabad is not the same crowded and concrete jungle in Hi Tech gachibowli area. Couple of companies were building their huge campuses that time in gachibowli, due to which it was a not so crowded  but not so desolate place.

Basically there were few huge rocks on the road (which are like small hills but climbable and gave beautiful view of the city on top. No one would dare to think of this upcoming area even for visiting , leave alone for relaxation.  (நம்ம வானரங்களுக்கு இது சூப்பர்  location).  It was more or less like a picnic spot for our gang. As usual our guys started late in the night (meaning for Late starts from 10 PM and early is 9.30 PM) . It was a auspicious day for the whole city (Eve of Ganesh chaturthi) whence the whole of Hyderabad was tense. We were as usual oblivious of all that. (Lack of GK :-) )

Few of the guys were as usual tight and few were normal and we went in some 4/5 vehicles to our favourite Gachibowli spot to have our usual chat and pulling legs stuff. (வேற என்ன பொழப்பு ? அடுத்த நாள் வேற ஆண்டவன் புண்ணியத்துல லீவ் ) .

As we were relaxing and Suddenly a full beam light came and it was a Police Jeep. The revive starch inspector asked us "what the hell are you guys doing here ? " ., I replied "just like that we are relaxing here" . Then came the Walter vetrivel in him with fury " What bloody just like that ?" . Gosh , we realised something was really wrong. he went on to blast us in Telunglish (telugu+english) about how tense the city is and why we should have stayed indoors etc., One of the guys with good presence of mind said we are from a hostel in madhapur and proved we are IT professionsals showing some of our visiting cards and id cards. Though walter was convinced he asked us to write all our names and phone numbers.

2 things happened which is beyond our imagination even now:
1. Screen save who wrote the names added a extra person just for the reason that  he did not join us in that night party. (his explanation - "மச்சி நாம எல்லாமே சேந்து தானே பண்ணுவோம். இன்னிக்கி மட்டும் அவன விடறது நல்லா இருக்குமா ? " -  நம்ம ஆளு ரொம்ப நல்லவன் .. )
2. Unexpectedly Walter took a roll call :-) and randomly asked name of Livi cat and found it was missing in the list. Gaja replied "Sir, you can add the name in the gap between 8 and 9 ...." . We can barely control our laughter but had to be degent gentle men .

PS: We had a police vehicle stopping us in between, who confirmed that we are the same "Madhapur Hostel" guys (walkie-talkie info for them) and that vehicle followed us for 1 KM to ensure our safety. வாழ்க ஹைதராபாத் போலீஸ் ...

Women !!!

All lines below are copied and not even a single line is my own.  I can imagine all guys nodding their head after reading this (provided "she"is not around/peeping into this ) and all ladies silently accepting the truth inside .....though angry outside . ...
happy reading ........

No offence meant.... (நாம என்னதான் ரௌடியா இருந்தாலும் உயிர் பயம் இருக்கும் இல்ல !!!)

If you talk,
she wants you to listen
If you listen,
she wants you to talk

If you praise her,
she thinks you are lying
If you don't,
you are good for nothing

If you kiss her,
you are not a gentleman
If you don't,
you are not a man


If you agree to all her likes,
you are a wimp
If you don't,
you are not understanding


If you visit her often,
she thinks you are boring
If you don't,
she accuses you of double-crossing


If you are well dressed,
she says you are a playboy
If you don't,
you are a dull boy


If you are jealous,
she says it's bad
If you don't,
she thinks you do not love her


If you attempt a romance,
she says you didn't respect her
If you don't,
she thinks you do not like her



If you are a minute late,
she complains it's hard to wait
If she is late,
she says that's a girl's way


If you visit another man,
you're not putting in "quality time"
If she is visited by another woman,
"oh it's natural, we are girls"


If you kiss her once in a while,
she professes you are cold
If you kiss her often,
she yells that you are taking advantage


If you fail to help her in crossing the street,
you lack ethics
If you do,
she thinks it's just one of men's tactics for seduction


If you stare at another woman,
she accuses you of flirting
If she is stared by other men,
she says that they are just admiring

Garam Masala - IPL3

Wanted to write about IPL3 from the first match but its been eluding till date. So decided to do the honours early in the morning.

There are critics who say IPL3 is more commercialized, cheer leaders are no more good,in next IPL the dress colour of the player wont be visible and the dress will look like like paper advertisement,zoo zoo is not that great,oongli cricket ads are boring and so on.... but everything being said  the nail biting finish that this chotta form brings is a real paisa vasool . Though personally for me the fortunes are nt that good since  both chennai (my city - பொறந்த வீடு )  / Hyderabad (current city - புகுந்த வீடு ) are not having good season this time and are way below in the rankings. But whoever wins the funny moments,mangoose bat,the huge sixes and fours , one word punch comments on the big screen, the IPL tune (what do u call the one played by DJ suddenly out of the blue to cheer the crowd) all make IPL a huge success atleast to me.

Just a sample catch of yesterday . Tell me now if its a crowd puller or not !!!!!!
Courtesy: you tube


How to act to be busy in office?

Ever wondered if you had to do this? Yes. Definitely. If  anyone  says that  they do work full time @ office or even have work for whole day on all the days they come to office  , I am not to believe them . (நம்ம கிட்டயேவா ? நாம எவ்வளோ பாத்துருப்போம்)

The following tips are relevant in both good and bad times . But lets see  how they come in handy in both situations?

1. In bad times: companies look for the best opportunity to get rid of so called "not so key resources" that are considered to perform under the standards or rather who dont trumpet around that they are busy. . If you want to keep your job in times like these,you do need  to appear busy at the office even if you don't have a lot to do at the moment.


2. In good times: Well market is good. Every company wants to give hike . So even if you dont have much to do., invent some work and show yourself busy. let people assume you have lot to do and you slog , so that you get rewarded better. An addl % will always help :-)

I saw a nice article by a guy which I will reproduce after putting my own ideas:

Some work ethics to be followed to show yourself busy:

--Never pick the phone in first ring
-- If its boss calling, just ask for a second and pretend to talk over another line and talk about project related stuff for few minutes and then get back to the boss.
-- Never walk slowly . Always walk faster and look to be engrossed in something.. (Even better if you seem to look  as though you are to solve a major international crisis and waiting to meet Oabama to talk about the plan . )
-- Have seperate people to chit-chat away from cubicle locations. Other building is better . You can slip away have your chat/coffee and come back and pose busy as usual.
-- Always carry a notepad/paper in hand .
-- Never go for lunch during regular lunch hours. People should wonder when you actually eat.
-- Arrive to meetings atleast 2-3 mins late or join conference calls a 2 mins later than everyone has joined.
-- Its a blessing in disguise  if there is a Technical mailing list in the company. Either ask a very difficult technical question or spend time /search for answer to answer someone's difficult question.
--There will be some bakra juniors or people who try to get into the technology which you already  fortunately know. Make a case for a group training . Book a room . Keep lectuing about the subject. You may even score some brownie points with your manager.
-- Never accept any work given by boss (addl work) easily. Say that you are already tightly held with multiple xyz activities but tell him you will put some extra time and complete. No one knows what you do anyway.
 
NOTE: All the above are required to be followed with caution and based on need. Doing all/multiple to a large extent could harm your credibility. Also usual disclaimers apply. May not work for all people in all situations.

Now coming to the professional advice that I found on internet:
 
Step 1  Be sure to look all the time at your monitor. If you maintain the outer appearance of concentration, nobody will notice that you are writing a post on your blog, playing a game, or checking the latest sports results. Try not to be very sociable with your co-workers when sitting at the computer, in order to maintain the impression of hard and concentrated work.


Step 2  Secondly, keep your desk untidy. This will be a hint for everyone that you are too busy to clean your desk. Try to have pens, spreadsheets and other printed papers on your desk all the time. You can even have glasses and cups on the desk as a sign you are too busy to clean them up.


Step 3  You should eat at your desk. It doesn't matter you have just eaten out. Try to have some food on the desk and leave it there for as long as possible to create the impression you had no time to deal with things like cleaning the work area. This will be a sign that you are a keeper as well as a player. Don't go overboard and leave your desk a pigsty, but take a little longer to clear your food away.


Step 4  Next, open several applications on your desktop that you are supposed to use for your work. Keep them running even if you don't use them all the time. You also need to make sure that the company is not monitoring the activity of the employees -- some employers run programs that monitor everything each employee does on the computer. Before browsing the Internet and chatting with your family and friends, learn the company's policy on the use of the Internet. Do not risk anything if you are not sure of the consequences.

Happy acting !!!!!