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 !!!!!

Ladies and gentlemen

I was waiting in the morning 8.30 types to catch the office shuttle.. Strangely I happened to notice few of them ... They were wearing a scarf covering head,neck,ears,mouth , well leavinf only the eyes.. I was looking for a AK 47 in trhe hand and fortunately its missing .. Well they are our lady colleagues from IT or college students who dont want to let mortals like you see them ..... ஏன்மா இப்பிடி?

கஷ்ட பட்டு முன்னுரை எழுதியாச்சு ... Lets now see some of the irking stuff about them and of course the equivalent from our so called "Youth " guys..

Ladies (டகால்டி பொண்ணுங்க) :

1 . Came in lift today morning guys.. Still my head is spinning ...(தலை சுத்தல் , வாந்தி .....மசக்கை இல்ல நண்பர்களே .... ) Its a Lady's perfume..well ,opposite to the word  perfume u bet ....

2 . What a stamina sirji .. in work ? ... hey come on .. in talking non-stop 2-3 hours .. You 'd have guessed the person at other end ..A potential bakra ..

3 . For point 2., its ensured that they will give only missed call. Its for the guy at other end to call back. Not in ladies profile to pay for talking to guys you know?

4. They can see only Hindi movies or Hollywood biggies like Avtar., seeing a Tamil,Telugu movie is not In-Thing..

5.All of them wanted to marry Arvind samy earlier , later Hritik Roshan and now Ranbir Kapoor

6. They can eat only from  match box size Tiffin box. Nothing more.. (They do have separate routes for Ice creams,pizza,coke etc etc that can be consumed by OTMP method only.. OTMP ? - Please refer BOYZ movie .. ஓ (சி ? ) ... தின்னு மங்களம் பாடுவது ......)

Gentlemen (டுபுக்கு ஆண்கள்) :

1 . Out of 5 working days take bath on atleast 4 days :-)

2.ஜீன்ஸ் நடுவே  கிழிசல் இருக்கலாம் ஆனா  கிழிசல் நடுவே ஜீன்ஸ் இருக்க கூடாது ..

3. Please spend money on  boy friends also .. be magnanimous to spend on our movies,dinner,pre-dinner bills etc . Dont invent ways of getting OTMP .. Your friends are also poor like you.

4. You can look at face/eyes of girls and talk at times.

5. There is a world outside cricket,NBA,F1 also ... Potato chips and TV remote are not your birth right :-)

Well as a guy I dont find more faults with boys. May be I am biased or பசங்க நெஜமாவே பரவா இல்லையோ  ?

Interviews

Well was about to write another useless blog but suddenly a flash came to me and I am starting to write on this impulsively . No pre thought, no plans - so expect some not so professional writing.

An Interview to we people happened may be at college final year in the name of Campus interveiws unlike now where for LKG , the kid,his mom and dad prepare day in and day out . (நான் எப்போ அபியும் நானும் பிரகாஷ்  ராஜ் மாதிரி புக்கும் கையுமா  சுத்த  போறேனோ ) ... During those days I used to imagine couple of cinema/drama interview scenes which were no where near funny , but shaped our thought processes leading us to expect any kind of question. Infact we were prepared for sensible questions unlike now .  Thanks to s/w. for a geunuine  "what languages you know" question,  people have started answering " C ,C++" instead of "Hindi,Tamil and English "

I guess its Nagesh in a movie who will turn a CUP unpside to mean that he passed PUC . In all movies interview will always happen in a first floor or second floor so that hero is ready with his answer : No of steps he climbed up. May be I guess 1980-late 1990s Interviews were bit funny but were sane like these.

Then came twist in tale. Advent of IT companies. They need to hire 40-50 (bulk bookings) students in campus intvw. We used to ask those days whose lorry is this today ? TCS machi .. ஓ அப்போ 50 டிக்கெட் காலி ... ...CTS machi .. ஓ அப்போ ஒரு 10  டிக்கெட் காலி . ..... Poor recruitment guys from morning to night getting bored of asking technical questions used to ask valid and excellant qns as below:
"Do you guys see jump the main gate to watch movies? " , " Is the mosquito menace in Hostel very bad?", "which hotel is better ? Anna Purna or Gowri shankar ? ".....Well dont blame them . we continue the trend now ask sillier qns ..

Oh man.... have to work. ok will share an experience of me taking intvw of a Japanese Consultant recently.

This gentleman (Mr.%^&&$#) was called over to our office in Japan and the country manager(Mr.XYZ) from Japan looped me in to interview Mr.%^&&$# (Its a tongue twister anyway) , technically on consulting side.Since its remote location it was a telephonic interview that I had to conduct . 

 I did my normal consulting and product side questions for about half hour and called out my colleague ....."XYZ., I am done with my questions you want to take up about his Personal skills?" ... Instead of my colleague XYZ answering the person being interviewed Mr.%^&&$# started explaining to me his personal skills .. I had to listen to it for sometime..

I again interrupted and said ....."XYZ., I am done with my part . Do you wish to continue?" Well... to my shock again Mr.%^&&$# continued on his project management skills this time...

I slowly asked again Mr.%^&&$#   , if you are not on speaker phone can put you my colleague  Mr.XYZ  on the phone line,please ? ..

Mr.%^&&$#  replied saying that Mr.XYZ had left the room some 15 minutes back and he would go and fetch him. Well now I understood why he kept on replying :-) .........

Working in bench - Part 2 .

Working in bench has evoked lots of interest in people. Well everyone has lived this experience atleast few days of their lives . (OB அடிக்காம வேலை பாத்த s /w  Engineer வாழ்க்கைல முன்னேறினதா சரித்திரமே இல்ல .... )

Continuing from where we left on the day in a Life of the bench man, the tricy part comes now. Its 12 PM. if he goes to Food court at 12 its usually not crowded , meaning he cant spend time on standing in queue for token , standing in queue to fetch food , waiting for seat etc etc. But if he goes at peak hour special 12.30 - 1.00 then he can spend a whale of time in Food court. so he starts gathering his frnds for food later say at 12.20 or so but goes and stands in Food court at 12.20 to take census of  female population.

Other version will be to go out for lunch at 12.00 and come back to 1.30 provided we get a Bakra who has just come from onsite/going to onsite/passed a certification (அந்த  கொடுமை  அப்புறம்  ) / Got engaged/got married /birthday/got a decent hike (அதிகம் இல்ல gentle  man  நமக்கு 4 % னா அண்ணனுக்கு 5 - 6 % அந்த வித்தியாசம் பில் கட்டினதும் காணாம போய்டும் ஹி ஹி ..... ). If  it slowly starts moving towards  Dutch Party  or vying your pocket juz escape from the scene.................Back to canteen option .,

12.20 - 12.30 Waiting for Friends in Food court .
12.30 - 1.15 or 1.30 - Lunch (Depending on topics of the day)
1.30  - 2.00 - Power nap  (ஹி ஹி .. ரொம்ப உழைச்சி களச்சவங்க மத்யானம் Power nap எடுத்தா அவங்க ரொம்ப நல்லா அதுக்கு அப்புறம் வேலை பாப்பாங்கன்னு ஒரு ஆராய்ச்சில கண்டு பிடிச்சிருகங்கம்மா .. )
2.00 - 3.00  Very busy time. ICICI Direct , that day uptodate news, Mailing list,chat friends wow.... getting tired.
3.00 - 3.30  Much needed coffee break. Make sure you put chat status as Busy or be right back.
3.30 - 4.00  Actively do a round of the campus between buildings,go to some inhouse store, go to ICICI ATM and see balance, go to some other building and meet a friend .
4.00 - 5.00  Repeat activities of  2.00 to 3.00 again.
5.00 - 6.00  Peak time again in Cafeteria . Much needed break after a day's hard work. Pakoda,samosa + coffee...
6.00 - 6.15 Pose like real hard day and delegate some work on scrappy paper/send mail to DM/answer some questions on forum ....
6.15    -- ready to vrooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ...................... (அட அன்னிக்கி வெக்க வேண்டிய டைம் ஆச்சுப்பா )

Working in bench

Working in bench - Wow whts this title? looks like a oxymoron .... For non-IT folks , Bench is the term used to define the employee who is on payroll but not used in any project. (மொத்தத்துல தண்ட சம்பளம் ) , Lets look at the day in a life of a Bench person.. esp in companies where you have a hard target lets say to keep 9-10 hrs of time clocked its real fun to watch that person.

9 AM :  He gets in (why 9 , why not later? coz otherwise he cant get out before 6-6.30 thanks to his min working hours rule)

9 AM - 9.30 AM : Check email through proxy,open meebo.com or ebuddy.com to bypass the IT  Ops and open the yahoo,gtalk,msn and what not... just to say hi to the list of frnds. Then make sure the status is set as Busy or be right back at 9.30

9.30 AM - 10 AM : if with one colleague or 10.15 if with 2 colleagues  - canteen for breakfast and coffee (?) - nope .. coffee not now. that is with different set of people and comes later in schedule. (ரூம் போட்டு யோசிப்பானுங்களோ ?)

10.15- 11.00 : Other important aspects of the job like ICICI Direct,TOI articles,Mailing list etc.., Additional responsibilities include starting a volatile  topic like ''Is Aamir's way of putting rolling credit correct?'' , ''should Sachin retire'', ''Is sachin the greatest of all players?'' , '' which film industry is bad and which is worse Bolywood,kollywood or Tollywood?'' . - I am not exaggerating but I know 2 colleagues - good friends started such a conversation on the mailing list just for the heck of it and after 2-3 exchanges bashing each other the others pitched in and the count on same subject went as high as 400+ mails ) .. What an idea sirji .......

11.00-11.30 : Coffee break with near seat colleagues + hot topic like price rise, recession,+ some negativity spreading.

11.30 - 12.00 :Catch up with friends to whom you said Hi in morning and put status as Busy .. So they all think you were busy from 9 - 11.30  (கடின உழைப்பு ) .

Post lunch session --- will continue----மாமா   busyபா ஹி ஹி ஹி ...

Arakku Valley (sarakku valley ) Part 2 - தனக்கு வந்தா தான் தெரியும் !!!!!

ட்ரெயின்ல நல்லா   பொழுது போச்சு. எழுந்து பல் தேச்சி ஆவலா vizag போய் சேந்தோம் . இறங்கின உடனே அங்க ஒரு ஸ்டேஷன் ஹோட்டல்ல டிபன் சாப்ட்டுட்டு சும்மா இருக்காம மசாலா chai வேற .. அங்க ஆரம்பிச்சுது அடி வயிற்றில் ஒரு இன்ப வலி.


அவன்  அவன்  ஜாலியா  அடுத்த  destination கு  ரெடி ஆயிட்டான்  ... நான் போய் "டேய்   ரூம் எதுவும் போட வேணாமாடா?   குளியல் மத்ததுக்கு   எல்லாம்? '' (அந்த விஷயத்துல நான் கொழந்த மாதிரி )   உடனே பசங்க  ''குளியல் எல்லாம் எதுக்கு மாமா ., மத்தது எல்லாம் நாங்க ட்ரெயின்லையே  முடிச்சிடோமே .. நீங்க  போகலையா ?  ... அவுனுங்க கூட நம்மள மாதிரி பசங்க திருட  கூடாதுன்னு சங்கிலி எல்லாம் கட்டி mug வெச்சிருந்தானுங்க மாமா . வெரி comfortable  .. '' ( Comfortabla ???? என்னமோ 5  ஸ்டார் ஹோட்டல்ல ஒக்காந்த மாதிரி பெருமை வேற) அப்போ நான்தான் மாட்டினேனா ? ..டேய்ய்  இதெல்லாம்  மொதல்லையே  சொல்ல  மாட்டீங்களா? தூங்கினா என்னடா ..எழுப்ப வேண்டியதானே ?  .. சரி  வழில  பார்த்துக்கலாம்னு   முடிவு  பண்ணி  borra caves க்கு  ரெடி ஆனோம் !!!!

Caves were very slippery. Full of stalactites( ஏன்  நடுல  பீட்டர் ?..அப்போ தான் அந்த எடத்துக்கு  மதிப்பு  ) . நம்ம பசங்க மானாவாரியா சில்லறை வாரினானுங்க (வழுக்கி  வழுக்கி  ) . சில பேர் 500 Rs .. சில பேர் 1000 Rs கு கூட ... ஒரே ஜாலி தான் ..

அங்க இன்னொரு சூப்பர் மேட்டர் என்னன்னா , ஒரு சின்ன ஓட்டை வழியா உள்ள போய் வெளிய வரணும் .. ரோட்டோரமா வித்தை  காட்டுவாங்க  இல்லை ? ( குட்டி வளையத்துக்குள்ள பொண்ணு போய்ட்டு வருமே  அந்த  மாதிரி) ..என்னோட நிலைமைல  ... அது தேவை இல்லைதான் .. இருந்தாலும் உடுவோமா ?..தம்ம் கட்டி  பூந்தாச்சு ....Avlodhaan  ராசா நீ Tom & Jerry ல  Tom தோல் உறிஞ்சிட்டு  வெளில   Tom வரா மாதிரி சட்டை கிழிஞ்சி தான் வரப்போறேன்னு நெனச்சேன் .. யாரு  செஞ்ச  புண்ணியமோ  அப்பிடி ஒண்ணும் ஆகல. யூத்  மாதிரி இருந்த சிலதுங்களுக்கு நெஜமாவே அது ஒரு ஆசிட் டெஸ்ட்தான் .பேசாம அங்க ஒரு போர்டு போட்டுருக்கலாம் . ''யூத்  இல்லாம  யூத்  மாதிரி நெனச்சிட்டு  இருக்கற   பெருசுங்க  not alllowed '' ன்னு ........

இது  நடுல  வயிறு செம  கலக்கல்  .. நமக்கு breaking பாயிண்ட்... . டேய்ய் நான் அதுக்கு போகணும் டா .. அவசரம்ன்னு சொன்னா  ... ..... பசங்க  chorus ஆ  நாம falls போறதுக்கு வண்டி ஏறுவோம் மாமா ....அங்க கண்டிப்பா இருக்கும்ன்னு  தைரியம் சொன்னாங்க   ... சரி போலாம் ன்னு சொல்லி போனோம் ஆனா  அங்க மட்டும் இல்லை  அவ்ளோதான்   ......

இந்த tourist spot ஜீப்லாம் வேற 70 - 80  speedல தான் போவானுங்க .. அதுவும் குண்டும் குழியும்னா 100 ல போவானுங்க .... பிரசவமே ஆயிடுமே டா பாவிங்களா  என் அவசரம் எனக்கு  தான் தெரியும்  !!!!!    சரி இன்னிக்கி ஜீப் நாற போகுது ....அதுக்கு நான் பொறுப்பு  இல்லை ...


பசங்க  , சந்தோசமா  மாமா அங்க பாருன்னானுங்க  ... வாவ் ''அது'' அங்க இருந்துது ... ரொம்ப மோசமான விஷயம் என்னன்னா ''அது''க்கு காசு கலெக்ட்  பண்றது தான் .. ஓ பக்கங்கள்ல ஞானி அழகா எழுதிருப்பார் .... "அது" மட்டும் free ஆ இருந்தா நம்ம ஊர் இன்னும் சுத்தமா இருந்திருக்கும்ன்னு..

அதோட கலெக்டர்  ''inka ivvandi ( இன்னும் சில்லறை எடுடான்ற   தொனில ) அப்பிடினான் ... இந்தாடா ன்னு இருந்த எட்டணா , ஒரு ருபாய் எல்லாத்தையும் குடுத்துட்டு ..விட்டா  போதும்னு  உள்ள  போய் கதவ  சாத்திட்டு  உக்காந்தேன் .....Rest is history!!!!-




Coming back to title : We did nt go to Arakku valley at all. It was not fitting in our timeline. so we went to a nearby falls and then it became only a  சரக்கு  valley and not Arakku Valley....

Arakku Valley - சரக்கு valley

Arakku Valley - சரக்கு valley  - பெயர் காரணம் கடைசில .  Vizag - சரி அந்த ஊரை blog மூலமா கொண்டு வருவோமே,. என்னடா இவன் ஒழுங்கா எழுதினானே இப்போ என்ன Travel  Blog ? ஹி ஹி ஹி ... படிங்க,  ஊரை தவிர எல்லாத்தையும் எழுதுவேன்னு நெனைக்கறேன் .

For the sake of  doing justice to this post,  most part is in Tamil . My non-Tamil friends may please excuse me for this .,

பிளான் இதான் . வெள்ளி கிழமை சாயங்காலம் ட்ரைன்ல போய்ட்டு அப்பிடியே Borra  Caves  , Arakku Valley போய்ட்டு அடுத்த நாள் , நம்ம பீத்த பிரசன்னா அண்ணன் புண்ணியத்துல ship yard பாக்கறதா பிளான். நான் கேட்டேன் , டேய்ய் அப்போ சனி கெழமை காலை கடன் எல்லாம் ? அதெல்லாம் வழில பாத்துக்கலாம் மச்சின்னு சொன்னானுங்க . யாரோட வழில டா  பாவிங்களா?   அதோட உள் அர்த்தம் போக போக தான் புரிஞ்சிது .

கூட வந்த நல்லவனுங்க (மச்சி எங்களுக்கு கல்யாணம் ஆயி நாங்க எல்லாம் இப்போ பொறுப்பான குடும்ப தலைவனுங்க - so  no name plz .... ஓகே )..... கலீஜ் கஜா , குயில் (தன் வீட்ட உட்டு அடுத்த வீட்ல போய் குயில் எப்பிடி இருக்குமோ அப்பிடி இவனும் அடுத்தவங்க வீட்ல போய் சரக்கு அடிச்சி , சாப்டு தூங்கிடுவான் .... very close friend of us - அவன் கூட இருக்கறது நல்ல பொழுது போக்கு. ) , screen saver (பெயர் காரணம் later ) , ,ஸ்ரீதர் ,கார்த்தி ( நிக் நேம் வேணாம் ... ) , பீத்த பிரசன்னா , பிரபோ (அந்நியன்ல   Remo character ன்னு  நினைப்பு  ஆனா  நிஜத்லையே split personality  and லிவி cat.  யாரவது உட்டேனா ? இல்லைன்னு நினைக்கிறேன் .. ....

மொதல்ல போனது    Borra  Caves . அப்புறம் நீர் வீழ்ச்சி (பேரு தெரியாதுப்பா) அப்புறம் கொஞ்சம் vizag ம் அதை சுற்றி இருக்கும் இடங்களும் .....

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Namesake

I wanted to write few more office funs but will write after some more posts  and break the monotony today. My wife was mentioning about a book called namesake . I am yet to read it but would like to share my experiences with name.

I am third child to my parents and youngest of the three. So you'd expect a latest trendy fashionable name atleast on par with peers of  the generation . But alas ., my parents had wanted to keep my Grandpa's name to me (not a joke) . My father has uniqueness of putting both his dad's name and son's name as PARTHASARATHY.

As per south Indian - Tamilian tradition we put  a common name and a tongue twister alias in the wedding invitation like Nisha alias Komalavalli or Arun alias Veeraraghavan etc but what could you put for parthasarathy alias... well may be I can think of only other option checkoslovakia .

Me and my wife had horrifying times when trying to talk to Virgin media/British gas/orange or any other service provider in the UK . My wife infact wrote in a paper P-for post office,A-for Alpha, R-for Romeo etc so that she can read it out to those guys. well the story just does nt end here since its just my first name. My last name is smaller. Its ARUMPULIYUR VEDAM ., (meaning someone from the great place Arumpuliyur near chennai). Funny part is inspite of all this care I was called until last payment in virgin media as P. Runpuliyur Vedan ., அடடா காதுல தேன் பாயுது .

Not exaggerating but had to raise a internal ticket in my previous company to ensure my full name intact in my offl email id . They increased the max limit of mail id and name to accomodate my parthasarathy.arumpuliyurvedam@company.com   .. For all the internal bugs I raised you can imagine the fun guys would ahev had in US. When I went in person a guy infact asked me oh., u r the one with the long name.. gud to see you... நிலைமை டா சாமி ., அவனுங்கள படிக்க சொல்லி சிரிக்க ஒரு கும்பல் வேற .. அவங்களும் வெக்க படாம வேண்டக்காயை விளக்கு எண்ணைல வதக்கினா மாதிரி பேரை கொல்லுவானுங்க.

Going to other lucky ones like me there was a minister in TN with name KKSSR Ramachandran (dunno the expansion but shld be long) . I still remember a mail that floated around poking about a telugu long name ,
my name is rao
my name is ramana rao
my name is seshu ramana rao
my name is krishna seshu ramana rao
my name is bala krishna seshu ramana rao
my name is konda bala krishna seshu ramana rao ... well u can add anything like balaji,venkat as additions ....

Few Office Funs - 2

The second in the series , is another fun about a phone conversation . In SAFL you will be surprised to find huge population of fresh diplomas from outside chennai. Most of them are highly talented and dedicated folks. I have high regard for them and give due respect for their sincerity and hard work, but on the other side some truth as well. எல்லா பசங்களும் வருஷா வருஷம் வரும் போது சொத்தோட வருவாங்க . சொத்து = மஞ்ச பை + அந்த மஞ்ச பைல சீனியர் அட்ரஸ் + ரெண்டு set  dress + தன்னம்பிக்கை + உழைப்பு + Loads of innocence. எதுக்கு இந்த build  up ?  எல்லா பசங்களும் சென்னை வரப்போ அப்பிடி தான் , விவேக்குக்கு   ஏதோ  ஒரு படத்துல mouth side பால் ஒழுகுமே அந்த மாதிரி பச்சை பசங்க . நம்ம ஹீரோ அந்த category  தான். கூடிய சீக்கிரம் நான் சென்னை போகணும் அதனால பேரு secret . (இப்போ பாலுக்கு பதிலா பீர் வழியுதுன்னு கேள்வி பட்டேன் . ஏன் வம்பு. பேரு  வேணாம்  ? )

இந்த மாதிரி விசயத்த கேட்டு மானத்த வாங்கறதுக்குனே சில நல்ல உள்ளங்கள் இருக்குமே - அது  ராஜேஷ் (நம்ம கதையின் anti hero) . ஒரு நாள் ராஜேஷ் seat ல தூங்கிட்டு இருந்தான்.  ஏதோ சத்தம் கேட்டு எழுந்தப்போ நம்ம ஹீரோ phonela யார்கிட்டயோ " மேடம் ஒரு நிமிஷம்,  மேனேஜர் கிட்ட குடுங்க , ஒரே ஒரு நிமிஷம் மேடம்"  அப்பிடின்னு கெஞ்சறான் !!! ஆனா ஒன்னும் நடக்கல போல.  ராஜேஷ் அவன் கிட்ட என்ன ஆச்சுடான்னு கேட்டதுக்கு , '' மேனேஜர் வீட்ல யாரோ இங்கிலிஷ்ல பேசறாங்க ஆனா மேனேஜர் கிட்ட  குடுக்க சொன்னா கேக்க மாட்றாங்க'' னு   அழாத கொறையா சொன்னான். நம்ம ராஜேஷ் phone வாங்கி கேட்டான். கேட்டு shock ஆயி , இருடா போய் partha va கூட்டிட்டு வரேன் , conference roomla  இருக்கற phone la speaker போட்டு பேசலாம்னான். நானும் போனேன். போயி ரூம்ல ஒக்காந்து கேக்கறோம்.... இவன் ஹலோ சொன்ன  உடனே  அந்த  லேடி சொன்னாங்க.......
 "The customer you are calling seems to be outside the coverage area  or is not able to  take your call. Please try again later"   - ஹி ஹி ஹி ஹி ...

PS : In those times when it was RPG/ some old provider only english auto message was available.
அதே hero இப்போ சீனியர் ஆகி fluent  englishல கடலை வருக்கர்தா கேள்வி .

Few Office Funs - 1

We were discussing a few funny incidents in my BIL's college and basically someone's fiasco/blunder is everyone's laughter. Infact laughter riot if u are first hand witness to that .

Incident 1:

This involves me and some unknown lady (never seen her) . It was those times in 1998 when I was in my first job and first week into the job. Rarely people could afford the cell phones. The incoming calls were charged as well those days . It was early in the morning and as usual I was planning what to do that day. It was my first week in office and extra bubbliness of college fresher made me plan for post 5 PM activities more than 9-5 activities . I was shaken by a telephone ring and the conv between me and the lady on the line  is as below. Go to the end of the conversation for background of this.Please see english version below the Tamil one,  for those who see below writings as jelebi spread.

நான்: Hello

Lady:Hello., பரமானந்தம் இருக்கறா? 

நான்: யாரு பரமானந்தம் ? அப்பிடி யாரும் இங்க இல்லையே ! (with  confidence )

Lady: இது SAFL   தானே ?

நான் : ஆமாங்க


Lady: உங்களுக்கு பரமானந்தம் தெரியாதா?

நான் : மேடம் நான் இப்போ அதான சொன்னேன் . இங்க அப்பிடி யாரும் இல்ல . யாருங்க அந்த பரமானந்தம்  ?

Lady: அவரு அங்க பெரிய மேனேஜர் . எல்லாருக்கும் அவர்தான் head .

நான் : (head a ? நம்ம கிட்டயேவா? )அவரு அப்பிடின்னு உங்க கிட்ட சொல்லிருக்கலாம் , ஆனா இங்க எல்லாருக்கும் head -  GM  தான் . அவரோட பேரு பரமானந்தம் இல்ல .

Lady: அவரும் GM  தான் .

நான் :  (இது என்ன புது குழப்பம் ? )அப்பிடி இங்க எந்த GM  இல்ல . எனக்கு தெரிஞ்ச GM  பேரு அது இல்ல . ஆனா அவரு நெஜமாவே இங்க GM ன்னு  உங்க கிட்ட சொன்னாரா? (இந்த கேள்வி உனக்கு ரொம்ப முக்கியம்டா . நாக்குல சனி தாண்டவம் ஆடுது )

Lady: ஆமாம் . எனக்கு தெரியும் அவர் அங்க GMன்னு

நான் : (அது எப்பிடி இவங்களுக்கு தெரியும்? )அவரு பாக்க எப்பிடி இருப்பாரு?

Lady: எப்பிடின்னு சொல்றது ? அவரு ஜீப்ல வருவாரு .

நான் : யாரு ஆபீஸ்க்கு ஜீப்ல வராங்கன்னு நான் பாக்கறதில்லை madam.

Lady: பக்கத்துல யார் கிட்டயாவது கொஞ்சம் கேளுங்களேன்

(பக்கத்துல என் கூட சேந்த இன்னொரு L போர்டு. ஏதோ சொத்தை எழுதி கேட்டா மாதிரி அவன் என்னை மொறச்சி - "தெரியலன்னு சொல்லிட்டு வெச்சிரு மாமா phone ஐ ன்னு" அட்வைஸ் வேற . கல்நெஞ்சுகாரன்  )

நான்:  ( ரொம்ப பாவம் ) இங்க யாருக்குமே தெரியல மேடம்

Lady: Oh is it?

நான் : நீங்க அவருக்கு என்ன வேணும் ? (மொதல்லையே கேக்க வேண்டிய கேள்வி )

Lady: I am his wife

நான் : (no doubt she cant explain his looks fat/thin, dark/fair,short/tall - எனக்கு மட்டும் பரமானந்தம் தெரிஞ்சிருந்தா குடும்பத்துல கொழப்பம் வந்திருக்கும் . அதான் உஷாரா அவங்க எதுவும் சொல்லல ) Ok Madam if I find him I will ask him to call you.

Lady: Fine ., Thanks. May I know who you am I talking to ?
(இத்தனை damage   கு அப்றமா Thanks   கொஞ்சம் எனக்கு அதிகம் தான் )

நான் : Peeng ............   line  disconnected ( 'மச்சம் தான்யா எனக்கு'- ஆண்டவன் கெட்டவங்களுக்கு நெறைய குடுப்பான் ஆனா கடைசில கை உட்டுடுவான். நல்லவங்களை நெறைய சோதிப்பான், ஆனா கை உட மாட்டான் hehehhee...)

Now English version :
Me:Hello
She:Hello., can I talk to Parmanandam
Me: who is paramanandam ? there is no paramanandam here .
She: (she confirms my company name and then )You dont know paramanandam?
Me:Thats what I told you madam just now.
She: He is a big manager there. He is head of everyone there .
Me: Well I dont know if he told you like that but the big manager here is GM here .
She: He is also a GM
Me:Well then I dont know that "GM" . The GM I know is not called Paramanandam. Did he really tell you he is GM here ?
She: Yes and I know he is GM there .
Me: I am not aware of GM called by that name here , Can you plz tell me how he looks like?
She: Well there is nothing particular that I can describe about but he comes by Jeep
Me: I dont check who comes by Jeep to office madam.
She:Can you ask someone near you?
Me:(I ask another new joinee and he looks at me like crazy on hearing the name and says "dunno") The someone near me is also saying they dont know him.
She:Oh is it?
Me:Who are you madam to him?
She: I am his wife (no doubt she cant explain his looks fat/thin, dark/fair,short/tall - anything could get  her and fmly in trouble provided I knew paramanandam)
Me:Ok Madam if I find him I will ask him to call you.
She:Fine ., Thanks. (For what ? - after all this damage) May I know who you am I talking to ?
Me:(Fortunately for me before I could blurt out my name the line got disconnected) 

Epilogue:
Infact she was right. My company had 4 plants and Paramanandam was GM for one of the plants and had a office next to our GM and that was almost locked usually (but for the few days he visits my plant) . I feel bad for shaking the high rise image he had created in his home,but did nt have guts to apologize to him after knowing him.  Sorry Mr and Mrs.Paramanandam.

But still wonder why many people appreciated me for this damage I did unknowingly to his reputation.

I still get a mixed guilty cum upbeat feeling at thinking about this incident.
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Tired of writing , lets see the others in next post.
Few office funs -  his wife was bitten by ant- telephone in office---

அன்றும் இன்றும் - Past and Present - 2

To compare I want to take up mainly few stuff into consideration for this post. If I find some thing more interesting we can see that later . I want to do this on TV,Games,School and friendship as the main headings.

TV: Those days we had a old Weston TV followed by Dyanora TV. A TV repair guy infact learnt the trade working on our TV for quite sometime :-) . Ariel on top of everyone's house and crow's meetings on them was a common sight. Coming to the programs that are close to our heart I still remember chitrahaar, OliyumOliyum (ஒளியும் ஒலியும்) , Boring Tuesday night 1 hour drama   (max outdoor was in அம்மா அங்கே கணேசு எங்கே? ) . We used to even watch chitramala since it would show a Tamil song if we were lucky that week . Spider man , Giant Robot , Star trek and He-man (in the chronological order ? ) were the only kids programs available. I still remember going neighbours ( 3-4 houses away) just to see the 15 min spiderman when our TV had fault .
Look at the options our kids have . They can choose among 6-7 cartoons at a time. My good friend who has a grown daughter is afraid of whats shown on TV . நமக்கு இப்போதைக்கு பையன் தான் so no worries.

Games: I was mostly indoors or playing in school but never played on the streets like many of my neighbours did. But it was fun those days even with the little options we had. I was never a great player of anything but spent sometime on cricket like any other Indian kid. Few of my frnds used to come home and we used our huge terrace  a lot.Ice boy,7 stones,kings with frnds were something I enjoyed in school and at home.  Others may not look like games. but I was behind kites for  few months . I never bought the maanja thread (மாஞ்சா நூல் ) or kites. Thanks to our strategic location and ariels I used kallangol (கல்லாங்கோல்) - stone tied to long thread with which u can attack any kite and get it as yours. We had internally olympics for playing Top (பம்பரம்) in which I was given always Japan due to height. (I grew after that to 6 feet now but was very short that time) . Indoors games like ரெட்ட கட்டம் தாயபாஸ் , 5  கல்லு , நெறைய கல்லு (what do we call it where we collect in multiples of 4) , ஒத்தையா, ரெட்டையா, பெரட்டையா were all my favourite.

Our kids dont have either the crowd around them or tools to enjoy any of these. All they might be lucky with is, if they r in a gated community where they have friends , they might reach about 30% of our enjoyment .

School and friends:These 2 went hand in hand for me . Initially I had very studious guys only as my friends (பழம்ஸ்) like petti srinivasan,Mohan sundaram . I still am trying to trace Eswaran but no clue after he left our next street in UKG times. After 1st standard I had no inhibition. Everyone was my friend. Neelagandan, suresh,Rajesh,Ganesh,RP,Dhanasekar,vijay kumar,Jai shankar, 3 other senthils - sorry if I missed any ,  all used to be with me from 1-3 std types. People may not know them by their names but I am trying to be decent here . I am happy I am still in touch with most of them, I cant forget the pleasures we had in eating the unripened-slices of mango from the lady near of school. Its spread on top with salt and chilli powder and my mouth waters even now,thinking about that and few others like Milk khoa,pulippu mittai (புளிப்பு மிட்டாய் ), javvu mittai  (ஜவ்வு மிட்டாய் ) , kamarakat  (கமர்கட்) etc., Usually we never had much money. My son's piggy bank might have more than what we all spent togther that time. Neelagandan / suresh/antony usually used to sponsor for luxuries like baloon , few toys , ball etc., Friendship at that age is unforgettable. They  just used to forgive me and used to get moving so easily even after many of my naughtiness. I used to rub the soodu kottai (  சூடு கொட்டை ) on floor and put on many guys(will be so hot to make a hole in the thigh)  , used to put AF with ink on some clean white shirts meaning APRIL FOOL, or used to throw the sticky leaf that itches for life on some. They helped me collect the max gundu mani (குண்டு மணி ) a source of pride that time and foreign stamps that I traded with them  :-) .

Our kids friendship ., well I'd say these guys also have fun. They have their own circle and my son talks about 2,3 others with whom I am sure he does all these stuff. Will know only when he writes his Blog .


Coming up Next - Few office funs - Who is paramanandam? - his wife was bitten by ant- telephone in office---

அன்றும் இன்றும் - Past and Present

Well  I am sure, everyone  will feel nostalgic about the childhood days . I was just trying to correlate what my son has got now and what I had that time. Those sweet nothings of our childhood days seem missing for our kids but they are better off in some places. lets take a sneak peek into our early days  and compare with current day kutties lives.
Well school for us was fun. Not sure if our Kids will feel the same . My son (just 4.25 years) feels so happy to cut school on bandh days of Hyderabad. It will be bonus when there is no music classes as well for him that day.
I believe everyone will remember their KG and primary school friends even today and if you are lucky like me , you might be in touch with some of them as well. We had very good set of சமத்து பசங்க. RP , முண்டை கண்ணன் , மாரியாத்தா , கெழவன் , குதிரை , நீலகண்டன், malayalathan , பூனை கண்ணன் just to name a few.. When i write this I am remembered of how Vijay's dad pulls up otteri nari , vovval and other gud named samaritans in Gilli .
I am a studious guy but still had so much fun just because of the set of friends. Too much to write so will just pen down them so that I dont forget to write about them in forthcoming posts.
சூடு கொட்டை, குண்டுமணி , கல்லாங்கோல், காத்தாடி , பம்பரம் , மாங்காய் பத்தை, பலூன், drama ..

Lot of my non-tamil friends wanted translations as much as possible . so for them:
சூடு கொட்டை - A seed that generates heat while rubbing on floor ,
குண்டுமணி - A bright red seed ,
கல்லாங்கோல் - stone tied to Manja thread to capture stray kites,
காத்தாடி- Kite ,
பம்பரம் - Top ,
மாங்காய் பத்தை - A slice of unripened mango thats cut beautifully with salt/chilli powder spread on it,
பலூன் - baloon ,
drama ..

CRR - Career Rupture Rating contd.,

Lets continue from where we left last. For those who asked abt the Tamil comments , they are mine. Dont blame my friend from whom flicked these .

QUICK THINKING ....Offers plausible excuses ......... சத்தியவான்
CAREFUL THINKER ..Won't make a decision ........Narasima rao பேரன்
PLANS FOR ADVANCEMENT ...... Buys drinks for all the boys........ ஊருக்கே ஊத்தி குடுக்கும் உத்தமன்
AGGRESSIVE........Obnoxious ........ Ghaleej Party
USES LOGIC ON DIFFICULT JOBS .....Gets someone else to do it......ஆம்பள சிங்கம் (courtesy PKS)
EXPRESSES THEMSELVES WELL .......Speaks English ........ No Translation for this
METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL.....A nit picker ........ party கிட்ட approval கெடைக்காது
HAS LEADERSHIP QUALITIES ........Is tall or has a loud voice ........ வளந்து கெட்ட loud speaker
EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD JUDGEMENT ........Lucky ........ ராசிக்காரன்
KEEN SENSE OF HUMOUR ...........Knows a lot of dirty jokes ........ நம்மள மாதிரி
CAREER MINDED .............Back Stabber ........ எட்டப்பன்
OF GREAT VALUE TO THE ORGANIZATION ..........Gets to work on time ........ கடமை தவறாத கண்ணியமான அதிகாரி
RELAXED ATTITUDE ..........Sleeps at desk ........ கும்ப கர்ணன்
INDEPENDENT WORKER .............Nobody knows what he/she does ........ நம்மள மாதிரி
GREAT PRESENTATION SKILLS .........Able to bullshit ........ Tough to translate
GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS ..........Spends lots of time on phone ........கடலை முத்து
LOYAL ...........Can't get a job anywhere else........ வேலை கிடைக்காத பட்டதாரி

--------------------------Coming up: Non office stuff.... அன்றும் இன்றும் ...  a sneak peek into our childhood / comparison  with today.

CRR - Career Rupture Rating

Humans are very complicated beings. S/w Engineers in particular are more complex and the liner programs in their mind at any point of time cannot be solved by any known system known to man.Especially when it comes to comparing themselves with others its like knowingly falling into quick sand . மெல்ல திறந்தது கதவு ராதாவை, மோகன் எப்பிடி காப்பாத்த முடியலையோ அதே மாதிரி தான் .
As a person been in the industry for quite some time now and see the transitions over time I remember CRR was more of a positive enabler for most companies but for GE which boasted of scaring away lower most 5-10% every year. Dont think I am a oldy ;)  நாங்க சீக்கிரமா வேலைக்கு வந்துட்டோம் . ஹி ஹி ஹி . What gains singnificance now with this CRR is that its used as negative enabler  to avoid giving hike/promotion to folks and what's shocking is that most companies now expect 5% min of people put on lowest possible rating. I'd rather sack the Manager who recruited so called lower rate guys and the HR for this.
Few CRR discussions which I attended during the course of my managerdom were nothing less than fish market. Whoever has command and NCC squadron leader voice can make sure atleast 2-3 of his guys get best rating and avoid lower most ranking for all of his folks. It goes to a low level of pump set fight (குழா அடி சண்டை )  as how many reusable artifacts has that guy done/how many people he trained/how many pre sales activties he was part of/how many collateral contibutions wow ... tougher than CAT entrance and still he has to do his bread-butter job and slog for the project . The way some managers project , u'll feel like you have a replacement for Azim Premji or Kris Gopalakrishnan in the subject guy.
I flicked the following portion from a friend of mine.சுடுவது தப்பா ?  google - ஐ  பாத்து  code  அடிக்கரானே அவனை நிறுத்த சொல்லு நான் நிறுத்தறேன் . நாலு பேருக்கு நல்லது நடக்குதுன்னா எதுவுமே தப்பு இல்லை .
Ok coming to the flicked one ., the following is what a actual appraisal meaning and the way one should interpret. few of them now . , rest in next :
FAMILY IS ACTIVE SOCIALLY ........Spouse drinks, too ---- வீட்டம்மாவும் bottle ku ok
AVERAGE EMPLOYEE .................Not too bright ---- தலை பின்னால ஒளி வட்டம் இல்லை
EXCEPTIONALLY WELL QUALIFIED .....Made no major blunders yet - படிச்ச புள்ளை அதான் பொழப்பு ஓடுது

Arabian Nights 2

Its better to be late than never. As usual I am always right :) . Like very good boys we boarded our plane. As forced bachelors we did nt have anything else to do. We started fiddling with the kick off meeting presentation. I wonder why it is called kick-off that too for a meeting. We were expecting the worst and expecting to be kicked off from the meeting room with that presentation - with no meat and saudi's love meat . My DM alone knows what meat in a presentation means :-) . When Airhostess auntie saw us indulged in laptops, she totally ignored usஇதுங்க அம்புலிமாமா பசங்க அப்பிடின்னு பழைய ரசம்(????) கூட offer பண்ணல).
That short but uneventful flight brought us to bahrain. bahrain is a free country. Could see huge duty paid shops like Dubai . Announcements were in Hindi as well..  our guys rule the world wherever we go.. May be in the US we might hear announcements in Telugu soon . With still 1 hr to go at the transit to our Luxury bus we were asked to do security check and proceed to bus. என்ன கொடுமைங்க சரவணன் இது ? Boarding Pass =  10 Riyal according to bahrain police mama.(அந்த ஊர் மாமா = நம்ம ஊர் மாமா - தொப்பை ) . நீயே அதை வெச்சி blackla  வித்து  anna nagar la வீடு கட்டு nu  சொல்லிட்டு we proceeded to the bus.
yammadi sooper deluxe dhaan... back la attached car to hold our luggages.. We were wondering why there should be a separate back car attachment . As usual like in any foreign land, whatever our bus driver spoke we were assuming to understand but couldn't get anything out of it. The first learning of the day was put a 'Al' in the beginning of every sentence and end it with 'Maafi'. At half way mark.. bahrain to saudi border.. friendly bahrain rubber stamp guys.. proceeded to saudi side of border.எடுத்தானுங்க பாரு ஒரு finger scan , as usual my dosth  first and me behind him . (திட்டு எல்லாம் அவன் வாங்கிப்பான் . நல்லவன் ) . A beedi size was looking intently at the screen  without any expressions  .  Our driver ran towards my dosth and squeezed his hands to make impressions out of it.
Now comes the main picture . Our driver got down and started saying  something. In my mind it was reframed by my favourite on coimbatore to chennai bus when people in bus are asked to use toilets as bus will stop there for 10 minutes : " ஆத்தூர் வந்திரிச்சி .. ஆம்பளைங்க வலது பக்கம் போங்க . பொம்பளைங்க எடது பக்கம் போங்க. 10  நிமிஷம் நிக்கும் . " 
But all of a sudden the known souls started arranging their luggages on the road . Funniest form of security check. a sniffer dog would be brought to check in usual circumstances. sooper dog. கடிச்சா 1/4 kilo கறி காலி . we were lucky and only a police uncle who does nt want to work came and sent us off. வெக்கமே படாம நெறைய வாட்டி இதே மாதிரி நெறைய ஆளுங்க travel  பண்றாங்கNow I understood the purpose of the back car attached at the back - easy loading and offloading on the road for security check .
Anyway, we cleared security. Then came the best part of the journey. The vehicle was stranded for 2 hours due to a Technical Snag. (கரெக்ட் word தானே for a professional or should I say bus breakdown :))
Thats all for today. Tomorrow on CRR - Career Rupture Rating -- Oh Weekend? அம்மா சொல்லிகிராங்க working  day  இல் மட்டும் இந்த மாதிரி நல்ல வேலை எல்லாம் பாக்கணும்னு . C u folks on monday ....

Arabian Nights

Well this is my first attempt to any form of blogging inspired by people at home who keep talking about the so many hits and getting thrilled by that :-). They keep editing it many times to reach max hits though ;)


I juz wanted to pen some incidents about my KSA visit in a not so boring way.

As usual like any other payana request (great tool equalled only by itself) the request started well until saturn played havoc - சனி மண்டைக்குள்ள நர்தனம் ஆடி -- in making me select the infamous travel agent . For sake of confidentiality and to avoid the character assasination lets call then XYZ.

As duty bound soldiers we (another poor soul accompanied me ) நம்ம ஊர் பாஷைல பலி கடாக்கள் minus குங்குமப் பொட்டு & மாலை  had to go to delhi airport and collect our passports since consulate was thr and as usual last minute fun with visa team (well they call for a special post and it will follow) . of the whole sequences I am happy that one more bakra was there in the ordeal. we were looked with pity by the airlines guy in Delhi who conveyed that from Bahrain we'll be travelling by Bus instead of Air. our XYZ folks did nt even know till then that a code of 4 digits in booking means a Bus and not Air.

We were offered rebooking by the XYZ guy but since the previous night we waited till 8.30 for eticket(for a booking made at 5.30) we did nt want to risk and proceeded to boarding.

rest tomorrow ----Sniffer dogs/No mans land/breakdown ----------------------

கெளம்பிட்டேன் யா கெளம்பிட்டேன் .

First post... as usual L board . படிக்கறவங்களுக்கு கொஞ்சம் இல்ல நிறையவே பொறுமை வேணும். ஆனா பொறமை படற அளவுக்கு மாமா கலக்குவேன் இல்ல.

கெளம்பிட்டேன் யா கெளம்பிட்டேன் .