Tamil per padum paadu..!!!!!!!

The following is an excerpt from a blog (written by an Indian in America )

Non-tamilians.. please excuse :)

En per padum paadu!!!

My full name is Kalaivani, but I call myself Kalai. This is not for scene, ....like how Madhavan does in Anbe Sivam (Anbarasu --> Ars). It has a looooong and pathetic history...

I started hearing different versions of my name after coming to this country, and the painful fact is all the possible permutations and combinations of vowels in my name give meaningful words in tamil!!!

When I first joined the university, my professor wrote to me..
Dear KALAvani (meaning: thief; context: kalavani paya..)
.... ... ...
Sari adhuvachum typo nu free ya vittudalam..

Then after a year, I joined a company for internship.those people called me before I joined, to inform me about some test which I had to take..
"Hello is this Ms. Kizhavaani?" (meaning: old; context : kizha bolt..etc.)
"No..this is KALAIvaani"
"Ohh..am sorry KALAvaani" (Marupadiyum. ..)
Then I decided.periya pera irukkinala thane ivlo confusion?!! So, I started
calling myself 'Kalai'... but the story continued..

I joined my full-time position in another company recently. On my first day, we had a meeting.. 
"Let's all welcome our new associate.Ms. Kulai" (meaning: bunch; context:kulai kulaiyai vazhaipazham kaaithadhu)
CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! Followed by smiles.
(Dei.ennangada. .. ellarum serndhu comedy panreengala? ??)

Anniku arambichadhu. ..

Once my boss and I were talking about a project... after finishing the meeting...
"Ok, Kali. Nice to have you here!" (meaning: last yuga; context: kali muthi pochu.)
"That's KALAI" (Enakku idhu thevaya?!)
"Ohh kAALi?" (meaning: goddess; context: badrakaali.. )
"Hee hee .very close" (Podaannnggg. ..!!)
So, I stopped correcting my name after that..!

One fine morning, I was working.
"Hey kiLai (meaning: branch; context: marakiLai) .howz it going?"
"Yea good" (Sollitu thirumbitten. Nammaluku edhuku indha per thiruthura
business nu...)
"Is that how you say your name?"
(Aaahaa arambichutanya. ..!!!)
"Uhhh. It's KALAI"
"Kolaai?" (meaning:pump; context: kozhai adi sandai.)
(Venaaammm.. .)
"Kolai?" (meaning: murder; context: kolai panniduven.. )
(Venaam!)
"kaLai?" (meaning: weed; context: kaLai pudunguradhu.)
(Valikkudhu. .. azhudhuduven. ..)
"May be I'll get your name with practice. Haha."
(Idhellam remba over da dei... Tamil la paatha rende rendu ezhuthu thaan da!!!)

Ennada, Chandramukhi la thalaivar 'durga' perai nakkaladikkira maathiri... namma per ayiduche nu nenaikkum podhu... my friend came up with a brilliant idea!
Adhavadhu... to compare my name with a word. So I started using this word 'kaleidoscope' ; which has the same pronunciation as 'kalai'! So, I started telling everyone. 'Kalai as in kaleidoscope' !. 
Ippo kooda romba ellam ozhunga solradhulla. 
They are saying 'kalaai' (kalaaikiradhu)..
"Hey Kalaai!!"
"Yea?"
"Just trying to say your name. Ha ha ha"
"Ohhh ..how sweet!" (thooo thEri..)

Yedho vaandhi edukkira effect la per irundhalum.. . my life was in peace... until few days back...

My net connection was down, so I called up the customer service (En kiragam. Madras call center ku pochu!) Enakku andha vishayame theriyala. So I started in complete American
accent...
"Your name ma'am?"
"Kalaai"
"What? Can you repeat ma'am?"
" Kalaai as in kaleidoscope"
"I didn't get that ma'am. Can I have your number? I can check the records"
(Sigh!... and gave the number)
"Ohh, Kalaivani, right?" (in a sarcastic tone.)
( Ada paavi makka... nee nammooora??! !! All American accents stopped. Back to Indian accent.)

I could clearly see what he was thinking... per paatha 'urs pammingly' nu podra category maathiri irukku... scene podradhu mattum princess Diana range kaa...
"Anna... naan sathyama andha maathiri illeeengana. .

:D

Shankar's perfect breakfast :D

A nice & warm early shower. It's already half past December & not much todo - a feel good mood always to be @ works;).

Cool ride to works & could see the fog setting out slowly after the morning sun - Yuvan's latest ' Evandi Unna pethan pethan ' thrice ...up already!!

Wanted to make a FIFO still, well on time. Seema passsi. Checked FB, emails. BREAKFASSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTT?!!!!!!. Why not try the ' The Thangachi kadai '?!! (there used to be ' An akka kadai ' during coll. days - for everyone i guess?!!).

Ctl+Alt+Del>>

Appadia breezeaa...Kadal anukal song madhi;) a walk outside the office..Again walk through the ' Othai aaddi padai ' (0.5kms from my desk). Now reached the ' Thangachi / Annan kadai '..watever. So...

Shankar: I have been hearing you serve breakfast these days, Is it so?
Waiter anna:  Yes ofcourse, Dosa mainly naaaa
Shankar: Oh cool (Felt inside ' teivame!!!!!!!! ')..Ok start musik. Oru 2nd dosa podunga..2-3 waiting alreay aro. before me;(.
Wait..Waiting..Wow it's a 'Jus in time ' manufacturing process goin on!!! A perfect place to see the Supply - Demand concept running live ..So, rest assured of the hottest dosa then;)..WoW !!

The perfect ambiance: Standing under the shades of all time favorite Gulmohar tree & it's really huge too. Cool breeze all over..Seemmaaa..

Shankar: Annan, dosa readya..like the Chn.28 Jai;)
Waiter anna: Yes
Shankar: The hunger grin. (The vulture in him woke up :D)

Warm sun shine. A good amount of greeny fields to an extent. The bushy 10 foot Gulmohar kids all over :). Ooops, D dosas r done already.

Shankar: Annan, two more. (Am sure the Womb inside Thangachi is enjoying the warmth of the dosa heat & already smells it :D )

The Silent & distant horn sounds, more best d Natural retreat all around. Fresh air. What more do one need ??!!;)..On the rocks..2 more Dosa annan. & about the 5 times demanded ' Konjam andha Veerkadala / Thengai Chuttney, Onion sambar '... Actually liked the watery stuffs in mugs :)..Super day Super way..

Walked back to desk.
Oru kutty tuukkam pootaaaaa...Shhaabbaa ipppovae kanna katudhe :)

Harry Potter Spell List :)

For all the Harry Potter Fans.. that included MEEEEEEEE as well :)

Here I think I got all the spells, charms, enchantments, curses, jinxes and all the other incantations. If there's any missing, please feel free to add =D

1. Accio  - Summons an object 
2. Alohomora - Opens locked objects
3. Aparecium - Reveals invisible ink 
4. Avada Kadavra - The killing curse 
5. Avifors - Turns small objects into birds.
6. Crucio - Tortures opponent curse
7. Confundus - Used to confuse opponent
8. Deletrius - Counters "Prior Incatato" 
9. Diffindo -  Splits seams
10. Engorgio - Enlarges and item 
11. Ennervat - Counters "Stupefy"
12. Expecto Patronum - Creates a Patronus 
13. Expelliarmus - Disarms your opponent
14. Finite Incantatum -  Stops any current spells 
15. Immobulus -  Renders target immobile. 
16. Imperio -  Controls a person, unforgivable curse 
17. Incendio - Starts a fire
18. Legilimens - Allows the caster to delve into the mind of the victim
19. Lumos - Creates light at wand tip
20. Mobiliarbus - Moves objects with wand
21. Morsmorde - Conjures the Dark Mark 
22. Obliviate - Erases memories 
23. Orchideous -  Conjures a bunch of flowers
24. Petrificus Totalus - Body - Bind 
25. Priori Incantatum -  Result when brother wands duel 
26. Prior Incantato - Reveals a wands last spell / cast 
27. Protego -  Cause spells to reflect back to the sender. 
28. Reducio -  Returns items to original size.
29. Repairo -  Repairs Things
30. Riddikulus - Use this spell and laugh to defeat a boggart 
31. Stupefy -  Knocks out opponent 
32. Wingardium Leviosa - Makes on object fly 

How I wish I could use some of them in real life ;)

 

Life explained in a different style..!!

On the first day, God created the dog and said:

'Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years.'

The dog said: 'That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?'

So God agreed.

On the second day, God created the monkey and said:

'Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span.'

The monkey said: 'Monkey tricks for twenty years? Tha t's a pretty long time to perform.How about I give you back ten like the Dog did?'

And God agreed.

On the third day, God created the cow and said:

'You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years.'

The cow said: 'That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?'

And God agreed again.

On the fourth day, God created

Human and said:

'Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years.'

But man said: 'Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten

the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?'

'Okay,' said God, 'You asked for it.'

So that is why for our first twenty years we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

Life has now been explained to you..!!!!

For my SweetiePie :)

This is dedicated for My Kid, My love, My everything.....

    You're my Honeybunch, Sugarplum
    Pumpy-umpy-umpkin, You're my Sweetie Pie
    You're my Cuppycake, Gumdrop
    Snoogums-Boogums, You're the Apple of my Eye
    And I love you so and I want you to know
    That I'll always be right here
    And I love to sing sweet songs to you
    Because you are so dear

The Original Cuppy Cake Song

MisCommunication LOL :D

TENJEWBERRYMUDS

To get the full effect, this should be read aloud.  You will understand what 'Tenjewberrymuds' means by the end of the conversation :)

The following is a telephone exchange between a hotel guest and room-service, at a hotel in Asia,
which was recorded and published in the Far East Economic Review:

Room Service (RS): "Morrin.  Roon sirbees."
Guest (G): "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service."
RS: "Rye..Roon sirbees..morrin!  Jewish to oddor sunteen??"
G: "Uh..yes..I'd like some bacon and eggs."
RS: "Ow July den?"
G: "What??"
RS: "Ow July den?...pryed, boyud, poochd?"
G : "Oh, the eggs!  How do I like them?  Sorry, scrambled please."
RS: "Ow July dee baykem?  Crease?"
G: "Crisp will be fine."
RS : "Hokay.  An Sahn toes?"
G: "What?"
RS:"An toes.  July Sahn toes?"
G: "I don't think so."
RS: "No?  Judo wan sahn toes??"
G: "I feel really bad about this, but I don't know what 'judo wan sahn toes' means."
RS: "Toes!  Toes!...Why jew don juan toes?  Ow bow Anglish moppin we bodder?"
G: "English muffin!!  I've got it!  You were saying 'Toast.' Fine.  Yes, an English muffin will be fine."
RS: "We bodder?"
G: "No...just put the bodder on the side."
RS: "Wad?"
G: "I mean butter...just put it on the side."
RS: "Copy?"
G: "Excuse me?"
RS: "Copy...tea...meel?"
G: "Yes.  Coffee, please, and that's all."
RS: "One Minnie.  Scramah egg, crease baykem, Anglish moppin we bodder on sigh and copy....rye??"
G: "Whatever you say."
RS: "Tenjewberrymuds."
G : "You're very welcome." 

Lol... :)

The Legends of Tamil Cinema :p

Ok.. i was tempted to write this blog when i was searching for nursery rhymes for my kid in you tube and guess what i found in the first search result????!!
Vaada en machi... vazhaka bajji..
un udamba pichi.. potuduven bajji!!!
Vera yarum illa.. namba T.R uncle dan... mudiala!!! :)

So here goes.. The legends of our tamil cinema...
(Guys for whom this is out of syllabus, please forgive me!!)

Gaptun Vijayakanth (In his style :p)
Our own captain.. sorry Gaptun..
Enna style.. Enna gethu... hmmmm
What an english.. what an english.....
The man is a legend (cue for gaptun, gaptun chants). He has been a one man army, killer of terrorists using mere eye contact, the hidden gem of the Indian army, pigeon trainer and a pink blazer with leopard print shirt wearing fashion icon all IN THE SAME MOVIE.
One of his all time famous dialogue.. "Eieiei do what i say"
This particular dialogue stands for everything that is Gaptun - power, command and most importantly STYLE. See the way he enters into the scene with aplomb, and captures your attention with his rendition of the line "Yeny odhar inbarmayson pass it to me" and displays his mad geographical knowledge of India by citing regions like Banchkula. Did you even know there was a Banchkula before Gaptun said so? Touch your heart. If you were aware, then you either wrote the dialogues in the movie or you're a cold hearted liar. Notice the authority in his voice when he says "Mister Asog" and the extreme strategic skyllz when he asks his subordinate to "block all yentry points espesally from Delhi locayson". But the piece de resistance (and I'm sure Mr.Asog will agree, aam sir) has to be Gaptun's execution of "Eieieidowhatisay". The greatness of this dialogue is naturally the tone - casual, but commanding. Friendly, but professional. Don't be surprised if Eieieidowhatisay is included in Harvard's MBA syllabus soon.
Check out this video in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxQt8WDpIpM&feature=player_embedded

One more.. 'We will meet, will meet, meet' from vanchinathan or narasimha i forgot!!

Ayyo... kadavule... please yaaravadu ivaruku retirement kudungalen!!!!!!! :D

Namba T.R... Ye dandanaka.. ye danakunaka :)
Huff... lighta bayama iruku...!!!
T.R has been rocking the tamil film industry from the day he has stepped in. His famous punch dialogues, sister sentiment (tangachi........) has been a super duper hit at once... aana evlo mudiyum manushangalala...!!!
His english speaking is extraordinary!! This video can prove it!!
Sorry for the interruption....
this is only my introduction....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzFk7H9ak8Y&feature=related
(shabbba.. ippove kanna kathude..!!)

His punch dialogues are simply amazing... For e.g.
Vaada en machi.. vazhaka bajji..
Un udamba pichi.. potuduven bajji..

Vaada en mannaru... vaangi dan ne paaru..
ninnaka adipen.. nimindaaka udaipen..

Ah.. kavidhai kavidhai..!!! Idhuku oru mudive illaya..????? Okkaandhu yosippaangalo…????

His dancing is ULTIMATE... have u ever seen fighting and dancing..?? Please see this.. :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUisOulNCBA&feature=related

Motathula.. He is a COMPLETE MAN..!!!!
Enna koduma sir idhu....!!!!!!!

Gowndamani.. Start meesic... :)
Gowndamani-Senthil has always been a very popular comedy jodi in tamil cinema.. starting from their vazhaipazham joke in karagatakaran... they both have had some truely very good jokes..

One of the best stuffs of Gowndamani is in the movie Suryan.. His "comedy track" had no relevance to the actual story, thus complying with Tamil Cinema rules, and not surprisingly, became the sole reason for the film's success. 90% of the people who saw Suriyan won't remember the hero or the heroine or the plot. They will only remember Gounder. I doubt any other movie had as many phrases quoted from it including "Who is that disturbance" "Arasiyalla idhelaam sagajam appa!" and "Sathyasodhanai". And of course the "Start Meesic" makes the starting point of the Tamil pop culture movement and Gounder its founding father!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Eri7Da32C8&feature=player_embedded 

Vadivelu.. Hello.. Dubaiya.. En brother MARK irukaara.. :P

Vadivelu is ULTIMATE... His ultimate dialog delivery... timing.. chancela... Some of his best are..

Singggg in the rain…
I am soooiiinnnggg in the rain..
I want mooorre in the rain..

Why blood...?? Same Blood...

Kataduraiku kattam serila...

Suna paana.. apdiye maintain pannu...

Ippadi usuppethi, usuppethi-e odamba ranagalam aakkitaanuga pa!
 
My family, total damage!

You mean waste land?

Ipdi solikite pohalam... the list is endless.... Thala.. U ROCK :)

Indha maadiri Tamil Cinema la neraiya notable people irukaanga..!!! If I have to list everyone.. my blog will not be enough... :)

Happy reading :)

March 13, 2010

March 13, 2010.... The day, the mother in me was born.. The day, my little angel saw this beautiful world.. Of course Crying :) The day, i can never ever forget in my lifetime!!!!

The day dawned as usual.. there was nothing extraordinary.. As usual i had not slept the whole night.. i was sitting in a bamboo chair the whole night, wondering when the day will break and when will i ever sleep. But i was feeling a little uncomfortable for the past 2 days and i didn't worry about it much!! Around 6 AM i felt like peeing. After that, my discomfort started increasing and i became a little doubtful. I woke up my grandma and told her. She was doubtful whether this was labor or not 'coz i didn't have any back-pain or pain around my stomach!! But since we didn't wanna take chances, we called up our doc and my doc asked me to come to the hospital around 10 AM.

Once we reached the hospital, my doc had advised the duty doc in the hospital to admit me for observation.. The duty doctors also kept telling me that it was false pain!! After some time they gave me a shot of medicine as i was complaining of too much pain, and the pain subsided..!!! Then we were generally sitting in the hospital room.. watching TV (IPL was going on :) )... and i was complaining as to why they have made me sit like this in the hospital room when i don't have any pain absolutely.. i hate hospitals!!! :(

Around 5.00 PM, my doc came to the hospital. I was happily sitting and watching IPL. She asked me skeptically "What madam.. happily sitting and watching TV..??? I heard you had Contractions???" and i was like.. "Yeah doc, i had pain in the morning but after the shot that the nurse gave me, i don't have pain at all :) (with the smiley to the doc)".. And i also thought.. "Okies.. she is gonna tell me that it is a false pain and i am gonna go home n eat the Pudina Rice my grandma had made for me :)".. you know.. pregnancy taste buds ;)

My doc, as cool as ever, checked my so-called contractions and asked me "So prithi... ready to deliver the child today??"... and i was like "WHAT????".. i mean.. i am not even mentally ready for this...I wanted to read about the labor, the pain of delivery etc etc but i had not done it.. can i have a day or two?? I had not even informed my hubby that we will be having the child today.. he was in Bangalore.. what the hell.. i wanted to eat my Pudina rice.. and SLEEP.. Doc.. i havent like slept the whole night...!!! I could not even digest what she told me!! But then, i cant tell my doc all these and i feebly said "Ok.. if you think so".. And the beauty is, my mom was looking at me like "Baby.. can u handle it????"

Only then i started to feel the heat.. my doc gave the instructions to the nurse to get the labor room ready and asked me to get ready for everything.. she reassured that everything will be OK and she will be with me throughout!! I Started getting ready to go to the labor room, my grandma around blessing me and giving me confidence, my mom.. highly emotional.. emotional than me i should say.. slowly went to the labor room with my people around. But once i went into the labor room i got scared seeing that seat/bed, the equipments etc etc.. Then i started PRAYING!!! GOD HELP ME WITH THIS!!!!!!

The nurse induced pain.. the pain started increasing.. very slowly in the beginning.. tolerable.. i started crying out of fear/anxiety/tension/happiness.... dunno what actually.. my mom was with me in the labor room. Then the doc came in.. checked.. then she broke my uterus opening.. simple...!!! Awwwwww... God...!!! It was sooooo damn painful!!!!

My actual LABOR contractions started.. and i just cannot define it.. There really cant be anything more painful in this world than the labor... i had contractions every 5 mins.. every 5 mins there will be a "PAIN" (withing quotes!!) for like 10 mins and go off.. i kept yelling.. yelling and yelling.. my mom could not stand me yelling like that and went outside... my grandma came into the labor room!! She held hands tightly and kept telling "You are perfectly fine.. just keep going...".. ok paati.. agreed.. but keep going is like verrrryyyy difficult!!!

I begged my doc to do a C-section for me... begged her that i cant stand the pain anymore.. but she was very clear in what she was doing.. all she told me was "Just keep quiet and cooperate with me! Do not shout and lose your energy.. keep pushing hard.." Man... I HATE THE WORD PUSH!!!!!!

So i did try cooperating with my doc.. pushing hard.. crying on one side.. yelling on the other... praying on the other... praying that it all could be over soon and i could see my baby very soon...

Then it happened.. at 8.50 PM i gave a looooonnnnggg cry.. which i think the entire hospital could have heard.. but all i heard was the cry of my baby... my little one.. the one who was inside me for like 9 months.. My doc, lifted him upside down and showed me "Here is your child!!" and there were tears in my eyes.. All the pain was gone.. all the discomfort was gone.. There was only one thing that was running in my mind.. "My baby!!!" :)

Thanks to the Almighty for giving me so much strength to handle this.. Thanks to my Doc for helping me to bring my baby into this world.. Thanks to all my family members for supporting me throughout.. and Thanks to my hubby for making me a mother.. :)

So here i am.. My child is already 2 months old and is keeping me busy all day/night!! My little angel :)

Joy of Motherhood

The Joy of Motherhood - that's probably what i have to say. Well.. am now in my final trimester or i should literally say, final days of my pregnancy as i hardly have another 15 more days to go :)
I can feel my "kutty" baby now, getting set to come out anytime. He/She is all busy kicking, rolling, doing what not inside my tummy and i can feel everything damn thing the little one does :) Its fun.. it really is fun but scary at times!! But more than being fun, its a very emotional feeling running inside me when i feel the little one do something inside me! Yeah.. Am scared that my little one should be safe inside, am anxious to know what he/she is going through, am worried that the little one inside is comfortable... and the list goes on and on.... All kinda mixed emotions!!
So far things have been good.. just that the entire month i have never slept in the nights, too much acidity and heart burns, urgency to pee (God... how many times will i go to the loo!!!!), hunger like a beast!!! But its all worth it when i think about that little one inside me! And boy.. i really am gonna miss all this in another 15 days or so....
Sometimes i think how great God is.. How beautifully he has formulated this theory.. And now that my little one is fully grown, its so beautiful to see him/her shaking his/her hands legs in the scan.. so small... but so beautiful.. i was in tears.. literally..!!
And yeah.. LABOUR... i have started reading a little about it and learning a lot about it from my friends and family just to be mentally ready for things.. and i should say this.. it is "damn scary"! :( I really dunno how am gonna cope up with things and from what people say its gonna be "horrible"!!! But again.. looking at the brighter side of things.. the output of it is gonna be my angel.. so again its worth it... so i keep telling myself "Prithi..!!! Look at the brighter side of it" (And it is not easy!!;))
So why blog now.. i havent been blogging from my first trimester.. why now.. simple.. not able to sleep and i thought i can throw up something that i had within me for quite long into a blog..!!!
So people.. here we go.. another 15 more days.. the countdown has begun...!!!!
PRAY FOR ME!!!!!!!!! :)