Mokkais Unlimited

Journeys

2012-01-19T04:06:00.001-08:00

This is an ode to my cab.
That's right..my cab. Well alright, my ex cab.
*Soft background music starts*
My cab, that has been with me through thick and thin.
The cab, that I stuck to, while it went through thick and thin.
The cab, which if had possessed eyes and ears, would have bawled like a baby.
The cab, which saw fist fights and wounds of war being inflicted on each of us.
The cab, which saw most of Chennai and many many movies on thirutu cds.
*Backkground music picks up volume*
The cab, which heard Margazhi Utsavams.
The cab, which saw many... *ahem* dramas unfold.
The cab, which saw breakfasts and lunches being stolen.
The cab, which felt the driver cowering behind the wheel, wondering if our company employed only zoo animals.

Aah...our cab.
*Background music softens again*

We miss you cab. I am sure you miss us too.

My apple and My orange 2

2012-01-02T02:43:00.001-08:00

My apple and My orange

2011-12-28T02:37:00.000-08:00

2012 is here! Bhagooooo!

2011-12-27T01:08:00.000-08:00

Its been ages since I've blogged...I kno. Either I've lost my sense of humor..or life has. I vote both :P
In a few days, my 24th new year will dawn. And hopefully the last. Mugagagagga.
Now let me tell you, why being a 24 year old girl is no fun:

1. All the maamis/friends turned maamis begin all conversations with you, with 'So...eppo kalyanam panikara plans?'
2. You do not understand your friends anymore. They have all moved on to different lives.
3. You do not understand what you are doing with your 'career' anymore. All you are sure of is finishing off all the lunch in your carrier *ha ha whattey witty play on word...i'm a genius i know*

Yes yes...very sad lives we lead. Regular Cinderellas we are. :P

So what have i been upto all this time I have been in hibernation? I've been...umm...actually hibernating. No really...that, and eating. In every possible place. With every possible perumation and combination of friends. That is actually one thing that has never changed abt my friends till date though. They, like me, can relate/conclude/lead any topic to food. Aha! :D

I have also switched jobs....just because I was bored of sitting in the same place, doing the same thing, over and over again. Now I am sitting in another desk, like some 1km away from the old one, doing the same thing, over and over again. And hanging out with the same ppl. Whattey rollercoaster ride no? Switching jobs?

I am alsooo getting married...does not seem to sink in no matter how many times I say it. My biggest worry as of today, is remembering to get married. I might just plan some trip or sleep off that day. So my life must be considerably different now, you think? I am marrying a friend. So no new rush of remance and what not.

I wonder how so much yet so little can happen to one person.

ooh ooh...I did go to a metallica concert...thats one strike off my bucket list...in a salwar. I was hoping to stand out in the crowd. Damn the middle aged lady in crisp cotton sari who stole my thunder and kept getting shown on the big screen!
Btw here's a review of it...i guess thats how everyone of felt after the concert:
http://headbangers.in/news/latest-news/metallica-live-at-%E2%80%98rock-in-india%E2%80%99-a-review/

Yups...thats how my year has been pretty much....very..umm...cheerful...I know.

Mebbe better luck next year :D

Now that you have suffered through a random senseless post, welcome back :D

When Mokkais Attack

2011-01-10T22:02:00.000-08:00

Me: Watcha doing?
Victim: Movie
Me: oohh i'm bored
Victim: Its the climax..wait
Me: oooooh its the Butler who did it
Victim: ?
Me: Its always the butler...trust me
Victim: Thu
Me: Cha...Nobody appreciates true Detective talent anymore...they only follow 50 year old historians who dig out stuff abt Da Vinci and his code...kaliyugam
Victim: Shabbaa...this is a war movie
Me: Ooohh....its the Butler i tell you...dint u know..this country's president's butler forgot to deliver the tea invitation that country's president gave
Victim: !$#%&!@&

Saturation + Big white pebble stolen from food court + black sketch pen...

2011-01-10T21:40:00.000-08:00

I call him Kal-madi....pun intended :P

Umm....

2010-11-24T04:47:00.000-08:00

Umm...so apparently the whole world is getting married. I'm not exaggerating...trust me. For a while, all I could hear around me (or rather read about on facebook) was Engagements, Weddings, Maldives and *gasp* bundles of joy! I kid you not! My batchmates have started having *gasp again* JOYFUL BUNDLES! This oughto explain the recession in my blog....this and the fact the most interesting thing happening in my life right now is that I have started playing Bubble Spinner on MindJolt games, graduating from Bouncing Balls(both fine, mentally stimulating games by the way).
So after listening to 11 different sets of 'umm we are commited' and 'umm i am getting engaged' in just 3 weeks and fascinating conversations that begin with 'see my sari!' and 'the collection in crowded-tnagar-shop-with-multi-colored-boards is brilliant', I have decided: any more and I am going to the Himalayas. I am going to live in a cave. And if by any chance, you miss the wise old me, I will consider getting an Idea sim. I would also consider taking you along with me if you sign a contract that says you will not come back to the cave after a weekend and say 'ummm...so....'. Capish?

Endhiran Fever....

2010-10-13T05:44:00.000-07:00

arima arimaaaaa!
aayiram kadima!
unpol repelant kedaithal!
yammaa…summa irukumaa!
odooooooooooooomas!
yes!
odoooooooooooooooooomas!
yes!
odomas! odomas! odomas! odomas!
odomas! odomas!
ODAMAS!

PS: for those of you who expected a review, I am very sorry.

Idle Mind

2010-08-11T01:50:00.000-07:00

Being sleepy eyed and sid-the-sloth-like, the way i usually am at the beginning, middle and end of everyday, i spotted this article in the newspaper today:

Which led me to thinking...the conclusion of which is this: I acknowledge I have the disease. But I choose to live with it. Be a role model. Like all those women you read about who have survived deadly diseases and write motivational, see-the-upside articles about it. And if the disease does get to me, I choose to die a martyr.
The brief Peep-into-vetti's-head moment is now over...you may all get back to whatever you were doing. :P

:D

2010-07-01T00:08:00.000-07:00

Here's a quote that somehow reached me from somewhere:

Luv is- When we drink the same coconut water and just put in 2 straws.
Friendship is- when we have one coconut and one straw and say "Saniyane! Full-a kudikkaaatha!!"

Brilliant isnt it? :D

We were on a break!

2010-06-16T05:46:00.000-07:00

Its all the symptoms all over again tho :D

Geek and Latin

2010-04-09T05:09:00.000-07:00

Like the rest of the world right now, I too am a hugee fan of The Big Bang Theory.
And anybody who follows it as much as I do would have watched the latest episode of Sheldon getting drunk and getting geeky on jokes.
Here's one of the jokes:
So a neutron walks into a bar n asks the bartender…how much for a drink?
And the bartender says….for you…no charge!
He he he he he....i admit it...I'm geeky enough to find it funny (yes...i still remember loadsa stuff like that...any Tamilnadu stateboard student would!). So the Software professional in me made me forward it to our ever running thread of stuff and nonsense. And you know what I love about my friends? They dont just leave it at a chuckle, they tend to make conversations out of it, making anybody else who reads the whole thing wanna tear their head off. And the conclusion and questions that developed from this joke?
1. If an electron walks into the bar, will it have to give the bartender the drink?
2. Or will it hook up with a proton at the bar?
3. If does hook up with a proton, will it become neutral and get a free drink?
Does this means couples always get free stuff?
4. Wen a fast movin neutron hits a uranium atom, it splits n produces 2 elemnts ka atoms...So is the uranium like divorce?
5. Are the 2 other elements ka atoms that come as a side product, children from the marriage?
Hmmm........

Frozen

2010-04-08T04:16:00.000-07:00

Its been a year since I posted that. Guess what I realized when I read it again today?
I'm frozen in time!
I am still bored.
I am still stuck in a rut.
I am still whiling away time till I get to go to the foodcourt and watch IPL
I am still grrrrr.
The wise soul still maintains that life is round and reminds us of it whenever she gets a chance.
But there is one interesting development though....I am even more clueless and confused about what I want with my life than I was an year ago.
Can I ever get out the circle?

Vaaya Thaandi Varuvaya

2010-03-29T02:09:00.000-07:00

I have decided my current lifestyle is very boring...and i need a change. I am thinking of an alternate career. I am going to become....(drumroll)...a director...hey! I've tried script writing already...remember the trials and tribulations of kaaka raja?
So after much deliberation, I am going to make a movie based on a young lad...
Not just any young lad...a young lad who is in love with dosa...
Not just any dosa..masala dosa...but does the dosa love the boy back? Will it appease his taste buds..will the cook let it out the kitchen...will it upset his delicate stomach?
I wont tell you more so I dont ruin the sure-to-be-a-runaway-hit movie..but here's how the trailer is going to be...

toin toin....
dosaiya thaedita po mudiyadhu...adhu pasikanum..adhuva vayiru valikanum
poatu thaakanum..thazhakeela perata kudadhu..eppovume nalla eranganum..adhan true dosa
so actuala naa dosaiya choose panlam..adhuva manathathu...
idhan masala dosa...crispy...well done...adhu ta oru taste iruku...and yummy too

Mamalayeri Varum Thennal.....

(flash scene 1)
vaenan da....gastric prechanai aaydum..

(flash scene 2)
vaenan da....

toi toi toiii...aaaroomaaleeeeeeee....

(flash scene 3)
nee adhelam serious-a eduthukadha...inga enna solludhu...dosa dosa nu dhane solludhu....

ulagathla ithana dosa iruku la..naa yaen masala dosaiya luv panraen?
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Whadaya ppl think? ;)

Acknowledgements:
One blown up baby and one kozha poata payya for her dosa :P

Pheelings of Philosophers - 2

2010-01-28T04:23:00.000-08:00

Time is money
Money is evil
Hence time is evil
U cant stop time
So u cant stop evil
such is life

Acknowledgements: Sowj and our pantry's Light Tea

Pheelings Of Philosophers

2010-01-20T09:04:00.000-08:00

What do you get when you combine bored souls searching-for-the-meaning-of-life-while-reading-dilbert-comics are out together in a 24x7 group chat?

Lpakki says: the wrld
Lpakki says: is crappy
Naatama says: y isnt it round :P

Little interruption here:
Our wise LPakki is the formulator of many theories...the most famous one being 'Life is round'..tho we did find later she'd ripped it off from Dr.(Ahem)Vijay's Vaazhkai oru Vattam...she being his number 1 fan n all (yes yes...i can understand ur horror :P)
You now go go back to reading our regularly scheduled programme...

Lpakki says: itss round and crappy
Naatama says: :D
Lpakki says: may be itss crappy bcoz its rnd
Lpakki says: if it had been a square it wud hav been neat...may be
Lpakki says: (think)

Me says: no
Me says: then u'd hafta cross the corners...nw its smooth :P
Me says: tat may explain the boredom tho

Lpakki says: yeahh
Lpakki says: itss the same everytime...so boringg

Me says: then its ur duty
Lpakki says: ?
Me says: to ride out on a tangent

Lpakki says: watss tat tangent
Lpakki says: sliding way to heaven r hell kya

Me says: a tangent is not out the circle......
Me says: heaven or hell r concentric circle to life.... ie below or abv
Me says: a tangent is jus ricocheting off ur prescribed circle (assuming each person is prescribed a circle by God)
Me says: u can always get bak to the circle coz its connectd to the circle by a point....catch my point?

Lpakki says: (yes)

Disclaimer: All characters and ideas in the above watever is purely non fictional and any co-incidence in real life may mean you hafta runnnn for cover.

En Daddy- Pongal Special

2010-01-14T21:41:00.000-08:00

Amma: "Inga vada irundhadhae...enga poachu?"
Appa: "Naa saaptundhen ma...ava dhan ena paada sonna...keezha vizhundhurthu!"

I.C.TV

2010-01-10T10:24:00.000-08:00

Not so long ago, my family on a falling sick spree. Not just catch a cold, sniff with fever sick...rush to ER, get admitted in the ICU sick.The real works.
While that sounds morose, and did feel so at that point of time, I actually did find some parts of it quite funny. How?
Setting: Night 11pm, one exhausted me has been asked to make myself comfortable in the waiting room upstairs...the 'waiting room' is a bunch of chairs with towels on them..apparently 'reservation' by people who wanted to have decent sleep.
Characters: One TV(the main character of this wonderful tale), and the hugeee(i mean in number too :P) family, the female clan of which was led by The Sornaka..the men folk led by our own chennai version of lungi clad Jake Sully
Now when this intriguing story starts, and I walk into the waiting room, there are like random 4-5 people sitting and staring at our hero, the Television while guarding their..umm..towels. And what do you think is running on TV? A Captain movie..where our dear captain is crying for his about-to-demise mother. Thats when the pissed off, tired, new-to-the-rules-of-the-room me walked upto the TV and switched it off, amidst mild murmuring. Few minutes later, something resembling a marriage party arrives...our Jake Sully among shouting
'Innnnaaaaa....adhukula off pantaaaa' at the sornaka (yess yesss....thats when i learnt the dynamics of the clan...observant aint it? :P)
To which, our sornaka replies 'Andha papa dhan off pannichu....' n points to...lo n behold...me!(ya....she called me a papa...hilarious....now move on!)
After which, some 15 odd people turn and stare at me.....thats when the raw boldness of what I had done struck me...so I did what any courageous heroine would do...turned and stared pointedly at the girl beside me while everybody stared at me :D
Well that was our intro scene...and thanks to them, my 2 day stay in the hospital was a hoot.
Their day starts with half the women folk going home to clean up the kids and stock up on large andas of biryani and flasks of kaapi n tea...while the men folk go around grunting and snorting at being woken up early by the hospital cleaning staff. The elected women folk who do stay behind start with 'Vanakam Chennai'....and move on to any random movie playing in any random channel...and how lucky I was! My cheerful mornin started off with Sharath Kumar crying for some about-to-demise family! Awesome right?
Then the women folk come and declare mealtime..and all of them would eat and makes joke about each other and beat each other up...some touching family moments! Awwwwww Yaavarum Nallam moments!
Then the Sully gang go down for their dum session..while sornaka declares 'Eiii...andha serial la andha amma ku inaachunu thenjudhaaa?' and her daughter in laws scramble to turn the channel on.
Then one of the macho men comes up and says 'Our ailing member in the ICU(!) is missing..I think they've taken him for some tests' or something of that sorts and everybody goes ooohhh and gets back to the television
Needless to say, this cycle continued...the whole fantabulous day...right till deviyani walked out of her house with ominous music in the background..and even after that, till Ramya Krishna walked out of her house wit ominous music in the background.
Oh ya..and this would be broken by occasional 'Nee yaen ma inga keera?' from the sympathetic female clan while the male clan curiously looks on.
And after being asked that question countless times, it suddenly hit me...I knew why they were there....the cable connection in their home was screwed up!

Whats new this new year?

2010-01-02T11:41:00.000-08:00

You kno how people get these transparent plastics covers for their cell phns?
I've got them for my teeth :D

List of Things To Do Today

2009-12-30T05:13:00.001-08:00

1. Plan to go late to the office, but change mind coz of vague movie plans.
Check

2. Somehow reach office much earlier than you usually do coz then it wudnt b ironic considering point 1.
Check

3. Gather a herd to watch a movie in a mall in the middle of nowhere.
Check

4. Stand stranded outside the mall coz all the tickets to all the movies playin in the theatre have sold out.
Check

5. Meet cousin you said you'd watch the movie with and give the uh-oh-i'v-been-caught-look like the dumbo i am.
Check

6. Try to shift+del 1-5 from my mind....
Am still working on it...

Sighs!

PS: After a foodcourt session just now, I realized my week of wat-cud-have-been started in mokka Mocha, the coffee shop that refused to serve coffee( and even more shocking..hot chocolates :O)

Shawshank Redemption

2009-12-29T05:49:00.000-08:00

A long time ago...never mind how long..(actually it was ejjatly a year ago...the beginning is to make it seem like the beginning of a novel called 'Moby Dick' I read when I was in 6th std n somehow remember!)...i wrote this and this.
Aaaahh! So worried was I that I would miss my beloved gateway (May It Rest In Peace...Amen) that I selflessly didnt think much about the annoying things that came with the braces.
Like not being able to eat your murruku like the Vicco Toothpaste Ad ppl do...or for that matter, like your 70 year old grandma does...
Like not being able to chew gum...
Like not being able to take a full bite out of the giant veg rolls you get in your foodcourt...
Like not being able to eat eclairs without looking like a monkey with a bug in its mouth later...man the stuff sticks to metal!
Like not being able to whistle for too long without war wounds later...
Oh..the list is hugeee...trust me!
And while I do find whistling with no gap between the front teeth sorta difficult to accustom to....its Redemption baby! Finally! Though I didnt quite grasp the enormity of the situation when the dentist actually removed the metal monsters, I am now unable to stop grinning coz somebody offered me chewing gum....and imagine my pleasant surprise when i found i could actually chew it hassle free! :D
So after a million messages(thanku sowmya for giving me a title :D), facebook status changes, and a grin that still hasnt subsided....i am writing this blog to say..
I'm freeeeeeeeeee!
Now if you'l excuse me, I need to spit out the redemption...(for bulb heads...it means the chewing gum)
PS: I have dedicated a sweatshirt to the memory of my gateway...here it is

En Daddy!(Vaaranam Aayriam style)

2009-12-25T08:42:00.000-08:00

This one is for most of you who wonder i am the way i am...mokkai wise of course. Unlike what most of you think, its not because of something thats mixed with my food everyday. My guess is its alll probably in my genes...the biological ones...not the stonewashed ragged looking ones...
Now why have I suddenly confessed to that?
Lets rewind back to today afternoon...lazy holiday...i sit in the sofa...trying to make my nose stop whistling..a talent it has acquired ever since i caught the darned cold...when my dad, who's watching some cooking show about baking a cake comes out.
Then with a genuinely confounded, serious expression says:
'Indha cooking show la...oru lady..inoor lady-a paathu 12 muttai-s poadunga nu solra ma...ennaku puriyala...andha lady aala epdi avalo mutta poada mudiyum...ava enna koazhiya?'
(For the tamil challenged...get the translation in the thrd or grp chat! Lets face it...you guys are the only ones who read my blog :D)
And without stopping at that, with the same serious confounded expression..he continues 'Aparam vera andha lady solra...next cake bake aaydum nu...iva dhane ma lady-a mutta poada sonna...ava dhane bake?'
then strolls bak in with no change in expression at all..despite me giggling my head off!
I rest my case!

The tragic story of the nallennai

2009-12-10T05:52:00.001-08:00

For those of you who dunno tamil, nallennai is a type of oil. Now for those of u whod unno tamil, you wont understand this blog so shoo :P
Ever wondered how it got its name? I thot about it and this is what i think history luks like here:
Once upon a time, nallennai was just called ennai...thr was tis one particular ennai bottle that was a don in a ennai area (enna area? ennai area..yaess yaess)
So on its deathbed, this ennai's grandson asked 'Thatha...neenga nallennaiya...kettennaiya?'
To which the grandpa ennai replied 'Theriliyaee paaaa' and evaporated.
Then lotsa ennais gathered around feeling sad abt the ennai passing away and the grandson realizd 'Mebbe my thatha was nallennai'
From that day forth, he went around saying 'naanga elaam nallennai'
And who do you think survived the test of the fittest? Nallennais :D

Ek gaao mein ek kisaan raghu thatha.....

2009-12-02T04:47:00.000-08:00

Alert: Those are in fluent in our Rashtra Baasha(the language Hindi...not a remake of the rajni movie) may need lotsa cotton to wipe off all the blood that may flow from the ears.
So its just another monotonous day at work...and there just isnt any mood to work.So what would any self respecting software professional do? If you've answered 'Find a way to make yourself work'...beeeep....you have officially been disqualified from being my friend...please dont let the door hit you on the way out :P
Now those who can stay must have answered like this: Find a way to pass away the time...
Thats how we decided(we = the 'GanG' i'm apparently in :P) to learn a language...now again: among you non-disqualified ppl..if somebody thot language meant a programming language...the disqualified ppl are waiting for you.
Here are the fruits of the hours and hours of combined effort to..ahem...learn Hindi...

jaa be makhan - podaaaaaa venna
bandh!! - moooodu
maran graaki! - saavugraaki!
chehra dhekho! - moonjjjaaa paaru
makhan dhoodh - buttermilk
kamra daalke soch - room poatu yoasi
fooo hua bacha - blown up baby

"swine chup karo hindi mein baath nehi karsakthe tho oopar se rope se thongo hain!!"

A: "yeh B ko hindi mein chup ki alawa kuch nahi aathi hain"
B:"alawa na
?"
C: "carrot se banaate hain naa....woh sweet"

"kabhi tum tere naam mara tha?" (When did you change your name?)

"woh waali hoo....bucket nahi ho"

A:"is beech mein bakri kahaan se ayi?"
B:"besant nagar beech?"

There were lots and lots more...but alas! I am afraid of causing mass anemia...you can contact me personally if you need any more pearls

Get outta my head!!

2009-11-27T08:47:00.000-08:00

Yeah u!
:D
:D
somehow cant stop grinning like an idiot wen i listen to it too! isnt this supposed to happen wen u'r in luv? y cant it ever b a human being for me?!

Eeeeeraam....

2009-10-29T02:27:00.000-07:00

Its started raining in Chennai...
One of the best times to travel around here...by foot or vehicle. I guess everything starts late during the rainy season coz of the hugeee traffic jams that seem to magically appear immediately after a few drops of rain...of course, there is the option of just getting down from your vehicle and walking...provided you are a good swimmer...or u can make water make way for you like Moses did...
There's also the damp clothes hanging all around the house...coz the terrace is no more a good option...
And the oh-its-no-nice-n-dark-outside-wont-it-b-lovely-if-i-can-just-curl-up-n-sleep-but-wait-i-hafta-b-stuck-in-the-office moods arent that productive at work either...
Not to mention the sinus monster loves attacking me as soon as it starts getting a little damp around...
I can keep going on n on..
But guess what? This is one of the best days I can ask for....There's something magical about the rain isnt there? :D :D

That time of the year...

2009-10-23T12:09:00.000-07:00

Its that time of the year when u think everything arnd u is fallin apart...or fallin sick...or givin bad appraisals..
So how do u get over it?
I tried cribbing abt it till my heart bled...apparently arnd tis time of the yr, ur heart's blood comes from an akshaya paathram n u cant bleed it out...
so then i startd the usual think-positive u can get thru tis approach...apparently every positive thot is followed by an equal n opp thot 2 days later...hey i'm human! i cant help it!
So thennn i decided...lifestyle change. I'm too bored with life..wat if i change my routine...wake up earlier, start the studying i'v been putting off for so long...breathe in freshhh air...leave home early from office...see the outsdie worldd!
U wanna kno how tats goin? Its 12:40am n i'm typing tis form my desk at work!
Life! wat else can ya do abt it?
(suggestions open!)

When Sleep Deprived Ppl Attack

2009-08-19T23:16:00.000-07:00

[7:21:36 PM] J says: ok - i ve decided am leaving
[7:21:45 PM] J says: i am not able to do a thing !
[7:21:48 PM] Me says: (party)
[7:21:55 PM] Me says: me 22222222222222222222222222222
[7:22:07 PM] Me says: i'm actually 22..but for situational purposes
[7:22:08 PM] Me says: :P
[7:22:14 PM] J says: the work can wait till tomo
[7:22:26 PM] J says: or go hang itself if it does nt have the patience
[7:22:47 PM] Me says: now thrs an interesting image
[7:23:01 PM] Me says: i am imaginin a web page
[7:23:07 PM] Me says: walki up all sad to the desktop
[7:23:10 PM] Me says: n jus gettin stuck
[7:23:13 PM] Me says: i mean hanging
[7:23:19 PM] J says: LLAI LLAi
[7:23:22 PM] Me says: wit sad music runnin in the backgrnd
[7:24:22 PM] J says: chal ! bye !
[7:24:26 PM] J says: anybody coming ?
[7:24:28 PM] J says: now ?
[7:24:29 PM] Me says: whos chal?
[7:24:51 PM] J says: my invisible guardian angel in the grp chat
[7:25:03 PM] Me says: wont it like get confusd
[7:25:06 PM] Me says: if u say chal
[7:25:10 PM] Me says: wont it leave the chat"?
[7:25:15 PM] Me says: i mean wen u r callin it
[7:25:37 PM] J says: no we have a code language - if i meant that i would say chal chal
[7:25:57 PM] J says: AND NO VETTI , IT WOULD NT THINK I AM IMITATING AN ANKLET IF I SAID THAT
[7:26:02 PM] Me says: chal chal? wat if it thinks tats a golusu
[7:26:04 PM] Me says: LLAI
[7:26:05 PM] Me says: LLAI
[7:26:06 PM] Me says: (rofl)
[7:26:10 PM] Me says: i need new frendssssssssssssss
[7:26:11 PM] Me says: LLAI
[7:26:13 PM] J says: OMG !
[7:26:18 PM] J says: I AM STUNNED !
[7:26:19 PM] Me says: LLAI
[7:26:20 PM] Me says: LLAI
[7:26:20 PM] J says: TRULY !
[7:26:34 PM] Me says: llai
[7:26:45 PM] J says: LLAI
[7:26:50 PM] J says: bye !
[7:26:55 PM] Me says: bubye

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2009-07-30T02:51:00.000-07:00

Why is AT-Promo sending me corny happy frendship day msgs?
I mean..I'm not that close to it n all..
its awkward!
:P

The Ponderings of a Pozhapuless Girl

2009-07-20T05:05:00.000-07:00

-Does a peahen get angry wen a more(peacock) calls it 'more nee'? I mean..isnt tat an insult to its gender?
-I am already round...so wen somebdy flatters me, will I luk like a 1 rupee coin?
-Ppl say 'Two bodies..one soul'...but can they ever say '2 feet..one sole'?
-Aal is fair in luv and war? Isnt tat racial discrimination?
-Thinking of flattering again....y rnt ppl who stay in flats called flatterers?

I did get some interesting replies i got when i shared my confusions abt the ways of the world with my fellow pozhapu ketta janmams...my fave one being:
'no they'll be flatterings - like ducklings' for qn no. 5

KitKat!!

2009-07-19T23:58:00.001-07:00

I think naming me vetti turned out to be a bad omen....coz the basically lazy me has always landed in places where lotsa work is required. Dont ask me how...I dunno myself
I've never been a workaholic...but I like working for days like today...the calm after the storm....things seem extra shinier, extra chirpier and extra extra funnier than they usually are....making me giggle at stuff more than i usually do(I kno tat wud border lunacy....but i dont care :D)
Now if u'l all excuse me, I'm gonna go play carrom...which I'm abysmally bad at but I refuse to stop playing :D

For the looking glass

2009-07-10T02:29:00.000-07:00

Warning: Heavy girlie content ahead!
It is unanimously agreed that I am a fashion dyslexic...actually plain lazy wud b better suited but it just doesnt have the same elan as 'fashion dyslexic' :P
So what happens when i visit a 'bridal' parlor with a bunch of the other members of the 'fairer sex' of the BG street household? Something along the lines of a romcom movie.....I guess the parlor is the only place that has actually made me feel guilty for my lack of expertise on facials,manicures and pedicures.
Enter the bride..followed by lots of noise about who needs to do what before the wedding...one budding beauty wants the 'pearl facial', while that aunt who's always asked u y u havent dun a chin reduction(I have this beautiful dokku aka elongated chin...something I share with the likes of Lara Dutta) wants a 'chocolate pedicure'....then thrs the 'hair spa' guaranteed to make ur hair luk like u'v jus walkd off a shampoo ad...oh! there r just so many terms..i cant even remember all if it now!
Amidst all this chaos is ME...going 'huh?' n 'y?!'...so our fave aunt decides to help out the poor bewildered creature(Fave Aunt:"Whatever are you going to do wen its ur wedding?! I am never going to leave ur side!!" Me:Aghast!)n looks at me, top to bottom n says 'Pls give her a facial n a pedicure' to the 'beauty specialist' (BS for short) nearby and walks off.
Now I'm stuck...all alone..more confused than ever...protesting to the air where my aunt was..shouting 'but i have allergiesss!'
BS: 'Dont worry madam...we'l make sure nothing happens to u'
Me(wishing I was fast asleep at home..i was sleep deprived then u kno!):Umm....ok
BS: 'What kind of facial do u want maam?'
Me:Ummm....wat do u have?
BS: !$%*@!&#)*!@&#_!#*(
Me: How abt i just do the pedicure?
BS:Sure maam...how abt @#%^@(!&^@!*)@(*)!@?
Me: Do u have a regular one?
BS: U mean..@)!@(!)?
Me: yes, tat one thanx!

Then, feeling like a bumbling idiot, I had a pedicure...the point for which I still dont get....cant ppl wash their feet with dettol n soap in their own homes? Is it the nail polish that poses a problem then? Sheesh!

So once that got over, I waited for the others(who tuk all afternoon AND evening), and at the end of teh day, as per the 'Beauty Specialists', were ravishing n either lookin '10 yrs younger' or magically missing spots on the forehead(to me..they all looked the same..just cleaner!)
All in all, I felt like Alice in Wonderland..

Oh my God! I'm back againnn!Ching ching cha chaka! :D

2009-06-24T05:38:00.000-07:00

After a longggg stretch of vetti not being, vetti is bak (ching chinga cha chaka ching ching cha!)
Let me explain how the first part of my hiatus went:
Hey di di! Can you 'run' to the supermarket and get me this? i need it on the xth day of the wedding
Hey di di! Can you 'run' to the market nearby and get me this? i need it on the xth day of the wedding
Hey di di! Can you 'run' to Health n Glow n get me that? i need it on the xth day of my wedding
Hey di di! I have got ugly spots on my face di....how will I look like a blushing bride if my bluch is covered by spots?
Hey di di! I will not be able to wake up at 11am on weekends any more
Yups...a seperate day must be dedicated to the bride's sister or maid of honor as she calls me, for putting up wit the confised bride!
But hey...the wedding seems to have rushed by....i survived it...there were only 4 maamis who went 'Ur route has cleared huh? he he!'...she survived it..it all ended well..
So I should be relieved of the wedding jabber right? Nopes....somebody once said when one door closes, another opens...i think the doors actually stand for my sisters' mouths....yeah the younger sister stayed on for her vacation.
So how did the next few days go? Pikaachuuu! Kamaeyaaa maeyaaaa! DragonballZ! I enjoy the occasional Anime myself...but wow! Now dont get me wrong...shes not 12 yrs old as u'd expect her to be...shes 18! (I kno all u guys r itching to type 'u r 22 n still the same as her'..so i'm acknowledging it now itself n saved u the trouble of typing!)
Then started...aah! the full fledged era of the polar bear! The wise, wonderful words, speeches n phrases of our great leader, the bear as hes fondly called, cannot be typed here. Such is the beauty n wonder of his thoughts n actions! Whattey golden eraaa!
Right now, the iron fist has loosened a bit but too late....the dragonballZ maniac who now calls herself DoT is gone...and taken the laptop with her!
The married sister has just started going back to the office n is back with vengeance...now on phone
While I'm typing this, I look like the Hunchback of Noterdame minus the hunch...one eye bigger than the other...my hair looking like 2 generations of pigeons have hatched there...my spectacles(which i hate wearing btw) at the tip of my nose
Sigh! I dont know what is gonna drive me crazy now....the sweltering heat here in Chennai....or...wat the heck! you'l probably see me in the next episode of 'When Bears Attack'!

PS: the ching ching cha is dedicated to an orangutan i kno :D

Conspiracy...

2009-05-28T04:53:00.000-07:00

I have finally figured out why he is doing this to all of us...
He actually owns this mental asylum that's running at a loss...n he figures, if he can drive us allllll nuts...he mite somehow renew his asylum business...
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Hes as clever as a fox!

Anxiety...

2009-05-28T04:43:00.001-07:00

My headaches r getting worse as the days proceed to nights...for 3 days now....
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Am i becoming a werewolf?

Epdi Irundha Naan.....

2009-05-22T05:37:00.000-07:00

Its been one of those days...when you wake up all grrrr and continue to b in the state wen find u cudnt eat decent breakfast coz ur stomach is soo upset..its depressd! And somehow, right now...I am still in that state..even though I have had crappier days than this. Can you get up from the wrong side of the bed..if technically..u follow the Indian tradition of sleeping on the floor on hot summer days?
So I'm gonna start looking at things more optimistically....
hmmmm...
wait...its not easy to change mode so soon...
hmmm......
My headache is soo bad that it doesnt matter if i listen to songs in fulll volume...it cant get any worse right? :D
I luv tat my life is soo jam packed...i also like the 'thr r only 10 days to the wedding...u cme home so late..wen do we get the rest of the shopping done?! u have a home u kno!' chant i listen to every nite before going to sleep...it sorta makes the day more complete n puts me to sleep...faster!
(20 mins later...)
I was just away from my desk coz I was in hiding from polar bears (yes..i am in chennai...not in Minsk). I am in this wonderful mood now thanx to this blog someone showed me....
So now...due to drastic mood swing in the wonderful playgrnd called my head...i am abruptly ending this blog.
Thank you for reading :D :D :D
Toodles!

!@#!&#)*(#

2009-05-22T02:23:00.001-07:00

#@*!)&*(@!*&!@^#@!^(&#@^&

The Big Fat Indian Wedding

2009-05-20T02:07:00.000-07:00

15 yrs back, weddings meant ganging up with a bunch of kids u hadnt even met till then...causing havoc wherever u go...pushing down stuff, stealing stuff from the kitchen..getting chided by atleast 4 adults, who also u hadnt met till then.
5 yrs back, it became about meeting friends and cousins...going around shouting 'whr's the food? when's the food?!' and teasing the bride or the groom...whoever u know well enough and making him/her turn red around the spouse.
Now...its pretty much the same...only now u know most of their kadalai history and can quote wrt context. But when it becomes your own sister's wedding...run for cover! Its serious advice...not that I'm anti wedding-preparation or anti-sister....it just becomes !@#$%&#!@ when u'v climbed up n down the stairs of every single sari shop in the city...u kno the price of each model of salwar in different shops...u get to listen to uninterrupted sessions of ur sister getting the usual cold-feet, weeks before the wedding..right before going to bed..which goes away when the next day dawns btw...oww the list is endless! Add the grumbling relatives, the anxious parents, the over-enthued-to-help-but-always-getting-in-the-way aunts, the accounts balancing fathers and uncles....
The Indian Wedding is a big, expensive messy affair....something that drags on till a month after the wedding....no wonder thr r a million movies based on it!
Someday, I'l probably cherish this time...but seeing tat thrs one more sister in the queue, i am crossing my fingers for hope n luck!

The Darkness

2009-05-15T03:03:00.000-07:00

Everywhere I turned, there was darkness. I could here people calling out to me, yelling...asking me not to go too far off....grandparents praying nobody gets hurt...parents afraid to let go off their children's hands...shadows cursing me in my path to the unending darkness. On the way, I could hear a child crying, calling out to its mother in panic...I could see sudden glows of light...people asking me where i was headed...people askin me where they are headed.....sudden bursts of a mechanical voice instructing and informing....
No...this is not the beginning of a morose, touch-the-heart story...its the Great Chennai blackout of May 12th. Yups..the whole city was beeping dark....all the way from my house to the completely overcrowded, chaotic station..including the station!
It was actually kinda fun...my only regret: I wasn't stuck in an ATM vestibule with some hunk...I was stuck in the Chennai Egmore station listening to a paati shout all galeej at a guy who'd stamped her stretched feet in the dark!

Boredom

2009-05-04T02:09:00.000-07:00

Have any of you ever wondered where the word Bore originated from?
I've been thinkin of it since today morning....did it come from the early man himself? Did he sit in his cave n hit himself on the head with a club sayin 'bo bo' wen he had nothing to do....this being passed down though generations and evolutions..along with the wheel?
Or was it like the Newton incident...some enlightened soul sitting under a tree, in a very vacant, restless state of mind...trying to figure out wat emotion he was going through...concluding he had to name it (to bad he dint think of patenting it...he wud have gained fortunes)..n finally calling it 'bore' coz he saw a wild boar advancing towards him?
Or was it by some King named Borr...in whose kingdom, most of the people had nothing to do coz the neighbouring slave country did everything...n hence the state of mind numbing joblessness came to b called borrdom...n finally boredom?
So after many more random thots of how it must have cme thru in all phases of history, i finally decided to google 'origin of the word bored' (u dont think i was named 'vetti' witout reason do u?)
n here's wat i got:
Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE borian; c. OHG borōn, ON bora, L forāre
Anybody care to explain?

So whatever.....

2009-04-27T04:39:00.001-07:00

So i just got thru my always-happening break downs....(they come in the form of 'where is my life goin?' and 'wat the hell am i doin?!' and some more deep stuff like tat, tat ill-fits me)...n at the risk of sounding like Britney Spears transitioning from her 1st album to the last...I'm just fine where i am :D
Not that I'm saying I'm completely happy...i mean..i'm human after all(no cliches here please!)...
some wise(ahem) soul jus told me 'life is round'...which actually makes no sense but i guess its true now coz i think i'l get back to the same grrr state of things again....but arnd tat time, i'l jus update a link to the prev post so u can read it all over again.... :D :D
So I'm still waiting for suggestions of some new thing i oughto do everyday....send em in pls! unless u wanna get into the circle of life (hey! i jus realizd..the wise soul rippd the line off Lion King!) mentioned abv...
And ya...my Bday came n went....the usual hours on phn...the visting of the cousins....wat not....but hey! the special thing tis time was...our TN govt decided tat they wantd the ppl of the blessed land to celebrate the special occasion of my bday wit their families at home....so like u'd find roads empty on occasions like Pongal(which btw is supposd 2 b out latest tamil new year...our CM jus pulld a Julius Ceasar)(Pardon me if my history is wrong...its jus a stry i remember abt fool's day)...the whole state was indoors wit their family!
awww! I was alll touched!
Oh n yes...many jealous souls have alternate versions of tis story...something abt ppl going on strikes coz its my bday....but pls dont believe em....its jus the envy talkin :D
I have successfully whiled 5 mins of my time...n am leaving to while 45 more by watching the much hyped IPL in the foodcourt
toodles! :D
PS: Britney Spears...pls dont sue me....that goes for u too Mr.CM!

Question Marks

2009-04-25T04:04:00.001-07:00

How long does it take an average person to move on in life? I really gotto know the answer to this question....it might just prove to me if i'm retarded or not. Is it because of the endless, mindless monotony thats driving me to madness?(Yeah..even more than i was before....thr! i'v saved u the energy required for typing tat!)
Lately, I've been beginning sentences with 'I miss...' to much lately....like 'I miss going for walks after EC in my ragged 'bhavan' clothes during the spring season'...or 'I miss eating lays on the 3rd level of balli'. I seem to have made a habit out of it...
The funny part is..whatever I am coplaining of right now....I'd had much more to handle in Pilani....of course, my whole life dint 'seem' to depend on it...i say seem coz i am still sure there's more to life than going to work and coming back everyday....funny tho...it feels like tats exactly the only thing i do! Oh ya...thrs also the mindless staring at different colours of saris....n nodding n smiling wen u hafta...
I have worked for hours n hours together in Pilani...I've had my share of marathon sessions of tests.....I've had my share of arguments with ppl arnd me...I still giggle now as much as i used to before....but what makes me soooo desperately bored now? So bored that I cant even decipher what I have typed here in the past few seconds?

Aah! (in a happy way!)

2009-04-19T10:36:00.000-07:00

I spent all of 2day doin nothin....n it felt soooooooooooo gud! :D :D :D
Jus me, the AC in the sweltering heat, the laptop n GBs of songs....no work, no shopping.....whattey day! :))))

Calvin: I've been thinking, Hobbes.
Hobbes: On a weekend?
Calvin: Well, it wasn't on purpose...

(Somebody send me the comic strip of the abv if u have it pls...eeeeee)

Guess who's backkkkk?

2009-04-11T11:15:00.000-07:00

Its been like ages since i've blogged....really...coz of the life-is-too-boring bout tat i usually sink into at least once every 2 months
So now I ave decided to get off my butt n do something abt it...but what? i did try n come up with different options....it did have..umm..interesting results but nothin to solve the problem permanently...but tat, i guess, is like wishing Santa is true
First was trying to do something new everyday....n writing it down....turns out the first new thing i did too after i took the resolution was to work continuously with a scripting language i've barely worked on before....the next day, the resolution lay forgotten....
Second was trying to learn an instrument....decided to find a gud place to learn n enroll tis weekend....a declaration that everybdy shud report to the office in the weekend damped that thot! (but the fact tat i dint go today is another story)
Third was trying to get involved with, and observing the different ppl around me.....after a few tantrums, my-doggie-fiance stories and drama queen performances, i decided to give that a rest too
Which brings us to the fourth...trying to be a drama queen myself....that one lasted i think..abt 15 mins....till i burst out laughing...(Oh note to self: learn to throw an efficient tantrum still holds...Wanted: Tutors)
Then i decided to backpack across Europe....take an year off....scrape enuf money 2 buy me a one way ticket...then work my way thru whole of europe..u know...running errands...that kinda thing....i guess this also shows how feasible the plan is :P (but i am gonna go one day....really!! :D)

On reflection now, I think this week was actually more entertaining than the weeks before that.....heres a quick request: will the ppl who have survived reading this till now pls gimme suggestions on wat to do next week?

Reason for my prev post

2009-03-17T23:18:00.000-07:00

frend1: Just now back from lunch-site visit-screwup session-brainwash session-tea break- hafto go n do the work with fresh brain aama sigh!!!
me: I thot u dint have nay warak
frend 1: ejjactly!! adhee topic mela screwup sessio
me: Grownup world is boring
frend2: agree
frend 1: It wasn't better than a dept postmortem session though!
me: It is coz u wernt able 2 fite for the backseat n giggle
Sighhh..grown up world is borinnnn
frend2: Agree again
Or giggle in the front row n get get pinched in the back
me: Or read wisdom-filled quotes off the walls

it cud actually go on n on...but i'm busy sighing

Grown Up World is boringggg....

2009-03-16T03:55:00.000-07:00

Sighhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Hmmmm....

2009-02-27T11:35:00.000-08:00

So its one in the morning, and I'm still awake..swatting flies, staring at the comp coz the dumb movie i was watching just got over,and even though i declared sleepiness to the world, i just cudnt sleep. Gud Lord..I'm tired...u mite jus say 'thookam varudhu...ana thoonga mudiyala'...just dont expect a romantic link to it though. I'm actually not able to sleep coz I have a tummy ache...which makes me feel like I'v been deprived of food for like days together (n if u kno me, u jus kno tats NOT possible)...n yet, I'm not able to eat a morsel. So nowww u mite say 'pasikardhu....ana saapda mudiyala'
Sighh! there's still no romantic link to it...probably ulcers though.
Its been a long time since I've blogged....maye be coz i felt my days being soo dull i couldnt even draw some mokkais out of it n post it online so the 5 or 6 ppl who read the blog can spend 5 mins...
N congrats..whoever you are...for having read tis particular blog till here...coz i have no clue what I'm writing about..
But what the heck..u r probably just trying to while away time by staring at this blogspace rather than watever it is u work with...I'm done now...so u mite as well go back to work...or read other blogs...or mail in ur respectibe threads...or go have coffee or watever....
I wonder if IT industry is the main cause of thriving coffee beans market....

TGIF!!

2009-02-13T04:04:00.000-08:00

Aren't weekends amazing? I mean..just when you think you cant take it any longer...just when thoughts of 'what the heck are you doing with your life?!' and 'why the hell do i even come in here everyday?' start creeping into ur mind...thr it is...the weekend...the light at the end of a tunnel :D
Thank God (or is it Julius Caesar...who was it who invented the concept of weekend anyways?) for Fridays!
And damn the world for Mondays! :P

PS: The last sentence reminds me of Garfield...who does nothing but sleep all week but still has the worst case of Monday blues.....OMG! i am a human version of Garfield!!!

PS: I jus noticed tis is my 13th blog...on friday the 13th....muhahahahaha! :D

The Origin

2009-02-10T04:15:00.000-08:00

Everytime I give out one of my delicious mokkais, the most common response is 'How, Vetti? How?!'
Having finished my work today, or rather not being able to progress anymore due to a faulty app, I tuk my own sweet time to think about this...
It cant be where I work now, even if i am surrounded by a lot that aids and abbets my mokkai crimes( but are in denial about it)...not college...the whole mosquito coil reeled till i arrived at the exact time it all started:

(One year old vetti has jus gotten her head shaved, as per the auspicious-commands-that-have-lasted-forever-but-i-actually-have-no-clue-what-it-symbolizes..n has got a new set of baby clothes to go with the occassion)

1-yr-old-vetti(pointing at her head, he place whr thr was once tis black layer to cushion her falls head-first(mebbe the reason for the mokkainess too..mind u): :?
Vetti's dad(standing in front of the mirror):chaami mottai
1-yr-old-vetti(with a nice cute smile): chaami mottai! pudhu chattai!

...leaving my dad speechless with awe and pride about how quick his daughter had picked up his skills.

So I think its safe to say...'I From Small Time Like That Only' (Courtesy: Luzo...take a bow :P)

PS: Any wisecrack who wants to ask me how i remember this incident may hafta talk to my parents who narrate this story with pride..even today :D)

Why most of my blog titles end with .....

2009-02-05T04:56:00.000-08:00

I have no clue!

Why I like Calvin so much...

2009-02-04T21:36:00.001-08:00

Calvin: I'm a genius, but I'm a misunderstood genius.
Hobbes: What's misunderstood about you?
Calvin: Nobody thinks I'm a genius.

"Why isn't my life like a situation comedy? Why don't I have a bunch of friends with nothing better to do but drop by and instigate wacky adventures? Why aren't my conversations peppered with spontaneous witticisms? Why don't my friends demonstrate heartfelt concern for my well being when I have problems? ...I gotta get my life some writers."

Ask a Stupid Qn....

2009-02-03T02:35:00.000-08:00

So what do u guys do on a particularly boring tuesday afternoon....after spending 2 hrs wondering y its jus tues n y the day is so damn slow? come up wit a stupid game :D
How does the game go? simple! ask a stupid qn, and get a stupid answer! Go thru our handiwork below..u'l get the hang of it :P

y is red color red in color?
coz if its blue in color it'l b like its stealin blue's thunder, which is not very nice

y is the world round and not flat?
coz u hav so many flats here in t worls..but u cant hav so many rounds on a world tst s flat

what makes vetti VETTI??
when u type with capslock onnn

ok...y do v hav nick names for all ?
coz once upon a time, a guy calld nick wantd a diff name n nobdy wud grant tat wish 2 him..so in luvin memory of him

y is the sun orange in color n the moon white?
coz orange bulb in sun and white bulb in moon, n moon saves power by using tat philips low watt bulb...low electricity in power grid

y am i the one whos been shooting all the qns?
coz shooting anythin else wud put me in jail

y is the fubar smiley in skype named so?
answers:
for us to think y it s called so..
coz it says u need 'fu'd for u head..n not a 'bar'
(we figured out the real snwer for tis one courtesy wordweb: F***ed Up Beyond All Repair (Recognition/Reason/etc)

y does kimu walk so fast and chella ramya walk so slowly?
coz kimu has to walk like an emu n chella has to walk mella

y does santa use "basically" all t time?
coz if he says acidically too much it mite cause him acidity

y is my headaching now?
coz of ur sheep doggie haricut

y does vetti have a dokkku?
so she can scratch it like she did now...waaaattt....its itching!

and y do v start a grp chat everyday?
b'coz the grp chat wont strt us

y is it tht pen doesnt talk?
pen talk...aan talk too...no discrimination

Acknowledgmnts: Naatamai, jill n climax....cudnt have dun it witout ya all ;)
PS: the game has many more qns and answers, will b provided on a request basis :P

When in form....

2009-01-29T05:11:00.001-08:00

[6:18:23 PM] Yaanai-ki-sorri: mooonji
[6:18:41 PM] Vetti: c
[6:18:46 PM] Vetti: Y-K-S is givin me mariyadhai
[6:18:49 PM] Yaanai-ki-sorri: d
[6:18:51 PM] Vetti: moon-ji
[6:18:56 PM] Vetti: teeeheee
[6:18:58 PM] Yaanai-ki-sorri: face- 'd'
[6:19:03 PM] Vetti: she is also sayin
[6:19:03 PM] Yaanai-ki-sorri: (happy)
[6:19:06 PM] Vetti: i am like the moon
[6:19:12 PM] Vetti: not round n bumpy
[6:19:15 PM] Vetti: beautifl
[6:19:20 PM] Yaanai-ki-sorri: [6:19:28 PM] Yaanai-ki-sorri: face- 'd'
[6:19:22 PM] Vetti: dont misunderstand
[6:19:23 PM] Vetti: :P
[6:19:34 PM] Vetti: face-d?
[6:19:36 PM] Vetti: tat makes no sense
[6:19:40 PM] Yaanai-ki-sorri: face
[6:19:41 PM] Yaanai-ki-sorri: deeeee
[6:19:45 PM] Vetti: no no
[6:19:49 PM] Vetti: eithr translate it
[6:19:53 PM] Vetti: or get the opposite
[6:20:20 PM] Vetti: its either face sir
[6:20:24 PM] Vetti: or mundam di
[6:20:26 PM] Vetti: alrt?
[6:20:37 PM] Yaanai-ki-sorri: thu po
[6:20:39 PM] Vetti: translation of moonji is face sir
[6:20:43 PM] Vetti: n opp is mundam di
[6:20:52 PM] Yaanai-ki-sorri: (banghead)
[6:20:57 PM] Vetti: yes yes
[6:21:00 PM] Vetti: if u coninue tat
[6:21:03 PM] Vetti: opposite wud hold true 4 u
[6:21:06 PM] Yaanai-ki-sorri: shtoooooooop
[6:21:25 PM] Vetti: bus stops r outside tidel park
[6:21:26 PM] Jill Jill: vetti s not driving any vehicle to stop Y-K-S
[6:21:27 PM] Vetti: jus outside
Vetti: u will also find a couple in madhya kailash
[6:21:35 PM] Vetti: n in fron of iit
[6:21:42 PM] Jill Jill: jinx vetti..
[6:21:48 PM] Vetti: teehee
[6:21:50 PM] Vetti: actually
[6:21:51 PM] Jill Jill: both almost came up with same thing
[6:21:57 PM] Vetti: anythin in a state of uniform motion
[6:21:58 PM] Vetti: can b stoppd
[6:22:07 PM] Jill Jill: no it cant
[6:22:11 PM] Jill Jill: b stopped
[6:22:12 PM] Vetti: n i am definitely not wearin a uniform
[6:22:14 PM] Vetti: tat says motion
[6:22:15 PM] Vetti: on it
[6:22:20 PM] Vetti: tat actually sounds yucky
[6:22:29 PM] Yaanai-ki-sorri: nything which i speak can b used against me so :x
[6:22:31 PM] Jill Jill: it continues its motion unless some external force s applied on it
[6:22:41 PM] Jill Jill: :D
[6:22:42 PM] Jill Jill: llai
[6:22:47 PM] Vetti: teeheeeeee
[6:23:01 PM] Jill Jill: and Y-K-S u wanna come up with something more.
[6:23:02 PM] Jill Jill: >
[6:23:04 PM] Vetti: but ur words rnt like daggers
[6:23:05 PM] Jill Jill: ?
[6:23:07 PM] Vetti: so it wont kill u Y-K-S
[6:23:11 PM] Vetti: n wat doesnt kill u
[6:23:14 PM] Vetti: only makes u stronger
[6:23:15 PM] Yaanai-ki-sorri: now i will
[6:23:15 PM] Yaanai-ki-sorri: -
[6:23:16 PM] Yaanai-ki-sorri: !
[6:23:29 PM] Jill Jill: and gals..t time s 6.30
[6:23:30 PM] Vetti: u will dash to the nearest exit?

**If u have jus finished reading the entire thing, congrats...u r marana vetti(not the deadlier mutant of me...think of the verb) and ur mokkai tolerance level is extremely high**

Random Whatever...

2009-01-29T04:43:00.000-08:00

Random Questions that have popped up in my head today

What is so special abt differently pitched n frequencied noises aka music that we like it so much?
How is it tat i am always filld wit crap but wen i think abt wat to wrte next in the blog, i draw a blank? Do I have mokkai-ers block? :O
How did the 6 friends in FRIENDS get to spend so much time together even with their jobs and spouses(btw is tat a real word? n have u heard of the common mokkai...plural of mouse is mice, si is plural of spouse spice?)
Why does that girl giggle so much?
Who was the dumb(i mean not speakable...not stupid...dont sue me coz of tis) n blind music composer...mozart or beethoven or both?
Why is everybody achoo-ing n swearing n sleeping at the same time here?
Why are my feet full of mosquito bites? Damn u blood suckers!
Why do all disney characters luk more or less the same?
Why is every1 these days getting a car...or gettin married...or gettin a senti?
How wud naatamai ask her senti if he wud go 2 the beach with her?
How does this office hold soo many ppl who luk/behave like ppl from BITS? Or have i just not let go of tat phase of my life yet?

Random Things discovered today
Never sit in the reception sofa n giggle uncontrollably...makes ppl recognize the idiot in u
Given the chance, i wud never change my past (not tat it was amazingly perfect, i'm too lazy to go thru it all again) (tis discovery is thanx to bulbu :P)
Hdfc ppl r despo for makin ppl get their credit cards...so they give u one even if u havnt applied for any
Bun Samosa is plain bun and somosa, cut n mixed with each other
I havent spoken to lotsa ppl for months together now

When Boredom attacks - 1

2009-01-23T07:23:00.001-08:00

From: hp

have a compree tomorrow... and another in on 8th.... what doings ??

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From: alleged bulbu

u asked an intriguing question HP!
I REALLY DONT KNOW WHAT I M DOING.
The word nothing cud define closely what i am doing.
But i cant say nothing when i m typing this mail.
now i lost it...if u made sense reply.
[Quoted text hidden]

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From: CG

gosh..makin me more sleepy with thin like that

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From: allaged bulbu

i m keeping myself awake by typing things like that :P
[Quoted text hidden]

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From: hp

ayyoooo........... i couldnt bear it..... but then an inteligent answer

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From: alleged bulbu

see cg HP found it interesting!
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From: hp

how is the climate in southern parts ppl....... here its damn hot...

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From: hp

i never said that... things can be intelligent but not interesting....

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From: alleged bulbu

ya i meant to type intelligent..was a self-complimenting typo :D
n climate hot,schorching,burning,fuming, any other word u know of
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This actually went on for a long time after this...heck its still goin on! But figured an overdose mite kill the average reader. :D

Coming soon: The Oh Boy We Were.. series :D

Love, Life, Stuff and Nonsense :D Part 2

2009-01-12T22:18:00.000-08:00

(Make sure u have read the blog below this one)

Ok…replay:
Ya so kakaraja always had this crush on that heroine..
But she just vanished after that knocked-up-n-baby-sending-on-river fiasco.
She had moved to another town. He searched her for a few weeks..n later gussed her.
Now this kid was his all.he grew him up with all love and care n passed on all the wisdom to him. Until one day….

Until one day kakaraja ju meets tis beautiful girl in a bus….she luks sad…he goes over n asks wats wrong
The girl doesn’t talk much at first…but thanx to kakaraja ju’s easy charm, she starts talkin to him…kakaraja tactfully doesn’t ask her abt her prob
So this kakaraju ju ..flirts with her on the bus..thye are laughing and talking
(mild duet here)
N then wen they are abt to reach their destination..she tells him she is already engaged to this mora-payan guy..n her marriage is in a month

Ok….so kakaraju ju gets a shock…n says ‘u spend on evenin wit me . if u like me more, we will run away 2gthr’
The girl, actually bein forced into the marriage, agrees
N turns out she likes ju more….
She is engaged to the mora-payan guy..who is karthick..who happens to work in a software company..who was our initial protagonist who left laptop n cellphone n took a vacation. (that shud sooooo be karthick :D )..he also does this vacation thing cuz he doesn’t wanna end up with this village gal..but his mom keeps pestering him abt it..n he was forcefully made to get engaged with her.

So mosquito coil over: bak 2 reality:
Ths 3 r starin at each othr in the bus
He figures out tis is the mora payyan wen he sees his wallet fall on the grndn it has a pic of the heroine(kathick’s mom kept it thr so he;d like her more)
So karthik is beatin ju to pulp wen the old lady shouts ‘nahiiii’
she says ‘no no…tat birthmark on his dokku chin….tats my kid! It’s a family birthmark! I have it too!’

INTERVAL

N ending as usual karthick wont get the heroine…gunda will be all ashamed cuz he has grown to be a gunda…but he will be angry at his mom for throwing in the basket (the thalapadhi scene )
(senti family song remix girl version) after long dramatic dialogue exchanges…the mother and son make up and mother makes him see the error in his ways
gunda decides to marry the gal n moota thookify n earn to run family/..he gives up all his gunda-ism.

Karthik gives long speech to heroine’s dad abt how he shud let her marry person of her choice n he sethu vechufies gunda n heroine…
n runs off to the city singing something like “krishna krishna…”(from dum dum dum)
Gunda n heroine get married in a nearby temple n go to meet kakaraja…but they find him struggling for life in his house..attacked by some olden day enemies….this dancer goes n finds out he has pacha kuthified her name on his chest…some Shivaji-kr-vijaya-style romance here……she cries on him n dies holding his hands.

The End
La Fin

Credits:
Inspired by: Orang, wanting a masala movie
Script writers: Sowmya S and Moi
We would like to thank all our fans for their undying support and criticism, without which our project would never have completed

@Copyrighted material...if found plagiarized, definite suing will happen

Life, Love, Stuff and Nonsense :D

2009-01-12T21:47:00.000-08:00

Our hero is a software engineer…walkin into his company on a Monday morning. He sighs, thinking of how routine his life has become, magnified by the Monday morning blues. He sits down at his desk, opens his inbox and starts deleting the forwards in his inbox, which is the usually the 1st thing on his routine every single day.
Yeah until….a forward catches his eye…abt some place far away tat is like absolute paradise…n he thinks ‘shit of the bull! I shud b thr now! Not here!’

He bagpacks n starts immediately.leaves his laptop and cellphone on the table n rushes out.takes his bike n rides off to nowhere ..out of contact with the world..out of contact with his boss.
Just him and his bike.

Hmmm……so its nite time and he’s still riding the bike…wen he sees this bus stop…..he figures ‘wat the heck…I will go whever tat bus goes’

he gets into the bus and seates himself...the bus keeps goin n goin n goin.
Farrrr into the nite, a mob of gangsters enter the bus n threaten everyone to give their valuables…(this shud be the action bit)
So our hero is silently sitting at the bak…till the mob threateans an old lady..tats wen he starts fighting wit the mob…..wen hes beatin up one partivular guy, the old lady gets up n shouts ‘nahiiiiiiiiiiiiii! Woh mera beta hainnnnn!’

Mosquito coil:
The old lady was once an exotic dancer in a bar(item song now)
She was in luv wit a regular customer in the bar..now tis regular customer is insanely gud luking….
One fine day, the two bcme sentis….aftr many fine days, the girl figures she is pregnant…but the guy gets 2 kno tis n leaves her n takes off….
The dancer, heart broken, decides the only way she cud get over him is to start a new life.
So she leaves the baby in a basket..floats it in a river…n leaves the town forever

But in the meanwhile, the gunda of the town, kakaraja, was hopelesslyin luv wit the dancer female
But he never did have the courage to ask her out
Wen he finally sums up the courage to talk 2 her, he finds out tat shes left town forever….
Heartbroken, he sits near a river…n finds a baby in a basket

Now kakaraja has been thinkin of retirement..but has too many gory details tat jus cant b revealed..so hes been thinkin of whom he cud trust in the future for it…
Wen he sees the baby, he decides to raise the kid n make him his follower
So kakaraja brings up the baby like his own little boy (family senti song here)

Word of the Day

2009-01-12T02:26:00.000-08:00

So being a growing software engineer, my blog cannot be devoid of crap I come up with during office hours can it?
Lets make a start with 'word of the day'....this is a word we(meanin primarily me + the vetti gang who approves it)(vetti gang does, in no way, imply i am the leader of the gang...i jus happen to have a..umm...oft-used-adjective for a name!) come up with on days when we go insane from no-work..or over work :D
Here's goes:

Mokkomania:
reachd the state of boredomness wen anything anybdy says seems to b turnable into a mokkai to u
Created by: yaanai ku sorri :D
Inspiration: moi!

Roamaholic:
one who is addicted to roamin arnd here n thr n cannot sit still in the desk for more than 10 mins
created by: moi
inspiration: me n my partner in crime,my teammate- jill jill jackalingam :D :D

Momohead:
nothing specific; momo = Chinese equivalent of kozhukatai(tat thing we have durin vinayaka chathurthi..dont ask me 2 explain!)
Created by: ramya m
Inspiration: a wingie
Normally used in context of: nincompoop

Smilieophilic:
being addicted to use of smileys
Created by: ramya m
Inspired by: herself

Komohead:
short for komalihead; Used 2 call sombdy a buffoon
created by: yaanai ki sorri :D :D
inspiration: slip of the tongue :D

Rccm disorder:
Rccm = right click clear msgs
Meanin: a paranoid feelin tat u MUST clear all mssages in the chat window imm after u have typd 2 lines in case somebody reads it

Keep note of all the words..u will soon be havin an vgre....vetti gre!

(List shall be updated on frequent basis....pls keep urself uptodate...thank you for your co operation)
(PS: thr r some words i remember havin made up n not remembering...if u do remember them, pls feel free to add em :D :D)

Never Fear..Airtel is Here!

2008-12-30T01:23:00.001-08:00

Does anybody know how much Airtel offers to my life....and how it makes umpteen attempts to make it so much better?! Here...let me give you examples...(Courtesy: my DND sms they gauranteed would give me a spamless connection, not working)

1. The Joy of Music:
Sender: Villu
Call 9600199489(TollFree) *whattey relief* & press * to set Hey Rama Rama song from Villu as your Hello Tune. Rs.15/Song and rs.30/Min

2. A Window to a beautiful active social life:
Sender: Friend Chat
Are you bored of living a lonely life? Make your life exciting with friends on AIRTEL's FRIENDS CHAT. Dial 543216 & subscribe @just Rs.30/Min & Rs.2/Min-Airtel

3. An easier workload-free(er) life:
Sender: Prizes 4 U
Last 2 days! Win Cooking Range, Dish Washer worth Rs.22000. Just dial SMS WIN to 54242 ar Rs.3/SMS & answer 3 simple questions. Hurry and win Prizes!
They not only send you the oh-so-helpful msgs once, they keep reminding you...so thrs no way you lose!
Sender:Last Day
Last Day! Win prizes worth Rs.22,000 of Dish washer, Cooking Range and more. Just SMS WIN to 54242 at Rs.3/SMS & answer 2 simple questions.
Note that this msg has dish wahser first...just in case you missed it the first time! :D

4. Soothesayer:
Sender: Money Check
Will you become rich in the coming years? To know, SMS MONEY to 51515 at rs.3/SMS. Eg: SMS Money Ramesh to 51515
I sure do hope Ramesh did not receive any bad news!
Sender: Love Life
Message LOVE to know how compatible you are, to 52525.
Whatever would i do without Airtel telling me if He's the right guy! sighhhh!

5 Helper to breaking the language barriers:
Want to improve your english? want to communicate better?? Dial *646*049#(toll free) and subscribe the Speak English Pack just Rs.5/10 days.

6. Sender of Good Wishes:
We wish u 12 months of happiness, 52 weeks of fun, 365 days of success, 8760 hours good health, 52600 minutes good luck, 3153600 seconds of joy. Happy new Year

7. All-in-all-alagu-raja every festival/event:
Sender: New Yr 09
New Year 2009 Special! Set the Best of Hello Tunes, Download Ringtones and Dedicate wishes to your family & friends. Just dial 543212790 at Rs.6/Min on Airtel

I wonder y ppl r so worried about finding jobs in the current recession....i mean...airtel hai na?!

The year that has been.....

2008-12-22T23:10:00.001-08:00

Ok..so New Year is here....n my friends and I decided to do a review...sorta like how all news channels are gushing now....so here goes the year that has been...
1.startd out with PS-2….apparently a period of time tat changed everybody everywhr (quotin some1 else) :D :D
2. acquired compulsive mailing disorder during PS, and spent evenings wit the roomies by all of us speaking over the phn in different rooms
3. tried n figured out if wat they say abt most senties being formed durin PS was true
4. listened to ppl say 'i will miss pilanii....' while i was missing it a lot myself....tact ppl! a li'l more tact!
5. visited pilani and wondered if I wud ever feel the same way abt it if I came bak again
6. talkd abt the 'day tat were' over n over n over again...i still do!
7. discussed 'future' wit lotsa sincerity...i mean jobs and higher studies..not marriage!
8. chanted 'reality sucks' as much as i cud
9. heard gruesome accident stories not once but twice, and some other depressing/shokcing stories
10. sat at home n watched movie after another while waiting for work :D
11. joined a company which has office days which should me made into a soap opera like 'Days of Our Lives'
12. still affected by compulsive mail disorder
13. went by the local train for the first time, saw sowmya master it thru the year!
14. attended lotsa weddings and discuss future weddings
15. started blogging out of boredom
16 started thinking abt potential sentis....again out of boredom!
17. join yoga classes
18. got braces n stayed witout eatin proper fud for 2 whole days (tats a record...really!)
19. tried to get used to meetups involving cross-state travel
20. tried and still trying to get used to 'single child' status at home

More suggestions/additions from you ppl are welcome :D

Expressions speak louder than words...

2008-12-18T05:43:00.000-08:00

Thats the title coz i cant seem to come up with words for the title but i can think of varying expressions...the closest thing i can think of in words is 'Upchhh!'
Anyways, this post is coz of the gateway being sealed today. Sob sob! You will know from the previous post, how (sob) emotional this is for me. But what you dont know is i have never been to a serious dentist visit before. This is like the first time i have been under the (shudder) scalpel or watever its equivalent is in the dental world. See! Now you know what the big deal is...
So after arriving an hour late, the orthodontist(who looked uncannily like crazy mohan) came, smiled at me, said 'Hello' with a nice smile, then plunges some metal things into my gums between my teeeethhhh. AAAAAAAAAA!!! Dentists are pure evil man! Those cliched jokes abt them are right!
So the Hell-in-charge proceeds to do that some trillions of times and says 'It hurts just a litle bit'
Yeah right! if it hurts him jus a li'l bit, what abt me! i am the one on the *ahem* operation table!! then he inserts something on my mouth making me luk like donald duck...then he goes n speaks on the phn! must have been hell callin! n while he's doing that, the intern from hell starts staring into my mouth!
Then takes tis big injection syringe and i think omg! and close my eyes. Turns out he was jus sprayin stuff on my teeth. Then the intern turns on this wierd blue lite n i start thinking 'are they trying to make my teeth glow in the dark?' ...which leads me to start thinking of Ross and his glow-in-the-dark teeth, and distract myself.
Then i dunno what happend..but i think i dozed off. When i woke up, crazy mohan said 'thr u go....awesome stuff! you shud luk as gud as new in 6 months'
I guess you are wondering y am i blogging all this..tat too like..minutes after it all got over.....i thot it wud distract me from the pain.
see..now i'm alll better :D (atleast as much as i can after the dentist from hell, and a painkiller :D)
btw, i dont think the normal :D smiley works for me anymore...i mean whr r the braces?! does any1 think :H is better now?

An Ode to the Gateway

2008-12-17T04:57:00.000-08:00

I am currently typing this with rubberbands around certain teeth of mine (no...they arnt growing unmanagable hair..eww!). Yes....i am going to start wearing braces tomorrow. The dear gateway and I are going to be parted in a few months. Aaah the memories....oh dear gateway..u have been with me all my life..thru sickness and health, through happiness and sorrow...
I will miss drinking through straws and eating lollipops in tat oh-so-unique way tat was possible only because of you...i will miss sticking chewing gum between the front teeth and grossing people out ...i will miss showing off the '8th wonder' to the world...
OMG! what if the gateway is the source of my mokkainess (like chandler's third nipple?! ) Would it mean the end of these blogs?!
I shudder to think of it.....we have very little time left to cage you oh gateway....but it is all for gud (atleast tats wat they say)
They say you are growing too big for me gateway...they say pretty soon u will gobble up the rest of my face...they made me imagine my face getting sucked into a warp of nothing.....
i could never doubt you gateway....but it is time to let to....(basically bcoz i dont want to roam arnd a mundam)
Sighhhhh!

PS: no wise cracks abt 'u r gettin braces at 21? wat r u...getting married?' shall be entertained. we thank u for ur co operation

PS reloaded: I am sorry i did not give a warning in the beginning to have ur kerchiefs ready..i know this is strong emotional stuff

Random Memory-1

2008-12-16T00:58:00.000-08:00

Ok 10th std skoolie stry goes like tis:
Thr was this round jolly boy very much like our cg in our 10th std class ok….so the sad tale of the round jolly boy goes like tis:
Apparently on one nice bright evenin wen we were in 2nd yr, he enterd his house on evenin to find some guests..so he sits thr..puts lacha..n wen they leave, his dad asks him how the girl who had cme was. He said ‘aa…she seemd fine’
Then the dad says ‘gud..coz ur nichyadhartham is in 3 days’
muhahahahaha!
The guy was down wit fever for the next 2 days
He got married tat vacation itself
N he has a kid now

Background Effects

2008-12-15T05:22:00.000-08:00

So i have 15 mins left for me to start home from the office...so lemme type the background story before i go...
I am the confused...new-to-the-routine-IT-life average 21 yr old who is bored out of her wits. I have been working for abt 4 months now, n if my blog seems unbearably kiddish, go away.
I am still stuck in the college mindset.....u kno, it seems soo unfair that we stay in college only for 4 yrs..(with the same set of ppl). After 4 years of giggles, fights, maida, paper, hostel politics, departmnt politics and plain lacha for hours together with friends...sometimes sunset to sunrise, corporate life seems drab.
But I am not unfair...i know that my life is much more..umm..interesting due to the existence of certain...spice girls if u may call em...
So over the coming days, you can expect nostalgia, aimless rambles, out-of-the-ordinary office stories....
Stay tuned....
(I have always wanted to say tat :D)

Finally....

2008-12-15T04:33:00.000-08:00

After weeks of contemplating, sniggering at other ppl's blogs and making a fool of myself in the office, making a fool of others by my constant crapping(yet instantaneously tongue-tied or rather mind-tied wen i think of wat i shud blog abt) and months of forwarding gud blogs to other vetti office going ppl like me n makin them luk like idiots, i have finally decided to start a blog
But wat do i write? i have no clueeee!