English, the way I like it...

Shut Up. I can talk English. I can walk English. I can laugh English. You bloody fellow.
Vaiyapuri in Tamil becomes YPuri in English and Velpuri in Hindi.

Sir, English is a very funny language sir.

English is the passion of the nation. It’s the condition and consideration and the conjunction becomes the injunction and the injunction becomes annotations. Frustration and temptation are common to all nations. Because conditions becomes contradictions and predictions becomes premonitions. That’s why it results in pollution, diffusion, destruction, demolition, derogation, declaration, degeneration, definition, deliberation and decoction.

Now general knowledge. Cricket. In the year 1929, when India was playing against Australia in Melbourne...

PS: was watching Velaikaran a few days ago, and it just made my day so much brighter than it was.

The ‘Alaipayuthey’ Syndrome

Boy and girl decide to meet.
Boy rushes there, late.
Girl brushes off his apologies and says that she doesn’t mind waiting for him.

Husband and wife have to meet.
Husband strolls in, late.
Wifey walks off when Hubby gets there and gives him the silent treatment.

For the boy/hubby the issue at hand is that she used to wait patiently once upon a time. What happened now?

For the girl/wifey the issue at hand is the subtle difference between the words in bold.

When people take each other for granted, the ‘alaipayuthey’ syndrome attacks. Same situation. But efforts do count, don’t they?

Favourite Lyrics

மலர் மாலையாய் மாறிடவே நினைத்தேன்...
மலர் வளையமாய் நான் மாறினேன்.

Will You Marry Me? Say Cheese.

I've had several fantasies about how and when I will be proposed.

Almost always, I will be fully and GENUINELY surprised, with no itzy bitzy inkling that this life-changing but I-knew-it-was-coming-sooner-or-later question is going to be popped up.

Almost always, it will be a special place,either it is totally new to us, or a place with siginificant meaning to us.

Almost always, it will be at night. I mean a proposal in the day time???? Seriously??

ANDDDDD almost always the ring is to die for, with a gleaming diamond.

But never have I imagined this new phenomenon.
Now the storyboard of my perfect proposal has to undergo a major screenplay rework.

EXCERPT from an article from NY TIMES, Sept 20, 2007

"AS he anxiously counted the minutes until he would
propose to Emily
Cappella on Aug. 24, Guildry Santana ran down his
checklist:

Reservation at La Palapa, the Mexican restaurant in the
East Village where they had their first date two years earlier.
Done.

Engagement ring removed from box and tucked discreetly into pants pocket.
There.

And this: a photographer lurking at the
crowded intersection of Eighth Street and Astor Place, with instructions to
snap his shutter the instant Mr. Santana dropped to bended knee.
Um, yes.

“I wanted this day to be something we could tell people about,” Mr.
Santana said.

Now, not only could he tell friends and family about
the circumstances of his engagement, he could show them, too, thanks to a
candid shot of the proposal.

Ms. Post finds the idea of
photographically preserving a marriage proposal “wonderfully romantic, personally."

Haiz Haiz... A girl is allowed to dream right?

Peacock vs Apple

In the battle that has been long overdue, NBC retorts back to Apple by announcing the most dramatic move in recent years in consumer television.

I'm practically salivating. But then again, it doesnt say anywhere that it is going to be a worldwide access. Most probably the heart wrenching "this clip is only intended for US audience" is going to pop up.

The files would degrade after the seven-day period and be unwatchable.
“Kind of like ‘Mission: Impossible,’ only I don’t think there would be any
explosion and smoke,” Mr. Gaspin said.

Good to know.

Simplicity

"The simple person lives the way he breathes, with no more effort or glory, with no more affectation and without shame... Simplicity is freedom, buoyancy, transparency. As simple as the air, as free as the air... The simple person does not take himself too seriously or too tragically...He has nothing to prove, since he has no appearances to keep up, and nothing to seek, since everything is before him. What is more simple than simplicity? What is lighter? It is the virtue of wise men and the wisdom of saints."

- Andre Comte-Sponville

The first time.

Many has told me that the first time will always be tough. Painful even.

You might have planned it for a long time. Or maybe it was done on the spur of the moment. No matter what the circumstances are, after that few minutes, some might be looking at the wall or ceiling and thinking "What have I done?" "I have just bared myself to another soul!"

Ah well. Right now, it looks like those words are proving true for me. For me, it was done on the spur of the moment. One moment I was thinking about it, the next, I was doing it. But once, I started, I didn't know what to say or do.

I was looking for some kind of uplifiting, spiritual awakening kinda moment. After all the hype. But it is ending in less than ONE minute.

Maybe the second time might be better and might last longer.
Like they say, the first blog is always tough. Words might start flowing soon enough. And I might find some spiritual awakening to let out some steam online.