Mustafa

Something that I always take pride in talking about is the big circle of friends I have got and also my ability in making new friends.My friend list includes not just people from my school and college but also people from different walks of life eg: auto drivers,local politicians,internet cafe owner, 6 to 60 year old kids :-) ..etc.The problem with having such a big circle of friends is that it is tough to spend time with all .Of course,I stress on the quality of time I spend with them and not the quantity of time .And this results in lots of memorable moments.


Recently, I had met some of my friends.One of them had come with his girlfriend.That was the first time she was meeting us and I guess she will remember it all for a long time.It was so obvious that she was very possessive about him and this set the right atmosphere for a practical joke.One of our girl pals put her arm innocently around the chap and started talking in a very "caring" manner.This got our friend's girlfriend fuming.Then we all started talking about his crushes and all the crap he did for them.I guess this must really got on her nerves .She cursed him and went away.We didn't stop there - we didn't let our friend to go behind her and console her.We forced him to stay with us and be the butt of all our jokes.He really had a tough time consoling her .Neways,she is now used to our group and also to our jokes.She describes us as 'pleasantly irritating' .Obviously we all took it as a compliment.


There are times when we took our practical jokes a bit too far.We once attended a christain marriage .In the marriage ceremony they ask the people who have gathered there if anyone objects to the the marriage.And when this question was asked , around ten of us raised our hands.You must have seen the reaction of the people who had gathered there, especially the groom .We acted as if we were yawning and stretching out our hands but I don't guess we were all that convincing in our act :-) .The groom is still looking out for us .The other time , in a hindu marriage , we played savvu molam kuthu song ( the song played in the funerals in Chennai ) and we danced to it .The bride and the groom also joined us.It was real fun.I cherish all these moments.

Now our lives have changed.Due to hectic work schedules,committments and responsibilities it is getting tougher to meet my friends.And also most of my close friends are scattered allover the world now.We mail or talk over the phone and all of us one thing to crib about -missing our friends.

I wish we could do away with all our committments and go back to the old days.But this is not practical.But what can be done is making new friends .I am not saying that I will forget my old friends.All I am saying is I got to accept reality and move on with life.After all we need friends to share our happiness and sorrow.

Love at first sight

Do you guys believe in love at first sight ?I do .May be thats the reason why I have lost the count of number of times I have fallen in love at first sight ....

I was supposed to meet my college friend on saturday .It had been a long time since I had met her and I was really looking forward to meet her (Well ..I knew that she was coming with a pretty girl ;-) ) .I was late by few minutes and they were already waiting for me at the restaurant.So I hurried to the place in order to avoid getting blasted by my friend ...I was in for a real surprise.Her friend was extremely cute and very sweet looking.I could hear poopol..poopol (its the background score from the tamil movie 'minnale' played when the heroine is introduced ) playing in my mind.I was oothifying (staring ) at her with my mouth open.I realised that my friend was trying to introduce her to me and the pretty thing extended her hand to give a handshake.I don't know what got into me ......I took her hand and said "how did you know I was going to ask for your hand" . Well..she gave me a weird look and smiled .I am not sure if it was a what-the-heck kinda look or if she smiled at my supposedly smart opening statement but her smile did make me fly high.Now you might ask me why do people fall for someone they don't know .I could argue back saying that if someone can impress you in few seconds than she is definitely worth the trouble.Again, you might say that the love at first sight has more to do with looks than anything else.I could again argue that the love at first sight is more to do with instinct than just plain looks. So , now you may ask than why I have fallen in love (at first sight) numerous times.The answer to this is that I am in love with the idea of falling in love but I don't want to be in love.Being in love is something I could be better off avoiding.
I couldn't want these first sight loves to continue till the vaseegara song or any duet song .It is not meant for that.It is just for pure 'entertainment'. Of course , I am careful not to send any wrong signals which might hurt/irritate the girl.

P.S:I didn't realise that the 3 lines in my previous post about bangalore/chennai girls could make me feel so 'wanted' .I even got a mail asking me where I saty in Bangalore so that the authorities can be informed to cut cauvery water supply to my house!!! . I will definitely clarify my stance later .

Home.....sweet home

Its been 10 months since I moved to Bangalore .And every alternate weekend , I find myself back in Chennai .The obvious reasons for this is - friends , parents etc.The other important reason being ,my love for chennai city.I don't think I will ever grow tired of it.

Dudes , I got to catch train no. 2658 .
I have tried to list down few things that come to my mind when I think about Chennai :

1. Nair tea kadai

In Chennai , I can assure you that you will surely find these near your place:

a)Andhra style mess
b)Nair tea kadai .
My favourite was the Nair tea kadai in thiruvanmayur.In college days we used to frequent this shop (never knew the name of shop bcos there was no board with shop name ) , especially during the times when our pocket money amounted in paise rather than in rupees .We have spent hours discussing my friends' love affair status,football,cricket (and rarely about college,studies etc) over a cup of tea ...that too in account .The account was setttled once in a month but 'cheta' never complained .

2.Madras tamil (don't miss this link)
Madras tamil nevers fails to bring smile on my face.Initially , I wasn't all that fluent in Tamil.Then I started playing football and things changed. I first learnt all the 'holy' words in tamil and slowly, I picked up the language ( for me its tamil and not Tamzhil ) .Now I am so fluent that I add machi,mamu,sappi matter in all conversations I have with my friends .Most of the times I address the girls as machi .It kinda irritates them and I kinda like irritating them
:-) .

3.Beach
During the school days , I used to frequent elliots beach almost everyday.I have picked up conversations with complete strangers , made lotsa friends , played football and even got arrested (actually not arrested but we got warned by the police...but arrested sounds more 'interesting' ) for playing football late in the night.
I think its the beach that adds more beauty to the Chennai city than anything else.

4.ECR
Last few times I had been to Chennai , me and my friends , on a routine basis, went to watch movie in mayajaal and followed it by a long long drive along the East Coast Road.And every time we went for the drive, I really enjoyed it. Its a real cool experience and its gets better whenever I go in my yamaha rather than in my friends car.

5.Chennai Girls ;-)
The girls in Bangalore are certainly good looking and independent.But I believe the Chennai girls are far more sophisticated and dignified.They are a class apart. (I better stop here !!!)

6.Shivani
I had always wanted a kid sister.My prayer was answered in the form of Shivani, my eight months old niece .She is the cutestestestest ...sweetestestestest girl I have ever seen .I am totally crazy about her and I have taken oath to pamper her as much as possible .I couldn't care if she grows up as a spoiled brat but I will surely give her whatever she wants.


Shivani

......Its getting late for Chennai mail train....
I will be in Chennai tomorrow morning.See ya ppl .....

Yepeeeeeeeeeeeee

I am used to flunking tests , but this one has been very humiliating.I should have taken the test three years ago in Chennai, but couldn't take it due of lack of preparation.And the first time I took the test in Bangalore , I failed miserably. But this time I managed to pass ( "just pass" machi ) .Yes, ladies and gentlemen , Jagan has been authorized by the government to put others' life in danger.He has been given a four wheeler drivers' license :-) ...might as well call it license to kill.

Its not that my friends need a reason to pull my leg or tease me , but they sure made me feel as if it is a sin not to have a driving license (especially if you are 24 years old ) .So, after all the humiliation,I forced myself to join a driving school.My instructor must have realised that I needed more inspiration and hence he taught me driving near the Joythi Nivas Women's College .But this proved to more of distraction than motivation.I somehow managed to learn the basics and appeared for the test.The RTO Inspector who had come for the first test was dressed like Saddam Hussain .I guess he must have been wearing a shoe of size 8 and another of size 9 and he said something in kannada which I suppose was equivalent of "mogambo kuss huva" . I was pretty sure , even before taking the test , that I would flunk. And flunk I did.And was subjected to more humiliation from my friends.My colleague even suggested that I take 2 two wheeler license instead of a four wheeler license.Thats it.This was the maximum I could take .And I prepared myself again for the test.I cleared it on on friday.....I have proved myself.

I am planning to take a photocopy of my license and put it on display at my work place.Excuse moi ppl, while I go and celebrate this occasion :-) .

Englipech

This question was put in my yahoo school groups mail alias.Have a try at it -


try this out and read it aloud ok va ?
Fill in the following blank with Yes or No -
a) ______ I don't have a BRAIN.

Who said English is easy? :-)

True Love

They loved each other very much.She was his junior in college.And for her it was love at first sight.She wrote him poems everyday (and kept it under his table) until he said yes to her.It was a day both could remember for the rest of their lives.He had never been loved so much and he had never been in love before.He knew she was the one and he did everything he could ....and also things which he thought were beyond him.He took a part time job to get her a watch.And every time she looked at the watch , she could remember him.It wasnt the best looking watch she had , but it was definitely worth more than any gift she had received .She wrote his assignments and completed his records.She made him study hard.He could wait for her after college and they could walk to beach every evening .They spend the time having interesting conversation....she spoke and he listened.Then he could walk with her to her home , holding her hand as long as it was safe and they went unnoticed .
He went to USA to do his post graduation.She planned to join him after completing her under graduation.
He waited for her at the park .Its been 2 years since they had met.He went 5 minutes before the appointed time.He knew she could be late by atleast 15 minutes.That was the girl he knew .She could come and console him with all her sweet and pampering talks.He missed the sweet things she told him.She came exactly 15 minutes late.She didn't have to console him this time.They talked for few minutes and then he left with a smile on his face.She had come with her husband.


I have known these two people for a long time.And I stand by their decision and am very happy for them.

Slambook-2

The second year was cool since we were the new "seniors".We never ragged our juniors but we did "interact" with them.We asked our juniors not to call us "anna" (elder bro) ,because we didn't want any cute looking junior calling us as brother :-) .Some of the things that we made our juniors do was - take an ant for a walk , say ABCD in the same tone as 'katti pudi katti pudi da' song , take a pen and fill a paper with dots (make sure that there are no white spots ) .I had asked a junior once to eat 6 idly in 60 seconds , then drink 3 glasses of water in 20 seconds and then to run around the football ground thrice !!! .
Our staff were pretty cool , except for a lady lecturer who could easily fit into the description of terrorist.A creative friend of mine, inspired by the movie 'poison ivy' drew a picture of a .ahmm.. a nude girl and showed it across to me in the class. Everyone knows that I appreciate art and I was going to make few comments , when the lady terrorist came and looked over at the picture.She never appreciated our creativity, she even flunked us for writing creative answer.So my friend was sent out of the class .Even though I was spared , I was never in her good books .And my friend...He always avoided her.
The third year and final year were also fun .This college has given me lotsa friends , a job and crushes (I am not talking about her .....) .And yesterday an alumni meeting was held for the passed out students of SSN college of engineering.I didn't attend the meeting.Reason- I didn't feel like.

Characters (in order of appearance )
Securit Guard (principal) - Is now the college dean .
The guy who wanted to do MS in USA - Is working in a software company
Mr.Romeo(final year senior) - He stills calls me once in a while and asks
me about the girl.
Junior who ate 6 idly - Is now a very close friend of mine
Creative chap who drew a nude pic - Is doing his PG in IIM-I
Lady terrorist - Is now married .Still terrorizing our juniors.
Me - Vetti

Slambook - 1

And yesterday an alumni meeting was held for the passed out students of SSN college of engineering ................
My first day at college could easily be the most memorable day in my college life - for the wrong reasons.On the day of admission , me and my dad went to the college which was located 25 Kms away from civilization.We saw some half constructed buildings but found no signs of any life (excluding the tall grass and the cows grazing on them ) . I went and asked a security guard(who standing in front of a small buliding ) where the college actually was ( i meant the classrooms etc ) .The security guard replied that that was the college and he was the college principal !!!
We were ,then led to a hall to complete the admission formalities.I was soon joined by another guy who had come with his parents , aunt , uncle and grandma for college admission.Come on dude , the college is a bit far off from the city limits , but then using this as a good excuse for some kinda excursion trip is a bit too far . At that point of time , I didnt realise that this guy could become a good friend of mine.He started talking about writing GRE and doing his Ms in the USA.I just gave him a funny look and turned away .Here I was ,sitting and wondering , if i would complete four years of engineering at this place and this guy..ahhhhhh. I just sat there cursing my fate and the unfortunate events that led me to join that college.
The first year in college was easily the most memorable year in college life ..and this time for the right reasons.We were the "outstanding students" , in the sense , we were sent out of the class for not doing our assignments or for talking in class etc .And the times we were in class, we acted like real engineers - we launched several paper rockets which crash landed on some lecturers and then again , we became "outstanding" students.
Our seniors , especially the second and third years were totally harmless and very sweet . But the final year students ...no comments .The final year students could ask the guys from our class for money and use that money to bug gifts for the girls of our class.We used this to our advantage.Whenever we were hungry and were lazy to walk to the canteen , we followed this steps :
#)walk out of the class with a beautiful classmate(??) and make sure a final year student(Romeo) sees you.
#)Romeo will surely call you over.The girl now tells Romeo that she is hungry and wants some chocs/snacks.Romeo will ask you for money now.
#)give money to Romeo (mostly quarters and 50 paise coins ). Romeo chips in some more money and sends his friend to buy the chocs.
#Romeo sends you back to class and tries to impress the girl .
#)The friend of Romeo comes back and hands the chocs to the girl
#)The girl gives some excuse like shes got some class to attend and comes back to class.
#) you give the girl her share of chocs/snacks and eat the rest.
The second year..................will continue in the next post.

As for my long time addictions , Vikkki was pretty close to right answer .

Poetic........

Recently , I have been addicted to reading blogs.And this , being my first attempt at writing blogs , I have decided to write on my long time addiction.Read on ........
The other night , at around 10:30 , me and my friend went out to eat ice cream.I had ordered a choco dip and my friend had ordered a vanilla .We were walking back to my house with a group of girls ( I guess they were software engineers returning back late from work.They stay near to my house) , when it started raining all of a sudden .The girls started running to find a shelter .Me and my friend , stood in middle of the road watching them .It was the most beautiful sight we had ever seen.And Very poetic too........

PS:I said I will be writing on my long time addiction.Now its upto you to guess what my long time addiction is:
a) ice cream
b)getting drenched in rain(mes true chennaite)
c)girls :-)