Spring Time – A poem by Ana Bright

It has indeed been a really long time since I wrote! So long that I almost forgot my password to log in to by blog!! No time to think up stuff to write I guess.(or it could be poor time management, although I prefer to think that I am super busy!!:-) ) Anyways, here I am. Back again but with one more proxy post from Ana Bright- a poem dedicated to welcoming the elusive spring.

Here goes…

The windows aren’t gloomy,

not anymore.

The flowers are blooming,

just outside the door.

Everyone is outside

laughing with glee,

all children on the playground,

including me!

I hope this lovely weather

will come and stay!

oh winter, please, winter,

just go away!

We need a little happiness

to cover up this mess,

because the rough storms of winter

have caused much distress!

Interview with GOD- Enjoyable!!

Someone sent me this in an e-mail and I thought it made so much sense and really wanted to put it on my blog.

http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/popup-frame.html

A’s Tag – Contd.

A few of my favorite A R Rahman – Pathos list:

1. Marudhaani – Chakarakatti
2. Oru deivam thandha poove – Kannathil muthamittaal
3. Yengay enadu kavidhai – Kandukonden Kandukonden
4. Evano Oruvan – Alaipaayuthe
5. nenje nenje – Ratchagan
6. poraale ponnuthayi – Karuthamma
7. Kankalil Enna eeramo – Uzhavan
8. rasathi – Thiruda Thiruda
9. vennilavin theril – Duet
10. En Kaadhale En Kaadhale -Duet
11. Ae Ajnabi – Dil Se

Patriotic(ish) songs: I would rather call them songs with a message

1. Vellai Pookal – Kannathil muthamittaal
2. Thamizha Thamizha – Roja
3. Ini Acham acham illai – Indra
4. Kaathu Kaathu – Uzhavan
5. Putham puthu bhoomi – Thiruda Thiruda
6. Kannai Katti kollathe – Iruvar
7. Yunhi Chala Chal Rahi – Swades
8. Jai Ho – Sdm (of Course!!- Although some may be of the opinion that is is not such a great song!)
9. Mitwa - Lagaan
10. Rubaru Roshni – Rang De Basanti

Masti:

1. Fanaa – Ayutha Ezhuthu
2. Nee Kattum Selai – Pudhiya Mannargal
3. Aathangara Marame – Kizhaku Cheemaiyile
4. Gala galavena – Rhythm
5. Chinnama Chilakamma – Chakarakatti
6. Pappu can’t dance Sala – Jaane Tu ya Jaane naa
7. Ek lo Ek Muft – Guru
8. Masakalli – Delhi 6
9. Hey Kaala Bandar – Delhi 6
10. Ae Bachu – Ghajini
11. Manmohini – Yuv Raaj
12. Mastam Mastam – Yuv Raaj

This is probably going to be a never ending list if I don’t stop now!

A’s Tag – My list of Rahman Faves

A R Rahman has done us proud not just by recieving an Oscar but by speaking in Tamil on World Stage!! A thought occured to me just the other day that almost all of his songs are an instant hit!! There are a few from these that are my favourites. I am just listing the romantic numbers here. The rest may follow in my next post.

1. Kaiyil Midhakum Kanava – Ratchagan
2. Nesipaya -  Ayutha Ezhuthu
3. Azhage Sugama – Paarthale paravasam
4. swasame – Tenali
5. Yen mel vizhundha Mazhai thuliye – May Madham
6. Then merku paruva Katru – karuthamma
7. Ennavale – Kadhalan
8. Pudhu vellai mazhai – Roja
9. Rehna Tu – Dilli6
10. Kaise mujhe – Ghajini
11. Guzarish – Ghajini
12. Tu Musukura – Yuv Raaj
13. Kehne ko Jashn-e-bahaara  – Jodha Akbar
14. Tere bina – Guru

I tag Dandilsa on this one. Curious to know your list

Desperate Housewives!!

Am I one?!! The answer to this question is what i dread the most! First off ,I hate the term house wife!(Sounds a lot like trophy wife!!). Ya, nobody uses that term any more, the sugar coated,”home maker” has replaced it. Does that make the desperation go away?!! In my opinion,(and I can say this safely as it is aso directed at me!), “home makers” have a lot of time to be desperate! Having been on both ends of the scale I have discovered that I was more productive and proactive when I was juggling work and home and family. I always seemed to fin time to clean, cook, chauffer the kids around. True, I would feel extremely tired at the end of the day but when I hit the bed I get the well earned sleep.

Now that I have been on a break for a while, believe it or not, i feel tired a the time. The max amount of work around the house is not for more than an hour and I seem to be busy all the time!!(doing what, even I don’t know!!). I tend to go into a cocoon that prevents me from looking to see what is outside it. Am I bordering on depression or is it the rude wake up call in my mind?!!

What I say here is probably true of most “house wives”. People say that it is a lot of work, being a home maker. That is probably true of a handful of them but I can boldly say that the majority of us just waste our time for the most part of the day. I don’t mean to say that the only other alternative os to go to work, find a job and all that. There are so many nice ways of spending the day in an enlightening and enjoyable manner. We could persue some long lost interest. ( I am probably thinking aloud here!) So ultimately I have come to the conclusion that I could do so many things while I was working because I had no choice and necessity became the mother of invention. So I think that I should pretend that if I didn’t do a certain thing at a certain time, there is no other time to complete the task and then see what I can do with all the free time I get…….. Maybe I can catch the show!!

Yet Another Proxy Post

My Journal is an invaluable friend,

It is more than just the end

of keeping my thoughts inside my head

and so, on these pages i let them spread.

And in the pages of this book,

My ideas are there if you dare to look.

So look and see, if you care

but….. BEWARE………!

- Anna Bright

REUNION!!!!!!

The much anticipated Reunion, finally took place! It involved a lot of planning and co-ordination over the past 4 months! I think that it was smooth sailing after the initial hiccups. It was wonderful to meet everyone. Wednesday was like a preview to the actual where most of my cousins got together at one cousin’s place and drove to the Smoky Mountain. The drive was very scenic and the music accented the mood! We carried a huge amount of grocery as the plan was to cook and eat at the log cabin that we had booked for the 4 days that we were there. Though the cooking and cleaning was a lot of work, it was fun as all of us shared the chores. The stories we had heard about bears knocking on the door in the middle of the night were scary but they sound silly now, sitting here and thinking about them. All of us hardly ever slept. We stayed up almost every night until 3 – 4 AM laughing about the silly things we did in our childhood and ended up losing our voices. All the crazy things that we did, that we would never normally do like doing weird dance steps and breaking into a song in the middle of the road just reassured us that in our hearts we are still the little kids that met up over the summer vacations! Our ever enthusiastic aunt provided us with delicious hot vadais that complimented the cold weather and the snug cabin. We missed the others who couldn’t be with us. One day, I hope it is possible for the whole family to meet at one place but for now I feel so happy and lucky to have met many of the family members. Thanks for making the effort, everyone!

Duryodhana -Neenga Nallavara Kettavara?!

I am a huge fan of the Mahabharata- what an amazing epic! There is nothing one cannot find the answer to in this beautiful creation. Depicting even Gods as people with emotions, it brings out the various qualities of human nature. There is not just black or white among the characters but a lot of gray.

One of the characters that intrigue me is Duryodhana. Duryodhana is supposed to have stolen the kingdom from Pandavas. That is true but according to the rules of those days, I would think he was the rightful heir as his father was the eldest son of the king. True, Dhritarashtra was blind and he gave up the right to his younger brother Pandu. sometimes I think that it is not Duryodhana’s fault if his father was unfit to rule the kingdom. He was surrounded by people who had their own agenda. Like Shakuni, his uncle whose main goal was to take revenge of Bheeshma who forced his sister Gandhari’s hand in marriage to the blind Dhritarashtra and Dhritarashtra, his father who secretly cursed himself for being born blind and therefore not being in a position to inherit the throne. It is a classic case of the father trying to live his dreams through the son. We tend to forget the good points in him. He was a capable and just ruler. His subjects were happy under his rule. He was a great friend. When everyone including the Pandavas,Bheeshma, Drona and all the other respected people of the kingdom made fun of Karna’s low birth (actually they didn’t know that Kunti was his mother!) and did not let him compete in the archery contest, Duryodhana was the one that came forward to give Karna the status to allow him in participating. It didn’t matter to him what Karna’s caste was! There may be an arguement that he insulted Draupadi. When he visited the Pandavas in their castle built by Maya, the mystical architect, he fell into the water that had the illusion of hard floor and Draupadi laughed at him spitefully in front of of everyone present and he wanted to pay her back for her insult. This makes me think that if she had not laughed at him he would have left her alone.

Another virtue to his credit his trust in his friends and relatives. There is a story in which Karna plays a board game with Duryodhana’s wife in his private chambers and accidentally tugs at her pearl necklace that breaks and the pearls fall down and duryodhana enters at the exact same moment when this happens. While one would think that he would be angry at Karna and his own wife, he merely picks up the pearls and asks her if he could mend it for her. It is amazing the trust he had on both of them in a society which was narrow minded!

Duryodhana may have fought for the wrong cause but he sure had a great personality! It has hard to decide whether he was a good or a bad person!

Tagged Again

I read D’s list of favorite duets. I was a little sad that I didn’t know many of the songs, particularly the new ones but a lot of the ones I recognize I like. Anyway, as I have been tagged, I will try to make a listof 15 on the spot .(quite a difficult task)! These are not necessarily in the order of preference but random.

1. Uyirile – Vettayaadu Vilayadu
2. Endhan nenjil neengatha – Kaliangnan
3. Suttum Vizhi Chudare – Ghajini
4. Munbe Vaa – Jillunu Oru Kadhal
5. Kadhal Oviyum – Alaligal oyvathilai
6. Ninaivo oru paravai – sigappu rojakkal
7. Senyore – Kannathil mutham ittal (is that considered a duet?!)
8. Thee kuruviyil – Kanngalaal Kaidi sei
9. Poomalaye – pagal Nilavu
10. Oru Kadhal Devathai – Idhaya Tamarai
11. Mudhal naal indru – Unnale Unnale
12. Mudhal Mazhai -  Bheema
13. Ennai konjam Maatri – Khaaka Khaaka
14. Kanngalil enna eeramo – Uzhavan
15. Idhazil kathai ezhudhum – Unnal mudiyum Thambi

It is a mix of old and new songs. I like my playlist to be this way.

d’s questionaire

What time did you get up this morning?
4:30 – really!!

Diamonds or pearls?
Diamonds

What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Kungfu Panda – I know! I’m way behind!!

What is your favorite TV show?
dancing with the stars,deal or no deal, power lunch, anderson cooper 360,can’t think of anything in Sun TV sorry!!

What do you usually have for breakfast?
honey bunches of oats with cold milk

What is your middle name?
I dont have one..Maybe I should split my 16 letter last name into two!(D, what!! same goes for me!)

What food do you dislike?
anything with karela in it

Favorite sandwich?
Subway-veggie delite

What characteristic do you despise?
hypocracy!

favorite item of clothing?
recently obsessed with scarfs

If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?
Europe

What color is your bathroom?
creamish with burgundy rugs and towels

Favorite brand name of clothing?
Gloria Vanderbilt

Where would you retire to?
Chennai, of course!

What was your most memorable birthday?
every birthday is memorable!!(sounds corny?!!-but it’s true!)

Favorite sport to watch?
Not big into sports but Super Bowl (mainly for the Ads)

Farthest place you are sending this?
Chennai 600086

What are you wearing today?
Brick red sweater and jeans(hey D, what a coincidence!! but my jeans are black)
What is your favorite candy?
Godiva chocolates

What is your favorite flower?
Rose and jasmine may be

What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to?

Earliest one is 27th Nov..(hey D! isn’t it strange we have a lot in common?!)

What are you listening to right now?
sakkarakatti

What was the last thing you ate?
Thenga sevai lemon sevai

Do you wish on stars?
I wish to be one!

If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
turquoise blue

How is the weather right now?
brrrrrr!

Last person you spoke to on the phone?
my husband

Do you like the person who sent this to you?
Ofcourse! My little darling!

Favorite restaurant?

Ming,Khasiyat, Saravana Bhavan,Olive garden, Taco Bell

What did you do last night?
tried to alter my daughter’s halloween costume
How many keys on your key ring?

a bunch of them!!

Favorite day of the week?
Friday(another thing in common with D!)

How many cities have you lived in?

 

10

Do you make friends easily?
Ofcourse!

How many people will you be sending this to?

the ones i would have sent to are already taken! May be one more