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‘இன்னுமா கேட்கல?’ என்று சிலர் பல முறை துக்கம் விசாரிப்பது போல கேட்டவுடன், நானும் குசேலன் படப் பாடல்களை கேட்டு வைத்தேன். என்னைப் பொறுத்த வரை பாடல்கள் வெகு சுமார் ரகம். ரஜினி படப்பாடல் என்றால், கேட்டவுடன் ஒரு துள்ளல் வர வேண்டாமோ? ம்ம்ஹும்… வேறு ஏதோ தான் வருகிறது. 80-களில் கேட்ட பாடல்களை, ரீமிக்ஸ் செய்து கேட்ட மாதிரி இருக்கிறது.

சில பாடல்கள் முதல் முறை கேட்கும் பொழுது ஏற்படுத்தாத தாக்கத்தை மீண்டும் சில முறை கேட்டதும் ஏற்படுத்தி விடும். குசேலனும் இந்த வகை என முதலில் நினைத்தேன். கடந்த 4 நாட்களாக காரில் பயணம் செய்யும் போதெல்லாம் குசேலனைத் தான் கேட்டு வருகிறேன். தாக்கமும் இல்லை, ஒரு மண்ணும் இல்லை. ஜி.வி. பிரகாஷ் நன்றாக ஏமாற்றி விட்டார். படம் ஏமாற்றாமல் இருக்கிறதா பார்ப்போம். என்ன தான் இருந்தாலும், தலைவர் படமாச்சே!

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நானே எப்போதாவது ஒரு முறை ஒரு பதிவை இங்கு தட்டி விட்டு போகிறேன். அது கூட யாருக்கோ பிடிக்கவில்லை போலிருக்கிறது. காரணமே இல்லாமல், என்னுடைய கடைசிப் பதிவு draft mode-க்கு சென்று விடுகிறது. தொலைபேசி, மின்னஞ்சல், குறுஞ்செய்தி மூலம் அவ்வப்போது இதை எனக்கு தெரியப்படுத்துவோருக்கு என் நன்றிகள். இம்மாதிரி செய்திகள் வரும் பொழுது தான் இவ்வளவு பேர் என் பதிவுகளைக் கூட படிக்கிறார்கள் எனத் தெரியவருகிறது.

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இது போர்க்களமா?

கல்யாணம் பண்ணிப் பார், வீட்டைக் கட்டிப் பார் என்ற வரிசையில் “வீட்டை மாற்றிப் பார்” என்பதையும் சேர்த்துக் கொள்ள வேண்டும் போல இருக்கிறது. புது வீட்டுக்கு குடிபெயர்ந்து 10 நாள் ஆகி விட்டது. ஏகப்பட்ட கூத்துகள். எங்களுக்கு முன்னர் குடியிருந்தவர்கள் தொலைபேசி இணைப்பை சரியாக துண்டித்துக் கொள்ளாமல் போனதால், எங்களுக்கு இணைப்பு தருவதில் ஏகப்பட்ட பிரச்சினைகள். இதனால், அகலப்பட்டை இணைப்பு வருவதிலும் தாமதம். Sofa (இதற்கு தமிழில் என்ன?) முதல் அலமாரிகள் வரை எதுவும் இல்லாத காரணத்தால், பொருட்களை பெட்டிகளோடு தரையிலேயே வைத்திருக்கிறோம். அவசரமாக எதாவது தேட வேண்டுமானால், எல்லாவற்றையும் பிரித்து ஒரே களேபரம். சுருக்கமாக சொன்னால், வீடு போர்க்களம் போல காட்சியளிக்கிறது.

வீடு மாறிய அன்று தங்கமணி செய்த ஒரு (ஒரே?) உருப்படியான காரியம் - சமையலறையை ஒழுங்குபடுத்தியது. அவ்விடம் ஒழுங்காக இருப்பதால், வேளா வேளைக்கு புவா வந்து விடுகிறது. அடுத்தபடியாக, அவரவர் துணிமணிகளை தனித்தனி பெட்டிகளில் அடைத்து வைத்ததும் தங்கமணியின் சாதனை. இதனால், தினசரி தேடும் வைபவத்தில் சில நொடித்துளிகள் மிச்சமாகின்றன. இனி, ஒவ்வொரு furniture -ஆக செட் செய்து வீட்டை ஒரு வாழக்கூடிய இடமாக (livable place) மாற்ற வேண்டிய முக்கிய கடமை என்னுடையது. இதற்க்கு சில மாதங்கள் ஆகலாம். இனியொரு முறை வாடகை வீட்டுக்கு குடிபோவதில்லை என எண்ணம். போதுமடா சாமீ என்றாக்கி விட்டது இந்த வீடு மாற்றம்.

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Fall of The King

Oh my god.. what a match this year’s Wimbledon finals between Fedex and Nadal turned out to be. I have been following Wimbledon and French Open for several years now, but never before had I seen anything of this kind. While I really like Rafa, I wanted Roger to win coz it is very rare to see a champ attempting six crowns in a row. We were glued to the telly for hours even during the rain breaks hoping to see the clouds clear away for the match. I was really envying those who were in the Centre Court, for I am sure each of them will remember this great match for the rest of their life time. My wifey dear, who was rooting for the Spaniard remained seated at home with her eyes closed, lips murmuring prayers most of the time during the fifth set. I didn’t do any such stuff, as I had faith in Roger’s abilities, although in the end it was proved that an application to God from the fans is indeed necessary.

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Moved Home

After three years, we have done it again. We have moved to a different address in the same locality - to a slightly bigger, comfortable apartment. Our home of past three years is the one where we have lived for the longest duration ever since I set foot in UK.

Last time when we moved in July 2005, I was updating my blog more frequently and hence was being read by more people than now. Apart from that difference, everything else is quite the same with moving continuing to be a royal in pain in you-know-where.

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Tagged

Uma tagged me few weeks ago and it took me quite a while to finish this tag. This is one of my longest posts.

6 Whatevers About Me:

1. I have quite a few friends from my school and college days, with whom I don’t talk that very often (may be once in few months/years). But, whenever we talk, we resume the conversation as if it got interrupted for a few minutes.

2. I am interested in keeping a close tab of political affairs in India.

3. I am motivated by the entrepreneurs, especially the younger ones who made it big with simpler ideas (ideas that I could understand, to put it in perspective). I wish I have their guts.

4. I love books and have truckloads of them, many of them in the ‘To Read’ category. I have promised my wifey dear not to add any more to the pile before finishing off at least a few of them and I intend to keep up the promise. I finished off 4 books in the last 3 weeks and thumbing through the fifth one. I am not a big fan of the ‘donate your books to the library when you are done’ idea. I am a bit possessive about them.

5. On many days, I wake up at 4 a.m and waste lot of time.

6. I tend to put my fingers into many a things at the same time and struggle a bit before coming clean of them. I do that everytime and that is the way I am.

5 Things I miss in my life right now:

1. Srirangam

2. Mandavelipakkam - Although my first love is Srirangam, Mandavelipakkam is one of the best places to be in Chennai. Very quiet and nice, yet you are not far off from the busy, busy Mylapore or even T Nagar. Difficult to explain, but take it from me - its a great place.

3. Good, old Ramco days when work life was so much fun

4. Bachelor days when we thought there is no tomorrow

5. Veg Puffs from Cake Castle (Sardar Patel Road, Adyar, Chennai). Not sure if the shop is still there, but haven’t seen any one makking a veg puffs that could be half as good as that one.

Though these are the few things that I miss right now, I am pretty much happy with my present day life. Perhaps, one day I will miss these days as well.

10 Things I wanna achieve within a decade:

1. Visit as many countries possible - especially African ones.

2. Build/buy an ‘independent’ house with a garden and possibly put up an ‘oonjal’.

3. Sponsor at least 3 children for their education.

4. Plant at least one tree a year.

5. Start a successful company, learning lessons from my previous attempt.

6. Learn cooking a different cuisine

7. Learn one more language.

8. Learn to play golf.

9. Be a good friend to Anirud.

10. Buy a state of art (ok.. I mean - a decent) digital camera and click away to glory.

The Book Tag:

**Pick up the nearest book.Open to page 123.Find the fifth sentence.Post the next three sentences.

“Welch investeda tremendous amount of time talking to and learning about his direct reports. He would extend discussions for hours just to be sure he was getting to know his people in depth. As searching out the truth about a person became a habit, Welch’s judgment improved, and then the insights became instinctive and superb.”

- From ‘Know-How’ by Ram Charan.

Feel free to pick up the tag and get going!

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Calling 999

I have been fortunate enough not to have got the necessity to call 999 (Emergency number in UK) before. Recently, I was at the Heathrow Airport Terminal 3 to receive my sister. As we were walking towards the short stay car park, I noticed an unattended trolley that had a reasonably big carry bag. On a first glance, I thought that some passenger has missed the bag in the trolley by mistake and went away in a hurry. Couple of minutes later, I returned to that trolley and I felt someone responsible must be informed. For all you know, there were so many cautions about suspicious packages in public places. The plastic bag was yellow in colour and letters in Arabic written on it. I was almost sure that it didn’t contain anything bad, but was unable to see the contents without touching the bag. I looked around for any cop or security staff, but there weren’t any. As a responsible citizen (or resident), I called the emergency number - 999.

“Police? Fire? or Ambulance?” asked a voice.

A second after I said ‘Police’, “Police. How may I help you?” said another.

I told the operator clearly about the issue and the exact location. She kept asking me questions like ‘Did you get near the bag?’, ‘Did you see what is there on the bag?’, ‘How big is that?’ etc and I was like ‘Why dont they send some cops out to check it rather than asking me all those questions, which takes more time’. I would have been happier to be on phone all day answering them, but my idea was that these questions were slowing down their response time. More over, it was not like they were trying to hold me on the phone, while someone (as they do in movies) tries to check my number/location. But I was wrong. As soon as I had given them my location, a patrol car was on the way. The operator adviced me to drive away from the scene if I wanted to, especially since she could hear the voice of my child in the car. I did and as soon as I was at the end of my bay, I could see couple of police cars with their sirens blaring all over racing towards the location that I just mentioned on the phone.

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