Singing in the rain...

Started to office...'Singing in the rain'.........I like the song below just for its lyrics..Its frm the movie 'En swasa kaatre' - Wonderful lyrics about the rain...Just enjoyed singing the song in the rain this morning.. :) ! Hope the day is as wonderful as it started !

Mazhai kavidhai kondu varudhu
Yarum kadhavadaikka vendaam
Oru karuppu kodi kaati
Yaarum kudai pidikka vendaam
Idhu devadhaiyin parisu
Yaarum thirumbi kolla vendaam
Nedunjaalaiyile nanaiya oruvar sammadamum vendaam
Andha megam kodukkum paalil
En nanaiya marukirai
Nee vazha vandha vazhkaiyil oru pagudhi izhakiraai..
Kangal moodi karaiyumbodhu
Mannil sorgam eruvaai..
Nee kangal moodi karaiyumbodhu
Mannil sorgam eruvaai…!!!!!

Life's little instruction Book ! - Very cute !

Relished each and every point of this .....Very good one and worth following :)

• Have a firm handshake.
• Look people in the eye.
• Sing in the shower.
• Own a great stereo system.
• If in a fight, hit first and hit hard.
• Keep secrets.
• Never give up on anybody.
• Miracles happen everyday.
• Always accept an outstretched hand.Be brave. Even if you're not, pretend to be. No one can tell thedifference.
• Whistle.
• Avoid sarcastic remarks.
• Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90per cent of all your happiness or misery.
• Make it a habit to do nice things for people who will never find out.
• Lend only those books you never care to see again.
• Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all that they have.
• When playing games with children, let them win.
• Give people a second chance, but not a third.
• Be romantic.
• Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.
• Loosen up. Relax. Except for rare life-and-death matters, nothing is as important as it first seems.
• Don't allow the phone to interrupt important moments. It's there foryour convenience, not the caller's.
• Be a good loser.
• Be a good winner.
• Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
• When someone hugs you, let them be the first to let go.
• Be modest. A lot was accomplished before you were born.
• Keep it simple.
• Beware of the person who has nothing to lose.
• Don't burn bridges. You'll be surprised how many times you have tocross the same river.
• Live your life so that your epitaph could read, No Regrets
• Be bold and courageous. When you look back on life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the one's you did.
• Never waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them.
• Remember no one makes it alone. Have a grateful heart and be quick to acknowledge those who helped you.
• Take charge of your attitude. Don't let someone else choose it foryou.
• Visit friends and relatives when they are in hospital; you need only stay a few minutes.
• Begin each day with some of your favorite music.
• Once in a while, take the scenic route.
• Send a lot of Valentine cards. Sign them, 'Someone who thinks you'reterrific.'
• Answer the phone with enthusiasm and energy in your voice.
• Keep a note pad and pencil on your bed-side table. Million-dollar ideas sometimes strike at 3 a.m.
• Show respect for everyone who works for a living, regardless of how trivial their job.
• Send your loved ones flowers. Think of a reason later.
• Make someone's day by paying the toll for the person in the car behindyou.
• Become someone's hero.
• Marry only for love.
• Count your blessings.
• Compliment the meal when you're a guest in someone's home.
• Wave at the children on a school bus.
• Remember that 80 per cent of the success in any job is based on your ability to deal with people.
• Don't expect life to be fair.

Credit card Callers...!

One of my friend sent me an email about how he handled the 'menace' of the banks who kept calling him frequently asking him to buy credit cards !! This is how he tackled them..and no wonder he didnt receive any call after this.. Read the below mail of his..


Hi All,
This is my personal mail...not a forward..

Actually, one girl from Standard Chartered bank daily called our extension and asked us to take their credit card.

We told her many times that we don't want their credit card but she kept calling us daily.
Today, as usual I recieved her call, and I started talking with her:

she: Do you want SCB credit card sir??

Myself: what is ur opinion about HSBC credit card??

She: pardon sir..

Myself: confused, how long you are working for SCB??

She: Since one year sir, why sir??

Myself: I want to know how much I can trust your bank....

She: ok

Myself: can I know where is this HSBC bank in hyderabad?

She: Why sir?

Myself: I have to return their card, so that I can take yours....

She: No need, you can have multiple cards??

MySelf: Then who will pay multiple bills??

She: That depends on your usage...

Myself: (suddenly) What is your current age?

She: current? (shocked a bit) current age aaaa? what current age??

MySelf: Sorry, I want to ask you about your current salary

She: Why?

MySelf: just for time pass...

She: .........(kept her phone)..

I am in no hurry....so I called her back...(now don't say this is too much)

Myself: Hello is it SCB..

She: Yes sir...(yeah I recognised her voice...she is the same girl)

Myself: Can, I know way to Imax theatre from your SCB...

She: ooh you, sir I recognised your voice, please sir I am little bit busy...

MySelf: I am also busy....but some how I make out some time to talk with you..

She: But I can't..

MySelf: Ok evening I will meet you in SCB...after your office hours

She: Why sir.,

MySelf: To find out the way to Imax.

She: Don't you know really..

MySelf: no, I am new to this place

She: It is near Kairathbad. any autowala can take you there...

MySelf: But I will come in my bike.... now where shall I keep my bike, if I take auto.. ???

She: Sir, i am busy now...

MySelf: Ok Ok..atleast tell me where is your house...

She: why??

Myself: To keep my bike in your house...

She: ....(kept her phone again& NEVER called back :))

Logical Solution : Good One !

The phone rings. The lady of the house answers,

"Yes? "

"Mrs. Ward, please."

"Speaking"

"Mrs. Ward, this is Doctor Jones at the Medical Testing Laboratory. When your Doctor sent your husband's samples to the lab, the samples from another Mr. Ward were sent as well and we are now uncertain which one is your husband's. Frankly, it is either bad or terrible."

"What do you mean?" Mrs. Ward asks.

"Well, one Mr. Ward has tested positive for Alzheimers disease (related to memory) and the other for AIDS.

We can't tell which your husband's is"

"That's terrible! Can we do the test over?" questions Mrs. Ward.

"Normally, yes. But Medicare won't pay for these expensive tests more than once."

"Well, what am I supposed to do now?"

"The people at Medicare recommend that you drop your husband off in the middle of town. If he finds his way home, don't sleep with him." :)

Anbe Anbe...

This is a program aired by Sun music everyday from 6 P.M to 7 P.M and the speciality of this program is : its exclusively for lovers !!! and that makes it lil interesting...(Atleast i thought so !)

Last evening I reached home lil early and without knowing what to do i tried to watch this channel when this programme came up...

There were two anchors who were very funnily dressed..(Sponsor for costumes: Pothys Readymades)... Couldnt watch them continously for even 5 mins coz the colors they were wearing were very very jazzy..(Ramarajan thothaan)....but tried and watched coz i had nothing better to do...!!! and in those few mins i watched there were two interesting callers...and the conversation went on like this.....


anchor 1 : Hello, Yaar pesaradunga ?

Caller : Hello...

anchor 2 : hello....yaarunga.. ???

Caller : helloo....

anchor 1 : Unga t.v volume-a konjam kammi panunga pls..

Caller : Ennanga ???

anchor 2 : Unga t.v volume-a kammi pannathaan naanga pesuvom...(Me: dei kammi pannadhada...cut pannittu rendu perum odi pogatum...vetti pasanga)

Caller : Aaaaan....sollunga...

anchor 1 : mm sollunga..unga per enna ??

Caller : en peru shanmugam-nga...

anchor 2: sollunga shanmugam...neenga yaar love panreenga ?? (Me: romba avasiyam naatukku)

Shanmugam : naan oru ponna romba sincere-a love panrenga (Me: Pinna..nee payyanaiya love pannuva..venna..)

anchor 1: unga lover peru enna ??

Shanmugam : En lover peru sania mirza-nga

anchor 1 & 2 (astonished) : ennadhu...sania mirza-va ???? enna panraanga ?

Shanmugam : Tennis vilayaduvaanga.... (Me: dei..engalukku adhu theriyadha???)

anchor 1 & 2 : neenga love panreenga sari...avanga ungala love pannanumey...!!!!! ( Me : Arivu kettavangala...velaiye illayada ungalukku, vivek style-la comedy panradha nenaippa ??)

Shanmugam (Seriously) : illeenga....aana naan romba sincere-a serious-a love panrenga..(Me: romba sandhosham..apadiye tharkolai pannikko....avanga kedaikamaatanga sathiyama !!!)

anchor 1 : (Without knowing how to continue)......saringa..ungalukku pidicha paatu enna...??

Shanmugam : Naalaikkey naan avangala propose pannuvenga...illaina atleast next week pannuvennga...

anchor 1 & 2 : all the best...shanmugam..unga love vetri pera vaazhthukkal...enna paatu venum ungalukku ??

***************THE line goes dead***********************

anchor 1 : ippo pesina...mr.shanmugam and avar loverkkaaga..naama indha super hit song-a paakalam...

** Me: adada...ethana peruda kalambirukeenga indha maadiri....*******

Sari super hit song-avadhu paakalamey nu i waited ..and the song was from Chanakya..'tharuveeya..tharamaateeya...tharalana un pechu kaa.." with sarathkumar and namitha..in school uniforms...!!!! (Velangum......da.....aala vidunga...)

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As an inquisitive Indian..i waited to see if the next caller atleast would sound sensible....and here is the other one..

Caller 2 : Hello..anbe anbe-vaa ? ( Me :illa...sun thalaippu seidhigal..call pannittu ennada kelvi???)

anchor 1 : Aaamanga..sollunga ..unga per enna ? epdi irukeenga ?

Caller 2 : naan nalla irukenga...en peru sathish.....neenga epadi irukeenga maha ?! (Me: Oh..'maha' compere panra andha ponnu peraa??....edho katna pondati-ya koopdara madiri koopdara...pera short panni hmm...)

anchor 2: sollunga sathish....neenga enna panreenga ? (Me: unkooda phone-lathaan pesaraan...vetti pasanga..vera enna pannuvaanga..neenga indha maadiri programs paneenganna...?)

Sathish : Naan...+1 padikaren..... ambathur -lendhu pesaren..

anchor 2 : Oh..+1 -aa..very good ( Me: idhula enna 'very good'??? naanumthaaney padichen !#@@*!)

Sathish : mm..naan amudha-nra ponna love panren.... (Me: sandhosham..nalla love pannnu..needhaan next year state first rank !!)

anchor 1: apadeeeyyyyyyyyyya....hmm amudha enna panranga (Me: I.A.S-a padipaanga...adhey classla padipaanga...illa +2 padipaanga minji pona !)

Sathish : Avanga +2 padikaraanga... (Me: adapaavi....nejamaavey va da ?!!!!?!)

anchor 1: Oh..amudha ungala vida periyavangala..? (Me: kandhupichitaaya..kandupidichitttayaaaa) veetla theriyuma.?.. (Me: en ?nee poi solla poreeya???)

Sathish : illa...theiryamathaan love panrom... (Me : 'Ivan thandhai ennotraan kol enum sol'.. thirukural theiryama gyabagam vandhuduchu :( )

anchor 1 & 2: oh...apadeeya...sari..unga kaadhal kai kooda sun music-oda vaazhthukkal...enna paatu venum amudha-kaaga ?

Sathish : enakku...'marupadiyum' lendhu 'nalam vaazha ennalum en vazhthukal' paatu venum ..(Me: en? amudha padutha padukaiya irukaangala??? velaiya paaruda...padichi urupudu da..)

anchor 1 &2 : ok sathish..ungalukkagavum..unga kaadhali amudhakkagavum...indha super paata paarunga..

*********ADADAA....sathiyama inimel concall attend pannittey varlaam officela....ivanga thollai thaanga mudiyalada saami***********************

Working day !

Read somewhere that...
A cigarette shortens your life by 2 mins
A beer shortens your life by 4 mins..

Am not sure about all that.....
But I found that a working day shortens your life by 8 hours :(((( !!

Will the day never end ????

Fair and Handsome ! - Is it fair ?

CREATING a new segment in the country, Emami Ltd, the Rs 320-crore personal beautycare products company, has announced the launch of Fair and Handsome, a fairness cream for MEN.

Addressing a press conference here today, Mr Mohan Goenka, Director, said, "We are confident that male consumers' heightened image consciousness will fuel growth in the men's grooming market in India."

My Views:
'Heights of stupidity' ..! : The commercial which comes up on the television for this product.

You can see a guy who is dark and who is being IGNORED by girls first..but later after he uses this FAIR AND HANDSOME cream he becomes very fair and handsome and is being chased by all girls..!!!!!

GIVE ME A BREAK !!! Will these concepts never die ?? How many more years people are goin to believe these kind of senseless advertisements? ...I am sure these kind of advertisements would create an inferiority complex in any guy or girl who is lil dark in complexion esp when they are not mature enough to see things in a different perspective! (ASIN adv for FAIREVER !! Another stupid ad) ..

Its only in India where 'Dark' complexion ppl are considered to be as some 'rough' draft created by God !! Donno when this attitude will change ? Will the ad creators not think some other Innovative ways of promoting their product instead of making these kind of super stupid advertisements..!!????

Please..Enough of these... Fair & lovely, Fair & Handsome, Fairever....!!!

One kind request to all: Be fair and be lovely to ppl who are just not fair only in complexion..! 'Karupputhaan enakku pidicha color' nu paadina mattum its not enough..Try to appreciate it truly...afterall Black is also Beautiful !!

One liners again !

Ø When I was born, I was so surprised I didn't
talk for a year and a half.


Ø Join the army, see the world, meet interesting
people, and kill them.


Ø Until I was 13, I thought my name was 'Shut
Up.'


Ø I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be
there when it happens.


Ø Always and never are two words you should
always remember never to use.


Ø I've never been drunk, but often I've been
over served.


Ø The road to success is always under
construction.


Ø I say no to drugs -- they just don't listen!


Ø Marriage is one of the chief causes of
divorce.


Ø Work is fine if it doesn't take up too much of
your time.


Ø When everything's coming your way, you're in
the wrong lane.


Ø Born free; Taxed to death.


Ø Everyone has a photographic memory; some
people just don't have film.


Ø Life is unsure; always eat your dessert first.

Ø Smile -- it makes people wonder what you're up
to.


Ø I love being a writer... what I can't stand is
the paperwork.


Ø A printer consists of 3 main parts: the case,
the jammed paper tray and the blinking red light.


Ø The hardest part of skating is the ice.


Ø The guy who invented the first wheel was an
idiot; the guy who invented the other three, he was
the genius.


Ø The trouble with being punc tual is that
there's no one there to appreciate it.


Ø If our constitution allows us free speech, why
are there phone bills?

Ø If you tell a man there are 300 billion stars
in the universe, he'll believe you. But if you tell
him a park bench has just been painted, he has to
touch it to be sure.


Ø Beat the 5 O'clock rush: leave work at noon!

Ø If you can't convince them, confuse them.

Ø It's not the fall that kills you; it's the
sudden stop at the end.

Ø I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your
horn louder.

Ø Hot glass looks same as cold glass. (Cunino's
Law of Burnt Fingers)

Ø The cigarette does the smoking - you are just
the sucker.

Ø Someday is not a day of the week

Anrum Inrum...

-- Just happenned to listen to these songs in Radio mirchi (new ones) and Rainbow FM (Old ones)..this morning while driving..Couldn't resist comparing :)

Anru..
'Roja malarey raja kumari..
Aasai kiliye azhagiya raani..
Arugil varalamaaaaaa...
varuvadhu saridhaana !...'

Indru

' Thee pidikka thee pidikka..
mutham kodu di..
en narambellam norungattum
konjam kadi di...'

Anru

'Kaalangalil aval vasantham..
Kalaigaliley aval oviyam
Maadhangalil aval maargazhi..
Malargaliley aval malligai..

Inru

'Kannum kannum nokia
nee kollai kollum mafia
Cappucinno coffeeya
sofia...
Thermocol sirpam nee
un mel otti kondulla..
Chinna vellai pandhaai naan aaneno..

-- Hmm...enna oru improvement naatla ;)

Ezhmai...

In addition to this which I had written sometime back....happenned to write another one on the same topic ...

'Ezhmai'

'Anaadhai Pinathin Netriyil..
Oru roobai nanayam...........
Inru en pasi theerndhadhu...!!!

Bu'shhhhhhhhh'

Dear Mr.Bush,
R you so bu$y that you forgot to help the Katrina Victims...?

Break Up Letter !

A soldier stationed in Afghanistan recently received a letter from his girlfriend back home. It read as follows:

Dear Ricky,

I can no longer continue our relationship. The distance between us is just too great. I'm sorry. Please return the picture of me that I sent to you.

Love, Becky

The soldier, with hurt feelings, asked his fellow soldiers for any snapshots they could spare of their girlfriends, sisters or ex-girlfriends.

In addition to the picture of Becky, Ricky included all the other pictures of the pretty gals he had collected from his friends. There were 57 photos in that envelope along with this note:

Dear Becky,
I'm so sorry, but I can't quite remember who the hell you are. Please take your picture from the list, and send the rest back to me.

Take Care, Ricky

**Moral Of Story:
If u cant change ur fate, change ur attitude .

** Adangaadha auto driver ****

Me : Sir, auto varuma ?

Auto driver : enga poganum ?

Me : T.Nagar

Auto driver : erunga, 50 rooba kodunga

Me : forty vachikonga

Auto driver : sari, erunga

***** The auto drive was peaceful until a certain point ****

Auto waits in a signal and next to the auto there is a bike with a young couple on it(probably they must be lovers) ....We couldnt avoid looking at them since they were quite close to the auto..

Auto driver : Indha maadiri public place-la love panravangala paarthaley enakku pidikaadhu..

Me : ennanga ??? (Just incase if i had heard something else..)

Auto driver : (Repeats)....

Me : hmm... (wondering why he is telling that to me)

Auto driver : Love panlaam....veetla pannunga, adhu enna roadla ? public placela

Me : hmm...(again..wondering whether he is a paranoid !!!)

Auto driver : naan kooda oru ponna love pannen madam...

Me : Oh...

Auto driver : Aaana andha ponnukku enna suthama pidikala..enna paarthaley bayandhu odidum.. (ofcourse he looked lil scary)

Me : Oh ho.....

Me : (cudnt resist asking) kalyanam aayidicha ?

Auto driver : mm...3 varusham munnadi aachu...adhey ponnu kooda..

Me : oh, very good..

Auto driver : andha ponnu enna pidikala pidikala nu sollitu irundhudhu...naan vidala...oru naal auto-la thooki pottukittu koil-kku kootitu poi thaali kattiten

**This statement sent a chill down my spine **** wiped the little drops of sweat on my face and waited for my home to come..

Auto driver (continued) : namakku edavadhu pidicha podhum....adha vidradhu illeenga....enna aanalum sari....enakku edha pidikudhu adha adanjey theeruven...!!!! (could see the difference in his tone !)

Me : (Remembered a recent movie in which villain says a similar dialogue)....'Oh'

(counting minutes to reach home, also to be on the safer side put my sleeky mobile inside my bag...thinking if by chance he likes my mobile???!!!..)

Auto driver : aparam andha ponnu 'aaa ooooooo' apadeenu kathittu irundhudhu...aana aparam adangi ippo ozhunga kudumbam nadathudhu..

Me : oh ho...saringa...ingeye niruthidunga............naan erangaren....

Auto driver : oh..edam vandhuducha.....( Thank God ! he stops)

Gave him 50 bucks...didnt wait for the change...rushed towards home by walk....(naatla makkal-laam oru maargama thaan alanjittu irukaanga!!! shh....what a conversation!)

Dying to...

Got this poster ystrday in email....! Realised how true it was.....!

How many of us enjoy life every moment...?

How many of us feel satisfied with what we have ?

How many of us crib for things which doesnt happen as per our wish.....!!

The questions never end...But the answers are unknown !

Age activated Attention Deficit Disorder...! Sounds complicated huh ?

Recently when i read an email about this AAADD(See subject)...i laughed out loud...

But oflate i found that i was also a victim of this disorder...which happens while aging !!!

Here is what happenned yesterday....

After a lot of thinking & brooding, last evening I decided to go and get my vehicle insurance done for this year...As i searched for my two wheeler keys in my cupboard, found that I had left my mobile bills there and suddenly remembered that its due date is fast approaching.

Mentally made a note to stop by an airtel showroom, settle the bills and then proceed towards doing the insurance thingy...

While dumping the huge cover inside my bag a scribble on top of the cover caught my attention..

Oh my God...i had to call up my friend to wish her on her bday tw days back..and i had noted down her new mobile number on that cover few days back.

Immediately dropped my bag and dialled that number...called her and 'vazhinjified' a little and gave my belated wishes !!

While i hung up, thought I would better get goin on my errands, otherwise it wud be too late for me to come back home....all these last minute tensions made me feel thirsty and thought a bottle of cold water wud do some good before leaving..

Shh....opened the refrigerator door to fetch a bottle of cold water and ended up finding none... these ppl should be taught to refill water as and when they empty the bottle i thought to myself...[though something inside me told that i myself do it most of the times]

Went to refill the bottles, and finally ended up having some cold limca..though I dont prefer it most of the times...

Vowed to myself that nothing would stop me further ..... reached for my keys, successfully came out of the house, locked the doors...gave a winning smile to my neighbour who came out that time..wished her....hummed my favourite song while walking towards the parking space..

'Holy crap'...I murmured to myself...I should have gone to the mechanic shop in the morning itself....remembered that my brake wires got cut that morning ...

'Damn everything' i thought and got back home again...

Oops..what a day...when I realised I havent done anything as per my schedule I was really baffled and tired..

Understood that it was a serious problem and thought i shud help myself to come out of it..before further probing into that went to check if I had turned off the a/c in my bedroom.............!!!!!!!!!!!!

Drive in my Fluence !

Tonite I will have a wonderful drive around chennai in my Fluence, Renault's latest (though,not very latest) concept car...What a wonderful 4 seater sports coupe it is...Such a flowing bodywork and welcoming interior embrace the simplicity and sensuality of the car's form..

Cannot wait to go for a long 8 hours drive in it tonite...hmmmm..............
Did anyone say its not possible to dream in the afternoon ?!?! Why shud I wait till tonite ??!?!

Kaadhali

Read this 2 liner tamizh kavidhai recently...just thot of posting it here :)

"Kalyana pathirikaiyil veru oruthiyin peyar
Kaadhaliyin peyar password aanadhu"