Career story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nee enna aaga pora? This would have been the question encountered by all kids whenever there are relatives/friends visit not to mention about the over-enthusiastic parents!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My answer was always not the same one and it underwent change periodically.
First like anyother kid it was doctor, then a little later after prolonged goddess worship of my class teacher of 4th std "chithra miss" it was teacher for a long time.....
Since i grew up with my grandparents, the impact of my grandpa who was into construction made me to think on the lines of civil engineering.
But soon i changed my mind after reading chemistry and physics......respectively of 7th and 9th std... I can never remember those atomic weights , numbers and the equations and the reactions etc....Physics - On the other way was more weird for me.... Though i was more interested with the biology and was at ease drawing and remembering the biological names the phobia for snakes restricted me to proceed in that direction. (Still i have the phobia - in particular i cant stand the very sight of this cobra in its dancing form, be it both in print as well in visual medium. So my aathukarar would scan the newspapers before i read them and tear the pages and if it comes in the movies he changes the channel ). It was at this stage i decided to go against the so-called craze among the students--engineering..
So i was left with no other option other than to join the commerce stream.....There was also this friend of mine who put the thought hard into my head that a chartered accountant earns big bucks............
Aso, learning new subjects gave me enough enthusiasm.......
So here iam a chartered accountant working part-time.
Long time ago i decided against asking my kid the same question. But once when a friend of mine asked him the question - his answer was - naan oru fire-man aagaporen.

P.S - the previous week i had taught him about the community helpers.....

Karthigai Deepam

Today was like any other ordinary day.. Nothing to do much. My aathukaarar is not in town, so didn't feel like doing anything. Athukkaga avar irunthaa mattum ethuvum pannamaatten...( He is relieved from the so-called bakshanam pack from Sri krishna sweets).

All those packs are marketing gimmicks with age-old seedai and murukku and so called neivedhyam items packed long before. All new-x - gen ladies like me (simply called somberis) buy those things and pretend to celebrate the festivals. From deepavali onwards i realised that nothing can beat the home-prepared payasam and vadai and kesari and all stuffs . The preparation , well begins the previous day with downloaded and cook-book recipes. Choosing the best and convenient among them. So far everything turned out good except for the kesari which i tried for nonbu... Never mind can always improve as long as my aathukarar is there for experimentation. Paavam manushan , never he complains....Vera vazhi illa athu vera vishayam..


Now Grand sweets also jumped into the wagon - pre-packed bakshanam specials.. Havent tried yet.....

Todays karthigai was celebrated cave man way with bananaas and apples...........

Arogara!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today i was standing in the kitchen and my son came in search of me.



Following is the conversation....



Amma enakku onnu prepare senju kodukkariyaaa?



Ennada kanna venum unakku?



Enakku " Arogara" venum.



Ennathu!!!!!!!!! Arogaravaaa ?!!! Appadinna ennadaa



Athaan TV la varume Arogaraaa...



Appadinna ennada kanna



Athaan maaa MTR Arogaraaaa.... oru thirudan kooda varuvaneee



Oh athu MTR puliogare daaaa tamila puliyodarannu solluvom. nee kooda triplicane la irukkarache parthasarathy kovilla saaptome...



He started laughing oh athu puliodarava hahahaha........

Procrastination

Its Procrastination which is my biggest trait. Iam supposed to complete a job given by my boss last week, of which only 75% is pending. Whenever i open this document to work on it i just hop on to the blogs i know and keep on reading. In other words, i do blog hopping......

Maybe if it was a strict boss i would have completed in time or if i do on-site job i would have been done with it.

The main reason is my aathukarar who happens to be my boss - its his mistake of not being strict with me. He believes whatever reason i tell him. Hmmm iam not in any way responsible.

Today in the morning rombavum kenji ketrukkar so konjam manasu vechu innaikku kandippa antha work mudikkanum

P.S - nejammave athu office related job thaan - house hold work na intha guilty feeling laam kandippa etti kooda paakkathu.

Open Day!!!!!

Today went to my sons school for open day. Actually intha open day ennanna oru oppethara samacharam. All teachers would say only nice things about your child. Pinna 50-60 k selavalichi school a sethaa unga paiyan nalla padikkala nnu solliduvaangala.
Unga paiyana avaru nallavaru, vallavaru rombavum nyayamanavarunnu sollittanga. Seri acutally what i was about to say was the questions asked by the fellow parents to the teachers about their child

" Is he attentive in the class
Is he listening properly, and whether he is able to answer all your questions
He doesnt read anything at home.
How can i train him at home additionally."

Ithellam etho 10th std teachers kitta kettathu kidaiyathu. These were the questions asked to the teachers of L.K.G.

Innoru comedy ennana they gave a circular saying that "Please visit the projects done by your brilliant wards at school"

Actually antha projects ellam parents google search panni apparam etho IAS CAT prepare panra range'kku group discussion ellam panni raathri kan muzhichu (ennoda examekke naan ivvalavu pannathu kidaiyathu) prepare senju koduthathuthaan.

And the highlight was they made few children dress up as the community helpers and made them to sit with their schools. Antha pasangala paakka rombavum paavama irunthathu. Athula oru kozhantha amma venumnu azha arambikka avanga mam odi poi avanga ammava theda ore comedy thaaan.

Anna Flyover........

Anna Flyover had been synonomus to chennai for a long time.

You cannot imagine a film showing chennai without zooming the immortal Anna Flyover...
Be it, a traffic jam or a chasing scene where an innocent is being chased by a ferocious villian or our own police officer (sarath kumar, vijayakanth) chasing the deadly villian after he has killed our one of the top brass, Anna flyover can never be dispensed with.

And this famous landmark also holds some of my most cherished memories as well nightmares.

Be it the first time as far as i could remember on that bridge or the most recent with my kid who always loves the flyovers and this one being his prime one , i always enjoy the scenic view it offers.I can very well hear people saying "What the hell does it offers other than the traffic snarl both at the nungambakkam high road and church park junction?" But still each time iam delighted when i climb up the flyover.

My first trip over the flyover etched in my memory was to the Marina with some relative. I used to look from the windows of our own pallavan , the rani seethai hall with all the signboards of manmark kudai and the statue at the MG road with wide eyes.
Since, i follow the roads and the routes clearly i was declared the official guide to all our relatives who would like to have a visit to the Marina.
As a child, i always had this confusion of return from Marina to T.Nagar via this Anna flyover. We would go thro GN Chetty road but the return has to be taken thro the "O" to re-enter while coming back. This is where i always end up confused and in turn would confuse the drivers.
Namakkuthaan chennaiyin official guidennu nenappache, so vazhi theriyathunnu othukka manasu varathu.... So i would keep quiet and would silently pray while he goes thro the Anna Salai. Oru nambikka thaan enga ponalum intha road kadaiseela saidapet vanthudumnu theriyum. So when i finally came across the teynampet junction i was much relieved.
Then only did i understand that both GN chetty road and Anna Salai run like ">" - this symbol.

Next, the important point in all the students life - board exams - 10th as well 12th. Since my centre was DAV girls school on both the occasions i had to go only thro our beloved fly over every time. Though i would be tensed and busy reading on the way (appothane rombavum sincerea padippom - to put a scene) , i would actually enjoy the view over the flyover those few minutes of crossing them. Ennada few minutes solrale nnu paarkapadathu. Iam talking of 96 - 99 . So antha period at 8.15am in the morning you can just like that cross the flyover.

Then comes the turning point. Always i used to wonder while travelling on the flyover from t.ngr towards Mount Road - intha leftla oru road porathe ithu enna road ah irukkum - i mean the road below the flyover i.e MG road. I have never been to the road till that time.
But, little did i realise that my entire career would be based on that buildings located on the road. Buildings nnu en mean pannenna cos both Income tax and the Institute of CA suthisuthithaan ennoda pozhappe. So rite after my 12th foundation nnu onnu join panrathukkuthaan i stepped into the MG Road. Hmmm oru nimisham antha statue lernthu avar enna thirumbi paathamaathiri irukku..bramayo.

Today, my kid always compels my athukkarar to go on that flyover.. So even if we are to visit Citicentre we are compelled to take the flyover and take the right where UII stands and then go to Radhakrishnan salai via Gopalapuram boys high school.

Appada no TV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(

Though we are used to two hours of powercut daily a privilege which Tamilnadu alone offers, a full 24 hrs of power-cut is much more different. It was a relatively new experience.
My boy was little shaken bcos he literally starts and ends his day with modern curse chutti TV. Thanks to me, who introduced him to dora which people said was very informative.... Slowly his viewership spread to jackie chan, He-man , godzilla and all the other dubbed versions borrowed from other channels.....In this aspect i feel pogo is much better with the variety it offers (no offence intended between tamil and english). Iam concerned about the violence being shown in chutti TV in the name of cartoons..(barring few). Ithula Jetix rombaaa advanced with various versions of power rangers (aracha maave thirumba thirumba araikkiranga).

Seri Seri, innaikki enna pannenna - uruppadiya romba nalaikku apparam Dora illama suppandi thonaiyoda satham oottinen...Did some joining the dots and puzzles and colouring with my kid. During my childhood, i would wait for youngworld to do the colouring and the siruvar malar for the kids corner containing joining the dots. Took old magic pots and tinkle and read for him.....

Then at 4'0 clock the power came. Bt our precious old version ONIDA (ennoda aathukararoda porantha veettu seetham ) "grgrgrnnu " "enna konjam rest edukka ONIDA parlour anuppungappa nnu sollama sollidichu" .
So another 48 hours would pass before anything constructive can be done.. (enna ennoda athukkarar out of station)
Constructive - appadinna puthu TV nnu neenga eduthunda naan poruppu illa (Enna irunthalum appo iruntha TV yoda quality ippo entha TV yum varathu - enga aathukkararoda dialogue whenever i ask him to change this)
PS - Enga ONIDA voda vayasu 15yrs aakkum
Actually, TV illama romba thavichu ponathu en paiyana illa naana nnu theriyala . Power vanthappuram varalannu sonna vodane" ok" nnu avan vera vela paakka poittan. Naanthaan manikkoru tharam pottu sariya varuthaannu paarthunde irukken