Playlist-I

Some songs never leave your lips and thoughts unless the aathi and gothram of it is established. One such song of the recent times is this. I have been racking my brain for days together forgetting our samaya sanjeevi google cos i cant get the opening lines of it. Finally at last with fm blarring with the song logged on to the PC and found it.

It is this song and the lyrics here . Music is by harris's assistant and it is all the more evident . I got confused with Engeyum kadhal first but later found it was different.

While listening to this it reminded me of a similar song from the movie yaadumagi (this one also i happened to see the visual once in sun music and later found its name)

When i was thinking of these two songs and doing a research on them i cannot but think and hum these two tooo.

The first one being this - This song from subramaniapuram was way too catchy and didnt gell with rest of the song or the movie so i was unable to identify the movie first cos they dont tell the name of the movie or about the song often in FM.

Usually while trying to find a song i would try to fit the heroes one by one and would determine the movie by elimination method. But not even a single soul matched this song except our so called karthik kumar(was known thro EVAM earlier but now more as suchis purushan - another one paavamana maapilai - cos ella movie layum heroine oppukku chappava vechindu kadasila hero kooda poiduva - earlier it was RAJA)

The song which came to my mind was this again - wonderful one by P.C

All the above songs have something in common. Since iam not proficient in music couldnt place my finger. Yaaranum therinja sollunga.

Platinum Moments

Past one week iam neither here nor there. Means iam totally confused. First two sentence kke ippadi tension aana eppadi dont u want to move further. ;)
Iam just spending time means wasting it literally not using it productively. So many chores are pending - cleaning, organising and researching (athuthaaanga P kku solli thara - they have been teaching about measurements at school and enakku inga mandaya pottu muttikkatha korathaaan - strides, pace, cubit - so many times i have googled but didnt get a clear picture - apparam engernthu avanukku solli thara) and to tower all the above said things finalisation - year end vararthe.
But iam happily wasting my time - listening to fm , browsing, watching TV - chumma illa watching all the movies in Movies Now - It has become a kudumba affair now. We all spend some time together watching all kuppai movies, some classic ones and not so kuppai ones in the process. Ithuthaaan family time oh. And yestereday while watching TV we came across some DW-TV channel. One man was training or rather exhibiting the talent of his pet - monkey. It was swinging from rope to rope (ithula enna visesham nnu kekkathinga) and both of them were happily having meals together from a single plate. It had peas and other veggies. And antha monkey avvalavu azhaga peas onnonna eduthu saaptuthu. And i was expressing the same feeling to aathu. Immediately he retorted, " korangu saapadrathu enna azhagu"
Me: Illa athu evvalavu azhaga one by one ah eduthu saapadrathu illa
A : Adippavi naan saapadratha ennaikkanum ippadi rasichiruppiyaaa, atleast nalla saapadaanum potruppiya, koranga poi wow cutennu ippadi rasikkiriye, Intha ponnungale ippadithaaan.....
Athukkapparam enna ore Non-stop LOL thaaaan
Ok now on to the topic. Big fm - they have been announcing some contest asking the listeners to send them their platinum moments. Listening got my wheels spinning. Not one but so much of it - So thought i can document them one by one here for my future reference. (iam good at quoting - aathu used to say athu eppadi kutham solrache mattum date, time , day and position of the persons everything appadiye quote panrannu - all talent u see - dont ask why cant apply these to my career- i think its a gift unique to female population)
So hereafter weekly one Platinum moment from the past/present is to follow. Why dont u also take up this?!!!!!!

Kiddie Talks - 24

P has been learning about Water for the past one week. Sources , usage and about the pollution.
Sometime last week we were doing his homework which required him to write in a tabular column about the things that float/ sink in water.
He came up with some answers like spoon, ball , leaf etc. So now we gave him some choices ..
Me : Paper
P : Float
Me : Blocks
P : Float
Me :No. Both sink and Float
P : How?
Me : Wooden means sink and Plastic means float
P : Ok
Me : Stone.
P : If it is written Jai Shri Ram it would float others would sink
Me : (took few seconds to react) then both me and aathu ROTFL...........

Stampede-Tragedy

Remember my earlier post - http://oreponnu.blogspot.com/2009/12/new-avatar-of-p.html.
Yes, B's father also was one of the victim. The news reached us yesterday only. My father and chitti family came home for pongal and went back yesterday. Only after reaching they came to know about the news.
Reading in a newspaper was different - the numbers were the only criteria and we were just feeling sorry for the people and the incident. But, now when it struck closer home the impact is bigger. Though i have not seen him in person, immediately after hearing the news i was at loss of words. From yesterday iam not able to behave normally and it is as though i have lost some one dear. Immediately B came in front of my eyes along with his 2 yr old sister. His mother is from a village near Madurai and she is such an innocent lady. Iam unable to think of the plight of the family. Whatever monetary benefits they receive may not be able to fill the void of the person alive with flesh and blood.
Aathu had been going to Sabarimala for the past 5 yrs and i never used to think the journey as otherwise normal. But, i do not know the very thought of his trip next year gives me jitters and henceforth would not be the same.
I think the newspapers instead of covering the extent and number of the accidents should give more coverage to the bereaved family and their haplessness, which in my opinion would create greater impact and would help to prevent accidents or any other incidents to a greater extent. One life or several lives the magnitude should not be measured by numbers.
A life is a life and the loss can just shatter the loved ones and their life can never be the same again.

Edited to add : I sincerely apologise for misleading you in this regard. Actually B is not family though they r more than family - neighbours at my father and chitti's place. Nonetheless is the grief. I thought i had stated that they r our neighbours in our previous post. Anyway passed on your condolences and thanks for the same.

Year end and the New year

Well how did it go. The holidays went in a flash. First three days were like javvu mittai and the next 12 went in a jiffy. Relatives arrival and we went there for a quick 2 day visit. And know what i had mehendi after a gap of 15 yrs. Not even for my marriage i had it. My sister's friend came exclusively and obliged me with a beautiful design. The thing is athukkappuram hand wash panrache ellam manase varala. Now only the faded orange version is left :(
Paid our ezhumalaiyaaan a quick visit and surprise! surprise! we had darshan within 45 minutes. From vaikundam entrance to the sanctum sanctorum there was no queue. Only inside we had to stand for 35 min. And we had a very good darshan inside tooo. Might be a lucky day (obviously cos it was on my birthday and aathu planned a trip accordingly). And the gift once again from none other than GRT. Bt it was presented twice , once at the hour of midnight by aathu, then again the same from P in the morning before going to the trip :) (ennathaan irunthaalum P nna special thaane)
New year eve and the day went in a fight with aathu, bt got pampered and duly compensated next day (ithukkagave sanda podaalaaam pola irukku). I got a bigggggg box of ferroro rocher . ithula enna visesham nnaaaaaa i had all the box to myself. Didnt even share with P :( [bad mother rite - illaaa illla he had cold athanaaalathaaaan ;)]
Saw manmadhan ambu - bayangara confusion - ist a romantic , masala or comedy film -entha genre leyum seraatha oru padam. Thideernu senti next without notice bayangara intellectual scene athu mudiyarthukulla romance apparam confuse aagi ok lets try comedynnu pona maathiri irunthaathu. P comfortably settled with his popcorn and lays. We went with our chitthi and family. Chithi was not able to take the climax and started polambifying. How can sangeetha get along with madhavan? that too with 2 kids? Avangalukku intha ending and together with lays - tomato flavour ellaaaam sernthu bayangara sick aayittaanga. Bt we all had bayangara fun becos of this.
Resolutions - I never take any resolution but started long before new year to indulge aathu and Ps appetite. Yes cooking fever started, lets see how long this would sustain.
Made paneer butter masala - P's verdict to his periamma - paneer kevalama irunthathu but masala romba super ah irunthathu (romba theva)
Well, happy new year and advance Pongal wishes

Madras-my memories-II

Those days weekend meant nothing for the family except for elaborate cooking and television. How we would wait for the Fridays and Sundays. The ozhiyum oliyum on Fridays , cartoon shows , ramayan / Mahabharath and evening movie on Sunday. We would wait for the turn of either tamil/telugu in the regional movies category for the extra movie to be shown on Sunday. Today we get to watch 100s of channels and not to leave behind the internet which provides you everything in a platter at the click of the mouse, still we don’t derive the happiness or pleasure which we got those days. TV watching was a wholesome experience with whole family assembling before the TV. Now, when P is in front of the TV, I take over the system and vice-versa. (aathukarar kekkave vendam, he is settled with his potti)
Movie watching in a theatre belonged to a different genre those days. No frills or elaborate preparations. We had four theatres in our vicinity – two were for ordinary occasions and the other two were treated as outings. Out of the ordinary ones, one was just a stones throw from our home and another one hardly 10 minutes by walk. But I liked the first one more because it gave me a sense of belonging – enga theatre sort of thing (owner ketta othakka varuvanga). It is one of the famous theatre and it is itself a celebrity in its own ways J
The first movie which I remember watching in a theatre – VIKRAM. I went with an uncle’s family. Still the memory is very vague but I remember we had an accident while returning and it was a minor one. So my memory always mixes the accident and the scene in the movie where kamal rushes in to the theatre in that scooter after the chasing scene (its an important scene in the movie ) where he sees the villain in the news reel. So my memory plays a collage sort of thing and mixes both these incidents where I imagine myself in the side box of the scooter. No one can forget the sidebox shown in that Bhagyaraj movie “Chinna veedu”. LOL…….
(to be continued)

Kiddie Talks-23

Actually this blog has become like a scrapbook sort for me. Recording all the happenings and the fun , anger and embarrassment associated with P as well our life as a whole. Sometimes i just read from the beginning and would experience them once more. Wish i had started earlier. At times i would feel, am i boring everybody or bragging too much. Cos for every parent whatever a child does or speaks becomes more important but i haven't updated everything only things which i consider worth recording have been posted. (in the sense it should not sound ordinary when i turn later or brag sort of thing).
Earlier i said P wanted to become a fire-fighter someday now the ambition had undergone a change once more.
Want to know what it is? DIRECTOR . Yes u got it rite. Its film director only.
Whenever a movie or a song comes,
P would ask me , Amma ithu enna padam, yaar hero and yaar heroine?
Now two more addition to the above question - Yaaru director and music director. I think ithu endhiran oda effect nnu.
So when he was having a bath he asked amma singam padathoda director yaaru, i replied saying "Hari" (nalla vela Vijaykumar ellam theriyaathu, apparam avanga family history ellam solli irukkanum, and thank god we dont watch the sun news)
After few seconds he said, Amma naan director aaga poren.
I kept quiet for some time and thought he got confused between actor and director and asked him again, R u sure. Do u want to become actor or director?
P : Yes, i want to become Director only and not actor.
Me : Do u know what a director does?
P : Avar thaan ellarukkum solli kuduppar enna pannanum , eppadi pannanumnu?
Me : hmm (thelivaathaaan irukkanga)

Now during bed time,
P : Amma naaan Raja aaga mudiyumaaa?
Me : Oh yes aagalaame. Prime Minister, Chief Minister ellarume raaja thaaan (Naan raasa va sollalainga)
P : Athukku naan enna pannanum.
Me : (Unmaiya sollanumaanu ore confusion - athaanga onnum panna vendamnu) Nee good ah padikkanum, padicha mattum porathu good ah nadanthukkanum (athukku mela theriyala)

Waiting for next thing in the list....