To Golu or not to Golu!

This afternoon, I was thinking about .... well, that is the heading of this post... Anyways, I decided to go with the "safe" choice of keeping a "simple" golu.

Well, first things first. Let me tell you why I didn't want to keep golu

1. I am lazy

2. I don't have an eye for "craft" / beautiful art work

3. I feel it is too much of effort. You have too many Rules and Regulations.

                         (i) You have to make sundal / prasadam everyday.

                         (ii) You have to invite everyone .

                        (iii) You have to go to all your friends /  relatives places when they invite you.

     

Ok. The first two rules are not a big deal. But look at the third one. I have lots of relatives and friends in Chennai (most of you would know this fact!). I like meeting them and spending time with them. But doing so many things in a short span on 9 days makes it HECTIC! You end up travelling for 2 or 3 days and just making "flying - visit" to most of your relatives' places. Also, you feel so sick when it is over as you HAVE to eat / drink something at everyone's place because... well, you HAVE to.

 

4. Again, I am lazy.

 

So, next point (I guess I am making too many points over here!) is why I wanted to keep golu.

1. Because everyone does and I have been doing it every year till now!

 

Today is the days when everyone SHOULD keep the golu ( Amavasai )

 

I had a hectic day. Lots of things didn't go as I had planned and so my plan to start the Mission Golu started only at 6.00PM .

Heaving a huge sigh of relief, I started to unpack one of the 3 bags.

There... lots and lots of dolls / idols wrapped in paper (this work was done last year by yours truly). I took one. Suddenly I felt excited...I felt like a kid opening a birthday gift. It was a doll from "the wedding set". Then I started opening one by one ... like unraveling a puzzle. Where is that from this set??? Where is this from that set??? After sometime, I was surrounded by a sea of colorful , beautiful dolls / idols which made me smile...Then my MIL was telling me about some very old idols in this and the cute little stories behind them (I love hearing stories about when my hubby was a kid... makes me feel like I have known him since that long).

 

Once myself and my MIL started arranging and discussing, I got the feel of the golu... and it was nice.. I was enjoying it. Then I started planning about the shopping, sundal and going to everyone's house.... :)

 

It may sound very philosophical.... but I guess you don't have to question or justify everything in life. Sometimes it is always good to just go with the drift. Don't analyze every detail. You don't have to look back and think that you had a perfect life. Because if you think so much, it will make life harder. Just enjoy this moment.

If you want to keep golu, go ahead. Enjoy very bit of it. Don't lament about it. It is your decision. 

If you don't want to. Don't. Be courageous to tell anyone who asks you that I don't want to do it.

Finally, if you are not happy with your decision, it is OK. Life is not about how many perfect decisions you've made, it is about how many wonderful moments you've had...

 

Keep smiling and have a wonderful life... and ya, Happy Navratri!

 

 

Mayakkam Enna!

A blog after a long time! :) Hope I have not lost touch!!

It took me a while to accept the fact that we had just booked tickets for "Mayakkam Enna"... the movie that lots of people told me, is "waste". (Probably this was the reason, why I had low expectations about the movie).

The movie started with usual "Selva" stuff...All very predictable. But as it proceeded, I started enjoying the feel of the movie. It had everything... comedy, tragedy, nice songs, nice picturisation, simple storyline.... etc etc.

Dhanush
I am not a very big fan of Dhanush... but in this movie, I liked his work. He is not only the hero, but also the comedian and the villian. He does everything that any other hero will never do and that, probably, is his strength.
He sings in base voice... It s so down to earth... His voice in "Oda oda" song is nice and apt. And so is "Adida avale". This song is just in the right place... when you feel like hitting the heroine!

He has acted very well, without doubt, as he does his role with perfect ease. You feel that no one else could have done justice to this role.

Richa
As I said before, the initial scenes were very predictable and the heroine was almost like Sonia Agarwal's characters in Selva's previous movies. Then, she had lot of scope and did a good job overall. Her characterisation is good. The way she acts in few important scenes... just too good for debut heroine. Great dubbing by Deepa Venkat.

GV Prakash
Nice music. Maybe copied from somewhere, but I dont care... as long as the music is good (and as long as I ve never heard the original!!). The background score as well as the songs are nice...

Selva
He is the true Hero. Making a movie out of such a simple story... Great effort.
I didnt like lot of movies that I saw of late... Velayudham, 7am Arivu... I feel both movies, especially, the latter, was perfect example of
1. How to kill a nice storyline and made a predictable and pathetic movie
2. How to place a song at the perfect wrong moment in the move
3. How to create a hype for all wrong reasons

Selva has done a nice work by avoiding all the above.

To sum up, go for it if you like "Selvaraghavan" movies. If you dont like them, then go with zero or negative expectations, you may like it... just like I did!

Dream Vacation :)

Our much awaited Europe trip... was truly dream come true.
It all started when we were wondering, why we two have never been to a proper vacation since a long time. So, we started planning stuff and finally decided on Europe!

Then came another tough decision... to go on our own or with some travel operator. After long long discussions (with lots of inputs from my cousin Hari) we decided to go on our own.

Next, planning and organizing... this took a lot of time. Prabu did a great job of consolidating everything and making our daily itenary.

Two days in Paris were nice. Saw Eiffel tower (about thrice) and also, went to the topmost level to catch a good view of the place. Also, saw the Louvre, ArcDe Truimph and went for a cruise on River Sienne.

A view of the Eiffel Tower from River Sienne

Next halt, Interlaken, where we were joined by my cousin and her husband. This is a small town, full of beautiful scenaries :). Went to JungFrau (Top of Europe) and had a great time playing in the snow rides. Went for a boat ride near Interlaken.

On the way to Jungfrau from Interlaken

Last halt at Lucerne. We had about three days here. But there was nothing much to see in this place. So, we took train to a small, peaceful and very beautiful place, Zug and spent an evening there.

Near Lake Zug

Went for excursion in Mt. Titlis. Ended the excursion with theTrotti bike ride. (I was very scared to ride it initially... but later enjoyed it a lot) It was very adventurous.

Last day was spent in train... Took a scenic train from Montreux to Zweissimmen...

A view from the scenic train

One more from the scenic train

Overall, it was a great trip! Lots of pics... loads of memories in our hearts forever and ever :)

Raajneeti...

When my sister suggested going for this movie, I was not very excited about it. But now, I am happy that I agreed.

First thing I like about this.... very small songs... Just couple of them, last for just a minute or so.
The screenplay is so nice. We didnt realise that 3 hours had passed.

Ranbir and Katrina... I never thought I would like them... especially Kat... But she has proved her acting skills (finally!) in this movie.

The casting is very apt. For instance, the role that Nana Patekar has played, could only be played by him.

A very gripping story and great screenplay... Ya... it has lot of similarities with Mahabharata, but so what? I really enjoyed the movie... Serious one, but worth the time.

WATCH IT!

Blogging about my blog

Just noticed that lots of my posts are in draft.
Everytime I open a draft, to complete, I am BLANK.
I am not able to recollect what made me type the draft!!

Thinking about my blog, I never thought I will blog... or rather, someone will read my blog. My friends in Hexaware gave this idea. I am so happy about this, though I have never done enough justification.
Blogging helps me feel connected... some friends comment, some others talk about this when we chat and some just pass on the info to some one else... Feels nice!

I also like reading my friends' blogs. But, after twitter became popular, lots of them have (almost) stopped blogging. I tried tweeting, but like I mentioned earlier, it just does not seem to work for me. I can NEVER be a person of a few words... guess it s just not my cup-of-tea!

I also tried blogging in Tamil... I enjoy writing in tamil, but sometimes, I get some issues while typing, which interrupts my thought process a lot... so, have reduced it... (I dont want to stop it).

Anyways, keeping in touch with friends / relatives does not seem to be a big deal these days, with Face Book. But I dont want to lose touch of blogging. I feel so nice after posting something.... most of the days, it s nothing more than "i feel" or "i think" stuff, but still :)...

Well, that s me. See, I made a post with nothing substantial to talk about... with just the title... and here I am ... at the end of it.... ! Hope I get some topic for my next post (aaah ... I better ...or I may end up writing about "What do I do if I dont get a topic to blog about, but still want to blog"!)

Keep smiling!! :)

Cough cough!

It is one thing to get cold / fever
It is another thing to get cold / fever in peak summer!
Terrible... I should say... asking for warm water in restaurants, using geyser at home, not having any cold drinks / ice creams, no flavoured milk... it is only tea or boost! :(

So, it just happened that I caught some bad infection from somewhere... one week of fever, body pain and cold scared my doctor and she advised me for a complete blood check up... it had all tests... from simple-well-known heamoglobin to very complicated stuff (including dengue, malaria, typhoid etc etc).

And my report came out to be positive in couple of typhoid tests (there were three tests for that). I went to the doctor with a sad (oh-i-got-typhoid) look. She looks at the report and said "That s a good report" (?????) When I asked about these two tests that turned out positive, she said that the third test is very important and if that is negative, there is nothing to worry. Also, my positive reports are in a very less dilution....
Ok... whatever... now what??? 5 days of medication and rest. Of course, this means I can take break from my work, rest at home and justify whenever I cook less!!! But still I have got the "I am sick" feeling. Pity!!! Poor me...

Am back ... (well..again!)

Been doing / seeing lots of new things this time.... though that doesnt justify for a long break from blogging!

Just started tweeting again... though I somehow feel, it is not something that I will really enjoy...let's see.

Enjoyed watching the you tube videos of "Dhoni" and "Jai" (blabbering CKS, i am wearing dhoni's shirt etc etc) during CSK matches... really really funny!

Have been watching episodes of Two and a half men on star world on Sundays... have got addicted to these... just hilarious...

Busy with some functions at home... my cousin's engagement, my uncle's sashtiapthapoorthi(in simple words, 60th birthday) and my nephews' upanayanam...

Once again, I am on the "healthy" track... with walking everyday and having green tea (almost daily). The second part is the toughest!

Am also busy increasing my "social" activities... I go to the park in my apartment everyday in the evening... other than enjoying cool breeze, I also get to make lots of friends... :)

Life is Good :)