Ponmagal vandhal...I

It all started the day I decided to test if I was pregnant using a pregnancy stick and found that I was. Andha it-nradhu vera onnum illa, ennoda eternl kodumaidhan. Ofcourse, being pregnant-nradhu nalla vishayamdhan, aana andha perla nammalai padutharanga paarunga, iraivaaa!!

So yeah, mudhalla en eyes correct-adhan velai senjudha-nu verify panradhukaga blood test koduthen. Edho namma oor-na immediate-a doctor vandhu "congratulations, neenga pregnant-a irukeenga"-nu solvanga...but my UK, no way! Test result ketta, sorry, neenga pregnancy stick-aye rely pannikonga, we don't send such results-ntanga!! Ada paavigala, idhuku blood enya edutheenga?

So mukki thakki 12 weeks kazhichu monitor-la oru kutti paapa partha appuramdhan I believed I was pregnant..trust me, enaku sathiyama naan pregnant-a irundha madhiriye therila - absolutely no symptoms like we see in movies, vomit pannitu vantu "he he naan muzhugama irukken"-nu sollite vekka paduvangale - nothing like that. Namma kid koodava nammalai ippadi pannanum-nu yosichitte I was crossing each month having pregnacare, horlicks, and podhakuraiku I even got a heartbeat monitor... ennai indha timekulla almost Anjali paapa madhiri wall pidichu walk pannu-nu solladhadhu dhan kurai, avalo slow-va I was instructed to walk!

Then came the seemandham, adhula edhuku nose-kulla thanniya vidanumnu therila - that was what became the kodumai for me. The vadhiyar said "valadhu mooku" and my husband interpreted it as valadhu kadhu and let the water in my right ear, and the priest got confused and said "illa illa, idadhu" instead of saying it should be the nose, and I got the water in my left ear. Now the priest was sure to say "mooku" but forgot to mention it is the right nose, and I got the water in my left nose :( and finally everyone came to my rescue (idhuku mela enna rescue??) and the water was given rightly to my right nose.

Ippadilam pregnancy dhan pochuna, the final months were even kodumai-ful...

Moonrezhuthu moonu show-vum parthadhu needhandi...

Do any of you belong to the category of seeing logic behind all scenes in a movie? And watching a movie umpteen times? And rewinding a scene despite knowing it byheart if someone talks while the scene is playing? Appadilam irundha, I am dedicating this blog post to you.

How many of you watch a movie umpteen times? I am not a great fan of movies, appadi edhavadhu padam parthen-na I watch it just once, however good it is. And yaravadhu 2-3 times oru padathai parthale I start criticizing them, evalo thadavai dhan indha padathai parpeenga-nu. Adhuvum oru padathai masathuku rendu thadavai partha ok, illana varathuku 2 thadavai kooda ok, but daily 2 times? Gr..

Seri padathai niraya thadavai parkareenga ok, avalo thadavai parthu scenes by heart aayirukum - do you still rewind a scene if someone talks while the scene is playing? Grr...

Idhellam ok, padathula vara scene-ku can you explain the logic behind each triviality? If so, dhayavu senju enkitta ungalai identify pannikadheenga, naan theevira kolai veri-la iruken. Indha pallikoodam-nra movie pinnala irukara sila logic examples-a tharen paarunga, idhellam kettu I am looking for the address of Thangar Bachaan, andha manushanai kette aaganum, idhellam avare yosichirupara-nu :-/

Naren doesn't cry in this movie, he'd bend his head low in some sad situation. "Idhu ennada idhu, Naren doesn't seem to know how to cry, en ippadi emotion-e illama nikkaran?"-nu ketta, "Illa usha, avan enna irundhalum collector-la, a collector is supposed to be self-composed and calm (?!), adhan avan endha scene-layum overreact panna mattan" !!!

Adhai kooda vidunga, oru scene-la Naren, Thangar Bachan and Seeman reunite after a long time - 3 perum appadiye sandoshathai pizhinju juce-a koduthitrupanga namakku, and when the entire cast is looking at this, the car driver would be looking somewhere so intently. Ennada ivar mattum unnatural-la nikkarare-nu yosicha, there comes the logic - adhavadhu collector-oda driver will be part of police-am, and police are supposed to be alert oblivious to what happens around them-am!! Indha kalathula police ellam college-la nadakkara adithadi-ya kooda reaction-e illama parkaranga-nradhu unmaidhan, adhukaga edho black cat range-ku avangalai ethardhu over-a therila??

Thangar bachan overreact panradhu avar villager-nradhalayam, collector-nradhala mattumdhan Naren niraya idathula intelligent-a irukaram...ippadi scene-ku scene Thangar bachan kooda logic yosichirukka mattar. To threaten me to do anything, this dialogue seems to be sufficient: "ippo nee sapdala-na naan pallikoodam pottu parka arambichiduven" :(( Idhuku bayandhe naan ellam time-ku panniduven..

If you are any of the above, I dedicate the blog post to you, aana onnu - yarume comments-la logic solradhula enna thappu-nu ketka koodadhu, andha kodumai eppadinu enakudhan theriyum.

Parthu parthu kangal poothirundhen...

Naan pattuku Jeffrey Archer-oda latest book padichitrundhen, and my weekend was going good. Until I saw the latest comment on the last post. Seri, pandhayam movie nalla movie poliruku, recommendation ellam varudhe-ntu I spent the next 20 mins ransacking the house to find the misplaced DVD, under the pretext of cleaning the house (appadidhan saaku solli irundhen, for the ransacking process) and dropped the "cleaning" process once I found the DVD.

Mudhalla oru kutti payyan varan, and first scene-laye avanoda expression ellam parthuttu "oho, indha payyan psycho-va mara poran poliruku"-nu ninaicha, kadaiseela nammalai psycho aaka attempt pannirukanga movie-la :( Ennadhan SA Chandrasekar padama irundha kooda, there is a limit to idolize Vijay - mudhal scene-lerndhu andha payyan Vijaydhan en udal porul aavi-nra range-ku veedu katti, sorry samadhi katti (namakudhan) adikaran.

Prakash Raj could have done better in selecting a movie, ennadhan villian oru third rated heartless criminal-a irundha kooda, chumma ovvoru scene-kum oru aaloda kazhuthai keeritrundha? Ivalo easy-na naan koodadhan daily oru 3 perai pottu thallitruppen ;), namakku mattum podaradhuku aal illaya enna?

The kid grows and becomes Nitin Satya, aama Nitin, neenga nalladhane irundheenga? Why this attempt at becoming an action hero with a non-existent storyline? Ivar nera Prakash kitta poi naan unga loyal fan-nu solvaram, udane prakash raj ivarai uyirai vidu-nuvaram, and once he acts as if he is ready for it, Prakash immediately adopts him into his inner circle!! Oru minister-oda inner circle-la serardhu ivalo easy-a? Either SAC must have lost his senses, or he thinks we have lost our senses!

Innoru absurdity is the love affairs that Prakash's sisters have. Prakash apparently is totally against love, but yaaravadhu thangai-ya kolai panni parthirukeengala? Ella padathulayum lover-a pottu thalluvanga, appuram sister kadhai thani track-la pogum...inga ennadana, ivar rendu sisters-ayum pottu thalla ready-a iruparam, coz they are in love. Ayya saami, heirs kooda illadha oru person ippadi close ones-a vetti thalra insanity-a naan idhuladhan parthen - ofcourse, it all adds up to the one fact that the movie was trying to tell, that Prakash Raj is a senseless idiot. But adhuku yaravadhu comedian-a villian-a potrukalamla?

The climax is even worse, nitin prakash-a miratti, prakash nitin-a miratti, mathi mathi nammalai miratti...kadaiseela when I was almost thinking this movie is going to last till the next morning, Radhika Prakash-a pottudaranga. Ammani, idhai mudhalliye pannindha naanga ivalo ratham koduthiruka mattomla? Padam mudinjappuram every part in me was bleeding and all I could do was to thank Radhika and go to bed.

Idhula naan logical problems ellam solla arambichen-na it will take more time, which this movie does not deserve really. Aana onnu decide panten, inimel yaravadhu edhavadhu movie parunga-nu recommend panneenga....prakash raj madhiri naanum oru kathiya vachittu sutha vendiyadhudhan!!

Enge theduven...

Was trying hard to write a post, aana veetla net illa :( Now that it has come, I'll start visiting blogs and writing some if I can :D

En amma complain pannitrundhanga naanga velilaye kootite poga mattenrom-nu (kadhaiya keteengala, naan inga imsai paduthalam-nu kootitu vandha, velila kootitu poganumam!), so we decided to go to a safari park (amma animal lover-ama) on Saturday and then windsor castle, stonehenge and Bath on Sunday.

We rented a car for the trip, took along wih us a couple of friends (who happen to be a couple as well). First day kilambinom, and went to the safari park. Nyayama sollunga, safari park-na singam puli ellam velila suthum, naama carla window-va close pannitu parkanum, right? Pakkathula tiger nadandhu poitruku, en amma window-va open panni parkanumnu adam pidikaranga (?!) One of our companions commented "vitta neenga puliya pakkathula kooptu rasam sadham ootuveenga poliruke?" which reminded me of the way my mom brought up our dogs - endha oorlayavadhu naikutti-ku paruppu sadham, adhoda ghee kalandhu koduthu parthirukeengala?

So yeah, safari park ellam mudichuttu we drove back with a lot of wrong exits on roundabouts, driving on the buslanes etc (round about parthale nervous aara alavuku aayiten, ethanai thadavaidhan sutharadhu girivalam madhiri?).

The next day was quite similar in terms of driving, and Windsor castle-la namma Tipu Sultan crown/possessions ellam parthu vayitherichal pattutu, we went to Stonehenge. Aniyaya idam adhu, naalu kallai kotti vachuttu tourist spot aakitanunga!! So ellam mudichuttu we returned to London, dropped off the friends and veetu kitta park pantu, we retired for the night.

Kaalaila I thought I'll clean up the insides of the car before returning it, and key eduthuttu ponen. Car kitta poi remote press panren panren, the car didn't open up. Ennada idhu-nu thirumbi poi I told my better half that I can't open the car. He went next, and I got a call in a couple of mins - "enna Usha, car-a kanom??" I was shocked, idhu ennada vamba pochu, 5 mins-layeva thookitanga car-a appadinu. Then I went downstairs, and the car was standing right there. "Ennapa idhu, idho nikkudhe namma car"-nu ketta, adutha shock - "Usha, that's not our car, ours was a Ford Fiesta, and this is something else"

Ada iraiva, evanoda car-ayo open panna try pantoma, edhavadhu cc-tv la record achuna namma gadhi? appadi-nra thoughts-a ignore pantu we started looking for the car, and well, it just wasn't there! Pochu da, raavoda raava thookitanunga-nu yosichitrukache, I had a sudden thought - what if it was towed away? Seri, pakkathu veetai keppomnu ketta, the lady there confirmed that it was towed away the previous night :( Thappa park pannitomam - night-la yaruku parking boundaries ellam kannuku theriyudhu?? Err...actually naan adhai gavanichen, aana I didn't think that was a problem....until I now saw my guy staring at me :D

We spent the next half hour trying to figure out which company had towed away the car (padu paavi pasanga, oru notice koodava vittutu poga mattanga?) and ended up paying £260 - idhuku tholainje poirukalam, it would have just cost us £100!

En pirandhai magale....

To all that are concerned about my absence, illa illa, kc-ku onnume aagala...just that there are a lot of personal things going on like shifting houses (naanga ellam navagragam madhiri, idam mathitte irupom ;) ) and having parents coming over etc etc...adhanala veetla samaikardhuke time pathala (well, naan samaikaradhe oru movie durationku pogum :D). Thanks for asking, just saw all the comments and oru pulambal polambidalamnu vanten ;)

Right now it is my mom's turn to stay with us (after I tortured my mil to some extent - indha sani dasai sani dasai-nu solvangale, adhai turn eduthu anubavikkaranga). The first thing my mom said when I called her here was "paavam inga rendu kuzhandaigalum - adhavadhu en anna-vum anni-yum kuzhandaigalama - enna panvanga naan anga vanta?", does this by any remote chance mean that she gave birth to only one kuzhandai, and the other one happened to be born as kottan?? Idhu ennanga aniyayama iruku, naan 6 varushama have been alone under the pretext of working away from home, appolam ennai yarum kuzhandai-ya ninaicha madhiriye nyabagam illaye?!

Veetuku oru maram valarpom madhiri, veetuku oru bekku valarpomnu enga kudumbathula oru pazhakkam iruku. It just turned out to be me in mine ;) For example, naan school padikkara timela edho oru yearla coffee prices just shot up, so my dad introduced a new rule that we should drink milk and no more coffee. Seri, appa soltare-nu naanum kaalaila evening ellam paal-ai mattum kudichitrundhen. I used to have the habit of locking myself in the bedroom and study, and one fine day I happened to come out for something else...and guess what, hall full-a coffee vasanai!! Ennada idhu, naamalam milk dhane kudikarom-nu ellar kaiyayum partha, everyone had a tumbler with coffee inside!! Till this day, I don't drink coffee :( but coffee addicts ellam partha thittama vidardhe illa ;) vayitherichala vera enga kottardham?

Idhellam kooda ok, naan Bangalore ponappuram I had to put up in a PG and anga saapadum seriya irukadhu, and since I was alone, kind of fell into the bad habit of working late at work and having food at untimely hours. Seri namma amma-va konja naal kooda vachukalam-nu call pannina, she tells me "Illama, naan varardhu kashtam, kuzhandaiku (?!) time-ku sapdalana acidity varum, romba kashta paduvan, naan enna panradhu?"...idho da, engaluku mattum udambu enna iron-laya seinju vachirukanga, sapdama irundha kooda onnum aagama irukardhuku??

Andha kuzhandai mattum porandhadhulerndhu ippo kalyanam aagi nalla post-la irukara varaikum kuzhandaiyave iruku, naan eppadi mudhallerndhe kuzhandaiyave illa? Now you know why I am a kuttichatan ;)

But all said and done, now is my turn - pazhiku pazhi rathathirku ratham - vara vaichittomla, torture arambichuda vendiyadhudhan ;)

akkam pakkam..serial illa poologam vendum!!

Naan oru thappu panniten...idhuvaraikum chinna vayasulerndhu seyyadha oru mega mistake I made, and regretting it a lot. Perusa onnum illa, theriyama last few days-a rendu tamil serials parka arambichutten. Iraivaaa...why and how on earth do people get the patience to watch the serials, that too seriously and devotedly?

Mudhaldhu was Kalki..yabba saami!! Mudhalla that title song - kalki kalki needhane kalki...theriyamadhan kekkaren, does anyone go to another person and say neenga neenga neengadhane neenga? Like Usha usha, needhane usha?? Enaku theriyadha en per?

Next, adhu eppadi sema vidhyasama situations varudho therila. Not sure how many of you watch it, but for an instance, this varsha-sunil couple. Divorce panvangalam, and the lady will join her ex-husband's office, and once when the peon has to go on an urgent personal work, he'll come to this lady and ask her to serve food to the MD (her ex-spouse)!! Endha oorla the peon goes to a staff member and asks him/her to do his job?? Podha kuraiku lunch hourla utkarndhu indha lady-a ella staff-um kindal panvangalam...endha corporate world-la publica rag panvanga??

Another example is a couple who are separated coz the second wife, who is a doc, didn't save the life of the first wife during her delivery. Andha husband kalki kitta solvanam, my wife/ur sister was murdered by this lady-nu, udane avanga parvallanu mannichuduvangalam. For god's sake, we are not avatars, we are humans, atleast a little anger?? Just an iota?? It's her sister!! mmhmmm...naanga porumaisaali, ellathukum appadiye silent-a poiduvom :)) Can't talk abt all the characters, but indha porumai is testing my porumai!!

Adutha serial was Simran chinna thirai. En podhadha kaalam, I started watching this series where she is the amman (mummmyyyyyy!!) Simran thappum illa, namma thappum illa...aana munnadi vandha amman padathai ellam eduthavanga thappu - KR Vijaya madhiri oru nalla smile, or meena madhiri periya kan that can show anger, or ramya krishnan who can show expressions and dance baratanatyam well - ippadilam parthuttu idhula edhuvume illadha Simran-a amman-a partha?? Andha amman-oda framed pic-la irukara face-a vida chinnadha iruku Simran face :(, doesn't morph well.

Idhoda kadhai pathilam perusa onnum solla mudiyadhu, namma nagathamman, kaliamman madiri inna pira films-oda adhe kadhaidhan - minus the divine appearance. Aana onnu, oru villian kaila gun kodutha, evalo azhaga sudanum? Namma OAK Sundar, edho 5 vayasu kutti paapa kitta diwali gun kodutha madhiri kannai maraichikittu sudarar :)) This is worse than what I did in my 10th, stalling the entire street's traffic under the pretext of trying to burst crackers.

Ok ok, kalki time...me going to have some fun time..

Satti suttadhada...

Naane edho nimmadhiya namma blog-ayum edho sila per padikaranga-nra alpa sandoshathula ithanai naal was leading my humble life, adhuku ore oru statement-la oru periya idiya pottu udaichuttanga sila nallavanga....

Recent-a naan rendu nalla padam (ada nijammadhan, they were a lot better than most of the recent films that come out in tamil) parthen - kaalaipani and Silandhi. To quickly pass a comment, given the fact that these were done by newcomers, they are worth watching once. Ok, I am not talking about these films now, although I'd have liked to if I had watched them earlier. But indha padam parthadhaladhan andha periya idiye vandhudhu.

Padathai parthoma, velaiya parthoma-nu irundhirukalam...I, as usual, en thiruvayai thirandhu told my friend that I had watched these films and said they were good. Now this friend suggested I write reviews of these films. Ada, ingayavadhu naan ok-ntu soltu decent-a ignore pannirukalam, but again naama...vayai koduthu mattikama...romba kashtam, so I said "illa, these films are quite old, ippo ezhudina nalla irukadhu"-nu.

Ingadhan arambichudhu ennoda eye-opener session...

Friend: parvalla, nee enna ezhudinalum padippanga, so nee ezhudu

Me: Adhellam kidayadhu, kanda crap ellam padippomnu yaarum agreement sign panradhilla (being actually stupid enough to think it was a compliment)

Friend: its ur perception that they are interested, people don't care what the topic is.

Me; ??!!!! (falls after experiencing an acute heart attack - indha vayasula heart attack thevaya enaku?)

Idhu thevaiya enaku? Ippadi kettu vangikkanuma naan? Inimel ninaippiya nee nalla ezhudara-nu?? Ninaippiya nee makkal virumbi padikaranga-nu?? So blog varardhuku romba naal aagudhe-nu epovavadhu yaravadhu by any remote chance yosicheenga-na, indha eye-openernala naan nallava aayiten-nu ninaichukonga!!