Showing posts with label Blogging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blogging. Show all posts

Sunday, December 24, 2017

To laugh or cry

To laugh or cry - has been the theme of 2017.

The political scenes in US & TN are competing each other with unimaginable twists everyday. After the initial blood boiling feeling, the memes and talk shows bring the much needed covfefe relief only to relive the whole experience all over again the next day! 😢😊

After more than a decade of being one among the many bloggers, metoo is Time person of the year! 😢😊

Annathey testing the political waters and that too through Twitter?? His narambu pudaikkum tweets shows his genuine concerns but probably his 'manidhar unarthukolla idhu manidhar tweets alla... alla... alla... adhaiyum thaandi punidhamana tweets needs ko pa se(s) like metoo to decode!😜

Second millennium is inching closer to be a major(oh..., I missed posting the millennium singing "I'm 16 going on 17" last year)! Enjoy the silly teen(y) years! 

Saturday, April 02, 2016

Out of hibernation

I have been wondering how blogging went down my priority list. It is not like I don't have anything to 'polambi'fy about or reminiscence or share! Then, why? I guess, I have to blame it all on Steve Jobs! If not for his smart(y pants)phone introduction, I would've lived happily ever after with my lap/desktops! Now since everything can be done at the fingertips, nothing gets done! I turn on the phone remembering something important to do and then go awry clicking all the notifications and alerts and waste precious time and forget all about that important task(especially the replying to teacher's emails!)!

Don't know why I am still scared of the quicksand social networking sites when all around everywhere everyone is happily splashing in them! This same comment hungry blogger who blogged week after week, month after month to get reactions & comments from unknown blogger friends is wary to post anything on fb, twitter knowing comments could pour. When orkut shut down, I thought fb, twitter and the like would follow suit but inspite of the cropping up of new, new social networking sites like instagram, tumblr, davara etc., the front runners are showing no signs of slowing down!

Talking of front runners, interesting election circus going on now and this time around, with a super funny analysis from the "Daily show with Trevor Noah" team. I was not fortunate enough to know about the daily show when Jon Stewart was around and I love Trevor's show with his outsider point of view. The whole TDS team is so hilarious especially nammooru paiyan, Hasan Minhaj! Please don't take too many breaks guys!

A sample with both of the hosts...



Sunday, June 28, 2015

Sam(min)sara sagaram

ஆம்லெட்டும் கணவன் மனைவியும்…..

ஆம்லெட் போடுவதை வைத்து எத்தனை வருட ஜோடி என்று கண்டுபிடிப்பது எப்படி?

கணவன்: என்னம்மா இத்தன தொட்டுக்க இருக்கும்போது இப்ப போய் சின்ன

 வெங்காயம் வெட்டி ஆம்லெட் போட்டுகிட்டு இருக்க வாம்மா வந்து 

உட்கார்.எவ்ளோதான் நீ செய்வ, வா சேர்ந்து சாப்பிடலாம்!

மனைவி: இருங்க உங்களுக்கு தொட்டுக்க ஆம்லெட் இல்லாம ஒழுங்கா 

சாப்பிட மாட்டீங்க.அதுவும் சின்ன வெங்காயத்த வெட்டி போட்டாதான் 

டேஸ்ட் சூப்பரா இருக்கும்னு சொல்லுவீங்க அதுக்குதான்.

இப்படி சொன்னா கல்யாணமாகி ஆறுமாதம் என்று அர்த்தம்.

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கணவன்: என்னம்மா இன்னைக்கு ஸ்பெஷல்?

மனைவி: சாம்பார், பெரிய வெங்காயம் போட்டு, ஆம்லெட் தொட்டுக்க

கணவன்: அவ்ளோதானா?

மனைவி: முடியலைங்க!

இது ஒரு வருடம் ஆன ஜோடிங்க!

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கணவன்: என்னம்மா….சாப்பிடலாமா?

மனைவி: இருங்க இந்த சீரியல் முடியட்டும்.என்னங்க கொஞ்சம் பெரிய 

வெங்காயம் உரிச்சு தாங்களேன் ஆம்லெட் போட்டுடறேன்!

இது ஒன்றரை வருடம் ஆன ஜோடிங்க!

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கணவன்: என்னம்மா இது வெங்காயமே இல்லாம ஆம்லெட் 

போட்டிருக்கே.எனக்கு பிடிக்காதுன்னு உனக்கு தெரியும்லே?

மனைவி: ஒரு நாளைக்கு இதை சாப்பிட்டாதான் என்ன? எல்லாத்தையும் 

நானே செய்யனுமா?

இது இரண்டு வருடம் ஆன ஜோடிங்க!

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கணவன்: என்னம்மா இது இத்துனூன்டு இருக்கு.முட்டைய கலக்க கூட 

இல்ல அப்படியே ஃபுல் பாயிலா போட்டிருக்க?

மனைவி: முட்டை என்ன நானா போடுறேன்? கோழி போட்டது சின்னதா 

இருக்கு, அதுக்கு நான் என்ன செய்ய?சும்மா குறை சொல்லிகிட்டு இருக்காம 

தொட்டுகிட்டு சாப்பிடுங்க!

இது மூன்று வருடம் ஆன ஜோடிங்க!

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கணவன்: என்ன இது ஆஃபாயில் போட்டிருக்க….நான் இத சாப்பிடவே 

மாட்டேன்னு தெரியும்ல?

மனைவி: ஒரு நாள் தின்னா ஒன்னும் குறைஞ்சு போயிடாது.ஊருல 

இல்லாத அதிசய புருஷன் எனக்குன்னு வந்து வாய்ச்சிருக்கு!

இது நான்கு-ஐந்து வருடம் ஆன ஜோடிங்க!

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கணவன்: என்னம்மா இன்னைக்கு ஒன்னும் செய்யலையா?

மனைவி: சாதம் வைத்து இருக்கேன், ஃப்ரிட்ஜில் நேற்று வாங்கிய மோர் 

இருக்கு,முட்டையும் இருக்கு ஆம்லெட் போட்டு சாப்பிடுங்க!

இது ஏழு வருடம் ஆன ஜோடிங்க!

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கணவன்: என்னம்மா இன்னைக்கு என்ன சமையல் செய்யனும்?

மனைவி: அதையும் நான்தான் சொல்லனுமா? எனக்கு என்ன பிடிக்கும்னு 

தெரியாதா? அதை செய்யுங்க!

இது பத்து வருடத்துக்கு மேற்பட்ட ஜோடிங்க!

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இதுல ஒரு விஷயம் கவனிச்சீங்களா? அதாங்க…..நம்ம ஆளு(கணவன்) 

என்னம்மா என்று சொல்வது மட்டும் கடைசி வரை மாறவே இல்லீங்கோ!!

ஆமாம், உங்க வீட்ல எப்படி?

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There is this saying that "Women marry men hoping that he will change and men marry women hoping they won't". But then, women are forced to change due to circumstances(work, kids etc.) while no force ever work on men!! ;-)

If Aadha completes a decade, does it make a poora?!! :) 

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Restriction

IIT (Mumbai) to limit Internet access! - Ada paavame!!
Ever since we switched from dial-up to high-speed internet, computer has been my all in all(friend, newspaper, TV, telephone...). The only thing I am still not comfortable is reading novels online.

My inbox showed new mails in double digits one day last week! I hurriedly opened to see who the mails were from and boy, was it a surprise! All Spam comments!!! Only consolation was that atleast none were the usual 'gumbaloda govinda' forwarded messages!! Now I wonder whether to remove anonymous commenting option or to add word verification(any suggestions?). Yerkanave comments-kku lottery! Idhule, idhu veraya? mocked my mind. During my early blogging days, one of my friend commented(offline!) how blogging is all about getting comments. I retorted then like a cinema Actor about how I would go on blogging(Kalai chevai!) even if no one comments on my posts! But like how they say "aadina kaalum, paadina vaayum..." now add comments vaangina blog-um!

My bulk mails are overflowing with mails wanting to make me rich lately. "Final notice for you collect your lottery money" screams some and many from the African continent are waiting to transfer their brimming bank balance to mine!! Ada pongada!!

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Saaba Vimochanam?!

For the past few days, this blog had been inaccessible. Every morning I hoped that my 'sleeping on it' would magically rectify whatever problem my blog was experiencing. Yesterday I found that only my main page wasn't loading and I could access my blog entries separately. Still not onto a solution to the problem, I posted my reply comments and 'lo & behold' came my main page!!! Was that the spell breaker to the curse??!!

BTW, did you hear about the new Pocket Sarees?

Monday, June 12, 2006

Nandri! Meendum Varuga!


'Aadha-Yennangal' is a few weeks shy of its first birthday! The blowing of trumpet about this giant leap is advanced as me too will be vacationing in SenTamizhnaadu at that time!

Last year this time, I was just a peeper and I am so glad that I took that bold little baby step! The number of (blogger) friends I've made this past year is amazing! People otherwise I wouldn't have met, let alone chat, pulled legs, shared, supported!! Follow up to my inspired to read post, I have made head start there too(I have so far read 'Namesake', 'Kite Runner' and 'Da Vinci Code'!). Thanks a ton to all of you! In the past, the back to grind after India trips used to be so hard. Guess, I can look forward to some interesting catching up here in the blog world this time! ;) See ya!!

Wednesday, December 28, 2005

...After the Break!!

The packrats are moving(MA to GA)!! Will get back to regular blogging after we get settled in the new place.

So as not to dissappoint those of you who look forward(!!) to my Friday melody but at the same time me fighting time constraint, I am listing one song.

Vellai pookkal - Kannathil Muthamittal

Wish you all a happy, promising and more peaceful new year 2006!

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Back to routine!

I am back from Vacation. The title actually means still trying to get back to routine! I have so many posts ready in my head but have some minor challenges ahead of me in the next couple of days. Will try to resume from Friday.

Happy Ganesh Chathurthi!



Jai dev arathi

'Mangal bappa mourya'!

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Mind-Blogg(l)ing!

Lately, my mind is occupied by blog-o-blogs! While cooking, while putting my daughter to sleep or while travelling, all I can think of are the different posts & comments or ideas for my next post etc. I am just short of thinking aloud (like Deepti Naval practising her singing everywhere in 'Chashme Badoor'!). And atlast when I find time to sit infront of the system, I am eager to read new posts in my regular blogger-pal sites, go blog hopping and by the time I am back, I hardly remember all those ideas/thoughts that I've been having all day!!!

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Atlast!

My blog!! It's been a few months since I peeped into the 'blog world' and ever since been taking 'baby steps' (like in the movie 'What about Bob?') to reach this first major step! I wish to post my views, comments, hopes, peeves etc. (my toddler daughter allowing!) thereby relieving my husband and his ears!