int i, int j

Inikku naan office'la konjam vetti'ya irukkaen....adhunaala...inikku innoru incident post pannidaraen...This happened during our first year in college...infact in our first semester. Engalukku lab classes'la oru COmputer Science lab kooda irundhudhu.....Perusa illa...just a C lab...Ippo C'na edho sappa matter maari irukku....aana appo college first year'la engalukku C lab na nightmare dhaan....edhayum madhikka maatoam...oru program pannadhu illa...oru output generate pannadhu illa...appadiyae semester exam vandhuduchu...C lab semester exam...evanukkum onnum theriyadhu except the toppers...ella program'ayum veri thanama mug adichi exam ezhudha ready aanoam....Appo the seating arrangement was...Enakku pakkathula oruthan ..Ratnavel... avan paeru...adhukku pakkathula RV..avan enga department topper...So exam aarambichidhu...enakku enna program kuduthaanga'nu nyabagam illa...but it was something simple...very simple infact..aana adhayay vechittu thadavittu irundhaen....apparam Ratnavel...avan chance'ae illa....Ratnavel completing a program successfully is an oxymoron....aana avan RV pakkathula irukkra dhayirathula irundhaan....ennamo theriyala...RV got the toughest program....something to do with matrix and stuff....Vel eppadiyo...avan mug adicha code'a edho ezhudhi compile panna try pannaan...Adhu eppadi compile aagum...C language'la edhavadhu adicha adhu compile pannum...iavan veetla nadandha kadhai ellam adichi compile panna sonna..adhu eppadi pannum....and it threw an error message and said "Undefined Vaiable i"
Namma college'la code adikkum bodhu dhaan i,j,x,y thavira vera variables use pannadhay illayae...Aana konjam yosichaa theriyum.. ivan variable define pannala program'la...define pannama ivan paatukku use pannittaan...Enna kaetta velaikku aagadhu'nu nenaichu...RV'ya kaettaaan...and u shud be knowing that Toppers rarely open their mouths in the exam halls...but RV parava illa...konjam inhibitions irundhudhu..but he was atleast willing to help with his critically acclaimed nervousness...avan exam hall'la pesumbodhey..."appan kudhur kulla illa" kadhai dhaan...
SO Vel RV kitta kaettaan....
"Dei RV....Error message varudhu da..."
"Enna da error"
"Undefined variable i'nu solludhu da"...
"Dei....variable'a define pannu da..program starting'la int i'nu podu da'
"Oh...aama ...thanks da..."
Appadi'nu sollittu...ivan program change panna aarambichittaan...enakku ellamay kaadhula vizhundhuttu irundhudhu...
Apparam ivam code change panni marubadiyum compile pannaan....Aana marubadiyum oru error message vandhudhu....
"Dei..Rv..innoru error solludhu da"By this time RV was completely nervous....
"Dei...seekaram sollu da...ennada error"
Appo ivan sonnaaan ....hayyo enakku ezhudhum bodhu kooda avolo sirippu varudhu....
"Dei...RV Undefined variable j'nu solludhu da"Avolo dhaan RV tension aayittaan...
"Dei...enna da...int j'nu podu da" appadi'nu kathittaan...Avolo dhaan ..nalla velai...yaarum paakala...enakku sirippa adakka mudiyala...Adhoda Vel avanoda system'a paathavan dhaan....endha pakkamum thirumbaama..evanayum edhuvum kaekkaama...avan paatukku code adichittu irundhaan....Aana kadasee verikkum andha code compile aagavay illa....Unmai'liyae Ratnavel'oda mana dhayiratha namma paaraatanum...Yen'na Int I..Int J Ratnavel dhaan...ippo SCJP, IBM DB2, Websphere ippadi oru 7 or 8 certifications muduchittaaan...Aana indha exam'la ellam avan yaaru kitta enna kaettan'nu enakku theriyadhu...Cya next time.

Podaangoyya

Hi..oru chinna gap'ku apparam I'm back with one of my college stories...College'la engaloda gang oru periya gang...almost 14-15 guys together...ellamay kettu kutti sevura poga vendiyavanga...konjam uruputtoam...aana ella gang layum irukkura oru 2 or 3 pazhams enga gang layum irupaanga....Adhula oruthan dhaan Sethu....Ivan schooling Bangalore'la pannittu enga college'la vandhu saerndhaan...Ivana pathi oru chinna intro kudukkanum'na ...1st year maths class'la enga professor synthetic division vechu yedho oru problem solve pannittu irundhaaru....ivan dhideernu ezhundhu
"Sir, I'm from Bangalore...I dont know this method Sir" appadi'nu sonnaan....
Avarukku onnumey puriyala...Bangalore'kum Synthetic Division'kum enna sambandham...apparam ivan sollraan..avan Bangalore'la padikkum bodhu 12th verikkum indha synthetic division'a padikkavay illayam...adha dhaan appadi sonnanaan. Annilaerndhay...ivana naanga oru maargama dhaan paapoam...evolo simple matter'a irundhaalum...adha kozhapiduvaan...Seri..Ippo avanoda most famous incident...Naanga ellam oru padam paaka poanoam....I forgot the name of the movie...Adhula Vivek Auto Driver'a irupaan...and oru anadhai ponam irukkum....and he'll say
"Anadhai ponathukku ellam indha autokaaran da sondha kaaran...Music....."
Appo oru Panparag Settu andha pakkam varuvaan...Now for the dialogues....
"Yaar indha Junoo Set"
"Nee indha amma'ku thathu payyan'a illa petha payyan'a"
"Indha amma'va ippo thathu eduthirukkura muthu payyan"
"Idhu unga aatha veetu mele vaangirukkura 10000 roopa kadan....idhu nelathu mele vaangirukkura 10000 roopa kadan...pannathay kudu...ponathay edu..."
"Nee aalay Vudu"...
"Hey..ippadi uttuttu poriyae...idhgu unga AATHA..."
"Podaaaaannggggooooooooo"
Idhu dhaan andha dialogue....theatre'ae uzhundhu uzundhu sirikkudhu.....naangalum dhaan....Ivanum sirichaan...Naan kaettaen...
"Dei...yen da sirikkara...unakku adhu enna'nu purinjidha???"
"Dei...Idhu kooda puriyadha da...."
"Seri....Avan podangoooooo'nu enna solla mean pannaan?"
"Dei...enakku theriyum da....naan onnum avolo bad illa da"
"Seri appo sollu....naanga therinjikkaroam"....
Avan enna solliruppan'nu nenaikkareenga???? Read the Title again.
Padatha vida..idhu dhaan engalukku periya comedy'a irundhudhu....Idhu verum aarambam dhaan...idhu maari...ovvoruthan onnu onnu pannirukkan.....ellathayum sollraen...

Maastru Matter

I had mentioned about my class teacher in the previous post. Indha post'ae avarukku dedication dhaan... We used to call him Karu. Avaru basically romba nallavaru dhaan...aana konjam echa thanama nadandhupparu...He was our Chemistry Master in the 11th and our class teacher in 12th. Title'la enna da 'Maastru'nu irukkae'nu neenga yosicha...avaru appadi dhaan sollipaaru avara...for ex: he used to say "Maastru sonna kaelunga da"...avaruku evolovo matter irukku...edha inga podaradhu'nu theriyala...We used to have tuitions every alternate day in the evenings. Indha tuition yennoda friend veettu terrace'la nadakkum...Most of the comedies inga dhaan nadakkum..Nera tuition varuvaru...Hot water kudipparu...Apparam Coffee kudipparu...apparam Dosa saapuduvaaru...idhu ellam avaru kondu vandhadhu illa...Andha veetla vaangi saapuduvaaru...But how he asks them is very entertaining..

"Amma Vaidy..konjam sudu thanni eduthuttu vaa ma...Test'la mark podala'nu ordinary water eduthuttu varadha'ma nalla sooda irukkanum"....

"Dei Vijay...Vaidy'oda amma kitta poyi...Maastru coffee kaettaru'nu sollu ma...Orey Thala vali..coffee saapta dhaan seriyaagum.."(Adhu eppadi'nga Sir ungalukku mattum daily thala vali varum)

"Vaidy...Keezha poni'na amma (avaroda amma Illa..vaidy'oda amma) sooda Dosa'yum Kurma'vum panni vechirupanga...adha konjam eduthuttu vaa da kanna....Kurma'la vegetables ellam vaendaam..andha saalna mattum neraya eduthuttu va da".

Idhellam evolo'vo parava illa...but the best one happened in our class... Edho oru equation nadathum bodhu...There was a participant called Boron Triflouride, the chemical formula for which is BF3. Indha equation'a board'la ezhudhittu..he looked at the class and said...

"Indha equation'a mattum yaarum marakka maatengalae...BF3 da..Because boys will like the blue color"...

Ellarum sirichoam...but surprsingly (?) even all the girls laughed...All the girls used to sit in the right sie of the class.Odaney avaru first row'la okkadhundu irundha payyan'a paathu...

"Dei Vinoth...Right hand side'la irukkaravanga kooda sirrikaraanga da...I think you are only teaching all the concepts" appadi'nu sonnaru...

engalala adhukku mela mudiyala...but fortunately..i guess none of the girls heard this... Idhunaala dhaan sonnaen..avaru konjam 'echa''nu..OK..I guess this is not a dedication anymore...Avaru idha padichaaru'na naera enga veetuku poi

"Idha paarunga madam..indha maari ellam ezhudhi vechirrukkan'nu solluvaaru"

Marakkama coffee vaangi saaptuttu vandhuduvaru...Sorry Sir..Feel pannadheenga.

A New Don is Born - Aaya

Idhu oru nalla incident..It happened way back in our 12th standard...School'la engalukku oru periya gang....Adhula main'a oruthan vandhu "Aaya"..Avanoda actual paeru..Prabhu...Ivolo nalla peyar ..eppadi "Aaya"'nu maarichu'ngradhu dhaan indha episode.It was towards the end of the school..all our prep exams were over and we were gearing up for the big show.Appo...there used to be a practise in our school (most schools I guess). Correspondent vandhu..oru periya lecture kudupaaru..to all 12th students...Ellarum nalla ezhudhanum...idhu unga life decide pannra exam..mayiru..mattai'nu ellam paesuvaaru...adhukku apparam dhaan matter'ae...Every student will walk up to the stage..not exactly a stage...kind of ...anga vandhu...correspondent, avanga wife, apparam principal..ellarum irupaanga...They used to distribute almamaters to all students..adha vaangittu vandhudnum....avolo dhaan velai...Idhula enga class teacher oruthar irundhaaru..avaru engalukku bayangara close...infact we attended tuitions with him..so he was like a friend to us...avaru sonnadha naanga evanum madhikka maatoam...(most of us... that is)...he came to our group and said..."Inga paarunga da...Nera stage poyittu...Correspondent, Principal rendu paeru kaal'layum vizhundhudunga...periyvanga blessings ungalukku thevai...appo dhaan exam nalla ezhudha mudiyum"...Evan Corresppndent kaal'la ellam vizhuvaan..naan enga appa amma kaal'layae vizha maataen....so I just ditched it... Usually we all will..But enna'nu theriyala...Prabhu vandhu...12th Board exams'nu feel panni...vizhundhudalaam'nu decide pannitaan...They called him on to the stage...Nera thalaya kuninjikittae ponaan (ready to fall at their feet)...Nera ponaan..Almamater'a vaangunaan..apparam..Principal Kaal'a vizhundhaan...apparam...Correspondent'oda wife kaal...apparam Correspondent...maganay..ezhundhukkavae illa..enna da...adhaan ellam mudinjiuchae'nu paatha....anga Correspondent'ku almamater'a eduthu kudutha"AAYA" kaal'la poyi vizhundhuttaan.....Maganay...Naanga ellam vizhundhu vizhundhu sirikkaroam...thaanga mudiyala...avolo dhaan...avanukku apparam oruthan kooda evan kaal'layum vizhala....Annikku avanukku "Aaya"'nu paeru vechoam..Inikku verikkum appadi dhaan koopudaroam...Avan college mates kooda avana appadi dhaan koopidaraanga..avangalukku eppadi matter therinjudhu'nu paatha...Avanga "Aaya"'nu koopudradhukku vera reason kuduthaanga....Adhu Onnum Illa...Ivan college'la padikkum bodhu..anga kukoos kazhuvura oru "Aaya"'va correct panna try pannanaam...adhaan..;-)Enna irundhaalum...Aaya ...Aaya dhaan..Cya Later.

Typical American Weekend.

There is a perception that Indians in the US have a great weekend and lots to talk about to their friends and family back home about it. If you are one among them, then am afraid, you are terribly weekend. Needless to say Indians do
have fun during the weekends, but its entirely of a differently kind. If you dont have car here (under which most immigrants fall) you are doomed. You would never have expected life to be so dependent on someone else. The first
two months you would be cursing yourself, to leave your hometown and your country to live in this piece of trash.
Not that, the situation gets better after 2 months...its just that you get used to it. I will give you my Gyan on how a Typical Weekend for a Desi would like in the US. Lets just take an average guy who has a phone, and a system
at home. So Lets start.

08:23 AM : Wake up, switch on your computer, wash your face, check your mail.
08:40 AM : Brush your teeth, finish off with you-know-what
8:45 AM : Start chatting with everyone back home, even with guys who you would hesitate chatting when you were in India.
11:00 AM : Put your chat on hold, start with making lunch.
12:04 AM : Lunch is done. Nothing much except some egg curry and rice or frozen chappathis. Continue with chat
01:30 PM : Chat is done. You are exhausted, have lunch
02:00 PM : Start off with your afternoon nap.
04:30 PM : Wake up, freshen up, search for the best movie to watch in the huge movie database tht you had collected.
04:45 PM : Did a good job in finding a movie. Start the show.
07:00 PM : Check your mails again. If you dont find anything interesting, you always know that your calls are free on weekends. Call every single person you know in the US and eat their brains out (You never know, they
mite be more than happy to do so...just to kill theirs)
08:30 PM : Ask one of your friends, to take you to the nearest liqor store.
09:30 PM : The 'sarakku' is ready. Start Music.
11:30 PM : After 3 or 4 rounds, try to make some dinner. 'Side dish' to be precise.
12:00 PM : Continue
02:30 AM : Exhausted. Crash.
Sunday
01:00 PM : Wake Up. Freshenup. Eat the left overs.
02:30 PM : Crash.
05:00 PM : Finish the laundry and Ironing.
08:30 PM : Make Dinner. Eat. Crash.

End of day's play. That will be stumps on Day Two.

Madai Thirandhu

This has nothing to do with any incidents in my life or anyone else's....Its just a song..thats been doing the rounds lately...Its a Tamil Rap song from Yogi B. If you search for "Yogi B n Nachathira Feat Lock Up - Madai Thiranthu" in youtube you would find it...or you could just use the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbBsDOzxZlU

Its actually a remix of the Madai Thirandhu song from 'Nizhalgal'. Its amazing. I've been listening to it twice a day after I first heard it. I tried to get the lyrics ..but couldn't find it here. So I decided to take the first step and write the lyrics myself. I guess most of them are right. I managed to fill up most of Rap1 and Rap3...aana rap2...mudiyalai...chumma anga inga...mothamae oru 10 words dhaan enaku purijidhu...so am going ahead and posting the lyics... will try and fill up Rap2 sometime later..hopefully :-)

Damn Its gonna blow...Thaavum nadhi alai naan...
Maybe u shud know...Koovum siru kuyil naan....
Isai kalaignan..yen aasaigal aayiram..ninaithadhu palithadhu...*2

Rap 1
Edhuvumay thuvangum mun..nalla ulangalukku nandri
Nandri thaayae..neeyo idi thaangi..thandhai neeyo sumai thangi....
Pasi Kodumai..Nadaipadhaiyil Urakkam...
Aasai kedakkudhu karanam....Iraivanin irakkam...
Ethanai Yaemaatram..Anudhinam Avamaanam...
Edhayum thaangum ullam ...thodarum isai payanam...
Tholaival gaanam paada vendum Natchathiram...
Thodarndhu poaraadum...kalaignanin manam...
Thottakal thullaikkadhu....anugundu thagarkkadhu....
Avamanam yen uyirai azhikkadhu...
Adhigaram yen kanavai thadukkadhu.....
Karuppinar sollisai maindhan kidakkatum....
Sentamizh sollisiai selvendhar pirakattum...
Viyakka vaikkum thiruppangal ini nigazhum...
Bramikka vaikkum padai...ini thodarum...
Pudhiya parimaanam...padai edukkum...
Natchathirangalin jananam adhai mudivedukkum.

Damn Its gonna blow...Thaavum nadhi alai naan...
Maybe u shud know...Koovum siru kuyil naan....
Isai kalaignan..yen aasaigal aayiram..ninaithadhu palithadhu...*2

Rap 2
Total Free...I cudn't understand one line completely...just in bits amnd pieces...Andha
"Sollroamla"..adhu matttum romba nalla irukkum...Apparama idha fill panna try pannraen.

Netru yen edhirilae...nizhalgalin naadagam....
Indru yen edhirilay...nijangalin....dharisanam...
Varum kaalam..vasantha kaalam..naalum mangalam...
Varum kaalam..vasantha kaalam..naalum mangalam... Isaikena..pirikkandra...rasigargal rajjiyam....Enakkaeee dhaan.

Rap 3
Yevanukkumay theriyadhu...
Unakku sonnal puriyaadhu....
Now take you back...flashback...when I was just little...
There used to be a couple..next to the colony temple....
Hey Gundu Payya...unga amma appa chellam...
pattanam maari poanoam...yen'na mazhai vandha vellam..
Pudhiya... pazhaya... ulagugal maara.... Aangilamum ..thamizhum...kalaachaarangal modha...
Kadupuchinaen'ada indha Hip Hop...
Andru mudhal indru varai...market dont establish...market dont win...
Sodhanai Vedhanai..yen kannil thulaiika..Appo thumbikkai yen nambikkai...
Kuala Lampur...Chennai..London...Tamizhan...MC...Mudhalvan...Vallavan...
Rap Music kalai vidhiyin sambrudhaayam...Madai thirandhu..nadhi alai pol yen kavidhaigal thaavum....

Damn Its gonna blow...Thaavum nadhi alai naan...Maybe u shud know...Koovum siru kuyil naan....Isai kalaignan..yen aasaigal aayiram..ninaithadhu palithadhu...*2

Adhikkarathuva orunginaippu...Isai kalaignargalin anivaguppu...
Idharkku kadavul Kaarana kartha...Idhuvae ezhudhapadum..idai vidaadhu thodarum...Indri amaiyaadha...Isai Thenamudhaagum.

Kavidhaiku enna kattupaadu....Madai Thirandhu alai paayum yen soll isai mettu...Iraivan mattum arivaan...naan sindhiya veyarvai..ratham ..thyagam...

Lemme know what you guys thought..and corrections if any. Bye.

Butterworth and Chebychev

Actually Butterworth and Chebychev are two types of filters that you might come across in Network Analysis. Illa Illa...Yaarum tension aagaadheenga...Naan enna dhaan electronics student'aa irundhaalum...naan inga tech topics ellam edukka maataen..and its safe for me too(naan pass aanadhay periya vishayam)...OK..this is an interesting incident and that I can never forget in my entire life...I dont know for how long I lauged after this incident...so just thought I'll pen it down..padikka avolo funny'aa irukumma'nu theriyala...but annikku enga gang full'aa sirichae sethoam. Ok Ippo Incident'ku varaen...It was in our 3rd year and we had a paper called "Network Analysis and Synthesis"...It was handled by a professor called KBB. Avaru engalukku idhukku munnadiyae 2 or 3 papers handle pannirukkaru...Avar eppadi'na..avaru undu avaru vela undu'nu irupparu...Class'la enna nadandhaalum....kandukka maataaru....Naanga podara sathathula...avaru paesardhu avarukkay kaekkuma'nu doubt dhaan...but still he will continue his classes. So in one of his classes, as usual ..naanga ellam paper cricket aadittu... oruthana oruthan nakkal adichittu ...class'la enna nadukkudhu'nae theriyama irundhoam....and another reason we dont pay attention in his class is, he teaches like trash, gavanichaalum..onnum puriyaadhu...so naanga enga velaya paathuttu irundhoam..avaru..avaroda velaya paathuttu irundhaaru...but enga gang'la oruthan mattum (PK to be exact)..was paying sincere attention to whatever he was saying."Enna da PK...Ippadi gavanikkara"'nu kaetta..."Dei...Class romba nalla irukku da"'nu sonnaaan....Ennadhu KBB class nalla irukka?????'nu naanum yosichaen....seri edho gavanikkatum'nu naanga free'ya vittutoam...Konja naeram kazhichi..notes ellam edukka aarambichittutaan....board'la paatha edho "Butterworth"..."Chebychev"'nu ellam irukku....yedho perusa 'derive' ellam panni vechirundhaanga....Ivan ella derivation'ayum verithanama notes eduthuttu irundhaan...Apparam Class mudiya 5 minutes dhaan irundhudhu...appo dhaan naanga ellam pucca attentive aayiduvoam...yen'na appo dhaan 'attendance' edupaaru....Ok..Pucca'va attendance kuduthaachu....Apparam indha PK sonnaan..."Dei neenga ellam inikku class'a gavanikkala...evolo super'a eduthaaru theriyuma...chance'ae illa...semaya purinjidhu..." appadi'nu sonnaan...Apparam KBB'ku enna aachu'nu theriyala....class'a vittu veliya pogama..edho refer pannittu irundhaaru....Class'ae avara dhaan paathutu irundhudhu...Appram he looked at the whole class and said.."Sorry..WHATEVER I TOLD FOR BUTTERWORTH IS FOR CHEBYCHEV AND WHATEVER I TOLD FOR CHEBYCHEV IS FOR BUTTERWORTH".....Naanga ellam appadiyae thirumbi PK'vayum avanoda Notes'ayum paathoam....Adhukku apparam oru 1 hr sirichoam. Ungalukku ethana paerukku sirippu vandhudhu'nu theriyala....aana enakku ippavum sirippu varudhu.

My Rich Uncle

Title'a paatha odanay ..ennoda mama yedho periya aal'nu ellam neenga nenaikka vaendaam....indha kadhai'yae vera. Appo dhaan naan US'ku vandhu pudhusu...Chumma Friends'oda Atlantic City ponaen...(US'a idhu verikkum paathiraadha 'very fortunate' Indians'kaaga sollraen...Atlantic City is the Vegas of the East...Need I say More). Yedho US'ku vandhu Atlantic City pogalana naa...its equivalent to "Veshti kattina south makkal visiting the Chennai without heading to the Marina and Setha College" range'ku build up kuduthaanga...

Seriously, kandippa oru vaati Atlantic City poganum. Its a place worth visiting. Ippadi ellam kooda kaasu selavu azhikka mudiyuma'nu naama therinjikka oru vazhi. The Magnitude is huge. We went to a few casinos, Caesar's..Taj Mahal..Wild Wild West...and a few more. Seri ellathayum naatupuram maari paathaachu...konjam velayadi dhaan paapoam'nu chumma oru game try pannoam...
Indha Game'ku Name ennanga..appadi'nu Goundamani Gentleman'la kaekkara maari naangalum andha game'a paathoam...appo dhaan perusa ezhudirandhudhu... "My RichUncle" ...Oru Periya Uncle sirichitu irukkura maari oru poster vera...Aaha nice name...appadi'nu aada aarambichoam...First oru one-dollar bill'a poattoam..."Sorry I rijit you"''nu sollidichu....suthi paathoam ...yaaravdhu paathutaangala'nu..nalla velai..avan avan busy'aa irundhaan...ok..escape'nu oru $5 bill'a poattoam...ok.."Start"'nu oru button irundhudhu....adha press pannoam. Aaha the game had started...aana enna pannradhu???? Enna nadukkudhu'nae puriyala...yedho neraya buttons irundhudhu...ellathayum press pannoam. Hooohum...onnum preyojanam illa...mothamae oru 10 seconds irukkum..."Game Over" appadi'nu perusa sollichu....Ada Paavigala...Edhuvumey Pannaliyae da appadi'nu thonichu....Appo dhaan marubadiyum andha poster'a paathoam...Andha Uncle edhukku sirikkuraaru'nu...appo dhaan purinjidhu...'Ada kena pasangala' appadi'nu engala paathu sirikkira maari oru feeling. No wonder he is Rich. Andha ettu pulli kolatha ivan dhaan podaraan pola irukku'nu nenaichu...appadiyae adutha game'ku poyittoam...adhu oru periya kadhai....adha naan next meet pannraen. Idhu ellathulayum orey samaadhana padura vishayam...adhu yennoda $5 illa...avolo dhaan... (Most of my phrases will be from some tamil movie or the other...Avid Movie go-ers can figure it out easily). Cya Later.

NY Paruppu

Ok, before I start with the actual incident, I'd just like to say that I'm a software consultant working for an Indian Company. Inga edhukku vara poraen..ellam "Onsite" dhaan. Adhey kuppai dhaan naanum. Ok with that info, we'll start. I was returning to NJ from Boston. I landed in NY and was lookng for the actual gate from where the Nj bus starts. Orey oru gate'la mattum, Oru periya line irundhudhu..and most of them were Desis. Appavey theliva therinjidhu adhu NJ pora bus dhaan'nu...as I as waiting for the Bus,
enakku munnadi irukkaravan enna kaettaan..avanum oru desi dhaan..actually there were two of them...
"Where are you heading to?"
PineBrooks'nu sonnaen...
"Oh..we are heading to Parsippany" appadi'nu sonaan...Adhoda niruthi irukalaam..aana avan vidama..I'm avan he is evan...and I did my MS in Michigan and am
right now working in NY (aaahhhaaa aarambichitaanae....)...NY is a big city and you shud obviously be knowing that its too expensive as well. So we stay in Parsippany. We had a get-together of sorts in NY today and we are heading home after that. (Enakku avana suthama pudikkala...vidaama pesittu irundhaan..naan verum thalai'a mattum aatittu irundhaen...)
Nadula konjam gap vittu "So you're coming from?" appadi'nu sonnaan....
"Boston"'nu sonnaen...apparam I knew what he'd ask...and he's from North India as well..Chappathi saapudravan kitaa neraya peela vidanum'nu solli...ready panni vechittaen...
"What do you do"'nu kaettaan...avolo dhaan...
Vaada Vaada Vaada..."I'm doing my Masters in CS ...NEU in Boston??? (Appadiyae copy from Alaipaayudhey..I'm doing my Masters in Opthalmology..Princeton Univ?")...
Oh Yes..I know the NEU...appadi'nu sonnaan...
Adhoda naan niruthala...(Unna vida maataen da dei)....You know I'm actually moving into NY this February ..I got a full time offer in NY...
"Oh where?"
"GS..."'nu sonnaen...
"Pardon me"...(Appadi adangi irunga da dei...)
"Hmm..Goldman Sachs...I thought you shud be knowing it..u've been here long time huh.."
"Oh..yeah..Goldman Sachs..Gr8 company" appadi'nu sonnaan..."Ok..thats gr8 dude..(Indha Dude'a vida maatanga)...
"Yeah actually it is great..I'll be working in the Asset Management division where I need to build
mathematical models to.. you know..manage funds of High Net Worth Individulas"...
Avolo dhaan..payyan pamma aarambichitaan...Enakkum oru santhosham...Bus'la aeri naan vera edathukku poyi okkandhuttaen...
Enna irundhaalum..Arisi Arisi dhaan...Chapathi Chapathi dhaan.
Enakku eppadi GS pathi ivolo theriyum'nu neenga nenaikalaam...Naan sonna kadhai ellamay..ennoda Boston friend'oda nejamana profile..adhaan naan chumma kadan vaangittaen avolo dhaan...
Ok..Cya guys next time with smething interesting.

Phone illama naan padum paadu

Ok..Idhu onnum periya matter illa...It has been almost two months since I landed in the US. and I still haven't got a phone for myself. Am still looking for one, have been greatly unsuccessful so far..eppadiyavadhu indha week oru phone vaanganum...seri..ippo oru phone illadhadhu naala naan ennoda dignity and self-esteem ezhakka vendiya nelamai kooda enakku vandhudhu...aana eppadiyo..ennamo ole adichi thappichittaen..andha kadhai'a sollraen..

Few of my crazy friends stay in Boston. I stay in NJ myself. So usually, I take the bus from NY to Boston. Its about a 4.5 hour journey. So bus'la aerina odaney..en pakkathula oru ponnu okkandha...paaka sumara irundha..aana America..namakkum adhukkum konjam kooda tally aagadha matter. Ava paatukku vandha...yedho book edutha...padika aarambicha...naan oru tamizhan aachay..bus kelambuna odaney.. jannal'la thalaya saachi..thoonga aarambichittaen...oru 2.5 hrs poyrukkum'nu nenaikkraen...there was an old guy sitting behind us and he was completely drunk...avan paatukku yedho olarittu irundhaan..bus'la ellarum bayangara kadi'a dhaan irundhaanga...aana enakku direct'a pinnadi okkandhahunaala..enakku rombavay kaduppa irundhudhu...aana enna pannradhu..idhu namma ooru illayae..adhunaala vaaya moodittu vandhaen...but avanaala orey oru nalladhu dhaan nadandhadhu...avan senja ragalai'la ava padikka mudiyaama book'a moodi vechutta..appram enna paathu "This is the most sick bus journey I've ever had" appadeen'na...Naan kooda namma pakkathula okkandhahu naala dhaan appadiyo'nu nenaichaen..apparam avalay..."the guy behind is seriously getting on my nerves" appadi'nu solli matter'a clear pannitta..apparam enna..summa nee yaaru...naan yaaru appadi short intro mudichittu...we started talking about movies...Boston etc...it was my second trip to Boston...but enga topic mudiyara maari irundhudhu..adhunaala..to keep the conversation going.."This is my first trip to Boston" appadi'nu sonnaen..she was basically from Boston..so ava Boston'la enna ellam paakalaam'nu ellam sonna..nalla kadhai marubadiyum aarambichadhu..apparam Boston was nearing...she asked me if I have a number to exchange..aaahhaaaaa...oru figure kitta Phone vaangala'nu eppadi sollradhu...adhunaala...summa oru bit'a poattaen.."You know..I had a bad day at office...actually I was supposed to leave to Boston only tomorrow morning...but guys at the office lterally drove me crazy that i left at 3:30...in tht chaos..I forgot my phone in the office" appadi'nu solli mudichaen...abba...ivolo seekaram eppadi yosichi indha ole'a adichaenn'nu theriyala...but epadiyo..adichittaen..adhoda summa nirutha mudiyuma..eppadiyum ole adichaachu...so I just continued " I actually shud have taken my car...but since its my first trip and I was driving alone..I dint wanna lose my way and delay my trip" ...appadi'naen...aana ava adhukku..oh yes..My boyfriend too has a car but he wudn't travel 4.5 hrs just to drop me at Boston appadi'nu sonna...adhoda naan marubadiyum thoonga poyittaen...Ivolo neram paesunadhay waste.

Adutha kadahi..NY'la. Cya soon.

Tamil - In its own way

OK.. so here goes...for people who know tamil...( Someone else visiting this page is an oxymoron).. they wud know that chaste tamil or 'thooya tamil" is how the language actually originated. Now I hardly know anyone who uses the words "Nandri", "Mannikavum" , "Aluvalagam" , "Noolagam" among others....the way we use these words now are,
"Machan Thanks da" , "Dei Mayiru..Sorry Da", "Office poga venama echa...", "Avan Library'la okkandhuttu iruppan da..pazham".

And this is how we like to use our language. I mean, its so easier this way. Back then, Thiruvalluvar wrote the Thirukkural (f or reasons unkown to mankind ) which would be so complex , that you would need Ethan Hunt from MI3 to decode it. For example he would say ..
"Theeyinaar sutta pun ullaarum...aaradhey...naavinaar sutta vadu". This only conveys the meaning that "Words are stronger" and you cant take back whatever you have said...

Adhavadhu..naan enna solla varaen'na ....ellarukkum therinjadha..yaarukkumey purimaya sollradhu dhaan 'thooya' tamil esp..Thirukkural.

Ok Ippo different ways of tamil'a paapoam....lets take the different ways of greeting a person who you meet on the road.

A typical cheeru (thats the code for a brahmin) would say "Hello Eppadi Irukkel....Aathula ellarum sowkiyama"

Enna maari pasanga " Enna machi..paathu romba naal aachu....nalla irukkiya'nu " kaeppaanga...

Idhuvey..namma "Ratnavel" maari partynga..." Mappulla...Inna Paakuraa...Vootla allarum set'aa" appadi'nu kaeppanga..

aana..namma appadiyey konjam south'ku poanoam na...highle educated people'a paakalaam..eppavumey aruva stand'oda alayara parties...avanga paesura tamizhae vera level....

Dei Mappilai..andha pullai'ya (Pulla'na avanga baashai'la ponnu) paaru da...ava namakku madiyara saathiyakoorugal edhavadhu thenpadudha" appadi'nu soluvaanga...

Namma Madras makkalukkaga sollraen...Sathiya Kooru'na possibility.

Seri...ippodhaikku naan apeet aayikkaraen...apparama repeat aayi kaatraen.

Hangover

Ok. My previous blog was , not sure why, actually serious. But thats exactly how I wont be when you get to meet me. I really doubt if I had taken anything seriously in my whole life. The reason I wrote it the way it is, was primarily because I'm suffering from a serious hangover. But just after I posted it, I happened to listen to a , would you believe it or not , tamil rap from "Yogi B n Natchitra feat Lock Up". That just brought me back to my olden times where am not-so-serious. But that should have made me ditch this whole thing about blogging and start heading outside for some activity. But I just wanted to add this into my page to let everyone know, I'm not the crazy geek that I've sounded like in my previous post. Guys, btw, just listen to that song if you happen to get a chance, it'll seriously take u away....
"Damn its gonna blow....
Thaavum nadhi alai naan....
Maybe you should know...
Koovum siru kuyil naan....
Isai kalaignan..yen aasaigal aayiram...ninaithadhu...palithadhu...."
The next time I'll post something in my native language, I'll try to show how diverse our dialects could be even if it is the same language all together.

A step into....not sure what

This day November the 12th, '06, I have decdied to huhhh blog. Not sure why, it could be because life gets seriously boring sometimes and that crazy feeling creeps into you making you to do something worthwhile rather than spend a weekend watching movies and boozing heavily. But never did I imagine , One day, I would be interacting with my system like I am doing now. I've always wanted to interact only with people, I hardly care if its a stranger or my closest pal ever. All I've ever wanted to do is talk. But now as I look around my apartment, I have hardly anyone to even throw a goodwill smile. This is exactly how I've felt the minute I landed in the United States. Too bad, they call it the land of opportunities when it does not even give you an opportunity to talk. Ok...I might sound a bit sceptical here...I can always walk down my apartment and enter my friend's and start with all the gossips and then what?? You just end up watching some crappy movie on the net. I've always considered blogging as something only jobless people would do trying to save them from desperation. Hard to accept that, I'm in the exact position descibed above. Ok so I've just started with this to give vent to my thoughts. Not sure what I will be posting in the coming days. Hopefully something interesting.