Parthasarathy Team!

Disclaimer - If you are not a cricket lover..please refrain from reading this!

I guess I had mentioned earlier that we are all cricket freaks. I got to know half of the cricket-playing Chennai crowd during those years. The place where we normally play in Annanagar is called P&T quarters (Postal & Telegraph). Its owned by the P&T department , but anybody can go and play there. Its quite big, and in weekends there used be atleast a hundred guys playing. It would be a real mess. Most of the time, naanga velayadara team vandhu....yedhavadhu local pasangala dhaan irukkum...in chennai terminology..'local'na...local dhaan..."Yei...inna romba pesura...adchaen'na vaai keenjikkum"...idhukku peru dhaan local...so mostly idhu maari edhavadhu team kooda dhaan velayaduvoam...and ella match'layum kandippa edhvadhu sandai varum...appo chinna pasanga ellam kaadha moodipaanga...yen'nu naan solla thevai illa. Avolo nalla nalla vaarthai'ya varum.

So we got into a habit of playing regularly with one particular team...naanga andha team'a Ameer team'nu solluvoam...yen'na avanaala dhaan naanga thoappoam..paradesi...eppadiyavadhu oru 5 wicket eduthuduvaan. Andha team'la ellarum..."highly educated" vera...enakku therinju evanum college pola...poana oru rendu peru...mudikkavae illa...SO every week ivanga kooda velayaduvoam...adhu maari oru week naanga varum bodhu...."Dei Vantaanunga da...Parthasarathy Team'u" appadi'nu oru sound vandhuchu....Yaaru da adhu'nu paatha...ivanunga dhaan...

Usually...all Brahmins are referred to as 'parthasarathy' (courtesy - Koundamani in Indian), and appadi kooptaa.. adhu oru kevalam.Enakku therinju..enga team'la yaarum indha brahmin slang ellam pesa maatoam..except one guy...Vaidy.

Apparam..avanungala kooptu kaettoam..
"Dei..Enna da Parthasarathy team'nu koopadreenga"
"AAma unga team'la dhaan oru parthasarathy irukkaanay"
"Evan da adhu...enna Pannaan?"
"Dho..Vaidy dhaan"
Apparam kaettoam avan enna sonnaan'nu...As I said..neraya peru velayadittu irupaanga anga..and once Ameer picked up the wrong ball(which belonnged to some other team which was playing) and started to bowl...Appo ivan..Ameer kitta poyi...

"Dei...Idhu Avaa Ball...Naama idhula poattundrikkoam"...appadi'nu solli irukkaan....adhula aarambichadhu dhaan...inikku verikkum engala Parthasarathy team'nu dhaan koopudraanga...

Dei Vaidy..evan kitta enna pesradhu unakku theriyaadhu???

Guys..chk the comment he has given for my previous blog ...I'm pasting it here...Nee innum thirundhavae illa da.

"Machi avan irunda , story'a mathirpan... sauce'la thanni vitutanga'nu sollirpan, andha lady'um oru spoon pottundrpa... "

Ok..Cya later.

An Ice-cream I can never forget

This is my first post in the New Year and I would like to start with one of my favorite incidents ever. It was during one of the years in college....but the actual incident happened with my mates from school. We all decided that it was a long time since we went out as a group...and decided that we would go out for dinner...I dont remember if it was anybody's treat....but we all went....Motham oru 10 peru iruppoam...ellarum saerndhu Residency Towers ponoam...most of our treats would be in Residency...eppayum pola...semma theeeni...sema kadhai'nu treat pochu...idhula konjam thanni vera...Indha Veg pasangalukku avolova variety illa like in most buffets...so avanga eppavumay...dessert'la dhaan kuriyaaa irupaanga....anga dhaan kudutha kaasa vasool panna mudiyum....and ofcourse Residency has a good dessert menu for Buffet . So ellathayum mudichittu...dessert kaaga ready aayittu irundhoam....appo first round dessert saaptuttu....we were almost full (the non-veg guys..that is)....aana indha veg pasanga...dessert'a mattum oru 3-4 rounds povanga...finally it was time for Ice-cream...first Saravanan ponaan (the guy who has commented in all my blogs). He's one of my closest friends ever...Ennayum kooptaan...seri'nu naanum ponaen...first avan poyi...vanilla ice-cream oru 3 scoops eduthaan...if u guys wud have noticed...they have this chocolate syrup,some caramel and nuts along with the ice-cream that u can use....ivanum...konjam chocolate syrup eduthaan...apparam konjam nuts eduthaan....apparam innoru syrup irundhudhu....it was almost white ....honestly we dint know what it was...enna paathaan...enakkum theriyala...seri try pannalaam'nu adha eduthu oru 3 or 4 spoons poattaan ice-cream'la....naan innum ennoda turn kaaga pinnadiyae ninnuttu irundhaen...ivan indha syrup podaradha paathuttu...oru lady ivan kitta vandhu..."Excuse me...That is not syrup...thats the water for washing the spoons"...appadi'nu sonna....ivanukku enna pannradhu'nae theriyala..."Oh...Ok" appadi'nu sollittu...enna thirumbi paathaan....Naan eppadi anga iruppaen....Eppo ava..."water for washing"'nu sonnaalo...appavay naan angaerndhu escape...nera yennoda place'ku vandhuttaen....ennala sirippa adakka mudiyala...table irundha ellarum kadhaya kaettuttu....avan varum bodhu oatti thallittoam...nalla vela..just miss...naan mattum ivanukku munnadi poyirundhaen...idhay nelamai dhaan enakkum...Thanks da nanba!!!. But to be Honest...athana peru andha water'la spoon'a wash panni....it looked just like some kinda syrup...enna irundhaalum...Naan escape!!. Ok thats it for now...Cya soon.

Kadhal Kondein

This is one incident where I was not involved in, but actually sparked spontaneous laughter when i first heard about it. It was the time when Kaadhal Kondein had released. I was and am a movie freak, so I tend to watch these hyped movies on the very first day (College irukka illaya'nu evan kavala pattaan). Ennoda friends andha weekend , Udayam'la andha padatha paaka tickets vechurundhaanga...naan Friday'vae paathadhaala...naan pola...So 3 of them finally went. Its was RV (from int i,int j fame) together with Vidyash and Venky. Udayam theatre pathi chennai makkal'ku nalla'vae therinjirukkum...sollavae vendaam...one of the worst theatres in chennai. Orey lungi-clad gentlemen dhaan padatha paaka varuvaanga...Avanga ellam Selvaraghavan'oda next padam'nu nenaichi...Thulluvadho Ilamai range'ku yedho edhirpaathu vandhuruppanga pola irukku....Andha theatre'layae 10th'ku mela padichavanga'nu paatha adhu namma RV, Vidhyash and Venky dhaan....So padam paatukkum range'a poyittu irundhurukku...If you guys remember...I have already told you that RV is our department topper...so avan padam vandhadhay oru periya vishayam..but edho vandhuttaan. And there's that famous scene in the movie where a Maths professor finds Dhanudh sleeping during the lecture and wakes him up and asks him to solve the complex problem...adhu oru nalla scene...aana theatre'la irundhavanga ellarum oru kaduppoda padatha paathuttu irundhurukkanga....avanga edhirpaathadhu edhuvum padathula varala'nu orey feeling. Appo dhaan, andha scene....the prof wakes Dhanush up and says

"Indha Problem'a idhukku munnadi paathurukkiya?..Idhu enna'nu theriyuma...Go to the board and solve it" appadi'nu sollittu..ella studenta'ayum paathuttu...

"Students...naan evolo kashta pattu indha problem'ku solution derive pannirukkaen theriyuma...I had to refer 4 textbooks to come up with the solution" appadi'nu solluvaaru...Odaney camera board'ku pogum...and Dhanush will be solving the problem...Camera board'ku poana odanay...indha RV aarvam thaangama...

"Haiyyae....Idhu oru tough'ana probelam'a...saadharna Stokes theorem" appadi'nu solli tholachittaan....kooda irundha rendu pasangalum...aaha..thappaana theatre'la thappana dialogue adichutaanay'nu romba feel pannitaanga...Suthi irundha lungi clad gentlemen ellarum..oru vaati thirumbi...'dei evan da avan' range'ku oru look vittutu thirumbitanga...Nalla vela..avanga yaarum adhukku mela emotion aagala...Illa'na

Yei..kaidhai...theorem'a paesuraa...kai'la kedacha..naariduva' appadi'nu rathna sorkal'aala avangala paarattiruppanga...Andha scene'ku apparam ivanga yaarum avana vaai'ya kooda tharakka vidaliyae...Ivolo senjum...Boys padam paakum bodhu..."Dei avan vechirukkardhu Let us C book'da appadi'nu theatre'la sonnavan dhaan indha RV...Nee thirundha maata da.

Cheeru - The Anniyan Ambi

The incident that am going to talk about now is also related to an examination. Only, this did not happen in the exam hall but when the answer papers were distributed. Engalukku Microprocessor paper irundhudhu 6th semster’la . It was a tough one. Microprocessor naalay tough dhaana???? And to add to our woes, engalukku andha subject euthavanga ….enna vanga….eduthava was a professor called VV. She never used to be on time to the class (not that we will). Eppavum 30 minutes late’aa varuvanga….(for a 40 minute class). 5 mins attendance…meedhi 5 mins dhaan class….adhunaala…andha class naalay engalukku jolly. Avangala vida oru somberi’ya naan paathadhay illa….Oru velai seyya maatanga….Exam answer papers correct pani tharadhukkula…adutha exam’ae vandhudum….andha alavukku somberi…Avanga Microprocessor edutha eppadi riukkum…It was a total misfit….Ok…exam’um vandhuduchu….and it was of a “Choose the correct option” pattern. SO…four options irukkum…edhavadhu onna…tick adikkanum…avolo dhaan velai….The only other information that you need to write is your name and roll number. About 20 questions…It will take about 10 minutes to finish the exam…mudichittu ellarum vandhaachu. The reason why she gave such a test was that it would be easier for her to evaluate them. Seriyana somberi. Ok….SO one week later…answer papers distribute panna vandhaanga….ellarum answer papers vaangiyaachu….kitta thatta ellarum 18 on 20 …19 on 20 dhaan….yen’na andha exam ezhudhum bodhu…exam hall’la chair illa…so naanga ellam ninuttu dhaan ezhudinoam….Naanay aduthavanoda paper’a paaka venaam’nu nenaicha kooda mudiyaadhu….kandippa theriyum…so ellarum ellaroda paper’ayum paathu discuss panni ezhudhittoam…..aana idhu matter illa….matter enna’na….when the papers were distributed…ellarum avan avan paper’a nondittu…aduthavan paper’a paaka aarambichaan….there was one guy in our gang…Cheeru….avan paper’la mattum neraya ezhudhirundhudu…..We were confused….One word test aacahe….verum tick mattum dhaana pannanum….name and roll no thavira vera edhuvum ezhudha illayae'nu paathuttu irundhoam….Apparam avan paper’a vaangi paathoam….
“Dei Nee mattum enna da neraya ezhudhirukkura maari irukku…”….”Kudu Inga”..’nu paper’a vaangi paatha….Appa..Appa..Appa…Avan enna ezhudhi vechirukkan theriyuma….

Key

Tick = Correct Answer

(Ennala inga andha tick mark'a varaya mudiyala...but hope u know what I mean)

Idha naaga yaarum edhirpaakala…..dei Cheeru..unnala mattum eppadi da idhellam mudiyudhu….Ulagathula evanukkumay thonadhu da….Oru objective type question paper’la “Key” poatta modhal (and probably kadasee) aal nee dhaan da. Dei..Tick = Correct Answer'aa?? Pinna enna tick'na wrong answer'aa??? Maganay nee love letter ezhudhum bodhu…kandippa scale vechi margin poduva da…

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.