Happy Sunday!

Lethargic Sunday morning.

Hot rava uppuma with sugar, followed by hot strong filter coffee for breakfast.

A couple of hours of solitude at home on a Sunday.

Listening to IR without compromising on volume when doing chores.

All this individually can give you happiness.

But it’s a sheer bliss when you get it all at the same time.

Happy Sunday! :-)

Auto-correct is the new pun

Auto-correct is a new pun these days. These are some messages I got (or sent?) :-p:-p
Read the following in this format:


What I received --> (my immediate reaction) --> What it actually meant!

• Hi Mama --> (ahem… ahem) --> Hi Ma’am
• Love to Many --> (but I have just one!:-O:-p) --> Love to Maanu 
• I like Cholesterol --> (What?! :-O) --> I like Chole bature 
• I finished her --> (WTH?) --> I wished her
• I am solo happy --> (Truth. You are my friend! ) --> I am so happy

Inime marappiya..marappiyaa?

I tried to login to my FB account in my new mobile. No wonder, I could not, as I do not remember the password. I tried all possibilities like khul ja sim sim, thirandhidu seese… but could not. When I tried ‘forgot password’, it says it will send mail to my yahoo account, which I have not checked since few years.

But without losing hope :D, I tried to login to yahoo, but again I cannot give the right password. There I tried to use ‘forgot password’, it gives me phone number, which I think my earlier number. "Why God? Why me?"

Again I came to FB, tried forgot password and chose I don’t have account with yahoo and then it asked me a secret question. Oh My! To unlock that I tried several versions like tamil, english, tanglish, acronym and yes I got it right at 4th trial. Thanks God! I was able to reset my password successfully this time. But the account got locked for 24 hours. Just now I logged in again. :-D

Happy Friendships Day!

Life of Women,

Till 25 years:

No compromises on anything. Studies, career, and friends are THE world.

After marriage:
Learning to compromise begins. Responsibilities begin. Family and career becomes the priority - in that order. The distance from friends starts and slowly grows.

After childbirth:
Child becomes THE world. There's no “me time” at all. No time for friends. Often, no career.

When the child grows older:
The child is now busy with their own world—studies and friends. Family responsibilities are at their peak for us. It’s only at this stage that we begin to feel a void and slowly try to reconnect with lost friends. Luckily, we get back the contacts at some point. (Kids of this generation are lucky—they can never miss anybody's contacts!)

Then...
We make some time to talk to our evergreen friends frequently—to recall the past, laugh over the memories, chat about the present, the future, the silly things etc. We realise that only with friends, can we truly be our real selves. 

We are sure we are never going to break these contacts again ever.

Happy Friendships Day & Friendships Week to all my friends!

HDFC Netbanking Only for Women?

I think only women can use hdfc net banking for online transactions. Because he never sends the famous One-Time-Passwords for every transaction that we do, instead he asks a couple of questions for validation. Of course we can choose those questions. I have chosen questions like What is your wedding date? What is your spouse birth date? What is the brand of fridge that you own? Etc etc. 

How can men remember answers for such tough questions?

மதராஸி டா!!

சில கோவை வார்த்தைகள் நான் இங்க வந்து கேட்டது - ஒட்டுக்க, ஈக்குமாறு, கோட்டு, ங்க போன்றவை. இது தவிர கிழக்காலே, மேற்காலேன்னு திசையை குறிப்பிட்டு வழி சொல்வது. நமக்கு left, right, stright தான் புரியும்.
இங்கயே வளர்ந்தவங்க, பெரும்பாலும் வயதில் பெரியர்வர்களுடன் (maid, watchman, சில auto காரர்கள் etc), பேசும்போது, பலமுறை "ம்ம்?" "என்னது?" ன்னு "ரிப்பீட்டு" கேட்டுகிட்டே இருப்பேன். அவங்க என்னை பத்தி என்ன நினைச்சிருப்பாங்ககுறதை நீங்களே யோசிச்சிக்கோங்க. அதே சமயம் நான் "peter" பொண்ணும் இல்லை. நான் ஒரு அருமையான (!?), அஃமார்க்கான (??) சென்னை பொண்ணு (சரி..சரி..பேரிளம் பெண்'ன்னே படிங்க).

மெட்ராஸ் பாஷைதான் சுலபமா புரியுது - மெர்சல், பேஜார், கலாய்க்குறது, ஒருதபா, கப்பு, டபாய்க்குறது etc.

மதராஸி டா!!


Few Kovai terms which I came across are: Ottuka – together; Eikkumaar – broomstick; Kottu – kadaisi; and the very familiar ‘nga’ slang as in yenunga.

And one more is they use kilakke..merkke etc words to show directions. This is actually fine but for me I need to do few quick home works mentally to understand them. First I need to mentally equate it to English directions and then comes the trickiest part. When someone says turn “merku”, I get confused and I need to see sun literally to understand the directions. Left-right-straight is the only the coolest guidance which I can understand. :-D

When talking with proper Kovai based (rather elderly) people, they might think I have some hearing problems, as I keep asking them ‘hmmm?’. And my mind starts singing the Rajini song “repeattu ”. I am not a ”peter” girl either.

I am a proud Madrasi who very well knows “Madras bashai” like mersal, bejaar, kalaaikkuradhu, oru’dhaba’, andhaanda, gappu, dabaikkuradhu etc etc.:D

So what about you? :)

Naanum Rowdydhaan!

My throat got infected like never before due to seasonal changes.

Now I feel even VTV Ganesh has a better voice than me. Also I can empathy Revathy’s “verum kaaththudhaanga varudhu” emotion.

But even then am glad that I lost my thin & feeble voice temporarily and feel like saying ‘naanum rowdydhaan… naanum rowdydhaan…’.

கவித... கவித... படி(ங்க)!

I am 30+ years old now.
Wedding life itself is a decade old now.
Why are you still so romantic & attached to me so much?
And this time you are too close that I cannot even breathe freely!

Hey Pimple!
Its awkward when you sit on my face.
And that too right under my nose this time.
You please get vanished.
I hate you.