Sunday, April 26, 2009

Cashing On Innocence !!!!


Heyi,

Today is Akshaya Tritiya.  I hope U know Wat it is but in case if u aren sure its an auspicious day in the Chithirai month. To know about it more you can visit my friend Sowmis post.

So, How did this suddenly turn up.  Then, Akshaya trithiya was a festival day and people donated money or fed poor people. Now, it is a day of spend thrifts buying Gold.  And the reason conveyed by them is that their wealth increases and amount of Gold income increases. This is the most amusing and absurd reason a person can give for buying gold.  

Where this concept suddenly hibernated from is mysterious and when this all started is very easy to answer.  It picked up very recently, if i remember nothing more than 8 years ago when this concept became popular over night.  Is not brainless for people to believe in these things. 

Coming to the chief issue of this post.  I always am interested in the suplementary papers which come along with newspapers. One fine morning a week ago, i just took the newspaper in my hand and found it bulky than the normal. I opened to find inside an annexure with a header AKSHAYA TRITHIYA.. I was Flabbergasted. They normally do this only during New Year and Diwali.  Where did this come in suddenly.? I first felt that it was of no use but then those attractive Jewel designs tempted me to look through(Am another Normal Girl too !!!) I read through to find out that it was the biggest marketing Gimmick which can be played with the public ever.  With the rising price of gold, and recession taking the front seat, Man ! they advertise Gold for 6 whole Sides of a newspaper.  Point number 1: They should be nuts ! or Point Number 2: We, the public should be nuts ! But sometime of reading conveyed what their point was. They were MAKING the public nuts.  What cheek they should have to advertise saying "Buy a Gold Coin and get a Silver Coin of equal weight absolutely free" and "Rs.50 less per gram" and "Free Gold Coins, Free ! Free ! Free !" and top it all "Showroom Opens at  7:30 AM on Akshaya Tritiya day" why don't our people ever understand that the marketers are trying to make a fool of us to gain profit for themselves.   

Apart from these worthless, meaningless advertisements are newspaper notifications saying Police have setup parking lots and will be actively controlling traffic.  This route has been shifted here and that route there.  Come on guys! Are you bonkers, You have nothing to do through the day or what. !!! These shops are Cashing on the innocence of people and their superstition. When do we realize that we are being used as pawns on a chess board for them to save their King position. This also makes people who are facing financial problems follow this superstition this increasing their problems.    

To my readers who are reading this. If you want to invest on something on this day, invest on Goodwill. Try Making a persons one day meal or a child's education or donate money or give away old clothes. Make a deprived persons day rather than making your neck beautiful for a party.   

Cheers

Mehndi Laga Rakhna !!!!

Heyi,

This blog post today is inspired by the mehendi i got done yesterday for my best friends engagement tomorrow.  Its gonna be her day and i start off this post wishing her a happy engagement and courtship period.  

Mehndi Laga Rakhna 
Doli Saja Ke Rakhna 
Lene Tujhe O Gori 
Aayenge Tere Sajna 

which means

Put your henna on and keep the wedding palanquin decorated.
Beautiful girl, your beloved will come to take you away.

The above is one of the most famous mehendi songs from a bollywood blockbuster.  These songs and the portrayal of mehendi function in the movies, makes every girl desire and dream of having a marriage. Mehendi function is an integral part of every Indian marriage. It is also one of the fun part of marriage where all the ladies get together to apply mehendi, sing songs teasing the bride . 
 
Mehendi is normally applied on the hands, legs, arms of the bride as part of tradition on the previous night of the wedding.  there are various designs and also designs adapted from different countries.  It is part of the culture for over 5000 yrs now and carries a lot of value to a marriage.  According to our ancestors, the more darker the mehendi, the more the husbands love towards his wife.  And i strongly believe in it. I dunno why, or may be even because my mehendi always turns out to be really dark. I believe in this too. the bride shouldn't do any house work until her marriage mehendi fades away. That too would work to my advantage cause my mehendi in hand normally stays relatively longer.  
This is a kind of body art which is not as painful as its other counterparts like tattoo and piercing.  It also does not stay longer than a month enabling us to try new designs often.   
In Hindu marriages, the brides henna is also more beautiful and intricate than the other ones as it is her special day.  The henna time was the few moments before the marriage when the elders in the family gave their advices and pointers for the girl as the applying of mehendi took many hours.  
Besides all this tradition, Mehendi presently has become a lavish affair and a status quo.  They conduct it a day or two before the wedding and do it in a very pompous way.  The bridegroom and their family is also invited(this was done in the past). 
Anyway, with this piece of information i gave u am leaving the girls drool over their lovely mehendi functions while i drool over mine. I just cant wait to have that special day of my life with my mehendi.  (I know Sowmi, U d already be drooling.. Its Ok, Wake up!!)

Cheers

Friday, April 24, 2009

Chocolates !!!



Loads of chocolate syrup on vanilla ice cream, 
And a bowl of chocolate mousse is like a wonderful dream, 
Any chocolate candy brings me great joy, 
And chocolate covered nuts feel like a new toy! 

Here is my 25th post. Finally i ve reached my Silver Jubilee. I thank all my readers and my sweet friend sowmi and few others who all encourage me to write.
This post was inspired by me eating a chocolate brownie with chocolate sauce. and obvious that i like about somethin i jus love the best in my 25th post.  What comes to everyones mind when they hear the word chocolate is sweetness, extremely good taste and the chill running through the taste buds. But from my archaic viewpoint, the word chocolate rings a bell to me in a different way.. "Emotions, Love, Happiness and a tension free heart". There might be lot of myths bout chocolate saying its too much calories, bad for health, sugar trouble and cavity on the tooth.. But i disagree
Being a Chocolate lover myself and an ardent fan of any kind of products even little connected to chocolate i will never allow anyone degrade its name. And why don we look at the positives.?
I am jus such a chocolate freak that i used up more time to research on it rather than my project. People even call me the Chocolate Girl, including one of my Professors. And i always have a chocolate in my bag cause thats the one thing which can help me at any occasion.  
I d jus like to share a few facts i gathered during this Choco Research Period.  
  • Chocolate as percieved by everyone is not as addictive as even coffee. its one of the most energetic diet and an adult walk even 150 feet nonstop having jus a single choco chip. 
  • It stimulates our love hormones and its one of the best things you could have to overcome a heartbreak.  
  • Its wholly untrue that chocolate causes acne and adds up to cholestrol, it has no effect on acne, does not affect cholestrol and its proved clinically
Now what makes Chocolate give that 'feel good' factor is that the combination of chemicals(too long to name) which together form stimulants.  It directly hits the cells which are responsible for reception in the brain.  Chocolate is an anti depressant and it even lowers risk of heart diseases.  
Apart from all this research I d rather tell you my own experience. Its my practice to have chocolate before every exam and every dance show of mine. Though those aren the only times i have chocolates. Those kind of contribute as a reason for me to ask for chocolates. As for my favorite ones. Dairy Milk, Kitkat, Perk, 5 Star, BarOne.. and internationally. Hercheys, Ferrero Rocher, Mars, Toblerlone.. OK.. I kind off like any chocolate. I jus gave a list to tempt you guys. cause i campaign for chocolates.
Eat, Drink, Breathe, Sleep Chocolates until i catch u with my next post.

Cheers


Thursday, April 23, 2009

Lovely ZooZoos !!!!!!!

Heyi

Makes you think huh ? And here i present before you my current craze... ZOOZOO !!!!!



Now you might wonder what this is !! This is the latest edition of Vodafone marketing strategy.  
These days marketing has become so important that a company concentrates on marketing more than any other functional areas.  This takes me back to our marketing and consumer behavior classes where we used to discuss bout " Whats in an Ad" but right now its turned into "Whats not in an Ad" Big Companies for example Pepsi, Airtel, Vodafone all have their other functions right from manufacturing to packaging outsourced while they do marketing inside the company.  

Now coming to our Zoozoo.. He has become a heartthrob and an icon overnight after his launch. The few famous services he has marketed include Vodafone Beauty Tips, Phonebook back up, Musical Greetings.. Where the hell do they find these kinda things God only knows.  Hats off to their Creative Department. And his name is attractive too.. Apart from all this u know where they have scored.  Zoozoo is made world famous by his usage as even emoticons on sites like Facebook and few other community sites.. Apart from there he is being promoted so hard and has become the current brand ambassador.. Who under the sun needs Big B, SRK or sachin when they have the cutest models like this in town. Creating waves with the most innovative campaigns like this Vodafone stands really close to every customers heart(though their services are a bit not upto the campaigns mark). It can be overlooked as the brand always stands strong.. Now thats what people call impressive and Great Marketing.. Hey other players.. Hearing it out???

Cheers                                                                                                         


Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Legendary Actor Dr.Vijay(Read on for explanations)

hey.. 

Jus minutes earlier my cousin calls me with a very interesting audio file... he also mailed it ta me.. And Ding! it struck me ta post something about it.  This post is really important. Pls do not neglect it as neglectin it might cause u and ur family hazards of viewing a Vijay Film. the audio file is a mock recording done in the form of special news report stating that 15 mins of the recent 'Villu' Film lead to diarrhea, vomiting and people getting hospitalized. 

In Mother Earth, there is a country India and the state Tamil Nadu.  And Tamil Nadus capital Chennai is the kingdon of Kollywood, the Tamil Cinema Industry.  And inside that industry is this Curse in the name of Vijay oopps and sorry its Dr. Vijay.  I have nothin against him personally but i am just not clear as to what he is upto lately.  

Actor Vijay presumes himself to be the next superstar and all that which he doesn qualify even an ounce for.  Am sorry to all the Vijay fans as you might find my post hard to accept as well as would want to kill me right away. But that doesn stop me from writing somethin which would save people from disastrous situations like watchin his movies.  

First seeing his positives, He might be a great dancer and a good actor, but with zero utility. There were movies of Vijay I would ayways appreciate but tryin ta be mass and making the audience fools is somethin remotely acceptable.. When people are trying to watch somethin meaninful and take out a message from a film what guts he should have to come out with a movie like Villu or Kuruvi or whatever which carry no relevance.  

Somethin which is very important to be mentioned.. Most of his Hit movies have always been remakes of telugu movie. So Scared of taking risks uh? 

Villu is a must watch movie as a punishment.  It will lead ta severe health problems and will make a person filmophobic.. that was my own term pls don mind. The movie depicts him as a hero who jus comes out of the sand like a whirlwind after he is buried for hours and a guy jumping out of the Goods carriage in the Chennai harbor filled with ice and directly landing in the sea. Hey, Come on yaar what is this. Din he ever feel like laughin when doin these things.    

Acting in a film is ok but publicizing one self and glorifyin ones image doesn need movie and such waste of money.  Right now the movies he did have no impact on audience and people might even forget them. But no they might remember them in a list of movies never to watch.  So pls do be careful readers about goin to a Vijays movie cause i wouldn wanna lose great readers like you.. 

Cheers

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Mom, Dad and the Dude !!!

heyi...
 I just thot of writing somethin really random.. and this struck me.. I ve been observing this and taking different examples for this issue. and here is the issue. Parents And Kids.. Teachin, Learnin, Ordering or compelling What happens between them.  It might sound more like the bommarillu or santosh subramaniam film.. But it happens on day to day basis everywhere. 
It starts when we learn to walk when we are a baby.  We try walkin on our own and facing so many falls. But there comes or mom or dad. They catch our hands and never let us lose our balance. There it begins where we never get to know what pain in life is or what falling down ever did to us. We then come to the toddler stage where our eating habits, writing and reading and reciting is taught.. They feel so proud listenin to us recite things too.. And we too enjoy it as toddlers.. 
But Just imagine after 15 years doing the same thing !!! Thats what i call Compulsion. Where in a get together the parent suddenly gets all enthu and asks the 15 yr old to sing and dance. or on a dinner table askin them ta do this do that hold the fork this way and the spoon that way.  Think of our Facebook teenagers plight.  He is on for his rendezvous with his FB Friends maintaining "I am a cool Dude yaar" image. 
Next comes the choice of studies. Parents guidance is ok. But is compulsion a bit too much.  Though they know better than us(or its jus an assumption in certain cases) the kid has ta have a chance to live their life. There they jus shun everythin sayin adolescent problem. Cme on mama dada... wake up. Kids now are better informed than us.   
The kid never gets a chance to live his life on his own until atleast 21 which is almost 1/4th his life.. i jus saw a few instances all this season with my cousins finishing 12 th grade and few people around me in the same position.  Above all a basic 14 year old example at home where the house is in splits with his sudden temper tantrums sayin am a teenager and all that.. 
Though i said all these, they were jus information. My message from this would be
For Parents: Mums and dads wake up huh!! Story boks have been replaced for facebook and ur kid is far beyond normal world.. so jus give them a chance. Even if they fail they ll learn from it and they ll become stronger
For kids(includes me): Parents after all will guide us till 21 max? Its jus the little happiness we give them by granting their small small wishes before our independent life and so jus try not ta hurt them. After all Who loves u more?
so keep thinkin and bloggin until i come up with somethin more random...

Cheers


Friday, April 17, 2009

A Walk to Remember !! :-)

Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other peoples' sins but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes.... 

This lines have been runnin in my mind repeatedly from the time i saw the movie.. A Walk to Remember. I know i am running in a back log by seein the classic movie so late.. But always, better late then never.  I am jus in a movie spree and i happened to come across this movie. I thought it would be yet another love story with a few dates, stolen kisses and happys endings.. But at the end of the 1 hour 45 mins i realized how ignorant i have been.  

The movie starts with a dare being performed by a guy to join a 'cool' gang of friends which ends in a disaster. So comes our hero Landon Carter who is about to be expelled but land himself an opportunity to get out of it by doin some community service and bein part of the spring play.. These were things he had shunned all his life. His life this way begins and he gets in touch with Jamie. Jamie is a patient whose days are numbered. There starts the true story as to how they get to know each other and start being friends. As the relationship blossoms and when he comes to know of Jamies long kept secret, he is devasted.  He starts living his life jus for her and fulfils every wish she had right from having a tatoo to building a telescope.  True love is in the eyes is  stressed so much in this movie.  He marries her and spends the summer with her until she passes away leavin her miracle(him) behind.  

This movie disturbed me so much. It made me think and rethink what love actually is. What we see today in this world is selfish love. A love which happens for great looks, lots of money and physical attraction. But love does mean somethin greater. It means sacrifice, acceptance, commitment and above all LOVE.... True love.. If there is true love u can accept the person as he is and he will change himself as u like cause he will know you are worth it. and this goes to all lvers out there. Do not misuse love, its above every emotion. Even in Dance the first emotion in the list is sringaram(love).  So keep loving...

cheers

Friday, April 10, 2009

Ayan- The spoiler of Catch Me if U Can

hey guys... 

And there i went off this tuesday to the theatres with my cousins for Ayan. One of the big blows i got. Rs.120.. I woulda used it for my top up. So here is the movie review for those who wish to save ur money and get ur other expenses covered instead.

First I would like to address the director K V Anand. What did he think? He thought he could jus get away after makin a movie like this?. He uses a plot of one of the most famous Steven Spielberg movie so easily and gets away saying its his own intellect.  No one minds him using the same theme provided he doesn make a joke of the original. So much guts to even try making a fool of a blockbuster movie..

To the audience, if u feel u have nothin else ta do and no other movie ta watch or if u d die ta see surya on screen or see tamanna scream pls go for the movie. If in right senses i would advice u against it.. A CD is enough. The movie also starts with them smuggling Thiruttu VCD.. But i jus realize the importance of CD. Rather than wasting on stupid movies we can jus see them on CDs. 

The movie on the whole is an entertainer. Jus time pass with not much of logic. And everywhere there is an explanation given as to how this happened and that happened and the rewind the different scenes at least 7 times in the movie.  Prabhu has done a great job. Jagan as well.. Surya its obvious is always good.. Tamanna has to learn a lot. She has ta learn as to even how to spell ACTING.  She can jus make sexy gestures and may be smile.  Thats not enuf for movies.  And K V Anand,.. Please do learn how ta make movies and how to remake scripts and pls Do watch Catch Me If U Can once and write Steven Speilberg an apology letter...

Cheers


Friday, April 3, 2009

Jai Shree Hanuman !!!!

So.. Am back again today.. With the blessings of Jai Shree Hanuman.. Might Wonder wat happen ta me.. Its jus that its Rama Navami today( Lord Rama' Birthday).. And i thought i d put down somethin worthwhile..  There has always been Rama Navami every year but this year is special. Cuz, I ve never done anythin for that day till now except eating chakara pongal(sweet pongal), sundal and whatever the specials are. But this time i am Enlightened as i had mentioned in one of my previous posts and so i sat up writing Shri Rama Jayam in my notebook which i have been tryin ta complete writing for 7 months now. I successfully completed the 100th page today... Century on his birthday !!! 

Thats not it.. Today I also wanna analyse a bit about Lord Rama and few of my experiences in relation to him.. Who is he ?? Lord Rama is one of the cutest guys i ve seen on earth. Seriously. The most handsome man who has ever lived. Not Just me, The whole world says so. Whats so special about him? He had the purest heart(Courtesy: my Athai) and that beauty in the heart reflected on his face. My athai has always been my source of stories about the Gods. I still feel i have attachment towards god jus because of her. The whole story of Rama is not just another fairy tale story. Its about Love, Compassion, Courage and what not. And thats why, we hear girls nowadays say "I wanna husband like Lord Rama" though they want boyfriends like Lord Krishna ;).. Lord Rama and Sita were known for their commitment to each other.. Thats bout him.

I ve always had fantasy for Lord Rama and his pictures because they look really good. His Full family with him on the throne(The Ramar Patabisekam) photo has always drawn interest. At that point of tie during my visit to Kumbakonam my dad took me to this one temple, The Ramaswamy Temple, the only place where Ramar idol is the patabishekam kolam after Ayodhya. I would never forget that sight. It was Big Life Size Idols of Ramar, Sita, his brothers and not to forget Cutie pie Hanuman..

Hanuman is my favorite god and this blog cant end without me talkin bout him. He always remains my very favorite person and i live in the area where he resides, Alwarpet and i feel so proud and happy for that. I can walk up ta see him anytime i want.. Thanks Hanuman for my this beautiful life.. And there is my Rama Navami Special.. Jai Bajrangbali !!!!!!!!!

Cheers

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Being A Choir Girl !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

heyi... 

I always keep up promises and here am back with a very happy happy post... And so.. What did u understand from the title. ?? 

Choir.. One of the most important and the most beautiful that happened in my school life. I studied in a convent and obviously a convent without choir is like a fish without water. Choir is an organized company of singers. It is mostly in the christian institutions.

Ok now. Explanations done and experience starts...

I joined my school Rosary Matric in my 5 th grade. And they asked me my extra curicullar and i sang some song. So i was taken down to the Music teacher askin her ta make me part of the group.  So it started. Half of my school life was spent in the music room. And i also became my music teachers favorite.. Her daughter is my friend too and she used to play awesome Piano. So we started working together. So many songs. every month mass. Everytime assembly. Solos, Groups, Practice.. It was the best part of life. I was recognized for somethin i could do.  

We practiced nearly 2 months for 6 hours a day during Golden Jubilee.. No Classes. Few of our class teachers even forgot our existence. Then came the Farewell for our seniors.. and more songs and songs and songs,.. Everyone still recognises me with the song i sang.. Lesa Lesa... It was one of the hits then.. I would never forget to mention our Final Assembly at 12th Grade. When me and my best friend madhu who was also an awesome singer(still she is). We cried in front of the mic while singing and broke down on stage.  Even my painist friend did..  Even now we sometimes meet up at her place jus ta sing along with the piano.. Thus was it.. The best and the most melodious and musical part of my life... Music Always remains a long lastin passion and i always liked callin my self a lead singer in the Choir... Thanks Rosary.,....

Cheers

Long Time !! No See !!

Heyi... 

Its long long long time since i put down somethin.. Its just that i was too depressed to even write somethin.  May be, If i had written somethin i woulda felt better and so I am now.. The major cause of this post is for my new blog template to reach out to the world.  I just got this sudden craze of changing templates and downloadin from outside. Thanks to a few external influences. 

Boredom.. The word i ve got used to so much now cause i am sufferring from that disease of boredom.  Project. this word has started terrifying me. It seems like there is nothin to do but from time to time comes in as nightmares. 4 months with jus somethin so boring to do. it can also be said as nothin to do. Sittin at home with laptop, TV, Music and mobile. Idle, Idle, Idle... This is the first cause of my depression. Seriously nothin challenging to do. i kind off feel as though am wasting every moment of my life.  I ve even started forgetting how to smile.. I feel like shouting sayin ' Gimme a break'.   

Anyway, Life has ta go on... I know this post is a complete sad movie kinda stuff.. But am jus gonna post somethin bubbly in jus the next few hours... SO.. See ya after a break..

Cheers



 

Romance is....

People who speak to me know that I do keep coming back to this topic pretty often cause it is very close to my heart! Romance always is! ...