Enna Samayalo

HE & SHE are newly married and SHE knowing that a way to a man's heart is through his stomach and with a wish to impress HE, tries her hand at cullinary skills.HE as the good responsible husband, stocks some frozen food so that SHE need not strain all the time.

On one such day.......

HE:Enna samayal da innikku?
SHE:Innum yosikkala..what do you want?
HE:Dont strain and spend a lot of time in the kitchen,we will adjust with some frozen food.
SHE was in the mood for a South Indian meal
SHE:Frozen food ellam udambukku nallathu illa. I will cook now.Dont you want to eat vengaya sambar, thakkali rasam,potato kaara curry?
HE:Nalla thaan da irukku, nee kashta padanumeynnu sonnen.
SHE:What?I have already soaked the tamarind and cooked the dhaal.We will have the South Indian food today.

On another such day.......
HE: Innikku keerai masiyal and vazhaikkai.......
SHE says " heat the frozen rava dosai" even before HE finished talking.

For my Valentine

No drums and drolls when he was born
When I was born, he was 5 years old.
Both of us went schooling in the same city unaware of each other's existence.
When I went to school, he went to college.
I was still in school when he started work.
And in 2002,we chatted once.It continued for a good 5 years.
Finally in 2008, our lives converged to the same point.

I know flowers, red roses, chocolates are all lovely.But,nothing like it when the indolent man sets up the bed every night, or warms up some milk for me,gets wild if I fall ill, happily cleans the house or washes some vessels, gives me a soothing massage when I have a headache....this is a much deeper love and affection than a mere box of chocolates or a boquet of flowers.

And to the tall, sensible, cool,calm,handsome man I am married to...
I did not know that destiny would bring a Smylemaker to me
and that everyday in my life would be a jubilee
The love that you so freely give
is something that makes me live
I cherish every moment with you
and look forward to each day expecting something new
My darling honey baby, even when we are old and our hair grey
my love for you will stay.


HAPPY VALENTINES!!!!

Was it just yesterday??

Was it just yesterday I bumped into Rediff chatroom?

Was it just yesterday we chatted just to know that we share the same birthdate?

Was it just yesterday we exchanged mails and chatted occasionally?

Was it just yesterday you proposed and I accepted that?

Was it just yesterday we started off the relationship , though it is a good 5 1/2 years?

Was it just yesterday that I was nervous about our parents meeting up for the first time?

Was it just yesterday our parents met to talk about getting us married?

Was it just yesterday we got engaged?

Was it just yesterday that I cribbed there is a whole 1 year gap between the engagement and the marriage?

Was it just yesterday I stood in the bedroom balcony with the bridal mehendi in my hands and still thinking if we are really married?

6 odd years of knowing you, but everyday is new for me, for us.

I miss you...

You have grown with me over the years now...
You were always bright and wavy...
I felt proud of you...
I felt on top when everyone told me how long you were...
I had to let you go yesterday...
I do feel sad to have parted with you...
I miss your wavy presence...
I will try to have some patience to have you grow again and have you with me as before...

I truly miss you...my quite a long hair that was cut yesterday.

I longed for this

Wake up late,especially after the water supply is stopped.
Take a luxurious bath and finish off the stored water.
Complain about the non availability of hot water for the bath.
Leave wet clothes lying in the bathroom hanger.
Complain about the lousy tv programmes when she is watching
Keep avoiding to do the household chore and just when confronted by amma, tell her that you were just about to do it.
Act crazily hungry even as the food is being served on the table.
Make comments like uppu illa, pulippu jaasthi on the food served.
Cling to the mobile phone with endless conversations and glued to the laptop for hours together.

The best part of being at home after a long time! and life is not complete without hearing amma's scoldings or screams.How I have longed for it!!

Money, Mastercard and helping your wife

There are some things that money cant buy, for everything else there is MASTERCARD.
Happen to glance through an ad in the newspaper which apparently said that
"if you have money and ofcourse, Mastercard, you can afford to help your wife less".
All you need to do is spend on Swiss chocolates, designer watches and some trendy and sleek portable MP3 player for your wife and ultimately you could do without helping your wife for a while, hmm lets say a month?

Wow, I say... and the cost of not needing to help your wife comes to Eighteen Thousand rupees only.

SID I dont mind to have these as our wedding gift from you.

Gone are the days, but not the memories

Schools reopening in June and we settling down in the desks
The excitement of meeting new admissions
The thrill of waiting to see the class teacher enter the room
Lining up for the morning assembly
Hurriedly copying the previous day's homework from a dear friend
Desperately waiting for a break
Chasing one another in the corridor
Lunch in the classroom, corridor,and many a times in between the classes
Rushing out of the classroom in the evening to catch the window seat in the van or the bus
Gang fights, groupism , conspiracies
Sports day, annual day celebrations and the month long preparations for the same
Exams, tension, combined study, last minute important questions check
The holidays that follow after the stressful exams
Wishing for two sundays in a week and hating Mondays

Hmmm, so much of fun and experience. Gone are the days, but not the memories.

Why we did not have pets at home

Me: Appa, yean pa namma aathula nai valakkavey illa?
Appa: Athaan, neeyum unga akkavum irukkeley

A few more reasons ....

My sister calls me eruma madu ( buffalo)
Paati calls me edi kazhuthai( donkey)
My friends call me patti, pothey ( meaning dog, buffalo respectively in malayalam)
One of my athai calls me chella kili ( sweet parrot)


May be because I am so fondly addressed, there wasnt any need to have a pet at home.



Ps: Names mentioned here are not imaginary, however, they are used in the most affectionate way.

Best of Luck

Time aachu innum kelambalaiya?

10 manikku exam, innum breakfast saapadala, traffic vera irukkum, seekiram kelambu

Black pen, pencil eraser sharpener ellam eduthu vechacha? Ellamey 2 vechukko, onnu seriya illatti kooda innonnu use pannikalam.

Question paper kaila vantha udaney, oru fast reading pannu, apparam, therinja questionsa mark pannu

Therinja questionsa first ezhuthu

Last 10 minutes papera check panna vechuko

Naan sonnathu ellam nyabagam vechuko, maranthudathey. Tension aagathey.


BEST OF LUCK APPA.

yes, the above conversation was between an 8 year old son and his father (my neighbour) who was appearing for the Bank officer promotion exam last week.

Smart n witty conversation

Spent a couple of days with SID's nephews and they simply bowled me over with some true witty conversation.

Kid1: Neenga office poganuma?Ingaye irunga
Me: Illa, innum 1 week poganum.
Kid1:Oh, appo 1 week apparam, ingaye iruppeengala?
Me:Officela relieve aanathukku apparam, naan enga veetukku poren
Kid1: Kerala va?
Me:Ya, enga amma veetukku poren
Kid1:Appo inimel inga vara maateengala?
Me:Jan 20th apparam inga thaan irukka poren.

By then, Kid2 also joins the conversation

Kid1:Atheppdi inga irupeenga? Neenga unga veetukku poiduveengaley
Kid2 to Kid 1: Avanga namma veetla thaan iruppanga.
Kid 1 to me: Neengalum mamavum unga veetukku thaaney poveenga

Kid 2 not letting me to talk,tells Kid1
Dei, illa da, avanga inga thaan iruppanga. Yeanna, thalaivan engayo anga thaan thalaiviyum irukkanum. So, mama inga iruntha avangalum inga thaan irukkanum, mama vera oorukku pona avangalum anga poganum

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Yet another snippet....
We happened to discuss about the latest Diwali releases at home when the talk was about actor Prithviraj in some latest flick and later the talk automatically diverted towards the movie "Mozhi".

Kid 2 to me: Neenga mozhi cienma patheengala?
Me: Yes
Kid2: Athula prithviraj jothikava paakum pothu mani adikkum, light eriyum, athu mathiri ungalukkum mamakkum vanthucha?

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Another one...
Me to Kid 2: Hey, unakku Singapore pidikkuma Australia pidikkuma ( They were in Singapore for a few years and are now relocating to Australia)
Kid2:2umey pidikkum
Me:Ethavathu onnu thaan sollanum
Kid2: Entha country currency perusu?
Me: Australian dollar is bigger than Singapore dollar in terms of value.

Without even the slightest hesitation,
Kid2: Appo, enakku Australia thaan pidikkum

(Kid1 & Kid2 respectively)


These kids I say......