List of 30....

Tagged by sementi yet again... and btw, i thank sementi for tagging me and acquainting me with what a 'tag' is... :)

1)LAST MOVIE U SAW IN A THEATRE?
Vellithirai in some godforsaken theatre in Trichy with a few of my friends. The movie was useless, but with guys whistling and shouting, it was fun anyways.

2)WHAT BOOK ARE U READING?
I just started reading 'The Fountainhead' by AYN RAND, technically for the second time. I started reading the book an year back but failed to cross 75 odd pages. A second attempt at it.

3)FAVOURITE BOARD GAME?
Scotland Yard, the only board game we play in hostel and of course, scrabble (mostly an e-version)

4)FAVOURITE MAGAZINE?
I don't read magazines frequently, though i try to read Sportstar at times. Not to forget staring at the pictures posted in Kumudam and Anandha Vikatan :P( the tamil magazines )

5)FAVOURITE SMELLS?
Smell of coriander when it boils along with food...

6)FAVOURITE SOUNDS?
My voice :P
As far as instruments are concerned, its the violin and mridangam..

7)WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?
The feeling of being ignored by people whom we think are our close friends...

8)WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN U WAKE?
Have to think of the person from whom i have to flick some toothpaste!!! :)

9)FAVOURITE FASTFOOD PLACE?
No favourites actually, any place is fine...

10)FUTURE CHILDS NAME?
Yet to think about it...

11)FINISH THIS STATEMENT—’IF I HAD A LOT OF MONEY I’D’
I would buy a house, garnish it with all my favourite things, keep some money for myself and donate the rest to the needy...

12)DO U DRIVE FAST?
If there is a need to do it... Otherwise i m a safe driver!!! :)

13)DO U SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?
I don't like to hug anything when i m sleeping!!!!

14)STORMS–COOL OR SCARY?
Storms are really cool. Wish i was in the middle of one..

15)WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?
I really don't have any interest for cars at the moment. I have become complacent with my bike!!!

16)FAVOURITE DRINK?
Apple today, Sappotta tomorrow and mango day after.... :)

17)FINISH THIS STATEMENT-IF I HAD THE TIME I WOULD…
do what i m doing nowadays.. Of course i have all the time!!! never busy :P

18)DO YOU EAT THE STEMS ON BROCCOLI?
No I don’t.

19)IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY OTHER COLOUR, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR CHOICE?
I would try to dye my hair brown some day...

20)NAME ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES/TOWNS U HAVE LIVED IN?
Chennai
Trichy
Dubai
Nairobi
Bangalore (shortly)

21)FAVOURITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
Cricket, Football, F1 and Tennis...

22)ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
A good human being... A good friend...

23)WHATS UNDER YOUR BED?
I don't like anything on my bed except a pillow when i sleep...

24)WOULD U LIKE TO BE BORN AS YOURSELF AGAIN?
I would like to be born to the same parents!!!

25)MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
A definite morning person. I rise at 7 everyday but i crash early!!!

26)OVER EASY OR SUNNY SIDE UP?
What??

27)FAVOURITE PLACE TO RELAX?
My house in dubai, Lapis Room no 10!!!

28)FAVOURITE PIE?
Haven tasted any!!!

29)FAVOURITE ICECREAM FLAVOUR?
I love all the flavours :) I prefer butter scotch though...

30)OF ALL THE PEOPLE U HAVE TAGGED, WHO IS THE MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND FIRST?
MSK

I tag :
MSK
Ken
Vinod

Holidays Finally!!!!

Its been very long since i came up with anything here. Exams kept me on my toes. Exam time- that time of the semester again when the table is strewn with xerox material and huge books; the time when for the first time, there is a compromise on sleep and food, when my "timepassing" attribute takes a back seat and there is an atmosphere of seriousness for a change ;) Now that they are over, its time to put a big fullstop to sleepless night-outs and start eating lots and lots. The feeling after finishing the last exam is generally great and very relieving. I heaved a sigh of relief as i closed the cap of my pen and placed it in my shirt pocket after answering the last question in my question paper, the half-blanche sheet that had more printed matter than my answer sheet itself ;) I felt as if I had waited so long for this, and now when things near the climax, I just can't wait for even a second . I just stuffed the answer sheet into the invigilator`s hands and ran out to meet my friends. Refusing to discuss the paper, I just pulled my friends to the juice shop and drank 3 juices till my thirst satiated. Then came the fun part. Some departments had elective papers on the day after our last day and so they became the unfortunate third years and we, the relieved fourth years :D. We met our seniors and started telling that we all are in the same year now as they still had their comprehensive viva exams left!!! :P. This is the most horrible thing that one can ever face; when there is a realization that there is more to study when everyone else is happily leaving college!!! Rightly referred to by a friend of mine as "sathya sodhanai" in tamil .. :P
With water shortage and horrible sweltering heat doing its rounds on the last day, and with the boring part of packing as an addendum, it was great fun to leave hostel after finishing all packing and cleaning. A sumptuous dinner at an excellent restaurant in the city finished with a dessert that lingered in my taste buds till the next day!! :) .. For a change, a train journey was really enjoyable even though i slept off immediately. I guess this is the greatest thought for a lifetime. Everything seems pleasant and enjoyable when the mind is calm, free and relieved!!!:)
As i begin my holidays, i m going to keep this space updated frequently. So keep reading :)

A musical night-out...

Different people have disparate notions of music. For some people music is everything in life. For some others, its just an avocation. Music is something that is very close to my heart. I hear a myriad of genres and enjoy them totally. But what does it take to create or rather re-create music? Something that was a dream for me came to fruition on one night. The most general connotations associated with the term music are joy and more importantly satisfaction. I did experience that joy and satisfaction recently. For the first time in my college life, I had to kill a day`s sleep for a non-academic cause, which of all things happened to for Nittfest.
"A duet?? Me n another guy?? "!!! .. We were to sing a song together and for such a situation, the first song that flashed my mind was the Rajni-Sathyaraj starrer "Ennama Kannu" from the movie Mr.Bharath. The parts pertaining to Rajni were to be sung by me and the other part by a friend of mine. Our show was on the following day at 8AM. And we hadn't practiced even once. So it was 10 PM when we met and tried singing it together, just to realize that our pitches were way beyond synchronism. Come what may, we just decided to keep it this way and rehearsed quite a few times. Then comes Varun, a music troupe inmate, a friend of mine whom we had called to have a mild musical base to support the song. He listened to the song and came up with a suggestion. The very first thing he told us was that we had lot of time!!! Me and my friend were staring at each other, for it was 1 PM now and we had very less time left. Then he said "Forget your sleep tonight". Now that is what gave me the bent. He suggested a different song.. "Pachai Nirame" from the film Alaipayuthey. So we started listening to the song and he enumerated the finer details of the song which we had to incorporate to make it harmonious. By now, we were already half satisfied with this guy proving his mettle over the keyboard, something i regret for not learning when i was a kid. We rehearsed for 5 hours continuously,and during this time the phenomenon of "Sleep" not crossing my mind even once. We were so involved that we never even checked the time. It was amazing to watch this dexterous guy play the instrument with such speed and authority. By the end of the session, we were quite confident that we could make an impact in the show.
Whether we won or not is not yet known to me. But winning has never mattered to me. It was fun, it was satisfying, and enthralling for it was another page in the book titled "My Experiments with Music".

Musically Yours...