Life in bullet points

These are random jottings from my life that breezed past while I was busy writing proposals!

• Watched Djokovic beat Nadal and Fedrer lose on the same day in the Pacific Life Open - my kinda day!
• Saw Hrithik Roshan in a Sony Ericsson commercial on TV here. Yay to that!
• I am making progress in my resolution to be “greener”. Refused plastic bags in stores and did laundry in cold water. Now if only I can get into recycling at home! ( I do it diligently with my stuff in school. But somehow with no recycling centers close by at home the resolve gives into laziness.)
• I have been ODing on Khamas the past 3 days. Fell in love with Dr. S. Ramanathan’s voice watching this youtube video. My first encounter with his voice and I simply love the “twang” in his voice! I of course then hunted for more of him and found a mine in good old sangeethapriya. (And also found fodder for the trivia hunting me. I knew he was Sowmya and Unni’s guru. But he also happens to be Geetha Bennet’s father and can be linked as a fifth generation descendant to all three of holy trinity of carnatic music!) I found more Khamas in the form of a melting RTP by TN Seshagopalan. And to keep pace with the mood Mathey from Morning Raaga (I can’t find any other version of this varnam) and M.S’s Dholayam have been added to the listening loop. And this has led to a non-stop humming of saamba sivayanavera .
• I am currently reading Sophie’s World and am thoroughly enjoying.
• And the absolute best thing that happened to me was a word of praise from my advisor (on reading my proposals) when she told me she was “very pleased with the quality” of my writing

The particle nature of love!

Friday was a day of adrenalin rushes for me. The whole day at school was spent in a frenzy of anticipation and impatience. By 3 I had given up on attempting to get any work done. Why you ask me..There was a Sikkil Gurucharan concert in town that evening and being an arrrrrdent fan , I had bulldozed S into driving me some 30 mins away from campus for it. To be fair to him he also showed some mild interest in wanting to attend My friend U and I had fervently “sited” SGC all through our college years. I love his voice and from what little I know of Carnatic music I think he is very good! So back to story..It had been almost 10 months since I heard a kutcheri of the live variety and not something off a CD or Youtube. So obviously I was thrilled to bits about sinking myself in the bliss that is SGC’s music. By 5:30 I completely gave up on work and left to spruce up for the concert. On reaching home I found a box from USPS outside my house.

The moment I registered what it was I immediately made the correlation to the stuff my mom had sent me through Kindu. I definitely wasn’t expecting it that evening considering Kindu’s promptness in mailing stuff. To be fair to her, I broke her record mailing things out the last time I came back from India. The thrill that I felt with the realisation of what was inside made me behave like a five year old. I rushed inside and immediately grabbed a pair of scissors and started ripping the box apart. I was like a kid let loose in candy land. Inside were several thoughtful, wonderful and I must say tatseful gifts. I got a lovely puff sleeved cotton blouse in skyblue from Cotton World. Thanks Perima and Kindu! My mom had also sent me four very simple yet chic tops/shirts for summer use. But the best of the loot was a pretty pretty handbag in jute with ethnic prints in brick red. Thanks Amma! I spent the rest of the evening declaring “my mom is so cool” to S and R who accompanied me to the concert. The love with which my family thoughtfully sent me gifts sent me to euphoria. Sure I bugged my mom to send me a “surprise”. But the willingness with which she complied is sweet. I went to the concert that day in my nice moss green silk kurti (a gift from my athai in a previous package!), my funky target chappals and carrying my new jute bag. I don’t consider myself too much of a materialistic person. In fact my mother claims it is very easy to please me. More than the gifts, The thought behind it was more important for me. I spent the rest of the evening floating a few inches above ground level buoyed by all the love and wonderful music that god has directed towards me!

P.S The concert was wonderful and I hope to make a separate post of it soon. I’m currently drowned with work in preparation for a conference presentation next month and a couple of proposal deadlines next week. (Yes I clearly must be writing them now instead of blogging but escapism is my biggest sin !).

P.P.S The title needs explaining. The particle nature of love - It comes in packets from home

Kindly excuse if you find the mokkai unbearable

Shuffle

This is a Tag that I saw in this nice blog I read. It looked very interesting and since I had said player, an infrequently updated blog and a grad student’s “spare” time at hand I decide to tag myself.(No one tags me. So I am shameless like that!)

Rules:

1. Put your MP3 player on shuffle
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write the name of the song no matter what. No cheating!

IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY?” YOU SAY?
Inni Naanum Naan Illai– Hey nee romba azhaga irukka

In an obscure way I think it makes sense..illa?

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
azhage azhagu - Rajapaarvai

Perfectly fit the bill!!!!

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?

Kajra re - Bunty aur babli

Huh???

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?

Socho ki Jheelon ka sheher - Mission Kashmir

Very apt I must say!

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
Ek lo ek muft - Guru

LOL

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Sri saraswathi - Maharajapuram Santhanam

Again, Huh???

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Thoongadha vizhigal - Agni Nakshatram

WTF!
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
Madurai Veeran - Dhool

ROTFL..and what the hell is that doing in my Ipod!

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Edhaya Gathi yenakku - Chalanattai - Bombay Jayashri

Spookily Perfect!

WHAT IS 2+2?
Paartha mudhal naale – Vettaiyadu Vilayadu

Nonsense!!!

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Mangalyam - Alaipayuthe

Very very spooky! We used to sing this song together all the time on our way to Chemistry class!

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Theepidikka - Arinthum Ariyamalum
hmmmm

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
September Maadham - Alaipayuthe

Now that I think about it mmmm…….
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Muruganin Maru peyar azhagu - Bombay Jayashri

Murugan devotee??
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Kuchi kuchi rakkama - Bombay

Okay!

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Hari bhajan bina sukha shanti nahi - Sundaram Bhajan group

I am an enlightened soul!

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?

Kannamoochi yenada - Kandukonden-2-Yesudas version

I have to dance at my wedding?

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Pirava Varam tharai - Latangi - Madirakshi

mmmm…Poignant!

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Selai Kattum pennukoru vasam - Kodi Parakkuthu

Tying Sarees?? Smelling things?

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Minsara Poove - Padayappa

Really?

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Rang de Basanti - Rang de Basanti

Yes! They bring colour in to my life!

WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS?
Dastan-e-Om shanti Om - OSO

Dastan-e-Nandita Fits!

I landed with either spookily right answers or gibberish! But this tag was a blast!

 Edited to add : I Tag Mahathi!

You wish Punter!

Ponting said. “We dominated this series right up until the final hurdle, but we fell at the final hurdle. In these last two finals we’ve been a little bit off the mark.”

Huh! Yeah right!