Sidhu Kalakals -Part 2

Sidhu's continues here again !! This time a the real picture of the Sardar for you. His sense of dressing (particularly the matching durbans) definitely deserves mention. I am expecting the World Cup, obvioulsy for Sidhus' commetary also. For Kalakkal's Part 1, Click here

01. Indian team without Sachin is like giving a Kiss without a Squeeze.

02. You cannot make Omelets without breaking the eggs.

03. Deep Dasgupta is not a Wicket Keeper, he is a goalkeeper. He must be given a free transfer to Manchester United.

04. He will fight a rattlesnake and give it the first two bites too.

05. One, who doesn't throw the dice, can never expect to score a six.

06. This quote was made after Eddie Nichols, the third umpire, ruled Shivnarine Chanderpaul 'NOT OUT' in the second test at Port of Spain, T&T. "Eddie Nichols is a man who cannot find his own buttocks with his two hands."

07. Anybody can pilot a ship when the sea is calm.

08. Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two.

09. You got to choose between tightening your belt or losing your pants.

10. The cat with gloves catches no mice.

11. Age has been perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.

12. You may have a heart of gold, but so does a hard-boiled egg.

13. He is like a one-legged man in a bum kicking competition.
this is real kick-ass comment mann, as my friend Abishek will say !!

14. The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for the same reason.

15. After Srinath falling down to stop a ball.."he has fallen down like a couch of potatoes"

For Kalakkal's Part 1, Click here

Ciao !!

Sidhu Kalakals -Part 1

This is not cricket season..but Sidhu's comments are evergreen. I think he has got a masters degree in using metaphors and idioms..Sidhu's feat with his words, has attracted more audience, than his feats with the willow. Here are some of the Sardar's best quotes.


1. That ball went so high it could have got an airhostess down with it.

2. Statistics are like miniskirts, they reveal more than what they hide.

3. Experience is like a comb that gives you life when you are bald.

4. This quote was made after Ganguly called Dravid for a run and midway sent him back and Dravid was run out in the third test against the West Indies at Barbados. "Ganguly has thrown a drowning man both ends of the rope."

5. Sri Lankan score is running like an Indian taximeter. ( the famous 952 record test match)

6. There is light at the end of the tunnel for India,but it's that of an incoming train which will run them over.

7. Wickets are like wives - you never know which way they will turn!

8. He is like Indian three-wheeler, which will suck a lot of diesel but cannot go beyond 30!

9. The Indians are going to beat the Kiwis! Let me tell you, my friend, that the Kiwi is the only bird in the whole world, which does not have wings!

10. As uncomfortable as a bum on a porcupine.

11. The ball whizzes past like a bumble bee and the Indians are in the sea.
BUMBLE - Make a mess of, destroy or ruin / Walk unsteadily

12. The Indians are finding the gaps like a pin in a haystack.

13. The pitch is as dead as a dodo.
DODO - Extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons

14. Deep Dasgupta is as confused as a child is in a topless bar!
This is sidhu simple at his best....

15. The way Indian wickets are falling reminds of the cycle stand at Rajendra Talkies in Patiala. One falls and everything else falls!

Mepco Slangs

Frequenly Used Words of Mepco... (girl's hostel terminology namaku theriyaathu paa...)

Aadugali - Dancer /Member of Fine Arts Club
Abscond - EscapeAll Clear - passed in all exams
Assignment – Always to be Blind Copied
Bulb - Disappointment
Computer Lab - Place to impress girls with your nerd'iness
Dochu - less beautiful girls (less fortunate)
DMS - Dochugal Maruvazhvu Sangam (Patrons of Dochus)
Download - Number 2 ( enna oru kandupidipu)
Durge - Astonished
Electrical Lab - where transformer and induction motors run on DC connection
Electronics Lab - where the bread-board never works and CRO always shows sine wave
English Lab - Thallathu Keekuthamma (Sleeping Place)
Fire - Two girls who are very close friends (walking together….talking.together..)
HMT - Hand Moving Technology ( ithuku mela explain panna veikaatheenga)
Kankaans - Show no interest, Kandukaama Porathu
Library - Place for silent sighting, playing book cricket
MAP - Mentally Affected Person
Mama - Guy with some Grey Hair
Mann Alli Podrathu - Wasting somebody's time, particularly during the day before exam
Maths Department - Police Station, where kurku visaranai happens
Matter - Porn Magazines / Porn CDs
Moodu - Shut Up
Munima - Girls who stop their tamil conversation when some boys pass by and start peter'ing
O Podu - Used in chorus for no reason (mostly for a super hero act or stupid act )
Oothikichu - Failed in a exam
Paasamalar - Boys with sister sentiment
Peter - Boy who shows off his English language skills, in front of girls
Pillayar Kovil - Place for hours together kadalai, exam time prayers
Psycho - anybody and everybody
Scoot - Skip a written exam
Sol - Girl who socializes too much
Thee - Superb / Excellent
Valiyal - Idli kadai speciality, half cooked omlette (nothing to do with Jollu )
Workshop - Place to display your strength - over file the specimen, break the wooden pieces etc

Auto Pilot !!

Ever imagined how 2 pilots fly a long distance Trans-Atlantic flight or any flight for that matter, when the flying time is more than 4 hours. Even for a 2.5 hour movie we need a break in between. Inside the flight, we folks happily sight adichify the cabin crew, grab a couple of drinks and enjoy some movie or music. If none of the above, we get a blanket and sleep till the crew wakes up for 'khaana'. So what makes the life of the pilots simple as well as ours lives safe? Ever thought about it ? It is nothing but 'Auto Pilot'. If you know a bit of Physics, then the definition is simple to understand. Autopilot is a link between Radar and Compass !!

In fact, most junta associate auto-pilot to air crafts. Its used in ships and boats as well as a self-steering gear. It can be electronic, mechanical or even hydraulic. In fact modern autopilots not only help in flying the aircraft, but also in taxi, take-off, ascent, level, descent, approach and landing phases. OK read more about this excellent invention in wikipedia. Me signing off now !!

30 days_30 crores: Arunachalam Movie

Put yourself into the shoes of Rajinikanth in Arunachalam movie. Can you spend 30 crores (INR) in 30 days ?? You should not follow any of the ways followed by Thalaivar in that movie.

30 crores roughly translates to USD 6.6 million, so approx 225 grands per day assuming a 30 day month. Here goes my crazy imagination. The idea in first place is totally cranky ..anyways....

1. Rent a eurofighter typhoon jet ( the unit costs $58 million price) and recruit a super ace pilot and hang a Hezbollah Flag, fly over Israel. You'll be shot down and the game is over !! Be ready to pay the fighter pilots salary, insurance etc etc.. You will be bankrupt in fact and forced to file an IP.

2. Place matrimonial advertisements in BBC, CNN and other leading channels every 30 minutes, for 30 days

3. Book 100 flights to UK, America on full fares and put up a No Show in the airport

4.Display your home town information in Time Square for 24 hours a day for a full week. Guess 6 million dollars is not enough.
5. Watch Arunachalam movie in Broadway and watch it with your friends. Sponsor their stay in MGM Grand ( leaf taken out of the movie itself :-)
6. Sponsor the Oscar Award Function and probably have a date with your favorite Hollywood star
7. Place advertisement in all language news papers, all over India calling for personal secretary post, by snail mail. Recruit 100 secretaries by random and ask them to courier all the mails recived back to applicants by DHL Express Flier. Pay $100 per hour for them as salary. Fire all of them the next week.
8. You can try Short Selling, Margin Trading in Z group stocks of BSE. 99% of the case you will lose.
9. Arrange meeting of World Economic Experts and Cancel it !!
10. Arrange Fireworks show in 4 major cities, inviting experts from China
11. Contract Onyx group to clean Sahara Desert for one month !!
12. Buy all tickets of FIFA World Cup Match and watch it all alone. If you dont like football, you can chose to watch Italian Grand Prix or a 2007 World Cup Cricket match.

If you have read this completely, i really feel pity for you !! he he he.....

Stupid Headlines !!

Does any of the following headlines really make any sense to you ?? To me they sound absurd and meaningless.

• Insurgents killed in Northern Afghanistan border
• Search for Taliban's Mullah Omar going on.
• Govt. Forces fight Tamil Rebels in South of Srilanka
• Car bomb explodes in Shite majority area in Baghdad, killing 22 civilians
• Darfur peace talks continues !!
• Illegal immigrants from North Africa, intercepted en'route to Canary Islands
• 8 militants shot dead as infiltration continues in Kashmir

These headlines can be published on any day in any language newspaper and people will believe its true. The world media should stop paying attention to terrorism related news and focus on other issues of mankind.

When all this will end ? Oh! God please bring peace to the world !!

Where is Osama Contest !!

Rediff has launched a contest this week

When the CIA, Interpol and the whole world of intelligence is looking around this Most Wanted Man, the rediff website, sought a brilliant !! idea to make some good money. So, SMS them and lose you money !! This is the exact text of the advertisement.

Where is Osama? Why hasn't he been caught yet?

Send us your answers.
SMS: OSAMA followed by your answer to 7333. You can send in as many entries as you like.

A Rediff editorial team will select the 10 best entries. The 10 winning entries will be published on rediff.com. The winning entries will also win vouchers worth Rs 500 each, which can be redeemed on Rediff Shopping.

If at all, you know where is Osama, you can directly contact CIA, to claim your $100 million award :-))
Lets see how this joke contest is going to end. Keep watching but don't waste your bucks by sending SMS to the mentioned number !!

Maria Sharapova - $13m

Maria Sharapova reportedly earns $13 million, at the age of 19. She is a superb example of a rags-to-riches story in the United States. Amazingly, out of this 13 mil, only 1 million comes from tennis and the rest for the pretty face of this Russian teenage sensation !!

She manages her ad-campaign so well, at the same time concentrating on here tennis. I love her on-court more than her off court activities. After she won the 2006 US Open in Flushing Meadows, she ran into the audience to hug here father. Truly emotional moment !!

I wish she wins more Grand Slams, and should never become like Anna Kournikova, who went on doing albums with Enrique and chose modelling over tennis.

Sneha Interview

Recently came across Sneha's Interview in Kumudam cinema magazine. The original interview in normal color and my comments in orange color.

Bakthi : "naan thirupathi venkatachalapathiyin bakthai. enaku kashtam varumpothellam kai kodutha theivam athu"
appo prostitution case la mattina pothu, ethuku vijaykanth help ketteenga??

Sight: "sharukh khan i parthaal site adika aasai. en kalloriyil irunthe ullam kavarntha kalvan"
sharukh ikku ippo vayasu 45 ikku mela aaguthu. tamil cinema herione puthiya neengalum kaatiteenga. apdiye if you had sightified sharukh when he was 25 years, neenga entha varusham college padicheenga ??

Dress : "Pudavai thaan en udalukku poruthmaga iruku"
but kodampakkam vattarathula, antha pudavai kooda illati romba poruthama irukum innu solraangale..


Outing: "school padiukm pothu, appa voda hill station povom"
ipo nadigai aana piragu, yaaru kooda ellam hill station porennu sonna nalla irukaathu paarunga...

Foreign: "America New Jersy Tamil Sangam, nadathiya vizhavil kalanthu konden. appo enna appa-amma kooda organizers suthi kaatinaanga"
osi kidaicha pothume....america enna...aminji karai kooda suthi paapeenga

Kobam: "Poi sonnaal kobam varum"
appo unga unmaiyaana vayasa sollunga :-)

Star Hotel: "Enaku Park sheraton hotel romba pudikum. anga 'vegetable musth' endra chinese dish romba pidikum"
appo Ambassador Pallava gym ikku ethuku poreenga ? srikanth anga work out panrathu naalaya?
ungala mathiriye enakum vegetable dish ellam romba pidikum he he he...

Friends: "ennoda amma thaan enaku niranthara thozhi"
appo boy freinds aa adikadi maathuveenga apdi thaane ?

Sandai: "naan kulanthaya iruntha pothu sandai potirukken. ipothu ellarudanum samadhanam thaan"
sari ..appo namma rendu perum appa-amma vilayaatu vilayadalaam, sonna pechu maarama samadhanama poganum :-D

Mutham(Kiss): "kadhala kadhalikku kodukkum mutham kilu kilupu aanathu. amma kuzhanthaiku kodukkum mutham anbaanathu"
aaha enna oru kandu pidipu !! sari....simbu nayanthara vukku kodukkum mutham enna vagai anaathu ??

Macham: "Valathu kannathil oru macham irukuthu"
chai...chappu innu poiduchu....

Kavarchi: "Alavodu irunthaal rasikalaam, meerinaal mugam sulika vendi varum. enaku kavarchi ennoda siripu thaan"
alavu inna Simran alava..silk smitha alava ? konjam theliva sollunga madam

Neechal Udai: "ore oru murai neechai udai aninthu nadichathaal egapatta kadumaiyaana vimarsanangal. veetilum ethirupu. director neechal udai endraale kaathi pothi kolven"
evan da athu ethirupu therivichathu ...kojam kooda rasanai ye illama
naanga atharavu kudukarom..neenga tharaalama nadikalaam

Vilayaatu: "Carrom Board. Naan, appa, amma, akka neram kidaikum pothu vilayaaduvom"
appa -amma vilayaatu eppo vilayaaduveenga??

Katti Pidithal: "cinemavil thavirka mudiyaathu. matrapadi veru yaarayum naan kattipidithathu illa"
konja neram munnadi thaan poi sonna pidikaadhu innu sonnenga

Pet Animal: "Dogs Pomerenian endraam romba pidikum"
tamil naatula rasigargal palarum unga pinnadi, naaya alayaraanga. avangala ellam pidikaatha??

Thirumanam: "ippo enna avasaram"

methuva pannunga, oru avasram illa;. evanaavathu ilacha vaayan kidaikamalaa povaan ??

Avlo thaan !!

Want to be a Pilot ?

Ask any actor ( bollywood/ kollywood) what would have you become, if you had not come to the cine industry, the most probable reply will be air line pilot / air force pilot.

May be few jokers like Ajith, might say he wants to be a Formula 1 driver. Ajith irukara size ikku 'lorry size' la thaan Formula1 car build pannanum and he can participate in the Monster Truck Madness race.

Airlplanes and Flying have always been dream professions for many ( mee..too) and those who can afford it pursue it as a passion. Whenever airplanes form major part of the storyline, the movie is automatically added to my favorites list... say Aviator, Top Gun, Air Force One, Con Air , to name a few. Pls don't include tamil movies like 'Airport' where Sathyaraj plays a sick pilot, which is one of the so-called desa-bakthi films.

If at all ( a very big IFFFF), I become a pilot, my role model is Frank Abagnale Jr. in the movie Catch me If You Can. Even though its a '420' character, somehow i like him very much. The pilot profession was totally glamorised in that movie and without an iota of doubt, it is glamarous. The current US President Bush, was a combat aircraft pilot during the Vietnam war. When Bush can become a pilot, i think anybody can become the pilot ( provided u got the bucks !!). Bush is my inspiration for such things ;-)

Recently, the flying schools in india ( there are only very few around) have increased the fees for the Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) course. The "basic" course will cost you 12 lakhs (INR) which trains you in basic single engine planes. If you want flying exposure to multi-engine aircrafts, an additional 3 lakh fees has to be paid. Some schools charge upto 18 lakhs to get you a CPL. It takes 2 years for one to complete the course. And now due to the boom in the low cost airline industry, there is a heavy demand for pilots in India. You could have read about the recent anti-poaching agreement signed between Kingfisher and Air Deccan.

Sometimes i get a random thought about getting rid of this stupid software job and turn into a pilot.

Howzzat !!

Passin' the buck !!

Idioms and phrases of English language have always fascinated me (not the navjot sidhu types )

I was discussing with my colleages, something about software bugs and passing the bug (shipping the s/w with bugs to the client). I went into find out the real meaning of the real phrase pass the buck . What other better tool than google, after few unsuccesful sites, got into an excellent british website . What better people to explain such things, I got the origin and some intersting trivia also.

We don't use this term frequently, but we do the 'passing' more frequently :-) Btw, the person in picture is former US President Harry Truman ( famous for his quote one-handed economist !! )

Pass the Buck

Meaning
Pass responsibility on to someone else.

Origin
Look up buck in the dictionary and you'll find a couple of dozen assorted nouns, verbs and adjectives. The most common use of the word these days is as the slang term for the American dollar. That's not the buck meant here though. Look a little further down the list and you'll find 'buck - an article used in a game of poker', and that's the buck that's passed.

Poker became very popular in America during the second half of the 19th century. Players were highly suspicious of cheating or any form of bias and there's considerable folklore depicting gunslingers in shoot-outs based on accusations of dirty dealing. In order to avoid unfairness the deal changed hands during sessions. The person who was next in line to deal would be given a marker. This was often a knife, and knives often had handles made of buck's horn - hence the marker becoming known as a buck. When the dealer's turn was done he 'passed the buck'.

Silver dollars were later used as markers and this is probably the origin of the use of buck as a slang term for dollar. The earliest citation of the phrase in print is from the Weekly New Mexican, July 1865:
"They draw at the commissary, and at poker after they have passed the buck.".

This is clearly around the time that the phrase was coined as there are many such references in the following years. The best-known use of buck in this context is 'the buck stops here', which is the promise made by US president Harry S. Truman, and which he kept prominent in his own and his elector's minds by putting it on a sign on his desk.

You can read about the Truman's famous buck stops here, here

Ciao !!

Gaddafi Super Comedy!!

United States of AFRICA

I recently came across a super comedy speech by Gaddafi, once considered as a CIA stooge and sometimes nicknamed as Mad Dog.

His dream is to form a United States of Africa !!

ithellam konjam too much aa theriyala

He wants Africa to become a black giant and challenge the United States and the West. His ideology calls for One Army, One Currency, One Nationality, One identity for all Africans..one Finance Minister ..and so on.... He slams the West, who treated the Blacks as animals and slaves.

With so much crime and terrorism in almost every country border of this continent of 25 odd countries. You name any country ...say Rwanda, Congo, Sudan, Zimbabwe there are scores of terrorists everywhere. While the individual countries are not themselves capable of forming their own governments and some conducting election once in 40 years, his speech appears to be a super comedy !!

Just imagine an U.S.A with Gaddafi as president and Tripoli as the capital !! His speech could easily qualify for the joke of the millenium :-)

St.John's Palayamkottai - Part 4

This post is Rank Card Special !!

We had a novel activity, initiated by our Asst. Headmaster. At the start of Class 12, all the guys (only the first group students) have to fill up something called ambition sheets. Each student have to mention what he wants to become, ie. what course he wants to join after finishing the Class 12. Most of them either fill up as engineer or doctor and your progress each month will be tracked against the cut-off mark in the respective quota ( OC/ BC or whatever) assuming you score similar % in the TNPCEE exams also.

Since the AHM wanted to take personal care of all the students, he will distribute the Rank Cards, personally every month. We fondly call him kaakka (crow), due to his cracking and irritating voice.

We have to stand in a long line, in front of kaaka's room, wait for our turn to be called. Its so much fun, to watch our friends receive the rank cards, with the superb nakkals of kaaka. There is nothing to get embarrased for any of us, since its a boys school. The rank card distribution process will go on approximately for 1-2 hours. He spends atleast few minutes each of our 47 comrades in the class. Let me recollect some moments of this thiruvizha, to give you a glimpse of the proceeedings

Abu goes first

enna de baai, nee edukara mark ikku dubai la ottagam meika thaan layakku....next time physics la yum chemsitry la yum koranchathu 80% edukanum...enna sariyaa....

Arvind goes next ( his pet name is ponthu )

kaaka : nee ennade eluthi iruka file la ? ( file refers to the ambition file mentione earlier)

ponthu : doctor saar

kaaka : unnoda biology mark ikku nee compounder kooda aaga mudiyaathu . olunga padikira valiya paaru po po...

Its' Jaffrn turn now ( Jaffrn's dad is a lawyer )

ennade jaffran, inth marks ellam vachittu law college la admission vaanga mudiyaathu, court gumastha va poga thaan layakku nee...language la nalla concentrate pannu. enna la !! unga ayya pera kaapatha vendamaala ??

Thilagar goes now with a smile on his face. He already knows he got very poor marks in Biology

ennade thilagar....enna siripu, nee eduthirukara mark ikku ene sirika matta...

night thoongum pothu doctor aagara mathiri kanavu varum. apdiye enthrichi nalla pacha thanniyaal mooncha kaluvittu paduthu urangu. athuku thaal nee laayakku

David known for his pranks he tries to control his smile, stands stiff in front of kaka

enna davidu..... epdi iruka....mark aa paaru... unga ayyava vara sollatumaa... nee ellam engineer aagi paala kattina.. aduthanaaale...vilunthu kutichura aayidum..... palla kaatatha...uruparada valiya parunga da....

Only and only Yasser goes now ...he aspiration is to become a scientist :-)
ella yasser inga vaa.... nee scientist aa poga poriyo.... nee yellam marunthu kandu pidichittalum, naadu urpadum....enna munndai nikaaktha po !! ela..intha rank card yaaru eduthuttu pova....

okie dokie.... ipothaiku ithodu niruthikaren

Earlier Posts St.Johns Part-1, Part-2, Part-3

St.John's Palayamkottai - Part 3

Part 3 of the St.johns series is exam special :-)

St. Johns Part -1
St. Johns Part -2

As I mentioned in my earlier posts, teaching is the last thing on the agenda of st. johns facutly. So we have to devise our own methods to crack the so called tests ( exam is kinda scary word, used mostly to denote the finals or the public )

The most common thing is private tutions. Some folks are so obsessed with tutions that they join 2 tutions for the same subject ( my friend Aravind had 2 maths tutions..and its not a joke ). The parents are much more obsessed with their wards, attending private tutions with leading centers. The brand value of the tution teacher ( don't mistake it for the malayalam matter movie ) is very important. Gangs where formed around based on the area. Shanthi Nagar Gang, Samathanapuram Gang, Maharaja Nagar Gang, Town Gang etc.

Some of the tution centers were much greener due to co-education . Folks started getting brand new TVS-Champs ( mostly the blue colored one ), putting their old faithful cycles to rest. Tutions played a major part in the studies, as folks spend more time in tution centers than in classrooms. By means of repeated lectures of the same lessons, repeated practice tests, atleast something is learnt to 'pass' the tests. This is less adventurous and less exciting for some of our friends.

Their kolgai is very simple tution porathe sight adikarathukku.... so its obvious that they bunked the practice tests and missed the important questions dictation etc etc.. So at the time of the so called monthly tests, they are under more pressure to clear the papers. They had their own techniques in bits & pieces to acheive their targets, a simple pass 70/200 in the tests. Hope you understand what am talking about. There are different methods followed for "bit adichifying".

The cateogories of Bit is classifed as follows but not limited to this :-)

1. Imporatant Headings Only

2. Formulae Only

3. Big Questions Descriptions Only

4. Diagrams Only

5. Important Sums - Answers only

6. Full Detailed Page - Torn from the Guides

7. Manapaada Seyyul Only

8. Chemistry Equations Only

9. Flow Charts only

The content of bit, depends on the skill level of the bit'ter and his memory level also.

Some folks can build up the whole story, if he know the diagram of the apparatus or the specimen used. Some guys can solve a complex mathematical problem, if they get the formulae right. Some friends, can explain the whole chemical process better than the inventor, if they get to know the equations used.

One of my friend can memorize big chunks of text, but he forgets the headings only.

The pages from the text books/ guides are usually torn for the public exam and the conventional method of small piece of paper + ball point pen is used for monthly tests. Bit Paper is not the only media used in bit 'ting.

The improvisations includes

Plastic/Metallic Rulers ( we call it scale)

Geometry box Instruments ( protactor, set square)

Exam Pad (pareetchai attai ) - under the clip, reverse side

Log Book (remember the boring blue colored Clark's Tables)

bittugal pala vidham, avai ovov ondrum oru vidham

Creating a bit, is the easier part. Hiding them for easy retrieval is the most difficult part. The most common place is inside the socks, along the sidelines of tucked-in shirts, trouser pockets and some real 'secret' places.

Usually the bit'ter form a gang and they carry bits to cover the entire syllabus amongst them. The most daring of them all, who is the master of the trade will carry an index bit, which has the table of contents saying who is carrying what bit, at the start of the test. The bits are usually not destroyed, and are re used for subsequent tests. But they are destroyed or thrown away immediately, provided there is a checking or a strict staff comes for supervision.

I think its enough of bit-stories;

Lab and Mark Sheet distribution jokes to continue in next post. Ciao !!

Access Earlier Posts here St. Johns Part -1 St. Johns Part -2

St.John's Palayamkottai - Part 2

<<>St. Johns - Part 1 >>

The arrival of the new HM created quite a flutter in the school circles of both the students and the staff.
Being a military man, discipline was of paramount importance for him. You would have atleast heard or experienced this - a student being asked to stand outside the classroom for coming late or any other misdemeanor. Check out this unusual scenario of a teacher, made to stand out side the classroom for being late.

We were in Class 11 and it was the third period(hour) on a Monday morning, after the usual 15 minute interval. We folks scrambled to the classrooms once the bell rang. We started our chit-chat till the next master arrived. It was supposed to be an English Class. The master usually arrives within 5 minutes, after the bell goes off. Maybe that day he had one additional dhum or something, he didnt arrive till 10 minutes.. The noise levels of our chit-chat have increased dangerously high.

Here comes our HM, he was on his rounds and he easily spotted our classroom . He entered and gave a cold dark stare, standing on the dias. Next moment, it was pin-drop silence. He summons the class pupil leader ( its an unfortunate mee..) and asks what class was that and who is the master.. I told English and name of the 'Saar'. He asked few questions to the first benchers and immediately started with lesson no.3.

I have to say that he exhibited his sense of humor, but we were not in a position to laugh only. Some five more tense minutes passed and there appears the English Saar at the doorsteps. He was literally shocked to see the HM, taking the class and everybody turned our heads at the door. HM knew his staff was standing there but, gave no notice to the stranded teacher and continued his lecture. We as sincere students followed the big boss, gave no notice to the English sir.

The teacher outside the class was visibly shocked and he can neither leave the scene nor interrupt the HM. Almost another minute passed and HM would have felt the punishment is enough to the teacher for being late and turned towards him. Oh! you are there.. I didn’t notice (what a cold lie that was) please come in ....he briefed about his lecture and handed over the book to him and walked past.

In how many schools, can you see such scenes? We got the perfect practical lesson for the concept "Lead by Example" and Management by Walking Around. To be frank I don't know these terms, when I was in the school, but this event left with me an everlasting impression about our HM's management style. The lesson he wanted to teach for the students, came at the cost of embarrasment fo his sub-ordinate staff.

Next post is about exam time comedies and the innovative methods used by our friends to crack the exams. Ciao !! << Link to St. Johns - Part 1 >>

St.John's Palayamkottai - Part 1

I had the lifetime oppurtunity to do my higher secondary in the South Indian Oxford of Palayamkottai, spending a couple of years with the most famous St. Johns' Higher Secondary School (saying the full name of the school is not a St.Johns' tradition). If you want to associate some names to the characters, it between the period 1995-1997M

At that time , we are so proud that our school was some kind of big boys' and rowdy school. Infact till date, we are proud , that we are st.john's students (not products). All the pazhams studied in Jayendra, Chinamya kinds of schools, and the only St.Xaviers is considered to be strict and disciplined. (all schools are supposed to be disciplined rite ) . Rose Mary come close to St. Johns in tharuthalai character, but it lacks the something , the native touch and its considered more of an alien with this matriculation syllabus and co-education. Also they had 2 branches, the main and the other, lacking the unique factor of our belowed St.Johns. Independent thinking and self-confidence is nurtured very well and i don't like to use the word product here, which sounds more like the output of some kind of mechanized system.

I agree it was some kinda 'tharuthalai' school, where teachers freely talk politics in classroom and don't feel ashamed to be foul mouthed. To give you an idea, our physics master is pro DMK, and ADMK was the ruling party then. Whenever he addresses Jayalalitha, obviously the "Thev" word will be prefixed. Discussions about public affairs, court rulings, quota reservations are quite common in classrooms. Teaching will be last thing in their agenda, as they know students will take care of themselves (self-confidence part i mentioned earlier), by any means. I will come to the "any means" later.

Politics will be injected into the your blood, even if you don't want it. Also you can find invisible Jaathi Sangams inside of the school. Active members of the so called 'Rasigar Mandrams' proudly display their badges to other pals in the school. The school pupil leader election is a proving point for those guys. We unfortunate guys in English medium, were not encouraged to participate in these elections or are supposed to "study". See the logic here, its not that all students are supposed to study in a school; konjam over aa theriyala, but that is the fact.

There was also a strike-culture prevalent at that time. Whenever the senior college (St.Johns) goes on strike, the junior college (school) needs to be closed, as a courtesy gesture instructed by the revolting students. Naanga urupadama pona mattum pathathu, ellarum urupadaama poganum !!

We eagerly await when the St.John's college runs into a strike, since our school will be closed due to security reasons !! By security reasons, you should not thing something else. We, as students were always safe. Its the security of the teaching staff. Some of our 'annans' might take revenge on their almamater or thier beloved teachers.

The process of strike was so gentle-manly. The students union chairman of John's college, after decalaring strike (reason can be as silly as .... college canteen ulunthu vadiayil ottai romba perisa iruku ) bunks the classes with this followers, meets the head master of our school . He 'gently' asks to shut the school and by the time negotiations are going on, some of his followers to the class rooms and ask all the students to leave.

Our classroom, was just opposite the head master room. So we'll be waiting with fingers crossed in those tense moments, whether its gonna be a holiday or not. We cannot just run leave our classrom, as the bike stand is next the 'staff room'. So we have to wait for an official annoucnement or the 'long bell' . The john's college guys are the cricket champions of Nellai district ( they are keeping this trophy for past 15-20 years i think ). The folks time the strike so that it coincides with an day-night match of India. You know there is no thrill in just you only bunking the class and watching the match. The underlying principle here is 'Yaan Petra Inbam Peruga Ivvayagam'

By this time, one ex-service man took charge as Head Master of St. Johns. We don't call him Principal or Princy as done in matric schools. So our new HM infact wanted to scrap the student unions and SPL elections and put and end to the strike-culture. Infact this is a welcome development by the teaching staff, as they had a tough time every year in conducting the elections in a peaceful manner. I have not witnessed any violence myself, so I really cannot comment about it. But the word-of-mouth stories about the past elections were quite intersting.

Bye for now !! More exploits to continue !!

Schumi Retires !!

Schumi wins German Grand Prix !!

Schumi wins Italian Grand Prix !!


This guy made Formula 1 look so boring :-), as we were made to read the same headlines, after every race weekend. Infact the formula 1 bosses had to change some rules, to limit Ferrari's dominance and make the sport more competitive.

No such driver in the history of F1, had exerted so much influence on the sport, displayed so much consistency and had this much brilliance. 7 times world champion, world's richest sports person ...no easy deal. The ubiquitious smile, the victory jump on the podium, the steely resolve of him refusing to lose, oh my goodness and atlast he is a German speaking good English :-) Brush aside his disputed on-track manners, he is a true champion, I simply love this guy !!
Salute Schumi, the Master !!

If Formula 1 is a religion, Schumi is simply the God ( inspired by Ramki's quote about Sachin )


Atlast, after this 90th something race win in Monza, he has announced his retirement after this 2006 season. ( in his own words, its a rather late decision ) . Schumi wants to finish in style, with 3 races left behind.

Is it not time for biggies like Tiger Woods, Sachin to call it a day !!

Idio(ma)tic Tamil

Idioms and Phrases are assets of any language.
So I decided to translate some assets from english to my beloved mother tongue Tamil

My idiomatic transaltion become so idiotic ( panrathe vetti vela...ithula rhyming verayaa !!)

Those who are not Peter/Munima parties, amuks Using English to know what the idiom actually means.

Across the Board - palagaikku kuruke

All hell broke loose - ella naragamum udainthu poiyna

All over the place - ella edathirku meleyum

Armed to the teeth - aayutham thaangia pal varisai

Back Burner - pinnal ulla adupu

Beat about the bush - putharai suthi adiyungal

Bells and Whistles - manikalum oolayiduthalum

Bar Fly - Saraya kadai E

Chew the fat - kozhupai mellu

Clound nine - onbathaan eNN megam

Couch Potato - irukkai urulai kizhangu

Eat humble pie - panivaana paniyarathai saapidu ( I know pie is not paniyaaram..jff freeya vidu)

Fat Cat - Kozhutha Poonai

From Scratch - Suranduvathil irunthu

Greenhorn - pachai kombu

Hit the bulls eye - kaaLaiyin kandgalai adi

How Come ? - eppadi vaa

Nutshell - paruppu odu / kottai odu

Jet Black - athi vega vimanam karupu

Keep Mum - amma vai vaithukol .. ( this is really horrible translation )

Knee Jerk Reaction - mootu athirchi ethircheyal

Know your oninon - unnudaya vengayathai therinthukol

ippothaiku ivlo thaan....apdiye jagaa vaangikaren.....Ciao

1 INR = 45 USD

When 1 INR = 45 USD ( i know its difficult to imagine also)......what will happen in the America ?

Konjam, illa illa romba alavukku meeriya karpanai !!

This is not my sontha stuff... Courtesy junk mail forwarded by friend Ambalavanan

I am seriously against plagiarism :-)

SCENE 1

Venue : Microsoft Corporation, New York, US.

Some s/w engineers are seeing some photographs.
s/w engg 1 : What's that?

s/w engg 2 : Bob's photographs from India.

s/w engg 1 : Wow. Let me see. Which is this place?

s/w engg 3 : (Sees the photo) This is Ranganathan Street,TNagar,Chennai
s/w engg 1 : Fundoo yaar! And what is this? He's got an second hand TVS 50 also.

s/w engg 2 : Let me see (sees). This guy enjoys life maan...
s/w engg 3 : You know how much an TVS 50 costs? Nearly 200K. Say it in dollars...

s/w engg 2: Oops. We can't dream of such a thing here.

s/w engg 1 : Let's go to India & try for a job.

[Everybody excited.]
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SCENE 2
Venue: Sun Microsystems, SanFrancisco, California, US

s/w engg 1: I'm with you man. My Visa is expected anytime. Soon I will fly to India
s/w engg 2 : Ohhh.... When is the party?

s/w engg 1: When I get it on hand.

s/w engg 2: Where will you be working?

s/w engg 1 : I'll be working in Gummidipoondi.

s/w engg 2 : Oh! Gummidipoondi. Great yaar. where it is...

s/w engg 1 : It is in Madras.

s/w engg 3 : Fundoo place yaar. Nice climate, not like California. You'll love the weather yaar. One of my friends is in Jaipur, Rajasthan...He says it's the ultimate place to live in. Cool maan.

s/w engg 2 : Who is the client yaar?

s/w engg 1: You know Madras Municipal Corporation?

s/w engg 3 : Yeah. MMC. One of my friends is there in the Road Cleaning Division. Most challenging job yaar. People are working in the cutting edge of technology there.

s/w engg 1 : I'll be writing software for the accounts department of the GCU.
s/w engg 2: GCU? what it means...?

s/w engg 1 : that is Garbage Collecting Unit.

s/w engg 3 : Great yaar. That's what I like about that country. You can get a job which requires all your skill. Not like here. See I'm writing software for the space shuttle remote control. I hate this.

s/w engg 1 : Don't worry guys. I'll give you my rediffmail id. You can send your resume to me and I'll forward it to the HRD.

[Everybody takes down his Rediffmail id.]
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SCENE 3
Venue: IBM, New York, US

Conversation between a Male s/w engg. and Female s/w engg

Male : Hi!

Female: Hi. You know. I'm planning to settle in India soon.
Male : What??

Female : Yeah. My marriage will be here in America only. He is doing his Ph.D in Cuddalore College and he's coming here for a month. His study will be over in 2 months. He's already got a job in CEB (Cuddalore Electricity Board). We planned to settle in Cuddalore itself... I'm also planning to work there. Let's see...
Male: Good luck... dont forget us & US...

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SCENE 4
Venue: Intel Corp. US

s/w engg 1: Great news guys. Our George has got admission in the Tagore Arts College in Pondicherrywith scholarship for B.A History. A great new field yaar... All are excited...

George : Got my Visa yesterday. It's all finalized now.
s/w engg 2 : Congrats yaar. So you are out of this country.
s/w engg 1 : B.A in Histroy...ohh...man, enjoy your life there?
s/w engg 2 : : Got full aid, eh?

George : Yeah. Got the UGC scholarship That will be 1200 Rupees per Year.

s/w engg 1 : Great. Enjoy.

s/w engg 2 : (Thinking loud): 1200 Indian Rupees...! that means 1200 * 45 = 54000 Dollars... with that amount I can buy an three bed-room flat & a Mercedes here...!!!

Americanism in Tamil

Tried a verbatim(word for word) translation of some of the famous American slangs. It was total chaos, 'itho neengal pogereergal' i.e here you go !!

Have a nice day! - Nalla naal vaithukkol

What's up : Melay enna? no pun intended :-)

I am all ears - Naan ellam kaathu ( means am very interested in hearing you)

You are kidding - nee kuzhanthaiyaai aagivittaai

Dont kid me - ennai kuzhanthaiyaaga aakkathey

Ants in your pants - Un kaal sattaiyil erumbugal ullana (meaning you are agitated or excited)

Yo, baby! What's up? - Kuzhandaai yo, Melay enna irukku?

Cool man! - Kulirndha manidan

Don't mess with me - Ennudan kuzhappam pannathey

Check this out, man! - Ithai sodanai sei, manidaney!

Listen buddy, that chick's mine, okay!? - Nanbane kel, antha kunju ennudaiyathu, sariya?

Hey good looking; what's cooking? - Hey sundari, enna samayal?

Are you nuts? - Nee enna kottaya ? / Nee enna paruppa?

Son of a gun - Thuppaakiyin magan

Why did he decide to hit the sack? Avan yaen saackupaiyai adikka mudivu seithaan?

Give me five !! Enaku iyandhu roobai kudungal

How do you do? Nee eppadi seigiraai?

Its raining cats and dogs - poonayum naayumaaga mazhai pozhigirathu

Have some doughnuts man ! konjam maavu kootai kalai eduthukol manidha
(dough - maavu ; nut -kottai ..romba kevalama iruku illa )

Ciao !!

ToTFL -Tamil Slangs - Flash Cards

ToTFL - Test of Tamil as Foreign Language
This includes common english worlds used in tamil context . Here are the flash cards for you !!
Ensoiiiiiiiii

A
Alvaa kudukarathu- To cheat ( sathyaraj's alva to rajitha is bit different one )
Aatha - Mother
Abase - Loot / steal
Alppam - Silly/Cheap
Anna - Elder brother
Anni - Elder brother's figure
Aalu - Girlfriend ( used also by girls to mention their boyfriends )
Appeetu - Unsuccesful
Asathal - Impressive
Arivu Kolunthu - Stupid Fellow
Ambi - Conservative Iyengar Boy ( remember Anninyan movie Ramanujam ambi )
Alumbu - Unnecessary Scene Creation ( aka. Scene Podrathu, Padam Katrathu)
Alli Vidrathu - Unnecessary Scene Creation ( aka. Kaathula Poo, Kathai)
Adangkokka Makka - Oh My God!
Ajaku - Enuch (aka Ombothu )

B
Bejaru - annoying
Bulb vangarathu - To get embarassed
Bandha - Pilim (aka. Scene, Padam, Alumbu, Alaparai)
Bekku - Fool ( word courtesy: chennai sowcarpettai marwadis)
Bajari - In strict terms lady in high street offering body rental service. Also used for gals with simial eloquence ( eg. Dhool movie Sornakka character)

C
Cutting - Small Peg ( to be exact, cutting is half of a quarter i.e. 90 ml)
Chittu - Figure
Chevaru Mutti - similar to Sulpeta. Alcohol with a distinct quality of urge to bang in the walls after getting drunk. Not usually available in the open market

D
Damaram - 100% Deaf
Dubakoor - Cracked ( aka. 420 party)
Dubukku - Clever fool
Dori - Squint eyed (aka. Ondrai)
Dumeel - Lie (aka. Peela)
Dhumm- Cigarette
Deal-la vidurathu - not keeping up to one's responsibility and letting something fail
Dickie Lona - A friendly game played in Delhi (courtesy Gentleman movie)
Dabaikarathu - The act of escaping silently
Danks baa - Very friendly way of thanking
Daavu - Lady Love ( aka. Aalu)
Dijik - Matter/Porn

E
Elicha Vaayan - Loser
Egathaalam - Tease / Show no respect


F
Figure - Young Attractive Lady (Chick)


G
Gaja - Matter/Porn
Gilli, Goli - Traditional games played in Tamilnadu
Gujili - Jigidi/Figure/Chick
Gandhi Kanaku - Accounts which are never paid back
Gujals - enjoy with booze/ figure ( aka. Jilpangs, Jalsa)

I
Item - Prostitute

J
Jiggidi - figure/ chick
Jollu - The process of you jaw-dropping on sight of a good Jigidi / Simply Figure Watching
Jagaa - Retreat /Withdrawl from an action
JuJubi - Easy/piece of cake ( aka. Piskothu)
Jalsa - Same as Gujals / Jilpangs

K
Kadalai - Casual chatting Usually between two members of opposite sex
kiLambu, Kaaththu Varattum - a decent way of saying that your words are not making any sense and you better shut up and get lost
Kalasarathu - To ridicule someone (aka. Kalakarathu)
Kalasitta po - Wow...its great ( aka. Kalakitta po) - To create a flutter
Karuthu Kandhasamy - Person on full time duty on Preaching others for the sake of it
Keesuduven Keese - To get left and right
Kuruttu Kabothi - Blind fellow
Kattai - Figure with good body features ( Nattu kattai is a variation used to denot village kattais e.g Abirami in Virumaandi movie )
Kuthirai - High Heels Figure
Kozhai Adikarathu - Putting soaps to someone
Kattan - Uncivilized Fellow
Kambi Neetrathu - Escape Silently / Financial Fraud

L
Loosu - Crazy Person
Lavatrathu - Stealing

M
Machan /Macchi /Maamu - casual way of addressing a friend
Major Sundar - One who lives in the style of 5 generations back
Mama - long arm of the law - which reaches into your pocket for 50 rs now and then
Mama - red light area broker / pimp
Maami - Beautiful Iyer Figure ( Trisha in Saami , Meena in Veera)
Mamiyar Veedu - Jail / Prison ( the place to get free food three times a day)
Maanga - Fool
Maal - Money/Buck
Mary- A gal who often displays her English linguistic skills (aka Munima)
Meter - Multiple meanings Money collection not by lawful means sometime used for drunk also
Makkan - Stupid Fellow
Mappu/Mabbu - Fuddle / Under Influence/ Intoxicated (Heavenly state attained after booze)
Mattai - If Mappu becomes too much, Mattai follows ( dozed after heavy booze)
Masai - Figure/Chick ( Acronym of Ma - Maruthuva Kallori + Sai - Site, originally used to denote Medical College figures, then the term made applicable to all figures )
Majaa - Jalsa with a figure

O
Ottrathu - Teasing somebody friendly
Ottrathu - Courting a figure / in the process of picking up a chick

P
Pannadai - lunacy indefined ( literally a device used to filter kallu, which keeps all dirty things with itself)
Periya Paruppu - Big brother
Peter - A guy who often displays his English linguistic skills
Piskothu - very simple (when it refers to an activity)
PiskOthu - a silly person (when it refers to an individual)
Pongal - Kadalai
Poyappu - Daily life/survival
Punnaku - Useless ( literally cattlefeed)
Pazham - Teetotaler
Panayeri - Vijayakanth ( infact refers to a leading business community in south tamilnadu)

Q
Quarter Govindan - Person with permanent symptoms of Salpetta and Chevaru Mutti

R
Ravadi - Troublesome
Ragalai - Creating a mess
Ramana - Person using lots of statistics, in normal talking

S
Sister - Often used to address figures where attempt was unsuccessful
Single tea-kku singi Adiththal - survival has become very difficult
Salpeta - Special brand of alchol not usually available in the open market
Sullan - Small boy ( aka. Podiyan)
Sangu - Word symbolising Death ( magane unakku sangu ootharandaa !! )
Soap - Flaterry / Pleasing someone in turn of a favour
Sondi - Left handed person ( used mostly in Salem area )
Saroja Devi - Cheap Quality Tamil Porn Magazines ( mostly illegal publications)

T
Thena vettu - Bold/ Arrogant
Thala - The Head (boss, one and only leader etc.)
Thoda - Sarcastic exclamation (usually doubting)
Ticket Vangarathu - To attain eternity at Kannama pettai
Tharuthala- Wreckless Fellow
Thayir Sadham- Vegeterian and Teetotaler Iyer Boys ( there are other categories also ;-) )

U
Usaar Panrathu - to get something for oneself using devious methods
Ushaar Maakans- Careful Fools

V
Vennai - Useless guy
Vetti Officer - Me (i.e. people who are not employed for any useful work ) and You ( who read my blogs)


Please contribute to make the glossary more comprehensive !!

Iyer Bashai

Iyer Bashai is a separate slang in Tamil. It is fun to listen indeed. I have tried to decode some of their terms.

Disclaimer : This post is not for showing any discrimination or any stupid caste discussions.

Iyers : Varela?
Normally: Vareengala?
English : Are you coming?

Iyers : Porela?
Normally: Poreengala?
English : Are you going?

Iyers : Engathla
Normally: Enga veetla
English : In our house

Iyers : Ava
Normally: Avanga
English : They

Iyers : Chollungo
Normally: Sollunga
English : Tell

Iyers : Setha Nazhi
Normally: Konja Neram
English : For some time

Iyers : Siva Siva / Rama Raamaa
Normally: Aandava / Kadavule
English : Oh My God !!

Iyers : jalam eduthundu vaa
Normally: thanni konda
English : get some water

Iyers : jalam eduthundu vaa
Normally: thanni konda
English : get some water

Iyers : konjam saadham podu
Normally: konjam soru vai
English : can I have some rice

Iyers : kondhe
Normally: kannu ..chellam
English : baby..honey

Iyers : athimber
Normally: maama
English : uncle

Iyers : kozhunthanaar
Normally: machan
English : brother-in-law

Iyers : kai alambittu vaa
Normally: kai kaluvittu vaa
English : wash your hands and come

Iyers : madiya vaa
Normally: kulichuttu sutha bathama vaa
English : take a wash and come ( kinda crude transaltion)

English : thristhi pattuda porrathu
Normally: kannu pada poguthu
English : no english equivalent known to me ;-)

Thatz all folks !!

Ithellam arasiyala sagajam appa !!

Kounder is known for his nakkals and his on screen duels with Senthil . The vazhapazham joke Karagattakaaran was the super hit piece of comedy by this pair ( Personally i don't enjoy this banana joke as its just too much, the opening scene Car was better)

Sometime Kounder is criticised for his vulgar language and loudspeaker voice. But I would say, he is the king of kollywood comedy with superb timing and dialog delivery. I think Sooriyan is among the top 5 performances of Kounder, followed by Paal /Thabaal encounter with senthil ( senthil wins in this ..for a change) . Kounder comes as Milkman (paal) and senthils as postman (thabaal), both trying to marry vadivel's sister.

Sooriyan

Gaandha Kann alagi... start music....

ah inga pus... ah left la pusu...ah right la pusu...

Ommakucchi: Narayana naethu 420 casela, selathula mukkia pramugar kaidhaamay..

Goundamani: Aen Coimbatorela mukkina kaidhu panna maataangala?

Narayana... Kosu thollae thala mudiyalae da. Yethavathu marundu adichi kollungada...

Dey naaye, intha pinchu pona brusha vachu enda en moonchila paint adikara

Kounder picks up the phone, dials a number in Delhi and pretends to speak to a minister

Narayanan : phone wire andhu poi oru maasam aaguthu

Goundamani: Idhellam arasiyala sagajam appa...!!

CBI officers: Sooriyana sutathu yaaru?
Goundamani: So sad! Sooriyana yaarum suda mudiyathu.. Sooriya veppam than namala sudum..

GoundaMani: Oru phone pannikalama
CBI officer: No
GoundaMani: sari...ok..sari naan 5* hotel'e pannikerean
CBI officer: Take him...
GoundaMani: polam polam... arasiyalna ithellam irukerathanne...

Another classic piece is this one..

GoundaMani: (Entering CBI officers room)trying to take his seat on the chair....

CBI officer: (ordered to take off the chair)

GoundaMani: (By looking at the Gandhiji photo) Satthiya sodanai!!!!

Chinna Gounder

Ada kalutha meykkara payalukku ethanai arivaa nu ellarukum porama da !!

Vadakupatti ramasamy ku kudutha munnuru ruba ...oooo!!!...oooo!!!

I don't remember the movies, but the dialogs are too good to be forgotten

Goundamani: ivana un chittappan? enna panran?
Senthil: panni meykkararnga!
Goundamani: Adhane! pinna ivanukkenna banklaya vela tharuvanga?

Goundamani: unga son peyar yennanu sonninga ?

Senthil: Aravindsamy

Goundamani: 'adupala ventha samy' nnu vainga athan sariya irukum

"heyeai Naan rombe busyyy...."

"sangoothara vayasula sangeetha....." ( i think this is kattabomman movie)

Nee sonna vaakiyatha thanjavoor kovil kalvettula sedhukki vechutu pakkathulaye utkaarndhukko; pinnal varum sandhadhigal adhai paarthu padichu theliva nadandhukkuvaanga

Someone brushing and singing: "Thirupughazhai paada paada vaai manakum .."
Goundamani: Apram yenda nayae pal velakara?... apadiye paaditu pooga vendiyathu thanae..."

ippo thaiku ivlo thaan nyabagam iruku......more later..... Ciao