Iyengar veetu azhage!

While I was relentlessly thinking of topics for my blog which has been devoid of posts for a longtime now, I was listening to this song "Iyengar veetu azhage" and was simultaneously looking at one of my friend's wedding pictures....(She belongs to the Brahmin caste, more sepcifically Iyer, which is a class within the Hindu society).

While there are a lot of differences between Iyers and Iyengars, what caught my attention the most was the way they tie the madisaar! [Phew!!!I know what you guys are thinkin'....Women indeed never change!!!], I have tied an authentic madisar once during my school days for a fancy-dress competition (wonder what they thought was fancy here!) and I loved it! And like Monica in F.R.I.E.N.D.S, "If only there was a job where I could wear it all the time!!!".....So, I started looking into Iyer kattu and Iyengar kattu and also watched a few tamil movies where women tie the madisar......Oorvasi in MMKR, Kamal in Avvai Shanmugi and Shreedevi in "Meendum Kokila" wear the Iyer kattu and Vasundhra Das in Hey Ram wears the Iyengar kattu AND I am not all surprised all of them are Kamal movies!!! :)

Virtual Stock Exchange for Cricketers!

Cricket and stock trading enthusiasts!!!

Check out this cool website:
www.cricstock.com

CricStock is a stock exchange with a difference. Here, stocks of cricketers are traded instead of companies. Once you register with the website, you get 1 million units of 'virtual' money. Using this money, you can participate in the initial public offering of current international cricketers. Once the stocks are alloted to you after the IPO, you earn further virtual money through dividends(which are decided by the actual performance of the cricketers) and by intelligently trading stocks in the secondary market. Register right away!!!! You could have amazing fun during the world cup!

My first snow!!!!

And it was just like I'd always imagined!!!I am totally excited.....Sitting by the window with a mug of coffee and watching the snow settle down on the window panes has been awesome......I really really wish I had some company to go out and start playing with the snow....I want to make a snowman :( Nevertheless feeling and smelling the fresh snow was wooooooow!!!!

Let me be the crazy girl who goes all gaga over the snowfall! But who cares!
And Oh yeah, I almost forgot, Happy Valentines day folks!

sugama....

anbe sugama....
un dhaabangal sugama....
thalaiva sugama,sugama?
un thanimai sugama,sugama?

kannam rendu sugama
en kadaisi mutham sugama?
undhan kattil sugama...
en otrai thalaiyanai sugama?

anbe unnai pirindhen
en arivil ondrai izhandhen
veliye azhudhal vetkam endru
vilakkai anaithu azhudhen!

vaazhkai oru vattam pol
mudindha idathil thodangaadha!

annaikaaga.....

malar pola malargindra manam vendum thaaye
palar potri paaraatum gunam vendum thaaye

varam tharum annaiye
vananginom unaiye!

oru noyum theendamal anai podu thaaye
nadhi kaaya neraamal neer ootru thaaye
nan nilam paarthu neeye!

eliyorai magizhvaaka vazhi kaatu thaaye
valiyorgal vaataamal vagai kaatu thaaye
en valamaana thaaye!

pasi dhaagam kaanamal payiraaku thaaye
rasiporgal sevi thedi isai ootu thaaye
isai paatu endrendum inipaaku thaaye!

pugazh selvam nalam kalvi kuravindri vaazha
puvi meedhu irai gnaanam emai endrum aala
pon kuriyaamal vaazha!

arulodu porul bedham arivodu gnaanam
thelivodu dhinam kaanum nilai vendum
adhu thiralaaga vendum!

pala veedu pala naadu pala dhesam endru
unaraamal vaazhvorai ondraaku thaaye
uravodu magizhvodu emai maatru thaaye!

Yay!!

Yay! I successfully complete 1 week at work and it was just today I felt, "Ahhh! Finally, I am making some progress!"....