Grand 'SLAM' Time

Hey its the month of April - time for an exclusive hunt - and every year this hunt will be on with mixed feelings. The hunt I am referring to is about getting your autograph book or slam books slammed by the buddies whom you think you dont want to miss, atleast for that moment, at a later stage of your life. Though the word SLAM sounds a bit harsh, I look at it a perfect framing. The words in the book will find the depth of your heart as though it is slammed inside your soul.

This exercise of getting your slam books slammed by your friends, teachers, non-teaching staffs (though I have not got one...hmm) will look more important than completing your final exams as you don't want to lose anyone before you move (in most of the cases). And this slamming happens right from the school days, it continues to your high school, then to college days. I am not sure if anyone has got their slam books before they leave from one company to other and maybe when they retire:)

What are the times which will make the guys pick a slam book? The situations could vary from moving from one school to other in case of elementary to high school or high school to higher secondary or school to college or in case of the person's parents getting transfered to a different place and the list can go on. What finally needs to be looked at is the guys coming up with a book in their hand in mixed feelings to get their book filled in by most of them around.

So, why this becomes so special in your life? I should say it is a very special phase that you would love to read what every one has slammed in your book about them - their birthdays, address, photo and most importantly about you :) Sometimes, even this would get rid of the enmity between a few in your schooldays which is really good, right? And for some, it could be an ambition to get it filled from the ones they like/love and the word from them will mean everything for them :) It gives you a lovely feeling at that moment and a great feeling when you happen to look at that book after several years. It works like a time machine that you make a special trip to that older moments virtually, live there for a moment with the happenings around that period and so on. And, reading it again after years makes you feel very happy for sure :)

The other day on the road, I saw two guys going thru the slam book and could see a smile on their face. Looking at them, unknowingly I was smiling and feeling happy since it reminded me of my good old days where I got autograph of so many great people who shared their times with me in some walk or the other in my life. Guys if you missed it during your school/college days, even now its not too late. If you are going to move to a different company from the one you are working now or if you are going to retire, make sure you get slammed by your people around and I can guarantee that you will love to read it after a few years.

So, get slammed and have fun!!!!!!

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Relationships!!

Have you, at times wondered like - "what's happening to me?", "few years back it was not like this", "what happened all of a sudden?", etc...?

Few years back you would have been talking to your closed ones (siblings, relations, friends...) without any hassles but now the scenario might be different that you try to avoid each other and you are feeling uneasy. You are like an isolated island with respect to that person(s) though you are very close physically.

If you look back at it, spending some time for that, you will realize that it could have been avoided by talking open heartedly. So talking the issues and thrashing it out before it's too late is a good thing to maintain relations is what I feel. It's not that we don't know this but we DON'T DO it. How sad :(

What's happening is that we are not ready to accept the uniqueness of each personality. Each person is unique in his own way. But when it comes to being together with others, we, somehow, expect others to behave like how we expect. So, we DON'T ACCEPT THE DIFFERENCES. On the other hand, we are not ready to listen to what others tell. That is, if your closed ones tell you something or wants to comment about your act, you are not OK with that and DON'T WANT TO LISTEN.

When such things happen and you don't talk about that, the gap becomes large that you start to feel some discomfort with the respective person. If the talking had happened somehow, you would not have moved into the so called discomfort zone. So start talking to your closed ones open heartedly, now atleast so that such petty things dont destroy the relation between two good people. These talkings are good in any kind of a relationship - be it between your siblings, between your family members, between parents and their children, husband and wife or between friends.

Aren't these things very simple and can be shoo-ed away just like that without any issues? It CAN be done provided, you - both the ends - are open to accepting the differences and listen to what others say. I know it is very difficult though easily said but when it comes to maintain relationships, which atleast I feel, is very important in all walks of our life.

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15.Mar.2010: Artist Anu's feat!!

Think most of you know that my better half (yes, really better :)) Anu does many art work that includes drawing. She has now got a drawing notebook and started drawing after a long gap. Recently she drew a toy seller picture using different HB pencils for shading. It came out so well that I immediately took a copy of that drawing and pasted in my workplace. No wonder that everyone who had seen that drawing were amazed at the work and I really felt happy for her.

I never knew that much more happier moment is waiting in the cards for me. Yes, my manager Sri went a step ahead and asked me if Anu will draw some picture for her in a chart. She also told that she will get the chart and pencils for that. Isn't that a great thing? Yes, it is and I was very happy to hear that. I checked with Anu and confirmed that she will do it.

Anu din't say "yes" immediately as she was afraid if she was of that calibre but ultimately agreed. The next day, Sri came with 2 charts and charcoal pencils and I handed it over to Anu :) Anu (for that matter me too) was not aware if such chart sheets are there as we are used to the normal chart papers only. Also, it was the first time that Anu will be trying in charcoal pencils. She thought she will first try in one chart to learn the nuances to use charcoal pencils and then will draw in the other chart.

She started to draw the same drawing which Sri liked. She could not spend time during the weekdays and sat to draw during the weekends, that too after Aditi slept. She spent totally 3 weekends to complete the drawing. And, yes... she did complete in the first chart itself which she told she would first try. Think I need not say that it came out really well and was beautiful.

We handed the chart to Sri and she was very happy that Anu took sometime to draw it for her. In the next 2-3 days, Sri sent us the snap of the drawing that made both of us very happy. Sri framed it and added more beauty to the drawing and hanged it in her home and snapped it and sent it to both of us. That moment was really great.

This is the collage of her drawing before and after framing :)

Anu was so happy to see her drawing decorating someone's drawing room :) Wishing her to achieve more and who knows maybe I would be managing her business in the future scheduling her Art exhibition :) I wish that to happen for my wonderful lady :)

11.Mar.2010: உணர்தல்

உன்னைக் கண்டதும்
பருந்து பறப்பதற்கு
தன் இறகை மெலிதாக அசைப்பதைப்
போலிருக்கும் என் மனது...

நீ என்னைக் கண்டதும்
புறா பறப்பதற்கு
தன் இறகை படபடப்பதைப்
போலாகிறதடி என் மனம்!!!!

09.Mar.2010: தமிழுடன் ஓர் உரையாடல்

என் மொழித் தாய்
தமிழுடன்
உரையாட ஆசைப்பட்டு
அவளிடம் சில
மணித்துளிகளை வேண்டி பெற்றேன்.

அனைத்தும் நலமா?
என்ற என் வினாவினை
எதிர்பாராதவள் போல
கண் கலங்கினாள் அவள்.

என்னை பதற்றம்
தொற்றிக் கொள்ள - அவளிடம்
கலங்கிய காரணம்
கூறக் கோரினேன்.

என் தூய்மை
நீங்குமாறு
ஊர் ஊராக
என்னை கூறுகளாக்கி
களங்கப் படுத்தியுள்ளீர்களே...

போதாததற்கு
வேற்று மொழி கலந்து
தமிங்கிலமாகவோ
தமிந்தியாகவோ
தமுங்காகவோ
மாற்றிவிட்டீர்களே...

என நொந்தவளை
கேள்வியோடு பார்த்த எனக்கு
"எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்" என்பதை...
"எப்டி இருக்க"
"எப்டி இருக்கீங்க"
"எப்படி இருக்கேள்"
"எப்படி இருக்கீய"
"எப்டி கீர"
என மாறிய உதாரணம் கூறினாள்.

இதற்கே இப்படி
வருத்தப்படுபவளைப் பார்த்து
ஒன்றும் செய்ய முடியாதவனாய்
நிற்க நேரிட்ட வருத்தத்தோடு
வேண்டினேன் தமிழிடம்...

sorry என்னை மன்னிச்சிடு என்று!!!

25.02.2010: சமூகம்!!

மனித சமுதாயத்தை
சமூகங்களாக பிரிப்பது
தவறு எனப் போராடிய
அனைவரும் ஒன்று கூடினார்கள்
"சாதிகள் இல்லையடி" என்ற
ஓர் orkut சமூகத்தில்!!!!!!

Dec,2009: சுவாசம்

நண்பர்களே!!
ஏதேனும் ஒரு சந்தர்ப்பத்தில்
நான் மயங்கிய நிலையிலோ
சுவாசிக்க சிரமப் படுவதையோ
சகிக்க முடியாது போனால்...
மருத்துவமனை தேடித் போகாதீர்கள்!!!

என்னவளின் பெயரை மட்டும்
எனக்கு அருகில் வந்து
உச்சரியுங்கள் போதும் - ஏனெனில்,
அவளை கண்ட நாள் முதலாய்
நான் சுவாசிப்பது O2 அல்ல...
அவளுடைய பெயரைத் தான் !!!!!