North Madras Matter

Last two week was ok. Murali had come down for his India visit from Vienna. Didn’t have much time to spent with him…..bil was in town….he had some doc’s conference in madras….made plans to have a sip with him….boooo he stood me out that evening….had to drench with pras near his place @ tasmac…..the next day picked up bil from egmore child hosp……drove to my house….he exchanged pleasantries with my parents….drove back to distil…….pras and deba were there….somehow I like the place n week days…….dropped bil @ railways station…he took the train to madurai went to a place called cheers local music is good and deba was cribbing can’t xpect them to play Ustad XYZ …..took the air deccan to madurai the next evening…..bil picked me @ madurai airport. Went to his home……..xchanged pleasantries with his mom/dad/bro and his wife/ the black lab juno…I love black labs……Bil dropped me @ some bus stand…took the bus to theni….reached BH’s house @ 11 pm……Wooooow was she surprised ------ YES…… Rest in the house thought for sure *what a weird maniac I am * but said Sooooooo sweet…. Drove to bodi the next day…….ate a lot @ 10 ppls house that I visited without having a clue – who they are. Rested @ BH’s uncle’s place……..he had a cognac….me jumped on it….shared a decent talk with him….took off the next morning to theni – l love the early morning drive and bodi is one of the best places to retire……took back every body from theni to bodi in the afternoon………mahesh’s(bh’s relative) bday party…..oh man 2 marshals full of ppl and food………..drove to a picnic spot with a tongue twister name……..had the food -----yummy……….swam in the rapid (how did I do that)…………drove back to theni and took a bus in the night to madras………Factory work for 5 day…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Murali, Hendry, Suresh and Arul left for Kuttralam on Monday night……went to station to c them off. Got some DVD’s from Burma bazaar (Bridge on river Kwai, Escape to Athena, The great escape, Shawshank redemption, Casablanca, Gone with the wind) Met deba and pras on Thursday @ harrions…………..Friday murali left to Munich. Had drop him off after frantic evening of shopping……..he was flying with delta……..I hate flying with delta ever since they asked for 4$ for my drink…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Saturday was with X-college mates(full gang – Palani, sasi, shakthi, gopi, saravana, perisu, achu, shakti murugan and myself) when to mowbrays inn, Sunday was in PROPER north madras style mamu….glassu, vater packetu, poondu uuruka, OC and coke ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Back to factory………….and pras mails sayin hez got his L1 stamped (again)…..had to start planning on a Monday – and I love that…………

Normal things were happening abnormally, until last week when something normal to me was so abnormal to everybody. Went home after office on monday. BH says her grani is sick……..me goes ok…she goes……NO she is really sick…me goes ok should we leave. She says yes. That started my trip to my native place…….the last time I was there was when my uncle passed away. Rush to Koyambedu – CMBT……the Vegetable and flower market……that place always reminds me of my days with kuldip singh. Take a bus to madurai -à take a another bus from madurai to sankarankovil….and take the car from there to go to my inlaw’s village which is jus next to my native place. The place has not changed a bit xcept for better roads from no roads and a lot of suzlon wind turbines….that was a happy sight. Later got to know that my place lies on the path of the heavy winds flowing through the sengottai pass. The grani was in dead bed. People in villages let the Old die. Everybody was waiting for her to pop. Me went to my village exchange pleasantries with every villager (it a small hamlet--- everybody knows each other). Drove to coutrallam had a sip and went to thenni the next day. That was one tiring ride in a barebone bus. Was planning to return the next day to Chennai, when somebody call up and said that the grani has popped. There was a huge commotion. Drove to the village in the early morning, finished all the rites and rituals of the village, drove back to madurai for BH’s viva(i kinda like to drive in the south - less traffic, sepentine roads and always a mountain in u r view). Finished the business, drove back to thenni from madurai – could see the beautiful lights of kodai from andipatti – greats roads – No wonder this being Ammas Constituency. The next day went to bodi……this place is on the foothills of the Wghats some 60 km from munnar. Came back to madurai and boarded the train to Chennai. Back to the factory.

its rained y'day in madras........... and i loved every bit of it...........i wish i can have my Whisky with soda though. Hmmmmmmmmm letz see .......it should happen when it rains again.... a bottle of australian whisky is lying idle for want of drunkards @ jey's place for 2 months now......Xavi had got it when he came back from down under........... Times have changed.

Last weekend was good......... This looks good.......... http://gigaom.com/2005/06/04/steve-jobs-like-howard-hughes-mystifies/ thatz 4 all mac lovers..... Think abt the possibilities............... on a lesser note.............i went to pudupet to get a bore for my RX-100. Planning to revamp it........one week the beauty should be ready for a ride......... i have a lot of memories with my RX...........after all its been with me for 12 years.... RX stories later.........

Oh shit.........it was on may 09th i wrote something on my bolg What has happened since then Friday. Did a bye bye to all my bangalore office colleagues Packed all my thing from the apt and dumped it in the car Picked up Pras @ went to legends of rock with his friend Joe. Got drunk. Knocked a closed wine shop and almost lost conciseness Drank @ Joe's place. Small cute and neat place hez got. Went back to my place. Joe pucked in my room. Oh man the place was flooded. didn’t have fire service number. Saturday Went on to visit some apt near whitefield - Pras wants to invest in bang. Met her sister. Did some shoping @ marathali.it was hot. went back to koramangala and had lots of beer in the wine shop. Drove to joe's place picked him up and went to militarty mallu uncle's house. Got 5 bacardis, 3 s'offs, and 100 pipers all for 3000/- for the bachelor party on sunday. droped joe. Picked up Deba from banshankari - met his friends amit - the newly married guy. ate something @ tamarind. called up rama. Went to Indi joe. went to TGI to meet rama. had some beer Flat tyre. called up prasana. it was almost midnight Ate @ imperial. suggested to fix the trye - stepny drove to bomanahalli, got the trye fixed. Deba wanted to start to madras @ 1 am. I tought i need some rest. went home tried to sleep.- but in vain. washed my face- drove to mg road to fill gas. started to madras @ 3.15 am. WooooooooooW tried to survive the night. deba was trying keep me awake. pras was sleepin in the backseat. Sunday reached chitoor @ 5.30. pras woke up and offered to drive. i went to backseat and tried to sleep. reached madras @ 8.30 droped pras @ vadapalani deba @ annanagar. went home and crashed. got up called every body to confirm things. did lots of logistics for the bacehlor party @ Saaral a North Madras Farm house. drinks were judiscially smugguled from the car to Saaral. food was arranged by safi and nitya. the party was fun - Went on till 2 am. Shakthi and ashok passed out. had a though time carryin both into palani's car. Monday Woke up early. Rushed to the new office. met the hr. did the same thing for the next three day. took bro for shopping, went to distil - bro got drunk and gave me a lot of gayan. Got assinged to a project on wed and left for dindugal on thrs (To get married) - met viswa, ben and giri in the train, they were going to kodai spend a day there and then come to dindugal to attend the marriage. Dindugal was hot. Suresh,his wife, Siva and Shankar called up on friday afternoon to inform that they are driving down from kodai(they had started on Wed morning), Went to bus stand to see off suresh's wife - she had some conferance to attend. took the gang to bar. Deba and pras were drinking @ Carlton @ the same time - got SMS. Satarday. ppl started pouring in. Rama called up. he was visiting Madurai Meenakshi temple enroute to marriage. he landed @ 8 pm engagement happended. Had a big messup with the hotel rooms. got up early next morning. GOT MARRIED. drove to theni. stayed there for three days - BLISS - Parental advisory - explicit Content has been ommited. Came back to madras on thrs. hosted a reception on friday @ ashok. had a tough time explaning how to go to anna university from North Madras to the better half.(she had some seminar there) woooooooooooooooo thatz it for now.

This is my last week in bangalore....last 8 months were good. Things good abt bangalore...Girls.... I love the way these girls dress up. There is a lot of option when u want to play alcoholic. bad thing......traffic.............i hate that...and of course there is no beach to drink my beer. Chennai here i come.........

deba sent me this link....... http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/27/stories/2005042713700400.htm

it was pouring in bangalore on tue night. left the office late, went home stright. wow no power in koramangla.....shit. gorge ask me to take him out for dinner in my car..it was still rainin....Ok we go to imperial and get the food parcelled.......jus then zak calls up and asks if we wanna join him in legends of rock cos he playin there that night. dropped by and had a hell of a time....asked zak to play all my favs..he obliged .hmmm its good to have a dj as a roomie......and it was still raining when we left the place to go to lazees.....good food...crashed @ 1.