புலம்பெயர்தல்

எல்லா இடத்துலயும் தமிழ்ல பேசலாம்ங்கற ஒரு விஷயமே தமிழ்நாட்டுக்கு ஷிப்ட் ஆகுறதுக்கான பெரிய அட்ராக்ஷனா இருக்கு (அட்லீஸ்ட் எனக்கு).

பெங்களூர்ல இருந்து பஸ்ல தமிழ்நாட்டுக்கு வரும் போது, ஹோசூரைத் தொடுரப்பவே தமிழ்ல இருக்கிற கடை பெயர்கள், விளம்பர போர்ட்கள், TN ரெஜிஸ்ட்ரேஷன் வண்டிகள்ன்னு எல்லாத்தையும் பாக்கப் பாக்க அவ்வளோ சந்தோஷமா இருக்கும். :)

ஆட்டோகாரர்ல இருந்து ஹோட்டல்காரர் வரை, பஸ் கண்டக்டர்ல இருந்து போஸ்ட்மேன் வரை, சின்ன டீ கடைல இருந்து ஷாப்பிங் மால்ஸ் வரை இருக்கிற எல்லார் கிட்டயும் தமிழ்ல பேசலாம்ங்கறது எவ்வளோ சந்தோஷமான விஷயம்னு தமிழ்நாட்டுல இருந்து வேலைக்காகவோ, படிப்புக்காகவோ, வேற எதுக்காகவோ வெளி ஊர்களுக்கு போய் வாழுரவங்களுக்கு மட்டுமே புரியும். :)

சில சமயம் யோசிச்சுப் பாத்தா, இந்த சின்ன சந்தோஷம் (அக்சுவலா பெரிய்ய்ய சந்தோஷம்) எங்கள மாதிரி இருக்குறவங்களுக்கு மட்டுமே (கொஞ்ச நாட்களுக்கு) கெடைக்கற போதைன்னு கூட சொல்லலாம்.

சின்ன வயசுல எல்லாம் மதுரை மட்டுமே எங்க ஊருன்னு, அங்க இருக்கிறது மட்டுமே சந்தோஷம்னு நெனச்சுக்கிட்டு இருந்த மனசு, இப்போ தமிழ்நாட்டுல எந்த ஊருமே சந்தோஷமானது தான்னு புரிஞ்சிக்கிட்டிருக்கு. அதுக்காக வேணா இந்த பெங்களூர் வாழ்க்கைக்கு நன்றி சொல்லலாம். மத்தபடி பாருங்க,  இருபத்தி இரண்டு  வருஷமா  பேசிகிட்டு இருந்த மொழியை பேச முடியாம, சின்ன கடைகக்கு போனாக்கூட வேண்டியதை கேட்டு வாங்க தடுமாறிட்டு, வழி கேக்க தெரியாம, பஸ்ல எழுதி இருக்கிற இடத்துப் பேரை படிக்க முடியாம, என்ன வாழ்க்கைடா இது.. :( 

ஆனா பாருங்க, இந்த புத்தி கெட்ட மனசுக்கு இதெல்லாம் படிக்கும் போது தெரியறது இல்ல.  ஒரு வேலைன்னு கெடச்ச உடனே பெங்களுரா, ஹைதராபாத்தா எங்கனு கூட பாக்காம சரின்னு கிளம்பிடுது. ஒரு ரெண்டு வருஷங்கள், ரெண்டரை வருஷங்களுக்கு அப்றமா தான் சொந்த ஊரைப்பத்தி யோசிக்க ஆரம்பிக்குது. என்னத்தச் சொல்ல. :(

சரி எதுக்கு இவ்வளோ கதை சொல்லிக்கிட்டு இருக்கனு கேக்குறீங்களா? 
கொஞ்ச நாளாவே  சென்னைக்கு ஷிப்ட் ஆகி போகணும்ன்னு ஒரு ஆசை மனசுல வந்துக்கிட்டே இருக்கு, அதான்.

சரி, நம்ம என்ன ஆசைப்பட்டு என்ன பிரயோஜனம்? என்ன நடக்கணுமோ அது தான் நடக்கும்.

Random

How is that whatever celebrities do, ppl accept but whenever common ppl do the same thing, the same ppl make fun. If a celebrity updates a facebook / twitter status saying the traffic is like hell / the movie so far is good, ppl appreciate / support it like as if they have started a revolution. The same updates if a common person like me / you do, is criticized and made fun by friends and others. HUH. What is so special in those ppl that we don’t have? They are also human beings. They have got a talent and a common person has also got a talent that is a bit different. If the celebrity can sing / act / compere well, then common person like me / you can code / test / manage / cook / drive / calculate / audit / do something or the other well. The only difference is that they have many people who adore them. Most of them are unknown. Me / you too have ppl who adore us. We know most of them. Ppl we know only make fun of us. When the celebrities and we, both, have “talent”, why is that ppl fall for them and make fun of us?? :S Can’t understand… So, does it mean, to update what is on your mind requires a celebrity status? Then why are the social networking sites open for all? They could have been very well restricted to famous ppl.

Time to Get MARRIED!!!!

Getting Married!!! Its one of the most beautiful things that can ever happen to someone. But something perceived beautiful by everyone has its own shortcomings!!


Hey, Come on.. Am not going to advice U or write the same old, boring things that U have heard of marriage like "loss of freedom", "choice less" etc., etc., This post would just make U "Think before U Decide".  Also, this post is most likely to portray a girl's perspective of the topic (Natural! :) ) though some of them could be applicable to men too.

Hmmmm... Where to start it from... Ok...

Am single.. I work, I earn, I spend, I enjoy, I decide on: what to do with my money, how to lead my career and life.

Maximum people I have in my life now are Mom, Dad, Grand parents, Sister / Brother and Friends. (Hey reader, U think BF or GF is missing in the list of relations?? But hey, we are talking about "singles" here, "literally") These people are very close to me and understand me as I am.

If I donot like my work and would like to take up my passion as my career (Just like me :D), then I am free to do so. All I will have to ensure is that I am happy with what I do and of course, earn a decent living, If am a person who likes to be financially independent. If am not much cared about whose money I live on, then I would go straight ahead to do whatsoever I like because I know my parents support me. :) I have dreams in life like (most others) owning a home, a car, becoming popular, etc., etc., And I feel a sense of achievement when they become true one by one.
Unless I have family commitments like loan, siblings' studies, etc., saving my hard earned money is my own choice. I can save my money and be "futuristic" or be a spendthrift and enjoy life, taking it as it comes.

Food is the one thing where I have a plethora of choices.
I dont know / like cooking? Not a problem at all.
Problem??!!! I am very lucky if I dont like / know cooking!!!
I can eat Indian (North / South, of course India has a WIDE variety of cuisines), Italian, Thai, Chinese, Continental and the rest in the list which am not aware of. :) (U, reader, know better of other variety cuisines. Add them alllllll here) So many varieties of food waiting to be eaten by me at many hotels / restaurants. Y bother about cooking!!!
What if I know cooking? Oh Noooo.. Thats a waste of Time.. Hee hee :D Just for fun. Still, I donot have so many choice when I self-cook. After all, am not a chef. :)

Ok, I have a job, I earn, I spend, I eat, but whats the fun if I do not have ppl to do this all with!!
I do have my friends from school, college, office, hostel, neighbourhood (at native and where I live now), leave out friends, I know many ppl who i meet at travel, lift, lunch, tea, stroll, etc., etc., ppl all around me. Still, the ppl who I care for the maximum are my family and very close friends. And the only person who I care the most about is, ME. (Of course, but if U donot accept it, then I am sorry, U r lying!!!! :) ) I donot have any family commitments. I call parents daily and so I dont miss them. Am in touch with my close friends. I spend most of my time for MY own self. :)

I am happy as I am. Suddenly, marriage on mind (atleast on my parents' - commitment for them, and also desire. Parents - ok?? ) When U get married, see how all the above lines are going to change!!!

Am married.. WE work, WE earn, WE spend, WE enjoy, WE decide on: what to do with OUR money, how to lead OUR career and life.

Do U see that? All "I"s have become "We"s. When (after) all written statements have changed and give a changed meaning, think of how much would LIFE change.

A bit of advice here. (Not able to avoid, apologies guys :) ) For some ppl, marriage is all about being together with their loved one (Note: "One" and not ones. This statement is applicable to me too so continuing the usage of "I"). I do not think much about the extra relationships I shall have to accommodate in my life and the commitment (which I have never had - only about life), responsibility (?? I have very less of this) and some petty sacrifices I have to make(HUH??!!).

Now, back to the story. After marriage, the extra ppl I have in my life are my husband, my mother & father-in-law, sister / brother-in-law and other list of their relations. Am very new to them, as they are to me (except my husband, in some cases). Important thing here is, I cannot assume that they will understand me as I am. It is because their family back ground and brought up may be entirely different from where I come from. It takes time to build a mutual understanding as there was with my parents, siblings or friends.

More care should be taken in the way I build up a relationship with them because, they may have a lot of expectations on me (after all, that is how the society is today). Regular calls, visits and setting aside time only for them become very important to make them understand that I care for them equally. :)

Now, MY dreams become OUR (me & my husband's) dreams, may be with some modifications in some cases (True, U have to believe me. Atleast, the married ones will believe). So, "we" earn to make "our" dreams true. :) So, going back to take up my passion as profession becomes a little difficult as I have a family and a home and commitments related to it like rent, grocery, utensils, furniture, milk, cable, credit cards, EMIs, maid, etc., etc., Hey, wait, where did all the dreams like car and home vanish??!!!

Dont panic. :) They are all still there under careful planning. But why?? When I was single, I had only one commitment - paying rent to my PG / hostel within which all the above said commitments were fulfilled (this is applicable to all the unlucky ppl who are away from home for the sake of job). But when I get married, I have to set up a home and run it successfully. :) So, the house and car needs more planning than when I was single. As simple as that. :)

So, the planning part here makes it necessary that I save some money- which might, in some cases, mean cutting down on expenses (only if am of the type to spend all my money and wait for the salary on the 25th of every month :) )

And at the last, it is about food. Food is the essence of man's life!!! :D As a technique to impress my husband, (hey, it happens, after all, I am newly married :D) I start cooking. And my husband, cultivates a liking to the new taste (:D he has to, no choice and other reason I have mentioned in the nxt para). And at one point, (oh my God!!! I have dug my own pit!!!) He wants to eat only the food cooked by me!! (lol... Just kidding... Take it in a lighter sense ppl)

And ppl U know what??!! Husbands become LAZY (caps intended to emphasize the fact) after marriage. They dont even take their wife out for dinner(In most cases). They become addicted to home made food. Paavam they are, after all they have been eating outside for a long long time... :) (Habba, escaped from the scolding of my husband!!! :D)  So, in most cases (unless my husband is a fanatic foodie and loves to taste different types of food) the variety of food also gets cut down or reduced.

This is a small sneak-peek into the "world of marriage". Some may think it is an exaggeration, for some it may be real exaggeration as they have a different experience. This is my point of view. I have just given it all in a gist (Iyayo!!!) .

Men can comment of their perspective.

So, thats all from this post ppl. Thanks a lot for having the patience (taking interest) to read such a looooooongggggggggg post.

Bye for now, expecting Ur valuable comments. :)

After a long long time....

I know, I am writing this post after a long long... time... Believe it or not, I have started 4 posts in a MS Word document and deleted it later as the continuity was lost in time..

"Commitments and Family".. :)

Anyways, here I am back with more enthusiasm and force to my dear blog.. :)

I promise that I would write regularly from now on.. :)

You can expect posts in the days to come on the following topics:

1) Alternate jobs for software professionals??

2) Right time to get married.. :)

So, with that promise.. This is Sowmy signing off from my blog...

See U VERY soon... :)

Engeyum Eppodhum

OMG!!! What a shock this movie gave me!!! The impact was such that after the film was over and when we were having dinner, I was asking Guru, "Rendu bus um epdi ore side la vandhuchu??" and he was telling, "Accident panama irundhirukka mudium".. :)

The director, Saravanan has depicted 4 different characters, without a bit of exaggeration. Appreciable fact is, it does not seem too much for a single movie.

Two couple - timid girl & self dependent boy (Ananya and Shravanand), timid boy & self dependent girl (Jai and Anjali).

The thought is "Oh another love story.. " But wait, the director has a shock for you in the very first scene!!!

From there the story goes backwards to the timid girl pair.

The girl, from Trichy, comes to Chennai for the first time to attend an interview in a software company and the hero just helps her as a stranger. The sister who is supposed to receive the heroine goes to Kanchipuram on an emergency. The girl is so shy that she could not go anywhere on her own and decides to go back to Trichy from the bus stand itself, without even attending the interview. Through Ananya's acting we can actually see the world of a timid girl, afraid of and doubting everyone and everything. The dialogue "Chennai laye ennala thaniya engayum poga mudiadhu apram epdi nan Bangalore ellam, adhan andha velaiya venam nu solliten" describes the character clearly.

The hero is already a software professional with a cool attitude. How they get attracted to each other is depicted very beautifully.

So many "girlish" feelings are captured as such in the movie. :)

The scene where Ananya looks at the phone booth (at the Chennai bus stand before boarding the bus to return to Trichy) with a "thavippu" (I thought this Thamizh word here would be more appropriate) in search of the hero, very beautifully captures the "girlish" feeling of hoping without any "logic". :)

Also, the scene having the dialog, "Oruthara pidikiradhukku oru tea kudikira time podhum. Naan avar kooda oru naal fulla irundhiruken". This is the first time it has come out in any movie. Though many of us would have had the same thought, I guess this is the first media "padhivu" of this dialogue. Loved it :)

How this timid girl turns out to gather so much courage to come to Chennai alone and search for him is not described as it should have been. Still, we are able to accept that. :)

Now, the story of timid boy pair.

Jai has brought out the characters of a timid, obidient and a very good boy. He stays at Trichy just because his mom told him to do so.

The dialogues "Badhil illama pona thiruppi anuppuvanga", "Ennai pathi ketaru apram paal vaangi kuduthaaru", "Love panna poi sollalaam nu neenga dhane soneenga" , describe the character. :)

Anjali has played a very independent, self confident girl. Her character shows that a girl's very practical, bold attitude and very good presence of mind. When she tells the doctor that Jai has donated his body parts and when she cries aloud in the end are typical girlish characters. :)

It is a overall good film worth the time... A film not to miss in life.. :)

Bye for now.. :)

P.S.: Thanks Mom for becoming a member of my blog.

Social Net ( work / liv ) ing

Happend to read some articles about Facebook Vs. Google+.

Discussions like which of the two: is user-friendly, has more number of users, has attractive features etc.,

My opinion is that whichever site one used for the first time for social networking continues to be his / her favourite till the end. No matter how many ever such sites come up, first one is the best one for most.

I have heard some of my colleagues say Orkut is much better (!!!!!!) than Facebook and easier to use (!!!!!!!). Atleast, I don't feel Orkut is user friendly. I prefer Facebook. Some others say Google+ is the best.

Reason, the colleague started with Orkut, me with Facebook and others with Google+. So you see, first is the best. :)

If we ask the previous generation they would say "Why a hype about what social networking site you use??!!!!".

It is because, Social networking has become our "Social Living". :) Yes, the truth, that.

Imagine with whatever time we are left out with after office and house routines, the easiest and the most interesting way to connect to friends and family is Orkut / Twitter / FB / Google+.

Most of us share news, photos, videos and much more of our day to day life, memorable and special occasions only over these sites.

Gone are the days when I upload my photos on the net and send the link to friends / family. Now, I just upload them to FB and the whole world knows that I have a new set of photos. :) As simple as that. :)

Talking over the phone is also, atleast to me, an old story. Chat through FB / Google+. There are video conferencing facilities. (Google+ is better in this feature than FB.)

You got a job - Post it.
You are getting married - Create an event.
You have a baby - Announce it.
You are happy / sad - Share it.
Upload photos, videos and stuff wherever applicable. :)

What else we do in life too? For most of us, a social networking site has become our life itself.

Your life, your way... Your wall your way.. (As long as the control is in your hand (literally)) :)

What is in a name

This post contains some "suyapuranam". Hee hee. After all it is my blog. :)

This is about my Username. "Sowmy Haasini".

This was "coined" by me when my parents bought a laptop for me when I was doing ME.

I had to give a name to my laptop. I was thinking and thinking.

Then I got this name "Sowmy".

This was formed by "concatenating" the first three characters of my name wiht the last two characters of my boy friend's (now my sweet hubby) name.

SOWbhagya + gurusaMY = Sowmy.

So, my laptop was named Sowmy'sLap.

My mom and Dad may be furious on this. "I bought the laptop and u give ur boy friend's name to it. :) Sorry mom, sorry dad. :) Hope U both would agree that "It Happens" as Karthick always says. :)

Sometime later I started using FB. I needed a Username for that. I decided to use "Sowmy". But, so sad... It was already taken. :(

I did not like to add any numbers in my Username. So, again thinking started.

That was the time when "Santhosh Subramaniam" film was running Successfully. And my boy friend had (yes had) a Crush towards Genelia!!! (LOL).

Also, he was very impressed and fell in love with the character "Haasini". Yes, he was very much in love with that character that he was telling me that we will name our daughter (we were not even married then) "Haasini".

Its love, man. I accepted. :) Honestly, I love that character too and naming a daughter, Haasini seems very lovely (at least to us). :)

So, it struck in my mind while I was thinking of a Username for FB that I again "concatenate" Sowmy and Haasini.

Concatenation happened again and thus my name on the internet now is "Sowmy Haasini". And people, you know what?? Everyone started calling me "Sowmy". Wow!! I am Lovin it. :)

For all those people who had patience to read my "Suyapuranam" - Thanks a lot. :)

Bye for now people. :)

P.S.: Thanks for becoming members, Guru, AK, Karthick, Deepti and Pradeep. :)