My Observations of Life

I have been wanting to write something "mommie" on my blog for sometime now. I was considering a series on "Why I won't become a mom for the second time"!! Somehow it just doesn't click.  Then today, I happened to read several articles and blogs on mommyhood ranging from grief of losing a child to what a mom wanted to tell her daughter who planned to "have a family". Then it struck me. This is what I had been dying to write about, what a mom should tell a daughter who is planning to expand her family.  A dear friend of mine kept asking a question on several occasions of my life ranging from the time we were planning to have a child to a few months after the baby was born. The question seemed to be a very normal one for me every time it was asked. However, now I realize how powerful a question it is. I realize that if I would have come up with a better answer for it, I might have reversed my decision of having a child or at least postponed the e...

Oh Yeah, I happened to open my blog after ages. I read a few of my older posts.  I am in awe!  Okay, I know, it is too much to awe at one's own self. Still, that is the damn fact, am in awe.  I am surprised at the various topics I have written about.  I am wondering at the language used.  I even doubt if it is the same me who wrote all those posts.  Can I write something equivalent to those posts? I doubt. Can I use the same language even now? I doubt. Can I get so many topics to write on? I doubt. Can I think of so many things? I doubt.  Do I even have the knowledge of such varied topics? I doubt. Yes, I am not the same me. This is my conclusion after a visit to my blog. Is it inability? inefficiency? disinterest? laziness? Am not sure. But there was a burning urge to open my blog and read my posts and that left me with so many thoughts. I also had a burning urge to write something and that led (you know what? I was thinking, "wha...

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 மட்...

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...

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...

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... :)

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 sh...