cRazY fOoLs

Lemon missed his bus again today and I had to drop him at the station. This is becoming a habit now!  The fact that I learned driving is favoring him and I am hating it!!

Ok. We all know he is a mean-mean-boy. He loves pulling my legs. At his office, they have this weekly-award-funda. An award is given to a team member every week and Lemon got this award last week. He was doing all those ‘aww’, ‘wow’, ‘ohh’ thing in front of me. Silly fellow!!

Today, he was sad since the award was going to be passed on to someone else. I was having a good time making fun of him. In the evening, he called me and said that the award was taken away from him. He added that his manager could not decide whom to pass on this award for this week and so had asked all his team members to stand in a circle. Then, a bottle was rotated and whomever the bottle pointed to after it stopped was given the award.  ‘Who won?’, I asked.  But what do I hear on the other end? Lemon laughing like-a-demon and then,  ‘Hey! Unna Yaar venumnaalum yemathalam’. Sheesh! I had believed it. It then hit me hard. Hard. I was irritated. And, I heard him laughing again. I was pissed off and I just hung up.

I remember one more incident in 2010. It was after our marriage when we were travelling in the flight from Delhi-New York. I was bored and he started the conversation like this, ‘Do you think the flight is moving now?’. I looked through the window and the flight was in the middle of the clouds. But for some reason I felt as if the flight was not moving at all. The clouds outside my window were still in spite of all those so-called-relative-motion. There was not much movement inside the flight as well and I did not hear the engine or the AC sound either. So, I answered him with a ‘No’.  On a more serious note, he said, ‘The rotation of the earth has an impact on the movement of the flight. So, the faster the earth rotates, the sooner we will reach the destination’. He gave me a ten-minute lecture as if he was one of those famous-geography-or-physics-professors. I seriously believed it. How stupid of me. No! Let me put it this way. He made me believe that the flight-moves-as-the-earth-rotates and I never asked him what the pilots were doing.  Anyways, what a fool I was. Wait! Can somebody tell me how crazy he is or how stupid I am to believe all these?  LOL. LOL. We are funny? Weird? Crazy? Normal? What?

Anyways, I decided to post this here just for the records.

PS: Lemon wanted me to remove the ‘s’ from ‘fools’ in the title. But you know how it is ! *wicked-grin*

To tHe beTTerhaLf

Dear Lemon,

Until last week, I thought you are one of those kanjoos boy. You do not spend a penny unless you think it’s worth it.  When our Iron box was gone, you took a week’s time to decide and buy a new one. *Ok! Why the iron box at home is not working is still a mystery!* You always take your own time to buy anything. I had to wait for almost 3 months to get a new laptop. But now I realize that you simply wait to get yourself the best deal. I know it’s not that you are not interested in shopping, it’s that you want to actually wait for the sales and save a few dollars.  But on the other hand, I am a crazy shopper and I don’t have the patience to wait for the deals.

I was going through the Macy’s site today to find out our benefits using the Macy’s card and this idea clicked my mind. 

There’s no place like HOME!

I am putting up few pics of our hOusE for this week’s wOrdLesS wEdNeSdaY!

• This is tHe mOst cOmfOrtaBle place in tHe hOuse ~ I love to drEam, drEam and keep dreAminG here. tHe besT thing about this is that it’s all mine ~ the rEd stars, our favo pics and the soft toys… awww!! I love tHis place!

• oUr LivIng rOOm ~ I love tHe pretty wall hanGings and tHe light effects here..!

• I love the DiNinG taBle area ~ Isn’t it stylish? 😛

• And the kItCheN ~ where I spend mOst of my evenings…cooking, organizing, experimenting, etc.

Isn’t it a lOvelY hOme ?!!?!! 🙂

PS: I know if the pics were taken during the day it would have been clearer. But, I like this effect!

cHiLdHoOd InNoCeNcE

This tag has been in the blog-world for quite sometime now. I found it chooo chweet and I could’nt resist. The following are the misconceptions I believed/thought/whatever as a child.

~ I used to think that money grew on money plant and watered it every day! I even remember asking my dad to buy as many money plants as he can so that we would become the *richest* someday.

~ I used to get scared when Amma or Paati said, “Poi sonna ummachi kanna kuthidum” / “Poochandi varaan”. I even thought that a monster lives under my bed to eat me if I would do anything wrong.

~ I believed that whoever appeared in the TV, lived inside the TV. I used to wonder how soo many of them lived inside that small box.

~ I once swallowed a seed *orange seed* and was afraid if a plant would grow in my stomach. I dint want to drink water after that!!

~ My mom said I would become dark if I drink coffee and I believed it.

~ I thought that all the actors who die in the movies really died.

~ I used to believe that Santa Claus would give me presents only if he thought that I am a good girl. So, every Christmas eve, I used to eat properly, do my holiday homework & wait for the presents.

~ I was in class 3 or 4 when I used to think that “Sun” loves me and is following me. I was actually proud of it.

~ I was told that the letter “Q” was actually the letter “O” with a tail. So I thought “Q” is a very bad letter and often would not write/say it.

~ For the *longest* time, I thought a girl would become pregnant if a boy kissed her.

Don’t you see how brilliant I was? 😀 I am sure all of you also had similar misconceptions as a child. Do tell me about it!

Our WeddInG ~ Part 2

The morning of our wedding, I was woken up at 3 AM. I wasn’t ready to get up. I wanted to sleep. For a second, I thought, ‘how nice it would have been if it was a late-muhurtham’. Sigh! The makeup artist arrived at 3.30 and I had to be ready by 5! As soon as I was out of shower, she began working on me. The face was done, the sari was put on, and then the hairdo ~ with metal objects – chandran, suriyan, raakodi, nethi-chutti along with the extension & heavy flowers! My head must have weighed more than my body!! Here’s the pic.

Meanwhile, he was dressed in the traditional panchakatcham for kashiyatra at 5 AM. It seems that he  had a chance here to leave the marriage and go on a pilgrimage, but the bride’s father prevents him by asking him to marry his daughter. OK!! Y do this? I told my parents that I bet ~ this guy wouldn’t run away!! I vouch for that! But they wanted to follow the rituals!

When I got ready and came out, I was happy with the stage decoration for three reasons. One, we had the perumaal-thayaar backdrop. Two, the bright colors used was a perfect match for my sarees. And three, the interiors of the hall was decorated in rEd – my fav color!! I looked at him and noticed that he had an umbrella, fan, walking stick and a towel tied to his shoulder for Kashi Yatra! I wanted to laugh but held myself. The crowd was the reason. Then, we had the Maalai maatral and the Onjal ceremony. This was relaxing and we had a nice time in the swing.

After this was the real wedding ~ muhurtham. Everything was ready. I was on my way to the stage and I started feeling nervous only because I wanted everything to be perfect. I had the fear that I might cry in front of so many people. My photographer somehow knew this. He could tell I was nervous. He asked me to stop and take a deep breath before I climbed on the stage for the dramatic moment. Thanks to him… I needed that! Suddenly, I heard the change in background music and I realized he is gonna tie the knot ~ kanikkadhanam / mangalyadharanam / whatever!

After all the flower-abhishekam on us, I silently whispered to him, ‘Hey! Kalyanam ayidutha?’ *Are we married?* He thought for a moment, looked around and then whispered back ‘Apdi than Nenaikaren’ *I think so*. It was very touching to see everyone’s faces. Especially that of my parents and my new family. My father was the first one to hug me & I don’t think he had ever held me so long and tight. My mom and I controlled ourselves. Else, there would have been a sentimental-naatak on stage.  Well you see, I am a drama queen! But at one point,  when I saw the reaction in all my cousins and friends, I was also brought to tears . My 70-year grandma was jumping in joy! Hmm, I’ll never in my life forget those few minutes, the first moments of our marriage.

The rituals continued for some more time. We were sweating and walking around in front of the sacred-fire. Then, there was this arundadhi parthal ~ I had no idea what it was. I asked him if he knows and he too had no clue. He was bending down and touching my feet. I was almost about to bless him but stopped myself  and realized that it was for the ‘mettis’ 😛

We had the marriage registration and were finally declared married. Phew!

Can you count the number of garlands? 😉

And, awww! the varerpu for lunch was also very spl…  flower-abhishekam once again 😛 Have a look at the pic.

Next, in the evening we had the Nalangu first. We were asked to play the-wedding-games. *Ok! I know you guessed it right. We had discussed and decided that I would be the winner. So, he acted accordingly!* 😉 By the time the nalangu was over, I had precisely 1 hour to get ready for the reception. Imagine the level of stress and panic!

I walked-in dressed in my HEAVY Lehnga. I again looked nervous and conscious . I was worried if I would trip and fall. He looked at me and laughed. Ok! he had his chance now. Again, I loved the way what the decorator had done with the stage ~ the lights, the flowers, the couch, the balloons and the mandolin sisters concert. It was exactly as I pictured it in my mind. It was a beautiful setup.

Cameras, lights and the entire guests were looking at us! Around 1000 guests and pics with each one of them. Phew!  I looked really tired by the time it got over. We ended that night getting blessings from all the elders in the family. Here’s pic of my Lehnga.

And oh! The videos with all those graphics and special effects~ our faces in many hearts, fruits, flowers, tress, mountains, earth, sky! You name it ! LMAO! 😛

It was fun to go back and relive that day.  This has been a very nice reminder of how special & amazing  the whole celebration was.

PS: Was this a lengthy post?? 😛

Our WeddInG ~ Part 1

I can’t believe its been a year since then. I wanted to write this post in February but somehow I had been postponing this. I thought I would do a flashback of the wedding events at least now.

The most favorite thing about my wedding was my wedding sarees. OK! You all know that a tamil iyer wedding ceremony will take place for 3 days. So, I had bought one saree for each of the occasions.  Most of the sarees were from RMKV-muhurtha-pattu-collections. I loved them all!

His family reached Chennai one week prior to the wedding date. All arrangements were already made and they stayed in a Hotel. On the evening of 1st February was the Mehendi ceremony.We had a couple of Mehndi artists come home to do henna for almost everybody in the family. We put on Indian classical music and everybody had their hand mehndi-ed. We also enjoyed the famous Kesari-RavaKichadi-Sambhar-and-Chutney combination made by my Aunt. *Only close relatives and few friends were invited for this function*.

We were supposed to reach the mandapam by 5.30 AM on 3rd Feb. I was tensed. More tensed than ever. I could feel my head heavy and everything in front of me seemed to dance. I was not feeling well. Mom and Dad asked me to relax and sleep early. Everyone in the house was also given strict instructions to not disturb me.

The fun began the next day. I was woken up at 4.00 in the morning by my mom. This time I felt quite better.  We reached the mandapam on time and what a varaverpu it was! *Rose Petals was thrown at us at the entrance of the mandapam and I loved all the different colors!*

In the pic: It’s my dad with both of us during the varaverpu.

We had Vruthum early in the morning where prayers were offered to the ancestors of the family. The very same day in the evening we had the Jaanavaasam followed by the Nischayathartham:  the procession from a temple to the marriage venue. I even loved the way the venue was decorated. Here’s the pic.

Once I was ready, the photographer arrived and then there was this photo-taking-part. I was asked to cup-my-face-in-my-hands and do the famous look-below-and-shy-pose etc etc! I just tried my best to cooperate but he took 5-8 shots of the same picture to get it right! Phew!!  One of my cousin even told me “Akka, yellarum paakara. Ozhungha pose kuda. Indha photographer un photo’va marriage hall full’ah podaran!!” ~  *She said my pics were getting displayed on the huge screens in the marriage hall* He he !! I could only feel sorry for the guests. I did not bother much since all friends and cousins were already having a good time making fun of me!

This is the only pic I felt safe-posing! 😉

A lot of relative and friends had arrived by this time and all were dancing and singing along the procession. I couldn’t stop laughing seeing HIM sitting in that decorative car.  Hahaha!! Hehehe!! Ore sirippu! 😛 Suddenly my father came near me and said, I need to sit along with him in-that-pazhayagaalathu-otta-vandi. I said NO but I knew I had no choice.

That’s all for today! Stay tuned for more! 🙂

raNdOm fAcTs aBoUt mE

I love my mom and dad. I have always been their delicate darling. I am their only child after all!

When I am upset, I expect to be held and comforted only either by HIM or by my parents. I hate when others involve themselves just to give an “Uninvited or Unsolicited Lecture”.

I have been laughing at random people’s conversations till date. They often seem to forget the fact that I can understand the language they speak in. And the fact that they don’t know this helps even more. *Oh! If you are curious, I can understand Tamil, Hindi and English!*

I have not cooked anything other than Maggie and Tea until I reached US. Now, I manage to wake-up early and cook every day. I think I deserve an award for this !

The ‘house‘ needs to be cLeaN! I don’t like people offering help in the kitchen  while am cooking(except HIM, at times). The Kitchen cabinets needs to be closed. I hate to see it partially / fully open.

I jump around when I am excited and HE has to keep reminding me that we stay on the top floors.

I have been a die-hard fan of Ganguly since class 12. Three years back, I got bored and gave up.

I still love watching aeroplanes flying high in the skies. (What? It is fascinating!)

Very few friends know that I talk a lot of nonsense. Only if I love you or if you are close to me, you will discover the true “ME”. If I don’t like you, I will not like you forever ~ however hard you try to convince me that you are good, I will not change my mind.

I dreamed wanted to be a Doctor until my class 10, then realized I do not have the guts to dissect a cockroach and took Computer Science ~ And, I was always amongst the top 3 rankers and a favorite of many teachers.

I love classical music. I was forced to started learning carnatic music and bharatanatyam when I was 8. My first stage performance was in class 3. If you are wondering, my favorite artists are Nithyashree Mahadevan and P.Unnikrishnan!

I love shopping. OK! I am sure you all knew this already, but it is something I really really love!

I do not consume aerated drinks at all. I survive on Maaza / Frooti!

I love my birthday and my birthday month!

If you persuade me to do things, the more I will NOT do it. If you are stubborn, I can be 10 times more stubborn than you are!

I am seNsItIvE. I even cry at movies.

I am a girl that never refuses chocolates and Ice creams!

tHurSdaY cHaLLenGe ~ Theme: HAPPY

Our favorite wedding pics for this weeks thursday challenge: “HAPPY” (Celebrations, Parties, Gifts, Enjoyment,…)

Iniya Tamil Puthaandu Nalvazhthukkal! :)

I wish you all a very happy Tamil New Year! 🙂

Wake up! Wake up!

I rubbed my eyes and saw the time.

8: 55

“I will lie down for 5 more minutes and then wake up”, I mumbled and went back to sleep.

9:05

I realized that I am Not alone in the room. On the other side of the bed I saw him.

“Hey. Relax and Sleep for another minute”

“It’s 9:05! Wake up or you will never make it to office”

“Oh no. I have a meeting at 10:00. I am supposed to be there by now!  Sheesh!  Not Again!”

“It’s already 9:05 now!!!.”

“9:05?? It’s all your fault!!!”

“My fault?? How is it my …“

9:20

“Listen, the next bus is only at 10. Can you drop me at the station?”

“No way! It’s raining outside. I can’t drive the car.”

“Why??? blah-blah-blah-blah-boom!” *he shouts*

“*fumes*”

9:25

“ OK!! Sorry… Atleast, iron my shirt…. PLEASE!”

“Huh!! Pakkalam!! Oh oh oh! The iron box is Not working! God knows the reason! I did not touch after you used it s’day!”

*And again blah-blah-blah-blah-boom! *

9:50

clothes thrown all around… bed unmade… missed breakfast… and we were still arguing!

“It’s all because of you!”

“No! It’s all because of you!”

What a start for the day it was!! 😐