Wednesday, 23 December 2009

For my Sweetheart..

How to say how much i love u dear..
Looks as just married and now its gonna be around 2 years..
Love remains the same.. care doubles the count..
Days are running so fast.. so many memorable moments in our life..

I still remember our first sight.. Jan20th..07
It was a nice conversation in a day or two..
Decided my life to surrender it to you..
The month Jan is special to me..so as i got u and Divya..

Soon was the marriage.. Days were less still better was our understanding..
Nothing less i know about you.. the same goes well for you and me..
Freaked some days here and there.. treasurable are the moments that we shared..
Though the time was meger.. Felt as if i lived years with you..

Lovely are the moments i spend with you..
Lucky is me to get such a person like you..
Love you to the extend no words can say..
Long way to go with you near by..

Great is the instant of our sweet angel..
i still remember the cute little bud..
Too small to hold.. too pretty to see..
She is to turn up 1 year soon.. I cant believe my eyes..
But need to realize the fact..

Many the times i fight with you..
Its all of love i have on you..
So much to say that i love you..
Silly things end up in shouting at you..

You work so hard to earn us things..
Will never say 'No' for all my wish..
Hide your wish to get mine done..
You dream so high.. to reach the sky..
wish you best in all ur endeavor..

I wish ever.. we live happily..
With egoless life for life-time..
Sure to do best for our Kid..
Lead a life fair for all..

Monday, 7 December 2009

Divya Mottai

Divya Mottai

Was waiting for this day.. This is the first function for Divya after her punniyadhanam. Divya afforded her hair to Palani murugar.

From the time of her birth, Divya had a dark, soft hair. she look very pretty with her hair washed. She herself used to look at the mirror and enjoy the flow of her hair. She is 11 months old when counted in tamil months this nov-dec and we decided to shave of her head. As per the custom of Sankar's house the first mottai should be in palani.

Divya's hair grown pretty much and we were not able to trim it even as it was to be sacrificed for god.We planned for this trip a month back and the date was fixed to be Nov 29th. I was thrilled to see her face without hair.

We started to karur on friday night (Nov 28th). It was quite late when we started from home, somehow managed to reach on time but fortunatly bus was delayed for 30 mins. Divya slept by that time. Meanwhile
got a call from athai saying that maama is not well. Felt guddy that evening and was taken to hospital. It was diagonized to be food poison. Sankar was very tensed hearing that and we reached home early
morning by around 4 A.M. Some politician expired in car accident and it seems to be a banth last day in Karur. Every channel in T.V telecasted that and the whole city was resilence that day.


The living room was bigger for her to crawl and roam around. She was enjoying her walk



We wanted to go to Chennai silks for getting Pattu paavadai for sweety. Was not sure whether the shops would be open or not. Somehow myself, sankar, paapa and dad started that evening after lunch and reached
there around 4. Dad was supposed to buy and give dress for we three :-). We selected a meroon colour paavadai sattai with mustard colored border. It was looking good on her. I was looking for some cotton dress for her for daily use. We could get one one goood one and took that for her. Next we went to take dress for Sankar, it was the one which took more time. Sankar always hesitate to take dress for him. Someone has to compel him. As usual i was complelling him to take one and after a long struggle he selected one shirt of green color. It was a good one. Atlast we started leaving down. next was my turn. I dont wanna go for sarees as i am wearing them rarely. we decided tot ake readymade salwars. i dont wanna go for a very costly one rather wanted to take two three sets. Its very tough to select a pair which is liked by both sankar and me. atlast found a designer salwar around 1000 bucks. Sankar wanted me to take a good one rather than going for many cheaper ones. Dad said to take one more salwar and that killed much of our time. Divya slept by that time and we atlast concluded one dress in peach color(Datd's selection) a sleek one.. atlast purchase was over and we went back home.

It was planned to start by 7 A.M the next morning and we went early to bed. I was not getting sleep properly that night and woke up early and started packing things for DD. Took all the dresses and stuffs needed for her and kept things aligned. Woke up divya and made her bath. Fed her one Idli. Everyone of us had breakfast by 7.30 and was getting ready. Cab was delayed by then. We took a couple of snaps by that time



This is a good snap taken by me :-). See how nice her hair is, soft curly one .

Wanted a family photo of we three alone and this came out good




We were supposed to take maama's office vehicle but in last minute it was cancelled to avoid unnecessary questions for officials. Sankar noticed it only in the last minute and was upset for that. The alternative for the Bolero was Maruthi Omni which Sankar hate the most. It was very uncomfortable for us to sit in that vehicle and we managed to reach maariamman temple in that vehicle. had a good darshan and started our trip in Bolero as per sankar's wish.

We took a way of Aravakurichhi where maama is a Thasildar. We traversed a different route than that of the bypass which is more in distance. The passage was very nice full of green and wealthy stuffs. Maama
arranged for darshan in Palani and it would be very crowded due to Sabarimala season and Kaarthigai maasam. He was getting calls continuosly on that. We reached a devastana place where we need to put mottai for Divya. I was so thrilled to see on how she will react to it. she was sleeping till that time and we woke her up for mottai. It has to be done before 12 P.M. it was 11.50 by the time everything was ready and atlast able to make out by 11.55

She was made to sit only dad's lap and she kept her head down on the knees of the person who was shaving her head. Was so surprised to see her not crying at all and that person did a fair job leaving no cuts. We were been to a place where Divya and dad took bath and freshened up. Meanwhile Rathi's dad was on board and we picked him up on the way. We spread Sandal all over her head to make it cool. Made her wear the new paavadai sattai and she was looking pretty in mottati. She was rather tired as she didnt sleep properly the last two days.
This was the snap taken during mottai. She started crying after seeing us glaring at her




We reached the rope car station and it was very highly corded, it seems like it will take around 3 hours to reach top of malai. Palani Thasildar's person was with us but even then we couldnt make out in ropecar as it was shutdown for 2 Hrs. We decided to go by train and reached that place. With the help of that person we could enter the special quota, Maama's car driver helped a lot for our darshan. The person who guided had some urgent personal work so gave us a pass to be given in temple for darshan and he left. Driver and his friend was with us to guide and to reach temple fast. This was the snap taken when we were waiting there.



After waiting for 1 hr or so we entered the train and reached the top of hill. It was very cold when we reached the place. The climate was excellent and the garden they have maintained was very cool. Everyone was very hungry by that time and reached a hotel in top of hill. Meals was over then and we had only sambar saadam and thayir saadam and vadai. It was an excellent food and myself and sankar had stomach full of lunch.

We stepped inside the temple with excitement to see lord muruga. This is the second time we are coming to this temple with Paapa. We had been there once when we had been to Karur for thambi's marriage. Divya is so lucky that she is coming for the second time to my favourtie god's temple :-). I always chant the word Muruga for what all my doings.  It got habituated from my childhood. We saw many monkeys on the way and was showing Divya all those and entered the entrance. It took quite sometime to reach the devasthanam. The temple was very crowded and thanks to maama that he arranged ofr darshan else it would have been very tough for us to manage with kid. In quite sometime we are near moolasthanam and we were made to wait for 5 mins for special darshan. Our turn came and we were allowed to sit near the karbakragam and it was a wonderful experience for the second time in my life. We had a very nice darshan and we all surrendered ourself to god. Divya was very happy to see the god and she was posing her hands as if she is praying. The Second occasion of Divya after her 11th day punniyadhanam was this and it was a good trip. We missed Sankar's brothers family as they couldnt make out for the trip.

We reached back home by around 7 P.M. wanted to visit Baby's house and Mangai's house. We started by 7.30 again and visited Mangai's house first. Divya was not going to her at all. Sometimes she behaves so. Cant help it,  it was a quick visit and we gave them prasadam and started to baby's house. We had been there for sometime and Divya was playing with Baby nd we noticed that she liked Good day biscuit. Even this was a quick visit and we turned back home around 9 P.M. It was a whole tiring day and had dinner and slept soon.

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Lines on Work & Family balance..

Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends and integrity. And you're keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back.

The other four balls -- family, health, friends, integrity -- are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered. And once you truly understand the lesson of the five balls, you will have the beginnings of balance in your life.

--- From James Patterson’s "Suzanne’s Diary For Nichola"

Nowadays i feel life to be more mechanical.. No one has time to spend with Family and Friends. The relation is not intense with the family as it was used to be before. Everyone is busy with thier own things.. let it be the career, or the wishes, or the goals..

Necessity of a man and a women differs.. Lets take an example... If a man suffers from head ache he prefers to take a pill and solve the issue off.. But if a women suffers head ache she expects her husband to caress her and apply pain balm.

Though there are two ways of resolving an issue, Its hard to predict which is the correct resolution. The wishes of a man and women are different. Girls are very emotional and are to be handled carefully.. Let it be a plus or minus of them.

Especially the working women's expectation on her man is quite different. She do goes to work as he does. She cares the children at home. She takes care of the home. She gets involved with the family needs. With all these a meger lovely time with the soul partner is very necessary. Instead which life is nothing for her. Its upto a husband and wife to understand thier roles and allocate time so that both the family and work are taken care of.

As said in the quote, we can find an alternative job, We can get a better career, We can get a better environment but the family and youth will never be turned back. If peoples get used to be without you then gaining importance for yourself will become very tough at later point of time.

Monday, 9 November 2009

Worthy lines in a pic from pravsworld.com.. My favourite

"Believe in yourself and your values,
dont see out when things go wrong.
Dont let anything get you down,
always bound back up

Set goals for your future,
never settle for anything less.
Realize that there are others in the world,
with much bigger problems than you.

Appreciate the good things in your life,
and be thankful for the time.
You have with your loved ones,
spend more time with your family and friends.

Appreciate the simple things in life,
and don't get caught up in material things."


Though quite many a times i read this phrase. I can never follow it all the time.

I never believe in myself and my values. Easily i go down. Even a single word would do.

I do agree on the second phrase that there are peoples who have other problems which is much worser than mine but measuring which is big or small on what context is made on what basis??

Till today i am thankful for what all i get. End of the day i get the best of everything. But enjoying that is a big Question mark. Spending time with family and friends.. ha ha ha ... shhhhhhhhh.... no comments....

We always think on the materialistic things.. i want this.. i want that... i dont have this.. and we always regret things rather than enjoying with what we have.. thatz human nature.. very few can come out of it..


Wednesday, 4 November 2009

27th B'Day

27th B'Day

Sankar made my B'Day very very special. As it was on Saturday we were able to spend time together.

Friday Night

As sankar's bike was on repair, he is to come back home by Auto on Friday night. We both planned to start at the same time so that we reach home together. By the time i reached home it was 7 P.M. I expected Sankar to be at home by that time but i couldnt find him till 8 P.M. As he didnt take his mobile to office that day called him many a times to office number but no one was picking the call. Meanwhile was playing with Divya. Time ran so fast. He reached home around 8.30 with cake in hand. I wanted to get him a cake on his bday and as he didnt wanted it i didnt buy. May be thats the reason he bought it for me. Sankar wanted to stay awake till 12 but as Divya has to sleep we went to bed soon. Its surprising that he kept alarm for wishing. I was very happy to see him to be so curious to wish me. It is after so long i am seeing him this way. He said me that he has ordered for a puppy and a bouquet and will be delivered at 12 A.M. Though i coudnt trust it the way in which he hyped it made me to believe that. With some kind of expectation i was about to sleep.



Midnight Surprise

Alarm rang around 11.55 P.M and Sankar took a pouch from his bag and gave it to me. It was a very nice pouch in lavender color. Inside which i could see a gift wrapped. I couldnt really guess what it is and opened up very eagerly. Was damn surprised to see it to be a pearl ring in gold. I had a craze of buying a gold ring with pearl. But couldnt exactly make it. I dont know  how Sankar knows it and it was a pretty surprise for me. It was an unexpected gift. Never expected that i will get it that day. Thanked Sankar for the gift. Rajee called by that time for B'day wish.



31st Oct - My Bday

Woke up early in the morning with Bday wishes from friends.
Started a fresh day by cutting cake with Divya. Sankar got a
black forest cake. It was after college days i am cutting cake. It was very nice and we planned the day to go to tiles shop to select tiles for our new house and later going to temple in the evening. The day went on smoothly and it is an unforgettable day for me. Thanks to Sankar for making it so.


Sankar wanted to take a snap with DD. This was the one taken in the corridor. I love this snap. Both are looking good in this :-)

Divya and me cutting cake together


Friday, 23 October 2009

Lovely Lyrics...

My Favourite Malayalam Songs.. So soothing lyrics..
I feel like hearing these wheneven i am down..
These are the ones from the Album Aadhyamay

This song makes us think of the treasurable memories

Aadymaay kanda naal ormayundo
Aaraadhyam kandathennormayundo
Aadhymaay midiyathormayundo
Aaraadhyam mindiyennormayundo
Parayoo priya sakhi nee
Parayoo priya sakhi nee
Aa dhivasam ninakkormayundo
Orthu nee kori tharikkaarundo.....
aa....aa....aa....aa....aa...

Aadhyam njaan kopichathormayundo
Athinenthu kaaranam ormayundo
Aadhyam nee naanichathormayundo
Athinenthu kaaranam ormayundo
Parayoo priya sakhi nee
Parayoo priya sakhi nee
Aa muhoortham ninakkormayundo
Orthu nee kori tharikkaarundo.....

Aadhyathe sammaanam ormayundo
Aarathu nalkiyathennormayundo
Aadhyathe chumbanam ormayundo
Aarathu nalkiyennormayundo
Parayoo priya sakhi nee
Parayoo priya sakhi nee
Aa nimisham ninakkormayundo
Orthu nee kori tharikkaarundo..... (aadhyamaay)

This song shows the amount of love shared between the couples

Iniyaarkkum aarodum ithramel thonnaathathentho
Athaanen priyanodenikkullathentho
Iniyaarkkum aarodum ithramel thonnaathellaam
Athaanen sakhiyodenikkullathellaam

Nirathinkal maanathu chirithooki nilkkumbol
Oru nilaa pakshiyaay neeyananjaal
Priya raaga manthramaay oru swakaaryam njaan
Ninakkaai thein kilee karuthi vakkaam
Iniyaarkkum aarodum ithramel thonnaatha
Snehamaanen priyanodu enikkulla sneham
Iniyaarkkum aarodum ithramel thonnaatha
Raagamaanen priyanod enikkullanuraagam
Iniyaarkkum aarodum ithramel thonnaathathentho
Athaanen sakhiyodenikkullathentho

Anuraaga swapnathin sukhamulla novukal
Oru raathri pankidaan nee koode vannaal
Thalayina meloru mrudhu manthranam njaan
Ninakkaai omale karuthi vaikkaam
Iniyaarkkum aarodum ithramel hrudhyamaay
Thonnaathathaanen priyaa nin souhrudham
Iniyaarkkum aarodum ithramel hrudhyamaay
Thonnaathathaanen priyaa nin punchiree....
Iniyaarkkum aarodum ithramel thonnaathathentho
Athaanen sakhiyodenikkullathentho
Iniyaarkkum aarodum ithramel thonnaathellaam
Athaanen priyanodenikkullathellaam

I owe these songs to Sankar as his Bday present :-).. Though he does not understand malayalam i will translate for him :-)

Tuesday, 20 October 2009

First Diwali with DD

Though it is second diwali after marriage. Its something quite special. Celebrating Diwali with lights of crackers along with the light of our life our Sweet Kutti ma..We had been to Karur to celebrate it with Sankar's parents. As Friday(16th Oct) was off for me for Diwali, We planned to start from Bangalore on Thursday night. My mom was not so happy as i was leaving mom and dad here all alone and going to Karur. As it was quite long since we had been to Karur we decided to go.

Left office early on thurday evening. Packed things up and made things ready. Packing for Divya takes much time as it is needed to double check on each and every thing to not to miss anything which is important to be carried for her routine things. Bus is at 10.30 P.M that night and we started quite early as we wont get autos if it is too late.

Bangalore to Karur Journey

Reached KPN office and stayed there for so long.. As usual bus was delayed and came around 11.30. Somehow boarded bus and started our journey. It was a quite bad journey as we got only last seats left for booking. Divya was not comfortable to sleep at all and rather we two. She was having cold and vomited in some time. She became very dull and tired during the journey. As she got used to Bangalore climate she is not able to withstand if the humidity is a little higher. She was sweating like anything. Sankar and me was caring her for the whole night. Somehow managed and reached Karur around 5.30 A.M. Took an auto and reached home. She woke up by that time and started looking at peoples. Sankar's mom and dad was so excited to welcome her and was playing with her. As we were very tired we thought of having a nap and it extended to long sleep.


Friday - The day before Diwali

We woke up by 9 in the morning and got refreshed to have breakfast. We includes only me and Divya. Sankar was damn tired and he slept till 10.30. DD was playing with her grand parents. They got her a walker and she was learning to walk with that. I had a plan of going out for shopping to get some dress for Paapa. We wanted to get her a gold bangle too. It would be very crowded as it was a day before Diwali. Sankar never encourage to go anywhere in crowd with Paapa. Somehow passed the day till evening and we thought of visiting the site which Sankar's parents and uncle have booked for. It was around 6 Kms from Sankar's house and it was a village kind of place in Karur. Sankar was not happy with that place as it was not having a proper road even. He says that the rate is not worth for that area. But those peoples have decided to buy so Sankar has no opinion to say on that. When we were back after site visit it was on the way to Baskar anna(Sankar's uncle) house. We thought of visiting there are it has been very long since we had been to thier home. We went there and my maapilai (Uncle's son) was about to burst crakers. We stayed there for quite while and was with Hemanth for bursting crackers and turned back home. The day was over by that time. Reached home and heard all the stories said by Sankar's Grandma. Sometimes its quite interesting to hear such kind of stories from elderly people. Watched TV for sometime and went to bed early

Saturday - Diwali Day

Early in the morning we could hear crackers sound everywhere. But i was not able to get up as i had tablets for cold and headache last night. It is become quite often that i get head ache nowadays. Rather than saying it to be no time to consult doctor i am quite lazy to go to hospital. Called up mom and dad and wished them for Diwali. They were very perfect that they completed pooja before sunrise. Myself and Sankar was discussing that, after growing up Diwali doesnt seem to be a special function. I still remember my childhood on how i long for Diwali day. My dad used to buy crackers a month before and keep it in the loft. Daily after coming from school i will be longing to open it. Dad will open it the day before Diwali. We will start to burst crackers. I used to go crazy for crackers. I used to get 3 dresses all at a time for Diwali. One for Diwali, one for Birthday and one for New Year. Used to wake up by 4 A.M on Diwali day. Keep oil and do ganga snanam. Will keep all new dress in front of god. Mom would have made enough sweets and murukku. Will make so many dishes that day. As soon as pooja is over will wear the new dress and burst crackers.Nowadays there is no such excitement. We get dresses whenever we need it and not kids anymore to burst crackers. Anyways woke up by around 6.30 A.M. Got ready and pooja was done. The way of doing pooja is different from my home and Sankar's home. Here the custom is different. We got ready to go to Maariyamman temple. Going to temple with Maama is quite easy. We will get good Darshan as he is Deputy Tasildhar we need not stand in queue. We went to Thaanthondrimalai after that. The temple was very crowded as it was puratasi last saturday and it was Diwali. We just remembered on our trip to Thirupathi on third saturday. Even the VIP darshan was damn crowded. We took Divya for the first time to the temple. Sankar insisted to turn back as it was heavily crowded and very hot.We turned back home and had lunch. Decided to go to Chennai silks and it was very unfortunate that when we reached there shop was closed for Diwali. :-( Sankar wanted to buy some crackers which fly to the sky and burst. Brought some and went to buy bangles for Divya. Got local ones. couldnt make out buying bangles in gold this time. As paati insisted us to visit Moorthy anna's house, we had been there and had a long conversation on buying property. Sankar was quite upset after the discussion. Turned back home and burst crackers. Divya was very dare that she didnt get scared for the crackers sound at all. She enjoyed seeing it. The second day was over.

Sunday - Last Day in Karur

Decided to go to thaanthondrimalai temple at least today as we couldnt make it last day. Had a very good darshan in temple. It was so pitiful to see the cows which were there. It should be around 30-40 cows which were there in temple premises. They are the ones which were prayed and are left in temple. It looked very thin and weak. Got some banana's and gave them. Turned back home and waited for Sankar's brother and co sister to come. As they started very late from Coimbatore we decided to move to shopping. Went to chennai Silks got some dress for Divya. Brought her the first shoes. I brought some dresses for me too :-). By the time we reached back home Sankar's brother was there at home. Had a nice meal and watched the movie Maayandi Kudumbathaar. Played with Divya for long time and started packing things to back to Bangalore. Bursted still more crackers with the newly married couples. Firstly they left to Chennai and we started after a while. Waited for long in KPN depot and boarded bus around 11.45.

Karur to Banglaore Journey

We were very tired and sleepy by the time we entered bus. Sankar and me was discussing on things for quite sometime and slept. Spent the whole journey sleeping. Reached Silk Board by 5.30 A.M and entered home around 6. Was worried that the vacation was over soon and need to start to office in some time. :-)

It feels great when we visit relatives and spend good time with them.

Tuesday, 13 October 2009

En Azhagu Kutti chellam..

En Azhagu Kutti chellam..

En muthe.. ennil irundhu enai aala pirandhu..
En ovvoru nimidangalayum inidhakkum amudhe..
Enna ezhudhuvadhadi unnai vaazhthi paaratti..
Inbangalil ellam perinbam mazhalai chol kelal enbadharkinanga..
Nee pesum mazhalai chollil mayangi ponen azhage..

Thathi thathi nadakka thudikkum un kaalgal..
Edhirpaarpodu mugathai paarkum un paarvai..
Eeri pidikka thavithu varum un kaigal..
Amma endru azhaikkum un siru udhadugal..
Kan ayardhu nee urangum vidham..
Mandi ittu thavazhndhu varum azhagu..
Kandu kandu mayangi ponen oliye..

Aanal manadhil oru varutham eppodhum uruthum..
Nee azha azha velaikku pogum neram..
Nee mugam vaada naan unnai vittu sellum nimidam..
Piriya manam illamal piriyaa vidai kodukkum neram..
Unakku unavu en kayyal kodukka mudiyaa tharunam..
Vaarthayil solli adangadhu indha vedhanayai..

Aasai thaan unnodu eppodhum koodi irukka..
Aasai thaan unnodu enneramum vilayadi kalikka..
Aasai thaan un pinnal oodi unavu kodukka..
Aasai thaan un mazhalai eppodhum en kaadhil olikka..

Aasaigal palavirukka.. unnodu eppodhum irukka manam thavikka.. unnai enneramum kan imaikkul vaithu kaathiruppen chellame.. Anbirku nee enga vazhi vida maatten..

Thaalatta naanirukka.. porul eetta un thandhai irukka..
seeratta un iru thaatha paati irukka.. kurai onrum vaikka maatom
nee valara anbe.. naal thorum en prarthanai ninaikkai..
nee needoodi vaazha.. nee sirappai valara.. engal vaazhvai
unakkaga arpanithom muzhu nilave...

Monday, 12 October 2009

Soul Touching Poems

HOW MUCH I CARE U


Never will I understand,
Why my love, denies my hand.
What pain, what suffering have you endured?
With my help, can you be cured?


My thoughts, my dreams, you re always there,
When will you see how much I care?
Such little time I ve spent with you,
Enough to know my love is true.


The further you drift away from me,
The more I feel I ll never be free.
Perhaps I should just let you go,
Your love maybe, I should not know?


My love and friendship is always here,
And if you should ever shed a tear,
My arms are here to hold you tight,
For I will always be your light..


STRENGTH OF LOVE


With but a penny to show love,
Hearts beat stronger than ever.
Delight comes from simplicity,
Despite this rough endeavor.


Money can’t buy lasting love,
What happens when it’s gone?
Talk!?! Have a conversation.
See life as a beautiful swan.


When faced with tough times,
Grasp his hand a bit stronger.
Share delight in each others smile,
Make the nights a little longer.


Life a test with every turn,
War, no longer fought alone,
Suns warmth guides the way,
Away from the combat zone.


If this life’s chiseled you down,
Turn and smile to the one you love.
As long as you have each other,
You’ll reach feats only dreamed of.


WHAT IF U COULD READ MY EYES


Two people can speak through their eyes...
Two souls can meet through the eyes...
It's easy to give answers to questions asked by us...
But impossible to answer the questions asked by eyes!


Thursday, 8 October 2009

Trip to Thirupathi

It was very long since we wanted to visit Thirupathi and at last it happened last weekend. It was planned by Sankar's brother(Ganesh).

Trip to Chennai

Our plan is to start from bangalore to channai on thursday (Oct 1st night) and reach by Friday morning. We reached chennai around 6 A.M. For the first time i had been to Sankar's brother's house. It was an independent house rented in Perungudi. Waited for Sankar's parents to come. They did reach home in a while and we decided to go to T.Nagar for shopping by 1. Booked two cabs for it. Meanwhile everyone got freshened up and prepared lunch. Had a small nap and finished lunch. Started to T.Nagar. It was after so long travelling in chennai roads. After seeing the Bangalore narrow roads, felt as if Chennai roads were so broad. Reached T.Nagar after 45 mins of travel.

T.Nagar Visit

T.Nagar was very crowded by the time we reached there. I ahd never seen it to be this much crowded. We thought twice before entering the shops. As Kutti ma was with us we were scared to take her in crowd. Entered Pothy's at last. There was no place even to move around. Sankar's decision was to go to Nalli as it was comparitively less crowded. My choice was to go for a designer saree for Diwali. But ended in a cotton silk as usual. Got a saree for Amma and Athai. Divya, appa, athai and maama was waiting outside the shop in a staircase. Atlast finished the shopping and turned abck to place were we are supposed to board bus to Thirupathi

Divya's Condition

Divya couldnt tolerate the chennai climate and humidity. It was so hot that she was crying continuously. Was not having food at all. She was completely dehydrated and looked so tired. Was so worried to see her so. Her face was very dull. It is for this only reason we dont take her outside. As she was not used to the crowd and humidity she was not able to withstand that.

Travel to Thirupathi

As it was puratasi 3rd saturday and it was a full moon day. The day was very auspecious. As we booked as the package tour we thought we wouldt be into much trouble. We reached Thirupathi by 11. We were given a room and was asked to be ready by 2.30. We were so tired but somehow managed to get ready by 2.30 A.M. Started to mel thirupathi from keezh thirupathi. On the way Sankar and Rathi's (Co-Sister) brother got down for mottai. Sankar gave poo mudi and Vishu (Rathi's brother) shaved his head.


Dharshan in Thirupathi

It was much crowded even at that time. We expected that we would be bypassing the crowd and reach early as it was booked in a package. But things were not as expected. It was supposed to be 10 Lakh peoples visited temple on that day so they couldnt set peoples to go in a special queue. All were allowed in the same queue and its a terrible experience. We started to be in queue by 5 A.M.

It is really worried that the most richest and the wealthiest temple in India lacks properly planned and organised route for the divotees to traverse to see the god. There was no proper queue as such and no proper path too. It was like a room after room. People as we all know wanna rush towards the entrance and those who are in the way were getting smashed. It was so pityful to see small baby's screaming in the crowd. I even doubted whether they are to temple for Darshan or on any race.

We were not able to manage the crowd and with the baby it was a worse experience. Here and there many quarrels for not in the queue and things. Divya was totally tired as shecouldnt have proper food and no proper sleep. Somehow managed to reach inside the temple.

It is more than 10 years after which i am visiting Thirupathi. It was full of positive energy when we entered the temple. We could hear the chant "Govinda" everywhere. It was so nice to have Perumal Darshan on that auspecious day. Perumal was so beautiful and we feel like looking all the time. We were pushed out in seconds. The most surprising thing in Thirupathi is we will forget the face of god as soon as we come out. It is said that only then we will try to come again so it happens so.

We all gathered again and started back to Alamelu Mangapuram

Alamelu Mangapuram Visit

By the time we started to Alamelu Mangapuram everyone was so tired and week. We were taken back to the place were we stayed last night for Breakfast. It was too late (11 A.M) when we reached there and nothing was there to eat. Managed to eat something and started to temple.
We boarded the bus by which we came from chennai and started. We reached temple in about 10 minutes and it doesnt take much time for darshan. we were taken in a short route by the guide and somehow we managed to reach back early after a good darshan.

Kaalahasthi Visit

The next temple is Kaalahasthi. It was around 40 KM from Alamelu Mangapuram and everyone slept in bus meantime. The temple was very much crowded. We took a special darshan ticket and had a good darshan on all the gods in the temple. I had been to this place recently before marriage. The Siva Lingam here is very different. It shows the Arthanaareshwarar. It is a very good darshan. we were so tired and hungry.

Return trip to Chennai

Around 3 P.M we were dropped in a hotel. Finished our lunch and started back to chennai. Everyone was fully dehydrated and was feeling thirsty all the time. It was said that we will be reaching Chennai by 7 P.M. Sankar was supposed to attend his friends marriage in Thirupathi and turn back from there to bangalore on Sunday. In the last minute he dropped his plan and started with us to chennai. But the thing is we booked ticket only for myself, mom and dad. we were not sure of getting one more ticket to Bangalore. The return journey went in having a nice nap in bus. By the time we reached Chennai we were in a dilemma whether to go back to brother's home or to start to Bus stand directly. At last decided to go to bus stand as we need to enquire on the one more ticket.

Back to Bangalore

Finished our dinner in a hotel in koyambedu and reached KPN bus stand. We did enquire before itself on the availability of ticket to bangalore and the bus in which we booked ticket was cancelled and we will be shifted to some other bus. When enquired in the bus junction we all were shifted to an AC bus (Thank god!!). It was a tiredsome travel. Somehow managed to get the front seats and took rest. I carried Divya for the whole night. We both were damn tired and reached Bangalore safely that morning. Everyone was rushing to bed after reaching home and had a nice sleep till late morning.

It was a nice trip after a long gap. Though it was very painful. Had a good darshan in all the temples.

Expecting the next trip to Karur for Deepavali.

Monday, 14 September 2009

Stages of my Princess

Stages of my Sweet little Princess.. Days are flying so fast.. Wanna keep track of the sweetest moments of Divya :-)

Stage 1

The first photo of my Sweety.. If i look into it right now.. i feel she look so different in this.. May be it happens over time..
She was just 11 days old when this photo was taken. I was so thrilled of having her into my life during that time.. Each and every second was so precious.. For the first time in my life i hold a new born baby.. I still remember how i holded her for the first time after delivery.. Those moments can never be forgotten..

First cry of my baby keep ringing.. when i saw her face for the first time She was deep pink in color.. so soft.. had cute dimple in her cheeks.. When i firstly hold her she stopped crying..

She was born at 9.20 PM. i touched her around 9.40. She was taken away from me after that. That night was so special. Was experiencing each and every movement of her.. Though she was sleeping most of the time, she makes cute reactions for the sound and touch..

Stage 2:

The next stage is when she started to recognize the face. I still wonder how creative god is. The way the growth of a child has been planned and executed is so amazing.

It was a long gap after which we took a snap of her. She was around 3 months by that time. She can very well recognize the faces and can react well to sound.

She was very chubby.. she stayed calm and created no troubles.. She loves to listen to MLV songs.. I do sing for her at night times.. The prettiest thing is to see her yawn as soon as she hears the songs..

I call her as "Thangamma" as she is so precious to me. Whenever i call so she will give a sweet smile. She may not understand the meaning but still may understand the pattern.


This photo was taken when Sankar's friend was at home.


I was in a situation to join my work back by this time. Its very painful to leave the child and to go to work at this early stage. But still i was happy that she is to be cared by my parents. They were more caring than me. was waiting for her to lie on her tummy. Divya was late in all the things. Latea vandhalum latesta varuva en ponnu:-)...



Its a enjoyable sight to look at the way she sleeps. She turns towards one side and will lean a leg and a hand on myself and sleep.

She kick her legs so hard that the anklets of her sound so sweet. Thats the sign for me to recognise that she is awake. Started giving her eye exercises and made her listen to various music.

Stage 3:

She is around 4 months now. She started lying down on stomach.. It is so beautiful to see her so. She tries to lift her head up.

She started recognizing the speech and react accordingly. this was the photo taken by her chittappa when was here in bangalore before marriage. She was very chubby by this time.

See how curious her look is...


Stage 4:


She is around five months when this photo was taken. She started moving and tried to crawl. Though she doesnt exactly crawl she can move from one place to another on her stomach.


Stage 5:


This was the photo taken in Karur when we went for brother in law's marriage. No one can stop her at this time. She crawls nicely. We started giving her external food by this time.


Divya with her Grandfather in Palani. It was Sankar's wish to go to palani after Divya's birth. We made it when we went to karur for brothers marriage. This was the one taken when we were waiting for skier.

Stage 6:


This photo was taken in Karur when we started to mandapam from home for marriage

Stage 7:

When i was about to leave symphony and join Oracle, i visited my old project team members in Symphony campus. She was lying down on the table in cafeteria and posing to Shashi for photo.

Stage 8:


This is the snap with her chithi and chithappa in Coimbatore when we had been there for a function. It was the day before the function when we are getting ready to go to then thirupathi



Her dad was so curious to have a snap with her. See how she smiles for the photo.
This was the snap which was taken in Kunnoor park. The photo consisting the whole family.

Stage 9:

For our new house Nila pooja happened on Vinayagar chadhurthi. Pudhu maapillai and ponnu came down to bangalore for virundhu at the same time. We dunno where to take them in bangalore for a day. atlast decided to go to bannergatta zoo.

This photo was taken inside the zoo.. Good that we carried the troller else it would have been more difficult for us to carry her.. Even she was free enough to move around and view things..

We got a new horse for her in Interior exhibition. It makes a cute sound when we pressed its ear. Divya loved it.. Though she cannot sit on it for a long time. She does play for sometime wit that. S loves raddling in that.. Wanted it take a snap of it. Will always postpone it and could make it yesterday(13th Oct).


She smiles so sweet and gave pose for the photo. Only after looking into the photo realized that she has grown up.

Divya started crawling so fast.. no one can catch her.. :-)

see how sweet she is .. running towards me :-)

She stands on her own holding something.. she loves the sound that comes when she hits the door.. This snap was the one taken when she was holding the balcony door and looking at me..



We got her a walker and she tries walking on her own when she is in good mood ..


Stage 10:

Divya completed her 10 months now. She has grown up but became very thin. Became very naughty and never sits in a place nowadays. Nice to see her that way. No interest to have food at all. Paavam mom and dad struggling to feed her. Everyday is not the same. Each and every minute is different and special with her. I really wonder how she learn different things on her own. God's creation is excellent. This was the snap taken on my Bday (Oct 31st).


We are waiting to see her teeth. It just started emerging out.



 

I love this snap. My soulmate and my soul... Lovely snap it is.. :-)

Stage 11:

For Girl baby's there are quite many options for dressing. Though we wear many varieties of modern dresses they look cute on Paavadai Sattai. Myself and Sankar planned to get one for her birthday. Her chithi and chitthappa was so fast that they got one when we had been to thirupathi. We wore it once in temple and the next turn was this sunday (Nov 15). Wanted to take a snap of her in paavadai sattai. Simply made her wear that and took a photo. She was looking very pretty in this. Wanna take one more set this month :-)

November 16th...  one of the most precious day in my life. I was very unlucky that i was not able to watch Divya's first walk on her own. When i was back from office in the evening got to hear from dad that she was trying to walk on her own. I was waiting to see that. But dont wanna impose it on her. Finally at night she took around 4 steps on her own. I really dont know why tears pierced out of my eyes. That was an wonderful sight. Had a wonderful time with her that evening. We played together for so much time and slept when we both felt tired. Magalin mudhal nadai marakka mudiyadhadhu... Its one of the treasurable moment in my life.

Stage 12:

 Divya completed her 11 months. It was decided to take her to palani to offer her hair to Murugar as it was the custom followed in Sankar's house. We had been waiting for this day as we are thrilled to see how she will look without hair. Divya looks pretty with her curly soft hair. She use to enjoy the beauty herself in front of the mirror shaking her head to see the flow of her hair. That was a welcomed sight. This is the next stage in her life. Detailed post on mottai follows.

December 20: One of the special day of my princess. She began to walk to her own continuously that day. Though she started taking few steps before some days, it was only today she started to walk on her own continuously. It was when we were sitting in the living room she started walking on her own from second bed room to our room. She was walking so casually. It was no nice to see that.

December 21:  Every day morning, till Divya wake up on her own i dont wake her up. The same happened today. I woke up and been to kitchen and Sankar was reading news paper outside. It was her usual habit that as soon as she wakes up she cries or call as amma. But today it was so surprising that she woke up, got down from bed on her own, took her milk bottles cap and came walking out of the room. Hearing the anklet's sound i recognized that she woke up and went to lift her. Was so surprised to see her walking out of the room on her own. Divya is growing up so fast. :-)

Jan 2nd: Its DD birthday... So soon she turned up 1 year.. we celebrated it in sankar's native Karur.. Started with the birthday preparations.. got her a new dress (Took around 2 hrs to select one).. ordered cake (No:1).. invited relatives for dinner.. started with decorating the house.. i got her a lotus candle from blore..
When it is about to 6 dressed her up and all set ready for the bday.. she was very happy to cut the cake..



Till the time the baloon which was tied with lamp was burst she was happy.. when it burst she started crying
Stage 13:

After a long gap of three months captured pic of DD. She is grown up now.. she can understand what we speak. Respond well to our commands. Started throwing tantrums and she is pretty naughty now. The toughest part is making her to eat food. She is very bad in having food. It is not the chubby DD she is now. Became very very thin..



I feel very pity to see how thin she is :-(.. much worried about it rather. Tried to give many a variety of food.. She is damn poor in eating. Someone always need to run behind her for food. I am damn sure this habit is inherited from her dad. Paavam sridevi need to run in back of both sankar and DD to make them feed for thier own survival.



She loves teddys'.. always room around carrying one in her had and hugging it all the time. Even while sleeping she want one near by her.. I love to see that but feel jealous sometimes when she kisses it many a time than kissing me :-D.. Love u sweety.. Enjoying each and every stage of yours.. Love u so much.. Waiting to hear ur mazhalai..

She can utter small words not but still couldnt form a phrase and speak yet.. waiting to hear it from her voice..


Had been to chennai last weekend (Apr 24-25). It was damn hot and couldnt go out anywhere. I wanted to visit Pondicherry once but unfortunately the trip was cancelled in the last moment. Met Rajee after two long years. Had been to her office, many known faces in office. Met Jayasree, she said that i have put on. Was little worried hearing that.
Started to Besant Nagar beach sat eve. It has been very long after i am visiting beach.. there were times when i used to visit beach daily.. hmmm... those were the days with no responsibilities.. no tension..


Divya was happyily roaming in the beach.. she loved the breeze and walking in sand..


Got her some toys.. there was some toy ride which she enjoyed a lot.. Myself and sankar was thinking that it is  a good hang out for DD.. We are truly missing it...

Follwing up her stages with other posts as it is becoming a repition..

Saturday, 12 September 2009

The anguish Heart

The anguish Heart
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Something's in life cannot be expressed through words..
But the pain can be felt deep inside the heart..
Say it to be the pain of getting dejected, pain of longing for love, pain of losing someone..
Can this pain be cured? or avoided? or healed??

Though it is easy to answer as Yes, its tough to apply in one's life..
If we analyse the reason for this pain the answer would be a single word..
"Expectation"
What is that all about?????
Is that something which shouldnt be practiced?
Can one one has answer for it?

Expectations are to be made but still how far?? is the question..
The limit of it is very hard to be decided and very tough to be handled..
All hard feelings can be avoided fairly if we can judge the person to whom we are expecting what

A child longing for love of his/her mother is not an over expectation..
But expecting his/her working mother to be with his/her all the time is over expectation..

A guy expecting his girl to love him back is not an over expectation..
But expecting it even after knowing that she is commited with some other guy is an over expectation..

In this mechanical life, longing to spend an hour with the partner can also be an over expectation :-) [ Not sure whether to use :-) or :-( ]

But how can one realise whether his/her expectation is an over expectation or the needed one??I am still expecting the answer for it.. (who knows even this can be over expectation :-))

Tuesday, 28 July 2009

Things i long for

Things i always long for,

Love to see a mother who takes her children out, it’s such a welcomed sight. Wish i could do that daily too..

It is so nice to watch a sweet pair in thier 60's holding thier hands together and having a walk discussing thier gracious life

It is an awesome vision of caressing hands holding the pregnant women on her walk

Love to hear a soothing music on a trip with the most loved one

Sweet is the desperate look a child imparts to see her dad back home after work

Seek for a comforting shoulder to cry during a depressing moments

Thursday, 23 July 2009

First Poem for my sweetheart..

This is my first poem for DD

The boon from the sky..is my Sweety Pie...
She turns around.. to make a cute sound..
She giggles at you.. for nothing you do..
Precious is her smile.. Curious is her pose..
Studious in her attempt.. Gorgeous to look..
She stares at you.. for what all you do..
She smiles at you.. which completely melt you..
To make her joy.. give her a toy..
she feels delight..to see you on sight..
Her angelic laugh..never puts you off..
She utter strange.. for words out of range..
Her innocent look.. draws you crazy..
She dress up pretty.. as a cute little teddy..
Her stunning eye.. makes you die..
A lot i can say.. on my Cutie Pie..

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