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Friday, December 11, 2009

Moral of the day

I am a fan of ghee Items. It adds a different taste to a normal meal or so i perceive.Possibly thats wy I disobeyed the reult of my 'toss' and chose to go to Sri Krishna Sweets for dinner(pitted against Mansukh).

Ghee started playing its tune inside me again when i entered the dining room.

First Order - a 'Spaghetti' Augratin or is it Agra tin.."Dai, adu venam. Oru asattu sweetness irukkum, unakku pidikkadu" said my chitappa. "Doesn't matter", I thought. "Anything that has an unpronounceable name must be great", backed my mind.
Oh.. there it was. Two toasted half slices of bread and a cheesy item on a plate adajcent to it. "What is the main item, is it the bread or the cheesy item?. Must be
the latter since i did not order bread." I had imagined spaghetti to be noodles' elder cousin with longer strands. Here my imagination had just broken to pieces. Hidden somewhere between the 1.5 inch deep cheesy white gravy,was the so called 'spaghetti'. The same asattu sweetness. I immediately knew why the bread was given with it. The management must have said while approving this dish, there must be something edible in the dish for the customers to have a taste of and still not puke out. Disappointment 1.

Second Order - Butter Nan. I decided to go with known dishes to erase the bad taste from my mouth. But here too, a maida chappati that had been baked on a tawa instead of a tandoor oven. "Ada paavigala! I had just seen my other chitappa eat a made-@-home chappati before i left. I vainly declined to eat it only to eat this?" Swindlers! I had wasted 22 bucks per set and 6 sets with negative marginal utility from the 1st piece I ate. The sidedishes were PBM and palak paneer only in name. They had ghee almost peeking out of the bowl. Perfect for those who had appendicitis operation! No spice even for a formality.

The Third-- "go for the sweets" said my chitappa. I couldn't take more and asked for orange juice. In came yellow colored drink nicknamed orange juice. Tasted like pineapple juice. After confirmation with my cousin that it was indeed not orange juice, i shouted at the waiter for his mistake and nothing seemed wrong when he took the drink away immediately .

I got another juice which looked as orange as 'fruit mix' in a roadside shop. Still it did taste like a modified pineapple juice and not trusting my brain or its compensation, which i'm unable to name at the moment i drank it fully, wondering about the ingredients used to make such a bad orange juice. Just as i entered home it struck me! "Ada paavigala! Keezha irukkara krishna sweets lendu kesar powder a alli pineapple juice la pottutaanga!"

Actually it was the same pineapple juice added with a coloring agent! Cursing myself for being such a sucker, i shut off the day with 3 lessons learnt.

Moral 1: Even by chance do not visit the restaurant above Krishna Sweets near Ashok Pillar. Worst food and worser waiters await u.

Moral 2: Trust ur brain or whatever is left of it.

(Moral 3: Thambi, tea innum varala!)

Sunday, December 06, 2009

NCA - 6/12/2009 Match 1and Match 2

Its been decided officially to post the scores of the matches that happen every sunday at NCA -(Nanganallur Cricket Association)from this week onwards. So here we go..



Match 1
- 20 overs - Double Innings...

Team 1: Krishna, Kashyab, Murari, Sundar, Jantu, Eachu.
Team 2: Ajay, Vijay, Achudh, Aneruth, Mukund.

Batting First: Team 1

1st Innings

1. Kashyab - Run out - 0
2. Murari - c.Ajay b. Aneruth - 3
3. Sundar - b. Mukund - 15
4. Krishna - Not out - 25*
______
20 overs 43

Team 2 Bowling Analyis.

Bowler O M R W
Mukund 4 0 13 1
Aneruth 4 0 14 1
Ajay 4 1 7 1
Vijay 4 0 12 0
Achudh 4 1 6 0


Team 2

1. Mukund - c&b Krishna - 8
2. Vijay - home out Krishna - 37
3. Aneruth- b. Kashyab - 5
4. Achudh - Not out - 8
_______
20 overs 58

Bowler O M R W
Kashyab 4 1 9 1
Krishna 4 1 10 2
Jantu 4 0 15 0
Murari 4 0 14 0
Sundar 4 1 10 0

2nd Innings

Team1 Batting:

1. Kashyab - b.Mukund - 0
2. Easwar - home out Vijay - 15
3. Murari - c&b Aneruth - 8
4. Krishna - c.Ajay b. Mukund - 6
5. Sundar - b.Mukund - 2
6. Jantu - b Mukund - 0
______
17 overs 31

Bowler O M R W
Mukund 4 1 7 4
Aneruth 4 2 8 1
Vijay 3 0 7 1
Ajay 2 0 4 0
Achudh 3 1 6 0

Team 2 Batting

1. Achudh - Not out 24*
_______
12 overs 24


Bowler O M R W
Kashyab 2 0 5 0
Easwar 3 3 0 0
Sundar 2 0 6 0
kashyab 2 0 5 0
Jantu 2 0 5 0
Murari 1 0 3 0






Match 2
- 20 overs - Double Innings...

Team 1: Krishna, Kashyab, Murari, Sundar,Eachu.
Team 2: Ajay, Vijay, Achudh, Aneruth, Mukund.

First Innings

Team 1 Batting

1. Eachu - C.(Sub)b. Aneruth - 1
2. Shravan - c.Atchud b Mukund - 45
3. Kashyab - b. Aneruth - 1
4. Murari - Home out - Vijay - 0
5. Sundar - Bowled Vijay - 0
______
Total (In 16.5 Overs) 47

Bowler O M R W
Mukund 4 0 9 2
Aneruth 4 0 11 1
Ajay 2 0 4 0
Achudh 3 0 8 0
Vijay 3.5 0 18 2


Team 2 batting

1. Ajay - B. Sundar - 2
2. Aneruth - B Murari - 15
3. Atchud - C Murari B Krishna - 8
4. Vijay - 18*
_____
Total in (20 Overs) 43

Bowler O M R W
Kashyab 4 1 9 0
Murari 4 0 11 1
Sundar 4 1 9 0
Krishna 4 1 7 1
Easwar 4 1 7 1

2nd Innings

Team1 batting

1.Kashyab - B. Aneruth - 2
2.Murari - C Ajay B Mukund - 9
3.Sundar - Runout Mukund - 5
4.Krishna - Homeout Mukund - 14
5.Easwar - Runout - 3
_____
Total -(In 19 overs) 33

Bowler O M R W
Mukund 5 1 9 2
Aneruth 4 2 4 1
Vijay 1 0 3 0
Achudh 4 0 8 0
Ajay 5 1 8 0

Team 2 Batting
1.Mukund - Runout - Murari -24
2.Achudh - Homeout Krishna - 2
3.Vijay - -13*
_____
Total in (19.4 overs) 39

Team 2 batting

Bowler O M R W
Kashyab 3.4 0 11 0
Murari 4 0 11 0
Sundar 4 0 8 0
Easwar 4 2 5 0
Krishna 4 1 4 1

Result: Team 2 won by 3 Wickets and two balls to spare.

Friday, August 14, 2009

ஹிச்டோரி இன் CHENNAI



GOOD NEWS: For the first time in the history of world railways, Chennai has flagged off the first ever 100% SLEEPER CLASS metro train.

BAD NEWS: The privilege only for ladies (i.e.) LADIES SPECIAL aam!!

Note: (The picture above has been taken at full strength that too during peak hour and is for illustrative purposes only)

Sunday, April 05, 2009

Koundamani and IPL - A 'Rai'al connection

This is a damn late post to be in my blog but you shall have to read my ramblings.
Go on...


LAST YEAR IPL Chennai had a hot news - Lakshmi Rai Dating Dhoni

You know what irks me? It is not that she (whose only real calling card is that her name is somewhat phonetically related to Aishwarya Rai) is dating him or anything. But that this report calls her a “popular South Indian actress“. Enna koduma sir idu!!!

Reminds me of Koundamani yet again: “மூணு வீலும் ஒரு தார்பாலினும் இருந்தா நீ ஓனரா? படுவா, அப்போ டாட்டா பிர்லா-வல்லாம் என்னடா சொல்லுவீங்க?”

Incredible India

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Laziness

Why do I love being lazy?

  1. Nobody expects any top notch results when you are working.
  2. In order to minimize effort, you tend to think of quicker ways of resolving the issue – Widely regarded by many as “Smart work”.

(By the way what does that mean? I`m 2 lazy to check out a dict. (Also read as dictionary by enlightened souls).

  1. Every inch of your inefficiency gets dubbed as lethargy. (Your ignorance on the job is blurred from their view and you buy the time to get to know the issue fully)
  2. Incidental good results pushes u into a “This guy has loads f talent but rarely uses it” category where ur bosses get perennially optimistic about your performance the NEXT time.(Famously known as ‘F Tv phenomenon’ where you beLIEve “This one isn’t good, hopefully the next will be good”)

The above personal benefits apart we’ll discuss my favorite topic, pastime and habit ­– LAZINESS

Do u understand laziness the way it is?

Laziness is often confused with words like idle, sluggish, lethargy, inertia, inactivity etc. Surrounded by these words, we often miss the richness, leisure and take it easy attitude of Laziness.


HEALTHCARE AND LAZINESS


A Lazy person is a healthy person. The very thought of going to the pathology lab for blood tests, urine tests, ECG etc, going to doctors, hospitals, alternate therapies etc sends shivers up his spine. Hence he decides to remain healthy. Does that mean he will join a gym or aerobics.

NO WAY. Hence he searches out a lazy way of remaining healthy.

A life of less stress is enough to remain healthy. Anything more is always better, but HEY WHY BOTHER.


CONTRIBUTION OF THE LAZY MAN TO INDIAN CRICKET

It is like, when he plays cricket – he chooses spin bowling over fast bowling. No wonder India has always had good spin bowlers. When Batting, he chooses to hit more fours and sixes than running like crazy to steal those cheeky singles.

So if you want more Sehwags, Yuvis and Bhajjis(No! Not the one fried in the tea shop. I meant one fried in the cricket ground during the match!), .....

.. .. .. .. Appreciate laziness!! : )

LAZINESS AND HABITS


Laziness also keeps him away habits of Smoking, drinking and drugs. He does not understand the stress filled lifestyle, then spend the hard earned money on smoking, drinking, entertainment etc, and more money to doctors to remove cholesterol, high blood pressure, invite diabetes etc.

So Laziness bypasses this whole cycle. He takes it easy and spends his time more on planning for traveling for Leisure and to be with Nature (his nature).


THE LAZY FINANCIAL WHIZ

The Lazy person plans for an early retirement, and this makes him work hard at his profession. He will pick up work which is best suited to his nature and gets rewarded appropriately. The whole game of Name and Fame, coming ahead of others, power play, politics, competition, leg pulling etc is not interesting to him. (Who has the time and energy for all this, when you can enjoy your time with your friends / family in the comfort of your house.)



Being Lazy does not mean taking shortcuts. It means walking slowly on your path, observing, enjoying the journey, and having lots of patience – because the journey can be long.

If one is too stressed up about reaching your goal then you miss the leisure of walking and enjoying. Upon reaching your goal, the active person will not stop and enjoy – but will setup his next goal.

The Lazy person will search for a shade under a tree to relax when he reaches his goal. There are many Lawns, gardens with beautiful flowers created by active person – but they never find time to sit in them.

A Lazy person is often accused of being a day dreamer, of having the ability to achieve much more, but not using it to its full potential (I fit in here by sheer accident), not participating in all the formalities, rituals of the society etc – but hey – WHO CARES.. .

Cheers,

Just Remembering Sleep and Drowsiness..