Royally unwinding...

For a girl who isn't much of a foodie, getting to hogg in the posh restaurants of Chennai in the name of treats and that too in a job which she hasn't still come in terms to, can be called what? LOL. If you have a PL like mine, no surprises here.  Gonna fly soon...dolar to INR calc!, return from onsite...wallet is heavy na?, quit job...that's great!, birthday... once in a yr!, confirmation...no more fresher!, or just that it's high time we went to some place other than office, it's party time then. Just in a weeks time  of joining my team, I had gone to Residential towers. And from then on, I would have visited nearly 10 such hotels in a matter of say just 8 months. And that too with the entire team. That's the apprehensive part of it all.       Hanging out with your friends is different from unwinding off with your team mates. You have to still remain professional. Now that's the last thing you would want to when you are partying. My PL puts it this way, just in office I am your PL and you have to take orders. (Point, he rarely orders in office too). It might sound bizarre, but I have never expected to survive this long in IT industry. Not because it is hard to, but coz it's hard for me to remain in a place where I don't see myself contributing to the teams growth. Now if I am saying that, I will also have to answer my Engineering degree disgustly looking at me and asking 'what the hell did you do for 4 years to have me?'. 'True boss, I didn't tell anything, I was just contemplating on 3 idiots movie... ';) Now where was I unwinding at.? Yaa after Residential, it was in Golden sun resort, ECR road. It was really good. The beach and the sun are something to die for. This time the rains in Chennai made me realize something, that I am someone who perfers summer to winter. When it's breezy it's fine, but when the sun goes out of sight, I kind of want it to come back. Friends call me junk when I share this with them. Then there were outings to Green park, Rain forest, Le Royal Meridien. At Green park, we shook hands with  director Muragadoss of Ghajini fame. Oh yaar, the guy was down to earth and my friend had soon noticed that he was wearing a costlier shirt than the director. The last restaurant I went to and should say the best till now was Basera hotel in ECR. The tables and chairs are wooden trunks, the restaurant is set up outdoors. We had lunched there. The food was awesome. Though I thought it's a place you should come with your dear one to dine. It will be best at twilight. This year I am looking forward for a trip to Pondy, Fisherman's Cove at ECR, a bangalore trip, and yaa want to go to some villages too. This time atleast with close friends, coz believe me it's an eerie feeling to unlax with your team always:)

Idhu sogam aanaalum, oru sugam...

It's been long I wrote something in my page. Kind of bored to pen today also. But couldn't stop writing down the lines I am listening to now and which I have been humming for more than a week now. Maalai neram, mazhai thurram kaalam enn jennalin orrum nitkiren from Aayirathil Oruvan. Awe-struck actually. I heard from my friend that Selvaraghavan has himself penned the lyrics. I have heard songs which are full of life. This song is a step above that, should I say full of soul? Down the memory lane there are lots of moments we treasure, and there are equal moments we want to forget. Somebody has told, 'Past doesn't exist, it's just in memories and to think otherwise is to invite a mess'. Yaa it might be true, but director Selva, time and again comes with creations romancing the past. The key factor about Selva's certain songs are that they are just taken from the memory lane and without any adulteration presented. Who can forget Ninaithu ninaithu paarthen or Oru nallil vaazhkai.? It's so much real, it is so much of soul, it is so much of YOU. For all those non-fictional people listening to Maalai neram in Andrea's awesome voice and dropping a tear or two on your pillow covers... It's ok, you can move on... you must be lucky to have felt it:) Un karam korkayil, ninnaivu orr aayiram, Numm irru karam pirrigayil, ninnaivu nooru aayiram. Kadhalil vizhindu idhayam, meezhka mudiyadhadha Kanavil thulaindha nijangal, meendum thirumbadhadha. Oru kaalayil nee illai, thedavum manam varavillai, Pirindhadhum, purindhadhu, naan ennai izhandhen enna... Idhu sogam aanal oru sugam, nenjin ulle parravidum, Naam paazhagiya kaalam paravasam,anbe...Idham tharume... Tamil literature is beautiful, wish I could study to read and write properly. :)