S quips!

Location: Adsetts

Activity: To get done with the pending assignments.

Evident Activity: Facebook harassing, photo whoring and deranged laughing!

S and her talented levels of description!

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S: K, can I have some water?

K: Sure you can! (Hands out a green bottle of water)

S: *After a gulp* What is thissss?!

K: It’s sparkling water S!

S: God! It’s like punishment!

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After a certifiable amount of time and one among the multitude of random conversations we had.

Me: I don’t drink right? (I know, inanity becomes me)

S: Of course you don’t! Why?

Me: I drink VK, does that count?

S: Are you f*ing kidding me?! That’s juice!!!

Well, that does it for my assignments and my almost non-existent resolve! 🙂

A Walk To Remember

A hand to hold, a shoulder to cry on, a moment that takes all the breath away, a journey worth a lifetime, a heart that takes me as I am and a pair of eyes that I want to look into and say ‘I am yours, always and forever’.

Will I ever be someone’s Jamie Sullivan?

Respect, Reverence, Regard.

 

If this doesn’t evoke the Indian in you, I do not think anything else ever will.

70 mm Villains. Move Over!

In his ELEMENT! Rajini at his super duper BEST! 🙂 By far the best scene of the movie! Meeehhh! 😀

[No video]

Ok, privacy policy getting in the way. An alternate link that I found.

http://www.indiashines.com/Endhiran-video-14804-endhiran-black-sheep-mehhhhhhhh&list=recent

ENDHIRAN

 

16 at 60. I mean, HOW?!! Everything fails when it comes to describing the Superstar fever that’s gripped every soul possible. A phenomenon in the truest sense, Rajinikanth, from splitting a bullet into two with another bullet, lighting a matchstick with his mere gaze and making a knife rotate 360 degrees in thin air for five mins flat, we’ve seen it all and yet, instead of detesting them as acts that would make Einstein roll in his grave we’ve chosen to embrace the fact that only Rajinikanth can perform such deeds and still manage to leave people agog with its sheer awesome-ness! Endhiran (swoons!) was no different at all! This movie, I can state, is nothing short of resplendent. This movie arrived and HOW! I remember seeing someone on TV tonsure his head and dedicate his hair in true Thirupathi manner to the idol he venerated , Rajinikanth. And another person fasting for days together to make sure his Thalaivar’s movie is a massive hit. Only him I tell you, only him!

So, here I was sitting at home the day before its release thinking about how I’m going get the first day tickets because I already had tickets for tuesday and it was a conscious decision to leave the first three days for the frenzied fanatics of Rajini land thinking it was gonna be the same as the good ol’ Baasha days when a girl couldn’t possibly make it in one piece if she was anywhere near the FDFS celebrating theaters. And now I get to hear about a parallel world in Chennai, with girls throwing paper bits sitting in the first three rows and the boys wondering if they should do something to save their grace. Sigh* Times I say! 🙂 ( How easily I can detract from where I was! Gah!) So, 12:30 am, thinking about all the people who annoyed me with FDFS tickets, there I was putting trashy plans with Eli (My vertically/horizontally challenged fun movie lover friend) with sincere effort. And finally, we got tickets at PVR first day! Yaey! 😀 It’s onlyyyy thanks to VK and TS (our Chinmaya cronies) who got us in and HOW! 😀 ( I am aware I am using too many ‘HOWS!’ at the moment but it’s all because of the outright brilliance of that day! -> So, wth!) We even got better seats, thanks muchos to VK 🙂 And it began, the movie, I really am lost as to where to begin, I was hoping for the usual massive five-minutes-into-the-movie intro and the Annamalai ‘SUPERSTAR RAJINI’ BGM and was pleasantly surprised to hear a techno jazz type-ish BGM and see him in the very first scene on screen! It’ll take some time getting used to changes like these. The songs (especially ‘Irumbile Oru Idhaiyam’ and ‘Kaadhal Anukal’), the train fight, ‘Who is that Chellaatha?’, the dance showcase, 35 going on 25 Ash, abused Merc, the return of Alex Pandiyan Rajini and of course ‘Who is the black sheep?’ Meehhh! (Slam you villains!) were what that ran through my mind loopless. It was on par with any techy hollywood movie that you’ve come across. So, with Shankar at the helm, Ash sharing screen space, ARR’s tunes, Pookuty’s design sound and all the high funda firangi technicians, at the end it’s Rajini being the exhaustive genius that he is, who makes it colossally epic.

As he popularly quotes in Padayappa, ‘..indha thani aalukaaga uyire kuduka ethana aalunga irukaangannu konjam etttti paaru’, sure enough he’s leading the way with the rest of the world behind him. A manifestation of dynamism and an establishment of legendary charisma, a true SUPERSTAR he will forever be! 🙂

HAPPY BDAY DAD!!!

I totally love the picture lead off for every post now.

Happy birthday dad! 🙂 Miss you and mom. I miss the 11:30 pm dinners, club food and Halls dad. I miss the early morning bus chases, your half hour hollers and ‘Do something about your weight.’ speeches mom. Even the most detested everyday stuff is finding one way or the other to be missed. And being home alone is freedom/happiness unleashed? Whoever said that gets my slaughter stare and glare.

Please come back home soon!

Wedded bliss- Ash & Court

As I said earlier the past four months have been delightfully entertaining and measurelessly cherishing. And among those consummate events I got to experience my family’s first wedding ceremony. It was nothing short of splendid/terrific. It was every groom and bride’s dream come true. Ashwin Kumar, my brother and Courtney Bartlett, my sister-in-law are the ones you can see in the above picture with the dads and moms-in-law. A huge deal to every person in the family it was celebrated for four days with ‘Elaborate Enlarged’ pre-wedding ceremonies filled with plates and plates of stuff one could get if he swindled each and every store that fills Northridge mall, sandalwood paste applied I must say in a more than generous way to immobile every muscle in the groom’s face, food that can last a Somalian kid a lifetime and the best of all, relatives who find it as easy as ABC to succeed in these within sufficient time.

Post pre-wedding authentic traditions it was the real thing that had everyone engulfed in its resplendence. Narrowing em down… the place, the altar, the lotuses, the decorations, the sweat, the most number of gorgeous outfits changed, the colours, the splash, the intent looks on the bride’s family side, the holy flames, near, dear, far, long lost loved ones, the toe-rings on the ammi ceremony, the photo-taking sessions, the 32 food items, the stuck smile, the long-route-hand-extending kungumam applying session, the ‘CONGRATS!’ sounds, the paavadai clad little girls, the ‘Moi’ writing, the wedding-air and the most important of all- the entire family present. Every single person and every single thing were up to their best.

Congratulations everywhere! That is one happiness filled picture!

A tamizh wedding is trully worth everything spent on it. And this wedding will be mind-etched in me for time to take.

Welcome home Courtney! 🙂

And happily ever after is how they’re going to begin their story…

Flickr Tag Trail

Found this on FreakSpace and completely fell in love with it. These tag thingys can be super duper fun some times. Before you try it out, there are a few rules to follow:

1. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.

2. Using only the first page, pick an image.

3. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

I shall let the pic-grid speak for itself. So here goes…

1. What is your first name?

Vandhana. Eight letters long and distorted in eight hundred different ways.

2. What is your favourite food? Right now?

Dim sum. Particularly the shrimp dumplings with soy, fried red chilli and Worcestershire sauces.  Yummo!

3. What high school did you go to?

School hopping exploitation-Big time! The best of the lot that I went to belongs to him.

4. What is your favourite colour?

Love the colour of wine. Burgundy (Thanks Su)

5. Who is your celebrity crush?

Si! Si! Patrick Dempsey 😀

6. Favourite drink?

Pepsi addict.

7. Dream vacation?

Roma! 😀

8. Favourtie dessert?

Hot walnut brownie with vanilla ice-cream, roasted cashews…the works.

9. What do you want to be when you grow up?

Always smiling. Eeee! 😀

10. What do you love most in life?

Vibrant colours and Pandas.

11. One word to describe you:

The round-the-clock thing I like, do and get lost into the most. Dreamer.

12. Your Flickr name:

AmburBiriyani.

Photo Credits:

1.Van 2. Shrimp dumplings 3. CV 4. Colour wine 5. Patrick Dempsey 6. Pepsi 7. Rome 8. Brownie 9. Smile 10. Panda 11. Dreamer 12. Biriyani

Get tagging! 🙂

Economics Simplified

International economics classified with cows and milk.Interesting read.

Court:Mala Raj

DEMOCRAT
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
You feel guilty for being successful.

REPUBLICAN
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
So?

SOCIALIST
You have two cows.
The government takes one and
gives it to your neighbor.
You form a cooperative to tell
him how to manage his cow.

COMMUNIST
You have two cows.
The government seizes both and
provides you with milk.
You wait in line for hours to get it.
It is expensive and sour.

CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
You sell one, buy a bull, and
build a herd of cows.

My A-Z tag registry

Tagged by Suraksha. Stuff 26 I love best! 😀

A-Available? :Sure,for a nice gourmet meal at Pier 66.Also for rummy with coke,lays and a comforter. 😀

B-Best friend: My soul sister EI.Knows me inside-out,upside-down.

C-Cake or Pie:Cake.Hot walnut brownie cake topped with hot chocolate fudge combined with two scoops vanilla ice-cream with choco-chip cookie sprinkle,preferably with a good dose of whipped cream and ofcourse,solitude.*I sure know how 24-carat bliss works out* Slurpp! 😀

D-Drink of choice: Pepsi.I’m addicted.

E-Essential thing used everyday: Kohl,moisturiser and occasionally my mind.

F-Favorite color: Rich plum/Burgundy.

G-Gummi bears or worms: Gummy worms.Peach flavored gummy yummy worms.

Hometown: MADras.

I-Indulgence: Shoes.Shopping.Sushi.

J-January or February:January.Marked my entry into the world and blogdom.

K-Kids and names:Kids…Oh yes,lots! Names…Oh no,I’m lost!

L-Life is incomplete without: First love, girl talk and three unexecuted dreams.

M-Marriage date:Errrr….

N-Number of siblings:Zilch.Only child.Pretty much louving it!

O-Oranges or apples: Apples.

P-Phobias: Horror movies.

Q-Quote(s): Its not true that I had nothing on.I had the radio on.-Marilyn Monroe

R-Reason to smile: I really don’t have any.I follow the CV motto. 🙂

S-Season: Summer.I love the sun.

T-Tag three people: Su,San,Sne.

U-Unknown fact about me: I experiment with make-up during deranged hours.

V-Vegetable you do not like: Bittergourd.Blergh!

W-Worst habit:Procrastination.

X-rays you have had: Abdomen(Keeping in mind what I consume…Duh!)

Y-Your favourite food:Waikiki shrimp bowl.

Z-Zodiac: Capricorn