Manjaveyil Maranangal

ആടുജീവിതം  വായിക്കാന്‍ തുടങ്ങുന്നത് മുന്‍പ് തന്നെ മൈനയുടെ ബ്ലോഗില്‍ മഞ്ഞ വെയില്‍ മരണങ്ങളെ പറ്റി വായിച്ചു.. അത് കൊണ്ട് തന്നെ ആട് ജീവിതം വായിച്ചു തീര്‍ത്ത അന്ന് തന്നെ മഞ്ഞവെയില്‍ മരണങ്ങള്‍ വായിച്ചു തുടങ്ങി...

ആട് ജീവിതവുമായി യാതൊരു സാമ്യവുമില്ലെങ്കിലും  വായനക്കാരനെ പിടിച്ചിരുത്തുന്നതില്‍ മഞ്ഞവെയില്‍ മരണങ്ങള്‍ വിജയിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു... കഥയില്‍ എന്തെങ്കിലും സത്യമുണ്ടോ അതോ എല്ലാം ബെന്യാമിന്റെ ഭാവന മാത്രമോ എന്നൊരു ചോദ്യം മാത്രം അവശേഷിക്കുന്നു...

ഇത്തരം ഒരു പ്രമേയം ഞാന്‍ വായിച്ചിട്ടുള്ള മലയാളം നോവലുകളിലോന്നും  ഞാന്‍ ഇതുവരെ കണ്ടിട്ടുമില്ല.. അത് എന്റെ പരിമിതമായ വായന മൂലമാണോ എന്നറിയില്ല... എന്തായാലും പ്രമേയത്തിന്റെ പുതുമ  കൊണ്ടും അവതരണം കൊണ്ടും എനിക്ക് ഇത് വളരെ ഇഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടു...

ബെന്യാമിന്‍ -നു എന്റെ അഭിവാദ്യങ്ങള്‍...

Aadu jeevitham

ആദ്യം ആടുജീവിതം വായിക്കാന്‍ പറഞ്ഞത് അരുണ്‍ ആയിരുന്നു... പക്ഷെ അത് കുറെ നാള്‍ മുന്‍പാണ്.. എന്ത് കൊണ്ടോ അത് വാങ്ങലും വായനയും അപ്പോള്‍ ഉണ്ടായില്ല... പിന്നെ പതിയെ എല്ലായിടത്തും
ആടുജീവിതത്തെ  പറ്റി കണ്ടു.. അങ്ങനെ ഒരു ദിവസം flipkart-ല്‍ ഓര്‍ഡര്‍ ചെയ്തു.. ആദ്യം വായിച്ചത് അമ്മയാണ്.. വല്ലാതെ മനസ്സില്‍ തട്ടുന്നു  എന്നാണ്  അമ്മ പറഞ്ഞത്.. അത് കൊണ്ട് അമ്മ വായിച്ചു തീര്‍ത്തു വച്ച ആണ് തന്നെ ഞാന്‍ അത് എടുത്തു. പക്ഷെ വല്ലാതെ സങ്കടം  വരും എന്ന് പേടിച്ചു രണ്ടു മൂന്നു ദിവസം വായികാതെ കൊണ്ട് നടന്നു.. പിന്നെ എടുത്തു വായിച്ചു തുടങ്ങി.. ഹ്മ്മം... നജീബിനെക്കാള്‍ ഹക്കീമും  ഹമീദും മനസ്സില്‍ വേദന നിറയ്ക്കുന്നു...

ഈ കഴിഞ്ഞ ഒരു മാസത്തിനിടക്ക് ആട്ടിടയന്മാരുമായി ബന്ധപെട്ട മൂന്ന് കൃതികള്‍ വായിക്കാന്‍ ഇട വന്നു...

മലയാളികളുടെ സ്വന്തം രമണന്‍...
ലോകരെ മുഴുവന്‍ സ്വന്തം സ്വപ്നത്തിനു പിന്നാലെ പോകാന്‍ പ്രേരിപിച്ച Santiago -യുടെ കഥ
ജീവിതം  ഒന്ന് കൊരുപിടിപിക്കാന്‍ ഒരുപാട്  മലയാളികളെ പോലെ ഗള്‍ഫിലേക്ക് വിമാനം കയറിയ നജീബിന്റെ കഥ..

നജീബ് പറയുന്ന പോലെ സന്റയാഗോ യുടെ  മരുഭൂമി  യാത്രയിലും വഴി കാണിച്ചു കൊടുക്കാന്‍ ഒരു ആല്‍കെമിസ്റ്റും കുതിരയും ഒടാകവും ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു...ഹൈവേയുടെ അടുത്ത് വരെ എത്തിച്ചു എങ്ങോട്ടോ മറഞ്ഞു പോയ ഇബ്രാഹിം മാത്രമാണ് നജീബിന്റെ കൂടെ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നത്...


ബെന്യാമിന്  എന്റെ ആദരങ്ങള്‍... മഞ്ഞ വെയില്‍ മരണങ്ങള്‍ എന്നെ കാത്തു ഇരിക്കുന്നു എന്റെ പുസതക  കൂട്ടത്തില്‍..

Lord of the Flies

William Golding has done a commendable job with his first book. I havent read his other books but this one really leaves its mark in your mind.

The plot is  really different from everything else that I have read. May be there are other books on similar lines, just that I havent come across them. Its not a thriller in the lines of the Millenium series but it does makes you wait for the end. I could visualize the island and climb the cliffswith the boys and attend their assemblies.I could live with the boys in the forest. And when the forest is caught in fire, I lost hope. I really jumped to last page at that point to know if the boys are rescued and then came back to reading the left out part.

Jack, used to being the unquestioned leader, cannot accept Ralph's leadership. And his team of hunters are caught between whether to break free of his commandership or to go for the thrill of hunting and killing. But finally its hunting is what gives the boys the sense of enjoyment and achievement and ofcourse, satisfies their hunger. Is it just their young age that makes them never focus on the need to get rescued and stay together?

And Piggy sticks to my mind as if he is not a fictional character. With all his shortcomings and lack of natural leadership qualities, he is the only one who never looses his train of thought and focus.

Simon, Ralph, Sam 'n Eric, Roger, the littleuns..  I think they will stay with me for sometime


                 

10 years

10 years .. looks like a long time.. Its 10 years since i came ti Bangalore.. 10years since I started working.. 10years I remained loyal to this company.. 10years since I started earning.. yet looking back, what have a I achieved?? Am I happy?

The urge to do something different .. something new.. is very strong these days. But what? searching for an answer...

Miss you dear......

Its two months today since you left us... I have known you for only around 2 years.. You were so different from the image I had before I met you.. You were someone whom I felt so much at ease with when I met you.. You were someone whom I enjoyed every moment with.. You were one of the few people whom I felt like picking the phone and making a call... Yet I never understood the pain you hid behind your laughs.. Yet I didnt give in to my urge to call and talk to you on that fateful day.. I dont know why...

Miss you dear Balamani....

Vidyarambham

Dusshera -  to me it was always some festival that doesnt have anything to do with malayalis. Celebrated elsewhere in India.. Known to me only as the 10lines of hindi essay that I had to learn byheart.

For me all that mattered was "Puja holidays" or the "Pujaveypu" or "Vidrarambham". I knew the 10days was important for students. Starting from the first day of Navrathri, no non-veg was to be eaten. You get your morning tea only after taking bath and you have to pray to Saraswathi. And then on Durgashtami day, you keep your books for Puja. The impression I had was one should never read anything onceyou have kept the books for Puja. So I couldnt read story books, newspapers or even read the prayer books. I remember taking effort not to read the titles written while watching TV or movies.

And as every other Hindu kid growing up in Kerala, I used to look forward to the Durgashtami day. Once you keep your books for puja on this day, nobody will ask you to study anything until you take it back on Vijayadashami day morning- even if you had an exam the next day.

My memories of Pujaveypu is always associated with memories of my father's house at Paravoor (in Ernakulam Dist) and the Mookambika temple there.  Every year, there were two occassions when I would definitely go to my father's house - For Puja and then when he and his brothers go to Sabarimala. Navrathri is a big festival there. On Durgashtami day, after school, we go to my father's house and then along with my cousin's I go to Mookambika temple for keeping my books for Puja. On Vijayadashami day, early morning we go for the 'nirmalya darshan' , ie worshipping the devi before the previous days decorations are removed. So we will be there before the temple opens with my aunt, mom and cousins.  This is a beautiful temple with the Srikovil surrounded by a Lotus pond and shrine of Ganesha to the right of the Godess. Outside the main temple are shrines of Mahavishnu, Hanuman,Veerabhadran, Yakshi and Subramanian.

Later, as I grew up and learnt more about temples and the stories associated with them, I grew closer to another temple. Sree Dharmasastha temple at Thiruvullakkavu in Thrissur Dist. More than the legends associated with the temple, what inspired me was the family story - One of my maternal uncles and a cousin of my mother had their initiation to study (Vidyarambham) at this temple and they both were exceptionally brilliant and had multiple talents and grew on in their careers to be becomes head of major companies. The temple was close for me during my Engineering college days in Thrissur and the good thing in this temple, you can do Vidyarambham on any day at any age. So during my engineering days, I did my second Vidyarambham at this temple. [ But career doesnt look so bright and my only way becoming head of a company will be start one on my own].  This temple is a "kavu" with only the main diety and Ganesha shrine to the left. A Saraswathy shrine is newly added in front of which is a hall where Vidrarambham is done. The place is supposed to have been a thick forest in earlier days.

Anyway, it was a dream come true for me, when I was able to take my son to Thiruvullakkavu for his Vidyarambham on VIjayadashami day last year and ofcourse I didnt forget the Mookambika Devi who bestowed me with her blessings. Let both the God and the Godess bless my son and all other students with their studies.

Krishna and Nandagovind

" I need two vuvuzelas."
"Why do you need two?"
"One for me and one for Krishna."

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"Its Krishna's birthday today. Let us wish him Happy Birthday. We have got him a new mundu also"
"Ok.. Let us buy cake also for Krishna"

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College Days

I am a person who was never much a part of fun activites in college. For me, college life was more of attend the classes, come home for lunch, if there is an hour without class, come back home. May be my father's recent death and my mother's health issues and the resultant responsibility I felt towards helping my mother running the house were reasons to this. But still when I think about college days, there are few things that make me smile. Jotting down one of the first things that come to my mind and make me smile.

It was an Onam celebration day in class. Everyone was dressed up for Onam and then there were fun events. I dont remember all the programs we had that day. But I remember that few girls were planning some programme and I didnt have a clue about what it was. They were writing something and planning all in hushed voice. That was when someone said it was a play and they had the introduction written down and wanted someone to read it out and my name popped up. So I walked over to the dais which was acting as the stage that day with a piece of paper I had never read before. I started reading it without realising what was in store.

The play we are going to present is "...." and the people behind it are Direction.. Story.. Script... So it went for a page and then I started realising what is happening along with the rest of the class. I still cant help smiling thinking of that day and what I was reading. And then the play... A girl walked to the stage with a lighted candle and kept it on the table..

After the play I got an explanation.." You are the only one person whom the class will not think is playing a joke.. Thats why we chose you to introduce the play.."

I know its not a big joke for people who have played enough pranks and enjoyed school and college life.. But for me it is probably the only joke I can think of where I was part of..

And then the other part of college life that I always brings a smile to my lips are the Kaalakoodam editions... Kudos to all those behind that wonderful creation....

From Pensioner's Paradise to Silicon Valley of India

TI completed 25 years in India. I am happy having been part of this company for the past 9 years :-) Had it not happened 25 years back, Bangalore might still have been pensioner's paradise.....

Rolling Stone.....????

"Rolling stone gather no moss".. So goes the saying...

Wiki says "It appears that the original intent of the proverb saw the growth of moss as desirable, and that the intent was to condemn mobility as unprofitable.The contemporary interpretation of equating moss to undesirable stagnation has turned the traditional understanding on its head: Erasmus's proverb gave the name "rolling stone" to people who are agile (mobile) and never get rusty due to constant motion".

I have stayed on for 9 years in the same organisation.. But worked across domains on the same platform.. Now I have started feeling if I havent gained anything.. either monetary or technically..

So rolling over and over at the same place - you neither collect moss not rust....

One Hundred Years of Solitude

When sometime back Dhanush suggested me to read the book, "One Hundred Years of Solitude", what I replied was something like 'the name sounds so boring and doesnt feel like reading it when I hear the name'. He asked me to change my perspective of Marquez and start reading them. So that was how Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude got their place in my "To Read" list. Love in the Time of Cholera was a real good book. I enjoyed it thoroughly. But I started reading One Hundred Years of Solitude with the same attitude that I was having.. so boring.. And I was literally dragging on with it..sometimes falling asleep in the bus while reading it... But somewhere in the story, something just triggered my interest.. I have not been able to figure what really interested me.. But I just got involved with what happens in Buendia family.. May be the magic of Marquez's writing to start slowly, telling about everyday life in a way that you slowly feel part of the story and then after finishing, the characters just lingers around you.. Even though the story happened in a different spatial and temporal domain, you can still relate the characters and events to yourself and people around you.. Though the last of the Beundia's were carried away by the ant as Melquides' predications said, the same cycle repeats itself with a different family name at a different place at a different time..

Couple of things I cant help mentioning here..

The story made me remember one of the early poetries that my mother taught me in my LP classes for the English recitation competitions..

In the village, in the village, in the village
Life repeats itself, life repeats itself.
There is sunlight, there is darkness..

Here you can read it fully:

http://www.threes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2176:andrew-oerk&catid=83:literature&Itemid=67

Secondly, arent Melquiades' parchments what they are promoting as Naadijyothisha these days.. Sages have written down all about your life, including when you will read them, your previous and next lives, centuries ago..

Some recent reads...

The best part of having moved to the new house is I have started sticking to timings. I have decided to use the BTP bus service to and fro and hence I have regular working hours now.. Atleast for the past one month, I have been able to stick to the routine. The part I enjoy the most in that is that the time I spent in the commute, I am able to use for reading.. I have never been able to find a regular time to read ever since Govind was born.. there were weeks together when I couldnt lay my hands on a book and grew really frustrated.. But now, though it is not much time, I am able to spend some time regularly to read... It makes my whole day more pleasant...

So I finished "Mathurapuri" this way... Translation of K.M.Munshi's "Krishnavatara II : The Wrath of an Emperor".. A very pleasant and interesting read.. The origiinal English version must have been a really good one and translation is also done very well.. I never felt like keeping the book down before finishing but then I had to..From my search on the internet, looks like all 8 parts of Krishnavatara are not translated to Malayalam... So I guess I have to read the English versions only since I badly want to read the rest of it...

The second book I finished is "Afterwards" by Jaishree Mishra... A simple light weight read.. A good book to finish in a travel.. I enjoyed the way it is written and also the story.. But looking at her website, are all her books dealing with unhappy marriages??

So now the third one is the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The first book of the millenium trilogy by Steig Larsson. I had never heard about this book until Anurag got a set of books including this one for me.. Search on the internet showed that the reviews are really great.. So I have reached around one fifth of the book and I have started wishing that my bus journeys are longer.. One of the reviews said the by page 15 the reader was sure he wanted to read it fully. I didnt feel it at page 15 but at page 140, I really didnt want to break reading when my bus reached office today.. Waiting badly for evening :-)

Ponnonam 2009

[Today is Chithira- the second day of Onam]
"Onam" is something I am so passionate about.. May be I became so passionate after I moved out of Kerala... I would never have missed the pookkalam when I was in Kerala inspite of all the exams that come at the same time.. I think its the same with almost every child growing up there.. But once I moved to Bangalore for my job, I started reaching home only on the day before Thiruonam or so and hence all the joys on Onam was restricted to Onakkodi and Onasadhya.. But now my entire family in Bangalore, I am once more passionate about Onam..especially the pookalam.. With no flowers available to pluck and no time to buy the flowers daily, I still make it happen with the flower purchases before Atham from the local markets and regular replenishments will support from Amma, Anurag and my maid.. Usually its less flowers from Atham to Uthradam and a grand one for Thiruonam..

This year I have gone an extra mile.. We went to Hosakote flower market on the day before Atham and made a real bulk purchase of flowers.. We prepared most of it so that mornings there is no time spend in doing that...The flowers, looks like will last us till Thiruonam.. The fridge is overflowing with flowers that my mother complains that there is no place for anything else.. I have made decent pookalams for the first two days.. Hope to keep it up for the rest of the days...[Photos on orkut]

And something I have been missing was the "Thrikkakarappan".. This year I have got that also.. That reminds me of the Onams I used to have at my mother's ancestral home.. We used to decorate the Thrikkakarappan on the previous days with all mallika poo and aarumaasa poo and smeared with rice paste.. We used to go insearch of the "thumbakkudam".. the small plant found commonly bearing a small white flower... i might not be able to find all this in Bangalore.. But still I can always do it the best way possible here..

And a long way to go for the Onam.. Inchikari and naranga achar is getting prepared early on.. Need to do "kaaya varukkal" and "sharkara upperi".. And the yummy payasams, onakkodis, the sadhya all are left to do.. looks like the coming weekend is going to be hectic..

But the best part of all this is that my son is learning what is Onam.. Currently to him it is synonymous to pookkalam and payasam.. he is all ready to help me with the pookkalam in the morning.. gets up early to help me with pookkalam and asks for the payasam when we put the pookkalam.. now he is waiting for Sept 2.. he has learnt that Sept 2 is the Onam day when he will get payasam and sadhya on leaf..

The Royal tag of Four

Was feeling too lazy today to work. So was browsing through my friends blogs and came across this tag in Suneesh's blog. I just picked it up.

4 jobs I’ve had:
Had only one job till now... Joined TI right after my B.Tech and stuck here for more than 7 years now...

4 films I could watch again and again:
Manichitrathazhu
most of the old mohanlal comedies like Naadodikkattu/Pattana Pravesham
aaram thampuran
Suresh gopi's "commissioner" style movies..
Actually I can watch any decent malayalam movies again and again


4 places I’ve lived in:
Elamakkara(my home)
Aluva/Palarivattom(born at Palarivattom.. have spend most of my schools years in these two places)
Trichur(4 years of Engg)
Bangalore(for the past 7 years)

4 TV series I like to watch:
I dont watch TV much and hence no regulars.. Occassionally I watch

1. decent malayalam movies
2. movie based comedy programs
3. news based programs like kannadi, nammal thammil etc
4. tom & jerry shows


4 places that I’ve been on vacation to:
Munnar, Kodaikkanal
Ooty, Ponmudi,
Coorg, Hampi
Singapore, NewYork/WashingtonDC

4 websites I visit everyday:
Gmail
News sites - rediff, malayalamanorama etc
Orkut
symbian/S60 related sites

4 books I’d love to read again and again:
Randaamoozham
Enid Blyton stories ( I still love them..)& Dr Bhondoo (That I think was the first story book I owned..)
Hound of Baskervilles
Vikramaditya kathakal(Vikram-Bethal Stories)

4 favourite dishes:
Dosa & ulliyum mulakum chammandi that my mom makes.
Pineapple pachadi,Koottukari & Aviyal
oottada(thats a variety of ada cooked on the dosa tawa instead of steam cooking)
gobi & aalo parathas

4 places where I’d like to be right now:
My home at Kochi
Paris
Switzerland/Alps
some peaceful place with a book

4 people I’m gonna tag:
Anybody interested? Please feel free to take this tag

Dying 47-Year-Old Professor Gives Exuberant ‘Last Lecture’

Link to google video

Some "Health"y Thoughts...

At home, we have always followed a mix'n'match of ayurvedic and allopathic cures for common illness. My mom is pretty wellversed with ayurvedic medicines for common illnesses as she comes from a family related to ayurvedic medicines. My dad, having worked with a pharmaceutical company, has thrown light on allopathic medicines.So the first aid box at home is a mix of both ayurvedic and allopathic medicines and we often avoid a visit to the doctor for common illness like cold and fever unless it looks serious. Its usually some arishtams and lehyam for cold and paracetamol for fever.Ayurvedic medicines are preferred for cold as general physicians very often prescribe medicines like Vicks Action 500,one of the contents of which is a banned drug abroad or a course of antibiotics, repeated doses of which are not considered good in the long run and many times cause the illness to repeat in due course of time and the patient growing resistent to that particular antibiotic.[Thats my perception from my experiences. I dont want to enter into an argument with anyone who is a hardcore supporter of allopathy]

But here is one of my not-so-healthy experience with an ayurvedic practitioner. When my son was around 7-8 months, he had fever.To avoid giving him a course of antibiotics at such a small age, we took him to an ayurvedic doctor near our home. He prescribed a concoction of some 6 ayurvedic medicines in addition to Crocin drops. Crocin drops didnot surprise me as it helps to bring down the fever quickly. But it was shocking to learn that one of the ingredients of the concoction was something like an ayurvedic equivalent to a sleeping pill. The doctor might have prescribed it as my son was having difficulty sleeping with blocked nose. But the question remains should it have been given to such a small child? Wouldnt it have done more harm than a course of antibiotic he would have had to take?

Writer's block

This too will pass..

I am feeling too low these days.. One after the other everything seems to be going wrong - both at work and at home. I have given up trying to put things "right"or rather what I feel right. I have tried that too long and has now learned its much easier to live when I let things happen and just move along with the flow. Highs and lows keeps happening..I cant anyway change what others perceive as right or wrong.. Its always relative.. Hopefully neither good or bad days are here to stay. This day too should pass..

Rechristened

For those who have visited my blog earlier, you will find that the title of the blog has changed. It used to be "My Thoughts" and I have now changed it to "Random Scribblings of a Wavering Soul". I feel this is a more meaningful name as I never use the blog as a mirror of my thoughts. But its just some scriblings once in a while. I am planning to make more regular posts on the blog and you might even see a new template in the coming days.

TAGGED

I picked up this tag from Dhanush. As I dont maintain my blog regularly, I dont usually pick any tags. Anyway, this time I decided to pick it up.

1. LAST MOVIE YOU SAW IN A THEATER:

Mulla( A malayalam movie). I think my 1 year old son believes theatre is the cosiest place to sleep. Have never seen him sleeping so peacefully at home.

2. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING?

Diarykurippukal - Madhavikutty

3. FAVORITE BOARD GAME?

Do play Ludo/Uno/Rummy/Carom/Monopoly etc once in a while. But no favourites.. Or may be UNO as I feel that is the easiest of the lot..

4. FAVORITE MAGAZINE?

Used to read mathrubhoomi weekly & Vanitha and reader's digest regularly earlier. But now with my son, its just anything easy to read right from balarama to week/outlook.. Months since I read mathrubhoomi & reader's digest.

5. FAVORITE SMELLS?

Smell of rose/jasmine
Cake getting baked
Earth after the first rain

6. FAVORITE SOUND? Of MUSIC?

Favourite sound... My son's blabberings and "amme" calls....

7. WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD?

Feel of having been cheated by someone whom I wished to be the most trustworthy person in my life..

8. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE

Should I get up or lie down for some more time?

9. FAVORITE FAST FOOD PLACE?

My kitchen - always keep a pack of Maggi & some snacks in my kitchen.. No other place can be reached as fast in Bangalore traffic.

10. FUTURE CHILD'S NAME?

Forget future.. I live in the present.. And my son's name is Govind.

11. FINISH THIS STATEMENT. "IF I HAD A LOT OF MONEY I'D...?
Quit the job and lived every moment as I feel at that moment...

12. DO YOU DRIVE FAST?

No.. Forget driving fast .. Its more than a year since I drove..

13. DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?

No.

14. STORMS-COOL OR SCARY?
Cool...

15. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?

First one I drove was an Ambassador.. But the first & only one that I own is silver Santro Xing, bought against my wishes of a black one..

16. FAVORITE DRINK?

Tea, hot kanji vellam, most fruit juices and milk shakes...

17. FINISH THIS STATEMENT, "IF I HAD THE TIME I WOULD .....

have finished reading all the books that I have bought and want to buy...

18. DO YOU EAT THE STEMS ON BROCCOLI?

I hate brocolli..

19. IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOR, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR CHOICE?

Black.. Cant think of myself with a different hair color..

20. NAME ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES/TOWNS YOU HAVE LIVED IN.

Kochi, Aluva, Thrissur, Bangalore, Dallas, Chicago, Nice....

21. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?

No favourites.. occassionally watch cricket, F1, tennis...

22. ONE NICE THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU.

Dhanush.. an acquitance from entrance coaching class to a trusted friend by the end of engineering.. The best thing I like about him is that he speaks out what he feels.. Dont expect him to speak out any sugar coated words when he doesnt feel so....

23. WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED?

My Cot .. Books, specs, mobile etc goes to the side of my bed...

24. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE BORN AS YOURSELF AGAIN?

I wont mind.. Not because I am the best person or even a good person.. But bcos everyone I have met has there own good and bad qualities.. So I dont hate myself ..

25. MORNING PERSON, OR NIGHT OWL?

Morning person.. But if I am forced to sit late, its difficult to get up early..

26. OVER EASY, OR SUNNY SIDE UP?

Sunny side-up..

27. FAVORITE PLACE TO RELAX?

Dont mind whether its home or a hotel room.. but I should be alone and home/room in perfect order.. everything in place.. bed made, kitchen cleaned etc and left with some snacks, a good book, cosy bed and quilt....

28. FAVORITE PIE?
I don’t like Pie.

29. FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR?

I like ice-cream..But cant pick a favourite flavour.. not a great fan for chocolate flavor.. but loves most others..

30. OF ALL THE PEOPLE YOU TAGGED THIS TO, WHO'S MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND FIRST?

I am tagging only one person.. My adorable cousin Priti.. Dont know if she will pick it up...