The Madrasi Autumn !

My Musical Misadventures

2010-02-13T20:21:00.000+05:30

Music is an art form whose medium is sound. Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek μουσική (mousike), "(art) of the Muses"

You know from where I would've copy pasted the above lines ..

Let me take you 14 years back, when the author of this blog was seen wearing a half trouser, riding a BSA champ, happy, innocent and painfully sweet. I was in my 5th grade back then. I went for tooshan(tuition) classes, played kirikket(cricket) on the streets and was an ardent fan of Janmam X(a very popular spook serial back in the days) like every other kid. But there was something extra. I started going for paatu(classical music) classes. Singing Saa Paa Saa in chorus with 8 girls and 2 boys was somehow exciting and I presumed that one fine day I'll make it big in the music field(L'ing My A Out now). The classes took place during the weekends and I never minded attitailing(hurt-retiring) from my gaajee(chance to bat in cricket). The first lesson in any paatu class would be the sarali varisai. My school(cvv) had this subject called DDMM where a student was allowed to choose from any one of the four arts namely Dance(unofficially girls only), Drawing(that's where almost all the boys of the class would be), Music(a lot of girls and three boys), Mirudangam(8 boys). Due to my sudden inclination towards music, I shifted from drawing to music.

One fine day my music teacher at the school decided to have a "SURPRISE" test where all of us had to sing the sarali varisai.

Teacher : Ok kanna, how many of you know sarali vaisai ??

->*silence*
->*teacher repeats the question*
->*same reaction*

Teacher : One month is over, no body knows aah ?

voice(me) : I know miss.

Teacher : * what the ??*
the rest: * holy mother of !! *

Me : Shall I sing miss ?

Teacher : * what now god?? * Ok

Me : *clears throat* Saa, Ree, Gaa, Maa ........................... Sa, Ni, Dha, Ni Sa, Ri, Ma, Pa, Ma, Ri ...... Ma, Pa, Dha, Pa, Dha, Ni, Dha, Pa

minutes later

Me : *heroic look*, *dude, you nailed it!!*, @the_rest_of_the_class ... *ok u can bow down now*'ish look

Teacher : Praveen, paatu class poriya ??

Me : *Duhh* yes miss

Teacher : *silence*
Teacher : *silence*
Teacher : *silence*
Teacher : *silence*
Teacher : *silence*

Teacher : ok kanna, test is postponed to next week, prepare well and come ok ??

Me : *shock, dispair, anger*
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The following weekend, my mom went meet my paatu saar(sir) to pay his fees

* the conversation has been dubbed to English from mallu *

Paatu Saar: Please come in madam, actually I wanted to talk to you.

Mom : Yeah

PS: actually how is Praveen studying, is he good ?

Mom : He is an average student, we don't pressure him too much.

PS : aah, don't you think that our praveen has to concentrate in his studies more ?? kids these days get easily distracted with extra curricular activities.

Mom : I agree, but praveen is really interested in music, I guess he needs some diversion too .. ... .. ah mm sir, is praveen singing loud enough ?

PS : * L'ing his A Out* .... .... .. actually madam ... I don't know how to say .. .. Praveen's voice isn't that good, I think we should not pressurise the kid to learn something that he is not interested in

Mom : but sir he ...

PS : *interrupts* Its OK madam, I can understand. He is a brilliant child, he'll achieve great stuff. God bless him and by the way, you don't have to pay last month's fee.

Conversation ends

->Mom tells Praveen about the conversation as a dinner time story
->*shok, dispair, anger*
->Praveen decides paatu class is for sissys
->Rejoins his drawing class at DDMM
and becomes a normal kid all over again !!

Note: Praveen is currently learning guitar from Kartik and doesn't know when he'll be asked to concentrate on his studies by his teacher............. again

Hamara Harrington Road

2009-09-01T18:35:00.000+05:30

I've been planning to make this post for the past 2 or 3 weeks. My tribute to Harrington Road, Chetpet, Chennai 600031.

I love this place, its like one of the poshest places in Chennai after boat club road, with all the bungalow style houses and BMW's parked in front of those houses .. its where the filthy rich lead their peaceful lives in chennai.

So why do I like this place ??

FOOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its got so much food that you go gaga about it. Its really tough to find a place that throws so many food options at you.

To start with, Creamy Inn (in case you've just landed from Jupiter .. creamy inn has branches at anna nagar, shanthi colony and chetpet) ... aaaahhh .. divinity. It is the perfect place to treat your friends. They serve some of the best Ice Creams and Milkshakes in the world. You can order a Cold Coffee(Rs. 10) and just sit there watching test match for hours. The perfect place to chill on a typical hot chennai day.

My favs here -> Cold Coffee, Nutty Crunch, Strawberry fantasies, Chocolate ice cream soda.......

The next place is the popular "harringtons", its got a petty shop, a tea shop, Chaska(chaat), sweet chariot(cakes, pastries etc), VIVS(a restaurant), a juice shop, a frankie stall, and parvati sandwich shop.... phew... Seriously you can eat your hearts out at this place. The sandwiches that this person makes are amazing and believe me, this guy gives you thick sauce straight from the bottle and doesnt give u watery red liquid that the "alsa mall" sandwich guy pours on your plate. Bread omlette, Cheese Masala, Jam Cheese Toast .. god my keyboard is all wet now. Chaksa is a pretty good chaat shop, the prices are reasonable and u the people who run the shop are damn sweet !!! .. Sweet chariot is kinda costly. I almost forgot, there is a new MOMO stall, dont even think of having the bloody thing. Perfect example of PATHETIC food. There are people who like that stuff.. no offense meant. VIVS is a very good place, worth every penny. Frankie is reasonable too,but its got one teeny weeny problem.. the minute you finish your frankie, you'll feel hungry and if your purse is weak you'll start swearing at the reserve bank !!

I've never been to the French Loaf, and people who go there usually boast about their custom made sandwiches .. bhoo whoo I get my sandwiches custom made at parvati's for 20 bucks. !! !! and there is a CCD coming there in a weeks time. And the world famous suprabhaa is just seconds away from Harrington road.

So if you're rich and you wanna impress your girl you wud prefer CCD ( Rs. 100 and above)

If you're rich and single the perfect choice is French Loaf (Rs.75)

If you wanna hang out/ have a reunion/ treat your friends at a "decent" place - Creamy Inn (60 for a cold coffee and an ice cream)

If your wallet is ok-ok - Chaska and juice / frankie and water packet (Rs.40 to 50)

If you're me - Bread Omlette(Rs. 10) + Jam Tost (Rs.10) and cold water at the Heritage Center ..

dont even get me started on Heritage Center .. !!

Stuff you find around my computer

2009-08-10T12:01:00.000+05:30

I stay in this corner of my bedroom for at least 13 hours a day .. But I seldom notice whats around .. These are what I spotted when my eyes radar'ed over my compter.

On the top of my monitor, a small koala bear holding a plastic boomerang (my mom's colleague went to Australia, he thought this would be a better gift to give my mom rather than a Hershey's bar) and crushed mountain dew tin can (my idea of modern art :D). Two diaries and a notepad that has no connection whatsoever with me or my computer. The remnants of the murukku and some spilt tea with the tumbler that it came with hours ago, just in case I forget why there is a stingy taste of tea in my tongue. Two dvd's lying with their recording side on top(to avoid getting scratched) and a fine layer of dust on its top(extra protection). Speaking of dust... heaps and heaps of it. My mobile getting charged on a hotline charger that is connected to my UPS and spews power eternally. A lan line phone that'll ring only if karunanidhi calls up in a recorded voice asking us to vote for him or for a recorded voice(again) that calls one in two months asking us to pay the bill. Two USB cables, one for my mp3 player other for my mobile. My mobile phone's user guide. Hundreds if not thousands of CD covers inside a thick Ubuntu shipping cover. A USB joystick. My bike(wyack) keys, some more dust, a big glass of ice h2o some of which will magically find its way to the spilt tea and the murukku crumbs and three big pouches of CDs and DVDs with some dust on it. phew ...

and Me ..

Orkut attitudes that piss ME off !!

2009-06-29T11:27:00.000+05:30

Okay the title says it all ..

If there are one set of people who need to be destroyed from the internet world it must be the wanna be's

" Wanna be's " .. They are everywhere .. Your scrapbook, your friends list, communities they are just there ..

Wanna be american people with status messages "Yo bling bling come and see the ding " ..

"Watsup with all u niggas ??" ..

Wanna be latinos, wanna be rap starts, wanna be know-it-alls, wanna be's are everywhere

Next set .. Loosers

Seriously .. These people piss everybody off ..

"If u say you hate Ilayathalapathy, I will hack yours orkut account" (copy pasted from my scrap book)

completely different story with girls ..

Next ... Cyber Siblings

They actually dont piss u off directly but one fine day u get bored and decide to peek into some profiles

"You are the sweetest sister in he whole world, i thank orkut for giving you" ..

"Hey idiot anna thats my boyfriend anna, i love you anna"

Chest licking sisterhood .. !! Even original siblings dont do that ...

Orkut according to me is a place to portray yourself .. as original as you are ! Keep your friends posted with with your pics, holiday photos, movies you like/dislike but lets keep it original .. Tat Tvam Asi is Praveen Ravikumar's originality .. !! ( Tat sivam asin ?? ) ..

Anyways ..

Tchaos ..

Chyk for Dummies

2009-06-26T11:11:00.000+05:30

Oh yeah I had to do this

Its been ages since I wanted to, but did not and now I think its a great time to tell all these people who read my blog about this excellent organisation I've been associated with

Chinmaya Yuva Kendra a.k.a Chyk

What is Chyk ? ?

As the name suggests Chyk is a part of Chinmaya Mission to be more specific it is the youth wing of Chinmaya Mission and I've been a part of this for the past 4 years.

What is the motive behind Chyk ??

The motto of Chyk is "Harnessing youth potential through dynamic spirituality and yes spirituality and double yes spirituality and if you dint get it straight "S.P.I.R.I.T.U.A.L.I.T.Y"

What is dynamic spirituality ??

Teaching spirituality by action is called dynamic spirituality.

What do you do in Chyk ??

Chyk has lots of activities

1.Bhajans wing
2.Theatre
3.Event Management
4.Workshops
5.Camps
6.Adventure and Sports
7.Group discussions, study classes
8.A set of fantastic friends with huge perspectives

and most important
9.The best place in the world to just chill out

Do you have fun in Chyk ??

YES .

Will Chyk make me a spiritual fruit basket ?

If fruit basket is the term for people with a little insight, yes. If u know me personally and still think that I'm a fruit basket then thank you i'm honoured.

How much do you pay for Chyk ??

Nothing

How do I join Chyk ??

Start taking part in our activities. Be active and get activated

What do I gain if I join Chyk ??

You actually loose, the I !!

I dint understand ..

You wont

Does Chyk do Social Service ??

No, What Chyk does is National Service.

I'm not a student of Chinmaya Vidyalaya.. Can I come to Chyk ??

Yes. Very Much.

How do I convince my parents ??

Bring them to Chinmaya Mission. Show them what you do. I myself have'nt mastered this art.

There is much more to Chyk than I've typed, much much much more. If you're impressed and want to be a part of this movement. Let Me Know !!

Dedicated to Vijay Anna !

Hari Om.

The curtain call ...

2009-05-27T10:53:00.000+05:30

Yesterday -> 26-5-2009 was my last day at college .. Officially my last semester exam ended at 5 p.m and with that ended my beautiful college life.. I finished my exam half an hour early (guess why ? ) and did this mega rewind of all stuff I've gone through in this place . After hating the very sight of college for 3 huge years I fell in love with the very same place..

I'm gonna miss the morning bus ride .. The kadalai canteen (I named it so !!) .. The yucky mess.. The college labs with the assistants.. The godforsaken "paruthiveeran" ground.. My department staff and literally everything in that 4 acre landscape ..

I had this very lonely last ride home in my college bus and the rewind went on .. All those classes ... God damn I'm gonna miss sleeping in classes .. I got down and marched straight up to Grace Super Market .. Got myself a Fanta Apple(guess why ?? it at least looks like whiskey) .. I started walking the lonely walk .. S.P.B was singing "Pon Maalai Pozhudhu" in my ears .. The rounds .. I'm gonna miss them too .. Walking from one floor to another .. One corridor to another .. Looking at every class (yeah .. just the classes nothing else ??) .. The Deluxe Toilet (the one with a mirror) .. The Super Deluxe Toilet (the one with a mirror and a water cooler nearby) .. The Department Toilet (yeah .. the one next to the department) .. Jesus Christ I'm gonna miss em all .. My friends .. IT-A and IT-B .. I'm gonna miss em all ..My juniors .. I'm gonna miss em all .. The placement cell, the administrative office, the principals room, chairperson's Mercedes .. damn I'm gonna miss a lot ..

My tummy was filled with 600 ml of fanta liquid .. I threw the bottle into an Onyx dumpster .. It must've made a soft thud .. Yesudass was singing "Senthaazham Poovil" .. Whatever happens .. Life has to go on .. I had missed school when it got over .. I'm missing college as its getting over .. Life is all about missing and like it or not .. Life will go on .. Its all a part of the big plan ..

Uravugal thodar kadhai ..

Unarvugal siru kadhai ..

Oru kadhai endrum mudiyalam ..

Mudivilum ondru thodaralam ..

Ini ellam ... sugame

To all my friends at REC

"Screw you guys .. I'm going home"

:))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Happy Mothers Day (belated)

2009-05-22T08:36:00.000+05:30

Orkut ki jay

2009-05-20T20:46:00.000+05:30

hi ***** madam
Good morning. how are you? i am sree from chennai doing export
business with my dad. i am doing cashew nuts, cushion covers, lungie,
African textiles etc., Do you know any geniune buyer to buy cashew nuts or house hold items.

i like to be a good friend of you forever. can i be a friend of you madam?

whenever you feel free chat me or scrap me.
my id ****.*****@yahoo.in
if you want my contact number i will give you i will explain about my business

kabooom .. thrice on ur head !!

Well ..

2009-05-19T08:42:00.000+05:30

Its been years since i blogged .. Even though i promised myself that i would be updating my blog every Friday .. I take a look at this pathetic place every Friday .. I start writing then i have this giant thought .. FOR WHOM ?? Nobody ... I've managed 28 posts over 3 years !! Pathetic record that speaks for itself .. I even had thoughts of closing this place but dint have the heart to ..

(to the person who reads this .. YOU ARE WORTH YOUR WEIGHT IN GOLD)

So .. A few important events in my life over this period

1.Placed - Syntel .. (dont ask him what company it is .. he gets pissed of) ..

2.Fallen in love with Liverpool FC ( :-p )

3.Like an average Indian, grown an aspiration to study in the US

4.Successfully finished four years in the college (college for the birds)

5.Completed 10 seasons of F.R.I.E.N.D.S ( and whined on the last episode "the one with praveen crying" )

I may update my blog .. God knows ..

It's left to you to take the right decisions in life (two to's in a single sentence is ok ??)

The Family Quiz

2009-05-02T14:16:00.000+05:30

A Chinmaya Mission program to enrich Family Harmony

‘We two, ours two’ is a slogan that has long gone out of fashion. ‘We two, ours one’ is the new mantra for the families today. In today’s fast-paced life, it is becoming increasingly difficult for parents and children to spend quality time together and bond as a family. The time, when children would sit in the lap of their grandparents and hear stories, is long lost. Uncles & aunts, nephews & niece, maternal & paternal relations coming together has become a rare occasion. The definition of family dynamics has changed drastically over the years.

In Chennai Family Quiz, whose chief sponsor is MARG Limited, a family consists of seven members. Now, we finally have a reason to engage our extended family! It is not just about bringing all family members together but intellectually and emotionally engaging them in a productive activity. To add to the excitement the final rounds of this quiz will be interactive sessions and games. The Quiz will be bringing together over 1 lakh families i.e. 7 lakh members over a span of three months in the year 2010.

The Family Quiz book titled ‘For the Family’, contains anecdotes covering various topics like relationships, health, management etc. and will be given to the participating families free of cost on registration.

We welcome you all on May 08, 2009, at the book launch of ‘For the Family’.
Venue: Tapovan Hall, Chinmaya Heritage Center #6, 13th Avenue, Harrington Road,
Chetpet, Chennai- 31
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 pm
Special Addresses by:
1. Sri T. R. Jawahar- Editor and Publisher, Talk Media Pvt. Ltd.
2. Sri. Gurumurthy- Renowned Columnist
3. Sri. G. R. K. Reddy- Chairman and MD, MARG Limited
4. H. H. Swami Mitranada- Acharya Chinmaya Mission
5. H. H. Swami Swaroopananda- Acharya Chinmaya Mission

India as a country does not need an external social security system nor does it need an extensive network of old age homes. Ours is a culture where all the brothers live together, where children take care of their parents and where grandparents lovingly bring up their grandchildren. This family system provides a strong emotional as well as mental support.

Be a part of the movement to protect the foundation of the Indian civilization. Enrich Family harmony!

For further queries:
Email – thefamilyquiz@gmail.com or
Call- Mr. Santhosh -044-28365300/ 5046

I laughed and laughed !!

2009-01-13T08:55:00.001+05:30

Happy New Year

2009-01-02T20:56:00.000+05:30

Praveen Wishes Every Body A Vary Happy New Year(the stupid braces also wish u the same) ..

2009 ... Here I Come !!

Fire water and snake :))

2008-10-30T18:52:00.000+05:30

Disclaimer :

Do u even mind ??

Prologue:

24-10-2008, the day chennai came home 6hrs late.. Thanks to the useless human chain and the pathetic infrastructure of chennai city.

Okay .. Here goes

This guy(me of course) had the guts to wear his brand new black "Diwali dress" cargo on a rainy day that too before Diwali.. I set out from my house at 5.30 pm clean shaved and Ferrari perfumed (:p).. I should say it was pouring outside.. I just love the sound of rain drops hitting on the umbrellas top.. After jumping from one puddle to another i finally reached the auto stand(rich brat u see !!).. There was this 40-45 yr old guy sitting inside a lonely auto.. I went upto him and said "Anna ..Harrington road", the guy did something with his eyebrows.. I asked again.. He did the same thing only this time i realized that he was making up a middle finger with his forehead's wrinkles !! !! Uh-Oh ..

Then i walked to the road and literally waved at all the autos that went past me, some of the auto drivers waved back that's a different story. So i went from one auto to another "Anna Harrington road" ........ "varadhu pa" ......... Then i switched the dialogue "Anna chetpet" (big deal) no use .. I stood there for like 45 minutes and finally this guy agreed to take me at 100 Rs .. My breath went off.. I dint mind i hopped inside the auto ..

Seriously it was a sea out there. There was so much of water that ... that .. uhmmmmm .. lets see now...uhmmm... there was just plenty of water .. To top it all, the driver was drunk .. Now what else could go wrong, but something did. This guy's brand new auto stopped and the best thing was this thing stopped at a signal that had just turned green... So the auto guy had to push the auto with me in it !! ha ha ha .. Then i said "Anna .. time achu" ... i gave him 80 rs and walked off !!! ... I walked, i walked and i walked some more from kilpauk to Harrington Road 13th avenue completely soaked in water ..

Coming to fire and snake .. I had to speak on what inspires me from fire( "The actual burning fire, not the movie") and snake !! .. That went real good, and the food that followed at the Heritage Centre was absolutely awesome ..

:)))

Me is back !!

2008-10-23T13:59:00.000+05:30

Friends Indians and countrymen ... Lend me your ears ....

god promise i'm back ... yea sure .. pucka 100% . ... i'm back

this time i'm placing reminders in my mobile to make me blog ...

so MITHUN ... this is for u ...

I'm back again ... yea sure .. pucka 100% .. i'm back

I miss you so dearly ..

2008-03-24T18:39:00.000+05:30

Where is this place ??

Falling leaves .. Stupid Words all around .. An idiot smiling at me .. Stupid sarcasm and a lot of spelling mistakes .. Is this heaven or is this hell .. Or is this ..

Oh no .. dont tell me this is my blog .. Gooddddddd .. The legends are true after all .. This place actually exists ... (shit this guy has gone nuts) ..

I gotta accept this .. I miss my blog sooooooo dearly nejamma .. But nobody believes .. Seri .. I make a promise (wtf ?? again) .. Ya .. and this time am gonna follow it with all heart ..

Fear .. Fear .. Praveen is here .. (wtf again) ..
Hell i forgot the promiese .. The same thing again .. Update my blog regularly .. and regularly is every friday or even earlier ..

Now .. Fear ... Fear .. Praveen is here (Crtl+v)

............

Phone Call From Google

2007-11-21T20:05:00.000+05:30

Its 7.30P.M in my bedroom's Ajanta clock, my land line phone rings into life ....

Me : Hello

Google : Is that the residence of Mr.Praveen Ravikumar ??

M : Oh yeah, Praveen speaking

G : Mr.Ravikumar, are you the owner of the Google account named praveenkilu ..

M : Yup, thats me ..

G: Ok .. Is it true that you have a blog titled "The Madrasi Autumn" and an Orkut profile with name "Tat Tvam Asin" ..

M : God damn it .. thats Asi .. Tat Tvam ASI ..

G : Ok whatever, can you confirm that you added a meta tag for GoogleBot in your blog header
code that enables people to search for your bog with pre-defined keywords ??

M : Hell yeah !

G : Mr.Ravikumar, we recently had the list of most used index keys in Google and you turned out to be second ..

M : Holy engineering .. Is that true ??

G : I meant from the last ..

M : Crap . Who was the last ??

G : Lindsay Lohan ..

M : Oh .. Ok ..

G : Mr.Ravikumar, are you aware that according to our privacy policy you are liable to legal action ??

M : Oh, then do I get to see Alcatraz .. I saw it once in the Discovery channel and i always wanted .....

G : SHUT UP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

M : Oops.. sorry

G : Mr.Ravikumar its is our duty to let you know the power of our blogger, you can earn money .. blah blah blah blah .. (for 15 minutes)

M : yaaaawn ..

G : So Mr.Ravikumar .. I kindly request you to update your bloody blog or delete it or flush it down .. or ...

M : or what ??

G : %&^&%^$ MFGDFG#$%# #^%^ ..

M : Duuuude .. i cant do that .. what if my blog is a male ??

G : God damn it !!!!

M : Ok ok .. cool .. What do you want me to do .. ?? Update me blog regularly ??

G : Wyaaaack .. Do you call it a blog .. It's got nothing but "bhoo whoo .. I am back !!"

M : .......

G : Ok ... Now be a good boy and play around with your blo .. or better "You Know What " !

M : ..

G : achacho .. kochikitiya ? .. sorry da chellam .. !

M : what the ???

G : Its a recorded voice .. Worst Case Scenario..Do not panic..

M : For a split second i thought it was my girl friend ..

G : Dont lie dude .. I know you dont have any ..

M : A$%$%^LE

G : Now .. you know what to do with your " You know what " .. Bloody hell i hate my job ..

M : Ok .. thanks for calling up ..

G : Mr.Ravikumar I hope my assistance was of great help to you .. For any more assistance blah
blah blah blah ,,

M : Yeah yeah shut up ..

The phone line gets dead !

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Orkut's new shtyle ! !

2007-08-28T17:10:00.001+05:30

God ... I love Orkut ! !

Its been a long time ...

2007-08-25T13:45:00.000+05:30

Yo .. People .. whats up ?? ! (roof ! ! ) ...

Its been like 20 years since i updated my blog and i sorta kinda still remember the promise i made some light years b4 .. So let me throw light on some of the major events that occurred during this period of time (do i sound like a physics teacher ?? ) ..

1.The b'lore trip .. God I fell in love with banglore .. Its like the funkiest place I've ever gone except that in banglore sambhar tastes like badam kheer and chatni tastes like a laddu ..

2.Praveen Ravikumar has reached his pre-final year ( 2 down .. 2 more to go) .. And he celebrated this event with his semester results ( dont u dare ask abt it ! ) ..

3.Praveen has made his way to "Proud owners of an MP3 player" list .. Although i missed an Ipod nano by a whoopin 4.2 k, I'm rally very happy with my Transcend 610 .. So mp3 player is
my new precious ..

So thats it for now .. Watch out for my next blow ! !

orkut Youth Icon TV spot

2007-08-25T13:35:00.001+05:30

for all those idiots who say orkut is boring !

Madrasi English..

2007-06-30T17:01:00.000+05:30

We(we ??? !! ??) all know that Chennai is home for the world famous Chennai tamil .. Chennai is also the place where english gets tortured .. Yes it gets tormented, puched,kicked and killed here .. It gets killed at the roads,petty shops,grounds,markets,food stalls you name it ..

I did a light research on this matter(crap !! ) . I'll give some examples ..

Me :(at a petty shop) Coke irukka ??
Shop Keeper: Cooling illa paravallaya ??

Conductor:Yemma .. Bus odumbodhu eranguriye .. neeyellam oru ladies aah ??

Me:(at the road) Sir New Avadi road epdi poganum ??
Some Guy: Left cut panni Orey Straightu .

My Bus driver : Enna pa .. Sandhanam ellam vechirukka ?
Me:Inniku Onam anna .
Driver : Oh nee Mayalayalis aah ??

Cooling,malayalis,ladies,orey straightu,moonavadhu left cutting, ..

God bless English !!!

My Blog goes google !

2007-05-05T19:42:00.000+05:30

Hell yeah .. !

My blog got indexed by Google bot atlast .. The keyword is "The madrasi autumn" and the first result would be my blog .. Ps dont try the search box in my blog .. But the only thing that hurts me which idiot is gonna search for madrasi autumn in Google ? !? !(great question dude !! ) ...

Anyways .. whether my blog goes google or not .. I'll keep posting ..

I still remember the promise !

And yeah .. Its that time of the year again .. The semester study hols season .. The only time i remember the existance of my blog(ps dont ask abt studying )! ! !

Praveen Awesome Video

2007-05-02T14:18:00.001+05:30

Its Tat Tvam Asi ..

2007-05-02T13:23:00.000+05:30

Finally .. My computer does not hang every 5 seconds .. It does every ten seconds ..

So as i finally reached my long lost blogger dashboard I came to remember the promise i made that I'll post every friday (damn it .. who cares ! ! ) ..

So I've officially completed two years in my sick college(sick enough for me) and assuming that I'll stay alive for the next two months I've reached pre-final year !! ....

Coming back to the posts name ..My Orkut Profile name is " Tat Tvam Asi " its not Tat tvam Swami .. Its not Tat Tvam Asin .. Its not That Thavam Asin ..

Its Tat Tvam Asi .. Its plain .. Its clear .. Its Tat Tvam Asi .. and for the millionth time "Tat Tvam Asi " and it means that thou art ..
I can teach it one thousand times but pls dont pronounce it wrong ! !

Its my study hols now and i'm plannin to do some serious stdies this time(planin ?!!!??) ..

My next post can be expected shortly(duh .. who cares ! )

I still remember the promise ! !

Understand the self .. Understand the absolute .. (inspiration CHYK)

Paradise regained ..

2007-02-23T19:10:00.000+05:30

Dedicated to my friends family and precious

.. Yo .. I'm back (for the zillionth time ) to the wonderful world of blogging ..

Ok .. here i am sitting in front of my computer which can hang anytime on a drowsy friday evening having a look on my to make sure that she is not lookin at the monitor scratching my head what to write next (sssoppppaa ippove kanna kattudhey).. what can possibly make me happy right now .. but actually there is something thats makin me happy .. and thats my ...

brand new precious .. yo .. got a new mobile .. and i am havin a blast now ... Nokia 6030, the fm model ... i dont have to give my mom's mobile number to anybody hereafter .. but i still miss the old mobile .. the sweetest thing i ever had ... still comes in my dreams few times ..

another thing thats rockin my life now is the unlimited broadband i've got at home .. now i can download anything .. ...

i've madea promise now .. that i'll update my blog every friday eveing .. yeah .. god promise ..

life is a desert,
only true friends leave their foot prints ..
Praveen

The dawning of my new year !

2007-01-03T18:01:00.000+05:30

As the holy mantras reverberated upon the massive dome ..

As I was being washed away by waves of devotion and love ..

As I sat there in front of him greedily, trying to take in all his blessings ....

Surrounded by loads and loads of devotion and love towards him ...

My new year Dawned . ..

He was'nt inside us .. We were inside him ..

Oh lord .. Let all my New Years Dawn with you ..

Om Namah Shivaya ! ! !

Om Namah Shivaya ! ! !

Silence breaks !

2006-12-28T08:22:00.000+05:30

Dedicated to my friends , family and my precious !

To all those people who thought that Praveen ravikumar is extinct in this wonderful world of blogging, listen up and listen up tight .. "I'm back"(oh no .. not again) ..

I've been spending all this time goin through blogs on tips and tricks and nicking codes from these blogs and workin ouit them on my blog .. The only thing that turned out well was the random quote generator (u know what .. this stupid nicked the quotes too ! !) ..

I'm still wondering my sister dint tell me anything abt her awesome blog and made me hunt it down .

Getting back on my life(oh shit .. i can bet this section is gonna stink) .. Praveen Ravikumar is under rest .. I had college for a week right from the next day of my end semester exams .. Eventhough i cursed each and everyone of my college management for the same i was one one of the 3 students who had 100 % attendance durin that week ... Askin me why .. .. .. .. . Why else ? ? ( Little red flag goin up ? ?) ... Aaaaaah vacation is life .. I wake up at 8.30 brush my teeth, watch a movie in my comp, have lunch, watch a movie again, watch tv, orkut,chat .. The best part is that i get seriously tired after doin all this work .............................................................

Ok i'm gonna accept this ... This is the dumbesssst post of my blog and i had to do this for the sake of keeping my blog alive ... To all my fans out there ,, I'll be comin out with another awesome post .. .. Till then ...Adios Amigos ..
Kalaaposhakam Praveen

A tribute to my precious ..

2006-11-12T19:30:00.000+05:30

In a drastic incident (not drastic actually ) that happened this saturday i ended up loosing my most precicious possession in this world .. My beautiful, sexy, one of a kind cute mobile ..

I kept my precious in my "Foot loose" bag and went for attending my most favorite exam .. OOPS practicals - a piece of cake for me .. I scanned the whole place when i kept my cell in a pouch inside the front zip of my bag .. No one was looking at me .. The exam was from 9-12 ... I thought to myself .. I'll be out by 10.30 maximum , take a quick look at the msgs and have a good chat with a friend or two while the rest get their outputs verified .. As i submitted my record and took out the paper my h.o.d was keenly looking at my face expecting a shock .. Naay . I had this superb smile . I'm sure he wud have seen me punching in the air as i went to my place .. Call By Reference and Command line arguements .. he .. he.. like taking candy from a baby .. He called out as every one took out their papers . "Only one additional sheet allowed and no more " .. Who needs that .. I wrote the aim, algorithm and the coding of two programs .. The main sheet was more than enuf 4 me ... time = 9.29 .. Got the signature from my h.o.d(the first one to)..Had a teeny weeny problem with the c++ program... But java was over in 2 mins ... Viva took 5 more minutes and when i came out the time was 10.08 .. ha ha . Faster than what i thought of .. I faced the awe of my frenz as i shared my viva quesions and progs with them .. And finally took out my bag .............

SHOCK

The pouch where my phone was supposesd to be was empty ....I searched the nook and cranny of my bag but in vain .. I took out my friends cell form his bag and tried to call my mobile .. But it was switched off .. SHIT .. What am i into !! .. As the others came out of the lab i started askin them .. But no one had any any info .. Praveen loses his first moble ..

I travelled back home in a cursed, overcrowded,stinking 101 bus from poonamalee sitting in the last seat and lay my head on my bag placed on my lap .. Just a few centimeters from where my mobile was supposed to be..How will i convince my mom that it was a theft and i dint leave it anywhere .. How am i gonna face my dad .. Brushing all these thoughts aside .. How am i gonna miss my precious .. I was wrting a testimonial for my precious inside my heart ..

My beautiful mobile .. Has been with me for such a looong time ... Has seen my laughin as well as cryin .. Has been my best mate for the past 1 and 1/2 years .. It has seen me flirting with gals .. It has seen the most sentimental moments of my life .. It has seen me loosing wondeful frenz .. It has seen me re-gaining them also ... It was the my only timepass during the hectic return from ottapaalam last year ... It was the only mode of commn during last years flood .. It was more than a thing to me .. It was a person who saw me growing out into a guy from a kid ..

I just cant bare the things that i'm gonna miss along with my precious ... No more msgs saying "No college tommoro pass this 2 all " .. "Hmmm .. ok" .. "A 12 yr old kid needs blood ".. "Hi .. what doin ??"...No more forwards smiling at me every morning .. No more jokes that i can laugh at when i'm alone ...

All i can do is "Dai dai .. oru nimisham cell kudu da .. naan enga amma vukku vara late aagum nu sollidren .. atleast oru missed call pannitu tharen da " .. "Hey 10 minutes iruda naan mukkiyama kadala potukitu irukken .. naan reply pannley na ava kochikuva .. Unna evan cell tholaika sonnadhu "

To the dude who nicked my precious ..

You bloody " *@#$(#$@# $@#$($# #$(@#$% #I&$(%*
&*$%^( "

Dont think that u've acted very smart .. If u by chance read this ( i know u r not blessed enuf ) .. listen up ... I will catch u one fine day ... And u wont forget that day in ur life ..Those cheeks that smiled when it took my precious from my bag will have to face my fists of fury and those of twelve others .. Better be prepared ..

I need to appreciate u for one thing dude .. Your stupidity.. When i came home and called my mobile from a p.c.o it started ringing.. One guy took the mobile and when i asked whose mobile he was using .. He said that it was his mobile.. Second shock of the day .. I took a quick look at the digital display of the p.c.o phone .. It was my number only ... I called out "Dai nee seriyaana aambalai ya irundha Stay wher u are for the next 15 mins ..Police vandhu unna allitu po pogidhu " .. He statred stamemring and cut the phone ..I called again the stupid took it and sai that the fone belonged to his friend named subhash .. And when my mom called him the same happened .. The idiot removed the sim card only after 4.30 ..

To all those who have read this .. Pls type *#06# from ur mobile(invariable of the ur mobile model or network) to get a 16 digit code .. This number is called IMEI number of ur mobile .. Pls note this number in as many places as possible .. If u lose ur mobile by any chance this number may help u trace ur mobile .. Even if ur not able to trace it u may block ur mobile from being used by anyone .. I am unable to get back my precious just because i lost the IMEI number of my precious ..

My dear precicious ... I'm gonna miss u a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot ..

No words to define how sad i am ..

To all those who have read my blogs ...

2006-11-07T15:29:00.000+05:30

Hi ,
People who have read or had a skim or jus taken a look at my blogs (hello .. ello.. llo .. lo anybody there ..) pls note that i've deleted the blog named Life REC (there is nothing special in my college to blog abt it ) and i'll be talkin abt my college life in the packs is back itself (daah who cares )

Dictionary for Madras Bhashai a.k.a Chennai tamil

2006-11-06T13:29:00.000+05:30

Madras bashai is actually a spoken tamil without a care "assaulta "..

The most common used words are give below with thier meanings ..

Allwa - To cheat
Aatha - Mother
Abase - Loot adiththal
Alppam - A silly/cheap dude
Anna - The elder brother
Anni - Anna's figure
Appeettu - Unsuccessful
Asaththal - Kalakkal
Bajari - A not-so-friendly figure
Bandha - Pillim
Bekku - Fool
Body - Muscular Machi
Chithee - Aunty Figure
Dapsa/Doop - Lie
Desi Gujili - An Indian figure in US
Dhil - Courage
Dhool - Super
Dham - To smoke
Daavu - Site seeing
Dickielona - A friendly game played in Delhi(courtesy Movie:Gentleman)
Damaram - Deaf
Dori - Squint-eyed Figure
item - Young/Attractive Lady/Women/Girl
Freeyaavidu - Forget it
Gaali - Appeettu
Gujili - Figure
Guru - Head of the gang
Gujaals - Having fun with Gujilis
Gaanapaattu - Rap song sung by Machis
Galeej - Dirty
Gilli, Goli - Traditional games played in Madras
Goltti - A dude from Andhra
Jakku - An exclamation on seeing a not-so-Takkar figure (see Jil below)
Jollu - Bird watching
Jilpaans - Gujaals
Jute - Escape when caught up by girlfriend's father
.Jujubi - Easy
Jil - An exclamation on seeing a Takkar figure
Jalsa - Same as Gujaals
Kaattaan - Uncivilized/ Rude Machi
Kenai - Idiot
Kikku / Mabbu - Intoxicated/under influence
Kalakkalls - To cause a flutter
Kenai pakri - Friend of ushar pakri
Kindal - To make Fun
Kaka adikarathu - Putting soaps to someone
K M L - Kedacha Mattum Labam
Kudi - See Thanni
Kutti - Figure
Kudumba figure - Homeloving Gujli
Kudumba paatu - A song with which machis identify themselves
Kulls - A short mach
Laddu - Allva
Loot adiththal - to steal
Maams - One cool dude
Maanga - Fool
Machi - Maams
Mandai - A sharp guy
Mary - feminine of Peter
Mavu - refer O B.
Nacchunu - Bull's eye
Nambitten - I don't believe you
Naattu Kattai - A well-built village figure
Naattan - Villager
Naamam - To cheat
Naina - Father (courtesy Telugu)
Kadalai - Machi talking to a Gujili or vice versa
OB- To waste time
Ottal - To make fun of some one
Ondrai anna - Worthless
Pattaani - Machi talking to Machi or Gujli talking to Gujli
Peter Party - Machi trying to show off by talking in hi-fi english
Pathni - A figure who goes around the block
Pakkri - A shrewd dude
Petta - Area
Pisaaththu - Cheap
Pillim - Show-off
Peela - To lie
Rambo - A manly figure
Sister - Often used by Machis while Approching Figures for the first time
Songi - Lazy
Saanthu pottu - Possibility of getting beaten by a stick (courtesy Movie : Thevar Magan)
Takkar figure - Semma figure
Thanni - Liquor
Thalaivar - Leader
Tin katrathu - Getting into trouble (courtesy Movie: Anjali)
Ushar pakri - Smart pakriVennai - Fruit
Weightaana figure - A very attractive/rich figure
Wrong kaatrathu - Acting indifferently

more details ..

and when we speak this prestigious language all our parents say is " dai enna baasha da paesara ??" .. all mom and dad ......
BE A ROMAN WHEN U R IN ROME ... BE A CHENNAITE(MADRASI) WHEN U R IN CHENNAI !!!

The usual stuff ..

2006-11-02T15:28:00.000+05:30

Back again to update my blog .......
Whats happening in my life now ??? (dah .. who cares ) ... Actually nothing .. But still gotta update my blog ... Had a row with the customercare service of my network ..
Actually life is takin a u turn for me .. I'm regainin many friends .. Last month was a peace keeping month ... I was solving all the problems i stuck myself into and u know what .. The person who i mentioned in the last post spoke to me again( Maanam ketta vaney)...Life is showing its bright side to me after a long time ...Yeah but still i need more friends , more fun and more of that bright side .. And I've given up the whole idea of flirtin(dho da) .. This peice of advice goes to all guys who are interested in flirting and not yet started doin it .. "Be careful with gals " .. It very hard to find a good gal especiaaly when the bad ones are vey cute .. I've stopped using these bracket quotes(c'mon dont be such a spoil sport) .. Trying to stop abusing myself .

Thats it for this post and more to come soon ..

Sunshine in my life

2006-06-14T11:58:00.000+05:30

Man life is damn good now . A bit of sunshine after a heavy thunderstorm . I feel so fresh now ( i am saying this for the first time in my life ) . The only botheration is that i am totally bored out . But i'm sure that i bowl out my boredome soon coz i am in the process of finding good quality friends . I am rite now in my (so called) study holidays for my semester exams . I am eagerly awaiting my semester to end coz i am planning to have a nice holiday after that (Guess where .. swiss alps ? nah Munnar!!).
After the re-discovery of "Packs" inside me (guys i know what exactly is in your mind now .. remember you'll be hurting your monitor before you hurt my blog) there has been a remarkable increase in my sense of humour (in other words i'm making a big fool of myself in recent days) . Any way i'm enjoying every moment of my life and i hope you also do (not after reading my stupid blog)

I ran outta quotes to end this post ..
Please Post your valuable comments ..

D Packs is back

2006-05-01T11:36:00.000+05:30

Hurray .. I've my own blog (whatever!!!).Insipation my good old buddy Mith(even a dog has a blog .. y cant i ?).Coming to the title, yeah... i know ....i call myself Packs.Yesterday night i was thinkin lyin in my bed,"oooh what'll my poor school mates do without me, poor them" Mithun's words were still ringing hard in my ears "They are gone (add ecoes), no one cares for us(echoes), its all over(u know what to do), school friendship is no more(echo)".Just then i rembered what happened in my college today, my friend vishwaram called me packs(prob the only one who calls me like that). I asked myself "Where is that packs??" suddely a groovy voice replied "YO dude i am right inside you !!!"(what the heck !!).Thats when i realised Board members are bored of me, they need me no more.Packs was reborn(iknow that i'm makin a story outta nothing ... what to do gotta survive).The cooler, sexier(daah!!!), hungry for makin friends, mega flirt, outspoken packs reborn(chicks better run for your lives !!).Next evening first thing i do after retutning from my college, changed my Orkut profile name and sent a few friend invitations(only a few accepted thats a diff story), recharged my mobile searched for a chick's number started flirting(belive me she dint find me boring).Thats when i realised how cool life was.So new life going damn smooth thanks to mithun(umma).Tryin hard to make true pals.People who wanna be friends with me->praveenkilu@gmail.com or praveen_rapo@yahoo.co.in.

Enjoy life right now,
there might be someone with an axe just around the corner - Packs