The Year that was - 2007
You grow up, develop Ur own identity, live through it, identity doesn't come in a single day. Like a tree it grows on you slowly, evolves, changing through different climates, struggling through seasons. We try changing our own identity. Live through it, take inspirations, emulate them. Each Year goes by... Come this August 2008, I will be completing 25 years. Each year has been unique in its own way. Never have I tried to put forth what happened the year before. Anyway since I was running out of a blog topic, I took up this. This is my Odyssey of 2007. It wasn't an adventurous voyage but it had all the nub of it. If I have to prioritize on activities/things in 2007, well it will be this - " I got into a maximum number of acquaintance with people, umpteen number of friends,I got very close into. Partners in crime, Wild Wild West Friends, Surya-Deva Friend type, Agninachathiram types, anbe sivam kinds ... lots and lots, new friends become closer and closer , people of different ages, the fellows I knew closer,nathari pasanga each one is in one different corner now, though there were away from my day to day reach, we knew that the bonding always grow stronger." This has to be it. This tops the list. Rest follows.... This is one year, where I really wanted to dig all those lost passions of mine and revive themselves up, but I didn't want to force myself though, wanted to test myself whether I still have some left inside me. Pass :) Long Long ago, so long ago, when I was below 10, my father asked me to learn flute. I am not sure what was in my mind. I replied back "Karnatic music, NO WAY, and that too flute, who will keep that in mouth, it looks pain-full,, bye bye I am going to play outside ". Period. If only my father insisted me that day,things would have been different. Whenever I switch on TV channel, I see very small children singingsa sa pa ga , it was all Greek and Latin for me, and I thought they are some weird kids from alien world ... 'what the heck was that all about' and said a big NO to my father. However as the years went by, though I had an aversion towards learning music, hearing them to my ears was something different. Years passed by, now I have 2 guitars with me, though I don't know to play them both :D, I got the affinity towards learning or playing music. And the affinity towards them happened in the year 2007 and result - Music Grade 1 Theory 99% :D. I know its just theory, but still. I had to discontinue my classes since I had to travel officially, once I am back to my place, I will again go and bang Mr.Suresh's door. ( Well he was my guitar teacher btw ) My father then said, so what other activities you want to get into, I was always fond of drawing things on walls, but fearing my mom's scoldings I stopped drawing in our living room, but terrace and the stairs which lead to it, were of courserHouser Full with my show. I said I want to learn drawing, painting etc etc, he then hooked me onto some drawing class, it was damn interesting but I am not able to recollect as to exactly what happened that I left them after some time of time. The interest came back again when i started reading Calvin and Hobbes in office to kill time, and more when I started drawing Calvin's on my desk, andYeh Dil Mange More... I went and bought a book and now it is loaded with sketches :D One fine day when I was in college during my 5th semesters, I came back from college and I was very tired that I slept, I woke up at around 7 PM and I was haunted with a very bad headache, I didn't give much importance to it, took some medicines and slept through the night, the next day I had to skip college,coz it got worse, and it had to stay on top of me the full day, I couldn't help myself but stay put with it, came the next morning sun still the situation hasn't improved any further, I decided to meet a doctor, he gave me some pain killers and the evening was lot better, as far as I can remember this is how it all started. And this so called friend of mine stayed with me for Damn 6 years troubling me Read here. All of a sudden, it took me some time to realise that the head ache wasn't troubling me no more. In fact, I never realised that the ache is actually gone, since it almost became a part and parcel of my life, after some point I gave a damn about it, I learned to live through it. But then the past 3 months or so, I should say its Gone,Poyindii...I knew how much I have troubled my friends coz of my headache,visited multiple doctors in multiple cities all giving me the same weird answer " You are as good as me, wheres the problem ??? " Hear it everybody, you all Read it correct. Its gone. 4 Years back, when I went to trivandram for my cousins marriage, I was surrounded by floating numbers on screen with all those green and red arrows pointing no where and add to this surrounded by 4 of my family members talking about all those screwed up numbers. That time I was keeping myself mum and a year passed, All i did was to subscribe to Economic times instead of Indian Express, starting to earn money,I wanted to figure it out how to spend it or play with it. continuous subscription to various financial services, daily trades, I was literally playing with money, seeing them as mere numbers of-course no points/gifts for guessing, I ended up losing money. It took me some time to mature out of these things, it was fancy initially to me, then as time passed, I slowly started to stop all those financial destruction's when it comes to stock markets. For the first time, I stopped trading and started to invest this year and looked upon Warren Buffet Principles. Trying to mature myself as an investor. As I am writing this, Indian markets are witnessing its biggest fall ever in Indian History :P This is that year where I saw Zillion movies, not considering genres not considering the opinion, hit or bad,I just saw them all, reasons varying from to kill time, pass time, Forget time. Folks said that I am wasting time like I have 48 hours a day, yes I did, I agree but then I didn't find anything better to while away what I was going through. But then in the course of time I say, there are some films which are worth watching. 'Worth every second of the frame'.We learn through experiences, not everybody is blessed with tested times to prove himself. Some films can give you those visually, they can give you hope. It all started with me wanting to finish the IMDB top 250 list, I am not even half way through it :)) This section is a tag follow up - Photography from Maruthu - though I am no adept in it. LOL, others around me might say I am more interested in front of a camera posing rather than taking them. Whatever, behind or front, I have always liked it. This interest got into me when there was a weekly article in the Tamil dailyDinaMani every Sunday on how to take photos, the article comes every Sunday and I read every one of that, this I am saying some 10 years back, though I understood nothing out of it, but I still read every line of it. Back then, I didn't have a camera and the statusquo remainded till last year, when all of a sudden my friend have this digi cam :D Okka Mokka, anniki aramichathu.. I haven't stopped till date clicking. Yes I did open a flickr account like anybody else though it might not have pics to open ur eyes wide, well I always look back to these photos as the ones that I experimented with all those options in that camera. This is the flickr account link btw. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaganrules .And Maruthu, none of my friends are into photography other than you, so hence this will be an open tag from my end, lucky if someone picks it up. The camera that I was presented with was Cannon Power shot IS and given to me by :) Chandru :D My Fav Photo is this though I didn't click this.
 Cooking.. Potato Evalo Poke Pannanum LOL ,but now I know how much should I. It all started with that experience of mine and today if left alone, I cant cook a great tasty meal and I cant cook for the next room person as well, but sure I can cook to survive myself and make my stomach full with something in the kitchen. All these years my mother has lot many times tried to pull me into the kitchen, apart from to take the money under the sheets that she has kept, I have never entered into it not even to eat. Food comes into my bed. Times have changed.Atlast ennaiyum arasaiyal vathi aakitanga. I too learned cooking. :D Last but not the least, I have to wait one year to travel. On site this is every software engineer dream. It was a dream for folks in general, now it has evolved as a demand. Every body demands to goonsite and so did I. And for this I have to wait 11 months. And now here I am, stuck in a place not knowing what to do, how to do, when to do, where to go. But after coming here from my friend I learnt one vital point. Time is Finite.Kasu Enniki Pona Nalaiku Varum. aana Time Pona Varathu. Time Lost is time Lost, hence do things which you want to do and love to do. At 70 years, at death bed, we shouldn't feel cha we should have done that.This is my 124th post, would have been if this is coincidentally 125. watever, I never imagined that I will be able to blog for 3 years. So Katha Appadi Mudiyuthu, there are some minor and also major things that I have skipped here. Like in a exam, we are sometimes left with no choice but to skip those difficult problems, those multiple choice questions, we just try our luck but it end up turning negative. But still we sometimes end getting 85 percentile, we never aimed for 100% and nor we make an attempt to fail purposely, we give our best, when we expect somewhere in 60's, the teacherssurprises us with 85-90. So was the year 2007 was to me. There were difficult moments, there were things which I think I shouldn't have given an attempt, but overall if one asks me, 2007 just rocked.Life is a Bliss.
The Year that was - 2007 - Saturday, January 19, 2008 -
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Sunday, January 20, 2008 2:31:00 AM
Sunday, January 20, 2008 8:14:00 AM
mikka nandi :) mikka nandri :)) ... ( eppadi build up koduthu koduthu thanda oruthan alinji poiten :P ) |
Sunday, January 20, 2008 11:34:00 AM
arambame adhirudhu.... enna nadakka povudhooooooooo ;) |
Sunday, January 20, 2008 11:36:00 AM
2007 .. was special indeed in many ways to you. :) i f remember it right... Onsite, UR :P GUITAR, New camera, Got rid of ur thala vali, ... AM sure its gonna be an interestign post, Badly want to read it.. HYD poitaalum Browsing center vandhaavdhu pathudren :) |
Sunday, January 20, 2008 11:37:00 AM
Okka Mokka.. u almost told what i had in my mind... //Onsite, UR :P GUITAR, New camera, Got rid of ur thala vali, // ethuku mela nan enthana solla |
Sunday, January 20, 2008 11:37:00 AM
//M sure its gonna be an interestign post, Badly want to read it.. HYD poitaalum Browsing center vandhaavdhu pathudren :)// :) nandi nandri :) |
Monday, January 21, 2008 12:59:00 AM
dint know you got rid of your thala vali. But i can guess the reason. nee US la porakka vendiyavan. india climate unakku othukkala. intha build up eppadi ? |
Monday, January 21, 2008 9:40:00 AM
it took me some time to realise that machi..i willdetail it out.. nee enga vaaa machi... |
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:21:00 AM
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:34:00 PM
machi... really difficult to understand and navigate in ur blog... |
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:57:00 PM
why what is difficult.. u can see the archives by month wise. |
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 4:28:00 PM
First for sometime wats going on.. i closed browser couple of times.. beofre i understand page layout... |
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 4:51:00 PM
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 9:49:00 PM
yeah... now using feeds... |
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 10:12:00 PM
u mean u are using feeds ?? |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:00:00 AM
What made the trigger in u , to do the photography, painting, blogs. Was it a positive or negative incident, that made the trigger ? //At 70 years, at death bed, we shouldn't feel cha we should have done that. Is that the real motive for doing all these things . Be frank.. Did you do these things purposefully OR you did as a sake of killing time OR did you do it, since a friend of you did OR you did, since u shud not regret in ur 70's.. ////You grow up, develop Ur own identity, live through it, identity doesn't come in a single day. //Like a tree it grows on you slowly, evolves, changing through different climates, struggling through seasons. //We try changing our own identity. Live through it, take inspirations, emulate them Your post is an equal mix of acheivements and regrets. To whom u address the intro of this blog. Is it for urselves or for the rest ? What in the post u have talked about is only ur fun activites , the activites that makes u happy, the activites that made u intrest,.. But in reality of life, not all ur activities that u do for intrest, leads to ur destiny. U may ask the question, what is destiny. U may need to answer ursleves !! In the mad mad world, I appreciate that u live a life of oursleves, but ask a question to urselves. 'Have I missed / lost track of my career destiny.. a destiny for the soceity.. a destiny for my dependents.. a destiny for a better career' What you have reaped out, by doing all these activites. apart from personnel satisfaction ?? I could accept one thing, Ur RECALLING capacity had developed over the three years of blogging. Ur able to recall all the old things that happen in ur life and u r well documenting it. LOL Any way nice one.. appeciate ur positive approach of facing things. Not many has those. |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:03:00 AM
// What made the trigger in u , to do the photography, painting, blogs. Was it a positive or negative incident, that made the trigger ?// They all started as positive like a kid learning to speak. but then he not only speaks alphabets. as the year goes he is all f** up and the same speach he uses to speak all abusive language. now u call learning to speak positive or negative and u knwo what. i love giving answers that has no connection to the question but stilll revolves around the question. |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:03:00 AM
//Is that the real motive for doing all these things . Be frank..// Ha ha. orunthanan enjoi panna vida mattingaalee |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:03:00 AM
//Did you do these things purposefully OR you did as a sake of killing time OR did you do it, since a friend of you did OR you did, since u shud not regret in ur 70's../// LOL... I liked doing it and I did. Period. |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:04:00 AM
//Your post is an equal mix of acheivements and regrets. To whom u address the intro of this blog. Is it for urselves or for the rest ?/// Its for the outside world :D |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:06:00 AM
//But in reality of life, not all ur activities that u do for intrest, leads to ur destiny. /// Well I wontt agree .. there is ravi k chandran, ravi verman, those guys must have done that out of interest and it ended up as their destiny. Thats why career and passion are different. LOL I am not comparing myself against them. just an example. |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:07:00 AM
It' also fun, when u ask / comment for the sake of doing ( For the friend of you, would have insisted to comment - For the friend of U, who circulated he his blog URL), but still the friend, tries to reply back for the questions, though he cudn't answer. |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:08:00 AM
//U may ask the question, what is destiny. U may need to answer ursleves !!// Its been long time since i asked questions to myself, no more questions or cross checking.. |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:12:00 AM
//In the mad mad world, I appreciate that u live a life of oursleves, but ask a question to urselves. 'Have I missed / lost track of my career destiny.. a destiny for the soceity.. a destiny for my dependents.. a destiny for a better career'/// Ha ha.. i dont want to publicize my social involvement. they are there coz they give you true happiness.. well admist all this i still do my8 hours of work :D and if the situation demands i can stay all night in office to give you company too... rest does follow :D |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:13:00 AM
//What you have reaped out, by doing all these activites. apart from personnel satisfaction ??// if you are personnaly satisfied, you can do anything.... You have ur full energy inside you in full flow :D |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:14:00 AM
//Ur able to recall all the old things that happen in ur life and u r well documenting it. LO// H a ha. documentation ha ha. dai come out of ur office mood. anway danQ :D |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:14:00 AM
//appeciate ur positive approach of facing things. Not many has those.// Mikka nandri :) |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:18:00 AM
///It' also fun, when u ask / comment for the sake of doing ( For the friend of you, would have insisted to comment - For the friend of U, who circulated he his blog URL), but still the friend, tries to reply back for the questions, though he cudn't answer./// LOL.. orunthan mangu mangunu elutharan.. eppadi ooru ulagam padikanma pochunu .. enna panrathu... athuku than |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:27:00 AM
EOD :P . namma nimathiya thoongaromanu than mukkiyum... so olunga confuse pannikama thoongara valiya paru... Thaniya Kudi.. Thaniya Kudi :) |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:48:00 AM
i know it doesnt make sense, but it was nice reading. Even if i had not known you, might have enjoyed the post. |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 1:03:00 AM
@Ramak.. dai which doesnt make sense, my post, ur comment or the comments above.. and why even if had not know u , u might have enjoyed the post. ennaku purila why u said that nuuuu |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 1:20:00 AM
i mean sometimes a comment of a "nice reading" means you found nothing else in the post to comment about. so dint want to say that, but ended up saying that cos it was really a nice read. |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 11:26:00 AM
Dei,, //As I am writing this, Indian markets are witnessing its biggest fall ever in Indian History :P// kitta thatta Udyan range-ku vandhitta.. unkitta innum naan konjam expect pannareen!! |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 11:42:00 AM
ha ha.. LOL .. i didnt actually notice that. |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 5:11:00 PM
Mapla, saw ur photos... kalakkura !!! ellathaiyum enhance panriya ??? Kalakku !!! |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 6:57:00 PM
dai entha photos solra. and enhance purila ???? |
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 8:41:00 PM
flickr photos... edigitally edit panniya ? or just direct from camera upload paniya ? |
Thursday, January 24, 2008 2:35:00 AM
first time here....and i must say; nice blog man! looks like you put quite some thought into how it looks now... and I thought I was the only one who was obssessed with the imdb top 250 :D |
Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:43:00 AM
//gitally edit panniya ? or just direct from camera upload paniya ?// Not all are direct photos, some were edited with saturation effects, i just increased the contrast of it. :) |
Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:44:00 AM
Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:44:00 AM
//and I thought I was the only one who was obssessed with the imdb top 250 :D // No no . there is hell a lot of company for tat :D |
Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:45:00 AM
today in my Summary(Appraisal) meeting, my manager was bugging me what all did i do in 2007... Pesama naanum unna maathiri oru blog post ezhuthi andha aalukku link'a anupichirukalam.. |
Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:50:00 AM
@arun LOL... haha.. ]ethu valkai summary machi .. |
Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:51:00 AM
////first time here....and i must say; nice blog man!//// Mikka Nandri :) |
Thursday, January 24, 2008 11:57:00 PM
@Arun - mgr ta past 1 yr naan onnum work pannala innu solradhum avanukku oru blog linku anupuradhum onnudhan... anubhavam pesudhu !!! |
Friday, January 25, 2008 12:05:00 AM
hmm.. nee solrathum corectuthaan.. |
Friday, January 25, 2008 12:41:00 AM
eppadi erunthallum aaaapu than.. so blog anupu mamuuu |
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