He politely asked, smiling at us kids, seated in one of the family rooms of the restaurant, for dinner. The four member family that we were.... Father, Mother, Son, Daughter.
Without bothering to look at the menu...my Father knew what to order.
"Yes, please...one CB, one EB, one MB, one VB. Thank you!"
It was during one of those trips , back during childhood vacation times...to Velankanni Church, in Tamil Nadu.
There was always this same hotel that we used to check in. Start the road trip early morning by around 5 am, and we reach there by 6 pm in the evening. So, freshed up, take a walk to the church, the premises and back to the hotel restaurant for dinner.
.......
He was all set with his pen and writing pad to jot down the food order, and listening to my Father's "no joke" kindof tone...he was like....."Excuse me SIR !!!! ??? ....as if stuck with a riddle, to which he had no clue, what the answer was.
Well...we knew..exactly what it meant....and just couldn't help but giggle...watching his jaws also expand, listening to the Abbreviation Expansion...... Oru (one) CHICKEN BIRIYANI, oru EGG BIRIYABI, oru MUTTON BIRIYANI, oru VEG BIRIYANI !!!
A classified that came up in one of the websites here - Indians In Kuwait.
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O.M.G !!!! rofl !!!
got to admit..this was in one of our neighbouring buildings..humm
Resident-must-will-be-18-only..and from Shreelanka !
and if you still need more..
there's this announcement as issued by the Ministry here, on traffic control and road diversions for a major fire-works display that was to take place.
click the link above..well, thats official english !!! haa haa..major hights below "
".......The General Directorate of traffic will several conversions of distance 4 km on Gulf Street the previous day to celebrate Friday, 9/11/2012 ring junction begins with the Arabian Gulf Street until the intersection with Gulf Street fence towards Shuwaikh......"
" ..........He noted it would Gulf Street junction III with the Gulf until the intersection of fence with pedestrian and Gulf markets and celebrations, adding that parking with special needs and the elderly and State guests will be in arenas near dasman Palace Alumni Association....."
had a hearty laugh ???
well..there was a time when my entire world revolved around just one thing -
M U S I C.
Eat music..sleep music..study music .
We had and still have have at home this really old tape recorder that my father had brought while he was a teenager, prroudly saying that he was the first person to buy a music player then at his time, amongst his friends. A time when National and Panasonic was one single entity.
(just managed to find a picture from google exactly similar as what we still have at home. its an antique piece by now!)
The first thing i do entering my room once back from school was to on the tape - recorder and it could go on and on even while i fall sleep late at night. And...one of my all time favourites was this lovely slow number "WORDS"..by Boyzone. My brother was to hard rock while me was to these cute boybands - Boyzone, Westlife.....and girlbands too - Spice girls....so so.... which he used to mock as "baby-bands"."
I specifically liked that song coz that was a personal excuse kind for me, saying you have to be speaking and speaking to express yourself....you have to be soo full of WORDS. (for the big-mouthed girl that i was)..after all thats what the 5 handsome boys are singing.
It was my first year of Engineering and the time when you are extra-cautious, writing the first lab assignment..coz, you want your record book to be super neat..with absolutely no rub marks and in the best of your handwriting. One mistake, and i used to tear off the entire page and rewrite it all over again.
And again..it was the same song.."WORDS" by Boyzone that was being played and i was writing..believing that wow! my pages does look good.
But..got the record book back after correction and there was this big circle and question mark in red.
It was my civil lab record and the first chapter was familiarization of various lab equipments and tools and what did i write ????
TAPE : A tape is a measuring device which is used to take your heart away !!!!!!!
ooh noo !!!!
those who are familiar with the song will know exactly what has happened.
The tape in the book and the tape that was being played..just overlapped !!!
well..its better that at times, you just dont mix these two things together :)
She doesnt mix these two things anymore..she's all grown up (really !!!)..but certain things just wouldn't change. She still is a big mouth ;) .......... ................... ............................... ............... .......
think of all the "hours" of antics that Bollywood need to come up with...to express one single theme -
LOVE !
climb up and dance at the top most point of the cliff....
Up was released on May 29, 2009 and opened the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first animated and 3D film to do so.[4] The film became a great financial success, accumulating over $731 million in its theatrical release. . The film received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, making it the second animated film in history to receive such a nomination, following Beauty and the Beast
well..its not the financial victory of the movie that i am highlighting..rather...how the entire essence of "living in love..till death do us apart" has been soo beautifully....sooo beautifully depicted...
in just about
4 MINUTES !!!
and that too....in
UNSPOKEN WORDS !!!
......from the random-toothed, pranky, tomboy little girl ..to the young pretty bride who is seen doing carpentry works right in her bride's dress...to the lovely caring old lady.....
.....from the timid shy little boy to the grumpy old man....
that's Carl and Ellie.
one of the best love stories - all in
JUST 4 WORDLESS MINUTES.
watch the link below - esp from 2-6 mins. Its just too good. At the later scenes, we can even feel the tears in his eyes. Very well depicted.
thats one gorgeous scene !!
But again…it’s a Hollywood number..you definitely can’t
challenge them. After a particular stage, the 78 year old grump Carl does what
even Rajnikanth wouldn’t consider giving a try – The tens of thousands of
balloons that lifted his entire house up and beyond the continent…is ..now
his backpack!!! From one point of
time…the balloons, his home, the big-fat little chap, are all tied to his shoulderswhile trecking through the wilderness ! Oh
well….alright..no questions asked.
Kadhayil chodhyam ella!!!
but..at the end of the day..i have just one question to myself...
