Out of sheer boredom decided to accompany parents to Muneeswaram temple for Sivarathiri. Every year I visit a shiva temple in colombo. This was the first time i was attempting to spend it in Muneeswaram Temple which is in chilaw. My parents, brother and I left at eight to get there. I felt like it was almost the old days when i was single and no responsibility. I had a vision in my mind where the temple would be silent and no crowd.
Oh boy was i wrong the temple was brightly lit with huge crowds. It was a mini carnival out there with the baloon man, ice cream man and the small shops with loads of household stuff. This temple has ardent buddhist followers who had come to give their offerings and pray to lord shiva. Ten O clock pooja, I was totally mesmerised. Huge crowds, chanting, different drum beats ( mix of south indian and kandyan). Buddhists and Hindus Standing together and praying loudly at the decorated deity...
I think i can relate to people losing it and dancing as if something as entered into them, the temple has many people who become like that and have watched them from afar. No i did not jump to join them. But i suddenly could relate to it. The end of the pooja and i knew one thing if god Beckons me all the way to his temple so far, i guess its meant to be I am going to make it... Somehow figure it out. Not all but some of it to start........
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Living in a Bubble.........
Saw the little college going cousin online and asked her why she was on holiday and not in college. She said the colleges are closed in view of the protests held in Tamil Nadu. I really dont know if the protests held are right or wrong... i am not even sure why i am blogging about the topic for which i dont have a definite opinion.
There are so many refugees stuck in india crowded in so many camps. What did India do for those refugees who left these shores to go there? Are they really settled for better life or cramped and stamped into a refugee mark? You cant even open an account in India if u hold a Sri Lankan passport. Whats all these protests about really.......
I should stop pondering these thoughts and go back to living in a bubble of my usual work...
There are so many refugees stuck in india crowded in so many camps. What did India do for those refugees who left these shores to go there? Are they really settled for better life or cramped and stamped into a refugee mark? You cant even open an account in India if u hold a Sri Lankan passport. Whats all these protests about really.......
I should stop pondering these thoughts and go back to living in a bubble of my usual work...
Thursday, February 5, 2009
"Its written" -Slumdog Millionaire!
So everyones been watching this movie and asking me. So had to do the next best thing and got DH to buy me a dvd. Its a really good movie. Maybe since i had already read the book and liked the book so much. There are some bits from the book and more cinematic. Its always nice to read a book and see the movie. The book was Q&A by Vikas Swarup.
Wont write much on the story line since dont want to spoil it for the ones who watch it. Do watch it. I like the ending words mentioned in the movie "Its written" So right it is. Guess Everything is and thats called destiny!
Loved the little five year old Jamal such a cutie pie.
Wont write much on the story line since dont want to spoil it for the ones who watch it. Do watch it. I like the ending words mentioned in the movie "Its written" So right it is. Guess Everything is and thats called destiny!
Loved the little five year old Jamal such a cutie pie.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Getting to know me....
I have run out of things to blog about so thought its a good time to talk about me, myself and I. So copying it off another bloggers and here it is. Its not a real tag but u can tag yourself if u like kind of thing........
1. What time did you get up this morning?
Five fifteen. Had hardly slept last night was up being miserable .
2. Diamonds or pearls?
Diamonds
3 What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Madagascar 2
4. What is your favourite TV show?
Sex and the City, Desperate housewives, Oprah and friends (cant chose between them )
5 What do you usually have for breakfast?
Oats porridge which makes me hungry before lunch
6.What is your middle name?
Actually don’t have one only first name and surname but if I had to have one it would be Santhoshi since that’s whats very much lacking in my life right now!
7. What food do you dislike?
I think meat and fish since I am vegetarian.
8. What is your favourite album at the moment?
Tamil album of varanam ayiram songs
9. What kind of car do you drive?
Suzuki
10. Favorite sandwich?
Asparagus sandwich
11. What characteristics do you despise?
The know it all talkers
12. Favorite item of clothing?
My skinny jeans
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?
Italy and Spain ( and the list goes on for ever)
14. favourite brand of clothing?
I love clothes, don’t want to define the brand and push it into a small circle. Anything nice and fits well is my favourite any day.
15. Where would you retire to?
Not thought of that one yet since I plan to live a 100 years ( yeah only the good die young)
16. What was your most memorable birthday?
19th I had so much fun and if I think of it the happiness of that time makes me smile. It was a fun party with college friends and my two best friends there. I have not had such a happy birthday in the last thirteen years
17. Favourite sport to watch?
Tennis since D plays it
18. When is your birthday?
Midsummer
19.are you a morning person or a night person?
Night person
20. What is your shoe size?
eight (yeah I have big feet)
21. Pets?
None
22. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us?
Nothing right now…….
23. What did you want to be when you were little?
Doctor
24. How are you today?
Miserable with lack of sleep
25. What is your favourite candy?
anything chocolate
26. What kind of flowers do you like?
Roses & Jasmines
27. What day on the calendar are you looking forward to?
The kids birthdays.
28. What is your full name?
Cant say that here
29. What are you listening to right now?
The dull drone of ac and me typing on a keyboard
30. What was the last thing you ate?
Chapathi and dhall
31. Do you wish on stars?
Not anymore
32. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Purple
33. What is the weather like right now?
Sunny
34. First person you spoke to on the phone today?
DH
35. Favourite soft drink?
Coke
36. Favourite restaurant?
Golden Dragon at the Taj
37. Real hair color?
Black with a tinge of dark brown
38. Favorite toy as a child?
Sand
39. Summer or winter?
Summer.
40. Hugs or kisses?
Both
41. Chocolate or vanilla?
Both
42. Coffee or tea?
Coffee.
43. When was the last time you cried?
Last night
44. What is under your bed?
I think the under the bed monster who I keep checking for
45. What did you do last night?
Watched a movie “Before the rains”
46. What are you afraid of?
Loneliness
47. Salty or sweet?
Sweet
48. How many keys on your key ring?
two
49. Favourite day of the week?
Friday
50. How many towns you lived in?
3
51. Do you make friends easily?
yes
1. What time did you get up this morning?
Five fifteen. Had hardly slept last night was up being miserable .
2. Diamonds or pearls?
Diamonds
3 What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Madagascar 2
4. What is your favourite TV show?
Sex and the City, Desperate housewives, Oprah and friends (cant chose between them )
5 What do you usually have for breakfast?
Oats porridge which makes me hungry before lunch
6.What is your middle name?
Actually don’t have one only first name and surname but if I had to have one it would be Santhoshi since that’s whats very much lacking in my life right now!
7. What food do you dislike?
I think meat and fish since I am vegetarian.
8. What is your favourite album at the moment?
Tamil album of varanam ayiram songs
9. What kind of car do you drive?
Suzuki
10. Favorite sandwich?
Asparagus sandwich
11. What characteristics do you despise?
The know it all talkers
12. Favorite item of clothing?
My skinny jeans
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?
Italy and Spain ( and the list goes on for ever)
14. favourite brand of clothing?
I love clothes, don’t want to define the brand and push it into a small circle. Anything nice and fits well is my favourite any day.
15. Where would you retire to?
Not thought of that one yet since I plan to live a 100 years ( yeah only the good die young)
16. What was your most memorable birthday?
19th I had so much fun and if I think of it the happiness of that time makes me smile. It was a fun party with college friends and my two best friends there. I have not had such a happy birthday in the last thirteen years
17. Favourite sport to watch?
Tennis since D plays it
18. When is your birthday?
Midsummer
19.are you a morning person or a night person?
Night person
20. What is your shoe size?
eight (yeah I have big feet)
21. Pets?
None
22. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us?
Nothing right now…….
23. What did you want to be when you were little?
Doctor
24. How are you today?
Miserable with lack of sleep
25. What is your favourite candy?
anything chocolate
26. What kind of flowers do you like?
Roses & Jasmines
27. What day on the calendar are you looking forward to?
The kids birthdays.
28. What is your full name?
Cant say that here
29. What are you listening to right now?
The dull drone of ac and me typing on a keyboard
30. What was the last thing you ate?
Chapathi and dhall
31. Do you wish on stars?
Not anymore
32. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Purple
33. What is the weather like right now?
Sunny
34. First person you spoke to on the phone today?
DH
35. Favourite soft drink?
Coke
36. Favourite restaurant?
Golden Dragon at the Taj
37. Real hair color?
Black with a tinge of dark brown
38. Favorite toy as a child?
Sand
39. Summer or winter?
Summer.
40. Hugs or kisses?
Both
41. Chocolate or vanilla?
Both
42. Coffee or tea?
Coffee.
43. When was the last time you cried?
Last night
44. What is under your bed?
I think the under the bed monster who I keep checking for
45. What did you do last night?
Watched a movie “Before the rains”
46. What are you afraid of?
Loneliness
47. Salty or sweet?
Sweet
48. How many keys on your key ring?
two
49. Favourite day of the week?
Friday
50. How many towns you lived in?
3
51. Do you make friends easily?
yes
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Colombo and Bookshops!
What Colombo really needs is a good Bookshop. We have too many coffee shops (where some of the coffee is vile). We have some bookshops. Do we have a really good book shop? Vijitha Yapa has all these books but very cluttered and lay out. Crescat branch is reasonably ok but some kids books u have to sit and find it. Makeens is nice they are kind of getting it right with the layout but we don’t have a Landmark (like from Chennai) or WhSmith (ok asking for too much).
I must say I am very happy with the new set of books that Makeens has got. Most of the books which were not available a year back from all these authors of chicklit is now available for us to read.
The service at the bookshops are also autrocious. They have never heard of most of the authors and cannot be bothered to help out. Sometimes the pronounciation of some of the sales people will make the author cringe if she/ he was to hear it. So thats what we need a good bookshop.
In liberty plaza there is a cute shop filled with books a tiny place where u can get stuff (in front of uthum pathum).....
I must say I am very happy with the new set of books that Makeens has got. Most of the books which were not available a year back from all these authors of chicklit is now available for us to read.
The service at the bookshops are also autrocious. They have never heard of most of the authors and cannot be bothered to help out. Sometimes the pronounciation of some of the sales people will make the author cringe if she/ he was to hear it. So thats what we need a good bookshop.
In liberty plaza there is a cute shop filled with books a tiny place where u can get stuff (in front of uthum pathum).....
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Can you be friends with your Ex?
A friend calls up and asks advice that her husband’s Ex wants to be friends again with him. (Confused? Yeap join the club?). Story is this Friend (F) and her Husband (FH)have been married for many years now. The FH s ex (FHX) i.e his first girlfriend from school has called him up and wants to be friends with him.
I should write an equation on this. Anyways, F was freaking out since FHX has called up FH saying that she is unhappy in her marriage having lots of problems and that she is very ill and they should be in touch. Red alert there! FH is a decent enough guy to have told F about this, but is not being enthusiastic enough to listen to F and not be friends with FHX. F was losing her marbles and totally freaking out since this was a strong long affair from school onto university.
My personal opinion was you cant be friends with and Ex. Obviously even if u are happily settled now your first love will always be special. Call me old fashioned but there it is. What is your opinion on this? Can we be friends with the Ex?
I should write an equation on this. Anyways, F was freaking out since FHX has called up FH saying that she is unhappy in her marriage having lots of problems and that she is very ill and they should be in touch. Red alert there! FH is a decent enough guy to have told F about this, but is not being enthusiastic enough to listen to F and not be friends with FHX. F was losing her marbles and totally freaking out since this was a strong long affair from school onto university.
My personal opinion was you cant be friends with and Ex. Obviously even if u are happily settled now your first love will always be special. Call me old fashioned but there it is. What is your opinion on this? Can we be friends with the Ex?
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Prayer, Peace and Problems!
On my way to Kataragama with the Ada Derana giving news on the fall of killinochi. Keeping the kids entertained on a long drive so far is no joke. They drive you nuts and u want to jump off the car, Specially if they decide not to sleep right through the drive. Parents were giving their two cents worth on phone every one hour.
Mum : U know if u stop at three thirty near Udawalave u can see the baby elephants being fed.
Dad : u have to stop and feed the elephants some sugar cane.
Me : (I am very frightened of wild elephants of any sort and I aint doing any of that)
We get to the dam and inquire we had just missed the feeding bit. So off we went. Boy oh boy there were so many of the Elephants hanging out near the fence. Happily munching the grass and huge trees and posing. So we had to stop and kids were getting far too excited and shouting, I was sure that we were going to get chased by them any minute. This went on for quite a bit with no accidents and off we were.
Have not been to the temple for some years now and going there I had this intuition that we were going to be called in and don’t have to wait in the que. I was on a torn and upset mood when I went to the temple and the guys kept telling not to come in to wait till the pooja is over. Then as I knew one guy came and told us to cross in through the rope. So there my intuition was right. We were there right through the pooja and I felt thorought blessed inside the temple.
Went back to the temple next day. Miracles don’t happen twice so had to wait and went in after the poojava. The rice that they give as Prasad is out of this world I must say during afternoon.
My impatience of god setting everything right immediately is not going to work I was to realize when I made it back to Colombo. That’s ok I shall wait for the gods powers to work. DD has been advising so many times to go to kataragama which I have managed to do, so let me wait and see for the wonders to work…….
Mum : U know if u stop at three thirty near Udawalave u can see the baby elephants being fed.
Dad : u have to stop and feed the elephants some sugar cane.
Me : (I am very frightened of wild elephants of any sort and I aint doing any of that)
We get to the dam and inquire we had just missed the feeding bit. So off we went. Boy oh boy there were so many of the Elephants hanging out near the fence. Happily munching the grass and huge trees and posing. So we had to stop and kids were getting far too excited and shouting, I was sure that we were going to get chased by them any minute. This went on for quite a bit with no accidents and off we were.
Have not been to the temple for some years now and going there I had this intuition that we were going to be called in and don’t have to wait in the que. I was on a torn and upset mood when I went to the temple and the guys kept telling not to come in to wait till the pooja is over. Then as I knew one guy came and told us to cross in through the rope. So there my intuition was right. We were there right through the pooja and I felt thorought blessed inside the temple.
Went back to the temple next day. Miracles don’t happen twice so had to wait and went in after the poojava. The rice that they give as Prasad is out of this world I must say during afternoon.
My impatience of god setting everything right immediately is not going to work I was to realize when I made it back to Colombo. That’s ok I shall wait for the gods powers to work. DD has been advising so many times to go to kataragama which I have managed to do, so let me wait and see for the wonders to work…….
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