924. The year 2017 is just like this underwear
Nine years ago, a reader of this blog, lost his underwear on this blog. I immediately wrote a warning post to my readers not to be careless while reading my blog. Today on the last day of 2017, someone again lost their underwear on my blog. It looks as though the underwear has been used by its owner for more than a decade. Except for the elastic band that reveals that the owner loves the brand " Crocodile", the remaining part of the underwear looks as if it had gone through some severe torture. Maybe, this is a new fa…
923. Greatest Bakery Plum cake
This place used to be the pride of Nagercoil. Greatest Bakery is the name of the place and you get the best plum cakes in the southern part of the country in this bakery. I have tasted plum cakes from this bakery for the last 4 decades and believe me when I tell this - I long for December to just have a bite of the plum cake. Nowadays the old taste is not there. Still, the bakery is known for its plum cakes. In the year 2006, my friend Martina came home to celebrate Christmas with us. When I started talking about Greatest bakery…
922. Will she survive?
Before she could embrace life to the fullest & drink her favourite wine, she must have her heart broken into pieces, trampled on & crushed into bits. She must have her emotions exposed & spat upon & have her soul illuminated in a naked posture of embarrassment & scoffed at by someone that she had held very dear. Then, if she finds out that it did not destroy her, she has found out that her heart can function on as a muscle that pumps blood without the faintest trace of emotion. When blame & shame, abuse &…
921. An ode to the Bohemian in me
Beneath your clothes is your naked body Beneath your skin is your naked mind Beneath your thoughts is your naked soul Undress your body Undress your mind Undress your soul Don't conform to the rules Don't think what others will think Be yourself without the mask Sail free and trod along with the light within May that light show the path to someone in darkness Beneath your clothes is your naked body If you embrace that nakedness you will find the meaning of life. - Chronicwriter
920. Idli Mondays
Image Courtesy: http://www.indobase.com/recipes/rec-images/idli.jpg The breakfast menu at home was standard during my childhood. My mom would make idlis on Mondays. I used to hate Mondays not just because of school, but also because of the idlis I was supposed to have for breakfast. We always had Idli for breakfast on Mondays. I detested them like how many Americans hate the Donald of America. My mother would force me to eat 4 idlis. The most common reaction from me would be a duck face and I would make weird sounds to indicate that I …
919. The story behind inky pinky ponky
Inky Pinky Ponky Father Had a Donkey Donkey Died Father Cried Inky Pinky Ponky All of us would have sung this rhyme at some point of our lives. This rhyme has helped us to take vital decisions in our life. I used this rhyme when I gave my CAT exams in 2004. When I looked at the question paper, I was literally in tears as I could not decipher anything in that paper. So I resorted to Inky Pinky Ponky and marked all the answers. Eventually I scored good marks and got into a good B school too. We have used this rhyme to accurately…
918. My love life and Milk Bikis
Renu was the girl I fell for when I was in Kindergarten. I have written about her many a time in this blog. We had a love hate relationship going on between us all through school life. I loved her and she hated me. I loved her in every way possible. Even when I knew that she was in love with Shabir ( my villain in school), my love for her never went down by even 1 milligram. I would write to her poems, love songs and even followed her to her home every day; but she never showed her love for me. I even symbolically left her …
917. The science behind Burps
A Jelly fish's mouth is also its anus. So throwing up and pooping are similar activities for a jelly fish. What is more weird to notice is the fact that the burp of a jelly fish is also its fart. At least for human beings we can differentiate between a fart and a burp. My friend Anand used to say that a fart is a burp that forgot its direction. Do you know that a person can let out a silent fart; but cannot burp silently. This makes us arrive at the much important question " Does Jelly fish fart silently?" …
916. Missing - Royal Stag Whiskey
I found this bottle of Royal Stag whiskey in Tiruvanmayur beach this morning. I clicked this picture to write a blog on it so that this bottle reaches its owner safe and sound. I understand that it is an irresponsible act on the part of the owner to leave a full bottle of whiskey at the beach. But I also believe that a misplaced object should be sent back to its rightful owner. Please share this blog as much as you can till the owner sees this. Can you please this do this help and make our country a better place to live in? But my fr…
915. She added me for something more than friendship
When I get a friendship request on FB, I usually check the profile of the person before accepting the request from them. People who send friendship requests fall under the following categories My relatives My friends My blog friends Professional network Church and Spiritual circle Music and arts circle Fake IDs Fraansheep requests I have got "7" many a time and it has been fun to chat with such people. Kondaiya maraika theriyaadha fellows. This morning, when I woke up, I got a friendship request from a girl. I …
914. The puppy shame man
When Hemu touches something it turns into a piece of art. I have always wondered how she finds time to do all that she does. She dances, sings, paints and does somersaults too. If you want to get your butt kicked, you can try to pick up a fight with her. When I am down and lazy, I always go to her blog for inspiration. This is a picture drawn by her. I don't understand what this is. I thought that this was a man sitting in puppy shame posture. I am glad that he is just showing his back. When I looked at this picture for somet…
913. Rasathi, Hotel California and Country Roads.
If you had read this blog , you would have known that our band performed a few western classic songs at Aegam Decor Cafe. We did not do a video recording of the performance. But our friends who came to the cafe did record some songs on their mobile phones. Presenting to you three songs that we sang that evening. Seraph is my sister and she sang Atlast, Feeling good, words, Hotel California Valerie and few other classic songs. I covered Lucky lips, Bachelor boy, Diana, Ten guitars and my own composition. We also sang a couple of du…
912. Old man on the sidewalk
Old man on the sidewalk, Who art thou? You look frail and sad and do not even have a pillow to rest your head Old man on the sidewalk, What is your bank balance? A dirty pink towel, a plastic bag with two papers and a shirt and a pair of slippers Old man on the sidewalk, Where is your house? It is drizzling now and you might catch a cold Old man on the sidewalk, Do you have a family? A place you can call home, where there is fun and laughter Old man on the sidewalk, Do you dream? Of having a bed for yourself and …
911. The Arjun Sampath technique of answering a question
I request all the engineering students to take a closer look at the man in the picture. He will inspire you to clear your exams with ease. Clearing all papers to get an Engineering degree is not an easy joke these days. I have been there; felt pain during my exams, beaten to pulp by Engineering mathematics; but eventually rose like a phoenix bird to finally clear my papers to get my Engineering degree. Some of the papers, that give heart attacks for Engineering students are Mathematics papers (M3 and M4 are dangerous terrorists) Fie…
910. The girl in the green half-saree
I was pursuing my third year of B.E. I literally lost any sort of contact with Renu and my love life was almost dead and buried. That is when I saw her. She used to wait at the bus stop every morning to board her bus to college. The bus stop was right opposite to the house where I stayed. We were 7 guys staying together in the house. None of us had the habit of getting up early. But her presence at the bus stop every morning at 7 changed our lifestyle. All of us started to wake up as early as 5 am, brush our teeth, take bath and present our…
909. Twitter doubles tweet length
Twitter has finally decided not act like a man suffering from PMS.( I know that a man does not suffer from PMS. But If I had used the word "women", many women would have ganged up on me). They have decided to go beyond the 140 character limit. Their USP was their 140 character limit. With that limit, it encouraged people to be more creative with a few words. Now with increase in character limit, people would start writing essays again. In no time twitter users would demand twitter to increase the character limit to allow the…
908. Aarav and the condom pack
A few days ago,my friend Ravi (name changed on purpose because he is my friend on Facebook too) invited me to his house for lunch . So here I was sitting in the living room of his house and watching TV, when his 6 year old son Aarav (name changed again) came up to me with a rubber ball. This is how our conversation went Aarav: Uncle please play with me Me: Okay. Go stand there. I will throw the ball at you Aarav: Okay catch this ball Me: Oops! You have a powerful arm. That throw was fast Aarav: Haha! Yes uncle! I know. I am stronger t…
907. He clapped when he died
Robin was an 8-year-old boy studying in class 3. He was the apple of the eye for his parents. He learnt Karate at a very young age and got a black belt when he turned 7. He was literally strong for his puny stature. But underneath all the strength that he carried inside, he was still an innocent child. His parents showered all their love on him. His mother would play with him every evening when he returned from school. His father was a man of few words. Though he loved his son dearly, he never expressed his love for his son through wo…
906. My favorite politician Valarmathi's video
I was binge watching my favorite Politician Valarmathi's videos on Youtube when I came across this particular video. What caught my attention was the title of the video. Valarmathi Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's granddaughter's name atop the smell video tribute. The apostrophes in the title are used correctly. So the entire sentence would not be wrong. I realized that there is a much deeper meaning hidden in that sentence. It could be a code for the future generations. There are four gentlemen and four soft ladies in th…
905. Word
Do you want to look like a literary genius on social media platforms? It is simple. All you have to do is find some newspaper cutting. Once you find a news article, just underline some sentence. Take a picture of that news article and post it in social media. Make sure to include the caption "WORD" while posting the picture in your social media profile. Adding the caption" WORD" will add value to your post. People will think that you are a genius. Why don't you try this today? My friends have tried this on…
904. Oviya, Me and the Gold Ring
This picture is so dear to me. I keep this picture under my pillow and every night before I go to sleep, I peek under the pillow to take a look at this picture. Yes I cry every single time I look at this picture. My pillow becomes wet every night because of the impact this picture creates in my heart. Why is this picture so close to my heart? This is the exact place where I broke up with my ex girl friend Oviya. We have spent many days sitting in this exact place. We will hold hands, talk about our future, our kids and our future dog.…
903. Push vs Pull
I am a Tamil guy. I think in Tamil and hence my English is not that good. When ever I see the word "Pull" written on a door, I always do mental mathematics whether I should push the door or pull the door. You might ask "Why I do that?" It might be simple for you. But for me, it is really tough. Each and every single time, I go through this trauma when I see the approach a door. I would stall for a moment and 9 out of ten times, do the exact opposite of what the door asks me to do. This is what I expressed in m…
902. Who is Ram Rahim?
1) He was one among the top 100 most powerful men in India in 2015 ( Source ). He was the 96th most powerful man in India at that time. MK Stalin was at 95th position and MS Dhoni occupied the 91st position in the list. 2) He has been accused of rape, murder and forced castrations. Yes! He has forcefully cut off the penises ( or the pair beneath them) of many men in the country. He was finally convicted of rape today and may be sentenced to 7 years in prison on Monday. Edit on Monday: He has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. Thi…
901. Say Hi to the Rs 200 currency
So tomorrow RBI will release the Rs 200 currencies. The 200 note is supposed to reduce the burden of the RS 100 note. I am not sure if that would reduce the burden of the Rs 100 note. But it sure would reduce the burden of all the cops who would stop bikes and demand Rs 100 from the bike riders. From now on they can ask them to give Rs 200. I like these cops. They are not too greedy. They don't demand Rs 500 or Rs 2000 notes. They are happy with Rs 100. The big thoppai cop near AMBIT Ambattur once stopped my car because I was not wea…
900. When Sachin Tendulkar crashed Cricinfo servers
Did Cricinfo servers crash when Sachin Tendulkar was reaching 200 runs in the 2010 match? Yes, I was in Singapore at that time and I could not watch the match live. I was following Cricinfo. By the end of the 48th over, Sachin had reached 199 runs. When the 49th over started, Dhoni was on strike. Dhoni faced all the balls and even though he clubbed Steyn for two sixes and one four, we were all not happy with Dhoni because we wanted Sachin to score that all important one run. To add salt to the injury, Dhoni took a single off the last b…
899. Say Hello to the band - Nameless
The journey started a year ago. Me and a group of friends joined together and jammed some songs and sang at a friend's wedding exactly a year ago. We sang some old classics and the father of the groom came and asked us "So what is the name of your band?". We stared at each other and thought to ourselves " Naaiku soru vachom; peru vaikkalaiyae" (We have done all the practice; but failed to even give a name for ourselves). Telfi (Simeon Telfer) immediately said " Engalukku Per illa" (We don't have a…
898. A trip to Crocodile bank in my Big red machine
I recently became a member of the Renault family by buying a Renault Lodgy MUV. After driving a Maruti Alto for 6 years, when I finally started driving a 8 seater, it feels so different. When I make turns at intersections, I am extra careful because of the thought that there is an entire row of seats at the back of the car. The reason why I love Lodgy is, even though it is a big car, it does not make me look small inside it. Being a shorty, SUVs usually look huge. When I was contemplating on buying a SUV, my friend reminded me of the Vadi…
897. Do you know why Dhoni knelt and kept wickets during the India Vs Pakistan bowl out in T20 WC 2007?
India went on to the bowl out with bowlers who had maximum stump hit rate while bowling in the nets. If you had watched the match, you would know that Indian bowlers Sehwag, Harbajjan and Robin Uthappa hit the stumps where as the Pakistan bowlers Arafat, Umar Gul, and Afridi missed hitting the stumps. We all go gaga over the accuracy of the Indian bowlers. I believe Dhoni played a much bigger part in helping them hit the stumps. Dhoni kneels behind the stumps and positions himself in such a manner that his shoulder frame exactly fits behi…
896. Miss Sophie
She was my 3rd standard craft teacher in school. She had a long nose, looked beautiful, was always neatly draped in a saree, but when she was angry we would all literally pee in our shorts. Shabir has once pooped once when she got angry with him. She oozed terror out of her every facial expression. When she gets angry she would scream like a cat suffering from constipation. She would always walk around with a wooden ruler. She might have been a psycho and if she had been a teacher in the present day education system, she would have been d…
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