Thursday, September 17, 2009

ഒരു മലയാളം ബ്ലോഗ് അപ്പന്റെ പ്രതിസന്ധി !

ഒരു മലയാളം ബ്ലോഗ് ചെയ്യണം എന്ന് കൊറച്ച് നാള്‍ ആയി കൊതിക്കുന്നു. സത്യം പറഞ്ഞാല്‍ ആദ്യത്തെ പ്രശ്നം ഇതു മരിയാതെക്ക് (ഉദാഹരണം ഇതു തന്നെ )..
ആദ്യം' ഉദാഹരണം' എന്ന വാക് തന്നെ ടൈപ്പ് ചെയ്തപ്പോള്‍ പണ്ടു നാണിച്ചു പറഞ്ഞ ഒരു വാക്കാണ് ആദ്യം വന്നത്. പിന്നെ ബാക്ക് സ്പേസ് അടിച്ച് അടിച്ച് കറക്റ്റ് വാക്ക് കിട്ടി. അടുത്ത കാലത്തെങ്ങും ഇത്രെയും ബാക്ക് സ്പേസ് അടിച്ചതായി ഓര്‍മയില്ല . വാക്കുകള്‍ ടൈപ്പ് ചെയുമ്പോള്‍ 'മലയാല്ലാം' സ്റ്റൈല്‍ ആയാല്‍ ഒരു ഗുണം ഉണ്ട്.
മലയാളം ചാനെല്‍ ലില്‍ എപ്പ അവതാരിക ആയെന്നു ചോദിച്ചെന്നു പറഞ്ഞാല്‍ മതി !

പിന്നെ അടുത്ത കാരിയം (കൊറേ ബാക്ക് സ്പേസ് അടിച്ചിട്ടും കറക്റ്റ് വാക്ക് വരുന്നില്ല .. ഒരു ലിമിറ്റ് ഇല്ലേ ബാക്ക് സ്പേസ് അടികുന്നതില്‍ ).. ഓക്കേ . അടുത്ത കാരിയം .. നല്ല ഒരു പേരു കണ്ടുപിടിക്കുന്നതാണ് . ഒരു മാതിരി പേരുകള്‍ ഒക്കെ എടുത്തു കഴിഞ്ഞു . പിന്നെ ഉള്ളത് പഴയെ മലയാളം സിനിമ പാട്ടു പാടി അതിന്റെ ഇടയില്‍ ഉള്ള കവി പാടുപെട്ടു ഉണ്ടാക്കി കണ്ടുപിടിച്ചു ചെല വാക്കുക്കള്‍ എടുത്തു ചാര്‍ സോ ബീസ് പരുവത്തില്‍ ആകി ഇട്ടു പരീക്ഷികാന്‍ പട്ടുന്താണ് .( വീണ്ടും ബാക്ക് സ്പേസ് പ്രശ്നം) മികവാരും എന്റെ ബ്ലോഗ് ഇങ്ങനെ പോയാല്‍ തമിഴും മലയാളല്വും ചാനെല്‍ അവതാരിക ഭാഷ യും ചേര്‍ന്ന് ഒരു പുതിയ ഭാഷ തന്നെ ആയേക്കാം . ഇനി ഈ പേരില്‍ ആധുനിക മലയാളത്തിന്‍റെ അപ്പപനെന്നോ അളിയനെന്നോ വല്ല പാരിതോഷികം കിട്ടിയാല്‍ ദിവസം തിന്നുന്ന തോര്രന്റെ (ഇതു പുതിയ കറി ഒന്നും അല്ല .. പച്ചകറിയും തേങ്ങയും മു‌ളക്കും ചേര്‍ന്ന് ഉണ്ടാകുന്ന ആ സംഭവം ഉണ്ടല്ലോ ..അതാണ്‌ മുപതു ബാക്ക് സ്പേസ് കൊണ്ടു പറ്റാഞ്ഞ് അവസാനം ഇങ്ങനെ എഴുതേണ്ടി വന്നത് !) കൂടെയ്‌ ഒരു കോഴി കാല്‍ കാണാനുള്ള ഭാഗ്യം വന്നെകാം! ആദ്യം ആയിട്ട് ആയിരിക്കും ഒരാള്‍ ഇങ്ങനെ പറയുന്നത് .. ഒരു കുഞ്ഞി കാല് കാണാനുള്ള ഭാഗ്യം ഈശ്വരന്‍ എനിക്ക് തരുമോ . അത് പോലെ .. ഒരു കോഴി കാല് കാണാനുള്ള ആഗ്രഹം എനിക്ക് തരുമോ ..

പിന്നെ അടുത്ത കാരിയം (കട്ട്‌ ആന്‍ഡ്‌ പേസ്റ്റ് )..
ദിവസവും പത്രം വായിക്കണം . അതിലെ ഏറ്റവും വലിയ സംഭവം താമസം രൂപത്തില്‍ ആകണം. ഇവിടെയാണ്‌ ഏറ്റവും വലിയ പ്രശ്നം . ഇപ്പോള്‍ പത്ര വാര്ത്ത തന്നെ തമാശ ആണ്. അത് വായിച്ചു അതിന്നും കൂടുതല്‍ തമാശ ആകണം എന്ന് പറഞ്ഞാല്‍ , അതിന്നും നല്ലതും എളുപ്പവും മിണ്ടാ മഠത്തില്‍ പോയി പന്തളം ശശിയുടെ ഗാനമേള കേള്കുനതാണ് ! അല്ലെങ്കില്‍ സിനിമ കണ്ടു കമ്പ്ലീറ്റ്‌ കുറ്റം പറയണം . സൂപ്പര്‍ താരങ്ങളെ അടിച്ച് താഴ്ത്തി
കേള്‍കാത്ത കൊറേ ടീംസ്‌ പൊക്കി പറയണം ..
പിന്നെ ശുദ്ധ ഹാസ്യം .. ബാര്‍ബര്‍ ഷോപ്പ് പോലെയുള്ള വല്ലതും ! ചുരുക്കം പറഞ്ഞാല്‍ ഒരു പേജ് ന്റെ ബ്ലോഗ് എഴുതണമെങ്കില്‍ ചുരുക്കം പന്ത്രണ്ടു മണികൂര്‍ കഷ്ടപ്പെട്ട് ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടി നെടുമുടിച്ചു മുട്ടുകുത്തി എന്തിക്കിലും ചെയണം .. അതിനും നല്ലത് ഇപ്പോള്‍ ഉള്ള ബ്ലോഗ് വായിച്ചു ഫോര്‍വേഡ് ചെയ്തു ഓഫീസില്ലേയ് സെര്‍വര്‍ ഹെവി ആകുനതല്ലേയ് ..
അപ്പോള്‍ തല്‍കാലം ലാല്‍ സലാം

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Perspective under the tent

Nostalgia..
I always think how to define that.. is there any particular period defined for that..
Or is it just few memoirs where you would wish, to be back and/or swing with it again..

Anyway last day I'd gone with my son to see Circus. aha! now you know
why I started with Nostalgia. Well when I told my son I am taking to Circus,

I remembered my dad telling me , son! I will take you to circus and I knew the
joyance I drift across. I remembered ,me sitting in the front in our old
ambassador car, blue, driving thru the so said traffic.

The Tent was huge and the smell of animals, from dung to young , The roar somewhere
behind the tent, the huge search light , the candy man selling peanuts, so called ticket
not affordable kids running around the tent lookin for a sneak in, the so called first row kids
lookin around for the candy man ...

Once the light was off, we all were curious to see animals, the Jeep, the clowns, the Jump, the cage...
We were laughing hysterically, We were gasping , the animals looks terrific, applause.
All were happy. What a nice family.
Wish I was there with them in Circus.
Nostalgic.

This time when I went to Circus, except the color of the car, everything was different.
And , it was not in India.
Tent look small. No animal smell. No search light. No kids lookin to creep.The candy people
were sellin the same candy like in supermarket. or somewhere better.

As the light switched off, the band started playing. I could acquaint many tunes , unless my old days where I enjoy only the rolling of drums.
Here I could roll with the different instruments.

But one thing I noticed was the people. The Trapese artist, the juggler, the Tamer, The clown.
I was checking their expression. Melancholy clouds. or was it I hallucinating.
I tried not to. Even the smile on their face look forged. The animal looks
frightened. The artists longed for applaud. The clown frowned behind the curtain.
The Manager's eyes looks shrewd.

Everyone was operational. Everything was perfunctory.
Some pre functioned puppets.

But again in the crowd, the kids were still laughing. Enjoying. gasping. applauding.
All were happy. What a nice audience.

Wish I could be kid again. All I could see, then, was the simplicity of life.
Nostalgia.

After another odd years If I see circus again , I think I will enjoy like those kids.
Like when I was a kid.
Then there is no Nostalgia.

Reminiscence is there..Only.. when you store things in yourself.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Driving through the GM diet

Long read. Not an requisite though! had some time today to scribble.

When health is lost everything is lost, unless your ferrari is still good!

Last one week i've been goin thru a diet called GM diet ...Yes GM also makes diet other than cars and trucks.
I googled about the diet and I said, well itz a matter of a week time!
If god can create the whole universe in a week, Y not me doin' a diet @ the same episode.

Sunday after having couple of blend and late dinner with some turkish Doner,
Monday I was ready for the GM.

Today the whole day I have to feed on fruits.
Monday.

Want to hear the song Manic monday jingling with the bangles over the bed ;).
The scale said 77.4 , which is unusually a bit higher. Usually Mondays I am a bit
overweight , blaming few incidents, ensued, 48 hrs earlier!;)

I started with a bottle of water and a bite on water melon. Whole day I have to
depend on fruits. No coffee. no sugar. By evening I was like a mobile fruit vendor!
Since monday's I have a day off, midday , I even had a nap, which usually I spend on boobtube or bills.

A Nap. Fruits makes you sleep or what?.

For dinner, first time in my whole life , I had only fruits!
Even when I was in the hospital(not as a Visitor!) I had some porridge with some delicate curry!
There is also something called GM wonder soup, with some onions, cabbage and can have unlimited.

Well I did'nt give the soup a try. Water. Thatz my soup. Easy to prepare! Easy available. Purifier.
Tuesday.
Tuesday is the day of vegetables. Started with carb, baked potato.( which I had prepared the prev night)
I weighed first and scale shows 75.2. wow ! 2.2 kgs in a day ! Fascniating!
aha! Potato never ever tasted so sweet in my life. Even checked whether it is branded.Can't be this sweet!
The carb was the sweetner for me. Had cooked vegetables(in a pinch of salt) for lunch.
Drinking water and water. For dinner had the same . Felt like a hard core veg.

Wednesday.
Wednesday was the day for fruits and vegetables. but did the scale first. it shows 75.5!
ho! weigh 300 gms more.. I knew it.. i knew it. i should'nt have eaten that much vegetables at one go!
Started with an apple. at office I was like bugs bunny , biting carrot.. and if someone looks at me
I would say ' Thats all my folks' , like that BB series ;)
Afternoon went to super markt , bought one tomato, one small pack of baby cucumber, one apple, one orange .
When I kept near the cash counter, this girl was looking at me.
Not sure what was in her mind. Did I gain only few coins from the tourists for one tomato and others. Or. hey , seems this guy also following the GM! ( smiles inside .. or grin.. not sure ?)

Thursday . Three days over.
Morning Weight looks pretty good. 74.2. which is like I lost more than 3.2 kgs in 3 days..
If it goes like this in another 2 months I might even disappear to thin air.

Dust to dust.
Today is the day I call Monkey-Cat day.
All I have to eat is banana and milk. End of day , My colleagues were looking at me
as if I am marketing for Chiquita! For the first time I appreciate our fore fathers..
the apes! Man , they must have a tough time ....whole life ...

No Coffee yet ! little Soup. only before dinner. One small bowl!

Friday . Fourth Day.
Weight looks like 74.5. 300gms more.. Hmm , I think I'd too much banana. No more
monkey business. Today is feast day. I can have non-veg! horray!
But then my friend called me and said , buddy u can't have meat at all.
Discussion.Googling.Debate.Points to ponder.

Was checking with all possible words with help of Larry and Sergie and lo!
This is what I found out.. there is no GM diet at all. They only makes car and trucks
and once in few years, file for bankruptcy!.No more.No less.

GM diet is urban legend. I been swimming in the whirl pool of urban legend!
This is more like a cabbage diet. Of course there is something called cabbage diet and
it is (affirmative!), made by some some cabbage wholesaler over a joint!;)
(No wonder they say have cabbage soup .Every day. Unlimited.)

I can understand turbulance work @office. but then flatulence! ;)

Anyway I looked the Non veg section of GM diet and i could see I can have a hamburger!
Bumped to Burger king ( Remember for last 5+ years never been to Burger king during office hours!) and during diet I am ! Irony got itz own heights!

No Coffee for last 4+ days.

Afternoon saw this cafe .I stood in front of it. It was the next beautiful thing to the Taj Mahal!

Saturday. I weighed 73+. lost almost 4 kgs!
Weekend!.
Today I can have meat(lean.. not from Pisa), fish..Unlimited. Love Saturday! Fever on itz optimistic side. Had Chicken, fish.. all boiled.Vegetables.. not curry yet. The masala packet is missin my touch! Evening had a party. had to see... rather stare the wine bottles and the Biriyani.

I reprieved my self! for takin' the diet! ;)

Sunday. Last day ! I weighed still 73+. feeling good. not because I lost the weight , 'cos
today is the last day ! Had some non veg(not part of diet!), vegetables, fruits.
evening skipped the champagne. Yes. diet says I can have champagne! but skipped.

Monday morning . I knew I have a day off today. Want to try some tandoori, along with some chappathi!
GM diet. Day over . lost 4.3 kg in a week. weigh scale reads 72.9.

At 8.30 , got a call from office. Some production issue. Went there. sat behind the desk.
Was there until 4.30. no coffee. no breakfast. no lunch.
What a metaphor. The day I stopped my diet, I actually starved !

Many had asked me for this diet. Not sure whether this is pretty advisable. This diet got a list in
the Top dumbest fad diet! did'nt dig much to see the unhealthy aspects!

Subtracting the 7 days of different aspects and if u got the will and want to loose, this is one diet.
But there are many . Think 'bout it before u jump!

Had my first coffee after 9 days.
Jai hoffee!

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Earth Hour

Wrote on 27th March :

Let there be light and indeed there was light.. More light ..Until Woodward said let there be bulb!
Since then there been light ... of various ...light cheese. Light chopper, Light cholestrol, Light diet, light man , Light married life, light love , Light luck , Lighters ... light faith .. to 'you are my light of my life '!
Lights all over..

From a Clown to any Town ..

But when we talk about the real light, the light from the bulb , thatz some energy radiating to some scope.
Never thought how much global warming and bulb comes together into the 'lighter' side of our life !

Anyway..

Tomorrow is Earth hour. Support.. The Scaffold is in your shoulders now. Our kids should'nt suffer because of us.

The Global movement against Global warming.

Join the movement....

Be a part of this one big home .. Earth.

All you have to do is Switch off your lights from 8.30 to 9.30 late in the evening (20.30- 21:30)

Support the Pillar.
You make the Change.. You are the Change.. You Change.

http://www.earthhour.org/

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

No Bulbingly
Knobz

" Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.


The lights are going down from the Great Pyramids to the Acropolis, the Eiffel Tower to Sears Tower, as more than 2,800 municipalities in 84 countries plan Saturday to mark the second worldwide Earth Hour.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Foolin' lunch

Today was practically good weather. Bye to all the dark clouds.. Sun came all the way from the tropic of Capricorn ..
So was walking around the waterlooplein markt during lunch time and suddenly saw this board .. which took my attention from the blonde standing next to me !
Natuur winkel...
I always wish , how to see something really natural .. bonafide..

Every day , even though I am having healthy food ( like brn.bread and smoked salmon.. well thatz the most healthy food I can take! ) , I thought , let me try something more healthy and natural.

So went inside , shop looks so natural ! . all the people looks very healthy. I even wonder , are these people are bribed to act as they were shopping ..
acting shopping... Every one ..looking so healthy..

So i thought let me check something special .. was wandering around the supermarkt.. oh ! no ! natuur markt ..
and saw something called Meat cheaters... I know wife cheaters.. i know husband cheaters... but what the hell is this!
So had a close peek and i was very very happy. because the whole thing is written in english .. it came all the way from UK to me !
I thanked all the British saints who all made my day ! it is , it taste like meat, substitute for meat , but it is not meat..
Wo ! hoo.. I am having a David Blaine lunch ..Magic lunch!

Since I'd bought this , i thought let me be more healthy and I bought some Appel sap.. I thought let me have the healthiest sap today.
Near the counter I saw Natuur Chocolate. I said , y not .. been having the crave for choc for some days. maybe the APV content in my body is getting lower these days! ;)
So bought that too.. was hurrying back to office..
Reached and check all the greek in it .. i could understand the cholstrol level is zero , mono sat fat is low. , calories are affordable.others were blah blah ..

I did'nt tear the label.. want to show kneetu ... to make her proud , that her husband is healthy and she don't have to worry about my health until my next lunch!..

So took my bread , put three slice , of meat cheating stuff... look around my colleagues, chin up , took the first bite !
At that moment , That very moment.......I became the first Indian who went around the world in less than 8 seconds! Philleas Fogg you are Slow.. U r history buddy ! History..
I can't believe this ! Can human can make anything like this.. So to take out the taste , I opened the sap bottle. ( oh! yes, I bought a bottle! )
This time tried , half chin up... I can say , Mr.fogg you are dead this time !
Is it Apple juice or topple juice.. because I just toppled!

Usually I finish my lunch say in 15 minutes odd, with some scrapping and mailin in between. Today took more than 20 minutes just for the first two slice of bread ,
with the apple sap.. well it was not sap.. i think it was mere Apple Rap! u tend to use all the 4 letter word when having this sap !

Finally I have to throw my lunch.. which I have not done in years.. decades.. ! Our lunch break is only for 30 minutes, u can extend to 45 minutes.. But today I know with this pace it will be more than half day.
So eiither I skip my half lunch or take half day off !
Finally I opened the choc. well this time , I made sure that I was covered with my jacket , piles of paper around my key board ..
Opened as if it is a box of diamonds , took the first bite.. I checked again .. What did I bought exactly.. is it bar of chocolate or soap bar !

I realize a truth today.. I am born to eat unnatural things..
I did'nt throw the label of the meat cheaters..I mean Noby cheaters..
Nothing to do.. or against the natuur stuffs.. I am not just for it !

Now I noticed there is a picture of few animals in it....
Did I buy Animal food ? You can always cheat them .............! domestically ' n domestic

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.- A.L

Manny's Second Birthday Invitation .

For my Second's son's Second Birthday , thought of being a poet.. on the invitation .. Since Mr.Shakespear have done all the quotes decades back, all i have to do the most easiest profession. Cut and paste .. ;)
Put the blame on Tony ;) It is his invite !!
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Dear all

“ To be or not to be, that is the question".. Well that was Hamlet!

Now this is my brother(Manny Shakespear) asking

" Two be or not Two be , thatz not the question" Where is the party ! thatz the question"

Well as you all know my younger bro had turned two last week and itz time for the party.So letz give this young Shakespear the answer for the question

"yo bro! What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name , say bablanji or Manny would smell as sweet."

So lets all have a Party for his second Innings. He have to score now another 365 runs for his next innings.wow ! thatz a lot.. So

"Friends, Dutch , Countrymen, lend me your ears!I come to celebrate my bro's Birthday, not to say blah blah So let it Not be with Caesar , but with all the party goers !"

So this coming Saturday I am inviting all of you to celebrate my brother's birthday , I know itz a late invitation , but hey it still an invitation..

"I go, and it is done; the bell invites me.Hear it not, my friends, for it is the Music That sweet summons thee to De Bolder in Amstelveen!"

Since the Soothsayer had said "Beware the ides of March", which is March 15th....So we better celebrate on the 14th March ! ;)

So I invite all my friends to come

Wijkcentrum De Bolder. Groenhof 140 1186 EX Amstelveen

Saturday : From 18:00 hrs
(The parking above is free for the whole day)

The party begins at 6 in the evening. Since my dad have to return the hall by 12 in the night , We better start early, have the dinner by 8+ and then the dance by 10+.

"A hall, a hall, give room! And foot it, girls!More light, you party lovers, and turn the tables up;And quench the beer , the room is grown too nice "


So let's have a blast on this coming Saturday ....Please let us know if you can't make it .. My dad want to buy the exact number of Biscuts and Tea bags! ;)

My Dad loves Ac/dc's Back in Black album , My mom loves the movie Black , I love Jack Black and we been trying Immanuel to love Black

So for that lets all try for this ... Like a Team work .

Let's have the Party theme as

"Black Sensation" Theme..Which means u just wear black , black and black!


"In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart,As I do thee ..Please come and enjoy "

Poetingly
Antonio

Friday, February 27, 2009

Slum Pet Billionaire !

Over the days and over the media, I could see everywhere about the Slummie and the Kids on the block!
I saw Slum Dog Millionaire around the mid of December. Was just browsing and this name just hit my eye
and when I look the cast it was from India and the director was D.Boyle. Oh! I love that Trainspotting and
28 days later movie .. So was wondering ! wow! Boyle with some bollywood cast.. got to see this.
Got this caffeine kinda addiction on movie dloading too!!, so just googled for some torrent and lo! Here is the one.

Got the complete mv in 2 days time and then I thought let me watch. called my wife and friend and in go! Watched it and wow ! that was the word. We spoke about it.. we said .. that was a pretty impressive one. So told my goodie friend , who is also a good movie critic. She too said , she liked it a lot! Later after two weeks all the nominees started coming,
hype, media attention ,blogs, attention..

Now there been big talks from small mouth, small talks from big mouth but a lot of
loose senseless talk from all kinda mouth ! Whites are exploring Indian's slums!, they call the the slum people Dog!
The colonization have begun again ! and then last week when the Slummies sweeped the Oscars ! I was like . this is pretty cool..
But the spark of debate just startd ! Can't believe what people are telling , what media is editing , what the narrator is narrating.
Either they are pretty sad that their names are comin at page3 , so need something blunder to yell so that
itz on #1! Talking about slums! Come on ! Bolywood been showing worse than this!

One actress was yelling about this. Her complaint was this is not the actual India!
But this is the same actress played as a single teenage pregnant, some time back. Oh! I did'nt knew that was the real India!

When City of Joy was released it was the same kinda outcry .. But Calcutta was so neatly shown ..
Decades back when Pather Panchaali was released, the same outcry was there.. this is not India. the poverty is exploited. Hey I am talking about 1955. Now , this is, 54 years later. We still got poverty. We still slums. We still got our culture and We are rising or was it shining ?.
Learn to admit what is happening around us. It is not that who made this movie/ Whether it is white, black , brown or Mr.Green , Appreciation is a nice trait.

Some were sad about the music. AR have done better than this.. This is not good.. Not good ?? Duh!
Nothin is good until a better one come.. So what .. He will make better , so do you want him to get oscar every time ! or Just because we can't make a movie a like this , does'nt mean that any outsider making a movie about India, should be in a mall and a big f* hotel ( can read in both sense! )

Watch Final Solution to see what is hatred! or Shocking Asia ! The girl who was shown in the documentary Born into brothel(2005 oscar) , she is still a prostitute in Bengal. Hello! do I need an sms to all to help her.
Now where are the people who shouts about India.?

I think I am getting some ideas , can't say conclusion.. a kinda prologue!
'bout the movie , I think it shows love and Hope. Also it showed the sky rocketting , not mentioning the scrapers in Mumbai.
and regarding the debates 'n out cry.... I think we are the real racists....