Zero gravity.....

10 simple pleaures of life- the TAGGED ONE

2006-06-26T00:07:00.001-07:00

I had this pending for long.........the tag that harini cast on me........about 10 simple pleasures of life........here s my version of the 10
pleasures.....

1. fighting and cuddling with my sis .......all day long.......

2, shopping with mom......( for all the pikkals porukkals ).,..in pondy
bazaar platform shopping.....as well as getting 4 sets of dresses when i d
promised my mom dat i d stop with 2....

3.Orkutting and chatting online...( Oh....how good were those days
where we had a conference daily.......wonder those days ll ever
return...with the hectic schedule of our fast paced lives.....with rohit snubbing me always.....and rams enjoying the situation always....)....

4.of course...chatting with sweet Harini and "chamathu" rams..........and
playing pool with sriram( my guru) and moses....

5.getting drowned in a novel.....(and of course forgetting abt the characters.......)

6.going for a loooooong evening walk........nothing more refreshing than
that........

7...of course.......eating all my fav food........without the fear of gaining
weight.......(am not sure if this ll happen anyhow)

8...Listening to music......oblivious of the world around me.....deeply
engrossed in a Lata or Janaki or p.susheels'a melody...or getting
rejuvenated with Rehman's foot tapping numbers.....

.9.checking my weight early morning....and discovering that i ve lost a
pound.......OMG......wat a pleasure it s......or being able to slip into my
old jeans which had been tight last month.....

10...Last but not the least.....preparing for exams......i just love studying
and cramming up for exams...and also working on projects......

I have listed down my simple pleasures.....am not sure if this s the
correct order...but defn this s the top 10.....but the list may go on.....upto
....say 100s or 1000s.....

The Algebra of Infinite Tragedy...........

2006-06-25T10:45:00.000-07:00

For months ........i nurtured her......providing enough nourishment .........wenever she got a bit off -colour...i took extra care ........she was with me.......IN me rather.......walking with me wherver i go...sleeping with me wen i sleep......she was a little baby...my most loved one......though she wasnt the only one....she was my most beloved one...to the extreme jealousy of her brothers and sisters....

i had this motherly feeling taking care of her....it was ecstasy..........she was the "apple of my eye".........so tender.......so tiny.....gaining shape.......i took extra care moulding her.......caressing her.......kissing her.....
i spoilt her with all my love ........dressing her up with the most cutely coloured dresses.....washing her daily.....with the costliest of all liquids......i went to bed with her everyday....i bathed her....i cuddled her.......

and this is where i probably made a big mistake of my life.....she became a pampered child...she wudnt listen to me now....which made my worst fears come true.........Tuesday.......20th of JUNE......The dooms day......my loved one met with a terrible accident.....she got hit in a door.....and had a fracture......

now wat happens wen soooooo tiny and slender a thing gets ruptured.???......YES....it became true.....she was taken away from ME....
like a child being cut off from the umblical chord......the misery of my life took her away from me....

they cut her off me....with that EVIL SURGICAL INSTRUMENT.......and with that ......they took all of them away from me.....like siamese twins.....eaach one met with the same misery...

Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...........the agony .............how can words describe it...........a dozen tranquilizers wudnt ve eased my pain at that moment.......

now here i am bald and scraped....off my fav ones.....my loved one....fav one......
Oh....how i dream of her STILL........

and wen i go to her cemetry near our house ......my heart becomes heavy and burdened........I adorn her cemetry with flowers even now...and celebrate her death day........

how much ever i grow nails herafter...i cant get over the memory of that one broken nail......of my index finger.......she was my favourite one.......oh....how i used to apply the costliest coatng over her...the nail enamel ...and washing her with the costliest of liquids...the nail enamel remover...........
I miss u .....my favourite nail...............

pls visit her cemetry if possible to pay ur tributes to the ONE i REALLY LOVED.......its very near to my house....near the dustbin in the road.......!!!!!!!!!!!!This is wat they call......INFINITE TRAGEDY....i can never get over this separation!!!!!!!!!!!!11

"Investigating my life..."

2006-06-25T10:25:00.000-07:00

I got this link from preethi's blog.....and since i ve always been lured to such scintillating things...i thought i ll give it a try wat the heck.....

OMG...wat s this???its given me an unbelieveable rating ....... i decided the very next moment....am not quite sure how credible this is...
i shud nevertheless flaunt it by updating my blog with this......

here s the summary of my life......so the website says....

This Is My Life, Rated
Life:	7.9
Mind:	6.9
Body:	7.7
Spirit:	7.1
Friends/Family:	7.1
Love:	3.8
Finance:	7.2
Take the Rate My Life Quiz

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..........i ve been given a 7.7 body rating.....God knows wat this means.......but i defn take the positive meaning.....

and 6.9 for my mind.........at last ppl will accept that i am sane enough......
but again.....i got a miserable rating for my love life....which still reinstates theory that i am a "CHAMATHU PONNU"......not much of a flirt.....(kuninja thalai nimiraadha).......college se seedhaa ghar...ghar se seedhaa college..

and no doubt i ve been given an ammmazing rating for my friends...becos i am really proud dat i am surrounded by such an amazing set of friends...both in school and college life.....

i dunno how far this rating s true,...but i sure had a gr8 time getting head over heels on all these high numbers.......Thanks to my senior preethi....from whose blog i got this website.....

for those who wish to rate their life..................here s the link

http://www.monkeyquiz.com/life/rate_my_life.html

Wonderment @ MGM- lured into the Magic again....

2006-04-23T00:53:00.000-07:00

MGM DIZZIE WORLD- the Magic world...This is my second blog entry about an MGM trip- dat too in the same semester..Still it remains an ever-sweet experience..with an amazing gang of friends( our IT guys n gals) with the company of srini and mythreyi to top it all....

let me begin by sharing my version of yesterday's happenings.....

date: 22nd april day: a superb SATURDAY

started off in a bus to cmbt where we were to meet some more ppl and get into a bus to mgm...mind u...dat was my first time on a mofussil bus...had never covered such a long distance in a PTC bus..was filled with excitement and apprehension until i got a nice cozy place to sit...with lovely music making the scene beautiful...and also fragrant..( until a lady selling fish kept her basket right next to our seat!!!!)

The bus journey seemed like hours n hours...until at 10.45 we reached our destination where the angry lions were ready to pounce on us in the arena for arriving 1 hour late...finally we went into the Magic world- the Wonderland...unmindful of anything...even the Scorching Sun God who was at his
peak....(with ramya and me giving a horror sight with our freaky caps)
(a gud job of mine if i do say so myself....to get the tickets with fair
concession ...for the mega fun... heh heh)

There was chaos at the ticket counter due to which probably no one noticed ramya cleverly robbing rohit of 60 Rs in the pretext of buying tickets.....heh heh....now its my pleasure to expose her act....

· The first ride - though a simple one- THE GIANT WHEEL....the anxious gang stepping into the ride full of energy ........Then followed by a series of cool rides....

· a SWING( where i got down while the machine was still running immediately following srini's advice...proving my implicit obedience....),

· SPIDER SPIN...where shankar got his second nightmare...(the first nightmare being travelling with bala whose only job was to observe who got panicky and who didnt..guess dats his way of overcoming his fear...heh heh) and rohit got his dream come true becos he sat with u know who..went into a dream sequence amidst a very tough ride ..guess dat was why his nightmare didnt start dat time....dat was wen srini n mythreyi joined us.....mythreyi was gr8 company for me...my BULB,BAG and CAP companion)...

· Disco saucer ( found srini's Gorgeous Girlfriend there.....)

· Dashing car...(where we had fun dashing and bumping at each other..of course rohit went inside only for posing..his car got struck...heh heh)

· The Family horse toratora ride...where myth and me( the bulb company) mounted on a
single horse...only to receive dat days quota of bulb...from the person there prohibiting anyone to go on doubles..lol.)

· Then came the first of the challenging rides.....The ROLLER COASTER.( of course was not challenging enuf for ppl like me and sri)...but of course terrifying for ppl like asir who went and hid behind a bush to avoid the ride.......lol

· There was the RAINBOW RIDE- to get a complete view of the whole area.....too
scenic ....too beautiful to be explained in words....

· At last the most awaited ride- THE ROCKING RANGER...where they give free training to shirasaadana....make ppl stand upside down at gr8 height for a few seconds....the worst nightmare to get into....with sriram and me meeting up in the sky....in opposite vehicles.....greeting each other in the sky....wat an awesome experience it was.....was glued to it so much that we went twice in it....at last...one ride fitting to my CALIBER.....whew...Wat a RIDE......

And then there was this ROCK n ROLL where suja did Sherlock Holmes job and found out Alex'a mobile hidden below the seat.....and really started ragging him with the mobile...and was getting very gud at it until his dad started calling and she got caught in the act.....not to mention the fact that she then got a Big treat from him for finding out his lost mobile......heh heh)

· One more ride worth mentioning was the SPACE SHUTTLE- which turned out to be a horrible nightmare for rohit and mythreyi maam....

After relishing on the stolen mangoes......we went to have our lunch.presumably light becos we had more daring rides after dat.....not to mention moses who took at lump share of almost everything i bought for eating .....including the cotton candy....

and then there were the new light and fun rides.....which were very cute.....not to mention the FRISBEE ride...which turned out to be unexpectedly tough n rocking....ROHIT's nightmare #3.....( actually the second one was little bit done in stealth....not many noticed....and this info was straight from the source...)

finally we ended the day with some exciting video games ....i played some shooting game and a bike race...but miserably failed in both......

And while returning ...dat was where the fun started..imagine the situation for a
person like me who had never travelled in buses much to stand at 7.30 in the
night waiting for the bus of which there was no trace of coming.....and the only
fact that i was amidst friends made me keep my cool then.....at last after switching to two buses...and an auto...i reached home at 9.30....tired physically ....yet spirits still high and whirling in a cheerful mood......

From a 10 day all India tour which became a dream....to a 4 day local tour
...which was foiled by cts tests......the trip was shortened to a one day experience......but still the one day gave the fantabulous fun of a lifetime.....
And the memory of the day will be forever engraved in my heart.....which felt heavy while reurning home......

Really the day was full of fun n frolic....with the whole class gathered together as a final trip before bidding adieu to each other....dats wat made the experience more special and unforgettable...

A really special Parting gift.....i ll treasure both the pics taken in the cam as well as the sweet memories with a wonderful bunch of friends forever.........

ANCIENT epics - preluded the latest technology advancements....

2006-03-23T01:17:00.000-08:00

The two great Epics of the Hindu culture- THE RAMAYANA and the MAHABHARATHA.....which are not just epics in the western sense of the word, but are scriptures, the very reading of which earns spiritual merit here and hereafter......Every Hindu knows the story of the Ramayana and of the Mahabharata, purely by osmosis of the culture, if not by one's own reading. ......they provide the essence of all the moral and ethical values that must be folowed for righteous living..besides they have also provided cues for the developments of the latest technologies in today's world.....

If one dwelves deep into the intricate issues given in these magnificient informtion base, only then does he realize that whatever have been considered the milestones for technological development, those issues had been handled already in the Mahabharatha and the Ramayana......

Let us see some analogies between what was described in the epics and what has been invented in the latest centuries.............

MAHABHARATHA : - the vicious game of dice....
This killer game of dice which was played in Mahabharatha both between Pandavas and the Gauravas as well as in NALA's story between NALA and PUSHKARA...which made paupers of them.......the strategy with which Shakuni played or pushkara played.....

is what is now known as GAME PLAYING ALGORITHMS - Minimax procedures..to minimize the opponent's victory possibilities and to maximize and optimize one;s own score...

MAHABHARATHA : -Vyasa dictating the mahabharatha story and Lord Vinayaka writing
Telecommuncations: VOICE INPUT RECORDER.......to convert the signals of the linguistics into scripts and feed them into the computer.....
this was mentioned in the mahabharatha itself......centuries back...!!!!!!1

RAMAYANA : - The PUSHPAKA VIMAANA
The most revolutionary find ....the older version of the modern hi-comfort hi-tech aeroplanes.......

MAHABHARATHA : - The solar eclipse:
The well known fact about Lord Krishna bringing about the eclipse n order to help Arjuna take revenge on Jayathradhaa.....

MAHABHARATHA : - Draupadi Swayamvara:
When Arjuna was asked to hit the eye of the fish by looking at the reflection in the mirror....we can see clearly that all the principles of LIGHT THEORY , FOCAL POINT , principles of reflection and refraction have been followed to finite precision...

MAHABHARATHA: birth of Lord Balarama:
When Rohini exchanged the embryos with Devaki , before the birth of their seventh child, this was a unmistakeable demonstration of surrogate motherhood ...and thus the latest medical breakthroughs have also been dealt with ........

VISHWAROOPA by Lord Vishnu: -
an example of Zoom technology........

Bheeshma's bed of arrows
Could be the example of the Reiki, articulatory points ,Acupuncture etc.......which kept him alive till the 18th day of Kurukshetra....

Arjuna's tremendous display of archery
was an example of all the games which require acute concentration and skill,,,like the snookers,Rifle-shooting etc

Sanjaya the charioteer, describing the happenings of the kurukshtra to the blind king Dhrutharaashtra-
This is an advancement of telecommunication like the LIVE RElay of cricket matches,Live shows and so on,....

Ramayana- Lakshman Rekha-
Anologous to the barbed electrical wires to provide security to any national treasure and so on....

Karna's Kavacha Kundalas
The same as the bullet proof armours that politicians and soldiers wear for their security........

Hanuman burning the Lanka with his tail unmindful of his own life..
The same as the suicide bombers ...the terrorists today......

And many more.........We cudnt find a single field in latest technology which didnt find their place in the Ramayana and the Mahabharatha.....There lies the greatness in these eternal literatures which has continued to provide us with the knowledge and the virtue required from time immemorial......

As long as human beings remain what they are and are moved by passions and feelings, as long as the struggle between good and evil continues to rage in the human heart, as long as mankind is faced with the problems of war and peace, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata will continue to remain a source of aesthetic enjoyment and moral and intellectual enjoyment.............

After all- Tomorrow is another day

2006-03-21T09:11:00.000-08:00

I wont think about it now....
I ll think about it tmomorrow..
After all...tomorrow is another day......

these famous dialogues of Scarlett in Gone with the wind...has come handy to procrastinators like me......

MOM: clean up ur room dear
ME: Tomorrow mom!
DAD: Have you solved the puzzle I gave you ???
ME: ok Dad!keep it on the table!!will read it tomorrow...

The list is endless......

But I would be commiting a great sin if I called myself to be a procrastinator when the issue is regarding studies.....i am not one of those people who do their preparations in their eleventh hour .......i am not a wee bit lazy when it comes to studies....

Look at the very same ME when it comes to exams :-

MOM:Enough reading darling!!Come out and get some fresh air
ME: NO MOM!!Having my exam tomorrow....How can I relax????

But Believe me ... the situation has now become topsy-turvy.............

Today the situation has turned to be exactly topsy-turvy.( only with respecxt to the last dialogue.....)
And ultimately we ve landed up in a situation where...........

MOM: why arent u studying for ur test?
ME: tomorrow mom!anyways its gonna get postponed!!!!!!
MOM: Do we really need a walk now?? tomorrow u have ur exams!!!!!!
ME: Oh Come on Mom!!Relax!I ll eat my hat if they dont get postponed !!!!!!
(thinks) : I get to see some Gudlooking guys out in the street...wats the use of staying at home studying for the stupid test which is bound to get postponed!!!!!!?????

A gr8 alibi for shirking my duty ...i must say.....

And i am damn serious when i say this......the final semester of my college life...and the final assessment tests.....dunno wats happening.....

but this final sem everything has changed......becos I got used to prepare in the last minute....as everything seems so capricious....Take for instance...I take pains to bunk lab and study for a test...the evening just when i start my revision i get a message that the test has been postponed due to some unavoidable circumstances...
the worst part is that the reasons are just too genuine.....

And i ve metamorphosized to a state such that nowadays I am quite reluctant to open my book even the day before the exams.......hoping that it gets postponed this time also .....

I cant get myself to believe that I am the same old Miss Goody two shoes...who used to be ready with exam preps at least one week before......

And for the Good or Bad ...its brought about a radical transformation in my attitude....But let me take a postive view that it has made me rugged enough to EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED!!!!!!!

Why is all this happening????

Is it God 's way of teaching me a lesson for all the things i e put off in my life till now???( like cleaning my cupboard!!!!)

Or is God leading me to perfection by making me revise the portions again and again.....The OPTIMISTIC view......

Well....again..let me console myself saying that whatever happens is for the Good!!!
let me not break my mind about that .............
My brain is too much overloaded with processors,memory organizations,Instruction sets..........etc etc...............

So back to square one now.....the good old dialogue............

I wont think about it now.....I ll go crazy if i do....
I ll think about it tomorrow......After all...Tomorrow is another day.....

arise awake...

2006-03-16T13:37:00.000-08:00

Well....people may wonder what a small post can do in a blog do to undo a major social evil.........But as we say....a drop makes an ocean....so lets face it together ......and fight against the demon lurking ...

ppl trying to suppress women in undue methods like eveteasing ought to be stoppped...and it lies in the hands of the youth ...to root out the evil from the society.......

Years and years ....we ve undergone times of trauma and suppression....now lets rise up and fight for the restoration..and prove that woman is the phoenix .....who can get reborn from the darkest of ashes...and still become all powerful.....and emerge to be an equal...with no inhibitions ...forever......

DOUBLE YOU (W)- O- MAN.......lets do it together and rise against eveteasing........

The Blank Noise Project

The SALTY COFFEE

2006-03-10T00:30:00.000-08:00

Here is a true love story which touched my heart..so thought i ll share it with u....

He met her at a party. She was so outstanding, many guys chasing after her, while he was so normal, nobody paid attention to him. At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee with him, she was surprised but due to being polite, she promised. They sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything, she felt uncomfortable, and she thought to herself, "Please, let me go home..." Suddenly he asked the waiter, "Would you please give me some salt? I'd like to put it in my coffee." Everybody stared at him, so strange! His face turned red but still, he put the salt in his coffee and drank it. She asked him curiously, "Why you have this hobby?" He replied, "When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea, I liked playing in the sea, I could feel the taste of the sea, just like the taste of the salty coffee. Now every time I have the salty coffee, I always think of my childhood, think of my hometown, I miss my hometown so much, I miss my parents who are still living there." While saying that tears filled his eyes. She was deeply touched. That's his true feeling, from the bottom of his heart. A man who can tell out his homesickness, he must be a man who loves home, cares about home, has responsibility of home... Then she also started to speak, spoke about her faraway hometown, her childhood, her family. That was a really nice talk, also a beautiful beginning of their story. They continued to date. She found that actually he was a man who meets all her demands; he had tolerance, was kind hearted, warm, careful. He was such a good person but she almost missed him! Thanks to his salty c offee! Then the story was just like every beautiful love story, the princess married to the prince, and then they were living the happy life... And, every time she made coffee for him, she put some salt in the coffee, as she knew that's the way he liked it. After 40 years, he passed away, left her a letter which said, "My dearest, please forgive me, forgive my whole life's lie. This was the only lie I said to you---the salty coffee. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous at that time, actually I wanted some sugar, but I said salt. It was hard for me to change so I just went ahead. I never thought that could be the start of our communication! I tried to tell you the truth many times in my life, but I was too afraid to do that, as I have promised not to lie to you for anything... Now I'm dying, I afraid of nothing so I tell you the truth, I don't like the salty coffee, what a strange bad taste... But I have had the salty coffee for my whole life! Since I knew you, I never feel sorry for anything I do for you. Having you with me is my biggest happiness for my whole life. If I can live for the second time, still want to know you and have you for my whole life, even though I have to drink the salty coffee again." Her tears made the letter totally wet. Someday, someone asked her, "What's the taste of salty coffee?" She replied, "It's sweet."

well..............sometimes the smallest of lies we tell to impress our loved ones make the most beautiful memories to be cherished ............Its never wrong to tell cute little lies to make our loved one happy.......

The Young gun - MASTI KA RANG

2006-02-22T06:46:00.000-08:00

well...for all the A.R.Rehman fans who faced a big disappointment in his recent tamil films.....a gud news.....

Our prodigy is back to form with his extraordinary show in Rang de Basanti and Godfather....words really cant express the musical extravaganza .....the movie really ROCKS.....Rehman's music being the SOUL.....really there cud be no better capture of the essence -be it the youthful enthusiasm of the YOUNG GUNS OF INDIA portrayed in MASTI KA PATHSHALA or mindblowing portrayal of patriotism in truw sense in KHOON CHALA .. ....in Rehman knows how to make it the BEST....ROO-BAA-ROO brings out ROSHNI to our inner souls as well...and not to mention a Mother's turmoil in LUKA CHUPPI.....stand testimony to his versatility...and dealing with emotions there cud be no one better...he is not the BEST...but the "BESTEST".......ROCKING music in rang de basanti......Rehman Rules!!!!!!
really......BASANTI NE ZABARDAST RANG DIYA.....

And another gud news for his fans is that songs of God father are awesome....again a showcase of the all-rounder in him with the varied styles ...a blend of classical and western themes......brilliant score again....Rehman scored a homerun ..that too with a blast....FANTABULOUS music again......Hats off to the KING of HEARTS....

Gayathri Mantra-the ultimate devotion

2006-02-18T23:54:00.000-08:00

GAYATRI MANTRA- the ultimate devotion
The "Gayatri Mantra"

Om Bhurbhuvaha Swaha Tat Savitur Varayneyum
Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi Dhi Yo Naha Prachodayat

Mantra, grammatically refer to as meter. English poem readers would know of common meters like a couple or triplets. Urdu Shayari readers would also know that most of the compositions are also couplets. Similarly, Gayatri is also a meter used often in Vedas. That is what "Gayatri Mantra" means, grammatically.
The actual mantra (composition) that we usually refer to when we say Gayatri Mantra is, to be more accurate, a Surya Gayatri Mantra from Rig Veda. Thus, it is a Mantra, written in Gayatri meter, dedicated to Surya Dev from the Rig Veda.

TRANSLATION :

we meditate on the Supreme Lord's glory,who has created the universe ,who is worthy of worship ,who is the embodiment of Knowledge and light ,who is the remover of ignorance.May he enlighten our Intellect and lead us into righteousness...

Om the Protector of all

Bhur Bhu is land, earth. When combined with Bhuvaha, Bhu becomes Bhur -life breath of all

Bhuvaha Air, atmosphere -Dispeller of miseries

Swaha Beyond the atmosphere. Antariksha, universe, cosmos- Bestower of happiness

Tat is sanskrit for pronoun 'that'. Tat is the pronoun used by Hindus to refer to what is often refered to as God.

Savitur Creator and Inspirer -Sun. When Savitur is used to refer to Sun, it is not the star called Sun. In that case word Surya is used. Savitur referes to the divine or spiritual Sun that shines with knowledge. It is that divine form of Sun that is the light of wisdom.

Varayneyum the most acceptable- That what is worth Varan. Vanan means to mention. Talk about. Discuss. Adore. Talk with respect. Chant, Repeat. Describe

Bhargo pure and pious intelligence-illumination

Devasya posesseing celestial qualities-Dev like. Divine.

Dhimahi May we possess-to contemplate. we contemplate

Dhiyo intellectual qualities-derived from Dhi is intellect, knowledge, deep learning

Yo who

Naha ours

Prachodayat request, urge, lead, inspire

Vedas say that the chanting of Gayatri mantra is so very powerful and pious that ablution of all the sins occur which carves a straight path towards the divine abone....

This is strictly girls' stuff!!!!!!keep away guyzz

2006-02-18T22:47:00.000-08:00

UNDERSTANDING MEN.......

Listen girls...this is a very interesting article i read and though will share with you ...About how to interpret the outwardly sweet talking men.....

"IT'S A GUY THING"
Translated: "There is no rational thought pattern
connected with it, and you have no chance at all of making it logical."

"CAN I HELP WITH DINNER?"
Translated: "Why isn't it already on the table?"

"UH HUH," "SURE, HONEY," OR "YES, DEAR"
Translated: Absolutely nothing. It's a conditioned
response.

"IT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG TO EXPLAIN"
Translated: "I have no idea how it works."

"I WAS LISTENING TO YOU. IT'S JUST THAT I HAVE THINGS ON MY MIND."
Translated: "That girl standing on the corner is a
real babe."

"TAKE A BREAK HONEY, YOU'RE WORKING TOO HARD."
Translated: "I can't hear the game over the vacuum
cleaner."

"THAT'S INTERESTING, DEAR."
Translated: "Are you still talking?"

"YOU KNOW HOW BAD MY MEMORY IS."
Translated: "I remember the theme song to 'F Troop', the address of the first girl I ever kissed, and the vehicle identification numbers of every car I've ever owned, but I forgot our anniversary."

"I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT YOU, AND GOT YOU THESE ROSES."
Translated: "The girl selling them on the corner
was a real babe."

"OH, DON'T FUSS - I JUST CUT MYSELF, IT'S NO BIG DEAL."
Translated: "I have actually severed a limb, but
will bleed to death before I admit that I'm hurt."

"I CAN'T FIND IT."
Translated: "It didn't fall into my outstretched hands, so I'm completely clueless."

"WHAT DID I DO THIS TIME?"
Translated: "What did you catch me at?"

"I HEARD YOU."
Translated: "I haven't the foggiest clue what you
just said, and am hoping desperately that I can fake it well enough so that you don't spend the next three days yelling at me."

"YOU KNOW I COULD NEVER LOVE ANYONE ELSE."
Translated: "I am used to the way you yell at me,
and realize it could be worse."

"YOU LOOK TERRIFIC."
Translated: "Oh, please don't try on one more
outfit, I'm starving."

"I'M NOT LOST. I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE."
Translated: "No one will ever see us alive again."

THE MAN - a revolting controversy

2006-02-18T21:57:00.000-08:00

"MAN","WORD","PLOT","PRIZE"- the four pillars of Irving Wallace- must reads for every book lover- and I became an instant admirer of the writer right since I got to read his "WORD" - went on to read "THE PRIZE" to learn many uncovered truths about the nobel prizes and the theories behind them....

I recently stumbled across "THE MAN" - My Goodness!!!The very thought of a "black man" ascending on to the literally highest possible post in the world- THE US PRESIDENTSHIP......Wat a controversy it created when it was first released!!!!!was definitely a revolutionizing idea from the mighty pen of Wallace.....

The story tells about how THE MAN -Dilman Dailey-the key character of the story finds himself to be the US President overnight because of the sliding of 3 positions- the senator becomes the President since all the 3 higher office people die one after the other- and the whole of US is rocked by the news that a person who was given a high post just to cater to the MINORITY peoplez demands- a dummy role - went on to become a President that too lawfully according to the constitution......He finds himself in the white house--all of a sudden his life turns topsy-turvy

And really-believe me!!!!!dat is not a dream come true for Dilman- but a nightmare!!!!!!!For he is pulled apart from all directions - with the Whites trying out their best to suppress the President to act as just a nominal leader...and the Blacks trying to make up for the life long struggle by forcing him to do things which are though Good for the Minority yet unlawful!!!!!!And to make matters worse he has personal problems with his children ...and the girl whom he loved so much cudnt marry him becos of his new post ....a long list continues...

The story thus continues till he is given the worst ever punishment possible ofr no offence of his - IMPEACHMENT FROM THE OFFICE under 5 artcles.....and how he fights to disprove all the 5 articles with the help of a brilliant lawyer who happens to be his very close friend who remains a moral support for him till the end......and the turmoil he undergoes to retain his goodwill is just explained in the best manner possible--

The writing style is typical of Wallace- one cant put the book down and the storyline is so taught that the reader never really minds about the length of the book and the mental trauma of THE MAN is describes so effectively that the extraordinarily long conversations and arguments never tire the reader...and the courtroom exchanges really gives food for our emotional sensitivity...how he takes the emotional argument to his advantage to prove himself not guitly......

on the whole....a legend...not only because of its novel concept- but also because of his renouned skill to give the readers exactly what they want - And I consider it one of the very few books that have affected me in recent times!!!!!!

HEADLINES TODAY----- IT final year girls of MIT(not the one in US but the one in chennai...) missing......Hostel warden in trauma!!!!

2006-02-09T07:20:00.000-08:00

Ya ....MIT hostel warden was in a traumatic state as the hostel girls of final year IT were missing form the hostel...where did they all go?????that is the million dollar question today.......

Well....Besant nagar beach..planet yumm.....dats where the whole of the IT girls gang sanctified with their gracious presence .....the 'IT topper's(meenakshi 's) treat .....and the reasons were too many to list down....... topper for 7 semesters, 3 birthdays , gettin placed in oracle.......and so on.....

And so the day started like this...as usual we all were late ....(later than the specified time)....but dat didnt matter anymore since the whole gang was famous for being so unpuntual .....so all of us arrived together ..ie ..late....

So first we all took snaps in the beach and enjoyed for sometime in the waters.....as we were waiting for some more ppl to join us......After some time of lazying around we walked briskly towards planet yumm....(except meenakshi whom we were about to make a pauper )......

and we started our ordering process........the fact was that since there were 10 to 15 people we cud have a taste of all the items present there as each one bought a different one.......

So here goes the list of items we ordered(( cannot be fully mentioned in a blog ...so due to lack of space i mention some of the items.....

all the chat items
dahi paapdi chat
channa masaala
paani pooris
these were the starters.......and then 5 pizzas
4 veg and 1 cheese
sandwiches ......
and then came the desserts which was the most costliest..........

each one had a fight as to find out who ordered the costliest one.........so some of the items were

devil's own(which was my own selection.....contained cold coffee with delcious layers of whipped cream )
tropical dessert .....had a layer of cream on top
nutty crunch ice creams
rainbow delght sundae.......etc etc
caramel milk.....
etc etc

the most fun part of the whole thing was that the total cost was to be incurred by a single person ...poor meenakshi,.....really was looking like a waitress going on ordering things...since she was the hostess she was supposed to go get our things (a tradition )....and go on paying .......

our job was just to go on ordering....and behind she came.....running ....to pay for the order.........and i really pity her for expecting to get similar treats out of us in the forthcoming months....

and after we all had our stomachs-full, we started taking some more snaps.....and all people were staring at us for the noise we made and the fun we had.......

and then finally we started to our house back......and the hostel girls back to their abode......much to the relief of the warden to see them safe and sound........

ya today was really a memorable day...was the best treat we had ever had......the pioneer of our class really showed her class in this also.....kudos to her!!!!!!!!!

ya the fun part here not being the food that we ate....but the times we all spent together ......considering the reality that our precious treasured college life is going to come to an end..........and i really cherish such moments which will remain a sweet one in my memory forever........

assassin found!!!!!!!!!!but no punishment!!!!!!source unidentified !!!!!!and no motive!!!!!

2006-02-04T09:22:00.000-08:00

Yeah ..this is for the same case that I described earlier....for those people who think that I am uninformed of that Feb 3 virus and that it was the cause for the spams generated in the groups i mentioned...here is the clarification!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes....i very well know wat the virus is and the reason was that most of the group members got affected and only to prevent the spread of the virus the groups was closed down........

So this is one of those cases for which no punishment cud be given except to make remedial actions on the victims' side......

BRUTAL MURDER...........CASE CLOSED...........

2006-02-01T09:04:00.000-08:00

True....absolutely true is the song

"PONAL POGATTUM PODAAA...."

Hey now dont jump to conclusions.....I was talkin about the closing down of our class Yahoo groups...the reason being unknown spams from the moderators' addresses.......
Definitely it was a big blow ...esp to a person like me who used to send at least 5 mails per day to the utter misery of the group members and make them lose thier temper to the core.....

IT_NUTS....reflecting our class nutty behavior and always true to us........gave us the identity........we made everyone go nuts..........esp myself and kumaresh ....who used to really drive everyone crazy with our bulk mails filling up mailboxes !!!!!!!!!!
But now its all over....the final crematorial ceremony took place today....to my agony....the news came to me like a bolt out of a clear sky....

I could do nothing now but cherish the memories of our first ever group created for the whole class...it was like a pampered child to all of us...we could just cuddle it and enjoy our free time....and wat help it was during our examinations when the last minute portions were to be sent to the whole class......it was a real friend in deed...

it used to be filled with my mails and it seemed to be like it bore my name in its heart!!!!!!!

Wat a pair we used to make!!!!!!!!!!!!now it is no more!!!!!!!!ALAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

I feel the closing down to be like a brutal murder ...an assaasination!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everything will eventually come to an end
So try to savor the moment, cuz time flies don't it
The beauty of life, you gotta make it last for the better
Cuz nothin' lasts forever

Now that a new group is there we can be comfortable and continue mailing but still all of us miss that first one.....very dear to us......

some memories never fade.................
And enjoying with friends is one of them......

And the group was like a gr8 friend ..............................
It s like losing a most loved companion!!!!!!!

the memory of IT_NUTS will remain in my ventricles and auricles till they keep on beating !!!!!!!!!!

Round Robin schedule

2006-01-31T04:25:00.000-08:00

its a well known story about medical specialists i came across:
A dentist ,doing his first extraction on his patient , wsas understandably nervous.When he got his molar out his hand shook ,he lost grip on his instrument , and the tooth dropped down into the patient's throat.
"sorry, " said the doctor "you are outside my speciality now, you should see a laryngologist"
By the time the unfortunate victim got to the laryngologist the tooth had worked its way further down.
The laryngoglogist examined the man."sorry" said the doctor "you are outside my speciality now, you should see a gastrologist!"
The gastrologist x-rayed the patient." sorry " said the doc ," the tooth has travelled into ur lower intestines ,.You should see an enterologist!"
The enterologist took some X-rays.
"Sorry " said the doc " The tooth isnt there.It must have gone down farther.You should see a proctologist"
Our patient is now at the proctologist's examining table ,in the proper elbow-knee position.

The doctor had inserted a proctoscope and is looking through it

" Good heavens," said the doc " you have got a tooth up there!you should see a dentist!!!!!!"

Patient: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Favourite HP characters.............

2006-01-31T03:54:00.000-08:00

Other than the general characters like Harry,Ron,Hermione ,Dumbledore ,Hagrid and Mc gonagall and Snape my fav characters in the respective books are

HP and Philosopher's stone

Oliver Wood- the Quidditch captain.....But mainly becos of the cute actor who portrayed the character........

Neville Longbottom -I liked his character esp in the first book when he wud mess up the flying lesson....
Mrs.Molly Weasley-who leads harry into the platform the first time

Chamber Of secrets
Arthur Weasley------quite opp to the contemptuous Malfoy

Ginny weasley----Ron's sister and the one who had a crush on Harry

of course Tom Riddle---LordVoldy

Prisoner of Azkaban

Of course
Sirius Black----the dream Godfather one imagines and longs for

Lupin ----the whole gang

Moony wormtail padfoot prongs

except of course Wormtail -Peter Pettigrew(whom no one likes))

Professor Trelawny-the dreamy eyed divination teacher

RitaSkeeter- i loved how hermione found out her secret

Goblet of fire

Parvati and Padma Patil----Harry and Ron's dates (rather disappointed ones)

Cedric Diggory----also becos of the cute handsome guy who acted and also becos of the noble character ......(and maybe becos I call myself Cho Chang!!!!!!!!!)
Of course Moody---with his mad eye

Order Of phoenix

I hated Bellatrix ---who caused Sirius' death and the prying Umbridge

I loved Luna Lovegood's character

I loved Harry's character the best in this book.............

Half Blood Prince

I loved Dumbledore's character the best in this probably becos he dies .......

Thus ends the list of my fav characters.................

My first leap into HP- a giant leap for me

2006-01-31T03:13:00.000-08:00

Yes...of course.....i just didnt guess before readin that I wud be so much entangled into the Rowling magic ...

At first , after repeated nagging by my sis and mom to read HP I was still reluctant to read thinkin it was Child stuff. But accidentally I came into the first chapter ""The boy who lived:""""
The title simply fascinated me..,...and I got into reading it for the first time....and guess what ...I completed the whole book within record time......It was so fast and engrossing that I simply cudnt put it down....And it was also mainly because I used to love those kind of Enid Blyton stuff like "Malory towers " ,"St Claire s" etc when I was young ...that kind of a boarding school atmosphere in Hogwarts and the platform 9 and three quarters really titillated me ans so I began my journey into the HP world wihth the PHILOSOPHERS STONE ......and it seemed like even though Nicholas Flamel destroyed the Philosopher's stone in the story....I got the real one...the HP series being the great treasure....

Thus I succesfully got entangled in the "Imperius Curse" .....meaning Ropwling could have absolute control over me......Thus my first HP experience was real wierd and it was the most fufilled experience in my life......

My favourite moments in Philosophers ' stone was those of HP with Dudley .......RON passing over and winning Mc Gonagall's giant chess set and finally the announcement of results for the House Cup...of course the final gripping climax scene of the encounnter of Harry with Quirrell...ie Voldemort....and of course the scenes with Hagrid and Malfoy ..very spicy ones

And of course ....without mentioning Quidditch I cudnt describe HP....esp a person like me who is not into sports,.......getting involved in Quidditch was unbelievable......and everytime the adventure in store for Harry in every match was very much true to life.......

I am defn not afraid to say his name.....I dont care about this "you know who " stuff
as go my favourite lines " Fear of the name increases fear of the thing itself"

and Dumbledore's explanation of how Volemort cudnt touch Harry because of the protection his mother had given him/.....OF LOVE ....which Volemort cudnt understand.....

When I saw the movie I was not very much disappointed as the diff challenges were very much effectively portrayed .....The Sorcerer's stone movie was fantastic....with excellently chosen cast....My favourite still remains the previous dumbledore who definitely had wisdom in his eyes..and commanded respect.........dat was a gr8 effort to bring the characters to life.......it was like the potter world come to life......

And the rest of the HP books were also very gripping....and the newer ones becoming more serious than the first.......

In fact I just went crazy for some days imagining which house I d be put into ...by searching for sites which simulate the sorting ceremony and so on........imagining what kind of wand would suit me ...and so on......
Thus that's how Harry Potter became a part and parcel of my life .......................this was my experience on the Sorcerer's stone or the Philosophers' stone .....or whatever.......

MGM trip- the baby lost its way

2006-01-30T05:31:00.000-08:00

Republic Day-- Thursday 26th jsn 2006

For all those people who might be wondering who this baby is!!!!!!!!this was a 21 year old baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Of course me!!!!!!!!

As usual I made a mess here also....I went into the maze kinda thing inside a house ...and having come out successfully with a big grin on my face.....I came out having absolutely no idea that the maze game would continue in a large scale in the whole of MGM.....

I wandered around a lot......for nearly an hour......with noknown person at sight ...alone .....looking at all the couples and families who were together with a sigh .........

The best part was that ...one moment it wud seeem that I d found my way ..only to be a mirage the next moment.....

wandering around ......sapped of all energy...eyes full of tears.....thank God I kept my purse with me....for refreshing myself with 7ups and miranda s and mineral water bottles.....which kept me going.....the path seemed never ending...

I sang to myself

Enge sellum inda paaaadhai....................
Yaaro Yaaroo arivaarooo.............

And suddenly I realized how foolish I d been wandering around with a cellphone in hand and not using it at time of need....Called up one of my friends who didnt seem to realize my dilemma and told me to wait near the entrance.....

Little did she know that i was totally at sea as to how to get near the entrance....Thanks to those walking angels ...the MGM workers who gave me directions....and finally I reached the destination.....

This was how I spent my last 1 very tiring hour in MGM....but on the whole this was also a lesson in life .....to manage crisis in life......

since I of all persons seem to be the one landing up in crisis everytime.......!!!!!!

Is this what is meant by "Trying hard to make both ends meet???!"

2006-01-30T05:07:00.000-08:00

This was definitely a very funny experience which happened during my second year in college which really made me a Clown in front of the whole class!!!!!!!!

Definitely it was one of those days...where everything seems to go wrong...
Well...it started like this.....

Generally I go to college from Kodambakkam to chromepet station....One day I was busy chatting with one of my college friends that I forgot what train i had to get into...The worst thing here was that the friend also studied in my coll.....And I sincerely dont know how I managed to get into the wrong train going to the opposite side...Wonder what that girl thought about me,...

And here the adventure starts...I travelled ticketless in first class from kodambakkam ...and making matters worse I didnt even realize my foolishness until I passed through Nungambakam ,Chetpet and finally Egmore...at egmore I finally realized on seeing the big long distance trains...that I had got mixed up.....

Immediately I got down (Thank God that he gave me the spark at least at egmore)))))and walked along....without knowing still which train I had to get into....and I wonder whatever gave me the audacity to get into a train still ticketless....

It was definitely my little bit of Good Luck that I managed to escape the ticket checking....
And thus my adventure ends ....I travelled all the way from Egmore to chromepet and missed the first hour class.....

The best part was that instead of keeping my big mouth shut,I blabbered everything to my friends ....Soon the matter spread across the whole college and wherever I went I was received with condolences......

To a third person this may seem just an ordianry incident ....but for a person like me who has been travelling by train all through my life boasting about my mother working in railways....this was unforgivable mistake....

And well...such mistakes are a part of life......
and life goes on....

small things????I wonder ....

2006-01-30T05:02:00.000-08:00

These are some cute little thoughts that I found very much meaningful and involving much thought....

What hurts u the most???
Being hurt by the person u love

or

Being loved by the person u ve hurt!!!!!!!!

.................................................................................

Dont walk as if u rule the world......

Walk as if u dont mind who rules the world......

That's ATTITUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

The long awaited trip- A brain storm of mine

2006-01-29T21:18:00.001-08:00

Republic Day 26th Jan 2006

Well....Hats off !!!!!!!!!!!a gr8 work ...if i do say so myself.....all the pains that i took to get all the girls together for a trip paid off...we had a gr8 day...I am talking about the MGM Dizzie World trip that we went on the Republic Day..I cud never forget those hard times when I had to convince everyone ..especially the hostellites to relinquish their so - called Home trips ..I was the one who started this idea and executed it...of course with the help of my friends ....

We started at 9 in the morning from the Bus stand( thanx to geethu who arranged for a van thru her uncle) we had a very comfortable trip despitethe hot sun....we decided on each other's songs and had a gr8 time on the van ....and at last the destination arrived...we landed at 11 .and got thru the entry formalities...the first ride was in the giant wheel....oh ..wat fun it was !!!!!!even those people whom we thought wud never go on a single ride came forward sportively.....it was gr8 and we took snaps from the gr8 height..

Next was the ride which became the nightmare of many ppl ....due to the nausea it caused...the spider spin......of course not to me....who was all excited to be there...nothing cud ve ever r troubled my day....

Then after all had recovered we moved over to the most challenging rides...Ranger ,revolution,Ship etc.....ranger was the highlight of all....I wud never forget the person whose mobile fell from the gr8 height(((((thank God I gave my sun glasses to some person in the crowd before starting))))))the mobile broke into pieces....and i cud understand the pain of losing a mobile u loved....

And not to mention the roller coaster and the water chute where we took photos of us from gr8 height...and we enjoyed even the smallest of all rides...and the day definitely made heroes of the usual chickens of our class!!!!!I am definitely not quoting names here!!!!!!!!

Thanx to Sun God who were gracious to us though he troubled us in the beginning...became subdued after noon...So we cud enjoy the day .....

And during the return trip we blew soap bubbles as a celebration.....it was definitely a success...not to mention the gripping ride ranger which scared the guns off some of the girls.....
Definitely the trip was a break amidst of the tight project schedule and the working saturdays ........

everybody enjoyed a lot ...and i owe the success of the trip to all my class girls...esp geetha who arranged for the van.....and the three girls who went and collected the tickets beforhand so that we cud get a decent discount............

Defn it was a day worth remembering all my life..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I remembered the song from April Madathil.....

Kanavugal pookum aandugal thodarum January maadathil..........

Wat a gr8 start for the year with a refreshing trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lost Love-A true Love Story of mine

2006-01-29T21:07:00.000-08:00

I can never forget the moment I lost my first love....My nokia 3315.....in the coll library....though an old model...it was like a companion to me....i can still remmeber those moments I spent with it alone ...when there was no one to give me company.....my first love was always there for me...I still feel that it was the bad luck of my losing my mobile which reflected uopn the entire Anna University when the VC order came by..."CELL PHONES NOT ALLOWED INSIDE CAMPUS".....my nokia 3315 and my favourite ring tone in that "VO ladki hai kahan" from Dil chahta hai...I could never forget the moments that I cried for my lost love......I could nt relish on my success in completing my exams ....I was mourning over my lost love...and to make matters worse....the no was deactivated.....as though a funeral took place for my love.......I am till today cursing the person who caused my love to get away from me....And i wonder how I ll react when I catch hold of that person....who caused my dad to step into police station for the first time in life..to launch a complaint...its still a pinful memory to me...my lost 3315..!!!!!!!Nokia will always remain my lost love...for i got a new motorola mobile afterwards ..
Despite my friends' repeated scoldings for brooding over an old model,it still remains my first love..........

Kannum Kannum Nokia...........
Nee Kollai Kollum Mafia.........................

Every night in my dreams I see u.....
I feel u.....
Dats how I know u
Go on..........

My inspiration

2006-01-29T04:02:00.000-08:00

Here is the poem of the century by my favourite poet .........this poem is definitely an inspiration for the youth to make a classic path of their own to distinguish themselves....My favourite lines "And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood " portrays my state of mind exactly....This is definitely the very best inspiration a person could get...whenever someone feels " oh why is it always me"""one should remember this poem to understand that God leads us through this way to make us well distinguished through our path to success.

Robert Frost (1874–1963). Mountain Interval. 1920.

1. The Road Not Taken

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth; 5

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same, 10

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back. 15

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. 20

scintillating one

2006-01-29T03:59:00.000-08:00

Whenever I feel lonely and unhappy this is my tonic to feel enervated .....Wordsworth has really made a masterpiece acc to me in this...though there are other critically aclaimed works of wordsworth...this is my all time favourite,,,simple yet sweet in its style...That's Daffodils...

William Wordsworth. 1770–1850

DAFFODILS

I WANDER'D lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees, 5
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretch'd in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay: 10
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay, 15
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood, 20
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

The treasure I value the most

2006-01-29T03:50:00.000-08:00

My friends ...are my most valuable gems .......here are the poems which tell how important my friends are for me.....

A friend is someone we turn to
when our spirits need a lift.
A friend is someone we treasure
for our friendship is a gift.
A friend is someone who fills our lives
with beauty, joy, and grace.
And makes the whole world we live in
a better and happier place.

You are friendly, kind and caring
Sensitive, loyal and understanding
Humorous, fun, secure and true
Always there... yes that's you.

Special, accepting, exciting and wise
Truthful and helpful, with honest blue eyes
Confiding, forgiving, cheerful and bright
Yes that's you... not one bit of spite.

You're one of a kind, different from others
Generous, charming, but not one that smothers
Optimistic, thoughtful, happy and game
But not just another... in the long chain.

Appreciative, warm and precious like gold
Our friendship won't tarnish or ever grow old
You'll always be there, I know that is true
I'll always be here... always for you.

I believe in angels,
The kind that heaven sends,
I am surrounded by angels,
But I call them friends.

Standing by,
All the way.
Here to help you through your day.

Holding you up,
When you are weak,
Helping you find what it is you seek.

Catching your tears,
When you cry.
Pulling you through when the tide is high.

Just being there,
Through thick and thin,
All just to say, you are my friend.

My favourite movie--Gone with the wind

2006-01-29T03:20:00.000-08:00

How many times I wud ve seen the movie....still I feel all excited and engrossed when I watch it..Could it be the Vivacious Scarlett or the Ever Youth Rhett Butler who seems to lure my attention like anything......I could go on watching the scene where Rhett Butler proposes to Scarlett with all his audacity on her husband's(Second one) funeral day !!!!!The movie, though not as gud as the book(which never seems to be possible) still has a charm of its own with its brilliant portrayal of the War and its effects and its grandeur. No doubt it is the greatest movie of the Century !!!!!!!!check out the BBC News review of the movie...

"Vivian Leigh stars as Scarlett O'Hara, the ORIGINAL Power-Hungry Bitch.

She marries for money. She marries for status. She sleeps around to save her family plantation. When one husband dies, she'll mourn for maybe a few days, then drop her grieving the instant a handsome, rich man catches her eye. Yep, all the hotties in Dallas, Dynasty, 90210, Melrose Place et al. have nothing on Scarlett, the grandmama of all those Class "A" Beeeeeeotch roles.

Scarlett's chief objet de luste is Ashley (Leslie Howard), a Confederate soldier (oh yeah, this takes place in Georgia during the Civil War and Reconstruction). She'd be riding his johnson in a minute if he didn't already have a wife (Olivia de Havilland). And as Scarlett schemes to jump Ashley's bones, she gets involved with an equally shady character, Rhett Butler (Clark "Don't Call Me Gomez Addams" Gable). Rhett and Scarlett seem to be made for each other... if only she'd quit jonesing for Ashley. Hattie McDaniel also stars as the plantation's loyal and outspoken housemaid.

Gone-heads have always been fervent and passionate about their beloved film (chief among them my ex-wife). And who can blame them? After 60 years, Gone With The Wind still holds up excellently as a compelling and charming drama. Vivian plays Scarlett with a delightful nastiness. Clark gives his role an equally scathing and seductive tone. Everything - the directing, the scenic shots, the action, the music - is magnificently done (for a late-thirties film, anyway). This is one classic that's still classy. "

o doubt ...the classic sense of the movie has an attraction which true art crtitics and lovers should never miss.It is a Must-see of all people-Young and old - who believe in love and who believe in reallity