Ahaaa Vanthutadaa Vanthutta

When will it end?

2004-09-21T15:51:00.000+08:00

Practically in every Indian home these days, at least one person is hooked on to at least one mega-serial. In most cases, it's our mothers. For my mom, she like thousands out there follows avidly Annamalai, Kungumam and Mangalyam. Thank God she stopped there. The rest of serials like Anni, Sahana, Metti Oli etc is once in a blue moon affair to her. As I only go home in the weekends, I dont really have to fight over the remote to catch my fav programs on ntv7, Starworld or AXN during these time slots. I'm so sick of this serials that I only watch them when there's completely nothing else to watch. Come on, it's way toooooooooooooo draggy. End it for goodness sake. Too many villains, too many plots, too many subplots. When you think of it , one is actually being shortchanged.

Why? Ok let's take Annamalai. It starts at 9.00pm. The intro song takes around 5 mins. In between there will be commercial breaks in total for 5-6 mins. The show then ends barely at 9.25pm. The closing song runs for another 5 mins. Arent you short changed? Big time!

It can be so frustating when they don't speed things up as well. It takes one entire episode for scenes that can be done in 1-2 mins. For example, in one episode last week, close to 5 mins was wasted by showing Jeeva's anni's attempt to retrieve the poison bottle from the cupboard. Why cant they go straight and show her pouring the god damn thing into the milk? No. They had to show the husband talking in his sleep. They had to show her trying to fall off the chair. It took her practically forever to do so.

Not only are we short changed, but some of the things are not realistic either! How many villains/evil people can there be? Too many. Annamalai is the worst. At least in Kungumam, Anni and the rest, there are only a handful - that I know of that is.In Annamalai the bad apples are :

Annamalai's sis-in-law - Tamilarasi - Ultimate queen of evil

Annamalai's mom-in-law's friend - Parvathi - Ultimate queen of evil No.2

Sattapan - Money minded villain who's ultimate goal to cheat everyone of their properties.

Annamalai's daughter No.1 Jeeva's mother-in-law

Jeeva's sister-in-law

Jeeva's sister-in-law cum ex-best friend

Jeeva's ex-boy friend

Jeeva's brother-in-law

Annamalai's daughter No.2 Jothi's ex-boy friend cum brother-in-law

Jothi's ex-boy friend's wife

Annamalai's best friend Anwar's wife - Mariam

Annamalai's husband Ulaganathan

Annamalai's mother-in-law's care taker cum Annamalai's husband's secret girlfriend - dunno wats her name

Annamalai's daughter Surya - at one point of time ( you really feel like smacking her head)

Annamalai's brother Tavasi's son

That's all I can think of.

It's not a good thing to make people watch stuff that contain extreme level of hatred. Serials like Annamalai is not someting positive. It's so full of vengeance and revenge. Families dont function that way in real. Yes, there are bad apples around but not all in one family.
Oh, well. I just hope these serial makers come to their senses one day and finish it up already! We had enough of all the evil people. Just let everyone pay back whatever they want and end it already!

Paadal Thiran 2004 Host's Attire - Pink Pink Pink !

2004-09-21T14:00:00.000+08:00

Seriously, what were they thinking? Did she not see herself in the mirror? Poor girl.

Chakkarai Nilavae

2004-08-20T19:52:00.000+08:00

One of my favourite Tamil songs with my very own translation included. This has been among my collection for some time now and i felt like sharing it with the res. When it comes to songs written in exceptional level of Tamil , I need to hear them a couple of times before actually grasping the meanings. This song which became popular among listeners couple of years back, still is a favourite to many, including myself. While the same cannot be said about most of the modern Tamil songs these days, this is not to be missed.

Chakkarai Nilavae

( Lyrics taken from Nanjil Online Lyrics)

sakkarai nilavae pen nilavae
You are as if the Moon made from sugar

kaanum poadhae karaindhaayae
The moment I see you , you dissolve (i.e. disappear)

nimmadhi illai yaen illai nee illaiyae
I'm losing my peace of mind, Why? Because you are not around with me

(sakkarai nilavae...)

manam pachai thannee dhaan pennae '
My heart is like plain water

adhai patra vaithadhu un kannae
Your eyes alone able to fire it

yen vaazhkai ennum kaattai erithu
You lit fire to my life ( forest)

kudai kaayndhaay kodumai pennae
And you seek warmth by it

kavidhai paadina kangal
Your eyes sang poems

kaadhal paesina kaigal
Your hands spoke of love

kadaisiyil ellaam poigal
In the end, everything became plain deceit

yen pinju nenju thaangumaa?
How can my young heart bear the pain?

(sakkarai nilavae...)

kaadhal endra ondru adhu kadavul poala
Love is regarded similar to existence God

unara thaanae mudiyum adhil uruvam illai
One can only feel it and not see it

kaayam kanda idhayam oru kuzhandhai poala
A heart that is broken is almost like a young child

vaayai moodi azhumae andha vaarthai illai
It can only cry without knowing what to say

anbae un punnagai yellaam adi nenjil saemithaen
I' ve kept all your smiles deep down my heart my dear

kannae un ponnagai yellaam kanneeraay urugiyathey
Now its all flowing out as tears

vellai sirippugal un thavaraa?
Was it your fault if you had such beautiful smiles?

adhil kollai poanadhu en thavaraa?
Or was it my fault to fall in love to that ?

pirindhu sendradhu un thavaraa?
Was it your fault to leave me and go

naan purindhu kondadhu en thavaraa?
Or was it my fault if I let you do so

aan penneer parugum pennin idhayam sadhaiyalla kallin suvaraa?
A woman's heart is not made of flesh , but brick of walls

(kavidhai paadina...)

november maadha mazhaiyil naan nanaivaen endraen
I told you I liked getting wet in November rain

enakkum kooda nanaidhal miga pidikkum endraay
And you said you liked getting wet in the rain as well

mottai maadi nilavil naan kulippaen endraen
I also said that I liked to stand under the moonlight

enakkum andha kuliyal miga pidikkum endraay
And you said you liked the same too

sugamaana kural yaar endraal suseela'vin kural endraen
When I said my favourite singer with a beautiful voice is Suseela,

enakkum andha kuralil yaedho mayakkam ena nee sonnaay
You claimed you knees go weak to the same voice as well

kangal moodiya buddhar silai en kanavil varuvadhu pidikkum endraen
I spoke of my joy whenever Lord Buddha with his eyes closed came in my dreams,

thayakkam enbadhu siridhum indri
adhu enakkum enakkum dhaan pidikkum endraayadi
After hesitating a while , finally you said you found joy in a dream of such too

unakkum unakkum ellaam pidikka ennai yaen pidikkaadhu endraay?
Then why if you liked almost everything I like, you could not like me my dear

(sakkarai nilavae...)

The lyrics may not seem to have that much of an effect being translated in English but trust me it's one beautiful song that one should enjoy.

Maanam Flying Big Time

2004-08-19T17:55:00.000+08:00

Im sure who ever read Berita Harian today would have come across one pretty interesting article on the press statement released by our dear Makkal Thalaivar on the MRR2 issue.

‘Saya bertanggungjawab’: Hanya seorang buat kenyataan keretakan MRR2: Samy Vellu
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu semalam menegaskan, sebagai Menteri Kerjaraya, beliau adalah orang yang bertanggungjawab untuk menjawab semua persoalan berhubung isu keretakan Lebuhraya Lingkaran Tengah 2 (MRR2).

I have been following this issue since they announced about the limited access to the ramp ( ie no big vehicles allowed to use it) some time back. As stubborn as Malaysians can be , plus with our infamous Malaysia Boleh semangat, these ppl still continued to use it. What did it result in? Cracks and more cracks bringing to total closure of MRR2. What did that result to? Jams and more jams. It's as if they felt that we did not have enough traffic congestions to cry about so they decided spice up our life a little more. What do you think that will lead to? More angry drivers ,more people getting to work late, more people missing the first 10 minutes of movies in cinema, more petrol consumption etc. Anyway, the reason i brought up this article has nothing to do with MRR2...its more to our dear Makkal Thalaivar.

What has he brought himself into this time? He is practically like thunde kaanum thuniya kaanum no matter how unshaken he is trying to be. I mean don't tell he is the ONLY person in the Works Ministry who can actually answer to this issue. The more he makes statements likes, the more doubtful people will get. This is not the first time he maanam vanggeran himself.

The other time was when he announced during the last MIC re-shuffle that the reason old faces had to be booted out and new faces brought in was because it's about time the former gave way to the latter in order to bring a fresh force of leadership. Like hello, the first 'old face' that should have 'voluntarily' stepped down should have been him. In fact he should gave way eons ago.

I just dont get what is it with this guy? I mean you have tried and you are now in your 'failing miserably era'. You may have brought changes to the Indian community but not significant ones where we the younger generation can be proud of you. Just pick any young adult randomly and ask what they think of our present MIC leader. No positive response for sure.

It's about time. You had your chance. Please face the reality before it's too late. Obviously no dignified leader would want to spend his golden years going up and down the court staircase.

Malaysian Indian Makkals Mattum

2004-08-19T00:29:00.000+08:00

Being a Malaysian Indian, there arent exactly that many blogs where one can discuss about stuff happening around this particular community. Even most of the present websites available out there seemed not too consistent in publishing news and issues. For me this blog is just my small space for me to voice my very own opinions. Be it about movies, education, politics etc. Whether I want to rave about a new Tamil movie, compliment the works of a Malaysian Indian artiste, critisize about certain political leaders or even list out my favourite Indian food recipes, I'm goin to do it here. I'm no Anna Rice when it comes to writing, but at least I feel relieved if I am able to say out what I want. With the group of friends I currently have, either they are not aware of movies like Perazhagan or Arul and those who do are not aware of Reshmonu or Jaclyn Victor. So what have I decided; write in my own blog of course.

For the rest who feel all these do not make any sense, please do visit my more 'universal' blog at Bada Bing Bada Boom .