Me , Myself and Preethe

Nobody can be exactly like me.

Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

 

-Tallulah Bankhead

Communicator!!

Dear Preethe’s IT service Department

 

You may have blocked blogger and twitter.

But you cannot block the communicator.

Also you cannot restrict me from changing my status message on communicator.

 

100 characters blogging continues... on our local communicator

 

Current status on communicator!!

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

 

Yours truly

Preethe

 

Freedom!!

12 days left.

And I want to enjoy my last few days of freedom!!

 

 

Q & A - A Tag

My IT challenged brother tagged me ..

 

Q: When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?

A: Eppadi irundha naan ippadi aayiteen

 

Q: How much cash do you have in your wallet right now?

A: 2K plus some change

 

Q: What’s a word that rhymes with DOOR?

A: CORE ( I am now working on AIX unix machine .. hehehee)

 

Q: What is your favorite ring tone on your phone?

A: My mobile is on silent mode most of the time. I am presenly hunting for Malgudi days title music.

 

Q: Who is the 4th person on your missed call list on your cell phone?

A: My husband's

 

Q: What are you wearing right now?

A: Sandalwood and black color salwar kurta

 

Q: Do you label yourself?

A: Seriously puriyala.. if it means if i wear some branded dresses .. then .. no

 

Q: Name the brand of the shoes you’re currently own?

A: Lemon - bought it from Shoppers stop

 

Q: Bright or Dark Room?

A: Bright

 

Q: What do you think about the person who took this survey before you?

A: Sariyana Multiple Personality Disorder patient

 

Q: What does your watch look like?

A: I dont wear one .. romba naalukku apparam i bought one for Rs100 and Raghav broke it within two weeks

 

Q: What were you doing at midnight last night?

A: What do you think a mother of a brat would do .. blissfully sleeping after the typhoon rested.

 

Q: What did your last text message you received on your cell say?

A: Apply for PAN Card .. grrr

 

Q: What’s a word that you say a lot?

A: Hmmmmm

 

Q: Who told you he/she loved you last? (Please exclude spouse , family, children)

A: Edukku???!! .. ennoda sogathatha kelaradheenga please .. ;-)

 

Q: Last furry thing you touched?

A: Enga veetla oru tedy irukku .. paavam adhu.. vaangum bodhu it was white .. ippo boodham maadhiri irukku.. . btw .. i toughed a snake two weeks back in Crocodile park .. wow it was slimiy .. loved touching it. 

 

Q: Favorite age you have been so far?

A: college

 

Q: What was the last thing you said to someone?

A: "sari - ok - take care" to my husband over phone

 

Q: The last song you listened to?

A: Before I do - Colin Raye

 

Q: Where did you live in 1987?

A: Trichy aggragaram. Thiruaanaikaval agraharam

 

Q: Are you jealous of anyone?

A: hmm yes .. Srimathi .. my colleague .. she has a son who goes to college .. still she is thinner than me :(

 

Q: Is anyone jealous of you?

A: andha maadiri yaaravadhu irundha .. paavam avanga..

 

Q: Name three things that you have on you at all times?

A: Mobile, thoughts abour Raghav and Purse

 

Q: What’s your favorite town/city?

A: Chennai, Hyderabad, Bhopal

 

Q: When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper and mailed it?

A: I tried writing a letter to hariharan and send it with his marraige gift. couldnt recognize my handwriting after writing one line. So typed it and took a print out.. :(

 

Q: Can you change the oil on a car?

A: naan verum back seat driver mattum dhan

 

Q: Your first love/big crush: what is the last thing you heard about him/her?

A: yeah .. Venkatapathy Raju .. I came to know about that he is married after one year of his marraige :( And latest U heard he is in some cricket selection commitee.

 

Q: Does anything hurt on your body right now?

A: my shoulders

 

Q: What is your current desktop picture?

A: Ever handsome Denzel Washinton

 

Q: Have you been burnt by love?

A: venam sollitten .. aludhuduven ..

 

Tagging 

1. Rajesh – I,proteus
2. Sri – Thoughts Keyboarded
3. Senior – Moments

 

 

 

Happy Birthday Rajesh!!

Wish you a very long and Happy Happy life dear Rajesh!!

edukku theriyuma??

1. "Ruthlessness" Virtue or Vice maadhiri serious posta commedy pannuven .. adhukkum salikkama reply panna

2. Phone panna edukkama enkitta thittu vaangi sanda poda

3. Totally unexpecteduh neeyum madhuvum Chennai vandhu ennoda veetukku vandhu, Raghavkku piece piece vaangi thara :)

4. Boodham maadhiri OT dressla photo eduththu anuppa

5. Ennoda stupid jokeskku sirinnu sonnapaprama kazhtappattu sirikkka

6. Naan Datawarehousing paththi explain pannappram .. BI toolna ennannu .. Seethaikku Raaman chiththappava questions ketkka..

7. Blog template maathittu.. check pannudi mail panna

8. Pondykku vandha malivu vilaila sarakku vaangi thara ;-P

Have a great life da!!!
We will grow old together ;-P (anyways .. I know you are already old.. enakkuinnum time irukku )

Tagged to Good old days

Thanks Sri for tagging me ..

I relived my memories ..

1981 - 1986

Appo naanga Mysorela irundhom. So remember spending my holidays at my maternal grand parents' place in Trichy. I used tO love that Trichy house... A typical old Agraharam veedu with thinnai,railiway paltform maadhiri long hall, hall sidela chinna chinna rooms and kitchen at the end. Visits to Thiruvaanikaaval (Thiru Aaani Kaaval) also called Akilandeshwari temple used to be my favourite timepass. koyil kolathula neraya meen irukkum. adhukku pori pottundu irundha timeporadhe theriyadhu. ange oru kutti aanai irukkum.. Andhukku rice and vellam pottu periya periya urundai panni ootuvaanga.. supera irukkum paarka..

Apparam .. Mysore.. had a lot of tourist attarctions. Chamundi Hills, Brindavan Gardens, Najangud and many more ..Summer Holidaysla Chitthi, Chithappa with their kids, aththai paati , maama and family ellarum varunga.. Amma used to take them for a guided tour to all these places.. My favourite used to be Brindavan gardens and the musical fountain shows.

Pic 1: Naane dhan
Pic 2: With Mom and Dada.. taken in some Mysore exhibition

1987- 1993






We shifted to Chennai from Mysore. My materanl grandparents also moved in with us after selling our Trichy house. Chennaila Ayanavaramla settle aanom. Our house was quite near our maama thatha and maama's house. Their's was a joint family. Adanla eppovum jejennu kootama irukkum avanga veedu. Ennoda cousins , second cousins , third cousins ellorum iruppanga.. orey kooththu dhan.

Maama veetula rendu maanga maram irukkum. maanga adichucha veetula thittu vilum.. so periyavanga ellarum thoonginapparam maanga adippom.. Kitchenla salt and molaga podi edukka thada irundhadhu.. adhanala therumonaila oru thatha cut mango kada vechipaar.. anga poyi salt thirudindu varuvaanga.. Ellam ready panninundu out-housela poyi sema koothadippom.. Apparam .. night dinnerkku mottamaadila
ellaraiyum okkaravechchu saapadu poduvanga.. Wonderful days.

Soup panrennu maggi tastemakera hot waterla karaichu maamava kudikka vachchadu innum niyagabam irukku .. Paavam Raja maama .. he dint utter a word.. he drank the whole cup of soup..

Apparam .. amma and appa kooda neraiya oorukku poyirukkom.. ooty, madurai, Coimbatore, Thirunaveli, Tanjavore, kuttraalam, Mukkombu dam, Bombay.. We used to frequently visit Trichy to meet my grandmother's chiththi..(our great grandmother).

Pic 1: Mukkombu Dam with mom , dad , bro , Anu aththai family, Vidhu and Raghu
Pic 2: Ayanavaram veedu - bro , Chiththi's kids( satish , krupa), (innoru chiththi's kid) Bhargavi
Pic 3: Little Folks theme park- Priya, Nivi, Bro and Ramesh

1994 - 1998


10th std and 12th std timela engeyum poga mudiyala .. more over we shifted to Alwarpet. so our visit frequnecy to Ayanavaram also reduced. But school friendsoda nalla enjoy panniyirukken.. Kazhudha ketta kutti sevuru maadhiri.. engalukku Boat club road and Mcrennet bakery dhan kutti sevuru.

I love dogs.. Enga veetukku pinnadi Demonty colony park irukkum.. adukku walking kootindu vara dogs ellam ennoda friends.. Doogie and Bruno were my best friends :)
Photola irukaradhu Bruno ..

Pic: Alwarpet Veedu - two dogs (Bro and Bruno) :-P

1998 -2002





Golden days of my life..Wonderful college with 650-acre campus.. situated on beautiful plateau. According to amma and appa .. naan anga padichcha four yearsum enakku holidays dhan.. we never used to attend any classes..New Market, Dus Number market , Kota,Indian Coffee House (ICH), College Dam, campus temple etc etc etc
.. Romba enjoy pannen.. miss those days.. Evenings hostel maadila poyi okandhu pesa aarambichcha time poradhe theriyadhu.. And ofcourse mess table discussions were the best..

Pic 1: Hostel maadi
Pic 2: In fornt of new ICH , New market Bhopal

2002 - till date

Work panna start pannapparama breakknu eduthadhu marraige timela one month. Srilanka and Singapore trips were wonderful. Apparam Raghav was born. Ippollam Raghava Childrens park and beachkku kootindu
poradhu dhan holidaysla naanga panra orey vela..

Pic 1: Guindy Children's park




Indha photola enga total gange irukku .. except Vidhu.. We met last weekend for our Cousin Balaji's wedding.. angeyum poyi sema ruckus pannom.. Total fun..


I woud like to tag : Ones and Zeros - Kiran , Meproteus - Rajesh

Today I found the pearl with the same old unique shine

I have lost friends, some by death, others through sheer inability to cross the street.
- Virginia Woolf  

 

Yeah.. Even I have lost many friends..

1. Coz of my ego which avoided me in getting back in touch.
2. Coz of distance
3. Coz of busy life after marrige

 

But there are a few who are always at the back of mind, reminding that me that they are pearls with unique shine, gifted to me.

I take extreme care not to avoid them in midst of this hectic life.

Also I take all possible measures to try to keep this bond going.

 

I got back in touch with one such pearl.. after 6 years ..

And that makes this day a very special one...

 

Dear God! I cannot thank you enough for this gift!!

 

 

 

Ideal Life

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Mark Twain

Good friends -- tick
Good books -- tick
Sleepy conscience -- working on it ..

Good Bye

How would you deal with a person who does things even after he is warned about the consequences?

How would you deal with him when he yells at you and blames you, after facing those consequences?

I said "Good Bye.." I wish I had said Get Lost

No Data Found!

This was a “No Data Found” Custom message which my team mate had put in a report. This is a classic example for… How too much work on a BI tool can affect a person?

Quote of the Day

Many a man who falls in love with a dimple make the mistake of marrying the whole girl.
  - Evan Esar

 

LOL … isn’t it so true..

Isn’t this the cause for all our miseries..

 

Quote/Puzzle for the Day

The greatest mystery is not that we have been flung at random between the profusion of matter and of the stars, but that within this prison we can draw from ourselves images powerful enough to deny our nothingness.
  - Andre Malraux

 

Appadinna enna?? Onnume puriyala..

Can anyone throw some light!!??

 

 

A Small Help!!

Raghav: Amma naan oru help pannattuma?

Me: chittuu .. sollu da .. enna help pannaraa

Raghav: Unakku kayi valikkum.. adhanala andha icecream enakku kodu..

 

Before I could realize what was happening .. My ice cream cone was gone.

 

Label: Raghav

 

Credit, Debit, double entry, AR, AP.... and what not..

I know a lot about cars. I can look at a car's headlights and tell you exactly which way it's coming.
-Mitch Hedberg

 

I know a lot about accounts. I can look into a balance sheet and tell you which is debit and which is credit.

-Preethe SM

 

 

Can you Imagine what I am doing right now..

Trying to design a financial data warehouse.

 

Did I hear you ROFL ??

 

 

 

Label: Techie , work

someday I'll be Saturday night

Today I don’t feel like yelling TGIF..

Thanks to Jon Bon Jovi .. He seems to have sung this song just for me..

 

Hey, man I'm alive
I'm takin' each day and night at a time
I'm feelin' like a Monday
but someday I'll be Saturday night
Hey, my name is Jim, where did I go wrong
My life's a bargain basement,
all the good shit's gone
I just can't hold a job, where do I belong
I'm sleeping in my car, my dreams move on
My name is Billy Jean, my love was bought and sold
I'm only sixteen, I feel a hundred years old
My foster daddy went, took my innocence away
The street life ain't much better,
but at least I get paid
Tuesday just might go my way
It can't get worse than yesterday
Thursdays, Fridays ain't been kind
But somehow I'll survive
Hey man I'm alive
I'm takin' each day and night at a time
Yeah I'm down, but I know I'll get by
Hey hey hey hey, man gotta live my life
Like I ain't got nothin'
but this roll of the dice
I'm feelin' like a Monday,
but someday I'll be Saturday night
Now I can't say my name, and tell you where I am
I want to roll myself away, don't know if I can
I wish that I could be in some other time and place
With someone else's soul, someone else's face
Tuesday just might go my way
It can't get worse than yesterday
Thursdays, Fridays ain't been kind
But somehow I'll survive
Hey, man I'm alive
I'm takin' each day and night at a time
Yeah I'm down, but I know I'll get by
Hey hey hey hey, man gotta live my life
Like I ain't got nothin'
but this roll of the dice
I'm feelin' like a Monday,
but someday I'll be Saturday night
Here we go
Some day I'll be Saturday night
I'll be back on my feet, I'll be doin' alright
It may not be tomorrow baby, that's OK
I ain't goin' down, gonna find a way, hey hey hey
Hey man I'm alive
I'm takin' each day and night at a time
Yeah, I'm down, but I know I'll get by
Hey hey hey hey, man, gotta live my life
Like I ain't got nothin'
but this roll of the dice
I'm feelin' like a Monday,
but someday I'll be Saturday night
I'm feelin' like a Monday,
but someday I'll be Saturday night

test

Test

I used to be person of extreme indifference.. about others, things I do and myself. Indifference had once taken over me ..

But these days.. I have become a creature of extreme emotions. I can either love or hate. There is no middle ground.

I wish I could get back to the old "So What" attitude

Am I IT challenged??

Bulb No 1:
Me: Schoola ennada panna? Innikku enna drawing panna?
Raghav: Amma nan oru hash draw pannen
Me: Hasha?? appadinnaa???
Raghav: Hash maa..
Me: Eppadi da irukkum???
Raghav: adhdhan maa ..computerla shift pottu three press panna varume .. andha hash.. Unakku theriyadha?? next time Dora (CD) podumbodhu kaataren..
(saw the craft which he had made at school this morning.. it was hash design made out of wooden ice cream spoons)


Bulb No 2:
Raghav: Amma Tom and Jerry (CD) stuck aagudhu

I deleted the running processess and tried to open the CD again.. Movie started palying in VLC player.. Screen was small .. so I tried to make it full screen by pressing "Alt +Enter".. I dint know that ALT+Enter combination doesnt work in VLC player. I was searching all the menu to make it full screen..

Raghav: Amma .. two times click pannu maaa... screen fulla varum

I double clicked on the screen .. and there it turned to full screen..


6.5 yrs in IT .. Orey puppy shamea pochchu..
Idha dhan learning is a ongoing processnu sonnanagalo??

A Love - Hate Relation

Why do I still love you
I don't know why I even care
you might not be able to see it
but somehow I know its there

You did things that would break my heart
And you never doubted it at all
you tried to silence me with your messages
but you crashed

I was always right there with you
Passing everything I had
But every time I asked you for help
Things always turned out bad

When you were down I helped you out
And never gave it a second thought
But when you let me rot while you could budge
I tried out every lesson I was taught

I grew in anger and lost my pride
And turned my smile to hate
I thought God gave up on me
It was way more than I can take

Those messages that you showed to me
Riped a hole right through my heart
I didn't want this to end this way
I just dint want to stop

A thought, a server and a client
should be like the sun and the moon
But just as I try to start the service
You were forever gone

I yell and scream
If anyone can fix you just in case
You left no log on your file
Just to stay forever down in place

I will master your commands
Looking at your help files, stored on the discs
My heart goes for you seeing you resting in the box
With no errors to flash

PS: That "YOU" in this post is Data Flux a Data cleansing and MDM tool from SAS

A baby crush on a baby Snow White!!

Raghav is in Pre-KG at one of the famous schools in Chetpet. I have been finding a lot of positive changes in him since he started going to this school. The Montessori method of teaching has brought a lot of changes in his way of thinking and learning. He speaks English quite well, though we dont prefer speaking in English at home. He is now fluent in Kannada, Tamil and English. He understands Telugu quite well. And in a few days when his grandparents would join us, he will start speaking in Telugu too.

Raghav's school encourages a lot of group activities for kids. Even in their sports day, they had many group games ensuring that each kid gets a trophy. And that was really a very good way to encourage kids participation in all the activities. They also had a annual day function for Montessori class kids. It was very well organized. we had a good time. Raghav was dressed up as a band boy in the Disney parade. All kids were dressed up as Disney characters and band boys were leading these kids on the stage.

Raghav is very fond of these Disney fairy tales. And especially snow white and seven dwarfs. And There was one girl who was dressed up as snow white in the Disney parade. Raghav was very excited to see snow white. And even till this date he gets all excited whenever he sees this girl. He doesnt know her name as she belongs to another Pre-KG section. Every time he gets a chance to see this girl before I drop him at school, he stops until this girl enters her class and then goes to his class.

Today when I was dropping him at his school, I saw that this girl was coming to school with her dad. I waved at her and said hello to her father. And here is our conversation..

Me: Hi kiddo .. Hello (to her dad)
Her dad: Hello.. which section?
Me : Bunnies .Whats her name?
Her dad: (Name withheld ;-) )
Me: She was looking very sweet in snow white dress on annual day function.
Her dad: (smiles) (and more smiles)
Me: My son Raghav keeps talking about your girl.
Her dad: (smile .. more smile)
Me: He always tells me whenever he meets her. He calls her Snow White.
Her dad: (smile , smiles and more smiles) I never knew that this would start so soon (winks)
me and her dad: LOL

And I am still laughing!!
Wonder what Raghav would do when he grows up..
And I hope to preserve this post to tell him that snow white was his first crush!!!