Blore Boulevard - the broken beauty:-(

Well, Well, am gonna write about something I really loved. I mean the word L.O.V.E.D.

The most beautiful place in Blore [If you'd ask me, I would say the most beautiful place I love to be!] With trees on the side, benches to have romantic talks, for the old man to view the other side of the city, a dream of a girl to join Times of India which is right opposite to where she's seated[You can take a guess!!] .....

Haven't you guessed yet?

*Mg Road Boulevard in Bangalore*

The boulevard is gonna be no more.. They have already started demolishing it. During my internship the issue of demolishing it came up. After 5 years of metro rail project talks in blore, they are gonna start their work! That too in the place of the beautiful boulevard!


Myself and another reporter when to do vox-pop[Voice your views].I saw so many people having myriad memories of that place. Am sure the people there would miss. But its really sad[pathetic!] to see the tress being cut down, the road being emptied and on. I felt like 'gawd, they are killing it, killing it in front of me'.

One might think what is so special in that place? The answer - it feels heaven! I remember going to that place often when I was a kid. My dad lowes Mg road, he often takes me and my sister for a walk there. I didn't realize the beauty then.

Later when I grew up, again the three of us went. My dad always had something nice to say when we walk there. We used to sit in those benches, look at the traffic, other happenings and chat about his nostalgic memories with his friends there.

It feels so good you know. The place is very old and been in Bangalore for ages. I heard so the British wanted to put up the lane on the other side of Mg road. It's a landmark for Bangalore. Mg road being one of the busiest and happening place in the city, this place is noticed so much. With busy traffic in one side, other side a beautiful lane of trees and benches on the side! Can you imagine a place like that now?

When it rains you have place for shelter, when it's too hot also its the same. Sweet talks, old memories, a walk from there to cubbon park.... Gawd am gonna miss it so much. Am sure my dad will miss so much more than I.

The St. George Cathedral in Nungambakkam, Madras gives me peace. It's the same for me in Bangalore. This place gives me peace, it's not that I don't have in home or elsewhere. I can see peace, feel it in the midst of so much traffic and noise, it makes me feel so good like how an early morning walk in the beach is!

I used to dream sitting in that place, thinking may be few years from now, I should meet my Mr. Right and spend some time [BG-ne amridhadhare song], then after a few years bring my friends to spend some nice time, and then with my family and on. It might sound stupid, kiddish or even dramatic! But that's not all it is, its the way nature & beauty makes me feel!:-)

Though people say, after the construction they will planting trees and re-constructing it again. But that's all gonna be after 5 years from now! I dunno where I will be, I dunno if the old charm can be brought again!

All I have with me now is the *memories*memories*memories*!

I dream now---It will be back one day:)

Signing off:-> sHaRa

1st bday!

It's been a year since am blogging! Great.. I hardly hold few things for this much time! I must say, it's cos I love writing:) Hope i continue the same!!

*yay*yay* Happy bday too my blog!:)

*shara*

Why I like being a girl?

Few reasons why I love being a girl:)

1. I love myself this way - a girl:)
2. I just love accessories, you should see my collection![ore eyes everyone one my earring collection!!!:(] I love to wear bangles, earrings, fingerings, anklets and lots more of JUNK! I just loveeeee itttt!!!
3. I love P.I.N.K! That sums up all I guess:)
4. Salwars, Skirts, Saree....I luv them all... Clothes are too lucky for girls I guess!!:)
5. Rapunzel- what is she famous for?And I love that!
6. Girls given special importance E.V.E.R.Y.W.H.E.R.E.
7. I can even drive without license... suupaaahh!
   
8. Crowd following;)
9. L.i.p.g.l.o.s.s
10. Too much protection from guy friends!Ain't that nice?;) Feels damn good!!
11. Mehendis....
    
12. Love to be dad's girl:)
13. Chappals... [Blore the best place to buy]
14. G.O.S.S.I.P, Secrets ... without this GIRLS won't exist
    
15. I can smile a lot in difficult times than my dad [Guys in that case]
16. Super support for many men in this world[Even for girls]
    

"Behind every man's success there is a women" - I believe in this!:)

*signing off*
~shara~

I luv this!

I love this picture below, which I've taken. I never knew my room can be so beautiful!:)


What ya say??

My days in 29C

My days in 29C is amazing!!! 29C is this bus-route that travels from Besant Nagar to Perambur. I take from Mylapore to Gemini. In my first and second year I travel in bus. Now am slightly missing the fun in bus!! But still I have those lovely memories traveling in 29C. With great people around me, I always loved it that way. The fun times, the gossip[lol], the enjoyment .... woooo I loved it... Here I pen down,,... why I love traveling in 29C!

• Waiting in the bus stand and see the crowded 29Cs pass by
• Sometimes I see guys on top of the bus!
  
• Then wait for the Gali bus to arrive
• Show tata to other friends in the bus stand
  
• Fighting for the window seat
• Sometimes over lowes agi, asking friends to sit in the free seat
• Esp dhiv, so cheet she will ask others first and then sit, if she gets one:)
• But sometimes over discussions agi, someone will occupy by that time:D
• Then.. Gossip **;)
  
• Making fun of other people
• The idushals and ishals;)
• The vetti talks by sar, pri, dhiv and me
• Sometimes panda also joins;)
• The model who traveled with us [oh yea...he participated in Mr.Chennai!!]
• How we used to fight... seeing him;) [hope he doesn't read this!!]
  
• Vetti scene 2 by listening to music[ipod!!].... me and pri oly!!sar n dhiv exceptional!
• Passing comments at those mammis gossip
• Discussing 'Hindi' serials... [the smart guy who comes in love story:)]
• Passing comments on other college girls
• Overhearing our juniors bitching about teachers;)
• Nice talks with other department girls
  
• The serious times - during exams, serious mugging up in the bus!
• Lovely morning sleep near the window seat, I see sar sleeping most of the time!!
• Sometimes watch huge fights happening in the bus!
  
• Then I pray to god, that the driver shouldn't ask us to get down, as it might get late to college!
• Seeing cheap men, hitting a woman
• I also see some nice men helping women and old people
• Am still searching the lady who flicked my mobile
• I realize then, How much I've cursed her after the bad happenings!!
• Is she alive??;)
  
• Remembering those 'brave' moments done by my friend!;)
• Laughing over 'somethings' quietly
  
• In the end, showing TATA to my friends after I get down, I will wave till I can see them n vice versa! I dunno why, sar also have told me, I love to show tata, with nice big smile!!:)
  

Lovely times!! I miss it in my final year!! Maybe I should use it now and then to have fun with my friends... I know I won't get it back again...:(

Lowes,
Shara

This is why I love me:)

Yes, am in love with myself for this:):)

I luv photography:) N these pics r very special for me:):)

Emotions of a driver!

6.15 am, She wakes up..

7.30 am, she takes her scooty from the shed..

7.32 am, she starts for her college...

It will take 20 min to reach to her college...

And she drives slowly and always keeps this in mind "Keep to your left"

Near Mylapore signal, tension arises for this poor girl...

Rickshaw men drives slowly in the middle of the road,

Cyclists tries to over take her and other four wheeler drivers,

Auto men tries not to put the INDICATOR when they move left or right,

She thinks, what is the purpose of the 'indicator'?

Four wheeler drivers never puts down their ego, and never follows two wheelers even during times of traffic congestion,

Four wheeler drivers always wants to over take them,

Apparently she guesses, its because its below their dignity to follow a two wheeler!!

Nearing Cathedral road, she finds these POKIRI guys, who goes zig - zag zoo in the roads,

trying to show their driving or zig zooing skills!

She thinks its because of a series of women's college in the same lane!

Nearing Gemini flyover, she finds college girls, flying their dupattas and driving impatiently to avoid signal,

She also finds the same with office goers especially four wheeler drivers who never wants to wait during signals,

She thinks, how can they expect to keep the cars moving in a cosmopolitan city like MADRAS?

She gets reminded of Bangalore traffic, where its much worse!

She thanks GOD at that moment!

She lost her patience completely with the non-supportive members of the road!

She feels like, "should have I gone in bus today, instead of taking my bike?"

She answers to herself, "No no am not gonna get harassed today!!" [LOL]

She looks at the people reading this blog, and thinking whether they guessed who 'she' was?

And yes, your right, its ME! :D

*signing off,
Shara*

INJUSTICE BEFORE MY EYES

The poem below, is one of my favorites until now. There may be errors but the time when I wrote this didn't have experience. I haven't modified until now and kept the charm of the poem how I wrote.

I remember writing this poem in my 8th grade, in my Biology lab class (*times in rosary*), where I was waiting for my turn to see something through the microscope!

The topic, would make you people realize that am sounding like this activist or something.. lol.. But its not, the poem is purely imaginary and its not written to hurt anyone's feelings.

And one more happy thing about this poem is that I have posted this in a journalism website and if you google my name or topic you can read the poem there also:):)

Have a look...

Injustice before my eyes

Oh, what a pity!
For that man,
He's dying out of suffering
"Pain, Pain",he cried
He is whipped for a
wrong judgment!
He was dragged to the king,
His family was left alone,
People were standing around
his wife and children,
Nobody gave them a helping hand!
She went away weeping,
crying, she left her soul behind...
I was badly ashamed!
"It was a sin", I said to myself!
This thought made me think,
How bad I was,
For I was a judge who got a bribe!
As I think back why,
Why did I do such a sin?
For I didn't have anything to win!!

*S.H.A.R.A.N.Y.A*

To see is also a sin....

Well, am back again to write something about that really amazed me during my internship in Bangalore, in ANI (Asian News International)

Back ground information:
Ours is a Broadcast news agency. This year for the journalism students, we are suppose to do it in broadcast media so that the students have a hang of all medias and see how each works differently. last year I did it in Print, so i already have a hang of that! So this time, after much searching and praying I got through this organisation. I did many stories for them and saw how stories are done in different manner. In the first few weeks I was asked to accompany my reporter and see how stories are being done. One story really struck my mind and made me unforgettable as it was such an awesome attempt! It really amazed me!

And now the story....
Our reporter, cameraman and me went to Max-Muller Bhavan in CMH road, Blore to cover an exhibition by Blank Noise.

Blank noise is a volunteer-led, public and participatory arts project that addresses street sexual harassment or in simple terms - E.V.E Teasing!

This time they came out with an exhibition containing clothes of women worn during sexual harassment, pictures of women being harassed, videos of harassed woman, audios of discussions of sexual harassment and interestingly a mock video of a news reader, how she reads the news of eve-teasing cases and how a man comes and harasses her!

I think the exhibition was mind blowing with the background noises of women and the mood of the room!

Apart form the exhibition display, if you look at what they call eve - teasing is;

• Staring
• Rubbing in the crowd
• Passing comments
• Touching
• Making lewd gestures
• Whistling
• Pinching

And on...

Well, women can even sue or taken legal action against them if the opposite sex does any of the above.

Section 354 says,

Whoever assaults or uses criminal forces to any women intending to outrage or knowing it be likely that he will thereby outrage her modesty shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extent to two years or with fine or with both.

If a guy even stares at you for more than minute in a cheesy way, then almost every other guy will be in jail!

But how many has the guts to stand up is my question?

How many has the courage to slap a guy if he harasses, or does any of the above?

How many has the courage to walk to the police station to lodge a complaint against the man?

All this while we have been either a silent victim and a mute spectator! It is not been noticed as a C.R.I.M.E as it has been granted normality due to its sheer daily occurrence.

Every woman in a way has been sexual harassed. Either in a bus (which is the most-common), or while walking in a street or any way!

Some people argue that it is due to the some urban women who dress half - naked and they are the cause for these eve-teasing! Thats definitely true in a way.

But men cant escape by singing the same old story. If you look at the ratio, more of rural or innocent women or girls who wear proper clothings also gets harassed.

I sometimes wonder whether these sicken men do these kind of heroism - look - alike things to girls who look innocent.

I once saw an old man doing cheesy stuff to this small school girl, my friends who were with me in the bus did see, but no one had the GUTS to stand up and slap that guy. I felt really ashamed of myself that day. I felt am a total loser who didn't have basic guts to stand up for that girl, I thought then "How will I be a journalist then?"

I remember this incident which happened to my friend while we were traveling in the bus. She was wrongly accused by a drunker who kept on telling that the other guy harassed her. But the truth was no one harmed us and he was wrongly accusing that poor man. As the fight continued to get louder we then knew they were actually talking about us! My lovely friend (whom I appreciate her for her GUTS in everything) stood up and shouted at him saying if anyone has harmed us, we know better than others.

Yes, that ******* drunker was thrown out of the bus. If she had not openly said that, he would be harassing or insulting us in way. Thanks to my friend who did that with so much of courage! *appreciations*

If every woman stands up for her rights like her, there will be NO MORE of this torture and we can move around freely with all eyes on something else and not on every other guy, who keeps staring us.

I somehow think, this will be a dream.....

Or I should start praying for some ANNIYAN to arrive to do away with these people....

*surviving me*

Post script:
The above written is not to hurt anyone's feeling. The above picture is taken in the exhibition - display of clothes of women worn during sexual harassment. To have a look at the Blank - Noise blog, visit

www.blanknoiseproject.blogspot.com

Long time, no c!

Its been months since am blogging! I have become very lazy!For some days I was not in town.... Some days I didn't have the mood to write, for some days I was sitting idle!

In the end I didn't do anything! Thats the whole point!

I take an oath, that i shall blog when ever i am vetti..... n thou shall pen my thoughts always!

Frm,
lazy shara

Cricket, a sport or game for money?

Blogging after a long time i guess.......

So lazy, so boring, so busy..... 3 good reasons enough to explain why I wasn't blogging:)

Lemme kick of with what I wanted to say....

Cricket...... Am sure the sport is worshiped more than being seen as a game.... We can see people doing crazy things for those cricketers....

And one of ma dad's frd, did something called.... Cricket ganesha! But this time it was utter failure.

They made a fool of themselves! All media attention on them.... including the ADS, n they come without the cup, without even reaching the next level....

How amazing it is, apparently this is their first worst walk out from the world cup! The worst part in the INDIAN cricket team is sachin!

phew i hate him..., I think he is an over rated batsmen... There are so many other good players they could have taken this time chucking him. As he had a bad record for the past few years.

Injustice! They treat saurav, sewag, kaif in a different way when they are not performing, but sachin they hardly even talk about his bad performance....

He has got 0... no he has got nothing against Sri Lanka, why don't people make fuss about this?

He was playing well, but now its the other way round... I strongly feel he should retire!

And its so not fair blaming only Rahul Dravid, making him as the skape - goat. The team should be answerable for their entire BAD performance out there in Windies.

Sometimes I wonder what the media was doing? Sleeping?

Why didn't they ask any questions regarding the team when they left to the Windies? They didn't ask any questions, didn't give any importance of how the team is going to perform, what are the steps being taken and on on....

And now they wait for the Indian team to answer their questions! How will they? After being embarrassed so much, how will they even open their mouths?

I did my Broadcast internship in Bangalore, in ANI. I was asked to go for this press conference where Kapil Dev was heading it. He had come to inaugurate the NCA for the year 2007. After the inauguration is over he said he wont answer anything regarding the Indian team or world cup 2007!

Still we managed to wait for him for almost two hours to come out of his room, and then he says I wont answer anything regarding that. But he told just one statement, good to use for our script!

Well, its not his duty to answer it, when the team itself is not ready to answer.

However, they have 'proved' their powers to the Bangladesh team, winning both the tests and the one - day trophy.

But still, the real challenge is when they play with un-beatable teams like Kiwis, Lankans, Australians and on..

Now they are gonna play against the Ireland, where they lost against them(also) in the world cup.... We will see how seriously they take up the matches from now on..

Until then, I sign off!
*sUrViViNg Me*

New beginning!

This is ma first post this year!

2007.... Sharanya CR blogging! [ Guess thats what I meant in the above line:D]

Can you see a person who gives mokkai to themselves?? Well, Don't break your head too much, thats me!:D

Lemme get to the topic!

2007 has come.... 2006 has gone. I have loads of fond memories of last year to cherish! I also have the other one too! My college life last year was fantastic! Guess only from 2006 I've started liking college and my class! Thats because it's ma second year! I became close with many people... gotto know them more and yea freaked!

Then I had ma photography classes ma previous semester ... [Guess i blew the trumpet already in one of ma blogs!] I loved 'em like hElL!! And yea it was also a time of bad memories which kept haunting me, aishu and sar![Note aishu:-HAUNTING:D guess u got it!]

Loads n loads of good things happened in 2006! It ain't a bad year at all! I miss it!

This year kicked off with great things! I thought I would have the most saddest birthday as someone is not there to celeb this year along with me! But then loads n loads n loads of surprises [Hey sar n ice am not meaning wat u guys did to me:D I know I will be kicked for that!] , gud things happened to me! OH I lOvE it! Unexpectedly people who ain't close with me wished, which actually made me feel so so so good! And of course unknown members of orkut flirts too sent me e-greetings![Ok thats nice...I accept!] The start of 2007 is actually nice.... I hope to see it cont till the end!

New year was awesome! Spending or rather celebrating new year with my ENTIRE family members was gr8 this time! Of my 19yrs, this is the first time I actually in the ACTUAL sense celebrated new year!

I had ma sis's, bava, cutie niece, ma mom dad of course this time! Well well, I actually take up honors for making my sweet lil cutie taaru happy by playing the silliest of the silliest games along with her! I was happy that I made her happy, she was happy 'coz I played with her! So ore family bondings dhan!

When every year passes by, I ask a question to maself whether I have made any resolutions?!? Answer would be no! I don't remember moi making any resolutions these many years. During my childhood I remember teachers telling asking all the students to take a resolution, or rather take up some bad habit of urs and asking them to cut off next year! Resolutions was only that much to me! Just to know what is what and say to myself 'fine shara idhu unnaku othu varathu!'

People like me shouldn't take up such things! I consider it as dumb[Note:- "I"]

People will be like, "sharanya wat resolution this time?"

"Atleast this time cut off your *DASH__*"

And on...! I can hardly even keep a secret... and they expect me to take up such things and expect ME to cut off the 'wateva'?!

But this year atlast I made one. I know definitely I can make it, or rather I do without it! Its nothing but to stop watching scary movies!! This I made after the 'so' wonderful experience with ma college pals! I know very well i can keep up this promise 'coz Iam the won who is 'bowled out' so badly, so obv that I will not watch or rather take risk again! **Periya Kumbudu**

But then //shara// is unpredictable! There is something called 'Curiosity' which literally K I L L S H E R ! So the resolution is not yet //approved// fully! [Remembrance of political issues] So lemme give a +ve note at the end of the year!

Well, back to 2007... .... ...

This year is gonna b a confusion n work loaded year for me! Well well, my second year will come to a close in another 3 months, Then I will[hopefully] be in third year! I need to look up colleges for my PG, first of all I need to D E C I D E what am gonna do for my masters! Hell with me! D E A R G O D,

(Wake me up)
~~Wake me up inside~~
(I can’t wake up)
~~Wake me up inside~~
(Save me)
~~call my name and save me from the dark~~
(Wake me up)
~~bid my blood to run~~
(I can’t wake up)
~~before I come undone~~
(Save me)
~~save me from the nothing I’ve become~~

now that I know what I’m without
~~you can't just leave me~~
breathe into me and make me real
~~bring me to life~~

--~~Courtesy:- Evanescence ~~

With hopes-
Shara - The eva smiling!

Scary Movies - YUCK!

Me blogging after a long time I guess!!

Well, Its because of me ...lazy me! I so wanna write every time I login, but then, you know, I never really had the mood! I waited to see if I get, but then I realized 'I am lazy' and that's the whole problem!

Ok whateva! Now me here, writing about the thing I get scared!

I am scared of dark! Even if am in good mood, and power gets cut in the night, I can't sleep anymore! I wake up my sister next to me or call my dad or mom if she ain't there! I've heard tales, that ghosts come in the night, blah, blah blah, blah blah blah and on.. So darkness always scares me no matter what!

Ok lemme come to the point! I watched Ring, Exorcist two weeks back. My loving pal, Chandini called us for an horror mansion! Basically, Am a dead scared gal! Would you believe me I if'd say, I got scared seeing jyothika's eyes in Chandramukhi? And I didn't sleep for two days!

People laughed at me! But it's me! Scary kid! Still kid!:((

I wanted to take the fear from me, so tried to watch many scary movies to get away from it. But in the end, I ended up watching none! As in people, would tell what's gonna come and I'll close my eyes! [ hee hee ]

But this time, however I didn't wanna take a risk, I didn't wanna watch and have sleepless nights! But curiosity kills me! Sowmya have told many times to watch ring, I never took a chance. Many of 'em told me that it would be scary, but like I told you, curiosity kills me! And with group of friends you know, you never get scared!

That's true you never get scared when your with them. But once you get back home, 'nee galli d mavalle' [ lol :p ]

First we watched, Exorcist - The beginning, It wasn't scary, except for the last few scenes where, unexpectedly you know that the girl is demon possessed instead of someone you were thinking of is! [ Like I know what you did last summer, where the dummest of the guy will be the killer ] And you know , she would get the most disgusting face on earth!

They wanted to see Exorcist Part II- Thats where the girl comes, who sits in her room, and shouts FCUK ME all the time and walks upside down! YUUUCCCKKK!!! I've already seen the movie once and didn't sleep like for a month properly and had bad dreams the entire year!

With many discussions and quarrels they decided to watch Ring! [ I kept saying no, and yes, minority loses:( ]

I watched the movie and chand would hint me, when the most scariest scene comes! I hated the movie completely. The pictures seen, when it goes like a wave. I know to make that trick in photoshop! And what ever picture I take and even slightest of the blur comes, I get scared like shit!

Though the movie had a different angle, I didn't even felt like appreciating it! Duuuuuuhhhhhh!!
After watching I didn't sleep for days, the day I saw the movie, I asked ma mom to sleep next to me! The next day priya was there [ by god's grace, she was back from Bangalore!] . Like this, a week passed by, and now my chance to sleep alone. But I actually slept that day happily 'coz of someone! Thanks to that person who made me laugh the whole day, otherwise I wouldn't have slept at all!

But still, certain things in that movie makes me scared and you know, feel disturbed! Not only these movie, other scary movies too!

My point is 'Scary movies shouldn't be scary' at all!

I've seen 'End of days', where its more or less a battle between Satan and God! But truly it wasn't scary at all! Infact, people who have a 'moving faith' can get more if you actually watched it!! No disgusting faces, no creepy sounds, nothing of the 'scary movie' sort! Why don't directors take something like that! Why always have some 'shit-look-like' face and stuff!!

And one more, why all the ghosts are all females?? And why it's all kids btw? Why shouldn't smart guys and pretty gals be the 'ghost one'?

Why always they make the kid dress up in some white frock not even a frock, a long dress and they having long, black, thick hair! [ Now only these people want dark haired gals, illana wonly blondes!!:/ ]

There is saying in tamil, children are a form of God, god's favorite! And these people make them devils! Ma gawd! I don't know, how their mothers make their children act like this! If at all, I send them like this, I don't feel like talking or even kissing them after this! Duuuuhhhhhhhhh!!!!

I think scary movies should have smart guys and beautiful gals and make them wear colorful clothes , so that no one gets scared! And one more thing, they shouldn't have faces that makes you puke or have sleepless nights! If at all, you wanna have do so, but blur them up!

And stop making kids act!!! The gal, who came in Ring, was cute and I couldn't see after that! I think young people or middle aged people to be made act in those roles!

Finally, scary movies shouldn't be scary at all! I made my point clear! There is only a slightest different between 'scared' and 'sacred'! Let movies be taken in the second style!

I haven't made any new year resolutions as of now, But my first resolution that comes to my mind now is 'Shara your not gonna watch scary movies from now'!! This is not just a next year resolution, this gonna be my life-time resolution as I know am never gonna grow up [ In this matter esp!! ]

CREEP NOTE:-
~~After watching such shit movies, we were back to college the next day! I was obsessed so much with that movie and gals in ma class new 've become crazy! Someone drew a ring in ma note book and when I saw after sometime, I started to panic! I don't who drew it, it will be
either me, did something without knowledge - sub conscious mind or my pals, who watched the movie along with me to make me scary, as they know, am one hell of a scared person! I don't bother much as I know, that it will be either them or me!~~

Post Script:
I don't want people to comment saying 'ayyehh shara getting scared for this and all huh? or 'cha these movies weren't scared at all' and stuff like this! Mind you, I've told already Iam a total total easy-to-be-scared person! So don't guys and gals!

Vetti post - 1

Hellloooovvvaaaa!!!

This is just a vetti post! So don't bother to comment! Am sick and off from college for 3 days! It bloody makes me sick. To sleep, take tablets, eat [liquid food only:( :( ] and sleep again! Aiooooooooooo am so bored!! Lord save me!! College ponnalum bore, pollanallum bore!!! Enna kappathungallen!! [Its sounds like a ad reco... hee hee]

So what else???? I have noting more to say!!! See ya in the next vetti post!

~~Surviving Me~~

Karupa dhan ennaku puducha coloruu!!!:D

Karupa dhan ennaku puducha coloruu - I think my title will you guys an answer of what am gonna write now!

Why I like black? or karupu? ........ I've been the person who always liked only fair guys and even I once used to pray to Lord "God gimme a fair and handsome guy as my future X". I used to site aduchify only fair pasanga[Boys!:D], that time!![Now also I do...but;-)]

But now things have changed, over the past few years [i.e, 3 years!!] I've been seeing dark guys! Who ever told dark guys don't look good! Kill them![ahem...it looks like a play dialogue!!:D]

HOW IT ALL STARTED!

It all started 3 years back in school! It was during a sports day time! Guys were practicing for 'march past' ! There used to be this guy called 'swami' alais SAMMY![as called by the two fans!!] who used to shout like hell during the practice, that is he calls out 'attention ' , 'right' blah blah blah. They would be practicing in the road, and we sitting in the class can hear him 'crystal clear'!!! So the two fans[none other than my twin soul - SOW n My SG - SUNU] used to run and see him shout! I will accompany them, And once when I did, I noticed this tall, dark guy in the first row marching!

Thats all!!! Ore lowes after that! All my life I sighed only fair pasanga and not even a single dark soul! This guy was a total 'heart attack' to me! All my school days I was sighing him and also got KING SIZE mokkai's from him!

Pavam, even SUNU got mokkai's from him, but she is very bold, she too gave QUEEN SIZE mokkai's to him in front of many people!!:D..... hee hee

Lemme cut that unnecessary stuff! Apart from me havinhg likings for dark guys, there are few other of my friends too who like dark pasanga.

Sow[The greatest fan for dark people], Dom [came to a conclusion after talking to us that 'Dark guys are only beautiful'], Maggs [Doing the honors by sighing a dark guy like me for a long time].

HOW WE STARTED A COMMUNITY

We girls went really crazy that, myself and sow started a community in orkut called "Dark is beautiful" We tried publicizing it too much but in vain 3o people only joined. How cruel the world can be .... only 30 people in this Orkut world like dark people!!! Its very sad! And guys also note that the community is note for loving of dark guys, its about everything, racism and everything!! So don't mistake us for starting only for dark guys!

http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=13329706

Join the community if your one of them!

HOW AM STILL CRAZY

I've become a crazy bear going nuts about male crazy bears. Even in Girish Karnad's - Hayavadana, I liked [rather loved] Kapila more than Devadutta!! Even after stanza's like 'Devadutta apple of the eye, fair, handsome' I liked Kapila "dark,muscular, smart" introduction. I don't get the point of me being changed!

The guy in the left is my recent lowe. He is the dark guy whom am totally crazzy abt!! Well, if you don't know he is Daniel balaji...... Chance eh illa! I liked Vettayadu Villayadu wonly because of him! Though he is a bad villain, I like him!! My only recent goal is interview him atleast by the end of next issue of Yuvasakthi![Our coll newspaper guys!]

I thank Mr.Prem alais PK for making me like him, thats why am liking dark guys now!! Thanku PK, if at all you are reading this!!

Thats all about dark lowes people!!!

NOTE: The above written doesn't mean that I like only dark people and hate fair guys! It's just that I started to like dark guys more:D Avalodhan!!:p

Orkut World!!!

Orkut Orkut Orkut!!!

Almost every college student will be a part of Orkut. Like every other, even I joined[After much of compelling from anantha] It seemed a new place for me. Having seen only Yahoo n rediff chat, this looked all the more exciting for me.

The scrapping i.e, going to your friends profile and leaving a mess!![which almost pissed me off now] Writing testimonials i.e, telling sweet[or sour:p] things about your friends and getting requests from a whole gamut of unknown guys!!

THIS IS ORKUT

First it seem a lil fun for me, getting to know different kinds of people - basically guys[or rather flirts] Then I started having trouble. Or rather I should say I got bored.

In the beginning, I used to login several times[Even three times a day] having pictures in album[of course mine!!] , scrapping the whole day and increasing my scrap count[hee hee:D] begging people to write testimonials, asking them to be fan.....and the silly blah blah!!

But after a few days, loads of news started coming that having pictures in album[ of You!] is leading to disastrous things such as morphing and so on...!! I Took them immediately

* This is one of the reasons I got bored and pissed!

Next is scrap [or the CRAP thing ] thingy! Where your profile is public and everyone can read your scraps! Any guy in the ORKUT world can read what people have [commented] told you. In simple words, what ever you talk becomes public. For eg, If your friend comments that you had a bad hair today in the party, the whole world would know "you had a bad hair in the party".

* The second reason for getting pissed!

Third is, innumerous[seriously] requests[FRIEND requests] from unknown guys! [as am a gal it would be other way for guys]. Am sure it wouldn't be this much of a [burden!!] As i told, in the beginning when I put my picture, I got lots of requests[Not because am beautiful or I dunno] It was such a disgusting thing, where people add you because of you beauty or whateva!

People would say "hey you look beautiful, can I be your friend"
[What the DASH]

Or "hey you have lovely dimples, add me as your friend"
[God, I can't stand this]

I then thought, may be I should remove my picture. Even after the requests still flows. I made my profile too long, so that people get bored soon and adjudge me as a boring gal in town and wouldn't send requests!! But unfortunately, it didn't happen that way.

Another guy who says, "Hey you seem interesting, went through your long profile, can we friends?"
[Bloody you know my profile is long, why did you read it!!]

* Third reason for me getting pissed

I thought I should keep a Full stop for this thingy which I completely disliked. So I wrote in my profile, that if you guys don't know who am i Please don't send requests! I will be denying!

No use! Still I get requests [ But def reduced than before]

But the requests thingy is a little fun. You would get many funny requests,
Eg,

"Hey you seem interesting", "Iam so n so from so n so place, I live in a hostel, Can we be friends?"

[Crazy guy, why is he even mentioning he lives in a hostel! I never mentioned I will add guys who live in hostel]

Another guy says, "Hey can we be frds, don't ignore me saying -I won't accept strangers - After all everyone who was born was a stranger, but then we became frds only with those strangers and now we call them friends, so its like that"

[**Yawn**....**yawn**.... A request or a lecture???]

The usual requests says, "Hey am new to orkut, I want to have friends, so will you be mine?"

[You joined just to make friendship with gals or what??]

Another usual one, "Add me as your friend"

[ How demanding!!]

Before I used to add[only a few!!], that too only if its regarding a photography discussion!! I must say this.... I got real good friends, whom I added who have photography interests [ like moi]


They help me .... in the sense, gimme advice, comment and do loads!! I have to mention names of certain people - Siju(stupid idiot jobless useless - his display name!!), Chandru(Chubby chandru as he calls himself), Soundar(who always keep asking me about journalism n photography!!), Sharanya (a vis com student, where we discuss abt PG), Swathi(very interested gal in journalism, who keeps me asking stuff about it!!), Alok's cousin(oops forgot ur name !!) Who is interested in journ.... These r few gud people i remember!!

I added them, only coz of their interest towards the subject!! [ok... it doesn't mean I add every other guy now who asks me about photography or journalism;-)!!] And they were pretty decent!!

OK ..... I keep complaining about Orkut! Why am I still here then??

My reasons!

* Because I got in touch with my schoolmates.
- Like I became good pals with soyed(aka Syed), Navashee(aka Prem Navaz!), Setup srini(aka Srinivas), Pachathala(Aka harish)[Any many more school guys!!], Sruthi, Savitha, Kavya, Priya, Vani, Girisudha, Praveen(My childhood pal!), and many more!![Note:- I could rememb only few names, Pl excuse me I I'd left out a few!]. Have to say that orkut made me talk with those whom I'd never spoke with and it made me find my old pals too!

* Because certain communities are interesting!

* Because am the moderator for one community![ where we have a whole lot interesting things happening]

* Because I need to change my community name like sleeping st.john's and stuff when they don't interact and keep momming them around!!

* Because friends have written testimonials[ I get to know what they think of me] and will more!!

* Because Myself and sow[My twin soul] are always upto something! Like our new plans is to start a community for Priya mam[Our lowing english teacher!], To also start a community saying 'We had latha mam'[Our Comp Sci mam] and another one saying 'We miss Kumar G' [Our Chemistry sir, who passed away last year]

* Because we[myself, sow and domi] want to make 'First love mokka club' community a world rocking ...oops orkut rocking community and truly beleive that most of us [lowes] would be a mokkai for the first time!!

* Because my old crushes[Or what you call as puppy love] are there am trying make them notice [ME:D] Trying give them a new impression![Supposingly good:p]

* Because my sister is there, and I get immense pleasurein pulling her legs!! Shez damn cool a sister!!

* One big reason will be, Orkut is damn addicting! [I wonder even cigar n alcohol can be this addicting ! -Ok this doesn't mean I drink or smoke or doesn't mean whether you should know whether I drink or smoke!!!:D] This makes me stay in Orkut! Even when I want to delete, somehow this interests me! Dunno Y!!

Now a days I don't login much! But still I keep doing some shit in orkut! Like I told you, It's addicting!! This makes me stay!

But things like morphing, getting requests from strangers[who join themselves in 'cheesy' communities!] and terrorists and doing all sort of disastrous things scares me!

I am now, trying to be safe and little clever![which I forget to do at times:p] I rarely login or talk only with people whom I know. I am in orkut only for known friends and some unknown friends[Who were mentioned above]

But I can you one thing, If your really bored or pissed, join Orkut! It's a place for the Vetti's [one of the reasons why am still there:D]

Orkut is for the Vetti World!!

NOTE: Above written is how 'I see Orkut'!! I haven't mentioned any names according to the code of conduct and off the record information which I learnt in journalism;-) Hope this is only meant to read in the mood of enjoyment! If I had hurt anyones feeling, I apologize for the sake, It's written only to my knowledge - unintentionally;-) Oh yea one more thing, I have to mention that not all guys are like *that*, Only a few bad guys!!

~~Surviving Shara~~

First Poem!

This is my first poem! A true poem! My poetry inspiration was my friend Mahima. I remember the day where we used to sit together and do our home work[even though we were studying in different schools] Once when we where doing this together I finished my HM early. She wanted me to stay at her place. It was so boring for me that time and I wanted to leave. Then she asked me to write something about her. I thought ok...whatever... I got a work... so I penned down my thoughts about her. So here it is guys! It might sound kiddish! It will be so as I wrote it when I was 11 or 12!!

A Poem for my loving friend - Mahi!

Mahima is my friend,

She is so sweet.

She is cute,

But not a dirt.

She is cool,

But not an ice.

She has a figure,

But she’s not poor!

She is tall,

But not a ladder.

Her eyes are black,

But she is not black.

Her heart is clean and white,

But she is not a snow girl.

She is an ice-cream,

But she doesn’t melt!!!!!!!!!!

~~Shara~~

Note: I wanted to make it rhyming as I've always learnt poems in that way!

This Diwali....

This year diwali was just another day for me. Usually my years of diwali was this fun n frolic types. But this time nothing of the sort happened.

Morning myself and my sister woke up early and burst some crackers. Just for the name sake!! Surprisingly this time i was afraid of bursting crackers!! I was trying lit the cracker for a long time. My sister got pissed and she kept!

This happened for a long time!! I am usually burst with great enjoyment and infact always await for the D day to come! I dunno i got bored!

Is that because I getting older and getting bored? Or Is is that am afraid? Or Is is that my elder sister and my niece didn't turn up and we didn't have "the gang" to enjoy?!

I dunno!

In the midst of this fighting that whether i should burst or she, Rains started!! [After a long prayers from Chennai ladies] rains showered!! It spoiled the entire show.

This always happens. Every year rains would come only on the diwali day! But this time the pour was slightly more than the usual years!

We went back and watched TV!! Interviews, talk shows, new movies and blah blah would fill the hours in every channel!! [We had a pass time!!]

Evening was pretty ok! We had our dear friend Priya who had come B'lore to accompany us! Photo session started! I took my camera and experimented the setting and tried ever shit thing!

like this;Late evening we went to the terrace to see the night shots or rockets or whatever you call it!

We took some Noruku thenni[A tamil slang for snacks!!] and saw the beautiful lights!!

This is diwali is no special or excitement for me! Over the years Diwali = Fun for me! I think Myself and gai missed Vids n taarika this time. Am sure we would have had great time! That's Ok, There is always a next year!

One two Three....... CHEESE:-)

If your wondering what am gonna write........ Its Photography..... My Photography journey this semester!!

I was this girl who don't even know a single thing about cameras and photography. I remember those days where i used to click pictures pathetically!!<> Once my bava asked me to take a family pic(with my parents or rather his in laws, sisters & wife etc) They were giving a nice and a natural pose. I clicked! I thought it would have come a bit okay... But then when i saw..I was laughing my guts out... The subject(my family) is in the right side corner of the photo. Half of my bava's body is cut. The left side is chairs and the empty wall. (see how pathetic i was)

I was that bad. I had no interest. Like these people used to give interviews

From my early age itself I started looking at pictures....

I had nothing of that sort. I used to flip magazines. I just admire the places and ask my dad to take me to those places. That's what photography was to me!

But over the days, things have changed. Even in may, when I knew I had photography, I didn't jump to the sky or any sort. I kept quite. The least thing which I did was begging my dad to buy me a good camera(that to 'coz everyone in my class had!!)

My 3rd sem started... And classes began. My mam gave us a huge list of photos to be taken by the end sem. I was wondering, with no knwoledge in photography what am I gonna do. I kept thinking. Myraid of thoughts went through.

My mam gave us our first assignment. It was to do a profile of a person. Brain childs of our class thought different ways. I thought I will do my father's friend, who is a journalist. I took pictures. This is the first time I want to try different angles to potray a person. The first time ever am touching a camera for a purpose of its own! I took lots of pics and tries to potray him differently. I submitted my assignment.

After a few days I got 8 on 10. I was pretty happy. I thought for a first trial this is too good a mark for me! She has written they angles and composition were really good! She did appreciate my article too. But that was usual! I've been writing for long and getting appreciation for something not connected with the subject didn't make me happy or feel good sort! Anyways she has written 'Good Work. I was happy for that!

Later our mam started giving assignments and submissions dates for the BIG ONE! We need to start our real work! First she asked us to submit "Monument, culture & heritage". I had no clue how do I start!

By then my friend Ananthalakshmi (aka ananthu!) said we will go together and click pictures in Mylapore. She is one person whom i can never forget(In terms of photography) I would say she is my greatest inspiration in photography! The times with her, I saw how she clicked pictures, how she liked the subject, how she tried different angles and loads and loads!! She taught me in the beginning the major stuff- foccussing, about the main sub, aperture & shutter speed setting and stuff! I learned most from her.

Even I started taking pictures and I tried various stuff with my camera. The passion... the love grew! More and more I took pictures with her, I knew more. (hoi am talking somethin abt u de!)

We took a lot of monuments and culture stuff for our submission! When the prints came, I was flying in the air! I was up somewhere. I hear people say its "too good shara" I loved the pictures which I took. I put them in an album and went to college!

The next day in class I got loads of compliments from my classmates and friends! I felt as though am in the top of the world! I got too much praises that day.(Which is something usealy now.....hee hee;-) LOLZ) Even my mam loved the pics, she approved most of my pics.

From that point of time, I took special interest in photography. I tried loads of ways to make my pictures look best! I tried harder and harder. I read books on photography(Thanks to my dad) I read how famous photographers tried many ways and blah n blah....!

We need to take lots for her to choose and approve. All those which is approved goes in to our BIG ALBUM! I was too happy! Most of pictures were approved.

I knew i was doing great! Yes, I was. After taking pictures under various categories, we need to prepare for our album(Which contains 50 marks!!!) Mam told us "The pictures and your presentation matters" It kept ringing in my ear!

I wanted my album to be the best! I worked harder on it and did quite well. But when i finished it, I thought i didn't put my 100% I thought "no shara, this is not you" I kept on thinking i would have still done better!

I went to college with a sad face!Anantha's album was first seen in class first. Everyone said her's is nice first!(No offence to you, Even I liked yours) I was a lil worried. I worked harder day and night to make my album look the best!

After I showed mine, all of them said Mine is the best. I was on top again. But i was a lil afraid. Because its our mam who is gonna mark us and not my classmates. People even told I am the one who did the best and deserves full marks!! But getting appreciation is good and feels great, but still when the concerned person tells, is something different and thats really happiness(Acc to me!)

She saw my album. She smiled.... She flipped through fully and smiled for my "funny captions".(I loved it though...) I saw her eyes. I wished i culd turn a mind reader! I could guess few of her reactions. I knew she was happy. But stil.....

After she saw. She said "Sharanya good work..... Its very nice and you have lots of potential in this.. Keep it Up!"

I was happy. Too happy infact! I was on cloud 9! But the thing i wanted was to get full marks or first mark! She told the same things to two of my other classmated too! I worked hard to get the best. I don't know even if she put full marks for me!

I believed in God... I submitted it Lord and said "Lord i did my best, I believe you take care of the rest" My head started to break. I wanted to desp to know marks. I didn't have the guts to ask her personally too! What if i didn't get the full marks? What if she'd scold me?

I couldn't take any longer. But hank god after too much of pressure from our class(to know our marks) She said she will call out. After calling all the people's mark, she said three of them has got full marks - AnanthaLakshmi,Sharanya and Sonali! I was on top! Indeed high! I was so so so so so so so so happy!!! Happy i call it understatement! Something out of the world! I was too too happy!!! I said a small thanks to the Lord while mam said me somethin!

Next big day is to face our external! What that man is going say? What marks will i get? And other stuff starting running in my mind!

The day came atlast! People who went first said he asked 'that' he asked me 'this'... Some questions was too technical...blah...blah...blah! Thats All.... I was gone! I thought "govinda govinnnnndddaaa!"

But luckly nothing of the sort happened to me! When i entered, he said "very good presentation, too good a work, You are capable and can do more .. You even make a good career out of it!" He evn asked me if i had learned photography befor(I was laughing inside thinking of the days mentioned above!) He liked it so much that he even forgot to ask me technical Questions. I showed my document and wanted him to ask. But he said "not neccessary, good job, Thank you!"

I was satisfied. It is like getting an award for me! An award i needed after 3 months of hard work! I never had the times of getting first mark or rank! I was this average student until school! But when i came to college i worked harder to achieve those! I never knew myself I had talent in this subject! If i didn't take journalism, I wouldn't have explored that i have this talent. Balraj said one day to me "God is making you show your talents to you and others" Yes, its right! He showed me something that i didn't even imagine that i would have!

At this point, i can even make a career out of it! I evn have plans to do my Pg in photography! Let me see where i end up! I must thank anantha to set the roots right, my dad for giving so much of money to do this most expensive course and for the support which he gave and My lord, who showed me that i have something like this in me! Thank you everyone!

This is something which i can never forget! Now am standing in a pose of one two three.... CHEESE! But no one is here to click me!!!