MY BEST FRIEND.....

Friends... The most essential and sensual part of each and every one's life.... Whether it be a Girl or a Boy... Friends mean a lot to everyone, anytime, anywhere... What makes somebody or sometimes, some people so special to us.. so close to our heart.. An answer, which till today i haven't yet figured it out... Friendship is not just a mere coincidence.. Its more like a gift given to you by the God specially for you.... That's what i Believe.... We all have Friends names list running a mile long.. From childhood friends near by our house to school, college, tuition's, office and many more... But among all these friends everyone has got a special friend or a group of friends.... With whom we share the deepest emotions, craziest jokes, nastiest gossips and the darkest secrets... And we also make friends almost each and everyday..... Among these friendship the ones which last longer and throughout ones life, is the friends which we make in our academic years.. School and Colleges... Because that's where one gets to know each other perfectly.... Talking about me, i have lots of friends with whom i try keeping in touch.... Some of them are working, some are still studying and some have settled down with their family...... Looking back on those great moments, on those scintillating days, those days of complete no pressure life..... Brings back a smile on your lips also moists your eyes bcoz those days wont be back again..... Friends are really awesome.... Especially mine..... So i had a friend, who unfortunately came a bit little into my life during my school days.... It was in the early days of my 11th standard when i saw this girl first time in the school bus while going back home.... A fat, bobbed hair, with a piggy nose trampling the small kids of my bus.... Didn't know her name then... But what surprised me was that she had a brother who unlike her was a very fragile kid... Lean and bit naughty as i assumed... One week passed by.. Still we hadn't much talked, not once... So how to start a conversation.... Then the DEVIL showed me a way.... I made friends with her bro... Heee..heeee.. Came to know a bit about her... She was from Cochin.. KV Kadavanthra... But when he said they stayed near Panampally Nagar that too near Income Tax Qrtrs, ഞാന്‍ ശെരിക്കും ഒന്നു ഞെട്ടി ..... Then i asked from how long, he said from very long.... What about his sister?? Same she started school from there itself.... ദൈവമേ കുടുങ്ങിയോ??? I remember almost everyone from Cochin qtrs, bcoz that was one of the good days.... Also i had some friends outside the compound too, mainly my school friends and their friends..... So maybe, I MIGHT have actually seen her or even played with her... Shit!!! Anyway i decided that next day i'm gonna talk to her... Looked like the god heard my thoughts and on the way back home next day our bus ran into a small accident.. Nothing much.. But when i said some thing about Hrithik Roshan.. It was her friend who answered not her.. But then when we guys by began making a big deal of this accident she asked "Whats wrong with him???" That was directed at me, didn't know what to say i just smiled like dumb asshole...... Later i asked her name and i asked where she was from... Name Veena, from Cochin.... Etc.. etc... From then on we used to talk everyday on everything.... Though our favourite subject was HARRY POTTER.... Thanks to Harry Potter i also came to know that she can be pretty wild when she gets angry... Unfortunately i was at the receiving end.... It so happened that one day during our daily discussions i said that she would be more suitable for the role of Moaning Myrtle.. When 'unknowingly' I called her "Toilet Chechi"..... My bad time or എന്റെ തലവര .... Everything would have been fine, had not for the kids around me, who suddenly found it quite amusing and in a chorus they called "Toilet Chechi"..... She didn't quite like it... She held me responsible for it, and let to know me her disapproval, she pinched my ears... In order to escape from her nails i pulled my head back... But it was too late.. And while doing so her sharp nails dug deep into my flesh... I felt a sharp pain from my right ear.... At that exact moment her stop came and she got down... When suddenly one of the kids shouted blood... Hell!!! I thought it might just be a small cut, but when blood started to fall on the bus floor i knew it was not a small cut... It was the jerk of my head and her sharp nails that did it... Next day when we were in the bus she said sorry, also added that nothing would have happened if i had not jerked back my head.... Well she was right... Anyway from that day onwards we became good friends.. And let me tell you, lot of things happened after that incident... As for me She was responsible for many more things which happened first time in my life.... Like, when some months later i think we were in 12th i was eating her head with some song, which i don't remember now... She asked me to shut up once, twice i think thrice also.... Well like always i was a bit stubborn... I didn't stop there... SMACKKK!!!!!! Suddenly i felt two hands fall flat on my cheeks... Seconds later i came to know that it was none other than my own dear Veena..... Anyway days moved on... Our school days were over... Never had i felt so lonely or sad or desperate.... When suddenly something you love come to an end, it hurts... Alot..... For me, my school was everything... It didn't matter what it was.. I loved my school, teachers and my friends... And my biggest worry was i couldn't see Veena anymore when i wished to..... Though she was not in my class, still we became the best friends..... Dunno how... Maybe we had the same view on everything, books we read... Or like two crackpots who came across and became good friends... Then we both joined different colleges, She in Kollam TKM and myself in ZGC Calicut.... She would call in the middle of the night and start crying about something which only we both understood.... (Sometimes she reminded me of the daily soaps of Ekta Kapoor in the channels....) She was my problem solver and i was for her.... Dunno how much she appreciates it but that's how its been... Today, i'm in Bangalore and she is in Chennai... Myself working in the B'lore Intl Airport and she in Mindtree an IT firm...I wish she could have come over here when actually she was supposed to but they changed last moment... All the plans which we had made all got washed up...Infact i have heard people saying in movies that more you stay apart from each other more the relation deepens.... Which i quite agree... Infact within a year of our meeting we became good friends.. Within a year after school she became my BEST FRIEND.... Any problem, any good news bad news, anything i achieved or i lost, she was the first to know.... If i wanted to keep anyone as a my Secret Keeper I need not look for someone else.....

This Blog is fully and only for my Dear and Near Best Friend Veena, whom i also call as My Dear Cho Chang and Moaning Myrtle.... Whom i love and like the most than anyone else....


Yours Lovingly,


SIRIUS BLACK/REMUS LUPIN

ഓണം @ കോഴിക്കോട്

It was my first Onam after i got this new job... Whatever happiness i had in my mind were a little disturbed by the crams which i was having as a result of sitting in the front seat behind the driver..... I couldn't stretch my legs as the partition behind the drivers seat blocked any further extension of my legs.... My excitement had affected my sleep, by the time my bus reached the dangerous curves of Wayanad i had completely lost my sleep.. Anyway after working for 6 months in the Airport sleep was something which i had already compromised to deny myself so that i use that 5-6 hours for some other purpose... It had started to rain a little, A slight drizzle which made a perfect scenery over the thick densely forest of Wayanad. It was really a wonderful scene, which roused some heart warming memories of my days in school and college... I closed my eyes, my mind started a slide show of all those days which i was never going to get back, but made a recap at times like this... Reached Calicut at 7 in the morning.. Would have reached much earlier had it not been for the block near the check post in Muthanga.... I called up Sanku well he had started on hour earlier than me from Bangalore, i expected him to be at his home and pictured him sitting in his couch sipping a glass of hot tea.... After couple of rings he picked up his phone... "Hello, എവിടെയാ" i asked him.. He replied "ഞാന്‍ ഇപ്പോള്‍ വയനാട് ചുരം ഇറങ്ങാന്‍ തുടങ്ങി"..... On asking he said the police check post in Muthanga had made little problem about the luggage's which was carried as cargo in the top of the bus... He said he will call me later and i started for my home.... It was 6 months last i had walked through these roads.... City was ready for its ONAM shopping... No shops were left without a discount board, every where there was an energy which was found only during times like this.... But only thing which damped the mood was the dark cloud which loomed over the city, like a fiery dragon whose angry fumes might fall upon the city anytime... Mom was really happy to see me, well every mom would have if they were seeing there children after a gap of 6 months.... After a long time i had a decent breakfast that too on time... Went to see Aunty and Uncle, Baiju ettan was also there.... Shopping was still pending but i had lot of other plans too..... Had called up my College friends for a small get together in Seaqueens Hotel for a small drink..... Everything was going well, till evening when after sending mom home with all the necessary things it started to rain... I had to go to BMH, went there saw everyone Binu bhai invited me for his marriage.. Salil sir and everybody else... It was 5:30.. Dineshji was frantically giving me miss calls while i was busy talking to Remya.. Said a hurried a bye to her and asked to her to come over to my place with her mom one day before i go.... Saw Dineshji had tea with him..... Looked a bit pale, poor guy he was really down on his health... But he was still hanging on to his research.... Haven't bought a thing for him till now.... We parted ways, inviting him for lunch on first onam.. Went to Sree's office... Waited for Rajeesh.. By 6:30 Rajeesh was there... Chindu was on her way to home along with Vandu... We all met near new bus stand... Said bye to her and we 3 left for Seaqueens... Varma came over there and by the time we started Jiju also joined us... Reached home by 8:30.. Mom was busy making things ready for tomorrow...... By 1 it was time we called it a day.... After a long time that was a day when i slept peacefully.... Nothing to worry about or think about... A sleep which was a rarity for me..... No bad dreams, no phone calls, no cab honking under your home reminding you to go for work.... NO one or nothing disturbed me.... That maybe the reason why i woke up next day with an enthusiasm never found before... HAPPY ONAM.... Next four days how it went i don't know.... Every time i checked my watch i thought it was moving a bit faster.... Lots of things happened during these 4 days... Maddy came.. I was seeing him second time after he was born... Always smiling with his big mouth... He knows when we are ready to take a snap of him.... Cant blame him... He has seen more cameras flashing than people from the day he was born... Another thing was the Anniversary of my home... One year back on Sep 12 we moved in to our HABITAT made home 'AUM'.... My moms life's biggest dream to build a home for her and her son... That dream came true on 12 Sep '07.... Ah... Then, there was this surprise visit to Chindus house which had never even crossed my mind.... Which, if you haven't guessed was due to the courtesy of my dear friends Sanku & Aneesh... Also some thing which I'll not forget for long time is how i managed clear my best friend Veena's purse as a treat for securing 1st rank and her job in Mind Tree, Siemens and Infosys.... When the day came to pack my things and start for Bangalore, like everybody else i felt that it would have been better if i had got some more days... But, i didn't have any other choice, but to go...
അടുത്ത ഒരു ഓണം ഇതു പോലെ സന്തോഷങ്ങള്‍ നിറഞ്ഞത്‌ ആകട്ടെ എന്ന് മാത്രം പ്രാര്‍ത്ഥിച്ചു കൊണ്ടു ഞാന്‍ തിരിഞ്ഞു നോകാതെ നടന്നു അകന്നു ..... ഓണാശംസകള്‍...

JOURNEY TO HOME......

So in the end after a month long wait for the day came.... Well i had asked my supervisor a month back to grant me a leave for onam, it was almost 6 months since i had gone to my native place... 'Mom is under suspicion that i might have settled here with wife and kids'... i joked with my friends.. So when i gave my leave application my Duty Manager asked 'why Rogith (he's a tamilian) y is everybody going on 8 to 15'.... I said 'its onam sir'....... "k let me talk to Somu Sir".... Well anyway after two days when i gave the leave application he took it with a wry smile n his face.... So that was done.... Now we were all waiting for our salary, but unfortunately everything was going to be tensed.......... Sep 5 came n left, still no salary.... When asked they said 7Th... 7Th came nothing.... I was already in a rebellious mood...... Adding insult to the wound they said something which made me bang my fist in the wall outside the office........ "Salary will be credited on 10Th"..... Well i was already in debt with my friends with whom i live...... including my mom...... I felt like kicking the HR dept guys...... But as usual something, somebody held me back... The fucking feeling or what u call as intuition came back to me again....... Also my mind spoke to me, things wont change if u don't work, maybe it might go worse so just stay calm...... Do your work...... So fighting my anger and desperation i did counters for Emirates...... Later i called my mom n asked her to put some money and went back..... Well she asked me my account number.. I messaged it to her... still i was not sure.... Then i got the feeling again, i went inside my office people were bustling around.... In middle of that and notices hanging all over the place saying no to use Internet in the office, I logged onto my banks website... My intentions were to look for my acc number, but when i moved my eyes towards the balance area i saw the sweetest number i have ever seen Rs 8999..... I controlled a shout of relief n adjusted it with a bang on the table.... The Admin lady looked up n asked what happened... i got up as nothing happened and told her like a secret "my salary has come"..... She replied with a smile, i smiled back.......... Both smiles were of relief....... So when i was leaving for the day i said bye to everyone and wished Happy Onam..... Next day i got up late almost by 11, by 12 i was ready for shopping.... Went to majestic.. Roamed around searching for Burma Bazaar... Looking for a battery recharger for my camera...... It took around 2 hours to find a shop which had the charger i was looking for... So at an expense of 1200 Rs i bought a charger n USB... From their my next destination was Brand Factory.... Had to spend around another one and a half hours searching for shirts suitable for uncle n brothers...... By the time i came outside it was around 6... My pick up from HAL was at 7:15... Making up to there was a bit shaky... I went to look for a shoes.... And bought one for 999... Don't get confused its not BATA.... Between, all this time my friend Ravi aka Sanku was calling me n asking for my minute by minute report.... In the end he asked me to F*** off and said if possible we'll see from calicut..... So, i raced my way back to home it was around 6:45.... Pickup was no longer in my mind.... Packing yet to be started..... so came home looked at my dresses pulled out all the dresses which needed washing........ As u might have guessed all my dresses needed a wash so i divided my uniforms n other dresses into one bundle and my other domestic dresses into another bundle, which i decide to take home.... So all was set.... I ran my way down and to the bus stop.......... Somehow, as usual i managed to make it up to my travels at 8:45... They said bus was at 10:00...... That was the best thing i had heard all that day... Because during this chase i hadn't had a single drop of water... Suddenly i remembered that today till now i haven't had my breakfast. lunch and not even a single glass of tea...... I was feeling hungry... decided to go n see sanku first.... He was inside the bus..... Came out n said "Thank ur stars that bus was on 10:00"...... His bus was jam packed with people and mostly luggage's..... Bid farewell to him and went to have food.... Got into a mallu hotel, i realised later was a big mistake.... i ordered for two porottas and chicken curry..... Porotta was hot, chicken curry looked like a pool of water into which they had accidently dropped a piece of chicken n some masala..... Hunger and exhaustion made me close my eyes and have it without any complaint.... So after the food i went inside the bus... It was the first seat for me...... Behind the partition of the driver... No space to put my long legs and to add my luggage's..... Somehow i manged to fit into the seat... By 10'o clock my mind was restless... Longing to see my home and family, my friends made my mind happy and restless.. I was almost cursing the driver when it was 10:15... I didn't have to wait long by 10:25 the bus a gave jolt and started its cruise to its destination.... With a sigh of relief and dreaming about the plans i had in my mind for this onam i lay back... Calicut here i come.....

Jaane Tu.... Ya Janne Na....

Hi... So wen last Fridays 'Blasts' completely ruined my Off plans i was really shattered..... All my shopping and enjoying dreams went up in smoke like a nitrate gas... (Lucky no one was near me.....) So as i spent my Friday in my home sleeping and browsing, i didn't have much have expectations for my Saturday..... Maybe that's why i was awake upto 5o'clock in the morning chatting n watching movies..... Got some sleep after that, i had hardly closed my eyes when suddenly my phone started ringing..... "Bloody Hell"muttering to myself i stretched my hand for my mobile which, for some reason it didn't wanna stop ringing... Wondering who would b calling so early in the morning i checked the caller....... Surprisingly it was Mr.Faisal of my team, wondering what made him call at this wee hours of the day i answered the call.... (Deep inside i was praying that let it not be a call asking me not to report for afternoon shift!!!) "Hello... " i answered.... "Are u coming or what?" When i heard that, i presumed it must be about work so i replied 'but i was supposed to report at night'..... "Hell no.., I'm standing in the queue in Fame Lido theatre for tickets which one should i take??" I thought this guy must be nuts going for film at this time, asked him what was the time 'its 8:30 man' came the reply..... 'Which one should i take for 'Batman or JTYJN'........ Didn't have a second thought, asked him to book for "Dark Knight-Batman"...... Hastily like going to miss my bus, i had my shower n came out of house dressed within seconds........ Well u see it was almost 6 months me having settled n Bangalore, n yet i haven't been to any theatre..... Well those who know me, would raise an eyebrow for that, but ya that was the truth....... And also it was not such a bad time to go for a movie.....Just hours before there had been explosions in the Garden City....... So going to a mall or a theatre was as u can see quite a risk....... Even then this blogger friend went on, on his way his friend calls up and says "dude, Batman full any other choice?"......... K i thought, then let it be JTYJN...... With my friends guidance i was in the theatre on time... Greeting me with his usual big teeth smile, he said Wat's so big about Batman, y is it full??? Poor guy was not of my type, didn't like comics or films of that sort....... After the interval within 15 mints i got a call from my friend Mr. Able Antony asking which theatre i was??? When i asked why, he replied "one bomb was found and defused near Forum mall just checking whether u are there or what"...... So i sat through the movie.... After the movie, i was in the bus going back when i looked deep into the movie...................... Friends are really an asset to our life, without them i don't think i would have ever survived..... And the friendship between 'Rats n Meow' in the movie reminded me of my own friendship with my best friend......... I didn't like the way my thoughts were going......... I have this strange gift of shutting my mind completely off from one thought if i find out it was going to be a pain in my ass..... SO i just stopped thinking of it...... Reached home safely........ Now some word about the movie...... It was really a good entertainer, the film scores in every aspects of my needs, it had comedy, good music n good cast..... Imran Khan does a good job in his debut film....... so does Genelia.... with a good supporting cast of Friends the film gives u a merry time....... But the character which caught my attention was the boy who plays Genelias bro........ He was really cool...

A.R. Rahman once again does an emphatic job, with already the songs being chart busters........ All together the movie was excellent........ Hats off to Aamir Khan and his touch which turns everything to gold......

The Friday 'OFF' Shock.....

Well as this poor blogger came home from a heavy night shift in the airport he had lot of things in his mind...... But first and foremost was to wish Mr. Noble Antony aka ''ആശാന്" on his birthday...[What a lie!] Cake was finished long back... On the way he meets the birthday boy after a brief greeting of birthday wishes, which included my complaints of not getting the cake and about the treat, the blogger hands over the gift and flowers.... Soon the blogger bids farewell to his friend for the time being and proceeds towards his home in half sleep,,, planning for the his off day..... But alas, the day was not to be his...... Shortly after waking up from a small nap he calls up his friend who is studying in 'CRANES' to go for shopping,,,,,,, the friend agrees on one condition of paying for his lunch.... Oh my the exploiting friends.... So as this poor blogger walks out from his house to have lunch with his friend who is waiting for him in a near by restaurant he sees an ambulance goin in full speed.... So wat about it ambulances keep coming n goin..... If u think y being so casual there are couple of reasons.....
1. Everyday u see dozen of ambulances flying past,,, so who cares except people inside it......
2. Its not my business......
3. The most sensible reason- after working for 6 months in a hospital u get a hang of things to always expect for the worst.........
So, giving the ambulance the slightest of his attention and with an arrogant smirk he keeps goin,,, sees children from different schools in all sorts of uniforms, if u call them uniform............ Except for one group of children in a very familiar uniform of Dark Blue and White.... The creepy eyes make out the name of the school written on the boys badge "Kendriya Vidyalaya"... Guess me- my school, with a sly smile on his lips and inhaling a deep breath of Pride he walks on with his chest and head held high....... Sees his friends bike at the parking lot of the restaurant, as known friend was half way through his lunch... I settle down in front of him, when again an ambulance passes by. Giving it the slightest attention i order my food..... The boy goes with my order, i tell my friend that my mom called up.... After couple of words my food arrives, stop chatting n start eating.... Two spoons over, getting ready for 3rd when, suddenly disturbing my thoughts n upsetting my spoon flys an ambulance with the scariest siren, luking up i tell my friend that it was the 3rd one i'm seeing...... My friend who was committed to ruin me out of my pockets asks me how does a 'Lassi' taste??? I reply with a shake of my head i dont know.... He calls for one glass, after taking one sip his eyes start to shine, luks at me and i could guess what he was gonna say next 'വന് അളിയാ'.... Luckly he settles down for one.... He walks out saying he'll jst have a smoke and come.. I was keeping my stomach busy and had jst orderd for two more kulchas when after my friend comes and says we will go for shopping on sunday!! I look up, saw him pouring on me..... Slowly, he says "there is been some blasts in two or three places in Bangalore city....." I didnt know wat to say... He continued "the place we have planned may not be a good place to be at this time.... So reluctantly i finish my food and cursing under my breath went to pay the bills...
First thing we do after reaching home was to open the tv and switch to news channels...... All channels were shouting about the blast in the IT hub of the nation.... Consequences of the blast one died and seven injured... The deceased was identified as Sudha who was waiting for bus along with her husband Ravi at bus a shelter in Madivala........ Watching it for sometime the blogger got pissed of and went upstairs to get a some sleep.... So much planned and awaited off was blasted off......................


What made the blogger uneasy was about the fact how come he could have missed out the fact that no schools would give there students a Friday half day leave unless it was something serious and yet he missed it.........
At this point Mr. Sirius remembers a small quote which he has heard and seen so many times,

"SOMETIMES THINGS WHICH ARE EASY TO SEE, ARE EASY TO MISS TOO"

My First BLOG

So at last much after the Bachchans and Aamir Khans blog wars,,,, here i'm with my own........
Just like a child who tries to walk first time, falls, trips and cries so am i trying to get myself blogging.....
ALL SUGGESTIONS AND REVIEWS ARE WELCOME..................