It is raining Chai
I rented a car (practicing driving) on Saturday and was out to a local Starbucks here in Burbank with my room mate. I ordered my favorite Cafe Latte and he ordered some type of Chai (Tea) which brought back memories of my dad. He used to try different recipes of tea on Sunday evenings. He picked up the recipes from local dailies or magazines. Most Sundays you can see him with a bit paper cutting and he will ask everyone in the household to try his new tea. As a coffee drinker, I was reluctant in taking tea. I did not want to be the lab rat. I tried (in fact forced to) it once and believe me, it was really good. I started liking his tea and waited for his next experiment. I think he can make tea with most spices.
I used to make fun of him by saying ” If you ever lose job, start a tea shop and we can make money”. I miss the tea and the fun now.
If I go back to India and tell him tea costs $3 here, he will make the conversion calculation and ask how can people drink tea for Rs.150 145. I think most Indian parents think that way. I don’t blame them. I like it in a way.
it is raining chai in my memories. 
P.S.:- This post is for the real tea master – my dad.
I am back
After a very long break, I am back at the blogging space. I have lots and lots of things to write. If you are still patronizing my feeds, please do leave a short welcome message for this post. A little word of welcome will encourage me to write more.
P.S.:- I am living in Burbank now. This is my second home for nearly a year.
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Am I agnostic or an atheist?
Some years ago, I stopped worshiping god, going to temple, believing in caste and religion.
I never complained or complain about people who did those things I stopped doing.
Few call me an atheist and few call me agnostic.
What am I? 
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Oh my! It’s hot
Living in Chennai for all these years has made me to cope up with the weather conditions. It is hot most part of he year and temperatures go upto 40 degrees in summer. I have seen people crib about Chennai and its weather conditions et al. One cannot expect the climate in Chennai to be like Munnar or Kodai or any other hill station for that matter. Come on people, understand that Chennai is hot most part of the year because of its geography and not for any other reason. May be it is fashion to say how hard it is to live in Chennai just because it is hot. May be so….
P.S.:- Just a hot post to cool myself…
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Indian Vodafone Commercial – Happy to Help (Full)
I have worked in customer service for few years and this ad is making me feel happy for all the work I did… Enjoy….
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Faking it
Michael Schumacher, Montoya, Barrichello…
Do these names sound familiar to you?
A question asked by one of my college mates to me. I answered in the negative and he gave a why-do-you-live-on-this-world look. I never knew that following Formula one (F1) racing was mandatory to live. Next sunday, I somehow managed to sit in front of TV and watch F1 racing for a few hours just to prove that I also own a piece of life. All that I could decipher was the Vroom Vroom sound and people with advanced computer screens watching drivers making wild turns in the wildest tracks (as my collegemate called it). There was a commentator who was shouting like hell and I could hear only Schumacher, Barichello again and again. An hour passed by and then I realised that this was not my cup of tea and switched gears to a local channel.
A few months passed by and then came the FIFA football world cup. My dear life gauger college mate started his campaign on football and how Brazil was his favorite team et al. I initially thought this guy was too good at sports but reliable sources in our CBI(College Bureau of Investigation) revealed that he did it all just to grab attention of girls and guys just to show off.
One day, we had our turn and we made most of the life gauger in our own way. After which, he never said anything in front of us again. Those bits are censored for public read.
Everyone wants a bit of publicity or rather the hunger for recognition whch makes us to go an extra mile and get it. But I strongly feel that faking it will not help on a longer run. It is applicable for any particular profession or any situation in life.
For instance, I have seen numerous people faking English accents when others can easliy figure it out. Once a group of friends went to a hotel and there was a good-looking waitress. One of my friends asked her where the Bar was and she answered in a very strange accent which made us all burst out into laughter.
My Friend : Can you let us know where is the bar?
The Waitress : Bear ! The bear is in the 7th floor.
Recently, I saw a couple of guys in local Train and here is how their introduction went. They had pins on most part of their forehead and one of the guy wore a Rapper kinda costume.
Guy A : Sup? (I think he was trying to ask What’s up).
Guy B : Naa Much.. (Not Much).
Why am I writing about this suddenly? I was watching faking it, a series in Discovery Travel and Living channel which brought back some memories.
Haven’t you ever watched Faking it or travel and living?
I don’t know why & how-you-live-in-this-world…. 
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Vacation times – Kodaikanal
மனிதர் உணர்ந்துக் கொள்ள இது மனிதக் காதல் அல்ல ….
அதையும் தாண்டி புனிதமானது…. புனிதமானது…. புனிதமானது….
Manidhar unarnthuk kolla ithu manidhak kaathal alla…
Athayum thaandi punithamaanathu… punithamaanathu… punithamaanathu…
Excerpt from the song Kanmani Anbodu Kaathalan – movie (Tamil) Gunaa. Most part of this movie is shot in Kodaikanal, a hill station in Tamil Nadu.
Oooh ooh! It’s vacation time for me and I am heading to Kodaikanal tonight with a group of friends and will be back to Chennai by monday morning. I have never been to kodai but I have heard a lot about it. Hope this is going to be a great trip and a memorabe one.
P.S.:- Will post pictures once I am back.
Update - Come and watch my ” Trip to Kodaikanal “ Pictures at Flickr
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