cliches and romantic movies

now do not get me wrong... im probably one of the biggest connoiseur of romantic movies ever. i can sit for hours together and watch mushy mushy flicks with saccharine sweet endings and cry and also think about the PERFECT love story in the film for hours together.however some cliches which baffle all including me - which defy rules of science , social science , maths and what not ... sometimes are even too much for our simple common senses(if something like that exists) to take. to prove my heights of joblessnes here i go with a list of them which i have not heard of happening in reality (well probably not with the frequency it happens on screen anyways).

1.ROLE OF RAILWAYS:how many of them happen on trains ; the meeting part especially??how come i never have the luck of having a co passenger liken shahid kapoor or surya?apart from being the one of the largest organizations in the country they get to witness all these moments . and seriously i pity them for the last minute delays which usually involve the chains being pulled for the sake of the perect happy ending.

2.AIRPORTS:probably limited to only the climax of the film. if the trains get to witness the start the planes get to witness the end.ridiculous skipping of security cordons,running past rows of gun brandishing guards(yet jaane tu ya jaane na remains one of my most favourite movies people)pleading with the flight crew to stop the plane and what not... they truly pose a test to our senses.

3.SCARVES OR CAPS:all laws of science defied, gravity altogether forgotten.how does the heroine's cap or scarf or dupatta or whatever else go and land striaght on the hero's face?whether from a few feet away or whether they are three floors apart the target is reached at all costs. hmm... once me and my friend padmavathy were going in an auto and her dupatta flew out of the auto and landed on the road. we got a twenty minute lecture from a nearby policeman.so reality is different eh???

4.FAMILY FEUDS :Girl and Boy like each other...break the news to their parents... surprise!!!a fight is just witing to break out, already broken out and running for centuries together or the very sight of each other makes the families opt for long lectures , big fights ,property disputes(girl's uncle wanting to marry her for the "sotthu") engaging their local thug groups and what not - the boy's mom never seems to like the girl or the girl's dad never seems's to like the boy...yawn. that pretty much causes all the madness and mayhem needed for three hours to pass.

5.ROLE OF FRIENDS:Whether helping in all the romantic action to go on smoothly or to give the most useless advice over trivial issues the heroine is always surrounded by a gaggle of giggling girls and the hero, by his own group of trying-to-look-macho men . seemingly enough they don't seem to have lifves or jobs or work of their own to concentrate upon and fulfilling their pal's life ambitions(read romace ambitions) seems to be the only thing going on their lives.

until next time .....

Poorvaja =]

a student's worst nightmare

every twelth standard student done with the board exams must be experiencing it.. the jitters,blank periods of time , sudden prayers and vowing to do the most impossible and ridiculous things - anything for those magic numbers and happiness on the D-DAY.

april to may till the date of the results is  a nightmare. while some of them feel happy about the results being declared on a date which is not in the near future others just pretend to have fun and a voice at the back of the head just keeps whispering the dreaded R word from time to time-making us pause during our time of fun, interupting out carefree days and absolutely jobless hours , dispelling the absolute pure pleasure of knowing that there is no need to wake up early and study for another exam or dread what kind of surprises(read terrors) await us in the question papers.

students belonging to different boards have an altogether different story.while some boards give the results first students belonging to another board can only torture himself or herself with thoughts about how they have a definite edge over them in the admission process with their results in hand even though  not the case.

temples see a sudden increase in student population. usually that is the case before an exam but surprisingly after it  too. pledges and declarations of "being regular in coming and visiting you" , "surrendering half my pocket money if what i pray happens" ,"definite kumbabhishekam if centum" are heard aplenty.hours spent over worrying how the paper is going to be corrected or the chances of mistakes being overlooked or the person correcting the paper is compassionate enough to give that ONE mark to pass or get  seventy , eighty , ninety or a centum....

i myself do most of the things listed. but many a time the thought of what all the worrying and being depressed is going to do to something that has already been done with crosses my mind. at a time when i can have fun enjoy and think about my future prospects , is it really worth thinking about all the wasted hours and regretting not having studied THAT LESSON ,paying more attention in class and all the classes cut due to culturals..regret is a good thing but probably not something a person should torture oneself with.its really sad to read about all the suicides of the students heart broken because of their results having an amazing family and wonderful friends im just going to be the same old poorvaja to them no matter what my results are going to be. board exam results are not proof of one's intelligence and capability or so i feel.so just face whatever comes and its all for the good at the end.all the best everyone!!

poorvaja =]

(NOTE:this article might sound like a sermon but i wrote it mainly in a bid to reassure myself and it did work upto a certain extent .... so if by chance you fell asleep WAKE UP !)

hyderabad!!

This promise has been kept.. here my updates after the boards start as promised!!im right now typing away from hyderabad.. so what better topic could i want??.. here i go...

im visiting hyderabad after five years. using my uncle's house as base and my aunt and kutti cousin for company, im in the process of exploring this city once again after a long time.
everywhere you see here there are big billboards with telugu film posters(ohh how i miss the billboards in chennai after they were removed).with every step you take you can spot a brand... its really interesting to see levi's,puma,adidas and reebok showrooms all in one row!!(common in bangalore though but its even more here).

malls are so common here.i have been to two of them till now...hyderabad central and hyderabad's city centre-where i had a very very nice meal in the mcdonals-mcveggie burger, coke and fries(yumm!!).and of course the very very spicy hyderabad food... the dum biriyani just took my breath away and made an unforgettable meal.

banjara hills and jublee hills are a must see... from an outsiders point of view just cruising around those places in an auto or a car is a good experience.

the usual visit to shilpa raman(a handicrafts bazaar in banjara hills.. kind of like namma ooru dakshin chithra) was made faithfully. and i went beserk shopping.though the prices quoted were sometimes mind boggling...shopping is never a fulfilling experience with the usual bargaining right??

the best was however yet to come... a trip to EAT STREET - a food court by the hussain sagar lake(remember the buddha statue in the movie saroja??) with the most amazing view-set complete with chairs by railings overlooking the lake.the food court had the usuals-pizza hut,cafe coffe day, a burger place , an ice cream place,tibbs frankie and so on.this was one hell of an experience.. the view is still in my mind's eye.. like the taste of the hyderabadi biriyani still lingers !!

whats a vacation without a litte homesickness?? some areas here remind one strikingly of west mambalam or thiruvamiyur(minus the beach)

its hot here but not humid like in chennai.and whats better than having a 5 year old playing with you and asking you to watch oswald with him??the thought that the board exams are over pleases me immensely(the results are a different topic altogether.. lets not worry about that now)each time i think about my vettiness.so ill continue having a nice time courtesy avvi, g3 aunty and dhruv!!!
adios
poorvaja =]
(p.s.i have imported my blog to my facebook profile too!!)

promises are meant to be broken

for all those who were wondering where i was.... here i am!!
and here finally comes the long awaited excursion post!!*drum roll *


sorry about the effects but i PROMISE ill update soon right after this round of exams are over... and about my terminal marks... the lesser said the better.... the outcome is that im going to have to join accounts tuition... so that kind of conveys the general message.....right now im going crazy listening to the jonas brothers( laugh if you want but it is a definite improvement for a person who doesnt listen to english music at all ), waiting eagerly for high school musical 3 , trying to cram accounts into my head... so yup my life is pretty eventful!
and my birthday is in a month.... wheeee!!!!!!!! im going to be seventeen!!!!!
thats it for now!!

poorvaja =]
the ever lazy blogger

happy birthday to...... bloggie!!

heyya people
my blog's going to be a year old !!!!!!im sooo happy!! i have posted 12 posts altogether including this one which makes it an average of one post per month.... i have seriously lived up to my blog's name *applauds self* . i have been reading a lot of blogs over the past month and some of them have been outstanding......... im going to take blogging a bit more seriously from now on(ok ok you dont have to pinch yourself. it is true. such a day has arrived). so anyways thank you guys who all have been reading my blog.... just make sure you leave comments though.... i love them! im parting with a song..........
happy birthday to you
happy birthday to you
happy birthday to my blog
happy brithday to my blog!!!!!!!!!!!!
*blows out candles*
poorvaja =]

life

i live up to my blog's name don't i ???
yes i do
so its been almost 3 and a half months ....
the problem is i start typing and my fingers start to ache....(hahahahahaha )
so its been hectic school,dance class kalpa kosha , annual day.... i had big plans of writing a lot based on all of these but sadly im too lazy you see....i have a rep to maintain
this year has been okay so far .... bro coming from the u.s .....we had awesome fun for a month
harry potter getting postponed..(dont ask.... i cried for a day)
and just general stuff......
ill post some meaningful posts soon i promise
pooji

ME THE CRICKET CRAZY ONE

the title might baffle many people... atleast those who know me really well....... poorvaja ;cricket crazy???? not really possible.....
however yes it is.....
a few months back i wasn't really following what was coming on the news but heard something vaguely about bids on cricketers and the pictures of dhoni, symonds, and a few other cricketers splashed on the front pages of the newspapers...... i didnt bother to find out more.....
my friend divya in school excitedly mentioned the INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE starting from the next day and i told her it was sure to be a flop as no one would pay their money to see states clashing against each other.
however my first spark of interest came when i heard that shah rukh khan was the owner of the kolkatta team... shah rukh was definitely one of my favourites and that tickled my curious bone...

lazily flicking channels one evening i suddenly came to stop when i saw vedios of the crowded bangalore stadium gearing up for the inaugural ceremony of the ipl.... i couldnt stand back any further....
i got down to see the match. what came just out of curiousity became an everyday routine .

it was really interesting to see matches played and finished in such a short time.... not long winding ones like one dayers or tests that seem to be endless.... brett lee hugging sreeshanth.... ricky ponting and ishant sharma high fiveing ... some of these delightful moments left me asking for more... and when chennai super kings.... was one of the best teams with my favourite dhoni as the captain ... i breathed... the ipl had finally arrived!!

i got to see one of the matches delhi daredevils versus chennai super kings... we lost that match after 4 consecutive wins but winning isnt everything after all... the atmosphere, the music , the cheers..... its a once in a lifetime experience...

so what are you doing just grab the remote and watch the ipl... its cent percent entertainment (this is one of the most cliched endings but couldnt think of anything else )!!

poorvaja